^{page 133 note a} The date of this petition is about July 1447, for in Bishop Lacy's Register under date Chudleigh, 18 May, in that year, we find the appointment of William Byconyll, LL.D, Walter Collis the precentor, John Druell archdeacon of Exeter, John Rowe the subdeacon, Rogor Keys canon of Exeter, Sir John Wolston chaplain, John More, John Wode, and Thomas Maynour, Attornies and Proctors for the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter, to appear before the Lord Chancellor and the two Chief Justices. They are also granted a power to produce charters and muniments. [Lacy's Register, ff. 286^h, 287.]

^{page 134 note a} Cite to as] originally “Mayer and Citizens considering the grete and huge charges that thei here yerely to you for the seid Citee and have doen unto your noble progenito^rs afore this tyme, and howe.”

^{page 134 note b} And to the end] altered in MS. as follows: Where for most soveraynge lord please yn Right wiseness that yo^r said besechers as fo^r yor said preve seall be utterly discharged and dismyssed and rueled and demened after the cours of yo^r Comen law and accordyng to yo^r Statutes aforesaid yn the wurshup of God and way of Cheryte and they will pray to God for yow.