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cultivated, and was part of the Forest of Penhull, (/) which place 

 of Brendewode, Roger de Lacy gave to the Abbot of Stanlaw, 

 predecessor of the Abbot of Whalley, and to his Church ; by 

 which gift the said Abbot and all his successors were seised as in 

 right of their Church. Also, that John, son of Roger, Edmund 

 and Henry, by deeds, granted and confirmed the gift to be held 

 in free and perpetual alms. They further found that in the time 

 of King Henry HI., one Abbot who then was, first constructed 

 and built houses in the said waste, and brought into cultivation 

 a great part of the land which was called the Manor of Brendewode ; 

 at which time, one Henry de Lacy, who was Lord of the Forest, 

 and had his Foresters there, went in obedience to King Henry HL, 

 into Scotland, and before his departure requested the Abbot who 

 then was, and other neighbours of the County, in his absence to 

 succour and help his Foresters. Wherefore the Abbot from courtesy 

 and free will, fed the Foresters at intervals, when he pleased ; and 

 in the same manner other Abbots, his successors, did the like by 

 their own free will. In conclusion the Jurors said that neither 

 Richard nor any other Forester, never of right, or by any just title 

 were seised of the puture as belonging to their office, but that 

 Richard de Radeclyve, by extortion and oppression, under colour 

 of his office, took the puture against the will of the Abbot to the 

 damage of ;^4. The Abbot therefore recovered his damages, and 

 Richard was committed to Gaol. 



Just eight years after the conclusion of the trial above recounted, 

 Henry, first Duke of Lancaster, (son of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, 

 in whose favour the attainder of his unfortunate brother Thomas 

 had been reversed, on the plea that he had not been tried by his 

 peers,) as Lord of the Honor and Hundred, by Deed confirmed 

 and ratified the grants of previous lords, of Brandwood and other 

 lands, to the Abbeys of Stanlaw and Whalley, and not only 

 exonerated them from all claim on account of puture for the time 

 to come, but also relinquished that which had been reserved 



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