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 304 CHAPEL OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE. (1409) John Colyn, Ric. Cobthorne, and William Tharrappe, & other burgess' of the Towne, by virtue of the Kyng's licens, as it appeareth by theyr dede, dyd pchase one Messuage of land called Bodmam, to the yerelye value of ix/. vis. viik/., and gave the same to the Meyr and his successors for er, towards the mayntenance of ther psts, to the repacon of the chourche, and to do other deds of charytie, as by the dyscrecon of the Meyr were thought covenyent, whych Messuage of land ys truely certyfyed to the Kyngs Ma tie : Also, aft. the sayd pchase, ther was certen other Jands and yerely rents geven to the sayd Meyr & hys successours, to the yerely value of x/. vilr. viiid'., pcell whrof was geven to th'intent to have dirgges and masses said for the donrs, as it appeareth yn this dede, and the resydue of the rent was bestowed vppon other cornen dirgges, and for readyng of theyr comen bed-roll, and for helping of the quere at svys tyme ; and the Kyng's ma tie is certy- fyed of the hole rent of x/. viis. v'uid: And ferd r they say, that & yff any of theyr psts, or any other, were yt mnke, frere, or chanon, that dyd happen to save Jesus masse vppon the Fryday, one of the brothers of Jesus stow dyd pay to the p'st, vppon the Alt r, 1 i d for his labour, and, yff ther was no masse sayd ther was no money payd. The services in the rebuilt Parochial Chapel of the Blessed Mary Magdalene of the 14th century, the contri- butions from guilds and from private individuals for its great altar, its crosses, and its tables, the cost of its organs, its antiphonals, processionals, porteys, and "leggers," its ornaments and reparations, are sufficiently recorded in pre- ceding pages. By the latter part of the 15th century the building itself had become inconvenient, and probably ruinous : And we have seen (page 147) that, in 1467, the Mayor and Commonalty were preparing to improve or to reconstruct their chapel. They had deputed Sir Hugh Courtenaye to purchase some tenements which might be used for the purpose as occasion needed. These tenements were evidently mere barnacles attached to the chapel, or small inclosures adjacent to it. In the year 1511 they were all required, and the old fabric itself was removed to make