Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions . was about 1680. 158 ttlStOkV OF OkEtlAMI>T0N. to return to Waverly in procession with their Abbot Robert,successor to Richard.—Grose Vol. II., page 63. Ford.—By an inter-marriage of Reginald Courtenay,temp. Henry II.; the patronage of this Abbey came to theCourtenays, several were buried there. John C. was a greatbenefactor to this House. Clergy.—In 1427 loud complaints having been made bythe Inferior Clergy as to the inequality of their stipends, itwas ordained by the Superior Convocation, that eachB
Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions . was about 1680. 158 ttlStOkV OF OkEtlAMI>T0N. to return to Waverly in procession with their Abbot Robert,successor to Richard.—Grose Vol. II., page 63. Ford.—By an inter-marriage of Reginald Courtenay,temp. Henry II.; the patronage of this Abbey came to theCourtenays, several were buried there. John C. was a greatbenefactor to this House. Clergy.—In 1427 loud complaints having been made bythe Inferior Clergy as to the inequality of their stipends, itwas ordained by the Superior Convocation, that eachBishops family barber should shave each Priest, who hadhis orders from that Bishop without payment.—WilkingsConsilia. Monks.—The original of Monks in England may bedated from the first plantation of Christianity therein, that itis probable that some of the Druids having been convertedfrom the Pagan religion, whereof they were the priests, be-came our first Monks, being thereunto much inclined bythe severity of their former discipline.—Mackenzie on RoyalLine of CHARTERS, RENTALS, &c. Some inaccuracies and omissions occurrinj^ in our abstracts, we heregive the transcript and copy of the libert3es and ffranchises granted of oldtime to the burgesses, &c., as made by Richard Shebbeare, in 1671. Zo all Cbristian people tbis present writing seeing orbearing TRobcrt ot Courtnege* senDctb greeting in tbe XorD(5oD JEverlastinge. IRnow ^e tbat 5 tbe sayC* IRobt. have given granted and by these my present deed confirmed with the assent and con-sent of Mar)- my wife and our heires to the burgesses of my ffree burghe of okehampton. Bll tbose tenements anD liberall eustonies which they had in the time of Richard the sonne of Bawdyn and ofRobert the sonne of Reginald and of Mawde Aberenges his wife andHavisses of Courtncye my mother in the burghe and in the foreyne landsof the same. Ji)iel5ing therefore yearly of every burgage to mee andto my heires by tlie hands of my po
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