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died seized ; John Cleimond, Walter of Horsington, John of 
Inmere, John of Hamstede, John of Burton, John Hodel, William 
Wiking, Thomas Wiking, William Yling, Adam the Taylor, 
Robert de la Legh, and Walter Rudel, say on their oath, that on 
the day the said Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, died, he held the 
Manor of Mere, and a certain castle, the proceeds from which are 
nothing, and a messuage beyond the castle, with grange, cowstall, 
and stable, worth 2s. per annum. Also 3244 acres of arable land 
worth £7 16s. 2d. per annum; 1463 acres of which are under the 
hills in Wodecomb, and Chatecomh, and beyond, and are worth 8d. 
per acre; 189 acres on the hills are worth 2d. per acre, 116 worth 
- 4d. Also 18 acres of meadow, worth £6 per annum; 33 acres in 
Westmead, Is. 8d. 65 acres in Kastmead and la Brech (Breches 
Farm), and Conewich, 1s., also 43 acres on Maplederehulle land 
. _and pasture, and the enclosure of Conewich and Horscroft, 47 acres 
of pasture worth 22s. 6d., or 3d. per acre. There is also a certain 
_ pasture in Swencombe, and beyond on the hills for oxen, cows, and 
young beasts, worth 33s. 4d. per annum. There is also a certain 
: pasture on the hills for the keep of 700 two-tooths, with separate 
_ pasture in Wodecomb, and Chatecomb, worth 100s. Also a certain 
park called Conewich Park, in which are no wild animals, the 
herbage and pannage! of which are worth £4 per annum, save the 
_ hay and the tithe of the herbage. Also another park called 
Deverlingewode,? in which are no wild animals, and the herbage 
and underwood in which are worth 10s. per annum. There are 
also two water mills worth £7 save the tithe. Also one fulling 
mill worth 26s. 8d. Also a toll called Stanegrist, worth 6d. per 
annum. Total value of the whole, £34 11s. 2d. A house is let 
in the Market Place at 2s. 8d. per annum. 
1399. A grant was made by Henry IV., as Duke of Cornwall, 
1 Pannage is the food of swine, such as acorns, beech-nuts, etc. 
? Deverill Longwood (the modern name) was grubbed about 1845 and attached 
to the Manor Farm—then newly formed—and is now cultivated as arable land, 
with the exception of a very small portion still retained as coppice. Before this 
it was a “tenantry ” wood, a certain area being allotted annually to each duchy 
_ tenant to be cut for use on the respective farms. 
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