Letters patent of licence to Henry Abbot of St Werburgh of Chester and the convent there to give and assign the advowson of the Church of Denford in the county of Northampton which is part of the foundation of the Abbey, to Richard Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and of licence to the Bishop to receive and hold to him and his successors for ever the aforesaid advowson notwithstanding that it is parcel of the Abbey's foundation, and of licence to the Abbot and convent to appropriate the churches of Aston and Weston, which are of their own advowson, and hold to their own and their successors' use, the statute of mortmain notwithstanding. A competent sum of silver from the fruits and profits of the churches shall be paid and distributed to the poor of the same parishes by the Abbot and convent and the vicars of the parishes shall be sufficiently endowed according to the ordination of the diocese and the form of the statute recently declared. By writ of privy seal and for £100 paid into Hanaper Dated at Westminster 11 August 18 Richard II Large portion of seal on blue and yellow cords 11 Aug [1394]