Sons of the Morning
By Eden Phillpotts
10 Sep, 2020
Sons of the Morning By Eden Phillpotts Leigh, and Jno. Prouze, Knight, of Chaggeforde, as to right of lands in Waye and Aller--excepting only 12*s.* (twelve shillings) of chief rent, which Dennys Yeolandde hath; and the right of comyn of pasture.' Of
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Sons of the Morning By Eden Phillpotts Leigh, and Jno. Prouze, Knight, of Chaggeforde, as to right of lands in Waye and Aller--excepting only 12*s.* (twelve shillings) of chief rent, which Dennys Yeolandde hath; and the right of comyn of pasture.' Of course my kinsman went to the wall, for the next entry shows him climbing down and yielding at every point to the redoubtable Sir John. We're always fighting the Prouzes, and generally getting the worst of it. Then their marriage settlements! Poor love-stricken souls, they would have given their silly heads away, like everything else, if they could have unscrewed them!" Less