Page:The histories of Launceston and Dunheved, in the county of Cornwall.djvu/28

12 LAUNCESTON It directs one mass to be said daily at the altar of the Blessed Mary the Virgin, immediately after the mass of the same Virgin, and a "placebo" and "dirige" weekly, unless the " inclina " shall be said by the Convent. Then follow other directions, among which is that the body of the said William might be buried in the convent chapel, if he should so choose. The Canons of St. Stephen had become possessed of the sheaf tithes of Liskeard, and of the patronage of the vicarage there. It is said that the occupiers of mills in Liskeard had, in the time of Richard Earl of Cornwall, compounded for payment of half a mark yearly to the Vicar, and of eight shillings yearly to the Prior, in lieu of such tithes. In the year 13 15 this composition was dis- puted, and the Bishop of Exeter excommunicated the tenants for non-payment of the tithe of mills. The tenants petitioned the King on the subject. The matter was in- quired into, and the Bishop superseded his sentence. On the 29th September, 1 316, Bishop Stapeldon ap- pointed Canon Ralph de Huggeworthi, an assistant of Horton, who had become blind and feeble. On the 6th November, 1333, Bishop Grandisson dedi- cated " the Cemetery of St. Thomas, in the Priory of Launceston." On the 17th March, 1337, Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III., was created first Duke of Cornwall. He became Prince of Wales in 1343. Under our title " Dunheved " there is translated a charter by this prince. He is supposed to have claimed the patronage of the Priory of St. Stephen, but afterwards to have relinquished such claim. On the 26th June, 1346, Adam de Knolle, the successor of Prior Horton, resigned his office. On the 22nd March, 1348, Ogerius Bant, a Canon of Launceston, was appointed Prior of Bodmin.