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visitation of Gloucestershire, and in the Bristol and Gloucester- 
shire Transactions, it is stated that a William Denys married 
Margaret Corbett ; this is not correct, as some of these extracts 
will prove. 
Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, taken at Alveston, 
4th October, 1377 :—‘ The Jurors say that William Corbet, on 
the day he died, 25 August, 1377, held of the King two parts 
of the Manors of Alveston and Herdecot, and two parts of the 
Hundred of Langley by Knight service, and that Margaret 
Corbet, the wife of William Wyryot, and sister of the aforesaid 
~ William Corbet, is his next heir, and she is of the age of 25 years. 
And they say that a third part of the said Manor is in the hands 
of Alice, who was the wife of Peter of Gloucester, and she holds 
it in the name of dower of the King, and that the reversion of 
this third part, after the death of Alice, pertains to the said 
Margaret.” 
AChancery Inquisition Post Mortem, taken at Poukelchurche 
(Pucklechurch) the 2nd July, 1379, states :—“ That the Jurors say 
that it is not to the harm of the Lord the King, if the King 
grant to William Wyryot and Margaret, his wife, that she can 
enfeoff John de Brampton, Vicar of the Church of Thornbury, 
and Roger de Dene, parson of the Church of Siston, of the 
Manors of Alveston and Herdecote and their Hundred of Langley, 
which are held of the King. And that it is not to the harm of 
the King that John and Roger grant the Manors and Hundred 
aforesaid to the said William and Margaret. To hold to them, 
William and Margaret, and the heirs issuing of their bodies, 
failing such issue to the right heirs of Margaret. 
And the Jurors say that the Manor of Siston remains to the 
said William and Margaret. He died shortly after the above 
grant, and his widow married Sir Gilbert Denys, Knight.” 
Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem, taken at Tettebury, 
22 October, 1382 :— The Jurors say that it is not to the harm 
of the King if the King grant to Gilbert Denys and Margaret, 
