Storeys of Old.

and charitable distribution made amongst them. His tenants are also to be maintained and such distribution made unto them at the time as after proper consideration shall be necessary. The testator next disposes of a chalice of singular virtue, which he bequeathes to all his successors, Bishops of Chichester for the time being, the said chalice, it would appear, having been presented by Bishop William Reed. It is also evident that the chalice was to be used by his executors when convenient after his decease out of due consideration for his successor. The bishop then proceeds to dispose of a messuage and meadow called Malhens, near to *Apuldreham, with the cattle lands adjoining, all, it would appear, lately held by one John Staunt, deceased. Messuages and lands in Ambley (Amberley) are left by the bishop to the see of Chichester, the said messuages and lands having evidently constituted the farmery belonging to Amberley Castle, an episcopal residence built by Bishop Reed (or Rede) between 1369 and 1379.

The messuage and lands at Amberley are mentioned as "restant in manetz" Roberti Kyrkland ". . . . . volo ap'd idem dns Robertat deliberet successore prascis port veulero lego myllon famulo meo mesuagium et terras eidem p'tinens iarcij in Ambley pro sumo dicti Willi quod et quas cum de Johes Page prt plennus patet in quadaris carta et me eidem Wilmo unus inde concessa et fact^s

To one, Thome Moyses, a servant, testator gives a messuage with lands, viz. :- "Lego Thome Moyses meo famula mesuage et terras eidem p'tinens iarcij in Ambley prædict^s pro termo vite dicti Thome."

It is clear that a life interest only was given to the persons named - familiaræ of the testator-for after alluding to a charter regarding the messuages and lands and the possession or holding of the same by Thomas Moyses with one William Page, are the words "ut patet in alia carta et me eidem Thome unus fact^s et concessit et reversionis dict. dnrs mesuages et terras, do et lego successoribz mei Epis Cicestriæ pro tempe successore fulierit sub modo et forma subscriptz, &c."

The messuages and lands were held by charter, and their disposition returned to Bishop Story. The testator next alludes to the Free School of Chichester - "mei grammaticali Cicestrisæ p'me ibm unus fundat et erec^s ac statu^s et ordinationibz, &c." - and he requests the benevolent consideration of his successor for his school recently founded.

It should likewise be added that to the prisoners in his palace the testator bequeathed six shillings and eightpence.

The bishop was in the Commission of the Peace and of oyer and terminer for the County of Sussex. (Sept. 6, 1489.)

A John +Story is mentioned in the will, and one Thomas Edwards, concerning a messuage and lands in Ambley (Amberley).