BRlDrORT CORPORATION RECORDS. lOl 



land and houses. The deed of Sir William de Legh, Lord of 

 Allington, granting power to the provosts and other lawful 

 men of Bridport to administer the rent from his lands to 

 two chaplains at least and the lepers in the house of St. 

 Mary Magdalen of Bridport and to make enquiry twice in the 

 year whether the said chaplains are living in a becoming 

 manner and treating the brethren and the lepers in a humane 

 way. (The fifty acres of arable land in Allington granted 

 by Sir William are described as situate in Cessecrofte, 

 Berfurlange, Eifuolange, Sartelonde, Gatelinche, Ridgcway, 

 the Linch, and Wetfurlange, beneath the hill near the house, 

 the hemp fields of Langebrome and Modfurlang and Stonilondo 

 near the bridge of Atrecy.) 



This deed is followed by a list of the Bailiffs from 6 Ed. 2 to 37 

 Ed. 3, which enables us to fill up the gaps in the list given in 

 Hutchins ; the number of Bailiffs was ordinarily two, but in 1348 

 four are named. After this deed is given a number of legal 

 forms filling 193 pages; among them are (1) The Inventory 

 of the goods of a great man found on the Thursday before 

 the Feast of the Nativity of St. Mary A.D. 1326 in his Hall, 

 Pantry, Larder (among the contents of which are seven barrels 

 of cider and twenty gallons of honey), Kitchen, Brewhouse, 

 Bakehouse, Waggonshed, Barn, Oxstall, Cowhouse, Sheepstall, 

 Pigsty, and Granary. 



2. The Will of the great man. 



3. The inventory of the goods found in his house on the day of 

 his death. 



4. Expenses of the funeral : among these were one bushel of 

 maslin flour given to a man for watching the corpse at night, 3sh. 

 to a woman for nine days' attendance, 9d. for linen cloth in which 

 to sew the body. 



5. Expenses of the anniversary day. 



6. Discharge of the will by the executor. 



Next is found the valuation of the Manor ; the details are very 

 numerous, but the total amounts to no more than 82 5s. 



