C I A N T omnes tam presentes quam futuri quod ego Adam de Bury vendidi et hac presenti carta mea confirmaui Abbati et monachis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe totam terram meam de Merland, scilicet, medietatem eiusdem ville de Merland p totum,

* Probably Michael, bailiff of the lord of the manor of Rochdalo.—See cart. 1.

t Ranulph de Blundeville, sixth earl of Chester, sec ante, p. 9.

Î Sir Adam de Bury is the first witness of the grant of the manor of Hordeshall, near Manchester, by William dc Ferrers, earl of Derby, to David de Hu?on, on the day of the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 35 Henry III., A.D. 1235.

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quam Thomas de Bamford mihi et heredib3 meis de se et heredib3 suis absq. omni retenemento et clamatione quietaclamauit coram Wapentagio de Racheham, cum omnib3 ptinentijs suis in bosco, in plano, in vijs, in semitis, in pratis, in pasturis, in aquis, et in omnib3 aisiamentis que ibi sunt vel fieri possunt p centum solidis argenti quos mihi in introitu dederunt. Tenebunt autem prefati Abbas et monachi prenominatam terram de Merland libere et quiete, pacifice, de me et heredib3 meis imppetuum. Beddend. mihi et heredib3 meis xxxij. denarios annuos ad festum saneti Martini p omni seruicio, consuetudine et exactione ad me vel ad heredes meos de predicta terra ptinente: saluo forinseco seruicio quantum ptinet ad eandem terram, quod ex toto monachi de Stanl. psoluent. Ego vero et heredes mei prenominatam terram et venditionem de Merland in hac carta notatam sepedictis Abbati et monachis de Stanl. contra onmes homines defendemus et fideliter warautizabimus. Et ut ista venditio rata sit et stabilis sigilli mei impressione et testib3 subnotatis roboraui. Hijs testib3, Hug. de Eland, Roberto de Liuersegge, Johanne de Newebolt, Johanne de Berdeshull, Alano de Merland, Mich, de Hunresdefeld, Thoma de Bamford, Mich. Broune, et multis alijs.