offer there for the
souls of all the brethren and sisters of the said guild and all
Christians; and that a priest be continued there in the form
accustomed, for to sing and pray for the prosperity, welfare, and
honourable estate of the most Christian prince, King Henry VI., our
sovereign lord, and also for the welfare of William Yelverton,
Justice, by whose mediation and diligence the said accord and
appointments have been advised and engrossed.

"And then, for the welfare of all the brethren and sisters of the
said guild and fraternity living, and also for the souls of King
Henry V., first founder of the said guild, and for all other souls of
all the brethren and sisters of the said guild, that be passed out of
the world, and all Christian souls; and if ever afterwards the
possessions of the said guild will stretch to sustain and find
another priest, that then such priest shall be found for to pray in
like form, and that poor men and women of the said guild be found and
relieved by the said guild, as hath been accustomed, as the goods
will stretch to save other charges and necessary expenses, to the
worship of God and of the said martyr, and to the good conservation
and continuance of the said brethren.

"Also, on the morning next after the solemnity of the said guild,
kept in the worship of the glorious martyr, Saint George, the
brethren of the said guild, and their successors, shall yearly choose
the mayor of the said city, and that time being a brother of the said
guild, for to be alderman of the said guild for all the next year
following, after his discharge of his office of mayoralty, then
forthwith to take the charge and occupation of the said office of
aldermanship of the said fraternity and guild; and so every person
chosen to be mayor yearly, after he hath occupied mayoralty for an
whole year, to occupy the said aldermanship of the said guild; and in
case he refuse to occupy the said aldermanship after his mayoralty,
to pay unto the said fraternity 100_s._ to the use of the said guild,
and that the old alderman stand still alderman, unto the time another
be chosen unto the said office of alderman to the said guild; and if
the alderman of the said guild happen to die within the year, that
then the mayor for the time being, occupy that office of alderman for
his time,