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9o DUNIIEVED. without complaint of the farmers aforesaid, and that the land in the said land of La Hidlonde which is inclosed, may, in the said open time, be opened by a gate without damage to the said in- closure, and may be kept open during the aforesaid open time. It is ordered also [Here follows the already-cited clause as to election of a Mayor.] All and singular the aforesaid acts were openly agreed to and approved on Friday in the feast of St. Lawrence [June], in the borough afore- said, in the year of the Lord 13 19, and in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward, the son of King Edward: And that the sub- mission, ordination, and approbation aforesaid may « s.otLLUM burgi de dunehevid. obtain perpetual confirma- tion, these present letters, indented, are written in duplicate, of which one part is in the hands of the Mayor, and the other part shall remain in the hands of the Commonalty of the said borough. The seal of the Commonalty of the aforesaid borough, with their expressed assent, is affixed in testimony of the premises. We have read deeds dated respectively in 1320 and 1323 which relate to lands in the ancient borough of Lydford. In each of these the Mayor is styled The Mayor of the Lord Edward, by the grace of God King of England, burgess of Lydeford." The Mayor of Dunheved is no- where designated Mayor of a King, or of an Earl. It is manifest that the inhabitants occasionally went to Tavistock, and elsewhere "out of town," for their chief magistrate. In an indenture made 12th April (16 Edward II.), 1323, between John Adam, and Richard the son of Peter, con- cerning a pungnone, held as an easement to the tenement of both John and Richard, the witnesses are stated to be