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ST. LEONARD'S HOSPITAL. 45 On the 9th January, 1580, the same officers present "the Bridg at S 1 Leonards to be in decaye, and not repayrd, w ch is daungerous to theym that pas that waie." Three years later the Mayor and Commonalty received from the Prior of the Hospital, and his Brethren, the following curious petition : In Moste humble wise complayneth & most mekely praieth yo r good Wforships] That Wheareas yo r pore & daylie Orato rs the Prior & ye reaste of ye po' brethrin the pore & sicke people of the po re house or hospitall of S fc Leonardes-by-Launceston, w th one consente and assente, amonge sundrye other aunchiente Costoms and Usadges, the w ch y e saide Hospitall hath con- tynuallye from tyme to tyme used, frequented, benn allowed of, & kepte, The Costom called Th' incomynge of everye such sicke & ympotente p'sone as ys appointed to be placed in y e said hospi- tall, is not the laste, nor the leaste profitable to o r pore hospitall : That is to witte — Ouer and above o r house deutie, at th' incom- ynge of everye such disseased pson, w ch is as the po r people of the saide Hospitall and the frends or parishners of every such disseased p'sone cann agrey uppon, yt is also agreyed betwene the saide ptys v th one consente y* if anye suche disseased pson havinge or bringinge anie goods chattells or anie other ymple- ments of housholde stuffe whatsoev', yf no excepption, reserva- tion, nor assignemente be made betwene the saide ptys at the tyme of his or theire incomynge, That then anie suche p'sone at the tyme of his or theire deceas could not geve nor otherwise dis- pose anie pte nor pcell of his said goods w th owte the condissente and assente of the pio 1 ' w th ye reaste of ye saide pore, and not otherwyse, But the saide goods to remayne sole and whollye to y e use and behowffe of the said pore people, as by manifeste proffe yt shall and maye appeare unto y or good W., not onelye by soun- drye of us w ch are at this pr[esen]te in ye saide pore Hospitall, But also by soundrye deceased, to o r certaine & sure knowledge. Moreover yt ys agreyed and condysscended & hath hither unto benn usuallye frequented amonge us the pore & sicke people of the said Hospitall, That at the death of every of our pore howse the prior & the reaste of the saide poore are to be call'd to- gether, and to be made acquainted w th everye such thinge and order, as the person so dyeinge doth make & ordaine, as for proof