County: Cambridgeshire
Code: D6014#2
Reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library. MS.Rawlinson C.541
Function: Rule




[fol. 15v]Thys statute is made by the comyn̕
assent of all the brethernn and sisternn
of alhallowe yelde the yere of oure
lorde . Ml-.-CCCCCo-.-iiijo . // These ar the
names of them þt made this statute
by all þe comyn assent . // Fyrst be-
gynnyng Johnn manfelde . Richart
alwey . wyllam askam . Thomas kelsey
johnn Elys and wyllam wyllys thes
forsaid men wyll þat euery broþer
schall haue at his departyng v .
prestis . and euery prest to hime
iiij d of the cost of þe gylde . and
the whiche prestis to cum to
the place wher the said bodi
ys . and to bryng him to chirche
and to syng diriges and masse
for his soule . and if so be þat
[fol. 16r]þe sayd broþer be abyll to kepe a dirige of hys
owne proper cost we wyll þat thys dirige and
masse be deferryd tyll þe next day after . and to
be sayd in the same chirche . wher þe body is
byryed . Also we wyll þt who-so-euer be
parson vycary or parasche prest for to be
oone of the . v. prestys and þe clerke and þe sexten̕
to haue of þe same chirche . iiij d . if so be ther̕
be no sexten the clerke to haue iiijd And
vj d for to be gyvyn̕ in brede to pore peple
of the same parasche if ther be any pore
brothyr or Suster to haue part theroff . //
Also we wyll þat euery Syster schall haue at
hyr departyng too prestys . and they to haue
viijd . of þe cost of þe yelde and the said prestys
for to cum to þe place of the dede body and
to bryng hyr to chyrche and to syng or say
Dyryge for hyr Soule .