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borough of Morpeth fhould hold for three days together, viz. on 

 the eve, and on the feaft of St. Mary Magdalen, and the day 

 after (f). His lordfhip died i;th of the fame reign, and was fuc- 

 cecdcd by his fon, 



John Lord Greyfock, who was a benefactor to the abbeys of 

 Tynemouth and Nenv-Minfter^ and caufcd a divifion to be made of his 

 grandfather Merla/s lands between him and his uncle, Robert de 

 Somet-vlll (;?). His brother William being dead, and having no 



iflite, 



(f) Edvardus Dei gratia re:c Ang]'ne, &c. Sciatis nos conceffifle ct hac carta noftra con- 

 firmafle dilecto et fideli noftro Willieluit, filio 7 bonne de GreiJIock, Jobanni fi\\o et haeredi fuo 

 et Mar'i,s quae fuit uxor ejui'dcm Jfllliehni, quod ipfc, et hzredcs ipfius Jobannis, loco Ferite 

 qune ex conceffione dom. Jobannis quondam regis Angli& avi noftri efle confuevit in manerio 

 dictorum, Jf^illielrni et J^hannis, de Marpetb in com. Noitbumbr, fingulis annis per unam diem 

 dur.iturre, viz. in feflo Sanftae Maria Magdaleatt, de cetero habeant unam Ferlam ibidem 

 fingulis annis per tres dies duraturam, viz. in vigilia, in die, et in craftino ejufdem fefti 

 San&ae Mar lie Magdal:na, nifi feria ilia fit ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum. Qiiare 

 volumus ct firmiter praecipimus pro nobis et bjcredibus noftris quod praedidlus Willlelmus et 

 ^fobamns, et hri-redes ipfius "Jsbar.n'is in perpetuum habeant praidiftam feriam apud manerium 

 fuuni praediftum cum omnibus libertatibus ct liberis confuetudinibus ad hujtrfmodi feriam 

 fpeiStantib^s, &c. Carta, 9 Mail, anno 13 Ed, I. 



(g) Ifte "Johannes de G-.-ai/lock, vir llrenuus et corpulenttis, fecit partitionem fieri de omni- 

 bus terris et tenementis quie fuerunt Rogcri de Mtrlay avi fui inter fe et Robertum de Somer- 

 "jii'l, avunculum; viz. in com. Nortbumlr. (Memorandum eft quod Rogerus de Merlay^ 

 dum vixit, jnuit in capite de dom. rege in Narthumkr, quatuorfeoda milit.) et partitio fata 

 eft, videlicet, quod prsedictus 'Johannes haeres pr.-edilus tenebit tria feod. milit. videlicet Mor- 

 fath, Shilvington, Heppefcote, Shadfen, Duddon weft, Duddon fa/?, et Ulgbam, pro duobus feod. 

 milit. Item idem Johannes, haeres, Maneiia tenebit de Stannyngton, Eelnffife, Tranwell, Salt- 

 wyck, PleJJei, Shoitonper dimid. feodi militans. Et etiam quod prasdiitus Johannes, hxres, 

 tenebit medietatem de tnagna Eenton, Kyllyngwartb t ct {fitter, per dimid. feod. milit. 



Et quod Rol'trtus de Homervill tenebit nliam medietatem de magna Bsntan, KyUynwortb, 

 Kortb, et Wetcjlade foutb, per dimid. ftodi militaris. 



Et 



