said chaplains die, or leave the said Universities or shall be promoted to a benefice or to a better or larger cell, then the said wardens and their successors shall within the space of 3 months provide other honest chaplains to celebrate as above; but if they should neglect so to do, then for each default they shall pay to the chamberlain of London 40s. in the name of penalty, whereof he shall keep 6s. 8d. for his own proper use, and shall give 3s. 4d. to the use of the under chamberlain of London, and shall distribute 10s. among the poor prisoners or fishmongers detained in the prisons of Ludgate and Newgate, and the 20s. the residue of the said 40s. shall be paid to the Chamber of the said City for the common use of the Mayor and citizens of the City of London. And the said Thomas Kneseworth further declared that the said wardens within 8 weeks after his death shall provide 13 persons, who shall be poor and honest men and women of good name and fame, being in poverty and misery, to pray for the souls above said, and shall pay to each of them 8d. each week, and 4 measures called "Goodes of Walsh Cloth" of any colour or of any other cloth which shall please the said wardens, not exceeding the price of 8d. for "le goode," and the said 4 poor people shall pray in the said chapel for the souls aforesaid. And the said Thomas willed that as far as possible the said wardens should choose the said 13 poor people out of the company of fishmongers. And the names of the said chaplains and poor people to be entered by the clerk of the fishmongers company in their books kept in their hall for that purpose and then the said chaplains and poor people to be presented at the Guildhall to the said chamberlain who shall then enter their names in his books, each poor person paying to the clerk 4d. and to the under-chamberlain 4d. and each chaplain paying to the said clerk 6d. and to the said under-chamberlain 6d.

The said Thomas also willed the said wardens to pay yearly to the prior and convent of Royston in co. Herts out of the issues of the said premises £4 sterling, to the intent that they shall find a fit canon of the same place to celebrate mass in the Church there at such altar as the said prior shall think most expedient, for the said souls, every day yearly from Easter Day up to the day of St. Michael before the hour of 6 in the morning; and that a clerk or minister there shall begin to ring the bell for that mass at 5 o'clock; and from the day of St. Michael until Easter he shall begin to ring the bell at 6 o'clock in the morning or before, and the said mass shall be finished before 7 o'clock in the morning. And the priest celebrating that mass every day shall take to his proper use each year for ever . . . parcel of the said £4, and the clerk ringing the bell for the said mass and ministering each day to the chaplain celebrating that mass, shall have each year for his stipend 6s. 8d. And the

said prior and convent shall celebrate twice each year for ever, viz., on the day of St. Mary Magdalene with solemn ringing of bells for the souls aforesaid, dirge and mass, and there shall be distributed to them therefore 6s. 8d., and another service shall be held on the 10th day of January for 6s. 8d., the residue of the said £4. The said Thomas Kneseworth further declared that 40s. should be yearly for ever distributed amongst the prisoners at Newgate and Ludgate. The said will was proved before William Broun, Mayor, and the aldermen of the City of London at the Guildhall and enrolled in the Court of Hustings on Monday next after the feast of St. John ante Portam Latinam, 6 Hen. VIII., [1514].

All the said premises are held of the King in free burgage, and are worth per ann., clear, £82 15s. 8d.

Thomas Kneseworth died 26 June last past; John Kneseworth is his kinsman and next heir, viz., son of George Kneseworth late citizen and clothworker of London, brother of the said Thomas, and is aged 30 years and more.

After the death of the said Thomas, William Barde, Ralph Symondes, Thomas Ledale, John Boyse, Bartholomew Darby and Gregory Stott, then wardens of the said art or mystery, by virtue of the said legacy and last will were and still are seised of all the said premises in their demesne as of fee.

Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 29, No. 4.

Kobert Bacon.

Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 17 March, 30 Hen. VIII

[1539], before William Forman, knight, Mayor and escheator of the City of London, by the oath of Richard Close, Richard Madox, Patrick Cornysshe, Hugh Churche, Robert Wannesworth, Stephen . . ., Nicholas Assheton, John Jakes, Thomas Hancok, Henry Nortryche, John Broun, Robert Reason (?) and William Bottesham, who say that Robert Bacon was seised in his demesne as of fee of 1 messuage commonly called the Puter Pott, and 2 tenements thereto belonging, situate in the parish of St. Mildred within the said City; and so seised, by charter dated 12 April, 20 Hen. VIII [1529], enfeoffed thereof John Waylond and John Maior: to hold to them and their heirs for ever to the intent to fulfil this last will. They being so seised, the said Robert Bacon by his will dated 14 April, 1535, declared that the said John Waylond and John Maior should be seised of the said premises after the death of him, the said Robert Bacon to the use of Christopher Thybborn,

and after his decease to the use of Alexander Thybborn, son and heir of the said Christopher, and his heirs for ever, and that the said Christopher should pay to John Bacon, son of the said Robert, 20s. sterling yearly during his life out of the profits of the said premises; and that after the death of the said Christopher the said Alexander should pay to the said John Bacon the said 20s. And both the said Christopher and Alexander shall keep an obit for the said Robert yearly in the Church of St. Dunstan in the West, London, the said Christopher during his life and the said Alexander and his heirs for ever.

The said premises are held of the King in free burgage by the service of id. per ann., and are worth per ann., clear, 26s. 8d. Robert Bacon died 12 March, 27 Hen. VIII [1536].

Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 60, No. 146.

Abbot of Kirkstede, co. Lincoln.

Inquisition

nquisition taken at the Guildhall, 28 July, 29 Hen. VIII [1537], before Ralph Waren, knight, Mayor and escheator, by virtue of his Office, by the oath of Robert Warter, Richard Madox, Patrick Cornysshe, Stephen Rolland, Robert Johnson, John Vernon, Richard Forde, John Ramsey, William Bulle, William Mosseman, William Heylyard, John Nicolson and John Goodlake, jurors charged to enquire for the lord the King, and having had verbal communication amongst themselves concerning the premises and being unable to agree upon a verdict pray for a respite and further day to consider their verdict, whereupon a day is given to them before the said escheator at the Guildhall up to Saturday the 4th day of August then next following, upon which day they came to the said Guildhall and said

That Richard Haryson late Abbot of the monastery of Kyrkestede in co. Lincoln and the convent of the same place long before the taking of this inquisition were seised in their demesne as of fee as in right of their said late monastery of the lands, tenements, rents, &c., &c., underwritten, vis., 1 brew-house called le Belle and 1 garden with divers implements and utensils to the said messuage belonging, specified in a schedule sewn to this inquisition, situate in the parish of St. Botolph without Aldrichegate in the suburbs of and in the ward of Aldrichegate, late let to farm by the said abbot and convent to Richard Lambe by indenture dated 23 May, 25 Hen. VIII [1533], for the term of 30 years then next following, paying therefore yearly to the said Abbot and his successors 100s.; 1 other messuage or inn with a garden called Carne

belles place in the said parish of St. Botolph, late in the tenure of Thomas Tomworthe, gentleman; I tenement with a garden adjoining lying in the same parish between the said brewhouse and garden called le Bell of the one part and the said messuage and garden late in the tenure of the said Thomas Thomworthe of the other part; 10 messuages and 10 gardens in the said parish called le Retten Rowe late let to farm by the said abbot and convent to William Goodwyn, mercer, by indenture dated 22 June, 20 Hen. VIII [1528], for the term of 60 years from the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist then next coming, paying therefore yearly 26s. 8d.; 1 messuage and 1 garden with an alley and 7 tenements in the said alley, formerly in the tenure of John Strode and late in that of John Estall, situate in the said parish, likewise let to farm to the said William Goodwyn by indenture dated 11 February, 21 Hen. VIII [1530], for the term of 60 years from the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin then next following, paying therefore yearly to the said abbot and convent 40s.; I messuage in the said parish called le hight howse, lately let to farm to Margaret Gustard, then a widow, by indenture dated 3 March, 17 Hen. VIII [1526], for the term of the life of the said Margaret, paying therefore yearly id. at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel: which said Margaret still survives in London and is the wife of Edward Smythe.

The said Abbot and convent were likewise seised of another alley and 13 small tenements thereto belonging in the said parish, not let to farm which said alley and tenements with the reversion of the said messuage called le hight howse after the death of the said Margaret Gusterd the said Abbot and convent by deed dated 23 January, 25 Hen. VIII [1534], demised to Thomas Harslop, girdler, of Pynner to hold from the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin up to the end of 30 years then next following, paying therefore yearly during the life of the said Margaret 60s., and after her death 5 marks.

The said Abbot and Convent were likewise seised of a certain yearly rent of 5s. issuing out of a stall which John Gubbun formerly held of Gilbert Goldsmith of London and Licoricia, his wife, in the parish of St. Nicholas at the Shambles of London, and of a yearly rent of 10s, issuing out of 2 stalls which Reginald Longeambe formerly held of the said Gilbert and Licoricia in the same parish, and of 10s. yearly rent issuing out of 2 stalls which John Crache formerly held of the said Gilbert and Licoricia in the said parish.

The said Abbot and convent being so seised, afterwards, viz., on the 6th day of March, 28 Hen. VIII [1537], before knight, Lord Boroughe, knight, Lord Clynton, Walter Luke, knight, William Par, knight, and others, at the castle of Lincoln was attainted of high treason for treasons

perpetrated by him on the 2nd day of October, in the same year and on the 4th of October in the same year and on other days before and after, by pretext whereof the said Abbot forfeited all the said premises to the King and they are all now in the King's hands as forfeits.

All the said premises are held of the King in free burgage, and are worth per ann., clear, £14 8s. 5d.

The jurors say that yearly for ever there are issuing out of the said premises the yearly or quit rents underwritten, and that the premises are charged with them yearly for ever, viz., out of the said messuage and garden called le Bell 11s. of yearly and quit rent to the prior of the priory of St. John of Jerusalem in England, to be paid at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel only and out of the said tenements and gardens called le Rotten Rowe 4s. to be paid to the rector and wardens of the goods and ornaments of the Church of St. Botolph without Aldrichegate as by the charter of Ralph Radisperan citizen of London dated 1 March, 35 Edw. I. [1307], thereof made to God and the Blessed Mary and to all the saints and fabric of the said Church of St. Botolph it more fully appears; and out of the said messuage and garden called le Bell 3s. 4d. to be paid to the Master of the Hospital of St. Giles in the Fields near Charing Cross in co. Middlesex.

Chan. Inq. p. m., ser. 2, vol. 82, No. 73.

nquisition

Humphrey Abbott, Ediot.

taken at the Guildhall on the 24th day of October,

14 Eliz. [1572] before William Allen, knight, Mayor and escheator, to enquire as to the idiotcy of Humphrey Abbott, by the oath of John Haddon, Henry Sutton, John Wytton, John Noble [?], Robert Dyckenson, John Harrison, Adam Chaterton, Richard Adams, Edward Bowen, John Keblewhite, Thomas Pearson, John Jenninges, Robert Cryppes, Arthur Rainscrofte, Thomas Russell, Richard Smithe, Thomas Hackett, Henry Kynge, John Crouche, Anthony Barber, and Henry Rowsley [?] who say that

Humphrey Abbott has always been an idiot since his birth, so that he was not capable of governing himself or his lands, and is still an idiot, and does not enjoy lucid intervals. While in this state he has not alienated any lands or tenements.

George Baron, citizen and alderman of London, and George Bacon, gent., were seised in their demesne as of fee of 1 messuage late or formerly in the tenure of William Abbott and now in that of Elizabeth Abbott, widow, lying in the parish of St. Olave in Old Jewry in the City