<County: Norfolk >
<Code: L4241>
<MS reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gough Norfolk 20>
<Text: Ordinance>


<fol. 28v>Hese arn the constitucionys & ordinaunces mad & ordined
to be kept in þe hospitall of seynt mary of gret 3ermuth
a-mong the brederyn & systeryn of þe same place .
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¶ Fyrst constitucion~ & ordinauns is þt þer be a gouernour þe qwech
is clepyd hir Custos & . viij . broderyn & <gap> systeryn . of þe . swech
brederyn & systeryn the forsayd Custos xal haue rewle & gouernans
wyth-in þe sayd hospitall . ¶ The qwhiche Custos xal be chosyn
be þe Balyes & odyr Burgeyses of the sayd town~ of gret 3ermuth
not to be Custos þere perpetuell but quan nede is to remene <ill><1 word></ill> nede is to chese a newe for most profyte of þe hows & at þe wille
of þe Balyes þt be balyes for þat tyme .<blank line follows>
¶ Also is ordeyned þt Quat so euyr persone be it man or be it woman
þt xal be schosyn to be þer brodyr or sustyr þat he or she be cho
syn be þe Custos & be þe Balyes & odyr Burgeysys of of the
same Town~ . ¶ The qwyche brodyr or systyr so lawfully amyttyd
xal a-byde in þe sayd place on-to hyr~ lyues ende . lasse þan hyr
trespas or hyr offens be þe gretter .<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeynyd þat euery persone þus lawfully chosyn in-to bro
dyr or systyr xal sweryn a-for þe Custos on þe holy dom to be
trewe to þe sayd hospytall & all her~ goodys & catall þe qwhe
che þat þei han or arn lykely to han aftyr-ward ; and also þe
names of hyre detowres 3yf ony haue þei & also þe soume of
þe dette to shewe & tellyn wt-outtyn ony fraude to þe sayd
Custos : [and] euery 3eer onys quan þe sayd Custos wil aske hem þer af<ill></ill>
<mrg>for to son<ill><3 words></ill></mrg> ¶ And þat noon of her~ goodys lytell ne mekyl be put
<fol. 29r>owtth of þe sayd hospitall but if it be for hyr expences or ellys odyr
cawsys honeste . but only for to by-leue in þe sayd hospitall trewly
to be diuyded by þe handis of þe Custos aftyr her dethe in too . <ill><writing faint></ill>partes
eny partes . oon part to þe reparacionn of þe hospitall . þe odyr par<ill><2-3 letters></ill>
þe brederyn & systren by equal porcyonn .<blank line follows>
¶Also it is ordeyned þat euery brodyr & syster wt-in . vj . dayes
aftyr þt he or sche be amyttyd to be brodyr or syster xal swere
obeyshauns to þe Custos in þingis þat be leffull & leffull com
maundementes . ¶ Also þt nodyr syster ne brodyr were noon ouyr
clothe but if it be of Russet or ellys blekkyd . Also þe sisteryn
xul not weryn no veylys of silke vp-on hir heedys<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt þe Custos xal hyryn ˆ [seculer] prest þe qwhich
prest xal say all dyuyne seruyse yat is to say mateynes prime
& owrys euesong & messe in þe hospitall and for to praye
for the Balyes & Burgeyses & all þe Comounte of þe sayd
town for þe Custos & all þe brederyn / systeryn & all þe bene
fattoures of of þe sayd hospitall . Neuyr-þe-lesse þe sayd prest
xal not kast hym to say messe on holy dayes in tyme of messe
of þe day is in saying att þe Parysh chyrche . ne no werke
day in tyme of Requiem messe is in saying att þe parysh
chirche . Ne he xal not sayn his euesong in tyme þat euesong
is in saying att þe parysh schyrche . so þat þe paryshones
be þe more wtdrawyn fro hir parish chyrche . þe qweche god
forbede . And þat all þe seruyse þat is sayd in þis hospitall xal
<fol. 29v>be sayd wt-outth note ¶ Also þat non odyr prest syng þer wt
outth lycens of þe Priour lasse þan þe Prest þat is hyred be seek
or ellys outth of town And þat þer be sayd but oo masse on
þe day wt-outt lycens of þe Priour as it is forsayd<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt ther xuld be a lytel belle wt þe qwhe
che it xal be rungen onys to mateynes onys to messe . onys
aftyr þe gospell . onys to euesong & onys aftyr euesong
att euyn quan þei xal say her~ prayer<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt þe Custos xal kepe trewly & dely
ueryn vp trewly on-to þe Priour wyth-in . viij . dayes all
maner of oblacyon þat is offeryd in ye sayd hospytall
for quat cawse at euyr it be offeryd wt-outt any lessyng
Except þat is 3ouyn to þe brederyn & systren in pure el
messe to þer sustentacyon & namely quat som euyr be offred
on good-Fryday or ellys in þe feste of þe Annuncyacyonn of our
lady þer-of þe priour xal not reseyue .<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þat euery brodyr & systyr be present
in þe sayd hospitall att all seruyse & namely at messe
and þat eche of þem say euery day thryes . l . Pater noster and
as many aue maria . lowly & deouwtly lasse þan þei
be lettyd be any cawse resonable .<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þat euery brodyr & syster in þe
<fol. 30r>sayd hospitall xal leuyn chaste & if it may be knowe þat ony of
them<?> do odyr-wyse . it is ordeyned & <ill><1 word></ill> that same persone xal
lesyn þe . iiij . part of þe comownn elmesse þat xuld comyn to
hys persone þat 3eer . The qwheche xal be deuyded in-to euyn
partes . oo part to be deuyded a-mong þe brederyn & þe sisteryn
& þe odyr to reparacyonn of þe place . ¶ And if ˆ [it] may be knowen
þat eydyr brodyr or syster 3eue a-gayn þe part þus receyued
to hym þus conuytte & chasty3ed . for to be seruyd on þe same
wyse . / / Also þat þer be non weddyd man nor woma~ receyued
to be brodyr nor systyr in þe sayd hospitall<blank line follows>
¶ Also euery brodyr and syster may don & vsyn hyr craftys þt
thei han lernyd so þt þei ben honeste to getyn wt all here ly
uyng as wel in townn as in þe hospitall so it be no flaun
dyr nodyr to þe personys ne hurt to the hospytall . so þat
þei be present at all dyuyne seruyse sayd in þe hospitall
¶ And also . þei mown dyne & suppyn & etyn & drynkyn
wt hyr good frendys in townn . but þei xul not ben outth on
nytes . ne be outth of þe hospitall aftyr Couyr-fyer belle
rongen at þe parysh Chyrche . ¶ Also þt þe sayd brederyn
& systeryn wt lycens of þe Custos may goon on pylgrimage
& to vysyten hyr frendys as wel in þe Cuntre as in þe same
townn<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt no persone xal be receyued to be brodyr
or syster in þe sayd hospritall but he or sche be . xxx . wynter
<fol. 30v>of age . lasse þan it be for a cawse resonable ¶ Also þat þei
leuyn to-gedyr in pes & reste wt-outtyn chydyng or flytyng
& þat þei haunten not of Custom ˆ [non] comoun~ tauernes . and
noon of them by wreye odyr councel ne make no playnt
for no trespas but to hyr~ Custos . but if it be swech a tres
pas or offens þe qwyche may not lawfully ne dewly be amen
dyd by þe sayd Custos<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt þe Custos may compellyn the brede
ryn & systeryn þo þat mow laboryn for to deluyn & wedyn
in þe gardeyn & to do odyr lyth werkys so þat he rewar
dyn hem att his owyn wyll for þer~ labour .<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þat þe Custos xal chesyn on of the
brederyn & a-nodyr of þe systeryn þat be of good name &
of good fame & make them for to sweryn þat þei tak heed
of hyr~ odyr brederyn & systeryn yf þei do any trespas or ony
offens and þat ˆ [thei] vndyrnemyn hem þer-of & if þei wil not be
rewlyd aftyr them . þat þei telle þe persones names and also þe
trespas on-to þe Custos þt he may chasteyse þat persone as he
seeth it is worthy . So þat it be swyche a defaute þat þe sayd
Custos may corretten it wt-outten any preiudi3e of odyr . Ju
risdictyonn ¶ Also it is ordeyned þat þe Custos xuld chesyn oon
of þe brederyn þe qwech xuld haue charge of þe keyes of the
corys of the Cloyster wyth-in the qwheche the brederyn and
the systeryn slepyn . þat þei ben speryd & shett þat noon of
<fol. 31r>the broderyn ne systeryn goo owtth <hole>
of þe sayd hospitall aftyr Couer <hole>
Fyer belle be rongen at the parysh <hole>
cherche ne no persone to be latyn in-to hem except the
parisch Preste quan he comyth to 3euyn hem hir~ sacramen
tis in tyme of neede .<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt if any syster ot brodyr of þe sayd
hospitall be rebelle a-geyns þese ordinauns & constitutyones
or any lytel artykle of them þat thei be chasty3ed ; by the
Custos by wyth-drawyng of her~ elmesse þat xuld come
to hem of Rygth yf þei wer wel-gouernyd . ¶ And if þei
wyl not be pesyd & styllyd wt þis chasty3ement . all holy
to be put outth of þe sayd hospitall . and neuyr to be resey .
ued a-geyn wt-outth a specyall assent of all þe Comounte
of þe sayd town of 3ermuthe<blank line follows>
¶ Also it is ordeyned þt the preste the qwheche is hyred by the
Custos to serue & say diuine seruyse in þe sayd hospitall xal
be brouth be þe Custos on-to þe Priour wt-in . iij . dayes þat he
be comyn for to serue in þe sayd hospitall & he xal swere a
forn þe Priour & Þe Balyes yf thay wyl be yer~ present þat
he xal kepe þe artykles a-forn-seyd þat longyn on-to his part
and se þat þe parysh chyrche be not hurt ne harmyd for
his defaute for sayeng of his seruys as it is forsayd
<fol. 31v><hole> ¶ Also it is ordeynyd þat euery
Custos þat is amyttyd & chosyn
for to haue the gouernauns of
the hospitall & of the brederyn & systeryn dwellyng in
the same hospitall a-forn any admynystracyon þat he xal
make in þe sayd place xal make a othe a-forn þe Pryour
& the Balyes þat trewly & dewly he xal obserue & kepe
all the constituciones & ordynauns wretyn her by-forn
on-to his power . On-to þe qwhech god send hym grace Amen
the hospita<in a different hand?>