1548–1549.

1548–9, Feb. 4.—Indenture by which the bishop sells his manor of Wokey to the Duke of Somerset.

Confirmed by the chapter, May 17.—ƒo. 25.

1548–9, March 1.—Confirmation by the dean and chapter of the grant by the bishop to King Edward VI of the manors of Congresbury and Yatton.—ƒo. 34d.

Accounts of Andrew Thorne, the Communar, from Michaelmas, 1548, to Michaelmas, 1549.

Receipts.

Expenses.

1549–1550.

1549, Nov. 20.—Letters patent of the president and chapter. Inasmuch as by an Act of Parliament of 1 Edw. VI a new deanery was established at Wells; and whereas the deans of earlier date enjoyed only the quotidians of one canon resident, and that only during the dean's eight months of residence, and also the quotidians of the dean only, viz. 16d. a day, but the said act allots to the dean the quotidians of the dean, of the archdeacon of Wells, and of the prebendary of Curry, which quotidians are 3s. 4d. a day, viz. 1s. 4d. for the dean, 1s. 4d. for the archdeacon, and 8d. for the prebendary, to be enjoyed as well when absent as when resident; which act was passed without the knowledge of the chapter, and to their great detriment. Therefore the president and chapter now appoint three of the canons residentiary, George Carew, George Dogeon and Walter Cretyng, to petition the king, council, lords and commons at this time in Parliament assembled, for the redress of the said grant of three quotidians to the dean.—ƒo. 32d.

The petition of the chapter.

In it they complain that the act of 1 Edw. VI was procured by the dean, John Goodman, and his friends, without the knowledge of the chapter; that over and above the aforesaid quotidians, the deanery is endowed with the archdeaconry, the sub-chantership, the prebend of Curry and the provostship; that the quotidians come out of the canons' portions, so that they can no longer "keep such hospitality to the reliefe of the poore as in time past hath always been used."—ƒo. 33d.

Accounts of Andrew Thorne, the Communar, from Michaelmas, 1549, to Michaelmas, 1550.

Accounts of Richard Brampton, Keeper of the Fabric, from Michaelmas, 1549, to Michaelmas, 1550.

Receipts.

Expenses.

1550–1551.

1550, Dec. 10.—Indenture by which the bishop sells to the Duke of Somerset, in fee, the palace at Wells, also his manors of Wells and Westbury, the hundred of Wells and Wells Forum, the park at Westbury and all manner of game [feras] in it, and all appurtenances, etc.; in consideration whereof the duke is pleased to pay to the bishop the sum of 400l. and to grant to him, his successors and assigns, all that his mansion commonly called the Dean's House of Wells, and also his manor of West Coker, with the advowson of the church there, and the hundred of West Coker, and the boroughs of Stogursey and Wellington, the rent of the meadows and "hundred sylver" in Wellington, with certain lands worth 60l. 2s. 11½d. a year [a long list of tenants], the park of Wedmore, the church and chapel or vicarage of Mark, with the glebe lands, tithes and the emoluments thereof, and an annuity of 17l. arising from the manor of Glastonbury, etc.

Confirmed by the dean and chapter, Dec. 29.—ƒo. 44.

Schedule to the above indenture, reserving to the bishop and dean their spiritual jurisdictions within the premises, and empowering the duke to re-enter upon the premises granted to the bishop in the event of his lawful eviction by the bishop from all or any part of the premises granted to him by the bishop.—ƒo. 47.

1550–1, Feb. 22.—A letter from Mr. Dakyn to the chapter.

Is informed that his singular friend, Mr. Dr. Turnour, is appointed by the king to be dean of Wells; that he has not a convenient house, and wishes to have his house now in the occupation of Mr. Goodman; that he had let Mr. Goodman have it when he was promoted to the deanery, at the intervention of Sir J. Thynne, and that if the said Mr. Goodman is removed from the said office, he is willing to surrender all his own rights therein to Mr. Turner, if he becomes dean. Dated at London.—ƒo. 48.

1550–1, March 24.—Mandate of King Edward VI to the chapter to install Dr. Turner in the place of Dean Goodman, who has vacated office by taking the prebend of Wyveliscombe in addition to his other preferments.—ƒo. 48d.

1551, April 10.—Grant by the king to Dean Turner of dispensation from residence, without loss of emoluments, whenever he may be occupied in preaching the Gospel in any part of the kingdom.

1551, April 13.—Grant by the bishop, with the consent of the chapter, to William Barloo, citizen of Wells, Richard Meryke of Bodgorgyn, Anglesey, Gele Barret of Geleeswycke, Pembrokeshire, Hugh Rowland, clerk, and Francis Barret, of the next presentation to the office of treasurer.—ƒo. 57d.

1551, May 10.—Royal license to the Duke of Somerset to grant the manor of Tingherst otherwise Fingherst, co. Bucks, to William Thynne, in exchange for the manor of Dultingcote. Hanc licentiam predictam reperies semper in promptu in cancellaria domini nostri regis. P. Beamounte.—ƒo. 52.

1551, May 12.—Deed for further assurance of the manors of Dultingcote and Tingherst.

Confirmed by the bishop and the dean and chapter, Sept. 9.—ƒo. 55.

1551, May 13.—Grant by William Thynne, prebendary of Dultingcote, to the Duke of Somerset, of the manor of Dultingcote, pursuant to royal license.

Confirmed by the bishop, July 25, and by the chapter, Sept. 29.—ƒo. 52d.

1551, June 6.—Grant by the king to George Carew, royal chaplain and precentor of Exeter, etc., for life, of dispensation from residence in any of his preferments, without loss of emoluments. Dated at Lieghes.—ƒo. 50.

1551–1552.

1551, Dec. 21.—Grant by the bishop to William Garrarde, alderman of London, and Simon Luve, merchant-tailor of London, of the next presentation to the archdeaconry of Taunton.

Confirmed by the dean and chapter, Dec. 31.—ƒo. 59d.

1552, June 21.—Indenture between the bishop and the dean and chapter and Sir John Gate, vice-chamberlain to the king and captain of the guard. The bishop and chapter, "at the contemplation of our soveraigne lord the king's majestie's most gracious letters to us dyrected," grant to Sir John the chapel by the cloister on the south side of the cathedral church, commonly called The Lady Chapel, with all stones and stonework, leads, glass, timber, iron, etc., the soil that the chapel stands on only excepted. "The said Sir J. Gate couvenanteth to rydde the ground . . . not only of such stone, ledde (etc.), but of all rubble . . . and make the ground fair and plane, within the space of foure years and a quarter next ensuing." (fn. 1) —ƒo. 65d.

1552, Sept. 12.—The dean and chapter appoint Walter Cretyng, archdeacon of Bath, and four others, to examine the accounts of John Goodman, canon residentiary, lately dean.—ƒo. 66.

Accounts of Andrew Thorne, the Communar, from Michaelmas, 1551, to Michaelmas, 1552.

Communar's Paper Book.

1552–1553.

1552, Nov. 22.—The dean and chapter to Sir J. Baker, chancellor of the court of tenths. Whereas the late bishop, William Knight, died in October, 1 Edward VI [1547], and the see remained vacant until Christmas and longer, and the duty of collecting tenths, first fruits, etc., fell upon the chapter on behalf of the king, by virtue of an act of Parliament. They were not able to collect a sum of 180l. due upon the bishopric, because all the revenues were in the king's hands during the vacancy, and there was no bishop from whom to obtain it. They therefore pray for an acquittance.—ƒo. 66d.

1552–3, Feb. 4.—Grant by the bishop to the king, his heirs, successors and assigns, of the manor of Wooky.

Confirmed by the chapter, April 8, 1553.—ƒo. 67.

1552–3, Feb. 8.—Appointment by the dean and chapter of George Carewe, dean of Bristol, Walter Cretyng, archdeacon of Bath, Polidore Vergil, archdeacon of Wells, and two others, as proctors in parliament and convocation at St. Paul's, London, beginning March 2 next.—ƒo. 66d.

1552–3, Feb. 22.—Grant by the dean and chapter, for 20l., to William Lyte of Lylesden, esq., of the wardship of Thomas, son of Anthony Norton, who held a moiety of the manor of Stathe by military tenure. The said William Lyte is to be called to no account of the wardship, and, in the event of the said Thomas Norton dying a minor, is to have the wardship of his heir, and so from heir to heir until one shall reach full age.

Marginal note.—"A naughty form of the grant of a ward."—ƒo. 78.

Accounts of Andrew Thorne, the Communar, from Michaelmas, 1552, to Michaelmas, 1553.

Communar's Paper Book.

1553–1554.

1553, Oct. 4.—Commission issued by the chapter, acting during the vacancy of the see caused by the resignation of the bishop, William [Barlow], to Thomas Morren of Galhampton gent., their sub-collector, to collect the 2s. in the £ due Oct. 1 out of the 6s. in the £ granted to the crown upon all ecclesiastical benefices (the perpetual tenth deducted) by the Parliament of March 1–31, 7 Edward VI, and payable in three years.—ƒo. 69d.

1553–4, Jan. 25.—Petition of the chapter to the queen for leave to elect a bishop, the see being now vacant de jure et de facto, pursuant to statute 25 Hen. VIII [cap. 19].—ƒo. 72.

1553–4, March 6.—Grant by the dean, John Goodman, to Humphry Walrond of See, Somerset, for life, of the office of woodward in the forest of Roche, Somerset, with the yearly stipend of 4 loads of wood and 4s. Per me Johannem Goodman, decanum Wellen'. (fn. 2) —fo. 70d.

1553–4, March 13.—Letters patent granting the petition, the see being vacant per liberam et spontaneam resignationem in manus nostras ultimi episcopi [William Barlow].—ƒo. 72.

1554, May 4.—Grant by the dean to Sir Edward Hastyngs, master of the horse and privy councillor, for life, of the office of steward of the decanal estates and the prebend of Wyveliscombe, with a yearly stipend of 40s.

Confirmed by the chapter, May 21, 1556.—ƒo. 71d.

1554, July 3.—Grant by the dean and chapter to Jasper Heywood of a yearly fee of 40s. issuing out of the manor of Curry, in consideration of many benefits conferred by him.

1554, Aug. 24.—Deed by which William Godwin, lessee for 80 years of Wokye parsonage, covenants with the lessor, William Bourman, the sub-dean, to keep the premises in repair, during the term.—ƒo. 105.

1554, Aug. 31.—Grant by the bishop, Gilbert [Bourne], to Robert Hutchings and William Grylls, of the next presentation to the prebend of St. Decuman's.

Confirmed by the dean and chapter, July 5, 1558.—ƒo. 110d.

Accounts of Andrew Thorne, the Communar, from Michaelmas, 1553, to Michaelmas, 1554.

Receipts.

Expenses.