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 ^doiinal documents. The curious little deed, which we here lay before the readers of the Journal, has been preserved in the collection of ancient documents, chiefly relating to the county of Surrey, formerly iu the possession of the late Mr. Glover, of Reigate, well known by his intimate acquaintance with legal antiquities, and the stores of information frequently rendered available in the County History, produced by Manning and Bray. We are indebted to Thomas Hart, Esq., of Reigate, for the communication of this, with various evidences relating to the ancient possessions of the De Warennes, and other distinguished families in Surrey. The following document relates to lands in, or adjacent to, the metropolis, and, so far as we have been able to ascertain, is unpublished. It is inte- resting, not merely to the London antiquary, on account of the minuteness with which the place, or parcel of laud is described, but also on account of certain details and phrases of uncommon occurrence, which seem to entitle it to a place in our miscellaneous collections of a documentary nature. Of William de Heryghes, or Hereghes, the grantor, we have hitherto sought in vain for any mention in contemporary records, and the calling, apparently designated by the word " blaeter," if the supposition may be admitted that this term describes his occupation, is not easily to be explained. It has been suggested, however, that it may have been the same as the blade-smith, or sword-cutler.' In the surname may be noticed an example of the unsettled character of names in the thirteenth century, the grantor being described as " De Heryghes " in the deed, whilst on the seal appended to it, he is called, William, son of Richard de Wald '.^ It was long after this period that surnames, in the middle and lower classes of society, became truly hereditary. The grantee, R,adulfus de Hoylond, is chiefly deserving of notice on account of his designation of moneyer, monetarius, and was possibly the same person given in the list of moneyers of Henry III., as Rauf, Raulf, Randulf, &c.^ From the term legare, occurring in this document, in relation to the land granted, it appears probable, as the custom of devising was almost limited to boroughs, that the site in question was within the city of London. It may therefore bo supposed that St. Leonard's, named herein, was pro- bably either the parish of that name in East Cheap, or that " juxta Sanctum ' This conjecture seems corroborated by Sussex, 1357. the occurrence of an obsolete verb, to " l/arlc,'" ■' Railing, " Annals of the Coinage," vol. i., as in the Prompt. Parv., — " Blailyn haftys (or p. 190. W.is Cuner an English name of hcftys) scindido." identical import ? Alanus Cuner occurs in - Query Walden? or of the Weald. Ilenr. the foundation charter of St. Mary's Hospital, de Walda is named in Pat. 10 Kdw.II. Adam without Bishopsgate. Mon. Angl., new edit,, U Wcldc was Vicar of Tcrring, now Tarring, vol. vi., p. 625.