BythelastquarterofthefifteenthcenturythingsgotsobadthatacommissionofinquirywasheldunderoneGiovannidiVaraxintheyear1478。Thefollowingextractsfromtheordinancesthenmademaynotbeunwelcometothereader。Thedocumentfromwhichtheyaretakenistobefound，pp。322-336ofClaretta\'swork。Thetextisevidentlyinmanyplacescorruptormisprinted，andthereareseveralwordswhichIhavelookedforinvaininallthedictionaries——Latin，Italian，andFrench——inthereading-roomoftheBritishMuseumwhichseemedintheleastlikelytocontainthem。Ishouldsaythatforthistranslation，Ihaveavailedmyself，inpart，oftheassistanceofawell-knownmediaevalscholar，theRev。PonsonbyA。Lyons，butheisinnowayresponsibleforthetranslationasawhole。
Afterapreamble，statingthenamesofthecommissioners，withtheobjectsofthecommissionandthecircumstancesunderwhichithadbeencalledtogether，thefollowingorderswereunanimouslyagreedupon，towit:-
\"Firstly，Thatrepairsurgentlyrequiredtopreventthebuildingfromfallingintoaruinousstateasshownbytheoculartestimonyofthecommissioners，assistedbycompetentadviserswhomtheyinstructedtosurveythefabric，bepaidforbyatruetithe，toberenderedbyallpriors，provosts，andagentsdirectlysubjecttothemonastery。Thistitheistobeplacedinthehandsoftwomerchantstobechosenbythebishopcommendatory，andasumistobetakenfromitfortherestorationofthefountainwhichplayedformerlyinthemonastery。Theproctorswhocollectthetithesaretobeinstructedbytheabbotandcommendatorynottopressharshlyuponthecontributoriesbywayofexpenseandlabour；andthemoneywhencollectedis，asalreadysaid，tobeplacedinthehandsoftwosuitablemerchants，clientsofthesaidmonastery，whoshallholditontrusttopayitfortheabove-namedpurposes，asthereverendsthecommendatoryandchamberlainandtreasurerofthesaidmonasteryshalldirect。Intheabsenceofoneofthesethreetheorderoftheothertwoshallbesufficient。
\"Item，itisorderedthatthemandes，{35}orcustomaryalms，bemadedailytothevalueofwhatwouldsufficeforthesupportoffourmonks。
\"Item，thattheofficesinthegiftofthemonasterybeconferredbythesaidreverendthelordcommendatory，andthatthosewhichhavebeenhithertoatthepersonaldispositionoftheabbotbereservedforthepleasureoftheApostolicSee。Item，thatnoonedobegabeneficewithoutreasonablecauseandconsonancyofjustice。Item，thatthosewhohavehadbooks，privileges，orotherdocumentsbelongingtothemonasterydorestorethemtothetreasurywithinthreemonthsfromthepublicationofthesepresents，underpainofexcommunication。Item，thatnoonehenceforthtakeprivilegesorotherdocumentsfromthemonasterywithoutadepositofcautionmoney，ortakingoathtoreturnthesamewithinthreemonths，underlikepainofexcommunication。