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1 6 LAUNCESTON. Harper's Lake, flowing into the Kenscy on the south, above St. Thomas Bridge, has its exact correlative in Kenscy Lake, descending through the valley by Roydon and Horvvell's school house, flowing into the same river Kenscy on the north, immediately below the same bridge. In Cornwall the word "lake" heretofore always denoted such streamlets as these. On the 1 2th December, 1403, the aggressive Stephen Tredydan died Prior, and according to Leland "was richly tumbed." He was succeeded by Roger Combrigg, who died 1 8th June, 14 10. On the 5th July, 1410, John Honyland was appointed Prior. He in 1427 erected within his Priory a chantry, at the altar of St. Margarite and St. John of Brydlington, wherein one of the community was every week to officiate daily and continually in the morning. For this service he was to be allowed two marks from Lankynhorn Vicarage, twenty-three and fourpence from the farm of the chapel of the curate of Tamerton, and six and eightpence from the farm of the chapel of Wrington (Werrington). Mr. Hancock, the Town Clerk of Liskeard, has, in his Historical and A rcliitectnral Notices of the Parish ChurcJi of St. Martin, at Liskeard, given us translations of two deeds in the possession of the Corporation of that ancient borough, each made between this John Honyland, "the Prior of the Priory of St. Stephen, Launceston, and the Convent of the same place," of the one part, and the then Mayor of the town of Leskyrd, Leskeret, and the Com- monalty of the same town, and divers parishioners of the Parish Church of St. Martin, of the other part. By the first of these deeds, dated 6 Henry VI. (1428), the aforesaid Prior and Convent, in right of their said Church of St. Stephen, granted to the said Mayor, &c, licence to erect a chapel in the chancel of the Parish Church of St. Martin, on the southern and side part of the said chancel, which