The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]Richards, William
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The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]
Richards, William
Fens, The (England); King's Lynn (England)
gild for to be a brother, he shll pay for his entry to ye increase of
ye chattels of ye gild 13_s._ 4_d._ and find a sufficient {423} to
pay it within ye first year after his coming in upon pain of double
or his {424a} for him.—And also if any brother or sister of this gild
be deed in ye towne of Lenn ye dean shall warn all ye gild bretheren
& sisters yt are in towne to go to ye church with ye cors & offer
each man a ffarthing, & who comandett & is in towne & in hele on this
maner he shll not come nor do as is aforesaid, he shll pay to the
amendment of this gild one pound of wax, and if the dean fail of
comanding ilke brother and sister yt is in towne & none comand he
shall payen 1_d._—And what brother or sister of this gild be deed in
ye contre or in any other place as soon as ye alderman may wit it he
shall see the dean warn all the gild bretheren & sisters yt are in
Lenn & in hele to go with him to ye church of St. James aforesaid &
so sing a messe for him or hir yt is dede as if the body were there
present & offer in ye maner aforesaid upon ye paine aforesaid & whoso
be not in towne nor offer in ye manner aforesaid nor with the corps
where it is buryed he shall pay at next mornspech after a ffarthing,
& yt shall be done for the soul of him or hir yt is dede by ye
ordeynance of ye alderman and ye officers.—And where yt any of ye
bretheren dye in ye countre & any of his bretheren be near him be 10
miles he shll go to ye place where as he is dede & ordeyne & see yt
his goods be saved & kept & done for his soul as best is after ye
will of him yt is dede upon ye payn of 6_s._ 8_d._—Also it is ordeynd
yt no brother or sister of yis gild shall amerse no emplead either in
courte nor in consistorie nor in non other place for no maner of
cause till he have revealed his greivance to ye alderman or his
deputy & have leive of him upon payn of 2_l._ {424b} if ye alderman
nor his deputy may not accord hem he shll gife hem leive for to
persue ye same yt way they hope best to spede.—And also what brother
of this gild yt bete upon or mysay other in contre or in any other
place and it may be proved on hym he shall pay to ye amendment of
this gild a stone of wax and make amends to hym that he trespass
to.—An if any brother or sister of this gilde or other in strange
place or in coledge in power or in mischief through theves or other
sudeyne {425a} shall releve him after yat his state is in—And whose
trespass agst ye alderman or any of ye gilde bretheren in time of
mornspech or of drinke or of any other time unskilfullich he shall
pay to ye amendment of this gild 6_d._ and make his peace yt he
trespasst.—And while the Gild plener drynketh ye alderman shll have
every night gallon of ale, either skyvans a pottle, ye clerke a
pottle, & ye dean a pottle.—And who is chosen in office of alderman &
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