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from one and a half to one leuca. And they say that the abbots 

 have held it from tlie time of King Henry (I.), who enfeoffed them 

 of the manor of Glossop . . . And the aforesaid Abbot of Hasing- 

 werk exhibited the Charter of K. Henry, great grandfather ("pro- 

 avi") of the present king, who enfeoffed them, and gave them ;^io 

 of land in Longdenedale, viz , Gloshope, with the church which is 

 there, and lands, and all things appertaining to it, as William Peverel 

 fully held it in the time of King Henry his grandfather, that they 

 might have and hold those tenements in peace and quietness &c. 

 and concerning pleas and complaints in men, in lands in wood and 

 in plain, and in all other places with all liberties and free customs. 

 And the aforesaid Abbot said that in the time of William Peverell, 

 all his lands and tenements were outside the Forest and beyond the 

 Regard. And that the aforesaid charter was confirmed by the 

 kings who preceded the present king, and also by him. And the 

 said abbot desired that justice might be done." * 



"And because it was proven that K. Henry who enfeoffed 

 them retained to himself tlie wood aforesaid and so all kings 

 after him until now, and that the same king held all the land 



names, the editor wrote to the Vicar of Glossop, who kindly communicated 

 the following : — 



"March loth, 1892. — After very careful inquiry I can only identify the 

 following places and names : 



Goyt. — Well-known river ; joins the Etherow at Marple Bridge. 



Denebrok — Modern name Denbiook. 



Longeleye — A hill or glen in Raworth. 



Ductum de Coumbes— The water under Combs Rock. 



Comb's nesel — Part of the hill called ' The Nab,' overlooking Charlesworth. 



Raumfeed — Part of Glossop Moor. 



Thorsback-head— Also on Glossop Moor. 



VVodecole hevid — Near Blackshaw Moor. 



Wynterfaleford— Not sure. (? Wjntersaleford. Ed.) 



.Shereindeclow — Shireclough near the Shelf Rock. 



Blake clow — Bluckshaw clough. 



Serclow — Serclough. 



Lenedycroft — In Charlesworth. 



Clonegge — Cown Edge, and 



Whittle Nab— parts of the Nab Hill. 



Yours, etc., 

 A. P. Hamilton Wilson." 



* Among the petitions in Parliament for 18 Edward I., a.d. 1290, is one 

 from the Abbot of Basingwerke for an inquest concerning certain lands and 

 tents, in Langdenedale outside the regard of the Forest of High Peak. His 

 petition was granted. 



