Page:The histories of Launceston and Dunheved, in the county of Cornwall.djvu/143

 COURT ROLLS. 123 (142 1 ), William Tharrapp and many others are fined for not doing suit at court, and others for not doing fealty. Court held 18th March, 8 Henry V. The entries of this account resemble those which precede it. Court held Friday, 6th September, 8 Henry V. The entries here also relate to default of suit at court, neglect of fealty, omis- sions to plead to actions, &c. Stephen Body received judgment for that he washed sheepskins and other filth at the West Well. At the accession of Henry VI., on the 31st August, 1422, England was at war with France. It will be remembered how, a few years later, the celebrated Maid of Orleans (Joan d'Arc) turned the tide of affairs in favour of France. Her extraordinary career, commencing in 1428, terminated in May, 1430, when she was taken prisoner. She was burnt at the stake on the 14th June, 143 1. 5/// February, 1430. Margery Hoigge, by deed, recites her prior gift of all her messuages, lands, and tenements in Dunheved burgh to her son and heir, Philip Hoigge, to hold the same for her life by the payment of a certain sum expressed in her deed of gift, and then confirms the possession of that property to the said Philip, his heirs, and assigns for ever, charging the same with a life annuity to herself of 24s., in lieu of all services and demands. Witnesses : William Crese, Mayor, William Tharrapp and William Drew, Provosts, John Scott, John Panston and Henry Calew. Doimheved Burgh : At a Law Court held on Monday next before the feast of St. Valentine, 8 Henry VI. (February, 1430), Walter Carmynow sued John Somerpote, who had made default, and was attached by one horse, then in the custody of the Provosts. Entries relating to many suits, some of trespass, others of debt, follow. Among the latter, Thomas Wallyng, vicar of Lawanek, complained of Thos. Waigge, who had made one default. John Worlyende and John Cotell complain of Thomas Smyth, of Colyngton [Callington], who had made a similar default. At a Court held on Monday next after the feast of St. Gregory, 8 Henry VI., numerous entries of a like character appear. From the account of Henry Calowe and William Drewe, stewards of the Commonalty, from the 10th to the 1 ith Henry VI.