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
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
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
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
within the Forest of 〈◊〉 in Staffordshire which afterwards for exchange of those Lands wherewith it was endowed King Henry the Second with Maud the Empress his Mother translated to Stonely in Warwickshire He was also Founder of the Priory of Trâ—ntham in Staffordshire for Canons Regular of S. Augustines Order To the Monks of S. Werburge at Chester he granted that their Fairs and Markets there should be held at the Gate of their Abbey And moreover gave unto them the Tenth of all his Rents in that City of Chesâ—â—â— As also the Tithes of all his Mills there and of his Mill at Leeke in Staffoâ—dshire and likewise the Lordships of Estham and Brunneburgh in perpetual Alms for satisfaction of what injuries he had ever done them To the Nuns at Chester he gave certain Crofts which Hugh Fitz-Oliver then held of him To the Abbey of Geroudon in Leicestershire he gave the Mannor of Barow in that County To the Monks of Louth-Park in Lincolnshire he gave Lands in Tetteney To the Monks of S. Peters at Glocester Forty pounds yearly Rent out of his Mill at Oiney To the Abbey of Shrewsbury two Houses in â—â—â—indred Wiche and as much Salt as they could there make without Toll To the Nuns of â—larkenwell near London divers Lands expressed within Meets and Bounds lying beyond the Bridge at Chester To the Monks of Basingwerke in Flintshire One hundred shillings yearly Rent of his Rents at Chester likewise 〈◊〉 and Fulâ—râ—ke and the Chappel of Basingwerâ—e in which they at first were seated with the Mills there To the Canons of S. Augustine at Bristol he gave the Mannor of Fiâ—hide in Dorsetshire and the Churches of S. Leonard S. Nicholas and Alhallows within the Town of Bristol To the Canons of S. Augustine at Leicester two Carucates of Land in â—oely with a Meadow adjoyning as also the Church of Barow with the Chappel of Querndon and one Carucate of Land in Barow and Querndon To the Knights Hospitalars of S. Iohn of Ierusalem one Messuage and one Acre of Land in Frodesham with the Church of Colkesby And to the Nuns of Stikeswould in Lincolnshire one Carucate and two Bovates of Land in Baresfon To the Monks of Coventrey he gave liberty to have two Carts going to and fro twice every day excepting Festivals into his Woods to fetch thence whatsoever they should need either in relation to the repair of their Buildings Fewel for their Fire or Trouse for their Hedges And departed this life the 17 Kal. of Ian. An. 1153. 18 Steph. being poysoned by William Peverel and others as it was suspected for which crime Perverel was disherited by King Henry the Second soon after and was buried near his Father scil in the Chapter-house of the Abbey of S. Werburge at Chester He was a person of extraordinary valor and undanted courage and though he favored the Cause of Duke Henry he did little for him but for King Stephen nothing at all Some great injury it should seem he had done to Walter Durdent Bishop of Chester and to the Church for which he died excommunicate For I find that Earl Hugh his Son with Maud his Widow gave the Town of Seâ—vâ—â—â—ale near Coveâ—trey with a Mill next to the Park and some Grounds thereabouts to that Bishop and his Successors for his Absolution and the health of his Soul in recompence thereof Which Maud was Daughter of Robert Consul Earl of Glocesâ—er and Foundress of the Priory of Repandun Vulg. â—epton in Derbâ—shire by whom he left Issue two Sons Hugh and Richard and surviving him in 32 Hen. 2. held the Lordship of 〈◊〉 in Dowry ¶ To this last Earl Ranulph succeeded Hugh sirnamed Keveliok or rather in Merionithshire Cyvelioc of that Countrey in Powys wherein he was born his eldest Son of whose Actions the first mention I find is That in 10 Hen. 2. he was one of those Temporal Lords who came to an accord with the King for their ancient Rights and Liberties And after this that being for some just and probable Causes disherited by King Henry the Second he joyned with the King of Scots the Earl of Leicester and others in their Rebellion at that time taking part with young King Henry whom the King had Crowned The true cause of that their Insurrection being for that the King had endeavored to restrain the Insolencies and Oppressions at that time exercised by the great Men which he did by demolishing their Castles or taking them into his own hands The issue whereof was that this Earl with the Earl of Leicester and the king of Scots their Abettor was taken at Alnwick But the young King being ere long reconciled to his Father they were enlarged for it is evident that the year following they broke out a fresh both in England and France and that this Hugh was one of the most forward having got the greatest part of Britanny into his power At which time the King being at Roan sent Forces thither which gave them Battle and scattered all their power insomuch as he was constrained to betake himself unto the Castle of Dâ—le Whereof the King having notice he presently marched in person thither and begirt it so that the besieged discerning their condition were glad to render it and put themselves upon mercy Whereupon this Earl and divers more were sent prisoners to Faleise in Normandy and thence brought over into England where being put in safe custody he continued till the Kings return into Normandy at which time he took him back and sent him again to Faleise But before the Three and twentieth of this Kings Reign the flames of Rebellion were throughly quenched and the haughty spirits of those their Ring-leaders somewhat tamed so that then the King began to manifest his clemency to them again for in his Parliament at Northampton An. 1177. 23 Hen. 2. he made restitution of their Lands whereof they had been possessed Fifteen days before the War Unto the Abbey of Bordesâ—ey in Worcestershire Founded by Maud the Empress his Mothers Aunt this Earl was a good Benefactor for he bestowed thereon his Lordship of Cumbe in Glocestershire to maintain Six Monks there perpetually for the health of his Soul the Souls of Earl Ranulph his Father Robert Earl of Glocester his Grand-father his Mothers and all Christian Souls And to the Monks of Coventrey he made a most ample Confirmation of whatsoever had been granted to them warranting their enjoyment thereof as free from any impediment or molestation by him or his heirs as their first Founder held the same Forbidding all his Officers to entermeddle within the Precincts of that Monastery or in their Soil or Market without leave and freedom from those Monks
to render that his Fort called 〈◊〉 with all the Treasure he had therein being thenceforth for want of Food and by reason of other sufferings put to great misery Touching this Battle another Historian varies much in his Relation from what the Monk of Durhaâ— hath above expressed for inter alia reporting the Speech which Robert Consul Earl of 〈◊〉 made before the Battle unto Ranulph Earl of Chester after he had highly magnified him for his desires to lead the Van he goes on thus Against whom is it that we fight Here is Alan Earl of Britanny in Arms against us nay against God himself a wicked person and full of all manner of iniquity No man for malice to be compared with him being always disposed to mischeif thinking it a dishonor that any one should equal him for cruelty But before he had made an end of his Speech the Battle began the Van of those who fought for the Empress assaulting that part of the Kings Army wherein this our Earl together with the Earl of Mellent Hugh Bigot Earl Simon and the Earl of Warren were which was done with such courage that they were suddenly routed some slain some taken and the rest put to flight The Author of those Memorials intituled Gesta Regis Stephani representeth this Earl for a most deceitful person adding that whilst he was contriving his revenge against the Earl of Chester his adversaries prevailing he was taken and cast into prison where he continued until he submitted himself and delivered up his Castles unto him And that in the mean while he lost the Earldom of Cornwal which he had of the Kings gift This Earl Alan wrote himself Earl of Britanny â—ornwal and Richmund and gave unto the Monastery of S. Michael at the Mount in â—ornwal Ten shillings yearly Rent issuing out of the Fair at 〈◊〉 for the health of his Soul his Wife and Childrens Souls and for the Redemption of the Soul of Brientius â—ilius Comitis his Uncle from whom he did Hereditarily possess his Lands in Cornwal To the Monks of Iorevaulx he gave Common of Pasture throughout all his Forest of Wandesleydale and as much Mowing Ground in his Meadows there as they should need as also Timber in any part thereof for their Buildings and necessary uses He bestowed also on the Monks of Fountains all his Woods belonging to Marsc on that side the River Iore wherein Burton is situate for the Building of their Cell at Aldeburne and on the other side of the same River he gave unto them Rumore and Bramley When he died I have not certainly discovered but he was buried in the Abbey of Begar in Com. ... of the Cistercian Order whereunto he gave at his death certain Lands in the Soke of Gaytune for erecting a Grange thereon The name of his Wife was Bertra by whom he had issue Conan who succeeded him in his Honors and three other Sons viz. Robert Bryan and Reginald This Conan had the title of Duke of Britanny and Earl of Richmund and in 1 Hen. 2. went into Britanny where he was received by the most for their Duke ¶ In 10 H. 2. he was one of the Witnesses to that Recognition made by the King touching the Peoples Liberties And according to the example of his Ancestors bore an especial love to the Abbey of Iorvauix for discerning the place where it stood viz. At Fo rs not to be convenient he gave the Monks of that House leave to translate it unto a piece of Waste Ground in East Witton and bestowed on them a large Pasture in Wandesâ—esdaiâ— which Land lieth beyond 〈◊〉 and extendeth it self unto the Bounds betwixt 〈◊〉 and Massamshire As also all that several Pasture on the North of the River 〈◊〉 reserving only liberty for his Deer giving them leave to take Estovers and all other necessaries on the South of Iore and likewise Pasturage throughout his new Forest near Richmund for all their Cattle with power to keep Mastiff Dogs for chasing out Wolves out of those their Territories Moreover he Founded the Priory of Nuns at Roweny in Hartfordshire To the Cell of S. Martins near Richmund he gave the Tithes of his Mills at Richmund To the Monks of Kirstede he gave the Church of Kaiton with two Carucates and an hah of Land lying in the Fields of Kaiton as also a parcel of Ground called Kaiton-Rahage To the Abbey of Denney in Cambridgeshire he confirmed all that Robert his Chamberlain gave thereto And ratified the Grant of the Land called Wath which his Ancestors had bestowed on the Monks of S. Michael at the Mount in Cornwal He married Margaret Daughter to Henry Earl of Huntendon Sister to William King of Scots by whom he had only issue Constance a Daughter first married unto Geffrey Fourth Son to Henry the Second King of England which Geffrey was in her right Duke of Britanny Secondly to Ranulph Earl of Chester whom she forsook and thirdly to Guy de Tuarz Brother to the Vicount of Tuarz This Margaret surviving him became afterwards the Wife of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford It is reported That upon the death of Geffrey Earl of Anjou Father to Henry the Second King of England the City of Nantz in Britanny electing Geffrey second Son to the said Geffrey to be their Ruler sent for him and delivered unto him the Possession thereof as also of the adjacent Province but he dying soon after the Earl of Richmund id est this Conan having the rule of a great part of that Province of Britanny entered the City of Nantz Whereof the King id est Henry the Second being informed he forthwith commanded That the Earldom should be seised into his own hands and after wards discerning that this Conan who had the Dominion of the greatest part of Britanny died leaving only one Daughter and Heir by Margaret his Wife Sister unto William King of Scots he gave her in marriage she being then in Minority unto Geffrey his younger Son and took all her Inheritance into his own power And having so done then observing that the vulgar people of that Countrey being much opprest by some of their Superiors had addressed themselves to him for protection he presently subdued those great ones and thereupon reduced the whole Countrey of Britanny to his own Dominion This Conan dying in Britanny An. 1171. 17 Hen. 2. was buried at Begar whereupon the Honor of Richmund was retained in the Kings hands for a time For in 21 Hen. 2. Ranulph de Glanvil accounted for the ancient Ferme thereof which was 535 l. 14 s. 10 d. So also in 29 Hen. 2. ¶ Unto which Conan in right of Constanâ—e his sole Daughter and Heir Geffrey
Earldom of â—ichmund as also to Thomas Amaedius and Lewes his Brothers the Honors of Egle and Hastings ¶ Having now done with this Peter de Savoy I return to Iohn de Dreux Son to Peter de Dreux formerly Earl of Richmund as is before observed In 45 Hen. 3. this Iohn his Father being then alive obtained from the King a gift of Twelve thousand pounds sterling for the extent and value of the Earldom of Richmund and besides that Two hundred marks as a free gift the King then Covenanting with him That if the value thereof should upon this extent be found more then to give a farther allowance proportionable to the surplusage In 46 Hen. 3. Prince Edward releasing and quit-claiming to the King all his Interest to the Honor and Rape of Hastings in Com. Suss. The King thereupon granted the said Honor Castle and Rape to this Iohn in lieu of the Lands belonging to the Honor of Richmund which Lands Peter de Savoy passed to the King in exchange for the Honor of Hastings After which viz. in 50 Hen. 3. this Iohn had Livery of the said Earldom of Richmund from Guischard de Charrun a servant to the same Peter de Savoy who was authorised thereunto as it seems And having thus obtained Peter de Savoys title the King by his Letters Patents bearing date at Woodstoke 6 Iuly 52 Hen. 3. granted unto him by the name of Iohn Duke of Britanny Son to Peter late Duke of Britanny the Earldom of Richmund which his Ancestors had formerly enjoyed as the Record expresseth to hold to himself and his heirs of the said King and his heirs as his proper Inheritance And within few days after viz. 20 Iuly the same year by his Charter dated at Norâ—thampâ—on granted unto him the Castle and Honor of Richmund in Fee In consideration whereof he quit-claimed to that King all his right and title to the Earldom of Agenoâ—s in France Being thus possessed of the Earldom of Richmund he did thereupon ratifie all the Grants which had been made by his Ancestors to the Monks of Iervaulâ— Abbey in Com. Ebor. And in 53 Hen. 3. obtained License to go into the Holy Land for his support in which journey he likewise obtained leave to Demise certain Lands parcel of the Honor of Richmund for some time to the end he might borrow Two thousand marks thereon as also this farther favor viz. that in case he should die before his return his Executors if his heir should be under age and consequently in Ward to the King might retain those Lands until that debt of Two thousand marks should be clearly discharged In this 53 year of King Henry the Third's Reign he obtained a Grant from the King of the Honor and Rape of Hastings with the custody of the Castle and Knights Fees and the next ensuing year accompanied Prince Edward into the Holy Land In 2 Edw. 1. he procured the Kings Letters mandatory to all the Tenants of the before-specified Honor and Rape of Hastings to do him homage And having buried Beatrix his Wife Daughter to King Henry the Third in the Gray Friers Church in London in An. 1275. 3 Edw. 1. he Covenanted with the Canons of Eglestone in Com. Pal. Dunelm that they and their Successors should find Six of their Covent to celebrate Divine Service in the Castle of Richmund for ever The first of them to sing Mass for the instant day or Festival or of the Holy Ghost with Note the second of the Blessed Virgin with Note the third for the Soul of the before specified Beatrix his Wife and after his death for both their Souls as also for the Souls of all the faithful deceased The Fourth and fifth of the Blessed Virgin without Note and the Sixth for the Soul of the said Beatrix till his own death and afterwards for both their Souls and the Souls of all the Faithful deceased Which Canons to be perpetually Resident in the said Castle of Richmund the number of Thirteen in their Covent at Eglestone not lessened And for their support therein gave unto them his Capital Messuage at Multon with all his Demesn Laâ—ds there as also eight Ox-gangs of Land in that Lordship and Four and twenty Loads of Turff with Twenty Cart Loads of Heath to be yearly taken in the Moor of Boghes Moreover for their Lodgings he appointed them a certain place within his Castle of â—â—chmund near to the Great Chappel Provided that in time of War they should perform these Services at Eglâ—stoâ—e unless by special appointment of the Lord of the Honor of â—ichmund or his Bailiff In 5 Edw. 1. he obtained a Grant of all the Liberties in Com. Essex Hertf. Norâ—â— Suff. Cantabr Hunt Linc. and Nott. belonging to the Honor of Richmund and died in 13 Ed. 1. leaving Arthur his Son and heir Twenty one years of age To which Arthur succeeded Iohn his Brother and Heir who in An. 1293. 21 Edw. 1. was General of King Edward's Army theâ— sent into Gascoigne And the next year following being the Kings Lieutenant in 〈◊〉 was joyned in Commission with the Seneschal of Aquitane and some others to conclude a League of Amity with the King of 〈◊〉 and thereupon went accordingly In 24 Edw. 1. upon a skirmish with the French near â—urdeaâ—x the French flying into the City This Iohn with Peter de Mauley and Alan de Zouche following them too far were taken prisoners and in 27 Edw. 1. in consideration of his good and laudable Services obtained a Grant from the King of a thousand pounds per annum to be received out of the Exchequer until better provision should be made for him in which Grant King Edward calls him His beloved Nephew In 28 Edw. 1. being with the King in his Scotish Wars he had Scutage of all his Tenants by Military Service Moreover in 33 Edw. 1. he was constituted the Kings Lieutenant in Scotland and continued there for the space of the two next ensuing years In 34 Edw. 1. having obtained from King Edward a Grant of the Earldom of Britaâ—â—y he had Summons to the Parliament held at Carlisâ—e the same year In 1 Edw. 2. he was again constituted the Kings Lieutenant in Scotland and in 2 Edw. 2. continued in that Realm In 13 Edw. 2. the Scots advancing into England as far as York at which time they burnt the Suburbs of that City and made great spoil in many other places being taken prisoner by them in that fight upon Blackmâ—ore near Byland Abbey he was afterwards ransomed for a great sum of Money Towards the payment whereof the King required a Subsidy in his Parliament held at London in 17 Edw. 2. but could not obtain it So that by Letters
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
yearly on the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of S. Margaret the Virgin Moreover for a Market every Thursday at his Mannor of Brighelâ—â—â—on in 〈◊〉 Also for a Fair every year upon the Feast day of S. Laurence at Hurst for the like upon Martimass day in Winter at Westmâ—ston and a third at Portestad upon the Feast day of S. Nicholas all in Com. Suss. In 7 Edw. 2. with Thomas Earl of Lancaster and some other of the great Earls he refused to attend the King in his Scotch expedition then made And in 10 Edw. 2. was in another expedition for Scoâ—land In 11 Edw. 2. he was charged with Two hundred Foot for his Lands of 〈◊〉 and Yale to be sent into Scotland for the Kings Service And in 13 Edw. 2. was again in the Wars of Scotland In 15 Edw. 2. he was joyned in special Commission with Edmund Earl of â—ent the Kings Brother joyntly and severally to pursue Thomas Earl of Lancaster and his adherents as also to besiege his Castle of Pontetract and take it And was one of the Peers who gave sentence of death upon him Moreover 18 Edw. 2. he was constituted Captain General Conductor of those Military Men who were sent into Gascoigne with command to bring them unto Edmund Earl of â—ent then Lieutenant of that Dutchy It is observable that this Earl having no issue by his Wife did by a special Grant give the Inheritance of all his Lands to the King and his Heirs which Grant bears date at Weâ—â—minster upon Thursday the morrow after the Feast of S. Peter and Paul 9 Edw. 2. the particulars whereof are therein exprest viz. The Castle and Town of Rigate with the Mannors of â—orking Bechesworth and â—enington in Surrey the Castle and Town of Lewes the Mannors of Cokefield Cleyton Dychening Mething Fethlam Brightelmeston Rottingden Houndeden Northest Rademeld Kymere Middelton Alington Worth Picoumb in Sussex the Towns of Iford Pydinghow and Seford in Essex the Castles and Towns of Coningesbragh and Sandale and the Mannors of Wakefield Heitfield Thorne Soureby Braithewel Fishlake Dewsbury and Halifax in Yorkshire the Mannors and Towns of Stanford and Grantham in Lincolnshire and also the Castles of Dinas-Bran and Leones with the Lands of Bromfield Yale and Wrightsham in Wales After which scil in 19 Edw. 2. the same King assigned unto him for his life the Castles and Mannors of Coningsburgh and Sandale the Mannors of Wakefield Souresby Brathewell Fishlake Dewsbury and Halifax in Yorkshire In 1 Edw. 3. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland So also in 7 Edw. 3. in which year the Scots making an Insurrection against Edward Baillol their King in regard he had done Homage to the King of England for that Realm this Earl assisted Baillol in wasting a great part of that Countrey And merited so well of him for the many eminent Services he had done and Charges he had sustained in that War that Baillol with the consent of his Nobles then with him gave him the Earldom of Stratherne forfiâ—ted by the Rebellion of Malisâ—us Earl of that County In 9 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland And in 13 Edw. 3. was constituted the cheif person for arraying all the Men at Arms in Surrey and Sussex and for custody of the Sea Coasts In 16 Edw. 3. the King amongst other Letters to divers of his Nobles sent to this Earl to provide forty Men at Arms an hundred Archers for his service in France requesting him to be at London in person on the Octaves of S. Hilâ—ary there to treat and agree with his Council touching the Wages for those Soldiers in that Expedition In 19 Edw. 3. Ioan Countess of Warâ—en Wife to this Earl being to go beyond Sea upon some special imployment for the King had Protection for all her Lands here in England which were assigned for her support with the Stock thereupon for the better defence and safeguard of them in her absence But soon after this she died whereupon he married a second Wife as it seems for by an Indenture betwixt King Edward the Third and him bearing date at â—nautone the second day of Iune in the Twentieth year of His Reign it was agreed betwixt them That the King should thenceforth protect and defend him against all persons whatsoever Natives or Strangers in all quarrels and causes which might in reason concern him As also that he should support him in the peaceable possession of all his Lands whereof he was at that time seised either in England or Wales And that if God should please to send him an heir by Isabel de Houland then his Wife should the same heir be Male of Female it should be joyned in marriage to some one of the Blood Royal unto whom the King should think fittest So that the whole Inheritance of this Earl with the Name and Arms of Warrenne should be preserved by the Blood Royal in the Blood of him the said Earl And in case he should depart this life without any such issue begotten on the Body of her the said Isabel that then all his Castles Mannors Lands and Tenements in Surrey Sussex and Wales should after such his decease remain to the King to be bestowed upon some one of his own Sons on whom he should think fit on condition that in the person of such Son and his Heirs the Name Honor and Arms of Warenne should be for ever maintained and kept And moreover it was farther agreed That if the said Isabel should by the Law of the Realm be endowed of those Lands and Tenements lying in the Counties of Surrey Sussex and Wales before specified whereof he was at that time possessed that then she should be only endowed of those Mannors Lands and Tenements reserving the Castles to the King and to such of his Sons on whom the King should think fit to bestow them she having a reasonable assignation otherwise in lieu of them All that I farther find of this Earl is That by his Deed bearing date 24 April 8 Edw. 2. he did Release and Quit-claim to the Canons of Rigate his Right to Nineteen shillings four pence one Plough share and four Horse-shooes yearly Rent which the Prior and Covent of Rigaâ—e had antiently paid to his Ancestors for certain Lands in Rigate And granted to them and their Successors Forty six shillings eleven pence yearly Rent issuing out of certain other Lands there for a Chantry which the said Canons of Rigate and their Successors were obliged to maintain in his Castle of Rigate for the health of her Soul and the Souls of his Ancestors and Heirs So that one Mass should daily be celebrated therein for ever Certain it is that he was the last Earl of that Noble and Antient Family And having by his Testament dated at his Castle of Conesburgh in Com. Ebor. where he stiles
in Tiltings and other Pastimes Which as it was then said the King did not duly recompence But hereupon he waxed proud beyond measure insomuch as his own Son Geffrey called him the King of Folly He also kept the Round Table of Knights in Wales for a pride in imitation of King Arthur Other particulars of his haughtiness and insolence were these viz. that with Queen Isabel he caused a Parliament to be held at Northampton where an unworthy Agreement was made with the Scots and 〈◊〉 Roll of Homage of Scotland was traiterously delivered as also the Black Cross which King Edward the first brought into England out of the Abby of Sâ—one and then accounted a precious Relique That with the Queen he caused the young King to ride twenty four miles in one night towards Bedford to destroy the Earl of Lancaster and his adherents saying that they imagined the Kings death That he followed Queen Isabel to Nottingham and lodged in one house with her â— That he commanded the Treasure of the Realm and assumed the authority which by common consent in Parliament was conferred on Henry Earl of Lancaster at the Kings Coronation And that he was one of those who practised against the Kings Councel for saying that Edward of Caernarvon was murthered by his means At which his demeanor finding that Edward Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle was much offended he informed the King that his Uncle had a designe to poyson him to the end he might be King himself as next heir to the Crown Iohn of Eltham Earl of Cornwall being newly dead and likewise that he had designed the escape of King Edward the second out of Prison for which soon after he lost his life The truth is this Mortimer bore such sway that he got what he had a mind to it is evident by these followinging grants which he obtained for himself from the young King viz. the Castle and Mannor of Hanley with the Chaces of Malverne and Cors in the Counties of Worcester and Gloucester Likewise the town of Wiche in Com. Wigorn. Also the Castle of Clifford and Mannor of Glasebury part of the Possessions of Hugh le Despenser the younger then attainted And to himself and Ioane his Wife in Fee divers ample Liberties and Jurisdictions to be excercised at his Castle of Trim in Ireland besides the inheritance of all the Territory of Danahmaine in Ireland with very large priviledges thereto Moreover to Geffrey his Son he procured a Grant of the Castle of Donnyngton in Com. Leicest as also the Mannors of Lechelade and Sodington in Comit. Gloucest the mannor of Wokking in Com. Surr. Byeby and Castre in Com. Linc. Ashburne in the Peke in Com. Derb. Ryhale in Com. Roteland and Kyneley in Com. Wilts late Edmund Earl of Kent 's attainted As also the Wapentake of Rysley in Com. Derb. the Wapentakes of Plumtre and Alreton in Com. Norff. the Mannor of Reseby in Com. Leic. and Mannor of Alreton with certain Lands in Drayton in Com. North. likewise parcel of the Lands of the said Edmund the remainder for want of issue of him the said Geffrey to him the said Roger and his heirs But not long after this growing odious to the people by these his Insolencies and evil actings the King was made sensible of the impending mischeif and therefore by the advice of his councel at Nottingham in the Quind of St. Michael taking into consideration his own dishonor and damage as also the impoverishment of his people and revealing his mind privately to Sir William de Montacute gave him immediate command to take the assistance of some trusty persons which he accordingly did viz. Sir Humphrey de Bohun and Sir William his Brother Sir Ralph de Stafford Sir William de Clinton Sir Iohn de Nevile of Hornby Sir William Eland and some others and upon Friday the morrow after the Feast of S. Luke in the dead time of the night getting into the Castle by a way under Ground which through the Rock passeth with Stairs up to the Keepe and still by reason of this his surprize called Mortimers hole entred a room next to the Queens Lodging where finding him with Henry Bishop of Lincoln and some others who made resistance he slew two of them viz. Sir Hugh de Turpliton Knight then Steward of the Kings House and Iohn de Munmouth for which he afterwards had pardon m and took him thence cheifly by Sir William Elands help And having him thus in his Custody on the morrow after seized upon the rest of his adherents and followers who lay in the Town amongst which were two of his Sons viz. Sir Geffrey and Sir Edmund both Knights who were all sent to London with guards there to be secured till the Parliament which was to begin upon the twenty seventh of November next ensuing Whereupon precepts bearing date 23 Octob. were directed to several persons for the seizing of his Castles Mannors and Lands in Wales he being then under Arrest for several mesdemeanors tending to the dammage of the K. and Kingdom as the words therein did import And within three dayes following Commission was granted to Iohn de Kingston and others to take an inventory of all his Treasure and Jewells in Wales and the Marches but not to carry away any thing out of the Wardrobe of Ioane his Wife then at Ludlow or that belonged to any of her Children or Servants Upon the meeting of which Parliament divers Articles were exhibited against him the Chief whereof were in effect as followeth viz. 1. That he was consenting to the murther of King Edward the second in Berkley Castle 2. That he was an impediment to the Kings Honor at Stanhope Park in restraining the English to fall upon the Scots 3. That he had received twenty thousand pounds of the Scots to give them leave to escape and that he caused a dishonorable peace to be afterwards made with them as also that unworthy contract of Marriage betwixt the Kings Sister and David the Son of Robert de Brus. 4. That he had basely consumed the Kings treasure and that of Hugh Despencer after the Queens returne so that the King was in a wanting condition 5. That he had got the richest Wardships of England into his hand And 6. That he was an evil Councellor to the King and the Queen-mother and too familiar with her Whereupon the King commanding the Earls and Barons that just judgement should be done therein they found him guilty of all especially that touching the murther of King Edward the second and gave sentence that he should be drawn and hanged Which being accordingly executed at the common Gallows called the Elmes near Smithfield upon the Eve of S. Andrew his Body was permitted to hang
out of his Mannor of Worthy-Mortimer in Comit. Southamp at the Feast of Easter and S. Michael by even portions And in May following was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Hereford the Lord Latimer and others to reform all and singular abuses done by any of the English towards the Scots contrary to the form of the Truce made by King Edward the third of England and David de Bruys of Scotland Moreover in ◠R. 2. he was again put in Commission with the same Bishop of Hereford the Earl of Northumberland and others to treat with the Commissioners of Robert King of Scotland for an amicable peace betwixt both Realms In 3 R. 2. he gave his Mannor of Chelmarsh called Nethercourt in Comit. Salop. to the said Abbot and Covent of Wigmore to find two Secular Priests to celebrate Divine Service daily in the Church of that Abby for the Souls of Roger his Father Philippa his own Wife and of Philippa his Mother as also for the good estate of himself during this Life and the health of his Soul after his departure hence according to such order and form as should be directed by the Bishop of Hereford In the same year also he was constituted the Kings Lieutenant of Ireland and accordingly went thither there to make his abode and so tamed the Barbarousness of that rude people by destroying ten or eleven of their petty Kings within the space of half a year that he regained almost all his Lands in Ulster which the Irish had for a long time enjoyed and proceeding farther into that Country what with his prudent conduct affability to the Natives kindness and eloquent expressions that within two years and an half he reduced all those parts to obedience causing divers Oakes of an extraordinary length to be sent into Ireland from his Woods of Pennalt in the Territory of Uske in Wales wherewith he framed a strong Bridge with purpose to set over the River of Banne near to the Town of Kolleroth which was a principal Harbor for the Rebells At both ends whereof he raised a fort besides one in the midst to the end it might be a safeguard to himself and his own Souldiers and an effectual destruction to the Enemy But drawing now near his death after he had with great wisdom governed there for the space of almost three years and well nigh reduced that Realm to quiet I shall here take notice that by his last Will and Testament bearing date at Dynebegh in Wales about the time of his going over he bequeathed his Body to sepulture with the Body of his Wife then deceased in the Conventual Church at Wigmore on the left hand the high Altar appointing only five Tapers to burn about his Body during the time of the Service of Burial To the Fabrick of the Church he also bequeathed a thousand pounds to be imployed in the structure thereof according to the discretion of his Mother and his Executors To Roger his Son and Heir he gave his Cup of Gold with a cover called Benesoun and his Sword adorned with Gold which was the good King Edwards as also the great Horn of Gold together with Gods Blessing and his own with special direction that they should all remain to his said Sons next Heir and so to the Heirs of his Family for ever Likewise his great Bed of black Sattin embroidred with White Lions and Roses of Gold with Escocheons of the Armes of Mortimer and Vlvester and all the furniture of that Chamber Moreover he thereby bequeathed to him his lesser Horn of Gold with the Strings Appointing also that if his said Son should depart this Life before his full age and without heir of his Body begotten that then all those Legacies should go to his Son Edmund according to the same tenor To his Daughter Elizabeth he gave his Saltseller in the form of a Dogg To Philippa his Daughter a Coronet of Gold with ... and twenty great Pearles To his Brother the Earl of Northumberland his Cup of a Tortois And to Henry Lord Percy his Son his little Cup made like the body of a Hart with the head of an Eagle It is said by a Monk of Wigmore that before he went out of England having setled divers Lands in Radnor Kingestone Pembrugge and elsewhere to the yearly value of two thousand marks for reedifying the Church at Wigmore Abby the old Church being ruinous and not uniform and performing other works of Piety and Charity he laid the first stone in that Fabrick with his own hands being then habited in his vestments of State Moreover that he obtained this Priviledge for the Abbots of that Monastry viz. that they should thenceforth celebrate Divine Service there with Miter Staff and Dalmatick and other pastorall Ensignes all which he provided for them and purchased divers choice Reliques which he gave to that House And that upon his last departure thence he most humbly with tears desired the prayers of that Covent promising upon his return from Ireland to appropriate the Churches of Kingestone Pembrugge and Kadnore and likewise the priory of Stoke thereunto resolving to forsake the World and there end his daies in the habit of a Canon Regular But this great Earl after he had done such notable feats in Ireland as I have already intimated by taking cold in passing a great River there departed this Life at Corke upon Friday the Feast day of S. Iohn the Evangelist in Christmas ann 1381. 5 R. 2. in the twenty ninth year of his age whereupon his body was for the present deposited in a certain Cathedral there by his own special direction untill the Flesh should be consumed and then his Bones to be translated to Wigmore and honorably entombed with the Lady Philippa his Wife which was accordingly performed and this Epitaph over him Vir constans gratus sapiens benè nuper amatus Nunc nece prostratus sub marmore putret humatus Hic jacet Edmundus moriens Corke corpore mundus Sisque pius Christe sibi quem lapis opprimit iste As also this for her Nobilis hîc tumulata jacet Comitissa Philippa Actibus haec nituit larga benigna fuit Regum sanguis erat morum probitate vigebat Compaciens inopi vivit in arce Coeli This Edmund by Elizabeth the Mother of the Lady Philippa his Wife Daughter and Heir to William de Burgh Son and Heir to Iohn de Burgh Earl of Ulster by Elizabeth his Wife third Sister and Coheir to Gilbert de Clare called the Red who was the last Earl of Gloucester enjoyed the third part of that Earldom of Gloucester scil Clace Walsingham Sudbury Crambourne Pymperne Knolles Berdeford and Whadden in England Uske Trillet and Caerleon in Wales and by the said William the County of Ulster and Dominion of Comiaght in Ireland And had issue by her 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
famous League betwixt the King of France and King Edward wherein the Spaniard and divers other were included and by Oath did undertake for King Edwards observance thereof In 17 Edw. 3. he was one of those who attended Henry Earl of Lancaster in his expedition into Scotland for raising the Siege of Loughmabon Castle then made by the Scots which being effected he was constituted Governor thereof In the same year he was again in Britanny in the Kings service so also in 19 20 Ed. 3. being then with the King to raise the Siege of Aguillon In which last mentioned year King Edward having advertised the Pope that the King of France had violated the League lately made and thereupon invading that Kingdom this Earl attended him and having passed the River of Seâ—ne slew Five hundred of those who opposed his Repair of the Bridges over that stream In the same Twentieth of Edward the Third he was in the second Battalia of King Edwards Army in that famous Battle of â—ressey in France wherein two Kings viz. of Boheâ—â—â— and 〈◊〉 with divers great Dukes and Counts lost their lives and the King of England obtained a glorious victory Wherein as also both before and after that memorable fight he approved himself a right valiant and expert Commander In 21 Edw. 3. he was again in the Kings service beyond Sea So also in 22 Edw. 3. And in consideration that King Edward did at his request grant to Humphrey de Bohun his Brother Earl of Hereford the Inheritance of the Lordships of Uphaven and Send in Wiltshire whereof Edward his other Brother had a Grant to himself and the Heirs male of his Body but died without issue he remitted to the said King Two thousand marks of the Money due to himself for his service in Britanny In 23 Edw. 3. he was again constituted one of the Kings Commissioners to treat with the Commissioners of the King of France upon a Truce betwixt King Edward and him In 24 Edw. 3. he was made Warden of the Marches towards Scotland And in 25 Ed. 3. one of the Commissioners appointed to treat with the great Men of Scotland for the inlargement of David Brus and making a final Peace betwixt England and Scotland In 26 Edw. 3. this Earl together with Iohn de Vere Earl of Oxford was in Commission for Arraying of Soldiers in the Counties of Essex and Hartford to oppose the French then threatning an Invasion and was himself charged with the providing of thirty Men at Arms with Lances in respect of his Lordship of Melenith in Wales In 27 Edw. 3. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland and one of the Commissioners who were appointed to meet with the Nobles of that Realm to treat with them touching the delivery of David de Bruys called King of Scots still prisoner in England So also in 28 Edw. 3. the said David being yet detained In 29 Edw. 3. he was also in the Kings service in Scotland And the same year upon King Edwards passing over to 〈◊〉 attended him thither as also thence to S. 〈◊〉 expecting the King of Franâ—e in those parts with his Army but finding him not there wasted the Countrey adjacent In 30 Edw. 3. he was again constituted a Commissioner to treat with the Nobility and Commons of Scotland for the enlargement of David de Brus still a prisoner and for a final Pâ—ace betwixt both Kingdoms In 32 Edw. 3. he was again in Gascoigne so also in 33 34 Edw. 3. By which instances it plainly appeareth that he was a person of great action in his time especially in Military affairs But with more I have not met concerning him than that he with Elizabeth his Wife gave the perpetual Patronage of the Priory of 〈…〉 to the Abbot and Covent of 〈◊〉 and their Successors and that departing this life upon the sixteenth of September Aâ— 1360. â— 34 〈◊〉 3. he was buriâ—d in the said Abbey of 〈◊〉 on the Northside of the Presbytery leaving issue by the said 〈◊〉 Daughter of Bâ—rth 〈◊〉 de Bâ—dlesmere one of the Coheirs to Giles her Brother and Widow to Edmund de 〈◊〉 one only Son viz. Humphrey then nineteen years of age and one Daughter called Elizabeth married to Richard Son and Heir to Edmund Earl of Arundel Of Elizabeth the Wife of this great Earl it is memorable That in her Husbands life time and by his leave she making her Testament ult Maii An. 1356. 30 Edw. 3. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Quire of the Friers-Preachers at London and gave to that Church one hundred marks sterling as also a Cross made of the Wood of the very Cross of our Saviour which she usually carried about her wherein was contained one of the Thorns of his Crown Moreover two fair Altar Cloaths of one suit two of Cloth of Gold one Chalice one Missal one Grail and one Silver Bell likewise thirty one Ells of Linnen Cloth for making of Albes one Pulpitary one Portfory and an holy Water-Pot of Silver To the Friers-Preachers at Oxford an hundred marks two whole Vestments with two whole Copes thereto appertaining two Cloths of Gold of one suit and a Chalice To the Friers-Preachers of Cambridge fifty pounds to those of â—helmsford twenty pounds and of 〈◊〉 twenty pounds and likewise an hundred and fifty marks to be distributed to several other Covents of the same Order of Friers in such sort as Frcre David de Stirington should think best for her Souls health To the Grey-Friers in London five marks to the Carmelites five marks to the Augustines five marks and to the Church of Rochford one pair of Vestments which she used on Holidays in her own Chappel The cheifest of her other Legacies being these viz. To the Earl of Hereford a Tablet of Gold with the form of a Crucifix thereon to Humphrey her Son a Cup of Silver gilt with two Basins and one Ewer of Silver to Elizabeth her Daughter a Bed of Red Worsted embroidered to her Sister the Countess of Oxford a Black Horse and a Nouch to her Sister Roos a Set of Bâ—ads of Gold and Jet with a Firmaile And that she lieth buried in the old Church of the Black-â—riers near Ludgate in the City of London ¶ Which Humphrey her son by the death of his Uncle viz. Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Esseâ— without issue as hath been observed succeeded him in those Earldoms as also in the Office of Constable of England and by descent from William his Father was Earl of Northampton who being not then of full age was committed to the Guardianship of Richard Earl of Arundel Whereupon he had License from the King to travel and the next year after being of full age had
the Bishop of Winchester and Ely Wilâ—iam de Valence Earl of Pembroke and others to treat of Peace betwixt the Kings of England and France and continued in Gascome in the Kings service for a great part of that year And for his good service in those parts had a special Livery of the Lands of William the Son of Warine de Montchensâ— whose Daughter and Heir called Diâ—nysia he had married though she was not then of full age In 26 Edw. 1. this Hugh was sent by the King to the Court of Rome upon some important business and in 27 Edw. 1. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesne-Lands within his Lordships of Haâ—wode in Com. Norf. as also of Hasingbroke and Phanges in Com. Essex In 29 Edw. 1. he was imployed with Iohn Earl Warren and others to treat with certain Embassadors of the King of France touching Peace with the Scots And in 32 Edw. 1. being returned into England did his Fealty to the King for those Lands which were of the Inheritance of Dionysia his Wife whereof he had formerly livery In 34 Edward 1. he was imployed in the Scottish Warrs But by this Dionysia it seems he had no issue for upon her death in 7 E. 2. Adomare de Valence Son of the Lady Ioane de Valence was found to be her next Heir she then dying seized of the Mannors of East-Hanyngfeld West-Hanyngfeld Stanford and Fenge with the Advowsons of those Churches as also of the Mannors of Rodeswell Great-Fordham and Thuritone with the Advowson of the Church of Thuritone all in Com. Essex Of Thomas the younger Brother to this Hugh it appears that in 32 Edw. 1. he was in the Warrs of Scotland And that in 34 Ed. 1. having received the Order of Knighthood with Prince Edward by Bathing and divers other sacred ceremonies he attended him into Scotland Moreover that afterwards scilicet in 12 Ed. 2. he was again in Scotland And that he married Agnes the Widow of Pain Tiptoft And of Alice the Widow of the last Earl Robert I find that she had for her Dowry an assignation of the Mannors of Aldham Lavenham and Cokefeld in Com. Suff. Castle-Canefeld and Bumsted in Com. Essex and Abyton magna in Com. Cantabr I now come to Robert Son and Successor to the last Earl Robert In 24 Edward 1. this Robert doing his Homage had livery of his Lands And in 26 E. 1. was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 27 Edw. 1. And in 3 Edw. 3. obtained the Kings Charter for a Court-Leet at his Mannor of Thesham in Com. Buck. with all those profits and advantages which the Sheriff of that County had wont to enjoy there paying yearly five Marks to the King into his Exchequer As also another Charter for his Tenants of Lavenham in Comitat. Suff. to be Toll-free throughout all England This Earl Robert died in 5 Edw. 3. leaving no issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter of Roger Mortimer Earl of March whereupon Iohn his Nephew then eighteen years of age being Son of Alfonsus his younger Brother became his Heir Which Iohn was in that expedition made into Scotland in 8 Edw. 3. So likewise in 9 and 10 Edw. 3. and in 14 Edward 3. attended the King into Flanders In which year he obtained the Kings Charter for a Market upon the Wednesday every week at his Mannor of Levenhales in Com. Heref. for himself and Maude his Wife and her Heirs As also a Faâ—r yearly upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and for five days following And in 15 Edw. 3. was at that great Feast and Justing in London which King Edward the third caused to be made as it was said for the love of the Countess of Salisbury Moreover the same year he had an assignation out of the Subsidy then levied of three hundred pounds in part of a greater summe due to him for his services in the Kings Warrs beyond-Sea And in 16 Edw. 3. was again in the Warrs of France in which service he had forty Men at Arms himself accounted one Banneret nine Knights twenty nine Esquires and thirty Archers on Horsback with an allowance of fifty six Sacks of Wooll for the Wages of himself and his retinue In 17 Edward 3. he accompanied Henry de Lancaster Earl of Derby and divers other great Lords into Scotland for raising the Seige of Loughmaban Castle And in 18 Edw. 3. being appointed by the King to go with the Earl of Derby into Gascoine he was at the taking of Bergerath After which passing to assail the Castle of Pellegrue being taken in his Tent by night he was soon enlarged in exchange for the Viscount of Bonquentyne and some others Whereupon he marched with the Earl of Derby to Auberoche then beseiged by the French and releived it But about the Feast of the Blessed Virgin returning out of Britanny was by tempest cast upon the Coast of Connacht in Ireland where he and all his company suffered much misery from those barbarous people there who pillaged them of all they had In 19 Edw. 3. he was again in France being then reteined by Indenture to serve the King with eighty Men at Arms whereof himself to be one three Bannerets twenty seven Knights the rest Esquires and eighty Archers on Horseback And in 20 E. 3. attended the K. into France to the releif of Aguilon Thence sent to the aid of Iohn de Montfort who laid claim to the Dukedom of Britanny And in 21 Edw. 3. was again in the French Warrs In 26 Edw. 3. upon some danger of Invasion by the French he was joyned in Commission with William de Bohun Earl of Northampton for arraying and arming of Men in the Counties of Essex and Hartford in order to the defence of the Sea-coasts and in 29 E. 3. attended the K. into Gascoine Where continuing till 30 Ed. 3. he then was with Prince Edward in the Battle of Poytiers and had forty Spears under his command After all which viz. in 33 E. 3. on Friday the Feast of All-Saints he made his Testament at Bentleâ— in Essex and thereby bequeathing his Body to be buryed in the Chapel of Our Lady within the Priory of Colne on the South side of the Quire at the Head of Iohn and Robert his Sons who dying in his lifetime were there Interred appointed that four hundred Marks Sterling left by his Ancestors in Aid of the Holy-Land should be paid by his Executors with all convenient speed Moreover towards the building of that Church at Coâ—ne he gave an hundred Marks and for reedifying the Chapel called the Newâ—Abby in Castle-Hengham an hundred Marks to the
28 Iulii Anno 1562. 4 Eliz. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of â—arles-Colne departing this life the same year To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir who in 29 Eliz. was one of the Peers by special Commission appointed to try Mary Queen of Scots then Prisoner in England for her life And in Anno 1588. 31 Eliz. one of the chief persons in the Queens Fleet imployed against the great Navy of Spaniards then threatning an Invasion which thereupon was dissipated and destroyed by the English Forces Which Earl Edward had two Wives viz. Anne Daughter to William Cecil Lord Burghley Lord Treasurer of England on whom he begat three Daughters viz. Elizabeth married to William Earl of Derby Bridget to Francis Lord Norris of Ricot afterwards created Earl of Berkshire and Susan to Philip Herbert Earl of Montgomery And to his second Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Trentham of Rouceter in Com. Staff Esq one of the Maids of Honor to Q. Eliz. by whom he had issue one Son called Henâ—y This Edward being an intire friend to Thomas Duke of Norfolk when he discerned his Life in danger upon what was laid to his charge touching the Q. of Scots whereof our Historians of that time do give some account earnestly interceded with the Lord Treasurer Burghley his Wives Father and one of the chiefest States-men of that time for the preserving him from destruction but prevailing not grew so highly incensed against Burghley knowing it was in his power to save him that in great indignation he said he would do all he could to ruin his Daughter and accordingly not only forsook her Bed but sold and consumed that great Inheritance descended to him from his Ancestors leaving very little for Henry his Son and Successor And died 24 Iunii An. 1604. 2 Iac. Which Henry married Diana the second Daughter to William Cecill Earl of Exeter and died at the Seige of Breda in the Netherlands in ann 1625. without issue Whereupon Robert Vere Son and Heir of Hugh Son and Heir of Aubery by Margaret the Daughter of Iohn Spring of Lanham in Com. Suff. who was the second Son to Iohn the fifth of that name Earl of Oxfoâ—d after the death of this E. Henry was in the Parliament held at Westminster Ann. 2 Car. 1. restored to this title of Earl of Oxford Much dispute there was in that Parliament between this Robert and Robert then Lord Willoughby of Eresby touching this title of Earl as also touching the Titles of Lord Bulbeck Sanford and Badlesmere and Office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England this Robert making claim to them all as Heir male of the Family and Robert Lord Willoughby as Son and Heir to Mary the sole Heir female But at length after Councel on each part divers times heard and the Authority of Records and antient Evidences produced first the Title of Earl was Clearly adjudged to this Robert de Vere and the Titles of Lord Bulbeck Sanford and Badlesmere descending to the Heirs female to be in the Kings disposal by reason that Iohn the fourth E. of Oxfoâ—d having three Sisters his Heirs the Honor could not be divided But as to the Office of Lord Great Chamberlain it was referred to the Judges then attending in Parliament to consider thereof and make report upon these two points first whether that Robert E. of Oxford who made the entail thereof temp R. 2. upon the Heir male were at that time seised of it or not Secondly admitting that he was then whether such an Office might be conveyed by way of limiting of uses Upon which Reference there being only five Judges then attending in Parliament and the rest in their Circuits 3 of them viz. Justice Doderidge Yelverton and Baron Trevor declared their opinions for the Heir General and gave their Reasons for the same but the other two viz. the Lord cheif Justice Crew and Sir John Walter Lord Cheif Baron for the Heir male The major part therefore thus declaring the Lords voted accordingly whereupon Robert Lord Willoughby was admitted into the House 13 Apr. 2 Car. 1. with his Staff of that Office and took his place above all the Barons according to the Act of Parliament of 31 Hen. S. cap. 10. And Robert de Vere having received his Writ of Summons dated 14 April the same year came into the Parliament the day next following and had his place next to the Earl of Arundell This Robert took to Wife Beatrix van Hemmema of Freezland and was slain at the Seige of Maestricht ann ... By which Hemmema he had issue three Sons viz. Aubrey who succeeded him in his Honors as also Horace and Francis who died young And likewise three Daughters Mary Magdalen and Susan who all died young This last mentioned Aubrey took to Wife Anne one of the two Daughters and Coheirs of Paul Viscount Banning which Anne died without issue And shortly after the Restauration of our present Sovereign King Charles the second being elected one of the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter was made Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex and one of his Majesties most honorable Privy-Councel After which he married Diana Daughter to George Kirke one of the Grooms of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles the first of blessed memory Mandevill UPon the first arrival here of Duke William the Norman amongst other his Companions in that signal Expedition there was a famous Souldier called Geffrey de Magnavil assuming that surname from the Town of Magnavill which he then possessed This Geffrey fighting courageously in that Battle against King Harold where Duke William was victorious hewed down his Adversaries on every side for which great service he was aptly rewarded with divers fair Lordships by the Conquerors Gift as may appear from what he enjoyed at the time of the general Survey viz. in Berkshire four in Suffolk twenty six in Middlesex seven in Surrey one in Oxfordshire three in Cambridgshire nine in Hertfordshire nineteen in Northamptonshirâ— seven in Warwickshire two and in Essex forty whereof Waldene was one which afterwards became the cheif seat of his Descendants This Geffrey was by King William made Constable of the Tower of London which trust he held during all his time And for the Souls health of Athelaise his first Wife by whom he had his Children and good estate of himself and Leceline his second Wife with the consent of that King founded a Monastery for Benedictine Monks at Hurley in Berkshire whereunto he gave the whole Lordship of Hurley and the Woods adjoyning thereto as also the Church of Waltham and divers other Lands Osmund then Bishop of Salisbury dedicating the same Which House became a Cell to that great Abby of S. Peter at Westminster To this Geffrey succeeded
with the Tenants there for twenty shillings and the Land of Banhunt for forty shillings And to make good what it should fall short of that value in some convenient part of Essex Hertfordshire or Cambridgeshire but upon this condition That if she should render unto Earl Theobald Brother to King Stephen all the Land which he held in England then to give this Earl Geffrey a valuable exchange in these three Counties before he should be dispossessed And she farther Covenanted That in case she should render the whole Barony and Lands of William Peverel of London to the Heirs of him the said William then to give this Geffrey a valuable exchange for what he had thereof before he should relinquish the same which exchange to be to him and his heirs Furthermore she granted to him and his heirs twenty Knights Fees within which number were the Fee and Service that Hasculf de Taney held in England at his death All which Graeleng and his Mother held for so much as belonged to that Fee promising to make good the remainder of those twenty Fees in the before-specified three Counties and that he should perform the service for those twenty Knights besides the Services for his other Fees Likewise that his Castles which he then had should stand and be fortified at his own pleasure Moreoever that he and all his Tenants should hold their Lands as freely as they held them before he became her Liegeman and to be free from all debts due either to King Henry the First or King Stephen Also that he and his Tenants should be exempted from the Wastes of Foresters and Improvements made in the Fee of him the said Geffrey till the day he became her Liegeman And that all those Wastes should thenceforth be errable without any forfeiture Likewise that he should hold a Market at â—issey and a Fair every year beginning on the Eve of S. Iames to endure for three days Besides all this she thereby granted to him the Sheriffalty of Essex to hold of her and her heirs upon the antient Rent payable at the time of the death of King Henry the First so that there should be abated of that Rent of the Sheriffalty whatsoever belonged to Meldon and Newport which she had given him and as much as appertained to the third penny of the Pleas of the County whereof she had made him Earl Moreover that he should hold all her Demesns which might accrew to her in Essex paying the just Rent so long as they were in her Demesn Also that he and his heirs should for ever be Cheif Justices in Essex to her and her heirs of all Pleas and Forfeitures appertaining to the Crown so that she should send none other thither than at some times one of his Peers to sit with him and see that the Pleas were justly held And that he and his heirs should be quit against her and her heirs of any forfeiture or past displeasure before the day he became her Liegeman as also for any forfeiture which might thenceforth happen for any Fees or Castles Land or Tenure by her granted to him as long as he could free himself from any Treason against her Person either by himself or any one Knight in case any should thereof accuse him To this Charter these being Witnesses Henry de Blois Bishop of Winchester Alexander of Lincoln Robert de Betun of Hereford Nigel of Ely Bernard of S. Davids Baldwin Earl of Devon Earl William de Moinun Bryan Fitz-Count Milo of Glocester Robert Arundel Robert Mallet Ralph de London Ralph Paynel Walkline Maminot Robert the Kings Son Robert Fitz-Martin and Robert Fitz-Heldebrand Of which high favors from her King Stephen having notice though all this it is like was done by the Empress to gain him on her side to prevent his own ruine in the eighth of His Reign he seised upon him in the Court then at S. Albans Some say that before he was taken they had a bloody fight in which the Earl of Arundel though a stout Soldier being thrown into the Water with his Horse escaped drowning very narrowly But certain it is That to obtain his liberty he was constrained not only to give up the Tower of London whereof he had the custody but likewise his own Castles of Walden and Plessey Others do tell the story of him thus viz That King Stephen Reigning Henry Duke of Normandy and Earl of Anjou having received the honor of Knighthood from David King of Scots came over into England with the countenance of many of the great Men here And that upon the disturbance which thereupon ensued this Earl Geffrey de Mandevil being an expert Soldier adhered to the King for a time but at length being by some of the prime Nobility through envy accused for compliance with the Kings enemies upon a Council called at S. Albans he was seised on by the Kings command and committed to safe custody and that though many of his Friends interceded for him alleaging That those accusations were unjust they could not obtain his liberty till he had rendred up the Tower of London with his Castles of Walden and Plessey into the Kings hands Moreover that being thus bereft of those strong Holds he allured to him divers Soldiers by whose assistance he did much mischeif in sundry places first invading the Kings own Demesn Lands and wasting them miserably and afterwards making great spoil upon others Likewise that having married his Sister Beatrix to Hugh Talbot of Norâ—â—ndy he caused her to be divorced and wedded to William de Say a stout and warlike Man and that with his aid he went on in Plunder and Rapine every where without mercy making use of divers cunning Spies whom he sent from door to door as Beggars to discover where any rich men dwelt to the end he might surprise them in their Beds and then keep them in hold till they had with large sums of Money purchased their liberty And that being highly transported with wrath he at length grew so savage that by the help of this William de Say and one Daniel a counterfeit Monk he got by Water to Ramsey and entring the Abbey very early in the morning surprised the Monks then asleep after their nocturnal offices and expelling them thence made a Fort of the Church taking away their Plate Copes and other Ornaments and selling them for Money to reward his Soldiers Also that for these his outrages having incurred the sentence of Publick Excommunication he hapned to be mortally wounded at a little Town called Burwel whereupon with great contrition for his sins and making what satisfaction he could there came at last some of the Knights-Templars to him and putting on him the habit of their Order with a Red Cross carried his dead Corps into their Orchard at the Old Temple in London and Coffining it in Lead hanged it on a crooked Tree Likewise that after some time by the industry and expences of
of Coâ—erigge in Com. Devon two parts of the Mannor of Oxford and the Mannors of de la Sterte and â—yworth in the same County the Mannors of Hunton and Warblington in Com. Southamp Erlestoke in Com. Wilts excepting certain Lands there part of the Dowry of the Wife of Matthew Fitz-Iohn he is called Ralph de Monthermer only So also in that grant of the forfeiture which Ioane the Wife of Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoin made in marrying to Nicholas de Audley without License Nor is he otherwise stiled in 5 Edw. 2. at which time in recompence of his service in Scotland the King gave him three hundred Marks part of the six hundred Marks which he was to have paid for the Wardship of Iohn ap Adam a great man of that age Nor in 7 Edw. 2. being then also in the Wars of Scotland Where being taken Prisoner viz. in the Battle of Bannoksburne near Strivelin he found favor in regard of former accidental familiarity with the King of Scots in the Court of England and was pardoned his fine for Redemption who thereupon returned into England and brought the Kings Target which had been taken in that fight but prohibited the use thereof So that all I have farther seen of him is that after the death of Ioane of Acres he married Isabel the Widow of Iohn de Hastings Sister and Coheir to Audomare de Valence Earl of Pemâ—roke Likewise that in 13 Ed. 2. he was again in the Warrs of Scotland Moreover that from 2 Edw. 2. till 18 Edw. 2. inclusive he had Summons to all the Parliaments of those times as a Baron only And lastly that Thomas his Son who never had any Summons being slain in a Sea-Fight betwixt the English and the French in Anno 1340. 14 Edw. 3. left issue Margaret his Daughter and Heir Wife of Iohn de Montacute from whom the most of the succeeding Earles of Salâ—sbury of that name did descend Fitz-Walter I Now come to Robert the fifth Son of Richard de Tonebrugge Son to Gilbert Earl of Brion of which Richard and his descendants I have already discourst in my last Section under the title of Clare This Robert standing highly in favor with King Henry the first being his Steward obtained to himself and his Heirs the Barony of Dunmow in Essâ—x as also the Honor of Baynards-Castle in the City of London both which in regard of Felony committed by Will. Baynard who then possessed them became forfeited to the Crown And having married Maude de S. Liz Lady of Bradham Daughter of Simon de S. Liz the first Earl of â—untendon of that name departed this life in Anno 1134. 34 Hen. 1. whereupon he had sepulture at S. Neots in Comit. Hunt near to the Grave of his Father leaving issue two Sons Walter the Elder and Simon to whom he gave the Lordship of Daventre in Northamptonshire Touching which Maude I finde that she gave forty shillings yearly Rent for Surplisses and Cowles for the Monks of Daventre in Com. Northampt. as also the third part of the Mannor of Cratsfeild which Mannor she had in Frank-marriage to the Monks of 〈…〉 and that she died in ann 1140. 5 Steph. To this last mentioned Robert succeeded Walter his Son and Heir before-mentioned who first took to Wife Maude de Lucy with whom he had the Lordship of Disce in Com. Norf. and afterwards Margaret de Bohun In 12 Hen. 2. this Walter upon assessment of the Ayd for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number sixty three and an half de Veteri Feoffamento and three and a fourth part de Novo for which Fees de Veteri Feoffamento he payd 42 l. 6 s. 8 d. in 14 Hen. 2. and 2 l. 3 s. 4 d. de Novo In 2 R. 1. upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales he paid thirty one pound fifteen shillings In that great controversie betwixt Iohn Earl of Moreton Brother to King Richard and William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely whom the King left Governor of the Realm during his absence in the Holy-Land this Walter adhered to the Bishop and had at that time the Custody of the Castle of Eye in Suffolk In 6 R. 1. he was in that expedition made into Normandy As to his works of Piety I find that he gave to the Monks of Daventre the Church of Chedingtune for the health of the Soul of Maud de Lucy his first Wife and for the good estate of himself and Maude de Bohun his second Wife As also 3 Mills with divers acres of Land and Meadow lying within the Lordship of Daventre for the health of the Soul of Rob. his Father Maude de S. Liz his Mother and all his Ancestors Souls and likewise for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of the same Maude de Lucy his Wife and his Sons and Daughters To the Monks of S. Neots he gave the Churches of Doeâ—tone Welle and Heneâ—ngham and to the Knights Hospitalars the Church of Wodeham He also gave to the Canons of Dunmow divers Churches and lands and departing this life in an 1198. 10 R. 1. was buried in the midst of the Quire at Dunmow leaving issue Robert his Son and Heir called Robert Fitz-Walter who in 5 Ioh. being trusted together with Saier de Quinci to Keep the Castle of Ruâ—l in France delivered it up to the King of that Realm so soon as he came before it with his Army And in 6 Ioh. paid three hundred Marks for Livery of those Lands which descended to him by Inheritance from Geffrey de Lucy Bishop of Winchester his Uncle In 13 Ioh. upon assessment of the Scutage of Scotland he was by the Kings special Writ acquitted for sixty three Knights Fees and an half which were of his own proper Inheritance and for thirty Knights Fees and a third part which he had by Gunnora his Wife the Daughter and Heir of Robert de Valoines as also for two Knights Fees which descended unto her from Geffrey de Valoins her Uncle In 14 Ioh. the Barons being disposed for Rebellion and the King advertised of some Conspiracies then towards him this Robert was one who being sought for to be secured conscious of his own guilt fled with his Wife and Children into France And though the next ensuing year the King apprehending his immediate danger did condescend to an accord with those turbulent spirited Barons whereof this Robert was one of the cheif yet was it not long ere he laid to his charge both Treason and Rebellion and caused his House called Baynards-Castle in the City of London to be demolished The primary occasion of these discontents is by some thus
such judgment shall be given upon him as ought to be But his Sentence shall not be made known till he come to the Court of the said Robert and within his Franchise And his judgment shall be such as that if he deserve sentence of death for Treason he shall be tied to a Pile in the Chames at the Wood-wharf where they use to fasten Boats for the space of two Tides And if for a Common Theif then to be led to the Elms and there suffer judgment as such a one Moreover this Robert hath such an honor as that he shall have as large Priviledges in the City as the Major and Citizens and the Citizens ought to do him right viz. When the Major shall hold a great Council he ought to summon him and his heirs thereto to be of that Council and the Council of the City and to be sworn thereof against all Men except the King of England and his Heirs And when he comes to the Hustings in the Guildhall of the City the Major or his Deputy ought to rise and set him next to himself And when he is in the Guildhall all Judgments ought to proceed from his Mouth according to the Memorials there Recorded And all Waiffs which are brought thither whilest he is there he ought to give them to the Bailiff of the Town or to whom else he please by the advice of the Major Thus far as to his Rights and Priviledges in time of Peace I now proceed In 8 Edw. 1. having married Dervorgil one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Iohn de Burgh Son of Hubert de Burgh late Earl of Kent he had Livery of the Mannors of Hallingbiry Waâ—â—ern and Lexinden which were assigned to her as her Purparty of the Lands of Iohn de Burgh her Father In 13 Edw. 1. he had License to enlarge his Park at Wodham in Essex In 18 Edw. 1. he obtained a Grant from the King of two hundred pounds per annum Lands and Rents in the Mannors of Buâ—nâ—am and Reyndon in Essex After which sâ—il in 21 Edw. 1. he obtained a Charter for a Market every week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Reyndon and a Fair yearly on the day and morrow after the Feast of S. Peter ad Vâ—nâ—ula and the same year was made Governor of the Castle of De la Bere in the County of Merinith In 22 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition then made into Gascoigne and in the Retinue of Edmund Earl of Lancaster where he continued the next ensuing year So also in 25 Edw. 1. in which year he was likewise in that expedition made into Wales And in 28 Edw. 1. in that then made into Scotland in which year he also obtained another Charter for a Fair every year at his Mannor of Dysee in Com. Norf. upon the Eve Day and morrow after the Feast of Simon and Iude and three days following In 29 Edw. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and of the Retinue to Edward Prince of Wales having the same year likewise a Charter for Free-Warren throughout all his Demesn Lands of Shopland and Shenefend in Com. Essex In 33 Edw. 1. there was an Agreement made betwixt this Robert and Iohn de Botetourt that Robert his Son and Heir should take to Wife Ioane the Daughter of him the said Iohn In 34 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland so also in 35 Edw. 1. And in An. 1309. 3 Edw. 2. he laid the Foundation of the Gray-Fryers Church in Colchester In 4 Edw. 2. he had amongst others Summons to be at Carleol upon the morrow after All-Souls day well furnished with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots And surviving Dervorgill his Wife for which respect he held by the courtesie of England of her inheritance the Mannors of Hallingbiry Waâ—kern Leâ—don and the moity of the Mannor of Brumley in Com. Essex and Herâ—wrd in 6 Edw. 2. he obtained License of the King that Christian one of the Daughters and Heirs of the said Dervorgill then of full age might have her purparty in those Lordships In 8 Edw. 2. he had another Summons to be at Neâ—castle upon Tine sufficiently provided with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots This Robert had Summons to Parliament from 23 Edw. 1. until 19 Edw. 2. inclusive And in 19 Edw. 2. as I guess departed this life For then it appears that Robert his Son and Heir by Eleanor Daughter of ... Earl Ferrers doing his homage had Livery of his Lands Which Robert was in that expedition made into Scotland in 1 Edw. 3. but died the next year following leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirteen years of age and Ioâ—ne his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Iohn de Moulton of Egeemond surviving who had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Heâ—ham in Essex Hemenhale in Norfolâ— and Shimpling in Suffolk as also License to marry Iohn de Wayland Iohn her Son and Heir being still in minority the custody of two parts of whose Lands was committed to Henry de Percy But in 9 Edw. 3. by the Kings special favor his homage was accepted and Livery made to him Which Ioane in 12 Edw. 3. as eldest of the three Daughters and Coheirs to Iohn de Multon of Egremond had for her purparty of her Fathers Lands an Assignation of the Castle of Egremond in Com. Cumbr. And the third part of the Mannor of Egremond as also the third part of the Mannors of Beusolaz and Fleet in Com. Linc. But I return to Iohn Son to this last mentioned Robert and Ioane In 22 Edw. 3. he had the Grant of a Market at his Mannor of Burnham in Essex upon the Tuesday every week as also one Fair yearly upon the Eve and Day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and two days ensuing In 34 Edw. 3. being then in the Wars of France with the King and one of those who was appointed to accompany Sir Walter Manny in that skirmish at the Bartiers of Paris the Duke of Normandy then lying in that City he was then Knighted and married Eleanor the Daughter of Henry Lord Percy This Iohn had Summons to Parliament from 15 until 34 Edw. 3. inclusive and died upon Monday the Feast of S. Lukâ— the Evangelist 35 Edw. 3. leaving Walter his Son and Heir sixteen years of age Ioane his Mother surviving him Who departed this life in 37 Edw. 3. Whereupon Walter her Grandson was found to be her next Heir and nineteen years of age upon the day of Saint Petronill the Virgin 37 Edw. 3. Which Walter making proof of his age in 40 Edw. 3. and doing his homage had Livery of all his Lands And in
any great Commander Fort or Castle the Prince likewise to have them giving him reasonable satisfaction In the same year he was joyned with the Bishop of Durham and others to treat with certain Commissioners from the King of Scots touching a Peace betwixt both Realms Certain it is that he stood in high estimation with that Heroick Prince with whom he had been so retained as before is shewed for at his Coronation when he came to be King he was constituted High Steward of England for that Solemnity And the same year made one of his Commissioners to Treat with others from the King of France touching a firm Peace betwixt both Crowns as also for the better securing thereof to Treat for a Marriage betwixt K. Henry and Catherine Daughter to the King of France In 2 Hen. 5. when the Sect of Lollards being numerous in all parts of the Realm had conspired to seise the King and his Brothers with divers other persons of great quality and to murther them likewise to destroy the Monasteries and Prelates and to share their Possessions he forthwith armed himself and assisted much in the subduing them After which scil 3 Hen. 5. he was retained by Indenture bearing date 19 Iunii to serve the King as Captain of â—alais until Febr. 3. An. 1416. 4 Hen. 5. And to have with him in the time of Truce or Peace for the safeguard thereof Thirty Men at Arms himself and three Knights accounted as part of that number Thirty Archers on Horsback Two hundred Foot Soldiers and Two hundred Archers all of his own retinue besides ten Men at Arms and ten Archers on Horsback belonging to the Treasurer of Calais For which service he was to receive for himself six shillings eight pence per diem for his Knights two shillings a piece for the rest of his Horse twelve pence for every Archer on Horsback and Foot Soldier eight pence and for every Archer on foot sixpence per diem for their Wages In which Town there was also to be at the Kings charges Forty Cross Bowmen twenty Carpenters and five Masons besides Bowyers with other Officers and Pensioners And in time of War he to have One hundred and forty Men on Horsback himself and sixty Knights accounted part One hundred and fifty Archers on Horsback One hundred Foot Soldiers One hundred eighty four Archers on foot and four Scouts on Horsback for his own retinue over and above twenty Men at Arms and ten Archers on Horsback as also ten Archers on foot belonging to the same Treasurer besides Balisters Carpenters c. Whereupon he soon hasted to Calais and the more speedily because he heard that the French were raising great Forces against that place and there was received with solemn Procession But when he understood that those Forces bent another way he resolved to put in practise some new point of Chevalry causing three Shields to be made and in each of them a Lady Painted the first harping at the end of a Bedstead with a Grate of Gold on her left Sleeve and her Knight called The Green Knight with a Black Quarter who was ready to just with any Knight of France twelve courses having two Shields of Purveyance and his Letter sealed with the Seal of his Arms The Field Silver a Manch Gules The second Pavice on Shield had a Lady sitting at a covered Board working Pearls and on her Sleeve a Glove of Plate tacked her Knight being called Chevalier Vert having his Letter sealed with these Arms The Field Silver two Bars of Gules who was to just fifteen courses and that should be Saddles of Chains The third Pavice had a Lady sitting in a Garden making a Chaplet and on her Sleeve a Polein with a Rivet her Knight being called Chevalier Attendant who with his Fellow must run and course with sharp Spears his Letter being sealed With Gold and Gules Quarterly and a Border Vert which Letters were sent to the Kings Court of France where three French Knights received them and promised their Fellows to meet at a day and place assigned Whereof the first was a Knight called Sir Gerard Herbaumes who called himself Le Chevalier Rouge the second a famous Knight named Sir Hugh Launey calling himself Le Chevalier Blanke and the third a Knight named Sir Collard Fines Twelfday in Christmass being appointed for the time that they should meet in a Land called The Park-hedge of Gynes On which day this Earl came into the Field with his Face covered a Plume of Ostrich Feathers upon his Helm and his Horse trapped with the Lord Toneys Arms one of his Ancestors viz. Argent a Manch Gules Where first encountering with the Chevalier Rouge at the third Course he unhorsed him and so returned with close Vizor unknown to his Pavilion whence he sent to that Knight a good Courser The next day he came into the Field with his Vizor close a Chaplet on his Helm and a Plume of Ostrich Feathers aloft his Horse trapped with the Arms of Hanslap viz. Silver two Bars Gules where he met with the Blank Knight with whom he encountred smote off his Vizor thrice broke his Besagurs and other Harneys and returned victoriously to his Pavilion with all his own Habiliments safe and as yet not known to any from whence he sent this Blank Knight Sir Hugh Launey a good Courser But the morrow after viz. The last day of the justs he came with his Face open and his Helmet as the day before save that the Chaplet was rich with Pearl and Precious Stones and in his Coat of Arms of Guy and Beauchamp quarterly having the Arms of Toney and Hanslap on his Trappers and said That as he had in his own person performed the service the two days before so with Gods grace he would the third Whereupon encountring with Sir Collard Fines at every stroke he bore him backward to his Horse insomuch as the Frenchmen saying That he himself was bound to his Saddle he alighted and presently got up again But all being ended he returned to his Pavilion sent to Sir Collard Fines a fair Courser feasted all the people gave to those three Knights great rewards and so rode to Calais with great honor About this time scil 2. Hen. 5. it was that the General Council of Constance in Germany began unto which the most prudent Bishops and Prelates of all Christendom with a multitude of other Clerks repaired the cause of that meeting being cheifly about choice of the Pope Whereupon from England were sent the Bishops of Salisbury Coventrey and Liechfield Bathe and Wells Norwich Hereford and S. Davids the Abbot of Westminster Prior of Worcester with divers other Learned Men and for their greater honor this Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick themselves and their whole retinue amounting in number to Eight hundred Horse During whose stay at Constance he receiving a Challenge from a great Duke for
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
with the Scots So likewise in 11 R. 2. Moreover in 12 R 2. he was made one of the Commissioners for the custody of Carleol and guarding of the West Marches and in 13 R. 2. a Commissioner with the Bishop of Durham and others to treat of Peace with the French So likewise with the Flemings In 14 R. 2. being recalled from Calais he was again constituted Governor of the Marches of Scotland and in 18 R. 2. a Commissioner to treat of Peace with the Scots Moreover in 19 Rich. 2. being at the enterview betwixt King Richard and Charles the Sixth then King of France near Gisnes he was one of the English Lords that conducted the King of France to his Pavilion And in this year Founded a Chantry in the Chappel of All-Saints at Cokermouth for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service there daily for the good estate of himself and Maud his Wife and for their Souls after their departure hence as also for the Souls of their Ancestors and all the faithful deceased And for his support gave one Messuage lying in the City of Carlâ—â—â—e But in 21 Rich. 2. upon information given that he and his Son Henry commonly called Hotspur had spoken some words in derogation of the King he was sent for out of the North and neglecting to come banished Whereupon he resolved to flie into Scotland Howbeit long after it was not that the discontents against King Richard by reason of his misgovernment put an end to his reign for the Duke of Lancaster being weary of his banishment and having advertisement from hence how ill affected the people stood to King Richard adventured to Sea and landed at Ravenspur in Yorkshire where this Earl soon repaired to him And afterwards when that King fled into North Wales and saw no hopes left treated with him and the Earl of Arundel at Conway Castle touching the resignation of his Regal Authority which soon after ensued Whereupon the Duke of Lancaster being then proclaimed King by the name of Henry the Fourth acknowledging the extraordinary merits of this Earl first advanced him to that great Office of Constable of England to hold for term of life and to exercise the same by himself or such his sufficient Deputy as he would answer for Next gave him the Isle of Man to hold by carrying the Sword which he wore at his landing in Holderness called Lancaster Sword on the day of his Coronation Then made him Justice of Chester and after that Constable of the Castles of Chester Conway Flint and Carnarvon and moreover General-Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland as also Governor of the Town and Castle of Carlisle And the next ensuing year constituted him one of the Commissioners to treat of a Marriage for Blanch his eldest Daughter with Lewes Duke of Bavaria eldest Son to Rupert King of the Romans After which viz. in 3 Hen. 4. the Scots again invading England this Earl and his valiant Son having then the Earl of Dunbaâ— with them who had deserted his Countreymen raised a considerable power and giving them Battle at Halwedon Hill obtained a singal victory wherein the Earl Douglas their General was wounded and made prisoner But the next year following viz. 4 Hen. 4. having been at no small charge in the Kings service and requiring such Moneys as were then due to him for the Wardenship of the Marches he received no good answer which inflamed him with so much discontent as at length wrought his own ruine So likewise his stout Son Henry who breaking out into Rebellion soon after lost his life in the Battle of Shrewsbury as I shall farther shew anon It is said by some That after that Battle of Shrewsbury before he could possibly have notice thereof he set forwards out of Northumberland where he then was towards his Son but others thought his intentions were to address himself to the King in hope to reconcile all and that being prevented by the power of the Earl of Westmorland he retreated to his Castle at Werkworth Howbeit after this he came to the King upon promise of safety and disavowed his Sons action whereupon he had pardon of life upon commitment to safe custody and in 6 H. 4. being restored in Parliament to all his Possessions at Midsummer following came again to the King at Pontfract But the death of his Son notwithstanding this favor so stuck upon his stomack that the next ensuing year viz. 7 Hen. 4. he took advantage of the discontents of Thomas Moubray Earl Marshal and Richard Scrope Archbishop of York and joyned with them in their Rebellion who failing in that attempt lost their lives Whereupon the King marching after this Earl forced him to flee with the Lord Bardolf to Barwick and thence into Scotland Soon after which he got into Wales but ere long returning to Chreske in Yorkshire caused Proclamations to 〈◊〉 set out that whosoever desired Liberty should take up Arms and follow him whereupon he had a multitude of partakers Howbeiâ— the then Sheriff of Yorkshire viz. Sir Thomas Rokesby Knight raising the power of that County met him at Bramham Moor near Haselwood where in a sharp Battle fought upon the second Calends of March being slain they cut off his Head then white with age and sent it to London there to be set on the Bridge with a Pole and quartering his Body into four parts placed one of them upon a Gate in London another at Lincoln a third at Barwick upon â—wede and the fourth at Newcastle upon Tine But in May following they were all taken down and by the Kings special Precept delivered to his Friends to be solemnly buried in holy Sâ—pulture The Children which this great Earl had were all by Margaret his first Wife Daughter to Ralph Lord Nevill Sister to Ralph first Earl of Westmorland viz. three Sons Henry Thomas and Ralph Which Thomas and Ralph were both Knights But of them all that I have to say is First that Sir Thomas took to Wife Elizabeth the eldest of the two Daughters and Coheirs of David de Strabolgy Earl of Athol and in 1 Ric. 2. had Livery of that purparty of the Inheritance which Mary de S. Paul Countess of Pembroke held in Dower during her life after the death of Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke her Husband and had issue by her one Son viz. Sir Henry Piercy Knight who left issue two Daughters and Heirs viz. Elizabeth married to Thomas Burgh Esquire Ancestor to the late Lord Eurgh and afterwards to Sir William Lucy Knight and Margaret first to Henry Lord Grey of Codnoure but after
to Sir Richard Vere Kt. Next that Sir Ralph upon that Invasion of the Scots in 12 Rich. 2. being with his elder Brother Henry Hoâ—â—pur at Newcastle upon Tine boldly issued out against them and worthily shared in the glory of that victory obtained by their valiant conduct where William Douglas their General lost his life Moreover that in 14 Rich. 2. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with those from France and Scotland for observance of the Truce formerly made betwixt this and both those Realms And lastly that in 18 Rich. 2. he had a Grant of the custody of Barwick uâ—on Twede to himself and the Heirs-male of his Body I now return to Henry the eldest S on This Henry shortly after the Coronation of King Richard the Second at which time his Father was advanced to the Title of Earl received the Order of Knighthood and in 8 Rich. 2. was constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding of the Marches toward Scotland as also in 9 Rich. 2. Governor of Barwick and again Warden of the Marches During which time he was so active against the Scots that he gave them little rest whereupon he was in derision commonly by them called Hotspur In this nineth year upon intelligence that the King of France had a purpose to besiege Calais being so famous for his Military skill and valor he was amongst others sent thither for the defence of that place and having staid there a while without any action grew so impatient that he made several excursions into Picardy and the parts adjacent whence he brought much booty But at length seeing no likelihood of any Siege there he returned back into England In 11 Rich. 2. there being those at Court who envied the fame which he had gained by his valor against the Scots caused the King to send him to Sea there to repel the French that threatned an Invasion Which service he readily undertook and returned with much honor In the same year the Scots invading this Realm upon the East March and doing great spoil by burning and plunder he encountering them near â—olston towards Newcastle uâ—on Tine slew the Earl Douglas with his own hands and mortally wounded the Earl of Murret but preâ—â—ing over-forward was at length taken prisoner by the Earl of Daâ—bar together with his Brother Ralph and carried into Scotland Froisard relateth the story of this skirmish thus The Scots saith he having invaded England and being come into the Bishoprick of Durham the Earl of Northumberland sent his two Sons viz. Sir Henry and Sir Ralph to Newcastle to which place the Countrey were appointed to come whereupon ensued divers light skirmishes betwixt the English and them and many proper feats of Arms done Amongst others saith he there fought hand to hand the Earl Douglas and Sir Henry Percy and by force of Arms the Earl won Sir Henry's Penon Whereupon Sir Henry and all the English were sore displeased the Earl saying to him Sir I shall bear this token of your prowess into Scotland and shall set it on high on my Castle of Alquest that it may be seen aâ—ar off Which so proâ—â—â—ked the Percies that after divers bold adventures against the Scotch Fâ—rces at length they obtained the Victory and slew the Earl James Douglas but Sir Ralph Percy was therein wounded and taken prisoner by a Scotch Knight And after this in another encounter this Sir Henry Percy fighting valiantly with the Lord Mountcumber a stoâ—t Knight of Scotland was by him taken prisoner But long he continued not in that restraint For in 12 Rich. 2. which was the next ensuing year it appears that he was again constituted Warden of the East Marches In 13 Rich. 2. this Henry being again at Calais made several excursions towards Boloigne and from thence went to Brest in Britanny where he first raised the Siege of that pâ—â—ce and after won two Bastiles there one of Timber which he demolished and another of Stone which he better fortified And the same year was made General Warden of the West Marches and soon after of the East March as also Governor of Carliâ—â—e In this year likewise he was retained to serve the King both in times of Peace and War from the second of Ianuary during his whole life for which he had a Grant of one hundred pound per annum out of the Exchequer And in 16 R. 2. being recalled from Calais was again made Warden of the East Marches as also Governor of Barwick In the same year likewise he was constituted Governor of Bourdeaux and in 17 Rich. 2. one of the Commissioners to treat of Peace with the Scots In 19 Rich. 2. he was imployed into France and in 22 Rich. 2. being again made General-Warden of the East Marches met the Duke of Lancaster at his landing in Holderness Soon after which King Richards deposal ensuing the Duke of Lancaster obtained the Crown In the first year of whose Reign this Henry was constituted Warden of the West Marches Sheriff of Northumberland Governor of the Town of Barwick and Castle of Rokesburgh Justice of Cheâ—ter Northwales and Flintshire and had a Grant of the Castle and Lordship of Baumburgh with the Fee-farm of that Town for term of his life Moreover in the same year he was made Constable of the Castles of Chester Flint Conway and Caernarvon and Sheriff of Flintshire for life and obtained a Grant of the whole County and Dominion of Anglesey As also of the Castle of Beaumarys with the Mannors Lands Fee-farms and Rents thereto belonging to hold also for term of his life And in 3 Hen. 4. was with his Father in that memorable Battle against the Scots at Halâ—idon Hill where the English obtained a signal Victory But soon after that the Scene much changed for this stout and high spirited Horspur through the solicitation of his Uncle Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester whom King Richard the Second had so highly advanced as I shall hereafter shew joyned with him in conspiring the ruine of King Henry To which end they first made plausible pretences that they did not at all depart from their allegiance nor raise those Forces which they had then got into Arms for any other purpose but the safeguard of themselves and better Government of the Realm Giâ—ing out that the Impositions and Taxes granted to the King for the defence of the Land were diverted to other uses and unprofitably consumed Adding that through the malicious suggestions of their Enemies the King was so displeased with them that they could not be admitted to manifest their innocency and to be legally justified by their Peers until the Lords
that in the Priors Land Book not only all the services are exactly Registred but whatsoever others ought to receive of him And lastly that there is not so much as mention of this service in any of their Chronicles To proceed In 7 Edw. 3. this Ralph was one of the Commissioners assigned by the King to go to the Parliament of Scotland there to see that the Covenants and Agreements made betwixt King Edward and Edward de Baillol King of Scots were ratified and confirmed And in 8 Edw. 3. was joyned with Henry de Piercy in the Wardenship of the Marches of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerland In the same year he was again constituted a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for the purpose above expressed And in 9 Ed. 3. being still Steward of the Kings Houshold had an Assignation of Two hundred twenty six pounds and five shillings for the wages of himself and those Men at Arms which he had retained for the Kings service in the Scottish Wars In the same year he was â—ent in Commission with William de Montacute and some others to treat and agree with Sir Andrew de Murref a Knight of Scotland for himself and his adherents upon the differences which had occasioned Wars betwixt the People of both Kingdoms and was likewise constituted Governor of the Castle of Bambourgh In 11 Edw. 3. he was appointed one of the Commissioners to treat and conclude with those Noblemen and others who were then to be imployed in the Scottish Wars and to acquaint them more fully with the Kings Royal pleasure as also touching their stay there with the conditions thereof being himself likewise in those Wars having an Assignation of Three hundred forty six pound ten shillings four pence for his pay as a Banneret with his Men at Arms and Archers imployed in that service In 12 Edw. 3. taking into consideration the Kings want of Money for the publick service of this Realm he lent him all his Wools in his Mannor of Faxfleet in Com. Ebor. upon promise to have restitution when the Receivers of Yorkshire should have so much come to their hands In 13 Edw. 3. being still Warden of all the Forests on the North of Crent the King taking into consideration his eminent services in the Marches of Scotland was pleased to allow him so much in Fee for his custody of the Marches as other Wardens of the Forests had before that time out of the Exchequer upon making their accompts In 14 Edw. 3. he obtained a Charter of Free-Warren in all his Lordships of Horsford Houton North Pikenham and South Pikenham in Com. Norf. Evre in Com. Buck. and Bliburgh in Com. Suff. And the same year had an allowance of five hundred marks towards the satisfaction of that charge he had been at in the Kings service in those Northern parts to be received from the Collectors of the Subsidy in the Counties of Northumberland and Westmorland In 15 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 16 Edw. 3. constituted one of the Kings Commissioners to treat with David de Brus and other his adherents in Scotland touching a final Peace Moreover upon the marriage of Margaret his Daughter to William Son and Heir of William Lord Ros of Hamlake at that time the King in consideration of his especial services gave him the total benefit of her portion In 17 Edw. 3. he was constitutedone of the Commissioners to treat with the Ambassadors of Philip de Valois in the presence of the Pope concerning certain Dominions Dignities Honors and Lands whereof there had been much variance betwixt them As also appointed a Commissioner together with the Bishops of Durham and Carliâ—â—e to see the Peace kept which was concluded betwixt the King of France for himself and the Scots in the Marches and elswhere And the same year obtained a Grant for the custody of two parts of the Lands of William de Ros of Hamlake deceased by reason of the minority of his Heir Being in that skirmish against the Scots at Barwick in Northumberland he was there taken prisoner and carried to Dunbar where he continued for a while in durance in the custody of Patrick Earl of Dunbar but at length was redeemed and in 19 Edw. 3. had Livery of the Mannor of Clavering in Essex upon the death of Hawise the Widow of Iohn de Clavering the Inheritance whereof had been formerly setled upon him for lack of Issue-male by the said Iohn In 20 Edw. 3. he was in that Battle of Durham against the Scots wherein King David was taken prisoner having an eminent command in the Van of the English Army for which service in Scotland as aforesaid which the King gratefully acknowledged he had in 21 Edw. 3. an Aâ—â—gnation of a hundred pound as also License to amortise one Messuage one Carucate of Land two Acres of Meadow and seven marks yearly Rent in Sheriff-â—oton for the maintenance of two Priests to celebrate Divine Service daily in the Parish Church there for the good estate of himself during his life and afterwards for the health of his Soul as also for the Soul of his Father and Mother and all his Ancestors In 24 Edw. 3. he was constituted one of the Kings Commissioners to treat with the Prelates and Nobles of Scotland at York touching a firm Peace betwixt both Realms And in 25 Edw. 3. had the like Commission with others to treat with some of the Nobles of Scotland at Hexham in Northumberland touching the enlargement of David de Bruâ— King of Scotland and making the like Peace Upon which Agreement it being resolved that David should have liberty to go into Scotland and return again he was one of the Commissioners appointed to take his Oath so to do and by another Commission authorised with the Lord Percy and others to see that the Peace concluded on should be firmly kept In 26 Edw. 3. he was joyned with Gilbert de Vmfranvill Earl of Anegos and Henry Lord Percy in the custody of the Marches towards Northumberland as also for Arraying all Men of Body able and Estate sufficient within that County of Northumberland to prevent an invasion of the French then threatned In 27 Edw. 3. he was again constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with the Nobles of Scotland at Newcastle upon Tine for the delivery of David de Brus from imprisonment and concluding a final Peace betwixt both Realms as also constituted one of the Wardens of the Marches towards Cumberland and Westmorland And in 28 Edw. 3. joyned with the Bishop of Durham and others as a Commissioner to treat with the Scots for the inlargement of David de Brus still prisoner in England In 29 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and
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
Altar where the Lady Anne his first Wife lay interred and the other in the Chappel of our Blessed Lady of the Bridge in Sheffield every of them to have eight marks yearly during that time And departed this life at his Mannor of Wingfield in Com. Derb. 26 Iulii 33 Hen. 8. with this Charactar viz. That he was Vir nobilis sapiens ac in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus a Person noble prudent and moderate throughout the whole course of his life To whom succeeded Francis his Son and Heir born in Sheffield Castle Anno 1500. 16 Hen. 7. Which Francis was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons 17 February 24 Hen. 8. his Father then living And the same year his Father died scil 33 Hen. 8. the greater Monasteries being then totally dissolved obtained from the King by exchange for the Mannor of Farnham Royal in Com. Buck. which he held by Grand Serjeanty to support the Kings Right-Arm during the time he holds the Scepter in his hand at the Coronation of the Kings of this Realm the Inheritance of the scite of the Priory of Worsop in Com. Nott. And certain Lands in Sheffield belonging to the Abby of Beaucheif in Com. Derb. As also the scite of the Priory of Kingsmead near the Town of Derby with certain Lands thereto belonging And likewise divers Lands belonging unto the dissolved Monastery of Roucester in Com. Staff In 34 Hen. 8. this Earl Francis was in that Army which then marched into Scotland by reason that the King of that Realm had entertained some of the Northern Rebels frustrated King Henry of the promised enterview and that his Subjects had invaded the Borders while a Treaty was on foot But in this expedition no great matter was performed So likewise in that of 36 Hen. 8. he then commanding the Rear of the English Army at which time they plundered Leith and made great spoil by burning and rapine in the City of Edenburgh and all the Country thereabouts The quarrel being upon pretence of a desired marriage betwixt Prince Edward and the young Queen of Scotland whereunto the Scots would not readily condiscend The same year he was also constituted the Kings Lieutenant of the North. And in 2 Edw. 6 sent again into Scotland with fifteen thousand Men against the French Almains and Scots then in Arms for the relief of Hadingâ—on at that time besieged Where after he had victualled and reinforced the Town he encamped near the Enemy but finding them not inclinable to fight though they had received great supplies returned unto his Camp and afterwards for England Moreover the same year he was constituted Justice of all the Forests beyond â—rent and in 1 Mariae made President of the Council in the North. In 1 Eliz. he was likewise made one of the Queens Privy Council as also one of the Commissioners for receiving Claims from those who were to perform certain services at the solemnity of her Coronation And in the Parliament of 2 Eliz. was the only person of the Peers besides the Viscount Mountacute who opposed the Bill for abolishing the Popes Supremacy and Reformation of Religion But upon the one and twentieth of September the same year he departed this life leaving issue by his first Wife viz. Mary Daughter to Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland George his only Son and Successor his younger Son Thomas dying before unmarried and one Daughter called Anne who was married to Iohn Lord Bray Which George being a young Man in the time of Queen Mary and his Father then General of the English Army against the Scots commanded under him three thousand Soldiers and relieved the Earl of Northumberland then in danger at Lovick After that he was a Colonel of five hundred Horse upon the Borders and in 11 Eliz. had the custody of the Queen of Scots committed to his charge Moreover in 15 Eliz. upon the Arraignment of the Duke of Norfolk he was for that present service made Lord High Steward of England Moreover after the death of that Duke which soon after ensued he was constituted Earl Marshal of England And in those ambiguous times so preserved himself against all outward machinations calumnies at Court and the mischievous practises of his second Wife for full fifteen years as that he thereby deserved no less honor for his â—idelity and Prudence then he did for his Fortitude and Valor as Mr. Camden hath very well observed By his Testament bearing date 24 Iunii An. 1590. 32 Eliz. this Noble Earl bequeathed his Body to be buried at Sheffield in Com. Ebor. thereby likewise appointing that the sum of two hundred pounds should be yearly imployed for ever unto the benefit of the poorest Artificers of the Town of Pontfract in Com. Ebor. for the increase of Trades and Occupations there that is to say That the Major of the said Town and his Brethren or the major part of them with the Major by the assent of the Earl of Shrewsbury for the time being shall upon Munday in Whitson week pay and lend unto every poor Artificer of the said Town so far as the said Money will extend the sum of five pounds for three years then next following putting in good and sufficient security for the repayment thereof And departing this life 18 Novemb. the same year was accordingly buried at Sheffield where in his life time he erected a Noble Monument for himself whereon is this Epitaph viz. Christo opt max. Posteritati Sacrum IN spem certam futurae resurrectionis illustris hic conditur heros Georgius Salopiae Comes sui nobilissimi generis longâ serie à Normannorum conquestu derivati nullaque unquam perfidiae labeculâ aspersi Comitum ordine sextus summus Regni Marescallus à Talbotto Furnivallo Verdun Lovetoft Extraneoque de Blackmere honoribus amplissimis dominus insuper Baro nâ—ncupatus Garteriani quoque equestris ordinis sanè praeclarissimi sodalis dignissimus Francisci comitis unicus qui supererat â—ilius successor omniumque virtutum ex asse haeres Qui quantum Pacis Bellique artibus omnibusque corporis atque animi dotibus eximiis unitis potuit id omne secundâ—m pietatem in Deum uni patriae ejusque principibus impendere solebat Vt qui Mariae Reginae temporibus in Northumbrensis Comitis succursum à patre tum superstite ac Belli duci primario cum tribus armatorum millibus ad Lowicum in Scotiam ire jussus strenuè summaque cum laude bellicam illam praefecâ—uram administrabat Parique cum laude non minori successu paulo post Berwicum hosti in occursum missus quingentorum cataphracâ—orum equitum cohortu stipatus fuit concomitantibus Barone Grayo strenuo equite Drurio aliisque militaris scientiae peritissimis Bellique principatum tum
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
Templars his Mannor of Bradwell with the Church as also forty Acres of Land in that Town with certain Meadows at Cotismore and a Mill at Filknich And to him succeeded Gerard his Son and Heir who for the health of his Soul and the Souls of Amice his Wife Daughter of Hanelade de Bidun and Iohn his Son gave to those Monks of Hartford half a Yard-land in Piriton as also a Croft called Grascroft in Ichentone and two Yard-land in Hicleford To which Iohn Hugh his Son and Heir who died issuless succeeding this Barony of Limesi came to be divided betwixt Hugh de Odingsells Grandson to that Hugh de Odingsells a Fleming who married Basilia and David de Emdsey a Scot Son of David Husband of Alianore Daughters to the before-mentioned Gerard. Braose THat William de Braose who first setled here in England was by Extraction a French man is evident from that Charter which he made to the Monks of St. Florence at Salmure now vulgarly called Somars in France of the Church of St. Gervase and Prochase at Braose with the Tithes and Toll of his Mills there as also of Timber for their Buildings Fuel for their Fire Paunage for their Swine in his Woods Fishing throughout all his Waters and one Carucate of Land with certain Meadows in that Lordship Likewise of the Church of Cortelles with one Carucate of Land and a Mill there and at Sâ—ocete of whatsoever was of his own Demesne Moreover of what he had in Demesne out of the Church at Seurei By which Charter he also added of his Possessions in England the Churches of St. Peter at Sâ—lâ— of St Nicholas at Brembre of St. Nicholas at Shoreham and St. Peter at Uipount all in Sussex with the Tithes and Rents thereunto belonging Likewise the Church of Scapelei and one Plow-land with the Oxen and Catell belonging thereto as also free Pasturage in his Plains and Customs in his Forests and Waters as well in England as Normandy Which Charter bears date in the Church of St. George at Bauquervill the third day preceding the Purification of our Lady in the tenth year of William the Conquerors Reign Whereupon the Monks at Salmure sent over part of their Covent to Sele and made it a Cell to that their Monastery That his Lands in England were of no small extent is evident from the General Survey where it appears that he then had the Lordships of Sudcote in Berkshire Essage in Wiltshire Tadorne and Bocheham in Surrey half a Hide of Land in Neteham-Hundred in Hantshire in Dorsetshire twelve Lordships and in Sussex no less then forty one which for brevities sake I omit to name To this William succeeded Philip de Braose his only Son who in 9 Will. Rufi was one of those that adhered to the King against Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy and in 4 Hen. 1. came to an agreement with the Abbot of Fescamp at Salisbury in the presence of the King and Queen concerning some claim made by the said Abbot to certain Lands in Staynings in Sussex which was a Cell to Fescamp but being afterwards rebellious to King Henry he was disherited of his Lands in 10 Hen. 1. As to his works of Piety I find that he gave to the Abby of Lewes in Sussex four of his Salt-works in Brembre To the Monks of Salmure the Prebend of Geffrey de Brembre and upon his going to Hierusalem confirmed the Grants made by William his Father to the Abby of St. Florence at Salmure This Philip by Berta his Wife Daughter of Milo Earl Hereford and one of the three Sisters and Coheirs to William Earl of Hereford of whose Inheritance he had all the Lands of Brecknock Ower-Went and Gowher left issue two Sons viz. William and Philip. Which William succeeded in all that great Estate of his Father and Mother That which I first find memorable of him is that in 3 Hen. 2. he gave to the King a thousand marks of Silver for his part of the Honor of Barstaple in Devonshire the right he had thereto being as I conceive from Iobel de Toteneis whom he calls his Grandfather but I rather think he means his Great-Grandfather id est Father to the Wife of William de Braose his Grandfather it being evident from what hath been said that his Mother's Father was Milo Earl of Hereford For after the death of William the Conqueror King William Rufus expelled this Iohel de Toteneis though for what Offence I find not and gave his Lands unto Roger de Novant In 10 Hen. 2. this William de Braose was one of the Witnesses to that Recognition then made by the King touching the peoples Liberties And in 19 20 and 21 Hen. 2. underwent the Sheriflalty of Herefordshire In 24 H. 2. the King being then at Marleburg gave unto him the whole Kingdom of Limeric in Ireland for the service of sixty Knights Fees to be held of the same King and of Iohn his younger Son It is reported of this William that harboring some evil purposes towards the Welch under colour of friendship he did about this time invite Sitsylt ap Dysnwald and Geffrey his Son with a great number of the most Worshipful men of Gwent-land to a Feast at the Castle of Bergavenny which Castle he had received of them by composition and that they doubting no harm being come thither he brought in a Company of Armed men upon them and murthered them all and having so done went forthwith to Sitsylt's House not far from thence slew Cadwaladar his Son before his Mothers face and destroyed the House Moreover it is farther said of him that detaining certain Lands which had been given to the Chappel of St. Nicholas at Aberhooni it so happened that the Priest serving there whose name was Hugh saw in a Vision a Reverend Person assisting him and heard him speak these words Go tell thy Lord William de Braose who presumeth to hold these Possessions which were antiently given to this Chappel in pure Almes this saying Hoc aufert â—â—iscus quod non accipit Christus dabis impio militi quod non vis dare Sacerdoti and that thereupon the Priest went to the Archdeacon of Landu and relating what he had seen and heard the Archdeacon told him they were the words of St. Augustine and shewed him where adding that the detinue of Tithes should be improsperous In 33 Hen. 2. as one of the Barons of Devonshire upon levying the Scutage of Galweie he paid twenty eight pounds in regard he was not then with the King in his Army there And in 1 Ric. 1. was put to a new composition with that King for his part of the Honor of Berstaple giving four hundred seventy seven pounds six shillings and eight pence
Son and Heir called William Peverell of Essex of whom all I have farther seen is that he confirmed that Grant made to the Monks of Shrewsbury of the Lordships of Wuluriâ—ton Chinardelei and Crugelton by Hamond Peverell his Uncle And that he with his Sister Maud did enfeoff the Ancestors of Hugh Peverell of Sandford in the Lordships of Sandford Haure and Carswell to hold by the service of one Knights Fee Whereupon the Barony of him the said William and Maud fell to the King Peverell of Brunne IN the last place I come to Pain Peverell third Son to Ranulph Peverell before specified This Pain Paverel being an eminent Soldier and highly famed for his martial enterprises was Standard-Bearer to Robert Curthose in the Holy Land and afterwards obtained from King Henry the First the Barony of Brunne in Cambridgeshire which had been forfeited to the Crown by Robert the Soâ— of Picot commonly called Picot Vicecomes for conspiring the death of that King Whereupon procuring a certain portion of Land adjoyning to Cambridge which extendeth from the Highway to the River then known by the name of Barnwell from the clear Springs there flowing he amplified the Foundation of an House for Canons-Regular of S. Augustine in a certain place where a small Oratory built of Wood had been begun by the same Picot near to the Castle of Cambridge and dedicated it to S. Andrew in An. 1112. 13 Hen. 1. But before he had fully perfected it it being intended for thirty Canons he departed this life at London Whereupon his Corps was brought thither and buried before the High Altar To whom succeeded William his Son who ratifying his Fathers Grants added thereto half an Hide of Land in Brunne and gave to the Monks of Thorney two Yard Land in Wilder This William making title to the Church of Bolehirst which the Monks of Thorney had long enjoyed at length met with the Abbot of Thorney at Ketelstan in the presence of David Earl of Huntingdon where the Abbot discoursing with him thereof requested him That for the good of his own Soul and his ancestors Souls he would surcease his Claim Whereupon he condiscended and in testimony thereof delivered a Wand unto the Abbot which friendly favor so much pleased Earl David that he kissed both their hands But not long after this William went to Ierusalem and there died without issue So that his four Sisters became his Heirs betwixt whom his Barony was divided Of these Maud de Dovor the eldest died without issue Alice married to Hamon Peche Roese to ... Harecourt and Asceline to ... Watervile Peverell of London ANother William Peverell there also was called William Peverell of London for the Ferme oâ— whose Lands William de Tresgoz accompted to the King in 5 Steph. And in 33 Hen. 2 upon collection of the Scutage of Galwey the Sheriff of Essex and Herford answered fifty seven pounds nine shillings four pence for the Scutage of the Fees of his Honor De Veteri Feoffamento it being then in the hands of the King Montfichet IT is reported of Gilbert de Montfichet a Roman by Birth and Kinsman to William Duke of Normandy that he ever entertained that Duke in his House when he came to the Court of Rome And being privy to all his Councils especially to that design of King Edward to make him his Successor in the Realm of England he brought with him a great strength and fought stoutly on his behalf in that famous Battle against King Harold as also afterwards agaist those who did not submit For which great services having obtained a Grant of large Possessions he gave to one David a Priest but a Scot by birth whom he specially loved a certain place called Tremhale whereon to build a Church and other Edifices for a Monastery And having so done returned to Rome leaving what he had so got in England to his Son Richard Which Richard when he attained to Mans estate travelled to Rome and being a person of extraordinary strength obtained much fame in casting a stone no Man being able to do the like In memory whereof certain Pillars of Brass were set up to shew the distance From this Richard I now come to William de Montfichet a contemporary with these This William in the time of King William the Conqueror granted to the Monks of Cerasey in Normandy the Church of S. Marculf and Tithes thereto belonging with one Plough-land as also the Church of Foncenis and Tithes with certain Lands in Sotavile Likewise two Boats for great Fish two Salt-works the right Fin of every great Fish with one piece of the small and two Islands lying in the Sea Furthermore in An. 1135. 25 Hen. 1. with the consent of Margaret his Wife Daughter to Gilbert Fitz-Richard of Clare and Gilbert his Son and Heir he Founded the Abby of Stratfordâ— Langton in Com. Essex within the Precincts of his Lordship of West Ham But farther I cannot say of him I therefore come to Gilbert his Son This Gilbert in 3 Hen. 2. stood indebted to the King in the sum of two hundred marks of Silver for two Hawks and two Gir-Falcons And in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number forty eight and a fifth part De Veteri Feoffamento for which in 14 Hen. 2. he paid thirty one pounds ten shillings and nine shillings four pence for what he held De Novo Moreover he Founded the Priory of Ankerwike in Com. Buck. and gave the moity of the Mannor of Ginges in Com. Essex to the Knights Hospitalers as also the Churches of Everton and Ance to the Monks of S. Neots in Com. Hunt To him succeeded Richard unto whom King Henry the Second confirmed the Office of Forester of Essex with the custody of his House at Havering and all other his House in that Forest to enjoy in as ample manner as any of his Ancestors had held the same In 6 Ric. 1. this Richard attended that King in his expedition then made into Normandy And in 2 Ioh. had the like Confirmation of the Forestership of Essex from that King as he had from King Henry the Second For which with the custody of the Castle of Hertford he gave an hundred marks In 3 Ioh. he was made Sheriff of the Counties of Essex and Hertford In which Office he continued till his death which hapned in 5 Ioh. Whereupon the Wardship of his Land and Heir was committed to Roger de Lacy Constable of Chester giving a thousand marks for the same Milisent his Widow then surviving Which Milisent
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
St. Iohn Baptist together with Sir Philip Barington his fellow Souldier Shortly after which he married Maud the Daughter to Edmund Lord Mortimer of Wigmore viz. 4 Cal. Aug. Ann. 1302. 30 E. 1. And in 3 Edw. 2. performing his Homage had livery of all his Fathers Lands being at that time twenty eight years of age Shortly after which viz. in 4 Edw. 2. he received Summons to fit himself with Horse and Armes and to be at Roxborough in Scotland within a moneth after the Feast of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist to march against the Scots And in 6 Edw. 2. was constituted Justice of Ireland having likewise the Lieutenancy of that Realm and the Fee of five hundred pounds per annum then granted to him In which year Maud his Wife departing this World at his Castle of Alveton was honorably buried in the Abby-Church of Crorden before the Altar of St. Benedict upon the Feast day of St. Dennis and his fellow Martyrs Thomas Earl of Lancaster and many other Nobles being present at her Funeral And in 8 Edw 2. being then in Ireland received command to make all possible haste into England with what power he could raise deputing some trusty person in his stead for to rule there in his absence the Scots having then invaded the North of England and advanced almost as far as York and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast day of the Blessed Virgin well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against them After which viz. the next ensuing year 3 Non. Februar Ann. 1315. he wedded to his second Wife Elizabeth the Daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester by Ioane of Acres Daughter to King Edward the first Widdow of Richard de Burgh Earl of Ulster the marriage being solemnized at Bristoll This Theobald de Verdon was summoned to Parliament whilest his Father lived viz. in 28 Edw. 1. and afterwards till 9 Edw. 2. inclusive And departing this life at his Castle of Alveton upon Tuesday 6 Cal. Aug. 10 E. 2. was buried in the Abby of Croxden upon the 13 of October following Elizabeth his Widdow being then great with Child and afterwards viz. on the Feast day of St. Benedict delivered of a Daughter named Isabel he being then seized of the Castle of Alveton with its appurtenances in Com. Staff of the Mannors of Newbold and Lutterworth in Com. Leic. Farnham with the Hamlet of Sere in Com. Buck. Stoke Verdon in Comit. Wiltes as also of the Castles and Mannors of Webbeley and Ewyas Laci in Com. Heref. By Maud his first Wife he had issue three Daughters who were Coheirs viz. Ioane then thirteen years of age Elizabeth ten and Margaret seven Which Daughters were afterwards thus married viz. Ioane to Thomas the Son and Heir of Thomas Lord Furnival who died in Childbed 6 Non. Octob Ann. 1334 8 E. 3. being then about thirty years of age whereupon on the 7 Ides of Ianuary following she was honorably interred in the Abby Church of Croxden before the high Altar betwixt Nicholas de Verdon Son to the founder of that Abby and Iohn de Verdon her Great-grandfather by Richard Shepesheved the then Abbot there For on the South side a part before those two Altars were interred Theobald her Grandfather Theobald her Father and Theobald her Son who died an Infant there being present at her Funeral the Abbots of Burton Cumbermere Delacres Hilton and Beauchief with the Priors of Wirksop and Ecclesfield The second Daughter Elizabeth wedded to Bartholomew de Burghersh and Margerie the third first to William le Blunt afterwards to Marcus Husee and lastly to Iohn Crophull By Elizabeth de Burgh his second Wife he had only issue one Daughter called Isabel born after his death and afterwards wedded to Henry Lord Ferrers of Groby Amongst which Daughters the Lands of this great Family being afterwards divided Ioane the eldest had for her purparty the Castle of Alveton with its Members viz. Wotton Stanton Farleye Rammesovere Cotene Bradeleye Spenne Denston Strongshull Shene Wytstone and Bedulf all in Com. Staff Elizabeth the Castle of Emyas Lacie with its appurtenances in Com. Heref and the Mannor of Stoke upon Terne in Com. Salop. Margery the Castle of Webbele in Com. Heref. and the Mannor of Hethe in Comit. Oxon. And Isabel certain Lands in Lodelowe in Com. Salop. as also the Mannor of Balterdeleye in Com. Staff with divers Lands in Bokenhale and Fenton in that County But Elizabeth his second Wife surviving him had for her Dowry an assignation of the Mannors of Newbold Lutterworth and certain Lands in Cotesbache in Com. Leic. the Mannor of Farneham and Hamlet of Sere in Comitat. Buck. as also the Mannor of Braundon with its members and Hamlet of Bretford and likewise forty shillings yearly Rent out of the Mannor of Fleckno in Com. Warw. with the Mannor of Stoke Verdon and certain Lands in Wynelesford in Comitat. Wilts It is observable that this great Lady who held these Lands thus in Dower stiled herself in all those Grants which she made in her Widdowhood Elizabeth de Burgh Lady of Clare retaining the sirname of her first Husband a person of higher dignity then Verdon a custom still continued by great Ladies and yet calling her self Domina de Clare not willing that her paternal name should be forgot By the last Will and Testament of this Elizabeth bearing date 25 Sept. Ann. 1355. 29 Edw. 3. she bequeathed her body to be buried in the Monastery of Nunns called Minoresses without Aldgate in the Suburbs of London and gave a Legacy of an hundred and forty pounds to pray for the Souls of Sir Iohn de Burgh and Sir Theobald de Verdon her former Husbands as also for Sir Roger Damorie her last Husband and all her honest servants which were either dead or should die in her service and this to be done with all possible speed after her decease Moreover she gave an hundred marks to five Souldiers who would be content within seven years next after her decease to make a journey to the Holy-Land for the service of God and destruction of his Enemies And likewise farther bequeathed to those Minoresses without Algate twenty pounds in money with a Relique of Christal a great Chalice of Silver gilt and two Cruets one Vestment of white Cloath of Gold with what belonged thereunto three Clasps with a thousand Pearls and a Robe of Russet with its apurtenances Furthermore to her Daughter Elizabeth Countess of Uister she gave all the debt due from her Son Father to the said Elizabeth at the day of his death To her young Daughter Isabel Bardulf a Cup of Gold To Agnes her Sister a Cross of Silver And to the Countess of Atâ—oll her Daughter two Beds of Tanney And
King was then pleased to accept by two hundred Marks a year until it should be all paid In 42 Hen. 3. this Robert answered for four Knights Fees an half and eighth part in Lincolnshire and for five Knights Fees two thirds a twelfth and a twentieth part in Yorkshire as also for ten Fees of Trusbut and four Fees a fourth and third part of Waâ—â—â—e partly of his own and partly of those that descended to him from Agatha Trusbut before-mentioned In this 42 year he had likewise summons with his Father to march with Horse and Arms into Scotland for the delivering of Alexander the Third King of Scotland out of the hands of his Rebellious Subjects As also to come to Chester in like sort accoutred to resist the hostile Incursions of Lewelin Prince of Wales and being there accordingly had Scutage of all his Tenants who held of him by military service after the rate of forty shillings for each Knights Fee But after this viz. in 48 Hen. 3. taking part with the Rebellious Barons amongst 〈◊〉 he was one of the chief after that fatal 〈◊〉 of Lewes where the King and Prince were made prisoners the Prince was by them committed to his custody whereupon he had the guard of him in the Castle of Hereford and stood in so high esteem with them that amongst others he had summons to that Parliament which in 49 Hen. 3. all being in the their power they then called in the King's name For which respect after that signal Victory obtained against them in the Battel of Evesham by means of Prince Edward's happy escape his Lands were extended But being admitted to Composition by vertue of that favourable Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth in 51 Hen. 3. he raised a new embatelled-wall about the Castle of Belvoiâ— whereof he stood possessed in right of Isabell his Wife And departing this life upon the xvj Cal. of Iune Anno 1285. 13 Edw. 1. had sepulture for his Body in the Priory of â—irkham under a Marble Tomb on the South-side the Quire and for his Bowells before the high Altar at Belvoir towards the South-side of the Quire being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Hamlake in Yorkshire in his own right and of the Mannors of Stoke-Daubeni in Com. Northt Orston Offington Wragby Beuver Botelesford and Redmyld in Com. Linc. Leic. in right of the said Isabell leaving William de Ros his Son and Heir thirty years of age as also Robert a younger Son and Isabell a Daughter married to Walter de Fauconberge which William doing his Homage the same year had Livery of all those Lands Of which Isabell his Wife I farther find that in 15 E. 1. she paid two thousand two hundred 74 pounds eleven shillings half-peny to the King of her Husband's debt and departing this life in the year 1301. 29 Edw. 1. was buried in the Hospital at Newstede near Stanford I come now to William de Res Son and Heir to the said Robert and Isabell. This William took to Wife Maude one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Iohn de Vaux by whom he had the Mannor of Freston and Lands in Boston in Com. Linc. as also the Mannor of Hackford with the Market of Reâ—ham belonging to the said Mannor of Hackford and the moities of the Mannors of Haâ—r Cley and Hocton all in Norfolk Likewise Lands in Wyset in Suffolk of fourteen pounds Rent the moity of a certain Messuage called Blauch-Apleton in the City of London with the Advowsons of the Churches of Cley and 〈…〉 in Norfolk and divers Knights Fees to the number of nineteen or thereabous So also Lands in 〈◊〉 Meleburne Torweyt Wichton Sâ—â—upton 〈◊〉 and Huthum and likewise the Mannor of Ros all in the County of York In 19. Edw. 1. he was Competitor with divers other for the Crown of Scotland in respect of his descent from Isabell his great Grand-mother Daughter to William King of Scotland And in 22 Edw. 1. one of those who had summons to attend the King wherever he then should be to advise upon his urgent Affairs relating to Gasâ—â—igne as it seems as also to march with him in person in his Army thither for relief of that Province then invaded by the King of France And as in these services against the French and 〈◊〉 he had amply manifested his fidelity to the King so did he against the Scots at such time as his Kinsman Robert de Ros then Lord of the Castle of Werke upon Twede in Northumberland did most perfidiously conâ—ederate himself with them in order to the Invasion of England in Anno 1296. 24 Edw. 1 for no sooner was he aware of that his Kinsman 's intended defection but he addressed himself to the King then at Newcastle upon Tine and discovering the same unto him desired some assistance to defend the Castle of Werke above-mentioned which being granted and a party of a thousand men sent to him for that purpose the Scots having notice that they quartered in a certain Village called Prestfen entred England by night with a great power and slew the most of them But the King hearing thereof and advancing from Newcastle soon possessed himself of that Fort and so highly esteemed of this William for his fidelity to him that though he continued him to the next year following in Gascoigne in his service yet he still trusted him with the Castle of Werke and gave him leave to depute his Brother Robert de Ros to be his Lieutenant-Governour there during his absence Being again in England he was the year following in the Scotch Expedition then made and of the Retinue of Raphe de Monthermer where he continued the whole year next after his Retainer Isabell his Mother being still living who in that year had Free-warren granted to her at Botelesford and Redmyld in Com. Leic. Wollesthorp in Com. Linc. and Orston in Com. Nott. which Isabell died in 29 Edw. 1. this William her Son and Heir being then forty years of age and was buried at Newstede near Stanford Anno 1301. 30 Edw. 1. Of Robert his Brother I farther find that he was in that Scotch Expedition in Anno 26 Edw. 1. So also in that of 29 Edw. 1 To this William de Ros Son of Robert and Isabell it was that King Edward the First for his good services in the Wars of Gascoigne granted the Castle of Werke with the Appurtenances whereof he had been Governour as is before expressed which Castle by the Rebellion of Robert de Ros of Werke came to the Crown as hath been already observed And likewise Freewarrâ—n there as also at Linton and Ros in Com. Ebor. Freston in Com. Linc. and Stoke-Daubeny in Com. Northt In 31 Edw. 1. he was again
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
exchange his Castle of Werke unto Raphe de Nevill for other Lands was imploy'd in the Parts Beyond-Sea in the King's Service In 21 R. 2. doing his Homage 6 Febr. he had Livery of all the Lands descended to him from William de Montacute late Earl of Salisbury then deceased whose Heir he was viz. Son of Sir Iohn de Montacute Knight Brother to that Earl and being a great Favourite to King Richard the Second was one of those whom he suborn'd to impeach Thomas of Wodâ—toke Duke of Glouc. as also the Earls of Warwick and Arundell in the ensuing Parliament And then bearing the Title of Earl of Salisbury obtain'd from that King a Grant to himself and the Heirsâ—Male of his Body of the Mannors of Cheddeworth and Ledeney in Com. Glouc. Haddesore Shzabeley Koke and Kibbesford in Com. Wigorn. with xx l. yearly Rent in Worcester As also of the Mannors of Saham and Paneworthall in Com. Norff. with the Hundreds and Advowsons of the Churches belonging to those Mannors then seised into the King's Hands by the Attainder of Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Moreover in 22 R. 2. he was constituted Marshal of England in the absence of Thomas Holand Duke of Surrey then imploy'd into Ireland Furthermore in the Parliament then held at Westminster he obtain'd a Scire facias against the Earl of March for the Lordship of Denbigh Shortly after which he had Licence to go into France and soon after that was joyn'd in Commission with the Bishop of St. Asaph and others to treat of Peace with the Scots Likewise before the end of that year he attended the King into Ireland But upon the News of the Duke of Hereford's arrival in England he was dispatch'd thence with a great Power whilst King Richard going to Waterford might get his Fleet together and Landed at Conway in North-Wales Where being advertised that the D. of Hereford had obtain'd the greatest part of the Realm all the Lords being gotten to him he summon'd in the Welch and likewise the Cheshire-Men to the number of Forty thousand who seeing nothing of the King whom they supposed to have been at Conway they dispersed themselves leaving this Earl almost alone Whereupon the Duke of Hereford advancing towards him he withdrew to Conway to which Place the King was by that time come and advised him to go to Beaumares It is reported of this Earl That though upon the deposal of King Richard the Second to whom he had been most obsequious he had such fair respect from King Henry the Fourth that his Life was not brought in question nevertheless he confederated with the Earls of Huntendon and Kent in designing his destruction and accordingly came with them to Windsore-Castle upon the Sunday next after the Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord under the disguise of Christmass-Players with purpose to murther him and his Sons and to restore King Richard But finding that their Plot was discovered they fled by Night to Cirencester in Com. Glouc. Whereupon the Towns-men being much affrighted at their coming thither with such numbers at that unseasonable time stopping up all the Avenues to prevent their passage out there grew a sharp Fight betwixt them which held from Midnight until three of the Clock the next morning so that being tired out they yielded themselves desiring that they might not suffer death till they could speak with the King which was granted But that a Priest of their Party setting Fire on the Town to give them opportunity for escape so irritated the Inhabitants that neglecting to quench the Fire they brought them out of the Abby in great sury and Beheaded them about break of the day Being thus put to death his Body was buried in the Abby at Cirencester and there rested till 8 H. 5. that the King upon the humble Petition of Maude his Widow gave her leave to translate it to the Abby of Bustlesham in Com. Berks. of his Ancestor's Foundation This Earl married Maude the Daughter to Sir Adam Francis of London Knight Widow of Iohn Aubrey Son of Andrew Aubrey Citizen of London Widow also of Sir Alan Buxhull Knight and had Issue by her two Sons viz. Thomas at the time of his death xii years of age and Richard who died issueless as also three Daughters viz. Anne first married to Sir Richard Hankford Knight secondly to Sir Iohn Fitz-Lewis Knight and thirdly to Iohn Holand Earl of Huntendon and Duke of Exeter Margaret to William Lord Ferrers of Groby and Elizabeth to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresby This is that Iohn de Montacute who was one of the Chief of that Sect called Lollards in his time and the greatest Phanatick of them all saith my Author being so transported with Zeal that he caused all the Images which were in the Chappel at Schenele there set up by Iohn Aubrey and Sir Alan Buxhull his Wives former Husbands or any of their Predecessors to be taken down and thrown in obscure places onely the Image of St. Katherine in regard that many did affect it he gave leave that it should stand in his Bakehouse His death as is above-expressed hapned upon the fifth day of January viz. the Eve of the Epiphany 1 H. 4. being then seised in Fee-tail of the Mannor of Stokenham with the Borough of Chydelington the Hundred of Colrigge the Mannor of Yolhampton with the Borough of la Nasse the Mannors of Okeford and Pyworthy the Mannors of Woneford Clift â— St. Mary with the Advowson of the Church the Mannor of Lantyan all in Com. Devon and Cornwall with two Parts of CC Marks yearly Rent issuing out of the Cunage of Tin in Com. Cornub. Likewise of the Mannors of Huniton and Warblyngton of the Castle of Christ-Church-Twynham with the Borough the Mannor of Westoure and Hundred of Christ-Church the Mannors of Kyngewode and Ebbelorde with the Advowson of the Churches of Kyngwode and Shaldeflut of the Mannor of Erlestoke and xx l. Rent of the Farm of the County of Wiltes of the Honour of Sherneton and divers Knights Fees thereto belonging with the view of Frank-pledge and Hundred of Sherneton as also of the Advowsons of the Churches of Wynterborne and Todeworth Meles with three Knights Fees in Upton Skydemore c. all in Com. Suthampt. and Wiltes Also of the Mannors of Knolle Thurlebere la More one Knights Fee in Pontyngton one Knights Fee in East Chelleworth of the Advowson of the Priory of Montacute with the Cells of Careswell St. Carric and Malpas Likewise of Cxx l. yearly Rent to be received of the Farms of those Priories and Cells of the Mannor of Swere with the Advowson of the Church xx l. Rent in Hilleworth x s. Rent in Blakemore with the Wood of Blakemore and Mannor of Blakemore called Neuland
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
stood related to each other in Blood Of these Richard Comin had his Residence in Northumberland as it seems for it appears that in 22 H. 2. he was fined at C l. for neglecting to attend the Justices-Itinerant in that County And in 32 H. 2. Walter Comyn paid xxx s. for Scutage with the rest of the Barons who were not in the Expedition of Galweie in Ireland After this viz. in 4 H. 3. William Cumin was one of the Coheirs to Andrew Giffard for the Barony of Funtell in Com. Wiltes And in 17 H. 3. Isabell the Wife of David Comin became one of the Coheirs to Christian the Wife of William de Mandevill Earl of Essex Which David with other the Great Men of that time in 26 H. 3. receiv'd Summons from the King to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend him into Gascoine But from these I come to Alexander Comyn Earl of Beghan in Scotland This Alexander married Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Heirs to Roger de Quinci Earl of Winchester in 51 H. 3. and then had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance In 3 E. 1. at the Request of Alexander King of Scotland who had married King Henry the Thirds Daughter he obtain'd Livery of the Inheritance of the said Elizabeth his Wife though she could not at that time come to the King in Person being great with Child To him succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir whom he enfeoffed of the Mannor of Wightwicke in Com. Leic. in 11. E. 2. and died in 18 E. 1. the said Iohn his Son being then xxx years of age Who thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 20 E. 1. obtain'd Licence from King Edward to dig in those Mines within the Dominion of the Isle of Man called The Calf for Lead to cover eight Towers in his Castles of Criyelton and Galweâ— in Scotland Moreover in 21 E. 1. this Iâ—hn Earl of Boghan obtain'd the King's Charter for a Market every Week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Wightwick in Com. Leic. and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and two Days after the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist. In 22 E. 1. he had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Portsmouth on the first of September in order to his Expedition into France Furthermore in 34 E. 1. he serv'd King Edward in his Scottish Wars But having no Issue as it seems he enfeoffed his Brother William in two parts of the Mannor of Shepesheved in Com. Leic. as also in the Towns of Mekinfeld Whitenton Bochardeston and Newton Likewise in the moytie of Kocheby and Whirwick and Park of Bredon and in all the Demesns of the Mannor of Whytwick excepting the Site thereof all in that County Whereupon the King upon the death of the said Iohn took the Homage of the before-specified William But William being conscious that he had no just Title to them rendred them to the King in right of the two Nieces of him the said Iohn viz. Alice the Wife of Henry de Beaumont and Margaret her Sister Whereupon they the said Henry and Alice performing their Homages had Livery of the one Purparty of those Lands ¶ I now come to them of Badenagh Of these that which I find most memorable is That in 48 H. 3. Iohn Comyn of Badenagh was amongst others at the Siege of Northampton with King Henry where upon storming that Town divers of the Rebellious Barons were taken And that afterwards fighting valiantly for that King with a stout Band of Scots which he commanded in that fatal Battel of Lewes hapning soon after he was there with him taken Prisoner Moreover That in Anno 1268. 52 H. 3. by Mediation of the two Kings of England and Scotland he came to an Agreement with the Citizens of Yorke concerning the murther of some of his Servants Whereupon he had three hundred Pounds paid unto him in Money with promise that those Citizens should maintain two Priests to celebrate Divine Service for ever for the health of their Souls upon Duse-brigge in that City where the Murther was committed He was also one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in An. 1291. 19 E. 1. viz. as Brother and Heir to William Son and Heir of Iohn Son and Heir to Richard Son and Heir to William Son and Heir to Hextild Daughter and Heir to Gâ—thrick Son and Heir to Dovenald sometime King of Scotland To him succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who in 24 E. 1. joyning with the Earls of Boughan Menteth Strathern Lenox Roâ— Athol and Mar entred England with Five hundred Horse and Ten thousand Foot and besieg'd Carlisle but prevailing not drew off and returned into Scotland Whereupon Iohn Earl Warren and William de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick being sent after them with a great Power besieg'd the Castle of Donbar which by treachery the Scots had gained and forcing it to yield took him with five other Scotch Barons and sent them into England not to return till the Wars with France should have an end But the next ensuing year King Edward keeping his Christmass at Linlithcow in Scotland he submitted himself and was receiv'd to favour having his Lands also restor'd to the end he might serve in the Wars of Flanders This Iohn married Ioane one of the Sisters and Coheirs to Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke and having Issue by her one Son viz. Iohn and two Daughters viz. Ioane afterwards married to David de Strabolgy Earl of Atholl and Elizabeth to Richard Talbot and being invited to Dunfres by Robert Brus Earl of Carrick who bore himself high of his Kindred in Scotland expecting thereby to gain the Crown of that Realm came thither accordingly to the House of Gray-Friers Where meeting together Brus said unto him Take my Inheritance of Carryck and help me to be King of Scotland or let me have thine and I will help thee to be King Whereunto giving a Denial he was there murthered and with him Sir Roger Comyn his Brother by the procurement of Brus. To whom succeeded Iohn his and Heir Which Iohn died without Issue 19 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Tyrsete in Tindale in Com. Northumbr leaving Ioane Wife of David de Strabolgi Earl of Athol then xxx years of age and Elizabeth her Sister xxvi years of age his Sisters and next Heirs Which Elizabeth afterwards became the Wife of Richard Talbot This Elizabeth being one of the Cousins and Heirs to Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke had as her Puâ—party in 18 E. 2. an Assignation of Castle-Goderich in the Marches of
volumus vobiscum habere colloquium tractatum as are the Words of the Writ Against which it cannot be objected that it was not to a Summons to Parliament consisting of the Commons as well as the Lords for by the Close Roll of that year it is apparent that the Sheriffs of the Counties had particular Writs directed to them to cause two Knights for each Shire as also Citizens and Burgesses for the Cities and Burroughs to be elected personally to attend the King at that time ad consulendum consentiendum pro se comitatibus illis hiis quae Comites Barones proceres de Regno nostro ordinabunt And though those Writs of Summons do not mention the certain place where they were appointed to meet Tho. de Walsingham tells us that it was at London John King of Scots being at that time also there present and that it was then resolved forasmuch as the King of France had deceitfully bereft King Edward of the Territory of Gascoine he should recover it by the Sword In pursuance of which resolution not only the persons so Summoned but many other eminent Men received command to fit themselves with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Portsmouth upon the first of September next ensuing thence to sail with him into those parts Whereupon the English Army took Shipping accordingly towards the end of that month But thenceforth I cannot discern that there hath been any neglect in Registring the Summons of each particular person to the ensuing Parliaments of that Kings time nor of his Successors as may be seen from our Publick Records whereunto upon occasion I have exactly referred in my Discourse of the respective persons so summoned This is all that I shall say by way of Preface to the following Work other than to desire it may be observed that I have rankt every Family in this Second Tome according to the date of that Summons to Parliament which they first had as will likewise appear within a Parenthesis under each particular Title though for their greater Honor I do commonly ascend much higher in my Historical Discourse of their Ancestors Also that I have placed those in the Third Tome according to the priority of their Creations or Summons for some there are who since the time that Patents of Creation began had their rise from special Writs of Summons as all from 22 E. 1. till 11 R. 2. had And Lastly as to the Marriages and Issue of those who have been our Contemporaries in this Age I must crave pardon if I have not been so punctual in my Report of them as I my self desired to be and perhaps may be expected having by reason of the great neglect in Registring them of late times been constrain'd to receive information from those who 't is like may therein have been guilty as well of some mistakes as omissions Which if the Reader do observe I intreat he will Correct with his pen. ERRATA sic Corrigenda PAg. 7. b. l. 14. 30 H. 3. p. 8. b. l. 29. Câ—mpâ—on p. 9. a. l. 28 31. 〈◊〉 p. â—0 b. l. 6. Moreton Ib. l. 53. Folâ—inghâ—m p. 14. b. l. 34. 3 E. 2. p. 15. b. l. 53. 4 E. 2. p. 17. a. l. ult of that p. 20. b. l. 20. Grindâ—n p. 30. a. l. 43 37. b. b. 25. 〈◊〉 Letimer p. 30. â— â— 1. Kotherâ—â—n p 33. a. l. 40. 〈◊〉 lb. l. 48. 15 Aâ—g p. 36. a. l. 57. with the. Ib. l. 47. Siryvelin p. 38. b. l. 10. Margaret four p. 47. b. l. 68. honore p. 55. a. l. 42. once more made p. 59. b. l. 10. Fynâ—mere p. 60. b. l. 58. at Fâ—don p. 62. b. l. 57. Hâ—seley p. 63. a. l. 28. Hâ—starg p. 70. b. l. 9. Taâ—râ—gge p. 76. b. l. 61. of the place p. 79. a. l. 32. from the mouth p. 80. a. l. 9. she should p. 83. b. l. 14. in that Expedition p. 89. b. l. 53. Muriel p. 94. 2. l. 30. Kirksâ—all Ib. l. 45. Iohâ— Ib. l. 57 a. the Earl of Kâ—nt Tho. Holâ—nd p. 103. a. l. 25 Mâ—â—mien p. 111. b. l. 2. Altaâ—riâ—a p. 129. a. l. 64. King Henry p. 148. â— l. 4. of her Inheritance p. 159. a. l. 66. Heir male â—p 168. a. l. 35. which 〈◊〉 p. 213. a. l. 14. Sister p. 214. a. l. 41 Service book p. 216. b. l 45. of his p. 231. a. l. 43. Nucels p. 247. a. l. 55. Wiâ—all p. 289. a. l. 37. have p. 295. a. l. 40. Scotland p 301. a. l. 2. 14 H. 8. p. 309. a. l. 4. Vero. p. 311. l. 48. Iane. p. 384. b. l. 68. daughter to p. 390 a. l. 13. Lettice Ib. l. 41 to Riâ—â—rd 397. b. l. 30. Mothers Sisters p. 400. b. l. 43 she p. 402. a. l. 21. Leydeyerd-Tregoce p. 405. l. 69. the long Reign of Queen Eliz. p 407. a. l. 65. John Earl p. 408. a. l. 3 3. four p. 414. a. l. 39. whose Son Clarles by reason p 421. b. l. 30. asserting p. 423. b. l. 52. Tuycâ—â—enâ—â—m p. 424. b. l. 43. 13 Car. â— p. 432. a. l. 19. Frances Ib. b. l. 52. Tâ—râ—onel p. 433. b. 60. Fathers death p. 438. a. l. 1. â—aconâ—â— p. 440. a. l. 32. his doom Ib. l. 40. disposition Ib. b. l. 53. Rents p. 454 b. l. 35. Will. Milward p. 459. b. l. 10. Wiâ—kâ—â—w p. 460. l. 50 Aldâ—rsâ—y p. 465. a. l. 54 Brokesby p. 467. b. l. 20 Dothill p. 479. b. l. 20. Hâ—mo p. 481. a. l. 63. 〈◊〉 Page 432. b. l. 54. Strafford p. 449. a. l. 31. seaven Sons Daniel p. 459. b. l. 43. which Banaster p. 470 b. l. 30. Sir Iames Altham p. 479. a. l. 62. eight â—ons Ib. l. 64. three other viz. Francis Arthur and Arthur p. 480. a. l. 5. leaving issue Iohn his son and heir Ibid. l. 53. And having by Inheritance a real right to the Titles of Earl of Corboil and Lord of Thorigny and Granville in Normandy was six days after by his said Majesties Declaration under his Royal Signet allowed and permitteâ— to use the Name Stilâ— and Dignity of Earl of Corboil Lord of Thorigny and Granville in as full and ample manner as his Ancestors formerly had done before that Dukedome was lost from the Crown of England p. 482. a. l. 18. and shortly after made Lord Chancellor of England Ib. l. 23. dele but by neither of these any issue Ib. l. 25. by which Frances he hath issue p. 482. b. l. 6. l. 10. Iames Scot Fitz-Roy THE BARONAGE OF ENGLAND The Second TOME Poinz 23 Edw. 1. AS in the first Volume of this Work it was impossible for me to rank the Noble Families touching which I have there discoursed in their due places of precedency for the reasons I have given in my Preface thereto So must I crave pardon if in this any Exceptions shall be taken to my fixing those of whom I am to speak so exactly as some may expect
approve themselves Loyal to him and the same year being in the Wars of Scotland was of the Retinue with Raphe Lord Nevill In 28 E. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with the Scots touching the enlargement of Edward Brus King of Scotland then Prisoner in England and in 29 E. 3. was in the Wars of France So likewise in 33 E. 3. And departed this life upon Sunday next ensuing the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin without Issue being then seised of the Mannor of Holbeche in Com. Linc. two parts of the Mannor of Dacre in Com. Cumbr. as also of the Mannors of Fyshwyke Halton and Eccleston in Com. Lanc. and of the Mannor of Nether-Tralyng within the Sherifdome of Rokesburgh in Scotland leaving Ranulph de Dacre his Brother then Rector of the Church of Prestecotes his next Heir at that time Forty years of age who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Margaret the Mother of the before specified William being then alive but died the same year upon Friday next after the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin being seised of the Mannor of Holbeche in Com. Linc. Eccleston in Com. Lanc. Bâ—rton Aldelathes Hoffe and Moyty of the Town of Overton in Com. Westmorl As also of the Castle of Naworth and Mannors of Irthington Brampton Burgh upon the Sands Kirk-Oswald Laysingby with the Hamlets of Brakanhill Echesbye Milverton and Northwode in Com. Cumbr. the before specified Ranulph de Dacre Rector of the Church of Prestecotes being then found to be her Son and next Heir Which Ranulph in 39 E. 3. was in the Wars of Scotland and in 45 E. 3. constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding of the West-Marches And having been summon'd to Parliament till 47 E. 3. departed this life upon Friday next after the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in 49 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Halton Fishwike Quekelette and Moiety of the Mannor of Eccleston in Com. Lanc. Irthington Brampton Kirk-Oswald Laysingby Burgh upon the Sands Dacre Farnham and Irthingrode in Com. Cumbr. leaving Hugh his Brother and Heir Forty years of age Which Hugh in 43 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France and of the Retinue with Iohn Duke of Lancaster and in 45 E. 3. being then a Knight having done wrong to the Earl Douglas of Scotland contrary to the Articles of Truce betwixt both Realms to the damage of an hundred pound which Sum Henry Lord Perci thereupon paid to the said Earl Command was given to the Sheriffs of London to apprehend him and to put him in Prison until he should make payment thereof to the Lord Perci In 45 E. 3. he was again in Commission for guarding the West-Marches and in An. 46 E. 3. in the Wars of France Likewise in that Expedition into Flanders in 47 E. 3. In Three Four and Five R. 2. he was again constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding of the West-Marches and having been summon'd to Parliament from 50 E. 3. until 5 R 2. inclusive departed this life upon Thursday preceding Christmas-day in 7 R. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Overton in Com. Westmor as also of the Castle of Naworth and Mannors of Irthyngton Kirk-Oswald Laysingby Burgh upon the Sands Dacre and Ferntham in Com. Cumbr leaveing William his Son and Heir Twenty six years of age Which William had thereupon Livery of his Lands his Homage being respited in regard he was at that time in the Kings Service at Scotland In 11 R. 2. this William was in the Garrison of Barwick with young Henry Perci then Governor thereof and having been summon'd to Parliament from 7 R. 2. till 22 R. 2. departed this life 20 Iulii the same year leaving Thomas his Son and Heir Twelve years old who making proof of his age in 10 H. 4. had Livery of his Lands Which Thomas in 4 H. 5. was by Indendenture reteined to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea for one quarter of an year with Thirty Men at Arms and Sixty Archers And in 8 H. 5. constituted chief Forester of the Forest of Inglewode in Com. Cumbr. In 2 H 6 he was one of the Commissioners appointed to Treat with Iames the first then King of Scotland for a lasting Peace betwixt both Realms And in 11 H. 6. was again in Commission to Treat with the Scors at Hardenstank touching Satisfaction for such injuries as had been done to the English by some of that Nation In 13 H. 6. he had an eminent Command in that Army raised in the Northern Counties for defence of the Garrison at Barwick then in danger to be assaulted by the Scots And in 30 H. 6. was appointed one of the Commissinoers to Treat with Iames Earl Douglas upon certain Articles which had been signed by him And having been summoned to Parliament from 14 H. 4. until 33 H. 6. departed this Life upon the Fifteenth of Ian. 36 H. 6. Whereupon Ranulph his second Son was found to be his next Heir Male and at that time 26 years of age Thomas the Eldest being dead in his life time which Thomas by ... his Wife Daughter of Richard Bowes Esq left Issue Ioane his sole Daughter and Heir then Married to Sir Richard Fenys Knight Whereupon the King by his Letters Patents bearing date the Seventh day of November declared the same Richard Fenys to be Lord Dacre and one of the Barons of this Realm as also that he should enjoy all pre-eminence belonging to that degree Of which Sir Richard Fenys and his Posterity having spoke at large in my discourse of that Family I return to Ranulph commonly called Lord Dacre of the North. This Ranulph firmly adhering to King Henry the Sixth against those of the House of Yorke then in Arms and foyled in the Battle of Wakefeild in 38 H. 6. in consideration of his eminent services in that War obtain'd a Grant of Forty pounds per annum to be paid out of the Revenues of the Mannor of Plumpton then in the Kings hands by the attainder of Richard Earl of Salisbury Slain in that Battle And had Summons to Parliament in that 38 th year But the Scene soon changing by that absolute and signal Victory obtained by King Edward the Fourth at Towton-Field in which Battle this Ranulph lost his life and had Burial in Saxton-Church-yard with a mean Tombe over his Grave he was by Act of Parliament began at Westminster 4 Nov. 1. E. 4. attaynted and all his possessions forfeited to the Crown viz. the Mannor of Barton and Moiety of the Mannor of Hoffe in Com. Westmorl as also of the Castle of Naworth
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
called Margaret married to Robert Earl of Sussex Which Anne surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Iohn Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter By his Testament he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Priory of Bourscough in Com. Lanc. in case he should die within that County otherwise in the Monastery of Syon in Com. Midd. or in the Colledge of Asherugge in Com. Buck. And departing this life at Collam in Com. Midd. 24 Maii An. 1521. 13 H. 8 was buried at Syon accordingly To whom succeeded Edward his eldest surviving Son which Edward in 19 H. 8. was one of the principal persons that accompanied Cardinal Wolsey in that notable Embassy to King Francis of France then at Amiens touching the making a War in Italy to set Pope Clement the seventh at liberty at that time prisoner to the Duke of Burbon upon his sacking of Rome And in 22 H. 8. having there Livery of his Lands amongst other of the Peers subscribed that Declaration sent to the same Pope whereby they gave him intimation that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his divorce from Queen Catherine his Wife which he then eagerly desired the farther acknowledgment of his Supremacy here would be in much danger In 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection of the Northern-men called the Pilgrimage of Grace the King directed his Letters to this Earl exciting him to raise what Forces he could with promise to repay his charges And in 34 H. 8. King Iames the fourth of Scotland having entertained divers of the chief Northern Rebels he was one of the Lords which for that and some other reasons entred Scotland upon the 21 of October under the conduct of the Duke of Norff. then Lieutenant-General of the English Army but staid not long there About the beginning of King Edward the sixth's Reign he was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter And in 4 E. 6. was one of the Peers of this Realm then party to the Articles of peace made by King Edward with the Scots and French in which the Emperour was also comprehended Also in 1 Mariae constituted Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation-day of that Queen who was solemnly crowned upon the fifth of October Likewise in 2 Eliz. one of her Privy-Council This Earl married three Wives 1 Dorothy Daughter to Thomas Howard Duke of Norff. by whom he had issue three Sons and four Daughters viz. Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 Sir Thomas Stanley Knight who married Margaret one of the Daughters and coheirs to Sir George Vernon of Haddon in Com. Derb. Knight and Sir Edward Stanley of Eynsham in Com. Oxon. Knight His Daughters were these Anne first married to Charles Lord Stourton and after to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight Elizabeth to Henry Lord Morley Mary to Edward Lord Stafford and Iane to Edward Lord Dudley To his second Wife he married Margaret Daughter of Ellis Barlow of ... in Com. Lanc. Esq by whom he had issue one Son called George who died young and two Daughters Margaret married to Iohn Iermyn of Rushbroke in Com. Suff. Esq after to Sir Nicholas Poyntz Knight and Catherine to Sir Thomas Knyvet Knight And to his third Wife Mary Daughter to George Cotten of Cumbermere in Com. Cestr. Esq by whom he had no issue Which Mary surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Henry Earl of Kent By his Testament bearing date 24 Aug. An. 1572. 14 Eliz. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Ormeskirk appointing that a Chapell and Tomb should be there erected for that purpose correspondent to his Dignity and Honour And departing this life at Lathem on Friday 24 Oct. next following was Honourably buried there on the fourth of December next following the Monastery of Bourscough where his Ancestors lay Entombed being totally demolished in that general destruction of all other the Religious Houses made in the time of King Henry the 8. To whom succeeded Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry being summon'd to Parliament in 18 Eliz. took his place there upon the 8 of February the same year and in An. 1525. 28 Eliz. was sent to carry the Ensigns of the most noble order of the Garter to the King of France In 29 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate at Fotâ—eringhay upon tryal of the Queen of Scots and in 31 Eliz. being then Knight of the Garter sent into Flanders with other Commissioners there to treat of Peace with the Prince of Parma General of the King of Spâ—ins Forces in those parts In 32 Eliz. he was constituted Lord High Steward of England upon the Tryal of Philip Earl of Arundell And having married Margaret Daughter to Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland and of Alianore his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Charles Brandon Duke of Suff. by Mary the Queen Dowager of France one of King Henry the seventh's Daughters he begot on her three Sons Edward who dyed young as also Ferdinando and William successively Earls of Derby By his Testament bearing date 21 Sept. An. 1594. 35 Eliz. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his Chapell at Ormeskirk and departing this life upon the 25 of Sept. ensuing was there interred To whom succeeded Ferdinand his surviving Son and Heir who overlived him but a short time For having by his Testament bearing date 12 Apr. 36 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his said Chapell at Ormeskirk he departed this life in the flower of his youth soon after not without suspicion of poyson whereupon he was there interred upon the sixth of May next ensuing leaving issue by Alice his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Spencer of Althorpe in Com. Northt Knight three Daughters his Heirs Anne married to Grey Bruges Lord Chandos Frances to Sir Iohn Egerton Knight afterwards Earl of Bridgwater and Elizabeth to Henry Lord Hastings afterwards Earl of Huntington Whereupon William his Brother and Heir Male succeeding him in his Honours a dispute arose betwixt those Heirs Female and him touching the title to the Isle of Man The Queen therefore being not ignorant that not only divers Runagates of the English but Spaniards her Enemies might resort thither committed the charge thereof to Sir Thomas Gerard Knight afterwards Lord Gerard till that controversy should be judicially determined The decision of which point being brought before her learned Council they declared that the right thereof did solely appertain to her Majesty and that the Stanleys and Earls of Derby had no good title thereto by reason that King Henry the fourth shortly after he attain'd the Crown of this Realm upon the Outlary of William Scrope then Lord thereof bestowed it on Henry Earl of
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.
Elysabeth espoused unto the Vicount Fitz Walter 's Son and Heyr and the Lady Dorothie then being not marryed but lefte for her ryght good substance to marry her wyth Thus far the Tablet Touching some of his Children before I do further go on with my discourse of the succeeding Dukes I shall heretake notice And in the first place that the Lord Edward his second Son in 7 H. 7. was in that Expedition made into Flanders on the behalf of Maximilian the Emperour against the French which proved fruitles Also that in 1 H. 8. being then a Knight he was made the King's Standard-Bearer within the Realm of England and elsewhere 20 Maii. And in 4 H. 8. 19 Martii constituted Admiral of England Wales Ireland Normandy Gascoine and Aquitane At which time he convoy'd the Marquess Dorset into Spain in aid of the Emperour Ferdinand against the French and having with his Fleet cleared the Seas from Enemies landed at a little Bay in Britanny whence marching seven miles into the Country he burnt some Towns and brought away rich spoils Likewise putting his men on Shore at Conquet and divers other places where the French were still worsted they sought a Parley in which they desired that the English would leave off this cruel warring upon them which tended only to the burning of Villages and ransacking the poor But he replyed that he was not to take his directions from them Adding that it was the part of brave Gentlemen to defend their Country and not shamefully to sue for mercy After which and a Banquet in his Ship he dismis'd them and return'd home The French in the mean while making great preparations by Sea King Henry thought fit to reinforce his Fleet adding twenty more Ships under the command of this his Admiral and twenty five more under the command of the choicest of those gallant men that attended him These chancing to meet with thirty nine sail coming out of Brest in Britanny fought with them In which Fight two great Ships one of the English Commanded by Sir Thomas Knevet wherein were seven hundred men the other of the French under Primaugot a Briton grapling hapned to be on Fire and utterly consum'd not a man saved He was also sent out against Sir Andrew Barton a Scot who being a great Pirate rob'd the Merchants of England at every Haven's mouth and at length after a sharp fight took him so wounded that he lived not But about the beginning of the year 1513. 5 H. 8. King Henry intending a farther War with France thought fit to clear the Seas from the French and to that end sent his Fleet composed of forty two Sail besides lesser Barques against them The French therefore having advertisement of this design got one Pregent a Knight of Rodes with four Gallies to pass the Straits and come into Britanny where divers good Ships were appointed to their aid but till he came directed that they should keep within the Haven of Brest and not encounter with the English who lay at Anchor in sight of them The English therefore resolving to attempt them in the midst of their defences at length entred the Haven where the French Fleet lay under the defence of many Plat-forms raised on the land besides Fire-ships Being thus prepared this Lord Admiral advertised the King thereof advising him to come in person to have the glory of the Action But the King in stead of coming wrote sharply to him with command to do his duty Whereof he grew so apprehensive that he hazarded his own person too rashly first sending out his boats to make a shew of landing Whereupon the French flockt to the Shore to the number of ten thousand the English in those Boates being not above fifteen-hundred and landing over against Brest burnt the Country in sight of the Castle thinking not fit to do any more till victuals came But soon after six Galleys of the Enemiâ—s and two Foists under Pregent putting in near Conquet a little below Brest notice thereof being given to this our Admiral attended with four choice Captains he resolved to board them and entring into one of those two Galleys which the English had only at that time there did board that Galley in which Pregent was with his Sword and Target one Carroz a Spanish Cavalier and seventeen English attending him commanding that his own Galley should be grapled to the Enemies But whether the French he wed in sunder the Cable or the Marriners let it slâ—p for fear of the Ordinance the English Galley â—â—ll off so that this noble person was left in the hands of his enemies Of whom there could no other account be given by his own men than that when he was past all hope of recovering his Galley he took his Whistle from his neck and threw it into the Sea His loss being therefore known and the French Admiral sent to to signiâ—y what was become of him Pregent answered that they had none but one Marriner who told him that a certain person whom they bore over-board with their Pikes was their Admiral This is all I can say of him other than that he was a Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and that he married Alice Sister to Henry Lovel Lord Morley Widow of Sir William Parker Knight Of his third Son the Lord Edmund it appears that at Flodden-field 5 H. 8. he and the Lord Thomas Howard his elder Brother led the Vantguard and that at first he was in some distress through the singular valour of the Earls of Lenox and Argylâ— but that the Lord Dacres coming to his succour and one Heron the fight was renewed This Lord Edmund was at that time also a Knight and Marshal of the Host. It is affirmed by some of our Historians that being got upon the Hill side with his wing the Lord Hume with those two Earls of Lenox and Argyle encountred him so fiercely that with their Spears on foot they beat down and broke that whole Band of the English so that he was in a manner left alone and fell'd to the ground Also that had not the Bastard Heron come to his rescue he had been slain but he bringing with him a strong Troop of Horse which during his banishment from England and Scotland he had cunningly train'd up in Robberies by his means he escaped again to the English Vantguard And in 12 H. 8. upon that famous enterview betwixt King Henry the eight and Francis the first of France whereat all â—eats of Arms were performed for the space of thirty days betwixt Ardres and Guisnes he was one of the Challengers on the part of the English To his first Wife this Lord Edmund married Ioyce Daughter to Sir Richard Culpeper of Hollingburn in Kent Knight by
1614. 12 Iac. whereupon he had Burial in the Church of Dovor-Castle under a goodly Monument of white Marble with this Epitaph which briefly pointeth at what is farther memorable of him Henricus Howards Henriei Comitis Surriae filius Thomae secundi Ducis Norfolciae nâ—pos Baro Howard de Marnhill Privati Sigilli Custos Castri Doverensis Constabularius Quinque Portuum Custos Cancellarius Admirallus Iacobe magnae Britanniae Regi ab intimis Conciliis Ordinis Periscelidis Eques auratus Academiae Cantabrigiensis Cancellarius inter Nobiles literatissimus Inspem resurgendi in Christo hic conditur Obiit xv die Iunii MDC xiv Inclytus hic Comes tria Hospitalis fundavit latefundiis dotavit Vnâ—m Grenewici in Cantio in quo viginti Egeni Praefectus Alterum Cluni in Comitatu Salopiae in quo xii Egeni cum Praefecto Tertium ad Castrum Rising in comitatu Norfolciae in quo xii Paâ—perculae cum Gubernatrice imperpetuum alantur Iohanne Griffitho huic Comiti ab Epistolis curante positum ¶ Having done with this collateral branch I come to Thomas the eldest Son to Henry Earl of Surrey so cut off in 38 H. 8. as hath been observed which Thomas upon the death of his Grandfather Thomas Duke of Norfolk in 1 Mariae became his next and hereditary Successor being the same year fully restored in blood the Act for his Grandfathers attainder being then made void And in 2 Mariae upon that Insurrection of the Kentish-men in opposition to the Queen's marriage with King Philip of Spain headed by Sir Thomas Wyat was sent with some small Forces of the Queens Guards and other of the Londoners to suppress them In 1 Eliz. he was installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and in 3 Eliz. constituted Lieutenant-General for the Northern-parts of this Realm Whereupon he went to Berwick and made a League with the Scots But they flying out again he had some sleight skirmishes with them In An. 1566. 9 Eliz. he was by the French honoured with Knighthood of the Order of St. Michael But in 11 Eliz. the Queen of England suspected him for too great a favourer of the Queen of Scots So that shortly after 't was rumour'd that he would marry her having been sollicited thereto by Sir Nicholas Throkmorton and encouraged through the assistance of Robert Earl of Leicester to obtain Queen Eliz. assent many of the Nobility liking well thereof in case the Queen were content But she being utterly averse thereto rebuk'd him much for his attempts in that kind Whereupon he quitted the Court and retired into Norfolk Nevertheless resolved to make her his Wife Which being discovered he was cast into prison in 14 Eliz. And the next ensuing year sc. an 1572. upon the sixteenth of Ianuary brought to his Trial in Westminster-Hall before George Earl of Shrewsbury made Lord high Steward of England for that occasion The charge laid against him being that he conspired the dethroning of Queen Eliz. and bringing in Foreign-forces Likewise whereas he knew that the Queen of Scots had quartered the Arms of England and aspired at the Crown he had without consulting Queen Eliz. gone about to marry her and lent her great sums of Money contrary to his promise and his own Hand-writing Moreover that he had supplied the Earls of Northumberland and Westmerland with moneys who having broke out into open Rebellion were fled into Scotland Also that he had sought for Auxiliary forces from the Pope the Spaniard and the Duke of Albany for setting that Queen at liberty and restoring the Romish Religion in this Realm and had been aiding to Heriz and other the enemies to Queen Eliz. in Scotland Putting himself therefore upon the Trial of his Peers they pronounced him guilty whereupon he had Judgment of Death and accordingly was beheaded on Tower-Hill upon the second of Iune 15 Eliz. to the great grief of many This last mentioned Duke married three Wives First Mary Daughter and one of the Heirs to Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel Which Mary died at Arundel House in the Strand 25 Aug. 1557. 4 5 Ph. M. and was buried in St. Clements-Church near Temple-Bar by whom he had Issue Philip his Son and Heir He secondly married Margaret Daughter and sole Heir to Thomas Lord Aâ—dley of Walden and Chancellour of England Widdow of the Lord Henry Dudley a younger Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland slain at St. Quintins in Picardy An. 1557. by whom he had Issue two Sons Thomas afterwards made Earl of Suffolk and William and two Daughters Elizabeth who died in her Infancy and Margaret married to Robert Sackvile Earl of Dorset He lastly married Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Francis Leiburne Knight Widow of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland but by her had no Issue The title of Duke of Norfolk being by the attainder of this Thomas thus taken away Philip his eldest Son was called Earl of Arundel as owner of Arundel-Castle by descent from his Mother it having antiently been adjudged in Parliament to be a local dignity so that the possessors thereof should enjoy that title of Honour Whereupon he had by that appellation summons to the next ensuing Parliament begun at Westminster 16 Ian. 23 Eliz. and after that in the same Parliament was by a special Act restored in blood But not long after this by the Artifices of Robert Earl of Leicester and Secretary Walsingham for the entrapping of those eminent persons who were of the Romish Religion counterfeit Letters being disperst this Earl Philip was confin'd to his own House as was also Henry Earl of Northumberland By reason whereof and because he was shortly after much terrified with the severity of certain Laws then made against Jesuits and Priests and in regard he stood much devoted to the Religion of the Church of Rome he resolved to betake himself unto an austere and retired life beyond the Seas but in the first place to represent his grief to the Queen by a Letter which he determined should be delivered unto her after his departure wherein he complained of the malice of his powerful adversaries which he could not withstand and their triumphing over his Innocencie putting her also in mind of the unhappy fate of his Ancestors his Great-Grandfather suffering in like manner his Grandfather also losing his Head upon a slender occasion and his Father who never bore any evil thought to his Prince yet being circumvented by his adversaries came to the same end And therefore that he might not so perish but live retired for his Souls-health he left his Countrey but not his Loyalty to Her his Sovereign But before this Letter could be delivered being gone into Sussex there to take shipping in
by promise of money to some of the Scots got the Earl of Northumberland into his hands he sent him to Yorke where he was shortly after beheaded In An. 1582. 25 Eliz. upon the return of the Duke of Anâ—ou who had stayed here three Months as a Suitor to Queen Elizabeth with some other of the Nobility he attended him to Antwerp by her Majesties command And in 29 Eliz. was made General Warden of the Marches towards Scotland as also about that time Lord Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold In 30 Eliz. upon puting the Queen of Scots to death in England continuing still at Barwick he was imployed unto King Iames her son to pacifiâ— him therein and in An. 1592. 35 Eliz. upon the charge laid to Sir Thomas Perrot Deputy of Ireland was one of the Commissioners assigned to consider thereof He was also Captain of the Pensioners and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and having married Anne daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan Knight by her had issue four sons and three daughters first George secondly Iohn thirdly Sir Edmund Carye Knight and fourthly Robert afterwards Earl of Monmouth The daughters were these Catherine married to Charles Earl of Nottingham Philadelphia to Thomas Lord Scrope and Margaret to Sir Edward Hoby Knight And departing this life upon the twenty third of Iuly An. 1596. 38 Eliz. being then seventy one years of age was buried in the Chapel of St. Iohn Baptist within the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at UUestminster where there is a noble Monument erected to his memory with this Epitaph In domino hic obdormit Henricus Carey Baro de Hunsdon villae Berwici limitisque tam orientalis quà m medâ—â— versus Scotiam olim praefectus pentionariorum generosorum Capitaneus Forestarum cis Trentam Iusticiarius summus Garteriani ordinis eques auratus Dominae Reginae Camerarius à sacris Consiliis eidemque consobrinus Vna cum illo conditur uxor charissima filia Thomae Morgan equitis aurati quae plures illi liberos peperit è quibus sunt superstites Georgius Iohannes Edmundus Robertus equites aurati Catherina Comitissa Nottinghamiae Philadelphia Baronissa Scrope Margereta domina Hoby Obiit 23 Iulii 1596. Aetatis Lxxi Patri optimo Georgius Carey filius Baro de Hunsdon ordinis Garterii socius Vectae Insulae prafectus Reginae Elizabethae Camerarius à sacris Consilâ—s Maritoque charissimo Anna uxor Honoris Memoriae ergo sibique suis mortalitatis memores posuerunt To whom succeeded George his eldest son who being also Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Governor of the Isle of UUight Lord Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold and one of her Privy Council departed this life 9 Sept. An. 1603. 1 Iac. leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter to Sir Iohn Spenser of Althorpe in Com. North. Knight one sole daughter and heir called Elizabeth who became the wife of Sir Thomas Berkley Knight son and heir to Henry Lord Berkley Whereupon Iohn his next Brother and heir male succeeded him in the honor Which Iohn during his Brothers life scil in 43 Eliz. was constituted Warden of the East-Marches toward Scotland being then a Knight and departing this life ... Apr. 1617 15 Iac. left issue by Mary his wife daughter to Leonard Hyde of Throgkyn in Com. Hertf. Esquire two sons Henry and Charles and two daughters Anne married to Sir Francis Lovell of East-Harâ—yng in Com. Norf. Knight and 〈◊〉 to Sir Thomas Woodhouse of Kymberley in the same County Knight Which Henry succeeding as Lord Hunsdon was advanced to the dignity of Vicount Rochford 6 Iulii 19 Iac. Likewise to the Title of Earl of Dovor 8 Martii 3 Car. 1. And having married Iudith the daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham of Lofton in Com. Suss. Baronet by whom he had issue three sons Iohn made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first Pelham who died without issue and George and three daughters Mary married to Sir Thomas Wharton Knight of the Bath Brother to the Lord Wharton Iudith died unmarried and Philadelphia departed this life An. 1668. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who first married Dorothy daughter to Oliver Earl of Bolinbroke but by her had no issue and secondly Abigal daughter of Sir William Cokain Knight Alderman of the City of London by whom he hath issue one only daughter called Mary married to William Heveningham of ... in com ... Esquire ¶ Having finished with this elder branch I lastly come to Robert third son to the first Henry Lord Hunsdon In 40 Eliz. this Robert being then a Knight was made Warden of the Marshes towards Scotland and in 19 Iac. 6 Feb. created Lord Carey of Lepington in com Ebor. Also Earl of Monmouth 5 Feb. 1 Car. 1. And departing this life at Moore-Park in com Hertf. 12 Apr. An. 1639 15 Car. 1. left issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Sir Hugh Trevanion of Corriheigh in Com. Cornub. Knight two sons viz. Henry Carey made Knight of the Bath in An. 1616. at the creation of Charles Prince of Wales and Thomas and one daughter called Philadelphia married to Sir Thomas Wharton Knight son and heir to the Lord Wharton Which Sir Henry succeeding him in his honors marryed Martha eldest daughter to Leonel Earl of Middlesex by whom he had issue two sons Leonel and Henry who both died in their Fathers life time without issue And eight daughters Anne married to Iames Hamilton Vicount Claneboy and Earl of Clanbrazell Philadelphia died unmarried Elizabeth Mary wedded to William Earl of Desmond Trevaniana died unmarried Martha to Iohn Earl of Middleton in Scotland Theophila and Magdalen both died unmarried He died 13 Iunii An. 1661. and was buryed at Rickmansworth in Com. Hertf. Lord St. Iohn of Bletsho Earl of Bolinbroke 1 Eliz. THese being a branch of the antient Family of St. Iohn of Stanton St. Iohn in Com. Oxon as I guess came first to possess this Lordship of Bletsho about the time of King Henry the Sixths Reign Sir Oliver St. Iohn Knight then taking to wife Margaret the sister and sole heir to Iohn de Beauchamp of Bletsho Knight as in my discourse of those Beauchamps is already shewn From which Sir Oliver did Oliver St. Iohn Esquire lineally descend who by Letters Patent bearing date 13 Ian. 1 Eliz. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord St. Iohn of Bletsho and in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers which sate and gave Judgment upon Thomas Duke of Norffolk then attained This Oliver by his Testament bearing date 20 Apr. An 1582. 24 Eliz. bequeathing no certain place for his
against the Dutch on tuesday 28 Maii An. 1672 He hath also two daughters Diana married to the Baron of Mol in Flanders and Anne to Robert now Earl of Sunderland Francis Lord Verulam Vicount St. Alban 16 Iac. COnsidering that this person was so eminent for his Learning and other great abilities as his excellent works will sufficiently manifest though a short Narrative of his life is already set forth by Doctor William Raleigh his domestique Chaplain I am not willing to omit the taking notice of such particulars as are most memorable of him and therefore shall briefly recount partly from that Narrative and partly from other authorities what I have observed in order thereto As to his Parentage he was the youngest of those two male Children which Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave in com Suff. Knight had by Anne his wife one of the six daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke of Giddy-Hall in com Essex Knight a person much honoured for his Learning and being Tutor to King Edward the Sixth all those Daughters being exquisitely skilled in the Greek and Latine Tongues Which Nicholas having been a diligent Student of the Laws in Grays Inn was made the Kings Attorney in the Court of Wards in 38 H. 8. and upâ—n the death of that King which soon after hapned had his Patent for the same trust renewed by his son and successor King Edward the Sixth In the sixth year of whose Reign he was constituted Treasurer for that Noble Society of Grays-Inn whereof he had been so long a Member And being grown famous for his knowledge was shortly after viz. in 1 Eliz. made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and Knighted which Office in his time was by Act of Parliament made equal in authority with the Chancellours What I have otherwise observed of this Sir Nicholas Bacon is that being no friend to the Queen of Scots then Prisoner in England he was privy and assenting to what Hales had publisht in derogation to her title as next and lawful Successor to Queen Elizabeth asserting that of the House of Sufâ—olk before it for which Hales suffered imprisonment and had not Cecill stood his faithful friend so might he nothing being more distastful to Queen Elizabeth then a dispute upon that point Next that in 14 Eliz. upon those Proposals made by the Nobility of Scotland for her enlargement he opposed it alleadging that no security could ballance the danger thereof Lastly that upon his death which hapned in April An. 1579. 21 Eliz. this Character is given of him by the Learned Camden viz. that he was Vir praepingius ingenio acerrimo singulari prudentia summâ— eloquentia tenaci memoriâ— sacris consiliis alterum columen Of persons very corpulent most quick Wit singular Prudence admirable Eloquence special Memory and another pillar to the Privy-Council Whereupon being interred on the South side of the Quire in St. Pauls Cathedral within the City of London he had a noble Monument there erected to his memory with this â—pitaph Hîc Nicolaum ne Beconem conditum existima illum tam diu Britannici Regni seâ—undum columen exitium malis Bonis Asylum caâ—ca quem non extulit ad hunc honorem sors sed Aequitas Fides Doctrina Pietas unica prudentia Neu fortè raptum crede qui unica brevi vitâ perenni emerit duas agit vitam secundam caelites inter animas Fama implet orbem vita quâ—e illi tertia est Hac positum in arâ est corpus olim animi domus Ara dicata sempiternae memoriae Thus much touching the Parentage of this Francis his Birth being at York-House in the Strand upon the twenty second day of Ianuary An. 1560. 2 Eliz. It is observed that in his tender years his pregnancy was such as gave great indication of his future high accomplishments in so much as Queen Eliz. took notice of him and called him the young Lord Keeper also that asking him how old he was though but a Boy he answered that he was two years younger then her Majâ—sties most happy Reign As to his Education he was of Trinitie-Colledge in Cambridge under the tuition of Doctor Iohn Whitgift then Master there but afterwards the renowned Archbishop of Canterbury Where having with great proficiency spent some time he was sent into France with Sir Amias Paulet her Majesties Leiger Ambassador and thence intrusted with a message to the Queen which he performed with much approbation and so returned After this coming from Travail and applying himself to the study of the Common Law he was seated in â—rays-Inn Where in short time he became so highly esteemed for his abilities as that in 30 Eliz. being then but 28 years of age that honorable society chose him for their Lent Reader and in 32 Eliz. was made one of the Clerks of the Council In 42 Eliz. being double Reader in that House and affecting much the ornament thereof he caused that beautiful Grove of â—lmes to be planted in the Walks which yet remain And upon the 23 of Iuly 1 Iac. was Knighted at Whitehal Shortly after which viz. in 2 Iac. he was made one of the Kings Council learned having therewith a Grant of forty pounds per annum fee and in 5 Iac. constituted his Majesties Sollicitor General In 9 Iac. he was made joint Judge with Sir Thomas Vavasor then Knight Marshal of the Knight Marshal's Court then newly â—rected within the Verge of the Kings House and in 11 Iac. 27 Oct. being made Atturney General was sworn of the Privy Council In 14 Iac. he was constituted Lord Keeper of the great Seal 7 Martii being then fifty four years of age At which time the King admonisht him that he should Seal nothing rashly as also that he should judge uprightly and not extend the Royal Prerogative too high After which viz. upon the seventh day of May which was the first day of Easter Term next ensuing he made his solemn proceeding to Westminster hall in this order first the writing Clerks and inferiour Officers belonging to the Court of Chancery Next the Students of the Law Thâ—n the Gentlemen of his own Family After them the Sergeant at Arms and bearer of the Great Seal on foot Then himself on Horseback in a Gown of Purple Satin riding betwixt the Lord Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal Next divers Earls Barons and Privy Councillors Then the Judges of the Court at UUestminster whose place in that proceeding was assigned after the Privy Councellors And when he came into the Court the Lord Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal gave him his Oath the Clerk of the Crown reading it Upon the fourth of Ianuary 16 Iac. he was made Lord Chancellor of England On the eleventh of Iuly next ensuing created Lord Verulam and on the twenty seventh of Ianuary
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