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flie feems to have made every provihon for the payment of the 
fum ftipulated within the appointed time ; and to have felt much 
anxiety left her death, or the negled of her executors or affigns, 
might fruftrate her intentions. — " Et fi contingat me in folucione 
" predifte pecunie annis predidis in parte aut in toto deficere, 
" quod abfit ; concedo et obligo pro me et affignatis meis, quod 
Vice-Comes - - - Oxon et qui pro tempore fuerint, per omnes 
terras et tenementa, et omnia bona mea mobilia et immobiiia 
" ubicunque in balliva fuafuerint inventa ad folucionem prediftam 
" facicndam poffent nos compellere." And again — " Et fi con- 
" tingat didos religiofos labores feu expenfas facere circa pre- 
" di6lam pecuniam, feu circa partem dicte pecunie; volo quod 
" diftorum religioforum impenfe et labores levantur ita quod pre- 
" dido priori vel uni canonicorum fuorum fuperhiis fimplici 
" verbo credatur fine alterius honere probacionis; et quod utrique 
predidorum virorum in unam marcam argenti pro cujullibet 
diftrincione fuper me facienda tenear. — Dat. apud IVarehorn die 
" fdhati proxima ante feftum St. Marci evangeliftcj anno regni regis 
Eiztwif tertio decimo 
But the reader perhaps would wilh to be better informed refped- 
jng this benefadrefs, of whom as yet he has heard no particulars. 
The Ela Longfpee therefore above-mentioned was a lady of high 
birth and rank, and became countefs to 'Thomas de Nezvburgh, the 
iixth earl of Warzvick : lire was the fecond daughter of the famous 
Ela Longfpee countefs of Salijbury, by William Longfpee, natural fon 
of king Henry II. by Rofamond. 
' Ancient deeds are often dated on a Sunday, having been executed in churches 
and church-yards for the feke of notoriety, and for the conveniency of procuring feveral 
ivltneffes to atteil. 
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