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 KILVERSTONE. 543 Thomas Lovell of East-Herfhig, together with Rolhenhall in tiretenhum, who. in 1585, sold it to Sir Charles Cornh aleis, and YiamcAnne, his wife, and their hens, wiio, in 1587, sold it to Thomas Wright, Gent. oUVeeting, and his heirs. In the year 1285, the Customs allowed to the manor belon-^inKto the Trior otTketford in Kilverstone were these. ,ac, soc, loU, tliem, infangentthef, view o^ frankpledge, and assize oH bread and ak; and, till lately, the leet belongnig to it used to be l<e|)t. There is a fold- course for 400 ewes, and 100 for the shepherd, and 250, which for- merly belonged to the church, before the Prior of Batleu aliened if Jt was fine certain, i7z. double the quitrent at every tenant's entry' ll:e eldest son is heir, and they could not waste thei." cupyhold. The lord of the hundred hath the superiour leet, which is held at the stone cross every Wednesday -jihev Michaelmas day, to which all the resi- dents do suit and service, and pay their leel-fee of {Od. yearly; and to it belong all weyfs, strays, felons goods, forfeitures, &c. " lliere were above 200 acres of common and heath, on which the inhabitants comnioned, but now every thing belongs to the lord. The Master of Magde/en hospital in Tket/ord held above 26 acres near their house, which laid in the bounds of this town, and the canons of Ihetjord had lands here ; it used to pay 5s. 8d. per annum pro fine et jeodo homagij. COXFORD MANOR, In the Confessor's days, belonged to Edric, and at the Conquest to Robert Malet, lord of the honour oi Eye, and contained 2 carucates of land, a free fishery, a mill, &c. but one part of it was then held of the said Robert by Walter de Cadomo,* and continued divided till they united in the Prior. The first part went to Ralfde Querceto, Cainelo, or CAewe^^, who came in with the Conqueror; he gave it with Sibil, his daughter, in marriage, to Robert Fitz-Walter, founder of St. Faitlis at Horsham, to which monastery they gave two parts of the tithes of their lands in this town, which were afterwards conveyed to Cokesjord priory after they had the manor ; they were succee'ded by U itliam de Cheney, their son, who left three daughters, two died without issue, but Margaret married Hugh de Crescy, a Norman, and left Roger his son and heir, who married Isabell de Rye, all whose sons diccf issue- less, and the inheritance came to Robert Fitz-Roger, who married Margaret, relict of Hugh de Crescy, and held this nfanor at a quarter of a fee, and granted it for life to I it alls Enguijne, Jordan de Sitiike- vile, and Clemence his wife, who, in 1217, released their rio-Jit to ♦ Terre Robert! Malet, fo. 76. Seer- semper ii. rune, et iiii. anim. time ccc. pham H. Ciilversietiina tenuit Edricus ovesmodocccxii. minus tunc, xviii. pore! T.R.E. ii. car. terre semper iiii. vill. niodo iii. tunc et post. val. Ix. sol. niodo ct I. bord. et iiii. ser. v. acr. prati et ii. Ixxx et i. car. posset esse. Gait, de car. indnio. tunc et post iiii. car. niodo Cadoino tenet de K. dim. semper i. mol. et i. piscatio. hic. (I' >!. 299.) bcerepham Hund. In jacet 1. soc. Regis W. acr. icrre unde Calvereestuna i. lib. ho. cemmend. tan. Sims antecess. hatiiiit commend, tarn um, turn xi. acr. val. vm.d. hoc. tenet rt 'erra clamat de dono Regis tunc et Gait, de Cadomo de Roberto, (sc post i. car. mode ii.bov.et ii. acr. prati Malet.)