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ALLER, &c. Sir Roger Tocotes, kt., John Cheyne , and John Newburgh recite a fine 4 Edw. IV by which manors and lands in Aller, North Cadbury, Publew, Wulwade, Pensford, Newton St. Loe, South Pederton, Barrington, Chetlington, Stratton, and Southarp are granted to sir Thomas Burgh, kt., and Margaret his wife for their lives, and by the present deed the reversion of the said manors &c. after their death is granted to John, bishop of Ely and nine others. Dated 1 March, 20 Ed. IV.

An exemplification of a fine levied at Westminster on the morrow of the Ascension of our Lord, 16 Elizabeth, by which John Spencer and Alice his wife acknowledge the manor of Bodelett, with certain messuages and lands in Bodelett, Tregelly, &c., co. Cornwall, and the manor of Aller, with cottages, mills, &c. in Aller, Allermore, Higham, &c., co. Somerset, to be the right of Henry, earl of Huntingdon. For which the said earl gave to the said John and Alice £200. Dated at Westminster, 31 October, 17 Elizabeth.

Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, dated 24 March, 33rd of her reign (1591), inrolling a lease made 24 February, 31 Elizabeth (1589), between Henry, earl of Huntingdon, of the one part, and Hugh Hare of the Inner Temple of the other part, witnessing that in consideration of the sum of £6000 the said earl grants to farm the manors of Aller and Aller Chauntrie with the advowson &c., for 99 years, at an annual rent of £20.

Indenture made 6 June, 34 Elizabeth, by which Hugh Hare of the Inner Temple, esq., in consideration of the receipt of £5000, grants to Thomas Spencer of Claredon, co. Warwick, esq., and Richard Branthwaithe of London, esquier, with the consent of Henry, earl of Huntingdon, all his estate, right, &c. in the manor of Aller and Aller Chauntry and in Allermore, for the remainder of a term of years.

Letters patent of King James I, dated Westminster, 1 September, 10th of his reign, granting to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, and others, a licence of alienation of the manor of Aller, with certain messuages, lands, &c. in Aller, Somerton, Huishe Lamporte, Othe, Pathe, &c., in co. Somerset, to sir John Davis, kt.

Indenture made 28 August, 1615, by which the lady Katherine, countess of Huntingdon, &c., in consideration of the sum of £700, sells unto William Eeve, haberdasher, and Edward Taylor, girdler, citizens of London , the yearly rent of £274 5s. 11d., reserved to the said lady Katherine for the term of her life on the manor of Aller and Allermore, and the advowson of the church of Aller.

BRIDGEWATER. Release from Thomas Mowntague of Bridgewater, tailor to Henry, earl of Huntingdon, K.G., of all right &c. in lands &c. in the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Sowthampton, and Hertford, or elsewhere in England. Dated 3 May, 19 Elizabeth. [Signed with Thomas Mowntague's mark]

MAPERTON, CLOPTON, ALLER, &c. George, earl of Huntingdon, &c., in performance of divers covenants &c., grants to Reginald Pole, dean of Exeter and others all the manors of Maperton, Clopton, Halton, Hatherley, Wolbroke, Wotton Courtney, Aller, Allermore, Kylmersdon, and Walton, &c. ; to hold the same to the uses as declared in an indenture of marriage. Dated 20 October, 24 Hen. VIII. [Signed]

HARPTREY and PRIDY. Letters patent of K. Charles I, dated at Westminster, 1 Apr. 18th of his reign (1642), granting to John Newton a licence of alienation to Francis Buckland of a messuage and lands in West Harptrey, Pridy, and East Harptrey.

Queen Camel. 1573 .

Lease. Wells (Somerset). 17 Chas. I. June 12, 1641. Indenture made between (1) Sebastian Smith, Doctor in Divinity, Precentor of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, and (2) Robert Rowley of Wells, gent., being a lease for three lives (those of Robert Rowley and Edward Rowley and Thomas Rowley, his sons, of three tenements, three shambles and a vacant plot in the High Street, Wells.

Quitclaim. Norton [unidentified] (Somerset) (manor), Connock (Wiltshire) (manor), Ramridge (Hampshire) (manor), Marsh Gibbon (Buckinghamshire) (manor). 1358.

Demise and confirmation. Norton [unidentified] (Somerset) (manor), Connock (Wiltshire) (manor), Ramridge (Hampshire) (manor). 1435.

Power of attorney. Norton [unidentified] (Somerset) (manor), Connock (Wiltshire) (manor), Ramridge (Hampshire) (manor). 1435.

Power of attorney. Norton [unidentified] (Somerset) (manor), Connock (Wiltshire) (manor), Ramridge (Hampshire) (manor). 1435.

Letters patent, pardon. Norton [unidentified] (Somerset) (manor), Connock (Wiltshire) (manor), Ramridge (Hampshire) (manor). 1436.