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CarmartBensBire Bpeanings (Ridmeffp). BY THE REV. GRUFFYDD EVANS, B.D., Vicar of Newcastle-Emlyn (formerly Vicar of Kidwelly). i. Sanctuary Lands in Kidwelly. ii. Survivals of Mediœval Customs in Kidwelly. Hi. Llansaint, Ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum and Hawkin Church. iv. Appendices: (A) Chief Rent Roll of Kidwelly, I573; (B) Town Rent Roll; (C) Lists of Mayors, Recorders, Chief Stewards, Town Clerks. Also English Bur- gesses in the Eighteenth Century. I. SANCTUARY LANDS IN KIDWELLY. At' to the ngnth articWe they sage that theore are certaine lands of st. Aohn of Aerusalem houlden m'thin the lihertge of tlje burromghe afore- sagd in the hands ano tenure of the p'sons under- named att the certaine rente theare likemgse ex- presed, nnmwlg ffrances maunsell for certen lands, sixe shillings; Aohn Glmord for lands, fine shillings; millgam Agcholas for lands, fomre pence; Aubreg Benans for lands, thirtene penee; genkine Aollife for lands theare, certagne quanti- the of the lord's met de not knome nor mhat tenure." The "burrowghe aforesayd is the Borough of Kid- welly. The official who wrote the words quoted was Gerrard Bromley, Esq., "his Mat's Survayor of the Possessyons of the Dutyche of Lancaster for the South P'tes In the seventh year of James I (1609), Bromley