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of Wynton, and 8c?. to the Archdeacon of the place for the time being, at the 

 same feast : Moreover, we decree and ordain that the now rector of the said 

 Church of the Blessed Mary, and his successors, rectors thereof, shall in time to 

 come celebrate, or cause to be celebrated, mass in the chancel of the said Chapel 

 of All Saints once a week throughout the year : and the rector of the said Church 

 of the Blessed Mary for the time being shall repair, or cause to be repaired, and 

 if necessary rebuild, at his own cost, the chancel of the said Church of All Saints, 

 of Westdene : Moreover, he shall discharge and sustain the synodals and other 

 customs, both episcopal and archiepiscopal, ordinary and extra- ordinary, which 

 were belonging to the said former Church of All Saints, prior to the said union. 

 For the perpetual faithful discharge of which payments, and for acknowledgment 

 of and submission to all and singular the aforesaid burdens, we will and decree 

 that Master John Emwell, now rector of the said Church of the Blessed Mary, 

 and his successors, rectors of the same Church for the time being, shall be bound 

 by sequestration of the fruits, rents, and profits of the said Church of the Blessed 

 Mary, of Westdene, in our diocese, and of the said Church, now Chapel, of All 

 Saints, of Westdene, in the diocese of Wynton. All which and singular we will, 

 appoint, ordain, pronounce, decree, and declare to be so done and completed by 

 this our ordinance or decree, which we eonfirm and promulgate in these writings. 



" The tenor, however, of the consent of the said patrons is as follows : — ' To 

 all the faithful of Christ to whom this present indenture quadripartite shall 

 come : William Calthorp, Knight, and Elizabeth his wife, Christopher Harcourt 

 Esquire, and Joane his wife, John Barantyn Esquire, and Elizabeth his wife, 

 greeting in the Lord. Whereas lately Milo de Stapylton, Knight, was seised in 

 fee of the advowson of the parish Church of the Blessed Mary, of Westdene, in 

 the diocese of Sarum, and died so seised of it, by whose decease the right of the 

 advowson aforesaid ought to descend, and does descend, to the aforesaid Elizabeth, 

 wife of the aforesaid William Calthorp, and to the aforesaid Joane, wife of the 

 said Christopher, as daughters and heirs of the aforesaid Milo, and the aforesaid 

 William and Elizabeth, Christopher and Joan, as in right of the same Elizabeth 

 and Joane, now stand seised of the advowson aforesaid ; and John Endwell, 

 clerk, now rector of the same Church, was admitted at the presentation of the 

 aforesaid Milo, and instituted to the same and inducted : And moreover, whereas 

 Stephen Popham, Knight, was lately seised in fee of the advowson of the parish 

 Church of All Saints, of West-dene, aforesaid, in the diocese of Wynton, and 

 deceased so seised of it, after whose decease the right of the same advowson 

 ought to descend, and does descend, to the aforesaid Elizabeth, wife of the same 

 John Barantyn, and the other sisters of the same Elizabeth, as daughters and 

 heirs of the aforesaid Stephen ; after the death of which Stephen a division was 

 made between her and her sisters aforesaid, of all manors, lands, tenements, and 

 advowsons, with their appurtenances, which belonged to the same Stephen, by 

 which division the aforesaid advowson of the Church of All Saints, amongst other 

 manors, lands, and tenements, was assigned to the share of the same Elizabeth, 

 for which reason the same John and Elizabeth, as in right of the same Elizabeth, 

 now stand seised in fee of the same advowson ; and the same Church stands now 

 vacant, inasmuch as the tythes, oblations, and other emoluments of the same 

 Church in consequence of the paucity of parishioners, the scarcity of husbandmen, 

 and various other extraordinary causes, have so diminished, that no rector can 



