40 PAPEUS, ETC. 



ofFering up coustant and devout prayers for bis own health 

 and tliat of his dearest consort Katharine during tbeir 

 lifetime, and for their souls after their decease. Every 

 cartload was to be of tbe draugbt of six borses or eigbt 

 oxen ; and, inasmucb as tbe tlnie was limited in tbe former 

 letters to tbe interval between tbe festival of tbe Annun- 

 ciatlon and tbat of All Saints, tbey were now at llberty to 

 collect tbe firewood from tbe latter festival to tbat of S. 

 George tbe Martyr, tbe 23rd of April. Tbey were also 

 permitted to place sufficicnt fences round tbose parts of tbe 

 park wbere tbe future fuel was growing, so tbat tbe young 

 sboots migbt not be damaged, and tbat cattle and otber 

 animals migbt not injure tbe same. It was also allowed 

 tbem, if tbey saw fit, to gatber tbe amount of two years 

 in one, but in tbat case tlicy were not to remove any 

 during tbe wbole of tbe foUowIng year. All tbese conces- 

 sions were to be enjoyed wltbout any payment to tbe 

 keeper of tbe park, or any fine to tbe banaper of tbe 

 cbancery. Tbe Instrument was dated at Canterbury, 5tb 

 April, 1511.* 



Tbis arrangenient was of but sbort duration. Edmund 

 Myl died, and bis widow became tbe wife of Lionel Norres 

 in 1514. Tbe lease was surrendered, and tbe Prior and 

 bis Cbapter granted an annuity of ton pounds, out of tbe 

 issues of tbe Preceptory, for tbe term of tbe life of tbe 

 survivor. Tbe Instrument was dated tbe lltb of January, 

 1514-5.t 



In 1516, tbe property was leased to Henry Tborneton, 

 gentleman, of Currymalett, for forty years, from tbe festival 

 of tbe Nativity of S. Jobn tbe Baptist next ensuing, at 

 a rent of one bunired and tbree pounds, six sbillings, and 



* Confirm. 2 Hen. VIII., p. 10, n. 7. 

 t MS. Cott. Claucl. E. VI. ff. cxlvii, cxlviib. 



