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Tlie property in Ivellchester was reckoned of the clear 

 annual value of 13s. 4d.; that in Bridgewater, of £21 3s. 

 4d.; and that at Wells, of 49s. It was tobe held by fealty, 

 in free soccage, and not in capite. The Request to purchase 

 was dated the 24th of February, 1545; and the grant as 

 above, at Westmlnster.* 



The spoil was not yet entirely disposed of For the sum 

 of £1393 8s. lOd., the King granted to John Pope, gentle- 

 man, and his heirs, the manor of Kyrton in Holland, In the 

 County of Lincoln, lately belonging to ßuckland Prioiy, 

 with all its houses, lands, and other appurtenances, of the 

 clear yearly value of 22s. An enormous tract in the 

 Counties of Oxford, Gloucester, York, Wilts, Salop, 

 Middlesex, Surrey, and Warwick accoinpanied the afore- 

 said property. Kyrton was to be held in free soccnge, by 

 fealty only, and not in capite. The Request to purchase 

 was dated the — day of July, 1545, and- the grant at 

 Westminster, the 3rd of October, 1545.t 



By this time, as the reader will have perceived, not niuch 

 remained either to excite or to gratify the lust of acquisition. 

 My task, accordingly, is all but completed. Of course I 

 cannot pursue further the histovy of each estate, which has 

 now ceased to be of the interest that it hltherto possessed. 

 The exception, however, which I have made in previous 

 instances, it will not be improper to repeat in this. 



So carly as four years after the original grant to William 

 Ilalley, in whose occupation, it w'ill be remembercd, the 

 ])ropcrty even then was, King Edward VI., in considera- 

 tion of the sum of £6 13s. 4d., authorized hlm to 

 alienatc to John Cuffe and John Tynbery, and their heirs, 



* Part, for Grants, in Off. Aug. Orig. 37 Hen. Ylll , p. G, rot. xxx. 

 t Part, for Grants, in OH. Aug. Orig. 37 Den. VIII, p. 3. rot. xvi. 

 Fat. 37 Hcn. VIII., p. 3, mm. 13 (33), 12 (3 0, H (3.5), 10 (.30), 9 (37). 



