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WEEK ST. MARY SCHOOL. 345 reason yt standeth in a desolate place, and far frome the markett, for provision of the said scolers. William Cholvell, incombent there, of th'age lv yeres, hathe of the revenues of the same, for his salarye & lyvynge, w* xxvj s viij d for the vaig of an ussher, and none other promocions, beynge a man well learned, & a greate setter forthe of God's worde, Tot : xiiij 11 iij s i d . The lands and tent 8 belonginge to the said Chauntrie be of ye yerely value xv 11 xj s iiij d . Reprises xxj 8 vij d . To the pore xiij s iiij d . And so remaineth clere by yere xiij u xvj s v d . M a the Duke of Sulff: clay myth xiiij s out of this same . . . Memor a that one John Denham, of Lyfton in the countie of Devonshere, one of the feoffees of the Foundress of the said scole, kepyth in his pos- session one pcell of lande namyd Ashe, lying in the pishe of Brodvvorthe, & other quylytts therto adjoynyng, peel of the possessions gyven for the mayntenance of the said scole of Wyke. And the said John Denham w* the pfytts therof payeth iiij 11 yerelye to the mancyple ther, And xiij 8 iiij d to the Launder of the said scole house. Then, after the reference to Launceston, as already cited by us, this certificate continues : And where as the said scole of Seynt Mary Wyke ys nowe yn decaye, for lake of convenyent reliff for the scolers ther; this [Launceston] ys a very meate place to have the foundacon of the said scole removed unto ; for the said townes of Launceston & Weke standethe w*in vij miles distaunt. Next we have a certificate, 10, Cornwall, Nos. 9 and 10, in which is this declaration by the Lord Protector Somerset : That the Chauntrie of Saint John Baptist, in the parishe Churche of o r Lady of Wike, be removed hense to Launceston in Cornewall, and ther to have continuaunce, if it shall apier more necessarie ther then at Sainte Marye Wike ; and, uppon Lres directed to certain of the worshipfull of the shere, it is certefied y fc ye same is more mete, wheruppon it is so ordered, quousq. William Cholvvell, Incombent and skole master, for his salarye clere xj 11 xiij 8 iij d ob. Ussher for his wages xxvj 8 viij d . George Sprye, manciple there, hathe for his salarye or wages yerelye out of certayne landes in th'andes of John Denham, one of the Feoffees of the Foounderis, over and