32 DORSET CHANTRIES. 



of the purchasers and fastened together, which is a great 

 convenience. 



It happens sometimes that words or names or figures are not 

 clear in the books, whilst in the files they are, and besides this 

 some particulars on the files are not given in the books, so it has 

 been advisable to go through both sets and check one against 

 another. A further process of checking was resorted to by 

 examining some of the Patent Rolls, for all these grants were 

 recorded there also. These rolls, however, do not give so much 

 detail as the particulars for grants and files. 



At the end of each grant, which is signed by one of the 

 commissioners or surveyors appointed by the Act of 2 Edward 

 VI., and who in the case of Dorset was "John Hannam, deputy 

 for Robert Metcalf, supervisor," the following conditions of sale 

 are written, viz. : 



To be paid all in hand (or, as we should say now, cash 

 down). Occasionally some days' grace were allowed. 



The King's Majesty to discharge the premises of all 

 incumbrances except leases and the covenants of the 

 same. 



The tenure to be socage (or in the case of town proper- 

 ties free burgage). 



The purchasers to have the issues (or incomes) from 

 Easter (or some other quarter day) last. 



The lead and bells and woods, if any, to be excepted. 



I have arranged these sales in the same order as in the 

 Chantry Roll, so that they can be followed more easily with 

 reference to number of book and its folio, file, and the 

 volume and page of the third edition of Hutchins' History of 

 Dorset. The information in the Patent Rolls is much condensed, 

 and those I have examined give no further details. 



Under the head of " Foreign " I have put such Chantries, &c., 

 as were not really Dorset ones, but had lands or tenements in the 

 county. I cannot quite see for what reason these Chantries were 

 included in the Dorset Chantry Roll, as some of them, such as 



