AN ORDINANCE For settling and confirming of the manors of Framlingham & Saxtead In the County of Suffolk, and the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, devised by Sir Robert Hitcham, K ght. And late sergeant at Law, to certain charitable uses.  
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Monday March 20. 1653.  
ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published.  
HENRY SCOBELL Clerk of the Council   
London, Printed by Henry Hills and William du-Gard Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1654.   

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AN ORDINANCE For settling and confirming of the manors of Framlingham and Saxtead, in the County of Suffolk, and the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, devised, by Sir ROBERT HITCHAM Knight and late sergeant at Law, to certain Charitable uses.  
WHereas the said Sir Robert Hitcham did heretofore purchase of Theophilus late Earl of Suffolk and his Feoffees, the Castle and manors of Framlingham and Saxtead, and divers Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances, lying and being in Framlingham and Saxtead in the County of Suffolk, which were by his direction conveyed and assured unto Richard Keeble, one of the Lords Commissioners for the Great Seal of England, and to Francis Bacon, Esq; and James Rivet, William butts, and Robert butts, Gentlemen, and their heirs, who were persons only trusted by Sir Robert Hitcham. And whereas afterwards, viz. the eighth of August 1636. the said Sir Robert Hitcham made his last Will and Testament in writing, And thereby did, amongst other things, Will, Limit and Appoint, That as touching the said Castle and manors of Framlingham and Saxtead, and all the Lands and Hereditaments which he and his Feoffees purchased of the said Theophilus Earl of Suffolk and his Feoffees, the said Sir Robert Hicham's Feoffees and their Heirs, after his Debts paid, should stand seized in trust to the uses of the Masters and Fellowes of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, and their Successors, and that upon request his Feoffees should make a good assurance unto them accordingly, Of which the College should have to their own use the Castle and Royalties, and Rents of tenor, with the Mear and Fish-ponds, the Advowson of the Church, the hundred of Loes, the Fairs and Markets there, But the Demeasn Lands of the said manors, and all the Hereditaments and Lands purchased of the Earl of Suffolk as aforesaid, the said College should have only in trust, to be by them converted to the uses following, viz. That they should pull down all the Castle save the ston buildings, and therewith erect at Framlingham one house to set the Poor on work, the Poor and most needy and impotent of Framlingham, Debenham, and Coxall, first, and after them of other Towns if they see cause, and to provide a Substantial stock to set them on work, and to allow such needy persons of them so much as the College should further think fit, & that they should build one or two Alms-houses consisting of twelve persons( namely six a piece) for twelve of the poorest and decrepid people there, which are to have each of them two shillings per week during their lives, and forty shillings a piece for a Gown and firing every year; And that they should build a School-house there at Framlingham, and appoint a Master, who is to have forty pounds per annum during his life, to teach thirty or forty, or more, of the poorest children of Framlingham, Debenham, and Coxall, to writ, red and cast account, as they College shall think fit, and then they to have ten pounds a piece to bind them Apprentices, at the Discretion of the four signior Fellows of the said College, And that they should build an Alms-house at Levington for six of the poorest persons of Levington and Nacton, which is to be built upon his Tenement near the street there, and they to have the like allowance in all things as the Poor of Framlingham are appointed to have; And that there should be for everone to red prayers in the Church of Framlingham daily at the hours of eight in the Fore-noon, and four in the After noon, who is to have twenty pounds per annum, and the Sexton five pounds yearly; And such of the Poor aforesaid, or the School-master, or Scholars there as should make default in coming to prayers, their allowance to be proportionally abated for the same neglect( except their excuse be allowed by the Minister of Framlingham for the time being) and whatsoever should further come of that which the Testator had formerly given in Trust to the said College, they to convert the same to the like use or uses, to continue as before for ever; And of his said Will made Richard Keeble and Robert butts his Executors; And whereas the said Sir Robert Hitcham within ten daies after the making of the said Will dyed, And the said Richard Keeple and Robert butts made probate of the said Will, And the said Robert butts took upon him the whole management of the Receipts and payments of the said Estate, And whereas several suits have been by the College and inhabitants of Framlingham, Debenham, and Coxall, commenced in the Court of Chancery against the said Robert butts, and others, to have the said Trusts performed, And whereas by the strict words of the said Will the whole Charitable use aforesaid is to be acted and put in execution at Framlingham, and the Town of Debenham being five miles, and the Town of Coxall thirty miles distant from Framlingham, who by the said Will are to sand their Poor thither to work, and their poor children thither to School, from whence will arise great inconveniences to all the inhabitants of the said Towns interested in the said Charitable bequests, both in respect of great Charge and trouble the two Towns of Debenham and Coxall must of necessity be put to in sending their poor and children, to Framlingham, and maintaining them there, the Will not providing for the Poors habitations, nor making any other provisions for their livelihoods there, and in respect of many inconveniences and annoyances, which must needs happen to the Town of Framlingham, if so many poor people from several parts shall congregate and reside there; And in respect of Continual differences which in all likelihood will arise betwixt the Towns touching their poor, in such sort confused and mingled together, besides the jars and contentions amongst the poor themselves( incident to such sort of people) working together under the same roof, whereby the Town of Framlingham will be much disquieted, the work hindered, and more materials in danger to be spoiled and imbezilled than work done, But if the College may be enabled to give unto the Towns of Coxall & Debenham a proportion of the revenu intended them by the Will inseveralty, these inconveniences will be avoided, and the whole Charitable bequests rendered much more useful and beneficial to all the three Towns, In regard that the several Towns may be enabled to set their own poor on work according to their several abilities and capacities, and may hold their unwilling poor to work, and look to them that they do not spoil and imbezil the materials committed to their Charge, And may also out of the Revenue allotted to them in lay provision of Corn, Victuals, Firing, and other necessaries for the Poors subsistence, at the best hand, and in the poorest sicknesses and grievances, they may see to them that they may be accommodated with all necessaries in such extremities, And the Town of Framlingham shall be thereby freed from being burdened with any but their own poor; For all which Causes it was humbly prayed by the Petition of the inhabitants of Framlingham, Debenham, and Coxall, That his Highnesse the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. would be pleased to take some speedy course for the executing of the said Trusts, and settling the estate in such a way, that the Charitable uses, by the said Will directed, may be performed and executed to the best advantage of the Parties, and in such manner as may be most beneficial to the College and persons who are to partake of the Charitable bequests aforesaid. Be it therefore Ordained by his Highness the Lord Protector, by and with the advice and consent of his Council, And it is hereby Ordained by the Authority of the same, That the said manors of Framlingham and Saxtead, and the said other Lands, Tenements and premises, with the appurtenances, in the said County of Suffolk, shall be, and are hereby vested, settled, assured and confirmed unto and in the said Master, and Fellows, and Scholars of pembroke Hall in the university of Cambridge, and their Successors for ever, To the intent and purpose that the said Castle, Royalties, manors, Lands, Tenenements and Hereditaments, and the Rents, Issues and Profits thereof, shall and may be employed and disposed to the several persons, and to and for the several uses hereafter mentioned( that is to say) The said Master and Fellows of pembroke Hall aforesaid shall have, receive, and take the Rents, Issues, and Profits of the said Royalties, Rents of tenor, and other things which were devised to the said College for their own use, as well all the Arrears, as also the growing Rents and Profits thereof, and shall lay out and employ the same for the good of the said College, as the Gift of Sir Robert Hitcham, and to be known by the name of the said Sir Robert Hitcham's Gift for ever. And be it also further Ordained by the authothority aforesaid, That all and singular the demeasn Lands of the said manors and Premises, shall be, and are hereby vested, assured, and settled unto, and upon the Master and Fellowes, and Scholars of pembroke Hall, aforesaid, and their Successors for ever, upon Trust, and to the intent and purpose that the Rents, Issues, and Profits which shall be raised by & out of the said Demeasn Lands and premises, shall and may from time to time for ever, be by the said Master and Fellows & their Successors employed and disposed of for the erecting & building of one or two Almshouses at Framlingham, for the relief of twelve persons of the poor and most needy inhabitants there, who are to have two shillings a piece by the week, and forty shillings a piece for a Gown and firing, yearly during their Lives, the said two shillings to be paid weekly, and the said forty shillings a piece to be paid out of the said Rents and Profits at or upon the twentieth day of December yearly, and so successively for ever, And to this further intent and purpose, That an other Alms-house shall be built at Levington for six of the poorest and most needy inhabitants of Levington and Nacton, to be built upon a tenement late the said Sir Robert Hitchams near the street there, and the said poor people are to have two shillings a piece by the week, and forty shillings a piece for a Gown, and firing to be paid yearly out of the said Rents and Profits, on the twentieth day of December, to begin first with the poor of Levington, and so successively. And it is further Ordained by the authority aforesaid, That out of the Rents, Issues, and Profits of the said Lands and premises, settled upon the Master and Fellows of pembroke Hall and their Successors in trust as aforesaid, the said Master and Fellows, and their Successors, their Assignee or Assignees shall pay & satisfy unto Francis Ireland, Thomas Alexander, Isaac Woodcock, Jasper ●ooding, Brown Pulham, Thomas Capon, and John Capon, John Dowsing the elder, John Blomfield, Daniel Whayman, Matthew Skinner, and John Ellis the elder, Trustees hereby appointed for the poor of the said town of Framlingham the yearly Sum of 223 l. in good and lawful English Money, to one or more of the said Trustees for the said town of Framlingham their assignee or assignees, being authorised for the receipt thereof, by one or more dead or Deeds in writing under the hands and seals of them, or the mayor part of them( of which mayor part the said Francis Ireland, during his natural life, is to be one) the said sum of 223 l. yearly and every year to be paid and satisfied unto the said Trustees, hereby appointed, and hereafter to be appointed, their Assignee or Assignees as aforesaid, at the Corn across in Framlingham, at or upon the first Tuesday in March, and at or upon the first Tuesday in September, by even and equal portions to be by the said Trustees hereby appointed, or the mayor part of them as is aforesaid, laid out and employed for the building and erecting of one work-house at the said town of Framlingham for the poor, most needy and impotent persons and inhabitants there, and to provide a substantial stock to set them on work, that is, the said Poor of the said town of Framlingham onely on work, and to such needy persons of them so much as the said Trustees, or the mayor number of them, as aforesaid, shall further think fit, and also for the building and erecting of a School house there at the said town of Framlingham, wherein twenty or thirty or more of the poorest children and inhabitants of, and in the said town of Framlingham are to be educated in reading, writing, casting of accounts, or Grammar Learning, according to their several capacities, And the said Trustees herein name and appointed, or the greater number of them for the time being for the said town of Framlingham, shall and may disburse and bestow all such sum and sums of money, as to them the said Trustees, or the mayor part of them, as is aforesaid, shall seem meet for the placing and binding such poor children, as they shall think fit, Apprentices, or to maintain such of the Grammar Scholars at the university of Cambridge, as the said Trustees shall think fit, and the Master and Fellows of the said College shall admit and allow of. And also that the Master of the said School at Framlingham from time to time shall be chosen and appointed by the Master and Fellows of the said College and their Successors, and the said Trustees for the said Town of Framlingham for the time being shall allow and pay unto the said School Master the Sum of forty pounds yearly to be paid and satisfied unto him at or upon the second tuesday in March, and at or upon the second tuesday in September, by even and equal portions. And if( the number of Scholars increasing) the said Trustees or the mayor part of them, as is aforesaid, shall think fit to have an usher or under School-Master unto the said School, that then the said usher shall teach the children to writ, red and cast accounts, and the Head Schoolmaster shall teach Grammar Learning only, And the said usher for the time being shall have yearly paid unto him, by the said Trustees, the sum of twenty pounds to be paid and satisfied unto him by even and equal portions on the aforesaid daies, viz. the second Tuesday in March, and the second Tuesday in September. And the said School-Master for the time being of the said town of Framlingham shall daily and constantly pray with the said Poor and Scholars there in the Parish Church of Framlingham at or about seven of the Clock in the Forenoon, and at or about five of the Clock in the afternoon, and such of the poor people there, as shall make default in coming to prayers upon the toling of a Bell for that purpose, their allowance to be proportionably abated for the same neglect, except their excuse be allowed by the Minister of Framlingham for the time being, And the said Trustees hereby appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, shall allow the Sexton of the Parish Church of Framlingham the yearly sum of five pounds, to be paid and satisfied unto him at or upon the second Tuesday in March, and at or upon the second Tuesday in September, by even and equal portions, And to the intent and purpose that the said yearly sum of two hundred and twenty three pounds may be truly and faithfully paid, expended and employed to the parties of the said town of Framlingham, and to and for the several uses aforementioned, the said Trustees of Framlingham hereby name and appointed, and that shall be hereafter name and appointed, shall, from time to time stand and be accountable unto the Master and Fellows of the said College, and their Successors for ever, And shall from time to time make and deliver unto the said Master of the said College for the time being, at or upon the first Tuesday in July in every year, at or in the common Dining Hall of Pembroke Hall aforesaid, a true, punctual and perfect account in writing of all their Receipts and disbursements concerning the said Charitable uses. In default whereof the said Trustees shall forfeit the sum of five pounds. And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Master and Fellows for the time being, and their successors for ever, their assignee or Assignees shall out of the Rents, issues and profits of the said Demeasn Lands pay and satisfy the yearly sum of one hundred and fifty pounds in good and lawful English money unto Robert Crane the elder, Thomas Guyon, William Tanner, John Sparhauk, Richard Shortland, William Cocks, John Cocks, Isaac Hubbard, William Gladwyn, William Guyon, Samuel Crane, and George Guyon, Trustees hereby appointed for the poor of the aforesaid Town of Coxall, or to any one or more of them, their assignee or assignees, being authorised for the receiving thereof by one or more dead or Deeds in writing under the hands and seals of them the said Trustees, or the mayor part of them( whereof the said Robert Crane the elder, shall be one during his life) the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds yearly and every year, to be paid and satisfied unto the said Trustees hereby appointed their assignee or assignees as aforesaid, at the Corn across in Framlingham at or upon the first Tuesday in March, and at or upon the first Tuesday in September by equal portions, to be by the said Trustees hereby appointed, or the mayor number of them as aforesaid, laid out and employed for the providing of a work house at the Town of Coxall for the Poor and most needy and impotent Persons and Inhabitants there, together with a Substantial Stock to set the Poor on work, and to allow such needy Persons of them so much relief as the said Trustees hereby appointed, or the mayor part of them as aforesaid, shall further think fit; And also for the providing of a School-house there at the said town of Coxall wherein twenty or thirty or more of the poorest Children and Inhabitants of and in the said town of Coxall are to be educated in reading, writing, casting of account or Grammar learning, according to their several capacities; And the said Trustees hereby name and appointed, or the greater number of them as aforesaid for the time being, are to allow and employ such sums of money as they, or the mayor part of them the said Trustees for the said town of Coxall, shall think fit, for the placing and binding such poor children Apprentices, or to maintain such of the Grammar Scholars at the university of Cambridge as the said Trustees shall think fit, and the said Master and Fellowes shall admit and allow of; And also that the Master of the said School from time to time for ever, shall be chosen and appointed by the Master and Fellows of pembroke Hall, and their successors for ever, And the said Trustees hereby appointed, or the greater number of them for the time being, are to pay and allow unto the said Master for his salary and pains twenty pounds by the year to be paid and satisfied unto him, at or upon the second Tuesday in March, and at or upon the second Tuesday in September, by even and equal portions, and to the end the said yearly sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, may be truly and faithfully paid, expended, & employed to the aforesaid parties, and to and for the uses aforementioned, the said Trustees herein name and appointed, and that shall hereafter be name and appointed, shall stand accountable to the said Master and Fellowes of pembroke Hall, and their successors for ever. And shall from time to time make and deliver unto the Master of the said College, for the time being, at or upon the first Tuesday of July in every year, at or in the Common dining hall aforesaid, a true, punctual and perfect account in writing of all their Receipts and disbursements concerning the said Charitable uses, In default whereof the said Trustees shall forfeit the sum of five pounds.  
And it is further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the said Master and Fellows, for the time being, and their Successors, their Assignee or Assignees shall out of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the said Demeasn Lands in trust pay and satisfy the yearly sum of one hundred and five pounds of like money unto Richard Moyse, Richard shepherd, George Brame the elder, James Philips, John Grater, John Smith, John Tovel, George Brame the younger, George Dool, William Brame, Robert Draper, and John Bond, Trustees, hereby appointed, for the Poor of the aforesaid town of Debenham, or to one or more of the said Trustees for the said town of Debenham, their assignee or assignees being authorised for the receipt thereof by one or more dead or Deeds in writing under the hands and seals of the said Trustees, or the mayor part of them, hereby name and appointed, or hereafter to be name and appointed, or the mayor part of them( of which number the said Richard shepherd during his natural life, shall be one) the said sum of one hundred and five pounds yearly and every year to be paid and satisfied unto the said Trustees hereby appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, their assignee or assignees as aforesaid, at the Corn across in Framlingham at or upon the first Tuesday in March, and at or upon the first Tuesday in September, by even and equal portions, to be by the said Trustees hereby appointed, or the mayor part of them, as is aforesaid, laid out and employed for the providing of a work-house at the said town of Debenham, for the Poor and most needy and impotent persons Inhabitants there, together with a substantial stock to set the said Poor on work, and to allow such needy persons of them so much relief as the said Trustees, or the mayor number of them, as is aforesaid shall further think fit, and also for the providing of a School-house there at the said Town of Debenham, wherein twelve or twenty, or more of the poorest children of Debenham aforesaid are to be educated in reading, writing, and casting of accounts or Grammar-learning, according to their several capacities. And the said Trustees hereby appointed as aforesaid, and that shall hereafter be chosen and appointed, as herein is afterwards directed for the time being, are to allow and employ such sums of money as they, or the mayor part of the said Trustees as aforesaid for the town of Debenham shall think fit, for the placing and binding such poor children apprentices, or to maintain such of the Grammar Scholars at the university as the said Trustees shall think fit, and the said Master and Fellows shall admit and allow of. And also that the said Master of the said School at Debenham, from time to time, shall be elected and appointed by the Master and Fellows, and their Successors; And that the said Trustees for the said town of Debenham, for the time being shall for ever hereafter allow unto the said Master, of the said School at Debenham, yearly for his pains the sum of twenty Marks to be paid and satisfied unto him, at and upon the second Tuesday in March, and at or upon the second Tuesday in September, by even and equal portions, And to the end the said yearly sum of one hundred and five pounds, may be truly and faithfully paid, expended, and employed to the said parties, and to and for the uses aforesaid, the said Trustees hereby appointed, and that shall be hereafter appointed, for the time being, shall stand and be accountable to the said Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, and their Successors, and shall from time to time deliver unto the Master and Fellows of the said College for the time being, at or upon the first Tuesday of July in every year, at or in the common dining Hall of Pembroke Hall aforesaid, a true, punctual, and perfect account in writing of all their receipts and disbursements concerning the said charitable uses, In default whereof the said Trustees shall forfeit the sum of five pounds. And it is further Ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees of the several and respective Towns aforesaid, hereby appointed, or that shall be hereafter appointed, for the time being shall from time to time deliver a transcript or true Copy of the same account, concerning the said charitable uses unto the Iustices of the Peace at the Quarter Sessions to be holden for the several Counties aforesaid, as the said respective Trustees are hereby appointed to deliver unto the Master and Fellows of the said College for the time being, And in case the said Trustees of the Respective Towns aforesaid, or any of them, shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered a Copy of the said account unto the said Iustices of the said respective towns at the next quarter Sessions after they have delivered the said Original accounts unto the Master and Fellows of the said College for the time being, that then, & in such case the Iustices of the said several Counties are hereby impowred to call before them such of the Trustees of the said respective Towns as shall make such default as aforesaid, and to impose a fine upon such of the said Trustees as they shall see cause, not exceeding the sum of five pounds, which fine shall be paid out of their own particular estates, and not out of any part of the estate given to the charitable uses aforesaid, the same to be levied upon the estate of the defaulters in such or the like manner as is ordained and appointed to be imposed and levied upon the Overseers of the Poor, for any default they shall make in the execution of their Trusts, contrary to any Act of parliament in that behalf made and provided. And it is further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That when eight or six of the beforenamed Trustees, of any of the said several and respective Towns of Framlingham, Debenham, and Coxall, or any of them, shall depart this life, then the six or four surviving Trustees in their respective Towns, shall have Power, and are hereby authorised to nominate and present the names of twelve or sixteen of the most able and sufficient inhabitants of the said respective Towns, out of which six or eight to be elected and joined, with the rest of the surviving Trustees by the Master and Fellows of the said College, for the time being; And in case the said Master and Fellows, and such surviving Trustees, cannot agree in the said Election, then the Commissioner, or Lord keeper of the great Seal of England, for the time being shall be attended to reconcile the said differences, and he or they to determine the same, or to elect any other of the most able inhabitants in the respective Towns, to supply the number of the deceased Trustees.  
And it is hereby further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Persons, that shall be elected new. Trustees as aforesaid, shal have the like Power to take upon them the aforesaid Trusts, in the particulars aforesaid, and to execute the same as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if they had been name in this present Ordinance.  
And it is also further Ordained, by the Authority aforesaid, That whatsoever other Revenue or Profits shall be made of the said Estate, Lands and Tenements settled upon the said Master, and Fellows, and Scholars of the said College, in trust for the benefit of the benefit of the said three Towns, as aforesaid, all necessary Charges and disbursements in managing the same, being in the first place discharged and allowed the Master and Fellows of the said College, and their Successors, shall distribute the same surplusage or overplus to and for the use and benefit of the poor of the said three towns of Framlingham, Coxall and Debenham respectively, according to the Rules, Rates, Allowances and Proportions, which have been already allotted to them respectively in and by this Ordinance as aforesaid. Provided also that if any encumbrance or casualty whatsoever shall befall the said Lands or tenements, or any part thereof, settled upon the said College in trust as aforesaid, That then the said Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall aforesaid, shall and may deduct and defalk out of the Rents, issues and profits of all the said Demeasn Lands, and Estates so settled and assured upon the said College as aforesaid, for the benefit of the said three towns aforesaid, All such Sum and Sums of Money, and other Charges whatsoever expended, occasioned or sustained for or by reason of any such encumbrance or Casualty, wherein full allowance shall be given as aforesaid.  
And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That if the said Richard Keeble, Francis Bacon, James Rivet, & Robert butts, or any of them, their or any of their Heirs, Executors or Administrators shall be charged with the payment of any of the Debts and Legacies of the said Sir Robert Hitcham, or any otherwise damnified by reason of the trust reposed in them or any of them by the said Sir Robert Hitcham, other than such Orders and Decrees as are already had and obtained in any Court of Equity against them the said Trustees, or any of them, then the said Master and fellows of Pembroke Hall for the time being, and their Successors, shall out of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the said Demeasn Lands and premises estated on them in Trust, satisfy and pay unto the said Richard Keeble, Francis Bacon, James Rivet and Robert Butts, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and every of them; all such sum or sums of money as they or any of them shall be so charged with, for or by reason of the Debts and Legacies of the said Sir Robert Hitcham, or any otherwise damnified in respect of the said trust reposed in them, by the said Sir Robert Hitcham, And for that purpose in case any such charge or encumbrance shall happen all the Rents, and Revenues of the said premises in Trust are and shall be applied by the Master and Fellows of the said College for the time being, and their Successors, in the first place, towards the discharge therof, until such encumbrance, Charges, and damnifications shall be satisfied and discharged, and in such case proportionable abatements shall be made out of all the Revenue, Rents, and Profits of the premises so settled for the benefit of the said three Towns as aforesaid. And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That as for and concerning the Rents, and profits, which have already issued out of the said Lands, and premises, hereby settled upon the said College in Trust as aforesaid, And which ought by virtue of an Order out of the Court of Chancery bearing date the fifteenth day of February 1650. to be paid to Sydrack Simpson the present Master of the said College, whether yet remaining in the hands of the said Sydrack Simpson, or of the tenants of the said premises, or of any other person or persons whatsoever, the same shall be employed, by them the said Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, for the payment and satisfaction unto Robert Crane, Francis Ireland, and Richard shepherd, three of the Inhabitants of Framlingham, Coxall, and Debenham, All such sum and sums of money, which they have any ways disbursed or expended in seveveral suits in Law, at their own charge and expenses, for promoting the Charitable uses aforesaid, And which have not been heretofore paid and satisfied unto them which are to be allowed by the Master and Fellows of the said College within six Moneths next ensuing; And also for the paying and satisfying unto them, and to every of them, some reasonable consideration for their time and pains spent, and taken therein, which the said Master and Fellows shall allow within the time aforesaid; As likewise for the payment and satisfaction unto the said Master and Fellows, or any person or persons employed by them, All such sum and sums of money which they, or any of them, already hath or hereafter shall expend touching the premises within half a year next ensuing, and also for paying and satisfying of them or any of them, some reasonable consideration and recompense for their time and pains herein spent and taken in such proportion as the said Trustees herein name, for the said several Towns, or any seven of them, shall appoint( whereof the said Robert Crane, Francis Ireland, and Richard shepherd, shall be three) and after the payments made as aforesaid, and after the said two Alms-houses heretofore specified in this Ordinance, the one at Framlingham, and the other at Levington, shall be built, And that then if there shall remain any sum or sums of money of the rents and profits of the said premises, in the hands of the said Master and Fellows, or in the hands of the said Tenants, or any other person, which are due, and ought to be paid unto the said Master, by virtue of the said Order of the fifteenth of February 1650. the same shall be disposed, divided, and distributed to and amongst the three towns of Framlingham, Coxall, and Debenham, or employed for the benefit of the said Charitable uses of the said three towns, as aforesaid, respectively, after the same or like manner, and according to the same or like allowances, distributions, rates and proportions, and for the same uses by and for which the Annual Revenue of the said Estate in trust( except what was allotted for the weekly and yearly maintenance of the said Alms-people of Framlingham, and Levington, aforesaid) hath heretofore in this Ordinance been directed and appointed to be disposed, divided, and distributed. And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Richard Keeble, Francis Bacon, James Rivet, and Robert Butts, shall forthwith deliver or cause to be delivered unto the Master of the College, All Deeds, Charters, Evidences, and Writings, touching or any ways concerning the said Castle, manors, Hereditaments and premises, or any part thereof, the same to be kept and preserved with the rest of the College Evidences, and that the said Master, Fellows and Scholars, shall be and are hereby authorised and impowred to commence, implead, prosecute or defend in their own names, all and every action or actions, suit or suits in any Court of Law or Equity hereafter to be brought, commenced, prosecuted or defended for or concerning the said manors, Lands, and premises, or any part or parcel thereof by or against any person or persons whatsoever, and for the recovery of all such sum and sums of money, payable for the tents and profits of any part of the said manors and premises, remaining in the hands of any of the Tenants of the said manors and premises, or any part thereof, or in the hands of any other person or persons whatsoever.  
And it is Lastly Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the Assurance, Conveyance and Settlement of the said manors, Lands and Tenements, with the appurtenances to, and upon the said Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, and their Successors, shall be good and available in Law to the uses, intents and purposes aforesaid, as fully and absolutely as if a licence to purchase the said manors, Lands and premises in Mortmain were had and purchased under the Great Seal of England, any Law or Statute to the contrary in such case made and provided notwithstanding; Saving always and at all times hereafter reserved to all and every person and persons whatsoever, their Heirs, Executors, and Assigns( other than the said Sir Robert Hitcham, Richard Keeble, Francis Bacon, William butts, Robert butts, and James Rivet, their and every of their Heirs and Assigns) all and every such Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand whatsoever, which they, or any of them now have or at any time hereafter may or might any way have, claim, challenge, and Demand of, in, to, or out of the manors, messages, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and premises with the appurtenances, or any part thereof, any thing in this present Ordinance contained to the contrary notwithstanding.   

Monday March 20. 1653.  
ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and His Council, That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published.  
HEN. SCOBEL, Clerk of the Council.