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Courts there, is nowe neglected (by reason that the right hono® William Lo 
Pembrooke hath assigned the same office to S' James Fullerton Knight,) Theis 
are therefore to appoint and aucthorise yow William Whittaker esquier foorthw*" 
to keepe such Courts for his Mat* service win the said Manno" and hundred as 
heretofore hath bin usuell, and soe from tyme to tyme hereafter untill further 
order shalbe taken therein. Receavinge suche yearelie allowance and fees as 
hath heretofore bin incident and belonginge to the said office, And in soe doinge 
this shalbe your warr’. From Readinge this 24 November 1625. 
* Yo' verie loveinge Freinds 
“To our verie lovinge freinde (signed) THo, SavAaGE 
William Whittaker, Esq". Henry HoBarte 
Jo. WatteR JA. FULLERTON. 
THo Trevor 
Wat. Pre” 
Warrant anp Survey iv 1650. 
[From Hoare’s Modern Wilts, Hund. of Mere, p. 142.) 
The following warrant was issued to the Bailiff of Mere during 
the Commonwealth :— 
“ By virtue of a Commission to us directed from the Trustees authorised by 
the Commons of England assembled in Parliament for the Sale of Hundreds, 
Manors and Lands heretofore belonging to the Jate King, Queen and Prince in 
pursuance of the said Act. Wee doe hereby require you the Bailiffe of this 
Mannor tosum’on and warn 24 of the ablest Tennants of the said Mannor to 
appear before us at a Court of Survey to be holden upon Tuesday, the 25th of 
this present month, by 9 o’clock in the forenoon at the usual Court House, then 
and there to receive such further order and direction as shall be thought fit in 
that behalfe. 
“* Hereof you are not to fail. 
“Given under our hands and seals the 20th day of June 1650. 
“ HercuLes LANGRIG 
“Wittiam EXBERY 
“ JouNn Fisk.” 
“To William Baron, Bayliffe of the Manor abovesaid, as to his Deputy. These,” 
1650. October 4th. A Survey of the Hundred of Mere, late 
parcel of the possessions of Charles Stewart, Prince of Wales, as of 
the Duchy of Cornwall :— 
“ All the hundred court and bailey wick, with rents, profits commodities Kc. 
value communibus annis £16. leases under the seal of the Duchy to Thomas 
Fisher, ex’or of Thomas Carey esq" dec’d which Mr. Fisher has appointed Rich*. 
Greene gent to be Steward, and Willm Baron gent to be bailiff of the same 
hundred. Presented—that the appointments are void, as the letters patent were 
granted since March 26, 1641.” 
_ Note.—This survey is very long; it gives the names of the 
