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Tcrumbcr's Chantry at Trowbridge. 



to remaino with the chirchwardens for the tymo being, and so from clinch- 

 Wardens to chirchwardens, the saide cofre to be putte in sure and sauf'e wardl 

 by the gode advise of the saide feoffees, preste, and chirchwardens, and that 

 the saide money so remaining in the saide cofre shal be converted, bestowed, 

 and applied only to the reparacions [and maintenaunee and othre expenses] of 

 the saide londes and tentes with thappurtennces, and to make defense in the 

 lawe to mayntene the right and title of the saide londes and tentes for evermore- 

 gfnH ta ti)t£ DrttemTauce and wolle for evermore truly to be kept and observed, 

 the saide feoffees and chirchwardens binde them in the faithe which they 

 owe unto Almighty God. And I, the saide James Terumbere require and 

 charge them to the same, and that as they wole answere to God therefore atte 

 the dredefulle day of his laste jugement. Qrift al£8 E the saide James 

 Terumbere wole and ordeyne, that if the saide Thomas Tumour have any 

 kynnesman or kynneswoman fallen into povertee that wolle be in the saide 

 almeshouse, that than he or she so being in povertee shal be admytted into my 

 said almeshouse before any othir. 3tn fottne££ tofyercof to every parte 

 of this my presente ordenaunce tipartite indented, I the forsaide James Terum- 

 bere have sette my seale, oon parte thereof to remayne with me and myne 

 executours or heirs, the seconde parte thereof to be kepte in the saide cheste, 

 and the thirde parte of my saide ordenaunce to remayne in the custodie of my 

 saide feoffees, and so from feoffees to feoffees for evermore, f^nbcn the saide 

 fourteenth day of Januarye, in the yere of oure Lorde God, mcccclxxxiij, and 

 in the saide first yere of the reigne of Kyng Richard the thirde above rehersed. 

 ffioreabex know ye that I, the saide James Terumbere, have gifen unto the 

 saide chirche a missale begynnyng in the seconde leef after the kalandare in 

 this wise, — " Animam meam Deus mens in te confido, ne erubescam," — to the 

 entente that the saide missale shal remayne in the keping of the forsaide preste 

 for the tyme being and serve at his masses, to be saide atte saide auter of 

 Jhesu as long as the same missale shal endure. And I wole that from hens- 

 forth, no persone lerne to rede, syng, or construe upon the forsaide missale, nor 

 that the same missale be in any wise lente or delyvered to any persone*nor put 

 to any othre use than oonly to serve atte saide auter in maner and forme affore 

 rehersed. 



Subjoined to the deed is a declaration, in Latin, of which the 

 following is a translation. 



"We, William Wykeham, Mayor of the City of Bristol, and John Snyg, 

 Sheriff of the same, to all and each who may see the above deed, hereby signify 

 that the aforesaid James Terumbere came before us in the exchange, or place of 

 common audience, situated near the High Cross at Bristol aforesaid, and with 

 much urgency requested that we would affix the seal of our office to the above 

 deed in perpetual memory of the same, inasmuch as the seal of the said James 

 Terumbere is unknown to many ; wherefore we, at the instant and personal 

 request of the said James Terumbere, have affixed our seal of office to the same 

 deed for the greater confirmation and testimony of all and singular the above 

 premisses. Sealed this fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord God 1487. 

 and in the second year of the reign of King Henry the seventh." 



