C I A N T tam presentes quam futuri quod ego Henricus filius Dolfini de Heleya vendidi et hac carta mea confirmaui Abbati et conuentui Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe duas bouatas terre in Racheham, et quandam cartam, infra diuisas eiusdem ville, scilicet, inter assartum Liolfi filij Alani et assartum Wynolsto- lus, et aquam, scilicet, Rache, cum omnib3 ptinentijs suis et libertatib3 et aisiamentis eiusdem ville de Racheham ptinentib3, ppter decem solidos et dimidiam marcam argenti; illas, scilicet, bouatas quas emi de fratre meo Adam. Et quietuclamaui totum ius et clameum quod ego et heredes meih abuimus vel habere poterimus in molendino de Sudden. Reddend. annuatim p eisdem predictis bouatis et assartis xvi. denarios et duo calcaria ad festum sancti Martini p omni seruicio et seculari exactione. Et ut hec venditio rata sit et inconcussa sigilli mei appositione illam corroboraui. Hijs testib3, Gilberto de Notton-f

* It was the opinion of the late Charles Chadwick, Esq., F.S.A., of Mavesyn Rid ware, an acute and intelligent antiquary, that his ancestors, the Chadwicks, were descended from Gamel, the Saxon Thane of Rochdale at the Norman invasion, who had assumed the surname of Rachdale. The arms long used, prescriptively appro priated, and allowed by the heralds, are differenced only from the coat of Rachdale by the tincture of the field, and seem strongly to denote near affinity and consan guinity with the ancient lords of the manor. It does not appear to have occurred to Mr. Chadwick that his ancestors, the Holeys, were descendants of the Saxon lords of Rachdale, and that the highly prized "gules, an inescutcheon within an orl of martlets, argent," might have been conveyed by marriage or grant, or both, through this ancient house, to his family, although other arms were subsequently assigned to the Heleys.

t See note, p. 46.

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senescallo, Galfr. de Buckleye,* Mich. clerico, Galfr. de Berdeshull,-f- Alano de Merland, Andr. fil. Alexandri.