and Maud and for lack of such issue to the said Maud and the heirs of her body the remainder to his right heirs Which Maud was heir to the above mentioned VVilliam de Bosco as the descent in Clifton sheweth In the line of Zuche whose chief seat was at Haringworth in Northamptonshire by inheritance from Milesent de Cantilupe it continued for divers generations Guliel de Cantilupo obiit 39. H. 3. Georg. de Cantilupo obiit sine prole Johanna soror cohaeres ux Henrici de Hastings .... de Monte alto 1. maritus Milisenta alterasororum cohaeredum defuncta 27 E. 1. Eudo la Zuche 2. E. 1. Will. la Zuche filius haeres obiit 10. Martii 26 E. 3. Matilda filia haeres Joh. Lovel mil. Isabellae ux ejus sororis haeredis Will. de Bosco Eudo de la Zuche obiit vita patris Will. la Zuche aetat 30. an ad mortem avi obiit 5. R. 2. Will. la Zuche aetat 40. an 5. R. 2. obiit 3. H. 5. Will. la Zuche aetat 13. an 3. H. 5. obiit 8. E. 4. Joh. dom Zousche aetat 8. an 8. E. 4. attinctus in Parl. 7. Nov. 1. H. 7. Joh. Zouche fil haeres 23. H. 7. Ric. dom Zouche Geo. dom Zouche plenae aetat 6. E. 6. obiit 19. Junii 19. Eliz. Edw. fil haeres accrevit plenam aetatem 6. Junii 19. Eliz. In 7 E. 2. the K. granted Free-warren to the before specified VVilliam and Maud his wife in their demesn lands here at Bulkinton Weston Riton Brancote and Wolfarshull all in this Parish But afterwards do I meet with nothing more of that family relating to this place further than their dying seized thereof till Edward the principal male branch of those Barons who wasting that great Patrimony descended to him from his Fore-fathers sold this Lordship with the rest of the Hamlets in this Parish to Humfry Davenport Esq and one Richard Bucknam Gent. Which Humfrey and Richard past the one moytie thereof to Sir Christopher Yelverton Kt. one of the Justices of the K. Bench temp Iac. R. whose Grandchild Sir Chr. Yelverton of East-Neston in Com. Northampt. Kt. of the Bath now enjoys it And the other moytie to George Purefey fifth son to Michael Purefey of Caldecote Esq which George had issue Gamaliel Purefey who sold it to Anthony Stoughton now of St. Iohns in Warwick Esq the present owner thereof The Church dedicated to St. Iames being granted to the Abby of Leicester as I have allready shew'd was antiently appropriated to that Monastery and upon the endowment of the Vicaridge a pension of xxvi s. viii d. per annum was reserved out of the same In an 1291. 19. E. 1. the Rectory was valued at xxvi marks and the Vicaridge at 11 marks But in 26 H. 8. I find the Vicaridge rated at vi lib. x sol vi d. over and above ix s. vi d. allowed for Synodals and Procurations Which Rectory being in the Crown as parcell of the possessions belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Leicester was granted by Q. Eliz. in 33 of her reign to the Free-school of Uppingham in Com. Rutland Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes Abb. Conv. de Leic. Warinus de Swanington Pbr. an 1258. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Rob. de Bengrave 5. Id. Dec. 1305. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Ioh. Bernard Pbr. 4. Non. Apr. 1326 Abb. Conv. de Leic. Dom. Ric. de Chedle 4. Id. Aug. 1361. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Will. Granger Pbr. 26. Martii 1428. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Ric. Wylkyns Pbr. 21. Iulii 1430. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Hen. Awbell Pbr. 20. Aug. 1443. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Tho. Sawnder Pbr. 8. Dec. 1444. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Tho. Hille Pbr. 17. Febr. 1444. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Will. Gregg Pbr. 13. Aug. 1449. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Ioh. Webbe Cap. 22. Martii 1453. Abb. Conv. de Leic. D. Tho. Lyndon Cap. 11. Apr. 1525. H. 8. Rex Angliae ratione dissolut Abb. Leic. D. Tho. Mower Cap. 4. Sept. 1540. Hen. Waver de Coventre Mercer Will. Smyth Cler. 12. Maii 1557. Hen. Waver de Coventre Mercer Ric. Briscow Cler. 6. Dec. 1557. Hen. Waver de Coventre Mercer Edw. Iurdayne Cler. 2. Iunii 1561. Ric. Waver alias Over Walt. Enderby 6. Aug. 1575. Geo. Belgrave de Belgrave in Com. Leic. ar Henr. Bradshaw Cler. Weston in Arden THis taking its name from the Western situation from Bulkinton was also in the Conq. daies in the possession on the Earl of Mellent and then certified to contain two hydes which were valued at xl sol Since which time the possession thereof hath gone along with Bulkinton till now therfore shall I not need to make instance by particular proofs in regard that all those Records that I have made use of for Bulkinton do manifest the same Yet because there are some things peculiar hereunto onely I shall in their order take notice of them amongst which this is not the least observable that of all these places in the Parish of Bulkinton it hath not onely the priority in rank where they are mentioned together in the Records but even Bulkinton it self with the rest are accounted as members of it the reason whereof can be no other than that the Lord of them all had his Mannour-house here where the Leet being kept not onely the Inhabitants of the other Villages met but from other places both in this County and Leicestersh which were the Lord Zouches lands viz. Clifton Browns-over Wyhtoâ—t Bulkinton and Ryâ—on in Com. Warr with Ulsthorpe Elmesthorpe and Cleybrooke in Leicestersh as by Court-Rolls in H. 6. time I have seen Upon the death of the last Ernald de Boys 5 E. 1. it was found that this Mannour was by him held in capite of the heirs of the Earl of Winchester in right of their partage in the Honour of Leicester paying yearly unto them one Hound called a Brache and seven pence in money for all services Afterwards scil in 7 E. 2. Will. la Zuche and Maud his wife had Free-warren granted to them here and in divers other places as in Bulkinton hath been said Which Will. in 19 E. 3. had licence for amortizing of 8 Messuages 9 yard land and a half and xxx s. annual Rent with the appurtenances lying in Cleybroke and Leyre in Com. Leic. this Weston in Arden Merston-Iabet Coton and Ryton juxta Bulkinton Com. Warr. for the maintenance of two Priests to sing Mass daily in the Chappel of our Lady within this his Mannour of Weston for the good estate of himself whilst he lived and for the health of his soul after he should depart this world as also for the soul of William Danet and for the
seized into the King's hands but returning to obedience he had restitution of them in the last year of that King's reign To whom succeeded Will. who had severall imployments of much trust and note in his time within this County From 11. till 20 H. 3. he was frequently in Commission as a Justice of Assize In 16 H. 3. he with Iohn de Lodbeoc were constituted the King's Eschaetors here In 21 H. 3. he was in Commission for the collecting of a xxx th and in 56 H. 3. one of the Justices for the Gaol delivery at Warwick To him succeeded Sir Thomas de Bishopsdon Knight his son and heir and to Sir Thomas Sir William howbeit of these I find little else notable than that they were Knights But the next was Sir Iohn de Bishopsdon who served in the Parl. held at Yorke in 12 E. 2. as one of the Knights for this shire being then seized of these Lordships viz. Bishopston Bishopswode vulgò Bushwode Lapworth Thorndon in this County Larkstoke in Gloucestershire Little Cokesey Herdewyk Pepewell and Waresley in com Wigorn. in all which he had Free-warren granted to him by a special Charter bearing date at Newcastle upon Tine 26 Sept. 13 E. 2. In 14 E. 2. he was a Knight and in the Rebellion with Thomas Earl of Lanc for which in 16 E. 2. he had pardon for xl lâ— Fine In 18 E. 2. he was in Commission for conservation of the peace in this shire and to take care that the Articles contained in the Statute of Winchester were observed In 1 E. 3. he served in the Parl. at Westminster as one of the Knights for this shire and was in Commission for the levying a xv th and tenth in this County So also in 2 E. 3. for collecting of a xx th In 4 E 3. again one of the Knights for this shire in the Parl. held at Westm. and the next year following constituted one of the Justices for conservation of the Peace Frethricus de Bissopesdone temp Regis Steph. Will. de Bissopesdone 9 R. 1. Juliana filia Henrici de Monâ—eforti Will. de Bishopsdon 11 H. 3. Thomas de Bishopsdon miles 31 H. 3. Cecilia una filiarum cohaer Henrici Pipard Will. de Bishopsdon miles temp E. 1. Christiana relicta 14 E. 1. Joh. de Bishopsdon miles 14 E. 2. Beatrix filia haeres Joh. de Sheldon Rog. de Bishopsdon 14 E. 3. Alicia filia haeres ux Walt. de Clodshale Thomas de Bishopsdon 7 E. 2. Johanna filia Edm. de Grafton militis Joh. De Bishopsdon 11 E. 3. Isabella filia Ioh. Stretch militis Thomas de Bishopsdon 8 R. 2. Will. de Bishopsdon m l 5 H. 5. Philippa 17 H. 6. Eliz. filia cohaeres ux Thomae Palmer de Holt in Com. Leic. ar Philippa ux Will. Catesby mil. Bearing a special affection to the Hospitall of S t Iohn Baptist in Warwick he gave thereunto the moytie of the advouson of the Church of Morton Merhull in this County and having wedded Beatrice the daughter and heir of Iohn de Sheldon dyed in 14 E. 3. being at that time Bayliff to the K. in his Forrest of Leekhay in Worcestershire which he held by grand Sergeantie leaving Roger his son and heir which Roger bore for his Armes bendè of six pieces Or and Azure with a cantonermine and dyed leaving issue Alice his daughter and heir wedded to Walt. de Clodshale of which Walter and his family I shall speak in Saltley whereupon this Lordship of Bishopsdon came to Iohn brother to the said Roger by virtue of an Entail made in 11 E. 3. whereby Sir Iohn de Bishopsdon Knight setled it with other lands upon his issue male by dame Beatrice his wife Which last mentioned Iohn being a man of eminent parts was in 32 E. 3. constituted Chancelour of the Kings Exchequer and took to wife Isabell the daughter of Sir Iohn Stretch Knight To whom succeeded Thomas and to him Sir Will. Bishopsdon Knight Sheriff of this County and Leicestersh in 5 H. 5. and in 6 H. 5. constituted one of the Commissioners for arraying of men in this Shire Of this Sir Will. I farther find that being retained by the Earl of Warwick for the fortifying of Calais he served in that imployment with one Launce and two Archers amongst the Knights that then were under him taking for his Launce and one Archer xx li per an and for the other Archer x. marks per an without their diet but he resided for the most part at his Mannour of Alscote in Gloucestershire and having in 17 H. 6. entailed this with divers other Lordships on the issue which he should beget on the body of Philippa his wife left only two daughters his heirs scil Eliz. and Philippa the former marryed to Thomas Palmer of Holt in Leicestershire from whom likewise by a daughter and heir the Nevills of Holt are descended the other to Sir Will. Catesby Knight Who in her right had this Mannour of Bishopston which by the attainder of Will. Catesby in 1 H. 7. whereof in Lapworth I have spoke came to the Crown and in 3 H. 7. was inter alia granted by the King to Sir Iohn Risley Knight and the heirs male of his body but by a speciall Act of Parl. in 11 H. 7. was restored unto George Catesby Esq son and heir to the said Will. together with the rest of his said Fathers forfeited lands whose grandchild viz. Sir Will. Catesby K t in 24 Eliz. sold to sundry persons the particular Tenements within this Lordship amongst which one was past to Will Askew of Lapworth by the name of the Mannour which Will. afterwards sold it to Andrew Archer of Tanworth Esq from whom it descended to his son and heir Sir Sim. Archer Knight and by him was lately granted to Iohn Greene and Thomas Greene yeomen and their heirs who being Inhabitants here are yet possest thereof The Chapell here dedicated to S t Peter is very antient as may appear by the Ordination thereof made in K. Iohn's time in the presence of Maugerius then Bishop of Worcester by S r Will. de Bishopsdon Knight who gave thereunto in pure Almes of his own demesn xiiii acres of land in one field and as much in another as also 4 acres of his land held by servile tenure and pasturage for 8. Oxen in what places soever his own Oxen should graze excepting in his meadows and moreover covenanted with Mauritius then Parson of Stratford super Avon that he and his Tenants there would sustain all the charges concerning the said Chapell viz. in building it up keeping it in repair and providing the Chalice Books Lights Vestments and all other necessaries therein and that the mother Church of Stratford should
heard who left two daughters and coheirs scil Margaret the wife of Sir Sim. Clarke Baronet and Elianor of Charles Stanford grandchild to Sir VVill. Stanford Kt. sometime one of the Justices of the King's Bench by Sir Rob. Stanford Kt. his second son Which Charles had issue Iohn and he VVilliam the present owner thereof About the time of K. H. 2. reign there was an Agreement made betwixt the Monks of Evesham and the Canons of Kenilworth touching the Chapell of this Little Salford whereby it appeareth that the said Canons released to those Monks all the land which had been given to maintain divine Service in that Chapell preserving always the first Composition made betwixt the Monasteries of Evesham and Kenilworth before the building of that Chapell And as for the meadow which was given to this Chapell the Monks by this Agreement granted that the Church of great Salford should have that part of it which lyeth betwixt the Water and the Foot-path leading from Salford Mill to Clive Mill by the upper Foarde but the other part of the meadow to continue as the demesn of the Abbot upon condition that it might not be grazed or mowed before the whole meadow should be cut Wood-Bevinton Cock-Bevinton THese two petty Hamlets being originally members of Salford-Priors were involved therewith both in the Conqueror's Survey and in the grant to the Canons of Kenilworth as appears by that Certificate made in 9 E. 2 wherein by the name of Byvinton major and Byvinton minor they were so reputed Of which Wood Bevinton the said Canons did make a Lease to VVill. Grey the elder in H. 7. time who in 21 of that King's reign depopulated here 6 Messuages and one Cottage xxx acres of arable land belonging to each Messuage which he converted unto pasture To whom succeeded Will. his son and heire who surrendring that Lease purchased the inheritance thereof from those Canons for a Fee-ferm Rent of xiiili xiiis iiiid per an and in 10 H. 8. when the Statute of Inclosures was lookt into reedifyed four of the said Messuages Which Will. had issue Eliz. his daughter and heire wife to Edward Ferrers second son to Sir Edw. Ferrers of Badsley-Clinton in this County Kt. who left only daughters whereof Elizabeth the eldest was married to Thomas Randolph son z and heir to Thomas Randolph of Codington in Com. Buck. who purchasing the interest of the other Sisters became intirely Lord of this Mannour and left issue Ferrers Randolph his son and heir now owner thereof Of Cock-Bevynton I can say no more than that it is now possest by Sir Simon Clerke Baronet together with Salford wherewith I suppose thath past ever since it was in the Crown Dunnington THis is also a member of Prior's Salford and involved therewith in all grants by which means it is now possest by the before specified Sir Sim. Clarke HEMLINGFORD HVNDRED THe place whence this Hundred takes its appellation is the Foard or passage over Tame somewhat more than a Flight shoot Southwards from Kingsbury Church of which likewise the Mill near unto it is still called Hemlingford Mill but antiently Colshill that stands about the midst of the Hundred gave name thereto as appears by the Conquerors Survey and to this day the Three-weeks Court held for the same Hundred is kept there 'T is very like that the original occasion of calling the Inhabitants to this place whereupon the name came so to be changed was for that some of the Ardens whose seat Kingsbury long since was being Shiriffs of the Countie caused the meeting of the Hundreders there in regard of their Vicinitie to it but leaving this as a conjecture I come to its antiquity the first mention that I find of its name being in 8 H. 2. Where Raph. Basâ—et the then Shiriff accompts for certain money by way of Amercement for Murther payd out of it and after this scil in 16 H. 2. two marks were answered into the Exchequer for it pro placitis concelatis yet there it is written Sipesocha de Humeliford and so are Cnuchtelaw and Chinton all which had the title of Hundreds soon after But doubtlesse it should have been Sithesoca the old Saxon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being mistaken for a p as in Knightlow I have already intimated which importeth as much as the Fraunchise Libertie or Jurisdiction of a certain company of men suppose an hundred or the like number coming from the Saxon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying a number multitude or company and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a priviledgeâ— Libertie or Jurisdiction And in 21 H. 2. xv marks was accounted to the King for three Murthers whereas it had been amerced but there it is written Sibbesocâ—â— de Humiliford the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being mistaken for a b. as before it was for a p. So also in 24 H. 2. Howbeit in â— H. 2. 1 R. 1. upon the like amerciament for Murther it is called Humeliford Hundred which manifests that the word Sithesoca and Hundâ—edus do intend one and the same thing After which it is constantly termed Hundredus de Humeliford But in K. Iohn's time the Ferm thereof was xx marks the profits of the Leet xl s. the Shiriffs Aid xvii li. xviii s. and the Warth money v s. Which Warth silver now by corruption of speech called Wharfe money I take to have been at first a certain payment for service of warding the King's Castles in this County for antiently it is written Ward peny as by sundry authorities I could manifest In 21 H. 3. Will. de Luscy being â—hen Shiriff accounted For The Ferme thereof xx marks The Shiriffs Aid vi li. The Leet xli s. iiii d. Warth silver v s. In 4 E. 1. by Inquisition taken before the Justices Itinerant it was found that the profits of this Hundred besides perquisites amounted to xiiii li. iii s. ii d. ob per an and the perquisites xx li. it being then in the King's hand In 11 E. 2. the Bayliwick thereof was committed to one Will. Reymond to hold during the Kings pleasure paying yearly to the Shiriff of this County for the time being as much as others had used to doe so that he should keep the same Bailywick according to the forme of the Statute of Lincolne Nor can I find that it was ever out of the Crown untill 3 Eliz. that the Queen by her Letters Pat. bearing date 10 Ian. granted it with all the rights belonging thereto unto Brian Cave Esquier and Edw. Williams and their heirs to hold in Socage of the Mannour of East Grenewich To which Brian succeeded in the possession thereof Sir Ambrose Cave Knight who dying seized of it in 10 Eliz. left Margaret his daughter and heir then wife of Henry Knolls Esquier Which Henry having issue by her two daughters and heirs viz. Mary
the Vicaridge but at half a mark But in 26 Hen. 8. the said Vicaridge was estimated at vii li. iv s. Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes c. Prior Conv. de Erdburie D. Will. de Knychtcote Cap. 14. Cal. Ian. 1308. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Rob. de Herdwyk Pbr. 11 Cal. Ian. 1311. Prior Conv. de Erdburie D. Steph. de Stocton Pbr. 4. Id. Sept. 1314. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Will. de Mershton Cap. 6. Cal. Maii 1339. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Will. del Hull Pbr. 13 Cal. Sept. 1361. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Ioh. de Sampson Pbr. 3. Id. Feb. 1373. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Ioh. Parker Pbr. 4. Nov. 1394. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Will. de Deene Cap. 24. Ian. 1413. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Ioh. Cooke Cap. 9. Apr. 1433. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Frater Will. de Woodcote Canon de Erdbury 28 Martii 1435. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Ioh. Lolleworth Cap. 1. Apr. 1452. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Will. Outelade Cap. 26. Sept. 1454. Prior Conv. de Erdburie Amias Halghton Pbr. 26. Oct. 1494. Prior Conv. de Erdburie D. Ioh. Keldermore Canon 21 Maii 1521. Phil. M. Rex Regina Henr. Wylkins Cler 14. Maii 1557. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Will. Pate Cler. 21. Nov. 1561. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Hugo Conwey Cler. 30. Martii 1574. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Ioh. Ashby Cler. 17. Aug. 1574. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Ric. Tayler Cler. 1. Dec. 1591. Iacobus Rex Arth. Oldame Cler. 1. Martii 1603. Iacobus Rex Ioh. Malen in art Bac. 12. Sept. 1621. Griffe OF this place there is no particular mention in the Conq â— Survey it being then involved with Chilverscoton and possest by Harold the son of Raphe Earl of Hereford whose posteritie took the sirname of Sudley yet sometimes made their residence here Whil'st the male line of which Family lasted it continued theirs but afterwards came to Boteler Norbury and Bray successively as the Descent on the next page inserted will shew This Raph Earl of Hereford was son to Walter de Maunt by Goda sister to K. Edw. the Confessor but of him there is little observeable other than his pusillanimitie whereby he suffered the Citie and Countie of Hereford to become a prey to the VVelch in the year 1055. 13 Edw. Conf. It seems that he was dispossest of his Earldome in the first year of K. Will. the Conq â—s reign for Will. fitz Osberne then had it conferred upon him but found favour to enjoy some of his inheritance which descended to Harold his son whereof this Lordship was part To this Harold succeeâ—â—â— Iohn â—irnamed de Sutlei from his residence aâ— Sudley in com Glouc. Of whom I have seen no more mention than that he was a witness to the Charter of Margaret Countess of Warwick widow to Earl Henry made in K. Stephen's time to the Canons of Kenilworth And to Iohn succeeded Raphe who gave divers lands lying in Herdwike juxta Derset to the Knights Templars as also founded the Priorie of Erdburie adjoyning to this Lordship and left issue Oâ—vel and Raphe which Raphe by his brother's death became heir to the estate and residing here at Griffe had a peculiar Chapell in his Mannour-house wherein he had a speciall License from the Canons of Erdburie to have divine service celebrated at such time onely as himself or his heirs their wives or mothers should be personally there present excepting Christmass-day Easter-day Whitsunday All Saints-day Candlemass-day and the Feast-day of the Church its Dedication on which there should be no solemnitie kept therein unless by speciall License obtained and that in case of their disabilitie to come unto the Mother-Church by reason of sickness or other good cause And provided that all Oblations made in the said Chapell should be delivered to the Vicar of Chilverdescote for the time being so that no indempnitie thereby nor in any thing else might accrue to the said Mother-Church of Chilverdescote by means of the said Chapell VVhich Raphe had issue Raphe concerning whom I have no more to say than of his marriage and death and therein for brevities sake do refer my self to the Pedegree To this last Raphe succeeded Sir Barth de Sudle Kt. who in 54 H. 3. being constituted Shiriff of Hereford-shire and Governour of Hereford-Castleâ— and in 7 E. 1. a Justice of Assize in this Countie gave the Monks of Stoneley leave to inclose two tofts in Radway and by Ioan his wife daughter to Will. de Beauchamp of Elmeley sister to William the first Earl of Warwick of that name left issue Sir Iohn de Suthley Kt. aged about xxiiii years at his Father's death which Ioane was interred in the Conventuall Church at Erdburie before specified for the health of whose soul did Walt. de Langton Bishop of Cov. and Lich. in 13 E. 2. grant a speciall Indulgence releasing XL. days of their enjoyned Penance to all such as should with a devout mind say a Pater noster and an Ave for the health of her soul and the souls of all the faithfull deceased VVhich Sir Iohn in 13 E. 1. claimed a Court Leet here with Assize of Bread and Beer Gallows Infangthef Tumbrell Weyf and Free-warren as also to be quit of Murther and suit to the Countie and Hundred Courts exhibiting K. H. 3. Charter for the Free-warren and pleading Prescription for the rest All which were allowed excepting his immunitie for Murther forasmuch as he ought to partake with the Hundred therein And in 15 E. 1. had the King 's speciall License to travail beyond Sea In 26 of that King's reign he was with other great men summoned to be at Karleol on Whitson-Eve well fitted with Horse and Armes to go into Scotland and was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons from 28 E. 1. till 13 E. 2. inclusive having been a liberall Benefactor to the Canons of Erdbury by granting them certain lands and Walt. Medantinus Goda soror Regis Edw. Conf. Radulfus Comes Herefordiae temp Edw. Conf. Haroldus filius Râ—dulfi Com. Matilda filia Com. Cestriae Nicholaus de Stafford secunndus maritus Ioh. de Sutleia .... filia ..... Tracie domini de Berstaple Rad. de Suthleia 12 H. 2. Fundator Prioratus de Erdburie Emma filia Will. de Bellocampo Otvelus fil haeres obiit f. p. Rad. de Sudeleg 10 R. 1. Isabella neptis Galfridi Fitz-peers relicta 26 H. 3. Rad. de Suthleg miles 16 H. 3. Imenia filia Rogeri Corbet relicta 26 H. 3. Bartholomeus de Sudley 51 H. 3. â—ohanna filia Will. de Bellocampo soror W. de Bellocampo Comitis Warw. relicta 20 E. 1. Imenia Iohanna Ioh. de Sudley miles 8 E. 1. ....
of his body who dying without issue in 31. Eliz. it returned to the Crown whereupon the said Queen by her Pat. dated 28. Oct. 40. Eliz. passed it to Randle Crew of Lincolns-Inne Esq. and Richard Cartwright of London Gent. and their heirs who by their deed of bargain and sale bearing date xxiii Iunii 41. Eliz. granted it to Thomas Dilke Esq. but afterwards Kt. and to his heirs whose Grand-child William Dilke of Maxstoke-Castle now enjoys it The Church here was very antiently given by the Prior of Coventre unto the Cathedrall of Lichfield in the name of a Prebend and in 1291. 19. E. 1. was valued at xv marks but in 26. H. 8. at xi l. vi sol viii d the Procurations and Synodalls being then vi sol viii d. per an and the Curate a stipendary to the Prebend But in it are neither Arms nor Monuments Bobenhull BElow Rieton lyes Bobenhull which in the Conq. time being possest a by Robert de Statford of whom I am to speak in Wotton-wawen and of him held by one Aluric whose freehold it had been before the Norman invasion contained then five hydes whereof the woods were two furlongs in length and two in breadth there being at that time a Mill but the value of all then certified at fifty shillings where it is written Bubenhalle In 13. Ioh. this Mannour answered for the third part of a Knights fee amongst the lands which were of the Honour of Herveus de Stafford And in 36. H. 3. amongst the fees held of the Lord Stafford it was certified that the Earl of Warwick held two parts of a Knights fee here But in 7. E. 1. Iohn Fitzwith being Lord thereof held it of Hugh de Plessets by the third part of a Kts. fee the same Hugh holding it over of the Baron of Stafford which Iohn had at that time here one carucate of land in demesn ten servants that held two yard land and a half seven Freeholders holding ten yard land and eight acres as also eight Cottagers In whose family it continued till the later end of Edw. 3. time but then went away with a Daughter and heir as the descent here inserted will shew Wido filius Roberti 36. H. 3. Ioh. fil Guidonis 7. E. 1. Rob. fil Guidonis miles 3. E. 2. Guido fil Rob. 9. E. 2. Eliz. filia haeres infra aetat 10. E. 2. Thomas de Lucy Joh. le Fitzwith 20. E. 2. Joh. Fitzwith Johan ux 2. postea nupta Will. de Tyrington 15. R. 2. Robertus le Fitzwith dictus le Fitz-Gy 30. E. 3. Agnes filia Will. Catesby Iohanna filia haeres probavit aetatem 49. E. 3. Joh. Beauchamp de Holt Joh. Beauchamp mil. obiit 8. H. 5. Alicia Ioh. Pauncefot 1. maritus Margareta filia haeres Ioh Wysham 2. maritus 1. H. 6. Rob. le Fitzwith I am of opinion that these Fitzwith's had their seat here as I shall further instance anon therefore I purpose here to memorize what I find notable of them Of this Iohn whom I have already mentioned I find that he was the first that assumed the sirname of Fitzwith being the son of one Guido or Guy called Guido filius Roberti as in Shotswell I shall have occasion to shew and in 3. E. 1. one of those who had Commission for the Gaol delivery at Warwick as also that in 5. E. 1. he attended the King in his expedition into Wales at which time the Welch were reduced to subjection their Prince being then content to accept of such termes as K. Edward would afford him And that in 29. E. 1. he was one of those that received the Kings precept to be at Berwick upon Twede sufficiently appointed with Horse and Armes to march against the Scots To whom succeeded Robert called Robertus filius Guidonis who being a Kt. in 3. E. 2. wrote himself of this place which Robert had issue Guy that dyed in 10. E. 2. leaving Elizabeth his Daughter and Heir within age who departed this life without issue as it seems for the inheritance came to Robert le Fitzwith Nephew to the last Guido by Iohn his Brother which Robert having no issue setled part of his lands in his life time upon the said Robert le Fitzwith his Nephew as I shall more fully shew when I come to Bernangre the rest descending to him This last mentioned Robert had two wives Agnes the Daughter of Will. Catesby and Ioane who survived him and marryed to Will. de Tyrington and died in 36. E. 3. leaving issue Ioane his Daughter and heir ward to Sir Richard Penbruge Kt. by the Kings grant which Ioane marryed to Iohn Beauchamp of Holâ— in Worcester-shire and proved her age in 49. E. 3. whereupon her husband and she had livery of her lands This Iohn Beauchamp had the honour to be the first man that ever had creation to the dignity of a Baron in England by Patent which bears date at Wodstoke x. Octobris undecimo R. 2. but he enjoy'd it not long for the same year the rebellious Lords having rais'd a potent army came up to London and there mustering their men in the sight of the Tower where the King then lodg'd forced him to call a Parliament wherein by their power they did what they listed causing Sir Robert Tresilian chief Justice of England and divers others to be attainted of treason of which number this Sir Iohn Beauchamp then Lord Steward of the Kings house-hold being one was thereupon hang'd drawn and quartered But by the Kings writ of Monstraverunt directed to the Justices of the Common Pleas in xv R. 2. upon the allegation of William de Tyrington and Ioane his wife wherein they set forth that the said William and Ioane had recovered the third part of this Mannour in 43. E. 3. as the dowrie of Ioane against the said Iohn Beauchamp and Elizabeth it appears that the said Iohn and Elizabeth long before this attainder viz. the Sunday being the feast day of the exaltation of the Holy cross in 7. R. 2. did demise it unto Iohn Catesby to hold during the said Iohn Catesby his life in consideration of viii l. per an to be payd to the said Iohn Beauchampe and Ioane and their heirs so that by reason of this demise the viii l. Rent per an onely and the reversion after Iohn Catesby his death were seized for the King in regard of the aforesaid attainder And which is not the least notable that his coat of male being then in the hands of one Iohn Reede an Armorer of London was thereupon delivered up unto Henry E. of Derby afterwards King by the name of Henry the 4. by a speciall command But this attainder as all things else done in that Parliament of xi R. 2. held by force being made void in the Parliament of 21. R. 2.
daughters and heirs whereof Lucie the youngest was married to Thomas Cotton of Connington in Com. Hunt Esq formerly in ward to the said Thomas Harvey Upon partition of whose Lands this inter alia being alotted to her is descended to Sir Thomas Cotton now of Connington Bt. great Grandchild to that Thomas Unto whom for his singular favours in most freely communicating to me many rarities out of that inestimable Library which with great cost were gathered by his worthy Father and with no less care preserved by himself I stand highly obliged After the dissolution of the Abbyes that part of this Lordship with the Rectory belonging to the Monastery of Nun Eaton was granted unto Sir Marmaduke Constable Kt. together with the site of that Religious House and divers other Lands but since by purchase is come to Iohn Hele Esq The Church being granted very antiently to the Monastery of Nun Eaton was also appropriated thereto and in an 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at 7 marks and a half but in 26 H. 8. at 4 l 14 s. 2 d. over and above ix s. vi d. for Procurations and Synodals being not a Presentative but the Cure served by a Stipendiary in which Church are neither Arms nor Monuments Shirforde FRom Burton-Hastings towards the South lyeth Shirford whereof there now remains nothing but part of the antient Mannour-house This place may seem to have taken its name from the Forde or Passage over that little Torrent which runs on the West part thereof towards Nun-Eaton as the Map will shew Shirs signifying clear and in that sense we still use the word upon some occasions As it lyes within the Parish of Burton-Hastings so was it antiently a member thereof and held likewise of Ferrers but the first mention that I find of it is in H. 2. time where Raph the son of Robert de Chartres a man in some eminency at that time as I apprehend by the stile of his Deed confirms unto the Canons of Erdbury in this County a yard Land lying in Sireford for so is it there written and by the consent of Richard his son granted unto them ten acres more in pure alms Amongst the Witnesses to which Deed were Randolfe Truwe and William his son Not long after which time viz. about the beginning of H. 3. reign at the farthest certain Lands there were given to the Monks of Combe by Thomas Trove who stiles himself in his Grant Dominus de Schireford From which Thomas as I guess did descend Iohn de Shireford who in 20 E. 3. with Robert de Herle answered for half a Knights fee in Broughton and Shirford then held of the Honour of Tutbury This Iohn de Shirford was also Lord of the moytie of the Mannour of Church-waver but leaving no issue male these his Lands divolved to the family of Purefey Margaret his Daughter taking to Husband Philip Purefey of Munsterton in Leicestershire In whose line this Mannour of Shireford continued till H. 8. time being their principal seat in this County Will. Purefey de Munsterton temp E. 1. E. 2. Philippus Purefey 3 48 E. 3. Margareta filia haeres Joh. de Shirford Will. Purefey 6 21 R. 2. Will. Purefey 21. R. 1. 1. H. 5. Margareta filia Will. Chetwin de Ingestre mil. 21. R. 2. Will. Purefey obiit 6. E. 4. Mariana filia haeres Alani Alott de Shalston in Com. Buck. Philippus Purefey obiit 8. E. 4. Isabella nupta Joh. Denton 12. E. 4. Joh. obiit sine prole Nich obiit s. p. Will. obiit s. p. Joh. Purefey 12. E. 4. Nich. Purefey qui vendidit M. de Shirford temp H. 8. Thomas Purefey Legis-perirus de consilio Ric. de Bellocampo Warwici Comitis 6. H. 5. Which Philip was son to W. Purefey of Munsterton who bore for his Arms upon a fesse betwixt 3 pair of gantlets handing each other 3 martlets and being learned in the Laws became Steward to Raph Earl Stafford for holding his Courts as also a Justice of Peace in this County from the 38 till the last of E. 3. reign He had issue William and Thomas which Will. in 14 R. 2. had licence granted to him by Ric. Scroope B. of Cov. and Lich. to have an Oratory or private Chappel in his house here at Schireford being also in Commission of the peace in this County from the 6 to the 20 of K. R. 2. reign viz. 13 14 17 and 20. But Thomas was train'd up to study the Laws and in 8 R. 2. had an annuity of xx s. granted to him by Sir Iohn Warren Kt. with a Robe aad Hood of the better sort of that sute which he gave to the rest of his Esquires to be yearly paid him out of the Mannour of Rotley pro consilio suo impenso impendendo He was also in Commission for conservation of the peace in this County from the 13 of R. 2. till 6 H. 5. and had a memorable Grant from Iohn de Whellesburgh of the inheritance in reversion of Fenny Drayton and Whellesburgh two good Mannours in Leicestershire whereby the same Iohn did also pass his Arms to be born by him the said Thomas his heirs and assigns as entirely as he himself or his Ancestours had born them all which appears by the Deed sealed with his Seal of Arms and bearing date at Fenny-Drayton 21 R. 2. which Arms viz. Or 3 piles gules and upon a Canton arg a mullet Sable have ever since been born by his Descendants quarterly with their own This Mannour continued to William son and heir of the last mentioned William who marryed Margaret the daughter to Sir William Chetwynd Kt. in 21 R. 2. Which William in 6 H. 4. was joyned in Commission amongst others to treat with the people about a loan of Money for the K. special service and rested in Commission for the peace in this Shire from 8 H. 4. till 1 H. 5. But how long he lived I find not for the name of William holding on to his Posterity doth so confound the descent as that without more particular light than I have yet had I must onely by circumstances distinguish them which I presume is here right enough done for the next mention of them that I meet with is in 10 H. 6. where VVilliam Purefey of Shirford is certified to hold the Mannour of Wover now Church-Over in this County whereof I have already spoke This is that VVilliam who marryed Mariana the daughter to Alan Ayott of Shalston in Com. Buck. and in 12 H. 6. when all the men of note through England were sworn to observe divers Articles agreed on in the Parliament then held is recorded amongst others in this County having then his residence here at Shirford In 19 H. 6. he had Commission to treat for another loan and was a Justice of Peace from the
they had of his gift in this place To him succeeded Will. his son and heir who exceeded his father in bounty to those Monks for he bestowed on them above CC acres and half a yard land with pasture for 600 Sheep five Sows with their Pigs one Boar 2 teams of Oxen 5 Kyne with their Calves and one Bull 2 young Heifers with their Calves and his Sheep-cotes on the Hills for their Sheep all in this his Lordship of Rodburne Neither was Michael his son streight-handed to them nor almost any other that had Free-hold in this place as may appear by their particular grants of several parcels of land some of them therewith bequeathing their bodyes to sepulture in that Monastery Which Monks obtained divers priviledges here viz. Court-leet Assize of Bread and Beer Gallows c. as appeareth by their claim in 13 E. 1. whereunto K. E. 1. added his Charter of Free-warren dated at Westm. 18 Febr. 18 of his reign But the posterity of Arden who were Lords of this Mannour having their seat here sometimes called themselves de Rodburne as by divers Records besides these which I have in the margent pointed at might be instanced yet the last of them scil William assumed the name of Arden again and in 43 E. 3. sold all the interest he had here to Iohn the son of Will. Catesby at which time Hugh de Prestwode and Agnes his wife past their whole right therein to the said Iohn by a Fine then levyed with warranty against the heirs of the said Agnes So that it seems she was an heir and probably of the same Will. de Arden Which Catesbyes were of Ashby Legers in Com. Northampt. and afterwards had the Mannour of Lapworth in this Shire where I purpose to speak historically of them In 13 H. 4. after the death of Iohn de Catesby the purchaser I find that Enime his widow and Iohn his son had a Charter of Free-warren granted to them inter alia in alâ— their â—emeâ—n lands here And that in 21 E. 4. the Monks of Combe quittâ—d all their interest here by the name of the Mannour of Rodburne grange to Will. Catesby Esq son and heir of Sir Will. Catesby Kt. for which alâ—enation K. H. 7. granted his pardon to the said Monks in 13 of his reign But this Will. Catesby having been a great Favourite to K. Ric. 3. was attainted in the Parl. of 1 H. 7. whereupon his lands eschaeting to the Crown this was by the K. given away to Sir Iohn Risley Kt. and the heirs male of his body Whether it came again to the Crown for want of issue male by the said Sir Iohn Risley I cannot say but in 2 3 Pâ— M. the Q. granted it to Thom. Wilkes Meâ—chant of the Staple and his heirs whose brother and heir viz. Will. Wilkes dyed seized thereof 27 Sept. 15 Eliz. leaving Robert his son and heir then aged 12 years Which Rob. dyed 26 Iulii 19 Eliz. withouâ— issue whereupon his 3 sisters became his heirs as in Hodnell I have shewed But that part of this place which is called Little-Rodburne did heretofore belong to the Priory of Coventre and coming to the Crown at the general dissoluâ—ion of the Religious Houses was in 6 Eliz. granted by the Q. to Henry Goodere of Polesworth Esq and Clem. Throgmorton Esq and their heirs Which Henry by his Deed bearing date 26 Nov. 8 Eliz. released all his right therein to the said Clement and his heirs who in 15 Eliz. sold the same to Will. Catesby of Ashby-Legers in Com. Northampt. Esq and his heirs After whichâ— viz. in 43 Eliz. Rob. Catesby Thomas Leigh and others all Feoffees in trust of Catesby's lands as it seems by their Deed of bargain and sale past it to Ranulph Crew Esq afterwards Kt. and chief Justice of the K. Bench whose grandchild Iohn Crew son and heir to Sir Clipsby Crew his eldest son in Easter Term ann 1650. sold the same to Sir Iohn Dreyden of Cannons-Ashby before mentioned That the Church was very antiently appropriated to the Nuns of Henwood I have already shewed but how long they took benefit thereof I know not for it appears that the Catesbyes presented thereto as a Rectory and that in 26. H. 8. the Parson received onely iiii l. xvi s. ii d. yearly besides ix s. vi d. for Procurations and Synodals from Ric. Catesby Esq then his Patron whereby it seems that there was no Church then standing but how long it had been down I am not yet certain for our Countryman Rous complains of the depopulation here amongst the rest of the Villages in this County which in his time were ruined by inclosure Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes temp Inst. Ioh. Catesby ar D. Ioh. Steward Cap. 27. Apr. 1417. Ioh. Catesby ar Ioh. Watson Pbr. 22 Nov. 1431. Will. Spenser mil. ratione custodiae gard Ric. Catesby fil haer Georgii Catesby D. Thom. Palmer Cap. 24 Maii 1527. Venerab vir Ric. Catesby ar D. Rob. Holme Cap. 20. Ian. 1540. Henr. Philips ar D. Eliz. Catesby ux ejus Tho. Thackam art Magr. 20 Iulii 1573. Edw. Onley ar Gryffin Lhoyde Cler. 16. Dec. 1573. Ran. Crew miles capit Iustic ad Plac. Tho. Wilbraham jure Eliz. ux ejus Sym. Venables Cler. 6 Martii 1625. Ladbroke ABout 2 miles lower on the Northern bank of the same Torrent stands Ladbroke which I suppose had its name originally from the dirty soyl and clay where the stream runneth Llaid in the old British signifying the same with lâ—â—um and limus but it is frequently written in all antient authorities Lodebroc the a being changed into o. In the Conq. time the E. of Mellent had two hydes here then valued at 50 s. Turchill de Warwick 3 hydes with 4 yard land and better whereof one the Priest held and the other two one William whom I suppose to be progenitor of the family which afterwards assumed this place for their sirname And Hugh de Grentmaisnill three yard land with a Mill of iii s. That Turchill's lands for the most part came to Henry E. of Warwick before the end of the Conq. reign I have in Warwick sufficiently manifested but of what family he was whom the succeeding Earls enfeoft of this place I cannot certainly discover but Will. de Lodbroch the first that I find to have assumed his sirname from hence in 11 H. 2. was certified to hold a Kts. fee of Will then Earl of Warwick de veteri feoffamento that is to say whereof himself or his ancestor was enfeoft in H. 1. time so that I am induced to believe that the brother of this Will became so enfeoft For in the Confirmation which the said Will. made to the Canons of Kenilworth of the Church of Herberbury given originally unto them by G. de Clinton
that one of the ancestors to the family of Lodbroke had some grant from the Earl of Warwick of all that the said Earl had here so that the above specified G. de Clinton and he were at odds about the same which of them had the better title I will not here stand to argue but that Geffrey was a mighty man in H. 1. time in Kenilworth I have shewed so that the said ..... de Lodbroke though he recovered it as the Charter expresseth yet was he contented to hold it of the same Geffrey and by the advice of Walter Durdent then Bishop of Coventre did confirm the grant of this Church to the said Monastery in the presence of that Bishop and a great part of his Clergy which also was ratified by William de Lodbroch his brother and heir who likewise acquitted those Canons of v s. yearly Rent that had been paid to his predecessors out of a yard land that belonged to the said Church Of those possessions here in Herberbury that were of Clinton's fee in 31 H. 2. it was certified that the Templars held 5. yard land part of which were given by Geffrey de Clinton and part by Henry his son against whom in 2. Ioh. the said Templars required warranty Which land in 7 E. 1. was certified to be 1. carucat 2. yard land and 8. Acres all then held by 6. Freeholders who payd certain Rents for the same besides 2. cottages It was then also certified that the said Templars held 5. yard land here in demesn of Rob. fil Odonis which implyes that they had it of his grant But that part of Herberbury so possest by Lodbroke was given it seemes to Raph the son of Rob. de Lodbroke sirnamed Macer or Megre an appellation that he had by reason of his leanness Rob. de Lodbroch Rad. cognom Macer temp H. 2. Rob. le Megre 3. Ioh. Rob. le Megre 28. H. 3. Oliva soror Hug. de Ardern de Hampton amita una cohaer Willielmi Will. le Megre 52. H. 3. Amicia relicta 13 E. 1. Amicia filia cohaeres ux Ioh. Lupi sive Lou 13 E. 1. Margeria ux Philippi le Lovet Will. de Lodbroch For from the said Raph Macer had the Canons of Kenilworth also a confirmation of this Church with 2. yard land thereto belonging in the presence of Will. de Lodbrock his uncle in whose Fee it was situat To whom succeeded Robert le Megre his son who ratified his fathers grant and bestowed on the said Canons 2. yard land lying also in this place Which Rob. in 3. Ioh. gave 2. yard land lying here likewise to the Nuns of Eaton whereon the said Nuns in 7 E. 1. had x. tenants who held 1. yard land and half thereof at will performing divers servile imployments and 2. Freeholders that possest the other half yard land To this Robert succeeded another Robert who in 20 H. 3. answered for half a Kts fee in this place then held of the E. of Warwick and in 28 H. 3. was one of the Justices for the Gaol-delivery at Warwick This last mentioned Robert was a man of very great eminency in this Shire for his knowledge as appears by the trust then reposed in him For whereas in 30 H. 3. the K. had constituted Henry de Wyngham with one Kt. in every County from Trent Southwards to have custody of his Eschaets in the said severall Shires as also to enquire of all Sergeanties so as to certify in whose tenure they then were and in case any of them were alienated without the Ks. consent to discover by whom and to whom such alienations were made and of their values By vertue of which Commission they had also power to call before them xxiv or xii of the most antient lawfull and discreet Kts. in each particular County who being sworn were to enquire upon such Articles as should be exhibited to them touching the said Escheats Sergeanties the certificats whereof are recorded in the Exchequer in that known volume called Testa de Nevill under the title De sergeantiis arentatis this Rob. le Megre being the onely man made choyce of and appointed by the K. in this County performed that service and left issue Will. le Megre who on the Eve of S. Martin an 1254. 38 H. 3. by his Testam bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Monastery of Combe at which time he was received by those Monks to be partaker of all the benefits of their Order Which Will. departed this life before 13 E. 1. for then do I find that Amicia and Margerie were his daughters and heirs one whereof became the wife of Iohn Low and the other of Philip Lovet Whether these daughters had no issue and that thereby this Mannour eschaeted to Iohn de Lodbroke of whom it was immediatly holden or whether the said Iohn de Lodbroke obtained it by purchase or any other Agreement with them I know not but certain it is that his posterity enjoy'd it For in 9 E. 2. Henry de Lodbroke his son was certified to be owner thereof and that he held it by a Kts. fee of the E. of Warwick Which Sir H. de Lodbroke for he was a Kt. in 17 E. 2. setled it upon Iohn his son and Hawise then the wife of the said Iohn and the heirs of their two bodyes lawfully begotten rendring to him the said Sir Henry x marks sterling during his life After which viz. in 24 E. 3. by a â—ine then levyed betwixt the said Hawise Pl. and Will the son of Nich. le Wodward of Ichinton Deforc. it was setled upon the said Hawise for life and from her decease upon Will. de Catesby for life the remainder to Thomas the son of the said Sir Iohn de Lodbroke and Alice the daughter of the same Will. de Catesby and the heirs of their two bodies but for default of such issue to the right heirs of the said Thomas Which Thomas and all his brothers dyed without issue so that Alice the wife of Lewes Cardian became heir at law to them as by the descent in Lodbroke may be seen From whom descended Iohn Hathewyk son of Will. Hathewyk and Catherine daughter and heir of her the said Alice who in 10 H. 6. was certified to hold this Mannour by the 8 part of a Kts. fee at which time he resided here and had the addition of generosus But after this do I find no more mention in Record of this Mannour till 21 H. 8. that there was a Fine levyed thereof betwixt Rob. Dormer Esq and others Pl. and Rob. Corbet Dâ—forc though to what uses I know not Howbeit the next year following it was passed by Ioan the widow of the said Rob. Corbet unto Thomas Englefeild one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Sir George Throgmorton Kt. and Edward Underhill Gent. as
thereto The next ensuing year viz. 47 E. 3. he was again retained to serve the King in his French warrs for one whole year with CC. men at Armes and CC. Archers well mounted armed and arrayed under the conduct of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster of which men at Armes besides himself there were to be Lix Knights and Cxl. esquiers And in 49 E. 3. was sent by Commission from the King into Scotland with whom were joyned Sir Guy de Brienne and Sir Henry le Scrope Bannerets to treat with William Earl of Douglas and others appointed by the King of Scotts touching restitution of those lands which by the truce formerly made did belong to the English The same year also did he accompany Edmund E. of Cambridge the Kings son into Britanny on the behalf of Iohn de Montfort Duke of Britanny where they had great success in taking of severall Castles till they were recalled by the King upon a truce concluded betwixt him and the French In 50 E. 3. he was constituted Governour of the Isles of Gernsey Serke and Aureney In 51 E. 3. he had Commission with divers gentlemen of note for arraying of men in this County so also in 1 R. 2. at which time he was by Indenture retain'd to serve the King with CC. men at Armes and CC. Archers beyond Sea for a quarter and half of the year viz. besides himself a Banneret four Knights with Clxiv Esquiers well and sufficiently mounted armed and accoutred for that voyage In 3 R. 2. he was again in Commission for arraying of men in this Shire and by the Commons in Parliament at the same time held at London chosen Governour to the King then but young as being a man most just and prudent for which service he was to have a convenient allowance out of the Kings publique Treasury In 5 R. 2. that foul Insurrection of the Commons under the conduct of Iack-Straw happening whereof our Storyes have a full relation he was sent to protect the Monastery of S. Albans then much endangered by that Rebellious Rout and to do Justice upon the Villains but as he was marching thitherward with a thousand stout men well armed and the Lord Thomas Percy in his company News came to him that the like commotion was broke out where his own estate lay which occasioning him to divert his intended course and to send part of his souldiers to the aid of the Abbot did much animate those bold Rebells that had gotten head at S. Albans Whether in this County or where els the Insurrection was I cannot directly say but I find that there were speciall Commissions directed to him with other persons of quality in this Shire to suppress any that should make head therein In 8. of the same Kings reign he had againe Commission to put the men of this County in Arâ—ay But I cannot point out the direct extent of time that the King continued under his tutelage yet certain it is that before he arrived to mans estate he took the reins of government into his own hand or suffered them to be guided by some speciall Favorites of whose misdoings he himself had at last wofull experience the chief of which were Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford advanced to the title of Marquess of Dublin and afterwards D. of Ireland upon whom dâ—vers of the Nobility had therfore cast very envious eyes but so much did the King affect the Marquess that discerning who they were that thus maligned him he laid trains to murther them as saith my Author of which number were Thomas Duke of Glouc. the Kings own Uncle and our Earl of Warwick who being men of haughty Spirits and apprehending some danger towards associated more to their company and put themselves in Armes at Haringey Park whereupon they constrained the Kâ—â—g to call a Parliament the next ensuing year but what exorbitant things were done therein through their potency our Annalls of that time will tell you Howbeit about a twelve month after the Kâ—ng assembling his Nobles told them he was now of age to govern himself and the Kingdom and thereupon chang'd some of his great Officers and Câ—uncellers whereof this Thomas E. oâ— Warwick was one that he said aside who thenceâ—â—â—â—â— retiring himself built that strong and stately Tower standing at the Northeast corner of the Castle here at Warwick the cost whereof amounted to CCCXCV li. v s. ii d. As also the whole body of the Collegiat Church of our Lady both which were finished in 17 R. 2. but from that time forwards never could he get the Kings favour again so that Thomas de Moubray Earl Marshall and Notingham taking advantage of the Kings displeasure against him and of the countenance that he himself then had at Court brought his Writ of Error to reverse the Judgement given in 26 E. 3. on the behalf of Thomas then Earl of Warwick for the dominion of Gowher in Wales aâ—â—eadging that the Process whereupon the suit in E. 3. time had been commenced was directed to the Shiriff of Hereford-shire whereas the land of Gowher in question lay in Wales yet so hapned the issue of that business though this errour if it were one related nothing to the just title that in 20 R. 2. Moubray recovered it Nay this was not all for jealousyes and secret grudges harboured by dâ—veâ—s greaâ—men towards them that had most interest with the King and doubtless were his advisers in what he had done as also by him against them began now to shew their effects so that the King having wedded Isabell daughter to the King of France a girl scarce eight years old for better securing the xxx years Truce concluded with that Nation whereby he apprehended that nothing could now disturb him in doing what he listed caused his uncle the Duke of Glouc. to be layd hold on at Pleshy in Essex when he least thought of such a thing and hurryed thence to Caleys where he was secretly murthered by the said Thomas Moubray not without the Kings privity as 't is said And the same day that the Duke of Glouc. was so seized on did he invite this our Earl of Warwick to a Feast who suspecting nothing came but found very harsh entertainment for there did he cause him to be arrested and carryed away Prisoner who putting himself upon the Parliament for Justice and acknowledging the meeting at Haringey-Park had Judgment of death past upon him Howbeit the King qualified that sentence and gave him his life in exchange for a perpetuall banishment to the Isle of Man where he was to continue Prisoner directing his Letters Patents to William le Scrope Earl of Wiltshire who then had the dominion of that Isle and to Sir Stephen le Scrope Knight bearing date at Westminster 12. Oct. in the xx year of his
the said Charter for which respect he had a day assigned him to make good his claim In 14 E. 1. he was constituted one of the Justices for the Gaol delivery at Warwick In 15 E. 1. one of the 4. Knights to take care that the Articles for conservation of the Peace according to the Statute of Winchester should be observed in this County And the same year as also in 17 E. 1. again one of the Justices for the Gaol delivery at Warwick He was a Benefactor to the Canons of Thelisford as I have already there shewed and dyed in 31 E. 1. leaving issue by Petronill his wife William Lucy his son and heir then 26. years of age who had livery of his lands the same year which Will. was a Kt. in 2 E. 2. if not sooner and bore for his Arms Gules semé of Crosslets with three Lucies hauriant d'Argent as by his Seal appears Whose publique imployments were as followeth viz. Knight for this Shire in the Parliament held at Westminster in 6 E. 2. In that at Yorke 15 E. 1. Again at Westminster 17 E. 2. In that of Northampton 2 E. 3. and of Westminster in 10 E. 3. For the Gaol-delivery at Warwick he was in Commission in 10â— 16 17â— and 19 E. 2. For conservation of the Peace according to the statute of Winchester in 13 E. 2. In 15 E. 2. for choosing Foot-Souldiers and conducting them to New-Castle upon Tine to march against the Scots so also in 16. at which time the number so conducted were in this County full CCC In 18 E. 2. for ordering of those Knights Esquiers and other Souldiers which were to serve on Horseback with the K. in his Warrs of Gascoin And in 19 E. 2. for conservation of the Peace according to the Statute of Winchester To the Canons of Thelisford he was also a Benefactor as other of his Ancestors had been And by Elizabeth his wife left issue William his son and heir who in 15 E. 2. was in that Welch expedition for the Kings service and in 18 E. 3. a Knight being then in Commission with others to enquire within this County and to certify the names of all persons who had Lands and Rents to the value of an C s. and upwards to a thousand pounds per annum deducting the services and necessary reprises In 19 E. 3. he received Summons with many other persons of quality to prepare himself with Horse and Armes by the Feast of S t Laurence for to wait upon the K. in his French expedition This was the time when that notable battail of Cressy whereof our Historians make relation was fought he being of the retinue of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick but exempted from attendance at that time being then joyn'd in Commission with the Shiriff and some others to array Clx. Archers in this County for the Kings service but after the 22 E. 3. I find no mention of him By Elizabeth his wife he left issue Thomas Lucy who had two wives viz. Elizabeth and Philippâ— which Philippa in 28 E. 3. joyned with him in a grant of certain errable land lying here in Cherlecote to the Canons of Thelesford â— to the intent that they should celebrate Divine Service and pray devoutly there for the soul of William de Clinton Earl of Huntingdon as also for the souls of them the said Thomas and Philippa This Thomas had issue William Lucy who being a Knight in 5 R. 2. was the same year retained by Indenture with Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster King of Castile c. to serve him with one Esquier for terme of his life aswell in times of Warr as Peace for which service to have xx li. per an besides his dyet and in 1 H. 4. was one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parliament then held at Westminster To him succeeded Thomas his son and heir retained also with the said D. of Lanc. for terme of life to serve him aswell in times of Peace as Warr for which he was to have x. marks per an wages This Thomas being a Kt. in 7 H. 4. served the same year for this County in the Parl. then held In 8 H. 4. he was constituted Shiriff of this and Leicestershire and having been of the retinue to Richard de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick for which he had xx li. per annum Fee wedded Alice the onely daughter of Sir William Hugford but by the death without issue of Margerie daughter to William son and heir to the said William at length his heir by whom he had a fair inheritance of lands lying in the Counties of Bedford and Salop. and departed this life 28. Iulii 3 H. 5. leaving William his son and heir 13. years of age the said Alice taking to husband Richard Archer of Tanworth Esquier within 8. weeks after his said decease This William was during his minority in Ward to Iohn Boteler of Werington in Com. Lanc. Esquier and in 2 H. 6. upon the death of Eliz. the widow of Sir Iohn Clinton Knight found Cosen and heir to her viz. son of Alice Hugford daughter of Margerie son of Iames Pabenham son of Ioan sister of William father of William father to the said Elizabeth In 12 H. 6. I find him listed in the Catalogue of those men of note in this Shire that made oath for performance of such particular things as were determined of in the Parliament held at Westminster that year In 14 H. 6. he was constituted Shiriff of this County and Leicester-shire so also in 28 H. 6. and the same year jâ—in'd in Commission with the Lord Grey of Groby and others for treating with the people about a loan to the King â—o likewise in 31 H. 6. with Humfrey Duke of Buck. and others for that purpose It seemes that he adhered to the Hâ—use 〈◊〉 Yorke in those turbulent times when so much bâ—oâ—d was spilt in that quarrell with the Lancastrians for in 38 H. 6. he had a Protect on 〈◊〉 himself and all his goods from the Earls of March and Warwick which bears date 18. Iulii and departed this life in 6 E. 4. leaving by Elianore his wife daughter to Reginalâ— Lâ—rd Grey of Ruthin William his son and heir 26. years of agâ—â— whom 7 E 4. doing fealty for the Mannour of Haversham â—n â—om Buck. held of the K. as of his Honour â—f Peverell as also for the Mannour of Shrewley in thâ—s Câ—unâ—y held also of the King as â—f â—â—s Dutchy of Lancaster had his homage respited This William was one of the Commissioners for conservation of the Peace in this County in 11 12 13 and 14 E. 4. in which fourteenth year he had for some
Edward dyed seized thereof in the life time of Thomas and Thomas departed this life 1. Ian. 5. Eliz. leaving Iohn his son and heir xxx years of age The Church being given to the Monastery of Alcester by Raph le Boteler Founder thereof in K. Stephens time was in an 1291. 19 E. 1. rated at xii marks at which time the Prior of Ware had a portion of the Tithes belonging thereto valued at 1. mark And in 26 H. 8. the Vicaridge was valued at viii li. iii s. iv d. the Rectory being appropriate to the Monks of Alcester and then rated at xvii li. Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes c. Abb. Conv. de Alencester Will. de Alencester Cap. in Vigil b. Cath. Virg. 1268. Abb. Conv. de Alencester Rog. dictus le Boor Pbr. 7. Id. Apr. 1284. Abb. Conv. de Alencester D. Milo de Cirnecester Pbr. 3. Non. Iun. 1306. Abb. Conv. de Alencester D. Ioh. Enche Pbr. 15. Cal. Aug. 1337. Abb. Conv. de Alencester Phil de Warmynton Cap. 7. Iulii 1339. Abb. Conv. de Alencester Ric. Wylkins Cap. 5. Dec. 1402. Abb. Conv. de Alencester D. Thom. Sompner Cap. 15. Nov. 1416. Abb. Conv. de Alencester D. Will. Doninton Cap. penult Iunii 1420. Abb. Conv. de Alencester D. Ioh. Tamworth 27. Apr. 1464. Abbas Conv. de Evesham D. Ioh. Clerke Cap. 14. Ian. 1480. Abbas Conv. de Evesham Magr. Ioh. Pryn in decret Bacc. 5. Apr. 1521. Thom. Woodward gen Ioh. Morse Cler. 11. Sept. 1583. Ric. woodward gen Rad. Wright Cler. 2. Martii 1590. Ric. woodward gen Nich. Byfeild Cler. 21. Ian. 1601. Francisca Woodward Vidua Ioh. Palmer Cler. 2. Feb. 1603. Francisca Woodward Vidua Rob. Rainebow Cler. 8. Ian. 1619 Kineton THis town as it gives name to the Hundred whereof I have spoke already at my enâ—rance thereinto so stands it about the center of it and for divers respects as I shal anon observe is a place as worthy of note as any other in this part of the County There are two places in the Conquerors Survey wherein the name of Cintone which is all one with what we now call Kington or Kineton is to be found the one amongst the lands belonging to the Earl of Mellent but I make a doubt whether that concerns this place rather believing it to be Kington now an obscure Village lying neer Claverdon The other amongst the lands of Will. fil Corbucion and then held by one Ailmarus being then certified to contain no more than two hides besides the woods estimated at half a mile in length and 4. furlongs in breadth all which was then valued but at x s. and had been the freehold of Turchill de Warwick in Edward the Confessors days But whether that were this Kington I am as unsatisfied believing rather this not to be at all mentioned in Domesday-book as some other places of note viz. Alcester and Tamworth in this County are not though then in the Ks. hands as I conclude those places were for it appears by a very authentique Record that it was antient demesn id est in the possession of King Edward the Confessor or King William the Conquerour and very likely of other Kings before those days the name thereof importing no lesse But the first certain mention that I find of it is in the Regâ—ster of Kenilworth â— where it appears that King H. 1. possest it and gave the Church to the Canons of that House immediatly after the Foundation thereof Eâ—clesiam etiam de Chintona de meo domino Concedo c. are the words of his Charter This King Henry granted also to Milo one of the sons to Will. de Oxinford and the rest of his Brethren xxx s. per an lands here in Chinton w ch William their father who is also called Vicecomes held of him and namely the land of Swinlic given by the said King to them and their mother in exchange for what they had in Blochesham Which Milo is he as I guesse who was called Milo de Kineton being a witnesse to many Charters in this County about that time But this land so given to the same Mâ—lo and his brethren King Stephen had again from himâ— and gave it to the said Canons of Kenilworth at such time as he confirm'd to them the grant of the Church by King H. 1. Howbeit the Mannour it self continued in the King's hands for it appears that in 12 H. 2. Will. Basset then Shiriff of this Shire accounted for the charge of making a Goale here and in 23 H. 2. xi marks and a half were assest and received from this town for Aid to the King under the title of Aâ—xilium Burgorum Villarum hominum per Will. fil Radulfi Will. Basset Mich. Belet Justices Itinerant at that time In 4 R. 1. there was xiv li. xv s. viii d. bestowed in workmanship upon the Gaol here by the Ks. speciall Precept Herebert de Putot and William Balance the one Lord of Hopsford â— the other of Ashorne in this County being Overseers of the repair But in 7 Ioh. the King having rendred Pilardington to Hugh de Gurnay from whom he had taken it and bestowed it upon Hugh de Hercy commanded the Shiriff that he should deliver possession of this Mannour to the said Hugh de Hercy by way of exchange for his title in Pilardington upon condition that if the said Hugh de Hercy could by any friendly agreement or by course of law recover Pilardington from the same Hugh de Gurnay that then he should deliver up this back again to the King Which was accordingly done for I find that Hugh de Hercy did repossesse Pillardington whereupon the King having this again by his Charter bearing date at Lincoln 28. Sept. 18. of his raign granted it in Fee-ferm to Stephen de Segrave and his heirs of whom in Caludon I have spoke paying into the Exchequer yearly xii li. viz. at Easter vi li. and Michaelmasse vi li. being the antient Rent that it yeilded to the Crown After which viz. in 4 H. 3. the same Stephen de Segrave obtained the Kings Charter dated 28. Aug. for a Mercate here weekly upon the Tuesday And the next year following did the King direct his speciall Precept to Thomas de Estleg and William Basset reciting that whereas he had granted unto them his speciall Commission for the seizing of all the Demesns and Eschaets which appertained to the Crown they should not meddle with this Mannour in respect that the same Stephen de Segrave had a Patent thereof from King Iohn which had been exhibited to him the said King And in 11. of his reign to fortifie his title granted unto him a new Charter thereof together with the like for the Tuesday Mercate bearing date at Westminster 10. Feb. the
inricht his kinred much as elswhere I have in some sort shewed disposing of this Lordship to Bartholomew his third brother who dyed seized thereof 15. Febr. 41 Eliz. leaving Bartholmew his son and heir thirty years of age which last mentioned Bartholmew being afterwards made a Knight by King Iames and having no issue did in consideration of 1500 li. payd in hand and 500. marks at his death where he should appoint settle it upon Stephen Hales of Newland Esquire his neer kinsman and his heirs whose grandchild scil Stephen now enjoys it The Church dedicated to S. Iames was given to the Canons of S. Sepulchers in Warwick by Hugo fil Ricardi about King Stephens time as I have already intimated But in 20 H. 2. there growing a Controversie betwixt the said Canons and William Cumin then Rector thereof the same was determined by Roger Bishop of Worcester and Adam Abbot of Evesham as Delegates from Pope Alexander the third in this manner viz. that the said William should yearly pay to those Canons in the name of this Church one mark of silver yearly within the Octaves of S. Michaell and when it should become void that Walter Cumin the Patron and his heirs might present thereunto but that the Parson presented before he did receive institution should give security to the said Canons by his corporall Oath to make just payment of that sum yearly unto them In anno 1291. 19 E. 1. this Church was valued at xx marks the Canons of Warwick receiving one mark as a Portion out of the same but about 17 E. 2. Walter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter obtained the perpetuall Patronage of it from Walter de Cantilupe and made an exchange thereof unto the Canons of Warwick before specified for certain messuages and lands lying without Temple-barr in the Parish of S. Clement Danes within the suburbs of London together with the advouson of the said Church of S. Clement at which time the said Canons had the Kings license for appropriating thereof to their own use it being accordingly effected by Thomas Cobham Bishop of Worcester 3. Id. Iunii 1325 18 E. 2. and the Vicaridge ordained by Adam de Orlton his successor 14. Ian. 1330. 4 E. 3. which Vicaridge was in 26 H. 8. valued at x li. Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. D. Ioh. de Cantilupo Walt. de Cantilupo Subdiac Cal. Iunii 1288. D. Episcopus Wigorn. Philippus de Hambury Cler. 5. Id. Dec. 1326. D. Episcopus Wigorn. Will. de Lemynton Pbr. 15. Dec. 1330. D. Episcopus Wigorn. Walt. Powyk Pbr. 3. Matii 1386. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Will. Walton Pbr. 15. Sept. 1432. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Ioh. Chestryfeld Pbr. 28. Oct. 1444. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Ric. Harryes Pbr. 2. Ian. 1444. D. Episcopus Wigorn. ..... 10. Iulii 1465. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Rog. Clarke Cap. 3. Iunii 1485. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Ioh. Done Pbr. 6. Iunii 1515. D. Episcopus Wigorn. Thomas Hargreve Pbr. 3. Iunii 1541. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Thomas Burton Pbr. 18. Maii 1557. D. Episcopus Wigorn. Ioh. Peder in S. Theol. Bac. 26. Sept. 1561. D. Episcopus Wigorn. D. Thomas Ferymon Cler. 15. Oct. 1571. D. Episcopus Wigorn. Ioh. Smyth Cler. 20. Apr. 1597. Wolvertonâ— IN the Conquerors time Robert de Stadford was possest of one hide one virgate and a third part lying in this Village valued at xx s. and then held of him by Urser all which before the Norman invasion belonged to one Simund a Dane The residue viz. two hides and a half and two parts of a virgate did Will. fil Corbucionis hold with the woods thereto belonging which were in length one furlong and half a furlong in breadth as also one House of viii d. rent lying in Warwick be-being a member thereof all which were rated at xxx s. and had been the freehold of one Ernvin in Edward the Confessors days In the generall Survey then taken it is written Ulwarditone which shews that the originall denomination thereof proceeded from some antient possessor that it had in the Saxons time But touching that proportion so held by Robert de Stadford I find no further mention under the name of Wolverton which makes me suppose that the Village called Norton-Limesi is it and that what Peter Corbucion son to the same William granted to William the son of Remfred and his heirs by the appellation of Wolfordintone was the same part and no more than is above mentioned which he gave to hold of him the said Peter and his heirs by the third part of a Kts. Fee yet so as that xx s. yearly whereof x s. to to be payd at Easter and x s. at Michaelmasse should suffice in lieu of that service Remfredus Will fil Remfredi temp Regis H. 2. Petrus de Wulwardinton 1 H. 3. Walt. de Wolwardinton Margeria Petrus de Wolwardinton miles 7 E. 1. Aliva Tho. de Wolvardington Rector Eccl. de Lobenham 19 E. 3. Will. de Wolvardinton Petrus de Wolvardinton defunctus 10 E. 3. Ioh. de Brome defunctus 10 E. 3. Eliz. filia haeres Eustach de Folvill Will. de Brome fil haeres 25 E. 3. Ioh. de Wolvardinton 1 E. 3. Alianora 10 E. 3. Will. Mufard 2. maritus Margeria filia haeres Ioh. Walgrave Warinus Walgrave Walterus Walgrave Ioh. Walgrave 7 H. 5. To this William the son of Remfred succeeded Peter who residing here assumed his sirname from this place Of whom what I find most memorable is that he was in rebellion against K. Iohn by reason whereof his lands were seized but in 1 H. 3. returning to obedience he had restitution of them again And that in 18 H. 3. he gave one mark fine to the King for coursing in the Forest. Which William had issue Walter who gave to Richard then Rector of the Church of S. Mary Magdalen at Tanworth in this Countyâ— and his successors one mess. situate in Tanworth to hold of him the said Walter and his heirs in pure Almes his Deeds whereby he made that grant having a large Crâ—ssant betwixt two Starrs in the impression of the Seal which hath been esteemed by skilfull Antiquaries for a badge only used by those who had made a journey to the Holy Land To the said Walter succeeded Peter who being a Knight in 7 E. 1. as also one of the Justices for Gaol-delivery at Warwick was in 33 E. 1. one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parliament then held at Westminster which Peter had issue Iohn William and Peter as also Thomas Parson of Lobenham in Leicester-shire and Founder of the Chantry at Stretton super Dunsmore in this County But all these dying without issue male Elizabeth daughter to the last Peter became his heir and was first the wife of Iohn Brome
which time it hath accompanied those places in point of succession and is now possest with them by the Throkmorton's of Coughton Salford-Priors HAving thus taken notice of all on this side Arrow I must passe over that River to Salford which is the last and only Parish whereof I am now to speak in this Hundred This containeth the Hamlets of Abbots Salford Wood-Bevinton Cock-Bevinton and Dunnington and had its name originally from a Salt spring that hath been there as the Inhabitants doe observe from the accesse of Pidgeons to the place where it was which is now choakt up Upon the Foundation of the Abby at Evesham in the year of Christ DCCxiiii this place by the name of Saltford major was given to that Monastery by S. Ecgwyn Bishop of Worcester but it continued not long to the Monks for it appears that in K. E. the Confessor's days â—odeva wife to Earl Leofrike of whom in Coventre I have spoke possest it and that after the Norman Conquest Leveve a Nun had it of the King's gift in whose hands it was at the time of the generall Survey and certified to contain three hides there being then a Church with a Mill rated at v s. and Woods containing two furlong in length and half a furlong in breadth in which Record it is written Salford and valued at vi li. But upon the advancement of Henry de Neuburgh to the Earldome of Warwick this Lordship was inter alia given to him as it seems for it appears that Earl Roger his son and successor possest it and thereof enfeoft Geffrey de Clinton to hold by the service of a Kts. Fee Howbeit Livitha the Nun being thus outed commenced her suit in K. Henrie's Court and recovered it whereupon the said Geffrey came to some agreement with her and by her consent with the good liking of the said Earl gave it to the Canons of Kenilworth upon his foundation of that Monastery in Confirmation whereof the same Earl whose consent therein he had acquitted to them the said Kts. service and ratified the grant in the King's presence And to the intent that no farther Challenge should be made by those that might pretend thereto Margaret the Countesse mother to Earl Roger by the full consent of the said Earl and the rest of her sons viz. Rotroe Bishop of Eureux Rob. de Newburgh Geffrey and Henry for the health of Henry her late husband's soul as also of her own and her sons added her Charter of confirmation in regard of the interest she had in the moytie of it In consideration whereof Bernard the first Prior there gave her xx marks of silver Which Canons of Kenilworth being so possest of this Lordship had divers liberties and priviledges therein viz. Court Leet Assize of bread and beer Gallows and Weyfs for all which they pleaded Prescription in 13 E. 1. and had allowance of them having therein as it appears by the Record of 19 E. 1. four Carucates of Land rated at xx s. the Carucate xvi li. in Rent of Assise together with the Ferm of the Mill in Pleas and Perquisites two marks in the demesn lands whereof they obtained a Charter of Free warren in 11 R. 2. After the dissolution of which Monastery it continued in the Crown till that K. Iames inter alia past it to certain persons in trust for payment of his debts who accordingly sold it unto Sir Simon Clarke Baronet now owner thereof An. scil 1640. The Church being confirm'd to the Canons of Kenilworth by Simon Bishop of Worcester in H. 1. time with Eccleshale and Withlakesford then Chapells belonging thereto and said to be of the same King Henry's grant was also ratified by Thoâ—â—s Arch Bishop of Canterbury in H. 2. time by whose Instrument there is mention of a Chapell also at Little Salford id est Abbots Salford belonging thereto and of a piece of glebe called Littleham being a meadow with Tithe of Salt which shews that there hath been antiently a Salt Spring there that yeilded good benefit In An. 1291 19 E. 1. it was valued at xvi marks the Vicar then having a portion of x. marks and the Abbot of Evesham xxx s. But in 26 H. 8. the Vicaridge was rated at x l. out of which the Procurations and Synodals then issuing were x s. v d. ob Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes c. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth D. Ric. de Mytham 10 Cal. Maii 1322. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. de Warmynton Pbr. 28 Oct. 1331. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. fil Rad. de Thursthorp 4 Dec. 1381. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ioh. Wâ—te 21 Febr. 1384. Pr. C. de Kenilw. D. Will. Gerard Pbr. 23 Sept. 1401. Pr. C. de Kenilw. D. Will. Grenehull Cap. 4 Nov. 1437. Pr. C. de Kenilw. Ric. Freman Cap. ult Aug. 1448. Pr. C. de Kenilw. Ric. Bonifaunt Art Magr. 2 Maii 1475. Pr. C. de Kenilw. Hugo Laytho Cap. 24 Apr. 1481. Pr. C. de Kenilw. Nich. Snede Cap. 11 Sept. 1499. Pr. C. de Kenilw. Nich. VValshe Art Magr. 14 Maii 1510. Pr. C. de Kenilw. Ioh. Faux Cap. 12 Ian. 1520. Edw. Brooke de Evesham Yeoman ratione assign Willielmi Gower ar D. VVill. Scollowe Pbr. 9 Oct. 1546. Abbots Salford THis by the name of Salford minor was given to the Abby of Evesham at the foundation thereof by S. Ecgwyne in the year DCCxiiii And being possest by the Monks of that House in the Conqueror's time was then certified to contain two hides having a Mill rated at xs and xx sticks of Eâ—les all valued at Lxs. Which Monks in 13 E. 1. claimed a Court Leet here and divers other priviledges by Prescription and had allowance of them But further of this Lordship other than the description of its boundaries which are here added I have not seen any thing memorable whilst it continued to those Monks Limites in Salford Abbatis Hi sunt limites terrae de parva Saltford quae de jure communi à tempore quo non existat memoria pertinent admatricem Ecclesiam parochiam Eveshamensis Ecclesiae Ex opposito parochiae de Offenham descendendo quo sichetus qui vocatur Smalemeresuche qui cadit in Avenam dividit parochiam Salford Eveshamens parochiam de Herverton inde contra decursum fluminiâ— ascendendo usque in Offepole de Offepole usque ad vadum quod vocatur Heneford Till the dissolution of which Monastery this Lordship continued thereto but then coming to the Crown was by the K. 9 Iulii 38 H. 8. past inter alia to Sir Philip Hobby Knight and his heirs which Sir Philip the next year following aliened it to Anthony Littleton Gent. After which it was not long ere it came to Iohn Alderford Esq by purchase as I have
Warwici vacat de dono nostro existit Habendum occupandum dictum Officium praefato Johanni seu deputato suo sufficienti pro termino vitae suae cum omnimodis vadiis feodis c. ab antiquo debitis c. Teste Rege apud Coventre xxiii Maii. To him succeeded William and likewise to that William another William and to him Thomas who being a learned Lawyer and Justice of North-Wales in H. 8. time as also in Commission for the Peace in this Shire the greatest part of that King's reign wedded Margerie the eldest of the seven daughters and coheirs to William Willington of Barcheston Esquire a wealthy Merchant of the Staple who survived him and afterwards became the wife of Sir Ambrose Cave Knight And by her left issue Edward Holt Esquire Which Edw. having had his education with Sir Iohn S t Leger then of Weoley Castle in in Com. Wigorn. as by his Fathers Will appears was in 14 Eliz. constituted one of the Justices of Peace for this County and in 26 Eliz. Shiriff and dyed 3. Febr. 35 Eliz. Unto whom succeeded Thomas his son and heir then of full age being made Shiriff of this County in 42 Eliz. and Knighted by King Iames at his first coming into England but afterwards viz. 25. Novemb. 10. Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baronet Of whom I may not omit to take this further notice viz. that by him there was a fair Parke inclosed here and a noble Fabrick therein erected which for beauty and state much exceedeth any in these parts the building whereof was begun in Aprill Anno 1618. 16 Iac. and finished in Aprill 11 0 Caroli As also that by his last Will and Testament he assigned CCC li. for the building of an Hospitall here at Aston for five men five women appointing a Rent charge out of his Mannour of Erdington of LXXXV III li. per ann for their support And lastly that he departed this life .... Anno 1654. being then about LXXXIII years of age The Church dedicated to S. Peter Paul being given to the Monastery of Newport-Paganell in Buckinghamshire commonly called Tikford-Priorie by Gervase Paganell Baron of Dudley and Lord of this Mannour in H. 2. time was appropriated to them by Ric. Peche then Bishop of this Diocesâ— which appropriation Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury shortly afterwards confirmed But the Monks of that House thought not their title very secure till they had got a ratification thereof from Giles de Erdington in 15 H. 3. for which he and his heirs were made partakers of all the prayers and pious works to be performed in that Monastery for ever After which viz. in 38 H. 3. there was an Ordination of the Vicaridge here by Roger de Weseham then Bishop of Coventre and Lichfield with the consent of the Monks of Newport-Painell and William de Kilkenny the then Rector By which Ordination bearing date at Brewood on the morrow after the Feast of S. Cecily the Virgin it appears that the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield were thenceforth to receive out of the fruits of the Rectory the sum of xx marks yearly at the Feasts of the Annunciation of our Lady and S. Andrew th'Apostle by even portions Howbeit after this scil about six years there was something more done as to the before specified Ordination by Roger de Molend the succeeding Bishop In Anno 1291. 19 E. 1. the Rectory was valued at xl marks over and above the same Pension of xx marks payable yearly to the Canons of Lichfield and the Vicaridge at vii marks and a half About the later end of E. 2. time I find that the Nuns of Catesby in Com. Northampt. made some title to the third part of the Tithes belonging to this Church but the Monks of Tikford by a Writ of Right recovered against them and had a confirmation of those Tithes accordingly made by King Edw. 3. in 5. of his reign Upon the dissolution of which Priory of Tikford in 17 H. 8. this Rectory with a certain Mannour here belonging thereto as the words of the Patent do import were with that Religious House and divers other small Monasteries at that time likewise suppressed given to Cardinall Woolsey for the endowing of his Colledges in Oxford and Ipswich then begun to be erected Which Cardinall did accordingly confer what he had here at Aston upon the Dean and Canons of his said Colledge in Oxford then called Woolsey's Colledge But that Foundation of the Cardinall was soon after altered by the King who not only assumed the honour thereof to himself but made great alteration in the endowment yet what was so given here at Aston continued though not without a new grant from the King to Iohn then Bishop of Lincolne and others to the use of the same Colledge Of the before specified Vicaridge I further find that it with the Chapell of Bromwich of xiv s. per an value was in 26 H. 8. rated at xxi li. iv s. viii d. over and above iii s. payd yearly to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield iii s. viii d. to the Bishop for Procurations and Synodalls and iv d. chief Rent of a Garden to Thomas Holt. Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes c. Prior Conv. de Tykford Gâ—lfr de Wenrich Pbr. 2. Cal. Nov. 1303. Prior Conv. de Tykford Henr. de Schirington Pbr. 16. Cal. Martii 1326. D. Rex ratione temporal Priorat de Tykford in mann sua existentium Ioh. Draper Cap. 15. Cal. Aug. 1349. D. Rex ratione temporal Priorat de Tykford in mann sua existentium Petrus Boterell 2. Non. Nov. 1349. D. Rex ratione temporal Priorat de Tykford in mann sua existentium Ric. de Tykenhale Cap. 2. Cal. Apr. 1355. D. Rex ratione temporal Priorat de Tykford in mann sua existentium Thomas Skyll Pbr. 5. Nov. 1383. D. Rex ratione temporal Priorat de Tykford in mann sua existentium Thomas atte Cruche 14. Oct. 1391. Prior Conv. de Tykford Will. Pollard 10. Maii 1404. Prior Conv. de Tykford Will Tonge Cap. 22. Oct. 1405. Prior Conv. de Tykford Rob. Hunte Cap. penult Oct. 1425. Prior Conv. de Tykford Ric. Hancocks Pbr. alt Dec. 1433. Prior Conv. de Tykford Ric. Bryan 6. Iulii 1440. Prior Conv. de Tykford Thomas Gaytoâ— Pbr. 25. Ian. 1440. Prior Conv. de Tykford D. Ioh. Dron Pbr. 3. Nov. 1441. Prior Conv. de Tykford Ric. Grove Pbr. 25. Aug. 1449. Prior Conv. de Tykford Will. Mussolwyke â— Deâ— 1451. Prior Conv. de Tykford David Styward Cap. 9. Sept. 14â—3 Idem Prior Conv. Ioh. Albod Cap. 5. Oct. 1456. Idem Prior Conv. Thomas Baker Cap. 8. Nov. 1458. Ambr. Cave miles ratione dotis Margeriae ux suae
daughters and heirs scil Adeliza the wife of Simon de Harecurt and Amabil of Robâ—rt Fitz-Walter as the Descent in Curdworth sheweth Which Amabil gave with her body for sepulture to the Nuns of Polesworth the Mill here at Kingsburie with some grounds thereto belonging her sister Alice confirming the granâ— and adding the Mill at Hurley for the health of her soul. But these sisters having no Children this Lordship descended to Amicia their Aunt and heir wife to Peter de Bracebrigge so called from a place of that name neer Lincolne whereof he was possest The Descendants of which Peter and Amicia had their principall seat here till about the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign divers of them being Knights as the Pedegree in the foregoing page sheweth This Peter de Bracebrigge was a militarie man as it seems for I find that he gave unto William the son of Fundui and his heirs certain lands lying within the precinct of this Lordship in a place called Esbroc to the intent that the said William shâ—uld upon lawfull warning carry hither to Kingsbury such painted Lances from London or Northampton at the charges of him the said Peter as he might have occasion to use in any Tourneament there and that whensoever the said Peter should take a journey beyond Sea for performance of such martiall exploits he the said Will. to attend him and to bring back his Lances To which Peter succeeded Iohn his son and heir who had much adoe in defending this his inheritance for in 7 Ioh. did Thomas de Arden begin his claim and gave five marks to the said King for a Writ of Right to trye his title thereto which in 9 Ioh. he did set forth as lineall heir to Turchil de Warwic who was seized of it in King H. 1. time and offred to decide his right to it by Duell naming one William de Kopland his Champion which William receiving comand from Ulfkill his Father as being Tenant to the said Iohn assented to undertake the Combate Whereupon Iohn de Bracebrigge answered that he denied not the said Turchil's seisin but tendred triall by the great Assize as to the time and right thereof Unto which the said Thomas replied that the great Assize ought not to be in this case because they were both descended from one stock viz. from Turchil of whose inheritance it was Howbeit Iohn answered that though he acknowledged their descent from Turchil yet he claimed nothing thereby because the said Turchil had two wives and that it was from the first that the said Thomas descended but that this land being the inheritance of Leverunia his second wife who held it all her life and after her decease Osbert her son and after him another Osbert that had severall daughters which died without issue it came to Amicia their Aunt mother to him the said Iohn tendring to put himself upon the great Assize to determine whether he had not more right thereto from the before specified Laverunia than the said Thomas from Turchil and whether the same Turchil were so seized of it the day and year that the said King Henry dyed And lastly because the said land did lye bordering on two Counties scil Warwick and Stafford he offered xx marks to have Knights of both Counties for triall thereof the said Thomas offring xx marks and a Palfrey whereupon it was concluded that the cause should be so decided and so I suppose it was or by some friendly Agreement for I find that the next year following the same Thomas de Arden quitted all his right and title therein to the said Iohn And yet it seems that they were not quiet for in 11 Ioh. the said Thomas de Arden gave a Palfrey that the determination thereof might be before the King and the next year after Iohn de Bracebrigge payd xl s. for to have another Jury but other particulars I have not seen This Iohn de Bracebrigge confirmed the grant of Kingsburie-Millâ— c. and Hurley-Mill made to the Nunns of Polesworth as hath been observed and died without issue in 2 H. 3. leaving William his Brother and heir Which VVilliam in 19 H. 3. was a Justice of Assize at Warwick and afterwards confirm'd to the Monks of Merevale â— the grant of a yard land in Holt made to them by Iohn his Brother and whatsoever else he the said Iohn had given to that Monasterie But to William succeeded Raph his son and heir who questioned the title that the Nuns of Polesworth had to Kingsburie-Mill and Hurley-Mill whereupon they came to a Composition with him giving six marks of silver This Raphe was at that time a Knight and shortly after commenced suit against the Nuns of Mergate for the advouson of Kingsburie-Church but to this they pleaded the grant of Osbert de Arden and exhibited the Charter of Peter de Bracebrigge before specified with the consent of Amicia his wife confirming the same whereupon he had no more to say To which Raphe succeeded Iohn de Bracebrigge betwixt whom and the Prioresse of Mergate there was a Fine levied in 36 H. 3. for certain lands lying within this Lordship of Kingsburie that were setled upon the said Iohn and his heirs paying iii s. yearly Rent to the Nuns In 40 H. 3 this Iohn gave a Fine to the King of two marks in gold that his Knighthood might be respited for three years longer wiâ—hin the compasse of which time being amerced at a mark by the Justices Itinerant in Lincolnshire because he was not a Knight he had a speciall Mandate to the Barons of the Exchequer for acquitting him of that summe But adhering to the rebellious Barons who in 48 H. 3. did put themselves in Armes as in Kenilworth hath been shewed was on the fift of April the same year taken Prisoner in Northampton at the surprisall thereof by the King's Army being at that time a Knight for which this Lordship was seized and given by the King to Roger de Clifford and imprisoned at Shrewsbury as appears by the King's Precept for his deliverie directed to the Bayliffs of that town and dated 9. Ian. 49. H. 3. But the Inquisition upon the extent of his lands says that Hugh de Turberville had the charge of him till he had got his redemâ—ption yet after this he fled into the Isle of Axholme with young Simon Montfort and others where he continued till he saw all his partie totally vanquishtâ— and then submitted to the Diâ—ctum de Kenilworth Iames de Audele undertaking on his behalf It seems that his composition did cast him into some distress for in 53 H. 3. he mâ—d a Lâ—ase of this whole Lordship excepting a yard land that one Walter le Plummer sometime held unto Robert de Typetot and Eva his wife during their lives for which he received of them 500 li.
but themselves the Poor as also Strangers and Pilgrims constant advantage there wanted not the most subtill contrivances to effect this stupendious work that I think any age hath beheld whereof it will not be thought impertinent I presume to take here a short view In order therefore to it was that which Cardinall Woolsey had done for the founding of his Colledges in Oxford and Ipswich made a President viz. the dissolving of above xxx Religious Houses most very small ones by the License of the King and Pope Clement the viith And that it might be the better carried on M Thomas Cromwell who had been an old servant to the Cardinall and not a little active in that was the chief person pitched upon to assist therein For I look upon this business as not originally designed by the King but by some principall ambitious men of that age who projected to themselves all worldly advantages imaginable through that deluge of of wealth which was like to flow amongst them by his hideous storm First therefore having insinuated to the King matter of Profit and Honour scil Profit by so vast an enlargement of his revenue And Honour in being able to maintain mighty Armies to recover his rights in France as also to strengthen himself against the Pope whose Supremacie he had abolish't and make the firmer alliance with such Princes as had done the like did they procure Cranmer's advancement to the See of Canterbury and more of the Protestant Clergie as my authoritie termes them to other Bishopricks and high places to the end that the rest should not be able in a full Councell to carry any thing against their design sending out Preachers to perswade the People that they should stand fast to the King without fear of the Pope's curse or his dissolving their allegiance Next that it might be the more plausibly carried on care was taken so to represent the lives of the Monks Nunns Canons c. to the world as that the lesse regret might be made at their ruine To which purpose T. Cromwell being constituted generall Visitor imployed sundry persons who acted their parts therein accordingly viz. Richard Lâ—yâ—on Thomas Legh and William Petre Doctors of Law D. Iohn London Dean of Wallingford and others to whom he gave Instructions in Lxxxvi Articles by which they were to enquire into the Government and behaviour of the Religious of both sexes which Commissioners the better to manage the designe gave encouragement to the Monks not only to accuse their Governours but to informe against each other compelling them also to produce the Charters and Evidences of their lands as also their plate and money and to give an Inventorie thereof And hereunto did they adde certain Injunctions from the King containing most severe and strict Rules by means whereof divers being found obnoxious to their censure were expelled and many discerning themselves not able to live free from some exception or advantage that might be taken against them desired to leave their Habit. And having by these Visitors thus searcht into their lives which by a Black Book containing a world of enormities were represented in no small measure scandalous to the end that the People might be the better satisfied with their proceedings it was thought convenient to suggest that the lesser Houses for want of good goverment were chiefly guilty of these Crimes that were layd to their charge and so they did as appears by the Preamble of that Act for their dissolution made in 27 H. 8. which Parliament consisting for the most part of such members as were packt for the purpose through private interest as is evident by divers originall Letters of that time many of the Nobility for the like respects also favouring the design assented to the suppressing of all such Houses as had been certified of lesse value then CC li. per annum and gâ—ving them with their lands and revenues to the King yet so as not only the Religious persons therein should be committed to the great and honourable Monasteries of this Realme where they might be compelled to live religiously for reformation of their lives wherein thanks be to God Religion is well kept and observed as are the very words of that Act but that the possessions belonging to such Houses should be converted to better uses to the pleasure of Almighty God and to the honour and profit of the Realme But how well the tenour thereof was pursued we shall soon see these specious pretences being made use of for no other purpose than by opening this gap to make way for the totall ruine of the greater Houses wherein it is by the said Act acknowledged that Religion was so well observed For no sooner were the Monks c. turn'd out and the Houses demolisht that being it which was first thought requisite least some accidentall change might conduce to their restitution but care was taken to prefer such persons to the superioritie in government upon any Vacancie of those greater Houses as might be instrumentall to their surrender by perswading with the Covent to that purpose whose activeness was such that within the space of two years severall Covents were wrought upon and Commissioners sent down to take them at their hands to the King's use Of which number I finde that besides the before specified Doctors of Law scil Legh Petre and Layton and D r London D. of Walingford there was Robert Earl of Sussex Sir Iohn S. Clere Sir William Pirton Sir Henry Farrington Knights and Richard Devereux sometime a Frier And of Gentlemen Anthony Fitz-Herbert afterwards one of the Justices of the Common Pleas Iohn Gage William Leyland Iohn Williams Thomas Mildmay .... Iobson Richard Cromwell Robert Southwell William Parr Thomas Bedyll Henry Polsted Iohn Anthony Edmund Knightly Iohn Lane George Giffard Iohn Grevill Simon Mountfort Thomas Holt Roger VVigston Robert Burgoin Richard Pollard Philip Parys Iohn Smith Edward Carne Richard Gwent William Berners Iohn Arnold Iohn ap Rice and Richard Paulet The truth is that there was no omission of any endeavour that can well be imagined to accomplish these Surrenders For so subtilly did the Commissioners act their parts as that after earnest solicitation with the Abbots and finding them backwards they first attempted them with the promises of good Pensions during life whereby they found some forwards enough to promote the work as the Abbot of Hales in Com. Glouc. was who had high commendation for it by the Commissioners as their Letters to the Visitor Generall do manifest So likewise had the Abbots of Ramsey and Prior of Ely Nay some were so obsequious that after they â—ad wrought the surrender of their own Houses they were imployed as Commissioners to perswade with others as the Prior of Gisburne in Yorkshire for one Neither were the Courtiers unactive in driving on this work as may seem by the Lord Chancelour Audley's