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HATFEILD Division.

NOw followeth Hatfeild Division of this great Wapentac of Bersetlow, which is that which lyeth on the West side of the River Idle; and as the South and North Clay Divisions, which lie on the East side, have ever been famous for plenty of Corn, so this for Woods and pleasant Waters, insomuch that in it alone have been Founded well∣nigh as many Monasteries as in the whole County besides, for in it were the Abbies of Rufford, and Wellbeck, the Priories of Wirkesop, Wal∣lingwelles, Blyth, and Mattersey, which are not far short of all the rest, as by this Catalogue of their values taken before that of the 26 H. 8. may appear,* 1.1 wherein Lenton is 620^l. per annum, Thurgarton 350^l. Shelford 200^l. Newstede 240^l. Felley 44^l. Beauvale 200^l. Brodholme 10^l. Rufford 220^•. Welbeck 300^l. Wirksop 240^l. Wallingwelles 78^l. Blyth 107^l. and Mathersey 50^l. per annum.

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