0 I A N T presentes et futuri quod ego Adam dñus de Ger stan dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmaui p anima mea et p aтmab3 antecessorum et successorum meorum Abbati et monachis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe totam aquam meam que cadit de molendino meo de Gerstan usque ad Merse, et unam plateam terre ad unum molendinum tanarium siue fullarium* faciendum, super dictam aquam ubicunque viderint melius expedire

* In Mr. Baines's very interesting history and statement of the cotton manufac ture, he remarks that there are traces of the existence of the woollen manufacture as far back as 15 Edward II., when, in an extent of the manor of Manchester, mention is made of a fulling mill turned by the river Irk. This deed, however carries it to a much earlier period, Mr. Raines also quotes a passage from Fuller's Church History, "Hitherto, viz. before the reign of Edward III., (who married Philippa of Hainault,) the English were ignorant of the art, as knowing no more what to do with their wool, than the sheepe that weare it, as to any artificial curious drapery; their best clothes then being no better than friezes; such was their coarseness for want of skill in making."

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inter dictum molendinum meum dictum Merse et tachiamentum stagni et aisiamentum aque stagni ex utraque parte aque cum omnib3 ptinentijs et omnimodis pfectib3 super predictam aquam infra dictas diuisas. Ita, scilicet, quod nullum sit impedimentum dicto molen- dino meo de stagno suo. Tenend. et habend, de me et heredib3 meis in puram et ppetuam elemosynam libere et quiete sine impedimento mei vel alicuius heredum meorum vel alicuius alius hominis vel femine. Ita, scilicet, quod nec ego debeo, nec aliquis heredum meorum, nec aliquis alius p me vel p heredes meos, vel p me vel p heredib3 meis poterunt, nec debent aliquo tempore pquisitionem facere in curia dñi Regis, vel in aliqua alia curia ad nocend. vel ad impe- diend. dictos Abbatem et monachos de hac donatione et concessione mea. Sed nec ego nec aliquis heredum meorum in posterum poteri- mus aliquid exigere p hac donatione mea et concessione a sepedictis Abbate et monachis de Stanlawe, nisi preces et orationes. Ego autem et heredes mei haue donationem et concessionem ut puram elemosynam meam prefatis Abbati et monachis contra omnes homines et feminas imppetuum warantizabimus. Dicti vero Abbas et monachi proprium pannum meum quem facio in domo mea facient fullare in dicto molendino suo sine custo meo. Et ut hec donatio mea et con- cessio rata pmaneat et inconcussa huic scripto sigillum meum apposui. Hijs testib3, dño W. tune psona de Walton, Rogero de Hibernia et Roberto filio eius,* Ricardo Blundel, Willmo de Molyneus, Patricio de Haselwall, Rogero de Molyneus, Thurstano de Holand, Alano Norres, et alijs.

* p. 556, ante.

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