monday next after ye Trinite Sonday all ye forsayde bretheren sisteren shal comen togeder to ye same place wher ye candel is offered t have a messe of Requiem for all Christen soules ande evy brother sister shal offre a ferthyng and whoso be absent he shal payen a pounde of wax to ye light Ande also it is ordeyned by comon assente of yis franite yat at ye day of the sepulture of ye bretherent sisteren evy brother t sister forsayde shal offeren an halpeny to almesse and evich brother sister shal payen a peny to a messe and evy brother sister shal payen of ye comon catel a peny to a Sauter for ye deden soule and he shall have of ye comon catel two candels poysaunt viij pound Ande also it is ordeynede by yis fraInitee yat yfe eny brother or sister falle in pover? or in michief evy brother or sister shal payen an halpeny in ye weke to ye officers wh'of ye pouer broth? or sister shal have xijd in ye weke tye remaniant shall be done to ye light And also it is ordeynede yat if eny brother or sister be absent at any gaderyng or beryinge or wher he be somoned he shal payen a pounde of wax to ye light bot he be excuseyd [hole] onableby. Et quo ad bona t catal dce franitatis eidem excellencie vře silit significamus qd nō pdci custodes hēmus in custodia ad opus t sustentacõem fra?nitate pdci lx' argenti.

111. Norwich.

And a brotherhode per ys ordened of barbres in ye Site of Norwych in ye worshep of God tys modert Seynt John ye Babtis yat alle bretheren and sisteren of ye same gyld als longe as xij psones of hem lyven yey schulen offeryn a candel

to torches of wax t yis light yey hoten and a vowed to kepynt myntenyn and thes oy) ordenances yat ben under wreton upon her power and diligence in worschepe of Crist tys modyrt Seynt John Baptis and ye to torches schul bien of xj lib weyght and alle ye bretherint sisterin schullen

offeryn yis candelt ye to torches everi zer a misomer day ↑ yey herin her messe at ye heye auter atte Charnnel in cristis cherge and everi brother t sistir offeryn an ob wyth her candel and her to torches in honor of God toure lady t saynt John ye Babtis

And ye to torches everi day in ye 3er scullen ben light and brennyng at ye heye messe at selve auter from ye levacon of cristis body sacrid in til yat ye priest have usud.

This bien ye names of ye men yat ben maystrist kepirs of ye Gyld.

Phus Barbur

Jacob Barbir

and yis men haue in

kepyng for ye same

Thom Barbyr at Pchors light ijs in her box.

116. Fratnit Sce Trinitatis ac Sci Witti Innocen? Martiris de Norwico.

Norwic. Excellentissimo et noblissimo principit dño não dño Rico dei gracia Regi Anglie 't ffrand ac ipius sano oonsilio in sua cancellaria Sui ligei humiles t benignissimū magistri t custodes fratnitatis constant t ordinat in honore sce Trinitatis beatie Marie ac beati Witti innocentist martiris ac omu scoz que quidem franitas est coia i ecchi cath Sce Trinitatis Norwid die dmca pxa post fm Pet Pauli omioda revencia cum omi subjectoẽ t honore cum nup de mandatis Regis p vice com Norffe palam t publice in? alia fuisset pclamatũ qa oms et singli magistri et custodes gilda fra?nitatũ quazcuq etificent in cancellariam vram in septis plenarie distincte tapte cit" festum purificacois beatæ marie ubicuq3 tunc fuit de modo forma ac aucte fundacois incepcois ac co'tinuacõist regiminis gilde et fraternitatis hui existentę nec non de litatib; Pvilegijs statutis ordinacoibz usibz t consuetudinib; gilda t fra?nitatu eașdm ac insup de

9 Now the Grammar School.

omibz terris t tenementis redditibz possessionibz mortificatis non mortificatis ac bonis catallis quibzcunq, ad Pdcas gildast fra?nitates qualifcunq, ptinentibz sive spectantibz in quacumq, manibz hui? terre t tenement redditus t possessiones bona seu catalla ad opus hui gildaret fra?nitatũ existant ac de vo pcio bona catellaz pdicaz Nosq ligei vri auditæ et intellecta pclamacoe Pdicta p ipm vice com facta regie celsitudini vre juxa forma pelamacois pdict in omibz obedire volentes eidm celsitudini vre 2tificam? qd nra confratnitas andca ab anno dñi mittio tricentesimo septuagesimo sexto fuit incepta et fundata ac deinceps ad honorem dei głoseq, virginis marie matris sue ac beati Witti et omũ score diuinuq cultus augmentacõe ac dce ecctie catht sustentacois duaz capellana deo ibidm servien? releuamen p confrest sorores ipius fratnitatis successive continuata sine Pjudicio injuria seu calupnia cujuscuq, nec est dca franitas in aliquib3 terris tenementis redditib; aut possessionib3 immobilibz dotata sz fuit t est quando t quotiens necesse fait Р omb; eidm confra?nitatu

ventibz subportandis decollecta

coï nec dãos confres t sorores fieri consueta ac de legatis in testamentist ultiš volutatibz alijsq, pijs deuocionib; ad . . . . relictis t collatis devent sustentata t huc usq, debita gubnata. Ad hos insup modů t forma frest sorores dõe confra?nitatis sunt convocande convoca? assembliade seu assemblia? sēdm quasdam ordinacões corsensu ipoz confrm et soroz edit atq factas quaz quidm ordinaconu tenor sequita in hec ba.

In ye name of ye fader and sone and holy gost thre psones ō god in ?nite and in ye worchepe of our lauedy Seynte marie his dere moder And of seynt William ye holy innocent and digne marter And alle halewyn In ye yer of oure lorde ihu cryst a thousand thre hundred seventy and sexe Peltyers and oyere god men beguinne yis gylde and yis brotherhod of Seynt Willyam ye holy Innocent and marter in Norwych And alle yes ordenaunces underwreten al ye bretheren and systeren schulyn helden and kepen upon here power.

At ye fyrste alle ye bretheren and systeren thus hau be hoten yat yey every yer on ye sunday nexst aftyr ye fest of seynt Pet and Powel In worchepe of ye ?nite and of our leuedy and seynt William and allehalwen schullen offeren to floured candelys aforn seynt Willyams toube3 in ye mynstre of ye nyte and eùi of hem offeryn an halpeny at y messe and heren at yo messe and qwo so be absent yanne he schal payen to seynt Williams lyth thre pound of wax and it schal ben reysed and gadered be ye alderman and his felas Also a knave chyld innocent beren a candel yat day ye wygth of to pounds led betwyxen to gode men tokenynge of ye gloryous marter. Also it is ordeyned yat no man schal ben excusyd of absence at yat messe but it be for ye kyngges ŝvise or for serous sekenesse or twenty myle dwellynge for yis syte yat he ne schal payen ye peyne of thre pounds of wax.

And qwo so schal ben escused for any õy schyl (it ?) schal ben at ye aldermañes wyl and at ye company.

Also all ye bretheryn and systeryn hav hordeyned and graunted for any ordenaunce yat is mad or schal ben mad amonges hem yat yey schal save ye kingę hys ryth and non Piudys don ageyn his lawe in yis ordenaunce.

Also it is ordeyned yat everych broy and syster of yis

3 In 1278, John de Chisel, Bishop of London, dedicated the altar where the body of St. William was buried, and Thomas de Cantelupe, Bishop of Hereford, dedicated the opposite altar by the choir door.-Blomefield, vol. ii. p. 486, fol. ed. On the plan of the church, St. William's altar is shown on the north side of the choir door. The offerings at St. William's in 1306 were insignificant, amounting only to ninepence. In 1396, twenty years after the foundation of this Guild, they amounted to £7. 58. 2d., being about one-eighth of the sum offered at the high altar, and more than double the offerings at any of the other altars or chapels. In 1401, £5. 10s. 9d.; 1403, £4. 17s. 6d.; 1404, £4. 78. 4d.; 1405, £4. 128. Od.; 1406, £3. Os. 01d. The offerings were clearly on the decline, for in 1423, they were only 16s. 11d., and they fluctuated from 1426 to 1430 between 68. and 9s. The Guild of St. William must surely have ceased to exist then. In 1465, the next date at which we have any notice of the amount of oblations at St. William's altar, only 9d. was received; in 1504, 20d.; and the maximum after this date was 4s. 4d. in 1516.

gylde erly on morwe aftyr ye gylde day schal heryn a masse of requiem for alle ye brother soules and systeren soules of yis gilde And for alle cristens soules at Seynt Williams auter in ye mynstre of ye Trynyte in Norwych and offeren a ferthyng And qwo so be wane schal paye a pound of wax.

And qwan ye messe is done be here aldermannes asent yey schal alle togedere gon to an In and euy man yat hat any catelle of ye gilde leyn it don and ordeynen yer of here lykynge be comon assent and chosen offycis for ye nexte yer And qwo falye schal payen thre pounds of wax.

And viij men of ye aldermañes chosynge on ye gylde day schulen chosen an alderman and to felas And a somons for ye nexte yer.

Also it is ordeyned in ye worchepe of ye inte and of oure leuedy Seynt Marie and of Seynt William and of alle halwyn yat qwhat brother or syster be goddis sonde falle in mischef or mysese and have nout to helpen hem self he schall hau almesse of eui broy' and sys? euy weke lestende his myschef a ferthyng of qwch ferthynges he schal hau xiiijd and ye remenaunt gon to catell but if it be his foly he schal none have of ye elmes.

Also it is ordeyned be comon assent qwoso be chosen in offys and refuse it he schal paye to seynt William (qu. light) thre pound of wax and up payne of his oth.

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Also if eny brother or sys? deye he schal hau of ye gylde foure torches and foure pore men cladde a bou.. euy brother and sist offeren at his messe and heryn al ye messe and byden in enterynge and at masse offeryn a ferthynge and an halpeny 3eue to almes for ye soule And yeven to a messe a peny qwch shal be gaderyd be ye Alderman and hise felas to don for ye soule And for alle cristens.

Also if any broy' or sist" deye sevene myles frõ ye cite ye alderman and oỷ sevene bretheryn at his . . . wende in fere ye cors and ordeynen and don for ye soule as for on of ye bretheren.