Indenture made 17 November, 8 James I, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the receipt of £182, sells to John Laver of Milton Fawlconbridge, yeoman, 13 acres of meadow and pasture lying in the parish of Aller.

Indenture made 12 February, 9 James I, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the receipt of £100, sells to John Denmon of East Lambrooke four acres of meadow and pasture within the manor of Aller.

Indenture made 20 January, 10 James I, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, and others, convey to Hugh Worth of Somerton, Somerset, gent., and his heirs, 70 acres of the More called Lesser parcel of Allermore and a close of 5 acres adjoining in the co. of Somerset.

Letters patent of King James I, dated Westminster, 1 September, 10th of his reign, granting to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, and others, a licence of alienation of the manor of Aller, with certain messuages, lands, &c. in Aller, Somerton, Huishe Lamporte, Othe, Pathe, &c., in co. Somerset, to sir John Davis, kt.

Indenture made 20 April, 11 James I, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, for the receipt of £8 and the surrender of a former lease, and a further sum of 12d. paid to other persons, demises to John Clarke the elder four acres of ground in Allermore for 99 years at an annual rent of 9s. 4d.

Indenture made 27 November, 13 James I, by which William Reeve, citizen arid haberdasher of London , and Edward Tayler, citizen and girdler of London , in consideration of the receipt of £900, grant and assign to John Davenport of Burleigh Parke, co. Leicester, esq., and Henry Cutler of Blakefordby, gent., the rent of £274 5s. 11d. with their interest &c. acquired from Katherine, countess of Hungerford, in the estates &c. of Aller and Allermore during the term of the life of the said Katheriue.

Indenture made 28 August, 1615, by which the lady Katherine, countess of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the sum of £700, sells unto William Eeve, haberdasher, and Edward Taylor, girdler, citizens of London , the yearly rent of £274 5s. 11d., reserved to the said lady Katherine for the term of her life on the manor of Aller and Allermore, and the advowson of the church of Aller.

Indenture made 19 October, 14 James I, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., and others, in consideration of the receipt of £1236, sell to Marmaduke Jenings of Burton, esq., and Samuel Powell of Corry Revell, gent., fourscore and seventeen acres of meadow and pasture lying in Allermore in the parish of Aller.

Indenture made 23 June, 15 James I, between Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., and others, of the one part, and Edmund Dawe of Drayton in co. Somerset, yeoman, of the other part, being the declaration of a fine from the said earl to Edmund Dawe for an estate in Aller.

Letters patent of K. James I, being a pardon granted to in payment of £6 John Davenport and Henry Kerry for purchasing of Henry, earl of Huntingdon, 20 Sept [1612] the manor of Aller in the county of Somerset with Aller Court, then in the tenure of Thomas Northener, gent. without a licence of alienation. Dated 12 July, 20 James I.

Indenture made 28 October, 21 James I, by which sir John Davis, kt., serj. at lau', in consideration of the receipt of £5000, sells to John Stawell of Cotherstone, co. Somerset, esq., William Lawrence of Wraxall, co. Dorset , and Edward Dinham of Bushopps Ludyard, Somersetshire , the manor of Aller in the county of Somerset, with its appurtenances.

Counterpart of the deed of sale of the manor of Aller, 28 October, 21 James I. [See Ch. 36.] .

A schedule comprising all of the leases and estates made by sir John Davis, kt., of messuages or lands intended to be excepted out of the covenants therein mentioned. [Temp. James I.] .

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]

BRUTON. Agreement between the priors of Bruton and Horsley on one part, and Richard de Naylesworth and Gilbert his son on the other, that the latter shall have one acre above their tenement of Luddesmore and enclose it, and the said religious shall have freely all the close which they had on the Monday before feast St Thomas Apostle 19 Edward [I], and all the land between the meadow of Horemere up to the place called Wancroft, and also Chirchefurlong. [No date, a little after 1299.] .

CANNINGTON. Indenture made 18 April, 14 George III (1774), by which Hugh, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, grants to the rev. John Price of Jesus College the vicarial tithes of Cannington for 21 years, at an annual rent of 10s.

CLAPTON and WINCALTON. Indenture made 24 June, 21 James I, reciting an action in which sir John Davies, kt., recovered from Barnaby Lewes a certain rent and lands in Clapton and Wincalton, in satisfaction of the judgement; and witnessing that sir John Davies hath assigned to William Coombes , upon certain conditions, the rent and lands so recovered for the unexpired term of years.

COTHELSTON. Indenture made 26 November, 21 James I, witnesseth that whereas John Stawell of Cothelston is bound to sir John Davys, knight, in a sum of £3000 by a statute of Staple bearing date with these presents; nevertheless if the said John Stawell or his executors &c. pay the sum of £1750 to the said sir John Davys on the 12th of November next, then the said statute to be void.

EDINGTON, COSINTON, &c. Fees which are held of sir John Malet, kt. [Temp. Ed. III.] .

GLASTONBURY (Abbey of). An appeal to the pope by Alexander Colyns against a threat often made by Hadrian, the cardinal bishop of Bath and Wells , that he would remove the said Alexander from his position as a monk at Glastonbury to some other monastery. Made in the nave of the church of Glastonbury before Lewis Prideth, LL.B., and William King , 22 April, 1513.

HARPTREY and PRIDY. Letters patent of K. Charles I, dated at Westminster, 1 Apr. 18th of his reign (1642), granting to John Newton a licence of alienation to Francis Buckland of a messuage and lands in West Harptrey, Pridy, and East Harptrey.

MONTACUTE (Priory of). Appropriation of the churches of Montecute and Cynnok, Sarum diocese by Joscelyne, bp. of Sarum , to the use of the priory of St. Peter of Montacute of the order of Cluny. Dated [1?] March, 32nd year of his episcopate, i. e. 1174 or 1175. [Much rubbed.] .

CLOVESWORTH. Fragment of a charter relating to the manor of Clovesworth [Closworth]. [ Robert de St. Clare , a witness] .

John Hogges alias Purser and Juliana his wife quit-claim to Richard Tusser all right to lands, tenements, rents, &c. in the parish of Clovesworth. Dated 20 April, 2 Hen. VII.