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93 DUNHEVED. served, by right of the Lord Duke— that the Priors and Convent of St. Stephen at Launceton have taken the management of the assize of bread and ale used in the town of Neuport, which belonged in times past to the Lord of the Castle aforesaid — by what warrant they know not — therefore it is taken into the hand of the Duke, until, &c. They also say that the vill of Bodman [Bamham] is within the liberty of Launceton, and that all pleas of contract arising in the same vill are accustomed, and ought, to be pleaded in the Court of Launceton, and therefore they are impleaded with the rest, in the usual and accustomed place. In the year 1338 Mark Foyner of Launceton granted to Walter Page all the grantor's right in a tenement which he had acquired from William Cromyn, of Launceton aforesaid, lying in the same town, between the King's highway, by which you pass from the Church of St. Mary Magdalene towards the Priory of Launceton on the west part, and the King's way called Bastestret, on the east part, — the tenement of William Cromyn on the south part, and the tenement lately of Stephen Duk on the North part. The wit- nesses named are Nicholas es, Henry Brakkyssh, Ad : Kech, Reginald de Tavystok, and Peter Coleman. The deed is dated at London, 6th April, n Edw. III. [Defaced by damp. Perfect seal (a squirrel) attached.] Next in order of date is an account intituled " The Mayor's roll," 14th Edward III. [1341]. The Stewards are Thomas Mylis and John Vox. The account is rendered to Richard Milis, Mayor, Reginald de Tavistok, Richard of Sutton, David Cresa, Richard of Come, Roger Tankard, and others of the Commonalty. In it are recorded a receipt for the Pillory, — that Sir Thomas Knight accounted for the rent of the houses of the Blessed Mary for the two past years, 20s. 4d., and that "they owe from the shoe- maker's wall, for the whole of the past year, 3s. 4d." Other details resemble those noted from the earlier accounts. Total receipts, £24 2s. 4|d. An Inquisition taken at the Borough of Dounheved before John Billoun, the taxer of wool for the Lord the King in the