County: Lincolnshire
Code: D4437#1
Reference: Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives: DIOC/REG/17, fol.136v, English item 1 (lines 30-36)
Function: Declaration
[line 30][Latin: ] Jt my lordeJ . Johan Macwortħ Dean of your Cathedralle churcħ
of lyncoꝉn for my part · pít · the declaracyōn of thıs matíre · that the Chanons Resydencers of your kyrkꝭ shul hafe theír
chapleynes or there clerk / ın habıte · or be seruyde by other mēn of habıte and mınístre ın stede of hem · after the costomes
of your kyrkꝭ · ın yow as Bysshop̄ of thıs kırkꝭ sworn̄e to kepe and make to be kepe · the laudable costomes of your saıde kırkꝭ
as ye wolle Awnswere to fore go ín hıs dome · and to our lady hís blessu moder · and to the kyng founder · and patrone
of thıs kırkꝭ and hıs counsaıle And that done · whedere party dısobeíe · ye my lorde to make relacyōn to the kynges
counsaıle and the kyng and hıs counsaıle · there to make an ende of thıs matíre [Latin: ]