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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.

WHOLHOPE. An exemplification of documents filed in the court of the marches of Wales in a cause between Henry Lane of Wholhope , plaintiff, and sir Nicholas Walwin, master of St. Ethelbert's almshouse, Hereford , defendant, concerning a lease of lands in Buckenhill, delivered to Richard Cam upon his petition. Dated at Gloucester, 5 August, 36 Q. Eliz.

Indenture made between Katherine, countess of Huntingdon, late wife of Francis, earl of Huntingdon, deceased, and Thomas Ffanshawe, esq., by which she the said Katherine grants to the said Thomas the whole of the lordship and manor of Ware to hold the same for ever at an annual rent of £80. Dated 21 June, 18 Q. Elizabeth.

An exemplification at the request of sir George Hastings, kt., concerning the manor of Ware, co. Hertford, being the depositions on the behalf of the younger children of Katherine, countess of Huntingdon, against Thomas Fanshawe . Dated, 18 April, 23 Elizabeth.

WARE. Counterpart of an indenture made 23 June, 18 Q. Elizabeth, reciting a deed of feoffment made by the Lady Katherine, Countess of Huntingdon, late wife of Francis earl of Huntingdon, by which the lordship and manor of Ware was granted to Thomas Fanshaw under certain conditions, and by the present indenture it is again recited that the said Thomas is seized as of fee of the park called Ware park, subject to the payment of four score pounds annually to the said Lady Katherine, her heirs, &c., under the former indenture.

CANTERBURY (Ch. Ch. priory). Indenture made 20 April, 16 Hen. VIII, between Thomas, the prior, and the convent of Ch. Ch., Canterbury, of the one part, and Edward Ryngeley of Knolton co. Kent , and Jane his wife, of the other part, witnesseth that the said prior and convent demise to the said Edward and Jane all houses, land, meadows, marshes, and pastures, of their manor of Lyddecourte in Kent; with certain reservations to hold the same for 21 years at an annual rent of £36 13s. 4d., with clauses for re-entry in case of death, and regulations as to the store conceded to them by the prior and convent for the time.

YALDING and BRENCHESLEY. Deed by which sir Thomas Scott, kt., Charles Scott , Henry Scott , George Scott , gentlemen, brothers of the said Thomas and Reginald Scott, son and heir of Richard Scott, esq., deceased, remit and quit-claim to Robert Byng, esq. for ever all their right, &c. in all those lands and tenements, and other hereditaments in Yalding and Brenchesley in the county of Kent, which the said Robert Byng lately acquired, i.e. 14 Aug., 19 Elizabeth, as parcel of the tenements, &c. of Winifrid Raynesford , deceased, together with other lands by divers instruments of the dates of 19 Elizabeth, and the 4th of Dec., 20 Feb., 20 Elizabeth, in Brenchesley and Horsmonden. To hold the same to him and his heirs for ever. Dated 28 Aug., 20 Elizabeth.

HINCKLEY. Exemplification of a grant of a yearly pension of £5 6s. 8d. to the parish priest of Hynkeley, out of the late possessions of the dissolved monastery of Mountegrace, co. of York. Dated at Westminster, 12 Feb., 36 Hen. VIII.

WYTHCOK alias WYTHYCOK, &c. Letters patent of King Hen. VIII; dated at Westminster, 18 July, 36 of his reign, granting to John Beaumont, esq., in consideration of the payment of £1040 4s. 2d., certain lands, &c. in Wythcok alias Wythycok, co. Leicester, part of the late dissolved monastery of Launde in the same county, together with several other properties.

Indenture by which sir John Champeneys, knyght, alderman of the city of London and master of the guild of Corpus Christi of the company of skinners of London , and others, demise to Barnard Jenyn, citizen and skinner of London , a great tenement in which the said Barnard now dwelleth, and other tenements in Watling Street in the parish of St. Antholin, for 20 years, at an annual rent of £10 7s. 8d. Dated 9 November, 1537.

Judgment of master Richard Gwent, archdeacon of London, and official of Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury , attested by George Holande, notary public, in a cause of divorce from bed and board between sir William Parre, K.G., and the lady Anne Bourchier alias Parre . Dated 9 May, 1543.

FULHAM. Elizabeth Plumbe of Fulham, widow, grants to Henry Thornton of Fulham, gent., the whole of an acre of arable land lying in a certain close called Little Newelandes, near the common called Gibbes Green in Fulham, in exchange for one other acre in a field called Great Newelandes. Dated 3 Nov., 39 Eliz.. Signed. .

John Thompson and Anabila his wife grant to William Payne of Cawston , a messuage and certain land in Cawston which they had by the gift and feoffment of Edward Bulman , as by his charter dated 4 Ed. VI. Dated 24 March, 23 March, 6 Ed. VI.

Robert Browne of Thetford, "habardasher", in fulfilment of a certain convention, sells to John Mynnes of Little Cressingham, husbandman, the whole of that messuage called Randolphes, with gardens, orchards, &c., containing by estimation 10 acres, two closes of 16 acres, also 11 pieces of land containing 11 acres in Griston. Dated 10 July, 19 Eliz.

William Barne of Gryston and Catherine his wife (late wife of Thomas Gaine ) grant to Thomas Mynnes a messuage and land and also a rent of 2s. 6d. in Gryston. Dated at Gryston, 4 April, 22 Elizabeth.

Richard Bowne of Martyn, co. Norfolk , grants to Peter Mynnes of Gryston , and Agnes his wife, certain land in Gryston. Dated 1 October, 38 Q. Eliz.

BATTYSFORD, co. Suffolk. Indenture dated 3 August, 26 Hen. VIII, by which the rt. rev. father, Richard, busshope of Norwich , with the assent of William, prior of the cathedral church , demises to Henry Aylmer, of Battysford, co. Suff., the manor of Battysford for 72 years, at an annual rent of £13 15s. 6d.

A commission from George Gardiner, the dean, and the chapter of Norwich (the bishoprick being vacant), addressed to Richard Woodes, M.A., William Harvye, B.A., John Nash, M.A., and Thomas Hewson, clerk, to act as deputies for the bishop's jurisdiction, in the case of any convicted clerks imprisoned in Norwich. Dated 1 July, 1575.

Appointment of Thomas Hopkins, LL.B., as rural dean and apparitor general within the diocese of Norwich for 21 years, by Edmund, bp. of Norwich . Dated 25 Jan., 1579.

An inhibition from William Awbrey, LL.D., vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury , to the dean and chapter of Norwich, restraining them from making a visitation of exempt jurisdictions. Dated at London, 1 May, 1582.

Deed by which George Gardiner, S.T.P., dean of Norwich , appoints William Baynbrigg , John Barnard , and Nicholas Gylman , clerks, deputies to act during the vacancy in the see of Norwich. Dated at Norwich, 16 Dec., 1584.

Indenture dated 26 April, 30 Hen. VIII, by which master George Wyndham, clerk, master of the college of Russhworth , and the brethren there, demise to Robert Hawys of Weston , all their manor called 'Brethenams,' alias Catton hall, in Brethynham, co. Norfolk, for 10 years at an annual rent of £4 13s. 4d.

Charter (signed} by which Charles [Brandon], duke of Suffolk , appoints Edward Whight, esq., to the office of seneschal of the manor of Saxlyngham during pleasure. Dated 9 December, 7 Hen. VIII.

Thomas, duke of Norfolk , remits all actions and demands for himself and heirs against Edmund Whyte, arm., to the 1st day of Jan. last past. Dated 2 May, 25 Hen. VIII. [Signed.]