Welsh Journals

^Gilbert de Turberville*6 who increased the grant by the right to the monks and their men of the liberty of going through his land to the wood and returning without hindrance or taking of pledges by him or his men, provided no damage were done to them. If any damage were done to Gilbert de Turberville or his men, or his heirs, the damage was to be amended within eight days after, according to the quantity of the trespass, by the -following method Gilbert or his heirs were to choose two lawful men of the monks, ;and the monks' two lawful men of his, and by their view and oath, the trespass was to "ibe amended. If the necessary amends were not made, the monks and their men were not to be allowed to go through Gilbert's land, except by the royal way, until they had made satisfaction to him and his men according to the form provided. Also the monks .and their men were to fish, without hindrance of Gilbert or his men, in all the water of Ewenny, wherever it pleased them, as far as their land extended against his land. When they so fished half the fish caught were to be the property of Gilbert and his heirs, the other half of the monks and their men. A similar division was to be made by Gilbert -and his heirs when they fished in the same water.47 The last Turberville benefactor to Ewenny recorded in these newly-found deeds was Payn de Turberville, the son of Richard de Turberville and grandson of the last- named Gilbert. On 17th February, 1303, he granted John, the son of Thomas of Heronston, formerly his villein, with his chattels and progeny .48 On 1 April, 1303, he made a comprehensive confirmation of the grants of all his ancestors and of their ♦confirmations^ The grants of Simon de Turberville remain as stated above. In addition to the twenty-four acres mentioned above as given by Simon de Turberville's brother Gilbert, another twenty-four acres of arable lands, extending from the bridge on the Alun towards Wick, twenty-four acres, with the little meadow (probably Lemersham) by the river Ewenny, eight acres on the west side of the road which leads from the ford of Ewenny to the old vill, are here recorded as further benefactions of this same Gilbert. It is also recorded that Payn, the son of this Gilbert de Turberville, was a benefactor, giving the pasture moor and other additions, and that Gilbert, the son of another Gilbert de Turberville, gave land lying within the ditch called Monks- down. The right to fish was extended to the course of the Ewenny throughout the lordship, as well in the stanks of the mills as on the demesne lands adjoining the stanks on both sides. The right to take firewood was extended and defined it was to extend to the woods of the Rhug or Cefn Cribbwr and Pencoed, twice daily in winter, and in the woods of Glynogwr, and Alltyrhiw, three times daily in winter. Exception was made of certain kinds of trees, and the loading was to be done by view of the con- stable of Coity and foresters. If the regular daily ration were not taken, provision was made for the collection of the arrears, and even for supplementary supply. A form, similar to that provided for the emendation of damages caused by the easement 46 Clark, Carta de Glam., Vol. III, No. DCCLV, pp. 853-5, where it is copied from Dugdale Monast., 1673 ed., Vol. III., p. 19. This is the only known version of this grant. It does not appear in Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. 1823., Vol. III. pp. 523-8. It is reprinted in Colonel J. P. Turberville, Ewenny Priory (1901), p. 40. 47 Clark, Carta de Glam., Vol. III., pp. 853-5. 48 Appendix I. No. 7. 49 Appendix I. No. 14.