County: Cambridgeshire
Code: D6014#2
Reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library. MS.Rawlinson C.541
Function: Rule
[fol. 15v]Thys statute ıs made by the comy
assent of all the brethern̄ and sıstern̄
of alhallowe yelde the yere of oure
lorde · ML · CCCCCo · ıııȷo · // These ar the
names of them þt made thıs statute
by all þe comyn assent · // Fyrst be⸗
gynnyng John̄ manfelde · Rıchart
alwey · wyllᷓm askam · Thomᷓs kelsey
ȷohn̄ Elys and wyllᷓm wyllys thes
forsaıd men wyll þat euery broþer
schall haue at hıs, deꝑtyng v ·
prestıs · and euy prest to hıme
ííí o the cost o þe gylde · and
the whıcħ prestıs to cū to
the place wher the saıd bodı
ys · and to bryng hı̄ to chırcħ
and to syng dırıgꝭ and masse
for hıs soule · and ıf so be þat
[fol. 16r]þe sayd broþer be abyll to kepe a díríge of hys
owne ꝓper cost we wyll þa thys díríge and
masse be deferryd tyll þe next day after · and to
be sayd ın the same chırcħ · wher þe body ís
byryed · Also we wyll þt who so euer be
ꝑson vycary or parascħ prest for to be
oone of the · v· prestys and þe clerke and ‸ þe sexte
to haue of þe same chırcħ · ıııȷ · ıf so be the
be no sexten the clerke to haue ıııȷ And
vȷ for to be gyvy ın brede to pore peple
of the same parascħ ıf ther be any pore
brothyr or Suster to haue part theroff · //
Also we wyll þat euy Syster schall haue at
hyr depᷓtyn too prestys · and they to haue
vııȷ · of þe cost of þe yelde and the saıd pstys
for to cū to þe place of the dede body and
to bryng hyr to chyrcħ and to syng or say
Dyryge for hyr Soule ·