‹ E-CIPM 23-38: JOHN HUMBLETON, ESQUIRE ›

He was seised in demesne as of fee of the office of butler in the bedern of the college of St John , Beverley. From time immemorial, the officeholder has had a corrody, supplied by the provost of St John's, namely, 2 loaves daily and 2½ loaves of simnel bread on festivals, of form and weight according to the college’s charter of foundation and the same as customarily received by one vicar and one of the six servants of fee; 22 gallons of ale weekly, as received by one vicar and one of the six servants. In common with the six servants of fee, he may also have as much to drink as he wishes twice daily, at nones and at vespers; 7 dishes of food daily and 10 dishes on festival days, the same as received by one vicar and one of the six servants of fee; 2lb cheese daily in Advent; 4s. 10¼d. for times when undergoing phlebotomy and, at the same times, 2 loaves and 16 gallons of ale daily as received by one vicar and one of the six servants of fee. After collation and the psalm of de profundis for the soul of King Athelstan, he may also have ‘dodhis’ from the 40 candles burning in the bedern from the feast of All Saints until Candlemas; the remainder of two large candles in the bedern after Candlemas; and the principal seat at the dining table of the six servants of fee each day. According to the ordinance of ‪Athelstan, progenitor of the present king, and also from time immemorial, those seised of the office and corrody have held them of the provost of Beverley as of the provostship by service unknown. Robert Nevill is the current provost, and the annual value of the office and corrody is £8 6s. 8d.