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& his heirs according to the trew meanyng & Intent thereof afore 
expressed for ever more. And Ferder the sayd John Wyse by 
thys present Indenture bargenyth gevith convenantith & grauntith 
to & with the said S r Eichard Eggecomb that he the sayd S r 
Richard his heirs and assignes shall have hold occupy & ingoye 
the sayd Mills Cawse Were fTrythys brydges ways pooles and all 
other Comodytees by them made or to be made to there most 
proffytt comodytey & advauntage withoutt lett or interupcion of 
the sayd John Wyse or of his heirs for ever." 
A lease of Peter Edgcomb, Esq., to John Robyns of Plympton 
in 1588 (30 Elizabeth) of premises north of the High Street, 
and south of the " Stronde of the Salte streame ; " that is to say 
between the High Street and Stonehouse Lake, immediately above 
the present bridge, supplies us with interesting particulars of the 
more settled conditions of local government which the manorial 
constitution of the township had then assumed. Robyns agreed 
" to obaye pforme & fulfill all suche Rules & directions & orders 
as the said P[eter] E[dgcomb] & his heirs w fc h the consente & 
francke agremt of xij discrete & able psons of & w*hin the said 
Towne and liberties either before this tyme have or shall at anye 
tyme or tymes hereafter agre on, & sett downe for the Weale 
good estate & government of the said Towne, & of the people 
w c h for the tyme beinge shalbe resydent & abydinge w^iin the 
same." 
There are very few local place-names of this period extant that 
we are able clearly to identify. Wynrigg, Whyttor, and the hill near 
Horspool, have been mentioned. Wynrigg was unquestionably 
in part, if not altogether, what is now known as Battery Hill. To 
Whyttor there is no direct clue, but in all probability it is con- 
nected with the site long called Whitehall, possibly a corruption. 
The hill near Horspool must, I think, refer to some part of the 
ground on which the Royal Naval Hospital stands. We have, 
however, Northyll named in a grant in 1455 by James Durnford 
for life to William Durnford, bastard, of land that Janyn Carpenter 
held; and Southyll Street occurs in 1474. We get North Street 
in 1540, and two years later St. George Street. 
East Stonehouse has been frequently named. The earlier docu- 
ments mention Stonehouse only, without any distinctive epithet, 
and the first record I rind of East Stonehouse is in 1369, under 
