A REGISTER OF THE ABBEY OF MILTOX. 



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5 Thomas Half-Knight a man of free birth and 40 years 

 old and upwards being sworn and diligently examined in an 

 Inquisition on the value of the church at Broad Sydling 

 says &c. 



This man Thomas had a name like that of Aylwin, the founder 

 of Ramsey, who was Half-King. This inquisition was taken in 

 the year of our Lord 1336. 



6 We Robert by divine permission Bishop of Salisbury have 

 caused our seal to be affixed to these presents. And we also 

 certify as to the erasure in the first line above of these words " To 

 the Bishop of Salisbury or his Commissary, the Dean of Whit- 

 church obedience reverence " before the affixing of our aforesaid 

 seal. Given at Chardstock on the io th of August in the year of 

 our Lord 1336 but the 7 th year of our consecration. 



Half Knight 

 y. p. 153 

 dimiclius Miles. 



Attestation of 

 an erasure in 

 a deed. 



7 Soc 



Sak: 



Tol: 



Tern 



Infangenethef ; 



this is the suit of men in your court according 

 to the custom of the realm. 



this is a plea of fine for trespass of men in your 

 court: for "sack" in English is "achesoun" 

 in French : and " for sich sake " means the 

 same as "pour quele enchesouri": and 

 " sak " means " forfeit." 



this is that you and your men of all your 

 homage may be quit of toll for buying and 

 selling in all markets. 



this is that you may hold all the issue of your 

 villeins with their suits and chattels, 

 wherever they may be found in England, 

 with the exception that if any native shall 

 have resided undisturbed for a year and a 

 day in any privileged town and shall have 

 been received into their community or 

 guild as one of them, then he is freed from 

 his villeinage. 



this is that robbers captured in your desmense 

 or fee after getting rid of the stolen goods 

 may be judged in your court. 



An explanation 

 of the words 

 in the Saxon 

 language con- 

 tained in the 

 charters of the 

 Kino; concern- 

 ing the foun- 

 dation of the 

 church. 



