i8 PAPEllS, ETC. 



Prioiy of S. John, at Bridgewater. The property formerly 

 belonging to the Priory of Buckhind in Buckland, North- 

 petherton, Michelchurch and Bromefeld, was estimated at 

 the clear annual vakie of £23 17s. 4d. ; in Ayshe and 

 Thornefaucon, of 47s. 6d. ; at Bromefeld and Spaxton, of 

 41s. 8d. ; at Claveshey, of £9 ; at Durleigh and Gotehirst, 

 of 33s. ; and at Dunwer, of 14s. 6d. The grantees were to 

 pay the following annual rents : — for the property at 

 Buckland, 38s.; for Gotton, 9s. IM.; for Ayshe and 

 Thornfaucon, 4s. 9d. ; for Bromefeld and Spaxton, 4s. 2d. ; 

 for Claveshey, 18s. ; for Durlegh and Gotehirst, 3s. 4d. ; 

 and for Dunwer, 17|d. Also to Kichard Wakeham, bailiffof 

 the manor of Xorthepetlierton, an annual fee of 20s.; and to 

 John Walton, steward of the court of the said manor, 

 13s. 4d. All advowsons of churches, and spiritual emohi- 

 ments and profits were rcserved to the king. The Request 

 to purchase was dated the 6th of July, 1544 ; and the 

 grant at Wcstmlnster, the 13th of October, in the same 

 year.* 



We have already seen the disposal of the Priory, and 

 have now to notice that of the Preceptory, whlch was not 

 long dclayed. The Request to purchase is dated the 13th 

 of Deceniber, 1544. Ralph Lambe, the deputy of Matthew 

 Coltehirstc, Auditor, annexed to the enumeration of the 

 lands thus solicited the significant and not unusual decla- 

 ration, "I have made the pa?-ticlers hereof to no other 

 persou; nor I knowe any other person desyrus to bye the 

 p?-fmysses."t This was doubtless intcnded to assure the 

 royal salesman that the bargain was the best that could 

 be effected under the circumstances. On the 16th of 



* Part, for Graat?, Off. Aug. Orig. 36 Hen. A'III., p. 3, rot. xii. Fat. 36 

 Hen. VIII., p. 8, mm. 23, 24, 25, 26. Add. MS. B.M. 6366, pp. 28 b, 29. 

 t Part, for Grauts, Off. Aug. Appendix, No. XXII. 



