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 326 CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE. monument which still exists on the north side of the church to the memory of Granville Pyper and Richard Wise. By deed dated 23rd February, 1746, made between the mayor and commonalty of the first part, the governors of the bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of poor clergy of the second part, Charles Bedford, then curate of St. Mary Magdalene, of the third part, and Richard Welsh, town clerk, of the fourth part, the annuity of £2$, mentioned at page 214 atite, is charged upon the profits arising from the weights of the king's beam, or common beam, of the borough. The governors of Queen Anne's bounty are reputed to have paid £400 as the consideration for this annuity. With the .£400 some lands named Jackaford, within the parish, were purchased, and of these lands the curate has ever since received the rent. In the month of June, 1768, a piece of land was added to the churchyard. It is the portion which abuts upon the Higher Walk of the borough, and was described as 93 feet in length from east to west, 26 feet in breadth at the east end, and 40 feet at the west end. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter on the 14th July, 1768. Our previous pages have referred to occasional disputes and regulations concerning the rights of the burgesses in the Hydeland y during the hundreds of years through which we have traced their title to that property. By a statute of 24 George III. (1784-5) these rights were absolutely and finally vested in the mayor and aldermen of the borough for purposes of sale or lease. The seventh section of that statute recites and enacts as follows : Whereas there are, within the said borough, several Common Lands, called Great Pennygillam, Little Pennygillam, Llay, Wind- milif and Longland, the aftermowth of which hath of ancient right and custom, for time immemorial, belonged to and been enjoyed by the mayor, aldermen, and free burgesses of the said