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 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. 321 There are several places called from tlic river Teign, still designated by the names or descriptions of their ancient pos- sessors. Thns we have King's Teignton ; Bishop's Teignton ; Canonteign ; Teigngrace, &c ; and if a Drew was owner of another, he wonld (as llisdon expresses himself) probably both give to it, and take from it, his own name. The instrument, though without date, is evidently of the 12th century, and is, in substance, a release by one of the Ponie- roys to his tenant in chief, a Dennis, of all claim to certain property, saving military service ; and a confirmation to Drogo or Drew and his heirs of his tenure, paravaile under Dennis. The person immediately benefited is, of course, the actual oc- cupier, from whom therefore and his family the consideration in money and kind proceeds. It is remarkable that all the three parties are still represented in lineage, if not in name, by families subsisting and respected in the part of England to which the transaction refers, and there is reasonable ground for believing that the ancestors of all are named in Domesday as tenants before, or at the time of, that survey. Notum sit tain futuris quara presentibus quod ego Henricus de Pomerio Concessu et assensu heredum meorum clamavi quietum JuUano de DacJiu et heredibus suis Hostellagium quod mihi vendicavi in terra de Whielega, ita quod ipse et heredes ejus tenebunt in feodo et hereditate de me et de here- dibus meis terram illam per vicesiinam partem servicii feodi unius militis. Concessi eciam sicut principalis Dominus assensu heredum meorum Brogoni de Teingtona et heredibus suis ut ipsi in feodo et hereditate teneant eandem terram sicut hereditatem suam de predicto Jollano et heredibus suis per predictum servicium, sciHcet, per vicesimam partem servicii feodi unius mi- litis, et idipsum eciam concessit ipse Jollanus assensu heredum suorum. Et pro hac mea concessione dedit milii j)redictus Drogo quatuor marcas ar- genti et unum palefridum, et AVilliehnus filius et heres ejus unum anu- lum aureum. Quod ut ratum et inconcussum permaneat sigilli mei impres- sione confirmavi, et presentis scripti testimonio corroboravi. His testibus. Roberto filio WilUelmi et Ricardo fratre suo. Johanne filio Theobaldi. Hereberto de Boleto. Reginaldo de Marisco. AVilliehuo de Sancto Phili- bertO. Waltero fiho Williehni. Randidfo de Poltuda. Stepliano de Padford. Henrico coco. Roberto colo. Tlioma Tiranno. Waltero de Mortuna. Os- berto Camerario. Eadmundo. There is reason to l)elieve that Stanton Drew, in Somerset, is indebted for the last ])art of its name to the same family of Drogo, although there, too, the circle of stones (which proba- bly suggested the first part of the name) has misled topogra- phers and local guides.