successorum vestrorum prædictorum licentia speciali.

"Non obstantibus constitutionibus et ordinationibus Apostolicis, cæterisq' contrariis quibiscunq' : in illo, a quo imperia et dominationes ac bona cuncta procedunt: Confidentes, quod dirigente Domino actus vestros, si hujusmodi sanctum et laudabile propositum prosequamini, brevi tempore cum fœlicitate et gloria totius populi Christiani, vestri labores et conatus exitum fœlicissimum consequentur.

"Verum quia difficile foret præsentes literas ad singula quæque loca in quibus expediens fuerit deferri, volumus, ac motu et scientia similibus decernimus, quod illarum transsumptis manu publici Notarii inderogati subscriptis et sigillo alicuius personæ in ecclesiastica dignitate constitutæ, seu curiæ ecclesiasticæ munitis, ea prorsus fides in judicio, et extra ac alias ubilibet adhibeatur, quæ præsentibus adhiberetur, si essent exhibitæ vel ostensæ. Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam nostræ commendationis, hortationis, requisitionis, donationis, concessionis, assignationis, constitutionis, deputationis, decreti, mandati, inhibitionis et voluntatis infringere, vel ei ausu temerario contraire.

"Si quis autem hoc attentare præsumpserit, indignationem, omnipotentis Dei, ас Beatorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum ejus se noverit in cursurum. Datum Romæ apud sanctum Petrum : Anno incarnationis dominicæ millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo tertio, quarto nonas Maii: Pontificatus nostri anno primo."

"VIEW of the account of Arthur Kemys and Richard A. Meryk, collectors of the customs and subsidies of the king in the port of the town of Bristol, and in all the ports and places to the said port adjacent, to wit, of such customs and subsidies of the king there from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, 13 Henry VII., until the feast of Easter happening on the 15th day of April then next following, to wit, for the moiety of one year and fifteen days, as below.

"The same charge themselves gratis with £554, 18s. 5d. of the customs and subsidies of divers merchandises of divers merchants Jews and aliens, as well those brought to the said ports and places as those taken away from the same, and there customed (custumat) within the time of this view, as contained in 4 sections (quaternis) of parchment of the said collectors of particulars thereof shown and examined upon this view, and by the oath of the said collectors.

"Sum of the receipts, £554, 18s. 51d.; whereof is respited to the said collectors, 72s. 4d., for their fees for the said time of this view, according to the rate of 10 marks yearly between them, as is allowed in

divers preceding accounts. And 100s. paid by them to Quintius (Quintino) Poulet, keeper of the king's library, for his fee of £10 a year, granted to him by the king, that now is by letters-patent during his life, to be paid at two terms of the year, to be paid out of the customs and subsidies accruing to the king in the said port of Bristol, to wit, for the term of Easter happening within the time of this view, by an acquittance of the said Quintius thereof shown upon this view, and remaining in the possession of the said collectors. And £10 paid by them to George Herbert, for his annuity of £20 a year, granted to him by the king by letters-patent, to be paid at two terms of the year out of customs and subsidies forthcoming and growing in the said port of Bristol; to wit, for the term of the Annunciation of the B. V. M. happening within the time of the said view, by an acquittance of the said George thereof shown upon this view and remaining in the possession of the said collectors. And £10 by them paid to John Calbot, a Venetian, late of the said town of Bristol, for his annuity of £20 a year, granted to him by the said lord the king by his letters-patent, to be taken at two terms of the year out of the customs and subsidies forthcoming and growing in the said port of the town of Bristol, to wit, for the term of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary happening within the time of this view, by an acquittance of the said John, to be shown thereof upon this view, and remaining in the possession of the said collectors. And £400, by them paid for two tallies, into the receipt of the exchequer of the lord the king, levied for the household of the king, whereof one tally was levied on the

29th January, and the other on the 30th of January, in the said 13th year, each tally containing £200, shown upon this view, and remaining in the possession of the said collectors.

"Sum of respites, £428, 12s. 4d.

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And they owe £126, 6s. 1d. Whereof is respited to the said collectors, £9, 2s. 6d., paid by them to Robert Marleton one of the king's serjeants-at-arms, for the exercise and occupation of the said office, at 12d. a day, granted to him by the said king by letters-patent for the term of his life, to be taken yearly out of the customs and subsidies of the said port of Bristol by the hands of the customers or collectors of the same, to wit, for the term of Easter happening within the time of this view, by an acquittance of the said Robert. And they owe £117, 3s. 7 d., whereof is respited to the said collectors £6, 13s. 4d., by them paid to John Karre for his annuity of 20 marks by the year, granted to him by the said king, to hold and take yearly during the pleasure of the said king out of the customs and subsidies growing within his port of Bristol by the hands of the customers there for the time being, at the feasts of Easter and Michaelmas, by equal portions, to wit, for the said feast of Easter happening within the time of this view by an acquittance of the said John Karre, shown upon this view, and remaining in the possession of the said collectors. And 33s. 4d., by them paid to John Lawrence for his annuity of 66s. 8d. yearly, to him granted by the said king for the term of his life, out of the customs and subsidies of the town of Bristol and of Gadecombe, by the hands of the customers or other occupiers of the port of the said

king for the time being, to be paid at the feasts of Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions, to wit, for the said feast of Easter happening within the said time of this view, by an acquittance of the said John Lawrence, shown upon this view and remaining in the possession of the said collectors.

"And they owe £108, 16s. 11d."