The Bowndes and Limites of the Parishe of Lancels, 1613

The Bowndes and Limites of the Parishe of Lancells, 1613

A note of the bowndes and limites
of the pishe of Lancels 1613 /

Lancels

East

On the east side it joigneth with Pancras weke and is bownded by the river called Thamer

South

in the south side it joygneth with the west parte of Bridgruel and with Maromchurche and is bownded by a lake run^~ing betwene Maromchurche & lancels com^~only called beere lake untill you come to a tenement in Marom: called Bissom /

West

In the west it joyneth with Stratton and some part of Pughill and is bownded from Stratton by a wood called yerberry wood in the pishe of Stratton /

And Pughill by hunt hill /

north

on the north side it joyneth with Kilkhampton and is bownded in a peece of grownd called rub hill with a stone. and so eastward untill lapthorne and in lapthorne it is bownded with a lunche ^[*] from that lunche the bownde ru^~neth downe through the meddowe by the south hedge untill you come to the end of that hedge that Joyneth to langforde moore where the water fleeteth out

Abelardo Westford [?] Nicholas Boteler

John Smyth signⁿ X Richardi Josi^h Pars
Vowler

Peter rondell Simom : Shortt

wardens

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Signⁿ                              Richardi
Burne
bury

we have no orneoments in o^r churche but those thinges y^t belong to com^~on praier & administration of the sacraments as by the can^~on is required / And we have no stocks for we have scarce enough at this tyme to defray o^r chardges

* This appears to be a Devonian dialect word meaning a large mass or lump, and may possibly therefore signify a barrow.

Cornwall Record Office (ARD/TER/277) - transcribed by Chris Bond, 2007