Chapter II

13th century. Prior to the statute _Quia Emptores_, 18 Edw I (1290). =Charter= (Lat) confirming a grant from William de Mertone to Henry son of Roger Palmer, of one toft in the town of Mertone and two acres of his land; that toft and those acres which Roger his son formerly held of him to the end of all things; to wit, the said Roger the said land either held or retained, for homage and services; to have and to hold to him and his heirs or assigns, from him (the grantor) or his heirs, freely quietly and entirely, with all liberties and easements, so much land in the town of Mertone, with the appurtenances; paying thenceforth annually himself or his heirs or assigns to him (the grantor) and his heirs, one pound of cummin at the feast of saint Michael the archangel, for all services exactions and demands; and he William and his heirs, the said land, with the appurtenances, to the said Henry and his heirs or assigns, against all men and women, did warrant for ever. =Witnesses=: Richard de Thorintone, Adam de Pultone, James de Poltone (_sic_), Henry de Karletone, Roger son of John de (?)aynol, Emery (_Aumaricus_) de Lekamtone and others. =Vellum=: one skin 6A1/2 A-- 3, portion of a green seal, obscure. =Notes=: the form of the deed necessitates a date prior to 18 Edw I; and it is only by the names of the persons mentioned in the charter that the approximate date can be fixed. Mertone is an early form of Marton or Markeaton, two miles north-west of Derby, Richard le Palmer was a witness to a lease of a house in Markton (Markeaton) temp Edw I, see Jeayes "Derbyshire Charters", number 1651, page 205. The words "about 1275" are written on the back of the charter, in a hand of later date.

=Genealogy deduced.=

ROGER PALMER = ......
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HENRY
both living shortly before 1290