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Ambresbury Monastery. 



acres : 22 acres of meadow in Helcmedo, Lavender Mead, Le Folds, 

 Rackmead, Birchmead, and Abbey Bekcrmead : four dovehouses, 

 a fishery in the Avon, and the value of 2 waggon-loads of wood 

 every day throughout the year, from Chute forest, Grovely and 

 Bradley wood, granted to the monastery by Henry II. One of 

 the grounds is described in the Earl of Hertford's original Register 

 of Estates, (from which these particulars are taken) as " lying next 

 the great stones called Bounds" 



" Lands appoynted to th'Erle of Hertford in exchaunge betwene 

 Kyng's Majestie and the seid Erie. {Original at Longleat.) 



xxviij™ Die Januii. 



Ano xxxij d0 Henr. viij. £ %. d. 



Fyrst, the yerly value of the lands of Shene cvi. iiij. 



Itm, the lands of Saint Margarett's, Marleburgh ix. v. viij. 



Itm, the lands of Saynt Augustine juxta vill. Bristol . . iiij. 



Itm, the lands of Bradenstocke valuyd at xviij. xviij. 



Itm, the lands of Ambresbury, valuyd at , . xi. xiiij. 



Ttm, mor of the seid monastery xliiij. v. viij. 



Itm, of the late monastery of Bathe vi. o. x. 



Itm, the lands of the late monastery of Henton x vij. vi. viij. 



Suma Tot lis . of all the premysses cxvi. xvii. ij . 



Adde therto for the soile and spryng of the woods of 



Buckholte yerly xxxii. iiij. 



And so the holle lands appointed to the Erie of Hertford \ 

 with the sprying of the woods of Buckholte, persons Throte > cxiij. ix. vi. 

 and Noddes copis dothe amounte yerly to the Some of j 

 Wherof deduct yerly for the Tenths xi. xvij. o, and so 



remayneth clere cvi. xii. vi. 



The vallue of the woods of Buckholte, The copis called 

 Throte and Nodes to be sold hac vice for Reddy mony clij. xv. iiij. 



The vallue of the leades of Ambresbury — Cv foodders vi cwt . de vi lib . wherof 

 abated for the wast and melting as yt apperethe by the certificate of the 

 Comyssioners vi. foodders xiiij cwt . iii. qrts.. and there remayneth clere xx iiijviii. 

 foodders xi cwt . iii. qurtes vi lib . wiche ratyd at iiij 11 ., the fodder dothe amounte 

 unto the somme of £cccxciiij. vij. iij. 



M d . the Kyngs lands dothe amounte to the some of £cvj. xij. vi. 



Wherof ther ys to be abatyd for the Recompence of the lands 

 of the seid Erie lxix 11 . v s . v| d . And so remaynethe £xxvii. 

 vij s . 0| d . Wherof deducte for the Kyngs Gyft £xvij. vii s . 

 0§ d . : And so remaynethe clere x u . wiche must be Reservyd : 

 and then the holle Reservaycon must be to the Kyng's grace 

 xxi. xvij. o. 



M d . the seid Erie must paye for leade and the woods of 

 Ambresbury in mony to the Kyng £Dxlvii. ii. vij. to be 

 payd in forme followyng : That is to sey in hand e u . And 



