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tion of which, with notes by Mr. L. Jewitt, F.S.A., appears in the 

 Reliquary, vol. xvii., p. 65. By the first five of the series referred 

 to, certain other parts of the same two cultures of land at Wigwell 

 were conveyed to Darley Abbey. Thus, by the first, Henry 

 Braund of Wirksworth conveyed a fourteenth ; by the second, 

 Robert, son of Richard Arkell conveyed a fourteenth ; by the 

 third, William le Sureis de Wirksworth conveyed a seventh (equal 

 to two-fourteenths) ; by the fourth, Robert Fitz Gilbert conveyed 

 another seventh ; and by the fifth, Ranulph, son of Walter the 

 priest of Wirksworth, conveyed another fourteenth. Now by these 

 deeds and the one in my possession, four-fourteenths and two- 

 sevenths, amounting together to four-sevenths parts of the same 

 two cultures of land at Wigwell were conveyed to Darley Abbey ; 

 and probably by other deeds, now lost, the remaining six-four- 

 teenths, or three-sevenths, were in like manner conveyed by other 

 grantors. It is difficult to account for the circumstances under 

 which these several grants of fourteenths and sevenths were made. 

 It seems probable, however, that the whole of the parts which 

 were conveyed by this set of deeds had been purchased by Vincent 

 the Chaplain, the brother of Henry Braund, one of the grantors, 

 and given by the said Vincent to Darley Abbey " with his body." 

 I found this opinion of the matter upon the fact that in Henry 

 Braund's grant of a fourteenth part of two cultures, etc., he adds 

 "to wit, the two cultures which Vincent the Chaplain my brother 

 gave to the same canons ; " and further on he says " which the 

 aforesaid Vincent my brother gave to them with his body." I 

 therefore surmise that each of the several grants was made by 

 direction or pursuant to the wish of this Vincent, and that the 

 words "with his body" imply that he had given land as an 

 endowment to the Abbey, and by some instrument relating to such 

 gift had directed that his body should be buried there. The con- 

 veyance of the several parts direct to the Abbey by parties other 

 than Vincent does not create any difficulty. There is an instance 

 of a grant in 1224, by John Bokointe to the canons of the order 

 of Preachers or Black Friars in Holborn, of certain land which he 

 describes thus : " to wit, that which Hubert de Burgh bought of 



