68 Bradford-upon-Avon. [ The Manor. 
‘The Tything of Holte payeth by the Tythingman the like sum, and 
ERUTTITIOE: BS | DOLOLE yfescrsiee:ayet siete te toise rite cei ten echetetc tee tale rere OLRG 0 
‘The Tything of Lighe and Wooley yearly payeth by the Tything- 
man at Lady-day Leet, in the name of certain money as Law-day 
silver, 2s. 4d., and Michas Law-day, 2s. 4d, but nothing for respite 
of suite to this Court, because he commonly appeareth in person.... 0 4 8 
*‘The Tything of Trowle by the Tythingman payeth yearly at either 
Law-day, 21d., and at Michas for suite of Court, 12d. in toto..... 0 4.6 
‘‘The Tything of Winnesley and Stoke by the Tythingman payeth 
yearly at either Law-day 4s. and at Michas 2s. for suite fine, in toto 0 10 0 
‘‘More the said Tything payeth yearly at Michas a payment called 
Wah riled fre cictcitoe ii2y.Jsial ciossteh fs i elol> svehsjata MI ye -peaeeele noe ee 0 6 8 
“The Tything of Wraxall payeth yearly by the Dethingmar at either 
Law-day, 2s. 4d., and at Michas for suite fine, 16d .........%.... O56)50 
“The Tything of Winkfield and Rowleigh payeth no Law-day ied 
hutat; Michas for suite fine, 12d. /%2., ... ses) acseainmsi tas Gare seers OL 10 
‘The Tything of Chalfield payeth nothing..... .... ... ........ OF 00 
“(The Tything of Comerwell payeth no Lawlay Finer but at Michas 
POR(SUUROHTMO Sb svese cca eiess sa cy otdiciace veld waieleheleve Oiare «nee ates tie eS On0re6 
“The Tything of Broughton also payeth at Michas roe! 16d. yearly, 
for’ (IMSsalleeible}| (suite-tinesiz) er... oc seis Segeiniy atin eee Oe: 
Som paid, 46s. 10d.” 
The whole spirit of the Feudal Tenures was based on the subjec- 
tion of the vassal to the Tenant in capite, and hence we commonly 
find inserted in old deeds some special service due to the chief lord 
of the fee. These services were often merely nominal; still they 
preserved the memorial of the relation in which the various under- 
tenants, however numerous, stood to the Lady of the Manor. A 
very frequent condition is the gift of “a rose at the festival of the 
nativity of St. John Baptist :”—sometimes it is “one hal/penny paid 
at the same time, or at the festival of St. Michael” (unwm obolum 
domino capitali feodi):—in other deeds we find mentioned, “ two 
capons at Michaelmas,”—“a pair of gloves and one farthing, ’—half 
a pound of cwmmin,—one pound of pepper,—one pound of wax. In 
other cases, moreover, it is some service in husbandry to be per- 
formed for the lord, the original condition of the tenure of villenage 
of which we have already spoken, the last, however, being ulti- 
* Vel-noble, Elsewhere this is called Veal-Money. Yormerly the tenants of the Manor at Winsley 
had to pay this assessment in kind; afterwards it was commuted for 6s. 8d., the value of a ‘ noble ;? 
hence the name Vel-noble. In the margin of the MS., quoted above, we have the following entry, 
‘The Homage of the copyholders gathereth within themselves yearly, to be paid at one payment, 
vis. viiid.” 
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