as remayned in the custodye off the deane there, by inventorie, as is appoynted by Mr. chauncelloures note made in the seid inventorie to be sold, and have receyved money for all the same, savyng xiijs. ija., for such parcelles as your servaunte Baston hath taken for you, which be such as he wold chuse; he hath a bill off the parcells theroff. The council bord in the greate chamber was bought and taken upp or he cam to Worcester; you have another in manner as good as that. Sir, there be dyvers parcelles off stuffe remaynyng at Battenhall, which Mr. Borne hath in fferme, which be praysed at lviijs. x., and olde Borne hath desiered daye tyll candelmasse to knowe whether his sonne will have them or no. He is bounde to paye ffor them then, or elles to bryng a discharge. There be dyvers other parcelles which Mr. More quondam prior off Worcester hath in his custodye, wheroff you shall receyve a bill off parcelles with ther pryses by your servaunte berer hereoff. He is at no poynt with me for them; his chapleyn was with me, and have promised to give me an auns were off the thynges this daye at Glessam; he claymyth them by his pattent; neverthelesse I shewed his chapleyn that one off his beste beds with one off the lyke coverlettes werre sold, and I mente them for you. I entend to cause hym to come to you to take an order for the same. Ferder I have receyved to the kyngs use cxliiij. oz. off plate, which I do carry with me; and where ben reserved to the kynges use x. copes off grene velvett, a coope off nedle worke wrought with gold, and a coope priest dean and subdean off rede velvett embrodered, which I assure you be but corse and base thynges, the seid deane hath requyred me to have the delyvery off them to Mr. chauncellour hym selff, consyderyng that wher they lake ornamentes to ffurnysshe the churche, and the thynges off them selff but course, he trustyth to obteyne them at Mr. chauncelloures hand agen to the use off the churche. I have a remembraunce off his hand for them, that he hath the custodye off them to the kynges use; and he standeth bounden other to delyver them to the seid Mr. chauncellour betwene this and the purification off our ladye next commyng, or elles to bryng a discharge for them from the seid Mr. chauncellour by that daye; and to all such parcelles as ben appoynted in the seid inventorie to the church, to the deane, and to the bodye off the house, the deane standyth charged with thes parcelles styll by the seid inventorie delivered hym at the surrender off the seid late priorie, unto such tyme as the ffull establyshement off the college shall be forth, and commissioners appoynted to sett the same in an order, etc. And nowe, sir, to Lorrymers dowghteris mattier: Mr. Packingtons opynion is that she shall nott clayme yn by her graundefather, to whom she is off hole bludd, because off the ffeoffement; and she can nott be heyre to her syster Mergerie, because off the halff blodd; and seyth fferder that in his opynyon yff ther be none off the hole blodd to inherrytt that, then yt shall exchete to the lord and not goo to eny off the halff blodd. Mr. Packyngton and his wyffe have them hartely recommended unto you, and wold verry ffayne have sene you in ther house. Mistres Packyngton ys hungry, but she can not be fede: she hadd provyded a ffatt swane for you. And thus I committ you to God, as my selff. My lord suffragan hath hym hartely commended unto you. Written in haste, this presente Wendesdaye, at my departyng ffrom Worcester. To the right worshippffull Your oune assuered, ROBERT BURGOYN. The following letter also relates to the priory of Worcester. CXXXIX. ROBERT BURGOYNE TO JOHN SCUDAMORE. [From MS. Addit. No. 11,041, fol. 35.] Right worshippffull, I commend me hartely unto you, and I pray you that I may be the same to my good mistres your wyffe, assertenynge you that I have perused the copie off the councelles lettres which you sente unto me, wheruppon I have sente you an abstracte off such arrerages as have growne in the laste audite for such rentes and ffermes as werre dewe betwene Michaelmas anno xxxijdo H. viijv. and Michaelmas anno xxxiijtio ejusdem regis, that ys to wytt such as I thynk to be good and trewe debtes, requyryng you accordyng unto your lettres to use some diligence in thaccomplisshyng off the councelles lettres theryn, as yt shall beste seme your wysdome. And as to the kynges lede lyeng in the kynges castell at Worcester, yff the walles theroff be close, then I thynk the same well enough, and yff not, I thynk yt myght be layed verrey well into the great belfrey within the newe college in Worcester, where I suppose yt might lye verrey sauffe. I thank you right hartely for my ij. baked salmons, which werre verrey well carried and well baked, and lykewyse seasoned, and came to me in verrey good tyme. And, sir, as for the table at Worcester, which I thought to have hadd home to me, I am right well contented that my mistres your wyffe shall have the same; neverthelesse I thynk I shall not bye soche anothere for money; at my commyng to London I shall so; neverthelesse, I wold yt werre so good as I cowlde fynd in my harte yt werre for her. I muste pray you to take no displeasur with your servaunte for his long tarryeng; his horse dyed at Dunstable, and I tarryed hym tyll Mundaye after the xijth, daye for the makyng off the seid abstracte off arrerages, etc. You muste send to Mr. Brougham my lettre herwith sente, when you send for the seid table; as knoweth God, who send us merye metynge. From Watton at Stone, the ixth. daye off Januarie. Yours assured to his power, To the right worshipfull Johan Scudamore esquyer, be this delivered. ROBERT BURGOYN. The next letter relates to the abbey of Augustine Canons at Lilleshull, in Shropshire. This house was founded by Richard de Belmeis in 1145. The last abbot was Robert Watson. CXL. WILLIAM CHORLTON TO JOHN SCUDAMORE. [From MS. Addit. No. 11,041, fol. 51.] Jhesus. Right wourshipfull Mr. Scudamor, in my hartiest maner I commend me unto you, ever more thankyng you for your kyndnes shewid unto me, trystyng to God that ye be amendyt of your fever, wiche shuld be gret comforthe unto me and many other, and so long to contenew to Godes pleasure. Sir, where hit pleased you to wryt your letter to Bostok and to Byst, that they shuld pay suche money as was in ther handes for the payment of the late abbott of Lilleshull and the brether ther for ther penciouns unto my handes, and farther your pleasure was that I shuld pay them, hit was so that Bostoke promysed to come unto me, but truthe hit ys that sythe the tyme of his promyse makyng he ys to London abowt besenes of his maysters, and he hathe recevid part of the rent and other part dothe remayne styll in the tennance handes ungedrede; and also as yet he ys not come home, nor no knolage ys to be had wat tyme he wyll come home. Moreover William Byst saythe that at his beyng with your mastership he payd all that he had to pay by your appoyntment, and hathe no more in his hands for to pay. In consideracion wherof, that hit may please your mastershipe to be so good master unto the late abbott and brether to pay them ther pensions, and rather at this my request by thes bereres, they ar moche bownden to pray for you. And so to retayne in your handes the fee wiche the late abbot hathe with goode will granted you, and the brether, as ye shall of your goodnes thynke convenyent at your pleasure. Sir, the late abbot hathe set to his seale to the acquittance, and other of the brether with ther names subscribed; and for the rest of the acquitance the bereres herof ar put in tryst in lyke maner. No more, but Jhesu have you in his blessed kepyng. At Wombrige, by yours ever to his litle power, To the right worshipfull per me WYLLYM CHORLTON. CXLI. JOHN FREMAN TO CROMWELL. [From MS. Cotton. Titus, B. 1. fol. 394.] Yt may ples your good lordshipe to understond, that in the makynge of this half yeres resaite in Lincolnshier, I well parsayve of the gyvyn owte of late, not only there but also throwghowte the realme, thies superfluus ffees gyven by the late surrenderd howses. Whiche ffees be gyven in three sortes. The ffurst to bailles, ho hath for smale somes resayving large ffees, and where they have made a dosen, one war sufficient. Secondlye, they have gyven to generall resayvors greater ffees, whiche sorte shall never resayve no money; for the particuler bailles doth gather the rentes and so brynges it to the kinges resayvor, who stondes charged with the same. And the thirde sorte haith their ffees to be accounseill with the howse, C AMD. Soc. 2 P |