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them, that then he the said Sir Miles Sandish, [h]is heires and assignes 

 Lordes of the said Manner of Streatham, shall yeald his and theire 

 assent thervnto, and that in the meane time vntill such subdivision 

 shalbe, that parcell of the said sixteene hundred acres called Hole 

 Fenne Lazer and Chaire Fenne plaines shalbe yearelie preserved 

 to be Mowen and devided amongst the Tenantes, Owners and 

 Comoners of both the said Townes of Streatham and Thetforde, 

 accordinge to the Custome heertofore vsed ; and that soe muche of 

 the said sixteene hundred acres as lyeth betweene Barlake and The Cow- 

 Snowte ditche shalbe fedd onelie with the Milche Kine and weane- jJnic 

 linge Calues of the Tenantes, Owners, Comoners and Inhabitantes weaneling 

 within the said Towne of Streatham, from the Feast of S ct Mathias calues ' 

 the Apostle in every yeare vntill all the harvest of the sayd Towne 

 of Streatham be fullie ended ; and that parcell of the said sixteene 

 hundred acres called Stallocke and soe much of the said Fenne 

 called Haie Fenne as shall be comprised within the said sixteene Horse 

 hundred acres yearelie from the Feast daie of the Annunciacion of 

 the blessed Virgin Marie vntill the full end likewise of the said 

 harvest shalbe fedd onelie with theire Workinge horses, and that 

 noe sheepe shalbe fedd or kept upon the sayd growndes in anie 

 yeare betweene the said Feast Daie [of the Annunciacion of the 

 blessed Virgin Marie and the feast day] l of S ct Andrewe the Apostle. 

 And lastlie it is ordered and decreed by this Courte that the greater 

 parte of the Comoners of each of the said two Townes of Streatham 

 and Thetford respectivelie shall and maie from time to time have Power 

 power and authoritie, without the assent or intermedlinge of the make By- 

 said Sir Miles Sandis his heires or assignes Lordes of the said lawes. 

 Manner, to make Orders and Bylawes for and towchingthe feedinge 

 of such Fenne growndes as are in or by this order and decree 

 severallie allotted to each of the said Townes. And that to and for 

 the keepinge and performinge of such orders and Bylawes soe to 

 be made, not onelie the makers of and assenters vnto the said 

 Orders and Bylawes, but alsoe all the other Comoners of both the 

 Townes are tyed and bound by the decree of this honourable Courte. 

 1 These words omitted, but supplied from the certified copy. 



