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WEEK ST. MARY SCHOOL. 343 the same Borrowgh for the tyme beynge and to his success™ mayres there for ev r , to fynde a prest to celebrate w th in the saide churche, and to teache chylderne gramm r ; And also to the repacon of the Churche of Mary Magdalyn, & further to do suche deeds of Charitie as by the discresion of the said mayre shall seem most conveniet. . . . Stephyn Gourge, incombent & scolemaster there, of th' age of xl yeres, a man well learned, mete for the educacon of youthe in the Laten tonge, hath, for his salarye & lyvynge, of the mayre and burgeses yerely yj 11 , ov r & besyde a pencon out of the possessions of the late Mon : of Launceston, which ys yerelye x 11 , and xiij s iiij d yerly distributed to an aged man chosen by the mayre to teache yonge chylderne the ABC. John Bamek nowe teacher ther, of th'" age of lx yeres. Memor a that the Comens of the same towne or Borrowgh of Launceston be greatly charged for fyndynge of prysoners in the Kyng's Comon jale there, And also for mendynge of Brydges & Relevynge of pore people in divrs Almshouses there. Itm. That the said Borowgh of Launceston ys the shere Towne, whereunto all the said Countie [Cornwall] have contynuall accesse. . . . And wekely a gret nombre do repayre to the marketts holden there ; And adjouinte to the saide Towne be xij pishe Churches whereof the Kyng's Mat ie ys patron, and hathe the psonage by reason of the late dissolved Monastery of Launceston ; And no viker ev r endued of any of the said pishes, for they ware wonte to be srved w fc the Religious psons of the said late Monastery. Itm. Ther is a very meate place to establyshe a lerned man to preche and sette fourth the worde of God to the people : And also to teache chylderne in theyr gram r & other necessary knowledge. Another Certificate from the same Public Record Office, No. 15, No. 73, under the hands of John Busshopp of Exetor, Syr Rychard Edgecome, Knyght, Syr Hugh Trevanion, Knyght, Syr Gawyn Carow, Knyght, John Grenfeld, Esquyre, John Arscott, Esquyre, Nicholas Adams, gent, Philipp Sentall, gent., and John Ayleworthe, gent, Commissioners assigned by King Henry VIII., by letters patent, dated 14th February, 1546-7, to make enquiries concerning chantries, hospitals, colleges, free chapels, &c, is as follows: No. 73. Saynt Marye Weke. The Chauntrye called Dame Pcyvall's Chauntrye, Founded by Dame Percyvall to fynde a pryste for ever, not onlye to praye for her