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58 mother, of the chapel of St. Martin in the manor of Blakestane, and other lands minutely described by metes and bounds. The chapel, &c. is quit of all utiban and other services: the other land is not free from "rectis utibannis ad regem pertinentibus." An additional grant of fishery and common of pasture is included.

The charters are not dated, but their date cannot differ materially from that of the next charter. The chapelry now forms the parish of Maristow, i. e. Martinstow, and the property belongs to Sir Ralph Lopez, Bart. The word "utiban" has been already noticed in another part of this volume.

The names of the witnesses belong to the thirteenth century, and Anthony became prior of Plympton in 1214, so that the deed is of a somewhat later date.

Polwhele, in his History of Devon, p. 448, n, refers to a grant by the family of Pyne to the canons, but his statement does not exactly correspond with the above deeds. It is remarkable that the property is said, in the general charter of confirmation by Henry II. printed by Dugdale, to have been the gift of Paganus filius Serlonis, and of the fee of Baldwin de Redvers. See Mon. Exon., p. 135.

The following deeds belong to the history of Buckland abbey.

This summary process of execution without action is not altogether without precedent, and some attempts have recently been made in parliament to introduce a similar provision in the case of debts of ascertained amount.

The mines referred to are the argentiferous lead mines of