Appointment by William Wattes, the prior, and the convent of St. Mary, the Virgin,...

Appointment by William Wattes, the prior, and the convent of St. Mary, the Virgin, of Pill (Pulla), of John Phillipps (Ph'z), of P[-]. (Pulu'), esquire, as steward of their courts, etc. within the lordships of Pembroke and Haverford, and as approver (approbatorem) and supervisor of all their lordships, etc. within the said county and lordship or elsewhere within the diocese of St. David's; to hold the said offices to him and his heirs for 99 years, with 40s. fee charged on all their land, etc. in the said county; proviso that during the said term that they will not confer any title, rectory or vicarage upon any without the counsel and assent of the said John and his heirs. Pembrokeshire. 28 December, 1531, 23 Henry VIII. At foot, Fiat, etc. proviso, etc. Ry: Sakevyle, Wa: Mildmay, John Gosnold.