or convent, or their fucceffors, under the forfeiture of ten pounds, as by the faid letters patent (amongst other things) more fully appears; by virtue of which faid letters patent the faid prior and Prout patet ; his fucceffors, priors of the faid monaftery or priory, until the time

of the faid furrender or diffolution thereof, became and were feif

Statute

of

ed as of fee and right of and in the faid free warren in and over the by virtuewherefaid one thousand acres of land whereof, &c. in Frankton afore- of prior became faid in right of his or their faid monaftery or convent, and that feiled. afterwards, to wit, on the fifteenth of January, in the thirteenth In the 13th year of the reign of our late fovereign lord Henry the Eighth, Henry 8th prior king of England, at Frankton aforefaid, the faid then prior of the furrendered to Laid monaftery or convent being feifed of the faid one thousand the king. acres of land, with the appurtenances, in Frankton aforesaid, whereof, &c. and of the faid free warren over the fame in form aforefaid, in right of the faid monaftery or convent, with the confent of the faid priory then convened, by his certain writing with the common feal of the faid convent or priory, and in the court of chancery of the faid late king Henry the Eighth, then being at Weftminster in the county of Middlefex, of record inrolled (and which faid deed of furrender, bearing date the fame day and year laft aforesaid, the faid fir Theophilus brings here into court), gave, granted, and furrendered to the faid late king Henry the Eighth, (amongst other things) the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, &c. the faid free warren in and over 31. Henry Sth.. the fame land, to have and to hold to the fame king, his heirs and fucceffors for ever: And the faid fir Theophilus further fays, that afterwards, by a certain act made in the parliament of the faid late king Henry the Eighth, holden at Westminster aforefaid, on the twenty-eighth of April, in the thirty-first year of the reign of the faid king Henry the Eighth, it was enacted, that the fame king fhould have, hold, poffefs, and enjoy to him, his heirs and fucceffors for ever, all and fingular fuch late monafteries, abbotries, priories, nunneries, colleges, hofpitals, houses of friars, and other religious and ecclefiaftical houfes and places of what kinds, natures, qualities, or diverfities of habits, rules, profeffions, or orders they or any of them were named, known, or called, which fince the fourth of February, in the twenty-feventh year of the reign of the late king Henry the Eighth, had been diffolved, fuppreffed, renounced, relinquifhed, forfeited, given up, or by any other means. come to the highness of the fame king, and by the fame authority and in like manner thould have, hold, poflefs, and enjoy all the fuits, circuits, precincts, manors, lordships, granges, meffuages, lands, tenements, meadows, paftures, rents, reverfions, fervices, woods, tithes, penfions, portions, parfonages, appropriated vicarages, churches, chapels, advowfons, nominations, patronages, annuities, rights, interests, entries, conditions, commons, leets, liberties, privileges, and other hereditaments whatsoever which appertained and belonged to the faid monafteries, abbotries, priories, nunneries, colleges, hofpitals, houses of friars, and other religious and ecclefiaftical houfes and places, or to any of them, in as large and

ample

ample manner and form as the late abbots, priors, abbeffes, prioreffes, or other ecclefiaftical governors or governeffes of fuch late monafteries, priories, nunneries, colleges, hofpitals, houses of friars, and other religious and ecclefiaftical houfes and places, at the time of the faid diffolution, fuppreffion, renouncing, relinquishing, forfeiting, giving up, or by any other manner of means coming of the fame to the faid king's highness fince the fourth of February above fpecified; and it was further enacted by the authority laft aforefaid, that not only all the faid late monafteries, abbotries, priories, nunneries, colleges, hofpitals, houses of friars, and other ecclefiaftical and religious houfes and places, leets, circuits, precincts, manors, granges, lordships, meffuages, lands, tenements, meadows, paftures, rents, reverfions, fervices, woods, tithes, penfions, portions, parfonages, appropriate vicarages, churches, chapels, advowfons, nominations, patronages, annuities, rights, interefts, entries, conditions, commons, leets, courts, liberties, privileges, franchifes, and other hereditaments whatfoever, that should be belonging or appertaining to the fame or any of them, whenfoever fo foon as they fhould be diffolved, fuppreffed, renounced, relinquifhed, forfeited, given up, or by any other means come unto the faid king's highness, should be deemed, veft. ed, and adjudged by the authority of that parliament in the very actual and real feifin of the faid king, his heirs and affigns for ever, and as though all the faid eftates, monafteries, abbotries, priories, nunneries, colleges, hofpitals, houfes of friars, and all other religious and ecclefiaftical houfes and places fo diffolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquifhed, forfeited, given up, or by any means come unto the faid king's highnefs as aforefaid, as alfo the faid monafteries, abbotries, priories, nunneries, colleges, hofpitals, houses of friars, and other religious and ecclefiaftical houses and places, which thereafter fhould happen to be diffolved, fuppreffed, renounced, relinquifhed, forfeited, given up, or come unto the faid king's highnefs, fcites, circuits, precincts, manors, lordfhips, granges, lands, tenements, and other premifes whatsoever, they be, and every of them were in that act specially and particularly rehearsed, named, and expreffed by exprefs words, names, titles, and faculties, and in their names, kinds, and qualities, as by the faid act (among other things) it more fully appears; by force of which faid act and by virtue of the faid deed of grant and Henry 8th feifed furrender the faid king Henry the Eighth became and was feifed of of the faid 1000 the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, &c. and of the faid free warren in and over the faid land in his demefne as of fee in right of his crown of England; and the faid late king Henry the Eighth being fo feifed of fuch his eftate thereand died feifed. in, died feifed at Weltminster aforefaid, after whofe death the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, Said 1000 acres &c. defcended to Edward the Sixth, late king of England, as fon Edward the 6th, and heir of the faid king Henry the Eighth, whereby the faid late became king Edward the Sixth became and was feifed of the faid one thoufand acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, &c. in his faid

Prout patet.

acres,

defcended to

who feifed,

demelne

to

Mary,

became

to

who became

Queen Elizabeth

their heirs for

demefne as of fee in right of his crown of England; and being fo and died fcifed. thereof feised the faid late king Edward the Sixth of fuch his eftate therein died feifed, at Westminster aforefaid, after whofe death the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, &c. defcended to the lady Mary, late queen of England, as Said 1000 acres fifter and heir to the late king Edward the Sixth, whereby the faid defcended late queen Mary became and was feifed of the faid one thousand queen acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, &c. in her demefne as of fee in right of her crown of England; and being fo who feifed, feifed thereof the faid queen Mary afterwards, at Westminster aforefaid, died feifed of fuch her eftate therein, after whofe death and died seised. the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenances, where- Said 1000 acres of, &c. defcended to the lady Elizabeth, late queen of England, defcended as fifter and heir to the faid late queen Mary, whereby the faid late queen Elizabeth, queen Elizabeth bame and was feifed of the faid one thousand feifed. acres of land, with the appurtenances, of, &c. in her demefne as of fee in right of her crown of England; and the faid late queen Elizabeth being fo feifed afterwards, by her letters patent by letters patent fealed with the great feal of England, bearing date at Westmin- granted the said fter, the seventeenth day of October, in the thirty-fecond year of manor to T. T. her reign (which letters patent the faid fir Theophilus now brings and T. W. and here into court, the date whereof is the fame day and year in that ever. behalf above-mentioned), for the confiderations therein mentioned, for herself and her heirs, gave and granted to Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock all her manor of Frankton, with its rights, members, and appurtenances, in the faid county of War wick, and all her lands, tenements, hereditaments, with the appurtenances belonging and appertaining, parcel of the faid manor, fituate in Frankton aforefaid, theretofore belonging and appertaining to the faid priory of the Bleffed Virgin Mary, in the faid city of Coventry, and having been formerly part of the poffeffion thereof, and alfo all free warrens, rights, privileges, profits, commodities, emoluments, and hereditaments whatsoever, of what kind, nature, or fpecies, by whatever name known, reputed, called or diftinguished, being, coming, growing, and arifing within the aforefaid manor, lands, tenements, and other premifes, above granted as laft aforefaid, or belonging to any of them, or theretofore had, taken, used, or reputed as members, parts, or parcels of the fame manor, lands, tenements, and other premifes fo granted, or any of them: And the faid queen Elizabeth by her faid letters patent did further give and grant for herself, her heirs, and fucceffors, to the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock, their heirs and affigns, that they, their heirs and affigns, fhould from thenceforth be ever empowered to have, hold, and enjoy within the aforefaid manor, lands, tenements, premifes before granted, and in any parcel thereof, so many, of such extent, and fuch and the fame free warrens, and all other rights, franchifes, liberties, privileges, cuftoms, profits, emoluments, and hereditaments whatsoever, as, and fuch, and fo fully, freely, and entirely, and in fuch ample manner and form as any prior or priors of the faid VOL. IX.

late

late priory of the Bleffed Virgin Mary of the city of Coventry aforefaid, or any other perfon or perfons theretofore having, possesfing, or being feifed of the faid manor, lands, tenements, and premises therein before granted, had, held, used, and enjoyed, or ought to have had, held, ufed, and enjoyed the faid premises, or any part thereof, by reafon of the pretext of any charter, gift, grant in confirmation by the faid queen Elizabeth, or any of her progenitors, made, granted, or confirmed, or otherwife by any lawful means or titles, and as freely and perfectly, and in as ample manner and form as all and fingular the faid premifes came, or ought to have come, into her hands, or into the hands of her faid father and mother, brother Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth, or the hands of either of them, or her said fifter Mary, by reason of the pretext of the diffolution or furrender of the faid late priory, or by reafon of any exchange or purchafe, or of any act or acts of parliament, or by any other legal means, right, or title whatsoever, and as the fame then were, or ought to have been in her faid majesty's hands, to hold all and fingular the faid premifes to the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock, and their heirs and affigns, and to their own ufe and benefit for ever, to be holden of the faid queen Elizabeth, her heirs and fucceffors, as of her majefty's honour of Hampton Court, in the county of Middlefex, by knights fervices, and not in capite, viz. by the twentieth part of one knight's fee for all rents, fervices, and demands whatfoever, to be paid and performed for the faid premises to her faid majefty, her heirs and fucceffors, in any part, as by the Prout patet, &c. fame letters patent, relation being thereunto had, it more fully T. T. and T. appears; by virtue of which faid letters patent the faid Thomas W. became feif- Thornton and Thomas Woodcock became and were seised in their

ed.

demefne as of fee of and in the faid manor of Frankton, and the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenances, whereof, &c. alfo of and in the faid free warren in and over the fame lands; and being fo thereof feifed the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock afterwards, to wit, on the twenty-fifth day of October, in the twenty-third year of the reign of the faid late queen Elizabeth aforefaid, by a certain indenture then and there made between the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock of the one part, and John Temple, of Stowe, in the county of Buckingham, efquire, of the other part, and in the court of chancery of the faid late queen Elizabeth, within fix months then next following, at Westminster aforefaid, in due form of law of record inrolled according to the form of the ftatute in fuch cafe made and provided (one part of which faid indenture, fealed with the feals of the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock, the faid fir Theophilus now brings here into court, the date whereof is the fame day and year in that behalf above-mentioned), in coalideration of a certain fum of money paid by the faid John T. T. and T. Temple to the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock, bargained bargained and fold to the faid John Temple the faid manor of the Frankton, and all the lands, tenements, and hereditaments con

W.

and fold

manor to J. T.

tained in the aforefaid grant of queen Elizabeth, being part of the faid manor fituate in Frankton aforefaid, and all lands, tenements, warrens, franchifes, liberties, profits, and hereditaments whatfoever to the faid manor or premifes belonging, or reputed to be parcel thereof, or which were granted and conveyed to the faid Thomas Thornton and Thomas Woodcock by the faid grant from the faid queen Elizabeth, to hold the faid premifes to the faid John Temple, his heirs and affigns for ever; by virtue of which fa'd bargain and fale, and inrollment, and alfo by force of the Statue of uses. ftatute made for transferring ufes into poffeffion, the faid John Temple became and was feifed in his demefue as of fee of and in the faid manor and one thousand acres of land, whereof, &c. with the appurtenances, and alfo of and in the faid free warren of and in

became feiled,

became

the fame; and being fo poffeffed thereof the faid John Temple J. T. died feifafterwards, to wit, on the firft of April 1650, at Frankton, afore- ed. faid, died feifed of fuch his estate therein, after whose death the faid manor and the faid free warren in and over the faid one thoufand acres of land, whereof, &c. with the appurtenances, defcend- Manor, &c deed and came to Thomas Temple, efquire, as fon and heir of the fcended to J. T. faid John Temple, whereby the faid Thomas Temple became and his heir, who was feifed in his demefne as of fee of and in the said manor and the said free warren in and over the faid one thousand acres of land, whereof, &c. with the appurtenances; and being fo feifed and died feised. the faid Thomas Temple afterwards, to wit, on the first day of April 1680, at Frankton aforefaid, died feifed of fuch his eftate therein, after whofe death the faid manor and the free warren in Manor defended and over the faid one thousand acres of land, with the appurtenan- to R. T. ces, whereof, &c. defcended and came to Richard Temple, efquire, as fon and heir of the faid Thomas Temple; whereby the faid who Richard Temple became and was feifed in his demefne as of fee of feised. and in the faid manor and the said free warren in and over the faid one thousand acres of land, whereof, &c. with the appurtenances; and the faid Richard Temple being fo thereof feifed, afterwards, R T. bargained to wit, on the twenty fixth day of Auguft 1680, at Frankton and aforefaid, by a certain indenture then and there made between the faid Richard Temple of the one part, and fir Theophilus Biddulph, baronet, of the other part, in the court of chancery of the late king Charles the Second, within fix months then next following, at Westminster aforefaid in due form of law inrolled of record, according to the form of the ftatute in fuch cafe made and provided (one part of which faid indenture, fealed with the feal of the faid Richard Temple, the faid fir Theophilus the defendant brings here into court, the date whereof is the fame day and year lait aforefaid), in confideration of a certain fum of money paid by the faid fir Theophilus in that indenture named, bargained and fold to the faid fir Theophilus Biddulph in the faid indenture named the faid manor of Frankton, and all and every the lands, tenements, hereditaments, and free warren, late of the faid Thomas Temple, in Frankton aforefaid, and all the estate, right, and title of the said Richard Temple of and unto the faid manor and premises, to hold

fold the manor, &c. to

fir T. B.