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nuicli overlooked. The cliarter to wliich 1 refer, which is 

 one of " Inspeximiis" was granted in the 8th year of K. 

 Edward III., and bears date the Ist of October, 1334.* 

 It is a document of considerable length, occupying a 

 large portion of two membranes of the venerable roll in 

 which it is contained, and extendiug to two hundred and 

 ten lines of closely penned and much abbreviated writing. 

 I have, however, willingly undergone the labour of tran- 

 scribing it, on account of its paramount importance in the 

 history of the Priory. Dugdale contented himself with 

 copying and Publishing the first few lines only ; and 

 subsequent writers, no doubt supposing that he had giveu 

 the whole, are characteristically silent with respect to the 

 far more voluminous remainder. I shall, therefore, con- 

 tinue the list of donors and donations, as furnished by this 

 most valuable and important record, giving the names 

 of the localities — as I have done and shall do throughout 

 this memoir — in their original orthography. Though so 

 lengthy, it will be found to repay most richly a minute 

 examination and an attentive study. 



The first donation which occurs after those whereof men- 

 tion is made in the charter of Henry II., is that of King 

 John, with which the reader has been already presented, of 

 the pasture of Kyngeshell from Wulfeldesont, or Wulfhef- 

 dyete, to Huntenewell. Then we have the gifts of Gilbert 

 de Helleworth, of the advowson and church of Euneton ; of 

 Ralph de Flory, of a virgate of land called Beidun in 

 Widela ; of Richard de Plessetis, lord of Ny weton, of land 

 called Chademede ; of Richard de Montacute the younger, 

 of an acre of land at Thorlebere, adjoining a place called 

 Therless ; of William de Montacute, of the church of 



* Cart. 8 Edw. IIT., n. 12, mm. 5, 6. 



