Page:The histories of Launceston and Dunheved, in the county of Cornwall.djvu/25

THE PRIORY. 9 On the 9th September, 1260, Bronescombe, Bishop of Exeter, directed the Vicar of Stratton to pay to the Con- ventual Church of St. Stephen at Launceston, twenty marks yearly in lieu of tithes. On the 17th December, 1260, Henry of Trewninnek, a monk of Launceston, was appointed Prior of Canonsleigh, Tiverton. Richard of Montisfont was Prior of Launceuaton in 1271 and in 1292. On the 8 kal. June, 1274, Edmund Earl of Cornwall entered into the following agreement with the Prior and Convent of Lanceuaton. (We slightly abbreviate.) The Earl granted that the men of the Priory and Convent of Lanceuaton and of La Niweport might freely brew and bake in those towns, and might sell and buy bread, wine, ale, flesh, fish, and all other victuals needful as well for horses as for men, without market, or having claim made for toll, excepting nevertheless to the said Prior, &c, their former accustomed Fairs and Markets, and the liberties thereto belonging. Nevertheless one Bailiff was to be elected from the men of the Priory and Convent who should be bound by oath to the Earl faithfully to collect the assize (the legal portion) of bread and ale in the afore- said town, and who should answer to the Earl or his attorney for one moiety of the same yearly, at the Feast of St. Michael : nor should it be lawful for the said Prior and Convent, or their Bailiff, to reduce or condone for a fine to the prejudice of the Earl' or his heirs, from the aforesaid purchases, without the consent of the Seneschal of Cornwall for the time being. The Earl also granted to the Canons and their suc- cessors all the land of Carnedon, as they had held it under the charter of Earl Reginald, so that the tenants of the said Earl might have proper estovers (fuel) for their hearth, and sufficient pasture for their animals, without