250  CALENDAR   OF  WILLS,

Bequests  to  the  said  church,  to  every  anchorite  in  the  City,  to
every  lazar  house  within  two  miles  of  the  City,  prisoners  of
Neugate,  &c.  Provision  made  for  torches  and  tapers  at  his  funeral,
and  subsequent  disposal  of  the  same.  To  Juliana  his  wife  he
leaves  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in  the  parishes  of  S.  Margaret
de  Briggestret,  S.  Botolph  near  Billyngesgate,  and  S.  Andrew
Huberd  near  Estchep  for  life,  so  that  his  said  wife  maintain  a
chantry  in  the  church  of  S.  Margaret  aforesaid  for  the  good  of  his
soul,  the  souls  of  Thomas  his  father,  Amicia  his  mother,  Juliana
his  late  wife,  and  others,  and  provide  two  tapers  to  hang  in  basins
(in  duabus  pelvis)  before  the  altars  of  S.  Mary  and  S.  Margaret
in  the  same  church ;  remainder  to  the  rector  and  parishioners  of
the  same  and  their  successors  in  trust  for  similar  uses ;  and  in
default  the  same  lands  and  tenements  are  to  go  to  the  Mayor  and
Commonalty  of  London  and  the  Wardens  of  London  Bridge  and
their  successors  for  the  maintenance  of  the  said  bridge  and  of  two
chantry  priests  in  the  chapel  of  S.  Thomas  thereon,  and  subject
also  to  certain  payments  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  the  Charter
House,  and  pittancers  (pitanciariis)  of  London.  Dated
London,  Thursday  the  Feast  of  Nativity  of  V.  Mary  [8  Sept.],
A.D.  1384.  — •  Also  to  the  respective  abbeys  of  Westminster,
S.  Alban,  Stratford,  Coggeshale,  and  Malverne  he  leaves  divers
chattels,  comprising  dorsers,  costers,  and  quysshyns,  with  figures
of  peacocks  and  other  animals  worked  in  tapestry  thereon,  a  pair
of  Trussyng-kofrers,1  a  hailing  of  Worstede  stained  with  divers
beasts,  dorsers  and  bankers  ornamented  with  angels  and  knights,
quysshyns  marked  with  his  sign  (signo  meo),  a  great  chest  of
Gascony  formerly  belonging  to  his  father,  &c.        Eoll  114  (39).
