pratis pasturis et omnibus aliis rebus et libertatibus ad dictam terram pertinentibus. ad terminum duodecim annorum proximo subsequencium. pro sex viginti marcis sterlingorum. de quibus dictus Ricardus. recepit premanibus. a. dictis Abbate et Conventu. sexaginta marcas. et sexaginta marcas recipiet ab eisdem. die dominica proxima post Hockeday proximo sequentem. Habendum et tenendum dictis Abbati et Conuentui. de dicto. Ricardo et heredibus suis assignatisque suis. libere quiete. pacifice et integre. vsque ad complecionem dictorum duodecim annorum, faciendo et acquietando. scutagium. Hydagium Tallagium et cetera honera. debita et consueta infra dictum terminum, ad dictam terram spectancia. Hoc excepto. quod dictus. Ricardus. et heredes. sui vel assignati sui. dictam terram. ab omnimodis sectis curiarum Hundredorum. et comitatuum defendent et acquietabunt. Predicti. uero. Abbas et Conuentus. sustentabunt interim domus. quas receperunt. et eas reddent in fine prefati termini in eodem statu quo. eas receperunt. nisi alieno incendio. uel infortunio eas contigerit deperiri. uel uetustate fuerint consumpte. In fine eciam. prefati termini videlicet duodecimo anno. recipiet dictus. Ricardus. ad Purificacionem pasturam suam cum warecto. Ita. quod dicti Abbas et Conuentus nihilominus. plenarie recipient duodecimum Croppum cum dimidietate tocius feni. prato bene et more solito ab ingressu omnium animalium custodito. Hanc autem terram cum domibus redditibus seruiciis pratis pasturis libertatibus et omnibus aliis rebus ad eandem pertinentibus. dictus. Ricardus et heredes sui uel sui assignati. dictis Abbati et conuentui. per prefatum terminum duodecim annorum contra omnes mortales warrant. izabunt. Et si contigerit quod infra prefatos duodecim annos. pro defectu waranti de Sectis. curiarum. Hundredorum. Comitatuum. dampna incurrerint dicti Abbas et Conuentus, dictus Ricardus et heredes sui uel sui assignati. omnia in fine predicti termini plenarie restituent. vel dicti Abbas et Conuentus dictam terram tenebunt. per extensionem ipsis prius factam. donec per visum legalium homiuum dampna que incurrerint plenarie restituantur et eleuentur. Preterea si contingat quod aliquis infra prefatum terminum releuium racione predicte terre exigat a dictis Abbate et Conuentu. dictus. Ricardus et heredes sui ipsos Abbatem et Conuentum. sine vlla contradictione acquietabunt. Item in fine duodecimi anni. ad Hockeday. dictus Ricardus recipiet aulam suam et boueriam. cum illa parte curie videlicet uersus occidentem. et tota altera pars curie cum gardino columbario. et cum ceteris pertinenciis penes Abbatem et Conuentum. remanebunt. Hanc igitur convencionem concessionem et tradicionem. tam dicti Abbas et Conuentus. quam dictus Ricardus pro se et heredibus suis firmiter et sine dolo obseruandam. fideliter compromiserunt. In cujus rei testimonium. presenti scripto in modo cyrographi confecto. singna sua alternatim apposuerunt. Hiis Testibus. Dominis Willelmo de Caln et Roberto Blwet Militibus. Rogero Pippard. Henrico Bartholomeo. Willelmo Quinctin. Thoma de Doddeford. Anketill et multis ALJJS. Seal of Abbey, broken.

No. 84 of Society's MSS.

Not till 1324 is the property dealt with in these deeds, described as a manerium. The lessor above speaks of "all the land of Quedhampton which he has in the same." The last clause expressly determines that "at the end of the twelfth year at Hockeday the said Richard shall receive his hall and ox-house, with that part of the court, viz., towards the west; and all the other part of the court with the garden dove-house and with the rest of the appurtenances shall remain in possession of the abbot and convent.

It would certainly appear from this clause that the property was divided, and that whereas the abbot and convent were just taking a lease from Richard de Hyweye of his part, they were already in possession of the residue, or of some portion, at any rate, of the residue, by some different title. Thus at the outset we are met by a difficulty. It is very unfortunate that the originals of the next two deeds set out in the "abstract" are missing. Possibly if we had the full text our difficulty might resolve itself, for the first of them shows William de Heyweye (son and heir, presumably, of the above Richard, who is here described as "knight") acquiring some further estate of lands in Quidhampton :—

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Att the feast of St. Barnaby [11 June] 32 Edw. j. 1304. An Agreem1. between Agnes the Relict of Rich'. Pig on the one part and WTM. de Heyweye son & heir of Richard de Heyweye Knt. on the other part viz'. that the sa. Agnes did give and grant to the sa. William

All her land in Quidhampton with the rents wards releifs escheats & all other the appurtenances.

To hold to the said William his heirs & assignes for the term of 100 years att the rent of 14 marks to be paid halfe yearly during the life of the sd. Agnes And after the decease of the sd. Agnes the sa. land should remaine to sd. Wm. & his heirs or assignes free from any payment saveing to the sd. Agnes her freebord during her life.

The 11th June in the year 1304, fell on a Thursday. On the following Sunday, according to the "abstract," William de Heyweye made over his estate in Quidhampton to his son Richard:

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Sunday next after the feast of St. Barnaby 32 Edw. j. 1304. An Agreement between William Lord Heyweye on the one part and Richard

his son & heir on the other part thereby the sd. William did give & grant to the sd. Richard

All his land wch he had in the village of Quidhampton wth the rents and profits thereof.

To hold to the sa. Richard his heirs or assignes for the term of 100 years att the rent of 14 marks halfe yearly for the life of Agnes the Relict of Richa. Pigg. And after the death of the s. Agnes that ye land should remaine to the sd. Richard his heirs & assignes free from the sd. payment saveing to the sd. Wm. his freebord in all the lands for the life of the sd. Agnes.

The above two deeds may refer to a family transaction, representing the surrender by a widow for instance of her life estate for the benefit of her grandson. In this case either the "abstract" is misleading or the form of the documents most unusual. Granting this, the lands in question would be the same lands previously leased by Richard de Hyweye to the abbot and convent. They may, on the other hand, refer to a genuine purchase. In this case, and if the rent reserved is any gauge of the extent of the property conveyed, they refer presumably to the lands which, at the end of the lease, were to remain to the abbot and convent, and it may further be inferred that the abbot and convent's interest in them was only leasehold.

From this point, for some little way on, we possess the originals of all the documents mentioned in the "abstract." The sequence of events appears to be that at some time between 1304 and 1317 Agnes Pig, if that was indeed her name, died, and Richard de Hyweye, under his father's grant, entered into full possesion of the lands in Quidhampton. He thereupon, probably in 1317, leased them to one John Goudhyne, of Marlborough, for life. The instrument by which this was effected was apparently missing when the Benets acquired the property. At any rate it does not appear in the "abstract" and no original exists. On 12th August, 1317, John Goudhyne took a confirmation of his term. from William de Hyweye, the father. Of this release two originals exist, the only difference between them, with the exception of some slight variations of spelling, is in the seals. To the one is appended a "device," to the other an indifferent impression of an ill-cut seal of arms. The legend round the latter is "S.WILLI.