whereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 31 Ian. 18 Car. 1. Created Vicount Fauconberge of Henknowle in the Bishoprick of Durham And by Barbara his Wife Daughter to Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby in Com. Ebor. Knight and Baronet had Issue two Sons Henry and Iohn and five Daughters Margaret Married to Iohn Lord Darcie of Astâ—n Mary to Sir Edward Osburne of Kiâ—eton in Com. Ebor. Baronet Barbara to Sir Henry Slyngâ—sby of Sâ—ryâ—en in Com. Ebor. Baronet Vrsula to Sir Walter Vavâ—sor of Haselwode in Com. Ebor. Knight and Frances to Sir Thomas Ingram of Shiriff-Hoton Knight a younger Son to Sir Arthur Ingram of Temple-Newsom in Com. Ebor. Knight and departing this life in an 1652. was buried in the Parish Church of Coâ—kswould in Com. Ebor. Which Henry dying before his Father left Issue by Grace his Wife Daughter and Heir to Thomas Barton of Smiâ—â—ells in Com. Lanc. Esq four Sons Thomas now Vicount Fauconbridge Henry who died in his youth Sir Rouland Belasyse Knight of the Bath and Iohn who died young And four Daughters Grace Married to George Vicount Castleton in Ireland Frances to Sir Henry Iones of Aston in Com. Oxon. Knight Arbella to Sir William Frankland of â—hurâ—ily in Com. Ebor. Baronet and Barbara to Walter a younger Son to Sir Robert Strickland of Siâ—er in Com. Westmorl Knight Which Thomas so succeeding his Grandfather in his Honours is now Captain of the Guard of Pensioners to his Majesty King Charles the Second and Married Mildred Daughter to Nicholas Vicount Castleton ¶ The second Son to the before-specified Thomas Vicount Fauconbridge Called Iohn faithfully also adhering to the late King Charles of blessed Memory at such time as through the influence of a predominant party in the late Long Parliament great Forces were ready to march against him rais'd and brought to Notingham upon the erection of his Royal Standard there in August an 1642. a compleat Regiment of stout Foot-Souldiers with which fighting valiantly on his behalf in the Batâ—els of â—ineton and Brainâ—ford as also in the storming of Bristoll and Battel of Newberie he was in consideration thereof advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Belasyse of Worlaby in Com. Linc. by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 27 Ian. 20 Car. 1. He was likewise in farther consideration of his eminent services in those times made Lieutenant-General of the Counties of York Notingham Lincoln and Derby Governour of the City of York and Garrison of Newark upon â—rent as also Captain General of his Majesties Guards And by our present Sovereign King Charles the Second constituted Captain-General of his Forces in Africa and Governour of â—angier Also Lord Lieutenant of the East-Riding of Yorkshire Governour of Hull and Captain of his Guard of Gentlemen-Pensioners But making scruple at the Oath injoined by Act of Parliament in an 1672. to be taken by all such as did then or should hereafter bear any Office under his Majesty he resigned all those his Commands as followeth viz. his Government of â—angier to the Earl of Middleton His Lieutenancy of the East-Riding of Yorkshire and Government of Hull to the Duke of Monmouth his Captainship of the Pensioners to his Nephew Thomas Vicount Fauconbridge and a Regiment of Foot raised during the late Wars with the Dutch to the Earl of Northampton This Iohn Lord Belasyse Married three Wives First Iane the Dâ—ughter and Heir to Robert Butler of Woodhall in Com. Hertf. Knight by whom he had Issue one Son called Henry made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second and one Daughter called Mary Married to Robert Vicount Dunbar in Scotland To his second Wife he Married Anne Daughter and Coheir to Sir Robert Crane of Chilton in Com. Suff. Knight Widdow of Sir William Airmine of Osgodâ—y in Com. Linc. Baronet He lastly Married the Lady Anne Daughter to Iohn late Marquess of Winchester by whom he hath Issue three Daughters Honora Barbara and Katherine Which Sir Henry his Son and Heir Married twice First Rogersa Rogers Daughter and Cohâ—ir with her Sister Elizabeth Dutchess of Richmund and Lenox to Francis Rogers of Brianston in Com. Dors. Esq And afterwards Sâ—san Daughter and Coheir to Sir William Airmine of Osgodby in Com. Linc. Baronet by whom he had Issue Henry his only Son and departed this life in an 1668. Lord Lovelace 3 Car. 1. IN 3 Car. 1. Sir Richard Lovelace Knight Son oâ— Richard Lovelace of Hurley in Com. Berks. Esq was by Letters Patent bearing date 31 Maii 3 Car. 1. advanced to the degrâ—e and dignity of a Baron of this Râ—alm by the Title of Lord Lovelace of Hurlâ—y Which place had hâ—râ—tofore been a Religious 〈◊〉 o◠〈◊〉 Monks and a Cell to 〈◊〉 Abby Hâ— Mâ—râ—ed to his first Wife Katherine Daughter of George Hill Widdow of William Hide of Kingston L'isle in Com. Berks. Esq but by her had no Issue and to his second Wife Margaret the sole Daughter and Heir to William Dodsworth Citizen of London by whom he had Issue two Sons Iohn and Francis and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Henry Martin of Langworth in Com. Berks. Esq Son and Heir to Sir Henry Martin Knight then Judge of the Court of Admiralty and Margaret to Sir George Stonehouse of Radley in Com. Berks. Baronet And departed this life 22 Apr. an 1634. 10 Car. 1. To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who took to Wife the Lady Anne Daughter of Thomas Earl of Cleveland and departing this life at Woodstoke Mannor in Com. Oxon. 25 Sept. an 1670. was buried at Hurley before-specified leaving Issue Iohn his only surviving Son who succeeded him in his Honour And three Daughters Anne who died Unmarried Margaret Married to Sir William Noel of Kirkby Malory in Com. Leic. Baronet and Dorothy to Henry Drax a Merchant in Barbados Son of Sir Iames Drax Knight Which Iohn took to Wife Martha one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Edmund Pye of Bradenham in Com. Buck. Baronet by whom he hath had Issue one Son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and three Daughters Anne Martha and Catherine Pierpont Earl of Kingston and Marquess of Dorchester 3 Car. 1 THat the Ancestor of this long continuing and eminent Family â—obert de Pierpont being of French extraction came first into England at the time of the Norman Conquest is clear enough For by the general Survey taken shortly after it is evident that he was then possess'd of the Lordships of Henestede and â—retham in Suffolk and that he held them of the famous William Earl Warren one of the chiefest of thâ—se Nobles that accompanied the Victorious Norman Duke in his signal Expedition hither And though none of the Descendents of this Robert did arrive to the dignity of Peerage till of late years yet were they persons of great note throughout all succeeding
a Castle in those places or within those Precincts each to assist other for the demolishing it And for the better observance of this Accord they engaged themselves each to other by Oath in the presence of the Bishop of Lincoâ—n That if either of them should recede therefrom and not make satisfaction within fifteen days upon request that the Bishops of Lincoln and Chester should do justice upon them as Faith-breakers Moreover it appears that this Earl granted unto Robert Earl of Leicester and his Heirs the Lordship of Cerneley and all the Woods adjacent thereto adjoyning to his Forest of Leicester as well those of his Fee as his own proper Woods excepting his Park at Barow to hold and enjoy the same as Forest in as ample manner as he held the Forest of Leicester of the King So also whatsoever he had in the City of Leicester both in Demesn and of his Fee And as the Earl of Leicester and he did thus capitulate as hath been observed so most certain it is that King Stephen himself at length came to a good accord with him and received him into no little favor and trust for by his special Charter it appears that he bestowed on him the Castle and City of Lincoln to enjoy until he should be restored to his Lands in Normandy and Castles there And thereupon gave him leave to fortifie one of the Towers in Lincoln Castle and to have the command thereof until he should deliver unto him the Castle of Tikhill in Yorkshire Which being done then the King to have the City and Castle of Lincoln again excepting the Earls own Tower which his Mother had fortified as also the Constableship of that Castle and of the whole County which belonged to him by Hereditary right as are the words of the Charter Moreover besides all this the King then granted to him the Castle of Belvoir with the whole Barony thereto belonging and all the Land of William de Albini Lord of Belvoir of whomsoever he held it and likewise Graham with the Soke And though the Heirs of Graham should come to an Agreement with the King yet the Barony to remain to this Earl the King giving them exchange for it By this Charter also the King granted to him and his Heirs Newcastle in Staffordshire with all the Appurtenances the Soke of Roeley in Leicestershire Torkesey in Lincolnshire the Town of Derby with the Appurtenances Mansfield in Com. Nott. with the Appurtenances Stonely in Warwickshire with the Appurtenances the Wapentake of Oswarbeck in Nottinghamshire and all the Lands of Roger de Busly with the whole Honor of Blithe as it is set forth Likewise all the Lands of Roger de Poictou from Northampton to Scotland excepting that which belongeth to Roger de Montebegon in Lincolnshire Likewise all the Lands betwixt the Rivers of Ribble and Merse in Lancashire and the Land which he had in Demesne in the Mannor of Grimesby in Com. Linc. As also the Lands which the Earl of Glocester had in Demesne within that Mannor of Grimesby And lastly for the special respect that the King bore unto him he not only restored to Adelais de Condie all her Lands viz. Hornecastre in Lincolnshire when the Castle should be demolished but all his own other Lands Yet notwithstanding all hath been said this Earl was so real an honorer of Henry Duke of Normandy that he often adventured his life and fortune on his behalf And that the said Duke did highly esteem of him this memorable Charter which he Sealed at the Devizes in Wiltshire will abundantly manifest whereby heâ—granted unto him all his Inheritance in Normandy and England as freely as any of his Ancestors held the same viz. The Castles of Uire and Barbifleet with such Liberty that through the whole Precinct thereof he might take his forfeits as also the Wood of Fosses and Alebec and that for which â—e was Sheriff of Abrincis and in S. James whereof he had made him Earl Likewise whatsoever he had in Abrinchem he thereby gave unto him excepting the Bishoprick and the Abbacy of Mount S. Michael and what belonged unto them Moreover all the Honor id est the Barony of Earl Roger de Poictou wheresoever it lay and all the Honor of Blithe wheresoever in England As also the whole Honor of Eye which Robert Malet his Mothers Vncle did ever enjoy Furthermore he gave him Stafford and the whole County of Stafford and whatsoever he had of Inheritance there except the Fees of the Bishop of Chester of Earl Robert de Ferrers of Hugh de Mortimer and of Gervase Paganell and excepting also his Forest of Canoâ— which he retained in his own hand Likewise he gave unto him the Fee of Alan de Lincolne his Mothers Vncle and the Fee of Ernise de Burun as his own Inheritance and the Fees of Hugh de Scotiney Robert de Chalz Raphe Fitz-Oats Norman de Verdun and Robert de Staford wheresoever any of them lay Besides all these he gave to him and his Heirs Thirty pound Lands in Grimesby as also Nottingham Castle with the Borough and whatsoever he had in Nottingham And all the Fee of William Peverell wheresoever it lay excepting Higham unless he could acquit himself of his wickedness and treason by a fair tryal in Court Moreover if Ingelram de Albemarle would not take his part nor Earl Simon he gave Higham to this Earl Ranulph in case he would accept thereof as also Torchesey and Oswardebeck Wapentake Derby with all its Appurtenances Mansfield with the Soke Roeley with the Soke and Stanley near Coventrey with the Soke promising him farther that so soon as he should be in power he should have a tryal for Belvoir Besides all this he gave unto Six of his Barons whom he should chuse One hundred pound Land per annum to each viz Of that which should happen to be gained from his enemies And to all their Parents that Inheritance which was in his power and what was not at present he promised to do them right in whensoever he should be able Vnto which Charter these were Witnesses viz. William the Chancellor Reginald Earl of Cornwall Roger Earl of Hereford Patrick Earl of Salisbury Umfrey de Buhun Sewer ... Fitz-Gilbert Richard de Humet Constable Warin Fitz-Gerold Robert de Curcey Sewer Manasser Bisseâ— Sewer Philip de Columbers And on thâ— part of Earl Ranulph William Earl of Lincolne Hugh Wac G. Castell de Fines Simon Fitz-William Thurstan de Montfert Geffrey de Costentine William de Verdun Richard Boteler Roger Wac and Simon Fitz-Osbert This Earl gave to William Earl of Lincoln his Brother by the Mother the Lordship of Watteley to hold by the Service of two Knights Fees Having now done with his Secular Actions I come lastly to his Works of Piety which were great and many He was the devout Founder of a Monastery for Cistercian Monks in a place called Radmore
sufficiently provided with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots Moreover the next year following being of full age and doing his homage for those Lands which were of Maud his Grand-Mothers Inheritance he had Livery of them which Lands Roger le Strange her second Husband then dead had held during his life by the curtesie of England In 6 Edw. 2. this Iohn being Sheriff of Yorkshire and Governor of the City of York received command from the King to seize upon Henry de Percy then a great Baron in the North for that he had suffered Piers de Gaveston Earl of Cornwal to make his escape out of Scarborough Castle in which the said Henry undertook he should be safe kept having rendred himself to him on that condition In 7 Edw. 2. he was in another expedition then made into Scotland and then constituted one of the Wardens of the Marches towards that Kingdom In which year he had License to send his Brother Alexander with Horse and Foot to the assistance of David Earl of Athol against Edward de Brus betwixt whom there was at that time great animosities In 8 Edw. 2. he received Summons from the King to repair to Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady with Horse and Arms to curb the insolency of the Scots And considering the great charge he had been at in maintaining of Horse for the security of Yorkshire when he was Sheriff of that County the King allowed him to receive the yearly Revenue of the Lordships of Penreth and Soureby in Tindale in Com. Cumb. until the sum of Five hundred marks should be made good to him In 10 Edw. 2. he had command to Array all the Commonalty within the Wapentakes of Osgodcros Stancross Barkeston Agbrigge and Morley and the Soke of Snaythe in Com. Ebor. in order to another expedition into Scotland And in 11 Edw. 2. was constituted Governor of Malton Castle in Yorkshire So also of Scarborough Castle in that County In 12 Edw. 2. he was again in Scotland in the Kings service with power to receive all such into protection who should submit to King Edward In 14 Edw. 2. there arose a great controversie touching certain possessions in Wales called Gowherland whereunto this Iohn laid claim in right of Aliva his Wife From which spark there proceeding no little flame I shall here take leave to say something thereof William de Brewes Father to this Aliva being a Knight of a very noble Extraction and Possessor by Inheritance of a goodly Barony in the Marches of Wales having by lavish courses much wasted his Patrimony and at this time setting that part of his Inheritance called Gowherland on sale first made a contract with the Earl of Hereford for the same in regard it lay very fit for him and afterwards with two other potent men viz. Roger de Mortimer the Uncle and Roger his Nephew who knew nothing of the former bargain with the Earl of Hereford Amongst which this Iohn de Moubray laid his claim in right of Aliva his Wife before-mentioned But Hugh de Spencer the younger at that time Lord Chamberlain to the King and no small favorite coveting these Lands in regard of their vicinity to his own dealt with William de Brewes and through his power at Court kept the possession of them notwithstanding the former bargains made with others and the claim of this Iohn de Moubray which caused those great Lords to be much incensed against the said Hugh de Spencer insomuch as complaining of the injury to Thomas then Earl of Lancaster they drew in many great Earls and Barons to their party who thereupon took occasion to arm themselves in a Rebellious manner The farther circumstances and proceedings herein I shall refer to our Historians and only point at the sad issue thereof which was that the King having raised a powerful Army to chastise these Rebels divers of them fell off and submitted amongst whom were the two Mortimers beforementioned the rest at Borough-bridge in Yorkshire being slain or taken prisoners of which viz. the slain the Earl of Hereford was one and of the prisoners were Thomas Earl of Lancaster and this our Iohn de Moubray who both suffered death for the same The Earl at Pontfract and Moubray at York soon after scil 15 Edw. 2. all his Lands being seised into the Kings hands his Wife and Son imprisoned in the Tower of London and so grievously oppressed that to alleviate the burthen she was necessitated to give up unto that then potent Man Hugh le Despencer Earl of Winchester the Castle and Mannor of Brembrey as also the Mannors of Knappe Shorham Horsham and Beau-Busson which were of her Inheritance and wherein William de Brewose the elder had an estate only for life to hold to the said Hugh after the decease of William de Brewose and his heirs for ever Nay so great was the indignation of the King and the Spencers to the dead Bodies of this Iohn de Moubray and those other who were hanged with him at York that they would not suffer them to be taken down from the Gallows and buried of a long â—ime after The Lordships whereof this Iohn de Moubray was then possessed were these viz. Shustoke in Com. War Creke in Com. Northampt. Melton-Moubray in Com. Leicest and Epworth in Com. Line all which he held of the King by Military service And these in the County of York which he held in capite by Barony viz. Theske Kirkby Malesart Burton in Lonesdale Bramton Couton Alwarthorpe Cave Wytheley Faxfleet and the moity of the Mannor of Foukbrigge All that I farther find of Aliva his Widow is That in 2 Edw. 3. she obtained from the King a Confirmation of Gowherland in Wales to her self and the heirs of her Body by her late Husband Iohn de Moubray begotten the Remainder to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex and his heirs Also that she afterwards became the Wife of Sir Richard Peshale Knight and died in 5 Edw. 3. But Iohn the Son and Heir of this last mentioned Iohn and Aliva found more favor from King Edward the Third For that King in the first of His Reign acknowledging the great sense he had of the eminent services which the Fore-fathers of the said Iohn had done to his Royal Progenitors accepted of his homage before he came of full age and gave him Livery of his Lands Whereupon he marched into Scotland in the expedition that year made In 5 Edw. 3. this Iohn upon the death of his Mother gave Three hundred pounds Fine for the custody of all those Lands which were of her Inheritance And in 7 Edw. 3. attended the King in his Scotch expedition then made So also in 8 11 Edw. 3. In 12 Edw. 3. he represented
Liberties in â—organnon should be forfeited but because he had married Ioane the Kings Daughter by whom he had issue and that by vertue of an Entail c. he had estate but for Term of Life therein it was resolved That they should be forfeited to the King only for Term of this Earls life and that he should be remanded to prison paying to the E. of Hereford One hundred pounds damage And on the other side it was concluded That the Liberties of the Earl of Hereford should for his offence remain in the Kings hands as forfeited for ever and the said Earl of Hereford be remanded to prison But by reason the King and his Council did not deem the Earl of Herefords offence so great as was that of this Earl and because he had married the Queens Kinswoman the King was pleased at the Queens instance that the forfeiture should only extend to his life and that his Heirs might not be disherited Howbeit after this being both of them committed to prison this Earl paid to the King a fine of One thousand marks for an attonement and the Earl of Hereford as much From which time I have not seen more of him till his death which hapned in the Castle of Monmouth 7 Id. Dec. An. 1295. 24 Ed. 1. And that he was buried in the Church of Tewksbury on the left hand of his Father leaving issue by Ioane of Acres his Wife Gilbert his Son and Heir then five years of age and three Daughters Which Ioane surviving and being in Frank-Marriage Enfeoffed of all the Lands belonging to both his Earldoms soon matched her self to a plain Esquire called Ralph de Monthermer clandestinely without the King her Fathers knowleâ—ge whom afterwards she sent to her Father to receive the honor of Knighthood But when the King understood that she had much debased her self in marrying so meanly being highly incensed he caused all her Castles and Lands to be seised on and sent her Husband Monthermer to strait imprisonment in the Castle of Bristol Nevertheless at length through the mediation of that great Prelate Anthony Beke then Bishop of Durham a reconciliation was made After which she resided at Marlborough for a time and the year following in the Parliament begun at London in the Moneth of Iuly all her Lands c. were restored to her so likewise was her Husband being afterwards beloved of the King as his own Son and had Livery of all the Lands belonging to this great Earldom to hold by the service of fifty Knights Fees in the War of Flanders Whereupon also he had the title of Earl of Glocester This Ioane of Acres gave to the Canons in the Chapel of our Lady at Caversham in Com. Oxon. for the health of her Soul and the Soul of Gilbert de Clare sometime Earl of Gloucester and Hertford her Husband a certain piece of Land within the inclosures of that Lordship for enlarging the grounds which the King her Father had given them near the same Chapel and departing this life in Ann. 1307. 1 Ed. 2. was buried in the Church of the Friers-Augustines at Clare the King her Brother and most of the Nobility of England being at her Funeral And now before I proceed with my Story of these Earles I must take leave to say something of Thomas de Clare before mentioned Brother to this last Earl Gilbert This Thomas was in such esteem with that great Rebel Montfort and those other of the Barons who had thus vanquished King Henry the third in the Battle of Lewes that in April following they made him Governor of S. Briavell's Castle in Com. Glouc. But having done such good service in order to the Kings deliverance as hath been observed he was in 50 Henr. 3. made Constable of the Castle of Colchester In 51 Hen. 3. being signed with the Cross he went into the Holy Land and in Anno 1271 55 Hen. 3. brought four Saracens into England whom he had taken Prisoners in those Holy-Wars In 1 Edward 1. he was constituted Governor of the City of London In 14 Edward 1. he joined with Richard de Burgh Earl of Ulster in that solemn compact made betwixt them two on the one part and Patric Earl of Dunbar together with his three Sons Patric Iohn and Alexander Walter Stuard Earl of Menteth Alexander and Iohn his Sons Robert Brus Lords of Anandale together with Robert Brus Earl of Carryk and Bernard de Brus his Sons Iames Stuard of Scotland and Iohn his Brother Enegusius Son of Donewald and Alexander his Son that they would thenceforth adhere to and take part with one another upon all occasions against all persons whatsoever saving their allegiance to the King of England and their fidelity to him who should gain the Kingdom of Scotland by right of Blood from King Alexander then lately deceased Which Agreement bears date at â—urnebyrâ—e in Carryk on the Eve oâ— S. Matthew the Apostle Anno 1286. 14 Edw. 1. But the year next following he died 4 Non. Septemb. Anno 1287. 15 Ed. 1. and was buried at the Gray-Friers in Liâ—eric Leaving issue a Son called Gilbert who with many other received the sacred ceremonies of Knighthood in 34 Edw. â— when Edward the Kings Son was honored with that dignity I now come to Gilbert Son to the last Earl Gilbert and Ioane of Acres Though this Gilbert was in minority at the time of his Fathers death and in Ward to the King yet he made his address to the Lords in Parliament the next ensuing year for the possession of all his Lands Rents and Franchises lying in London according to the Custom of that City alledging them to be held in Socage Whereupon it being required that the Mayor and Aldermen should come before them and certifie the truth thereof they accordingly did so and affirmed it to be the custom in case the Heir were of such age as that he knew how to manage his Estate And it being likewise found that then he was about eighteen years of age and had discretion to govern himself and what he had it was resolved by that great Councel that he should have Livery of them as also of all Advowsons of Churches within the Precincts of of that City which had been seised into the Kings hands by reason of the death of Ioane Mother of him the said Gilbert wherein she had estate for term of life So likewise of all his Socage-Lands lying in the Towns of Gloucester Sandwich and St. Edmundsbury and wheresoever else in England And as to the Mannor of Wexcombe the Town of Bodwinde and Hundred of Kinardeston in Com. Wilts the Hundred of Chadelington in Com. Oxon. the Hundreds of Rishmore Haâ—elore Craneburne and Pymperne in Com. Dorset and the Mannor of Claret in Comitat. Essex which he also
death of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick his Kinsman he had the custody of all the Lands belonging to Warwick Castle together with that Castle during the minority of his heir And the same year went again into Scotland In 12 13 Edw. 2. he was likewise in those Scotish Wars and in 19 Edw. 2. was sent into Gascoign to make provision against the Kings coming thither In 1 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland and the same year had a special Commission to execute the Office of Constable of England in a particular case but died in 2 Edw. 3. leaving William his Brother and Heir then forty years of age Which William had also been a Military Man for many years For in 25 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition made into Flanders and in 26 Edw. 1. in Scotland Likewise in 34 Edw. 1. and 7 Edw. 2. And in 10 Edw. 2. had the Sheriffalty of Worcestershire granted to him during the minority of the Heir of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick In 13 Edw. 2. he procured a Charter from the King for another Fair to be kept yearly at Alcester for eight days beginning on the Eve of S. Bernabas the Apostle In 14 Edw. 2. he was made Governor of S. Briavels Castle in Com. Gloc. and of the Forest of Deane and in 15 Edw. 2. constituted one of the Kings Commissioners for the safe custody of the City of Worcester In 1 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland but farther I find not of him To this William succeeded Giles his younger Brother who in 15 Edw. 2. was made Sheriff of Carnarvonshire and Governor of the Castle of Beaumaris and in 12 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanders In 13 Edw. 3. being in the Kings service beyond Sea at his great expences he had a special discharge for providing of those six Soldiers in the Isle of Wight for his Lands there unto which otherwise he had been liable In 14 Edw. 3. he obtained License to fortifie his Mannor-house at â—â—cester called Beauchamps Court with a Wall of Lime and Stone and to embattle it And in 16 Edw. 3. had the like License to fortifie his house at Freskwater in the Isle of Wightâ— and to embattle the Walls thereof having divers other priviledges granted to him for that Lordship This Giles left issue Iohn his â—on and Heir of whom I have seen little else saving his Foundation of a Chantry in the Parish Church at Alcester in 36 Edw. 3. for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service daily at the Altar of All-Saints for whose maintenance he gave eleven Messuages one Shop eleven Acres of Land and four Acres of Meadow lying in Alcester and that in 3 Rich. 2. he was in that expedition then made into France Which Iohn had issue Sir William de Beauchamp Knight as also Sir Walter de Beauchamp a younger Son from whom the Beauchamps Barons S. Amand did descend Which Sir William in 16 Rich. 2. was made Constable of the Castle of Glocester in 3 Hen. 4. Sheriff of Worcestershire and in 1 Hen. 5. of Glocestershire and having married Catherine one of the Daughters to Gerard de Vsflete left issue Sir Iohn Beauchamp Knight who in 17 Hen. 6. upon the death of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick was constituted one of the Commissioners for the Guardianship of all his Castles and Lands during the minority of Henry his Son and Heir Moreover having purchased from Thomas de Botreax the other moity of the Mannor of Alcester which had continued in that family for divers descents did in 25 Hen. 6. in consideration of the many good and acceptable services performed by him to that King and to King Henry the Fifth his Father obtain a special Charter for divers ample Immunities and Priviledges with another Fair yearly to begin on the Eve of S. Dunstan and to continue for two days following Furrhermore in the same five and twentieth year of King Henry the Sixth for the like consideration as above is expressed he was upon the second of May advanced to the title and dignity of Lord Beauchamp of Powyke and had an Annuity of Sixty pound per annum out of the Fee-Farm of the City of Glocester granted to him and his heirs for their better support of that Honor being at the same time constituted Justice of South Wales with power to exercise that Office by himself or his sufficient Deputy After which ere long viz. in 28 Hen. 6. he was made Lord Treasurer of England but in that Office he continued not full two years This Iohn by his Testament bearing date 9 April Ann. 1475. 15 Edw. 4. bequeathed his Body to Sepulture in the Church of the Dominican Friers at Worcester in a new Chappel to be made on the North side the Quire to which house of Friers for his burial there he gave twenty marks to be bestowed in Vestments and Stuff beside an Organ of his own and appointed that a Priest of that Friery should dayly say Mass at the Altar within that Chappel before his Tomb after the order of a Trental for his Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother Brethren and Sisters his Childrens and Ancestors Souls and especially for the Soul of Sir Iohn Fastolf Knight William Botreaux and all Christian Souls taking by the week for that Mass so daily to be said eightpence for evermore Which Chappel and Tombe with his Effigies thereon in Alablaster he did by this his Testament ordain that his Executors should cause to be made and departed this life the same year leaving Margaret his Wife surviving and Sir Richard Beauchamp Kt. his Son and Heir then forty years of age which Margaret by her Testament dated the Wednesday next after the Nativity of our Lord Anno 1477. 2 Hen. 7. bequeathed her body to be buried in the Church of the Dominican Friers commonly called the Friers Preachers at Worcester with her Lord and Husband and thereby ordained that a Priest should sing for her Soul during the terme of one whole year next after her decease within the said House of Friers receiving for his pains an hundred shillings She also willed that a Tablet of Alablaster should be made of the Birth of our Lord and the three Kings of Coâ—eyn to be set on the Wall over her Body when it should be buried Likewise an Image of Alablaster of St. Iohn the Evangelist containing three quarters of a yard in length with the Chalice in his hand to be set over her in likewise Also a Candlestick of white Iron with three branches to set on the Tapers of Wax of four pound to burn before that Image every Sunday as long as they should endure Moreover on the day of her
issue Iohn afterwards Lord Latimer who died without issue whereupon his Lands came to Ralph Earl of Westmorland his Brother by a special Feoffment the Inheritance whereof were given by that Earl to his Son George This is all that I have seen of him till his death which hapned at Newcastle upon Tine 17 Octob. 12 Rich. 2. being the Feast day of S. Luke the Evangelist and that he was buried on the Southside the Body of the Church at Durham Being then seised of the Mannor and half Hundred of Clavering in Com. Essex the Mannors of Isenhamstead Lacimer Crowley and Broughton in Com. Buck. Dylewike Wotton Kerkington Ronhale Bromham Sutton and Stratton juxta Biecleswade and Potton juxta Sutton in Com. Bedf. Wiâ—lby and Carlton juxta Rockingham in Com. Northampt. Of the Mannor of Carbroke called Woodhal in Com. Norf. Helpringham and Skekington in Com. Linc. Bolton Gamelesby and Unthank in Com. Cumbr. Bywel Styford and the Castle of Bamburgh in Com. Northumbr Danby with the Hamlets of Cromecliff Glassdale and Leâ—om the Mannors of Thornton in Pickering-Lithe Scamston Sinelington Tiverington Leverton Sheriff-Hoton Duenby two parts of the Mannor of Walton the Mannors of Risebergh Stokesley Hemelington Sutton in Galtres Well with the Advowson of the Hospital Snape Crakehall Middleham Carleton Coverdale and Thoraldby all in Com. Ebor. Twenty Knights Fees in Sharnebroke Pabenham Hinewike Thorncote Carlton Turbey Stachesden Wotton Bromham Bidenham Houghton Conquest Horcliff Chalgrave Eversholt Potsgrave Chikesand Stotfold Stondon Helew South Yevel Stanford Wardon Rerdinton Conpoll Wiliton Harewedon Wrastlingworth Caddelow Wiâ—olâ—ston Bereford Ronhale Ravensden Goldington Rish Belnhurst Eaisho Aspel and Astwike as also of divers Lands in Bâ—â—daâ—e and Scotton and four pound Rent issuing out of ten Ox-gangs in Rillington in Com. Ebor. Leaving Sir Ralph de Nevil Knight his Son and Heir then twenty four years of age Which Elizabeth second Wife to the deceased Ralph being afterwards married to Sir Robert de Willoughby Knight departed this life 5 Nov. 19 Rich. 2. leaving Iohn de Latimer her next heir then thirteen years of age At the Funeral of Mand his first Wife there were offered in the Church of Durham six Cloaths of Gold whereof several Vestments were made viz. Two for the High Altar as also one Chesible and two Tunicles But I return to Ralph In 7 Rich. 2. this Ralph was joyned in Commission with Henry Earl of Northumberland and the Lord Nevil of Raby his Father with others for receiving that twenty four thousand marks formerly mentioned in full satisfaction of the Ransome of David de Brus King of Scotland In 9 Rich. 2. he was together with Thomas Son to the Lord Clifford made Governor of the Castle and City of Carlisle and likewise a Commissioner for the Guardianship of the West Marches all this being in his Fathers life time And in 12 Rich. 2. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands Moreover the same year after his Fathers death he was joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others in the Government of the City of Carlisle and custody of the West Marches About which time he also obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market every Munday at his Lordship of Middleham in Com. Ebor. As also an yearly Fair on the Feast day of S. Alkeld the Virgin and likewise leave to inclose his Woods at Raskelff adjoyning to the Forest of Galtres and to make a Park there with three Deer-leaps being then constituted Warden of all the Kings Forests beyond Trent for life In 14 Rich. 2. he was made one of the Commissioners to treat with those from the Kings of France and Scotland touching the observation of the Truce made betwixt the King of England and them And in 18 Rich. 2. was joyned in the like Commission to treat of Peace with the Scots In this year he obtained License from the King to enfeoff Iohn de Nevill his Son and Heir and Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent in all his Lands at Sutton in Galtres to hold to them and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten And in 20 Rich. 2. obtained the Castle of Warke upon Twede from Sir Iohn Mountague Knight in exchange for certain other Lands In 21 Rich. 2. 21 Dec. he was made Constable of the Tower of London Shortly after which viz. in the Parliament begun after Christmas the King advanced him to the Title of Earl of Westmorland Being of the Privy Council to that King he obtained from him the Honor of Penreth with its Appurtenances as also all those Royalties in the County of Westmorland which justly belonged to the Crown and which had been unduly withheld by the Heirs of Robert de Vipount to enjoy during his life And from Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster had a Grant of Fiendeleze in Richmondshire but upon the landing of Henry Duke of Lancaster at Ravenspur who had been banished in 21 Rich. 2. this Earl with other of the Nobles who feared the Kings tyranny met him and was one or those who attended him at Westminster upon the morrow after Michaelmas-day where and at which time King Richard made a formal resignation of the Government desiring that the same Henry Duke of Lancaster might succeed him therein Which Henry thereupon King by the name of Henry the Fourth in the first year of His Reign gave unto this Earl the County and Honor of Richmond for term of life constituting him likewise Earl Marshal of England Soon after which adhering firmly to that King he stoutly reâ—isted the Earl of Northumberland in his Rebellious attempts and forced him with his Army which was advanced almost as far as Durham back to Proudhoâ— whereupon Henry Hotspur Son to that Earl was routed and slain in the Battle of Shrewsbury In 2 Hen. 4. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with Rupert King of Romans touching a marriage betwixt Lewes the eldest Son of Rupert and Blanch eldest Daughter to King Henry the Fourth and the same year made Governor of the Town and Castle of Carlisle as also Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland And in 3 Hen. 4. Governor of Roxborough Castle in Scotland for ten years Moreover in 6 Hen. 4. one of the Commissioners to treat with the King of Scots or such persons as he should appoint upon the twenty fourth of March at Hanâ—en-stank upon a Truce betwixt both Kingdoms In which year he obtained a Charter for Free Warren in his Lordship of Kettâ—ewel in Craven with liberty to Impark three hundred Acres of Land there And the same year upon that Insurrection of Richard Scrope Archbishop of York and Thomas Moubray Earl Marshal at Schupton-Moor near York making a seeming compliance with that Bishop he took him
prisoner without any fight and delivered him to the King In 10 Hen. 4. he procured the Kings Charter for Free-chase in all his Demesn-Lands at Kettâ—ewel beforementioned And in 12 Hen. 4. was again constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with those from Scotland upon a General Truce In 3 Hen. 5. he obtained a Charter from the King for Free-chase in all his Lands of Burton in Bishop dale Walden West Witton and Penhil In 6 Hen. 5. he was with the King at the Siege of â—ame in Normandy And in 1 Hen. 6. again constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with Iames King of Scotland for a firm Peace betwixt both Realms This Earl Ralph â—ounded the Collegiate Church at Staindrope in the Bishoprick of Durham for one Master six Priests six Clerks six Esquires six Grooms and six poor people amply endowing it with Lands and Revenues And having wedded two Wivâ—s viz. Margaret Daughter of Hugh Earl Staâ—ford for which Marriage a special Dispensation from Pope Vrban the Fifth was obtained in regard they were within the third and fourth degrees of Consanguinity who dying â— Iunii An. 1370. 44 Edw. 3. was buried in the Quire at Brancepath and Ioane the Daughter of Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster Widow of Sir Robert Ferrers of 〈◊〉 Knight who died 13 Nov. 19 Hen. 6. and was buried at Lincoln departed this life 21 Ocâ—ols 4 Hen. 6. and lieth buried in the midst of the Quire at Staindrâ—pe undeâ—â—â— stately Tomb whereon are the Figures of himself and both his wives being then seised of the Mannor of Stiford in Com. Northumbr As also of the Mannor of Bostou called Burtâ—â—all on the East part of the River the Seke of Muniby the Mannors of Wikes Frompton Ledenham Fiâ—â—eck and Wasâ—ingâ—â—â—gh in Com. Linc. The Mannor of Chesthunt in Com. Hertf. Clavering and Calmore in Com. Essex the Castle and Mannor of Sheriff-Hoton the Mannors of Elinington Sklepembeck Yaresthorp Raskel Howke Soreby Wiberfosse Stanfordbrigge Haunt-Burton Kâ—ayton Rise Sutton super Daâ—went Shithorne in Herford-Lithe Apelton in Ridale the Castle Mannor and Lordship of Middelham the Mannors of Carlton Coverdale West Witon Woodhal Kettlewel in Craven Thoraldby New-Biggâ—â—g with Bishopdale Bainbrigge Esiâ—gwold and Hoby Gilling Aldeburgh â—owes Forset Danby Catrike Arkelgarthdale and New forest also of the Castle of Richmond with its Members the Mannors of Snape Well Crakhal Rand Newton East Hawkeswel Ruskby Faceby Earlton in Eleveland Hllderwel Caldingston South Couton Fergherby Leybourne Sutton in Galtres with the Bailiwick of Longbergh all in the County of York Likewise of the Mannor of Balingbourne in Cambridgeshire Penreth Soureby the Hamleâ—s of Langwathby Scoutby Carleton Lidell Gamelesby Blenerâ—asset Wigton in Allerdase and Bolton in Allerdale all in Com. Cumbr. Leaving Ralph Nevill his Grandson viz. Son of Iohn his eldest Son who deceased in his life time his next heir then Nineteen years of age Which Ioane the second Wise of this Earl Ralph Founded a Chantry at the Altar where Katherine Swinford her Mother lay buried in the Cathedral Church of Lincolne for two Priests to celebrate Divine Service daily thereat for the good estate of King Henry the Sixth Henry Cardinal of England and of her self during this life and for their Souls after their departure hence As also for the Souls of K. Henry the Fourth Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster Katherine Swinford his wife Ralph Earl of Westmorland her late Husband and all their Ancestors and Benefactors and departed this life 13 Nov. 19. Hen. 6. leaving Richard Nevill then Earl of Salisbury her Son and Heir forty years of age But I return to Iohn eldest Son to this last mentioned Ralph This Iohn in 12 Hen. 4. was made Governor of the Castle of Roxborough in Scotland for ten years And in 2 Hen. 5. constituted Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland Moreover in 3 Hen. 5. joyned in Commission with the Lord Grey of Codnore to receive Henry the Son of Sir Henry Percy Knight at the hands of the Duke of Albany Governor of Scotland and to bring him to the King In 5 Hen. 5. being still Warden of the West Marches and the Kings Lieutenant there he had a special Commission to conclude a Truce with the Scots from two Moneths to two Moneths In which year he was made Governor of the Town and Castle of Ueruoil in France and soon after had another Commission to receive all and all manner of Castles Lordships Forts Cities Towns and other places in France and Normandy into his hands for the Kings behoof as also to assault and subdue those which yielded not and to place Garrisons in them Lastly having married Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent he departed this life in An. 1423. 2 Hen. 6. his Father then living and lieth buried in the Gray Friers Church in London Which Elizabeth being the fifth Sister and Coheir to Edmund Earl of Kent upon Partition of the Lands of Edmund her Brother had for her Purparty an Assignation of the Mannors of Hornlington and Aton as also a certain Pasture called Colpighil Youland Northaverflat on the North Raulinflat Senederningham Westhel Langlands Twelfhendes Northaverflat on the South the Leys near Thurstanslat a certain Pasture called Benerclolt extending to Hulgot in Com. Ebor. The Mannor of Athford in the Peke in Com. Derb. And Allerton in Shirewood in Com. Nottingh As also the Mannor and Hundred of Liston the Mannors of Kenton Shaftbery Chatescumb A Fee-farm of eighteen pound four shillings four pence Rent from the Abbot of Clive for the Mannor of Brompton in Com. Dorset And twenty six pound twenty pence Fee-farm of the Mannor and Town of Balingstoke with the Hundred and departed this life upon Friday next before the Feast of the Epiphany 1 Hen. 6. ¶ The other Children of this Earl Ralph were these viz. By Margaret his first Wife Ralph who wedded Mary the Daughter and Coheir to Sir Robert Perrers of Oversky in Com. War Knight Maud married to Peter Lord Mauley Alice to Sir Thomas Gray of Heton and after to Sir Gilbert de Lancaster Philippa to Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillefland Margaret to Richard Lord Scrope of Bolton Anne to Sir Gilbert de Humfranvile Knight Margery Abbess of Berking and Elizabeth a Nun at the Minoresses in London And by Ioane his second Wife eight Sons viz. Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury William Lord Fauconberge George Lord Latimer Edward Lord Bergavenny Robert Bishop of Durham of all which I shall speak farther by and by Cuthbert Henry and Thomas who died without issue And five Daughters viz. Catherine first married to Iohn Monbray Duke of Norfolk and afterwards to Sir Iohn Widvile Knight Son of Richard Earl Rivers Eleanor elswhere called Elizabeth first to Richard Lord Spenser and
So also in 45. E. 3. And likewise in 46 and 50 Edw. 3. In 47. E. 3. he was again in the Warrs of France with Iohn Duke of Lancaster And in 51 E. 3. was made Shiriff of Cumberland and Governor of the Castle of Carlisle So also in 1 Ric 2. being then also constituted one of the Wardens of the East and West Marches towards Scotland In 3 Ric. 2. he was again made one of the Wardens of the West-Marches So also in 4 R. 2. and 5 R. 2. and likewise of the East-Marches from the great Road leading to the Sea from Newcastle upon Tine excepting the Towns and Castles of Alnewike and Weâ—keworâ—h as also Governor of the Castle a◠〈◊〉 In 7 Ric. 2. he was again constituted one of the Wardens of the West-Marches And in 8 Ric. 2. being then a Baneret was reteined by Indenture to serve the King in his Scottish Warrs for forty dayes as also again constituted one of the Wardens of the West-Marches Which Command he had likewise in 9 R. 2. Moreover he had summons to all the Parliaments from 31 E. 3. until 12 R. 2. inclusive and upon the thirteenth of Iuly 13 Ric. 2. departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Brugge Solers in Comitat. Heref. of the Castle and Mannor of Skypton in â—ravene the Forest of Berden the Chase of Holden the Town of Sylesdon with the Hamlets of Swarthowe and Brontweyt the Town of Skybeden the Mannor of Malthy and the Advowson of Bolton-Priory in Com. Ebor. Likewise of the Mannors of Hert and Hertilpole with the Towns of Elwyke Stranton and Brerton in Com Northumb. of the third part of the Mannor of Skelton with Alanby parcel thereof in Comit. Cumbr. of the Castle and Mannor of Appelby the Castle of Burgh the Mannors of Langeton and Wynton the Castle of Pendragon and Mannor of Kyngs-Meburne the Castle of Burgham and Wood of Qwynfell the Mannors of Cabergh Herteleye Musgrave Magna Murtone Mulgrave Parva Crosseby Gerard Souleby Helbeck Ascome Warthe-Coope the moity of the Mannor of Wateby the Mannors of Overtone and Sandford Helton Bacon Askeby-Wyenderwayth Askeby Cotesford Askeby parva Crossby Rundewyth Naceby Smerdale Heppe Bampton Patrick Bampton Candale Helton Fletham Clifeton the third part of the Mannor of Burgham the Mannors of Duston Brampton Bolton Yanewithe â—nokalsock Clibburne Talboys Colbye Hoffe Ormeshed New-Bigging Milneburne Kirkeby Thore Crakanthorpe Louther Meburne Clibburne Herny Burton Merton and Querton with the Office of Shriffalty of Westmorland leaving Thomas his Son and Heir then twenty six years of age And two Daughters viz. Mary married to Sir Philip Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Com. Ebor. Knight and Margaret to Sir Iohn Melton Knight Contemporary with this last mentioned Roger was Iohn de Clifford his Brother as I Ghess who in 33 Edw. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne And in 44 Ed 3. again in the Warrs of France and of the retinue of Sir Robert Knolles Knight being then called Iohn de Clifford de Ewyas In 51 Edw. 3. upon testimony of divers of the English Peers in Parliament of the singular valor of this Iohn then a Knight and of his special services in the Warrs of France the King at the instance of those Peers and of the whole Commons of England then assembled in Parliament pardoned him the murther of Iohn de Coupland About this time there was likewise another Knight of this Family called Sir Thomas de Clifford a younger Brother as I think of this last mentioned Iohn which Sir Thomas in 43 E. 3. was of the retinue of William de Windsore in the Warrs of Ireland And in 3 R. 2. was in that Expedition then made into Britanny being of the retinue with Thomas de Percy In 7 Ric. 2. this Sir Thomas was reteined to serve the King in his Warrs in the Marches of Scotland having divers of the Kings Tenants at Peâ—reth in Cumberland under his Command in that service and did by Indenture covenant with Sir Iohn Lowther of Louther in Com. Westmorl Knight touching the Government of Thomas Clifford his Son and Heir and his men as well in Warr as Peace ¶ But I return to Thomas Son and Heir to the before-mentioned Roger. This Thomas was before his Fathers death much excercised in military affairs for in 8 R. 2. being then a Knight of the Kings Chamber he was constituted Governor of the Castle of Carlisle for life and in 9 Ric. 2. joyned with Ralph Son to the Lord Nevill in the custody of the same Castle and City In 10 Ric. 2 he obtained leave of the King to practise himself in all feats of Armes as well on foot as on Horseback in any place within the Marches of Scotland betwixt the twenty eighth of Ianuary and Easter following And having so done he challenged a famous Knight of France called Sire Bursigande the eldest Son of the Sire de Bursigande to try his skill in sundry feats of Armes particularly expressed in a Letter sent to him under his Seal Moreover having obtained leave to perform his devoir therein he procured the King to send an Herauld called Northampton into France for transacting of that affair and in May following went first to Calais and thence farther to manifest his skill and Valour in those Tournaments and other feats of Armes whereunto he had chalenged Sire Bursigande But this Thomas being in favor with King Richard was amongst others in 12 R. 2. through the prevalency of Thomas Duke of Gloucester and other great men expelled the Court. Howbeit in 13 Ric. 2. doing his Homage he had Livery of his Lands and in that year having received a Chalenge from the French to exercise certain feats of Armes was prohibited by the King to do ought therein without the special leave of Henry Earl of Northumberland This Gallant man had Summons to the several Parliaments held in 13 14 and 15 R. 2. but died in the flower of his youth viz. 18 Aug. 15 Ric. 2. leaving issue by Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Lord Rosse of Hamlake Iohn his Son and Heir then scarce three years of age as also a Daughter called Maude who became the second Wife to Richard Earl of Cambridge and afterwards of Iohn Nevill Lord Latimer This last mentioned Thomas had two younger Brothers viz. Sir William Clifford Knight who in 5 Hen. 4. was Governor of the Town of Barwicke upon Twede and married Anne one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Thomas Lord Bardolfe in whose right he had the Mannor of Byrling in Suâ—sex and divers other Lands part of the possessions of the same Lord Bardolf Which Sir William died in 6 Hen. 5. without issue leaving Iohn Lord Clifford his Cousin
to oppose the hostilities of the Welsh In 45 Hen. 3. he had Summons to be at London with divers of the Nobility upon the morrow after Simon and Iudes day in which year the defection of many of the Barons began farther to be discovered by intruding upon the Kings Authority in placing Sheriffs throughout sundry Shires of the Realm In which respect this Philip as a person in whose fidelity the King reposed much confidence had by a special Patent the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk committed to his custody with the Castles of Norwich and Oxford And in 47 Hen. 3. received another Summons from the King to be at Hereford amongst others upon Munday next after the Purification of our Lady well accoutred with Horse and Arms to resist the Welsh So likewise to be at Worcester upon Lammas-day next ensuing for the same purpose But soon after this divers of the Barons having put themselves in Arms to force the Kings assent to those unreasonable Ordinances which they had made at Oxford tending much to the diminution of His Royal Authority the King seeing himself over-powred was necessitated to submit to the determination which the King of France should make therein and to bring in divers of the Peers and other eminent persons to give Oath for his performance thereof amongst which this Philip was one And still firmly adhering to him attended him with all the power he could raise at the taking of Northampton the next ensuing year So likewise in that fatal Battle of Lewes where through the assistance of the Londoners the King was taken prisoner and his whole Army lost For which memorable service after the King got again into power viz. in 50 Hen. 3. he obtained a Grant of all the Kings Demesns in Tamworth as also in Wyginton to hold during his natural life for the yearly Rent of twenty four pounds six shillings and nine pence and was made Governor of Kenilworth Castle immediately after the render thereof As to his Works of Piety all I have seen is That he gave an annual Rent of twenty shillings issuing out of certain Houses in London to the Hospital of S. Thomas of Acces in that City After which viz. in 20 Edw. 1. he departed this life being then seised of the Castle of â—amworth with its Members and Appurtenances in Com. Warr. which he held of the King in Capite by Knights service finding three Soldiers at his own proper costs for thirty days in the Wars of Wales As also that he held the Mannor of Scrivelby in Com. Linc. by Barony likewise that he held the Mannor of Langeton in the same County Moreover that he held the Mannors of Ferne Lastrin and Bradford in Com. Heref. of the Inheritance of Ioane his Wife and that Ioane his Daughter then the Wife of William Mortein Ioane the Wife of Alexander Frevile Daughter of Mazera Wife of Ralph Cromwell another Daughter Maud the Wife of Ralph Botiller a third Daughter and Ioane his fourth Daughter at that time eight years of age were his next heirs Which Ioane the Wife of William Mortein upon partition of his Lands having the Castle of Tamworth for her share died seised thereof about three years after leaving no issue Whereupon by Agreement betwixt the rest of the Coheirs it was allotted to Alexander Frevile Having thus done with the elder Branch I now return to Robert the younger who had the Lordships of Witringham and Coningsby in Comit. Linc. Queinton in Comit. Gloc. and Berewick in Com. Suss. By the especial Grant of Robert his Father as I have already observed And in 16 Ioh. gave to the King three hundred and fifty marks and five Palfreys for License to marry Amice the Daughter of Iernegan Fitz-Hugh After which being in Arms with the Rebellious Barons as it seems he obtained Letters of safe conduct for coming in to the King to make his Peace But from that time until 49 Hen. 3. that he was again in Arms against the succeeding King with the Rebellious Barons of that age I have not seen any thing farther of him So likewise was William Marmion his younger Brother and in such high esteem with them that in the same forty ninth year after the King was their prisoner they calling a Parliament in his name summoned this William thereto as one of the Peers This last mentioned Robert by Amice his Wife had the Mannors of West Tanfield in Richmondshire East Tanfield Manfield Carethorpe Wathe Biâ—sow Leming Langton Exilby Melworby and Burgh And left issue William who took to Wife Lora the Daughter of Roese de Dovor and had with her the Town of Lâ—dington in Com. Northampt. As also three Knights Fees To Which William succeeded Iohn Marmion his Son and Heir as it is like who in 20 Edw. 1. obtained the Kings Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands of East Tanfield Carethorpe and Langton in Com. Ebor. Wintringham in Com. Linc. Ludington in Com. Northampt. Nether Queinton and Over Queinton in Com. Gloc. Berewick Wington and Pikehay in Com. Suff. And in 22 Edw. 1. upon that Summons of the great Men then called to advise with the King concerning the Publick Affairs of the Realm was one who received command to attend him As also soon after that Convention received command to be at Portsmouth upon the first of September well fitted with Horse and Arms to attend the King in his expedition then made into France Moreover within three years after viz. in 25 Edw. 1. he was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm and so afterwards till his death which hapned in 16 Edw. 2. In 4 Edw. 2. this Iohn was in the Wars of Scotland And in 8 Edw. 2. had License from the King to make a Castle of his House called The Hermitage situate in Tanfield Wood in Com. Ebor. Moreover 11 Edw. 2. obtained a Charter for a weekly Market every Wednesday at his Mannor of Wintringham in Com. Linc. with Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Willingham juxta Reâ—ham in that County But departed this life in 16 Edw. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Berewick in Com. Suâ—â— Wintringham and Welingham in Com. Linc. and Ludington in Com. Northampt. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Iohn in 1 Edw. 3. was in the Scottish Wars And having been summoned to all the Parliaments of his time till his death which hapned in 9 Edw. 3. left issue by Maud his Wife Daughter to the Lord Furnival one Son called Robert and two Daughters viz. Ioane the Wife of Sir Iohn Bernack Knight and Aviâ—â— Which Robert being an infirm man and having no issue by the advice of
Com. Derb. the Town of Haâ—ley and all his Lands in Wadeself with the Woods in Hanley and for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Isabell his Wife bestowed on the Canons of Welâ—ec in Com. Nott. the Tithe of the Pawnage of his Park and Woods in Stavelei And departed this life in 14 Hen. 3. whereupon Robert his Son and Heir intruding into those Lands without Livery the Sheriffs of Linc. Ebor. and Glouc. had command to seise them whereof the Castle of Muserdere in Com. Glouc. was part Nevertheless within a short space after paying threescore pounds for his Relief the King accepted of his Homage and gave him possession of them Which Robert died in 24 Hen. 3. whereupon Geffrey Despenser gave five hundred marks Fine to the King for the Wardship and Marriage of Raphe his Brother and Heir whose Lands lay in the Counties of Nott. Derb. Glouc. and Berks. Which Raphe in 31 Hen. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 38 Hen. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid thirty pounds for fifteen Knights Fees which he then held In 41 Hen. 3. amongst others this Raphe had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to repair to Bristoll on the octaves of S. Peter for restraining the Incursions of the Welch and departed this life in 49 Hen. 3. leaving Raphe his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Raphe died in 1 Edw. 1. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir in minority who accomplished his full age in 15 Edw. 1. and in 16 Edw. 1. was discharged of those sums of money then required of him for the Scutage of Wales in 5 Edw. 1. and 10 Edw. 1. by reason they were Assessed in his minority but died in 17 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Staveley in Com. Derb. held of the King in Capite by Barony finding for that and his other Lordships two Souldiers in the King's Army in Wales as also of the Mannors of Seynburg and Musardere in Com. Glouc. with the Castle of Musardere then totally ruinous leaving Nicholas his Uncle his next Heir forty years of age Which Nicholas performing his Fealty had thereupon Livery of his Lands and departed this life in 29 Edw. 1. leaving Sir Raphe Freschevile Knight Son of Amicia his eldest Sister deceased at that time 28 years of age Margaret his second sister then living fifty years of age and Ioane the Wife of William de Chelardeston daughter of Isabell his third sister also deceased thirty years of age his next Heirs Whereupon the said Raphe Margaret and William de Chelardeston performing their respective Homages had Livery of the Lands so descended to them by the death of the said Nicholas Dinan IN the time of Owen Gwyned Prince of Wales who being a valiant Souldier wasted all the Marches betwixt Chester and Mount-Gilbert King William the Conqueror came to Shrewsbury and gave to Roger de Montgomery the Earldom of Shrewsbury Which Roger having Founded the Abby of S. Peter there and built a Castle at Brugge vulg Brugge-North began another at Dinan since called Ludlow which Castle with the whole Territory and Honour of Corve after that Robert de Belesme son to Earl Roger was for his Treason banished by King Henry the First were by him bestowed on one Fouke his Knight thereupon called Fouke de Dinan Whereupon betwixt this Fouke and Walter de Laci then Lord of Ewyas there hapned great contests and many skirmishes in which though Laci and Ernald de Lisle his Knight were afterwards taken and carried Prisoners to Dinan yet by the means of a certain Damosel called Marian de Bruer they obtained their liberty again and were made Friends It is said that this Fouke de Dinan had a daughter called Hawyse who became the Wife of Fouke de Brun the son of Guarine de Metz which Fouke De Brun enjoyed Abberbury with the Territory adjacent by the gift of King William It is also said that by the means of the before-specified Marian Ernald de Lisle entred into Dinan in the absence of Fouke and having so done contrary to her mind gained the Town and Castle for Laci his Master and that for revenge of this Treachery she murdered him in his bed Moreover that Fouke discerning this his Castle thus possessed by Laci came with all his power and besieged it and that thereupon Yarword Drugden Prince of Wales marched thither with twenty thousand men and took him Prisoner and that he delivered him up to King Henry by the hands of Laci So that Hawyse and Sibyll his daughters were by this means disherited and Laci became Lord of Dynan But in this Narrative there is doubtless a great mistake for by the authority of Record it appears that it was Iosce de Dynan who had those two daughters viz. Hawyse and Sibyll and that Hawyse was the Wife of Fulke Fitzwaryne as abovesaid and Sibyll of ... Plugenaie ¶ Another Family there was also of this name of which I shall in the next place give what account I can the first whereof I find mention being Alan de Dynant by parentage of Britanny in France who for his Valour in fighting with the King of France his Champion betwixt Brsorz and Trie had the Lordship of Burton in Com. Northt given him by King Henry the First This Alan standing firm to King Stephen against Geffrey of Anjou and Maud the Empress in 1 Steph. upon the Siege of Liseurx in Normandy by the Forces of Geffrey was constituted Governour of that City by Gualeran Earl of Mellenâ— on the behalf of King Stephen And in 3 Steph. took part with that Earl and Robert Earl of Leicester his brother against Roger Bishop of Salisbury a potent person at that time and his adherents great Enemies to King Stephen and raised an Insurrection against them at Oxford in which many were slain After this also in 6 Steph. he was a principal Commander in the Van of King Stephen's Army at the Battel of Lincoln where King Stephen being worsted was taken Prisoner Next to this Alan viz. in 2 and 13 Hen. 2. I find mention of Hugh de Dinant in Devonshire likewise of Roland Dinant in Berkshire which Roland was Justice of Britanny in 23 Hen. 2. and having Lands in Sussex was in 18 Hen. 2. amerc't in that County for not certifying his Fees upon the Assessment of the Aid in 12 Hen. 2. for marrying the King's Daughter But this Roland having no Issue in the presence of King Henry made Alan Dinant his Nephew his Heir though he had a sister married to Robert
in another Scotch Expedition so also in 34 Edw. 1. being then of the Retinue of Adomare de Valence In 1 Edw. 2. with Robert de Vnfranvill Earl of Angos and Henry Beaumont he was constituted the King's Lieutenant in Scotland betwixt Barwic and the River of Forth as also in the Marches of Anandale Carryk and Galloway And though this Lieutenancy was conferred upon Iohn de Segrave the next following year yet he continued still in Scotland in that King's service After this scil in 7 Edw. 2. he was constituted with Iohn de Moubray and others Warden of the West-marches of Scotland and in 8 Edw. 2. received another command from the King to come to New-castle upon Tine well accoutred with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots To the several Parliaments in 23 and 30 Edw. 1. 1 3 5 6 7 8 and 9 Edw. 2. he had summons And in 10 Edw. 2. did again receive command from the King to come to Newcastle upon Tine well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots in which year he died and lyeth buried in the Priory of Kirkham under a Marble Tomb on the North-side of the Quire leaving William his Son and Heir then of full age who doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands as also Iohn a younger Son of whom I shall speak anon And likewise Anne a daughter Wife to Pain Tipetot Son of Robert de Tipetot a Baron of Parliament in King Edward the Second's time But Maude de Vaux his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Iohn de Vaux lyeth buried in the Priory of Pentney in Norfolk of the foundation of Robert de Vaux her Ancestor This William in 4 Edw. 2. his Father being then living and in Scotland was in that Expedition then made thither and soon after the Livery of his Lands had a Confirmation of the Castle of Werke formerly granted to William his Father by reason of the forfeiture of Robert his Kinsman before-mentioned The next ensuing year he was constituted one of the Commissioners with W. Archbishop of York and others to treat of Peace betwixt the King and Robert de Brus who then assumed the title of King of Scotland About which time he came to an agreement with the King for the Castle of Werke viz. to grant it to the King in exchange for other Lands and in accomplishment thereof did by his Deed bearing date at York 25 September pass it to the King his Heirs and Successors with all the Knights Fees thereto belonging excepting the Patronage of such Cells as did belong to the Priory of Kirkham and Hospital of Boulton in lieu of Lands and Rents of the yearly value of four hundred Marks betwixt the Rivers of Thames and Teyse to be granted to him by the King before the Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist then next ensuing In 12 Edw. 2. he was again in Scotland upon that King's service In 18 Edw. 2. he went into Gascoigne in that Expedition then made In 1 Edw. 3. he had the Shreevalty of Yorkshire and in 2 Edw. 3. was made Governour of the Castle of Werke In 7 Edw. 3. he was in another Expedition to Scotland In 11 Edw. 3. by his humble Petition representing to the King That whereas he had received a command from King Edward the Second to attend him at Coventry thence to march with him against the Scots who had in an hostile mander invaded this Realm and that being then at his Mannor of Freston in Lincolnshire he hasted to him with all his men at Arms divers Hoblers and some Foot-Souldiers accordingly and had received no more than the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds towards his charges in that Expedition the King by his Precept directed to the Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer bearing date the 18 th of December the same year commanded that the remainder due to him for his expences in that service should be forthwith paid And the next ensuing year granted unto him a certain Tower in the City of London built by King Edward the Second and adjoyning to the River of Thames near to a place called Baynards-Castle to hold to him the said William and his Heirs as Appurtenant to his Castle of Hamlake in Yorkshire by the service of a Rose to be yearly paid at the Exchequer upon the Feast-day of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist for ever In 14 Edw. 3. upon advertisement that the Scots intended another Invasion he received a strait command from the King dated 25 Sept. that he should forthwith repair to his Castle of Hamlake and there remain the whole ensuing Winter with all his men fitly arrayed for the defence of those Northern parts And in 16 Edw. 3. the King purposing an Expedition into France with a Royal Army sent his Letters unto this William amongst others bearing date 20 December to furnish him with twenty men at Arms and twenty Archers well arrayed who were to take shipping at Portsmouth upon the first of March then next ensuing upon such terms as the King should agree with others that had the like Letters At which time being in Britanny after some fruitless assaults made upon the City of Nantes he was one of those whom the King left there with six hundred men at Arms and two hundred Archers to maintain the Siege And in 17 Edw. 3. had command to provide the like number of men at Arms and Archers for those Wars of France This William was summoned to Parliament in the 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 and 20 of Edw. 2. So likewise to all the Parliaments of King Edward the Third from the first to the sixteenth year of his Reign inclusive and took to Wife Margery the eldest of the Sisters and Coheirs of Giles de Badlesmere of Ledes-Castle in Kent a great Baron of that time by whom he had Issue two Sons viz. William and Thomas and two Daughters Margaret and Maude and departing this life the 16 th of February in the year 1342. 17 Edw. 3. was buried in the Priory of Kirkham under a fair Tomb of Stone on the South-side the high Altar leaving William his Son and Heir then sixteen years of age The Lands of his own Inheritance whereof he died seised being as followeth viz. the Castle and Mannor of Helmesley with the Mannors of Harum Howsom Garton and Lynton in Yorkshire which he held by the service of one Barony as also the Mannors of Seton Storthwayt and Ros in Holderness in the same County The Castle and Mannor of Belvoir with the Mannors of Uâ—â—ington Freston Bosten and Melton in Com. Linc. Redemyld and Boâ—elesford in Com. Leic. Likewise one hundred and fifty Marks yearly Rent issuing out of the City of Lincoln and fifty Marks out of the City
was his Inheritance from his Father as hath been said notwithstanding that Fine paid by him for it to King Richard the First he was constrain'd in 11 Ioh. to give to that King CCCC Marks more and two great Horses which Lordship the Record says was formerly belonging to Robert his Uncle In 13 Ioh. his Mother Hawyse being then dead he undertook to pay Twelve hundred Marks more that he might receive the Homages for the Honour of Okehampton then in the King's Hands and that he might have to Wife Mary the Daughter to the Earl of Devonsh And the next year following to be acquitted of that Debt covenanted to serve the King with xx Men at Arms for the term of one whole year to commence on the Octaves of St. Iohn Baptist at his own proper Costs wheresoever the King should appoint In 16 Ioh. this Robert was made Governour of the Castle of Brugges vulg Bruggenorth in Com. Salop. And in 17 Ioh. constituted Sheriff of Oxford shire and Governour of Oxford-Castle In 18 Ioh. having the City of Eâ—eter in his power by Right of Descent from Hawyse his Mother divers of the Barons being then in Arms against the King he had liberty to take in William de Briwere who had married his Wife 's other Sister and all his Strength in case he thought his own Forces with the Aid of the Citizens should be too weak for the defence thereof In 1 H. 3. he had Livery of the Bailiwick of Devonsh which Henry Son to Reginald Earl of Cornwall then held And notwithstanding the Hereditary Right of Hawyse his Mother to the Sheriffalty of Devonsh accepted of the King 's Grant thereof in 2 H. 3. Nor did he hold it any longer than till the ninth year of his Reign the King himself then taking it into his own hands Which Hawyse died in 4 H. 3. whereupon he had Livery of all the Lands of her Inheritance lying in the Counties of Devon Dorset and Somerset But in 16 H. 3. the King thinking it not safe for himself that the Castles of England should be out of his own Power in regard there was then no good accordance betwixt him and divers of the Barons took also this at Exeter into his Hands and committed the Custody of it to Peter de Rievaulx a Person then in no small esteem with him To the Monks of Forde this Robert was ever a Friend and so much delighted in that Abby that he call'd it The fairest Feather in his Train glorying much in his Patronage thereof But more of him I cannot say than that he died at his Mannor at Ywerne in Dorsetsh upon the seventh Calends of August Anno MCCXLII 26 H. 3. and was buried with great Funeral-pomp in the Quire at Forde above-mention'd where a stately Tomb with his Image thereon in Armour was afterwards erected to his Memory and on the Circumference thereof this Epitaph Hic jacet ingenui de Courtney gleba Roberti Militis egregii virtutum laude referti Quem genuit strenuus Reginaldus Courtoniensis Qui procer eximius fuerat tunc Devoniensis Leaving Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter and at length sole Heir to William de Revers Earl of Devon Iohn de Courtney his Son and Heir who in 27 H. 3. which was the next year following paying C Marks for his Relief and doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands Which Iohn in 29 H. 3. upon the Marriage of the King 's eldest Daughter paid Ninety two Pounds fifteen Shillings to the Aid then leviâ—d for those Ninety two Knights Fees and a third part of his Grandmothers Inheritance And in 30 H. 3. gave a Fine to the King of Two thousand and five hundred Marks for the Wardship of the Heirs of Iohn de Nevill and the Benefit of their Marriages and Lands till they should be of full age In 37 H. 3. he attended the King into Gascoine And in 38 H. 3. upon levying the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid Two hundred and five Pounds ten Shillings for those Ninety two Knights Fees and three Parts belonging to the Honour of Okehampton In 41 H. 3. he had Summons with others to be at Bristoll upon the Octaves of St. Peter well furnish'd with Horse and Arms to attend the King into Wales for the defence of those Parts against the Power of Lewelin ap Griffin then in Arms there In 42 H. 3. he had the like Command to be at Chester on Munday next preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist for preventing the Hostile Incursions of the Welch And in 43 H. 3. upon levying the Scutage of Wales answered for the same number of Knights Fees as is before express'd In 45 H. 3. he had a Grant of a Mercate upon the Wednesday every Week at his Mannor of Ywerne Courtney in Com. Dorset and two Fairs yearly one on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Invention of the Holy Cross and the other the Eve Day and Morrow after the Exaltation thereof And in 46 H. 3. was made Constable of the Castle of Iotneis in Com. Devon Touching his Works of Piety all that I have seen is That in 19 H. 3. for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Emme his Wife and all his Ancestors Souls he gave to the Knights-Templars all his Lands in East-Hyrst viz. Lx Acres and quitted unto them all his Right of Common which he had in their Woods at West-Hyrst It is reported of this Iohn That returning on a time from beyond-Sea there hapned in the night so great a Tempest that the Mariners expected nothing but Shipwrack Which discerning he bade them take Courage and labour hard one Hour For then quoth he will be the time that my Monks of Forde do rise by whose devont Prayers we shall be preserv'd from this Danger And that one of the Company answered There could be no hope of help from them in regard they were at that present all asleep in their Beds To which 't is said he reply'd Though many of them sleep I am sure some of them are waking and being sensible of this hideous Storm do fervently pray for my Deliverance And that when the Pilot heard him thus confident said Are we to regard this frivolous Talk being immediately to perish this Earl much astonish'd held up his Hands and said O merciful God vouchsafe to hear those devout Monks who now pray for me and me with them and bring us safe to our desired Port. And that upon this Expression the Tempest forthwith ceasing they were all brought safe to Land Moreover That after his arrival calling to mind this extraordinary Deliverance by the help of their Prayers he was a great Benefactor to them And departing this Life upon the fifth Nones of May Anno MCCLXXIII 1
for that King to his very great Charge had a special Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance But long after this he lived not for having by his Testament bearing date 12 Ian. 7 E. 4. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church of All Hallown at Haringworth he departed this Life upon the eighth of January the next year following scil 8 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Weston in Com. Warr. Thorpe Ernauld Brantmghy Houghton and Claybroke in Com. Leic. Calston Witenham Laâ—gton Aven Calne with the Hundred of Calne Castel-Eyton Hilperton and Imnen in Com. Wiltes of the Mannor of Corneworthy with the Mannor and Castle of Totnes in Com. Devon of the Mannors of Haryngworth Bullewyke Braunfeld Houghton Berâ—â—hhy Onlere Blakesleye and Gretton in Com. Northampt. Ilkestone in Com. Derb. of the Castle and Mannor of Greseles in Com. Nott. Labenden Ashwode Wâ—ston Vnderwode Chilton and Hames in Com. Buck. Etan Houghton Totenho and Thornbury in Com. Bedf. Wenefrede Egle in Com. Dorset Castel-Cary with the Hamlets of Handespene Honrwike and Almesford as also of the Mannors of Mershe Win Caulton with the Borough Pidcombe Colle Stoke Holwey Koode the Borough of Brugewater the Mannors of Haygrobe Odecumbe North-Barowe South-Barowe Charieton Adam Charleton Makorell Suddon Brokton and Brokton Saynir in Com. Somerset leaving Iohn his Son and Heir at that time eight years of age as also William a younger Son and two Daughters viz. Elizabeth and Margaret Of which Iohn all that I have seen is That taking part with King Richard the Third and being with him in the Battel at Bosworth-Field he was attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster 7 Nov. 1 H. 7. As also that he married Ioane one of the four Sisters and Heirs to Sir Iohn Dynham Knight Lord Dynham and had Issue by her Iohn his Son and Heir who in 7 H. 7. was one of the Chief Persons employ'd in that Expedition then made into France under the Conduct of Iasper Duke of Bedford and Iohn Earl of Oxford to the Assistance of Maximilian the Emperor against the French but return'd without performing any thing memorable by reason that the Emperor for lack of Money could not appear This Iohn being afterwards restor'd c. had a special Livery of all those Lands which were of his Mothers Inheritance Moreover in 4 E. 6. Anno 1550. by his Testament then bearing date he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Chappel at Haryngworth where other of his Ancestors lay Interred and died about a Twelve-month after for the Probate of his Will bears date 21 Apr. Anno 1551. Leaving Issue by Dorothie his first Wife Daughter to Sir William Capell Knight sometime Lord Mayor of London Richard his Son and Heir as also Iohn a younger Son afterwards Knight And Susan his second Wife Daughter and Heir to William Welby of Halsted in Com. Linc. Widow of Nicholas Davenport of Bulwyke in Com. Northampt. surviving Which Richard took to Wife Ioane the Daughter of Sir Iohn Rogers Knight Sister of Edward Rogers Comptroller of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth And having been summon'd to Parliament in 6 E. 6. and by his Testament bearing date 22 Iulii 1552. 6 E. 6. bequeath'd his Body to be buried where his Executors should think fit and died soon after leaving Margaret his Wife Daughter of ... Cheney surviving and George his Son and Heir Which George took to Wife Margaret one of the Daughters and Heirs to William Welby of Molton in Com. Linc. Esq And departing this Life 30 Iunii Anno 1569. 11 Eliz. was buried in his Chappel at Harmgworth leaving Issue Edward Lord Zousche his Son and Heir then xiii years of age Which Edward in Anno 1586. 29 Eliz. was one of those Lords who sate in Judgment upon the Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay-Castle And in 37 Eliz. sent Embassador into Scotland to countenance and oblige those of the Nobility there who were of the English Faction as also to terrifie those of the Spanish Party Moreover in 44 Eliz. he was constituted Lieutenant of all North-Wales and South-Wales with the Marches thereof and in 13 Iac. made Constable of Dovor-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-Ports for Life And having married Alianore the Daughter of Sir Iohn Zouche of Codnovre in Com. Derb. Knight by whom he had Issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Elizabeth married to William Tate of De la Pre juxta Northâ—mpton Esq and Marie to ... Leighton of ... Burgh THE Chief of this Family as our best Genealogists have observed was William Fitz-Aldelme Steward to King Henry the Second and Governour of the City of Wexford in Ireland unto which City these Places here mention'd did then perform Service viz. Arhkelow and Glascarigg as also the Land of Gilbert Borard Fernregwinal Fernes all the Lands of Hervei lying betwixt Wexford and the River of Waterford the Service of Reimund de Drune the Services of Fordonelau Uthmorthe and Leghlins the Tenement of Machtale Leis and likewise the Lands of Geffrey de Costentin Upon the Return of King Henry the Second out of Ireland which was in Anno 18. of his Reign he sent this William then his Steward to manage all things there in his stead But all that I have farther seen of him as to his Secular Employments is That he was Sheriff for the County of Cumberland from the beginning of the first year to the end of the ninth year of King Richard the First As to his Works of Piety he founded the Monastery of St. Thomas the Martyr near Dublin for Canons-Regular of St. Augustin's Order and afterwards in the presence of Vivian the Cardinal and Laurence Archbishop of Dublin gave to these Canons one Carucate of Land called Dunovere with a Mill and Meadow for the health of the Soul of Geffrey Earl of Anjou Father of King Henry the Second and for the Soul of the Empress his Mother as also for the Souls of King Henry the Second and his Children Moreover in Anno 1 86. 32 H. 2. he ratified to the Hospitallers of St. Iohn of Hierusalem the Gift of the Lordship and Church of Little Mapeltrestede made to them by Iulian his Wife Daughter of Robert Doisnell and left Issue Walter who taking to Wife Mande the sole Daughter and Heir to Hugh de Laci Lord of Ulster in Ireland became thereupon Lord of that Province from whom descended Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to William his Great Grandson Wife of Leonel Duke of Clarence third Son to King Edward the Third Another Son he had called Richard from whom the Earls of Clanrikard do derive their Descent But of these in regard they were not Barons
Northampt and to the Mayor of the City of London to make Livery of them accordingly In 18 H. 3. this Iohn was constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire And the same year with Isabell his Wife Sister of Iohn Bigod had Livery of the Castle and Honour of Ewyas Lacy which were assign'd to her in Dower as part of the Lands of Gilbert de Laci her former Husband Moreover in 21 H. 3. upon that Accord then made betwixt the King and the Barons whereupon the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest being confirm'd a thirtieth part of all Mens Moveables was given to the King this Iohn was then admitted one of the Privy-Council And the same year there being a Grand Council then held at London was one of those at that time sent to the Pope's Legate to forbid him from attempting any thing therein which might be prejudicial to the King and Kingdom In 29 H. 3. he was one of the Commissioners sent from King Henry with Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and others to the Council at Lyons in France there to complain of the great Exactions upon this Realm from the See of â—ome And in 30 H. 3. was constituted Justice of Ireland with the Fee of Five hundred Pounds per annum In which Service he merited so well that the King in consideration thereof granted to him and his Heirs the whole Cantred of the Isles of Thomond But more I have not seen of him than that he was Sheriff of Yorkshire for the one half of the eighteenth year of Henry the Third So likewise for the nineteenth and half the twentieth And for Gloucestershire from the twenty third to the thirtieth of that King's Reign inclusive To this Iohn succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir called Iohn Fitz-Iohn Fitz-Geoffrey who in 42 H. 3. amongst other of the Great Men of that time had Summons to be at Chester on Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Infolencies of the Welch It is reported That in 42 H. 3. the King being then at St. Albans and having News that this Iohn was dead at some place near Guilford in Surrey thereupon caused a Mass to be celebrated for his Soul by the whole Covent there and forthwith sent his Precept to Iohn de Crakhill then his Treasurer to provide a Cloth of Gold to lay over his Corps when it should pass through the City of London To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir then not fully of age but married to Margery the Daughter of that Great Man Philip Basset shortly after Justice of England Which Iohn in consideration of CCC l. Fine obtain'd from the King a Grant of the Custody of all the Lands of his own Inheritance as also the benefit of his next Marriage in case the said Margerie should depart this World before the accomplishment of his full age In 46 H. 3. adhering to Montfort Earl of Leicester and other the then Rebellious Barons upon that Peace at that time agreed on he was appointed by the King to send his Seal for the Ratification thereof in case he should not himself come in Person Howbeit notwithstanding that Accord the next ensuing year when they broke out again and boldly required That the King should submit to their unreasonable Ordinances called the Provisions of Oxford in regard they were there framed which were totally destructive to his Regal Authority he joyn'd with them in those their insolent Demands and soon after viz. in 48 H. 3. was one of their Chief Commanders in the Battel of Lewes where unhappily prevailing the King was made Prisoner After which marching towards Wales Ricards Castle the Chief Seat of Hugh de Mortimer as also the Castle of Ludlow were given up into his Hands And being so great a Confident of that Rebellious Rout he soon obtain'd from them they then exercising Regal Power a Grant of the Sheriffalty of Westmorland as also of the Custody of the Castles in those Parts which were Robert de Vipount's deceased and was likewise made Constable of Windsor-Castle And notwithstanding all this though he grew discontented for not being sufficiently rewarded yet so great was his aversness to the Royal Interest that when Clare Earl of Gloucester and some others fell off he stood firm to the other Party and fought stoutly on their side in the Battle of Evesham in 49 H. 3. where their whole Army being miserably routed and all the Chief of that Rebellious Pack slain he was the onely Person of Note who escaped death Being therefore made Prisoner and the Inheritance of all his Lands given by the King to Clare Earl of Gloucester though afterwards by the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth he was admitted to Composition yet he forbore to make his Peace Whereupon command was given to the Sheriff of Hantshire to seise all his Lands After which I have not seen any more of him till his death which hapned in 4 E. 1. but without Issue he being then seised of the Mannor of Fambrigge in Com. Essex as also of the Mannors of Stepel Clayndon and Querndon with a certain part of Agmondesham in Com. Buck. Likewise of the Mannor of East-Pyrie in Com. Northampt and Morton in Com. Devon leaving Richard his Brother and Heir then xxvii years of age Who performing his Homage the same year had Livery of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Norff. Buck. Devon Surrey Wiltess Suthampt. Essex and Northampt. paying his Relief Which Richard in 10 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Wales And in 23 E. 1. summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm But in 25 E. 1. being in the Wars of France died the same year then seised of the Mannor of Fanbrigg in Com Essex Wyntersâ—ey with certain Lands in Chiriell in Com. Wiltes Moreton in Com. Devon Schaldeford and Schyre in Com. Surr. Multon and Potters Pirye in Com. Northampt. Whaddon with the Chase and Hamlets of Symlesburne Clayndon Aylesbury and Querndon in Com. Buck. Likewise of the Mannor of Wytheton in Com. Linc. and Advowson of the Priory of Shuldham in Com. Norff. leaving Maud Countess of Warwick his eldest Sister Robert Clifford Son of Isabell de Clifford Daughter of Isabell de Vipount and Idonea Daughter of the same Isabell de Vipount his second Sister Richard de Burgh Earl of Vlster Son of Aveline his third Sister and Ioane the Wife of Theobald le Butiller the fourth Sister his next Heirs Emme his Wife still surviving who in 26 E. I. had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannor of Whaddon with the Chase and Park as also the Mannor of Aylesbury and Hamlet of Burton
besiege his Castle of Pontfract and take it commanding the assistance to them therein of all his Subjects to their utmost power It is said that in this his flight consulting with those Barons then with him at the Black-Fryers in Pontfract they advised him to march to Dunstanburgh a Castle of his own in Northumberland and that refuâ—ing so to do lest it should be thought he held intelligence with the Scots he expressed that he did resolve to stay still at Pontfract And that thereupon Sir Roger de Clifford drawing out his Dagger swore that he would kill him unless he would go with them whereupon he went having seven hundred Men of his company And before the Kings Forces could overtake him got to Burroughbrigge in Yorkshire where finding the Countrey people in Arms and William Lord Latimer then Governor of the City of York and Sir Andrew de Harcla of Carlisle ready to give him Battle after a short skirmish Humphrey de Boâ—un Earl of Hereford attempting to pass the Bridge was â—lain by one who lay under an Arch and he himself over-powâ—red with numbers taken by the same Sir Andrew So likewise were Roger de Clifford Iohn de Moâ—brâ—y Warreâ—de â—Isle and many others and thence carried to Pontfract where the King and both the Speâ—sers at that time were Where being brought into the Town he was scorned and by the people in derision called King Arthur Which being observed many did deem it a just judgment upon him in regard he had in such sort abused the King when coming out of thâ— North not long before he lay at Pontfrâ—â—t For at that time issuing out of the Castle with his Men they used him very contemptibly exclaiming vilely against him in a most tumâ—ltuous manner And being thus fetcht thither he was on the third day afterwards brought before the King the Earl of Kent the Earl of Winchester Iohn Earl â—arren and Surrey David Earl of Athol and Robert Earl of Angos being all present who gave sentence upon him to be drawn hangâ—d and beheaded But in regard of his great Birth somewhat qualified it and appointed That he should only lose his Head In pursuance whereof he was upon the morrow after the Fâ—ast of S. Benedict brought to a Plain without the Town and there beheaded On which a beautiful Church was afterwards erected to the honor of his memory The rest being sentenced to be drawn and hanged at York and several other places Others relate the story thus viz. That being come to Burroughbrigge he there found Sir Andrew de Harcla Warâ—len of Carlisle and the Marches and Sir Simon Ward Sheriff of Yorkshire ready to encounter him Where relating to Harcla his just quarrel to the Spensers he promised him if he would favor his Cause to give him one of those five Earldoms which he had in possession and that Harcla refusing he told him That he would soon repent it and that he should die â— shameful death as it aftewards hapned Also that Harcla then causing his Archers to shoot the fight bâ—gan in which many of this Earls party being slain he betook himself to a Chappel refusing to yield to Harcla and looking on the Crucifix said Good Lord I render my self to thee and put my self into thy mercy Also that they then took off his Coat-Armor and putâ—ing upon him one of his Mens Liveries carried him by Water to York where they threw Balls of Dirt at him Moreover that from thence they brought him back to the King at Ponfract Castle and there put him in a Tower towards the Abby which he had newly made Likewise that soon after being brought into the Hall he had Sentence of Death by these Justices viz. Aymer Earl of Pembroke Edmund Earl of Kent Iohn de Bretaigne and Sir Robert Malmethorpe who pronounced the Judgment Whereupon saying Shall I die without Answer A certain Gascoignâ— took him away and put a pill'd broken Hood on his Head and set him on a lean white Jade without a Bridle and that then he added King of Heaven have mercy on me for the King of Earth â—ous ad gâ—erthi And that thus he was carried some throwing Pellots of Dirt at him having a Fryer-Preacher for his Confessor to an Hill without the Town where he kneeled down towards the East until one Hugin de Muston caused him to turn his Face toward Scotland and then a Villain of London cut off his Head After which the Prior and Monks obtaining his Body from the King buried it on the right hand of the High Altar The day of his death was certainly upon the Munday next preceding the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin But of this his death the King soon after repented as it is said Touching his Merits there hapned afterwards very great disputes Some thinking it fit that he should be accounted a Saint because he was so charitable and so much an honorer of the Religious as also that he died in a just Cause But cheifly for that his persecutors came to untimely ends in a short time On the other side many there were who taxed him for Adultery in keeping of sundry Women notwithstanding he had a Wife Aspersing him likewise for cruelty in putting to death some persons for small offences and protecting some from punishment who were transgressors of the Laws alleaging also that he was cheifly swayed by one of his Secretaries and that he did not fight stoutly for Justice but fled and was taken unarmed Nevertheless many Miracles were reported to have been afterwards wrought in the place where his Corps was buried much confluence of people coming thereto in honor thereof till the King through the incitation of the Spensers set Guards to restrain them Whereupon they flocked to the place where he suffered death and so much the more eagerly by how much endeavors were used to restrain them until a Church was erected on the place where he suffered Most certain it is that the vulgar sort of people had so great a veneration to him that they worshipped his Picture which with other was drawn on a Tablet in Saint Pauls Cathedral at London till the King by his special Letters to the Bishop of London bearing date at York 28 Iunii 16 Edw. 2. inhibited them so to do Nor was it long after the stream turning another way by the unhappy deposal and lamentable murther of King Edward the Second but that all proceedings concerning the Attainder of him and his adherents being annulled and vacated in the Parliament begun at Westminster on the morrow after the Feast of the Epiphany 1 Edw. 3. there still continued the like veneration for his memory so that in 33 Edw. 3. it was generally believed that Miracles were done at his Tomb and that
in Com. Cornub leaving Alice his Sister and Heir then the Wife of Warine de L'isle of full age ¶ Contemporary with this Henry was Walter le Teyes who in 25 E. 1. obtain'd a Grant from the King to himself an Isabell his Wife of the Mannor of Caysho the ninth part of the Mannors of Wotton and Broudham and the third part of the Advouson of the Church of Hoghton in Com. Bedf. As also of certain Lands in the Counties of Huntington and Northampton â—â—kewise of the Mannors of Steingrene â—â—â—â—yngton West-Hall Kellfeild Waternoâ—me and North-cave with divers Lands at Steinton in Com. Ebor. Water-Beltham in Com. Essex and certain Rents in Lincelade in Com. Buck. with remainder to the Heirs of the said Isabell. In 27 E. 1. this Walter was in the Scotish Wars So likewise in 28 31 E. 1. and 34 E. 1. In 11 E. 2. with Robert de Hasting he was constituted joint Governor of the City of York and dyed in 18 E. 2. without Issue being then seised of the Mannor of Raysho with certain Lands in Wotton Bromham Lynchelade and Hoghton Conquest in Com. Bedf. jointly with Isabel de Steingrene his Wife leaving Margaret the Daughter of Roger le Teys his Brother his next Heir at that time twenty six years of age Dacre of the North. 28 Edw. 1. IN 20 H. 3. William de Dacre of Dacre in Com. Cumbr. executed the Sheriffs Office for the same County with Iohn de More for the last half of that year He likewise held that office as substitute from 21 H. 3. unto 24 inclusive and from that time to the end of the first half of the 32 year of that Kings Reign by himself In which year he was constituted Sheriff of York-shire and Governor of the Castles at Scardeburgh and Pikering So likewise in 33 H. 3. as also for the first half of the 34 th And in 52 H. 3. being again Sheriff of Cumberland and Governor of the Castle at Carlisle died the same year To whom succeeded Ranulph de Dacre his Son and Heir who standing firm to the King against the Rebellious Barons of that time received Command in 48 H. 3. to make seisure of the Mannor of Shirewiz into the Kings hands it being part of the possessions of Robert Fitz-Walter one of those Barons And in 52 H. 3. executed the Sheriffs office for Câ—mverland and was Governor of the Castle at Carlusle as substitute to William his Father But upon his Fathers Death which hapned that year was himself constituted Sheriff of that County So likewise in 54 H 3. In 6 E. 1. this Ranulph obtained the Kings Licence to himself and his Heirs as also to Thomas de Musgave and his Heirs for a Market upon the Tuesday every week at Overton in Com. Westmorl And likewise for a Fair there yearly upon the Eve Day and morrow of the Apostles Simon and Iude and in 7 E. 1. being constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire continued in that trust until the end of the third quarter of the eighth year In 13 E. 1. he obtain'd a Charter for Free-Warren in all his demesn-Lands at Hecley in Com. Linc. and departed this life in 14 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannors of Dacre Soâ—eby and Thatwyt as also of the Land of New-Bigging in Com. Cumbr. He likewise died seised of two Scalings in Mosedale within Allerdale held of the Lady Alice de Luci paying one Mark yearly for the same to her Which Mark she did assign unto him in Frank-Marriage with Ioane her Daughter He likewise held Grenerig in Caldebek by the Grant of the same Alice de Luci in Frank-Marriage with the said Ioane as also jointly with her the Mannors of Rellet and â—eâ—ham in Com. Lanc. leaving William his Son and Heir Twenty years of age at the Feast of St. Gregory the Pope in that year Which William took to Wife Ioane the Heir of Benedict Gernet And in 32 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland in which year he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his demesn-Lands at Dacre in Com. Cumbr. and Halton in Com. Lanc. and in 1. E. 2. procured Licence to make a Castle of his House at Dunwalloght in Com. Cumbr. on the Marches of Scotland In 4 E. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars and in 10 E. 2. joyned in Commission with Anthony Lord Lucie for Guarding the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland against the Scots And having been summoned to Parliament from 28 E. 1. until 12 E. 2. inclusive departed this life in the same 12 th year Ioane his Wife then surviving who had for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Halton Fishwyke and Eccleston in Leylandshire in Com. Lanc. leaving Ranulph de Dacre his Son and Heir who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 18 E. 2. upon the death of Ioane his Mother performing his Fealty had also Livery of those Lands which had been so held by her in Dower After which before the end of that year he was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne And in 4 E 3. made Sheriff of Cumberland and Governor of Carlisle Moreover in 8 E. 3. he obtained Livery of all those Castles and Mannors in Anandale within the Realm of Scotland part of the possessions of Roger de Kyrk-Patric and Humphrey de Boys which had been given to him by Edward King of Scotland In which year he was joyned in Commission with Robert de Clifford for the defence of the Town and Marches of Carlisle as also to arm and array so many Men at Arms Hoblers and Foot Souldiers as should be needful for that Service and in 9 E. 3. obtain'd License to make a Castle of his House at Naworth in Com. Cumbr. In 11 E. 3. he had an assignation of such wages as was then due to himself and his Men at Arms for their Service in Scotland And having Married Margaret the Daughter and Heir to Thomas de Multon Son of Thomas de Multon of Gillesland left Issue four Sons William Peter Thomas and Ranulph and died in 13 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Irthyngton and Burgh upon the Sands Kirk-Oswald with the Advouson of the Church likewise of the Town of Dacre with the Hamlets of Mosedale â—hakethwait Souleby and New Biggâ—ng Members of the Mannor of Dacre also of the Advouson of the Priory of Lanercost and the Mannor of Baton in Com. Westmorl William his Son and Heir being then Twenty years of age Which William in 21 E. 3. was joyned in Commission with Thomas Lord Lucy to Treat with the people of Scotland and to receive such into the Kings Protection as should
River Geround about the Feast day of Simon and Iude. And during his stay in those parts obtained liberty for his Wife and Family to reside in Skypron-Castle in Com. Ebor. with allowance of Fewel out of the Woods there for her necessary use Moreover the next ensuing year upon that great Expedition made by King Edward thither he received Command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Portsmouth upon the first of Sept. thence to sayl with him into those parts And in 25 E. 1. was again in those Wars of Gascoigne at which time he obtained a Grant of the Marriage of Isabell the Daughter and Heir of Simon de Sherstede to be a Wife for Iohn de Latimer his Son and Heir In 26 E. 1. he attended the King in that Expedition then made by him into Scotland at which time he was victorious at Faukirke and in 27 E. 1. was appointed one of his Commissioners for fortifying the Castles of that Realm In 28 E. 1. he Marcht again with him into Scotland and in 29 E. â— was in the Garrison of Berwick To this William King Edward Granted the Mannor of Danby in Com. Ebor. for life with free chase there the remainder to William his Son and Lucia his Wife and to the right Heirs of Lucia In 30 E. 1. he obtained the Kings Charter for a Market every week upon the Thursday at Asse in Kent As also for a Fair on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Apostles Peter and Paul and for a Fair every year upon the Eve Day and Morrow of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at his Mannor of Wodinton in Com. Sur. Likewise for a Fair every year upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at his Mannor of Iiverington in Com. Ebor. with Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands there In 31 E. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 28 till 33 E. 1. inclusive departed this Life in the same thirty third year being jointly seised with Alice his Wife one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Walter Ledet of the one half of the Barony of Warden in Com Northampt. as also of the Moytie of the Town and whole hundred of Corby in that County of her Inheritance To whom succeeded William then his Son and Heir Iohn the elder Brother being dead in his life time as it seems Which William in 51 H 3. accounted to the Exchequer for divers Debts amounting to the Sum of 1951 l. 14 d. ob whereupon he had an allowance of two hundred pounds for that loss and damage which William his Father had sustain'd in the Kings service And being personally in that Court upon Saturday next after the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord in 54 H. 3. did there remit and quit-claym whatsoever he could demand by reason of his disbursements in sundry Marches to Scotland staying there and returning thence And likewise all his costs in Victualling the Castle at York and that at Scardeburgh Wages to the Souldiers and Officers or otherwise in those Wars In which 54 th year he executed the Sheriffs Office for York-shire on the behalf of his Father This William took to Wife Lucie the Daughter and Heir of Richard de Thwenge Cosin and Heir of Marmaduke de Thwenge and in 25 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 31 and 32 E. 1. In which 32 year during his abode in Scotland Lucie his Wife residing at his Mannor-house of Brunne in Com. Ebor. was taken away with divers goods there by certain unknown persons Whereupon the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of York-shire to make strict search for her throughout all that County commanding him that in case he did find her out he should if need were raise the power of the County and carry her back to Brunne Before the end of this year he obtained the Kings Licence for a Market every week upon the Munday at Syvelington in Com. Ebor. and for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Martin in Winter and in 34 E. 1. attended the King again into Scotland In which Wars he merited so well as that upon the disposal of the Lands of Christopher de Seton who was guilty of the Murther of Iohn Comyn he obtained a Grant of all those in Northumberland In 1 E. 2. he was made Governor of Rokyngham-Castle in Com. North. and Steward of that Forest. And in 2 E. 2. having occasions to Rome had the Kings Letters to one of the Cardinals on his behalf In this year being sent with an hundred Horse to fetch up Henry Lacy Earl of Lincoln to the Court he lost his labour the Earl keeping himself in his Castle and soon after marcht again into Scotland So likewise in 4 E. 2. And in 6 E. 2. being divorced from Lucie his Wife Daughter and Heir to Richard de Thweng Married Sibill the Widdow of William de Huntingfield whereupon she the said Lucie took to Husband Robert de Everingham and afterwards Bartholemew de Fanecurt In this year marching again into Scotland upon the loss of the day at Bannoksburne he had the ill hap there to be taken Prisoner And in 10 E. 2. upon the Death of Alice his Mother doing his Fealty he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance viz. of the Moiety of the Mannor of Corby in Com. Northampt. as also of the Mannor of Sutton with the Hamlets of Potton Holme and Stratton in Com. Bedf. In 12 E. 2. being one of the adherents to Thomas Earl of Lancaster submitting himself he obtained pardon after which in 15 E. 2. upon that grand Insurrection of the same Earl he became one of the principal Leaders of those Forces which vanquished him and his whole Party at Butrough-â—rigg in Com. Ebor. whereof the chief of them that were not slain there but taken Prisoners suffered death shortly after Whereupon the next year following he was made Governor of the City of York and having been summoned to Parliament from 28 E. 1. until 1 E. 3. departed this life the same year being then seised of the Mannor of Aâ—he in Com. Cantii Sutton in Com. Bedf. Wodeâ—on in Com. Sur. Sâ—ameston with the Village of Bredale Sivelyngton and Thornton in Pykering-Lithe in Com. Ebor. having enfeoffed William de Latimer his Son of the Mannors of Gamelesby and Unthanke in Com. Cumbr. who then held them which William was at that time twenty six years of age And doing his Homage had Livery of the Mannor of Danby and all other the Lands of his Inheritance In 2 E. 3. this William
Husband in his life time obtained the custody of the Mannors of Westlee in com Suff. and Dâ—kenham in com Essex which were part of the Lands whereof he died seised to hold during the Minority of the said David her Son Which David in 29 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France with Prince Edward then made Duke of Aquitane and in 33 E. 3. in that into Gascoigne So likewise in 43 E. 3. And having been summoned to Parliament in 39 42 and 43 E. 3. departed this life upon the tenth day of October 49 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Brabourne in com Cantii Possewyke West-Lexham Stokey and Holkeham in com Norff. Gaynesburgh in com Linc. Hunteshalgh Thornton in Tindale Kildrehais UUainhopeside Newburgh as also of the Castle and Mannor of Mitford with its Members viz. the third part of the Mannor of Pont-Eland Little-Eland Calverton Valence Merdisfen Franclington Est-Kaldworth Bechfeld and Melteston in com Northumb. leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Henry Lord Ferrers of Groby his two Daughters his Heirs viz. Elizabeth and Philippa both in Minority Elizabeth his Widdow dying the same year who was buried at Ashford in Kent with this Epitaph upon her Tombe-stone Icy gist Elizabeth Counte D'Athels le file Seigneur de Ferrers que Dieu assoit Que morust le xxii jour d'Octobre l'an du grace MCCCLxxv Whereupon Henry Lord Perci obtained the Wardship of these Co-heirs But in 5 E. 3. Elizabeth the elder of them making proof of her age had for her maintenance an assignation of the Mannor of Brabourne in com Cantii Colingham Valence in Com. Wilts Possewyke and Holkham in com Norff. Thornton with the Hamlets of Thornton Neweburgh les Bowes and les Belles UUayneshope and Wayneshopeside with the Park of Waynshope Poltrenerot Emelhoppe Keldre and Keldre-Hays parcels of the said Mannor of Thornton within the Liberty of Tindale for her purpartie and the next year following became the Wife of Sir Thomas Percie Knight a younger Son to the before-specified Henry Lord Perci being then sixteen years of age and her sister Philippa of Sir Raphe Perci Knight Brother of the same Sir Thomas Which Philippa had for her purpartie an assignation of the Mannor of Gaynesbrough in com Linc. West-Lexham and Stykanay in Com. Norff. Mitford with the custody of the Castle Framlyngtone Esheldeworth Bechfeld and North Milleburne with two parts of the Mannor of Pont Eland the Hamlet of Little Eland the Towns of Calverdon Valence and Merdesfen and Rent of Six pence from Iohn de Mitford for the Hamlet of Mollesdon as also of the Mannor of Henteshalgh with the Forest of Lowes and divers Scalings in Hunt Eland in com Northumb. And surviving him afterwards Married to Sir Iohn Halsham Knight As did also Elizabeth her elder sister her husband and wedded Sir Iohn Scrope Knight Andrew de Harcla E. of Carlisle 15 E. 2. THis Andrew was son of Michael de Harcla Sheriff of Cumberland from 13 till 16 E. 1. inclusive As also Governor of Carlisle in 24 E. 1. But until 32 E. 1. that he attended that Victorious King into Scotland in which year he totally subjected that Realm to his own Power I have not seen any other mention of him After which viz. in 4 E. 2. he served again in the Scotish-wars being then of the Retinue with Iohn de Segrave And in 6 E. 2. was constituted Governor of the Castle of Carlisle In 8 E. 2. being Warden of the Marches he was soon after made Governor of the City of Carlisle and in 11 E. 2. Sheriff of UUestmorland as also of Cumberland and Governor of the Castle at Carlisle having at that time a special commission to receive all such of the Scots to protection as should submit to the King's Obedience being likewise the next ensuing year constituted Governor of the Castle at Cokermouth And in 12 E. 2. again Governor of the City of Carlisle In 15 E. 2. he had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm and the same year upon that dangerous Insurrection made by Thomas Earl of Lancaster who then advanc'd out of Staffordshire to Burrough-brigg in Com. Ebor. being still Governor of Carlisle-Castle he Marcht thither with considerable Forces and after a sharp dispute wherein the whole strength which that Earl had there was routed and Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford slain Ibid. he took him Prisoner and carried him to the King at York whereupon he suffered death at Pontfract shortly after as did divers others Lords and persons of quality at York and other places at that time likewise taken prisoners In consideration of which service he obtain'd a special Charter to himself and the heires-Male of his body of an Annuity of Twenty pounds to be received out of the Issues of the County of Cumberland from the Sheriff of that Shire for the time being by the name and Title of Earl of Carlisle being then so created by cincture with a Sword By which Charter it was also covenanted that for the better support of the same Dignity he should have to himself and the heires-Male of his body Lands and Rents in the Counties of Cumberland and UUestmorland of a Thousand Marks per annum value and Five hundred Marks per annum more in the Marches of UUales And until such provision should be made that he should receive a Thousand Marks per annum out of the Exchequer at four times in the year viz. within the Clause of Easter the Quindesme of St. Iohn Baptist the Quindesme of St. Michael and the Octaves of St. Hillary This being the first Patent of Creation unto Honour wherein any Preamble importing the merits of the person so dignified was ever used and beareth date at Pontfract 25 Martii 15 E. 2. Besides all this he likewise obtain'd a Grant to himself and the heires-Male of his Body of the Mannor of UUerke in Tinedaâ—â— to hold by the service of one Knights Fee and paying a Sore-Goshhawke yearly into the Exchequer As also of the Castles and Mannors of Brouham Malestrung Meburne Regis Kirkby Stephen and Langeton with the Wood of UUhynnefeld the Cornage reserved to the King all in Com. Westmorl late part of the possessions of Roger Clifford and forfeited by his Rebellion Being therefor from a mean condition thus raised for he was merely a Knight of a small fortune he grew so lofty that he began to manifest that hatred publickly which he had for a long time privily borne towards Hugh le Despenser the greatest and most powerful Favourite of his time whom the King had advanced to the dignity of Earl of UUinchester in May next following And finding that the King did in such sort
Parliament then held for his better support obtain'd a Grant in Fee of that great Lordship of Brustwike with the Castle and Mannor of Skipse and Patronage of the Abby of Meaux in Com. Ebor. Also of the Mannor of Barowe and Patronage of Thornton-Abby in Com. Linc. and of all the Mannors and Lands lying within the Towns of Preston Burton Pidse Bond Bruâ—â—wyke Skeklyng Lelle Dyke Paule Kayngham Skeftlyng Esyngton Kylnesee Wythornesee and Cleton In 2 H. 4. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland So likewise in 4 H. 4. And in 6 H. 4. being at that time Admiral of England was retein'd by Indenture to serve in the Fleet at Sea with Seven hundred men at Armes whereof eight to be Bannerets Twenty one Knights Six hundred sixty four Esquires and One hundred and forty Archers and likewise constituted General of all the King's Forces both by Sea and Land then sent into France In 8 H. 4. he was also made Captain of the Castle at Guynes and in 9 H. 4. bearing the Title of Steward of England Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord of Holdernesse had Commission to treat of Peace with the French In 11 H. 4. he perform'd certain Feats of Armes with Iohn of Burbon Earl of Cleremont and upon the ninth of Iuly 13 H. 4. was advanc'd to the Title of Duke of Clarence In 14 H. 4. being made Lieutenant of Aquitane he was sent with a strong power into France in aide of the Duke of Orleans against the Duke of Burgundy Whence returning upon news of his Father's death he obtain'd from King Henry the Fifth his Brother a grant of Two thousand Marks per annum to himself and the heirs male of his Body payable out of the Exchequer at the Feasts of St. Michael the Arch-Angel and Easter by even portions And in 3 H. 5. being retein'd by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France for a whole Twelve-moneth's space had one of the King 's Royal Crowns called The Crown Henry delivered to him in Pawn for his first Quarters pay Whereupon he attended him to the siege of Hareflew and led the Van of the whole Army but by reason of a great Flux amongst the Soldiers whereof many died he return'd into England with the Earls of March Arundel and some others of the Nobilty then sick And the next ensuing year the King continuing In those Wars was constituted his Lieutenant here during his absence About this time also upon the death of Edmund Earl of Kent having Married Margaret one of his Sisters and heirs Widow of Iohn Earl of Somerset doing his Homage he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 5 H. 5. bearing then the Title of Duke of Clarence and Albemarle and Steward of England was again in those Wars of France being retein'd by Indenture to serve with one Earl one Baron five Knights fifty three men at Armes and One hundred and eighty Archers Some say that in this Expedition he had of his retinue Two hundred and forty speares and Seven hundred and twenty Archers But before he advanced towards this hazardous adventure he declared his Testament 10 Iulii An. 1417. 5 H. 5. whereby he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Cathedral at 〈◊〉 called Christ-Church at the feet of his Father King Henry the Fourth And appointed that his Executors should purchase the Patronage of some Church worth Forty pounds per annum and procure the same to be appropriated to the Prior and Monks of that Cathedral to maintain four secular Priests there to celebrat Divine service perpetually for the Soules of his Father and Mother as also for his own Soul and the Soul of Margaret his wife with all his Ancestors and all the Faithful deceased Likewise that his Executors should purchase the Patronage of some other Church of Forty Marks per annum value and procure the same to be appropriated to the Deane Canon and Vicars of the Collegiate Church called Newark in 〈◊〉 to support two sitting Priests to celebrate Divine Service there for ever for the Soules before mentioned And then took his journey into Normandy where being at the siege of Cane his Post was on the North-side the Town near to the Monastery of the Holy Trinity The Leaguer on all parts being compleatly form'd the French who were in St. Stephens-Abby seeing themselves too weak for resistance carried the Jewels of the House with all the Victual into the Town with purpose to set that Abby on fire Which being discern'd by one of the Monks he crept on his hands and knees in the dead time of the night till â—e came to this Duke whom he found in compleat Harness lying in a Garden on the grass with his head upon a stone and beseeching him to defend their Abby from ruine said It doth specially pertain to you to preserve it who are descended from the King our Founder Wherefore be advised by me and I will bring you into it Whereupon taking the Counsel of the Monke he got scaling Ladders and carne to that side which was not defended And having by this meanes entred he brought the King into it The City of Cane being thus taken he was made Governor thereof as also of the Castle Likewise of Beauâ—â—â—s and the parts thereabouts In â—6 H. 5. at the siege of â—ontlarch he passed the Seine with part of the Army in small Boates of Wicker covered with Hides and as the King lay on the one side besieged the other Shortly after this being at the siege of Roan he lay with his Forces before the Gate of Caulx During the time of which siege he was sent out with some Forces to take in those Towns and Castles thereabouts viz. the Castle of Galiard the Towns of Uernon and Mant the Castle of Brandmont with divers other And after the taking of Roan the King lodging at 〈◊〉 was imploy'd thence with a choice number of men to Parâ—s to view the situation and strength of that City where he staid certain dayes and then return'd And after Easter the same year was sent to besiege Bee-Herlewin In 7 H. 5. being constituted Governor of Pontoise he took the Town of Yâ—eri by assault and in 8 H. 5. accompanied the King at the siege of Melon that strong City Soon after that also he attended him to Croâ—s in Champaine and was present in the Cathedral there with a multitude of other great persons both of the Clergy and Laitie at the confirmation of the Agreement then made betwixt King Henry and the French for a Peace betwixt both Realmes But in 9 H. 5. being at the Castle of Beauford and having intelligence that the Dolphin's Army consisting of about Four thousand fighting men was
his service with which he encountred a strong party of those rebellious Invaders the Scots at Corbridge in Northumberland and put them to the worst Next being Commander in chief of those Troops which the King sent from Oxford against that great Rebel of Lincolnshire Colonel Rosseter he gave him the â—oyl Thence marching against the Lord Fairfax and putting him to the rout he relieved Pontâ—ract-Castle at that time besieged by a numerous Body of the Northern-Rebels And after all this firmly adhering to that good King of blessed memory untill necessity prompted his Majesty to cast himself upon his Native-subjects the Scots so that he could not serve him farther in this Realm he betook himself to Foreign paâ—s till he did discern a fitter opportunity And then couragiously attempting the strong Garrison of Barwick upon â—wede and that well fortified City of Carlisle he reduced them both to his Majesties obedience After which having raised new Forces for his service he did great things and attempted greater but soon after through the powerfulness of the Enemy the King's Interest sinking more and more his Armies being totally scattered he became their Prisoner Whence making his escape with no little difficulty he again got beyond Sea there with most exemplary loyalty attending our present Sovereign in his most low and desperate condition In consideration therefore of these his great Actings and Sufferings he was by Letters Patent bearing date a Bruges in Flanders upon the fourth day of February in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign which was about two years preceding his happy Restoration advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Langdale of Holme in Spaldyngmoore and to the Heirs male of his body He marryed Lenox the Daughter of Sir Iohn Rhodes of Barlborough in Com. Derb. Knight and by her left Issue two Sons Marmaduke and Philip the rest dying young as also two Daughters Lenox and Mary And departing this life in his House at Holme in the East-riding of Yorkshire 5 August 1661. was buried at Sancton near adjacent To whom succeeded Marmaduke his Son and Heir who married Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Savage of Beeston in Com. Cestr. Esq Brother to Iohn late Earl Rivers and by her hath Issue one Son named Marmaduke and two Daughters Iane married to Michael Anne of Frickley in Com. Ebor. Esq and Elizabeth to Hugh Smithson Esq Son and Heir to Sir Ierome Smithson of Stanwick in the same County Baronet Lord Crofts 10 Car. 2. THE next in order of time who had the Title of a Baron of this Realm conferred upon him by our present Sovereign then in Foreign parts was William Crofts Esq the lineal Heir male of that ancient Famimily which had for divers Ages flourished at Saâ—ham in the County of Suffolk whereof many were dignified with the Honour of Knighthood and by females descended from the first Lord Wentworth of Netâ—lested as also from the Montacutes sometime Earls of Salisbury and Nevills Earls of Westmorland Which William having been brought up in the Court of England from his youth became Master of the Horse to his Royal Highness the Duke of York Next to be Captain of the Guard to the late Queen-Mother and afterwards Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty that now is In all which imployments behaving himself with great fidelity he was at length sent Embassadour into Poland where he managed that high Affair then committed to his trust with singular prudence and dexterity In consideration of which notable services he was by Letters-patent bearing date at Bruxells in Brabant upon the 18. of May in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Crofts of Saxâ—am He marryed two Wives first Dorothy the Daughter to Sir Iohn Hobert of Intwood in Com. Norf. Baronet Son and Heir to Sir Henry Hobert Knight and Baronet sometime Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Widow of Sir Iohn Hele Knight Secondly Elizabeth Daughter of William Lord Spenser but by neither of these hath had any Issue Lord Berkley of Stratton 10 Car. 2. ABout the same time likewise his Majesty taking into his Princely consideration the eminent merits of Sir Iohn Berkley of Bruton in the County of Sâ—merset Knight descended from the most noble and ancient Barons Berkley of Berkley-Castle of whom I have already spoke in the first Volume of this work who being Governour to his Royal Highness Iames Duke of York and managing his Affairs in his tender years most seasonably approved his Loyalty to the late King Charles of blessed memory in a very high measure First by putting himself in Arms on his part at the beginning of the late unparallel'd Rebellion for which cause he suffered Imprisonment for a time Next by his opportune though hazardous adventure in bringing a considerable supply of Arms and Ammunition out of Holland in the Year 1642. which he then safely landed in the parts of Holderness for his Majesties service After this being made General of his Majesties Forces in Cornwall joining with Sir Ralph Hopton Knight afterwards Lord Hopton he obtained divers Victories against the Rebels of those western-Counties in the several Battels of Bradock Saltash Launceston and Stratâ—on as also at Modbury in the County of Devon And laying strong siege to Exeter after divers bold skirmishes with the Enemy at length not only reduced it to his Majesties obedience but most valiantly repulst their Fleet then at â—opsham under the command of Robert Earl of Warwick taking three of their Ships in that Harbour whereupon he was constituted Governour of that great City General of all his Majesties Forces in Devonshire In consideration therefore of these his most loyal and successful services he was by Letters-Patent bearing date at Bruxells in Brabant upon the 19. of May in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Berkley of Stratton Since which time being constituted Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he arrived there in April 1670. and having undergone that Trust for about the space of 3 years is now Embassadour in France He marryed Christian the Daughter of Sir Andrew Riccard Knight President of the East-India Company and Widow of Henry Lord Kensington Son to Henry late Earl of Holland by whom he hath Issue four Sons Charles Iohn and William now living and Maurice who died young As also one Daughter called Anne Iames Duâ—e of York 11 Car. â— THis most Illustrious bâ—â—â—ch of the Royal Family that is to â—y Second Son to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory having been by 〈◊〉 Renowned Father created Duke of York 〈◊〉 Letters-Pattents bearing date at Oxford 〈◊〉 Ian. in the Nineteenth year of his Reign iâ— farther augmentation to his
Aegelwine Abbot of Eveâ—ham and Vrso then Sheriff of Worcestershire against Roger Earl of Hereford and Ralph Earl of Norâ—olk then in Rebellion to hinder their passing the Severn for the conjuction of their Forces This Walter de Laci had likewise many skirmishes with Fulk Fitz-Warine in one of which he was taken prisoner and put in Luâ—low Castle But after this hearing that the same Castle and Town were won by his Friend Sir Arnold de Lis he came and victualled them both and kept them as his own And when Iors of â—udlow and Fouke with his Father Warine endeavored the regaining thereof he sent to the Prince of Wales for help But farther I cannot say of him than that he gave his Lands at Deane to the Monks of S. Peters at Glocester and that being Founder of the Church of S. Peter in Hereford when the work was almost finished climing up a Ladder there he fell down and being killed with the fall 6 Kal. April An. 1084. 19 Wil. Conq. was buried in the Chapter-house at Glocester To which Church of Gtocester Emeline his Wife for the health of his Soul gave five Hides of Land in Duntesborne Leaving issue these three Sons viz. Roger Hugh and Walter and Monk in the Abbey of S. Peters at Glocester Which Roger had great possessions in this Realm through the bounty of the Conqueror viz. in Berkshire two Lordships in Shropshire twenty three whereof he held six of the King and the rest of Earl Roger de Montgomery in Glocestershire twenty in Worcestershire six and in Herefordshire sixty five besides four Carucates of Land lying within the limits of the Castle of Ewias which King William had bestowed on Walter de Laci his Father But in 2 Wil. Rusi joyning with Odo Earl of Kent and others in that Rebellion then raised on the behalf of Robert Curthose and in 5 Will. Rufi with Robert de Molbray Earl of Northumberland on the same account he was banished England and all his Lands given to his Brother Hugh After which going into Normandy he was made General of Curthoses Army and at length taking part with Robert de Belesme Earl of Sâ—rewsâ—ary of whose barbarous and cruel practises I have spoke largely in my Discourse of him did very much mischeif throughout the whole Dukedom of Normandy about the Nineteenth year of King Henry the Firsts Reign I come now to Hugh his Brother Though King William to satisfie those who had assisted him against King Harold had distributed amongst them the greatest part of this Realm nevertheless many more both Normans French and others came afterwards over expecting likewise to share in that General Conquest who finding England too little for satisfaction of their greedy Appetites obtained leave of King William Rufus to invade Waâ—es In which adventure Robert Fitz-Hamon being very prosperous by his Conquest of Morganoâ— others not doubting of the like success imitated his example Whereupon Roger Earl of Shrewsbury won 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Hugh Earl of Chester Tegeneâ— and Rowe nock Bernard Newmarch the Land of Brecknock Arnulph the younger Son of the same Earl Roger the Province of Peâ—â—râ—ke and this Hugh de Laci that of Ewâ—as Whereunto I shall add what the Learned Sir Iohn Dodd ridge Knight late one of the Justices in the Court of Kings Bench being a person of great knowledge in Antiquities hath in his description of Wales expressed viz. That all these Territories thus acquired were Baronies-Marchers and held of the Crown in capite And because they and their Posterity might the better keep the Lands so acquired and might not be drawn by Sutes of Law from the defence of those Lands so obtained by the Sword the said Lands were ordained Baronies-Marchers and had a kind of Palatine Jurisdiction erected in every of them and power to administer Justice unto the Tenants in each of their Territories having therein Courts with divers Priviledges Franchises and Immunities So that the Kings Writs were not current there unless the whole Barony had been in question Fitz. Ass. fol. 182. 18 Edw. 2. And this was the state of the Government of the Marches of Wales until 27 Hen. 8. But I return This Hugh afterwards became the first Founder of the Priory of Lanthony upon the Bank of the River â—othenay in 〈◊〉 and amply endowed it with Lands and Revenues He likewise bestowed the Church of S. Peters in Hereford Founded by his Father upon the Monks of 〈◊〉 and much inriched the Church of S. Davids Moreover to the Monks of Manmouth he gave three shillings yearly Rent issuing out of Lâ—dney for the good estate of himself Roes his Wife and Robert his Son but dying without issue left his great Inheritance to his two Sisters viz. Ermeline who had no Children and Emme who took to Husband ... by whom she had a Son named Gilbert who assuming the name of Laci begot on her a Son called Hugh Of which Gilbert all that I can say is That in those turbulent times of King Stephens Reign he took part with Geffrey Talbot his Kinsman in that design for taking the City of â—athe on the behalf of Maud the Empress and that being an expert and valiant Soldier after divers Encounters Skirmishes and Victories in the Holy Wars he at length became a Knight Templar and gave to that Order twelve Hides of Land and one Virgate in Guâ—tinges beside his Demesn there as also five Burgages in Wincheâ—câ—mb I come therefore to Hugh This Hugh upon Assessment of the Aid for marrying of the Kings Daughter certified That he held Fifty one Knights Fees and a fourth part de Veteri Feoffamento and Five and an half de Novo besides divers Lands for which no service was then established Some of his Tenants to them serving him in his house he finding them necessaries and some residing upon his Fermes in Wales where he maintained them at his own charge For all which in 14 Hen. 2. he answered Sixty marks and Forty pence In 18 Hen. 2. this Hugh adhering to the King when young Henry flew out in Rebellion was taken in the Castle of Uernoid for which respect as also for certain great services in Ireland he obtained the same year a Grant of the whole Territory of Methe in that Realm with its Appurtenances to hold to him and his Heirs by the service of Fifty Knights Fees in as ample manner as Murchard Hu Melachlin or any other before or after him enjoyed the same And likewise all the Fees which he had then acquired or should thenceforth acquire about Duâ—â—in so long as he should be his Bailiff there Moreover he did then constitute him Governor of
the City of â—ublin and Justice of Ireland Unto which City of Dublin the same King thereupon ordained That these following places should thenceforth belong scil All the Land of O-Felana Offalia Kildare Wichelon and Methe as also the Service of Four Knights which was due from Robert Poâ—er by reason of his Castle of Dunavel But afterwards incurring the Kings displeasure because he had married the Daughter to the King of Cannoc according to the mode of that Countrey without his leave He was devested of the custody of that City viz. in An. 1181. 27 Hen. 2. All that I have farther to observe of him is That after he came to the Possession of those Territories in â—reâ—and and before he Infeoffed any of his Free Tenants there by the consent of some of the Archbishops and Bishops of that Realm and their Chapters he gave to the Canons of 〈◊〉 the Church of â—alp with the Tithes of Comingeby and 〈◊〉 the Church of Marmeâ—â— with the Tithes of the Fishing there the Churches of Anye and the Vale of â—lonalewy the Church of Oggary in Methe the Church of Stathmolin and Advowson of the Vicaridge of Lillen the Churches of Kilmessan Kâ—caly and Kilâ—methe As also the Church of the Town of Reginald de Tâ—rbervil and likewise those of Kilkarvam Dunboyn Rathbegan Kilbruy and Drumrath together with the Lands of Balibin and whatsoever Gilbert of Cornwal held in the Honor of Rashouthe with the Chappels thereunto appertaining Also that he was the Founder of the Abbey of Trim in the County of Methe or a cheif Benefactor to it And that of Duleke in the County of East Methe which was a Cell to the Abbey of Lanthony near Glocester Likewise that he gave to the Canons of S Thomas near Dublin the Church of Dunelinsahlin with a certain Grange there and the Churches of Domenathmore Grenocks killeglan Maglisloine Knocmarek and all the Churches and Chappels in the Territory of Leonisse de Bromiard Likewise the Church of the Town of William de Scorlagge and Church of Lethercor Moreover that he gave to the Abbey of Keulys in the County of Kilkenny Balingoddan and Athaiaarg with their Appurtenances And that in An. 1185. 31 Hen. 2. 8 Kal. Aug. being too severe with the Workmen by him imployed for the Building of his Castle at Lurheydy in Ireland he was murthered at Derelagh by one Malva-Miadaich a very mean person who cut off his Head leaving issue two Sons Walter and Hugh and a Daughter called Elayne who became the Wife of Richard de Beaufo Which Walter in 6 Rich. 1. upon Collection of the Aid for the Kings Redemption paid Fifty one pound ten shillings And in â—0 Rich. 1. gave the King Two thousand marks for his favor and to have Livery of his Lands But this being the last year of King Richards Reign King Iohn immediately succeeding exacted of him no less than Twelve hundred pounds for the like Favor and Livery In 2 Ioh. William de Braose gave Twenty marks and a Palfrey to the King for his Confirmation of that Grant which this Walter de Laci had made to him of his Lands in England and Normandy viz. That he the said Walter should not Sell nor Mortgage them without the permission of the said William In 7 Ioh. upon Collection of the Sixth Scutage of that King then assessed at two marks This Walter paid an hundred and two marks and an half for his Fees in Herefordshire and Fifteen pound thirteen shillings and four pence for his Fees in Glocestershire And in 9 Ioh. obtained a confirmation of his Dominion of Methe to be held by him and his Heirs for the service of Fifty Knights Fees As also of all his Fees in Fingall in the Valley of Dublin to be held by the service of seven Knights Fees Howbeit in 12 Ioh. the King passing into Ireland with his Army this Walter being forced to deliver up himself and all he had there into his power and to abjure that Realm was soon afterwards banished with all his out of England But after this viz. in 16 Ioh. he was permitted to repossess Ludlow with the Castle And the same year being at Glocester with some other of the Barons-Marchers received the Kings command to come to Cirencester upon Munday next ensuing the Clause of Easter well accoutred with Horse and Arms and all the power he could bring And thus standing again on fair terms with the King the next ensuing year for the sum of Four thousand marks he obtained the possession of his Lands in Ireland which had been so taken from him as abovesaid excepting the Castle of Drogheda and all his Lands in Drogheda which were to remain in the Kings hands for three years Moreover in 18 Joh. he was made Sheriff of Hereâ—ordshire and Governor of the Castle of Hereford yet with this Caution That if Lewes of France whom the Rebellious Barons had called in should come with his Army to besiege it he should not personally stay there but place such therein of whose fidelity there could be no doubt And in 2 Hen. 3. was again made Sheriff of Herefordshire in which year likewise upon levying the first Scutage of that King he paid an hundred and two marks and an half for his Fifty one Knights Fees and an half and continued in the said Office of Sheriff until the seventh year of that Kings Reign inclusive But in 8 Hen. 3. for what cause I find not he rendred up the Governorship of Ludiow Castle to William de Gamages by the Kings special command That which I next find most memorable of this Walter is That in An. 1230. 14 Hen. 3. when the King of Connac rose in Arms to expel the English out of those parts he with the help of Geffrey de Marisco then Justice of Ireland and Richard de Burgh utterly subdued all his Forces and took him prisoner But notwithstanding these Services in that doubtful year of 17 Hen. 3. being one of the Barons-Marchers he was constrained to give up Roger â—ichard as a Pledge for his fidelity until the Kingdom should be setled in Peace Thus much as to his Secular Actings As to his Works of Piety I find that he confirmed to the Canons of Lanthony all those Lands and Churches in Ireland given to them by Hugh de Laci his Father and of his own bounty gave them the Church of our Lady at Drogheda in that Realm as also the whole Valley wherein the Abbey of Lanthony was situate viz. From Kenentesset and Askarswey by the Ruggeway to Antefin and from Haterell from the Land of Seisil Fitz-Gilbert by the Ruggewey to the Bounds of Talgarth Moreover that he was a special Benefactor to the Monks of Gresswil in Herefordshire by the