Harley MS 3970

Register of grants and leases from the time of Prior William Holleway (1525–39).

f. 1v: Bond of Richard, rector of Walcot, to pay an annual pension of 135s. 4d. to the Convent.

f. 2r: Power of attorney to receive rents for the Convent.

f. 2v: Bond of Prior and Convent for £100 to secure £61 14s. 2¾d. owed to Thomas Clerke, Esquire.

f. 2*r: Pen trials and effaced text.

f. 3v: Grant of next presentation to the Hospital of St John to Nicholas FitzJames, of Wulstone, Esquire, and Robert FitzJames his son and heir. 28 Henry VIII (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 54).

f. 3v: Grant of next presentation to the church of Long Ashton to certain citizens of Bristol, 1536 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 55).

f. 4r: Grant of next presentation to the church of Corston to Thomas Henage, Esquire, 1536 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 56).

f. 4r: Grant of a pension to Thomas Cromwell, lord privy seal, of £5 yearly. 28 Henry VIII (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 57).

f. 4v: Grant of office of Master of the Works. 28 Henry VIII (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 58).

f. 4v: Grant of next presentation to Walcot church to Thomas Clerke, Esquire, and others, 1536 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 59).

f. 5r: Grant of next presentation to Stanton Prior church to Sir Nicholas Wadham and John Wyllicombe, clerk, 1536 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 60).

f. 5r: Grant of next presentation to Kylverton or Kylton church to Sir Andrew Lutterell, 1537 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 61).

f. 5v: Grant of next presentation to Cary church to Thomas, Valentine, and John Clerke, 1529 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 62).

f. 6r: Grant of next presentation to South Stoke church to David Harrys, grocer, of Bristol, 1529 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 63).

f. 6v: Grant of a corrody to John Willman and Johane his wife (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 64).

f. 7r: Grant of next presentation to Uscum (Usk) church to Bp. John, Thomas, and Arthur Clerke, 1538 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 65).

f. 7v: Grant of next presentation to Bath Easton church to Henry Brunker, 1538 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 66).

f. 7v: Grant of next presentation to Englishcombe church to John Quar, archdeacon of Llandaff, and others, 1538 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 67).

f. 8r: Grant of next presentation to St Mary de Stalles, Bath, to Sir Walter Denys. 30 Henry VIII, 'in terris sub Christo supremi capitis ecclesie Anglicane' (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 68).

f. 8v: Grant of next presentation to Weston church to David Sheperde, of Weston, husbandman, and John Macie of Witcombe, weaver, 1538 (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 69).

ff. 8v–9r: Grant of reversion of a corrody to William Master after the death of William Haye. 30 Henry VIII (printed in Warner, appendix, no. 70).

f. 9*r: Pen trials.

ff. 10v–11r: Lease of farm at Lansdown with stock, the ewe flock of 80 ewes, to Richard Chapman for 60 years. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 11v–12v: Grant of reversion of lease of land at St Catherine. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 13r–14v: Lease of farm at South Stoke, with stock, wether flock of 280 sheep to Thomas Smith and wife for lives. Inventory of stock. 29 Henry VIII.

f. 15r–v: Lease for lives of tenement at Illewyke to William Kent and others. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 15v–16v: Lease of cottage and 5 acres at Tatwick for lives to Dionysius Gonuewyne and John his son. Rent to hostry. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 16v–17r: Grant of reversion of tenement at Illewyke to John Rynes and others. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 17v–19v: Lease of farm at Bathford to Thomas Bradley and Robert Bradley for lives. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 20r–21v: Lease of farm at Combe to William Pole for lives. 30 Hen VIII.

ff. 22r–23v: Lease of farm at Lincombe to John Gaye for lives, date erased in margin, 1538.

ff. 23v–24r: Lease of tenement at Illewicke to John Reynes of Foxcote, yeoman, for 61 years. 30 Henry VIII.

f. 24r–v: Lease of tenement without the Southgate, Bath, to Laurence Rallens of Bath, weaver. 30 Henry VIII.

f. 25r–v: Lease of tenement in Bath to Walter Adams and wife for lives. 30 Henry VIII.

ff. 25v–26r: Lease of tenement in Stapleford, Wiltshire, to Isabel Foster, for lives. 29 Henry VIII.

f. 26r–v: Lease of tenement in Bath to John Beowsham, for lives. 30 Henry VIII.

ff. 27r–28r: Lease of Ford mill, grist and fulling mill, to William Gamage for 66 years. 30 Henry VIII.

ff. 28r–29r: Grant of annuity of 4 mcs. and a corrody to William Cupper, organist. 29 Henry VIII.

ff. 29r–30r: Grant of reversion of lease of Weston mill to John Clement, alderman of Bath. 30 Henry VIII.

ff. 30r–31v: Lease of farm at Lincombe, with stock, the hogge flock of Lincombe, to Robert Cokkes for 70 years. 26 Henry VIII.

ff. 32v–33v: Lease of pasture, or summer leaze, called Hayes, in Lyncombe, to Richard Cokkes for lives. 17 Henry VIII.

f. 34r–v: Lease of tenement without the Northgate, Bath, to John Busoke, weaver, his wife and son, for lives. 30 Henry VIII.

ff. 34v–35r: Lease of tenement in Bath to William Cupper, singing man, his wife Denyse, and daughter Susan, for lives. 30 Henry VIII.

ff. 36v–45r: Register of deeds of John Clerk, bishop of Bath and Wells (1523–41).

ff. 45r–48r: Pen trials.

List of contents based on Hunt (i, lxxii–lxxiv).

Decoration:

New charters open with enlarged initials with simple black penwork decoration.