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John, son of Gilbert Broe of Hortune , in the parish of Ebesham, grants to the prior and canons of Tonebridge lands of his fee in Edingherst, in the parish of Lega, Rochester diocese. (c. 1260.)

TUNBRIDGE. Fragments of a long roll of documents belonging to the priory of Thonebregge, viz.:

(a) Mutilated document relating to the convocation of the clergy of the province of Canterbury.

(b) Petition of the religious to the archbishop of Canterbury and others, setting forth the non-fulfilment of the conditions contained in the king's writ, dated at Lincoln, 24 Nov., 10 Ed. II, on which a subsidy of a tenth had been granted, and praying that the same may be repaid to them. (See Wilkins' Concilia, vol. ii. p. 460.)

(c) Deliberation of the clergy concerning the articles transmitted to them, considered the Wednesday after the Sunday in which is sung the office Quasimodo geniti, in the church of St. Paul's, London, 1319. [Mutilated.]

(d) Form of appointment of an attorney for rendering an account of the profits and issues of a manor.

(e) Letter to Walter, archbishop of Canterbury , from the chapter and convent of Tunbridge, signifying the appointment of William de Frend, canon of Tunbridge , as their proctor, to appear before him in the church of St. Paul's, London, the Friday next after the Sunday Quasimodo, to consult for the advantage of the Church of England, &c. Dated at Tunbridge the Id. of April, 1318.

(f) Bull of pope John XXII, addressed to the abbot of Milton, Sarum diocese, for the prior of Twynham. Dated at Avignon 4 Id. January. [Mutilated.]

(g) Another bull of pope John XXII, to the prior and convent of Winchester, for the prior of Twynham. [Mutilated.]

(h) Letter from the pope's nuncio to the prior of Tunbridge, demanding that a good horse, a palfrey, and a sumpter horse caparisoned, may be sent to his chamberlain. Dated at London, 8 June, 1318.

(i) Letter directed to the prior of Merton by the abbot of Cirencester and the prior of Lanthony near Gloucester presiding at the general chapter of the order of St. Augustine, for the collection of subsidy for the lawsuit against the priory of Twynham. Dated 1318.

(k) Letter to the heads of houses of the order of St. Augustine from William, prior of Merton , concerning the collection of the said subsidy. [Mutilated.] Dated 4. Non. Nov., 1318.

(l) Letter of presentation of the heirs of Okestede. [Mutilated.]

(m) Mutilated document concerning the collection of the subsidy against the priory of Twynham.

(n) Letter of William, St. Mary of Merton , revoking the sentence of the greater excommunication promulgated against the prior of Tunbridge for the non-payment of the subsidy.

(o) Answer of the clergy to the archbishop of Canterbury in the council held at London, containing the heads of matters proposed for deliberation. [Mutilated.]

(p) Mutilated document concerning the same council (o).

(q) Form for the appointment of a general proctor by John, the prior of Tunbridge .

(r) John, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge present Benedict de Ealdyng (Yalding) to the church of Stradselle, Norwich diocese.

(s) Fragment of a letter of Gilbert Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, to the prior and convent of Tunbridge.

(t) Letter of Laurence ate Wealde, canon and proctor of the prior and monastery of Tunbridge . [Fragment.]

(u) Benedict de Ealdyng (Yalding) indemnifies the prior and convent of Tunbridge, on his presentation to the church of Stradeshulle, against any suit, and promises to be satisfied with the allowances hitherto paid. Dated the Thursday next before the feast of the apostles Simon and Jude.

(v) Letter of excuse from the prior of Rochester to the prior of Tunbridge. [Mutilated.]

(w) Letters testimonial for priest's orders from Roger, the prior of Tunbridge , to the bishop of Rochester, in favour of W. Mareschal . Dated 13 kl. October. [Mutilated.]

(x) The priors of the monasteries of Ledes and Combewell, deputed visitors of the houses of the order of St. Augustine, Canterbury and Rochester dioceses, notify to the prior and convent of Tunbridge their intention to visit their house the Wednesday on the feast of the Commemoration of St. Paul next (30 June). Dated at Ledes on the morrow of St. John the Baptist, 1311.

(y) Simon de Clare, clerk, swears that he will be faithful to the church of St. Mary Magdalen, Tunbridge, and to his lords the prior and convent of the same place. Dated the Sunday on the feast of the Assumption of the B. V. M., 1316.

(z) Roger, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge acknowledge that John de Gelderegg , their servant at Tunbridge, has rendered his account of receipts and expenditure to the date of the feast of St. Michael, 5 Ed. II. Dated at Tunbridge, &c.

(aa) Mutilated deed of John Hering binding himself to faithful service to the priory.

(bb) Mutilated deed of Andrew ... acknowledging receipt of 2s. 4d. for expences with reference to Bruncheslee.

(cc) Citation by the priors of Ledes and of Combewelle, visitors of the houses of the order of St. Augustine within the dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester, to the prior of Tunbridge to come to the general council to be held in Christ Church, London, 1318. [Mutilated.]

(dd) Letters patent of King Edward II, dated at Westminster, 22 May, 14 of his reign, being a pardon for Henry de Shipton and others for detaining the castle of Tunbridge, in opposition to the king's writ to the sheriff for seizing it and other possessions of Hugh de Audley .

(ee) Writ of King Edward II, concerning the lands, &c. of Hugh de Audele, junior. [Mutilated.]

(ee(b)) Another fragment.

(ff) Letter of Walter, archbishop of Canterbury , to the prior and convent of Tunbridge concerning an exchange between William, rector of Merston , and the vicar of Brenchesle. Dated at Lambeth, Nones May.

(gg) John, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge grant to master Walter de Grenewey an annual pension of two marks. Dated at Tunbridge, &c.

(hh) John, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge grant to sir Thomas de Somersete, chaplain, a corrody of 2 white loaves and one gallon of the better conventual beer from their common cellar, commencing the Sunday on the feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross, 1320. (See Ch. 88b.)

(hh(b)) Another fragment.

(ii) Letter of pope John XXII to the archbishop of Canterbury, directing him to exhort the king to the due observance of the laws and just government, especially for the non-exaction of subsidies for wars from the possessions of the church. Dated at Avignon 1st year of his pontificate.

(kk) Claricia, who was wife of sir Roger de Wellesworth, kt. , deceased, and Alice , who was wife to sir John de Hamme, kt., deceased, daughters and heirs of sir Roland de Hokstede , deceased, present to the prior and convent of Tunbridge their faithful clerk Robert Quyntyn to be a canon of their house. Dated at London, 14 Aug., 1319.

(ll) Letter of H., bishop of Rochester , to the prior of Tunbridge, inviting him to be present at his inthronement in the church of Rochester on the octave of the Epiphany. Written at Borstall near Rochester, the kl. January.

(mm) Writ of Edward II, tested at Westminster 25 Jan., 11th of his reign, to the bailiffs of Roger Dammory of Bodegesham , to allow the prior of Tunbridge to appear by proxy at the court of Bodegesham.

(nn) John, the prior of Tunbridge , appoints in his place Richard de Hoton to make suit to the court of his lord, sir Roger de Ammory of Bodegesham , according to the tenor of the king's writ directed to the bailiffs of the said court. Dated at Tunbridge the day of the Annunciation, 13 Ed. II.

(oo) Richard de Holedene, priest, having been presented by the prior and convent of Tunbridge to the church of Leghe, indemnifies them against any claim to the advowson. Dated at Bromlegh, 2 Non. Sept., 13[20]?.

Cf. MS. Rolls Kent 6

CHEPSTED. Walter le Mareschal de Chepstede grants to Henry de Brentone a messuage situated near the house of Henry Pikerich in Chepstede. Dated at Chivenigge the Saturday next before the feast of St. Martin, 27 Ed. I.

Fragment of pleadings in a recovery suit for land in Asshe, apparently by Edward Dileok versus William Shal...(?) tracing descent from families of Kaye and Kele; subsequent to royal letters of 20 June 14 Hen. VI for custody of the land of William Clyfford . 14 Ed. II.

STENE. Pardon under the sign manual of K. Henry VII. to Thomas Barker of Stenemor for the alleged taking of arms at Bosworth felde. Dated at the manor of Richemount, 27 November, 21 of his reign.

Indenture made 11 September, 29 Elizabeth, by which Henry, earl of Huntingdon, and his wife Katherine, in consideration of the receipt of £113 6s. 8d., demise unto Francis Hastings , brother of the said earl, of Mortlake two closes of arable land in Aller for 99 years at an annual rent of 62s. Signed, H. Huntingdon. English .

ABINGER alias ABINWORTH and OCKLEY. Indenture (dated 1703) by which Thomas Wakeham of Wotton, co. Surrey, yeoman, guardian to John Wakeham of Abinger , demises to Thomas Lipscombe a messuage, barn, land, &c. in the parishes of Abinger and Ockley, co. Surrey, for 2 years, at an annual rent of £30.

ALDERBURY and ALSTED, WISBUBGH, &c. Charter (with a deed annexed) by which John Ireland, sen., of Wisborow Grene grants to John Aleyn, gent., and others, all his lands &c. in Aldebury and Alfolde, co. Surrey, and in Wiseburgh Grene and Kyrdeforde, co. Sussex, to hold the same to the uses mentioned in his annexed deed of feoffment. Dated 12 January, 20 Hen. VIII. English (feoffment) and Latin (grant) .

ASHER. Indenture made 8 July, 13 Charles II, by which queen Henrietta Maria and others, in consideration of the receipt £80, demise to John Bird, citizen and goldsmith of London , and Solomon Seabright , a messuage and land at Asher in the co. of Surrey, for 60 years, at an annual rent of £3 13s. 4d. [Signed by the Queen, Kenelm Digby , and others.] [Engraved portrait of the Queen in the initial letter.] .

CARSHALTON. Fine levied at Westminster, 2 William and Mary (1690-1), by which Walter Rumsey and Sarah his wife acknowledge the right of Henry Dyne, jun., to a messuage, dovecote, &c. in Carshalton, for which recognition the said Henry gave to the said Walter £100 sterling.

CHELESHAM. William de Watevill demises to John de Immeworth the whole of his land in Chelesham for 12 years, at an annual rent of 100s. from the feast of Purification of M. 18 Hen. III. [Mutilated] .

CHOBHAM. An award of Laurence Stoughton and Olliphe Leighe , esqrs., for the settlement of disputes between John Heywood, clerk, vicar of Chobham , and Thomas Wye alias Wyth of Chobham , and Edmond Hedge alias Hedger of Cheryton , concerning the right to certain lands in Chobham. Dated 21 August, 33 Elizabeth. [English] .

CROYDON. Indenture dated 8 July, 1689, by which William, archbishop of Canterbury , demises to Jacob Hampson of Mitcham, Surrey, gent., his lodge or park house in the parish of Croydon and other lands, to hold the same for 21 years, at an annual rent of £100. [English] .

EWELL. Award of the arbitrators ( Edmond Slyfelde and John Skynner , esquires) in a matter of dispute between Elizabeth Hoorde , widow of Edmund Hoord , and Saunder Braye , concerning the right to certain lands in Ewell. Dated 19 July, 25 Q. Elizabeth. [English] .

IWOOD, in the parish of NYDGATE. Indenture made 13 December, 10 Elizabeth (reciting a former indenture), by which Thomas Collette, citizen and merchant of London , in consideration of the receipt of £500, sells and assigns to John Heathe of King's Lynne, esquire, all his right and title in certain houses, iron works, &c. in Iwood or Iwoode parke, in the parish of Nudygate alias Nydgate. [English] .

LAMBETH. Indenture, being an award by Philip Skippon , Edmund Harby , Franc. Allein , Richard Salwey , John Jones , and Thomas Browne in a suit at law between Thomas Scott of Lambeth, esq., and Matthew Hardy of Lambeth, gent., concerning the division of the manor of Lambeth and the lands thereunto belonging, and also of Lambeth palace and its appurtenances. Dated 6 June, 1649. [English] .

MORTLAKE. License by Thomas Rives, as dean of Shoreham and Croydon , of Thomas Foxley to the curacy of the chapel of Mortlake. Dated 4 October, 1631.

Indenture made 27 May, 1658, by which right hon. John Lambertof Wimbledon, Surrey , and dame Frances his wife and others, covenant with John East of Gabriell Fanchurch, London, merchant, to levy a fine, before the feast of the nativity of St. John B., of and for certain messuages and lands situate in Mortlake, Surrey. [English] .

Indenture made 26 September, 1649, by which sir John Wollaston and other persons, entrusted with the lands of the archbishops and bishops by Parliament, in consideration of the receipt of £4380 8s. 3d., sell to Thomas Walker of Camberwell, Surrey, gentleman, the Manor of Southwark, part of the possessions of the Bishop of Winchester. [English] .

TANREGG AND WOLKNOSTED. William le Halere remits and quit-claims to Richard Corbyn and Agnes his wife, all his right in all those lands and tenements which the said Richard and Agnes have by the gift and feoffment of John Cokeman at 'le Feldbregg' in the parish of Tanregg and Wolknestede. Dated at Est Grensted, Septuagesima Sunday ("die dominica Carniprivii" [Quincquagesima Sunday?]), 29 Ed. III.

John Frampton and Margaret his wife grant to John Martyn of Bagshote and Joan his wife, all their lands and tenements which they acquired of Richard Pendere in Bagshote, together with certain other land acquired of John Huntle and John Denton in the same village. Dated at Bagshote, 28 Nov., 12 Ed. IV.