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Sir John Gib of Knock. 2 7
we meet with the following grant of land to John Gib
in the county of Leicester, in July 1608 : —
July 1608. A demise granted unto John Gib, one
of the Grooms of his Highness's Bedchamber, of his
Majesty's two parts of the manor, lands, and tene-
ments of Mary Brudenell, widow, in the county of
Leicester, recusant for forty-one years (if they remain
for long in his Majesty's hands by reason of her recus-
ancy), for the yearly rent of £49, 17s. 5d., being a
third part of his Majesty's two years. Subscribed for
by Mr. Attorney-General, by order from the Lord
Treasurer.
A full description of this occurs in the Patent Rolls
in the sixth year of King James, for that county.
In the Privy Seal Register of Scotland, we meet
with a letter to John Gib, in vol. lxxviii. (fol. 41),
ratifying the gift of a pension to him of 700 merks
out of the Priory of Pluscardin, and securing the same
to his wife. This is dated Whitehall, 15th March
1609.
In the next volume (lxxix. fol. 110) is another
letter to him, described as the Master of the Chapel-
Royal of Stirling, granting him all the revenues and
emoluments thereof for life, arising out of the various
church lands and prebendaries forming the patrimony
of the said chapel. This letter is dated Whitehall,
15th April 1610.
In volume lxxxii. (fol. 45) is another letter to John

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