Three chapters of letters relating to the suppression of monasteries / Edited from the originals in the British Museum by Thomas Wright.

Date:
1843
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Credit: Three chapters of letters relating to the suppression of monasteries / Edited from the originals in the British Museum by Thomas Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fyttes to us most charytably exhibite, bot also certen munimentes, evidencez, and specialties, tochinge and apperteynynge unto our monastery, which we had lately sent unto our said priour and brethren there, for the tryall of certen laundes and rightus which lately did depende betwixt us and certen men of worshipp in Cambridge shyre in contraversie, and yet doith depende unde- cised, and for none other purpose. In consideracion Avherefore, yf yt might please your grace, forasmuch as we have a greate parte of our laundes graunted unto us by reason of the said Alen Niger, whereby we be daly charged as doith appere by compo- sicion made betwixt us and the said Alen Niger, and also con¬ firmed by Boniface the iijth anno sui pont. tercio under certen cen¬ sures and paynes with clausis dirogatorve, as more largely by hys said graunte doith appere, that the said pryory might consiste and abyde as a membre unto oure monastery, as yt haith done this thre hundred yeres and more, with your graces favour, your grace shall not onely put me and my brether to a greate quietude, bot also take away many sundry doubties and greate perels of the residew of our laundes graunted unto us by the said erele, which be right notable, yf the same suppression or alienation no farther procede; and, besydes that, minstre unto us a more notable acte then ye had gyven us ten tymes more laundes then unto the same priory doith apperteyne and belonge ; for of trueth the rentes and revenuez unto the same priory belonging doith very lytill sur- mounte the sum of xxx1}. sterlinge, as far as I perceyve. And yet towardes your speciall, honourable, and laudable purpose concern- ynge the erection and foundacion of the said college and scole, I am right interely contentid, for your tenderinge of the premisses, to gyve unto your grace ccc. markes sterlinge, which shall be de¬ liver d unto your grace immediately. Most hummely desyring your grace to accepte my pore mynde towardes your most noble acte, which shuld be far better yf that my lytill pore [estate] thereunto wolde extende, protesting^ ever that yf your graces pleasure be to have the said priory to the purpose above recyted, that then with all