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as often and when soo ever we or tliey shall calle hym thereunto, as it is more largly conteyned in
the said Indentures. And in case the said v.m li shall not suffice for the hool perfourmance and
accomplisshment of the saidwerks and every parcell of theim, and that thei be not p'fitely finisshed
by us in our life daies, we then wol that our Executours from tyme to tyme as necessitie shall re-
quire, deliver to the said Abbot for the tyme being, as moch money above the said v.m li, as shall
suffice for the p'fite finisshing and perfourmyng of the said werks, and every parte of theim; the
same money to be emploied and bestowed upon the p'fite finisshing and perfourming of the said
werks, by the said Abbot for the tyme being, by the foresaied advise, ouersight, comptrollement
and accompte, with out desisting or discontynuyng the same werks in any wise, till they and
every parcell of theim as before is said, be fully and p'fitely accomplisshed and perfourmed, in
maner and forme before rehersed."
The Will then proceeds to provide for the funeral, which is directed to be performed without
" dampnable pompe, and oterageous superfluities." Ten thousand masses are to be said after his
decease, and £2000. distributed in alms between the day of his death and that of his interment.
After providing for building and founding the Savoy Hospital, finishing King's College Chapel, at
Cambridge, making public bridges, &c. the Will again adverts to the chapel at Westminster,
and states,
"Also we wol, that our Executours, except it bee performed by ourself in our life, cause to be
made for the overparte of the Aultre within the grate of our Tombe, a table of the lenght of the
same Aultre, and half afote longer at either ende of the same, and v fote of height with the border,
and that in the mydds of the overhalf of the same table, bee made the Ymage of the Crucifixe.
Mary and John, in maner accustumed ; and upon bothe sids of theim, be made as many of the
Ymagies of our said advouries as the said table wol receive; and under the said Crucifixe and
Ymages of Marie and John, and other advouries bee made the xii Apostles : All the said table,
Crucifixe, Mary and John, and other Ymages of our advouries and xii Apostellis, to be of tymbre,
covered and wrought with plate of fyne golde. Also we geve and bequethe to the Aulter within
the grate of our said Tombe, our grete pece of the holie Cross, which by the high provision of our
Lord God was conveied, brought and delivered to us, from the Isle of Cyo in Grece, set in gold,
and garnisshed with perles and precious stones ; and also the preciouse Relique of oon of the ieggs
of Saint George, set in silver parcell gilte, which came to the hands of our Broder and Cousyn,
Lewys of Fraunce, the tyme that he wan and recovered the Citie of Millein, and geven and sent
to us by our Cousyne the Cardinal of Amboys, Legate in Fraunce : the which pece of the holie
Crosse, and leg of Saincte George, we wol bee set upon the said Aulter for the garnisshing of the
same, upon al principal and solempne fests, and al other fests, after the discrecion of our Chauntery
Priests singing for us at the same Aulter. Also we geve and bequeth to the same Aulter, if it bee
not doon by our self in our life, oon Masse booke hand writen, iii sutes of Aulter clothes, iii paire
of Vestements, a Chales of gold of the value of oon hundred marcs, a Chalece of silver and gilte
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as often and when soo ever we or tliey shall calle hym thereunto, as it is more largly conteyned in
the said Indentures. And in case the said v.m li shall not suffice for the hool perfourmance and
accomplisshment of the saidwerks and every parcell of theim, and that thei be not p'fitely finisshed
by us in our life daies, we then wol that our Executours from tyme to tyme as necessitie shall re-
quire, deliver to the said Abbot for the tyme being, as moch money above the said v.m li, as shall
suffice for the p'fite finisshing and perfourmyng of the said werks, and every parte of theim; the
same money to be emploied and bestowed upon the p'fite finisshing and perfourming of the said
werks, by the said Abbot for the tyme being, by the foresaied advise, ouersight, comptrollement
and accompte, with out desisting or discontynuyng the same werks in any wise, till they and
every parcell of theim as before is said, be fully and p'fitely accomplisshed and perfourmed, in
maner and forme before rehersed."
The Will then proceeds to provide for the funeral, which is directed to be performed without
" dampnable pompe, and oterageous superfluities." Ten thousand masses are to be said after his
decease, and £2000. distributed in alms between the day of his death and that of his interment.
After providing for building and founding the Savoy Hospital, finishing King's College Chapel, at
Cambridge, making public bridges, &c. the Will again adverts to the chapel at Westminster,
and states,
"Also we wol, that our Executours, except it bee performed by ourself in our life, cause to be
made for the overparte of the Aultre within the grate of our Tombe, a table of the lenght of the
same Aultre, and half afote longer at either ende of the same, and v fote of height with the border,
and that in the mydds of the overhalf of the same table, bee made the Ymage of the Crucifixe.
Mary and John, in maner accustumed ; and upon bothe sids of theim, be made as many of the
Ymagies of our said advouries as the said table wol receive; and under the said Crucifixe and
Ymages of Marie and John, and other advouries bee made the xii Apostles : All the said table,
Crucifixe, Mary and John, and other Ymages of our advouries and xii Apostellis, to be of tymbre,
covered and wrought with plate of fyne golde. Also we geve and bequethe to the Aulter within
the grate of our said Tombe, our grete pece of the holie Cross, which by the high provision of our
Lord God was conveied, brought and delivered to us, from the Isle of Cyo in Grece, set in gold,
and garnisshed with perles and precious stones ; and also the preciouse Relique of oon of the ieggs
of Saint George, set in silver parcell gilte, which came to the hands of our Broder and Cousyn,
Lewys of Fraunce, the tyme that he wan and recovered the Citie of Millein, and geven and sent
to us by our Cousyne the Cardinal of Amboys, Legate in Fraunce : the which pece of the holie
Crosse, and leg of Saincte George, we wol bee set upon the said Aulter for the garnisshing of the
same, upon al principal and solempne fests, and al other fests, after the discrecion of our Chauntery
Priests singing for us at the same Aulter. Also we geve and bequeth to the same Aulter, if it bee
not doon by our self in our life, oon Masse booke hand writen, iii sutes of Aulter clothes, iii paire
of Vestements, a Chales of gold of the value of oon hundred marcs, a Chalece of silver and gilte