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86 DUNHEVED. 1307. Robert le Foyngour granted to John Colyn all right and claim in two shillings sterling yearly which he was wont to receive at Easter and at the feast of St. Michael, in equal portions, out of a piece of land lying outside the Southgate of the free borough of Dounehevet, between the croft of Wandric Batyn and Doune- hevet hylle lengthwise, and the road which extends itself from the aforesaid gate even to Dounehevet hylle and the land of la Hydlonde in breadth. Witnesses : William Godrich Mayor, Richard Cork and John Gybbe, merchant, Provosts, John the son of John, and Peter the son of John. Given on Thursday next before the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 35th Ed. I. On the 7th July, 1307, Edward died, and was succeeded by his son Edward II. This young Prince endowed his favorite, Piers Gaveston, with the Earldom of Cornwall. In 1309 Martin de Ferers granted to Richard Page one piece of land lying in the grantor's land outside the free borough of Dounehevet, between the piece of land which William Hogh bought of the grantor and the water which is called Kensy lengthwise, and the Royal Highway coming from the Southgate of the aforesaid borough, and leading towards Richysgrovemylle, and the said water of Kensy and the grantor's meadow in breadth. Witnesses : John the son of John, Mayor, Richard (obliterated), Cork, Provosts, Peter the son of John, Henry le Taylour, and Richard Cork. Given at the borough of Launceston in the vigil of St. Luke the Evangelist, in the second year of the reign of King Ed. II. 13 10. Roger le Berra, burgess of Bodmin, granted to Ade de Langeforde all right, and claim of right, in one tenement with its appurtenances in the free borough of Dunheved, situate between the tenement of John Peres on the one part, and the wall of the town of the said borough on the other part, and which came to the grantor on the part of Mariote his wife, the co-heiress of Dionis Preleven. Witnesses : John the son of John, Mayor of the town of the Castle of Launceston, Benedict de Monscholo, and Peter Bele, Provosts, John Colyn, and Henry Bissip of Bodmin, clerk. Given at Langeford on the day of March next after the Sepulture of the Lord, 3rd Ed. II.