Page:The histories of Launceston and Dunheved, in the county of Cornwall.djvu/150

This page needs to be proofread.

130 DUNHEVED. companions drank when they came from the Castle in the time of the Justices; one ditto given to the Prior of St. Germans. 1448. Deed. We, Robert Cork, Mayor of the free borough of Dounheved, and the eight Aldermen, with the consent of all our Commonalty, have given, &c, to Robert Rouell and Felicia his wife, one place of land in the borough aforesaid, near our quarry of Bodyer, situate from the angle of the garden of the Prior and Convent of Lanceston, and the garden of the heirs of John Landyer, even to the Royal way leading into the quarry aforesaid on the west and north, and the land of the heirs of John Short on the south part, together with a parcel of the land of the quarry aforesaid, viz. from the thorn which stands in the garden of the aforesaid Robert Rouell, tending lineally to the garden lately of William Nothill on the east part, as far as by the aforesaid Mayor and Commonalty is there newly limited and bounded : To hold the aforesaid vacant (sic) place, with the parcel of land and the quarry, and their appurtenances, to the said Rouell and wife, and the heirs of their body for ever; Ex- cepting to us and our successors free entrance and egress, and a reasonable road with all and singular our carriages to the quarry, &c. - ; Rendering therefor yearly, to us and our successors, 2s. sterling, and doing suit and service at our court, as our burgesses do there. Witnesses : William Myletoun, John Mayow, John Stevyn the elder, Thomas Lannoye, and Thos. Cade. Given on the Monday next before the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin, 26 Henry VI. Corporate seal attached. 1450. An account, on paper, through nearly all the entries on which an ink line has been drawn, indicating apparently that a copy thereof had' been made on the usual parchment roll. It commences with " Dounheved burgh," and gives names of the stewards and date of the account. First are entered, under the title " Custos Ecclie," several sums paid : For wax candles ; a pound of lard for the bells ; cleaning the candlesticks ; bokeram for the capis ; cord for the launt-cloth ; for small cord for the bell; for twice filling the Baptistry, id.; for repairing the Latin cross, and three clasps of books, and one covering of a book, 4d. ; for repairing three chesepells, four serpells, five rochetts, and one alb. This is followed by a list of obits celebrated, and by pensions, or salaries, to four priests, at each of the four quarters of