50 ALLESTRY CHURCH LANDS. 



Mundy Esq got the then Tenant of the said house and Lands 

 last mentioned to Attorne to him, and since that tyme till 

 the aforesaid tyme of his death had withheld the Rents and Profitts 

 of the said Howse and Lands from the said parish Church, And 

 since his death the said William Mundy his Heire withheld the 

 same dureing his life And the said Francis Mundy Heire of the 

 said William doth as yet withhold the same And it is further 

 found by the said Jurors upon Oath That the said grounds 

 called Sawcy Hill dureing the tyme the same were withheld by the 

 said John Mundy, were worth Three and Thirtie Shillings and 

 Foure pence Rent by the yeare. And that the said howse and Lands 

 in Allestry were (during the tyme they were withheld by the same 

 John Mundy worth Fourty Shillings Rent by the yeare, And the 

 said Jurors did further find That the said John Mundy dyed pos- 

 sessed of A very great personall Estate, And that Gilbert Mundy 

 of Allestry aforesaid gentleman and Edward Mundy gentleman 

 Two of his younger Sonns Administred of A great part thereof To 

 the value of Above Six Thousand pounds As by the said Inquisi- 

 tion hereunto Annexed more at large it doth and may appeare 



Nowe wee the said Rowland Okeover Thomas Ruddyard 

 Mathew Smyth Henry Lowe Joseph Parker and Gervas Rayner 

 haveinge fully Examined and considered the Matters and things in 

 and by the said Inquisition fownd, As alsoe haveing weighed and 

 considered what hath byn objected and said in defence by the 

 said Francis Mundy Esq the Heire at Lawe and the said Admini- 

 strators Gilbert Mundy and Edward Mundy and every or any of 

 them, and Sir Symon Degge theire councell who was present at 

 swearing the said Jury to make Challenge thereunto, and alsoe at 

 Examination of the Complainants Witnesses and other proofes, and 

 had free Liberty to make what defence they then could, And not 

 only soe, but upon the motion of the said Sir Symon Degge, Wee 

 the said Commissioners Adjourned the said Jury till the 27th of 

 January then next following that the said Mr. Mundy might have 

 tyme to inspect theire Evidences and make further defence of 

 what was charged and proved against them, whereupon and upon 

 heareing and debateing the full matter and what hath byn proved 



