. Archaeologia cantiana. to hold the fore-mentioned land with before mentioned messuage and house and allthings appertaining to me and my heirs to them and their heirs,paying to me and my heirs an annuity of two denarii at one time,that is to say at the Feaste of the Nativity of John the Baptist, forall services, exactions, and demands, saving the service to our Lordthe King. And I, the before named Hugo and my heirs, givethe whole of the before mentioned land with the messuage andhouse built thereon and existing, with all its pertinences, to thebefore mentioned Bobert and his heirs against al
. Archaeologia cantiana. to hold the fore-mentioned land with before mentioned messuage and house and allthings appertaining to me and my heirs to them and their heirs,paying to me and my heirs an annuity of two denarii at one time,that is to say at the Feaste of the Nativity of John the Baptist, forall services, exactions, and demands, saving the service to our Lordthe King. And I, the before named Hugo and my heirs, givethe whole of the before mentioned land with the messuage andhouse built thereon and existing, with all its pertinences, to thebefore mentioned Bobert and his heirs against all people every-where. In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed my witnessing, etc. The house, building, chapel, and offices at Sutton con-tinued as a commandry for the management of these andother valuable estates up to the date of the dissolution of theOrder of Knight Hospitallers, of which our public recordsf * Cott. MS., Nero, E, fol. 249. f Exch. Aug. Off., Particulars of Grants, 35 Henry VIII., THE KNIGHT HOSPITALLERS IN KENT. 259 contain full particulars. The Commissioners were instructedto enquire, and reported as follows: That it was an entiremanor of itself; that there was no advowson, chantry,or other spiritual charge. A recitation of the lands aregiven and the value is assessed at xxvij1 iijs iiijd per annum,which at twenty-one years purchase would be worth the sumof dxxxvj1 xiiij3, including the woodland, which was separ-ately valued as being worth vij1 xs. This is followed by a grant* to Maurice Dennys of themanor and chapel of Sutton at Hone for the sum of £536and 40s. Hastedf tells us that Sir Maurice Dennys was descendedfrom a good Gloucestershire family, and that he afterwardsappended the addition of St. John to his name, havingacquired a grant of other lands. In the fourth year ofElizabeth he levied a fine of this manor, and died in 1564,leaving it to his wife the Lady Elizabeth, J who had previouslymarried Sir Nicholas Statham,§ Merce
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