Research Notes:

Gilbert de Turberville ... increased the benefactions of his house [to Ewenny Priory] by the grant of the land of Malefaunt, in the fee of Corntown.... This grant was confirmed by his son....

Gilbert de Turberville who increased the grant by the right to the monks and their men of the liberty of going through his land to the wood and returning without hindrance or taking of pledges by him or his men, provided no damage were done to them. If any damage were done to Gilbert de Turberville or his men, or his heirs, the damage was to be amended within eight days after, according to the quantity of the trespass, by the following method: Gilbert or his heirs were to choose two lawful men of the monks, and the monks' two lawful men of his, and by their view and oath, the trespass was to be amended. If the necessary amends were not made, the monks and their men were not to be allowed to go through Gilbert's land, except by the royal way, until they had made satisfaction to him and his men according to the form provided. Also the monks .and their men were to fish, without hindrance of Gilbert or his men, in all the water of Ewenny, wherever it pleased them, as far as their land extended against his land. When they so fished half the fish caught were to be the property of Gilbert and his heirs, the other half of the monks and their men. A similar division was to be made by Gilbert and his heirs when they fished in the same water. ²