<County: Kent>
<Code: L5900>
<MS reference: Cambridge University Library, Add. 6845>
<Text: Ordinance>

<fol. 15r><line 16><lat></lat> *DISCRETE ORDYNAUnCEz OF SEYNT LAUREnCI%S . BESYDE *CAnNTerBurY
**THYS+IS THE ORDINAUnCE & THE CUSTUME . WHYCH IS NYED=#
FUL yAT EUerY <add>MAN &</add><later hand> WOmMAN yAT IS Oyer SCHAL BE <add>MAD BROTHER
OTHER</add><different hand> SUSTYR AT yE HOWS OF *SEYNT LAURENS . KNAWE AND
DO yerAFTYR . <pph> *FOR THE OOTH IS yIS y\T IS Y-MAAD WHAnNE
A <add>MAN OTHER</add><later hand> A+WOmMAn SCHAL BE MAAD <add>BROTHER</add><later hand> Oyer SOSTYR
AT yE SAME PLACE *THE FERSTE OOTH IS yIS ; WHO yET
BE yEER <gap> SOSTYR ; <add>HY</add><later hand> SCHULLE SWER~ AT yE CHERCH
DOR~ yAT HY SCULLE KEPE HEN<?> <the last letter looks like two minims> CHAAST YN HER~ BODY . ALSO
LONGE AS HY DWELLYTH AT yAT SAME PLACE <pph> *ALSO y\T HY
SCHULLYy BE OBEDYENT & BUXAM TO THE ABBOT OF SEYNT+*AUSTYnS
& TO OyerE ABBOTTes y\T COMYy AFTer HYm In ALL THYNGGes y\T BE-LOnGGYy
TO HIS I%URISDI%CTIOUn <pph> *AND ALSO HY SCHULLEy SWER~ y\T HY SCHALL
BE OBEDIEnT TO HER~ WARDEYN & TO HER~ PriORESSE <pph> *THE SECUnDE I%S
y\T HY SCHULL CUnNE & KNOWE HER~ *PATer NosteR . AND *AUE MariA & *CREDO
WHICH *PATer NosteR HY BETH Y-HOLDE TO SYnGGE EUerYCH DAY . TWOO
HUnDRED SYTHE . *AND <und>EUerYCH DAY *FYFTY SYTHE *AUE MARIA</und><asterisk and comment at the bottom of the page in modern hand>
*FOR ALL yE FOUNDOURS & yE BENEFACTOURS QWYKE & DYEDE
OF yE HOWS OF SEYNT LAURENS <pph> *ALSO HY BETH Y-HOOLDE . TO
COME TO-GEDER~ I%N-TO yE CHERCH & yerE SYGGE+HER~ BEDYS TOGEDER~
OWT-TAKE HEM yAT BETH SEKE & HAM yAT HABBETH LYEUE OF
yE WARDEYN . y\T TRAVAYLYy Oyer BETH Y-OCUPED FOR PROFYT
OF yE HOWS . *AND WHO y\T DETH ELLYS . yE WARDEYN YS BE#
HOLDE TO AMENDY HAM & VPNYME HAM THER-OF <gap>
<fol. 15v><pph> *ALSO HY BETH *J-HOLDE ALLE TO GWO TO BEDDE TO-GEDR~
yAT I%S TO SYGGE YN O TYME AND RYSE AN O TYME
AND FOR TO HOLDE yE SYLENCE WHAnNE HY GOOTH TO BEDDE
& WHAnNE HY ARYSETH BOTE zEF ANY OF HAM BE OPEN=#
LICHE SEEK . WHY yAT HE MOT BE EXCUSYD <pph> *ALSO yer
NE SCHAL NO <gap> SOSTYR BE SCHRYUE TO NOn
OTHYR PREEST NE FRER BOTE TO HER~ OWENE PREEST OF
yE PLACE BOTE zEF HY HABBE LEUE OF THE ABBOT Oyer
OF HER~ WARDEYN <pph> *ALSO AS OFTE ASE THE WARDEYN
WYLE HOLDE *CHAPYTLE HY BETH Y-HOLDE TO COME yerTO .
AND BE AMENDYD OF HYM THER~ zEF HY HABBYTH
Y-TRESPACYD <pph> *ALSO WHAnNE HY WALKYTH YN THE
COWRT Oyer GOOTH OUT ATTE GATE . yer SCHAL NON OF HAm
GWO ALONE WYTH-OWTE A FELAGHE BOTE BE LEUE OF
HER~ MAYSTer THE WARDEYN . WHAnNE HE SENT HAM
FOR ENY GRET NYEDE OTHI%R ProFYT OF THE HOWS
<pph> *AND ALSO FOUR TYME A zER HY BETH Y-HOLDE BE SCHRY=#
UE TO HER~ OGHENE PREEST YN THE SAME PLACE AND
FOUR TYME A zER TO BE HOUSLYD . & FOUR TYME A zER TO BE
Y-SCHOR~ . <pph> *FORTHER MORE zEF ENY <gap> SOSTer . BE FOUNDE
WYTH ENY THEFTHE Oyer BLOOD-SCHEDYNGE . OTHI%R PUTRIE
Oyer LECHERYE . HE Oyer HY SCHAL BE POTYD OUT OF yE HOUS
FOR EUerE OF SEYN *LAURENS <pph> *AND WHO SO YT EUER~ BE
OF HAM y\T POTYTH ENY DESCLAUNDR~ Oyer ENY FALS FAME
VPE HERE MAYSTer yE WARDEYN OTHI%R VP ENY <gap>
<gap> SOSTer OF yE SAME HOUS . HE SCHAL BE DENOUnCYD A
CURSYD THRE TYMES A zER <pph> *FORTHI%R-MOR~ FOR THE
PROFYT OF yE <gap> SOSTREN THE *ABBAT HATH
Y-ORDEYNYD . y\T WHAnNE ENY GOODIS BETH BY-QUETHE
TO yE HOUS OF SEYNT LAURENS y\T THILKE GOODIS TurNE TO
THE VUS & ProFYT OF <gap> SOSTREN y\T THER~ BETH
& TO yE ProFYT OF yE HOUS AFTer THE DYSCRETIOUn & ORDE#
NAUnCE OF THE WARDEYN & OF HER~ *PriORESSE <pph> *AND yE
WARDEY & THE PriORESSE SCHULLE ORDEYNY OF yE MELLE
AND OTHER~ HOWS yT BETH WYTH-OUTE yE GATE AND
OTHR~ SMALE RENTYS & ProFYTYS HOW HY SCHULLE BE
TURNYD TO yE ProFYT OF yE SOSTREN <gap>
<pph> *ALSO yE WARDEYN YS Y-HOLDE TO BEGGE WODE AND
COLES y\T YN CERTEYN TYMES OF yE zER : WHAnNE IT I%S
WONDER COOLD . <gap> THE SOSTREN MOWWE
HABBE VEER ; ALS yE OLDE COSTOME WAS Y-WONYD TO BE
<fol. 16r>*ALSO WHAnNE yer IS ENY NYEDE TO MAKE OTHI%R TO AMEn=#
DE yE COmMUNE HOWS yE WARDEYN SCHAL CLEPE ALLE
yE <gap> SOSTREN TO-GEDER~ AND ASKE HERE COnSAYL .
AND HER~ HELP <pph> *ALSO YT I%S Y-ORDEYNYD yAT yer SCHULLE
BE TWEYE KEYES OF yE GERNERE & yAT ON SCHAL yE
WARDEYN HABBE & y\T Oyer yE PriORESSE yET EUerYCH OF HAM
MOWE BERE WYTNESSE WHAT Oyer DOOTH // <cro>WH</cro> *NE THE
WARDEYN NE SCHAL HABBE STONDYNGGE THER~ . BOTE ON PAL=#
FREY NE THERE NE SCHULLE STONDE THERE NOn OTHER~ HORS
yANE HORS OF yE PLACE BUTE zEF yE WARDEYN HABBE SUm
ON COLT Oyer TWO . HWICH MOWE AFTer-WARD TORNE TO yE
VUS OyI%R ProFYT OF yE PLACE <pph> *ALSO yer NE SCHAL BE BOTE
ON PLOGH TO yE PLACE . & zEF yer BE MOO ; HY SCHULLE BE POTI%D
& TORNYD TO yE ProFI%T OF yE PLACE <pph> *NE THE WARDEYN NE
SCHAL HABBE NONE HOUnDIS AT THE PLACE BOTE TWEYE OTHI%R
THREE MASTYUYS FOR HELP & SURTE OF yE PLACE <pph> *NE THE
WARDEYN NE SCHAL HABBE NO SerUAUnT YN THE PLACE BOTE
HE MOWE BE SYKYR y\T HE BE TREWE <pph> *AND zEF yer BE ENY
SerUAUnT yer-YnNE yAT HABBE BE FOUnDE FALS YN A-N+OTHER WAR=#
DEYNYS TYME yE WARDEYN SCHAL POTE HYM AWAY <pph> *ALSO
zEF yer BE ENY <gap> WOmMAN yAT WILE BE MAAD <gap>
<gap> SOSTer AT THE HOWS OF SEYNT LAURENS . AND <gap> HY
WYLE zEUE ENY GWOD TO yE SAME PLACE THAnNE yE WARDEYn
WYTH ASSENT OF ALL yE <gap> SOSTREN . SCHULLE ORDEYNE
HOW THYLKE GOODYS MOWE BEST BEST BE TORNED TO THE ProFI%T
OF THE PLACE <pph> *FORTHER . WHO SO EUerE BE PriORESSE HY I%S Y-HOLDE
EUerYCH WOKE yE WODENESDAY TO CLEPE TO-GEDRE ALLE THE
<gap> SOSTREN & HALDE HERE CHAPITLE AFTer yE OLDE CUSTOME
OF yE HOUS : BOTE ENY OF HAM HABBE A SKELFUL CAUSE WHY
HE MOTE BE EXCUSED AND THERE yE PriORESSE zEF HY VYNT ENY
*SMALE TRESPAS Oyer DEFAUTE YN ENY <gap> SOSTer Oyer ENY
OF yE MAYNE ; HY IS yer HOLDE TO AMENDE . & VPNYME HAM
yer OF SKELFULLYCHE / *SAUE yE GRETE DEFAUTYS SCHULLYy BE RE=#
SERUYD & Y-KEPT TO yE WARDEYNS CORRECTYOUn Oyer ELLYS TO yE
ABBOT <pph> *ALSO AS OFTE AS ENY CHAPITLE YS Y-HOLDE WHAnNE
yE CHAPITLE IS Y-DO . EUerYCH <gap> SUSTer YS Y-HOLDE TO
SYGGE THRE SYDYS yE *PATer NosteR. & yRE DSYTHE yE *AUE MariA
FOR THE *ABBOT & yE *COUENT OF SEYNT+AUSTYNS & ALLE HER~ FOUNDOURYS & FOR ALL CriSTYNE SAULYS <pph> *ALSO YN ABSENCE
OF yE WARDEYN yE PriORESSE YN yE WARDEYNYS NAME
YN SKELFUL CAUSE MAY zEUE LEUE TO <gap> SUSTREn
TO GO OUT AT TE GATE YN TO DIUerSE PLACES WHER~ HY HABBE
<fol. 16v>TO DONE & zEF ENY OF HAM yAT ASKETH LEUE WILE ALEG#
GE ENY CAUSE TO THE PriORESSE ; YT LANGETH TO yE PriORESSE FOR
TO DEME zEF yE CAUSE BE SKELFUL Oyer NAY <pph> *zEF ENY
<gap> SUSTREN ASKETH LEUE TO SPEKE BE HAM-SELUE TO
THE *ABBOT OTHI%R TO yE PriOur OF SEYnT *AUGYSTYNES ; yE WARDEYn
NE yE PriORESSE NE SCHULLE NAzTH WARNE HEM LEUE <pph> *ALSO
THER SCHAL NO PriORESSE BE MAAD NE POTYD ADOUN . BOTE
ONLYCHE BE THE *ABBOT ; *SAVE WHAnNE yE ABBOT YS DEED .
& yE CHERCHE OF *SEYNT+AUSTYNES IS VAKE . yE PriOur WYTH
COUnSAYL OF yE WARDEYN MAY POTE ADOUN yE PriORESSE
<pph> *ALSO yE *ABBOTH HETH Y-ORDEYNYD y\T WHO SWO EUerE BE
PriORESSE SCHEL HABBE ALLE HER~ LYUEREES *ALS YT WAS
Y-WONED TO BE YN OLDE TYME <pph> *AND yE *ABBOT WIL NOzTH
THER THE WARDEYN DO A-DOUN yE PriORESSE WYTH-OUTE HYm
OTHER HES ASSENT ; *AND zEF yE *ABBOT BE DEED ; yE PriORESSE
NE SCHAL NAzTH BE <exp>POTYD</exp> <sup>DO</sup> ADOUn ; WYTHOWTE yE PRIOUR
OF SEYNT+*AUGUSTI%NES <pph> *NE THER NE SCHAL NO <gap>
WOmMAN ; BE MAAD yer <gap> SOSTer WYTH-OWTE THE
ASSENT OF yE *ABBOT OTHIR ELLYS OF yE PriOUR WHANE yE
*ABBOT YS DEED <pph> <exp>*THAnNE</exp> yE PriORESSE YS Y-HOLDE WHAnNE
ENY WOmMAN SCHAL BE MAAD SOSTER THERE ; FOR TO MAKE
HER~ CUnNE WYTH-YNNE yE FERSTE zYER . yE BEDYNGGE WHICH
IS WONYD FOR TO BE ProNUNCED OTHI%R Y-SAYD A-LOWDE
YN THE CHERCHE OTHER YN THE DORTOURE OF SOM SOSTER
*ALSO yE *ABBOT WYLE y\T THE OLDE NUMBR~ OF <gap>
SOSTREN BE FULFELD . YN AS MOCHE ASE THE GWODYS
OF yE HOSPITAL . WYLLETH STRECCHE TO <pph> *ALSO yE *ABBOT
HATH Y-ORDEYNYD y\T EUerY <gap> SOSTer y\T BERYTH yE ABYT
Oyer CLOTHYNGGE OF <gap> SOSTer . SCHAL TWYES A zYER
RECEYUY OF THE WARDEYN SYX PANS FOR SCHOON . *AND
A PALMSONnENE : SYX PANS . *AND yIS PAYENGGE . NE
SCHEL STRECCHE TO NOON Oyer MAN y\T HEy yer . ENY LYUEREE
<pph> *ALSO yE <gap> SOSTREN SCHULLYy TAKE FOR HER~ LYUER~
OF yE BESTE ALE y\T IS Y-MAAD A MAUGHAM . *AND EFTYR=#
WAARD zYEF yer BE ENY SECULERIS A MAUGHaM ; HY SCHULLEy
HABBE OF y\T OTHER *ALE THET LEUETH <pph> *ALSO yE *ABBOT
HATH Y-ORDEYNYD . y\T yer NE SCHEL NO LYUerEE BE SOOLD OUT
OF yE HOUS OF SEYNT LAURENS TO NOON SECULEER . <gap>
<fol. 17r>MAn NE WOmMAn ; FOR GreT HARM / y\T <ct> <sup>TO</sup> yE HOWS . MYzGHTE
FALLE AFTYR Y\T <pph> *FURTHER MOORE EUerY PREEST yAT
SCHAL SERUY AT SEYNT LAURENS SCHAL DOO OBEDYEnCE
TO yE *ABBOT . *AND SCHEL BE Y-BROGHT YN BY yE WARDEYn
& YN HES PreSENCE & ALSO YN yE PriORESSE *HE SCHAL BE
SWOR~ TO BE TREWE *AND SOO SCHAL ALSO yE SERGEAUNT
BE SWOR~ OF yE PLACE <pph> *AND ALSO THE PriORESSIS SerUAUNT . &
WHO SO SerUYTH THER~ . SCHEL BE SWOR~ TO yE COUnSEYL OF yE
HOUS & ALSO FOR TO BE TREWE <pph> *ALSO yE PREEST & WHET
SerUAUnT HIT BE y\T DWELLYTH THER~ . SCHEL DOO DUWE REUerEnCE
& WORSCHYPE TO yE PriORESSE & TO yE <gap> SOSTREN .
<pph> *ALSO yE WARDEYN SCHAL NAzTH SOFFRE . y\T ENY MAN OTHI%R
WOmMAN y\T THERE DWELLYTH . TO DESPYSE yE PriORESSE Oyer
ENY OTHI%R <gap> SOSTer . *AND zEF HE BYNT ENY
SWYCHE : HE SCHEL BE BYSY TO ENQUERE THER OF AND
AMENDE HYT <pph> *ALSO yE *ABBOT HETH Y-ORDEYNYD . yET
THER SCHEL BE A CLERK TO KEPE yE CHAPEL . & ALLE yE OLDE
CUSTUMES YN LYUerEES YN BREED & ALE . & Oyer THYNGGYS
y\T HY WER~ Y-WONYD TO HAUE BE OLDE TYME <pph> THE *ABBOT
WYLE y\T yE <gap> SOSTREN / HABBE HOLLYCHE zYEF
yE GWODIS OF yE HOSPITAL WHYLLYTH STRECCHE THER-TO
<pph> *ALSO yer NE SCHAL NO WARDEYN . OF HIS OGHENE HEEFD
MAKE+NOyer BROyer NE SOSTer . WYTH-OUTE yE *ABBOTTes WYL
& HIS ASSENT *NETHER SCHEL NO BROyer . BE RECEYUYD yerE
WITH HIS WYF <pph> *ALSO yE *ABBOT *RAAF *RADULFUS
ORDEYNYDE yT EUerYCH <gap> SOSTer . y\T BERYTH yE ABYT /
*A MONETHE EFTer HER~ DEETH SCHULLYTH HABBE HERE
CORREDYE FUL . yET IS TO SYGGE HER~ LYUerEES WHICHE
HY HEDDE THER~ . WHYLYS HY WER~ O-LYUE / <gap> <rest of page in latin>