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henry the seventh's chapel.
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a convenient space and distance from the grees of the high Aultier of the said Chapell, there
°e made in lenght and brede about the said Tombe, a grate, in maner of a closure, of coper
a»d gilte, after the faction that we have begoune, whiche we wol be by our said Executours
fully accomplisshed and performed. And within the same grate at our fete, after a conue-
nient distance from our Towmbe, be made an Altier in the honour of our Salviour Jhu Crist,
streight adjoynyng to the said grate, at which Aultier we wol, certaine Preists dailie saie
Masses, for the weale of our Soule and remission of our Synnes, vnder such maner and
f°urme, as is couvenanted and aggreed betwext vs, and Th' Abbot, Priour and Conuent of our said
Monasterye of Westminster ; and as more sp'ially appereth, by certaine writings indented made
uPon the same, and passed, aggreed and concluded betwix us and the said Abbot, Priour and
Conuent under our grete Seale and signed with our ownn hande for our partie ; and the Conuent
Seale of the said Abbot, Priour and Conuent for their partie, and remayneng of recorde in the
holies of our Chauncellary. And if our said Chapell and Towmbe, and oure said wifs Ymages,
grate and closure, be not fully accomplisshed and perfitely finisshed, according to the premisses,
us in our lif-tyme; we then wol, that not oonly the same Chapell, Tombe, Grate, and Closure,
and every of them, and al other thinges to them belonging, with al spede, and assone after our de-
cease as goodly may be doon, bee by our Executours hooly and perfitely finisshed in every behalve,
after the manner and fourme before rehersed, and sutingly to that that is begoune and doon of
theim—but also that the said Chapell be desked, and the windowes of our said Chapell be glased,
with Stores, Ymagies, Armes, Bagies, and Cognoissaunts, as is by us redily divised, and in picture
delivered to the Prior of Saunt Bartilmews, besid Smythfeld, maistre of the works of our said
Chapell ; and that the Walles, Doores, Windows, Archies and Vaults, and Ymages of the same
°ur Chapel within and without, be painted, garnisshed and adorned, with our Armes, Bagies, Cog-
noissaunts, and other convenient painting, in as goodly and riche manner as such a work required),
ar>d as to a King's werk apperteigneth. And for the more sure perfourmance and finisshing of the
Premisses, and for the more redye payment of the money necessary in that behalf, we have de-
livered in redy money before the hand, the some of v.m li, to the Abbot, Prioure and Conuent of
our said Monastery of Westminster, as by writing indented betwixt us and them, testifying the
same payment and receipte, and bering date at Richemounte the thretene daie of the moneth of
A-Prill, the xxiiii yere of our reigne, it dooth more plainlie appiere : the same five thousand pounds,
and every parcel thereof, to be truly emploied and bestowed by the Abbot of our said monastery
f°r the tyme being, about and upon the finisshing and p'fourmying of the premisses from time to
tyme, as nede shall require, by th' advise, comptrollement and on sight of such persones as we in
0ur life and our Executours after our decesse, yf they be not doon in our life, shall depute and
assign, without discontynuyng of the said works or any parte of theim, till thei be fully performed,
finisshed, and accomplisshed. And that the said Abbot of our said Monastery for the ty me bein^
be accomptable for th' employing and bestowing of the said some of v.m li upon the said werks,
to us in our lif, and to our Executours after our decesse, for such parcell therof as shall reste not
accompted for before that, and not emploied nor bestowed upon the said werks after our decesse,
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a convenient space and distance from the grees of the high Aultier of the said Chapell, there
°e made in lenght and brede about the said Tombe, a grate, in maner of a closure, of coper
a»d gilte, after the faction that we have begoune, whiche we wol be by our said Executours
fully accomplisshed and performed. And within the same grate at our fete, after a conue-
nient distance from our Towmbe, be made an Altier in the honour of our Salviour Jhu Crist,
streight adjoynyng to the said grate, at which Aultier we wol, certaine Preists dailie saie
Masses, for the weale of our Soule and remission of our Synnes, vnder such maner and
f°urme, as is couvenanted and aggreed betwext vs, and Th' Abbot, Priour and Conuent of our said
Monasterye of Westminster ; and as more sp'ially appereth, by certaine writings indented made
uPon the same, and passed, aggreed and concluded betwix us and the said Abbot, Priour and
Conuent under our grete Seale and signed with our ownn hande for our partie ; and the Conuent
Seale of the said Abbot, Priour and Conuent for their partie, and remayneng of recorde in the
holies of our Chauncellary. And if our said Chapell and Towmbe, and oure said wifs Ymages,
grate and closure, be not fully accomplisshed and perfitely finisshed, according to the premisses,
us in our lif-tyme; we then wol, that not oonly the same Chapell, Tombe, Grate, and Closure,
and every of them, and al other thinges to them belonging, with al spede, and assone after our de-
cease as goodly may be doon, bee by our Executours hooly and perfitely finisshed in every behalve,
after the manner and fourme before rehersed, and sutingly to that that is begoune and doon of
theim—but also that the said Chapell be desked, and the windowes of our said Chapell be glased,
with Stores, Ymagies, Armes, Bagies, and Cognoissaunts, as is by us redily divised, and in picture
delivered to the Prior of Saunt Bartilmews, besid Smythfeld, maistre of the works of our said
Chapell ; and that the Walles, Doores, Windows, Archies and Vaults, and Ymages of the same
°ur Chapel within and without, be painted, garnisshed and adorned, with our Armes, Bagies, Cog-
noissaunts, and other convenient painting, in as goodly and riche manner as such a work required),
ar>d as to a King's werk apperteigneth. And for the more sure perfourmance and finisshing of the
Premisses, and for the more redye payment of the money necessary in that behalf, we have de-
livered in redy money before the hand, the some of v.m li, to the Abbot, Prioure and Conuent of
our said Monastery of Westminster, as by writing indented betwixt us and them, testifying the
same payment and receipte, and bering date at Richemounte the thretene daie of the moneth of
A-Prill, the xxiiii yere of our reigne, it dooth more plainlie appiere : the same five thousand pounds,
and every parcel thereof, to be truly emploied and bestowed by the Abbot of our said monastery
f°r the tyme being, about and upon the finisshing and p'fourmying of the premisses from time to
tyme, as nede shall require, by th' advise, comptrollement and on sight of such persones as we in
0ur life and our Executours after our decesse, yf they be not doon in our life, shall depute and
assign, without discontynuyng of the said works or any parte of theim, till thei be fully performed,
finisshed, and accomplisshed. And that the said Abbot of our said Monastery for the ty me bein^
be accomptable for th' employing and bestowing of the said some of v.m li upon the said werks,
to us in our lif, and to our Executours after our decesse, for such parcell therof as shall reste not
accompted for before that, and not emploied nor bestowed upon the said werks after our decesse,