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the twenty third Day of April!, at a Chapter hoiden atthe Paleys of M'eftminfler, by the Soverayne and the Com-panyons of the laid Noble Order then there affembled ;That as Cone as the deth of any of the Company of the faidOrder (hall be certeynly knowen, every of the reft, beyngno S rangters, dial!, accordyng to the rates of their De-grees hereafter fpecified, immediately, upon a demande tobe made for the fame by the Regifter and the Dean, orone of them, to be by one of them employed in AulmesDeeds, as in mendyng of High Wayes, or fuch otherWorkes of Charitie, as the Kyng’s Majeftie from tymeto tyme fhail lymite and appoynte, the feverall Somes ofMoney enfuyng. Furft, The Soverayne, eight Poundsfix Shillings and eight Pence ; a King of another Realrne,fix Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence; the Prince,five Pounds fixteen Shillings and eight Pence ; a Duke,five Pounds ; a Marquefs, three Pounds fifteen Shillings ;an Erie, fifty Shillings ; a Vifconte, forty One Shillings andeight Pence; a Baron, thirty three Shillings and four Pence;a Bacheler Knyghte, fixteen Shillings and eight Pence.Of all which Somes thus to be receyved, the faid Dean andRegefter, or eyrher of them, (hall yerely, at the Chapter,prefent his Accompre to the Kyng’s Majeftie, with histrue and jufte declaracion of disbutlyng agayne, and de-fraying of the fame. In that Caufe the Partie whofcPorcyon (hall apere to be unpayde, (hall in the Name of aPayne add unto his former Dutye another thirde parte ofthe fame, and fo for every Yere that he fhail be behynde,to pay a thirde parte more than he Ihuld pay if he fhuldfatisfye his Ordinary, accordyng ro the rate before expref-fed ; and if the Dean or Regifter, or any of them, fhailnot at every fuche Chapter prefent the Certificate of theReceipts and Payments in fourmp aforefaid, whereby thefame miy apere to the Soverayne and Companyons of theOrder then prefent, or at the leeft he in whome the de-fa wit (hall reft, (hall in the Name of a Pa\ne contcnteand paye Immediately, to be employed abowte like pur-pofe as afore, the Some of ten Pounds for every iuch de-faulte.

XX. Item, It is agreed, That if any of the faid Com-panye die, that the Soverayne or his Deputie, after thatthey (hall have certification of his Deth, (hall be btunde

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