ECR 54 010
Reference code
ECR 54 010
Title
Eton, Buckinghamshire and other properties: Public instrument
Level
Item
Date
21 December 1443
Content description
Public instrument, recounting that on 21 December 1443, in the choir of the Collegiate church of the Blessed Mary of Eton, in the presence of Thomas Bekynton, Bishop of Bath, and William, Earl of Suffolk, commissioned by the King, with John Blakeney and John Say, public notaries and witnesses, standing by, appeared Master William Waynflete, Provost, John Clerc, Vice-Provost, Master Thomas Harlowe, Master Thomas Weston, Master William Weye and Master John Bonner, Fellows, and John Godston and John Moddyng, clerks of the Collegiate church, and certain of the scholars and choristers. The bishop declared that he and the Earl were come to receive the oath of the Provost and see the oaths received by him of the fellows, etc., for the observance of the Founder's Statutes. A royal dispensation temporarily suspending those parts of the Statutes effected by the incompleteness of the buildings was read by Richard Andrew, doctor of laws.
The Provost then took his oath, after which he placed himself on the right side of the choir. The Vice-provost then took his oath. The fellows followed with a like oath. The clerks then took their oath. The Thomas Constantin, one of the scholars, took his oath, followed by other scholars viz. John Payn, Thomas Say, Thomas Seggefeld, John Goldsmith, Edward Hancok, Richard Fawley, William Stok, William Wethir, John Pente and John Brown.
Witnesses to the foregoing: Master Richard Andrew, of the diocese of Lincoln, Master Walter Lyherd, of the diocese of Exeter, and Master William Say, of the diocese of Lincoln.
Marks and certificates of Blakeney and Say, the notaries.
[This document is briefly mentioned in Maxwell Lyte's History of Eton, 4th edition (1911) p. 18].
The Provost then took his oath, after which he placed himself on the right side of the choir. The Vice-provost then took his oath. The fellows followed with a like oath. The clerks then took their oath. The Thomas Constantin, one of the scholars, took his oath, followed by other scholars viz. John Payn, Thomas Say, Thomas Seggefeld, John Goldsmith, Edward Hancok, Richard Fawley, William Stok, William Wethir, John Pente and John Brown.
Witnesses to the foregoing: Master Richard Andrew, of the diocese of Lincoln, Master Walter Lyherd, of the diocese of Exeter, and Master William Say, of the diocese of Lincoln.
Marks and certificates of Blakeney and Say, the notaries.
[This document is briefly mentioned in Maxwell Lyte's History of Eton, 4th edition (1911) p. 18].
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