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158 DUNHEVED. Interrogatories, [14th, 15th, 16th October, 1478.] The fyrst Inter-gatory ys, Yf ye know any lands geven to the Meyr & Comaltie of Launceston & to theyr Succefsurs ? To the fyrst Int'ogatory, sworne & examyned, sayeth that he knovv'th no gyft of anye lands to the Meyore & Comynaltye other then that whych ys certyfyed by the Comyssyonrs of the Chauntrye londs to the Kyng's honorable Court of Augmentacon, whereoff the Kyng's Majestye ys seasyd accordyng to the statute, ner-the- lesse he sayth that the Meyr & Comaltie, by tyme whereof no mynde of man ys to the co'try, have had certn lands & tenementts callyd the Towne land, whych be the Aunceant possessions of the sayd Towne, whych lands they and theyr pdecessors er [ever] had and injoyed accordyng to the custome of the Towne, that ys to saye, to the burgess & to theyr heyres & assyngs for er, paying to the Meyr, at every xii yeres end, one englyshe peny, and yerely th' accustomed rent & s'vys of the burgh, certen of whych possessyon of lands hath byn, befor thys tym, inclosed & sett to rent, to beare the y rly necessary charge of the Towne; and a nother pcell of thys sayd possessyons, called the open Comens, lyethe yn quellytts &folangs, wherupponth'ynhabytants do maynteyne theyr tylage, and have grasse to make haye for theyr catell the wynt [winter] tyme, and upon this comens evry inhabytant dothe frely pasture w fc his beasts, accordyng to the customary stent of the towne, aft r that the corne & haye ys caryed awaye, and thys ys the accustomary stent : — The Meyr for the tyme beyng to pasture w fc xii beasts, evy Aldeman w* x beasts, evy burgess that hath byn comen steward w* viii beasts, evy burgess that hath byn Portreve w* vi beasts, evy other burgess w* iiii beasts, and evy inhabytant w* ii beasts, is/ out paying any thing for theyr pasture* Also theyr ys a nother pcell of the sayd comens, of fursse & hethe, called Skardon, whereuppon evy inhabytant, as well the ryche as the poore, may freely pasture onely w* ii beasts durynge the tyme that the said queletts are in tyllage, hayned & lopte : And uppon this Comens evy inhabytant of the Towne may, w* hoke & sythe, cut & carye awaye uppon his backe as muche fursse brake & hethe as hys nede shall requere, w*out paying any thyng for hyt, so that he cary none w* any carte or horse. * Lined through in original.