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continue for and during their natural lives, or until they shall leave 

 their dwelling and habitation in the said town of Cottenham, and 

 whensoever, any of the said Copyholders, shall die or depart from 

 his said habitation in the said town, then the lord or the owner of 

 the said Manor, for which the said Copyholders so dying or 

 departing as aforesaid was nominated, shall nominate before the 

 feast of the nativity of our Lord God, next ensuing such death or 

 departure, in his place or stead another Copyholder or customary 

 tenant of the same Manor of or for which the party dying or 

 departing was named, in manner and form aforesaid ; and upon 

 default of such nomination, as aforesaid, by any the lords or their 

 deputies, then it shall be lawful for the rest of the said Order 

 makers, or the greater number of them which shall be nominated 

 from time to time, to nominate or appoint so many of the Copy- 

 holders for every of the said Manors as shall be wanting of the 

 number or numbers aforesaid to meet and make Orders in manner 

 and form aforesaid ; and the parties so to be nominated to do and 

 execute all and every thing as the parties so first named did or 

 might do according to the true meaning of these presents. 



ARTICLE XXIII 



How all the Also, it is further agreed, as aforesaid, that all the sums of Money 

 accepted for obtained or levied by reason of any the Pains, Penalties or For- 

 banks and feitures, forfeited or lost by virtue of this agreement, or by any 

 be bestowed. OI "der hereafter to be made by the said Order-makers, or the greater 

 number of them, in manner and form aforesaid, except for the 

 banks and ditches, shall be divided and paid as follows ; (that is to 

 say), the one half of the said pains, forfeitures and amerciaments, 

 so levied shall be paid to the lord of whom the tenement is holden 

 whereby the person forfeiting any penalty doth claim to have or 

 use any common there ; and, the other half shall be paid, the one 

 half of the last mentioned to the use and profit of the said Inhabi- 

 tants to bear the common charges of the said town of Cottenham, 

 and the residue they the said officers may retain to the use 



