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nou._n 1309._o abbas_n de_fw-fr conchis_n in_o normannia_n a._n frater_fw-la joh._n le_fw-fr tonnely_o monach_n 26._o julii_fw-la 1328._o abbas_n de_fw-fr conchis_n in_o normannia_n b._n frater_fw-la johâ_n de_fw-fr silvaneto_n 2._o jan._n 1340._o abbas_n de_fw-fr conchis_n in_o normannia_n b._n frater_fw-la guillerinus_fw-la pinchart_a die_fw-la mart._n post_fw-la festum_fw-la dionysii_fw-la martyris_fw-la 1349._o abbas_n de_fw-fr conchis_n in_o normannia_n a._n frater_fw-la joh._n maubert_n monach_n de_fw-fr conchis_n 7._o martii_fw-la 1370._o abbas_n de_fw-fr conchis_n in_o normannia_n b._n joh._n sovereign_n monach_n de_fw-fr conchis_n ...._o 1400._o henr._n 6._o rex_fw-la angl._n etc._n etc._n a._n joh._n de_fw-fr conchis_n monachus_fw-la 17._o junii_fw-la 1438._o aspley_n of_o this_o place_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n in_o the_o conqueror_n survey_n and_o therefore_o i_o do_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v at_o that_o time_n involve_v with_o wootton_n neither_o have_v i_o see_v 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the_o moiety_n only_o of_o this_o manor_n of_o aspele_n and_o the_o other_o moiety_n to_o go_v unto_o the_o say_v ralph_n basset_n and_o milisent_n and_o the_o heir_n of_o milisent_n for_o ever_o but_o plain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o say_v robert_n de_fw-fr chaucuâbe_n have_v no_o other_o issue_n so_o that_o upon_o such_o partition_n as_o be_v afterward_o make_v betwixt_o those_o coheir_n this_o manor_n of_o aspele_n come_v whole_o to_o anabill_n whereupon_o the_o before_o specify_v gilbert_n de_fw-fr segrave_n her_o husband_n in_o 36_o h._n 3._o obiain_v a_o charter_n 3._o of_o freewarren_a in_o all_o his_o demesn_a land_n here_o have_v a_o ancient_a mannour-house_n upon_o it_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v by_o the_o large_a moat_n with_o a_o park_n yet_o do_v not_o her_o issue_n by_o the_o same_o gilbert_n enjoy_v it_o for_o be_v afterward_o marry_v 3._o to_o roger_n de_fw-fr somery_n who_o she_o survive_v in_o her_o full_a and_o lawful_a widowhood_n she_o grant_v be_v it_o unto_o john_n 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