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 ACCOUNTS. in In the account for 1391, mayoralty of John Page, St. Augustine is called the Apostle of the English. At the end of the roll, fifteen occupiers of the seats in Bisemere- bynch, the Gyldhall, and the Pilary are named.* New entries include a Windmill, which produced rent 3s. 4d. In 1393, mayoralty of William Twyneo, the water-mill and the windmill are distinguished. At the end of this account, the stewards are charged with 40s. received from a gift of the Lord Bishop of Exeter, for repairing a highway near Bodmam. Also with 4s. 9d. received from divers merchants in the Church at the time of the visit of the Justices of Assize. Other entries correspond with those in former accounts. An arrear roll is attached. In 1394, mayoralty of Alan Cranford, the total receipts including the arrears are said to have been ^37 17s. 3d., and the payments £30 19s. njd. This account debits Walter Tolla with a fine of 6s. 8d. on his election to the office of provost. In 1395 this fine is credited as having been paid. By deed, dated 1395, Alan Craneforde, Mayor, and the whole Commonalty, demised to John Cokeworthy "all their land of 1 Penhol ' within their borough, with one croft adjoining thereto, and with all other its appurtenances :" To hold to the said John, his heirs and assigns, for the term of fifty years ; rendering therefor yearly 20s. sterling, in equal moieties, at the feasts of the Purification, and of St. Peter in Bonds. The witnesses are Henry Fox, John Page, John Colyn, John Cory, and Richard Tolla. Given on Sunday next before the feast of St. Peter in Bonds, 18 Rich. II. A much defaced deed (1399), but having the corporate seal in red wax well preserved, is a grant in perpetuity from John Page, Mayor, and the Commonalty of the free borough of Dounheved, to Walter Combe and Isabella his wife, of a tenement, with a the Borough. " Pillory Row " occupied much of the site between the modern Exeter Inn and the Little White Hart Inn, having Castle Dyke in its rear.
 * In later accounts it becomes apparent that " Pillory " was a district within