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"Item, to Sir Marmaduke Constable, one cock, one pipe. To Master William Nevill, one cock, one pipe . . . (in all eight cocks and eight pipes).

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'Item, the brethren of the house were licensed by the visitors to take away such things as was meet for them, as Thomas Owen and John Waner say, who took with them much of the wainscot, as then did appear. Also Doctor Bells had away the table and a pair of tressels, and the hangings, and a paper called mappa mundi.

"Item, Master Doctor Layton's servant sent away the new cupboard, and the bench, out of the drinking buttery.

"Item, Doctor Cave's servant sent away one round table forth of the said buttery, and forth of the Prior's parlour another round table.

"Item, the said visitors had all the rest of the said stuff which was in the Church of the Charterhouse, that is to say, chalices, vestments, with all other ornaments within the said Church of the Charterhouse.

"Item, the said visitors did give away four great painted tables, standing in every four corner of the Cloister of the said Charterhouse.

“Item, the said visitors sent away all the beds in the guest chambers.

"Item, the said visitors did give all the beds and books to the brethren which dwelt in the said cells. [Some] of the said brethren took away, through the said gift, certain boards of wainscot, which defaced the cells very sore within the said Charterhouse.

"Item, sir, I desire your good mastership, seeing that Master Mildmay, the King's Auditor, has sworn me, William Daylle, to show the truth of all the stuff being gone out of the Charterhouse, therefore, sir, I desire your good mastership, for the king's advantage and for your worship, to cause Gerard Haydon and Brother Richard and Thomas Owen to be sworn upon a book what things they have known go out of the Charterhouse by themselves and others; and I doubt not it shall be wholly for the king's advantage if they be true men.

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Also, sir, I desire your mastership of your goodness to be so good unto me [as] to speak some good word for me, being a poor man which has kept the Charterhouse the space of a year and a half, and was promised of the visitors eight pence a day for keeping of the said. And I the said keeper had never penny therefor but £3 6s. 8d., for the which I do lose the best yeoman's master in this realm, the which I had of truly paid £5 and three liveries by year. Therefore, sir, for the love of God, and in the way of charity, having no master nor wages, and my wife lying sick this twelvemonth on me, your mastership having the name [of one] that takes pity of every poor man and woman; wherefore I trust ye will have pity on me, so I can say no more to your good mastership, but I put me in your will and mercy. Where I have offended you here in this book, so He that bought you save you and have you in His keeping at His pleasure at all times. Written by me

"WILLIAM DAYLLE."

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