284 The Descent of the Manor of Stockton. 
Joan,* his wife, and William Maton, their son, for the term of their lives. And 
for the further security of the said John Topp, the Earl covenants that he, and 
Mary Countess of Pembroke, his now wife, and their heirs, &c., or any other 
person claiming to have any estate in the said manor by or under William, late 
Earl of Pembroke, or him the said Henry, will, within the space of seven years, 
upon reasonable request and at the proper cost and charges of the said John Topp, 
or his heirs, execute such further lawful and reasonable acts and assurances in 
the law as they or their counsel shall reasonably require, so that the said Earl 
or his heirs be not compelled by so doing to travel from his place of residence at 
the time of such request. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have inter- 
changeably set their seals on the day and year above written.” 
H Dinh, 
Below this signature is a portion of the label to which was 
originally attached the seal of the Earl of Pembroke, but this no 
longer exists. This document, no doubt, was retained by the 
purchaser, John Topp, and the duplicate, with the seal of John 
Topp, was kept, and perhaps still exists, amongst the muniments of 
the Pembroke family. Another signature is found at the foot of 
the deed, that of John Penruddocke, who was commissioner for the 
Earl of Pembroke, that nobleman having signed and sealed the 
conveyance in London, before a Master in Chancery, as appears by 
endorsement. 
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® Mr, Miles, in his History of the Parish of Stockton, says, ‘‘ Before the south wall of the Church 
wag re-built, there was a large altar-tomb placed against it, west of tha door, inscribed ‘ Joahn Maton 
ye wife of Nicholas Maton, deceased, (month effaced) 1622,? This tomb was too mucb broken to be 
restored, but the inscribed stone and a part of the moulding were built up in the wall in 1844.” 
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