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Brenkbume Priory, Ministers' Account of 1535-6; Trans- 

 lated. Communicated by the late C. H. Cadogan, Esq. 



The Account of Thos. Johnson, Bailiff and collector of the rents and 

 Farms there, from the ffeast of St. Michael the Archangel in the 27th 

 year of the reign of the King that now is, Henry the 8th, unto the same 

 feast of St. Michael the Archangel then next ensuing in the 28th year of 

 the reign of the same Lord the King. To wit, for one whole year as 

 below appeareth. 



Arrears. None because it is the first year of his office. 



£ s. d. 

 ffarm of the Demesne lands -\ But he renders an Acct of 7 4 4 

 with the Grange late in the £ for the farm of the Scite of the 

 Hands of the Monastery. ' late Monastery there, with the Edifices, 

 demesne lands, Granges and two Orchards Gardens, and with a water corn 

 Mill and Tan House situate near the said Monastery, and 15 Closes of 

 arable land ; Meadow feeding and pastures containing among themselves 

 acres, occupied in the hands of the late Monastery, as particularly 

 appears in the Book of Survey of the same, by virtue of the Commission 

 of the Lord the King that now is, Henry 8th, taken the first day of July in 

 the 28th year of the reign of the aforesaid King ; by Lionel Gray, Robert 

 Collingwood, William Grene and James Made, and remaining in the 

 possession of the Court of Augmentation of the Crown of the sd Lord the 

 King, so demised to Cuthbert Carnaby, for the term of 21 years by In- 

 denture, dated the day of the month of in the year of 

 the reign of the King aforesaid. To have and to hold all and singular the 

 premises with the appurtenances except the Great Trees and woods of and 

 upon the premises growing and being, etc. to the aforesaid Cuthbert and 

 his assigns from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel at the end of this 

 Acct, unto the term aforesaid, rendering therefore yearly to the aforesaid 

 Lord the King, his heirs and successors as above, payable at the feast of 

 the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Arch- 

 angel by equal portions, or within a month after either of the feasts before 

 mentioned, during the term aforesaid, as appears by letters missive of the 

 Chancellor and others of the Court of Augmentations of the Crown of the 

 Lord the King to his Ministers, in that behalf directed and remaining in 

 the possession of the auditor this year, not being part of his term. 

 £ s. d. 

 Sum 7 4 4 



£ s. d. 

 Rents and farms in | And for 6 3 4 for the rent and farms 

 divers Townships. ) of 6 Tenements on the Water of Cokkett, 

 and 6 Tenements in divers places near the said Water, with the lands, 

 Meadows feedings and pastures to the same appertaining, at the will of 

 the Lord the King, per aim., as particularly appears by the Book of Survey 

 aforesaid, payable at the terms of Pentecost and Saint Martin by equal 

 portions — and for 30s 8d for the rents and farms of two Tenements and 



