104 The Society's MSS. Qiiidhampton. 



The copy itself is merely an extract : — 



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Ex Bundello Escaet' de Anna 



duodecimo regni Regis Edwardi 



quarti (inter alia) 



Inquisitio capta apud Novam Sarum in comitatu Wiltes' secundo die 



Maii Anno regni Eegis Edwardi Quarti post conquestum duodecimo 



coram Radulpho Banestre Escaetore Domini Regis in comitatu predicto 



virtute brevis dicti Domini Regis eidem Escaetori directi et huic Inqui- 



sitioni consuti per sacramentum Henrici Swayn Armigeri RicardiFreman 



Armigeri, &c. 



Qui dicunt super sacramentum quod Johannes Russell Armiger in 

 dicto brevi nominatus fuit seisitus in dominico suo ut defeodo de quinque 

 messuagiis quingintis acris terre centum acris prati trescent' acris pasture 

 et centum acris bosci cum pertinenciis in Luydeyard Mylcent Et de 

 uno messuagio et centum acris terre cum pertinenciis in Shawe Et 

 uno messuagio et sexaginta acris terre cum pertinenciis in Pyryton Et- 

 de duobus messuagiis et centum acris terre cum pertinenciis in 

 Wotton Basset et vocat' Russell et Bukk. Et de uno messuagio et D. 

 acris terre cum pertinenciis in Quedhamton. Et de uno messuagio &c. 

 Et dicta messuagium et terra in Quedhampton valent per Annum in 

 omnibus exitibus ultra reprisas centum solidos et tenentur de Priore de 

 Bradstoke set per que servicia juratores predicti penitus ignorant. Et &c. 



Examinaf 7 Feb. 1600 [1600-1601] 

 Concordat hactenus cum Originali 

 suo Recordo. W. Lambard. 

 No. 97. 



There is no doubt that the inquisition states in spite of the 

 " abstract," that the Paissell holding in Qiiidhampton consisted of 

 five hundred acres — a difficult statement to accept! 



The original inquisition further alleges that the heir of the 

 Kussells was a Collingbourne — though all this and much more is 

 omitted in the extract furnished by Mr. Lambard — and it is in 

 the possession of a Collingbourne that we find the property ac- 

 cording to the document next in order in the " abstract," the 

 original of which is also forthcoming :■. — 



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8 July This endentur made by twene Wyllyam Colyngborne Esquyer 



A.D. 1474 of the on parte And Wyllyam Ferre of the other parte Wittenes- 



eth that the seid Wylliam Colyngborne hath sett grauntedand 



to ferme dimised vnto the forseid "William Ferre and to Joone his 



