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in May. Letters Twenty letters to signifying, that the King's artk'ks for Majesty hath sent unto every one of them certain articles uniformity for ail Uniform order to be observed within every church techism. withiii this realm : which articles are gathered with great
To Sir John A warrant to Sir John Gates, to cause a book to be drawn of the castle and manor of Hertford, the manor of Harting- ford-bury, the parks of Hertford and Hartingford-bury, with the appurtenances, in the county of Hertford ; and the manor and park of Wikes in Essex, to the Lady Mary's Grace. Dated in May. OF KING EDWARD VI. 257 A licence to the Earl of Warwick, to retain an hundred CHAP, men ; and to the Lord Robert Dudley, to retain fifty men. ^^^^- Dated as before. Anno 1553. A warrant of discharge to Sir John Williams, for 16,667/. ,^? ^^':^, 7*. life?, paid to Peter Osborn, as the aiTearages upon the ami Lord determination of the said Sir John Williams"'s account of his i^l^^t late office of mastership of the jewel-house. Dated as above. To sir John A warrant to the Lord Chancellor, to make out writs for ^^''"'''™«- a Parliament to be holden the 18th of September next, chancellor. Dated in June.
sure that he shall repair unto the Tower of London, and ^^'''""¦^^• take the charge thereof, there being committed to him the order and governance thereof. Dated in July. A letter to the Lieutenant of the Tower, to assist him in To the Lieu- all such things as shall by the said Admiral be declared to Ih" xower. him or his ; and to follow such direction as he shall appoint. [This is the last warrant set down in this Warrant- Book.] CHAP. XXXn. 522 Collations, presentations, indulgences, arid permissions to churchmen. W E go on now with another rank of things worthy ob- serving, collected from the aforementioned manuscripts, viz. V. Collations, presentatiojis, grants, letters, and licences to men of the Church or University. A lease to Nicolas Wotton, dean of Canterbury, for '^^o. twenty-one years, of the manor of Leigh, with the appurte- wotton. nances, in Sussex, late parcel of the possessions of Sir Tho- mas Cheny, knight, with divers other lands, &c. paying therefore yearly 50/. to the bailiff or receiver of the pre- mises. Dated in October 1550. A licence to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, to give, grant. To the Bl- and ahen to Edward Duke of Somerset, in fee-simple, all g "t^ aid the scite, circuit, and precinct of the chief mansion, called Weiis.
258 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK the palace of the Bishop of Bath and Wells ^ with divers other lands, &c. to the yearly value of 62Z. \\d. to be holdeu Anno 1650. by fealty only. Dated in November the same year. To Nicolas A licence to preach to Nicolas Daniel, M. A. Dated in Daniel. ^.^ i November. Spiiiesby ^ ffrant, that the church of the late college or chantry of church and ... . . . vicarage. SpiUesby in Lincolnshire, dissolved by Parliament holden an. 7-eg\ Edw. VI. l'^. shall be the parish church of Spiiiesby again, together with the churchyard : and that there shall be a vicar endowed for ever : and he and his successors shall have a messuage, and two barns, and one horsemill and kilnhouse, and one acre of land in Spiiiesby aforesaid, commonly called in the scite of the said college :
payable quarterly, to be holden in frankalmoigne. Dated as above.
To William A grant to William Dawson, to be vicar preacher in the Dawson. n /> i i • • • • i college of Southwel in Nottinghamshire, with the fee of 20Z. per annum during pleasure : to be paid by the receiver of the same shire. Dated as before. ForNic. A nonresidence for Nic. Wotton, clerk, to take all the Wotton. . . ... profits of his prebend in Salisbury, during his life, although he be not resident. Dated as before. To the Bi- A presentation to John Bishop of Chester, to admit James Che^ster. Pilkington to the vicarage of Kendal in Westmerland. Dated as before. 523 A warrant to Sir John Baker, knight, [chancellor of the . '"'"•^"^" Court of Augmentations,] to exonerate and discharge James Pilkington, clerk, and his executors, of his first-fruits of the vicarage of Kendal, whereunto he is presented ; whereof the King hath pardoned him. Dated in December. To the Bi- A presentation to the Bishop of Chester, to admit Henry Chester. Hkins, clerk, to the parish church of Bedal, void by the death of Thomas Magnus, last incumbent. Dated as before. To the Dean ^ jg^^gj. ^^ ^|^g Dg^jj ^nd Chapter of Worcester ; where and Chap- ... . • i ti ter of Wi- the King did write to them in favour of Sir Robert 1 yr- Korn. To Si
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rectory of Wimbleton, that they will make the like grant to ^^^^l- Mr. Cecyl, secretary, and rather better; who hath the in- Anno 1550. terest of the said Sir Robert in the said rectory by the old lease. Dated in January. A nonresidence to Giles Eire, [the King's chaplain,] pro- To Giles fessor of divinity, during life, to take the profits of his two "^' prebends in Winton and Westminster, whether he be pre- sent or absent. Dated as above. The advowson of the next canonship or prebend that For Peter falleth void in the cathedral church of Canterbury, to Peter Alexander, [a learned stranger, residing with the Archbi- shop of Canterbury.] Dated in February. A letter to the Bishop, Dean, and Chapter of Salisbury, To the Bi- in favour of William Honning, esquire, [who was one oil^^/li^^^!!' the clerks of the Council,] where Guido Cavalcant, incum- 1^'" of Sa-
Berks, is contented, upon request made unto him, to give and surrender all his interest and estate of the possession of the said prebend, to agree to his said request, in such sort as the same may take effect towards him in fee-simple. Dated in February. A licence to the same Bishop, to grant the premises in To the Bj- fee-simple unto William Honning. Dated as above. rum. " A warrant to Sir John Baker and Sir William Petre, For the bu where the reverend father in God, Thomas Bishop of Nor- ^'°|S'^^°^,^ wich, by five writings obligatory, every of them bearing- date the 10th of April, anno 4 Edw. VI. standeth bound to the King's Majesty in the sum of lOOOZ. for the sure pay- ment of 583/. 13.?. lOd. to be paid for his first-fruits: to de- falk, deduct, and allow to the said reverend Father out of the said sum 400Z. and to deliver so many obligations for payment as amounts to the said sum : which the King hath forgiven him. Dated as above. An annuity of 9/. 6s. 8d. to Richard Squire, vicar of the To Richard parish of Dovercourt in Essex, to be paid of the tenths of 'i""^*^' the parsonage of Dovercourt, from Christmas anno 4 Edw.
260 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK VI. half yearly, in recompence of a promise made to him thereof by the King'^s Majesty\s father. Dated as above. Anno 1650. A presentation to the Bishop of Chester, to admit John To the Bi- Standish, D. D. to the parsonage of Wiggon in his diocese, Chester. void by the death of Mr. Herbert, late incumbent. Dated in March. For Dr. A warrant to John Rither, cofferer, to pay William Bill, D. D. an annuity of 20Z. from Michaelmas, an. 3. reg. dur- ing the King''s pleasure. 524 A letter to the Bishop of Exeter, [Voysey,] to suffer the TotheBi- Earl of Bedford, and others of the Council, to procure the Exon. best assurance for certain lands bought of him, appertaining
To Gest, A licence of preaching to Edmund Gest, B. D. The Bernard'.*" ^^^^ ^° Henry Ayland, B. D. and Thomas Bernard, M. A. Dated as above. To Bishop A translation of John Ponet, bishop of Rochester, to the Ponet. ... . . 7 . bishopric of Winchester, during his life, with all lordships, manors, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and other posses- sions, as well spiritual as temporal, with all other commo- dities and jurisdictions. Dated in March.
lordships and manors, &c. New signed, because liis spi- ritual jurisdictions and probate of testaments was not in the other. Dated in the same month. To William A licence to William Thynn, prebendary in the cathe- dral church of Wells, to grant and alienate to Edward Duke of Somerset, in fee-simple, all the manor of Dulting- cote and Chilcote in the county of Somerset, with the ap- purtenances, belonging to his prebend there, bv fine or re- covery : and also to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and to the Dean and Chapter, to ratify and confirm the said grant : and to the said Duke, to grant and exchange therefore to the said William Thynn, and his successors, the manor of Tyngerst, alias Fingurst, in the county of Bucks. Dated as before.
OF KING EDWARD VI. 261 A licence for preaching to James Haddon, M. A. of c H A P. Cambridge ; and to John Wilcock, M. A. of Cambridge. ^^^"- Dated in March. Anno isso. A presentation to William Bishop of Bath and Wells, to J°/^"*'^" admit William Turner, doctor of physic, [and who lived in Wiicock. the Duke of Somerset's family,] to the deanery of the church ^°^°''- 'T"'" of Wells, with all the lands and tenements thereunto be- longing : which the King hath given him, with the prebend of Currey. Dated in March. A nonresidence to William Turner, to be absent from i55i. his deanery within the church of Wells, and to take the pro- J^J^^ fits notwithstanding, during his life. Dated in March.
admit William Marsh to the parsonage of St. Peter's within o/canterT the marches of Calais, of Turwyn diocese, void by the re- bury. signation of John Butler, the late incumbent. Dated in March.
with all lordships, manors, lands, tenements, &c. during his life, from the translation of John, now Bishop of Win- chester. Dated in April. A letter to the Dean and Chapter of Worcester; where To the Dean , , f,and Chapter they have granted to Sir Philip Hoby the parsonage otofWorces- Lenchwich and Norton in the county of Worcester ; and to *^'^- John Barnsley, the farm and parsonage of Linrich, for twenty-one years ; the King's Majesty's pleasure is, although the statutes of their house do not permit them to extend their grants any further than for twenty-one years, to dispense with their statutes in that behalf; and desireth them to grant the same leases to them for sixty years apiece. Dated in April.
admit Wilham Britten to the parish church of St. Dionys in o/^antgr-'^ Lime-street in London: which Thomas Pannel hath re- bury, signed to the same William, by his writing dated 13th Feb. ^^^ anno 5 Ed. VI. Dated as before.
262 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK mit Christopher Ashburn, B. A. to the parsonage of St. Michael's in Crooked-lane, London. Dated in April. Anno 1551. A letter to Trinity college in Cambridge, declaring the Mi^""'*^^ King is pleased to dispense with Thomas Dovel, B. D. and vice-master of that college, for enjoying of his fellowship and vice-mastership, notwithstanding he be married. Dated in May.
To the Bi- A letter to the Bishop of Carlisle, that at the contempla- Cariisie. ^^^^ thereof he would gi-ant to the Lord Clinton, lord ad- miral, a lease for sixty years of the manor of Horncastle in Lincolnshire, after the accustomed yearly rent. Dated in May. To the Bi- A licence of preaching to the Bishop of Winchester Winchester ^"^^^^"^ this realm: and to appoint whom he shall judge meet to preach within his diocese; and to inhibit them whom he shall not think meet within the same. Dated as before.
For Bishop A warrant " to take bond of John Scory, bishop of Rochester, for the payment of his first-fruits, to begin at the Annunciation of our Lady, anno 1554. At which day he shall pay 100 marks : and so yearly at the same feast 100 marks, till the same be satisfied and paid. Dated as before. To the Bi- A letter to the Bishop of Oxdn, that he will grant for Oxon°^ reasonable years and rent to William Higham and William Holms, the parsonage of Oughton, alias Overton on the Hill, in the county of Leicester ; which is presently in his disposition. Dated in May. For Dr. A letter to that it is the King'^s pleasure, that
of Canterbury, now void by promoting Dr. Scory to the bi- shopric of Rochester, \^o last had the same. Dated as be- fore.
For John A letter to in favour of John Calvely, that they will grant a lease in reversion, under their chapter seal, for fifty years, of the whole lordship of Stoughton, alias Sawton, a piece of land called Church, in Hethe in Che-
Calvely. OF KING EDWARD VI. 263 shire, with all profits and commodities thereunto belonffinff. CHAP. . o o YYVTT [They had granted this before to Calvely, for as many years as their statutes would allow: but this letter served Anno 1551. to dispense with them for letting it for fifty years.] Dated as before. A licence to John Clark, to have, hold, and enjoy his To John prebend in Wells during his life ; and a licence to him to marry. [As though he thought his marriage without the King's licence might have shaken his right and title to his prebend; but he did not seem well to consider the act made in the second year of this King, which took off all old canons and constitutions against priests'* marriage, and that all forfeitures, pains, and penalties for the breach of them should be of none effect.] Dated in May.
all rents, benefits, fruits, &c. of his prebends in the churches of Oxon and Wells, notwithstanding his absence. Dated in May.
mit Richard Kiffin to the parsonage of Bonings in the j,/^^j^^g^_ marches of Calais, void by the resignation of Anthony bury. Lisle, last incumbent: which was delivered without preach- 526 ing before the King, notwithstanding the order taken. Dated as before.
and to all other officers of the Court of First-fruits and^°^[Q^° Tenths; where the King^s Majesty hath given to John late Bishop of Rochester, the bishopric of Winchester : and where it is agreed, that the said Bishop should assure unto the King divers manors, lands, &c. of the said bishopric, and the King granted to assure to the said Bishop divers of his lands, tenements, and possessions, by reason whereof the said bishopric shall be greatly diminished : the King is contented therefore, that the said bishopric of Winchester, and the revenues thereof, shall be rated, taxed, and charged to the King's Majesty at 2000 marks for the first-fruits, and not above, [whereas before it was valued in the King''s book at 3885^. 3^. 3fd] as often as the first-fruits thereof s 4 J264 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK shall be due and payable: and the same bishopric of Win- chester, and the possessions and revenues thereof, from Auno 1551. henceforth shall be rated, taxed, and charged at 200 marks yearly, and not above, for the yearly tenths of the said bi- shopric : and that he shall be discharged of all sums of money heretofore due, or used to be paid for the first-fruits and tenths of the said bishopric. And further, the King hath licensed the said Bishop to enter into the same bi- shopric before the payment of the said first-fruits ; to take only the bonds of the said Bishop, without surety or sure- ties to be bound with him, by ten several obligations, for the sure payment of the said 2000 marks, for the satisfac- tion of his first-fruits, and of all other sums of money, in ten years. And further, to deliver all bonds and writings touching the first-fruits of the bishopric of Rochester, to the said Bishop of Winchester ; which the King hath for- given him. Dated in May. To the Bi- A gift to the said Bishop, in consideration of the manors Wintoti. of Marden, Twiford, Marwel, Waltham, &c. in the county of Southampton, and of divers other lands, tenements, rents, &c. of all the rectory of Bremmer, and of the chapel of Charford and Hale, and of the rectory of Rogborn in the county of Southampton, with divers other lands, to the yearly value of 2000 marks : to be holden in liberam elee~ mosynam ; and to take the profits from Michaelmas last- Dated in May. To the A. licence to the said Bishop of Winchester, to enter into the said bishopric, and to take and i-eceive the profits thereof, without paying any thing thereof, notwithstanding a statute made in that behalf in the 26th of the reign of Henry VIII. [anno Dom. 1534,] with a pardon to him of all pains, penalties, and sums of money that might be for- feited and due to the King, for entering into the bishopric of Rochester contrary to the said statute. Dated in May. [The said statute was, that every bishop, or other spiritual person, before any actual or real possession, or meddling with the profits of the bishopric, or other spiritual promo- tion, should batisfy, content, and pay, or compound and
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good sureties, the first-fruits.] . '_ A letter to [the Dean and Chapter of Win ton] to confirm Anno 1551. the grant of the said Bishop, by their full consent and seal ^^^^^^ ^^^j of the chapter, as in that case by the order of the laws is ciiapter of requisite and accustomed. Dated as before.
nard Bilson, M. A. to the prebend in the cathedral church of^""^ ^'^'^' ' ^ son. Winton, void by the death of Thomas White. Dated in June.
which Ponet, when bishop of Rochester, held with his bi- ' ' shopric. Dated in June. A licence to John Bishop of Glocester, and Anne his To the wife, during his life, with five or six guests, to eat flesh Glocester and white meats in Lent, and on other fasting days. Dated a°d his wife. as before. A presentation to the Bishop of Norwich, to admit Laun-To the celot Thexton to the parish church of Great Bircham, in his Norwich, diocese. Dated in June.
after John Snow's death, or when it shall be void. Dated as before.
sent John Harley, M. A. to the prebend of Worcester, call- ^*'''®y* ed the nineteenth prebend, void by Webley''s death. Dated as before. A licence of preaching to Miles Wilson, M. A. student in For Miles divinity in the University of Cambridge. Dated May 7. A letter to the Archbishop of York, in favour of Mr. To the Rider, cofferer, for the prebend of Uskel, which Wilham ^/yj^k^^^ Laighton late had. Dated in July.
verdale, with a licence of entry into the said bishopric, be- ^''^^'^•^^i^* ing of the yearly value of 500/. now, and no more ; where afore it was of 1565/. 13,s. Q^d. And that the yearly tenths shall be but 50/. hereafter : and to be discharged of this
^66 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK year"*s tenths, and all arrearages in the old Bishop''s time. ' Dated in July. Anno 1651. A grant to John Veysey, late bishop of Exeter, upon late bisho ' ^^^^ resignation of his said bishopric, to enjoy all annuities of Exeter, granted unto him out of the lands of the bishopric, whereof he hath made a state in fee-simple to others : and also to enjoy certain rents granted out of the bishopric to certain persons, that be come to his hands : and that the said late bishop may plead in any court by the name of John Veysey. Dated in July. For Bishop A Warrant to the Court of First-fruits and Tenths, to discharge Miles Coverdale, a late made bishop of Exeter, of his first-fruits. Dated in August.
Winchester hath departed to the King's Majesty certain lands lately belonging to the see of Winchester; which lands behoveth to be confirmed to his Highness, under the chapter seal of the cathedral church there, before Michaelmas next ; that he with convenient speed repairing thither, and agree- ing with the Bishop to meet with them there at a day cer- tain, do cause all the canons, prebendaries, and others whom Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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