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APPENDIX H.

Act of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, recording Bishop Gravesend's benefactions, and appointing the service and alms on the day of his obit.

In Dei nomine, Amen. Inter virtutes ceteras, et caritatis opera, quibus memoria felicis recordationis domini Ricardi de Gravesend, Dei gratia quondam His many Lincolniensis episcopi, attolli promeruit, illa gratuita gifts to the church of beneficia, quæ familiarius ad utilitatem et decorem hujus Lincolniensis ecclesiæ sponsæ suæ, divinique cultus augmentum, multipliciter largitus est dum vixit, pro meriti sui cumulo, et ne per transcursum temporis cum tempore relabantur, præsenti paginæ duximus annectanda.

Lincoln.

Advowsons of churches

Adquisivit autem idem pius pater advocationes ecclesiarum de Sutton, Alesby, Gretham, de Parva acquired Byham,' in archidiaconatu Lincolniensi; de Waldegrave, by him, Wynewyck, Craneford sancti Johannis, Fardingeston, for the bishoprick et medietatis ecclesiæ de Teneford, in archidiaconatu of Lincoln;

These Lincolnshire churches are Sutton-in-the-marsh, V., Aylesby, P.C. (?), Greetham, R., and Little Bytham, R. Aylesby, near Grimsby, is now in private patronage; the others are still in patronage of the bishop of Lincoln.

2 These Northants churches are Walgrave, R., Winwick, R., Cranford St. John, R., Farthingstone, R.,

and Thenford, R. (?). Cranford St. John is now in private patronage, and Thenford in patronage of the lord chancellor; the others are in patronage of the bishop of Peterborough, to whom I suppose they would descend on the creation of this see by Henry VIII. out of the old diocese of Lincoln.

Northamptoniensi; item ecclesiarum de Twyford, Chalfount sancti Egidii, et de Stokes Hamonis, in archidiaconatu Bockynghamensi, collationi episcoporum ecclesiæ Lincolniensis, qui pro tempore erunt, perpetuis temporibus duraturas. Procuravit etiam quod patroni and nomivicariarum de Magna Glen, et de Salteby, in archi-nations to vicarages. diaconatu Leycestrensi, debeant ad nominationem suam, et successorum suorum episcoporum Lincolniensium, in vacationibus dictarum vicariarum, eis ad ipsas personas præsentare. Item et advocationem ecclesiæ And an adde Gomundele, in archidiaconatu Leycestrensi, nobis vowson for decano et capitulo ecclesiæ suæ perpetuo similiter and chapconcedi procuravit.

the dean

ter.

altar; of

of a cross;

Dedit etiam idem pater superiori altari ecclesiæ His gifts to the high suæ et nostræ, unum calicem aureum sumptuosum, et calicem argenteum, sub titulo sancti Egidii, pro cor- chalices; poris Christi veneratione; ac ad ornamentum ejusdem altaris, crucem argenteam pulcherrimam cum pede, in duplicibus festis in pectore sacerdotis processionaliter deferendam ; imaginem quoque argenteam de beata of images, Virgine, cum duobus Cherubin argenteis, ac diversis relics, vestetiam sanctorum reliquiis, philateriis, et scriniis argenteis, casulis, præconsis, capis chori, tunicis, dalmaticis, aliis vestimentis, ac velo quadragesimali valde pulchro et decenti.

ments, &c.

Rursus, præter ecclesiam de Yistele, quam appro- A church priavit archidiacono Oxoniensi; et annuas decem libras to the per ipsum procuratas communitati vicariorum de choro; of Oxford;

patronage.

1 These Bucks churches are Twy- | Leicestershire, are now in private ford, R., Chalfont St. Giles, R., and Stoke-Hammond, R. Twyford is now in patronage of Lincoln Coll., Oxford; the other two in patronage of the bishop of Oxford.

2 Glen-Magna, V., and Saltby, V.,

3 Gumley, R., Leic., still in patronage of dean and chapter of Lincoln.

4 Yistele] Ifley, near Oxford; still belonging to the archdeacon of Oxford.

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101. annu

ally to the diurna communia canonicorum, per largitiones suas capellarum de Burton, Guerendon, Stokes, et Boke

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choral; and a large land,1 ecclesiarum de Paxton, Hameldon, Byham addition to cum Holewelle, medietatis de Glentham et Tawell,5

the daily

commons of the

canons.

His ordination as to 12 boys and their

master.

Decree of the dean

as to his obit.

de consuetis octo denariis ad duodecim denarios cotidie est ... dacta.

Et quod excellentius esse videtur, ordinavit duodecim pueros cum suo magistro ministraturos in ecclesia, et insimul commansuros; competentem sustentationem per omnia, de ecclesia de Parva Askeby,7 quarta parte ecclesiæ de Hibaldestowe, pensionibus etiam de domibus religiosorum, et quibusdam aliis, sibi statuendo.

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Nos ergo Philippus decanus, et capitulum ecclesiæ and chapter supradictæ, hujus pia gesta memoriter recensentes, et exinde, tanquam naturaliter obligati, profectum animæ dicti patris per suffragia nostra procurare corditer cupientes, volumus et unanimiter consentimus, quod dies obitus sui, qui quintodecimo kal. Januarii ab hac luce migravit ad Dominum, in Martilogio con

Dec. 18.

1 These are Bierton, V., with Quarrendon V.; and Stoke-Mandeville, V., with Buckland, C.; all in Bucks, and still in patronage of the dean and chapter of Lincoln.

2 Great Paxton, V., Hunts. The dean and chapter still patrons.

3 Hambleton, V., Rutland. The dean and chapter still patrons.

4 Byham] This must be Castle Bytham, V., Linc. See note (1) p. 232. It is still in the patronage of the dean and chapter; but Holywell is now united to Careby, and in private patronage.

5 Glentham, V., and Tathwell, V., Linc. The dean and chapter are still patrons.

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6 Two or three letters are erased. Perhaps the word was addacta ;" "adaucta," as we should now spell it.

'Parva Askeby] There is a Little Ashby in Leicestershire, in patronage of the lord chancellor. But I suppose that the church here named must be Ashby Puerorum, near Spilsby, Linc., and that it was called Little Ashby before this appropriation to the chorister boys. Its vicarage is now in the patronage of the dean and chapter.

8 Hibaldestow, V., Linc.; of which the bishop of Lincoln has now the alternate patronage.

their com

mon funds.

scribatur; quodque dicto die annuatim, hæc omnia in capitulo nostro coram nobis seriolius perlegantur; et quod plenum servicium pontificum defunctorum The serpro ipso similiter, in ecclesia nostra prædicta, fiat vice. singulis annis sollempniter in perpetuum, dicto die: ordinantes et statuentes per decretum, quod in præfato die anniversarii sui, de bonis communæ nostræ Alms from assumantur v. marca, et per manus clerici communæ, præsentibus canonicis et ceteris ministris ecclesiæ, distribuantur in hunc modum; videlicet canonicis residentibus, connumerato inter eos custode altaris beati Petri, xxxvi.; vicariis, tam in vigilia quam in commendatione et missa præsentibus, xviii.; pauperibus clericis, eodem modo præsentibus, iii.; clerico hospitalis, iiiid.; pueris, ii".; sacristæ, si non sit vicarius, viiia.; clerico suo, iii. ; clerico communæ, viiid.; clerico capituli, vid.; duobus capellanis celebrantibus pro anima Ricardi de Faldingworht, vid., pro eo quod non debent esse vicarii, et tamen frequentabunt chorum tanquam vicarii; sacristæ laico, iiiia.; garcioni suo, iia.; vigill', iii.; scopario, iid.; pulsantibus classicum, via.; custodibus capitis beati Hugonis et feretri, et custodi tumbæ beati Roberti, cuilibet iiiia., si non sint de prius nominatis; alioquin portio sua, cum portione sacristæ et clerici sui, si sint de ante expressis, ac residuo1 de summa, in usus aliorum portantium habitum in choro, secundum discretionem dicti clerici de communa, convertatur.

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Et ut huic præsenti concessioni nostræ perpetuis This detemporibus plenior fides adhibeatur, hanc paginam, the chapter de nostro speciali mandato inde confectam, muni sigillo nostro fecimus communiri, inter

1 residuo] The above sums amount to 31. 3s. 8d., less by three shillings

com- seal, to be deposited alia with other

than the five marcs assigned by the
chapter for their payment.

muniments

of the church.

Dated

munimenta ecclesiæ nostræ prædictæ fideliter reponendam.

Dat' et act' in capitulo nostro Lincolniensi, nono March 24, kal' Aprilis anno Domini MCC. nonogesimo secundo.'

1292.

1 Bishop Gravesend died Dec. 18, 1279. March 24, 1292, seems a very late date for the recording by the chapter of Lincoln of his large benefactions. Perhaps they had only just realized, from his executors, some of the benefactions

here enumerated. The large bulk of them, however, must have been bestowed in his life-time. There may have been a similar ordination directly after his death, which would now be deemed insufficient.

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