Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

ȝouun in the firste of these iiij. maners now in this present xviije. chapiter descriued: except oonli tho of whos ȝeuyng it is expressid in the chartour of the ȝeuyng, that thei were ȝouun in the ije. maner, or in the iije. maner, or in the iiije. maner. Forwhi, no man in eny thing receyuyng into ȝifte ouȝte holde him silf and hise successouris ther yn to be more bounde than he knowith him and hise successouris to be ther yn bounde, and that bothe for eschewing of lesing and of vntrouthe, and for eschewing of grete perelis and disturblauncis and debatis, whiche ellis aȝens conscience schulden bifalle, and for that iuge|ment is euere to be ȝouun for fredomys parti, saue into how myche can be schewid sufficientli for bond|age; and so it is, that neither bi witnessing in word of hem that herden the forme of the now seid ȝiftis, neither bi the [the is interlineated by a later (?) hand.] cartis or chartouris writun ther upon to bischopis and to othere seid persoones can be had eny sufficient euydence, that tho now laste seid grete and riche castellis and maners weren ȝouun vndir the iiije. maner, or vndir the iije. maner, but if it be fewe, and that in late daies, as to collegis vnder hope, trust, and entent, that the maister and the felawis kepe the statutis of the collegis, and as to summe abbeies or monasterijs forto kepe ȝeerli solemp|nytees of certeyn obitis. Wherfore it is to be take, that alle these seid endewingis to bischopis and to othere worthi statis in the chirche weren ȝeue to hem and to her successouris in the firste of the seid iiij. maners oonli in this present chapiter bifore discriued, excepte tho endewingis which now ben seid to be ex|ceptid bi cartis or othere writingis, witnessing other forme of her ȝeuyng.
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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.
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Recock, Reginald, bp. of Chichester, 1395?-1460?
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London,: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts,
1860.
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Lollards
Great Britain -- Church history

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