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service be due, or shall be due from thence to any man, I 
and my heirs will discharge it out of our tenement of 
Dunster. We will warrant all the aforesaid land of Sla- 
worth to the aforesaid monks, with all its appurtenances, 
against all men and women, as any alms can and ought 
freely to be discharged and warranted, saving the King’s 
service as is aforesaid. And that this my gift and grant 
may remain for ever firm and unshaken, I have thought fit 
that my seal should be appended to the present writing. 
These are witnesses : etc.” 
William de Mohun, brother of the aforesaid Reginald, 
was also a benefactor of the Abbey ; and the following 
instrument is tlıe confirmation by Reginald of his brother’s 
gift. In the interim it will be perceived that be had lost 
his wife; as {he lady named in the charter just read as Avis 
my wife, is here mentioned as Avis de Mohun of blessed 
memory :— 
(VIL) “To all men to whom the present writing shall 
arrive, Reginald de Mohun wisheth health in the Lord. 
Know allof you, that I,for the health of my soul,ofmy father 
and mother, and of Avis de Mohun of blessed memory, 
and of allmy ancestors and successors, have granted and 
confirmed all the gift of William de Mohun, my brother, 
which he gave to the monks of Clyve, of the land of 
Stortmanforde, with all its appurtenances, which the same 
William held and possessed of my gift, as the charter of 
the same to the same monks on that occasion made attests. 
And I and my heirs will warrant for ever the aforesaid 
land to the said monks, as our free, pure, and perpetual 
alms, with all its appurtenances. Which that it may con- 
tinue for ever firm and stable, I have strengthened the 
present writing by the impression of my seal. "These are 
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witnesses : etc 
