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to understand in that he has supplicated us that we will order 

 them to be delivered to him. AVe, assenting to his supplication 

 in this particular, generously according to our concession, order 

 that by you to the same Adam the said lands and tenements in 

 the vills foresaid with their pertinents — if by occasion of his 

 adherence to the aforesaids they were seized into our hands, and 

 if owing to that occasion and no other they still continue in our 

 hands— be restored and delivered to be held as he held them 

 before the taking of the same lands into our hands. Saving the 

 right of every one, witness the King. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 24 Nov. (1335). By the King himself. (Rot. Scot. i. p. 388). 

 Despite of this, either before or subsequent to this, and in the 

 same year, the king had granted Thomas de Heton in fee all tho 

 lands and tenements which belonged to " Adam Pendergregest," 

 a Scot, and adhering to the rebels, in the vill of Akild in the 

 shire of Northumberland for the services due therefrom. (Cal. 

 Rot. Pat. p. 122). It is not quite so certain that Adam was 

 ousted. He kept his Berwickshire lands at least. He signs a 

 charter at the court at Ayton in 1336 (Paine, App. p. 50). 



In 13-11, there is a curious agreement between him as Seneschal 

 and Walter de Skaresbrek, Prior of Ooldingham, who had 

 disagreed about certain tithes of fisheries on the Tweed, which 

 belonged to the Prior of right, but were usurped by Adam. 

 These he quit-claimed to the Prior, who bestowed on him in 

 requital for 13 years, 60 and 16 shillings of annual rent of the 

 vill of Prendregost, as well of the rent of assise as of paskway- 

 ting ; also for 24 years the annual rent of six marks from the 

 mill of Ayton ; also for five years 36 shillings of annual rent as 

 well the rent of assise as of paskwayting issuing from the vill of 

 Flemyngton, given up by William Rydell. The same Adam was 

 bound diligently to serve personally the Prior for 14 years in 

 the office of steward of the men and of the lands. (Raine. App. 

 p. 114.) After this he signs a charter in Coldingham, 10th July 

 1347 (p. 59). He died before his son Henry became of age, for 

 whom the prior of Durham was guardian. By inquisition in 

 1361, he was declared of legal age to have his land restored. 

 The jurors say that the whole land of Prendergest without the 

 cottages extended anciently to 45 marks ; the value of the 

 cottages they know not, for they are numerous ; but they believe 

 that tho land and cottages together extended of olden time to 

 oG pounds (p. 108, Raine. App.) In 1362, young Henry pays 



