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the_o renown_a h._n 5._o king_n of_o england_n in_o his_o french_a war_n and_o he_o son_n to_o that_o sometime_o famous_a lawyer_n will._n gascoin_n of_o gauthorpe_n in_o yorkshire_n chief_a justice_n of_o the_o king_n bencâ—_n temp_n h._n 4._o be_v make_v aâ—r_n k_o t_o of_o the_o bath_n at_o the_o queen_n coronation_n in_o 1_o h._n 7._o from_o who_o descend_v s_o will._n gascoin_n jun._n of_o cussworth_n in_o the_o same_o county_n of_o york_n who_o in_o 29_o h._n 8_o past_a 8._o away_o the_o inheritance_n of_o this_o lordship_n with_o all_o other_o his_o land_n in_o warwickshire_n to_o sir_n thomas_n cromwell_n knight_n then_o lord_n cromwell_n which_o eschaet_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o his_o attainder_n 2._o in_o 31_o h._n 8._o
but_o very_o little_a or_o nothing_o at_o all_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v prove_v and_o so_o much_o do_v a_o honest_a historian_n 10._o in_o his_o act_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n declare_v where_o speak_v of_o the_o proceed_n against_o they_o he_o say_v quamvis_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la essent_fw-la accusati_fw-la nichil_fw-la tamen_fw-la inventum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la videretur_fw-la statum_fw-la illorum_fw-la annullare_fw-la and_o that_o this_o be_v truth_n speak_v then_o of_o will._n de_fw-fr grenefeld_n archbishop_n of_o york_n at_o that_o time_n he_o further_o say_v 30._o archiepiscopus_fw-la willielmus_fw-la pielate_fw-la motus_fw-la super_fw-la statu_fw-la templariorum_n suae_fw-la diocesit_fw-la omni_fw-la auxilio_fw-la destitutorum_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o diversa_fw-la suae_fw-la diocesis_fw-la instituit_fw-la monasteria_fw-la eisque_fw-la svo_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ministrari_fw-la praecepit_fw-la yet_o such_o be_v their_o hard_a fate_n that_o have_v be_v thus_o deal_v withal_o their_o whole_a order_n become_v short_o after_o condemn_v 40._o in_o a_o genetall_n council_n at_o uienna_n under_o pope_n clement_n the_o v._o anno_fw-la 1311._o 4_o e._n 2._o so_o that_o their_o possession_n be_v thereupon_o seize_v into_o the_o king_n hand_n what_o they_o have_v in_o this_o county_n and_o leicestershire_n be_v commit_v to_o 14._o the_o custody_n of_o alexander_n de_fw-fr compton_n who_o in_o 6_o e._n 2._o answer_v 23._o lx_o li._n to_o the_o king_n for_o the_o issue_n thereof_o but_o it_o be_v plain_a 70._o that_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o donour_n for_o a_o while_n come_v to_o enjoy_v they_o again_o and_o that_o thereupon_o john_n de_fw-fr mowbray_n have_v this_o manor_n of_o balshall_n which_o he_o hold_v till_o his_o death_n and_o attainder_n for_o adhere_v to_o thomas_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n in_o 15_o e._n 2._o as_o also_o that_o it_o be_v thereupon_o commit_v 17._o to_o the_o custody_n of_o john_n peche_n of_o who_o in_o hampton_n i_o have_v speak_v to_o hold_v during_o the_o king_n pleasure_n houbeit_n in_o this_o condition_n they_o scarce_o continue_v one_o year_n long_o for_o by_o a_o general_a decree_n 33._o of_o pope_n clement_n before_o specify_v date_v at_o uienna_n vi_fw-la non._n maii_n in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o his_o papacy_n they_o be_v annex_v and_o incorporate_v to_o the_o knight_n hospitalar_n of_o which_o order_n before_o i_o proceed_v far_o i_o will_v here_o as_o i_o have_v do_v of_o the_o templar_n give_v a_o brief_a account_n the_o first_o institution_n of_o this_o order_n be_v â—â—â—on_n about_o the_o year_n mxcii_o after_o which_o ere_o long_o they_o settle_v in_o england_n for_o in_o the_o year_n mc_n and_o beginning_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o reign_n jordan_n briset_v a_o wealthy_a and_o devout_a man_n build_v 483._o then_o a_o house_n in_o the_o suburb_n of_o london_n near_o smithfield_n which_o be_v afterward_o call_v s._n johns_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o these_o also_o from_o a_o low_a beginning_n through_o the_o great_a austerity_n of_o their_o life_n at_o first_o obtain_v vast_a possession_n before_o what_o belong_v to_o the_o templar_n be_v settle_v upon_o they_o in_o this_o county_n they_o have_v ancient_o i_o mean_v before_o the_o accession_n of_o the_o templar_n land_n to_o they_o land_n in_o grafton_n be_v give_v to_o they_o by_o henry_n the_o son_n to_o bernardus_n de_fw-fr grafton_n and_o 3._o other_o in_o chesterton_n by_o n._n william_n de_fw-fr croc_n in_o 3._o preston-bagot_n whitnash_n a._n newbold-pacie_n a._n bilney_n b._n rieton_n a._n super_fw-la dunsmore_n halford_n a._n anstie_n 61._o and_o other_o place_n by_o the_o gift_n of_o sundry_a person_n and_o of_o what_o great_a esteem_n this_o their_o order_n be_v within_o england_n the_o charter_n insp._n of_o privilege_n and_o liberty_n grant_v to_o they_o by_o king_n ric._n 1._o in_o 5_o 0_o of_o his_o reign_n do_v sufficient_o manifest_a where_o the_o general_a word_n â—un_v thus_o conâ—essimus_fw-la omne_fw-la sus_fw-la omne_fw-la dominium_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pertinet_fw-la &_o pertineat_fw-la omnem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la omnes_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o liberas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la quas_fw-la regius_fw-la potestas_fw-la confer_v potest_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o i_o return_v to_o balshall_n the_o next_o thing_n most_o observable_a in_o reference_n to_o these_o knight_n hospitalar_n wherewith_o i_o have_v meet_v be_v a_o passage_n which_o manife_v 4._o that_o all_o their_o tenant_n for_o the_o better_a fruition_n of_o the_o many_o privilege_n belong_v to_o those_o land_n do_v use_v to_o erect_v cross_n upon_o their_o house_n which_o custom_n appear_v by_o the_o seizure_n of_o a_o house_n and_o certain_a ground_n thereto_o belong_v that_o lie_v in_o wishaw_n into_o the_o king_n hand_n in_o respect_n that_o one_o chestershire_n the_o owner_n thereof_o have_v set_v a_o cross_n upon_o it_o to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o may_v partake_v of_o the_o templar_n privilege_n whereas_o in_o truth_n the_o premise_n have_v not_o any_o relation_n to_o that_o order_n i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o hospitalar_n hold_v this_o place_n as_o a_o preceptorie_a by_o the_o residence_n of_o any_o of_o their_o fraternity_n here_o as_o the_o templar_n do_v but_o rather_o the_o contrary_a for_o it_o appear_v a._n that_o in_o e._n 4._o time_n john_n beaufitz_n esquire_n be_v their_o fermour_n of_o the_o house_n call_v the_o preceptorie_a and_o reside_v there_o which_o john_n in_o 22_o h._n 6._o undergo_v the_o office_n of_o eschaetor_n 9_o for_o this_o county_n and_o leicestershire_n as_o also_o from_o 11_o e._n 4._o till_o 4_o h._n 7._o inclusive_a be_v a_o justice_n d._n of_o peace_n in_o this_o shire_n and_o moreover_o that_o have_v be_v in_o 16_o e._n 4._o shiriff_n 9_o for_o both_o these_o county_n and_o in_o 1._o and_o 2_o h._n 7._o again_o eschaetor_n 7._o he_o die_v in_o 22_o h._n 7._o as_o the_o date_n and_o probate_n of_o his_o testament_n 21._o do_v manifest_a by_o which_o he_o bequeath_v his_o body_n to_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o monastery_n of_o kenilworth_n before_o the_o image_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o quiâ—e_n or_o where_o else_o john_n yardley_n the_o then_o abbot_n shall_v think_v more_o expedient_a and_o to_o the_o abbot_n and_o covent_n of_o that_o house_n give_v a_o basin_n and_o ewer_n of_o silver_n to_o serve_v at_o the_o high_a altar_n the_o same_o abbot_n during_o his_o whole_a life_n be_v to_o pray_v for_o he_o daily_o in_o his_o mass_n especial_o by_o name_n and_o he_o that_o shall_v daily_o say_v the_o chapter_n mass_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o sir_n ralph_n boteler_n lord_n sudley_n and_o his_o lady_n and_o he_o the_o say_v john_n beaufitz_n especial_o by_o name_n as_o the_o say_a abbot_n and_o covent_n please_v and_o likewise_o he_o that_o be_v to_o sing_v our_o lady_n mass_n to_o the_o same_o abbot_n he_o also_o give_v a_o gild_a piece_n to_o the_o value_n of_o ten_o mark_n to_o pray_v daily_o for_o he_o by_o name_n in_o his_o mass_n and_o he_o and_o his_o covent_n to_o assoil_v he_o in_o the_o chapterhouse_n this_o john_n have_v ibid._n also_o in_o fletchamsted_n a_o estate_n by_o lease_n from_o the_o knight_n hospitalar_n and_o beside_o this_o possess_v ibid._n a_o manor_n in_o lodbroke_n call_v wynteners_n as_o also_o the_o manor_n of_o wodcote_n in_o this_o county_n and_o leave_v issue_n ibid._n margery_n his_o daughter_n and_o heir_n afterward_o marry_v 8._o to_o sir_n robert_n belyngham_n knight_n little_o have_v i_o see_v else_o worthy_a the_o notice_n touch_v this_o place_n other_o than_o the_o custom_n which_o ancient_o as_o be_v evident_a by_o that_o r._n account_n in_o 31_o h._n 2._o be_v as_o follow_v viz._n that_o their_o tenant_n be_v yearly_a to_o mow_v three_o day_n in_o harvest_n one_o at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o house_n and_o to_o plough_v three_o day_n whereof_o one_o at_o the_o like_a charge_n as_o also_o to_o reap_v one_o day_n at_o which_o time_n they_o shall_v have_v a_o ram_n from_o the_o house_n or_o viij_o d._n xxiv_o loaf_n and_o a_o cheese_n of_o the_o best_a in_o the_o house_n together_o with_o a_o pail_n full_a of_o drink_n and_o moreover_o that_o they_o may_v not_o sell_v their_o horse-colt_n if_o they_o be_v foal_v upon_o the_o land_n belong_v to_o the_o temple_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o fraternity_n nor_o marry_v their_o daughter_n without_o their_o licence_n after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o monastery_n this_o manor_n be_v inter_fw-la alia_fw-la assign_v for_o the_o dowry_n of_o queen_n catherine_n the_o last_o wife_n of_o king_n h._n 8._o be_v in_o 1_o e._n 6._o grant_v 4._o i_o mean_v the_o reversion_n to_o edward_n duke_n of_o somerset_n and_o his_o heir_n to_o hold_v by_o the_o xlth_o part_n of_o a_o knight_n fee_n but_o he_o be_v attaint_v in_o 5_o e._n 6._o as_o our_o historian_n do_v
of_o a_o authentic_a writer_n 99_o that_o st._n benedict_n first_o prescribe_v that_o rule_n benedictus_n cum_fw-la sorore_fw-la scholasticâ_fw-la primus_fw-la regularem_fw-la vitam_fw-la certis_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o ordinibus_fw-la cum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la seorsim_fw-la liberè_fw-la christo_fw-la inservissent_fw-la inchoavit_fw-la which_o rule_n come_v in_o time_n to_o have_v that_o venerable_a esteem_n that_o as_o baronius_n 7._o tell_v we_o in_o liptinensi_fw-la concilio_n in_o cameracensi_fw-la galliae_fw-la agro_fw-la sancitum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la monachi_fw-la ac_fw-la nonnae_fw-la juxta_fw-la regulam_fw-la s._n benedicti_fw-la coenobia_n sva_fw-la ordinarent_fw-la the_o first_o monastery_n of_o nun_n which_o we_o have_v here_o in_o england_n be_v that_o of_o berk_v in_o essex_n found_v 40._o by_o erkenwald_n bishop_n of_o london_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n dclxvi_o long_o before_o the_o reception_n of_o st._n benet_n rule_n in_o this_o nation_n i_o now_o come_v to_o this_o of_o polesworth_n and_o in_o the_o first_o place_n shall_v take_v notice_n upon_o what_o occasion_n msâ—_n it_o be_v found_v and_o then_o go_v on_o to_o show_v the_o endowment_n thereof_o with_o land_n etc._n etc._n king_n egbert_n have_v one_o only_a son_n call_v arnulph_n who_o be_v a_o leper_n and_o hear_v by_o a_o bishop_n which_o come_v from_o ireland_n that_o the_o then_o king_n of_o connaught_n have_v a_o nun_n to_o his_o daughter_n call_v modwen_n that_o heal_v all_o disease_a people_n repair_v to_o she_o send_v his_o say_a son_n at_o the_o persuasion_n of_o that_o bishop_n into_o ireland_n where_o he_o be_v according_o cure_v by_o the_o same_o holy_a woman_n which_o great_a favour_n so_o please_v king_n egbert_n that_o he_o forthwith_o invite_v st._n modwen_n to_o come_v into_o england_n promise_v that_o he_o will_v â—ound_v a_o monastery_n for_o she_o and_o her_o covent_n of_o which_o tender_a she_o soon_o after_o accept_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o religious_a house_n wherein_o she_o reside_v be_v by_o war_n betwixt_o those_o petty_a king_n of_o ireland_n burn_v and_o waste_v and_o bring_v over_o with_o she_o two_o of_o her_o fellow_n nun_n whereupon_o the_o king_n have_v a_o great_a opinion_n of_o her_o sanctity_n recommend_v his_o daughter_n edith_n unto_o she_o to_o be_v instruct_v in_o religion_n after_o the_o rule_n of_o st._n benet_n give_v she_o a_o dwell_a place_n in_o the_o forest_n of_o ardeâ—â—e_n then_o call_v trensale_n where_o the_o say_v edith_n together_o with_o st._n lyne_n and_o st._n osithe_o live_v together_o in_o a_o holy_a manner_n and_o soon_o after_o found_v a_o monastery_n for_o they_o on_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n anchor_n at_o this_o place_n call_v pollysworth_n the_o first_o syllable_n pol_n import_v a_o deepness_n of_o water_n and_o the_o other_o scil_n worth_a a_o dwelling_n or_o habitation_n constitute_v the_o say_a edith_n abbess_n thereof_o ordinis_fw-la benedictini_fw-la monialis_fw-la i_o shall_v not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o censure_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o story_n as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o but_o in_o circumstance_n perhaps_o there_o may_v be_v some_o mistake_v therein_o for_o by_o a_o author_n 14._o who_o more_o compendious_o speak_v thereof_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o king_n ethelwolph_n son_n to_o k._n egbert_n who_o son_n alured_n languish_v of_o a_o desperate_a infirmity_n be_v thus_o cure_v by_o s._n modwene_n whereupon_o he_o give_v unto_o she_o land_n in_o this_o realm_n for_o the_o sound_n of_o two_o monastery_n of_o nun_n one_o here_o in_o arden_n at_o polesworth_n wherein_o as_o he_o say_v osithe_a and_o athea_n two_o holy_a virgin_n and_o s._n edith_n sister_n to_o the_o say_a king_n ethelwolph_n dwell_v and_o the_o other_o at_o streneshale_v but_o of_o their_o go_v to_o oldbury_n and_o bring_v back_o hither_o i_o shall_v not_o make_v any_o question_n though_o the_o appartion_n of_o s._n edith_n with_o her_o crosier_n may_v be_v doubt_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o word_n of_o robert_n marmion_n charter_n and_o milisent_n his_o wife_n do_v import_v no_o less_o which_o i_o have_v here_o transcribe_v 33._o notum_fw-la siâ—_n omnibus_fw-la i_o concessisse_fw-la osannae_fw-la priorissae_n ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la instaurandam_fw-la sanctimonialium_fw-la ibi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la s._n edithae_n de_fw-fr pollesworda_n cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la it_o a_o quod_fw-la conventus_fw-la de_fw-la aldeberia_fw-la ibi_fw-la sit_fw-la manens_fw-la hence_o it_o be_v as_o i_o guess_v that_o this_o robert_n marmion_n and_o his_o wife_n be_v by_o the_o learned_a leland_n account_v to_o have_v be_v founder_n thereof_o in_o which_o repute_n i_o shall_v leave_v they_o forasmuch_o as_o it_o also_o appear_v insp._n that_o they_o give_v the_o town_n of_o polesworth_n total_o thereto_o with_o their_o whole_a demesne_n in_o waverton_n all_o which_o be_v confirm_v by_o king_n stephen_n i_o shall_v now_o descend_v to_o such_o other_o benefactor_n as_o these_o nun_n 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of_o his_o body_n who_o die_v without_o issue_n in_o warwick_n 31._o eliz._n it_o return_v to_o the_o crown_n whereupon_o the_o say_a queen_n by_o she_o pat._n 16._o date_v 28._o oct._n 40._o eliz._n pass_v it_o to_o randle_n crew_n of_o lincolns-inne_n esq._n and_o richard_n cartwright_n of_o london_n gent._n and_o their_o heir_n who_o by_o their_o deed_n of_o bargain_n and_o sale_n bear_v date_n xxiii_o junii_fw-la 41._o eliz._n grant_v be_v it_o to_o thomas_n dilke_n esq._n but_o afterward_o kt._n and_o to_o his_o heir_n who_o grandchild_n william_n dilke_n of_o maxstoke-castle_n now_o enjoy_v it_o the_o church_n here_o be_v very_o ancient_o give_v b._n by_o the_o prior_n of_o coventre_n unto_o the_o cathedral_n of_o lichfield_n in_o the_o name_n of_o a_o prebend_n and_o in_o 1291._o 19_o e._n 1._o be_v value_v scac._n at_o xv_o mark_n but_o in_o penès_fw-la 26._o h._n 8._o at_o xi_o l._n vi_fw-la sol_fw-it viij_o d_o the_o procuration_n a._n and_o synodal_n be_v then_o vi_o 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who_o descendant_n pinley_n in_o the_o male_a line_n enjoy_v this_o lordship_n for_o divers_a generation_n john_n be_v the_o last_o of_o they_o that_o i_o find_v who_o at_o the_o death_n of_o william_n his_o father_n in_o 22_o e._n 4._o be_v 3._o about_o 13._o year_n of_o age_n but_o die_v without_o issue_n leave_v alianore_n his_o sister_n and_o heir_n as_o it_o seem_v for_o in_o 12_o h._n 7._o it_o appear_v that_o john_n clanelke_n and_o alianore_n his_o wife_n levy_v a_o fine_a mart._n of_o this_o manor_n whereby_o it_o be_v convey_v to_o richard_n empson_n and_o his_o heir_n with_o warranty_n against_o her_o the_o say_a alianore_n and_o her_o heir_n after_o which_o it_o come_v to_o thomas_n morton_n esquire_n who_o in_o 37_o h._n 8._o past_o 8._o it_o to_o thomas_n hunk_n which_o t._n hunkâ—_n die_v cedul_n seize_v thereof_o in_o 5._o &_o 6._o ph._n &_o m._n leave_v robert_n his_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o full_a age_n to_o who_o succeed_v john_n hunk_n gentleman_n who_o die_v 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