by Jill Blackwell Hughes, BA Thesis submitted to the University of ...

etter ale with his food from the kitchen, just as
one of the canons is served in the refectory.
[5] He should have for his ease one servant or
chamberlain to serve him carefully, who should
have each day from the cellar one small white loaf
and one loaf of second quality, with one gallon of
better ale from the kitchen at each canonical
hour, just as the servant of the abbot is served.
[6] All the aforesaid bread and ale should be
given out in his room or carried to him without
the monastery or elsewhere.
[7] He should take nothing from the kitchen as
long as he lives without the monastery with his
ministers.
[8] If, however, he should wish to have some of
his fellow brothers from the convent with him at
table in his room, it is granted that the same
brothers should have their accustomed provisions
from both the cellar and the kitchen just as they
should have in the refectory.
[9] William should have one loaf of second quality
and two servants' loaves for cutting or slicing at
his table anywhere, within or without the
monastery, at the church of Shirley or at the
bp. 's other manors should he wish to decline for
the sake of comfort or change.
[10] He should have both in going and in returning
a suitable companion or familia, with horses and
grooms from the abbot's stable, as his status
requires and it is seen to be fitting.
Universis Christi fidelibus ad quos presentes
littere pervenerint Walterus permissione divina
Coventr' et Lich' episcopus salutem in omnium
salvatorem. Suscepti regiminis cura nos excitat et
inducit ut religiosos viros et providos nostre
jurisdictions subjectos quos inmensa merita
probitatis et in religione fructuosi labores apud
Dominum et homines reddunt premaxime commendandos
ampliori gracia prosequamur ita quod cum viribus
corporalibus destitui ceperint ex nostra
provisione presidium senciantl opportunum, cum
igitur religiosus vir frater W[illelmus] de Alsop
1. Sic for sentiant.
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