[COYNE] THE TALBOT PAPERS 65 
and hold in the aforesaid town of Mullaghide a View? of Frank pledge 
by his Seneschal and Leet and Landays together with all things to 
them or either of them Appertaining and with all other Advantages and 
profits Arising therefrom and to a view of Frank pledge Appertaining 
or to either of them Belonging To Hold Levy and Receive the same 
to the use of the said Thomas and his Heirs for their own propper 
hands or that of their servants without any account or any other return 
thereof or in any other manner to us our Heirs or Successors or any 
or Hither of our Deputies Justices or Servants of us our Heirs or 
Successors there for to be Rendered or made for Ever anny Statute 
Act Ordinance Provisoe or Mandate to the contrary made Ordained or 
provided or in future to be made Notwithstanding. 
And further we do give and grant for us and our Heirs and 
Successors to the said Thomas and his Heirs that he and his Heirs 
as well in our presence and of that our Heirs and Successors as in our 
absence and that of our Heirs and Successors by themselves or by their 
servants in the Mannor or Lordship aforesaid may have and hold an 
Assize ? for Strengthening and Correcting the Assize of Bread Wine and 
Ale and of all other kind of Victuals and of Measures and Weights 
Whatsoever and All other Matters to the Office of Escheator * or Clarke 
of the Market and Inns of Us our Heirs and Successors thereunto 
belonging and Punishing for the same and of Doing and Exercising 
whatsoever to the same belongeth when and as often as shall be found 
necessary so farr and as fully as any Clarke of the Market of us and 
our Heirs might or ought to do in our presence or that of our Heirs 
And that the aforesaid Thomas and His Heirs may have all Amerce- 
ments Fines and other Profits therefrom Arising to be received and 
levied by him and his Servants without Impeachment of us our Heirs 
and Successors or our Ministers whatsoever without any account or 
Return thereof or by any other means to us our Heirs or Successors 
or our Lieutenants or their Deputies and Justices or any other officers 
or Ministers of us our Heirs or Successors whatsoever there for to be 

1 View, an official inspection; Frank pledge, a system of mutual surety- 
ship that required all men to combine in associations of ten to stand as 
sureties for each other’s good behaviour; Seneschal (etymologically, old 
servant), steward, presiding officer or military commander; Leet, petty crim- 
inal court for manor; Landays (Land-Tag), a local representative council. 
2 Assize, standard of weight, measurement price, &c.; hemce size, mea- 
surement, dimensions. 
5 Escheator, a county official, who looked after escheats (or forfeitures), 
and certified them to the treasury. 
Sec. II., 1907. 5. 
