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SOME FEUDAL MILLS. 14'
And that youe from time to time doe geve in charge to suche
inquests, and shall trulie enquier and true psentment make, of all o*"
seid tenauntes fermors and copieholders of o*" seid maner and towne
or other psons dwellinge or inhabitynge with" the seid maner or towne
whiche have byn used and accustomed to grinde ther corn and
grayne at o'' seid milles and goe frome o"" seid milles to griende at
anie other mills then o"" ; and putte ther names and ther facts and
doeings therin, and wher they micht have bin and hadd ther corne
grened at o" seid milles :
discrecon to see suche as shall offende in this
And upon youre
behalfe be fined and amersed for the same : and that the same
shalbe streted and gethered to o"^ use w*'' ther fines and amercemts
owte in the saide courte : And yf they that shall soe be psnted in
o" seid courte upon monicon to be geven to them by youe or yo"
deputie will not doe ther duties to o"" seid milles, without resonable
cause to youe or o''stewarde there for the time beinge showed and
the same by youe or other o"" stewarde ther to be admytted and
alowed, and ther byn licens to them geven for a time ; but obstantlie
doe goe and w*Mrawe them from o' seid milles, that then youe or
other o"" stewarde ther shall geve them and ev'y of them, by v'tue
herof, comaunde to appere before o"" Chauncello" and Councell of
o' seid Duchy of Lancaster in o' Duchy Chamber at Westm at
a certen daye to be lymitted, then and ther to aunswere to the
p'misses to the entent that o"" seid Chauncellor and Councell of o'
seid Duchy maye see o' inheritaunse in the seid milles p'servid, and
the seid offendars punished And further to ; proceed therin accord-
inge to the order of our lawes and monicons and justice : accordingelie
not faylinge, as youe will answere to us at yo"" pell.
Geven the fourthe daye of June in the iiij**" and v"' yeres of
o' Reignes.
This monition and warning, severe as it may
appear, was yet, for the times and under the circumstances,
an order of comparative leniency. It was
issued by Mary, not as a sovereign, but as the lady
of the manor. By the soke of the town '' our said
mills have been maintained and our rents truly
answered" ; its loss *'
within short time to come
may
grow, to the utter decay
of our said mills and also
to the disinherison of us and our heirs " ; and it
is desirable that the Chancellor " may see offenders
punished and our inheritance preserved." It appears
to have further embittered the hostility constantly
manifested against Molyneux by the town, between
IV.
KING'S MILLS,
LIVERPOOL.
7. Eastham
Windmill.
A Royal
Command,
1557.