276 The Society's MSS. Quidhampton. 



intended (as by the aforesayd indenture is mentioned) that the sayd 

 William Benet of Grayes Inne should and might be able to make hia 

 wife a joynture out of the prcemisses, that nowe his sayd sonne William 

 Benet may by force of these presents, if he the sayd William Benet shall 

 marry and take a wife, change any one life, and putt her name instead 

 thereof as a livelyhood for her during her naturall life, As alsoe 

 that his sayd sonne William in regard of the due debt of one hundred 

 pounds that he meanes to discharge for his sayd Father to John Vawer 

 of Christchureh in the University of Oxon clarke may sell fell cutt downe 

 and carry away to his owne proper vse benefitt and behoofe one hundred 

 and fifty of the best trees growing or being vpon the prcemisses 

 at any time at his pleasure, And whereas the sayd S r John Benet is 

 possess'd and stands nowe seized vpon like trust and confidence of other 

 lands of inheritance called or commonly knowen by the name of Quinteyns 

 Lands with all th'appurtenances to the same belonging or appertayning 

 in the parish of Wroughton in the County of Wilts aforesayd, to him and 

 his heyres in fee simple to the only proper vse and behoofe of him the 

 sayd William Benet his third sonne and the heyres of his body, as of the 

 guift of William Benet the elder to him the sayd William Benet third 

 sonne of S r John Benet as aforesayd, He the sayd S 1 ' John Benet hath 

 given granted and executed and by these presents doth fully execute give 

 and absolutely grant to the said William Benet his sonne aforesayd All 

 the prcemisses with th' appurtenances to the same belonging or anyways 

 appertayning, To have hold and enioye all the prcemisses whatsoever in 

 as full large ample and beneficiall manner as he the sayd S r John Benet 

 or his assignees hathe or nowe doth enjoye the same. In witnesse 

 whereof the parties above named have sett to theyre hands and seales. 

 Yeoven the daye and yeare above written. 



Jo : Benet 

 indorsed. Sealed and delivered in the presence of vs 



Arthur Duck 



Geo : Lister. 



John Copinger 



No. 123. 



At this point an important, but undated, document is inserted 

 in the " abstract " : — 



(73) 

 A Copy of an Indenture Between S r John Bennett senior and S r John 

 Bennett junior Kn' son and heir of S r John Bennett senior of the one 

 part and S r Robert Lee Kn l and Francis Gregory Esq,- of the other part 

 Whereby the s d S r John Bennett sen r in consideration of natural love 

 and affeccion which he bore to Dame Leonora his wife and Thomas 

 Bennett [Mathewe Bennett] and Michaell Bennett sons of S r John 

 Bennett sen r and Mary Bennett Dorothy Bennett and Margarett Bennett 

 daughters of S r John Bennett sen r and for a provision for Thomas, 

 Mathew, Michael Mary Dorothy and Margarett It was covenanted and 



