3 Ian. 18 Iac. was Created Vicount Grandison of Lymerick in Ireland by reason of his descent from an Heir Female of that House and made Lord Deputy of that Realm Whence he return'd in 20 Iac. And by Letters Patent bearing date 21 Maii 2 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Tregoz of Highworth in Com. Wilts He Married Iohn the Daughter and Heir to Henry Roydon of Batterâ—ey in Com. Surr. Esq Widdow of William Holcroft and departing this life without Issue 30 Dec. an 1630. 6 Car. 1. being then seventy years of age was buried in the Chancel there Dudley Lord Carlton Vicount Dorchester 2 Car. 1. THis Dudley Carlton Son of Anthony Carlton of Baldwin Brightwell in Com. Oxon. Esq and there born 10 Martii an 1573. 16 Eliz. was Knighted by King Iames at Winâ—â—or ... Iunii an 1610. 8 Iac. And afterwards being Vice-Chamberlain to King Charles the First was imploy'd Embassador First to â—enice next to the Duke of Saboy and advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm 22 Maii 2 Car. 1. by the name of Lord Carlton of Iâ—â—bercourt in Com. Surr. The next year following he accompanied Sir William Seagar Knight then Garter principal King of Arms unto Henry Prince of Aurange with the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter And upon the 25 th of Iuly 4 Car. 1. was Created i Vicount Dorchester of Dorchester in Com. Oxon. Also upon the 18 th of December Constituted one of the King 's Principal Secretaries of State He Married two Wives First Anne Daughter and Coheir of George Gerard second Son to Sir William Gerard of Dorney in Com. Buck. Knight by whom he had Issue Henry who died in his Infancy Secondly Anne Daughter of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham in Com. Suff. Knight Widdow of Paul Vicount Banning and departing this life at his House in Westminster 15 Febr. an 1631. 7 Car. 1. was buried in St. Pauls Chapel within the Abby Church there where there is a noble Monument erected to his memory leaving his Lady great with Child Which Child being afterwards born a Daughter and called Frances died young Tufton Earl of Thanet 2 Car. 1. THat this Family of Tufton originally assuming its surname from a place long since written Toketon but of later Ages Tufton in the Parish of Northjam in Com. Suss. which to this day is possest by the principal branch thereof hath been of great Antiquity in those parts appeareth by sundry old Evidences whereof some be without date Likewise that they were Lords of Syleham in the Parish of Raynham in Kent and other Lands of good value both in that County and Sussex as also Benefactors to the Hospital of St. Bartholmew at Rye by the gift of certain Lands in Ewehurst thereto Of which was Roger de Toketon who in 30 E. 1. Married Iulian the Sister of Sir Iohn Campain Knight From whom deâ—cended Iohn Tufton of Hothfeild in Com. Cantii Esq Sheriff of that County in 4 Eliz. and departing this life in the ninth year of that Queens Reign was buried at Hothâ—eild leaving Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Baker of Sittinghurst in the same County Knight Iohn his Son and Heir and one Daughter called Cecelie Married to Sir Thomas Saundes Knight Which Iohn underwent the Sheriffalty for that County of Kent in 18 Eliz. And being a person of great worth receiv'd the honour of Knighthood by King Iames upon the eleventh of May in the first year of his Reign as also the dignity of Baronet upon the first erection of that degree viz. 19 Iunii 9 Iac. This Sir Iohn Tufton Married two Wives First Olympia the Daughter and Heir to Christopher Blower of Raynham Esq by whom he had Issue three Daughters Anne Married to Francis Tresham of Ruâ—hton in Com. Northt Esq Elizabeth who died young and Margaret Wedded to Sir Thomas Carill of Shipley in Com. Suss. Knight To his second Wife he Married Christian one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Humphry Brown Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Commonâ—Pleas on whom he begot these six Sons viz. Nicholas afterwards Earl of 〈◊〉 Iohn Sir Humphrey Tufton of the Mote near Maidstâ—r Knight and Baronet Richard Sir William Tufton Baronet and Thomas Likewise four Daughters Cecilie first Married to Sir Edward Hungerford Knight afterwards to Francis Earl of Rutland Mary to Sir Henry Constable of Burton Constable in Com. Ebor. Knight afterwards Vicount Dunbar in Scotland Anne and Elizabeth who both died young And departing this life upon the second day of April An. 1624. 22 Iac. lyeth buried in the Parish Church at Hothfeild To whom succeeded Nicholas his Son and Heir which Nicholas having been Knighted at New-Castle upon Tine 13 Apr. an 1603. King Iames coming then first into England in consideration of his great merits was by Letters Patents bearing date the first of November 2 Car. 1. advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Tufton of Tufton in Sussex and upon the fifth of August 4 Car. 1. Created Earl of Thanet an Isle in Kent This Nicholas took to Wife the Lady Frances Daughter to Thomas Earl of Exeter and by her had Issue four Sons William who died in his Childhood Iohn who afterwards succeeded him in his Honours Nicholas and Cecill and nine Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Edward Dering of Surrendenâ— Dering in Com. Cantii Knight and Baâ—onet Frances who died Unmarried Dorothie Wife of Sir Raphe Ashton of ... in Com. Lanc. Knight Mary Married to Sir Edward Bishop of Parham in Com. Suss. Knight Anne and Alice who died young Diana Wife of Robert Curson Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Curson of Water â—irye in Com. Oxon. Knight Cecelie who dieâ—â— Unmarried and Christian Wedded to Milward Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Milward of 〈◊〉 in Com. Derb. Knight He departed this life upon the last day of Iune an 1632. 8 Car. 1. and was buried in the Parish Church of Raynham before-mention'd To him succeeded Iohn his eldest surviving Son who Married Margaret the eldest of the two Daughters and Coheirs to Richard late Earl of Dorset by Anne his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to George Earl of Cumberland and by her had Issue six Sons viz. Nicholas Iohn Richard Thomas Sackvile and George who serving in the Wars of the Count-Palatine of the Rhene died of a wound which he there received As also six Daughters Anne who died young Margaret Married to George now Lord Coventrie Frances to Henry Drax of Boston in Com. Linc. Esq Cecilie to Christopher now Lord Hatton Mary to William Son and Heir to Sir William Walter of Saresden in Com. Oxon.
gerente Westmario Comite Deinde regnante Elizabetha Anglorum Reginâ cum Scotorum Reginâ Mariâ— prelio domi superatâ in Angliam compulsa est atque apud Scotici limitis praefectum primùm diverteret donec in utriusque Regni perniciem magna molire est comperta huic illustri Comiti tutiùs custodiends tradita An. MDLXVIII Quem penès honorificè splendidè satis usque annum MDLXXXIIII per tria amplius lustra est hospitata non sine magnâ ipsius hospitis impensâ curaque anxiâ vix exprimenda Qui divinâ providentiâ gubernante in causâ tam arduâ cujus magnitudo gravissima utilitas publica fuit tam laudate ac faeliciter se gessit eum virum fidelem non minus quà m providum atque prudentem ipsa invidia judicare debet Quamque semper ab omni suspicione perfidiae fuerat 〈◊〉 illud declarat quod liâ—et à malevolis propter suspectam cum captivâ Regina familiaritatem sepiùs malè aâ—diret Cum tamen ejusdem dem Reginae causa ex Senatus Regni consultu à proceribus in arce Fodringhamesi cognoscenda esset inter magnates qui reatus sui in testimonium ac vindictam admittendi erant hunc nobilissimum Comitem serenissima Regina Elizabethae notum essevâ—luit illumque post judicium latum ejusdem seâ—tentiae transactorem constituit dato ab hoc Diplomate regio magno Sigillo Angliae communito Ita vir iste genere clarus publicis bene gestis magistratibus clarior domi ac soris clarissimus illustris erga â—rincipem patriam fidei summi apud omnes 〈◊〉 quem ad fatalem maturae senectutis 〈◊〉 sine fortunae ludibrio perduxerat aeterno 〈◊〉 spiritum à quo acceperat firmum in Christo fidem placidâ— tranquillè reddidit mensis anno Redemptoris Christi MD ... Ex priore conjuge D. Gartruda Thomae Rutlâ—ndâ—ae Comitis nata utriusque sâ—xus prolem suscepit egregiam Franciscum scil primogenitum superstitem è vivis sublatum Gilbertum â—aeredem futurum Edovardum Henricum Catherinam Herberto regulo copulatam sine sobole extinctam Mariam Georgio Savillo equiti desponsatam Graciam Henrico Cavendishii equitis haeredi nuptum Whereby it appeareth that the day and year of his death are deficient which his Executors never took care to supply and whose neglect therein as I have credibly heard he did prophetically foretel Moreover by a Tablet hanging in the East end of the Chancel of the same Church it farther appeareth That he was one of the Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth Lord President of the North Lieutenant of Stafford and Dervishtres and that he had the custody of the Queen of Scots seventeen years As also that he gave five hundred pounds to the Town of Chesterfield in Com. Derb. to set up Tradesmen who had no stock to begin on and that he was buried at Sheffield By Gertrude his first Wife Daughter of Thomas Mannors Earl of Rutlanâ— he had issue four Sons viz. Francis Lord Talbot who having married Anne the Daughter of William Herbert Earl of Pembroke died in his life time without issue Gilbert his Successor both in Lands and Honors Henry who took to Wife Elizabeth the Daughter of Williamâ—Reyner of Overton Longvile in Com. Hunt And had issue by her two Daughters his Heirs scil Gartrude married to Robert Pierpont of Holme-Pierpont in Com. Nott. Esquire afterwards Earl of Kingston and Mary to Sir William Airmin of Osnodâ—â— in Com. Linc. Baronet And Edward Successor in this Earldom to Gilbert Henry departing this life before him as also three Daughters viz. Catherine Wife of Henry Lord Herbert afterwards Earl of Pembroke Mary of Sir George Savile of Barrowhy in Com. Linc. Knight and Grace of Henry Cavendish Son and Heir to Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth in Com. Derb. Knight To his second Wife he married Elizabeth one of the Daughters and at length Heirs to Iohn Hardwick of Hardwick in Com. Derb. Esquire first married to ... Barlow of Barlow in Com. Derb. Esquire secondly to Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth aforesaid Knight Treasurer of the Chamber to King Henry the Eighth thirdly to Sir William St. Lo Knight Captain of the Guard to the same King Henry the Eighth Which Elizabeth surviving him died 13 Apr. An. 1607. and lieth buried in Alhallows Church at Derby ¶ I come now to Gilbert Son and Successor to the deceased Earl George This Gilbert in 15 Eliz. his Father then living was one of those who went over into France with Edward Earl of Lincoln Lord Admiral of England for confirming the League then made And in 32 Eliz. his Father still living was summoned to Parliament and there sate as a Baron In 39 Eliz. he was sent Ambassador into France at which time he used these Titles in his Lodging-Escucheons Gilbert Conte de Shrewsbury Baron Talbot Strange de Blackmere Comyn de Badenagh Valence Montchensi Furnival Verdon Lovetot Chivalier du tresnoble ordre de la Iarritiere In 1 Iac. he was constituted Guardian and Cheif Justice of all the Forests beyond Trent And departing this life at his House in Broadstreet London Octavo Maii An. 1616. 14 Iac. was buried at Sheffield with his Ancestors having issue by Mary his Wife Daughter of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth Knight George who died in his infancy and three Daughters who surviving him became Heirs to the greatest part of his Lands viz. Mary Wife of William Herbert Earl of Pembroke Elizabeth of Henry Earl of Kent and Aletheia of Thomas Earl of Arundel Whereupon the title of Earl divolved to Edward his Brother and Heir-male who took to Wife Ioane the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Cuthbert Lord Ogle but dying in London without issue surviving 8 Febr. An. 1617. 15 Iac. was privately buried at Westminster Which Ioane departing this life in An. 1627. was by the direction of her last Will and Testament buried at Westminster near her said Husband Talbot of Ricards Castle ¶ HAving now done with the cheif Branches of this Noble and Antient Family it will not be amiss to take notice That Richard a younger Son of that Richard Talbot who married Sarab Daughter of William Beauchamp Earl of Warwick became first owner of Ricards Castle in Com. Heref. and other Lands of good value by the marriage of Ioane one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Hugh de Mortimer of that place about the beginning of Edward the Thirds time And that to him succeeded Sir Iohn Talbot of Ricards Castle Knight and to him another Iohn who died in 12 Rich. 2. then seised of the Hamlet of Wolfreton as a Member of the Barony of Burford as also of the Mannors of Hobrug-Hall the Towns of Hatfield Kellendon Totham Magna and Woodham Mortimer in Com. Essex the Mannor of Coderugge and the moity of
he who gave him counsel to displace Hubert de Burgh from the Oâ—fice or Iustice of England and cast him in Prison nay that he prest to hang him and to banish divers of the Nobility adding That he would have a strict account of his dealing whilst he had been Iustice of England and what he had then received But for answer to this high Charge the Archbishop and Bishops obtain'd time till Michaeâ—mas following and within the space of a Twelvemonth after the Times being then more calm made his Peace with the King for a thousand Marks without reception into Grace as formerly Howbeit the year following he grew in such Favour that in 21 H. 3. the King wrought a Reconciliation unto him from those of the Nobility who had been his greatest Enemies Shortly after which he came into Action again being made Justice of Chester and the King 's Chief Counsellor And being now grown in years by experience of former times deported himself with much more temper and moderation than heretofore As to his Works of Piety it appears that he gave to the Monks of Stoneley in Com. Warr. the Mannor of Bericote in that County To the Monks of Comâ—e a Mill at Wykin and to the Canons of Leicester a certain Wood called New-Hay lying near Stockingford in Com. Warr. in which Monastery he became a Canon-Regular before he died He married two Wives first Rohese Daughter of Thomas le Despenser Sister to Hugh Secondly Ida Sister of Henry de Hastings with whom he had in Frank-Marriage the Mannor of Bruneswaver in Com. Warr. And departed this Life in the Abby of Leicester 5 Id. Nov. Anno 1241. 25 H. 3. To conclude Iâ—te Stephanus in juventute c. saith my Author This Stephen though come of no high Parentage was in his youth of a Clerk made a Knight and in his later days through his Prudence and Valour so exalted that he had the Reputation of one of the Chief Men in the Realm managing the greatest Affairs as he pleased In doing whereof he more minded his own Profit than the Common Good yet for some good Deeds and making a discreet Testament he died with much Honour To him succeeded Gilbert his second Son Iohn the eldest dying in his Life-time as is already observed Which Gilbert having married Annabil the Daughter and Coheir of Robert de Chaucumbe in 15 H. 3. obtain'd a Grant from Simon de Montsort Lord of Leicester of the whole Town of Kegworth in Com. Leic. And in 17 H. 3. procur'd from the King a Grant in Fee-farm to himself and his Heirs of the Mannor of Newcastle under Lime in Com. Staff with the Advowson of the Church of Stoke paying xx l. per annum Rent And the same year was made Governour of Bolesover-Castle In which Trust and for other Services he merited so well as that the King upon his Fathers death which hapned shortly after acquitted him of his Relief then due for the Lands thereupon descended to him and the next ensuing year scil 26 H. 3. made him Justice of all his Forests South of Trent and Governour of Kenilworth-Castle In 32 H. 3. he gave a Fine to the King of C Marks that neither himself nor his Heirs nor Sir William Wastneys Knight who was a Retainer to him might be question'd for any Trespasses done in the Forests during the time that he was Justice and in 35 H. 3. was made one of the Justices of Oyer and Terminer in the City of London to hear and determine of all such Causes us had usually been tried before the Justices Itinerant at the Tower of London A Benefactor he was likewise to the Monks of Stoneley as it seems for it appears that they granted to him and Annabil his Wife that one Monk of their Covent should perpetually celebrate Divine Service there for the health of the Soul of Stephen his Father Rohese his Mother and her the said Annabil In 38 H. 3. with R. Bigod Earl-Marshal being appointed an Embassador beyond-Sea he went into Gascoine But this Journey hastned his death for in his Return towards England with Iohn de Plessets Earl of Warwick and others of the English Nobility having special Letters of Safe-conduct from the King of France for their secure travelling through any of his Territories he was treacherously seised upon at Ponte a City in Poictou and cast into close Prison Which hard usage so impaired his health that languishing with Infirmities he died shortly after Annabil his Wife surviving who ratified the Grants of her Ancestors to the Canons of Chaucumbe and of her own gift bestow'd on them C s. yearly Rent issuing out of her Lordships of Chaucumbe and Dauby and afterwards married to Roger de Somery Baron of Dudley To which Gilbert succeeded Nicholas de Segrave his Son and Heir to whom Alianore the Wife of Robert Hovell quit-claimed all her Right in the Mannor of Alkmundbury in Com. Hunt which Mannor had been part of the Possessions of Stephen de Saegrave their Father In 43 H. 3. this Nicholas attended the King into France but soon after approved himself an active Rebel against him for the same year taking part with the rest of the Barons that had armed themselves he was one of those who constrain'd him to submit to those dishonourable Ordinances made at Oxford and in order to their after-actings planted divers Schismatical Persons in Church-Livings for which and many Sacrilegious Outrages both himself and the rest of his Party were particularly Excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury And in 46 H. 3. upon that Accord made betwixt the King and those Barons receiv'd a special Precept from the King requiring him in case he could not at that time personally repair to Court for ratifying the same Agreement that he should send his Seal for confirmation thereof In 47 H. 3. upon that Insurrection of the Welch wherein they wasted the Lands of Roger Lord Mortimer amongst other Great Men he had Summons to attend the King at Worcester upon the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula there to receive the Order of Knighthood and thence to march with him well fitted with Horse and Arms. Whether he did so or not I cannot say but certain I am that the next ensuing year he was one of the Ringleaders of those who appear'd in open Hostility and fortified Northampton against the King for which his Lands were seised And when the Royal Army took that Town by Assault where many of his Party were laid hold on making his escape he fled to London where those Rebellious Citizens having raised a mighty Power on the behalf of the Barons made him their General Whence he march'd with 〈◊〉 Clare
his death at which Obit he willed that the Prior of Horneby for the time being and there present should have for his labour xii d. and twelve other Priests every one of them iv d. Likewise that there should be new lights yearly made and set up above his Grave or Tomb on the day of his Obit to the quantity of fourteen pounds in wax In which Testament he maketh mention of his Chantry Bede-House and Free-school but expresseth not where When he died I find not but the Probate thereof bears date 25 Aug. An. 1524. which was the next ensuing year By Anne his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Harington Knight this Edward Lord Montegle had Issue Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in 19 H. 8. was one of those noble persons who attended Cardinal Welsey into France when he went Embassadour thither the King being then at Amiens to excite him to a conjunction with King Henry for a War in Italy to redeem his Holiness the Pope then made Prisoner by the Duke of Bourbon upon his sacking of Rome And in 21 H. 8. had lilivery of his Lands After which in 24 H. 8. he was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen This Thomas married two Wives First Mary Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk by whom he had Issue three Sons Sir William Stanley Knight who succeeded him in his Honour And Charles and Francis who died without Issue As also three Daughters Elizabeth married to ... Zouch Margaret to ... Sutton and Anne His second Wife was Helen Daughter of Thomas Preston of Leâ—ens in Com. Westmerl Esq but by her had no Issue He died in his Castle at Hornby in Com Lanc. on Sunday 18 Aug. An. 1560. 2 Eliz. and was buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Mellyng about a mile distant Which William so succeeding him married twice also First Anne Daughter of Sir Iames Leyburne Knight by whom he had Issue one sole Daughter and heir called Elizabeth married to Edward Lord Morley And to his second Wife Anne Daughter to Sir Iohn Spencer of Althorpe in Com. Northt Knight who surviving him marryed to Henry Lord Compton and afterwards to Robert Lord Buckhurst Herbert Earl of Pembroke 1 E. 4. THE first of this Family that had the title of Earl was William Herbert Lord of Ragland in Monmouthshire which William enjoyed that Lordship from Maud his Grandmother Daughter and Heir to Sir Iohn Morley Knight the hereditary owner thereof As to his Parentage it is by some derived from Henry the Son of Herbert Chamberlain to King Henry the first but by others from Henry Fitz-Roy one of the natural Sons of that King This William having been a stout adherer to the House of York in divers bloudy encounters with the Lancastrians as a reward of his fidelity and valour obtained from King Edward the fourth upon the 8 of May 1 E. 4. bearing then the title of Sir William Herbert Knight a grant of the Offices of Chief Justice and Chamberlain of South-wales Likewise of the Stewardship of the Commots in Kaerâ—ardin and Kaerdigan shires and of the office of chief Forester in all those Counties to hold for life Moreover upon the seventh of September following bearing then the title of Sir William Herbert de Herbert Knight he had a grant of the Stewardship of the Castle and Lordship of Breecknock and of all other the Castles of Humphrey Duke of Buckingham in South-wales And being advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm at such time as George and Richard the King's Brothers were made Dukes the one of Clarence the other of Gloucester which was in the Parliament begun at Westminster 4 Nov. the same year by other Letters-Patent bearing date upon the third of February following wherein his manifold services and eminent merits are recounted as the adventuring his life with that King in several Battels against King Henry the Sixth and other his Adversaries and in particular against Henry Duke of Exeter Iasper Earl of Pembroke and Iames Earl of Wiltshire as also his happy reducing of divers Castles Towns Forts and Territories to his absolute obedience which had been held by those Earls and others in sundry parts of Wales utterly driving them out of that Country obtain'd a grant in general Tail of the Castle Town and Lordship of Pembroke with all its members and appurtenances Likewise of the Hundred and Lordship of Castel-martyn the Lordship of St. Florence the Lordship and Forest of Coydrath the Castle Lordship and Town of Ieneby the Lordships and Bayliwicks of West-Pembroke and East-Pembroke the Bayliwicks of Dougledy Rous and Kemeys the moytie of the Ferry at Burton the Castle Town and Lordship of Gilgarran with all its Members and appurtenances the Lordships and Mannors of Emlyn Memordyve Diffymbrian the Forest of Kenendryâ— the Castle Lordship and Town of Lanstephan with all its members and appurtenances the Lordships and Mannors of Penryn and Le Verie the Lordships and Mannors of Osterlowe Trayne Clyntone and St. Clare 〈◊〉 Lordships and Mannors of Magoure and Redwyke the Castle Mannor Town and Lordship of Caldecote with its members and appurtenances all in South-Wales and the Marches thereof The Castle and Mannor of Goderiche with the Lordship and Mannor of Urchinfeld with its members and appurtenances in the Marches of Wales and County of Hereford Also of the Mannor and Lordship of Walwenes-Castell in South-Wales part of the possessions of Iames Earl of Wiltshire attainted And having been summon'd to that Parliament begun at Westminster upon the 29th of Aprill the ensuing year on the Festival of St. Andrew next following he began his march with the King in that Expedition then made into the North for reducing of those Castles of which some of the Lancastrian-party had then possest themselves In 3 E. 4. he was made Justice in the County of Mereâ—nyth in North-Wales and shortly after 16 Iunii the same year had a grant of the Honour Castle Mannor and Borough of Dunster with the Mannors of Mynhede Carhampton and Hundred of Carhampton Also of the Mannor of Escantok alias Cantokeshed and Iveton with its members Likewise of the Mannors of Cbilton and Blancome in Com. Devâ—n Stonehall and Wodehall in Com. Suff. and of all other the Lands of Sir Iames Loterell Knight Which by his attainder came to the Crown And in 7 E. 4. was constituted chief Justice of North-Wales for life Furthermore upon the 27th of May 8 E. 4. he was advanc'd to the title of Earl of Pembroke and therewithal had a grant in general Tail of the Castle Town Burrough and Mannor of Haverford West in South-Wales As also in consideration of his good and laudable services of the Office of chief Forester of Snoudon with the Constableship of
amplum obsequii amoris ergo Patriverâ— pio verè Catholico Thomas mâ—stissimus filius haeres multis cum lachrymis scripsit posuit Beati qui in Domino moriuntur Leaving Issue one only Son viz. Thomas and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Dixey Hickman of Kew in Com. Surr. Esq and another Elizabeth to Andrew Windsor Esq her Kinsman Which Thomas succeeding him in his Honours Married Katherine the Daughter to Edward Earl of Worcester but dying Issueless 6 Dec. an 1642. was buried at Tarbick with his Ancestors Whereupon the Title of Lord Windsor being in the King's disposal so that he might confer it on the Issue of either of these Sisters before-mention'd or retain it His Royal Majesty King Charles the Second considering that this last Thomas Lord Windsor had setled the greatest part of his antient Inheritance upon his Nephew Thomas Windsor Hickman Son of Dixey Hickman by Elizabeth his elder Sister was pleased to dispose and confirm to him and his Heirs the said Title of Lord Windsor with such place in Parliament as his Predecessors had formerly enjoy'd as by his Letters Patent bearing date 16 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Reign appeareth Which Thomas thus hearing the Title of Lord Windsor Married two Wives Anne Daughter to Sir William Savile of Thornhill in Com. Ebor. Baronet Sister of George now Vicount Halifax by whom he hath Issue one Son called Other and Mary a Daughter Married to Sir Thomas Cokesey of Bentley in Com. Wigorn. Baronet Secondly Vrsula Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Widdrington of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he hath Issue two Sons Thomas and Dixy and a Daughter called Vrsula Iohn Lord Hussey 21 H. 8. WHat relation in blood this Iohn Lord Hussey of whom I am now to speak had to that Family of Hussey whereof I have already made mention in the first Volume of this work I have not seen nor can I discover more of him than that he was Son to Sir William Hussey Knight who being a learned Lawyer was first constituted Attorney General to King Edward the 4 th in 11. of his reign next Serjeant at Law in 17 E. 4. and lastly Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench 7 Maii 21 E. 4. In 2 H. 7. this Iohn was in Arms for the King at the Battel of Stobe against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his adherents and in 13 H. 8. being then a Knight was made chief Butler of England In 21 H 8. he was one of the Knights for the Kings Body and being summoned to that Parliament begun at Westminster 3 Nov. the same year was admitted into the House upon the first of December following In 22 H. 8. bearing then the title of Lord Hussey he had a grant of the custody of the Mannour of Harewode in Com Ebor. and was one of the Lords who subscribed that Declaration then sent to the Pope whereby they intimated to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that cause of his divorce his Supremacy would not much longer be owned in this Realm And in 24 H. 8. being then one of the Lords of the Council had a grant of the wardship and marriage of Thomas the Son and Heir of Christopher Wymbushe deceased But in 28 H. 8. being in that commotion in Lincolnshire occasioned by the assessment of a Subsidy he suffered death for it at Lincoln in Iune the next ensuing year Whereupon his lands were confiscate and his Mannour of Sleford in Com. Linc. where he had his chief residence was granted by Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury to Richard Goodrick of London Esq and Mary his Wife in Fee This Iohn Lord Hussey married two Wives and by them had many Children First Anne Daughter to George Earl of Kent by whom he had Issue two Sons Giles and Thomas and five Daughters Bridget first married to Sir Richard Morison Knight afterwards to Henry Earl of Rutland and lastly to Francis Earl of Bedford Elizabeth to ... Hungerford Anne to Sir Humphrey Browne Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Anne to ... Dimock and Dorothy to ... Doâ—wray Secondly Margaret Daughter and Heir to Simon Blount by whom he had Issue Sir William Hussey Knight Giles Hussey of Carthorpe in Com. Linc. Sir Gilbert Hussey Knight and Reginald and one Daughter called Elizabeth All which Sons and Daughters were restored in blood only in the Parliament held at Westminster 5 Eliz. Wentworth 21 H. 8. OF this Family though of great antiquity in Yorkshire the first that became advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm was Thomas Wentworth Son of Sir Richard Wentworth of Nettlesâ—ed in Com. Suff. Knight who after the sitting of that Parliament which met at Westminster 3 Nov. 21 H. 8. and continuing by Prorogation till 27 of that Kings reign gave the first fatal stroke to the Monasteries of England was admitted as a Peer upon the second of December in the same 21 th year by virtue of a Writ of Summons This Thomas having married Margaret the Daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue Knight and by Anne her Mother Heir to Sir William Stonore Knight had a special livery of all the lands which by the death of the said Anne descended to her And upon that Insurrection of the Norfolk Men led by Captain Ket in 2 E. 6. accompanied William Marquess of Northampton then sent against them Being afterwards Lord Chamberlain of that Kings houshold he died 3 Martii 5 E. 6. and was buried in the Abby Church at Westminster leaving Issue eight Sons viz. Thomas Henry Richard Philip Iohn Edward Iames and Roger and nine Daughters scil Anne married to Iohn the Son of Edmund Poley Cecelie Mary Elizabeth Margaret Margery to Iohn Lord Williams of Tame afterwards to Sir William Darcie Knight and lastly to Sir Iohn Crofts Knight Iane Catherine and Dorothy To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir who had summons to Parliament in 6 E. 6. and being about that time made Deputy of Calais was shortly after removed from that trust by reason of his youth and want of experience Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared for Queen Mary And in the first year of her reign being one of her Privy-Council was again made Deputy of Calais and the Marches thereof and so continued till the fatal Siege of that Garrison by the Duke of Guise in 5 Mariae whose Army was so great and the assaults made by it so irresistable that seeing no hopes of defending it he craved a parly whereupon it was yielded upon condition that the Inhabitants should depart without carrying any thing away and that the Governour with fifty other such as
was constituted one of his Executors as also appointed to be of Council to his Son and Successor King Edward the Sixth And in 1 Mariae being advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Summons to Parliament took his place in that great Convention upon the seventh of April accordingly After which in 1 Eliz. 18 Dec. he was constituted one of the Lords Commissioners to consider and allow of the claymes which those should make who were to perform any service by Tenure upon the day of that Queens Coronation And by his Testament bearing date 20 Martii 6 Eliz. bequeathing his body to be buried at Kirtling now called Carthlage in Com. Cantab. gave to his Son and Heir Sir Roger North Knight his Parliament Robes beseeching God to bless him and give him his grace truly and faithfully to serve that Queen and this Realm and to beware of Pride and prodigal expences This Edward Lord North Marryed to his first Wife Alice the Daughter of ... Squyer of the South by Portsmouth Widdow of ... Myrffyn of London and by her had Issue two Sons Sir Roger North Knight and Thomas and two Daughters Christian Married to William Earl of Worcester and Mary to Henry Lord Scroope And to his second Wife Margaret Daughter to ... Butler of London Widow of Sir David Brooke Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and departing this life at his House called the Charter-House near London upon Sunday the last of December An. 1564. 7 Eliz. was buried in a Vault under the Chancel at Carthlage on the South side which he had caused to be made for that purpose Which Sir Roger succeeding him in his honor had summons to Parliament in 8 Eliz. and took his place there accordingly upon the 30 of September and in 9 Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Sussex with the Order of the Garter to Maximilian the Emperor then at Uâ—enna And in 15 Eliz. he was one of the Peers who then sate upon the Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norffolk Moreover upon the death of Sir Francis Knolles Knight of the Garter and Treasurer of the Houshold in An. 1596. 39 Eliz. he succeeded him in that Office and by his Testament bearing date 20 Oct. 40 Eliz. bequeathed his body to be buried in the Church of Kirtling After which within less then two Months departing this life he was there buryed 22 Dec. ensuing By Winifride his Wife Daughter to Richard Lord Riche and Widow of Sir Henry Dudley Knight he had Issue two Sons Sir Iohn North Knight who died in his life time and Sir Henry North Knight as also one Daughter called Mary Which Sir Iohn in 21 Eliz. went with Sir Iohn Norris and other brave young Men into the Netherlands there to exercise themselves in the Discipline of War but died before his Father leaving Issue by Doratby his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Valentine Dale Doctor of Law four Sons Dudley Iohn Roger and Gilbert and ... Daughters Elizabeth ... Which Dudley succeeding his Grandfather Married Frances the Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Iohn Broket of Broket-Hall in Com. Hertf. by whom he left Issue two Sons who survived him Dudley his Son and Heir and Iohn Charles and Robert dying in his life time as also two Daughters Dorothy Married to Richard Lord Dacres of the South and Elizabeth who died unmarried and departing this life upon the sixth of Ianuary An. 1666. being then eighty five years of age was buried at Carthlage Which last mentioned Dudley now Lord North was made Knight of the Bath in An. 1616. at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales and by Anne his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Charles Moutagu Knight a younger Brother to Henry late Earl of Manchester hath Issue six Sons first Charles who Married Catherine Daughter to William Lord Grey of Wark Widow of Sir Edward Moseley of the Hough in Com. Lanc. Baronet and by a special Writ of Summons was called to Parliament in 25 Car. 2. by the Title of Charles Lord Grey of Rolleston Secondly Sir Francis North Knight Atturney-General to King Charles the Second and now Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Thirdly Dudley a Merchant in London Fourthly Iohn Fifthly Mountague and sixthly Roger And four Daughters Mary Married to Sir William Spring of Pakenham in Com. Suff. Baronet secondly Anne thirdly Elizabeth to Sir Robert Wiseman Knight Doctor of the Civil Law and fourthly Christian to Sir George Wyneive of Brettenham in Com. Suff. Knight Brugges Lord Chandos 1 Mariae THe Issue Male of the Antient Lords Chandos being extinct as I have elsewhere shewed that Title lay dormant till after some ages it came to be revived in the Family of Brugges Sir Iohn Brugges of Coberley in Com. Glouc. Knight being lineally descended from Giles Brugges Esquire Son of Alice one of the Daughters and Co-heirs to that Sir Iohn Chandos who died in 8 H. 6. This Sir Iohn Brugges possessing the Mannor of Lugwardyn in com Heref. with divers other Lands by descent from Chandos was Knight for the body to King Henry the Eighth and made Constable of Sudley-Castle in 29 of his Reign So likewise in 34 H. 8. Edmund his Son then one of the Esquires for that Kings Body being joined with him in that trust and upon the Eighth of April 1 Mariae advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Chandos of Sudley but died the same year as it seems leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Edward Lord Grey of Wilton four Sons Edmund Knighted in the Camp near Roxborough by the Duke of Somerset in 1 E. 6. Charles Brugges of UUiffon in com Heref. Anthony and Richard and two Daughters Mary wedded to Henry Tracy of Alderton and Katherine to Edward Lord Dudley Which Edmund for his good services in Scotland in 1 E. 6. was also at that time made a Banneret and in 1 Mariae Lieutenant of the Tower of London Succeeding his Father in this Honor he served at the Siege of St. â—â—â—â—tins in Picardy in 4 Ph. M. and in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers which sate upon the Tryal of the Duke of Norfolk being at that time Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter By his Testament bearing date 1 Martii the same year he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Sudley and died shortly after for the Probate thereof 〈◊〉 date 5 Iunii next ensuing leaving issue by Dorothy his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Edmund Lord Bray two sons Giles and William and two daughters 〈◊〉 Married to George Giffard of Chillington in com 〈◊〉 Esquire and Catherine to William Lord 〈◊〉
of Rycot as also divers other Mannors and Lands left issue six sons William his son and heir Iohn that valiant and expert Soldier of whom I shall say more by and by Edward Governor of Ostend Henry who died of a wound Thomas President of Munster some time Justice of Ireland who died likewise of a wound and Maximilian slain in Britanny Which William was Marshal of Barwick and having married Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Richard Morison of Caysho-bury in Com. Hertf. Knight died in his fathers life time 25 Dec. 22 Eliz. leaving issue Francis his son and heir of the age of one year two moneths and sixteen days upon the 20 th of September following at which time the Inquisition after his death was taken This Francis thus succeeding his Father had Summons to Parliament in 43 Eliz. And in 1 Iac. upon the death of Sir Edward Norris K t his Uncle without issue was found his next heir whereby he inherited the Mannors of Sulhamsted Abbots Sheffeild Uphton Greyshall Arbor Arbor Court Uphton Nermits South-Hinxey and Shiningfeild in Com. Berks. being at that time 29 years of age yet had not possession of the Lands which descended to him by the death of his Father till 4 Iac. nor then of all for it appears that in 9 Iac. he sued out his general Livery At the Creation of Charles Duke of York he was made Knight of the Bath and some years after viz. 18 Iac. 28 Ian. advanc'd to the Titles of Vicount Thame and Earl of Berkshire and to the heirs male of his body But all that I have seen farther memorable of him is that upon the 16 th of February next ensuing the Parliament then sitting standing in the entrance to the Lords House in discourse with some of his servants the passage being narrow the Lord Scroope going by jostled him a little which so moved him that he rudely thrust before him the House being set and the Prince there whereupon he was committed to the Fleet. And that not long after for it was 28 Ian. 20 Iac. being a person of so great a spirit that he could neither bear some Injuries which had made a deep impression upon him nor find out a proper way of remedy he mortally wounded himself in the face and neck with a Cross-Bow in his House at Rycot and died on the Wednesday following leaving issue by Bridget his wife daughter to Edward Earl of Oxford one sole daughter his heir named Elizabeth who became the wife of Edward Wray second son to Sir William Wray of Glentworth in Com. Linc. Knight one of the Groomes of the Bedchamber to King Charles the First Which Edward had issue by her one sole daughter and heir called Bridget first married to Edward second son to Edward Earl of Dorset and afterwards to Mountagu Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England Which Earl had issue by her three sons viz. Iames now Lord Norris born 10 Maii An. 1653. Edward who died young and Henry and the Lady Mary a daughter ¶ Having now done with the chief branch of this noble Family I may not omit to take notice that Sir Iohn Norris Knight the second son to Henry the first Lord Norris so famous in his time for his valor and military knowledge was first trayned up in those Exercises in the Civil Wars of France under Admiral Coligni next in Ireland under Walter Earl of Essex then served in the Netherlands under Mathias Arch-Duke of Austria as by his Commission bearing date 17 Iulii An. 1579. 21 Eliz. appeareth after that under Iohn Duke of Lorreine as by his Commission dated 17 Apr. An. 1582. 24 Eliz. is to be seen next under Count William of Nassau whose Commission bears date in May next ensuing and another in November And in 27 Eliz. 12 Aug. was by Queen Elizabeth constituted Colonel-General of all the Horse and Foot then to pass out of England for the Relief of Antwerp then Besieged by the Spaniard before the end of which Month he had another Commission from Count Maurice of Nassau And the same year was empowered to Treat with the States-General of the United Provinces for the entertaining of such Bands of English Foot as by the Queens Instructions were appointed to serve in those parts Several Commissions he likewise had from Robert Earl of Leicester after he was constituted General of the English Auxiliaries in those Provinces viz. two in 28 Eliz. and one in 29 Eliz. In 30 Eliz. being then President of the Council in the Province of Munster in Ireland he had a Commission bearing date 11 Oct. giving him authority to constitute such principal Officers as well by Sea as Land as he should thing fit for the withstanding all hostile attempts and for the defence and protection of that Realm In 33 Eliz. 30 Martii he was constituted Captain-General of those English-Auxiliaries which were sent in ayd of King Henry the fourth of France against his Rebellious Subjects in Britanny And having deported himself with great prudence and courage in all those eminent imployments to the no little honor of the English Nation as well as his own name expected that upon the recalling of Sir William Russell Knight afterwards Lord Russel of Thornhaw he should have been Deputy of Ireland but discerning that Thomas Lord Borough was preferred to that command and himself required to continue still in Munster he grew so highly discontented that he thereupon fell sick and died Cecill L. Burleigh E. of Exeter 13 Eliz. OF this Family which derive their descent from Robert Sitsilt an assistant to Robert Fitz-Hamon in the Conquest of Glamorganshire tempore Will. Ruâ—i was Richard Sitfilt alias Cecill of â—tereâ—â—is in that part of Herefordshire called Ewyas Land which Richard had two Sons Phillip from whom those of Altereâ—â—s are sprung and David from whom the present â—arls of Exeter and Salisbury be descended Of this David who seared himself at Stanford in Com. Linc. it appears that in 22 H. 7. he founded a Chantry in one of the Churches of that Town and that in 3 H. 8. he was constituted Water-Baylif of Wittâ—esy-Merr in com Hunt as also keeper of the Swans there and throughout all the Waters and Fens in Hunrington Cambridge Lincolne and Northhampton shires for the term of thirty years Also that in 5 H. 8. he was made one of the Kings Sergeants at Arms and having this imployment at Court obtained for Richard his son and heir the Office of a Page of the Crown which I take to be the same which is now called a Page of the back-stairs Likewise in 8 H. 8. a Grant to them both of the Keepership of Clyff-Park in com North. And lastly that in 15
Sir Iohn Leigh Knight at that time son and heir apparent to Sir Thomas Leigh of Stonely in com VVar. Knight and Barronet To his second wife this Thomas Vicount Brackley married Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Moore Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wolley Knight Chancellor of the Garter And to his third wife Alice daughter to Sir Iohn Spenser of Althorpe in com North. Knight widdow of Ferdinando Earl of Derby but by neither of these had he any issue His eldest son dying in his life time as hath been observed Iohn the second succeeded him in his honors Which Iohn upon the 27 of May An. 1617. 15 Iac. was advanced to the degree of an Earl by the title of Earl of Bridgwater and having married the Lady Frances one of the daughters and coheirs to Ferdinando Earl of Deroy had issue by her four sons Iames and Charles who died young Iohn and Thomas who survived him and eleven daughters 1. Frances married to Sir Iohn Hobert of Blickling in com Norff. Knight and Barronet son and heir to Sir Henry Hobart Kt. and Bar. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas 2. Arabella to Oliver Lord St. Iohn son and heir to Oliver Earl of Bolingbroke 3. Elizabeth to David Cecill Son of Sir Richard Cecill Knight second Brother to William Earl of Exeter 4. Cecilie who died unmarried 5. Mary to Richard Herbert son and heir to Edward Lord Herbert of Chirbury 6. Penelope to Sir Robert Napier of Luton Hore in com Bedf. Knight and Barronet 7. Alice who died young 8. Catherine to William Cartein son and heir to Sir William Cortein Knight a great Merchant of London 9. Magdalen to Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainoutgh in com Ebor. Knight 10. Anne who died young 1â— and Alice wedded to Richard Lord Vaughan Earl of Carbery in Ireland He died 4 Dec. An. 1649. and was buried at Little Gadsden near Asherugge in com Hertf. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who by Elizabeth his wife daughter to William Duke of Newcastle hath issue five sons Iohn his son and heir called Lord Brackley Sir VVilliam Egerton both made Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Soveraign King Chales the second Thomas Charles and Stewart and Elizabeth a daughter married to Robert Sidney only son to Philip Viscount Lisle eldest son to Robert now Earl of Leicester Which Iohn Lord Brackley first married Elizabeth eldest daughter and cohen to Iames Earl of Middleseâ— by whom he had issue one son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and afterwards Iane eldest daughter to Charles now Marquess of Winchester Lord Petre. 1 Iac. ABout the begining of Henry the Eights Reign William Petre son of Iohn Petre of Corbigan in com Devort born at Exeter in that County having his education at Exeter-Colledge in Oxford became so great a proficient in his Studies there as that at length he arrived to the degree of of Doctor of the Law in which profession he grew very eminent so that he was imployed by that King in divers affairs of no little weight especially in what conduced to the dissolution of the Religious Houses being in 27 H. 8. with some others put in Commission by Cronwell the general visitor to repair unto all the Monasteries throughout all England and to make enquiry into the Government and Behaviour of the Votaries of both Sexes so that all their enormities might be discovered To which end they were urged to accuse their Governors and likewise each other as the Instructions which those Visitors had gave them direction to do That grand work being therefore accomplisht in 30. of that Kings Reign as a reward for that good service he thereupon obtained to himself and Gertâ—ude his wife in â—ee the Priory of Câ—atercote in com Oxon. and in 31 H. 8. a grant of the Mannor of Gynge Abbots in com Essex parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved Abby of Berkyng in that County with the advouson of the Rectory of Ingerston otherwise called Gynge ad Petram and in 35 H. 8. was made one of the Principal Secretaries of State Also in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Voyage Royal into France and constituting his Queen Catherine Parr Regent here during his absence amongst other Assistants to her as to matter of Council he appointed this Doctor Peter then a Knight for one Being therefore arrived to this greatness in 37 H. 8. he obtained special licence to retein twenty Men besides his own Menial Servants and to give them Liveries Badges or Cognisances And in 38 H. 8. the King then lying on his death bed and appointing such as should be of the Council to young Edward his son and successor with special assistants in matters of great consequence he was nominated for one of those assistants Nor had he less esteem in the days of King Edward the Sixth for in the third year of his Reign he was constituted Treasurer of the Court of First-Fruits for life and in 4 E. 6. one of the Commissioners to Treat of Peace with the French at Guisnes Nor from Queen Mary who continuing him one of her Principal Secretaries of State made him Chancellor of the Gatter in the first year of her Reign with the see of an hundred Marks per annum but then discerning that the Restauration of the Romish-Religion might endanger his enjoyment of those Abboy-Lands which he had formerly acquired he got a special Dispensation from Pope Paul the fourth for the reteining of them affirming That he was ready to imploy them to Spiritual Vses the particulars being these viz. the Mannors of Ingarston Hauley Barnes Croudon Cowbridge Weselands Est-Borndon Bluntmall Matching Toddenhin Sutton South-Brent and Churchestow with the Rectories of Brent Ging Montney and Buttisbury lying in sundry Counties and Diocesses as by his Bull bearing date 4 Cal. Dec. An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. appeareth And in 1 Eliz. having also the favor of that Queen was made choice of for one of her Privy-Council Having therefore by his many and great services which he performed with much applause raised to himself an ample fortune for he had been Secretary and of the Privy-Council to four Kings and Queens and seven times Embassador in Forreign parts he became a good Benefactor to Exeter-Colledge in Oxford wherein he had been educated He also built an Alms-house in the Parish of Ingerstone for twenty poor people with allowance to every one of them two pence a day a winter Gown and two load of Wood and amongst them all feeding for six Kine winter and summer also a Chaplain to read service to them daily and departing this life upon the thirteenth day of Ianuary An. 1572. 15 Eliz. lyeth buried at Ingarston leaving issue by Gertrude his first Wife daughter to Sir Iohn Tirrel
his service with which he encountred a strong party of those rebellious Invaders the Scots at Corbridge in Northumberland and put them to the worst Next being Commander in chief of those Troops which the King sent from Oxford against that great Rebel of Lincolnshire Colonel Rosseter he gave him the â—oyl Thence marching against the Lord Fairfax and putting him to the rout he relieved Pontâ—ract-Castle at that time besieged by a numerous Body of the Northern-Rebels And after all this firmly adhering to that good King of blessed memory untill necessity prompted his Majesty to cast himself upon his Native-subjects the Scots so that he could not serve him farther in this Realm he betook himself to Foreign paâ—s till he did discern a fitter opportunity And then couragiously attempting the strong Garrison of Barwick upon â—wede and that well fortified City of Carlisle he reduced them both to his Majesties obedience After which having raised new Forces for his service he did great things and attempted greater but soon after through the powerfulness of the Enemy the King's Interest sinking more and more his Armies being totally scattered he became their Prisoner Whence making his escape with no little difficulty he again got beyond Sea there with most exemplary loyalty attending our present Sovereign in his most low and desperate condition In consideration therefore of these his great Actings and Sufferings he was by Letters Patent bearing date a Bruges in Flanders upon the fourth day of February in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign which was about two years preceding his happy Restoration advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Langdale of Holme in Spaldyngmoore and to the Heirs male of his body He marryed Lenox the Daughter of Sir Iohn Rhodes of Barlborough in Com. Derb. Knight and by her left Issue two Sons Marmaduke and Philip the rest dying young as also two Daughters Lenox and Mary And departing this life in his House at Holme in the East-riding of Yorkshire 5 August 1661. was buried at Sancton near adjacent To whom succeeded Marmaduke his Son and Heir who married Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Savage of Beeston in Com. Cestr. Esq Brother to Iohn late Earl Rivers and by her hath Issue one Son named Marmaduke and two Daughters Iane married to Michael Anne of Frickley in Com. Ebor. Esq and Elizabeth to Hugh Smithson Esq Son and Heir to Sir Ierome Smithson of Stanwick in the same County Baronet Lord Crofts 10 Car. 2. THE next in order of time who had the Title of a Baron of this Realm conferred upon him by our present Sovereign then in Foreign parts was William Crofts Esq the lineal Heir male of that ancient Famimily which had for divers Ages flourished at Saâ—ham in the County of Suffolk whereof many were dignified with the Honour of Knighthood and by females descended from the first Lord Wentworth of Netâ—lested as also from the Montacutes sometime Earls of Salisbury and Nevills Earls of Westmorland Which William having been brought up in the Court of England from his youth became Master of the Horse to his Royal Highness the Duke of York Next to be Captain of the Guard to the late Queen-Mother and afterwards Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty that now is In all which imployments behaving himself with great fidelity he was at length sent Embassadour into Poland where he managed that high Affair then committed to his trust with singular prudence and dexterity In consideration of which notable services he was by Letters-patent bearing date at Bruxells in Brabant upon the 18. of May in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Crofts of Saxâ—am He marryed two Wives first Dorothy the Daughter to Sir Iohn Hobert of Intwood in Com. Norf. Baronet Son and Heir to Sir Henry Hobert Knight and Baronet sometime Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Widow of Sir Iohn Hele Knight Secondly Elizabeth Daughter of William Lord Spenser but by neither of these hath had any Issue Lord Berkley of Stratton 10 Car. 2. ABout the same time likewise his Majesty taking into his Princely consideration the eminent merits of Sir Iohn Berkley of Bruton in the County of Sâ—merset Knight descended from the most noble and ancient Barons Berkley of Berkley-Castle of whom I have already spoke in the first Volume of this work who being Governour to his Royal Highness Iames Duke of York and managing his Affairs in his tender years most seasonably approved his Loyalty to the late King Charles of blessed memory in a very high measure First by putting himself in Arms on his part at the beginning of the late unparallel'd Rebellion for which cause he suffered Imprisonment for a time Next by his opportune though hazardous adventure in bringing a considerable supply of Arms and Ammunition out of Holland in the Year 1642. which he then safely landed in the parts of Holderness for his Majesties service After this being made General of his Majesties Forces in Cornwall joining with Sir Ralph Hopton Knight afterwards Lord Hopton he obtained divers Victories against the Rebels of those western-Counties in the several Battels of Bradock Saltash Launceston and Stratâ—on as also at Modbury in the County of Devon And laying strong siege to Exeter after divers bold skirmishes with the Enemy at length not only reduced it to his Majesties obedience but most valiantly repulst their Fleet then at â—opsham under the command of Robert Earl of Warwick taking three of their Ships in that Harbour whereupon he was constituted Governour of that great City General of all his Majesties Forces in Devonshire In consideration therefore of these his most loyal and successful services he was by Letters-Patent bearing date at Bruxells in Brabant upon the 19. of May in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Berkley of Stratton Since which time being constituted Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he arrived there in April 1670. and having undergone that Trust for about the space of 3 years is now Embassadour in France He marryed Christian the Daughter of Sir Andrew Riccard Knight President of the East-India Company and Widow of Henry Lord Kensington Son to Henry late Earl of Holland by whom he hath Issue four Sons Charles Iohn and William now living and Maurice who died young As also one Daughter called Anne Iames Duâ—e of York 11 Car. â— THis most Illustrious bâ—â—â—ch of the Royal Family that is to â—y Second Son to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory having been by 〈◊〉 Renowned Father created Duke of York 〈◊〉 Letters-Pattents bearing date at Oxford 〈◊〉 Ian. in the Nineteenth year of his Reign iâ— farther augmentation to his
year following was joyned in Commission with P. Bishop of Winchester William Earl of Arundel and Hubart de Burgo Justice of England to treat with R. Earl of Clare and some other of the Rebellious Barons for a peaceable composure betwixt the King and them which Treaty was to be in the Church of Erehey i. e. Erith In 17 Ioh. the King granted to him the Mannor of Offinton in Lincolnshire part of the Possessions of William de Albini of Belvoir then in Arms for the better support of his Castle at Stanford But afterwards he fell off and adhered to the Rebellious Barons Howbeit when the King met them at Runnimede he was one who most inclined to him and by whose advice Magna Charta was granted Yet he soon after submitted to the Five and twenty Barons whom they that had been in Arms against the King made choice of to do what they should deem best in case the King should recede from the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest which he had sealed at Runnimede And likewise a Witness to that Charter which the King passed in the New Temple at London unto the Archbishop of Canterbury and others for confirmation of the Rights of the Church and Clergy of England And the year following when Lewes Son to the King of France being called in by the Rebellious Barons landed in England was one of those who at his Summons came and did fealty to him concluding That he would obtain the Crown The King therefore discerning his fidelity thus doubtful sent his Precept to him to deliver up his Castle at Pevensey unto Matthew Fitz-Herbert with command to demolish it But the death of that King hapning the same year altered the Scene for divers of the great Men standing stoutly to young Henry his Son Crowned him King So that Lewes at length seeing how things framed was content to quit the Realm whereupon this our Earl came in and swore fealty to King Henry In 9 Hen. 3. it being resolved at the earnest importunity of the Nobility that Falcasâ—us de Breant a Foreigner a person who had been instrumental in divers oppressions both in King Iohns time and since should be perpetually banished This Earl William had command to conduct him safe to the Sea Coast and then to leave him to the Winds which he did accordingly in the Moneth of March. In An. 1227. 11 Hen. 3. upon that great difference betwixt the King and Richard Earl of Cornwal his Brother concerning a certain Mannor belonging to that Earldom and which the King had given away whilest Richard was beyond Sea unto Walerand Teutonic a Fleming he was one of those who on the behalf of Earl Richard met at Stanford with a great power and sent a Minatory Message to the King not only to require restitution thereof to his Brother but to restore unto them that Charter which he had lately cancelled at Oxford concerning the Liberties of the Forest. In An. 1232. 17 Hen. 3. upon that high crime laid to the charge of Hubert de Burgh sometime Justice of England that he had accumulated much Treasure and left it in the custody of the Templers to keep which being found true some would have had him put to death This Earl William was one of those who undertook for his forth coming and sent him thereupon to the Castle of Devises to be there secured At the solemn Nuptials of King Henry the Third with Alianor his Queen Daughter to Reymund Earl of Province at which time the King and Queen rode in extraordinary state through the City of London and the sumptuous Feast at that time made This Earl served the King of his Royal Cup in the Earl of Arundels stead who being in minority could not perform that Office in regard he was not then girt with the Sword of Knighthood That this Earldom was very great doth appear by the Knights Fees it held of the King about this time being no less than Sixty two in the Rape of Lewes besides Thirty and an half in the Rape of Pevenesel of the Fee of Gilbert de Aquilâ In An. 1237. 21 H. 3. the King then exacting a Thirtieth part of all his Subjects movable Goods as a compensation for confirming the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest did accept of three great Peers for his Council whereof this our Earl was the cheif whom he caused to swear that they would not for any respect whatsoever give any other than good and wholesome advice Who was also one of the four in whose hands that great Tax was then deposited to the intent it might be imployed to the sole benefit of the King and Kingdom when need should require In An. 1238. 22 Hen. 3. upon that notable discord which hapned at Oxâ—ord betwixt Otto the Popes Legate and the Scholars of that University the King sent this Earl with a power of Soldiers to appease the same who apprehended divers Italians and Scholars that had committed foul outrages there at that time and carried them prisoners to the Castle of Wasâ—â—ingford This great Earl had the Sheriffalty of Surrey from the Fifth to the Tenth of King Henry the Thirds Reign inclusive and married two Wives the first Maud Daughter to ... Earl of Arundel who died without issue and lieth buried in the Chapter-House at Lewes The second likewise called Maud Widow of Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England eldest Sister and one of the Coheirs of Anselme Mareschal Earl of Pembroke and falling sick at London did there depart this life upon the Sixth Calends of Iune An. 1240. 24 Hen. 3. and was buried in the midst of the Quire in the Abbey of Lewes before the High Altar leaving issue by Maud his last Wife Iohn his Son and Successor and Isabel a Daughter Wife to Hugh de Albini Earl of Arundel for whose Marriage he gave Three hundred marks fine in 17 H. 3. Which Maud surviving him had the custody of the Castle of Cuniburg committed to her in 26 Hen. 3. and in 30 Hen. 3. received Livery by the King himself of the Marshals Rod being the eldest who by Inheritance ought to enjoy that great Office by Descent from Walter Mareschal sometime Earl of Pembroke Whereupon the Lord Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer had command to cause her to have all Rights thereto belonging and to admit of such a Deputy to sit in the Eâ—chequer for her as she should assign This Maud had also the custody of Strigoâ—â— Castle till her death which hapned in 32 Hen. 3. ¶ I come now to Iohn Son to the last William This Earl in An. 1247. 31 Hen. 3. being then but young
but an acceptance of the same by Two hundred marks per annum till it should be paid The next thing memorable that I find of this Earl is That upon the Solemnization of King Henry the Thirds Funeral in the Abbey Church at Westminster he and Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester with the Clergy and People went up to the High Altar and swore fealty to Edward his Son thenceforth King by the name of Edward the First And in the third year of his Reign upon his return out of Gascoigne gave him most honorable entertainment at his Castle of Rigate which was so acceptable to that King that he pardoned him no less then a thousand marks of that great sum of Ten thousand marks at which he had been fined for that offence in Westmâ—nster-Hall against Sir Alan la Zouch and his Son beforementioned It is also farther recorded of him that in the sixth year of the same Kings Reign soon after the making of that Statute called Quo Warranto in the Parliament then held at Glocester the King by his Justices questioning certain of the great Noblemen by what title they held their Lands Amongst others this Earl being called and asked by what Warranty he held his he shewed them an old Sword and unsheathing it said Behold my Lords here is my Warranty my Ancestors coming into this Land with William the Bastard did obtain their Lands by the Sword and I am resolved with the Sword to defend them against whomsoever that shall endeavor to dispossess me For that King did not himself conquer the Land and subdue it but our Progenitors were sharers and assistants therein Of which stout answer when the King heard and that the rest of the Nobles present then concurred therein he departed the Court in some discontent and not only forbore to proceed farther but seemed to take so little offence thereat That about three years after upon the marriage of the Lady Isabel Daughter to this our Earl unto Iohn de Baillol a great Baron of the North he gave him full three years respite for payment of the Two hundred marks per annum accepted of by King Henry the Third in satisfaction for the Fine before-mentioned It is observable that in 7 Edw. 1. when this Iohn was questioned before the Justices Itinerant in Sussex by what Authority he claimed Free Warren in Wurth and divers other Lordships in Sussex he pleaded That all his Ancestors had faithfully adhered to the Kings of England and that at the time when Normandy was lost they being Earls of Warren there lost their Lands in that Countrey because they would not adhere to the King of France against King Iohn and that in consideration thereof they had compenlation for the same by the Grant of other Lands here in England with this Priviledge that they and their Heirs should have Free Warren in those and all other their Lands which they then had or afterwards should acquire in regard of their sirname de Warenna Which Plea was then allowed And it is farther observable That King Edward the First bore so great a respect unto him that by his Charter dated the Seventh of October in the Tenth year of His Reign for the more tranquility and advantage of himself and his heirs and of the whole Realm as the Preamble thereof doth import he granted to him and his heir the Castle of Dynas-Bran which was in his Possession at the beginning of his Wars in Wales and all the Land of Bromfield with the Appurtenances which Griffin and Lewelin Sons of Madoc Vaughan either by themselves or their Guardians then held excepting to the said King and his Heirs the Castle and Land of Hope with the Appurtenances In this year also upon Assessing the Scutage of Rothelan for the service of King Edward against Lewelin Prince of Wales and other of the Welsh then in Rebellion this Earl was charged for Eleven Knights Fees viz. Six of his own Inheritance and five for Stanford and Graham in Com. Lincol. being personally in that service In 11 Edw. 1. Griffin Vaughan Son to Griffin of Bromfield granted to this Earl all his Land of Yale in North Wales which he had as his Purparty of the Inheritance of Griffin his Father But concerning this Land of Yale so granted by Griffin Vaughan as is here noted as also of Bromfield which this Earl afterwards possessed let us hear how Doctor Powel reporteth he came by them Griffith ap Madock saith he took part with King Henry the Third and Edward the First against the Prince of North Waâ—es and therefore for fear of the Prince he was fain to lie in his Castle of Dinas-Bran which standeth on the top of a very steep Hill to the which there is no way but one to come He died his children being within age whereupon shortly ensued the destruction of two of them For the said King Edward the First gave the Wardship of Madoc who had for his part the Lordship of Bromfield and Yale and the Castle of Dinas-Bran with the Reversion of Mailor-Saesnec after his Mothers decease who bad the same to her Ioynture to John Earl Warren and granted the Wardship of Lewelin to whose part the Lordship of Chirke and Nanheudwy came to Roger Mortimer These Guardians forgetting the service done by the Father of the Wards to the King so guarded their Wards with small regard that they never returned to their Possessions And shortly after the said Guardians did obtain the said Lands to themselves by Charter of the King This Iohn Earl Warren began to build Holt Castle and William his Son finished the Same And upon that great Competition betwixt Robert de Bruse and Iohn de Baillol for the Crown of Scotland circa 21 Edw. 1. joyned with that magnificent Prelate Anthony Beke Bishop of Durham in maintenance of Baillols title Moreover in 23 Edw. 1. he had the custody of the Castle of Bamburâ—â— committed to his charge And in 24 Edw. 1. being 〈◊〉 with a power into Scotland together with William de Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick for recovery of the Castle of Dunbar then treacherously delivered up by some of that Garrison he encountred the Scotish Army which came to relieve the same with so much courage that no less than Ten thousand of the Scots were slain and the Castle thereupon rendred to the King Soon after which he was made Governor of that Realm The next year following the King being desirous to assist the Earl of Flanders his faithful Friend and Confederate and to that end to go in person thither constituted this Earl Warren General of all his Forces on the North of Trent for the better restraining the insolencies of the Scots who thereupon marched into Scotland which occasioned so great a terror to that people that they sought peace of him and gave
Mary Overy the Church of Plumbton ¶ To this Reginald succeeded William his Son and Heir who in 31 Hen. 2. paid Scutage by reason of this his Honor for Military Service done in Ireland And in 2 Rich. 1. Seventeen pound two shillings six pence for the Scutage of Wales In 5 Rich. 1. he had the custody of the Heir of Hugh de Chandos granted to him And in 6 Rich. 1. he accounted for Fourteen pound five shillings upon the Aid for that Kings Redemption In 3 Ioh. he again answered Twenty eight marks and an half for Scutage done for the Knights Fees belonging to this Honor. And in 5 Ioh. gave Four hundred marks to the King for License to marry Milisent the Widow of Richard Muntfichet with her Dowry she being his second Wife This William Founded the Priory of Wirmgay and gave to the Canons of Southwark with his Body there to be buried Sixty Acres of Land in Fortiscre for the health of the Souls of Reginald his Father Alice his Mother Beatrice his Wife Reginald his Son and the Souls of Beatrice and Isabel his Daughters And in An. 1208. 11 Ioh. died leaving the same Beatrix then Widow of Dodo Bardulf his sole Daughter and Heir who the next ensuing year gave a Fine of MMM C. marks for Livery of the Lands Heredirarily descended to her by the death of her Father and assignation of a reasonable Dowry of her Husbands Lands so that she might not be compelled to marry again as also that her Father Debts should be paid as well out of the Goods of Milisent his Wife as out of his own Which Milisent was living in 3 Hen. 3. This Beatrix his Daughter afterwards became the Wife of Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent and Justice of England who had with her the Mannors of Wirmgay Stow Roubeton and Feneburge as also certain Lands in Flesciâ—ge in Com. Norf. But her Son William Bardâ—lf had after her decease this Honor of Wirmgay of whom and his Descendants I shall speak in due place Earls of Leicester THe first of this Family called Robert of whom I am now to speak was not advanced to this Earldom of Leicester until the time of King Henry the First yet being Earl of Melâ—ent in Normandy in the time of the Conqueror I have thought fit to rank him amongst those of that Dignity in his time As for his Parentage by his Fathers side he was of near Alliance to the Conqueror viz. Son of roger de Belâ—omont Grand-son to Turolf of Pont Audomanre by Wevia Sister to Gunnora Wife of Richard the first of that name Duke of Normandy Great Grand-father to King William the First And by Adelina his Mother Heir to the Earldom of Mellent she being Daughter of Waleran and Sister to Hugh both Earls of Mellent which Hugh took the habit of a Monk in the Abbey of Beâ— After whose death without issue this Robert obtained the Castle of Mellent for a sum of Money from the King of France and succeeded him in the title of Earl Of his signal deportment in that memorable Battle with Duke William whereby this Realm of England was thenceforth obtained hearken to what William Pictavensis saith Tyro quidam Normannus c. Acertain Norman young Soldier Son of Roger de Bellomont Nephew and Heir to Hugh Earl of Mellent by Adelina his Sister making the first â—n-set in that fight did what deserveth â—ting Fame Boldly charging and breaking in upon the Enemy with that Regiment which he commanded in the Right Wing of the Army For which eminent Service he had vast Possessions bestowed on him here viz. In Warwickshire Sixty four Lordships and in Leicestershire Sixteen or the greatest part of them besides Seven in Wiltshire three in Northamptonshire and one in Glocestershire whereof Roger his Father was also possessed As to his after-actings I find that being a person of an haughty spirit and puffed up with Rewards and Promises from the King he came to Roan in An. 1090. 3 Wil. Rufi where boldly requiring of Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy the Castle of Ivery the Duke answered That he had given to his Father the Castle of Brâ—on for it which was an equal exchange Whereupon he replied I allow not of that Bargain but what your Father gave to my Father that will I have otherwise by S. Nichasius I shall do that which will displease you At which words the Duke growing very angry caused him to be laid hold on and imprisoned Whereof so soon as the crafty old Man his Father heard he sent the Duke a present hasting afterwards himself to him and with fine flattering expressions obtained his Sons liberty Now what the particulars of this subtil and deceitful dealing were I shall briefly tell Yvo having begun a Rebellion in England wherein he had done much mischief by firing some Houses of his Neighbors and being through the Kings excessive indignation towards him fined at a vast sum made his Addresses to this Earl of Melâ—ent who was the cheif of the Kings Council hoping by his means to obtain some favor Who thereupon cunningly advised him to perform a long pilgrimage for effecting whereof he would help him to Five hundred marks of Silver keeping his Lands in pawn for Fifteen years with promise That at the end of that term they should be wholly restored to his Son and not only so but that he would give him his Brothers Daughter viz. Henry Earl of Warwick in marriage For the performance of which Agreement this Earl gave his Oath the King himself likewise assenting thereto But in this Pilgrimage Yvo departing the World his Son neither enjoyed the Woman as was promised nor any of his Paternal Inheritance In 25 Hen. 1. associating to himself Hugh de Montfort who had married Adelina his Daughter and others notwithstanding the former favors of King Henry to him he entred Normandy in an hostile manner but was encountred and taken prisoner by William de Tankervil who delivered him up captive to the King Other particulars as to his Secular actings I have not observed Take therefore this general Character of him from an eminent Author Fuit igitur Robertus Consul c. This Earl Robert of Mellent was the wisest of all Men betwixt this and Ierusalem in Worldly affairs famous for knowledge plausible in speech skilful in craft discreetly provident ingenuously subtile excelling for prudence profound in counsel and of great wisdom by which means he acquired vast Possessions viz. Honors Cities Castles Town Villages Rivers and Woods The Honors he had were not only here in England but in Normandy and France insomuch as he made the Kings of England Friends and Foâ—s to each other at his pleasure If he was displeased with any Man he forced him to a submissive Humiliation if
the Fee and Service of Roger de Beauchamp of Riby All the Fee and Service of Raph the Son of Begon and of Wrath all the Fee and Service of Henry de Campain of Catenay and lastly the whole Fee and Service of William de Saillay And besides all this he was by that King made Governor of the Castle of Bamburgh in Northumberland and others in those Northern parts But after the death of King Henry when Stephen began to Reign the Scene was altered for that King considering as it is like in what esteem he had been with King Henry and therefore suspecting that he would be more cordial to Maud the Empress the rightful Heir to her Father than to him who was in truth but an usurper took from him the Governorship of Bamborough and those other Castles which gave him such distaste that he thenceforth adhered to his Enemies And in 3 Steph. when David King of Scots invaded the North with a mighty Army King Stephen being then in the South brought to his assistance all the power he could raise delivering into his hands the Castle of Alnwike which is the strongest and greatest Fort in all those parts marching also with him into Yorkshire with purpose to do the like by Malton For which respect Henry Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon Son to the same David King of Scotland not only confirmed to him all those Lands lying in Northumberland which he held in capite of King Henry the First and King Stephen or any other but bestowed on him Brentune Proportune â—achesten and Scrimestan with their Appurtenances to hold as amply as the said Earl Henry himself did possess them the very day that he wedded the Sister of the Earl Warren and likewise gave him five Knights Fees more which Robert de Nuvant held But notwithstanding such his adherence to the King of Scots he was afterwards reconciled to King Stephen as it seems for in 5 Steph. it appeareth that he held Burgh and â—â—aresburgh two great Lordships in the North Riding of Yorkmire in Ferme of the King and was at that time a Justice Itinerant together with Walter Espec a great Baron in those parts And having to his second Wife married Agnes the Daughter and Heir to William Fitz-Nigel Baron of Halton and Constable of Chester he obtained from Ranulph Earl of Chester the second of that name a Grant of the whole Barony of Halton as also of the Constablerie of Chester to himself and his heirs By which Grant he was likewise constituted cheif Counsellor to that Earl above all the Nobles of that Countrey to hold as freely and firmly as he the said William Fitz-Nigel enjoyed the same in the times of Earl Hugh and Earl Richard or in the time of Ranulph de Bricasard As to the pious Works of this Eustace they were great and many For besides his gift of Twenty shillings Rent in Serâ—â—ngham to the Monks of S. Peters at Glocester and of one Ox-gang of Land to the Church of Flâ—meburhe now Flamborough as also of the Churches of Cuton and Scalleby to the Canons of Bridlingtoa he Founded the Monastery of Alnwike in Northumberland and likewise those of Walton and Malton in Com. Ebor. and amply endowed them with Lands and Revenues But after all this in An. 1157. 3 Hen. 2. being in that expedition then made into Wales he was there unhappily slain with this honorable character viz. That he was Vir Magnus grandevus atque inter primos Angliae Proceres divitiarum sapientiae titulis refulgens A great and aged Man and of the cheifest English Peers most eminent for his Wealth and Wisdom Leaving issue by the Lady Beatrice his first Wife two Sons viz. William sirnamed de Vesci and Geffrey and by Agnes his second Wife a Son called Richard Fitz-Eustace from whom the Noble Family of Clavering as also that of Laci Earl of Lincoln do derive their Descents Which William de Uesci the eldest Son afterwards called William de Vesci Senior was Sheriff of Northumberland from 3 Hen. 2. to 15 H. 2. inclusive so likewise in 16 H. 2. for half the year and for Lancashire the other half In 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter this William then residing in Yorkshire certified his Knights Fees De veteri Feoffamento to be in number twenty for which in 14 Hen. 2. he accounted Seventeen pound thirteen shillings and for his Fees De novo Feoffamento Eight and twenty shillings six pence In 18 Hen. 2. he paid Four and twenty pound six shillings and eight pence for the Scutage of Ireland in regard he neither went in person thither nor sent any Soldiers In An. 1174. 20 Hen. 2. upon that Invasion of the Scots he joyned with Ranulph de Glanvil Bernard Bailiol and Robert de Stutevil and giving them Battle near â—lnwike routed their whole Army So that the King himself was then taken prisoner And about that time obtained from William Earl of Northâ—mberland Brother to Malcolme the Fourth King of Scotland the Grant of a Market at S. Walerick called New Bigging in that County This William confirmed to the Canons and Nuns at Walton Malton and Wiâ—tâ—â—â—gham of the Gilbertine Order the gift of Eustace his Father of the Church of Wâ—â—â—â—â—gham with the Mannor House and two Mills there as also of the Hamlet of â—ington and likewise of the Churches of Walton and Malton with the Chappels thereto appertaining and of his own Charity bestowed on them the Church of Ancastâ— To the Knights Templars he gave the Churches of Caithorp and Normanton and to the Canons of Semplingham and Nuns of Ormesby the Hermitage of Spaidingholme with divers Lands set forth by Metes and Bounds And having wedded Burga the Sister of Robert de Stutevil Lord of Knaresburgh had with her in marriage the Town of Langton and had issue a Son called Eustace Another Wife he had called Agnes Daughter to William King of Scotland by whom he had issue a Son called William and died in 31 Hen. 2. Eustace his Son and Heir being then Fourteen years old who accomplishing his full age in 2 Rich. 1. gave Two thousand three hundred marks for Livery of his Lands with liberty to marry whom he would and in the same year paid Twelve pound three shillings four pence upon collecting the Scutage of Wales In 6 Rich. 1. being with the King in Normandy he was acquitted of that Scutage then assessed for his Redemption In 8 Rich. 1. he answered Twenty four pound six shillings eight â—pence upon collection of the second Scutage of Normandy Upon the death of Richard the First Iohn Earl of Moreton his Brother succeeding him and having imployed Hubert
procured a Grant of five Bucks and ten Does to be taken out of the Kings Forests in Northumberland to store his Park at Alnwike and that he paid to the King upon collection of the Aid for marrying his Daughter Twelve pounds for his Twelve Knights Fees in Northumberland But surviving Isabel he married Agnes one of the Daughters of William de Ferrers Earl of Dervy And in 32 Hen. 3. upon Partition of those Lands in 〈◊〉 which did belong to William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke he had in right of the same Agnes an assignation of the Purparty belonging to her And departed this life in 37 Hen. 3. seised of these following Lordships whereof his Barony in Northumberland did consist viz. â—uncwike Aunemuwe Denwy Haverhall Bilton Leteâ—yr Scippling-Bothil Newton on the More Heysandan Gynis Ruggeley â—orewic Chivington del East Great Houton Little Houton Howyc Remmington Rock Charleton del North Charleton del South Falwedon Burneton-Batail Newton on the Sea Preston Tughal Swinton Newham-Eumin Lukrey with â—opum a member thereof Hetheriston Spinlistan Bodhill Ewrth Dodington with Nesebit also a member thereof Horton-Turbervil Hesilrig Leum Chattan Feleber Wetwod Cald-Merton Yherdhill Angerham with Reveley Hertetheved with its members scil Randon-Batail Prendewic Alneham Chirmundesden Bidlesden Clenhill Nedderton Burweton Alwehton Heton Ambhell Gharberton Thimum Srevenwood Havckislaw Chevelington and Hibâ—urne Whereupon his Castle of Alnwike was committed to Peter de Savoy Agnes his Widow having for her Dowry an assignation of the Lordships of Malton and Langton in Com. Ebor. and Tughale in Com. Northumb. To this William succeeded Iohn de Vesci his Son and Heir in minority at his Fathers death whose Wardship was committed to Peter de Savoy above-mentioned Of this Iohn that which I first find memorable is That he was one of the Kings cheif Commanders in his Wars of Galcofgne but afterwards scil in 47 Hen. 3. adhered to Montfort Earl of Leicester and other the Rebellious Barons then in Arms who resolved to compel the King to maintain those Ordinances made in the Parliament at Oxford so derogatory to His Royal Authority and when they had taken the King prisoner in the Battle of Lewes was summoned to the Parliament by them then held And being personally in Aâ—ms with Montfort Earl of Leicester and the rest was himself taken prisoner in that memorable Battle of Evesham where Prince Edward being victorious delivered his Father out of the hands of those insolent Rebels But after this being by vertue of that Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth admitted to composition as most other were he assumed the Cross and with divers persons of note took a pilgrimage into the Holy Land Whence being safe returned he was in 2 Edw. 1. made Governor of Scarborough Castle and married Mary Sister of Hugh de Lezinian Earl of March and Engolesme Covenanting in case she should die without any issue of her body begotten by him that he would restore unto the said Hugh Four thousand five hundred pounds Tournois For payment of Two thousand five hundred pounds whereof William de Valence became his surety Which Mary lived but a while for the next year after these Covenants were made Queen Eleanor gave unto him in marriage Isabel de Beaumont her Kinswoman Whereupon he obliged himself in case he should not have issue by her or that the issue which he should have should die without issue to pay unto the said Queen her Heirs or Assigns the sum of Five hundred and fifty pounds of Silver Which marriage being solemnised he obtained a Grant from King Edward of certain Lands in Northumberland Kent and other places whereof Eltham was part of they yearly value of Two hundred forty eight pound four shillings and eight pence In 10 Edw. 1. this Iohn was in the War of Wales and in 12 Edw. 1. procured a Charter for a weekly Market at Eltham aforesaid on the Tuesday and a Fair yearly on the Eve of the Holy Trinity and two days following This was that Sir Iohn de Vesci who returning hither from the King of Arragon brought a great number of Gascoignes to King Edward to serve him in his Welsh Wars And having given to the Monks of Râ—fâ—ord in Com. Nott. his whole Lordship of Roderham with eight Ox-gangs of Land there as also the Advowson of the moity of the Church departed this life without issue in 17 Edw. 1. leaving William his Brother and Heir at that time Forty years of Age and Isabel his Wife Sister of Henry de Beaumont surviving him Which Isabel in 25 Edw. 1. did her homage to the King for the Barony of Casal in the County of â—ife in Scotland whereunto she had title by the Quit-claim of Queen Eleanor Mother to King Edward the First and the same year attended the Dutchess of Brabant Daughter to King Edward into that Countrey In 33 Edw. 1. she obtained a Grant for her life of the Castle of Bamburgh in the case she did not marry again and in 5 Edw. 2. had the Castle of Scarborough committed to her custody Thus much touching this Isabel I now come to William Brother and Heir to the last mentioned Iohn de Vesci This William was a person in great esteem with that King for in 13 Edw. 1. he was constituted Justice of all his Forests beyond Trent and the next year after one of his Justices Itinerant touching the Pleas of the Forests Moreover the next ensuing year matching Iohn de Vesci his Son and Heir with Clementia a Kinswoman to Queen Eleanor he Covenanted to endow her at the Church door with Two hundred pounds Lands per annum lying in Newsham Sprouston and other places And because he could not be at the Wedding by reason of some special imployment in the Kings business he afterwards obliged himself if his Son should happen to die leaving her alive That he would make Livery unto her of Two hundred pound per annum out of those Mannors and Lands in the name of her Dowry Which Iohn was the same year constituted Justice of the Forests on the South of Trent But I return of William his Father In 17 Edw. 1. doing his fealty he had Livery of all the Lands which by the death of his Brother Iohn without issue descended to him and the same year was constitued Governor of Scarborough Castle The next year following doing his homage he had Livery of all those Lands in Ireland which were of the Inheritance of Agnes his Mother one of the Daughters to William de Ferrers Earl of Derby and likewise made Justice of Ireland During the time of the trust scil In 21 Edw. 1. he was in open Court in the City of Dublin in the presence of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and
others accused of Felony and challenged to the Combate by Iohn Fitz-Thomas But shortly after this viz. in 22 Edw. 1. he was imployed in the Wars of Gascoigne Iohn his Son accompanying him thither And the same year commenced his suit against the above specified Iohn Fitz-Thomas at Dublin before the Cheif Justice there and other the Kings Council for so defaming him as abovesaid viz. in saying That this William de Vesci had sollicited him a Confederacy against the King Which charge being denied by Fitz-Thomas and a Schedule by him delivered into the Court containing the words which he acknowledged he was thereupon challenged to the combate by this William and accepted thereof But the King being advertised of this proceeding forthwith directed his Precept to the Treasurer and Escheator of that Realm requiring them That instead of the Combate they should Summon them both to appear before him at Westminster on the morrow next after the Feast of the Holy Trinity then next ensuing then and there to be prepared for the Combate At which time this our William de Vesci came thither accordingly mounted upon his great Horse covered as also compleatly armed with Lance Dagger Coat of Male and other Military accoutrements and proffered himself to the fight But Fitz-Thomas though called appeared not Whereupon this William required judgment against him But instead thereof the further hearing of the same was referred to the next Parliament at Westminster viz. Upon the morrow next after the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in 23 Edw. 1. At which time both of them appearing and full debate thereupon had there was no default imputed to Fitz-Thomas in regard of certain Errors which were found in the proceedings So that they were then both at liberty to begin their Actions a new Whereupon Fitz-Thomas declining to revive the quarrel totally submitted himself to the King Who by the advice of his Council ordained That he the said Iohn Fitz-Thomas should be obliged by a certain writing to stand to his Award therein But what was done thereupon appears not In 23 Edw. 1. this William was again in the Wars of Gascoigne but returned sick from thence being then summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm In 24 Edw. 1. he was again imployed by the King in his Wars of Gascoignc The same year also he had a Grant of the custody of all those Lands in England and Scotland which were held of him and then seised into the Kings hands by reason of the Rebellion of his Tenants And in 25 Edw. 1. granted to that King his Castle Mannor and Country of Kildare in Ireland as also his Lordship of Sprouston in Scotland in consideration whereof the King pardoned all the Debts due from him to his Exchequer as also those due from Iohn his elder Brother deceased or any of his Ancestors This William took to Wife Isabel the Daughter of Adam de Periton Widow of Robert de Welles but having no lawful issue Iohn his Son being dead in his life time he did by the Kings License Infeoff that great Prelate Anthony Beke Bishop of Ourham and Patriarch of Ierrâ—alem in the Castle of â—luwiâ—e and divers other Lands with trust and special confidence that he should retain them for the behoof of William de Vesci his Bastard-son begotten in Ireland at that time young until he came of full age and then pass them to him whereupon that Bishop had Livery of them accordingly But the Mannor of Hotoâ—-Buscel in Com. Ebor. he setled absoutely on his said Bastard-son and the Heirs of his Body with Remainder to his right Heirs constituting Thomas Plaiz of Neâ—â—on and Geffrey Gyppysmer Clerk his Guardinas he being then in minority And departed this life at Malton upon the Eve of S. Margaret the Virgin in An. 1297. 25 Edw. 1. leaving no other issue than the before specified William his Bastard-son Which William commonly called William de Vesci of Kildare in 4 dw 2. was in that expedition then made into Scotâ—and and married Maud the Widow of Thomas Nevil of Cherham but reaped no benefit of that trust which was by William his Father so committed to that Bishop For he being irritated by some slanderous words which he had heard that the Bastard spoke of him by his Deed bearing date 19 Nov. An. 1309. 3 Edw. 2. Sold the Castle and Honor of Alâ—wike to Henry de Percy a great Man in the North from whom the Earls of Northumberland still Possessors thereof are descended Nor did this William long enjoy what was so given him being slain in the Battle of Stâ—â—veâ—in in Scotland commonly called the Battle of Bannocksburne in 8 Edw. 2. leaving no issue having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in Six and seventh as also in the eighth of that Kings Reign he so lost his life Whereupon those Lands in Yorkshire which for lack of issue by him were to return to the right Heirs of William de Vesci his Father descended to Gibert Aton as his nearest Kinsman and Heir viz. Son and Heir of William Aton Brother and Heir of Gilbert Son and Heir of William Son and Heir of Gilbert Aton of Aton in Pickering 〈◊〉 in Com. Ebor. by Margery his Wife sole Daughter and Heir to Warine de Vesci Brother of Eustace de Vesci Father of William Father of Iohn and William Which last mentioned William having no other issue but the before specified William the Bastard who died without issue as hath been observed the title of Lord Vesci descending to Aton came through Bromfleet to the Family of Clifford late Earls of Cumberland Laci NExt to this of Vesci I have thought fit to proceed with Laci in regard that from Eustace Fitz-Iohn a Principal Branch of that Stock is sprung as the Descent annexed will shew Of this ancient Family there were two who came into England with Wilâ—iam the Conqueror viz. Walter de Laci and Ilbert de Laci but how near allied I find not Of these I shall begin with Walter After the King William had subdued those great opponents who most disturbed the peaceable fruition of what he had by his signal Conquest acquired Edwine Earl of 〈◊〉 being slain and Morcar his Brother cast in prison of his nearest Norman Soldiers he made great and powerful Commanders and inriched them with ample Gifts and Territories Of which this Walter de Laci for his expertness in Arms being one when the Welsh in 3 Conq. armed themselves against him he was amongst others sent to restrain their bold incursions Who first entring the parts of Brecknock subdued Rese Caducan and Mariadoth three of their Princes making great slaughter there And not long after assisted Wolstan Bishop of Worceâ—â—er
though the title of Earl was most known by Arundell and Chichester at which places his chief residence used to be yet it was of the County of Sussex that he was really Earl by the Tertium Denarium of the pleas of Sussex granted to him which was the usual way of investing such great men in antient times with the possession of any Earldom after those ceremonies of girding with the Sword and putting on the Robes performed which have ever till of late been thought essential to their creation That which I find farther memorable of him in this Kings Reign is that in ann 1164. 10 Hen. 2. upon that high displeasure conceived by the King towards Thomas Becket then Archbishop of Canterbury whereupon Becket privately fled beyond Sea this Earl William with divers Bishops and others was sent to the King of France and to the Pope with Letters from King Henry representing him to be fled as a Traitor and desiring that King that he would not receive him into any of his Territories Also intreating the Pope that he would not give credit to his suggestions Likewise after they came to the Pope at Senes in Tuscany where the Bishops represented the great misdemeanors of Becket which the Pope endeavored to extenuate and that the Bishop of Exeter desired that his Holiness would appoint certain Legates to hear and determine in that business this Earl stood forth and said Sir we being illiterate are ignorant what the Bishops have expressed but we are not to be instructed to what purpose we are sent We come not to do any thing contumeliously in the presence of so great a person to whose authority the whole world doth stoop but we are to declare in the presence of this whole Court how great a devotion our King hath born and doth bear to your Holiness and that if he could have found out any persons more great and Noble to have signified the same than these now sent he would have imployed them on this Errand And then after he had magnified the Pope for his great abilities he concluded with very temperate expressions concerning Becket beseeching that his Holiness would vouchsafe to use his best endeavor for the reconciling of this difference In 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the Ayd for marrying the Kings Daughter the Knights Fees belonging to this Honor of Arundell were certified to be ninty seven and those in Norfolk whereof William his Father was enfeofft by King Henry the first forty two Afterwards viz. in ann 1173. 19 Hen. 2. when Lewes King of France had invaded Normandy King Henry being there in person in the head of his Army near the Castle of Brethvil this Earl then one of his cheif Commanders made a notable Speech to the Souldiers putting them in mind of the effect of their valor formerly manifested in other parts as also the justness of their Cause their danger by Flight and that there could be no safety but in Conquering In 20 Hen. 2. he undertook for the Kings performance of those Covenants which were made by him with Hubert Earl of Maurien id est Savoy touching the marriage of Iohn son to King Henry and Alice Daughter of the same Earl Moreover he joyned the same year with Richard de Lucy Justice of England in raising forces against Robert Earl of Leicester then in rebellion to whom they gave Battle and having routed his Army took him prisoner near St. Edmundsbury in Suffolk And upon the appeasing of that great contest which was betwixt William de Longchamp Bishop of Ely and Iohn Earl of Moreton in the time of King Richard the first had the Castle of Windsore delivered into his hands to be kept for the King Lastly in the time of King Stephen out of great devotion to God in honor of the Blessed Virgin and S. Iames the Apostle he founded the Abby of Buckenham in Norâ—oâ—k for the good estate of himself and the soul of Queen Adeliza his Wife and their Childrens Souls near to his Castle which he had there built giving thereto inter alia the site of that Castle eighty Acres of Land Moreover he founded the little Priory of Pynham near Arundell and amply endowed it Likewise the Chappel of Saint Thomas the Martyr in Wymundham And bestowed upon the Cathedral of Chichester the Prebend of West-Dene and East-Dene He was also a Benefactor to the Monks of Boxgrave in Sussex by his grant of part of his Wood colled Bessesole adjoyning to the Woods of Hannac and of forty Acres of Land in Stocton with common of pasture there for fifty Sheep ten Oxen two Horses and twenty Hoggs and land of seven shillings per annum value in Mildentone for maintenance of a Lamp in their Chapter house And departing this life at Waverley in Surrey 3 Id. Octobr. Ann. 1176. 22 Hen. 2. had Sepulture in the Abby of Wymundham of his Fathers foundation leaving issue by Queen Adeliza four Sons viz. William Godfrey ... and ... and three Daughters viz. Alice married to Iohn Earl of Ewe Oliva and Agatha who were interred in the Abby of Boxgrave Which William in that great Councel held at Northampton 23 Henr. 2. had also a grant from the King of this Earldom of Sussex and in 1 Ric. 1. had a confirmation from that King of the Castle and Honor of Arundell as also of the Tertium Denarium de placitis Com. Suss. as his Father had from King Henry the second And the next ensuing year had livery of the Honor of Arundell the Castle and Mill with the Honor of Petvorth which was held thereof only excepted for which livery he gave two thousand Marks In 6 Ric. 1. upon collecting the Aid for the Kings redemption he paid eighty four pounds ten shillings for his Scutage And in 7 Ric. 1. accounted an hundred pound for his Relief for his Lands in Norfolk In 4 Ioh. the King accquitted him of all such debts as he then owed to the Jews And in 6 Ioh. he gave a thousand Marks for the Wardship of the Heir of William de Montchensi unto whom he afterwards married ... his Daughter Moreover the same year he obtained a grant of all the Lands and Fees of Gilbert de Aquila as also of all those which belonged to the Mother of the said Gilbert In 16 Ioh. he was one of the great Lords under whom those persons had safe conduct that came to London for making their peace with the King after the relaxation of the interdict as also who went to Northampton for the same purpose Farthermore in 17 Ioh. he attended the King at Runnimede at that time when the Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest were confirmed being then on the Kings part But afterwards was one of those who took oath to obey the
recorded so often confirmed nay so often purchased I though a Woman and all the free-born people do appeal to the Tribunal of God against you and Heaven and Earth shall bear witness how injuriously you have dealt with us and the God of Vengeance will vindicate us At which Speech the King much astonished knowing his own guilt said Do not you desire my grace and favor as you are my Kinswoman Whereunto she replied Forasmuch as you have denied me that which is right what hope have I of favor but I do in the presence of Christ appeal against those who have by evil councel so misled you from Justice and Truth for their own private ends Albini I Now come to Nigel de Albini younger Brother to William de Albini from whom the antient Earls of Arundell descended This Nigel de Albini being a person of Noble extraction and by the Mothers side a Moubray came into England with William Duke of Normandy and was after his Conquest one of those Captains who marcht with him into Northumberland The Lands which he possessed by the bounty of that King were these viz. the Lordships of Tillebery and Eye in Buckingamshire Craweâ—ai Tingrei Prestelai Herlingdone Merstone Melebroc Ammefelle Meldone Wescote Tlopelle Cainehou Siwileâ—hou Polochessete Stradley Mildentone Carlentone Redewelle Wiboldestune Holme Herghetone Clistone Hornslau and Aldriceseia in Bedfordshire Aldulvestreu and Altone in Warwickshire and Sele and Duntone in Leicestershire Moreover he was a Servant in Court to King William Rufus holding the office of Bow-bearer to him and being girt with the Sword of Knighthood by King Henry the first had the Mannor of Egmanton with divers Parks in the Forest of Shirewood of his gift which Lordship after a short time he gave to his special friend Robert D'avil But when King Henry had farther experience of his great Valor and military Skil he augmented his bounty to him and enfeoffed him of the Vavassories of Camvile and Wyvile which so endeared him to that King that he spared not to adventure his life in his quarrell in the most perilous encounters as is manifest by that his signal performance in the famous Battle of Tenerchebray being the last of those conflicts which King Henry had with his brother Curthose where this Nigel slew his Horse and brought him captive to King Henry whereupon he obtained by the gift of that King all the Lands of Robert Baron of Fronteboef viz. Stutevile in England which by that adherence to Curthose Fronteboef had forfeited And afterwards King Henry beseiging a Castle in Normandy this Valiant Nigel first entred the same and delivered it to his hands in farther remuneration of which service he bestowed on him all the lands of Robert de Molbray Earl of Northumberland both in Normandy and England then forfeited by reason of Molbrays conspiracies as also all his Castles and moreover the Castle of Bayeux with its appurtenances so that then he had no less than an hundred and twenty Knights Fees in Normandy and as many in England Besides all this it is evident that all those large possessions of Geffrey de Wirce viz. twelve Lordships in Warwickshire twenty seven in Leicestershire and twenty four in Lincolnshire whereof the Isle of â—xhoime was part came to the hands of this Nigel whether by forfeiture or otherwise I cannot say which were enjoyed for many ages by his posterity Being thus possessed of all those Lands which were of great extent especially in the north he became not only very powerfull but somewhat oppressive for he took from the Monks of Durham two fair Lordships viz. Berningham and Skirningham and divers lands from some other Monasteries which afterwards being visited with sickness he penitently restored As to his works of piety certain it is that he founded a little Priory of Canons regular of of St. Augustines order at Hirst in the Isle of Arholme which became a Cell to Nostell Abby in Yorkshire And gave the Grange of Aldeburgh to the Monks of Fountains All that he else gave to any Religious House in England was the Church of Newbold super Avon to the Monks of Kirkby in Com. Warwic This Nigel had two Wives first Maude Daughter to Richard de Aquila whom by the permission of Pope Paschall he Married in the life time of her Husband Robert de Molbray Earl of Northumberland before mentioned whilest the said Robert was in Prison for his rebellion against King William Rufus from whom afterwards being divorced because she was his Kinsmans Wife he secondly Married to Gundred Daughter to Girald de Gornay viz. in Iune Ann. 1118. 18 Hen. 1. by the special advice of King Henry the first Which Gundred in her Widowhood had a corrody of forty one pound twelve shillings and three pence before she was dispossessed of the Castle of Brichelaw and gave to the Hospital of S. Leonards in York four Ox-gangs of Land lying in Baggaby By which Maud he had no children but by Gundred he left issue Roger who possessing the Lands of Molâ—ray as hath been said did by the special command of King Henry assume the Surname of Molbray It is reported of this Nigel de Albini that soon after he had received the Kings Writ to take possession of the County of Northumberland whereof Robert de Molbray whose Lands were given to him was dispossessed for his rebellion he fell sick at Roan and there departing the World very aged was buried with his ancestors in the Abby of Bec in Normandy whereunto he had given twenty pound Lands in Duntone in Com. Leic. and other large possessions in this Realm in which Abby he was shorn a Monk before he died ¶ To him succeeded Roger who bore the Surname of Moubray for the causes above expressed and being under age at his Fathers death was in Ward to King Stephen In Ann. 1138. 3 Steph. upon that great Invasion made by David King of Scotland King Stephen being then in the South this Roger though then in minority was one of those Northern Barons who at that time met at York and there consulting with the Venerable Archbishop Thurstan for the defence of those parts was one of the chief Commanders in that memorable Battle near North-Alverton commonly called Bellum de Standardo where the English obtained a glorious Victory over the Scots In 7 Steph. ann scil 1142. adhering to the King against Maude the Empress he was with him in the Battle of Lincoln and there taken prisoner And in ann 1148. 13 Steph. accompanied Lewes King of France in that famous expedition into the Holy-Land then made where to his immortal honor he vanquished a stout and hardy Pagan in single combate In 12 Henr. 2. this Roger was
Roger de Moubray his Father formerly made to the Monks of Kirby in Warwickshire And gave to the Hospital of Burton-Lazers in Com. Leicest the Tith of all the Meat and Drink spent in his House wheresoever he should reside Likewise to the Canons of St Mary Overie in Southwark he gave the Church of Benstede with the Churches of Wudemarstone and Berges thereunto appertaining which Churches he had in marriage with Mabel his Wife After all which being signed with the Cross he took a journey to the Holy-Land 3 Ric. 1. but died before his arival there upon the Greek Sea where his Corps being put into a Coffin with an Inscription thereon to declare whom it contained was cast into the Ocean leaving issue by Mabel his Wife Daughter to the Earl of Clare four sons viz. William Robert Philip and Roger Of which Robert I finde that he took to Wife a Countess in Scotland who had a fair Inheritance there from whom descended the Moubrays of that Kingdom And of Roger that in 5 Ioh. he obtained a grant from the King of the Mannors of Swansham Fuleburne and Coâ—tesey which were the Lands of Alan de Roan ¶ This William in 6 Ric. 1. paying an hundred pound for his Relief had livery of his Lands and the same year accounted fourscore and eight pounds upon the Scutage then levied for the Kings redemption being one of the pledges upon that Kings enlargement for payment of the remainder of his Ransom And was one of the principle Barons touching whose affection to Iohn Duke of Normandy upon the death of King Richard the first there grew most doubt but coming to Northampton upon the summons of Hubert Archpishop of Canterbury William Marshal and Geffrey Fitz-Piers Justice of England swore Fealty to him on condition that he should render to every man his right And in 1 Ioh. had exemption from the Scutage of two Marks then levied upon every Knights Fee This William was the Man with whom William de Stutevill had so much and long Contest for those great possessions forfeited by Robert Fronteboef his ancestor who took part with Robert Curthose against King Henry the first all which were given to Nigel de Albini his Great-grandfather as I have already shewed for though there was an Agreement made in K. Henry the seconds time betwixt Robert de Shutevill who then laid claim to that Barony of Robert Fronteboef his Grandfather and Roger de Moubray Grandfather to this William whereupon Stutevill had Kirkby Mâ—resheved for nine Knights Fees by way of compensation to quit his Fathers claim yet in regard there was no confirmation of that accord in the Kings Court Stutevill commenced new Suites against this William whereupon he gave the King two thousand Marks that he might have equal right done him according to the custom of the Realm which Suites were at length determined by King Iohn and his great Councel in this manner viz. that Stutevill should relinquish his claim to that Barony of Fronteboef and in consideration thereof this William de Moubray should pass unto him nine Knights Fees and twelve pounds Rent All which being done they were made friends at Lue a House belonging to the Bishop of Lincoln in the Province of Lindsey on the Sunday called Septuagessima in 2 Ioh. But after this viz. in 17 Ioh. being constituted Governor of the Castle at York the same year he took part with those Barons who put themselves in Arms and required the confirmation of their Liberties and became a party to the Covenants then made between them and the King whereof I shall make farther mention in my discourse of Robert Fitz-Walter the Ring-leader of them and moreover one of those twenty five and his Brother Roger another who swore to the performance of that Charter then granted by the King at Runnimede which in regard it was by force extorted caused the King to refuse the observance thereof as also to fortify divers Castles and raise what power he could for his own aid whereupon he sent Messengers to the Pope by whom he represented to his Holiness how he had been dealt with the Pope therefore much resenting this complaint by his special Bull made void that Charter Which caused the Barons again to Arm and strengthen themselves by all wayes imaginable the Pope the better to back the King with his assistance thundred out Excommunications against them first in general and afterwards by special names amongst whom this William de Moubray was particularly specified Neither did the fury of this William and the rest of his party determine with the Life of King Iohn which hapned in the eighteenth year of his Reign wherein that Excommunication was so denounced but began to shew it self a fresh in the first year of young K. Henry the third whereupon that heroick William Marshal then Governor of the King and Kingdom advanced against them so prosperously that in the Battle of Lincoln their forces being utterly vanquished this William with many more were taken Prisoners and his Lands bestowed on William Marshal the younger for his better support but in consideration of the Lordship of Benestede in Surry given by him to Hubert de Burgh then Justice of England he soon redeemed all which in case he had not done would shortly after have been free to him for the same year upon that Agreement made 3 Id. Sept. with Lewes King of France whom the Barons had called in to their aid it was concluded that they and all that had affisted them should repossess their their Lands and Inheritances so that from that time there was if not an hearty yet an outward reconciliation betwixt the King and those that so lately were most forward in Armes against him in so much as amongst divers great men who attended the King in his Army to the Seige of Bitham Castle in Lincolnshire this William de Moubray was one and thereupon had Scutage from those that held of him by Military service towards the support of the charge which he underwent in that expedition This William upon the death of his Brother Roger had Livery of his Lands paying the Releif due for the same But more I cannot say of him Than that he Founded a Chappel at Threske dedicated to S. Nicholas and therein a Chantry wherein by a Composition made with the Monks of Newburgh it was agreed That the Bell should be rung though it were not a Parochial Chapple at the celebration of Mass whensoever he or any of his heirs should be present as also on the Festival of S. Nicholas and the Obits of his Ancestors After which he departed this life in the Isle of Axholme and was buried in the Abbey of Newburgh of his
King Henry the fifth at the siege of Harfleu 3 Hen. 5. became distempered by eating of Fruit with the Flux as divers other great persons then were and was therefore necessitated to return into England before that famous Battle of Agincourt which soon after ensued where King Henry obtained so glorious a victory And in the next ensuing year was by Indenture retained to serve the King in his Warrs of France with an hundred Men at Arms and three hundred Archers whereof himself to be one five Knights and the rest Esquires wherof the third part to be Foot-men and the rest to serve on Horseback In 5 Hen. 5. he was in Normandy in K. Henry's service and commanded part of his Army at the Seige of Cane continuing in those parts till the death of that victorious King And in 1 Hen. 6. was again reteined to serve the King in those Warrs with one Baneret four Knights an hundred and fourteen Men at Arms and three hundred and sixty Archers Moreover in 3 Hen 6. in the Parliament then held at Westminster he was restored to the title and dignity of Duke of Norfolk using no other than E. Marshal and Notingham before And in 4 Hen. 6. being of full age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In 8 Hen. 6. he was again reteined by Indenture to serve the King in his Warrs And by his last Will and Testament bearing date 20 Maii 7 Hen. 6. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Charter-house within the Isle of Axholme ordaining that the Bones of his Father which lay buryed at Ulenice should be translated thither To Katherine his Wife Daughter to Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmerland afterwards married to Thomas Strangwayes Esq and after that to Iohn Viscount Beaumont and lastly to Sir Iohn Widvile Knight Brother to Anthony Earl Rivers he bequeathed all his Plate of Gold and Silver or Silver and gilt and appointed that she should hold during her life the Castle and Honor of Brembre in Sussex with the appurtenances as also the Castle of Gâ—â—her in Wales and departed this life 19 Oct. 11 H. 6. leaving issue Iohn his Son and Heir then seventeen years of age But over and above what she had by this his bequest there was â—ssigned to her for her Dowry the Lordships of Forueseat Lopham Southfield Eresham Haneworth Framingham Parva with the Hundreds of Laundiche and Soâ—th-Greenhow with two parts of the Mannor of Loche in Norfolk likewise the third part of two parts of Forty shillings of the custom of the Market at Guildford in Surrey the Castle Mannor and Borough of Strogoâ—l in the Marches of Wales the Mannor of Tudeham in Com. Gloc. The Mannors of Silby Mountsorel the Park of Overton and Hundred of Goscote in Com. Leic. The Mannors of Great Chesterford Dâ—vercourt Rumford the Borough of Harwich the third part of two parts of the Mannors of High Rothing and Onesham Hall and the thrid part of the Mannor of Langetous in Canefield Parva in Essex the Castle of Bedford with the Mannors or Hames Willington and Stotfold in Com. Bedf. And the Mannor of Pen with six Messuages one Carucate and one Virgate of Land in Morton and Smethâ—ere as also the Mannor of Wenge and the third part of two parts of the Mannor of Medmenham in Com. Buck. Which Iohn Son to the last mentioned Iohn came of full age in 14 Hen. 6. and in the seventeenth of that Kings Reign was sent Ambassador into Piccardy to treat of Peace betwixt the Kings of England and France After which viz. in 23 Hen. 6. upon confirmation of the title of Duke of Norfolk to him which was first conferred on Thomas his Grandfather he had a grant of place and seat in Parliament and elswhere next to the Duke of Exeter In 25 Hen. 6. this Iohn went on Pilgrimage to Rome And in 35 Hen. 6. making his vow to go likewise on Pilgrimage to divers holy places in Ireland Scotland Britanny Piccardy and Cologne and to the Blood of our Saviour at Windesnake as also to Rome and Ierusalem for recovery of the Kings health he had License to that purpose In 1 Edw. 4. he was constituted Justice Itinerant of all the Forests on the South of Trent but departed this life the same year and was buried in the Abbey of Thetford in Norfolk leaving issue by Eleanor his Wife Daughter to William Lord Bourchier Iohn his Son and Heir Which Iohn in 29 Hen. 6. 24 Martii his Father then living was created Earl Waâ—ren and Surrey an in 11 Edw. 4. was one of those Lords who subscribed their names to that recognition then made in Parliament to Prince Edward the Kings eldest Son Moreover in 14 Edw. 4. he was retained to serve the King in his Wars of France for one whole year with forty Spears himself accounted two Knights and three hundred Archers But of him I find no more than that he departed this life at his Castle of Framingham in Norfolk upon Tuesday next after the Feast of the Epiphany 15 Edw. 4. and was buried in the Abbey of Thetford leaving issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Iohn Talbot the first Earl of Shrewsbury of that name Anne his sole Daughter and Heir four years old in 17 Edw. 4. Afterwards Wedded to Richard Duke of York second Son to King Edward the Fourth but died without issue by means whereof the Inheritance of this great House resorted to the Families of Berkley and Howard in respect that Isabel and Margaret the two Daughters to Thomas Moubray first Duke of Norfolk beforementioned were so married as I have already expressed Which Anne lieth buried in the Chappel of S. Erasmus in the Abbey Church of Westminster Albini of Cainho THe first of this Line of whom I have found mention is Henry de Albini a younger Son of Nigel de Albini without doubt Which Henry with the Lady Cicily his Wife in the time of King Henry the First gave two Hides of Land lying in their Mannor of Coâ—es unto that little Cell of Nuns called Sopwel situate near S. Albans in Hartfordshire To whom succeeded Robert de Albini his Son and Heir which Robert added the gift of a Yard Land lying also in Cotes unto that Cell at such time as he placed Cicily his Sister to be a Votress there and confirmed what Henry his Father had formerly given thereto with Amicia his Sister This Robert was Founder of the Priory of Beaulieu in Hartfordshire a Cell also to that great Abbey of S. Albans and gave to the Monks of that House Pasturage for ten Oxen to graze with his own Oxen in Clophell alias Cainho So also Pasturage for One hundred Sheep and likewise Fifteen Acres of Land for
younger Son of the last mentioned Roberâ— Mortimer This William vulgarly called William la Zouch of Mortimer for the Reasons before specified in 1 Edw. 3. then possessing the Mannor of Ashby de la Zouch in Com. Leic. had a Grant of the custody of the Lands of Glamorgan and Morgannoc with power to dispose of the Towns Castles and Lordships within those Territories as he should think most meet for the Kings advantage For which service he was to receive out of the Revenue of those Lands in time of peace two hundred marks with allowance for thirty Men at Arms to besiege the Castle of Kaersilly if it should not be then rendred And in 2 Edw. 3. was made Justice of all the Forests South of Trent as also Constable of the Tower of London In 4 Edw. 3. this William and Alianore his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs to Gilbert de Clare sometime Earl of Glocester and Widow of Hugh le Despencer the younger were in Parliament restored to their Lands of Glamorgan and Morgannoc as also to the Mannors of Hanley in Com. Wigorn. and Temsbury in Com. Gloc. which were the Inheritance of her the said Alianore and had been extorted from her by Roger Mortimer Earl of March to be by him passed to the King in consideration of a thousand pounds But about this time having been a firm friend to Edmund of Woodstoke Earl of Kent Uncle to the King after the fall of that Earl was sought for by the Sheriff of Glocestershire and at length rendring himself to prison was by the Kings favor dismissed In 6 Edw. 3. with the same Alianore his Wife he accompanied the Lady Alianore the Kings Sister in her journey beyond Sea For which respect the King was pleased to accept of that debt of Three thousand six hundred sixty and six pounds thirteen shillings four pence due by him to the Exchequer to be paid by Five hundred marks per annum at Michaelmass and Easter by even portions And in 7 Edw. 3. having some difference with Hugh de Audley a great Baron-Marcher at that time he raised Forces in the Marches of Wales against the said Hugh which occasioned the King to send a special Precept to him for to desist therein In 9 Edw. 3. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland and about this time calling himself by the name of Zouch and Son of Robert de Mortimer sometime Lord of Ricards-Castle confirmed to the Canons of Haghnion in Com. Salop. the Grant of the Mill at Rochesford made to them formerly by Hugh de Say and Lucia his Wife Daughter of Walter de Clifford Son of Richard Son of Ponce his Predeceffors and the Ratification b thereof by Hugh de Mortimer his Grand-father And upon the first of March An. 1335. 10 Edw. 3. departing this life was buried in the midst of our Ladies Chappel at Theoksbury leaving issue by the before specified Alianore his second Wife a Son called Hugh the custody of whose Lands by reason of his minority were committed to Alan la Zouch of Mortimer Son to this last mentioned William by Alice de Toeny his first Wife Sister and Heir to Robert de Toeny and Widow of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Which Alan then proving his age and performing his homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 14 Edw. 3. attended the King into Flanders In 15 Edw. 3. this Alan was in that expedition then made into Scotland as also in that into France in 16 Edw. 3. the King being likewise there in person at that time And in 18 Edw. 3. obtained a Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Ashby de la Zouch Swartcâ—iffe Braâ—â—thorpe and Daâ—croâ—t in Com. Leic. Swavesey Drotton and Fulburne in Com. Cantab. Trene Nortbourne and Chillington in Com. Suss. In 20 Edw. 3. he attended the King into France and was with him as it is like in that great Battle of Cressy where the English were victorious but shortly after that viz. the same year about the Feast of All-Saints he departed this life leaving Hugh his Son and Heir Fifteen years of age and Alianore his Wife surviving The Wardship of which Hugh was committed to Iohn de Beauchamp until he should be of full age Which hapned in 34 Ed. 3. when making proof thereof and doing his homage he had Livery of his Lands And in 47 Ed. 3. accompanied Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster in his expedition then made into Flanders being at that time a Knight But this is all I have seen of him other than that he had issue one Son called Hugh and Ioyce a Daughter who took to Husband Sir Iohn Botctourt of Weoley Castle in Com. Wigorn. Knight and by the death of her Brother Hugh without issue became his Heir Mortimer of Attilbergh THe first of these Mortimers that had to do in Norfolk for ought I have seen was Robert de Mortimer who in 17 Ioh. being in Arms against the King with the Rebellious Barons forfeited his Lands in Hecleveston in Com. Linc. which were thereupon given to Robert de Mortimer of Ricards Castle in Com. Heref. But hence I must make a great leap viz. unto 11 Edw. 1. finding nothing of his descendants till that time that William de Mortimer of Attilbergh in Com. Norf. obtained the Kings Charter for a Market at Stanford in that County every week upon the Tuesday and a Fair upon Whitson-Eve Whit-Sunday and the morrow following This William in 22 Edw. 1. upon the Kings going into Gaâ—coigne received command to fit himself with Horse and Arms as the chief Men in England then did and to attend the King at Portsmouth upon the first of September to assist him against the French And in 25 Edw. 1. had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons In which year being again in France with the Earl of Lincoln to relieve Bellagard at that time besieged by the Earl of Arras he was taken prisoner and carried to Paris where he died as it seems being then called William de Mortimer of Kingstone and seised of certain Lands in Herleveston in Com. Linc. and of the Mannor of Kingstone in Com. Cantabr As also of certain Lands in Attisbergh Sculton and Bernham in Com. Norf. leaving Constantine his Son and Heir sixteen years of age Which Constantine in 4 Edw. 2. was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 7 Edw. 2. and 8 Edw. 2. And in 13 Edw. 2. had Licenâ—e to make a Castle of his House at Scultoâ— in Com. Norf. To the trust of this Constantine in 19 Edw. 2. upon the death of Thomas de
whole Lordship of Cavenby in Com. Linc. with the Advowson of the Church for the augmentation and support of four Canons more in that Abbey After which she married to Iohn Gifford of Brimsfield in Com. Gloc. About this time also the Wardship of the Lands and Heir of this William Longespe which had been formerly given to Prince Edward was bestowed on the Queen but soon after viz. before the end of that year Edmund de Lacy in consideration of ten marks in Gold given to the King obtained License for Henry his Son to contract Matrimony with Margaret the eldest Daughter and Coheir to the said William Whereupon doing his homage he had Livery of all those Lands Which Marriage though not consummated till then was concluded of betwixt William Longespe her Father and the before specified Edmund upon Friday before Christmas-day An. 1256. 41 Hen. 3. they having had Conference thereof before in Galcoigne Whereupon the said William gave with her the Mannors of Burncestre and Middleton with the Homages Rents Services c. And for her Dowry the said Edmund setled upon her for her life in case she should survive his Son Henry the Mannors of Skippeys and Scales with their Appurtenances But after this she took to Husband Sir Walter Walrond Knight by whom she had three Daughters viz. Cecely married to Iohn de Monemue who died issueless Aubrea to Walter Ingham and Isabel to Walter Nevil Bohun HVmphrey de Bohun the first of this Noble Family that setled here in England being a Kinsman to William Duke of Normandy came hither with him at his Conquest of this Realm being called Humphrey with the Beard having that special denomination as it seems in regard most of the Normans did then totally shave their Faces I do not find that he was possessed of any more Lordships in England at the time of the Conquerors Survey than Taterford in Norfolk nor have I seen more mention of him than that he left issue Humphrey the second called The Great who by the appointment of King William Rufus took to Wife Maud the Daughter of Edward de Saresbury Progenitor of the antient Earls of Sarum with whom he had in Marriage all the Lands which were purchased by the said Edward viz. Weston juxta Salisbury Walton Newenton Piriton Staunton Trobrege and one Messuage in Salisbury over the East Gate with the Advowson of the Church of S. Cross built over that Gate together with a Meadow without the Town of Salisbury Which Lordship of Weston was afterwards exchanged for the Mannors of Wineâ—esford and Maningford This Humphrey bearing a great regard to the Cluniack Order of Monks whereof the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex was the second of those which had been seated here in England gave thereunto his Church of Bishopstreet with the consent of 〈◊〉 his Wife but upon condition that if he should grant his Church of Farley in Wiltshire to the Monks of Lewes and the Prior of Lewes place some of his Covent at Farley that then those of Farley might wholly enjoy it He had issue Humphrey the third and Maud a Daughter Which Humphrey was Steward and Sewer to King Henry the First and espoused Margery the eldest of the three Daughters of Milo Earl of Hereford Constable of England Sister and Coheir to Mahel her Brother This Humphrey with the said Margery his Wife were Founders of the Priory at Farley commonly called Monkton-Farley in Wiltshire in An. 1125. 26 Hen. 1. and annexed it as a Cell to the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex Moreover in 1 Steph. he was one of the Witnesses to King Stephens Laws but when Maud Daughter to King Henry the First commonly called Maud the Empress landed in England with her Brother Robert Earl of Glocester 4 Steph. he adhered to her and at the incitation of Milo Earl of Hereford his Wives Father fortified his Town of Trobregge against King Stephen in such sort as that it was impregnable In 5 Steph. he gave Thirty two pounds ten shillings for his Relief as to those Lands in Wiltshire which were his Fathers and Four hundred marks of Silver that he might enjoy that Office of Sewer to the King which his Father held To him it was that Maud the Empress by her special Charter granted the Office of Sewer to her both in England and Normandy unto whom he so firmly adhered in all her troubles that fighting in the Battle of Winchester on her part in 6 Steph. he was there taken prisoner by William de Ipre In 12 Hen. 2. upon assessing the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter he certified the Knights Fees whereof his Grand-father was Enfeoffed to be Thirty and an half De Veteri Feoffamento and Nine and an half De Novo Feoffamento For which Fees De Veteri Feoffamento he paid Thirty marks and an half At that time also Margaret his Wife for so she is called in the Record signified the Knights Fees which she then held whereof the respective persons named in her Certificate were Enfeosffed by Milo de Glocester her Father to be seventeen De Veteri Feoffamento and three and four parts De Novo In 20 Hen. 2. this Humphrey accompanied Richard de Lucy Justice of England into Scotland with a powerful Army to wast that Countrey and was one of the Witnesses to the accord then made by William King of Scots and King Henry as to the subjection of that Kingdom to the Crown of England In the same year he joyned with other of the Loyal Peers and giving Battle to the Earl of Leicester then in Rebellion whose Army they totally routed took him prisoner Lastly having confirmed to the Canons of S. Dionis near Soliâ—hampton the Grant of the Church of Cheleworth made by Humphrey his Father He departed this life 6 Apr. An. 1187. 33 Hen. 2. and was buried in the Chapter-House of Lanthony near Gâ—ocester leaving Humphrey his Son and Heir whose custody the before mentioned Margery had and paid Thirty pounds ten shillings upon levying the Scutage of Gatway for those Knights Fees which belonged to his Barony in regard he did not attend the King in his Army thither Which Humphrey being the fourth of that name was Earl of Hereâ—ord as also Constable of England by descent from Margaret his Mother if the Chronicles of Lanthony mistake not and took to Wife Margaret Daughter to Henry Earl of Huntingdon Sister to William King of Scots and Widow of Conan le Petit Earl of Brâ—â—any and Richmond But of him I find nothing farther memorable than that by this last Will and Testament he gave to the Canons of Bradenstoke certain Lands in Uinelesford of one mark per annum value
for I suppose it to be him was summoned to be at Chester on Monday next ensuing the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist to oppose the hostilities of the Welsh But afterwards being in Arms with the Barons he sold his Mannor of Sutton in Com. Wilts unto Dru de Barentine to acquit him of his Debts to the Iews and died in 49 Hen. 3. or before Whereupon the said Dru de Barentine gave that Lordship to Iohn de Mandevill Son to him the said Geffrey in Frank-marriage with Agnes his Daughter Which Iohn in 53 Hen. 3. doing his homage had Livery of the Lands whereof his Father died seised and left issue by the same Agnes one sole Daughter and Heir called Ioane Clare THe first of this great and noble Family that setled in this Realm was Richard the eldest Son of Gislebert sirnamed Crispin Earl of Brion in Normandy Son of Geffrey Natural Son to Richard the first of that name Duke of Normandy This Richard Fitz-Gilbert being one of the principal Persons who came into England with William Duke of Normandy and gave great assistance to him in that memorable Battle whereby he obtained the Crown of this Realm had for that service and in respect of his near alliance to him in Blood great advancement in honor and large possessions both in Normandy and England bestowed on him The first place of his residence being at Benfield in the East part of Northamptonshire as I guess for in An. 1073. 6 Wil. Conq. he is called Richardus de Benefacta being then joyned with William de Warren in the exercise of that great Office of Justice of England with whom in 9 Wil. Conq. he was also in Arms and acted valiantly against Roger Earl of Hereford and Ralph Earl of Norfolk then in Rebellion as in my Discourse of the said William de Warren is shewed But afterwards viz. at the time of the General Survey which was towards the later end of the Conquerors Reign he is called Ricardus de Tonebruge from his seat at Tonebruge in Kent which Town and Castle he obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the Castle of Brion they being measured out to him by the same extent as Brion did contain at which time he possessed thirty eight Lordships in Surrey thirty five in Essex three in Cambridgeshire Hallinge and Bermeling in Kent Herefelde in Middlesex Sudtune in Wiltshire Levestone in Devonshire as also ninety five in Suffolk besides thirteen Burgages in Ipswich whereof Clare was one whence he was likewise sometimes called Ricardus de Clare This Richard with Rohese his Wife Daughter to Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham gave to the Monks of Bec in Normandy two Churches at Ernembi in England and the Tithes of all their Demesnes Upon the death of the Conqueror favoring the Title of Robert Curthose as it seemes he rebelled against W. Rufus but when that K. appeared with his Army before his Castle of Toneâ—ruge he submitted After which adhering to Rufus in ann 1091. 5 W. Rufi against Curthose who had then besieged the Castle of Curcei in Normandy he was taken prisoner But thenceforth all that I have seen of him is that shortly after the death of King Henry the first being possessed of that part of South-Wales called Cardiganshire and marching towards Abergavenni through a woody tract called thâ— ill way of Coed-groâ—â— leaving the Abby of Lanthony on his left hand he was encountered by Iorwerth Brother to Morgan of Caerleon who lay in Ambush in the Woods and being there unhappily slain was buried at S. Neots in Huntendonshire a Cell to the Abby of Bec and that he left issue by her the same Roh â—is five Sons viz. Gilbert Roger Walter Richard and Robert Which Roger possessed his Lands in Normandy and adhered to Robert Curthose in ann 1080. in his Rebellious courses against the King his Father and upon the marriage of Maude Daughter to King Henry the first unto Henry the Emperor attended her to Almaine with a noble Retinue This Roger called also Rogerus de Benefacta being in Anno 1119. with King Henry the first in Normandy when some others disswaded him from Battle with Lewes King of France was one of those who encouraged him thereto and behaving himself valiantly in that fight shared with him in the glory of a succesfull Victory But dying without issue Gilbert his Nephew viz. Son to his Brother Gilbert enjoyed his Lands The third Brother was Walter who having Licence from the King as his Father had before to enjoy what he could conquer in Wales possessed all Nether-Went and died without issue The fourth Richard a Monk of Bec in Normandy and afterwards the last Abbot of Ely The fifth Robert who took to Wife Maud the Daughter of Simon St. Liz Earl of Huntendon He had Two Daughters the one married to Ralph de Telgers Touching Rohais the Wife of this Richard and mother of these Children before mentioned I shall observe that in the Conquerors Survey she is recorded to have then been the owner of Stanelowe in Com. Herlf and Ernulfesburie now called S. Neots in Com. Hunt and that in Anno 1113 13 Henr. 1. she gave Ernulfesburie to the Monks of Bec for the health of the Soul of King Henry he first and Q. Maude as also for the Soul of K. William the Conqueror and Maude his Wife And moreover that she was after married to Eudo Dapifer But I return to Gilbert the eldest of those be-before mentioned five Brethren This Gilbert possessing his Fathers Lands in England resided at Tâ—nebruge as it seems being thence surnamed In that Rebellion of Robert de Moubray Earl of â—â—â—rthumberland raised in the North of England 6 W. Rufi this Gilbert though then with 〈◊〉 King was as it seems a confederate with that Earl but at length when he discerned â—he King in danger by an Ambuscado laid in a Wood his heart relenting he besought pardon and prevented the Mischief In 12 W. Rufi taking part with Robert Earl of Moriton theâ— in Rebellion he fortified Tonebruge but after a short time lost it Moreover he gave to the Monks of Bec in Normandy the Church of S. Iohn Baptist at Clare in Comitat. Suff. with those seven Prebendaries thereunto belonging which had been there instituted in the time of King Edward the Confessor to be disposed of to their sole and proper benefit as they should fall void and likewise bestowed on them divers Lands Churches Woods and Tithes lying in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk for the health of the Souls of his Father and Mother and for the Soul of his Brother Godfrey whose body lay interred
Matravers Langton Matravers East-Mordon Remmesbeare and Worthe in Comitat. Dors. of two parts of the Castle Town and Lordship of Castle Acre and two parts of the Mannor of Mileham in Comit. Norf. of the Mannors of Bourne Polyng Levemyâ—â—tre Palyngham Dunhuâ—â—te Alfredesham Lye Pynkhurst Wepham likewise of the Hundreds of Polyng Rutherbrugge Eseborne Boxe Stokebrugge and Bourne of the Mannor of Wodecourt and Warren of Wâ—the as also of two parts of the Castle Mannor and Twon of Arundell and two parts of the Mannor of Overfould with the Forest and Chace of Arundell of the Mannors of Wollavinton Preston and Todeham and Patronage of the Almeshouse at Arundell called Mesoâ—-dieu Moreover of the Mannors of Codâ—lawe Berecourt Wyldebrugge Lynche Almodyton and Stopham all in Com. Sussex and of the Mannor of Posâ—lyng in Kent leaving Humphrey his Son and Heir then six years of Age. Maude his Wife Daughter of Elizabeth the Wife of Robert Lovell which Elizabeth was Daughter and Heir to Sir Guy Bryen the younger Knight then surviving who by her Testament bearing date 11 Maii Ann. 1436. 14 H. 6. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Chappel of St. Anne within the Abby of Abboâ—sbury giving to Humphrey her Son all her Reliques as also to Aviâ—e her Daughter Wife of Sir Iames Ormond Knight her French Book and died the same year Which Humphrey departing this life during his minority the inheritance of this Castle and Honor divolved to William his Uncle who in 18 H. 6. upon the death of Beatrix the Widow of Thomas Late Earl of Arundell doing his Homage had livery of all those Lands which she held in dower he being then twenty three years of age Betwixt this William Earl of Arundell and Thomas Earl of Devon in 23 Hen. 6. there hapned a great dispute in Parliament touching their precedency which being revived in the Parliament of 27 Hen. 6. was then referred to the Judges of the Common Law for their decision but they declaring that it was matter of Parliament belonging to the Kings Highness and to his Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament by them to be decided refused to give any opinion therein the Question being whether this Earl should have precedence of the Earl of Devon or not in regard that the Act of 11 Hen. 6. expresseth that Iohn then Earl of Arundell should have the place precedence c. as Earl of Arundell not mentioning his Heirs Whereupon after diverse arguments on each part had the Lords did resolve that he should have his place in Parliament and the Kings Council as Earl by reason of the Castle Lordship and Honor of Arundell for himself and his Heirs for evermore above the said E. of Devon and his Heirs as Worshipfully so saith the Act as any of his Ancestors Earles of Arundell before that time ever had The next thing whereof I have thought fit to take notice in regard it falls out in point of time is that Alianore Countess of Arundell Mother of this Earl William who took to her second Husband Sir Richard Poynings Knight and to her third Sir Walter Hungerford Kt. did by her Testament bearing date 20 Iulii Anno Dom. 1455 33 Hen. 6. wherein she stiles her self Countess of Arundell and Lady Maltravers bequeath her Body to be buried in the Chappel of our Lady within the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity at Arundell and gave to the Master and Fellows of that Coledge a Cross of Silver Gilt to remain therein perpetually for convenient uses as also forty pounds Sterling upon condition that the Master and Fellows with all the Priests and Officers of that Colledge and their successors should yearly keep the Obits of Iohn Earl of Arundell her late Husband and her own Obit with Mass and Office of Requiem solemnly with Note at convenient hours for their Souls their Parents and Ancestors Souls and all the Faithful deceased And likewise ordained that her Executors should dispose two hundred Marks of her Goods to found a Perpetual Chantry at the Altar of our blessed Lady in the same Chappel for one Priest to celebrate Mass thereat every day for the health of her said Husband's Soul and her own Soul and have ten Marks per annum for so doing or at least for twenty years next after her decease Moreover that she gave to William Earl of Arundell her Son her best Cup of Gold likewise a Ring with a Ruby and an hundred pounds Sterling To Ioane Countess of Arundel a Cup of Silver To Alianore Percy her Daughter by Poynings a Golden Collar for her Neck with a Jewel set with Precious stones hanging thereat Also a Bason of Silver with the Armes of the Lord Poynings and of Sir Iohn Berkley Kt. her Fathâ—r thereon Likewise an Ewer of Silver and an hundred pounds Sterling To the Lady Dudley her Sister a rowe of Pearles To Margaret the Wife of the Lord Hungerford a standing Cup gilt To Sir Robert Hungerford Kt. Lord Molyns then Prisoner in France all her Wooll at Haâ—tesbury of an hundred pounds value towards his Ransom provided that he be released of his Imprisonment during his life and that neither he nor the Lord Hungerford his Father nor any other disturb the Executors of that her Testament To Sir Morice Berkley Kt. her Brother two Silver pots with the Armes of the Lord Hungerford and twenty pounds Sterling and to the Lady Lora his Wife a Cup of Beryl garnished with Gold To Maurice the Son of her said Brother a Salt-Celler of Silver and ten pounds Sterling To Anne his Wife a Book of Mattins covered with Velvet To Thomas Berkley her Brothers Son ten pounds and to Edward another of his Sons ten pounds The Probate of which Will bears date the twenty third of August following But I return to William In 38 Hen. 6. this William Earl of Arundell in consideration of his special services was constituted Justice of all the Kings Forests South of Trent and in 10 Edw. 4. made Constable of Dover-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-ports Moreover in 11 Edw. 4. he was reteined to serve the King in the Custody of that Castle for fifteen dayes with twenty men at Armes and forty Archers for the suppressing certain Rebells then in Armes And the same year was one of the Lords in Parliament who made Oath to Prince Edward In 17 Edw. 4. he was one of the Commissioners sent to treat with the Commissioners of Lewes King of France for prorogation of a Truce made betwixt the King and him and in 1 Edw. 5. again constituted Justice of all the Kings Forests and Chases South of Trent the like Grant he had in 1 Ric. 3. And having married Ioane the Daughter of Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury had issue by her four Sons viz. Thomas William George and Iohn as also one Daughter
inquire of the murther of Henry Lord Darley Husband to Mary Queen of Scots he shewd not himself inclinable to judge that Queen guilty thereof as some did He was likewise a great favorer of the Duke of Norfolks marriage with the same Queen as some other of the Nobles then were for which in 14 Eliz. he suffered imprisonment After which I have not seen any thing of him much memorable until 22 Eliz. That by his Testament bearing date 30 Decemb. in that year he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Quire of the Collegiate Church at Arundel appointing that a memorial in Brass and Gilt should be there affixed upon his Fathers Tomb. And having married two Wives first Catherine the Daughter of Thomas Grey Marquess Dorset by whom he had issue Henry who died at Brussels in his life time Ioane married to Iohn Lord Lumley and Mary to Thomas Duke of Norfolk and to his second Wife Mary Daughter of Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherâ—e in Com. Cornub. Knight Widow of Robert Earl of Sussex by whom he had no issue he departed this life 25 Febr. the same year being then sixty eight years of age and was buried at Arundel with his Ancestors where he hath a noble Monument in the Epitapth whereon his principal imployments and Honors are sum'd up viz. That he was one of the Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter and of the Privy Council to King Henry the Eighth King Edward the Sixth Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Governor of Calaâ—s and Marshal of King Henry the Eighths Army when he besieged Boloigne as also Lord Chamberlain of his Houshold And at the Coronation of King Edward the Sixth exercised the Office of Marshal of England being afterwards made Lord Chamberlain of his Houshold Moreover That he was High Constable of England at the Coronation of Queen Mary afterwards Steward of her Houshold and President of the Council and so to Queen Elizabeth Talbot THe first mention I find of this name is in that Grant which Walter Gifford Earl of Buckingham in the Conquerors time made to the Monks of Cerasie in Normandy where Richard Talbot is mentioned amongst the witnesses thereto The next is of Geffrey Talbot who in the time of King Henry the First held twenty Knights Fees of the King which Walter de Meduana possessed in Henry the Seconds time and gave the half of his Lordship of Little Wroteham in Kent to the Monks of Rochester This Geffrey being banished by King Stephen exercised much cruelty in his Military actings on the behalf of Maud the Emprâ—sâ— joyning with Gilbert de Lacy his Kinsman in his design for taking the City of Bath But failing therein and being thereupon taken prisoner he mollified the King by complaining of very hard usage which had provoked him so to flie out and was thereupon received to favor Of this Geffrey I also find that in 3 Steph. still taking part with Maud the Empress and her Son Henry then Duke of Normandy he fortified the Castle of Hereford against King Stephen I come now to Hugh Talbot whom I take to be Brother to Geffrey To this Hugh in 19 H. 1. did Hugh the Son of Gerard de Gornay then in Rebellion against that King commit the custody of the Castle of Pleiâ—â—e But all that I have farther seen of him is That having been a Benefactor to the Monks of Beaubeck in Normandy at length he took the habit of a Monk in that Monastery Leaving issue three Sons viz. Richard William and Hugh Which Richard in An. 1153. 18 Steph. ratified his Fathers gifts to those Monks And about the beginning of Henry the Seconds Reign obtained from that King a Grant of the Lordship of Lintone in Com. Heâ—ef Which Grant King Richard the First for two hundred marks afterwards confirmed To this Richard succeeded Gilbert Talbot his Son and Heir who in 12 Hen. 2. held one Knights Fee in Lintone of Robert de Ewyas Which Gilbert in 5 Rich. 2. had other Lands given him in Lintone for the custody of the Castle of Ludlow And in 1 Ioh. gave a Fine of forty shillings that he might not go beyond Sea as also that he might have the Scutage of his own Demesns In 7 Ioh. this Gilbert paid ten marks for his Scutage then assessed at two marks for each Knights Fee But farther of him I have not seen then that he had issue Richard who married Aliva the Daughter of Alan Basset of Wickombe in Com. Buck. Sister to Philip Basset Justice of England and Widow of Dru de Montacute In 18 Hen. 3. William Talbot had the custody of the Castle at Bristoll and was Sheriff of Glocestershire for the one half of that year as also for the 19 20 21 Hen. 3. But I return to the before specified Richard Talbot and Aliva succeeded Gilbert their Son and Heir Which Gilbert in 44 Hen. 3. was made Governor of the Castles of Grosmund Skenfrith and Blancminster And in 45 Hen. 3. was constituted one of the Justices Itinerant for the County of Hereford Moreover in 47 Hen. 3. upon the disturbances which the Welsh then made upon the Marches he was commanded by the King to fortifie the Castles abovementioned as also the Castle of Monmouth And having married Guenthlian or Guendoline the Daughter of Rhese ap Griffith Prince of Wales For which respect his Descendants ever afterwards relinquishing their Paternal Arms viz. Bende of ten peices Argent and Gules bore the Lion rampant Or in a Field Gules with a Bordure engrailed of the first which were the Arms of the said Rhese and his Ancestors Princes of Wales departed this life in 2 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Longâ—ope and Redleg in Com. Gloc. As also of the Mannor of Eccleswell and Lintone in Com. Heref. Leaving Richard his Son and Heir of twenty four years of age Which Richard then doing his homage had Livery of his Lands And in 10 Edw. 1. was in that expedition then made into Wales as also in the Wars of Gaâ—coigne in 24 and 25 Edw. 1. in which last mentioned year he was constituted Governor of the Castle of Cardiffe The same year he was also again in Gascoigne and before the end thereof had Summons to attend Prince Edward upon the day of S. Nicholas at Newcastle upon â—ine to prevent an Incursion of the Scots Moreover in 29 Edw. 1. being in that great Council then held at Lincoâ—n he subscribed that Letter to the Pope for asserting the Right of King Edward to the Superior Dominion of the Realm of Scotland This Richard married Sarah the Daughter of William Beauchamp Earl of Warwick
of Sir Roger de Pedwardine Knight the other Sister of the same Norman were found to be his next Heirs Sir Philip de Limbury being then viz. in 24 E. 3. thirty years of age and Agnes fifty ¶ The Male-Line of this eldest Son thus failing I now come to Iohn a younger Brother to Philip Father of the last Norman This Iohn was a person of great action and eminency in his time In 25 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 31 Edw. 1. and 34 Edw. 1. Also in 3 8 Edw. 2. In 10 Edw. 2. being called Iohn d'Arci le Cosyn he was made Governor of Norham Castle In 13 Edw. 2. Sheriff of the Counties of Nottingham and Derby and in 16 Edw. 2. Sheriff of Lancashire Moreover in 1 Edw. 3. Sheriff of Yorkshire and Governor of the Castle at York In 17 Edw. 2. he was constituted Justice of Ireland so likewise in 1 Edw. 3. and the same year being called Iohannes d'Arcile Frere obtained a Charter for Free-Warren throughout all his Demesn Lands in Coningsby Park Flixborough and Winterton in Comit. Linc. And in 2 Edw. 3. in those at Wrauby in the same County In this second year of Edward the Third being called Iohannes d'Arci le Neveu he had an Assignation of certain sums of Money due to him for his services in the Wars of Ireland the preceding year As also for his residence in Yorkshire in the Moneths of October November and December for the defence of those parts In the same year 21 August he was again made Justice of Ireland and Governor of that Countrey So also in 3 Edw. 3. and had that year for his many good services a Grant from the King of the Mannor of Werke in Tindale In 4 Edw. 3. he was sent by the King into Aquitane and the same year obtained a Charter for a Market every week upon the Saturday as also a Fair yearly on the Eve and Day of S. Barnabas the Apostle and four days following at his Mannor of Knaith in Com. Linc. And Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Kestsby and Upton in the same County In 7 Edw. 3. being still Justice of Ireland he marched with a great Army into Ulster to revenge the death of William Earl of Ulster then killed by his own men But before he got thither the people of the Countrey having vindicated that muther he transported himself and his Army into Scotland and joyned his Forces to the Kings who was then there in person leaving Thomas Burk his Lieutenant in Ireland This being the time that the King was victorious there and advanced Edward Balioll to the Crown of that Realm And in 9 Edw. 3. being still Justice of Ireland he again sailed into Scotland with six and fifty Ships the cheif of the Irish Nobles accompanying him and having wasted the Isles of Aran and Bote returned For which memorable services King Edward the Third granted to him and to Ioane then his Wife and to the Heirs-male of their two Bodies lawfully begotten the Mannors of Rathwer and Kildalk lying in that Realm In 11 Edw. 3. being then Steward of the Kings Houshold he was sent Ambassador together with William de Bohun Earl of Northampton and Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk into Scotland to treat of Peace with David de Brus who then assumed the title of King there The same year he was also sent Ambassador into France with those Earls to treat with Philip King of France or his Commissioners touching the Right of King Edward to the Crown of that Realm And having been made Constable of the Tower of London before he began his journey into France upon his return had a special Assignation of such Wages as had been allowed for his support in both those services And moreover obtained the Kings Grant to himself and the heirs-male of his Body of the Mannors of Temple Newsome and Temple Hirst in Com. Ebor. As also of the Mannor of Torksey in Com. Linc. But for default of such issue to revert to the Crown In 12 Edw. ◠he was in in that expedition then made into Flanders In 14 Edw. 3. he was constituted Justice of Ireland for life And in 15 Edw. 3. though the King made a Revocation of his Grants of all Lands in Ireland yet in consideration of the good services of this Iohn then called Iohn d'Arci the elder by constant attendance on his person and employments commanded restitution of all such as had been granted to him In which year he was in that expedition then made into Scotland In 16 Edw. 3. continuing Steward of the Kings Houshold he was sent into Brittany together with the Earl of Northampton and other English Nobles where having besieged a certain Town and Castle taking notice of the French coming towards them with a great Army they retreated and entrenching themselves near unto a Wood made divers deep Ditches for their better defence By which means the Enemies Horse assailing them were utterly routed In 18 Edw. 3. being called Iohn d'Arci le Piere and made Constable of Nottingham Castle for life he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in his Lordships of Temple Newsome and Temple Hyrst in Com. Ebor. Torksey in Com. Linc. Ekington in Com. Derb. and Kirkby in Ashfield in Com. Nott. And in 19 Edw. 3. another Charter for two Markets every week at Torksey viz. One on the Monday and the other on the Wednesday with a Fair yearly to begin on the Eve of the Translation of S. Thomas the Martyr and to continue for that day and six days following in which year he was in that expedition made into France So likewise in 20 Edw. 3. at which time the famous Battle of Cressy was fought In this year also being Constable of the Tower of London for life he had in consideration of his laudable services for many years as also for a thousand marks in Money then given to the King a Grant of the Marriage of Iames the Son and Heir to Iames le Botiller In 21 Edw. 3. he was again in France and had Summons to Parliament from 28 Edw. 1. unto the 16 Edw. 3. inclusive This Iohn had two Wives first Emeline the Daughter and Heir to Walter Heron and afterwards Ioane Daughter to Richard Burgh Earl of Ulster Widow of Thomas Earl of Kildare whom he married 3 Iuly An. 1329. 3 Ed. 3. at Maynoth in Ireland By which first Wife he had issue Iohn Eleanor and Roger and by the second William born in Ireland in An. 1330. 4 Edw. 3. He departed this life upon the thirtieth of May 21 Edw. 3. leaving
Will should have the use of his great Velvet Bed during his life but not to be alienated from him who should bear his Name and Armes And to the same person he also bequeathed four Silver Basons with two Ewers whereon his Armes were graven six silver Dishes two silver Pots and four Chargers all marked with his Armes as also a Cup with Cover gilt having one Ring on the side thereof constituting Walter Skyrlaw Bishop of Durham Richard Scrope Bishop of Chester and Sir Richard Scrope Knight his Executors And upon the tenth of May next following departing this life was accordingly buried in the Cathedral of Litchfield where a goodly Monument in the Isle on the South side of the Quire was erected to his memory which in the late unparallel'd rebellious times when that stately Fabrick was laid wast through the Rapine of those then great pretenders to Religion and Reformation came to utter ruine Upon whose death Thomas Earl Stafford was found to be his Cousin and next Heir viz. Son of Hugh Son of Ralph Son of Margaret Sister of Ralph Father of Ralph Father of this last deceased Ralph But by another Inquisition it was found that the same Thomas Earl Stafford and Alice the Wife of Sir William Chaworth Knight were his Cousins and next Heirs viz. the said Thomas Son of Hugh c. as abovesaid And the said Alice Daughter of Catherine Daughter of Iohn Son of Roger Son of Ioane Daughter of Maude the other Sister of Ralph Basset Father of Ralph Father to this Ralph now last deceased Which occasioned great controversie afterwards betwixt Humphrey Earl Stafford and Sir Thomas Chaworth Knight for the Lordship of Colston Basset in Com. Notting What conclusion was made therein I know not but certain I am that for settling a great part of the Lord Bassets Lands there were divirs Fines levied in King Edward the thirds time betwixt Ralph Lord Basset Grandfather to this last Ralph and this last Ralph and Ioane the Daughter of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Plantiffs and Sir William Herle Knight and Thomas Radclyve Parson of the Church of Olney deforciants of the Mannors of Walshall in Comitat. Staff Buckby and Multon in Com. Northampt. with Drayton and Patingham in Com. Staff whereby these Lordships were settled upon Ralph the Grandfather for life with remainder to Ralph the Grandson of the said Ralph and Ioane and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Ralph Son of Ralph Son of Ralph and Ioane with remainder to the Heirs male of the said Ralph the Grandfather and for want of such issue to Ralph de Stafford for life with divers other remainders of the line of Stafford and for lack of issue of those remainders to Thomas Beauchamp Son to Thomas late Earl of Warwick and the Heirs male of his body c. Which Ralph Basset the Grandfather had issue Ralph and he the last mentioned Ralph Which Ralph viz. the Son of Ralph and Ioane died in the life-time of his Father and after that Ralph his Father and Ioane his Mother deceased upon whose death Ralph the Grandson of Ralph and Ioane entered into those Lordships by vertue of the Fines before-mentioned and died seized of them without any issue of his Body Likewise the said Ralph Stafford and those other remainders of the line of Stafford specified in the Fines so levied died all without issue male of their Bodies so that by vertue of those Fines the right of these Lordships divolved at length to Thomas Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick Son of Thomas late Earl of Warwick Whereupon that Earl had respite for doing his Homage and Ioane the Widdow of Ralph the last Lord Basset had an Assignation of the Lordships of Olney and Patyngham for her Dowry But after her death which hapned in 4 Hen. 4. Edmund Earl Stafford Son of Hugh Son of Margaret Sister to Ralph Lord Basset Grandfather to the last Ralph had Livery of all those Lands Which Ioane was Sister to Iohn Duke of Britanny and held in dower the third part of the Mannors of Shiringham and Gretewell in Com. Linc. the Mannor of Radclive upon Sore and the third part of the Mannor of Colston Basset in Comitat. Notting the fourth part of the Mannor of Barrow upon Sore and the third part of the Mannors of Rakedale Willows and Radcliffe upon Wreke in Com. Leic. the Mannors of Pâ—tyngham and Drayton-Basset in Com. Staff the Mannors of Olney and Scherington in Com. Buck. and the Mannor of Towsiâ—ke in Com. Devon This Ioane made her Testament at her Mannor House of Chesthunt in Com. Buck. 27 Martii An. 1402. 3 Hen. 4. Whereby she bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Abby of Lavenden near Olney in that County and died the Thursday next before the Feast of S. Martin the next ensuing year Basset of Sapcote THe first of this Branch that setled at Sapcote in Leicestershire was called William Basset a younger Brother to Ralph Basset of Drayton in Staffordshire Which William executed the Office of Sheriff of Warwick and Leicestershires in 9 Hen. 2. as Deputy to his Brother Ralph In 10 Hen. 2. of Leicestershire for himself and in 11 12 13 14 15 and one half of 16 Hen. 2. for both Counties But in 19 Hen. 2. upon an Inquisition taken by Commissioners concerning all the Sheriffs of England he paid an hundred pounds fine for some transgressions in that Office as it seems In 21 Hen. 2. he was one of the Justices Itinerant in Yorkshire So likewise in 24 Hen. 2. In 23 Hen. 2. he executed the Sheriffs Office for Lincolnshire for the one half of that year and so to the thirtieth of that Kings Reign inclusive To which William succeeded Simon who in 6 Rich. 1. married ... one of the Daughters and Coheirs to William Avenel of Haddon in the Peke in Derbishire And to him Ralph who took to Wife Milisent one of the Daughters and Heirs to Robert de Chaucumbe about the fifteenth of Henry the Third This Ralph as formerly his Grandfather had the Sheriffalty of Lincolnshire from the twenty fifth of Henry the Third to the twenty nineth of Henry the Third inclusive And in 32 Hen. 3. went on pilgrimage to S. Iames in â—alliâ—â—d In 42 Hen. 3. he received command to attend the King at Chester well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Incursions of the Welsh and the same year was made Governor of Northampton Castle So also in 47 H. 3. But in 48 H. 3. he sided with the Rebellious Barons and was then in Arms with them at Northampton Moreover soon after the King being taken prisoner at Lewes and consequently all in their power he was by those Barons summoned to that Parliament which they held in the Kings name in 49 Hen. 3. And after
In 2 Ric. 1. he gave the King a thousand marks for the Wardship of the Heirs of Gilbert de Monemuthe And in 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 R. 1. was again Sheriff of Herefordshire In 6 Ric. 1. he paid fifteen pounds for Iohn de Monmouth upon levying the Scutage for the Kings Redemption but was acquitted from the Scutage of Normandy the same year in regard he was then in person with the King About this time Rese Prince of Wales besieging the Castle of Payne in Elvel belonging to this William was pleased to draw off his forces upon an amicable composition then made between them In 7 Ric. 1. this William and Oliver de Traci the other sharer in the Honor of Berstaple came to an accord touching that Barony by which it appears that Oliver did pass his title to the inheritance thereof unto this William he thereupon being content that Oliver should hold all those Lands for his life and receive an Annuity of twenty pounds from him for terme of his life also And in case the said Oliver should die leaving no issue by his then Wife and born after the date of this agreement that then all those Lands should remain to this our William and his Heirs for ever But if the same Oliver should have such an Heir so born as aforesaid then that the Mannor of Freminton with the appurtenances should come to this William and his Heirs with five Knights Fees there mentioned In 1 Ioh. upon levying the Scutage assessed after the Kings Coronation he accounted thirty marks for the Scutage of Iohn de Monmouth and forty five marks and an half for the Scutage of Adam de Port. In 2 Ioh. the King granted unto this William and his Heirs a special Charter dated at Faleise in Normandy that no Sheriff or other of his Officers should for the execution of their Offices lodge within the Lands of his Honor of Bâ—aose but that his own Officers should give Summons for all the Pleas there belonging to the King As also that the King's Justices Itinerant whensoever they were to come into the Baliwick of Faleise should sit at Braose and there hold plea of all things belonging to the King receiving entertainment for one day at the cost of this William And moreover by this his Charter granted to all the Tenants of this William within that his Mannor at Braose that they should be exonerated not only from all Carriages and Aid to the Sheriff or Constables of Faleise but from all Customs of Victual whatsoever which should be bought or sold at Faleise In the same year this William de Braose purchased of King Iohn for the summe of five hundred marks all the Lands of Philip de Wirecestre and Theobald Walter in Ireland but Philip de Wyrecestre recovered part of his again by a strong hand and Theobald by the help of his Brother Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury compounding for five hundred marks repossessed his again and became his liegeman If this were the Honor of Limeric as I suppose it was then is our Historian mistaken in the Summe for the Record expresly says that in this second year of King Iohn he gave the King five thousand marks for the Honor of Limerit excepting the City and Advouson of the Bishoprick and Abbies In 5 Ioh. the King bestowed upon him ten pound Lands at Frome in Herefordshire which were part of the Possessions of Stephen de Longchamp To this William and his Heirs it was that King Iohn granted or rather confirmed the whole Land of Gowher lying within the precincts of Kaermerdynshire in Wales to hold by the service of one Knights Fee In 5 Ioh. he gave a Fine of a thousand pounds to the King for the Widdow of Hugh Bardulf to be Wife unto one of his Sons It should seem that she thereupon married Iohn de Braose and that he died soon after For in 6 Ioh. the King issued out his Precept to the Barons of his Exchequer requiring them that in case fifty pounds of that money were then paid they should take no more then twenty five pounds of the remainder and acquit this William of all the rest Within two years following that Widdow gave to the King two hundred marks and five Palfries that she might not be distrained to marry again but continue a Widdow as long as she pleased and that she might enjoy her right to her Fathers Barony In 7 Ioh. this William de Braose gave eight hundred marks three Horses for the great Saddle five ... Chacuros twenty four ... Senâ—as and ten Grey-hounds to have Livery of the Castles of Grosmont Skenefrith and Lantelio which were of his inheritance and which he held of the King by the service of two Knights Fees In 10 Ioh. the King perceiving that this his Realm was interdicted by the Pope and therefore fearing more mischief sent Souldiers to all the great men of England especially to those of whom he stood in any doubt requiring Hostages from them to the end he might the better reduce them to his Obedience in case they should be absolved from their due Allegiance by his Holiness Whereupon some delivered up their Sons and others their Nephews and near Allies Coming at length to this William and requiring from him the like Hostages they found a Rub for Maud his Wife stept out and told them in short that she would not suffer any of her Children to come into the Kings Hands in regard he had basely murthered his own Nephew Arthur whom he ought to have treated honorably But William rebuked her for speaking thus rashly and said if he had in any thing offended the King he was ready to make satisfaction according to the judgement of the Court and the Barons his Peers upon assignation of a certain day and place without giving any Hostages Whereupon the Messengers returning and reporting to the King what had passed he presently sent his Souldiers and Officers to seize upon him privily and bring him to his presence but William having notice thereof fled forthwith together with his Wife and Family into Ireland As to this story of King Iohn's dealing with him it is in another manner related by some One saith viz. a Monk of Lanthony that this William having Warr with his great Adversary Gwenhunewyn conquered him and slew more then three thousand of the Welch in one day at Elvel viz. on the morrow after the Feast of St. Laurence the Martyr Ann. 1198. which falls out in the last year of King Richard the first and that for this cause King Iohn disherited him and banished him the Kingdom without any formal judgement and that in this Exile he died As also that Maud his Wife with William his Son and Heir were then likewise cast into Prison and there died which Prison was the Castle of Corf Another delivers it thus This
into Scotland with her Sons William and Reginald and all her own Family and with her Hugh de Lacy But when the King came to Karrickfergus he received advertisement from Duncan de Carriâ— of Galwey that he had taken her and her Daughter Wife of Roger de Mortimers Son together with William de Braose her Son and his Wife with their two Sons but that Hugh de Lacy and Reginald de Braose her younger Son were escaped Whereupon the King sent two Ships for them under the conduct of Iohn de Curcy and Godfrey de Crancumb Being thus brought to the King she made offer of that Fine of forty thousand marks whereof the King accepted but within three days after repenting her bargain she said she could not make it good The King therefore departing from Karrickfergus for England and taking her with her family along with him she again offered him the forty thousand marks with a penalty of ten thousand marks more in case she paid it not Whereupon the accord was put in writing and sealed on each part both their Oaths being likewise given for performance thereof and not only so but the Seals of those Earls and Barons who were then present for attestation thereto days of payment being appointed accordingly And because the Sheriff of Herefordshire had proceeded against her Husband as a Malefactor in regard of the mischeif he had done in that Countrey and should have Out-lawed him thereupon the King by reason of this Composition commanded the Sheriff to respite the same till his return into England Moreover upon his return having her and her company at Bristoll under Guard she there petitioned that her Husband might have leave to come to her Which being granted he was admitted to the presence of the King and freely expressed his consent to make payment of the Fine In order therefore unto it the King sent a servant of Geffrey Fitz-Piers then Justice of England to go along with him that he might have no impediment in his passage in regard he had been noted for so great a Malefactor But after all this when the first day of payment came the King sending his said Justice of England Geffrey Fitz-Piers and likewise the Earls of Salisbury and Winchester with divers other great Men unto Maud the Wife of this William for the Money she plainly told them they must expect nothing she having no more Money in her Purse then twenty four marks of Silver twenty four shillings of Besants and fifteen ounces of Gold so that neither then nor ever after any thing could be expected from her or from her Husband Which being made known to the King he presently commanded that Proclamation should be made from one County to another for this great Malefactor and in case he came not in according to the Laws of the Realm then to be Outlawed Thus far the Kings Narrative From these various Relations therefore it is no easie matter to discover what his demerits were but what usage he had at last take here from the credit of these two Historians who lived near that time This year viz. An. 1210. 12 Ioh. quoth Matthew of Westminster the Noble Lady Maud Wife of William de Braose with William their Son and Heir were miserably famished at Windsore by the command of King Iohn and William her Husband escaping from Scorham put himself into the habit of a Beggar and privately getting beyond Sea died soon after at Paris where he had burial in the Abby of S. Victor on the Eve of S. Lawrence And Matth. Paris putting his death in An. 1212. which differs a little in time says That he fled from Ireland into France and dying at Ebula his Body was carried to Paris and there honorably buried in the Abby of S. Victor But after these great troubles in his later days I shall now say something of his pious Works To the Monks of Lira in Normandy he gave the Church of Orsesleve And being by Inheritance from his Mother Lord of Bergavenny he gave to the Monks of that Priory all the Tithes of his Castle there viz. of Bread Wine Bear Cider all manner of Flesh Fish Salt Honey Wax Tallow and in general of whatsoever should be brought thither and spent there And moreover two marks of Silver out of his Lordship of Espines and two marks of Silver yearly out of his Lands in England so soon as God should enlarge them to forty pound per annum As also the Toll on the Market day within the Gates of that his Castle Which gift he so made to those Monks of Bergavenny upon condition that the Abbot and Covent of S. Vincenti in Maine to which this Priory of Bergavenny was a Cell should daily pray for the Soul of King Henry the First as also for the soul of him the said William and the Soul of Maud his Wife And it is observed of him that in his usual Communication he would reverendly use the Name of God viz. In Gods name let this be done or If it please God or By Gods grace so likewise in all his Letters he wrote Moreover that in his journeys whensoever he came into a Church or beheld a Cross though he were then discoursing with another he would leave off and betake himself to this devotions and having said his Prayers return to his former discourse Likewise when he met any Children in the way he would salute them courteously to the end he might have a return with the benediction of Innocents By Maud his Wife called Maud de S. Waleric he had issue William who was famished with her at Windsore Giles Bishop of Hereford and Reginald as before hath been observed and four Daughters viz. Ioane who was the Wife of Richard Lord Percy a great Baron in the North Loretta wedded to Robert Fitz-Parnell Earl of Leicester who had with her in Marriage the Lordship of Tavestoke in Com. Devon with thirteen Knights Fees Margaret the Wife of Walter de Lacy and Maud Wife of Griffith Prince of South Wales Of Philip his Brother all that I have met with is That after the Conquest of Ireland upon the return of King Henry the Second thence amongst other persons of note which he left behind him there he was one and under him twenty Soldiers As to the Lands of this great but unhappy Man it appears That in 11 Ioh. the Sheriff of Devon accounted for Toteneys Cornwrthy Barstople and Lappeford and that the stock of Cattle upon some other was sold for the Kings use For in 12 Ioh. William de Nevill accounted for eighty four pounds and five shillings for three hundred thirty seven Kine part of the number of seven hundred and four which came from his Lands each Cow then rated at five shillings Moreover as to his Barony of Brembry it was then in the hands of Richard Earl of Cornwal by reason of this his forfeiture
his Lands Which Robert in An. 1305. 33 Edw. 1. revived that Claim formerly made by his Father to the Kingdom of Scotland and upon the Feast day of the Annunciation of our Lady then next ensuing caused himself to be solemnly Crowned at Scone Whose after Actions I shall leave to the Relation of our Historians concluding all I shall farther say of him with this observation viz. That he left issue David his Son and Successor who died without issue in Edenburgh Castle and Margery a Daughter at length Heir to her Brother Which Margery became the Wife of Walter Stuart from whom the Kings of that Realm afterwards descended Curcy AT the time of the General Survey Richard de Curcy held Newham Secenden and Foxcote in Oxfordshire and was witness to several of King William the Conquerors Charters To him succeeded Robert de Curcy Sewer to Maud the Empress Which Robert is said to have been Founder of the Nunnery at Canington in Somersetshire Besides these there was Richard de Curcy in 3 Steph. one of the Barons of Yorkshire and a Principal Commander in that famous Battle against the Scots near North Alverton called Bellum de Standardo whereof I have spoke at large in my Discourse of the Earls of Albemarle And after him William de Curcy Sewer to King Henry the Second who ratified that Grant which Avicia de Rumeli his Mother had made to the Nuns of Ardington in Yorkshire viz. Of half Helthwait and feeding for forty Hogs in his Woods at Swinedune with Common of Pasture for their Cattle in those Woods upon condition that during her life she should place one Nun in that Monastery at Ardington and after her death that he the said William de Curcy her Son and Heir should have the like priviledge This William was Founder of the Priory of Stoke Curcy in Devonshire which he amply endowed with Lands and Tithes and made it a Cell to the Abby of Lonley in Normandy In 12 Hen. 2. upon the Aid then levied for marrying of the Kings Daughter he certified the Knights Fees of his Barony which his Father and Grandfather held to be twenty four and three parts De Veteri Feoffamento and four and a fifth part De Novo And those of the Barony of William le Meschin his Mothers Father to be seventeen For all which De Veteri Feoffamento in 14 Hen. 2. he paid sixteen pounds ten shillings and fifty six shillings for those De Novo In 13 Hen. 2. this William held the Lordship of Hiltesleape now called Islip in Com. Oxon. In 19 Hen. 2. this Barony of his was in the Kings hands so also in 23 Hen. 2. his Heir being then in minority the yearly Ferme thereof being fifty pounds and eight shillings and accounted for in Somersetshire Which Heir was a Daughter called Alice and afterward married to Warine Fitz-Gerald who in her Right enjoyed those twenty four Knights Fees and three parts which were the Barony of the said William de Curcy her Father and likewise sixteen Knights Fees and an half more which were the Barony of William de Meschin before-mentioned To which Alice in 18 Ioh. the King gave the Mannor of Dunhamoney in Com. Gloc. for her better maintenance ¶ Of this Family there was another William de Curcy who in 21 Hen. 2. upon that Pacisication and Firm League then made betwixt King Henry the Second and William King of Scotland for observance whereof hostages were given by the King of Scots was one of those English Nobles that testified thereunto But in that year he died being then Justice of Ireland There was likewise another William de Curcy who going with King Richard the First into the Holy Land in the first year of His Reign was one of those that undertook for his performance of that memorable accord then made by King Richard and Tancred King of Sicily through whose Countrey he was to pass Of this Family was also that John de Curcy famous in the Conquest of Ireland in King Henry the Seconds time Which Iohn about three years after his Conquest of Ulster founded the Abby of Ynes in the Isle of Ynes Curcy 22 Hen. 2. in the place where the old Abby of Carrick stood which being a Fort and much infesting him at the time of his Wars in Ulster he totally demolished Furthermore he was Founder of the Priory of S. Andrews in the Territory of Ardes in Ireland which he likewise made a Cell to the Abby of Lonley in Normandy and a good Benefactor to the Monastery of Dune in Ireland Moreover he was Founder of the Priory of Neddrum in Ulster which he made a Cell to the Abby of S. Bees in Cumberland And likewise of Toberglory in the County of Downe in Ireland which was a Cell to the Priory of our Lady at Carlisle in England Bolebec of ... in Com. Buck. AT the time of the General Survey made by King William the Conqueror Hugh de Bolebec possessed Ricote in Com. Oxon. Waltune in Câ—m Hunt As also Missedene Elmodesham Cesteham Medemham Broch Cetedone Wadone Culoreton Linford Herulfmede and Wavendon in Com. Buck. Which Hugh had issue Hugh de Bolebec who in An. 1145. 10 Steph. founded the Abby of Woburne in Bedfordshire for Cistercian Monks and shortly after that of Mendham in Buckinghamshire a Cell to Woburne the Monk of Founâ—aines whereof Woburne was a Daughter calling him Home potens magnarum rerum inspiratus à Domino ut Monasterium construeret ordinis Cisterciensis To this last mentioned Hugh succeeded Walter his Brother who in 11 Hen. 2. gave an hundred marks to the King for the Wardship of his Nephew And the year following upon Assessment of the Aid for the Marriage of Maud the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees which he held of the King to be eight m number but of Walter Giffard then Earl of Buckingham he held no less then twenty But this Walter de Bolebee died before the 32 Hen. 2. Reign and left one only Daughter called Isabel his Heir then but nine years of age whose Wardship Alberic Earl of Oxford obtained and in 2 Rich. 1. gave a Fine of five hundred marks to the King that his Son might take her to Wife Which Isabel in 8 Ioh. procured the Kings Letters Patents for the receiving Aid from all her Freehold Tenants towards the discharge of a Fine of three hundred marks and three Palfreys Shortly after which viz. in 9 Ioh. Robert de Vere Son to Earl Alberic afterwards Earl of Oxford gave to the King two hundred marks and three Palfreys for License to marry her the said Isabel. And the same year she her self gave
forfeiture of Robert de Stutevile called Grundebeof Great-Grandfather to this William as is already observed But the Record expresseth it otherwise viz. that it was for confirmation of his Charters and to be quit of all Amerciaments and Scutages which had been required of him until the Thursday after Midlent when King Iohn first came to York after his Coronation viz. in 1 Ioh. as also to have the Mannor of Walter Meisnill with its appurtenances if it were in the Kings hands and moreover to have a triall for all those lands whereunto he laid claim against the before-specified William de Molbraâ— viz. Cukewald and â—ukewaldshire with its appurtenances and Malesard with its appurtenances as also the Isle of Aâ—cholme Hovingham Tiâ—esk Meauâ—on id est Meston in Com. Leic. Wellcbron Burton in Lonesdale Bondeby Saxeby and Lindhergh one Carucate of Land in Scalinghere Landeford Hampton in Arden Kirkeby-Monacorum in Com. War and Creiâ— in Com. Northampt. Which said Summe of three thousand Marks was thus to be paid viz. a thousand marks within fifteen days after Easter then next ensuing his Coronation five hundred marks at Michaelmas following and so half yearly five hundred marks untill all the whole summe should be discharged True it is that Robert de Stutevill Father of this William made the like claim to those Lands in King Henry the seconds time and thereupon Moubray came to an agreement with him and gave him the Lordship of Kirkeby-Moresheâ—ed to quit his title thereto as hath been before observed but that agreement being not confirmed in the Kings Court this William standing so highly in favor with King Iohn revived his claim anew whereupon after great dispute it was thus determined viz. that he should thenceforth totally renounce all his interest and title thereto and in consideration thereof that Moubray should in augmentation of the former agreement give him nine Knights Fees over and above the nine formerly reserved as also a Rent of twelve pounds per annum whereupon they were both made friends at Lue id est Louthe in Comit. Linc. then an House of the Bishop of Lincoln's in the presence of King Iohn in the second year of his reign For which twelve pounds per annum the Lordship of Brinklow in Com. Warw. was assigned to this William de Stutevile excepting only the service of one Sampson de Cornwall for what he held there of William de Moubray This William de Stutevile was the same year one of the Barons present at Lincolne when William King of Scots did Homage to King Iohn And about this time gave fifteen hundred marks for the Sheriffalty of Yorkshire and the profits thereof so long as he should serve the King faithfully in that trust the King choosing two persons to execute the office under him reserving likewise the custody of the Castles and Forests to his own disposal Moreover he obtained Licence to fortify his Houses at Cotingham and Butercram as also to hold the whole Forest of Mileburne in Westmorland by the service of ... And about this time entertained King Iohn in his House at Cotingham This William gave to the Knights Templars a certain Toâ—t in North-Cave and having married Berta Neice of Ranulph de Glanvill with whom he had the Lordships of Leyburne and Braham departed this life in 5 Ioh. whereupon the King for four hundred marks granted to Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury the Wardship of Robert his Son and Heir with the benefit of his Marriage as also the custody of all his Lands and Castles both in England and Normandy and sent his precept to the Sheriff of Yorkshire to seise the Forest of Cnarreburgh into his hands in the same state wherein it was when King Hen. 2. granted it to the before-specified William and then to deliver it to that Archbishop But the next year following viz. 7 Ioh. this Robert died whereupon Nicholas de Stutevile his Brother and Heir agreed with the King for a Fine of ten thousand marks to have Livery of his Lands so descended to him excepting the Castles of Cnaresburgh and Burgh id est Borow-Brigg which the King reteined till that summe should be totally paid Which Nicholas married Gunnora the Widdow of Robert de Gant Neice to Hugh de Gâ—rnay and had issue Nicholas his Son and Heir unto whom King Iohn granted a Market every week upon the Munday at his Mannor of Brinklow before-specified and a Fair yearly upon the Feast day of St. Margaret Which Market and Fair were afterwards confirmed to him by King Henry the third This Nicholas in 13 Ioh. gave three hundred Marks and five Palfreys to have judgement for the moity of the Lordships of Cotingham Langeton Screningham and Butrecram with the moity of the Knights Fees belonging thereto But in 17 Ioh. taking part with those rebellious Barons who were at that time in Armes under divers specious pretences did with the chief of them undergo the Popes Excommunication for so doing Moreover in 3 Hen. 3. he assigned the Lordship of Lidel in Com. Cumberl to Robert de Stutevill his Brother then under age and in the tuition of William de Valoines And having been in Arms against the King in the Battle of Lincolne 1 Hen. 3. where he was taken prisoner by the famous William Marshall Earl of Pembroke with whom he agreed to pay a thousand Marks for his redemption to the Kings use in 8 Hen. 3. totally discharged that debt having then livery of his Lands which had been seized for that transgression excepting only the Honor of Knaresburgh and Burgh which were given by the King to Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent and then Justice of England This is all that I have seen of this Nicholas other then that he died in 17 Hen. 3. leaving issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Ioane married to Hugh de Wake and Margaret to William Mastoc But this Margaret died soon after viz. in 20 Hen. 3. whereupon Ioane her other Sister then Wife to Hugh de Wake had livery of the whole Inheritance Of this Ioane I find that in her Widdowhood she called her self Iohanna de Stutevile and not by the name of her Husband as is usual in regard she was so great an Inheritrix and that granting to the Canons of Watton in Com. Ebor. all her Lands in Hessell the impression which she made with her Seal on a large piece of Wax is of a Woman riding sideway as now is usual holding the Bridle in her right Hand and an Escoucheon with the Arms of Stutevile thereon in her left Hand Which demonstration clearly confuteth that which is said by some of our Historians viz. that Anne the Wife of King Richard the
whereby it is manifest that he had no less then fifteen Knights Fees in the whole and moreover five marks for those Knights Fees that belonged to the Honor of Brunne which by reason of his Marriage with Maud one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Pain Peverell of Brunne in Cambridgeshire he likewise then held Which Maud died without issue To this Hugh succeeded another Fulbert who took to Wife Roese the Daughter of Geffrey de Lucy Son of Richard de Lucy Justice of England in King Henry the Seconds days and in 6 Rich. 1. compounded with the King for a Fine of seven hundred pounds as well for Livery of the moity of the Lands of Richaâ—d de Lucy her Grand-father in England and Normandy whereof Richard her Brother had been possessed as for liberty to marry whom she should please being not the Kings enemy I next come to Robert de Dovor Son and Heir as I guess to the last mentioned Fulbert and Roese Thiâ— Robert in 1 Ioh. gave a Fine of four hundred marks to the King for Livery of the Castle and Town of Chilham Which he had with condition That if the Title thereto were questioned he should stand to the Judgment of the Kings Court but died before the sixth year of King Iohn as it seems for then William de Briwere gave eight hundred marks for the Wardship and Marriage of his Heir together with the custody of the Dowry of Roese de Dovor his Mother still surviving so long as the King should think fit Which he enjoyed but a while for before the end of that year she the said Roese obtained the Possession thereof to her self in consideration of an hundred marks Fine by her given to the King And in 9 Ioh. paying all the remaining part of the seven hundred marks for which she made composition with King Richard the First in the sixth year of His Reign for the moity of the Lands of Richard de Lucy her Grand-father as hath been observed came likewise to a new Agreement with King Iohn for Livery of the whole Barony descended to her by the death of Richard de Lucy and Herbert de Lucy her Brothers who died without issue In 14 Ioh. she also obtained Livery of those Lands of Richard de Lucy her Grand-father lying in Cornwal whereof her Brothers had been likewise possessed which she then granted to William de Briwere and his Heirs to be held of her and her Heirs she being then the Wife of Nicholas Fitz-Alan To the before mentioned Robert succeeded Roese his Daughter and Heir who was first married to Richard a Son of King Iohns the same who was afterwards Earl of Cornwal as I ghess for by the Kings Precept directed to Peter de â—upibus Bishop of Winchester then Justice of England to make Livery unto him the said Richard then her Husband of all her Lands she being at that time in Wardship to William de Briwere he calls him Filius Noster But this marriage was I presume before she came of age so that afterwards dissenting she took to Husband Richard Son to Roger de Chilham Which Richard in 8 Hen. 3. upon levying the Scutage of Montgomery paid twenty eight marks for the fourteen Knights Fees formerly belonging to Fulbert de Dovor And in 12 Hen. 3. this Roese being then the Wife of the same Richard de Chilham had Livery of the Mannor of Lesnes in Kent which she and her said Husband had recovered upon a tryal by Battle against Robert Fitz-Walter Whereupon she paid the King forty pounds which he had lent her Husband for the performance of that combate Which Richard departing this life before the sixteenth year of King Henry the Thirds Reign she shortly after married to Richard a Natural Son to King Iohn commonly called Richard le Fitz-Roy About which time also the Justices of the Iews were prohibited to take Distress either upon her Lordships of Wendovre and Chingeâ—ford in Essex or Norwood and Lesnes in Kent for any Money lent by the Iews to him the said Richard because those Mannors were in the Kings presence assigned for her maintenance After this scil in 35 Hen. 3. giving a Fine of an hundred marks to the King for License to marry whom she pleased she lastly became the Wife of Richard de Wiltoâ— who in 42 Hen. 3. upon levying the Scutage of Wales was acquitted for twenty four Knights Fees which formerly belonged to Robert de Dovor This Richard de Chilham before mentioned called also Richard de Dovor and Roese his Wife were found to die seised of the Mannors of Chilham Northwood Kingstone Rudelingweald and Lesnes all belonging to the Barony of Chilham except Lesnes which was held of the King by homage Unto which Barony the Advowsons of these five Churches viz. Rudelingweald Kingstone Northwood Charleton and Hothfield all in Kent did likewise appertain leaving issue a Son called Richard de Dovor their next Heir who was twenty one years of age in 56 Hen. 3. Which Richard dying without issue Iohn Earl of Asceles in Scotland Son of Isabell his Sister was found his heir Vrso de Abitot IN some ancient Records this Vrso is called Vrso Vicecomes in regard he was Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire and in some Vrso de Wirecestre He had also the Constableship of the Castle at Worcester In An. 1074. 7 Will. Conq. when Roger Earl of Hereford and Ralph Earl of Norfolk conspired against King William he joyned his strength with Wolstan then Bishop of Worcester Egelwyne Abbot of Evesham and others for preventing the Earl of Hereford to pass the Severne so that he could not unite his Forces with the Earl of Norfolk And afterwards scil in An. 1082. 15 Will. Conq. sate in that great Council then held at London by King William So also in that held at Westminster in the eighteenth of the Conquerors reign This Vrso founded an Heremitage at Little Malverne in Worcestershire which afterwards by one of the Abbots of Westminster with his consent was made a Priory of Monks and a Cell to that great Abby The Lands whereof he was possest at the time of the Conquerors Survey were these viz. Cocheby Osmerly Costone Benesley Udecote Russocoe Stanes Lunuredele Hatele Hamtune Hortune Cochesie Brotune Uptune Witune in Wiche and Hantune in Worcestershire which extended to forty Hides besides the Lordships of Hildeboard and Benitone in Warwickshire and Cheisnecote in Glocestershire Leaving no Issue-male Emeline his only Daughter became Heir to his Estate who was married to Walter de Beauchamp a great Baron in his time and had inter alia in Dowry the Lordship of Actun whereof he had by violence dispossest the Monks of Worcester
was one of those that attended King Iohn into Poictou in 15 Iohn This Osbert was without doubt a natural Son of King Iohn for the Record calls him Filius Regis and in 17 Iohn had Thirty pound Lands given him of Thomas de Arden's Estate in Oxfordsh The like gift he had in 18 Iohn of all the Lands of Anmari le Despenser and Roger fitz Nicholas Another Osbert Giffard there was who took part with the Rebellious Barons about the latter end of King Iohn's Reign and was thereupon made Prisoner for it appears that in 18 Ioh. Isabell de Frevill his Wife had Letters of safe conduct to come to the King and treat concerning his enlargement Which Osbert for I presume it to be he was made Governour of the Castles of Windsor and Odiham in 8 Hen. 3. and of Lincoln Castle in 10 Hen. 3. But in 28 Hen. 3. adhering to the then Rebellious Barons was taken at Northampton by the Royal Army To whom succeeded Osbert his Son who in 13 E. 1. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In 22 E. 1. this Osbert had summons to be at Portsmouth upon the first of September well provided with Horse and Arms to attend the King into Gascoigne Moreover in 28 E. 1. he was of the retinue to that Magnificent Prelate Anthony Beke Bishop of Durham in the Scotch expedition then made and continued in those Wars the next ensuing year But all I have farther seen of him is that in 25 E. 1. he had summons to Parliament with the rest of the Barons Of this Family likewise was Hugh Giffard who married Sibylla one of the Heirs of Walter de Cormayles which Hugh was made Constable of the Tower of London in 20 H. 3. And in 24 Hen. 3. married one of the Sisters and Heirs to Alexander de Craucumbe There was also Sir Iohn Giffard Knight slain at the siege of Bedford Castle in 8 Hen. 3. And another Sir Iohn who in 21 E. 1. was sent into Gascoigne in the King's service being then an hundred years of age and made Governour of the Castle of Pudesach but being besieged by the French was necessitated to render it Moreover therâ— was one Andrew Giffard who held the Barony of Funtell in Wiltshire which was upon his death in King Iohn's time and by the King's consent resigned to Robert de Mandevill William Cumin and William de Fontibus id est Welles as their right Heirs There was also Walter Giffard who had summons with the rest of the Lords Marchers to meet the King at Oxford on Tuesday after the 15 of Easter in 24 H. 3. the King being then informed that Lewelin Prince of Wales had taken homage of the chief men of North-Wales and Powys And lastly Richard Giffard who was one of the King's Justices of the Court in Henry the 2dâ— time Chandos THE first of this name and Family touching whom I find mention is Robert de Chandos who came out of Normandy with William the Conqueror and afterwards when the Normans began to enlarge their Possessions by invading the lands of the Welch putting himself in 〈◊〉 he entred the Territories of Raerlyon and Godelyve in Monmouthshire whereof Oweyn-â—an was then owner and won them from him And having so done for the health of the Soul of that King and Maud his Queen King William Rufus and King Henry the First and for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of Isabel his Wife gave the Church of S. Mary Magdalen at Goldelyve with a large proportion of Land in those parts to the Monks of Beâ— in Normandy Whereupon sending over part of their Covent thither they made it a Cell to their own Monastery This Robert also ratified those grants which his Ancestors had made to the Monks of Lira in Normandy viz. of the Lordships of Acle and Sutton as also of the Churches of Hope and Salpertone and Tithes of Credenelle adding the gift of twelve pieces of money yearly out of certain Lands in Hope then in the tenure of Ranulph at the Hill It is farther memorable of him that in Anno 1124. 24 Hen. 1. being Governour of the Castle of Gizors in Normandy he escaped a very great danger from a multitude of Souldiers in the habits of Country people who entring the Town with others of the Neighbourhood upon a Market-day armed themselves privately with purpose to murder him and surprise the Garrison So that seeing himself in this peril he was necessitated first to flye to Sanctuary and afterwards fire the Town to get them out To this Robert succeeded another bearing that name who in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be thirteen and a sixth part for which in 14 Hen. 2. he paid viij l. xv s. vj d. And having issue three Sons Robert Roger and Godard departed this life in An. 1120. 20 Hen. 2. and lieth buried in the Priory of Goldâ—lyve on the South-side of the Quire leaving Isabell his Wife surviving who with Robert her Son gave Preston in Com. Somers and Menviri in Com. Devon to the Monks of Goldclyve Of Roger the second Son of this deceased Robert 't is observable that he gave Hatfeild to the Monks of Malvern in Com. Wigorn. and to the Monks of Goldâ—lyve in Com. Monmouth two Carucates of land lying at Clyve in Com. Wilts Also that he had a Son called Robert who ratified the grants of his Ancestors made to the Monks of Lira in Normandy of the Lordships of Acle and Sutton and likewise of the Churches of Hope and Salpertone with the Tithes of Credenesâ—e But I return to Robert Son and Heir to the second Robert This Robert in 8 R. 1. gave forty Marks for Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance viz. Strate with its appurtenances and the Castle And in 1 Ioh. upon levying the first Scutage after the Coronation of King Iohn which was at two Marks per Scutum paid xvij l. xj s. j d. To him succeeded another Robert who upon collection of the first Scutage of King Hen. 3. paid xxvj Marks iv s. v d. ob for thirteen Knights Fees and a sixth part which his Ancestors had enjoyed But this Robert died shortly after for in 5 Hen. 3. the King granted the Wardship of his Lands and Heir whose name was Roger to William de Cantilupe Whereupon Sarra his Widow received command that she should forthwith give him possession of the Castle at Sâ—odhull which Roger in 1â— Hen. 3. was in Ward to Walter de Clifford In 22 Hen. 3. the King having
their Chapels of his Fee viz. Eglosbrek Connarton Eglâ—â—â—eil Eglessant Egâ—oseraweyn with the Chapel of Bonnarton the Church of Melidan and Chapel of â—â—rmoch Also the Church of Esâ—removille in Normandy with its Appurtenances and acquitted the Monks of S. Peters at Gloucester of Toll in Bristoll â—â—erdiff Newport and all other his Lands and likewise the Church of S. â—â—thlake at Hereford from Toll throughout all his Lands in Wales as also the Monks of Goldcliff from Toll throughout all his Lands in England and Wales viz. Bristoll Caerdiff Newport Caerleon and Chepstow This Earl married Hawyse the Daughter of Robert sirnamed Bossu Earl of Leicester and had Issue by her a Son called Robert who died in his life-time and was buried in the Monastery of Chaynsham which he founded in memory of him as also three Daughters viz. Mabell married to ... Earl of Evereux in Normandy Amice to Richard de Clare Earl of Hertford and Isabell And to the end his Inheritance should not be divided amongst Females he constituted Iohn a younger Son to King Henry the Second his Heir After which viz. upon S. Clement's night Anno 1173. 20 Hen. 2. departing this life he was buried at Chaynesham before-specified But being thus dead King Henry the Second retained this Earldom in his own hands for six years and in the last year of his Reign giving Isabell the youngest of those three Daughters above-mentioned in Marriage to his Son Iohn bestowed it on him which he accordingly held all the space of his Brother King Richard the First 's Reign within which time he built the long Bridge at Tewksbury and gave the whole Toll of his Market there for the repair thereof Howbeit for this Marriage in regard they were of kin viz. in the third degree of consanguinity Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury put all his Lands under an Interdict for which Iohn complained to the Pope's Legate and Bishops by reason the Archbishop had so done after an Appeal to the Apostolick See whereupon the Legate ratified the Appeal and released the Interdict but having no Children by her after he came to the Crown he procured a Divorce from her yet held the Honour of Gloucester still with the Castle Borough Berton and Hundred of Bristoll Whereupon Geffrey de Mandevill Earl of Essex took her to Wife and after his death Hubert de Burgh Justice of England neither of them having Issue by her When she was dead Almaric Son to the Earl of Evereux by Mabell the eldest Daughter of Earl William had this Earldom of Gloucester for a short space Which Almaric in Anno 1200. 2 Iohn by the command of King Iohn quitted all his right in Evereux and the City of Evereux to Philip King of France in the presence of both Kings in lieu whereof King Iohn gave him an equivalent exchange and wedded the Daughter of Hugh de Gornai having with her in Frank-marriage by the gift of her Father the Mannor of Horstan but dying also without Issue by her the Inheritance of this great Honour totally devolved to Amice the Wife of Richard de Clare by reason whereof her Posterity afterwards enjoyed the title of Earls of Gloucester as I have in due place fully shewed Earls of Hereford OF this County the first who had the title of Earl after the Conquest was Milo commonly called Miles by Parentage Son to Walter Constable of England and Emme his Wife one of the Daughters of Dru de Baladon Sister to Hameline de Balun a person of great note in that time Which Hameline with his two Brothers Gwynok and Winebald came into England with King William the Conqueror and being the first Lord of Over-went in Com. Monmouth founded the Castle of Bergavenny in that place where a certain Giant called Agros had sometime built a Fortress but dying without Issue left that Territory unto his Nephew Brien Son to the Earl of the Isle commonly called Brien Fitz-Count or Brien de Walingford by Lucia his Sister Which Brien held it all the time of King William Rufus and leaving two Sons who were both Lepers put them into the Priory of Bergavenny giving for their maintenance divers Lands Churches and Tithes belonging to that great Lordship and afterwards taking upon him the Cross and going to Hierusalem left the same to the before-mentioned Walter his Nephew then Constable of England Touching which office of Constable as it then stood I take it to have been the same as Captain of the Guard in after-times for he was then called Princeps militiae domûs Regiae Moreover it is farther observable of this Walter that he founded the Castle of Gloucester upon his own Demesn Lands also that he built the Castles of Bristoll Rochester and Tower of London Likewise that he had the custody of that at Gloucester and also of the Castle of Hereford Furthermore that he gave the moity of his Lordship of Bernytone to the Canons of Lanthony in Wales and that in his age taking upon him the habit of a Canon-regular at Lanthony he died in that Monastery and was buried in the Chapter-house there Having said thus much of his Ancestors I proceed To this Milo being a Servant in Court to King Henry the First and one of his chief Counsellors as also an expert Souldier that King gave in marriage Sibyll the eldest Daughter to Bernard de Newmach Lord of Brecknock begotten on Nesta the Daughter of Griffin ap Leweline together with the Honour of Brecknock So likewise all his Fathers Lands held in Capite with the office of Constable of his Court as by his Charter dated at Roan appeareth It is said of this Milo that upon the death of King Henry the First expecting through the interest he had with Maud his sole Daughter and Heir to attain to the Earldom of Hereford he subtilly used all his power on her behalf and went with some strength to his Castle at Gloucester where she then was and fetcht her with honour thence But King Stephen notwithstanding this carried himself obsequiously towards him as it seems for it is most manifest that from him he obtained a restitution in Fee of the whole Honour of Gloucester with the custody of the Tower and Castle there which he had held as his Patrimony in the time of King Henry the First and likewise the Barony of Brecknock with all those Offices and Lands whereof he was possessed in the time of that King But notwithstanding this in 4 Steph. Maud the Empress landing in this Realm he fell off from the King and repairing to her at Bristoll
he came to his Estate with Walter Bishop of Durham Henry Earl of Northumberland and others in that Treaty for Peace betwixt the King and his Adversaries the Scots In 4. Hen. 4. he was one of those who on the behalf of the Lord Grey of Ruthyn undertook for the raising of ten thousand Marks for his ransom the same Lord Grey being then a prisoner in Wales In the same year upon the 29 th of September he was constituted Lord Treasurer of England in which office he continued until 15 April 7 Hen. 4. And in 6 Hen. 4. in consideration of his good and acceptable service to the King obtained a Grant of an hundred Marks per Annum to be paid during his life out of the Exchequer In 13. Hen. 4. being one of the King's Council and in such esteem that his residence near the Court was thought necessary he had the Town of Chyngilford in Essex assigned unto him for lodging of his Servants and Horses In this year it was that he exhibited his complaint in Parliament against Robert Tirwhit one of the Justices of the King's Bench for withholding from him and his Tenants of his Mannor of Melton-Roos in Com. Linc. certain Common of Pasture and Turbary in â—rawdy in the same County and with laying wait for him with five hundred men Whereupon Sir Robert Tirwhit confessing his fault in the presence of the King and craving pardon for the same offered to stand to the order of two Lords of the kindred of this William Lord Ross and such as he should chuse Whereunto the King assenting he made choice of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Richard Lord Grey then Lord Chamberlain of the King's houshold who having heard the proofs of what was alledged did ordain and award touching the same Common of Pasture and Turbary that both parties should stand to the Ordinance and Arbitrement of Sir William Gascoine Knight then chief Justice of the King's Bench who at the costs of both parties should come to the same place of Common at such reasonable time as it might like this William Lord Ross to assign And that at the same time the said Robert Tirwhit should bring two Tuns of Gascoigne Wine to Melton-Roos and afterwards upon some other day to be assigned by this William Lord Ross should also bring to the same place two fat Oxen and twelve fat Sheep to be spent on a Dinner amongst them who should then come thither And moreover that he the said Robert Tirwhit should then cause to come thither all the Knights Esquires and Yeomen of his party and in the presence of this Lord Ross and all other that there should be to rehearse all the words which he had spoken to the King in the same Parliament and specially that he should say to this William Lord Ross. My Lord Roos I know well that you being of such Birth Estate and Might that if you had liked you might have comen to the foresaid Law-day in such a way that I had been of no might to have made any party but that it like you to come in such a case having consideration to your degree and of all that by sinister information I having doubt of harm of my body in mine intent for Salvation of my self did assemble those persons that here be and others moe not for to do any harm ne offence to you my Lord the Roos and that I will here excuse me as ye will devise that forasmuch as I am a Iustice that more than a common man should have had me more discreetly and peacefully I know well that I have failed and offended you my Lord the Roos whereof I beseech you of grace and mercy and offer you five hundred Marks to be paid at your will And they farther ordained that this being done this Lord Ross should say At reverence of the King who hath shewed himself to be a good and righteous Lord I will take nothing of the said Robert but the foresaid nine Oxen and Sheep for the dinner of them that have been here present And furthermore that this William Lord Ross in the presence of all persons then there being should openly forgive him the said Robert and all other that in the array abovesaid were assembled their offences and trespasses except only four persons viz. Sir Richard Haunsard Knight William Keble Roger Warneston and Roger Keble Son of the same William Which four persons they ordained that the said Robert Tirwhit should bring at the appointment of the Lord Ross to his Castle of Belvoir there to acknowledge their offences and submit themselves to the same Lord Ross praying him of grace and mercy And this submission being thus made the Lord Ross to do so to them as that they should hold themselves well satisfied with his favour and grace This William Lord Ross was summoned to all the Parliaments from 18 Ric. 2. till 1 Hen. 5. inclusive And by his Testament dated 22 February An. 1412. 14 Hen. 4. bequeathed his Body to sepulture in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury near unto the Chapel ordained for the Chantry of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury in case he should depart this life in London or thereabouts But if he should dye within the Diocess of Lincoln then his Body to be buried in the Priory of Belvoir and if in the Diocess of York then in the Priory of Kievaulx By which Testament he also bequeathed four hundred pounds for the finding of ten honest Chaplains to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father Mother Brethren and Sisters as also for the Souls of all his Friends and Good-doers but specially for the Soul of his brother Thomas for the space of eight years within his Chapel in Belvoir-Castle to the end that one of them should every day celebrate a Mass with Note and for that time to be accounted as Dean amongst them and all the other nine subject and obedient to him To the Lady Beatrice his Mother he gave a gilt Cup with a cover and a white knop on it and dying at Belvoir the first of September Anno 1414. 2 Hen 5. was buried in the midst of the Quire of that Priory leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife daughter of Sir Iohn Arundell Knight five Sons viz. Iohn William Thomas Robert and Richard and three Daughters viz. Alice Margaret and Elizabeth Which Margaret surviving him had her Dowry assigned in February next following and dyed not till 3 Iulii 17 Hen. 6. This Iohn Lord Ross Son and Heir to the last mentioned William in 4 Hen. 5. was retained to serve the King in that Expedition which he was then to make in person into the Realm of France with ten men at Arms himself accounted for one the rest Esquires as also with thirty Arches and to take Shipping at Southampton on the first day of May being then scarce eighteen years of age as
This Thomas de Ros had Issue Iohn who departed this life in 32 Edw. 3. leaving Issue Elizabeth his Daughter and Heir then two years old and an half which Elizabeth afterwards became the Wife of Sir William Parre Knight from whom the Parrs of Kendall did descend Ridell IN 7 Hen. 1. Geffrey Ridell being an Eminent and Learned Person upon that great Controversie then hapning betwixt Osbert at that time Sheriff of Yorkshire and the Church of S. Wilfrid at Kipon touching the Priviledge of Sanctuary there whereof the Sheriff would not allow was by speciall Commission imployed together with Robert Bishop of Lincoln Rophe Basset Raphe de Meschines and Peter de Valoines to hear and determine therein who gave judgment for the Church And not long after that growing famous for his knowledge in the Laws succeeded the same Raphe Basset in that great Office of Justice of England But in 20 Hen. 1. upon the return of K. Henry out of Normandy where Prince William his eldest Son then eighteen years of age had in testimony of the peoples obedience received their Homage and Fealty by his Father's appointment being in the Ship with that Prince and some other of the King's Children as also divers of the Nobility he perished with them through the violence of a sudden Tempest which split the Ship near to the Port of Barvactore leaving Issue by Geva his Wife daughter to Hugh the first of that name Earl of Chester Foundress of the Priory of Canwell in Com. Staff one only Daughter his Heir called Maude married to Richard Basset Son of Raphe Basset Justice of England Which Richard being afterwards also Justice of England viz. towards the latter end of King Henry the First 's Reign left Issue by her two Sons Geffrey who assumed the sirname of Ridell from his Mother and Raphe called Basset of which Raphe and his Posterity having already spoke in my discourse of the Family of Basset of Drayton I need not here to say any more To proceed therefore In 12 Hen. 2. this last mentioned Geffrey upon levying the Aid for marriage of the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be fifteen containing one hundred eighty four Carucates and one Virgate of Land Likewise that Richard Basset his Father possessed them all at the time of the death of King Hen. 1. And in 24 Hen. 2. was grievously amerced for trespassing in the King's Forest of Rokingham but all that I have farther seen of him which is memorable is that having married two Wives he left Issue by both viz. by his first Wife Richard who assumed the sirname of Basset from whom the Bassets of Wellâ—don did descend and by his second Wife Sibyll the Sister of William Manduit of Hanslape in Com. Buck. two Sons and one Daughter who retained the sirname of Ridell Of which Hugh the elder in 31 Hen. 2. gave two hundred Marks to the King for the like Seisin of the Mannor of Witering in Com. Northt as he had when Peter de Sancto Medardo died To whom succeeded Raphe Ridell which Raphe in 6 Ioh. gave a Fine of fifty Marks and two Palfries to that King for the Daughter of Fulke de Oyri widow of Iohn Belet Not long after this likewise I find another Geffrey Ridell who being one of those that conspired against King Iohn in the fifteenth of his Reign and discovered before they grew powerful enough fled into France And after him another Hugh Ridell of Witering who having no Issue as 't is said quitted his whole right and title in all the Lands Tenements and Services which descended to him from Richard Basset and Geffrey Ridell his Ancestor formerly Lords of Weldon unto Raphe Lord Basset of Welledon and his Heirs Pinkney IN the time of King Henry the First Gilo de Pincheni gave certain Lands lying at Wedon in Com. Northt to the Monks of S. Lucian at Belvare in France Whereupon they transplanted part of their Covent to that place and made it a Cell to their Monastery This Gilo had Issue Raphe his Son and Heir who in 5 Steph. gave a Fine of forty Marks to the King for Livery of his Father's Lands To this Raphe succeeded Gilbert de Piucheni his Son and Heir who in 3 5 and 6 Hen. 2. was Sheriff of Berkshire and in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then levyed for marrying the King's Daughter certifyed his Knights Fees de antiquo Feoffamento to be eleven in number and those de novo with what he held in his own hands three and an half This Gilbert ratified to those Monks of S. Lucian all the Grants which Gilo his Grandfather and Raphe his father had made unto them of their Lands in Wedon and left Issue Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry confirmed to the before-specified Monks all the Tithes of his own Demesns in Wapenam Stains Morton Miggeham Huggelai and Hachet as also the Tithes of the Asserts of his Demesns at Kuteberthe and Hestlea in Dachet Upon collection of the Scutage of Wales in 2 Ric. 1. this Henry answered vj l. xv s. for the Knights Fees he then had and in 6 Ric. 1. for the Scutage upon the King's Redemption xiij l. x s. Likewise in 8 Ioh. upon collection of the sixth Scutage of that King's Reign thirty two Marks To this Henry succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Egline his Wife Henry his Son and of Philippa his Daughter then deceased gave other Lands in Wedon to the Monks of that house and in 12 Ioh. paying one hundred pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Father's Lands In 13 Ioh. upon collection of the Scutage of Scotland he paid xiij l. xviij s. for his thirteen Knights Fees and an half After which viz. in 17 Ioh. adhering to the rebellious Barons his Lands were seised and given to the Waleran Tyes But in 1 Hen. 3. having Letters of safe conduct to come to Earl William Mareseâ—all to make his peace he repossessed them again shortly after which he died as it seems for before the end of that year the Sheriff of Bedfordshire received command to make Livery unto Henry his Son of all his Lands upon condition that he should be made a Knight and do the King service To him succeeded another Henry who in 17 Hen. 3. paying one hundred pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Father's Lands and in 26 Hen. 3. gave a Fine of thirty Marks over and above his Scutage to be exempted from that Military service which he then should have performed
IN the time of King Henry the First Richard Bussel Son of Warine Bussel possess'd the Barony of Penwortham in Com. Lanc. and there founded a little Monastery for Benedictine Monks which became a Cell to the Abby of Evesham in Com. Wigorn. To him succeeded Albert Bussel his Brother who had Issue Hugh Which Hugh in 6 R. 1. paid xl Marks for his Relief Being dispossess'd by Iohn Earl of Moreton he had a Suit with him for it and recovered it But when Iohn came to the Crown he was constrain'd to give him xx Marks for a Confirmation of his Title and to hold it of him by the Service of three Knights Fees and in 4 Ioh. four hundred Marks more for a new Grant having forfeited his Title by some default as was pretended But long he enjoy'd it not for in 7 Ioh. Roger de Laci Constable of Chester had a Grant of it from that King Longcamp IN the time of King Henry the First Hugh de Longcamp obtain'd by the Gift of that King the Mannor of Wiltone in Com. Heref. to hold by the Service of two Men at Arms in the Wars of Wales To whom succeeded Hugh his Son and Heir which Hugh in 2 H. 2. had a Confirmation thereof To whom succeeded Henry de Longcamp who holding Wiltone in 12 H. 2. by the Service of one Knights Fee was Sheriff of Herefordshire in 2 R. 1. So likewise in 3 R. 1. And in 6 R. 1. attended the King in his Expedition into Normandy In 7 R. 1. this Henry was Sheriff of Worcestershire as also in 8 and 9 R. 1. And in 6 Ioh. obtain'd another Confirmation from that King of the before-specified Lordship of Wilton with the Castle to hold by the Service of one Knights Fee for which Grant he gave CCC Marks and a Courser price xx Marks besides two Palsreys This Henry married Maude the Sister of William de Cantilupe and died in 13 Ioh. Whereupon the said William gave five hundred Marks and five Palsreys for the Wardship and Marriage of his Heir viz. Henry of whom I can say no more than that he took to Wife Ioane the Widow of Thomas Birkin and had Issue by her one sole Daughter and Heir call'd Maude married to Reginald Grey Justice of Chester by which means the Lordship of Wilton came first to that Family ¶ Of this Family was also as 't is like William the Son of Henry de Longcamp who in 9 R. 1. gave CCC Marks for Livery of his Lands whereof the King had dispossessed him but I do not think that he was Son to Henry Son of Hugh before-specified This William married Petronill the Daughter of Guy de Croun Widow of Robert de Vaux and in 46 H. 3. answered for his Relief as a Baron whereupon doing his Homage he had Livery of the Mannor of Suth-Warneburne in Com. Suthampt. and had Issue Henry de Longcamp who took to Wife Sibyll the Daughter of Sir Thomas Heringaude by whom he had Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Alice married to Roger de Pedwardyne ¶ Another Family I meet with of this Name likewise though no whit related thereto I presume of which was William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England in the time of King Richard the First as also Vice-gerent of this Realm during the absence of that King Which William had a Brother called Osbert de Longcamp Sheriff of Yorkshire Norff. and Suff. for some years in the time of his Brother's Power But neither of that Bishop need I to say any thing D r Godwyne in his Catalogue having sufficiently delivered his Story already nor of Osbert his Brother in regard he stood not in the condition of a Baron of this Realm neither was he descended from any such his Grandfather being a Person of a servile Condition at Beauvois Boteler of Oversley IN the time of King Henry the First Raphe Boteler called Radulfus Pincerna de Legrecestriâ in regard he bore the Office of Butler to Robert Earl of Mellent and Leicester a mighty Man in that time setled himself at Oversley in Com. Warr. where taking advantage of the natural Ascent of the Ground near the Stream of Arrow he built a strong Castle and within a Mile distance thereof viz. on the North-side of Alcester founded a Monastery for Benedictine Monks in Anno 1140. 5 Steph. dedicated to the Honour of the Blessed Virgn St. Anne her Mother St. Ioseph St. Iohn Baptist St. Iohn the Evangelist and All-Saints for the health of the Soul of King William the Conqueror Maud his Consort King William the younger King Henry the First Queen Maud his Consort King Stephen Queen Maud his Consort Roger de Bellomont and Atheline his Wife Robert Earl of Mellent and Isabell his Wife Robert Earl of Leicester and Avice his Wife with their Sons as also for the Soul of Waleran Earl of Mellent Likewise for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of Avice his Wife with their Parents Ancestors and Successors Souls All which he did by the advice and consent of King Stephen Robert Earl of Leicester and Waleran Earl of Mellent and of Robert and Geffrey his own Sons Endowing it with ample Possessions and amongst others with the Chappel of his Castle at Oversley Upon the foundation of that great Abby at Leicester by Robert Earl of Mellent this Raphe gave the Churches of All-Hallows St. Peter and St. Martin in the Suburbs of Leicester thereto as also a Rent of xxx s. per Annum issuing out of his Lordship of Blingesset and Tormodestune and likewise the Church of Thurnby in Com. Leic. To him succeeded Robert his Son and Heir Which Robert confirm'd to the Nuns of Pinley in Com. Warr. that Grant which Iohn de Pilardinton made to them of the Land whereon that Religious House was situate it being of his Fee Moreover he gave to the Canons of Leicester the Church of Thedyngworth in that County And left Issue Raphe his Son and Heir Which Raphe gave the Chappel of Stocton to the Canons of Leicester But made head against King Iohn with the rest of the Barons for which respect his Lands were seised and committed to William de Cantilupe Howbeit in 1 H. 3. returning to Obedience and paying xl Marks for his Redemption he had Restitution of them again and in 9 and 10 H. 3. was constituted a Commissioner for collecting the Fifteenth then gathered in the Counties of Warr. and Leic. as also a Justice of Assize in Com. Warr. To whom succeeded Maurice his Son and Heir one of the Justices of Assize for the County of Warr. in
13 and 16 H. 3. as also a Commissioner for Assessing and Collecting the Fourteenth part of all Mens moveable Goods according to the Form and Order then appointed Moreover in 21 and 25 H. 3. he was again one of the Justices of Assize and in 19 22 and 30 H. 3. for the Gaol-delivery at Warwick This Maurice had Issue Raphe who wedded Maud the Daughter and Heir to William Pantulf by whom that great Lordship of Wemme in Com. Salop. with other fair Possessions came to this Family and was also one of the Justices for Gaol-delivery at Warwick in 34 and 41 H. 3. in the last of which years he had command to joyn with Hamon le Strange for preventing the Incursions of the Welch in the Marches near Montgomerie And in 42 H. 3. Summons amongst others to attend the King at Chester on Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist well appointed with Horse and Armor for preventing the like Incursions Moreover in 44 H. 3. he had another Summons to be at Chester upon the Feast-day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin for the like respect In 45 H. 3. he receiv'd command to be at London on the morrow after Simon and Iude's Day in 47 to be at Worcester on the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula and at Ludlow on the Octaves of the Purification of our Lady well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Insolencies of the Welch Furthermore in 48 H. 3. he had Summons with others of the Peers to attend the King at Oxford in Mid-Lent there to yield him Counsel and thence to advance against Prince Lewellin and his Adherents But soon after this divers of the Barons putting themselves in Arms against the King this Raphe stood so firm to the Royal Interest that as a Reward for his Services then perform'd he had a Grant of the Lordship of Kineton in Com. Warr. part of the Possessions of Nicholas de Segrave bestowed on him to hold during Life upon the same terms as Segrave held it and by another Grant bearing date but three days after had the Inheritance thereof given unto him Moreover when Segrave by virtue of that memorable Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth made Redemption of his Lands again and thereupon did repossess that Lordship of Kineton the King in recompense thereof gave to this Raphe the full Sum of CCCC l. to be received out of the Fines and Amerciaments coming into his Exchequer To him succeeded William his Son and Heir who in his Father's Life-time married Ankaret the Niece of Iames de Aldithley And in 6 E. 1. his Father being then dead doing his Homage had Livery of the Mannors of Wemme and Lepinton paying his Relief Moreover in 10 E. 1. in consideration of his special Services he obtain'd a Grant of that Right which the King had to the Service of three Knights Fees due from Maud his Mother upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales And departed this Life in 12 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Northborough in Com. Leic. which he held joyntly with her the said Ankaret by the Grant of Adam de Botiller and Maud his Wife As also of the Mannor of Oversley in Com. Warr. William his Grandson viz. Son of his Son Iohn who died in his Life-time being found his next Heir and then xvii years of age Margaret his Wife surviving him unto whom the Mannor of Oversley was thereupon granted for her Dowrie By some other Authorities it is said That this Iohn did survive his Father and that being but xvi years of age at his death Walter de Beauchamp of Alcester the same year obtain'd a Grant of his Marriage on the behalf of Alianore his Daughter and in case she the said Alianore should die before the accomplishment of that intended Marriage that then he might marry one other of his Daughters By which Grant it was farther concluded That if this Iohn should die before Marriage then the said Walter de Beauchamp might have the like benefit of his next Heir and so from Heir to Heir till one of his Daughters were wedded to one of those Botelers Or in case such a one should take a Wife of his own choice otherwise then to have the Forfeiture due to the King thereupon But this Iohn died within three years following so that whether that Marriage was compleated by him or his Brother Gawine who was his Heir I make a question Which Gawine dying also shortly after the Inheritance devolved to William the third Brother Which William in 24 E. 1. was in Ward to Walter de Langton Lord Treasurer of England and to the before-specified Walter de Beauchamp then Steward of the King's Houshold which Wardship they obtain'd from Iohn de Britannia Howbeit notwithstanding this his Minority he procured a Grant of his Lands from those his Guardians as if he had been of full age and by their Mediation had Livery of them from the King And the next year following had Summons with divers other Great Men to be at London on Sunday next after the Octaves of St. Iohn Baptist well furnish'd with Horse and Arms to attend the King in his Expedition beyond the Seas In 26 E. 1. this William was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 34 E. 1. And for the health of his Soul with the Soul of Beatrix his Wife and all his Ancestors Souls in 35 E. 1. gave to the Monastery of Alcester of his Great-grandfather's Foundation Lx Acres of waste Ground lying at Hynestoke in Com. Salop. with License to inclose the same as also the Advowson of the Church there with Common of Pasture for eight Oxen six Kine and CC Sheep in his Woods and Wastes belonging to that Lordship Moreover in 8 E. 2. he was again in the Scottish Wars And had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 24 E. 1. to 1 E. 3. inclusive He had two Wives the first named Ankeret Daughter of Griffin by whom he had Issue William his Son and Heir The second Ela Daughter and Coheir to Roger de Herdebergh by whom he had Issue two Sons viz. Edmund and Edward who both died without Issue as also four Daughters viz. Ankaret the Wife of Iohn le Strange of Blakemere Ida of Sir Fulke Pembrugge Alice of Nicholas Longford and Dionyse of Hugh de Cokesey And died in 8 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Oversley and moity of the Mannor of Merston Boteler in Com. War of the Mannor of Tirley in Com. Staff and of the Mannors of Wemme and Hynstoke in Com. Salop. whereof Alice de Montgomerie Widow of Gawine Boteler elder Brother to
all his Tenants in the Counties of Berks. Wiltes Somerset Dorset Suthampt. Bedf. Buck. Cantabr Hunt Essex Hertf. Kent Northampt. Norff. Suff. Oxon. Glouc. Wigorn. Heref. and Suss. And in 8 H. 3. was made Governour of the Castles of Cardigan and Caermerthyn But in 10 H. 3. upon that Difference which hapned betwixt the King and Richard Earl of Cornwal touching a certain Lordship belonging to the Earldom of Cornwal which the King had given to Waleran Teutonicus id est Teys this William then a sworn Friend to the Earl stuck stoutly to him in that Quarrel Which being in a short time reconciled the King's Countenance towards him cleared up again as appears by that Confirmation made to him in 14 H. 3. of the Mannors of Brabourne Sutton Kemesey Linton Norton Folesham Wanting and Severne-Stoke as also of the Mannor of Tudington excepting C s. per Annum Lands which William Longespe had therein and the Mannor of Shr ... which belong'd to the Earl of Perch to hold by the Service of five Knights Fees provided that in case Alianore his Wife Sister to the King should survive him that them she should enjoy them during her natural Life In this fourteenth year of Henry the Third being made Captain-General of all the King's Forces in Britanny and then personally in the Wars there the King of Connacht in Ireland having knowledg thereof rais'd a great Power and did much Spoil upon the English until by the Forces of Geffrey de Marisco then Justice of Ireland and others he was utterly vanquished But upon the King 's Return from those Parts he sent this Earl with the Earls of Chester and Albemarle and some considerable Power for the keeping of those Rebellious People in awe This Earl William for the health of the Soul of William his Father and Isabell his Mother confirm'd all the Grants of his Ancestors to the Monks of Tinterne in Wales adding of his own Bounty all his Lands and Woods of Pochlenny set forth by Metes and Bounds He likewise Founded the House of Friers-Preachers at Kilkenny in Ireland And having married Alianore the Sister of King Henry the Third who surviving him made her Vow of Chastity but afterwards became the Wife of Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester departâ—d this Life without Issue in Anno 1231. 15 H. 3. and was buried in the New-Temple at London 18 Cal. Maii near to the Grave of his Father Whereupon Richard Mareschall his next Brother returning into England about the Month of August following together with the Earls of Britanny and Chester repaired to the King then in Wales and presenting himself to him as Heir to his Brother thus deceased offered to perform his Homage and whatsoever else could justly be required of him for that Inheritance But the King by the suggestion of Hubert de Burgh then his Councellor and Justice of England saying he had Information That thâ— Wife of his Brother was then great with Child and that till the truth thereof was manifest he would not hearken to him Moreover telling him he had heard that he had been conversant with his Enemies in France commanded him forthwith to avoid the Realm protesting That if after xv days time he should be found in England he would cast him into Prison Whereupon he hasted into Ireland where the rest of his Brothers and the whole Souldiery there received him with much joy and delivering up to him all his Castles did Homage to him Having therefore proceeded thus far he entred upon the Castle of Pembroke with the whole Honour thereto appertaining and raising all the Power he could resolv'd to get his Inheritance by force if otherwise he could not obtain it Whereupon the King fearing a publick Disturbance accepted his Homage and Fealty and restored to him all his Rights he paying the accustomed Relief And likewise directed his Precept to the Sheriff of the County of Bedf. That he should make Livery to Alianore the Widow of the late deceased Earl of the Mannors of Luton and Tudington formerly belonging to the Earl of Perch to hold for her Life of which Mannors the late Earl her Husband died seised As also to the Sheriff of Kent for the Mannors of Sutton Kemesing and Brabourne And to the Sheriff of Berks. for the Mannor of Newbirie part of the Possessions of the same Earl of Perch So likewise of all those Lands which did belong to Baldwin de Bethun whereof William his Father had been possess'd by the Gift of King Henry the Third But I return to Richard This Richard though Earl of Pembroke had for the most part the Title of Earl-Marshal attributed to him as is evident from M. Paris an Historian of that Time Yet we do not find that any Person had that Title by Creation till Thomas Moubray Earl of Notingham was honour'd therewith in 9 R. 2. In 17 H. 3. this Earl Richard thus reconciled obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Inheritance of the Hundred of Aure in Com. Glouc. But about this time the King keeping his Christmass at Worcester by the Advice of Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester removed all his English Officers from their Employments at Court and placed Poictovins and other Outlandish Persons in their stead amongst which Sir William de Rodune Knight Marshal of the King's House under this Earl Richard then called the Great-Marshal was one Which did so highly disgust our Earl Richard that he boldly addressed himself to the King intreating That he would reform those Miscarriages which threatned ruine to himself and the whole Realm Soon after which a Great Council being held at Westminster he came to London and lodg'd at his Sister's House viz. Isabell the Wife of Richard Earl of Cornwall Brother to the King by whom he received Advertisement That there was a Design to seise upon him and deliver him up to the King whereby he must expect no other than to be used as Hubert de Burgh late Justice of England had been Which so startled him that he forthwith got away by night and fled into Wales Whereupon the King grew so highly incensed that he caused his Houses and Lands to be wasted and his Castles to be besieged Moreover the Bishop of Winchester corrupting his Friends so that they forsook him he was constrain'd to betake himself to Leoline Prince of Wales and the Great Men of that Country But so it hapned that being thus in Hostility with the King one of his Castles so besieg'd held out in such sort as that the King thinking it dishonourable not to win it sent some of his Bishops to this Earl to let him know That in case he would render it up he
Moreton the King's Brother when Windsore-Castle which was the Earl of Moreton's has Siege laid to it by all the Nobility of England this Hugh being then the King's Justice and Sheriff of Yorkshire joyn'd with the Archbishop of Yorke and William de Stuteville who having rais'd a great Power fortified Doncaster but would not take part with that Archbishop in the Siege of Tickhill-Castle belonging to the Earl of Moreton in regard of his special Obligations unto him In 6 R. 1. he was Sheriff of Northumberland Westmerland and Yorkshire Howbeit upon the return of King Richard from his Restraint in Almaine he took the Sheriffalty of Yorkshire and Westmerland from him and likewise the Custody of the Castles of Yorke and Scarborough Nevertheless the next year following he was again Sheriff of Northumberland Westmerland Lancashire Yorkshire Warwick and Leicester-shires and sent with Earl Roger Bigot William de Warren and others to hear and determine that great Controversie betwixt the Archbishop of Yorke and Canons of that Church Moreover he was then constituted one of the Justice Itinerant throughout all the Counties of England And upon the death of Hugh Bishop of Durham had the Custody of the Castles of Durham and Norham This Hugh had the Inheritance of the Honour of Baenton given to him by King Henry the Second â— upon the forfeiture of Fulke Painel as it seems and in S R. 1. passed it back to the King in exchange for the Mannor of Hau. In that year he continu'd Sheriff of Westmerland and again executed the same Office for that County in 10 R. 1. and 1 I h. So likewise for Notingham and Derby-shires Devon and Cornwall for the one half of that year In 9 R. 1. he was again constituted one of the Justices-Itinerant for the Counties of Linc. Nott. Derb. Yorke Northumb. Westmerl Cumberland and 〈◊〉 And in 3 4 and 5 Ioh. executed the Sheriffalty for Notingham and Derby-shires But in 5 Ioh. he died without Issue unto whom succeeded his Brother Robert as his Heir who then gave M l. for Livery of his Lands And â—or his Widow William de Braose gave M l. to the King that he might have her to be Wife for one of his Sons to whom she accordingly was married as in my Discourse of that Family appeareth This Robert had the Lordship and Hundred of Hou in Kent which after his death were given to Hubert de Burgh Justice of England And died without Issue in 9 H. 3. Whereupon his Lands were shared amongst his Nephews and Heirs he being their Uncle viz. Iordan Foliot Isold Gray Raphe Paynel Hugh Poinz and Maude Bardolf ¶ There was also of this Family another William Bardulf Son to the first Thomas I suppose which William first married the Daughter of Almarick le Dispenser and afterwards Elizabeth the Daughter of William Fitz-William with whom he had all the Thenage which the said William Fitz-William held in Hepedale and Kokedale But this William lived not long for in 7 Ioh. Iohn Bec a great Baron in Lincolnshire gave C l. and four Palfreys for Licence to marry his Widow Yet he did not then enjoy her as it seems for it appears That in the year following she viz. Elizabeth gave to the King C l. Fine and two Palfreys that she might not be compell'd to marry and that in 13 Ioh. Ivo Tailboys on her behalf gave xcvi l. iv s. v d. and two Palfreys to the King upon the same account Heriz THE first mention I find of this Name is in 18 H. 2. under the Title of the Scutage of those Barons who did neither attend the King in Person into Ireland upon his Expedition at that time thither nor sent him either Soldiers or Money for that Service Where it appears That there was iv l. then paid into the Exchequer for those Knights Fees which did belong to William de Heriz For this neglect I presume it was that the Lands of this William were about this time seised into the King's hands for in 20 H. 2. he gave C Marks Fine to be repossess'd of them again This William had his Residence at Wyverton now vulgarly called Worton in Com. Nott. and took to Wife Maude the Daughter of Raphe Lord Basset of Drayton in Staffordshire with whom he had in Frank-marriage certain Lands in Wyndesclive of Six Marks per annum value but died in 26 H. 2. or before leaving Robert de Heriez his Brother and Heir who then paid C l. for Livery of his Inheritance Aeliva another Wife surviving him who gave C Marks to the King that she might not be compelled to marry any other than whom she her self pleased To this Robert succeeded Ivo his Son and Heir who in King Richard the First 's time obtain'd a special Charter from Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother to himself and his Heirs for free liberty of Hunting in all his Lands and Woods in Winefeld in Com. Derb. with divers other ample Privileges And in 1. Ioh. gave ten Marks of Silver to the King for confirmation thereof In 16 Ioh. this Ivo gave a Fine to the King of CCC l. for certain Lands of Raphe Basset And about the later end of King John's Reign when those high Contests were betwixt that King and divers of the great Barons he adhered to them for which cause his Lands were seised But upon the coming of King Henry the Third to the Crown those Stirs being quieted he return'd to his due Allegiance and had restitution of them again To this Ivo called also Iohn the King gave respite until the Feast of Pentecost in that year for receiving the Honour of Knighthood and a strict Command to the Sheriff of Notinghamshire that he should not molest or trouble him for not receiving it at Easter But all that I have farther seen of him is That he held Winefeld Tybechelf and Orâ—roft for two Knights Fees and died before 30 H. 3. leaving Sarra his Wife surviving who afterwards was married to Iollan de Nevill a Person of great Note in those days being a Justice-Itinerant in that time To which John de Heriez succeeded Henry and to Henry another John as Brother and Heir Which last-mention'd Iohn died before 27 E. 1. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir who then doing his Homage had Livery of his Inheritance Comyn OF this Name there have been two eminent Families in Scotland viz. of Boghan and Badenagh both which by Heirs female came at length to possess fair Estates in England But before I come to speak of them I shall take notice of what I have otherwise seen of this Name in order of time though I cannot discover how they
Morning Roger Bishop of London being told how they had dragg'd him out of the Chappel went immediately to the King and boldly rebuk'd him for thus violating the Peace of Holy Church saying That if he did not forthwith free him of his Bonds and send him back to that Chappel whence he had been thus barbarously taken he would pronounce the Sentence of Excommunication against all who had an hand therein Whereupon the King being thus made sensible of his fault sent him back to the same Chappel upon the fifth Calend of October but withal directed his Precept to the Sheriff of 〈◊〉 and Hertfordshire upon pain of death to come himself in Person as also to bring with him the Posse Comitatus and to encompass the Chappel to the end he should not escape thence nor receive any manner of Food Which the Sheriff accordingly did making a great Ditch as well about the Bishop's House as the Chappel resolving to stay there for forty days The Archbishop of Dublin therefore hearing of this his hard usage notwithstanding the King had strictly forbidden any to move for him or make mention of him being his old and â—ure Friend addressed himself to the King and earnestly importun'd him that in stead of this Cruelty towards Hubert he would exercise what he had a mind farther to do to him upon himself Whereunto all the Answer he could obtain was That he would put him to his choice either to abjure the Realm for ever or to submit to perpetual Imprisonment or else openly to acknowledge himself a Traytor To which hard Proposals Hubert returned That though he had done nothing worthy thereof he would be content to quit the Kingdom for a time but not abjure to return Whilst things were thus in agitation the King being advertised that Hubert had deposited great Treasure in the New Temple at London he sent for the Master there and strictly question'd him thereof Who did acknowledge That he had certain Moneys committed to him and his Fellows Trust by Hubert but what it was he knew not Whereupon the King requir'd the delivery thereof to him affirming That it had been fraudulently taken out of his Treasury But to this Demand the Templars unanimously answered That they would not deliver it without his consent who had deposited it with them It being therefore thus in the Protection of the Church the King sent his Treasurer with the Justices of the Exchequer to Hubert thus in Fetters in the Tower of London to require the Money for the King's behoof To whom Hubert made answer That he should freely submit himself and all that he had to the King's Pleasure and forthwith directed the Templars to deliver up the Keys thereof to the King to do what he should think fit Whereupon the King caused the Money to be counted and put into his own Treasury taking an Inventory thereof Upon view therefore of what was thus deposited they found great store of Plate both of Gold and Silver much Money and divers Jâ—wels of very great value Which being made publick and the King urged that having thus discovered his Fraud he ought to condemn him to some evil death he answered He hath been a faithful Servant to my Vncle King Richard from his Childhood and afterwards to my Father King Iohn as I have heard And although he hath dealt ill with me I shall not put him to death I had rather be accounted a sottish and remiss King than a cruel Tyrant and a Man of Blood against him who hath undergone many Perils in mine and my Ancestors Service But I do more doubt the Evils which are not yet manifest are greater than the good that he hath done to us and the Realm And having express'd himself thus compassionately towards him was pleas'd that for his necessary Support he should enjoy all the Lands whereof he had been possess'd either by the Grant of King Iohn or by his own Acquisition Hubert therefore being told of this was much reviv'd and appointed one Laurence a Clerk of St. Albans who had approved himself a faithful Servant to him in his greatest Miseries to be his Steward of them And soon after this being Bailed from his strict Imprisonment by Richard Earl of Cornwall the King's Brother William Earl Warren Richard Mareschall Earl of Pembroke and William Earl Ferrers he was sent to the Castle of Devises there to be kept by four Soldiers of those Earls Where being committed to the Dungeon id est the Keepe of that Castle there was another Soldier sent by Iohn Earl of Lincolne to be his Keeper in stead of that who first had the Charge of him And after another in stead of him who belong'd to Richard Earl of Cornwall the King's Brother with special Command That no one might have access to him and that the Person who brought his Meat should not approach nearer to him than the Gate of that Tower wherein he was so strictly kept It is said of this Hubert That when he lay under this great Affliction hearing of the death of the Earl of Chester which hapned at Wallingford 5 Cal. Nov. Anno 1233. who was one of his greatest Enemies he fetch'd a deep Sigh and said God have mercy on his Soul and calling for his Psalter stood devoutly before the Cross ceasing not before he had sung it all over for the health of his Soul But shortly after this the King's Heart somewhat relenting he obtain'd a full and free Pardon for his Flight and Outlawry as also a Grant that his Heirs should freely enjoy all the Lands of his own Inheritance but as to such which he had otherwise obtained they should stand to the King's Favour and Kindness and such Terms as the King should think fit the King retaining all those of his own Demesn which through his Bounty he had bestow'd on him and likewise the Castle of Montgomery with other Castles in England and Wales Whereupon by a special Grant he quitted his Title to the Office of Justice of England obliging himself by Oath to make no Claim thereto In consideration whereof within few Months following he had Restitution of the Castle of Hornby as also of the Mannor of Hatfeild Peverell in Com. Essex of the Grant of William de Mandevill Earl of Essex of the Borough of Sutherton the Mannors of Newenton and Rugham in Cim Norff. and Suff. of his own Inheritance of the Mannors of Wiâ—mgay Stowe Roubeton and Fineberge with the Appurtenances which were part of the Lands of Beatrix de Warren formerly his Wife in those Counties of the Mannors of Aspele and Henlawe in the Counties of Buck. and Bedf. which he had of the Grant of Reginald de St. Walerie with a vast proportion of Lands in divers other Counties the Particulars whereof
Moreover he built the Castle and made the Haven at Brugge-walter and began the Structure of that fair Stone-Bridge there consisting of three great Arches which was afterwards finish'd by one Triveth a Gentleman of Devonshire And having married Beatrix de Valle a Concubine as 't is said to Reginald Earl of Cornwall which is probable for in a Grant made by Henry Son to the same Reginald unto this William of the Mannor of Karswell and Land of Hakford he calls him his Brother he had Issue by her two Sons viz. Richard who died in his Life-time as it seems and William as also five Daughters viz. Graecia married to Reginald de Braose Margaret to William de Ferte Isabell first to ... Dovre and afterwards to Baldwin Wake Alice to Reginald de Mohun and Ioane to William de Percy and departing this Life in 11 H. 3. was buried before the High-Altar in the Abby of Dunkeswell before-mention'd Of which Richard all I have father seen is That in 13 Ioh. upon the Collection of the Scutage of Wales he answered for xv Knights Fees of the Honour of Moreton which were formerly belonging to Walter Briton and in 15 Ioh. that doing his Homage he had Possession of the Mannor of Cestrefeld in Com. Derb. which his Father held I now come to William called William Briwere junior whilst his Father lived In 17 Ioh. this William obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Lands of Hugh Peverell of Erminton to hold during pleasure and in 7 H. 3. was constituted Sheriff for the County of Northumberland So likewise for Devonshire in 8 H. 3. And upon the death of his Father in 11 H. 3. gave a Fine to the King of Six hundred Marks for Livery of the Mannor of Cestrefeld with the Wapentake of 〈◊〉 in Com. Derb. Likewise of the Town of Sâ—ointon in Com. Nott. and Fishing of Kingswere in Com. Somerset as also of the Town of Axeminster with the Hundred in Com. Devon and the Lordship of Stoke in Com. Northampt. all which William his Father then deceased held and that he might be discharg'd of his Relief for all his Lands But all that I have seen otherwise of him is That he gave to the Canons of Torre his Lands at Ylsham and Coleton as also all his Meadow lying on the West-side of the Causey which goeth from the Abby of Torre towards the Sea and betwixt that Causey and Cokyngton-Meadow And having married Ioane the Daughter of William de Vernon Earl of Devon with whom he had Fifty Pounds per annum Lands at Crust in the Mannor of Cruk with the Advowson of the Church he departed this Life in Anno 1232. 16 H. 3. without Issue Ioane his Wife surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation out of all the Lands whereof he died seised excepting the Mannor of Bruges which was to remain in the King's Hands Whereupon those of his five Sisters who were living and the Heirs of those who were dead succeeded in the Inheritance and had for their Purparties these Lordships and Lands shared amongst them viz. Alice de Mohun the Mannors of Thorre Waggeburgh Kadele Hulborotoâ— Acford Braworthy and Axeminster in Com. Devon as also the Mannor of I le and iv s. vii d. ob Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Trente in Com. Somerset William de Percy on the behalf of his Daughters Ioane his Wife being then dead the Mannor of Langestoke and Rissel in Com. Sutht Blithesworth in Com. Northampt. Foston in Com. Leic. xxv s. vii d. ob Rent in Snainton in Com. Nott. the Mannor of Raddon in Com. Devon and xxxix s. ii d. ob Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Trente in Com. Somerset And Margaret de la Ferte the Mannors of Sumburne and Stokbrigg in Com. Suthampt. the Mannor of Stoke in Com. Northampt. and xx l. iv s. ob Rent in Snainton in Com. Nott. What I have else seen of this Family which is memorable being this viz. That Alice the Wife of Reginald de Mohun gave towards the New Fabrick of the Cathedral at Salisbury all the Marble for twelve years And That William Briwer Bishop of Exeter Cousin to the before-mentioned William Briwer the elder lieth buried under a flat Marble in the Cathedral Church at Exeter with this Epitaph Hic jacet Willielmus Bruer Episc. Exon. primus fundator quatuor dignitatum hujus Ecclesiae Fitz-Piers THE first of this Name of whom I find mention is Geffrey This Geffrey in 30 H. 2. in Right of Beatrix his Wife Daughter and Coheir to William de Say shared with William de Bocland and Maud his Wife the other Daughter and Coheir in the whole Inheritance of the same William de Say By which Partition made in the King's Court at Melkesham upon the Feast-day of the Conversion of St. Paul in the presence of Ranulph de Glanvil Robert Marmion Raphe Fitz-Stephen Hugh de Morewic Hugh Bardulf Robert de Whitefeld Rannulfe de Geddinges and William Fitz-Rein fride then the King's Justices and other Barons there also present they the said William de Bocland and Maud had the Mannor of Brunnington to them and their Heirs with the Services of William de Reigni and Raphe Fitz-Bernard and likewise of the first Eschaet or Perquisite of them the said Geffrey and Beatrix x l. per annum Lands Whereupon they did totally remit to them the said Geffrey and Beatrix and to the Issue of the Body of her the said Beatrix all the Remainder of that Inheritance of William de Say After this upon the death of William de Mandevile Earl of Essex in 2 R. 1. without Issue much Controversie arose touching his Barony and Lands Beatrix de Say his Aunt and Heir in the first place laying claim thereto and being at that time very aged and decrepit sent Geffrey de Say her younger Son to the King then at Canterbury to transact the Business for Livery of that great Inheritance this Geffrey Fitz-Piers then also insisting upon the Right of Beatrix his Wife eldest Daughter to William de Say elder Brother to the said Geffrey Howbeit Geffrey de Say who then had great Friends in Court in consideration of Seven thousand Marks promis'd to be paid at certain days obtain'd an Instrument in Right of his Mother under the King's Seal for that whole Barony But Geffrey de Say not paying the Money accordingly and finding that his Sureties were liable to make it good deliver'd it up unto William de Longchamp Bishop of Ely then Vicegerent in England King Richard being gone towards the Holy-Land as a Pledge till the Money were accordingly brought into the Treasury Whereupon this Geffrey Fitz-Piers being a Man of great wealth came
Virgin As also a Priory at Shouldham in Com. Norff. of the Gilbertine-Order which he amply endow'd with Lands and good Revenues and bequeath'd his Body to be buried therein in case he should depart this Life in England But before the end of that fourteenth year of King Iohn's Reign he died and was buried at Shouldham accordingly with this Character by our Historian viz. That he was a Person of great Power and Authority and that he departed this Life upon the second day of October to the general loss of the whole Realm being a firm Pillar thereof generous skilful in the Laws rich in Money and every thing else and allied to all the Great Men of England either in Blood or Friendship so that the King feared him above all Mortals for it was be saith M. Paris that ruled the Reins of Government so that after his death the Realm was like a Ship in a Tempest without a Pilot. By the before-specified Beatrice his Wife he had Issue three Sons viz. Geffrey his immediate Successor William Successor to him as also Henry then Dean of Wolverhampton and Maude married to Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford And by Aveline his Second Wife Iohn Fitz-Piers Lord of Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. and Justice of Ireland About two years after the death of this Geffrey Fitz-Piers Earl of Essex viz. in 16 Ioh. Geffrey Son of that Geffrey de Say who had formerly laid claim to the Lands of William de Mandevill the first Earl of Essex offered the King Fifteen thousand Marks to have the like Seisin of them as Geffrey de Say his Father had when King Richard the First dispossess'd him thereof Whereupon the King commanded Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester to advise with the Bishop of Norwich R. de Marisco and William Briwer what should be done therein But that Business was as it seems prosecuted no further for Geffrey Fitz-Piers otherwise called Mandevill succeeded his Father in all those Lands Of which Geffrey the first mention I have met with is in 14 Ioh. where it doth appear That he gave to the King Fifty Marks and one Palfrey to have Restoration of his Lands which were seiz'd on for neglecting to attend the King into Ireland And in 15 Ioh. doing his Homage had Livery of the whole Barony of the before-specified Earl William de Mandevill In this fifteenth year having the Title of Earl of Essex the King gave him to Wife Isabell Countess of Gloucester third Daughter and Coheir to William Earl of Gloucester Which Isabel had first been married to the same King Iohn but after he had Reigned one year repudiated upon pretence of Barrenness the King retaining in his hand part of her Inheritance viz. the Honour of Gloucester the Castle of Bristoll with the Borough as also the Hundred and Barton About the same time also he gave the King a Fine of Twenty thousand Marks for her the said Isabell with all her Lands and Fees except the Castle of Bristoll and Chases thereto belonging Whereof Five thousand Marks were to be paid before the King 's going into Poictou Five thousand more at Easter ensuing and Five thousand at Michaelmass In this year likewise this Geffrey having the Custody of the Tower of London receiv'd Command to deliver it up to W. Archdeacon of Huntendon Moreover in 16 Ioh. he paid an hundred ninety six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence for Ninety seven Fees and a third part upon Collection of the Scutage of Poictou And in 17 Ioh. had Seisin of all the Liberties belonging to the Honour of Gloucester of the Inheritance of Isabell his Wife as amply as William Earl of Gloucester her Father enjoy'd them having then the Title of Earl of Gloucester But soon after adhering to the Barons who then were in Arms against the King he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication from the Pope and was one of the Chief of those insolent Lords as also a Party to those Rebellious Covenants framed by them and imposed upon the King whereby they assum'd the whole Sway of the Realm into their own power as in my Discourse of Robert Fitz-Walter is more fully shew'd About which time holding a Tournament at London wherein those Soldiers who accompanied Lewes of France into England were it hapned that a Frenchman bending his Lance towards this Earl wounded him so mortally as that he soon died of that hurt Whereupon he was buried in the Priory of the Holy Trinity in the Suburbs of London but leaving no Issue Isabell his Wife then surviving him who afterwards was wedded to Hubert de Burgh Justice of England To this last-mention'd Geffrey succeeded William his Brother and Heir who at that time also adhered to those Rebellious Barons And in 18 Ioh. when Lewes of France was by them brought in with purpose that he should be made King all the Southern-Counties yielding to him except the Castles of Dovor and Windeshore he with Robert Fitz-Walter and William de Huntingfeild march'd with a great Power into Essex and Suffolk to subjugate those Counties unto him And stood so stoutly to that desperate Party that after the death of King Iohn when many fell from them and return'd to obedience he was one of those who assisted Lewes in the Siege of Berkhamsted-Castle which the King's Forces then held whence a Party fallying out took much of their Baggage and amongst other things the Banner of this Earl William But after this a peaceable Reconciliation being made betwixt King Henry the Third and those Barons the Twenty thousand Marks covenanted by Geffrey his Brother to be paid as is before-express'd being not brought in 4 H. 3. he acknowledg'd himself Debtor for the same And in 7 H. 3. being in the Wars of Wales had Scutage from all his Tenants who held of him by Military Service This Earl William gave to the Canons of the Holy Trinity in the Suburbs of London certain Lands in Selegheford as also one Hide of Land and an half in Brambelghe and forty Cart-load of Faggots yearly out of his Woods at Eneâ—eld But in Anno 1227. 11 H. 3. being then in the flower of his Youth he departed this Life viz. 6 Id. Ion. and was buried at Shouldham having not had any Wife or Issue Upon whose death Iohn the Son of Geffrey Fitz-Piers late Earl of Essex by Aveline his second Wife being then the next surviving Heir-male gave to the King a Fine of CCC Marks for those Lands which were his Fathers and did by Hereditary Right belong to him whereof this last Earl William died seised Whereupon command was given to the Sheriffs of Essex Butks Hunt Wilts Devon Norff.
Livery of his Lands This Stephen took to Wife Sibyll the Daughter and Heir of Iohn de Braytoft and had Issue by her William his Son and Heir Which William had Summons to Parliament in 25 E. 1. but not afterwards so that this is all I shall say of him Aguillon THE first of this Family of whom I find mention is Manser Aguillon who in 2 R. 1. paid a Fine of Forty Marks for the King's Confirmation of ... but died before the sixth year of that King's Reign as it seems for then did Godfrey de St. Martin give C l. to the King for Licence to marry Constance his Widow with her Inheritance To him succeeded William Aguillon who in 17 Ioh. took part with the Rebellious Barons of that time being one of the Great Men who then undertook to compel the King to conform to the Sway of those Twenty five Barons chosen by them to Govern the Realm Whereupon the King caused all his Lands to be seised and given to Simon de Campo-Remigio In 18 H. 3. this William Aguillon having married the Daughter of Bartholomew Cheney held in her Right the Mannor of Adington in Surrey by Serjeanty viz. to find a Cook at the Coronation to prepare a Dish of Meat for the King such as the King's Steward should appoint To this William succeeded another William who in 42 H. 3. receiv'd Command to attend the King on Munday next preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Incursions of the Welch And having married Ioane Daughter to William de Ferrers Earl of Derby one of the Coheirs to Walter Mareschall Earl of Pembroke in 48 H. 3. obtain'd Licence to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Portingeres in Com. Suff. In 51 H. 3. this William exercised the Sheriff's Office for three parts of that year for the Counties of Surrey and Sussex and was then made Governour of the Castle of Guilford and continued Sheriff for those Counties the first quarter of the 52 year In 53 H. 3. he married Margaret de Ripariis Countess of Devon And having been faithful to the King in that great Rebellion of the Barons lately preceding had a Grant of Two hundred Pound Lands per annum as also of the Wardship of the Lands and Heirs of Richard de Plaiz deceased Moreover in 54 H. 3. he obtain'd Licence to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Adington in Com. Surr. And in 56 H. 3. Iohn Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundell being then dead and his Heir within age was made Governour of Arundell Castle but died in 14 E. 1. being then seised of one Messuage and Thirteen Pound per annum Rent in London as also of the Mannor of Adington before-specified which he held of the King in capite by Serjeanty viz. to make a certain Mess for the King at his Coronation which being made with Fat is call'd Man pigernon otherwise the Mess of Gyronn leaving Isabell his Daughter and Heir wife of Hugh Bardolf xxviii year of age Which Hugh paying his Relief soon after had Livery of her Lands Margaret de Ripariis his Wife surviving who held in Dowrie during her Life the Mannors of Grutham Adinton Hoo and Bure-Stany with Twenty shillings and four pence yearly Rent in Edelmeton And died in 20 E. 1. the before-specified Isabell being then found her next Heir Grey of Codnovre THE first of this Noble Family of whom I find mention in our Publick Records is Henry de Grey unto whom King Richard the First in the sixth year of his Reign gave the Mannor of Turrce in Essex which Grant King Iohn confirmed and by his Publick Charter vouchsafed to him a special Privilege viz. to hunt the Hare and Fox in any Lands belonging to the Crown excepting the King 's own Demesn-Parks Which Henry in 1 H. 3. had also a Grant of the Mannor of Grimston in Com. Nott. part of the Possessions of Robert Bardolf for his Support in the King's Service And having afterwards married Isolda Niece and Coheir to the same Robert in 9 H. 3. shared in the Inheritance of all his Lands By which Isolda he had Issue six Sons Richard whose principal Seat was at Codnovre in Com. Derb. Iohn sometime Justice of Chester Progenitor to the Lord Graye of Wilton and Rutbin William of Landford in Com. Nott. and Sandiacre in Com. Derb. Robert of Rotherfeild Walter Archbishop of Yorke and Henry I shall begin with Richard This Richard in that troublesom time towards the latter end of King Iohn's Reign when divers of the Barons put themselves in Arms under colour of asserting the Laws of the Land and the Peoples Liberties stood firm to the King and for that respect had the Lands of Iohn de Humez in Com. Leic. who then adher'd to the Barons bestow'd on him So likewise the Lands of Simon de Cancy in Com. Linc. And in 10 H. 3. was made Governour of the Isles of Gerneseye Ieresey Serke and Aureney Moreover in 12 H. 3. he had the Custody of the Castle and Honour of Devises in Wiltshire committed to his trust and in 20 H. 3. was constituted Sheriff of Northumberland So likewise in 23 H. 3. of Essâ—x and Hartfordshires for the fourth part of that year In 26 H. 3. he receiv'd command to fit himself with Horse and Arms to attend the King into France And upon the death of Isolda his Mother in 30 H. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of all the Lands which she held in Notingham and Derbyshires In 36 H. 3. he had a Grant in Fee-farm of the Islands of Gernesey Ieresey Serke and Aureneye for Four hundred Marks to be paid yearly into the King's Exchequer In which year the King intending a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and causing the Bishops of Worcester and Chichester to excite the People to do the like though few were moved thereunto yet this Richard and Iohn his Brother complied which so pleased the King that he embraced them in his Arms kissed them and called them Brothers In 42 H. 3. he was made Constable of Dovor-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-Ports and being both diligent and trusty in those Offices discovered much Treasure which the Poictovins then in chief favour with the King had ready to convey into France And in 43 H. 3. had his Commission for the Constableship of Dovor-Castle renew'd But about this time there being no little Contest touching Athelmure the King's Brother by the Mother then Elect Bishop of Winchester divers of the Great Barons opposing him in regard he was of that Party against whom they took high exception for misleading the King and consuming
before-mentioned near unto his Father appointing That his Executors should cause three honest Priests to sing and pray there for his Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother and all Christian Souls And moreover that they should with all speed and diligence after his Funerals were perform'd and Debts paid make and build a Chappel at Astley according to the Will of his Father with a goodly Tomb over his Father and Mother Which being done to make another Tomb in the midst of the Chancel where he himself resolv'd to be buried And after that should be finish'd then to build an Almshouse for thirteen poor Men there to inhabit and to be for ever nominated by his Executors during their Lives and afterwards by his Heirs each of them to receive xii d. a Week for their Maintenance with a Livery of Black-Cotton yearly price iv s. Which Payment he appointed should be made out of his Rents and Profits of his Mannors of Bedworth and Pakinton and all such Lands and Tenements as were in the occupation of the Lord L'isle reputed or taken as parcel of the same Lordships the Surplusage to be bestow'd in repairing the said Alms-house and keeping his Obit yearly And died the same year as it seemeth by the Probate of this Testament leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of Bocton in Com. Cantii Knight Widow of William Medley four Sons viz. Henry Lord Grey who succeeded him as Marquess Dorset Iohn Grey of Pirgo in Essex Thomas and Leonard And three Daughters viz. Elizabeth Wife of Thomas Lord Audley of Walden Lord Chancellor of England Katherine of Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel and Anne of Henry Willoughby of Wollaton in Com. Nott. Esq But before I proceed further I must say something of Leonard Grey Brother to this last-mentioned Marquess In 27 H. 8. this Leonard was authorised to execute the Office of Deputy of Ireland under Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Richmund but in 31 H 8. upon Suggestions from the Council of State there he was recalled and the next year following had divers Articles of High-Treason exhibited against him So that though not long before he had repuls'd O Donel and O Nele upon their Invading of the English Pale and rendred the King divers good Services formerly in France Ireland and other Places yet considering he was charg'd with a purpose to joyn with Cardinal Poole and other the King's Enemies and to that end had left the King's Ordnance in Galloway as also for that he had consented to the Escape of his Nephew Gerald being brought to his Tryal and confessing all he had his Head cut off on Tower Hill and was attainted in the Parliament then held I now come to Henry Marquess Dorset Son and Heir to Thomas This Henry in 1 E. 6. was constituted Lord High-Constable of England for three days onely viz. 18 19 and 20 E. 6. by reason of the Solemnity of the King's Coronation In 4 E. 6. Justice Itinerant of all the King's Forests And in 5 Warden of the East West and Middle Marches toward Scotland This Henry first took to Wise Katherine the Daughter to William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundell but had no Issue by her and afterwards the Lady Frances eldest Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Wife and by reason her two Brothers died Issueless was in favour to her though otherwise for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded created Duke of Suffolk 11 Oct. 5 E. 6. By whom he had onely three Daughters Iane married to Guilford Dudley fourth Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland Katherine to Henry Lord Herbert eldest Son to William Earl of Pembroke and being divorc'd from him to Edward Seymouâ— Earl of Hartford and Mary to Martin Keys Serjeant-Porter to Queen Elizabeth Upon the death of King Edward the Sixth this Duke was through the Ambition of the then Duke of Northumberland whose aim was no less than to have the whole Sway of the Realm allured to countenance the Proclaiming of his Daughter the Lady Iane to be Queen upon pretence of King Edward's Designation of her so to be by his Will but that Attempt not thriving though it cost Northumberland and some other no less a price than their Heads yet was this Henry spared Notwithstanding which Favour he was so unhappy as to be stirring again For discerning that Queen Mary had a purpose to Match with Philip Son to the Emperor Charles the Fifth he came into the Counties of Warwick and Leicester and set out Proclamations to incense the People against it Whereupon the Earl of Huntendon being sent with a Power of Soldiers to prevent all danger he was necessitated to obscure himself under the trust of one Vnderwood his Keeper in a hollow Tree in his Park at Astley who after some few days upon promise of a Reward most basely betray'd him so that it was not long after that he lost his Head on Tower-Hill viz. 23 Febr. 2 Mariae Touching his Brothers I find That at the Time of Wyat's Rebellion in 2 Mariae whose pretence was to oppose the Queens Marriage with Philip King of Spain whilst Wyat was acting his Part in Kent Iohn and Leonard departed with their Brother the Duke from London upon the twenty fifth of January and every where incited the People to take up Arms against the Spaniard And that Thomas being found guilty of persuading the Duke his Brother who was otherwise irresolute to partake with Wyat in those his Seditious Attempts was Beheaded upon the twenty seventh of April next ensuing For the Lady Frances Dutchess of Suffolk Widow of the before-specified Duke there is a Tomb of Alabaster erected by Adrian Stokes Esq her second Husband in St. Edmund's Chappel within the Abby-Church of Westminster with this Epitaph ¶ Nil decus aut splendor nil regia nomina prosunt Splendida divitiis nil juvâ—t ampla domus Omnia fluxerunt virtutiâ— sola remansit Gloria Tartareis non abolenda rogis Nupta Duci prius est uxor post Armigeri Stokes Funere nunc valeas consociata Deo And now that which I shall farther observe concerning this unhappy Duke and his Family is That all his Honours being thus lost did so continue until King Iames by his Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 21 Iulii in the first year of his Reign created Sir Henry Grey of Pirgo in Com. Essex Knight Son and Heir of Iohn Grey of Pirgo before-mentioned by Mary his Wife Daughter of Anthony Brown Viscount Montacute Baron Grey of 〈◊〉 in Com. Leic. with Remainder to the Heirs Male of his Body Which Henry by Anne his Wife Daughter of William Lord Windsor had Issue two Sons Iohn and Ambrose and two Daughters viz. ... first married to William Sulyard Esq and
to be a Wife for his Son and obtained the Kings special Precept to the Barons of his Exchequer to respite their demand of four hundred marks debt due by him viz Three hundred marks for a Fine which he was to have paid for the Wardship and Custody of the Land of Henry de Longcamps Heir and an hundred marks which the King had lent him upon his voyage into Almaine In 16 Ioh. he had Scutage of his Tenants for those Soldiers which were then maintained by him in Poictou for the Kings service and in 17 Ioh. obtained pardon for a Debt of two hundred sixty two marks and sixteen pence which was by his own Agreement to have been paid as a Fine for the Grant of the Countess of Eureux in marriage to his Son Notwithstanding all which favors he forsook the King and adhered to the Rebellious Barons being one of those who called in Lewes of France with design to make him King But in this Error he persisted not long for within the compass of that year coming off to the King he had a Grant of all the Lands of Richard de Engaine and Vitalis de Engaine his Son great Actors in that Rebellion and was made Governor of the strong Castle of Kenilworth in Warwickshire being again Steward of the Kings Houshold Morever he had a Grant of the custody of Montsorell Castle in Com. Leic. then in the hands of those Barons And persisting stedfast to that King in his greatest Distresses obtained a gift of the Lands of William de Charnells in Swepston Ayelmesthorp and Scaelby in Com. Leic. As also of the Lands of William de Folevile in Ashby in the same County and likewise of the Lands of Nicholas de Verdon and Thurstane de Montfort all partakers with the King Enemies at that time Having thus shewed in what esteem he stood with King Iohn let us take a view of the services he did to King Henry the Third and the favors he had from him In 1 Hen. 3. he was with the Royal Army at the siege of Montsorell Castle as also at raising the siege of Lincoln Castle being one of the cheif Commanders in the Kings Army at that time And in 2 Hen. 3. was again made Sheriff for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester in which Office he continued till the eighth of that Kings Reign and had a Grant of all the Lands of Hugh de Gornay In this second year of King Henry the Third he gave another Fine of two hundred marks for Milisent the Widow of Almaric Earl of Eureux to be a Wife for William his Son and for Katherine the Daughter of Hugh de l'Isle to be married to one of his Brothers In 4 Hen. 3. he paid to the King ten pounds blanck for Lands in Hochton which he had with the Daughter and Heir of the before specified Hugh de Gornay And in 5 Hen. 3. obtained the Kings special Letters for receiving ten shillings of each Knights Fee held of him by reason he served in person with the King at the siege of Bitham Castle in Lincolnshire In 6 Hen. 3. he had all the Castles belonging to Reginald de Braose deceased committed to his charge being then also Steward to that King as he had been to his Father But his cheif residence was at Kenilworth Castle as appears by the appointment then given of Timber for repair of those Buildings wherein he there did lodge And in 7 Hen. 3. was made Governor of Pembruge Castle in Com. Heref. And the same year gave five hundred marks for the Wardship and Marriage of Robert de Chandos with the Custody of his Lands In 8 Hen. 3. there growing high discontent from divers of the great Men of that time against Hubert de Burgh Justice of England for his unequal distribution of Justice and incensing the King against them this William took part with them to the no little disturbance of the Publick Peace But it was not long ere those animosities were cooled for within three years after he procured a Confirmation from the King of the Mannor of Eston in Warwickshire commonly called Aston Cantlelow which formerly was part of the Possessions of Ralph de Tankervile Chamberlain of Normandy as also of the Mannor of Middleston which pertained to Gilbert de Vilers to hold till such time as the King should please to restore them unto the right Heirs of the said Ralph and Gilbert Which Mannors this William had formerly received by the Grant of King Iohn and for which Confirmation as also for the Grant of a Market and Fair at Aston he then gave a Fine of fifteen marks And in 13 H. 3. in farther testimony of that Kings favor obtained a pardon for a debt of forty marks due from him to have been paid into the Exchequer for certain Amerciaments laid upon him by the Justices Itinerant and an Acceptance of ten marks per annum until the hundred marks lent him by King Iohn were satisfied Which sum was delivered unto him when he went into Almaine as hath been already observed In 14 Hen. 3. he obtained a Grant of the marriage of Roese the Widow of Theobald Walter for his own behâ—of And in 15 Hen. 3. had another Confirmation of the Lordship of Aston Cantilupe with this special Proviso viz. That if the King and his Heirs should thereafter restore it to the Heirs of Tankervile he and his Heirs should have other Lands of as good value in recompence thereof All that I have farther seen of him is That he obtained the perpetual Patronage and Advowson of the Priory of Studley in Com. War near to his Lordship of Aston Cantelupe from Peter de Corbuceon Heir to the Founder and that he gave a fair portion of Lands lying in Shotwell in that County thereto Likewise that he built an Hospital at the Gates of that Monastery and that he departed this life 7 Id. Apr. 23 Hen. 3. leaving issue William his Son and Heir Walter a Priest and imployed by King Henry as his Agent to the Court of Rome afterwards Bishop of Worcester Iohn de Cantilupe Lord of Snitfield in Com. Warr. Nicholas de Cantilupe Lord of Ilkeston in Com. Derb. and Thomas de Cantilupe who being elected to the Office of Lord Chancellor of England in 49 Hen. 3. by the power of those who then kept the King prisoner had a Grant of five hundred marks yearly out of the Exchequer for the support of himself and the Clarks of the Chancery in that Office But though he then was so obsequious to the Rebellious Barons yet in 50 Hen. 3. being then Arch-Deacon of Stafford returning to his obedience he had reception into the Kings favor ¶ I
the Provisions of Oxford he was one of the Peers who undertook for the King therein In 48 Hen. 3. joyning with Roger de Mortimer and other of the Barons-Marchers they gave Battle to Lewelin Prince of Wales And about that time recieving intelligence that the King was taken Prisoner in the Battle of Lewes became so sensible thereof that he ceased not to raise all the strength he could and then assisted the Earl of Gloucester and others in the rescue of him In 51 Hen. 3. he was again Sheriff of the Counties of Salop and Scafford In 52 Hen. 3. he went on Pilgrimage to St. Iames in Gaâ—licia and in 54 Hen. 3. into the Holy-Land After which ere long viz in Ann. 1272 56 Hen. 3. he broke his neck To whom succeeded Iames his Son and Heir who died in 1 Edw. 1. without issue leaving Henry de Alditheley his Brother and Heir betwixt which Henry and Iohn d'Eivill who had married Maud the Widdow of this last mentioned Iames there was this agreement made in 3 Edw. 1. viz. that she should have for her Dowry all the Lands lying in the Lordships of Egmundon Alstanfeâ—de Oncote Alditheley Horton Chesterton Gravenhungre Chadkeleg Heywode and Chester excepting the Town of Neuport with the Pool and Mill as also the Castle of Aiditheley and Advowson of the Church and that Henry should only have his Houses at Chester as his Ancestors usually had Which Iohn d'Eivill paid two hundred marks Fine to the King for marrying the said Maud without License But this Henry soon after viz. in 4 Edw. 1. died without issue leaving William his next Brother his Heir then twenty years of age and upwards Which William within the compass of that year arriving to his full age had livery of his Lands excepting a reasonable Dowery for Dulcia the Widdow of his Brother Henry In 10 Edw. 1. the King by his Precept to the Barons of his Exchequer aknowledging that he was indebted to Iames de Alditheley Father of this William in the Summe of one thousand two hundred eighty eight pounds five shillings and ten pence upon the surplussage of his Account since he was Justice of â—â—eland commanded them to discharge this William of two hundred and thirty pounds fourteen shillings and ten pence debt which his said Father Iames owed unto the Exchequer upon another account But this William enjoyed not his Inheritance long for the same year the King entring Waâ—es with an Army had so great a defeat by that rude people that he lost no less than fourteen Banners at which time this William and many other brave men were slain To whom succeeded Nicholas de Alditheley his Brother and Heir who doing his Homage had livery of his Lands and then paid ten pounds for his Relief for the tenth part of the Barony of Wiche Malbanc In 22 Edw. 1. this Nicholas received command to attend the King at Pourtâ—mouth upon the first of September well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to go with him into Gascoigne and went accordingly In 25 Edw. 1 he had summons to Parliament amongst other of the Barons and likewise was in that Expedition to Scotland with the Earls of Warren and Warwick at which time they obtained a great Victory at Dunbar This Nicholas married Catherine one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Maud de Longespe Widdow of Iohn Giffâ—rd of Brimesfield and departed this life in 27 Edw. 1. leaving Thomas his Son and Heir at that time ten years of age Which Catherine had for her share of her Mothers Inheritance as Daughter and Coheir to Walter de Clifford upon the partition made betwixt her self and her other Sisters the Castle of Thlandeâ—ry with the Commotes of Perneth and Ienrin in Wales But this Thomas died in 1 Edw. 2. before he came of full age leaving Nicholas his Brother Heir to the Estate whereupon Eve his Widdow Daughter and Heir to Iohn de Clavering had assigned for her Dower the Mannor of Kenareleye with the Hamlet of Egardesleye in the Marches of Wales the Mannor of Harchumleye in Com. Salop. and all the Lands in Kentenesden in that County Likewise the Mannor of Enedone in Comitat. Staff with the Hamlet of Talke the Mannor of Chesterton the third part of Cold-Norton and the third part of two parts of the Iron-works at Tunstall in the same County of Stafford Which Nicholas making proof of his age in 7 Edw. 2. and doing his Homage had livery of his Lands and took to Wife Ioane the Widdow of Henry Lacy Earl of Lincolne Sister and Coheir of William Martin But of him I can say no more than that he died in 10 E. 2. leaving Iames his Son and Heir not then fully three years of age Whereupon the guardianship of his Castle at Heleigh and divers other Lands was in 18 Edw. 2. committed to Ralph de Camoys This Iames was Cousin and Heir to William the Son of William Martin so also of Iohn Giffâ—rd of Brimsfield who died in 1 E. 3. And in 3 E. 3. through the Kings special favour had livery of all the Lands of his Inheritance though he was not then of full age And whereas in his minority Roger Mâ—rtimer Earl of Harch his Guardian had exacted from him a Recognisance of ten thousand marks which Debt as a hattel became due to the King upon the attainder of Mortimer the King for the special services done by this Iames in supporting himself at his own expences in his Wars totally discharged him thereof In 16 Edw. 3. he was made Governor of Barwick upon Twede being then but twenty three years of age And the same year received command to attend the King in his Expedition at that time into France with twenty Men at Armes and twenty Archers In 17 E. 3. he did his Fealty to the King for the Lands descended to him by the death of Elianore the Wife of Philip de Columbers and then served the King with Twenty men at Arms and Twenty Archers in his Wars in France In 18 E. 3. he continued still there In 19 E. 3. he had command to attend the King in person and to serve him with all his Retinue for the defence of this Realm against the French at the Kings proper costs In 21 E. 3. he was again in France upon the Kings service Shortly after this he was elected into that Noble Society of Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter then first founded And in 26 E. 3. was charged to find Fifty Men at Arms with Lances in the Kings service for his Land of Kenmoys and the Commote of Perneth in Wales About this
pretence of going against their Enemies the Welsh but really fearing that the King and his Brothers who were Poictovins would bring in strangers against them Moreover they caused Guards to be set upon all the Port-Towns pretending great danger from Aliens which might invade the Realm But being thus met and discerning their strenght they then boldly required the Kings Confirmation of that Charter of Liberties which had been granted by King Iohn and which he had frequently before that time allowed They likewise required such a Justice of England as might do equal right as they expressed to rich and poor To all which the King being well aware of their power assented though Iohn Earl Warren William de Valence and many others refused Having thus gotten head they caused the Sea-Ports to be more strictly kept as also the Gates of London to be shut up every night And continuing the sitting of that Parliament in the House of the Dominican Fryâ—rs at Oxford they there established certain Ordinances as they called them and concluded that those who were Aliens should have nothing to do in matter of Rule or Council Whereupon most of the places of strength being put into the hands of those Barons William de Valence refusing to deliver up his this Earl told him plainly that he should either give them up or lose his head Before the end of this year viz. An. 1258. 42 Hen. 3. there being a Parliament to be held at Cambray to treat of certain Matters betwixt the Kings of England France and Almaine this Earl Simon was with the Bishops of Worcester and Lincoln and Roger Bigod Marshal of England sent thither And the next ensuing year scil An. 1259. 43 Hen. 3. he was imployed with the Earl of Ciare and others by the advice of the Parliament then sitting to the Great Convention of the Estates of France met in Parliament there to treat of the most important affairs of both Realms Moreover in An. 1260. 44 Hen. 3. he came to Oxford with other the Barons of that party fully armed So likewise did William de Valence and the rest of the Poictovins who being then required to submit to those Ordinances called the Provisions of Oxford formerly framed by this Earl and his party and not strong enough to make head against them fled away by night But shortly after this the King having obtained from the Pope an Absolution from his Oath as to the observance of those Ordinances this Earl and his party foreseeing the consequence thereof put themselves forthwith in Arms and came to Winchester he being at that time their cheif Commander Notwithstanding which there then hapned no act of Hostility nor until the forty seventh of Henry the Third that having made choice of the King of France as a Judge of their differences he gave Sentence against them annulling those their Ordinances so made at Oxford as abovesaid But then they raised new Forces and in An. 1264. 48 Hen. 3. plundred all of the Kings party who were within their power especially those Aliens who had been brought into England by the Queen at which time this Earl laid siege to Glocester and took it in four days and so advancing to Worcester Bruges and Shrewsbury took them with little trouble and thence marching Southwards brought all those Countreys to their obedience Furthermore confederating with Leweline Prince of Wales he had the Castle of Windeshore delivered up into his hands But soon after that hapned the defeat at Northampton where the Kings Soldiers took divers of the Barons party prisoners The War being thus begun whereof this Earl was the cheif Ringleader to the end they might the more easily captivate the people the Earl of Clare joyning with him they sent Letters to the King professing their loyalty to him and that they did thus put themselves in Arms as well against his Enemies as their own Unto which the King returned that their intentions were soul though thus disguised with those specious pretences and therefore he set them at defiance in being then the twelfth of May and he at Lewes in Sussex Whereupon this Earl forthwith marched thitherward with all the power he could make the Londouers coming in to him with great numbers but sent Messengers before him for a peaceable accommodation with condition that the Ordinances of Oxford should punctually be observed To which receiving no satisfactory answer approaching near Lewes he quartered the greatest part of his Army in a Town called Fleruenge about six miles distant and preparing for Battle girt Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester his principal associate with the Sword of Knighthood And when he came within two miles of Lewes ascending the Hill he placed his Chariot in the midst of the Carriages with a strong guard about it and advanced his Standard thereon and having brought with him four Citizens of London who had conspired to betray him when he lodged in Southwark not long before he there set a guard upon them resolving in case of ill success to make his best advantage by them Then putting his Army into Battle Array he caused White Crosses to be fixed on the Brest and Back of every Soldier to the end they might be distinguished from those of the Kings party publickly professing that he fought for Justice The King therefore discerning this their preparation drew out his Army and divided it into three parts the Van to be led by Prince Edward the Battle by Richard King of Almaâ—ne and the Rear by Himself This Earl disposing of his Army into four parts the first commanded by his Son Henry and the Earl of Hereford the second by Gilbert de Clare the third wherein the Loâ—doners were by Nicholas de Segrave and the fourth by himself Upon the Alarm given Prince Edward fiercely charged the Loâ—doners and routing them utterly pursued the Chase many miles presuming that the other part of the Kings Army had succeeded as well But not returning timely the Barons prevailed so that after great slaughter the King himself his Horse being killed under him Iohn Earl Warren William de Valence and Guy de Liziniaâ— as also Richard King of Almaine with many other brave Men were taken prisoners Hereupon when the Prince returned and saw their unhappy condition he went to the Castle to inquire for the King his Father and thence to the Priory where he found him a prisoner And hearing that the Barons had in vain assaulted the Castle resolved by the help of those he had left therein and his own scattered men to adventure another encounter on the mâ—rrow
together against him Discerning therefore what might be the consequence of this rupture he carried the King with him to Bergavenny but being sore assaulted and followed thither by Prince Edwards Friends he left that Town and came to Hereford During whose stay there it so happened that on the Eve of the Holy Trinity Prince Edward whom he had there with the K. in safe custody being sometimes permittted to take the Air having wearied out some of those Horses on which they gave him leave to ride at lenght got upon a choice Courser and setting Spurs to him passed the River Wye with two persons only attending him and four Esquires who were privy to his design And making towards Wigmore soon espied the Banner of Roger de Clifford with some Troops ready to receive him So that those who pursued him discerning how it was returned to Hereford with the News Prince Edward therefore being thus at liberty soon raised a powerful Army multitudes of people coming in to him out of the Counties of Hereford Worcester Salop and Câ—ester and took the City of Worcester as also the Castle after fifteen days Whereupon the Castle of Monmouth was delivered up to him which he demolished And hearing that young Simon de Montfort second Son to this Earl had brought up all the Northern-Barons of that party to the number of almost twenty Banners unto the Castle of Kenilworth in Warwickshire in order to their conjunction he took with him the Earl of Gloucester and a considerable party of Horse and setting out of Worcester late in the evening got to Kenilworth in the night time where finding the Enemy dispersed in the Town and Abby he surprized no less then thirteen of the chief of them but Simon himself with some others got into the Castle In the Interim whilst this was done this Earl having stil the King with him marched out of South-Wales and upon the Feast day of S. Peter ad Vincula commonly called Lammas coming to Kemesey a Mannor House belonging to the Bishop about three miles from Worcester staied there on the morrow Where having intelligence that the Prince was at Worcester and hearing nothing of that disaster at Kenilworth he marched towards Evesham about break of day with purpose to meet with those Barons which his Son Simon had brought out of the North. The Prince therefore beign advertised of his motion advanced speedily after him and got betwixt him and Kenilworth Mortimer and the Earl of Gloucester so disposing those forces which they commanded as that he was almost invironed Seeing himself therefore in this straight he forthwith drew out his men and prepared for Battle it being then the Nones of August and ascending the Hill soon discerned Prince Edward with his Army on the top thereof which was divided into three parts the one led by himself another by Clare Earl of Gloucester and the third by Mortimer the business being so ordered that no other colours appeared then the Banner of young Simon and the rest taken at Kenilworth which caused this Earl to suppose that they had been all of his own party But upon farther view he found it quite otherwise for the Prince at length took down those colours and instead of them erected his own with the Earl of Gloucester's Banner on the one side and Mortimers towards the West Which unexpected sight caused such a consternation in the Army of the Barons as that the Welsh betook themselves to flight and the rest being over-powered were utterly routed so that few escaped the present Slaughter who were not then taken Prisoners the principal persons then stain being these viz. Simon Earl of Leicester himself Henry de Montfort his eldest Son Hugh Despenser then Justice of England Ralph Basset of Drayton Thomas de Asteley Peter de Montfort William de Mandevile Iohn de Beauchamp of Bedford Guy de Baillol Roger de Rowele William de Eboraco Richard Trussell William de Bermingham Walter de Creppings Roger de St. Iohn and Robert Tregoz Divers other persons of quality with a multitude of the common sort then and there also losing their lives Of those who were wounded and taken Prisoners these were the chief viz. Guy de Montfort a younger Son to this Earl Iohn Fitz-Iohn Humphrey de Bohun the younger Iohn de Vesci Peter de Montfort junior and Nicholas de Segrave It is said that when this Earl discerned the form of his Adversaries Bataglia he swore by the Arm of St. James which was his usual Oath They have done discreetly but this they learned of me Let us therefore commend our Souls to God because our bodies are theirs Nevertheless encouraging his men he told them It was for the Laws of the Land yea the Cause of God and Iustice that they were to fight It is also said that he advised Hugh le Despenser Ralph Basset and some others to flee and reserve themselves for better times and that they refused so to do resolving to live and die with him And that being thus slain his Head Hands and Feet were cut off and the Head sent to the Lady Mortimer then at Wigmore Castle As to his works of Piety all I have seen is that he gave a large quantity of Land and a Wood called Rothelay Wood near Leicester to the Knights Templars with a certain Meadow called Beleholme Being thus slain some of his Friends came into the Field and carried away his dismembered Body upon a Weak old Ladder covered with a poor torn Cloath to the Abby Church of Evesham and there wrapping it in a Sheet commited it to the Earth But within a short time afterwards some of the Monks alleadging that in regard he was a person Excommunicate and attainted of treason he did not deserve Christian Burial whereupon they took up his Carcass and buried it in a remote place known to few After this victory thus obtained at Evesham where the King was happily rescued out of the hands of these great Rebels a Parliament being called at Winchester those who had thus been in Armes were by Judgement there given disherited The Scene being thus changed many places of strength were rendered up to the K. But Simon de Montfort his Son continuing still in that strong Castle of Kenilworth and receiving in divers of those who fled from the Battle with other the Friends and followers of those who were slain grew to be so powerful as that he sent out his Bailiffs and Officers into the Countrey like a King as also strong parties of Souldiers which burnt and plundred divers Houses Towns and Lordships of his Adversaries driving away their Cattle aâ—d imprisoning many forcing them to what Fines he pleased for
Earls of Cornwal OF this County Richard a younger Son to King Iohn for he calls him Filiâ—s noster had the Title of Earl in the time of King Henry the Third Of him the first mention I find is in 16 Ioh. the King then directing his precept to Peter de Rupibas Bishop of Winchester at that time Justice of England for Livery though then very young of all the Lands of Roese de Dovor whom he had married she being in the custody of William de Brewer But not long after this notwithstanding his tender years he was in 1 H. 3. constituted Governour of Chileham Castle in Kent and the next ensuing year obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Honour of Walingford Moreover in 5 H. 3. he had a Grant of the Honour of Eye to hold during pleasure which shortly after was rendred to the Duke of Lovain the right owner thereof And in 9 H. 3. had the like Grant of the custody of the County of Cornwal id est the Sherevalty during the Kings pleasure Henry de Berkering being his Substitute In this 9 th year of H. 3. he was girt with the Sword of Knighthood upon Candlemas-day with ten other Noble Persons who were design'd for his service and soon after accompanied William Longespe Earl of Salishbury his Uncle into Gascoine having Letters of recommendation from the King to the Archbishop and Citizens of Burdeaur who gladly welcoming him thither assisted f him with their best advice for recovery of those lost Territories Whereupon he raised forces in all those parts having had from the King before he set out of England a Grant of the County of Cornwal with all Poictou for which respect he was generally called Earl of Poictou and marching into the Countrey in a short time subjugated all those places by force which declined to do Homage to him receiving a supply of Five hundred Welsh from hence with a large sum of money It is reported that whilst he lay at the Siege of the Castle of Riole hearing of the approach of the Earl of March he divided his Army and with part thereof keeping the Siege with the rest gave him Battel and obtain'd an absolute Victory whereby he gained all their Baggage and took many prisoners And not long after this having merited so well by these his successful beginnings upon the third day of Pentecost id est 3. Cal. Iunii 11 H. 3. was advanced to the title and dignity of Earl of Cornwal at Westminster with great solemnity But within a while after there grew much difference betwixt him and the King his Brother touching a certain Lordship given to Waleran Teutonic id est Ties by King Iohn which he alledged to be parcel of the Earldom of Cornwal and caused possession to be taken of it for himself Whereupon Waleran making complaint the King first wrote to him about it and then sent for him commanding the render thereof which he refused to do challenging the judgment of his Peers as to matter of right Whereat the King took such offence that he required him forthwith to do it or depart the Realm Unto which he answered that he would not deliver up the Land nor without the sentence of his Peers go out of the Kingdom and in great discontent departing went to his own house Which breach betwixt the King and him caused Hubert de Burgh then Justice of England and in chief power at Court to advise the King to surprise him in his bed the next night following lest he should raise a disturbance in the Realm But being privily advertised of that design be fled immediately away making no stop till he got to Reading and thence hasting to Marleburgh there found his trusty Friend William Mareschal Earl of Dembroke unto whom having made relation of what had passed they took their course to the Earl of Chester and being thus got together through the power and interest of their Friends raised a potent Army making their Rendesvous at Stanford whence they sent a minatory Message to the King but imputing all the fault to Hubert de Burgh requiring a confirmation of that Charter of the Forest which had been cancell'd at Oxford The King therefore discerning this cloud appointed a meeting at Northampton upon the third of the Nones of August next following assuring them that he would there do full right unto all Where meeting accordingly for their better satisfaction amongst other his condescensions he gave a this Earl Richard his Mothers Dowry with all the Lands in England which did appertain to the Earl of Britany as also those which belonged to the Earl of Bolein then deceased Whereupon he had Livery of the whole County of Rutland And in 15 H. 3. obtained another Grant of the Inheritance of the Honour of Walingford with the Castle and all its appurtenances as also of the Mannor of Watlington to hold by the service of three Knights Fees Likewise of all the Lands in England which Queen Isabel the Kings Mother held in Dower and of those which belonged to Robert de Drewes and to the Duke of Lorrain at that time seised into the Kings hands to hold until such time as the King should restore them Moreover he then procured another Grant of the whole County of Cornwal with the Stanneries and Mines to be held of the King and his Heirs by the service of five Knights Fees bearing at that time the title of Earl of Cornwal and Poictou And before the end of that year viz. in the moneth of April the solemnity of the Feast of Easter being finished took to Wife Isabel Countess of Gloucester Widow of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Sister to William Mareschal then Earl of Pembnoke Likewise the same year he obtained a Grant of the Mannor Castle and Honour of Cnaresburgh in Com. Ebor. to himself and the issue of his body by the same Isabel to hold by the service of two Knights Fees Nor was he less eminent for his military knowledge than for those his great advancements in Riches and Honour for in 20 H. 3. Ambassadors from the Emperour came to the King to desire that he might be sent to make War on his behalf against the French But the King though then married having no child answered That it could not stand with reason or safety that a person so young and especially at that time being the Heir apparent to the Crown should be employed on such an hazardous adventure offering them the choice of any other Nevertheless before the end of that year this Earl with Gilbert Marshal then Earl of Pembroke and divers other Great Men took upon him the Cross for a
and three days after And in 9 Edw. 2. had License to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Dunstaâ—burgh in Com. Northumbr In 10 Edw. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars and in 11 Edw. 2. having command to raise two thousand Foot well armed out of his own Lands and Fees and to bring them to the King at Newcastle within one Moneth after the Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist he retained by Indenture Sir Hugh Menill Knight to serve him in Peace and War for the term of his whole life viz. In the Wars of England Ireland Scotland and Wales with three Men at Arms well mounted armed and arrayed covenanting to allow him Harness for his own Body and recompence for what Arms and Horses should be lost in the War in his service As also Apparel and Saddles Livery of Hay and Oats for his Hâ—rses and the like Wages for so many Grooms as he gave to his other Bachellors And in time of Peace upon his going to Parliament or elswhere Livery of Hay and Oats for four Horses and Wages for the like number of Grooms And over and above all this an Annuity of ten marks The like Retainer had Sir Iohn de Ewre to sâ—rve him with ten Men at Arms in time of War whereof three to be Knights allowing them bouch of Court with Livery of Hay Oats Horsshooes and Nails as other Bannerets usually had And in time of Peace attending him to Parliament or other Assemblies with all his Knights in Livery to have Dyet in his Hall as also Hay Oats Horsshooes and Nails for eight and twenty Horse and Wages for as many Grooms with Livery of Wine and Candlâ—s for his Chamber And when he should come himself with one Knight then to have bouch of Court with Hay and Oats for seven Horses Wages for so many Grooms and Livery of Wine and Candles for his Chamber But the grudge still remaining betwixt the King and this Earl in 10 Edw. 2. two Cardinals were sent into England from the Pope to reconcile them Which being done the Conditions on the Kings part were soon broken whereupon Discontents more and more increased Nevertheless shortly after this viz. in 12 E. 2. Queen Eleanâ—r late Wife to King Henry the Third having formerly out of her intire affection to this Thomas and Henry his Brother her Grandsons given unto them and their Heirs a certain part of the Earldom of Province which by right of Inheritance descended to her from her Father and Mother with jurisdiction of a meer and mixt Empire and all Rights and Priviledges thereto belonging And for defect of issue by them to revert to her Heirs Kings of England he obtained a Confirmation thereof from the King bearing date the fifth day of Iune the same year But that favor did no whit qualifie those Discontents which were harbored in his Brest towards the King which more and more increasing at length viz. in 14 Edw. 2. broke out openly he then appearing the principal of those who confederated together for the destruction of such as they called Traytors to the Realm whereof the two Spensers were the cheif charging them with misleading the King to the great damage of the people and engaging themselves to live and die with each other For the cause of Iustice for that term they gave to their design against those persons In which juncture there hapning a great quarrel betwixt Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and William de Braose an eminent Baron in the Marches of Wales about a certain Territory called â—owher-Land lying in those parts Roger de Mortimer the Uncle and Roger the Nephew delt with Braose for his title thereto Iohn de Moubray also who had married the Daughter of Braose sole heir to that Land accounting his to be the better right likewise putting in his Claim But whilst they were thus in contest for it Hugh le Despenser the younger the great Favorite and powerful Man of that time taking advantage of these their differences entred upon it and excluded them both Which insolent Act so alarmed the Earl of Hereford that he presently complained thereof to this Thomas Earl of Lancaster Who thereupon drawing in divers of the Nobility to his â—ide came to Shirebuâ—ne Whence with Banners displayed he marched to S. Albans preâ—ending to reform what was amiss in the Government Where staying for three days he sent the Bishops of Ely Hereford and Chichâ—ster to the King then at London requiring that he would banish the Spensers as persons highly censured by the people for divers great misdemeanors as also to afford Letters of Indempnity to himself and all others who were parties in that Insurrection Which being denied they forthwith marched to London and there appeared so formidable that by the advice of the Queen and those Bishops the King at length assented insomuch as the Edict for their banishment was forthwith published by the Earl of Hereford in Westminster-Hall But not long after the Tide turned the other way for the next ensuing year viz. 15 Edw. 2. the King raising a powerful Army divers of this Earls Confederates fell off by reason of some displeasure which he had taken against the Lord Badlesmere and submitted Whereupon those who stood firm marched with him first to Glocester and thence to Burton upon Trent and so to his Castle at Tuâ—bury about four miles distant doing much spoil to the Countrey in their passage In which journey having with him a certain Knight called Sir Robert de Holland whom he had taken out of his Buttery and preferred to two thousand marks per annum he sent him into Lancashire to bring up Five hundred men out of those parts but instead of bringing them to him he conducted them to the King The King therefore having notice of their motion pursued them with all his power first marching down to Coventry and thence to Leichfield to which place on the morrow after S. Chads day the two Spensers came to him with all their strength which so startled this Earl That upon the sixth Ides of March he placed Foot on each side the Bridge at Burton to hinder the Kings passage over Trent By reason whereof he was constrained to ford the River at Walton about three miles above which being made known to this Earl he drew out his Men from Cutbury Castle expecting aid from the before specified Sir Robert de Holland and others who had promised their help And when he saw they failed him fled Northwards Whereupon the King coming to â—uâ—bury sealed a Commission bearing date there 11 Martii to Edmund Earl of Kent and Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey requiring them forthwith to pursue and arrest him and all his party As also to
OF this name there is frequent mention in King Henry the seconds time For in 10 Hen. 2. William Pipard being Sheriff of â—locestershire so continued till 13 inclusive And in 14 Hen. 2. of Gilbert Pipard who being then constituted Sheriff of the same County so continued till 17 Hen. 2. And in 18 and 19 Hen. 2. was Sheriff of Herefordshire So likewise of Cheshire in 28 H. 2. 29 and 30 Hen. 2. And of Lancashire from 31 Hen. 2. till 1 Ric. 1 inclusive Which Gilbert having married Alice the third Daughter and Coheir to William Fitz-Duncan Earl of Murref in Scotland by Alice his Wife Daughter and Heir to Robert de Romeli Lord of Skypton in Craven with whom he had Aspatrik Allerdale and the liberty of Cokermouth in Com. Cumbr. died the same year scil 1 Ric. 1. in the Holy-Land without issue leaving the said Alice his Wife surviving who aftrwards married to Robert de Curtenai In 9 Hen. 3. William the Son of Roger Pipard had livery of six Knights Fees parcel of the Honor of Wallingford doing his Homage From these descending to the Reign of King Edward the first I come to Ralph sirnamed Pipard but whether allied to either of those before-specified or how I am yet to learn Which Ralph is said to be a younger Son of Ralph Fitz-Nicholas an eminent man in his time viz. Steward of the Houshould to King Henry the third In 1 E. 1. he was also found next Heir to Robert Fitz-Ralph of Thurvestone in Com. Derb. Whereupon performing his Homage in 2 E. 1. had livery of those Lands whereof the said Robert his Uncle died seized And in 10 Ed. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Wales having Lands at that time in the Counties of Suff. Warw. Buck Essex And in 13 Ed. 1. obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesne Lands at Haselee and Rotherfeld commonly called Rotherfeld Pipard in Com. Oxon. and Linford in Com. Buck. In 26 Ed. 1. this Ralph was in that Expedition then made into Gcotland So likewise in 27 Edw. 1. and in 30 Edw. 1. was made Governor of Bolesover Castle and Harâ—ston Castle in Com. Derb. for life And having been summoned to Parliament from 25 E. 1. until 30 Edw. 1. inclusive departed this life in 3 Edw. 2. being then seized of the Mannor of Great Cromptoâ— im Comitat. Warw. Gold Aston Cwyford and Great Linford in Com. Buck. Fynberg-Magna in Com. Staff and Botherfield Pipard in Comitat. Oxon. held of the Honor of Walingford leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirty years of age Of whom by reason he never had Summons to Parliament nor any of his descendents I shall not need to say farther Nereford 25 Edw. 1. THe First mention I find of this Family is in Anno 1206. 8 Ioh. Robert de Nereford with Alice his Wife Daughter of Iohn Pouchard at that time founding the Abby of Pree betwixt North-Creyke and Burnham in Comit. Norf. As also an Hospital there for thirteen poor people This Robert was Governor of Dovor Castle in 1 H 3. under Hubert de Burgh Justice of England who had at that time the chief charge thereof To him succeeded William de Nereford his Son and Heir I presume Which William being in Armes with the Rebellious Barons against King Iohn had his Lands seized for that transgression But in 1 H. 3. returning to obedience they were again restored to him And having married Petronill one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Iohn de Vaux without license paid two hundred and thirty pounds Fine to the King for that transgression In 26 Edw. 1. upon partition made with William de Ros who took to Wife Maud the other Daughter and Coheir he had in her right an assignation of the Mannors of Cherston and Shoresham in Com. Norff. Wysete in Com. Suff. excepting fourteen pounds Land and Rent remaining to William de Ros and Maud his Wife as also of the moity of the Mannors of Holt Cleye and Hocton in Com. Norf. Likewise of the moity of a certain Messuage in London called Blanch-Appelton and of the Advowsons of the Churches of Hâ—lt in Comit. Norf. and Abyton in Comit. Cantabr And in 22 Edw. 1. received command in Iune with divers other great men of that time to attend the King with his best advice touching the great affairs of the Realm That being in order to his Expedition into France as it seemes which soon after ensued for he had thereupon summons to be at Portsmouth upon the first day of September following well fitted with Horse and Armes to fail with him into those parts As also Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 25 Edw. 1. but never after When he died I do not certainly find but that Petronill his Wife surviving him in 3 Edw. 2. obtained license for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at Holt in Comitatu Norf. Also for a Fair yearly upon the Eve and Day of St. Matthew the Apostle Likewise for a Fair at Cley in the same County upon the Eve and Day of St. Margaret the Virgin And departing this life Ann. 1326. 20 E. 2. lieth buried in the Priory of Penthey in Com. Norf. To this William succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir Which Iohn died in 3 Edw. 3. without issue and lieth buried also at Penthey Whereupon Thomas his Brother became his Heir Which Thomas had issue Sir Iohn de Nereford Knight who was slain in the Wars of France in 38 Edw. 3. leaving issue Margery his sole Daughter and Heir at that time five years of age who afterwards vowed Chastity Playz 25 Edw. 1. IN 17 Ioh. Hugh de Playz adhered to the Rebellious Barons against King Iohn and held seven Knights Fees in Iford and Werpesburne in Com. Suss. Having married Beatrix de Say the Widow of Hugh de Nevill he was divorced from her whereupon she had an Assignation of twenty pounds per annum part of her Dowry from the said Hugh de Nevill By Philippa his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Richard de Munfichet he had issue Richard who in 53 Hen. 3. as one of the Nephews and Heirs to the said Richard paid his Relief for the third part of Montfichets Lands To this Richard succeeded Raph his Son and Heir nine years of age in 3 Edw. 1. and in Ward to Robert Aguilon Which Raph dying without issue left Richard his Brother Heir to the Estate To whom succeeded Giles de Playz Which Giles in 22 Edw. 1. had Summons 8 Iulii to attend the King with divers other eminent persons with his advice touching
as had been done by the Subjects of England to those of Scotland by breach of the Truce made in the time of King Edward the Third with David de Brus and ratified by Robert his successor But before the end of that year upon that great Insurrection of the Commons under the Conduct of Iack Straw understanding that the vulgar sort of people had a purpose to surprize him and for the better credit of their Actings to carry him along with them and in case they should be afterwards brought in question to represent that he was their Chief Leader he suddenly rose from Supper and betaking himself to desart places disguised came at length to St. Aâ—bans to the King with a Wallet on his shoulder pretending himself to be a servant to Sir Roger de Bois This Earl William Married Ioane daughter of Edward de Montacute by Alice his Wife daughter and coheir to Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk and by his Testament bearing date on Tuesday next ensuing the Festival of S. Barnabas the Apostle A. 1381. 4. Rich. 2. bequeath'd his Body to be buried at Campesse under the Arch of St. Nicholas Chappel behind the Tomb of his Father and Mother appointing that upon the Eve and Day of his Funeral there should be five square Tapers of the height that his nearest of Kin should think fit and four Morters as also Forty eight Torches borne by Forty eight Poor Men clothed in White Not many Months after which being made choice of by the Commons in Parliament to represent to the Lords what they deemed of greatest importance for the welfare of the Realm ascending the steps towards their House he fell down dead to the great amazement and sorrow of all persons rich and poor Which sudden and unexpected death of him hapned upon the Fifteenth of February 5 Rich. 2. he being then seised of the Mannors of Gestnyngthorâ—e Dedham Bevale and Thorndon in Com. Essex Of the Castle and Mannor of Bungey with the Burrough of the Castle of Framelingham of the Mannor of Soham Barre of the Castle Town Mannor and Honor of Eye of the Mannors of Perham Ufford Walsham Combes Helmingdam Baudesey Châ—sylford and Wykes Vfford of the Castle and Town of Orford of the Mannors of Huntingfeld and Haghle and of the Hundreds of Hertesmere and Stow all in Com. Suff. And of the Mannors of Costeseye Causton Burgh and Hykeling in Com. Norff. the issue of his three Sisters becoming his next heires for he left none of his own surviving viz. Sir Robert de Wiâ—â—oughby Knight son of Cecilie Roger Lord Seales son of Catherine and Henry de Ferrers of Groby son of Margaret all of full age Whereupon Isabell his Wife who was daughter to Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of 〈◊〉 and Widow of Iohn le Strange of Blakmere had for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Costeleye and Hyaelyng in Com. Norff. as also of Haghlee Thornedone Peâ—ham Ufford Sogenho and Winderâ—â— with the Castle and Town of â—rford in Com. Suff. Which Isabell having by her Testament bearing date 26 th September An. 1416. 4 Hen. 5. Bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Abbey of Campeâ—e near to her Husband appointed that upon the Eve and Day of her Interment five square Tapers four Morters and eighteen Torches borne by Eighteen Poor Men clothed in White but without Banners should be about her Herse And for all manner of Expences relating to her Funeral upon the Eve and Day and in distribution to Poor People One hundred pounds to be allow'd Desiring her Executors to provide Thirteen Secular Priests to Sing for her Soul for the terme of three years as also for the Soul for her dear Lord and Husband and the Souls of her Father and Mother and of all other to whom she stood obliged to Pray And departed this life upon the Feast-day of St Michael the Arch-Angel 4 Hen. 5. leaving Richard Beauchamp then Earl of Warwics son of Thomas brother of her the said Isabell her next heir ¶ I now come to Raphe de Vfford brother to Robert de Vfford the first Earl of this Family This Raphe in 10 Edw. 3. obtainâ—d from the King a Grant in special tail of the Mannor of Chelry in Com. Berks. and of the Mannors of Lodres Phelipâ—on and Vp Wyburne in Com. Dors. part of the possessions of Iohn Matravers attainted and in 13 Edw. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Flanders Likewise in 16 Edw. 3. in that into France And in 20 Edw. 3. being Justice of Ireland with a great number of Men at Armes and Archers landed in that Realm This Raphe Married Maud Countess of Ulster Widow of William Earl of Vlster and sister to Henry Earl of Lancaster by whom he had issue a daughter called Maud who became the Wife of Thomas de Vere son to Iohn de Vere Earl of Orford and departing this life upon the 9 th of April An. 1346. 20 Edw 3. was buried in the Nunnery at Campese in the Diocess of Norwich He had also another Wife named Eve daughter and heir to Iohn de Clavering Widow of Thomas de Aâ—deley by whom he had issue three sons viz. Iohn who had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 34 Ed. 3. and died on Tuesday preceding the Feast of St. Iames in 35 Edw. 3. leaving Edmund his brother and heir thirty years of age VVhich Edmund was a Knight and by Sibill his VVife daughter of Sir Robert Pierpont Knight had issue Sir Robert Vfford Knight who by Aleanor his VVife daughter of Sir Thomas Felton Knight left issue three daughters his heirs Ela Married to Richard Bowes Esquire Sibill a Nun at Berking and Ioane wedded to William Bowes brother to the said Richard Beaumont 2 Edw. 2. TOuching this Noble Family of Beaumont whereof I am now to speak I have not seen any mention until towards the end of King Edward the First 's Reign that Henry de Beaumont is taken notice of in our Publick Records whose Descent is by some deduced from Lewes son to Charles Earl of Anjou a younger son to Lewes the Eighth King of France but by others from Lewes de Brenne second son to Iohn de Brenne the last King of Ierusalem The vulgar tradition is that this Henry came first into England with Queen Isabell the VVife of King Edward the Second but that cannot be for her Marriage was not until the first year of his Reign And plain it is that in 30 Edw. 1. he attended that King in his Expedition then made into Scotland VVhereupon he obtained his Precept to the Collectors of the Fifteenth in Yorkshire for the reception of Two hundred Marks towards his support in those VVars I do therefore
Sentence by this William Who was at that time in such reputation with the Commons in Parliament that being made their Speaker upon the Deposall of that unhappy King he published in the Name of the whole House a Disclaimer of their Allegiance to him and in 1 Edw. 3. was constituted Eschaetor-General on the South of Crent But soon after this being an Adversary to Roger de Mortimer who through his interest with Q. Isabell bore no little sway about the beginning of King Edward the Thirds Reign he was constrained to flee beyond Sea and there to stay until Mortimers fall which hapned about three years after and then viz. in 4 E. 3. was again constituted Eschaetor on the South of â—rent In 7 E 3. this William was made Constable of the Castle at Beaumares in Angleley and in 8 E. 3. one of the Commissioners assigned to treat with those which were sent by Philip King of France concerning a Truce betwixt both Realmes In 9 E. 3. he was Eschaetor North of Trent and in 12 E. 3. in consideration of his great services as well beyond Sea as otherwise in recompence thereof obtain'd from the King the gift of a Thousand pounds In 13 E. 3. he was Admiral of the Royal Navy from the mouth of Thames to the Westwards and in 15 E. 3. being then a Knight was in that Expedition then made into Fianders The same year likewise he was in the Scotish wars and of the retinue with Henry Earl of Derby And in 16 E. 3. being in that great Expedition then made into France was constituted Admiral of all the Fleet from the mouth of Chames to Barwick upon â—wede his residence being then at Cublesdon In this year he had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realme but not afterwards nor any of his posterity And in 17 E. 3. being again in the wars of France had an allowance of Thirteen shillings four pence per diem for his wages from the time of the Kings last passage into Britanny In 18 E. 3. he was again in France and in regard of his great and acceptable services obtained the grant of a Thousand pounds more to be paid out of the Exchequer Before the end of which year he was also sent Embassador with the Prior of Roâ—hester into France to treat of a marriage betwixt the eldest son to the King of Castâ—le and a daughter of King Edward Whereupon he had an allowance of a Marke for every day during his passage through England and Twenty shillings per diem as long as he should abide beyond Sea And in 20 E. 3. or near that time sate with Sir William Thorpe then Chief Justice of the Kings Bench at the Tower of London upon Tryal of the Earls of Fyfe and â—entetâ—e Whereupon the Earls of Mentethe was hanged drawn and quartered but the Earl of Fyfe spared After him viz. in 37 E. 3. there was another William Trussel who being a diligent attendant on Prince Edward commonly called the Black-Prince in the battel of Poytiers in consideration of that and other services done and to be done obtained from him the grant of Forty pounds per annum for life to be paid out of his Exchequer at Chester at Easter and Michaelmas by even portions but died at Cubâ—esdon 20 Iunii the same year leaving Margaret the wife of Fulke de Pembruge his daughter and heir Fourteen yeares of age Which Fulke doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance Longvilers 16 Edw. 3. IN 25 E. 1. Iohn de Longvilers departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Tokesford in Com. Nott. and Gloseborne in Com. Ebor. leaving Thomas his brother and heir nineteen years of age Which Thomas had summons to Parliament in 16 E. 3. amongst the Barons of this Realme but never after and died in 48 E. 3. leaving Agnes his sister then married to Robert the son of Raphe Cromwell his next heir of full age Vghtred 18 Edw. 3. OF this Family which hath been of great antiquity in Yorkshire was Robert Vghtred who in 28 E. 1. obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at killingwâ—ke juxta Pokelyngton and at Munketon in the More in Com. Eâ—or and died in 3 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Colton Skakelthorâ— and Styveton in that County leaving Thomas his son and heir Twenty three yeares of age Which Thomas became a person of great note in his time For in 8 E. 2. he was imploy'd into Scotland on the behalf of William de Latimer and in 10 E. 2. and 13 E. 2. in the wars of that Country In 15 E. 2. he was made Governor of Scardeburgh-Castle and in 7 E. 3. being again in the Scotish wars on the behalf of Edward Baliot King of that Realm who having done Homage to King Edward the Third as superior Lord thereof had aide from him against his opponents merited so well for his service there done that in the first year of his Reign he obâ—ained from him a grant of the Mannor of Boucâ—â— and all other the Lands of Sir Iohn Stiward Knight lying in that Realme which by his forfeiture were eschaeted to the Crown In 9 E. 3. he was again in those Scotish wars and in 10 E. 3. made Admiral of the Kings whole Fleet from the mouth of Thames to the Northwards In 11 E. 3. he served again in Scotland So likewise in 12 E. 3. Also being at that time a Banneret and Governor of St. Iohâ—s Town otherwise called Perth he had an Assignation of the sum of Five hundred eighty five pounds six shillings six pence half peny for the wages due to him and his men at Armes Hobelars and Foot-soldiers there imployed and for his other expences in fortifying thereof But in 14 E. 3. he went into Flanders and in 19 E. 3. served in the wars of France in the retinue of Thomas de Beaâ—champ Earl of Warwick So likewise in 20 E. 3. and 21 E. 3. In consideration whereof he obtain'd a grant of Two hundred pounds per annum during his life In 23 E. 3. he was retein'd to serve the King in his wars beyond Sea with Twenty Men at Armes and Twenty Archers on Horseback taking after the rate of Two hundred pounds per annum for his wages during the continuance of the war and in time of peace as other Bannerets used to do And in 26 E. 3. the French threatning an Invasion whereupon all the Counties in England arrayed and arm'd their ablest Men he was appointed one of the Commissioners in Yorkshire for that service In 28 E. 3. he had a confirmation of
died unmarried Which Edward was Knighted in An. 1589. 31 Eliz. and in 3 Iac. summoned to Parliament among the Peers of this Realm Also by Letters Patents bearing date 24 Oct. 2 Car. 1. advanced to the degree and dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Norwich He married Mary daughter to Thomas Earl of Exeter by Dorothy his wife daughter and coheir to Iohn Nevill Lord Latlmer by whom he had issue one sole daughter and heir called Honora married to Iames Lord Hay afterwards Earl of Carlisle and departing this life ... ... was buried at UUaltham in Essex Cavendish E. of Devonshire 3 Iac. THis Family of late times advanced to great Titles of Honor do derive their Descent paternally from a younger branch of the Gernons men of great note divers ages since in the Counties of Norfolk and Essex Which being seated at Cavendish in Suffolk assumed that place for their surname Whence not long after came Iohn de Cavendish constituted Chief Justice of the Kings Bench towards the latter end of King Edward the Thirds Reign who by Iack Straw and his Rebellious rout was barbarously murthered in 5 R. 2. But of these the first that laid the Foundation of that greatness which they now enjoy was William Cavendish of Chatsworth in Com. Derb. Esq who in 31 H. 8. upon that grand dissolution of Religious Houses was one of the Auditors of the Court of Augmentation a Court then newly erected and so called because the Kings Revenue was much augmented by the access of those Monastery-lands at that time to the Crown And afterwards scilicet 19 Febr 37 H. 8. made Treasurer of the Chamber to that King as also one of His Privy-Council In which place of Treasurer continuing likewise in the times of King Edward the Sixth of whose Privy-Council he likewise was and Queen Mary he had the dignity of Knighthood conferred upon him But though this eminent Office at Court was the first step towards the enlargement of that Estate which his descendents afterwards enjoyed yet did his marriage with Elizabeth one of the daughters of Iohn Hardwick of Hardwick in Com. Derb. Esquire sister and coheir to Iohn her brother much more conduce thereto For being a person as well politick as faire and beautiful in time she became Mistriss of a very vast fortune by her successful matching with several wealthy Husbands whereof the first was Robert Barley of Barley in Com. Derb. Esq Of whose great affections to her she made such advantage that for lack of issue by her he setled a large inheritance in Lands upon her self and her heirs which by his death within a short time after she fully enjoyed and then became the Wife i of this Sir William Cavendish by whom she had issue three sons Henry William and Charles and three daughters viz. Frances married to Sir Henry Pierpont Knight Elizabeth to Charles Stuart Earl of Leno◠and Mary to Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury But the greatest access of Riches was by this prudent Lady afterwards acquired For surviving Sir William Cavendish and discerning her self still youthful and amiable and likewise courted by many she made choice of Sir William St. Lo Knight though much superior to her in years then Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth and possessor of divers faire Lordships in Glocestershire With whom she made such termes in order to her Marriage with him as that she fixt the Inheritance thereof upon her self and her own heirs for-fault of issue by him excluding his own daughters and brothers Whereupon overliving him and by that means gaining his whole Estate as also discerning that George Earl of Shrewsbury at that time one of the greatest Peers of this Realm was captivated with her beauty she stood upon such termes with him that unless he would yield that Gilbert then his second son but afterwards his heir should take Mary her daughter to wife and that Henry her eldest son should marry the Lady Grace his youngest daughter besides the setling of a large Joynture in Lands upon her self he must not enjoy her Unto all which he condiscending and much more after became her Husband Whereupon surviving him and abounding in Riches she built those Noble Houses of Chatsworth Hardwick and Oldcotes all in Derbyshire which her great-Grandson doth at this day enjoy and departing this life 13 Febr. An. 1607. 5 Iac. lyeth buried in the South-Isle of Allhallows-Church at Derby under a fair Tombe which in her own life-time she took care to erect for the honor of her memory Whereon is this Epitaph since engraven P. M. Elizabethae Joh. Hardwike de Hardwike in agro Derb. armigeri filiae fratrique Johanni tandem cohaeredi primo Roberto Barley de Barley in dicto com Derb. armig nuptae postea Will. Cavendish de Chatsworth equ aur Thesaurario Camerae regibus Henrico Octavo Edwardo sexto ac Mariae Reginae quibus etiam fuit à secretioribus consiliis Deinde Will. St. Low militi Regii satellitii capitaneo ac ultimo praenobili Georgio Comiti Salopiae desponsatae Per quem Will. Cavendish prolem solummodo habuit Filios tres scilicet Henricum Cavendish de Tutbury in agr Staff armig qui Graciam dicti Georgii Comitis Salopiae filiam in uxorem duxit sine prole legitimâ defunctum Willielmum in Baronem Cavendish de Hardwike necnon in Comitem Devoniae per serenissimum nuper Regem Iacobum evectum Et Carolum Cavendish de Welbeck equ aur patrem honoratissimi Will. Cavendish de Balneo militis Baronis Ogle jure materno in Vicecomitem Mansfeild Comitem Marchionem Ducem de Novo-castro super Tinam Comitem Ogle de Ogle merito creati Totidemque filias scilicet Franciscam Henrico Pierpont equ aur Elizabetham Carolo Stuart Lenoxiae Comiti Mariam Gilberto Comiti Salopiae enuptas Haec inclitissima Elizabetha Salopiae Comitissa Aedium de Chatsworth Hardwike Oldcotes magnificentiâ clarissimarum fabricatrix vitam hane transitoriam xiii die menses Februarii Anno ab incarn Domini 1607 ac circa annum aetatis suae LXXXVII finivit gloriosam expectans Resurrectionem subtus jacet tumulata Of these her three sons Henry the eldest who seated himself upon the ruines of the dissolved Priory at Tutbury in Com. Staff died 12 Oct. An. 1616. without any legitimate issue and was buried at Endsore in com Derb. William the second therefore possessing a great Estate was by Letters Patents bearing date 4 Maii 3 Iac. advanced to the dignity of Baron Cavendish of Hardwike and upon the seventh of August 16 Iac. created Earl of Devonshire Which William married two wives first Anne daughter and heir to Henry Kighley of Kighley in com Ebor. Esquire by whom he had issue three sons and three daughters Gilbert the eldest who died young William
next ensuing doing his Homage had Livery of the Mannors of Okenarton Kydelington and Stuttesdon in Com. Oxon. which were of her inheritance the two former being held of the King by Barony Of which Hugh I find that in 37 H. 3. which was many years before his Fathers death upon the death of Ioan the Widow of the said Hugh de Sandford he had Livery of that purparty of those Lands in Morton and Wittenham in Com. Berks by descent belonging to her as one of the Daughters and Heirs to the same Hugh And that in 48 H. 3. shortly after his Father's death de paid an Hundred pounds for his relief for those Mannors of Hokenarton and Kydelinton in Com. Oxon. so held by Barony as aforesaid This Hugh took to Wife Isabel the third Daughter of Iohn de Ripariis Cousin and one of the Heirs to Philippa Basset sometime Countess of Warwick and having been in that expedition made into Scotland in 10 E. 1. departed this life in 20 E. 1. leaving issue Hugh his Son and Heir Twenty five years of age who then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 25 E. 1. had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm Moreover in 26 E. 1. he was in the Scottish Wars But all that I have farther seen of him is that for the purparty of her the said Isabel his Wife he had the Mannor of Hedindon with the Hundred of Bosindon as also the Hundred lying without the North-gate of Oxford and that he passed them all unto King Edward 1. in consideration of Two hundred pounds in money and the Mannor of Compton in Henemarsh to hold during his life For the performance of which agreement he engaged his Lordships of Hogenarton Cudesington and Mussenden For being no longer summon'd to Parliament and consequently not in the rank of a Baron I shall not pursue the Story of him any lower Valence WIlliam de Valence Son of Hugh le Brun Earl of March in the confines of France and Poictou by Isabel his Wife Widdow of King John and sole Daughter to the Earl of Angolesine took his sirname from the place of his Nativity as the rest of his Brothers did from theirs and being so nearly allied to King Henry the third viz. his Brother by the Mother in Anno 1247 31 Hen. 3. was sent for into England together with Guy de Lezinian his elder Brother and Alice his Sister by reason they were much oppressed by the King of France in those parts where they had their residence the Bishop of Sabâ—ne a Cardinal and then Legate to the Pope accompanying them hither Not many moneths after his arrival here he was made Governor of Goderich Castle viz. 31 Iulii and upon the Ides of August ensuing through the influence of the King his Brother married Ioan the sole Daughter to Warine de Munchensi a great Baron and at length Sister and Heir to William her Brother Moreover shortly after this the King Solemnizing the Festival of St. Edwards Translation in the Church of Westminster with great state sitting on his Royal Throne in a rich Robe of Baudekyn and the Crown on his Head caused this William with divers other young Noble men to be brought before him and girt him with the Sword of Knighthood And whilest he thus sate in his royal Seat casting his Eye upon him who penned down all particulars of this great Solemnity he called him nearer and commanded him to sit upon the middle step betwixt his Chair and the Floor and said to him Hast thou taken notice of all these things and perfectly committed them to memory he answered Sir I have so deeming this famous ceremonial worthy to be recorded Whereupon the King replied I am fully satisfied that God Almighty as a pledge of his farther favours and benefits bath vouchsafed to work one glorious Miracle this morning for which I give him thanks I therefore intreat thee and intreating require that thou record these things exactly and fully and write them in a Book lest that the memory of them should in time he lost And having so said invited him with whom he had this discourse to Dinner that day with three of his fellows commanding likewise that all other Monks who then came thither with the whole Covent of Westminster should at his charge be that day feasted in the publick Refectory there But I returne About Martinmass next ensuing this William to manifest his skill in feats of Armes came to a Tourneament held at Northampton by Richard Earl of Gloucester who by leave from the King had caused Proclamation to be made for the holding of that military Excercise there And soon after that obtained a Grant from the King of the Castle and Honor of Hertford and very much Treasure As also another Grant to himself and his Lady and to the issue of their two Bodies of all thâ—se debts which William de Lancaster did then owe to the Jews throughout the whole Realm The like also of all the Lands of Robert de Pundelarche excepting the Dowry of Constance his Wife untill the King should assign him Lands equivalent thereto In 33 Hen. 3. in a Tourneament held at Brackley it is said that he much abused Sir William de Odingsells a valliant Knight through the countenance of Richard Earl of Gloucester And in 34 Hen. 3. was signed with the Cross together with the King himself and divers other noble persons in order to an Expedition to the Holy-Land In this 34 of Hen. 3. he obtained the Kings Precept to Robert Walrand to distrein all such persons as did possess any of the purparty belonging to Ioan his Wife one of the Cousins and Heirs to Walter Mareschall Earl of Pembroke to perform their suit to the County of Pembroke as they had wont to do in the time of that Earl And in 35 Hen. 3. had a Grant for life of the Castle and Town of Hertford with the Mannors of Essendene and Boysard excepting the Advowsons of the Churches In 36 Hen. 3. there was an accord made at Westminster upon the Tuesday next after Ascension day betwixt this William and Reginald de Mohun viz. that he should give to him the said Reginald and Isabell his Wife as also to Iohn de Mohun Son of him the said Reginald and Ioane his Wife a valuable summe of Money for those Lands which M. Countess of Lincolne had recovered in Ireland for her dowry of the Inheritance of Walter Earl Marshal Whereupon Iohn Fitz-Geffrey then Justice of Ireland was commanded that he should specially certify the King under his Seal what proportions thereof did belong to those Women as well in Demesnes as Fees of that Inheritance and what then would be in remainder to
this William de Valence so that he and his Wife might satisfy the other participants for their respective purparties About that time this William de Valence residing at Hertford Castle as it is said rode to the Parke at Haethfel belonging to the Bishop of Ely and there hunting without any leave went to the Bishops Mannor-house and readily finding nothing to drink but ordinary Beer broke open the Buttry-doors and swearing and cursing the drink and those who made it after all his company had drunk their fills of the best Wine in the Cellars pulled out the Spigots out of the Vessels and let out the rest upon the Floor And that a servant of the House hearing the noise and coming to see what the matter was they laughed him to scorn and so departed In 37 Hen. 3. upon Saturday after the Feast of St. Hillary there was an agreement betwixt Athelmare elect of Winchester and this William on the one part and Richard de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford on the other by which it was concluded that Gilbert the Son to that Earl should take to Wife Alice the Niece to them the said Athelmare and William Daughter to Hugh le Brun sometime Earl of March and Angolesme their Brother her marriage Portion being five thousand Marks In 39 Henry the third this William having been promised two thousand and two hundred marks for the supporting himself and his Souldiers which went with him to the Holy-Land and having received no more thereof than ninety pounds obtained the Kings precept to the Abbot of Westminster for payment of what was in arrear And in 41 H 3. procured the Kings discharge for the summe of four hundred Marks which he did then owe to the Exchequer for the purparty belonging to Ioan his Wife of the Dowry of Alianore Countess of Leicester Sister to the King of such Lands as were Walter Mareschall's sometime Earl of Pembroke In 42 Hen. 3. upon the Insurrection of the Welsh he had summons amongst others to fit himself with Horse and Armes and to attend the King at Chester on Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist. About this time those discontents which hapned betwixt the King and many of the great Lords by reason that the King hearkened to the Counsel of Aliens whereof this William was one of the chief growing very high such was the potency of those Lords then siding in that quarrel that the King saw himself necessitated to comply with them and to submit to those unreasonable Ordinances which they had made in that Parliament then held at Oxford afterwards called Parliamentum Insanum The Mad Parliament whereupon this William fearing some danger by his stay upon the 5 Cal. of Aug. that year sailed into France whereof Henry de Montfort eldest Son to Simon Earl of Leicester having notice calling to mind how he had affronted his Father in the Parliament at London by giving him publickly the Lye and branding him with the name of an old Traitor followed him into those parts with purpose to take him But this William being got to Boâ—oâ—n and finding that he was thus hunted after sent to the King of France for Letters of safe conduâ—t through his Country into Poictou and so escaped him Howbeit though he thus got away there remained here so great an hatred towards him that his Adversaries laid hold on William de Bussy his Steward and imprisoned him in the Tower of London which hard dealing struck such a terror to the Lady Ioan his Wife that so soon as she could she passed the Seas and went to him Nevertheless about two years after the times were more calm viz. in 45 Hen. 3. so that the King being then beyond-Sea made haste to return for perfecting an accord with those haughty spirited Barons and brought this William de Valence with him But so much did those powerful men distaste his return that they would not suffer him to land unless he would give Oath to observe those Ordinances which they had so made at Oxford It seems that upon that flight so by him made his Lands were seized for upon this his return upon the termes before expressed he had restitution of them again together with the Castle of Hertford but was constrained to accept of a Pardon for so the Barons had ordered it Yet all this would not do fierce animosities still continuing on either side so that at length with great forces they met first at Northampton where this William being with the Prince they took that town by assault utterly routing all the strength the Barons then had there But within a short time after the remnant of them recruiting themselves chiefly by the conjunction of the Londoners marched to Lewes in Sussex where viz. Maii 48 Hen. 3. the King encountering them unhappily lost the day and was himself with the Prince made Prisoner But this William then called Earl of Pembroke and not before for ought I have seen being a principal Commander in the Van of the Kings Army â—seeing the day lost with the Earl Warren and some others escaped by flight first to Pevensey and thence into France After which all being in the power of the Barons his Lands were seized and those in Surrey and Sussex committed to the Custody of Iohn de Abernun and Iohn de Wauton And whereas Ioan his Lady was then great with Child and with her Children and Family in Windsore Castle she was commanded to depart thence and betake her self to some Religious House or other place near at hand until after her delivery In which distress the King still their prisoner being forced to comply with them in whatsoever they required submitted to their Ordinances of Oxford the chief of his friends also giving Oath for the due observance of them amongst which this William de Valence then come back into England was one But long it was not ere the two principal Ringleaders in this Tragick Action viz. Montfort Earl of Leicester and Clare Earl of Gloucester fell at odds Clare stomaching Montfort for assuming to himself the whole sway in the Government betaking him therefore to those true-hearted Royalists who had stood firm to the King in his greatest miseries a means was contrived for the Prince to escape from Hereford Castle where with the King his Father he was kept Prisoner Whereupon this William Earl of Pembroke with Iohn Earl Warren who had been banished the Realm by a publick edict of Montfort landing at Pembroke about the beginning of May with about an hundred and twenty men Horse and Foot joyned with them and within a short time after giving Battle to Montfort and his party at Evesham totally vanquished all their whole