80 PAPKHS, ETC. 



Bucklond Pryoui's. Also a messuage, &c., in the parislies 

 of Gotehurste and Charlinche, formerly belonging to the 

 late Priory or Hospital of S. John of Brydgewater, Also 

 the demesne and manor of Thurlebare; the messuage, &c., 

 called Playstrete, in the parish of Staple ; a rent of 

 tvventy-four Shillings and ninepence half-penny, called 

 The Thurchetts,* issuing from certain lands and tenements 

 in Thurlebare ; a close called The Pryours Wood, in 

 Thurlebare, of thirteen acres ; and lands in Westhatche 

 and Upphatche ; all formerly belonging to the late Priory 

 of Taunton. Also the manor and demesne of Tobrydge, 

 with all its rights, &c., in the parish of S. James by 

 Taunton, and formerly belonging to the late Priory of 

 Taunton. All these were to be holden by the grantees as 

 fully, entirely, and amply, as by thelr former possessors. 

 The manor and late Preceptory of Buckelond Priours 

 together with the manor of Plalse, &c., were of the clear 

 annual value of £31 19s. 2d , without deducting the 

 reserved tithe ; the vicarage of the clear annual value of 

 £5 19s. 5^d., without deducting the reserved tithe ; and the 

 Rectory of Hethefeld, £9 4s., without deducting tithe. 

 The Preceptory of Bucklond Pryours and Halse were to 

 be held by the grantees of the king in capite, by military 

 Service, to wit, the twentieth pai't of one knight's fee, and 

 by the following annual rents, to be paid at Michael- 

 mas : — for Buckelond and Halse, £3 3s. 1 Id. ; for Tobrydge, 

 lOs. 7d. ; for Cleanger, &c., 10s. 2d. ; and for Thurlebare, 

 14s. 5d. The grant was dated at Westminster, the 16th 

 of February, 36 Hen. VIH., 1544-5.t 



* Probably intended for Churchetts, or Churcliessots, a payment to tlie 

 Churcli of corn as tbo First-fruits of harvest. See, for another iuslance, 

 tlie aulhor's History of Taunton Priory, page 119. 



t Orijr. 36 Hen. VIIT., p. 8, rot. xvii. Tat. 30 Hen. VIII., p. 26, mm. 

 (6) 41, (7) 43, (8) 42. Add. MS. B.M. 03G6, p. 116. Appendix, No. XXIII. 



