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20 LAUNCESTON. the steward of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter, certain specified sums, and had received from seventy-nine named tenants of Launccstonlonde sums on account of such pay- ments. The balance being in Mr. Cork's favour, the Bishop's steward authorized him to receive the tithes of grain of Talland, £y 13s. iod. ; the tithes of grain of Lankynhorn, £13 15s. ; the tithes of grain of Leskirde, £12 16s. ; and some arrears due from the Bailiff of Halgelonde. The next section is simply a schedule of " Names of the [one hundred and twenty-one] Fanners (Censariorum) of the Manor of Launcestonlonde, anno" 1474. Then follow " Sessions of all the Messuages, Lands, and Tenements of Sir Robert Waryn, Prior of the Priory House and Church of St. Stephen, Launceston, within the Manor of Launcestonlonde, at the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, an. 1474." We will give the substance of the first entry at this court : John Forde takes his tenure (in Lamalla) of the lord on the day and year aforesaid — to him and his wife, their heirs and executors, for the term of ten years, yielding therefor yearly 5s. ; viz., at the Feasts of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, St. Michael the Archangel, the Nativity of the Lord, and Easter, by equal portions, and to do suit to our court of the Manor aforesaid at Barnhay, and elsewhere, as may be appointed, from three weeks to three, and to do suit to our Mill with all grain. And he shall carry yearly with his horses, salt and lime, when required, under the penalty of i2d. for every carriage which may be deficient, and he ought annually to plough, to reap, and to carry at Newhous according to the ancient custom of the aforesaid Manor, or to pay i8d. yearly, and this at the election of the lord. And if he shall die within his aforesaid term, or if either of them shall so die, the tenant shall render an amercement in the name of a heriot. And if he shall quit, or if either of them shall quit the tenement before the end of the aforesaid term, he shall pay, or they shall pay, 5s. sterling in the name of a farlief, in addition to the aforesaid rent. And he gives to the lord for a fine 10s., wherefore he hath a day fixed for payment at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel next ensuing.