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annui redditus, solue’dis eisde’ uel eor’ p’po’ito vel Balli’o 
de Brampton’, ap’d Brampton, ad quatuor anni t'minos 
prineipales, eq’s porc’onib. Ad qua’ quide’ soluc’onem 
bene & fideliter facienda’ obligo me & om’es t'ras & tene- 
me’ta mea de Brampton’, in quoru’cumgq’ man’ deuen’int 
distriec’oni p’dcor’ Abbatis & Oo’uent’ & eor’ successoru'. 
In eui’ rei testimoniu’ sigillu’ meu’ apposui. Hiis testib', 
Joh’ne Fayrman, Will’o Sturel, Will’o Fabro, Ricardo 
Lovering, Joh’'ne Thurgod, & aliis. Dat’ ap’d Brampton’, 
die mercurij p’xima post festu’ Omniu’ Scor’. Anno regni 
Reg’ Edwardi filijj Reg’ Edwardi sextodect’o.” 
John de Berewyk, bailiff of Lord William de Hastyn- 
ges, in the county of Somerset, acknowledges the receipt 
of forty shillings from Ralph Fitz Urse and his tenants. 
The Lord de Hastynges was, 1 presume, the King's steward 
of that name :— 
(13.) “Pateat uniu’sis p’ p’sentes, q’d ego Joh’s de 
Berewyk’, ball’s d’ni Will’i de Hastynges, in Com’ Somers', 
fateor me recepisse de Rad’o filio Vrsi & tene’tib’ suis de 
Wilitone, p’ dimid’ feod’ milit’, quadragi'ta solid’, quos 
leuare feci p’ bre’ d’ni Regis ad opus d’ni Joh’s de Hastin- 
ges, de scutagio sibi co’cesso de ten’tib’ suis p’ duab’ 
guerris d’ni Regis in Skoc’, videl’ anno r. R. E. xxviij", & 
anno E. xxxi"° ; de quib’ quid'm quadraginta solid’ de'm 
Rad'm & tenentes suos u'sus p’de'um d’nm Joh'm aquie- 
tabo p’ p’sentes, & indempnu’ co's’uabo. In cuius rei tes- 
timon’ huie acquietane’ sigillu’ meu’ apposui. Dat’ apud 
Berewyk’, die mercurij, in festo Sc’i Laure’c’ Martiris, anno 
regni Regis Edwardi tricesimo quarto.” 
This, though itself ancient, is evidently a copy of an 
older document. It is on paper, and the seal of the worthy 
bailiff is of course wanting. 
The following is a grant by the Abbot of Clyve to Jolm 
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