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44 LAUNCESTON. fraternity of the Borough of Douneheved as burgess on payment of 6s. 8d. In 1493 a ^ s0 > J onn Gurde of St. Leonard entered the same fraternity. And in the account for 34 Henry VIII. [1543] we find the entry, " Twenty shillings received from three burgesses, lepers of Gilmarten." Within twenty years of the extinction of the Priory the royal charter of February 15th, 1555 (2 and 3 Philip and Mary) was obtained by "The Mayor and Commonalty of the Borough of Dunheved otherwise Launceston." This Charter contains the following clause [translation] : We give also, and, for the consideration abovesaid, by these Presents for us, our Heirs, and successors of the aforesaid Queen, do grant unto the aforesaid Mayor and Commonalty and their successors, the Custody, Direction, and Government of the House and Hospital of St. Leonard, within the Borough aforesaid, and the Government, Punishment, and Correction of all Poor, Infirm, and Leprous Persons in the same Hospital dwelling or remaining, and from time to time being and happening to be, and the same Mayor and Commonalty and their Successors, Keepers and Governors of the Hospital aforesaid, and Correctors of the Infirm and Leprous People of the Hospital aforesaid, do make, ordain and constitute by these Presents : To have, hold and enjoy the aforesaid Custody, Order and Government of the same Hospital, and Correction and Punishment of Infirm and Leprous People, unto the aforesaid Mayor and Commonalty of the Borough afore- said, and their Successors, to the uses and purposes in and upon the foundation thereof first ordained, or hereafter to be ordained and provided. In the same Charter a part of the borough bounds is thus defined : " From St. James Chapel, as the water of Kensye hath its course, to the Park of Gylmartyn called The Fayre Parke, and so from thence with the whole circuit of the ground of Gylmartyn." At a Borough Court held in the year 1 568, the Sergeants- at-mace present the " Pryor of the Spitell howse of S* Lennards, for that he dothe not repayer the barnne that belongeth to S fc Lennards."