to restrain the hostile incursions of the Welsh And in 46 Hen. 3. was one of those Barons to whom Writs were directed requiring them to send their Seals for ratifying the agreement then made betwixt that King and the Barons in case they could not come in person But soon after this he took part with the Rebellious Barons and in 47 Hen. 3. was one of those who endeavored to compel the King to submit to those unreasonable Ordinances of their own framing called Provisiones Oxonii In An. 1261. 49 Hen. 3. this Robert de Vipount and Idonea his Wife obtained a Grant from William de Vipount and Mabel his Wife bearing date in the Moneth of May of all their Right in Curvavill in Normandy but before the end of that year he was in Arms against the King with Montâ—ort Earl of Leicester and others in the Battle of Evesham where he lost his life as I ghess for certain it is that he died that year and that his Lands then seised on by the King for that transgression were forthwith granted unto Râ—ger de Clifford and Roger de Leyburne for their laudable services at that time performed together with the custody of Isabel and Idonea his Daughters and Coheirs and that the next ensuing year in consideration of the merits of the said Roger and Roger the King totally remitted to those Daughters and Coheirs the whole forfeiture of Robert de Vipount their late Father in his adherence to Montfort Earl of Leicester and his Complices Soon after which viz. in 51 Hen. 3. the King commanded that a Survey of all his Lands should be made and likewise Partition of them and that these Guardians of those his Daughters who afterwards became their Husbands should hold the same Which Idonea after the death of Roger de Leyburne was wedded to Iohn de Cromwell Berkley FOrasmuch as the sirname of Berkley being originally assumed by the Maternal Aâ—cestor of this Noble Family by reason that his cheif Seat was at Berkley in Glâ—cestershire when the English in imitation of the Normans first began to assume their Appellations from the places of their residence I have thought it most proper to begin my discourse with him whose name was Roger. This Roger in the Conquerors time possessed the Lordships of Foxley Estone and Frestesfield in Wiltshire as also Eoberly Dodinton and Siston in Glocestershire And in the twentieth of that Kings Reign being called Rogerus senior de Berkele caused the Lordship of Nâ—mdesfield to be surveyed and valued for the Kings own Table without the knowledge of Serlo at that time Abbot of S. Peters in Glocester whereunto it did of Right belong But in An. 1093. 6 W. Ruâ—i Eustace de Berkley rendred it back to that Monastery This Roger gave to the Priory of Stanley the Churches of Oselworth Coveley Erlingham Slimbridge and Weyes with the Tithes and Lands unto them appertaining And in An. 1091. 5 W. Ruâ—i upon the Feast day of S. Sebastian being shorn a Monk there restored the Lordship of Shoâ—eshore which he had long detained from that Covent To the Canons of Bradenstoke in Wiltshire He likewise gave a croft in Dodinton called Henley one Acre and an half of 〈◊〉 near Widwell one Acre of Meadow at Sleperesnorth another in Langedale and all that parcel of arable Land lying betwixt Halbrock and Old Lupied And besides all this received by the gift of that King certain Lands upon condition That he should confer them upon some Monks or Canons But being prevented by death bequeathed them to Williâ—m de Berkley his Nephew upon the same terms Of which William I find that he bestowed on the Monks of Tynterâ—e in Wales a certain Desart near Berkley called Kingswood there to found an Abby of the Cistercian Order and that Maud the Empress Daughter to King Henry the First confirmed the Grant Howbeit not long after King Stephen then Reigning betwixt whom and that Empress was great hostility the Monks so seated at Kingswood purchased a certain place named 〈◊〉 from Iohn de S. Iohn unto whom that King had given it as part of the Lands of Reginald de S. Walerick and removed themselves thither But Peace being at length setled Reginald thereupon repossessing Haselden expelled them thence Nevertheless after some time promised to restore it in case they would return from Kingâ—wood because he had undertaken upon a certain Pennance enjoyned him by the Pope that he would found an Abby of the Cistercian Order which was accordingly performed by those Monks Howbeit ere long discerning Haselden to be an inconvenient habitation for lack of Water he removed them to Tettebiry Whereupon Roger de Berkley Heir to this William complaining that Kingswood being first founded an Abby by his Predecessor was then held meerly as a Grange to Tetteâ—iry required that the Covent might be brought back to Kingswood and there continue according to the pious intent of his Ancestor or that he himself might repossess Kingswood Whereunto though the King was willing nevertheless by a General Chapter of the whole Cistercian Order it was determined otherwise and that Kingswood should be no other then a Grange to Tettebiry yet that Mass should alway be sung at Kingswood privately by one Monk who was to have for his labor twenty seven marks and an half But after this by another General Chapter of that Order held at Kirkstead in Com. Linc. it was agreed That the Abbot of Waverley should rebuild Kingswood with the consent of the Founder and confirmation of the King Which being done without the privity of the Covent at Cottebiry and Abbot of Tinterâ—e who when they knew thereof opposed the same upon a meeting of divers other Abbots at Kingswood it was concluded That the Monks placed at Kingswood should be recalled and that place reduced unto the state of a Grange to Tettebiry as it was before Howbeit because Tettebiry was a narrow place and too little for an Abby having no fuel but what was brought from Kingswood which was far distant Bernard de S. Walerick came to an accord with Roger de Berkley Founder of Kingswood and thereupon obtaining a Grant from him of forty Acres of Land lying at Mireford adjoyning to Kingswood translated k those Monks from Tettebiry thither and called it Kingswood as a name of most note Roger his Son assenting thereto And having received License from King Henry the First to bestow his Mannor of Acheolt on some Monks or Canons for the health of that Kings Soul and his Ancestors gave it to the Monks of Kingswood This Roger the Founder of Kingswood adhering to Maud the Empress underwent a very hard fate through the perfidiousness and cruelty of Walter Brother to Milo Earl
Edw. 1. was made Constable of the Castle of Rockingham as also Warden of that Forest. In 28 Edw. 1. he was in the Wars of Scotland and in 30 Edw. 1. had a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands within his Lordships of Wyberton Cumberworth Sutton Scrolby and Billesby in Com. Linc. In 31 Edw. 1. and 32 Edw. 1. being again in the Wars of Scotland in consideration thereof in 4 Edw. 2. he obtain'd the King's special Precept to the Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer to give him respite for the payment of such Debts as were then due from him until Easter next following And having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 27 Edw. 1. to 4 Edw. 2. inclusive departed this life the same year being then seized of the Mannours of Welle and Cumberworth and certain Tenements in Hellow and Swaby in Com. Linc. as also of a certain Wood and Pasture called Welle-parke containing xl Acres of Land as parcel of the Mannor of Skendelby held of the King together with the Mannors of Folhyngham Edenham Hekinton and Barton which were at that time possess'd by Henry de Beaumont And joyntly with Ioane his Wife of the Mannor of Wyberton in the same County Likewise of one Messuage and two yard land in Faxton in Com. Northampton leaving Robert his son and heir xvi years of age and Ioane his Wife surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Welle and Brunthorpe with certain Lands in Anderby and Hoggesthorp aad the moytie of all his Lands in Sutton Which Robert in 12 Edw. 2. making proof of his age had livery of the Lands of his Inheritance but did not long enjoy them for in 14 Edw. 2. he departed this life being at that time seised of two parts of the Mannor of Faxton in Com. North. and of the third part of the Mannor of Wytton and of the Mannors of Graynesby Wychren Welle Helawe and Swaby with certain Tenements in Alford in Com. Linc. leaving Adam his Brother and Heir sixteen years old who making proof of his age in 20 Edw. 2. had livery of his Lands and in 7 Edw. 3. was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 9 Edw. 3. being then a Knight And in 16 Edw. 3. was charged with ten Men at Armes and ten Archers for the King's service in France as also with the like number in 17 Edw. 3. And having been summon'd to Parliament from 6 Ed. 3. until 18 Ed. 3. inclusive departed this life in 19 Edw. 3. being then seised of two parts of the Mannour of Ellyngton in Com. Northumb. Also of the Mannour of Faxton in Com. Northampton Cumberworth Btunthorp ... in Com. Linc. leaving Iohn his son and heir xi years of age whose Wardship was granted to Margaret the Widow of William Lord Ros of Hamlake Which Iohn in 22 Edw. 3. though then in minority caused his Father's Executors to purchase a Rent of Ten pounds per annum from the Monks of Bardney issuing out of the Mannor of Stepyng and certain Lands in Frysby Wynthorp and other places in Com. Linc. for the behoof of the Abbess and Nuns of Grenefeld and their Successors in that County he being Patron of that House In consideration whereof they obliged themselves and their Successors to find two fitting Priests to celebrate Masses Mattens Placebo Dirige and Commendations Canonical-hours and all other Divine Offices every day in the Chappel of our Lady within that their Monastery of Grenefeld founded by his Ancestors for the health of the Souls of Adam de Welle and Margaret his Wife and for the Souls of Adam father of the said Adam and Ioane his Wife as also for the good Estate of the said Iohn and Maud his Wife and after this life for the health of all their Souls And in 29 Edw. 3. making proof of his age had livery of his Lands his Homage being respited After which in 33 Edw. 3. he was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne And having been summon'd to Parliament in 31 and 34 Edw. 3. died in 35 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannours of Ellyngton and Bywell in Com. Northumb. â—heydene Gernon in Com. Essex Faxton in Com. North. and of the Mannors of Graynesby Sutton juxta Markeby Welle Hellowe Brunthorpe Wichyn Bradle â—rusthorpe Aby and Wiberton in Com. Linc. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir ten years of age Which Iohn in 47 Edw. 3. making proof of his age and doing his homage had livery of his Lands and being then a Knight was inthat Expedition at that time made into Flanders and of the Retinue with Iohn Duke of Lancaster In 1 Rich. 2. he was likewise in the Wars of France And in 2 Rich. 2. served under Henry de Percy Earl of Northumberland in the Garrison of Barwick upon Twede that Earl being then Governour there In 3 Rich. 2. he had License to travel beyond-Sea So likewise in 4 Rich. 2. As also in 5 Rich. 2. at which time he obtain'd leave for himself and two other persons in his company with three Horses and all Accoutrements to them belonging to serve in what Wars he should think fit And in 6 Rich. 2. being still in those parts procured License to continue there But in 8 Rich. 2. he returned and having received some affront from a Knight in France got leave to go again for the vindication of his honour and to transmit such Letters-Testimonial thither for the manifestation of his credit and repute as he should think fit After which before the end of that year he was retain'd to serve the King in his Scotish Wars for xl days and in 11 Rich. 2. serv'd again in the Wars of France In 19 R. 2. being sent Ambassador into Scotland to Treat concerning certain matters of great importance betwixt both Kings he hapned to be at a solemn Banquet where the Scots and English were discoursing of Deeds of Armes and said Let words have no place If ye know not the Chivalry and Valiant Deeds of English men appoint me a day and place when ye list and ye shall have experience Whereunto David E. of Crauford assenting this Iohn L. Welles chose London-bridge for the place and the Earl of Crauford assign'd St. Georges-Day for the time Hereupon Crauford repaired to London with thirty persons well appointed and upon the day of Battle both of them coming to the Bridge on their barb'd horses at the sound of Trumpet encountred each other with square grounden Speares In which adventure Earl David sate so strong that notwithstanding the Spear was broken on his Helmet and Visage he stir'd not in so much that the Spectators cryed out That contrary to the Law of Armes he
In 30 Edw. 3. he was again in those Wars of Gaâ—come at which time the English obtained that signal Victory at Poytiers And being with Prince Edward upon his retreat from foraging of â—erry was set upon by an Ambuscado near unto 〈◊〉 but behaved himself so courageously in skirmishing with the Enemy that he kept them off till the Prince drew near upon the sight of whose Forces they fled In 33 Edw. 3. he attended the King again into 〈◊〉 At which time making another Excursion to Sourmussy which was fortified by a double Ditch he took it by assault and soon after by undermining the Castle obtain'd it by render In 34 Edw 3. Elizabeth his Mother then departing this life he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance his Homage being respited by reason of his absence in the Wars of France And for that respect had also a special respite for all his Debts In 37 Edw. 3. he was sent to Dover with divers other eminent persons to attend King Iohn of France upon his landing there thence to Canterbury and so to Etham where King Edward at that time was Shortly after which he obtain'd from the King a Grant of Two hundred pounds of that Debt which was due to him for the Count of Vendedour his prisoner In 39 Edw. 3. he was in another Expedition made into Flanders So likewise in 40 Edw. 3. And in 42 Edw. 3. upon the Peace made betwixt King Eward and the French was one of those Lords who Swore to the Articles on the King's part for the performance of them By his last Will and Testament bearing date at London 4 th April An 1369. 43 Edw. 3. he bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Chappel of 〈◊〉 before the Image of the blessed Virgin Appointing that soon after his death his Corps should be to that purpose carried thither having one Taper at the head and another at the fect where it was to rest the first night Likewise that a Dirige should be there said and in the morning a Mass whereat a Noble to be offered for his Soul Moreover that two Torches should be carried along with no Corps one on the one side and the other on the other side kindled at the passing through every Town and then given to that Church wherein it should rest at night Likewise that the Charriot in which it was to be carried should be covered with red Cendall with the Lyon of his Arms thereon and his Helmet at the head and that to every Church wherein it was to rest all night the like Cloth of Condall with his Armes thereon to be left Also that every morning there should be given to the Poor of that place so much Dole as his Executors should think fit And that upon the day of his Funeral no other cover should be on his Body than that of red Cendall with the Lyon for his Armes and his Helmet as also a Taper at the Head and another at the Feet and on each side a Torch To Sir Walter Pavely he bequeath'd astanding Cup gilt with an L. upon the Cover as also his whole Sute of Armes for the Justs with his Coat of Male and Sword And departed this life 5 th April 43 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Bekeswell in Com. Essex of the Castle and hundred of Ewyas Lacie in the Marches of Wales Of the Mannors of Heyhtredesbury Steâ—te and Colerne in Com. Wilts Of the Mannors of Welwetham Carleton Middelton Blaxole Asshe Clopton Swinlond Cokefeld and Witnesham in Com. Suff. and of the Mannor of Fenhale in the same County which he held by the Curtesie of England in right of the before-specified Cecilie his Wife Leaving Margaret his second Wife Sister to Bartholomew Lord Badlesmere surviving whom with the before-specified Walter Pavely he constituted his Executors and Elizabeth his daughter and heir Married to Edward le Despenser being then Twenty seven years of age After which viz. in 20 Rich. 2. Sir Roger de Swillington Knight obtain'd License from the King to found a Chantry consisting of five Priests one Clerk six Children in the Chappel of St. Catherine within the Cathedral Church of Lincolne for the health of the Soul of King Edward the Third and of this last mention'd Bartholonew Lord Burghersh and all his Ancestors ¶ I come now to Henry de Burghersh brother of this Bartholomew This Henry being a Knight in 21 Edw. 3. and having Married Isabell one of the sisters and coheirs to Edmund de St. Iohn had for her purpartie of the Lands of that Inheritance an Assignation of the Mannors of Bernham Halfnâ—ked and Middâ—ton in Com. Suss. as also of Forty pounds yearly Rent out of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 juxta Dertford in Com Cantii with one acre of Land in West-field within the Mannor of Baâ—yng in Com. South and departed this life in 23 E. 3. leaving Bartholomew his brother and heir Twenty six years of age and Isabel his Wife surviving afterwards Married to Lucas de Poynings ¶ Of this Family was Iohn de Burghersh who took to Wife Maud one of the daughters and heirs of Edmund Bacon of ... in Com. Essex but died before the 31 th of Edw 3. leaving issue by her a son called Iohn then within age Which Iohn as Cousin and heir to William de Kerdeston his Grandfather making proof of his age in 40 Edw. 3. had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance lying in the Counties of Norff. and Suff. But this Livery was afterwards controverted by William de Kerdeston who laying claime to those Lands as son and heir to the before-specified William prevail'd therein In 47 Edw. 3. this Iohn de Burghershe being then a Knight was in that Expedition then made into Flanders but died in 19 Rich. 2. or before leaving issue by Ismania his Wife daughter of ... Hanham of ... in Com. Gloc. and Widow of Sir Iohn Ralegh of Nettlecombe Knight two daughters his heirs Margaret first Married to Sir Iohn Grenevil Knight and afterwards to Iohn Arundel of ... in Com. Cornub Esq. And Maude the Wife of Thomas Chaucer Which Margaret upon partition of the Lands of that Inheritance had for her purpartie an assignation of the Mannor of Ravensbury in Com. Oxon. Likewise a certain parcel of Land called Allemansland lying in Micham in Com. Surr. certain Lands in Skendelby in Com. Linc. Emelme and Tythorpe in Com. Oxon. with divers VVoods and Underwoods in Ryngefey and Tourley in Com. Buck. Thweng 35 Edw. 1. OF this Family antiently Lords of Kilton Castle in Cleveland and other large possessions in that Northern Tract of Yorâ—shiâ—e the first touching whom I find mention is Sir Robert de Thweng Knight who in 22 H. 3. upon
to render that his Fort called 〈◊〉 with all the Treasure he had therein being thenceforth for want of Food and by reason of other sufferings put to great misery Touching this Battle another Historian varies much in his Relation from what the Monk of Durhaâ— hath above expressed for inter alia reporting the Speech which Robert Consul Earl of 〈◊〉 made before the Battle unto Ranulph Earl of Chester after he had highly magnified him for his desires to lead the Van he goes on thus Against whom is it that we fight Here is Alan Earl of Britanny in Arms against us nay against God himself a wicked person and full of all manner of iniquity No man for malice to be compared with him being always disposed to mischeif thinking it a dishonor that any one should equal him for cruelty But before he had made an end of his Speech the Battle began the Van of those who fought for the Empress assaulting that part of the Kings Army wherein this our Earl together with the Earl of Mellent Hugh Bigot Earl Simon and the Earl of Warren were which was done with such courage that they were suddenly routed some slain some taken and the rest put to flight The Author of those Memorials intituled Gesta Regis Stephani representeth this Earl for a most deceitful person adding that whilst he was contriving his revenge against the Earl of Chester his adversaries prevailing he was taken and cast into prison where he continued until he submitted himself and delivered up his Castles unto him And that in the mean while he lost the Earldom of Cornwal which he had of the Kings gift This Earl Alan wrote himself Earl of Britanny â—ornwal and Richmund and gave unto the Monastery of S. Michael at the Mount in â—ornwal Ten shillings yearly Rent issuing out of the Fair at 〈◊〉 for the health of his Soul his Wife and Childrens Souls and for the Redemption of the Soul of Brientius â—ilius Comitis his Uncle from whom he did Hereditarily possess his Lands in Cornwal To the Monks of Iorevaulx he gave Common of Pasture throughout all his Forest of Wandesleydale and as much Mowing Ground in his Meadows there as they should need as also Timber in any part thereof for their Buildings and necessary uses He bestowed also on the Monks of Fountains all his Woods belonging to Marsc on that side the River Iore wherein Burton is situate for the Building of their Cell at Aldeburne and on the other side of the same River he gave unto them Rumore and Bramley When he died I have not certainly discovered but he was buried in the Abbey of Begar in Com. ... of the Cistercian Order whereunto he gave at his death certain Lands in the Soke of Gaytune for erecting a Grange thereon The name of his Wife was Bertra by whom he had issue Conan who succeeded him in his Honors and three other Sons viz. Robert Bryan and Reginald This Conan had the title of Duke of Britanny and Earl of Richmund and in 1 Hen. 2. went into Britanny where he was received by the most for their Duke ¶ In 10 H. 2. he was one of the Witnesses to that Recognition made by the King touching the Peoples Liberties And according to the example of his Ancestors bore an especial love to the Abbey of Iorvauix for discerning the place where it stood viz. At Fo rs not to be convenient he gave the Monks of that House leave to translate it unto a piece of Waste Ground in East Witton and bestowed on them a large Pasture in Wandesâ—esdaiâ— which Land lieth beyond 〈◊〉 and extendeth it self unto the Bounds betwixt 〈◊〉 and Massamshire As also all that several Pasture on the North of the River 〈◊〉 reserving only liberty for his Deer giving them leave to take Estovers and all other necessaries on the South of Iore and likewise Pasturage throughout his new Forest near Richmund for all their Cattle with power to keep Mastiff Dogs for chasing out Wolves out of those their Territories Moreover he Founded the Priory of Nuns at Roweny in Hartfordshire To the Cell of S. Martins near Richmund he gave the Tithes of his Mills at Richmund To the Monks of Kirstede he gave the Church of Kaiton with two Carucates and an hah of Land lying in the Fields of Kaiton as also a parcel of Ground called Kaiton-Rahage To the Abbey of Denney in Cambridgeshire he confirmed all that Robert his Chamberlain gave thereto And ratified the Grant of the Land called Wath which his Ancestors had bestowed on the Monks of S. Michael at the Mount in Cornwal He married Margaret Daughter to Henry Earl of Huntendon Sister to William King of Scots by whom he had only issue Constance a Daughter first married unto Geffrey Fourth Son to Henry the Second King of England which Geffrey was in her right Duke of Britanny Secondly to Ranulph Earl of Chester whom she forsook and thirdly to Guy de Tuarz Brother to the Vicount of Tuarz This Margaret surviving him became afterwards the Wife of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford It is reported That upon the death of Geffrey Earl of Anjou Father to Henry the Second King of England the City of Nantz in Britanny electing Geffrey second Son to the said Geffrey to be their Ruler sent for him and delivered unto him the Possession thereof as also of the adjacent Province but he dying soon after the Earl of Richmund id est this Conan having the rule of a great part of that Province of Britanny entered the City of Nantz Whereof the King id est Henry the Second being informed he forthwith commanded That the Earldom should be seised into his own hands and after wards discerning that this Conan who had the Dominion of the greatest part of Britanny died leaving only one Daughter and Heir by Margaret his Wife Sister unto William King of Scots he gave her in marriage she being then in Minority unto Geffrey his younger Son and took all her Inheritance into his own power And having so done then observing that the vulgar people of that Countrey being much opprest by some of their Superiors had addressed themselves to him for protection he presently subdued those great ones and thereupon reduced the whole Countrey of Britanny to his own Dominion This Conan dying in Britanny An. 1171. 17 Hen. 2. was buried at Begar whereupon the Honor of Richmund was retained in the Kings hands for a time For in 21 Hen. 2. Ranulph de Glanvil accounted for the ancient Ferme thereof which was 535 l. 14 s. 10 d. So also in 29 Hen. 2. ¶ Unto which Conan in right of Constanâ—e his sole Daughter and Heir Geffrey
having called before them divers eminent disturbers of the Publick Peace who refusing to come put themselves in Arms they laid aside the Gown and took up the Sword wherewith meeting with those bold Rebels at a place called Fagadune they valiantly fought and happily vanquished them and for terror to others cut off the right Foot of all they took alive These were those Conspirators whereof Raphe de Guader Earl of Norfolk and Roger Earl of Hereford were the Ring-leaders of which I have already spoke more largely under the title of Norfolk and Hereford And after this when King William discerned that Roger de Mortimer his General upon a Victory obtained against the French had privily sheltred Earl Raphe de Monte-Desiderio one of his Enemies and then suffered him to get away for the faithful service of this Earl Warren he gave him the Castle of Mortimer which was the cheif Seat of that Roger. Upon that great Rebellion of Odo Bishop of Bayeux on the behalf of Robert Curthose this Earl William stoutly assisted the King both by his Counsels and Actions And was likewise in such favor with King William Rufus that so soon as by the great Council of the Peers which he caused to meet at Winchester he was setled in his Dominion he conferred upon him this Earldom of Surrey This first Earl William was he who with the Lady Gundred his Wife going on Pilgrimage to Rome and in their passage visiting divers Monasteries to make their Orizons had reception with such great respect at Cluni in Burgundy by the then Prior and Covent of that House though the venerable Abbot Hugh was then absent that they were admitted into the Fraternity of those devout Monks which special favor won the love of this Noble Earl to that Abbey above all other And because long before that time and then much more they the said Earl and his Lady had determined by the advice of Lanfrank then Archbishop of Canterbury to found some Religious House for the welfare of their Souls they forthwith resolved that it should be rather of the Cluniac Order than any other and therefore earnestly requested the Abbot and Covent that they might obtain three or four of their Monks unto whom they would give that Church antiently dedicated to S. Pancrace standing under his Castle of Lewes in Sussex which was rebuilt of Stone it being of Wood before signifying their purpose at the first to endow it with Lands and Possessions for the maintenance of no less than twelve Monks Unto which request though the Abbot did not readily incline considering how far distant that place was from â—lum besides the interposition of the Sea which made the recourse betwixt them the more hazardous yet after he understood that this Earl had obtained License from King William to introduce Monks of their Order into England he was then better satisfied and sent four of his Covent Lanzo being cheif Whereupon this pious Earl did immediately by his Charter Grant and Confirm what he had before so designed and promised Likewise he gave thereunto the Church of Acre in Norfolk with two Carucates of Land resolving there to found another Monastery and make it subordinate to this of Lewes But in case of failing so to do that then his Heir should perfit the Work purposing moreover that the Bodies of himself and his Lady should have Sepulture in that Church of S. Pancrace and also to increase the number of the Monks And afterwards living to accomplish his intended Foundation of that Priory at Acre he gave the Churches of Methwould Roinges otherwise called Leden Church Wikemer Trunchet and two parts of his Tithes in Grimestune thereto Furthermore to those Lands in Sussex wherewith he at first endowed that Priory of Lewes he added these Churches in Yorkshire viz. Cuningsburgh Hertille Fislac Hatfield with the Chappel of Torne the Church of Little Sandall with the Chappel of Harnoldesthorp the Church of Wakefield with the Chappel of Horbiry the Church of Hallifax the Church of Dewsbury with the Chappel of Herteveshed the Church of Burton and the Church of Great Sandall To the Monks of S. Maries in York he gave the Isle of â—enes And to the Monks of Boxgrave in Sussex part of his Wood called Bessesole all his Lordship of Winkings and in recompence for those Tithes in Stotitune which were granted for to find one Monk to celebrate Divine Service there continually for all the Faithful deceased he gave Forty Acres of Land and one Messuage as also Common of Pasture for One hundred and fifty Sheep Ten Oxen Two Horses and Twenty Hogs And surviving his said Lady Gundred whose Corps was buried there he moreover gave for the health of her Soul his own Soul and the Souls of his Posterity his Mannor of Hecham in Norfolk commanding That his Heirs should confirm the same As also the Lordship of Waltune Which Lady Gundred was Sister of Gherbode a Fleming to whom King William the First had given the City and Earldom of Chester The issue which this great Earl left by her were two Sons William his Successor in these Honors and Raynald who adhering to Robert Curthose in An. 1104. being one of the Principal who broke the League of Peace made betwixt him and King Henry the First was taken prisoner at Dive upon winning of the Fort there in An. 1106. And two Daughters Edith first married to Girard de Gornay and afterwards to Drew de Monâ—â—ux and ... the Wife of Ernise de Colungis His death hapned in the year 1089. 8 Kal. Iulii 1 Will. Rufi After which his Body being honorably Interred in the Chapter House at Lewes this Epitaph was engraven upon a white Stone laid over it Hic Guillelme Comes locus est laudis tibi fomes Hujus fundator largus sedis amator Iste tuum funus decorat placuit quia munus Pauperibus Christi quod promptâ— mente dedisti Ille tuos cineres servat Pancratius haeres Sanctorum Castris qui te sociabit in astris Optime Pancrati fer opem te glorificanti Daque poli sedem talem tibi qui dedit aedem â— But the Lady Gundred his Wife died in Childbed 6 Kal. Iunii An. 1085. about three years before him and lieth buried in the Chapter House at Lewes It is reported that this Earl William did violently detain certain Lands from the Monks of Ely for which being often admonished by the Abbot and not making restitution he died miserably And though his death hapned very far off the Isle of Ely the same night he died the Abbot lying quietly in his Bed and meditating on Heavenly things heard the Soul of the Earl in its carriage away by the Devil cry out loudly and
with a known and distinct voice Lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy on me And moreover that the next day after the Abbot acquainted all the Monks in Chapter therewith And likewise that about four days after there came a Messenger to them from the Wife of this Earl with One hundred shillings for the good of his Soul who told them That he died the very hour as the Abbot heard that out-cry But that neither the Abbot nor any of the Monks would receive it not thinking it safe for them for to take the Money of a damned person If the first part of this Story as the Abbots hearing that noise be no truer than the last viz. That his Lady sent them One hundred shillings I shall deem it to be a meer fiction in regard the Lady was certainly dead about three years before ¶ The Lands whereof this Earl was possessed were of a very large extent for it appears by the Conquerors Survey that he had in Yorkshire that great Lordship of Coningsburgh within the Soke whereof were Twenty eight Towns and Hamlets Westune in Shropshire in Essex One and twenty Lordships in Suffoâ—k Eighteen in Oxfordshire Maplederham and Gadintone in Hantshire Frodintone in Cambridgshire Seven Lordships in Buckinghamshire Brotone and Caurefelle in Huntendonshire Chenebaltone with three other Lordships in Bedfordshire Four and in Norfoâ—k One hundred thirty nine Lordships ¶ Of William Earl Warren and Surrey the second of that name the first mention I find is That in those Military encounters which were between Hugh de Grentmesâ—ill and Robert de Belesme he was one of them that came to make proof of his valor But in the year 1101. he took part with that wicked Robert de Belesme Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury in his Rebellious attempts on the behalf of Robert Curthose against King Henry the First Likewise when Curthose landed in England that he refused to assist the King against him except he would condescend to the unjust demands of himself and some others Wherefore being disherited for these his disloyal practises he returned into Normandy with Curthose The next year following scil An. 1102. 2 Hen. 1. there being a Peace concluded betwixt King Henry and his Brother Curthose this Earl made his application to Curthose then in Normandy and represented to him the great loss he had sustained for his adhering to him having had his Earldom of Surrey seised upon by reason thereof which yielded him as he then affirmed a Thousand pounds per annum importuning him that he would be instrumental to King Henry his Brother for the restitution thereof and accordingly obtained it After which time continuing faithful to the King and in favor as much as any he commanded the Rear of his Army in that signal Battle at Tenerchebray where Curthose was taken prisoner and all his power utterly vanquished For which and other his good services and to cherish his fidelity the King gave him the Castle of Helias de Sancto Sidonio And standing firmly to the King in all Fortunes when others disswaded him from adventuring the hazard of a Battle with King Lewes of France at Brennevâ—lle it was he that principally encouraged him therein and approved himself both a skilful and stout Soldier in that days fight wherein King Henry obtained a glorious Victory As for his Works of Piety the Foundation of the Priory of Acre commonly called castle-Castle-Acre in Norfolk begun by his Father and which he perfected was not the least considering his large Donation of Lands and Tithes thereto and confirming the Grants which his Barons and Knights had respectively made unto the same To the Abbey of Roche in Yorkshire he gave the Tithe of all the Eels throughout his several Fish-works in Hatfield Thorne and Fislake in the same County excepting what belonged to the Monks of Lewes by his Fathers Grant To those Monks of Lewes he gave the Lordship of â—ercheham according to the defire of his Father when he died viz. That he should give them one of his best Mannors in the North and likewise all the Land which William de Cuilli held of him To the Abbey of Grestine in Normandy he granted those Liberties of Lestage Pontâ—ge and Passage in their Mannor of Saford And lastly He joyned with Isabel alias Elizabeth his Wife in that gift to the Infirm Brethren at Belencumbris of all his Errable Lands in S. Martins as also of One hundred shillings yearly Rent of her Inheritance at Wellebof in France and likewise One hundred shillings issuing out of his Borough of Lewes in Sussex And being one of those five Earls who was present with King Henry the First at the Castle of Lions in France when he died he afterwards attended the Corps of that King unto the Abbey of Reading in England where it had an honorable Sepulture But within the compass of the same year he himself departed this life and was buried in the Chapter-House at Lewes at the Feet of his Father This Earl William the second had to Wife Elizabeth Daughter to Hugh the Great Earl of â—ermandois Widow unto Robert Earl of Mellent by whom he left issue three Sons William his Son and Successor Reginald and Raphe and two Daughters viz. Gundred Wife to Roger Earl of Warwick and Adeline of Henry Son to David King of Scots Of this William that which I find most memorable is First that when King Stephen had raised a considerable Army with great desire to give Battle unto Geffrey of Anjou Husband to Maud the Empress from which his cheif Nobles disswaded him by reason that there hapned a great mutiny in his Army so that many fled from their colours The King in much wrath hasting after them overtook this young Earl with Hugh de Gornay and some other vain persons at Pont-Audomare and endeavored partly by threats and partly fair perswasions to qualifie them but not prevailing was constrained to make truce with his Adversaries for two years Next that in that fatal Battle at Lincoln which was between King Stephen and those then potent Noblemen who stoutly adhered to Maud the Empress whereof I have spoke more largely under the Title of Chester this Earl with Waleran Earl of Mellent his Brother by the Mother then on the Kings part discerning that some of the chief persons on the same side had privately sent Troops of Soldiers to the adverse party and that the Van of the Kings Army wherein they themselves were began to shrink fled whereupon the whole Army being routed the King was taken prisoner The last account I can give of him is his preparation for that great expedition to Ierusalem with Conrade the Emperor Lewes King of France and many other brave Men English French
took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to Iohn le Strange of Blackmere which Elizabeth died 23 Aug. 7 Ric. 2. without issue And in 7 Ric. 2. together with the Earl of Northumberland and some of the Northern Barons he entred Scotland with a thousand Spears and six thousand Archers In 8 R. 2. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars And in 9 R. 2. constituted Earl Marshal of England by reason of his descent from Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk and Marshall as hath been observed to hold the same Office for term of his Life In 10 R. 2. he went to Sea with Richard Earl of Arundell then constituted Admiral to oppose the incursion of the Kings publique Enemies and shared in the glory of that Victory then obtained in that Naval adventure against the French Flemings Normans and Spaniards as also of that valiant attempt upon the Castle of Brest in Britanny which was then taken by the English but such was the prevalency of the Duke of Ireland at that time and of those other parasites who had the Kings eare as that upon his return instead of an honorable reception for his good service he was not looked on with any fair countenance being one of those whose death was designed by that Duke and his complices This Thomas did not make proof of his age untill 12 Ric. 2. but then so doing and performing his Homage he had livery of all his Lands and thereupon constituted Governor of Barwick upon â—weed as also sent with a military power against the Scots who had invaded Northumberland and made great spoil in those parts but having not strength sufficient to give them Battle he retreated back without any attempt upon them After this scil in 14 R. 2. he wasmade Governor of the Castle of Merke in France as also Captain of Calais for the term of five years The next year following scil 15 R. 2. at the instance of this Earl it was that the King vouchsafed such favor to the Town of Calais that for the honor thereof the Mayor and his successors should thenceforth have a Sword born before them with the point upwards except at such time as the King himself or any of his Uncles or the Captain of Calais or his Lieutenant should be present and then to carry the point thereof downwards In 16 R. 2. he was constituted the Kings Liâ—â—tenant in Calais as also in the parts of Picardy Flanders and Artoys and likewise Governor of Calais and of the new Tower there And for his many good services done and to be done had a grant of two hundred Marks per annum for life to be paid out of the Exchequer untill such time as the King should better provide for him Moreover he stood in such favor that the King acknowledging his just and hereditary title to bear for his Crest a golden Leopard with a white Label which of right did belong to the Kings eldest Son in case he had any did by his Letters patents grant unto him and his heirs authority to bear the Golden Leopard for his Crest with a Coronet of Silver about his neck instead of the Labell And in the same year constituted him Justice of Chester and Flintshire for term of life with power to hold Pleas and Sessions there by himself or his sufficient Lieutenant as also Justice of North-Wales In 18 R. 2. he attended the King into Ireland Moreover in 19 R. 2. he was joyned in Commission with Edward Earl of Roteland Son of Edmund de Langley Duke of York and others to contract Marriage with Isabel eldest Daughter to Charles the sixth King of France and King Richard and again constituted Governor of the Castle of Calais Moreover the next ensuing year he obtained the Kings licence for founding that Monastry of Carthusian Monks at his Mannor of Eppe-Worth in the Isle of Axholm which he he thereupon established and most amply endowed As also the Kings Charter of confirmation of the Office of Earl Marshal of England to the Heirs Male of his body with an union of the Office of Marshal in the Courts of Kings Bench and Exchequer thereunto Likewise of the Office of Marshals-cryer before the Steward and Marshal of the Kings household And that he and his Heirs male by reason of this their Office of Earl Marshal should bear a Golden Truncheon enameled with black at each end having at the upper end of it the Kings Arms graven thereon and at the lower end his own Arms. How beit notwithstanding those his many services before remembred such was the prevalency of his old Enemies those Parasites by whom the King was governed that the year following viz. 21 R. 2. with divers other he was arrested and indicted of High Treason at Notingham and Witnesses suborned to accuse him in the ensuing Parliament But here the Scene soon changed for whether with the apprehension of his own danger or allured by those voluptuaries who bore such sway with the King he forthwith adhered to them in the destruction of that honorable person Richard Earl of Arundell whose Daughter he had Married and was one of the chief that guarded him to his Execution Nay it is said by some that he bound up his Eyes and beheaded him himself And soon after that had a principle hand in that execrable Murther of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester the Kings Uncle causing him to be smothered with a Feather-bed at Calais Whereupon he became in such high favour at Court that the King bestowed upon him and the Heires Male of his Body the Castle Town and Lordship of Lewes the Mannors of Cokefield Clayton Dycheninge Methynge Peâ—cham Brightelmeston Rottingdene Houndedene Northese Rademeld Kymere Middilton Alington Worth Pycombe Sefford Iford Pedingho Kingston and Littleworth the Hundreds of Poninges Buttringhull Strete Beâ—come Swanbergh Holmestrowe Yonesmere Whalesbone the half Hundred of Fishergate the half Hundred of Wyndham and three hundred acres of marish called Wayfeldmerch with all other the Lands of Richard Earl of Arundel which by reason of the said Earles forfeiture came to the King together with all Knights Fees and advowsons of Churches in the Counties of Surry and Sussex the Castle and Town of Reygate with the Park Warren and Chases only excepted And besides all this the Castle and Town of Castleacre with its members and appurtenances in Norfolk which by the forfaiture of the said Earl came to the Crown Moreover the Castle and Mannor of Hanslape the Mannors of Olney Querndon and Shenley Mansel in the County of Buckingham the Mannors of Berghdon Greatham Preston and Uppingham in the County of Roteland the Mannors of Molton and Potters-pirie in the County of Northampton the Mannors of Brayles Toneworth Berkswill Lighthurne Morton and Mereshull
Oxe-Hide He likewise confirmed to the Monks of Geroudon in Comit. Leicest the Lordship of Hethcot given to them by his Ancestors and bestowed on them one Messuage with twenty Acres and a half of Land lying in New-Bigging Wolstancote and Hertingdon with the moity of a Meadow called Over-Meadow in Lee another in Bradbourne called Heye and another called Swetedoles also six Acres of Land in Penewyk and four Ox-gangs in Newbold with certain Tofts and Croâ—ts there And with William his Son gave Newton and Cottes to the Monks of Cumbermere in Cheshire To this Robert succeeded William Earl Ferrers his Son and Heir who in 12 Henr. 2. upon levying the Ayde for marriage of the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees he then held to be in number seventy nine for which in 14 Henr. 2. upon collection of that Aid he payd sixty eight marks He also confirmed all those Grants to the Monks of Tutbury which had been made by Robert his Father and Robert his Grandfather and farther gave unto them one Oxe-gang of Land in Merston upon the day that he Caused the Body of Henry de Ferrers his Ancestor to be translated into the Church of Tutbury on the right hand the high Altar Moreover he gave to the Knights Hospitalars the Churches of Turrok and Sâ—etbing in Essex with divers Lands in Passenham This William married Margaret Daughter and heir to William Peverel of Notâ—ingham and left issue by her two Sons viz. Robert who succeeded him in his Honors and Walcheline Father of Hugh de Ferrers of whom I shall farther speak by and by Of which Robert the first mention I find is that in 19 Hen. 2. hearing how the Kings Teritories in France were invaded by the adherents of young Henry whom his Father had Crowned in his lifetime And some ill successes which had befallen the King in those parts he joyned with the Earls of Chester Leicester Norfolk and some other great men here in England in the like Hostile Actions manned his Castles of Tuâ—bury and Duffield against the King and having also raised the power of Leicestershire marched early in the morning to Notingham which then was kept for the king by Reginald de Luci and having with little difficulty entred the Town plundred and burnt it slaying and taking Prisoners most of the Inhabitants But the King having notice of these outrages returned into England soon after at whose arrival his good subjects took courage and prevailed over the Rebels in every place against whom Rese Prince of Wales marcht also with a great power and besieged this Earles Castle at Tuâ—bury Whereupon being apprehensive of his danger he hasted to the King then at Northampton and upon the 7 Kal. of August to obtain his favor submitted himself rendring his Castles of Tutbury and Duffield and giving security for his future fidelity but so little did the King trust him that he forthwith demolished those Forts This Robert took to Wife Sibilla the Daughter of William de Braose of Brecknock and for the health of her Soul as also of the Soul of Berta her Mother Daughter to Milo Earl of Hereford gave to the Monks of Dore in Herefordshire all Oxmeode He also founded a Priory at Wodham commonly called Wodham Ferrers in Essex By this Sibilla he left issue William his Son and Heir and two Daughters viz. Milisent the Wife of Roger Lord Mortimer of Wigmore and Agatha who being a Concubine to King Iohn had by him a Daughter called Ioane married to Leweline Prince of Wales Which William Earl Ferrers not only confirmed to the Monks of Gerowdon the inclosed Grounds at Hethcote with Pasturage for an hundred sheep there which his Father had given to them but added another piece of Inclosure adjoyning thereto with Pasturing for two hundred sheep more at â—ixscore the hundred as also for five Kyne one Bull and six Oxen. And in 1 R 1. gave to the Monks of St. Denis in France for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Sibil his Wife one Wax Taper yearly price thirteen pence as also a Stagg and a Bore in their proper seasons to be sent annually thither at the Feast of S. Dennis by the Messengers of him the said Earl and his heirs And likewise to the Monks of Lenton all his right to the Church of Wodham in Essex which he specially gave for the health of the Souls of those who were with him at the burning of Nottingham at the time as it seems when his Father made such spoil there as is before expressed He also gave to those Monks of Lenton the Tithes of all his Essarts in the Forest of High Peke But this William was outed of those his Earldoms of Nottingham and Derby by King Richard the first in the first year of his Reign as it seems For upon that Kings first arrival in England after King Henry the Seconds death it appears that he bestowed them with divers other upon Iohn Earl of Moreton his own Brother Howbeit long it was not that he continued so dispossessed for he attended that King in his voyage to the Holy Land and there departed this life at the Siege of Acon in An. 1191. 3 Rich. 1. leaving issue William his Son and Heir who in 3 Rich. 1. paying one hundred pound for his Relief had Livery of his Lands Of the great misfortunes which befel King Richard in that journey I need not here tell our Historians speaking so fully thereof nor of the advantage which Iohn Earl of Moreton thereupon made in seising divers Castles here in England to his own use reporting his Brother King Richard to be dead and thereupon laying claim to the Crown But shall observe that upon the return of King Richard into England order was given for the Siege of those Castles Whereupon this our William Earl Ferrers joyned with the Earl of Chester in the besieging of Nottingham Castle which was after a while rendred and was for his fidelity made choice of by the King to sit with the rest of the Peers in that great Council there held on the thirtieth of March following Moreover at his second Coronation he was one of the four that carried the rich Canopy over his head And in the first year of King Iohn with the Earls of Clare Chester and other of the great men swore fealty to that King but with condition that each should have his own rendred At the Coronation also of King Iohn in the Church of S. Peter at Westminster on Ascension day he was also present And on the seventh of Iune following being solemnly created Earl of Derby by a special Charter then dated at Northampton he was girt with
down to take up his Sword the French Squyer did pick his Sword at him and by happen strooke him through both the Thighs so that the Knight fell to the Earth and could not help himself And Iohn alighted from his Horse and took the Knights Sword that lay on the Ground and came to him and demanded if he would yeild him or not The Knight then demanded his name Sir said he I hight Iohn of Helenes but what is your name Certainly said the Knight my name is Thomas and I am Lord of Berkley a fair Castle on the River of Severne in the Marches of Wales Well Sir quoth the Squyer then ye shall be my Prisoner and I shall bring you in safeguard and I shall see that you shall be healâ—d of your hurt Well said the Knight I am content to be your prisoner for ye have by Law of Armes won me Thâ—re he sware to be his prisoner Rescue or no Rescue Then the Squyer drew forth the Sword out of the Knights Thighs and the wound was open Then he wrapped and bound the Wound and set him on his Horse and so brought him fayr and easy to Chaterlerant and there tarried more than fifteen days for his sake and did give him remedy for his hurt And when he was somewhat amendyd then he hate him â— Lytter and so brought him at his ease to his house in Picardy There he was more than a year till he was perfectly hole And when he departed he payd for his ransome six thousand Nobles and so this Squyer was made a Knight by reason of the profit he had of the Lord Berkley For payment of which summe Henry D. of Lancaster and Sir Frank de Hale were his sureties After this scil in 33 Edw. 3. he was in another expedition then made into France Thus far for his military employments As to his domestick retinue who took wages and Livery he had no less then twelve Knights sometimes more each of them having two servants and a Page and twenty four Esquires who had each of them one man and a Page I come now to his works of Piety In 11 Edw. 3. he gave certain Lands in Porthury to the Vicar of that Church for ever to celebrate the Anniversary of the Lady Eve his Mother upon St. Nicholas day by Placebo and Dirige with a Mass. And to the two Chaplains there if present two pence a piece Also to do the like upon the Anniversary of Margaret his Wife and his own when he should depart hence He likewise gave thirty shillings per annum out of his Mannor of Bedminster as also a Messuage in Bristoll for a Priest to sing in the Abby Church of St. Austines for the soul of the Margaret his own Soul and all the faithful deceased Also a Messuage fifty acres of Land and forty shillings Rent in Portbury for a Priest to sing in our Lady Chappel there for the Souls of all his Ancestors himself his Successors and all the faithful deceased In 17 Edw. 3. he founded a Chantrey in the Chappel of S. Maurice at Neuport near Berkley endowing it with divers Lands and Rents in Berkley Wotton Alkington and Hull The like Chantry in his Mannor of Side Another in the Chappel of Wortley in the Parish of Wotton A fourth in the Chappel of Cambridge in the Parish of Slymbridge He also gave to the Chantrey-Priest of our Lady in the Church of Berkley and to his successors divers Lands in Hamme to hold an Anniversary on the day of Petronilla the Virgin for the Lord Maurice his Father in Berkley Church As also for Margaret his Wife and for himself after his decease The like Chantrey in 9 Edw. 3. he founded in the Chappel of St. Katherine Pulle near Bristoll endowing it with Lands in Portbury Eston and Bedminster And the same year another in the Church of Overe In 20 Edw. 3. he gave divers Lands in the Suburbs of Bristoll to the Friers-Hermites of Bristoll And purchased of the Abbot of St. Austins a place within that Monastry for a Priest of his own to dwell in and to pray for the Souls of all the faithful departed endowing the Priest with competent Lands In 21 Edw. 3. he erected an Hermitage in Bedminster And gave to the Warden of S. Catherines at Bedminster a parcel of Land near to his Hospital to pray for the Souls of his Father and Mother and for the Soul of Margaret his Wife In 22 Edw. 3. he Founded another Chantry in the Abby of S. Augustines endowing it with divers Lands to sing for the Soul of Margaret his late Wife and his own Soul And upon Palm-Sunday in 23 Edw. 3. he offered to our Lady at Berkley in Berkley Church a pound of Wax Pro Candelâ caritatis and a Bushel of fine Wheat Pro Pane benedicto which he afterwards continued as did also his Successors for many Generations In 24 Edw. 3. he Founded a like Chantry at Worcester In 25 Edw. 3. he gave divers Lands to the Chantry of Shepperdine by Hill in the confines of Berkley Hundred for the better maintenance of the Priest singing there And in 26 Edw. 3. gave a yearly Rent of three pound six shillings eight pence to a Priest to sing for the Soul of Margaret his Wife in S. Augustines Church in Bristoll The like Rent to another Priest to sing for her in the Monastery of Remsham This Thomas had two wives first Margaret one of the Daughters to Roger de Mortimer Earl of March by whom he had issue four sons viz. Maurice Roger Thomas and Alphonsus and a Daughter called Ioane who became the Wife of Sir Reginald Cobham Knight having for her portion two thousand pounds in Money and the Mannor of Langley Burell Which Margaret died 5 May An. 1337. 11 Edw. 3. and was buried in the great Tomb under the Arch between the elder Chappel of our Lady and the North Isle in the Abby of S. Augustines by Bristoll His second Wife was Katherine Daughter of Sir Iohn Clivedon Knight and Widow of Sir Peter le Veel Knight by whom he had issue Thomas Maurice Edmund and Iohn Which Catherine long surviving him Founded a Free-School and a Chantry at Woâ—ton under Eâ—ge as also S. Andrews Chantry in Berkley Church and held during her life of her said Husbands Grant Inter alia the Mannors of Beveâ—ston Tockington Over Compton Greenfield and Kings Weston in Com. Gloc. All which after her death came to Sir Iohn Berkley then her only Son the rest dying young in the life time of their Father ¶ This Thomas the third after his Said second Marriage and issue by that venter by vertue of the Kings License levied a Fine Term. Pasch. 23 Edw. 3. to one William Side and other of
his friends married Avice his younger Sister to Sir Iohn Grey of Rotherfield Knight upon condition that he the said Robert and 〈◊〉 his Mother enfeoffing them the said Iohn and Avice and the Heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten of the reversion of all their Lands the issue of the said Sir Iohn Grey and Avice should bear the surname of Marmion as in my discourse of that Family of Grey is already observed Which Maud founded a Chantry at West-Tanfeld in Com. Ebor. consisting of a Master or Warden and three Priests to pray for her Soul as also for the Soul of her Husband and of Robert her Son and for the good estate of Avice de Grey and Sir Iohn Marmion her Son and Heir with Elizabeth his Wife and all their Ancestors Of these Marmions all that I have else to observe is that there were divers Tombs of them at West-Tanfield in Com. Ebor. where they had a Castle which by descent came to the Lord Fitz-Hugh Basset OF this name were several families but whether sprung from one stock I cannot say The first I meet with is Osmund Basset of whom this following mention is made by my Author viz. that in the first year that the Abby of St. Ebrulf at Utica in Normandy viz. Ann. 1050 was founded William and Robert the Sons of Geroi descended from the noble line of the Franks and Bretayns with divers of their kindred and Barons meeting there and having consultation for the good of that Monastery thus begun determined that each of them should dispose of himself and his personal estate thereunto and not to give or â—ell any thing belonging to the Church before the Monks of that Abby had the refusal of it Amongst which devout men parties to this agreement was this Osmund Basset The next is William sometime Abbot of St. Benedicts at Holme in Suffolk After him I come to Ralph Basset one of those of whom it is said by Ord. Vitalis that King Henry the first at the very beginning of his reign de Ignobili stirpe illustravit ac de Pulvere ut ita dicam extulit datâque multiplici facultate super Consules illustres oppidanos exaltavit raised from a very low condition and conferring on him an ample estate exalting him above Earles and other eminent men This is he that under the same King Henry had that high place and Office of Justice of England whose Authority was so great that he sate in what Court he pleased and where else he thought fit for the administration of Justice as from many instrances may be sufficiently seen But all that I have farther to say of him is that in 21 Hen. 1. he was a benefactor to the Abby of Eynsham in Oxfordshire by adding one more Monk to that Covent and giving one Carucate of Land in Chinolton in Com Notting and ten Oxon for his maintenance which Land was parcel of his Lordship of Coleâ—â—une now called Colston Basset near at hand Also that he had such a veneâ—ble respect to the Monks of Abendon in Berkshire that he determined to enter into a Monastick life there and in the same Abby to be buried Acoording to which resolution falling sick at Northampton he called for a Monks habit and being asked of what order replied as before he had resolved appointing that his body should be buried there Moreover disposing at that time of his personal estate he sent no small summe to Abendon giving likewise thereunto four Hides of of Land in Chedelesworth whereupon he was honorably buried in the Chapter-house there To this Ralph succeeded Richard Basset his Son and Heir who likewise had that great Office of Iustice of England in the later time of King Henry the first and all King Stephens reign and abounding in wealth built a strong Castle upon some part of his Inheritance lying at Moâ—terol in Normandy In 5 Steph. this Richard underwent the Sheriffs Office for Surrey Cambridge and Huntendonshire with Alberic de Vere So likewise for Essex Hertford Buckingham Bedford Norfolk Suffolk Northampton and Leicestershires Moreover he gave to the King at that time the summ of forty pounds for the Custody of the Lands of Geffrey Ridel as also two hundred marks and six light Horses for Livery of the Lands which his Brother Nicholas Basset held of the King in Capite And having wedded Maud the sole Daughter and Heir of the same Geffrey Ridel by Geva his Wife Daughter to Hugh Earl of Chester with her founded the Abby of Lande in Leicestershire for the health of the Soul of King William the Conqueror left issue Geffrey his eldest Son who from his Mother bore the name of Ridel and Ralph another Son who continuing the sirname of Basset was that Ralph as I ghess who underwent the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester in 6 and 7 H. 2. And had Drayton near Tamworth in Staffordshire of his Mothers inheritance which Lordship Hugh Earl of Chester gave to Geffrey Ridel with Geva his Daughter in Frank-marriage To this Geffrey sirnamed Ridel succeeded Richard his Son which Richard reassuming the name of Basset seated himself at Weldon in Northamptonshire and left issue Ralph who in 2 Hen. 3. upon levying the first Scutage for the King paid thirty marks for fifteen Knights fees he then held Which Ralph had issue another Ralph who in 42 Hen. 3 had Livery of his Lands then doing his Homage and the same year accounted thirty pounds to the King for fifteen Knights Fees upon levying the Scutage of Wales To whom succeeded Richard who died in 4 Edw. 1. and left issue Ralph which Ralph had Livery of his Lands the same year performing his Homage and died in 23 Edw. 1. leaving Richard his Son and Heir who had then livery of his Lands In 34 Edw. 1 this Richard was in that expedition then made into Scotland being of the retinue to Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke But being again in Scotland was there slain in that great defeat which the English had in the â—â—ttle of Strivelyn leaving Ralph his Son and Heir in minority whose wardship was granted to Richard de Grey Which Ralph making proof of his age in 15 Edw. 2. had Livery of his Lands and in 15 Edw. 3. departed this life then seized of the Mannors of Weldon and Weston juxta Ashele in Com. Northamp held of the King in Capite by Barony as also of the Patronage of the Priory of Launde leaving issue by Ioane his Wife Daughter of Richard de la Pole Citizen of London Ralph his Son and Heir fifteen years of age who had Livery of his Lands the same
in 12 Ioh. gave eleven hundred marks for the same Wardship The name of this Heir was also Richard who arriving to his full age towards the later end of that Kings Reign confederated with the Rebellious Barons of that time and became so active in those troubles that having got power into their hands they constituted him one of those twenty five of whom they made choice to govern the Realm And in An. 1216. 18 Ioh. with Robert Fitz-Walter went over into France for more aid Nor returned he to his due obedience upon the death of King Iohn as many other did but continuing still in Arms with the fiercest was taken prisoner in the Battle of Lincoln 14 Cal. Iulii 1. Hen. 3. Moreover after this being a person of an haughty spirit he was in the Tourneament at 〈◊〉 in 7 Hen. 3. contrary to the Kings prohibition for which his Lands were seised But afterwards he became of a better temper For in 21 Hen. 3. he was constituted Justice of the Kings Forests in Northumbr Rotel Cantabr Hunt Buck. Oxon. Essex Surr. Berks. Southampt Wilts Somers Dors. Devon Gloc. Heref. Staff Salop. Wigorn. And in 26 Hen. 3. made Sheriff of the County of Essex and Governor of the Castle of Hertford for the last half of that year in which Office he continued so until the end of the first half of the thirtieth year And in 42 Hen. 3. had Summons to attend the King at Chester on Munday preceding the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist to oppose the hostilities of the Welsh Of this Richard it appears That he held the Lordships of Langele and Wardsbury in capite of the King as appertaining to his Barony of Stanstead in Essex and that he died without issue shortly after So that his Lands came to be shared amongst the issue of his three Sisters as his next Heirs Of which Sisters Margery the eldest was married to Hugh de Bolebeck Aveline the second to William de Forz Earl of Albemarle and Philippa the third to Hugh de Playz Tatshall AT the time of the Norman Conquest Eudo who together with one Pinco his sworn Brother in War though otherwise not allied came into England with Duke William merited so well from him in that service as that for recompence thereof they obtained of his gift the Lordship of Catshall with the Hamlet of Thorpe and Town of Kirkeby in Com. Linc. to be equally shared betwixt them Eudo to hold his proportion immediately of the King and Pinco his of Saint Cuthbert of Durham Being thus possessed of these Lands Eudo seated himself at Tatshall and left issue Hugh his Son and Heir called Hugh Fitz-Eudo who was born in Britanny and being a very devout Man Founded the Abby of Kirkstead in Com. Linc. for Cistertian Monks in An. 1139. 4 Steph. This Hugh had issue Robert his Son and Heir and two others viz. William sirnamed Fitz-Hugh and William de Dentune Which Robert in 12 Hen. 2. upon Assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be twenty five in number whereof all except one and an half were De Veteri Feoffamento and for which in 14 Hen. 2. he answered sixteen pounds thirteen shillings four pence to the Kings Exchequer And by a formal Charter whereby he calls himself Robertus filius Hugonis filii Eudonis de Tatshall gave License to the Monks of Kirkstea◠to translate the Seat of their Abby to another place more convenient for habitation and granted them Common of Pasture throughout all the Lands in Tatshall Thorpe and Kirkby of his Fee for all manner of Cattle To which Charter whereunto his Seal with Arms viz. Chequy and a cheif Ermine is affixed are Witnesses William Fitz-Hugh and William de Dentune his Brothers This Robert took to Wife ... the Neice of Gilbert de Gant Earl of Lincoln and left issue Philip commonly called Philip Fitz-Robert Fitz-Hugh Which Philip in 1 R. 1. paid twenty five pounds for the Scutage of those Knights Fees he then held in regard he was not with the King in his expedition of Galwey but in 6 Rich. 1. he attended him into Normandy In 7 Rich. 1. this Philip was Sheriff of Berkshire so also in 8 9 Ric. 1. and in 10 R. 1. executed the same office for Lincolnshire But in 1 Ioh. he was dead for then did Robert de Tatshall his Son pay an hundred pounds sterling for his releif and Livery of his Lands in Raddun and ten marks more for Livery of Lands of seven pounds per annum value which he had of the gift of Roger his Uncle if it were found that Robert de Gant did sue for those Lands together with other which Earl Simon had given him of the Inheritance of Alice de Gant unto whom this Robert was Heir In 3 Ioh. he gave the King a fair and well-manned Goshawk to have a Market every week upon the Thursday at Tatshall And in 4 Ioh. a Goshawk of Norway for License to come into England In 7 Ioh. he executed the Office of Sheriff for the Counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon and gave the King an hundred pounds for the custody of the Lands of Iohn de Ingeham and the Wardship and Marriage of his Heir they being of his Fee In 13 Ioh. upon collecting the Scutage of Scotland he had a special discharge for the twenty five Knights Fees he held and gave to the Canons of Bukenham in Norfolk half an Acre of Land lying in Gunneby called Munkwell for to find them an yearly pittance together with the Advowson of the Church but died about the fifteenth year of King Iohn leaving issue by Isold Pantulf his Wife Robert his Son and Heir whose Wardship with the custody of his Lands William Earl of Arundel for a Fine of seven hundred marks obtained paying his Debts due to the King Which Robert commonly called Robert the third gave to the Canons of Bukenham before mentioned Faldage for two hundred Sheep in Atheburgh with free Pasturage c. As also fifty three Acres of errable Land in Bukenham and in 7 Hen. 3. was in the Kings service with Horse and Arms for which respect he had Livery of those Lands of Isold Pantulf his Mother which had been seised into the Kings hands for certain debts due to the Crown In 8 Hen. 3. the King remitted to him six marks of the debt which he owed for the Scutage of Montgomery In 10 Hen. 3. he had the custody of Bolesover Castle so likewise of Lincoln Castle in 11 Hen. 3. committed to his trust And in 15 Hen. 3. had License to build a Castle at his own
Peace was settled he enjoyed it again It is said that in 10 Hen. 2. upon intelligence given to the King that Thomas Becket then Archbishop of Canterbury was privily fled into France this Reginald was one of those then sent by King Henry the second with Letters to the King of that Realm to desire that he might not have any reception there I come now to his works of Piety To the Monks of St. Fridiswides in Oxford he gave the Lordship of Knieton in Com. Berks. To the Nunns at Godstow a Mill at Wolvercote as also a Weere called Kinleswere likewise certain Meadows called Heringesham Boteham and Licheâ—eie with an Island lying betwixt the two Bridges and half the Meadow called Lambeie To the Monks of Einsham in Com. Oxon. for the health of the Souls of King Henry the second and of Queen Alianore as also for the good estate of himself and of Bernard his Son he gave the Churches of Tettebiri and Legis To the Monks of St. Ebrald in Normandy the Lordship of Eylmudestre in Comitat. Glouc. To the Knights Templars certain Lands at Lugge And to the Abby of Kingswode in Comitat. Glouc. his Park at Tetbury To this Reginald succeeded Bernard his Son and Heir to whom King Henry the second gave the Lordship of Erdington in Comit. Oxon. This Bernard by consent of Annora his Wife and his three Sons viz. Reginald Bernard and Thomas granted to King Henry the second the Site of the Abby of Godstow near Oxford with all his title in the Advouson thereof giving Livery and Seisin by a cloath of Silk whereof a Vestment called a Chesible was made Moreover he founded a certain Abby upon the River Bresâ—au which divides Normandy and Picardy calling it also Godstow And having been founder of the Abby of Tettibirie in Com. Glouc. by reason that the Monks placed there had not sufficient conveniencies he accepted of forty Acres of Land at Mireford near â—ingswood from Roger Lord Berkley the founder of Kingswode and remove those Monks from Tettebirie thither To the Monks of Stodley in Comit. Oxon. he gave half an Hide of Land in Norton for the health of the Souls of Maud and Annora his Wives to the Canons of Osney he gave a Weere adjoyning to the River of Thames with the Stream running to their Mill. And departed this life at the Siege of Acon in the Holy-Land in Anno 1190. 2 Ric. 1. To whom succeeded Thomas then his Son and Heir Which Thomas in 5 Ric. 1. paid an hundred and seventy Marks for his Relief and in 6 Ric. 1 upon Collection of the Scutage for the Kings Redemption answered twenty shillings in Hantshire his Capital Barony being not in that County What Offence he did give to King Richard I find not but certain it is that his Lands were seised by that King the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire accounting for those within his liberty But in 11 Ioh. giving to the King a thousand marks to make his peace he had livery of them again Moreover in 15 Ioh. he had livery of the Mannors of Sucton Norton in Com. Suthamp which did belong to Henry his Brother who took part with the rebellious Barons of that time as it seems and in 1 Hen. 3. had livery of all the rest which had been seised into the Kings Hands in the time of that War But shortly after this Henry having Letters of safe Conduct from the King to treat for restitution of them he made his peace and having so done was with the King at that great Rendezvouz of his Army at Newarke in 2 Hen. 3. in Order to the total defeat of all their rebellious Forces to Lincoln which soon ensued But I return to Thomas This Thomas dying soon after in 3 Hen. 3. Robert de Dreux by some called Earl of Dreux having married Annora his sole Daughter and Heir had livery of all the Lands in England of her inheritance which by his forfeiture were afterwards given to Richard Earl of Cornwall Brother to King Henry Which Annora afterwards married to Henry Lord of Suiliy but was buried with her first Husband in the Abby of Brenne Buisli ROger de Busli being possessed of divers Lordships in the Conquerors time viz. one in â—evonshire eight in Derbyshire five in Leicestershire forty nine in Yorkshire and fourscore and six in Notinghamshire had his principal residence at Tikhill Castle in Yorkshire And at Blythe near Tikhill on the confiâ—es of Notinghamshire where he also had another Castle in 2 Will. Rufi founded a Priory for Benedictine Monks which he annexed as a Cell to the Abby of St. Catherines on the Mount near Roan in Normandy This Roger gave also to the Monks of St. Peters at Gloucester his Lordship of Clifford and surviving King Henry the first stood firm to his Daughter Maud the Empress for which respect King Stephen seized upon his Castle of Tickhill and the whole Honor of Blithe and gave them to Ranulph then Earl of Chester To Roger succeeded Richard de Builli Son to Roger I presume who in Anno 1147. 12 Steph. founded Roche Abby in Yorkshire and with the consent of Emme his Wife gave to the Monks of Kirkestede in Lincolnshire a certain place lying within the territory of Kymberworth for the making of two Furnaces to melt Iron and two Forges for making it into Bars as also all his dead Wood in the Woods of Rymberworth to make Charcoal for those Furnasses and Forges And left issue three Sons William Richard and Iohn Which Richard in 11 Hen. 2. answered for six Knights Fees upon paiment of his relief for Tickhill and left issue Iohn his Son who took to Wife ... one of the two Daughters and Heirs to Roesia Daughter of Ralph Fitz-Gilbert Widow of William de Bussei and confirmed to the Monks of Roche-Abby whatsoever his Father had formerly given them but dying without issue male left Idonea his Daughter Heir to his whole estate which Idonea became the Wife of Robert de Vipount a great Baron in the North who had levery of her Lands in 15 Ioh. Stutevill IN Anno 1800 13 Will. Conq. Robert de Stotevill called Grundeboef or rather Fronteboef by some of our Historians was witness to a certain Grant made to the Abby of St. Ebrulfs in Normandy But of him I have seen no more till 7 Hen. 1. that fighting stoutly on the behalf of Robert Curthose in the Battle of Tenerchbray against King Henry he was there taken and sent into England to perpetual Imprisonment Whereupon all his Lands were given to Nigell de Albini Progenitor to the noble Family of Moubray To this Robert
who in 29 Edw. 1. marched into Scotland So likewise in 34 Edw. 1. being then retained with Fulk le Strange In 16 Edw. 2. this Roger obtained the custody of the Lands of Nicholas de Audley during the minority of his heirs and in 1 Edw. 3. had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm but never after so that what became of him I have not seen Chaworth ABout the latter end of King William the Conquerors Reign Patric de Cadurcis vulgarly called Choworth son of ... de Cadurcis born in Little-Britanny gave to the Monks of S. Peters â—Abby in Gloucester three Mills lying in Kynemersford in Com. Glouc. which grant King William Rufus confirmedd. To him succeeded Patric his son and heir who likewise bestowed on those Monks a certain Mill called Horcote situate also in Kynemersford with certain Land thereto belonging as also the Tithes of the Meadows there In 33 Hen. 2. this Patric upon collection of the Scutage of Galwey accounted six pounds for the Knights Fees belonging to the Honour of Striguill and in six Ric. 1. paid the like sum upon levying the Scutage for the King's Redemption To him succeeded Pain de Chaworth who in 2 Hen. 3. became one of the Sureties for Isabell de Mortimer viz. that she should come to the King's Exchequer on the Octaves of S. Michaell to satisfie for such debts as were due from her to King Iohn he being then one of the Barons-marchers as it seems And in 8 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Scutage of Montgomery answered twenty five Marks for twelve Knights Fees and an half which he then had This Pain took to Wife Gundred the daughter and heir to William de la Ferte heir to Margaret de la Ferte second daughter and coheir of William de Briwere a great Baron of that age and was buried in the Chapter-house of Gloucester-Abby leaving issue Patric Which Patric in 23 Hen. 3. being then under age compounded with the King for his own Wardship and Marriage giving five hundred pounds for the same And in 21 Hen. 3. as Nephew and Heir to the before-specified Margaret de la Ferte gave five hundred pounds Fine to the King for Livery of the Lands which by right of Inheritance did descend to him from Pain de Chaworth his Father and Margaret de Briwere his Grand-mother Moreover in 29 Hen. 3. he received a Precept from the King whereby he had command to use all his power and diligence to annoy the Welch then in hostility and took to Wife Hawyse the daughter and heir to Thomas de Londres or London Lord of Ogmore and Kidwelly in Wales In 42 Hen. 3. the Welch having by their bold Incursions made great spoil upon the Lands of Prince Edward and divers of the King 's good Subjects he had summons amongst others to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Chester upon Monday next after the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist for restraining those their hostilities and the same year departed this life being then seised of the Barony of Kenemersford in Com. Glouc. As also of the Mannors of Steple-Lavinton Berwyke and Standene in Com. Wilts Likewise of the Mannors of Weston and Swinburne with the Hundred of Swinburne in Com. Sutht and of the Advowsons of the Church of Berwyke and Chapel of Standene all which were then of the yearly value of Clxix l. xviij s. viij d. leaving Pain de Chaworth his son and heir thirteen years of age and Hawise his Wife surviving who in 43 Hen. 3. gave a thousand Marks to the King for his Wardship Which Pain together with Hâ—rvic and Patric his Brothers in 54 Hen. 3. being signed with the Cross attended Prince Edward into the Holy-land After which ere long viz. in 2 Edw. 1. Hawyse his Mother departing this life then seised of the Mannors of Hanedon and Inglesham in Com. Wilts As also of the Mannor of Esegareâ—ton in Com. Berks. a member of Kidwettie he being then of full age had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance paying his Relief In 5 Edw. 1. this Pain was constituted General of the King's Army in West-Wales whereupon Roger de Mortimer received command to assist him with all his power and to admit him into all his Castles and Garrisons at which time his success was such that the Welsh sought Peace and did Homage to the King And being thus victorious was made Governour of the Castles of Dumebor Karekenyl and Landevery Moreover in 6 Edw. 1. he obtained a grant from the King for a Market every week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Aldrington in Com. Northt with a Fair yearly on the Eve and morrow after the Feast of S. Margaret Lastly He bestowed on the Monks of Blanchland in the Diocess of S. Davids nineteen Acres of arable Land to the end that every day each Priest of that Abby in his Celebration of Mass should pray for the Souls of Sir Thomas de Londres Patric de Chaworth William and Maurice de Londres Warine de Basingburne the Lady Eve de Tracy Alice and Gundred deceased as also for the Soul of Hawyse de Londres his Mother and for the good estate of him the said Pain Patric and Hervy his Brothers and of Eve and Anne his Sisters and died in 7 Edw. 1. being seised of the Mannor of Stoke-Bruere in Com. Northt leaving Patric his brother and heir of full age who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands but died shortly after viz. in 11 Edw. 1. being seised of the Mannor of Ettelawe parcel of the Barony of Kynemersford in Com. Glouc. Also of one Messuage and four hundred Acres of arable Land in Est-Gareston in Com. Berks. held by the service of finding a Knight armed with Plate-Armour in the King's Army when it should be in the Territory of Kedewelly Moreover of the Mannors of Berewyke Staundon and Hanedon in Com. Wilts Of the Mannors of Weston and Swineborne in Com. Sutht Of the Mannors of Kidewelly and Karnwathlan in Wales and of the Mannor of Herteleg in Com. Sutht which was of the Frank-marriage of Isabell his Wife leaving issue by the same Isabell daughter of William de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Maud his daughter and heir married to Henry of Lancaster the King's Nephew Which Isabell surviving him had an Assignation of the Mannors of Berwyke Staundone Hanedone and Ingelsham in Com. Wilts Sumburn excepting Stotbrigge a member thereof in Com. Sutht and Est-Garfton in Com. Berks. until her Dowry should be set forth as also Livery of the Mannors of Cheddeworth in Com. Glouc. and Herteley in Com. Sutht which were of her Frank-marriage And shortly afterwards became the Wife
marching to London he beleaguer'd that great City both by Land and Water so that Provisions of Victual could not be brought to it Whereupon through his skilful Conduct and singular Prudence Peace was forthwith wrought with the adverse Party This was about the beginning of the second year of King Henry the Third's Reign in which he executed the Office of Sheriff for the Counties of Essex and Hertford for three parts of that year and for half the third year But now being grown an aged Man and his Death near approaching I shall take notice of his Works of Piety Whereof the first and chiefest I find mention is That for the health of the Souls of King Henry the Second and of King Henry the Younger his Son whom he calls his Lord as also for the Soul of King Richard the First and for the health of his own Soul and Soul of Isabell his Wife and all his Ancestours he Founded the Priory of Kertmele in Com. Lanc. and conferr'd upon the Canons of that House all the Liberties and Privileges as Tongue could express or Heart devise Next That he gave to the Monks of Gloucester in pure Alms his Mill at Castle Goderich with the Sute thereto as also the Sute of the whole Town of Hunston Likewise That for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Isabell his Wife he gave to the Monks of Pembroke the Tithe of his Mills of Pembroke Tynbeh and Castle Martin Furthermore To the Chappel of our Lady at Caversham he gave all that Place which the Canons of Nutley had built upon for themselves near the Gate thereof as also xv Acres of Land there lying Westwards from the Church To the Canons of Bradenstoke in Com. Wiltes he gave the Church of Estoâ—e To the Knights Templars the Advowson of the Church of Spene for an yearly Pension of five Marks to be paid to the Preceptorie of Saunford as also the Church of Castelan-Emlyn with Lxxx Acres of Land there in Echirmanhir To the Monks of Stanley in Com. Wiltes a certain Place in Ireland call'd St. Saviours whereupon part of that Covent removed thither And began the Foundation of an Abby of Cistertian Monks in the Land of Dowysken in the same Realm of Ireland which Isabell his Wife and Geffrey Fitz-Robert his Steward according to the appointment of his last Will and Testament perfected This is it which is by some called Tinterne in regard it was propagated from that of Tinterne in Wales and by others de Voto by reason of a Vow he had made when he was in great peril at Sea He likewise Founded the Priory of Canons of St. Augustine at Kilkenny in Ireland As also that at Kilrush which was a Cell to Kartmele in Lancashire and that for Knights-Hospitallers at Legh-Garmon in the County of Wexford Moreover he granted divers Liberties and Privileges to the Burrough of Baudac in Com. Bedf. formerly given to the Knights Templars by his Noble Ancestour Gilbert Stroâ—gbow sometime Earl of Pembroke and gave unto them the Mill of Radewelleshebed with two Husbandmen in that Town And having by his last Will and Testament constituted the Abbot of St. Augustines at Bristoll and Henry Fitz-Gerald his Executors to whom he assigned his Mannor of Caversham near Reading till certain of his Debts were paid he departed this Life at Caversham in An. 1219. 3. H. 3. Whereupon his Body being thence carried to Reading was received with solemn Procession by the Monks of that Abby and placed in their Quire whilst Mass was solemnly celebrated for him Afterwards to Westminster and Mass celebrated there Thence to the New Temple where on the morrow it was solemnly Interred viz. on Ascension-day being 27 Cal. Apr. with this â—pitaph Sum qui Saturnum sibi sensit Hibernia Solem Anglia Mercurium Normannia Gallia Martem For he had been as Matth. Paris observes a severe Tamer of the Irish a great Favourer of the English atchieved much in Normandy and was an invincible Souldier in France Miles strenuissimus ac per orbem nominatiffimus saith another This great Earl left surviving him five Sons viz. William Richard Gilbert Walter and Anselm who succeeding one another in his Lands and Honours died all without Issue And five Daughters viz. Maude married to Hugh Bigâ—t Earl of Norff. and afterwards to Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey Ioane to Warine de Montchensy Isabel first to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and afterwards to Richard Earl of Cornwal Sibyll to William de Ferrers Earl of Derby and Eve to William de Brahuse unto whose Heirs for lack of Issue by the Brothers the Inheritance at length descended Of which Brothers I shall speak in order and first of William the eldest This William in his Father's Life-time scil in 17. Ioh. adhered to the Rebellious Barons then in Arms against the King being one of those betwixt whom and the King those Covenants were made whereby the Government of the Realm was placed in xxv of them and the City of London thereupon put into their Hands Yea so great a Confident he was of that Rebellious Pack that they constituted him to be one of those xxv for which respect amongst them he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication by the Pope But upon the Death of King Iohn which hapned shortly after the Scene much altering his Noble Father reduc'd him to obedience as before is observed so that he became Loyal to King Henry the Third and thereupon had a Grant of the Lands of Saier de Quinci Earl of Winchester and David Earl of Huntendon two of those great Rebells for his Support in the King's Service as also all the Lands of William de Moubray and Gilbert de Gant with the Fees of all such as held of them and had adhered to the Rebellious Barons That which I find farther memorable of this second Earl William is That in 7 H. 3. whilst he was in Ireland Leoline Prince of Wales took two of his Castles and having cut off the Heads of those whom he found therein Mann'd them with his own Souldiers But that when Tidings thereof came to him he soon return'd into Wales and having with a great Power won them again took the like Revenge upon the Welch and thinking that not enough invading the Lands of Leoline wasted them with Fire and Sword Whereupon Leoline advanc'd towards him with all his Strength but to little purpose for encountring him in Battel he totally routed his whole Army of which to the number of Nine thousand were slain and taken Moreover That for this good Service against the Welch he then had Scutage of
held their Lands of him by Military Service and in 22 E. 1. receiv'd command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Portesmouth on the first of September thence to attend the King into France In 25 E. 1. he was also in that Expedition then made into Flanders and in 26 E. 1. in the Scottish Wars So likewise in 28 E. 1. And having been summon'd to Parliament with other of the Barons of this Realm from 27 E. 1. till 33 inclusive departed this Life the same year leaving Robert his Son and Heir who doing his Homage soon after had Livery of his Lands In 34 E. 1. this Robert being made Knight with Prince Edward and many more by Bathing and other Sacred Ceremonies attended him in that Expedition then made into Scotland In 8 H. 2. he had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Festival of our Lady's Assumption to restrain the Incursions of the Scots And having been summon'd to Parliament from 34 E. 1. till 8 E. 2. died before the end of that year Whereupon Egeliâ—a his Wife Daughter of Hugh de Courtney paying CC Marks Fine to the King obtain'd the Wardship of his Heir with the Custody of his Lands whose Name was also Robert Which Robert in 7 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 9 E. 3. being in that Expedition then made into Scotland was of the Retinue with William de Vfford So likewise in 10 E. 3. and in 12 E. 3. attended the King into Flanders In 16 E. 3. he was charg'd with providing of ten Men at Arms and ten Archers for the Wars of France and in 21 E. 3. was again in those Wars Likewise in 30 E. 3. in that Expedition then made into Britanny And having given to the Nuns at Blakburgh the Advowson of the Church of Iâ—syngton in Com. Norff. departed this Life in 43 E. 3. upon Munday preceding the Assumption of our Lady being then seised of the Mannor of Haselyngield in Com. Cantabr Rewenâ—alle in Com. Essex Wretâ—elington in Com. Suff. Berton Bendish Ilsyngton Howe Middleton as also of the Mannor called Castel-Hall in Middleton and fourth part of the Mannor of Reinham all in Com. Norff. leaving Issue by Catherine his Wife Sister and Coheir to William de Vfford Earl of Suffolk Roger his Son and Heir twenty two years of age Who thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands And in 46 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France In 4 R. 2. in that Insurrection of the Commons headed by Iack Straw in some Places and in Norfolk by one Iohn Littestere a Dyer of Norwich amongst other eminent Persons this Roger Lord Scales was forced to march along with them And in 5 R. 2. was by Inquisition found to be one of the Coheirs to William de Vsford Earl of Suffolk By his Testament bearing date at Hykeling 6 Martii Anno 1385. 9 R. 2. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Monastery of Blackburgh And having been summon'd to Parliament from 49 E. 3. until 9 R. 2. inclusive departed this Liâ—e upon Christmass-day 10 R. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Haselyngfeld in Com. Cantabr as also of the Mannors of Ilsyngton Hohte and Reynham two parts of the Mannor of Middlâ—ton and Mannor of Castell-Hall in Middleton leaving Robert his Son and Heir fourteen years of age and Ioane his Wife surviving Which Ioane being joyntly seised with him of the Mannors of Ilsyngton and Hoghe and of a certain Mannor in Middlâ—ton called Castle-Hall as also of two parts of the Mannor of Middleton with the third part of the Site of that Mannor the fourth part of the Mannor of Reynham xlvi Acres of Land and xv s. Rent in Middleton and the Advowson of the Church of Clencheâ—â—arton had Livery of them in 11 R. 2. and died on Fryday before the Feast of the Epiphany 2 H. 5. But I return to Robert This Robert thus left in Minority being fourteen years of age at his Father's death having afterwards had but slender Allowance in 16 R. 2. obtain'd from the King a Grant of xl Marks per Annum for his Support until he should accomplish his full age And afterwards scil in 2 H. 4. was in that Expedition then made into Aquitane But being unhealthy made his Testament upon the second of May the same year whereby he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church of the Priory at Blakeburgh constituting Elizabâ—th his Wife his Executrix and departed this Life upon Thursday the Eve of the Conception of our Lady 4 H. 4. being seised of the Mannor of Halestingfeild in Com. Cantabr and of the Reversion of Scales-Hall in Middleton as also of the Mannors of 〈◊〉 Reynham Howe and Castle-Hall in Com. Norff. leaving Robert his Son and Heir six years of age and upwards Elizabeth his Wife surviving Who thereupon obtain'd the King's Precept for and Assignation of her Dower and afterwards married to Sir Henry Percie of Athâ—â— Knight Which last-mention'd Robert died 1 Iuly 6 H. 5. being seised of two parts of the Mannor of Haselyngfeild in Com. Cantabr likewise of the Mannors of Castell-Hall and Scales-Hall in Middleton and of the Mannors of Ilsyngton Howe juxta Lenne Reynham and Hikelinge in Com. Norff. leaving Thomas his Brother and Heir-male xxi years of age Which Thomas in 8 H. 5. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 9 H. 5. was by Indenture retain'd to serve the King in his Wars of France with xx Men at Arms and lx Archers In 3 H. 6. with the Earls of Salisbury and Suff. he was at the Siege and taking of Mounce with other Towns and Castles in France to the number of xxxvi And in 6 H. 6. with the Earl of Suffolk and Lord Talbot at the Siege of Orleance In Anno 1436. 13 H. 6. upon the death of Iohn Duke of Bedford Regent of France the Normans rebelling this Lord Scales was with others sent out against them and slaying many of them destroy'd their Towns and Villages In consideration therefore of his especial Services in 18 H. 6. he obtain'd from the King the Grant of C l. per Annum during his Life And in 21 H. 6. was constituted one of the Embassadors then sent into France to Treat with the King of France or his Embassadors for a firm and final Peace In 26 H. 6. being decay'd in his Strength having a great desire to visit the Holy Land at his earnest Request the King considering his faithful Services in the days of
her Husband Roger her Son and Heir and Auger his Brother the Inheritance of all their Land at Ilesham and all that Right therein which they held of him by the Service of half a Knights Fee Which Purchase was made in the open County-Court of Devon and afterward scil on Thursday next following the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist recorded in the Exchequer at Westminster in the presence of Richard Bishop of Winchester Geffrey Bishop of Ely Iohn Bishop of Norwich Ranulph de Glanvill Richard the Treasurer William Basset Alan de Furnels Robert Mantell and other Barons then there sitting In which year being constituted Sheriff of Devon he continued so till the end of that King's Reign To this William and his Heirs King Henry the Second confirm'd all the Lands whereof he was then possess'd to hold as freely as he did in the time of King Henry the First As also the Forestership of the Forest of De la Bere with Power to take any Person transgressing therein betwixt the Bars of Hampton and the Gates of Winchester and likewise betwixt the River of Romesey and River of Winchester to the Sea in as ample manner as the Father of this William held the same in the times of King William and of King Henry the First Moreover after the death of King Henry the Second he stood in such high esteem with Richard the First That upon the going of that King into the Holy Land in the first year of his Reign he and Hugh Bardulf were associated to the Bishops of Durham and Ely in the Government of the Realm And soon after when King Richard was on his Journey procur'd from him a special Charter dated at Chinun upon the twenty fourth of June the same year for the Mannor of Sumburne in Com. Suthampt. and to have a Market once every Week there in a place called the Strait with an yearly Rent of xl s. payable out of the Forest of Bere Furthermore in 3 R. 1. the King being then in the Holy Land and doubting that the Bishop of Ely might not perform his Trust as he expected this William was one of the three to whom the King by his special Letters gave command That they should assume the Government into their Hands For which he grew so malign'd by the Bishop as many other then were who favouring Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother had not complied with him that he procur'd him amongst others to be Excommunicated by the Pope But notwithstanding the Bishop thus frown'd upon him in 5 R. 1. when King Richard was brought to Wâ—rmes in Germany being made Prisoner by the Emperour as he return'd through his Country he came thither to him and was one of the principal Persons in that Treaty held there with the Emperour whereupon for a large Ransom the King was set at liberty and forthwith sent thence with some other Persons of Note to make a League with the King of France which was thereupon effected Likewise soon after this viz. in 6 R. 1. upon the Kings Return into England he together with Earl Roger Bigot William de Warren and some others was sent to Yorke to compose that Difference then depending betwixt the Archbishop there and the Canons of that Church As also constituted one of the Justices-Itinerant then sent into sundry parts of the Realm for redress of what was at that time amiss And in 10 R. 1. obtain'd from that King the Inheritance of two Rifflets one in his Common of Pasture betwixt Sunburne and Hakelegh in which were contain'd CC Acres and the other called the Rigge lying betwixt the Lands of William de Burbach and Wiâ—hall to be essarted and reduc'd to Culture and to be held for the same Service of two Knights Fees by which he held the Mannor of Sumburne with Licence to enclose two Woods which lay out of the Regard of the Forest the one situate betwixt Sumburne and Estochrigg and the other called Howde And besides all this underwent the Sheriffalty for the County of Devon which he held for divers years of King Henry the Second's Reign as is before observed in 1 Riâ— 1. Also that of Oxon. and Berks. from 3 to 6 R. 1. inclusive and likewise for Notingham and Derb. from 6 till 9 R. 1. inclusive Thus much for the Trusts and Favours which he receiv'd from King Richard the First Nor were they less from King Iohn after he assumed the Crown for in the first year of his Reign he bestow'd on him the Wardship and Marriage of Roger the Son and Heir of William Bertram a great Baron in the North and the like of the Heirs of Henry de Perci and Geffrey Chamberlain as also of the Daughters and Heirs of Raphe Murdac with their whole Inheritance Moreover he confirm'd â—nto him the Inheritance of the Mannor of Foston granted to him by Gilbert de Albamarle and Braworth which he acquir'd from Henry de Pomerie with the Advowsons of those Churches and Knights Fees Likewise the Mannor of Donkewell granted to him by the said Henry with the Knights Fees Also the Mannor of Bruggewalter which he obtain'd from Fulke Painell with the Advowson of the Church and Knights Fees and likewise the Mannors of Lamton and Little Cadeley with a Rent of x l. yearly out of the Mannor of Renham Also Licence to inclose his Woods at Toare Cadelegh Raddon Ailesberie and Burghâ— walter with free liberty to hunt the Hare Fox Cat and Wolf throughout all Devonshire and likewise the Goat out of the Regard of the Forest and to have Free-warren throughout all his own Lands for Hares Pheasants and Partridges And in 2 of his Reign granted to him an ample Charter for his Lordship of Bruggewalter viz. That it should thenceforth be a Free Borough and to have a Free Market there every Week with a Fair once a year and the Benefit of Toll and Passage and that the Burgesses thereof should be free of Toll and enjoy divers other Privileges Giving him also Licence for building of three Castles viz. one in Hantshire at Eslege or Stâ—ke another at Bruggewater in Com. Somerset and a third in Com. Devon wheresoever he should think fit upon any of his own Lands And that those Lx Acres of Land at Blitheâ—â—rth which were essarted in King Henry the Second's time should thenceforth be discharged from all Exactions of the Forest. In this second year of King Iohn he purchased from Walter Croc the moytie of that Barony which Walter Briton formerly had to the end that his Son Richard Briwere and his Heirs might thenceforth enjoy it And in 3 Ioh. in consideration of Five hundred Marks obtain'd from the King the Wardship of ... the Daughter of Hugh de Morevill with her whole Inheritance whereof her Father died seised that
French with condition that if he should then be worsted he would never make further challenge to the Crown of France But the next ensuing year there was a Peace concluded betwixt both Realms After which finding nothing more of his military employments I shall next take notice of his works of piety Of these the chief and principal was his foundation of the Collegiate-Church of our Lady at Leicester consisting of Twelve Prebends besides the Dean and Choristers as also of the Hospital there which Iohn of Gant afterward Duke of Lancaster in fulfilling of that his devout design perfected The next being the gift of a certain Livery to the two Recluses in the House of S. Helen at Pontfract called the Blanch Liveries which did appertain to his Donation as Lord of the Honour of Pontfract to be paid every day out of the Hospital of S Nicholas there for the finding of a Priest to celebrate Divine Service in the Chappel of S. Elene for ever Moreover by his Deed bearing date Ian. 2. in the Tenth year after he was Duke which was in 35 E. 3. he gave to the Monks of Whalley in Com. Lanc. and to their successors two Cottages seven acres of Land an hundred eighty three acres of Pasture two hundred acres of Wood called Rommesgreve all lying in the Chase of Blakburn Likewise two Messuages a hundred twentyâ— six acres of Land twenty six acres of Meadow an hundred and thirty acres of Pasture called Standen Holcroft and Grenelache lying within the Towns of Penhulton and Cliderhou with the Fold and Foldage of Standen to support and maintain two Recluses in a certain place within the Church-yard of the Parochial Church of Whalley and their successors Recluses there as also for two Women-servants to attend them there to pray for the Soul of him the said Duke his Ancestors and Heirs That is to say to find them every week throughout the year seventeen Loaves of Bread such as usually were made in their Covent each of them weighing fifty shillings Sterling and seven Loaves of the second sort of the same weight as also eight gallons of their better sort of Beer and three pence for their food Moreover every year at the Feast of All-Saints to provide for them ten large Fishes called Stock-fish and one Bushel of Oat-meal for Pottage one Bushel of Rye two gallons of Oyl for their Lamps one pound of Tallow for Candle six load of Turfe and one load of Faggots for their fewel Likewise to repair their Habitations And to find a Chaplain with a Clerk to sing Mass in the Chappel belonging to those Recluses every day as also all Vestments and other Utensils and Ornaments for the same Chappel Upon the death of which Recluses he the said Duke and his Heirs to nominate their Successors Besides this he built that stately Palace in the Suburbs of London called the Savoy whereon he expended fifty two thousand marks which he got at the taking of Brigerak After all which by his Testament bearing date at his Castle of Leicester the 15 th day of March next ensuing viz. Anno 1360. 35 E. 3. wherein he styles himself Duke of Lancaster Earl of Derby Lincoln and Leicester Steward of England as also Lord of Bragerak and Beaufort he bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Collegiate Church of our Lady at Leicester on that side the High Altar where the Corps of his Father lay interred appointing that it should be buried within three weeks after his death And in case he should die at Leicester to be first carried to the Parish Church the third day before his Funeral and that Divine Service should there be performed in due manner with twenty four Torches whereof twelve with two Cloths of Gold to remain to that Church Moreover that the Curate of that Church should have his best Horse or the Price in name of a Principal And that from thence his Corps should be carried to the before-specified Collegiate-Church of our Lady and there buried but without pomp viz. of armed men or Horses covered or other vanities onely an Herse withâ—five Tapers every one being an hundred pound weight four great Morters fifty Torches about his Body fifty poor people whereof twenty five clothed in white raiment and twenty five in blew bearing those fifty Torches After which there hapning a great Pestilence in England which destroyed many amongst other he died thereof at Leicester upon the Eve of the Annunciation of our Lady and was buried on the South-side the High Altar in the Collegiateâ—Church at Leicester so by him founded as hath been observed leaving issue by Isabel his Wife Daughter to Henry Lord Beaumont two Daughters his Heirs viz. Maud first married to Raphe Son and Heir to Raphe Lord Stafford and after to William Duke of Zeland And Blanch by virtue of a special Dispensation from the Pope in regard of their near alliance to Iohn of Gant Earl of Richmund Fourth Son to King Edward the Third afterwards Duke of Lancaster Betwixt which two Daughters partition of the Lordships and Lands of their Inheritance being made 16 Iuly 35 E. 3. Maud the Elder had for her purparty an assignation of the Mannors of Tyverton Rodâ—eye and Mynâ—treworth in Com. Gloâ—c the Castles and Lordships of Monmouth Hodenak Blanch-Castle Skenefrith Grossemont Ettelowe Eggemor Kedewelly the Provostship of Kedewelly the Office of Messore the quarter Cadugan the quarter Peynryn Rarwathlan Iskoyt and quarter Mory Leirwith de Karn and Kedewelly Iskenny and Maherdyf with the Appurtenances in the Marches of Wales the Mannors of Somburne and Briggestoke in Com. Southampt Est-Gartone Standone Poghele Sandone and Hungerford with the Meadows of Kentebury and Hungerford in Com. Berks. the Mannors of Lavynton Colingbourne and Everle in Com Wilts the Mannors of Shapwyk Kingston Chauton Lecchelade and Eton-Meysy as also a certain parcel of Wood in the Forrest of Braddene in Com. Dors. the Mannor of Nrittesgrave in Com. Sur. the Castle and Mannor of Newcastle under Line with its Members in Com. Staff the Mannors of Shulton and Dersford in Com. Leicest the Bayliwick of the Honour of Leicester in Com. War the Bayliwicks of Carleton and Glenfield the Bayliwicks of Sylby and Hetheley the Castle and Mannor of Leicester with its Members the Gaol and Mills of Leicester the Bayliwick of the Fees of the Honour of Leicester in Com. Northamp and Roteland the yearly Ferme of Sixty four pound four shillings out of the Town of Huntendon the annual Ferme of an hundred and twenty pounds out of the Town of Gurmecestre in Com. Hunt as also the Lordships of Beuford and Nogent in France And to Iohn Earl of Richmund and Blanch his Wife the other Daughter and Coheir whose Homage was then taken by reason of issue betwixt them the Castle and Town of Pontfract the Mannors of Bradeford Almanbury Altofts Warnfeld Rothewel Ledes Roundehay Scoles Berewyk
Iohn in 32 E. 1. upon the death of Ioane the Widdow of Richard de Davor had Livery of the Mannor of Lesnes in Kent which descended to him from Isabell his Mother Sister and Heir to him the said Richard It is reported by an Author of that time that in An. 1306. 34 E. 1. King Edward being Victorious in Scotland taking much to heart the slaughter of Iohn Comin and Crowning Robert de Brus King of that Realm exercised a sharp revenge upon all whom he could discover to have had an hand therein and that thereupon this Iohn de Asceles for so he is called fled the Countrey but being driven back from Sea by contrary winds was taken and carried to London Also that for his Treacheries in England Scotland and Flanders he was sentenced to death upon the seventh of November in UUestminster Hall Likewise that in respect of his descent from Royal Blood he was not drawn as Traytors usually are but set on Horseback and hanged on a Gibbet fifty foot high his Head fixt on London Bridge and his Body burnt to Ashes Being thus put to death the Earldome of Athol with the Lands of Straboigy and Strathern and all the possessions of those Rebles in Scotland who held of him were given by King Edward unto Raphe de Monthermer Earl of Gloucester But soon after upon a composition made with Monthermer by David de Strabolgi Son to the same Iohn of five thousand Marks for the payment whereof he entred a Recognifance and with him Adomare de Valence Iohn de Moubray of Scotland and Alexander de Abernethey Mouthermer quitted his Title to them Whereupon David obtained the Kings confirmation of them unto himself and his Heirs Moreover in 7 E. 2. he procured Licence that Alexander de Moubray Son to Roger de Moubray a great Baron in the North of England might march into Scotland to his ayd against Edward de Brus there being at that time no small feud betwixt them Furthermore in 10 E. 2. he obtained leave to take into his protection upon submission all those his Tenants in that Realm who had been partakers with the Kings Enemies And in 15 E. 2. in regard of his eminent Services had a Grant from the King of the Mannor and Honor of Chiâ—ham before-specified part of the possessions of Isabel de Dovor his Grandmother which came to the Crown in the time of King Edward the First as an Eschaâ—t as also a special discharge of all such Debts as were due unto the Exchequer by Roese de Dovor Alexander de Baillol Isabel his wife and Bartholemew de Bedlesmere who had held the same Castle and Mannor until that time In 18 E. 2. this David was in that Expedition then made into Gascoâ—gne for which he had afterwards one hundred Marks allowance in recompence of his charges there And having Married Ioane the eldest Sister and Coheir to Iohn Comyn of Badenagâ— in Tindaâ—â— Cousin and one of the Heirs to Adomare Earl of â—embroke upon partition of the Lands of the said Audomare had for her purpartie an assignation of the Castle at castle Castleâ—Acre with the Mannors of Styvekeye Possewike West-Lexham and Holkham in Com. Norff. Kenâ—well West-Lee and certain Houses in St. Edmundsbury in Com. Suff. the Mannor of Bishops Hatfeild with certain Lands in Hokewell in Com. Hertf. the Mannor of Gaynesbrough in Com. Linc. divers Lands in Dakenham in Com. Essex also the Castel of Mitford and Mannor of Pont Eland with other Lands in Little Elaâ—d in Com. Northumb. This David had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of England from 15 E. 2. till 20 E. 2. and departed this life the same year being then seised in right of his Wife of the before-specified Mannor of Gaynelbrough in Com. Linc. as also of the Mannor of Hethyngsaâ—gh with the Forest of Roddeston in South-Tindale and divers Scalings in Huntland in North Tindale in Com. Northumb. Likewise of many Lordships in other Counties leaving David his Son and Heir nineteen years of age the benefit of whose Wardship and Marriage was granted to Henry de Beaumont for a thousand Marks But notwithstanding this Grant unto Beaumont of his Wardship he stood in such fair esteem with the King as that in 1 E. 3. in consideration of the many and great Services done by his Ancestors to the Kings Progenitors and in contemplation of the Services which he himself might afterwards perform though he had not then accomplished his full age he obtained Livery of his Lands doing his Homage And in 4 E. 3. upon the death of Iohn Comyn of Badenâ—gh in Tindale whose elder Sister Ioane was his Mother upon proof of his age had Livery of the Site of the Mannor of Cirsete with divers parcels of Land there and in those parts for his purparty of the Lands of that Inheritance Also the same year to the intent he might the better support himself in the Kings Service he had Livery of all the Lands which descended to him as one of the Co-heiâ—s to Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke And in An. 1331. 5 E 3. upon the coming of Edward 〈◊〉 into England to challenge his right to the Crown of Scotland he armed himself as did also many other of the English Nobility by reason of the Title they had to certain Lands in Scotland in right of their Wives and accompanied him thither where encountring a great Army of the Scots near Gledesmore they obtained a signal Victory Howbeit shortly after this fleeing to those Scots then called Rebels command was given to the Sheriff of Kent to seise all his Lands But the next ensuing year King Edward entring Scotland with a Royal Army this David with divers of those who had taken part with him came in and submitted himself and being thereupon received to favor had restitution of his Lands alleadging that what he had done was not out of any evil intentions towards the King but for his Honor and to save his own life And farther to manifest his Reality to the English marcht out with a Party of Horse against the Scots but in that adventure he had the ill fortune to be slain with thirteen of his Men having been summoned to Parliament from 20 E. 2. till 9 E. 3. inclusive which was the year of his death being then seised of the Mannor of Gaynesbrough in com Linc. Bulindon in com Buck. Posewyke West-Lexham Stybeley and Holkeham in com Norff. as also of the Castle of Mitford with two parts of the Mannors of Pont-Eland and Calverdon and certain Lands in Mollesdown in com Northumb. leaving David his Son and Heir three years of age and Catherine Beaumont his Wife surviving who by reason of the many Services performed by the said Earl her
was slain at Barnet-Field An. 1471. 11 E. 4. but left no issue 4. Sir Iohn Bourchier Knight who married Elizabeth Neice and heir to William Lord Ferrers of Groby Widow of Edward Lord Grâ—y of Groby 5. Sir Thomas Bourchier Knight who married Isabel daughter and heir of Sir Iohn Barre Knight Widow of Humphrey Stafford Earl of Devon 6 Sir Edward Bourchier Knight slain in the battel of Wakefeild and 7. Fulke who died young As also a daughter called Isabel who lived but a few dayes And now before I proceed to speak of Henry the succeeding Earl it will be fit to take notice that William his father so deceased as before is observed married Anne one of the daughters of Richard Widvile the first Earl Rivers of that Family sister and coheir to Richard Widvile the last Earl Rivers and that he had issue by her one son called Henry of whom I am in the next place to speak and two daughters viz. Cecilie who became the Wife of Iohn Devereux Lord Ferrers of Chartley and Isabell As also that King Edward the Fourth taking into consideration that she the said Anne was sister to Elizabeth his Queen did for her better support grant unto her and the heirs male of her body the Mannor of Over-hall as also the mannor of Nether-hall otherwise called Sylvester's-hall in St. Mary Buris in Com. Suff. and Essex Likewise the Mannor of Downham with the Advouson of the Church and One hundred Acres of Land Two hundred Acres of Marish and One hundred Acres of Pasture called Erlesfee in Bures-Giffard in the said County of Essex which came to the Crown by the attainder of Iohn Earl of Oxford in the Parliament begun at Westminster 6 Oct. 12 E. 4. Moreover one capital Messuage in North Lynne One hundred Acres of Pasture in Clenchwarton the Mannor of Botleys in Hardwyke and South Lynne in Com. Norff. as also the Mannor of North Fambrige in Com. Essex But I return to Henry the succeeding Earl This Henry being a person of singular endowments as saith my Author was in 1 H. 7. made choice of by that prudent Prince for one of his Privy-Council and in 8 H. 7 attending him in his Army into France was at the Siege of Boloin In 9 H. 7. he had a special Livery of all the Lands which by the death of Henry late Earl of Essex his Grandfather William his Father Isabell his Grandmother Anne his Mother and Sir Thomas Bourchier Knight his Uncle to whom he was heir of right descended to him And in 12 H. 7. was one of the chief Commanders in the King's Army at Black-Heath whereby the Insurrection of the Cornish-men at that time made was happily suppress'd In 15 H. 7. he attended the King and Queen to Calais where they met with the Duke of Burgundy And in 1 H. 8. was made Captain of the King's Horse-guard then newly constituted for attending on his person which consisted of Fifty Horse trapp'd with Cloth of Gold or Goldsmith's work whereof every one had his Archer a Demi-lance and Coustrill In 5 H. 8. he attended the King again into France in that memorable Expedition to Theâ—ouene and Tournay being then Lieutenant-General of all the Speares And in 8 H. 8. at that famous Just which the King held upon the Nineteenth and Twentieth of May for the Honor of Margaret his Sister Queen of Scotland who after the death of K. Iames the Fourth her Husband married Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus fled into England he with the King himself the Duke of Suffolk and Nicholas Carew Esquire answered all comers In 12 H. 8. he once more attended K. Henry into France and was at that magnificent enterview betwixt him and Francis the First betwixt Arbres and Guisnes And in 13 H. 8. upon the Attainder of Edward Duke of Buckingham obtain'd a Grant to himself and the heires-male of his body of the Mannor of Bedminster in Com. Somerset Moreover in 22 H. 8 he was one of the Peeres which signed that Letter to Pope Clement the Seventh intimating that in case he did not comply with King Henry in that cause of his Divorce which had been agitated concerning Q. Catherine his Supremacy here would not long be owned But in 31 H. 8. adventuring to ride a young unruly Horse at his Mannor of Basse in Com. Hertf he had the hard hap to be overthrown and by the fall to break his neck upon the thirteenth of March whereupon he was buryed at his Mannor of Estanes in Com. Essex leaving issue by Mary his Wife the elder of the two daughters and heires of Sir William Say Knight one sole daughter and heir called Anne Wife d of Sir William Parre Knight Lord Parre of Kendall afterwards Earl of Essex and Marquess of Northampton but that Marriage was in 5 E. 6. disannull'd by Act of Parliament Bourchier Lord Fitz-VVarine I Now come to William Bourchier third son to William Bourchier Earl of Ewe and Anne his Wife Daughter and heir to Thomas of Wodstoke Duke of Glocester This William having married Thomasine the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hankford Knight by Elizabeth his Wife sister and heir to Fulke Lord Fitz-warine as also sister and heir to Elizabeth the other daughter of the said Richard was summon'd to Parliament in 27 H. 6. and afterwards till his death by the Title of Lord Fitz-warine And in 1 E. 4. in consideration of his acceptable services obtain'd a Grant of the Office of Master-Forester of the Forest of Ermore in Com. Devon as also of the Forest of Racche in Com. Somerset for life Moreover in 6 E. 4. in consideration of certain verball promises which the King had made unto him he procured License by himself or his Agents to transport a Thousand Woollen-clothes of his own proper Goods without paying of any Custome Afterwards he married a second Wife viz. Catherine the Widow of ... Stukeley Which Catherine with his License and consent by her Testament bearing date at Bamptone 13 Febr. An. 1466. 6 E. 4. bequeath'd her body to be buried in the Parish-Church of West Wolryngton in Com. Devon and gave to Elizabeth her Daughter a Girdle of Red Tissue After which viz. 26 Martii 7 E. 4. she died being joyntly seised with her said Husband of the Mannors of Affreton Eswellington Thellebrige Mewshawe Bradford Tracy North-Stodlegh and Brygernell in Com. Devon The certain time of his death I find not but that he had summons to Parliament from 27 H. 6. till 12 E. 4. inclusive and was buried in the Augustine-Friers at London To him succeeded Fulke his son and heir called also Lord Fitz-Warine who having been summon'd to Parliament in 12 E. 4. and not after by his Testament
de Montacute then Earl of Salisbury that he gave order to the Canons of Bustlesham in Com. Berks. of which Monastery he was Patron to celebrate Mass of the Holy Ghost for him at the Altar of the Apostles in that Abby In this eleventh year of E. 3. he was Treasurer of the Chamber to that King And in 12 E. 3. procured another Charter for liberty to hold a Court-Leet and to have correction of the Aâ—â—ize of Bread and Ale throughout all those his Lordships of Brehull Stoke pugeis Ditton Dachette Fuâ—mere Ilmere Adinton Aston Bernard Weston Turvile Lutegareshale Stivecie Littlecote and Swanburne in Com. Buck. Henie and Swyrford in Com. Oxon. as also at Henie in Com. Surr. Moreover being at that time one of the Knights of the King's Chamber he obtain'd a special Precept to the Lord Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer for the reception of Two hundred twenty pounds ten shillings one penny as well for the wages due to himself with his Men at Armes and Archers which were of his retinue in the wars of Scotland and elsewhere as for recompence of the Horses which he had lost in that service In which year also he was in that Expedition then made into Flanders About the same time likewise he obtain'd a special discharge from all such services as were due from him for his Mannor of Daâ—het to Windsore-Castle And had a Grant of the custody of all the King's Hawkes that being the service whereby he held the Mannor of Ilmere in Com. Buck. At this time also it was that the Monkes of St. Fridiswides in Oxford covenanted to keep his Anniversarie and the Anniversarie of Egidia his wife in their Monastery And had a Grant from the King of the Advouson of the Abby of Burnham in Com. Buck. In 13 E. 3. he obtain'd a Grant to himself for life and afterwards to William and Iohn his sons successively in general tail and to his own right heires for Return of Writs Summons of the Exchequer and Execution thereon within the Precincts of his Mannors of Bichindon and Chardesâ—ey in Com. Buck. with Infangthef Outfangthef Felons Goods Wayf Stray Gallows and Tryal of Malefactors Court-Leet Correction of the Aâ—â—ize of Bread and Ale and to be quit of Pontage Pavage Murage c. The like he had in 14 E. 3. throughout all his Lordships of Wendobre in Com. Buck. and La Lee Brenkeworth Newton Gore Combe Littleton Brokenbergh and Thornehull in Com. Wiltes and to imparke his Woods of La Lee with One hundred Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture adjoyning As also to imparke his Woods of Wokenhuâ—â— within that Mannor of Brenkeworth with One hundred and sixty Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture contiguous thereto The same year also he obtain'd a Grant in Fee of all the Knights Fees of the Hâ—nors of Piâ—kâ—ey and Chakes two antient Baronies then extinct in what County soever they lay Which Fees of Pinkney Henry de Pinkney granted to King Edward the First and his heires those of Chokes eschaeting to the Crown by the attainder of Iohn de Fienles in regard of his adherence to the French And bestow'd on the Canons of St. Mary Overie before-mention'd his Advouson of the Church of Stoke pogeys But before the end of this year 14 E. 3 the King being disappointed of those Moneys which he expected to have been sent over to him at his siege of Tornaâ— came back so enraged that he imprison'd this Iohn with divers of the Judges of his Courts at Westminster Clerks of the Chancerie and others and made seizure of all his Lands which thereupon were committed to the custody of Iohn Eldred his offence being no less than Rebellion Howbeit in 20 E. 3. the Kings wrath being then asswaged he obtain'd restitution of them again viz. the Mannors of Stoke Tristre Cokelington Boyford Aston Ilmere Dachet Foulmere Henley upon Thames Brehâ—ll Cippenham Morton pinkeney Adyngton and Wendovere with the Fees of Pinkney and Chokes As also a Charter of Confirmation of the Mannors of Cokelingâ—on Stoke Tristre and Boyford in Com. Somerset with the Advousons of those Churches the Mannors of Bichenden and Chardesse Valence in Com. Buck. with remainder to William his son in general taile then to Iohn his other son in special taile and so to his own right heires Also of the Mannor of Cippenham in the same County for life with remainder to John his son in special taile then to William and after to himself in Fee With a Release from Edward Duke of Cornwall of Thirty three shillings six pence yearly Rent for certain Lands by him held of the said Duke as of his Mannor of Benâ—ington parcel of the Honor of Walingford Likewise a confirmation of that Charter granted to him in 10 E. 3. And of the Mannors of Aston Bernard and Ilmere in Com. Buck. to hold in Capite by the service of being Marshal of the King's Hawks and Falcons Furthermore of the Mannors of Brehull in Com. Buck. and Silveston in Com. Northampt. with liberty to inclose Three hundred Acres of Wood part of his said Mannor of Brehull within the Forest of Bernewode and to bring it to Culture Also of the Mannor of Lutgareshale and to imparke his Woods there with One hundred Acres of Land and Pasture adjoyning thereto for his better support in the State and degree of Banneret Moreover of the Mannor of Wendowere and Sixty pounds yearly Rent of the Town of Aylesbury part of the possessions of Iohn de Fienles and Robert de Fienles attainted Also of one Messuage fifty one Acres of Land and one Acre of Meadow in Market Overton in Com. Rutl. with the Fees of Pinkney and Chokes the Moiety of the Mannor of Gaâ—ton and Advouson of the Church and of the Advouson of the Church of Norton in Com. Northampton belonging to the Fee of Chokes Having thereby liberty also to imparke his Woods of Westgrove and Godardesgyove belonging to his Mannor of Henle in Com. Surr. with Three hundred Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture contiguous there to though they lay within the bounds of the Forest Likewise that he might imparke his Woods of Sywardeshull and Wynarde in Com. Buck. with Three hundred Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture adjoyning thereto And to fortifie his Mannor-houses of Stoke Pogeys and Ditton with Walls of stone embattelled Confirming also the exchange by him made with the Prior of the Church of Southwarke for Twenty five Acres of Land in Stoke pogeys and that his Mansion-houses of Stoke pogeys and Ditton should be exempt from the Authority of the Marshall of the Kings Houshold or any other his Officers Likewise that his Mannor of Dachette should be held of the King by the payment of a Rose for all services And that he might fortifie his Mannor-house at Weston Turvile with embattelled Walls Confirming likewise the Mannors of
he was seised of the Mannors of Langham and Peldon in Com. Essex Bucle parva in Com. Northampt. Colthorp Solbergh parva Smythton Myton super Humber Rymeswell and Beghom in Com. Ebor. and Westwode in the Isle of Axholme in Com. Linc. And in right of Catherine his Wife daughter and heir to Sir Iohn de Wingefeld Knight of the Mannor of Nether-hall in Saxlingham and the Advouson of the Church of Saxlingham-Thorpe as also of two Messuages Four hundred Acres of Land Ten Acres of Meadow Twenty Acres of Pasture and Forty two shillings Rent in Saxlynham Floteman-Neuâ—on Brokedysh and Herleston in Com. Norff. And of the Mannors of Wyngefeld Stradbroke Silham Fresyngfeld Sternefeld and Saxmundham Likewise of the Mannor of Wingefeld called Old-Halle and the Advousons of the Churches of Stradbâ—ok and Saxmundham Also of the Chantry of Wingefeld and of Seven hundred Acres of Land Twenty Acres of Meadow One hundred Acres of Pasture Twenty Acres of Wood One hundred Acres of Heath One hundred Acres of Marish and One hundred shillings Rent in Wingefeld Silham c. leaving Michael his son and heir Twenty one years of age and six moneths and a daughter called Anne married to Gerard de L'isle son of Warine Lord L'isle It is reported of this Michael that he built a goodly House of Brick like a Palace opposite to the West-end of St. Maries Church in Kingston upon Hull with faire Orchards and Gardens and inclosed them with Brick-walls Likewise that he there built three other Houses each whereof had a Tower of Brick viz. two in the midst of the Town and the third upon the Bank of the River Hull I now come to Michael son to the before-speciied Michael This Michael in 15 R. 2. being a Knight having Married Catherine the daughter of Hugh Earl of Stafford and possessing â—o more than the Mannors of Blyburgh and Herpeswell in Com. Linc. and Gresthorpe in Com. Nott. which were setled upon him and her in Marriage in the life time of his Father for their better support procured a grant from the King of Fifty pouâ—ds per annum to be paid out of the Ferme of â—ingston upon Hull for an addition thereto And having so done obtain'd License to travel into Prusia Moreover in 1 H 4. by his humble Petition representing that whereas the Castle Town and Mannor of Eye in Com. Suff. with its members and all the Lordships and Lands thereunto belonging had been given to Michael Earl of Suffolk his father for the better support of his dignity and that by virtue of a Judgment in the Parliament held at Westminster in the 10 th and 11 th of the said King's Reign the same Castle and Lands were seized into the Kings hands As also whereas by an Act of that Parliament held in 21 R. 2. that Judgment being totally annulled restitution ought to have been made of the same Castle and of all other the Lands and Possessions whereof he was then seised And that for as much as in the Parliament held that very year all the Acts in that Parliament of 21 R. 2. were made void He therefore desired Restitution of the said Castle and Lands Unto which Petition due consideration being had and the rather in regard of his acceptable services to the then King upon his first landing in England by the assent of all the Nobles at that time in Parliament assembled he obtained a special grant of them accordingly As also that he and his heirs should be capable of inheriting all other the Lands and Lordships late belonging to the same Earl Michael or of any other his Ancestors And in particular that he and the heirs male of his body should enjoy the same Title of Earl of Suffolk and have the Castle Town and Honor of Eye with its Members and Appurtenances for the better support of his Estate and Honor. And in case he should depart this life without heir male of his body that then the said Town Castle and Honor c. should resort to the next heir male of the body of Michael his Father And in 5 H. 4. upon the death of Richard de lâ—â— Pole his brother without issue was found to be his heir and doing his Homage had Livery of all the Lands whereof he then died seised Moreover in 9 H. 4. he was imployed beyond the Seas in the Kings service So likewise in 11 H. 4. And in 3 H. 5. being by Indenture reteined to serve the King in his Wars of France he declared his Testament 1 Iulii An. 1415. the same year Whereby he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of the Carthusians at Kingston upon Hull betwixt the Tombe of his Father and Mother and the Altar Appointing that no Tombe should be placed over him but a flat Stone in case he should die in those Northern parts And if in any other part of England then to be buried in the Collegiate-Church of Wyngefeld in Com. Suff. on the North-side the Altar of the blessed Virgin To Catherine his Wife he thereby bequeathed a little Book with Tablets of Silver and Gilt as also the Coronet which was the Earl of Stafford's her Father To his son a little Primer which did belong to Iohn de la Pole his Brother constituting the said Catherine his Wife and Edmund his Uncle his Executors And being at the siege of â—arâ—lew soon after died there of a Flux upon Wednesday 14 Sept. next ensuing the Feast of the Holy Cross the same year being then seised of the Mannors of Rymesweâ—â— in Com. Ebor. Causton and Burgh in Com. Norff. as also of the Honor of Eye with the Hundreds of Lodingland Hertâ—smere and Stow and of the Mannors of Westwode Blyburgh Lowystoke Combes Benhale and Ueyses-Mannor in Stratford in Com. Suff. leaving Michael his son and heir Twenty three years of age Who survived him but a while for within a moneth after he was slain in France in that great battel of Agincourt where the English had the Victory upon Friday being the Festival of St. Crisprin and Crispinian and buried at Ewelme in Com. Oxon. being then seised of the Mannor of Rymeswell in Com. Ebor. Causton and Burgh in Com. Norff. As also of the Castle and Mannor of Eye the Hundreds of Lodinglond Hertesmere and Stow Likewise of the Mannors of Combes Benhale Ueyses Mannor in Stratford Westwode and Blyburgh all in Com. Suff. leaving William his Brother and heir-male Nineteen years of age But though he thus died without issue-male he had three daughters who were his heirs-general viz. Catherine Elizabeth and Isabel The benefit of whose Marriages in 4 H. 5. was granted to William Earl of Suffolk their Uncle Of these Catherine being designed for a Nun at Bruâ—iard and accordingly received into that Monastery before she came of age the King
succeeding him in his honors married the Lady Frances daughter to Leonel Earl of Middlesex and at length heir to Iames Earl of Middlesex her Brother and by her hath issue three sons viz. Charles called Lord Buckhurst Edward and Richard And three daughters viz. Elizabeth married to the Lord Broghill son and heir to the Earl of Orrory in Ireland Anne to the Earl of Hume in Scotland and Frances to Sir George Lane Knight Which Charles hath married Elizabeth daughter of Hervey Bagot of Pipe-Hall in Com. Warr. a younger son to Sir Hervey Bagot of Blithfeild in Com. Staff Baronet widow of Charles Earl of Falmouth and was created Earl of Middlesex by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 4 Aprilis 27 Car. 2. Compton Earl of Northampton 14 Eliz. TOuching this Family which assum'd their surname from that Lordship of Compton in Com. Warr. antiently distinguisht from those other Towns of the same appellation by the addition of the Vineyard and thereupon called Compton at the Vineyard certain I am that it is very antient for of that name there were some in the same County in King Henry the Second's time Also it appears that Robert de Compton was in the Wars against the Welch in 15 E 2. Likewise that in 6 E. 3. Iohn de Compton being then a Knight was one of the Knights for that County in the Parliament at that time held and that Thomas de Compton was one of the Coroners in the same County in 23 E. 3. and so continued till 50 E. 3. So likewise his son Edmund in Richard the Second's time that being in those dayes an Office of high repute But the person who laid the Foundation for that Honor which of later years hath been enjoy'd by his Descendents was William the son of another Edmund de Compton who though but eleven years of age at his Father's death in 8 H. 7. became first a Page to Henry Duke of York second son to that King and afterwards so soon as the same Henry ascended to the Royal Throne being one of the Grooms of his Bed-chamber stood so high in his favour as that before the revolution of one year he was chosen for one of the Gentlemen thereof And in 2 H. 8. made Groome of the Stole Soon after which he was made Constable of Sudley-Castle in Com. Gloc. and in 3 H. 8. had the like trust for the Castle at Glocester In 4 H. 8. in consideration of his good and faithful services he obtained a special grant to himself and his heirs of an honorable Augmentation to his Armes out of the King 's own Royal Ensignes and Devises viz a Lyon passant guardant Or and for his Crest a demi-Dragon erazed gules within a Coronet of gold upon a torse Argent and Vert as by a special Instrument under the Kings own Sign Manual bearing date at Westminster 7 Nov. and exemplified by Thomas Wriothesley at that time Garter Principal King of Armes with his Seale and the Seal of his Office annexed thereunto 14 Decembris following appeareth And upon the 4 th of February next ensuing had a Grant of the Office of Vsher of the Black Rod to bear the same at St. Georges Feast within the Castle of Windsore and the Fee of Twelve pence per diem allowance for that service He had likewise the same year by the bounty of that King another Grant to himself and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten of the Mannor of Wyke in Com. Midd. sometime part of the possessions of George Duke of Clarence and of a certain Mansion called Lovells-Inne scituate in Pater-noster-Row within the City of London with divers Tenements pertaining thereto Also of the Mannor of Aldwike in Com. Northampt. called Holand's Mannor with one Wood there called Baro-shanke Likewise of Twenty four Acres of Meadow in Brantsy Twenty four in Swillingholm all in Aldwincle in the same County Also of the Mannor of Deyncourt in Com. Buck part of the possessions of Francis Lord Lovel with the Mannors of Rockholds Cobeham and Rishams part of the Lands of Sir Richard Charleton Knight In 5 H. 8. being then a Knight he had a Commission to retein men in any of those Lordships belonging to such Monasteries whereof he was then Steward for the service of the King in his wars And in that Expedition to Therouene and Tournay the same year led the Rere-ward of the King's Army Shortly after this he was made one of the Knights for the King's Body as also Chancelor of Ireland with liberty to execute that Office by a sufficient Deputy but held it not long for the Archbishop of Dublin obtain'd it in 7 H. 8. In 6 H. 8. he had a Grant to himself and Werburge his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannors of Elcombe and Ufcote in Com. Wilts Also of the Mannor of Pole-place in Com. Berks. part of the possessions of Francis Lovel and William Vicount Lovel And in 9 H. 8. of the Mannors of Salthrope alias Saltrop Chilton and Blagrave in Com. Wilts And of Two hundred Acres of Pasture called Blagrove with their Appurtenances in Blagrove and Wroughton in the same County Likewise of the Mannor of Wythynden aliâ—â— Myhunden in the Parishes of Wronghton and Lydegerd Kregoce in the same County of the Mannor of Elcomb with the Park called Elcombe Parke of the Mannor of Watlescote alias Wykilscote of the Mannor of Westcote One hundred Acres of Land Sixty Acres of Pasture in Wigleste and Wroughton of the Mannor of Uffecote two Messuages a Thousand Acres of Land a Thousand Acres of Pasture Three hundred Acres of Meadow and Three hundred Acres of Wood in Brode-Hinton all in the â—ame County And of Eight pounds per annum Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Denford in Com. Berks late Francis Vicount Lovell's attainted The same year also he was made Constable of Hanley-Castle in Com. Wigorn. And in 10 H. 8. was charg'd with providing Fifty Archers for the King's service in his Wars In 11 H. 8. he obtained License to make a Park at his Mannor of Compton Vineyatys in Com. War of certain inclosed grounds and to include Two thousand Acres more of Land and Wood therein In 13 H. 8. upon the Attainder of Edward Duke of 〈◊〉 he obtain'd a Grant in special tail of the Mannor Castle and Park of 〈◊〉 in Com. Warr. as also of the Mannors of Scotton and Breâ—eton in Com. Ebor. in reversion after the death or surrender of Simon Coniers In 15 H. 8. he was imploy'd in those hostile Incursions then made into Scotland Cardinal Welsey being the cause thereof as some thought who perceiving in what favour he grew with the King contrived to pack him out of the way left in time he might diminish his greatness In
within the Forest of 〈◊〉 in Staffordshire which afterwards for exchange of those Lands wherewith it was endowed King Henry the Second with Maud the Empress his Mother translated to Stonely in Warwickshire He was also Founder of the Priory of Trâ—ntham in Staffordshire for Canons Regular of S. Augustines Order To the Monks of S. Werburge at Chester he granted that their Fairs and Markets there should be held at the Gate of their Abbey And moreover gave unto them the Tenth of all his Rents in that City of Chesâ—â—â— As also the Tithes of all his Mills there and of his Mill at Leeke in Staffoâ—dshire and likewise the Lordships of Estham and Brunneburgh in perpetual Alms for satisfaction of what injuries he had ever done them To the Nuns at Chester he gave certain Crofts which Hugh Fitz-Oliver then held of him To the Abbey of Geroudon in Leicestershire he gave the Mannor of Barow in that County To the Monks of Louth-Park in Lincolnshire he gave Lands in Tetteney To the Monks of S. Peters at Glocester Forty pounds yearly Rent out of his Mill at Oiney To the Abbey of Shrewsbury two Houses in â—â—â—indred Wiche and as much Salt as they could there make without Toll To the Nuns of â—larkenwell near London divers Lands expressed within Meets and Bounds lying beyond the Bridge at Chester To the Monks of Basingwerke in Flintshire One hundred shillings yearly Rent of his Rents at Chester likewise 〈◊〉 and Fulâ—râ—ke and the Chappel of Basingwerâ—e in which they at first were seated with the Mills there To the Canons of S. Augustine at Bristol he gave the Mannor of Fiâ—hide in Dorsetshire and the Churches of S. Leonard S. Nicholas and Alhallows within the Town of Bristol To the Canons of S. Augustine at Leicester two Carucates of Land in â—oely with a Meadow adjoyning as also the Church of Barow with the Chappel of Querndon and one Carucate of Land in Barow and Querndon To the Knights Hospitalars of S. Iohn of Ierusalem one Messuage and one Acre of Land in Frodesham with the Church of Colkesby And to the Nuns of Stikeswould in Lincolnshire one Carucate and two Bovates of Land in Baresfon To the Monks of Coventrey he gave liberty to have two Carts going to and fro twice every day excepting Festivals into his Woods to fetch thence whatsoever they should need either in relation to the repair of their Buildings Fewel for their Fire or Trouse for their Hedges And departed this life the 17 Kal. of Ian. An. 1153. 18 Steph. being poysoned by William Peverel and others as it was suspected for which crime Perverel was disherited by King Henry the Second soon after and was buried near his Father scil in the Chapter-house of the Abbey of S. Werburge at Chester He was a person of extraordinary valor and undanted courage and though he favored the Cause of Duke Henry he did little for him but for King Stephen nothing at all Some great injury it should seem he had done to Walter Durdent Bishop of Chester and to the Church for which he died excommunicate For I find that Earl Hugh his Son with Maud his Widow gave the Town of Seâ—vâ—â—â—ale near Coveâ—trey with a Mill next to the Park and some Grounds thereabouts to that Bishop and his Successors for his Absolution and the health of his Soul in recompence thereof Which Maud was Daughter of Robert Consul Earl of Glocesâ—er and Foundress of the Priory of Repandun Vulg. â—epton in Derbâ—shire by whom he left Issue two Sons Hugh and Richard and surviving him in 32 Hen. 2. held the Lordship of 〈◊〉 in Dowry ¶ To this last Earl Ranulph succeeded Hugh sirnamed Keveliok or rather in Merionithshire Cyvelioc of that Countrey in Powys wherein he was born his eldest Son of whose Actions the first mention I find is That in 10 Hen. 2. he was one of those Temporal Lords who came to an accord with the King for their ancient Rights and Liberties And after this that being for some just and probable Causes disherited by King Henry the Second he joyned with the King of Scots the Earl of Leicester and others in their Rebellion at that time taking part with young King Henry whom the King had Crowned The true cause of that their Insurrection being for that the King had endeavored to restrain the Insolencies and Oppressions at that time exercised by the great Men which he did by demolishing their Castles or taking them into his own hands The issue whereof was that this Earl with the Earl of Leicester and the king of Scots their Abettor was taken at Alnwick But the young King being ere long reconciled to his Father they were enlarged for it is evident that the year following they broke out a fresh both in England and France and that this Hugh was one of the most forward having got the greatest part of Britanny into his power At which time the King being at Roan sent Forces thither which gave them Battle and scattered all their power insomuch as he was constrained to betake himself unto the Castle of Dâ—le Whereof the King having notice he presently marched in person thither and begirt it so that the besieged discerning their condition were glad to render it and put themselves upon mercy Whereupon this Earl and divers more were sent prisoners to Faleise in Normandy and thence brought over into England where being put in safe custody he continued till the Kings return into Normandy at which time he took him back and sent him again to Faleise But before the Three and twentieth of this Kings Reign the flames of Rebellion were throughly quenched and the haughty spirits of those their Ring-leaders somewhat tamed so that then the King began to manifest his clemency to them again for in his Parliament at Northampton An. 1177. 23 Hen. 2. he made restitution of their Lands whereof they had been possessed Fifteen days before the War Unto the Abbey of Bordesâ—ey in Worcestershire Founded by Maud the Empress his Mothers Aunt this Earl was a good Benefactor for he bestowed thereon his Lordship of Cumbe in Glocestershire to maintain Six Monks there perpetually for the health of his Soul the Souls of Earl Ranulph his Father Robert Earl of Glocester his Grand-father his Mothers and all Christian Souls And to the Monks of Coventrey he made a most ample Confirmation of whatsoever had been granted to them warranting their enjoyment thereof as free from any impediment or molestation by him or his heirs as their first Founder held the same Forbidding all his Officers to entermeddle within the Precincts of that Monastery or in their Soil or Market without leave and freedom from those Monks
the payment of a thousand marks towards his support in the Wars and was one of the principal persons left behind for the defence thereof whence he marched into Anjou and Normandy In both which they took divers places of strength And having setled all things well in those parts returned into England about the Kalends of August the year next following where he was no sooner arrived but that he hasted to the King then in Wales and at that time very busie in building of Maud Castle of whom he was very honorably received Not long after this sâ—il in 16 Hen. 3. the King summoned all his Nobles as well of the Layty as Prelates to meet him at Westminster on the Nones of March where representing his great want of Money occasioned by the Wars he had in France he required a Subâ—idy from them But this Earl then told the King that all the Earls Barons and Knights who held in capite were in person with him in his late expedition and had spent so much in supporting themselves that they returned very poor so that they ought not to contribute to that Subsidy then demanded By means of which answer they had liberty to depart To the Monks of Coventrey he ratified the Recognition and Confirmation made by Earl Ranulph his Grand-father of the Chappel of S. Michael and all the rest viz. Ansty Shulton Wykin Bilney Whitley Pyuley Stoke Stichall Eccleshall Folkeshull Karesley Whaberley Sponne and Bisseley within his Fee in all which he solemnly invested them on the Feast day of S. Abdon and Sennes in Iuly 3 Rich. 1. by his Gold Ring which with his Charter he offered upon the Altar To which Chappel of S. Michael he likewise conferred the Tithes of all his Lands and Possessions in Coventrey and that under the penalty of a Curse upon his Officers Servants and Heirs if they should not make due payment of them accordingly And besides this he gave to those Monks in exchange for one Cart of the two Carts which Earl Ranulph his Grand-father by his Charter granted them to have going to and fro in his Woods twice a day except on Festivals for necessary House-boot Fire-boot and Hey-boot as I have already shewed Cclxxx Acres of Land being part of his Wood and Waste in Eccleshair and Kersley according to xxv Foot to the Perch which Wood and Waste he gave them liberty to inclose reduce into Tillage or otherwise to use for their best commodity And to the Nuns of Polesworth he gave Ten marks per annum out of his Revenues in Coventrey to be paid at Michaelmass and Easter by even portions until he should assign them the like Annuity out of any other particular Lands Which Grant he expresses to be made for the health of his Soul and the Souls of his Ancestors and Successors and of the Soul of Robert Marmion the elder a great Baron of that time This Earl executed the office of Sheriff by his Deputies for the Counties of Salop and Stafford in the Second third fourth fifth seventh and part of the eighth year of King Henry the Third So also for the County of Lancaster in the Third fourth fifth sixth seventh and nineth of Henry the Third And towards the later end of the Sixteenth year of that Kings Reign viz. 50 Cal. Nov. he died at Wallingford after he had governed the County Palatine of Chester above fifty years It is reported â—aith Henry Huntendon of this Earl that when he died a great company in the likeness of Men with a certain potent person hastily passed by an Hermites Cell near Wallingford and that the Hermite asking one of them what they were and whether they went so fast he answered We are Devils and are making speed to the death of Earl Ranulph to the end we may accuse him of his sins Likewise that the Hermites thereupon adjuring the Devil that he should return the same way within thirty days and relate what was become of this Earl He came accordingly and told him That he was for his iniquities condemned to the torments of Hell but that the great Dogs of Deulacres and with them many other did bark so incessantly and fill their habitations with such a noise that their Prince being troubled with it commanded he should be expelled his Dominion who is now saith he become a great enemy to us because their suffrages together with others hath released many Souls from Purgatory His Body was buried at Chester but his Heart at the Abbey of Deulacres so by him Founded as hath been observed Of whose death so soon as news brought to Hubert de Burgh the Messenger telling him that one of his cheifest Enemies was deceased He fetched a great sigh and said God have mercy on his Soul and being then fasting called for his Psalter as he stood before the Cross and ceased not till he had sung it all over for the health thereof But this Earl left no issue which some then thought to be a judgment of God upon him for putting away his first Wife But Clemencia his second Wife survived him and in the same year that he died had Livery of the Mannors of Benington and Limberg in Lincolnshire which were given to her in marriage as also of all the Lands Rents and Services which Bertrice sometime Countess of Chester had in the Lordships of Wadington Normaâ—dy Bentford Dunynton and Hauteburgh in the same County with the Mannor of Reppandon vulgo Repton in Com. Derb. which were assigned to her by the King for her Dowry The names of his four Sisters and their Husbands I have already mentioned but now insomuch as all his Possessions which were very great came to them or their Descendants as his Heirs I must say something more as to the dividing thereof amongst them Of Maud the eldest Wife to David Earl of Huntendon Brother to William King of Scots descended Iohn sirnamed Scot Successor to this Ranulph in the Earldom of Chesteâ— who had for his part Maud his Mother being them dead the whole County of Chester and the Advowson of the Priory of Coventrey But Mabel the Second who married to William de Albany Earl of Arundel was dead before the Earl her Brother and so was William Earl of Arundel her eldest Son Whereupon Hugh de Albany her second Son then Earl of Arundel and in Minority came to share in that great Inheritance unto whom Coventrey was in Partition assigned for his Capital Seat as some Records do testifie But others that the Mannor of Barow was allotted to him for his cheif Mansion and that he had for the present the Mannors of Campden in Glocestershire Olney in Buckinghamshire as also Coventrey until such time as a more perfect and equal Partition should be made amongst them and the next year following an addition of
Earldom of â—ichmund as also to Thomas Amaedius and Lewes his Brothers the Honors of Egle and Hastings ¶ Having now done with this Peter de Savoy I return to Iohn de Dreux Son to Peter de Dreux formerly Earl of Richmund as is before observed In 45 Hen. 3. this Iohn his Father being then alive obtained from the King a gift of Twelve thousand pounds sterling for the extent and value of the Earldom of Richmund and besides that Two hundred marks as a free gift the King then Covenanting with him That if the value thereof should upon this extent be found more then to give a farther allowance proportionable to the surplusage In 46 Hen. 3. Prince Edward releasing and quit-claiming to the King all his Interest to the Honor and Rape of Hastings in Com. Suss. The King thereupon granted the said Honor Castle and Rape to this Iohn in lieu of the Lands belonging to the Honor of Richmund which Lands Peter de Savoy passed to the King in exchange for the Honor of Hastings After which viz. in 50 Hen. 3. this Iohn had Livery of the said Earldom of Richmund from Guischard de Charrun a servant to the same Peter de Savoy who was authorised thereunto as it seems And having thus obtained Peter de Savoys title the King by his Letters Patents bearing date at Woodstoke 6 Iuly 52 Hen. 3. granted unto him by the name of Iohn Duke of Britanny Son to Peter late Duke of Britanny the Earldom of Richmund which his Ancestors had formerly enjoyed as the Record expresseth to hold to himself and his heirs of the said King and his heirs as his proper Inheritance And within few days after viz. 20 Iuly the same year by his Charter dated at Norâ—thampâ—on granted unto him the Castle and Honor of Richmund in Fee In consideration whereof he quit-claimed to that King all his right and title to the Earldom of Agenoâ—s in France Being thus possessed of the Earldom of Richmund he did thereupon ratifie all the Grants which had been made by his Ancestors to the Monks of Iervaulâ— Abbey in Com. Ebor. And in 53 Hen. 3. obtained License to go into the Holy Land for his support in which journey he likewise obtained leave to Demise certain Lands parcel of the Honor of Richmund for some time to the end he might borrow Two thousand marks thereon as also this farther favor viz. that in case he should die before his return his Executors if his heir should be under age and consequently in Ward to the King might retain those Lands until that debt of Two thousand marks should be clearly discharged In this 53 year of King Henry the Third's Reign he obtained a Grant from the King of the Honor and Rape of Hastings with the custody of the Castle and Knights Fees and the next ensuing year accompanied Prince Edward into the Holy Land In 2 Edw. 1. he procured the Kings Letters mandatory to all the Tenants of the before-specified Honor and Rape of Hastings to do him homage And having buried Beatrix his Wife Daughter to King Henry the Third in the Gray Friers Church in London in An. 1275. 3 Edw. 1. he Covenanted with the Canons of Eglestone in Com. Pal. Dunelm that they and their Successors should find Six of their Covent to celebrate Divine Service in the Castle of Richmund for ever The first of them to sing Mass for the instant day or Festival or of the Holy Ghost with Note the second of the Blessed Virgin with Note the third for the Soul of the before specified Beatrix his Wife and after his death for both their Souls as also for the Souls of all the faithful deceased The Fourth and fifth of the Blessed Virgin without Note and the Sixth for the Soul of the said Beatrix till his own death and afterwards for both their Souls and the Souls of all the Faithful deceased Which Canons to be perpetually Resident in the said Castle of Richmund the number of Thirteen in their Covent at Eglestone not lessened And for their support therein gave unto them his Capital Messuage at Multon with all his Demesn Laâ—ds there as also eight Ox-gangs of Land in that Lordship and Four and twenty Loads of Turff with Twenty Cart Loads of Heath to be yearly taken in the Moor of Boghes Moreover for their Lodgings he appointed them a certain place within his Castle of â—â—chmund near to the Great Chappel Provided that in time of War they should perform these Services at Eglâ—stoâ—e unless by special appointment of the Lord of the Honor of â—ichmund or his Bailiff In 5 Edw. 1. he obtained a Grant of all the Liberties in Com. Essex Hertf. Norâ—â— Suff. Cantabr Hunt Linc. and Nott. belonging to the Honor of Richmund and died in 13 Ed. 1. leaving Arthur his Son and heir Twenty one years of age To which Arthur succeeded Iohn his Brother and Heir who in An. 1293. 21 Edw. 1. was General of King Edward's Army theâ— sent into Gascoigne And the next year following being the Kings Lieutenant in 〈◊〉 was joyned in Commission with the Seneschal of Aquitane and some others to conclude a League of Amity with the King of 〈◊〉 and thereupon went accordingly In 24 Edw. 1. upon a skirmish with the French near â—urdeaâ—x the French flying into the City This Iohn with Peter de Mauley and Alan de Zouche following them too far were taken prisoners and in 27 Edw. 1. in consideration of his good and laudable Services obtained a Grant from the King of a thousand pounds per annum to be received out of the Exchequer until better provision should be made for him in which Grant King Edward calls him His beloved Nephew In 28 Edw. 1. being with the King in his Scotish Wars he had Scutage of all his Tenants by Military Service Moreover in 33 Edw. 1. he was constituted the Kings Lieutenant in Scotland and continued there for the space of the two next ensuing years In 34 Edw. 1. having obtained from King Edward a Grant of the Earldom of Britaâ—â—y he had Summons to the Parliament held at Carlisâ—e the same year In 1 Edw. 2. he was again constituted the Kings Lieutenant in Scotland and in 2 Edw. 2. continued in that Realm In 13 Edw. 2. the Scots advancing into England as far as York at which time they burnt the Suburbs of that City and made great spoil in many other places being taken prisoner by them in that fight upon Blackmâ—ore near Byland Abbey he was afterwards ransomed for a great sum of Money Towards the payment whereof the King required a Subsidy in his Parliament held at London in 17 Edw. 2. but could not obtain it So that by Letters
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
favor all his Lands both in 〈◊〉 and elswhere being restored to him excepting the Castles of Montsorei in Com. Leiâ— and Paâ—â— in Normandy After which intending a Pilgrimage to Ierusalem he caused enquiry to be made by all his Tenants and Officers what Rights and Libertiâ—s the Monks of 〈◊〉 had in his Forest of 〈◊〉 whereby it being found that they ought to have the Titles of all the Issues and Revenues thereof he confirmed them all and gave his Lordship of 〈◊〉 to the Canons of S. Fridiswide in Oxford and to the Knights Hospitalers his Town and Church of Broâ—esburne And surviving King Henry stood in good favor with King Richard the First who soon restored to him all other his Lands and Castles which were detained appointing him to carry one of the Swords of State at his solemn Coronation This Earl took to Wife Petronil the Daughter of Hugh de Grentemesnil with whom he had the whole Honor of Hâ—nkley and Stewardship of England At whose request and the intreaty of William Robert and Roger his Sons as also at the desire of Amicia Countess of Rochfort his Daughter he ratified to the Monks of S. Ebrulfs in 〈◊〉 the Grants of all their Lands given to them by Hugh de Grentemesnil Great Grand-father to the said Petronil and by William Fitz-Osberne his own Ancestor And departing this life in his return from Ierusalem at Duras in Greece An. 1190. 2 Rich. 1. was there buried leaving iâ—â—ue three Sons viz. Robert Fitz-Parnel who succeeded him in this Earldom Roger Bishop of S. Andrews in Scotland and William a Leper Founder of the Hospital of S. Leonards at â—â—cester as also two Daughters viz. Amicia married to Simon de Montfort and Margaret to Saier de Quincy Which Petronil gave Forty shillings Rent per annum out of her Mills at 〈◊〉 for the performance of an Anniversary for William de Bretvil her Son And in 6 Ioh paid Three thousand marks to the King that she might enjoy Leicester with its appurtenâ—â—ces as also all the Fees and Demesns belonging to the Honor of Grentmesml both within Leicestershire and without as her Right by Inheritance Provided that all the Norman Lands of that Fee and the House of Withwick would be disposed to whom the King pleased giving Pledges for his faithful service to him I come next to Robert Fitz-Parnel In An. 1191. 3 Rich. 1. this Robert Fitz-Parnel being at Mâ—ssana in his journey to the Holy Luild on the Eve of the Purification of our Lady was invested into this his Fathers Earldom of Leicester by King Richard with the cincture of a Sword After this whilest King Richard was held Captive by the Emperor the King of France having entred Nâ—rmandy with an Army taken divers strong Holds there and marched to 〈◊〉 the cheif City of that Province This Earl then being there excited the Inhabitants to a stout defence thereof which they through his influence so well performed that the King of France soon retreated without effecting any thing at that time After this he joyned with Iohn Earl of Moreâ—on Brother to King Richard and others then at Roan against the King of France but going out in the night time upon a design against the Enemy he was through unweariness taken prisoner Whereupon in An. 1195. 7 Rich. 1. he offered a thousand pound sterling for his redemption and to quit his Castle of Pacy for ever but without effect Howbeit the year following obliging himself by solemn Oath and Pledges in Two thousand marks of Silver Troy weight that the King of France should quietly enjoy that Castle and that he would never disturb his possesion thereof other than in a publick War betwixt the King of England and that King he was set at liberty All that I have farther seen of him is That King Iohn in the fifth of His Reiâ—â— gave him all â—ichmundshire with the Forest and Knights Fees thereto belonging in as ample manner as the Earl of Richmund held the same excepting only the Castles of Richmund and Boves And that having wedded Lauretta Daughter to William Lord Braose of Brembrâ— with whom he had in marriage the Lordship of Taustoke in Com. Devon and Twenty three Knights Fees after his pilgrimage to the Holy Land where bearing the Arms of King Richard having unhorsed and slain the Souldan in a Tourneament he returned into England and not long after viz. An. 1204. 6 Ioh. departing this life was buried in the Abbey of Leicester before the High Altar betwixt his Mother and his Grand-father leaving all that great Inheritance which he had from his Ancestors to his two Sisters viz. Amicia the Wife of Simon de Montfort and Margaret of Saier de Quinci betwixt whom it being divided Simon had the moity of the Earldom of Leicester with the Honor of Hiâ—kâ—eâ— for the Purparty of Amicia and being thereupon created Earl of Leicester enjoyed the Stewardship of England in right of that Honor of 〈◊〉 Saier de Quincy having the other half of this Earldom who was shortly after made Earl of Winchester This Amicia by her Deed bearing date at Paris ... in An. 1204. 6 Ioh. soon after her Brothers death gave up all her right in the Castle of Bretvil and whatsoever else the Earl her Brother had on that side the Sea unto Philip the Second then King of France Covenanting if her Sister Margaret then the Wife of Saier de Quincy should in any sort oppose that her Grant That she would make satisfaction for it unto that King out of her Lands in England in consideration whereof the King gave her the Castle of S. Leodegar in Aqâ—â—â—â—e and all Aquitine and whatsoever belonged to the Constablewick of that Castle excepting the Fee of William de Galland and the Fee of Iohn de Robriet Of Lauretta the Widow of this Earl it appears that she gave to the Hospital of Bocland in Com. Somers to find a Priest to sing Mass daily at the Altar of our Lady in the great Church there for the health of her Soul and for the Soul of Robert Earl of Leicester her sometime Husband their Ancestors and Successors All her Lands in Nâ—teston and Ynesford on both sides the Water as also Threescore and four Acres of her Demesn upon Ruwedone and moreover all her Lands of Rudescote Hele Choriecote â—â—â—ecote and Boteburne Likewise A hundred Acres of his Demesn in Brennesmore his Wood called Ancrewd and one Furlong at â—oycher with all the Appurtenances within the Lordship of Taustoâ—e Likewise that in 16 Ioh. she made Oath to the King That she would never marry without his consent and that afterwards she became an Anchorete at Haâ—kungcon near 〈◊〉 where she continued a Recluse till her death William
Stanes Celendone and Clifton in Burkinghamshire of Risendone Horedone Stapletone and Frantone in Gloucestershire of Estodham Achelei and Torvei in Bedfordshire of Stoche Wilberdestone Sewelle Ristone Deisburg Pipewelle Brantone Dingle and Ascele in Northamptonshire of Segentone and Berchedone in Roteland of Engleby Broxholme Esetorp Branzby Burton Coringeham Binnibroc Ludebury Fodreby Turgreby Crosby Offintund Talintune Grileforde Bresebury Barnetone Ringesdune Chercheby Greiby Schachetorp Aslacheby Avetone Loctone Sepingham Ripeslai Dentune Hungretune Ulestantorp Aburne Hadinctone Adelinctone and North-Chine in Lincolneshire And Horniwhale Metorne Blastone Herdeby Brachestone Botesford Redmelde Gniptone Lachestone Lubeham Barcheberie Hungretone Croptone Queneberâ—h Clachestone Hoches and Stachedirâ—e in Liecestershire But of this Robert I have not seen any other memorial than that Coucher-book of Belvoir recordeth which is that bearing a venerable esteem to our sometime much celebrated English-protomartyr S. Alban he founded near to this his Castle a Priory for Monks and annexed it as a Cell to that great Abby in Hartfordshire formerly erected by the devout King Offa in honor of that most holy man the particular circumstances touching which pious work are thus related by that Register viz. that this Robert who is there called Robert de Belvedeir having begun the Church of our Lady near to that Castle and being through secular imployments so hindered that he could not attend the finishing of it according to his minde by the advice of the Venerable Lanfrank then Archbishop of Canterbury disposed of it unto the Church of S. Alban upon condition that Paul the then Abbot should perfect it and place therein four Monks of that Covent to pray for the Souls of Earl Robert i. e. of Morton and Cornwall and K. Will. as also for his own Soul and the Soul of Adela his Wife their Children and Parents whereupon he and his wife were admitted into the fraternity of that great Abby as absolutely as any of the Covent with promise that after their respective deceases in case they should dye in England their bodies should by leave of the Abbot be buried either at St. Albans or in that Church of our Lady at Belvoir their bounty being so great to those places that wheresoever either of them should die the Church of St. Alban and this of our Lady at Belvoir were to have part of their estates to be disposed of as the Abbot and Monks of St. Albans should appoint As to the particulars wherewith at present he endowed this Church of our Lady at Belvoir they were these viz. the Town of Horingwald with its appurtenances in as ample manner as he had it of the King Likewise adjacent to this his Castle at Belvoir four carucates of Land with the Meadows thereto belonging and twenty Acres of Land near the Church whereon to erect out-houses and other buildings for the conveniency of the Monks all which to be as free from any exaction as he himself had the same from the King Moreover he then gave unto them the Tithes of all his Vinyards and the seat of a Mill upon the next River as also the Tithes of ten Towns of all sorts to Tithable grain excepting a third part of each Parish Priest the Towns whereof he so gave these Tithes being these viz. Bortune Frantune Sapertune Risendune Stokes and Wilberstone and one man in each with a Garden and one Ox-gang of land In Segetune the whole Tithes and eight Acres of Land four lying on one side of the Town and four on the other with one Garden In Medburne the Tithe only In Wiwelle the Tithes and one Ox-gang of Land with one man and his Garden and the Tithes of Wilstanestorp All which Lands he gave free and exempt from any Custome whatsoever with command that in each Town the Church should have the Meadows near unto it and pasturage in as ample manner as he himself ever had And after the death of Adela his Wife he also granted to this Church of our Lady at Belvoir with the consent of his sons William and Geffrey one Carucate of Land in Sapertune for the health of her Soul with as large priviledges as he had given the rest By this Adela he had issue four Sons viz. William Beringar Geffrey and Robert and one Daughter named Agnes who was Wife to Hubert de Rye a great man in Lincolnshire and departing this life the second Nones of August in the year of Christ 1088. 1 W. Rufi was buried in the Chapter-house at Belvoir Of his younger Children all I have farther observed is that Beringar had divers Lordships in the County of York as also the Mannors of Adelingtone in Lincolneshire Broghtune and Hornelie in Oxfordshire and Stoches Sirestune and Brodeholme in Notinghamshire and that he was a special Benefactor to the Abby of S. Maries in York by the gift of one Carucate of Land in Lestingham six in Spaunton eight and an half in Kirkby-Misterton three in Dalby six Ox-gangs in Skakelden one Carucate and half in Bec eighty Acres in Bynbruc nine Carucates and an half in Fynmare four Carucates in Hunkleby all his Tithes of Dalton half a Carucate near Chevermunt and the Church of Bunibroc Of Robert that he gave to this Cell of Belvoir thirty sticks of Eeles to be paid yearly on S. Matthias day out of his Mills at Aburne And that Agnes his Daughter did ratifie the grants which her said Father and Mother had made to the Monks at Belvoir of one Ox-gang of Land in Alchekehby and two parts of the Tithes of the demesnes there in Corn Calves Lambs Wooll Cheese Pigs Bees and Apples and of whatsoever else was Tithable that Lordship being of her Marriage portion I now come to William his successor in this Barony That this William was any other than his immediate Son and Heir I doubt not at all though it doth not appear for what respect he bore a different surname from his Father being called William de Albany with the addition of Brito for that Robert de Todenei had a Son and Heir named William is evident enough as also that he was heres honoris the heir to this Barony Which William did in the Chapter-house at S. Albans confirme all that his Father and Mother had given to that Church of our Lady at Belvoir desiring that he might be admitted into their Fratemity as his Father and Mother had been And this being granted he presented that his confirmation upon the Altar of our Lady there freely offering up himself a Brother and Monk to the Church of S. Alban and giving thereto as also to this Church of our Lady a portion of all his temporal estate after his decease Appointing that if his death should happen to be in England his Body should be buried either at S. Albans or in this Church of our Lady at Belvoir by the
his Reign where the rebellious Barons with Lewes of France whom they had brought in with purpose to be made King were totally overthrown And afterwards had the Castle of Muleton in Com. Linc. and all the Lands and fees of Thomas de Muleton one of those Barons committed to his custody with Lands and Fees the King had seized on as an Escheat and shortly after in consideration of a Palfrey which he gave to the King then at Bâ—ithe in Com. Noting obtained the wardship and marriage of Hugh son and heir to Henry de Nevill a great man in that time then in minority This William for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Agatha then his Wife but especially for the Soul of Margery his sormer wife gave to the Monks of Belvoir one sheaf of every kind of Grain arising out of all his Lands belonging to his Lordships of Belvoir Wulstorp Botelesford Oskington and Stokes Moreover for the health of his own Soul and the Souls of these his Wives he founded and plentifully endowed the Hospital of our Lady called New-â—tede as Wassebridge betwixt Stanford and Offington in Com. Linc. The first of these his Wives viz. Margery was Daughter to Odenel de Vmfranvile a great Baron in Northumberlad The second Agatha Daughter and coheir of ... Trusbut an eminent Baron in Yorkshire and Widow of ... By the first of these his Wives he had issue William de Albini the fourth his son and heir Odonel taken prisoner with him at Rochester and carried to Corf who lieth buried at Belvoir as also Robert and Nicholas And being a stout and valiant Souldier most nobly qualified and full of dayes departed this life at Offintune the morrow preceding the Nones of May in the year 1236 20 Hen. 3. whereupon his body was buried in that his Hospital at Newstede and his Heart under the Wall opposite to the high Altar at Belvoir Shortly after whose death William his Son and Heir called William de Belvoir during his Fathers life and afterwards William de Albini the fourth paying an hundred pound for his Releif had livery of his Inheritance This William de Albini the fourth was with K. Henry the third in his Army in Herefordshire at such time as he advanced against Richard Marshall Earl of Pembroke who was the cheif of those that opposed the King for his taking Poictovins and other strangers into his Councel and bestowing the principal places of profit and trust upon them to the great prejudice of his native subjects as our Historians do shew And one of those whose Quarters were beaten up by the Enemy with the loss of all their Baggage when the King lay at Grosmund Castle In 26 Hen. 3. having summons amongst others to attend the King into Gascoigne he gave twenty Marks to be freed thereof But of him I have not seen any thing farther memorable than that he had two Wives Albreda Biseth and Isabel also that he dyed before the 32 of Hen. 3. Moreover that his Body was buried before the High Altar in the Priory of Belvoir and his Heart at Croxton Priory in Comitat. Leicest Lastly that he left issue Isabel his Daughter and Heir Wife to Robert de Ross an eminent Baron in Yorkshire Here being a period to the Male-line of that principal Branch of this noble Family ¶ I now come to Ralphe de Albini a younger Son to William de Albini the first as I have already shewed and progenitor to another noble race of Barons bearing the name of De Albini for some time and afterwards of D' aubini This Ralphe held fifteen Knights Fees of his Brother William the second in 12 Henr. 2. and in 28. of that Kings Reigne gave 200 Marks for Licence to marry the mother of Ebrard de Ross whose name was Sibilla de Valoines Moreover he was founder of the Nunnery at Urford in Com. Line as also a good Benefactor to the Nuns at Brodholme in Com. Notingham and died * at Acres in the holy-Holy-land in ann 1190. 3. Ric. 1. To him succeeded Philip who in 8 Ioh. was made Governor of Ludâ—â—w Castle in Shropshire and in 14 Ioh. of the Isle of Ierley In 16 Ioh. he had the like Charge of the Castle at Bruges vulgo Bruggenorth in Shropshire and of the Isle of Serke In 17 Ioh. the King committed to him the Lands of Maurice de Gant in Ledes and elsewhere in the County of York As also the Lands and Fees which were held of the said Maurice by those who were the Kings Enemies He likewise bestowed on him all the Lands of the said Maurice lying in Com. Gloucest excepting the Lordships of Weston and Beverston and moreover all his Lands in Comitat. Oxford Somerset Nevertheless he joyned with the Barons in the same seventeenth year of that Kings Reign when they so boldly claimed their Liberties and was at Runnimede with them when they met the King there Howbeit he was one of those who being most moderate inclined to the King Yet after his confirmation of the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest he swore to adhere unto those Twenty five Barons that had engaged themselves by an Oath to the observance thereof and not only so but to compel the King so to do in case he should recede thereform But when the King flew off from what he had so solemnly granted he joyned himself to him in his Northern march at that time he so much wasted those parts Nor was he less obsequious to his Son and successor King Henry the third for he attended him at his Coronation at Gloucester and after was one of his Chief Commanders in the Battle of Lincoln against the rebellious Barons where he obtained a glorious Victory as in the life of William de Albini of Belvoir hath been declared Whereupon Lewes of France whom those Barons had brought in to be set up against King Iohn being constrained to flee and the English pursuing him at Sea this Philip de Albini whom the King had made of Councel to the famous William Marshal at that time Governor both of his Person and the whole Realm with his Band of Archers did great execution upon the French in that Naval Fight But besides his qualifications as a Souldier he was as it seems a Scholar for my Author calls him Regis Anglorum Magister eruditor fidelissimus a most faithfull Teacher and instructor of the King whose trust in him was such and so great that in the first year of his Reign he imployed him in demolishing the Castle of Chichester in Sussex And the next year ensuing having the Government of the Isles of Gernesey Iersey Aurenny and Serke received a
Richmund and Derby by Reginald Bray her trusty instrument for bringing in of Henry Earl of Richmund afterwards King by the name of Henry the seventh who seeing Henry Duke of Buckingham one of the chief in that designe he so unhappily surprized before it could take effect got with other wellwishers to it into Britanny And after that succesful day at Bosworth where King Richard being slain the Crown was set on that victorious Henries Head he was made one of his chief Councellors Constable of the Castle at Bristol Master of the Mint and upon the twelfth day of March the same year advanced to the dignity of a Baron Moreover in 2 Hen. 7. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea with three hundred and fifty Souldiers in four Ships for the space of six weeks from the twentieth day of February And in 3 Henr. 7. constituted one of the Chamberlains of the Kings Exchequer In 4 Henric. 7. being then Governor of Calais he was sent into Flanders with three thousand Souldiers to the aid of Maximilian the Emperour there being a Rebellion then raised in those parts where he had a notable Skirmish with the Enemy near Dixmew in which he slew many took divers prisoners and returned with much Booty And in 7 Hen. 7. was imployed as Embassador with Richard Fox then Bishop of Exeter for reconciling all matters betwixt King Henry and the French In 9 H. 7. he was made Justice-Itinerant of all the Kings Forests on the south of Trent Sir Reginald Bray being his associate And upon the fall of Sir William Stanley in 10 H. 7. constituted Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold In 12 Hen. 7. being prepared to march as General with an Army into Scotland to vindicate those injuries which King Henry had received thence having of his own retinue five Lances fifteen Demi-lances two hundred fifty four Archers and Bills for two hundred and fifty Souldiers six Lances twelve Demi-lances seventy one Archers and Bills for three hundred Souldiers and seven Lances four Demi-lances five hundred forty four Archers and Bills for three hundred and sixteen Souldiers he was prevented from that expedition by the Rebellion of the Cornish-men who were headed by Iames Lord Audley and had his share in the honor of that victory over them at Black-Heaâ—h in Kent which was then through the happy conduct of the Kings forces under the command of Thomas Earl of Surrey so successfully obtained And the next year following was in the head of that Army against those forces near Tanton in Com. Somers which were newly landed in Cornwall on the behalf of Perkin Warbeck where they were utterly vanquished In 19 Hen. 7. he was made Constable of the Castle of Bridgwater And by his Testament bearing date the 19 Maii 23 H. 7. bequeathing his Body to be buried in the Abby of S. Peter at Westminster appointed that his Feoffees would stand seised of and in his mannors of Wynderstow in Comit. Willts and Grychell-Gover in Com. Dorset of the yearly value of twenty six pound thirteen shillings and four pence to the intent that with the issues of the same there should be three Priests suâ—ained perpetually to sing for his Soul and the Souls of his Father and Mother viz. two in the Church where he was to be buried and the third in the Parish Church of South-Pederton in Com. Somerset where divers of his ancestors lay interred every of them to have for his Salary ten Marks Sterling And to Elizabeth his wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanhern in Cornwall Knight he gave an hundred Marks worth of Plate He died at London 28 Maii 23 H. 7. and lieth buried in the Chapel of S. Paid within the Abby Church of Westminster as by the Epitaph on his Monument there appeareth Leaving issue Henry his only son and one daughter called Cecelie married to Iohn Bouchier Lord Fitz-Warren afterwards Earl of Bathe Which Henry in 6 Hen. 8. had a special livery of all the Lands whereof his said Father died seised And was created Earl of Bridgewater upon the nineteenth day of Iuly 30 H. 8. at the Kings Mannor house of Ocking being the second who had the title of some eminent City or Town But this Henry though wedded to Catherine daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolk died without issue William de Albini Pincerna THis William de Albini son of Roger de Albini by Amicia his wife and elder brother to that famous Nigel de Albini whose posterity assumed the sirname of Moubray as I have elsewhere shewed coming first hither with William Duke of Normandy at his Conquest of England and being much aiding to him in that service had divers Lands in Norfolk and other place conferred upon him whereupon he ejected several persons out of their possessions amongst which one Edwyne a Dane who first came hither with King Knute was by him dispossessed of the Lordships of Snetsham Sharneburne and Stanho in that County Edwyne therefore with some others who suffered in like sort went to King William and told him that neither before his entrance nor since his Conquest they had ever acted or conspired against him but lived inoffensively as they were ready to prove Upon which complaint the King forthwith caused enquiry to be made through the whole Realm and commanded that those who had lived peacably should have restitution of their Lands so seized on to enjoy as freely as they had done before and thenceforth to be called Drenges And in pursuance of that his Command appointed that this William de Albini then his Butler and William de Warren his Forester should restore unto Edwyne all those Lands which they had thus taken from him But notwithstanding this Mandate all he could get at present was only three hundred Acres of Land and three Folds in Snetesham and after that four hundred Acres of Land and four Folds in Stanho to be held of him by certain services As also four hundred Acres of Land and as many Folds in Sharneburne from William de Warren Howbeit ere long the King having sent Edwyne into Normandy for his Bastard Daughter there begotten before the Conquest of England gave her in marriage to Asceur his Son from which time the said Edwyne had protection so long as he lived To this William de Albini and his heirs was the Lordship of Bokenham also given by King William the first to hold by the service of being Butler to the Kings of England on the day of their Coronation For which respect he was afterwards stiled in divers Charters Pincerna Henrici Regis Anglorum This William de Albini founded the Abby of Wymundham in Norfolk and gave to the Monks of Rochester the Tithes of
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
to the King That Iohn de Moubray his Father having been retained by Indenture to serve King Edward the Second in his Wars with Covenant to receive certain Wages and Fees for the same which were never paid and now Petitioning that he might have the arrears thereof obtained an Assignation of them out of the Exchequer In the same year upon that danger which then appeared on the Coast of Sussex from the number of French and others hovering thereabouts he received special command to repair to his Mannor of Brember with Horse and Arms for the defence of those parts In 13 Edw. 3. he was with the King in the third Bataglia of his Army drawn up against the French at Uyronfosse which retreated without fighting And in 14 Edw. 3. being constituted Governor of Barwick upon â—wede was retained by Indenture to continue there from the first of May for the one whole Twelve Moneth having for the Guard thereof One hundred and twenty Men at Arms One hundred Hobelers and Two hundred Archers of the which he was to provide of his own proper Retinue Sixty Men at Arms whereof Ten to be Knights Twenty Hobelers and Sixty Archers But of this number it appears that there were Three Banerets and Ten Knights and that there being One thousand nine hundred eighty nine pounds five shillings due to him by those Covenants the Bishop of Durham H. de Percy and Ralph de Nevil two great Barons of the North were commanded to take care for the payment thereof In 16 Edw. 3. the King amongst other Letters to his Nobles sent to this Iohn to provide Forty Men at Arms and Forty Archers for his service in that great expedition then designed into France appointing him to be at London on the Octaves of S. Hillary there to treat and agree with his Council touching the wages for those his Soldiers in that service In which he attended the King and was with him at the Siege of Nantz in Britanny In 17. Edw. 3. he had the like command to provide as many Men at Arms and Archers for the Wars of France In 20 Edw. 3. he joyned his Forces unto those of the Archbishop of York with divers other great Lords and was in that memorable Battle against David King of Scots with his Army of Sixty thousand near Durham whom they utterly vanquished and took prisoner himself with the Lord Leyburne and the Sheriff of Yorkshire then commanding the third Battalia of the English Host. And the same year attended the King into France for raising the Siege of Aguâ—ilon In 21 Edw. 3. he was again in the Scotish Wars And in 26 Edw. 3. being cheif of the Commissioners in Yorkshire for guarding the Sea-Coasts against the French then threatning an invasion was also charged to find Thirty Men for Gowherland in Wales In 29 Edw. 3. he was in the Marches of Scotland upon the Kings special service And in 34 Edw. 3. being with the King in his Army at Bourge â—e Royne two leagues from Paris the King taking his way thence to Montlehery This Lord Moubray with the Lord Nevil and some others laid themselves in the Ambushment about three leagues from Paris expecting that the French would issue out which hapning accordingly they skirmished with them and had the victory But after this I find no farther mention of him than that the stile which he used in his Charters was Dominus Insulae de Haxiholme de Honoribus de Gowher de Brember and that he died at York of the Pestilence 4 Octob. 35 Edw. 3. then seized of the ruinous Castle at Bedford as also of the Mannors of Willington Hammes Broumham and Lyntelade in that County Likewise of Threske Woodhall Kirkby-Malsart and Burton in Lonesdale in Com. Ebor. Of the Mannor of Eppeworth with the whole Isle of Axholme in Com. Linc. And morcover of the Castle of Brember with its Members in Sussex the Hundreds of Bruâ—ford Stening Greensteed Borghbeck the half Hundreds of Cysewrithe and Fishersgate As also of the Towns of Brember and Shogham of the Mannors of Beding Kingsberne Findone Wassington Knap Greensteed Horsham the Park of Beanbush in le Sele as also of S. Leonards Chase. And that he was buried in the Gray-Friers at Bedford leaving issue by Ioan his Wife one of the Daughters of Henry Earl of Lancaster Iohn de Moubray his Son and Heir who was born at Eppeworth before mentioned in ann 1326. and of full age when his Father died Which Iohn doing his Homage soon after had livery of his Lands This is that Iohn who took to Wife Elisabeth the Daughter and Heir to Iohn Lord Segrave by Margaret his Wife Daughter and and sole Heir to Thomas of Brotherton second Son to King Edward the first Earl of Norfolk and Earl Marshal of England By which marriage a great inheritance in Lands with addition of much honor came to this Noble Family As to his publique imployments the first that I meet with is that in 30 Edw. 3. his Father then alive he was in Britanny in the Warr made there by King Edward against the French And that in 41 Ed. 3. he was again in the Warrs of France As also one of the great Lords there who made Oath for the observance of those Articles of Peace then concluded on betwixt King Edward and the French Shortly after which scil in 42 E. 3. taking a journey to the Holy-Land he had the hard fate to be slain by the Turks in his passing near Constantinople upon the Feast day of S. Dennis 42 E. 3. leaving issue Iohn his Son and Heir but four years of age and somewhat more who in 48 Edw. 3. had licence to travail beyond Sea Shortly after which his Mother died This Iohn was created Earl of Nottingham on the day of King Richard the seconds Coronation with this special clause in the Charter of his Creation viz that all his Lands and Tenements whereof he was then possessed or should afterwards purchase should be held sub Honore Comitali and as parcel of his Earldom In 2 R. 2. he joyned his forces with the Earl of Northumberland and entred Scotland but died within few years after under age at Loâ—don the Tuesday next preceding the Feast of S. Valentine 6 R. 2. and was buried in the Church of the Friers Carmelites neaâ— Fleetstreet To whom succeeded Thomas his Brother and Heir then seventeen years of age who had that Christian name by the appointment of his Mother for the reverence she bore to S. Thomas of Canterbury his Godfathers at the Font being Robert then Abbot of Fountaius and Geffrey Abbot of Salley This Thomas created also Earl of Notingham in 6 R. 2. as his Brother had been
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
in Tiltings and other Pastimes Which as it was then said the King did not duly recompence But hereupon he waxed proud beyond measure insomuch as his own Son Geffrey called him the King of Folly He also kept the Round Table of Knights in Wales for a pride in imitation of King Arthur Other particulars of his haughtiness and insolence were these viz. that with Queen Isabel he caused a Parliament to be held at Northampton where an unworthy Agreement was made with the Scots and 〈◊〉 Roll of Homage of Scotland was traiterously delivered as also the Black Cross which King Edward the first brought into England out of the Abby of Sâ—one and then accounted a precious Relique That with the Queen he caused the young King to ride twenty four miles in one night towards Bedford to destroy the Earl of Lancaster and his adherents saying that they imagined the Kings death That he followed Queen Isabel to Nottingham and lodged in one house with her â— That he commanded the Treasure of the Realm and assumed the authority which by common consent in Parliament was conferred on Henry Earl of Lancaster at the Kings Coronation And that he was one of those who practised against the Kings Councel for saying that Edward of Caernarvon was murthered by his means At which his demeanor finding that Edward Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle was much offended he informed the King that his Uncle had a designe to poyson him to the end he might be King himself as next heir to the Crown Iohn of Eltham Earl of Cornwall being newly dead and likewise that he had designed the escape of King Edward the second out of Prison for which soon after he lost his life The truth is this Mortimer bore such sway that he got what he had a mind to it is evident by these followinging grants which he obtained for himself from the young King viz. the Castle and Mannor of Hanley with the Chaces of Malverne and Cors in the Counties of Worcester and Gloucester Likewise the town of Wiche in Com. Wigorn. Also the Castle of Clifford and Mannor of Glasebury part of the Possessions of Hugh le Despenser the younger then attainted And to himself and Ioane his Wife in Fee divers ample Liberties and Jurisdictions to be excercised at his Castle of Trim in Ireland besides the inheritance of all the Territory of Danahmaine in Ireland with very large priviledges thereto Moreover to Geffrey his Son he procured a Grant of the Castle of Donnyngton in Com. Leicest as also the Mannors of Lechelade and Sodington in Comit. Gloucest the mannor of Wokking in Com. Surr. Byeby and Castre in Com. Linc. Ashburne in the Peke in Com. Derb. Ryhale in Com. Roteland and Kyneley in Com. Wilts late Edmund Earl of Kent 's attainted As also the Wapentake of Rysley in Com. Derb. the Wapentakes of Plumtre and Alreton in Com. Norff. the Mannor of Reseby in Com. Leic. and Mannor of Alreton with certain Lands in Drayton in Com. North. likewise parcel of the Lands of the said Edmund the remainder for want of issue of him the said Geffrey to him the said Roger and his heirs But not long after this growing odious to the people by these his Insolencies and evil actings the King was made sensible of the impending mischeif and therefore by the advice of his councel at Nottingham in the Quind of St. Michael taking into consideration his own dishonor and damage as also the impoverishment of his people and revealing his mind privately to Sir William de Montacute gave him immediate command to take the assistance of some trusty persons which he accordingly did viz. Sir Humphrey de Bohun and Sir William his Brother Sir Ralph de Stafford Sir William de Clinton Sir Iohn de Nevile of Hornby Sir William Eland and some others and upon Friday the morrow after the Feast of S. Luke in the dead time of the night getting into the Castle by a way under Ground which through the Rock passeth with Stairs up to the Keepe and still by reason of this his surprize called Mortimers hole entred a room next to the Queens Lodging where finding him with Henry Bishop of Lincoln and some others who made resistance he slew two of them viz. Sir Hugh de Turpliton Knight then Steward of the Kings House and Iohn de Munmouth for which he afterwards had pardon m and took him thence cheifly by Sir William Elands help And having him thus in his Custody on the morrow after seized upon the rest of his adherents and followers who lay in the Town amongst which were two of his Sons viz. Sir Geffrey and Sir Edmund both Knights who were all sent to London with guards there to be secured till the Parliament which was to begin upon the twenty seventh of November next ensuing Whereupon precepts bearing date 23 Octob. were directed to several persons for the seizing of his Castles Mannors and Lands in Wales he being then under Arrest for several mesdemeanors tending to the dammage of the K. and Kingdom as the words therein did import And within three dayes following Commission was granted to Iohn de Kingston and others to take an inventory of all his Treasure and Jewells in Wales and the Marches but not to carry away any thing out of the Wardrobe of Ioane his Wife then at Ludlow or that belonged to any of her Children or Servants Upon the meeting of which Parliament divers Articles were exhibited against him the Chief whereof were in effect as followeth viz. 1. That he was consenting to the murther of King Edward the second in Berkley Castle 2. That he was an impediment to the Kings Honor at Stanhope Park in restraining the English to fall upon the Scots 3. That he had received twenty thousand pounds of the Scots to give them leave to escape and that he caused a dishonorable peace to be afterwards made with them as also that unworthy contract of Marriage betwixt the Kings Sister and David the Son of Robert de Brus. 4. That he had basely consumed the Kings treasure and that of Hugh Despencer after the Queens returne so that the King was in a wanting condition 5. That he had got the richest Wardships of England into his hand And 6. That he was an evil Councellor to the King and the Queen-mother and too familiar with her Whereupon the King commanding the Earls and Barons that just judgement should be done therein they found him guilty of all especially that touching the murther of King Edward the second and gave sentence that he should be drawn and hanged Which being accordingly executed at the common Gallows called the Elmes near Smithfield upon the Eve of S. Andrew his Body was permitted to hang
the fourths Reign I find nothing more of this Duke Henry but soon after it is said that he speedily dispatched one Pershal his trusty Servant in all hast unto Richard Duke of Gloucester then in the North and that Pershall being privatly admitted to speak with him in the dead of the night told him that his Master had sent him to offer him his service and that he would wait on him with a thousand good Fellows if need were Likewise that thanks being returned and some secret Instructions from Richard the Messenger went back and within few daies met with him again at Notingham Moreover that when Richard came to Northampton this our Duke himself with three hundred Horse received him there and that having long conference with him it was beleived that the designe for effecting what soon after followed was there privily laid for after that time it was observed that he stood up vigorously for Richard and as one of his cheif confidents was with some others sent to the Queen who fearing the destruction of her Sons by the Duke of Gloucester their Uncle had taken Sancttuary with them at Westminster by fair pretences and promises to gain them out of her hands Which being done and Hastings late Lord Chamberlain to King Edward the fourth whose furtherance in his wicked purposes he despaired to obtain cut shorter by the Head lest Morton Bishop of Ely a person of singular prudence and Gravity might stand in his way he committed him to the custody of this Duke who thereupon fent him to his Castle of Brecknock in Wales And having so done to secure this Duke the more firmly to his ends he made him Cheif Justice of all South-Wales and North-Wales as also Constable of the Castles of Caermardyn Cardigan and divers other in those parts his Patent bearing date 18 Maii Richard being then Protector and King Edward the fifth alive Nay an Author of that time reports that he gave him all his riches so that he then made his boast that he had as many Liveries of Staffords Knotts as Richard Nevill the late great Earle of Warwick had of Ragged Staves with large promifes of far greater Matters as I shall shew anon Wherewith being corrupted he stuck at nothing that might carry on that Tragical designe which both of them had so closely layd for our Historians tell us that in the time of Dr. Shaa's Sermon at Pauls Cross where that Doctor endeavored to make the people beleive that the Children of K. E. 4. were not lâ—gitimate and upon the coming in of the Protector said This is the Fathers own Figure his own Countenance c. it was observed that this Duke accompanied him And two days following came to Guild-Hall where the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and Commons of the City were assembled and in a long Oration depraving the Government of King Edward the fourth by sundry instances represented to them the illegitimacy of his Children much magnifying that Sermon preached by Dr. Shaa on the Sunday before and withall insinuating that K. Edward the fourth himself was not lawfully begotten but that Richard Duke of Gloucester the then Protector was the really begotten Son of Richard Duke of York telling them that all those things well considered together with the Knightly prowess and manifold virtues of the Protector that the Nobles and Commons of England especially of the North were determined to make their humble Petition unto him to take upon him the Government of the Realm Moreover the next day after having procured another meeting of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Chief Commoners of the City at Baynards-Castle the Protector likewise meeting them there as the Mouth of them all he humbly desired him to take upon him the Rule Which when the Protector seemed modestly to deny he answered that it was finally determined by the Realm that King Edwards Line should no longer Reign And so it happned for that very day or the night ensuing was that horrid Murther of the young King and his Brother committed secretly in the Tower of London Furthermore soon after this viz. upon the fifth of Iuly he rode with him in State from the Tower to Westminster through the City of London And the day following in that solemn Proceeding from Westminster Hall unto the Abby in order to his Coronation bore his Train with a white Staff in his hand signifying the Office of Lord High Steward of England for that day Having thus been the principal Agent in advancing Richard to the Throne and thereupon pressing his performance of what had been privately promised this new King signed a Bill for Livery of all those Lands unto him whereunto he pretended a right by descent from Humphrey de Bohun sometime Earl of Hereford and Constable of England An abstract whereof I have here inserted together with a Schedule of the Castles and Mannors affixed thereto R. R. RIchard by the grace of God King of England c. To all c. Know ye that We not only considering that our right trusty and right enryrely beloved Cosyn Henry Duke of Buckinhgam is Cosyn and Heir of Blood to Humphrey Bohun Earl of Hereford and rightfull Inheritor of such Inheritances as were of the same late Earl but also the true feythfull and laudable service the which our seid Cosyn hath in many sundry wisez done unto us to our right singular wele and plesure Considering also and understanding that the Mannors Lordships and Lands specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed the which were parcel of the Inheritance of the said Earl and were chosen and accepted in purpartie by Herry the fifth late King of England Son of Mary one of the Daughters and Heirs of the said late Earle of a partition betwene the same late King and Anne Daughter of Alianore another of the Daughters and Heires of the sayd late Earle made by authority of Parliament the second year of his Reigne in allowance of other Mannours Lordships Lands c. of the like value allotted and assured in purpartie to the same Anne come unto the hands of Edward the fourth late King of England our Brother by virtue of certain Act or Acts of Parliament made against Herry the sixth deceased without issue so that our said Cosyn as true Inheritor to the sayd Inheritance in forme abovesayd should by his death have had and inherited the said Mannors Lordships c. specifyed in the sayd Schedule if the sayd Act or Acts of Parliament had never been made And also for certain other considerations us especially moving wille and grant to our sayd Cosyn that in our next Parliament to be holden he shall be surely and lawfully by Act of Parliament restored frothe Feste of Easter last past to all the foresayd Mannours c. specifyed in the sayd Schedule and the same have hold and enjoy to him and to his Heires according to such
of Land at his Lordship of Thornbury in Gloucestershire And that in 10 Hen. 8. by the Covenants betwixt him and Margaret Countess of Salisbury for the Marriage of Henry his Son and Heir with Vrsula Poole Daughter of that Countess by Sir Richard Poole Kt. her Husband it appears that the Mannors of Somerton Chedsey â—oneyate Yarlington and Shipton in Com. Somerset as also the Mannors of Stokenham Yalmeton Pyworthy Woneford and Clifte S. Mary with the appurtenances two hundred Messuages three hundred Cottages two thousand Acres of Land one thousand Acres of Meadow two thousand Acres of pasture five hundred Acres of Wood and fifty pounds in Rent in Stokenham Yalmeton Pyworthy Woueford and Clift S. Mary in Comitat. Devon were setled by the said Margaret upon them the said Henry and Vrsula and the Heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten But after this about two years viz. in 12 Henr. 8. though he liked not of that profuse expence which was occasioned cheifly by Cardinal Wolsey at that magnificent Enterview of King Henry the eighth and Francis the first of France betwixt 〈◊〉 and â—rdres he sitted himself in a greater splendor than any other Noble man and being prepared for the journey before the King was ready went to see some of his Lands in Kent Where finding his Tenants somewhat clamorous against Charles Knevet his Steward there for exacting upon them he discharged him of his imployment Which peice of Justice so farr irritated Knevet as that he became principally instrumental in his ruine For growing about this time viz. 13 Hen. 8. eminent for his high Blood and ample Revenue he drew on himself a dangerous suspition of aspiring higher which jealousie was fomented by the Cardinal who dissafected him for some words he had cast forth yet could not have overthrown him had not some indiscretion of his own concurred As for Knevet he watched his opportunity and finding that the Duke began to be weakned in two of his cheif Friends and Allies viz. Henry Earl of Northumberland whose Daughter he had married and Thomas Earl of Surry who had married his Daughter viz. Northumberland for claiming certain Wards which after close commitment he was forced to relinquish and Surry for drawing his Daggar at the Cardinal on some occasion being sent away upon an honorable imployment upon private discourse with the Cardinal discovered to him sundry particulars of this Dukes life viz. that he had said if King Henry died without issue how he would punish the Cardinal Moreover that he had treated with one Hopkins a Carthusian Monk of Hinton touching some prediction about the succession of the Crown Likewise the Hopkins should say to the Earl of Westmoriand this Dukes Son in law that if ought but good came to the King the Duke of Buckingham was next in Blood to the Crown the K. having then no issue Also that he told Knevet if he had been committed to the Tower whereof he was in some danger by occasion of Sir Wilâ—iam Bulmer he would have so wrought that the principal doers thereof should have had no great cause of rejoycing for he would have plaid the part which his Father intended to have put in practise at Salisbury against K. Richard the third who made earnest sute to have come into the Kings presence which had he obtained he would have stab'd him with his Dagger and that in speaking these words he maliciously laid hold on his Dagger swearing that if he were so evil used he would do his best to accomplish his purpose Likewise that being in speech with George Lord Bergavenny he should say that if the King died he would have the rule of the Realm in spight of whosoever said the contrary And swore that if the Lord Bergavenny revealed this he would fight with him These were the principal things charged against him But upon his Indictment and Trial by his Peers he denied all alledging that what he was charged with was false conspired and forged Whereupon Knevet and others being produced against him and deposing to what was alledged in the Articles he had sentence of death pronounced against him by the Duke of Norfolk then High Steward Whereunto he replied thus My Lord of Norfolk you have said as a Traitor should be said to but I was never any I nothing maligne you for what you have done to me but the Eternal God forgive you my Death I shall never sue to the King for life though he be a gracious Prince and more grace may come from him than I desire And so I desire you and all my fellows to pray for me Whereupon he was Beheaded on Tower-hill 17 Maii anno 1521 13 Hen. 8. Nevertheless the Tragedy ended not so for though the Lord Bergavenny after a few months imprisonment was through the Kings favor enlarged yet Hopkins after a serious repentance that he had been Author of so much mischeif died of Greif Being thus put to death he was buried in the Church of the Friers-Augustines near Broadstreet in the City of London leaving issue by Alianore his Wife Daughter to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland one Son called Henry and three Daughters viz. Eliz. married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk Katherine to Ralph Nevill Earl of Westmorland and Mary to George Nevill Lord Bergavenny Which Elianore by her Testament bearing date 24 Iunii ann 1528 20 Hen. 8. appointed her Heart to be buried in the Church of the Gray-Friers within the City of London before the Image of S. Francis and her body in the Church of the Whit-Friers at Bristol if she should happen to decease in those parts But after execution thus done upon this Duke viz. in the Parliament begun 15 Apr. 14 Hen. 8. though there then passed an Act for his Attainder yet there was likewise an Act for the restitution in blood of Henry his eldest Son but not to his Honors and Lands Nevertheless the King out of his special grace and favor by his Letters Patents bearing date 25 Sept. in the same fourteenth year did grant to the same Henry and Vrsula his Wife Daughter of Sir Richard Pole Knight by Margaret his Wife Daughter to George Duke of Clarence the Mannors of Norton in the Moores Tillington Eyton Church-Eyton Wood-Eyton Dorlastone Forbrigge Bradwelle Dâ—dyngton Pakynton Blyminhull Holdych near New-Castle Tentynshull and Barlaston in Com. Staff with the Advowsons of the Churches to the same belonging As also the Mannors Tenements and Rents of Menlefeâ—id and Crystelton in Câ—m Cestr. with the Advowsons of the Churches thereunto belonging Likewise all the Lands Tenements Rents and Services in Briggenoâ—th in Com. Salop. with all and singular the Castles Lordships Mannors and Lands in the same County of 〈◊〉 and South-Wales together with the 〈◊〉 of Hay Hope Aston-â—â—gers 〈◊〉 Parke Myniterley Mannor 〈◊〉 Bâ—rgh Worthyn-Mannor 〈…〉
Gorther Haburiey 〈…〉 and Baliwick of 〈…〉 Members and 〈…〉 Advowsons of the 〈…〉 belonging all which 〈…〉 possessions of the before 〈…〉 Duke 〈…〉 And mâ—â—over did grant to the said 〈◊〉 and Vrsulâ— his Wife all such Courts Leet to be held twice in the year in Forbrâ—gg as the said Duke heretofore had to have and to hold to the same Henry and Vrsulâ— and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten by the service of onâ— Knights Fee and such annual services as they were held by before the said forfeiture Which Henry in 23 Hen. 8. obtained also to himself and Vrsula his Wife and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten a grant of the Castle and Mannor of Staffoâ—â— with their appurtenances in the County of Stafford as also a certain Mannor called Stafford-Mannor and Stafford-Rent in the same County together with all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments thereunto belonging and lying in Stafford Bradley Billington Dunston Coppinhall Stretton Cokessane Burton wottons-Wottons-land Lichfeild Fulford and Richardscote in that County and likewise of the Mannor of Essington in Com. Ebor. all which were parcel of the possessions of the said Edward Duke of Buckingham Paying yearly to the King his Heirs and successors at the Receipt of his Exchequer four pounds one shilling two pence half penny farthing And in the Parliament of 1 E. 6. was again restored in blood After which viz. in 4 and 5 Phil. Mar. there being some dispute betwixt the Lord Clinton and this Henry touching precedencie it was then upon search certified in Parliament that the Lord Clintons ancestors had precedence next above the Lord Audley and that the Barons of Stafford were placed next below the Barons Talbot This last mentioned Henry had issue by the before specified Vrsula his Wife three Sons viz. Edward Richard and Walter Which Richard had issue Roger Stafford who died an aged man unmarried in ann 1638. or therabouts and one Daughter named Dorothy Wife of Sir William Nevill of Chebsey Knight Which Edward took to Wife Mary Daughter to Edward Earl of Derby and had issue by her one Son called also Edward who was twenty one years of age in ann 1592. and two Daughters viz. Ursula married to Walter Erdswike and Dorothy to ... Gerveis of Chadsden Which last mentioned Edward married Isabel the Daughter of Thomas Forster of Tonge in Com. Salop. by whom he had issue Edward and died 25 Sept. ann 1525. Which Edward his Son was born in ann 1600. and having married Anne the Daughter of Iames Wilforde of Newnham-Hall in Comit. Essex Esqque died in the life time of his Father and was buried in the Church of S. Andrew in Holburne within the Suburbs of London leaving issue one Son viz. Henry who being born after his Fathers death died unmarried in anno 1637. and one Daughter called Mary who became the Wife of Sir William Howard Knight of the Bathe a younger Son to Thomas Earl of Arundell and Surrey Earl Marshal of England afterwards advanced to the title of Viscount Stafford by King Charles the first Stafford of Hooke I Come now to those collateral branches of this great and noble Family not already taken notice of touching whose memorable Actions our publique Records and other authentique authorities do make some mention Of these the first I meet with is Sir Iohn Stafford Knight Son of William Stafford of Bromshull in Com. Staff and descended from Hervey Bagot by Milisent his Wife Sister and Heir to Robert Lord Stafford Which Sir Iohn Stafford having married Margaret Daughter to Ralph Lord Stafford afterwards Earl was in that expedition made into Scotland in 11 Edw. 3. together with the same Ralph Lord Stafford And left issue Humphrey his Son and Heir who in 40 Edw. 3. was in the Warrs of Gascoigne So likewise in 43 Edw. 3. being then a Knight and of the retinue to Edward Prince of Wales commonly called the Black Prince Moreover in 47 Edw. 3. he was in that Expedition then made into Flanders in the company of Hugh Earl of Stafford And left issue Humphrey his Son and Heir called Humphrey Stafford with the Silver Hand who marryed Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir of ... Dynham Widow of Sir Iohn Maltravers of Houke in Com. Dorset Knight Which Humphrey being afterwards a Knight was Sheriff of the Counties of Somerset and Dorset in 12 H. 4. and by his Testament bearing date 5 Apr. ann 1413 1 Hen. 5. where he calls himself Sir Humphrey Stafford the elder Knight bequeathed his body to be buried in the Chappel of S. Andrew adjoyning to that of our Blessed Lady in the Abby of Abbotsbury and gave to Sir Humphrey Stafford his Son and Elizabeth his Wife one Charger twelve Dishes and Six Saucers of Silver Not long after which he died for it was the same year leaving Sir Humphrey Stafford Knight his Son and Heir who then doing his homage had livery of his Lands A word or two now of the before specified Eliz. Wife to this Sir Humphrey with the Silver Hand This Elizabeth though she died in the lifetime of her Husband made her Testament bearing date 8 Sept. ann 1405. 6 H. 4. and thereby bequeathed her Body to be buried in the same Chappel of S Andrew in the Abby-Church of Abbotsbury before mentioned in the Tombe of Sir Iohn Maltravers Knight her former Husband and gave to the Rector of S. Giles at Staâ—leford for his Tithes forgotten and not paid as also to celebrate a thousand Masses for her Soul and the Souls of her Ancestors four pounds three shillings four pence Likewise to the Friers of Dorcnester four pounds three shillings and four pence To the Fricrs of Yevel as much and the like summe to the Monks of Abbotsbury Moreover to three Priests celebrating for her Soul and the Souls of her Ancestors as also for the Soul of Sir John Maltravers Knight her late Husband whereof two to officiate in the Church of Houke or Stapelford and the third in the Chapel of Kentercombe the next year after her decease fifteen pounds viz. to each of them an hundred shillings Also to Humphrey Stafford and Elizabeth his Wife her own Daughter twelve Dishes and six Saucers of Silver And to Katherine Cobham the Wife of Humphrey Stafford a Cup of Silver gilt Of which Testament she constituted Sir Humphrey Stafford Knight her Husband her Executor I now come to Sir Humphrey Stafford Knight her Son This Sir Humphrey in 8 Hen. 4. being then a Knight having marryed Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir to Sir Iohn Maltravers Knight Sister and Heir to Maude the Sister of Sir Iohn Dynham Knight doing his fealty had livery of all those lands which by her death descended to him of which the Mannor of Houke was the cheife and by his Testament bearing
Knight Sir Robert Willoughby Kt. and Elianore the Wife of Thomas Stranguish Esq as Cousins and Heirs to the Said Sir Humphrey with the Silver Hand viz. the said Elizabeth and Elianore Daughters and Heirs of Alice Wife of ... Cheney Knight Sister of William Father of the said Earl and Robert Willughby Son and Heir of Anne the other Daughter and Heir of the said Alice Hugh Stafford Lord Bourchier THis Hugh being a younger Son to Hugh Earl of Staâ—ord having married Elizabeth the Daugther and Heir to Bartholomew Lord Bourchier was summoned to Parliament by the title of Lord Bourchier in 12 Hen. 4. And in 5 Hen. 5. was in that Expedition then made into France So likewise in 7 Henr. 5. And died in 9 Henr. 5. being seised of the Mannors of Eâ—fingham and Waldingham in Com. Surr. Of the third part of the Mannor of Wykemere in Com. Norf. of the Mannor of Stratton-Audelegh in Com. Oxon. Southo in Com. Hunt Wolford magna and Rokeby in Comitat. Warr. of the Mannors of Estington and Harsfeild and the moytie of the Mannor of Alkerton in Com. Gloucest Likewise of the Mannors of Berlaston Hertwalle Titnesovre Mere Bertherton and Geryngeshalgh in Comit. Staff Moreover of the Mannor of Navesby in Com. Northâ—mp for life As also of a certain House in London in the Parish of St. Butolph without Bishopsgate late Batholomew Lord Bouchiers whose Heir the before specified Elizabeth his Wife was leaving Humphrey his Cousin and Heir viz. Son of Edmund Lord Stafford Brother of him the said Hugh twenty years of age upon the Feast day of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin 1 Hen. 6. Which Elizâ—beth surviving afterwards married to Sir Lewes Robsard Knight Stafford Earl of Wiltshire IN 9 Edw. 4. 5 Ianuar. Iohn Stafford a younger Son to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham was created Earl of Wiltshire and in 12 Edw. 4. joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others to treat with the Embassadors of Iames the third then King of Scotland upon certain complaints of greivances from each Realm And having married Constance the Daughter and Heir to Sir Henry Green of Drayton in Comitat. Northamp Knight departed this life 8 Maii 13 Edw. 4. leaving Edward his Son and Heir three years of age being then seized joyntly with the said Constance of the Mannor of Sutho in Com. Hunt Newenton-Blossomvâ—le Clifton and Polycote in Comit. Buck. of the Mannors of Sâ—anford Rivers Tracies Suttons Piggesland Boteiles and Brigges in Com. Essex Effyngham Shepsted Tyllingdon Porkeley Waldingham Upwode Gatyers and Halyngbury in Com. Surr. Of which Edward all that I have seen is that by his Testament bearing date 21 Martii 14 Hen. 7. he bequeathed his body to be buried in our Lady Isle at Lufwyke in Com. Northam by his Grandfather Greene appointing a convenient Tombe to be there made for him And that he thereby Gave to his Cousin the Earl of Shrewsbury his Collar of the Kings Livery as also to Margaret his Wife all the Plate he had with her in marriage After which viz. upon the twenty fourth day of the same Month of March he died and was buried at Lufwyke accordingly as the Inseription upon his Monument exprâ—sseth Salisbury AMongst other thâ— puissant Normans who accompanied the famous Duke William in that his signal Expedition for the Conquest of this Realm there was Walter de Ewrus Earl of Roâ—mar to whom in consideration of his valour he gave the Lordships of Saresburie and 〈◊〉 This Earl before his coming hither had issue Gerold afterwards Earl of Roâ—mar called le Gros. Which Gerold begot William surnamed Meschin and he another William who died issuless But after his coming into England he had a Son called Edward here born and in process of time Sheriff of â—iâ—tshire Of which Edward thenceforth called Edward de Saresberie it appears that at the time of the general Survey he possessed two Lordships in Dorsetshire three in Sâ—â—erâ—etshire one in Surrey two in Hantshire one in Middlesex two in Hertfordshire two in Buckinghamshire and thirty three in Wiltshire out of which County being then Sheriff thereof he received in Rent as belonging to his Office an hundred and thirty Hoggs thirty two Bacons two Bushels and sixteen Gallons of Wheat as much of Barley ... Bushels and eight Gallons of Oats thirty two Gallons of Honey or sixteen shillings four hundred forty eight Hens a thousand and sixty Eggs an hundred Cheeses fifty two Lambs two hundred Fleeces of Wooll having likewise an hundred sixty two Acres of Arable Land and amongst the Reves-land to the value of forty pounds per annum Moreover that he was one of the Witnesses to King William the Conquerors Foundation Charter of that great Abby of Selby in Com. Ebor. And in 20 H. 1. being the Kings Standardbearer in that famous Battle at Brennevill in Normandy where King Henry the first of England was present and Victorious he behaved himself with singular courage and military skill This Edward left issue Walter his Son and Heir and a Daughter called Maude Wife of Humphrey de Bohun Which Walter having married Sibilla de Caworth became the pious founder of the Priory of Bradenstoke in Com. Wilts for Canons regular of S. Augustines order plentifully endowing it with Lands and Revenues and surviving her took the habit of a Canon there After which departing this life in that House he was buried with her in one Grave near to the Quire Leaving issue Patric his Son and Heir who was advanced to the title and dignity of Earl of Salisbury by Maude the Empress being then Steward of her Houshould as it is said and in 18 Steph. upon that Accord then made betwixt Henry Duke of Normandy and King Stephen was one of the Witnesses thereto by the title of Earl After which from the beginning of King Henry the seconds Reign until the end of his sixth year he executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of 〈◊〉 And in 10 Hen. 2. was one of the Witnessâ—s to the Recognition of the antient Laws and Liberties of England then made by that King In 12 Henr. 2. upon the Aid then assessed for marrying of that Kings Daughter he certified his Knights Fees to be in number seventy eight and two fifths Moreover in 13 Hen. 2. being in Normandy with the King upon that Rebellion of the Poiâ—â—ovins and Gascoins after the taking of the Castle of Lezinnian when King Henry went to meet the King of France and to expostulate with him touching his injuries he was left with the Queen during her stay in that Castle This Earl Patric for the health of the Souls of
his Lands in Wrecheroâ—ch with his Wood called â—ravenhull as also certain Arable Ground called Coubregge and Pasturage for fifty Beasts at Erdintone And in An. 1236. 20 Hen. 3. with Richard Earl of Cornwal the Kings Brother and other Nobles having taken upon him the Cross for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land he went forward accordingly about four years after 〈◊〉 in An. 1240. 24 Hen. 3. and in An. 1242. in the Moneth of March returned safe After which viz. before the end of that year he was in that great Battle with divers other Nobles of this Realm at â—antoigne where the English obtained a glorious victory And in 27 Hen. 3. had a Grant of Sixty marks annuity out of the Exchequer until he should obtain judgment upon the Claim that he made to the Earldom of Wiltshiâ—e and Castle of Sarum Which judgment the King promised should be given upon his return into England Furthermore about this time being in France he was joyned in Commission with Hugh de Vivone to receive all those to favor and protection who having any Castles or Towns in the parts of Peregot would yield them up to the King And in An. 1247. 31 Hen. 3. having again according to the example of the King of France taken upon him the Cross in order to another Pilgrimage to the Holy Land he came to Rome and said thus to the Pope Sir you see that I am signed with the 〈◊〉 and am on my journey with the King of France to fight in this Pilgrimage My name is great and of note viz. William Longespe but my estate is slender For the King of England my Kinsman and Leige-Lord hath berest me of the title of Earl and of that Estate but this he did judicially and not in displeasure or by the impulse of his will Therefore I do not blame him for it Howbeit I am necessitated to have recourse to your Holiness for favor desiring your assistance in this distress We see here quoth he that Earl Richard of Cornwal who though he is not signed with the Cross yet through the especial Grace of your Holiness he hath got very much Money from those who are signed and therefore I who am signed and in want do intreat the like favor The Pope therefore taking into consideration the elegancy of his expressions as also the efficacy of his Reasons and comliness of his Person granted to him in part what he desired Whereupon he received above a thousand marks from those who had been so signed Therefore about two years after viz. in An. 1249. 33 Hen. 3. in the Moneth of Iuly with divers other English Nobles being no less in the company than Two hundred Horse of all which he was the Captain having received the the blessing of his noble Mother Ela then Abbess of Lacock he began his journey and being received with great respect by the King of France put himself into his Army After which scil in An. 1250. 34 Hen. 3. the King of France having put a Garison into Damieta thence marching Eastwards he attended him And in this expedition took a strong Tower not far from 〈◊〉 wherein were the Wives of sundry noble Saracens and after that surprisâ—d divers Merchants passing with Camels Mules and Asses laden with Gold Silver and Spices as also many Carriages with Victual which begot him much envy from the French from whom thereupon he received great abuses For which respect he resolved to stay at Acres with the Templers and Hospitalers until the rest of the English Nobles came thither unto whom he purposed to represent the pride and insolencies of the French But before the end of that year passing from 〈◊〉 towards 〈◊〉 the Saracens gave them Battle in which fighting most valianâ—ly he killed above one hundred of them with his own hands but having the hard sate to be overpowred with numbers was there himself slain It is reported that the night before the death of this William which thus hapned in An. 1250. 34 Hen. 3. in the Holy Land Ela his Mother then Abbess of Lacock saw in a Vision the Heavens open and her Son armed at all parts whose Shield she well knew received with joy by the Angels and that she then asking Who is this it was answered Do you not know your Son William and his Armor And she said Yes And it was replied It is he whom thou his Mother now beholdest Moreover that she keeping in mind the time about half a year after when it was told her held up her hands and with a chearful countenance said I thy Handmaid give thanks to thee O Lord that out of my sinful flesh thou hast caused such a Champion against thine Enemies to be born It is also reported that in Anno 1252. 36 Hen. 3. which was about two years after this famous William Longespe was thus slain the Soldan of Babylon when Messengers were sent to him for redemption of those who had been taken prisoners in that unhappy War said I much wonder at you Christians who reverence the Bones of the Dead why you inquire not for those of the Renowned and right Noble William Longespe because there be many things reported of them whether fabulous or not I cannot say viz. That in the dark of the night there have been appearances at his Tomb and that to some who called upon his God many things were bestowed from Heaven For which cause and in regard of his great worth and Nobility of Birth we have caused his Body to be here Intombed Whereupon the Messengers desiring it it was delivered to them by the Soldan and thence brought to Acres where they buried it in the Church of S. Cross. After the death of this last mentioned William Longespe William his Son and Heir by the before-specified Idonea doing his homage had Livery of all those Lands whereof his Father was seised in Fee when he was in that Pilgrimage to the Holy Land wherein he died Which William in 40 Hen. 3. being in the Tourneament then held at Buthe was there overthrown and lost his credit And having wedded Maud the Daughter of Walter Clifford with whom he had in marriage Twenty eight pounds eight shillings and two pence per annum Lands in Culmintone in Com. Salop by the gift of her Father departed this life in the flower of his youth viz. in An. 1257. 41 H. 3. Whereupon Maud his Widow according to the Custom of the Realm promising upon her Oath that she would not marry again without leave had her Dowry then assigned to her In this her Widowhood she gave to the Canons of Barlings in Com. Linc. for the health of her Soul and the Soul of William Longespe her Husband her
end he might be Earl of that County In 10 Ioh. this Earl was Sheriff of Essex and Hartfordshire for the one half of that year and so continued till the fifteenth of King Iohns Reign inclusive And in 14 Ioh. was one of the Nobles then reputed evil Councellors to that King but in 16 Ioh. he died without issue and was buried at Colne whereupon Robert de Vere his Brother and Heir gave a thousand marks to the King for livery of the Lands of his inheritance with the Castle of Heningham and Camenent together with the Wardship of the Heir of William Fitz-Oates to marry to his Neice This Earl Robert in 17 Ioh. being one of the cheif of those Barons who took Armes against the King was party to the Covenants at that time made betwixt the King and them whereby they were to have the City and Tower of London delivered up into their hands And stood up so stoutly with those great Rebells that he was in the number of them whom Pope Innocent the third Excommunicated for so doing But upon the death of King 〈◊〉 there being a peaceable composure betwixt King Henry the third and those losty-spirited men this Earl Robert was received into favor for in 4 Hen. 3. he beeame one of the Judges in the Kings Court of Justice as appears by a Fine then levied before him and others So Likewise in 5 H. 3. And having married Isabel the Daughter of Hugh but Sister and Heir to Walter de Bolebâ—c by whom he had issue Hugh his Son and Heir departed this life in 5 H. 3. and was buried in the Priory of Hacfeildbroad-Oâ—ke leaving Isabel his Wife surviving who in 6 Hen. 3. gave a Fine to the King of two thousand two hundred twenty eight Pounds two Shillings nine Pence Half-peny for the Wardship of her Son and heir which Fine was over and above a debt of One thousand seven hundred and eighty Pounds eleven Shillings owing by Earl Robert her Husband and after married to Henry de Nâ—vant but died upon the Morrow after the Puâ—ification of our Lady in 29 Hâ—n 3. I now come to Hugh Son and Heir to the said Earl Robert This Hugh in 15 Hen. 3. performing his Homage had Livery of all the Lands of Earl Robert his Father and in ann 1233. 17 H. 3. was solemnly Knighted at 〈◊〉 the King then solemnizing the Feast of Pentecost there Moreover in 21 Hen. 3. the King issued out his Precept to the Lord Treasurer and Chamberlains of his Exchequer to pay unto him twenty marks yearly at Easter and Miâ—haelmass by even portions for the third peny of the County of Oxford in the name of Earl of that County In 29 Hen. 3. upon the death of Isabâ—l de Bolebec his Mother giving security for payment of his Relief viz. an hundred pound and doing his Homage he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 30 Henr. 3. was one of the Barons who â—ubseribed that Letter sent to the Pope whereby they complained of his exactions upon this Realm In 32 Hen. 3. he was also in that Parliament then held wherein the King was upbraided by the Lords with his licentious expences and that his Treasurer and Chancelour were not persons of their approbation In 33 Hen. 3. he paid a thousand Marks to the King for the Wardship and Marriage of Alice the heir of Gilbert de Saâ—â—ford whom soon after that he married to Robâ—rt his Son And for the health of the Souls of himself his Wife Children and Ancestors founded the Hospital at Castle Henâ—ngham in Essex He also bestowed upon the Knights Templars his Lands in Radenache in Com. Buck. with the Church there He married Hawise the Daughter of Margaret Countess of Winton and departing this life in ann 1263. 47 Hen 3. was buried at Colne leaving Robert his Son twenty three years of age and being then seized of the Mannor of â—ensinton in Com. Midd. the Mannors of â—estreton and Whitchurch in Com. Buck. the mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Cantabr whereunto the Park belonging was four miles in Compass which Mannor appertained to the Barony for which he was the Kings Chamberlain and also the Mannor of Aâ—â—ton in that County appertaining likewise to that Barony Moreover of the Mannors of â—okefâ—ud and Preston in Com. Suff. Also of â—engham Castle in Com. Essex and Advowson of the Priory there with the Hamlet of 〈◊〉 and mannors of Hengham â—avetiles Benetby and Colun held likewise of the King in Capite by the service of Chamberlain together with the Advowson of the Priory of Colun Which Robert being shortly after viz. in 49 H. 3. one of the Barons in Arms against the King and made Knight in the field by Montford Earl of Leicester the cheif of them was amongst others surprized at Kenâ—lworth a little before that Battle of Evesham which proved so satal to those insolent Rebells But afterwards making his peace according to the tenor of that Decree called Diâ—â—â—um de Kenilworth he was by King Edward the first in the fourteenth year of his Reign inployed in those Warrs against the Welch And in 18 Edw. 1. obtained the Kings Charter for a Fair once every year at his Mannor of Lanham in Com. Suff. upon the Munday Tuesday and Wednesday in Easter week As to his works of Piety it appears that for the health of his Soul he gave to the Knights Hospitalars all his Royalty and services of two Knights Fees in Ashley and Silverley which Geffrey Arsick had wont to perform unto them and in 16 Edw. 1. an hundred and forty five Acres of Land and Meadow in Bilchaungre and Cakeiegh in Com. Essex to the Canons of Tremeuhale for the health of the Soul of Gilbert his Son This Earl Robert had a Daughter called Ioâ—ne married to William de Warren with whom he gave the Mannors of Midingham Tyburne Pâ—tewelle Wlfhamstone Nechamstede and Gynges with Lands in Cestresham of ten pounds per annum and died in 24 Edw. 1. leaving issue by Alice his Wife Daughter and Heir to Gilbert Lord Samford Chamberlain to Queen Elianore Robert his Son and Heir then of full age as also Hugh and Thomas his younger Sons Alfonsus his fourth Son dying in his life time Which Hugh in 21 Edw. 1. being then in the Warâ—s of France was constituted Governor of St. Cyverine having two hundred Horse and many Foot in that Garison And the next ensuing year was there also with Edmund Earl of Lancaster the Kings Brother and Blanâ—h his Wife Queen of Navarâ— Mother to the Queen of France and the Duke of Burgundy at the Ratification of the Peace made betwixt both Realms through the mediation of those Queens Moreover in 25 Edw. 1. he was sent with
mounted another purposing to avoid his Enemies by swiming the River but being invironed by the Duke of Gloucester on the one side and the Earle of Derby on the other side he threw away his Sword Gantlets and Armor and leaping into the River escaped them In their pursuit of him it is said that his Charriot was taken and in it the Kings Letters appointing him to hast to London with what strength he had expressing that he would there be ready to live and dye with him The Lords therefore being thus powerfull caused the King of summon a Parliament at Westminster Which being done and this Duke amongst others called to make answer to certain Articles of High Treason then and there exhibited against him by the Duke of Gloucester and others not appearing he was forthwith banished and all his possessions confiscated excepting his entailed Lands which only were to remain to his right Heirs Upon this Banishment being likewise attainted Outlawed and Fled beyond-Sea as already hath been observed he was at length stricken by a Wild-Boar in Hunting and died of his hurts at Lovâ—me in anno 1392. 16 Ric. 2. in great distress and penury About three years after which viz. in November ann 1395. 19 R. 2. the King having caused his Body to be brought over into England made a solemne Funeral for him at Colne in Essex being present himself thereat with many of the Bishops but few of the temporal Lords their old hatred towards him being not then abated Dying thus and without issue Alberiâ— de Vere his uncle was in 16 R. 2. by assent of Parliament restored to all those Lands which had been by fine entailed before the attainder of the Duke his Nephew having also the name Title and Honor of Earl of Oxford then granted to him and to the Heirs Male of his Body and thereupon took his seat in Parliament amongst the Peers but being infirm the Office of Lord High Chamberlain of England which he and his Ancestors had long held was in 17 R. 2. bestowed by the King on Iohn Holland Earl of Huntendon to hold for term of life And continuing still weak had speciall Licence to be absent from that Parliament held at Shrewsbury in 21 R. 2. in which the Judgement given in the Parliament of 11 R. 2. against Robert Duke of Ireland his Nephew was revoaked and anulled This Earl Alberic took to Wife Alice the Daughter of Iohn Lord Fitz-Walter by whom he had issue Richard his Son and Successor and Iohn who died unmarried as also a Daughter married to Sir Iohn Fitz-Lewes Knight and departed this life upon S. George his day 1 Hen. 4. leaving Richard his Son and Heir then fourteen years of age being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Castle-Hengham the Mannors of â—elham parva Bumstede Dodingherst Stanstede Monfichet Fingreth Beaumonds as also the Office of Steward of the whole Forest of Essex Likewise of the Mannors of Badlesmere in â—ent Calmerton in Com. Buck. Magna-Campes Saxton and Swafhaâ—-â—ulbeck in Comit Cantabr And for terme of life by the grant of King Richard of the Honor and Town of Reyleigh and Mannors of Eastwood and Thunderst the reversion to Edward Duke of York and the Heirs Male of his Body leaving Alice his Wife surviving who had for her Dowery an assignation of the Mannors of Badlesmere excepting four hundred acres of Land and Pasture there therein held in Gavel-kind and likewise of the Mannor of Bumstede Beaumond and Eston-Hall in Com. Essex Calverton and Whitchurch in Com. Buck. and fifteen shillings and six pence half peny Rent out of the Mannor of Stansted Montfichet I now come to Richard the succeeding Earl On whose behalf the Commons in Parliament in 1 Hen. 4. did pray that having married Alice the Daughter of the Kings Sister he might be restored to the Office of Chamberlain of England being his due inheritance and taken away by violence by King Richard the second but thereunto the King did not then assent In 2 Hen. 4. it was Enacted by Parliament that if this Richard Earl of Oxford when he came of age should consent that Philippa Dutches of Ireland might enjoy her Dower out of the entailed Lands confirmed and assured to her by Earl Aubery his Father then he should have to him and to his Heirs all those Lands which were the Duke of Ireland's in in Demesn or Reversion and in the Kings hands upon the first day of March preceding This Richard being in his minority at his Fathers death had in 3 H. 4 a grant of an hundred pounds per annum for his maintenance to be received out of the profits of his own Lands And in 8 Hen. 4. upon his assent that the before-specified Dutchess Philippa should enjoy her Dower the King granted to him and his Heirs all those Lands and Tenements which by the forfeiture of Duke Robert came to the Crown excepting such as had been disposed of by himself or King Richard the second And in the Parliament then held made special Livery unto him of all those Lands which she the said Philippa held in Joynture she being then dead as it seems as also of all other Lands whereof Earl Aubrey his Father died seized he being then of full age About this time or not long before Maude Countess of Oxford Widow of E. Thomas and Mother to Robert Duke of Ireland still surviving caused it to be divulged that King Richard 2. was alive and that he would forthwith lay claim to his antient Hoâ—â—r and procured Harts to be made of Silver and gilt which were Badges that King Richard gave to his Friends Souldiers and Servants to be in the Kings name distributed in the Countrey whereby the people might be the sooner allured to rise on his behalf giving it farther out that he was privately kept in Scotland till he could have a fit oportunity to come in with an Army of French and Scots Whereupon she was committed to Prison and her goods confiscated This Maude by her Testament dated at Bentley 20 Ian. anno 1412. 14 H. 4. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Nunns Church at Brusezard appointing that her Hâ—rse should be covered with black Cloath and and a white cloath in form of a Cross thereon as also three Tapers to burn about it on the day of her funeral viz. two at her Head and the third at her Feet and four Torches besides And gave to those Nunns the Mannor of Wrabnase in pure Almes for the health of her own Soul her Parents Souls and the Souls of all the faithful deceased And having so done departed this life on Wednesday being the Feast of the Conversion of S. Paul the same year leaving
Hospitalars died untimely upon the Nones of April Anno 1176 22 Henr. 2. and was buried in the Chapter-house at Gloucester as may seem by this Inscription on the Wall there Hic Iacet Ricardus Strongbow filius Gilberti Comitis de 〈◊〉 Leaving issue as some say one Son scarce three years old to be his Heir But by others it is reported that being by Treachery abused and wounded he departed this life the fifth year after his acquisition of the Province of Lemster viz. 21 Henr. 2. as also that he was buried at Dublin leaving issue one only Daughter called Isabel who remained in Ward to the King for the space of fourteen years and then was given in marriage to William Marshal who thereupon became Earl of Pembroke as also Lord of 〈◊〉 together with the whole Province of Lemster and all the inheritance of the same Richard Strongbow I now return to Richard Uncle of this Richard Strongbow and eldest Son to Gilbeâ—re de Tonebrigge This Richard in Anno. 1124 24 Henr. 1. translated the Monks out of his Castle at Clare into the Church of St. Augustine at Stoke and bestowed on them a little Wood called Stokeâ—ho likewise every year a Doe out of his Parke at Hunedene Likewise he commanded that all his Barons and other Tenants should permit them to dispose of their respective Tithes how they pleased and gave them the Church of Coveham in exchange for that of Denham As also the Ermitage at Standune On the Knights Templars he bestowed a certain Rent issuing out of â—aidoche in Comitat. Bedf. And founded the Priory of Conebrigge in Kent This is he who first had the title of Earl of Hertford and being one of those who by power of the Sword entred Waâ—eâ— there planted himself and became Lord of vast Teritories as also of divers Castles in those parts Moreover growing thereupon ambitious and requiring greater matters of the King then he could obtain he broke out in Rebellion and marched thither where being entrapped by the Welch he was unhappily slain leaving issue by ... his Wife Sister to Ranulph the second Earl of Chester three Sons Gilbert Roger and ... and a Daughter called Alice Wife of Cadwalader ap Griffith ap Conan Prince of North Wales This Gilbert who had also the title of Earl of Clare gave to the Monks of Lira in Normandy the Church of â—edeham to the Monks of Stoke Clâ—re in Comitat. Suff. the Church of â—ures To the Monks of Lewes in Suâ—sex the Church of Tonebruge and to the Knights Hospitalars the Church of Staundone in Hertfordshire And in Anno 1145. 8 Steph. was an Hostage for his Uncle Ranulph Earl of Chester Moreover continuing unfaithful to that King he was at length taken Prisoner and so kept for a long time till he had delivered up all his strong Holds After which scil in ann 1151. he died without issue and was buried in that Cell at â—are which Gilbert his Grandfather had given to the Monks of Bec in Normandy To which Gilbert succeeded Roger his Brother who having likewise the Title of Earl of 〈◊〉 in 3. H. 2. came to the King and desired that he might have such Lands in Wales as he could win Whereunto the King assenting he marched with a great Army to Cardigan and fortifying divers Castles thereabouts In 9 Hen. 2. this Roger being summoned to Westmâ—nster by Thomas Becket then Archbishop of Canterbury to do him Homage for the Castle of Tonebruge through the K. diswasion he refused so to do alledging that it rather belonged to the King as held by military service than to the Archbishop In 10 Hen. 2. he was one of the Earles present at the Kings recognition of the antient Customes and Liberties confirmed by his Ancestors This Earl Roger in 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights fees to be one hundred forty nine Touching his works of piety certain it is that they were many for it appears that he gave to the Monks of S. Augustine in Canterbury a Stagg every year out of his Forest of Tonebrugge To the Monks of Lewes the Church of Blechingley To the Canons of Lanthony the one moity of the Church of Bernyâ—â—tone for the maintenance of thirteen Lepers To the 〈◊〉 of S. Neots a Cell to Bec in Normandy the Church of Berton To the Knights Templars the Churches of Stradmurik and Trestrahio with an hundred acres of Land and three Burgages in Cardigan To the Knights Hospitalars the Mannor of 〈◊〉 with the whole Soke and Church of that Town as also his 〈◊〉 at Staundone situate Northwards from the Gate and likewise the Church of Haâ—lo and Mill of â—oucestre with certain Lands And acquitted the Canons of Sulby in Com. Northâ—mp of all manner of Toll for whatsoever they might buy or sell in his Market of Rowel He married Maud the Daughter of Iames de S. Hillary Which Maud for the health of the Soul of the said Earl her Husband gave to the Nuns of Godstow a mark of Silver She likewise gave to the Nuns of Buckland in yearly Rent of Thirteen shillings four pence to be paid out of the Preceptory of Kercbroke Which Preceptory with the Church of Kercbroke and two Yard Land in Durcote and likewise the Mannor of Greenham she gave to the Knights Hospitalars And surviving him married to William de Albiny Earl of Arundel To this laâ—t Earl Roger who died in An. 1173. 19 Hen. 2. succeeded Richard his Son and Heir Which Richard in 20 Hen. 2. when young Henry whom the King had crowned in his own life time began to rebel upon suspition of his Fidelity came in to his aid and approved himself a Loyal Subject And upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales in 2 Ric. 1. answered Sixty pounds seventeen shillings eleven pence In 6 Rich. 1. he was with the King in Normandy in that expedition then made thither And in 7 Rich. 1. gave One thousand pounds to the King for Livery of the Lands of his Mothers Inheritance with his proportion of those sometime belonging to Earl Gifford deducting for so much as his Mother and the Earl of Arundel had passed away Whereupon he obtained a Joynt-grant together with William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke of all those Lands both in England and Normandy of which he was to have the head or cheif Seat in England and William Mareschal and Isabel his Wife Daughter and Heir to Richard Earl of Strigul the head or cheif Seat in Normandy all the residue both in England and Normandy to be equally divided betwixt them This Richard had to Wife Amicia Daughter to the
Liberties in â—organnon should be forfeited but because he had married Ioane the Kings Daughter by whom he had issue and that by vertue of an Entail c. he had estate but for Term of Life therein it was resolved That they should be forfeited to the King only for Term of this Earls life and that he should be remanded to prison paying to the E. of Hereford One hundred pounds damage And on the other side it was concluded That the Liberties of the Earl of Hereford should for his offence remain in the Kings hands as forfeited for ever and the said Earl of Hereford be remanded to prison But by reason the King and his Council did not deem the Earl of Herefords offence so great as was that of this Earl and because he had married the Queens Kinswoman the King was pleased at the Queens instance that the forfeiture should only extend to his life and that his Heirs might not be disherited Howbeit after this being both of them committed to prison this Earl paid to the King a fine of One thousand marks for an attonement and the Earl of Hereford as much From which time I have not seen more of him till his death which hapned in the Castle of Monmouth 7 Id. Dec. An. 1295. 24 Ed. 1. And that he was buried in the Church of Tewksbury on the left hand of his Father leaving issue by Ioane of Acres his Wife Gilbert his Son and Heir then five years of age and three Daughters Which Ioane surviving and being in Frank-Marriage Enfeoffed of all the Lands belonging to both his Earldoms soon matched her self to a plain Esquire called Ralph de Monthermer clandestinely without the King her Fathers knowleâ—ge whom afterwards she sent to her Father to receive the honor of Knighthood But when the King understood that she had much debased her self in marrying so meanly being highly incensed he caused all her Castles and Lands to be seised on and sent her Husband Monthermer to strait imprisonment in the Castle of Bristol Nevertheless at length through the mediation of that great Prelate Anthony Beke then Bishop of Durham a reconciliation was made After which she resided at Marlborough for a time and the year following in the Parliament begun at London in the Moneth of Iuly all her Lands c. were restored to her so likewise was her Husband being afterwards beloved of the King as his own Son and had Livery of all the Lands belonging to this great Earldom to hold by the service of fifty Knights Fees in the War of Flanders Whereupon also he had the title of Earl of Glocester This Ioane of Acres gave to the Canons in the Chapel of our Lady at Caversham in Com. Oxon. for the health of her Soul and the Soul of Gilbert de Clare sometime Earl of Gloucester and Hertford her Husband a certain piece of Land within the inclosures of that Lordship for enlarging the grounds which the King her Father had given them near the same Chapel and departing this life in Ann. 1307. 1 Ed. 2. was buried in the Church of the Friers-Augustines at Clare the King her Brother and most of the Nobility of England being at her Funeral And now before I proceed with my Story of these Earles I must take leave to say something of Thomas de Clare before mentioned Brother to this last Earl Gilbert This Thomas was in such esteem with that great Rebel Montfort and those other of the Barons who had thus vanquished King Henry the third in the Battle of Lewes that in April following they made him Governor of S. Briavell's Castle in Com. Glouc. But having done such good service in order to the Kings deliverance as hath been observed he was in 50 Henr. 3. made Constable of the Castle of Colchester In 51 Hen. 3. being signed with the Cross he went into the Holy Land and in Anno 1271 55 Hen. 3. brought four Saracens into England whom he had taken Prisoners in those Holy-Wars In 1 Edward 1. he was constituted Governor of the City of London In 14 Edward 1. he joined with Richard de Burgh Earl of Ulster in that solemn compact made betwixt them two on the one part and Patric Earl of Dunbar together with his three Sons Patric Iohn and Alexander Walter Stuard Earl of Menteth Alexander and Iohn his Sons Robert Brus Lords of Anandale together with Robert Brus Earl of Carryk and Bernard de Brus his Sons Iames Stuard of Scotland and Iohn his Brother Enegusius Son of Donewald and Alexander his Son that they would thenceforth adhere to and take part with one another upon all occasions against all persons whatsoever saving their allegiance to the King of England and their fidelity to him who should gain the Kingdom of Scotland by right of Blood from King Alexander then lately deceased Which Agreement bears date at â—urnebyrâ—e in Carryk on the Eve oâ— S. Matthew the Apostle Anno 1286. 14 Edw. 1. But the year next following he died 4 Non. Septemb. Anno 1287. 15 Ed. 1. and was buried at the Gray-Friers in Liâ—eric Leaving issue a Son called Gilbert who with many other received the sacred ceremonies of Knighthood in 34 Edw. â— when Edward the Kings Son was honored with that dignity I now come to Gilbert Son to the last Earl Gilbert and Ioane of Acres Though this Gilbert was in minority at the time of his Fathers death and in Ward to the King yet he made his address to the Lords in Parliament the next ensuing year for the possession of all his Lands Rents and Franchises lying in London according to the Custom of that City alledging them to be held in Socage Whereupon it being required that the Mayor and Aldermen should come before them and certifie the truth thereof they accordingly did so and affirmed it to be the custom in case the Heir were of such age as that he knew how to manage his Estate And it being likewise found that then he was about eighteen years of age and had discretion to govern himself and what he had it was resolved by that great Councel that he should have Livery of them as also of all Advowsons of Churches within the Precincts of of that City which had been seised into the Kings hands by reason of the death of Ioane Mother of him the said Gilbert wherein she had estate for term of life So likewise of all his Socage-Lands lying in the Towns of Gloucester Sandwich and St. Edmundsbury and wheresoever else in England And as to the Mannor of Wexcombe the Town of Bodwinde and Hundred of Kinardeston in Com. Wilts the Hundred of Chadelington in Com. Oxon. the Hundreds of Rishmore Haâ—elore Craneburne and Pymperne in Com. Dorset and the Mannor of Claret in Comitat. Essex which he also
of Coâ—erigge in Com. Devon two parts of the Mannor of Oxford and the Mannors of de la Sterte and â—yworth in the same County the Mannors of Hunton and Warblington in Com. Southamp Erlestoke in Com. Wilts excepting certain Lands there part of the Dowry of the Wife of Matthew Fitz-Iohn he is called Ralph de Monthermer only So also in that grant of the forfeiture which Ioane the Wife of Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoin made in marrying to Nicholas de Audley without License Nor is he otherwise stiled in 5 Edw. 2. at which time in recompence of his service in Scotland the King gave him three hundred Marks part of the six hundred Marks which he was to have paid for the Wardship of Iohn ap Adam a great man of that age Nor in 7 Edw. 2. being then also in the Wars of Scotland Where being taken Prisoner viz. in the Battle of Bannoksburne near Strivelin he found favor in regard of former accidental familiarity with the King of Scots in the Court of England and was pardoned his fine for Redemption who thereupon returned into England and brought the Kings Target which had been taken in that fight but prohibited the use thereof So that all I have farther seen of him is that after the death of Ioane of Acres he married Isabel the Widow of Iohn de Hastings Sister and Coheir to Audomare de Valence Earl of Pemâ—roke Likewise that in 13 Ed. 2. he was again in the Warrs of Scotland Moreover that from 2 Edw. 2. till 18 Edw. 2. inclusive he had Summons to all the Parliaments of those times as a Baron only And lastly that Thomas his Son who never had any Summons being slain in a Sea-Fight betwixt the English and the French in Anno 1340. 14 Edw. 3. left issue Margaret his Daughter and Heir Wife of Iohn de Montacute from whom the most of the succeeding Earles of Salâ—sbury of that name did descend Fitz-Walter I Now come to Robert the fifth Son of Richard de Tonebrugge Son to Gilbert Earl of Brion of which Richard and his descendants I have already discourst in my last Section under the title of Clare This Robert standing highly in favor with King Henry the first being his Steward obtained to himself and his Heirs the Barony of Dunmow in Essâ—x as also the Honor of Baynards-Castle in the City of London both which in regard of Felony committed by Will. Baynard who then possessed them became forfeited to the Crown And having married Maude de S. Liz Lady of Bradham Daughter of Simon de S. Liz the first Earl of â—untendon of that name departed this life in Anno 1134. 34 Hen. 1. whereupon he had sepulture at S. Neots in Comit. Hunt near to the Grave of his Father leaving issue two Sons Walter the Elder and Simon to whom he gave the Lordship of Daventre in Northamptonshire Touching which Maude I finde that she gave forty shillings yearly Rent for Surplisses and Cowles for the Monks of Daventre in Com. Northampt. as also the third part of the Mannor of Cratsfeild which Mannor she had in Frank-marriage to the Monks of 〈…〉 and that she died in ann 1140. 5 Steph. To this last mentioned Robert succeeded Walter his Son and Heir before-mentioned who first took to Wife Maude de Lucy with whom he had the Lordship of Disce in Com. Norf. and afterwards Margaret de Bohun In 12 Hen. 2. this Walter upon assessment of the Ayd for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number sixty three and an half de Veteri Feoffamento and three and a fourth part de Novo for which Fees de Veteri Feoffamento he payd 42 l. 6 s. 8 d. in 14 Hen. 2. and 2 l. 3 s. 4 d. de Novo In 2 R. 1. upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales he paid thirty one pound fifteen shillings In that great controversie betwixt Iohn Earl of Moreton Brother to King Richard and William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely whom the King left Governor of the Realm during his absence in the Holy-Land this Walter adhered to the Bishop and had at that time the Custody of the Castle of Eye in Suffolk In 6 R. 1. he was in that expedition made into Normandy As to his works of Piety I find that he gave to the Monks of Daventre the Church of Chedingtune for the health of the Soul of Maud de Lucy his first Wife and for the good estate of himself and Maude de Bohun his second Wife As also 3 Mills with divers acres of Land and Meadow lying within the Lordship of Daventre for the health of the Soul of Rob. his Father Maude de S. Liz his Mother and all his Ancestors Souls and likewise for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of the same Maude de Lucy his Wife and his Sons and Daughters To the Monks of S. Neots he gave the Churches of Doeâ—tone Welle and Heneâ—ngham and to the Knights Hospitalars the Church of Wodeham He also gave to the Canons of Dunmow divers Churches and lands and departing this life in an 1198. 10 R. 1. was buried in the midst of the Quire at Dunmow leaving issue Robert his Son and Heir called Robert Fitz-Walter who in 5 Ioh. being trusted together with Saier de Quinci to Keep the Castle of Ruâ—l in France delivered it up to the King of that Realm so soon as he came before it with his Army And in 6 Ioh. paid three hundred Marks for Livery of those Lands which descended to him by Inheritance from Geffrey de Lucy Bishop of Winchester his Uncle In 13 Ioh. upon assessment of the Scutage of Scotland he was by the Kings special Writ acquitted for sixty three Knights Fees and an half which were of his own proper Inheritance and for thirty Knights Fees and a third part which he had by Gunnora his Wife the Daughter and Heir of Robert de Valoines as also for two Knights Fees which descended unto her from Geffrey de Valoins her Uncle In 14 Ioh. the Barons being disposed for Rebellion and the King advertised of some Conspiracies then towards him this Robert was one who being sought for to be secured conscious of his own guilt fled with his Wife and Children into France And though the next ensuing year the King apprehending his immediate danger did condescend to an accord with those turbulent spirited Barons whereof this Robert was one of the cheif yet was it not long ere he laid to his charge both Treason and Rebellion and caused his House called Baynards-Castle in the City of London to be demolished The primary occasion of these discontents is by some thus
death of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick his Kinsman he had the custody of all the Lands belonging to Warwick Castle together with that Castle during the minority of his heir And the same year went again into Scotland In 12 13 Edw. 2. he was likewise in those Scotish Wars and in 19 Edw. 2. was sent into Gascoign to make provision against the Kings coming thither In 1 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland and the same year had a special Commission to execute the Office of Constable of England in a particular case but died in 2 Edw. 3. leaving William his Brother and Heir then forty years of age Which William had also been a Military Man for many years For in 25 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition made into Flanders and in 26 Edw. 1. in Scotland Likewise in 34 Edw. 1. and 7 Edw. 2. And in 10 Edw. 2. had the Sheriffalty of Worcestershire granted to him during the minority of the Heir of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick In 13 Edw. 2. he procured a Charter from the King for another Fair to be kept yearly at Alcester for eight days beginning on the Eve of S. Bernabas the Apostle In 14 Edw. 2. he was made Governor of S. Briavels Castle in Com. Gloc. and of the Forest of Deane and in 15 Edw. 2. constituted one of the Kings Commissioners for the safe custody of the City of Worcester In 1 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland but farther I find not of him To this William succeeded Giles his younger Brother who in 15 Edw. 2. was made Sheriff of Carnarvonshire and Governor of the Castle of Beaumaris and in 12 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanders In 13 Edw. 3. being in the Kings service beyond Sea at his great expences he had a special discharge for providing of those six Soldiers in the Isle of Wight for his Lands there unto which otherwise he had been liable In 14 Edw. 3. he obtained License to fortifie his Mannor-house at â—â—cester called Beauchamps Court with a Wall of Lime and Stone and to embattle it And in 16 Edw. 3. had the like License to fortifie his house at Freskwater in the Isle of Wightâ— and to embattle the Walls thereof having divers other priviledges granted to him for that Lordship This Giles left issue Iohn his â—on and Heir of whom I have seen little else saving his Foundation of a Chantry in the Parish Church at Alcester in 36 Edw. 3. for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service daily at the Altar of All-Saints for whose maintenance he gave eleven Messuages one Shop eleven Acres of Land and four Acres of Meadow lying in Alcester and that in 3 Rich. 2. he was in that expedition then made into France Which Iohn had issue Sir William de Beauchamp Knight as also Sir Walter de Beauchamp a younger Son from whom the Beauchamps Barons S. Amand did descend Which Sir William in 16 Rich. 2. was made Constable of the Castle of Glocester in 3 Hen. 4. Sheriff of Worcestershire and in 1 Hen. 5. of Glocestershire and having married Catherine one of the Daughters to Gerard de Vsflete left issue Sir Iohn Beauchamp Knight who in 17 Hen. 6. upon the death of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick was constituted one of the Commissioners for the Guardianship of all his Castles and Lands during the minority of Henry his Son and Heir Moreover having purchased from Thomas de Botreax the other moity of the Mannor of Alcester which had continued in that family for divers descents did in 25 Hen. 6. in consideration of the many good and acceptable services performed by him to that King and to King Henry the Fifth his Father obtain a special Charter for divers ample Immunities and Priviledges with another Fair yearly to begin on the Eve of S. Dunstan and to continue for two days following Furrhermore in the same five and twentieth year of King Henry the Sixth for the like consideration as above is expressed he was upon the second of May advanced to the title and dignity of Lord Beauchamp of Powyke and had an Annuity of Sixty pound per annum out of the Fee-Farm of the City of Glocester granted to him and his heirs for their better support of that Honor being at the same time constituted Justice of South Wales with power to exercise that Office by himself or his sufficient Deputy After which ere long viz. in 28 Hen. 6. he was made Lord Treasurer of England but in that Office he continued not full two years This Iohn by his Testament bearing date 9 April Ann. 1475. 15 Edw. 4. bequeathed his Body to Sepulture in the Church of the Dominican Friers at Worcester in a new Chappel to be made on the North side the Quire to which house of Friers for his burial there he gave twenty marks to be bestowed in Vestments and Stuff beside an Organ of his own and appointed that a Priest of that Friery should dayly say Mass at the Altar within that Chappel before his Tomb after the order of a Trental for his Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother Brethren and Sisters his Childrens and Ancestors Souls and especially for the Soul of Sir Iohn Fastolf Knight William Botreaux and all Christian Souls taking by the week for that Mass so daily to be said eightpence for evermore Which Chappel and Tombe with his Effigies thereon in Alablaster he did by this his Testament ordain that his Executors should cause to be made and departed this life the same year leaving Margaret his Wife surviving and Sir Richard Beauchamp Kt. his Son and Heir then forty years of age which Margaret by her Testament dated the Wednesday next after the Nativity of our Lord Anno 1477. 2 Hen. 7. bequeathed her body to be buried in the Church of the Dominican Friers commonly called the Friers Preachers at Worcester with her Lord and Husband and thereby ordained that a Priest should sing for her Soul during the terme of one whole year next after her decease within the said House of Friers receiving for his pains an hundred shillings She also willed that a Tablet of Alablaster should be made of the Birth of our Lord and the three Kings of Coâ—eyn to be set on the Wall over her Body when it should be buried Likewise an Image of Alablaster of St. Iohn the Evangelist containing three quarters of a yard in length with the Chalice in his hand to be set over her in likewise Also a Candlestick of white Iron with three branches to set on the Tapers of Wax of four pound to burn before that Image every Sunday as long as they should endure Moreover on the day of her
Oxford they would compel him thereto by force But in all these things the King gave them satisfaction at Northampton in August following After which viz. in 13 Hen. 3. this Earl was imployed by the King in his service of Wales And in 16 Hen. 3. was one of those unto whom the custody of Hubert de Burgh formerly a potent Man was committed In 17 Hen. 3. having taken to Wife Agnes one of the Sisters and Coheirs to Ranulph Earl of Chester he accounted fifty pounds for the Releif of those Lands of her Inheritance and the next ensuing year had Livery of her Purparty viz. Of all those which lay betwixt the Rivers of Ribble and Mersey for which he and she were bound to pay yearly a Goshawk or forty shillings into the Kings Exchequer as had usually been In 19 Hen. 3. he was again made Governor of Bolesover Castle in Com. Derb. And the same year obtained License to assart and impark his Woods at Wodham within the Forest of Essex Moreover in 21 Hen. 3. he was one of the three cheif Counsellors recommended to the King by the Barons upon that reconciliation of their discontents for the violation of Magna Charta the King then renewing his promise for the strict observance thereof and choâ—e his Counsellors making oath That they would not for any respect give him other than wholesome advice which so well pleased the people that they then gave a thirtieth part of all their movable Goods excepting of Gold Silver Horse and Arms. In 26 Hen. 3. he gave one hundred pound Fine to the King for Livery of those three Wapentakes of Lancashire lying betwixt Ribâ—le and Merse viz. West Derby Leland and Saltford which had been seised into the Kings hands for certain misdemeanors of his Bailiffs And for the health of the Soul of Agnes his Wife and his Ancestors Souls gave to the Monkes of Tutbury the Tithes of all his Paunage Venison Honey and Rent arising out of his Forest of Duffield As also the Town of Thornihull and ninety two Acres of Land near Adgarleg But in 31 Hen. 3. scil 10 Kal. Oct. he departed this life having been long afflicted with the Gout his Countess dying also in the same Moneth having been Man and Wife at least Seventy five years if my Author mistaketh not for he affirmeth That S. Thomas of Canterbury celebrated the marriage betwixt them who died in 18 Hen. 2. But I have seen an Autograph mentioning their marriage to have been in An. 1192. 4 Ric. 1. which falls short thereof no less than twenty years This Earl William had a younger Brother called Robert who served King Iohn with five Knights himself accounted in that War with his Barons in 17 Ioh. For which respect he had a Grant of the Lands of Roger de Cressey lying in the Counties of Buckingham Norfolk and Suffolk And the same year gave a Fine of five hundred marks for License to marry Ioane the Daughter and Heir of William de Bocland and to enjoy all her Lands lying in the Counties of Bedford Hertford Bucks Oxon and Berks. Of which sum he was acquitted two hundâ—ed marks in 18 Ioh. He was also one of those who met in that Tourneament held at Blithe in 7 Hen. 3. for which his Lands were seised And in 8 Hen. 3. had the Honor and Castle of Lancaster committed to his charge But farther I cannot say of him than that he died without issue whereupon upon William Earl of Derby his Brother became his Heir as I have already observed I now come to William Son and Heir to the last mentioned Earl William This William in 32 Hen. 3. it being the next year after his Fathers death doing his homage h had Livery of Chartley Castle as also of all other the Lands of his Mothers Inheritance And the same year sate in that Parliament held at London where the King made so stout an Answer to the Demands of his impetuous Barons Moreover he obtained the Kings Precept to the Sheriff of Lincolnshire to be aiding to him in distraining his Tenants by Military Service and other for performance of their services due to him for the Lands of his Inheritance in that County The like Mandate he had to the Sheriff of Lancashire for the enjoyment of such Lands betwixt Ribbel and Mersey as his Uncle Ranulph Earl of Chester formerly possessed He also purchased from Iohn de Verdon certain Houses with a Garden and Court lying in that Street called Sholande within the City oâ— London which Houses c. Roese de Verdon Mother of the same Iohn had of the Grant of Michael Belet Furthermore he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren to himself and his Heirs in all the Demesn Lands throughout his Lordships of Liverpole West Derby Evertone Crosseby Waverere Salford Bowelton Penelton Buttuhton Sweinshurst Boureton-Wod and Chorles in Com. Lanc. Esseborne Underwood Bredlow Offidecote Benitlege Thorpe Mapeltone Penewicke Alsope Eytone Huntendone Wednesâ—eg Sniterton Heke-Narton Caldelaw Crumbeford Midilton Kertinton Hopton Wirkesworth Bonteshal Yptone Mulnfield Matlock Willardeâ—â—eg Hertindone Eroudecote Buestanes Nedham Wildon Skernedal Hordlow Heyttone Duffeld Alrewasleleg Beaurepeyre Makeney Winleg Holebrok Suwode Heyhege Cortelege Ravenesdale Holand New-Bigging and Screpton in Com. Derb. Tutbury Rolveston Mercinton Uttokeshather Ioxhale Bartane Tatenhull Hambury Falete Cotes Draycote Hore-Cros Tunstal Borschalenge Condelege Certelege Stowe Wesâ—on Huctesdon Heywood Ambrictone and Grenlege in Com. Staff And gave to the Canons of Derly the Church of Bolesover in Com. Derb. Which Grant Robert and Wilâ—iam his two Sons afterwards confirmed He had a Brother called Thomas unto whom Agnes their Mother gave the Castle and Mannor of Chartley which were of her Inheritance Whereupon the King by his Letter signified unto him That if he did not deliver them up accordingly the Sheriff of Staffordshire should compel him thereto About this time he entered into Articles of Agreement with the King that Robert his Son and Heir should marry Isabel the Daughter of Hugh le Brun Earl of Angoleâ—me and that she should be endowed of the Mannor of Stanford in Com. Berks. and Perry in Com. Nâ—rthampt As also That if this Robert should die before him that then he should make good unto the same Isabel Lands of two hundred pound per annum value in some other part of Northamptonshire in case those should fall short of that worth Likewise That if the same Robert should survive him that then he should endow her with the third part of all his Lands In consideration whereof as a portion for her the King covenanted to give one hundred pound per annum sterling to be received out of his Exchequer at Michaelmass and Easter by even portions out of that sum of four hundred marks per annum which he had formerly
Chancellor affirming That he did thenceforth continue a prisoner until the King caused his enlargment as abovesaid offering to stand or fall by the Kings Testimony therein And he farther alleaged That his acknowledgment of that Deed ought not to have the force of a Record and consequently to oblige him in regard it was not made in open Court but in the presence of the Chancellor only who was then at a great distance from the Court and had neither Roll nor Clerk there to record the same for that he came to him in his Chamber where he was a prisoner and not as the Kings Chancellor but as a private person Whereunto Edmund again answered That there was no necessity of any tryal thereof by the Countrey nor the testimony of the Chancellor or the Kings judgment theâ—ein for as much as he acknowledged that he did it in the presence of the then Chancellor and that it was thereupon enrolled c. as abovesaid But notwithstanding all these Arguments the Court dismissed his Suit so that he could have no remedy for the regaining of those his Lands Whereupon he lost Tuâ—bury Castle and other vast Possessions which Edmund then Earl of Leicester and Lancaster and his Descendants thereupon enjoyed But this was not all for he lost his Earldom likewise All that I have farther seen of this Robert is That by his Letters Patents bearing date at Yoxhall on Tuesday next after the Feast day of S. Fabian and Sebastian in 46 Hen. 3. he gave liberty unto Sir Walter de Raleg and his Heirs inhabiting at Uttoxater in Com. Staff to hunt and course the Fox and Hare within the Precincts of his Forest of Needwood in that County with eight Braches and four Greyhounds To which Branch his Seal of Arms is affixed wherein it appears that upon his Sheild and the Caparisons of his Horse waving the Border of Horsshooes given by his Father he bore only Varrâ— Or and Gules which Armes were afterwards continued by his posterity Likewise that he gave to the Canons of St. Thomas juxta Stafford for the health of the Souls of Mary and Alianore his Wives and to the end his body might be there enterred when he should happen to dye two messuages in Chartâ—ey in Comit. Staff with 17 Acres of Land and the Advowson of the Church of Stow juxta Chartley This Mary was Daughter to Hugh le Brun Earl of Angoleâ—ne Niece to King Henry the third but married very young he being but nine and she no more than eight years of age Howbeit by her he had no issue The other viz. Alianore was Daughter as some say to Ralph Lord Basset by whom he had Issue Iohn his Son and Heir Which Alianore surviving him commenced her Suit against Edmund Earl of Lancaster the Kings Brother in 7 Edw. 1. for her Dowry of her Husbands Lands viz. Tutbury Scroptone Roâ—â—estone Meercintone Calling-wood Uttockeshather Adgarsley and Newborough in Com. Staff Duffield Machiney Certeley Winburne Southwood Heâ—leg Beaurepaire Holand Edreskay New-Bigginge Alrewasâ—ege Spondone and Chatesdene in Com. Derb. And Leverpole West-Derby Crosby Waverton Magna Hale Burgeon Salford and Hardaisell in Com Lanc. Whereunto Edmund answered that he claimed nothing in Spondone and Chatesdene and for all the rest he said that Robert de Ferrers her late Husband did in Chancery acknowledge all those Lordships to be the right of his Sureties who undertook for the payment of fifty thousand pounds for his Redemption by reason of his Transgressions committed in the time of King Henry Father of the then King And that because he failed in payment of that Money those his Sureties past the Lordships above mentioned to him the said Edmund She therefore discerning that nothing could be got in strictness Released unto him the said Edmund all her Right of Dower in those Lands And soon after viz. in 9 E. 1. obtained from him the Lordship of Gumecestre commonly called Godmanchester in Com. Hunt to hold during her life I come now to Iohn Son to this last mentioned Robert This Iohn was in minority in 9 Ed. 1. And in 22 E. 1. upon the death of Margaret his Grandmother Daughter and Coheir to Roger de Quinci E. of Winchester as hath been observed doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance which as Nephew and Heir to her descended to him But he was somewhat of his Fathers Spirit as it seems for in 25 Ed. 1. when the Earl of Hereford the Earl Marshal and others being discontented at the Government prohibited the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to gather that Subsidy granted to the King in the Parliament then held at St. Edmundsbury being the eighth part of their movable goods having allured the Londoners to stand with them for the recovery of their Liberties as they termed it he joined with them in that disloyal Act but by the special care of Prince Edward then Lieutenant here in his Fathers stead who was at that time victorious in Scotland the heat of these turbulent Spirits was allayed by the Kings condescension to confirme Magna Châ—rta and the Charter of the Forests as also that no Tax should thenceforth be imposed upon the Subject but by consent in Parliament and that the Offences of those Earles and their adherents should be pardoned in which Pardon this Iohn de Ferrers is particularly named the King also remitting all that displeasure which he bore towards him for not attending him in his expedition into Flanders when Commanded Soon after which this Iohn addressing himself by an humble Petition to Pope Nicholas the third represented to his Holiness that Robert de Ferrers his Father late Earl of Derby in that Warr betwixt King Henry the third and his Barons adhering to them was taken Prisoner by the Kings Forces and used so severely that he could obtain no liberty unless he would pass all his Lands then extending to the value of three thousand pounds per annum to Edmund the Kings Son and his Heirs to hold and enjoy untill he the said Robert or his Heirs should pay unto the same Edmund fifty thousand pounds upon one day And that the said Robert more affecting his Liberty than his Lands had granted them on those conditions so that they had been enjoyed by the said Edmund and Thomas his Sons Earls of Lancaster for more than thirty years wherefore he humbly besought His Holiness that for as much as he could not possibly raise so great a summe of Money unless he might reposses those Lands and that whereas divers Prelates and other Spiritual Persons being really sensible of this his hard condition were willing to furnish him with so much money for the present payment of that summe in case they might be permitted so to do that considering the penalty of a certain Constitution then lately set forth by his Holiness to the contrary he
would vouchsafe by his Apostolick Authority to dispense therewith But though this address took no effect he had good esteem from the King for the next year following he attended him into Scotland and soon after that was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm After which scil in 30 Edw. 1. having married Hawyse the Niece and Heir of Cecelie de Muscegros doing his Homage he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 34 E. 1. was again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 4 Edw. 2. Moreover in 5 Edw. 2. being constituted Seneschal of the Dutchy of Aquâ—tane had an assignation of four hundred pounds in good small Turons whereof four make one pound Sterling for his Support in that service but dyed in 18 Edw. 2. leaving Robert de Ferrers his Son and Heir then fifteen years of age Which Robert was in that Expedition made into Scotland in 9 Edw. 3. So likewise in 10 Ed. 3. and 12 Ed. 3. As also in that for Flanders the same year Likewise in 13 and 14 Edw. 3. he was again in Flanders And in 15 Edw. 3. served the King in his Wars of Britanny with fifty Men at Armes In 16 Edw. 3. he was again imployed in the Warrs of France having forty two sacks of Wool assigned unto him out of the Kings Demesne Lands in Worcestershire for the support of himself and his men at Armes in that Service And in 19 Edw. 3. accompanied the Earl of Derby to the relief of Auberoche then besieged by the French In 23 Edw. 3. he attended the King in that notable Expedition made into France when the English obtained that signal Victory at Cressy But departed this Life in 24 Ed. 3. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir twenty one years of age and Robert a younger Son of whom I shall say more anon Which Iohn in 33 Ed. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne And having married Elizabeth the Widow of Fouke the Son of Iohn le Strange departed this life beyond the Seas upon the second day of April 41 Edw. 3. leaving Robert his Son and Heir at that time seven years of age Which Robert in 2 R. 2. was in another Expedition then made into France but died in 1 H. 5. leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter to Edward Lord Spencer Edmund his Son and Heir who being then of full age had Livery of his Lands Which Margaret surviving him had an assignation of her Dower the same year and departing this life in 3 Hen. 5. was Buried in the Abby of Merevale This last mentioned Edmund in 3 Hen. 5. attended the King into France And the next year following being retained by indenture to serve him with twenty Men at Armes himself and one Knight being part of the number as also sixty Archers was with the Dukes of Exeter Clarence and divers other Persons of honor at the siege of Roane in Normandy In 5 Hen. 5. he again attended that Victorious King into France But after that I have seen no more of him till his death which happened in 14 Hen. 6. upon Saturday next after the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle he being then seized of the Mannors of Buckbroke in Com. Northamp Norton-Bonewood in Com. Somers Teynton in Com. Glouc. as also the Mannor of Bykenoure English with the Office of Woodward in the Forest of Dene thereto belonging in the same County of the Mannors of Chinnore in Com. Oxon. Hamsted Ferrers in Comit. Berks. Chartley and Hardwyke in Com. Staff Braydfall called Nether-Hall in Com. Derb. Charleton Musgross and Hundred of Bowode with the Office of Woodward in the Forrest of Selewode in Com. Somers Ketton in Com. Hunt two parts of the Village of Southogh called Ferrers with the Mannor of Parton and two parts of the Mannor of Eynesbury in the same County And in right of Elene his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Thomas de la Roche then surviving of the Mannor of Castle Bromwich the moity of the Mannor of Nether-Whitacrâ— and of the Mannor of Bermicham all in Com. Warw. leaving William his Son and Heir at that time twenty three years of age Which William performing his Homage had Livery of his Lands the same year This last mentioned William died 9 Iunii 28 Hen. 6. being then seized of the Mannors of Buckbroke in Com. Northamp Chartley and Herdwyke with the moity of the Mannor of Barr in Comit. Staff Paxton Parva Mawgrith Ketton Soutâ—ow alias Ferrers Mannor and Eynesbury in Com. Hunt the moity of the Mannor of Dourton in Comitat. Buck. of the mannor of Chynnore in Com. Oxon. Kyngeston Bakepuz and Hamsted Ferrers in Com. Berks. Norton Bonewood Norton Hundred and Charleton Musgros in Com. Somers leaving issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Anne at that time eleven years of age and eight Months then married to Walter Devereux Esquire Whereupon Edmund his brother had livery of those Lands which were entailed upon him as Heir Male. Which Walter in 31 H. 6. Anne his Wife being then above fourteen years of age had Livery of all the Lands of her inheritance without any proof of her age by the Kings special appointment And in 2 Edw. 4. was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons as Lord Ferrers of Chartley from whom the late Earles of Essex and the present Viscount Hereford are lineally descended as I shall shew in due place Ferrers of Okam in Rutland ¶ THe first of this name that feated himself here was Walcheline de Ferrers a younger Son to William de Ferrers Earl of Derby by Margaret his Wife Daughter and Heir to William Peverel of Notingham Which Walcheline held Okam by the service of one Knights Fee and an half in 12 Henr. 2. And in 22 Hen. 2. paid an hundred marks for trespassing in the Kings Forests in those parts In 33 Hen. 2. this Walcheline answered thirty shillings for one Knights Fee and an half upon collection of the Scutage of Galweye And in 1 Ric. 1. was acquitted for the assarting of eighty Acres of Land within the Forest of Roteland Viz. in the Fields of Okham fifty five Acres in the fields of Braunceston twenty Acres and in the fields of Broc five Acres so that he should not thenceforth pay any thing to the King or his Heirs for the same But that which is most memorable of him is that he was at that famous siege of Acon in the holy-Holy-Land with King Richard in 3 Ric. 1. To whom succeeded Hugh de Ferrers his Son and Heir Which Hugh in 9 R. 1. gave a Fine of three hundred marks to the King to marry the Daughter and Heir of Hugh de
were sent to Calais Ardes Guisnes and other places within the Realm of France then in the Kings Possession having then of his own retinue one hundred Men at Arms and one hundred Archers and aready supply of two hundred Men at Arms and two hundred Archers all mounted on Horsback And being present as Marshal of England at the Coronation of King Richard the Second was then advanced to the Dignity and Title of Earl of Northumberland Whereupon he had a special Grant that the Lands of which he then stood seised or did afterwards purchase should be held Sub Honore Comitali and as parcel of his Earldom But shortly after this he resigned his Marshals Rod and upon that mischief done by the Earl of Dunbar against the Inhabitants of Roxborough in Scotland which Town was then under the power of the English he raised an Army of ten thousand men and therewith marched into Scotland and for three dayes together wasted the Lands of that Earl with Fire and Sword The same year being joyned with the Bishop of Hereford and Edmund Mortimer Earl of March to treat of Peace betwixt both Kingdoms Which being concluded he was again constituted with that Bishop and others one of the Commissioners for guarding of the Marches In 2 R. 2. he entred Scotland with the Earl of Notingham and won the Town of Barwick but Truce being soon after made he was constituted one of the Commissioners to see redress of all Injuries done in the Marches contrary to the tenor thereof And in 3 R. 2. was again in Commission for guarding of those marches towards Northumberland Moreover in 4 Ric. 2. upon that Invasion made by the Scots into Cinnberland and Westmorland he prepared himself to advance against them but was prohibited by the Kings Letters and in 5 R. 2. again constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding of the West Marches About which time having received Command to take special regard of the Castles and Garrisons in those parts and transmitting the same charge to Sir Matthew Redman Knight his Lieutenant at Barwick this Redman was so strict in observation of the Commands then laid upon him that in the return of the Duke of Lancaster out of Scotland where he had been to quiet all differences by a Treaty he resused him entrance which caused so great an animosity from the Duke towards this Earl that upon a meeting of most of the Nobles at Berkhamsted very sharp words passed betwixt them Whereupon this Earl being over bold and peremptory in the Kings presence was arrested but the Earles of Warwick and Suffolk undertaking for his appearance at the next Parliament he had liberty to depart In this year he obtained a Charter for a weekly Market every Tuesday at his Mannor of Lekingfeld near Beverley in Com. Ebor. and a Fair yearly on the eve and day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and seven dayes following as also for a market on the Monday every week at Semar and a Fair yearly upon the Feast of St. Martin in Iuly And in 7 R. 2. observing that the Scots had done much mischief in Northumberland by their frequent Incursions he marcht into that Realm and repaid them with the like measure But before the end of this year so it hapned that by corrupting the Deputy-Governor of the Castle of Barwick they possessed themselves thereof Of which misfortune the Duke of Lancaster who had a grudge towards him made such advantage that upon complaint of it in Parliament he so far prevailed as that judgement of death and loss of estate was pronounced against this Earl in regard the trust thereof stood committed to him But the King being more favorable to him remitted the execution of this severe Sentence Whereupon without delay he prepared for the Siege thereof But after he had begirt it with his forces the Scots came to an agreement with him and in consideration of two thousand marks as also that they might march away with Bagg and Baggage rendred it to him After which he was the same year joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Durham and others to treat of Peace with the Scots and to require satisfaction for injuries done to the English as also constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding of the East-marches and moreover a Commissioner for recieving twenty four thousand marks from the Scots in full satisfaction of an hundred thousand Marks due for the Ransom of David their King The like Commission for treaty with the Scots was granted to him and others in 8 R. 2. in which year he himself alone was constituted General Warden of both the East and West Marches In this year likewise he had the Shiriffalty of Northumberland and custody of the Castle at Newcastle upon Tine committed to his trust and was also retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Scottish Wars for forty days Moreover having then married to his second Wife Maud the Sister and Heir to Anthony Lord Lucy Widow of Gilbert de Vmfraville Earl of Anegos he joyned with her in setling the Castle and Honor of Cokermouth and a large proportion besides of her great Inheritance by a Fine levied in the Octaves of St. Iohn Baptist and recorded in the Octaves of St. Michael next following upon himself and her and the Heirs male of their two Bodies and for want of such issue to the Heirs of her Body and in case she should die without issue then to Henry Lord Percy his Son and Heir begotten on his first Wife and to the Heirs male of his Body upon condition that he the said Henry and the Heirs male of his Body should bear the Armes of Percy viz. Or a Lion rampant Azure quarterly with the Armes of Lucie viz. Gules threâ— Lucies Argent in all Shields Banners Ensignes and Coats of Armes whatsoever where and whensoever there should be occasion oâ— bearing and shewing forth their own paternal Armes And in case he should depart thiâ— Life without issue male that then Sir Thomaâ— Percy Knight Brother to the Earl and Uncle tâ— the said Henry and the Heirs male of his Bodâ— should enjoy the same Castle Honor c. upoâ— the like condition and in default of such issuâ— Sir Thomas Percy Knight second Son to the saiâ— Earl and the heirs male of his Body with reâ—mainder to Sir Ralph Percy Kt. third Son to thâ— said Earl and the Heirs male of his Body Anâ— in case these conditions should not be performed then to remain to the right Heirs of the said Maud. This agreement being made in the presence of the King and by his special command In 9 Ric. 2. this Earl was again constituted Shiriff of Northumberland And in 10 R. 2. one of the Ambassadors to treat of Peace
constituted General-Warden of the East Marches and one of the Commissioners to treat with Iames the First King of Scotland touching a final Peace betwixt both Realms as also to conduct that King from the City of Durham into Scotland Moreover in 11 Hen. 6. he was one of the Commissioners assigned to meet with others from the King of Scotland touching satisfaction for the wrongs done by the Subjects of either Kingdom contrary to the Articles of Truce And in 12 Hen. 6. considering the Town of Alnwike situate upon the Marches of Scotland to be an open place and not at all defensible by reason whereof much mischeif had been frequently done to it upon several Incursions of the Scots he obtained License of the King to environ it with an Imbattelled Wall of Stone and to erect such defensible Turrets thereon as should be most expedient Likewise in 14 Hen. 6. upon information given to the King that the Scots intended to besiege Barwick he had special Summons to prepare himself for the defence of that place And in 16 Hen. 6. by reason of his good service done and to be done had a Grant of one hundred pounds per annum during his life to be paid out of the Lordship of Bradwel in Essex In 21 Hen. 6. this Earl gave the Advowson of the Church of Harncliffe and three Acres of Land lying within the Precincts of that Mannor to the Masters and Scholars of Vniversity Colledge in Oxford and their Successors for ever And in 28 Hen. 6. was constituted Constable of England to exercise that Office by himself or his sufficient Deputy Moreover in 30 Hen. 6. he was again assigned one of the Commissioners to treat with others from Scotland upon the Articles signed by Iames the First King of that Realm But in 33 Hen. 6. as a stout Assertor of the Lancastrian Interest lost his life in the first Battle at S. Albans and was buried in the Abby-Church there being then seised of the Castle and Lordship of Alnwike with its appurtenances viz. The Borough of Alnwike and Alnmouth with the Towns of Alnwike Cesbury Houghton Chatton Alnham c. in Com. Northumbr As also of the Castle and Mannor of Prudhow and Birkley with their Members Moreover of the Castle of Werkworth and Mannors of Werkworth Corbrigge and Newburne in the same County Likewise of a certain House called Percy 's Inne situate in the Parish of S. Dyonise within the City of York Furthermore of the Mannors of Topcliffe and Spofford with the Advowson of the Church of Donâ—â—ngton the Mannors of Lethlay Shothorpe Gâ—gleâ—wike Scarnboton aliâ—s Langstrother Cadâ—aster Catton with the Advowson of the Church Pocklington Nafferton Humandby Semar and Kirk-Levington in Com. Ebor. The Mannor of Dagenham and Cokerell in Com. Essex Of the Mannors of Swaby Brinkell Laughten Saucethorp Haghe Ulseby Fulneâ—by Horsington Herningby Dxcumbe Farforth Witherne Gayton Haveringham Lasseby Claythorp Malbâ—rthorp Fedelthorp Crusthorp Sutten Hotoff Anderby Asserby Louthford Cobbenham Thorpe juxta Louthe Imingham Wickerby Toâ—â—e Neuton Snellesland Reresby Dykering Carleton Preston Legbuene Welton juxta Thwayte Urby Athenby Hotby Hamore Loughoworsby Saxelby Sumerby Thornton Rathorpe Staineâ—on Thorpe juxta Lathford Garnethorpe Louthney Horkelaw Riggesby Willingham West â—angby Fanthorpe Kenermond Covenham and Worldby in Com. Line Of the Mannor of Foâ—â—on in Com. Leic. Of the Castle and Honor of Cokermouth the Mannors of Papcastre Aspatrike Wighton Brathwait Cameswater Dene Caldbeck Ulmedale and moity of the Mannor of Kiâ—kbrigge the Advowsons of the Churches of Dene and Kiâ—kbrigge Ulmedaâ—e and Chappel of S. Leonard at Wighton in Com. Cumbr. Likewise of the fourth part of the Barony of Egremond with its Appurtenances in the same County and the Advowson of the Church of Wadwinch Moreover of Four thousand Acres of Pasture and Heath and Four thousand Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in the Westward and Allerdale parcel of the Mannor of Wighton in the same County leaving issue by Eleanor his Wife Daughter of Ralph Earl of Westmorland and Widow of Richard Lord Spenser nine Sons viz. Henry who succeeded him in his Honors being thirty years of age at that time Iohn who died in his Childhood Sir Thomas Percy Knight afterwards advanced to the Title of Lord Egremond Sir Ralph Percy Knight Iohn Henry William Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and afterwards Bishop of Carliâ—â—e Sir Richard Percy Knight and George a Prebend in the Collegiate Church at Beverley As also two Daughters Katherine Wife of Edmund Gray Earl of Kent and Anne first married to Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight afterward to Sir Laurence Rainsford Knight and lastly to Sir Hugh Vaughan Knight Which Henry his eldest Son and Successor was in 20 Hen. 6. by Indenture bearing date 6 Martii retained to serve the King as Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick as also of the whole East Marches of Scotland for the term of ten years the next ensuing taking in the time of War Fivâ— thousand pounds per annum and in times 〈◊〉 Peace Two thousand five hundred And so the custody of the Castle Five hundred pound per annum in time of War and in time of Peaâ—â— or Truce an hundred marks Moreover 〈◊〉 24 Hen. 6. by another Indenture dated 15 Deâ— he was again retained for seven years longer for the like wages But in 31 Hen. 6. the King came to an Agreement with him thenceforth to take Two thousand five hundred sixty six pounds thirteen shillings four pence sterling per annum as well inâ—â—imes of War as Peace And having married Eleanor Daughter and Heir to Richard Son and Heir to Robert Lord Poynings had Livery of all the Lands of her Inheritance in 25 Hen. 6. Furthermore in 27 Hen. 6. in consideration of his good services performed in the Marches of Scotland had a Grant of part of the Goods and Chattels of Sir Robert Ogle Knight then outlawed and was during his Fathers life time viz. from 27 till 33 Hen. 6. inclusive summoned to Parliament as Lord Poynings the Writ running thus Henrico Percy de Poynings Chivaler And in 29 Hen. 6. by the title of Sir Henry Percy Knight Lord Poynings was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with the Ambassadors of Iames the second King of Scotland touching Peace betwixt both Realms So likewise in 30 Hen. 6. to treat with Iames Douglas upon those Articles by him signed and in 31 Hen. 6. constituted Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick and Warden of the East Marches For which service he had an allowance of One thousand twenty six pound nine shillings half penny farthing per annum All this being in his Fathers life time In consideration therefore of his many good services viz. In the custody of the Town of
likewise died seized of the Mannors of Raskelf and Sherif-Hoton in Com. Ebor. as also of the Mannors of Burreth and Randeby in Com. Linc. and of divers Lands in the Bishoprick of Durham whereof the Jury knew neither the extent nor Tenuâ—e leaving Ranulph the Son of Robert de Nevill the younger his next heir and then twenty years of age But before I proceed with what I have to say of this Ranulph I may not omit to take notice that Robert his Father who died in the lifetime of Robert his Grandfather as is observed having married Mary the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Ralph Fitz-Randulph Lord of Middleham had in 54 Hen. 3. Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance doing his Homage of which that Mannor of Middleham was part And likewise a the Mannor of Carleton with the Forest of Coverdale It is said That this Robert frequenting the company of a certain Lady in Craven in an adulterous manner was surprised by some of her Husbands friends and by them so gelded that he died of the wound 6 Iunii An. 1271. 55 Hen. 3. and was buried in the Chapter House at Coverham in Com. Ebor. near to the Tomb of Helewise de Glanvil his Father then living After which scil in 4â— Edw. 1. Mary his Widow upon the death of Anastasia her third sister one of the Coheirs to the same Ralph Fitz-Ranulph shared with Robert de Tatshall and Ioane his Wife in her purparty Which Mary lived a Widow upon her own Inheritance no less then forty nine years and in 17 Edw. 1. gave an yearly Rent of twelve marks issuing out of her Lordship of South Pikenham to find two Priests to celebrate Divine Service in the Church of Houton And having held for term of life the Mannors of Middleham Thoraldby Well Snape Carleton Fagherwald Nosterfield Burton and Crakhall with one Messuage in Dikestard as also the Advowson of the Church departed this life in An. 1320. 14 Edw. 2. and was buried in the Quire at Coverham ¶ I now come to Ranulph de Nevill Grand-Son and Heir to Robert the elder This Ranulph being in minority at his Grand-Fathers death obtained liberty of the King that his friends might Plough and manage his Lands and in 13 Edw. 1. had Livery of the Mannors of Kaskelf Sutton and Hoton part of his Inheritance About this time there hapning much variance betwixt the Inhabitants of the Bishoprick and Anthony Beke that great Prelate then Bishop of Durham by reason he had compelled them to go twice into Scotland with Horse and Arms which they alleaged to be contrary to right in regard they held their Lands to defend the Body of S. Cuthbert and that they ought not neither for King or Bishop to go beyond the Rivers of Tine and Tese This Ranulph de Nevill and Iohn de Marne were the cheif countenancers of those who thus opposed the Bishop And not long after that fell out another difference betwixt this Ranulph and the Prior of Durham about the offering of a Stag every year upon S. Cuthberts day in September which in truth was rather a Rent then an Oblation in regard he held Raby with the eight adjoyning Townships by the yearly Rent of four pound and a Stag. For contrary to the custom of his Ancestors he not only required that the Prior of Durham at the offering of that Stag ought to feast him and all the company he should bring But that the Priors own menial servants should for that time be set aside and his peculiar servants and officers put in their stead Whereupon amongst other of his guests he invited Iohn de Baillol of Barnard Castle who refused to go with him alleaging That he never knew the Nevills to have such a priviledge there Sir William de Brompton the Bishops cheif Justice likewise acknowledging That he himself was the first who began that extravagant practise For being a young Man and delighting in Hunting he came with the Lord Nevill at the offering of the Stag and said to his Companions Come let us go into the Abby and Wind our Horns and so they did The Prior farther adding That before the time of this Ranulph none of his Predecessors ever made any such claim but when they brought the Stag into the Hall they had only a Breakfast Nor did the Lord himself ever stay Dinner except he was invited In 22 Edw. 1. this Ranulph received command to attend the King at Portlmouth upon the first of September well furnished with Horse and Arms and thence into France In 4 Edw. 2. having command to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the morrow after All Souls day with ten Men at Arms he thence marched into Scotland It is reported of this Ranulph that he little minded Secular business but for the most part betook himself to conversation with the Canons of Merton and Coverham as also that he committed Incest with his own Daughter and that Richard de Kellaw Bishop of Durham did for that crime compel him to do publick pennance But certain it is that he gave to the Canons of Coverham sixty two Acres of his Demesn Lands in Trakehallâ— of nine pound six shillings per annum value and twenty two Acres and an half of Meadow as also certain Rents of his Tenants in Villenage with four Ox-gangs of Land and Meadow of the value of sixty three shillings four pence per annum All which with some Cottiers c. were of the value of twenty pound and an half penny per annum He married two Wives viz. Eufemia the Daughter of Sir Iohn de Clavering and Margery Daughter of Iohn the Son of Marmaâ—â—ke de Thweng and by the first of them had issue Robert commonly called The Peacock of the North unto whom Mary his Grand-Mother gave the Castle and Lordship of Middleham By the later he had none and departing this life 18 April An. 1331. 5 Edw. 3. was buried in the Quire at Coverham near the High Altar on the South side Which Robert called The Peacock of the North died without issue in his Fathers life time as it seems for Ralph the second Son was found Heir to his Father and at that time forty years of age and upwards who had Livery of his Lands the same year being then Steward of the Kings Houshold In 4 Edw. 3. this Ralph obtained a Charter to himself and the Heir-male of his Body for a Market every week on the Munday at Bliburg in Com. Suff. And two Fairs one upon the Eve and Day of the Annunciation of our Lady and the other on the Eve and Day of her Nativity As also for a Market weekly on the Tuesday at Aynho in Com. Northampt. And a Fair upon the Eve and Day of S. Michael
continued Governor of Bâ—â—wick from 13 Ian. for a full quarter of that year Again in 30 Edw. 3. he was joyned with the same Bishop of Durham and others to treat and conclude about the redemption of David de Brus still prisoner and for a firm Peace And in 31 Edw. 3. with Henry de Percy to see the Truce observed toward the East Marches In 33 Edw. 3. he attended the King in his expedition then made into France and the next ensuing year marched with him to 〈◊〉 and put himself in ambush with the Lord Moubray and other Knights about three leagues from Parts expecting that the French would issue out which hapned accordingly Whereupon after a sharp skirmish the French were worsted In 35 Edw. 3. he was again constituted one of the Wardens of the Marches towards England likewise in 36 Edw. 3. a Commissioner to see that the Peace newly concluded on betwixt both Realms should be punctually observed and in 39 E. 3. received command to repair to the Marches of 〈◊〉 with all his power for the safeguard of those parts In 4 Edw. 3. he was again joyned in Commission with the Lord Percy for the custody of the Marches and conservation of the Peace made with the Scots So likewise in 41 Edw. 3. And the same year sent into 〈◊〉 with the same Lord Percy and others to keep the Frontiers of that Province This Ralph gave eleven Messuages four Oxgangs two Acres and an half of Land and ten Acres of Meadow lying in Snape to the Hospital of 〈◊〉 near Bedal for the celebration of Divine Service there according to the tenor of a special Ordination by him made viz. For three Priests who were to perform that service for the good estate of himself during this life and for the health of his Soul and the Souls of his Ancestors after his departure hence And moreover gave to the Canons of â—â—dlington out of his Quarrey at Fâ—veâ—e a sufficient proportion of Stone for the new Fabrick of their Church and other Buildings But the next ensuing year viz. 41 Edw. 3. upon the fifth of August he departed this life and was buried in the Church of Durham on the South side thereof being the first Sâ—cular Person that had Sepulture there Which favor he obtained from the Prior and Covent for a Vestment of Red Velvet richly embroidered with Gold Silk great Pearls and Images of Saints standing in Tabernacles by him given to S. Cuthbert His Body being brought in a Chariot drawn with seven Horses unto the bounds of the Churchyard and then carried upon the Shoulders of Knights into the middle of the Church where the Abbot of S Maries in York by reason of the Bishops absence and impotency of the Prior performed the office of the dead and celebrated the morrow Mass at which were offered eight Horses viz. Four for the War with four Men Armed and all their Harness and Habiliments and four other for Peace As also three Cloaths of Gold of Blew colour enterwoven with Flowers Four of which Horses were after the Funeral redeemed by Iohn de Nevill his Son and Heir for a hundred marks Besides all which Alice his Widow sent to the Sacrist one hundred twenty pounds in Silver to be employed in the repair of that Cathedral and moreover gave thereto for celebrating of his Anniversary one Vestment two Tunicles one Cope three Albs three Stoles four Maniples of Black Sattin and another Vestment to be used at the Celebration of the Sacrament embroidered with the Arms of Nevill and Audley she being the Daughter of Hugh Lord Audley This last mentioned Ralph Lord Nevill had likewise two younger Sons viz. Sir Robâ—rt de Nevill and Sir William de Nevill both Knights Which Sir Robert in 35 Edw. 3. had been retained to serve the King in his Wars of 〈◊〉 for one hundred marks per annum And in 38 39 Edw. 3. was of the Retinue to Prince Edward Nor was Sir William less active in Military Affairs for having obtained License in 40 Edw. 3 to travell being then a Knight in 46 Edw. 3. he became of the Retinue to the Earl of Salisbury that great Soldier and taking shipping with him in 〈◊〉 landed in 〈◊〉 where they relieved the Castle of Brest then besieged by the French But before the end of that year he was retained to serve the King as Admiral towards the North with forty Men at Arms and forty Archers So likewise in 47 Edw. 3. being still Admiral with sixty Men at Arms and sixty Archers In 1 Rich. 2. he was also retained to serve that King with ten Men at Arms and ten Archers and in 7 Rich. 2. imployed again in the Wars of France Moreover in 8 Rich. 2. being then a Knight of the Kings Chamber he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat of Peace betwixt the King and Robert then King of Scotland and in 10 Rich 2. was one of the cheif of that Sect then called Lollards But after this I find no farther of him The Lands whereof the before specified Ralph Lord Nevill died seised were these viz. The Mannor of Bâ—burgh in Com. Suff. The Mannor and half Hundred of Clavering in Essex as also the Advowson of the Chantry of the Chappel of S. Iohn the Evangelist there the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Northampt. the Mannors of Newborne and Werkworth in Com. Northumbr Of Sutton in â—altres Sheriff-Hoton Hewelington the Castle and Mannor of Middleham the Mannor of Thoraldby with its Members the Mannors of Stokesley Faxfleet South-Cave Kirkby super Wherff Rand. and Raskelff all in Com. Ebor. Besides his Castles and Lordships in the Bishoprick of Durham Whereupon Alice his Widow had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Crakhall Raskelff Carleton Well and New Bigging the Sheep-walk called Mild-Paracote and Cauncewithe-Wood as also the moity of all his Lands in Coverdale Moverover the third part of the Pasture of Wendslagh-Dale in Richmondshire and forty pound six shillings eight pence Rent issuing out of the Lordship of Sutton in Galtres twenty pound Rent out of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Northumbr And fifty one pound seven shillings half penny Rent out of the Cornage of Cumberland Which Alice afterwards became the Wife of Ralph Lord Greystoke and departed this life upon the Octaves of the Epiphany An. 1374. 48 Edw. 3. I now come to Iohn de Nevill Son and Heir to this last mentioned Ralph In 20 Edw. 3. this Iohn was with his Father in the Battle of Durham and in 34 Edw. 3. being in France with the King and one of those who was appointed to go with Sir Walter Manny to skirmish at the Barriers of Paris the Duke of Normandy lying there he was Knighted with
issue Iohn afterwards Lord Latimer who died without issue whereupon his Lands came to Ralph Earl of Westmorland his Brother by a special Feoffment the Inheritance whereof were given by that Earl to his Son George This is all that I have seen of him till his death which hapned at Newcastle upon Tine 17 Octob. 12 Rich. 2. being the Feast day of S. Luke the Evangelist and that he was buried on the Southside the Body of the Church at Durham Being then seised of the Mannor and half Hundred of Clavering in Com. Essex the Mannors of Isenhamstead Lacimer Crowley and Broughton in Com. Buck. Dylewike Wotton Kerkington Ronhale Bromham Sutton and Stratton juxta Biecleswade and Potton juxta Sutton in Com. Bedf. Wiâ—lby and Carlton juxta Rockingham in Com. Northampt. Of the Mannor of Carbroke called Woodhal in Com. Norf. Helpringham and Skekington in Com. Linc. Bolton Gamelesby and Unthank in Com. Cumbr. Bywel Styford and the Castle of Bamburgh in Com. Northumbr Danby with the Hamlets of Cromecliff Glassdale and Leâ—om the Mannors of Thornton in Pickering-Lithe Scamston Sinelington Tiverington Leverton Sheriff-Hoton Duenby two parts of the Mannor of Walton the Mannors of Risebergh Stokesley Hemelington Sutton in Galtres Well with the Advowson of the Hospital Snape Crakehall Middleham Carleton Coverdale and Thoraldby all in Com. Ebor. Twenty Knights Fees in Sharnebroke Pabenham Hinewike Thorncote Carlton Turbey Stachesden Wotton Bromham Bidenham Houghton Conquest Horcliff Chalgrave Eversholt Potsgrave Chikesand Stotfold Stondon Helew South Yevel Stanford Wardon Rerdinton Conpoll Wiliton Harewedon Wrastlingworth Caddelow Wiâ—olâ—ston Bereford Ronhale Ravensden Goldington Rish Belnhurst Eaisho Aspel and Astwike as also of divers Lands in Bâ—â—daâ—e and Scotton and four pound Rent issuing out of ten Ox-gangs in Rillington in Com. Ebor. Leaving Sir Ralph de Nevil Knight his Son and Heir then twenty four years of age Which Elizabeth second Wife to the deceased Ralph being afterwards married to Sir Robert de Willoughby Knight departed this life 5 Nov. 19 Rich. 2. leaving Iohn de Latimer her next heir then thirteen years of age At the Funeral of Mand his first Wife there were offered in the Church of Durham six Cloaths of Gold whereof several Vestments were made viz. Two for the High Altar as also one Chesible and two Tunicles But I return to Ralph In 7 Rich. 2. this Ralph was joyned in Commission with Henry Earl of Northumberland and the Lord Nevil of Raby his Father with others for receiving that twenty four thousand marks formerly mentioned in full satisfaction of the Ransome of David de Brus King of Scotland In 9 Rich. 2. he was together with Thomas Son to the Lord Clifford made Governor of the Castle and City of Carlisle and likewise a Commissioner for the Guardianship of the West Marches all this being in his Fathers life time And in 12 Rich. 2. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands Moreover the same year after his Fathers death he was joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others in the Government of the City of Carlisle and custody of the West Marches About which time he also obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market every Munday at his Lordship of Middleham in Com. Ebor. As also an yearly Fair on the Feast day of S. Alkeld the Virgin and likewise leave to inclose his Woods at Raskelff adjoyning to the Forest of Galtres and to make a Park there with three Deer-leaps being then constituted Warden of all the Kings Forests beyond Trent for life In 14 Rich. 2. he was made one of the Commissioners to treat with those from the Kings of France and Scotland touching the observation of the Truce made betwixt the King of England and them And in 18 Rich. 2. was joyned in the like Commission to treat of Peace with the Scots In this year he obtained License from the King to enfeoff Iohn de Nevill his Son and Heir and Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent in all his Lands at Sutton in Galtres to hold to them and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten And in 20 Rich. 2. obtained the Castle of Warke upon Twede from Sir Iohn Mountague Knight in exchange for certain other Lands In 21 Rich. 2. 21 Dec. he was made Constable of the Tower of London Shortly after which viz. in the Parliament begun after Christmas the King advanced him to the Title of Earl of Westmorland Being of the Privy Council to that King he obtained from him the Honor of Penreth with its Appurtenances as also all those Royalties in the County of Westmorland which justly belonged to the Crown and which had been unduly withheld by the Heirs of Robert de Vipount to enjoy during his life And from Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster had a Grant of Fiendeleze in Richmondshire but upon the landing of Henry Duke of Lancaster at Ravenspur who had been banished in 21 Rich. 2. this Earl with other of the Nobles who feared the Kings tyranny met him and was one or those who attended him at Westminster upon the morrow after Michaelmas-day where and at which time King Richard made a formal resignation of the Government desiring that the same Henry Duke of Lancaster might succeed him therein Which Henry thereupon King by the name of Henry the Fourth in the first year of His Reign gave unto this Earl the County and Honor of Richmond for term of life constituting him likewise Earl Marshal of England Soon after which adhering firmly to that King he stoutly reâ—isted the Earl of Northumberland in his Rebellious attempts and forced him with his Army which was advanced almost as far as Durham back to Proudhoâ— whereupon Henry Hotspur Son to that Earl was routed and slain in the Battle of Shrewsbury In 2 Hen. 4. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with Rupert King of Romans touching a marriage betwixt Lewes the eldest Son of Rupert and Blanch eldest Daughter to King Henry the Fourth and the same year made Governor of the Town and Castle of Carlisle as also Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland And in 3 Hen. 4. Governor of Roxborough Castle in Scotland for ten years Moreover in 6 Hen. 4. one of the Commissioners to treat with the King of Scots or such persons as he should appoint upon the twenty fourth of March at Hanâ—en-stank upon a Truce betwixt both Kingdoms In which year he obtained a Charter for Free Warren in his Lordship of Kettâ—ewel in Craven with liberty to Impark three hundred Acres of Land there And the same year upon that Insurrection of Richard Scrope Archbishop of York and Thomas Moubray Earl Marshal at Schupton-Moor near York making a seeming compliance with that Bishop he took him
domini Strange de Blackmere Mareschalli Franciae qui obiit in bello apud Burdews vij â— Julij MCCCCLIII The next year following viz. 32 Hen. 6. Margaret his Wife surviving had her Dowry assigned to her and departing this life 14 Iune 7 Edw. 4. left Thomas Talbot Vicount l'Isle Son of Iohn Vicount l'Isle her Son who was slain with his Father in the Battle of Chastillion then nineteen years of age her next Heir For which Margaret who lieth buried in a certain place called Iesus Chappel scituate within the Cathedral of S. Paul in London it was intended that a fair Monument of an a hundred pound value should have been erected but instead thereof this Inscription only remained upon a Pillar there viz. Here before the Image of Iesus lyeth the right Worshipful and Noble Lady Margaret Countess of Shrewsbury late Wife of the true and victorious Knight John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Which Worshipful Man died in Guien for the right of this Land She was the first Daughter and one of the Heirs of the right Famous and Renowned Knight Richard Beauchamp late Earl of Warwick which died in Roan and of Dame Elizabeth his Wife the which Elizabeth was Daughter and Heir to Thomas late Lord Berkley on his side and on her Mothers side Lady l'Isle and Tyes Which Countess passed from this World the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1468. On whose Soul Iesus have mercy Amen The issue which this great Earl had by Maud his first Wife was as followeth Thomas who died in his life time in France Iohn who succeeded him in his Lands and Honors and Sir Christopher Talbot Knight And by Margaret his second Wife Daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick another Iohn who was created Baron l'Isle and afterwards Vicount Sir Humphrey Talbot and Sir Lewes both Knights On which Sir Lewes he Intailed the Mannors of Penyard Credenhill and Strangeford in Com. Heref. I now come to Iohn his Successor in this Earldom In 4 Hen. 6. the King himself being made a Knight at Leicester on Whitsonday by the Duke of Bedford his Uncle amongst divers other noble Persons Knighted this Iohn then Lord Talbot After which viz. in 20 Hen. 6. he went to the Wars of France and in 24 Hen. 6. was made Chancellor of Ireland all this being in the life of his Father In 32 Hen. 6. his Father then dead he had Livery of his Lands his homage being respited In 35 Hen. 6. he was made Lord Treasurer of England And in 38 Hen. 6. 19 Dec. in consideration of the charge he had been at in the Kings service obtained a Grant â— of a hundred marks per annum during his life out of the Revenues of the Lordship of Wakefield in Com. Ebor. then in the Crown by reason of the forfeiture of Richard Duke of York But of this Grant he had little benefit for upon the tenth of Iuly next ensuing he was slain in the Battle of Northampton with Christopher his Brother fighting there stoutly for the Lancastrian Interest and buried in the Priory of Wyrksop within the Chappel of our Lady with this Epitaph Sepulchrum magnanimi atque praepotentis domini domini Iohannis de Talbot Comitis Salopiae secundi ex Regio sanguine ducentis originem Qui Henrico Regi fidissimus Bello apud Northamptoniam gesto ante signa strenuè pugnans honestâ morte occidit die decimo Iulii anno domini nostri Iâ—esu Christi MCCCCLX cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Salopiae Comitis Lapis hic tegit ossa Iohannis Cui nihil antiquius quà m fuit alma fides Hic ut serviret Regi tormenta subivit Intrepidus ferri sanguineamque necem Ergo licet parvum condat sua Viscera saxum Virtus Angligenum lustrat in omne solum This Iohn first married Catherine one of the Daughters and Heirs to Sir Edward Burnall Knight Son of Hugh Lord Burnel and secondly Elizabeth Daughter of Iames Earl of Ormond by whom he left issue five Sons viz. Iohn his Son and Successor in this Earldom at that time twelve years old and upwards Sir Iames Talbot Knight Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton in Com. Wigorn. Knight Banneret and Captain of Calais Christopher Archdeacon of Chester and Rector of Whitchurch and George As also two Daughters viz. Anne Wife of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon in Com. Derb. Knight and Margaret Which Elizabeth in 39 Hen. 6. had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Castle and Lordship of Sheffield in Com. Ebor. with its members the Mannors of Southhagh Bradfield Ecclesfield Halifield Granow Whiston and Treton as also four Messuages twenty Acres of Land and five Acres of Meadow in Rotheram in the same County likewise one Messuage in London called Furnivals Inne And departed this life on Saturday next following the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in the thirteenth of Edward the Fourth I should now come to Iohn the third of that name Earl of Shrewsbury Son and Heir to the last mentioned Iohn but before I proceed with my discourse of him I shall look back to Iohn Son of Iohn the first Earl of Shrewsbury by Margaret his second Wife This Iohn in respect of his descent from Margaret Daughter and Heir to Warine Gerard Lord l'Isle by Alice his Wife Daughter and Heir of Henry Lord Tyes Wife of Thomas Lord Berkley Father of Elizabeth Wife of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Father of Margaret Mother of him the said Iohn was created Baron 〈◊〉 26 Iuly 22 Hen. 6. Sibi haeredibus assignatis by reason that he possessed the Mannor of Kingston l'Isle in Com. Berks. And afterwards sâ—il 30 Octob. 30. Hen. 6. Viscount l'Isle Sibi haeredibus masculis de corpore sâ—o Of whom that which I conceive to be most remarkable is That the year next ensuing scil 31 Hen. 6. his Father being then constituted Lieutenant of the Dutchy of Aquitane and he one of the Captains there under him as hath been already observed he was by Indenture retained to serve the King there for one quarter of a year with two Bannerets four Knights seventy three Men at Arms on Horsback and eight hundred Archers on Foot receiving for himself six shillings per diem for his two Bannerets four shillings apiece for his seven Knights two shillings for the Men at Arms twelve pence and for the Archers six pence apiece As also that he married Ioane Daughter and Coheir of Thomas Chedder of Chedder in Com. Somers Esquire Widow of Richard Stafford Esquire and that he was slain with his Father in the Battle at Castillion beforementioned Being then seised of the Mannors of Wrocwardine Cheswordine Sutton Madoc Brogton Tassley Abberbury and 〈◊〉 in Com. Salop. Moreover that he left
to Thomas Son of Richard de Clare Steward of the Forest of Essex assigned the Mannor of â—emedbury in Comit. Heref. the Castle of Burgh upon Staynemore the Lordships of Soureby and Wynton the third part of Temple Soureby the third part of the Out-Wood of Whinefell all in the County of Westmorland and the third part of the revenue of the Cornage of the same County the Hamlets of Holme Crokeris Elsawe and Skybden and the moity of the Hamlet of Syghilesdon together with the third part of certain Messuages and Tenements in Sâ—clton in Com. Cumber to hold in Dower Which Maude was afterwards married to Robert de Welle a great Baron in Lincolneshire This last mentioned Roger before he was full twenty one years of age viz. in 13 Edw. 2. marched into Scotland in that Expedition then made thither But after this being drawn into the party of Thomas Earl of Lancaster as also into that Consultation at Pontfract where that Earl was advised to go to his own Castle at Dunstanburgh in Northumberland and observing that he refused so to do lest he should be suspected to hold intelligence with the Scots he drew his Dagger and threatned to kill him with his own hands if he would not goe with them Whereupon thus forced the Earl went to his own and all their sorrows for in his March at Borrowbriâ—â— receiving an utter overthrow by the Kings forces he was taken Prisoner and with him amongst other this our Roger de Clifford who soon after suffered death for the same with the Lord Moubray at York After which the King granted two parts of his House in London called Cliffords-Inne which by this his forfaiture came to the Crown unto Robert de Welle before-mentioned to hold during pleasure and bestowed his Lordship of Kings-Meburne in Westmorland and Grendon in Northumberland upon Anthony de Lucy for term of life and the Castle and Honor of Skypton upon Geffrey le Scrope This Roger who thus died had been summoned to Parliament in 13 and 14 Edw. 2. To whom succeeded Robert de Clifford his Brother and next Heir in Blood who in 1 Edw. 3. upon the death of Maude his Mother was twenty two years of age and then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands And in 3 Edw. 3. obtained from Idonea his Great-Aunt the other of the Coheirs to Robert de Vipount by purchase and Exchange all her right and title to her purparty in Westmorland she being then the Wife of Iohn de Crumbwel Which Idonea afterwards dyed without Issue whereby likewise the right thereunto by descent divolved to him In 4 Edw. 3. he procured the Kings Charter for a Market upon Thursday every week at his Mannor of Burgh upon Staynemore in Westmorland and a Fair yearly to begin two dayes before the Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle and to continue for the day and morrow after In 7 Edw. 3. being in the Warrs of Scotland in conâ—ideration of his great expences and losses which he had before that time sustained in the Kings service Command was sent to the Kings Purveyor of Victual at Barwick upon Twede to give him one Tunn of Wine and six Quarters of Wheat out of the Stores there for his better support in that employment About this time Edward de Baliol King of Scotland hunting in the Woods and Chases of this Robert was entertained by him at his Castles of Applevy and Brougham In 8 Edw. 3. he was joyned in Commission with Ranulph de Dacre in the Government of Carlisle and wardenship of the Marches adjacent with power to make choyce of able men for the security of both and the next year following was constituted sole Warden of the Marches of umâ—erlaâ—â— and Westmorland as also Captain-General of all the forces of those Countreys for resisting the power of the Scots In 14 Edw. 3. he gave the Moity of the Hamlet of Winderton in Com. Warw. to the Canons of Haghmon in Shropshire And in 15 Edw. 3. was again in the Scotish Warrs but in 18 Edw. 3. upon the Thursday next after the Ascension of our Lord he departed this life being then seised p of the moity of the Mannor of Schaldeford the moity of the Mannor of Tarente-Russendon and the moity of the Hundred of Cnokesdyche in Com. Dors. as also of the Mannors of Brugge upon Weye Temedbury and Severn-Stoke in Com. Heref. of the Castle and Mannor of Skypton in â—ravene and the Mannor of Maltby in Com. Ebor. of the Castles of Brouham and Appelby with divers other Lordships in Westmorland of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Cumberland and of the Mannors of Hert and Hertnesse in the Bishoprick of Durham Isabel his Widow Daughter of Maurice Lord Berkeley afterwards married to Sir Thomas Musgrave Knight then holding a certain Mansion in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West in the Suburbs of London which after his death she demised to the Apprentises of the Bench by that name the Students of Law there being then called for the Rent of ten pounds per annum leaving Robert his Son and Heir thirteen years of age whose Wardship with the Shiriffalty of Westmorland were thereupon committed to Ralph de Nevill a great Baron of that time and two younger Sons viz. Roger and Thomas afterwards a Knight and Grandfather to Richard Bishop of Woâ—cester Which Robert then took to Wife Eufemia Daughter of the same Ralph who afterwards became the Wife of Sir Walter de Hâ—sâ—arton Knight but died before he attained to his full age Whereupon Roger his Brother succeeded him in the Inheritance and in 25 Edw. 3. obtained a grant for a Market upon the Friday every week and two Fairs yearly one on the day of St. Mark the Evangelist and morrow after and the other on St. Luke's day and the morrow after at his Mannor of Kirkby-Stephan in Com. Westmorl and upon the tenth of August 28 E. 3. made proof of his age After which viz. the next ensuing year he was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne with Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick whose Daughter Maude he had wedded In 30 E. 3. he was one of those Northern Barons who received command to repair to the marches of Scotland for defence of those parts against the Scots and in 31 Ed. 3. had Livery of his Lands In 33 Edw. 3. he was again in Gascoigne so also in 34. In 40 Edw. 3. he made the Park at Skypton and inclosed there five hundred Acres of Land in Greâ—â—il and Lysterfeld together with Caider Woods In 43 Edw. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France In 44 Edw. 3. was constituted one of the Wardens of the West-Marches of Scotland
Berkley Camme Cowley Hinton and Alkington which he held by three Knights Fees likewise of Ratcliff-street without Bristoll belonging to the Mannor of Bedminster in Com. Somers as also of the Mannor of Slimbrigge with divers other Lordships leaving Thomas his Son and Heir then thirty years of age who doing his homage had Livery of his Lands the same year This Thomas his Father then living was with the King at the Siege of Keneâ—worth Castle in 51 Hen. 3. having thirty marks allowed him in recompence of a Horse which he lost in that service And in 5 Edw. 1. had Summons to be at Worcester on Midsummer day to march against the Welsh In 10 Edw. 1. he had the like Summons so also to repair to Montgomery in the Quind of Easter 11 Edw. 1. and soon after to be at Shrewsbury to advise about restraining the incursion of the Welch For his services in which Warrs he had a special Grant of liberty to Hunt the Fox Hare Badger and Wild-Cat with his own Doggs within tâ—e Kings Forests of Mendip and Chace of Kingswood and was accquitted of an hundred marks the then relief of his Barony In 14 Edw. 1 he had another summons to be at Gloucester upon Midsummer day thence with Edmund Earl of Cornwâ—ll the Kings Uncle to march against the Welch In 17 E. 1 he was in the Warrs of France and of the retinue of Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk Marshal of England In 23 Ed. 1. he was in that expedition then made into Wales with the same Earl and William de Valence Earl of Pembroke Maurice and Thomas his two Sons as also Thomas his Uncle being there likewise with him at that time In 24 Edw. 1. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat of Peace betwixt King Edward and the King of France and the same year was at the Siege of Barwick with his said Sons and Uncle In 25 Edw. 1. the King passing into Flandâ—rs with a very great Army he was made Constable thereof In 26 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland and of the retinue unto Audomare de Valence this being the time of the Battle of Faukirk where twenty thousand Scots were â—lain The same year in recompence of his good service in Flanders he had a pardon for five hundred marks at which he had been amerced for Trâ—spasses in the Kings Chace near Bristoll In 27 Edw. 1. he had summons to attend the King at Carâ—eol in Whitson-week well appointed with Horse and Armes to march against the Scots Which meeting was first prorogued until the second of August ensuing and afterwards prohibited till a new summons Shortly after this he had the like summons to be at York upon the twelfth of November following and in consideration of his good services was pardoned a debt of sixty five pounds which he owed to the King In 28 Edw. 1. he had again command to be at Carâ—eol upon Midsummer day thence to march into Scotland this being the time of that famous Siege of the Castle of â—aerlaverok In 29 Edw. 1. he had the like summons to fit himself with Horse and Armes to go against the Scots And the same year being in the Parliament held at Lincoâ—ne was one of those who subscribed that Letter to the Pope whereby all the chief of the English Nobility asserted King Edward's right for the superiority in dominion of the Realm of Scotland In 30 Edw. 1. he was again in the Warrs of Scotland Maurice and Iohn his two Sons then attending him So also in 31 Edw. 1. and in 34 Edw. 1. In 35 Edw. 1. he was employed as an Ambassador from King Edward together with William de Gaynesborough Bishop of Worcester unto the Court of Rome touching certain matters betwixt the king of France and King Edward Maurice his Son then likewise attending him In 1 Edw. 2. he had another summons to be at Carleol upon the twenty second of August to march against Robert de Brus then assuming the title of King of Scotland And the same year together with his two Sons Maurice and Iohn attended the King into France In 2. Edw. 2. he again had summons to be at Stamford well furnished with Horse and Armes to march against the Scots In 3 Ed. 2. he had the like Summons together with his said Son to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon Michaelmas day thence to march into Scotland The like summons he had to be at Barwick upon the eighth of September 4 Edw. 2. And in 7 Edw. 2. was in that fatal Battle at Baâ—nocksburne in Scotland upon Midsummer day where the English received a great defeat in which Battle being taken Prisoner he was constrained to pay a large Fine for his Redemption In 8 Edw. 2. he had again summons to be at Newcastle upon â—ine upon the Feast day of the Assumption of our Lady well provided with Horse and Armes to march against the Scots And the next year following to be there again in like sort accoutered upon the tenth of August So also upon the Feast day of All-Saints the same year The like in 10 Edw. 2. upon the Quind of St. Iohn Baptist. Which meeting was afterwards adjourned to the eleventh of August In 11 Edw. 2. he had also summons to be at York accordingly furnished with Horse and Armes upon the Feast day of St. Iames the Apostle as also to send a thousand Foot-Souldiers thither out of his Lands in West-Wales for that service he being Justice of West-Wales at that time In 12 Edw. 2. he received farther Command to be again at York a like accoutred with Horse and Armes on Bartholomew-day And had summons to Parliament from 23 Edw. 1. till the 14 of Edw. 2. inclusive This Thomas was also a benefactor to the Canons of St. Augustines near Bristoll by the gift of Plate Copes and other Ornaments to the value of thirty two pounds three shillings and four pence To the Monks of Kingswode he gave four Acres of Land in Wotton and likewise a Quarry of Stone at Combe for the use of that House Moreover to St. Bartholomews Hospital in Gloucester he gave certain Lands in Cowley to the intent that the Anniversary of Maurice his Father and Isabel his Mother should be kept in their full Quire And to the Friers Minors and Friers Preachers in Gloucester Bristoll and other places he gave divers Quarters of Wheat out of his several Granaries In 15 Ed. 2. he was one of those that adhered to Thomas Earl of Lancaster in his rebellious acting but departing this life the twenty third of Iuly the same year was buried in the Abby
Britanny and Richmond should translate that Abby of Eharity into the Fields of East Witton and to place it upon the Verge of the River Ioâ—â— whereupon thenceforth it took the name of Iorevaulx and caused the Bones of Akaris his Father to be brought thither and there entombed himself and his heirs being reputed the Founders of that Monastery After which viz in An. 1182. 28 Hen. 2. he departed this life leaving issue three Sons viz. Henry Hugh and William Which Henry took to Wife Alice the Daughter of Randolf Fitz-Walter Aâ—cestor to the Barons of Greistoke with whom â—e had the Lordship of Mikelton and service of Guy de Bovencourt for certain Lands there and in Northumberland as also the services of Lonton and Thirngarth with the Forest of Loun and free Chase and departed this life in An. 1201. 3 Ioh. leaving issue Randolf his Son and Heir who wedded Alice the Daughter and Heir to Adam de Staveley Lord of Staveley Dent and Sadbergh and departing this life in An. 1262. 49 Hen. 3. was buried in the Abby of Iorevaulx leaving issue two Sons Henry and Adam Which Henry had also issue two Sons Randolf who died issueless and Hugh who succeeding his Brother Randolf in the Inheritance died at Berewyk upon Teise upon the fourth Ides of March An. 1304. 32 E. 1. and was buried at Rumaldkirk But Albreda his Wife departing this life at Hurworth upon Teise had sepulture at Iorevaulx near to the Grave of Henry Fitz-Randolf her Husbands Father To this Hugh succeeded Henry who being called Henry Fitz-Hugh gave the first occasion for all his Descedants to assume that sirname and in 3 Edw. 2. was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 4 Edw. 2. and in 8 Edw 2. In consideration of which services and great expences therein the King gave him the sum of four hundred marks to be received at the hands of Eleanor the Widow of Henry Lord Percy she being indebted to the Exchequer in the like sum Moreover in 9 Edw. 2. he was constituted Governor of Bernard Castle in the Bishoprick of Durham by reason of the Earl of Warwicks minority it being of his Inheritance and in 10 11 Edw. 2. having again been imployed in the Scottish Wars was in 14 Edw. 2. first summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm In 20 Edw. 2. having a Debt of five hundred marks due to him from Sir Henry Vavasor Knight he did by a special Instrument under his Seal acquit the same Henry thereof upon condition that Hen. le Vavasor Son to the same Henry should take to Wife Annabil his Daughter In 7 Edw. 3. he was again in the Scotish Wars so likewise in 8 9 Edw. 3. And having married Eve the Daughter of Sir Iohn Bulmer Knight left issue by her Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry took to Wife Ioane the Daughter of Sir Richard Fourneys Knight Sister and Heir of William with whom he had the Lordships of Carleton Kingstone Beghton and Bothomsall and left issue by her two Sons viz. Hugh and Henry which Hugh having wedded Isabel the Daughter of Ralph Lord Nevill died without issue But I return to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh Father to Henry who so died in his life time as hath been already observed This Henry departed the World in An. 1356. 30 Edw. 3. leaving Henry his Grandson viz. Son of Henry who so died before him his next heir Which Henry in 33 Edw. 3. was in the Wars of France so likewise in 41 Edw. 3. as also in 43 Edw. 3. being then of the Retinue with Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and having married Ioane the Daughter to Henry Lord Scrope of Masham had issue by her two Sons viz. Iohn slain at Otterbourne in that fatal skirmish betwixt Sir Henry Percy Knight Son and Heir to the Earl of Northumberland with Sir Ralph Percy his Brother and William Earl Douglas then General of the Scottish Forces wherein the English had much loss and Henry his second Son Which Henry the Father died upon Wednesday the Feast of the Decollation of S. Iohn Baptist 10 Rich. 2. and was buried before the High Altar at Iorevaulx upon the 8 Kal. of October next ensuing being then seised of the Castle of Raveniwath with its Appurtenances viz. Ravenswath Qualsington and Clintes Also of the Mannors of Cutherston with the Towns of Mikelton in Tesedale Fremington Scortone Applegarthe and Leming likewise of the Mannors of Clesby Cloubeck Dent Sedbergh Stavely Berewyk super Tese and Ayrton in Craven in Com. Ebor. Furthermore he died seised of the Mannor of Carleton in Lindrik Kingston within the same Town and of the moity of the Mannor of Bothumsal in Com. Nottingh leaving Henry his Grandson viz. Son of Henry his Son deceased in his life time his next heir who had Livery of his Lands the same year Which Henry in 1 Hen. 4. being retained to serve the King for the term of his whole life had an hundred marks per annum then granted to him during that time And in 6 Hen. 4. was joyned in Commission with Henry Lord Bishop of Bathe and Wells Ralph Earl of Westmorland and some others to treat with the like Commissioners from Scotland concerning a Truce betwixt both Realms Moreover the next ensuing year he was again put in Commission with Richard Duke of York and others to treat with Isabel Queen of Denmark and Erick King of Denmark or their Ambassadors touching the Dowry of Philippa second Daughter to King Henry then Wife of the said King Erick as also concerning a League of Amity betwixt both Crowns and in 8 Hen. 4. was again imployed into Denmark upon the Kings service Furthermore in 13 H. 4. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with others from Scotland touching a Peace betwixt both Realms And having merited so well for his services in Scotland upon sundry occasions as also in Denmark concerning that business of the marriage before specified and likewise for his services to Iohn the Kings Son afterwards Duke of Bedford and not received any thing towards his charges in those imployments more then the Fee of an hundred marks per annum formerly granted unto him as hath been observed in 14 Hen. 4. he obtained a Grant of an hundred pounds per annum out of the Issues and Profits of the Castles Mannors and Lands of Philip the Son and Heir to Iohn Lord d'Arcy then in minority until he should accomplish his full age Moreover before the end of that year he obtained License from the King to amortise one Messuage four Acres of Land and five Acres of Meadow in West
of Beldesert And in 47 Hen. 3. upon that Insurrection then made by the Welsh he had amongst others command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to repair to Hereford on Munday next after the Feast of the Purification of our Lady In which year he was constituted Governor of the Castle of Corff and Shirebourne So likewise the Castle and Mannor of Seggewike which belonged to Iohn Maunsell Howbeit no sooner had the Rebellious Barons made head at Oxford where forcing the Kings assent to their unreasonable Ordinances they caused a choice of twenty four persons to be made by whose discretion the Kingdom should be governed but that this Peter shewed himself one of the most forward amongst them being not only one of those twenty four so chosen to rule but when all the rest of them except himself and four others calmly considering the great confusion and peril then imminent by reason of that strange rupture were content that those Ordinances should be made void and the King restored to his former condition he joyned with them in opposing it And in the beginning of April next ensuing was in Arms against the King at Northampton where upon storming of that Town by the Royalists when many others were taken he fled to the Castle but was constrained the next day to render himself with his two Sons Peter and Robert who were all of them thereupon sent prisoners to Windsore Castle But long they continued not there for upon the fourteenth of May following hapned that fatal Battle of Lewes in Susseâ— where through the too eager and far pursuit by Prince Edward of that Brigade of the Barons Army which he had routed the day being lost himself with the King his Father and many noble persons were made prisoners those Rebellious Barons then having all in their power within three days after issued out a Precept in the Kings name under the Great Seal dated the seventeenth of May unto Dru de Barentine at that time Constable of Windsore Castle requiring him forthwith to set this Peter de Montfort and those his two Sons at liberty Shortly after which Victory those Barons then agreeing amongst themselves that nine select persons should be authorised to exercise Regal Power whereof three at least to be constantly resident at Court for disposing the custody of all Castles and managery of other the most important Affairs as also for the nomination of the Chancellor Justices Treasurer and all other Officers great and small who had to do in the Government This Peter was appointed to be one of those nine Whereupon inter alia they constituted Commissioners to the King of France and to the Popes Legate to reform as they termed it and settle the Kingdom whose names I shall here recite viz. Henry de Sandwich Bishop of London Walter de Cantelupo Bishop of Worcester Iohn of Oxford Bishop of Winchester Hugh Despenser Justice of England Peter de Montfort id est this very Peter and Richard de Mepham Archdeacon of Oxford In which Commission bearing date at Canterbury upon Saturday next after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady scil 8 Sept. there was a more especial power given to this Peter then any of the rest viz. That whatsoever he should swear to do the King must be obliged by it Dante 's insuper praefato Petro potestatem jurandi in animam nostram quod nos quicquid ipse in praemissis nomine nostro duxerit faciendum ratum habeamus acceptum these being the words thereof And after this by another Commission bearing date at Dover upon the twenty fourth day of the same Moneth of September he was singly sent to the before specified Legate to treat with him privately about those things with desire that he should make as quick a return as might be The intent of all this their application to the Legate being no other then to palliate their disloyal practises towards the King with fair and specious pretences to the Pope lest he should thunder out his curses as he afterwards did against them Moreover besides these eminent trusts it appears That by the same aâ—thority of the Kings Great Seal he was constituted Governor of Whitenton Castle in Shropshire 19 Dec. and the next day following of Hereford Castle unto which Castle about the midst of May ensuing they removed the King And on the twentieth of that Moneth of May had a Precept to Walter de Evereus then Sheriff of Herefordshire for delivery of the Issues of that County unto him for the better strengthning of that Castle Furthermore that nothing for conveniency in these high Trusts should be wanting to him he obtained by the same Authority a Grant of Prince Edwards Lodgings at Westminster During the time of his continuance in this power certain it is That he did much mischeif by divers hostile actions For it appears that after the King was restored by that happy Victory at Evesham in part of recompence for the losses which Robert Walrand sustained through plunder in his Lands at Kilpeck and Strivele by this Peter he had by the favor of that King a Grant of all the Bulls Oxen and Kine which were then upon the Lands of Blenleveny in Wales belonging to this Peter at the time of the Battle of Evesham But lo the instability of earthly greatness especially that which is raised by disloyal Subjects upon the designed ruine of their rightful Soveraign For it was not many days after that the Prince making his escape from that Castle of Hereford like a sudden flash of Lightning broke through a Cloud but that he raised such a powerful Army that on the day preceding the Nones of August next ensuing he came upon the cheif strength of those Rebellious Barons at Evesham in Worcestershire like terrible Thunder where obtaining an absolute Victory this our Peter de Montfort with divers more of the principal Actors in that Tragedy was slain Whereupon the then Sheriff of Warwickshire scil William Bagâ—t received command to extend his Lordship of Beldesert and all other his Lands in those parts but proper resistentiam inimicorum by reason of the power of the Enemy as the Record expresseth they having then a strong Garison in Kenilworth Castle not far off being not able to do it the King directed a Commission to the Abbot of Bordsley and Prior of Studley to take notice of the particular numbers of Acres of Land Meadow Wood and Pasture and the value of each as also of those his Tenants who held in Villainage with the Rents and Services of the Free-holders and to certifie the same into his Exchequer This Peter took to Wife Alice the Daughter of Henry de Alditâ—ley a great Baron in Staffordshire and had issue by her three Sons viz. Peter William and Robert
Templars his Mannor of Bradwell with the Church as also forty Acres of Land in that Town with certain Meadows at Cotismore and a Mill at Filknich And to him succeeded Gerard his Son and Heir who for the health of his Soul and the Souls of Amice his Wife Daughter of Hanelade de Bidun and Iohn his Son gave to those Monks of Hartford half a Yard-land in Piriton as also a Croft called Grascroft in Ichentone and two Yard-land in Hicleford To which Iohn Hugh his Son and Heir who died issuless succeeding this Barony of Limesi came to be divided betwixt Hugh de Odingsells Grandson to that Hugh de Odingsells a Fleming who married Basilia and David de Emdsey a Scot Son of David Husband of Alianore Daughters to the before-mentioned Gerard. Braose THat William de Braose who first setled here in England was by Extraction a French man is evident from that Charter which he made to the Monks of St. Florence at Salmure now vulgarly called Somars in France of the Church of St. Gervase and Prochase at Braose with the Tithes and Toll of his Mills there as also of Timber for their Buildings Fuel for their Fire Paunage for their Swine in his Woods Fishing throughout all his Waters and one Carucate of Land with certain Meadows in that Lordship Likewise of the Church of Cortelles with one Carucate of Land and a Mill there and at Sâ—ocete of whatsoever was of his own Demesne Moreover of what he had in Demesne out of the Church at Seurei By which Charter he also added of his Possessions in England the Churches of St. Peter at Sâ—lâ— of St Nicholas at Brembre of St. Nicholas at Shoreham and St. Peter at Uipount all in Sussex with the Tithes and Rents thereunto belonging Likewise the Church of Scapelei and one Plow-land with the Oxen and Catell belonging thereto as also free Pasturage in his Plains and Customs in his Forests and Waters as well in England as Normandy Which Charter bears date in the Church of St. George at Bauquervill the third day preceding the Purification of our Lady in the tenth year of William the Conquerors Reign Whereupon the Monks at Salmure sent over part of their Covent to Sele and made it a Cell to that their Monastery That his Lands in England were of no small extent is evident from the General Survey where it appears that he then had the Lordships of Sudcote in Berkshire Essage in Wiltshire Tadorne and Bocheham in Surrey half a Hide of Land in Neteham-Hundred in Hantshire in Dorsetshire twelve Lordships and in Sussex no less then forty one which for brevities sake I omit to name To this William succeeded Philip de Braose his only Son who in 9 Will. Rufi was one of those that adhered to the King against Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy and in 4 Hen. 1. came to an agreement with the Abbot of Fescamp at Salisbury in the presence of the King and Queen concerning some claim made by the said Abbot to certain Lands in Staynings in Sussex which was a Cell to Fescamp but being afterwards rebellious to King Henry he was disherited of his Lands in 10 Hen. 1. As to his works of Piety I find that he gave to the Abby of Lewes in Sussex four of his Salt-works in Brembre To the Monks of Salmure the Prebend of Geffrey de Brembre and upon his going to Hierusalem confirmed the Grants made by William his Father to the Abby of St. Florence at Salmure This Philip by Berta his Wife Daughter of Milo Earl Hereford and one of the three Sisters and Coheirs to William Earl of Hereford of whose Inheritance he had all the Lands of Brecknock Ower-Went and Gowher left issue two Sons viz. William and Philip. Which William succeeded in all that great Estate of his Father and Mother That which I first find memorable of him is that in 3 Hen. 2. he gave to the King a thousand marks of Silver for his part of the Honor of Barstaple in Devonshire the right he had thereto being as I conceive from Iobel de Toteneis whom he calls his Grandfather but I rather think he means his Great-Grandfather id est Father to the Wife of William de Braose his Grandfather it being evident from what hath been said that his Mother's Father was Milo Earl of Hereford For after the death of William the Conqueror King William Rufus expelled this Iohel de Toteneis though for what Offence I find not and gave his Lands unto Roger de Novant In 10 Hen. 2. this William de Braose was one of the Witnesses to that Recognition then made by the King touching the peoples Liberties And in 19 20 and 21 Hen. 2. underwent the Sheriflalty of Herefordshire In 24 H. 2. the King being then at Marleburg gave unto him the whole Kingdom of Limeric in Ireland for the service of sixty Knights Fees to be held of the same King and of Iohn his younger Son It is reported of this William that harboring some evil purposes towards the Welch under colour of friendship he did about this time invite Sitsylt ap Dysnwald and Geffrey his Son with a great number of the most Worshipful men of Gwent-land to a Feast at the Castle of Bergavenny which Castle he had received of them by composition and that they doubting no harm being come thither he brought in a Company of Armed men upon them and murthered them all and having so done went forthwith to Sitsylt's House not far from thence slew Cadwaladar his Son before his Mothers face and destroyed the House Moreover it is farther said of him that detaining certain Lands which had been given to the Chappel of St. Nicholas at Aberhooni it so happened that the Priest serving there whose name was Hugh saw in a Vision a Reverend Person assisting him and heard him speak these words Go tell thy Lord William de Braose who presumeth to hold these Possessions which were antiently given to this Chappel in pure Almes this saying Hoc aufert â—â—iscus quod non accipit Christus dabis impio militi quod non vis dare Sacerdoti and that thereupon the Priest went to the Archdeacon of Landu and relating what he had seen and heard the Archdeacon told him they were the words of St. Augustine and shewed him where adding that the detinue of Tithes should be improsperous In 33 Hen. 2. as one of the Barons of Devonshire upon levying the Scutage of Galweie he paid twenty eight pounds in regard he was not then with the King in his Army there And in 1 Ric. 1. was put to a new composition with that King for his part of the Honor of Berstaple giving four hundred seventy seven pounds six shillings and eight pence
to her for her Dowry For the Wardship of which Robert as to his Lands Almaric de S. Amand in 11 Edw. 1. gave five hundred marks and two hundred marks more for his marriage Which last mentioned Robert died childless so that William his Brother became his Heir and left two Sons Robert that died without issue and Iohn both Knights as also three Daughters Elizabeth who died unmarried Lettice the Wife of ... Ayotte and Hawise wedded to Sir Robert de Daventry Knight Which Iohn having issue Iohn who deceased in 49 Edw. 3. without issue and Wentheline a Daughter that never had child Maud the Wife of William de Cressey and Margaret the Wife of William Wotton succeeded in the Inheritance ¶ A word or two now of William de Keynes second Son to the first Ralph This William at the time of the General Survey possessed Barton in Hertfordshire and Flore in Northamptonshire It is reported of this William for I take it to be him that being in the Battle of Liâ—coln in 6 Steph. on the behalf of Maud the Empress he had a vigilant eye on King Stephen and observed where he was who fought most courageously first with his Pole-Ax till it broke and afterwards with his Sword so long as it held Which when he discerned he rushed in upon him and took him by the Helmet crying out Come hither come hither I have hold of the King and so took him prisoner The name of his Wife was Adelais who survived him and gave to the Monks of Lewes two hides of Land in Doclinton for the health of his Soul Which Grant Hugh his Son confirmed and gave to the Monks of Grestine in Normandy all the Tithes of his Lordship of Witeford and one Acre of Land there with Common of Pasture for twenty five Sheep and two Oxen as also four Acres of Land in Pevensel in Sussex Hanselyn IN the Conquerors time Goisfrid Alselin was possest of these following Lordships viz. Of Branton Canteley and Hatlege in Yorkshire of Laxinton Schidrinctune Wilgeby Echering Walesby Almentune Chenapetorp Calveâ—â—une Bestorp Carletune Nord-Muscham Stoches Ghelling Carentune Bertune Scelford Newton and Obetorp in Nottinghamshire of Alwoldestune Emboldestune Torulfestune Eâ—ewell Elvodestune Hoilant Eghintune Braidestune and Ochebrock in Derbishire of Reschinton Amvine Dorinton Dicbâ— Rovestune Branzewell Dunesby Rosby Evedune Westburgh Dodinton Claipol Warageby Eleham and Chetelby in Lincoâ—nshire and of Alctone Gouteby Theitorp Billesdon and Rovestone in Leicestershire Which Goisfrid made choice of Shelford in Nottinghamshire amongst all these for the Head or Principal Seat of his Barony From this Goisfrid descended Ralph Hanselyn who in An. 1138. 3 Steph. was in that memorable Battle in Yorkshire near North Alverton against the Scots called Bellum de Standardo where the English obtained a glorious Victory of which Battle I have spoke largely in my discourse of William Earl of Albemarle In 11 Hen. 2. this Ralph paid sixteen pounds thirteen shillings four pence upon levying the Scutage of Wales And in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Aid for marrying of the Kings Daughter certified the Knights Fees which he then had to be in number twenty five whereof twelve a fifth and twelfth part were De Veteri Feoffamento for which in 14 Hen. 2. he paid twenty five marks but soon after this he died For in 18 Hen. 2. upon levying the Scutage of Ireland upon those Barons who neither went in Person nor sent Soldiers or Money Thomas Bardulf accounted twenty five pounds for Escuage of those Knights Fees And in 6 Rich. 1. twenty five pounds more for Scutage of the same Fees towards the discharge of the Fine for the Kings redemption Morâ—over in 8 Rich. 1. upon levying of the Scutage of Normandy Hugh Bardulf answered the like sum for those Fees And in 13 Ioh. the Tenants of Doun Bardulf accounted for them all viz. twenty five upon levying the Scutage of Scotland Whence it is probable that Doun Bardulf was Son of Thomas Bardulf by the Daughter and Heir of the same Ralph Hanselyn and had the Inheritance of this Barony of whom and his Descendants I shall elswhere speak Sudley AT the time of the Conquerors Survey Harold Son to Ralph Earl of Hereford who in King Edward the Confessors days suffered the Welsh to enter that City and destroy it by fire being possessed of the Lordship of Bochenton in Berkshire Wiche in Worcestershire Celverdestoch and Derceton in Warwickshire as also of Sudlege and Todintune in Glocestershire had his cheif Seat at Sudlege and afterwards obtaining Ewyas in Herefordshire Founded there a little Priory for Monks of S. Benedicts Order This Harold had two Sons viz. Iohn Lord of Sudley and Robert who residing at Ewyas assumed his sirname from that place And not only confirmed the Grants of what his Father had given to those Monks but added the Church of Burnham thereto To which Iohn succeeded Ralph de Sudley who in 12 Hen. 2. certified the Kinghts Fees then held of him to be in number four This Ralph Founded the Priory of Erdbury in Warwickshire within the Precincts of his Lordship of Celverdestoch before-mentioned now vulgarly called Chelveres Coton for the health of his Soul as also of the Souls of Emme his Wife Daughter of William de Beauchamp of Elmeley Otwell his Son and Heir and the rest of his Children and gave to the Knights-Templars certain Lands lying in Hardwick in Com. War Which Otwell in 4 Rich. 1. paid for his releif twenty marks and upon levying the Scutage for the Kings redemption in 6 Rich. 1. sixty shillings but dying without issue Ralph his Brother became his Heir and in 10 Rich. 1. gave three hundred marks to the King for Livery of his Lands In which sum sixty marks were included which had been imposed upon his Brother Otwell as a Fine for the defect of a Soldier whom he ought to have maintained in Normandy Which Ralph had issue Ralph his Son and Heir who in 6 Hen. 3. paying an hundred pounds for his Releif had Livery of his Lands And he Bartholomew who was Sheriff of Herefordshire and Governor of Hereford Castle for the last half of the fifty fourth year of Henry the Third and again Sheriff for the fifty sixth year of that King and 2 Edw. 1. but died in 8 Edw. 1. leaving issue by Ioane his Wife Daughter to William de Beauchamp of Elmeley and Sister to William de Beauchamp the first Earl of Warwick of that Family Iohn his Son and Heir then twenty four years of age Which Ioane being afterwards interred in the Priory of Erdbury Walter Langton Bishop of Coventry and Leitchfield in 13 Edw. 2. granted
the Redemption of those Lands obtained the Kings Precept unto the Barons of his Exchequer to make Inrollment thereof Which Iohn died in 12 Edw. 1. whereupon Iohn his Son and Heir had Livery of his Inheritance But dying without issue in 19 Edw. 1. Philip his Brother became his Heir who had thereupon the like Livery Which Philip departed this life in 18 Edw. 2. leaving Elizabeth his Wife surviving who had the Mannors of Ramesham and Comb-Keynes in Com. Dorset assigned for her Dowry and Iohn his Son and Heir Besides this last mentâ—oned William there was shortly after another William though how branched from this Stock I cannot say Which William in 30 Edw. 1. exhibited his Petition in Parliament on the behalf of Margaret then his Wife for the third part of the Mannor of Corpel in Com. Northampt. part of the Possessions of Iohn de Camoys her first Husband Whereunto the Kings Attorney answered That she ought not to have any Dowry therein by reason that divers years before the death of him the said Iohn she had departed from him and lived in Adultery with this William Paynell and that being never reconciled whilest he lived she ought not by force of the Statute concerning Women eloping from their Husbands and of their own accord living in Adultery with others and not after reconciled to have any Dowry at all Whereupon the said William and Margaret to manifest the consent of Iohn de Camoys for such her departure from him produced a formal Grant from the said Iohn in haec verba OMnibus Christi â—idelibus ad quos praeseâ—s Scriptum pervenerit Johannes de Camoys filius haeres domini Radulphi de Camoys salutem in Domino Noveritis me tradidisse dimiâ—isse spontaneâ voluntate meâ— domino Willielmo Paynell Militi Margaretam de Camoys filiam haeredem domini Johannis de Gatesden uxorem meam etiam dedisse concessisse eidem Willielmo relaxasse quietum clamasse omnia bona catallâ— quae ipsa Margareta habet vel de caetro habere posset etiam quicquid mei est de praedictâ Margaretâ bonis vel 〈◊〉 cum pertinentiis ita quod nec ego nec aliquis alius nomine meo in praedictâ Margaretâ bonis catallis ipisus Margaretae cum suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus nec debemus imperpetuum Et volo concedo per praesens Scriptum confirmo quod praedicta Margareta cum praedicto domino Willielmo sit maneat pro volunt 〈◊〉 Willielmi In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum mâ—um apposui His testibus Thomâ de Depeston Johanne de Ferrings Willielmo de Icombe Henrico le Biroun Stephano Camer Waltero le Blound Gilberto de Batecombe Roberto de Bosco aliis Alleaging That she did cohabite with this William by the freewil and consent of the same Iohn and delivery of her as the words of the Grant do import Howbeit after great Arguments on each part in regard she was never reconciled to her said Husband but surviving him did afterwards formally mary this Sir William Paynell at length judgment was given that she should not have any benefit of that Dowry This William was summoned to Parliament in 32 Edw. 1. and so till 8 Edw. 2. inclusive And in 34 Edw. 〈◊〉 was of the retinue to Iohn de Warenne in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 35 Edw. 1. But all I have farther seen of him is That he granted to the Canons of Heringham in Suffex his Mannor of Cokeham and thirty two Acres of Land in Lanucyngg with the Ferry at New Shoreham in Suffex and that he departed this life 1 Apr. 10 Edw. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Littleton Paynell and Knighton Paynell in Com. Wilts Westcote in Com. Surr. As also of the Mannors of Wolbeding Atte-Fure Hamtoneâ— and Okhangre in Com. Suss. And moreover that to him succeeded Iohn Paynell his Brother and Heir who in 10 Edw. 2. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands saving to Eva de S. Iohn the Widow of the said William her reasonable Dowry Which Iohn in 12 Edw. 2. obtained the Kings Charter for a Market upon the Tuesday every week at his Mannor of Littleton in Com. Wiltes as also a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and departed this life the same year leaving Maud his Daughter and Heir thirty years of age Pantulf IN Anno 1074. 8 Will. Conq. William Pantolf a valliant Knight through the advice of Mainer the venerable Abbot of St. Ebrulfs at Utica founded the Abby of St. Peter at Norum and amply endowed it with Lands and Tithes as also with the Churches within his several Lordships both in England and Normandy and Tithes of all his possessions Moreover he gave all his personal Estate to be equally divided betwixt the Monks of St. Ebrulfs and those of Norum Roger de Montgomeric his superior Lord then residing at Beâ—esâ—â—e in Normandy adding his Confirmation thereto Furthermore in Ann. 1077. 10 Will. Conq. he accompanied Robert Abbot of St. Ebrulfs Brother to Hugh de Grentmesnill after he had been at the Dedication of the Churches of Cane Baieâ—x and Bec which were Consecrated the same year into Apulia at which time Robert Wigard then Duke of Calabria received him with much Honor and taking notice of his valor endeavored to retain him in his service with promise of ample reward setting him next to himself at dinner and offering him in case he would stay three Cities in Italy But it so falling out about this time Mabeâ— the Countess being killed by Hugh de Salgei a stout and resolute Knight that this William was shrewdly suspected to be accessory to the murther in regard he had intimate familiarity with that Knight Whereupon Earl Roger de Montgomerie his superior Lord making seizure of all his Lands and seeking his life he fled to Utica with his Wife and Sons and there in great fear remained a long time under the protection of those Monks till at length through the importunity of divers noble persons it was concluded that he should undergo that severe Trial by Fire-Ordeall viz. to purge himself from the guilt of this foul murther by carrying a piece of Iron red hot in his Hands Which he did without any harme his Adversaries looking on with purpose to cut off his Head in case they had discerned him guilty After which having received great consolation in the height of his Adversity from the Abbot and Monks of Utica he gave them four of those Palls which he brought out of Apulia whereof four Copes were made for the Chanters in their Church at Utica
Kings Charter for a weekly Market upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Wymersley before mentioned as also a Fair yearly on the Eve and Day of St. Martin in Winter But considering that none of these had ever any Summons to Parliament and consequently stood not in the degree of Barons of this Realm I shall not pursue my story of them any farther then briefly to take notice that Elizabeth the Wife of Iohn Nevill of Althorpe in Com. Linc. was the Daughter and Heir of Robert Newmarch and he the Son of Ralph Newmarch descended from the before-specified Roger Newmarch as may seem by the Inheritance which she enjoyed viz. the Mannors of Wilmersley Askerigge and Scothorp In Comitat. Ebor. and Whatton in Com. Nott. Peverell of Nottingham THe first of this name of whom I find mention is Ranulph Peverell who at the time of the Conquerors Survey held four Lordships in Com. Salop. six in Norfolk nineteen in Suffolk and thirty five in Com. Essex Which Ranulph was the reputed Progenitor of the several Families of that name for having married ... the Daughter of Ingelric founder of the Collegiate Church of St. Martins le Grand in the City of London who had been a Concubine to William Duke Normandy not only those Children which he had by her but that very William begotten on her by the same Duke before his Conquest of this Realm had the name of Peverell Of these therefore being next to speak I shall begin with William so begotten of that Concubine This William in the second year of the Conquerors Reign when all places of strength were committed to the trust of the Kings chiefest friends and allies had the Castle of Nottingham then newly built and scituate most advantageously both for defence and pleasure given to him and with it or soon after divers Lands in sundry Counties of a large extent for by the General Survey it appears that hethen had forty four Lordships in Northamptonshire in Essex two in Oxfordshere two in Bedfordshire two in Buckinghamshire nine and fifty five in Noâ—â—inghamshire with forty eight Tradesmen's Houses in Nottingham yielding thirty six shillings Rent per Annum as also seven Knights Houses and eight Borderars there of all which the Honor of Peverell did consist in Derbysâ—ire fourteen whereof Bolâ—sover and the Castle of Peke with the Honor and Forest were part and six in Leicestershire Of this William it is farther memorable that upon the breach which hapned betwixt Robert Curthose and King William Rufus he himself with eight hundred men held the Castel of Helme in Normandy against Rober Curthose but upon siege laid thereto was constrained to give it up And after this viz. in 1 Steph. being one of the temporal Lords in that great Councill then held at Oxford he is mentioned amongst the Witnesses to the Laws then made and ratified by King Stephen Likewise that in 3 Steph. conducting the forces of Nottinghamshire he was one of the chief Commanders in that notable Encounter with the Scots near North-Alverton in Yorkshire called Bellum de Standardo and worthily shared in the Victory then obtained by the Northern Barons against those bold Invaders But in 7 Steph. fighting stoutly on the Kings part in the Battle of Lincolne and being there with him taken Prisoner his Castle of Nottingham was disposed of by Maud the Empress to William Painell howbeit the year next following his own Souldiers recovered it again by a stratagem in the night time Moreover he founded the Priory of St. Iames near Northampton and likewise that of Lenton near Nottingham for Cluniac Monks amply endowing it with Lands and Revenues for the health of the Soul of King William the Conqueror and Maud his Wife K. William Rufus King Henry the first and Maud his Consort as also for the Souls of William and Maud their Children and likewise for the health of his own Soul and the Souls of Aveline his Wife William his Son and all his other Children Of which William his Son it is chiefly memorable that having poisoned Ranulph Earl of Chester about the later end of King Stephens Reign and fearing the severity of King Henry the second for that foul crime he fled to a Monastery of his own Patronage which doubtless was Lenton where he caused himself to be shorn a Monk but being advertised of King Henries coming that way from York he quitted his habit and privily fled away leaving all his Castles and possessions to the Kings Pleasure some of which continued many years after in the Crown as appears by the Sheriffs Accompts and at length were given by King Henry the second to Iohn Earl of Moreton afterwards King But some came to the Family of Ferrers in marriage with Margaret Daughter and Heir to this last mentioned William as Higham in Northamptonshire one of the Lordships whereof William his Father was possessed at the time of the Conquerors Survey afterwards distinguished by the name of Higham Ferrers from another of that name called Cold-Higham in the same County Peverell of ... ¶ HAving thus done with the Descendants of William Peverell of Nottingham I come next to Haman Peverell the eldest Son of the before-specified Ranulph This Haman was one of the Barons id est chief Tenants to Roger de Montgomery Earl of Shrewsbury founder of the Abby of St. Peter in the Suburbs of that place shortly after the Norâ—â—n Conquest and in the time of Earl Hugh Son and successor to Roger gave the tithes of all his Lordships in Com. Salop. to the Monks of that great Abby viz. Burton under Lime Wulrinton Arkalon Heâ—tone Wilsipeland Cley Brugelton and Kincardesei Moreover he gave unto them the Lordships of Witenton Chinardesei Crugelton and Selepe Sybill his Wife joining with him in the Grant But farther of him I have not seen nor of Sybill his Wife then that she was the Daughter and Heir to Gerard de Tournay which Gerard gave the Lordships of Beâ—ton to those Monks of Shrewsbury Peverell of Dovor THe next Son of the said Ranulph was William Peverell of Dovor so called in regard he was Castallan id est Governor there This William gave to the Monks of St. Maries at York eight Carucates of Land in Rudstan and was Witness to that Charter of King Henry the first whereby he settled the Episcopal See for Somersetshire at Bathe which antiently had been at Welles Moreover he founded the Priory of Hatfield Peverell in Com. Hertf. which was a Cell to that great Abby at St. Albans and Confirmed to the Monks of Thorney the Grant of seven Acres of Land at Copthorne with a Meadow in Botulbrigg belonging thereto given unto them by Hugh de Leisures To which William succeeded William his
power he could make though he loved that King very well and joyning with the rest of the Northern Barons marched to North-Alverton where the Kings Standard being erected they all Rendevoused upon notice and exhortation from the venerable Thurstan Archbishop of York who had likewise caused all the Clergy of his Diocess to repair personally thither with their Crosses Banners and Relicks of Saints carried before them to defend the Church of Christ against the rage of that barbarous people And beholding the English Army formally drawn up for Battle as also the Priests in their sacred Vestments with their Crosses and Relicks walking about and encouraging the Soldiers being then a very aged person exceeding wealthy likewise of grave deportment and singular elocution he made a Speech to them with great majesty and weight Wherein representing to them that though he was rightfully a Subject to the King of England nevertheless that from his youth he had been a Friend and Familiar to the King of Scots And therefore being an old Soldier and sufficiently skilled in Military Affairs as also not ignorant of the danger impending considering likewise the ancient Friendship betwixt himself and that King and that he stood obliged to him not only by the Band of Friendship but by a kind of necessary fidelity desired leave of his fellow Soldiers to go to him with purpose either to disswade him from fighting or friendly to leave him And accordingly coming into his presence told him That what he had to advise should be honorable to himself and profitable to his Realm adding That the English had been his best Friends and that they had so approved themselves to Duncan and Edgar his Brothers in their greatest exigents instancing in sundry particulars wherein they had obliged him when he stood most in need of their aid demonstrating likewise to him the unavoidable consequences of War viz. Rapine Spoil and Destruction And that though his Army was more numerous yet the English were more valiant and strong and resolved to conquer or loose their lives Which expressions so wrought upon that King that he forthwith brake out into tears and had condescended to a peaceable accord but that William his Nephew a person of extraordinary courage and the cheif instigator of this invasision came in and in great sury charging this Robert de Brus with treachery disswaded the King from hearkning unto him Whereupon returning with sorrow to the English Host preparation was suddenly made for Battle which forthwith ensuing the English obtained a glorious victory To conclude This Robert being a very devout Man gave to the Monks of Whitby in Yorkshire the Church of Midlesburgh with two Carucates and two Bovates of Land in Nehuham upon condition that they should place certain of their Covent there which they accordingly did making it a Cell to that Abby He also gave to the Abby of S. Maries at York his Lordship of Appilton likewise that of Hornby and all the Lands lying betwixt the same and the great Road-way leading from York to Durham which was parcel of his Lordship of Middilton In Sunderland-Wick he moreover gave them two Carucates of Land and a Mill as also the Town of Karkarevill which by the Monks of that House was assigned to their Cell at Wederhal in Cumberland And departing this life 5 Id. Maii Anno 1141. 6 Steph. was buried in the Abby of Giseburne leaving issue by Agnes his Wife Daughter of Fouke Paynell with whom he had the Mannor of Carleton two Sons viz. Adam and Robert and a Daughter called Agatha the Wife of Ralph the Son of Ribald Lord of Middleham in Yorkshire who had in Frank-marriage the Lordship of Ailewick in Hertnes Unto which Robert he gave Anandale to hold of the King of Scotland By reason whereof being Liegeman to that King in a War afterwards hapning betwixt the English and Scots it was his fortune to be taken by his Father fighting courgeously on the behalf of that Nation and sent prisoner to the King of England Whose courtesie was such when he had him so in his power as that he delivered him back into the hands of his own Mother Being thus again with his Parents and telling his Father they had no Wheat Bread in Anandale he gave him the Lordship of Heâ—t and Territory of Hertnes in the Bishoprick of Durham to hold of himself and his heirs Lords of Skelton But this being the younger Brother I shall leave what I have farther to say of him and his Descendants for a while and come to Adam the elder who being a courageous young Man was with his Father in that famous Battle called Bellum de Standardo near North Alverton against the King of Scotland where the English had the glory of the day as hath been already observed From this Adam King Henry the Second took the Castle of Daneby with the Lordship and Forest thereto appertaining and gave him instead thereof the Grange of Micklethwait with the whole Fee of Colingham and Berdesey whereof by violence he had bereft the Monks of Kirkshall in Yorkshire out of displeasure to Roger de Moubray as it is said But all that I have farther seen of him is That having founded the Priory of Hoton in Yorkshire and given to the Knights Templers one toâ—t in Engieby and three at Yarum he died upon the thirteenth Kalend. of April 8 H. 2. and was buried at Giseburne leaving issue by Ivetta the Daughter of William de Arches Widow of R. de Flamvill Adam his Son and Heir commonly called Adam the second Which Adam notwithstanding he did not certifie his Knights Fees in 12 Hen. 2. as other of the Barons did in order to an equal Assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter was rated as it seems for two which he then held of the Earl of Chester and for twenty which he held of the King And in 14 Hen. 2. paid so many marks accordingly for them In 18 Hen. 2. he paid fifteen pounds upon levying the Scutage of Ireland and dying 1 Kal. Apr. An. 1185. 21 Hen. 2. was also buried at Giseburne leaving issue Peter his Son and Heir and Isabel a Daughter married to Henry de Percy Which Peter in 10 Rich. 1. paid five hundred marks for his Fathers Lands And most earnestly desiring to repossess the Lordship and Forest of Daneby of his antient Inheritance formerly taken from Adam his Father by King Henry the Second as hath been observed rendred and quit-claimed to King Iohn in the second of His Reign all his interest in the Lordships of Berdesey Colingham and Rington and moreover giving unto him a thousand pounds sterling obtained them accordingly In
likewise of the Mannor of Eard with the Advowson of the Church in the County of Kent as also of the Mannor of Halnaked in Com. Sussex Which Hugh being Executor of his said Fathers Testament in 5 Edw. 3. representing to the King by his humble Petition that whereas his Father had served King Edward the Second in his Wars both in Gaâ—coigne and Scotland according to the tenor of a certain Indenture whereby he was retained with that King as well in times of War as Peace upon certain wages then agreed on for himself and those of his retinue and to have recompence for as many Horses as should be lost in such service as also to receive in times of Peace such wages as other Bannerets of the Kings Houshold had And moreover that divers sums of Money due to him both for his wages and loss of Horses in those Wars were then in arrear did thereupon obtain the Kings Precept to the Lord Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer to account with him for the same and to make satisfaction for what should be found in arrear But this Hugh lived not long for it appears that in 11 Edw. 3. he departed this life being then seised of the Mannors of Berâ—ham Bradham Walberton Woodcote and Middilton in Com. Suss. Basing Chauton Warneford Ludesheet and Bromleigh in Com. Southampt As also of sixteen Knights Fees in the County of Kent and that Mirabell his Wife had her Dowry in all those Lands and Fees leaving Edmund his Son and Heir four years of age Which Edmund died in his minority and in Ward to the King in 21 Edw. 3. Whereupon Elizabeth his Wife surviving him had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Walberton in Com. Suss. Aâ—botsâ—one and Bromley in Com. Southampt And twenty six shillings one penny yearly Rent out of the Mannor of Basing in Com. Southampt And Margaret the Wife of Iohn de S. Philiâ—ert with Isabell the Wife of Henry de Burghâ—rsh his Sisters became his Heirs Betwixt whom Partition of the Lands of their Inheritance being made in 21 Edw. 3. Iohn de S. Philibert and Margaret had for her purparty the Mannor of Basing with the Bailiwick of the Forest of Pambere in Com. Southampt the Parks of Privet and Morgaston likewise a certain Pool in Shireburne in the same County as also the Mannor of Shotwell in Com. Berks. assigned to her And the said Henry de Burghersh and Isabell his Wife the Mannor of Halnaked with the Appurtenances in Com. Suss. the Mannors of Bernham and Middilton in the same County with ten pounds yearly Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Newbery in Com. Kanc. And one Acre of Land lying in the West Field within the Mannor of Basing before specified so likewise of the Knights Fees And of the Reversion of the other Lands viz. which Gerard de I'Isle and Elizabeth his Wife held as the Dowry of the before specified Elizabeth from her former Husband Edmund de S. Iohn Brother of the said Margaret and Isabell the said Iohn de S. Philibert and Margaret his Wife had the Mannors of Shireburne Abbotstone Bromleigh Chauton and Ludesheet in Com. Southampt And Lucâ—s de Poynings and Isabell his Wife Henry de Burghersh being dead and he the said Lucas then her Husband the Mannor of Eard Iuxta Deptford in Com. Cantii with Walberton Bridham and Woodcote in Com. Suss. assigned to them After which ere long the said Margaret Wife of Iohn de S. Philibert departed this life viz. 19 Octob. 35 Edw. 3. leaving Iohn her Son and Heir three years of age who likewise died upon the thirteenth of November next ensuing so that then the before specified Isabell Sister of her the said Margaret Wife of Lucas de Poynings became Heir to the whole Inheritance whereupon he the said Lucas de Poynings having issue by her and doing his homage had Livery of all those Lands so descended to her as well by the death of her Sister Margaret as by the death of Iohn Son of the said Margareâ— Port. BEsides this Port of Basing there was another Baron of that name called Adam who residing in herefordshire certified his Knights Fees in 12 Hen. 2. to be in number twenty one a fourth part and two fifths De Veteri Feoffamento as also one Knights Fee and two thirds De Novo Which Adam in 20 Hen. 2. upon collection of the Scutage of Ireland paid twenty two pounds thirteen shillings for his Fees De Veteri Feoffamento and thirty three shillings four pence for those De Novo in regard he was neither in that expedition nor sent any Soldiers thither But in 6 Riâ—h 1. William de Braose upon collection of the Scutage for that Kings Redemption paid twenty two pounds thirteen shillings for those Fees though by what title he had them appears not so likewise upon collection of the first Scutage of King Iohn And after him Reginald de Braose upon collection of the first Scutage of King Henry the Third paid forty five marks six shillings six pence for the same Fees which were of the Barony of Adam de Port as the Record expresseth Engaine THe first of this Family taken notice of by our publick Records is Richard Ingaine who possessed Senelai in Buckinghamshire and Redinges in Huntendonshire in the time of King William the Conqueror Unto whom succeeded Vitalis Engaine and likewise Richard Engaine for the Daughter of which Richard together with his Office in the Forest Hugh de Auco or Owe gave the King at that time three hundred pounds fine This Richard being Lord of Blatherwic in Comit. Northamp in King Henry the seconds time and other Lands in those parts founded a little priory for Canons Regular of the order of St. Augustine at a certain place then called Hymel Castle but since Finsheved about a mile Eastward from Blatherwic In 2 3 Ric. 1. he had the Sheriffalty of Northamptonshire and having married Sarra a Daughter to the Earl of Oxford departed this life upon the 9. Kal. of May An. 1208. 10 Ioh. leaving issue two Sons Richard and Vitalis Which last mentioned Richard being one of those who adhered to the rebellious Barons in 17 Ioh. had his Lands seised into the Kings hands for that transgression and died soon after To whom succeeded Vitalis his Brother and Heir who having also been with his Brother Richard in Armes against King Iohn sped as he did as to the seizure of his Lands but in 1 Hen. 3. those storms being over had restitution of them again In 26 Hen. 3. this Vitalis Engaine made partition with William de Cantilupe Baron of Bergavenny of the Mannor of Badisundesfield in Suffolk
his cheif residence was one seven in Glocestershire eight in Hereâ—ordshire besides the Castle of â—â—â—fford which William Fitz-Osberne Earl of Hereford had newly built upon a piece of waste Ground and nineteen in Norfolk Being a devout Man he gave to the Monks of Uâ—ica in Normandy two Lordships lying in Worcestershire viz. Caldecote and â—â—winton to the Monks of Bâ—c his Mannor of Wrotham and to the Monks of Conchis his Mannor of Leve with the Tithes of his Dâ—mesin Lands throughout all his other Lordships Moreover to the Monks of West Acre in Norfolk a Cell to Lewes in Sussex he gave all those Lands which Oliver the Priest held of him By Elizabeth or Isabell as some call her the Daughter of Simon de Montfort who surviving him became a Nun in the Abby of Alta Brueria he left issue Ralph his Son and Heir Roger his elder Son dying in his youth and Godechild a Daughter first married to Robert Earl of Mellent and afterwards to Baldwin Son of Eustace Earl of Bolein and departing this life 9 Kal. Apr. An. 1102. 2 Hen. 1. was buried with his Ancestors in the Abby of Conchis before mentioned Which Ralph took to Wife Iudith one of the Daughters to Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and had with her the Lordships of Welcomstow in Essex and Kertling vulgarly called Carthlage in Cambridgshire and some other Lands by whom he had issue two Sons viz. Roger and Hugh and divers Daughters He had also another Wife called Margaret who in 10 Hen. 2. accounted to the King for the surplusage of the Revenue of Welcomstow Which Margaret was sixty years of age in 32 Hen. 2. This last mentioned Roger gave to the Monks of Conchis his Lordship of Weretham in England as also the Church and Tithes of that Mannor with the Mill and Moors thereto adjoyning likewise Forty Acres of Land in Ostenton and whatsoever else he had in that Township He likewise founded that little Monastery of Nuns dedicated to S. Giles in the Wood near Flamstead in Hertfordshire And having divers sharp skirmisnes with Robert Earl of Leicester and Guâ—leran Earl of Mellent about the beginning of King Stephens Reign was at length by them taken prisoner But those quarrels being afterwards put to an end by a peaceable composure he had his liberty and about two years after was brought by them to King Stephen and honorably reconciled unto him By ... his Wife Daughter to the Earl of Henault this Robert had in marriage twenty pounds Lands in Bercolt of the gift of King Henry the First He had likewise a Grant from King Henry the Second of one hundred shillings Land in Holcham in Com. Norf. and departed this life in An. 1162. 8 Hen. 2. leaving issue by ... his second Wife Daughter to Robert Earl of Leicester a Son called Roger then of tender years Which Roger in 6 Rich. 1. upon levying the Scutage for that Kings Redemption accounted forty shillings for his Lands in Sussex and in 1. Ioh. obtained a Charter to himself and Constance the Daughter of Richard Vicount Bellomont a Kinswoman to the King and to their Heirs of the Lordship of Alrichescote in Com. Devon Which King Henry the First gave unto Constance his Daughter Grand-mother to the before specified Constance in Confirmation of that Grant thereof which had been made unto them the said Roger and Constance before he attained the Crown of this Realm So likewise of Lands to the value of forty pounds per annum which had been due to him from King Iohn from the time he was Earl of Moreton and then also obtained the Mannor of Saham in Norfolk by the gift of that King To him succeeded Ralph his Son and Heir as I guess who was in Arms against King Iohn with the rest of the Rebellious Barons of that time as it seems For in 18 Ioh. I find that the King granted unto Walerand Teys the Mannor of â—lamstead which was his cheif Seat towards the charge of defending the Castle of Berkamstead Of this Ralph and his younger Brother Roger a valiant and expert Soldier the Monk of S. Albans makes this notable relation viz. That in the Moneth of Ianuary An. 1128. 12 Hen. 3. Roger lying on his Death Bed near Reading in Berkshire his Brother Ralph desired to have some Conference with him and being then distant thirty miles rode with all speed to come to his life But when he got thither finding him speechless and void of sense with great lamentation he cryed out My dear Brother I conjure thee in the name of God that thou speak to me adding That he would never eat again unless he might have some discourse with him And that thereupon the dead man sharply rebuked him for thus disquieting his spirit by those importunate clamors telling him that he then beheld with his eyes the torments of evil men and the joys of the Blessed and likewise the great punishment whereunto he himself miserable wrâ—tch was destined And going on in their discourse Ralph replied Shalt not thou then be saved Yes quoth Roger for I have done one good work though but a little one that is to say a small gift to the honor of the Blessed Virgin for which through Gods mercy I trust for redemption But quoth Ralph may not those punishments whereunto thou art designed be mitigated with good Works Masses and Alms Deeds Yes quoth Roger Why then quoth Ralph I do faithfully promise thee that for the health of our Souls and the Souls of our Ancestors I will found a Religious House for good Men to inhabite who for the health of our Souls shall always pray unto God Whereunto Roger replied I stand much in need of such helps but do desire you to promise nothing herein that you will not effectually perform And so bidding him farewel gave up the ghost After which his Brother in fulfilling of what he had expressed built a Monastery in the Western part of England and amply endowed it with Lands and Revenues In 17 Hen. 3. upon that loss which the Kings Army then in Herefordshire received by the power and strenght of Richard Earl Marshall and his complices the King constituted this Ralph with Iohn de Monmouth his Generals of all those Forces which were at that time in the Confines of Wales and gave him Maud Castle in Herefordshire which was his own before by right Moreover in 22 Hen. 3. he sent his Precept to him thereby requiring his personal attendance at Oxford with the rest of the Barons Marchers upon the Tuesday next ensuing the Quinzime of Easter there to confer touching those dangers which were then impending from the Welsh But the next ensuing year viz. in An. 1239. 23 H. 3. being signed
intelligence that David Son to the Prince of Averâ—raw had taken the Homages of the chiefest persons in North-Wales sent his summons to this Roger de Chandos amongst others of the Barons-marchers to repair to Oxford on Tuesday next after the 15. of Easter to consult touching that Affair And in 41 Hen. 3. gave him command to assist Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford in guarding the Marches near Montgomery Moreover in 47 Hen. 3. the Welch being again in Arms this Roger received further summons to come to Hereford upon Monday next after the Purification of our Lady well furnished with Horse and Arms for preventing their bold incursions To him succeeded Robert his Son and Heir which Robert in 50 Hen. 3. doing his homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and in 10 E. 1. was in that expedition then made into Wales Upon his death which hapned in 30 E. 1. it was found that he held the Mannor of Snodhull with its appurtenances by Barony and the service of two Knights Fees and that he left issue Roger his Son and Heir who paying his relief and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands the next ensuing year In 34 E. 1. this Roger received the honour of Knighthood with Prince Edward and many others by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies and thereupon attended him into Scotland in that expedition at that time made In 3 E. 2. he was again in the Scottish Wars So likewise in 12 E. 2. being then of the retinue unto Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex In 15 E. 2. he was made Sheriff of Herefordshire in 20 E. 2. Governour of the Castle at Kaerfilli and in 1 E. 3. again Sheriff of Herefordshire and Governour of the Castle at Hereford So likewise in 2 E. 3. And in 4 E. 3. Governour of the Castles of Glamorgan and Morganoâ— But farther I am not able to continue a direct series of his Successors I come therefore to Roger de Chandos Brother and Heir to Thomas de Chandos deceased This Roger in 7 E. 3. performing his Fealty had Livery of his Lands and in 8 E. 3. was constituted Sheriff of Herefordshire and Governour of the Castle at Hereford In 10 E. 3. he obtained License to settle the Mannor of Lugwandyn in Com. Heref. upon Thomas the Son of Roger Chandos the elder and Luce his Wife and the Heirs of their two bodies retaining to himself the Lordships of Snodhulle and Wylington as also to enfeoffe Walter the Son of Roger Chandos of the Mannors of Snodhulle and Fawnhope in Com. Heref. to the use of him the said Roger and the Heirs of his body and for want of such issue to Thomas Son of the same Roger and the Heirs of his body and so for want of issue c. to Richard brother of Thomas Roger brother of Richard Mathew brother of Roger and Iohn brother of Mathew In 19 E. 3. being then a Banneret he received summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King into France And having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 7 E. 3. till 27 departed this life in the same 27. year whereupon Thomas his Son and Heir doing his homage had Livery of his Lands excepting the Mannor of â—ylington held by Maud his Wife in Dower as parcel of the Barony of Snodhull which Maud died upon the Feast day of the Annunciation of our Lady 36 E. 3. Her Son Thomas being then a Knight and thirty years of age who doing his homage had Livery thereof soon after and dyed in 49 E. 3. ¶ Of this Family and in this age did that famous Souldier Sir Iohn Chandos Knight flourish concerning whom our Historians do make a very honourable mention In 30 E. 3. he was in that memorable Battel of Poytiers in France and in 33 E. 3. in consideration of his eminent services in the Wars of France especially in that of Poytiers obtained a grant from Prince Edward of two parts of the Mannor of Kirketon in Lindsey in Com. Linc. to hold for life In which 33 year being retained with King Edward to serve him for life in the office of Vice-Chamberlain he obtained a grant of an hundred pounds per annum to be received out of the Exchequer And the next ensuing year in consideration of his great services in the Wars and otherwise had a grant to himself and his Heirs for ever of the Baronies of S. Saviour le Uicount Daunvers and Dongebill as also of the Lands and Knights Fees of S. Marie de Montefarsellis and Romilly and likewise of all other the Lands and Possessions of Godfrey de Harecurt deceased which King Edward had at that time in France by the grant of the said Godfrey After which he built the Castle of S. Saviours In 41 E. 3. this Sir Iohn Chandos accompanied Prince Edward into Spain in that expedition which he then made thither on the behalf of Peter King of Castile and Leon whom Bertrand Clekyn a famous Souldier attempted to depose And being with Iohn Duke of Lancaster in the Van of the English Army gave battel to him at Nazar where they obtained a glorious victory But this renowned Person in 44 E. 3. being in the Wars of Gascoigne putting off his Helmet unwarily was there slain to the great sorrow of both Kingdoms Whereof the King of France himself was so apprehensive that he passionately said There was not any Souldier living so able to make peace betwixt both Crowns as He. Whereupon Elizabeth and Alianore two of his Sisters which Alianore was then the Wife of Roger Colyng and Isabell daughter to Margaret the third Sister at that time married to Sir Iohn Annesley Knight were found to be his next Heirs ¶ Of this Family likewise was another Sir Iohn Chandos Knight who in 8 Hen. 6. died seised of the Mannors of Lugwardyn and Lymbury in Com. Heref. but without issue whereupon Giles Bruggs Esquire Son of Alice one and Margaret the Wife of Nicholas Mattesdon the other Sister were found to be his next Heirs Wahull IT is said that upon the Conquest of England the Lord of Wahull and Stephen then Lord of la Leie divided the Fee of Wahull betwixt them and that thereupon the Lord of Wahull had two parts and Stephen the third viz. the one of them twenty Knights Fees and the other ten Also that the Lord of Wahull having a mind to keep the whole part of Segenho and the Demesns of Brocheburgh caused all the Woods and Plains to be measured by the perch So likewise all Northwood and Cherlewood adjoyning and outed the Inhabitants allowing unto
besieged but Robert de Stutevile then Sheriff of Yorkshire by the help of some Northen Barons timely relieved it In 23 Hen. 2. this Odonell was one of the witnesses to that Arbitrament made by King Henry betwixt Alfonsus King of Castile and Sanctius King of Navarre As to his pious Works first he demised to the Monks of Newminster the Moors of Chyviott with the Granges of Filton and Tollard and gave to the Canons of Hexham the Church of Chelverton with the Chapels of Birteley Chipecess Gonewarton and Swineburne Little Heton and Colewell as also eight Ox-gangs of Land in Little Chelverton and five Acres of Land called Michelcroft lying on the North-side of the Church And departed this life in 28 Hen. 2. To whom succeeded Robert his Son and Heir And to him Richard de Vnfranvill Which Richard in 6 R. 1. gave one hundred pounds to the King for remitting that Fine which he had made with the Bishop of Durham when the County of Northumberland was in that Bishop's hand and that he might enjoy the King's favour though he did not go into Ireland in that expedition then made thither In 7 R. 1. he stood indebted to Aaron a Jew in the sum of xxiij l. vi s. viij d. for which his Land of Turnay stood engaged And in 5 Ioh. obtained a grant of such a priviledge that none should presume to graze with their Cattel hunt or cut down any Woods in his Forest of Riddesdale and Crokesdale In 6 Ioh. he gave an hundred Marks Fine to the King for his part of those Lands which G. Bishop of Winchester held at his death And in 14 Ioh. the Times being then turbulent delivered up his four Sons in Hostage with his Castle of Prudhou to secure his fidelity so that in case he should thenceforth transgress all to be forfeited and his body disposed of as a Traytor at the King's pleasure Nevertheless so little did he regard this his great Obligation that in 17 Iohn when the Barons put themselves in Arms he made one amongst them for which his Lands were seised and given to Hugh de Baillol But soon after King Henry the Third began to Reign the times growing more calm and quiet he had restitution of his Castle of Prudhou c. Notwithstanding which the King had no great confidence in him in regard he discerned that he fortified his Castle at Harebotle and thereupon in the 6 th of his Reign directed his Precept to the Sheriff of Northumb. to empannel a Jury of twelve Knights of that County to view it and having so done to demolish whatsoever had been added thereto in point of fortification since the War In the time of this Richard it was by Inquisition found that he held the Barony of Prudhou of the King by the service of two Knights Fees and an half as all his Ancestors had done from the time of King Henry the First As also the Town of Little Ryhull paying to the King xx s. per Annum And likewise the Valley of Redesdale de antiquo feoffamento by the service of guarding it from Thieves and Robbers This Richard gave to the Monks of Hexham one Toft and seven Acres of Land in Birteley and the whole Pasture of Coldene as also one Toft and eight Acres of Land in Prudhou and died in 11 Hen. 3. or before for then Gilbert his Son and Heir doing his Homage and paying an hundred pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Lands And in 13 Hen. 3. was one of the Northern Barons appointed by the King to be at Barwick upon Twede upon Sunday before Mid-lent thence to attend Alexander King of Scotland to York where King Henry met him In 17 H. 3. doing his Homage also he had Livery of the one half of the Lands of Mathew de Torinton as one of his Cousins and next Heirs And in 26 Hen. 3. gave a Fine of one hundred Marks over and above his Scutage to be freed from attending the King into Gascoigne Not long after this viz. in 29 Hen. 3. he went by the King's leave with the Earl of Gloucester into the parts of Glamorgan And having given the Hamlet of Beaumond to the Monks of Hexham departed this life in Passion-week in the same 29. year of King Henry 3. Praeclarus Baro partium Augliae Borealium Custos flos singularis parvulum suum relinquens haeredem A famous Baron Guardian and chief flower of the North leaving his Heir of tender years saith Math. Paris Whose Wardship the King committed to Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester he giving ten thousand Marks as a Fine to the King for the same The name of which Heir was called also Gilbert But Maud the Wife of the deceased Gilbert was then surviving and held the Mannor of Hameldâ—n until such time as the King assigned her a competent dowry In 43 Hen. 3. this last mentioned Gilbert being of age upon collection of the Scutage of Wales paid xi l. xij s. for five Knights Fees an half a fourth and twentieth part of the Fees of Mathew de Torinton and held the Mannor of Prudhou with its members viz. Hedley Hasely Wythil Rucestre Inghon Heton Great and Little Babington Herle Welpington Chelidton Barvisford Chipces Birteley Little Heton Thekerington Hirlawe and Welenden for two Knights Fees and an half of antient Feoffment He likewise held Riddesdale by the Royal Power In 49 Hen. 3. being in Arms with the Barons for a while he did no mischief but before the Battel of Evesham he came in to Iohn de Baillol submitting to the King's Authority And in 51 Hen. 3. obtained a Grant for a Market every week at Overton commonly called Market Overton in Com. Rutl as also for a Fair once every year there in which Charter he is stiled Earl of Angos and not before that I have seen But after this ere long viz. in 3 E. 1. Walter de Swethorp came to the King and made a sad complaint against him setting forth that after the end of the Troubles and Peace publickly proclaimed by King Henry the Third this Earl Gilbert did seise upon him and keep him Prisoner in his Castle at Hyrbotel until he had given him one hundred Marks The King therefore directed his precept to Guischard de Charrun and Wâ—de Northbi to hear and determine of this injury In 20 E. 1. this Gilbert being constituted Governour of the Castles of Dunde and Forfare and of the whole Territory of Anegos in Scotland K. Edw. sent his Precept to the Bishops of S. Andrews and Glascow and other the Guardians of that Realm for allowing him such costs and expences as he had been at in the defence of those places In 22 E. 1. he received command to be at Portsmouth
of Hugh le Despenser who marrying her without the King's License was Fined at two thousand Marks ¶ Of this Family was also William de Chaworth viz. Son of Robert Brother of the first Patric Which William in 2 Ioh. gave five pounds Fine to the King that he might not go beyound Sea To whom succeeded Robert his son and heir which Robert in 6 Ioh. paid a Fine of one hundred Marks and one Palfrey for his Relief and that he might have the King's Charter for those Lands he then held by military service whereof he had no Grant But died without Issue whereupon William his Brother became his heir Which William by Alice his Wife daughter of Robert and sister and coheir to Thomas de Alfreton had Issue Thomas de Chaworth whose Wardship and Marriage in 26 Hen. 3. he being then in minority Robert de Lathom and Ioane his Wife one of the coheirs to the said Thomas de Alfreton giving one hundred and fifteen Marks obtained In 31 Hen. 3. this Thomas de Chaworth arriving to his full age doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands so descended to him by the death of Thomas de Aufreton and in 25 E. 1. had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm Moreover in 29 Edw. 1. he obtained License to grant unto the Canons of Beauchief in Com. Derb. ten Tofts eleven Oxe-gangs fifty eight Acres of Land sixteen Acres of Wood and ij l. xviij s. per Annum Rent in Alfreton Norton Grenehull Bradeway and Wodesets for the maintenance of one Priest to celebrate Divine Service daily in the Abbey of Beauchief for the health of his own Soul as also for the Soul of Ioane his Wife and their Ancestors whereupon he gave unto them the whole Hamlet of Grenehull lying within the Soke of Norton with certain Rents in Aufreton and Norton But in regard that neither he nor any of his Posterity which have ever since flourished in the Counties of Notingham and Derby have after that time been farther summoned to Parliament I shall here put a period to my discourse of this antient Family Burun OF this name there were two that lived in the time of King William the Conqueror viz. Raphe who held eight Lordships in Notinghamshire and five in Derbishire whereof Horsâ—ei was one and Erâ—isius who had in Yorkshire thirty two Lordships whereof Binghelei was one whereunto belonged six Hamlets and twenty eight in Lincolnshire From which Raphe de Burun descended Hugh who gave to the Monks of Lenton in Com. Nott. all his Lands in Cottesgrave in that County which Grant King Stephen confirmed as also the Church of Osâ—ynton and moity of the Church of Cotgrave in the same County and likewise the Church of Hoyley in Com. Derb. To whom succeeded Roger de Burun who in 2 Hen. 2. paid to the King forty Marks for his Relief and in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then levyed for marrying of the King's daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number ten his residence being then in Notinghamshire for which in 14 Hen. 2. he paid ten Marks In 22 Hen. 2. this Roger was amerced at ten Marks for trespassing in the King's Forests and in 33 Hen. 2. paid ten pounds in regard he was not in that Expedition of Galwey Likewise in 6 Ric. 1. as much upon the Assessment of the Scutage for the King's Redemption But all that I can farther say of him is that he bestowed the Town of Osâ—ynton on the Knights Hospitallers and that his Barony was given by King Iohn to William de Briwer for the Record expresly saith that William de Briwer held ten Knights Fees in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. granted to him by King Iohn which were of the Barony of Burun Nevertheless of this antient Family there hath continued in those Counties of Nott. and Derby an eminent Branch till this day though not Barons till by a late Creation in the time of King Charles the First as in due place I shall shew Blount AT the time of the general Survey made by King William the Conqueror Robert le Blund was possessed of the Lordships of Gisworth Walsham Gascefield Wice Sapestune Hepworde Wicam Lesewrde Watefelle West-Ledestune Westorp Wiverthestune and Giselinche in Com. Suff. There was also contemporary with him William le Blund probably his Brother who then likewise held the Lordships of Croâ—sby Cateby Widcale Torgroby Salfleteby and Schitebroâ— in Com. Linc. To which Robert succeeded Gilbert le Blund his son and heir which Gilbert Founded a Religious House at that his Mannor of Gisworth vulgarly called Ixworth for Canons-regular of S. Augustine's Order and took to Wife Alice de Colkirke by whom he had Issue William his son and heir Which William by Sarah de Montchensi his Wife had Issue another Gilbert but by mistake sometimes written Hubert who in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then levyed for marrying the King's daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number twelve This last mentioned Gilbert having wedded Agnes de Lisle begot on her William his son and heir who being in minority at his Fathers death became Ward to the Bishop of Ely but in 32 Hen. 2. was thirty two years of age the Lands whereof he was possessed being the Lordships of Yxeworth his chief Seat Esteldei and Walcham in Com. Suff. and Edulfesberg in Com. Buck. This William by Cecelie de Vere his Wife had Issue another William and two daughters viz. Agnes and Rohese which last mentioned William in 47 Hen. 3. taking part with Montfort Earl of Leicester and other the Rebellious Barons of that time became a Party to the Reference then made by them unto Lewes King of France touching the Ordinances of Oxford but the next year following being Standard-bearer to that Earl in the Battel of Lewes was there slain leaving his two Sisters his heirs viz. Agnes the Wife of Sir William de Criketâ—t Knight and Rohese of Robert de Valoines who thereupon shared his Lands which were held by Barony The male Line of these antient Barons thus coming to an end it was long ere any younger Branch of this Family had advancement to that dignity In the interim therefore what I have seen memorable touching any of them I shall here represent in order of time In 35 Hen. 3. Iohn le Blund having married one of the sisters and coheirs to Richard de Wrotham doing his Homage had Livery of her Purparty of those Lands in Com. Somerst and Dorset as were of her Inheritance In 39 Hen. 3. Peter le Blund was made Constable of the Tower
beleagured his Sister the Empress at Oxford designing to divert him he forthwith laid Siege to the Castle at Warham and continuing it for three months obtained it by Render But in the mean while the Empress for want of Victuals got away from Oxford in the night-time by a Postern the ground being covered with Snow and the river Frozen with five persons only in her company all cloathed in White and came on foot to Walingford unto whom he soon repaired And not long after this viz. in Anno 1143. 8 Steph. having notice that King Stephen intended to make a Garrison of the Nunnery at Wilton to prevent the Excursions of those in Salisbury who favoured the Empress he raised all the power he could and upon the first day of Iuly in the evening came thither and set fire on the Town where the King's Souldiers lay Which put the King in such a fright who was then in the Nunnery that he left his Plate and other goods behind him and fled away And when the Earl of Anjou having setled all things beyond-Sea in Peace grew sollicirous for Henry his only Son whom at the instance of this our Earl he had 4 years before permitted to come hither and sent for him back he conducted him into Normandy and forthwith returned into England Of this great Earl it is farther memorable that he built the Castle of Caerdiff and in his Lordship at Bristoll Founded a certain Priory to the honour of God and S. Iames the Apostle which he plentifully endowed and made it a Cell to the Abbey of Tewksbury as Craneburne was for the special love that he bore to that Abbey in regard he had used to have the Abbot of Tewksbury and twelve Monks with him every Sunday throughout the year as long as he lived He likewise built the Castle of Bristoll the Stone whereof came from Caen in Normandy and gave every tenth stone of it to the Fabrick of our Lady-Chapel in his Priory of S. Iames. He also Founded the Abbey of Margan in Wales endowing it with Lands lying betwixt Avene and Keneâ—eg and erected a Spire upon the Tower-steeple at Tewksbury To the Monks of Nethe in Com. Glamorgan he gave certain Lands at Ponte and Blakeâ—arre To the Monks of Gloucester a certain Mill called Ford-mill as also Treygof and Penhou And departing this life on the morrow preceeding the Calends of Nov. Anno 1147. 12 Steph. was buried in the Quire of the same Priory of S. Iames under a Green Jasper-stone leaving Issue by the before-mentioned Mabell his Wife four Sons viz. William his Successor in that Honour Roger Bishop of Worcester who departed this life at Tours in France 9 August Anno 1179. 25 Hen. 2. Hamon who died in the King's Army at the Siege of Tholoâ—e Anno 1159. 5 Hen. 2. and Philip of which Philip it is reported that upon the success which King Stephen had in taking that Castle at Ferandune in Berkshire built by Robert Earl of Gloucester to annoy the King's Army then at Oxford and routed his Forces about Ferandune divers revolting from the Empress amongst other this Philip who had been a stout and active Souldier for her fell off and thereupon receiving large rewards from the King grew as fierce on his side against the Earl his Father and all other of the Empresses party as any whatsoever surprising Reginald Earl of Cornwall in his passage to the King with Overtures of Peace It is also said that having married the Niece of Roger Lord Berkley highly resenting that barbarous usage which Walter Brother to the Earl of Hereford had exercised towards him to constrain his yielding up of the Castle at Berkley he resolved to waste all that Country but before he could put in practice this his purpose he fell grievously sick and thereupon vowed a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land This Earl had also a Daughter called Maude married to Ranulph sirnamed Gernons Earl of Chester which Maude Founded the Priory of Repandune in Com. Derb. I come now to William his eldest Son and Successor This William in his Father's life-time was by him made Governour of the Castle at Warham and in 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the Aid for marrying of the King's Daughter certifyed his Knights Fees in Kent to be twenty two and an half and third part and elsewhere 260 and an half de veteri Feoffamento and thirteen and an half de novo Having with other great men opposed the King on the behalf of young Henry as it seems in 20 Hen. 2. he returned to his obedience He had great contests with one Your sirnamed Bach a little man of stature but exceeding valiant who kept himself for the most part in the Woods and Mountains of which this Earl endeavoured to bereave him or at least to straiten his limits Yvor therefore being irritated thereat came in the night to Caerdiff-Castle with his men and though the Walls were high and that there was no less than one hundred and twenty Souldiers besides a large number of Archers he scaled them and took away this William with his Countess and their young Son and carrying them to the Woods refused to release them until he had full restitution of what had been wrongfully taken from him This Earl obtained the Lordship of Caerleon from Meredith ap Howell viz. Son to Howell Lord thereof The Works of Piety performed by him were very many and large for it is evident that he founded the Abbey of Chaynesham in Com. Glouc. and amply endowed it Moreover that he gave to the Monks of Nethe the whole Wreck hapning upon their Land to the Monks of Bermundsey the Church of Camberwell to the Canons of Bradenstoke liberty for themselves and servants of buying and selling in the Market at Bristoll Toll-free to the Canons of S. Augustines at Bristoll one hundred Acres of Land in Kiburgh as also the Church of Grantendene to the Nuns of Eaton in Com. Warr. the Church of Mapeldresham with the Chapel of Petersfield in Com. Sutht Furthermore he was a great Benefactor to the Priory of S. Iames at Bristoll founded by his Father as appears by his gift thereto of Esselege and a Fair in Bristoll at Whitsontide with the Tithe of the Rent of his Mills at Newport in Wales and the tenth part of the Rent of his Forest which Candelan kept Likewise the tenth of the Rent of his Mills at Runne Staâ—elton and Leovenath also one Burgage in Newport-Meadow and that all Newport-Meadow at Bristoll lying betwixt the Castle and the Church of S. Iames should be of that Parish Moreover all the Churches in Cornwall with
of them again And the same year obtained the King's Letters to David King of Scotland for restitution of his Lands in that Realm which had been seised by Robert de Brus his Father In 5 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governour of the Isles of Garnesey Ieresey Serke and Aureney So likewise in 6 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland as also in 11 E. 3. And in 13 Edw. 3. being appointed Guardian of the Sea-coasts in Lincolnshire against the danger of an Invasion and having in that service many Souldiers under him for whose support he had been at great expences he was in consideration thereof discharged from finding such men at Arms Hobelars and others for his Lands in Yorkshire whereunto otherwise they had been liable In this year the King returning from Brabant came about mid-night to the Tower of London and finding no more than three servants there and his own Children grew so highly offended that he presently caused the Lord Mayor of London with the Lord Chancellour and Treasurer as also this Thomas several of the Judges and other persons of note to be sent for and committed them to several prisons but soon after being set at liberty with honour in 16 Edw. 3. he was in the Wars of France In 17 Edward 3. he obtained License for a Market every week upon the Munday at Buttercram in Com. Ebor. and two Fairs yearly one on the Feast day of S. Butolph the other on S. Leonard And in 21 Edw. 3. gave one Toft and ten Acres of Land in the Moor of Blakeshowe in Farnedale in Com. Ebor. to the Crouched-Friers for the building of an Oratory with other Edifices for their Habitation As to his other Works of Piety he founded a Monastery first at Newton near Cotingham in Com. Ebor. and afterwards translated it to Haut-Emprise plentifully endowing it with Lands and Revenues for the health of his Soul and for the Soul of Blanch his Wife daughter to Henry Earl of Lancaster as also for the Souls of Iohn his Father Ioane his Mother their Children Parents Ancestors and Heirs for the Pope's approbation whereof the King wrote his Letters And having been summoned to Parliament from 11 Edw. 2. till 22 Edw. 3. inclusive departed this life without Issue 31 Maii 23 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Stivington in Com. Bedf. of the Castle and Mannor of Lydel in Com. Cumb. of the Mannor of Merton in Com. Westm. Stowe-Bydon in Com. Norff. Ware in Com. Hertf. Colne-Wake with the Advowson of the Church in Com. Essex Cheâ—erfield with its members in Com. Derb. Wyastngden in Com. Rotel of the Castle and Mannor of Brunne with the Mannors of Dieping and Kelby in Com. Linc. And of the Mannors of Cotyngham Wyneton Kirkeby-Moreshed Atton Hemlyngton Buttercram Middleton Cropton and Langton in Com. Ebor. leaving Margaret Countess of Kent Widow of Edmund of Wodstoke Earl of Kent his Sister and Heir forty years of age Which Margaret performing her Fealty had Livery of them shortly after Blanch his Wife then surviving who had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Brunne Deping and Kelby in Com. Linc. Styvington in Com. Bedf. Ware in Com. Hertf. Colne-Wake in Com. Essex As also certain Lands in Stepenhithe in Com. Midd. ¶ A younger Son to the last Baldwin Lord Wake was Hugh Wake who in 34 Edw. 1. was in the Scotish Wars so likewise in 4 Edw. 1. This Hugh had by the gift of his Father the Lordships of Blyseworth in Com. Northt with divers other Lands and left Issue Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in 4 Edw. 3. obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Blyseworth Crauely and Helpeston in Com. Northt as also in those which he then had at Deping in Com. Linc. But neither he nor his Posterity whose chief seat hath since that time been at Blyseworth having been Barons of this Realm I have no more to say of them Trusbut THE first of this Family of whom I have seen mention was Geffrey Fitz-payn which Geffrey had his residence at Wartre in that part of Yorkshire called Holderness but of him nothing farther memorable than that he there founded a Priory of Canons-regular of S. Augustines Order and gave to the Canons of Nostell two Bovates of Land lying in Tockwith This William took to Wife Albreda Daughter of ... Harecurt one of the Coheirs to Maude de Dover as the Descent here drawn doth shew and had part of her Inheritance which Albreda calls the Canons of Scokiâ—k Dominicos Canonicos mei Domini mei her and her Husband 's own Canons This William Trusbut was also seated at Wartre and left Issue three Sons Richard Geffrey and Robert and three Daughters Rose Hillaria and Agatha Of which Sons all that I have met with is first that Richard in 3 Henry 2. accounted to the King forty Marks for his Lands at Reibi and that Geffrey did adde so much to what his Grandfather had given to the Canons of Wartre that he thereupon had the repute to be the first Founder of that Religious House Likewise that Robert gave to those Canons of Wartre the Church of All-Saints at Melton within his own Fee But none of these Sons having Issue the three Sisters became Heirs to the Estate Rose being Wife to Everard de Ros a great Baron in Holderness Hillaria of Robert de Budlers and Agatha first of ... and afterwards of William de Albini of Belvoir the third of that name Of which three Sisters Hillaria departing this life without Issue the Lands of her Inheritance were shared betwixt William de Ros Grandson to Rose the eldest Sister viz. Son of Robert Son of Everard de Ros above-mentioned and Agatha the third Sister Widow of William de Albini as hath been said Which Agatha gave to the Nuns of De la pre near Northampton four Ox-gangs of Land viz. two in Brandestone and two in Falclibe but deceasing also without Issue the whole at length devolved to the same William de Ros whereupon in 32 Hen. 3. he paid one hundred pounds for his Relief for that whole Barony of Trusbut and Wartre Traili IN the time of King Henry the First Geffrey de Traili with William Gilbert and Nicholas all Sons to Albreda second Sister of Walter Espec a great Baron in the North were witnesses to his Foundation-Charter of Rievaulx-Abbey in Com. Ebor. As also to his Foundation of that at Kirkham in the same County This Geffrey with Albreda his Wife as also William and Geffrey his Sons bestowed the Church of Giâ—eldene on the Monks of Thorney and in 5 Steph. gave a Fine to
thirty five Marks to the King to be excused from attending him into Gascoâ—gne Moreover to the Canous of Brinkeburne he gave one hundred and forty Acrâ—s of his waste-waste-lands in Evenwode with a large proportion of his wastes near Framelintone as also House-boot Cart-boot Plow-boot c. out of his Woods in the Foresâ—s But before the end of that year he departed this life leaving Roger his Son and Heir who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Which Roger in 34 Hen. 3. complained against R. de Merley that he held plea in the County-Court for a Market at Morpeâ—h to the damage of his Market at Mitford whereupon the King directed his Precept to the Sheriff of Northumberland to stop the sute it belonging not to the cognizance of that Court. In 42 Hen. 3. this Roger with other of the Northern-Barons had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and all the force he could raise and to march into Scotland for rescuing the King of Scots then in minority who had married the Daughter of King Henry out of the hands of his rebellious Subjects being by them then held in restraint But in 48. Hen. 3. being in Arms against the King at Northampton with the rest of the Rebellious Barons and there taken prisoner the King required his Eschaetor beyond Trent to seise his Castle of Mitford and all other his Lands in Northumberland and committed them to the custody of William de Valence This Roger sold to the Monks of Newminster the Granges of Heyton Hortune and Peteric formerly demised to them by Roger his Ancestor and ratified that Grant to them which Peter the Parson of Miâ—ford had formerly made To him succeeded another Roger who departing this life in 5. Edw. 2. left one sole Daughter and Heir called Agnes which Agnes dying without Issue the Issue of his four Sisters became her Heirs viz. William Fitz-williams Son of William Son of Thomas Fitz-williams Lord of Elmeley and Sprotborough in Com. Ebor. who married Agnes the eldest of them Philip Darâ—y Son of Norman Darâ—y Son of ... Darâ—y and Isabell his Wife the second Sister Elias de Penulbury the Son of Christian de Ros the third Sister and Gilbert de Aton Son of Isabell Daughter of Ada de Ver the fourth Sister Bertram of Bothall IN 12 Hen. 2. upon that assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter Richard Bertram certified his Knights Fees which he then held de veteri Feoffamento to be three in number This Richard confirmed to the Monks of Tinemouth two Sheaves out of his Lordship of Bothall which they had of the gift of his Ancestors and in 8. Ric. 1. gave to the King ten Marks for License to marry his Daughter to whom he should think fit To him succeeded Robert who in 2 Ioh. upon collection of the second and third Scutage of King Ric. 1. paid six pounds and gave to the Monks of Newminster certain Lands called Forum This Robert held the Barony of Bothall of the King in Capite by the service of three Knights Fees as his Ancestors had formerly done de veteri Feoffamento and left Issue Richard his Son and Heir who being in minority at the death of his Father scil in 4 Ioh. was committed to the Guardianship together with his Lands of Robert de Tebevill But afterwards scil in 17 Ioh. taking part with the Rebellious Barons his Lands were given by the King to Richard de Lok To this Robert succeeded Roger another Son of the last mentioned Richard which Roger in 23 Hen. 3. paying fifty pounds for his Relief and doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance his Barony consisting of the Lordship of Bâ—thall with its members scil Weteworth Newmore Deggisworth Heburne Funtotier Tirthington Erdisdon and Langerst with its members viz. More and Estngden In 35 Hen. 3. this Roger obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Bothall and Heburne in Com. Northumb. And in 36 Hen. 3. was fined at sixty Marks for Hunting in the King's Forests Moreover in 42 Hen. 3. amongst other the Barons of the North he had command from the King to prepare himself with all his power and to march into Scotland for rescuing the King of that Realm who had married King Henry the Third's Daughter out of the hands of his rebellious Subjects and departed this life in 46 Hen. 3. leaving Robert his Son and Heir nineteen years of age Which Robert had Issue Roger who died in his life time and he another Robert who in 28 Edw. 1. upon the death of Robert his Grand-father was found to be thirteen years of age Which Robert in 2 Edw. 3. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and died in 8 Edw. 3. leaving Robert his Son and Heir twelve years of age who making proof of his age in 2 Edw. 3. had also Livery of his Lands This last mentioned Robert took to Wife Margaret one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Constance the Wife of William de Felton and in 17 Edw. 3. obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Bothall Moreover in 19 Edw. 3. he was constituted Sheriff of Northumberland and Governour of the Castle of New-Castle upon Tine And the next ensuing year upon that Invasion of David King of Scotland with a powerful Army joyned with the rest of the Northern Barons in giving them Battel near Durham where they obtained a glorious Victory and took David their King prisoner But shortly after this having the custody of Malculine Flemyng a Scot committed to his charge he permitted him to escape for which respect his Lands were seised by the King but not long after viz. in 21 Edw. 3. through the intercession of Henry Earl of Lancaster he had restitution of them again and for his good service in the taking of William Douglas in the Battel of Durham obtained an Annuity of two hundred Marks per Annum during his life out of the King's Customs in the Port of New-Castle upon Tine This Robert died ... leaving Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Helen who became the Wife of Sir Robert Ogle Knight Ros or Roos of Hamlake THat the Ancestor of this great and noble Family viz. Peter did originally assume his sirname in the time of King Henry the First from that Lordship in Holderness called Ros where he then had his Residence needeth not to be doubted This Peter gave to the Abbey of S. Maries in York the Church of Gilling in Ridale and wedded
in Gascoigne In 33 Hen. 3. this Henry having married Alice the Sister and Heir to Gerard de Lindesey paid fifty pounds for his Relief of the moity of the Barony of Limeffe and died in 38 Henry 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Weden in Com. Northt which he held of the King in Capite by Barony Likewise of the Mannor of Fulmere and Dachet in Com. Buck. and minescore Acres of Land in Eumedon in Com. Essex As also of sevenscore Acres of Land in Orsteshall in the same County leaving Henry his Son and Heir twenty six years of age Which Henry performing his Fealty and paying one hundred pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Lands and in 42 Hen. 3. received command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Chester upon Monday preceeding the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist for restraining the Welch in their Hostilities To this Henry succeeded another Robert who in 10 Edward 1. being in the King's service in Wales had Scutage of all his Tenants by Military service in the Counties of Northt Buck Bedf. Essex Hertf. Warr. Oxon Berks. Suff. Norff. and Somerst And in 22 Edw. 1. having been in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Lordships of Fulmere and Dachet in Com. Buck. Christeshall and Emedon in Com. Essex and Stanes in Com. Northt but died soon after for in 25 Edw. 1. Henry his Brother and Heir paying his Relief had Livery of his Lands From which Henry and his Ancestors as it was afterwards found by Inquisition there had antiently been paid to the hands of the Constable of Windsore-Castle fifteen pounds yearly for this Barony of Pinkney towards the Guard of that Castle it being held of the Crown by fifteen Knights Fees This last mentioned Henry in 26 Edw. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland Soon after which he gave to the Canons of Ashby in Com. Northt freedom of Pawnage for fourscore Hogs in his Woods at Wapenham and ratified to them that Grant which Henry de Pinkney his great Grandfather's Father had formerly made to them for free Pawnage of forty Hogs there so that thence-forth they should have sixscore Hogs in those Woods quit of Pawnage And having been summoned to Parliament with other of the Barons of this Realm in 25 27 and 28 Edw. 1. in 29 Edw. 1. by his Deed bearing date at Bothevill 4 September granted and rendred his Mannor of Wedon commonly known by the name of Wedon-Pinkney in Com. Northt with the Advowson of the Priory there and all the services of his Free-holders at Wedon and Wapenham in that County as also the Homage and Services of Robert de Wannci and his Heirs and many others unto the King his Heirs and Successors for ever Muscamp IN the time of King Henry the First Robert de Muscamp obtained a Grant from that King of the Lordship of Wllovere in Com. Northumâ— with its members viz. Heepol Lowye Beleford Forde Hethall Crutum Herdrislawe Lynemerstoâ— Brankeston Heddon Akild Coupland Yever Hamildon Houbourne Begirmor Dichend 〈◊〉 Fenton Yesâ—ngton Friâ—oltan â—ollisdon Ulecesâ—re and the moity of Elwye to be held in Capite by Barony by the service of four Knights Fees Which Robert had Issue Thomas who took part with young Henry Crowned King by King Henry the Second in his life-time in 19 Hen. 2. against the King his Father And having married Maud the Daughter of William de Vesci of Aâ—nwike had Issue by her Robert de Muscamp his Son and Heir and he another Robert Which last mentioned Robert in 8 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Scutage of Montgomery was acquitted for his four Knights Fees having been as it seems in that service and having no Issue but three Daughters viz. Margery Wife of Maliâ—ius Earl of Stratherne Isabell married to William de Huntercumbe and Cecilie to Odonell de Forde departed this life in 34 Hen. 3. â—ir magni nominis in partibus Borealibus a man of great note in the North saith Math. Paris leaving the said Margery and Isabell then living and Isabell the daughter of Cecilie de Forde then Wife of Adam de Wiggeton his next Heirs who giving Security for the payment of an hundred pounds for their Relief had thereupon Livery of the Lands of their Inheritance Lovell THE first who assumed this sirname of Lovell was William the Son of Asceline Goell Son to Robert Lord of Iverâ— in Normandy and Isabell his Wife Natural daughter of William de Britolio Brother to Roger de Britolio sometime Earl of Hereford Which William Lovell taking part with Waleran Earl of Mellent against King Henry the First and fighting stoutly on his part in that notable skirmish near the Borough of Turold where Waleran was utterly vanquished and made prisoner being taken in his flight by a Peasant gave him his Armour for liberty to escape and having so done cut all his Hair according to the mode of an Esquire by which means he passed unknown to a Ferry upon the River of Sene where he gave his Shooes to the Boatman to carry him over and so at length got bare-foot to his own house But after this ere long surviving his Brother and making his peace with the King he obtained the Castle of Ivery with the Lands thereto belonging And in 3 Steph. when Robert Consul Earl of Gloucester with divers other of the great men in that time appeared for Maud the Empress against King Stephen and fortified divers places on her behalf he then favouring her Title manned his Castle at Cari in Com. Somerst for her This William was a special Benefactor to the Monks of S. Ebrulf at Utica in Normandy and by ... his Wife Sister to the before-specified Waleran Earl of Mellent left Issue two Sons viz. Robert and William By some of our Historians the person who then held that Castle against King Stephen is called Raphe Luvell But the next of whom I find mention is Henry Lovell Son or Grandson of the before-mentioned William I presume who in 5 Hen. 2. upon collection of the Scutage then levyed paid five Marks and in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento to be eighteen and one de novo In 22 Hen. 2. this Henry was amerced for trespassing in the King's Forests at an hundred Marks and in 33 Hen. 2. impleaded Robert de Levintone for certain Lands in Broctone Dictanestone and Briweton To this Henry succeeded Raphe who in 1 Ioh. gave sixty six pounds for Livery of his Barony of Cari. This Raphe
Flanders to Margaret Dutchess of Burgundy Sister to the late King Edward the Fourth from whom with two thousand stout Souldiers under the conduct of Martin Swart an eminent German Commander he was sent into Ireland on the behalf of Lambert Simnell that counterfeit Duke of York and came over into England with Iohn de la pole Earl of Lincoln and the rest of that party by which means he under-went the like fate as they did being slain in the Battel of Stcke near Newark upon Trent 16 Iunii 3 Hen. 7. This Francis married Anne Daughter to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh but had no Issue by her so that being attainted in 1 Hen. 7. his two Sisters viz. Ioanc the Wife of Sir Bryan Stapleton Knight and Fridiswide married to Sir Edward Norris Knight could inherit nothing from him Lovell Lord Morley ¶ I Now come to William Lovell second Son to William Lord Lovell and Alice his wife Sister of William Lord Deincourt This William married Alianore the Daughter and Heir to Robert Lord Morley by reason of which marriage he had the title of Lord Morley and departed this life on the morrow after the Feast of S. Iames the Apostle 16 Edw. 4. being then seised of the Mannors of Bridesmithe Uppadon-Lovell and Erdeskote in Com. Wilts leaving Issue Henry his Son and Heir ten years of age and Eleanor his Wife surviving Which Eleanor died upon the twentieth of August following being seised by right of Inheritance of the Mannor of Halyngbury-Morley in Com. Essex Walkern in Com. Heref. Heyngham Swanton-Morley Burston Matsale Mokeryng Albye Folsham and the Hundred of Fourhâ— in Com. Norff. as also of the Mannors of Shobyngton Est-Claydon Crawley and Woburne-Deincourt in Com. Buck. Henry her Son and Heir being then eleven years of age Which Henry in 4 Hen. 7. bearing the title of Lord Morley had a special Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And having married Elizabeth the fourth Daughter of Iohn de la Pole Earl of Lincoln being sent with the Lord Daubenie and others from England into Flanders in the same fourth year of Hen. 7. in aid of Maximilian King of Romans against whom a Rebellion in those parts had been used was unhappily slain at Dixmew by a Gun-shot and buried at Calais leaving no Issue so that Alice his Sister taking to Husband Sir Henry Parker Knight had Issue by him a Son called Henry who in 21 Hen. 8. was summoned to Parliament by the title of Lord Morley Munchensi IT was not long after the Norman Conquest that Hubert de Munchensi gave to the Monks of Eye in Com. Suff. his house at Iakesâ—e as also to the Monks of Thetford two parts of the Tithes of Belcham and likewise bestowed the Church of Edwardeston in Com. Suff. and two Acres of Land with two parts of the Tithes of Staneton and Stanestede on the Monks of Saint Albans whereupon Edwardeston became a Cell to that great Abbey which Grant King Henry the Second confirmed Moreover in 5 Steph. this Hubert gave an hundred pounds for an exchange of the Mannor of Seham in Com. Suff. which Hugh Bigot obtained from him It is said that this Hubert had Issue Warine de Munchensi and he another Hubert which is like enough to be true for in 33 Hen. 2. it appears that Hubert de Munchensi was in Ward to the Bishop of Ely with his Land of Streford part of the Honour of Henry de Essex At the same time also Agnes de Munchensi Widow of Warine as I guess Daughter of Pain Fitz-Iohn then sixty years of age had three Sons viz. Raphe and William both Knights and Hubert a Clerk as also two Daughters the one married to Stephen de Glanvile and the other to William Painell her Lands at Holkham in Com. Norff. being then valued at eleven pounds per Annum But the next of whom I find any thing memorable is William de Munchensi who in 2 Ric. 1. paid an hundred Marks Fine to have Livery of the Mannor of Winserthing in Com. Norff. This William in 6 Ric. 1. attended the King into Normandy and in 2 Ioh. gave forty Marks and one Palâ—rey to be exempted from that expedition then made beyond Sea his Lands lying in the Counties of Essex Suff and Norf. But in 6 Ioh. he died if not before for then did William Earl of Arundell give an hundred Marks for the Wardship of his Lands and Heir whose name was also William Which William though then in minority obtained from the King a special Grant of all the Demesns and Fees whereof the Countess of Hereford died siesed in consideration whereof he paid a Fine of two hundred Marks But it seems that this William lived not long after for it appears that in 15 Ioh. Warine de Munchensi his Uncle I suppose gave a Fine of two thousand Marks for Livery of his whole Inheritance and to be quit of those debts which he owed to the Jews This Warine took to Wife Ioane the second Daughter to William Mareschall Earl of Pembroke and in 7 Hen. 3. being in that Expedition then made into Wales had Scutage of all his Tenants by Military service in the Counties of Suff. Norff. Essex Kent Hertf. and Buck. Moreover in 8 Hen. 3. upon collecting the Scutage of Montgomery he was acquitted for fourteen Knights Fees and an half and in 26 Hen. 3. being in that famous Battel at Xantoine against the French won lasting Honour by his valiant deportment there In 34 Hen. 3. the King ratisied to this Warine de Munchensi all the Liberties appertaining to the Lands of Raphe de Munchensi his Uncle whose Heir he was which Liberties were granted by King Henry the Second But in Anno 1255. 38 Hen. 3. he died being then reputed one of the most noble prudent and wealthy men in all the Realm his Inventory amounting to two thousand Marks leaving Issue William his Son and Heir whose Wardship the King granted to William de Valence half Brother to the King who had married Ioane his Daughter by the King's appointment Which William de Munchensi was then near to his full age as it seems for before the end of that year he had Livery of all the Lands in Essex doing his Fealty whereof Raphe de Haye died seised whose Heir he was and the same year upon collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid twenty nine pounds for fourteen Knights Fees and an half which he then had Moreover in 40 Hen. 3. as Son and Heir to the before-specified Warine doing his Homage he had Livery of all his Lands lying in Norff. Essex Kent Glouc. and Northampton
which descended to him by his death and in 42 Hen. 3. had summons to attend the King at Chester well fitted with Horse and Arms on Monday preceeding the Feast of Saint Iohn Baptist to oppose the Hostilities of the Welch Furthermore in 46 Hen. 3. being one of those discontented Barons then at odds with the King he received notice that in case he did not personally repair to the Court as divers of them did to ratisie that Accord betwixt the King and them at that time made he might send his Seal for the better confirmation thereof And in 48 Hen. 3. having been one of the chief Commanders on the part of the rebellious Barons in that fatal Battel of Lewes where the King was made their prisoner the next ensuing year when they summoned a Parliament in the King's name he was one of the chief of those Barons that then sate therein But not long after this being taken at Kenilworth in that notable surprise made by the Forces of Prince Edward a little before the Battel of 〈◊〉 whereof I have elsewhere particularly taken notice his Lands were seised and given to William de Valence who had married his Sister as before is observed Whereupon Dionysia his Mother undertook to bring him in before the Feast of S. Hillary in 51 Hen. 3. to stand to the judgment of the King's Court in pursuance of the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth but being not able to perform it within the compass of that time by reason of his sickness she promised to bring him in upon that very day where and at which time he had such fair respect for his Sisters sake that William Valence her Husband freely restored them to him again After which viz. in 6 Edw. 1. he obtained a formal and full pardon for those his rebellious actings and in 10 Edw. 1. marched with the King's Army into Wales in that Expedition then made thither Furthermore in 11 Edw. 1. having obtained from Iohn de Munchensi the Mannor-house and fourth part of the Mannor of Hasâ—ingfeud doing his Homage he had Livery thereof And in 13 Edw. 1. obtained a confirmation from that King of all those Priviledges and Liberties which were granted to his Ancestors by King Henry the Second in particular that he might keep Dogs to hunt the Hare Fox and Wilde-Cat in his Forests and to have a weekly Market at his Mannor of Gareston But in Anno 1289. 17 Edw. 1. marching with the Earl of Cornwall then Governour of the Realm in the King's absence into Wales against Rees ap Griffith at that time in the Castle of Drosselan who had made great depredations in those parts endeavouring to demolish that Castle by undermining it was with divers others overwhelmed in the fall thereof Shortly after which Hugh de Vere a younger Son to Robert Earl of Oxford then being the King's servant obtained a Grant of Dionysia the sole Daughter and Heir to this deceased William with purpose to make her his Wife and having afterwards accordingly married her in 25 Edw. 1. in consideration of his great services in the Wars of France doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance Dionysia her Grandmother then living who being a pious and devout Woman founded the Nunnery at Waterbeche in Com. Cantabr in Anno 1293. 21 Edw. 1. and departed this life in 32 Edw. 1. whereupon Hugh de Vere who had married her said Niece and Heir had Livery of those Lands whereof she died seised ¶ Having thus finished what I had to say of this principal Branch I come now to the next viz. William de Munchensi of Edwardeston in Com. Suff. who is said to be a younger Brother to the last mentioned Warine though neither he nor any of his Descendents had ever summons to Parliament This William married Beatrix one of the Daughters and Heirs to William de Beauchamp of Bedford and had Livery of her Purparty of that Inheritance in 6 Edw. 1. but died in 14 Edw. 1. being siesed of the Mannor of Potemere in Com. Hertf. as also of the Mannors of Brendeshale in Balinton Stanstede Weston Pilton Wylinghale Finchenfeld Beauchamp-William Manhale Brenyâ—ge Boxgrave and Leyre-de la Hay in Com. Essex fifty two Acres of Land and Meadow in Haselingfeld in Com. Cantabr certain Lands in Scratford in Com. Suff. as also of the Mannor of Edwardeston in the same County and in right of Beatrix his Wife of the Mannors of Bramham Konhale Dylewike and Kerenton in Com. Bedf. and certain Lands in Lyncelade and Suthcote in Com. Berks. William his Son and Heir being at that time twenty one years of age Which William departed this life in 30 Edw. 1. leaving William his Son and Heir twenty two years of age who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands the same year and in 32 Edw. 1. was in the Scotish Wars But this is all I have seen of him till his death in 11 Edw. 3. at which time being seised of the before-specified Mannor of Edwardeston he left Thomas de Munchensi his Son and Heir twenty one years of age who then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and had Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Ioane married to Sir Richard Waldgrave Knight Lucie THE first mention I find of this name is in that Render made to Richard de Lucie by King Henry the First of the Lordship of Disce in Norfolk where the Record expresseth that it was not known whether it were so yielded to him as his Inheritance or for his Service This Richard being Governour of Faleis in Normandy in 3 Steph. stoutly defended it against Ieffrey Earl of Anjou who had laid Siege thereto and deserving so well of that King obtained from William Earl of Gloucester his Son the Town of Grenestede in Essex with the services of divers persons to hold by ten Knights Fees as also the Lordship of Stanford and Angre a member thereof together with Roring and Cristeshale to hold by the service of three Knights Fees And afterwards in those times of Hostility betwixt Maud the Empress and King Stephen taking part with that King issued out of Oxford with William de Chesney then Governour there and encountring with some Forces which were sent out of Wallingford-Castle by the Empress routed them and took divers prisoners But at length viz. in 18 Steph. upon that Agreement made betwixt the King and Henry Duke of Normandy whereby it was concluded that Henry should succeed him in the Throne of this Realm for the better securing of that Accord the Tower of London and Castle of Winchester by the advice of the whole Clergy were then given into the hands of this Richard He by
his solemn Oath promising that upon the death of King Stephen he would faithfully deliver them to Henry and for his more effectual performance of that Trust gave up his own Son for an Hostage All which being afterwards accomplished he was in 2 Hen. 2. constituted Sheriff of Essex and Hartfordshires and in 7 Hen. 2. the King being then in Normandy and hearing of the death of Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury was sent thence into England to procure the election of Thomas Becket then Lord Chancellour in his room Moreover such was the esteem he then had with King Henry that in the eighth of his Reign he was advanced to that great office of Justice of England And shortly after viz. in 10 Hen. 2. upon that Recognition x made by King Henry of the antient Laws of this Realm was one of those who undertook y for his observance of them In 12 Hen. 2. upon the Aid then assessed for marrying the King's Daughter he certified his Knights Fees lying in the Counties of Kent Suffolk and Norfolk de veteri Feoffamento to be in number seven and that his Ancestors performed the service of Castle-guard at Dovor for the same as also that he held one Knights Fee more de novo Feoffamento in Com. Devon But the same year upon those great Differences which hapned betwixt the King and Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury Becket fleeing into Normandy and coming to Uiceliac to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord the King being theâ— also in those parts discerning divers persons who then repaired to that Festival and amongst them this Richard de Lucie he stept into the Pulpit and there with lighted Candles pronounced the sentence of Excommunication against them all as publick Inceâ—diaries betwixt the King and him but being neither Convicted nor called to answer with the rest he Appealed and enâ—red the Church Soon after which viz. in 13 Hen. 2. the King being still beyond Sea he was made Lieutenant here during his absence And when the King perceived that Alexander the Third then Pope gave countenance to Becket he with some others were sent to the Archbishop of Colein to complain to him against his Holiness for so doing Moreover in Anno 1173. 19 Henry 2. he marched with Humphrey de Bohun Constable of England into Scotland to waste that Country at which time they burned Barwick In this year also the Government of the Realm being again committed to him by reason of the King's absence the Earl of Leicester and others then breaking out in Rebellion on the behalf of young Henry the King's Son as our Historians do shew he joyned with Reginald Earl of Cornwall the King's Uncle in the Siege of Leicester and having taken it burned the whole Town demolishing also the Walls thereof The same year likewise he laid Siege to Huntington and took it This Richard had by the gift of King Henry the Second the Hundred of Angre in Essex as also an hundred Acres of affart-Affart-lands in the Forest of Stantord Grenestede and Angre I now come to his Works of Piety To the Canons of the Holy Trinity without Aldgate in the Suburbs of London he gave twenty shillings Rent in Nâ—wâ—on for the health of the Soul of Rohais his Wife whose Body lay there interred and to the Monks of Feversham the Lordship of Cherham Moreover in Anno 1178. 21 Hen. 2. he founded the Priory of Westwode in the Diocess of Rochester in honour of S. Thomas of Canterbury the Martyr And about the same time also began the foundation of the Priory of Lesnes in Kent which he plentifully endowed But the year next ensuing viz. in the month of Iuly he took upon him the habit of a Canon-Regular there and departing this life soon after was buried in the Chapter-house of that Monastery By the before-specified Rohais his Wife he had Issue two Sons viz. Geffrey de Lucie and Herbert de Lucie and two Daughters Maude married to Walter Fitz-Robert Progenitor to the noble Family of Fitz-Walter to whom she brought the Lordship of Disce before-mentioned and Rohais to Fulbert de Dovor Lord of Chilham in Kent Which Geffrey died in his Father's life-time leaving Richard his Son and Heir who departing this life without Issue the Inheritance resorted to Rohais his Aunt so married to Fulbert de Dovor as hath been observed Touching Herbert de Lucie his younger Son I find that he was fourteen years of age in 32 Hen. 2. and then in the tuition of Godfrey de Lucie having the Lordship of Stanford in Essex and Hundred of Angre for his livelihood but that he likewise died Issueless and that in 9 Ioh. Rohais his Sister paying a Fine to the King had Livery of the whole Barony whereunto she then had an Hereditary right by descent from Richard de Lucie and Herbert de Lucie her Brothers as the Record expresseth Command being likewise given to all the Freeholders and Tenants of those Lands in Cornwall whereof Richard de Lucie her Grandfather was possessed and whereof the said Richard de Lucit and Herbert de Lucie her Brothers were seised to do their services for them to William de Briwer unto whom she the said Rohais had granted them Of Maude de Lucie whom I presume to be the same Maude who was so married to Walter Fitz-Robert I find that she being Lady of Angre was afterwards married to Richard de Ripariis and that she died in 27 Hen. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Stanford as also of the Mannor and Hundred of Angre leaving Richard de Ripariis her youngest Son surviving Richard her Grandson being then four years of age whose Wardship was for the sum of a thousand Marks committed to Philip Basset I come now to Reginald de Lucie though I cannot as yet discover his Parentage In 20 Hen. 2. this Reginald upon that Rebellion of the Earl of Leicester and others on the behalf of young Henry the King's Son was Governour of Notingham for the King And in 1 Ric. 1. at the solemn Coronation of that King gave his attendance with the rest of the Barons He took to Wife Annabell the second of the three Daughters and Coheirs of William Fitz-Duncan Earl of Murray in Sco land by Alice the Daughter and Heir to Robert de Rumeli Lord of Skypton in Cravene with whom he had the Honour of Egremond in Com. Cumbr. by descent from Alice the Daughter of William de Meschines Lord of that whole Mountanous Territory called Coupland as elsewhere I have more fully shewed And had Issue by the said Annabell a Son called Richard who in 1 Ioh. gave
S. Mary Magdalen's day and three days following As also Free-warren within his Liberty of Cocâ—ermouth Papcastre Broughton Bretteby Crossby Ulbedâ—le Aspatrik Caldebek and Lusewater in Com. Cumbr. Langley Heyden Four-stones Allerwasâ—â— and Wardene in Com. Northumb. In 17 and 18 Edw. 2. being again made Governour of the Castle of Carlisle he had in consideration of his good services a Grant from the King of the Mannor of Meburne-Regis in Com. Westm. as also of the Mannor of Grendon in Com. Northumb. forfeited to the Crown by the Rebellion of Roger Lord Clifford and formerly bestowed on Andrew de Harâ—la but forfeited likewise by him to hold during his life Which Andrew notwithstanding that by the great favour of King Edward he had been advanced n to the Earldom of Carlisle yet afterwards taking part o most traiterously with the Scots he was surprised by this Anthony Lord Lucie and sent up to London where being degraded of his Honour he had sentence of death Moreover in 1 Edw. 3. this Anthony was again made Governour of the Castle and Town of Carlisle So likewise in 2 Edw. 3. Furthermore in 5 Edw. 3. there being divers Hostile Iâ—cursions made by the Scots upon the Marches to retaliate those injuries he entred Scotland and by fire and plunder did much mischief there About this time he was also constituted Justice of Ireland and in 8 Edw. 3. made Governour of the Town and Castle of Barwick upon Iwede as also Justice of all the King's Lands in Scotland having with him thirty men at Arms in that service where he continued till the twelfth of Edw. the Third and then was constituted Sheriff of Cumberland as also Governour of the Castle of Carlisle He was summoned to Parliament from 14 Edw. 2. until 17 Edw. 3. inclusive and in 17 Edw. 3. leaving Issue Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas having married Margaret the 3 Sister and one of the Coheirs to Iohn de Multon of Egremund in 8 Edw. 3. made Partition with them of the Lands of their Inheritance and in 11 Edward 3. had Livery of them accordingly By which Partition he had certain Lands in Distington in Com. Cumbr. parcel of the Mannor of Egremâ—nd as also the third part of the residue of the Mannor of Egremund the third part of all the Lands in Ullayk and Scalgill in Derewentâ—ell with the third part of the Mannors of Beusolaz and Flete in Com. Linc. In 12 Edw. 3. this Thomas being in the King's service in Flanders had an Assignation of forty Sacks of Wooll for his better support therein and in 13 Edw. 3. a confirmation of an Annuity of fifty pounds per Annum granted to his Father in 9 Edw. 3. to be received out of the Exchequer until he should have Lands or Rents of Inheritance to that value In 17 Edw. 3. he was one of those by whose Martial conduct and special Valour the Siege of Lough-maban-Castle which the Scots had made was happily raised being the same year joyned in Commission with Henry Lord Percy and Maurice Lord Berkley to treat with William Douglas and to receive him to the King's obedience And upon that Truce then made with the French wherein the Scots were likewise included was constituted one of the Commissioners to see the same firmly observed throughout all the Marches of Scotland Thus far during his Father's life After which in 17 Edw. 3. having done his Homage and had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance in 19 Edw. 3. upon that Invasion of the Scots near Carliâ—â—e he joyned his strength with the Bishop of Carliâ—â—e and so allarm'd them in the night time by frequent entring into their Quarters that at length they fled into their own Country Whereupon a Truce shortly after ensuing he was joyned in Commission with that Bishop and others to see the same duly observed and likewise constituted Sheriff of Cumberland as also Governour of the Castle at Carlisle Moreover in 20 Edw. 3. he went into France with King Edward for raising the Siege of Agâ—yllon and upon his return hither joyned with the Bishop of Carlisle and others in the Wardenship of the West-marches Furthermore the next ensuing year the Scots being not quiet he was associated with the Lord Dacre to treat of Peace with them In all which services he behaved himself so well and especially in that signal Battel of Durham in which the King of Scots was taken prisoner that he obtained from the King a joynt Grant together with Raphe Lord Nevill who had likewise been an eminent Commander in that Battel of Durham to settle his Mannors of Caldebek Ulbedale and Alpatrik in Com. Cumbr. upon Reginald de Lucie his Son and Euphemiâ— his Wife daughter of him the said Raphe and the Heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten for ever After which viz. in 25 Edw. 3. he was again in Commission with the Lord Percie and others to see the Peace kept betwixt the Scots and us in the Marches and the next ensuing year constituted one of the Commissioners for the arraying of men in the Counties of Cumberland and Westmerland for the defence of those parts the French then threaâ—ning an Invasion In 27 Edw. 3. he was associated with the Bishop of Durham and Carlisle and some other persons of note to treat with certain Embassadors from Scotland about the enlargement of David de Bruys their King then prisoner in England So likewise with Raphe Lord Nevill and others for guarding the Marches towards Cumberland and Westmerland In 28 Edw. 3. he was again associated with the same Bishop of Durham and others to see all things performed according to the Articles concluded on for the delivery of the before â— specified David de Bruys from his Imprisonment And in 30 E. 3. again constituted a Commissioner for the defence of the Marches as also Governour of the Casâ—le of Carliâ—â—e So likewise in 39 E. 3. for the custody of the Marches and the same year in contemplation of his former merits retained to serve the King during his whole life He was summoned to Parliament from 15 until 38 Edw. 3. inclusive But before the Revolution of that 39 th year viz. on the Eve of S. Nicholas the Bishop he dyed leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife before-mentioned Anthony his Son and Heir then 24 years of age being at that time seised in his Demesn as of Fee of the Mannor of Rodeston in Com. North ton as also of the Castle of Langley in Com. Northumb. Likewise of the Castle and Honour of Câ—kermouth the Mannor of Eglesfield the Hamlets of â—hornethwayt Ullaike and Emelton the Mannor of Papcastre the Hamlet of
in 26 E. 1. And in 28 E. 1. being Nephew and Heir to Thomas the Son of Lambert Thomas his Father dying in his Father's Life-time was possess'd of two parts of the Barony of Egremont The same year he was in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 29 E. 1. And in 1 E. 2. receiv'd Command from the King to fit himself with Horse and Armes and to give Assistance unto Iohn Baron of â—ygeton and Richard le Brun for defence of the Counties of Lancaster Cumb. and Westmorland against the Incursions of Robert de Brus of Scotland and his Complices And in 4 E. 2. was again in the Scottish Wars Morever in 8 E. 2. he had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon â—ine on the Feast-day of the Blessed Virgin to restrain the Incursions of the Scots And in 10 E. 2. entred into Covenants by Indenture that Iohn his Son and Heir should take to Wife Ioane the Daughter to Piers de Gaveston late Earl of Cornwall so soon as they should come of age to accomplish the Marriage and that she should have four hundred Marks per annum Joynture the King promising to give her a thousand Pounds to her Portion Which sum of a thousand Pounds was by the King appointed to be paid by Thomas the Son and Heir of Iohn Wake in satisfaction of the Marriage which the King did tender unto him he taking another Woman to Wife without Licence But it seems this intended Match did not take effect for certain it is that the same Iohn in 14 E. 2. having married Annabel one of the Daughters and Heirs of Laurence de Holbeche had Livery of certain Lands in â—horne Gumband in Com. Ebor. which were of her Inheritance This last-mention'd Thomas was summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 28 E. 1. till 14 E. 2. inclusive and departed this Life in 15 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Multon in Com. Linc. with the third part of the Mannor of Flete as also of the Advowson of the Hospital of St. Iohn near Boston of the Foundation of one of his Ancestors and endowed with certain Lands in Skyrbec and Flete for the maintenance of three Priests therein and one in Flete to celebrate Divine Service for the Health of the Founder's Soul and for the Souls of all the Faithful deceased Likewise to sustain twenty poor People in the Infirmatorie there and to relieve forty poor People more at the Gate of that Hospital every day after Dinner with the same Food wherewith the other forty were to be fed Whereupon the Castle of Egremont with all his Lands were committed to the Custody of Robert de Leyburne Alianore his Widow having for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Capital-Messâ—age of the Mannor of Egremond viz. the Castle with a multitude of Lands to the said Mannor and Castle belonging Likewise of the third part of the Free-chase of Coupland and the third part of the Lakes of Eynes ... Wasce-water Burmeswater and of the Pool near to that Castle Likewise of the third part of the Mannors of â—hirnby and Holgill and Fishing in the Water of Ey ... towards the Sea called Eyngarth with the Rents and Services of divers Free-holders Moreover of the third part of the Market of Egremond with the Fairs of Egremond and Rabenglas and of the third part of Wreck and Wayf and all other Profits of Royalties within that Mannor To whom succeeded â—â—hn de Multon before-specified his Son and Heir who not then of full age viz. in 3 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Which Iohn having been summon'd to Parliament amongst other the Barons of this Realm in 6 and 8 E. 3. died without Issue 23 Nov. 8 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor â—hurstaneston in Com. Suff. and twelve Pound Rent in Skyrbec in Com. Linc. Likewise of the Mannors of Beusolaâ— Flete and Multon in the same County of Linc. and of the Mannors of Egremont and Cokermouth in Com. Cumbr. All which being shortly after shared betwixt his three Sisters and Heirs viz. Ioane the Wife of Robert Fitz-Walter Elizabeth the wife of Walter de Bermicham and the Wife of Thomas de Lucie Ioane had for her Purpartie the Castle of Egremond with the third part of that Mannor with the third part of the Mannors of Beausola and Flete Elizabeth certain Lands in Gosford parcel of the Mannor of Egremont with the third part of all the Lands in Ullayk and Scalâ—gyll in Derwentfell as also the third part of the Mannors of Beausolaz and Flete before-specified And Margaret the Wife of Thomas de Lucie certain Lands in Disâ—yngton in Com. Cumbr. parcel of the Mannor of Egremont as also the third part of all the Lands in Ullayk and Scalgill in Derewentfell with the third part of those Lordships of Beusolaz and Flete in Com Linc. Alice his Wife then surviving who had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannor of Multon in Com. Linc. with certain other Lands in that County as also the Mannor of â—hurstaneston in Com. Suff. with xix s. x d. yearly Rent out of the Mannor of Kyrkeâ—on in Holand ¶ I come lastly to Alan de Multon Brother to the before-specified Lambert de Multon who married Alice the other Dâ—ughter and Coheir to Richard de Lucie Of whom I find that he with the said Alice his Wife made partition with William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarle Son to William Earl of Albemarle of the Forests of Alredale Cokermuth and Caldebek by Metes and Bounds which Forests were formerly common to that Earl And that to him succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir who took to Wife Isabell the eldest Daughter to Adam de Bolteby and had with her in Marriage by the gift of her Father the Mannor of Langale in Com. Cumbr as also the Mannors of Heydon and Alrewas setled on them and the Heirs of their Bodies But of this Thomas forasmuch as he assumed the Sir-name of Lucie by reason that Alice his Mother was one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Richard de Lucie as is already observed I shall say no more of him under this Name of Multon referring my Reader to the Title of Lucie of Cokermouth where I have farther spoken of him and his Descendants Luvetot IN 3 H. 1. William de Luvetot with the consent of Emme his Wife founded the Priory of Wyrksop in Com. Nott. for Canons-Regular of the Order of St. Augustine Which William had Issue two Sons viz. William and Nigell and lieth buried there on the North-side of the Quire near to the High Altar To whom succeeded Richard his Son and Heir who bestow'd on the Canons of Wyrksop there
seated by his Father his Lordship of Bolum and in 2 H. 2. gave xx Marks of Silver for the Marriage of his Wife â— viz. Cecelie by whom he had Issue William his Son and Heir who in 22 H. 2. was amâ—râ—'t at lx Marks for trespassing in the King's Forests This William took to Wife Maude the Daughter of Walter Fitz-Robert a Branch of the Noble Family of Clare and died in 27 H. â— or before for then the Sheriffs of Nott and Derby shires accounted xlii l. xii s. x d. for the Profit of his Lands and left Issue by her one sole Daughter and Heir called Mâ—uâ—de seven years of age in 32 H. 2. Which Maude afterwards became the Wife of Gerard de Furnivall as in my Discourse of that Family is shewed and in her Widowhood gave divers Lands lying in â—aâ—ewiche to the Monks of 〈◊〉 Abby in Com. Ebor. The Issâ—â—-male of the Principal Branch thus â—ailing Richard de Luvetot Son of Nigell Son to Williâ—m first above mentioned was the next Hâ—ir male But before I descend to speak of him I must take notice that Nigell his Father had his chief Seat at 〈◊〉 in Com. Hunt and in 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights-fees de veteri feâ—ffamento to be in number ten for which in 14 H. 2. he paid ten marks This Nigell besides his Barony which he held of the King held two Knights Fees of the Abbot of Peterborough in Ciâ—ptâ—ne Poâ—ebrâ—â— Cateoworthe and Kinesthâ—rpe And gave to the Monks of Gerâ—â—don in Com. Leiâ— C. Acres of Land in â—ishou Moreover with Margaret his Wife he bestowed xx Acres of Land more upon them lying in that Lordship This Nigell had Issue five Sons viz. Richard Roger Nigell Robert and Williâ—m Of these Richard confirm'd to the Canons of 〈◊〉 all those Grants which William his Grandfather Nigell his Father Richard his Uncle and William his Kinsman had formerly made but died without Issue as if sâ—â—ms For in 4 R. 1. Roger de Luvetot his Brother gâ—ve C l. for his Râ—liâ—f and in 6 R. â— paid x l. for the Scutage then levied for thâ— King's Râ—dâ—mpâ—ion Afâ—â—â— which I find no more of him but next come to Nigell his younger Brother as I guess Which Nigell in 3 Ioh paid fifty Marks to the King for those ten Knights Fees which he held in Caâ—ite and answâ—râ—d also for five more of the Honoâ—r of Tickâ—ill which he then had Betwixt thiâ— Nigell and Gerard de Furnivall thâ—re was great contest as it seems Furnivall having married the Hâ—ir Female of the chiet Branch of this Family as is before observed for in 9 Ioh. Gerard de Furnivall gave a thousand Pounds and 〈◊〉 Pâ—lfrâ—ys to the King that he might quietly enjoy â—â—ose Lands which the same Nigell made claâ—m â—o against him This Nigell had a Son call'd Roger who being Shâ—riff of the Countiâ—s of Nott. and Derb. for the last half of the thirty ninth year of King H. 3. Râ—ign was then made Governour of 〈…〉 He also continued Sheriff of those Countiâ—s for both the two next following years and gave one Oxgâ—ng of Land in 〈◊〉 to the Canons of 〈◊〉 But in 49 H. 3. he was in the Baâ—â—el of 〈◊〉 on the part of Montfort Earl of Lâ—icester and other the rebellious Barons and having no Issue as it seems nor any of his other Brothers viz. Richâ—rd Nigell Râ—phe and Williâ—m the Issâ—e of his thrâ—â— Sisters became his Heirs viz. â—â—s de 〈◊〉 Hubert de Braunford with Roese his Wife and William Patric who in 3 H. 3. paying C 1. for their Relief had Livery of the Lands which descended to them from him the said Nigell ¶ A third Branch of this Family there was viz. from Robert de Luvetot a fourth Son to the before-specified Nigell which continued till Edward the First 's time but then Oliver de Luvetot of Carcolston in Com. Nott. the fourth in Descent from him leaving Issue onely Females one of them married to Morin of Kilâ—ington whole Issue Female after two Descents became the Wiâ—e of William Thurverton vulg Thoroton from whom Robert Thoroton now of Carâ—oâ—ston Doctor of Physick a Person of great knowledge in Antiquities and my singular Friend is lineally descended Merley IN the time of King Henry the First William de Merley who had been a Servant to Geffrey Bishop of Constance a great man in his time for the Soul of Menialda his Wife and the Souls of William and Gosfride his Sons gave the Lordship of Morewic to the Monks of Durham He likewise bestow'd one Carucate of Land upon the Hospital for Infirm People at Morpâ—th and left Issue Ranulph de Merley his Son and Heir to which Râ—nulph Edgar Son of Cospatric Son of Dolfin Earl of March and Dunbar in Scotlâ—nd gave in Frank-marriage with Iulian his Sister the Lordships of Wytton Rytton Stanton Horseley Wyndeyates and Leâ—erichâ—eld This Randulf having founded the Abby of Netominster juxta Merpeth in Com. Northumbr in Anno 1138 3 Steph. for the Health of the Souls of his Father and Mother and all his Aâ—cestors gave the Lordship of â—ytâ—une and part of the Woods of Wilton thereto as also all the Valley betwixt Morpeth and Mitford of a large extent as the Mâ—tes and Bounds thereof do shew Moreover to the Monks of Hexham he gave an yearly Rent of ten Shillings untill he should supply it by a Gift in Land And departing this Life was buried in the Chapter-house at Netominster on the North-side with Iulian his Wife To whom succeeded Roger. his Son and Heir who in 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid for Marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento to be in number three and a fourth and fifth part de novo besides four which he held in Demesne In 18 H. 2. this Roger paid iv l. upon Collection of the Scutage of Ireland in regard he was not then in that Expedition but died in 34 H. 2. and was buried near to his Father Whereupon Earl Duncan of Fife in Scotland gave to the King five hundred Marks for the Wardship of Roger his Son and Heir to the intent that he might marry his Daughter This Roger the second in 6 Ric. 1. gave xx Marks to be excused from attending the King in that Expedition which he then made into Normandy and in 1 Ioh paid a Fine of xx Marks and two good Palâ—reys for a Market and Fair at his Mannor of Morpeth Moreover he gave to the Monks of Newminster xx s. yearly Rent out of his Mill at Stanton
Barons-Marchers in respect of his Lands in Com. Salop. had command to attend Hamon le Strange for defending the Marches towards Montgomerie In 42 H. 3. he had also Summons amongst others to attend the King at Chester on Munday next after the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist with Horse and Arms to oppose the Hostilities of the Welch And in 44 H. 3. received farther command to repair to the Marches of Wales and there to reside for the better security of those Parts Moreover in 47 H. 3. the Welch being again in Arms he had Summons to be at Hereford upon the third day after the Epiphany well fitted with Horse and Arms for restraining their Incursions in those Parts So likewise to be at Ludlow upon the Octaves of the Purification of our Lady But soon after this being a Partaker with the Rebellious Barons in 49 H. 3. after the King was taken Prisoner in the Battel of Lewes he was through the Power of those Barons made Governor of the Castle at Salisbury Which is all I have to say of him other than that he gave to the Monks of Lewes his Lands in Nytymbre with the Church of Winterburne and that he departed this Life in 54 H. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Cumbe Colerne Hurdecote Sterte and Heghtredesbury in Com. Wilts leaving one sole Daughter and Heir called Petronill then Wedded to Robert de Montfort twelve years of age Which Robert thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of her Lands but died shortly after for in 2 E. 1. she the said Petronill doing her Homage had the like Livery Crevequer IN Anno 1119. 19 H. 1. Robert de Crevequer with the Assistance of Adam his Son Founded the Priory of Ledes in Kent for Canons-Regular of St. Augustines Order And had Issue by Roâ—se his Wiâ—e two more Sons Elyas and Daniell Of Elyas all I have seen is That he gave to those Canons of Ledes the Church of Tanet For Daniell succeeded in the Inheritance and in 12 H. 2. upon Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento to be fourteen He was likewise a Benefactor to those Canons of Ledes by the gift of ten Acres of Land for the 〈◊〉 of the Soul of Gunnora his Sister as also of the Land of Brokedene and Eastwood-Mill Moreover of the Church of Halecton with two Yard-land in that Town for the Soul of Isabell his Wife and every year xx Measures of Salt at Lea. He likewise bequeath'd his Body to be buried in that Priory and therewith for the health of his Soul gave his Mill at Brudesham to the end that the Canons of that House should have the better Commons upon the day of his Obit the Remainder to the Poor To this Daniel succeeded Robert de Crevequer his Son and Heir Heir likewise to Walkeline Maminot a Baron in that time Which Robert in 6 R. 1. was acquitted of the Scutage then levied for the King's Redemption In 8 R. 1. he paid xiv l. upon Collection of the second Scutage of Normandy and left Issue Hamon de Crevequer his Son and Heir who adhering to the Rebellious Barons in the later end of King Iohn's Reign for which his Lands were seised had Letters of Safe-conduct in 1 H. 3. to come to William Mareschall then Governor of the King and Kingdom by reason of the King's Minority to treat touching his Composition But of him I have not seen any thing farther till 19 H. 3. that he gave DC Marks Fine for the Wardship of the Land and Heir of Thomas de Kanvill in which year he was joyn'd with Waler and Teutonicus id est Teyes in the Wardenship of the Cinque-Ports In 20 H. 3. this Hamon paid C l. as a Relief for the Lands of William de Abrincis whose Daughter Maude he had married and thereupon had Livery of them doing his Homage In 42 H. 3. he had Summons to be at Chester amongst others with Horse and Arms to restrain the Hostile Incursions of the Welch And in 47 H. 3. departed this Life leaving Robert his Grandson viz. Son to his Son Hamon who died in his Life-time xxiv years of age being then seised of the Mannor of Ledes as belonging to his Barony of Chatham as also of the Mannor of Botingsend and likewise of the Mannors of Farlegh and Terston By which Maude de Averenches he had also four Daughters viz. Agnes the Wife of Iohn de Sandwich Isâ—ld of Nicholas de Lenham Elene of Bertram Cryol and Isabell of Henry de Gaunt Which Robert in 47 H. 3. doing his Homage and thereupon having Livery of his Lands excepting the Dowrie of Alice the Wife of the said Hamon who survived him adhered to the Rebellious Barons with a numerous Party of Wallâ—ons but persisted not long so to do for it appears that in 48 H. 3. through the instance of Iohn de Warren and Roger de Leyburne both himself and his Râ—tinue were admitted to the King's Favour and thereupon had command to attend him upon Tâ—â—sday next after the Feast of Iohn Port Latine Nevertheless soon after he â—ell off again and in 48 H. 3. was in the Battel of Lewes on the part of those Barons against the King But all things being afterwards peaceably accorded in 7 E. 1. he obtain'd a Grant of a Weekly Mercate upon the Wednesday at his Mannor of Oâ—erton in the Parts of Mailor-Saiâ—â—eg in Wales and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin and twelve days next ensuing Moreover in 17 E. 1. he was constituted Govâ—â—â—â— of Bâ—stâ—n-Castle in Châ—shire for Life but having no more Sons than one called William who died without Issue the Inheritance devolved to the Children of the Daughters of the said Hamon and Maude viz. Anne Iseud and Alianore Bulmer IN the time of King Henry the First Aschitel de Bulemer gave twelve Ox-gangs of Land lying in Bramham to the Canons of Nostell To whom succeeded Bertram de Bolemer Sheriff of Yorkshire in 5 Steph. and many years more in that King's Reign I presume were the Accounts of that time extant to discover it For in 2 H. 2. which is the first Record of them afterwards I find him again Sheriff of that County and so till 9 H. 2. inclusive But further I cannot say of him than that he Founded the Priory of Marton in Yorkshire And to him Stephen de Bolemere of whom in 7 and 8 H. 2. there is some notice taken in the Accompts of the Sheriff of Northumberland for those years Which Stephen in 12 H. 2. upon the
Dodyngton in Com. Northampt. as also of Cheselworth and Burnhaâ— in Com. Somerset leaving Iohn la Warre Son of Roger la Warre by Clarice his eldest Daughter and Sibyll the Wife of William de Grandison his other Daughter his next Heirs Which Iohn la Warre was at that time xxiii years of age and Sibyll xxviii The Knights Fees whereof he then likewise died seised being xxiv and an half viz xi and an half in Com. Wiltes two in Com. Surr. five in Com. Heref. and four in Com. Somerset Whereupon he was buried in the Priory of St. Augustines at Bristol Shortly after which viz. the next ensuing year the said Iohn la Warre and Sibyll performing their Homages had Livery of their respective Purparties so descended to them excepting the Body of the Castle at Ewyas Harold which was particularly assigned to the said Iohn la Warre as the chief of those Coheirs ¶ Of this Family likewise was Henry de Tregoz who in 22 E. 1. had Summons to attend the King at Portesmouth well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to Sail with him into Gascoine The same year also he was in the Scottish Wars And in 29 E. 1. had Licence for a Market every Week upon the Fryday at Gatinges in Com. Suss. as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Feast-day of the Apostles Peter and Paul Moreover in 33 E. 1. he obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Wykenâ—olle in Com. Suss. and in 4 E. 2. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland Furthermore in 8 E. 2. he had command to be at Newcastle upon Tine well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Hostilities of the Scots and had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 32 E. 1. until 15 E. 2. inclusive But farther I cannot say of him Scales OF this Name and Family anciently written Eschalers and Scalers the first mention wherewith I have met is of Hugh who with Stephen his Nephew in the time of King Stephen detain'd certain Rents from the Monks of Ely This Hugh held Berkhamsted in Com. Essex as a Member of his Barony and gave to the Monks of Lewes in Com. Suss. the Churches of Wadone Withiale Ruthenalle and Berchamstede the Impression of his Seal to that Grant being the Figure of an Armed Man standing on his left Foot and putting his right Foot on the Step of a Ladder with his Hands on the same as if he were climbing and this Circumscription Sigillum Hugonis de Scalariis Which Grant Henry his Son confirm'd adding the Gift of certain Lands in Wadone of ten Shillings per Annum value upon the same day in which Hugh his Father became a Monk in that Abby Geffrey his Brother being a Witness thereto Which Geffrey gave the Church of St. Peter at Badburgeham to the Canons of Waltham But I return to Henry This Henry de Scalers in 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then levied for Marrying the King's Daughter certified That he had xv Knights Fees whereof seven and two parts were in his own Demesn all which his Father held of King Henry the First and for which in 14 H. 2. upon the Collection of that Aid he paid x l. vi s. viii d. To him succeeded Hugh his Son and Heir who ratified those Grants to the Monks of Lewes so made by Henry his Father and Hugh his Grandfather And to him another Henry Which Henry went to Hierusalem and there or in that Journey died as it seems For in 5 H. 3. Geffrey his Brother doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands whereof he was seised upon his going to Hierusalem giving Security to pay C l. for his Relief And in 8 H. 3. being called Geffrey the Son of Hugh upon Collection of the Scutage of Montgomerie paid xxx Marks for those xv Knights Fees he then had In 14 H. 3. he gave a Fine of fifty Marks for those his fifteen Knights Fees to be exempted from that Expedition then made into Britanny In 30 H. 3. upon the Collection of the Aid then levied for marrying the King's Daughter he paid xv l. for the same Knights Fees and in 38 H. 3. upon the making that King 's eldest Son Knight xxx l. But died in 51 H. 3. Whereupon Alianore his Widow had the Wardship of his Heir Of whom having seen no more I come next to Stephen de Scalers Nephew to the first Hugh ¶ This Stephen in 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of that often-mention'd Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified That he held xv Knights Fees whereof five then were in his own Demesn To whom succeeded William de Scalers who died in 9 Ioh. as it seems for in that year Richard his Son in consideration of C l. Fine obtain'd Livery of his Lands In 8 H. 3. upon Collection of the Scutage of Montgomerie this Richard was acquitted for his xv Knights Fees having been as it seems in that Serâ—ice but died in 15 H. 3. Whereupon â—aldwin Frevill in consideration of CC Marks obtain'd the Wardship of his Heir whose Name was Lucia and afterwards took her to his Wife ¶ Of this Family also was Iohn de Scalers who in 33 H. 3. was made Sheriff of the Counties of Cantabr and Hunt So likewise in 44 H. 3. as also for three parts of the forty ninth Year and for the fourth part of the one and fiftieth But the Principal remaining Branch of this Family was Robert de Scalers Which Robert in 26 H. 3. gave a Fine of ten Pounds to the King to be exempted from serving in the Wars of Gascoine at that time and with Alice his Mother in 42 H. 3. paid seventeen Marks in Gold to the King for Livery of the Mannors of Ruwehale and Neuseles This Robert gave to the Knights-Templars Clxii Acres of Land three Acres of Meadow five Acres of Pasture and one Acre and a half of Wood in Rowenhalle belonging to Witâ—am near Cressing in Essex and with the consent of Muriel his Wife and Robert his Son gave to the Nuns and Canons of Blakburgh in Com. Norff. at such time as William his Son assumed the Habit of a Canon there his part of Levestoche and Land of Lamesey with a part of the Marsh near Sechie but died in 50 H. 3. or not long before as it seems For in 51 H. 3. William de Clifford the King's Eschaetor South of Trent accounted for the Profits of his Mannors of Middleton Renham and Wrydelington To whom succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who in 14 E. 1. being in that Expedition then made into Wales had Scutage of all his Tenants who
having allowance of Robes for that Solemnity at the King's Charge And in 7 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland And having married Ioane one of the Daughters and Heirs to Sir Richard Luvell of Castell-Cary died in 11 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Maperton and North Cadbury in Com. Somerset with its Members Stoke Moels in Com. Oxon. Kings-Carswelle and Langford with the moytie of the Mannor of Duppeford in Com. Dorset leaving Muriel the Wife of Sir Thomas Courtâ—â—y Knight xv years of age and Isabell her Sister his Daughters and Heirs Which Isabell taking to Husband William de Botreaux without Licence the Purpartie of the Lands of her Inheritance were bestow'd on Thomas de Ferrers and Thâ—obald de Mountney her Sister Muriell having for her Purpartie an Assignation of the Mannor of Maperton with its Members and certain Lands in Halton and Hatherle certain Lands in Wreyford and Alvyngton with a Water-mill at Duppeford in Com. Devon and of the Mannors of Up-Walhope in Com. Suthampt. and Over-Overton in Com. Oxon. But in 21 E. 3. Isabell the other Daughter and Coheir having obtain'd Pardon for thus Marrying without Licence and made proof of her age had also Livery of her Purpartie viz. of the Mannor of Elyngham in Com. Suthampt. Little Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. Sadyngton in Com. Leic. and of certain Lands in Com. Berks. with the moytie of the Mannor of Herdyngwike in Com. Buck. And after that upon the death of the before-specified Margaret the Lands which she had in Dowry being then divided the before-specified Muriel had for her Purpartie of them the Mannor of King's Careswell with the Hundred of Haytorre in Com. Devon the Mannor of Stoke Moels in Com. Oxon. with C s. Annual Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Langford in Com. Devon And Isabell her Sister for her Purpartie the Mannor of North-Cadbury in Com. Somerset the Mannors of Duppeford Langeford and Hundred of Stanburgh in Com. Devon Kyme OF this ancient Family which assum'd the Sirname of Kime from a fair Lordship in Kesteven in Com. Linc. the principal Place of their Residence the first of whom I find mention is Simon the Son of William This Simon founded the Priory of Bolinton in Com. Linc. of the Gilbertine Order in the time of King Stephen and gave to the Monks of Kirksted divers Lands in Medringham He took to Wife Roese the Daughter of Robert Dapifer id est Steward to Gilb. de Gant Earl of Lincoln commonly called Roese de Bulinton Which Roese surviving him for the health of the Souls of her Father and Mother and all her Aâ—cestors gave two Ox-gangs of Land lying in Yllsclay with two Tofts and Crofts to the Monks of Sallay in Com. Ebor. To this Simon succeeded Philip his Son and Heir who was constituted Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 14 H. 2. in which Office he continu'd the fifteenth and for the one half of the sixteenth year of that King's Reign This Philip being one of the Barons in that Great Council held at London in Anno 1177. 23 H. 2. was a Witness to that Instrument of Arbitration there made by King Henry the Second for according the Difference betwixt Alfonse King of Castile and Sancâ—ius King of Navarre He was also the Pious Founder of the Priory at Kime and gave xx Acres of Land in Hotoft to the Canons and Nuns of Bolinton for supporting the Charge of their Garments And ratified to the Monks of Kirkstede that Grant of those Lands in Medringham which his Father had made to them Moreover with Hadewyse his Wife he gave the Church of Sotteby to the Monks of Bardney He was Steward to Gilbert de Gant Earl of Lincolne and left Issue Simon Which Simon in 21 H. 2. was indebted to the King in the Sum of xl Marks as a Fine for not disclaiming his Right to certain Lands in Bambere after he had lost them upon a Tryal by Battel And in 6 R. 1. gave C Marks to the King to be exempted from attending him into Normandy in that Expedition then made thither In 8 R. 1. he was Sheriff of Lincolnshire and so continued the next ensuing year And in 16 Ioh. had Scutage from all his Tenants by Military Service for two Knights Pees in regard he sent his Son at that time into Poictou But the next ensuing year adhering to the Rebellious Barons he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication from the Pope whereupon his Lands were seised and given to Geffrey de Nevill Howbeit before the end of that year having a mind to make his Peace he procur'd Letters of Safe-conduct to come into his Country and confer with his Friends thereof resolving to deliver up Philip his Son in Hostage until such time as he could have leave to repair to some of his Mannors near which the King being then at Newcastle was to pass in his Return Whereupon nothing being effected Geffrey de Nevill obtain'd from that King a new Grant of his Lands After which ere long scil in 4 H. 3. he died leaving Issue Philip. Which Philip paying C l. for his Relief had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and departed this Life in Anno 1242. 26 H. 3. leaving Issue by Agnes de Waleys his Wife Simon his Son and Heir Which Simon paying C l. for his Relief had Livery of his Lands But died without Issue in 32 H. 3. as it seems for them William his Brother and Heir had Livery of his Lands doing his Homage and paying C l. for his Relief Which William by his Deed bearing date at Lincolne upon the day of St. Katherine the Virgin Anno 1258. 40 H. 3. for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Lucia de Roos his Wife ratified unto the Canons and Nuns of Bolinton whatsoever they had of his Fee and departed this Life in 43 H. 3. To whom succeeded another Philip. Which Philip in 22 E. 1. had Summons to attend the King at Portsmouth well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to pass with him into France And in 25 E. 1. was in the Wars of Gascoine In 28 E. 1. he obtain'd a Grant for a Market every Week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Burwell in Com. Linc. as also for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Burwell Aithorp Billingey Walcote and Metheringham in the same County And in 29 E. 1. was in the Scottish Wars So likewise in 34 E. 1. and 4 E. 2. And in 8 E. 2. had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast-day of the Assumption of our Lady to
his Lands were for that reason extended But being admitted to Composition as others then were by that favourable Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth in 5 E. 1. he departed this Life being then seised of the Mannors of Bytham Auburne and Ledenham in Com Linc. leaving Roger his Son and Heir xxiv years of age Which Roger was Sheriff of Norff. and Suff. in 51 H. 3. And in 14 E. 1. paid C l. Fine for marrying of Ermentrude the Widow of Stephen de Cressy But this Roger died in 16 E. 1. Whereupon the King in consideration of C l. Fine granted the Wardship of his Lands in Bytham Est-Wytham West-Wytham and Careby in Com. Linc. unto William de Breus until his Heir should come of age whose Name was Edmund Which Edmund married Margaret the Daughter of Robert de Vfford and departed this Life in 9 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Berghdon in Com. Rotel 〈◊〉 in Com. Leic. Auburne and Bytham in Com. Linc. and joyntly with her the said Margaret of the Mannor of Weston in Com. Catabr Robert his Son and Heir being then ten years of age Which Robert in 18 E. 3. was in the Wars of France and in 20 E. 3. obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Repinghale Ryngesdon Hacumby Motton Hermelthorp Steynthweit Neâ—bell Maydenwell Stainton and Wrawby in the County of Linc. as also for a Market at his Mannor of Castle-Bitham in the same County every Week upon the Tuesday and a Fair yearly for five days viz. on the Eve and Feast-day of St. Iames the Apostle and three days following In 26 E. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners of Array in Com. Linc. for the Arming of all Knights Esquires and others to resist the Power of the French then threatning an Invasion And having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 16 E. 3. until 39 of that King's Reign inclusive departed this Life in 42 E. 3. being then seised of the Castle at Bitham with the Mannors of Corby Careby Birton Reâ—inghale Cheyle Billesford Aburne and South 〈◊〉 in Com. Linc. leaving Walter his Son and Heir Which Walter took to Wife Margaret the Daughter and Heir to Giles de Bassingburne and had Issue by her a Son called Robert who dying without Issue Raphe Basset of Sapcote in Com. Leic. and Iohn Gernun became his Heirs viz. the said Raphe being Son and Heir of Simon Son and Heir of Elizabeth one of the Sisters of Edmund de Colvile before-specified and Iohn Gernun Son of Alice the other Sister Canci OF this Name the first mention I find is in 5 Steph. at which time Walter de Canci gave a Fine of xv l. for Licence to marry whom he should please This Walter bestow'd the Church of Scirpenbec in Com. Ebor. with fifty Acres of Land in that Lordship on the Monks of Whitby To him succeeded Anfâ—id de Canci his Son and Heir who in 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified That he held five Knights Fees for which in 14 H. 2. he paid five Marks and died in 6 R. 1. leaving his Heir in minority for whose Wardship Hugh Murdac gave C Marks Contemporary with Anfrid was Simon de Canci who in 14 H. 2. upon Collection of the Aid before-specified paid v l. This Simon gave to the Knights-Templars the Church of Wyllughton but died before the thirtieth of H. 2. leaving Helewise de Swinope his Wife surviving who was a Fleming by birth and Simon his Son and Heir Which Simon in 6 R. 1. upon the Collection of the Aid for the King's Redemption paid the like Sum of v l. for the Knights Fees which were held of him In 2 Ioh. he attended the King at Lincolne with other of the Barons when William King of Scotland did Homage to him but in 17 Ioh. taking part with those who were at that time rebellious his Lands were seised and given to Richard de Gray Camvile IN 5 Steph. Gerard de Camvile gave two parts of the Tithes of Cherleton Camvile in Com. Somerset to the Monks of Bermondsey in Surrey and had his Chief Seat at Lilburne near Creeke in Northamptonshire where the Vestigia of an ancient Castle are to be seen To him succeeded Richard who was Founder of Combe-Abby in Warwick shire in King Stephen's Reign and in 12 Steph. one of the Witnessses to that Accord then made betwixt that King and Henry Duke of Normandy touching the Succession of the same Henry to the Crown of England after King Stephen's death In 2 H. 2. he executed the Office of Sheriff for the County of Berks. And the same year had a Grant from the King of the Lordship of Sutton in Northampton shire In 5 H. 2. he accounted xv l. for the Rent of Cornberie Forest in Oxford shire for five years In 6. H. 2. he was sent beyond-Sea with the King's Austringers and Falconers In. 10 H. 2. he was one of the Witnesses to that Recognition of the Peoples Liberties and Rights then made by King Henry In 12 H. 2. upon Assessment of the Aid for marrying of the King's Daughter he certified That he held one Knight's Fee of the King de antiquo Feoffamento In 22 H. 2. he was sent by the King to Paris in France Being Lord of the Mannor of Erdinton in Com. Oxon. he gave to the Canons of Osney one Messuage there with free liberty to gather the Tithes of his Demesns of that Place and in Bernecestre In 2 Ric. 1. he was one of the Admirals for that Expedition then made by King Richard into the Holy Land and came to Lisbone with Lx Ships thence sail'd to Marsieles After this he was joyn'd with Robert de Tornbam in the Government of Ciprus Whence he went without the King's leave to the Siege of Acon and there died This Richard had many Sons as the Descent here inserted doth shew The eldest of which viz. Gerard de Camvile being Wealthy as well as Noble purchased of King Richard the Custody of Lincoln-Castle and the Province adjacent unto the Constablewick of which Castle he had Title in Right of Nichola his Wife eldest of the three Daughters and Coheirs of Richard de Haya By which Grant King Richard did also confirm to him all the Inheritance belonging to her both in England and Normandy Which Custody he held from the second to the end of the half of the sixth year of that King's Reign But being a firm Adherer to Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother William
William being unhappily slain in a Tilting at Windsore 6 Aug. 6 R. 2. by this Earl his Father left no Issue In 3 R. 2. this Earl return'd from Calais Sir Iohn Devereux Knight being made Captain of that Garrison in his stead And in 5 R. 2. upon the approach of the Daughter of the King of Romans whom King Richard had married he received her at Graveline with five hundred Spears and as many Archers and so brought her to Calais In 7 R. 2. the Scots having entred Northumberland he was one of those who attended the King in his Army thither And the next ensuing year had Summons to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the fourteenth day of July well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots In 9 R. 2. he obtain'd from the King for term of Life a Grant of the Isle of Wiht and Castle of Caresbroke with the whole Royalty to each of them belonging without any Rent for the same But soon after this it is said that he took part with the King's Uncles and others of the Chief Nobility against the King and his Council saying That the Duke of Ireland did rule the King as he listed resolving to fight with that Duke and all his Forces then at Oxford In 13 R. 2. he was again employ'd in the Kings Service in the Marches of Calais And in 15 R. 2. constituted one of his Commissioners to treat of Peace with the French It is also reported that in 16 R. 2. he sold the Isle of Man with the Crown thereof to William le Scrope Nevertheless certain it is that he bore the Title of Lord thereof some years afterwards as I shall shew by and by That he contracted Marriage with Ioane commonly called The Fair Maid of Kent Daughter to Edmund Plantaginet third Son of King Edward the First Earl of Kent at length Heir to Edmund and Iohn her Brothers who died without Issue is not to be doubted And notwithstanding that Sir Thomas Holand by his Petition to Pope Clement the sixth vouch'd a Pre-contract and Carnal Copulation yet being beyond-Sea he renew'd his Contract with her again and withheld her from him Whereupon the Pope gave Judgment for Holand against him After which he married Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Heirs of Ioane the Wife of Iohn de Mohun of Dunster By his Testament bearing date at Christ-Church-Twynham xx Apr. Anno 1397. 20 R. 2. where he calls himself Earl of Salisbury and Lord of the Isles of Man and Wiht he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Conventual Church at Bustlesham founded by his Father Appointing That every day until his Corps should be brought thither there should be distribution made of xxv s. to CCC poor People Likewise That xxiv poor People should bear Torches on the day of his Funeral each Torch of eight pound weight and each of them wearing a Gown of Black Cloth with a Red Hood Also That there should be nine Wax Lights and three Morters of Wax about his Corps And that upon every Pillar in the Church there should be fixed Banners of his Arms. Moreover That xxx l. should be given to the Religious to sing Trentals and pray for his Soul Lastly That his Executors should bestow Five hundred Marks in finishing the Structure at Bustlesham and to make a Tombe there for his Father and Mother as also another for himself and his Son After which viz. upon the third day of Iune then next ensuing he departed this Life without Issue being seised of the Mannor of Hyde in Com. Hertf. Croukham in Com. Berks. with the Advowson of the Priory of Bustlesham and Hundred of Assherugge in the same County of the Mannor of Aston Clinton in Com. Buck. of the Castle and Town of Mohaut the Castle and Mannor of Hawardyn with the Mannors of Lee Bosâ—eye and Neston in the County of Salop and Marches of Wales of the Castle Borough and Hundred of Christ-Church-Twynham the Castle and Lordship of the Isle of Wiht the Mannor of Kingewode with the Mannor and Hundred of Sweyneston in the same Isle of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 and Mannor of Efforde juxta Milford the Mannor of 〈◊〉 and Hundred of Ambresburg in Com. Wiltes the Hundreds of Abbedyk and Bulsfoâ— the Mannors of 〈◊〉 Ryvel Langport 〈◊〉 Shipton Montacute Ierlyngton Cothulle la More Henxstrugge Charleton Camvile Donzate with the Advowson of the Prioriâ—s of Moutacute and Donpole in Com. Somerset of the Mannor of Cauefourd Borough of Pole the Hundred of Coheden and Mannor of 〈◊〉 called Newelond in Com. Dorset leaving Sir Iohn de Montacute Knight his Cousin and next Heir viz. Son of Sir Iohn de Montacute Knight deceased Brother of him the said Earl at that time xl years of age Whereupon Elizabeth his Widow surviving him had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Donzate Donpole Chedesey Henxstrugge Charlton Camvile Cothulle Ierlyngton and Shipton Montacute and the third part of the Lands which did belong to William Berevile in Com. Somerset of the yearly Rent of xx l. out of the Mannor and Hundred of Pudelton in Com. Dorset of xxxix l. v s. yearly issuing out of the Cunage of Tin in Com. Cornub. of the third part of two Inns two Shops vvith Chambers above in the Parish of St. Benedict Pauls Wharf vvithin the City of London of the third part of CCC Acres of Wood in the Parish of Hurst and Prosits of the Hundred of Asherugge vvith the Appurtenances in Com. Berks. of the third part of the Mannor of Aston Clinton and Lands in Dunrig and Mâ—njoye in Com. Buck. vvith the third part of the Mannor of Hide in Com. Hertf. This Elizabeth by her Testament bearing date at Donzate upon the Eve of St. Catherine Anno 1414. 2 H. 5. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Conventual Church of Bust esham Montacute Appointing That upon the day of her death Dirige should be sung at Vespers and Mass of Requiem on the Morrow at the same place and that every Priest performing that Service should have xii d. Likewise that at every Place vvhere her Body vvas to rest in its carriage to Bustâ—esham her Exequies should be perform'd vvith Dirige in the Evening and on the Morrovv before its removal vvith Mass of Requiem And that in this Journey to Bustâ—esham there should be expended in Masses Alms and other Charges the Sum of xx l. or thereabouts according to the Discretion of her Executors Also That being brought to Bustlesham xxiv poor Men cloath'd in Govvns and Hoods of Ruâ—set should carry each of them a Torch of Wax at the Dirige and Mass of Requiem upon her Burial and each of them to have xx d. in Money Moreover That her Hearse should be covered vvith Black Cloth and that five great Tapers of Wax should be placed
departed this Life the same year leaving Issue by Isabell his Wife Daughter and Heir of Robert Aguillon Thomas his Son and Heir then xxii years of age the Lands whereof he then died seised being these viz. the Mannor of Birling in Sussex parcel of the Barony of Gourney Westburgh in the County of Lancaster with the Hamlets of Dodington Stubâ—on Stocking and Thorpe as a Member of his Barony of Shelford Ryskinton in Com. Linc. with the Hamlets of Digby Lebestingâ—am Rokingham and Brauncewell Members also of the same Barony the Mannor of Wyrmegay in Norfolk being the Head of another Barony with certain Lands in Lunget Fincham Stowe and Quinebergh And in the right of Isabell his Wife the Mannor of Bures in Suffolk Perting and Plumpton in Sussex with certain Lands in Emsworth in Com. Suthampt. Which Isabell by the consent of her said Son had the Mannor of Bercamp in Sussex Ryskinton with the Hamlets of Digby and Lestingbam and certain Lands in Fillingham in Lincolnshire as also in Rungetone and Scrimpeshagh in Norfolk assigned for her Dowry And the same year obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Mannors of Watton in Com. Hartford Adington in Com. Surr. and Emeswozth in Com. Suthampt. for Life with Remainder to William her younger Son and the Heirs of his Body and for default of such Issue to her Right Heirs This Thomas was made Knight of the Bathe in 34 E. 1. together with Edward Prince of Wales and many others at the Feast of Pentecost and had allowance of Robes out of the King's Wardrobe for that Ceremony as for a Baneret After which viz. the same year he march'd with the Prince into Scotland In 8 E. 2. he had with divers other Great Men Summons to come to Newcastle upon Liâ—e at the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin well provided with Horse and Arms thence to march against the Scots But more of him I find not memorable till his death which hapned in 3 E. 3. and that he was buried in the Priory at Shelford in Com. Nott. leaving Iohn Bardolf his Son and Heir then xvii years old Which Iohn making proof of his age in 9 E. 3. and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In which year he march'd into Scotland in the King's Service And in 10 E. 3. wedded Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Roger Damory by that great Woman Elizabeth de Burgh his Wife by whom at length he had a fair Inheritance viz. the Mannors of Craneburne Larent-Gundevill Pymperne and Wyke with the Boroughs of Warham and Waymouth in Dorsetshire In 14 E. 3. he was in the King's Service in the Parts of Almaine And in 16 E. 3. in Britanny Moreover in 18 E. 3. he was retain'd to serve the King with twelve Men at Arms and twenty Archers on Horseback in his Irish Wars In 19 E. 3. he receiv'd Command to prepare himself with Horse and Arms to go again in his Service into Britanny being then a Banneret And in 26 E. 3. upon that apprehension of danger which then was of an Invasion by the French was joyn'd in Commission with Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk and Robert Lord Morlee for defence of the Norfolk-Coasts Also in 37 E. 3. he was again beyond-Sea in the King's Service But this is all that I have seen of him till his death which hapned 3 Aug. 45 E. 3. at which time he was seised of the Mannors of Clopton in Suffolk Cantle Strumpesham Rungeton Fincham Stowe Wermegay and Quinebergh in Norfolk Dons Watton and Stone in Com. Hertf. Westburgh with its Members viz. Dodington Coling and Stubton in Com. Lanc. Ryskinton with its Members scil Digby Amwyke Boxham and Branswell Cathorpe with its Members viz. Frestone Normenton Sudbroke Hambeck and Willughby juxta Ancaster in Com. Linc. Stoke Bardolf parcel of the Barony of Shelford and xxix Knights Fees belonging to the Court of Shelford in Com. Nott. the Mannor of Hallughton in Com. Leicester Okebrok in Com. Derb. parcel of the Barony of Shelford Addington in Com. Surr. with Bereling and Bercamp in Com. Sussex To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir then xiv years of age whose Wardship and Marriage was granted by Queen Philippa Wife to King Edward the Third in 40 E. 3. unto Sir Michaell Poynings Knight to the intent that he should marry Agnes Daughter of the said Michaell Which William upon proof of his age and doing his Homage in 45 E. 3. had Livery of his Lands and the next year following was in that Expedition then made into France In the same year he was retain'd to serve the King in his Irish Wars with two Knights xxvii Esquires all Men at Arms and thirty Archers In 47 E. 3. he was again retain'd to serve the King for one whole year in his French Wars under the Conduct of Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster with xl Men at Arms and xl Archers all on Horseback This William made his Testament 12 Sept. Anno 1384. 9 R. 2. being then at Cathorpe in Lincolnshire by which he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Quire of the Fryers-Carmelites at Lenne in Norfolk and to his Heir-male whomsoever it should be a part of the very Cross of our Saviour set in Gold And departed this Life the same year leaving Agnes his Widow who had for her Dowrie the Lordships of Wyrmegeye Stowe Fyncham Cantile and Strumpeshagh then assign'd to her Thomas his Son and Heir being then xvii years of age Which Thomas in 13 R. 2. having made proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Inheritance and within two years after obtain'd Licence to travel beyond the Seas with xii Servants their Horses and all necessary Accommodations In 18 R. 2. he was beyond-Sea in the King's Service And in 20 R. 2. had the like Licence Moreover in 21 R. 2. he was sent by the King together with the Lord Scales upon some special Service into France and in 22 R. 2. was in Ireland In 1. H. 4. as Cousin and Heir to Sir Roger Damory by Agnes his Mother he obtain'd a Confirmation to himself and his Heirs of that Grant which King Edward the Third in 13 of his Reign in consideration of special Services made to the same Sir Roger and his Heirs of the Mannors of Sandhall in Yorkshire Halghton in Oxfordshire and Faukeshall in Surrey Which Lady Agnes being afterwards the Wife of Sir Roger Mortimer and surviving him in 4 H. 4. had Licence to go on Pilgrimage to Rome and Colein attended with xii Servants their Horses and all Accoutrements fit for such a Journey Soon after which she declared her Will whereby she bequeath'd her Body to be buried in
Wales as also of the Mannors of Paynswick Morton and Whaddon in Com. Gloue the Mannors of Bampton in Com. Oxon. Colyngborne Valence and Swynton Valence in Com. Wiltes-Hertfordingbury in Com. Herts Polycote and Donyton in Com. Buck. Swanescomp and Melton in Com. Cantii two parts of the Mannor of Shrivenham and certain Tenements in Fernham in Com. Berks. Irnyng in Com. Suff. as also the Mannor of Banna the moytie of two parts of the Mannor of Fernes the Mannor of Carryk and moytie of the third part of the Castle and Mannor of Fernes in Ireland And being violently seised upon by Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester Hugh his Son and others at Kenyton is Surrey was kept in Prison by them for the space of more than a year viz. until the twentieth of April 18 E. 2. and then by terror forced to pass all her Right and Title to the Inheritance of the Mannor of Paynswick in Com. Glouc. to the said Hugh Earl of Winchester and of the Castle of Goderith to his Son Hugh the younger Quincie THE first mention I find of this Name and Family is in Henry the Second's time that King then granting the Inheritance of the Lordship of Buchby in Com. Northampt. to Saier de Quincy formerly the Land of Anselme de Conchis Which Saiber afterwards viz. in 2 R. 1. gave Fifty Marks for the same Lordship it having been an Eschaet and seised into the King's hands as the Record expresseth This Saiber took to Wife Maud de St. Liz and for the health of his Soul as also for the Soul of Saiber his Son and all his Ancestors gave to the Canons of Dunmow in Essex an yearly Rent of x s. issuing out of his Lordship of Bradenham and left Issue two Sons viz. Robert and Saier Which Robert being in the Holy Land in 2. R. 1. upon the Recess of the King of France was made Captain of those Cl Soldiers then left behind for the defence of his Country against the Infidels He also attended King Richard in the sixth year of his Reign in that Expedition which he then made into Normandy But of him I have seen no more I therefore come to Saiber his Brother This Saier was one of the Barons present at Lincolne in 2 Ioh. when William King of Scots did Homage to King Iohn and in 4 Ioh. the King being at that time at Pont-Audomare in Normandy obtain'd a Grant to himself and his Heirs of the Towns of Chennore and Sydeham Moreover in 5 Ioh being Governour of the Castle of Kuil in Normandy and discerning that divers of the Nobles then in those Parts did observe that King Iohn who then lay at Cane minded nothing but Feasting Luxury and lying in Bed till Dinner-time which encourag'd the King of France to enter his Country with an Army and take divers Places upon the approach of some of his Forces before this Castle of Kuill he rendred it to them without any resistance And having married Margaret the younger Sister and Coheir of Robert Fitz-Parnell Earl of Leicester upon the death of that Earl in 6 Ioh. he gave a thousand Marks for the Custody of all those Lands in England which did belong to him as well in Demesn as Fees excepting the Honour of Grentemenill and excepting the Dowrie of the two Countesses viz. the Mother and Wife of the Deceased Earl and excepting the Castle of Muntsorell with the Appurtenances which the King did then retain in his own hands Provided That if Avicia Countess of Montfort Sister to the Wife of this Saiher should come and challenge her part in that Land that then the said Land and Fees should remain in the King's hands until Right should be done to each of them by the King's Court. And in case she should recover her part in those Lands that then she should make good her proportion of the Fine before-specified and likewise that the Lands and Fees of the Honour of Grentemenill should be set forth by the Oaths of Lawful Men. Whereupon the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Leicestershire to make Livery unto him of all those Lands lying without the Walls of Leicester which belong'd to the late Earl and whereof he had so granted him the Custody Provided it were no part of the Honour of Grentemenill nor of the Dowrie of the Countess And excepting likewise to the said Countess all that Land which the King had commanded to be given unto her in exchange for the Lands of the Honour of Grentemenill which the Earl had passed to the Bishop of Lincolne by agreement betwixt them And excepting to the Canons of Leicester those Lands which had been given to them by the before-specified Earl of Leicester Moreover the King then granted to this Saiher the Lordships of Bagworth Croft and Seneby parcel of the Lands of the late Earl as also the Mannor of Hungreford in Com. Berks. And the next ensuing year in consideration of Five thousand Marks Fine gave him Livery of all the Lands and Fees of the Honour of Grentemenill which he had formerly assigned to Petronill Countess of Leicester but afterwards reassum'd into his own hands Besides this in 8 Ioh. he granted unto him an yearly Rent of x l. to be receiv'd out of Revenues of the County of Leicester at Easter and Michaelmas by even portions and ratified that Agreement made before himself and his Barons by Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester and this Saiher then bearing the Title of Earl of Winchester concerning all the Lands and Honours whereof Robert late Earl of Leicester died seised so that the one half should totally remain to the one of them and the other moytie to the other excepting to Earl Simon the third Peny of the Earldom of Leicester and the Office of Steward to the King Provided That Forty Pound Lands per annum of Earl Simon 's Purparty should remain to this Earl Saiher until Earl Simon should make Livery unto him of his Purparty of those Lands in Normandy which did belong to the before-specified Earl of Leicester And did also grant That after the Death of the two Countesses of Leicester viz. Petronill the Mother and Lauretta the Wife of Robert what they held in Dowrie should likewise be equally divided betwixt the same Earl Simon and this Earl Saiher Furthermore in 10 Ioh. this Saier gave to the King three excellent Coursers for Livery of the moytie of the Suburb of Leicester which was thereupon divided by a Jury by vertue of the King's Precept And in 12 Ioh. gave him another good Courser such a one as the King already had called Liard and a good pied Brache having then the Title of Earl of Winchester but not before for ought I have seen
Market every Week upon the Saturday at Asheby la Zusche in Com. Leic. it being before upon the Tuesday as also for two Fairs yearly at his Mannor of Swaveseye in Cambridgshire each to continue for eight days the one to begin on the Eve of the Festival of the Invention of the Holy Cross and the other on the Eve of its Exaltation The same year he was constituted Warden of all the King's Forests South of Trent as also Sheriff of Northamptonshire in which Sheriffalty he continued till the fiftieth of that King's Reign and for three parts of that year And in 46 H. 3. was made a Justice-Itinerant for the Counties of Suthampt. Buck and Northampt. Furthermore in 48 H. 3. upon that Arbitrement made by Lewes King of France betwixt the King and the Barons he was one of those who on the King's part undertook for performance of the same And stood in such great favour with that King that in 51 H. 3. he obtain'd for the behoof of Orabill and Margerie his Nieces Daughters of William de Harecourt the Redemption of the Lordships of Tonge in Com. Salop. and Ayleston in Com. Leic. with the Soke of Stratton which by reason of Harecourt's adherence to the King's Adversaries in the time of the late Troubles had been forfeited to the Crown In which year also he was made Constable of the Tower of London as also Governour of the Caâ—â—e at Northampton But all that I farther find of him is That he bestowed on the Knights-Templars divers Lands in Sibford and gave to the Monks of Bildwas the Town of Upton in Com. Salop. And that he took to Wise Elene one of the Daughters and Heirs to Roger de Quinci Earl of Winchester Whereupon in 51 H. 3. he had Livery of all that Purparty of his Lands which by Inheritance belong'd to her It is reported by some That this Alan was slain in Westminster-Hall by Iohn Earl Warren upon occasion of a Quarrel which hapned betwixt them touching some Title of Land but therein they are mistaken he being onely wounded as was also Roger his Son at that time with him viz. in Anno 1268. 52 H. 3. as in my Discourse of Iohn Earl Warren I have at large manifested and as it appears by the Inquisition taken after his death which sheweth that he died about two years after viz. in 54 H. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of North Multon in Com. Devon and Asheby la Zouche in Com. Leic. and that he had Issue Roger his Son and Heir then xxviii years of age as also a younger Son called Eudo or Ivon Which Roger had soon after Livery of his Lands doing his Homage but died in 13 E. 1. Alan his Son being then xviii years of age Which Alan offering his Service to the King in Gascoigne upon the Feast-day of St. Dennis 16 E. 1. was courteously by him receiv'd and therefore his Homage was at that time respited by reason of his present Employment and a special Precept forthwith sent to Walter de Lasci the King's Escaetor-General in Ireland to deliver unto him all his Lands in that Realm which he had seised into his Hands for neglecting that Homage Moreover in 22 E. 1. he was again in the Wars of Gascoine So likewise in 24 E. 1. Edmund Earl of Lancaster the King's Brother being then Commander in Chief of the English-Army there at which time the French issued out of Buâ—deaux and gave them Battel but with great loss being forced to retreat In 25 E. 1. he was again in Gascoine and in 26 E. 1. in the Wars of Scotland being then in the Company of Roger le Bigod In 34 E. 1. he was again in those Scottish-Wars And in 4 E. 2. amongst other of the Nobles had Summons to be at Koâ—borough on the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots Furthermore the next ensuing year viz. 5 E. 2. he was constituted Governour of Kokingham-Castle in Northamptonshire and Steward of that Forest. And having confirm'd to the Canons of Leicester all those Grants which his Ancestors viz. the Earls of Leicester and Winchester had made to them departed this Life in 7 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of North Moulton in Com. Devon and CCCCxvi Acres of Land in Hale in the County of Northampton according to the large Hundred Likewise of the Mannor of Trene and Advowson of the Chappel there in Com. Sussex as also of xii l. Free Rent in Nuthure and the Advowson of the Church of Chyldington in the same County Moreover of the Mannor of Great Gatesoene and Advowson of the Church in Com. Hertf. and of the Mannors of Suaveseye and Fulborne with the Advowson of the Priory of Suaveseye in Com. Cantabr the Remainder of which Lordships of Swavesey and Fulborne were setled on William la Zouche of Kicards-Castle otherwise called William la Zusche of Mortimer leaving Elene the Wife of Nicholas St. Maur at that time xxvi years of age Maude the Wife of Robert de Holande xxiv years of age and Elizabeth then a Nun at Brewode in Com. Staff xx years of age his Daughters and next Heirs Betwixt whom Partition being mâ—â—e in 8 E. 2. of all the Lands descended to them from their said Father Elene the Wife of Nicholas St. Maur had the Mannor of North Moulton in Com. Devon and moytie of the Mannor of Gatesdene in Com. Hertf. And Maude the Wife of Robert de Holand the Mannors of Halsho and Brackley in Com. Northampt. the moytie of the Mannor of Gatesdene in Com. Hertf. and the view of Frank-pleg in Shybton and Sibford in Com. Oxon. as also the Advowsons of the Churches of Laghton and Merkefeld in Com. Leic. Croxton in Com. Linc. Yelbertoft in Com. Northampt. with the Advowsons of the Abby of Lilshull in Com. Salop. Geroudon in Com. Leic. the Priory of Ware in Com. Hertf. and Hospital of Lepers at Brackley in Com. Northampt. Which Elene afterwards married to Alan de Cherleton Zouche of Haringworth I Now come to Eudo or Ivo younger Brother to the last-mentioned Roger. In 37 H. 3. the King in consideration of CL Marks granted to this Eudo the Benefit of the Marriage of Agatha the Daughter of William de Ferrers Earl of Derby with purpose that he himself should make her his Wife in case she would consent thereto If not then that he should have the Forfeiture belonging to the King for the same But in 39 H. 3. he made an Assignation of that Grant to Hugh the Son of Raphe de Mortimer In 47 H. 3. this Eudo had the Custody of the Castles of Chester Beeston and Shorwik committed to his Trust. Some years after which
onely certain Acres thereof which his own Tenants after the Disseisâ— of the Monks had demised to them for Tillage Thus much as to what is reported of him by these Monks of Waldene I come now to what is else Historical which I shall here relate in order of time In 1 R. 1. in that General Council then held at London wherein the King purposing a Voyage to the Holy Land conferr'd on Hugh Bishop of Durham and William Earl of Albemarle the Office of Justice of England he associated to them this Geffrey with some others as their Assistants in that Trust. In which year he had a Grant from the King of the Lordship of Sutton a Member of Clarenâ—eford which rendred to the Exchequer Seven Pounds per annum as also Five Shillings per annum which was the Goldsmiths and Five Acres of Land which appertain'd to the Beadle of King Henry the Second to hold by the Service of the fourth part of a Knights Fee Of which Lands c. Iohn Burhount acknowledg'd him to be Heir and whereof he had pass'd to him the Inheritance All which King Henry the Second gave to Robert Fitz-Raphe and Alice Burhunt his Wife He had likewise about that time a Grant from Iohn Earl of Moreton of Kirketon with the Honour Moreover in the Second year of King Richard the First 's Reign upon that Complaint made to the King then at Messana against William de Longchamp Bishop of Ely at that time Chancellor and left Vicegerent here in King Richard's absence special Command was sent from the King to Longchamp That he should thenceforth in all things take the Advice of Walter Archbishop of Roan and some others whereof this Geffrey was one who in those great Contests betwixt Longchamp and Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother so much favoured the Earl that Longchamp caused him to be Excommunicated by the Pope About this time he gave CC Marks for the Wardship of the Heirs of Hubert Bland and their Inheritance and the same year paid xlix l. iii. s. iv d. upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales As also Three thousand Marks for Livery of the Lands of Earl William de Mandevill of the Inheritance of Beatrix de Say his Wife having the King's Charter for the better fortifying his Title to himself and her as next Heirs to the same Earl And from 31 H. 2. to 1 Ric. 1. as also from 4 to 6 Ric. 1. inclusive was Sheriff of Northamptonshire And from 3 R. 1. to 6 R. 1. inclusive for the Counties of Essex and Hertford In 6 R. 1. he was one of the Justices of the King's Court. And in 9 R. 1. Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury then Justice of England being set aside he was advanc'd to that eminent Office in his stead And the same year marching with a great Power into Wales in aid of the Tenants of William de Brause whom Gwenwynwyn Lord of the higher Powys had besieg'd in Maude-Castle after a great Fight and much Slaughter of the Welch reliev'd them Furthermore upon the death of King Richard the First being then Justice of England he was sent with Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury and others into England to keep the Peace there And accordingly meeting at Northampton with those of whose fidelity they most doubted assured them That they should have no wrong but that every Man should possess his own in peace Upon the day of King Iohn's Coronation and not before he was by that King girt with the Sword of the Earldom of Essex though he had formerly the Title of Earl and Administration of the Earldom and then serv'd the King at his Table And the same year obtain'd the King's Charter for a Weekly Market on the Friday and likewise a Fair every year on the Eve of St. Andrew and two days following at his Mannor of Kynebochton in Com. Hunt The next ensuing year he obtain'd another Charter for a Market every Week at Agmundesham in Com. Buck. and likewise for a Fair every year And in 5 Ioh. had a Grant of the Custody of the Honour of Angre in Essex In which year King Iohn extorting from his Nobles a vast Sum of Money made use of him in executing his will upon the Laytie who spared none And underwent the Office of Sheriff for the County of Yorke for the first second fifth and sixth years of King Iohn's Reign For the County of Staff from the first to the sixth inclusive For the County of Westmoreland the second year And for the Counties of Buckingham Bedford Hants Wiltes Salop. and Stafford from the third to the sixth inclusive And about this time was signed with the Cross in order to an Expedition to the Holy-Land but considering the turbulency of Mens Spirits which occasion'd the King to be in fear of a Rebellion so that he could not then spare him he wrote to the Pope to respite his Journey for four or five years promising That then he would send him and all those other who were so signed with the Cross. In 7 Ioh. he had a Grant from the King of the Castle and Honour of Berkhamsted with the Knights Fees thereto belonging in Fee-farm for C l. per annum to hold to him and the Heirs of his Body by Aveline then his Wife And in 10 Ioh. of the Haven called Quâ—en-Hithe in the City of London in Fee-farm also for the Rent of xxx l. per annum to be paid to the King's Exchequer and Lx s. per annum to the Lepers in the Hospital of St. Giles in the Suburbs of London Moreover about this time he obtain'd a Confirmation of the Mannor of Morton with the Advowson of the Church which Hugh de Courtney had granted to him to hold of him the said Hugh and his Heirs by the Service of half a Knights Fee And in 11 Ioh. gave to the King ten Palfreys and ten Goshawks that he might be exempted from the Tuition of the Daughters of the King of Scotland But in 14 Ioh. I find him rank'd by our Historians of that Age amongst the King 's Evil Counsellors the King then refusing to submit to the Pope's Dictates for which respect his Holiness absolved all his Subjects of this Realm from their Fidelity Lastly In 15 Ioh. he procur'd a Grant in Fee of the Forest of Huntendon As to his Works of Piety I find That he granted to the Brethren of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acres in the City of London the Guardianship of the Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist in Berkhamstede and likewise of the Hospital of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Lepers there Moreover that he founded an Hospital at Sutton in Com. Ebor. to the Honour of the Holy Trinity and the Blessed
find That whereas this Henry was in the King's Service in the Wars of Gascoigne from the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula in Anno 17 Edw. 2. until the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen then next following within which time his Father died viz. on the Feast-day of the Apostles Simon and Iude so that he could not come to take possession of his Inheritance fallen to him thereby so soon as accustomably he should have done King Edward the Third therefore in the first year of his Reign taking consideration of that his Service remitted to him a Debt of Clii l. owing to the Exchequer he being also the same year in his Wars of Scotland In 16 E. 3. the King intending a Voyage-Royal into France and to take Shipping with his Army at Portsmonth upon the first of March sent his Precept to this Henry to attend him there accordingly with Twenty Men at Arms and Twenty Archers Whether he was in that Expedition or not I am uncertain for it is evident that he died the same year being then seised of one Messuage and forty Acres of Land in Braddon in Com. Northampt. of the Mannors of Eton and Waterhall in Com. Buck. Purle in Com. Essex Kemple in Com. Glouc. Gylling in Com. Hunt which was given to Iohn de Grey Justice of Chester and Emme his Wife and to Râ—ginald their Son and his Heirs whereby it descended to Iohn the Son of the said Reginald and from that Iohn to this Henry his Son and Heir Aston Grey in Com. Wiltes and Wilton upon Weye with the Advowson of the Church of Peterstowe in the Marches of Wales leaving Reginald his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Reginald in 19 E. 3. being a Baneret upon that Expedition which the King then made into France had command to prepare himself and all his Retinue so that he might be in readiness to set Sail with him thither upon the Feast-day of St. Laurence the same year But of this Reginald I have not seen any thing farther memorable till his death other than that he was summon'd to the several Parliaments from 17 until 34 E. 3. inclusive and that he departed this Life upon Tuesday in Whitson-week in 44 E. 3. being then seised of a certain Mannor in Hemingby in Com. Linc. as also of the Mannors of Stretton and Shirland in Com. Derb. Mundene in Com. Hertf. Porth-pole juxta Holburne in Com. Midd. Purle with the Hamlet of Giberake in Com. Essex Wilton super Waye in the Marches of Wales Hertfordingbury in Com. Hertf. Towsland in Com. Hunt Eyton and Waterball in Com. Buck. and Eston Grey in Com. Wiltes leaving Henry his Son and Heir xxviii years of age and Maude his Widow who had for her Dowrie assign'd to her out of his Estate the Mannor of Shirland in Com. Derb. Towsland in Com. Hunt and Hemyngby in Com. Linc. Which Henry then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands This Henry in 40 E. 3. his Father then living was of the Retinue of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster in that Expedition then by him made into Gascoigne and in 50 E. 3. was summon'd to Parliament by the Name of Henry de Grey de Shirland Chivalier And departed this Life upon Saturday next before the Feast of St. George in 19 R. 2. leaving Richard his Son and Heir by Elizabeth his Wife then three years of age which Elizabeth had the Mannor of Purle with divers Lands in Great Legâ—es in Com. Essex as also the fourth part of the Mannor of Olney in Com. Buck. assign'd to her for her Dowrie And Margaret a Daughter Wife to Iohn Lord Darcy This last-mention'd Richard being so young at his Fathers death came not into action of a long time for till 3 H. 5. I find no mention oâ— him but then he was of the Retinue with Thomas Earl of Dorset Uncle to the King and Lieutenant of Normandy in his Expedition thither Nor from that time until the twentieth of Henry the Sixth that he made his Testament at Blechelee the twelfth of August Anno 1442. whereby he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church of our Lady at Blechelee and gave his Mannor of Baryll-Hall in Com. Essex to Margaret his Wife to hold during her Life and died upon the Munday next preceding the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady the same year being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Wilton in Com. Hereâ— of the Mannor of Port-pole called Grays-Inn in Com. Midd. of the Mannors of Shirland and Stretton in Com. Derb. Hemmyngby in Com. Linc. Aston Grey in Com. Wiltes Shenley Aston Clintâ—n Morton Sherington Water-Eaton and Water-Hall in Com. Buck. Purle Seires South-house le Hyde Snorham Weldebernes Lathingden-bernes and Aâ—resflote in Com. Essex Berton in Com. Cantabr with Towestond and Gilling in Com. Hunt leaving Reginald his Son then twenty one years of age Margaret his second Wife surviving him Which Reginald the next ensuing year had Livery of his Lands doing his Homage And in 30 H. 6. the said Margaret died viz. 16 Ian. leaving William de Grey her Son and Heir then nineteen years of age To the last-mentioned Richard succeeded Reginald his Son and Heir before-mentioned But of him I find nothing more than that he had Issue Iohn who was retain'd by Indenture in 14 E. 4. to serve the King in his Dutchy of Normandy and Realm of France for one whole year beginning upon the one and twentieth of November with six Spears and fifty Archers In 1 R. 3. this Iohn obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Mannor of Wilsamstede in Bedfordshire and to the Heirs-male of his Body And in 11 H. 7. fought stoutly at Black-Heath against the Cornish-men then in Rebellion under the leading of Iames Lord Audley In 12 H. 7. he was again retain'd to serve the King in his Wars of Scotland under the Command of Giles Lord D'aubeny Captain-General of the King's Army for that Expedition with one Lance four Demi-lances and fifty Bows and Bills for CCxc Miles with one Lance four Demi-lances and fifty Bows and Bills for CClxvi Miles and with two Lances eight Demi-lances and two hundred Bows and Bills for CC Miles And departing this Life 2 Martii Anno ... was buried in the White-Fryers at London To this Iohn succeeded Edmund his Son and Heir who in 22 H. 7. had a special Livery of his Lands This Edmund by his Testament bearing date 5 Maii 3 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Blecheley and died the same year leaving Issue four Sons George Thomas Richard and William Which William in regard the rest of his Brothers died successively without Issue became Heir to the Estate and Honour and in 20
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
and an hundred Archers worsting Charles de Bloys and the great Men of Britanny who had a thousand Horse the King thereupon made two Barons viz. Alan Zouch and Iohn l'Isle as also fifty Knights But others affirm that this was at the Battle of Cressey which hapned the same year In 21 Edw. 3. there being a Tourneament then held at Eltham this Iohn had of the Kings gift a White Hood of Cloth embroidered with Men in Blew colour dancing and Buttoned before with large Pearls In 23 Edw. 3. being made a Banneret he obtained for his better support a Grant from the King of two hundred pounds per annum out of the Exchequer And being a Person both valiant and expert in Arms was soon after made choise of by that Warlike Prince King Edward the Third for one of the Knights Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter then by him first founded In 25 Edw. 3. he gave one Acre of Land in Harwood with the Advowson of the Church to a certain Chantry therein founded by him for the good estate of himself and for the Souls of all his Ancestors In which year in consideration of his good services he obtained a Grant from the King for the Sheriffalty of the Counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon and Governorship of the Castle of Cambridge to hold during life And in 26 Edw 3. Covenanted with the Canons of Bolton to found a Chantry of six Priests in the Church of Harwood or of seven in the Church of Bolton they granting to him an yearly Rent of one hundred pounds out of Rowdon Wigdon and divers other Lands In 29 Edw. 3. he was with Prince Edward in the Wars of France And having been summoned to Parliament from 24 Edw. 3. to 28 Edw. 3. inclusive died 14 Octob. 30 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Cambelton in Com. Bedf. Pisthobury in Com. Hertf. with its Appurtenances in Sabrichworth Harwood with its Members viz. Carleton Stokton Holthwait Doukeswike and Kirkby-Overblows in Com. Ebor And of the Mannors of Wilburgham Magna Rampton Cotenham Westwike and Coveney in Com. Cantabr leaving Maud his Wife surviving and Robert his Son and Heir twenty two years of age Which Robert had Summons to Parliament in 31 34 Edw. 3. but not afterwards nor any of his posterity Therefore I shall not need to pursue the story of them any farther L'Isle of the Isle of Wight ¶ I Come lastly to those of this Name who were of the Isle of Wight In 51 Hen. 3. Iohn de l'Isle was by reason of the turbulency of the times made Governor of Caresbroke Castle in that Isle And in 22 Edw. 1. had Summons to attend the King with divers other great Men to consult of the important affairs of the Realm Also soon after that to be at Portsmouth well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to accompany him into France In 25 Edw. 1. this Iohn was again in the Wars of France and in 29 E 3. in the Scotish Wars But died in 32 Edw. 1. or before for then Iohn his Son and Heir doing his homage had Livery of his Lands And in 34 Edw. 1. received the Honor of Knighthood with Prince Edward and many others by Bathing and divers sacred Ceremonies In this thirty fourth year he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands lying within his Lordships of Woditon Bridiesford Shentling Bonechirche Shorewell Celverton Horting Scelle Blakepanne Mannesbrigge Sherprix and Rigge in Com. Southampt And in 35 Edw. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland In 2 Edw. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars so likewise in 4 Edw. 2. And in 8 Edw 2. received command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the Festival of the Assumption of our Lady to restrain the Incursions of the Scots This Iohn had Summons to Parliament from 28 Edw. 1. till 8 Edw. 2. inclusive but not afterwards nor none of his posterity And in 11 Edw 2. was one of the Commissioners appointed to treat with Robert de Brus of Scotland touching a Truce betwixt both Realms But farther I cannot say of him Greystoke THe first of this Family touching whom I can make any discovery is Ranulph the Son of Walter who in 12 Ioh. gave three hundred marks and one Palfrey for the Wardship and Marriage of the Heir of Walter de Carro To which Ranulph succeeded William and to him Thomas his Son and Heir who was in minority in 1 Hen. 3. And in 29 H. 3 obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market upon the Sunday at his Mannor of Greystoke in Cumberland as also for a Fair to be yearly held there for three days beginning on the Eve of S. Edwards Translation To this Thomas succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who in 31 Hen 3. giving security for the payment of an hundred pounds for his Releif had Livery of his Lands but lived not long after for in 38 Hen. 3. William his Brother and Heir paying one hundred pounds for his Releif and doing his Fealty had Livery of that Inheritance Ellen the Wife of Robert then surviving who gave to the King a Fine of twenty pounds for liberty to marry again Which William in 42 Hen. 3. amongst other the great men of that time received Summons to attend the King at Chester upon the Morrow next after the feast of St. Iohn Baptist well fittted with horse and Arms to restrain the hostilities of the Welsh And in 13 Edw. 1. procured a Charter from the King for a Fair every year at his Mannor of Morpeth in Northumberland for three days beginning on the Eve of St. Mary Magdelen Which Lordship of Morpeth he had in right of Mary his Wife the eldest of the three Daughters and Coheirs of Roger de Merlay an eminent Baron of the North in that time by whom he had issue two Sons viz. Iohn and William and a Daughter called Margaret married to Sir Robert de la Val Knight he departed this life in 17 Edw. 1. being then seized of the Mannors of Duston in Com. Westmorl Greystoke in Com. Cumberl Morpeth with the Advowson of the Church Crostingthwayt the moity of the Mannors of Staynington and Heppescotes certain Lands in Horstey-Scheles with the Advowson of the Church of Horsley and divers other Lands in Com. Northumb. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir at that time twenty five years of age Which Iohn doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 22 Edw. 1. amongst other the great men of that age was required to attend the King to give him his best advice in certain important affairs then to be considered of and in
being respited And the same year went again into France the Black Prince being also in that Expedition So likewise in 23 Edw. 3. And in 27 E. 3. was joyned in Commission with Tho. Bishop of Durham and others to treat and agree with David de Bruys together with the Prelats Earls and other Nobles of Scotland at Newcastle upon Tine touching the enlargement of him the said David who had been taken Prisoner in the Battle of Durham in 20 Edw. 3. as our Historians do shew In this 27 of Edward the third he obtained License from the King to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Greystoke And in 28 E. 3. was constituted one of the Commissioners to see the performance of what had been treated on in order to the discharge of David de Bruis from his imprisonment Furthermore in 29 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governor of Barwick upon Twede during the time of which trust being commanded by the King to attend him personally into France in the interim that Town was taken by the Scots whereupon the King was much offended But it being clearly proved that his absence was not upon any other occasion at the request of Queen Philippa he obtained his Pardon And in 32 Edw. 3. for the health of his Soul c. gave to the Collegâ—at Church of Graystoke one Meâ—â—â—age and seven Acres of Land in New-Bigging as also the Advowson of the Parish Church of Graystoke This William had Summons to Parliament from 22 to 31 Edw. 3. inclusive And having built the Castle of Graystoke and Tower at Morpeth departed this life upon the Feast day of St. Margaret 20 Iulii 32 Edw. 3. and was buried at Graystoke being then seized of the Mannor of Wyboldeston in Comitat. Redford Brunne with its members scil Belby Seton Littlethorpe Spaldington Ulram Eston Driâ—ghou Milington and Welberie Butterwyk with its members Sherburne Boythorpe Flixton Falketon Flitmanby the Mannors of Hynderskelf Gainethorpe Thorpe Basset Skakelthorp le Holme in Osmundery Moreton upon Swale Thirnetofte Crossethwayt Thornton upon the Moor and Nidde in Comitat. Ebor. The Castle and Mannor of Morpeth with its members viz. Heppescotes Tranewell Stanyngton Horsley Bentone Kyllingworth Angerton and Hedone in Comitat. Northumb. the Mannors of Duston Aykescoghe Flasecogh Bramton Mill Halestede and Hindring in Comit. Westmorl two parts of the Mannor of Graystoke the Mannors of Dacre Mousedaleâ— Boâ—stale Thakethwayte Soulby New-biggen Blinton Threlkeld Haytone Iohan Iconby Craystoke Mutherby Berier Dalman Anleby Staneton parva Hoton Roff and Ayragh in Com. Cumberl He had two wives first Lucie Daughter to ... Lord Lucie whom he deservedly repudiated and dying before him buried her at Nesham And afterwards by the advice of Alice de Nevill his Mother married Ioane the Daughter of Henry Fitz-Hugh Lord of Ravenswath by whom he had issue three Sons viz. Ralph William and Robert and Alice a Daughter Wife of Sir Robert de Harington Knight Which Ralph being then but six years of age was committed to the tuition of Roger de Mortimer Earl of March Ioane his Mother being then alive who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Castle and Mannor of Morpeth and divers Tenements in Tranewell Horsley Denton and Kyllingworth in Com. Northumb. Webery with its members in Shirburne Boythorpe Flixton and Floteby in Com. Ebor. and Crossthwaâ—t in in Com. Cumbr. Which Ioane afterwards married to Anthony de Lucy and when he died to Sir Matthew Râ—dman Knight It is said by the Inquisition taken after the death of this last mentioned William that he dyed beyond-Sea and that Ralph his Son and Heir was twenty one years of age in 48 Ed. 3. which is most like to be true for in that year upon the death of his Mother making proof of his age and doing his Homage he had livery of those Lands which she held in Dower In 50 Edw. 3. this Ralph was constituted Governor of Lâ—â—ghmaban Castle in Scotland and one of the Commissioners for guarding the West-Maâ—ches Moreover in 1 Ric. 2. he was joyned in Commission with Henry Earl of Northumberland and others for guarding also of both the East and West-Marches And in 2 Ric. 2. assisted that Earl in taking the Castle of Warwick which the Scots had got by surprize In 3 Ric. 2. he was again joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Carlisle and Hugh de Dacre for the Wardenship of the West Marches as also with the Earl of Northumberland and others for the North-Marches in Northumberland And upon Friday next ensuing the Feast of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist 4 Ric. 2. was taken Prisoner with many other stout men at Horsryg in Glendale by George Earl of Dunbar but soon after released for his Brother William who being an Hostage for him dyed at Dunbar of the pestilence After which enlargement he was again constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding the the West-Marches And in 5 Hen. 4. upon the death of Ioane his Mother had livery of those Lands which she held in Dowry This Ralph gave Twenty pounds to the Monks of Newminster for the adorning their Church and having been summon'd to Parliament from 49 E. 3 to 5 H. 5. inclusive departed this life upon the Sixth of April 5 H. 5. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir then Twenty eight years of age Which Iohn doing his Homage had soon after Livery of his Lands and in 9 H. 5. was constituted Governour of Roxborough Castle in Scotland for the space of Four years next ensuing the Feast of Easter with an allowance of a Thousand pounds per annum in times of peace and two thousand in time of War In 1 H. 6. this Iohn was joyn'd with thâ— Bishop of London and others in Commission to treat with Iames King of Scotland or his Ambassadors for a firm Peace betwixt both Realms And in 11 H. 6. in the like Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others to treat with the Commissioners of Scotland at Hadenstanck and make satisfaction for certain injuries done to the Subjects of that Realm against the form of the Truce concluded on betwixt both Crowns In 12 H. 6. he was again joyned with Richard Earl of Salisbury and others to treat with those from Scotland on the like occasion And in 13 H. 6. was one of the chief Commanders of those Forces which were sent to the relief of Barwick upon Tweed then besieged by the Scots Moreover from 7 H. 5. till 12 H. 6. inclusive he had summons to Parliament And by his Testament bearing date 10 Iuly 1346. 14. H. 6. bequeathing his Body to be buried in the Collegiate Church at Greystoke gave thereunto his best Horse for his Mortuary as also all his
it seems when she arrived to years of consent as in my Discourse of that Family of Dovor is shewed By Isabel the second Widow of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester he had issue four Sons viz. Iohn Henry Richard and Nicholas of which Henry I shall sâ—y more by and by Iohn and Richard departing this life in their Infancy and Nicholas with his Mother in Child-bed Also a Daughter who dying in her Cradle was buried near unto Iohn her Brother at Reading By Senchia the third Wife Daughter to Reymund Earl of Province he had issue Richard who died young and Edmund who succeeded him in this Earldom of Cornwal But by Beatrix the fourth Wife Neece to the Archbishop of Cologne he had no issue It is said that he had an Illegitimate Daughter called Isabel who became the Wife of Maurice Lord Berkley and to whom King Henry the Third calling her his Neece for her better support in the forty eighth of His Reign gave the Mannors of Herotesham and Crotesclive in Kent There is also this Epitaph Recorded for him Hic jacet in Tumulo Richardus Teutonicorum Rex vivens propriá contentus sorte bonorum Anglorum Regis Germanus Pictaviensis Ante Comes dictus sed tandem Cornubiensis Demum Theutonicis tribuens amplissima dona Insignitus erat Caroli rutilante Coronâ Hinc Aquilam gessit clypeo sprevitque Leonem Regibus omnigenis praecellens per rationem Dives opum mundi sapiens conviva modestus Alloquio gestâ— dum vixit semper honestus Iam regnum Regno commutans pro meliore Regi coelorum summo conregnet honore Of his two Sons I shall first speak of Henry This Henry in An. 1257. 41 Hen. 3. was Knighted by Richard King of Almaine his Father upon the day of his Coronation at Aquisgrave in Germany It is said that in 47 Hen. 3. having been through plausible and specious pretences seduced by Montfort Earl of Leicester and some other of the Rebellious Barons he was taken off by Prince Edward for the Honor of Tikhill which he then gave him And the same year received one hundred marks assigned to him out of the Issues of the County of â—orset by the Kings appointment to fortifie the Castles of Corâ—f and Shirebourne But notwithstanding this it seems that he inclined to them again for the next year following viz. 48 Hen. 3. upon the march of Montfort and his party into the Counties of Glocester Worcester Salop and then Southwards This Henry favoring them was taken by some of the Kings Soldiers Howbeit shortly after the King holding a Parliament at London amongst those who fell off from that rebellious pack he was one and thenceforth stuck stoutly to the King marching with him to Northampton where the cheif of their strength being then got together after a sharp dispute were vanquished Moreover in the Battle of Lewes he was one of the principal Commanders in the Body of the Kings Army at that time led by Richard King of Almaine his Father and after that fatal overthrow there through the assistance of the Londoners who poured out all the strength they could make to their aid seeing the King and divers of the Nobles made prisoners he joyned with Prince Edward in mediating a fair reconciliation betwixt both parties And in order thereto the next day following put himself into the hands of Montfort and the rest But after this I have not observed any thing else farther memorable of him other than that in 56 Hen. 3. being with Prince Edward on his way towards the Holy Land and partly weary of the length of the journey and partly desirous to see his Father before he died having leave to return he came into Italy and at Uiterbium was basely murthered by Guy one of the Sons to Montfort Earl of Leicester within the Church of S. Laurence at high Mass in revenge of his Fathers death who had been slain in the Battle of Evesham about seven years before as I have elswhere fully manifested ¶ I now come to Edmund who surviving his Father succeeded him in the Dignity of Earl In 42 Hen. 3. this Edmund being possessed of the Honor of Eye his Father then living upon levying the Scutage of Wales paid one hundred eighty one pounds for ninety Knights Fees and an half belonging thereto And in An. 1266. 51 Hen. 3. obtained of a certain Nobleman Lord of Seyland a large proportion of the Blood of Christ which he deposited in the Abby of Hales so founded by his Father as aforesaid Furthermore in 55 Hen. 3. accomplishing his full age of twenty one years he received the honor of Knighthood upon S. Edwards day and soon after that was invested with the Title of Earl of this County by cincture with the Sword Before the end of which year he likewise married Margaret the Sister of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and shortly after had Livery of the Castles of Knaresburgh Walingford Okham and Berkhamstead of his Inheritance Moreover in 13 Edw. 1. he obtained a Charter for a weekly Market every Friday at his Mannor of Cosham in Com. Wiltes And the same year had another for Free-Warren in his Lordships of Great Cestreton and Little Cestreton in Com. Oxon. As also for Free Chase in his Lands of Wasseley and Wymburâ—holt In 15 E. 1. he had a Grant of the Castle of Ocham to hold in Fee with the Sheriffalty of the County of Rutland And in 16 E. 1. being made Warden of England during the Kings absence in the Wars cf Scotland marched into Wales and laid siege to Droselan Castle the Walls whereof he demolished Furthermore in 17 Edw. 1. he was constituted Sheriff for the County of Cornwal in Fee And in 25 Edw. 1. obtained the Kings Precept to the Barons of his Exchequer that they should not exact more from him for the Honor and Castle of Walingford then the service of three Knights Fees by which it had been granted to his Father and his Heirs in 15 Hen. 3. This Edmund founded a certain Colledge at Assherugge in Co. Buck. in honor of the Blood of our Saviour for certain Brethren called Bonhomes And for the Soul of Richard King of Almaine his Father gave to the Monks of Rewley in the Suburbs of Oxford being fifteen in number all his Lands in North Osney as also his Mannor of Erdington and Mills at Karsington in that County Likewise one Acre of Land in Bel juxta Roslin with the Advowson of the Church of Wendrove in the Hundred of Kerier in Com. Cornub. also all his Woods at Nettlebed and divers Houses in London scituate in the Parish of S. Thomas the Apostle with certain
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-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
and Cicestre of the Mannors of Newport juxta-Walden of the Town of Wilton and Mannor of Cosham with One hundred pounds rent issuing out of the Mannor of Lichelade by the hands of the Abbot of Hailes As also of all the Lands which the before-specified Edmund Earl of Cornwall held at the time of his death as well in possession as Reversion Likewise of Two hundred shillings and ten Marks yearly Rent payable by the Mayor of London out of the Rent of Fifty pounds per annum due for Queen-Hithe Furthermore he then obtain'd a Grant of the whole Isle of Man But being thus highly advanced and inrich'd with such vast possessions he grew so insolent as that he despised the chiefest of the Nobles in so much as upon the day appointed for the King's Coronation viz. the Festival of St. Mathias the Apostle in An. 1309. 2 Edw. 2. the great Lords desired of the King in the presence of Charles and Lewes his Uncles Iohn Duke of Brabant and Margaret his Dutchess the Earl of Savoy and many others that he might be removed and when they saw it would not be they endevoured to defer that Solemnity but in vain for to honour him yet farther the King gave him the Crown of St. Edward the Confessor to carry in that Solemn Proceeding Which being over he became more and more elated and causing a Tourneament to be proclaimed at Walingford got thither such a number out of Forrein parts as that he there insulted over all the English Lords of which Thomas Earl of Lancaster Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Aymer de Valence Earl of Pembroke and Iohn Earl of Warren were not the least Who stomaching the matter unanimously entred into consultation how they might destroy him Moreover about this time he obtain'd another Grant from the King of the Castles of Gaure Thalamon and Mauleon in Gascoine with the Provost-ship of Camparian called Comptal and City of Baion also of the Mannors of Herb-funere Biorn Comtad Saline Dagines and Isle of Oleron with the Territories of Marempne and Lancras in Xantoigne for terme of life And shortly after that a Charter to himself and Margaret his Wife for a Market every week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Torpell in Com. North. as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Giles Likewise another Grant in tail to himself and the said Margaret and to the issue of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannor of Wroxhale in the Isle of Wight late part of the possessions of Isabell Countess of Albemarle Again having the Earldome of Cornwall thus granted to him and Margaret his Wife and to the heires of their two bodies lawfully begotten he obtain'd several Precepts to sundry persons to make Livery unto him of divers Lordships and Lands which were parcel thereof viz. to Adam de Carleton for Livery of the Mannors of Tremeton and Moresk in that County To Thomas de la Hyde Sheriff of that Shire of all the Lands then in his custody therein the like to Iohn de Sture of Lands in Devonshire Also to Iohn de Clinton for Livery of the Castle of Walingford the Honor of St. Walerie and Town of Cicestre To George de Perci of the Mannor of Cosham to Iohn de Knokyn of the Mannor of UUatlyngton To Roger de Wellesworth of the Mannor of Newport in Essex To Alexander Cheverell of the Town of Wilton and to Iohn de Gras Sheriff of Yorkshire of the Castle Town and Honor of Knaresborough with the Mannors of Routhelyve and Aldeburgh Which excessive favours raised his pride and insolencie to such an height as that the great Lords not being longer able to endure it humbly besought the King that he would manage his Affaires by the Advice of his Barons whereby he might be the more safe from danger Unto which outwardly assenting he forthwith called a Parliament to meet at London Where at their earnest instance this Piers was banish'd into Ireland about the Feast of the blessed Virgin 's Nativity but much against the King's mind In his passage therefore thitherwards he accompanied him to Bristoll and assign'd him all his own Royal Revenues in that Realm for his support there But no sooner was the Parliament dissolved than that he recall'd him again and upon his arrival in England met him at Chester Seeing therefore the King thus stedfast to him he despised the Nobles more than ever and seeing he gave him way to do what he listed fell to fingering the Treasure of the Kingdom and lent it out to Forrein Merchants for his own peculiar benefit so that there was not left wherewith to defray the usual expences of the King's Houshold the Queen likewise becoming so necessitous that she with Teares complained to her Father the King of France that she was bereft of that due Honor which belong'd to her The Barons therefore taking into their farther consideration that it was their Lenitie which encouraged him to be thus bold unanimously made an Address to the King and plainly told him That in case he would not rid the Court of this insolent Earl they would Arme themselves against him as a Perjur'd Person Whereupon for fear of greater mischief he once more abjured the Realm this farther Condition being added by the Barons That if ever he should be found in England again or in any of the King's Dominions he should be taken and condemn'd as a publick Enemy Hereupon he first went into France with a Guard But the King hearing thereof gave strict command that he should be laid fast in case he came thither to the end he might not return again into England to disturb the Queen his Daughter and the Nobles Having therefore got Intelligence of what the King of France resolv'd he hasted into Flanders but finding no rest there came back with his Companions relying upon the Earl of Glocester's Favor whose Sister he had Married and that interest which he well knew he had in the King Being thus return'd with all cheerful reception from the King he was soon after made Justice of all the Forests South of Trent and obtain'd a Grant in tail to himself and Margaret his Wife and the heires of their two Bodies lawfully begotten with remainder to the King and his heires of the Mannor of Werke in Tindale with divers ample Liberties Franchises and Priviledges within his Mannor and Honor of Knaresburgh as also in Burrough Brigg Clynte Aldeburgh and Routhclyst the particulars whereof for brevity I omit Likewise for Free-warren in all his Demesn lands within his Lordsh. of Tynragel Clymeâ—â—ond Helleston in Rerye Mâ—resa Rillaton Helleston in Trigg Lyskeret juxta Tybeste Penkeneke Talskidye Tywarnaill Tremeton Restormell Lestwithiell Ualistok Trewynton and Penlyn in
fled But thence marching Northwards and being overtaken at Burrowbrigg they received an absolute defeat wherein amongst the rest this Bartholmew was taken and sent to Canterbury to be Drawn and Hang'd Which Execution being perform'd at the Gallows of Bleen his Head was cut off and set on a Pole at Burgate others suffering in like sort in several places After which Margaret his Wife continued prisoner in the Tower of London till through the Mediation of William Lord Roos of â—amlake and others who undertook that she should be forth-coming at three weeks warning she obtain'd her enlargement Whereupon betaking her self to that Covent of Nuns called Minoresses without Aldgate in the Suburbs of London she had Two shillings per diem allow'd for her maintenance to be paid by the Sheriff of Essex The Lands whereof this Bartholmew died seised as by Inquisition taken in 2 Edw. 3. appeareth were these viz. The Castle and Mannor of Ledes the Mannors of Bokingfeld Tonge Lesnes and Badlesmere in Kent Pesehale in Com. Salop. Hameldene in Com. Buck. Sonyngdene in Com. Bedf. with Bocland and Plessiz in Com. Hertf. And joyntly with Margaret his Wife of the Mannor of Barewe in Com. Suff. with the Advouson of the Church Likewise of the reversion of the Mannor of Drayton in Com. Suff. after the death of Iohn le Strange and of the Mannor of Estbourne in the same County Of the Mannor of Fanbrigge in Com. Essex with the Advouson of the Church as also of the Mannor of Lacâ—eley with the Advouson of the Chapel there and of the Mannor of Clynge with the Advouson of the Church all in the same County of Essex Of the Mannors of Castelcombe and Heytredesbury in Com. Wiltes and Alderley with the Advouson of the Church in Com. Salop. Of the Mannor and Castle of Lenhales in Com. Heref. and of the Mannors of Oxindon in Com. Gloc. Fynemere in Com. Oxon Preston and Covele in Com. Buck and Etton in Com. Nott. with the Advouson of the Church Giles his son and heir being then Fourteen yeares of age Not long after which Margaret his Widow had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Castlecombe in Com. Wiltes Ideshale in Com. Salop. Fynmere in Com. Oxon. Knouke with certain Lands in Heghtredbury in Com. Wiltes and Forty Acres of Land in Bablesmere in Com. Cantii To this Bartholmew succeeded the said Giles his son and heir who found such favour from the King as that he had a special Precept to the Keeper of the Wardrobe in the Tower of London to deliver unto him all his Father's Harneys as well Coat-Armours as other And in 7 Edw. 3. though he had not then accomplish'd his full age yet doing his Homage he had Livery of his Lands Soon after which viz. the next ensuing year he attended the King in that Expedition then made into Scotland and continued there in 9 Edw. 3. and 10 Edw. 3. And in 11 Edw. 3. was again imploy'd in those Scotish Wars Also in that year being in that Expedition made into Gascoigne he had respite for the payment of such Debts as were then due from him to the King's Exchequer And having been summon'd to Parliament from 9 Edw. 3. till 12 Edw. 3. inclusive departed this life in the same Twelfth year being seised of the Moâ—ety of the Hundred of Cotâ—kesdich of the Moietie of the Mannor of Tarente Russeauxton with certain Lands in Stourminster Marshall and Noteford in Com. Dors. Of the Mannor of Hilton and certain Lands in Paston in Com. North. Of the Mannors of Hemeldon and Market Overton in Com. Rotel Barewe in Com. Suff. Chyngford and Lachelegh with the Bayliwick of the Stewardship of the Forest of Essex in Com. Essex of the Mannors of Pâ—essis and Nerdeâ—e in Com. Hertf. Sonyndon in Com. Bedf. of the Castle and Mannor of Lenhales in Com. Heref of the Mannors of Hameldon and Preston in Com. Buck. Fyneme in Com. Oxon. Ideshale and Adderle in Com. Salop. Oxyndon in Com. Gloc. Wylrinton Whitstaple Kyngeston Blen Silketon Tonge Hothfelde Redelyngwelde Erehethe Bokyngfelde Chetham Badlesmere with the Castle and Mannor of Chilham in Com. Cantii Of the Mannor of Castlecombe in Com. Wiltes as also of the Mannors of Hurdicote and Heghtredebury in Com. Gloc. leaving his four sisters his heirs viz. Maude the Wife of Iohn de Vere Earl of Oxford Elizabeth of William de Bahun Earl of Northampton but formerly of Edmund de Mortimer Nargaret of Sir Iohn Tipetot and Margerie of William Lord Rooâ— Elizabeth his Wife daughter to William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Crethe Kyngeston Rydelingweld and Sâ—bbeton as also a Water-mill with the Rent of Three pounds of Pepper ... Hens and Two thousand Herrings in Dover all in Com. Cantii of the Mannors of Bourne Langhton Heyghinton and Drayâ—ou in Com. Suff. two pâ—rts of the Mannor of Preston in Com. Buck. Barewe in Com. Suff. Plessis Bâ—kland and Hardele in Com. Hertf. two parts of the Mannor of Fynmece in Com. Oxon. one Tenement and Thirteen shops in Dovor and Seventy three shillings five pence Rent in Cherleron in Com. Cantii Which Elizabeth aftewards Married to Hughâ—â— Despenser Upon Partition made betwixt these sisters and heirs Margerie the Wife of William Lord Roos of Hamelake had for her Purpartie an Assignation of the Castle and Mannor of Chilham with the Mannors of Hothfeld Blen and Wultrinton as also of Forty Acres of Pasture in Denne and Six Acres in Blen all in Com. Cantii Likewise of the Mannor of Chingeford in Com. Essex Est-Heghtredebury in Com. Wiltes Adderley in Com. Salop. and the moieâ—ie of the Mannor of Tarent Russeauxton in Com. Dorset To Maâ—de the Wife of Iohn de Vere Earl of Oxford was for her Purpartie assign'd the Mannors of Badlesmere and Bokyngâ—eld in Com. Cantâ—i with Fifty Acres of Wood belonging to the said Mannor of Bokyngfeld To Elizabeth the Wife of William de Bohnn Earl of Northampton the Mannor of Tonge one Messuage one hundred Acres of Land Fourscore Acres of Pasture and Twelve Acres of Wood in Sâ—odhurst and one Messuage Twenty eight Acres of Land Thirty two Acres of Meadow and Nine shillings Rent in Grenewiche all in Com. Cantii the Mannor of Lache-legh in Com. Essex Hameldon in Com. Rotel and Ideshale in Com. Salop. And to Margaret the Wife of Iohn de Tybetot the Mannors of Chetham in Com. Cantii Hmeldon in Com. Buck. Sâ—nyndon in Com. Bedf. Oxinden in Com. Gloc. Castlecombe in Com. Wiltes A Tenement with a Garden in Lynstrete and four Shops within Aldgate in the City of London as also Fifty Acres of Wood belonging to the Mannor of Bokyngfeld in Com. Canc. But afterwards scilicet in 15 Edw. 3. upon the death of Elizabeth the
Honour which Roger le Bigod sometime Earl of Norff. and Marshal of England did enjoy by the name of Earl in the County of Norff. with remainder to the King and his Heirs Likewise of all the Castles Mannors and Lands in England Wales and Ireland which the said Roger formerly possessed excepting those then held by Alice his Widdow in dower And in 7 E. â— procured the Kings Licence for a Market every week upon the Thursday at Sahamâ— in Com. Suff. as also for a Fair yearly upon the Munday Tuesday and Wednesday in Whitson-week Likewise for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Framlingham Hoo and Hacchedom in Com. Suff. Moreover in 9 E. 2. he had another Patent of the Office of Marshal of England in special tail bearing date at Lincoln 10 Feb. And in 11 E. 2. a Grant in general tail of those Houses at Broken-Wharâ—e in the City of London sometime belonging to Roger le Bigod before specified In which year he was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 13 E. 2. and about the same time obtained License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Harwich in Com Essex In 17 E. 2. the King having seised upon the Office of Marshal in the Court of the Kings Bench in regard he had failed to substitute some person on his behalf to attend the Justices of that Court upon an Iter in Lancashire in consisideration of an hundred pounds Fine then paid he had restitution thereof About this time it was that this Thomas granted to Hugh le Despenser Lord of Glamorgan and Morganok his Castle of Strigoill with the Mannors of Chepstow and Tudenham as also all his other Lands lying betwixt the Rivers of Severne and Weye Likewise whatever else he had in all other places in Wales and the Marches to hold for life And in 19 E. 2. upon the Landing of Queen Isabell at Harwich with her Son the Prince who then had Married Philippa Daughter to the Earl of Henault he adhered to her against the King then said to be seduced by evil Council In 1 E. 3. having been in that Expedition then made into Scotland he obtained a confirmation in tail general of all the Castles Mannors and Lands of the before-mentioned Roger Bigot sometime Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England then valued at six thousand Marks per annum As also a Grant of other Lands of the value of a thousand Marks per annum parcel of four thousand Marks per annum more over and above those six thousand Marks in these following Mannors and Lordships 〈◊〉 Keneshale in Com. Nott. Dadinton Pyriton Haselee and Ascote in Com. Oxon. Henton and Spene in Com. Berks. Dachelt in Com. Buck. Newenham in Com. Glouc. Barwe in Com. Cestr. and Wykes in Com. Essex all which were part of the possessions of Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester attainted Likewise of the Mannor of Long-Benington in Com. Linc. and twenty five pounds seven shillings and eleven pence yearly Rent of the Farm of Donewich besides a discharge for forty four pounds two shillings per annum Rent which he had usually paid to the King for the Mannor of Boseham in Com. Suss. And in 4 E. 3. being Marshal of England gave the Office of Serjeant-Marshal in the Kings House unto Geffrey Quinci for life In 7 E. 3. he was again in the Scotish Wars So likewise in 11 E. 3. In consideration whereof he had respite for payment of all such debts as were then due from him to the Exchequer until the Octaves of St. Hillary next ensuing In 12 E. 3. rendring to the King the Castle and Mannor of Stâ—igoil with the Town of Chepstow which he had formerly granted to Hugh le Despenser for life and were then in his hands by reason of the said Hugh's death he had them regranted to himself and Marie his Wife and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and departing this life the same year was buried in the Abby of St. Eâ—mundsbury in Com. Suff. leaving Issue by Alice his first Wife Daughter to Sir â—oger Hâ—lys of Harwich Knight two Daughters his Heirs Mâ—rgaret and Aliâ—e the one first Married to Iohn de Segrave and afterwards to Sir Walter Mâ—â—ny Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter the other to Edward de Montacute Which Iohn and Edward in 23 E. 3. doing their Homages had Livery of all the Lands in 〈◊〉 of their Wives Inheritance He had also another Wife called Mary Daughter of William Lord Roos and Widdow of William Lord 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 who surviving him had for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Earles Stonham Holâ—slee Dâ—â—â—gworth and Hoo in Com. Suff. Hâ—â—veryate and South UUaâ—sham in Com. Norff. UUeston in Com. Herif. Kenet in Com. Cantab. and an yearly Rent of six pounds one shilling and a penny in â—ratefeld in Com. Suss. And upon the fourth of the Nones of March An. 1345. 19 E. 3. betook her self to the habit of Râ—ligion in the Abby of â—angele in Com. Norff. But continuing not long there returned to the World as it seems for in 26 E. 3. upon that Expedition then made into â—rance she was charged with twenty men at Arms out of her Lands in Strigoill and Netheâ—went in the Marches of UUales And in 28 E. 3. founded a Fraternity of Lay-Brothers to the Honor of God the Blessed Virgin St. Anne and All Saints within the mansion of the Fyeres-Preachers at Fisherton Aucher in Com. Wilts As also a Chantry of six Priests there to celebrate Divine Service for the good estate of King E. 3. her self and the Brethren of that Fraternity during this life and for their Souls afterwards And having taken to her last Husband Sir Râ—phe Cobham Knight died in 36 E. 3. whereupon an assignation being made of the Lands by her held in Dower of the Inheritance of the Daughters and Co-heirs to the before-specified Thâ—â—â—s de Brotheâ—ton her late Husband Margaret then the Wife of Walter de Manny had for her purparty the Castle and Mannor of Strigoill with the Town of Chepstow in the Marches of UUales the Mannor of UUeston in Com. Hertf. Stonham UUalton with the one Moytie of the Mannor of â—ennet in Com. Suff. and the other Moytie in Com. 〈◊〉 And Ioane the Daughter and Heir of Edw. de 〈◊〉 by Alice the other Daughter and Coheir to the said Earl then married to William de â—fford had the assignation of the Castle of Framelyngham with the Mannors of Framelyngham Hoo Holislee Doningworth and Cratefeld in com Suff. Halvergate and South UUatsham in com Norff. with the Moiety of two parts of the Marish and Pasture in Halvergate containing nine hundred and eighty Acres Of which two Daughters and Co-heirs Margaret the eldest
every Clerk present Twelve pence To every Quirester Six pence To every Sister then present Twenty pence To every Bede-man of the said place Eight pence Further appointing that her Executors should find an honest Priest to say Mass and Pray for her Soul her Lords Soul and all Christian Soules in the Chapel where her Body should be buried for the space of seven years next after her decease and that for so doing he should have every year Twelve Marks and to say daily Placebo Dirige and Mass when so disposed And died shortly after for the Probate thereof beares date 15 Maii the ensuing year By Anne his first Wife daughter of Edmund Earl of Stafford this Iohn Duke of Exeter had issue only Henry his son and heir and by Anne his last Wife a daughter called Anne first Married to Iohn Lord Nevill son and heir to Raphe Nevill the second Earl of Westmorland of that Family by whom having no issue she took to husband Sir Iohn Nevill Knight Uncle to her former husband This Henry in 28 H. 6. in consideration of his Father's services both here and in Forrein parts though he had not at that time accomplish'd his full age had through the King 's special favour Livery of all his Castles Mannors and Lands both in England and Wales After which viz. in 33 H. 6. the Yorkists being then prevalent whether escaping from the Battel of St. Albans or for what other respect I find not having fled to Sanctuary at Westminster he was taken thence and sent to Pontfract Castle But in 36 H. 6. he made formal proof of his age it being then testified upon Oath that he was born within the Tower of London upon the Twenty seventh day of Iune in the eighth year of that King's Reign and that Constance late Countess Mareschall carried him the same day in her Armes from the Tower to 〈◊〉 â—erbergh and thence by a Barge to St. Stephen's Chappel at Westminster where he was Baptized Which proof being so made he had Livery of the Lands which Anne his Mother then deceased held during her life of his Inheritance his Homage being respited And in 38 H. 6. King Henry being again gotten into Power he appeared on his behalf in the Battel of Wakefeild where the Lancastrians had the day Whereupon in remuneration of his services he obtain'd a Grant of the Office of Constable of Fotheringhay-Castle for life which by the forfeiture of Richard Duke of York came to the Crown in which year he was retein'd by Indenture to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea for the terme of three yeares and sail'd from Sandwich to Dâ—â—tmouth to oppose the Landing of Nevill Earl of Warwick but for lack of Victuals and Money was forsaken by his Soldiers Soon after which the Tide turning by the utter overthrow of the Lancastrians at Towton-Field he escaped thence and fled with the Duke of Somerset and some others to York where the King and Queen then were and thence with them into Scotland Whereupon ensued the Deposal of King Henry and his own attainder with many others in the ensuing Parliament begun at Westminster 1 Edw. 4. from which time untill 11 E. 4. I have not seen any farther mention of him But then being again in Armes with the Lancastrians at Barnet-Field where that party was utterly overthrown fighting manfully he was sore wounded and left for dead from seven of the clock in the morning till four in the afternoon and then being brought to a house of one of his own servants called Ruthland he had a Chirurgion and was after convey'd to Sanctuary at Westminster But in 13 E. 4. was found dead in the Sea betwixt Dovor and Calais though not known how he came thither It is reported by Comines that he saw this Duke in such great distress which I presume was after Barnet-Field that he ran on foot bare-leg'd after the Duke of Burgundie's Train begging his Bread for God's sake but that he utter'd not his Name and that when he was known being the nearest of the House of Lancaster and that he had Married King Edward the Fourth's Sister he gave him a small Pension to maintain his Estate This Henry Married Anne Daughter of Richard Duke of York and Sister to King Edward the Fourth which Anne at her own sute was Divorced from him 12 th Nov. An. 1472. 12 E. 4. and having no issue surviving afterwards became the Wife of Sir Thomas St. Leger Knight for the Body to King Edward the Fourth Who surviving her in 21 E. 4. founded a perpetual Chantry of two Priests to celebrate Divine Service daily within the Chappel of St. George in Windsore-Castle for the good Estate of the same King Edward 4 th and Elizabeth his Wife then Queen of 〈◊〉 during this life and for their Soules after their departure hence As also for the good Estatâ— of Cecilie Dutchess of York then living and for the health of her Soul afterwards with the Soul of Richard late Duke of 〈◊〉 her husband Likewise for the good estate of him the said Sir Thomas and Richard Beauchamp Bishop of Salisbury during their lives in this World and for their Soules afterwards And for the Soul of the before-specified Anne late Dutchess of Eâ—eter his own Wife for whose sake he so Founded that Chantry and for all the Faithful deceased And endow'd it with the Mannor of Hamme in Com. Surr. and Midd. and Mannor of Hertyvy Waspayll in Com South with the Advouson of the Church As also with seven Messuages situate in Watlyngstâ—ete in the City of London Seventy two Acres of Land twelve Acres of Pasture twenty Acres of Wood and Nine shillings two pence Rent in Chyldingfeld and Hameldon in Com. Surr. All which were then by him so given to the Deane and Canons of that Royal-Chappel for the support of the same Chantrie Willoughby of Eresby 7 Edw. 2. OF this Family the first I find mention is Raphe de Wileghby of Wileghby near Alford in Com. Linc. whose Lands were seised as it seemes for his adherence to the Rebellious Barons about the end of King Iohn's Reign but in 1 H. 3. making his Peace he obtain'd the King's Precept to the Sheriff of that County for restitution of them This Raphe had two Sons Hugh and Robert Which Hugh by the Marriage of Frethesend one of the daughters and coheirs to William de Cokerrinton by Berta his Wife daughter and coheir of Lambert de Scotenai a great Man in Lincolnshire had for her purpartie certain Lands in Cumberworth and Chorpâ— which were of the Fee of Scotenai To this Hugh succeeded William who in 44 H. 3. upon the death of Frethesend his Mother paying Twelve Marks and an half for his relief had Livery of the
proper Costs and his heires Also to levy all the Issues and Profits arising thereby by himself or his sufficient Deputy and to be answerable to the Bishop and his Successors for the same Likewise by the service of being Steward to him and his successors and to carry the Messes of Meat to the Table upon the day of their Consecration as also at Christâ—â—â—ss and Whitsontide or his eldest son in case he were a Knight or some other â—itting Knight thereunto deputed by Letters Patent He likewise died seized of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 with its Members viz. Colkesby Donâ—ngton and â—atdale also of the Mannor of Folestowle with its Members scilicet Kedington Kelesthorp Folkerby UUalde-Neuton UUaregholme and Northcotes Of the Mannors of Ratheby Hundelby Haughton Saltfletby Braytoft Herby Tweynton Pertney Bruâ—lingâ—rok Little Stering Askby Kirkby Nithingesby Esterkele UUesterkele 〈◊〉 Thirleby Tathwell Burton Stâ—dder Leveâ—ton and Boston Of the Mannors of Wispington and Foletebick Skâ—rbek with its Members Thetâ—ethorpe Stikford Scuâ—lby As also of Westerkele with its Members Willughby and â—reby all in Com. Linc. Moreover of the Mannor of Lilleford in Com. North. Egefeld Walcote Wetacre and Chadgrave in Com. Norff. and Moietie of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Derb. leaving Robert his son and heir Twenty three yeares of age Which Robert soon after doing his Homage and Fealty had Livery of his Lands and in 47 Edw. 3. being then retein'd by Indenture to serve the King with Thirty Men at Armes and Thirty Archers arrived with the Duke of 〈◊〉 at Caiaâ—s having Three thousand Men at Armes and Ten thousand Archers in their Army In this year also he was in that Expedition then made into Flanders And in 5 R 2. upon the death of William de Vfford Earl of Suffolk was found to be one of his co heirs In 9 R. 2. he accompanyed Iohn of Gaâ—t Duke of Lancaster into Spain for recovery of the Inheritance of Constance his Wife and in 10 R. 2. was again reteined by Indenture to serve the King for the defence of this Realm This Robert had Summons to Parliament from 40 E. 3. until 19 R. 2. inclusive and by his Testaâ—â—â—nt bearing date upon Saturday the Eve of the Holy Teinity in the same 19 th year bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Chappel of the Holy Trinity of his Chantry at Spiâ—â—esby Appointing that the Master of that Chantry being Parish-Priest of Spillesby should have his best Horse and best Saddle in the name of a Mortuary and in satisfaction of his Tithes and Oblations forgotten or negligently paid by himself or his Officers And departed this life upon the ninth day of August 20 R. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Chategrave in Com. Norff. Hokynton in Com. Cantabr Lilleford in Com. Northampt. Hekingham Skredyngton and divers others in Com. Linc and by the Curtesy of England in right of Elizabeth his wife Widow of William Latimer of the Mannors of Dylwike with the Parke Wotton Ronhale and Stratton in Com. Bedf. Boseyate Burton juxta Thyngden and Corby with the Hundred in Com. Northampt. Isnampstede-Latimer in Com. Buck. Bradfeld in Com. Somerset Daneby Liverton Syvington and Thorneton in Com. Ebor. leaving issue by Alice his wife William his son and heir Twenty four yeares of age and by Elizabeth his second wife sister and heir to Iohn Nevill Lord Latimer Four other Sons Robert Thomas Iohn and Bryan Which William had thereupon Livery of his Lands and was one of the Peeres in that Parliament of 22 R. 2 at which time King Richard made a formal Resignation of his Kingly Dignity In 2 H. 4. this William was retein'd to attend the King upon his Expedition into Scotland with three Knights besides himself Twenty seven Men at Armes and One hundred Sixty nine Archers and to continue with him from the 20 th of Iune till the 13 th of September ensuing and had summons to Parliament from the 20 th R. 2. to 11 H. 4. He had two wives Lucia daughter to the Lady Aliva Strange of â—â—okyn and Ioane one of the sisters and coheirs to Edmund Holand Earl of â—ent Widow of Edmund Langele Duke of York and died at Eggefeild in Com. Norff. upon Wednesday next ensuing the Festival of St. Andrew the Apostle without any issue by the said Ioane being then seised of the Mannor of Hokynton in Com. Cantabr Wykes Vfford Bredefeld Baudesey and Combes in Com. Suff. Eggefeld the Mannor of Walcote called East-Halle Whetacâ—â— Roughton Chatgrave and Walcote called Sire Walters Mannor Lilford in Com. Northampt. with Orby and Partenay in Com. Linc. leaving Robert his son and heir Twenty four yeares of age who doing his Homage soon after had Livery of his Lands In 12 H. 4. this Robert obtain'd from the King a Confirmation of King Henry the Second's Charter made to Hugh the son of Pinchon his Ancestor sometime Steward to the Bishop of Durham of all those Lands which the said Pinchon held of him viz. Eresby with its Members as appeareth by the Inquisition before-mentioned He also obtain'd License the same year to found a Chantry for one Priest in the Chappel of St. Katherine in Saltflet Haven and to endow it with Four Messuages one Wind-mill Sixty four Acres of Land Twenty Acres of Meadow and Forty Acres of Pasture in Skydbroke to Celebrate Divine Service there for the good estate of himself during this life and afterwards for the health of his Soul and the Souls of all his Ancestors And being a most active and heroick person in 3 H. 5. attended that Warlike King into France and was with him when he took Hareflew and became Victorious in that great Battle of Agincourt Also in 4 H. 5. he was by Indenture reteined to serve him farther in his Wars of France In which year upon the death of Isabell the Widdow of William de Vfford Earl of Suffolk he had Livery of the Castle and Town of Orford and of the Mannor of Perham with the Advouson of the Priory of Caâ—pesse Likewise of the Mannor of Ufford and Advouson of the Church of the Mannors of Sogenho and Wyndyrvill and of the Kay and Poole of Wodbrigge all which she held for life the Inheritance belonging to him as Heir to that Earl And in 5 H. 5. was again with him in another Expedition then made into France being one of the chief Commanders in his Army at the Siege of Caen in Normandy In consideration whereof and of his great Services in those Wars he obtained a Grant of one hundred pounds per annum to be yearly received out of the Customs of Wools Wool-Fells and Pelts in the Port of Boston And in 6 H. 5. still continuing in those Wars was at the Siege of Roan In 7 H. 5. he likewise abode
protect Spenser that he could not have his will against him out of high indignation he betook himself to the Scots at that time the King 's open Enemies though he formerly had been the greatest scourge to them of any in regard of his residence near the borders in robbing their Towns firing their Dwellings and doing them all the mischief he could and confederated with them Whereupon to gratifie him and oblige him the more they resolv'd that he should Marry the Sister of their King And suspecting not at all that any discovery of this his defection was made after a few dayes return'd to Carlisle But so it hapned that Anthony de Luci a person of great note in those parts being ambitious to do somewhat whereby he might merit the Kings esteem having private intimation thereof came with a strong party to Carlisle and there surprised him Whereupon by vertue of a Commission bearing date at Knaresburgh 27 Febr. 16 E. 2. directed to Edmund Earl of Kent Iohn Lord Hastings Sir Raphe Basset Sir Iohn Peche and Sir Iohn Wisham Knights and Geffrey le Scrope Esquire or to any two of them he was brought to his Trial Pat Carlisle upon Friday preceding the Feast of St. Chad the same year before Basset Peche Wisham and Scrope Where it being laid to his Charge that he had conspired with Iames Douglas a Scot and that thereby the King himself for lack of his assistance was vanquisht in Battel near to the Abby of Bâ—land in Yorkshire so that he became necessitated to flee to York for the safeguard of his person Sentence was then and there pronounced against him viz. That his Sword should be taken from him and hâ—s gilt Spurs hackt off from his heels Then that he should be drawn and hang'd by the neck his Heart and Bowels taken out of his Body burnt to Ashes and Winnowed his Body cut into four Quarters the one to be set upon the principal Tower of Carlislâ— Castle the other upon the Tower at Newcastle upon Tine the third upon the Bridge at York and the fourth at Shrewsbury And his head upon London-Bridge for an example to others who should ever dare to commit so foul a Treason Which Judgment was executed upon him accordingly on the morrow after St. Chad's day He had a Brother called Iohn de Harcla who in 16 E. 2. died seised of the Mannor of Whithalle in Com. Cumbr. leaving Andrew his son and heir three yeares of age Aton 17 Edw. 2. THe first mention of this Name and Family wherewith I have met is in the time of King Henry the First Gilbert the son of Lagi being then possess'd of the Lordship of Aton in Pickertâ—g-lithe in Com. Ebor. and thereupon assuming his Sirname from thence Which Gilbert had issue William of whom I find mention in 20 H. 2. and he Gilbert who took to wife Margerie the daughter and heir of Warine de Vesci a younger son to William de Vesci Lord of Alâ—wick in Com. Northumb. and departed this life in 19 H. 3. leaving issue William his son and heir she the said Margerie surviving him whereupon command was given to the Sheriff of Yorkshire to make Livery unto her of the Lands of her Inheritance Gilbert lying in that County Which William gave to the Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist at Aton one Toft with a Croft near to that Chappel as also four Acres of arable Land lying in that Lordship with Pasturage for eight Oxen eight Kine with their breed of two yeares old six Horses and an hundred Sheep in his Lands and Woods there and likewise thirty Cart-loads of Turfe in his Marish of Hoton Buscell for the maintenance of a Chantry therein for ever To this William succeeded Gilbert his son and heir who in 34 E. I. at that great solemnity in making Prince Edward Knight with many more by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies was one of that number but died without issue Whereupon William his brother became his heir Which William left issue Gilbert who in 2 E 2. obtain'd a Charter of Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Bardeby Hoâ—â—e juxta Seleby Wellom and Kâ—apton in Com. Ebor. In 8 E. 2. this Gilbert receiv'd command to fit himself with Horse and Armes and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast-day of the blessed Virgin to restrain the Hostilities of the Scots and in 9 E. 2. was found heir to William de Vesci the elder viz. son of William brother of Gilbert who died without issue son of William son of Margery daughter and heir to Warine de Vesci brother of Eustace father of William father of John and William called William de Vesci of Kildare who died without lawful issue And thereupon in 11 E. 2. doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands thereby descended to him of which the Mannor of Malton in Com. Ebor. was part Furthermore in 13 E. 2. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland and in 17 E. 2. as Cosin and heir to the before-specified William de Vesci confirm'd to Henry Lord Percie that Grant which Anthony Beck Bishop of Durham had made to him of the Barony Mannor and Castle of Alnwike with the Towns and Hamlets thereto belonging of which Grant with the occasion thereof I have fully taken notice in my discourse of the Family of Vesci In consideration whereof he received from Henry son and heir to the same Henry Lord Perci the sum of Seven hundred Marks sterling Moreover in 7 E. 3. he was again in the Scotish wars And having been summon'd to Parliament from 17 Edw. 2. till 16 Edw. 3. inclusive died the same year as it seemes To whom succeeded William his son and heir William Which William in 17 E. 3. was in the wars of France and in 42 E. 3. constituted Sheriff of Yorkshâ—re as also Governor of the Castle at York So likewise in 43 Edw. 3. and 46 Edw. 3. This William in 7 R. 2. founded a Chantry in the Chappel of St. Iohn Baptist within his Mannor of Aton in Pickering-lithe for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service therein for the good Estate of himself during this life and the health of his Soul after his departure hence as also for the Soules of his Parents and Friends and all the Faithful deceased for whose support he gave Thirteen Messuages and eight Ox-gangs of Land in Hoton Bussel and Aton But all that I have farther seen of him is that he was summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 44 E. 3. and no more and that by Isabel his Wife daughter to Henry Lord Percie he had issue a son called William who died in his life time Also three daughters who became his heires viz.
and one Acres of demesn-Demesn-lands in the Parish of St. Guthlake at East Deping Twenty Acres of Demesn-meadow in North Mede and Fourteen Acres in Fletegate-wang all which were part of the Dowrie of Lucia Widow of Edmund Earl of Kent then deceased Which Margaret Surviving him Married to Thomas Duke of Clarence This last mention'd Iohn Marquess Dorset by his Testament nuncupative bearing date 16 Martii An. 1409. 11 H. 4. being still Lord Chamberlain of England and Captain of Calais bequeathed all his Goods his Debts discharged to Henry his Brother Bishop of Winchester directing no place for his Burial and departed this life upon Palm-Sunday next ensuing being then seised of the Mannor of Enderby in Com. Leic. Of the Mannor of Glindourdy in Edernyon and Saworth in Kintelleghe in the Marches of Wales Of the Mannors of Orwell in Com. Cantabr Deping in Com. Linc. Oneston Eydon Makeseye Buckby Torpell and Moiety of the Mannor of Brampton Parva in Com. Northampt Sampford Peverel Aller Peverell with the Hundred of Halberton in Com. Devon And of the Mannors of Cory Rivel and Mertok with the Burrough of Langport and Hundreds of Abbedyk and Bulston in Com. Somerset leaving Henry his son and heir nine years of age and two other sons Iohn and Edmund of whom I shall speak particularly by and by As also two daughters Ioane Married to Iames the First King of Scotland and Margaret to Thomas Courtney Earl of Devonshire Which Henry being Christened 26 Octob. 3 H. 4. had a Grant from the King who then was his Godfather and to the heires-male of his Body of a Thousand Marks per annum payable out of the Exchequer until he should otherwise provide for him in Lands of the like yearly value And departing this life in his Minority upon the Festival of St. Catherine 6 H. 5. being then seised of the Mannor of Enderby in Com. Leic. Orwell in Com. Cantabr Oneston with the Moiety of the Mannor of Little Brampton in Com. Northampt. Mertok two parts of the Mannor of Corry Rivel with the Burrough of Langport and Hundreds of Abbedyk and Bulston in Com. Somerset and of the Castle and Lordship of Corff in Com. Dorset left Iohn his brother and heir Which Iohn was taken prisoner in 9 H. 5. in that unhappy adventure of passing a Marish near the Castle of Beaufort in France wherein Thomas Duke of Clarence lost his life and in 3 H. 6. arrived to his full age In 9 10 H. 6. this Iohn was again in the Wars of France So likewise in 12 H. 6. And in 15 H. 6. accompanied by divers Noble persons besieg'd Harflew both by Sea and Land which at length yielded In 18 H. 6. he was by Indenture retein'd to serve the King in those Wars with four Knights ninety five Men at Armes and Two thousand Archers And in 21 H. 6. was created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Rendale as also by that Title of Duke made Lieutenant and Captain-General of Aquitane Likewise of the whole Realme of France and Dutchy of Normandy and retein'd by Indenture as Lieutenant of Aquitane for one whole year to serve the King in those parts with four Barons eight Bannerets thirty Knights Seven hundred fifty eight Men at Armes and Fourteen hundred Archers And having Married Margaret the daughter of Sir Iohn Beauchamp of Bletâ—o Knight sister and heir to Iohn her Brother who surviving him became the Wife of Sir Leo de Welles Knight departed this life 27 Maii 22 H. 6. and was buried at Wimborne Minster in Com. Dorset being then seised of the Mannors of Byllingburgh in Com. Linc. Bedhampton in Com. Southampt Burton and Wyresdale in Com. Somerset two parts of the Towns of Gresmere Logaryg Langeden Casterton Kirkby in Kendale Hamelset Troutbeck with the reversion of two parts of the Mannors of Helsyngton Crosthwayte Horon Frothwayt and Syhkland Ketel in Com. Westmorl as also of the Mannor and Lordship of Bowes in Com. Ebor. leaving Margaret his sole daughter and heir three yeares of age Which Margaret afterwards became the Wife of Edmund of Hadham created Earl of Richmond by King Henry the Sixth as in due place I shall farther shew ¶ I now come to Edmund a younger brother to this last mention'd Iohn This Edmund in 7 H. 6. had License to travel beyond Sea And in 9 H. 6. by the Title of Earl of Mortein was constituted joynt Commander of those Forces then sent into France In 10 H. 6. the success of the English in France then declining it was thought requisite at least to preserve Normandy the Duke of Bedford therefore then Regent disposing of his Forces into three parts committed the one to this Edmund for the defence of the City of Roan Shortly after which upon the death of that Duke the French taking new courage a great alteration hapned in the state of Affaires there Neâ—ertheless the English not despairing made choice of this Edmund and Richard Duke of York for their Generals In 11 H. 6. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with the Scots at Handenstank or any other place for the composing of all differences touching such injuries as had been mutually done by the subjects of either Realme And in 12 H. 6. sent Embassador from the King to the General Council at Basill In 13 H. 6. he was retein'd to serve the King in his Wars of France for two yeares with three Knights three hundred ninety six Men at Armes and Fifteen hundred eighty two Archers And in 14 H. 6. in consideration of his special services was made Constable of the Castle of Aberustwith in Wales In 15 H. 6. he besieged 〈◊〉 and won it and in 17 H. 6. marcht over the Some toward Pickardy with Two thousand Men through Montrevil and besieg'd the Fort of Fullevill which after some assaults yeilded and then joyn'd with the Lord Talbot In 20 H. 6. for his good service in the relief of Calais besieg'd by the Duke of 〈◊〉 he was created Earl of Dorset 28 th Aug. And the same year accompanied the Duke of York in his enterprise upon Anjou and Maâ—â—e where they did much spoil taking also many prisoners Soon after which entring into the Marches of Britanny he took the Town of â—erch by assault then belonging to the Duke of Alanâ—on and burnt it Thence marcht to Pontroy where staying two Moneths he sent his men daily in Parties to destroy Aâ—â—ou and the Territories adjacent And when the Marshall of France came with Four thousand Men to resist his Incursions he slew an Hundred of them and took Seventy seven prisoners After this he took the Town of Beaumonâ— le viscont and mann'd the Forts on the Frontiers towards his Enemies
Lordships of Halstrede Stanstede Manhale Chesterfourd Brenning Little-Fordham Markesale Messings Revenhale Tholeshunt Guynes Tholeshunt Tregos Tholeshunt Chr. Langfourd Meandayces Little-Maldon Great-Maldon Retingdon Lachindon Asshelham Ledetes Râ—iplâ— Pachinhall Wodhalle Grenstede Morton Little-Lanfare Wyfenho Ouesey Totham and Meresey In 8 R. 2. the Dominions of Flanders by the death of Lewes then Earl of that Territory being divolved to the King of England as its superior Lord in respect of his Title to the Realm of France and that the Heir thereof had not tendred his Homage as he ought to have done the King for the better safeguard of the Countrey constituted this Iohn Lord Bourchier chief Governor and Guardian thereof particularly of the Town of Gaunt at the special request of the Flemings and sent considerable Forces to that purpose thither Moreover in 9 R. 2. having been by Indenture reteined to serve the King in fortifying the Town of Calais he was then imployed thither for the safeguard thereof and in 13 R. 2. had farther commands for the Kings Service in France He had also Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 5 R 2. till 1 H. 4. inclusive but being by that time grown aged and infirm he obtained a special exemption from that Service as also for comeing to Councils during the Remainder of his life and died the same year Whereupon Sir Bartholmew de Bourchier Knights his Son and Heir had Livery of his Lands Which Sir Bartholmew had Summons to Parliament from 1 H. 4. until 10 of that Kings Reign inclusive After which it was not long ere that growing infirm and unfit for Action he obtained the like exemption from all attendance at Parliaments or other Councels and from any Military Service in Scotland or beyond the Seas and upon Wednesday 18 Maii 10 H. 4. departing this life was buried at Haulâ—â—eâ— being then seised of the Mannors of Little Bentley Bradefelde Stanstede Langeford Asheldam Onestye Fordham Knypesho in Mayland Lachenden Castle-acre Bourchiers Mannors in Retingdon Tolleshunt Maidon parva Wodhalle Lanfare parva and Grynsted in Com. Essex leaving Elizabeth his Daughter and Heir ten years of age and Idâ—ea his Wife surviving Which Idâ—ea died soon after viz. 12 Sept. 11 H. 4. Elizabeth her Daughter being then Married to Sir Hugh Staffâ—rd Knight who thereupon affirmed the Title of Lord Bourchier having Summons to Parliament by that appellation But this Elizabeth afterwards taking to Husband Sir Lewes Rossbeart Standard-bearer to King H. 5. Knight of the Garter whom she also survived died 1 Iulii 11 H. 6. without Issue and was buried with him in the Chapel of St. Paul within the Abby Church of Westminster being then seised of the Mannors of Ashildam Maldon parva Langford Onesaye Totham magna Toleshunt Fordham parva Stanstede Wodhall Pachinghall Morton Grynstede and Manhale in com Essex Bentley parva and Stanford Rivers with the Advouson of the Priory of Bilegh and Hospital of St Giles of Maldon leaving Henry Bourchier then bearing the Title of Earl of Ewe and Lord Bourchier her next Heir viz. Son of Sir William Bourchier Knight Son of William Brother of Bartholmew Father of her the said Elizabeth her next Heir twenty four years of age But I return Shortly after the death of Bartholmew Lord Bourchier viz. in 12 H. 4. Richard Giffard then Bishop of London with Iohn de Boys and some others obtained License from the King to found a perpetual Chantry for five Priests to celebrate Divine Service in the said Parish Church of Halstede for the Souls of Robert Lord Bourchier and Margaret his Wife Iohn Lord Bourchier and Maud his Wife Bartholmew Lord Bourchier and Margaret and Idonea his Wives their Parents Benefactors and all the faithful deceased Which Chantry was thereupon endowed with six Messuages seven hundred and two Acres of Land twenty nine Acres of Meadow seventy one Acres of Pasture fifty seven Acres of Wood and five pounds thirteen shillings and six pence Rent in Halstede Hengham Sibill Pebemershe Twynsted and Middilton and with the Advouson of the Church of Hengham Sibill. To this Bartholmew thus dying without Issue Male succeeded Sir William Bourchier Knight Son of William younger Brother to the said Bartholmew Which William upon the death of Alianore his Mother Daughter and Heir to Iohn de Louvain had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance his Homage being respited And having obtained from King Henry the Fourth the Grant of an Annuitie of fifty Marks per annum payable out of the Exchequer in 1. H. 5. surrendring that Patent in consideration of his good Services performed and to be performed had a Grant of the like Pension of fifty Marks payable also out of the Exchequer for his life in case the Wars betwixt France and England should continue so long After which viz. in 3 H. 5. he was made Constable of the Tower of London for life being the same year reteyned by Indenture to serve in that Expedition which the King in person them made into Guyen with thirty Men at Arms himself accounted and eighty Archers on Horseback In 4 H. 5. he was again reteyned to serve the King in his Wars of France with forty Men at Arms himself accounted and eighty Archers and to be at Southampton on Munday 22 Iunii there to take Shipping Moreover in 5 H. 5. in consideration of his eminent Services he obtained the custody of the Mannor of Hermanville in Normandy part of the possessions of William de Harmanville Esquire deceased to hold during the minority of Charles the son and heir of the said William being at that time in the French wars as he was also in 7 H. 5. In which year upon the render of Diepe in Normandy he was constituted Governor there and by reason of his farther services in this Realm and in forrein parts had a Grant in special tail bearing date at Mante 10 Iunii of the whole County of Ewe in Normandy paying to the King and his heires at his Castle of Roan in that Dukedome one Gardebrache at the Feast of St. George every year and covenanting that he and his heires should find Ten Men at Armes and Twenty Archers thenceforth to ride with the King and his heires or his Lieutenant in those his present Wars of France This William married Anne the daughter of Thomas of UUodstoke Duke of Glocester sixth son to King Edward the Third Widow of Edmund Earl of Stafford and departed this life in 8 H. 5. being then seised of the Mannor of Estanes at the Tower in Com. Essex and divers other Lands leaving Henry his son and heir as also three other sons viz. Thomas Bishop of Ely afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury William Lord Fitz-warine and Iohn
of the Mannors of Sâ—â—aâ—on one Rnoll near Bristoll part of the possessions of Thomas de Gournay then attainted And in 8 E. 3. having been again in the Scotish Wars obtained License to amortize the said Mannor of Rnoll to find a Priest to celebrate Divine Service for ever in the Chapel of Bradestan for the health of his Soul and the Souls of all the Faithful deceased as also a Commission to exercise Martial Law in divers Counties In 9 E. 3. in consideration of his continued service in attending the person of the King he obtain'd a Grant in Fee of the Mannors of Dunâ—â—e and Cherueside lying in Scotland within the County of Barwick upon â—wede which came to the Crown by â—he forfeiture of Patriâ— de Dunbar late Earl of March and in 10 E. 3. procured a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands within his Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Southampt with a Market there every week and a Faire once a year In which year also by reason of his attendance upon the King out of Scotland and sudden return he was by command to make again thither he had respite given him for the payment of all such Moneys as were due from him to the Exchequer until the Quindesme of St. Hillary And in 11 E. 3. had a Grant of a Ship called Christmass taken in fight from the French by the Merchants of Bâ—stoll In 12 E. 3. he was in that great Expedition made by King Edward into Flanders So likewise in that of Scotland the same year And having been a servant in Court to the same King from his youth as also advanced to the dignity of a Banneret to the intent that he might the better support himself in that degree in 13 E. 3. he obtain'd a Grant of Five hundrd Marks per annum to be paid to him and his heirs out of the Exchequer the one half thereof at Easter and the other at Michaelmass until such time as the King should otherwise provide for him in Lands of an equivalent value In which year he was again in the wars of Flanders and in farther consideration of his many and special services obtain'd a Grant for life of the Mannor of Shaldeford in Com. Surr. Also in 14 E. 3. in lieu of those Five hundred Marks per annum given unto him as abovesaid he had another Grant in Fee of the Castle and Mannor of Thlanver with the Territory and Lordship of Buelt in South Wales which Alice de Laci Countess of Lincolne held for life as also of all the Temporaltes of the Archbishop of York in Com. Gloa In which year he was again in Flanders So likewise in 15 E. 3. being then retein'd to serve the King in his Wars beyond Sea with one Banneret five Knights ten men at Armes and twenty Archers and imploy'd as a Commissioner into Scotland with Henry of Lancaster Earl of Derby having a grant of an Hundred ninety three pounds out of the Exequer In 16 E. 3. he was in that notable Expedition then made into Britanny with Four Knights besides himself fifteen Esquires and twenty Archers on Horseback and for the wages of himself and his retinue had Twenty eight sacks of Wooll assign'd unto him In 17 E. 3. being again in the Wars of France upon the Truce then made betwixt King Edward during his stay in Britanny and Philip de Valois through the Mediation of Pope Clement he was one of the Ambassadors appointed to go to Rome there to Treat with the same Philip or his Commissioners in the presence of the Pope not as a Judge but as a Friend to each concerning certain Dominions Dignities Honors and Lands touching which there had been much contest In 19 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of France in that Expedition made for the relief of Aguyâ—on So likewise in 20 E 3 21 E. 3. and 22 E. 3. In which 22 th year in consideration of his good services he obtain'd a Grant for six Tuns of Wine during his life at the King's price to be received in the Port of 〈◊〉 yearly As also a Grant of the Mannors of Ouns and Chernâ—â—de near 〈◊〉 upon Twede and of divers Lands and Tenements in Calaâ—â— In which Garrison he continued the next ensuing year And in 25 E. 3. having been in the Wars of Gascoâ—â— he procured the King's License for amortizing of six Messuages four Acres of Land twelve Acres of Meadow twelve Acres of Wood and Heath and One hundred shillings Rent in 〈◊〉 near Bristoll for the founding a Chantry at the Altar of St. Michael in the Parish-Church of our Lady at Winterbourne for two Priests there to celebrate Divine Service daily for the good estate of himself during this life and for the health of his Soul afterwards as also for the Souls of his Ancestors and all the Faithful deceased In 26 E. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners for arraying of all Knights Esquires and others within the County of Glecestâ—â— for the defence of this Realme an Invasion from the French being then feared and in 33 E. 3. attended the King in his Expedition then made into France where he arrived two dayes â—â—fore the Feast of All-Saints About this time also being made Governor of the Castle of 〈◊〉 with Sixty pounds per annum for that service given to him for his life he became instrumental for the Walling of that Town And having been summon'd to Parliament from 16 E. 3. until 34 of that King's Reign inclusive departed this life upon Tuesday next ensuing the Festival of St. Bartholomew being then seised of the Mannor of the Stanlake Broughton and Bourtoâ— with the Advowsons of the Churches of Stanlake and Broughton in Com. Oxon. Of the Mannors of Somerford Maâ—duit and Whitele with the Advouson of the Church of Somerford and Chapel of Whitele in Com. Wilts of the Mannors of Muttone and â—ylmesham in Com. Wigâ—rn Of the moiety of the Mannor of Shaldeford in Com. Surr. Essex and of the Townships of Dunce Rode and Thirneside within the County of Barwick in Scotland And was likewise â—eised for life of the Castle of Glecester with a Meadow called Gastle-mede and the Tyne called Gastle-â—oule by the King's Grant as also joyntly with Agnes his Wife and to the heires-males of their two bodies of the Mannor of Winterbourne in Com. Gloc. with the Advouson of the Church leaving Thomas his Grandson son of Robert his son and heir who died in his life-time his next heir eight years of age and Agnes his wife surviving Of which Robert I find that being taken prisoner in 19 E. 3. by the Citizens of Pisa in his journey to the Holy Land the King caused all the Merchants of
pounds per annum to be paid out of the Customes of several Ports but the Ceremony of his Creation was perform'd at Hoseâ—ow-Lodge in Tividale by girding with a Sword and putting a Cap with a Circle of Gold upon his head the Parliament then siting at London assenting thereto At which time the King took his Homage It is said that in this Parliament the King being denied Money for the supply of his necessary occasions and that this Duke was instrumental in obstructing it there was a design to Murther him and some others who most opposed the Tax by an Invitation to a Supper at a Citizens House in London but that being forewarn'd thereof they met not there Nevertheless in 11 R. 2. he was constituted Justice of Chester and all North-Wales About this time the Duke of Ireland being very much hated by the People for corrupting the King by his evil Counsel this Duke being of alliance with the Earles of Salisbury Arundel Northumberland and Nottingham joyn'd with them against him by reason whereof he highly incurred the King's displeasure which upon recalling of Michael de la Pole who had been banish'd by the power of the great Lords more and more increased towards him Nor was this all for favouring the cause of his Neice whom the Duke of Ireland had then repudiated and taken another Wife he stood in danger of being Murthered through his malice But the great Lords growing again into power and appearing in Armes at Haringey‑ Parke he was constituted one of the Commissioners to examine the Complaints and Accusations made against sundry persons and especially of what was laid to the charge of Michael de la Pole And about that time obtain'd a grant of the Mannor of Brustwyke in Holderness with its Members in general tail as also of the Castle Town and Mannor of Okeham in Com. Rutl. with the Shrievalty of that Shire late part of the possessions of William de Bohun Earl of Northampton At this time also being very potent divers Lords and others who seem'd obnoxious were through his influence expell'd the Court and Imprisoned Nevertheless shortly after the King made a formal Reconciliation betwixt him and the Duke of Ireland But this lasted not long for the Duke of Ireland being not satisfied that any should over-top him got into Armes which necessitated this Duke to raise what Forces he could Whereupon following him into Oxfordshire after a sharp Skirmish at Radcote-Bridge he routed all his strength and forcing him to flee beyond-Sea procured an Act of perpetual Banishment against him But the next ensuing year the King getting again into Power this Duke of Glocester was put from his Council Nevertheless within a short time after he received some testimony of seeming favour by the grant of a Thousand pounds per annum to himself and the heires-male of his Body to be paid out of the Exchequer until provision could otherwise be made in Lands of that value And at the same time towards the performance thereof obtain'd a grant in special tail of St. Briavels-Castle and the Wardenship of the Forest of Dene in Com. Gloc. then valued at Eighty pounds per annum Also of Two hundred Marks per annum of the Issues of the County of Somerset and Dorset Of Two hundred and fifty pounds per annum out of the Port of London One hundred and fifty pounds per annum out of the port of Boston and Two hundred and fifty Marks per annum out of the port of Kingston upon Hull Likewise of the Castle and Town of â—ysing in Com. Norff. with a Purpartie of the Tol-boothe a Lenne then valued at One hundred and ten pounds per annum Yet not content in his mind he got License to travel intending a journey to Spruce but hindred with Tempests coasting by Denmark Norway and Scotland he arrived in Northumberland and staying a while in Tynemouth-Castle at length return'd to his Castle at Plessâ— in Essex to the great joy of the whole Realme But shortly after being design'd to go with a considerable power into Ireland he was stopt therein through certain malicious suggestions of his Enemies Nevertheless before the end of that year he was imploy'd into France as an Embassador with Iohn Duke of Lancaster there to treat of Peace betwixt this and that Realme And in 16 R. 2. obtained pardon for the sum of Nine thousand and Five hundred Marks which he had borrow'd out of the Exchequer for the service of Ireland In 17 R. 2. he attended the King in person into that Realme at which time divers of the most powerful men there submitted to obedience And the same year founded a Colledge in the parochial Church of Plessy before-mentioned consisting of nine Priests two Clerks and two Choristers which he endowed e with nine Acres of Land in Plessy and the Advouson of that Church as also with the Mannors of Bokyngfeld and Whitstaple the Advouson of the Church of Whitstaple in Com. Cancii the Mannor of Welles in Com. Hertf. and Mannor of Bernestone in Com. Essex And in 18 R. 2. being by Indenture retein'd to serve the King in his Wars of France with One hundred men at Armes whereof three to be Bannerets and eight Knights obtain'd a grant to himself and the heirs male of his Body of the Fee Ferme of the Town of Glocester and all the Fines Forfeitures and Amerciaments belonging thereto In 19 R. 2. the King being again in Ireland and a Parliament called in this Realm by his Lieutenant here this Duke representing to the Commons what want there was of Money by reason of the great expences in that Realm so farr prevailed that the Clergy gave a Tenth and the Laity a Fifteenth And in 20 R. 2. was at the Enterview near Ghysnes betwixt King Richard and the King of France Where a Peace being concluded King Richard married the daughter of the French King she being then about eight years of age But notwithstanding all this so great a rancour did the King bear towards him upon the account of the Duke of Ireland his chief Favorite so Banish'd as hath been observ'd that in An. 1397. 20 R. 2. apprehending himself at that time powerful enough there being no talk but of Peace and Tranquillity and that he stood in great likelihood to be elected Emperor of Germany his Uncles also of Lancaster and York being likewise gone from Court as that he then discovered himself to Thomas Mowbray Earl Marshal and Nottingham his greatest Confident what he had a mind to do which in short was to destroy this Duke of Glocester his own Uncle the Story whereof is thus related by Froisard viz. that to that purpose as it were on Hunting he rode to Havering
Earl of Essex determining he being the last Male branch descended from Walter the first Earl of this Noble Family the Title of Vicount Hereford first granted to Walter Father to the said Walter and to the Heirs Male of his body did thereupon divolve unto Sir Walter Devereux Knight and Barâ—onet Son and Heir to Sir Edward Devereux of Castles Bromwich in Com. War Baronet by Catherine his Wife Daughter of Edward Arden of Park Hall in the same County Esquire Which Sir Edward was the only Son to the said Walter Vicount Hereford by Margaret his Second Wife before mentioned This Walter by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Thomas Knightley of Borrow-Hall near Knightley in Com. Staff Esquire had Issue four Sons viz. Essex Devereux who Married Anne Daughter of Sir William Corteine Knight a wealthy Merchant of London but died in his Fathers life time without Issue surviving and Leicester Walter Edward and Iohn and departing this life ... was buried at Ipswich in Com. Suff. To whom succeeded in his Honor Leicester his second Son the eldest dying Issueless as is observed Which Leicester now Vicount Hereford first Married ... the Daughter and Heir of Sir William Withypole Knight by whom he had the Lordship of Christ-Church near Ipswith in Suffolk with other fair possessions and by her had Issue one sole Daughter called ... now living Secondly Priscilla ... by whom he hath Issue ... his Son and Heir De la Pole 9 R. 2. THe first of this Family taken notice of to be eminent in the World was William de la Pole who being an active Merchant in Kingston upon Hull accumulated great store of Wealth This William had two Sons Richard and William unto whom in consideration of their good services King Edward the Third in the Fourth year of his Reign granted in exchange for the Mannor of Lyndeâ—y in Com. Nott. the Inheritance in reversion after the death of Raphe de Hastang of the Mannor of Miton in Holdernesse And in 11 E. 3. taking farther into consideration the extraordinary Merits of Richard gave unto him a thousand pounds Sterling out of his Exchequer But of this Richard I shall say no more nor of his Descendents than that he left Issue William his Son and Heir who Married Margaret the Sister and Heir of Iohn Peverel of Castle Ashby in Com. North. And that he had Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who by Ioane his Wife Daughter and Heir to Iohn Lord Cobham had Issue Ioane his sole Daughter and Heir Which Ioane became the Wife of Reginald Braybroke and by him left Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Ioane Married to Thomas Brooke in her right Lord Cobham I return therefore to William the younger Son to the before specified William This William being also a great Merchant as his Father was resided first at Ravensrod but afterwards at Kingston upon Hull being the first Mayor of that rich Town and in 10 E. 3. undertaking to provide sixty Tuns of White Wine and six hundred Quarters of Salt as also divers sorts of Victuals and to convey them to Barwick upon Twede for the service of the King and his Army then in Scotland loosing part of the Wine and Salt by Tempests obtained an allowance for the same upon the passing his Accompt And in 13 E. 3. when King Edward lay at Antwerp in no little want of Money lent him a thousand pounds in Gold in recompence whereof upon the 26 of September the same year he was constituted second Baron of his Exchequer and advanced to the degree of a Banneret having a Grant of a certain allowance for the better support of that dignity to be annually received out of the Customs at Hull as by Letters Patents bearing date at Martoyn in France 27 Sept. the same year appeareth Moreover long after this viz. in 29 E. 3. the King calling to mind the great and seasonable supply which he had from this William whilst he lay at Antwerp as also that he had afterwards involved himself in extraordinary Debts in continuing to do the like Likewise that after that being come into Hainault upon the Borders of France and much wanting Money he did again readily supply him with many large summs without which that Expedition had been totally fruitless and in consideration thereof made him not only a Knight but enjoyned him to assume the State and Honor of a Banneret Likewise to the end that he and his Heirs might the better support that dignity bestowed on him the Inheritance of the great Mannor of Brustwyke in Holdernesse with its Members as also five hundred Marks of yearly Rent issuing out of the Port of Kingston upon Hull to hold and enjoy untill such time as he should otherwise provide for him And besides all this having farther contributed to the Kings assistance for the recovery of his Rights in France in consideration whereof he had a promise that in case the King should recover his right in those parts he should have a Grant of Lands in that Realm of a thousand pounds per annum value to him and his Heirs for ever Now because for divers reasons he did make a surrender of all those other Grants desiring that hâ— might have some assurance of what had been so promised him the King by his Letters Patents bearing date 2 Maii in the said 29 year did declare that so soon as he should be possessed of those his rights in France he would assign unto him Lands in that Realm of the clear yearly value of a thousand Marks This William first designed the Foundation of an Hospital for certain Priests and poor people at Kingston upon Hull and to endow it with twenty Acres of Land and twenty pound yearly Rent in Kingston and Miton As also to purchase the Advouson of the Church of Medburne from Richard le Scrope to the end that it might be appropriated thereto But changing his purpose therein resolved instead thereof to found an House of Nuns called Minoresses of the order of St. Clare and to that end procured License to amortise the Mannors of Frisby North-Cave and Foston near Holdernesse which living not to accomplish his Son afterward did in some sort effect as I shall shew anon And being called Sir William de la Pole sen. Knight in 40 E. 3. was found to die seised of the Mannor of â—oâ—thorpe three Messuages and seaven yard land in Miton and of divers Lands in Kingston upon Hull Cotingeham Newland Helell West-Elvele Feriby Colthorpe Bikerton Sollebergh South-Couton and Smithton in Com. Ebor. jointly with Catherine his Wife as also of the Mannor of Rymeswell with divers Lands and Tenements in Beghom and Est Walsham within the liberties of Holdernesse To
which Catherine he bequeathed seven Messuages in Kingston to hold during her life To this Sir William succeeded Michael de la Pole his Son and Heir who doing his Homage in 40 E. 3. had Livery of his Lands and became a person of great note in his time In 13 E. 3. though he was then but young in consideration of his Fathers merits whom the King calls his beloved Merchant he had a Grant in reversion to himself and his Heirs of an Annuity of seventy pounds per annum Which Annuity William his Father and Richard his Unkle had formerly obtained for the term of their respective lives and in 27 E. 3. got a confirmation thereof wherein the King again acknowledged the great and seasonable supply which he had received from the before-specified William his Father in 13 E. 3. when he lay at Antwâ—â—p in Brabâ—â— with his Army In 28 E. 3. this Michael had a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands within his Lordships of Bliburgh in Com. Linc. Gressethorpe in Com. Nott. and Grafton in Com. North. and in 29 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France and in the Retinue with Henry Duke of Lancaster So likewise in 33 and 36 E. 3. About which time upon the death of Catherine his Neice Daughter and Heir to Thomas his Brother being found her next Heir he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance his Homage being respited In 43 E. 3. he was sent into the Wars of France with the Earls of Salisbury Warwick and divers other persons of note and in 44 E. 3. served under Prince Edward commonly called the Black Prince in those parts In that year likewise he marcht with the Duke of Lancaster to the Siege of Mountpaon which soon rendred And in 46 E. 3. was in another Expedition then made by that Duke into France In 51 E. 3. taking into consideration the pious design of William his Father of founding a Religious House for Nuns at Kingston upon Hull as before is observed which he did not live to accomplish he procured Licence from the King instead thereof to erect a Monastery in the same place for thirteen Carthusian Monks whereof one to be the Prior. As also an Hospital of thirteen poor Men and thirteen poor Women and to give thereunto twenty Acres of Land and twenty pound per annum Rent in Kingston and Myton with other Lands and Advousons of Churches to the value of two hundred Marks per annum and instead of the Advouson of the Church of Medburne Lands of twenty pounds per annum value In 1 R. 2. he accompanied Iohn Duke of Lancaster then called King of Castile in his Voyage to Sea and the same year had the chief command of all the Kings Fleet to the Northwards In which of his own Retinue were one hundred and forty men at Arms one hundred and forty Archers one Banneret eight Knights and a hundred and thirty Esquires And the next year following was imployed in the Kings Service to the Court of Rome as also constituted one of the Ambassadors to Treat of a Marriage for King Richard with Catherine the Daughter of Barnabo Lord of Millaine In that year also again recounting the devout intention of Sir William de la Pole his late Father first in founding an Hospital and afterwards a Nunnery at Kingston upon Hull as is before observed as also that by reason he lived not to effect what he did so piously design that he had given special charge to him the said Michaell to go on therein and to perfect the same and having a great veneration for that strict order of Monks called Carthusians he then founded a Monastery of that Rule at Kingston aforesaid without the North-Gate And endowing it with Lands of a very great value appointed that those Monks should at all times in their Divine Offices recommend to Almighty God the good estate of King Richard the Second then King of England Likewise the prosperity of himself and Catherine his Mother Catherine his Wife Edmund his Brother and Michael his own Son and Heir And after this life to pray for the health of all their Souls with the Souls of his Ancestors as also for the Soul of Blanch his Sister late Wife of Richard Lord Scrope In 5 R. 2. upon the death of Catherine his Mother Daughter of Sir Iohn Norwich Knight doing his Fealty he had Livery of those Lands which she held during her life and the same year obtained Licence to hold a Market every week upon the Munday at Meâ—singham in Com. Linc. as also a Fair there yearly at the Feast of the Holy Trinity Likewise for free-warren in all his Demesn Lands there and at Appelby Bliburgh Harpiswell and Frisby in Com. Linc. And being grown in high esteem with the King was in 6 R. 2. 13 Martii constituted Chancellor and Keeper of his Great Seal Moreover in 7 R. 2. he procured a special Charter to hold a Court-Leet in his Lordships of Stratford and Heigham in Com. Suff. Likewise for a Market upon the Thursday every week at Stratford aforesaid and a Fair on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr with free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands of Stratford and those at Dedham in Com. Essex Also for a Court-Leet in his Lordships of Appelby Riceby and Staundon in Com. Linc. And in 8 R. 2. procured Licence to make Castles of his Mannor Houses of Wyngefeld Skernefeld and Huntingfeld in Com. Suff. and to inclose and make Parks of all his Woods and Lands in Wyngefeld Stradebroke and Skernefeld before mentioned which lay without the bounds of the Forest. And having sate in Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 39 E. 3. until that time still holding that great place of Lord Chancellor he was by Letters Patents bearing date 6 Aug. 9 R. 2. advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Suffolk and therewith obtained a Grant of a thousand Marks per annum to be received out of the Kings Exchequer It is said that in the Parliament held this year at the earnest sollicitation of Thomas Arundel Bishop of Ely the King restored the Temporalties to the Bishop of Norwich which had been witheld from him for many years notwithstanding that this Michael then Lord Chancellor opposed it saying to the Bishop when he so moved therein What is this my Lord that you desire Is it a small matter to part with thâ—se Temporalties which yield the King mâ—re then a thousand pounds per annum The King hath no need of such Advisers to his Loss And that thereupon the Bishop roundly replied What is that you say Michael I desire nothing of the King which is his ownâ— but that which belongs to another and which he unjustly
prohibited the Abbess of that House to admit her or that she should be admitted any where else Nevertheless notwithstanding this when she arrived to her lawful age she did profess her self a Nun there but the other two viz. Elizabeth and Isabell died before the 10 th of Henry the Fifth unmarried I come now to William brother and heir to the last mentioned Michael In 4 H. 5. this William was reteined by Indenture to serve the King in his wars of France with Thirty men at Armes whereof himself to be one five Knights twenty four Esquires and ninety Archers In the same year he was again reteined to serve him for one quarter of that year with twenty six men at Armes himself and one Knight being part of the number and fifty two Archers And continuing there in 5 H. 5. had of his Retinue Thirty Spears and Ninety Archers In remuneration of which services he then obtained a grant to himself and the heirs male of his body of the Castles of Hambor and Brequebec with their Appurtenances as also of all the Fees and Inheritances which Sir Fulke Paynell Knight possessed within the Dutchy of Normandy being then of the yearly value of Three thousand and five hundred Scutes In 6 H. 5. this William as brother and heir to the said Michael who died in his Minority and in Ward to the King made proof of his age and having thereupon Livery of his Lands his Homage being respited was at the siege of Roan and in the 8 H. 5. again in the King's service in France So likewise in 9 H. 5. And upon the death of that King which hapned soon after was left in France with the Earl of Salisbury for the defence of those Castles and Towns which that victorious King had gained there Also in 1 H. 6. Elizabeth and Isabel two of the daughters and coheirs of Michael his brother being dead in their minority and Catherine the third daughter having assumed the Habit of Religion in the Nunnery of Brusiard Catherine the Widdow of the said Michael being then also dead he had Livery of the Lands of that Inheritance performing his Homage In 1 H. 6. this William being in the wars of France marcht with the Earl of Salisbury to the siege of Pont-Meulan and in 2 H. 6. to the relief of Cravant then besieg'd by the French having Four thousand men under their command and giving Battel to them near Uernoil flew Two thousand and took Four thousand prisoners whereof the Duke of Alanzon their General was one In 3 H. 6. upon taking the City of Maine he was left Governor thereof And in 5 H. 6. was sent with Six thousand Men to Montargis in the Territory of Orleans unto which he laid siege but without success About this time being Governor of Mans and discerning that the Citizens had betrayed it to the French he retreated to the Castle and was shortly after releived by the Lord Talbot And in 6 H. 6. accompanying the Earl of Salisbury with Ten thousand men towards Orieans they took the Town of Genville and soon after the Castle by render also the Town of Baugencie the Towns of Meaun upon Loire Iargeaulx thereupon delivering up their Keys Shortly after which they sate down before Orleans and upon the death of the Earl of Salisbury there slain was by the Duke of Bedford then Regent of France appointed Captain of that siege Which in 7 H. 6. he quitted and marcht to Iergeaux with Four hundred men Whereupon the French following him assaulted that Town and slew many amongst which Alexander his Brother was one himself and Iohn his other Brother being both taken prisoners But he was soon enlarged as it seems for it appears that in 7 H. 6. he was again in those wars So likewise in 8 H. 6. At which time he besieged Aumarle and after twenty four sharp Assaults had it together with the Castle delivered up to him Shortly after which he accompanied the Duke of Burgundy and Earl of Arundel to the siege of Campeigne And in 9 H. 6. attended that King at his solemn Coronation in Paris So likewise in 10 H. 6. in that Expedition then by him made into those parts In 13 H. 6. being sent Embassador to Arâ—as to treat of Peace with the French he had License to take with him Gold Silver Plate and Jewels to the value of Two thousand pounds And in 14 H. 6. was joyn'd in Commission with the Duke of York-and others to proceed in that Treaty Moreover after the French King had recovered Paris St. Dennis and divers other places of note thereabouts he accompanied the Earl of Salisbury and others into Normandy with Eight thousand men being at that time retein'd to serve the King in his wars of France and Normandy with one Knight Thirty seven men at Armes and One hundred and sixty Archers By reason whereof he obtain'd a special exemption from his service in the King's Houshold and attendance on his Person with this farther favour that in case any Lordships or Lands should descend unto him during his employment in those wars he might have Livery of them though absent by any of his Attorneys In 15 H. 6. this Earl William having married Alice the daughter and heir of Thomas Chancer Widow of Sir Iohn Phelip Knight doing his Fealty had Livery of her Lands and obtained License from the King to Found a certain Hospital at Ewelme in Com. Oxon. a Lordship of her Inheritance consisting of two Priests and thirteen poor men and endowed it with the Mannors of Mershe in Com. Buck. Connok in Com. Wiltes and Ramrugg in Com. Southampt which Hospital was called Gods-house In 16 H. 6. being appointed one of the Lords of the King's Privy-Council and having formerly in recompence of his services done and to be done obtain'd the Grant of an Annuity of One hundred pounds for his life the King farther taking into consideration his great expences in those Offices and Imployments as by himself or his Deputies he had undergone did grant that for the discharge of the same as also of the Fees and Wages which either himself or any else had been at no more than Sixty pounds should be deducted out of that Hundred pound The same year also he procured a Grant for the custody of the Honor of Wyrmgay with all the Lands thereto belonging Likewise of the Mannors of Stow Bardolf and North Rungeton parcel of the Possessions of Thomas Lord Bardolf formerly attainted to hold for seven years In this year he got License to hold a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Hoke Norton in Com. Oxon. As also
Nevertheless Piere de Luxemburgh Earl of Conversana by reason that Philip was but young had the leading of them as also of those Auxiliaries which the Nobles of Brabant Hainault and Burgimdy had got together amounting to many Thousands Whereupon he presently besieged Brayne into which this Duke of Glocester had put his men and having won it took the Field This Duke therefore discerning so great a power against him sent an Herauld to the Duke of Burgundy by whom calling him Traytor to the King of England and France in thus giving aide to the Duke of Brabant he challeng'd him to the Combate Which being accepted and the day appointed the Duke of Burgundy made choise of the Emperor for Judge thereof and sent a safe conduct to this our Duke to go into England and fit himself for the same Upon the receiving whereof he went to Mons in Hainault to this his Dutchess where he acquainted her therewith And within four dayes after sail'd into England leaving her behind Of which the Duke of Burgundy having notice he forthwith sent the Lord Lillâ—dem to Mons to carry her thence to Gant To which place being accordingly brought though she made fair semblance to be govern'd by him yet not to go to the Duke of Brabant her husband espying her time she stole away into Holland and being well receiv'd by divers Lords there began to maintain War against the Duke of Burgundy sending to this Duke her husband for aide who thereupon transported a Thousand fighting men under the conduct of the Lord Fitzwalter With which Forces joyn'd to the Hollanders the Lord Fitzwalter giving Battel to the Duke of Burgundy receiv'd a foile As to the appointed Combate it held not Iohn Duke of Bedford riding from Paris to Calais and so into England for preventing it But that dispute touching this Iaqueline soon after ended otherwise For Pope Martin the Fifth giving Sentence that her marriage with the Duke of Brabant was good and this with out Duke of Glocester unlawful he quitted her and took to wife Eleanor Cobham daughter to Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterborough who had formerly been his Concubine And in 2 H. 6. was sent with Ten thousand soldiers into France which the King had raised to be imploy'd in the wars there under Iohn Duke of Bedford then Governor of that Realme After this in 5 H. 6. he was constituted Justice of North-Wales In 7 H. 6. the Parliament then â—itting at Westminster great complaint was made there to the House of Lords by one Mistriss Stokes and 〈◊〉 bold women against him because he suffered Iaqueline his wife to be a prisoner to the Duke of Burgundy and for keeping an Adultress In 8 H. 6. he was again constituted Lieutenant to the King in this Realm during his abode in France and obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Wycrofte in Axminstre as also to imparke Eight hundred Acres of Land and Wood there And in 11 H. â— had a grant to himself and Alianore his wife of Two hundred Acres of Land Pasture Wood and Heath at East-Grenewich to make a Parke thereof as also to make a Castle of his House there and a Tower in the same Parke In 12 H 6. he obtain'd another grant in special taâ—l of the Lordships of Castilhou de la Marque de Mâ—ton Sauâ—â—age Castesnesse and Medok and of the Towns Castles and Lordships of Milham and Bados part of the possessions of Poncius de Castilhou deceased Likewise of the Castellanie of Mauleon and Soville and Baillage of Bort which Charles de Beaumont and Alferitz de Navarre held And in 14 H. 6. being retein'd to serve the King by Indenture with one other Duke besides himself two Earles eleven Barons twenty three Knights Four hundred and fifteen men at Armes and Four hundred forty and five Archers hearing that the Duke of Burgundy had besieged Calais he hasted thither Whereof that Duke having notice he withdrew himself in the night leaving much of his Provisions behind him About this time he obtain'd a grant for life of the Earldome of Flandeâ—s which was held of the King in Capite in right of his Crown of France And in 15 H. 6. had another grant in special tail of the Isle of Iersey as also a confirmation of that Annuity of Five hundred Marks which had been given to him formerly by King Henry the Fourth Likewise a grant for life of the Mannors of Wodstoke Hanburgh Wotton and Stonfeld with the Hundred of Wotton all in Com. Oxon. And in recompence of his vast labors costs and â—ttendance upon the King's service as well in Council as otherwise for the publick good obtain'd a grant of Two thousand Marks per annum to be received from St. George's day preceding at the Exchequer during the King's pleasure But as no great Minister of State be he never so wise just and upright can please every man and therefore is alwayes maligned by some So it fared with this great Duke Queen Margaret stomaching him not a little for having the chief hand in the Managery of those weighty affaires of that time And at length not only excluded him from farther acting therein but encouraged such as were his enemies to conspite hâ—s destruction which were chiefly De la Pole Marquess of Suffolk and the Duke of Buckingham Whereupon certain Articles were exhibited against him in open Council especially that he had caused some persons adjudg'd to die to be put to other Execution than what the Law of the Land assigned And though he made a just and rational defence to whatsoever they laid to his charge neither his Wisdome nor his Innocencie could availe For his death being resolv'd on and in case they should proceed publickly against him a Tumult feared in regard he was a Popular man and generally belov'd they caused a Paâ—â—â—ment to be called at St. Edmundsbury whereunto he being come with other of the Lords upon the second day of that Session he was arrested y by the Vicount Beaumont then Constable of England accompanied by the Duke of Buckingham and some others and put in Ward all his Servants being taken from him and thirty two of the chief of them sent to divers Prisons And the night following viz. ult Febr. was found dead in his Bed Whereupon his Body was shewed to the Lords and Commons as though he had died of an Appoplexie or some Imposthume Some thought that his life was thus taken away by strangling others that a Spit had been thrust into his fundament or by smothering betwixt two Fetherbeds or that he died for grief that he might not come openly to his Answer But though the manner of his death did not directly appear certain it is that his Corps was convey'd to St. Albans and there buried Southwards from the Shrine
Margaret the Daughter and Heir of Edward Burnell as also two Daughters Elizabeth Wife of Sir Philip Courtney Knight and Margaret of Sir Walter Rodenay Knight Of which Sir Robert there is honorable mention whilst his Father lived for in 3 H. 6. he was reteined by Indenture to serve the King under the conduct of Iohn Duke of Bedford then Regent of France in the Wars of that Countrey with twenty nine men at Arms and eighty Archers and the next ensuing year with thirty men at arms and ninety Archers Moreover in 17 H. 6. upon the death of Alianore Talbot the other Daughter and Co-heir to the before mentioned Thomas Peverel and Sister to Catherine his Mother being found to be her Cosin and next Heir he had a special Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance his Homage being respited But farther I have not seen of him then that in 31 H. 6. he arrived at Blay with Iohn Talbot Vicount Lisle also that he had Summons to Parliament from 29 H. 6. till 33 H. 6. inclusive and that by his Testament bearing date 22 Apr. An. 1459. 37 H. 6. he bequeathed his Body to be buried before the Altar of St. Osmund the Bishop and Confessor in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury Likewise that he bequeathed to the Canons-Resident Vicars Choristers Chantry-Priests and other Officers belonging to that Cathedralâ— to celebrate his Exequies and to perform all other Divine Solemnities upon the day of his burial the summe of ten pounds to be distributed amongst them in such sort as had been accustomed Also to a thousand Priests saying the Exequies for the dead commendations the seven Penetential Psalms with the wonted Litanies to each of them twelve pence To the Chantry-Priests celebrating Divine Service in the Chapel which his Father founded in that Cathedral to each of them to pray for his Soul forty shillings To Sir Robert Hungerford Knight called Lord Moleyns his Son and Heir two basins of Silver gilt To his Brother Sir Edmund Hungerford Knight two Flagons of Silver gilt with his Arms thereon To the Lady Margaret Rodeney his Sister an Image of our Lady in silver gilt with his Arms under the foot thereof To the repair of the high-way called the Causway in Stawyk Mersh which Walter Lord Hungerford his Father first caused to be made for the health of the Soul of the Lady Cathâ—rine his Wife twenty five Marks To Thomas Hungerford Son and Heir to Robert Hungerford Lord Moleyns a Bed of white Velvet embroidered upon condition that at his death he left it to his next Heir Male. To Arnold Hungerford another Son one hundred Marks and to Mary Hâ—ngerford his Daughter one hundred Marks And departed this life upon the fourteenth day of May next ensuing leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to William Lord Botreaux Sir Robert Hungerford Knight commonly called Lord Moleyns by reason of his Marriage with Alianâ—re Daughter and Heir to William Lord Moleyns his Son and Heir thirty years of age and was buried in the Cathedral at â—alisbury Of which Margaret besides her being so great an Heir and that she lived to be very aged I find much that is memorable For upon the twelfth of Ianuary 49 H. 6. which falls out to be in An. 1470. 10 E. 4. by the name of Margaret Lady Hungerford and Botreaux she declared her Will whereby she ordained that whereas by several Deeds of Feoffment she had enfeoffed divers persons of all her Mannors Castles Hundreds Lands c. in the Shires of Cornwal Devon Somerset Wiltshire c. as well of those that came to her by the death of William late Lord Botreaux her Father as of the Mannors of Haylesbury Tudryngton Hornyngesham Fenny-Sutton and Codford with the appurtenances in Wiltshire that her Feoffees should discharge and save harmless every person which at her request or at the request of her Lord and Husband had been bound for the Ransome of Robâ—rt Lord Hungerford and Moleyns her Son who was then prisoner in Guyen Furthermore that if it should please Almighty God not to suffer her so long to live as that hâ—r Chapel and Chantry of two Priests within the Cathedral at Salisbury and her Alms-House of one Priest twelve poor Men and one Woman at â—aytesbury were fully perfected and established that then such Moneys as should be of necessity taken up upon credit by her Executors for the accomplishing of those works to be paid and satisfied by her said Feoffees Furthermore that those her Feoffees should â—ake a Chapel of Lime and Stone covered with Lead for her Lord and Husband adjoining to our Lady Chapel within the said Cathedral at Saâ—â—sbury and likewise found a Chantry of two Priests to say and pray Divine Service for evermore within the said Chapel for the Soul of her said Lord and Husband and her own Soul And lastly that within the term of ten years they should found an Almes house in the Town of Haytesbury of a Schoolmaster or any other honest Priest with twelve poor Men and a Woman to pray for the Souls of Walter lâ—te Lord Hungerford and others in such manner and form as in an Ordinance thereupon to be made should be more plainly expressed And within little more than a twelve month following obtained License to found a perpetual Chantry of two Priests to celebrate Divine Service every day in a certain Chapel then newly by her built to the honor of Iesus and the Blessed Virgin his Mother within the before-specified Cathedral Church of Salisbury contiguous to the Chapel of the Holy Trinity there wherein Robert Lord Hungerford her Husband lay buried for the good estate of King Edward the Fourth Elizabeth his Queen Richard Beauchamp at that time Bishop of Salisbury during their lives in this World and afterwards for the health of their Souls as also for the good estate of her the said Margaret Ioha Cheyne of Pynne Esquire Iohn Mervyn Esquire Mr. Iames Goldwell the Popes prothonotary then Dean of Salisbury Likewise for the Souls of the said Robert Hungerford and her the said Margaret Also for the Souls of Walter late Lord Hungerford and Catherine his Wife parents of him the said Robert and for the Souls of William Lord Botreaux and Elizabeth his Wife parents of her the said Margaret Likewise for the Souls of George Westby Esquire Iohn Cheyne Iohn Mervyn and Iames Goldwell after this life and for the Souls of all the faithful deceased Which Chantry she endowed with the Mannor of Immere in Com. Wiltes and the Advouson of the free Chapel there as also with three Messuages two hundred Acres of Land three hundred Acres of Pasture eight Acres of Meadow and thirty shillings Rent in Winterborne and Hornington in the said County and Moytie of the Mannor of Folke with the Advouson of the Church of Folke in Com. Dors. And having thus done she gave thereunto these
called Margaret Wedded to George Longvile of Little Billing in Com. North. Esq Which Edmund in 7 E. 4. being then a Kt. accompanied Iohn Earl of Worcester Deputy to George Duke of Clarence Lieutenant of Ireland into that Realm for the Safe-guard thereof And in 13 E. 4. in consideration of his expences in the Kings Service aswel in this Realm as in Ireland obtain'd the Stewardship of the Mannor of Abâ—rbury in Com. Salop. Then in the Kings disposal by reason of the Minority of George Son and Heir to Iohn Earl of Shrewsbury but died in his Father's life time leaving issue by Ioice his first Wife Sister and Coheir to Iohn Tiptoft Earl of Worcester Iohn his Son and Heir as also four other Sons viz. Arthur Geffrey Thomas and George and a Daughter called Alianore Married to Charles Somerset Earl of Worcester And by Maud his second Wife Daughter of Thomas Lord Clifford two Sons Thomas who married ... Daughter and Coheir to Lancelot Threlkeld of Gerworth and Richard a Clâ—rk As also four Daughters viz. Ioice Married to William Middleton of Stokkelde in Com. Ebor. Esq Margarot to Edward Lord Porcys Alice to Sir Iohn Ratcliffe of Ordsale in Com. Lanc. Knight and Dorothy to Sir Iohn Musgrave Knight Which Iohn in 1 R. 3. obtain'd a grant to himself and the Heirs Male of his Body of the Mannors of Derlaston Bentley Tittesovre Herrwell Paâ—ynton and Newton in the Moors in Com. Staff Bruggenorta in Com. Salop. and 〈◊〉 in Com. War And by his Testament bearing date 17 Aug. an 1487. 2 H. 7. he bequeath'd his Body to be buryed within the Priory of St. Iames at Dudley appointing that a Tomb should be let over his Grave Also that xxiv new Torches should be lighted during the performance of Divine Service at his Funeral Likewise that every Priest or Religious Person coming thereto should have iv d and every Clerk singing iiid. Moreover that xx Marks in money should be disposed in Alms on the same day and on the Morrow to poor people to pray for his Soul and for the Soul of his Wife and all their friends Furthermore that a thousand Masses should be said for him so soon as possible after his Buryal which Masses to cost xvi l xiii s ivd. And having been Summon'd to Parliament from 1 R. 3. till 3 H. 7. died soon after leaving Issue by Cecelie his Wife Daughter of Sir William Willughby Knight Edward his Son and Heir Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter elected shortly after the beginning of King Henry the Eighths Reign and summon'd to Parliament from 7 H. 7. to 21 H. 8. inclusive Which Edward left Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who took to Wife Cecelie one of the Daughters of Thomas Grey Marquess Dorset It is reported by credible Tradition of this Iohn Lord Dudley that being a weak man of understanding whereby he had exposed himself to some wants and so became entangled in the Usurers Bonds Iohn Dudley then Viscont L'isle and Earl of Warwick afterwards Duke of Northumberland thirsting after Dudley-Castle the chief seat of this Family made those Money-Merchants his Instruments to work him out of it which by some Mortgage being at length effected this poor Lord became exposed to the Charity of his Friends for a subsistence and spending the remainder of his life in Visits amongst them was commonly called the Lord Quondam To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir who being in that Expedition made into Scotland in 1 E 6. and at that time a Knight was made Governour of Hume-Castle upon the render thereof to the English And found such favour from Queen Mary that by her Letters Patents bearing date 4 Nov. 2 1 Ph. M. she restored unto him and to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten all those Mannors of Horburne and Smethwick with the Advowson of the Church of Horburne in Com. Staff As also the whole Priory of Dudley and Tiths of Norfeild and Sedgley with divers Messuages and Lands lying in Dudley Tressel and Cradele parcel of the possessions belonging to the same Priory then in the Crown by the attainder of Iohn Duke of Northumberland And by other Letters Patents bearing date 31 Dec. 2 3 Ph. M. gave unto him and to Katherine Bridges Daughter of Sir Iohn Bridges Knight Lord Chandoys of Sudeley one of the Gentlewomen in Ordinary attending on the said Queen and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and for defult of such Issue to the right Heirs of the said Edward all those Lordships of Sedgley Hymley and Swinford with the Parks of Etingshall Sedgley and Hymley the Hays Forests and Chases of Ashwood and Chaspell and all the Land called Willengesworth in Sedley with divers Lands and Tenements in Hymley Womburne and Swynden in Com. Staff As also by other Letters Patents the whole Castle of Dudley the Park called the Conigre the Park called the old Park of Dudley with divers Messuages and Lands lying in Dudley Rowley and Sedgley in Com. Staff and to the Heirs Male of their two Bodies lawfully begotten all which came to the Crown by the forfeiture of the same Duke of Northumberland He was also by the same Queen made Lieutenant of the Castle at Hampnes in Picardy for life But having no other Issue by the same Katherine than one only Daughter called Anne Married to Thomas Wylmer a Counsellor at Law he afterwards took to Wife Iane Daughter to Edward Earl of Derby and had by her two Sons Edward and Iohn And surviving her lastly Wedded Mary Daughter to William Lord Howard of Essingham This Edward by his Testament bearing date 8 Iulii an 1585. 27 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried where his Father and Mother were interred and departing this Life in London as it seems upon the fourth of Iuly an 1586. 28 Eliz. was buried in St. Margarets Church at Westm. To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir who Married Theodosia the Daughter of Sir Iames Harington Knight and by her had Issue one only Son called Ferdinando made Knight of the Bathe at the Creation of Henry Prince of Wales in an 1610. And three Daughters Mary married to Iames Earl of Hume in Scotland Anne to ... Scombergh a German Father to the famous General Scombergh and Margaret to Sir Miles Hobart Knight of the Bath Which Sir Ferdinando took to Wife Honora the Daughter of Edward Lord Beauchamp Eldest Son to Edward late Earl of Hertford but died 22 Nov. an 1621. in his Fathers Life time leaving Issue one sole Daughter called Frances for whom he had little regard betaking himself wholly to a Concobine on whom he begot divers Children and so far wasted his Estate in the support of her and them that he left not much of that fair Inheritance which
required to do his Homage for the Mannours of Little Hoyland and Tolleshunt in Com. Essex to this Ingelram as he had formerly done to Robert In 37 H. 3. this Ingelram had command to send Baldwin de Fienles his Brother well fitted with Horse and Arms into Gascoine there to stay in the Kings service as also William his own Son to be educated with Prince Edward And furthermore to provide lxxx sufficient Men at Arms besides those xl for whom the King had formerly written And the next year following was himself in his service beyond Sea In which year upon collection of the aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight he paid xii l. for those six Knights fees he then held And in 47 H. 3. in consideration of his long continued and laudable services obtained the custody of the lands of William de Beauchamp of Bedford then deceased to hold untill the Heir should accomplish his full age Moreover in consideration of his great fidelity and constancy to the Royal interest in the time of the Barons Wars so soon as the King recovered his liberty and rightful power by that happy Victory at Evesham in 49 of his Reign he obtain'd his precept that all those his lands whereof he had been dispossessed in the time of those troubles should forthwith be restored to Robert de Amnese his Bayliff To this Ingelram de Fienles succeeded another William who in 54 H. 3. preparing for his journey to the Holy-land constituted William de Amnese his Attorney to transact all businesses for him in his absence giving power also to Reginald de Fenes his Brother to constitute any other Attorney for him during the space of five years In 10 E. 1. this William was in that expedition then made into Wales and in 21 E. 1. possessed the Honour of Chokes in Com. Northt In 22 E. 1. he had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Portsmouth upon the first of September thence to sail with him into Gascoine It seems that upon the differences which were about that time betwixt King Edward and the King of France he favoured the French and that his lands in England were thereupon seized But in 27 E. 1. making his peace command was given for the restoring them again After which ere long viz. in 30 E. 1. he departed this life being then seised of the Mannour of Clopham in Com. Surr. and xx Marks yearly rent issuing out of the Mannour of 〈◊〉 in the same County As also of the Mannour of Wendovre in Com. Buck c. and Mertock in Com. Somerset leaving Iohn his Son and Heir xxiv years of age as saith the Inquisition But by another Record it appeareth that proof could not be made of his age according to the custome of England in regard he was born beyond-sea Nevertheless by reason that William his Father had done his Homage to the King and died a Loyal Subject his Homage was also accepted and Livery made to him of all his lands In 10 E. 2. this Iohn de Fienles having lands in Flanders wherein much damage had been done by the Inhabitants of St. Omers he obtain'd the Kings Letter to the Mayor and commonalty of that Town for satisfaction therein in which Letter King Edward calls him his Kinsman And in 18. E. 2. his lands in England having been seised in respect of his residence within the power of France upon security given for his fidelity restitution was made of them until farther Order should be given therein Contemporary with this Iohn was Robert de Fienles who in 5 E. 2. had a Charter for Free-Warren at Wendovre in Com. Buck. And in 7 E. 2. in consideration of his good service done and to be done obtain'd an Annuity of Cx. marks per annum out of the Issues of that County Moreover in 10 E. 2. he had Livery of that Mannor of Wendovre which had been by him demised to the King for a certain time but being afterwards attainted for adhering to the French he lost all A descendent of this Family was Sir William de Fenys Knight viz. Son of William Son of Iohn and Ioane his Wife third Sister and Coheir to William de Say Which Sir William Fenys was made Sheriff of Surr. and Suss. in 20 R. 2. As also in 1 H. 4. and left Issue two Sons Roger and Iames. Which Roger doing his Homage in 6 H. 4. had Livery of his Lands though then within age And in 1 H. 6. being a Knight was made Sheriff of Surr. and Suss. as his father had been This Roger in 19 H. 6. obtained Licence to make a Castle of his Mannor House at Herst Monceaux in Sussex which Lordship first came to this Family by the Marriage of Iohn his great Grandfather with the Heir Female of Monceaux As also to enlarge his Park there with six hundred Acres of Land and left Issue Richard Who being afterwards a Knight and Chamberlain to King Edward the Fourth Married Ioane the Daughter and sole Heir of Thomas Son and Heir to Thomas Lord Dacre by reason whereof in 37 H. 6. he was by Letters Patents bearing date 7 Nov. accepted and declared Lord Dacre and to be a Baron of this Realm And in 1 E. 4. obtain'd a grant from the King to himself and the said Ioane his Wife and to the Heirs of the Body of her the said Ioan of the Mannors of Irthyngton Dacre Kyrk-Oswald Black-hall Farlam Brankanwapt Lasyngby Brampton Burgh upon the Sand Ayketon â—ouclyff and Glassenby and of CCC Acres of Land CC. Acres of Pasture xl Acres of Wood xl s. yearly Rent in Newbigging Mosdale Stafhull and Glossenby and moity of the Mannor of Castell-Kariott in Com. Cumbr. the Mannors of Barton and Hoff in Com. Westmorl Holbeche in Com. Linc. Halton Fishwyke Kelette and Eccleston in Com. Lanc. As also of all other the Lands of the said Sir Thomas Dacre which came to the Crown by Act of Parliament begun at Westminster 4 Nov. in the same first year of that King's Reign After which in 13 E. 4. he was made Constable of the Tower of London and in 15 E. 4. one of the King's Council having a grant of C. marks per annum issuing out of the Customs in the Port of London for his attendance on that service And having been summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Dacre from 38 H. 6. till 22 E. 4. inclusive departed this Life in 2 R. 3. being seised of the Mannors of Herst Monceaux Batisâ—ord and Strete in Com. Suss. leaving Thomas his Grandson his next Heir viz. Son of sir Iohn Fenys Knight his eldest Son who died in his life time twelve years
recorded But in 15 H. 7. which was about xxvii years after both these Grants viz. that for the title of Earl of Winchester and this for the grant of those Arms were surrendred to the King then at Calais and upon each of their Enrolments a Vacat made without any reason given for the same This Lewes took to Wife Margaret the Daughter to Henry de Borselle Lord of Uere Sandeburgh and Phalit by whom he had Issue Iohn Lord of Gruthuse Father of Reginald who died without Issue Male. Grey Lord Powys 22 E. 4. THE occasion whereby this Honour came to the Family of Grey was by the marriage of Sir Iohn Grey Knight Son of Sir Thomas Grey of Berwyke in Com. Northumbr Knight by Iane his Wife Daughter of Iohn Lord Moubray with Ioan one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Edward Charlton Knight Lord Powys This Sir Iohn Grey being a man of great action in his time was in 2. H. 5. with that King at his Siege of Caen in Normandy and in 4. H. 5. retain'd by Indenture to serve him in his Wars of France with forty men at Armes whereof himself and one other Knight to be part of the number the rest Esquires and Cxx. Archers having for himself and the other Knight ivs. per diem and for the Esquires xiid. being then stiled Sir Iohn Grey of Heton Knight And behav'd himself so valiantly in that service that as a reward for the same he had the next ensuing year a grant e from the King of the Castle and Lordship of Tilye in Normandy to hold to himself and the Heirs Male of his Body which Castle and Lordship did belong to Sir Philip Harecourt Knight then an adherent to the King's Enemies Moreover in 5 H. 5. upon the taking of Sir Iohn Oldcastle the Chief of the Lollards who was found in Powiâ—â—and he was sent with a Guard to fetch him up to the Parliament In 6 H. 5. he was Captain of Maunt and in farther confideration of his services had a grant bearing date at Roven 31 Ian. of the Earldom of Tankervile in Normandy with all the appurtenances aswell those which William de Melhun late Earl of Tankervile as Iames de Harecourt had with Margaret his Wife Daughter of that Earl in Marriage excepting the Land and Barony of Uarengebeâ— in Costentin to hold to him the said Iohn and the Heirs Male of his Body by Homage and the delivering of a Basinet or Helmet at the Castle of Rouen on the Feast day of St. George yearly In 7 H. 5. he was again in the Wars of France and the same year made Governour of Harfâ—eu And in 8 H. 5. in farther recompence for his many and great services had a grant of the Lands and Lordships of Chantelau Criences and Dappily with their appurtenances lying also in the Dutchy of Normandy which were part of the possessions of Sir Iohn Harpeden Knight whereof he had been dispossess'd by the Kings Enemies and recovered by the valour of this Iohn Which grant was likewise to him and the Heirs Male of his Body In this year he was also made Governour of the Castle of Gournay in Normandy And in 9 H. 5. being again in the Wars of France with Thomas Duke of Clarence passing a River and Marish near the Castle of Beaufort in some disorder had the hard fate together with that Duke and divers other gallant English-men to be slain To this Iohn by the above-specified Ioan his Wife succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who was but young at his Father's Death and made Knight by Iohn Duke of Bedford on Whitsunday 4 H. 6. the King himself then receiving that honour at Leicester yet had not Livery of his Lands till 20 H. 6. But of this Henry I have not seen any thing farther memorable till his Death which hapned upon the Feast day of St. Hillary 28 H. 6. he being then seized of the Mannor of Kerseye and the third part of the Mannor of Leyham in Suffolk As also of the Mannor of Pontesbury in Com. Salop. and of the Castle and Mannor of Poole the Mannor of Marthzaval with the Commoâ—s of Kereygnon Magben Ughcolt Iscoyd and Maghenanâ— in the Marches of Wales leaving Richard his Son and Heir XIV years of Age. Which Richard adhering to the House of York became with divers others attainted in the Parliament held at Coventre 38 H. 6. and was with the Earl of Warwick and Kent at the Siege of Alnwick-Castle in Com. Northumb. then held out by the Lancastrians in 2 E. 4. But all that I have further seen of him is that having Married Margaret the Daughter of Iames Lord Audley he departed this Life upon Thursday next preceding the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle 6 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Wissenden in Rutland Kereleye and Leyham in Com. Suff. of the moity of the Castle of Poole and the Mannors of Mathravall Ernhall of the Town of Llanwelling of the Mannor of Place-Dynas in the Marches of Wales of the Mannor of Pontesbury in Com. Salop. And jointly with the said Margaret his Wife of the moity of the Mannor of Aulton in Com. Sutht and of the Mannors of Helset Douneny Therygnin Hellond and the third part of the Mannor of Kalerion in Cornwall Also of Lvii. Messuages xvii Bovates of Land CCC Acres of Pasture xâ—vii Acres of Meadow C. Acres of Turbary and C. Acres of Heath and Furs in Cotingham and Hesyll in Com. Ebor. Iohn Grey his Son and Heir being then six years of Age. Which Iohn in 20 E. 4. obtained Livery of his Lands without proof of his Age. And in 8 H. 7. was with the Earl of Oxford at sacking the Town of Ardres in Picardy And from 22 E. 4. till 19 H. 8. had Summons to all the Parliaments then held The like Livery had Edward Son of the same Iohn And was summon'd to Parliament during his whole time Which Edward in 15 H. 8. accompanied the Duke of Suffolk in that Expedition then made into France and was at the taking of Bray and other places then won from the French And in 36 H. 8. being again ready to march in the King's Service of War made his Testament 11 Iunii whereby he setled the succession of his whole Barony and Lordship of Powys with his Castle and Mannor of Poole and divers other Lordships in the County of Montgomery as also his Castles and Mannors of Charleton and Pontysbury in Com. Salop. upon the Heirs of his own body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for lack of such Issue his said Castle and Mannor of Charlton and Mannor of Pontysbury upon Iane Orwell Daughter of Sir Lewes Orwell Knight and her Assigns during her natural life And
the Regent of Flanders to that Duke bearing date 21 Oct. for his free passage And in 16 H. 8. was at the Battel of 〈◊〉 where King Francis of France had the fate to be overthrown and taken prisoner by the Duke of 〈◊〉 In 24 H. 8. he attended the King to Calaiâ— and so to Bâ—loine where King Francis gave great Entertainment to King Henry and he to him at Calais and Sandingfeild After this for divers years I have not seen any farther mention of him so that I presume during that time he was much employ'd beyond the Seas for so it seemes by divers Letters out of Italy and other parts being without any date as was the use in those dayes But in 29 H. 8. being made Comptroller of the Kings Houshold he was sworn of the Privy-Council 8 Nov. and upon the 29 of March following advanced to the title and dignity of a Baron of this Realm Standing therefore thus highly in the favour of that King in 31 H. 8. upon that wonderful dissolution of the greater Monasteries he obtain'd a Grant bearing date 4 Iulii to himself and Anne his wife and to the heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the whole Site and Circuit of the rich Abby of our Lady and St. Rumon of Tavestoke in Com. Devon As also of the Burrough and Town of Tavestoke and of the Mannors of Hundewyke Morwell and Morwell-Ham Mylton Abbot alias Mylton Legh Lamerton Hole Bren-â—orr UUyke Dabernon Peter-Stavye Ottrew alias Otterye UUhitchurch and Newton with the Hundred of Hurdewyke otherwise called the Hundred of Tavestoke As Also of the Rectory and Vicaridge of Tavestoke Likewise of the Mannor of Antony in Com. Cornub. And of the Burrough of Denbury with the Mannors of Denbury Plymstoke UUorington Cowyke Exwyke Barleigh Olderige Cave-Linch UUhymple Wood-Marston Christenstowe Borington and Cornewode all in Com. Devon and pertaining to the same dissolved Monastery of Tavestoke Also of the Mannor of Hawkewell in Com. Somerset with all the Mines of Tin and Lead in Denbury and Plymstoke the Advousons of the Rectories-Appropriate and not Appropriate and divers other Lands parcel of the dissolved Monastery of Donkiswell in Com. Devon Likewise of the House of the Friers-Preachers in Exeter with the Church c. paying Thirty six pounds per annum to the Court of Augmentation and Two hundred forty eight pounds more for all services And upon the fifteenth of October next ensuing of the Mannor of Cory Fitzpain with the moiety of the Advouson of the Church of Charlton Makerel in Com. Somerset in Fee Also of the Mannor of Abbots Aston in Com. Buck belonging to the dissolved Abby of St. Albans in Com. Hertf. About this time likewise he was made Warden of the Stannaries in Com. Devon and Cornwall And in 32 H. 8. being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter was constituted Lord Admiral of England and Ireland 28 Iulii Furthermore upon the establishing a Council in the Western parts of the Realm he was made President of the Counties of Devon Cornwall Dorset and Somerset And in the same thirty second year upon differences betwixt King Henry and King Francis of France was sent over into those parts accompanied with William E. of Southampton and a few Troopes of Northern Horse Monsieur de Vendosâ—â— having then command to raise Forces in Picardy Likewise not long after viz. in 34 H. 8. 3 Dec. he was made Lord Keeper of the King's privy-Seal and in 36 H. 8. Captain-General of the Vant-guard of his Army for that Expedition into France Boloin being then won But some say though by mistake I presume that he led the Reare-ward at that time Which Army was appariled in Blew-Coates guarded with Red with Caps and Hose party-coloured their Caps being fitted to their Head-pieces In 38 H. 8. he was by that King then lying on his Death-Bed appointed one of the Sixteen Councellors to his Son Prince Edward and in 1 E. 6. 17 Febr. constituted Lord High-Steward of England for the 20 th of February being the day of his Coronation Upon that Insurrection in 2 E. 6. occâ—sion'd by the pulling down of Images he was sent with Forces into Devonshire Where attempting to releive the City of Exeter then besieg'd by the Country people he had a sharp skirmish with them at Fennynton-Bridge in which with little loss he slew six hundred releiv'd that City and took to the number of Four thousand prisoners And meriting so highly for his many great services was advanc'd to the dignity of Earl of Bedford upon the nineteenth of Ianuary 3 E. 6. After which the next ensuing year he was one of the four Embassadors sent to Guisnes in France there to meet with the like number from the French to treat of Peace betwixt both Realms And in 5 E. 6. there 〈◊〉 a discovery of some Intentions to transport the Lady Mary the King's Sister from England to Antwerp divers persons being sent with Forces to the Sea-coasts for prevention thereof and some into Essex where she then lay amongst those he had the command of Two hundred men After this upon the death of that King and Coronation of Queen Mary he obtain'd a new Patent bearing date 3 Nov. for that great Office of Lord Privie-Seale and in 2 Mariae was sent into Spain to attend King Philip in order to his Nuptials with her By his Testament he assigned no particular place for his Sepulture appointing only that his Body should be interred in Christian-Burial and gave to the Lord Francis his eldest son his Collar and Robes of the Garter with his Parliament-Robes and departing this life 14 Martii the same year at his House situate betwixt the Hospital call'd the Savoy and Ivy-bridge in the Strand London sometime the Bishop of Carlisles Inne but since re-built by Sir Robert Cecill Principal Secretary of State to Q. Elizabeth and was buried at Cheneys in Com. Buck which Lordship he had in right of Anne his wife daughter and sole heir to Sir Guy Sapcotes Knight leaving issue Francis his son and heir Which Anne surviving him by her Testament bearing date 19 Aug. 5 6 Ph. M. bequeathed to the Lord Edward Russel her Grandson her Mannor of Thornhawe and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten I now come to Francis his son and successor in his Honors At the Coronation of King Edward the Sixth he was one of the Knight of the Bath then made and in 1 Mariae his Father then living with Sir Maurice Berkley Sir William Fitz Williams and Sir Henry Nevill Knight Proclaimed Q. Mary putting themselves in Arms on her behalf as appeareth by Letters from the Lords of the Council then at London who promised to joyn with them if opposition should be made she
States and Titles as he should or might have done if none Act of Parliament had been made against the sayd King Herry the sixth touching the sayd Mannours c. at any time since the death of the sayd late Earle And that our said Cosyn now forthwith enter into all the same Mannours and thereof take the issues c. to his own use fro the sayd Feast of Easter unto the time he be thereto restored by authority of Parliament in fourme above remembred without any accout or other thing yeilding to Us or our Heires for the same And that he have the making of all Officers Gifts and Benefices Wards and other Proffits c. In Witness whereof We have set our Signet and signe Manuell Yoven at our Mannour of Grenwich 13th of Iuly of our Reign the first Essex Waldene Depedene Quendene Leighes Dunmow Masheby Badewe Plecy Castrum Manerium Higstre Waltham Wykes Shenefeld Chishull Histre Court and Honoâ— Farneham La Fee del Counteâ— de Essex Suff. Elmesse ove Somersham Oston Gloucest Southam Buck. Wycomb Crendone Vn Tenement ove certains Terres in Westcot Berks. Vp-Lambourn Speene Henton Wiltes Pool Manyngford Midd. Enefeld Le Tenement appele Hakenose London Blanch-Apleton Hertford Le Court de Hertford ove le vieu de Hodesdon Northamstede Cantabr Le vieu de Sawston Norf. Fulmodeston Lincol. Long-Benington Oxon. Kirklington Dadington Piryton Ascote Wiltes Vphaven Le vien de Nether-haven Le Court de Apuk-Farley Wokesey Gales Le Chastel Mannour de Galdecot Neuton ove I'appurtenâ—nces Surr. Walton Gloucest Whitenhurst Dors. Les Terres Tenements in Gwyssyth Heref. Le reversâ—on del Mannour de 〈◊〉 le quel Will. Rasyn tient puâ— terâ—â—e de vie  li. s. d. Le total Sum valoris 1084 01 â—9 And within two dayes after advanced him to that high and great Office of Constable of England constituting him also Constable of all the Castles and Steward of all his Lordships lying within the Counties of Salop. and Heref. and likewise Cheif Justice and Chamberlain of all South-Wales and North-Wales But whether itâ— were trouble of Conscience in this Duke in having been thus Instrumental in raising Richard to the Throne by that barbarous murther of his Nephews which begot some remorse in him and Consequently occasioned his retiring to Brecknock in Wales or whether he saw the King by degrees to neglect him is hard to say certain it is that soon after his comming to Brecknock which was not long before the Parliament was called whereby the Lands before-mentioned should have been setled on him he plotted with Morton Bishop of Ely then his prisoner there how to advance Henry Earl of Richmund the only Heir Male of the Lancastrian line to the Crown and to unite the two long divided Houses of Lancaster and York by the marriage of that Earl with the eldest Daughter to King Edward the fourth which contrivance was not so closely carryed on but that King Richard had a glimpse of it who standing upon so slipery a foundation as was the Blood of his murthred Nephews had cause enough to fear what might be the issue thereof And therefore being not ignorant that this Duke of Buckingham was the principal in that contrivance sought to regain him by fair and kind Letters and Messages but those not prevailing used threats which caused him hasâ—â—ly to put himself in Arms and with a power of the Welch to advance towards Salisbury Thomas Marquess Dorset in Yorkshire Sir Edward Courtney with the Bishop of Exeter his Brother in Devonshire and Cornwall and Richard Gilford in Kent being risen also at that very time expecting likewise that the people to whom the bloody murthers of King Richard seemed odious would have come in very numerously unto him And so marched through the Forest of Dâ—ne with purpose to pass the Seâ—erne at Gloucester and joyn with the Courtneys and such other of the Western men as were confederated with them But the extraordinary Floods then hapning hindred his passage over Sâ—berne so long as that the Welch for want of Money and Victual dispersed themselves So that being thus forsaken he was necessitated to betake himself privately to the House of his Servant Mr. Humphrâ—y Banâ—ster in 〈◊〉 not far from 〈◊〉 whom he had tenderly brought up and above all men trusted Of which disaster so soon as the Courtneys and others of his party elsewhere had notice they fled into 〈◊〉 So that order being thereupon given to stop the Ports and Proclamation made that whosoever could reveal where the Duke was hid should be rewarded with a thousand pounds Banaster betraied him to Ioha Mitton then Sheriff of Shropshire who apprehending him in a little Grove near Banasters house conveyed him then apparelled in a Pil'd black Cloak to Salisbury to which place King Richard was by that time come who instead of that reward promised refused to give any thing at all to Banaster saying that he who would be untrue to so good a Master would be false to all other It is said that this Duke being examined strictly by some of the K. Councell franckly discovered the whole plot expecting that having dealt so ingeniously he might have had liberty to speak with the King but that instead of any such favour he was upon All-Souls day following without Arraignment or Judgement beheaded on a Scaffold in the open Market place at Salisbury By Katherine his Wife Daughter of Richard Widevil Earl Rivers this Duke left issue three Sons viz. Edw. his Son and Heir Henry afterwards Earl of Wiltshire and Humphrey who died young and two Daughters viz. Elizabeth married to Robert Radcliffe Lord Fitz Waltâ—r afterwards Earl of Suffeâ— and Anne first married to Sir Walter Herbert Knight but afterwards to George Earl of 〈◊〉 Which Henry created Earl of Wiltshire in 1 Hen. 8. married Muriel Sister and Coheir to Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle but had no issue by her and died 6 Martii 14 Hen. 8. But I return to Edward his elder Brother who succeeded his Father in his Lands and Honors Of this Edward I find no farther mention till 13 Hen. 7. that he appeared in Arms against the Cornish-men upon that Insurrection then made by them on the behalf of Perkin Warbeck But after this the next ensuing year viz. 14 Hen. 7. doing his Homage he had Livery of all his Lands And in 24 H. 7. obtained a grant from the King of the Castle and Town of Bredles the Mannors and Lordships of Cantrecelley Brendieys Penkeiley and â—leranders-town with the third part of the Barony of Penkelley in South-Wales and Advousons of the Churches appertaining to those Lordships That which I next find to be most memorable of him is That in 2 Henr. 8. he had licence to impark a thousand Acres
then told him of the rumor which had been spread amongst the People throughout England that he was not son to the Prince of Wales but rather to a Priest or Chanon For said he I have heard of certain Knights who were in the Princes House mine Vncle how that he knew well that his Wife had not truly kept her Marriage Your Mother quoth he was Cosin-german to King Edward and the King began to hate her because she could have no Generation Also she was the Kings Gossip of two Children at the Font and she that could well keep the Prince in her bandon by craft and subtilty she made the Prince to he her Husband And because she could have no childe and doubting that the Prince should be divorced from her she did so much that she was with childe with you and with another before you As of the first I cannot tell what to judge but as for you your conditions have been seen contrary from all Nobleness and Prowess of the Prince therefore it is said that ye be rather son to a Priest or Chanon for when you were gotten and borne at Burdeaux there were many young men Priests in the Princes house This is the bruit in this Country and your workes have well followed the same for ye be alwayes inclined to the Pleasures of the French-men and to take with them Peace to the confusion and dishonor of the Realm of England And because mine Vncle of Glocester and the Earl of Arundel did counsail you truly and faithfully to keep the honor of the Realme and to follow the steps of your Ancestors ye have Traytrously caused them to die As for me I have taken upon me to defend your life so long as I may for pitty and I shall pray the Londoners and the heritors of them that you have slain and banished to do the same Cousin I thank you quoth the King I trust more in you than in any other It is but right that you should do so quoth this Duke for if I had not been ye had been taken by the People and deposed with great confusion and slain by reason of your evil deeds ¶ I come now to the other Sons of Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster by Catherine Swinford his third and last Wife Which Sons were surnamed Beaufort from the Castle of Beaufort in France that came to the House of Lancaster by Blanch of Artois Wife to Edmund Crouchback the first Earl of Lancaster Of these sons so Legitimated as before hath been observed the eldest is Iohn who in 15 R. 2. by the name of Sir Iohn Beaufort Knight had License to travel beyond the Seas and in 18 R. 2. accompanied his Father into Gascoine In 20 R. 2. the Lord Chancellor declaring in Parliament that the King had created this Iohn Earl of Somerset he was brought in betwixt two Earles the Earl of Huntington and the Earl Marshall in a Vesture of Honor his Sword with the pomel Gilt carried before him Where the Charter of his Creation being openly read he was girt with the same Sword and doing his Homage placed between the Earl Marshall and the Earl of Warwick Moreover upon Saturday the Festival of St. Michael th' Arch-Angel the next ensuing year he was also in Parliament Created Marquess Dorset by girding with a Sword and a Circle put upon his head according to usage But his Charter of Creation to that Honor was soon vacated having in lieu thereof another bearing date the same day whereby he was Created Marquess of Somerset Nevertheless though that was the last and the other Cancelled he ever after bore the Title of Marquess Dorset and by that appellation was made Constable of Walingford-Castle and Steward of the Honor of Walingford and St. Waleries upon the 22 th of November following as also Constable of Dovor-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-ports 5 Febr. In the same year likewise he was constituted the King's Lieutenant of Aquitane and obtained a Grant to himself and Margaret his Wife and to the heires of their two bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannors of Drayton Basset Waâ—eshale Pyrie Hamstede and Barre in Com. Staff Bukby in Com Northampt Chyriel and Hinton in Com. Wilts and Neketon and Cressyngham in Com. Norff. part of the possessions of Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick then attainted In this year also 2 Febr. he was made Admiral of all the Kings Fleet both to the North and West-wards But in I H. 4. the Scene being then chang'd having been one of the Accusers of Thomas de Woodstoke Duke of Glocester his right to the Title of Marquess Dorset was made void by the Authority of that Parliament then held so that then he had no other than that of Earl of Somerset by which appellation he was the same year 7 Nov. advancâ—d to the Office of Lord Chamberlain of England and in 2 H. 4. retein'd by Indenture to serve the King in the Governourship of the Town of Kaermeâ—dyn As also fully admitted to his favour and his former estate notwithstanding the Judgment so given against him the preceding year Likewise made Captain of Calais and the Marches thereof extending into Picardy Flanders and Arâ—oys And in 3 H. 4. imployed with the Bishop of Worcester and some others to treat and accord with the Duke of Gueldres upon a League of amity betwixt the King of England and him whereupon that Duke was to do the King Homage for all his Dominions and Lands But in 4 H. 4. the Commons in Parliament petitioning for his Restitution he seemed unwilling to it in regard the name of Marquess was an Honor of such a late erection yet at length accepted it and by that Title in 8 H. 4. was constituted Admiral of the King 's whole Fleet as well for the North as West And in 5 H. 4. had an Assignation of the Isle of Thanâ—â— in Kent for the support of himself and his soldiers then abiding in the Garrison of Calais as also constituted Ambassador to Treat of Peace with the French In this year likewise he was appointed one of the Commissioners to receive all such sums of Money as were then unpaid for the Ransome of Iohn King of France taken Prisoner in the time of King Edward the Third And in 10 H. 4. the Seneschal of Henault then coming into England to seek adventures in Armes he answered him This Iohn took to Wife Margaret daughter of Thomas and one of the sisters and coheirs to Thomas Holand Earl of Kent and had for her purpartie of the Lands which by Inheritance descended to her and the other coheires an Assignation of the Mannor of Deping in Com. Linc. excepting certain Lands in Berham and Stowe Also of a certain Pasture called Cranemore three Water-mills in East Deping and West Deping Fourscore