said William five Virgates and five Acres of Land in Yerdly with the five Villanes that then occupied the same Their Issue William de Mordaunt And Richard de Mordaunt WILLIAM de MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Chicheley Clifton Yerdley Esthull and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER V. WILLIAM de MORDAVNT the Son of William Lord of Turvey and of Esthull in the Fourteenth year of Edward the First purchased the Mannor of Chicheley and diverse Messuages therein of William the Son of Samson le Mansell and of Gualfridus de Stachesden In the Twenty second of the said King's Reign he had a dispute with the Lord Reignald de Gray then a great person and from whom the Earls of Kent are descended who continue to this day large possessions in those parts It was about a Fishing of a certain part in the River Ouse joyning to the Lord Grey his Lands which by reciprocal Indenture was accorded that it should be thenceforth free unto them both And in the Twenty fifth of the same Henry he obtained a Patent to Empark certain Lands in his Lordship of Turvey The last Act of his we find to be in the Eleventh Year of Edward the Second at which time he made a Grant Release and Quit-claim for ever unto God the Church of St. Need's and the Monks of that House of all his Right and Claim which he had or could have unto three Messuages Eighty eight Acres of Land and One Acre of Meadow in Turvey with their Appurtenances for the which he together with his partner Hugh of Ardres had Sued the Prior of that place in the King's Court as also fo other Lands and Tenements which the said Monks held of his Fee and in his Fee all which Lands their Predecessors had received from the Gift of his Ancestors in the said Village saving always to him and to his Heirs and unto Hugh of Ardres his partner the Services due unto them Roesia or Rose de Wake was the Wife of this William Mordaunt She was the Daughter of Sir Ralph de Wake who was Lord of Clifton which was a Family in those and elder times when there were no Dukes and but few Earls in England and the Degree of the Baronage wherein several of that Name sate was so illustrious did yield to few in splendor of dignity greatness of power and opulency of fortune It had brought forth a number of Hero's famous for Valour and Wisdom It had become worthy the Alliance of the Royal House And had Fortune persevered in her own work and not always delighted in the change and subversion of great Families there had not any in probaility arrived at greater eminency With this Roesia there was at that time given in part of Portion the Land and Mannor in Clifton which to this day remain unto the Mordaunts under the Name of Wake 's Mannor unto which a very Noble Royalty and Privilege do belong Their Issue Robert Mordaunt William Mordaunt ROBERT MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Clifton Yerdley Knotting Chicheley and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER VI. IN the Sixteenth Year of Edward the Second while William Mordaunt his Father was yet alive Hugo Bossard that was Lord of Knotting did Enfeoffe ROBERT the Son of William Mordaunt of all his Homages Services Natives and other Royalties of his Mannor of Knotting to him and to his Heirs Several Records and Rolls of his Court are extant that express upon the decease of his Father the Homages he received and the Noble Royalties which in Right of his Mannors he was invested in He was Lord of the Lordships of Turvey of Chicheley of Esthull of Yerdley of Clifton and of Knotting We find that he made over in the Seventeenth of Edward the Third in trust unto one William Campion of Stachesden all his Lands and Tenements which he had and held of the Fee of Gloucester in Turvey in Lands in Houses in Woods in Gardens in Meadows in Pastures in Paths in Ways and in Reversions in Homages in Wards and in Releiffs in Escheats in Rents of the Freemen and of the Villanes of their sequels and of all other things these are the words of the Deed. And the same William Campion does by another Deed return to Robert Mordaunt and to Johane his Wife all the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Services for the Term of his life with the Reversion over to Edmond Mordaunt Son and Heir to the said Robert and Johane Dated of the same Year The first Wife of Robert Mordaunt was one Mary of Rutland unto whom he was Married in his Father's time as we find by a Deed Dated of the Thirteenth of Edward the First wherein one Robert de Hulier of Turvey does sell unto them and the Heirs of their Bodies a certain piece of Land but she dyed early without leaving him any Issue His Second Wife was Johane de Bray the Daughter of Roger de Bray that was Lord of Silesho which Brayes were a Family of a long continuance in that Tract Their Issue Edmond de Mordaunt their only Son EDMOND de MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Clifton Chillington Staggesden Shephaell and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER VII EDMOND de MORDAVNT flourished in the Twenty seventh of Edward the Third at which time we find several transactions that past between him Sir Henry of Brussels and others about the Lands that came unto him in Right of his Wife But in the Twenty ninth of this King there happened a memorable dispute between this Edmond and one Roger Cooke of Newton Blosmavile that is at this day upon Record in the Court of Exchequer which I have seen there and taken a Copy thereof under the Hand of the Keeper of those Records Edmond de Mordaunt was Attach'd to Answer in the Term of St. Michael unto this Roger Cooke upon a Plea of Trespass by Bill and thereupon the said Roger came in his own person and complain'd That our Edmond upon a certain day in the Twenty Ninth of the said King's Reign had come into his House and had taken away by force the words are vi Armis scilicet gladiis c. a large proportion of Wooll Carpets and Linen Cloth and Forty Shillings in Money Whence he expresses himself to have been damnified in the Sum of One Hundred Shillings and thereupon produces his Sute In order whereunto Edmond Mordaunt comes likewise in his own person and defends the Force and the Injury Alledging That the aforesaid Roger unto his Bill ought not to be Answered Because he said he was a Native of him the said Edmond of his Mannor of Turvey in the County of Bedford And that his Ancestors from time without mind were and had been seized of the Ancestors of the said Roger as of their Natives of the Mannor aforesaid And likewise the said Edmond had been seized of Roger himself as of one of the Natives of his said Mannor And he desired Judgment Whether the said Roger were for these causes to be answered unto his Bill
JOHN FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon Camden's Britannia page 205 treating of the County of Essex THorndon quondam Habitatio Clarae Familiae Fitz-Lewis quorum ultimus si qua fides vulgò incensis fortuitò Aedibus Nuptiali Festivitate misero incendio periit ELY FITZ-LEWIS and JOHN Lord MORDAVNT Lord and Lady of Westhornedon A Will or Testament of John Lord Mordaunt THIS is the last Will of John Mordaunt Knight Son and Heir apparent of Sir John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt confirming the order disposition and demise as well of my Goods and Chattels as of my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their appurtenances that I have and am seised of Estate of Fee-simple in the Counties of Essex Northampton and Somerset or elsewhere within the Realm of England First I will and demise that all my parts portion and demand Right Title Possession and Interest that I have of and in the Mannors of Granham otherwise called Bishop Wokenton in Nevedon Haes and Nokenhal to Warson aliàs Walton in Bristed within the County of Essex with all and singular Rights Members and Appurtenances and all Lands Tenements Meadows Feedings Pastures Woods Underwoods and other Hereditaments that be or hath been in times past reputed or taken part or parcel of the said Mannors of Grangeham otherwise called Bishop Wokengton Greice Brumford in Nevedon Haes and Nokenhall unto Warson aliàs Walton in Bristed in the County of Essex together with the Advowsons of the said Mannors to Dame Joan my Wife To have and to hold and enjoy the Premisses with their Appurtenances to the said Dame Joan and her Assigns for term of her natural life Also I will and demise That all my Right Title Possession Interest that I have of and in the Mannor of Westhornedon and Gingeraps and also Cranham in the said County of Essex the reversion of the said Mannor of Cranham after the decease of Dame Joan my Wife with all and singular Rights Members and Appurtenances and all Lands Tenements Meadows Feedings Pastures Woods and Underwoods and other Hereditaments that be or haye been in times past reputed or taken part or parcel of the said Mannors of Westhornedon and Gingeraps with the Advowsons belonging to the said Mannors To have hold and enjoy the Premisses with all Rights Revenues Profits Uses Commodities Emoluments and Arrearages of all and singular the said Mannors Lands Tenements Ways Meadows Pastures and other Hereditaments and all other the Premisses with their Appurtenances to John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt my Father and to Edmond Mordaunt my Executors and to the Surviver of them and to the Executors of the Surviver for term of thirty Years next ensuing after my death without impeachment of Waste to the intent that they with the Issues and Profits of the Premisses and every part thereof coming and growing from time to time during the said Term shall find and provide to my Daughters Elizabeth Mordaunt Margaret Mordaunt Anne Mordaunt Ursula Mordaunt and every of them sufficient Meat Drink and Lodging Apparel Learning and other Necessaries for them until they be married and also give and deliver to every of them towards their several Marriages the Summ of four hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England to be paid to every of them at the day of their several Marriages If that my said Executors have loned or at any time or times hereafter the said Marriages as it may be loned of the Issues and Profits of the said Mannors of Westhornedon and Gingeraps And if it shall so chance that one or two of my said Daughters to dye and depart out of this transitory life unmarried I will that her or their Parts Portions and Summs of Money that to her or to them by this my last Will and Testament did belong shall remain grow come and be deemed amongst the other of my Daughters which shall so fortune to overlive And if it shall so chance that more of my said Daughters than two to dye and depart out of this transitory life I will that their Parts and Portions shall remain still in the hands of my Executors to be delivered to my Son and Heir when he cometh to two and twenty Years of Age. And if I chance to depart to God without Issue Male then I will that the moyety of the said money equally to be divided amongst my said Daughters which at that time shall chance to be alive and the residue to be distributed in deeds of Charity according to the discretion of my Executors my said Lord and Father and my Brother Edmond Mordaunt Furthermore I will that if any of my said Daughters happen to marry her self against the will and appointment of my Executors the said Lord Edmond Mordaunt or the Survivors or the Survivor of them within the Age of twenty one Years or if any of the said Daughters doe refuse any lawful marriage tendered or offered by my Executors the said Lord and Edmond Mordaunt my Brother or by the Survivors or Survivor of them within the said Age of one and twenty Years to the intent to marry themselves at their own pleasure That then I will That she or they shall tarry for her or their part until the time that all my Daughters be set forth and married and then to be delivered to my said Daughter or Daughters so marrying themselves or to the Children of her or them according to the discretion of my Executors the said Lord and Edmond or the Survivors or Survivor of them And further I will and demise that my said Executors with the Issues and Profits of the Premisses during the said term shall find a Priest to sing Mass in the Parish Church of Westhornedon aforesaid to pray for my Soul and Dame Ely my late Wife deceased and all Christian Souls And also shall distribute every Year during the said term to the help and sustentation of the poor and needy people in Westhornedon Gingeraps Cranham and Nevendon according to the discretion of my Executors And also give and distribute unto the maintaining of High-ways and Bridges wheresoever my Executors shall think most meet and convenient any where within the County of Essex Also I do demise unto the said Edmond Mordaunt my Brother the reversion of certain Lands and Tenements Pasture Woods Underwoods and other Hereditaments in Coume and Sturmest in the County of Somerset with the appurtenances which I the said Sir John did purchase of one Richard Matthew one of the Sons of Robert Matthew deceased which Joan Matthew Widow doth now claim for to hold for term of her life as parcel of her Joynture To have and to hold to the said Edmond and his Heirs in as large and ample manner as ever Robert Matthew did hold or occupy the premisses upon this Condition following that is to say that the said Edmond or his Heirs shall make or cause to be made within two years after the death of the said Joan Matthew in the Church of Westhornedon of the North
present Writing shall come John Mordaunt of Turvey of the County of Bedford Gentilman sendeth greeting in our Lord God Whereas Margaret Mordaunt my Moder holdeth the Maners called Mordaunts-maner and Dardres-maner and divers Lands and Tenements called Maunsellis Blatherwykes and divers other Lands and Tenements with the appurteneces in the Parish of Turvey aforesaid from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth after the Conquest the nineteenth unto the end and term of fourty Years then next following the reversion thereof to me the said John belonging Know ye me the said John to have given and by this my present Deed confirmed to Thomas King Parson of the Moyite of the Church of Turvey John Vynter of Kerdington John Poley of Bydenham and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey aforesaid the reversion of the said Maners Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances the Rent unto the said Lessee reserved To have and perceive to them and to their Heirs for evermore And Whereas the said Margaret holdeth the Mills of Turvey with divers Holmes and Waters from Year to Year yielding to me therefore yearly ten Pounds of Lawful Money and ... Son William Ball holdeth divers Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances called Wellynz for the Term of six Years Know ye me the said John Mordaunt to have given and granted to the said Thomas Vynter John Vynter John Poley and Richard the reversion of the said Mills Holmes Waters Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances to have to them and to their Heirs for evermore And I the said John Mordaunt and my Heirs all the said Maners Mills Waters Holmes Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances unto the said Thomas and John Vynter John Poley and Richard and to their Heirs shall warrant for ever In witness whereof I put my Seal Witness John Richardson William Bargeman William Everard Given at Turvey the six and twentieth day of September in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth the one and twentieth SIGILLVM IOHANNIS MORDAVNT Charta Johannis Mordaunt TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing shall come John Mordaunt greeting in God Whereas one Hugh Jacob holdeth the Maner of Botelers in the Parish of Walden within the County of Essex with the appurtenances except three Acres and a half of arable Land half an Acre of Meede a Close called Horsecroft and eight Shillings four Pence and one Pound of Pepper of free Rent from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth the eleventh unto the end and Term of sixteen Years then next following of the demise of William Mordaunt Fader to me the said John which after the Death of the said William to me the said John as Son and Heir to the said William ought to descend Know ye me the said John to have given and granted and by this present Deed confirmed to Thomas King Parson of the Moyite of the Church of Turvey John Vynter of Kerdington John Poley of Bydenham and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey the reversion of the said Maner with the appurtenances except before excepted to have to them and to their Heirs for evermore And also I give and grant and by this present Deed confirm unto the said Thomas King John Vynter John Poley and to Richard Stevynson the said three Acres and a half of Land half an Acre of Meede the Close called Horsecroft eight Shillings four Pence and one Pound of Pepper of free Rent with the appurtenances To have and perceive to them and to their Heirs for evermore of the chief Lords of the Fee by the services due and accustomed And I the said John and my Heirs the said Maner with the appurtenances to the said Thomas John John and Richard and to their Heirs shall warrant for evermore In witness whereof I put my Seal Witness John Richardson William Bargeman William Everard Given at Turvey the twenty sixth day of September in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth the one and twentieth A Letter from King Richard the Third to John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt Gentilman By the King TRusty and welbeloved we greete you wele And forsomuch as Wee with God's Grace intend to bring into our obeysance our Castles kept by our Traytors and Rebels in the North Parts of our Land and therefore will in our Person remove to Morrow towards these said Parties to stablish the means that may best serve thereunto We pray you heartily that you being accompanied with as many Persons defensibly arrayed as may goodly accord with your ease meet with us at Leicestre the tenth day of May next coming furnished with good for yours and their expences to attend upon us from thence for the space of two Months for the said cause And that natheless ye be ready with the said Persons in the said array upon the warning of a day next after the fourth day of May to attend upon us as the case shall require for the said intent Not failing hereof as our trust is in you and as ye tender the assured rest of our said Land Given under our Signet at our Tower of London the Twenty fifth of April A Letter from King Richard the Third to John Mordaunt and William Salisbury To our Trusty and Welbeloved John Mordaunt and William Salisbury and to every of them By the King TRusty and welbeloved we greete you wele And forasmuch as by the advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this our Land late assembled at our Palace of Westminster we be fully determined by God's Grace to address us in Person with Host Royal toward the parties of our Enemies and Rebels of Scotland at the beginning of this next Sommer to subdue and do them the annoyance possible both by Sea and Land in saving as well this our Land from such inconveniencies as else were like to ensue as the Honour of Us and of our Blood and true Liegemen inhabited and inherited within this our Land Wee having perfect and certain Trust of your Good-will Aid and Assistance to this our great Voyage and knowing how useful and necessary your presence shall be to us in the same will and desire you right effectually and natheless charge you in the straitest wise that incontinent upon the sight of this our Writing ye dispose you to serve Us personally in Our said Voyage accompanied and apparelled for the War according to your degree so and in such wise that by the first day of May next coming ye be ready and readily pass forward with Us in the said Journey so accompanied as aforesaid and that in giving credence to the Bearers hereof ye send Us by them your Intent and Mind and what assistance we shall be sure to have of you in this behalf as Our very trust is in you Given under Our Signet at Our Tower of London the eighteenth day of February And howbeit
at the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady and Saint Michael the Archangel by even Portions and Summs to the said Silvester and Elizabeth and to their Assigns for term of Life of the said Dame Anne with a clause of distress for the Non-payment of the said Annuity or Annual Rent to be contained in the said Deed or Deeds as shall be devised and advised by the said Lord Mordaunt or by his Heirs or Executors or by his or their Learned Counsel at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Lord Mordaunt his Heirs or Executors The said Annuity to begin first to be paid the said Silvester and Elizabeth or to the over-liver of them at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel which shall be in the Year of our Lord God One thousand five hundred and forty one which shall be the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel next after that the said Silvester doth or might have attained or come to his full Age of One and twenty Years And it is also further Agreed between the said Parties That all such Leases and Grants before the date of these Presents by the said Dame Anne or any of her Ancestors made or hereafter to be made by the said Dame Anne of the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances or of any part or parcel of the same to any person or persons for term of Life or Lives or for Years or by Copy of Court-Roll not minishing the Rents such Customs or Services before this time used to be paid shall be stand remain and continue in their force and effect according to the said Leases and Grants without denying or altering of the same to be made by the said Silvester and Elizabeth or their Heirs or any of them but that the said Leases and Grants when the Remainder shall be Executed in them or in any of them shall not only be ratified and confirmed by them and either of them to the said Lessees and Grantees if the Lessees and Grantees of the same will the same of the said Silvester and Elizabeth and their Heirs require and demand but also the said Lessees and Grantees and every of them shall peaceably occupy hold and continue according to their said Leases and Grants without interruption of the said Silvester and Elizabeth or of any of them or of their Heirs And the said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth for her her Heirs and Assigns to and with the said Lord Mordaunt his Heirs and Executors by these Presents That then the said Dame Anne shall suffer all and singular her Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances which be of her own Inheritance now being in her Possession or Occupation or in Tenure Possession or Occupation of any other Person or Persons to her Use in Possession Remainder Reversion or in Use immediately after the death of the said Dame Anne to descend return remain or come to the said Silvester and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs the remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne for ever discharged of all Incumbrances Titles and Demands done and made by the said Dame Anne or by any other person or persons for her in her name or by her commandment all Leases and Grants already made or hereafter to be made by the said Dame Anne of any of the Premises being of her own Inheritance reserving the Rents accustomed only excepted and reserving the Maner of Willeford with the Appurtenances in the foresaid County of Wiltshire and the Tenements now called Butler's Farm now being in the Tenure of Richard Amour another Tenement called Conyes now being in the Tenure of Henry Moxham and the third Tenement called Watrobins now being in the Tenure of Robert Whitebread and one Close or Pasture called Hickperse now being in the Tenure of John Hampshire with all other Lands Meadows and Pastures with all other the Appurtenances to the said three Tenements belonging or appertaining and the Rents of the same parcel of the Maners of Marden in the foresaid County of Wiltshire during the Life of one John Danvers Son of the said Dame Anne and Thirty Years next and immediately ensuing after the death of the said John Danvers only excepted and reserved and also excepted and reserved the whole residue of the said Maner of Marden with the Appurtenances and the Chief Rents of the said Maner to the said Dame Anne her Executors and Assigns for term of Life of the said Dame Anne and the remainder thereof for term of Twelve years next and immediately ensuing after the death of the said Dame Anne to the Executors and Assigns of the said Dame Anne and after to remain revert descend and come to the said Silvester and his Heirs for ever discharged in the maner and form before expressed and also an Annuity or yearly Rent of Forty Pounds going out of a Close or Pasture called the Oxe-less parcel of the said Maner of Dauntesey in the County aforesaid for term of life of one James Vause excepted and reserved and also the Maner of Smythcote in the Parish of Dauntesey in the aforesaid County of Wiltshire and seven Messuages with the Appurtenances lying in Smythcote aforesaid in the Parish of Dauntesey aforesaid and a Close or Pasture called Great Hideow and a Close or Pasture called The new Lease parcels of the Maner of Dauntesey aforesaid excepted and reserved to William Danvers Son of the said Dame Anne and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten If the said William or his Heirs Male be vexed troubled or otherwise interrupted of the Possession of the Maners of Culmoth Moundfield Culmouth-Pinkney and Soulgrove-Pinkney in the County of Northampton with their Appurtenances or any parcel thereof or in taking the profits of the same by the said Silvester his Heirs or Assigns or the Heirs or Assigns of any of them and one Annuity or yearly Rent of Twenty Pounds to Mistress Margaret Danvers Mother of the said Silvester for term of her Life also excepted and reserved For the which Marriage so held and executed and for the assurance of all the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to be made and had to the said Silvester and Elizabeth and to the Heirs of the said Silvester as before is expressed the said Lord Mordaunt Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents That he his Executors or Assigns at their Costs and Charges shall continually find and keep the said Silvester and Elizabeth and their Children from the Date of these Presents until the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel next after the said Silvester shall attain and come to his full Age of One and twenty years and to have the bringing up and ordering of the said Silvester until the said Feast if the said Silvester will be so long ruled or ordered by the said Lord Mordaunt his Executors or Assigns or else the said Lord Mordaunt his Executors or
purpose limit assign and set forth by these Presents And the said Lord Mordaunt doth further by these Presents for him his Heirs Executors and Administrators and for every of them Covenant and Grant to and with the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley in manner following that is to say That he the said Lord Mordaunt shall and will on this side and before the Feast day of Saint Andrew the Apostle now next ensuing the day of the date hereof at the costs and charges of the said Lord Mordaunt by Fine or Fines in due form of law to be levied before the King's Majesty's Justices of the Court of Common-pleas at Westminster whereupon Proclamations shall and may be had according to the Statutes in that case made and provided recognized and acknowledged all those other Maners Lordships Messuages Mills Lands Tenements Rents Fee-Farms Royalties Courtleets Franchizes Fairs Liberties Advowsons and Hereditaments whatsoever of him the said Lord Mordaunt hereafter in these Presents mentioned expressed and declared that is to say The Maners of Turvey Carleton Chillington Delwike Staggesden Duckford Jempses Bosomes Stasmore Wilchamsted and Westcotton with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances and the Parks of Turvey and Delwike and the Free Warren in Turvey and Staggesden and all other the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt in the several Towns Parishes Villages and Hamlets of Turvey Wilchamsted alias Wilshamsteed Carleton Chillington Delwike Duckford Staggesden Stanford alias Jempses Bosomes Steventon and Westcotton in the foresaid County of Bedford with all the Rights Members and Appurtenances to the same Maners Lands or Tenements or any of them appertaining or belonging And the Maner of Snelston with the Appurtenances in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham or in both or in one of them and all those Pastures and Meadow Grounds and Closes called Snelston in the said Counties or in one of them and all other the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt in the several Parishes of Lavenden Brayfield alias Coldbrayfield and Harrold in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham and all those the Maners and Farms of Walterhall Oldlayton Brayfield Coldbrayfield Willen Wolston Parva Woughton upon the Green aliàs Woughkington upon the Green Lavenden and the Castle Maner in Lavenden with their and every of their Appurtenances in the County of Buckingham And all that the Free Warren with the Appurtenances in Lavenden and Brayfield otherwise called Brafeld next Lavenden Olney and Warrington in the said County of Buckingham And all other Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt the Maner of Clifton Raynes aliàs Week's Fee with the Appurtenances excepted in the foresaid County of Buckingham And all those the Maners of Hardwike Grafton and Sudburgh with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances in the County of Northampton and the Parks called Drayton-Park and Sudborow-Park aforesaid and the Capital Messuage or Mansion-house of Drayton aforesaid and the Closes aforesaid to the said Mansion-house adjoining or lying near unto the same And the Parsonages of Denford and Ringsteed And all those Lands called the Assart-Lands in the County of Northampton And all other the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Rents and Services of him the said Lord Mordaunt in the several Parishes of Hard-wike Grafton Alwinkle Sudburgh Tychmarch and Denford in the foresaid County of Northampton to be the Right of the said Thomas Lock and John Row as those which the said Thomas Lock and John Row shall have of the gift of the said Lord Mordaunt with general Warranties for the said Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs against all Men Which Fine so or in any other sort to be levied and all other Fine or Fines which shall be levied of the Premises or of any part thereof by the said Lord Mordaunt to the said Thomas Lock and John Row abovenamed or to either of them on this side the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle aforesaid shall be and enure and shall be taken to be and enure and the Parties Cognizees therein their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized for ever of all the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the said Fine or Fines to be comprised to the use of them the said Thomas Lock and John Row and of their Heirs for ever and to no other use Yet withal upon this Trust and Confidence That they the said Thomas and John shall and will permit and suffer them the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley upon one or more Writ or Writs of Entry Sur dessein in le post to be brought or prosecuted out of his Majesty's Court of Chancery by and in the names of the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley against the said Thomas and John retornable before the King's Majesties Justices of his Highness's Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster to recover from and against them the said Thomas and John according to the usual course of common Recoveries used for Assurance of Lands all and singular or any part or parcel of the said Maners Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments with their Appurtenances in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised or contained by such name or names and quantities as in the said Writ or Writs of Entry shall be contained In which Recoveries the said Thomas and John shall appear as Tenants and vouch over to Warranty the said Lord Mordaunt and the said Lord Mordaunt shall appear and vouch over the common Vouchee who shall appear gratis and after inparlance depart in despite of the Court according to the form and course of common Recoveries in such cases used And all the said Parties are agreed by these Presents to demeane themselves either in the course aforesaid or in some other course that a perfect common Recovery with such Vouchees as is aforesaid may and shall be had and suffered of the said Maners Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised in all points and to all intents and purposes according to the usual order and form of common Recoveries for assurance of Land Which said Recovery or Recoveries so or in any other manner to be Sued Prosecuted or Executed of the Maners Lands Rents Tenements and Hereditaments or of any part thereof and the Execution of them or every of them and all and every other Recovery or Recoveries to be had sued and prosecuted of the Premises or of any part thereof against the said Thomas and John as Tenants and the said Lord Mordaunt as Vouchee on this side the Feast of St. Andrew and the full force and Execution of them and either of them shall be judged esteemed deemed and taken to be and ever remain to the use hereafter expressed and declared and to no other intents or purposes that is to say
thereof King Edward the Third granted him a Patent to that effect in the first year of his Reign He had been Seneschal to Queen Isabel the Kings Mother in all her Forests between Stamford and Oxford as appears by a Brieve directed to him by the King for the tenth of all the Venison that should be taken in the County of Northampton to be delivered to the Abbot of Peterborow according as had been granted by his Ancestors He was pardoned by that same King with his Son John William the Son of Thomas Seymar Richard Molesworth Simon his Squire and other of his friends for his breach of the Kings peace and the death of John of Overton Longville whom he had slain in a Quarrel with other circumstances that certifie the particular favour was born him by that Prince He was afterward with one Sr William Nocton as being one of the most eminent Knights in the Bishoprick of Ely joined with Sir William Shareshull Sir Henry Greene and Sir William Thorpe in the Kings Commission to hear and determine of the felony and misdemeanour of Thomas Lild Bishop of that Diocess who was not only esteemed accessary to the death of William Holmes Servant to the Lady Wake of Lydell that was killed by his Officer Ralph Carcless She being a Princess of that time eminent for great birth as well as Beauty and rare Qualities and the Daughter of Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster but that moreover stood in great and exemplary Contempt against the King himself For the demeanor of Sir Simon in which matter in his duty and compliance to the Kings Commands and Interest he incurred with the rest of the Commissioners the several censures and indignation of the Pope which proceeded even to Excommunication and other great Penalties from which his merit towards the King by his Conduct in that Affair nor the Power of so great a Prince was able to protect him He did finally give and grant in the eighteenth year of King Edward the Third unto Robert the Prior of the Church of Saint Maries of Pavenston and to the Covent of that place two parts of his Mannor of Stoke-Goldington with the Advowson of the Church of that Town out of Devotion to God and the Blessed Virgin and for the good of his Soul to be there prayed for and for the Souls of his Ancestors and Benefactors His Wife was Margaret Daughter to Sir John and Sister to Sir Gilbert of Lindsey Their Issue Sir John of Drayton Sir John of Drayton Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships UNto Sir Simon of Drayton did succeed Sir John of Drayton his Son in the sole Lordship of that place as also in his other Possessions in the Counties of Northampton Huntingdon and Oxford Moved by what inducement it does not appear but this Sir John of Drayton did in the eighth year of King Edward the Third purchase a Licence of Alienation for enabling him to settle upon Sir Henry Greene then Chief Justice of England and that had Married his Fathers Sister his antient Mannor and Lordship of Drayton with those Lands in the Towns adjoining that did belong unto it In consequence whereof it was conveyed unto him with the Reversion to Henry the second Son of the said Sir Henry Greene whom he calls his Cousin and for default of Issue in him to the right Heirs of Sir Henry the Father But it is found notwithstanding by a Deed of this Sir John that in the Life-time of Sir Henry Greene the Chief Justice he did render the Possession of the Chief Seat and the Mannor of Drayton with all the Demesnes the Lands Meadows Pastures and the Park thereunto belonging unto Sir Henry Greene his Cousin the Son of the Chief Justice on Condition that he should ever after bear his Name and his Armes in performance of that Agreement that had before been made between the Father of the said Sir Henry and himself which was the reason why the Greenes of Drayton instead of Azure three Bucks Or which was the Armes of their Family and those born by the Greenes of Norton descended from Sir Thomas Green the Elder Brother did bear ever after for their Coat Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules being that of Drayton which by this Agreement they were obliged to assume The Wife of Sir John of Drayton was Christian the Daughter of Sir Gilbert of Lindsey his Mothers Niece Their Issue Baldwin of Drayton whose Posterity for divers Ages did flourish afterwards Possessors of the Lordships of Stoke-Goldington Bottlebrigg Molesworth and Overton Longville in the County of Huntingdon and South-Newington in Oxfordshire where they had a fair Patrimony and lived in great Estimation WALTER de VERE The Eldest sonne of Henry ye. sonne of Robert that was ye. second sonne of AUBERY de Vere Great Chamberlaine and Lord Cheife Iustice of England who from his Cheife Seat Assumed that Name to him and his decendants Lucie Bassett Sr. HENRY of Drayton Iuetta de Bourdon Sr. Baldwin of Drayton Idonia de Gimeges Sr. Iohn of Drayton Philipa of Arderne Sr. Simon of Drayton Margaret of Lindsey Catharine of Drayton Sr. Henry Greene. Sr John of Drayton Cristian of Lindsey Sr Henry Greene Matilda de Mandnir Sr Thomas Greene Lord of Norton Marie Talbot Baldwin of Drayton GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae Pag. 488. inter Confirmationes Regis Witlafii ITem Domum Oswini Militis in Draytonâ videlicet octo Hidas terrae quatuor Virgatas Ecclesiam ejusdem Villae Quinque lineae infrá ET Donum Wulnoti Dapiferi mei in Adingtonâ videlicet duas Hidas terrae Piscariam cum Advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Villae in alia Adingtona ex dono ejusdem unam Virgatam terrae Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae Pag. 492. inter Confirmationes Beoredi Regis SImiliter confirmo praedicto Monasterio de Croilandiâ de dono Oswini Militis in Draytona octo Hidas terrae quatuor Virgatas Ecclesiam ejusdem Villae Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae Pag. 498. inter Confirmationes Abbatis Turketuli Abbatiae Croilandiae IN Draytona unam Carucatam terrae sex Acras Prati quatuor Salinas AUBREY de VERE Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Chief Justice of ENGLAND The Baronage of England Page 190. THis last mentioned Albery called Albericus Junior confirmed all those Grants made by his Fater to the Monks of Abington and being in high Esteem with King Henry the First was by him made Lord great Chamberlain of all England to hold the same Office in Fee to himself and his Heirs with all Dignities and Liberties thereto belonging as honourably as Robert Mallet Lord of the Honour of Eye in Suffolk
In cujus donationis concessionis testimonium Sigillum meum apposui his testibus Domino Johanne de Ashton Thomâ de Buckton Richardo de Willoughby Hugone de Pavi Eustachio de Walle Andrea de Capello Stephano Baynell Hugone Forrestario Andrea Clerico Ex bundello Escaetorum de Anno vicesimo Edwardi Primi num 19. EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae Dominus Hiberniae Dux Aquitaniae dilecto Clerico suo Malculino de Harledg Escaetori suo citra Trentam Salutem Quia Johannes de Drayton qui de nobis tenuit in Capite diem clausit extremum ut accepimus Vobis mandamus quòd omnes terras tenementa de quibus praedictus Johannes fuit seisitus in Dominico suo ut de feodo in Balliva vestra die quo obiit fine dilatione capiatis in manum nostram ea salvò custodiri faciatis donec aliud inde praeceperimus per Sacramentum proborum legalium hominum de Balliva vestra per quos rei veritas meliùs sciri poterit diligenter inquiratis quantum terrae idem Johannes tenuit de nobis in Capite in Balliva vestra die quo obiit quantum de aliis per quod servitium quantum terrae illae valent per annum in omnibus Exitibus quis propinquior haeres ejus sit cujus aetatis inquisitionem inde distinctè apertè factam nobis sub Sigillo vestro Sigillis eorum per quos facta fuerit sine dilatione mittatis hoc Breve Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo octavo die Januarii Anno Regni nostri vicesimo Inquisitio post mortem Johannis de Drayton INquisitio facta apud Northampton die Lunae proximo post Festum Sancti Valentini Anno Regni Regis Edwardi vicesimo de Terris Tenementis quae fuerunt Johannis de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae per Sacramentum Roberti filii Roberti de Roffwick Johannis de Lyndesey de eadem Willielmi de la Zouch de eadem Willielmi filii Gervasii de Drayton Henrici filii Henrici de eadem Petri de Twyvell Roberti le Panner de eadem Roberti Franceis de Ruliburg Willielmi Noreis de Islip Eliae in Angulo de eadem Radulphi le Peyntor de eadem Willielmi Jossell de eadem qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum quòd dictus Johannes tenuit Manerium de Drayton cum pertinentiis de Domino Rege in Capite per servitium dimidii feodi Militis etiam reddendo Domino Regi in Manerio de Getinton xiij s iv d etiam saciendo sectam Curiae de Getinton à tribus septimanis in tres septimanas Item dicunt quòd Capitale Messuagium cum Columbario Gardino Vivario valet per annum xxs. Item dicunt quòd idem tenuit in Islip quoddam Messuagium cum Gardino Columbario pertinens ad dictum Manerium valet per annum vi s viiid. Item dicunt quòd sunt ibidem ducentae viginti acrae terrae arabilis quatuor acrae valent per annum vii l ix s iv d pretium acrae viiid. Item dicunt quòd sunt ibidem xvii acrae prati falcabilis valent per annum li s pretium acrae iiis. Item sunt ibidem decem acrae pasturae valent per annum xx s pretium acrae iis. Item dicunt quòd sunt in dicto Manerio de redditu Assisae liberorum tenentium vii l ii s ix d viz. ad Festum Sanctae Andreae xxxix s vi d ob Ad Festum Paschae xlii s iv d ob Ad Pentecosten x s vii d ob Ad Festum Sanctorum Petri Pauli xxxix s viiid. Et ad Festum Sancti Michaelis x s viii d ob Item dicunt quòd sunt ibidem duo homines qui reddunt ad Natale decem Capones qui valent x d pretium Caponis 1d unam libram Cumini pretium 1d ad eundem terminum Item sunt ibi tres homines qui falcabunt in prato Domini per unum diem valet opus xiid. Et metent in Blado Domini per unum diem valet opus iiid. Dicunt etiam quòd Simon filius dicti Johannis de Drayton est ejus propinquior Haeres est de aetate novem annorum ampliùs à Festo Commemorationis Sanctorum Petri Pauli usque adhuc In cujus rei testimonium omnes praejurati Sigilla sua apposuerunt Summa summarum xix l xii s ix d de quibus solvuntur Domino Regi in Manerio de Getinton annuatim xiii s ivd. Summa de Claro xviii l xix s vd. Convenit cum Recordo Guilielmus Ryley Sir SIMON of DRAYTON Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships Part of the Articles of Remembrance of the Mannor of Drayton in the County of Northampton FIRST This Mannor in the time of King Edward the Second belonged unto one Symond Drayton as appeareth by Fine of the 15th year of the same King by which the said Symond knowledged the Right to be in one Robert Peyntor Clerk which Robert yielded the same Mannor again to the said Symond and Margaret his Wife To hold of our Lord the King by the service due during their lives and after their decease to remain to John Son of the said Symond and the Heirs of his body begotten and for default of such Issue to remain to the Heirs of the body of the said Symond and Margaret begotten and for default of such Issue to remain to the right Heirs of the said Symond And upon forty years after this Fine appeareth that one John Drayton the thirty fifth year of King Edward the Third by Fine knowledged the Mannor of Drayton except a Mese a Toft a Mill seven Cotages and two Carews of Land two Acres of Meadow one Knights Fee and x l Rent to be the right of Henry Green Richard Bolleshowre Parson of the Church of Pysseforth John Keteryng Parson of the Church of Boketon William of Assheley Parson of the Church of Morton Nicholas Green and Nicholas Thenford And over that granted the said Knights Fee and Rents with the Homage and Services of Robert Vere and Millisent of Yselipe and their Heirs of all the Tenements which they afore held of the said John in the said Mannor to have to them in Fee And over this the foresaid Mese Tost Cotages Lands and Meadow before except which the said Millisent holdeth for term of forty years And the foresaid Mill that the said Millisent and Robert Etebred hold for term of sive years of the Lesse of the said John Drayton and which after the said Lesse to him and his Heirs shall revert wholly to remain to the said Henry Richard John Keteryng William Nicholas and Nicholas and their Heirs to hold together with the aforesaid Mannor Fee and Rents of our Soveraign Lord the King c. with Warranty of the said Drayton for two hundred Marks of Silver c. Then Anno xxxviij Edwardi Tertii
nuper Vicecomitis Lisle Elizabethae uxoris ejus ac Nobis praefatae Johannae Vicecomitissae Lisle Thomae Grey Armigero Thomae Kevell servienti Domini Regis ad legem Edwardo Hungerford Armigero Humfrido Conyngesby Thomae Frowyk Johanni Titchbourne Johanni Smyth Johanni Gardyner Thomae Byall Thomae Heywoode Maneria sua de Waterhale Brafeld Pollycote Wanden Emberton Wolston magna cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae ac Manerium suum de Chalton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Bedfordiae ac etiam Maneria sua de Suttons Pyggesland Tracyes Stamford Ryvers cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae Necnon omnia terras tenementa redditus reversiones servitia cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis quae inter alia praefatus Robertus Wittelbury Armiger Willielmus Marbury Armiger Thomas Mountegu Johannes Freeman ac Willielmus Feld Clericus Robertus Bayston Clericus nuper habuerunt sibi haeredibus suis ex dono feoffamento dicti Comitis prout per quandam Cartam sibi inde confectam pleniùs apparet qui quidem Willielmus Feld Robertus Bayston totum jus suum in maneriis terris tenementis praedictis ac caeteris praemissis praefatis Roberto Wittelbury Willelmo Marbury Thomae Mountegu Johanni Freeman remiserunt relaxaverunt prout per eorum scriptum inde sibi confectum similiter apparet Habendum tenendum praedicta Maneria terras tenementa redditus reversiones servitia cum pertinentiis praefatis Comiti Margaretae uxori suae ac Nobis praesatae Johannae Johanni Vicecomiti Lisle Thomae Grey Thomae Kevell Edwardo Hungerford Humfrido Conyngesby Thomae Frowyk Johanni Titchbourne Johanni Smyth Johanni Gardyner Thomae Byall Thomae Heywoode pro termino vitae ejusdem Margaretae remanere inde praefato Comiti haeredibus assignatis ejusdem Comitis imperpetuum prout in eadem carta plenius liquet Noveritis Nos praefatos Johannam Vicecomitissam Lisle Johannem Vicecomitem Lisle Thomam Grey Thomam Kevell Edwardum Hungerford Humfridum Conyngesby Thomam Frowyk Johannem Titchbourne Johannem Smyth Johannem Gardyner Thomam Byall Thomam Heywoode remisisse relaxâsse omnino pro Nobis haeredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum clamâsse praefato Edwardo Comiti Wilts Margaretae uxori suae totum jus titulum clameum demaundam interesse nostra de in omnibus praedictis Maneriis de Waterhall Brafeld Pollycote Wanden Emberton Wolston magna cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae ac Manerio de Chalton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Bedfordiae ac etiam Maneriis de Suttons Pyggesland Tracyes Stamford Ryvers cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae Necnon de omnibus terris tenementis redditibus reversionibus cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis Ita quòd nec Nos praefati Johanna Vicecomitissa Lisle Johannes Vicecomes Lisle Thomas Grey Thomas Kevell Edwardus Hungerford Humfridus Conyngesby Thomas Frowyk Johannes Titchbourne Johannes Smyth Johannes Gardyner Thomas Byall Thomas Heywoode nec haeredes nostri nec aliquis alius pro Nobis seu nomine nostro aliquid juris vel clamei in praedictis Maneriis terris tenementis redditibus reversionibus praedictis caeteris praemissis cum omnibus suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere seu vendicare poterimus in futuro set ab omni actione juris clamei seu aliquid inde petendi sumus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes In cujus rei testimonium Sigilla nostra apposuimus ....... die mensis ....... Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi post Conquestum Angliae quarto decimo Ultima Voluntas Edwardi Comitis Wilts IN the name of God Amen The two and twentieth day of March in the yeare of oure Lord one thousand four hundred nynety and eight I Edward Erle of Wyltshire of hole minde and good memory bequeth my sowle to Almighty God my Creator and Saviour to our Lady Seint Marie and to all the holy company of Hevyn and my body to be beryed within the Chyrche of Seint Peter in Luffwycke in our Lady I le by me Graundfader Greene and wyll myne Executors make a convenient Tombe to be made for me Item I wyll that the last Wyll of my Lord my Fader my Lady my Moder and my Graundfader Greene be performed Item I wyll that where Robert Wittelbury William Merbury Esquires William Feld Clarke Robert Bayston Clarke Thomas Mountegu and John Freeman been seasid of the Manors of Buckworth Comberton Raundes Ryngsted Irtlingborough Haringworth and Hardewyke in the Counties of Huntingdon Cambridge and Northampton and of oder Landes and Tenements Woodes Meadowes and Pastures in Buckworth Comberton Raundes Rygsted Irtlingborough Hardewycke and Haringworth in the Counties aforesaid in there Demesne as of Fee to the use of me and myne heires and whereas Margaret my Wyfe John Viscounte Lisle and other Cofeffes been seasid of the Manors of Stamford Ryvers Piggesland Tracyes and Suttons in the County of Essex and of the Manors of Newington Blosmavyle and Pollicote in the County of Bucks and of certaine Londes and tenements woodes medowes and pastures belongyng and appartaynyng unto the seid Manors in their demesne as of Fee to the use of me and of Margaret my wyfe for terme of hur lyfe for certaine causes and considerations I wyll that the seid Robert Wittelbury William Merbury William Feld Clarke Robert Bayston Clarke Thomas Mountagu and John Freeman that the foreseid Robert Wittelbury and all the seid Cofeoffes abovenamed and all other Feoffes in the seid Manors Londes and tenements woodes medowes and pastures shall be and stand Feoffes in all the seid Manors Londs and tenements medowes and pastures in Buckworth Comberton Raundes Ringsted Irtlingborough Hardwyke and Haringworth to the intent following That is to sey That I wyll the seid Margaret my wyfe shall have and enjoy all the profites and revenues of the seid Manors of Buckworth Comberton Ringsted Irtlingborough Hardwyck and Haringworth with their appurtynances for terme of her lyfe with this condition that she make no tytle cleyme nor interesse in noon of the Manors of Stamford Ryvers Pyggesland Tracyes Suttons Newenton Blosmavile and Policote the which I wyll shall descend unto my Lord of Buckingham and his heires and I besech my seid Lord to suffer my wyfe to have the Manors of Newynton Blosmavile for terme of her lyfe and to be good Lord unto her and my Servaunts Item I wyll that all such Annuities and Fees as be graunted by Dede or Patentes by my Lord my Fader my Lady my Moder my Grandfader Greene and me be had ferme and stable for terme of their lyfe without lett or interruption Item I wyll that my Feoffes that now been or hereafter shall be suffer William Merbury and Thomas Mountegu to take and receyve the revenues and profites of my Londes Tenements Woods Medowes and Pastures in Luffewicke and Islip unto they be content and saved harmelesse ayenst the King for the Det of One hundred and twenty nine Pounds one
was provided by the same Book that if the now Lord Mordaunt did not assure the Fitz-Lewis's Lands which are of the value of five hundred Marks per annum within six Months after the Feast of Saint Andrew next ensuing the Date of the same Book to Sir Robert Throckmorton and other the Recoverers and their Heirs of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands that is to say parcel thereof to the value of three hundred Marks or under to the use of the now Lord Mordaunt and my Lady now his Wife for the term of their lives disponishable of waste during the life of the now Lord Mordaunt and after their deceases to the use of Lewis Mordaunt and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs to the use of the right Heirs of the Fitz-Lewis And the remanent part thereof to the use of the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste And after his decease to the use of his Will for the term of ten years and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten and for default of such Heirs to the use of the right Heirs of the Fitz-Lewis for ever That then the use of all such and so much of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands as was appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt by that Book should be unto the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste And after the said several uses of the late Lord Mordaunt's shall be ended and determined as is abovesaid and as the same shall severally end and determine the uses thereof be further appointed as followeth that is to say Unto the first Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt in lawful marriage begotten and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten And after to the second Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt on lawful marriage begotten and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten with divers remainders over the last remainder thereof being appointed to the right Heirs of the said Lewis Mordaunt for ever And to the intent that my Lady Mordaunt now Wife to the now Lord Mordaunt should have goodwill that the Fitz-Lewis's Lands should be assured as aforesaid the late Lord Mordaunt did grant unto her for the augmentation of her Joynture to make it up four hundred Marks a year an yearly Rent of an hundred Marks by the year during her life with a Clause of distress in his own Land for the not payment thereof upon Condition that the Fitz-Lewis's Lands should be assured as is aforesaid Shortly after this Book thus agreed upon and sealed one part thereof was sent to the now Lord Mordaunt that he might thereby perfectly understand what his Father had done and the premisses notwithstanding he would not assure the Fitz-Lewis's Lands as he ought to have done within the said six Months by reason whereof the uses of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt did cease through the wilful default of the now Lord Mordaunt and the same came to the said Lewis Mordaunt Memorandum That the Conveyances of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands as is aforesaid was of the mere motion circumspection and providence of the late Lord Mordaunt for the causes aforesaid without any seeking of the said Lewis Mordaunt who neither would nor durst move the said late Lord Mordaunt his Grandfather being a wise man in such a matter Now the premisses considered it may appear that the said Lewis hath not done any thing whereby to offend his Father except it be in refusing to marry his Mother-in-Laws Daughter which his Father offered him in marriage which he liked not or else in receiving the benevolence of his Grandfather unprocured of his part The Causes of the late Lord Mordaunt's doings and the doings of the now Lord Mordaunt towards the late Lord Mordaunt his Father and towards the Fitz-Lewis's Lands may plainly appear in the Articles abovesaid The Book was delivered to the now Lord Mordaunt within twelve days after the beginning of the six Months so as he had all the six Months saving twelve days to consider thereupon and to have made assurance of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands accordingly Another Will of Sir John Mordaunt of Westhornedon IN the Name of God Amen The twentieth Day of September in the Year of our Lord God a thousand five hundred forty and nine and in the third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Edward the Sixth by the Grace of God of England France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in Earth of the Church of England and Ireland the supreme Head I Sir John Mordaunt of Westhornedon in the County of Essex Knight being of whole mind and perfect remembrance thanks be to God do make my Testament and last Will in manner and form following First I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God and my Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Westhornedon aforesaid by Dame Ely Mordaunt my late Wife trusting through the merits of Christ's Passion to be saved And the doings and ordering of my Funeral-expences I commit to the order and disposition of Dame Joan now my Wife whom I make and ordain by this my present Testament my sole Executrix And first as concerning the devise and bequest of my Lands and Tenements I give and bequeath to John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt my Father the said Joan my Wife and to Edmond Mordaunt my Brother all that my Mannor of Westhornedon and all my Right Title and Possession that I have in the said Mannor with the appurtenances with all those my Lands and Tenements called Fieldhouse and Maundes now in the manurance occupation and tenure of John Wright of Keldon in the said County of Essex The reversion of the Mannor of Wantons in Bumpsted ad Turr ' with Purbysher and Whytley set lying and being in thé Town of Bumpsted ad Turr ' and Burdbroke which Dame Joan my Wife doth hold for the time of her life as Parcel of her Joynture with all and singular Rights Members Appurtenances and all Lands Tenements and Advowsons Meadows Feedings Pastures Woods Underwoods and other Hereditaments that be or have been in times past reputed taken or known as Part or Parcel of the said Mannor of Westhornedon and Wantons in the said County of Essex And all other my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the said Town of Westhornedon Easthornedon Tholderdyche Warley magna Bumpsted Sturmer and Burdbroke in the said County of Essex To have hold and enjoy all the Premisses with their Members and Appurtenances and every Part and Parcel thereof to the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt and to their Heirs and Assigns upon the Conditions following that is to wit That they with the Issues and Profits of the Premisses shall find and provide or cause to be
Wokingdon Episcopi with all and singular their Appurtenances sett lying and being in the Parishes of Kinton Bulvan Easthornedon Westhornedon and Cranham otherwise called Bishops Wokingdon in the County of Essex aforesaid which the said Dame Joan doth hold for term of her life as Parcel of her Joynture and all and all manner of Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures Feedings Commons Woods Underwoods and all other Hereditaments to the said Mannors appertaining or belonging to my Son Edmond Mordaunt and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten upon Condition that if my said Son Edmond his Heirs or Assigns do aliene grant with Warranty discontinuance suffer any recovery or suffer to be done any Act or Acts thing or things to the intent to barr his or their Heir or Heirs or him or them in the reversion of the said Mannors of Amys Cranham otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi with their appurtenances or of any Part or Parcel thereof or of any other Lands Tenements or other Hereditaments devised to the said Edmond by this my last Will and Testament That then it shall be lawful to my Heirs to enter into the said Mannors Lands Tenements and all other Hereditaments alienated discontinued or recovered in manner and form abovesaid and into every part and parcel thereof and the same to retain and keep in manner and form as though no such devise had been made And the said Edmond and his Heirs thereof to expel and put out for ever Provided always that if any alienation discontinuance or recovery be had and made in manner and form abovesaid without fraud covyn or deceit to make his Wife or Wives Joynture for term of her and their life or lives to the preferment of his or their younger Son or Sons for the marrying of his or their Daughter or Daughters and for the Payment of his or their Debts so that the said Edmond and his Heirs of his Body make or cause the Fee-simple of such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments recovered and discontinued to such use to be made sure to my Heirs to remain come and grow to them immediately after the death of my said Son Edmond or of the Heirs of his Body or immediately after the death of his said Wife or Wives the Money levied for the marrying of his or their said Daughter or Daughters for the Payment of his or their Debt or Debts or the Preferment of his or their younger Son or Sons Then I will that mine Heirs shall take no benefit or advantage of any such discontinuance recovery act or acts thing or things assurance or assurances had or made for the aforesaid intents or purposes without fraud or covyn by way of Entry or otherwise any thing in this my last Will and Testament to the contrary notwithstanding Furthermore if my said Son Lewis or his Heirs of his Body being of the Age of one and twenty years or more shall lawfully offer and tender to give grant and assure within two years after the death of the said Dame Joan or after the said Edmond or the Heirs of his Body shall accomplish the Age of one and twenty years the Mannor of Typtosts and Pinkneys in the County of Essex and the Mannor of Belhalf in the County of Norfolk with all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Wymbyshe Walden Thaxsted and Radwynter in the County of Essex and Belhalf Billinford or elsewhere in the County of Norfolk which hath or shall descend remain or come to my said Son Lewis from my late Wife Dame Ely Mordaunt to my said Son Edmond or if he chance to dye to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten To have and to hold the said Mannor of Typtosts and Pinkneys Belhalf Billingford and the Premisses to my Son Edmond and to the Heirs of his Body in like Estate Degree and with like Condition as I have devised unto the said Edmond the Mannors of Cranham otherwise Wokingdon Episcopi Amys and other the Premisses above mentioned That then if the said Edmond or the Heirs of his Body shall refuse to receive and take the said Mannors of Typtosts Pinkneys Belhalf Billingford and other the Premisses being lawfully tendered and offered to him or them by the said Lewis or the Heirs of his Body in manner and form abovesaid Then I will that immediately after the said assurance made or the said denial that the devise of my Mannors of Cranham otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi and Amys aforesaid and all other my devises made to my said Son Edmond by this my last Will to be void and of none effect any thing in this my last Will or Testament to the contrary notwithstanding And further I will that if my said Son Lewis Mordaunt or the Heirs of his Body do not tender and be contented to make unto my said Son Edmond Mordaunt or to the Heirs of his Body within the time above-mentioned a good sure and sufficient Estate in manner and form above-mentioned at the Costs and Charges of the said Lewis or his Heirs of or in the Mannors of Typtosts and Pinkneys and other the Premisses Then I give and devise to my said Son Edmond Mordaunt the said Mannors of Cranham and Amys and all other the Premisses before devised to him To have and to hold to the said Edmond and his Heirs for ever Also I will that after this my last Will and Testament performed concerning the Premisses all manner of Costs and Charges had and sustained by the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and the said Edmond or the Survivor of them or their Assigns about the defence and execution of the same Will and Testament payed and discharged That then the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and the said Edmond or the Survivor of them or their Assigns shall infeosse or otherwise assure the Premisses above-mentioned and every part and parcel thereof to the only use of his Heirs and their Heirs for ever the said assurance to be had and made at the only Costs and Charges in the Law of my said Heirs A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of HOWARD of Effingham Justified by Publick Records Charters Deeds Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD The Arms of the House of Howard were Quarterly Howard Brotherton Warren and Mowbray Of the Original Greatness Actions Honors Alliances Possessions and Arms of the House of Howard of Effingham I Would have the Reader know That I presume not here to declare the Honors and Advantages which belong to the Illustrious House of Howard it would be too great a task for one much abler that could have access unto those lights which might direct him in such an undertaking but much more for a stranger who does only pretend to trace out those Genealogies among the proofs of which he has been conversant and that particularly appertain to the House of Mordaunt It is therefore of the Howards of Effingham of which I am to Treat from whence the Earl of Peterborow is not only Descended but of which he is
several maintenances until their several Marriages I do Will Give Bequeath and Devise by this my Last Will and Testament unto my loving Friends Edward Watson and John Wake Esquires and to their Heirs for ever Two parts of my Maners of Carleton and Chillington in the County of Bedford in Three parts to be divided which I lately purchased of the Lord Vaux the Land Meadow and Common thereto belonging lying in the Fields of Turvey only excepted Also I will give and bequeath unto the said Edward Watson and John Wake and to their Heirs for ever Two parts of my Maner of Stacheden otherwise called Delwike in the County of Bedford in three parts to be divided lately by me purchased of Master William Cornwallis Esquire and Lucy his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs of Sir John Nevill Knight Lord Latimer deceased and also two parts of my Maner and Closes of Snelson in the Parish of Lawenden in the County of Buckingham commonly called Snelson-Pastures in three parts to be divided or as much of my said Maners of Carleton and Chillington Stacheden called Delwike and Snelson-Pastures as shall amount unto two full parts of all the said Maners Closes and Pastures in three parts to be divided To the intent and purpose and upon special Trust and Confidence That if my Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs do not yearly pay to each of my Daughters for their several maintenances until their several Marriages the foresaid Summs of Fifty Pounds a piece with their several Meat Drink and Lodging or One hundred Marks a Year a piece without Meat and Drink so that each of them may quietly have and receive Fifty Pounds a Year and Meat and Drink or a Hundred Marks a piece without Meat and Drink according to my true meaning as aforesaid Then I will That the said Edward Watson and John Wake my said Executors for this purpose and their Heirs shall yearly after my death levy and receive the Rents Issues Profits of the Premises and pay unto my said two Daughters yearly as aforesaid to each of them the Summ of One hundred Marks for their several maintenance until the several days of their several Marriages and the rest remaining to deliver unto my Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs And to the intent and purpose and upon special Trust and Confidence That if my said Son Henry Mordaunt his Heirs Exccutors or Assigns shall not pay the said several Summs and every part and parcel of them before by me in this my Will to my Daughters and others bequeathed at such days and times as in this my Last Will is devised mentioned declared or intended according to my true meaning as I trust and assuredly hope he will Or shall resuse make denial or use detraction or delays Then I will That the said Edward Watson and John Wake or the Survivor of them and their Heirs shall bargain and sell to any person or persons their Heirs or Assigns for ever the said two parts of my said Maners Closes and Pastures with all and singular their Appurtenances in Carleton Chillington Stacheden called Delwike and Snelson aliàs Snelson-Pastures in three parts to be divided or as much thereof and of every part and parcel thereof as shall amount or fully extend unto the just value of two parts in three parts to be divided the Land in the Field of Turvey belonging to Carleton and Chillington only excepted for and towards the payment of their said several Portions before bequeathed And my intent is That if any Summ of Money shall be remaining over and besides the Legacies aforesaid which I will first to be satisfied then within convenient time after my Executors shall have received the same my said Executors and their Heirs shall deducting their reasonable Charges pay the same over unto my Son or to such other as shall be at that time my Heir Male of my House of Drayton And for that purpose only I mean for the maintenance of my Daughters and for the sale of my said Land as aforesaid if need so require I will that Edward Watson and John Wake Esquires and I will that _____ shall be my Supervisors for whose care in that behalf I give _____ And if my Son Henry depart this World without Heir Male my Daughters or any of them then surviving then my will is That my Daughter Katherine shall have in Augmentation of her Portion Five hundred Pounds more over and above her former Legacies And my Daughter Elizabeth also shall have Five hundred Pounds more beside her former Legacies And Arthur Maunsell if he be then alive shall have the like Summ of Five hundred Pounds otherwise I will the same to be divided between my Daughter Mary's two Sons Arthur and Henry Maunsell and that Edward Watson and John Wake and their Heirs my Executors also for this purpose shall stand seized of two parts of my Fee-simple Lands until such time as my Daughters be paid their Legacies by the next Heirs to whom my Son shall leave the same if my Son die without a Son But if my Son Henry have a Son that shall survive him then these three last Legacies bequeathed unto my Daughters Katherine and Elizabeth and the Children of my Daughter Mary touching their last bequests of Five hundred Pounds a piece shall be meerly void Nevertheless my Will is That though he have a Son my Daughters shall have their former Legacies and Portions according to my true meaning as aforesaid And my full Meaning and Will is That the Charges of my several Daughters Marriages in Meat Drink and Apparel according to their degrees shall be defrayed and born at the Costs and Charges of my Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs or such other to whom my Lands by vertue hereof shall descend Which if he or they shall refuse or not do Then I Will That Edward Watson and John Wake my Executors or the Survivor of them or their Heirs shall see performed out of such Lands as before and hereafter I have willed and devised to them and their Heirs as occasion shall serve And thus having disposed of my worldly Goods and taken order for my Daughters Portions and Debts which I wish to be first paid having a special care that all and every Person or Persons to whom I have sold any manner of Lands Tenements or Hereditaments shall quietly and peaceably enjoy the same according to my true intent and meaning Although my trust and hope is my Son and Heir and his and their Heirs and all those that are or shall be Heir or Heirs Males to John Lord Mordaunt my late Grandfather to John Lord Mordaunt my Father deceased to my self or to my Son Henry Mordaunt shall and will quietly and peaceably permit and suffer all those Person and Persons and their Heirs to whom I have sold any Maners Lands or Tenements as aforesaid to have hold and enjoy the same and every part and parcel of them to them and their Heirs for ever