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2So THE CASTLE. [Here follow the clauses printed at pp. 97, 98. The Report then continues] : Iftnitrljts jFrcfi John Dynam [afterwards written Dynham] belonging to t&e who is under age, holds of the lord Duke 71 |)onotir of t|)e fees in Cornwall and Devon, for which, in time Caetlc or of war, he must find, at his own proper charges, launcetjeton. for 40 days, 7 1 men sufficiently armed for the defence of the Castle of Launceton, so that for each fee he should keep his kernel (battlement) with one man ; and, when he shall die, and his heir be under age, then the lord Duke shall have the custody and wardship of such heir ; and, if he shall be of full age, then the lord Duke, by reason of his prerogative, shall according to usage always take into his hand all the lands and all the tenements of the said heir, and the profits and advantages to be received therefrom, until the same heir shall do his homage ; and he shall give a relief, that is to say, for each fee 5 marks and no more, because they are of the fee of Mortanne. [The word is Mortannio. Does it mean Mortaigne's or Moriton's fee, as being a feud or fee originated by that Earl, or a fee payable on death — a mortuary, or heriot ?] 3fit t&e [jantlfi Reginald de Valle Torta lately held of the of tfyt £)ufee» Honor aforesaid, 59 fees in Tremeton; John Lercedekne 1 fee in Helerky ; Gervas de Bray 4 fees in Retradek ; John de Walesbreu 3 fees in (illegible) ; John Hamely 1 fee in Pie ; The heir of Radulph de Beaupre 1 fee in Trevelwyd; William de Bodryngan 3 fees, one-third part of a fee in Tremodret ; j, Edward de Mounthinner (Monte Thfierii) 9 fees in Lan- tien; Richard de Ridevere (in the Duke's hands); John Allet and John Chamond 9 fees in Menya ; John de Walibru 1 fee in Hutno; Radulph Bloyon 7 fees in Pobinda; Robert de Tyntagel lately held 5 fees in Boscum (in the Duke's hands); Thomas de Pyn 10 fees in Middleton ; James de Cobeham 5 fees in Hilton ; Simon Flannery 8 fees in Bratton, in Devon ; Robert Flemmyng 1 fee in Raddon, in Devon; William de Boterell 12 fees in Boterellescastel, in Cornwall ; William Daubeniy one quarter of 1 fee in Tawynton ; William de Boterell one half of one fee in Penhel, Wydemouthe, and Crakhampton ; John the Englishman one fee in Wadenast ; Randulph of the White Monas-