The petition lately exhibited to us by the godly Christine sets forth that,
whereas she desires for the fulfilment of a better life to remove herself,
and spend
her life in the service of God and in all sanctity and chastity, alongside
the church there, striving with all her heart to endure henceforth perpetual
enclosure;
we are pleased to grant her our consent in this matter, having therefore
diligently made enquiry into her life and conversation of the said Christine
and all to
her things right and necessary herein; and because by this enquiry we have
found no cause for deciding that the said Christine should not be permitted
to be enclosed
there; we, observing the praiseworthy purpose of the aforesaid Christine,
and with the consent also of Sir Matthew, the present Rector of the church,
and the
parishioners thereof, have thought it fit to grant license to the said
Christine that she may be enclosed there in the manner and for the reasons
aforesaid,
that thus laid aside from public and worldly sights, she may be enabled
to serve God
more freely in every way, and having resisted all opportunity for wantonness
may keep her heart undefiled by the world.
In witness whereof we have caused our Seal to be attached hereto.
Given at Waleton, the 14th day of the Kalends of August, in the year of
our Lord 1329, and in the seventh year of our consecration.