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she is ; at the yearly rent of 3s. sterling at the feast of the Apostles 

 SS. Peter and Paul for all service and exaction. And Plaintiff did 

 receive Deforciants into all the benefits of his abbey for ever. 



March 26— April 9. Westminster. Within 15 days of Easter, 12 Henry III. 

 Between Julian de Thorpe and Mary his sister, Plaintiffs, and 

 Robert de Alvelea, Tettant. 

 Release by Plaintiffs in consideration of 10 silver marks, to 

 Tenant, in fee, of the manor of Lea. 

 1230. 

 January 13 — Feb. 9. Westminster. Within one month of S. Hilary, 14 

 Henry III. 

 Between Robert de Lexint[one],* Plaintiff, and William 

 Briwere, Deforciant. 

 Release, on a plea of warranty of charter, by Deforciant to 

 Plaintiff, in fee, of £10 rents to be received yearly at Brimentone, 

 from Peter de Brimentone out of a rent of ^20 which the same 

 Peter did owe to Deforciant by the year for the tenements held 

 by him of Deforciant in Whitintone and in Brimentone, at the 

 yearly rent of one pound of cummin, or 2d. at Michaelmas at 

 Cestrefeud for all service, custom, and exaction. Peter de 

 Brimentone was present in the same court and did acknowledge 

 that he owed the aforesaid rent of ^20. Power for Plaintiff to 

 distrain on the chattels of Peter de Brimentone at Whitintone 

 and Brimentone in case of nonpayment of rent. 



September 4— Nottingham. Wednesday after the Feast of S. Giles, 14 



Henry III. 

 Between Emma, Prioress of Kingesmedwe.t Plaintiff, and 



Lancelin Fitz Lancelin and Avice his wife, Deforciants. 

 Grant, on a plea of warranty of charter, by Deforciants to 

 Plaintiff and her church of Kingesmedwe, in frankalmoign, of 

 13 acres of land and a messuage in Stok[es], and pasture for 

 300 sheep and their young for one year, and for 8 oxen and 

 6 cows and 30 goats and 20 pigs in the same vill. Plaintiff did 

 take Deforciants and their heirs into all the benefits and prayers 



* Robert de Lexinton was Dean of Lincoln. Chesterfield, with many 

 other of the chief minsters of the county had been given by King John to 

 the Deanery of Lincoln. Whittington and Brimington were two of the 

 hamlets of the extensive manor of Chesterfield, of which William Briwere, 

 who died in 1232, was lord. — Ed. 



+ The Benedictine Nunnery of King's Mead, Derby, usually styled St. 

 Mary de Pratis, was founded in 1 1 60. The site is still known as Nun's 

 Green. — Ed. 



