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that belongeth to one of the Fewer Oxegange landes, viz. : of 

 that lande which lyeth next unto Whitehead's landes. 



The Manner howse hath belonginge to it in the Carre, the 

 aforesaide tythe-free balke ; the twel-peece, which is tythe-free, 

 and lyeth next the south-east corner of Bramble hill ; it hath 

 formerly been severed and distinguished by a rundle, but nowe 

 of late hath Finder incroched, and bownded it in with a stone, 

 and a wilfe tree that groweth in the hedge of the Bramble hill 

 bottomes, soe that there is onely left the httle rownde hill, and 

 a little parte of that bottome which was before. There is aU- 

 soe belonginge to the Demaines three buttes v/hich lye next the 

 south-east corner of the Farre Longe Close, which are allsoe 

 tythe-free ; these belongeth more to the Manner howse, the 

 bottome called St. Nicholas Inges, which is bownded on both 

 sides with the fower landes belonginge to Skelton farme, for 

 there is three of them on the West side of it, and one of them 

 on the East. The Inges are tythe-free, and come just to the 

 ende of the latter, and noe further ; for that which goeth on to 

 the Long-Close side are sayd to bee Skelton lande endes. There 

 is on the East side of the Inges a peece of an hiU-side which 

 belongeth to it, and is tythe-free ; it adjoyneth on the hither 

 ende of the outermost of the three buttes : next unto that, 

 Skelton farme hath one lande, which goeth on to the side of 

 the buttes ; then West howse farme hath one, which lyeth next 

 unto Skelton's ; then Finder's East house farme hath two, and 

 then the West howse farme hath one againe, wliich lyeth next 

 unto the hedge. 



Of the Dayworkes accounted to the Closes of the West 

 Hall. 



The Cherrie-garth is 4 dayw^orkes, and had in it (this yeare) 

 seaven score and sixe grasse cockes, which weare five good 

 loades ; this close payeth tythe, and the high way into [it] is to 

 puU downe a gappe beside the gate on the East side. 



The Sheepe-garth belonginge to the West haU is not half a 

 dayworke ; it payeth tythe, and had in it this yeare 17 grasse 

 cockes ; there is noe high way into it, whearefore the cockes 

 weare brought on forkes and rakes and made into fower greate 

 ones by the waU-side, and soe the waine stoode without. 



The Closes apperteininge to the West-howse farme. 



There are belonging to this farme three httle closes, which, 

 beinge putte togeather, make two small dayworkes ; the South 

 Close had in it (this yeare) 46 grasse cockes, which weare aU- 

 most two loades ; the North and West Closes had each of them 

 17 grasse cockes ; there is noe waine way into these closes, but 

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