14 PAPEUS, ETC. 



It would appear tliat thls privllege was not only one of 

 considerable value, as it Avould necessarily be, but also one 

 which was subject to frequent invasion, for we find a long 

 series of confirmations of this and simllar grants. In some 

 instances it was possibly the change of the officer to whom 

 tbe park was intrusted, whicb necessitated the preparation 

 of a new instrument. On tbe 3rd of April, 1229, tbe king 

 signlfied from Marlborough to Hugb de Nevill bis royal 

 pleasure tbat tbe Sisters sbould bave weekly from bis park 

 of Neuton one cartload of tbe dead wood of tbat park for 

 tbeir fuel. A similar pennission was added to remove tbe 

 wbole of tbeir yearly gatbering between tbe feast of Easter 

 and tbat of S. Peter ad vincula, iustead of employing 

 tbe winter in so inconvenient a work.* A similar Order 

 was given to Riebard de "Wrotbara, dated at Westminster, 

 lotbofMay, 1229.t 



Immediately subsequent to tbis grant, a very interesting 

 addition was made to tbe revenues of tbe Sisters, and again 

 it was by tbeir royal benefactor. Tbe letters were addressed 

 to the King's treasurer and chamberlains. " Know ye," he 

 says, " tbat we bave given, and granted, and by our 

 Charter bave confirmed to tbe Prioress of Bocland and tbe 

 Sisters there serving God, of tbe Order of the Hospital of 

 Jerusalem, to maintain three maidens for ever in tbe said 

 priory, a delivery of two pence and one balf-penny, whicb 

 Roger, Chaplain of tbe Bishop of Lincoln, used to receive 

 daily by tbe band of the SherifF of Hereford our almoner ; 

 and a delivery of two pence, whicb Margary, tbe nurse of 

 Isabella our sister, used to receive daily by the band of 

 the same. To be beld of us and of our heirs by them and 

 tbeir successors in free, pure, and perpetual alms ; and to 



* Claus. 13 Hen. III., m. 12. 

 t Claus. 13 Hen. III., m. 10. 



