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As touching the dimensions of the church of my said colledge of our ladie and S. Nicholas of Cam|bridge,The chappell. I haue deuised and appointed, that the same church shall conteine in length 288 foot of assise, with|out anie Iles, and all of the widenesse of fortie foot. And the length of the same church from the west end vnto the altars at the quiere doore,The bodie of the church. The quiere. shall conteine an hundred and twentie foot. And from the prouosts stall, vnto the gréece called Gradus chori ninetie foot; for thir|tie six stalles on either side of the same quiere, answe|ring to threescore and ten fellowes, and ten priests conducts, which must be De prima forma. And from the said stalles vnto the east end of the said church, three|score & two foot of assise. Also a reredosse bearing the roodloft,The roodloft. departing the quiere and the bodie of the church, conteining in length fortie foot, and in breadth fourtéene foot. The walles of the same church to be in height ninetie foot imbattelled,The height of the chappell. vawted, and chare|rooffed, sufficientlie butteraced, and euerie butterace fined with finials. And in the east end of the same church,The east window. shall be a window of nine daies, and betwixt euerie butterace a window of fiue daies.

And betwixt euerie of the same butteraces in the bodie of the church,The side chappels. on both sides of the same church, a closet with an altar therein, conteining in length twentie foot, and in breadth ten foot, vawted and fini|shed vnder the soile of the Ile windowes. And the pauement of the church to be inhanced foure foot a|boue the ground without. And the height of the paue|ment of the quiere one foot and an halfe aboue the pauement of the church. And the pauement of the al|tar thrée foot aboue that. And on the north side of the quiere a vestrie conteining in length fiftie foot,The vestrie. and in breadth twentie and two foot, departed into two houses beneath, & two houses aboue, which shall con|teine in height twentie two foot in all, with an entrie from the quiere vawted. And at the west end of the church a cloister square,The cloister. the east pane conteining in length an hundred seuentie and fiue foot, and the west pane as much. The north pane two hundred foot, and the south pane as much, of the which the deambulato|rie thirtéene foot wide, and in height twentie foot to the corbill table, with cleare stories and butteraces with finials, vawted & imbattelled. And the ground thereof foure foot lower than the church ground.

And in the middle of the west pane of the cloister a strong tower square,The stéeple, conteining foure and twentie foot within the walles. And in the height one hundred and twentie foot to the corbill table. And foure small turrets ouer that fined with pinacles. And a doore in|to the said cloister inward, but outward none. And as touching the dimensions of the housing of the said colledge,The base court. I haue deuised and appointed in the south|side of the said church a quadrant, closing to both ends of the same church; the east pane whereof shall con|teine two hundred and thirtie foot in length, and in breadth within the walles two and twentie foot.The east pane. In the same panes middle, a tower for a gatehouse, conteining in length thirtie foot, and in breadth two and twentie, and in height thréescore foot, with thrée chambers ouer the gate, euerie one ouer the other. And on either side of the same gate foure chambers, euerie one conteining in length fiue & twentie foot,The great gate. and in bredth two and twentie foot. And ouer euerie of these chambers, two chambers aboue of the same measure or more, with two towers outward, and two towers inward.

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