Excerpt from The Book of the Abbot of Combermere, 1289 to 1529, And, the Exchequer Lay Subsidy Roll for Lancashire, 1332 The ms. Particularizes what property belonged to the monks in Nantwich; it records values ranging from a cottage with an annual rent Of one penny to the highly rented lands and salt-houses. It not only gives the names Of the tenantry, but Of other persons holding adjacent lands; and many Of those names will be familiar to those who are acquainted with the history Of Nantwich. It is the sole authority for the list Of abbots from 1443 to within a few years Of the suppression Of the Abbey. It illustrates the changing customs Of the Convent in regard to the terms Of years for which leases were granted; and it contains other matters of local and general interest that have been briefly commented on in this introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.