The Society's MSS. Quidhampton. 93 



his son & heir on the other part thereby the s d . William did give & grant 

 to the s d . Eichard 



All his land w* 1 ' he had in the village of Quidhampton 

 w' h the rents and profits thereof. 

 To hold to the s d . Richard his heirs or assignes for the term of 100 

 years att the rent of 14 marks halfe yearly for the life of Agnes the 

 Eelict of Rich d . Pigg. And after the death of the s d . Agnes that y* 

 land should remaine to the s d . Richard his heirs & assignes free from 

 the s d . payment saveing to the s d . W m . his freebord in all the lands for 

 the life of the s d . Agnes. 



The above two deeds may refer to a family transaction, repre- 

 senting the surrender by a widow for instance of her life estate 

 for the benefit of her grandson. In this case either the " abstract"' 

 is misleading or the form of the documents most unusual. Grant- 

 ing this, the lands in question would be the same lands previously 

 leased by Eichard de Hyweye to the abbot and convent. They 

 may, on the other hand, refer to a genuine purchase. In this case,, 

 and if the rent reserved is any gauge of the extent of the property 

 conveyed, they refer presumably to the lands which, at the end of 

 the lease, were to remain to the abbot and convent, and it may 

 further be inferred that the abbot and convent's interest in them 

 was only leasehold. 



From this point, for some little way on, we possess the originals 



of all the documents mentioned in the " abstract." The sequence of 



events appears to be that at some time between 1304 and 1317 



Agnes Pig, if that was indeed her name, died, and Eichard de 



Hyweye, under his father's grant, entered into full possesion of 



ithe lands in Quidhampton. He thereupon, probably in 1317, 



leased them to one John Goudhyne, of Marlborough, for life. The 



! instrument by which this was effected was apparently missing 



when the Benets acquired the property. At any rate it does not 



appear in the "abstract" and no original exists. On 12th 



August, 1317, John Goudhyne took a confirmation of his term 



: from William de Hyweye, the father. Of this release two originals 



exist, the only difference between them, with the exception of 



some slight variations of spelling, is in the seals. To the one is 



: appended a " device," to the other an indifferent impression of an 



! ill-cut seal of arms. The legend round the latter is " S.WILLI. 



