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perty of Gurdon, till he made his grants to the convent, since 

 which some belongs to the successors of Gurdon in the manor, 

 and some to the college ; and this is the occasion of the strange 

 jumble of property. It is remarkable that the tenement and 

 crofts which Sir Adam reserved at the time of granting the Plestor 

 should still remain a part of the Gurdon Manor, though so desirable 

 an addition to the vicarage, that is not as yet possessed of one 

 inch of glebe at home; but of late, viz., in January, 1785, Mag- 

 dalen College purchased that little estate, which is life-holding, in 

 reversion, for the generous purpose of bestowing it, and its lands, 

 being twelve acres (three of which abut on the churchyard and 

 vicarage garden) as an improvement hereafter to the living, and 

 an eligible advantage to future incumbents. 



The year after Gurdon had bestowed the Plestor on the Priory, 

 viz., in 1272, Henry III., King of England, died, and was 

 succeeded by his son Edward. This magnanimous prince con- 

 tinued his regard for Sir Adam, whom he esteemed as a brave 

 man, and made him warden, " custos" of the forest of Wolmer.* 



* Since the letters respecting Wolmer-forest and Ayles-holt were printed, 

 the author has been favoured with the following extracts : 



" In the 'Act of Resumption, I Hen. VII.' it was provided, that it be not 

 prejudicial to * Harry at Lode,' ranger of our forest of Wolmere, to him by 

 cure letters patents before tyme gevyn." Rolls of Part., vol. vi. p. 370. 



"In the II Hen. VII., 1495, ' Warlham (Wardleham) and the office of 

 forest (forester) of Wolmere,' were held by Edmund, duke of Suffolk." -AW/r, 

 ib. 474. 



"Act of general pardon, 14 Hen. VIII., 1523, not to extend to 'Rich. Bp. 

 of Wynton (bishop Fox) for any seizure or forfeiture of liberties, &c., within 

 the forest of Wolmer, Alysholt, and Newe Forest ; nor to any person for 

 waste, &c., within the manor of Wardlam, or parish of Wardlam (Wardle- 

 ham) ; nor to abusing, &c., of any office or fee, within the said forests of 

 Wolmer or Alysholt, or the said park of Wardlam.' " County Suth't. Rolls 

 prefixt to 1st Vol. of Journals of the Lords, p. xciii. b. 



To these may be added some other particulars, taken from a book lately 

 published, entitled " An Account of all the Manors, Messuages, lands, &c., in 

 the different Counties of England and Wales, held by Lease from the Crown ; 

 as contained in the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 

 Stale and Condition of the Royal Forests, &c." London, 1787. 

 " Southampton. 



P. 64. "A fee-farm rent of 31 2s. lid. out of the manors of East and 



