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modern ; the side niches are vacant. On each jamb of the 

 doorway, between the mouldings and the pinnacle, is a shaft 

 with an angel-capital, supporting a figure carved in high relief. 

 The one on the west is a male figure holding a book and staff, the 

 cloak being secured by a morse ; the one on the east is a female 

 figure holding two loaves, and on each side of her stands a child 

 clinging to her robes and holding a loaf. These are intended to 

 represent either a king and queen, or crowned saints ; but their 

 identification is not obvious. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE PIPE ROLLS OF KING JOHN'S REIGN 



RELATING TO POWERSTOCK, BY REV. W. MILES BARNES. 



(Translation.) 



1. "Robert Belett renders account of j IDS. for half the 

 honour of Pourstock." (3rd year of John's reign). 



2. " For the repair of the King's houses at Pourstok, ^"104 by 

 the King's brief." (John 8.) 



3. " For work about the houses of Pourstok, 25 by the 

 King's brief and by view of Robert Bonet and Richard Olaves- 

 ton." (John 9.) 



4. " And again for work about the houses (of the King) at 

 Pourstok, 2$ by the King's brief and by view of the afore- 

 mentioned." 



Note. The above are from the original manuscripts. 

 The following extracts are from " Rotuli Litterarum Claus- 

 arum." In turri Londinensi asservati accuranti Thoma D. Hardy. 



(Translation.) 



5. The King to the Sheriff of Devon, &c. Find for the 

 Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 100,000 tiles for covering our 

 houses at Pourstok, and cause them to be brought to Bridport. 

 April 7, 1205." 



Note. There is a little difficulty about this passage, as the 

 meaning of "azeisia" (in the original Latin) is not clear. It 



