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to himself and his heirs — the right of pasturing cattle on the lands 

 in question. 



In the " Coucher Book " of Whalley Abbey, leaf 409, is 

 contained the Deed, of which the following is a translation : — ■ 



"The Deed of the Lord Henry of the Pasture of 

 Brendewode, &c. {g) 



" To all whom this present writing indented shall come, Henry, Earl of 

 Lancaster, Derby, Leicester, and Lincoln, Steward of England, Greeting. 



" Know ye that whereas the Lord, Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester of 

 good memory, and our predecessor of the Lordship of Blackburnshire and of 

 Rachedal, formerly had given and granted by his Deed, which we have seen, 

 among other things, to God and the Blessed Mary, and to the Abbot and 

 Monks of the Benedictine place of Stanlawe, the Predecessors of the Abbot 

 and Convent of Whalley, that Pasture which is called Brendewode, in his 

 Forest, by the divisions undermentioned, to wit, from Gorsichelache to 



(g) The original Deed is as follows, — 



" Carta domini Henrici comitis Lancastrie depastura de Brendewod et de 

 vastis approuyatis in Blakeburn. 



" Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum indentatum puenerit Henr. comes 

 Lancastrie, Derbe, Leycestr, et Lyncoln, senescallus Anglie, salutem. 

 Noueritis quod cum bone memorie dnus Rogerus de Lasey constabularis 

 Cestrie et predeceesor noster dnij de Blakeburnschir et de Rachedale 

 dudum inter cetera dedisset et concessisset per cartam suam, quam inspexi- 

 mus, Deo et beate Marie et Abbati et monachis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe 

 predecessoribz Abbatis et conuentus de Whalleye pasturam illam que 

 dicitur Brendewode in foresta sua per diuisas subnotatas videlicet de 

 Gorsichelache 'usque Couhopeheued et sic sicut riuulus de Couhope descendit 

 usque in aquam de Irewell, et sic ascendendo aquam de Irwell usque ad 

 Saltergate, et sic per Saltergate usque in Hamstaleclogh, et dehinc usque 

 ad Denes greue, et dehinc sequendo transitum musse per Coumbehore usque 

 ad primum locum de Gorsichelache, liberam et quietam ab omni seculari 

 seruicio consuetudine et exaotione. Nos Henricus comes predictus dona- 

 tionem et concessionem supradictas ex certa scientia et de gratia nostra 

 special! appbamus ratificamus et quantum in nobis est confirmamus. Volentes 

 insuper ob donationem quam habemus ad Dei Genetricem virginem 

 gloriosam, et effectionem specialem quam habemus ad personam fratris 

 Johannis de Lyndelay, Abbatis dicte domus de Whalleye sacre pagine pfessoris, 

 eisdem Abbati et conuentui ac eorum successorib;? gratiam ubiorem facere 

 in hac parte, remisimes relaxauimus et omnino de nobis et heredibz nostris 



