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the_o ancient_a greek_a writer_n do_v constant_o write_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d brettania_n not_o britannia_n as_o caesar_n write_v it_o howbeit_o cambden_n think_v it_o more_o true_o write_v by_o caesar_n than_o by_o the_o greek_n but_o of_o that_o i_o make_v great_a doubt_n for_o from_o the_o grecian_n doubtless_o be_v the_o name_n of_o brettaine_n first_o impose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o two_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o image_n or_o picture_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o old_a glossary_a betoken_v a_o region_n or_o country_n so_o that_o brettaine_n sound_v as_o much_o as_o the_o country_n of_o a_o people_n paint_v themselves_o with_o image_n and_o picture_n for_o the_o ancient_a brettan_n use_v to_o paint_v their_o body_n with_o various_a picture_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o live_v creature_n as_o appear_v by_o sundry_a good_a author_n 159._o author_n pomponius_n mela_n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o
model_v england_n into_o shire_n the_o word_n share_v we_o use_v at_o this_o day_n for_o a_o part_n or_o division_n huntingdon_n lib._n 1._o hist_o pag._n 298._o postquà m_fw-la reges_fw-la west-sexe_n caeteris_fw-la praevaluerunt_fw-la &_o monarchiam_fw-la obtinuerunt_fw-la terras_fw-la in_o 35_o provincias_fw-la dividebant_fw-la this_o may_v be_v ethelwolfe_n son_n of_o egbert_n yet_o egbert_n be_v the_o first_o monarch_n ingulphus_n say_v alfred_n the_o four_o son_n of_o ethelwolfe_n divide_v england_n into_o county_n hundred_o and_o tything_n pag._n 870._o but_o selden_n suppose_v ingulphus_n be_v herein_o mistake_v otherwise_o malmesbury_n will_v have_v attribute_v the_o division_n of_o shire_n unto_o alfred_n as_o well_o as_o hundred_o and_o tything_n which_o he_o omit_v altogether_o pag._n 44._o therefore_o shire_n be_v distinguish_v somewhat_o soon_o to_o wit_n by_o egbert_n hundred_o and_o tything_n by_o alfred_n this_o alfred_n also_o ordain_v judge_n and_o sheriff_n make_v two_o officer_n for_o the_o govern_n of_o a_o shire_n whereof_o before_o be_v but_o one_o officer_n call_v vicedominus_a this_o be_v but_o a_o new_a model_n by_o egbert_n and_o alfred_n for_o without_o doubt_v the_o ancient_a brettan_n have_v their_o division_n of_o county_n city_n and_o town_n as_o cook_n upon_o littleton_n well_o observe_v sect._n 248._o v._o as_o to_o this_o new_a division_n of_o shire_n huntingdon_n in_o the_o place_n cite_v reckon_v up_o 35._o where_o he_o reckon_v cornwall_n northumberland_z and_o cumberland_n to_o make_v up_o the_o account_n but_o malmesbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o pag._n 63._o say_v that_o under_o king_n ethelred_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1016._o there_o be_v but_o 32_o shire_n in_o england_n and_o the_o record_n of_o the_o two_o doomsday_n book_n have_v only_o 33_o shire_n under_o william_n the_o conqueror_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 1086._o unless_o we_o take_v the_o east-ryding_a north-ryding_a and_o west-ryding_a there_o mention_v for_o shire_n see_v splelman_n glossary_a on_o the_o word_n doomsday_n which_o three_o do_v now_o make_v up_o but_o one_o shire_n call_v yorkshire_n as_o it_o now_o stand_v divide_v nor_o do_v we_o find_v in_o doomsday_n book_n any_o mention_n at_o all_o of_o northumberland_n cumberland_n westmoreland_n durham_n or_o lancashire_n howbeit_o part_n of_o lancashire_n as_o it_o now_o stand_v distinguish_v be_v put_v under_o the_o title_n of_o cestershire_n in_o that_o book_n to_o wit_n all_o that_o part_n between_o the_o two_o river_n of_o ribbell_n and_o mersey_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o it_o i_o conceive_v be_v put_v under_o euruic-scire_a so_o that_o lancashire_n seem_v to_o have_v get_v and_o gain_v a_o distinct_a name_n of_o a_o county_n or_o shire_n since_o the_o norman_a conquest_n but_o of_o late_a time_n it_o be_v make_v a_o county_n palatine_n by_o the_o king_n charter_n to_o his_o son_n john_n of_o gaunt_n dated_n 28_o die_v februarii_fw-la 51_o edw._n 3._o 1376._o with_o all_o privilege_n sicùt_fw-la comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la infrâ_fw-la comitatum_fw-la cestriae_fw-la dignoscitur_fw-la habere_fw-la confirm_v by_o parliament_n 13_o rich._n 2._o 1389._o durham_n also_o have_v not_o his_o title_n in_o doomsday_n book_n but_o may_v seem_v there_o to_o be_v comprehend_v under_o euric-scire_a or_o yorkshire_n so_o likewise_o northumberland_n cumberland_n and_o westmoreland_n be_v either_o there_o omit_v or_o comprehend_v under_o yorkshire_n but_o soon_o after_o these_o be_v all_o account_v for_o distinct_a county_n or_o shire_n which_o six_o as_o they_o now_o stand_v divide_v northumberland_n cumberland_n westmoreland_n durham_n yorkshire_n and_o lancashire_n be_v by_o the_o roman_n during_o their_o rule_n in_o brettaine_n style_v brigantes_n that_o be_v robber_n in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o saxon_n rule_n in_o brettaine_n these_o all_o make_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o deira_n as_o it_o be_v then_o call_v which_o 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church_n 75000_o knight_n fee_n whereof_o house_n of_o religion_n have_v 28015._o but_o now_o be_v more_o town_n and_o village_n enclose_v and_o inhabit_v then_o be_v at_o that_o time_n and_o whereas_o before_o it_o be_v write_v that_o cornwall_n be_v not_o set_v in_o the_o shire_n of_o england_n it_o may_v stand_v among_o they_o well_o enough_o for_o it_o be_v not_o in_o wales_n nor_o in_o scotland_n but_o it_o be_v in_o england_n and_o so_o reckon_v cornwall_n be_v 37_o shire_n in_o england_n thus_o the_o monk_n of_o chester_n in_o his_o polychronicon_n who_o write_v under_o edward_n the_o three_o but_o the_o monk_n err_v in_o his_o account_n for_o there_o be_v 33_o shire_n name_v in_o doomsday_n book_n with_o cornwall_n and_o if_o yorkshire_n in_o doomsday_n book_n have_v five_o other_o shire_n take_v out_o of_o it_o and_o be_v add_v to_o the_o rest_n than_o there_o must_v be_v in_o all_o 38_o shire_n and_o not_o 37._o as_o the_o monk_n count_v and_o if_o we_o add_v rutlandshire_n 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county_n in_o england_n because_o in_o that_o statute_n of_o 27_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 26._o it_o be_v make_v subject_n to_o the_o chancery_n of_o england_n and_o to_o the_o king_n judge_n of_o westminster_n as_o all_o other_o the_o king_n subject_n be_v within_o every_o shire_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n by_o the_o same_o reason_n we_o may_v now_o account_v all_o the_o 13_o shire_n of_o wales_n for_o county_n of_o england_n because_o by_o the_o same_o statute_n of_o 27_o hen._n 8._o the_o dominion_n of_o wales_n be_v from_o thenceforth_o incorporate_v unite_a and_o annex_v to_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n yet_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o more_o proper_a that_o monmouth_n be_v place_v among_o the_o shire_n of_o wales_n in_o regard_n it_o be_v former_o part_v of_o wales_n to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n thereof_o and_o so_o we_o have_v at_o this_o day_n 13_o shire_n in_o wales_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o mercia_n i._o for_o my_o better_a method_n and_o clear_a passage_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o brief_o to_o
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for_o relief_n on_o hawise_o be_v estate_v for_o jointure_n bukby_n grantesset_n bradeham_n and_o herdwick_n as_o appear_v by_o this_o deed_n in_o the_o couchir_n book_n of_o the_o dutchy-office_n tom._n 2._o honour_n siuè_fw-la soca_fw-la de_fw-fr bolingbroke_n num_fw-la 26._o pag._n 508._o saherus_n de_fw-fr quency_n comes_fw-la wintoniae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o amicis_fw-la suis_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la &_o futuris_fw-la salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la i_o concessâ—sse_n &_o dedisse_fw-la &_o praesenti_fw-la chartâ_fw-la meâ_fw-la confirmâsse_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr quency_n filio_fw-la meo_fw-la &_o haeredi_fw-la ad_fw-la dandum_fw-la in_o liberum_fw-la donarium_fw-la hawisiae_fw-la sorori_fw-la comitis_fw-la cestriae_fw-la uxori_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la roberti_n bucehebeiam_n &_o grantesset_n &_o bradeham_n &_o herdewich_n cùm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la earundem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la pro_fw-la centum_fw-la libratis_fw-la terrae_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la hae_fw-la 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maintenance_n of_o a_o minister_n here_o at_o aston-chappel_n issue_v out_o of_o the_o land_n late_o belong_v to_o norton-abby_n by_o a_o decree_n in_o the_o court_n of_o augmentation_n at_o london_n
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land_n be_v after_o divide_v as_o anon_o shall_v appear_v margaret_z wife_n of_o john_n savage_n afterward_o marry_v piers_n legh_n of_o maxfield_n 1388._o 12_o rich._n 2._o young_a son_n of_o robert_n legh_n of_o adlington_n and_o she_o give_v unto_o peter_n legh_n of_o lyme_n her_o son_n the_o moiety_n of_o gropenhale_n 4_o hen._n 4._o in_o her_o widowhood_n which_o she_o have_v as_o heir_n to_o margaret_n late_a wife_n of_o alan_n de_fw-fr rixton_n from_o who_o the_o legh_n of_o lime_n now_o lord_n of_o the_o moiety_n of_o gropenhale_n 1666._o lib._n c._n fol._n 290._o d._n the_o original_n penes_fw-la legh_n of_o lime_n the_o other_o moiety_n of_o gropenhale_n descend_v to_o thomas_n boydell_n aforesaid_a budworth_n exit_fw-la chartulis_fw-la merbury_n de_fw-fr merbury_n juxta_fw-la great_a budworth_n come_v to_o the_o part_n of_o hugh_n reddish_n of_o caterich_n young_a son_n of_o reddish_n of_o reddish_n in_o lancashire_n in_o right_o of_o margaret_n his_o wife_n daughter_n and_o co-heir_n of_o thomas_n boydell_n by_o partition_n make_v of_o all_o thomas_n boydell_n land_n 5_o hen._n 5._o lib._n c._n fol._n 282._o i._o isabella_n the_o other_o daughter_n and_o co-heir_n of_o thomas_n boydell_n marry_v john_n alburgham_n who_o son_n gilbert_n have_v also_o two_o daughter_n and_o heir_n constance_n wife_n of_o henry_n byrom_n of_o byrom_n in_o lancashire_n and_o isabel_n wife_n of_o james_n holte_n 3_o hen._n 7._o the_o part_n belong_v to_o reddish_n of_o caterich_n come_v to_o william_n merbury_n of_o merbury_n esq_n in_o right_n of_o maud_n his_o wife_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o thomas_n reddish_n of_o caterich_n in_o gropenhale_n anno_fw-la 1556._o lib._n c._n fol._n 284._o p._n who_o heir_n have_v ever_o since_o enjoy_v the_o same_o to_o this_o present_a 1666._o in_o this_o township_n have_v be_v ancient_o and_o yet_o be_v a_o parish-church_n dedicate_v to_o st._n wilfrid_n who_o feast_n of_o dedication_n be_v usual_o celebrate_v the_o twelve_o day_n of_o october_n yearly_a and_o have_v only_o two_o township_n in_o its_o parish_n to_o wit_n  _fw-fr the_o mize_n  _fw-fr l._n s._n d._n gropenhale_n 00_o 14_o 00_o lachford_n 00_o 10_o 00_o  _fw-fr 01_o 04_o 00_o i_o find_v gropenhale_n church_n be_v a_o rectory_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o lib._n c._n fol._n 283._o x._o and_o have_v then_o the_o boydell_n of_o dodleston_n for_o its_o patron_n who_o be_v lord_n of_o gropenhale_n and_o lachford_n both_o but_o now_o byrom_n of_o byrom_n in_o lancashire_n have_v the_o advowson_n hereof_o 1666._o sir_n william_n boydell_n of_o dodleston_n build_v a_o chapel_n in_o this_o church_n wherein_o william_n boydell_n his_o son_n and_o heir_n swear_v to_o find_v a_o honest_a chaplain_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o say_a sir_n william_n and_o nicolaa_n his_o wife_n for_o evermore_o 8_o edw._n 3._o 1334._o she_o be_v daughter_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr doncaster_n lib._n c._n fol._n 285._o d._n e._n charterer_n now_o in_o gropenhale_n 1666._o 1._o john_n middlehurst_n 2._o william_n morris_n of_o gropenhale_n 3._o richard_n davys_n 4._o thomas_n blackborne_n of_o lachford_n now_o have_v get_v half_a of_o davy_n land_n hale_n this_o township_n of_o hale_n be_v hold_v by_o hamon_n massy_a in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n as_o appear_v by_o doomsday-book_n so_o that_o it_o be_v ancient_o of_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o dunham-massy_a in_o this_o town_n be_v seat_v the_o massy_n of_o hale_n ancient_o who_o be_v propagate_v original_o out_o of_o the_o massy_n of_o dunham-massy_a which_o family_n continue_v for_o many_o age_n but_o be_v now_o extinct_a 3_o hen._n 4._o there_o be_v fourteen_o freeholders_n or_o charterer_n in_o hale_n at_o this_o day_n 1666._o there_o be_v twenty_o three_o freeholders_n the_o lord_n delamere_n be_v now_o chief_a lord_n of_o the_o one_o moiety_n of_o hale_n and_o john_n crew_n of_o crew_n esquire_n be_v chief_a lord_n of_o the_o other_o moiety_n here_o be_v a_o hamlet_n in_o hale_n call_v ringey_n wherein_o be_v situate_v a_o chapel_n of_o ease_n call_v ringey-chappel_n within_o the_o parish_n of_o bowdon_n of_o which_o i_o have_v little_a to_o say_v save_v that_o it_o be_v much_o frequent_v in_o the_o late_a war_n by_o schismatical_a minister_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o receptacle_n for_o nonconformist_n in_o which_o dissolute_a time_n every_o pragmatical_a illiterate_a person_n as_o the_o humour_n serve_v he_o step_v into_o the_o pulpit_n without_o any_o lawful_a call_v thereunto_o or_o licence_n of_o authority_n halton_n this_o town_n in_o common_a pronunciation_n be_v call_v hauton_n and_o be_v as_o much_o as_o a_o town_n upon_o a_o hill_n for_o haw_o and_o how_o be_v a_o old_a english_a word_n for_o a_o hill_n howbeit_o in_o our_o norman_a way_n of_o write_v it_o be_v usual_o write_v halton_n in_o doomsday-book_n it_o be_v write_v heletune_n here_o be_v yearly_a a_o fair_a keep_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o st._n mary_n which_o be_v the_o eight_o day_n of_o september_n and_o have_v be_v very_o ancient_o for_o i_o find_v it_o mention_v in_o a_o old_a deed_n make_v towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o lib._n c._n fol._n 164._o b._n it_o be_v now_o a_o poor_a town_n or_o village_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n that_o have_v any_o land_n of_o inheritance_n there_o be_v all_o copy-holders_n to_o the_o king_n as_o baron_n of_o halton_n save_o two_o small_a cottage_n now_o 1666._o in_o possession_n of_o john_n jackson_n and_o richard_n jennings_n which_o be_v of_o the_o fee_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o castle_n be_v build_v by_o the_o baron_n of_o halton_n present_o after_o the_o norman_a conquest_n and_o by_o degree_n repair_v and_o enlarge_v who_o be_v seat_v here_o flourish_v for_o a_o long_a time_n and_o be_v constable_n of_o cheshire_n in_o fee_n that_o be_v to_o they_o and_o their_o heir_n by_o descent_n as_o it_o be_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o lord_n high_a constable_n of_o england_n so_o be_v the_o baron_n of_o halton_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n and_o in_o their_o ancient_a charter_n do_v always_o style_v themselves_o by_o the_o title_n of_o constabularius_fw-la cestriae_fw-la constable_n of_o cheshire_n and_o be_v the_o high_a in_o place_n and_o dignity_n next_o to_o the_o earl_n himself_o and_o above_o all_o the_o other_o baron_n of_o cheshire_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o their_o posterity_n become_v earl_n of_o lincoln_n and_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o henry_n lacie_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n 1310._o all_o his_o land_n and_o honour_n come_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o lancaster_n with_o alice_n his_o daughter_n and_o heir_n in_o marriage_n and_o at_o last_o henry_n of_o bolingbroke_n son_n of_o john_n of_o gaunt_n duke_n of_o lancaster_n be_v so_o great_a a_o subject_a and_o so_o popular_a that_o he_o draw_v unto_o his_o part_n most_o of_o the_o nobility_n of_o england_n and_o thereby_o most_o traitorous_o and_o rebellious_o depose_v richard_n the_o second_o and_o make_v himself_o king_n of_o england_n by_o the_o name_n of_o henry_n the_o four_o so_o be_v the_o barony_n of_o halton_n annex_v to_o the_o crown_n all_o which_o will_v better_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a history_n of_o these_o eminent_a baron_n of_o halton_n till_o this_o barony_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n in_o this_o town_n of_o halton_n be_v former_o a_o chapel_n of_o ease_n within_o the_o parish_n of_o runcorne_n situate_v near_o to_o the_o castle_n as_o i_o well_o remember_v the_o same_o 1625._o but_o it_o be_v now_o total_o in_o decay_n 1666._o baron_n of_o halton_n this_o nigell_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v pecham_n in_o his_o complete_a gentleman_n pag._n 189._o be_v the_o son_n of_o ivo_n vicecomes_a or_o governor_n of_o constantia_n in_o normandy_n by_o emme_n sister_n to_o adam_n earl_n of_o bretagne_n
militis_fw-la ut_fw-la autèm_fw-la haec_fw-la nostra_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la futuris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la rata_fw-la &_o inconcussa_fw-la permaneat_fw-la eam_fw-la sigilli_fw-la mei_fw-la impressione_n corà m_fw-la hiis_fw-la testibus_fw-la confirmavi_fw-la ricardo_n de_fw-fr vernon_n &_o matthaeo_n de_fw-fr filio_fw-la svo_fw-la gilberto_n de_fw-fr bostock_n &_o willielmo_n filio_fw-la svo_fw-la hugone_fw-mi de_fw-fr tiwâ_fw-la hamone_n briton_n matthaeo_n de_fw-fr muneshull_n &_o ricardo_n fratre_fw-la svo_fw-la radulfo_n filio_fw-la rogeri_n dispensatoris_fw-la &_o willielmo_n fratre_fw-la svo_fw-la willielmo_n capellano_n de_fw-fr shibbrok_n &_o aliis_fw-la multis_fw-la a_o very_a fair_a seal_n in_o a_o rondlet_n a_o lion_n rampant_a write_v about_o thus_o sigill_n warini_n de_fw-fr vernun_n the_o original_a hereof_o remain_v among_o the_o evidence_n at_o merbury_n 1666._o from_o hence_o have_v this_o family_n the_o surname_n of_o merbury_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v original_o a_o vernon_z nothing_o more_o usual_a than_o in_o those_o elder_a age_n to_o be_v style_v from_o the_o place_n of_o their_o habitation_n which_o after-age_n retain_v as_o surname_n this_o family_n have_v continue_v in_o this_o seat_n ever_o since_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o merburies_n and_o thomas_n merbury_n of_o merbury_n esq_n be_v now_o owner_n thereof_o 1666._o out_o of_o this_o family_n branch_v randle_n merbury_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o who_o son_n simon_n marry_v idonea_fw-la daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o thomas_n de_fw-fr walton_n from_o who_o the_o marburies_n of_o walton_n in_o this_o hundred_o be_v propagate_v see_v more_o hereof_o in_o walton_n marston_n this_o township_n of_o marston_n be_v not_o in_o doomsday-book_n and_o seem_v to_o have_v its_o name_n from_o the_o two_o mere_n whereto_o it_o adjoin_v to_o wit_n budworth-mere_a and_o pickmere-mere_a as_o it_o be_v meres-town_n or_o the_o town_n abut_a on_o the_o mere_n it_o have_v very_o ancient_o 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demain-land_n thereunto_o belong_v and_o have_v also_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o marston_n township_n in_o possession_n of_o his_o tenant_n there_o except_o only_o 1._o richard_n symcock_n tenement_n in_o marston_n now_o belong_v to_o sir_n peter_n leycester_n of_o nether-tabley_a which_o tenement_n be_v sell_v by_o sir_n thomas_n venables_n of_o kinderton_n and_o thomas_n his_o son_n and_o heir_n to_o peter_n leycester_n of_o tabley_n esquire_n 6_o elizabethae_fw-la 1564._o and_o adjoin_v to_o nether-tabley_a b._n num_fw-la 2._o 2._o bromfield_n land_n in_o marston_n which_o ancient_o belong_v to_o bromfield_n of_o witton_n but_o now_o richard_n wilcocson_n have_v buy_v part_n hereof_o and_o the_o other_o part_n call_v sim-field_n peter_n kennardy_n of_o aston_n juxtà _fw-la pickmere_n have_v buy_v marthall_n in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n in_o doomsday-book_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o marthall_n but_o this_o town_n ancient_o belong_v to_o the_o wynningtons_n of_o wynnington_n 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without_o issue_n 23_o hen._n 7._o as_o appear_v by_o her_o office_n take_v 6_o hen._n 8._o and_o elizabeth_n marry_v sir_n piers_n warburton_n of_o arley_n 2_o hen._n 8._o be_v then_o sole_a daughter_n and_o heir_n for_o richard_n wynnington_n die_v 19_o hen._n 7._o joan_n his_o wife_n die_v 24_o hen._n 7._o and_o sir_n piers_n warburton_n die_v 4_o edw._n 6._o and_o elizabeth_n his_o wife_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o richard_n wynnington_n of_o wynnington_n esquire_n die_v anno_fw-la sexto_fw-la mariae_fw-la so_o that_o warburton_n of_o arley_n have_v by_o this_o match_n all_o the_o land_n then_o belong_v to_o wynnington_n of_o wynnington_n as_o well_o as_o the_o part_n of_o grosvenour_n land_n beforementioned_a which_o descend_v also_o who_o heir_n at_o this_o day_n 1666._o be_v possess_v of_o the_o town_n of_o marthall_n entire_o there_o be_v no_o freeholder_n or_o charterer_n in_o this_o township_n at_o all_o mere._n this_o town_n undoubted_o take_v its_o name_n from_o the_o mere_a therein_o and_o be_v hold_v by_o gilbert_n venables_n baron_n of_o kinderton_n in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n which_o one_o ulviet_v hold_v before_o not_o many_o age_n after_o it_o become_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o mere_n who_o take_v their_o surname_n from_o hence_o among_o who_o robert_n the_o mere_a senior_n live_v about_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n john_n whether_o original_o a_o venables_n i_o can_v positive_o affirm_v exit_fw-la bundello_n escaetarum_fw-la in_o turri_n londinensi_fw-la 8_o rich._n 2._o willielmus_fw-la de_fw-la mere_n tenuit_fw-la villam_fw-la de_fw-la mere_n cùm_fw-la medietate_fw-la manerii_fw-la de_fw-la bollinton_n de_fw-fr hugone_n de_fw-fr venables_n which_o hugh_n be_v lord_n of_o kinderton_n certain_a it_o be_v this_o family_n of_o mere_a of_o mere_n continue_v in_o this_o seat_n a_o long_a time_n together_o until_o in_o our_o day_n john_n mere_a of_o mere_a esquire_n and_o william_n his_o son_n sell_v this_o manor_n of_o mere_a unto_o peter_n brooks_n young_a son_n of_o thomas_n brook_n of_o norton_n esquire_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1652._o which_o peter_n also_o buy_v the_o estate_n of_o thomas_n merbury_n of_o walton_n and_o be_v after_o sir_n peter_n brooks_n knight_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1660._o and_o sheriff_n of_o cheshire_n 1669._o he_o have_v beautify_v and_o build_v anew_o the_o hall_n of_o mere_a very_o handsome_o and_o have_v three_o wife_n the_o first_o be_v alice_n hulse_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o richard_n hulse_n of_o killingworth_n in_o warwickshire_n by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n thomas_n brooks_n elder_a son_n who_o marry_v margaret_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o henry_n brereton_n of_o eccleston_n in_o cheshire_n gentleman_n 1663._o richard_n brooks_n second_o son_n who_o marry_v margaret_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o robert_n charnock_n of_o charnock_n in_o lancashire_n 1666._o the_o second_o wife_n of_o sir_n peter_n brooks_n be_v frances_n the_o widow_n of_o 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all_o the_o old_a rent_n reserve_v to_o radcliff_n amount_v in_o the_o whole_a to_o 23_o l._n 00_o s._n 00_o d._n yearly_a or_o thereabouts_o by_o deed_n date_v the_o 19_o of_o april_n 4_o jacobi_n 1606._o for_o which_o he_o pay_v 1530_o l._n purchase-money_n randle_n blackshaw_n this_o be_v buy_v from_o sir_n john_n radcliff_n of_o ordsall_n by_o deed_n date_v the_o eight_o day_n of_o august_n 1611._o and_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o ancient_a demain-house_n of_o mobberley_n which_o do_v belong_v to_o radcliff_n peter_n legh_n of_o booth_n es_fw-ge esq_n have_v three_o tenement_n in_o radcliff_n part_v now_o in_o tenure_n of_o george_n leycester_n cookson_n and_o the_o fox-house_n john_n gleave_n of_o high-legh_n owner_n of_o holden-cliff-house_n in_o mobberley_n roger_n symcock_n late_o purchase_v from_o mrs._n martha_n hurleston_n former_o oldfield_n land_n homfrey_n cherry_n late_o purchase_v from_o mrs._n martha_n hurleston_n former_o oldfield_n land_n william_n coppock_n late_o 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to_o hold_v in_o fee-farm_n in_o free_a and_o common_a soccage_n of_o the_o manor_n of_o enfield_n in_o the_o county_n of_o middlesex_n the_o king_n grant_v bear_v date_n the_o nine_o day_n of_o september_n 4_o car._n 1._o 1628._o save_o only_a these_o person_n follow_v who_o now_o be_v and_o their_o ancestor_n ancient_o before_o they_o be_v freeholders_n in_o the_o manor_n of_o more_o and_o not_o fee-farmer_n as_o follow_v freeholders_n or_o charterer_n in_o more_o 1666._o 1._o henry_n porter_n of_o more_o this_o have_v continue_v in_o the_o name_n of_o porter_n since_o edward_n the_o four_o this_o freehold_n before_o belong_v to_o one_o peter_n arderne_a in_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o as_o by_o the_o deed_n now_o in_o possession_n of_o this_o henry_n porter_z appeareth_z 2._o sir_n richard_n brook_v of_o norton_n baronet_n have_v now_o about_o twenty_o cheshire_n acre_n of_o free-land_n in_o more_o as_o late_o belong_v to_o the_o priory_n of_o norton_n and_o also_o 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richard_n harper_n of_o newton_n 32_o hen._n 6._o lib._n c._n fol._n 205._o g._n 3._o grimsdich_n of_o grimsdich_n in_o nether-whitley_n have_v also_o land_n in_o newton_n which_o thomas_n grimsdich_n then_o of_o hallum_n by_o lease_n buy_v of_o john_n daniel_n of_o daresbury_n 12_o hen._n 8._o lib._n c._n fol._n 194._o num_fw-la 44_o 46_o 47._o and_o which_o land_n john_n daniel_n ancestor_n of_o the_o say_v john_n have_v in_o marriage_n with_o jonet_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o thomas_n hallum_n of_o newton_n 1_o hen._n 6._o lib._n c._n fol._n 193._o num_fw-la 36_o 37._o 4._o robert_n venables_n of_o anterbus_n in_o the_o lordship_n of_o over-whitley_n have_v land_n in_o newton_n 5._o john_n starky_v of_o newton_n norton_n this_o township_n of_o norton_n be_v give_v by_o william_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n the_o young_a son_n of_o william_n fitz-nigell_a unto_o the_o canon_n of_o runcorne_n in_o exchange_n for_o land_n in_o runcorne_n and_o so_o he_o remove_v the_o canon_n of_o runcorne_n to_o norton_n about_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n stephen_n anno_fw-la 1135._o monasterium_fw-la de_fw-la norton_n in_o comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la fundatur_fw-la à _fw-la willielmo_n filio_fw-la nigelli_n constabulario_fw-la cestriae_fw-la historia_fw-la aurea_fw-la johannis_n tynemytensis_fw-la lib._n 19_o cap._n 41._o a_o manuscript_n in_o the_o public_a library_n at_o oxford_n inter_fw-la libros_fw-la juris_fw-la v._o 4._o num_fw-la 4._o wherewith_o also_o agree_v polychronicon_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 17._o monasticon_fw-la vol._n 2._o pag._n 187._o tell_v we_o william_n fitz-nigell_a found_v a_o religious_a house_n of_o canon_n regular_a at_o runcorne_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1133._o and_o afterward_o william_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n the_o young_a remove_v they_o from_o runcorne_n to_o norton_n which_o agree_v with_o the_o deed_n lib._n b._n pag._n 199._o num_fw-la 1._o after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o abbey_n in_o england_n by_o henry_n the_o eight_o richard_n brook_v esquire_n purchase_v from_o the_o king_n the_o manor_n of_o norton_n with_o its_o member_n and_o appurtenance_n to_o wit_n norton_n stockham_n acton-grange_n and_o aston-grange_n in_o cheshire_n and_o cuerd_o in_o lancashire_n with_o other_o land_n the_o charter_n be_v date_v decimo_fw-la die_fw-la decembris_fw-la 37_o hen._n 8._o 1545._o who_o heir_n now_o enjoy_v these_o land_n 1666._o there_o be_v a_o certain_a hamlet_n or_o place_n call_v endley_n now_o belong_v to_o the_o township_n of_o norton_n and_o enjoy_v as_o part_n and_o parcel_v of_o the_o same_o which_o william_n fitz-nigell_a baron_n of_o halton_n hold_v as_o a_o distinct_a thing_n by_o itself_o in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n as_o appear_v by_o doomsday-book_n this_o afterward_o come_v to_o aston_n of_o aston_n for_o richard_n aston_n of_o aston_n son_n of_o gilbert_n give_v to_o god_n and_o st._n mary_n and_o to_o randle_n prior_n of_o norton_n all_o his_o land_n of_o hendeley_n with_o all_o its_o appurtenance_n about_o king_n john_n reign_n lib._n b._n pag._n 200._o num_fw-la 8._o here_o be_v ancient_o a_o church_n belong_v to_o
s._n 8_o d._n and_o have_v also_o nine_o tenant_n at_o will_n pay_v in_o all_o 8_o l._n 11_o s._n 10_o d._n rent_n in_o the_o office_n after_o the_o death_n of_o alice_n the_o widow_n of_o sir_n john_n massy_n of_o tatton_n 6_o hen._n 6._o 1427._o she_o be_v find_v to_o hold_v the_o manor_n of_o owlarton_n of_o john_n ratcliff_n of_o urdeshall_n in_o lancashire_n nigh_o manchester_n how_o it_o descend_v from_o massy_a of_o tatton_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o bridgewater_n see_v the_o pedigree_n in_o tatton_n charterer_n in_o owlarton_n 1666._o 1._o legh_n of_o booth_n now_o under_o age_n have_v about_o fifty_o cheshire_n acre_n in_o owlarton_n in_o lease_n in_o possession_n of_o randle_n cadman_n john_n wainwright_n john_n ridgeway_n del_fw-it oak_n richard_n ward_n william_n baggiley_n cottage_n and_o robert_n partington_n cottage_n 43_o edw._n 3._o isabella_n the_o widow_n of_o sir_n john_n legh_n deal_v booth_n die_v seize_v of_o the_o six_o part_n of_o owlarton_n which_o be_v then_o 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in_o possession_n of_o james_n ridgeway_n and_o richard_n banks_n these_o 4_o pay_n chief_a to_o the_o lord_n of_o nether_a alderley_n as_o hold_v of_o arderne_a 9_o laurence_n barlow_n one_o cottage_n buy_v of_o john_n merriman_n in_o possession_n of_o hugh_n manwaring_n another_o in_o possession_n of_o elizabeth_n huet_n 10._o randle_n cadman_n buy_v from_o john_n hall_n of_o norley_n late_o partington_n this_o township_n of_o partington_n be_v ancient_o of_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o dunham-massy_a a._n hamon_n massy_n give_v to_o hugh_n bodon_n clerk_n the_o six_o part_n of_o partington_n about_o edw._n 1._o hugh_n bodon_n clerk_n give_v to_o aytrop_n de_fw-fr millington_n cùm_fw-la mabiliâ_fw-la nepte_n meâ_fw-la sextam_fw-la partem_fw-la totius_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la partington_n render_v to_o hamon_n massy_n and_o his_o heir_n one_o pair_n of_o glove_n at_o midsummer_n b._n hamon_n de_fw-fr massy_n give_v to_o adam_n sunderland_n all_o the_o moiety_n of_o his_o 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caesar_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la gall._n lib._n 5._o pag._n 159._o and_o you_o may_v see_v they_o quote_v by_o cambden_n in_o his_o britannia_n pag._n 19_o only_o let_v i_o tell_v you_o here_o how_o cambden_n fetch_v the_o name_n from_o two_o language_n birth_n which_o in_o the_o british_a language_n say_v he_o signify_v paint_v dictionary_n paint_v davyes_n his_o welsh_a dictionary_n or_o colour_a and_o tania_n which_o with_o the_o greek_n signify_v a_o region_n pag._n 20._o whereof_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n since_o the_o greek_a language_n do_v clear_o bear_v both_o the_o word_n and_o we_o may_v observe_v how_o their_o druid_n who_o be_v learned_a man_n and_o philosopher_n do_v ancient_o disciplinate_v the_o brettan_n in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n before_o caesar_n time_n as_o caesar_n himself_o do_v witness_v lib._n 6._o de_fw-la bello_fw-la gallico_n p._n 212._o and_o many_o greek_a word_n be_v retain_v in_o the_o ancient_a british_a language_n as_o sheringham_n de_fw-fr 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pag._n 425._o be_v a_o word_n frame_v out_o of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n and_o not_o from_o the_o hebrew_n as_o the_o ancient_a greek_a writer_n do_v affirm_v and_o that_o the_o kimmerians_n be_v scythian_n original_o and_o therefore_o shall_v rather_o be_v descend_v from_o magog_n the_o second_o son_n of_o japhet_n and_o not_o from_o gomer_n who_o be_v ancient_o call_v magogaei_fw-la josephus_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr antiq._n jud._n cap._n 7._o but_o the_o getae_n expel_v those_o scythian_n call_v magogaei_fw-la original_o but_o at_o this_o day_n call_v turk_n and_o tartar_n be_v also_o call_v scythian_n after_o they_o have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o scythia_n and_o that_o these_o getes_n 424._o sheringham_n p._n 42_o &_o 424._o after_o call_v scythian_n be_v the_o progeny_n of_o hul_n or_o chul_n son_n of_o aram_n son_n of_o sem_fw-mi who_o pliny_n call_v aramaei_n original_o lib._n 6._o natur._n hist_o cap._n 17._o these_o getae-scythici_a be_v call_v also_o massagetae_n before_o they_o come_v into_o scandia_n the_o name_n of_o kimmerii_n be_v frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o herodotus_n who_o live_v about_o 440_o year_n before_o christ_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3508._o which_v name_n be_v very_o ancient_a they_o be_v call_v cerberii_n before_o cimmerii_n and_o their_o city_n call_v cerberium_fw-la before_o it_o be_v call_v cimmerium_n pliny_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o sheringham_n pag._n 50._o afterward_o these_o kimmerii_n or_o cimmerii_n be_v call_v cimbri_n or_o kimbri_n d._n vide_fw-la plutarchum_fw-la tom._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 75â—_n diod_n siculus_n lib_n 5._o pa._n 309._o cimmerii_n be_v call_v cimbri_n by_o the_o grecian_n strabo_n li._n 7_o p._n 293._o d._n the_o name_n of_o cimbri_n be_v first_o know_v to_o the_o roman_n anno_fw-la vrbis_fw-la conditae_fw-la 640._o antè_fw-la christum_fw-la natum_fw-la 110._o which_v in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o ancient_a gaul_n scilicet_fw-la linguâ_fw-la gallicâ_fw-la signify_v robber_n or_o stout_a warrior_n thysius_n upon_o justin_n pag._n 391._o and_o all_o those_o people_n who_o the_o roman_n general_o call_v cimbri_n part_n of_o they_o the_o german_n call_v saxon_n sheringham_n pag._n 46._o quamvis_fw-la enìm_fw-la saxones_n antè_fw-la ptolomaeum_n solo_fw-la cimbrorum_n nomine_fw-la à _fw-la graecis_fw-la &_o romanis_n scriptoribus_fw-la appellantur_fw-la initio_fw-la igitur_fw-la saxones_n pars_fw-la tantùm_fw-la cimbrorum_n fuerunt_fw-la reliquis_fw-la autem_fw-la cimbris_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la caecis_fw-la victÃsque_fw-la aut_fw-la factâ_fw-la deditione_n in_fw-la amicitiam_fw-la receptis_fw-la omnes_fw-la mutato_fw-la nomine_fw-la saxones_n dici_fw-la coeperint_fw-la atque_fw-la ità _fw-la cimbrorum_n nomen_fw-la paulatìm_fw-la exolevit_fw-la sheringham_n pag._n 47._o so_o the_o cambro-brettan's_a name_n seem_v rather_o to_o savour_v of_o the_o kimmerii_n than_o of_o the_o gomari_fw-la the_o town_n cimmerium_n be_v situate_a in_o taurica-chersoneso_a 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leap_v andragathius_n with_o his_o man_n and_o forthwith_o slay_v gratian._n cambden_n britannia_n pag._n 57_o but_o maximus_n by_o his_o own_o soldier_n be_v take_v and_o bring_v to_o theodosius_n than_o emperor_n of_o the_o eastern_a province_n who_o put_v he_o to_o death_n after_o he_o have_v wear_v the_o purple_a robe_n five_o year_n anno_fw-la scilicèt_fw-la 388._o and_o andragathius_n who_o condition_n be_v now_o desperate_a cast_v himself_o out_o of_o the_o ship_n into_o the_o sea_n and_o victor_n the_o son_n of_o maximus_n be_v overcome_v in_o france_n by_o valentinian_n and_o there_o take_v and_o slay_v but_o those_o brettan_n who_o maximus_n carry_v out_o of_o brettaine_n forcible_o invade_v armorica_n in_o france_n as_o some_o writer_n deliver_v and_o there_o plant_v themselves_o cambd._n pag._n 58._o 44._o theodosius_n upon_o the_o victory_n over_o maximus_n restore_v to_o valentinian_n ii_o son_n of_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n what_o maximus_n take_v from_o he_o and_o theodosius_n and_o honorius_n his_o son_n enter_z rome_n in_o triumph_n 45._o valentinian_n ii_o be_v strangle_v at_o vienna_n by_o arbogastes_n a_o great_a courtier_n who_o not_o dare_v to_o usurp_v himself_o set_v up_o eugenius_n a_o base_a fellow_n who_o of_o a_o schoolmaster_n become_v a_o officer_n to_o the_o emperor_n 46._o theodosius_n emperor_n of_o the_o east_n defeat_v eugenius_n and_o theodosius_n die_v of_o a_o dropsy_n at_o milan_n anno_fw-la 395._o and_o arcadius_n his_o elder_a son_n succeed_v emperor_n of_o the_o east_n and_o his_o son_n honorius_n succeed_v emperor_n of_o the_o west_n 47._o honorius_n son_n of_o theodosius_n a_o child_n of_o ten_o year_n of_o age_n succeed_v emperor_n of_o the_o west_n who_o tuition_n be_v commend_v to_o the_o care_n of_o flavius_n stilico_n who_o defend_v brettaine_n now_o call_v england_n from_o the_o invasion_n of_o the_o pict_n scot_n and_o saxon_n cambden_n britannia_n pag._n 58._o and_o claudian_n the_o poet_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la laudibus_fw-la stiliconis_n etià m_fw-la in_o panegyri_fw-la de_fw-la quarto_fw-la consulatu_fw-la honorii_n anno_fw-la 398._o the_o roman_a power_n now_o decline_v and_o the_o brettan_n find_v a_o necessity_n of_o some_o general_n or_o commander_n to_o defend_v they_o from_o their_o barbarous_a neighbour_n fall_v to_o choose_v of_o emperor_n or_o king_n 48._o marcus_n be_v elect_v emperor_n or_o chief_a ruler_n of_o brettaine_n about_o 405._o who_o be_v afterward_o kill_v 407._o an._n chr._n nati_fw-la 407._o 49._o gratianus_n municeps_fw-la be_v elect_v emperor_n or_o chief_a governor_n of_o brettaine_n who_o after_o four_o month_n they_o reject_v and_o take_v away_o his_o life_n anno_fw-la 407._o bede_n de_fw-fr hist_n ang._n cap._n 11._o cambden_n britannia_n pag._n 59_o 50._o constantine_n a_o mean_a ordinary_a soldier_n after_o the_o death_n of_o gratian_n be_v choose_v emperor_n or_o chief_a governor_n of_o brettaine_n by_o the_o army_n for_o his_o name_n sake_n hope_v 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emerint_fw-la vel_fw-la vendiderint_fw-la ad_fw-la usus_fw-la suos_fw-la proprios_fw-la tà m_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la quà m_fw-la per_fw-la terram_fw-la etc._n etc._n testibus_fw-la hiis_fw-la rogero_n constabulario_fw-la cestriae_fw-la philippo_n de_fw-fr orreby_n tùnc_fw-la justiciario_n cestriae_fw-la warino_fw-it de_fw-fr vernon_n willielmo_n de_fw-fr venables_n petro_n clerico_n adam_n &_o hugone_n de_fw-fr dutton_n liulpho_n vicecomite_n alexandro_n filio_fw-la radulfi_n bertramo_n camerario_n josceramo_n de_fw-fr hellesby_n &_o multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la apud_fw-la cestriam_fw-la both_o these_o deed_n aforesaid_a be_v seal_v with_o the_o impression_n of_o a_o lion_n in_o a_o escocheon_n or_o rather_o a_o triangular_a form_n like_o a_o heart_n couchir_n book_n in_o the_o dutchy-office_n tom._n 2._o honour_n sive_fw-la soca_fw-la de_fw-fr bolingbroke_n pag._n 116._o num_fw-la 17._o omnibus_fw-la tà m_fw-la futuris_fw-la quà m_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la petrus_n cantor_n de_fw-fr 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ipsius_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicùt_fw-la eidem_fw-la illum_fw-la tertium_fw-la denarium_fw-la concessimus_fw-la vincent_n upon_o brooke_n pag._n 316._o mat._n paris_n pag._n 296._o and_o from_o this_o time_n to_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n he_o be_v usual_o style_v in_o all_o his_o charter_n ranulphus_fw-la comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o lincolniae_fw-la some_o deed_n i_o shall_v insert_v here_o prove_v the_o same_o couchir_n book_n in_o the_o dutchy-office_n tom_n 2._o honour_n siuè_fw-la soca_fw-la de_fw-fr bolingbroke_n pag._n 111._o num_fw-la 5._o of_o land_n in_o lincolnshire_n omnibus_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la gilbertus_n de_fw-la beningeworth_n salutem_fw-la noverit_fw-la universitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la i_o dedisse_fw-la ranulpho_n comiti_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o lincolniae_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la totum_fw-la manerium_fw-la meum_fw-la de_fw-la halton_n in_o dominicis_fw-la in_fw-la hominibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o homahomagium_fw-la radulfi_n de_fw-fr gousle_fw-fr de_fw-fr feodo_fw-la unius_fw-la militis_fw-la in_o yreby_o etc._n etc._n &_o totum_fw-la manerium_fw-la meum_fw-la de_fw-la kynthorp_n etc._n etc._n pro_fw-la hâc_fw-la verò_fw-la donatione_fw-la dedit_fw-la mihi_fw-la praedictus_fw-la ranulphus_fw-la comes_fw-la ducentas_fw-la libras_fw-la sterlingorum_fw-la et_fw-la adquietavit_fw-la i_o versùs_fw-la elyam_n filium_fw-la martrinae_n judaeum_n lincolniae_fw-la de_fw-fr octiès_fw-fr viginti_fw-la &_o decem_fw-la marcis_fw-la argenti_n etc._n etc._n hiis_fw-la testibus_fw-la radulfo_n filio_fw-la simonis_n gilberto_n cusyn_n tunc_fw-la seneschallo_n etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la pag._n 111._o num_fw-la 6._o sciant_fw-la praesentes_fw-la &_o futuri_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la gilbertus_n de_fw-fr beningworth_n quietè_fw-la clamavi_fw-la ranulpho_n comiti_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o lincolniae_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la totum_fw-la manerium_fw-la de_fw-la stepinge_v quod_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la ipsius_fw-la comitis_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la terra_fw-la de_fw-la halton_n &_o cum_fw-la advocatione_n ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la stepinge_v etc._n etc._n pro_fw-la hâc_fw-la verò_fw-la donatione_fw-la &_o quietâ_fw-la clamatione_fw-la dedit_fw-la mihi_fw-la praedictus_fw-la ranulfus_n comes_fw-la ducentas_fw-la marcas_fw-la esterlingorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n many_o other_o of_o his_o charter_n may_v be_v produce_v but_o let_v these_o suffice_v iv_o now_o for_o his_o wife_n his_o first_o wife_n as_o you_o have_v already_o hear_v be_v constance_n the_o widow_n of_o geffrey_n four_o son_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o and_o daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o conan_n duke_n of_o little_a britain_n and_o earl_n of_o richmond_n she_o be_v marry_v to_o randle_n anno_fw-la 1187._o 33_o hen._n 2._o as_o be_v before_o prove_v but_o upon_o the_o divorce_n of_o constance_n anno_fw-la scilicet_fw-la christi_fw-la 1200._o 2_o johannis_n regis_fw-la he_o marry_v clemence_n sister_n of_o geffrey_n de_fw-fr filgiers_n in_o normandy_n and_o widow_n to_o alan_n the_o dinnam_n ferne_n in_o his_o lacy_n nobility_n pag._n 58._o and_o powel_n on_o the_o welsh_a history_n pag._n 296._o most_o absurd_o call_v she_o the_o daughter_n of_o ferrer_n earl_n of_o derby_n and_o the_o translator_n of_o polychronicon_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 32._o call_v her_o daughter_n of_o ralph_n de_fw-fr filgiers_n who_o in_o truth_n be_v her_o grandfather_n but_o she_o be_v daughter_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr filgiers_n and_o sister_n to_o geffrey_n see_v monasticon_fw-la 2_o parson_n pag._n 997._o and_o for_o far_a proof_n hereof_o take_v these_o two_o subsequent_a deed_n couchir_n book_n in_o the_o duchy_n office_n at_o gray_n inn_n tom._n 2._o comitatus_fw-la northampton_n num_fw-la 3._o omnibus_fw-la tam_fw-la futuris_fw-la quam_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la literae_fw-la praesentes_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la gaufridus_n de_fw-fr filgeriis_fw-la salutem_fw-la notum_fw-la sit_fw-la vobis_fw-la i_o concessâ—sse_n &_o dedisse_fw-la ranulfo_n comiti_fw-la cestriae_fw-la cum_fw-la clementia_n sorore_fw-la mea_fw-la in_o
sub_fw-la anno_fw-la 1236._o comite_fw-la cestriae_fw-la gladium_fw-la sancti_fw-la edwardi_fw-la qui_fw-la curtain_n dicitur_fw-la antè_fw-la regem_fw-la baiulante_fw-la in_o signum_fw-la quòd_fw-la comes_fw-la est_fw-la palatii_fw-la &_o regem_fw-la si_fw-la oberret_fw-la habeat_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la potestatem_fw-la cohibendi_fw-la svo_fw-la sibi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cestrensi_fw-la constabulario_fw-la ministrante_fw-la &_o virgâ_fw-la populum_fw-la cùm_fw-la se_fw-la inordinatè_fw-la ingereret_fw-la subtrahente_fw-la this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n say_v selden_n in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n pag._n 641._o speak_v of_o the_o title_n of_o earl-palatine_a in_o england_n that_o in_o express_a word_n he_o find_v the_o earl_n of_o chester_n call_v earl-palatine_a nor_o have_v he_o observe_v the_o word_n palatine_n to_o be_v apply_v so_o with_o we_o before_o henry_n the_o second_v time_n or_o thereabouts_o for_o although_o the_o county_n of_o chester_n be_v frequent_o call_v a_o county_n palatine_n as_o well_o in_o our_o law_n as_o in_o common_a language_n as_o comitatus_fw-la palatinus_n or_o palantinus_n or_o counter-paleys_a corrupt_o for_o county-paleis_a as_o sometime_o it_o be_v in_o our_o law-book_n and_o although_o indeed_o it_o be_v true_o a_o county-palatine_a and_o have_v so_o continue_v ever_o since_o the_o first_o gift_n to_o hugh_n lupus_n unless_o we_o except_v the_o short_a time_n while_o it_o be_v a_o principality_n statute_n 21_o rich._n 2._o cap._n 9_o which_o be_v repeal_v 1_o hen._n 4._o cap._n 3._o yet_o neither_o in_o their_o summons_n to_o parliament_n nor_o in_o any_o other_o write_v direct_v to_o they_o be_v they_o style_v earl-palatines_a neither_o do_v i_o see_v testimony_n to_o persuade_v i_o that_o when_o the_o first_o grant_n be_v make_v to_o hugh_n lupus_n it_o be_v grant_v to_o he_o by_o the_o name_n of_o earl-palatine_a but_o this_o earldom_n be_v give_v he_o with_o such_o liberty_n and_o kind_a of_o regal_a jurisdiction_n 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of_o john_n scot._n he_o marry_v helen_n daughter_n of_o lhewellin_n prince_n of_o north-wales_n about_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1222._o 6_o hen._n 3._o this_o marriage_n be_v conclude_v on_o as_o a_o final_a peace_n between_o lhewellin_n and_o randle_n surname_v blundevill_n earl_n of_o chester_n knighton_n pag._n 2430._o take_v here_o the_o agreement_n about_o this_o marriage_n the_o original_a deed_n whereof_o remain_v in_o possession_n of_o somerford_n oldfield_n esquire_n at_o somerford_n in_o cheshire_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1653._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la conventio_fw-la facta_fw-la inter_fw-la dominum_fw-la ranulfum_fw-la comitem_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o lincolniae_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la lhewellinum_n principem_fw-la northwalliae_fw-la quòd_fw-la johannes_n do_v scotiâ_fw-la nepos_n praedicti_fw-la comitis_fw-la de_fw-la sorore_fw-la suâ_fw-la primogenitâ_fw-la ducet_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la helenam_fw-la filiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la lhewelini_n ità _fw-la quòd_fw-la dictus_fw-la lhewelinus_fw-la dabit_fw-la dicto_fw-la johanni_n in_fw-la libero_fw-la maritagio_fw-la totum_fw-la manerium_fw-la de_fw-la budeford_n in_o warewicâ_fw-la &_o manerium_fw-la de_fw-la suttehele_n in_o comitatu_fw-la wigorniae_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la sicùt_fw-la dominus_fw-la johannes_n rex_fw-la ea_fw-la illi_fw-la dedit_fw-la in_o libero_fw-la maritagio_fw-la et_fw-la totum_fw-la manerium_fw-la de_fw-la welneton_n in_o comitatu_fw-la salopesburiae_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la infrà _fw-la villam_fw-la &_o extrà _fw-la habendum_fw-la dicto_fw-la johanni_n &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la ex_fw-la dictâ_fw-la helenâ_fw-la provenientibus_fw-la sicùt_fw-la idem_fw-la lhewelinus_fw-la ea_fw-la aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la meliùs_fw-la &_o integriùs_fw-la tenuit_fw-la et_fw-la praetereà _fw-la dabit_fw-la eidem_fw-la johanni_n mille_fw-la marcas_fw-la argenti_n etc._n etc._n testibus_fw-la domino_fw-la reverendo_fw-la episcopo_fw-la de_fw-la 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stretton_n dominus_fw-la pro_fw-la quarta_fw-la 00_o 10_o 00_o  _fw-fr 59_o sutton_n nigh_o frodsham_n dominus_fw-la pro_fw-la sexta_fw-la 00_o 08_o 00_o e._n 60._o tabley_n superior_a dominus_fw-la pro_fw-la quarta_fw-la 00_o 13_o 04_o e._n 61._o tabley_n inferior_a dominus_fw-la pro_fw-la quinta_fw-la 00_o 12_o 00_o e._n 62._o tatton_n dominus_fw-la pro_fw-la tertia_fw-la 00_o
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signify_v a_o chest_n or_o coffer_n because_o the_o relic_n of_o saint_n or_o holy_a person_n be_v keep_v in_o such_o a_o chest_n and_o the_o place_n where_o such_o chest_n be_v keep_v be_v so_o call_v also_o undè_fw-la nomen_fw-la capella_n capellanus_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o spelman_n in_o his_o glossary_n upon_o that_o word_n beatus_fw-la rhenanus_fw-la with_o durand_n do_v derive_v the_o word_n capella_n from_o capa_fw-la or_o cappa_fw-la st._n martin_n hood_n be_v so_o call_v barbarous_o and_o carry_v about_o for_o good_a luck_n by_o lewis_n the_o french_a king_n in_o all_o his_o war_n but_o other_o derive_v it_o à _fw-la pellibus_fw-la caprarum_fw-la wherewith_o such_o portable_a tent_n for_o god_n service_n as_o be_v to_o be_v remove_v in_o their_o warlike_a expedition_n be_v cover_v dr._n prideaux_n in_o his_o consecration_n sermon_n of_o excester_n college_n chapel_n in_o oxford_n pag._n 26._o none_o may_v of_o right_o build_v oratory_n without_o licence_n from_o the_o bishop_n at_o lest_o none_o may_v administer_v divine_a service_n there_o without_o the_o bishop_n special_a licence_n oratory_n erect_v in_o the_o house_n of_o great_a person_n for_o the_o use_n of_o a_o private_a family_n i_o call_v such_o domestic_a chapel_n when_o build_v by_o one_o or_o several_a person_n in_o some_o convenient_a place_n for_o the_o use_n of_o several_a family_n or_o of_o a_o township_n or_o township_n not_o have_v liberty_n of_o baptism_n or_o burial_n i_o call_v such_o chapel_n of_o ease_n when_o build_v by_o a_o more_o numerous_a multitude_n of_o the_o neighbourhood_n consist_v of_o one_o or_o more_o village_n have_v get_v liberty_n for_o baptism_n and_o burial_n with_o consecration_n thereof_o by_o the_o bishop_n and_o sometime_o a_o allowance_n in_o money_n or_o tithe_n from_o the_o mother-church_n i_o call_v such_o parochial_a chapel_n for_o these_o have_v all_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n as_o the_o mother-church_n or_o parish_n church_n have_v except_o the_o tithe_n so_o that_o indeed_o they_o be_v as_o lesser_a parish_n create_v within_o the_o great_a for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o neighbourhood_n as_o to_o the_o consecration_n of_o church_n we_o find_v the_o jew_n have_v their_o encaenia_fw-la or_o feast_n of_o dedication_n of_o their_o temple_n john_n 10._o for_o 22.1_o maccabaeorum_n cap._n 4._o ver_fw-la 59_o but_o there_o be_v no_o dedication_n of_o our_o christian_a church_n to_o saint_n until_o pray_v to_o saint_n be_v in_o use_n and_o after_o church_n begin_v to_o be_v dedicate_v to_o saint_n their_o dedication_n feast_n be_v usual_o keep_v on_o that_o day_n which_o be_v the_o feast-day_n appoint_v in_o the_o calendar_n for_o commemoration_n of_o that_o saint_n to_o who_o such_o church_n be_v particular_o dedicate_v this_o time_n be_v call_v with_o we_o the_o wake_n from_o wake_v as_o the_o latin_a word_n vigiliae_fw-la à _fw-la vigilando_fw-la because_o at_o such_o time_n the_o people_n pray_v most_o of_o the_o night_n before_o such_o feast-day_n in_o the_o church_n and_o though_o the_o primitive_a custom_n herein_o be_v sacred_a yet_o how_o it_o be_v abuse_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edgar_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 967._o aut_fw-la circitèr_fw-la appear_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n in_o his_o reign_n num._n 28._o docemus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ecclesiarum_fw-la encaeniis_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la se_fw-la modestum_fw-la exhibeat_fw-la &_o orationi_fw-la incumbat_fw-la diligentèr_fw-la non_fw-la poculis_fw-la non_fw-la luxui_fw-la deditus_fw-la spelman_n council_n pars_fw-la 1._o pag._n 451._o and_o at_o last_o it_o turn_v to_o feast_v and_o merriment_n of_o neighbour_n now_o invocation_n of_o saint_n for_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n can_v be_v find_v among_o any_o of_o the_o father_n none_o do_v teach_v invocation_n of_o saint_n till_o by_o rhetorical_a expression_n and_o poetical_a fancy_n like_o invocate_a of_o the_o muse_n basil_n nyssen_n and_o nazianzen_n have_v lead_v the_o way_n dr._n prideaux_n lecture_n 15._o pag._n 243._o amplissimo_fw-la clarissimoque_fw-la viro_fw-la domino_fw-la petro_n leycester_n baronetto_n patriae_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la instauratori_fw-la faelicissimo_fw-la qua_fw-la latus_fw-la hiberno_fw-la regina_fw-la britannia_fw-la ponto_n obvertit_fw-la leto_n cestria_fw-la pandit_fw-la agros_fw-la cestria_fw-la nobilium_fw-la densa_fw-la stellata_fw-la corona_n qualiter_fw-la innumero_fw-la flore_fw-la superbit_fw-la agre_z emicat_fw-la hos_fw-la inter_fw-la proceres_fw-la clarissimus_fw-la heros_n leycester_n docta_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la nitens_fw-la quicquid_fw-la miratur_fw-la musarum_fw-la graecia_n sedes_fw-la et_fw-la quicquid_fw-la romae_fw-la pagina_fw-la docta_fw-la probat_fw-la quicksand_n quid_fw-la condiderit_fw-la praeclaris_fw-la anglia_fw-it fastis_fw-la leycester_n vasto_fw-la pectoris_fw-la or_o be_v tenet_n instat_fw-la edax_fw-la rerum_fw-la tempus_fw-la morsuque_fw-la maligno_fw-la decerpens_fw-la patriae_fw-la deterit_fw-la omne_fw-la decus_fw-la occurrit_fw-la perdocta_fw-la manus_fw-la monumentaque_fw-la fato_fw-la interitura_fw-la olim_fw-la vivere_fw-la penna_fw-la jubet_fw-la splendida_fw-la plebeios_fw-la dedignatura_fw-la labores_fw-la gaudent_fw-la patricia_n stemmata_fw-la ducta_fw-la manu_fw-la robertus_fw-la hunter_n knotsfordiensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pastor_n in_o agro_n cestrensi_fw-la postea_fw-la vero_fw-la maxfeldensis_fw-la the_o four_o part_n comprehend_v the_o antiquity_n of_o bucklow_n hundred_o in_o cheshire_n acton_n grange_n h_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o this_o hamlet_n or_o village_n in_o doomsday_n book_n so_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o conqueror_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v waste_n and_o many_o other_o also_o in_o this_o hundred_o be_v now_o inhabit_v which_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o name_v in_o that_o ancient_a record_n all_o that_o i_o observe_v concern_v this_o little_a hamlet_n be_v that_o it_o ancient_o belong_v to_o the_o priory_n of_o norton_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o which_o priory_n i_o shall_v speak_v more_o full_o when_o i_o come_v to_o norton_n soon_o after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o abbey_n and_o religious_a house_n by_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o it_o be_v purchase_v together_o with_o the_o manor_n of_o norton_n and_o other_o land_n by_o richard_n brooke_n esquire_n from_o the_o king_n the_o charter_n under_o the_o broad_a seal_n bear_v date_n the_o ten_o of_o december_n 37_o hen._n 8._o 1545._o since_o which_o time_n it_o have_v continue_v entire_a not_o have_v any_o charterer_n within_o the_o same_o unto_o his_o succeed_a posterity_n and_o be_v now_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1669._o in_o the_o possession_n of_o sir_n richard_n brook_n of_o norton_n baronet_n and_o his_o tenant_n agden_n this_o small_a town_n of_o agden_n also_o be_v not_o find_v in_o doomsday_n book_n it_o be_v in_o old_a deed_n write_v aketon_n and_o sometime_o acton_n but_o now_o common_o call_v agden_n it_o seem_v william_n son_n of_o simon_n de_fw-fr lee_n be_v possess_v of_o agden_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o who_o give_v unto_o william_n rag_n his_o son-in-law_n one_o half_a thereof_o in_o these_o word_n sciant_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ego_fw-la willielmus_fw-la filius_fw-la simonis_n de_fw-fr lee_n dedi_fw-la willielmo_n rag_n genero_fw-la meo_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la de_fw-fr agnete_n filiâ_fw-la meâ_fw-la procreatis_fw-la pro_fw-la homagio_fw-la &_o servitio_fw-la svo_fw-la totam_fw-la dimidietatem_fw-la terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la de_fw-fr acton_n quam_fw-la tenui_fw-la de_fw-la henrico_n de_fw-fr trafford_n scilicèt_fw-la totam_fw-la terram_fw-la illam_fw-la quam_fw-la idem_fw-la willielmus_fw-la rag_n priùs_fw-la habuit_fw-la &_o tenuit_fw-la tenendum_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la &_o aysiamentis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la dimidietati_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la acton_n ubiquè_fw-fr pertinentibus_fw-la reddendo_fw-la indè_fw-la annuatìm_fw-la mihi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la unum_fw-la par_fw-fr albarum_fw-la cheirothecarum_fw-la vel_fw-la unum_fw-la denarium_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n in_o hyeme_n pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servitiis_fw-la salvo_n forinseco_fw-la domini_fw-la terrae_fw-la servitio_fw-la et_fw-la ego_fw-la willielmus_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la mei_fw-la totam_fw-la praedictam_fw-la dimidietatem_fw-la in_o perpetuùm_fw-la warrantizabimus_fw-la et_fw-la sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la acquietabimus_fw-la praedictum_fw-la willielmum_fw-la rag_n &_o haeredes_fw-la suos_fw-la de_fw-la
and_o nether-tabley_a i_o believe_v this_o town_n be_v waste_a in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n over-tabley_a exit_fw-la chartulis_fw-la daniel_n of_o over-tabley_a i_o find_v little_a mention_n thereof_o before_o henry_n the_o three_o about_o that_o time_n robert_n de_fw-fr bexton_n seem_v to_o be_v possess_v of_o a_o moiety_n thereof_o at_o least_o for_o he_o and_o sibyl_n his_o wife_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o matthew_n de_fw-fr bexton_n their_o son_n and_o heir_n do_v give_v to_o randle_n son_n of_o thomas_n de_fw-fr picmere_n with_o margery_n their_o daughter_n totam_fw-la quartam_fw-la partem_fw-la medietatis_fw-la totius_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la bexton_n reddendo_fw-la annuatìm_fw-la unum_fw-la denarium_fw-la argenti_n ad_fw-la nativitatem_fw-la beati_fw-la johannis_n baptistae_n lib._n c._n fol._n 240._o e._n john_n son_n of_o matthew_z de_fw-fr bexton_n release_v to_o adam_n de_fw-fr tabley_n and_o beatrix_n his_o wife_n all_o the_o land_n which_o maude_n mother_n of_o the_o say_v john_n hold_v in_o dower_n in_o bexton_n under_o edward_n the_o second_o whereunto_o another_o john_n de_fw-fr bexton_n be_v witness_n lib._n c._n fol._n 241._o f._n adam_n de_fw-fr tabley_n be_v lord_n of_o half_a of_o bexton_n 1304._o as_o appear_v by_o the_o agreement_n make_v inter_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la lostocke_n dominum_fw-la medietatis_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la bexton_n ex_fw-la unâ_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o adamum_n de_fw-fr tabley_n dominum_fw-la medietatis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la villae_fw-la ex_fw-la alterâ_fw-la supèr_fw-la clausturas_fw-la bladorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la de_fw-la bexton_n datum_n apud_fw-la knotsford_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1304._o lib._n c._n fol._n 241._o h._n and_o then_o adam_n de_fw-fr tabley_n son_n of_o the_o other_o adam_n settle_v his_o dominium_fw-la parcenarium_fw-la de_fw-fr bexton_n after_o his_o death_n on_o thomas_n son_n of_o thomas_n daniel_n 35_o edw._n 3._o 1361._o lib._n c._n fol._n 241._o k._n since_o which_o time_n the_o moiety_n of_o bexton_n have_v belong_v to_o the_o daniel_n of_o over-tabley_a even_o to_o this_o present_a 1666._o concern_v this_o adam_n de_fw-fr tabley_n see_v more_o in_o over-tabley_a in_o a_o loose_a paper_n among_o the_o evidence_n of_o daniel_n of_o over-tabley_a i_o find_v a_o copy_n of_o a_o deed_n wherein_o john_n de_fw-fr bexton_n give_v ricardo_n filio_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr croxton_n &_o margeriae_fw-la uxori_fw-la ejus_fw-la filiae_fw-la meae_fw-la tertiam_fw-la partem_fw-la totius_fw-la medietatis_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la bexton_n excepto_fw-la capitali_fw-la messuagio_fw-it habendum_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la remanere_fw-la hawisiae_fw-la &_o elianorae_fw-la filiis_fw-la meis_fw-la remanere_fw-la rectis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la testibus_fw-la willielmo_n de_fw-fr massy_n johanne_n de_fw-fr legh_n militibus_fw-la rogero_n de_fw-fr leycester_n etc._n etc._n sub_fw-la edw._n 3._o memorandum_n quòd_fw-la praedicta_fw-la hawisia_n nupta_fw-la fuit_fw-la willielmo_n de_fw-fr moulton_n et_fw-la elinora_fw-la nupta_fw-la fuit_fw-la willielmo_n filio_fw-la roberti_n de_fw-fr winnington_n this_o memorandum_n be_v write_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o paper_n lib._n c._n fol._n 244._o p._n this_o john_n bexton_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o john_n lostock_n abovenamed_a and_o call_v bexton_n from_o the_o place_n of_o his_o residence_n i_o find_v also_o john_n de_fw-fr bexton_n give_v to_o william_n son_n of_o robert_n de_fw-fr winnington_n and_o to_o elianour_n his_o wife_n totam_fw-la tertiam_fw-la partem_fw-la totius_fw-la medietatis_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la bexton_n tempore_fw-la edw._n 2._o john_n booth_n book_n lib._n h._n pag._n 117._o h._n the_o original_a penès_fw-la leycester_n of_o toft_n and_o hugh_n toft_n of_o toft_n grant_v to_o sir_n hugh_n venables_n of_o kinderton_n all_o his_o land_n in_o kinderton_n apud_fw-la rushford_n and_o a_o place_n of_o land_n in_o sproston_n in_o exchange_n pro_fw-la sextâ_fw-la parte_fw-la manerii_fw-la de_fw-fr bexton_n 24_o edw._n 3._o 1350._o lib._n c._n fol._n 226._o l._n penès_fw-la leycester_n of_o toft_n in_o a_o ancient_a feodary_n of_o halton_n we_o read_v johannes_n the_o bexton_n tenet_fw-la medietatem_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la bexton_n pro_fw-la vicesimâ_fw-la parte_fw-la unius_fw-la feodi_fw-la militis_fw-la and_o over_o the_o head_n of_o john_n de_fw-fr bexton_n be_v write_v thomas_n daniel_n ralph_n hulse_n and_o thomas_n croxton_n these_o last_o as_o i_o conceive_v as_o the_o present_a tenant_n about_o henry_n the_o sixth_n time_n when_o that_o rental_a be_v renew_v the_o other_o as_o he_o stand_v in_o former_a record_n of_o edw._n 1._o or_o edw._n 2._o lib._n c._n fol._n 86._o thomas_n holford_n of_o holford_n hold_v land_n in_o bexton_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o halton_n in_o knight-service_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o office_n 12_o eliz._n a_o small_a parcel_n so_o robert_n bromfield_n of_o witton_n die_v seize_v of_o land_n in_o bexton_n hold_v of_o the_o barony_n of_o halton_n in_o knight-service_n by_o office_n take_v 12_o eliz._n but_o this_o land_n be_v sell_v afterward_o by_o bromfield_n to_o the_o lady_n mary_n cholmondley_n of_o holford_n who_o give_v it_o to_o hugh_n cholmondley_n her_o young_a son_n sir_n randle_n manwaring_n of_o overpeve_a have_v land_n in_o bexton_n and_o baggiley_n find_v by_o office_n anno_fw-la 5_o &_o 6_o phil._n &_o mar._n to_o be_v hold_v of_o edward_n legh_n of_o baggiley_n by_o fealty_n and_o render_v a_o red_a rose_n yearly_a sir_n ralph_n leycester_n of_o toft_n have_v land_n in_o bexton_n and_o plumley_n find_v by_o office_n 14_o eliz._n to_o be_v hold_v of_o the_o honour_n of_o halton_n paver_fw-la of_o northwich_n have_v a_o message_n in_o bexton_n find_v by_o office_n 5_o eliz._n to_o be_v hold_v of_o the_o barony_n of_o halton_n and_o so_o anne_n pavers_n office_n 40_o eliz._n thomas_n winnington_n of_o ermitage_n nigh_o holmes-chappel_n 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seat_v himself_o at_o warburton_n
style_v agnes_n de_fw-fr gant_n lib._n c._n in_o the_o paper_n before_o fol._n 84._o by_o which_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o william_n son_n of_o nigell_n marry_v a_o sister_n of_o walter_n de_fw-fr gant_n and_o daughter_n of_o gilbert_n this_o william_n constable_n junior_a die_v in_o normandy_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n stephen_n without_o issue_n and_o so_o his_o inheritance_n be_v divide_v and_o share_v between_o his_o two_o sister_n and_o heir_n lib._n c._n fol._n 85._o b._n his_o seal_n have_v the_o impression_n of_o a_o griffin_n with_o a_o serpent_n or_o snake_n suck_v at_o the_o breast_n of_o the_o griffin_n iv_o eustace_n fitz-john_n in_o right_a of_o agnes_n his_o wife_n be_v the_o four_o baron_n of_o halton_n to_o who_o randle_n the_o second_o surnamed_n gernoun_n earl_n of_o chester_n restore_v totum_fw-la honorem_fw-la qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la willielmi_n filii_fw-la nigelli_n constabularii_fw-la cestriae_fw-la in_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o dignitatibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la eustachium_n constituisse_fw-la haereditariè_fw-la constabularium_fw-la &_o supremum_fw-la consiliarium_fw-la post_fw-la i_o supèr_fw-la omnes_fw-la optimates_fw-la &_o barones_n totius_fw-la terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la eaproptèr_a volo_fw-la &_o firmitèr_fw-la praecipio_fw-la desicùt_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la suum_fw-la reddidi_fw-la &_o donavi_fw-la &_o concessi_fw-la constabulariam_n &_o honorem_fw-la integrum_fw-la constabulariae_n cestriae_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ei_fw-la rationabilitèr_fw-la intendatis_fw-la sicut_fw-la corpori_fw-la meo_fw-la as_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o charter_n make_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n stephen_n do_v run_v the_o original_a hereof_o selden_n in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n pag._n 688._o tell_v we_o he_o have_v see_v remain_v as_o i_o conceive_v in_o cotton_n library_n at_o westminster_n in_o london_n it_o be_v also_o upon_o record_n in_o one_o of_o the_o couchir_n book_n in_o the_o duchy_n office_n at_o grays-inn_n london_n tom._n 1._o fol._n 41._o a._n comitatus_fw-la cestriae_fw-la num_fw-la 2._o which_o i_o have_v transcribe_v at_o large_a in_o this_o book_n suprà _fw-la pars_fw-la 3._o pag._n 160._o this_o eustace_n be_v son_n of_o john_n monoculus_n so_o call_v because_o he_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n which_o make_v hoveden_n to_o call_v eustace_n luscus_n &_o proditor_n nequam_fw-la a_o wicked_a traitor_n with_o one_o eye_n because_o his_o father_n have_v but_o one_o eye_n p._n 483._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o eustace_n defend_v the_o castle_n of_o malton_n in_o yorkshire_n against_o king_n stephen_n anno_fw-la 1137._o 2_o steph._n johannes_n monoculus_n be_v brother_n to_o serlo_o de_fw-fr burgo_n siuè_fw-fr de_fw-fr pembroke_n this_o serlo_n build_v knaresburough_n castle_n in_o yorkshire_n who_o die_v without_o issue_n his_o inheritance_n descend_v to_o this_o eustace_n fitz-john_n monasticon_fw-la anglicanum_n 2_o parson_n pag._n 801._o johannes_n monoculus_n and_o serlo_n be_v both_o son_n of_o eustace_n a_o norman_a eustace_n fitz-john_n and_o nephew_n and_o heir_n to_o serlo_n have_v two_o wife_n beatrix_n sole_a daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o ivo_n de_fw-fr vescy_n be_v the_o first_o wife_n of_o eustace_n by_o who_o he_o have_v the_o barony_n of_o malton_n and_o alnwick_n and_o by_o she_o have_v issue_n william_n de_fw-fr vescy_n who_o assume_v the_o surname_n and_o arm_n of_o vescy_n which_o his_o posterity_n retain_v monasticon_fw-la 2_o parson_n pag._n 801._o agnes_n sister_n and_o co-heir_n to_o william_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n the_o young_a be_v second_o wife_n of_o eustace_n fitz-john_n by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n richard_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n monasticon_fw-la 2_o parson_n pag._n 799._o which_o agnes_n with_o eustace_n her_o husband_n found_v a_o nunnery_n at_o watton_n in_o yorkshire_n ibid._n pag._n 798_o 799._o eustace_n fitz-john_n say_v pecham_n in_o his_o complete_a gentleman_n pag._n 189._o by_o the_o consent_n of_o agnes_n his_o first_o wife_n found_v the_o monastery_n of_o watton_n in_o yorkshire_n and_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o beatrix_n his_o second_o wife_n found_v the_o abbey_n of_o malton_n and_o alnwick_n and_o the_o hospital_n of_o broughton_n where_o he_o call_v agnes_n first_o wife_n of_o eustace_n contrary_a to_o cambden_n in_o his_o britanniâ_fw-la pag._n 588._o in_o yorkshire_n and_o to_o monasticon_fw-la 2_o parson_n pag._n 801._o where_o agnes_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o second_o wife_n and_o so_o probable_o she_o be_v obiit_fw-la 1157_o this_o eustace_n fitz-john_n be_v slay_v in_o battle_n against_o the_o welsh_a together_o with_o robert_n curcy_n and_o many_o other_o 3_o hen._n 2._o 1157._o stow_z in_o his_o annal_n and_o willielmus_fw-la neubrigensis_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 100_o speak_v of_o this_o battle_n with_o the_o welsh_a say_v ibique_fw-la eustachius_n johannis_n filius_fw-la vir_fw-la magnus_fw-la &_o grandaevus_fw-la atquè_fw-fr inter_fw-la primos_n angliae_fw-la proceres_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la &_o sapientiae_fw-la titulis_fw-la refulgens_fw-la cùm_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr curcy_n aequè_fw-la nobili_fw-la viro_fw-la aliisque_fw-la pluribus_fw-la interiit_fw-la v._o richard_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n son_n of_o eustace_n and_o agnes_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o the_o barony_n of_o halton_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o he_o hold_v one_o knight_n fee_n in_o smathe_n in_o the_o county_n of_o york_n exit_fw-la libro_fw-la rubro_fw-la scaccarii_fw-la westmonasteriensis_fw-la he_o marry_v albreda_n or_o awbrey_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o robert_n de_fw-fr lizour_n and_o sister_n by_o the_o mother_n id_fw-la est_fw-la half_a sister_n to_o robert_n lacie_n baron_n of_o pomfret_n castle_n in_o yorkshire_n common_o call_v pontefract_n who_o make_v she_o his_o heir_n also_o because_o he_o have_v no_o other_o so_o near_o ally_v unto_o he_o in_o who_o right_a her_o posterity_n enjoy_v sexaginta_fw-la feoda_fw-it militum_fw-la sixty_o knight_n fee_n of_o the_o honour_n of_o pomfret_n undè_fw-la illa_fw-la post_fw-la roberti_n de_fw-fr lacie_n mortem_fw-la utrámque_fw-la hereditatem_fw-la fraternam_fw-la de_fw-fr lacie_n &_o paternam_fw-la de_fw-la lizour_n occupavit_fw-la these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o book_n of_o stanlaw_n monastery_n say_v cambden_n in_o his_o britannia_n pag._n 566._o of_o the_o last_o edition_n print_v 1607._o and_o here_o i_o can_v pass_v by_o the_o mistake_n of_o pecham_n in_o the_o place_n before_o cite_v where_o he_o call_v this_o aubrey_n daughter_n of_o eudo_fw-la de_fw-fr lizour_n when_o i_o find_v her_o father_n name_n plain_o record_v to_o be_v robert_n de_fw-fr lizour_n in_o a_o fine_a levy_v at_o winchester_n 21_o die_v aprilis_n 5_o rich._n 1._o 1194._o couchir_n book_n in_o the_o duchy_n office_n at_o gray_n inn_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 110._o honour_n siuè_fw-la soca_fw-la de_fw-fr bolingbroke_n num_fw-la 1._o 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stanlaw_n in_o wirral_n in_o cheshire_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1178._o 24_o hen._n 2._o in_o these_o word_n universis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filiis_fw-la johannes_n constabularius_fw-la cestriae_fw-la salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la i_o dedisse_fw-la &_o hâc_fw-la praesenti_fw-la chartâ_fw-la meâ_fw-la confirmâsse_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la &_o
of_o england_n who_o be_v witness_n of_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n s_o homage_n and_o where_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o nobility_n be_v name_v by_o hoveden_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1201._o king_n john_n send_v beforehand_o william_n martial_a earl_n of_o strigvill_n cùm_fw-la centum_fw-la militibus_fw-la soldariis_fw-la and_o roger_n lacie_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n cùm_fw-la aliis_fw-la centum_fw-la militibus_fw-la soldariis_fw-la into_o normandy_n for_o the_o suppress_n of_o his_o enemy_n hoveden_n p._n 819._o milites_fw-la soldarii_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la stipendarii_fw-la stipendio_fw-la retenti_fw-la so_o spelman_n anno_fw-la 1204._o roger_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n vir_fw-la magnificus_fw-la &_o bellicosus_fw-la a_o most_o heroic_a and_o magnanimous_a champion_n keep_v the_o castle_n de_fw-fr rupe_n andeliaci_n in_o normandy_n for_o king_n john_n against_o the_o french_a with_o such_o gallantry_n that_o after_o all_o his_o victual_n be_v spend_v have_v be_v besiege_v almost_o a_o year_n and_o many_o assault_n of_o the_o enemy_n make_v but_o still_o repulse_v by_o he_o he_o mount_v his_o horse_n and_o issue_v out_o of_o the_o castle_n with_o his_o troop_n into_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o enemy_n force_n choose_v rather_o to_o die_v like_o a_o soldier_n than_o to_o be_v starve_v to_o death_n he_o slay_v many_o of_o the_o enemy_n but_o be_v at_o last_o with_o much_o difficulty_n take_v prisoner_n so_o he_o and_o his_o soldier_n be_v bring_v prisoner_n to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n where_o by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o king_n roger_n lacie_n be_v to_o be_v no_o strict_a prisoner_n word_n prisoner_n sub_fw-la libera_fw-la custodia_fw-la detentus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v paris_z meaning_n as_o i_o conceive_v have_v liberty_n to_o go_v up_o and_o down_o at_o his_o pleasure_n on_o his_o paroll_n or_o word_n for_o his_o great_a honesty_n and_o trust_n in_o keep_v the_o castle_n so_o gallant_o mat._n paris_n put_v out_o by_o dr._n wats_n pag._n 211._o king_n 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constable_n of_o cheshire_n son_n of_o the_o say_v roger_n confer_v the_o authority_n and_o rule_n over_o all_o the_o lecher_n and_o whore_n in_o cheshire_n on_o hugh_n dutton_n of_o dutton_n as_o free_o as_o he_o hold_v the_o same_o of_o the_o earl_n save_v the_o right_n of_o the_o say_v john_n to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n see_v the_o deed_n itself_o transcribe_v suprà _fw-la pars_fw-la 2._o pag._n 142._o roger_n lacie_n purchase_v from_o robert_n bushell_n the_o barony_n of_o penwortham_n in_o lancashire_n to_o hold_v of_o john_n king_n of_o england_n and_o his_o heir_n in_o capite_fw-la for_o which_o he_o acquit_v the_o say_a robert_n bushel_n of_o 310_o mark_n of_o silver_n to_o king_n john_n couchir-book_n in_o the_o dutchy-office_n at_o grays-inn_n tom._n 1._o fol._n 79._o b._n com._n lancastriae_fw-la num_fw-la 78._o this_o roger_n give_v the_o church_n of_o rochdale_n in_o lancashire_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o pomfret_n unto_o the_o abbey_n of_o stanlaw_n lib._n c._n fol._n 61._o h._n and_o also_o the_o town_n of_o little_a wolneton_n lib._n c._n fol._n 62._o c._n &_o in_o principio_fw-la fol._n 12._o d._n he_o give_v also_o his_o moiety_n of_o nether_a pever_n cùm_fw-la little_a pever_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o fee_n of_o halton_n unto_o osbert_n de_fw-fr wethale_n render_v to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n the_o yearly_a rent_n of_o 6_o s._n 8_o d._n and_o by_o do_v foreign_a service_n as_o much_o as_o belong_v to_o the_o twenty_o part_n of_o a_o knight_n fee_n the_o original_a in_o my_o possession_n and_o which_o rent_n of_o 6_o s._n 8_o d._n be_v at_o this_o day_n 1666._o pay_v to_o halton_n by_o leycester_n of_o tabley_n for_o the_o same_o moiety_n roger_n lacie_n marry_v maud_n de_fw-fr clare_n lib._n c._n fol._n 70._o a._n the_o original_a penès_fw-la towneley_n of_o car_n in_o lancashire_n june_n 24._o 1657._o and_o have_v issue_n john_n lacie_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n afterward_o earl_n of_o lincoln_n pecham_n in_o his_o 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authority_n nor_o can_v i_o here_o pass_v by_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o ancient_a roll_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o halton_n âšœ_o âšœ_o lib._n c._n fol._n 84_o 85_o monasticon_fw-la 2_o parson_n pag._n 187._o and_o several_a other_o old_a manuscript_n there_o be_v of_o the_o same_o in_o all_o which_o this_o maud_n de_fw-fr clare_n wife_n of_o roger_n lacie_n be_v say_v to_o be_v sister_n of_o the_o treasurer_n of_o york_n minster_n now_o bevoy_n the_o clare_n treasurer_n of_o york_n minster_n have_v no_o sister_n call_v maud_n for_o all_o the_o sister_n be_v punctual_o reckon_v up_o in_o the_o book_n of_o tewksbery_n as_o you_o may_v find_v they_o copy_v out_o by_o vincent_n in_o his_o correction_n of_o brook_n catalogue_n of_o nobility_n pag._n 221._o whereby_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o those_o sister_n also_o be_v all_o bear_v after_o the_o death_n of_o roger_n lacy._n possible_o in_o the_o old_a roll_n there_o may_v be_v a_o omission_n of_o a_o word_n as_o where_o it_o be_v say_v 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of_o winchester_n be_v lord_n of_o groby_n in_o leycestershire_n and_o die_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1220._o as_o mat._n paris_n say_v he_o marry_v margaret_n young_a sister_n and_o
and_o apuly_n with_o a_o ring_n send_v from_o the_o pope_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o romania_n 1255._o 39_o hen._n 3._o mat._n paris_n but_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a delusion_n for_o he_o never_o have_v it_o he_o have_v the_o castle_n of_o kenilworth_n give_v he_o 16_o decembris_fw-la 51_o hen._n 3._o lib._n c._n fol._n 71._o f._n and_o the_o savoy-house_n in_o london_n by_o the_o gift_n of_o queen_n elinor_n his_o mother_n 24_o die_v februarii_fw-la 12_o edw._n 1._o 1283._o lib._n c._n fol._n 72._o n._n and_o the_o castle_n of_o chartley_n he_o have_v by_o the_o grant_n of_o his_o brother_n king_n edward_n the_o first_o 26_o die_v julii_n 4_o edw._n 1._o 1276._o lib._n c._n fol._n 72._o k._n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1271._o 55_o hen._n 3._o in_o the_o month_n of_o may_n prince_n edward_n son_n of_o king_n henry_n with_o edmund_z his_o brother_n and_o four_o earl_n and_o so_o many_o baron_n and_o many_o other_o gentleman_n take_v a_o voyage_n into_o the_o holy_a land_n so_o mat._n paris_n 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pag._n 473._o &_o lib._n c._n pag._n 73._o a._n b._n vincent_n pag._n 293._o will_v have_v the_o queen_n of_o navarr_n name_n here_o to_o be_v elinour_n and_o not_o blanch_n from_o a_o record_n which_o he_o there_o vouch_v quaere_fw-la if_o that_o record_n be_v not_o mistake_v for_o i_o find_v she_o call_v blanch_n in_o sundry_a deed_n in_o the_o register-book_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n evidence_n in_o the_o dutchy-office_n call_v the_o two_o couchir-book_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1296._o 24_o edw._n 1._o this_o edmund_n the_o king_n brother_n and_o henry_n lacie_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n go_v into_o gascoyn_n with_o a_o strong_a army_n where_o many_o castle_n be_v deliver_v unto_o they_o but_o when_o they_o come_v within_o two_o mile_n of_o bordeaux_n the_o french_a army_n come_v out_o of_o bordeaux_n as_o it_o be_v unaware_o upon_o they_o after_o a_o sore_a conflict_n retreat_v to_o the_o city_n and_o the_o earl_n burn_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o suburb_n and_o short_o after_o edmund_z died_z hypodigma_fw-la neustriae_fw-la pag._n 483._o ob._n 1296_o xii_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n lord_n of_o monmouth_n surnamed_n grismond_n second_o son_n of_o edmund_n crook-back_a and_o brother_n and_o heir_n to_o thomas_n plantagenet_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n be_v restore_v to_o all_o his_o brother_n land_n and_o honour_n 3._o 1_o edw._n 3._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1326._o and_o then_o his_o title_n be_v thus_o henricus_fw-la comes_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la &_o leycestriae_fw-la seneschallus_fw-la angliae_fw-la lib._n c._n fol._n 74._o k._n 13_o edw._n 3._o and_o he_o be_v the_o twelve_o baron_n of_o halton_n he_o marry_v maud_n daughter_n and_o sole_a heir_n of_o sir_n patrick_n de_fw-fr chaworth_n or_o de_fw-fr gadurcis_n lord_n of_o kidwelly_n in_o caermarthenshire_n and_o of_o ogmore_n castle_n in_o glamorganshire_n cambden_n britannia_n print_v 1607._o pag._n 619._o sub_fw-la titulo_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la &_o lib._n c._n fol._n 73._o d._n this_o maud_n be_v former_o give_v to_o edmund_n son_n of_o henry_n lacie_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n by_o edward_n the_o first_o anno_fw-la 1282._o being_n then_o a_o girl_n but_o five_o year_n old_a which_o edmund_n die_v very_o young_a before_o he_o come_v to_o maturity_n without_o issue_n as_o you_o may_v see_v above_o in_o henry_n lacy._n henry_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n have_v issue_n by_o this_o maud_n only_o one_o son_n henry_n make_v earl_n of_o derby_n in_o his_o father_n life-time_n to_o wit_n 1336._o 11_o edw._n 3._o hypodigma_fw-la neustriae_fw-la and_o vincent_n pag._n 297._o and_o six_o daughter_n blanch_n marry_v thomas_n lord_n wake_v of_o lidell_n maud_n marry_v william_n lord_n burgh_n earl_n of_o ulster_n in_o ireland_n and_o after_o to_o sir_n ralph_n ufford_n joan_n marry_v john_n lord_n mowbray_n of_o axholme_n isabel_n be_v abbess_n of_o ambersbury_n elinour_n first_o marry_v to_o john_n son_n of_o henry_n lord_n beaumond_n and_o earl_n of_o bughan_n in_o scotland_n after_o to_o richard_n earl_n of_o arundel_n and_o marry_o six_o daughter_n marry_v henry_n lord_n percy_n of_o alnwick_n so_o break_v in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o nobility_n this_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n with_o other_o be_v send_v by_o the_o queen_n into_o wales_n where_o the_o king_n then_o skulk_v to_o take_v king_n edward_n the_o second_o her_o husband_n who_o they_o take_v with_o hugh_n spenser_n the_o son_n robert_n de_fw-fr baldock_n and_o simon_n de_fw-fr reading_n the_o king_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o custody_n of_o this_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n this_o be_v in_o anno_fw-la 1326._o soon_o after_o this_o be_v the_o king_n depose_v and_o edward_n his_o young_a son_n make_v king_n by_o the_o name_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o which_o young_a king_n be_v knight_v by_o this_o henry_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n walsingham_n hist_o ang._n edw._n 2._o pag._n 125_o 126_o 127._o but_o this_o henry_n be_v in_o nothing_o more_o infamous_a than_o in_o betray_v his_o lawful_a sovereign_n obiit_fw-la 1345_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1345._o obiit_fw-la henricus_fw-la grismond_n frater_fw-la thomae_fw-la comitis_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la iaceo_fw-la apud_fw-la leycestriam_fw-la x_o calendas_fw-la octobris_fw-la which_o be_v the_o twenty_o second_o of_o our_o september_n 19_o edw._n 3._o a_o manuscript_n in_o the_o university_n library_n at_o oxford_n among_o the_o book_n give_v by_o archbishop_n laud_n of_o a_o ancient_a character_n note_v g._n 9_o fol._n 125._o and_o walsingham_n hist_n ang._n edw._n 3._o pag._n 165._o thus_o anno_fw-la 1345._o 19_o edw._n 3._o obiit_fw-la henricus_fw-la comes_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la pater_fw-la henrici_fw-la comitis_fw-la de_fw-la derby_n &_o sepultus_fw-la est_fw-la leycestriae_fw-la in_o monasterio_n canonicorum_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o reginâ_fw-la tà m_fw-la antiquâ_fw-la quà m_fw-la nouâ_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la quasi_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o wasconiâ_fw-la ut_fw-la praefertur_fw-la actus_fw-la bellicoso_n &_o strenuos_fw-la exercebat_fw-la quamobrèm_fw-la interest_n non_fw-la potuit_fw-la exequiis_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la xiii_o henry_n of_o monmouth_n surnamed_n tort-coll_n or_o wryneck_n only_a son_n of_o henry_n grismond_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o all_o his_o land_n and_o honour_n and_o be_v the_o thirteen_o baron_n of_o halton_n he_o be_v earl_n of_o derby_n in_o his_o father_n life-time_n create_v 16_o martii_fw-la 11_o edw._n 3._o after_o his_o father_n death_n his_o title_n be_v thus_o 21_o edw._n 3._o 1346._o henricus_fw-la comes_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la derbiae_fw-la leycestriae_fw-la seneschallus_fw-la angeliae_fw-la lib._n c._n fol._n 75._o o._n he_o be_v create_v earl_n of_o lincoln_n 23_o edw._n 3._o and_o then_o his_o style_n be_v 1349._o henricus_fw-la comes_fw-la lancastriae_fw-la derbiae_fw-la leycestriae_fw-la &_o lincolniae_n seneschallus_fw-la angliae_fw-la lib._n c._n fol._n 75._o p._n last_o he_o be_v create_v duke_n of_o lancaster_n 6_o martii_fw-la 25_o edw._n 3._o 1350._o vincent_n pag._n 297._o selden_n title_n of_o honour_n pag._n 754._o but_o walsingham_n place_v his_o
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testimonium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la there_o be_v a_o doomsday-book_n in_o our_o exchequer_n at_o chester_n former_o wherein_o many_o deed_n and_o record_n be_v enrol_v but_o this_o book_n of_o record_n be_v now_o lose_v i_o suppose_v this_o priory_n continue_v not_o long_o the_o say_a patrick_n have_v no_o further_a estate_n in_o the_o half_a of_o mobberley_n than_o only_o for_o his_o life_n the_o advowson_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v invest_v in_o the_o heir_n of_o
of_o manwaring_n but_o absurd_o and_o not_o right_a this_o sir_n randle_n the_o elder_a build_v the_o hall_n of_o overpeve_a anew_o 1586._o the_o fabric_n be_v now_o of_o brick_n and_o he_o be_v sheriff_n of_o cheshire_n 1605._o 3_o jacobi_n sir_n randle_n the_o elder_a die_v 27_o maii_n 1612._o 10_o jacobi_n fourteen_o sir_n randle_n manwaring_n of_o overpeve_a the_o young_a knight_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o sir_n randle_n the_o elder_a marry_v jane_n daughter_n of_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n of_o hough_o aforesaid_a by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n philip_n manwaring_n son_n and_o heir_n george_n manwaring_n of_o marthall_n second_o son_n now_o live_v 1666._o margaret_n the_o elder_a daughter_n die_v a_o infant_n elizabeth_n second_o daughter_n marrry_v first_o to_o robert_n ravenscroft_n of_o bretton_n in_o harden-parish_n beyond_o chester_n esquire_n and_o have_v many_o child_n afterward_o she_o marry_v sir_n francis_n gamole_n of_o chester_n but_o she_o have_v no_o issue_n by_o he_o 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of_o holme_n nigh_o nether-peve_a about_o edward_n the_o second_o in_o which_o line_n it_o continue_v till_o edward_n the_o four_o about_o 150_o year_n and_o at_o last_o it_o descend_v to_o margaret_n the_o young_a daughter_n and_o co-heir_n of_o robert_n grosvenour_n of_o houlme_n in_o allostock_n esquire_n with_o the_o three_o part_n of_o alderley_n also_o the_o wife_n of_o thomas_n leycester_n of_o tabley_n esquire_n by_o partition_n date_v 1465._o 5_o edw._n 4._o z._n num_fw-la 28._o who_o heir_n do_v now_o enjoy_v the_o say_a moiety_n of_o nether-peve_a 1666._o and_o the_o rent_n now_o pay_v to_o halton_n according_a to_o the_o original_a deed_n of_o roger_n lacie_n aforesaid_a charterer_n in_o this_o moiety_n 1666._o 1._o thomas_n wood_n of_o little-peve_a near_o to_o pever-bridge_n he_o pay_v a_o pair_n of_o white_a glove_n yearly_a to_o leycester_n of_o tabley_n at_o midsummer_n pro_fw-la libero_fw-la tenemento_fw-it svo_fw-la in_fw-it pever_n 2._o peter_n wood_n of_o 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robert_n in_o the_o county_n of_o chester_n
by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o king_n council_n t._n num_fw-la 80._o so_o end_v the_o family_n of_o toft_n of_o toft_n the_o descent_n of_o leycester_n of_o toft_n collect_v careful_o out_o of_o the_o evidence_n of_o that_o family_n 1672._o the_o first_o of_o the_o issue_n of_o joan_n that_o possess_v the_o manor_n of_o toft_n who_o i_o meet_v withal_o be_v robert_n leycester_n son_n of_o robert_n son_n of_o this_o ralph_n and_o joan_n and_o that_o 2_o edw._n 4._o 1462._o t._n num_fw-la 51._o for_o that_o till_o about_o this_o time_n robert_n toft_n father_n of_o joan_n survive_v or_o roger_n his_o son_n when_o john_n leycester_n of_o nether-tabley_a sell_v away_o all_o his_o right_n and_o title_n to_o the_o moiety_n of_o the_o manor_n of_o mobberley_n with_o the_o advowson_n of_o the_o church_n of_o mobberley_n unto_o john_n dumvill_n of_o mobberley_n and_o cicely_n his_o wife_n 1_o rich._n 2._o 1377._o which_o land_n be_v settle_a on_o the_o say_a john_n leycester_n by_o sir_n 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leycester_n of_o toft_n 1672._o so_o that_o it_o seem_v ralph_n leycester_n aforesaid_a have_v one_o message_n in_o mobberley_n by_o the_o grant_n of_o nicholas_n leycester_n his_o father_n and_o mary_n his_o mother_n before_o these_o other_o land_n be_v estate_v on_o he_o in_o mobberley_n m._n num_fw-la 39_o and_o he_o purchase_v william_n dawson_n land_n in_o mobberley_n after_o the_o settlement_n aforesaid_a to_o wit_n 3_o rich._n 2._o m._n num_fw-la 27_o 28._o but_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o mill_n in_o the_o settlement_n mention_v robert_n leycester_n sell_v to_o john_n troutback_n 18_o hen._n 6._o m._n num_fw-la 13._o this_o ralph_n leycester_n and_o joan_n his_o wife_n have_v issue_n robert_n leycester_n who_o succeed_v heir_n and_o roger_n leycester_n live_v 18_o rich._n 2._o e._n num_fw-la 1._o among_o the_o evidence_n of_o leycester_n of_o tabley_n now_o that_o this_o ralph_n leycester_n be_v young_a brother_n to_o john_n leycester_n of_o nether-tabley_a appear_v by_o 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another_o leycester_n spring_v from_o that_o family_n after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o say_v mary_n without_o issue_n iii_o robert_n leycester_n of_o toft_n esquire_n son_n of_o robert_n be_v the_o first_o of_o this_o family_n who_o i_o find_v style_v de_fw-fr toft_n and_o possess_v of_o the_o same_o to_o wit_n 2_o edw._n 4._o 1462._o t._n num_fw-la 51._o he_o marry_v jane_n daughter_n and_o coheir_n of_o ralph_n booth_n young_a son_n of_o sir_n robert_n booth_n of_o dunham-massy_a who_o the_o say_v ralph_n beget_v on_o margaret_n his_o wife_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o thomas_n sibell_n of_o sandwich_n in_o kent_n this_o robert_n have_v issue_n ralph_n leycester_n robert_n another_o son_n live_v 1_o hen._n 7._o john_n another_o son_n 12_o hen._n 8._o agnes_n a_o daughter_n marry_v to_o john_n birtle_n of_o birtle_n nigh_o over-alderley_n 6._o edw._n 4._o 1466._o m._n num_fw-la 14._o lib._n a._n fol._n 133._o e_fw-la f_o g_o h_o i_o k._n this_o robert_n leycester_n and_o john_n 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lib._n c._n fol._n 153._o c._n about_o the_o end_n of_o king_n john_n reign_n so_o that_o the_o dutton_n of_o dutton_n be_v possess_v of_o weston_n since_o the_o conqueror_n time_n to_o this_o present_a 1666._o only_o some_o small_a parcel_n thereof_o hugh_n dutton_n purchase_v out_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n john_n or_o thereabouts_o charterer_n in_o weston_n 1666._o only_a one_o richard_n heath_n of_o weston_n nether-whitley_n this_o town_n of_o nether-whitley_n be_v original_o of_o the_o fee_n of_o halton_n since_o the_o norman_a conquest_n randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n surname_v blundevill_n give_v it_o to_o alfred_n the_o combre_n about_o the_o reign_n of_o richard_n the_o first_o scilicet_fw-la witeleiam_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o haltonshire_n &_o eam_fw-la illi_fw-la admensuravi_fw-la ad_fw-la servitium_n dimidii_fw-la militis_fw-la donec_fw-la viderim_fw-la aut_fw-la audierim_n quod_fw-la possit_fw-la pati_fw-la ea_fw-la propter_fw-la 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pertinentem_fw-la ad_fw-la villam_fw-la de_fw-la witelegh_n cum_fw-la metis_fw-la &_o divisionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la tenendum_fw-la illi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la cum_fw-la communia_fw-la &_o pastura_fw-la &_o in_o omnibus_fw-la locis_fw-la &_o aysiamentis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la terrae_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la libertate_fw-la cariagii_fw-la scilicet_fw-la dé_v mortuo_fw-la bosco_fw-la in_fw-la nemore_fw-la de_fw-fr witelegh_n cum_fw-la una_fw-la quadriga_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la uno_fw-la plaustro_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la acquietantia_fw-la pasnagii_fw-la in_o praedicto_fw-la loco_fw-la de_fw-fr nether-witelegh_a scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la porcos_fw-la suos_fw-la in_o praedicta_fw-la villa_n nutritos_fw-la reddendo_fw-la annuatim_fw-la de_fw-la praedicta_fw-la terra_fw-la mihi_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la tres_fw-la solidos_fw-la argenti_n scilicet_fw-la octodecem_fw-la denarios_fw-la in_o nativitate_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n baptistae_fw-la &_o octodecem_fw-la denarios_fw-la in_o festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servitiis_fw-la testibus_fw-la galfrido_n de_fw-fr dutton_n hugone_n de_fw-fr dutton_n thoma_n de_fw-fr orreby_n gralam_n de_fw-fr lostock_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o feodary_n of_o halton_n under_o edward_n the_o second_o dominus_fw-la robertus_fw-la touchet_n tenet_fw-la villam_fw-la de_fw-fr whitley_n inferiore_fw-la pro_fw-la tertia_fw-la parte_fw-la unius_fw-la feodi_fw-la militis_fw-la alii_fw-la legunt_fw-la pro_fw-la medietate_fw-la unius_fw-la feodi_fw-la militis_fw-la here_o have_v the_o touchet_n of_o nether-whitley_n continue_v their_o seat_n since_o king_n john_n time_n to_o this_o day_n 1666._o out_o of_o this_o family_n branch_v out_o the_o touchet_n baron_n the_o audley_n say_v cambden_n charterer_n in_o nether-whitley_n 1666._o 1._o grimsdich_n of_o grimsdich_n a_o ancient_a family_n of_o gentleman_n seated_z here_o at_o grimsdich_n in_o nether-whitley_n in_o the_o 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in_o cheshire_n and_o bring_v up_o at_o mr._n touchet_n of_o nether-whitley_n do_v by_o will_n date_v the_o 15._o of_o october_n 1633._o give_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o pound_n towards_o the_o maintain_n of_o a_o minister_n at_o this_o chapel_n and_o fifty_o pound_n more_o to_o the_o maintain_n of_o a_o minister_n at_o witton_n chappel_n there_o belong_v also_o to_o whitley_n chappel_n land_n lie_v in_o anterbus_n in_o over-whitley_n of_o the_o yearly_a value_n of_o 03_o l._n 10_o s._n 00_o d._n purchase_v about_o the_o year_n 1631._o with_o money_n give_v by_o thomas_n legh_n richard_n kelsall_n of_o dutton_n and_o tho._n saunders_n of_o clatterwigge_n over-whitley_n over-whitley_n be_v a_o great_a township_n comprehend_v the_o hamlet_n of_o norcot_n anterbus_n middle-walke_a seaven-oake_n and_o crowley_n within_o the_o same_o it_o be_v common_o call_v by_o the_o neighbourhood_n the_o lordship_n and_o be_v of_o the_o fee_n of_o halton-castle_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o conqueror_n former_o this_o town_n be_v copyhold_n land_n to_o the_o baron_n of_o halton_n until_o the_o same_o be_v buy_v out_o into_o fee-farm_n by_o fealty_n and_o suit_n of_o court_n to_o halton_n and_o not_o to_o be_v hold_v in_o capite_fw-la nor_o knight-service_n the_o king_n charter_n be_v date_v the_o 17._o day_n of_o december_n 1612._o 10_o jacobi_n remain_v now_o in_o the_o custody_n of_o richard_n peacock_n of_o over-whitley_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 1666._o lib._n c._n fol._n 277_o 278._o the_o purchaser_n from_o the_o king_n be_v thomas_n merbury_n of_o merbury_n esq_n john_n grimsdich_n of_o grimsdich_n gent._n thomas_n gregge_n of_o bradley_n in_o appleton_n gent._n and_o hugh_n crosby_n of_o over-whitley_n gent._n who_o sell_v to_o every_o man_n his_o own_o land_n so_o now_o they_o be_v all_o fee-farmers_n in_o over-whitley_n the_o town_n be_v scatter_v into_o sundry_a parcel_n of_o freehold_n of_o inheritance_n in_o fee-farm_n save_v only_o these_o follow_v who_o be_v ancient_a freeholders_n and_o not_o fee-farmers_n for_o some_o parcel_n 1._o robert_n venables_n of_o anterbus_n esquire_n 2._o sir_n george_n warburton_n of_o arley_n baronet_n 3._o thomas_n merbury_n of_o merbury_n nigh_o comberbach_n esquire_n 4._o grimsdich_n of_o grimsdich_n in_o nether-whitley_n have_v some_o ancient_a freehold_n land_n in_o over-whitley_n winsham_n this_o township_n in_o doomsday_n book_n be_v write_v wimundesham_n and_o be_v hold_v by_o gilbert_n venables_n baron_n of_o kinderton_n under_o hugh_n earl_n of_o chester_n surname_v lupus_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n which_o former_o be_v hold_v by_o one_o that_fw-mi &_o libre_fw-la homo_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o old_a deed_n it_o be_v write_v wimingham_n but_o now_o usual_o call_v and_o write_v wincham_n or_o winsham_n 1666._o exit_fw-la chartulis_fw-la willielmi_n harcourt_n de_fw-fr winsham_n 1666._o william_n venables_n of_o kinderton_n give_v unto_o maude_n his_o sister_n in_o marriage_n about_o the_o reign_n of_o richard_n the_o first_o winsham_n and_o half_a of_o pickmere_n faciendo_fw-la servitium_n dimidii_fw-la militis_fw-la de_fw-la forinseco_fw-la servitio_fw-la lib._n b._n pag._n 50._o a._n this_o maude_n de_fw-fr venables_n give_v the_o manor_n of_o winsham_n infra_fw-la villam_fw-la &_o extra_fw-la &_o unam_fw-la carucatam_fw-la terrae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o twambroke_n cum_fw-la medietate_fw-la bosci_fw-la de_fw-la alreschagh_n &_o communa_fw-la pasturae_fw-la in_o linwood_n unto_o nicholas_n de_fw-fr elet_n for_o the_o service_n of_o half_a a_o knights-fee_n lib._n
leuvis_fw-la lata_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la airae_fw-la accipitrum_fw-la valet_fw-la totum_fw-la l_o solidos_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la est_fw-la wasta_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la tenuit_fw-la peneverdant_a ibi_fw-la dvae_fw-la carucatae_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o reddebant_fw-la x_o denarios_fw-la modò_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la castellum_n &_o dvae_fw-la carucatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o dominio_fw-la &_o sex_n burgenses_n &_o tres_fw-fr radmans_n &_o octo_fw-la villani_fw-la &_o quatuor_fw-la bovarii_fw-la intèr_fw-la omnes_fw-la habent_fw-la quatuor_fw-la carucatas_fw-la ibi_fw-la dimidia_fw-la piscaria_fw-la silua_fw-la &_o airae_fw-la accipitrum_fw-la sicut_fw-la tempore_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la valet_fw-la tres_fw-la libras_fw-la in_o his_o sex_n hundredis_fw-la derbie_n neutone_n walintune_v blacheburne_n salford_n &_o lailand_n sunt_fw-la centum_fw-la quatèr_fw-la viginti_fw-la &_o octo_fw-la maneria_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la quatèr_fw-la viginti_fw-la hidae_fw-la geldabiles_fw-la unâ_fw-la minus_fw-la tempore_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la valebat_fw-la cxlv_o libras_fw-la &_o dvos_fw-la solidos_fw-la &_o dvos_fw-la denarios_fw-la quandò_fw-la rogerius_n pictavensis_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la recepit_fw-la valebat_fw-la cxx_o libras_fw-la modò_fw-la tenet_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o habet_fw-la in_o dominio_fw-la duodecem_fw-la carucatas_fw-la &_o novem_fw-la milites_fw-la feudum_fw-la tenentes_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la homines_fw-la sunt_fw-la cxv_o carucatae_fw-la &_o tres_fw-la bovatae_fw-la dominium_fw-la quod_fw-la tenuit_fw-la rogerius_n appretiatur_fw-la xxiii_o libris_fw-la &_o x_o solidis_fw-la quod_fw-la dedit_fw-la militibus_fw-la xx_o libris_fw-la &_o undecem_fw-la solidis_fw-la appretiatur_fw-la finis_fw-la doomsday-book_n sub_fw-la titulo_fw-la cestre-scire_a the_o proportion_n of_o the_o old_a hundred_o in_o cheshire_n to_o the_o new_a hundred_o new_a hundred_o comprehend_v old_a hundred_o 1._o wirrall_n wilavestan_a 1._o 2._o broxton_n dudestan_n 2._o &_o cestre_n 3_o 3._o edesbery_n riseton_n 4._o &_o roelau_n 5._o 4._o northwich_n mildestvic_n 6._o 5._o nantwich_n warmundestrou_fw-fr 7._o 6._o maxfield_n hamstan_n 8._o 7._o bucklow_n bochelau_n 9_o &_o tunendune_n 10._o  _fw-fr atiscros_n 11._o  _fw-fr exestan_n 12._o the_o division_n of_o the_o county_n into_o these_o new_a hundred_o i_o conceive_v exceed_v not_o much_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o the_o town_n in_o these_o two_o last_o old_a hundred_o be_v long_o since_o take_v from_o cheshire_n and_o be_v now_o part_v of_o flintshire_n vide_fw-la le_fw-fr statute_n 33_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 13._o many_o more_o town_n be_v now_o in_o cheshire_n than_o be_v in_o doomsday-book_n as_o make_v habitable_a since_o only_o dodleston_n remain_v yet_o to_o cheshire_n reader_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o author_n absence_n several_a fault_n have_v escape_v the_o press_n these_o which_o be_v the_o most_o material_a thou_o be_v desire_v to_o amend_v and_o to_o pardon_v they_o all_o page_n 11._o line_n 36._o read_v coesis_fw-la victisque_fw-la p._n 72._o l._n 29._o r._n topographia_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la p._n 76._o l._n 25._o deal_n lacy._n p._n 90._o l._n 10._o r._n be_v thereby_o disable_v to_o defend_v themselves_o p._n 91._o l._n 41._o r._n 11_o edw._n 1._o p._n 108._o l._n 16._o r._n suprà _fw-la pag._n 104._o p._n 133._o l._n 17._o r._n earldom_n of_o lincoln_n p._n 134._o l._n 6._o r._n gilberti_n silij_fw-la rogeri_n p._n 153._o l._n 24._o r._n 1640._o p._n 159._o l._n 8_o 9_o r._n berinthia_n and_o bar._n p._n 161._o l._n 33._o r._n a_o distinct_a stock_n p._n 167._o l._n 15._o r._n 1595._o p._n 169._o l._n 12._o r._n parson_n of_o davenham_n in_o cheshire_n and_o deal_n mobberley_n p._n 191._o l._n 23._o to_o lachford_n insert_v 0_o l._n 10_o s._n 0_o d._n ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n 00_o l._n 15_o s._n 0_o d._n p._n 193._o l._n 2._o r._n consecrate_v 1635._o p._n 194._o l._n 27._o r._n parochial-chappels_a p._n 197._o l._n 18._o r._n burges_n of_o chester_n p._n 207._o l._n 1._o r._n 17_o novembris_fw-la p._n 214._o l._n 33._o r._n 1635._o p._n 219._o l._n 11._o r._n robert_n vawdrey_n p._n 219._o l._n 22._o r._n march_n 27._o 1621._o p._n 227._o l._n 36._o r._n picmere_fw-la 0_o l._n 12_o s._n 2_o d._n ibid._n l._n 37._o r._n wincham_n 0_o l._n 12_o s._n 2_o d._n p._n 245._o l._n 16._o r._n 1461._o p._n 311._o l._n 8._o r._n galfridus_n de_fw-fr warburton_n p._n 317._o l._n 27._o r._n 34_o edw._n 1._o ibid._n l._n 33._o r._n robert_n son_n of_o john_n de_fw-fr huxley_n p._n 317._o l._n 37._o after_o william_n jeffeson_n shall_v follow_v thus_o anno_fw-la 1372._o 10_o martii_fw-la william_n brackley_n admit_v to_o the_o church_n of_o mobberley_n by_o the_o resignation_n of_o william_n wickford_n which_o he_o change_v for_o drayton-basset_a lib._n c._n fol._n 16._o b._n m._n num_fw-la 16._o p._n 318._o l._n 40._o r._n ashton_n supèr_v mersey_n p._n 319._o l._n 12._o 13._o deal_n among_o his_o sister_n ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n 1379._o p._n 319._o l._n 9_o deal_n have_v no_o lawful_a issue_n of_o his_o body_n p._n 333._o l._n 8._o r._n in_o the_o township_n of_o eccleston_n p._n 342._o l._n 33._o r._n 5_o edw._n 1._o p._n 343._o l._n 21._o r._n 9_o hen._n 4._o p._n 351._o l._n 23._o after_o dedicate_v to_o all_o saint_n shall_v be_v insert_v for_o that_o be_v the_o day_n of_o their_o wake_n but_o since_o the_o print_n of_o this_o book_n i_o find_v it_o call_v the_o church_n of_o st._n bartholomew_n of_o runcorn_n in_o a_o deed_n of_o sir_n willoughby_n aston_n of_o aston_n juxtà _fw-la sutton_n in_o runcorn-parish_n date_v 9_o hen._n 5._o and_o in_o the_o book_n of_o his_o evidence_n pag._n 15._o p._n 355._o l._n 17._o r._n this_o be_v about_o the_o reign_n p._n 356._o l._n 32._o r._n about_o 1_o edw._n 3._o 1327._o p._n 357._o l._n 7._o deal_n have_v no_o lawful_a issue_n but_o eight_o sister_n expect_v to_o share_v his_o inheritance_n p._n 366._o l._n 17._o r._n 18_o hen._n 6._o p._n 367._o l._n 24._o r._n the_o hall_n of_o wood_n in_o over-tabley_a with_o the_o land_n thereto_o belong_v p._n 368._o l._n 28._o r._n alanus_fw-la de_fw-fr tatton_n p._n 376._o l._n penult_n r._n t._n num_fw-la 48._o also_o deal_n these_o word_n quaere_fw-la if_o john_n de_fw-fr holford_n do_v not_o afterward_o marry_v this_o alice_n t._n num_fw-la 35._o and_o insert_v in_o stead_n thereof_o unless_o alice_n be_v there_o mistake_v for_o felice_n p._n 377._o l._n 22._o r._n in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n p._n 378._o l._n 29._o deal_n by_o the_o grant_n of_o mary_n his_o mother_n p._n 379._o l._n 11._o r._n 12_o hen._n 8._o ibid._n l._n 26._o r._n 36_o hen._n 8._o p._n 384._o l._n 6._o r._n roger_n fitz-alured_n p._n 395._o l._n ult_n r._n sanguis_fw-la effusus_fw-la the_o countye_o palatine_a of_o chester_n with_o that_o most_o ancient_a city_n describe_v the_o arm_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n sinâ—_n the_o norman_n conquest_n hugh_n lupus_n earl_n richard_n the_o soon_o of_o hu_o ranulph_n meschines_n ranulph_n gernones_n hugh_n cevelioc_n e_o s_n ranulph_n blundevill_n john_n scot_n earl_n a_o north_n gate_n b_o north_n gate_n street_n c_o corne_n market_n d_o shambles_n e_z bridge_n strete_n f_o s._n bride_n church_n g_o s._n michaells_n chur_n h_o old_a common_a hall_n i_o white_a friar_n lane_n k_o gerurd_v lane_n l_o trinity_n lane_n m_o watergate_n street_n n_o watergate_n o_o black_a friar_n lan_o p_o s._n peter_n church_n q_o trinity_n church_n r_o s._n martin_n church_n s_o nun_n lane_n t_o cup_a lane_n v_o bunse_n lane_n 2_o castle_n lane_n 3_o sheep_n lane_n 4_o bridge_n gate_n 5_o hanbridge_n 6_o full_a mill_n 7_o pepper_n stret_n 8_o fleshmonger_n lane_n 9_o s._n be_v burgd_v lane_n 10_o s._n tooloy_n church_n 11_o east_n get_v street_n 12_o east_n gate_n 13_o goose_n lane_n 14_o parson_n lane_n 15_o barn_n lane_n 16_o little_a s._n johns_n 17_o foregate_n street_n 18_o s._n johns_n lane_n 19_o cow_n lane_n 20_o newgate_n 21_o do_v lane_n 22_o love_v lane_n 23_o barker_n lane_n 24_o s_n worchargd_v ni_fw-fr 25_o st_n johns_n church_n 26_o s._n mary_n church_n 27_o canon_n hall_n 28_o claver_a lane_n 29_o s._n nicholas_n lane_n 30_o the_o bar_n 31_o boughton_n perform_v by_o john_n speed_v assistal_n by_o william_n smyth_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o roger_n rea_n the_o elder_a and_o young_a at_o the_o golden_a cross_n in_o cornhill_n against_o the_o exchange_n