58 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

ware ye brigg' schall be of all' sydes And in ye mydwarde ware itte is most nedefuir ; And make ye brandereth' of ye ta landestatbe be laide befor ye fest of ye Inuencioti of ye haly Crosse next comande" : And ye tothir branderetb' of ye tothire landestath' to be laide be ye fest of ye Natiuite of seint Job'n Baptist yen next Eftyr folowand * And ye forsaid Nicli' & bis felaws schall' of yair cost kepe ye wat' wer' And defende itte fro ye saides Th' Joh'n & Kob't to ye tyme ye branderath' be laid & yair werke of masoncraft be passed ye danger' And ye noiesance of ye same said watir ; And air sa ye same Nich' & bis felaws schall' gar [lay] or mak be layde ye bi-andereth' of a pilere be ye fest of ye Inuenc' of ye hale Crosse yen next eftir folovande in ye tothir zer' And ye tothir* brandereth' be ye fest of seint Joh'n Baptist yen next eftir folowande in ye same zere ; And ye saides Nich' And his felaws. schall' raise or mak ^ be raised in ye thridde zere ye seentrees ye toti p't be ye same fest of ye Inuenc' of ye haly Crosse And ye tothire be ye feste of seint Joh'n Baptist next eftir fdlovande : And ye saides Joh'n Th' & Rob't schall' this forsaid brigg sufficiantly in masoncraft make And fully p'formed in alle p'tiez And holy endyd' be ye fest of seint Michill' ye arcangelF quilk y* schall' fall' in ye zere of oure lord gode a M' CCCCxxv for ye quilk saide werke ye forsaides Nich' and his felaws schall' pay or mak to be payde to ye forsaides Th' Joh'n & Rob't CCLs m^rc' of Sterlynges And ilkan of yaim ilka zere a govnne acordande to zare de gree atte ye festez And ye zeres vTidirwrytyn' y^ is to say in hande xx li. xAnd atte ye festez of ye Inuenc' of ye haly Crosse Ant seynt John Baptist next fillovande eftir ye date of yis indent "s be even porcions xl. li. And thre govns ; And atte ye fest of seint Hillarij* in the zere of oure lord gode a M' CCCCxxij. xx. h. And atte ye forsaides festes of ye Inuenc' of ye holy Crosse And seint Joh'n Baptist next eftir fillow^ande be even porcions . xl. li. quilk saides festes schair fiiir in ye zere of our lord gode a Ml CCCCxxiij. And thre govnns atte ye said fest of Seint Joh'n And atte ye fest of seint Hillarij next eftir yat in ye same zere of our lord . xx. li'. And atte ye saide festes of ye Inuenc' of holy Crosse next eftire y^ quilk sail' fall' in the zere of our lord' gode a M'. CCCCxxiiij. xx. li. And atte ye saides fest of seint Joh'n Baptist next eftir in ye same zere of oure lorde . xx. m^rc' x d thre govnnes atte ye same fest of seint Joh'n swa y' ye brigg' be endede Ande mad be yat tyme And if atte * be vnmade yai sail' haue hot . x. marc'. And quen yair werke is finyst And endede . x. m^'rc' And all'so ye forsaides Nich' And his felaws sail' gyf to ye saides Masons atte yair entre CCC yrenc And stelle to ye value of vj. s. viij. d. And ye saides Nich' And his felaws schall' make a luge of tre ate ye said brigge in ye quilk ye forsaides Masons schall' wyrke y* is to say . iiij. romes of syclles And two henforkes quilk luge sail' be made and (;ouerde And closede resonably . be fastyn- gange ' next comynge : And if it be fall' y' ye forsaides Thomas Joh'n And Rob't And yair s'uantz haue nogth' All' yair couantz fulfilde be . vj.

• May 3. 4 June 24. « Indistinct. " Indistinct.

" J.inuary 13, 142]^. Sic. Nnrilicm mode of parlance, occurring jjievioiisly in the context. Slirovc Tiiisday, railed Fustinjiliani, or Fiistyiigongo Tuesday, Fastcrns, or F:i!-ling Even. Sic Bland's Antiqii., :ind rroinjitoriuni rarvulonini, r. F.-.ef gongc, or schrafl'etyde."