Reuerente And wirschipfull suffirane J comaund~ me to 3our suffiraunys als a preste of 3orus Makang~ opyne to 3our here þt a felay of
ouris sir John Rocliff þe fifte vicare has forsakyne his vicary and is institutus and inducte in A perpetuall chauntery at hull And if it
like 3our gudnes to presente þer-to a-n+abill mane of parsone and connyng~ þer is þar a tenande~ sonn of 3ours and a thirfty mans sonn of þe pariche
þe qwilk is of parsonn a-n+abill mane to be in any college in Jnglande and of lifyng~ a gude mane calide of þame þt he is couersande
wt-all als we her~ say and of counyng~ a sufficiante in redynge and sigynge of plane sange and to synge a tribull til faburdun~
als J haue harde þe abilaste men~ of our~ kirke say and recorde of hyme and als þay late walde be glade of ˆ [hijs] commyng~ if it suld
be And he is at lichfelde in þer college in Abitte dayly ministeryng~ þe seruis of gode bot hys frendis and he als so desiris feruenly
to be nare to-gedir~ for supportacione of ilkane odir~ And þer-for if my praar~ myght be plesyng~ to 3our worthy lordschipe J wald
beseike 3our gudnes to prefair~ a-n+abill mane of þe pariche be-for any othir~ for þt wald ples þame and cause þame to do
well to þe kirke supposyng þt þer sons suld if þay war~ abill men~ be prefarde in tyme commyng~ Wryttine at hemmyngburgh
on þe nexte day aftir~ sante Edmunde ˆ [day] kyng last passide ;
Be 3our preste
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