Footprints of Former Men in Far CornwallHawker, Robert Stephen
History
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall
Hawker, Robert Stephen
Cornwall (England : County) -- History
“SAYNT MARYE WEKE.--See Cert. 9, No. 6. The chauntrye called Dame
Percyvalls, at the altar of Seynt John Baptist, in the north yeld
within the same church. Founded by Dame Tomasyne Percyvall, wyf of
syr John Percival, knt., and alderman of London. To fynd a pryste
to praye for her sowle in the paryshe churche of Saynt Marye Weke;
also [to] teach children freelye in a scole founded by [her] not
farr distant from the sayd parishe churche; and he to receyve for
his yerelye stipend xij^{li.} vj^{s.} To fynde a mancyple also
to instructe children under the sayd scolemaster, and he to have
yerelye xxvj^{s.} viij^{d.} To a laundresse for the scolemaster and
mancyple yerelye xiij^{s.} iiij^{d.} And the remayne of the lands
(all charges of reparacons of the tenements and houses, chalys and
ornaments, being first allowed) should be expended in an obytt
yerelye for her in the paryshe church.--Cert. 10, No. 8, xiij^{s.}
iiij^{d.} to y^e pore peple yerelye.
“The yerelye value of the lands and possessions,
xv^{li.} xiiij^{s.} viij^{d.}
“Cert. 9, No. 6. M^{d.}That one John Denham, of Tyston [Devon], one
of y^e feoffees of founders of the said scole, kepyth land named
Ashe in Broadworth and other quylytts thereto adjoinyng, parcel of
possessions gyven for sayd scole; and with y^e profytts thereof
payeth iiij^{li.} yerely to y^e manciple ther, and xiij^{s.}
iiij^{d.} to y^e launder of y^e said scole-house.” (Oliver,
“Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis,” p. 483.)
Carew’s quaint account is worth quoting in full:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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