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under hym or them or by his or there means consent command- 
ment or hearement.” 
This exemplification of the decree under the Great 
Seal was handed to the tenants of the Cadnam Manor 
as the charter of their rights. In the Court Rolls 
of the Manor there is an entry dated December 9, 
1783, to the effect that “At this Court Mr. Richard 
Marsh, executor and trustee named in the last will and 
testament of John MHolloday deceased, one of the 
customary tenants of this Manor, delivered the decree 
of the Court of Chancery touching the rights and 
privileges of this Manor, which was at the time of 
the death of the said John Holloday lodged in his 
hands, and by the unanimous consent of this Homage 
the same is deposited for safe keeping in the hands 
of Mr. Thomas Lovell one of the customary tenants of 
the said Manor.” Lovell on December 16, 1785, 
produced a box prepared by him for the safe custody of 
the decree touching the rights and privileges of this 
Manor, with three locks and keys thereto. The Homage 
directed that the box should be kept in the possession 
of Thomas Lovell “with one of the keys thereof,” one 
other key was to be kept by Mr. Henry Hartley, the 
third by Mr. John Comly. 
The precautions taken by Lovell were fully justified. 
But for the big box, which impressed itself on the 
traditions of the tenants, as connected with their rights, 
the deed might have been lost. Itis singular that the 
recollection of the decree should have so completely 
faded away. Mr. Eyre had never heard of it. He 
