[507] “Register” of Bishop Buckingham, p. 282.
[508] A. Gibbons, “Early Lincoln Wills,” p. 91.
[509] S.P.C.K., “Diocese of Lichfield,” p. 161. So at the Free Chapel at Kingston (see [p. 125]).
[510] “Early Lincoln Wills,” p. 29.
[511] Ibid., p. 60.
[512] Ibid., p. 150.
[513] Newcourt’s “Repertorium.”
[514] “Diocesan Hist. of Hereford,” S.P.C.K.
[515] “Lichfield Diocese,” p. 115, S.P.C.K.
[516] Here are a few examples from Lincoln Diocese only, within fifty years. William Aghton, Archdeacon of Bedford, 1422, left a bequest for masses for his soul. Richard of Ravenser, Archdeacon of Lincoln, 1385, leaves 2s. to every nun of the Order of Sempringham and every anchorite or recluse in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and numerous other bequests to religious houses, besides a manor and certain tenements to be sold in aid of a chaplain of the vicars [choral] of Lincoln, to celebrate at St. Giles’s Without, Lincoln, for him, etc. William Wintringham, Canon of Lincoln, 1415, left 200 marks for mortuary masses. Richard Croxton, Canon of Lincoln, 1383, left £50 for masses for ten years. John of Haddon, Canon of Lincoln, 1374, left £21 to find two chaplains for two years. Robert of Austhorpe, Doctor of Laws and Licentiate in Arts, 1372, left 20s. for masses. Stephen of Hoghton, Rector of the Mediety of Lesyngham, 1390, left 20s. and two books to the Prior and Convent of Nocton for a perpetual anniversary. Robert of Lottryngton, Rector of Gosberkyrk, 1391, left £10 and his portiforium and psalterium to his church, and a bequest for two chaplains to celebrate for him for a year. Richard Morys, Rector of Bryngton, 1396, leaves £4 to Mr. William Ynflet, to celebrate for him (A. Gibbons, “Early Lincoln Wills”).