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An exemplification of a fine levied at Westminster on the morrow of the Ascension of our Lord, 16 Elizabeth, by which John Spencer and Alice his wife acknowledge the manor of Bodelett, with certain messuages and lands in Bodelett, Tregelly, &c., co. Cornwall, and the manor of Aller, with cottages, mills, &c. in Aller, Allermore, Higham, &c., co. Somerset, to be the right of Henry, earl of Huntingdon. For which the said earl gave to the said John and Alice £200. Dated at Westminster, 31 October, 17 Elizabeth.

Indenture made 24 February, 31 Elizabeth, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &tc., in consideration of the receipt of £6000, demises to Hugh Hare, of the Inner Temple, all that manor of Aller and Aller Chauntery with their appurtenances, with the moore called Allermore, for 99 years, at an annual rent of £20.

Indenture made 24 February, 31 Elizabeth, by which Hugh Hare, of the Inner Temple, London, gentleman, assigns to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., the manor of Aller and Aller Chauntery, with the advowson of the said church of Aller for ever; provided that the said earl pays yearly to the said Hugh and his assigns, for 21 years, five hundred pounds, at the fontstone in the church of the Inner Temple.

Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, dated 24 March, 33rd of her reign (1591), inrolling a lease made 24 February, 31 Elizabeth (1589), between Henry, earl of Huntingdon, of the one part, and Hugh Hare of the Inner Temple of the other part, witnessing that in consideration of the sum of £6000 the said earl grants to farm the manors of Aller and Aller Chauntrie with the advowson &c., for 99 years, at an annual rent of £20.

Indenture made 6 June, 34 Elizabeth, by which Hugh Hare of the Inner Temple, esq., in consideration of the receipt of £5000, grants to Thomas Spencer of Claredon, co. Warwick, esq., and Richard Branthwaithe of London, esquier, with the consent of Henry, earl of Huntingdon, all his estate, right, &c. in the manor of Aller and Aller Chauntry and in Allermore, for the remainder of a term of years.

BRIDGEWATER. Release from Thomas Mowntague of Bridgewater, tailor to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, K.G., of all right &c. in lands &c. in the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Sowthampton, and Hertford, or elsewhere in England. Dated 3 May, 19 Elizabeth. [Signed with Thomas Mowntague's mark]

MAPERTON, CLOPTON, ALLER, &c. George, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in performance of divers covenants &c., grants to Reginald Pole, dean of Exeter and others all the manors of Maperton, Clopton, Halton, Hatherley, Wolbroke, Wotton Courtney, Aller, Allermore, Kylmersdon, and Walton, &c. ; to hold the same to the uses as declared in an indenture of marriage. Dated 20 October, 24 Hen. VIII. [Signed]

Queen Camel. 1573 .