After A Preamble, Stating The Names Of The Commissioners, With The
Objects Of The Commission And The Circumstances Under Which It Had
Been Called Together, The Following Orders Were Unanimously Agreed
Upon, To Wit:-
"Firstly, That repairs urgently required to prevent the building
from falling into a ruinous state (as shown by the ocular
Testimony
of the commissioners, assisted by competent advisers whom they
instructed to survey the fabric), be paid for by a true tithe, to
be rendered by all priors, provosts, and agents directly subject to
the monastery. This tithe is to be placed in the hands of two
merchants to be chosen by the bishop commendatory, and a sum is to
be taken from it for the restoration of the fountain which played
formerly in the monastery. The proctors who collect the tithes are
to be instructed by the abbot and commendatory not to press harshly
upon the contributories by way of expense and labour; and the money
when collected is, as already said, to be placed in the hands of
two suitable merchants, clients of the said monastery, who shall
hold it on trust to pay it for the above-named purposes, as the
reverends the commendatory and chamberlain and treasurer of the
said monastery shall direct. In the absence of one of these three
the order of the other two shall be sufficient.
"Item, it is ordered that the mandes, {35} or customary alms, be
made daily to the value of what would suffice for the support of
four monks.
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