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77. 

 Lease by "Walter FitzHeniy FitzWilliam de Mera to the convent of 

 Duiske, of eight acres, both arable and pasture land, in the holding of 

 Balimaclem in Oicythy, at a rent of three peppercorns ; in consideration 

 for a fine paid by the convent. 



Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Walterus filius llenrici lilii Willehni 

 de Mera uohintate mea dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta niea confirniaui 

 abbati et conuentui de Dowisky et eoruni successoribus octo acras terre tarn 

 de terra arabili quani pastura iacentes pariter in teneniento de BaHniaclcni 

 in Orcytliy : habendum et tenendum predictas octo acras terre cum suis 

 pertiuentiis de me et heredibus meis nel assignatis predictis abbati et 

 conuentui et eorum successoribus, libere quiele integre plcnarie perpctue 

 bene, et in pace iuris liereditarii, et eciam aileo libere sicuti aliqua terra dari 

 potest ucl incartari, cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus dictam 

 terram tangcntibus: 



Reddendo inde annuatim niihi et licredibus nieis dicti abbas et conuentus 

 tria grana pilaris pro omni seruiciu seculari auxilio tallagio wanlio niarilagio 

 releuio eschaetu secta curie actione consuetudine et duinanda que aiqiollatur 

 Unleldes.' 



Pro hac aulcm donatione concessionc et presentis carte nice confirniatione 

 dederunt mihi preiiicti abbas et conuentus i|uandain sunniiani pixunie prout 

 melius inl«r nos concordatum est. 



Ego uero dictii.s Walterus et herodes mei uel assiguati predictas octo acras 

 teno cum suis ixjrtinentiis ut prcdictum est dictis abbati et conuentui et 

 eonnn successoribus contra omnes mortales inperpetuum warantizabinius et 

 defcndemus. 



Insuper si quocum(|UC casu fortuito principale tenenientuni, quod absit, 

 iiendere uel alienari me ucl heredes meos seu assignatos conlingat, pro 

 omnibus ([uibuscum(]iie oneribus predicUis octo acras tangcntibus principale 

 t«ncmcnlum absque uUa con trad ictionc pleuarie tenebitnr respondere. 



Ut autcm hec mea donatio concessio et presentis carte confirniatio robur 

 IKM-jietuc lirmitatis optineat prcsentem cartam sigilli mei impressione duxi 

 ruborandam. 



Hiis tcstibus Domino Reso Beket, Domino Roberto le Gras milite, Ricardo 

 fiiio Stcphani, Ricardo de Oruuro, Johanne Strangbowe, et multis aliis. 



Orcytliy or Uirothe was a district in Idrone, west of the river Barrow. 



liia Bckct, the first-named witness, seems to have lived in that neighbourhood 

 (see p. 78). lie appears in clyirters dated 1278 (nos. 71, 72), and ptrhap.s we may 

 assign this instrumeni to the year 12S0 or thereabouts. It is not, however, curtain 

 that the man in question was not the elder Bis Beket, in which case our charter 

 would be earlier in date. 



' I.e. 'iiiuxcubablu,' Anglu-SSaxuli uuluide. 



