NO XXXI.

Letter of Bishop Waynflete concerning the Affairs of Sir John Fastolf. From Fenn's Original Letters, Vol. III. p. 358.

Be it remebred that forasmoch as S' John Fastolf late decesed of grete Affeccon hath put me yn trust to be one of hys executo's And seth hyt ys desyryd me to know my disposicon hereynne myne advyse ys this that fyrst an Jnventorie be made holye of hys godes and catell yn all places And thayt they be leyd yn sure waard by your discrecons 'tille the executo's or the moste part of tho that he put hys grete trust uppon speke wyth me and make declarac’on to me of hys last wille to the Accomplysshmt whereoff I wolle be speciall gode lord Ferthymore as touchyng hys buryeng and month ys mynde kepyng that it be don worshyplye accordyng to hys degree and for the helth of hys soule And that almesse be yeven yn mass seyng and to pore peple to the some of a hudred mrcks tille that othyrwyse we speke to geder And I can agree rygt well that hys Sunts haf theyr rewardes be tymes accordyng to hys wille to th'entent that they may be bet? disposed and to pray for the wellfare of hys soule takyng avyse of a lerned man yn spirituell lawe for no charge of admi'strac'on tille the executo's com to ghedr or the moste Pt that hys trust was most uppon to tak the admistrac'on.

[November or December,

1459. 38 Hen. VI.]

W. Winton.

No XXXII. See p. 271.

Extracts from Account-books relating to the building of the great Tower.

Md xii justes in oon bay & the bay conteyneth x fote Sum xxxvi fote of tymbre

Item, cc fote of borde in oon bay sum of tymber xx fote--sum i lode

Item, oon somer in oon bay, in tymber oon lode. Item vi coople refteres in oon bay wt dooble syde sum ii lode tymbre

resours

Md that the wall be made xv fote of hyghnesse and the wall in thyknesse under the flore ii brekes and oon halfe breke and above the flore in thyknesse ii brekes

Sum for all the werke xxviii lode

the cariage of a lode xxd. sum xlvis. viiid. Item md that oon lode of tymbre pret. xs. The sum of seyde xxviii lode of tymbre xivli. Item for the makynge of every bay xxvis. viiid. Sum tot. operis ixli. vis. viiid. wt ....dores Sum tot. dict. meremii cum opere xxiiili. vis. viiid. and for the cariage xlvis. viiid.

Sum tot.

......

xxvli. xiiis. iiiid.

Mem. that every just shalbe in brede viii ynches and in thyknesse vi ynches and every raftere shalbe vi ynches in brede and in thyknesse iii ynches

Item The dowble purlyones in brede viii ynches

and

and vi ynches of thyknesse, and the over purlyones in brede vii ynches and in thyknesse v ynches

Item all the borde to the seide werke after that hyt ys well dryed oon ynch.

xlvi brekes wol make in heigthe in lengthe after the length of the wall

after the thyknesse of ii brekes and an half . . . . a fote square

The walle of ii breke thyknesse woll ask to make a foot square xxxvi breke &c.

Lib. Comp.

1490. Ric. Gosemore junior Bursar (Gosemere in the roll).

1491-2, 7 H. 7. Ric. Gosmore (Gosemer in the roll), middle Bursar. This year the Tower was begun. 9 H. 7. Ric. Gosemer again middle Bursar. Roll. 1494-5, 10 H. 7. Ric. Gosmore Lector in philosophia. Custus turris.

Solu? Magistro Gosmore in completam solucionem pro edificacione turris anni preteriti una cum stipendio ejus et pro supervisione ejusdem operis ex determinacione Dñi Presidentis et seniorum

iiii li. v s. id. ob. Solu? Johi Baker pro vectura sex bigatorum meremii a Shotover ad Coll. pro area fienda in turri ca

piendo pro bigato X

v s. vid.

Sum iiii li. xs. viid. ob.

In the Bursar's roll of this year is the following

Memo

Memorandum. quod xxti libre pro continuacione edificii turris noviter incep? remanent in manibus dãi Presidentis et magistri Gosmore cum quibus non

oneramur.

1495 6, 11 H.7. Solu? Mro Gosmore supervisori operis turris in plenam solucionem pro pti? (preteritis) pro edificatione turris ut per billam scriptam manu dni presidentis v li. iii s. iii d. The Bursar's roll mentions xxvili. vid. left as before. 12H.7. Solu? Mr Ric. Gosmore xxix die Maii pro edificio turris, ut per indenturam, iii li. ii s. i d. ob. Solut ad manus dñi Presid. pro turre de pecuniis per nos receptis de quintadecima tenentium sci Johannis viii li.

In this Lib. Comp. Mr. Gosmore appears to have been active, and to have met with approbation.

13 H. 7. The Lib. Comp. wanting: among the receptions in the Bursar's roll are these two articles:

Et de priore et conventu de Hykelyng a parte solu? cc marcarum sine acquie? per manus dñi Presidentis decem libras applicandas ad edificium turris, cum qua summa non oneramur.'

Et de eodem priore et conventu in parte solu? ut supra per acquietantiam da? per dim Presid. decem libras applicand' ad edificium novi turris, cum qua, &c.

1498-9, 14 Hen. 7. Custus novi turris et campanilis.

Solu? Mr Gosmor in completam solucionem novi turris a preterito

viii li. xii s. vii d.

Ad

Ad manus M. Gosmore et Jabeson

cione edificii predicti turris

pro continua

x li. ii s. id.

Summa xxvi li. xiiis. vii d.

In the last term of this year Gosmore succeeded Mr. Barnys as Vice President.

Wolsey was junior Bursar and Schoolmaster during

two terms.

15 H.7. Wolsey senior Bursar. The Lib. Comp. missing.

16 H. 7. 1500-1. Custus domus campanilis. Solu? M. Kent pro duobus cordis dictis Ly bell ropis, ponderantibus xxviii li.

Solut uni de Bekley pro 3bus novis Ly Bawdrykes tum pro correo cum pro factura eorum

Custus nove turris.

xvi d.

Solu? Mro Prut (junior Bursar) pro edificacione ejusdem primo termino, xls. 2do termino XX S. 3 termino, xi li. vi s. viii d. 4 term. xxii li.

xiii. s. iiii d. xxxvii li.

=

17 H. 7. Custus campanilis

nove turris

iiii s. iiii d.

xlvi li. xiiii s. id.

18 H. 7. 1502-3. Custus nove turris.

Solu? M. Prutt supervisori illius turris 5t die

Decembris ut per Indenturam v li.

With Raynolde 7° die Februarii pro edifi

cacione illius turris

xls.

2 D

Will°