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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.

Indenture made 7 November, 31 Elizabeth, by which Hugh Hare, of the Inner Temple, gentleman, covenants to re-convey to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., the manor of Aller and Aller Chauntry and the advowson of the church, together with the moore, messuages, lands, &c. in Aller, in consideration of certain payments therein specified. English .

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.

An award signed and sealed by Thomas, lord Buckhurst, and John Fortescue concerning the payment of £6000 charged upon the manor of Aller, to Hugh Hare, esq., from Henry, earl of Huntingdon, reducing it to £5000. Dated 19 February, 1591.

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.

Indenture made 9 June, 34 Elizabeth, by which Thomas Spencer of Claredon, Warwickshire , and Richard Branthwaite of London, esq., for good causes grant to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, all their estate &c. in the manor of Aller and Aller Chantrey, and Moore. English .

Indenture dated 1 May, 35 Elizabeth, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., and the lady Katherine his wife, in consideration of the receipt of £10, have demised to Robert Yeomans of Highame, co. Somerset , 22 acres of land called Durleys in Allermore for 99 years, paying annually £3 7s. 10. English .

Indenture made 1 May, 35 Elizabeth, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, &c., and the lady Katherine his countess, in consideration of the receipt of £3 6s. 8d., demise to Thomas Northover of Aller, gentleman, a parcel of ground called Wythebedd without the walls of Allermore, co. Somerset, for 99 years, at an annual rent of 28s. l0d. English .

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]

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.

TAUNTON. Indenture made 15 May, 21 Elizabeth, 1579 by which Lawrence Wheeler of Tawnton, clothier, in consideration of the receipt of £20, sells to John Boone of the same town, thrummer, a tenement in Taunton in the east side of a street called Highe streete.

GLASTONBURY. Public notarial instrument by Robert Toneys, clerk, of the election of Richard Whiting, chamberlain, as abbot of the monastery of the B.V.M. of Glastonbury, vacant by the death of Richard Beer . Dated 1524 at 3 March, York Place, Westminster. Present Sir Richard Wyngfeld, K.G., Sir Thomas Moore , Sir Thomas Denys , knts., William Benet, LL.D., Stephen Gardyner, LL.D. .

Queen Camel. 1573 .