The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
nexte after the Conversion of Seynt Paule the year of reigne of our
soveraygne lord Kynge Harry the Sexte twolthe.
_Award in a Dispute between Thomas Bishop of Megarence and Prior of
the House and Churche of our Lady and St. Petrok of Bodmyn, and
John Flamank, respecting Rothyn More._
(Cart. Antiq. Har. 44. H. 20.)
To all true Cristen people to whom this present wrytyng indented shal
come to see or rede, we William Carnsuyowe esquire, Nicholas Opy, and
Cristofer Tredenek sende gretyng in our Lord God everlastyng; and
wheere afore this tyme that stryff, debate, and variance hath byn
hadde, movid, and yet hangith betwene the reverent fader in God Thomas
bisshop of Megarence and prior of the house and church of our Lady and
Seynt Petrok of Bodmyn in the right of the said house, of the oon
parte, and John Flamank of Bocarun esquire, of the other parte, of and
uppon the right, titill, and possession of certain landes called
Savelyn More, otherwyse called Rothyn more, sett and liyng in the same
more betwene the landes, tenementes and closes of the saide Fader in
God of the west parte called Savelyn closes, and the landes,
tenements, and closes of the said John Flamank called Rothyn, of the
est parte, And for asmoche as the said more so in variance hath be so
intrykyd with tynners ther wyrkyng nowe as in tymes passed, so that
the bounds and waters rynnyng in the same that sumtyme weere bounds
between the said parties, cannot be to us parfectly knowen, wheere
vppon the saide parties stande bounde either to other in xl^{ti li} by
ther severall oblicacions whois date is the last day of August in the
x^{th} yere of the raigne of Kyng Harry the viij^{th}, to abyde the
awarde and jugement of us the saide arbitrours of an uppon the
premyses. Wheere uppon we the said arbitrours, the fyrst day of
September the x^{th} yere of the raigne of Kyng Harry the viij^{th},
at the said more in variance called Rothyn more, called afore us the
saide reverent fader in God and the saide John Flamank, and theere and
then hyryng ther complynts, aunswers, reioynders, replicacions, and
wyttenes in every part examyned by goode deliberacion and avisement,
and also by the full aggrement and consent of both parties, fyrst we
awarde, judge, and deme that all the tolle tyn that shall be wrought
theere after the fest of Seynt Michell the arcangell nexte cornyng
after this present date, in the said more, shall be equally divided
and departed betweene the saide reverent fader and his successours,
priores of the saide house, of the one halfe for ever, and the other
halfe to the saide John Flamank and his heyres for ever, wiche shal be
wrought withyn the bounds and merkes hereafter folowyng; that is to
say, fro Rothyn brygge upward in all the saide More elonges by the
water that comyth from Tregewan to the closes of the saide fader in
God in the west side of the saide More to the closes and heyges of the
saide John Flamank in the est side of the saide more called Rothyn,
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