Richard, by the grace of God ever august King of the Romans, to all to whom the present writing shall come, Greeting. Know ye that we have granted and by our present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs to our burgesses of Helston that our borough of Helston be a free borough and that our burgesses of the same town have a gild merchant and quittance throughout our whole county of Cornwall from toll, pontage, passage, lastage, soilage, and stallage. We have granted also to them, for us and our heirs, that they shall not plead, except within their own borough, of matters or tenements belonging to their town, except in pleas belonging to the crown of our Lord the King, and in pleas concerning lands outside the borough. We have granted also to them, for us and our heirs, their town with the appurtenances and with the mills outside the town and with the water of the Cober flowing to the same mills and with all the ease ments of the same water, provided they cause no injury to others, and that they may erect other mills upon the same water, if it should seem expedient to them, provided they cause no injury to others, as is aforesaid; and with 33 acres of land, part of our land held in villeinage, let at rents by Odo, son of Frawin, formerly farmer of Helston, to have and to hold at fee-farm from us and our heirs to them and their heirs, rendering thence yearly to us and our heirs by their own hands twelve pounds of silver at the two terms of the year, that is to say, at Easter six pounds and at Michaelmas six pounds. We have granted also to them our meadow below the town of Helston, to have and to hold to them and their heirs from us and our heirs, rendering yearly to us and our heirs twenty six shillings and eight pence at the two terms of the year, that is to say, at Easter thirteen shillings and four pence, and at Michaelmas thirteen shillings and fourpence. Wherefore we will and firmly command that the aforesaid burgesses and their heirs have and hold the aforesaid town with its appurtenances, at fee-farm, well, in peace, freely, quietly, and wholly, with the aforesaid mills and all their liberties and free customs used and customary belonging to their free borough and to the aforesaid mills as is aforesaid. We have granted also to them, for us and our heirs, that no sherif or other bailiff of ours shall in anything interfere concerning any plea or plaint or occurrence or any other thing appertaining to the aforesaid borough, save the pleas of the Crown, which, nevertheless, ought to be attached by the same burgesses until the arrival of the Justices; and that it shall be lawful for them to distrain, without a foreign bailiff, all their burgesses, wherever they may be, whether within or without the town, for a debt due to us or to our heirs. Which, that it may continue valid and unshaken, we do confirm by the present writing and by the impression of our seal. These are the witnesses :—Reginald de Botreaux, Philip de Bodrgan, Ralph de Arundel, Alan de Bloyhou, Guy de Nonaunt, William de Roscrow, Ralph de Tinten, Roger de Saint Constantine, our notary and chaplain, and others. Given at Launceston, the sixth day of January in the third indic lion in the third year of our reign.