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ANCIENT DEEDS. 127 the aforesaid Henry and John committed, as it is said ; and the said Henry, because he did not come before the aforesaid Justices to the said Baldwine, according to the law and 'custom of our kingdom of England, to answer for the same, &c. Then follows a mandate to arrest him in Devon, and take him before the Chief Justice of the Bench. Tested at Westminster, 12th February, 20 Henry VI. Signed, Faukes. 1445. To all faithful Christians, &c. We, Roger Hawkedon, and Johanna my wife, greeting. Whereas we hold of the Mayor and Commonalty of the borough of Dounheved, in the right of the said Johanna, and the heirs of her body, five tenements in the aforesaid borough, situate between a tenement of the heirs of William Crese on the north parfr, and a tenement of the heirs of Roger Mayovv on the south part, the reversion whereof belongs to the Mayor and Commonalty of the borough aforesaid, and their successors, — Know ye that we, the aforesaid Roger and Johanna, have surrendered the aforesaid tenements, with their appurtenances, to Thomas Cade, now Mayor of the borough, and the Commonalty, and their successors, for ever, releasing also and quitting claim to the said Mayor, &c, all our right and claim, present and future, in the tenements aforesaid. The witnesses named are William Mileton, John Mayow, William Mayow, Robert Horn, and Peter Peke. Given on the Sunday next before the feast of St. George the Martyr, 22 Henry VI. 1445. Two small deeds, attached to each other, both much defaced. The first is as follows : Know all men by these presents that I, John Trecarell, the cousin and heir of Robert Trecarell, have for myself and my heirs wholly remised, and for ever released and quitted claim, to John May owe and his assigns all my right, and claim of right, which I have of and in all those two tenements, one courtlage, and one garden to the same tenement belonging, situate in West Drocombe, and in one garden called Brodehay, with the appurtenances, being in the borough of Dounheved, which tenement, close, and garden, the said John Mayowe now holds. The names of the witnesses, except John Skeynok, are illegible. Dated 23 Henry VI. The other is from John Wedurdon to Robert Trecarell of all the grantor's messuages, lands, tenements, rents, services, and rever- sions in the borough of Dounheved, and in Newport : To have and to hold to the said Robert his heirs and assigns for ever.