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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"» S. VI. 13G., Aug. 7. 'Sft, 



Kingdom from Popery ami Arbitrary Power, 31 Jan., 

 Feb. 14. Ill the Savoy.- printeil by'Kdw. Jones, 1G88. 

 Issued by Authoiitj- of the Lords Spiritual aud Temporal." 



7. " Prayers, &c., during this time of Publick Appre- 

 hension from the danger of Invasion, &c. No title-page. 

 Colophon : Holy Rood House Printer, by M'' P. B., Prin- 

 ter to His most Sacred Majesty for His Royal Houshold, 

 Chapel and Colledge, 1688." (This is the only Scotch 

 edition of a form I have seen noticed. Are there others?) 



8. " Fast, &e., Nov. 13, for the Protection of the King, 

 and bringing to light more Machinations against him, 

 Dublin, 1G78. Form, &c.. During H. M. expedition in 

 Ireland, Dublin, 1690. Fast, &c., Feb. 17, For a Blessing 

 on Arms, Dublin, 1747." Another remarkable Dublin 

 form is the following, lately in Mr. Hotten's Catalogue : 

 " A Prayer to be used on occasion of the late Earthquakes 

 in all Churches and Chapels within the Cities of London 

 and Westminster, and the Bills of Mortality during the 

 Time of Lent, after the Prayer against the Blortality of the 

 Cattle. By His Majesty's Special Command. Duhlin : 

 Printed in the 3'ear jidccl." (Of this I have seen no 

 London edition, or notice of one.) 



Of the above I only possess Nos. 3, 4. G, 7., 

 and tbe Convocation form of 1747 [4to., Baskett, 

 pp. 16.] Of the others I have been only able to 

 gain the information I have given. Anything 

 additional as to their authority, full titles, history, 

 &c., would be valuable either communicated to 

 me personally, or through " N. & Q ," by posses- 

 sors of copies of them. Mr. J. C. Hotten, book- 

 seller, 151b. Piccadilly, is about to publish in the 

 Adversaria, attached to his Catalogue, a detailed 

 catalogue of these Liturgical remains, and desires 

 communications on the subject. The first portion 

 containing those of James I. will .appear in his 

 next number. Latin eilitions of the "Healing- 

 Convocation Service and Fire of London," are to 

 be found in the Latin Prayer Books. I have 

 modern copies of some of the Irish, Welsh, and 

 Channel Islands (French) forms. When were 

 these first issued ? I must answer a Query of my 

 own as to the existence of .any forms of Geo. IV.'s 

 reign in the affirmative, as Dublin and Welsh 

 copies of the King's Recovery form of 1830 have 

 been kindly sent me. E. S. Taylor. 



Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk. 



DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ABBOT OF GLASTONBURY 

 AND THE DEAN OF WELLS. 



The following curious document, which I have 

 reason to think has never been published, gives 

 the particulars of the settlement of a dispute be- 

 tween Adam de Sodbury, Abbot of Glastonbury, 

 and John of Godle (or de Godlegh), Dean of 

 Wells, which affected no inconsiderable portion 

 of the possessions of the Abbot and the Dean. 

 Moddesley (or Mudgeley, as it is now called) is 

 an ancient manor which .appertained to the church 

 of Wells from a very early date. Soon after the 

 Restoration, Dr. Creyghton, who was in exile 

 with Charles II. (by whom he was made Dean of 

 Wells), set to work in order to obtain restitution 



of portions of the possessions of the deanery 

 which had been illegally .alienated from it; and, 

 among others, the manor of Churchland in Wed- 

 more (adjoining Mudgeley) was the subject of a 

 long and harassing lawsuit. The matter was at 

 length tried and decided in the Dean's favour. 

 The papers connected with these proceedings 

 have fallen into my bands, and many of them, as 

 connected with our local history, are most valu- 

 able. From these documents I have selected the 

 following for publication in " N. & Q.," which I 

 consider as a most valuable mine from which 

 future historians, topographers, and antiquaries 

 will be enabled to extract almost inexhaustible 

 treasures. The document is evidently translated 

 from the original record, and bears marks of hav- 

 ing been frequently handled in the course of the 

 law-proceedings referred to. 



" 28 May, A" 1 Edw. 3. [a.d. 1327.] 



" An Accord! of differences betwene Adam, Abbott of 

 Glaston, and John of Godle, Deane of the Church of St. 

 Andrewe of Wells. 



" For div's trespasses done by the Abbot in the Dean's 

 Mannor of Modesley ; and the like trespasses done bj' the 

 Deane in the Abbott's Mannor of Mere. * 



" 1. The Deane did Challenge ye w'tli th'ap- 



p'tences w'ch doth extend it selfe from the diche w'ch is 

 called Patchneberghelake of the east p't, and from thence 

 extends itselfe to the water of the Poole of Ferlingmere, 

 and so by the said Poole and streams runinge from the 

 Poole to the diche w'ch is called Lichelake, of the west 

 p'te, to be his soyle app'teyning to his Mannor of Modes- 

 ley, as in right of his Church of St. Andrewe of Wells. 



"2. And the Abbot doth clayine the s'd Moore to be his 

 soyle p'teyning to his Mannor of Meere. 



" And the Deane did Ch.illenge for him and his Villeins 

 in the Mannors of the s'd Deane, of Modesley, Wedmore, 

 and Marke Com'on of pasture at all tj'mes of the yeare 

 for all manner of Cattle in Godnemoore. 



" And the Deane did Challenge for him ,ind his Villeins 

 of the said Mannors of Modesley, Wedmore, and Marke, 

 and also for his Villeins of the P'bend of Wedmore and of 

 the Mannors of the said Deane of Moore and Bids'h'm, 

 Com'on of pasture at all tj'mes of the yeare ev'rj- j'oare for 

 all man'er of Cattle in Oxemoore. 



" The Agreemente by these bound, viz', beginning of 

 the north p'te from Councell's Wall vnder the Close of 

 W™ Counsell of Modesley, and so from thence lynelly and 

 directly and so forth vnto a certaine Strearae lunninge 

 vnder Cowebridge, directly oppisite to the east corner of 

 a certaine close called Parishmead, nere to the hamlett of 

 Westy. 



" And vpon the same bounds shalbe made and sns- 

 tayned fower Stone Crosses. — Whereof 2 Crosses shalbe 

 made and sustayned at the chardges of the Dean for the 

 tyme being on the northside. 



" And the 2 Crosses at the chardge of the Abbott of 

 Glassonbnry at the tyme being of tlie sowth p'te forever. 



" All w'ch moyty of the said Moore not inclosed w'ch 

 lyeth next the Ditch called Lichlake, doth remayne to 

 the Deane, to remaine to him and his Successours in de- 

 meane services and libertj' w'th't impediment of the Ab- 

 bott and his successours or Bailitf whatsoev'r forever. 



" And therevpon it is agreed and granted from hence- 

 forth that the Dean and his Successo's may have and 

 peacebly and quietly hold all those p'cells of the afores'd 

 Moore w'ch before that agreem' in former tj'me was in- 

 closed w"" all the Manor of Moddesley w"" th'app'tenc's, 



