Ordinances
made
by
Sir
William
Cecill
,
Knight
of
the
Order
of
the
Garter
,
Baron
of
Burghley
,
for
the
order
and
gouernement
of
xiij
.
poore
men
,
whereof
one
to
be
the
Warden
of
the
Hospitall
at
Stanford
Baron
in
the
Countie
of
Northampton
,
to
remaine
in
a
Chest
in
a
Chamber
in
the
sayd
Hospitall
,
locked
vp
in
a
Chest
with
two
seuerall
locks
,
the
keyes
whereof
to
be
in
the
custodie
of
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
and
the
Bailiffe
of
the
Manour
.
xx
.
Augusti
Anno
xxxix
.
ELIZABETHAE
Reginae
,
&
Anno
Domini
1597.
THe
first
fiue
shall
be
named
,
chosen
and
admitted
alwayes
by
me
William
Lord
Burghley
,
during
my
life
,
and
after
,
by
mine
heire
male
that
shal
be
owner
of
mine
house
and
Lord
of
Burghley
,
whereof
the
formost
shal
be
called
the
Warden
of
the
Almeshouse
of
the
Lord
Burghley
.
The
next
foure
,
which
is
the
vi
.
vii
.
viii
.
and
ix
.
shall
be
named
and
admitted
by
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
for
the
time
being
,
and
the
Bailiffe
of
the
Manour
of
Stanford
Baron
,
in
the
County
of
Northampton
,
and
the
eldest
Churchwarden
of
S.
Martins
,
and
by
them
that
shall
be
dwellers
in
the
Nunry
,
otherwise
called
S.
Michaels
,
and
in
the
Inne
called
the
George
of
Stanford
Baron
,
or
by
the
greater
number
of
them
.
The
last
foure
,
viz.
the
x.
xi
.
xii
.
and
xiii
.
shal
be
named
and
admitted
by
him
that
shal
be
for
the
time
Alderman
of
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
in
the
County
of
Lincolne
,
and
by
the
Recorder
of
that
Towne
,
the
Steward
and
Bailife
of
the
sayd
Manour
of
Stanford
,
or
the
more
part
of
them
,
whereof
the
Alderman
to
be
one
.
Item
,
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
or
the
Curate
of
the
Church
for
the
time
being
,
shall
keepe
a
Register
in
writing
of
the
names
and
sirnames
of
all
the
sayd
poore
men
,
which
booke
shall
be
kept
in
the
Vestry
within
the
Chancell
of
S.
Martins
Church
,
and
shall
be
written
in
order
,
beginning
with
the
name
of
the
Warden
,
and
then
of
the
first
foure
,
and
so
following
the
second
foure
,
and
lastly
the
last
foure
,
and
shall
be
signed
with
the
hands
of
the
Bailife
of
the
Manour
of
Stanford
Baron
,
and
of
the
Steward
of
that
Manour
,
and
so
yerely
renued
as
cause
shall
require
,
vpon
the
decease
or
change
of
any
of
the
sayd
poore
men
,
and
a
double
of
this
booke
shall
be
deliuered
to
the
Alderman
of
Stanford
,
to
be
kept
with
the
Records
of
the
Towne
,
thereby
to
know
how
the
number
shall
continue
.
Item
,
when
the
warden
and
any
other
of
the
xii
.
shall
die
,
or
any
of
their
places
become
voide
,
the
place
of
such
as
shall
die
,
or
become
void
,
being
either
the
Warden
or
of
the
number
of
the
first
foure
,
shall
be
supplied
by
the
Lord
of
Burghley
for
the
time
being
,
and
so
the
place
of
any
of
the
second
foure
,
dying
or
becomming
void
,
shall
be
supplied
by
the
foresayd
Vicar
,
and
the
persons
that
are
authorised
to
name
the
second
company
of
foure
:
and
the
like
shal
be
obserued
by
the
Alderman
of
Stanford
,
and
the
others
ioyned
with
him
for
the
supplying
of
such
places
of
the
last
foure
,
as
shall
from
time
to
time
become
void
.
Item
,
if
the
parties
aforenamed
,
or
the
more
part
of
them
,
shall
not
supply
the
void
places
of
such
as
haue
bene
first
chosen
by
them
within
xxviii
.
dayes
after
the
same
shal
be
voide
,
the
same
shall
be
supplied
by
any
two
others
of
them
that
are
authorised
to
nominate
any
of
the
sayd
xii
.
and
in
default
of
such
nomination
,
the
Lord
of
the
house
of
Burghley
and
his
heires
male
shall
supply
the
same
within
two
moneths
,
and
in
default
thereof
,
some
one
or
two
of
the
Feoffees
or
their
heires
(
to
whom
the
annuitie
of
one
hundreth
pounds
is
granted
,
that
shall
dwell
nere
to
Burghley
)
shall
supply
the
same
.
Item
,
the
Warden
of
the
house
shall
haue
yeerely
a
gowncloth
of
three
yards
and
of
viii
.
s.
the
yard
,
and
euery
of
the
other
shall
haue
euery
yere
a
gownecloth
of
three
yards
at
vi
.
s.
viii
.
d.
the
yard
,
of
such
colour
as
the
Liuerie
coats
of
the
Lord
Burghley
or
his
heires
shall
be
for
the
time
,
which
shal
be
prouided
and
bought
by
the
Balife
of
the
Manour
of
Stanford
Baron
,
and
by
the
ouersight
of
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
and
the
Alderman
of
Stanford
.
Item
,
in
the
nomination
of
the
sayd
Warden
and
xii
.
poore
men
,
these
circumstances
following
shall
be
obserued
,
or
els
none
otherwise
named
shall
be
allowed
.
FIrst
,
euery
one
so
to
be
named
,
shall
be
presented
in
the
Church
of
S.
Martins
,
vpon
a
Sunday
in
the
forenoone
to
the
Vicar
of
the
sayd
Church
,
and
by
him
allowed
to
be
of
honest
Christian
profession
,
and
able
and
well
disposed
to
say
the
Lords
prayer
,
the
Creede
,
and
to
learne
to
answere
to
the
Ten
commandements
,
as
are
prescribed
to
such
as
are
Catechised
.
Item
,
none
shal
be
thereto
admitted
,
but
such
as
haue
bene
borne
in
the
Counties
of
Northampton
,
Lincolne
,
or
Rutland
,
or
that
haue
dwelt
for
the
space
of
vii
.
yeeres
within
the
space
of
vii
.
miles
of
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
except
the
Lord
of
Burghley
house
shall
for
some
reasonable
cause
dispense
therewith
,
neither
shall
any
be
thereto
allowed
that
is
vnder
xxx
.
yeres
of
age
,
or
that
hath
any
certeinty
of
liuing
aboue
the
value
of
liii
.
s.
iiii
.
d.
by
the
yeere
,
nor
any
that
is
knowen
to
be
diseased
of
any
Leprosie
or
of
the
Pocks
called
the
French
pocks
,
or
of
any
Lunacy
,
or
to
be
a
common
Drunkard
,
Barretor
,
or
infamous
for
adulterie
,
theft
,
or
such
like
fault
.
Item
,
the
sayd
poore
men
shall
be
(
as
nere
as
may
be
)
chosen
out
of
such
as
haue
bene
either
honest
souldiers
or
workemen
,
as
Masons
,
Carpenters
,
or
other
Artizans
of
handy
crafts
,
or
Labourers
in
any
works
or
in
Husbandry
,
or
seruants
that
are
by
sicknesse
,
age
,
or
other
impediment
,
vnable
to
get
their
liuing
by
their
handy
worke
or
by
dayly
seruice
,
as
beforetime
they
haue
done
:
And
if
after
that
they
shal
be
chosen
to
the
places
,
any
of
them
shall
fall
into
such
infirmities
of
infectious
diseases
,
or
to
be
iustly
infamed
and
conuinced
of
such
notable
vices
as
aboue
is
in
the
next
former
Article
mentioned
,
they
shal
be
displaced
by
them
by
whose
authority
they
were
placed
,
and
their
allowance
to
cease
within
xiiii
.
dayes
after
their
displacing
,
against
which
time
their
places
shal
be
supplied
by
such
as
haue
displaced
them
.
Item
,
none
of
the
sayd
xiii
.
poore
men
shall
in
Alehouses
or
other
places
play
at
Cards
,
Dice
,
or
any
vnlawful
game
,
but
if
after
once
warning
giuen
to
them
by
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
or
the
Bailife
of
Stanford
Baron
or
of
the
Manour
of
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
to
forbeare
from
such
vnlawfull
play
,
shall
a
second
time
commit
any
such
offence
prohibited
,
he
shal
be
remoued
from
his
place
,
and
shall
receiue
no
more
weekly
reliefe
,
except
vpon
knowledge
of
his
fault
,
and
promise
of
amendment
,
he
shal
be
restored
by
the
sayd
Vicar
and
Bailife
,
and
two
others
of
the
number
that
did
first
place
him
.
Item
,
euery
of
these
poore
men
shall
resort
in
their
Liuery
gownes
to
Common
prayer
euery
Sunday
,
Wednesday
,
Friday
,
and
Holyday
to
S.
Martins
Church
at
Morning
and
Euening
prayer
,
and
shall
sit
or
kneele
in
some
place
appointed
by
the
Churchwardens
.
Neither
shall
any
of
them
be
absent
from
the
Church
at
such
times
,
without
iust
cause
by
sicknesse
,
to
be
notified
to
the
Vicar
,
and
to
be
allowed
by
him
.
And
for
euery
such
default
not
excusable
,
the
Parish
Clerke
shall
haue
vi
.
d.
out
of
the
weekes
wages
allowed
to
the
poore
man
that
shall
make
such
default
.
Item
,
there
shal
be
paid
to
the
said
Warden
,
and
to
the
other
xii
.
by
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
and
the
Bailife
of
the
Manour
in
S.
Martins
Church
,
or
by
one
of
them
euery
Sunday
after
Euening
praier
,
these
summes
following
,
viz.
To
the
Warden
of
the
Hospitall
the
summe
of
iii.
s.
for
the
weeke
folowing
,
and
to
euery
of
the
other
twelue
the
summe
of
ii
.
s.
iiii
.
d.
for
the
weeke
following
,
sauing
to
the
parish
Clerke
his
due
for
the
default
afore
committed
,
(
if
any
shal
be
)
as
aboue
is
expressed
,
which
he
shall
also
receiue
at
the
same
time
.
Item
,
all
these
poore
men
,
that
shall
bee
vnmaried
,
and
not
notoriously
sicke
,
shall
lodge
euery
night
in
the
common
house
,
without
some
special
impediment
,
to
be
allowed
by
the
Vicar
or
by
the
Bailiffe
of
the
Manour
of
Stanford
Baron
,
and
such
as
shal
be
maried
,
may
liue
with
their
wiues
out
of
the
common
house
,
so
the
same
bee
within
S.
Martins
Parish
,
or
within
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
but
yet
they
shall
be
bound
one
night
in
a
moneth
,
to
lodge
with
their
fellowes
in
the
common
house
,
vpon
paine
of
losse
of
one
weekes
wages
,
which
shal
be
paide
to
the
poore
mens
boxe
in
S.
Martins
Church
.
Item
,
none
of
them
shall
goe
abroade
in
their
gownes
out
of
the
bounds
of
S.
Martins
Parish
,
or
out
of
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
and
the
liberties
thereof
.
Item
,
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
or
Minister
shall
vpon
the
first
Sunday
of
euery
quarter
of
the
yeere
,
assemble
them
together
in
the
Church
before
Euening
praier
,
and
seuering
them
asunder
,
shall
heare
them
say
the
Lords
praier
,
and
the
Creede
,
and
to
answere
to
the
Commandements
:
and
such
as
will
not
in
conuenient
time
learne
,
and
be
able
to
say
the
same
,
shal
be
auoided
from
his
roome
after
fourteene
dayes
space
giuen
him
to
learne
the
same
,
and
the
Vicar
or
Minister
shall
haue
for
his
labour
v.
s.
euerie
such
Sunday
,
and
the
Parish
Clearke
twelue
pence
for
attending
on
the
Vicar
.
Item
,
they
shall
euery
first
Sunday
of
euery
quarter
goe
to
Burghley
house
,
(
if
the
Lord
of
Burghley
,
or
the
Ladie
his
wife
shall
there
keepe
houshold
)
and
there
shall
dine
at
one
table
together
in
the
hall
,
where
they
shall
haue
two
mease
of
meate
,
euery
mease
of
two
dishes
,
one
with
pottage
and
boiled
meate
,
the
other
roste
,
(
if
it
bee
no
fasting
d●y
)
and
if
it
be
a
fish
day
,
then
they
shall
haue
two
like
meases
of
white
meate
and
fish
.
For
the
charges
whereof
,
he
that
shall
dwell
at
Burghley
as
the
heire
of
the
house
,
shall
defray
the
same
,
or
els
in
case
of
the
absence
of
the
said
Lord
Burghley
,
or
the
Ladie
his
wife
from
the
house
,
paiment
shal
be
made
out
of
the
yeerely
summe
of
the
annuitie
to
the
said
thirteene
poore
men
after
the
rate
of
iiii
.
d.
a
peece
,
to
be
paide
by
the
Bailiffe
of
the
Manour
,
or
by
such
as
shal
be
authorised
to
receiue
the
annuitie
,
and
to
distribute
it
according
to
these
orders
,
and
the
same
to
be
allowed
vpon
the
account
.
Item
,
if
at
any
time
he
that
shal
be
mine
heire
of
my
house
at
Theobalds
in
Hartfordshire
,
shal
come
to
Burghley
,
or
Stanford
,
the
said
poore
men
shall
present
themselues
duetifully
vnto
him
,
and
shall
offer
any
seruice
they
can
doe
to
him
,
in
memorie
of
the
Founder
William
Lord
Burghley
,
Auncestor
of
the
said
Owner
of
Theobalds
.
Item
,
if
any
doubt
or
question
shall
hereafter
arise
vpon
the
wordes
or
meaning
of
these
former
Articles
or
Ordinances
,
the
resolution
or
determination
thereof
shall
bee
made
,
and
in
writing
deliuered
to
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
by
the
Bishop
of
Peterborough
,
or
by
the
Deane
and
any
one
Prebendarie
of
the
Church
of
Peterborough
,
whereunto
all
parties
shall
yeeld
and
obey
.
Item
,
as
these
poore
men
shall
at
the
first
haue
their
seuerall
roomes
allowed
vnto
them
in
the
Almes
house
,
so
shall
they
during
their
liues
,
or
their
continuance
in
their
places
,
continue
their
lodgings
,
and
euery
one
as
he
shall
succeede
to
the
voyde
place
,
so
shall
he
succeed
in
the
lodging
without
any
change
.
Item
,
all
the
twelue
shall
at
their
entries
openly
in
S.
Martins
Church
,
promise
to
be
obedient
to
the
Warden
of
the
house
,
in
all
things
that
he
shall
aduise
them
for
the
obseruation
of
the
orders
by
these
Articles
prescribed
.
And
if
any
of
them
shall
wilfully
refuse
to
obserue
the
same
,
he
shal
complaine
therof
to
the
Lord
Burghley
for
the
time
being
,
or
in
his
absence
to
the
Vicar
,
and
Bailiffe
of
the
Manour
,
who
shall
remoue
such
a
wilfull
person
from
the
place
,
whereunto
they
that
did
first
name
him
,
shall
appoint
another
.
Item
,
during
the
life
of
me
the
Lord
Burghley
,
he
that
is
,
&
shal
be
my
Bailiffe
of
my
Manour
of
Stanford
Baron
,
shal
receiue
the
said
annuitie
of
one
hundreth
pounds
,
out
of
my
lands
heretofore
called
Cliffe
Parke
,
in
the
Countie
of
Northampton
,
and
shall
with
the
priuitie
of
the
Alderman
of
Stanford
,
or
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
make
payment
thereof
according
to
these
orders
,
and
the
rest
that
shal
remaine
vpon
his
yeerely
accompt
,
to
be
employed
on
the
repayre
of
the
house
,
or
vpon
the
poore
prisoners
in
any
Gaole
in
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
by
the
appointment
of
the
Alderman
,
and
the
said
Vicar
for
the
time
being
,
before
whom
the
saide
Bailiffe
shall
make
yeerely
his
account
the
second
day
of
Nouember
.
And
after
my
decease
,
if
the
said
Alderman
,
Vicar
,
and
Recorder
of
Stanford
for
the
time
being
,
shal
not
like
to
continue
the
saide
Bailiffe
for
the
saide
seruice
,
they
shall
name
and
appoint
either
such
as
shall
bee
Bailiffe
of
the
Borough
of
Stanford
,
or
such
as
shal
be
Inhabitants
in
the
Inne
or
house
called
the
George
of
Stanford
Baron
,
or
in
the
scite
of
S.
Michaels
Nunrie
,
or
in
default
of
them
,
such
other
as
shal
be
meete
for
that
seruice
,
with
the
consent
of
the
L.
Burghley
for
the
time
being
,
or
any
of
two
the
Feoffees
,
which
account
shal
be
also
yeerely
afore
the
last
of
Nouember
presented
to
the
Lorde
Burghley
,
if
he
shall
then
be
residing
at
Burghley
,
or
in
his
absence
from
thence
to
some
one
of
the
Feoffees
.
Item
,
the
said
annuitie
shal
be
paid
by
the
Bailiffe
or
Farmors
of
Cliffe
euery
quarter
of
the
yeere
to
the
Bailiffe
of
the
Manour
of
Stanford
Baron
,
that
is
to
say
,
xxv
.
pounds
at
or
before
the
feast
of
S.
Michael
the
Archangel
,
and
so
quarterly
by
equall
portions
,
with
which
money
the
Bailiffe
shall
weekely
make
paiment
of
the
foresayde
summes
as
afore
is
expressed
.
And
now
for
the
first
paiment
,
he
shall
begin
the
first
Sunday
after
the
feast
of
S.
Michael
,
and
so
continue
weekely
.
There
shal
be
also
prouided
by
the
said
Bailiffe
with
the
priuitie
and
allowance
of
the
Alderman
of
Stanford
,
and
the
Vicar
of
S.
Martins
,
gownes
for
euery
of
them
according
to
the
value
aboue
mentioned
,
which
shal
be
deliuered
to
them
yeerely
the
Saterday
afore
the
first
Sunday
after
Michaelmas
.
There
shal
be
also
during
the
terme
of
twenty
and
one
yeeres
from
the
feast
of
S.
Michael
the
Archangel
last
past
,
yeerely
deliuered
out
of
the
woods
of
Cliffe
Parke
,
thirteene
loades
of
fire
wood
for
the
said
thirteene
poore
people
abiding
in
the
said
Hospital
by
Roger
Dale
gent.
the
Farmer
or
Tenant
at
Cliffe
Parke
,
his
executors
or
assignes
,
which
thirteene
loades
,
the
said
Roger
Dale
his
Executors
or
Assignes
are
bound
by
couenant
to
cause
yeerely
to
be
caried
to
the
said
Hospitall
at
some
conuentient
time
before
the
feast
of
all
Saints
,
and
after
the
end
of
the
said
xxi
.
yeeres
,
the
said
quantity
of
wood
shal
be
prouided
by
the
Bailiffe
of
the
said
Mannor
of
Stanford
Baron
for
the
time
being
.
William
Burghley
.