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of her sons, though said to be all under age, makes a grant 

 forever of some lands down by the stream at Durton; and 

 also of her right of the common of Durton itself. 10 Johanna, 

 the daughter and heiress of Sir Adam, was married, I find, to 

 Richard Achard; she also grants to the prior and convent 

 lands and tenements in the village of Selborne, which her 

 father obtained from Thomas Makerel ; and also all her goods 

 and chattels in Selborne for the consideration of two hundred 

 pounds sterling. This last business was transacted in the first 

 year of Edward II., viz., 1307. It has been observed before 

 that Gurdon had a natural son ; this person was called by the 

 name of John Dastard, alias Wastard, but more probably Bas- 

 tard ; since bastardy, in those days, was not deemed any dis- 

 grace, though dastardy was esteemed the greatest. He was 

 married to Gunnorie Duncun ; and had a tenement and some 

 land granted him in Selborne by his sister Johanna. 



NOTES 



1 In Saxon Plegestow, or Plegstow. G. W. 



2 At this juncture probably the vast oak was planted by the prior, as an 

 ornament to his new-acquired market-place. According to this supposition 

 the oak was aged 432 years when blown down. G. W. 



8 For more circumstances respecting the Plestor, see Letter II. to Mr. 

 Pennant G. W. 



4 Bishop Tanner, in his " Notitia Monastica," has made a mistake re- 

 specting the market and fair at Selborne ; for in his references to Dodsworth, 

 cart. 54 Hen. III. m. 3., he says, " De mercatu, et feria de Seleburn? But 

 this reference is wrong ; for, instead of Seleburn. it proves that the place 

 there meant was Lekeborne, or Legeborne, in the county of Lincoln. This 

 error was copied from the index of the Cat. MSS. Angl. It does not appear 

 that there ever was a chartered fair at Selborne. For several particulars 

 respecting the present fair at Selborne, see Letter XXVI. of these Antiqui- 

 ties. G. W. 



5 Since the letters respecting Wolmer Forest and Aylesholt were printed, 

 the author has been favored 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 

 oure letters patents before tyme gevyn." Rolls of ParL, Vol. VI., p. 370. 



" In the 1 1 Hen. VIL, 1495, < Warlham (Ward le Ham) and the office of 

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

 Rolls, 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, etc., within 

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



