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None of the fellows shall have a private servant, except

at his own expense.

Moreover, the said master may, should he know any one of the fellows of the said house to be experienced and prudent in the management of temporal affairs, appoint him to places belonging to the said house, to dispose of the property therein, and to regulate it in stead and in the name of the master, according as he shall think most conducive to the welfare of the said house.

The fellow thus appointed shall obediently undertake and faithfully execute such office imposed upon him by the master, and when he returns he shall distinctly and openly acquaint the master with every thing that he has done.

But the said master shall take care that in making such appointment he do not unduly fatigue a prudent and expert fellow; but should there be more fellows of the sort in the college he shall proportionably divide the task among them, in order that being divided it may be supported the more easily.

We likewise order, that there shall always be ten docile, proper, and respectable youths in the said house, dwelling apart in a separate building. They shall be chosen from among the poorest that can be found, chiefly out of the parishes of the churches whereof the said master and fellows are rectors; and they shall be duly maintained at the second table of the said house, as the master thereof shall order.

The allowance to each of the said boys for commons shall not exceed sevenpence sterling per week.

We order, however, that the said master shall cause each of them to be furnished with clothing and necessaries to the value of half a mark sterling, every year, about Michaelmas. They shall wear clothes of one identical suit. Moreover we desire that all of them be admitted

by the master, in the presence and with the consent of the fellows or the majority of them. And they shall be corrected, punished, removed, &c. by the master, who shall associate with him for that purpose two of the more discreet among the fellows.

The said poor persons, thus chosen, shall live apart in the said house, and be sustained as aforesaid, if they shall choose to remain until they have completed their twentieth year. Provided however they have not in the mean time justly incurred the master's displeasure and sentence of removal.

We enact and order, that when any one of them shall have attained the said age, he shall be removed by the master from the said house, unless he is to be chosen fellow of the said house, his merits so demanding. In his place, when thus removed, another docile and poor person shall be substituted as soon as possible, as is aforesaid.

Moreover, the said master shall provide that the said poor persons be sedulously instructed in singing, grammar, and logic, at the expense of the said house.

They shall not be often sent into the town by the master or fellows of the said house, so as to give them occasion to wander and absent themselves from their schools.

(16.) Of the manner of celebrating divine service.

We enact, that one of the said chaplains shall daily celebrate in the parish church of the said house at break of day, so that the fellows may be able to attend before they go to the schools, one mass of the blessed Mary, mother of our Lord, the glorious virgin.

At this mass, after the Lord's prayer, the priest shall say one special collect for the welfare of the lord king Edward, the third of that name since the conquest, and for the welfare of us both as long as we survive or one of us survives; the secret and post communion must be added, as is fitting for the living and the dead.

The said mass must be celebrated every Sunday and holiday with notes, and then we enjoin all the fellows and boys to attend, sing, and help, if there is no legitimate impediment thereto, on other days the said mass may be celebrated without notes.

Also, a mass for the day shall be celebrated every day in the said church, at which all the said chaplains and boys shall be present, unless they are hindered by reason of study or from some other reasonable cause.

We moreover enact that the said chaplains shall celebrate mass daily in the said church, if there is no illness or other lawful impediment.

Each of them shall, every day that he shall happen to celebrate mass, except on holidays on which one principal collect is to be said in the mass, after the ecclesiastical form, say the collect, as suited for the living or the dead, as long as we live, and afterwards when we shall have been taken away from this life. The secret and communion must be added, as before. But on the said holidays they shall, in their memento, make special mention of our lord the king, and of ourselves, among the living, as long as we shall live, and after our death, among the dead.

The same, with regard to the collect, secret, and post communion, as well as in the commemoration, shall be done by the master and the other fellows of the said house, (in which they have been ordained priests,) as often as they shall happen to celebrate mass.

Moreover the said master and fellows shall after our death cause the anniversary of our death, to be devoutly celebrated, with the full service for the dead, and with the placebo and the dirige, as well as the mass with notes. This shall be done yearly for ever in the said church.

At this service we desire them all to attend, together with the said boys, if there is no lawful impediment.

They shall also do the same on the anniversaries of the said king when he shall have departed this life, and of the lords Gilbert de Rowbery, John de Ely late bishop of Norwich, and Thomas de Cobham bishop of Worcester, deceased.

Also the said master and fellows shall be bound to attend yearly at this celebration, if there is no lawful impediment.

We also desire that every day, between the mass of our lady and the high mass of the day, one of the said chaplains shall say the mass for requiem in the said church, for the souls of the kings of England, our husbands, children, parents, and benefactors, and of all the faithful departed.

Also on every Sunday shall be celebrated the mass for the Holy Trinity; on Monday, of the angels and archangels; on Tuesday, of St. Thomas and St. Edmund, martyrs, and other martyrs; on Wednesday, of the Holy Spirit; on Thursday, of the body of Christ; on Friday, of the Holy Cross, without notes; and on Saturday, of the blessed and glorious Virgin, this last being the only mass celebrated with notes. Provided that no annual feast occurs to hinder their celebration.

We also desire that every year on such day on which the feast of the Annunciation shall occur, in the then current year, the common service of the blessed Virgin shall during the whole week be changed, and on the day of the service thus changed, shall be said the service of the aforesaid Annunciation.

We also order that the said master and fellows shall have a select portion of the Bible, or of the legends of the saints, read whilst they are at table, each day, or some other useful and proper writing. This reading shall last for a time to be fixed at the discretion of the president. All shall diligently hear and listen to it. One of the aforesaid boys shall be appointed to read the said lecture.

Also, the master, if he be present, otherwise his representative, shall say after grace after dinner, as long as we live: "May the life of Elizabeth de Burgh our foundress, by the grace of God, be directed to salvation." And after our death, "May the soul of Elizabeth de Burgh our foundress, and the souls of all the faithful departed, by God's mercy, rest in peace."

And in order that the task may, by being divided, be more easily performed, the celebration of the said masses shall be undertaken alternately by the said chaplains, and the said lecture among the said boys, in days or weeks, the times being apportioned by the master or his representative, according as shall seem expedient.

Moreover, in order that no one may excuse himself, on plea of ignorance, from the observance of such our statutes and ordinances, we desire that the said ordinances and statutes be read twice a year, viz. about Michaelmas and Easter, in the presence of the aforesaid master and fellows.

However, we specially reserve to ourselves the power of interpreting, explaining, and, on reasonable grounds, of adding to or taking from the aforesaid ordinances. This power has been liberally granted to us by the University; and we ought, as long as we live, to know better than others what our intentions are. Provided, however, that these interpretations, explanations, and additions are not manifestly opposed or repugnant to the aforesaid or any one of the aforesaid ordinances.

And should any ambiguity or obscurity arise after our death out of our said statutes and ordinances, which cannot be determined harmoniously by the master and fellows of the said house, or the majority of them, we desire the said master and fellows to refer fully without delay to the chancellor of the said University or his deputy, in order that the same chancellor or his deputy

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