use of light Armor which so astonished the Welsh that Griffin being forced to flee to Sea for his safeguard they offered Hostages in case they might have Protection to become tributary to King Edward And to manifest their reality therein they slew Griffin within a short time after and sent his Head to Earl Harold who forthwith conveyed it to the King substituting another Prince of Wales in his stead This is all that I have seen of his actings in Wales other than his beginning of a noble structure at Portaseith that the King might be the better accommodated when he came to hunt in those parts but Cradoc the Son of Griffin prevented his finishing thereof by slaughter of most of the Workmen and taking away all the Materials In this year it so hapned that the King being at Windsore Harold shewed himself so familiar with him as to drink to him in a Cup of Wine Which boldness seeming distastful to Tosti his elder Brother then present and Earl of Northumberland he pulled Harold by the Hair of the Head whereupon a scuffle began which many by-standers did endeavor to foment but the King made only this observation on it viz. That the just wrath of God did produce this deadly feud betwixt these most pernicious Brothers for notorious it was That all the Sons of that late Trayterous Earl Godwyne were so transcendently wicked that if they saw any comely Seat they would murther the owner of it in the night time and destroying his Children possess themselves of it Yet so subtile were they in their Flatteries with the well-meaning King that by abusing his innocency after they had perpetrated the greatest villanies they made themselves the cheif Rulers and Disposers of all things in the Kingdom Others report this scuffle betwixt Harold and his Brother Tosti thus viz. That they being jesting with one another in the presence of the King Harold fell from jesting to lug his Brother by the Hair and throw him on the ground and that had he not been prevented he would have strangled him with his hands Whereupon the King taking notice of the passage said That there would be very great feud betwixt them hereafter and that one of them should be the destruction of the other That which now remains to be said of this Earl is is getting of the Crown which his ambitious thoughts had long aimed at The manner whereof was thus King Edward departing this life without Issue the great Men of the Land grew not a little doubtful whom they should set up to be King Some of them inclining to William Duke of Normandy whom King Edward had designned as was said some to this Earl Harold others to Edgar-Etheling Grandson to the late King Edmund Ironside who was in truth the rightful Heir but then young But Harold being a crafty man considering the danger of delay upon the very Festival of the Epiphany on which King Edward was buried extorting Fealty from the Nobles set the Crown upon his own Head Whereof his Brother Tosti who sufficiently hated him having notice he sailed presently out of Flanders where he was at that time with no less then Forty Ships and coming into Scotland where he met Harold Harfager King of Norway made a compact with him and invaded England with design to conquer his Brother Harold Which being made known unto Harold he raised all the power he suddenly could and marching Northwards to oppose them at Stanford Bridge in Yorkshire which is over the River Darwent after a sharp conflict wherein his Brother Tosti and the King of Norway were both slain became absolute Victor But most avariciously converting all the Booty and Spoils of the Field to his own sole benefit so discontented his Soldiers that they unanimously forsook him and disperst themselves Nevertheless so highly was he â—lated with this great success that not at all regarding his Oath made to William Duke of Normandy partly for that the young Daughter of that Duke to whom he had been so affianced as hath been said was dead and partly considering that Duke William was at that time embroiled in some Military disputes with his Neighbors of Britanny he sleighted those fair overtures which had been made to him thinking himself secure enough And to justifie himself therein the more alledged That the Oath which he had made to the Duke being in time of necessity was not to be kept as also that the Kingdom whilest King Edward lived could not without his privity be disposed of to any But Duke William was of another mind for no sooner did he hear that Harold had thus made himself King but that he sent Ambassadors hither to put him in mind of the breach of his Faith and not without some threatning intimations of his farther purpose Whereunto Harold made reply That in truth he was of necessity compelled when he betrothed his Daughter in Normandy to make that Oath of delivering this Kingdom of England unto him but utterly denied that a compulsory Oath was at all to be kept Adding That if a Vow or Oath made by a Maid in the House of her Parents without their assent be void much more his who being under the power of the King and compelled to take an Oath without the Kings privity Moreover he alleadged That it must be held too much presumption to alienate the Inheritance of a Kingdom without a general consent of the people and that it was a most unjust request that he should quit the Kingdom which he had undertaken to govern with so much favor of the greatest persons therein But the Duke when he heard of these Allegations was not a little enraged and therefore having obtained the approbation of Pope Alexander to countenance his intended expedition for England prepared considerable Forces with which he put to Sea from the Port of S. Ualeries and landing at Pevensey near Hastings in Sussex did soon after put that dispute to the decision of the Sword by a bloody Battle the Circumstances whereof are at large related by our Historians wherein Harold though fighting most courageously and with great resolution lost his life After which his Body was delivered by the Conquerors appointment to William Malet to be Interred upon the Sea-shore near at hand but being begged by his Mother was buried in the Abbey of Waltâ—am in Essex which he had Founded Whence it is said he marching to this Battle and making his Orisons to the Holy Cross whereunto that Church was dedicated the Cross at his departure as a farewel to him did bend it self and ever after continued in that leaning posture The Lands which this Earl Harold possessed in King Edward the Confessors time were very great in divers Counties as appears by the Conquerors Survey viz. Flanebury Cattune â—oningesburg with divers Hamlets thereto belonging
sufficiently provided with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots Moreover the next year following being of full age and doing his homage for those Lands which were of Maud his Grand-Mothers Inheritance he had Livery of them which Lands Roger le Strange her second Husband then dead had held during his life by the curtesie of England In 6 Edw. 2. this Iohn being Sheriff of Yorkshire and Governor of the City of York received command from the King to seize upon Henry de Percy then a great Baron in the North for that he had suffered Piers de Gaveston Earl of Cornwal to make his escape out of Scarborough Castle in which the said Henry undertook he should be safe kept having rendred himself to him on that condition In 7 Edw. 2. he was in another expedition then made into Scotland and then constituted one of the Wardens of the Marches towards that Kingdom In which year he had License to send his Brother Alexander with Horse and Foot to the assistance of David Earl of Athol against Edward de Brus betwixt whom there was at that time great animosities In 8 Edw. 2. he received Summons from the King to repair to Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady with Horse and Arms to curb the insolency of the Scots And considering the great charge he had been at in maintaining of Horse for the security of Yorkshire when he was Sheriff of that County the King allowed him to receive the yearly Revenue of the Lordships of Penreth and Soureby in Tindale in Com. Cumb. until the sum of Five hundred marks should be made good to him In 10 Edw. 2. he had command to Array all the Commonalty within the Wapentakes of Osgodcros Stancross Barkeston Agbrigge and Morley and the Soke of Snaythe in Com. Ebor. in order to another expedition into Scotland And in 11 Edw. 2. was constituted Governor of Malton Castle in Yorkshire So also of Scarborough Castle in that County In 12 Edw. 2. he was again in Scotland in the Kings service with power to receive all such into protection who should submit to King Edward In 14 Edw. 2. there arose a great controversie touching certain possessions in Wales called Gowherland whereunto this Iohn laid claim in right of Aliva his Wife From which spark there proceeding no little flame I shall here take leave to say something thereof William de Brewes Father to this Aliva being a Knight of a very noble Extraction and Possessor by Inheritance of a goodly Barony in the Marches of Wales having by lavish courses much wasted his Patrimony and at this time setting that part of his Inheritance called Gowherland on sale first made a contract with the Earl of Hereford for the same in regard it lay very fit for him and afterwards with two other potent men viz. Roger de Mortimer the Uncle and Roger his Nephew who knew nothing of the former bargain with the Earl of Hereford Amongst which this Iohn de Moubray laid his claim in right of Aliva his Wife before-mentioned But Hugh de Spencer the younger at that time Lord Chamberlain to the King and no small favorite coveting these Lands in regard of their vicinity to his own dealt with William de Brewes and through his power at Court kept the possession of them notwithstanding the former bargains made with others and the claim of this Iohn de Moubray which caused those great Lords to be much incensed against the said Hugh de Spencer insomuch as complaining of the injury to Thomas then Earl of Lancaster they drew in many great Earls and Barons to their party who thereupon took occasion to arm themselves in a Rebellious manner The farther circumstances and proceedings herein I shall refer to our Historians and only point at the sad issue thereof which was that the King having raised a powerful Army to chastise these Rebels divers of them fell off and submitted amongst whom were the two Mortimers beforementioned the rest at Borough-bridge in Yorkshire being slain or taken prisoners of which viz. the slain the Earl of Hereford was one and of the prisoners were Thomas Earl of Lancaster and this our Iohn de Moubray who both suffered death for the same The Earl at Pontfract and Moubray at York soon after scil 15 Edw. 2. all his Lands being seised into the Kings hands his Wife and Son imprisoned in the Tower of London and so grievously oppressed that to alleviate the burthen she was necessitated to give up unto that then potent Man Hugh le Despencer Earl of Winchester the Castle and Mannor of Brembrey as also the Mannors of Knappe Shorham Horsham and Beau-Busson which were of her Inheritance and wherein William de Brewose the elder had an estate only for life to hold to the said Hugh after the decease of William de Brewose and his heirs for ever Nay so great was the indignation of the King and the Spencers to the dead Bodies of this Iohn de Moubray and those other who were hanged with him at York that they would not suffer them to be taken down from the Gallows and buried of a long â—ime after The Lordships whereof this Iohn de Moubray was then possessed were these viz. Shustoke in Com. War Creke in Com. Northampt. Melton-Moubray in Com. Leicest and Epworth in Com. Line all which he held of the King by Military service And these in the County of York which he held in capite by Barony viz. Theske Kirkby Malesart Burton in Lonesdale Bramton Couton Alwarthorpe Cave Wytheley Faxfleet and the moity of the Mannor of Foukbrigge All that I farther find of Aliva his Widow is That in 2 Edw. 3. she obtained from the King a Confirmation of Gowherland in Wales to her self and the heirs of her Body by her late Husband Iohn de Moubray begotten the Remainder to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex and his heirs Also that she afterwards became the Wife of Sir Richard Peshale Knight and died in 5 Edw. 3. But Iohn the Son and Heir of this last mentioned Iohn and Aliva found more favor from King Edward the Third For that King in the first of His Reign acknowledging the great sense he had of the eminent services which the Fore-fathers of the said Iohn had done to his Royal Progenitors accepted of his homage before he came of full age and gave him Livery of his Lands Whereupon he marched into Scotland in the expedition that year made In 5 Edw. 3. this Iohn upon the death of his Mother gave Three hundred pounds Fine for the custody of all those Lands which were of her Inheritance And in 7 Edw. 3. attended the King in his Scotch expedition then made So also in 8 11 Edw. 3. In 12 Edw. 3. he represented
the Priory-Church of the Holy Trinity without Algate in the Suburbs of London making Henry Earl of Northumberland with her Son Thomas Lord Bardolfe Supervisors thereof and departed this Life on Tuesday next after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle the same year her Son Thomas being then xxx years of age This Thomas in 6 H. 4. taking part with Henry Earl of Northumberland Thomas Earl Marshal and Notingham and Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke in that Insurrection then by them made for which the Archbishop and Earl-Marshal were beheaded at Yorke was together with the Earl of Northumberland pursued by the King with a powerful Army Whereupon he fled with that Earl first into Scotland and afterwards into Wales But about three years after returning into England and so to Threske in Yorkshire they made Proclamation for Liberty to all that would put themselves in Arms and joyn with them insomuch as many flock'd in to their Assistance But the Sheriff of Yorkshire having raised the Power of the County met with them about Haselwood and in a sharp Skirmish â—lew the Earl and wounded this Thomas so much that he soon died of those Hurts leaving Anne and Ioane his Daughters and Heirs the one then xix the other xviii years of age After which being attainted in Parliament Anno 7 H. 4. his Honour of Wyrmegay with divers other fair Mannors in Norfolk were given by the King to Thomas Beaufort his Brother other great Lordships to Sir George Dunbar Knight and the Mannors of Shelâ—ord and Stoke Bardolf in Com. Nott. with Hallughton in Leicestershire to the Queen But the next year following Sir William Clifford Knight in right of Anne his Wife and William Phelip in right of Ioane his Wife Daughters to the said Thomas humbly representing to the King That Henry the Second long since King of England his Royal Progenitor having by his Letters Patents given to Thomas Bardolf Ancestor to this Thomas and to the Heirs of his Body begotten on Rose the Daughter of Raphe Hanselyn the Lordships of Shelford and Stoke Bardolfe in Com. Nott. and likewise the Mannor of Halughton in Com. Leic. as the whole Inheritance of Raphe Hanselyn her Grandfather and that the said Thomas Bardolf their Father lately attainted being the Lineal Heir to the before-specified Thomas Bardulfe and Rose the Inheritance of those Lordships did of right belong unto them the said Anne and Ioane The King thereupon having a conscientious regard to this their Right and Title granted to the said Sir William Clifford and Anne his Wife and to William Phelip and Maude his Wife the Reversion of those Lordships as also of the Mannor of Birlyng in Sussex after the death of his Royal Consort the Queen to hold and enjoy to them and the Heirs of their Bodies Which William Phelip and Ioane his Wife in 9 H. 5. had Livery of their Purparty of certain Lands in Suffolk of the Inheritance of Avicia late Wife of the same Thomas Bardolf attainted and Mother to her the said Ioane Daughter to Raphe Lord Cromwell of Tatshall and died in 9 H. 5. It seems that though this Thomas Lord Bardolfe did die of his Wounds as hath been already observed yet his Body was Quartered and the Quarters dispos'd of to be let upon the Gates of these several Cities and Town viz. London Yorke Lenne and Shrewsbury and his Head upon one of the Gates of Lincolne for it appeareth That afterwards upon the Petition of Avicia his Widow the King was pleas'd to give her leave to take them down and bury them Whether Anne the eldest Daughter of this Thomas had any Issue by Sir William Clifford her Husband I find not but certain it is that she buried him and was afterwards the Wife of Sir Reginald Cobham ¶ Of this Family there was also Hugh Bardulf a younger Son as I guess to the first William who in 22 H. 2. was amerc'd at five Marks for trespassing in the King's Forests and was Sheriff of Cornwall in 31 H. 2. In 33 H. 2. the King being in Normandy he was constituted one of his Lieutenants here in England for conservation of the Peace in his absence This Hugh continued Sheriff of Cornwall in 33 H. 2. and executed the same Office for Wiltshire for half that year and likewise in 34 H. 2. So also for the Counties of Somerset and Dorset in 1 R. 1. In which year he had the Custody of the Lands of Fulke Paynel by reason that he fled and paid not his Fine to the King for the Honour of Baenton And the same year upon the going of that King into the Holy Land was constituted with William Briwere an Associate to the Bishops of Durbam and Ely during his absence for administring Justice to every Man according to the Laws and Customs of the Realm Moreover in Anno 1190. 2 R. 1. he was at Messana in Sicilie with King Richard and one of those who on the behalf of that King undertook that the Articles of Peace and Friendship which were there agreed on betwixt King Richard and Tancred King of Sicilie should be firmly kept Upon his Return he was also one of that number whom the Pope had then Excommunicated as Enemies to the Church but chiefly for adhering to Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother and those who with him opposed William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely then Chancellor of England in his oppressive way of Governing the King being absent but was particularly excepted by that Bishop upon denouncing the Sentence in regard he was not personally with those that ejected and laid hold on the same Bishop upon condition he would upon demand resign unto William de Stutevill the Castle of Scardeburgh and all other in Yorkshire and Westmerland which he then had in Custody Moreover in 2 R. 1. he executed the Office of Sheriff for Warwick and Leicester-shires for the out half of that year So also for the whole year in 3 R. 1. And in 4 and 5 R. 1. for Yorkshire being in such high esteem with King Richard that in the third year of his Reign when he was in the Holy Land and suspected his Chancellor here to whom he had chiefly committed the Charge of Governing in his absence he wrote his Letter to this Hugh Bardulf and three others requiring them in case the Chancellor did not do as he ought that they should take upon them the Rule in all things From which time it is evident from divers Fines levied before him that he was one of the King's Justices for some years as also a Justice-Itinerant In those great Contests which were betwixt the Bishop of Ely Governour of the Kingdom in King Richard's absence and Iohn Earl of
Moreton the King's Brother when Windsore-Castle which was the Earl of Moreton's has Siege laid to it by all the Nobility of England this Hugh being then the King's Justice and Sheriff of Yorkshire joyn'd with the Archbishop of Yorke and William de Stuteville who having rais'd a great Power fortified Doncaster but would not take part with that Archbishop in the Siege of Tickhill-Castle belonging to the Earl of Moreton in regard of his special Obligations unto him In 6 R. 1. he was Sheriff of Northumberland Westmerland and Yorkshire Howbeit upon the return of King Richard from his Restraint in Almaine he took the Sheriffalty of Yorkshire and Westmerland from him and likewise the Custody of the Castles of Yorke and Scarborough Nevertheless the next year following he was again Sheriff of Northumberland Westmerland Lancashire Yorkshire Warwick and Leicester-shires and sent with Earl Roger Bigot William de Warren and others to hear and determine that great Controversie betwixt the Archbishop of Yorke and Canons of that Church Moreover he was then constituted one of the Justice Itinerant throughout all the Counties of England And upon the death of Hugh Bishop of Durham had the Custody of the Castles of Durham and Norham This Hugh had the Inheritance of the Honour of Baenton given to him by King Henry the Second â— upon the forfeiture of Fulke Painel as it seems and in S R. 1. passed it back to the King in exchange for the Mannor of Hau. In that year he continu'd Sheriff of Westmerland and again executed the same Office for that County in 10 R. 1. and 1 I h. So likewise for Notingham and Derby-shires Devon and Cornwall for the one half of that year In 9 R. 1. he was again constituted one of the Justices-Itinerant for the Counties of Linc. Nott. Derb. Yorke Northumb. Westmerl Cumberland and 〈◊〉 And in 3 4 and 5 Ioh. executed the Sheriffalty for Notingham and Derby-shires But in 5 Ioh. he died without Issue unto whom succeeded his Brother Robert as his Heir who then gave M l. for Livery of his Lands And â—or his Widow William de Braose gave M l. to the King that he might have her to be Wife for one of his Sons to whom she accordingly was married as in my Discourse of that Family appeareth This Robert had the Lordship and Hundred of Hou in Kent which after his death were given to Hubert de Burgh Justice of England And died without Issue in 9 H. 3. Whereupon his Lands were shared amongst his Nephews and Heirs he being their Uncle viz. Iordan Foliot Isold Gray Raphe Paynel Hugh Poinz and Maude Bardolf ¶ There was also of this Family another William Bardulf Son to the first Thomas I suppose which William first married the Daughter of Almarick le Dispenser and afterwards Elizabeth the Daughter of William Fitz-William with whom he had all the Thenage which the said William Fitz-William held in Hepedale and Kokedale But this William lived not long for in 7 Ioh. Iohn Bec a great Baron in Lincolnshire gave C l. and four Palfreys for Licence to marry his Widow Yet he did not then enjoy her as it seems for it appears That in the year following she viz. Elizabeth gave to the King C l. Fine and two Palfreys that she might not be compell'd to marry and that in 13 Ioh. Ivo Tailboys on her behalf gave xcvi l. iv s. v d. and two Palfreys to the King upon the same account Heriz THE first mention I find of this Name is in 18 H. 2. under the Title of the Scutage of those Barons who did neither attend the King in Person into Ireland upon his Expedition at that time thither nor sent him either Soldiers or Money for that Service Where it appears That there was iv l. then paid into the Exchequer for those Knights Fees which did belong to William de Heriz For this neglect I presume it was that the Lands of this William were about this time seised into the King's hands for in 20 H. 2. he gave C Marks Fine to be repossess'd of them again This William had his Residence at Wyverton now vulgarly called Worton in Com. Nott. and took to Wife Maude the Daughter of Raphe Lord Basset of Drayton in Staffordshire with whom he had in Frank-marriage certain Lands in Wyndesclive of Six Marks per annum value but died in 26 H. 2. or before leaving Robert de Heriez his Brother and Heir who then paid C l. for Livery of his Inheritance Aeliva another Wife surviving him who gave C Marks to the King that she might not be compelled to marry any other than whom she her self pleased To this Robert succeeded Ivo his Son and Heir who in King Richard the First 's time obtain'd a special Charter from Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother to himself and his Heirs for free liberty of Hunting in all his Lands and Woods in Winefeld in Com. Derb. with divers other ample Privileges And in 1. Ioh. gave ten Marks of Silver to the King for confirmation thereof In 16 Ioh. this Ivo gave a Fine to the King of CCC l. for certain Lands of Raphe Basset And about the later end of King John's Reign when those high Contests were betwixt that King and divers of the great Barons he adhered to them for which cause his Lands were seised But upon the coming of King Henry the Third to the Crown those Stirs being quieted he return'd to his due Allegiance and had restitution of them again To this Ivo called also Iohn the King gave respite until the Feast of Pentecost in that year for receiving the Honour of Knighthood and a strict Command to the Sheriff of Notinghamshire that he should not molest or trouble him for not receiving it at Easter But all that I have farther seen of him is That he held Winefeld Tybechelf and Orâ—roft for two Knights Fees and died before 30 H. 3. leaving Sarra his Wife surviving who afterwards was married to Iollan de Nevill a Person of great Note in those days being a Justice-Itinerant in that time To which John de Heriez succeeded Henry and to Henry another John as Brother and Heir Which last-mention'd Iohn died before 27 E. 1. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir who then doing his Homage had Livery of his Inheritance Comyn OF this Name there have been two eminent Families in Scotland viz. of Boghan and Badenagh both which by Heirs female came at length to possess fair Estates in England But before I come to speak of them I shall take notice of what I have otherwise seen of this Name in order of time though I cannot discover how they
in pieces asking why they should be so effeminate as to stick thereat Whereupon Eldol taking him out of the Town drew his Sword and cut off his Head Earls of Cornwal OF this County was Gorlois Earl in the time of Vther-Pendragon King of the Britâ—ons of whom this is reported That Vther determining to solemnize the Feast of Easter at London with great honor appointed all his Nobles to be thereat amongst which this Gorlois then was together with Igerna his Wife whose Beauty did surpass all other Brittish Women so that the King fell in love with her and courted her with all delicates Which being discerned by the Earl he retired speedily into his Countrey without leave the King therefore being highly incensed against him for so doing hasted after him into Cornwal and fired divers of his Towns and at length besieging him at Dimilioch provoked him to come out to Battle Which he did so inconsiderately he being one of the first mortally wounded his followers disperst themselves After whose death the King took Igerna to Wife and begot on her a Son called Arthur who became afterwards not a little famous ¶ The next Earl was Cador who when King Arthur had besieged Colgrine the Saxon General in the City of York understanding that â—â—â—dulph the Brother of Colgrine expecting the coming of more Saxons upon the Sea Coast designed to fall upon King Arthur in the night 〈◊〉 Arthur having notice thereof by his Scouts 〈◊〉 this valiant Cador with Six hundred Horse and Three thousand Foot who meeting the Encâ—â—y unexpectedly flew many of them and routed the rest About three years after upon another invasion of the Saxons and a great Battle fought with them near Bathe in Somersetshire wherein Colgrine and 〈◊〉 beforementioned lost their lives and Cheldric the other principal Leader of them with the remaining part of their Forces were put to flight This Earl Cador by King Arthur's Command pursued them into the Isle of Thanet slew Cheldrick and forced the rest to yield themselves to his mercy This noble Cador left issue Constantine whom King Arthur at his death appointed to be his Successor in his Kingdom of Britain ¶ The next Earl was Godric of whom I have seen no other mention than that Egelwold sometime King of England leaving no other issue that survived him but one Daughter named Goldusburgh Six years of age at his death committed her to the tuition of this Godric who afterwards gave her in marriage to Haneleâ— Son to Birkelan King of Denmark ¶ In the time of King Aethelred Ailmer or Aethelmare for so is he also called was Earl of this County who being a person of singular Piety Founded first of all the Abbey of Cerne in Dorsetshire in the days of King Edgar and had so great a veneration to the memory of Eadwald Brother of S. Edmund the Martyr who led an Hermites life in Dorsetshire before-mentioned near to a certain Spring called the Silver-well that with the help of Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury he translated his Relicks to the old Church of Ceâ—nel then the Parish Church ¶ After this scil in An. 1005. in the time of King Ethelred he Founded the Abbey of Eâ—nâ—sham in Oxfordshire and likewise the Priory of Bruton in Somersetshire all Monks of the Benedictine Order which he amply endowed as by the Authorities which I have here cited will appear though in that of Bruton Cannons of S. Augustine were afterwards placed This Ailmer was also Earl of Devonshire under which Title in the year 1013. when Sâ—ane King of Denmark overrun the greatest part of the Land with his Army and forced King Etholred to betake himself unto the City of Winchester for refuge he with all the great men of the West fearing the tyranny of the Danes submitted themselves to Suane and gave Hostages for their peaceable obedience unto him And about three years after this when King Edmund Ironside fought so stoutly against King Canute Son to the same Suane he joyning with that traiterous Eadric Streona Earl of Mercia and Earl Algar adhered to Canute Of his Issue there nothing more appeareth than that he left a Son called Aethelward who in the year 1018. was killed by King Canute together with that great Traytor Eadric Streone Earl of Mercia Earls of Worcestershire THough in all other Shires those who were employed in the Rule and Government under the respective Kings in the Saxons time had the Title of Comites and Duces yet these in this County were called Subreguli Of which Oâ—â—ic is the first unto whom K. Ethelred in the year of Christ 681. gave Three hundred Tenements id est Houses with Land belonging to them in Gloucestershire and unto Oswald his Brother as much in this Shire they being called Ministri sui nobilis generis his Servants or Officers of Noble descent Out of which great gift this Osric Founded â—a Monastery of Nâ—â—ns in the City of Gloucester to the honor of S. Peter the Apostle constituting Keneburge his Sister first Abbess there This Osric sometimes called Oshere gave unto two Nunns viz. Dunnun and Bucgan the place called Widsandun consisting of Twenty Fermes lying near the River Tillah for the Founding of an Abbey there He also gave the Village of Rippel to one Frithwald a Monk in the Monastery of Worcester for his support there under that Ecclesiastick Rule ¶ The next to him was Huctred sometimes called Dux Wicciorum who gave to the Monks of Worcester the Lordships of Stoke and Scepeston in the time of King Offa. As also Uverabyrig id est Overbury Eatun near the Brook called Selewearâ—e and the Lordship of Scepanaesctun to the Monks of Worcester ¶ After him Eanbert Brother to the same Vhtred who gave Tredinton to that Monastery ¶ And lastly Aldred Brother to Vhtred who bestowed on the Monks of S. Peter at Gloucester Threescore Fermes at Culne As also an Hundred and twenty Hides lying without the Walls of Gloucester where now the Bertone is and in Nymdesfeld Three Ferms Moreover he confirmed the Grant of Timbingetue lying at the Foot of Wendesclyf which Village King Offa gave to the Monastery at Clife He likewise gave the Lordship of Westune to the Church of Breodune And to the Monastery of Worcester Secgesbearwe in An. 778. Earls of Northumberland BEing now to speak of the Earls of this County as it is at this day limitted with Cumberland and Westmerland Westwards with the Bishoprick of Durham Southwards with Scotland to the North and the Sea to the East It will be fit in the first place to manifest That long ago that part of England called Northumberland was of a far larger extent therefore before I proceed with my Story of these Earls I have thought it necessary to take
with those Lordships which he had formerly given to her for her maintenance whereupon she vowed Chastity taking the Veil and was after buried in the Churchyard at Durham ¶ Upon the murther of Earl Vchtred King Canute constituted one Eric or Hirc Earl of this Province but being not pleased long with him he forced him to flee and placed Eadulf sirnamed Cudel Earl in his stead ¶ This Earl Eadulf-Cudel being a sluggish and timerous Man stood much in fear that the Scots would revenge upon him the death of those their Countreymen who had been slain by Earl Vchtred as hath been said and therefore to pacifie them quitted Louâ—â—â—â— wholly unto them by which means that Territory came at first to be a Member of Scotland ¶ After a short time Eadulf departing this life Aldred Son to the before specified Earl Vchtred by Ecgfrid his first Wife came to be Earl and slew Thurebrand the Murtherer of his Father which occasioned no small contests betwixt Carl the Son of Thurebrand and Earl Aldred yet at length through great mediation of Friends Peace being made betwixt them they resolved to go together to Rome but were hindred by tempestuousness of the Sea whereupon returning back Carl received Earl Aldred into his House feasting him very honorably with all seeming affection but afterwards alluring him into a place called 〈◊〉 most barbarously murthered him there ¶ Unto which Aldred succeeded Eadulf his Brother who being much puffed up with pride made great and cruel devastations upon the Welsh But about three years after coming to King Hardi-Canutus for reconciliation he was murthered by Siward who succeeded him in the Earldom ¶ Of this Siward who was a Person famous in his time as shall be farther shewed anon and of a Giantlike stature I may not omit what is Recorded of him as to his Parentage by the Monk of Iervaulx There was in Denmark saith he a Noble Earl of the Blood Royal that had one only Daughter who to recreate her self walking with her Maids into a Wood not far from her Fathers house met with a Bear Which Bear having put the Maids into so great a fright as caused them to flee seised upon the Damsel and there ravished her by which Rape she brought forth a Son that had Ears like a Bear who was thereupon called Berne and succeeded in that Earldom in his Mothers right This stout Earl Berne had Issue a Son named Siward who after a time quitting his Paternal Inheritance in Denmark took shipping and with fifty of his Retinue arrived in the Islands called Orchades where meeting with a fierce Dragon he conquered him in single combate and forced him to flee the Land Having so done he put to Sea again and landed in Northumberland to seek another Dragon where walking in a Wood he met with a reverend old Man who told him that he sought that Dragon which he could not find But said he get you to your Ship again and sail Southwards to the Mouth of the River Thames which will bring you to the wealthy City of London And so parting with him gave him a Standard called Ravelandeys which signifieth The Raven of Earthly Terror Who thereupon coming safely to London was nobly received by King Edward the Confessor with promise of no small honor if he would stay with him Whereunto Siward consenting after thanks given to the King departed the Court but meeting with Tosti Earl of Huntingdon upon a certain Bridge was by him most unworthily affronted by soyling with dirt yet Siward though he took that usage very disdainfully did not then lift up his hand against him but upon his return meeting him in the same place he cut off Tosti's head and carried it to the King who hearing the truth of that passage gave unto Siward the Earldom of Huntingdon which Tosti had possessed Not long after this the Kingdom being much infested by the Danes the great Men of the Land consulting with the King did advise That the little Devil should be first exposed to the great Devil id est that this Earl Siward should be placed upon that part of England which was most like to be invaded by the Danes Whereupon the King committed to his charge the Counties of Westmerland Cumberland and Northumberland under which title of Northumberland he had the Administration of that Earldom from Humber to Twede All which he governed in Peace victoriously subduing the Kings-Enemies and afterwards sent his Son called Osberne-Bulax into Scotland there to get what he could by Conquest Who being there slain in Battle and the news thereof brought to this Earl Siward his Father he enquired upon what part of his Body he hapned to have his Deaths wound and being told that it was upon the forepart thereof he said I am glad that my Son was worthy of such an honorable Funeral Upon the Rebellion of Godwyne Earl of Kent he together with Leofric Earl of Mercia came with a great power to the King Edward the Confessor then at Gloucester It hapned likewise that Egelric Bishop of Durham after he had sate three years Bishop there being expelled by the Clergy because he was a stranger and not elected by their consent addressing himself to this Earl Siward and offering a large gift for his Protection and Favor obtained the same Whereupon he compelled them to receive him again But considering the loss of his Son as hath been said he marched with an Army into Scotland conquered King Macbeth in open Battle wasted the Kingdom and subjugating it to his own power constituted Malcolme Son to the King of Cumberland in his stead And lastly Apparently discerning his Death approaching by reason of a Flux he said How am I ashamed that I did not die in so many Battles but that I am reserved thus to exspire as a Beast Put on me therefore my Armor of Proof gird me with my Sword and reach me my Helmet Let me have also my Target in my Left-hand and my Gilt Ax in my Right that so as the most valiant of Soldiers I may die as a Soldier For in such sort it becomes a Soldier to die and not as a Beast lying down to depart All which being done he breathed his last at York in the year 1055. Anno 13 Regis Edw. Conf. and was there buried in the Cloyster of the Monastery of Galmanho which he had Founded This valiant Earl had to Wife Alfleda Daughter to Aldred late Earl of Northumberland by whom he left Issue Waltheof afterwards Earl of Northumberland as I shall shew anon And surviving her married a Widow called Godgive who for the health of her Soul by the consent of King Edward the Confessor had given to the Abbey of Peterborough
his second Son had it then bestowed upon him by King Edward the Confessor whereupon he quitted the Earldom of Essex as I have already shewed It now remains that I say something of this Harold as Earl of the West Saxons Of his raising the East Saxons East Angles with the Power of Huntendon and Cambridgshires in aid of his Father Earl Godwyne upon that bold Insurrection by him made in An. 1051. or of his flight into Ireland and return thence whereupon he again joyned with his Father in those his Rebellious practises whereof in the life of that Earl under the title of Kent I have spoke I need not to say any more in this place I shall therefore descend to his own particular Actions Upon the banishment of Algar Earl of Cheâ—ter whereupon he first got into Ireland after with Eighteen Ships as a Pyrate joyned with Griffin Prince of Wales then invaded Herefordshire and burnt the Cathedral of that City The tidings thereof being brought to King Edward then at Glocester he forthwith raised an Army and made this Harold General thereof who thereupon suddenly advanced against them and pitching his Tents at Snaudune in North Wales so terrified Algar and Prince Griffin that they soon betook themselves to flight Whereupon Harold marching to Hereford fortified it with a deep and large Rampire and strong Gates But at length by means of some who did then mediate there was a Peace concluded betwixt those great Persons After this viz. in An. 1059. all things being in a quiet condition this Earl Harold came to his Lordship of Boseham in Sussex near the Sea Coast where so it hapned that putting out to Sea to solace himself in a Fisher-Boat a sudden Tempest arose and drove the Boat to the Coast of Ponthieu in France where being forced on shore he was made Prisoner by the Inhabitants of those parts upon suspition that he came thither as a Spy Seeing himself therefore in this condition he seriously pondered in his mind how he might obtain his liberty and soon resolving dispatched away a Messenger with promise of good reward unto Duke William of Normandy to let him know that he was privately sent over from King Edward to reveal unto him some great secret but being then detained Prisoner by the Earl of Ponthâ—eu could not come to do his errand Whereupon by command from Duke William being soon set at liberty he came into Normandy and after most honorable reception there was taken with him in that his Military expedition then made into Britaâ—â—y wherein he gave such signal testimonies of his Prudence and Valor as made the Duke not a little in love with him Harold therefore discerning how his subtile insinuations had already wrought that he might heighten the Dukes estimation towards him the more offered that by a solemn Oath he would deliver into his power the Castle of Dover which was his own right and likewise the Kingdom of England after the death of King Edward wherefore for more sure performance thereof Ala a young Daughter of the Dukes with a large Portion was betrothed to him Others relate this story thus viz. That Earl Godwyne Father to this Harold being banished the Kingdom by reason of King Edwards just displeasure towards him for his Rebellious practises and not admitted to return without good security for his future peaceable demeanor Wolnoth one of his younger Sons and Hacun Son to Suane his eldest Son were delivered up as Hostages to the King and sent into Normandy there to be kept by Duke William Bastard-Son to Robert Son of Richard Brother to Emme Mother of King Edward Which Earl dying not long after as I have elswhere shewed this Harold his Son came to the King and befought him that he might have leave to go into Normandy thence to bring back his Brother and Nephew who had been made Hostages upon the occasion before exprest To whom the King replied That he would not of himself do it nevertheless that he might not seem to hinder him he said Go whither thou wilt and try what thou canst do But this I know that thy aim is no other than to do mischeif to this English Nation to thy own dishonor nor am I ignorant that Duke William will deny thy request unless he know that it may be much to his own advantage Hereupon he took shipping for the journey but by reason of a Tempest was forced into the River Maia which brought him into Ponthâ—eu and there made Prisoner until by Duke William unto whom he sent a Messenger that acquainted him with his misfortune he was delivered Being thus come into Normandy the Duke entertained him very honorably using him with all respect for many days and at length opening his mind to him said That King Edward when he was a young man and resided with him in Normandy did assure him upon his Faith That if ever be came to the Crown of England he would transfer the inheritance thereof to him And thereupon said to Harold If thou will be faithful to me herein and deliver unto me the Castle of Dover Clavis Repagulum totius Regni with the Well of Water there as also send thy Sister over unto me to be married by one of my Nobles and moreover promise to take my Daughter to be thy own Wife I will forth with restore unto thee thy Nephew Hacun and when I come to be King of England thou shalt have thy Brother Wolnoth safely given into thy hands And in case I shall happen to be established in that Kingdom by thy help I promise that thou shalt not ask any reasonable thing of me but I will grant it Harold therefore considering in what peril he then stood and knowing not how to get himself out of the hands of Duke William consented Whereupon the Duke brought before him the Relicks of Saints and caused him to swear upon them to make performance accordingly All which being effected Harold returning into England with his Nephew and making a Narrative to the King of what he had done The King replied thus Did not I tell thee that I knew Duke William sufficiently and that by this thy journey much mischeif would come to this Kingdom By this action of thine many calamities will befal this Nation which I pray God may not happen in my days Thus far Sim. Dunelm After this scil in An. 1063. Griffin Prince of Wales making divers mischeivous excursions upon the bordering English Harold was sent with an Army against him Whereupon he retreated with his Forces and betook himself unto the Woods and Mountainous parts of the Countrey so that the English in regard their Armor was heavy could not readily pursue them But this impediment being discerned by Harold he forthwith commanded his Soldiers to make
any But before I proceed to speak of him as Earl it will not be improper to shew in regard of his Ecclesiastick Profession how he was qualified for such a Temporal imployment take therefore this his Character Odo ille Bajocarum praesul c. This Odo Bishop of Bayeux was well known to be such a person who could best of any undergo both Ecclesiastick and Secular businesses Of his goodness and prudence the Church of Bayeux in the first place gives testimony which he with great wisdom did settle and advance And though he was in years but young yet did he excel the aged in Gravity To all Normandy he was of great use and ornament his prudence and eloquence manifesting themselves not only in Synods wherein the worship of God was handled but in all other disputes touching woâ—â—dly affairs For liberality none like him in all the Realm of France nor was he less praise-worthy for his love of Equity He was no instigator to War nor could he be drawn thereto and therefore much feared by Soldiers But upon great necessity his Counsels in Military affairs were of special avail so far as might consist with the safety of Religion To the King whose Brother he was by the Mother his affections were so great that he could not be severed from him no not in the Camp being constant and faithful always to him The Normans and Britons were most obsequious to him nor were the English so rough but that they esteemed him worthy of their fear reverence and love As to his particular Actings certain it is that he with Geffery Bishop of Constance was present at that memorable Battle with Duke William wherein he was Conqueror and thenceforth King of England and had with him there at that time divers Monks and Secular Clerks who by their devout Prayers and Councils then afforded much assistance in that great and signal conflict And after that Victory having the Castle of Dover which is Clavis Repagulum totius Regni the Lock and Key of the whole Kingdom and this whole County of Kent committed to his charge he was joyned with William Fitz-Osberne a Principal Commander in the Conquerors Army as when I speak of the Earls of Hereford will appear in the Generalship or cheif superintendency of all the Military Forces of the whole Realm as well in Field as Garison Nay he was likewise a Count Palatine and gave Laws as a King having a power over all other Earls and great Men of the Land As also Iusticiarius Angliae id est The Principal Person under the King for administring of Justice throughout the whole Nation which high and eminent Office after him continued till towards the later end of King Henry the Third's Reign as elswhere I have amply shewed being reputed the wisest man in England In Lent after his Coronation the King going into Normandy this Odoâ— was with William Fitz Osberne Custos Angliae in his absence having direction for the building of Castles in all fit places of the Land Being thus seated in Kent and so powerful that no man durst oppose him he possessed himself of divers Lordships belonging to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury which being made known to Lanfranke when he was advanced to that See viz. 5 Will. Conâ— he forthwith made his complaint thereof to the King Who thereupon commanded That the whole County of Kent especially those who were most knowing in the ancient Customs and Usages there should without delay assemble and do right therein Meeting therefore at Pâ—nenden Geffrey Bishop of Constance sate in the Kings stead as Judge who after much dispute past Sentence for Lanfranke viz. That he should enjoy the Lands belonging to his Church as freely as the King himself did enjoy his own Demesn Lands In An. 1074. upon that Rebellious Insurrection of Roger Earl of Hereford and Raphe Earl of Norfolk this Odo with Geffrey Bishop of Constance marched with an Army to suppress them who being then near Cambridgâ— and hearing of this power coming towards them fled privily to Norwich In An. 1078. 13 Conq. Qui tunc â— Rege secundus erat Being the next to the King in authority and greatness he was sent with an Army to wast Northumberland by reason that the Men of those parts in an Insurrection then made there had murthered that good man Walcher Bishop of Durham at 〈◊〉 near Newcastle upon Tine but he there exercised much cruelty and despoiled the Church of Durham of some rich ornaments amongst which was a rare Crosier of Saphire Certain it is that his extraordinary power and wealth made him much forgetful of himself wherewith being highly elated he grew both insolent oppressive and ambitious and the rather for that certain Soothsayers of Rome had foretold who should succeed Hildebrand in the Papacy and that they had found out that after the death of Gregory Odo should be Pope so that he little valued the power and riches of these Western parts unless he might rule there and elswhere at large as Pope Wherefore he sent to Rome and purchased a Palace there linking the friendship of the Senators unto him by great gifts And having adorned it with glorious and costly furniture he drew unto him Hugh Earl of Chester and a great Band of choice Soldiers importuning them to accompany him into Italy with promise of ample rewards Wherewith being allured and desirous to see Foreign parts they soon assented but King William taking notice of this great preparation and apprehending how prejudicial the effect thereof might be to this Kingdom as well as others being then in Normandy hastens for England and upon the way at the Isle of Wight accidently met this his Brother Odo with his pompous Retinue going towards Normandy Whereupon calling all his Nobles together he represented to them how that he had committed the Care and Government of England to this Odo upon his own going into Normandy and told them of the dangerous Insurrections there which occasioned that his journey as also his happy success against them that had so rebelliously disturbed those parts Telling them further that whilest he was thus busied in Normandy this his Brother Odo had grievously oppressed his people in England robbed the Churches of their Lands Revenues and Ornaments seduced those Soldiers who should have been employed in defence of this Realm against the Danes and Irish to pass the Alpes with him And having thus passionately made his complaint commanded the Guards to seise upon him But no one daring to touch him in regard he was a Bishop the King himself laid hands on him Whereupon he said That he was a Clerk and a Minister of God and that he was not to be sentenced by any but the Pope But the King Replied
with the whole Tithes of that Parish the Churches of Mellinges and Boelton the Town of great Dernesse as also of Pulton with the Church and one Carucate of Land The Tithes of his Venison and Paunage throughout all his Woods the Tithe of his Fishing and third draught of Fish taken with great Nets the small Tithes of Estanebery Salfort Derby Halas Ewreton Waleton Crosseby Molas Croston Preston Richby Singleton Preshoved Middelton Overton Scherton Barr Stapleton and Asseline That those Monks thereupon established a Cell of their own Order there and annexed all the Lands and Churches so given by this Earl thereunto so that he may very well be accounted the Founder of that Priory-Alien so setled at Lancaster But taking part with his Brother Robert de Belesme Earl of Shrewsbury in that Rebellion against King Henry the First on the behalf of Robert Curthose he was banished England for the same After which Henry Duke of Normandy Son to Maud the Empress gave all his Possessions unto Ranulph sirnamed Gernouns Earl of Chester as I shall more fully shew when I come to speak of that Earl which were of a vast extent For besides all that part of Lancashiâ—e lying betwixt the Rivers of Ribble and Mersey he had so much more in that County as made up the number of an hundred fourscore and eight Mannors As also Seventy six in Yorkshire Three in Essex Fifty nine in Suffolk Eleven in Nottinghamshire Seven in Derbishire Ten in Norfolk and Forty four in Lincolnshire But of his Posterity other than one Daughter called Sibill I have not seen any thing Earls of Chester THe first Earl of this County after the Norman Conquest was Gherbod a Flemming who having undergone many difficulties as well from the English as his troublesome Neighbors the Welsh and being at length sent for into Flanders by some of his Friends to whom he had committed the managery of his affairs relating to his Hereditary Honor in that Countrey obtained license from King William to go over thither with purpose to make a speedy return But it so hapned that he there fell into his Enemies hands and was restrained by a long and hard imprisonment ¶ King William therefore upon this recess of Gherbod gave this Earldom of Chester to Hugh de Abrincis his Sisters Son Wife of Richard sirnamed Goz. Which Hugh being a person of great note at that time amongst the Norman Nobility and an expert Soldier was for that respect cheifly placed so near those unconquered Britains the better to restrain their bold incursions For my Author saith It was consilio prudentum by the advice of his Council that King William thus advanced him to that Government his power being also not ordinary for he had Royal Jurisdiction within the Precincts of this Earldom it being given him Tenere ita liberè ad Gladium sicut ipse Rex tenebat Angliam per Coronam To hold as freely by the Sword as the King himself held England by the Crown But though the time of this his advancement was not till the year 1070. 4 Will. Conq. Gherbod then departing hence certain it is that he first came into England with the Conqueror and thereupon had Whitby in Yorkshire bestowed upon him which he soon after disposed to William de Percy his associate in that famous expedition During the Conquerors Reign I have not seen any farther mention of this Earl Hugh then that he was a witness with most of the Bishops and great Men of the Realm unto that Kings Charter of Confirmation made to the Monks of S. Edmunds-Bury in Suffolk Pridie Kal. Iunii An. 1081. 14 Conq. whereby he ratified to that Monastery the Concessions of King Edmund Canutus Hardy-Canutus and Edward the Confessor amongst which he is ranked in the second place viz. Next unto Roger de Montgomery then Earl of Shrewsbury Being faithful to King William Rufus all his Reign when Henry his Brother had possessed himself of many strong places in Normandy he rendred to the King those that were in his hands and was one of the principal Commanders against those Forces of Philip King of France which Philip claiming a right to several places in Normandy had entred those parts with a great power By his Prowess and Military skill he enlarged his Territories upon the Welsh winning Tegenel and Ryvoâ—â—â—e with all the Land by the Sea-shore unto the River of â—onwey In 11 Will. Rufi he joyned with Hugh then Earl of Shrewsbury and entring the Isle of Anglesey exercised great cruelties towards the Welsh that being the time when Magnus King of Norway made an attempt on that Isle in resistance of whom the Earl of Shrewsbury lost his life After the death of which King this Earl Hugh grew in much esteem with King Henry the First being one of his cheif Counsellors He was a fat Man and therefore called Hugh Vras by the Welsh It is reported that there being in the Isle of Anglesey a Stone much like in shape to the Thigh of a Man of that vertue that whethersoever it is removed it will the next night following return to its old place as by the Inhabitants thereabouts hath been frequently observed and that though this Earl upon his invasion of the Isle in the time of King Henry the First hearing of its property caused it to be fastned unto another Stone of great magnitude with a strong Chain of Iron and thrown into the Sea yet that the next morning it was found in its old place again to the wonder of many And therefore by a publick Proclamation he prohibited that thenceforth none should presume to remove it again Moreover in an ancient British Manuscript containing the life and actions of Griffin the Son of Conan Prince of North Wales it is recorded that a servant of Griffin called Marian the Red did betray him to this Earl Hugh under colour of having some Conference with him at Rue insomuch as the Prince suspecting nothing had but a slender attendance was carried prisoner to 〈◊〉 And that after he had been many years kept there in Bonds the Earl landed an Army in Angâ—eâ—ey and by fire and sword wasting it subdued the Inhabitants there to his Government Moreover to the end he might the better keep what he had thus got that he built two Castles one in the Isle the other in Arvon which he manned with Soldiers Likewise that sometime after one Cynuric Hir and Inhabitant of Yule who had formerly served Prince Griffin and was well known to him came to Châ—ster with some necessaries for him and finding him tied in a Chain of Iron went to him at Supper time whilest his Keepers were at meat and carried him away on his shoulders no notice being taken thereof The Prince having thus escaped raised
Forces great confluence of people coming to him and recovered his Possessions again This Earl Hugh rebuilt the Castle of Deganwy near Conway But his death shortly after approaching so that his farther Secular Imployments were at an end I shall now take notice of his Pious works He was the Founder of the Abbey of S. Severus in Normandy within the Diocess of Constance and afterwards of that at Chester here in England dedicated to S. Werburge where in the room of Canons Secular he planted Monks and endowed them with ample Possessions Richard a Monk of Bec in Normandy being brought over by Anselme Abbot of that Monastery afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury and made the first Abbot there To the Abbey of Bec in Normandy he gave the Lordship of Atherston in Warwickshire To the Abbey of Whitby in Yorkshire the Church of S. Peter at Whitby and the Church of Flemesburgh id est Flamborough in pure Alms. And to the Monastery of Utica in Normandy one Hide of Land in Little Pâ—landenton now called Pillerton in Warwickshire with the Tithes of that place as also the Tithes of Sanley in Buckinghamshire In his youth and flourishing age he was a great lover of Worldly Pleasures and Secular Pomp profuse in giving and much delighted with Enterludes Jesters Horses Dogs and other like Vanities having a large attendance of such persons of all sorts as were disposed to those sports But he had also in his family both Clerks and Soldiers who were Men of great Honor the venerable Anselme Abbot of Bec and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury being his Confessor Nay so devout he grew before his death that sickness hanging long upon him he caused himself to be shorn a Monk in the Abbey of S. Werburge where within three days after viz. 6 Kal. Aug. An. 1101 1 Hen. 1. he died leaving Issue by Ermentrude his Wife Daughter of Hugh de Clerement one only Son named Richard then seven years of age Which Richard succeeded him in this Earldom of Chester and by his Concubines divers Children both Sons and Daughters and was buried in the Chapter-House there But of those Illegitimate Children I find only mention of two viz. Otwel Tutor to those Children of King Henry the First which perished by Shipwrack and Robert first a Monk in the Abbey of S. Ebrulf at Utica in Normandy and afterwards Abbot of S. Edmunds-Bury in Sunolk Though the Historians of that age do make no mention of any other of his Children most certain it is that he had a Daughter called Geva who became the Wife of Geffrey Ridell an eminent Man in those days viz. Justice of England under King Henry the First as I have elswhere shewed Nor can her legitimacy be doubted for it is evident that she had the Lordship of Draiton now called Draiton-Basset in Com. Staff given her in Frank-marriage by this Earl her Father which could not have been so bestowed on a Bastard as our Learned Lawyers do clearly affirm That this great Earl had vast Possessions here in England of the Conquerors gift doth evidently appear by the number of Lordships he held at the time of the General Survey for besides all Cheshire excepting what then belonged to the Bishop which was not much he had in Berkshire Nine in Devonshire Two in Yorkshire Seven in Wiltshire Six in Dorsethshire Ten in Somersetshire Four in Suffolk Thirty two in Norfolk Twelve in Hantshire One in Oxfordshire Five in Buckinghamshire Three in Glocestershire Four in Huntindonshire Two in Nottinghamshire Four in Warwickshire One and in Leicestershire Twenty two And that divers emiment Men were his Barons is certain enough from the words of his Charter whereby he Founded and Endowed the Abbey of S. Werburge at Chester viz. Haec sunt itaque dona data Abbatiae S. Werburge quae omniae ego Comes Hugo Richardus filius meus Ermentrudis Comitissa mei Barones mei homines dedimus c. Which Barones and Homines with their respective gifts there mentioned are these viz. 1. Willielmus Malbanc 2. Robertus filius Hugonis 3. Hugo filius Normanni 4. Ricardus de Vernun 5. Ricardus de Rullos 6. Radulphus Venator 7. Hugo de Mara 8. Radulphus Ermiwini filius 9. Robertus de Fremouz 10. Walkelinus nepos Walteri de Vernun 11. Seward 12. Gislebertus de Venables 13. Gaufridus de Sartes 14. Ricardus de Mesnilwarin 15. Walterus de Vernun But then he concludeth thus Et ut haec omnia essent rata stabilia imperpetuum ego Comes Hugo mei Barones confirmavimus c. ita quod singuli nostrum propriâ— manu in testimonium posteris Signum in modum Crucis facerent yet gives instance of no other than these after his Son Richard and Hervey Bishop of Bangor viz. Ranulph his Nephew id est De Macaenis or Meschines who was Earl after the death of Earl Richard Roger Bigod Alan de Perci Willielmus Constabularius Ranulphus Dapifer Willielmus Malbanc Robertus filius Hugonis Hugo filius Normanni Hamo de Masci and Bigod de Loges Whether he intended that these only should be reputed his Barons and the rest such as held of him by Military Service for so the word Homines doth here import I make a question conceiving rather that these and no other were present at the sealing of that his Foundation Charter For it is not to be doubted but that Richard de Vernun whose principal seat was at Shipbroc and Gislebert de Venables at Kinderton in the Conquerors Survey called Gislebertus Venator were at that time his Barons as well as any of the rest Howbeit having no farther light to guide me I shall not conclude any thing positively herein nevertheless to manifest of what note most of them were who are Recorded in the Conquerors General Survâ—â— to have been Tenants to this Earl at that time I will here enumerate what Lordships or part of Lordships they then held of him in Cheshire ¶ Robertus filius Hugonis whose seat being at Depenbeche now called Malpas occasioned the title of Baron of Malpas to be attributed to him and his Descendants held Bedesfeld Burwardestone Hurdingebery Depenbeche Tillestone Cristetone Calmundeley Eghe Hantone Lawechedone Dochintone Cetelea Brosse Overtone Cuntitone Socheliche Tusigeham Bicheley Bieretone Burwardesley Creuhalle Tidnistane Bristone Bolebery Tevertone Spurestowe Fentone Sudetone Butelege and Coeneche ¶ William Malbedeng whose seat was at Wiche-Malbanc now called Nantwich held Tatenale Colburne Ulvre Wivrevene Pol Salhale Landechene Optone Tuigvelle Chenotebery Eteshale Manessel Sprostune Actune Estune Wilaâ—estune Warenebery Cerletune Merbery Norbery Wircâ—welle Westone Waleretune Santune Burtune Haretone Wistanestune Berdresford Berdeltune Weclestune Bertemeleu Essetune Wivetesde Tiâ—esâ—e Steple Wistetestune Brunhala Tereth Cerlere Bedeley Stanlen Copehale Estone Chelmundestone Claytone and Wepre ¶ Willielmus filius Nigelli the same who is
was one of those that attended the King into â—oictou In 16 Ioâ— in the Parliament then held at London he rebuked the King for violating the Wives and Daughters of the Nobility and joyned with William Mareâ—chal and the Bishops of Winchester and Norwich in that undertaking for the payment of the sum of Forty thousand marks unto the Archbishop of Canterbury and others upon relaxation of the Interdict under which the Kingdom then stood In 17 Ioh. he had the Castle and Honor of Lancaâ—ter with the Castle of Peek in Derbishire committed to his charge and was one of those Loyal Peers who firmly adhered to the King when many other put themselves in Arms against him under pretence of asserting the Laws of the Realm and Liberties of the People In the same year also he had a Grant from the King of the Castle and Mannor of Newcastle under Line to hold by the Service of one Knights Fee And likewise the custody of all the Lands of Simon de Montfort with the Forests to the use of the same Simon In 18 Ioh. he had the custody of the County of Salop so likewise of the Castles of Salop Bruges i. e. Brugge-Noâ—â— and Richmund with express command to demolish that of Richmund if he thought it not tenable In which year on Ashwednesday he 〈◊〉 upon him the Cross in order to a voyâ—â—â—o the Holy Land as the King himself then also did But the Kings death hapning soon after prevented his journey at that time And as he stood firm to King Iohn in his greatest distresses so did he approve himself a stout and faithful Champion for Henry the Third insomuch as the very preservation of that King and raising him to his Fathers Throne if we may give credit to an old Monk of Peterborough may cheifly be attributed to him whose relation touching the same being not taken notice of by our ordinary Historians I shall here insert Vpon the death of King John the great Men of England fearing that the Son would follow his Fathers steps in Tyranny over the People resolved to extirpate him and all of his Blood not considering saith he that saying of the Prophet viz. That the Son shall not suffer for the iniquity of his Father And to that end determined to set up Lewes Son to the King of France a youth then but Fourteen years old in his stead whom at the instance of the Rebellious Barons that King for the purpose alleadged sent over into England in the last year of King John under the tuition of the Earl of Perch and other great Men of that Realm Who having landed himself in England accordingly and received Homage of the Londoners expecting the like from the Southern Nobility advanced to Lincolne Which being made known to this Earl who did abominate any Conjunction with them in that their conspiracy he convened the rest of the Northern Peers and being the cheif and most potent of them taking with him young Henry Son of King John and right Heir to the Crown raised a puissant Army and marched towards Lincolne To which place at the end of four days after Lewes got thither expecting him be came To whom the Earl of Perch observing his stature to be small said Have we staid all this while for such a little Man such a Dwarf To which disdainful expression he answered I vow to God and our Lady whose Church this is That before to morrow Evening I will seem to thee to be stronger and greater and taller than that Steeple Thus parting with each other he betook himself to the Castle And on the next morning the Earl of Perch armed at all parts except his Head having entered the Cathedral with his Forces and left Lewes there challenged out our Earl to Battle Who no sooner heard thereof but causing the Castle Gates to be opened he came out with his Soldiers and made so fierce a charge upon the adverse party that he slew the Earl of Perch and many of his followers and immediately seising upon Lewes in the Church caused him to swear upon the Gospel and Relicks of those Saints then placed on the High Altar that be would never lay any claim to the Kingdom of England but speedily hasten out of the Realm with all his followers and that when he should be King of France he would restore Normandy to the Crown of England Which being done he sent for young Henry who during that time lay privately in a Cow-house belonging to Bardney Abbey near Lincolne towards the West and setting him upon the Altar delivered him Seisâ— of this Kingdom as his Inheritance by a White Wand instead of a Scepter doing his homage to him as did all the rest of the Nobility then present For which Signal Service the King gave him the Body of Gilbert de Gant his Enemy with all his Possessions Which Gilbert was a great Baron and Founder of Uaudey Abbey in â—esteven Thus far my Author And after the solemnity of the Kings Coronation was over bestirred himself with all earnestness against the Rebellious Barons first in the siege of Mountforell in Leicestershire and afterwards at Lincoln the Castle whereof was then beleaguered by a great strength of Barons which in that notable Battle there were utterly vanquished In that year he had the Earldom of Lincoln conferred upon him Gilbert de Gant being set aside in regard of his Rebellion unto which Honor the Record implies That he had an Hereditary Right from Lucia his Great Grand-Mother for she had the title of Comitissa Lincolniae He had also the custody of the Honor of Lancaster likewise of the Castle of Mountsorell which he himself took and demolished The next year following he had the Honor of Britanny in the Counties of Cambridge Norfolk and Suffolk committed to him And then seeing the troubles in England were well quieted in which work he had been so happily instrumental he again took upon him the Cross for another Voyage to the Holy Land with divers more of the English Nobility And before he set forwards on that journey granted to his Barons of Cheshire at their request a most ample Charter of Liberties in which are many observable things amongst others that they should have a free Court wherein they might hold Plea of all things as in his own Court Exceptis placitis ad Gladium meum pertinentibus are the words Excepting the Pleas belonging to his Sword Which Pleadings were of the same nature as those in all other parts of England called Pleas of the Crown For in all Indictments for Felony Trespass c. whereas they are in all other parts of England said to be Contra Pacem Domini Regis Coronam dignitates suas they there run thus Contra pacem Domini Comitis Gladium dignitates suas The reason whereof I conceive to be
Fourth Son to King Henry the Second having taken her to Wife as hath been said in the year 1166 her Father Earl Conan then living succeeded in these Earldoms Which Conan thereupon granted to King Henry to the use of his said Son Geffrey the whole Dutchy of Britanny excepting the County of Guincamp descended to him from Earl Stephen his Grandfather This Geffrey received the Honor of Knighthood at the hands of King Henry his Father at Woodstock in the year 1178. 24 Hen. 2. But of him there is not much more memorable in regard he died when he was but Twenty eight years of age being then unhappily killed at Paris by the stroke of an Horse in a Tourneament held there upon the 14. Kal. of Sept. Whereupon he was buried in the Church of Nostredame within the Quire of the Canons there leaving issue by the same Constance two Daughters as also a Son born after his death viz. Upon Easter day the Fourth Kalender of April ensuing An. scil 1187. whose name was called Arthur The name of one of the Daughters was Eleanor le Bret. Which Eleanor departing this life in the Castle of Bristol 4 Id. Aug. An. 1241. 25 Hen. 3. was first buried in the Church of S. Iames at Bristol but afterwards by the Kings appointment translated to the Monastery of Nuns at Ambresbury The name of the other Daughter appeareth not Unto this Earldom of Richmund did belong no less then Cxl Knights Fees After the death of this Geffrey Constance his Widow was given in marriage to Ranulph Earl of Chester as hath been before exprest with whom he enjoyed both these Honors of Britanny and Richmund But she forsaking him as hath been said Arthur her Son having been honored with Knighthood by Philip King of France in An. 1199. the year following did homage to King Iohn for this Earldom of Britanny it being of the Fee of the Dutchy of Normandy Notwithstanding which King Iohn detained from him all his Lands in Normandy Turon Anjou and Poictou whereupon the King of France taking occasion to quarrel with King Iohn required restitution of them to Arthur but without success insomuch as War ensuing betwixt them the French had the worst After which King Iohn sent for his Nephew Arthur to Faleise and flattering him with fair words promised him great Honors if he would desert the King of France and adhere faithfully to him as his Leig-Lord and Uncle But Arthur who knew himself to be the Son of King Iohns elder Brother viz. Geffrey Duke of Britanny and Richmund beforementioned answered him with indignation requiring That he would make restitution to him of the Kingdom of England and all other the Lands which King Richard his Uncle had in Possession upon the day of his death Vowing That if he did not do it speedily he should not be at Peace Which expressions so much awakened King Iohn that he forthwith commanded his Nephew Arthur should be sent to Roan and there straitly imprisoned in the new Tower where he had not long been but for fear lest the great Men of England should adhere to him as being the next and rightful Heir to the Crown he caused him to be murthered by the hands of Peter de Mauley one of his Esquires unto whom for the reward of that wicked service he gave the Heir of the Barony of Mulgreve to Wife As to the manner of his death it is said That passing from one Ship to another to go into England as a prisoner a Marriner laid a Plank in such a sort that as soon as he trode upon it he fell into the Sea and was drowned Having thus given an account of this Earldoms Succession from Alan the first to Conan the last of the ancient Earls whose sole Daughter and Heir Constance first took to Husband Geffrey Fourth Soâ— to King Henry the Second As also of the Murther of Arthur her only Son who had no issue and that she afterwards married to Ranulph Earl of Chester who in her right enjoyed it I shall now observe that this Constance being at length divorced from Earl Ranulph by reason of Adultery married lastly to Guy de Toarche and had issue by him a Daughter called Alice who after the death of her Parents remaining in Ward to the King of France was by that King given in marriage to Sir Peter Maâ—clere a Knight of his with Britanny and what else was of her Inheritance Not long after which King Ioâ—n being highly discontented towards those of his Barons who had extorted from him the two notable Charters of their Liberties called Magna Carta and Carta de Ferestâ— which bear date 15 Iunii in Seventeenth of His Reign upon his recess from London with purpose to raise what strength he could for the redeeming himself out of their power by his Letteâ—s directed to this Peter bearing date at Warham in Com. Dors. 12 Aug. next ensuing in which he calls him Earl of Britanny did signifie That in case he would come into England he would restore unto him the Honor of Richmund with its Appurtenances as appertaining to his said Earldom of Britany and thereupon required him to hasten over with all possible speed well furnished with Horse and Arms as also to bring with him what power he could raise for his aid and to do his homage with what service otherwise he ought to perform Whereupon he came and had Livery of all the Lands pertaining to that Honor in right of his said Wife And not long after that viz in 3 Hen. 3. agreed That the King should thenceforth have of the Knights Fees belonging thereto Thirty on the South of Humâ—er such as he should chuse After which that King became so cordial to him as that in 14 of His Reign he did by his Letters Patents declare That so long as the Wars with the French should continue he would assist him giving him by those his Letters the title of Duke of Britanny and Earl of Richmund with Four hundred Knights and One hundred Servants on Horsback of which number One hundred to be of his own Knights as also that he would give him pay for Three hundred Knights and an Hundred Servants more and for performance thereof obliged himself by Oath Richard Earl of Cornwal with some other eminent persons doing the like as undertakers for him therein Nevertheless though the King then gave him the Appellation of Earl of 〈◊〉 he had not the compleat fruition of that Barony Ranulph Earl of Chester retaining the Lands thereof in his hands until by a special Precept to the Bishop of Chichester then Lord Chancellor and Stephen de Segrave afterwards Justice of England command was given that Livery should forthwith be made to him thereof After which viz. the next ensuing year he
That this second Simon succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Northampton is not to be doubted but that the Earldom of Huntendon was taken from him for the greatest part of his time is plain enough For David Son of Malcolme the Third King of Scotland and Brother to Alexander to whom he after succeeded in that Kingdom having married Maud his Mother eldest Daughter unto Earl Waltheof as hath been already observed by the special favor of King Henry the First possessed himself thereof Of this David it was told King Stephen upon his first assuming the Crown of England that whereas he did make a shew of coming to him in a peaceable manner and as a guest he had entred Carlisâ—e and Newcastâ—e and possessed himself of those strong Towns Whereupon the King advancing towards him with an Army David met him a little South of Durham and peaceably accorded the business rendring Newcastle and holding Carlisâ—e by the Kings permission but did no homage to him in regard he had before sworn allegiance to Maud the Empress Which David by the before specified Maud Daughter of Earl Waltheof had issue Henry who doing homage to King Stephen at York obtained Livery not only of this Honor of Hunâ—endon but a Grant of the Borough of Doneaster and Carlisle as an augmentation thereto and restitution of all those Lands Forts and Castles which he formerly had Nay he was then in such high estimation with King Stephen that upon his solemn keeping of the Feast of Easter he set him on his right hand which gave such distaste unto divers of the Nobles at that time there that William then Archbishop of Canterbury Ranulph Earl of Chester and some others forsook the Court. This Henry married Ada Sister to William Earl Warren by whom he had issue three Sons viz. Malcolme and William afterwards Kings of Scotland and David Earl of Huntendon and Carect He had likewise issue three Daughters Ada the Wife to Floris Earl of Holland Margaret of Conan le Petit Earl of Britanny and Maud who died young He died in the year One thousand one hundred fifty and two which hapned in the life time of his Father and was buried in the Abbey of Calc ¶ After whose death Simon Son to the before specified Earl Simon and Maud who had the Earldom of Northampton as hath been shewred entred upon this Earldom of Huntendon This Earl took part with King Stephen against Maud the Empress and her son Henry the Second Duke of Normandy and therefore shared with him in that bad fate which he had in the Battle of Lincolne in the Sixth year of His Reign The Character which Robert Earl of Glocester his Enemy gives of him is this in effect viz. That he was a Man forward in promises and slow in performance Howbeit his Works of Piety were such as speak better of him for he Founded the Nunnery called De la Pree near unto Northampton as also the Abbey of Saltrey in Huntingdonshire and gave to the Knights-Templers the Church of Suthwike But in that Treaty betwixt Henry Duke of Normandy and King Stephen at the Siege of Wallingford in 18 Steph. no man stood more opposite to a peaceable accord than he though his death was then at hand for he then and there departed this life and was buried in the Priory of S. Andrews at Northampton He had a Brother called also Simon de S. Liz who bestowed to that Abbey of De la Pree of this Brothers Foundation a certain Meadow in Cumton called Huthere Lidehaleh for maintenance of the Lights in that Abbey Church To whom succeeded another Simon who in 16 Ioh. gave a Palfrey to the King to have a Writ of Right for one Knights Fee in Cumton against David Earl of Huntendon And in 7 Hen. 3. paid Thirty marks and one Palfrey for the Wardship and Marriage of the Heirs of Richard Balastan The Descendants of which Simon fixing at Seton in Com. Rutl. assumed that place for their sirname whose Heir-female Temp. Hen. 6. became the Wife of Sir William Feilding of Newnham in Com. Warr. Knight From whom the Right Honorable Basil now Earl of Denbigh is Lineally descended But I return This last Earl Simon married Isabel Daughter to Robert Earl of Leicester afterwards Wife of Gervase Paganel Which Isabel in her Widowhood passed over unto Robert Earl of Leicester her Nephew all her Lands of Bradefeld Botmdone Norfeld and Waltham and put her self into his Protection and Tuition And by her left issue a Son called Simon and two Daughters viz. Amice and Hawise both in the custody of King Henry the Second Which Simon did immediately succeed him in the Earldom of Northampton but not in that of Huntendon so soon for Malcolme King of Scots Grandson to Maud the eldest Daughter to Earl Waltheof by her second Husband David King of Scotland obtained it from King Henry the Second in the first year of His Reign in lieu of the Counties of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerland which he then rendred up to the same King Though others affirm That it was for accompanying that King in his expedition to Tholouse in An. 1159. which was about four years after Which Malcolme being dead William King of Scotland his Brother and Successor held it until he with divers of the English Barons rose in Arms against that King on the part of young King Henry his Son at which time David brother to the King of Scotland who had the Castle and Honor of Huntendon then in his hand joyning with them also in that Rebellious Insurrection besieged the Castle The news whereof being soon brought to King Henry then in Normandy made him so much incensed that he forwith appointed an Army to be raised in England to reduce those Rebels and that the Castle and Earldom of Huntendon should be delivered unto Earl Simon as the rightful Heir thereof Which tidings were so acceptable to Simon that without delay he came before it with considerable Forces whereupon the King of Scots who then held it finding himself not able to make resistance rendred it up into his hands But when it was thus obtained these two Earls viz. Simon and David striving much about it the King moved with anger swore That neither of them should have it and so caused it to be demolished This Earl Simon in 12 Hen. 2. upon Collection of the Aid for Marrying of the Kings Daughter certified the Knights Fees he then held to be Lxviii and a half de Vet. Feoffamento and about the number of xii de Novo and notwithstanding King Henries rash Oath enjoyed the Earldom until his death which hapning in An. 1184. 30 Hen. 2. without issue
the King to give him some Land which would bear Wheat whereby he might the better nourish his Nephew the King therefore granted unto him the Lordship of 〈◊〉 in Lincolnshire Others making mention of this gift unto Odo call it Comitatum Holderness The County or Earldom of Holderness which contains a large part of Yorkshire on the North-East side thereof But of this Earl Odo I have not seen any more of note than that he was a partaker with Robert de Molbray Earl of Northumberland and those other Conspirators in Anno 1096. 9 Wil. Rufi for the pulling down King William Rufus and advancing Stephen his Aunts Son who was afterwards King to the Crown of this Realm for which he was imprisoned And that he with Stephen his Son gave to the Abbey of S. Maries at York the Mannor of Hornshay with the Church as also Maâ—â—am with the Fishing belonging thereto and Thorpe near adjoyning The Lordships whereof he was possest as appears by the Conquerors Survey were only these viz. Simpling Scerdatre Belestede Herchestede Guthulnesford Helmele Clopetune Burg Depebec Bulges Mungaden Beâ—mele Cloptune and Brantestune in Suffolk This Countess also then holding Barle and Scidmehau in Esseâ— for Holdeness was not given him till after that Survey This Odo left issue Stephen his Successor in that Honor as also a Daughter called Iudith married to Waltheof Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon Which Stephen carried the title of Earl of Albemarle and stood firm to King William Rufus against Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy But when Curthose finding himself not able to contend with his Brother Rufus made peace with him taking upon him the Cross in that famous expedition to the Holy Land in which Godfrey Duke of Lorrain and divers Christian Princes were gone before this Earl Stephen accompanied him And the year following upon the Conjunction of the Christian Forces behaved himself courageously in that great Battle wherein Coberan was General of the Turkish Army near Antioch Hugh the Great Earl of Uermandois leading the Van of the Christians the Earl of Flanders with Robert de Frison the Middle Part Robert Curthose and this our Stephen the Rear And on the Fourth Calends of Iuly obtained a glorious Victory with spoils of extraordinary value He also continued Loyal to King Henry the First for a time but a length joyned with Hugh de Gornay and others against him in order to the restoring of Curthose to all his Fathers Honors and to that end fortified the Monastery of the Holy Trinity situate upon the Mount at Roan After which when Hugh de Gornay and the rest made their peace with the King he stood out single but at length seeing his danger by the approach of the Kings Army then submitting with all humility had his liberty and quiet But in An. 1129. 27 Hen. 1. he broke out again adhering to Lewes then King of France and the cheif Nobility of that Realm for the advancing of William Son to Robert Curthose to the Crown who was a gallant young Man bold and valiant but banished by King Henry Howbeit their endeavors therein came to nothing so powerful in Wealth and Friends was King Henry grown For of those that thus adventured some lost their lives some were imprisoned and some disherited so that what became of this our Stephen I can give no account I shall therefore close up this my Story of him with that great Work of Piety viz. The Foundation of the Monastery of â—lbemarle in Normandy begun by Adcliza his Mother Daughter to King William the Conqueror as I have already observed who had formerly given the Church of S. Martin built by his Ancestors near to the Castle at Albemarle unto the Monks of S. Lucian at Belvace Therefore to perfect so good a Work this Earl Stephen added divers Lands and Tithes in France with these Churches and Tithes in England viz. Pagle now Paul Pâ—eston Eschecheling Wisornewic Wogle Frohingeham Mapleton Tonestall Esington Bâ—â—stall Chinlesâ— Chaingâ—ham and the Tithes of his Castle at Aldebourge all in Yorkshire as I take it and in Lincoinshire these viz. Carâ—enton Wilesby Barow Grosseby Audâ—lby and Bilham Not forgetting his munificence to the Abbey of S. Maries at Yoâ—k for he gave unto it Fulford with the whole Soke belonging thereto and Fostune as also in Hâ—epâ—tune 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 two Carucates of Land in Acastre five Bovates in the other Fulford eleven Bovates in Choâ—nton two Carucates Flaxtone eleven Bovates in Fulford three Carucates and in Aâ—waldethorp one Carucate Nor his pious Donation made to the Monastery of S. Martins de Champ in the Suburbs of 〈◊〉 of the Churches of Arenis for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Hawise his Wife Raphe de Mortimer and Milisent his Wife Father and Mother of her the said Hawise of whose Inheritance it was With which Hawise he had in marriage the Towns of â—â—orston and â—â—rrow and left issue by her three Sons William his Successor sirnamed le Grosse Stephen and Ingelram and four Daughters the first ... married to the Vidam of Pynkeney the second to the Vidam of Uerberay the third to Bertran de Brikebet all French and Normans and the fourth to William de Romare and after his death to Peter de Brus both great Men in England ¶ Which Earl William le Grosse was a person of no small note in his time whether we look upon him in reference to his Secular Actions or those tending to his Souls health as then was taught For as to the first being then a gallant young Man Iuvenis tunc strenuissimus in armis multum excercitatus habens secum tam de ponciis quà m de Morinis milites plurimos non minus astutiâ militari quà m animi virtute praestantes He was the cheif of these great Peers that gave Battle to the Scots at North Alverton in An. 1138. when David their King had invaded the North with a mighty Army challenging Northumberland for his Son Henry in right of Maud Daughter and Heir to Earl Waltheof Wife of David and Mother to the said Henry as under the title of Huntendon I have more at large shewed having under his command many stout and expert Soldiers the rest being these as followeth viz. Walter de Gant Robert de Brus Roger de Mulbray Walter Espec William de Percy Bernard de Bailloi Richard de Cursi William Fossard Robert de Estoteville Ilbert de Lacy William Peverell with the Power of Nottinghamshire Robert Ferrers with those of Derbishire and Geffrey Hanselyn who all encamping near that place scil North Alverton on the Octaves of the Assumption of our Blessed Lady where the venerable Thurstan then Archbishop of York had caused
To whom succeeded in this Earldom William de Mandevil Earl of Essex in Right of Hawise his Wife Daughter and sole Heir as it should seem to the same Earl William le Grosse For it is said of this William de Mandevil that after his return from the Holy Land on which Voyage he went in An. 1176. Hawistam filiam Comitis de Albamarla cum totâ Patris Haereditate desponsavit He wedded Hawise the Daughter of Albemarle with the whole Inheritance of her Father And that he had the title of Earl of Albemarle is clear enough But of that Earl viz. William de Mandevil having occasion to speak more largely in Essex I shall now say no more than that he departed this life at Roan in Normandy in the Moneth of November An. 1189. 1 Rich 1. leaving no issue by this Hawise who afterwards taking William de Fortibus to her Husband he was also in her Right Earl of Albemarle and Lord of Holderneâ—s ¶ This William de Fortibus being with King Richard the First at Chinon in Anjou in the second year of His Reign was there constituted one of the Admirals of his whole Fleet wherewith shortly after Easter that year they sailed towards Ierusalem In which journey passing betwixt Affrica and Spain after many Tempests they came to Marseilles on the Octaves of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and on Holy Rood day to Messana in Sicily In the same year upon Collection of the Scutage for Wales he answered Six pound Ten shillings for the Barony of Skipton and Ten pound for the Knights Fees appertaining to his Earldom of Albemarâ—e In 6 Rich. 1. upon levying the Scutage for the Redemption of King Richard from his imprisonment in Almaine he was acquitted in regard he had been with him in his Army in Normandy and in that year departed this life leaving issue William de Fortibus his Son and Heir but in regard that Hawise his Wife was Heir to this Earldom and that surviving him she married again to Baldwine de Betun then Earl of the Isle of 〈◊〉 the said Baldwine enjoyed this Earldom in her Right by the savor of King Richard From whom also he had such great respects that he received by his Grant the Mannors of Luiton Waneting and Norton and was sent in the Nineth year of His Reign together with the then Bishops of Durham and Ely to be present at the election of the Roman Emperor viz. Otho Nephew to that King In 2 Ioh. this Earl Baldwine had a Grant from the King to himself and Hawise his Wife and their Heirs that they should enjoy the Town of Heddune in Holderness for a Free Borough in as full a manner as the Burgesses of York held theirs In 5 Ioh. he granted to William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke with Alice his Daughter in Frank-marriage the Lordships of Brabourn Surton and â—emesing in Kent Luiton in Bedfordshire Rollesham in Norfolk Waneting in Berkshire Severnstoke in Worcestershire and Norton in Northamptonshire to hold to them and their Heirs In the same year King Iohn bestowed on him all the Lands and Possessions of the Advocate of Betun within this Realm of England And moreover granted to him a Fair yearly to be held at his Lordship of Skipton in Yorkshire as also License to Afforest his Lands at Apeltrewyke for two miles in length c. And likewise all his Lands in Craven as the Bounderies thereof extend betwixt the same and the Lands of the Constable of Chester for the length of five miles In 13 Ioh. this Earl Baldwine upon Collection of the Scutage for Scotland answered Fourscore marks for Twenty Knights Fees belonging to his Countess Hawisia and Fifty two marks for Thirteen Knights Fees of the Inheritance of Alice de Rumelli her Mother Wife of Alexander Fitz-Gerold and died the next year following viz. An. 1212. 14 Ioh. leaving the same Hawisia alive who then gave no less than the Sum of Five thousand marks for to have the Possession of her Inheritance and Dowries and that she might not be compelled to marry again All that I have farther known of her is That in her pure Widowhood after the death of Baldwine de Betun her last Husband she bestowed on the Monks of Gerondon in Leicestershire for the health of the Soul of William de Mandevill Earl of Essex her first Husband her own and her Ancestors Souls four Carucates of Land in Estwell And that she made an ample Confirmation to the Monks of Meaux of all the Possessions given at the Foundation of that Abbey by William Earl of Albemarle her Father and of all other the Lands wherewith it was endowed ¶ Unto which Baldwine de Betun succeeded in this Earldom of Albemarle William de Fortibus the Second Son to the before specified Hawise by William de Fortibus her second Husband Unto whom King Iohn in the Sixteenth of His Reign confirmed all the Lands which accrued to him by Inheritance from his Mother This William in 17 Ioh. taking part with the Rebellious Barons against the King was one of the Five and twenty chosen by them for Governing the Realm And upon the invitation of those Rebellious Barons repaired to London with many other and joyned with them and not only so but obliged himself by Oath with those Five and twenty above expressed to observe the Tenor of the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest signed by the King at Runmmede as also to compel the King so to do in case he should receed therefrom But he soon after fell off from his Party and adhered to the King being with him in his expedition that very year when he made such spoil and rapine in the Northern Parts Yea he increased so much in his favor that he obtained a Grant of all the Lands which belonged to Aliâ—e his Sister then Wife to William Mareschall the younger and the next year ensuing was made Governor of the Castles of Rockingham in 〈◊〉 Sauvey near Ouston Abbey in Leicestershâ—re and Bitham in Lincolnshiâ—e with strict command to destroy all the Houses Parks and Possessions of those Barons who were in Arms against the King Upon the death of King Iohn he also stood firm to King Henry the Third having the custody of that Castle of 〈◊〉 committed to him in the first year of His Reign and was one of those great Men who on the Kings behalf laid siege to Mountâ—orell Castle in Leicesteâ—shire then held on the behalf of the Rebellious Barons by Henry de Braybroâ— so likewise at the raising of that siege of Lincoln Castle by the overthrow of their whole Army was one of the cheif Commanders on the Kings part But having by this course of
Normans and other against the Pagans whereunto they were principally incited by the venerable Bernard Abbot of Clerevaulx and consequently his death being intercepted by those Infidels This Earl took to Wife Ala ... the Daughter of William Talvace Son to Robert de Belesme sometime Earl of Shrewsbury by whom he left issue one only Daughter named Isabel ... first married unto William Natural Son to King Stephen and afterwards to Hameline Plantagenet Natural Son to Geffrey Earl of Anjou Which Ala died the Fourth of December An. 1174. ¶ This William being Earl of Moreton in Normandy became also Earl of this County of Surrey here in England in Right of his Wife having by the Grant of Henry Duke of Normandy upon the Accord made betwixt him and King Stephen all those Lands which Stephen held before he was King of England as well in England as in Normandy or elswhere as also whatsoever he had either in England or Normandy with the said Isabel his Wife Daughter to the Earl Warren and in particular the Castles of Belencumbre and Mortimer in Normandy on this condition that Reginald de Warren Son to William de Warren the second should if he thought fit have the custody of those Castles giving Hostages to the Duke for the same And for those Castles which belonged to his Earldom of Moreton the Duke to give him possession of them when King Stephen should give security for their safe custody All which Hostages to be delivered up to this Earl when Duke Henry should enjoy the Kingdom of England Moreover upon that accord above mentioned he had granted unto him by the King his Father and approbation of Duke Henry the Castle and Town of Norwich with Seven hundred pounds Lands per annum the Rent of Norwich computed and likewise the whole County of Norfolk excepting what belonged to the Churches Religious Houses and other Earls and especially excepting the Tertium Denarium by reason whereof Hugh Bigâ—t was Earl And furthermore for the better strengthning of King Stephens favor and love to him the Duke then granted to him all the Honor of Pevenesel which belonged to Richer de Aquilâ— and likewise the Castle and Town of Pevenesel with the Service of Faramus de Bolonia excepting the Castle and Town of Dover This William stiled himself Earl of Bolein Warren and Moreton as that Charter of his manifesteth whereby he confirmed to the Monks of Eye in Suffolk the Lordships of Acolt and Stoke which had been given to them by his Ancestors Being made a Knight by King Stephen his Father at Carlisle in An. 1157. he went with King Henry the Second in that notable expedition to Tholouse in An. 1160. the third year of His Reign but died in October upon his return without issue Whereupon King Henry retained these Earldoms for a while in his own hands but in An. 1163. Hameline a Natural Son to Geffrey Earl of Anjou taking i the said Isabel to Wife as hath been already observed enjoyed her Honors and in 12 H. 2. upon the Aid for Marrying of the Kings Daughter was certified to hold Threescore Knights Fees This Hameline as a Witness to that Charter made unto Hugh Pusac Bishop of Ducham by King Richard the First bearing date 18 Sept. in the first year of His Reign stiles himself Comes de Warren and was in Normandy the same year with that King in his Army And with Hubert Walter Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Bishop of London William Earl of Arundeâ— and the Major of London had the custody of that vast sum of Money viz. Seventy thousand marks of Silver collected for the ransome of King Richard detained prisoner by Henry the Emperor as our Historians declare then deposited After this it appears that he was present in that great Council held at Nottingham in the sixth of the said Kings Reign and that he bore one of the Three Swords at the second Coronation of King Richard Moreover he had by the Grant of King Richard the Town of Theoford in Norfolk in exchange for his Lands in â—orone in France viz. Coâ—umâ—ers Balan and Chamberi And in 6 Rich. 1. was in person with that King in his Army in Normandy But more I cannot say of him than that he gave Thirty Bremes to be delivered yearly unto the Monks of S. Maries Abbey at York by his Bailiff of Santoffe in that County at the Feasts of the Annuntiation Assumption and Nativity of our Lady by equal portions for ever and that he died in the third year of King Iohn leaving issue William his Son and Successor Nor of Isabel his Countess than that she died the third Ides of Iuly in An. 1199. 1 Ioh. in her Husbands life time and lieth buried in the Chapter House at Lewes This Earl William in 4 Ioh. had Livery of all the Lands which belonged to the Earl of Bolem lying in Insulâ Bonâ in Normandy In 6 Ioh. he had the Castle and Honor of Eye in Suffolk committed to his charge as also a Grant of the Mannors of Graham id est Grantham and Stanford in Lincolnshire to hold until he should recover his Lands in Normandy or until the King should make him an equivalent exchange for them Which was done at length by confirming those Lordships unto him in lieu of them In 9 Ioh. he gave Three thousand marks for the custody of the Lands of Gilbert de Aquilâ— to the use of his Sister Wife of the same Gilbert This William held Rygate in Surrey of the King by Barony by descent from his Ancestors since the Conquest In An. 1213 14 Ioh. he was one of those four great Earls who obliged themselves by Oath that King Iohn should perform whatsoever the Pope did determine for satisfaction to those particulars touching which the King was excommunicate And in the same year was one of the Witnesses to that Instrument signed by the King 15 May whereby he resigned this Realm and Crown of England to the Pope and at his doing homage thereupon In the same year also having satisfied the King that he was innocent of that Conspiracy wherewith he then stood much suspected and wherein Eustace de Vesci and Robert Fitz-Walter were the cheif he had amongst others the custody of the Castles of Bamburg and Newcastle upon Tine with the whole Bailiwick of Northumberland committed to his trust In 16 Ioh. he was joyned with the Archbishop of Canterbury and others in Commission to give safe conduct unto all such persons as should repair to London in the term of the Epiphany after the relaxation of the Interdict to implore the Kings favor for their offences and thence to come to his Court at Northampton and afterwards back to their own homes And the next
this Earl Roger. For which he was so much taken notice of in respect of his singular skill in those warlike exercises that it was not long after ere Peter de Savoy an Alien then Earl of Richmond to make tryal of his valor desired to Tilt with him in a Tourneament held at Northampton in the Fifteenth of Easter 25 H. 3. The next year following scil 26 Hen. 3. being in France with King Henry he was in that famous skirmish betwixt the French and English near Zautoigne where the English atchieved no little honor But being then longer detained from his own Countrey then he well liked of in 27 Hen. 3. with some other of the English Nobility he represented to the King his desire to return and had liberty accordingly In 29 Hen. 3. the King having a purpose to make War with the Scots and to that end requiring an Aid this Earl amongst others was made choice of for one to consider thereof In the same year upon levying the Aid for marrying the Kings eldest Daughter he paid One hundred sixty two pounds eleven shillings for One hundred twenty five Knights Fees and a fourth part which he held De veteri Feoffamento and for Thirty seven Fees and an half De Novo And was one of those then sent from the Kingdom of England unto the Council at Lions to make complaint of that great burthen under which this Realm then groaned from the See of Rome But finding no redress returned with discontent declaring That this Realm would no longer be subject to those Exactions And accordingly the next year following scil 30 H. 3. joyned with other of the Lords in subscribing a Letter to the Pope in the name of all the People of England representing their intolerable sufferings thereby requiring remedy therein Moreover the same year after frequent Solicitation he obtained the Office and Honor of Marshal in Right of Maud his Mother eldest Daughter to William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke Soon after which viz. in 32 H. 3. the King solemnly gave the Marshals Rod into her hands in regard of her seniority in the inheritance of Walter Mareschal sometime Earl of Pembroke which she thereupon delivered unto this Earl Roger her Son and Heir whose homage the King received for the same and sent his Precept to the Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer commanding them That he should thenceforth enjoy whatsoever appertained to that Office and to admit whomsoever he should assign and depute to sit for him in that Court in case he should be a fit person for the same Which Maud was after married to Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey and departing this life in An. 1248 32 Hen. 3. was buried in the Abbey of Cinterne in Wales her four Sons viz. Roger Hugh Ralph and Iohn carrying her Body into the Quire In the same year this Earl was in that great Convention of Parliament held at London wherein many grievances under which the people then suffered being represented the King promised redress And about that time having advertisement that the Earl of Gisnes was arrived in England caused him to be taken by reason whereof a great complaint was made Whereupon being sent for to give answer thereto he told the King That when he himself went as his Ambassdor to the Council at Lions riding through the Territories of that Earl instead of kind usage for the many favors he had received from the King he was shamefully dealt with having his Horses and Servants detained until he had satisfied their unreasonable demands for his passage Which incivility he had now only retaliated to him passing through his Lands saying to the King Sir I do hold my Land as freely of you as he holds his of the King of France and am an Earl as well as he How happens it then that he hath power to make merchandise of the Ways and Air unto Passengers The Earl of Gisnes therefore hearing this became silent and blusht having nothing in reason to reply to it Moreover in 37 Hen. 3. he was present in that Parliament held at London wherein the King having had an Aid granted to him towards his Expedition into the Holy Land confirmed the two famous Charters scil Magna Charta and Charta de Forestâ To the strict observation whereof having given his Oath a solemn curse was pronounced by every man then present That the Infringers of it might so stink as did the Candles which they threw to the Ground and extinguishing yielded a noysome savor About that time it was that this Earl having put away his Wife upon suggestion by evil Counsel That she was too near allied to him by Blood received her again by an Ecclesiastical sentence In 38 Hen. â—3 he was with the King in Gascoigne but returned the same year In 39 Hen. 3. making a just apology for Robert de Ros a great Baron of that age then charged with some crime which endangered his life he had very harsh language given him by the King being openly called Traytor Whereat with a stern countenance he told him That he lied and that hâ— never was nor would be a Traytor adding If you do nothing but what the Law warranteth you can do me no harm Yes quoth the King I can thrash your Corn and sell it and so humble you To which he replied If you do so I will send you the Heads of your Thrashers But by the interposing of the Lords then present this heat soon passed over so that shortly after he was together with the Earl of Leicester and some others sent on an Ambassie to the King of France to treat with him for the restoring some Rights which he withheld from the King And in 42 Hen. 3. was one of the Ambassadors sent to Cambray by the advice of the Parliament then met at London to treat with others from the Kings of France and Almaine In 48 Hen. 3. having been one of those great Men who undertook that the King should submit to the determination of Lewes King of France concerning those Ordinances called Provisiones Oxonii The same year after the Battle of Lewes where the King was taken prisoner by the Barons he was by them constituted Governor of the Castle of Oâ—ford in Suffolk But long he lived not after for in 54 Hen. 3. he departed this life without issue and was buried at Thetford To whom succeeded Roger his Nephew Son to his Brother Hugh which Roger upon doing his homage had Livery of that great Inheritance he being then Twenty five years of age But before I proceed to speak farther of him shall take notice of what I find memorable of Hugh his Father In 39. H. 3 he gave to the King five hundred marks to be Chief Ranger of the
whole Lordship of Cavenby in Com. Linc. with the Advowson of the Church for the augmentation and support of four Canons more in that Abbey After which she married to Iohn Gifford of Brimsfield in Com. Gloc. About this time also the Wardship of the Lands and Heir of this William Longespe which had been formerly given to Prince Edward was bestowed on the Queen but soon after viz. before the end of that year Edmund de Lacy in consideration of ten marks in Gold given to the King obtained License for Henry his Son to contract Matrimony with Margaret the eldest Daughter and Coheir to the said William Whereupon doing his homage he had Livery of all those Lands Which Marriage though not consummated till then was concluded of betwixt William Longespe her Father and the before specified Edmund upon Friday before Christmas-day An. 1256. 41 Hen. 3. they having had Conference thereof before in Galcoigne Whereupon the said William gave with her the Mannors of Burncestre and Middleton with the Homages Rents Services c. And for her Dowry the said Edmund setled upon her for her life in case she should survive his Son Henry the Mannors of Skippeys and Scales with their Appurtenances But after this she took to Husband Sir Walter Walrond Knight by whom she had three Daughters viz. Cecely married to Iohn de Monemue who died issueless Aubrea to Walter Ingham and Isabel to Walter Nevil Bohun HVmphrey de Bohun the first of this Noble Family that setled here in England being a Kinsman to William Duke of Normandy came hither with him at his Conquest of this Realm being called Humphrey with the Beard having that special denomination as it seems in regard most of the Normans did then totally shave their Faces I do not find that he was possessed of any more Lordships in England at the time of the Conquerors Survey than Taterford in Norfolk nor have I seen more mention of him than that he left issue Humphrey the second called The Great who by the appointment of King William Rufus took to Wife Maud the Daughter of Edward de Saresbury Progenitor of the antient Earls of Sarum with whom he had in Marriage all the Lands which were purchased by the said Edward viz. Weston juxta Salisbury Walton Newenton Piriton Staunton Trobrege and one Messuage in Salisbury over the East Gate with the Advowson of the Church of S. Cross built over that Gate together with a Meadow without the Town of Salisbury Which Lordship of Weston was afterwards exchanged for the Mannors of Wineâ—esford and Maningford This Humphrey bearing a great regard to the Cluniack Order of Monks whereof the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex was the second of those which had been seated here in England gave thereunto his Church of Bishopstreet with the consent of 〈◊〉 his Wife but upon condition that if he should grant his Church of Farley in Wiltshire to the Monks of Lewes and the Prior of Lewes place some of his Covent at Farley that then those of Farley might wholly enjoy it He had issue Humphrey the third and Maud a Daughter Which Humphrey was Steward and Sewer to King Henry the First and espoused Margery the eldest of the three Daughters of Milo Earl of Hereford Constable of England Sister and Coheir to Mahel her Brother This Humphrey with the said Margery his Wife were Founders of the Priory at Farley commonly called Monkton-Farley in Wiltshire in An. 1125. 26 Hen. 1. and annexed it as a Cell to the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex Moreover in 1 Steph. he was one of the Witnesses to King Stephens Laws but when Maud Daughter to King Henry the First commonly called Maud the Empress landed in England with her Brother Robert Earl of Glocester 4 Steph. he adhered to her and at the incitation of Milo Earl of Hereford his Wives Father fortified his Town of Trobregge against King Stephen in such sort as that it was impregnable In 5 Steph. he gave Thirty two pounds ten shillings for his Relief as to those Lands in Wiltshire which were his Fathers and Four hundred marks of Silver that he might enjoy that Office of Sewer to the King which his Father held To him it was that Maud the Empress by her special Charter granted the Office of Sewer to her both in England and Normandy unto whom he so firmly adhered in all her troubles that fighting in the Battle of Winchester on her part in 6 Steph. he was there taken prisoner by William de Ipre In 12 Hen. 2. upon assessing the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter he certified the Knights Fees whereof his Grand-father was Enfeoffed to be Thirty and an half De Veteri Feoffamento and Nine and an half De Novo Feoffamento For which Fees De Veteri Feoffamento he paid Thirty marks and an half At that time also Margaret his Wife for so she is called in the Record signified the Knights Fees which she then held whereof the respective persons named in her Certificate were Enfeosffed by Milo de Glocester her Father to be seventeen De Veteri Feoffamento and three and four parts De Novo In 20 Hen. 2. this Humphrey accompanied Richard de Lucy Justice of England into Scotland with a powerful Army to wast that Countrey and was one of the Witnesses to the accord then made by William King of Scots and King Henry as to the subjection of that Kingdom to the Crown of England In the same year he joyned with other of the Loyal Peers and giving Battle to the Earl of Leicester then in Rebellion whose Army they totally routed took him prisoner Lastly having confirmed to the Canons of S. Dionis near Soliâ—hampton the Grant of the Church of Cheleworth made by Humphrey his Father He departed this life 6 Apr. An. 1187. 33 Hen. 2. and was buried in the Chapter-House of Lanthony near Gâ—ocester leaving Humphrey his Son and Heir whose custody the before mentioned Margery had and paid Thirty pounds ten shillings upon levying the Scutage of Gatway for those Knights Fees which belonged to his Barony in regard he did not attend the King in his Army thither Which Humphrey being the fourth of that name was Earl of Hereâ—ord as also Constable of England by descent from Margaret his Mother if the Chronicles of Lanthony mistake not and took to Wife Margaret Daughter to Henry Earl of Huntingdon Sister to William King of Scots and Widow of Conan le Petit Earl of Brâ—â—any and Richmond But of him I find nothing farther memorable than that by this last Will and Testament he gave to the Canons of Bradenstoke certain Lands in Uinelesford of one mark per annum value
betwixt his two Sons viz. Thomas and Wilâ—iam To his Son Wilâ—iam he gave also a Ring and a Cup with a Cover the best next after his elder Brother had chosen with twenty four Dishes and as many Saucers of Silver as also two Basons and two Ewers with twelve pieces of Silver To Isabel his Daughter a thousand pounds to her marriage To Margaret his Daughter a Nunn at Shouldham in Norfolk a Ring and a Cup with a Cover as also forty Marks in Money To Katherine the Daughter of his Son Guy a Nunn likewise at shouldham a Gold Ring with twenty pounds in money and for the charges of his Funeral five hundred marks Hereunto adding that his Executors should make full satisfaction to every man whom he had in any sort wronged Likewise that his Son William should have Lands of four hundred marks per annum value settled upon him and his heirs male Moreover that the Testament of the Countess his Wife should be compleatly performed and fulfilled out of his goods Also that his Executors should new build the Quire of the Collegiat Church in Warwick where he purposed to be buried That with the residue of his goods his Executors should cause Masses to be â—ung for his Soul and distribute Almes with all speed that might be especially at Bordesâ—ey Worcester and Warwick as also in other places of the Countrey whereunto he had most relation And that all the Vestments of his Chapel should be given to the Collegiat Church at Warwick where he had made choice of his Sepulture His Jewels he thus disposed To his Daughter Stafford an Ouche called the Eagle which the Prince gave him all his Pearles and a Cross made of the very Wood of our Saviours Cross a Ring with an Emrald which his Countess bequeathed unto him another Ring whereof she herself was to make choice a set of Beads of Gold with Buckles which the Queen gave him and the choice of one of his Cups of Gold with that Silver Bowl which he always used himself as also his best Bed with the whole furniture thereto To his Daughter Alice his next best Ouche which his Lady the Countess gave him with a Cup of Gold a set of Beads and a Ring To his Daughter Clifford an Ouche called the Eagle which his Son William had bestowed on him for a New-years-gift with a Cup a set of Beads of Gold and a Ring To his Daughter Isabel a Cup with an Ewer and a Cover to it guilt and his next best Ring after his other Daughters before remembred had chosen To the Bishop of Lincoln a Cross of Gold which the Lady Segrave gave him that had sometimes been the good King Edwards wherein likewise was part of the very Cross of Christ and other Reliques To his Son William a Casket of Gold with a Bone of S. George which Thomas Earl of Lancaster bestowed on him at his Christening To Sir Iohn Beauchamp a Cross of Gold wherein part of the very Cross of our Saviour was contained enameled with the Arms of England and also his best Tilting-horse To Sir Roger Beauchamp a Ring the best he could choose after the râ—st which were disposed of and his next best Tilting-Horse To Sir Guy de Brienne a Cup and a Horse the next best also that he could choose All the rest of his Jewels he appointed that his Executors should dispose of for his Souls benefit which were these viz. the Earl of Stafford Thomas and William his own Sons Sir Roger de Beauchamp Sir Guy de Bryenne Sir Iohn de Beauchamp Sir Ralph Basset of Sâ—pcote Knights Sir Richard Piriton Governor of Northampton Sir William Forde Sir Alan Fen Sir Iohn Blake Sir Iohn Harwood Sir William Mâ—rton and Iohn Rous all which last mentioned were Priests as I conceive Touching his death the manner thereof was thus King Edward having called a Parliament at London in the 43 year of his Reign wherein the breach of Peace by the French was discussed sent an Army into France about the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin under the conduct of his Son Iohn Duke of Lancaster and Humphrey de Behun Earl of Hereford to claim his right therein who being gâ—t ever-Sâ—a encamped at a place called the Chalke-Hull near Calais towards whom the French presently advanced but the two English Dukes delayd fighting so long as that their Army grâ—w in want for provisions so that many dyed by Famine and the Plague and pretended they were not strong enough to give them Battle without more men In which interim this Earl of Warwick hearing that the French Army was thus drawn out hasted away with some choice men and sailed towards Calais whereof the French having notice they in great amasement left their Tents with all their victual behind them and fled So soon therefore as he came a shore he highly blamed those that occasioned the English to forbear fighting saying I will go on and fight before the English Bread which I have eaten be digested and thereupon presently entred the Isle of Caus which he wasted But alas in his return towards Calais he fell sick of the Pestilence and died on the thirteenth of November parem sibi in Armorum strenuitate Regi Regnâ—que fidelitate superstitem minimè derelinquens leaving none his equal for military valour and fidelity to the King and Kingdom saith my Author After which his body being brought over into England was interred in the midst of the Quire of the Collegiat Church in Warwick according to the direction of his Testament where his Tombe is still to be seen with the statues of him and his Countess in white Marble excellently cut viz. Katherine the Daughter of Roger Mortimer created the first Earl of March by King Edward the third Which noble Lady dyed before him as by what I have already said appeareth yet not many weeks for her Testament bears date 4 August the same year by which she appointed her body to be buryed wheresoever the E. her Husband should think fit to whom she bequeathed her Goblet bound with Gold and those Buckles of Gold which she used to carry as also a Ring having an Emrald in it To Thomas her Son she gave her Book of Ch. To William her other Son a Tablet of Gold To Maud de Clifford her Daughter a Cup enameled with Dogs To Philippa de Stafford her Daughter a Bole with a Cover To her Daughter Alice a Cup of Silver Guilt To Margaret Montfort her Daughter the Cross with the Pedestal in her Chapel To Isabel her Daughter a Cup. To Elizabeth the Daughter of her Son Guy a Cup. To the Covent of Friers-Preachers in Worcester twenty pounds To the Friers-Preachers of Shrewsbury twenty pounds To the Friers-Minors there twenty pounds To the Friers-Preachers of Northampton twenty pounds To the Friers-Minors of Coventre twenty pounds To the Friers-Minors of Lichfield twenty pounds Divers other Legacies she gave to her
Grant from the King of all those Fees in Northumberland which did belong to Patrick de Dunbar Earl of March then in Rebellion against King Edward And in 13 Ed. 2. by reason of the spoil done to his Lands in the North upon several incursions of the Scots whereof Eleanor his Mother had the custody during his minority and which she could not well defend he obtained a Surrender thereof from her to the King and thereupon a Grant of them to himself paying Four hundred marks per annum to the Exchequer But in 15 Edw. 2. he procured an absolute Livery of them though he had not then made proof of his age And the same year was constituted Governor of the Castle of Pickering in Yorkshire by the forfeiture of Thomas Earl of Lancaster then in the Crown as also of Scarborough Town and Castle Not long after this viz. in 18 Edw. 2. he obtained the Kings Charter for two more Fairs yearly at Pokelington in Com. Ebor. And in 19 Edw. 2. upon the landing of Queen Isabel and Prince Edward in England being one of the Nobles that joyned with them for reforming those abuses in the Government occasioned through the power of the Spensers by the access of those Forces he brought to Glocester where she then was much increased her Army Being therefore thus instrumental in this great change in 1 Edw. 3. he obtained the custody of the Castle of Skipton in Craven as also a Charter for a Market and Fair at his Mannor of Topclive in Com. Ebor. And was one of the twelve Lords by whom it was decreed that young King Edward should be guided Moreover in the first year of Edward the Third he was the principal person in Commission for the Treaty of Peace betwixt the Kingdoms of England and Scotland and constituted Warden of the Marches But upon conclusion of the Peace betwixt the English and Scots in the Parliament at York he could not assent that the English should quit those Lands as they had in Scotland by Inheritance In 2 Edw. 3. upon the death of Eleanor his Mother he was made Constable of Scarborough Castle the custody whereof was committed to her charge in 19 Edw. 2. and in 1 Edw. 3. In 2 Edw. 3. this Henry being retained by Indenture to serve the King with a certain number of Men at Arms as well in times of Peace as War during the term of his life and to receive Five hundred marks per annum sallary did in consideration of that Annuity obtain a Grant of the Inheritance of the Castle of Werkworth in Com. Northumbr which after the death of Sir Iohn de Clavering without Issue-male of his Body was to divolve to the King and his Heirs with condition That when the Possession of the said Castle should so come to his hands then the payment of those Five hundred marks to cease And was a person of such note that Sir Ralph Nevill the same year did by Indenture bearing date at Clifton near York upon the fifth of August Covenant to serve him both in Peace and War as long as they both should live with twenty Men at Arms whereof five to be Knights upon such wages and other terms as in my discourse of that Family is more fully expressed In 3 Edw. 3. he Founded a Chantry for two Priests in the Chappel at Semar to celebrate Divine Service for his own soul as also for the soul of his Mother and all their Ancestors endowing it with one Messuage twenty Ox-gangs of Land and six Acres of Meadow in Wike within the Lordship of Semar And in 5 Edw. 2. the King taking notice in what sort he had retained him as well in time of Peace as War as above is expressed and that by Act of Parliament after that Agreement so made all Retainers in time of Peace were to be void did Grant That the Castle and Mannor of Werkworth and Mannor of Roubâ—â—y which after the death of Sir Iohn de Clavering without Issue-male were to divolve to the Crown As also the Mannors of Corbrigge and 〈◊〉 and all other the Lands of the said Iohn de Clavering so Intailed as abovesaid should after his death without Issue-male come to this Henry and his Heirs excepting only the Dowry of Hawise then the Wife of him the said Iohn de Clavering In 6 Edw. 3. he was again constituted Warden of the Marches of Scotâ—â—â—â— and in 7 Edw. 3. being then Governor of the Castle of Barwick was one of the Commissioners sent to the Parliament of Scotland to approve and ratifie those Agreements as had been made betwixt King Edward and Edward de Baillol King of Scotland In this year also he had a Grant from Edward de Baillol King of Scotland of the Inheritance of the Pele of Loughmaban as also of Anandale and Moâ—â—etdale with all the Knights Fees and Advowsons of Churches within those Valleys in as full and ample manner as Thomas Randulph sometime Earl of Murrey ever had them and moreover of divers Lands in that Realm which belonged to other men All which Castle Lands c. then valued at a thousand mark per annum he did the year following surrender to King Edward the Third and his Heirs in exchange for the Castle and Constablery of Ieddeworth and Towns of Ieddeworth Bendâ—eddeworth Hassinden and the Forest of Ieddeworth together with five hundred marks per annum to be received out of the Customs of Barwick as also the custody of the Castle at Barwick with the Fee of one hundred marks for that service in time of Peace and two hundred pound per annum in time of War And the same year was joyned in Commission with Ralph de Nevill in the guarding of the Marches throughout the Counties of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmorland In this year likewise he Intailed a multitude of his Lordships and Lands upon the Heirs-male of his Body as by a special Feoâ—â—ment bearing date 24 Sept. appeareth viz. The Castles of Alnwike and Werkworth the Mannors of Alnwike â—ughal Swinhow â—eâ—wike and Alnham in Comit. Northumbr Spoford Topcliff Semer Naffertan Lekingfield Catton and Câ—etop with the Hamlets of Letheley Arlethorp Gristiwoit Aystiby Wanesford and Aâ—gham in Com. Ebor. Two part of the Mannors of Warkworth Corbrigge Aklington and Roubiâ—y with the Hamlets of Snitir Bitling Thorpeton and Newton with their appurtenances in Com. Northumbr As also the Advowsons of the Churches of Spoford Lekingfield Scorburgh Arncliff Catton and Dâ—nygton in the said County of York Likewise the moity of the Village of Trastreston which Robert de Ogle then held for term of life the Borough of Alnmouth with the Mannors of Hoghton and Lescebiâ—y in Com. Northumbr Which Isabel de Vesci held for term of life as also the Mannor of
Chatton with one Toft and five Oxgâ—ngs of Land in Wolloure which the same Isabel likewise held for term of life Also the Mannor of Newturne which Ralph de Nevil held for term of life And the third part of the Mannors of Werkworth Corbrigge Ailington and Roughbiâ—y and Hamlets of Sniker Berling Thropton and Newton which Hawise the Widow of Iohn de Clavering then also held in Dower and for want of such issue to his right heirs And having so done marched again into Scotland upon the Kings service Moreover in 10 Edw. 3. he attended the King in another expedition then made into Scotland and there continued the following year And being then a Banneret representing to the King that he had upon account the sum of Eight hundred fifty one pound fourteen shillings and four pence of Wages due to him for his service in Scotland he obtained an Assignation of two hundred pound thereof to be paid out of the Tenths due to the Crown from the Arch-Deaconry of Cleveland And the same year retained William the Son of Iohn de Rodhum to serve him both in Peace and War with one Companion until the full age of Iohn the Son of Iohn de Rodhum For which service in time of War he was to have Apparel as his other Yeomen as also Hay Oats Hors-shooes and Nails for six Horses with wages for six Grooms and recompence for such Horses as should be lost in the Wars And in consideration of this service granted to the said William the Wardship of the Lands of Iohn de Rodhum lying in â—oughton until the full age of him the said Iohn In 14 Edw. 3. this Henry was in that great Sea-fight betwixt the English and French before Sluce in Flanders and had in consideration of his large expences in the Kings service an Assignation of five hundred pounds to be paid by the Collector of the Nones and Fifteens in the Counties of Northumberland and Westmorland And in regard that the Castle and Constablery of Ieddeworth with those other Lands granted to him in lieu of the Castle and Pele of Laugh-Maban with Anandale in Scotland were not an equitable exchange he had in 16 Edw. 3. a Grant of five hundred marks per annum out of the old Customs at Barwick upon Twede to make it good In this year he was at the Siege of Nantes in Britanny and in 17 Edw. 3. constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with William de Douglas and to receive him to terms of amity as also to see the Truce kept throughout the Marches and all other places in Scotland which at the instance of the Pope had been newly made betwixt both Kingdoms And in 19 Edw. 3. was again constituted one of the Commissioners to treat of Peace with such as were in Arms in the Marches of Scotland and the Kings good Subjects in those parts In which year the Scots having invaded England with an Army of thirty thousand under the command of William Douglas and burnt Carlisle Perith and many other places upon the advance of this Lord Percy with the Lords Nevil and Lucy they fled But the next year following they invaded England again whilst the King was at the Siege of Calais Whereupon he was one of the cheif of the Northern Barons that gave them Battle upon a Moor near Durham and having vanquished their whole Army took David their King prisoner In consideration of which laudable service the King being then absent he had an Assignation of two hundred marks out of those Aids then diversly granted for the support of those Wars Moreover in this year he attended Prince Edward to the Wars of France and in 24 Edw. 3. was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Durham and others to treat of Peace with certain Commissioners of Scotland touching a Peace betwixt both Kingdoms In 25 Edw. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to meet the like from Scotland at Hexham there to treat concerning the enlargment of David King of Scotland then prisoner in England and soon after that to receive the Oath of that King upon liberty granted him to go into Scotland for his faithful return As also to keep the Truce in the Marches towards Northumberland and Westmorland In 26 Edw. 3. upon the danger of an Invasion then threatned from the French he was constituted one of the Commissioners for Arraying of Men in the County of Northumberland for the safeguard of the Realm But before the end of that year he departed this life viz. 26 Febr. being then seised of the Mannors of Petworth Sutton Doncketon and Heystreet with the Advowson of the Church of Petworth in Com. Suss. Of the Mannors of Spofford Topcliffe Semar Nafferton Lekingfield Cleyhope Catton and Kirk-Levington in Com. Ebor. Of the Castle and Mannor of Alnwike with the Towns and Villages thereto antiently belonging viz. Denwike Leâ—â—ebury Great Haughton Tughall Swinhow Chaâ—ton Alnham Swindescheles Benley South-Middleton and Wollor in Com. Northumbr As also of the Castle and Mannor of Werkworth with the Hamlets of Over-Bothilleston and Tuggesden Girling Aclington Rothbury Newton Thropton Snitre and Corbrigge in the same County leaving issue by Idonea his Wife Daughter of ... Lord Clifford four Sons viz. Henry his Son and Heir aâ— that time thirty years of age William Richard and Roger and four Daughters viz. Maud Eleanor Isabel and Margaret and was buried in the Priory at Alnwike Of which Sons William had the Mannor of Kirk-Levington by the Grant of his Father Roger the Mannor of Stanerbot and Dalton Percy and Richard was Bishop of Norwich Of the Daughters Maud became the Wife of Iohn Lord Nevil Eleanor of Iohn Lord Fitz-Walter Isabel of William the Son of Gilbert de Aton and Margaret first of Robert de Vmfranville Son and Heir to Gilbert de Vmfranville Earl of Anegos and afterwards of William de Ferrers But I proceed with Henry his Son and Heir This Henry doing his homage the same year his Father died had Livery of his Lands saving to Idonea his Mother then living her reasonable Dower Which Idonea had thereupon an Assignation of the Mannors of Semar Lekingfield Catton Cletop Nafferton with its Members as also certain Lands in Thurstanby Benington Wandesford Windeshoin Ergom Setill and Gigleswike in Com. Ebor. And the third part of the Mannors of Werckworth Aclington Berling Newton Routhbiry Sayler Trapton Corbrigge and Newton juxta Routhbiry in Com. Northumbr In 20 Edw. 3. his Father then living he was in that great expedition then made into France whereupon ensued the famous Battle of Cressey And in 26 Edw. 3. constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding of the Marches In 29 Edw. 3. hewas in the Wars of Scotland And in 30 Edw. 3. received
of the Prior he had directed the particular place as also that two hundred marks should be employed by his Exetors for his Tomb and a hundred marks on his Funeral Moreover that forty marks should be distributed amongst poor Maids at their marriages as also a hundred pound in Masses Alms and other Works of Charity for his Soul He likewise ordained That on the day of his Funeral there should be offered two Coursers one of them compleatly harnessed with caparisons of his Arms as also Banners Standards and other accoutrements according as was accustomed for a person of his degree Furthermore that his Feoffees should stand seised of his Castle and Mannors of Sheriff-Hoton East Lilling West Lilling and Raskelf to the use of his Wife during her life Likewise that the Covenants of marriage of Thomas his Son with the Lady Willoughby his Wife should be fully performed according to the agreement made betwixt himself and Ralph Lord Cromwel as also the Marriage Covenants for Catherine his Daughter with the Son and Heir Apparent of the Lord Harington and William Lord Bonvile To his Son George he gave twelve Silver Dishes and a Cup with Cover gilt To Alice his Daughter a gilt Cup with Cover To his Daughter Eleanor a Silver Bowl with Cover To his Daughter Catherine the like To his Daughter Margaret a thousand marks to her marriage and a Gilt Cup with Cover and to his Daughter the Countess of Arundel a Cup of Gold Howbeit the next ensuing year viz. 38 H. 6. the tide being turned by reason that some of the old Soldiers deserted the Duke of York and came in to the King he was constrained to flee into Devonshire thence to Gernsey and so to Calais whereupon amongst others he was attained in the Parliament soon after held at Coventrey But from Calais adventuring with the Duke of York again into England he landed at Dover and within a short time giving Battle to the Lancastrians at Northampton there obtained a notable victory Whereupon the Yorkists bearing sway he was advanced to the dignity of Lord Great Chamberlain of England But see the mutability of Terrestrial things marching shortly after against the Lancastrians who had gotten head again in Yorkshire near Wakefield he was there taken prisoner in Battle in Christmass and his Son Sir Thomas Nevill slain Whereupon his head was cut off and conveyed to York and there set on a Pole over one of the Gates of that City After which viz. 15 Febr. 2 Edw. 4. I find that his Body together with the Corps of Alice his Wife and Thomas his Son were buried at Bisham Abby in Com. Berks. The issue which he had by the said Alice his Wife was as followeth viz. Richard Earl of Warwick and after his death Earl of Salisbury Iohn Marquess Mountague Sir Thomas who married ... Widow of the Lord Willoughby and was slain at Wakefield â—eorge Bishop of Exeter and Lord Chancellor of England afterwards Archbishop of York And five Daughters viz. Ioane the Wife of William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel Cicely married to Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwick Alice to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh of Ravensâ—ath Eleanor to Thomas Stanley the first Earl of Derby of that name Katherine to William Bonvile Son and Heir to William Lord Bonvile and Harrington and Margaret to Iohn de Vere Earl of Oxford but afterwards to William Lord Hastings Chamberlain to King Edward the fourth Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick eldest Son to Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury THis Richard having taken to Wife Anne the Daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Cousin and Heir to Anne sole Daughter and Heir to Henry Duke of Uarwick obtained by reason thereof as also in Respect of his special services about the Kings person and in the Warrs of Scotland as the Patent bearing date 23 Iulii next after the death of the same Lady Annâ— which hapned 3 Ian Ann 1449 27. H. 6. doth import a confirmation and declaration to himself andâ—his said Wife and to her Heirs of the dignity and title of Earl of Warwick with all preheminencies that any of their ancestors before the Creation of Henry Duke of Warwick used Shortly after which by Fine leavied Quind Trinit 28 Hen. 6. they entailed the Castle of Warwick with divers Lordships in that and sixteen other Counties upon the issue of their two bodies lawfully begotten and in default thereof upon the issue of her the said Anne with remainder to Margaret eldest Daughter to the same Richard Beauchamp late Earl of Warwick and her Heirs This is that Richard Nevill who was commonly called the stout Earl of Warwick and well he might be so termed in regard he bore such a great sway towards the latter end of King Henry the sixth and part of King Edward the fourths Reign having been an eminent actor in those tragick broiles betwixt the Houses of Lancaster and York as our Historians do fully manifest for about the 30 of Hen. 6 he sided with Richard Duke of York who did at that time first put himself in Armes under pretence of reforming what was amiss in the Government The true cause of this taking his part being a variance betwixt himself and the Duke of Somerset which happened in the Court of King Henry the sixth and that the Queen adhered to the Duke of Somerset therein But the Duke of York being not then powerful enough to go through with his designe submitted himself making Oath thenceforth to become a true and faithful Subject Howbeit the next year after having a stronger foundation for his enterprise chiefly through the interest he had in this potent Earl and the Earl of Salisbury his Father he broke out again and in 33 Hen. 6. at S. Albans assailed the Kings Forces where this Earl entring through a Garden gave the first onset and slew many seized upon the King himself caused a Parliament to be summoned made himself Protector of the King and this our Earl of Warwick Captain of l Calais But by the power of some others who saw what was aimed at he was at that time hindred in his speed Whereupon the King coming to Coventrie in 35 of his Reign hoped there to have reconciled all and to that end sent for the Duke by Letters as also for this Earl and his Father who came accordingly Nevertheless being there and pretending some ill intentions towards them they got away York to Wigmore in the Marches of Wales Salisbury to his Castle at Middleham in the North and this Earl of Warwick to Calais Howbeit after some fair overtures they were content to come to London so as they might have store of followers Whereupon this Earl brought with him six hundred men in Red-Coats embroidered with white Ragged-Staves before and behind This was in 36 Hen. 6. where and at which time
of his good services a Grant of the Mannors of â—awerden and Winferton in Com. Heref. which were the Lord Mortimers of Chirke as also of the Mannors of Penrith in Com. Cumbr. He had likewise a Grant for life of the Mannors of Fulbroke and West-Hall and of divers Lands in Upton Coinetone and Swynebroke in Com. Oxon. Which were part of the possessions of Hugh le Despencer the elder In 8 Edw. 3. he had a Grant of the Custody of all the Lands in England and Wales which Iohn Maltravers lately held being of the inheritance of Iohn Giffard of Brimsfield deceased and which by the forfeiture of the said Iohn de Matravers came to the Crown In the same year he received Command to march in the Kings Army into Scotland In 9 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland in the company of Thomas Lord Berkley his Brother And in 11 Edw. 3. had another Grant of the Inheritance of the Mannors of Kings-Stanley Roc-hampton Stonehouse Stoke-Giffard and Walls in Com. Glouc. Asherton Corton Sharnton Codeford and Stapleford in Com. Wilts which likewise came to the Crown by the Rebellion of the said Iohn Giffard In this eleventh year of Edward the third he was joyned in Commission with Iames de Audeley being then Lords of Cantabagham in South-Wales to array five hundred men for the Kings Warrs in Scotland and five hundred more for his Warrs in Gascoigne In 12 Edw. 3. he attended the King in his expedition then made into France And in 13 Edw. 3. for his special merits and serviâ—â—s had a Grant of the inheritance of the Castle and Mannor of Bimsfield in Comit. Glonâ— forfeited to the Crown for the Rebellion of Iohn de Matravers In 14 Edw. 3. he attended the King into Flanders and in 15 Edw. 3. was for his farther eminent services advanced to the dignity of a Banâ—râ—t together with the valiant Thomas de Bradâ—tan his inseparable Companion In 16 Edw. 3. he was amongst others summoned to the Kings great Council held at Westminister on the morrow after the Clause of Easter And the same year was in that Expedition then made into Britanny receiving Wages for himself and twenty Men at Armes 〈◊〉 for himself four shillings per diem for his four Knights two shillings per diem for his Esquires twelve pence per dieâ—â— and for each Archer six pence per diem In 17 Edw. 3. he was joyned in Commission with Henry de Percy and Thomas de Lucy to treat and conclude with William Earl Douglâ—s and to receive him into the Kings favor As also with some others to treat of Peace betwixt King Edward and the Kings of France and Scotland The same year he again attended the King into France and was joyned in Commission with the Earles of Lancaster and Derâ—y to treat with Commissioners from the King of France touching the Crown of that Realm In 19 Edw. 3. he attended the King again into France and in 20 E. 3. was with him in Flanders having in his retinue six Knighs thirty two Esquires thirty Archers on Horseback and two hundred Archers on Foot but died at Calais upon the twelfth of February the next enâ—uing year Whereupon Thomas his Son and Heir in consideration of the laudable service of his Father done at the Siege at that Town had the third day after a grant of the profits of his own wardship viz. of his Lands and Marriage Having now done with this Maurice the second Son to Maurice the third I come to Thomas Lord Berkley the eldest Son to the said Maurice the third This Thomas taking part with his Father and those other of the Nobles who stoutly opposed the power of the Spencers shared in the like fate with most of them being first imprisoned in the Tower of London whence he made escape next in the Castle of Berkhamsted and lastly in the of Pevensey the Queen her self then in France being likewise through the instigation of those ruling Favorites proclaimed an Enemy to the Kingdom Which harsh practises moved the generality of the people to very high discontents Whereof the Queen took such advantage that having the Prince also with her she soon landed in England with all the Force she could make whereunto the Londoners joyning their strength a powerful Army was in a short time formed and all Prisoners released amongst which this Thomas being then set at liberty had his Castle of Berkley and all that belonged thereto whereof Hugh le Despenser the younger had through his interest with the King possessed himself restored unto him in the march which the Queens Army made from Gloucester that way Nay the Scene soon after became so changed that the King himself being made prisoner by that potent and discontented party thus gotten into Armes was sent to this Thomas to be kept in that his Castle at Berkley who received him by Indenture from Henry Earl of Lancaster with an allowance of five pounds per diem for his expences but with special command by Letters to use no familiarity with him In whose hands he did not long continue for exceptions being taken that he treated him too civilly he was commanded to deliver him together with the custody of the Castle to Iohn Lord Maltâ—avers and Thomas Gâ—râ—ey Whereupon he retired to Bradley one of his own Mannor-Houses After which ere long the King was there most barbarously murthered as our Historians do at large declare As an accessory to which bloody fact this Thomas being afterwards tried was acquitted by the Jury and also by Parliament though some circumstances there were which make it very suspitious that he was a favourer thereof as his conniving at Gurney therein and sheltering him privately after As to his other Actions Certain it is that upon the Commitment of his Father to Wallingford Castle he did much spoil upon the Lands and Houses of the two Spencers which occasioned his imprisonment in those several places before mentioned In 11 12 and 13 Edw. 2. he was an active man in the Scottish Warrs being at that time of the retinue of Roger Lord Mortimer and William Lord Zouche In 1 Edw. 3. doing his Homage he had livery of all his Lands excepting what were assigned for the Dowry of Isabell his Mother The same year he received Command to be at Newcastle upon Tine on Ascension-day to march against the Scots as also to bring Armes and Amunition from the Castle of Bristoll unto the King then in the North and was joyned in Commission with Iohn Maltravers the younger as principall Guardians of the Peace throughout all the Counties of Glouc. Wiltes Oxon. Berks. Southampt Somers Dors. Heref. In 2 Edw. 3. he was again sent to restrain the incursions of the
Will should have the use of his great Velvet Bed during his life but not to be alienated from him who should bear his Name and Armes And to the same person he also bequeathed four Silver Basons with two Ewers whereon his Armes were graven six silver Dishes two silver Pots and four Chargers all marked with his Armes as also a Cup with Cover gilt having one Ring on the side thereof constituting Walter Skyrlaw Bishop of Durham Richard Scrope Bishop of Chester and Sir Richard Scrope Knight his Executors And upon the tenth of May next following departing this life was accordingly buried in the Cathedral of Litchfield where a goodly Monument in the Isle on the South side of the Quire was erected to his memory which in the late unparallel'd rebellious times when that stately Fabrick was laid wast through the Rapine of those then great pretenders to Religion and Reformation came to utter ruine Upon whose death Thomas Earl Stafford was found to be his Cousin and next Heir viz. Son of Hugh Son of Ralph Son of Margaret Sister of Ralph Father of Ralph Father of this last deceased Ralph But by another Inquisition it was found that the same Thomas Earl Stafford and Alice the Wife of Sir William Chaworth Knight were his Cousins and next Heirs viz. the said Thomas Son of Hugh c. as abovesaid And the said Alice Daughter of Catherine Daughter of Iohn Son of Roger Son of Ioane Daughter of Maude the other Sister of Ralph Basset Father of Ralph Father to this Ralph now last deceased Which occasioned great controversie afterwards betwixt Humphrey Earl Stafford and Sir Thomas Chaworth Knight for the Lordship of Colston Basset in Com. Notting What conclusion was made therein I know not but certain I am that for settling a great part of the Lord Bassets Lands there were divirs Fines levied in King Edward the thirds time betwixt Ralph Lord Basset Grandfather to this last Ralph and this last Ralph and Ioane the Daughter of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Plantiffs and Sir William Herle Knight and Thomas Radclyve Parson of the Church of Olney deforciants of the Mannors of Walshall in Comitat. Staff Buckby and Multon in Com. Northampt. with Drayton and Patingham in Com. Staff whereby these Lordships were settled upon Ralph the Grandfather for life with remainder to Ralph the Grandson of the said Ralph and Ioane and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Ralph Son of Ralph Son of Ralph and Ioane with remainder to the Heirs male of the said Ralph the Grandfather and for want of such issue to Ralph de Stafford for life with divers other remainders of the line of Stafford and for lack of issue of those remainders to Thomas Beauchamp Son to Thomas late Earl of Warwick and the Heirs male of his body c. Which Ralph Basset the Grandfather had issue Ralph and he the last mentioned Ralph Which Ralph viz. the Son of Ralph and Ioane died in the life-time of his Father and after that Ralph his Father and Ioane his Mother deceased upon whose death Ralph the Grandson of Ralph and Ioane entered into those Lordships by vertue of the Fines before-mentioned and died seized of them without any issue of his Body Likewise the said Ralph Stafford and those other remainders of the line of Stafford specified in the Fines so levied died all without issue male of their Bodies so that by vertue of those Fines the right of these Lordships divolved at length to Thomas Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick Son of Thomas late Earl of Warwick Whereupon that Earl had respite for doing his Homage and Ioane the Widdow of Ralph the last Lord Basset had an Assignation of the Lordships of Olney and Patyngham for her Dowry But after her death which hapned in 4 Hen. 4. Edmund Earl Stafford Son of Hugh Son of Margaret Sister to Ralph Lord Basset Grandfather to the last Ralph had Livery of all those Lands Which Ioane was Sister to Iohn Duke of Britanny and held in dower the third part of the Mannors of Shiringham and Gretewell in Com. Linc. the Mannor of Radclive upon Sore and the third part of the Mannor of Colston Basset in Comitat. Notting the fourth part of the Mannor of Barrow upon Sore and the third part of the Mannors of Rakedale Willows and Radcliffe upon Wreke in Com. Leic. the Mannors of Pâ—tyngham and Drayton-Basset in Com. Staff the Mannors of Olney and Scherington in Com. Buck. and the Mannor of Towsiâ—ke in Com. Devon This Ioane made her Testament at her Mannor House of Chesthunt in Com. Buck. 27 Martii An. 1402. 3 Hen. 4. Whereby she bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Abby of Lavenden near Olney in that County and died the Thursday next before the Feast of S. Martin the next ensuing year Basset of Sapcote THe first of this Branch that setled at Sapcote in Leicestershire was called William Basset a younger Brother to Ralph Basset of Drayton in Staffordshire Which William executed the Office of Sheriff of Warwick and Leicestershires in 9 Hen. 2. as Deputy to his Brother Ralph In 10 Hen. 2. of Leicestershire for himself and in 11 12 13 14 15 and one half of 16 Hen. 2. for both Counties But in 19 Hen. 2. upon an Inquisition taken by Commissioners concerning all the Sheriffs of England he paid an hundred pounds fine for some transgressions in that Office as it seems In 21 Hen. 2. he was one of the Justices Itinerant in Yorkshire So likewise in 24 Hen. 2. In 23 Hen. 2. he executed the Sheriffs Office for Lincolnshire for the one half of that year and so to the thirtieth of that Kings Reign inclusive To which William succeeded Simon who in 6 Rich. 1. married ... one of the Daughters and Coheirs to William Avenel of Haddon in the Peke in Derbishire And to him Ralph who took to Wife Milisent one of the Daughters and Heirs to Robert de Chaucumbe about the fifteenth of Henry the Third This Ralph as formerly his Grandfather had the Sheriffalty of Lincolnshire from the twenty fifth of Henry the Third to the twenty nineth of Henry the Third inclusive And in 32 Hen. 3. went on pilgrimage to S. Iames in â—alliâ—â—d In 42 Hen. 3. he received command to attend the King at Chester well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Incursions of the Welsh and the same year was made Governor of Northampton Castle So also in 47 H. 3. But in 48 H. 3. he sided with the Rebellious Barons and was then in Arms with them at Northampton Moreover soon after the King being taken prisoner at Lewes and consequently all in their power he was by those Barons summoned to that Parliament which they held in the Kings name in 49 Hen. 3. And after
of Beldesert And in 47 Hen. 3. upon that Insurrection then made by the Welsh he had amongst others command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to repair to Hereford on Munday next after the Feast of the Purification of our Lady In which year he was constituted Governor of the Castle of Corff and Shirebourne So likewise the Castle and Mannor of Seggewike which belonged to Iohn Maunsell Howbeit no sooner had the Rebellious Barons made head at Oxford where forcing the Kings assent to their unreasonable Ordinances they caused a choice of twenty four persons to be made by whose discretion the Kingdom should be governed but that this Peter shewed himself one of the most forward amongst them being not only one of those twenty four so chosen to rule but when all the rest of them except himself and four others calmly considering the great confusion and peril then imminent by reason of that strange rupture were content that those Ordinances should be made void and the King restored to his former condition he joyned with them in opposing it And in the beginning of April next ensuing was in Arms against the King at Northampton where upon storming of that Town by the Royalists when many others were taken he fled to the Castle but was constrained the next day to render himself with his two Sons Peter and Robert who were all of them thereupon sent prisoners to Windsore Castle But long they continued not there for upon the fourteenth of May following hapned that fatal Battle of Lewes in Susseâ— where through the too eager and far pursuit by Prince Edward of that Brigade of the Barons Army which he had routed the day being lost himself with the King his Father and many noble persons were made prisoners those Rebellious Barons then having all in their power within three days after issued out a Precept in the Kings name under the Great Seal dated the seventeenth of May unto Dru de Barentine at that time Constable of Windsore Castle requiring him forthwith to set this Peter de Montfort and those his two Sons at liberty Shortly after which Victory those Barons then agreeing amongst themselves that nine select persons should be authorised to exercise Regal Power whereof three at least to be constantly resident at Court for disposing the custody of all Castles and managery of other the most important Affairs as also for the nomination of the Chancellor Justices Treasurer and all other Officers great and small who had to do in the Government This Peter was appointed to be one of those nine Whereupon inter alia they constituted Commissioners to the King of France and to the Popes Legate to reform as they termed it and settle the Kingdom whose names I shall here recite viz. Henry de Sandwich Bishop of London Walter de Cantelupo Bishop of Worcester Iohn of Oxford Bishop of Winchester Hugh Despenser Justice of England Peter de Montfort id est this very Peter and Richard de Mepham Archdeacon of Oxford In which Commission bearing date at Canterbury upon Saturday next after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady scil 8 Sept. there was a more especial power given to this Peter then any of the rest viz. That whatsoever he should swear to do the King must be obliged by it Dante 's insuper praefato Petro potestatem jurandi in animam nostram quod nos quicquid ipse in praemissis nomine nostro duxerit faciendum ratum habeamus acceptum these being the words thereof And after this by another Commission bearing date at Dover upon the twenty fourth day of the same Moneth of September he was singly sent to the before specified Legate to treat with him privately about those things with desire that he should make as quick a return as might be The intent of all this their application to the Legate being no other then to palliate their disloyal practises towards the King with fair and specious pretences to the Pope lest he should thunder out his curses as he afterwards did against them Moreover besides these eminent trusts it appears That by the same aâ—thority of the Kings Great Seal he was constituted Governor of Whitenton Castle in Shropshire 19 Dec. and the next day following of Hereford Castle unto which Castle about the midst of May ensuing they removed the King And on the twentieth of that Moneth of May had a Precept to Walter de Evereus then Sheriff of Herefordshire for delivery of the Issues of that County unto him for the better strengthning of that Castle Furthermore that nothing for conveniency in these high Trusts should be wanting to him he obtained by the same Authority a Grant of Prince Edwards Lodgings at Westminster During the time of his continuance in this power certain it is That he did much mischeif by divers hostile actions For it appears that after the King was restored by that happy Victory at Evesham in part of recompence for the losses which Robert Walrand sustained through plunder in his Lands at Kilpeck and Strivele by this Peter he had by the favor of that King a Grant of all the Bulls Oxen and Kine which were then upon the Lands of Blenleveny in Wales belonging to this Peter at the time of the Battle of Evesham But lo the instability of earthly greatness especially that which is raised by disloyal Subjects upon the designed ruine of their rightful Soveraign For it was not many days after that the Prince making his escape from that Castle of Hereford like a sudden flash of Lightning broke through a Cloud but that he raised such a powerful Army that on the day preceding the Nones of August next ensuing he came upon the cheif strength of those Rebellious Barons at Evesham in Worcestershire like terrible Thunder where obtaining an absolute Victory this our Peter de Montfort with divers more of the principal Actors in that Tragedy was slain Whereupon the then Sheriff of Warwickshire scil William Bagâ—t received command to extend his Lordship of Beldesert and all other his Lands in those parts but proper resistentiam inimicorum by reason of the power of the Enemy as the Record expresseth they having then a strong Garison in Kenilworth Castle not far off being not able to do it the King directed a Commission to the Abbot of Bordsley and Prior of Studley to take notice of the particular numbers of Acres of Land Meadow Wood and Pasture and the value of each as also of those his Tenants who held in Villainage with the Rents and Services of the Free-holders and to certifie the same into his Exchequer This Peter took to Wife Alice the Daughter of Henry de Alditâ—ley a great Baron in Staffordshire and had issue by her three Sons viz. Peter William and Robert
Possessions of Matthew de Gamages And in 9 Ioh. presented the King with a fair Courser as a Fine for License to marry Sybilla de Kilpeck In 12 Ioh. he gave the King an hundred pounds and another stately Courser the best in all Wales for accelerating the tryal against Robert le Vavasor for the Mannor of Edelington And in 2 Hen. 3. paid fifty marks for Licence to marry Agnes de Wahull the Sister of Iohn de Wahull with the Lands of her Inheritance Moreover being with the King in his Wars of Wales in 7 Hen. 3. he had Scutage of all his Tenants throughout the Counties of Northampton Bedford and Herâ—ford In 10 11 Hen. 3. this William was a Justice Itinerant in several Counties of England and in 12 Hen. 3. one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. In 13 Hen. 3. he executed the Sheriffs Office in Worcestershire for three parts of that year by Nicholas de Newport his Deputy and the same year upon levying the Scutage of Kery had a special discharge therefrom he then possessing thirteen Knights Fees which formerly belonged to Iohn de Wahull In 16 Hen. 3. he was constituted Sheriff of Herefordshire So likewise in 17 Hen. 3. as also Governor of Hereford Castle and Maud Castle which Sheriffalty he continued the next ensuing year And in 22 Hen. 3. upon the danger of new disturbances from Leoline Prince of Wales being one of the Barons Marchers had Summons to a tend the King at Oxford upon Tuesday next after the xv me of Easter there to treat with him thereon Furthermore in 37 Hen. 3. he attended the King in his expedition then made into Gascoigne After which time I have seen no more of him ¶ But in 5 Edw. 1. I meet with another William Fitz-Warine who was then sent into Wales on the Kings service And in 22 Ed. 1. being deputed by William de Leyburne then imployed by special Letters Patents for the impressing of Ships and other Vessels for the publick service within the Counties of Somerset Dorset Southampton Devon Cornwall and Glocester had Commission from the King to cut down Timber in any of the Kings Forests Parks or Woods within those Counties for the use of the Royal Navy which was appointed to be at Portsmouth upon the Feast day of S. Peter ad Vincula thence to sail forth for the Kings service And soon after that was by a special Precept required to be at the same place well furnished with Horse and Arms to attend the King in his expedition beyond Sea But in 25 Edw. 1. being in the Wars of Scotland and there taken prisoner to the end he might receive no damage in his Lands here during that his restraint the King committed the care of them unto William de Berquey his own peculiar Attorney Having done with this William I now come to a third William called Le Frere id est the Brother This William in 4 Edw. 3. was constituted Governor of the Castle of Montgomery so likewise in 6 9 Edw. 3. And in 12 Edw. 3. attended the King into Flanders being also the same year in the Scottish Wars Moreover in 14 Edw. 3. he was again in Flanders and in 16 Edw. 3. in the Wars of France himself being then a Banneret and of his retinue having one Knight eight Esquires and ten Archers on Horsback and for his Wages an Assignation of eleven Sacks of Wooll and a Quartron of the Kings proper Wools to be paid for himself four shillings a day for his Knight two shillings and for his Archers six pence a piece In which year also he was again constituted Governor of Montgomery Castle and had Summons to Parliament to sit with the Peers of this Realm but never before nor after In 20 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of France but from that time till 35 Edw. 3. I have not seen any farther of him than there being then a great Pestilence he died thereof upon the Feast day of the Apostles Simon and Iude seised of one Messuage and one Carucate of Land in Waneting in Com. Berks as also of the Mannors of Ile-Bruer Pulteney and Werne Plokenet in Comitat. Somerset Houghton Upcerne Haddon ... ntioch and Powerstoke in Com. Dorset Leaving Ivo his Son and Heir eighteen years of age and was buried in the Church of the Friers-Minors commonly called the Gray Friers near Smithfield in the Suburbs of London Which Ivo otherwise Iohn in 4 R. 2. arrived with the English Army under the command of Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Buckingham at Calais three days before Maudlintide in Iuly and riding therein with his Banner and Penon was with him at the Siege of Nantes And shortly after this viz. in 9 Rich. 2. attended the Duke of Lancaster in his Naval expedition for recovery of the Inheritance of Constance his Wife Heir to the Kingdom of Castile Brus of Skelton OF this ancient Family the first of whom I find mention is Robert de Brus a Noble Knight of Normandy who coming into England with King William the Conqueror first possessed by Conquest and other titles of various acquisition the Mannor and Castle of Skelton as also the Lordships of Merkes Up-Lithum South Weltby Brudon Danby Levington Yarum Brune Tibthorp Cariton in Balne and Thorp des Arches in Com. Ebor. Anandale in Scotland and Hert and Hertnes in the Bishoprick of Durham And soon increased his estate in Porkshire so much that before the end of the Conquerors Reign he became owner of no less then forty three Lordships in the East and West Riding and fifty one in the North Riding of that County or the greatest part of them whereof Gisburne in 〈◊〉 being one he there through the advice and instance of Pope Calixtus the Second and of Thurstan then Archbishop of York founded a Monastery for Canons Regular of S. Augustine in 29 Hen. 1. and amply endowed it with Lands and Possessions Agnes his Wife and Adam his Son and Heir joyning with him in that pious work Moreover he obtained from David King of Scotland all that Territory called Estrahanent in that Realm and all the Lands from the Bounds of Dunegal and Stranit unto the Limits of Ranulph de Meschines then Lord of Cumbeâ—land and that he should have and enjoy his Castle there with all Customs unto it appertaining as amply as the said Ranulph had his in Carlisle and in his Territory of Cumberland In 3 Steph. this Robert discerning that the King of Scots had invaded the North of England with a mighty Army King Stephen being then busied in the South brought his Son Adam then a gallant young Man and all the
succeeded Robert his Son and Heir one of those valliant Northern Barons who fought so courageously in that Battle against the Scotts near North-Alverton in 3 Steph. called Bellum de Standardo whereof I have spoke at large in my discourse of William Earl of Albemarâ—e And in 12 Hen. 2 upon that assessment of the Aid for marying the Kings Daughter certified the Knights-Fees he then had to be in number seven and three parts de Veteri Feoffamento and an eighth part de Novo This Robert being constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire in 16 Hen. 2. held that Office for the one half of the same year and so till the end of the 21 year inclusive And in 20 Hen. 2. upon another invasion of the Scots joyning with Ranulph de Glanvill and Bernard Baillol gave them Battle near Alnwick and routing their whole Army took the King himself Prisoner Moreover in 23 Hen. 2. he was one of the Witnesses to that Arbitrement then made by King Henry betwixt the Kings of Castle and Navar. About this time it was that he laid claim to the Barony of Roger de Moubray which Barony King Henry the first had given 〈◊〉 Nigel de Albini Father of the said Roger as forfeited to the Crown for the rebellion of Robert Grandeboef before-specified whereupon they grew to this accord viz. that Roger de Moubray should give the Lordship of Kirkeby-Moresheved with its appurtenances to this Robert de Stotevile to hold by the service of nine Knights Fees It is said by some that in this Claim he chalenged all those Lands in Cukewald where the Monks of Biland did then inhabite which Abby was founded by the said Roger de Moubray and that his suit held a long time as also that the Countrey in general much favored Stotevill's Title This Robert de Stotevile founded two Monasteries in Comit. Ebor. for Nunns the one at Rossedale and the other at Keldholme and gave to the Monks of St. Maries Abby in York one Carucate of Land lying in Edelyngthorpe and twelve carucates in Horton as also the Tithes of his Lordships of Cukewald Hovyngham Kirkby Botercram Scrayngham and Langtune with one Oxgang of Land in each of those Towns and in Cukewald two Ox-gangs To this last mentioned Robert succeeded another Robert his Son and Heir Who for the health of the Soul of Robert his Grandfather and for the Souls of Robert his Father and Erneburga his Mother as also for the Souls of Helewyse his Wife and William his Son gave to the Monks of Rievaulx all his Lands betwixt Redfram and Kirkeby And left issue by her the said Helewyse William his Son and Heir and two Daughters And having married to his second Wife Siâ—ill the Sister of Philip de Valoines with whom he had the Mannor of Torpenhow in Com. Cumbr. in Frank-marriage had issue by her a Son called Eustace He had also a younger Brother named Osmund who had issue William Which William took to Wife Margaret the Daughter and Heir to Huge de Say of Richards-Castle in Comitat. Heref. as also Roger a younger Son whose descendants the Pedegree here inserted doth shew But I returne to William Son of Robert by his first Wife This William in 20 Hen. 2. upon those great disturbances here in England occasionen through the Rebellion of young Henry the Kings Son was made Governor of the Castle of Topclive in Yorkshire which the King by reason thereof had newly built And in 23 Hen. 2. was constituted Governor of the Castle of Roxborough in Scotland In 2 Ric. 1. he was Sheriff of Northumberland for half that year and the same year gave two thousand pounds for livery of the Lordship of Cnaresburg About this time William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England being left Governor of the whole Realm during King Richards absence who was then gone to the Holy-Land finding great opposition by Iohn Earl of Moreton the Kings Brother and divers of the Nobility outed Girard de Camvill from the custody of Lincoln-Castle and Shiriâ—â—alty of that County and placed this William in his room and having caused many of his opposers to be Excommunicated by the Pope did amongst them except Hugh Bardulph in case he would upon notice resigne the Custody of the Castle of Scardeburgh and all other Castles in Yorkshice and Westmorland unto this William de Stutevill In 4 Ric. 1. this William de Stutevill gave an hundred marks for the Wardship of the Heir of Robert de Gant And in 5 Ric. 1. adhering to Iohn Earl of Moreton King Richard being then Prisoner in Almaine when divers places were besieged by those who stood for the Kings authority under whom the Bishop of Ely governed the Arch-Bishop of York also marching to besiege â—ickhill Castle being then with him in his Army he refused to joyn with him therein in regard it did belong to Iohn Earl of Moreton whom he highly favored But upon the return of King Richard viz. in the sixth of his reign he attended him in that Expedition which he then made into Normandy and the same year was constituted one of the Commissioners with Earl Roger Bigot and William de Warrenne for hearing and determining that controversy which then was betwixt the Archbishop of York and the Canons of that Church In 9 Ric. 1. he gave a thousand marks for the Wardship and Marriage of Gilbert de Gant and William Fitz-Ranulph and to respite the payment of five hundred marks Fine for Robert de Gant untill his Heir should be of age And when King Iohn upon the death of King Richard the first obtained the Crown stood in such high esteem with him having been of his party in the time of those contests which were betwixt him and Bishop Longcamp that he had the whole Rule of the Counties of Northumberland and Cumberland which he afterwards held for divers years as also that of Westmorland together with all the Castles therein committed to his trust Moreover in the same year viz. 1 Ioh. he obtained his Charter for a weekly market at his Mannor of Buttercramb and likewise a Fair once every year as also another at Cotingham in Com. Ebor. with Licence to build Castles in each of those Lordships being then Sheriff of that County as also a grant of the Lordships of Cnareshurgh and Burgh id est Borow-Brigg with their appurtenances to be held by the service of three Knights Fees It is said by our Historians that in this year likewise he gave three thousand marks to the King for to have judgement concerning the claim he then laid to the Barony of William de Moubray which Barony had been given to Nigel de Albini by King Henry the first upon the
forfeiture of Robert de Stutevile called Grundebeof Great-Grandfather to this William as is already observed But the Record expresseth it otherwise viz. that it was for confirmation of his Charters and to be quit of all Amerciaments and Scutages which had been required of him until the Thursday after Midlent when King Iohn first came to York after his Coronation viz. in 1 Ioh. as also to have the Mannor of Walter Meisnill with its appurtenances if it were in the Kings hands and moreover to have a triall for all those lands whereunto he laid claim against the before-specified William de Molbraâ— viz. Cukewald and â—ukewaldshire with its appurtenances and Malesard with its appurtenances as also the Isle of Aâ—cholme Hovingham Tiâ—esk Meauâ—on id est Meston in Com. Leic. Wellcbron Burton in Lonesdale Bondeby Saxeby and Lindhergh one Carucate of Land in Scalinghere Landeford Hampton in Arden Kirkeby-Monacorum in Com. War and Creiâ— in Com. Northampt. Which said Summe of three thousand Marks was thus to be paid viz. a thousand marks within fifteen days after Easter then next ensuing his Coronation five hundred marks at Michaelmas following and so half yearly five hundred marks untill all the whole summe should be discharged True it is that Robert de Stutevill Father of this William made the like claim to those Lands in King Henry the seconds time and thereupon Moubray came to an agreement with him and gave him the Lordship of Kirkeby-Moresheâ—ed to quit his title thereto as hath been before observed but that agreement being not confirmed in the Kings Court this William standing so highly in favor with King Iohn revived his claim anew whereupon after great dispute it was thus determined viz. that he should thenceforth totally renounce all his interest and title thereto and in consideration thereof that Moubray should in augmentation of the former agreement give him nine Knights Fees over and above the nine formerly reserved as also a Rent of twelve pounds per annum whereupon they were both made friends at Lue id est Louthe in Comit. Linc. then an House of the Bishop of Lincoln's in the presence of King Iohn in the second year of his reign For which twelve pounds per annum the Lordship of Brinklow in Com. Warw. was assigned to this William de Stutevile excepting only the service of one Sampson de Cornwall for what he held there of William de Moubray This William de Stutevile was the same year one of the Barons present at Lincolne when William King of Scots did Homage to King Iohn And about this time gave fifteen hundred marks for the Sheriffalty of Yorkshire and the profits thereof so long as he should serve the King faithfully in that trust the King choosing two persons to execute the office under him reserving likewise the custody of the Castles and Forests to his own disposal Moreover he obtained Licence to fortify his Houses at Cotingham and Butercram as also to hold the whole Forest of Mileburne in Westmorland by the service of ... And about this time entertained King Iohn in his House at Cotingham This William gave to the Knights Templars a certain Toâ—t in North-Cave and having married Berta Neice of Ranulph de Glanvill with whom he had the Lordships of Leyburne and Braham departed this life in 5 Ioh. whereupon the King for four hundred marks granted to Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury the Wardship of Robert his Son and Heir with the benefit of his Marriage as also the custody of all his Lands and Castles both in England and Normandy and sent his precept to the Sheriff of Yorkshire to seise the Forest of Cnarreburgh into his hands in the same state wherein it was when King Hen. 2. granted it to the before-specified William and then to deliver it to that Archbishop But the next year following viz. 7 Ioh. this Robert died whereupon Nicholas de Stutevile his Brother and Heir agreed with the King for a Fine of ten thousand marks to have Livery of his Lands so descended to him excepting the Castles of Cnaresburgh and Burgh id est Borow-Brigg which the King reteined till that summe should be totally paid Which Nicholas married Gunnora the Widdow of Robert de Gant Neice to Hugh de Gâ—rnay and had issue Nicholas his Son and Heir unto whom King Iohn granted a Market every week upon the Munday at his Mannor of Brinklow before-specified and a Fair yearly upon the Feast day of St. Margaret Which Market and Fair were afterwards confirmed to him by King Henry the third This Nicholas in 13 Ioh. gave three hundred Marks and five Palfreys to have judgement for the moity of the Lordships of Cotingham Langeton Screningham and Butrecram with the moity of the Knights Fees belonging thereto But in 17 Ioh. taking part with those rebellious Barons who were at that time in Armes under divers specious pretences did with the chief of them undergo the Popes Excommunication for so doing Moreover in 3 Hen. 3. he assigned the Lordship of Lidel in Com. Cumberl to Robert de Stutevill his Brother then under age and in the tuition of William de Valoines And having been in Arms against the King in the Battle of Lincolne 1 Hen. 3. where he was taken prisoner by the famous William Marshall Earl of Pembroke with whom he agreed to pay a thousand Marks for his redemption to the Kings use in 8 Hen. 3. totally discharged that debt having then livery of his Lands which had been seized for that transgression excepting only the Honor of Knaresburgh and Burgh which were given by the King to Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent and then Justice of England This is all that I have seen of this Nicholas other then that he died in 17 Hen. 3. leaving issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Ioane married to Hugh de Wake and Margaret to William Mastoc But this Margaret died soon after viz. in 20 Hen. 3. whereupon Ioane her other Sister then Wife to Hugh de Wake had livery of the whole Inheritance Of this Ioane I find that in her Widdowhood she called her self Iohanna de Stutevile and not by the name of her Husband as is usual in regard she was so great an Inheritrix and that granting to the Canons of Watton in Com. Ebor. all her Lands in Hessell the impression which she made with her Seal on a large piece of Wax is of a Woman riding sideway as now is usual holding the Bridle in her right Hand and an Escoucheon with the Arms of Stutevile thereon in her left Hand Which demonstration clearly confuteth that which is said by some of our Historians viz. that Anne the Wife of King Richard the
upon the first day of September well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to attend the King in his expedition for France And shortly after viz. in 23 E. 1. was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm but not by the Title of Earl of Angus till 25 Edw. 1. At which time it is said our Lawyers of England were somewhat startled and refused in their Breves and Instruments to acknowledge him Earl by reason that Angus was not within the Kingdom of England until he had openly produced the King's Writ and Warrant in the face of the Court whereby he was summoned by that Title And in 27 E. 1. was constituted one of the King's Commissioners for manning and fortifying the Castles and strong Holds within the Realm of Scotland and to appoint Wardens of the Marches But he had an elder Son called Gilbert who died before him Which Gilbert in 24 E. 1. was questioned in the Parliament held at Barwick upon the Octaves of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin for striking of Hugh de Lowther an Officer to the King there and died in 31 E. 1. without Issue He had also another Son called Thomas who was a servant in Court to King Edward First to whom he gave certain Lands in Redesdale I come now to Robert Son and Successor to the before-specified Gilbert This Robert in the life-time of his Father scil 31 E. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland and the same year obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Faldingworth in Com. Linc. In 33 E. 1. he had License for a Market every week upon the Wednesday at Barewesfourd in Com. Northumb. As also for a Fair yearly upon the Feast-day of S. Martin in Winter with Free-warren in that Lordship and likewise in all his Lands at Ingon and Floteweyton in the same County And in 1 E. 2. upon the death of his Father as before is observed doing his Homage had Livery of all the Lands whereof he died seised Soon after which viz. before the end of that year he was joyned in Commission with William Lord Ros of Hamlake and Henry Lord Beaumont in the Lieutenancy of Scotland bearing the title of Earl of Angus his Father being then dead But this power continuing to him not much above one year he was afterwards constituted joynt Governour with the same Lords of that part of Scotland lying betwixt Barwick upon Twede and the River of Forthe as also of the Marches of Anandale Carrik and Galwey And in 4 E. 2. had summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Rokesburgh upon the Feast day of S. Peter ad Vincula thence to march with the King against the Scots After this in 11 E. 2. he was appointed one of the Commissioners to Treat with Robert de Brus and his Complices for a Truce betwixt both Realms And had summons to Parliament from 2 E. 2. till 18 E. 2. This Robert marryed two Wives viz. Lucie the Daughter of Philip de Kyme and at length Heir to her Brother William by whom he had issue Gilbert his Son and Heir and Elizabeth a Daughter married to Gilbert de Burdon with which Lucie he had in marriage the Mannor of Faldyngworth in Com. Linc. The name of his second Wife was Alianore but whose Daughter I have not seen by whom he had issue Sir Robert de Vnfranvill and Thomas as also a Daughter called Annore Wife of Stephen Son and Heir to Sir Richard Waleys Which Gilbert his Son and Heir in 5 E. 3. favouring the title of Edward de Baillol as divers other noble Persons did attended him to King Edward when he made his claim to the Crown of Scotland But King Edward having given his Sister in marriage to David the Son of Robert de Brus did not at all incline to Baillol Whereupon Baillol entring Scotland near Dumfermelyn this Gilbert with many other of the English accompanied him and obtained a great Victory over Brus his party near Gleddismore In 9 E. 3. this Gilbert was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 11 E. 3. had an allowance of cclxxiv l. i s. viij d. for wages due to himself and his men in those Wars In 12 E. 3. upon the death of William de Kyme without issue doing his Homage he had Livery of the Mannors of Sâ—tby Stalyngburgh Hesyll and Paddokthorp in Com. Ebor. Kyme Asewardby Meâ—hringham Baumburgh Calseby Elkyngton and Ivyngham Likewise of one Messuage one Carucate of Land sixty Acres of Meadow as also of seven pounds yearly Rent in Somercotes Saltfieâ—by and Skydbroke in Com. Linc. which thereby descended to him as next Heir to the said William by Lucie his Sister All which were by a Fine levyed in 8 E. 3. so setled for want of issue of the said William de Kyme And the same year had an Assignation of liij l. iv s. in arrear to him and his men at Arms for their service in Scotland under the command of the Earl of Warwick then General of the King's Army in those Wars In 13 E. 3. upon the marriage of Robert his eldest Son with Margaret the Daughter of Henry Lord Percy he granted to them and to the Heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten the Mannor of Stalingburgh in Com. Linc. In 14 E. 3. he was joyned in Commission with Henry Lord Percy and Raph Lord Nevill to treat and conclude of a Truce with the Scots and in 16 E. 3. was again in the Wars of Scotland Furthermore in 17 E. 3. he was in Commission with the Bishop of Durham and others to see the Truce then made to be well observed in all parts where the King's Interest lay And being thus possessed of this great Inheritance in Lincolnshire by descent from his Mother as hath been observed obtained a grant from the King of two Fairs yearly at his Mannor of South Kyme in Com. Linc. one on the Eve and morrow after the Feast of S. George the other on the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of S. Peter ad vincula In 19 Edw. 3. he was in another Expedition then made into France and the same year again joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Carlisle and others to see the Truce with the Scots firmly kept in the Marches In 20 Edw. 3. he was one of the chief Commanders of the English Army in the Battel of Durham where the Scots had a great overthrow David de Brus their King being there taken Prisoner And in 25 Edw. 3. by his Petition exhibited to the King and his Council in Parliament setting forth that he and his Ancestors time out of mind used to have the custody of all Prisoners taken within his liberty of Redesdale to be kept in
her Heirs at law and him touching her Inheritance of the moity of the Barony of Burgh they claiming the present possession thereof and he the continuing it during his own life by the courtesie of England having had a Child by her which was born alive but for ought I find the Heirs prevailed This Eustace afterwards had to Wife Agnes the second daughter of Ioane de Percy which Ioane was fifth daughter and one of the coheirs to William de Bruâ—re a great Baron that age ¶ There was likewise about that time another Bernard de Baillol who in 28 Hen. 3. had a Grant of the marriage of Agnes the Widow of Richard de Percy to the end he might take her to Wife if he could obtain her consent But to return To Hugh de Baillol succeeded Iohn his son and heir who in 13 Hen. 3. paid one hundred and fifty pounds for his Relief of those 30 Knights Fees he then hold and upon collection of the Scutage of Kery in Wales had a special discharge for them This Iohn married Dervâ—rguill one of the three daughters and heirs to Alan of Gâ—lway a great Baron in Scotland by Margaret the eldest Sister of Iohn Scot the last Earl of Chester and one of the heirs to David sometime Earl of Huntingdon by reason whereof he was seised of Galwey in Scotland and had in her right an Assignation of the Mannor of Thorkesâ—y in Com. Linc. as also of Gernemuth and Luddingland in Norfolk until the King should make them a reasonable exchange of other Lands in satisfaction of her part of the Earldom of Chester In the Parliament held at London 28 Hen. 3. requiring a pâ—cuniary Aid from the people for discharge of that debt which he had contracted by his Expedition into Gascoigne upon their advice the preceeding year this Iohn was one of the twelve then chosen to consider of it and to represent their opinion therein to the Parliament In 29 Hen. 3. he paid thirty pounds upon levying the Aid for marrying the King's eldest Daughter for the thirty Knights Fees he held Upon the death of Christian Countess of Albemarle Sister to Dervorguil his Wife the King's Eschaetor had command to assign unto this Iohn and Dervorguil all her part of the Inheritance of the same Christian lying in the Counties of Northhampton and Lincoln This Iohn executed the office of Sheriff in the County of Cumberland from the 33 to the 39 of Hen. 3. inclusive and was made Governour of the Castle of Carliste Upon the marriage of Margaret the King's Daughter to young Alexander King of Scotland the tuition of them both and of that Kingdom being committed to this Iohn de Baillol and Robert de Ros of Werke within two years after they were both accused before the King at Notingham for abusing their trust in that imployment the particulars wherein I have in my discourse of that Robert de Ros expressed but partly for his Father's sake who had been very serviceable to King Iohn in his greatest distresses and partly for money of which he had store he made his peace In 40 Hen. 3. he paid sixty pounds for the thirty Knights Fees he held upon levying the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight And in 42 Hen. 3. had command to attend the King at Chester well accoutred with Horse and Arms to oppose the hostile Incursions of Lewelin Prince of Wales Also in recompence of his services to the King as well in the Realm of France as here in England he had a Grant of the Wardship of William de Wassingle instead of the sum of two hundred Marks which the King had bestowed on him for that respect In 45 46 and 48 Hen. 3. he under-went the Shireevalty for the Counties of Notingham and Decby and in 46 Hen. 3. had the custody of the Honour of Peverell committed to his charge And standing firm to the King in those troublesome Times when the Barons put themselves in Arms under colour of asserting the rights of the People did not submit to those Ordinances made at Oxford whereupon they seised his Lands and detained them till he sent his Son by the King's permission to undertake for him therein In 48 Hen. 3. being in Arms with the King against those Rebellious Barons he stoutly assisted him in that great defeat then given them at Northhampton but soon after fighting on his part was with him taken prisoner in that fatal Battel of Lewes yet made his escape at it seems for it is affirmed by my Author in reporting the power of Mountfort Earl of Leicester who at that time had the King in his custody that all England was then subject to that great Rebel excepting the utmost parts of the North which opposed his usurped dominion at the instigation of the King of Scots and this our valiant Iohn de Baillol And it farther appeareth that having authority from Prince Edward he there joyned with other of the Northern Barons and raised all the force he could for the King's Redemption as also that he died in 53 Hen. 3. leaving Hugh his Son and Heir twenty eight years of age who then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands But of this Hugh I have not seen any thing memorable other than his marriage with Anne the Daughter of William de Valence Earl of Pembroke and that he departed this life in 56 Hen. 3. without Issue leaving Alexander de Baillol his Brother and Heir of full age the extent of whose Barony consisted in these Lordships viz. New-bigging Wodhorne with Lynmuwe and Hirst its members Haliwell Lynton Ellyngton and Cressewell Heyden with its members Bethfeld Nigram Heddon Staunfordham the moity of Dalton with its members Rihill Gunwarton with Swinborne a member thereof Newton del West Newton del Est Acum Stelling Ovington Eltrincham Mickeley Quiccunstal Faldirley Bromley and the moity of Bywell with Stokesfield Which Alexander dyed in 7 Edw. 1. whereupon the custody of his Lands was committed to Robert de Evre To whom succeeded Iohn de Baillol who in 10 Edw. 1. had Scutage of his Tenants in regard he was himself in the Welch Expedition at that time made This Iohn wedded Isabell the Daughter of Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey and in 19 Edw. 1. was one of the chief Competitors for the Kingdome of Scotland the dispute whereof being by the joynt-consent of all totally referred to the decision of Edward the First then King of England the right was adjudged to this Iohn who thereupon enjoyed the Crown of that Realm where I shall leave him his Barony here being involved with that dignity And shall conclude with Alexander de Baillol Brother to this Iohn This
the 27 till the 38 year of King Henry the Sixth inclusive And that for his firm fidelity and constant actings for the Lancastrian interest being attainted in Parliament upon the fourth of November 1 Edw. 4. his Lands were thereupon confiscate and Belvoir-Castlâ— given to the Lord Hastings who coming thither to view the same and to lodge therein was repelled by one Mr. Harrington a man of power in the Country a friend to the Lord Ross. Moreover that the Lord Hastings came again with some Forces and did great spoil to the Castle defacing the Roofs and taking away the Lead wherewith it was covered to his House at Ashby de la zouch where he then bestowed no small cost in building which occasionâ—d the Castle to fall to such ruine by rotting of the Timber as that it was wholly uninhabitable until the Earl of Rutland in King Henry the Eight's time repaired it making it a more stately Structure than ever it was Lastly that he departed this life at Newcastle in the same first year of King Edward the Fourth leaving Issue by Philippa his Wife one of the Daughters to Iohn Lord Tiptoft and Sister and Coheir to Iohn Earl of Worcester two Sons viz. Edmund and Iohn and three Daughters Elianor Isabell and Margaret Which Edmund was constrained to flee beyond-Sea in his tender years in regard of his fidelity to the House of Lancaster for there it appears that he was adhering to the Adversaries of King Edward the Fourth as the Inquisition taken after the death of Elianor Dutchess of Somersest his Aunt doth express But notwithstanding this hard measure to Edmund yet the Lady Philippa his Mother found some favour as may seem by that Grant made by King Edw. 4. unto Thomas Wingfield Esquire her second Husband and her of the Mannors of Uffington Wragby and Estryngton in Com. Linc. Orston Warsop and Ekeryng with the Advowson of the Churches of Warsop and Ekeryng in Com. Nott. of the Mannor of Seton in Com. Ebor. and an Annuity of twenty pounds issuing out of the Priory of Wertre in the said County of the Mannor of Adderley in Com. Salop. as also of the Mannor of Estbeurne in Com. Sussex all which were part of the Possessions of the before-specified Thomas Lord Ross attainted But this Edmund so fled as is observed got privately into England again as it seems for it appeareth that he with others joyning himself to the Duke of Somerset in the month of May â— Edw. 4. made head in the North and with him Sir Raphe Perci and others to the number of two or three hundred got into Bâ—mburgh-Castle but were soon defeated by the power which Iohn Earl of Northumberland then raised All that I have farther seen of him is that departing this life at Enefield upon the 13 of October Anno 1508. 24 Hen. 7. he was buried in the Parish Church there and that his three Sisters above-mentioned became his Heirs Of which Elianor the eldest became the Wife of Sir Robert Maners of Etall-Castle in Com. Northumb Knight and Isabell the second of Thomas Grey a younger Son to Sir Raphe Grey of Werke in the same County Knight Nor of the Lady Philippa their Mother have I observed more than that after the marriage of her eldest Daughter Elianor before-mentioned she lived for a time at Etall-Castle with her and that in 22 Edw. 4. she removed thence to Newcastle upon Tine to the intent she might the better Pray give Alms and cause to be prayed for the Soul of the said Thomas Lord Ross her late Husband This Sir Robert Maners had Issue by the said Elianor two Sons viz. George and Edward and two Daughters Elizabeth and Cecilie the one married to William Fairfax Son to Sir Guy Fairfax Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-pleas and the other to Thomas Fairfax Brother to the said William Ros of Werke THat this was an Antient Barony is evident from the accompt given of the farm of it in 31 Hen. 2. by Hugh de Nevill viz. C l. lx s. vj d. where it is called Honor de Werch So also in 34 Hen. 〈◊〉 where he accompts xiij l. xviij d. of the farm thereof given by the King's command to Robert de Ros. Which Robert de Ros was of Helmesâ—ey in Yorkshire and called Furfan and in 11 Hen. 3. gave to Robert his younger Son this Castle and Barony of Werke which Barony he held of the King by the service of two Knights Fees as his Ancestors had done from the time of King Henry the First by whom they were originally enfeoffed thereof and whereunto did belong these Towns and Lordships viz. Levermue Mindrum Karham Prestfen Mainlawe Dunum Pulwiston Schotton Killum 〈◊〉 Newâ—on alteram Newton Langeton Lilleburne Hilderton Weperden Russeden Schauden Titling Bowelton Alburwic Butlisdon the Grange of Stratton and the moity of Glatendon This Robert the Son in 21 Hen. 3. being constituted chief Justice of the Forest in the Counties of Notingham Derby York Lancaster Northumberland and Cumberland did so continue till 28 Hen. 3. if not longer And in 36 Hen. 3. had Free-warren granted to him in all his Demesn Lands at Werke Karram Presâ—en Mundrum Dunum Menilawe and Levermue in Northumberland In 39 Hen. 3. he delivered the Castle of Werke into the King's hands who then advancing with his Army into Scotland thought it not fit to suffer so strong a Fort to be out of his owâ— power the King then promising that no advantage should be made of that Render in reference to the suit which he had against him at that time for the right and title thereto Which promise he accordingly performed the next ensuing year yielding it back to him again About that time this Robert unto whose care and guidance together with Iohn de Baillol the Kingdom of Scotland as also King Alexander the Third and Margaret his Queen Daughter to King Henry the Third of England had been committed was accused for much misdemeaning himself in that Trust he being then of Counsel to the said King Alexander King Henry therefore highly resenting the same marched in all haste towards Scotlâ—nd with his Army resolving to punish him severely for it And approaching near the Borders sent away Richard Earl of Gloucester and Iohn Mansell his special Clerk and Counsellor to discover whether he was guilty of that charge and whether he would presumptuously defend himself therein or not Hereupon the Earl and Mansell taking with them a large attendance of choice men hasted to Eâ—enburgh and being advertised that the King and Queen were shut up in the Castle came to the Gates with some few of their company pretending themselves to be inferiour servants to this Robert de Ros by which means
IN the time of King Henry the First Richard Bussel Son of Warine Bussel possess'd the Barony of Penwortham in Com. Lanc. and there founded a little Monastery for Benedictine Monks which became a Cell to the Abby of Evesham in Com. Wigorn. To him succeeded Albert Bussel his Brother who had Issue Hugh Which Hugh in 6 R. 1. paid xl Marks for his Relief Being dispossess'd by Iohn Earl of Moreton he had a Suit with him for it and recovered it But when Iohn came to the Crown he was constrain'd to give him xx Marks for a Confirmation of his Title and to hold it of him by the Service of three Knights Fees and in 4 Ioh. four hundred Marks more for a new Grant having forfeited his Title by some default as was pretended But long he enjoy'd it not for in 7 Ioh. Roger de Laci Constable of Chester had a Grant of it from that King Longcamp IN the time of King Henry the First Hugh de Longcamp obtain'd by the Gift of that King the Mannor of Wiltone in Com. Heref. to hold by the Service of two Men at Arms in the Wars of Wales To whom succeeded Hugh his Son and Heir which Hugh in 2 H. 2. had a Confirmation thereof To whom succeeded Henry de Longcamp who holding Wiltone in 12 H. 2. by the Service of one Knights Fee was Sheriff of Herefordshire in 2 R. 1. So likewise in 3 R. 1. And in 6 R. 1. attended the King in his Expedition into Normandy In 7 R. 1. this Henry was Sheriff of Worcestershire as also in 8 and 9 R. 1. And in 6 Ioh. obtain'd another Confirmation from that King of the before-specified Lordship of Wilton with the Castle to hold by the Service of one Knights Fee for which Grant he gave CCC Marks and a Courser price xx Marks besides two Palsreys This Henry married Maude the Sister of William de Cantilupe and died in 13 Ioh. Whereupon the said William gave five hundred Marks and five Palsreys for the Wardship and Marriage of his Heir viz. Henry of whom I can say no more than that he took to Wife Ioane the Widow of Thomas Birkin and had Issue by her one sole Daughter and Heir call'd Maude married to Reginald Grey Justice of Chester by which means the Lordship of Wilton came first to that Family ¶ Of this Family was also as 't is like William the Son of Henry de Longcamp who in 9 R. 1. gave CCC Marks for Livery of his Lands whereof the King had dispossessed him but I do not think that he was Son to Henry Son of Hugh before-specified This William married Petronill the Daughter of Guy de Croun Widow of Robert de Vaux and in 46 H. 3. answered for his Relief as a Baron whereupon doing his Homage he had Livery of the Mannor of Suth-Warneburne in Com. Suthampt. and had Issue Henry de Longcamp who took to Wife Sibyll the Daughter of Sir Thomas Heringaude by whom he had Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Alice married to Roger de Pedwardyne ¶ Another Family I meet with of this Name likewise though no whit related thereto I presume of which was William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England in the time of King Richard the First as also Vice-gerent of this Realm during the absence of that King Which William had a Brother called Osbert de Longcamp Sheriff of Yorkshire Norff. and Suff. for some years in the time of his Brother's Power But neither of that Bishop need I to say any thing D r Godwyne in his Catalogue having sufficiently delivered his Story already nor of Osbert his Brother in regard he stood not in the condition of a Baron of this Realm neither was he descended from any such his Grandfather being a Person of a servile Condition at Beauvois Boteler of Oversley IN the time of King Henry the First Raphe Boteler called Radulfus Pincerna de Legrecestriâ in regard he bore the Office of Butler to Robert Earl of Mellent and Leicester a mighty Man in that time setled himself at Oversley in Com. Warr. where taking advantage of the natural Ascent of the Ground near the Stream of Arrow he built a strong Castle and within a Mile distance thereof viz. on the North-side of Alcester founded a Monastery for Benedictine Monks in Anno 1140. 5 Steph. dedicated to the Honour of the Blessed Virgn St. Anne her Mother St. Ioseph St. Iohn Baptist St. Iohn the Evangelist and All-Saints for the health of the Soul of King William the Conqueror Maud his Consort King William the younger King Henry the First Queen Maud his Consort King Stephen Queen Maud his Consort Roger de Bellomont and Atheline his Wife Robert Earl of Mellent and Isabell his Wife Robert Earl of Leicester and Avice his Wife with their Sons as also for the Soul of Waleran Earl of Mellent Likewise for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of Avice his Wife with their Parents Ancestors and Successors Souls All which he did by the advice and consent of King Stephen Robert Earl of Leicester and Waleran Earl of Mellent and of Robert and Geffrey his own Sons Endowing it with ample Possessions and amongst others with the Chappel of his Castle at Oversley Upon the foundation of that great Abby at Leicester by Robert Earl of Mellent this Raphe gave the Churches of All-Hallows St. Peter and St. Martin in the Suburbs of Leicester thereto as also a Rent of xxx s. per Annum issuing out of his Lordship of Blingesset and Tormodestune and likewise the Church of Thurnby in Com. Leic. To him succeeded Robert his Son and Heir Which Robert confirm'd to the Nuns of Pinley in Com. Warr. that Grant which Iohn de Pilardinton made to them of the Land whereon that Religious House was situate it being of his Fee Moreover he gave to the Canons of Leicester the Church of Thedyngworth in that County And left Issue Raphe his Son and Heir Which Raphe gave the Chappel of Stocton to the Canons of Leicester But made head against King Iohn with the rest of the Barons for which respect his Lands were seised and committed to William de Cantilupe Howbeit in 1 H. 3. returning to Obedience and paying xl Marks for his Redemption he had Restitution of them again and in 9 and 10 H. 3. was constituted a Commissioner for collecting the Fifteenth then gathered in the Counties of Warr. and Leic. as also a Justice of Assize in Com. Warr. To whom succeeded Maurice his Son and Heir one of the Justices of Assize for the County of Warr. in
to its Succession afterwards it is to be noted That the before-specified Henry by Ada the Sister of William Earl Warren had Issue Malcolme and William both Kings of Scotland successively as also a third Son called David And That Malcolme in 3 H. 2. giving up to King Henry the City of Carlisâ—e together with the Town of New-castle and Castle of Bamburgh in Com. Northumb as also the whole County of London in Scotland had thereupon this Earldom of Huntendon restored to him Simon the Son of Simon de St. Liz the second who had been formerly Earl being then in Minority It is likewise farther to be observed That this Malcolme died without Issue in Anno 1165. 11 H. 2. and that thereupon William his Brother succeeded him as well in this Earldom as in that Kingdom and as a Member thereof possess'd Fodringhey in Com. Northampt. But it was not long after viz. Anno 1173. 19 H. 2. ere that this William invaded Northumberland which he challenged as his Right from David his Grandfather but was repulsed with no small loss Nevertheless the next ensuing year he made a new Attempt but the Great Men of the North raising the Power of the Country gave him Battel at Alnwick and there vanquishing his Army with much slaughter carried him Prisoner to the Castle of Richmund and thence brought him to Northampton to King Henry with his Legs tied under the Belly of an Horse After which being sent to Faleise in Normandy upon the sixth of December Anno 1175. 22 H. 2. he made his Peace with King Henry upon these Terms viz. That he should do Homage to him for the Kingdom of Scotland and for all other his Territories and Lands Also That all the Bishops Earls and Barons of that Realm from whom King Henry requir'd it should do the like According to which Agreement being brought back into England both he and his Brother David came to Yorke and there did Homage to young Henry the King's Son And for the better observance of all Points of that Accord delivered up the Castles of Roxborough Berwic Geddeworth Edenburgh and Stryvelin with David his Brother and divers of the Nobles of Scotland for Hostages But this Story is otherwise told by the Monk of Iorevaulx viz. That King Henry making an Expedition to Tholouse in the fifth year of his Reign Malcolm King of Scotland went with him and for that respect had this Earldom of Huntendon given him Also That after his death William his Brother and Successor in the Kingdom of Scotland held it until he rose in Arms with young Henry against King Henry the Father And then that David his Brother besieging the Castle of Huntendon King Henry being in Normandy appointed That the Nobles of England should march thither with an Army and deliver it to Simon de St. Lize together with the Earldom as the right Heir thereto Moreover That thereupon Simon laid Siege to it until the King of Scots then in it gave him the Keys thereof And That afterwards this Difference occasion'd such an Animosity betwixt them in the King's Presence that he told them both in great wrath That neither of them should have it and thereupon caused that Castle to be demolish'd but express'd that Simon should enjoy the Earldom Likewise That not long after Simon departing this Life without Issue the King gave the same Castle to this William and that thereupon he bestow'd it on David his Brother Whether he did or did not during the Life of King Henry II. I shall not here stand to argue but certain it is That in Anno 1190. 1 R. 1. this William obtain'd from King Richard a Restitution of the Castles of Roxborough and Berwick and whatsoever else King Henry the Second had taken from him when he was his Prisoner As also all his Demâ—sns and Fees in the County of Huntendon and all other Places to hold to him and his Heirs as freely as Malcolme his Brother had ever enjoy'd them or ought to have enjoy'd them And as certain it is That David his Brother soon after possess'd it for it appears That King Richard the First by his Charter bearing date 24 Iunii in the first year of his Reign granted and confirm'd to this David whom he calls Earl David Brother to the King to Scotland all the Liberties which David King of Scotland his Grandfather and King Malcolm his Brother had in the Honour of Huntendon in the time of King Henry Grandfather to King Henry Father of the said King Richard or in the time of the said King Henry his Father Being thus setled in this Earlâ—om of Huntendon that which I next find memorable of him is That in 6 R. 1. he attended that King in his Expedition then made into Normandy And next That he took to Wife Maud the Daughter of Hugh Revelioc Earl of Chester and eldest Sister and Coheir to Ranulph Blundevile the last Earl of that Family With whom he had in Frank-marriage by the Gift of the same Earl her Brother the Lordship of Badewen in Com. Essex Graham in Lindessei in Com. Linc. Also all his Lands in Golgesby Emungeby and Cisterby in that County with xv Knights Fees By which Maud he had Issue three Sons Henry David and Iohn and four Daughters viz. Maud the Wife of Iohn de Monmoâ—th Margaret the Wife of Alan of Galloweie Isabel of Robert Lord Brus of Anandale and Ada of Henry de Hastings In 17 Ioh. command was given to S. Earl of Winchester to make Livery of the Castle of Fodringhey to this Earl David he doing his Homage but in case he should die before his performance thereof then to give it up to the King It seems that soon after he adhered to the Rebellious Barons for plain it is that in 1 H 3. William Marshall the younger obtain'd a Grant of all his Lands for his better support in the King's Service It is said That he died in Anno 1219. 3 H. 3. at his Mannor of Yerdley in Com. Northampt. now called Yardley Hastings and that he was buried in the Abby of Sawtre in Com. Hunt Maud his Wife surviving him who thereupon had inter alia the Mannor of Kemmeston in Com. Bedf. assign'd to her for her Maintenance until her Dowrie should be set forth And giving Security That she would not marry again without Licence she had Livery of the Maunors of Graham and Hemingby in Com. Linc. and Totham in Com. Midd. which were part of her Frank-marriage As to his Sons it appears That in 5 Ioh. he gave a thousand Marks Fine to the King that Henry the eldest might have leave to marry Maud de Cauz with her Inheritance But this Henry and David died both of them
Margaret and for want of such Issue to his Right Heirs of the Mannor Castle and Honour of Cnaresburg Oldborough and Burrow-brigg in Com. Ebor. with the Knights Fees Soke and Forest thereto belonging paying C l. per annum into the Exchequer Having likewise by the same Grant the Gift of Ten thousand Marks due to the King from the Heirs of William de Stutevill and charg'd upon that Castle and Honour Furthermore he was then made Governour of the Castle at Bristoll and upon the Collection of the Scutage of Kery at that time answered for fifty six Knights Fees an half and tenth part of the Fees of Henry de Essex Likewise for Fifty Fees of the Honour of Hagenet and for xxxi and an half for those of the Honour of Peverel London But before the end of this thirteenth year about Michaelmass the King having a Rendezvouz at Portesmorth of the greatest Army that had been seen in this Realm it consisting of English Irish Scotch and Welch designing therewith the recovery of what his Father had lost in Forein Parts and expecting all things in readiness with Ships for their Transportation but finding not half so many as would suffice for that purpose he wholly attributed the fault to this Hubert and publickly calling him Old Traytor told him That he had taken Five thousand Marks as a Bribe from the Queen of France and thereupon drawing out his Sword would have kill'd him had not the Earl of Chester and some others prevented it but displaced him from his Office of Justice whereupon he withdrew till the King grew better pacified as it seems he soon was For the next ensuing year when divers valiant Knights coming to the King out of Normandy earnestly besought him to land Forces in that Country assuring him that it might be easily recovered this Hubert wholly disswaded him from attempting it anâ— prevail'd with him to make an Expedition into Gascoigne and Poiâ—â—ou where he succeeded so well that having little opposition he freely received the Homages of the Inhabitants of those Countries Moreover upon the death of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester this year he obtain'd the Custody of all his Lands And in 15 H. 3. procur'd a Grant to himself and the same Lady Margaret his Wife and the Heirs of their two Bodies in augmentation of the Honour of Kaermerdin and Cardigan which the King had then given them of the Homage and Service of Iohn de Braose due from him for the Honour of Goher As also Licence to himself and the said Margaret and their Heirs to build a Castle at Hadleg part of the Honour of Keylegh the Inheritance of which Honour he had formerly obtain'd from the King And about that time having Intelligence that the Welch had committed divers Outrages especially in the Parts about Montgomery he march'd thither and out of that Castle sent a Party of Soldiers who flew many of them and brought in divers Prisoners whose Heads for terrour to others he caused to be cut off and sent to the King Which Cruelty so far provoked Leoline Prince of Wales that he raised all the Power he could and retaliated the like to the English setting fire also on the Churches by which means many who fled thither for Sanctuary were burnt whereof some were Gentlewomen of good Quality And yet continuing his Interest the next ensuing year he procur'd a special Charter of Privilege viz. That in case he should thenceforth be employ'd in the King's Service beyond-Sea or on Pilgrimage or otherwise or that he should happen to be infirm and weak in Body at any time so that he could not in Person undergo that High Office of Iustice of England that then he should have power to assign a Substitute to be approved of by the King Soon after which he obtain'd a Grant of the Office of Iustice of Ireland for life as also of the Custody of the Tower of London with the Castles of Odyham â—indfore and Wardenship of that Forest answering for the same as had been accustomed In which year Pandulse the Popes Legate absolv'd him of his Vow of Pilgrimage to the Holy Land But soon after this the King's Favour towards him declined apace his Affections being wholly captivated by others for the very same year through the instigation of Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester who then bore the chief sway at Court he was first totally displaced from that Great Office of Iustice of England as also from the Custody of the Castles of Dovor Canterbury Rochester Windsore Odiham Hertford Colchester and the Tower of London Stephen de Segrave being put in his stead in all these Trusts And not only so but strictly required to give an Account of all the King's Treasure wherewith he had at any time medled and of the Debts owing as well to King Iohn as to that King As also of all the King's Lands from the day of the death of William Mareschall Earl of Pembroke Governour of the King and Kingdom whilst he lived both in England Wales Ireland and Poictou and likewise of the Liberties in the King's Forests Warrens and all other Places how they were kept or aliened Moreover of the Fifteenth Sixteenth and other Revenues which had been brought into the Exchequer the New-Temple at London or any other place Likewise of Prizes made for releasing the King's Right as well in Lands as Moveables Also of whatsoever else had been lost through his negligence and for many other Particulars whereof for brevity I omit the mention Whereunto he answered That as to what was charg'd upon him relating to King Iohn's time he had a general Charter of Release from any Account which might be required of him that King having so great a confidence in his Integrity that he expected none at all Unto which the Bishop of Winchester replied That such a Release could not be of any validity after the death of King Iohn But these were trivial things in comparison of what his Enemies afterwards objected against him For they farther laid to his charge 1. That when the King had sent Embassadors into Austria in order to a Marriage with the Daughter of that Duke he wrote Letters to the Duke dissuading him from yielding thereto 2. That he dissuaded the King from making a Military Expedition into Normandy for the recovery thereof so that much of the King's Treasure was vainly lost 3. That whereas King Iohn had given him the Custody of the Daughter of the King of Scotland to the end he should marry her he on the contrary most Traiterously defiled her by getting Children upon her in Fornication and afterwards married her in hopes
now come to William de Cantilupe Son and Heir to the last mentioned William of whom the first mention I find is That in 1 Hen. 3. being then called William de Cantilupe junior he had restitution of the Mannor of Merlaw which was part of the Dowry of Milisent his Wife Widow of Almaric Earl of Eureux then in the hands of Gilbert de Clare After this divers years viz. in 22 Hen. 3. he gave a Fine to the King of five hundred marks for the custody of the Lands of Iulian the Daughter and Heir of Hugh de Gurnay and the benefit of her marriage and soon after that obtained the Wardship of Eve one of the Daughters and Heirs of William de Braose a great Baron together with the custody of Bergavenny and all other the Lands belonging to her In 23 Hen. 3. he executed the Sheriffs Office the fourth part of that year for the Counties of Nottingham and Derby and for all the twenty fourth year And in 26 Hen 3. together with Vitalis Engaine he gave a hundred marks for Livery of the Mannor of Badmundfield which Hillaria Trusbut sometime held in Dower and which they claimed as Heirs to William de Courtney And the same year making partition with Vitalis Engaine for those Lands and Fees which were descended to them by William de Courtney agreed in case there were any more undivided that whensoever they might happen to be discovered they should be equally shared betwixt them In this year he had Summons amongst others to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King in his purposed expedition for vindicating the injuries he had received from the King of France And in 28 Hen. 3. was one of the Peers sent by the King to the Prelates to sollicite their aid for Money to the support of his Wars in Gascoigne and Wales In 29 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Aid for marrying the Kings eldest Daughter he paid twenty seven pounds nine shillings four pence for those twenty seven Knights Fees an half fourth sixth and twentieth part for the moity of the Fees belonging to the Honor of Totneys And the same year was sent with others as Representatives for this Kingdom of England to the Council of Lions there to complain of the grievous exactions exercised on this Realm by the Court of Rome and to crave remedy for the same And bearing a devout affection to the Canons of Studley gave to the Hospital of his Fathers foundation there Lands to the value of ten pounds per annum lying within his Lordship of Aston Cantilupe as also certain Rent and Pasturage for Cattle in Southern-Keston with the Church of Hemeston in Devonshire And besides all this having obtained a special Charter for exempting their Woods situate within the Forest of Feckenham from any view of the Kings Foresters and Verderers and being Steward to the King as his Father was as also a powerful Man and a faithful Servant he departed this life in 35 H. 3. leaving issue William his Son and Heir Thomas Bishop of Hereford who in 34 Edw. 1. was canonzied for a Saint and Iulian the Wife of Sir Robert de Tregoz Whereupon William his eldest Son performing his homage and giving security for payment of an hundred pounds for his Releif had Livery of his Lands This William in 32 Hen. 3. his Father then living had Livery of the Town and Castle of Haverford in right of Eve his Wife one of the Coheirs to Walter Mareschal sometime Earl of Pembroke He had also in her Right as Daughter and Coheir to William de Broase the Honor of Bergavenny likewise all Over-went together with the Lordship of Kilgaran and certain other Lands in England and Ireland which descended to her by Inheritance from William de Bruere In 36 Hen. 3. he obtained the Wardship and Marriage of Margery and Illaria the Daughters of Henry de Hastings and soon after a pardon for demolishing the Castle of Penros in Wales belonging to Iohn de Monmouth In 37 Hen. 3. he attended the King in his expedition then made into Gascoigne And in 38 Hen. 3. upon levying the Aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight paid fifty five pounds eighteen shillings eight pence for those twenty eight Knights Fees an half sixth and twentieth part of the moity of the Fees belonging to the Honor of Totneys which he enjoyed in right of Eve his Wife And the same year was constituted Governor of Bovelt Castle in Brecknockshire To the before specified Hospital built at the Gate of the Priory of Studley he gave the Advowson of the Church of Aston Contelupe and departing this life in the flower of his youth viz. upon the Friday preceding the Feast of S. Michael was on Wednesday following buried at Studley there being then present divers Abbots and Priors as also sundry great Earls Simon Earl of Leicester and Humphrey Earl of Hereford laying his Body in the Grave Eve his Wife surviving who died about the Feast day of S. Margaret the next ensuing year leaving issue one Son called George and two Daughters viz. Milisent who first became the Wife of Iohn de Montalt but afterwards of Ivola Zouch and Ioane married to Henry de Hastings Of which George being scarce three years old at that time I have not seen any thing memorable till his death which hapned before he arrived to such years whereby he could be qualified for any great action viz. upon S. Marks day 1 Edw. 1. So that whether the marriage betwixt and Margaret the Daughter of Edmund de Lacy which their Parents had designed was ever consummated I cannot say but certain it is that he had no issue so that Iohn the Son of Henry de Hastings by Ioane his younger Sister and Milisent then the Wife of Eudo or Ivo la Zouch his elder Sister were found to be his next Heirs Shortly after which Partition being made of the Lands which by his death without issue descended to those Coheirs Ivo la Zouch and Milisent his Wife had for her Purparty the Mannors of Eyton and Houghton in Com. Bedf. Haringworth Berewby and Bulewike in Com. Northampt. Brugewalter Heygrave and Edenewith in Com. Somers Calston Brightmerston Rocle and Calne in Com. Wiltes Cornworthy Dertemue and Totneys in Com. Devon Moles Bracy in Com. Salop. Stoke S. Edwald in Com. Dorset Thirteen shillings four pence Rent in Hereford in Com. Heref. The Mannor of Bingley in Com. Ebor. Ham in Com. Buck. and Baseford in Com. Nott. And Iohn de Hastings Son of Ioane the elder Sister of the said George the Castle and Honor of Bergavenny with the Mannor of Kilgaran in Wales as also
Earls of Cornwal OF this County Richard a younger Son to King Iohn for he calls him Filiâ—s noster had the Title of Earl in the time of King Henry the Third Of him the first mention I find is in 16 Ioh. the King then directing his precept to Peter de Rupibas Bishop of Winchester at that time Justice of England for Livery though then very young of all the Lands of Roese de Dovor whom he had married she being in the custody of William de Brewer But not long after this notwithstanding his tender years he was in 1 H. 3. constituted Governour of Chileham Castle in Kent and the next ensuing year obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Honour of Walingford Moreover in 5 H. 3. he had a Grant of the Honour of Eye to hold during pleasure which shortly after was rendred to the Duke of Lovain the right owner thereof And in 9 H. 3. had the like Grant of the custody of the County of Cornwal id est the Sherevalty during the Kings pleasure Henry de Berkering being his Substitute In this 9 th year of H. 3. he was girt with the Sword of Knighthood upon Candlemas-day with ten other Noble Persons who were design'd for his service and soon after accompanied William Longespe Earl of Salishbury his Uncle into Gascoine having Letters of recommendation from the King to the Archbishop and Citizens of Burdeaur who gladly welcoming him thither assisted f him with their best advice for recovery of those lost Territories Whereupon he raised forces in all those parts having had from the King before he set out of England a Grant of the County of Cornwal with all Poictou for which respect he was generally called Earl of Poictou and marching into the Countrey in a short time subjugated all those places by force which declined to do Homage to him receiving a supply of Five hundred Welsh from hence with a large sum of money It is reported that whilst he lay at the Siege of the Castle of Riole hearing of the approach of the Earl of March he divided his Army and with part thereof keeping the Siege with the rest gave him Battel and obtain'd an absolute Victory whereby he gained all their Baggage and took many prisoners And not long after this having merited so well by these his successful beginnings upon the third day of Pentecost id est 3. Cal. Iunii 11 H. 3. was advanced to the title and dignity of Earl of Cornwal at Westminster with great solemnity But within a while after there grew much difference betwixt him and the King his Brother touching a certain Lordship given to Waleran Teutonic id est Ties by King Iohn which he alledged to be parcel of the Earldom of Cornwal and caused possession to be taken of it for himself Whereupon Waleran making complaint the King first wrote to him about it and then sent for him commanding the render thereof which he refused to do challenging the judgment of his Peers as to matter of right Whereat the King took such offence that he required him forthwith to do it or depart the Realm Unto which he answered that he would not deliver up the Land nor without the sentence of his Peers go out of the Kingdom and in great discontent departing went to his own house Which breach betwixt the King and him caused Hubert de Burgh then Justice of England and in chief power at Court to advise the King to surprise him in his bed the next night following lest he should raise a disturbance in the Realm But being privily advertised of that design be fled immediately away making no stop till he got to Reading and thence hasting to Marleburgh there found his trusty Friend William Mareschal Earl of Dembroke unto whom having made relation of what had passed they took their course to the Earl of Chester and being thus got together through the power and interest of their Friends raised a potent Army making their Rendesvous at Stanford whence they sent a minatory Message to the King but imputing all the fault to Hubert de Burgh requiring a confirmation of that Charter of the Forest which had been cancell'd at Oxford The King therefore discerning this cloud appointed a meeting at Northampton upon the third of the Nones of August next following assuring them that he would there do full right unto all Where meeting accordingly for their better satisfaction amongst other his condescensions he gave a this Earl Richard his Mothers Dowry with all the Lands in England which did appertain to the Earl of Britany as also those which belonged to the Earl of Bolein then deceased Whereupon he had Livery of the whole County of Rutland And in 15 H. 3. obtained another Grant of the Inheritance of the Honour of Walingford with the Castle and all its appurtenances as also of the Mannor of Watlington to hold by the service of three Knights Fees Likewise of all the Lands in England which Queen Isabel the Kings Mother held in Dower and of those which belonged to Robert de Drewes and to the Duke of Lorrain at that time seised into the Kings hands to hold until such time as the King should restore them Moreover he then procured another Grant of the whole County of Cornwal with the Stanneries and Mines to be held of the King and his Heirs by the service of five Knights Fees bearing at that time the title of Earl of Cornwal and Poictou And before the end of that year viz. in the moneth of April the solemnity of the Feast of Easter being finished took to Wife Isabel Countess of Gloucester Widow of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Sister to William Mareschal then Earl of Pembnoke Likewise the same year he obtained a Grant of the Mannor Castle and Honour of Cnaresburgh in Com. Ebor. to himself and the issue of his body by the same Isabel to hold by the service of two Knights Fees Nor was he less eminent for his military knowledge than for those his great advancements in Riches and Honour for in 20 H. 3. Ambassadors from the Emperour came to the King to desire that he might be sent to make War on his behalf against the French But the King though then married having no child answered That it could not stand with reason or safety that a person so young and especially at that time being the Heir apparent to the Crown should be employed on such an hazardous adventure offering them the choice of any other Nevertheless before the end of that year this Earl with Gilbert Marshal then Earl of Pembroke and divers other Great Men took upon him the Cross for a
ten Constable and Marshal that his Quarrel was just repaired to the Lists and having so done sheathed his Sword which before he had held naked and putting down his vizor made a Cross on his Horse and with his Sphear in his hand entred Moreover that descending from his Horse he sate down in a chair of green Velvet at the end of the Lists there reposing himself in expectance of his Adversary Furthermore that after Proclamation made by a King at Arms that no Man should approach any part of the Lists upon pain of death except such as were appointed to order or marshal the Field a Herauld cryed Behold here is Henry of Lancaster Duke of Hereford Appellant who is entred into the Lists-Royal to do his devoir against Thomas Moubrary Duke of Norfolk upon pain to be found false and recreant Likewise that the Duke of Norfolk hovered on Horseback at the entry of the Lists his Horse being barded with crimson Velvet richly embroidered with Lyons and Mulberry-Trees and having made his Oath before the Constable and Marshal that his Qurrrel was just and true entred the Lists also and said God ayd him that hath the right and then alighting from his Horse sate down in a Chair of Crimson-velvet curtained about with white and red Damaske Also that after the Earl Marshal had viewed their Sphears to see that they were of equal length and delivered the one to this Duke and sent the other to the Duke of Norfolk by a Knight an Herald proclaimed that the Traverses and Chairs of the Champions should be removed and commanded them both in the Kings Name to mount their Horses and address themselves to the Combat Moreover that hereupon this Duke having got up and closed his Bavier and placed his Sphear in the Rest he set couragiously forward six or seven paces at the found of the Trumpet But that the Duke of Norfolk was not fully set forward when the King cast down his Warder and the Heraulds cryed Ho Ho. And that all this being done the King caused their Sphears to be taken from them commanding them again to their Chairs until he and his Council had deliberated what was best to be concluded in this case Which being done and the Heraulds crying silence the Kings Secretary Sir Iohn Bushie read the Sentence which was That this Duke should within fifteen days depart the Realm not to return for the space of ten years except the King should otherwise think fit And in regard that the Duke of Norfolk had sowed Sedition in the Kingdome he should also be gone and never return nor approach the Confines of England on pain of death Likevvise that the Revenues of his Lands should be stopped till such Moneys of the Kings Treasure as he had taken up for the Garrison of Calais vvere fully paid And that then the King calling them both before him caused them to Svvear that neither of them vvould come in place vvhere the other vvas nor keep company together in any Forreign Countrey Whereupon they departed the Duke of Norfolk going into Almaine and so to Uenice vvhere he died of grief as ' t vvas said And this Duke taking his leave of the King at Eâ—tham vvhere he had four years Release of his Banishment vvent first to 〈◊〉 and then farther into France where having an honorable reception by King Charles the Sixth he had obtain'd the only daughter to the Duke of Berry Uncle to the King in Marriage but that King Richard hindred it Being thus departed he received Letters from his Father advising him rather to go into Castâ—le than into Hungary But his Father growing sick here in England he removed not from Paris where within a short time he had advertisement of his death Soon after which it so hapned that King Richard being necessitated to go into Ireland for suppressing the Irish then in Armes this Realme grew into great distraction Whereupon the Londoners sent for this Duke promising him their assistance in case he would accept of the Government Having therefore such encourâ—gement as also considerable aide from the Duke of Britanny he took shipping at le port Blanc and landed at Ravenspur upon the mouth of Humber in Yorkshire Whereupon divers of the Northern Lords repaired k to him so that when he came to Doncaster he had a considerable Army the Commons in all places inclining to him Whence Marching to Evesham in Worcestershire and so to Berkeley in Com. Gloc. he came to Bristoll all the Castles in those parts yielding to him Of which King Richard having Advertisement he hasted back into England and landed in Wales Where finding that he was almost totally forsaken he went to Conway-Castle in Com. Caernarvon This Duke therefore understanding where he was bent his course to Chester and thence sent for a safe Conduct that he might speak with him Which being granted he imployed the Earl of Northumâ—erland upon that Affair Who proposed that a Parliament might be called wherein Justice might be had against those Enemies of the Common-wealth who had been procurers of the Duke of Glocester's death and the death of other Noble Men as also Pardon for this Duke for what he had done Soon after which he came himself thither And having mustred his Army in the sight of the Castle walkt in to the outer Ward where seeing the King come out he made a reverend obeysance towards him and going on did so a second and third time the King then taking him by the hand and bidding him welcome Whereupon humbly thanking him he said That the cause of his coming was to have restitution of his Inheritance Unto which the King readily assented and called for Wine After which mounting on Horsback they rode to Flynt and so to Chester Thence to Nantwich and so the common rode to London Where he was receiv'd with all expressions of joy But the King being sent to the Tower though a Parliament was called in his Name divers Articles were exhibited there against him whereby he was thought worthy to be Deposed with intimation how fit it might be for him to resign his Right in the Government to this Duke Seeing therefore no remedy but to assent an Instrument was drawn to that purpose as also an open Clayme to the Crown made by this Duke Whereupon he was solemnly placed on the Royal Throne But the particular Formalities at that time used in this business and what else is memorable of him after he became King by the Name of Henry thâ— Fourth I leave to the Relation of our Historians Froisard saith o That King Richard fearing his own life sent for this Duke to the Tower and bewayling his condition offer'd a Resignation of the Crown to him And that this Duke
Sentence by this William Who was at that time in such reputation with the Commons in Parliament that being made their Speaker upon the Deposall of that unhappy King he published in the Name of the whole House a Disclaimer of their Allegiance to him and in 1 Edw. 3. was constituted Eschaetor-General on the South of Crent But soon after this being an Adversary to Roger de Mortimer who through his interest with Q. Isabell bore no little sway about the beginning of King Edward the Thirds Reign he was constrained to flee beyond Sea and there to stay until Mortimers fall which hapned about three years after and then viz. in 4 E. 3. was again constituted Eschaetor on the South of â—rent In 7 E 3. this William was made Constable of the Castle at Beaumares in Angleley and in 8 E. 3. one of the Commissioners assigned to treat with those which were sent by Philip King of France concerning a Truce betwixt both Realmes In 9 E. 3. he was Eschaetor North of Trent and in 12 E. 3. in consideration of his great services as well beyond Sea as otherwise in recompence thereof obtain'd from the King the gift of a Thousand pounds In 13 E. 3. he was Admiral of the Royal Navy from the mouth of Thames to the Westwards and in 15 E. 3. being then a Knight was in that Expedition then made into Fianders The same year likewise he was in the Scotish wars and of the retinue with Henry Earl of Derby And in 16 E. 3. being in that great Expedition then made into France was constituted Admiral of all the Fleet from the mouth of Chames to Barwick upon â—wede his residence being then at Cublesdon In this year he had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realme but not afterwards nor any of his posterity And in 17 E. 3. being again in the wars of France had an allowance of Thirteen shillings four pence per diem for his wages from the time of the Kings last passage into Britanny In 18 E. 3. he was again in France and in regard of his great and acceptable services obtained the grant of a Thousand pounds more to be paid out of the Exchequer Before the end of which year he was also sent Embassador with the Prior of Roâ—hester into France to treat of a marriage betwixt the eldest son to the King of Castâ—le and a daughter of King Edward Whereupon he had an allowance of a Marke for every day during his passage through England and Twenty shillings per diem as long as he should abide beyond Sea And in 20 E. 3. or near that time sate with Sir William Thorpe then Chief Justice of the Kings Bench at the Tower of London upon Tryal of the Earls of Fyfe and â—entetâ—e Whereupon the Earls of Mentethe was hanged drawn and quartered but the Earl of Fyfe spared After him viz. in 37 E. 3. there was another William Trussel who being a diligent attendant on Prince Edward commonly called the Black-Prince in the battel of Poytiers in consideration of that and other services done and to be done obtained from him the grant of Forty pounds per annum for life to be paid out of his Exchequer at Chester at Easter and Michaelmas by even portions but died at Cubâ—esdon 20 Iunii the same year leaving Margaret the wife of Fulke de Pembruge his daughter and heir Fourteen yeares of age Which Fulke doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance Longvilers 16 Edw. 3. IN 25 E. 1. Iohn de Longvilers departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Tokesford in Com. Nott. and Gloseborne in Com. Ebor. leaving Thomas his brother and heir nineteen years of age Which Thomas had summons to Parliament in 16 E. 3. amongst the Barons of this Realme but never after and died in 48 E. 3. leaving Agnes his sister then married to Robert the son of Raphe Cromwell his next heir of full age Vghtred 18 Edw. 3. OF this Family which hath been of great antiquity in Yorkshire was Robert Vghtred who in 28 E. 1. obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at killingwâ—ke juxta Pokelyngton and at Munketon in the More in Com. Eâ—or and died in 3 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Colton Skakelthorâ— and Styveton in that County leaving Thomas his son and heir Twenty three yeares of age Which Thomas became a person of great note in his time For in 8 E. 2. he was imploy'd into Scotland on the behalf of William de Latimer and in 10 E. 2. and 13 E. 2. in the wars of that Country In 15 E. 2. he was made Governor of Scardeburgh-Castle and in 7 E. 3. being again in the Scotish wars on the behalf of Edward Baliot King of that Realm who having done Homage to King Edward the Third as superior Lord thereof had aide from him against his opponents merited so well for his service there done that in the first year of his Reign he obâ—ained from him a grant of the Mannor of Boucâ—â— and all other the Lands of Sir Iohn Stiward Knight lying in that Realme which by his forfeiture were eschaeted to the Crown In 9 E. 3. he was again in those Scotish wars and in 10 E. 3. made Admiral of the Kings whole Fleet from the mouth of Thames to the Northwards In 11 E. 3. he served again in Scotland So likewise in 12 E. 3. Also being at that time a Banneret and Governor of St. Iohâ—s Town otherwise called Perth he had an Assignation of the sum of Five hundred eighty five pounds six shillings six pence half peny for the wages due to him and his men at Armes Hobelars and Foot-soldiers there imployed and for his other expences in fortifying thereof But in 14 E. 3. he went into Flanders and in 19 E. 3. served in the wars of France in the retinue of Thomas de Beaâ—champ Earl of Warwick So likewise in 20 E. 3. and 21 E. 3. In consideration whereof he obtain'd a grant of Two hundred pounds per annum during his life In 23 E. 3. he was retein'd to serve the King in his wars beyond Sea with Twenty Men at Armes and Twenty Archers on Horseback taking after the rate of Two hundred pounds per annum for his wages during the continuance of the war and in time of peace as other Bannerets used to do And in 26 E. 3. the French threatning an Invasion whereupon all the Counties in England arrayed and arm'd their ablest Men he was appointed one of the Commissioners in Yorkshire for that service In 28 E. 3. he had a confirmation of
said Court of Star-Chamber in order to the making good of his Legitimacy and divers Witnesses were examined there accordingly Whereupon by full testimony upon Oath partly made by the said Lady Douglasse her self and partly by divers other persons of quality and credit who were present at the Marriage with the said Late Earl of Leicester by a lawful Minister according to the form of Matrimony then by Law established in the Church of England and the said Sir Robert and his Mother owned by the said late Earl of Leicester as his lawful Wife and Son as by many of the said Depositions remaining upon Record in our said Court still appear which we have caused to be perused for our better satisfaction herein But a special Order being made that the said Depositions should be sealed up and no Copies thereof taken without leave did cause him the said Sir Robert to leave this our Kingdom Whereof his Adversaries taking advantage procured a special Privy-Seal to be sent unto him commanding his return into England Which he not obeying because his Honour and Lands were denied unto him all his Lands were therefore seized on to the King our Father's use And not long afterwards Prince Henry our Dear Brother deceased made overture to the said Sir Robert by special Instruments to obtain his Title by purchase of and in Kenilworth Castle in our County of Warwick and his Mannors Parks and Chases belonging to the same which upon a great under-value amounted as we are credibly informed to about fifty thousand pounds but were bought by the said Prince our Brother in consideration of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds and upon his faithful Engagement and promise of his Princely favour unto the said Sir Robert in the said Cause to restore him both in Honours and Fortunes And thereupon certain Deeds were sealed in the ninth year of the Reign of our said Father and Fines also then were levyed setling the Inheritance thereof in the said Prince our Brother and his Heirs But the said Prince our Brother departing this life there was not above three thousand pounds of the said sum of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds ever paid if any at all to the said Sir Robert's hands and we our selves as Heir to the said Prince our Brother came to the possession thereof And it appearing to our Council that the said Alice Lady Dudley Wife of the said Sir Robert had an Estate of Inheritance of and in the same descendable unto her Posterity in the nineteenth year of our said dear Father's Reign an Act of Parliament was passed to enable the said Lady Alice Wife to the said Sir Robert to alien her Estate which she had by the said Sir Robert therein from her children by the said Sir Robert as if she had been a feme sole which accordingly she did in the nineteeth year of our said Father's Reign in consideration of four thousand pounds and further payments yearly to be made by us to her out of our Exchequer and out of the said Castles and Lands which have not been accordingly paid unto her by us for many years to the damage of the said Lady Alice and her Children to a very great value Which Sir Robert setling himself in Italy within the Territories of the great Duke of Tuscany from whom he had extraordinary esteem he was so much favoured by the Emperour Ferdinand the Second as that being a person not only eminent for his great Learning and Blood but for sundry rare endowments as was well known he had by Letters Patents from his Imperial Majesty the Title of a Duke given unto him to be used by himself and his Heirs for ever throughout all the Dominions of the sacred Empire Which Letters Patents have been perused by our late Earl-Marshall and Heralds And Whereas our Dear Father not knowing the truth of the lawful Birth of the said Sir Robert as we piously believe granted away the Titles of the said Earldoms to others which we now hold not fit to call in question nor ravel into our deceased Father's actions especially they having been so long enjoyed by these Families to whom the said Honours were granted which we do not intend to alter And yet we having a very deep sense of the great injuries done to the said Sir Robert Dudley and the Lady Alice Dudley and their Children and that we are of opinion that in Iustice and Equity the possessions so taken from them do rightly belong unto them or full satisfaction for the same And holding our selves in honour and conscience obliged to make them reparation now as far as our present ability will enable us And also taking into our consideration the said great estate which she the said Lady Alice Dudley had in Kenilworth and sold at our desire to us at a very great under-value and yet not perform'd or satisfied to many thousand pounds damage And we also casting our Princely Eye upon the faithful services done unto us by Sir Richard Leveson Knight of the Bath who hath Married the Lady Catherine one of the Daughters of the said Duke by his said Wife the said Lady Alice Dudley and also the great services which Robert Holburne Esq hath done to us by his learned Pen and otherwise which said Robert Holburne hath Married the Lady Anne one other of the Daughters of the said Duke by his said Wife the Lady Alice Dudley we have conceived our selves bound in honour and conscience to give the said Lady Alice and her Children such Honour and Precedencies as is or are due to them in Marriage or blood And therefore we do not only give and grant unto the said Lady Alice Dudley the Title of Dutchess Dudley for her life in England and other our Realms and Dominions with such Precedencies as she might have had if she had lived in the Dominions of the sacred Empire as a mark of our favour unto her and out of our Prerogative Royal which we will not have drawn into dispute But we do also farther grant unto the said Lady Katherine and Lady Anne her Daughters the Places Titles and Precedencies of the said Dukes Daughters as from the time of their said Father's Creation during their respective lives not only in England but in all other our Kingdoms and Dominions as a testimony of our Princely favour and grace unto them conceiving our selves obliged to do much more for them if it were in our power in these unhappy times of distraction And we require all persons of Honour and other our loving Subjects especially our Earl Marshall Heralds and Officers at Arms to take notice of this our Princely pleasure and to govern themselves accordingly and to cause the said places and precedencies to be quietly enjoyed according to this our gratious intention as they do tender our displeasure and will answer the contempt thereof at their Perils And we further command and require that our said Heralds do make entry of this our pleasure and Grant
his Son and Heir and four Daughters Margaret the Wife of Sir Robert de Herbotle Knight Anne of Sir William Heron Knight Constance of Sir Iohn Milford Knight and Ioane of ... Maners Whereupon Maud his Wife Daughter to Sir Robert Grey of Horton in Com. Northumbr Knight had an assignation of her Dower and Sir Roger Ogle Knight his Son and Heir Livery of the Lands of his inheritance Which Sir Robert in 16 H. 6. was made Sheriff of Northumberland and in 38 H. 6. being then called Senior with Robert his Son at that time a Knight was constituted Embassadour together with the Prior of Hexham and others to treat with the Embassadors of Scotland upon a Truce betwixt both Realms Moreover in 1 E. 4. 8 Aug. he was made Warden of the East-marches Whereupon in consideration of his faithful services he obtained a grant of the Offices of Steward and Constable of the Castles and Lordships of Alnwick Werkworth Prudhowe Rarbebury New-borne and Newborne-Haven in Com. Northumbr for life And being shortly after advanc'd to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Summons to that Parliament which began at Westminster 4 Nov. the same year upon the 28. of Ianuary next ensuing in consideration of his farther services had another grant in special tail of the Lordship of Redisdale and Castle of Herbotel in Com. Northumbr then in the Crown by the attainder of Sir William Tailbois Knight Also of the Town of Elington part of the possessions of Leo Lord Welles attainted Likewise of eight pounds per annum Rent issuing out of the Town of Beneley and of the Towns of Shilbotel Rebyngton Gyfyns and Midelton in the same County which by the forfeiture of Henry Earl of Northumberland Great Grandfather to the then Earl came to the Crown Likewise of all those lands within the Lordship of Tindale called Talbotts lands part of the possessions also of that Earl In 2. E. 4. upon that Insurrection of the Lancastrians in the North where they had possessed themselves of divers strong holds he marcht with the King into those parts and served at the Siege of Bamburgh-Castle by reason whereof upon the gaining of it he was made Constable and Receiver of that Castle and Lordship for life And in 5 E. 4. joined in Commission with Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick and others to treat with some from Scotland for the redressing of those injuries which had been done by the subjects of either Kingdom contrary to the form of the Truce and soon after that to treat with the Embassadours of that Realm concerning a future Truce as also touching a marriage betwixt the King of Scots and some fit person of the King of Englands allegiance This Robert Lord Ogle married Isabell the Daughter and Heir of Alexander de Kirkeby eldest Son of Sir Richard de Kirkeby of Kirkby in Com. Lanc. Knight and departed this life 1 Nov. 9 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannour of Thuresby in Com. Cumbr. as also of the Mannours of Heppel with its members viz. Ogle Schilmington the moitie of the Mannor of Theronham and third part of the Mannour of Angram Likewise of the â—iberty and Franchise of Redesdale with the Castle and Mannour of Herbotill all in Com. Northumbr leaving Owen his Son and Heir thirty years of age and upwards and Isabell a Daughter first married to Sir Iohn Heron of Chipchase Knight and afterwards to Iohn Woderington Which Owen is the same person whom Polyd. Virgil by mistake calls George who was in the Battel of Stoke juxta Newarke in 2 H. 7. on the behalf of that King against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his adherents And in 9 H. 7. marcht with the rest of the Northern-Barons under the conduct of Thomas Earl of Surrey for the relief of Norham-Castle then besieg'd by the Scots This Owen Lord Ogle had summons to Parliament from 22 E. 4. to 1 H 7. inclusive and by Eleanor his Wiâ—e the Daughter of Sir William Hilton Knight lefâ— Issue Raphe Which Raphe had summons to Parliament in 1 and 3 H. 8. And by Margaret his Wife the Daughter of Sir William Gascoine Knight had Issue another Raphe Who in 4 H. 8. upon that Invasion made by Iames the 4 King of Scots marcht in the foreward of the English Army then commanded by Thomas Earl of Surrey which gave Battel to him at Floddoâ— And by Anne his Wife Daughter of Thomas Son and Heir to George Lord Lumley had Issue Robert Which Robert had summons to Parliament in 6 and 21 H. 8. and married twice first Dorothy Daughter of Henry Widerington by whom he had Issue Sir Robert Ogle Knight his Son and Heir and Margery a Daughter Wife of Gregory Ogle of Câ—apington in Com. Northumbr Secondly to Iane Daughter of Sir Cuthbert Retcliffe of Cartington Knight and had Issue by her two Sons Cuthbert and Thomas as also Margaret a Daughter married to Robert Woderington third Son of Sir Iohn Woderington Knight and died in 31 H. 8. being slain at Penmorhugh in Scotland whereupon Sir Robert Ogle Knight his Son and Heir had Livery of his Lands Which Sir Robert in 5 E. 6. was constituted Warden of the Middle-Marches and having married Ioane the Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas Malleverrer of Allerton in Com. Ebor. Knight died in 4 Eliz. without Issue Whereupon Cuthbert his Brother of the half blood succeeding in the Honour had summons to Parliament in 5 Eliz. And having married Catherine the Daughter and Coheir to Sir Reginâ—ld Carnâ—by Knight departed this life ... 39 Eliz. whereupon he had burial at Bothol 16 Martii the same year leaving Issue two Daughters his Heirs Ioane married to Edward Talbot a younger Son to George Earl of Shrewsbury but died without issue and Catherine to Sir Charles Cavendish of Welbeck in Com. Nott. Knight Which Catherine surviving her Sister and thereupon being Sole Heir in 4 Car. 1. obtain'd special Letters Patent from that King under his great Seal bearing date 4 Dec. the same year declaring her to be Baroness Ogle of Ogle in Com. Northumbr as also ratifying that title of Honour to her and her Heirs for ever Of whose Issue by him I shall speak farther under the title of Cavendish Duke of Newcastle Iohn Lord Wenlok 1 E. 4. OF this Iohn I have not seen any mention until the time he was constituted Eschaetor for the Counties of Buck. and Bedf. in 17 H. 6. So that of his Parentage I cannot say any thing But shortly after that coming to Court his activeness there advanced him in such sort as that at length he arrived to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm For in 25 H. 6.
Leighton Bromswould married to Henry Lord Obrien son and heir to Henry Earl of Thomond in Ireland The Lord Iohn sixth son bearing Armes for the King upon the same account received divers wounds in the Fight at Bramdene near Alford in Com. Southampt 29 Martii Anno 1644. whereof he died and was buried in Christ-Church also near to his brother And lastly the Lord Bernard being Captain of His late Majesties Horse-guards fighting valiantly in the Battel of Kineton Also at Lestithiel in Cornwall And afterwards at Newherie in Com. Berks. and Navesby in Comâ—â—orthampt was for these eminent services defign'd to the dignities and titles of Baron of Newberie and Earl of Lichfeild but before this could be accomplisht being in another Fight against the Forces so raised by those members of Parliament which hapned near the City of Chester in Febr. An. 1645. was there slain and buried in the Quire at Christchurch in Oxford upon the eleventh of March next ensuing In consideration whereof and of the singular merits of George Lord d'Aubignie his Father Charles his said son and heir was by Letters-patent bearing date at Oxford 10 Dec. 21 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of Lord Stuart of Newberie and Earl of Litchfeild And by reason that the Title of Duke of Richmund was intailed upon the beforâ—-specified Iames and the heirs-male of his body with remainder to the issue-male of his younger Brothers successively did upon the death of Iames Duke of Richmund his Uncle without issue assume that Title This Charles wedded three wives first Elizabeth daughter of Richard Rogers of Brianston in Com. Dors. Esq Secondly Margaret daughter of Laurence Banaster son and heir to Sir Robert Banaster of Passenham in Com. Buck. Knight widow of William Lewes of the Uann in Com. Glamorgan Esq and lastly Frances daughter of Walter Stuart Esquire Being also Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter he was sent Embassador into Denmark in An. 1672. 24 Car. 2. and departed this life near Elsenoure in that Kingdom upon the 12 th of December that same year without issue Whereupon his body was brought over into England and buried in the Royal Chapel of King Henry the Seventh at Westminster Hay Earl of Carlisle 13 Iac. AMongst other the Natives of Scotland who were servants to King Iamesâ— and upon his attaining the Crown of this Realm attended him hither Sir Iames Hay K t was one and therefore in An 1607. 4 Iac. having through the favour and countenance of His Majesty obtain'd Honora the sole daughter and heir to Edward Lord Denny in marriage as also a grant of the name and title of Lord Hay with precedence next to the Barons of England but no place or voice in Parliament upon the 29 th of Iune in 13 Iac. he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hay of Sauley in com Ebor. without any solemn Investiture being the first that ever was so created the Lawyers then declaring that the delivery of the Letters patent was sufficient without any ceremony And afterwards upon the 12 th of Iuly 14 Iac. was sent Embassador into France In March An. 1617. 15 Iac. he was made one of the Privy-Council and in November following married to his second wife Lucie the second daughter to Henry Earl of Northum-berland After which the next ensuing year scilicet 5 â—â—lii 16 Iac. he was farther honoured with the â—â—egree of Vicount by the name of Vico 〈…〉 and in May 17 Iac. sent Emb 〈◊〉 into Germany Whence he returâ—â—â— in Ianuary An. 1620. 18 Iac. at which time he made report that Frederick Count Palatine of the Rhine was Elected king of Bohemia as also how the state of affairs then stood in those parts And in April An. 1622. 20 Iac. was again sent Embassador into France In consideration therefore of these his eminent services upon the 13 th of September following he was created Earl of Carliâ—e Besides all this he likewise was Master of the great Wardrobe Gentleman of the Robes to King Iames and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Likewise first Gentleman of the Royal Bedchamber to King Charles the First of blessed memory And departing this life at his Lodgings in Whitehall 25 Apr. An. 1636. 12 Car. 1. was buried above the Quire in St. Pauls Cathedral leaving issue one onely son called Iames surviving who succeeded him in his honors This Iames married Margaret the third daughter to Francis Earl of Bedford and died ... Octobris An 1660 without issue leaving the said Margaret surviving afterwards married to Robert Earl of Warwick and lastly to Edward Earl of Manchester Dormer Earl of Carnarvon 13 Iac. UPon that vast distribution made by King Henry the Eighth of those Lands which came to the Crown by that grand dissolution of the Monasteries in his time Sir Robert Dormer Knight in 35 of his Reign obtain'd a Grant to himself and Iane his wife in Fee of the Mannor of Wenge in Com. Buck. part of the possessions belonging to the Abby of St. Albans To which Sir Robert succeeded William made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Q. Mary who first married Mary daughter of Sir William Sidney Knight by whom he had issue one onely daughter called Ioane married to the Duke of Feria in Spain Secondly Dorothie daughter of Anthony Catesby of Whiâ—iâ—on in Com. Northampt. Esq by whom he had issue Robert his son and heir and three daughters Cathâ—rine married to Iohn Lord St. Iohn of Bletsho Mary to Anthony Vicount Mountagu and Margaret to Sir Henry Constable Knight Which Robert being a Knight in 13 Iac. was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet 10 Iunii the same year and upon the 30 th day of that moneth created a Baron of this Realm with ceremony by the Title of Lord Dormer of Wenge before-mentioned And having married Elizabeth daughter of Anthony Vicount Mountagu had issue by her three sons William his son and heir Anthony Dormer of Grovepacke in Com. Warr. Esquire and Robert Dormer of Peterley in Com. Buck. Esq As also three daughters Elizabeth married to Henry Huddleston Esq Magdalen to Sir â—â—hn Curson Knight and Catheriâ—e to Sir Iohn Carâ—â—ll Kâ—â—ght Which William took to wise the 〈◊〉 of Sir Richard Molineux of Sefton in Coâ—â— â—anc Knight and died in his life-time leaving issue Robert and one daughter called Elizabeth married to Edward Lord Herbert of Ragland afterwards Marquess of Worcester To the said Robert Lord Dormer thus surviving who departed this life ... Nov. An. 1616. 14 Iac. succeeded Robert his Grandson Which Robert by Letters-patents bearing date 2 Aug. 4 Car. 1. was advanced to the title and dignity of Vicount Ascot and Earl of Carnarvon and being a person absolutely valiant and Loyal in the
Throgmorton Iermyn Earl of St. Albans 19 Car. 1. IT cannot I persume be easily forgot that the distresses into which our late Sovereign King Charles the First was miserably cast by that grand defection of his Subjects in the year 1642. were such as that the â—idelity of those who in those turbulent times stood firm and stedfast to him rendred it self the more estimable Of which number Henry Iermyn second Son to Sir Thomas Iermyn of Rushbroke in Com. Suff. Knight and Treasurer of the Houshold to that King of blessed memory was not the least who being then Master of the Horse to the Queen spared neither pains nor charge in obtaining Arms and Ammunition from Foreign parts in order to his service besides the exposal of himself to no little hazard in attending on her royal person into England landing her at Burlington in Yorkshire and thence with all the power he could there raise in conducting her safe through the Enemies Quarters unto his Majesty at Oxford For which respect he was by Letters-Patent bearing date at Oxford 8 Sept. in the nineteenth year of his Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Iermyn of St. Edmundsbury in Com. Suff. with limitation of that Honour for lack of Issue Male of his own Body lawfully begotten unto Thomas his elder Brother and the Heirs Male of his Body As also since that time attending her again out of England and with great fidelity and prudence governing her small Family in those woful times for full sixteen years Being likewise one of the Privy-Council to our present Soverign King Charles the Second in Foreign parts where he was imploy'd in sundry Embassies to the King of France which he perform'd with great diligence wisdom and fidelity in consideration thereof he was by other Letters-Patent bearing date at Breda in Brabant 27 Apr. an 1660. in the twelfth year of his Reign and but few weeks preceding his happy Restoration Created Earl of St. Albans in Com. Hertf. and afterwards constituted Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold Lord Byron 19 Car. 1. TOuching the Ancestors of this worthy Family who many Ages past were Barons of this Realm by Tenure having in the first Volume of this work already spoke I now come to the principal remaining branch thereof viz. Sir Iohn Byron of Newsted in Com. Notingh made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our late Sovereign King Charles the First Who being a person of most loyal principles manifested his fidelity to that King in an eminent measure putting himself in Arms on his behalf with what Forces he could â—aise upon that grand Defection in an 1642. which under divers specious pretences tended to no less than the utter ruine of Monarchy and terminated in the barbarous murther of that excellent King of blessed memory In which turbulent times being made Field-Marshal of all his Majesties Forces in the Counties of Worcester Salop. Chester and North-Wales he acted his part against those powerful Fanaticks with notable valour in divers sharp encounters at Worcester Kineton Brainford Roundway-Downe and Newberie of which posterity will I presume have in due time a more full account from our Annals his six valiant Brothers also at that time following this his loyal example In consideration whereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 24 Oct. 19 Car. 1. advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Byron of Rochdale in Com. Lanc. with limitation of that Honour for lack of Issue Male of his own Body lawfully begotten to every of his Brothers and the Issue Male of their respective Bodies viz. Richard William Thomas Robert Gilbert and Philip. This Iohn Lord Byron First took to Wife Cecilie Dâ—ughter of Thomas Lord la Warre and afterwards Eleanore Daughter of Robert Vicount Kilmurrey in Ireland but departed this life at ... in France ... an 1652. without Issue To whom succeeded Richard his Brother and next Heir who Married twice First Elizabeth Daughter of George Rosel of Ratcliffe upon â—rent in Com. Nott. Esq Widdow of Nicholas Strelley Esq by whom he hath Issue William his Son and Heir and Catherine a Daughter yet unmarried His second Wife is Elizabeth the youngest Daughter to Sir George Booth of Dunham Mâ—ssy in Com. Cestr. Baronet Which William by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Iohn Vicount Châ—worth of Armagh in Ireland hath Issue one Son called William and four Daughtâ—rs Elizabeth Catherine Mary and Anne Lord Vaughan 19 Car. 1. IN the eighteenâ—h year of King Iames Iohn Vaughan Son and Heir to Walter Vaughan of Golâ—en-â—roâ—e in Com. Caermâ—rthen Esq being a person of an antient Family and ample fortune did in respect of his services in Ireland towards the end of Queen Elizabeth's Reign there râ—ceive the Honour of Knâ—ghthood at the hands of Robert Eâ—rl of Eâ—sex then Lord Lieutâ—nant of thâ—t Kingdom and after that by reason of his faâ—ther meâ—its being made Compâ—roller of the Houshold to Prince Charles was in 18 Iac. raised to the degree oâ— a Baron in that Realm by the Title of Lord Vaughan of â—olingâ—r as also by King Charles the â—irst to the dignity of Earl of Carbery This Iohn Married two Wiveâ— First Margaret Daughter of Sir Gilly Mâ—rick Knight by whom he had Issue three Sons Walter who died young Richard who 〈◊〉 him in his Lands and Honours and Iohn who also died young Likewise Mary a Daughter Married to Sir Francis Llhoyd of â—asâ—veiyn in Com. Cardigan Knight And to his second Wife Iane Daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer Knight but by her had no Issue Which Richard was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of his Majesty King Charles the First and standing firm in his loyalty to the same King of blessed memory in the time of that grand defection in this Realm which hapned in the year 1642. through the Interest he had in South-Wales there raised what power he could for the better security of those parts In consideration where of being made Lieutenant-General for the Counties of Caermarthen Pembroke and Cardigan and acting vigorously in that trust he was for his farther encouragement in that service advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Vaughan of Emlyn by Letters Paâ—ents beaâ—ing date at Oxford 25 Oct. 19 Car. 1. And shortly after the happy Restauration of his Majesty King Charles the Second constituted Lord President of the whole Principality of Wales and Marches thereof as also one of his Privy-Council This Richard Married thrice First Bridget Daughter and Heir to Thomas Llhoyd of Llanlleer in the County of Cardigan Esq by whom he had Issue four Sons who died in their Infancies Secondly Frances one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Iohn Altham of Oxhey in Com. Hertf. Knight by whom he hath had Issue three Sons viz. Francis who Married the Lady Rachel one of the Daughters and