Middlesex,  are  desired  to  make  a  good  estate  of  the  same  to  his
aforesaid  wife  for  life  ;  remainders  to  the  aforesaid  John  Gilbert
and  Robert  Here  for  their  respective  lives  ;  remainder  to  John
Partrich,  Master  of  the  Fraternity  of  S.  John  of  the  Tailors  of
London,  and  wardens  of  the  same,  for  maintaining  a  chaplain  and
the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  said  fraternity,  on  condition  that
the  said  fraternity  pay  to  Margery  his  wife  the  sum  of  twenty-
four  pounds  due  to  the  testator ;  otherwise  the  property  is  to  be
sold  for  pious  and  charitable  uses.  Dated  London,  22  August,
A.D.  1393.  Eoll  122  (33).
Monday  next  after  the  Feast  of  Conversion  of  S.  Paul  [35  Jan.].
Elys  (Martin),  Minor  Canon  of  S.  Paul's. — To  be  buried  in  the

churchyard  of  the  canons  near  Sir  Simon  Charulton.     Bequests  to

the  Major  Canons  Stagiary,2  Minor  Canons,  chaplains,  and  others


1  Usually  described  as  a  kind  of  head-
piece or  skull  -  cap.  If  that  be  the
meaning  here  the  addition  of  a  hood
would  seem  superfluous.  Among  the
jewels  deposited  with  the  Corporation
in  1379  for  a  loan  of  5,0OOZ.  by  King
Richard  II.  was  a  palet  of  gold ;  and
again  in  the  following  year,  when  the
king  desired  a  further  advance,  he
deposited    among   other   royal  jewels


"a  palet  of  gold  called  '  the  Palet
of  Spain,'  garnished  with  divers
pearls  and  precious  stones,  weighing
100  nobles  and  80  pounds,  and  valued
in  all  at  1,708  pounds."  Riley  is  in-
clined to  think  irom  the  weight  here
given  that  the  palet  may  not  have  been
so  much  a  head-piece  as  a  coat  of  mail
('Memorials,'  pp.  429,  444,  note).
2  Or  residentiary  canons.
