Enheritours of ye Hungerfords hereafter, that now be or hereafter shall happen to fall in poverte, be preferred to ye saide Almeshous afore eny other straunge persones. And secondly, we wull that after them, that such as be or herafter shall happe to be tennantes to ye saide enheritours, be preferred to yo saide Almeshous afore other persones. And after them we wull that such well disposed persons as be knowen and fall into poverte and have not wherewithall for to lyve, be taken into ye saide hous. Alwais provyded that there be no man taken into the saide hous, neither servaunte nor tennante, ne other, that hath a wiff: for hit was ye wille of hym that furste ordeyned y saide hous, that no maner man that was maried shulde be admytted into the saide hous.

XX. Furthermore we wull and ordeyne that noone of ye poremen and woman of ye saide hous in eny manner wise, absente hymselfe in tyme to come from ye saide hous an hoole day, or passe oute of ye boundys of ye parissh or of ye saide hous, without leve of ye keper of ye same hous for ye tyme beyng if he be present, or of his depute in his absence, but when nede requyre it, or a nother cause resonabill and approved by ye same keper or his depute.

XXI. Item. We sette and ordeyne that ye seke poremen, feble, and impotent of y° saide hous, be dailly socoured and served diligently by their felawis that be hole and myghty, and specially by ye woman of ye same hous for ye tyme beyng, in all thyngis to theyme behoveful and necessary. And that everich of ye saide now poremen, and yo woman, and their successours every day, furste, when they shall rise out of their beddis, and ye second tyme when they shall go to bedde, say kneling, three Pater nosters, three Ave Maria, and a Credo, in confirmacion of ye faith.

XXII. Item. We wull also that everich of ye poremen other tymes of ye day when they may beste entende and have leyser, sey for y state and all ye sowlis abovesaide, iii sawters of ye most glorious Virgyne Mary. Every sawter iii times, 50 aves, with xv paternosters and iii credes, in confirmation of ye feith. That is to say, the furste sawter, in ye worship of ye great joye that our Lady had when she was greted by ye Aungell Gabriell, and immediattly conceyved with ye Sone of God. The seconde sawter in the worship

of ye grete joye that she hadd when she bare Criste Jhu., and she a pure chaste virgyne. And ye iii. Sauter in ye worship of hir glorious Assumpcion. And furthermore, that thei say every day onys our Lady Sawter for all Christen soulis. And if eny poremen be admytted to ye said hous that is lettered, we wull that he say every day afore none [noon] besyde Matyns of our Lady vii psalms, xv psalms and lecaux. [lessons?] And oone sauter of our Lady. And that he say atte afternone "Placebo and Dirige" with ye comendacion. And over that, that he rede and declare to his brethern ye poremen and woman every month oones the Acts and statutes of this presente ordynances concerning ye said poremen and woman.

XXIII. Item. We wull and ordeyne that ye saide nowe poremen and woman and their successours every day after Soper come to geder unto ye Chapell of y said Almeshous, and sey there togeders they that canne, for ye soules above specified and for ye soules of all cristen, y Psalm of "De Profundis" with ye versicles and Orisons accustomed to be saide for dede men: and they that cannot, sey devoutly for ye same soules iii paternosters with as many aves and a crede of ye feith. The wich so don and saide oone of y senyors of ye poremen shall sey openly in English,

"God have

mercy of ye soulis of ye nobill Knight
Walter sumtyme Lord Hungerforde,

Kateryne his wiff: and that nobill

Knyght Robard late Lord Hungerford

and Margarete his wiff, our foundours."

And all ye other poremen shall answer "Amen."

XXIV. Item. We wull and ordeyne that ye forsaide now poremen and woman and all their successours holde comenly and contynuell resydens to geder within a place called the Almeshous of Haytesbury, made and founded for theyme, and ye boundes of ye same as such other poremen in like houses of Almes or Hospitals bith bounde for to holde residens to geder. And that ye said poremen and woman every day, as well at mete as at soper, ete to geders within ye said house onlesse that infirmyte or other causes resonabill lette theym. And ye while thei be at tabill ther to absteyne them

from unsuting langage, and to talke and speke wordis of honeste, profetabill to body and soule.

XXV. And also we wull and ordeyne that every poreman from this tyme forward that shal be resceyved into ye saide hous and is not letterd in ye tyme of his resceyving be examined if he can sey our Lady Sawter, his Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and his Credo, whether it be specefied before or not. And if he cannot perfitely, we wull that he be charged to cunne sey yo said Sawter, his Pater Noster, Ave and Credo, as well as he canne. And that he do his besy labour to cunne say hit perfitely. And also to be taught ye Sauter by y assignement of ye saide keper. And that yerely onys in yo quarter of yo yeare yo said keper for y° tyme beyng examyne every poreman of y saide hous if he can say the Pater Noster, ye Ave and y Credo perfitely or not; that for defaulte of examinacion the charge putte to theyme, as before is said, be slowthed and not done. And if eny of ye forsaide poremen be found defectif in seying of our Lady Sauter as well as he canne to be saide, or and he cannot the same, a certayne bodely payne, that is to say of fastyng or a like payne after ye jugement and discrescion of ye saide keper shal be to hym putte and lymyted and not discharged therof till he can sey the premyssez and be amended therof. And that yR said keper poremen and woman and their successors dwelle continuely and personally togeder in y° same hous as bifore is saide, on lesse than they be touched or infecte with a leeper or other Infirmytees intollerabill, such as shulde infecte or ennoy their felawship.

XXVI. Item. We wull and ordeyne that every poreman in his furst Admyssion all such moveable goodes as he hath, pottis, pannys, pewter vessel, beddyng, and other necessaries, if he have eny such thynges, to bryng hit within into the saide hous. And if he have eny quycke catell, that hit be made monay of. And halfe the saide monay to be converted to y° use of y saide hous, and ye other halfe to yo saide poreman to have to his own propre use. XXVII. Item. We wull and ordeyne that in case eny of ye poremen of ye forsaide hous may attayne by right enheritance to yR lyvelode of iiii. marks by yo yere clerely, or otherwise be ag

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mented over ye reprises, or and hit happe eny of them to be promoted to eny Spirituell benefice or office, that thanne ye said poreman so agmented or promoted by ye same be removed owte of ye seide hous. And a nother poreman by ye saide Margerete while she lyveth, and after hir death by ye saide John Mervyn or oone or other to whom the admyssion of such a poreman, ther to be sette and and admitted, shall for ye tyme pertayne, in ye place of yR poremen so removed be admytted or sette yn.

XXVIII. Item. We wull and ordeyne that if eny of yo saide poremen be agmented to his lyvelode within ye somme of iiii. marks yerely over ye reprises after his admyssion into ye said hous casuelly as before is saide in rentis and proventis temporell, that than halfe of that somme, withoute gile and fraude in eny partye goyng betwene, be put every yere in the comen cheste ther, and be converted and turned to ye reparacion and use of ye saide hous. And ye poreman so agmented have that other halfe of ye said somme with ye portion of a poreman there opteyned and assygned to hym bifore and be contente of ye same. Or ellis ye poreman that wull not kepe this ordynaunce shall for ye same be removed fro the saide hous, and a nother be preferred and depute in his place. Also that no leepre be admytted or putte unto yo saide hous. And if eny such poremen or woman of the saide hous after y tyme of his admyssion in the same be enfecte of a leepre or eny long sekenesse shall be grevous or noyous to his felowis, by y saide Margarete while she lyveth, and after hir deth by ye saide keper for yR tyme beyng shall be soberly removed: so that he enfecte not his other felowis or to errour or lothnesse theyme provoke: and be carred to a nother place where he may be resceyved. And to resceyve long as he lyveth, cotidian distributions for his foode and bodely sustynance to hym before assigned and graunted: and alwey be taken and called of y nombre of y' said xii poremen and woman alway during his liff, so y° nombre of poremen in Haytesbury be not agmented.

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XXIX. Furthermore we wull and ordeyne that the woman ye saide hous for ye tyme beyng be as Suster huswiff of ye same hous as in wasshing and other like thyngis convenyente and apper

teyning to an honeste woman, and to be diligently attendyng to ye saide poremen alwey in their sikenesse and specially to them that be impotent and may not helpe themselfe. Alwey provyded that ye saide woman be of goode conversacion and goode governaunce.

XXX. Item. Item. We ordeyne furthermore and sette that ye saide keper, poremen and woman, and successours, have a comen cheste and a comen seale. 1n ye wich cheste ye same seale shalbe putte and kepte. And also the Charters, letters and pryveleges, wrytynges and y, tresour of ye saide hous, and other thyngis as shalbe sene expedient to ye saide keper poremen and women. The wich cheste to be putte in a sure place within y° same hous. And to ye saide cheste shall be iii keyes and none like a nother, and havyng dyvers lokkis. Wherof ye said Margarete shall have oone duryng her liff, and after hir deth ye forsaide John Mervyn duryng his liff, and after their discesse y Officiall of ye Deane beforsaide for ye tyme beyng havyng and exercysyng jurisdiction ordynary within ye parisshe of Haytesbury biforesaide ye same keye shall have severelly. And ye keper of ye forsaide house for ye tyme beyng a nother keye. And oone of ye parisshe biforesaide of ye most discrete and trewest to be named by ye forsaide Officiall shall have also y iiide key. And that none of theyme presume to holde togeders all iii keys or ii of them, ne no thyng sealle with ye saide comen seale withoute leve and concente of all y° kepers of y keys. for yR tyme being.

XXXI. Item. We wull and ordeyne that ye forsaide keper poremen and woman and their successours, have a nother cheste in ye saide Parisshe Church for bokes, chalices, vestymentis and other daily necessaries belongyng to ye forsaid hous standing under ii keys and lokkis dyvers. Wherof oone key shall remayne with hym that shalbe keper of ye same hous for ye tyme beyng. And a nother key remayne in oone of ye poremen of ye same hous most discrete to be assigned yerely by ye Officiall aforesaide.

XXXII. Also we wull that the forsaide poremen and woman and their successours in their discesse by deth shall leve ye halfe of all ther goodes for the helthe of there soulis to ye forsaide hous to y reparacyon and sustentacyon of ye same hous belongyng. The