By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson. 



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as by the authority conveyed to us by our Rev^. Brother Robert, 

 Bp. of Sarum : that every Rector of the said Church of Farley 

 shall say or cause to be said every year, Masses and other Holy 

 Services in the said Church of Rowley alicbs Wittenham upon the 

 Feast of St. Nicholas (6 Dec.) in honour of whom the said Church 

 is built and consecrated, and upon the day of the Nativity (Nov. 8) 

 of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and upon the day of the Dedication 

 of the said church. 



" And forasmuch as in all likelihood there will be from this time 

 forth no vacancies in the said Church of Rowley alias Wittenham, in 

 consequence of which, unless compensation be made, detriment would 

 arise to our Rev d . Brother Robert, Bishop of Sarum and to the 

 Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Sarum within whose circuit the 

 Church of Rowley alias Wittenham is situate, 



" We therefore John, Bishop of Bath and Wells, by authority 

 aforesaid, do ordain that in order to make good the rights of the 

 Bishop of Sarum, the Dean and Chapter of Sarum and the Arch- 

 deacon of Sarum, proper indemnification be made unto the same. 

 And our will is that the annual pensions before mentioned, to wit : 

 viii pence to the Bishop of Sarum for the time being, viii pence to 

 the Dean and Chapter, and viii pence to the Archdeacon of Sarum, 

 shall be well and truly paid upon the Feast of the Annunciation of 

 the Blessed Virgin Mary or within eight days following by the 

 Rector of Farley Hungerford, or his deputy in his name, every 

 year for ever. 



" Albeit, by these our ordinances we intend no prejudice in any 

 sort to the dignity of the Bishop of Sarum or the rules of his Diocese, 

 nor to meddle with the jurisdiction, bounds and precints, either of 

 the Bishoprick or Archdeaconry of Sarum ; but we will that they 

 shall continue in their force, vigour and effect, as they have hitherto 

 been, according to the full meaning of the law without any violation 

 whatsoever by reason of the premises. 



" Furthermore, we will and ordain that the Books, Vestments, 

 and other Furniture of the Church of Rowley aMcts Wittenham 

 now or at any time thereunto belonging shall remain within the 

 Parish of the said Church itself without any alienation whatsoever in 



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