G4 rATERS, ETC. 



of the one partye, and John Popham, gent., cytlzen and 

 haberdassher of London, of the other partj^e." This 

 Instrument, whlcli, as the reader will have already 

 perceived, is in English, sets forth, that, after the payment 

 by the said John of a sum of twenty marcs Sterling, the 

 Prioress and Convent demiseJ, granted, and let to farm 

 all their parsonage of Kyrton, in the County of Lincoln, 

 with all the glebe lands, and the tithes of corn, wool, and 

 larabs, and all other profits of the said parsonage, the fourth 

 sheaf paid to the lord Prior of S. John of Jerusalem alvvays 

 excepted and reserved. They also dcmised, granted, and 

 let to farm the parsonage of Donnyngton, in the said 

 County of Lincoln, with all the glebe lands, tithes, and 

 profits of all kinds appertaining thereunto. These parson- 

 ages were let on a lease of forty years from the festival of tlie 

 Nativity of S. John the Baptist next Coming after. The 

 rent was nine and thirty pounds Sterling per annum, to be 

 paid yearly at the festival of S. Barnaby the Apostle, that 

 is to say, for Kyrton nine and twenty pounds, and for 

 Donnyngton ten pounds. It was agreed to that the said 

 John Popham should pay to the Vicar of Kyrton, every 

 year at the feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist, 

 the sum of four pounds seven Shillings and seven pence: 

 the Prioress and Convent to pay synodals and other claims 

 due to the king and all other persons ; and to maintain, 

 sustain, and repair the said parsonages, houses and walls 

 at their own proper cost and charge. If the rent were not 

 paid for the space of a quarter of a year, the Prioress and 

 Convent might re-enter and expulse the said John and 

 his executors and assigns. These terms were allowed and 

 coufirmed by the Court of Augmentation, on the 6th of 

 November, 1539.* 



* Orders and Decrees, vol. vi. f. cviii, cviii b, cix. 



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