of the Nativity of our Lord, in the thirty-eighth, year of our
said Lord the King, at -which time the said William, son of William,
enfeoffed in the said tenements one John Gower, to hold to him and his heirs for ever, for which
mediety, wood, and marshes he
gave fourscore marts and no more; by virtue of which feoffmentthe said John Gower has occupied the said tenements, from the
said Feast of the Nativity of our Lord until now, and still
occupies them, and continues to receive the profits thereof.
"They also say that the foresaid William de Chirchehull
was, as before, the procurer, deviser, and instigator, at Canterbury, to
sue out of the King's hands the manor of Milton,1 in the
said county of Kent, with its appurtenances, worth twenty pounds per annum, and
one messuage in the city of Canterbury, worth twenty shillings
per annum; and, after the return of the Inquisition de aetate
probandd, the foresaid William de Chirchehull and Luke de Whetynden
sued to have the said manor and messuage out of the King's hands, and
in the same manner sued for ten pounds rent in Littlebourne and
Welle.
"And they say, that afterwards, at the feast of
Michaelmas, in the thirty-ninth year of our said Lord the King, at the
appointment of Sir Nicholas de Loveyne,2 the foresaid William,
son of William, by virtue of an agreement made between the said Nicholas and the
said William, son of William, enfeoffed Walter de Multon and Richard de
Sugworth, capellans, and Richard Maufe, servants of the
said Nicholas, in the foresaid manor of Melton and the foresaid
rent in Littlebourne and Welle; by virtue of which feoffment, the
said Walter, Richard, and Richard, the said manor, from the foresaid
time until now, have occupied and still occupy; and the issues
and profits thereof have received, to the use of the said Nicholas;
and the said William, son of William, has continuously occupied and
still occupies the said annual rent of ten pounds.
"Item, they say, that William, son of William, had in the
said county of Kent, the manor of Promhull, worth thirty-five pounds
per annum, of the gift and feoffment of Richard de Alesle,
Rector of the church of Harrietsham, being charged to John
Septvans, for
life, with a certain annual rent of ten pounds, and held of the
Archbishop of Canterbury; and which manor he alienated to the
foresaid Walter, Richard Sugworth, and Richard Maufe, to the use of the
said Nicholas.
"And they say that, after the foresaid feoffment made to
the foresaid John G-ower, the said William, son of William, was continuously
1
i e. Milton-next-Canterbury.
2 Sir Nicholas de Lovaine was at this time Lord of the
Manor of Penshurst.
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