came of full age In 24 Hen. 3. the King keeping his Christmass at Winchester at the instance of Richard Earl of Cornwal in whose tuition this Baldwin then was girded him with the Sword of Knighthood and then also investing him with the Earldom of Wiht gave him Amicia the Daughter of the same Earl of Gloucester in marriage But in An. 1245 29 H. 3. which was about five years after on the morrow after St. Valentines day he died in the flower of his youth leaving issue Baldwin his Son and Heir very young After which scil in 32 H. 3. the King assented that this Amicia should marry unto Robert Gynes And in 34 H. 3. accounted four hundred pounds for the Ferme of the Lands of her late Husband E. Baldwin which Rent she was to give till the Heir came of age This last mentioned Baldwin being in minority at time of his Fathers death as hath been said was committed to the tuition of Peter de Savoy a great man in that age to the end that he should marry kinswoman of Queen Alianore whom in 41 Hen. 3. by the direction of that Queen he accordingly took to Wife and the same year doing his Homagâ— had Livery of his Lands By whome he had issue Iohn a Son who died in his Infancy In 44 H. 3. at the marriage of Iohn Duke of Bretayne with Beatrix King Henry the thirds Daughter this Earl Baldwine received the honor of Knighthood with that Duke but about two years after scil in Anno 1262. 46 H. 3. he died by Poyson together with Richard Earl of Gloucester and others at the Table of Peter de Savoy Uncle to the Queen being then a young man leaving Isabel de Fortibus Wife of William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarle and Holderness his Sister and Heir whereby this Earldom as to the male line of this great Family came to an end Which Isabel being thereupon in full possession thereof and Lady of the Isle of Wight excepting the Dowry of Amicia her Mother gave to the said Amicia the Inheritance of the Mannors of Bockland Bickley Woollhampton and Coliton with the Hundreds advowsons of Churches Knights Fees and whatsoever else to them belonged with which she the said Amicia founded the Abby of Bockland in Devonshire in Anno 1378. 8 Edw. 1. for the health of the Souls of King Henry the third and Queen Alianore Gilbert de Clare sometime Earl of Gloucester her Father Isabel her Mother Baldwin Earl of Devon her late Husband as also of Isabel Countess of Devon and Albemarle and Margaret a Nun at Lacock her two Daughters then living Of which Amicia all that I have farther to say is that in 53 Hen. 3. she was made Governess of Hadley Castle in Hertfordshire and that she held the Mannors of Tiverton Exminster and Topsham in Comit. Devon and Edbrington in Comit. Dors. in Dower and died in 12 Edw. 1. whereupon her said Daughter Isabel de Fortibus of whose Inheritance they were had then Livery of them Nor have I any more to say here of this Isabel having under the Title of Albemarle and Holderness said something already than that by her death and the death of Aveline her Daughter and sole heir without issue so much of the Inheritance as was not granted by them to the King resorted to the Heirs of Mary the Wife of Robert de Courtney whereupon they attained to the Earldom of Devon as I shall shew in due place Ferrers THe first of this Family that setled in this Realm was Henry de Feriers Son to Gualcheline de Feriers a Norman Whether he accompanied Duke William at his first entrance hither is hard to say for it is evident that the Castle of Stutesburie now called Tutburie given him inter alia by that renowned Conqueror belonging to Hugh de Abrincis a Norman also And therefore if he came in afterwards it was certainly before the general Survey of this Realm begun by that King about the fourteenth year of his Reign he being then one of the Commissioners appointed for that great service as appeareth by this notable Testimonial from the Lieger Book of Worcester viz. In vicecomitatu Wiraceastre habet S. Maria de Wiraceastre unum hundredum quod vocatur Oswaldeslau in quo jacent 300 hidae c. Hoc Testimonium totus Vicecomitaus Wiraceastre dato sacramento jurisjurandi firmavit exhortante ad laborante piissimo prudentissimo Patre D. Wolstano Episcopo tempore Regis willielmi seniorâ—s coram Principibus ejusdem Regis Romigio scilicet Lincolniâ—nsi Episcopo Comite Waltero Giffardo Henrico de Feriers Adam fratre Eudonis Dopiferi Regis qui ad inquirendas describendas possessiones consuetudines tam Regis quà m Principum suorum in hac Provinciâ in pluribus aliis ab ipso Rege destinati sunt eo tempore quo totam Angliam Rex describi fecit c. To this Henry succeeded Robert his younger Son for Eugenulfus and William died as it seems in his life time Which Robert was one of the witnesses to King Stephen's Laws made in the first year of his Reign and having brought in and commanded the Derbyshire men in that famous Battle near North-Alverton in Yorkshire 3 Steph. commonly called Bellum de Standardo of which I have spoke more largely in my discourse of William Earle of Albemarle where the Northern Barons had a glorious Victory against David King of Scots was for that good service advanced to the Earldom of Derby but died the year following scil Ann. 1139. Leaving Robert his Son and Heir who stiled himself Robertus Comes junior de Ferrariis and likewise Comes junior de Notingham and two Daughters viz. Isolda married to Stephen de Beauchamp and ... married to Walcheline Maminot Which Robert in Anno 1141 6 Steph. gave to the Monks of Tutbury all his Tithes in Newbourough in which Grant he maketh mention of Hawise his Mother and confirmed unto them whatsoever Henry his Grandfather Eugenulf his Uncle and Robert his Father had given to them all which he there in particular reciteth He likewise gave the Church of Bredon in Com. Leicest with the tithes of his Tenants in Tonge Anderskirk and Wivelestone as also the Chappels of Worthington and Stanton with the Tithes of Newbold and Dichesworth of his Fee unto the Canons of Nostel in Yorkshire which Church of Bredon became thenceforth a Cell to that house Moreover he founded the Priory of Derby afterwards translated to Derley in that County for Canons of St. Austines order as also the Abby of Merevale in Com. Warw. for Cistercian-Monks which he endowed with great possessions and wherein he was buried being wrapt in an
Forest of Farnedale and that he might have liberty with his Dogs to hunt the Fox Cat c. throughout all the Kings Forest in Yorkshire And in 40 Henr. 3. was Constituted Governor of the Castle of Pickering in that County In 41 Hen. 3. he was with the King in that expedition then made into Wales And in 42 Hen. 3. was made Constable of the Tower of London At which time the Barons confederating against the Poictovins the Kings Half-Brothers who bore a great Sway being very powerfull they advanced him to the Office of Justice of England Militem illustrem legum terrae peritum qui Officium Iustitiariae strenuè peragens nullatenus permittat jus regni vacillare saith Matth. Paris a famous Knight and Skillfull in the Laws of the Land who stoutly executing the Office of Justitiar suffered not the rights of the Kingdom at all to waver Soon after which associating to himself Roger de Turkelbi and Gilbert de Preston two eminent Judges of that age he made his Iters into all parts of the Land Within the compass of that year he was also constituted governor of Dover Castle In 44 Hen. 3 he gave three thousand pound for the wardship of the Heirs of William de Kime a great man in Lincolnshire And being the same year made Governor of Scarborough Castle he quitted his Office of Justice of England Hugh le Despencer succeeding him therein In 47 Hen. 3. he was one of those who stood up with Sim. Montfort Earl of Leicester for the Liberties of the subject as they then pretended And as the King on his part for quietness sake was content to submit to the determination of Lewes King of France touching those Ordinances made by the Barons called Provisiones Oxonii so was he one of those who in like sort became an undertaker for them After which viz. in 48 H. 3. being the next ensuing year he was in that fatal Battle of Lewes of the Kings part whence though he shamefully fled leaving Prince Edward in the midst of the Fight such was his thanks from the Barons who then had the day that they seized upon his Lands This Hugh took to Wife Ioan the Widow of ... Wake Heir of Nicholas de Stutevill which Ioane after this Battle her husband being fled beyond Sea obtained from those Barons an assignation of the Lordships of Cotingham and Kirkby-Moresheved in Com. Ebor. for the support of her and her Family during his stay there But the King ere long recovering all in the Battle of Evesham he returned and was made Constable of the Castle of Pickering Of his Death I can speak nothing but plain it is that he made a Will divers years before bearing date at Cestreford on the Wednesday next after the feast of S. Barnabas the Apostle anno 1258. 42 Hen. 3. by which he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Abby of Thetford and constituted Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester and Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester two of his Executors Nor have I more to say of Ralph Bigod his younger Brother than that he wedded Berta Daughter of ... Furnivall and that he had his residence at Setrington in Com. Ebor. I now return to Earl Roger Son of Hugh last mentioned Nephew and Heir to the last Earl Roger. This Roger having taken to Wife Aliva Daughter and Heir to Philip Basset Justice of England paid ... for the Relief of those Lands which were of her inheritance and doing his Homage had Livery of all that lay in the Counties of Esse◠Berks Oxford Cambridge Suffolk Surrey Southampton and Buckingham In 10 Edw. 1. he was in the Welch expedition then made And having had a grant from King Edward the first of the Castle of Bristol and Nottingham to hold for life In 20 Edw. 1. he surrendred them to him again And in 22 E. 1. obtained the Kings Licence to embattle his Mansion-house at Bungey in Suffolk where there had been a Castle formerly demolished as I have before observed In 25 Edward 1. this stout Earl together with the Earl of Hereford were the cheif of those who opposed that Tax which the King then demanded from his Subjects for his Expedition into Flanders refusing to come to his Parliament unless he would give them safe conduct Saying moreover that they would not be compelled to go with him in that voyage Insisting also that he should ratify the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest and quit that imposition of forty shillings upon every Sack of Wooll which had been for three years before exacted Furthermore they inhibited the paiment of the Eighth-penny-Tax which had been granted to the King in the Parliament at S. Edmundsbury and incited the Londoners to stand up for their Liberties By which doings and the Archbishop of Canterburies help they obtained a Confirmation of those Charters as also certain Articles for the farther explaining of them which were called Articuli super Cartas with pardon for not attending the King into Flanders and for all other their misdemeanors But after this scil in 26 E. 1. all discontents being thus composed he went again into Scotland in that Expedition then made thither And in 29 Edw. 1. having no issue he constituted King Edward his Heir delivering unto him the Marshals Rod upon condition to be rendred back in case he should have any Children as also to have a Thousand pounds from the King in present and a Thousand pounds per annum during his life One of our Historians alledged the reason of this settlement so made by him of all his Lands Honor and Office to have been for some great Offence which he had taken against Iohn his younger Brother and Heir apparent but the same Historian afterwards speaking of that contrivance against Piers de Gaveston by divers of the most eminent Noble men of that time of which number Thomas Earl of Lancaster who married the only Daughter and Heir to Henry Lacy Earl of Lincoln was having related a Speech which that Earl of Lincoln upon his Death-bed made to the Earl of Lancaster whereby he encourageth him to stand up for the rights of the Church and the Liberties of the People and reckons up the names of divers great men who had been stout Champions for both goeth on thus Comes verò Marescallus qui vivacissimus fuit exactor libertatum jamdudum mortuo Comite de Hereford seniore cernens se solum non posse proficere in praemissis cum herede careret legitimo timore ductus est ut superius dictum est Regem Edwardum constituit heredem suum Which shews that he setled his Lands for fear For what respect it was I shall not take upon me to argue but that he so did is sure enough as may evidently
in Tiltings and other Pastimes Which as it was then said the King did not duly recompence But hereupon he waxed proud beyond measure insomuch as his own Son Geffrey called him the King of Folly He also kept the Round Table of Knights in Wales for a pride in imitation of King Arthur Other particulars of his haughtiness and insolence were these viz. that with Queen Isabel he caused a Parliament to be held at Northampton where an unworthy Agreement was made with the Scots and 〈◊〉 Roll of Homage of Scotland was traiterously delivered as also the Black Cross which King Edward the first brought into England out of the Abby of Sâ—one and then accounted a precious Relique That with the Queen he caused the young King to ride twenty four miles in one night towards Bedford to destroy the Earl of Lancaster and his adherents saying that they imagined the Kings death That he followed Queen Isabel to Nottingham and lodged in one house with her â— That he commanded the Treasure of the Realm and assumed the authority which by common consent in Parliament was conferred on Henry Earl of Lancaster at the Kings Coronation And that he was one of those who practised against the Kings Councel for saying that Edward of Caernarvon was murthered by his means At which his demeanor finding that Edward Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle was much offended he informed the King that his Uncle had a designe to poyson him to the end he might be King himself as next heir to the Crown Iohn of Eltham Earl of Cornwall being newly dead and likewise that he had designed the escape of King Edward the second out of Prison for which soon after he lost his life The truth is this Mortimer bore such sway that he got what he had a mind to it is evident by these followinging grants which he obtained for himself from the young King viz. the Castle and Mannor of Hanley with the Chaces of Malverne and Cors in the Counties of Worcester and Gloucester Likewise the town of Wiche in Com. Wigorn. Also the Castle of Clifford and Mannor of Glasebury part of the Possessions of Hugh le Despenser the younger then attainted And to himself and Ioane his Wife in Fee divers ample Liberties and Jurisdictions to be excercised at his Castle of Trim in Ireland besides the inheritance of all the Territory of Danahmaine in Ireland with very large priviledges thereto Moreover to Geffrey his Son he procured a Grant of the Castle of Donnyngton in Com. Leicest as also the Mannors of Lechelade and Sodington in Comit. Gloucest the mannor of Wokking in Com. Surr. Byeby and Castre in Com. Linc. Ashburne in the Peke in Com. Derb. Ryhale in Com. Roteland and Kyneley in Com. Wilts late Edmund Earl of Kent 's attainted As also the Wapentake of Rysley in Com. Derb. the Wapentakes of Plumtre and Alreton in Com. Norff. the Mannor of Reseby in Com. Leic. and Mannor of Alreton with certain Lands in Drayton in Com. North. likewise parcel of the Lands of the said Edmund the remainder for want of issue of him the said Geffrey to him the said Roger and his heirs But not long after this growing odious to the people by these his Insolencies and evil actings the King was made sensible of the impending mischeif and therefore by the advice of his councel at Nottingham in the Quind of St. Michael taking into consideration his own dishonor and damage as also the impoverishment of his people and revealing his mind privately to Sir William de Montacute gave him immediate command to take the assistance of some trusty persons which he accordingly did viz. Sir Humphrey de Bohun and Sir William his Brother Sir Ralph de Stafford Sir William de Clinton Sir Iohn de Nevile of Hornby Sir William Eland and some others and upon Friday the morrow after the Feast of S. Luke in the dead time of the night getting into the Castle by a way under Ground which through the Rock passeth with Stairs up to the Keepe and still by reason of this his surprize called Mortimers hole entred a room next to the Queens Lodging where finding him with Henry Bishop of Lincoln and some others who made resistance he slew two of them viz. Sir Hugh de Turpliton Knight then Steward of the Kings House and Iohn de Munmouth for which he afterwards had pardon m and took him thence cheifly by Sir William Elands help And having him thus in his Custody on the morrow after seized upon the rest of his adherents and followers who lay in the Town amongst which were two of his Sons viz. Sir Geffrey and Sir Edmund both Knights who were all sent to London with guards there to be secured till the Parliament which was to begin upon the twenty seventh of November next ensuing Whereupon precepts bearing date 23 Octob. were directed to several persons for the seizing of his Castles Mannors and Lands in Wales he being then under Arrest for several mesdemeanors tending to the dammage of the K. and Kingdom as the words therein did import And within three dayes following Commission was granted to Iohn de Kingston and others to take an inventory of all his Treasure and Jewells in Wales and the Marches but not to carry away any thing out of the Wardrobe of Ioane his Wife then at Ludlow or that belonged to any of her Children or Servants Upon the meeting of which Parliament divers Articles were exhibited against him the Chief whereof were in effect as followeth viz. 1. That he was consenting to the murther of King Edward the second in Berkley Castle 2. That he was an impediment to the Kings Honor at Stanhope Park in restraining the English to fall upon the Scots 3. That he had received twenty thousand pounds of the Scots to give them leave to escape and that he caused a dishonorable peace to be afterwards made with them as also that unworthy contract of Marriage betwixt the Kings Sister and David the Son of Robert de Brus. 4. That he had basely consumed the Kings treasure and that of Hugh Despencer after the Queens returne so that the King was in a wanting condition 5. That he had got the richest Wardships of England into his hand And 6. That he was an evil Councellor to the King and the Queen-mother and too familiar with her Whereupon the King commanding the Earls and Barons that just judgement should be done therein they found him guilty of all especially that touching the murther of King Edward the second and gave sentence that he should be drawn and hanged Which being accordingly executed at the common Gallows called the Elmes near Smithfield upon the Eve of S. Andrew his Body was permitted to hang
viz. The Borough of Worthin and Hamlets of Minsterley Fordon Over-Garther Nether-Garther Baghaltrey Walhope the Chase of Hoxstow called the Hey and the Brethyn with the Hamlets of Hope and Adeston in Com. Salop and Marches of Wales the Mannor and Hundred of Rothewell the Mannors of Glapthorne Thorpe-Lobenham Wodeford juxta Ryfield and Whiston in Com. Northampt. Also the Castle of Stafford and Mannor of Bradley with its Members two parts of the Mannor of Hide the Mannor of Madeley Under Lime the Hamlets of Rudewood Dodington and Staibroke the Mannor of Norton on the Mores with the Hamlet of Grotton and Mannor of Packinton all in Com. Staff Leaving issue Humphrey his Son and Heir then very young for he was found to be but twenty years of age in 1 Hen. 6. and two Daughters viz. Philippa who died in her Childhood and Anne who became the Wife of Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and afterwards of Iohn Holland Earl of Huntingdon Which Anne lieth buried in the Hospital of S. Katherines near the Tower of London But Anne his Wife Daughter of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester as hath been already observed survived him long and by her Testament bearing date 16 Octob. 17 Hen. 6. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Abbey-Church of Lanthony near Glocester where she ordained a Tomb to be made in her life time To which Church she bequeathed One hundred marks and gave Twenty pound per annum for the term of twenty years to find three Priests to celebrate Divine Service for her during that time in the Colledge of Plecy Of which Testament she constituted Thomas Bourchier Bishop of Worcester Henry Bourchier Earl of Ewe William Bourchier and Iohn Bourchier her Sons by William Bourchier Earl of Ewe in Normandy her second Husband and Sir Nicholas Wimbush Clerk her Executors and died in 17 Hen. 6. Humphrey Earl of Stafford her Son being then Six and twenty years of age Moreover designing a competent maintenance for two Cannons to celebrate Divine Service in the same Abbey of Lanthany where her Body with the Body of Sir William Bourchier Knight her second Husband were buried for the good estate of King Henry the Sixth Humphrey Duke of Buckingham Thomas Bourchier Bishop of Ely Henry Viscount Bourchier William Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warine and Iohn Bourchier Lord Berners her Sons during their respective lives in this World as also for the health of their Souls after their departure hence and for to keep the Obits of her and her Husband Sir William Bourchier there for ever and not performing that her purpose in her life time These her Sons above mentioned in 32 Hen. 6. obtaining then License from the King did to that end purchase Lands and Rents to the value of Twenty pound per annum and setled the same for the future compleating thereof But I return This Humphrey so succeeding his Father was retained to serve the King in his Wars beyond Sea in 9 Hen. 5. being then about Nineteen years of age by Indenture bearing date May the first for the one half of that year with ten Men at Arms himself accounted one and thirty Archers mounted armed and arrayed according to their qualities taking for himself Six shillings eight pence per diem Wages for the rest of his Men at Arms twelve pence and for his Archers six pence as also all prisoners if he and his men should have fortune to take any during the time before-limited excepting Kings and Kings Sons and more especially Charles called the Dauphin of Viennois and other great Commanders of the Blood Royal and likewise excepting those who â—lew Iohn late Duke of Burgoigne or that were knowing and consenting thereto And in 2 Hen. 6. making proof of his age and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands as also of all those Lands which descended to him by the death of Sir Hugh Stafford Knight his Uncle without issue In 6 Hen. 6. this Earl obtained License from the King to be absent from the Realm of Ireland for ten years nevertheless to receive the Revenue of all his Castles Lordships and Lands there And in 8 Hen. 6. was again retained by Indenture to serve the King for one whole year in his Wars of France with two Knights ninety seven Men at Arms and two hundred and forty Archers In 9 Hen. 6. he personally attended the King into France and there continued the next year following scil 10 Hen. 6. King Henry being then Crowned in Paris In 14 Hen. 6. he was again retained to serve the King in his Wars of France for one Moneth for the releif of Calais with fourscore Knights and five hundred twenty and three Archers In 16 Hen. 6. he obtained the Castle of Marstoke in Com. Warr. by exchange with Sir Iohn Clinton Knight for certain Lands in Northamptonshire after which he resided much there as by divers of his Grants bearing date at that Castle may appear And in 19 Hen. 6. was made Captain of the Town of Calais and Towor of Risbanke as also of the Marches of Calais being retained by Indenture for that service by the space of ten years bearing then the stile and title of Earl of Buckingham Stafford Northampton and Perch and having with him two hundred and sixty Men at Arms himself accounted In 21 Hen. 6. upon the death of Ioan Countess of Kent Widow of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent he was found to be her Heir viz. Son of Edmund Earl of Stafford Brother to the same Ioan. And in 22 Hen. 6. by an Indenture bearing date at London 13 Febr. wherein he is stiled The Right Mighty Prince Humphrey Earl of Buckingham Hereford Stafford Northampton and Perch Lord of Brecknock and of Holderness then Captain of the Town of Calais he retained Sir Philip Chetwind Knight as his Lieutenant of the Castle of Calais for one whole year with twenty nine Men at Arms on Foot and twenty Archers whereof two Men at Arms on Foot and four Archers to be of the said Sir Philips own Retinue Which Sir Philip was for that service to have sixteen pence per diem for himself for each of his Men at Arms eight pence and for his Archers six pence And for himself his Lady and a Gentlewoman with her and a Gentleman and two Yeomen of his own Retinue Bouch of Court and twenty pounds per annum of special reward or else allowance for their Bouch of Court according as other Soldiers of their degree used to have as also for their Skippeson and Reskippeson Moreover in 23 Hen. 6. 14 Sept. by reason of his near Alliance in Blood as also for his eminent services as well in the time of King Henry the Fifth as since both in France and England and likewise in the defence of the Town of Calais and Marches adjacent he was
Castle at Plimpton and to have the Lordships of Moreâ—s and Ridleston which were the Inheritance of the Countess of Mellent which she had granted to him as also for the Lordship of Cruke which was the Dowry of the Countess of Berry and of his Fee for which he had paid fourscore pounds per annum which payment was upon this Fine to be quitted Moreover to have a Tryal by the great Assize for decision of the right betwixt the King and himself touching Rumbrug and Langele viz. eight pound Land near Southampton likewise for enjoying that twenty pound Land which was of the Normans and that he might govern his Tenants by Military service and others in the Isle of Wight according to the Law of the Land and Judgment of his Court so that they might do with their Lands as they rightfully ought In 8 Ioh. he gave to the King one hundred pound and a Palfrey for Livery of the Lordships of Reynton and Feltham which were the marriage Portion of Alice his Grand-mother And in 13 Ioh. paid one hundred seventy and eight marks for eighty nine Knights Fees in Devonshire and four pounds and one mark for three and an half in Berkshire upon levying the Scutage of Wales In 15 Ioh. he went into Poictou In 18 Ioh. the King taking notice of his great age and by reason thereof his disability to defend his Lands against Lewes of France whom the Rebellious Barons had then called in did grant that he might retain his said Lands in his own hand upon condition that Baldwin his Son should constantly remain with the King in his service Which Baldwin having wedded Margaret Daughter and Heir to Warine Fitz-Gerald and dying in the life time of his Father King Iohn gave her in marriage unto his great favorite Falk de Breant in 15 Ioh. This Earl William took to Wife Mabel Daughter to Robert Earl of Mellent and had by the gift of her Father the Lordships of Esturmenistre Moreis and â—â—dlestune to hold to her and her heirs By which Mabel besides Baldwin his Son who died in his life time as hath been observed he had issue two Daughters viz. Mary the Wife of Robert de Curtenay who had in marriage the Head of his Barony in Devonshire with the Castle of Plimpton And Ioane first married to William the Son of William Briwere and after to Hubert de Burgh Chamberlain to the King who had also in marriage with her the whole Isle of Wight as also Christ Church Which Ioane died without issue This William died in 1 Hen. 3. whereupon his Castles of Caresbrock and Plimpton were committed to the trust of the Sheriff of Hantshire and others and the custody of his Lands in Hantshire Dorsetshire and Somersetshire unto Ralph de Wiliton But the Wardship of the Son and Heir of Baldwin his Son was given to Falk de Breant above mentioned who had married his Mother and held as her Dowry inter alia the Castle of Plimpton which was accounted Caput Honoris Comitatus Devon upon whose death which hapned in 9 Hen. 3. she the said Margaret had Livery of her Dowry by her first Husband Baldwin before mentioned she thereupon undertaking to pay the Debts of her last Husband Falk de Breant by three hundred marks per annum till they should be fully satisfied This Margaret by some called Margery in her pure Widowhood for the health of the Soul of Warine Fitz-Gerald her Father and the Souls of Alice de Curcy her Mother gave to the Canons of Bolton in Yorkshire her Mills at Hareâ—ode in that County And in 36 Hen. 3. An. 1252. departed this life upon the sixth Nones of October Matthew Paris affirms that she was by King Iohn the Tyrant as he calls him who stuck at no wicked act constrained to marry that impious ignoble and base conditioned man Falk de Breant against her Will of which marriage he says one wrote these following lines at that time Lex connectit eos amor concordia Lecti Sed Lex qualis Amor qualis Concordia qualis Lex exlex Amor exosus concordia discors And goeth on thus That on a time being in Bed with him he dreamed that a Stone of an extraordinary bigness like a Thunderbolt burst out of the Tower of the Church at S. Albans and falling upon him crusht him to pieces Whereupon starting out of his sleep and with great amazement trembling she asked him what the matter was and how he did To whom he answered I have in my time undergone many perils but never was so much terrified as in this Dream And having told her all particulars she replied That he had grievously offended S. Alban by polluting that Church with blood and plundering the Abby and therefore advised him for preventing a more grievous revenge to reconcile himself to that holy Martyr Wherefore lodging then at Luyton he forthwith arose and went to S. Albans and having sent for the Abbot fell upon his knees with tears and holding up his hands said Lord have mercy upon me for I have grievously offended God and his Blessed Martyr S. Alban but to a sinner there is mercy Let me therefore by your leave speak to your Covent in Chapter to ask pardon of them in your presence for what I have done Whereunto the Abbot consented admiring to see such Lamb-like humility in a Woolf Therefore putting off his apparel he entred the Chapter-house bearing a Rod in his hand and confessing his fault which he said he did in time of War received a lash by every one of the Monks upon his naked Body And when he had put on his cloaths again he went and sate by the Abbot and said This my Wife hath caused me to do for a Dream but if you require restitution for what I then took I will not hearken to you And so he departed the Abbot and Monks being glad that they were so rid of him without doing them any more mischeif This Margaret held the Lordships of Pishoo Niweham South-Lamheth Wrokeshale and Christechirche in Dower from Baldwine sometime Earl of Devonshire her Husband and came at last to be the Wife of Robert Aguillon but died not till 20 Edw. 1. by which it is evident that she lived to a very great age I now come to Baldwin Son of Baldwin who died in his Fathers life time In 11 Hen. 3. Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and Hertford gave a Fine of two thousand marks to the King for leave to marry his eldest Daughter to this young Earl Whereupon all his Demesn Lands which were then esteemed at two hundred pound per annum value were committed to the Guardianship of the same Earl of Glocester the rest being in the hands of Savaric de Male-leone till he
a Sword by the Kings own hands being the first of whom in any Charter that expression was used having likewise thereby a Grant of the third penny of all the Pleas impleaded before the Sheriff throughout that whole County whereof he was Earl to hold to him and his heirs in as ample manner as any of his Ancestors enjoyed the same And by another Charter dated 11 Iuly the same year had a Grant from the King to himself and his heirs in Fee-Farm of the Mannors of Wirkesworth and Esseburne vnlgò Ashburne together with the whole Wapentake paying yearly to the Exchequer Seventy pound sterling at Michaelmas and Easter by even portions And about the same time also in consideration of Two thousand marks obtained another Charter from the King of the Mannor of Hecâ—am now called 〈…〉 in Com. Northampt. with the Hundred and Park as also of the Mannors of Bliâ—eworth and Newâ—ottle in the same County which were part of the Lands of Wilâ—iam Peverel of Nottingham whose Daughter and Heir called Margaret was his Grandmother upon condition that he should release unto the King his whole Right and Claim in all other the Lands that did belong to the same William Peverel By which Charter the King doth rendâ—r grant and confirm unto him Hekham with one Hundred and an half as also the Park and likewise Newbottle and Bliseworth as his Inheritance by descent from William Peverel whose right heir he was To hold to him and his heirs for ever by the service of one Knights Fee Whereupon he quitted his title to all the rest of the Castles Forests and Lands of the same William Peverel In 2 Ioh. he had a Grant from the King of the service of William de Greseley and his heirs for his Lands at Drakelow to hold by the payment of a Bow with a Quiver and twelve Arrows yearly for all services Moreover in 5 Ioh. he obtained a Grant of the Inheritance of those Mannors of Wirkesworth and Esseburne with the Wapentake for which he gave five hundred marks And the same year procured the Kings special Mandate to Geffrey Fitz-Piers then Justice of England for Livery of those Lands in Stapleford in Com. Leic. which belonged to the Vidame of Chartres and were of his Fee Which Vidame died in a voyage to the Holy Land and was a Ferrers though he bore for his Arms a Bend betwixt six Martlets In 6 Ioh. he had a Grant of all the Lands in Leicestershire belonging to Walter de Tibetot which were of his Fee Tibetot then adhering to the Kings Enemies Which favors did so oblige him that in 14 Ioh. when the Pope had deposed King Iohn and that Pandulph the Legate came over to treat with him the French King being then upon the Seas with a powerful Army threatning an invasion so that the King became necessitated to yeild to what terms he could get This Earl manifested his affection to him so far as to give his solemn Oath for the Kings performance of those Articles whereunto he had submitted and was likewise one of the witnesses to that Charter whereby King Iohn gave up this Realm to the Pope Shortly after which viz. upon the seven and twentieth of Iune the same year the King gave him an House scituate in the Parish of S. Margaret within the City of London which did belong to Isaac a Iew of Norwich to hold of him and his heirs by the service that he the said Earl and his heirs should serve the King at Dinner upon all Festivals yearly without any Cap having a Garland thereon of the bredth of his little finger In this fifteenth year he attended the King into Poâ—ctou and in 16 Ioh. was constituted Governor of Harestan Castle in Com. Derb. In which year together with the King and divers of the Nobility he took upon him the Cross in order to a voyage unto the Holy Land but divers of the Barons soon after putting themselves in Arms hindred that journey Whereupon raising Forces for the King he took from those Rebels the Castles of Peck and Bolesover by assault of which the King then made him Governor And upon the death of King Iohn stood so firm to the young King Henry the Third as that with the rest of the Loyal Nobility he not only met at Glocester upon the Eve of the Apostles Simon and Iude in the presence of Walo the Popes Legate in order to the Coronation of that King but assisted thereat on Simon and Iudes day And immediately after Easter ensuing accompanied the famous William Marshall then Governor of the King and Kingdom the Earls of Chester Albemarle and many other great men in the Siege of Mountsorell Castle in Leicestershire then held by Henry de Braybroke and ten other stout Knights And the same year was also with those noble Persons at raising the Siege of Lincoln which the Rebellious Barons with Lewes King of France whom they brought into the Realm had made and having new Patents for the custody of those Castles of Peck and Bolesover held the Government of them for full six years But in the second year of that Kings Reign he underwent a journey to the Holy Land with Ranulph Earl of Chester and some others appointing his Steward viz. Ralph Fitz-Nicholas to transact all business concerning him which might relate to the Exchequer until his return And in 8 Hen. 3. was constituted Governor of the Castle and Honor of Lancaster In 9 Hen. 3. he executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Lancaster for three parts of that year So likewise for the whole years of 10 11 Hen. 3. In the last of which years upon the death of Robert de Ferrers his younger Brother without issue being his next heir he had such favor from the King as that he compounded the remainder of those debts which were due by his Brother for marrying the Wife he then had at the rate of ten marks per annum But in this eleventh year of Henry the Third upon that dispute which hapned betwixt the King and Richard Earl of Cornwall his Brother by reason whereof the King gave away that Earls Castle of Berkhamstead he with some others more resenting the injury which he thought was thereby offered to the Earl of Cornwal than the Obligation of Loyalty to his Soveraign stuck not to put himself in Arms on that Earls part But the King prudently foreseeing that unavoidable mischeif might thereby have ensued the Nobility being then so potent attributed the fault to his Cheif Justice and fairly composed the difference Nay this was not all for they threatned that if he would not restore to them that Charter touching the Liberties of the Forest which he had lately cancelled at
would vouchsafe by his Apostolick Authority to dispense therewith But though this address took no effect he had good esteem from the King for the next year following he attended him into Scotland and soon after that was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm After which scil in 30 Edw. 1. having married Hawyse the Niece and Heir of Cecelie de Muscegros doing his Homage he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 34 E. 1. was again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 4 Edw. 2. Moreover in 5 Edw. 2. being constituted Seneschal of the Dutchy of Aquâ—tane had an assignation of four hundred pounds in good small Turons whereof four make one pound Sterling for his Support in that service but dyed in 18 Edw. 2. leaving Robert de Ferrers his Son and Heir then fifteen years of age Which Robert was in that Expedition made into Scotland in 9 Edw. 3. So likewise in 10 Ed. 3. and 12 Ed. 3. As also in that for Flanders the same year Likewise in 13 and 14 Edw. 3. he was again in Flanders And in 15 Edw. 3. served the King in his Wars of Britanny with fifty Men at Armes In 16 Edw. 3. he was again imployed in the Warrs of France having forty two sacks of Wool assigned unto him out of the Kings Demesne Lands in Worcestershire for the support of himself and his men at Armes in that Service And in 19 Edw. 3. accompanied the Earl of Derby to the relief of Auberoche then besieged by the French In 23 Edw. 3. he attended the King in that notable Expedition made into France when the English obtained that signal Victory at Cressy But departed this Life in 24 Ed. 3. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir twenty one years of age and Robert a younger Son of whom I shall say more anon Which Iohn in 33 Ed. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne And having married Elizabeth the Widow of Fouke the Son of Iohn le Strange departed this life beyond the Seas upon the second day of April 41 Edw. 3. leaving Robert his Son and Heir at that time seven years of age Which Robert in 2 R. 2. was in another Expedition then made into France but died in 1 H. 5. leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter to Edward Lord Spencer Edmund his Son and Heir who being then of full age had Livery of his Lands Which Margaret surviving him had an assignation of her Dower the same year and departing this life in 3 Hen. 5. was Buried in the Abby of Merevale This last mentioned Edmund in 3 Hen. 5. attended the King into France And the next year following being retained by indenture to serve him with twenty Men at Armes himself and one Knight being part of the number as also sixty Archers was with the Dukes of Exeter Clarence and divers other Persons of honor at the siege of Roane in Normandy In 5 Hen. 5. he again attended that Victorious King into France But after that I have seen no more of him till his death which happened in 14 Hen. 6. upon Saturday next after the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle he being then seized of the Mannors of Buckbroke in Com. Northamp Norton-Bonewood in Com. Somers Teynton in Com. Glouc. as also the Mannor of Bykenoure English with the Office of Woodward in the Forest of Dene thereto belonging in the same County of the Mannors of Chinnore in Com. Oxon. Hamsted Ferrers in Comit. Berks. Chartley and Hardwyke in Com. Staff Braydfall called Nether-Hall in Com. Derb. Charleton Musgross and Hundred of Bowode with the Office of Woodward in the Forrest of Selewode in Com. Somers Ketton in Com. Hunt two parts of the Village of Southogh called Ferrers with the Mannor of Parton and two parts of the Mannor of Eynesbury in the same County And in right of Elene his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Thomas de la Roche then surviving of the Mannor of Castle Bromwich the moity of the Mannor of Nether-Whitacrâ— and of the Mannor of Bermicham all in Com. Warw. leaving William his Son and Heir at that time twenty three years of age Which William performing his Homage had Livery of his Lands the same year This last mentioned William died 9 Iunii 28 Hen. 6. being then seized of the Mannors of Buckbroke in Com. Northamp Chartley and Herdwyke with the moity of the Mannor of Barr in Comit. Staff Paxton Parva Mawgrith Ketton Soutâ—ow alias Ferrers Mannor and Eynesbury in Com. Hunt the moity of the Mannor of Dourton in Comitat. Buck. of the mannor of Chynnore in Com. Oxon. Kyngeston Bakepuz and Hamsted Ferrers in Com. Berks. Norton Bonewood Norton Hundred and Charleton Musgros in Com. Somers leaving issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Anne at that time eleven years of age and eight Months then married to Walter Devereux Esquire Whereupon Edmund his brother had livery of those Lands which were entailed upon him as Heir Male. Which Walter in 31 H. 6. Anne his Wife being then above fourteen years of age had Livery of all the Lands of her inheritance without any proof of her age by the Kings special appointment And in 2 Edw. 4. was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons as Lord Ferrers of Chartley from whom the late Earles of Essex and the present Viscount Hereford are lineally descended as I shall shew in due place Ferrers of Okam in Rutland ¶ THe first of this name that feated himself here was Walcheline de Ferrers a younger Son to William de Ferrers Earl of Derby by Margaret his Wife Daughter and Heir to William Peverel of Notingham Which Walcheline held Okam by the service of one Knights Fee and an half in 12 Henr. 2. And in 22 Hen. 2. paid an hundred marks for trespassing in the Kings Forests in those parts In 33 Hen. 2. this Walcheline answered thirty shillings for one Knights Fee and an half upon collection of the Scutage of Galweye And in 1 Ric. 1. was acquitted for the assarting of eighty Acres of Land within the Forest of Roteland Viz. in the Fields of Okham fifty five Acres in the fields of Braunceston twenty Acres and in the fields of Broc five Acres so that he should not thenceforth pay any thing to the King or his Heirs for the same But that which is most memorable of him is that he was at that famous siege of Acon in the Holy-Land with King Richard in 3 Ric. 1. To whom succeeded Hugh de Ferrers his Son and Heir Which Hugh in 9 R. 1. gave a Fine of three hundred marks to the King to marry the Daughter and Heir of Hugh de
for she was a Whore and the Kings affections to her were unlawful and adulterous and bury her out of the Church with other common people to the end that Religion be not vilified and that other Women may be terrified from such adulterous practises Whereupon they did so It is said elswhere that her Body was buried in the Chapter-house of that Nunnery with this Epitaph Hic jacet in Tumbâ Rosa mundi non Rosa munda Non redolet sed olet quae redolere solet I now come to Walter de Clifford the eldest Son of the last Walter This Walter whilst his Father lived was called Walter de Clifford junior and took to Wife Agnes the sole Daughter and Heir to Roger de Cundi Lord of the Mannors of Cavenby and Glentham in Com. Linc. by Alice his Wife Lady of Horn Castle in that County sole Daughter and Heir to William de Cheney Lord of Cavenby and Glentham in the Conquerors time as is said By whom he had issue four Sons viz. Walter Roger Giles and Richard In 1 8 9 17 Ioh. then called Walterus junior he was Sheriff of Herefordshire But all that I have farther seen of him is That by the consent of Agnes his Wife he confirmed to the Monks of Barklings in Com. Linc. certain Lands lying in Cavenby and Glentham which they had purchased from the Abbots of Lykes and Neuhus as also that he gave to the Gilbertines at Brodholme in Com. Nottingh the Church of S. Helen at Hornhag and site of a Mill in the Moor betwixt Hornhag and Drengesha And departed this life in 7 Hâ—n â— as it seems for it appears that Walter his Son and Heir then accounting one hundred pound for his Relief had Livery of the Barony descended to him by the death of his Father But in consideration of his good and faithful services to that King had a discharge of Fourscore and fourteen pounds and six shillings thereof And in 12 Hen. 3. was constituted Governor of the Castles of Caermerdin and Cardigan Moreover in 13 Hen. 3. upon levying the Scutage of Kery in Wales he was acquitted for nine Knights Fees and in 14 H. 3. obtained the Kings Precept to the Barons of his Exchequer to discharge him of twenty four pound which he had borrowed in Ireland in the time of King Iohn and likewise of ten marks more as part of his Relief In 16 Hen. 3. upon the death of Roger his younger Brother he gave one hundred pound Fine to the King for the Wardship and Marriage of his Heir But in 17 Hen. 3. adhering to Richard Maresebal Earl of Pembroke then in Arms upon specious pretences which the King looked upon as Rebellious he was outlâ—wed and his Lands bestowed on those Poictovins who then bore all the sway Whereupon command was given to the Sheriff of Shropshire to seise his Castle and Mannor of Corfham Howbeit this displeasure lasted not long for the year following his Castle of Clifford which he had given up as a pledge for his fidelity was rendred to him again In 25 Hen. 3. upon that accord made betwixt Senena Wife of Griffith Son of Lewelin Prince of North Wales and King Henry this Walter was one of the Pledges for her in the name of her Husband that full performance should be made thereof In 38 Hen. 3. upon the Aid then levied for making the Kings eldest Son Knight he answered for nine Knights Fees In 41 Hen. 3. being one of the Barons Marches he was commanded to assist Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford in defending the Marches of Wales betwixt Montgomery and the Earl of Glocesters Lands In 42 Hen. 3. he had command to attend the King at Chester upon Monday next before the Feast of S Iohn Baptist with Horse and Arms to oppose the hostile Incursions of the Welsh In 44 Hen. 3. he was required with other of the Barons Marchers to assist Roger de Mortimer in defence of the Marches against the like Incursions In 47 Hen. 3. he had command to be at Hereford upon the third day after the Epiphany well appointed with Horse and Arms for defence of those parts against the Welsh And at the Coronation of Queen Eleanor Wife to King Henry the Third with the rest of the Barons Marchers he claimed as Ius Marchiae to carry the Canopy which belonged to the Barons of the Cinque Ports As to his Works of Piety he gave to the Canons of Haghmon in Shropshire his Mills at Culmitone and Sinetune for the maintenance of their Kitchin with one Yard-Land in Sinetune and a Messuage there belonging to those Mills To the Monks of Dore all Nanteglas and â—arleturmaur a large Territory set forth in his Grant by Metes and Bonds as also divers Lands in Cantersclyff And on the Nunns of Acornbury in Herefordshire he bestowed certain Lands in Corsham He married Margaret Daughter to Lewelyn Prince of Wales and Widow of Iohn de Braose Which Margaret surviving him bequeathed her Heart to be Buried in the Church of the Nunns at Acornbury with fifteen marks Sterling for performing the solemnity at the sepulture thereof and left issue by her one onely Daughter his Heir called Maud first married to William de Longspe Earl of Sarum who had with her in Frank-marriage â—ulmintone in Comit. Salop. then vallued at twenty eight pounds eight shillings and two pence but in case it did not reach then to be made out in Corfham in part of two hundred pounds per annum which he was to give her and afterwards to Sir Iohn Giffard of Brimsfield Which Maude by his consent gave to the Canons of Barlings in Com. Linc. the Lordships of Cavenby and Glentham in that County This Walter died in 48 Hen. 3. Having now finished my discourse of him I come to Roger his Brother from whom the succeeding Barons of this Family did descend In 15 Ioh. this Roger had the Honor of Kinton in Com. Heref. committed to his custody And in 1 Hen. 3. had a Grant of the Mannor of Axeford part of the Possessions of Ralph de la Bruere then in Armes against the King to hold during pleasure In 13 Hen. 3. upon levying the scutage of Kery he was acquitted for nineteen Knights Fees which were of the inheritance of Sibill his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Robert de Ewyas a great Baron in Herefordshire Widow of ... Tregoz in regard he was personally in that Expedition In 14 Hen. 3. he attended the King into Britanny and being there obtained a Grant of the Marriage of Hawyse the Widow of Iohn Boterell for the behoof of Roger his Son and Heir But more I cannot say of him then that by the advice of Sibill his Wife
assenting and Hugh his Brother being a Witness thereto Which Oliver died in his Fathers life time as it seems for certain it is That this Walter gave unto one Walter a Priest and Canon of Thurgarton half a Carucate of Land lying in Braunceston with a Toft for the health of his Soul by reason that the said Oliver had redeemed him from imprisonment and death in the Battle of Lincoln So that Iohn his other Son succeeded him in the Inheritance for in 14 Hen. 2. I find that he gave a hundred marks for Livery thereof In 22 Hen. 2. this Iohn paid twenty marks in Nottinghamshire for trespassing in the Kings Forests Also ten marks in Northamptonshire for the like transgression there In 24 Hen. 1. and in 7 Rich. 1. gave fifty marks for Livery of his Wifes Lands which lay in Nottinghamshire and Derbishire In 2 Ioh. he gave eight marks to the King that he might not be compelled to go in that expedition then made beyond Sea And lastly to the Monks of Belvoir for the good estate of himself and his wife and the health of the Souls of Walter his Father and Oliver his Brother one Carucate of Land in Graneby This Iohn by Alice his Wife the Daughter of Ralph Murdack had issue three Sons viz. Oliver William and Nicholas Which Oliver in 1 Rich. 1. paid thirty five pounds for Scutage of those Knights Fees he held in regard he was not in the expedition of Galway in Ireland This Oliver in 6 Rich. 1. was in the Kings service in Normandy and confirmed that Grant made by Walter his Grandfather unto Walter the Priest abovementioned but with condition that if he could not warrant the same that then in lieu thereof he would give to the Canons of Thurgarton five shillings Rent of Assise out of his Lordship of Braunceton or else out of Graneby Bâ—ankney or Elmton Moreover with Maud Peeche or rather Becche his Wife he gave to those Canons of Thurgarton four Bovates of Land in Boilston and died in 3 Ioh. as it seems for then did Iohn Bishop of Norwich give a Fine of four hundred marks to the King for the Wardship of his Heir and was buried in the South part of the Church in Belvoâ—r Priory Which Heir likewise called Oliver was also in minority in 13 Ioh. for then did the same Bishop of Norwich upon levying the Aid for the Scutage of Scotland answer for thirty five Knights Fees of his Inheritance But in 17 Ioh. he was not only of age but one of those that joyned with the rest of the Rebellious Barons for it appears that the King then sent his Precept to all that held by Military service of his Barony and Fee that they should answer for their Tenures to Philip Mark unto whom he had disposed the same Which Grant to Philip Mark who was then an eminent Man in Nottinghamshire King Henry the Third in the first year of His Reign confirmed But notwithstanding this Grant upon payment of a Fine for that his transgression and one hundred pound for his Relief he had Livery of all his Lands before the end of that year In 13 Hen. 3. this Oliver accounted unto the Kings Exchequer for thirty five Knights Fees upon collection of the Scutage of Kery And married Nichola Niece to Nichola de Haya a great Woman in Lincolnshire having Lands in Dudington with her In 29 Hen. 3. upon payment of the Aid for Marrying of the Kings eldest Daughter he accounted thirty six pounds for thirty five Knights Fees To this Oliver succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who upon the death of his Father in 30 Hen. 3. paying an hundred pounds for his Releif had Livery of his Inheritance And in 38 Hen. 3. accounted seventy pounds to the King for the thirty five Knights Fees he held upon levying the Aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight But in 42 Hen. 3. he was dead for then did Edmund d'Eincourt his Son and Heir answer seventy pounds for twenty five Knights Fees upon levying the Scutage of Wales Which Edmund being in that expedition made into Wales in 10 Edw. 1. had then Scutage of his Tenants In 22 Edw. 1. he was in Gascoigne in the Kings service so also in 23 Edw. 1. and 25 Edw. 1. In 31 Edw. 1. he was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 4 Edw. 2. This Edmund having had issue one only Son called Edmund and he one only Daughter Isabel considering that his Name and Arms after his death descending to her would be utterly extinguished and being cordially desirous that both his Name and Arms should after his death remain to posterity did in consideration of his own laudable services performed to King Edward the First and Edward the Second obtain a special License from King Edward the Second in the Seveâ—th year of His Reign for power to Enfeoff what person soever he pleased in all his Lordships and Lands Knights Fees with Advowsons of Churches and Abbies to have and to hold to such person and his heirs for ever of the said King and his Heirs by the services antiently due and of right accustomed and upon Seisin made thereof that those Feoffees should have power to grant all the said Lordships Lands c. back again unto him the said Edmund to hold and enjoy for term of his life with Remainder to William d'Eincourt Son to Iohn d'Eincourt and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to Iohn d'Eincourt Brother of the said William and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten with Remainder to the right Heirs of the said Edmund After which viz. in 8 Edw. 2. this Edmund had Summons to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the Feast day of the Blessed Virgin well accoutred with Horse and Arms to march into Scotland And in 9 Edw. 2. obtained a Charter from the King for a weekly Market every Tuesday at his Mannor of Blankney in Com. Linâ— And a Fair every year on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady Which Edmund being departed this life in 1 Edw. 3. William d'Eincourt in pursuance of that settlement before-mentioned had Livery of the Mannors of Blankney and Braunceston in Com. Linc. Graneby in Com. Nottingh c. excepting the Dowry of Ioane the Wife of Hammond de Masâ—y sometime Wife of Edmund the Son of Iohn d'Eincourt Cosin of the said Edmund d'Eincourt This William in 1 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 8 Edw. 3. being then of the Retinue to Eubulo le Strange as also in 9 Edw. 3. And in 12 Edw. 3. having been beyond Sea with the King and in
Tanfield for the celebration of Divine Service there for the health of his own Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother and all his Ancestors Upon the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth he was advanced to the Office of Constable of England for that solemnity And in 2 H. 5. in consideration of his good services done and to be done had an Annuity of one hundred pounds per annum given him by that King for the term of his life to be received out of the issues and revenues of the County of Lincoln Also upon the Seige of Harfleu the same year he was sent by the Duke of Clarence to treat with those within the Town and being then Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold was imployed to the General Council of Constance in Germany at that time held For which and other his eminent services upon the Attainder of Henry Lord Scrope of Masham he obtained a Grant of all the Lands of the same Lord Scrope lying in Richmondshire to hold during the term they should continue in the Kings hands rendring therefore an accompt according to a reasonable extent and upon the Surrender of that Grant the same year obtained another of the Mannors of Masham Clifton Watlows Thirne Nostrefield Burton Constable Norton Garstone Bellerby Coverham Ainderby with the Stepyll Berningham and Newsom All which did belong to the same Lord Scrope and divolved to the Crown by reason of that forfeiture to hold for term of life And the next ensuing year was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France with forty Men at Arms whereof himself with three Knights to be part of the number and eighty Archers In 5 Hen. 5. he was again retained to serve the King in his Wars of France with eighty eight Men at Arms whereof two to be Knights besides himself and two hundred and forty Archers And before the end of that year was joyned in Commission with Iohn de Nevill to assault and take any Castles Towns c. in the Dutchy of Normandy and to reduce them to the Kings obedience In 6 H. 5. he was with the Duke of Exeter at the Siege of Roan and in 9 Hen. 5. being still Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold attended the King again into France It is farther reported of this Henry that he travelled more then once to Ierusalem and likewise beyond it to Grand Cairâ— where the Souldan had his residence and that in his return he fought with the Saracens and Turks as also that by the help of the Knights of Rhodes he built a Castle there called S. Peters Castle By his Testament bearing date upon the Feast day of S. Iohn the Evangelist An. 1424. 3 Hen. 6. this Henry bequeathed his Body to be buried in our Lady Kirk within the Abby of Iorevaulx appointing that in all haste possible after his death it should be carried thither and buried by day light if it came not too late And in case it did then the same night Moreover willing that a thousand Masses should be said for his Soul with all speed constituting Sir William Sir Geffrey and Mr. Robert Fitz-Hugh his Sons with Elizabeth his Wife his Executors Soon after which viz. upon the eleventh of Ianuary next following he departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Carleton in Lindrik and Kingston in the said Town of Carleton in Com. Nottingh As also of the Mannors of Thringarth Dent Sedbergh Stavel Thorp under-Stane Fremington West Apelgarth Little Leming Lirtlington East Apelgarth the Castle and Mannor of Ravenswath the Mannors of Ayreton in Craven Cleseby Clawelbek Estanfield Mikelton and Cotherston with the Advowson of the Abby of Iorevaulx all in Com. Ebor. Leaving issue by the before mentioned Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and sole Heir of Sir Robert Grey Knight Son of Sir Iohn Grey of Rotherfield Knight and Brother and Heir of Iohn Grey called Lord Marmion one of the Sons of Iohn Lord Grey of Roâ—herfield by Lora his Wife the second Daughter and Coheir to Herbert de S. Quintin eight Sons viz. Sir William Fitz-Hugh Knight his Son and Heir then twenty six years of age Sir Iohn Fitz-Hugh Knight Robert Bishop of London Iohn who died young Henry drowned in the River of Humber Raufe who died in France Herbert and Richard who also died young And five Daughters viz. Elizabeth who died in her infancy Ioane the Wife of Sir Robert de Willoughby Knight Eleanor the Wife of Philip Lord d'Arcy afterwards of Thomas Tunstall Maud the Wife of Sir William de Evre Elizabeth the Wife of Sir Rauf Grey Knight and Lora the Wife of Sir Maurice Berkley of Beverstan Knight Which Sir William in his Fathers life time viz. in 9 Hen 5. attended that King in his expedition then made into France being then retained by Indenture to serve him with ten Men at Arms himself accounted and thirty Archers And upon his Fathers death being of full age doing his Fealty had the same year Livery of his Lands This Sir William in 11 Hen. 6. was joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others to treat with the Commissioners of Iames the First King of Scotland at Hamden-stank or some other place touching satisfaction for such injuries as had been done to the English by the Subjects of that Nation And in 13 Hen. 6. upon information that the Scots were preparing to besiege Barwick and the Castles in the Marches was again commissioned with the Earls of Northumberland Westmorland the Lord Clifford Dacres Greistoke and Latimer to raise the power of the Northern Counties for their defence Moreover in 27 Hen. 6. 18 Decemb. he entred into Covenants with Sir Iohn Constable of Halsham Knight that Lora his Daughter should take to Husband Iohn the Son and Heir of the said Iohn upon Munday before Candlemass day next ensuing And having married Margery the Daughter to William Lord Willoughby of Eresâ—p departed this life upon the 22 of October 31 Hen. 6. being then seised of the Mannor of Staunton Quintin in Com. Wiltes Frome Quintin Evershete and Bell in Com. Dorset the moity of the Mannor of Luddington in Comit. Northampt. the Mannor of Berwike in Com. Suss. Wintringham in Com. Linc. Beghton in Com. Derb. Charlton Kingston and Bothumsall in Com. Nottingh Bradley in Com. Berks. Brandes-Burton Westanfield Estanfield Cairethorpe Wathe Leming Magna Mikelton in â—esdaie Cutherston Lertington Clisseby Clowbeke Berewike Leming Parva West Appelgarth Fremington Dent Wodhall Eâ—wardâ—y Thurkelby Maâ—elton and the Castle of Ravenswath in Com. Ebor. As also of the Mannors of Benton Parva and Aldmore in Com. Northumbr Leaving Henry his Son and Heir twenty three years of age and six Daughters viz. Margery the Wife of Sir Iohn Milton Knight Ioane marâ—iâ—d to Iohn Lord Scrope
he came to his Estate with Walter Bishop of Durham Henry Earl of Northumberland and others in that Treaty for Peace betwixt the King and his Adversaries the Scots In 4. Hen. 4. he was one of those who on the behalf of the Lord Grey of Ruthyn undertook for the raising of ten thousand Marks for his ransom the same Lord Grey being then a prisoner in Wales In the same year upon the 29 th of September he was constituted Lord Treasurer of England in which office he continued until 15 April 7 Hen. 4. And in 6 Hen. 4. in consideration of his good and acceptable service to the King obtained a Grant of an hundred Marks per Annum to be paid during his life out of the Exchequer In 13. Hen. 4. being one of the King's Council and in such esteem that his residence near the Court was thought necessary he had the Town of Chyngilford in Essex assigned unto him for lodging of his Servants and Horses In this year it was that he exhibited his complaint in Parliament against Robert Tirwhit one of the Justices of the King's Bench for withholding from him and his Tenants of his Mannor of Melton-Roos in Com. Linc. certain Common of Pasture and Turbary in â—rawdy in the same County and with laying wait for him with five hundred men Whereupon Sir Robert Tirwhit confessing his fault in the presence of the King and craving pardon for the same offered to stand to the order of two Lords of the kindred of this William Lord Ross and such as he should chuse Whereunto the King assenting he made choice of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Richard Lord Grey then Lord Chamberlain of the King's houshold who having heard the proofs of what was alledged did ordain and award touching the same Common of Pasture and Turbary that both parties should stand to the Ordinance and Arbitrement of Sir William Gascoine Knight then chief Justice of the King's Bench who at the costs of both parties should come to the same place of Common at such reasonable time as it might like this William Lord Ross to assign And that at the same time the said Robert Tirwhit should bring two Tuns of Gascoigne Wine to Melton-Roos and afterwards upon some other day to be assigned by this William Lord Ross should also bring to the same place two fat Oxen and twelve fat Sheep to be spent on a Dinner amongst them who should then come thither And moreover that he the said Robert Tirwhit should then cause to come thither all the Knights Esquires and Yeomen of his party and in the presence of this Lord Ross and all other that there should be to rehearse all the words which he had spoken to the King in the same Parliament and specially that he should say to this William Lord Ross. My Lord Roos I know well that you being of such Birth Estate and Might that if you had liked you might have comen to the foresaid Law-day in such a way that I had been of no might to have made any party but that it like you to come in such a case having consideration to your degree and of all that by sinister information I having doubt of harm of my body in mine intent for Salvation of my self did assemble those persons that here be and others moe not for to do any harm ne offence to you my Lord the Roos and that I will here excuse me as ye will devise that forasmuch as I am a Iustice that more than a common man should have had me more discreetly and peacefully I know well that I have failed and offended you my Lord the Roos whereof I beseech you of grace and mercy and offer you five hundred Marks to be paid at your will And they farther ordained that this being done this Lord Ross should say At reverence of the King who hath shewed himself to be a good and righteous Lord I will take nothing of the said Robert but the foresaid nine Oxen and Sheep for the dinner of them that have been here present And furthermore that this William Lord Ross in the presence of all persons then there being should openly forgive him the said Robert and all other that in the array abovesaid were assembled their offences and trespasses except only four persons viz. Sir Richard Haunsard Knight William Keble Roger Warneston and Roger Keble Son of the same William Which four persons they ordained that the said Robert Tirwhit should bring at the appointment of the Lord Ross to his Castle of Belvoir there to acknowledge their offences and submit themselves to the same Lord Ross praying him of grace and mercy And this submission being thus made the Lord Ross to do so to them as that they should hold themselves well satisfied with his favour and grace This William Lord Ross was summoned to all the Parliaments from 18 Ric. 2. till 1 Hen. 5. inclusive And by his Testament dated 22 February An. 1412. 14 Hen. 4. bequeathed his Body to sepulture in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury near unto the Chapel ordained for the Chantry of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury in case he should depart this life in London or thereabouts But if he should dye within the Diocess of Lincoln then his Body to be buried in the Priory of Belvoir and if in the Diocess of York then in the Priory of Kievaulx By which Testament he also bequeathed four hundred pounds for the finding of ten honest Chaplains to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father Mother Brethren and Sisters as also for the Souls of all his Friends and Good-doers but specially for the Soul of his brother Thomas for the space of eight years within his Chapel in Belvoir-Castle to the end that one of them should every day celebrate a Mass with Note and for that time to be accounted as Dean amongst them and all the other nine subject and obedient to him To the Lady Beatrice his Mother he gave a gilt Cup with a cover and a white knop on it and dying at Belvoir the first of September Anno 1414. 2 Hen 5. was buried in the midst of the Quire of that Priory leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife daughter of Sir Iohn Arundell Knight five Sons viz. Iohn William Thomas Robert and Richard and three Daughters viz. Alice Margaret and Elizabeth Which Margaret surviving him had her Dowry assigned in February next following and dyed not till 3 Iulii 17 Hen. 6. This Iohn Lord Ross Son and Heir to the last mentioned William in 4 Hen. 5. was retained to serve the King in that Expedition which he was then to make in person into the Realm of France with ten men at Arms himself accounted for one the rest Esquires as also with thirty Arches and to take Shipping at Southampton on the first day of May being then scarce eighteen years of age as
King upon the Day of his Coronation with a Silver Cup leaving the before-specified Reginald his Son and Heir at that time xl years of age Which Reginald doing his Homage soon after his Father's death had Livery of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Cantabr Norff. Suff. and Hertf. And in 21 E. 1. obtain'd a Charter for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle and four days ensuing at his Mannor of New-Market in Com. Suff. as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist and one day following at his Mannor of Halesworth in the same County And having been summon'd to Parliament in 25 E. 1. but not 〈◊〉 departed this Life in 1 E. 2. Whereupon Iohn his Son and Heir doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and the same year obtain'd a Grant for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands within his Mannor of Haâ—â—ele in Com. Bedf. and Trâ—â—king in Com. Hertf. This Iohn had two Wivâ—s first Ioane by whom he had Issue three Daughters viz. Ioane Elizabeth and Dionyse who were Heirs to their Mother And by Anne his second Wife one Son called Iohn And departed this Life in 12 E. 2. leaving the same Iohn his Son and Heir six Months old Of this Family was also Reginald de Argentine who in 21 H. 3. being a Knight-Templar was Standard-bearer of the Christian-Army in a great Battle against the Turks near 〈◊〉 in the Holy Land and carried it till his Hands and Leggs being broke he was there slain So likewise was Sir Giles Argentine Knight slain in Scotland in the Battel of Baâ—noksburne near Strivelin in 7 E. 2. It is said That the King himself being in that fatal Battel and seeing the danger by the advice of this Sir Giles who being then lately come from the Wars of Henry de Luxemburgh the Emperour and reputed a â—â—out Warriour fled to Dunbar and that this Siâ— Giles saying he was not wont to fly return'd to the English Host and was slain But farther than what hath been said considering that no other of this Family than the before-mention'd Reginald had Summons to Parliament and consequently were not in the Rank of Barons I shall not pursue the Story of them Tregoz IN 5 Steph. William de Tregoz had the Lands of William Peverel of London in Farm To this William succeeded Geffrey de Tregoz Which Geffrey took to Wife Annabil the Daughter of Robert Gresley by whom he had Issue William his Son and Heir and four Daughters but died in 21 H. 2. or before for then did the Sheriff of Essex account to the Exchequer for the ancient Farm of his Lands by the name of an Honour leaving her the said Annabil surviving who in 32 H. 2. held the Mannor of Dunstaple then valued at 12 l. per Annum Which William de Tregoz Son of them the said Geffrey and Annabil being in Ward to Robert de Luci married his Daughter though then but xvii years of age And in 34 H. 2. paying C l. for his Relief had Livery of his Lands This William died in 10 Ioh. Whereupon Stephen Harengot in consideration of CCCC Marks obtain'd the Wardship of Robert his Son and Heir and likewise of his Daughter Which Robert in 2 R. 1. paid xviii l. x s. for the Scutage of the Fees of Hubert de Rie and in 3 R. 1. was Sheriff of Wiltsh In 6 R. 1. he was in that Expedition then made into Normâ—ndy And in 7 Ioh. upon collecting the sixth Scutage of that King's Reign answered xxxviii Marks for those nineteen Knights Fees belonging to the Honour of Robert de Ewyas whose Daughter Sibyll he had married This Robert de Tregoz held one Kinghts Fee in 〈◊〉 of the Conquest of England and in 8 Ioh. obtain'd the King's Precept to the Sheriff of Somerset and Dorsetsh to make Livery unto him of the Mannor of Little Chelworth which Maceline the Wife of Robert Fitz-Raphe held as the Right of Sibyll his Wife To this Robert succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who in 20 H. 3. had respite for the payment of that C l. due for his Relief of those Lands which were of the Inheritance of Sibyll de Ewyas his Mother and doing his Homage ahd Livery of them Shortly after which he obtain'd liberty to pay his Relief by xx l. per Annum To this last-mention'd Robert succeeded Robert the Son of Geffrey de Tregoz who in 40 H. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Essex Nott. and Norff. And in 41 H. 3. receiv'd command to assist Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Heref. on guarding the Marches of Wales betwixt Montgomeri and the Lands of the Earl of Gloucester Moreover in 42 H. 3. he had Summons to attend the King at Chester upon Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Hostilities of the Welch But in 49 H. 3. being one of the Barons then in Arms against the King lost his Life in the Battel of Evesham leaving Issue Iohn his Son and Heir Which Iohn doing his Homage in 52 H. 3. had Livery of his Lands and had such Favour from the King notwithstanding his Father's Demerits that he was acquitted of fifty Marks of the C l. then due for his Relief After which viz. in 10 E. 1. he attended the King in that Expedition then made into Wales and in 13 E. 1. obtain'd Licence for a Fair every year at Eton in Com. Heref. upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Nativity of our Lady Likewise for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Cheleworth and Burnham in Com. Somerset and Eton in Com. Heref. In 22 E. 1. being in that Expedition then made into Gascoine he had leave for his Wife and Family to reside in the Castle of Devises and to have Fuel for their Fires there In 25 E. 1. he was in the Scottish Wars as also in those of Gascoine and in 26 E. 1. again in the Wars of Scotland This Robert confirm'd the Foundation of the Priory of Newsted near Guildeford in Com. Surr. And having been summon'd to Parliament in 25 and 27 E. 1. departed this Life upon the xii th Kal. of Sept. 28 E. 1. being then seised of the Castle of Ewyas Harold with its Members in the Marches of Wales which he held by Barony Likewise of the Mannor of Eton Tregoz in Com. Heref. Alyngton in Com. Wiltes with the Hamlet of Est Kene in that County Albâ—iton in Com. Salop.
of Purbeck And in 5 E. 3. had a Charter for Free-warren in all his Lordships of Crokham in Com. Berks. Syreneston in Com. Suthampt. Fulmere in Com. Buck. Catfourd and Leuesham in Kent Likewise Wreck Waef Strey Goods of Felons and Fugitives with Fines Amerciaments and Forfeitures of his Tenants in his Mannors of Christ-Church-Tmynham Kyngwode and Sweyneston in the Isle of Wiht and County of Suthampt. Furthermore in 6 E. 3. having a Grant from Iohn de Wylinton of the Isle of Lundy with its Appurtenances he procured the King's Confirmation thereof And the next ensuing year in consideration of his great Merits and in regard the Castle of Werke standing upon the Marches of Scotland was then ruinous to the end he should Fortifie it and maintain it in good Repair by consent of the Lords then assembled in Parliament he obtain'd a Grant thereof to Iohn his Son and Heir and to the Heirs of his Body As also a Release from the same King of all his Right and Title in the whole Isle of Man with all its Appurtenances Whereupon he procur'd a Charter for a Market every Tuesday at his said Mannor of Werke and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Giles In which year he was again in the Scottish Wars About this time the King holding a Parliament at Yorke in the second Week of Lent Edward King of Scotland being sent for thither and not able to come by reason of his Enemies who lay in the Isles adjacent with design to take him imploy'd this William with the Lord Beaumont and some others to make his Apology In 8 E. 3. he was constituted Governour of the Isles of Garnesey Ieresey Serke and Aureney and sent with some other of the English Nobles to the Parliament of Scotland Moreover in 9 E. 3. he was made Constable of the Tower of London And in consideration of his great Expences in divers Services obtain'd a Grant of the Forest of Selkyrk and Elryk with the Town and County of Selkyrk in Scotland to hold in Fee-farm to him and his Heirs paying to the King's Exchequer at Berwyke upon Lwede the yearly Rent of xxx l. at the Feasts of St. Martin and Pentecost by even Portions About this time there was an Agreement made by Indenture betwixt this William and Roger Lord Grey of Deffrencloyt viz. That Iohn de Grey his Son and Heir should take to Wife Anne the Daughter of this William her Portion being a thousand Marks Furthermore in this year he obtain'd from the King a Grant in Fee of the Mannors of Timbrie Eagle Wodeton Frome Whitfeld and Mersewode with the Advowsons of the Churches as also of the Mannor of Pole with the Advowson of the Church after the death of Robert le Fitz-Paine and Ela his Wife without Issue paying to the King his Heirs and Successors upon Christmass-day wheresoever he or they should happen to be a Sword of iii s. iv d. price for all Services As also the Mannors of Wodeton and Mersewode-Uale with all other the Mannors Lands and Hundreds of the said Robert Fitz-Pain and Ela his Wife lying in the Counties of Somerset Dorset and Wiltes part of the Possessions of Iohn Matravers the younger attained Likewise of the Mannor of Dachette in Com. Buck. Upon the eleventh of July this year the King going out of Carlisâ—e this Lord Montacute on Tuesday following with divers other Noble Persons march'd towards Carlaverok and took great store of Cattel And on Thursday next after the King passing the Ford of Anand where he display'd his Banners and made divers Knights gave to this William his Crest with the Eagle and a Courser with Caparisons adorn'd with the Arms of Montacute Whereupon he advanc'd farther into Scotland and brought much Plunder unto the Army But in these Scottish Wars he lost one of his Eyes In 10 E. 3. he was constituted Admiral of the King's Fleet from the Mouth of Thames Westwards And in consideration of a Fine of a thousand Marks then given to the King obtain'd a Grant of the Marriage of Roger the Son and Heir to Edmund de Mortimer deceased And having serv'd the King in his Scottish Wars with great success he was the next year following in full Parliament held at London in the Month of March viz. 16 Martii advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Salisbury with a Grant of the yearly Rent of xx l. out of the Profits of that Country Shortly after which by reason of his great Abilities in War he was joyn'd with Richard Earl of Arundell in the Conduct of the King's Army into Scotland And the same year being one of the Ambassadors to Rupert Count-Palatine of Rhene Duke of Bavaria to engage him on the behalf of King Edward against Philip King of France he promised two thousand seven hundred Florens to that Count or as much in Sterling-Money for his Assistance against the French The like League was by him and his Fellow-Embassadors then made with the Earl of Gueldres and Marquess of Iuliers as also with the Earl of Zealand After which the same year he march'd again into Scotland with divers other of the English Nobles and on the fifth Cal. of February besieg'd the Castle of Dunbar for full nineteen Weeks Shortly after this taking Shipping at Orwell he attended the King into Brabant For which and other his eminent Services meriting highly he obtain'd a Grant in Fee of the Mannor of Beck'e in Com. Oxon. after the death of Iohn de Handlo as also a Charter for a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Kingwode in Com. Suthampt upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Andrâ—w the Apostle and a Grant in Râ—version after the death of Iohn de Warren Earl of 〈◊〉 and Ioane his Wife of the Mannors of 〈…〉 Ambresbury and 〈◊〉 in Com. Wiltes Canefourd in Com. Dorsâ—t Hengstrugge and Cherleton in Com. Somerset heretofore part of the Possessions of Henry de Lacie Earl of Lincolne Hâ—ving likewise obtain'd from the King a Grant of the Castle of Hawardyne the Stewardship of Chester the Mannors of Lee Goselee and Neston in the County of Chester the Mannor of Kenynghale in Com. Norff. the Mannor of Cassâ—nglond in Com. Suff. the Mannor of Malverthorpe in Com. Linc. with the Advowson of the Church the Castle and Town of Mohaut with the Appurtenances late Robert de Mohaut Steward of Chester in all which Queen Isabell had an Estate for term of Life in consideration of six hundred Marks he procured her to release her whole Title therein unto him And in 12 E. 3. obtain'd the King's Precept to the Lord Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer for an Allowance of five Marks per diem during the
to the Bishop and representing to him That this Barony was the rightful Inheritance of his Wife as also promising the Money which the other had neglected to pay obtain'd Livery thereof and procured the King's Confirmation of his Title And having so done came to Waldene where the Abbot to congratulate this his Possession met him with much Reverence and desired him to go into the Church and salute the Monks But in stead of so doing he turn'd his Face scornfully from them Howbeit the Abbot seeming to take no notice thereof still rode along with him and at length brought him into the Church Where looking about him with a sowr Countenance he staid but a while scarce saying his Prayers and thence entring the Cloyster went to the Chapter-house-door and told the Abbot That he and his Monks had disherited him and his Posterity by procuring that Priory to be made an Abby The Abbot therefore seeing him thus displeased endeavoured to qualifie him all he could but to no purpose for he threatned them much at his departure and the next morning sent four of the Tenants to forbid them any more to meddle with those Lands which Earl William de Mandevile as they affirmed had formerly given them causing other of his Tenants and Servants to make seisure of the same For which violent Act the Monks making complaint to Richard Bishop of London he forthwith Excommunicated those Tenants and Servants and Interdicted the Parochial Church of Waldene from all Divine Offices Whereupon this Geffrey Fitz-Piers went to the Bishop not with any desire of Absolution from the Excommunication but for a Release of that Church from the Interdict and had it fulfill'd In this distress therefore they represented their Condition to the Bishop of Ely then the King's Vicegerent and obtained Restitution of those Lands Which so irritated this Geffrey as that being armed with the Power of Chief Iustice he entered upon them again by force Their next Refuge therefore being to the Pope they humbly address'd themselves to his Holiness by Letters of Complaint who thereupon summon'd him to answer but without success he refusing to yield any Obedience therein to his Authority About this time it was that Beatrix his Wife died in Child-bed with her Child also and was buried in the Chapter-house at Chiâ—sand Howbeit her Corps rested not long there for this Geffrey her Husband having founded a Monastery of the Gilbertine-Rule at Shouldham in Norfolk of which Order he was a great Admirer translated it thither About the same time also died old Beatrix de Say Sister to Geffrey de Mandevile the first Earl of Essex who had always been a special Friend to the Monks of Waldene Sheâ—departing this Life at her House at Rikelings 13 Cal. Maii Anno 1207. and was buried at Walden with great Honour And not long after this King Richard return'd The Monks therefore to leave no probable means unassayed made their complaint to him of the wrong to them done by this Geffrey in taking away those Lands which Earl William de Mandevile had so piously given them But in answer thereto with great confidence he told the King That they had absed him with a false Information affirming That they had quietly enjoy'd all those Lands so pretended to be taken from them since the death of Earl William without any disturbance though they had no lawful Right thereto boldly adding with an Oath That the Charter whereunto they pretended was made when the Earl lay on his Death-bed or after he was dead Whereupon divers Witnesses being produc'd to justifie the making thereof when he was of good and perfect memory the King made choice of three onely viz. Richard de Mortimer the then Abbot Richard Ruly a Priest and Sir Richard de Montiney Knight who all clearly testified That it was made the very day of his Recovery from a former Sickness Notwithstanding which Testimony the King did not determine the business But at length addressing to the King again with a farther Complaint they obtain'd his Letters to him on their behalf which were to desire him that he would make some friendly Restitution to them of what they so claimed Adding That what he intended to the House of Shouldham which he had unadvisedly began to Found he might do well to confer on these Monks of Waldene With which Perswasions being somewhat moved he told them That he would give them C Acres of what they so claimed as also C s. yearly Rent out of the Mannor of Weâ—thamsted Whereupon they express'd That for quietness sake they would accept thereof for the present not delivering up their Charter But in stead of any Fruit of what they expected he thenceforth fed them onely with dilatory Promises Shortly after this viz. upon the death of King Richard and King Iohn Crowned this Geffrey was made Earl of Essex And having by the favour of that King obtain'd a special Grant of the Patronage of the Abby of Waldene upon the Eve of St. Iames the Apostle he came to his Castle adjacent with a great Attendance Whence he sent notice to the Monks That he would visit them the next day and did accordingly Whereupon all the Covent in their best Array met him and went in Solemn Procession before him with their Books of the Gospels richly covered their Censers Banners and all other things of splendor used upon High-days But though they seemed to sing in this their Procession some of them wept bitterly Being come into the Church which was with great Ringing of Bells likewise he kneel'd before the Altar and at his rising offered a Silver Cup. This done the Monks began the Hymn of S. Ambrose called Te Deum and that ended went into the Chapter-house a multitude of People following expecting to hear what Reconciliation would be there made betwixt him and them But in stead thereof he shew'd them the King 's Grant of the Patronage of their House causing it to be publickly read And upon his return visiting the Abbot in his Bed-chamber then very old and infirm he put all others out of the Room and enquir'd much from him of the State of the Abby as also whom he would recommend to be his Successor there And after this upon S. Laurence-day sending for the Prior and one of the Monks he acquainted them That he would in kindness bestow upon the Covent C Acres of Errable Land with a Meadow and a Mill and accordingly did give them that Mill and Meadow situate towards Piriton with the Tillable Land lying betwixt the Abby and the Town of Waldene excepting
advancement to the Dukedome of Norfolk by way of remuneration for this Service was not all the reward he had For apparent it is that within a Twelvemoneth after for certain dishonourable words pretended to have been spoken by the Duke of Hereford against the King himself for which the Duke of Hereford challenged him to a Combate he was by the same King doom'd to perpetual Banishment that very day Twelvemoneth on which the Duke of Glocester was so Murthered Whereupon going to Uenice he there ended his dayes with Griefe as our Historians do report Nor did the Earl of Rutland die a natural death being many years after when he had the Title of Duke of York slain in France in the Battel of Agincourt And for the King himself who thus Machinated the Murther of this his honourable Uncle and craftily drew him from his own House into that snare wherein the Earl Marshal took him as hath been observed he did not long live to enjoy that content which he fancied to himself in thus cutting him off it being not much more than two years after that he was deposed from his Government and thereupon as mercilesly dealt with by those barbarous wretches which took away his own life in Pontfract-Castle The death of this good Duke hapned to be on Saturday next after the Feast of St. Bartholâ—â—w the Apostle 21 R. 2. he being then seised in his Demesn as of Fee of the Castle of Huntendon and one Moiety of the Mannor of Wetheresfeld in Com. Essex as also of the Mannors of Haddeston Horstede and Fulmodeston in Com. Norff. And in right of Alianore his Wife one of the daughters and heirs to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex of two parts of the Mannor of Wodspene juxta Newberie in Com. Berks. Likewise of the Mannor of Westcote in Com. Buck. and Advouson of the Abby of Nutley of the third part of the Castle and Lordship of Brevies and dominion of Cantercliff in the Marches of Wales of the third part of the Barony of Penkethlyn in Com. Heref. and Marches of Wales of the Mannor of Newenham in Com. Gloc. with the Mannor of Whetenhurst the Castle of Caldecoâ—â— and Newton a Member thereof in the same Marches of Wales of the Mannor of Benyngton with its Members in Com. Linc. of the Mannors of 〈◊〉 Piriton Haselee magna and third part of the Mannor of Dadyngton in Com. Oxon. of the Mannors of Knesalâ— and Arnhale in Com. Nott. of the third part of the Mannor of Nethamsted with the Mannors of Farnham and Rothing Berners in Com. Hertf. And of the Castle and Mannor of Plessits the Mannors of High Estre Waltham Wikes Shenefeld West Thurrok the other Moiety of the Mannor of Wetheresfeld and Advouson of the Priorie of Wykes in Com. Essex leaving Humphrey his son and heir Sixteen years of age To Alianore his Widow I find that King Richard about the beginning of February after this Murther gave all her own Wearing Apparel and two Chariots with some other small things which had been seised on by the Mayor of London and prized at Nineteen pounds four shillings four pence And that by her Testament bearing date at her Castle of Pleâ—si 9 Aug. An. 1399. 23 R. 2. she bequeath'd her Body to be buried within the Chapel of St. Edmund in the Abby-Church of Westminster near to the Grave of the before-specified Thomas Duke of Glocester her Husband Appointing that on her Funeral-day her Body should be covered with a Black Cloth and a White Cross upon it having an Escocheon of her Armes on the midst thereof Also that four Tapers and eight Morters should be placed at the four corners thereof and that Fifteen poor Men each of them holding a Torch viz. Five at the Head and Five on each side should have each of them a Gown and a large Hood both of them lined with White and Breeches of good Blew Cloth Likewise that each of them should have a pair of Shoos and a Shirt as also Twenty pounds in Money amongst them to pray for her Soul and the Soul of her said Husband She also bequeathed to the Church of Walden-Abby where her late Father Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton as also Constable of England lay buried a fair Vestment of Baudekyn Blew diaper'd of other colours with Harts of Cyprus-Gold To her son Humphrey a Bed of Black Cloth damaskt and to Isabell her daughter then a Nun in the Minoresses at London one Bed of Cloth of Gold And departing this life upon the Third of October the same year was buried in the before-specified Chapel of St. Edmund under a Tomb of Marble with this Epitaph in Brass Cy gist Aleanore de Bohun eisne fille un des heiâ—s l'honourable seignour Monsieur Humphrey de Bohun Counte de Hereford d'Essex de Northampton Conestable d'Engleterre Femme a puissant noble Prince Thomas de Wodstoke fitz a tresexcellent trepuissant Seigneur Edward Roi d'Engleterre puiz le Conquest tierz Duc de Gloucestre Count d'Essexie de Buckingham Conestable d'Engleterre que morrust le tierz jour d'Octobre Pan du grace MCCCXCIX de qi Alme Dieux face Merci Amen The children which this great Duke had by her the said Alianore were these viz. Humphrey his son and heir before-mentioned and three daughters Which Humphrey after the Murther of his Father the Realme being then in great distraction King Richard took with him into Ireland And when he heard that Henry Duke of Lancaster was landed at Ravensour in Holderness caused him with the Son of the same Duke of Lancaster to be secured in the Castle of Trim where he continued until that Duke of Lancaster upon the Deposal of King Richard obtain'd the Crown And then being sent for had the hard hap to perish by Shipwrack as some say but as others that he there died by the Pestilence in 1 H. 4. The names of his daughters were Anne Ioane and Isabell. Of these Anne became the Wife of Edmund Earl of Stafford and was Twenty years of age in 1 H. 4. Ioane was design'd to be the wife of Gilbert son to Richard Talbot of Irchenfeâ—d but died unmarried upon Monday next after the Assumption of our Lady the same year And Isabell being 16 years of age upon St. Georges-day 1 H. 4. was a Nun at the Minoresses in London So that the whole Inheritance came to Anne the wife of Edmund Earl of Stafford whereupon he the said Edmund doing his Homage in 3 H. 4. had Livery thereof Guischard d'Angle Earl of Huntington 1 R. 2. THis Guischard being a person of great Valor and Military Skill in 46 E. 3. was one of the principal Commanders in Prince Edwards Army at the taking of Lymoges in Gascoine He likewise proposed the match betwixt Iohn of
of KING RICHARD the SECOND UNTIL This Present Year 1676. DEDUCED From Publick Records Antient Historians and other Authorities BY WILLIAM DUGDALE NORROY King of Arms. TOME the Third LONDON Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Abel Roper Iohn Martin and Henry Herringman at the Sun in Fleetstreet the Bell in S. Pauls Churchyard and at the Anchor in the Lower-walk of the New Exchange 1676. THE BARONAGE OF ENGLAND The Third TOME Beauchamp of Kederminster 11 Rich. 2. TO this Third Tome of the present Work consisting chiefly of Barons by Patent I shall not need to prefix any Preface at all Of these the first on whom that dignity hath been conferred was Sir Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt in Com. Wigorn. Knight Grandson to Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt a younger son to William de Beauchamp of Elmely by Isabell his wife daughter and heir to William de Mauduit E. of Warwick as in my discourse of that great Family I have in due place already shewed Of which Iohn and what is most memorable of him under the Title of Beauchamp of Holt I have also given a full account Where inter alia it is observ'd that he was not only Steward of the Houshold to King Richard the Second but in such high favour otherwise as that he had a Grant from him of all the Mannors and Lands belonging to the Priory of Deorhurst in Com. Glo◠then seised into the King's hands by reason of the Wars with France as all other the possessions of the Priories-Alien at that time were which Grant bears date 5 Oct. 11 R. 2. and by other Letters Patent bearing date at 〈◊〉 upon the tenth day of the same moneth in consideration of his many services and by reason of the place he held at that King's Coronation as also which he might thereafter hold in the said King's Councils and Parliaments Likewise in consideration of his noble descent great judgment and circumspection was advanced to be one of the Peers and Barons of this Realm so that he and the heirs male of his Body should enjoy the state and dignity of Barons and be stiled Lords Beauchamp and Barons of Rederminster But of this Honor he had no long enjoyment for through the Potencie of the great Lords then Predominant the King being forc'd to call a Parliament shortly after the Feast of the blessed Virgin 's Purification then next ensuing he had for the reasons which in my former discourse of him are inferred sentence to be drawn and hang'd but by special favour had his Head smitten off on Tower-Hill That the solemn Investiture of this Iohn and all other the Barons who were thenceforth created by Patent was perform'd by the King himself by putting on a Robe of Scarlet as also a Mantle with two Gards on the left shoulder and a Hood all furr'd with Minever there is no doubt Which forme of Creation continued until the Thirteenth year of King Iames that Sir Iames Hay a Scothman was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Letters Patent bearing date 29 Iunii by the Title of Lord Hay of Sauley in Com. Ebor. the Lawyers then declaring that the delivery of the Letters Patent was sufficient without any ceremony But now besides this honorable Robe through the special favour of our present Soveraign King Charles the Second there hath been granted to the Barons a Coronet of Gold with six Pearls placed upon the circle thereof as by a special Instrument under his Majesties Royal Signet bearing date upon the sixth day of Iuly 1661. in the Thirteenth year of his Reign appeareth The forme of which is by divers Painters and Carvers already so much mistaken as that they commonly advance the Pearls thereon in such sort as those are wherewith the Earls Coronets be regularly adorn'd though not as yet to the full heighth Whereas they being devised in imitation of the Vicounts Coronets the Pearls ought to stand as theirs do without any advancing at all Berners ... Hen. 4. OF this Family because very antient though not then Noble I shall take notice of what I have seen from our publick Records notwithstanding it is but little In the time of King William the Conqueror Hugh de Berners possessed Evresdone in Com. Cantabr And in 6 R. 1. Robert de Berners gave a Fine of Two hundred Marks for obtaining the King's favour and restitution of his Lands In 8 H. 3. the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Sussex to make Livery unto Iohn Bishop of Ely of all the Goods and Chattels of Raphe de Berners then being in his Mannors of Bromfeild Black-Nuttelegh and Newenton to distribute for the health of his Soul After that there was another Raphe de Berners who in 49 H. 3. took part with the rebellious Barons of that age Which Raphe for I take it to be the same in 13 Edw. 1. was Sheriff of Berkshire for the last quarter of that year as also for half the fourteenth year and departed this life in 25 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Yseldon vulgo Islington in Com. Midd. West-Horslegh in Com. Surr. of the inheritance of Christian his Wife Ikelingham in Com. Suff. and of the Mannors of Bernestoue Rothings and Berwyke in Com. Essex leaving Edmund his son and heir twenty six years of age then in Gascoigne From whom descended as I ghess Sir Iames de Berners Knight a great Favorite to King Richard the Second Who in that Kings Reign when the great Lords were prevalent amongst others then accounted Enemies to the publick was Arrested of Treason and committed to Prison Whence being brought to judgment in the ensuing Parliament he underwent the sentence of death as a Traitor and suffered accordingly To whom succeeded Richard his son and heir Which Richard residing at West Horsley in Com. Surr. had the reputation of a Baron of this Realm though nothing of his Creation or summons to Parliament that I could ever see doth appear thereof And Married Philippa the daughter of Edmund Dalingrig but departed this life in 9 H. 5. leaving issue Margery his daughter and heir first married to Iohn Feriby Esquire and afterwards to Iohn Bourchier fourth son to William Bourchier Earl of Ewe Which Iohn bore the Title of Lord Berners as is shewed where I speak of that Family Thomas Duke of Clarence 13 Hen. 4. THis Thomas being second son to King Henry the Fourth by Mary his wife daughter and coheir to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England was Knighted upon the Eve of his Father's Coronation by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies having the like Accoutrements for that Solemnity allow'd out of the great Wardrobe as were for his Brother Iohn Duke of Bedford And being shortly after made Steward of England in the
is evident by the Inquisition taken after the death of the Lady Beatrice his Grandmother the preceeding year Being with the Dukes of Exeter and Clarence at the Siege of Koan in 6 Hen. 5. he gave such Testimonies of his valour and military skill that he received from the favour of that victorious King a Grant of the Castle of Basqueville situate in the Dutchy of Normandy which did belong to Sir William Martell Knight to hold unto himself and the Heirs male of his body But alas this signal mark of that renowned Prince his favour continued not long to him for about two years after being with Thomas Duke of Clarence brother to the King in France who then with the English Army had marched far and successfully into the Country and with him adventuring more boldly upon the Dolphin's Army than was requisite considering the slenderness of their strength and the difficulty of the passage by reason of a River and Marish which they were to pass through the disorder of their Forces upon that occasion was there most unhappily slain together with the Duke of Exeter and William a younger Brother with many more of the English Chivalry about four miles distant from the Castle of Beaufort upon Easter Eve 22 Martii leaving Margery his Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Philip Wentworth Knight a young Widow but no Issue by her so that Thomas his next Brother then became his Heir being at that time fourteen years of age After which his Body being brought over into England had sepulture at Belvoir on the North-side of the Quire near to his Father's grave This Margery had her Dowry assigned to her in November following viz. the Castle of Helmesley with the Lordships thereto belonging as also the Mannors of Haugh and Lynton in the County of York the Mannors of Chilham and Wulryngton in Kent the Site of the Mannor of Braundeston and the third part of the Mannor of Stoke-Daubeny in Northamptonshire the Mannor of Preston-Beauset in Com. Buck. the Mannor of Barkeston called Bellhouse-place with two parts of the Mannor of Kedmylde in Com. Leic. sixty three pounds fourteen shillings four pence Annual Rent issuing out of the Fee-farm Rent of the City of York as also eight Bovates of Land in Eykering within the County of Notingham And by her last Will and Testament bearing date 30 August Anno 1477. 17 Edw. 4. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Chapel of S. Margaret and S. Bernard at Cambridge on the North-side of the Quire under the window of All-Saints She likewise bequeathed to Henry Wentworth her Heir twelve dishes of Silver with other things appointing that he the said Henry should cause the body of Sir Philip Wentworth Knight her Father to be translated to the Church of Newsom in Lincolnshire and a Marble laid over it and another Marble to be laid upon the Body of his Mother in the Church of the Fryers-Minors at Ipswich This Margery married to her second Husband Roger Wentworth and died 20 April 18 Edw. 4. ¶ I come now to Thomas Lord Ross Brother and Heir to Iohn as is above exprest This Thomas following the example of his Brother as to military actions being retained in 5 Hen. 6. to serve the King in his Wars of France in the retinue of Iohn Duke of Bedford with two Knights thirty seven men at Arms and an hundred and twenty Archers was Knighted with divers other Noble-men by King Henry the Sixth at Leicester on Whitsunday 4 H. 6. after the King himself had been Knighted there by the Duke of Bedford but having the fate of a very short life I have seen nothing more of him than his summons to Parliament in 7 Hen. 6. and his confirmation to the Monks of Belvoir of all the Grants that had been made unto them by his noble Ancestors which bears date at Belvoir-Castle 23 April 8 Henry 6. Also that having married Alianor daughter to Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick he begot on her a Son called Thomas born September the ninth Anno 1427. 6 Hen. 6. and died the eighteenth of August in the ninth year of that King's Reign leaving the same Thomas his Son little more than three years of age Which Elianor had her Dowry assigned to her in December following On the behalf of this Thomas and by reason of his minority it was that Sir Robert Ross Knight his great Uncle was deputed by the King to perform the office of Chamberlain to the Archbishop of Canterbury upon the day of his Installation which office did belong to the Lord Ross in respect of his tenure of the Mannor of ... And so great a sense had that King of the advantages he reaped by the yearly profit of the Lands which were of this Thomas his Inheritance who was at that time but eighteen years of age for as much as he had received the Revenues thereof during the whole minority of Thomas Lord Ross his Father who had been in Ward no less than fourteen years as that he freely commanded that this Thomas should have Livery of â—ll his Lands in as full a manner as if he had been of full age Here before I proceed farther it will not be impertinent to give some farther accompt of Sir Robert Ross great Uncle to this Thomas but of him all that I have to say is that he departed this life before the 27 th of Henry the 6 th seised of the third part of the Mannor of Humanby in Yorkshire leaving Issue these two Daughters his Heirs viz. Margery Wife of Iohn Wittilbury Esquire and Elianor of Humphrey Duddeley ¶ I now return to the before-mentioned Thomas of whom I farther find that King Henry the sixth in the thirty first year of his Reign taking into consideration his many good services even from his youth by way of recompence gave him license to Transport twenty thousand Wood-fells called Morling and Shorling without paying any Customs for the same And that in 34 Hen. 6. he had leave to go on Pilgrimage beyond the Seas as also that in 38 Hen. 6. having firmly adhered to the Crown throughout the whole course of that King 's troublesom Reign and the great expences and losses he under-went in his service during that time the said King gave him an Annuity of forty pounds to be received out of the Mannors of Yaresthorp Appilton Scorby and Hund-Burton in Com. Ebor. then in the King's hands by reason of the forfeiture of Richard late Earl of Salisbury to enjoy during his life And in the same year that upon the great overthrow of the Lancastrian Army at Towconfield being then with the King at York when the sad tidings thereof came to him he fled with him to Barwick And moreover that he had summons to Parliament from