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 will and pleasures from time to time to chuse and name one other or more of the said Commonaltie to be Assistant or Assistants of the said Commonaltie and Misterie in his or their place and stead which shall so happen to die or be removed as is aforesaid. And that he and they which shall be so chosen and named to be Assistant or Assistants of the said Commonaltie and Misterie as aforesaid before that he they or any of them be admitted to his or their execution of the said Office or Offices of Assistant or Assistants shall take their corporal oaths before the Master and Wardens of the said Commonaltie and Misterie for the time being well and truly to execute the said Office or Offices and so as often as the case shall require. And further we will and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do grant to the said Master Wardens and Commonaltie of the Misterie of the Cutlers of London and their successors special license and free and lawful power and authority to have receive and purchase to them and their successors for ever as well of us our heirs and successors as of any the Subject or Subjects of us our heirs or successors whatsoever manors messuages lands tenements rectories tythes rents revennues and other possessions and hereditaments whatsoever which are not held of us our heirs and successors immediately in chief nor by Knight's service. So that all the said manors messuages lands tenements and other hereditaments whatsoever so by them to be had perceived or purchased by virtue of these presents do not exceed in the whole the clear yearly value of One hundred marks. The Statute of Lands and Tenements not to be put into Mortmaine or any other Statute Act ordinance provision or restraint or any other thing cause or matter whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. And also we grant and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do give free full and lawful license power and authority to any the Subject or Subjects of