398 Cadnam. 



accordyn-T to the wyll and entente of the seid Thomas the which feoffment 

 so to make they have utterly refused and yet doith nother none accomttez 

 of the issues profytez and reuenuez of the seid manerz afore this 

 tynie have be made nor yet ys And ouer that the seid John Krykelade sone 

 of Thomas after the deth of the seid Thomas and Alyce hath done and dayly 

 doith grete and greuous distruxions and wastes yn lettyng downe of housez 

 kuttyng down and syllyng of grete treez called tymbrewode to the grete 

 disheryson of your seid besecher and to his damages of v'' mark and here 

 beforne the seid John Krykelade dayly hath y do and yet dayly doith hure 

 dyuerse personnes promyttyng theym grette good to murther and slee your 

 seid besecher and nowe late bete and wounded John Tryte the seruaunt of 

 your seid besecher and so your seid besecher without grete and unto portyn' 

 costes unto hym yn hauyng of iniich people with hym darnot com nor approch 

 to see his leuelod yn repeyryng and helpyng therof and the seid John hauyng 

 lytyll concideracon' of the seid grete inguriis that he hath done unto your 

 seid besecher but that your lordship may be enfoimed howe he hath dysheryte 

 hym of a c mark yerely and receyved therfore Dccl mark and also another 

 maner of his called Langrygge in Somercet shyre he hath utterly wasted 

 and dystroyed yni kuttyng downe and syllyng of wode and tymbre to the 

 value of a c mark the said John Krykelade seying that he woU dysheryte 

 your seid besecher unlasse than he woU n)ak unto hym a generall acquytaunce 

 and for asmuch as your said besecher hath no remedy at the cours of the 

 comyn lawe that hit please your good and gracyous lordship the premysses 

 tenderly to consydre to graunt seuerall wryttes of subpena to be dyrected to 

 the seid John Krykelade sone of Thomas and Water Sambourne to appere 

 at a certeyn day by youe lymytted afore youe yn the Kj'ngis Chauncery to 

 answere to the premysses and ther to be ruled as consyence and good feyith 

 requyrith at the reuerence of God and yn the wey of charyte and j'our seid 

 besecher shall pray God for youre good and gracious astate.' 



, , , , ( Thomas Edmund 



P^^^^'^'P^"^ I Will's Blakenway 



Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 28, }io. 518. 



Nothing, so far as appears, came of this renewed effort, and the 

 proceedings apparently were allowed to drop. In 1467, howevei-, 

 or 1468, the plaintiff returned to the attack. The matter in dispute 

 was still the question of the refeoffment, which the uncle still 

 continued to decline to make. Further, the nephew still alleges a 

 design on the uncle's part to make away with him. In his answer 

 the uncle now asserts a claim to the land in Cricklade on his own 

 hehalf, and with regard to Cadnam and Studley declares that the 

 refeoffment was directed to he made in tail only and not in fee. 



With regard to the date, the nephew states that he is four years 

 over age. If, as we have supposed, he was born in 1443, that 



