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TAMERTON (North). An exemplification of a suit in Avowry and of the fine, from Thomas French, gentleman, to John Moore, gentleman, of and concerning 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 60 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 100 of furze and brushwood, and 40 acres of maze, in Allistonwaye and Tamerton, and common of pasture in Tamerton More. Tested at Westminster, 17 June, 11 James I.

An exemplification of a recovery by John French and Alice his wife against Thomasine Crewkerne, widow, and John Trewene upon an assize, of a tenement in Aliston in the parish of Tamerton. Dated 7 Elizabeth.

Henry, son of Rocelle of Cornay , grants to God, the blessed Mary and St. John, and to the hospital of Jerusalem, and the brethren of the same house, the whole of his land of 'Bracchane thait,' namely to these divisions, from the gate which is upon the bank of 'Kirkeslecbec' and as far as to the ditch towards the moat, and from the chief ditch by the hedge which extends itself beyond Starcimes towards Blasich, and just as Blasich falls into Bracamethaccbec and by that river descending to the ditch on the south part of Brachamechacc and by the ditch to Kirkesletboc and by Kirkesletbec ascending to the foresaid bridge. To hold the same in free alms for the health of his soul, &c. (c. 1200.) .

CUMBERLAND. LANCASTER (Hospital of St. Leonard's). Henry, duke of Lancaster, earl of Derby, &c., empowers sir Henry de Heydock, chancellor of Lancaster, to confirm to the prioress and convent of Seton the hospital of St. Leonard of Lancaster to them and their successors. Dated at the castle of Leicester, 27 March, 30 Ed. III.

CODNOR, HAYNOR, LOSCOE, LANGLEY, and MILNEHAY. Indenture made 2 Feb., 11 Charles I, being the settlement upon the marriage of sir Paul Neile, knight, son of the lord archbishop of York, to Elizabeth Place , one of the daughters and heires of William Place, gent., deceased, by which certain lands in the above villages are settled to the use of the said Paul and Elizabeth.

DERBY. Indenture made 1 Oct., 30 Hen. VIII, by which Thomas, the abbot, and convent of St. Mary's, Darley, demise to Richard Hey of Derby ten acres of land and two acres of meadow in Derby for 80 years at an annual rent of us.

MEASHAM. Indenture made 20 Oct., 33 Elizabeth, by which the right honourable Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of a sum of money paid to him by sir George Hastings of Copishill, co. Leicester , grants all the tithes, glebe land, &c. in Messam, co. Derby, belonging to the rectory of Repingdon in the said county.

\MEASHAM/ . Counterpart of the deed MS. Ch. Derbs. 3, dated 20 Oct., 33 Queen Elizabeth. [Seal and signature of sir George Hastings .

Indenture made 14 June, 1 James I, by which George, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the receipt of £25, demises to Nicholas Taylor of Measham certain land in Measham for 99 years, at an annual rent of 20s. and two capons.

Indenture dated 1 April, 16 James I, by which the right honourable Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the good services of Edward Carpenter , servant of the said earl, have granted to him for his life and three years after, a messuage and tenement standing upon part of the parsonage of Mesam, co. Derby, for an annual rent of 20s.

Indenture made 11 Nov., 8 Charles I, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, in consideration of the receipt of £1580, sells to William Wollaston of Shenton, co. Leicester, esq., the rectory or parsonage of Measam in the county of Derby.

REPINGDON. Indenture dated 9 May, 34 Queen Elizabeth, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c. and sir George Hastings, kt., for the sum of £550 paid to the said sir George, sells to the right honourable sir Edmonde Sheffeyld, kt., lord Sheffeylde , the glebe lands, tithes of corn and hay, &c. in Messam, Parkington, Okthorpe and Denisthorpe, cos. of Darbie and Leicester, belonging to the rectory of Repingdon.

WINSTER. Indenture witnessing that William de Birchover demises to Richard Gerard and Agnes his wife 3 messuages, half a bovate of land, 3 acres of land, with a meadow adjoining in Wynster, paying annually for the same 17d. of silver. Dated at Winster the Thursday next after the feast of the beheading of St. John the baptist, 8 Ed. III.

Richard Gerard grants to William de Birchovere three messuages, the half of one bovate and three acres of land in Wynster. Also he gave the same William all his goods moveable and immoveable in the same tenement at the time of the making of this charter. Dated at Wynster the Monday on the feast of the beheading of St. John the baptist, 8 Ed. III.

LE DALE, or 'De parco Stanley.' Copy, made c. 1450, of a charter by which Richard, son of Peter de Sandiacre , confirms to the church and the canons of St. Mary of Stanley Park in frankalmoigne the whole of his wood of Drisco, with the land of the same; also he quit-claims all his right in the wood which is called Blithgare, with the whole of the land from the rivulet of 'Bromesbroc' between the park of Chirchehalla, and the park of Stanley as far as 'in Wacellum' near the park of Chirchehalla, and from thence the whole wood with the land from the aforesaid 'Wacellum' on the west part of the old way which is nearest to the wood of Chirchehala, as far as the way which divided the wood of Chirchehala and the wood of Westhala.

. CHULMLEIGH. Deed (not executed) by which Hugh Bury of Chulmeleigh assigns to Jane Sibil Gray, late wife of Arthur, lord Gray of Wilton, deceased, all his estate, interest, &c., for a term of years in certain lands, &c., in Chulmeleigh. Dated 5 James I.

Licence from the rt. hon. the lady Gray to Hugh Bury , whereby he is warranted to set over his lease of the Bartons of the Lee to Henry Parker . Dated 1607.

DAWLISH. Thomas Cosyn remits and quit-claims to William Hoper all right in a cottage with a garden in Estdon within the parish of Dawlysshe. Dated 8 April, 17 Hen. VII. Ch. 3.

Roger Holand, esq., and John Howe quit-claim to William Hoper all right and claim in a cottage with a garden in Estedon within the parish of Dawlisshe in co. Devon. Dated 6 April, 17 Hen. VII.

DEVON. Roger Holand, esq., and John Rowe demise to William Hoper a cottage with a garden in Estedon within the parish of Dawlysshe. Dated 3 April, 17 Hen. VII.

Confirmation of arms to Hugh Culme of Molland, co. Devon, by William Hervy, Clarencieux. Dated at London, 12 Sept., 1564.

EXETER (Cathedral of). Portion of a roll of accounts of Richard Marten, clerk of the work at the cathedral church of Exeter, from Michaelmas, 1548, to Michaelmas, 1549.

LEGH (Priory of) [Canonsleigh]. Matilda de Clare, countess of Gloucester and Hertford, for the health of the soul of Richard, formerly her husband, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, grants to the church of St. John the evangelist and St. Etheldreda of Legh, in frankalmoigne, the whole of her manor of Sydinghow to hold the same for ever. (c. 1270.)

TORRINGTON (Great). Mutilated indenture by which the dean and chapter of Oxford grant the rectory of Great Torryton, co. Devon, to Robert ... (c. 1555.)

. COMPTON VALENCE, alias EAST COMPTON. Fine made at Westminster, Easter Term, 4 Jas. II, by which John Speke, esq., and Elizabeth his wife, in consideration of the payment of £800, grant and quit-claim to John Hardinge and John Fyler all their right to the half of the manor of Compton Valence, alias East Compton.