And also by your seid lettirs patentes to licence the seid prestes to take and reseyve, and to hold to them and to ther successours the seid annuite, rent charge, vj.
Fastolff and suche othir as he was be holde to inperpetuite, and to inmortese and gyve to the seyd prystes, and to ther successours for the sustentacion of hem, and of the seyd pourmen C.
And also be your letters patentz to licence the sayd prystes to take and receyve, and to holde to theym and to ther successours the sayd annaunite, rente charge, vj.
Kinges Highnes, his heires and successours for ever[401].
The King also gaue the Castle of Storford, and all the lands which thereto belonged, to the same Maurice, and to his successours in that See.
Peters church, the king granted further by his letters patents, that he and his successours kings of Scotland, should doo homage and fealtie to the kings of England, so often as they should be necessarilie required therevnto.
So successours to Peter be they nought Whom [that] Christ made cheef pastour; A swerd no shep[h]erde usen ought But he wold slee as a bochour.
Such successours ben to bold, In winning all their wit they wrall; 370 Hir conscience is waxen cold; And all such faytours, foule hem fall!
Such counsaylours many of these men han For worldes wele, god to offend; Peters successoursthey ben for-than, But all such god may well amend.
Successours to Peter ben these In that that Peter Christ forsook, 590 That had lever the love of god [to] lese Than a shep[h]erde had to lese his hook.
And therevpon he said (as hath bin reported) that then might his successours account themselues kings of England, when they inioied such prerogatiue of high and supreme honor.
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