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Of all{e} oþ{er} estat{es} to a messe /
iij. or iiij. þus may ye sur{e},
And of all{e} estatis þat ar egall{e} w{i}t{h} a knyght /
digne & demur{e},
Off abbot & p{ri}our{e} sauncȝ myt{ur},
of co{n}vent þey hañ cur{e};
Deane / Archedecoñ, mast{ur} of þe rolles,
aft{ur} your{e} plesur{e}, 1060
[Sidenote: under Judges, Doctor of Divinity, Prothonotary, Mayor
of Calais.]
Alle the vndirIusticeȝ and barou{n}es
of þe kyng{es} Eschekier{e}, [Fol. 187.]
a p{ro}vinciall{e} / a doctour{e} devine /
or boþe lawes, þus yow ler{e},
A p{ro}thonot{ur} ap{ert}li, or þe popis collectour{e},
if he be ther{e},
Also þe meyr{e} of þe stapull{e} /
In like purpose þ{er} may apper{e}. 1064
[Sidenote: V. Other ranks equal to a Squire, four to a mess.
Serjeants of Law, ex-Mayor of London, Masters of Chancery,]
Of all{e} oþ{ur} estat{es} to a messe ye may sette
four{e} / & four{e},
as suche p{er}sones as ar p{er}egall{e}
to a squyer{e} of honour{e}:
Sargeaund{es} of lawe /
& hym̅ þat hath byñ meyr{e} of londoñ aforne,
and þe mastyrs of þe chauncery, þey may not be forborne. 1068
[Sidenote: Preachers and Parsons, Apprentices of Law, Merchants
and Franklins.]
All{e} p{re}chers / residencers / and p{er}sones þat ar greable,
Apprentise of lawe In courtis pletable,
Marchaund{es} & Frankloñȝ, worshipfull{e} & honorable,
þey may be set semely at a squyers table. 1072
[Sidenote: Each estate or rank shall sit at meat by itself, not
seeing another.]
These worthy[A] Estat{es} a-foreseid / high of renowne,
Vche Estate syngulerly in hall{e} shall{e} sit a-downe,
that none of hem se othur{e} /
at mete tyme in feld nor in towne,
but vche of þem̅ self in Chambur or in pavilowne. 1076
[Text note: royall{e} _is written over_ worthy.]
[Sidenote: The Bishop of Canterbury shall be served apart from the
Archbishop of York, and the Metropolitan alone.]
++Yeff þe bischopp{e} of þe p{ro}vynce of Caunturbury
be in þe p{re}sence of the archebischopp{e}
of yorke reu{er}ently,
þeir{e} s{er}uice shall{e} be kou{er}ed /
vche bisshopp{e} syngulerly,
and in þe p{re}sence of þe metropolytan{e}
none oþ{er} sicurly. 1080
[Sidenote: The Bishop of York must not eat before the Primate of
England.]
yeff bischopps of yorke p{ro}vynce be fortune be syttyng{e}
In þe p{re}sence of þe p{ri}mate of Englond þañ beyng{e},
þey must be cou{er}ed in all{e} þeyr{e} s{er}uyng{e},
and not in p{re}sence of þe bischopp{e}
of yorke þer{e} apperyng{e}. 1084
[Headnote: USHER AND MARSHAL: OF BLOOD ROYAL AND PROPERTY.]
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