To enjoy these privileges in the same manner as the Abbots That the Alderman and Burgesses shall and may have and enjoy all the before mentioned particulars and so many the same and like privileges etc and in as ample manner as any Abbot of the said Monastery or any other person enjoyed the same. And whereas by other Letters Patents one Gerrard White was appointed to the office of Bailiff and Collector of the Rents and profits of the Lands and Tenements in the North and East parts of Bury parcel of the possessions of the late Monastery to pay the said rents etc. And the said Alderman and Burgesses do agree that they and their successors at their own costs and charges will gather the aforesaid rents called Landmole, the rents of the North and East parts of Bury and of the Manor of the Grange and pay the same to the King's General Receiver for the County of Suffolk. There are some common clauses not translated. The headings are the translator's insertions.
Punctuation is by the translator in most cases.
The original Letters Patent and early translations are held at the Suffolk Records Office, Bury St Edmunds, where the archivist has often been able to provide valuable help and advice to the Borough regarding these early documents. The Heading refers to the 1st July in the 6th year of the reign of James I, i.e., 1608. The owner of the Advowson not only could give patronage to his friends, relatives and supporters, but also received all the tithes from the parish. The original rate was 1p per acre per half year. Such terms survive today with a freehold house being held in fee simple for example.