By the Rev. Chr. Wordsworth. 569 



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[Sumraa Totalis] viij 1 '. xviij'. viij''. 

 Whereof, Keprised for An 

 yerely rente goynge owte 

 of the premisses to the 

 quene's Castill of M'leborowe^ 



And so Eemaynyth clere, viij". xiiij 8 . viij d . 

 Memorandvm the sayd Incumbent is a verey honeste man, albeit not 

 able to serve a Cure, by reason of his age, and fferthermore a verey 

 poore man, and hath none other lyvinge besyde this sayd Chauntre- 



(Art. 54 relates to " A Chauntre within the parisshe churche of 

 Saynt Marye in Marleborow of the foundatyon of Foster and 

 Pengryve.") 



Will'm Lewys of the age of lx yeres Incumbente [Among the tenants 

 named are John Levys, tenement and garden, xx s . Also Will'm Levys, 

 one tenement in the churchyarde, v s .] 



Summa x u . viij 8 . iiij a . 

 Whereof Eeprised for an 

 yerely rent goying owte 

 of the premisses to the \ v 8 . 

 quenes castell in 

 M'leborow J 



And so Eemaynyth clere x u . iij s . iiij d . 

 Memorandum : the sayd Incumbent is a verey honeste man and of 

 good reporte amongeste his neighbours, albeit not able to serve a Cure 

 by reason of his age, and Infirmyte, and furthermore a verey poore 

 man, and hath none other lyvinge but this Chauntre. 



Also the towne of M'leborowe is a greate towne wherein be iij parisshe 

 Churches, 1 and in the same m'lvj [i.e. 1056] people whiche receyve the 

 blessed Communion, in every of wiche parisshe churches there is a 

 vicar indowed albeyt their ly vingis be so small and there Cures so great, 

 that withoute helpe of some ministers they be not able to serue the 

 sayd Cures, and in consideratyon therof , all the landis before mentyoned 

 were gyven to haue contynuance as before is declared, wherefore the 

 Mayre and Commons of the same towne desyre the Kyngis mooste 

 honourable councell to consyder them accordinglye. 



Also there is an hospitall within Marlborowe (whereof the incumbente 

 is ded) of clere yereley value of vij u . xvj 8 . xj d . ob. q. [i.e., £7 16s. llfd] 

 wiche the sayd mayre and commons humbly desyre the kingis highnes 

 and his mooste honorable councell to co(n)verte into a ffreescole for the 

 inducement of youth within the same towne, and in the countrey next 

 thereabout, 



Art 55 relates to " Beak's Chauntre, founded within the parisshe 

 churche of Ogborne Saynt George." 



1 Besides St. Peter and St. Paul's and St. Mary the Virgin's, there was 

 standing in 1548 the Church of St. Martin. 



