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 euy 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 euy Syster schall haue at
hyr depᷓtyn too prestys · and they to haue
vııȷ · of þe cost of þe yelde and the saıd pstys
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 ·