Title | Gift with warranty by Griffin son of Wennuwin of Kevelocke [Gruffud ap Gwenwynwyn of Cyfeiliog in Powys, Prince of Powys] to Mathew son to Thomas clerk of Bauquell [Bakewell] his heirs and assigns, for his homage, of one bovate of land in the vill and territory of Maior Longisdon [Great Longstone], namely that bovate with toft and croft which Thomas, father of the aforesaid Mathew, and his ancestors had once by feoffment of the Lord King, and later by confirmation held of Griffin's father, with appurtenances in vill of Maior Longisdon, and digging of turves and plucking of heath in moor of Longslow and other moors belonging to the vill and the carriage of a sufficient quantity to the house of Mathew and his heirs in Minor Longisdon [Little Longstone], to hold freely in ways, paths, field, meadows, moors, woods, waters and ponds as in other lands, at a yearly rent of 15 pence payable half at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary in Mar [25 Mar] for all secular services, customs, wards, reliefs, escheats, suit of court and suit of mill, and all other things that could arise. Witnesses: Sir Thomas of Edensor, Sir Adam of Harthill, Lucas of Beeley, Robert of Stanton, Robert son of Ingram of Nottingham, Mathew of Reyndon, Nicholas of Over Haddon, Henry of Hotot, and others. Undated |