County: Cambridgeshire
Code: D6090
Reference: Cambridge, Cambridge University Library: Luard 128
Function: Commission
This endentur made the . xxv . day of Juyn the sixt yeer̕ of the Regne of kyng Edward the faurthe . betwix Maister william wylflete nowe beyng
Chauncellr̕ of th vniuersite of Cambrigge Maister Nicholas Gay Maister william Smythe Maister Edmond Connesburghe Doctours of the same vniuersite
Maister william wyche and Maister william langton now beyng proctours of the said vniuersite . sufficiently & lawfully deputed & ordeyned by the hool
congregacon̕ of Regentes & non Regentes of the forsaid vnyuersite for to purvey rewle surveye & gwyde the werke of the new scoles in
the same vniuersite of that oon partie . And william harward of halsted in the Counte of Essex Carpenter and william Bakon̕ of þe
same Towne & Counte Carpenter of that othir partie . witnessethe that the same william harward and william Bakonn . haue
made feythfulle promysse and couenant wt the forsaid Doctours & proctours in the name of alle th vnyuersite aforsaid For alle the tymbr̕ cariage
and werkmanship . for the Floores & Rofe of the said new scoles . for to be parfitly made of tymbr̕ & werkmanship . benethe specified . tofore
the Feest of seynt Petir that is called [Latin: Aduincla sci̕ Petri̕] that shal be in þe yeer of our̕ lord Mle CCCC lxvij . in maner & fourme that folo-
wethe . That is to sey . the nethir floore shal haue . vj dormauntes in breed of xvj yncheȝ square . / the gistes shal be viij yncheȝ in breede &
v . yncheȝ thyk withe braces & pendauntes & wt Angels & enbowed for the dormauntes / / And alle the gistes of þe same floore shal haue an hool
casemnt enbowed And betwix gist & gist shal be viij . yncheȝ / And the bord that it shal be plaunched wt shal be ynche thyk And the bordes
shal be lynyd and leyd on hye on the gistes / / And a Roofe for þe said Scole . shal haue vj right bemes wt ioppijs purloynes braces pendanntes
wt angels and alle shal be enbowed as longithe vnto the werke / And the same Roofe shal haue a dowble Roofe . that is to sey first bemes
right . like to the dormanntes of the floore wt crosse dormauntes and þe joppijs so that alle the gistes of the flore shal rest vpon the crosse
dormauntes & on the said joppijs . whiche gistes shal be viij ynches in brede & iiij ynches thyk and borded in lyke wyse . as the lougher
flore shal be . / And from euery beme a leyrn̕ stood wt ij braces into the beme & ij into the crownetree whiche shal lye vpon the said
studdes & bere the sparreȝ withe a purloyn on bothe sydes in the myddist of the said sparreȝ wt punchions̕ fro the bemes to bere
the same / And the said sparres shal be viij ynches in brede at þe fote and vj . ynches at þe toppe and vj ynches thyk at þe fote and v
in the toppe / and shal ryse fro the said beme in þe myddist iij fote & an half Also the said Roofe shal haue sufficient leedlathis of
herty ooke sufficiently dried / And alle this tymbir shal be white oke not dated nor storvyn̕ nor sappy to hurt the beawty or thyn
bowyng of the werke . Also thei shal make alle the dores & wyndowes and the Roofe of þe vice of þe stair̕ And þe same dores &
wyndowes shal be like of strengthe & makyng of the dores & wyndowes of the oþer new scoles ther̕ And the said carpenters shal semblably
fynde alle the bord & tymbr̕ for þe said dores & wyndowes and for the Roof of the vice aforsaid / / And for alle the tymbir &
borde aboue rehersed . cariage of þe same & werkmanship of Carpentrie in maner & fourme aboueseid . to be done & perfourmed . the for-
said Doctours and proctours shal paie or do to be paid . vnto þe said william harward & william Bakon̕ . whan it shal be seen vnto
the said Doctours & proctours expedient & behoueful for þe perfourmyng of the couenantes aforsaid xxiij li vj s viij d of lawfulle
money of Englond . ouer x . li . to þe same Carpenters paid in hand þe day of þe makyng of these presentes And to alle these
couenantes aboue writen̕ on eythir partie as is abouesaid wel & truly to be holden perfourmed & kept The same parties byndethe
theym yche of hem to oþer alternatly fast by these presentes