132 THE MANOR OF ABNEY. 



This is, of course, quite possible, aiid might account for their 

 possession of Abney — if Abney and Albini be indeed the same 

 name. 



The following manuscript^ is in the writing of about the 

 sixteenth century, and is probably what it purports to be, namely, 

 a copy of the original partition deed. 



A trewe and perefect Copy of a Deed Concerning ye Mannor of Abney 

 as followeth 



Saturday in y^ morning after S' Michael y'= Archangle in y'= la'*" 

 yeare of ye raign of King Edward y* second y« King of England 

 in the year of our Lord 1317, it is thus covenanted and agreed 

 upon between Robert Archer ye Lord of Abney of y'^ one 

 partie and Thomas Archer ye Lord of High Lowe of y'' other partie y' 

 is to say yt ye Signeing Moore from y'= Baxton delf gate to y<= Chapman 

 feild to ye Stoak ford and so up along Abney brooke to a hole or pit 

 near Abney Lidgate Assett or assett shall be and remain in free 

 common of pasture to the aforesd Thomas and Robert and their heirs and 

 their tenants for ever. 



Saveing y^ woods of both parties by y'^ ancient mears2 or marks to 

 be cropped and cutt down at ye owners will and pleasure within y« said 

 marks or bounds also it is agreed yt ye dunge to y^ Nick Lee shall be 

 comon of pasture as is aforesaid concerning Signeing Moore or Moss. 

 In witness whereof ye parties enterchangeably have put their hands and 

 seales. 



These being witness 



Philip of Streadaylee (?) 



John Archer 



Richard of Padley 



John of Bradwall 



Richard of Moston 



Will: Hawley 



Will of Abney, &c. 

 Dated at Abney as aforesaid. 



The two following manuscripts, in the writer's possession, 

 set out more minutely the boundaries of the whole manor of 

 Abney. The first, as will be observed, bears the same date 

 as the one just quoted, viz., 1317. The other, dated 1726, is 

 so nearly identical in wording, that it seems sufficient only to 

 notify in the first the points in which it differs from the later 

 one. These differences will be found in the footnotes. It is 

 an interesting fact that all the places here mentioned are known 



1 In the writer's possession. ^ Or boundaries. 



