e said Coppyhold Lands shall for ever
hereafter be let by the consent of four of the Inhabitants of the
said Towne of Willenhall to be chosen by the greater pte of the
sufficient Householders of the said Towne having lands of inheritance
there, and that the said aforemenconed Lands shall be by the said
four Inhabitants let from tyme to tyme according to the trew and
reasonable Rate or Valew thereof and the mony pfitts and rents to be
reserved out of the said Lands to be imployed half yearly hereafter
in manner and forme following (that is to say) First to the payment
of eleven shillings yearly for the antient and accustomed cheife rent
dew and to be dew to the Lords of the said Manor of Stowheath
Secondly to the payment of Six shillings and eight pence yearly
towards the reparations of the said Chappell, and thirdly towards the
maintenance of a stipendary Preist Minester or Curate for the sayinge
of Divine Service Ministeringe of the Holy Sacraments and doinge all
such other service in the Chappell of Willenhall as doe and shall
belong to his Ministerie and Function wch Stipendary Priest Minister
or Curate shall be fro tyme to tyme chosen nominated and appointed by
the said Inhabitants of Willenhall for the tyme beinge or the
greatest pte of them havinge lands there as aforesaid and prsented
and allowed by the Lord on Lords of the said Manner of Stowheath and
his and their heir or heires for ever. And it is further ordered
that whosoever shall be nominated appointed prsented and allowed as
aforesaid to supply the place as Preist Minister or Curate in the
said Chappell of Willenhall shall conforme himselfe to the Govermt
Eclesiasticall and be resident uppon his cure there, in defalt
whereof and uppon complainte made by the said Inhabitants or the
greater pte of the sufficient or chiefest of them, eyther of his
nonresidence, Insufficiencie, negligence, or any other Misdemenor, to
the Lord or Lords of the said Manner for the tyme beinge, yt shall be
lawfull for the Lord or Lords of the said Mannor for the tyme beinge
to give one halfe yeares warninge to the said Preist Minester or
Curate to reform himselfe whch if he doe not then it shall be lawfull
for the said Lord or Lords for the tyme beinge to remove and displace
him at the end of the said halfe yeare, and to present and allow
anot