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merkyate_n in_o bedfordshire_n for_o in_o h._n 3._o time_n it_o have_v digby_n a_o vicar_n endow_v nevertheless_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o edw._n 1_o reign_n there_o grow_v suit_n betwixt_o these_o nun_n and_o john_n de_fw-fr clinton_n sen._n touch_v the_o advouson_n thereof_o but_o at_o length_n they_o come_v to_o a_o accord_n and_o give_v he_o c._n mark_n of_o silver_n to_o quit_v his_o title_n thereto_o which_o he_o do_v by_o a_o fine_a then_o levy_v 1._o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o now_o church_n of_o lea_n over-whitacre_a and_o netherwhitacre_a be_v chapelry_n ancient_o belong_v thereto_o in_o a_o 1291._o 19_o e._n 1._o the_o rectorie_n then_o appropriate_v a._n to_o those_o nun_n be_v value_v scac._n at_o xviii_o mark_n and_o the_o vicarage_n at_o vi_o mark_n but_o in_o a._n 26_o h._n 8._o at_o x_o l._n
deed_n be_v bear_v date_n at_o tamworth_n in_o 44_o e._n 3._o past_a away_o the_o same_o unto_o sir_n baldwin_n frevill_n knight_n and_o his_o heir_n reserve_v only_o a_o estate_n for_o life_n 57_o by_o which_o mean_n upon_o partition_n p._n make_v in_o 31_o h._n 6._o betwixt_o the_o three_o sister_n and_o heir_n to_o the_o say_a sir_n baldwin_n it_o be_v allot_v to_o thomas_n ferrer_n at_o that_o time_n tenant_n by_o the_o courtesy_n of_o england_n to_o all_o the_o land_n which_o be_v of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o eliz._n his_o wife_n decease_v elder_a of_o the_o say_v three_o sister_n in_o who_o line_n it_o continue_v till_o sir_n john_n ferrer_n knight_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o king_n charles_n his_o reign_n sell_v it_o to_o charles_n adderley_n esquire_n afterward_o a_o equerie_n to_o the_o say_a king_n and_o by_o he_o knight_v who_o now_o enjoy_v it_o the_o church_n dedicate_v to_o s._n john_n baptist_n be_v ancient_o give_v to_o the_o nun_n of_o mergate_n in_o com._n beaf_n by_o one_o of_o the_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr land_n as_o i_o guess_v but_o it_o seem_v that_o the_o title_n which_o those_o nun_n have_v be_v not_o very_o firm_a for_o in_o 26_o h._n 3._o james_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr launde_n recover_v suprà _fw-la the_o right_n of_o presentation_n thereto_o howbeit_o afterward_o they_o grow_v to_o 3._o composition_n with_o he_o and_o give_v he_o 57_o mark_n of_o silver_n to_o quit_v his_o claim_n to_o it_o which_o he_o do_v in_o 36_o h._n 3._o whereupon_o it_o become_v appropriate_v to_o they_o but_o no_o vicar_n endow_v so_o that_o the_o curate_n there_o be_v provide_v by_o those_o nun_n as_o a_o supendiarie_n to_o they_o merston_n juxta_fw-la lea_n and_o coton_n this_o place_n have_v its_o name_n from_o the_o flat_a moorish_a ground_n border_v upon_o it_o be_v possess_v lib._n by_o turchil_n de_fw-fr warwick_n in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n and_o then_o rate_v at_o three_o hide_n value_v at_o thirty_o s._n which_o be_v at_o that_o time_n hold_v of_o he_o by_o one_o roger_n but_o it_o be_v not_o long_o i_o presume_v ere_o it_o come_v to_o the_o marmion_n of_o tamworth-castle_n for_o in_o n._n 20_o h._n 3._o robert_n marmion_n answer_v for_o half_a a_o knight_n fee_n in_o respect_n thereof_o at_o which_o time_n it_o have_v the_o name_n of_o merston-marmion_n for_o distinction_n from_o the_o other_o merston_n in_o this_o hundred_o but_o whether_o marmion_n be_v any_o other_o than_o superior_a lord_n of_o the_o fee_n at_o that_o time_n i_o make_v a_o question_n the_o limsy_n of_o maxstoke_n hold_v it_o immediate_o of_o they_o for_o it_o appear_v 71._o that_o in_o 5_o e._n 1._o ralph_n de_fw-fr limesie_n and_o joane_n his_o wife_n give_v to_o a_o chantrie-priest_n celebrate_v divine_a service_n at_o solihull_n five_o mark_n of_o yearly_a rent_n issue_v out_o of_o certain_a land_n lie_v here_o and_o in_o cotes_n now_o call_v coton_n and_o that_o the_o family_n of_o odingsel_n who_o be_v ancient_o lord_n of_o maxstoke_n by_o the_o marriage_n of_o limesie_n heir_n possess_v 16._o it_o there_o be_v 130._o fourteen_o freeholder_n here_o and_o in_o cotes_n which_o hold_v their_o tenement_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr odingsell_n in_o 23_o e._n 1._o pay_v xxxvi_o s._n viij_o d._n per_fw-la ann_n rent_n but_o from_o odingsell_n by_o a_o heir_n female_a it_o come_v to_o clintonâ_n â_z together_o with_o maxstoke_n and_o with_o it_o be_v pass_v in_o exchange_n from_o sir_n john_n clinton_n to_o humphrey_n earl_n stafford_n in_o 16_o h._n 6._o as_o the_o authority_n which_o i_o have_v vouch_a in_o maxstoke_n will_v manifest_v have_v be_v repute_v as_o it_o be_v a_o member_n of_o that_o lordship_n and_o so_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n midleton_n of_o this_o place_n there_o be_v mention_v make_v twice_o in_o the_o conqueror_n survey_n lâb_n first_o under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o land_n then_o belong_v to_o hugh_n de_fw-fr grentemaisnell_n where_o it_o be_v rate_v for_o four_o hide_n have_v a_o church_n as_o also_o a_o mill_n esteem_v at_o xx_o s._n which_o with_o the_o rest_n be_v all_o value_v at_o vi_o li._n have_v be_v the_o inheritance_n of_o one_o pallinus_fw-la in_o edward_n the_o confessor_n day_n and_o next_o under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o land_n belong_v to_o adeliz_n the_o wife_n of_o the_o say_v hugh_n where_o the_o quantity_n and_o value_n in_o the_o gross_a sum_n do_v not_o differ_v but_o there_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o freehold_n of_o one_o turgot_n before_o the_o norman_a invasion_n after_o which_o ere_o long_o it_o be_v dispose_v of_o to_o one_o of_o the_o marmion_n as_o i_o guess_v together_o with_o tamworth-castle_n and_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v the_o ancient_a window_n of_o that_o church_n and_o some_o other_o authority_n by_o the_o conqueror_n himself_o as_o in_o tamworth_n i_o shall_v more_o full_o show_v neither_o be_v it_o unlikely_a for_o by_o a_o account_n r._n of_o the_o templar_n revenue_n take_v in_o 31_o h._n 2._o it_o appear_v that_o they_o be_v then_o possess_v of_o certain_a land_n here_o that_o have_v be_v bestow_v on_o they_o by_o geffrey_n marmion_n in_o which_o family_n of_o marmion_n it_o continue_v whilst_o the_o male_a line_n last_v philip_n marmion_n in_o 13_o e._n 1._o claim_v w._n by_o prescription_n a_o court_n leet_n and_o gallow_n here_o which_o be_v allow_v as_o also_o free_a warren_n within_o his_o demesn_a land_n of_o this_o place_n but_o to_o this_o the_o jury_n answer_v that_o the_o earl_n of_o warwick_n have_v free_a chase_n within_o the_o same_o take_v forfeiture_n for_o all_o offence_n do_v therein_o and_o that_o the_o say_v philip_n have_v no_o warren_n except_o by_o grant_n from_o ela_n countess_n of_o warwick_n only_o for_o term_v of_o her_o life_n whereupon_o he_o be_v a_o merce_v for_o his_o undue_a challenge_n but_o this_o philip_n marmion_n die_v without_o issue_n male_a his_o land_n come_v to_o be_v divide_v betwixt_o several_a coheir_n as_o the_o descent_n in_o tamworth_n show_v of_o which_o alexander_n 55._o frevill_n and_o joane_n his_o wife_n ralph_n boteler_n 8._o the_o elder_a with_o maud_n his_o wife_n and_o henry_n hillary_n 2._o and_o joane_n his_o wife_n have_v their_o particular_a share_n in_o this_o manor_n till_o at_o the_o length_n by_o purchase_n 44._o hillarie_n part_n become_v unite_v to_o that_o which_o frevill_n have_v whereupon_o sir_n baldwin_n frevill_n knight_n procure_v from_o richard_n scroop_n bishop_n of_o coventre_n and_o lichfield_n about_o the_o 14_o the_o of_o r._n 2._o licence_n b._n to_o have_v a_o oratory_n or_o private_a chapel_n within_o his_o mannour-house_n here_o of_o the_o accession_n of_o boteler_n part_n i_o have_v not_o see_v any_o thing_n but_o do_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v before_o the_o partition_n make_v in_o 31_o h._n 6._o betwixt_o the_o sister_n and_o heir_n to_o the_o last_o sir_n baldwin_n frevill_n for_o thereby_o it_o appear_v be_v that_o margaret_n the_o young_a of_o they_o have_v inter_fw-la alia_fw-la this_o manor_n of_o midleton_n whole_o as_o parcel_n of_o her_o purpart_n she_o be_v then_o wife_n to_o richard_n bingham_n one_o of_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n and_o afterward_o a_o be_v knight_n which_o sir_n richard_n reside_v here_o till_o he_o die_v scil_n in_o midleton_n 15_o e._n 4._o be_v join_v in_o all_o commission_n d._n of_o the_o peace_n and_o other_o matter_n of_o importance_n with_o the_o superior_a gentleman_n of_o this_o county_n after_o who_o death_n she_o continue_v a_o widow_n even_o to_o a_o very_a great_a age_n as_o by_o her_o presentation_n a._n to_o the_o church_n of_o preston-bagot_n in_o 20_o h._n 7._o appear_v to_o who_o succeed_v in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o this_o lordship_n sir_n henry_n willoughby_n knight_n her_o grandson_n by_o 11._o sir_n hugh_n willoughby_n of_o wollaton_n in_o com._n nott._n 6._o knight_n her_o first_o husband_n as_o the_o pedigree_n here_o insert_v show_v hugo_n willoughby_n de_fw-fr wollaton_n in_o com._n nott._n mile_n 10_o h._n 6._o margareta_n una_fw-la soror_fw-la &_o cohaer_n baldw._n frevill_n mil._n ric._n bingham_n mile_n unus_fw-la justice_n d._n regis_fw-la ad_fw-la plac_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la 31_o h._n 6._o robertus_fw-la willoughby_n henr._n willoughby_n mile_n the_o s._n sepulchro_fw-la obiit_fw-la 20_o h._n 8._o dorothea_n ux_fw-fr anth._n fitz_n herbert_n unius_fw-la justic._n de_fw-fr banco_n 20_o h._n 8._o joh._n willoughby_n mile_n ob_n sine_fw-la prole_fw-la edw._n willoughby_n mile_n henr._n willoughby_n nepos_fw-la &_o haeres_fw-la joh._n willoughby_n mil._n anna_n filia_fw-la thomae_fw-la march_n dors._n thomas_n willoughby_n obiit_fw-la sine_fw-la prole_fw-la franciscus_n willoughby_n mile_n obiit_fw-la 37_o eliz._n eliz._n filia_fw-la joh._n litleton_n de_fw-fr frankley_n mil._n brigida_n ux_fw-fr percev_n willoughby_n eq_fw-fr aur_fw-it dorothea_n ux_fw-fr henr._n hastings_n margar._n ux_fw-la rob._n spenser_n de_fw-fr althorpe_n
of_o a_o authentic_a writer_n 99_o that_o st._n benedict_n first_o prescribe_v that_o rule_n benedictus_n cum_fw-la sorore_fw-la scholasticâ_fw-la primus_fw-la regularem_fw-la vitam_fw-la certis_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o ordinibus_fw-la cum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la seorsim_fw-la liberè_fw-la christo_fw-la inservissent_fw-la inchoavit_fw-la which_o rule_n come_v in_o time_n to_o have_v that_o venerable_a esteem_n that_o as_o baronius_n 7._o tell_v we_o in_o liptinensi_fw-la concilio_n in_o cameracensi_fw-la galliae_fw-la agro_fw-la sancitum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la monachi_fw-la ac_fw-la nonnae_fw-la juxta_fw-la regulam_fw-la s._n benedicti_fw-la coenobia_n sva_fw-la ordinarent_fw-la the_o first_o monastery_n of_o nun_n which_o we_o have_v here_o in_o england_n be_v that_o of_o berk_v in_o essex_n found_v 40._o by_o erkenwald_n bishop_n of_o london_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n dclxvi_o long_o before_o the_o reception_n of_o st._n benet_n rule_n in_o this_o nation_n i_o now_o come_v to_o this_o of_o polesworth_n and_o in_o the_o first_o place_n shall_v take_v notice_n upon_o what_o occasion_n msâ_n it_o be_v found_v and_o then_o go_v on_o to_o show_v the_o endowment_n thereof_o with_o land_n etc._n etc._n king_n egbert_n have_v one_o only_a son_n call_v arnulph_n who_o be_v a_o leper_n and_o hear_v by_o a_o bishop_n which_o come_v from_o ireland_n that_o the_o then_o king_n of_o connaught_n have_v a_o nun_n to_o his_o daughter_n call_v modwen_n that_o heal_v all_o disease_a people_n repair_v to_o she_o send_v his_o say_a son_n at_o the_o persuasion_n of_o that_o bishop_n into_o ireland_n where_o he_o be_v according_o cure_v by_o the_o same_o holy_a woman_n which_o great_a favour_n so_o please_v king_n egbert_n that_o he_o forthwith_o invite_v st._n modwen_n to_o come_v into_o england_n promise_v that_o he_o will_v âound_v a_o monastery_n for_o she_o and_o her_o covent_n of_o which_o tender_a she_o soon_o after_o accept_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o religious_a house_n wherein_o she_o reside_v be_v by_o war_n betwixt_o those_o petty_a king_n of_o ireland_n burn_v and_o waste_v and_o bring_v over_o with_o she_o two_o of_o her_o fellow_n nun_n whereupon_o the_o king_n have_v a_o great_a opinion_n of_o her_o sanctity_n recommend_v his_o daughter_n edith_n unto_o she_o to_o be_v instruct_v in_o religion_n after_o the_o rule_n of_o st._n benet_n give_v she_o a_o dwell_a place_n in_o the_o forest_n of_o ardeââe_n then_o call_v trensale_n where_o the_o say_v edith_n together_o with_o st._n lyne_n and_o st._n osithe_o live_v together_o in_o a_o holy_a manner_n and_o soon_o after_o found_v a_o monastery_n for_o they_o on_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n anchor_n at_o this_o place_n call_v pollysworth_n the_o first_o syllable_n pol_n import_v a_o deepness_n of_o water_n and_o the_o other_o scil_n worth_a a_o dwelling_n or_o habitation_n constitute_v the_o say_a edith_n abbess_n thereof_o ordinis_fw-la benedictini_fw-la monialis_fw-la i_o shall_v not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o censure_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o story_n as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o but_o in_o circumstance_n perhaps_o there_o may_v be_v some_o mistake_v therein_o for_o by_o a_o author_n 14._o who_o more_o compendious_o speak_v thereof_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o king_n ethelwolph_n son_n to_o k._n egbert_n who_o son_n alured_n languish_v of_o a_o desperate_a infirmity_n be_v thus_o cure_v by_o s._n modwene_n whereupon_o he_o give_v unto_o she_o land_n in_o this_o realm_n for_o the_o sound_n of_o two_o monastery_n of_o nun_n one_o here_o in_o arden_n at_o polesworth_n wherein_o as_o he_o say_v osithe_a and_o athea_n two_o holy_a virgin_n and_o s._n edith_n sister_n to_o the_o say_a king_n ethelwolph_n dwell_v and_o the_o other_o at_o streneshale_v but_o of_o their_o go_v to_o oldbury_n and_o bring_v back_o hither_o i_o shall_v not_o make_v any_o question_n though_o the_o appartion_n of_o s._n edith_n with_o her_o crosier_n may_v be_v doubt_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o word_n of_o robert_n marmion_n charter_n and_o milisent_n his_o wife_n do_v import_v no_o less_o which_o i_o have_v here_o transcribe_v 33._o notum_fw-la siâ_n omnibus_fw-la i_o concessisse_fw-la osannae_fw-la priorissae_n ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la instaurandam_fw-la sanctimonialium_fw-la ibi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la s._n edithae_n de_fw-fr pollesworda_n cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la it_o a_o quod_fw-la conventus_fw-la de_fw-la aldeberia_fw-la ibi_fw-la sit_fw-la manens_fw-la hence_o it_o be_v as_o i_o guess_v that_o this_o robert_n marmion_n and_o his_o wife_n be_v by_o the_o learned_a leland_n account_v to_o have_v be_v founder_n thereof_o in_o which_o repute_n i_o shall_v leave_v they_o forasmuch_o as_o it_o also_o appear_v insp._n that_o they_o give_v the_o town_n of_o polesworth_n total_o thereto_o with_o their_o whole_a demesne_n in_o waverton_n all_o which_o be_v confirm_v by_o king_n stephen_n i_o shall_v now_o descend_v to_o such_o other_o benefactor_n as_o these_o nun_n have_v the_o next_o and_o chief_a whereof_o be_v walter_n de_fw-fr hastings_n who_o give_v aur_fw-it oldbury_n unto_o they_o it_o be_v a_o cell_n to_o this_o monastery_n as_o i_o have_v already_o observe_v after_o which_o they_o have_v insp._n by_o robert_n marmion_n son_n to_o the_o before-specified_n robert_n and_o milisent_n the_o church_n of_o queinton_n in_o gloucestershire_n which_o in_o 12_o r._n 2._o they_o procure_v to_o be_v appropriate_a 35._o to_o they_o as_o also_o the_o mill_n at_o kingsburieâ_n â_z call_v hemlingford-mill_n with_o certain_a meadow-ground_n and_o other_o land_n by_o g._n robert_n fitz-walter_n and_o amabill_n his_o wife_n one_o of_o the_o coheir_n unto_o osbert_n de_fw-fr arden_n and_o moreover_o a_o mill_n at_o hurley_n give_v g._n by_o alice_n sister_n to_o the_o say_v amabil_n than_o wife_n of_o simon_n de_fw-fr harecurt_n both_o which_o be_v confirm_v by_o ralph_n de_fw-fr bracebrigge_n afterward_o lord_n of_o that_o manor_n in_o draiton_n in_o com._n leic._n 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of_o age_n but_o be_v attend_v with_o very_o ill_a success_n in_o that_o expedition_n for_o no_o soon_o do_v he_o arrive_v with_o his_o army_n at_o the_o port_n of_o rochel_n but_o that_o the_o spanish_a navy_n fall_v sudden_o upon_o they_o before_o they_o can_v put_v themselves_o in_o order_n to_o fight_v so_o that_o few_o of_o they_o escape_v death_n wound_n or_o imprisonment_n and_o yet_o without_o any_o considerable_a loss_n to_o the_o enemy_n who_o forthwith_o set_v fire_n on_o all_o the_o english_a ship_n carry_v away_o the_o earl_n and_o many_o gallant_a gentleman_n as_o also_o no_o less_o than_o twenty_o thousand_o mark_n in_o money_n send_v over_o by_o the_o k._n of_o england_n to_o continue_v the_o war_n which_o unhappy_a accident_n fall_v out_o on_o the_o eve_n of_o st._n john_n baptist_n nativity_n be_v the_o festival_n of_o st._n aetheldred_n the_o virgin_n and_o therefore_o be_v it_o censure_v by_o many_o as_o my_o author_n ib._n observe_v that_o god_n judgement_n so_o 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