Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham / A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See

by Joseph E. Bygate

Item to one cheyf Butler for hys wages and dyete			iiii li. xiiis. iiiid.
Item to an under Butler for hys wages and dyete			iii li. vis. viiid.
Item one Cheyf Cooke for hys wages and dyete			iiii li. xiiis. iiiid.
Item oone Under Coke for hys wages and dyete			iii li. vi s. viii d.
Item for the provostes expences in receyvyng the Rentes and surveyeng the landes by yere			x li.
Item to a Cator to bye there dyetes for his wages and dyete and makynge hys bockes of reconyngs by the yere			vi li. xiiis. iiiid.
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Duresme			MlDC xx iiii viiili xis viiid.
Porciones deductæ			MlDC xx iiii xiiili xiiis iiiid.
Reman'		lxxxxiiiili xviiis iiid.
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A proporcion for mayntenance of Hospitalite Lernynge Dyvine Service Almes and other necessarie Expences in the Cathedrall Churche of Duresme to be erectyd foundyd and establysshed by the King's Majesties goodnes.
Sma MlDC xx iiii viiili xi s. viii d.

HOSPITALITE.
The dean cclxiii li. x s.—Prebend' xxxii li. vi s. viii d. Corpus of the deane and prebendaries.
Fyrste for the Deane for the corpus of his promotion which he shall certaynlye receyve and accordinge wherunto he shall paye the tenthes and fyrst frutes	xl li.
Item to twelve prebendaries iche of them for the corpus of his promotion viiili which he shall receyve certaynly by yere and accordinge whereunto he shall paye the tenthes and fyrste fruytes	xx iiii xvi li.
DISTRIBUTIONS.
Item to the deane for every daie of his residence to be payd by waie of Cotidiane distribucion out of the common possession xii s. v d. to be paid out of the same common possession which amountyth in the yere	ccxxvi li. xii s. i d.	D C x x x l i. x i i i s. i d.
Item to eche prebendarye for every daie of his residence to be payd by waie of Cotidiane distribucion out of the common possession xvid ob. over and besydes iiii s. ix d. ob. to be payd to every of the prebendaries out of the same common possession which in the hole yere amountith to the twelve said prebendaries to the Summe	ccciiii li.
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LEARNINGE.
Item a reader in divinite for his yerely stypende to be paid of the common possession	xxvi li. xiii s. iiii d.
Item to twelve scolers to be found at the Universite off Oxforde every of them ix li. xi s. viii d. by yere	cxv li.	c c x x x li. vi s. v i i i d.	c c i i ili x i i i i i i i.
Item to xviii scolers to be taught Gramer Greke and Latyn every of them iiii li. by yere	lxxii li.
Item to a scolemaster for the same scolars	x li.
Item to an ussher for them	vi li. xiii s. iiii d.
DYVINE SERVICE.
Item to twelve petycanons eche of them x li. by yere for ther dyet and wagys	cxx li.	c c c ili
Item to tenne laymen syngars eche of them to have yerely for their dyet and wagys vi li. xiii s. iiii d.	lxvi li. xiii s. iiii d.
Item to tenne Choristers eche of them lxvi s. viii d.	xxiii li. vi. s. viii d.
Item for a master to the Children for his dyet and wagys	x. li.
Item to a Gospeller and Epistoler eche of them vi li. xiiis. iiiid.	xii li.
Item to twoo sextens	xii li.
Item to a Cator	vi li. xiii s. iiii d.
Item to twoo buttellers	xii li.
Item to two Cookes	xii li.
Item to thre other commen servaantes as portor and ryngars eche of them v li.	xv li.

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ALMES.
Item to eyght poore men eche of them yerely vi li. xiii. s. iiii d.	liii li. vi s. viii d.
Item to be yerely distributed in almes to householders	lxvi li. xiii s. iiii d.
Item to be yerely spente in mendynge of hyghways	xx li.
EXPENCES NECESSARIE.
Item for yerely reparacions by Estymation.	cxxxi li. viii s. v d.	xx ciiii iiii li. xv s. x d.
Item in exspences yerely in surveynge the landes and receyvinge the Rentes	xx li.
Item in expences for wyne and wax	xiii li. vi s. viii d.
Item to a Stewarde of landes for his fee	x li.
Item to an Auditor	x li.
Sum of the common MlCCC xx iiii vi li. xiii s. xd.	MlCCCC xx iiii xvili xv d.
Sum totall of all thies percels	MlDxxiili xiiis xd.

Above which chargys the church indewyd with landes to susteyne the same muste pay yerely tenthes and a certayne summe by composition for the fyrste frutes deducted and abbayted.

Cxxxvi li. payd by the deane and prebendaries severall.
cxl li. to be allowyd by statute for almes.
x li. for the stewarde allowyd by statute.
x li. for the Auditors fee allowyd by statute.

The hole sume of deductions	CC xx iiii xvi li.
And so remaynes chargeable with tenthes and fyrst frutes	MlCCxxvi li. xiii s. x d.

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Whereof to be payd for the tenthes of the commen possession			ccxvi li. ix s. vi d.
cxliiii li. vi s. iiii d.
Item a yerely Rent to be payd by composition for the fyrste frutes
lxxii li. xii s. iid.

And so the Cathedrale Churche for mayntenance of the said yerely charges and paymente touchinge hospitalite lernynge divine service almes necessarie exspences tenthes and fyrst frutes after the Rates before mentionyd must yf the said shall lyke the Kings majestic be indewyd with yerely Revenues of the summe of M^lDCCxxxix^li xiii s. iiii d.

MDCCxii li. x s.