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 which William Cresa held there of the Commonalty on the north part: To hold to the said Cory for forty-seven years, under the yearly rent of 8s. sterling. The witnesses are Walter Skynner, Richard Palmer, Henry Colyn, William Crese, and William Mustard. Given on Monday next after the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 1 Hen. V.

On the 12th May, 1414, Hen. V., by Letters Patent, recited and confirmed to the "vill of Launceston" the before-mentioned Charters of Hen. III., Rich. II., Hen. IV., and Edward the Black Prince. We give an engraving of the seal of Henry V. appended to these Letters.

In 1414 Henry Colyn, Mayor of Dounheved, and all the Commonalty, granted to William Nottehull and Rosea his wife, and the heirs of the body of the said William "one place of land in the borough aforesaid near our quarry of Bodyer, containing in itself seventy-two feet, leading from the angle of the garden of Joanna, the relict of John Landyar, towards our quarry aforesaid by the way leading to the quarry aforesaid, on the one part, and the land of the heirs of John Short on the other part," subject to the yearly rent of 4d. sterling, and doing suit and service as other our burgesses do. The witnesses are Richard Ferror and Stephen Cowlyng, Provosts, William Tharrapp, Walter Skynner, and Richard Palmer. Given on Wednesday in the vigil of All Saints (31st October) 2 Henry V. Seal of the Mayor and Commonalty affixed to one part of this indenture, and the Seals of William and Rosea Nottehull to the counterpart.

1414. [Full translation.] To all faithful Christians to whom these present letters shall come Henry Colyn, Mayor of the town of Launceston, and all the Commonalty of the same town, Greeting in the Lord. Know ye that we have given and granted to John Crese, the founder and guardian of a certain Chapel, devoted to the honour of St. John the Baptist, which he has determined to build at Trecarn Forde, in the territory of our Commonalty, a place, foundation, and land sufficient for the