on the Ides of July 30 Edward 1. for the health of his Soul and of his Progenitors and heyrs confirmed his said Fathers Grant and obliged himself and his heyrs his Lands and Tenements That every year for ever on the day of the Conversion of St. Paul there should be a good fat Doe brought by one of his fitting Servants and not the whole family at the hour of Procession and through the midst thereof and offer'd at the High Altar without exacting any thing for the said service of the Dean and Canons And on the day of the Commemoration of St. Paul in Summer a fat Buck by some such Servant attended with as many of the Family as had heretofore been usual and so carryed through the midst of the Procession and offer'd at the high Altar the said Dean and Canons after the Offering thus performed giving by the hands of their Chamberlain one shilling to the persons bringing the Buck for their entertainment And to this grant were witnesses Sir Nicholas de Wokyndon Sir Richard de la Rokele Sir Thomas de Mandevyle Sir John de Rocheford Knights with divers others The reception of which Doe and Buck was till Queen Elizabeths days solemnly performed at the steps of the Quire by the Canons of St. Pauls attired in their sacred Vestments and wearing Garlands of Flowers on their heads and the horns of the Buck carried on the top of a Spear in Procession round about within the body of the Church with a gr 〈…〉 noise of horn blowers as the learned Camden upon his own view of both affirmes Bure Ferrers Johannes de Ferrers Chivalier tenet de Honore Castri de Tremanton in Comitatu Cornubiae xxj Feoda militum in Bure Ferrers alibi per servitium militare reddend ad Festum Sancti Michaelis quatuor Virones ad Batellos Passagii de Esse sustinend xxj Kernella Castri praedicti sumptibus suis propriis Clymeslond A. B. Nativus de stipite quondam tenuit unam Messuagium cum pertin in Clymeslond in Com. Cornubiae respondet inde per annum ad quatuor terminos ij s. iiij d. Et Berbiagii ad sestum Apostolor Philippi Jacobi xvj d. Et faciet Sectam ad Curiam Domini de tribus Septimanis in tres Septimanas erit Praepositus decennarius Bedellus cum electus fuerit Et cum Dominus Princeps fuerit apud Launceston cariabit quotiens dictus Dominus Voluerit unum Cariagium per diem de Bosco de Clymeslond usque Launceston ad custum proprium Et filius ejus novissime natus quem reliquerit superstitem habebit terras suas per Finem quem fecerit cum Domino ad voluntatem suam non amovebitur a terra sua pro tota vita sua Non mittet filium suum ad Scholas nec filiam suam maritabit sine licentia Principis Et cum obierit Dominus habebit omnia Catalla sua Aslaby Richardus filius Wydonis de Aslaby in Com. Ebor. tenet duas Carucatas terrae per servitium aptandi unum canem liverium Domini Regis Cheshire William the Conqueror created Hugh Lupus Earl of Chester and Swordbearer of England with these words Habendum tenendum dictum Comitatum Cestriae sibi haeredibus suis ita libere ad Gladium sicut ipse Rex totam tenebat Angliam ad Coronam Halton Hugh Lupus Earl of Chester created Nigel or Neal Baron of Halton in Chesshire Constable and Marshall of Chester by condition of service to lead the Vauntguard of the Earles Army when he should make any Expedition into Wales so as the said Baron should be the formost in marching into the Enemies Countrey and the last in coming back Wallingford Tainus vel miles Regis Dominicus moriens pro Relevamento Dimittebat Regi omnia Arma sua equum unum cum Sella alium sine Sella quod si essent ei Canes vel Accipitres praesentabuntur Regi ut si vellet accipiet Acton The Lord Grey of Wilton held the Manour of Acton in Com. Buckingham by Serjanty of keeping one Gerfalcon for their Sovereign Lord the King Whereupon that Family of the Greys had for their Badge or Cognisance a Falcon Sejant upon a Glove Shorn Antiently Sir Roger Northwood held the Manour of Shorn in Kent by service to carry with other the Kings Tenants a White Ensigne forty dayes at his own charges when the King should make warr in Scotland Tachebroke Roger de Wellesburne tenuit medietatem unius Hidae terrae in Tachebroke in Comitatu Warwici veniet ad magnam Precariam in Autumpno cum omnibus messoribus suis ad Puturam Domini bis in die Grenocle Mathew de Hastings held the Manour of Grenocle in the County of Sussex of the King by this service that he shouid find an Oare for the Kings use when he should passe over the Sea at the Haven of Hastings Sciredun and Siplegh David de Sciredun held lands in Sciredun and Siplegh in Com. Devon of the King by the service of finding two Arrows when the King his sovereign Lord should come to hunt in the Forest of Dertmore Shrewsbury In William the Conquerors time this City for so it was then called paid yearly seven pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence de Gablo they were reckoned to be two hundred fifty two Citizens whereof twelve of the better sort were bound to Watch about the Kings of England when they lay in this City and as many to attend them with Horse and Arms when they went forth a hunting Which last service the Learned Camden believes was ordained because not many years before Edric Streon Duke of the Mercians a man of great impiety lay in wait near this place for Prince Afhelm and barbarously murder'd him as he rode a hunting Servitia et Libertates Roberti Fitz-Walter de Castro Baynardi in London Ces sont les droicts que appendent a Robert Fitz-Wauter Chastellein de Loundres Seigneur de Wodeham en la Citee de Loundres Cestascavoir que le dit Robert et ces heirs deivent estre a sont chief Banoors de Londres de fee pour la dicte Chastelrie que ces auncestres et luy ont du Chastel-Baynard en la dicte Citee En temps de guerre doit le dict Robert et ces heirs servir la Ville en la manere desouz escript Que le dict Robert doit venir sus son Destrer covert montant soi Vintisme des hommes as Armes as chevaulx coverts de teyle ou de fer tanque al graund huis de Mynstre de S. Pol ove sa Banere desploye devant luy de ses Armes Et quant il est venuz a graund huis du Mynstier avantdit mountez et apparaillez si come il est avantdit si doit le Maire de Loundres Venir ove touz ses
to be passed the Lordship of Whichenour then shal all they retorne except hym to whom apperteigneth to make the carriage and journy withoutt the Countye of Stafford at the costys of his Lord of Whichenour And yf the seid Robert Knyghtley doe not cause the Baconne and Corne to be conveyed as is rehersed the Lord of Whichenour shal do it to be carryed and shal distreigne the said Robert Knyghtley for his default for one hundred shillings in his Manoir of Rudlowe and shale kepe the distresse so takyn irreplevisable Bridshall Moreover the sayd Sir Philippe holdeth of his Lord the Erle the Manoir of Briddeshalle by theis services that att such tyme that hys sayd Lord holdeth hys Chrystemes at Tuttebury the sayd Sir Philippe shal come to Tuttebury upon Chrystemes Evyn and shall be lodged yn the Town of Tuttebury by the Marshall of the Erlys house and upon Chrystemes day he hymself or some other Knyght his Deputye shal goe to the Dressour and shal sewe his Lordys Messe and then shal he kerve the same mett to his sayd Lord and this service shall he doe as well at Souper as at Dynner and when his Lord hath eryn the sayd Sir Philippe shal sit downe in the same place their his Lord satt and shall be served at his Table by the Steward of the Erlys House And upon Seynt Stevyn day when he haith Dyned he shal take leve of his Lorde and shal kisse him and for his service he shal nothing take ne nothing shal gyve And all theis Services to fore rehersed the sayd Sir Philippe hath doo by the space of xlviij years and hys Ancestors before hym to his Lordys Erles of Lancastre Tatenhul and Drycot Item the sayd Sir Phelippe holdeth of his seid Lorde the Erle his Manoirs of Tatenhull and Drycotte en Parcenerye by theis services that the seid Sir Phelippe or his Atturneye for hym shal come to the Castle of Tuttebury upon Seynt Petyr day in August which is call Lammesse and shal shew the Steward or Recever that he is come thither to hunt and catch his Lords Greese at the costages of his Lord. Whereupon the Steward or the Recever shal cause a Horse and Sadyl to be deliveryd to the sayd Sir Phelippe the price fifty shillings or fifty shillings in mony and one hound and shal pay to the seid Sir Philippe everyche daye fro the seid day of Seynt Petyr to Holyroodeday for hymself two shillinges six pence a day and everyche day for his Servant and his Bercelett duryng the seid tyme twelve pence And all the Woodmasters of the Foreste of Nedewode and Duffelde with all the Parkers and Foresters shal be commanded to awatte and attend upon the seid Sir Phelippe while theyr Lordys Greese be takyn in all places of the sayd Forestys as upon theyr Master duringe the sayd tyme. And the sayd Sir Phelippe or his Atturney shal deliver to the sayd Parkers or Foresters that which shal belonge to their Lordys Lardere commanding them to convey itt to the Erlys Lardyner abiding at Tuttebury and with the remanant the seid Sir Phelippe shal do his plesoure And upon Holye-rood day the sayd Sir Phelippe shall returne to the Castle of Tuttebury upon the sayd Horse with his Bercelett and shal dyne with the Steward or Receyver and after dynner he shal deliver the Horse Sadyle and Bercelett to the Steward or Receyveour and shal kisse the Porter and depart Hopton To the heyes male of the Hopton laufully begotten To me and to myne to thee and to thine While the water runs and the Sun doth Shine For lack of heyrs to the King againe I William King the third year of my reign Give to the Norman Hunter To me that art both Line and Deare The Hoppe and Hoptoune And al the bounds up and downe Under the Earth to Hell Above the Earth to Heaven From me and from myne To thee and to thine As good and as faire As ever they myne were To witness that this is sooth I bite the white Wax with my tooth Before Jugg Marode and Margery And my third Son Henery For one Bow and one broad Arrow When I come to hunt upon Yarrow This Grant made by William the Conqueror to the Ancestor of the antient family of the Hoptons I copied out of an old Manuscript and John Stow has it in his Cronicle but in both it wanted the four First Lynes which seem to create that Estate Tayle by which Richard Hopton Esquire a Gentleman of low fortune but haply may be the right heir of the Familye hath of late years by vertue of this Charter made several Clayms and commenced divers suites both for this Mannour of Hopton in the hole in the County of Salop and for divers other the Mannours and Lands of Raph late Lord Hopton but hitherto for ought I hear without any successe Cholmer and Dancing in Com. Essex Carta Edwardi Confessoris Iche Edward konyng Have geven of my Forest the keping Of the Hundred of Cholmer and Dancing To Randolf Peperking and to his kindling With Heort and Hynd Doe and Bock Hare and Fox Cat and Brock Wild Fowell with his Flock Partridge Fesant Hen and Fesant Cock With green and wyld stob and Stock To kepen and to yemen by all her might Both by day and eke by night And Hounds for to holde Gode and swift and bolde Four Greyhounds and six Braches For Hare and Fox and Wildcats And thereof iche made him my Book Witness the Bishop Wolston And bock ycleped many one And Sweyn of Essex our Brother And to ken him many other And our Stiward Howelyn That bysought me for him Comitatus de Ewe King Henry the Fifth by his Charter dated 10 Jun. 7. regni granted to Sir William Bourchier the whole County of Ewe in Normandy Reddendo dicto Regi haeredibus suis apud Castrum Rothomagi unum Gardebrache ad festum Sancti Georgii singulis annis c This Gardebrace is otherwise called vambrace and signifies Armor for the Arme. Coringham In the Third year of King Edward the First Sir William le Baud Knight made a signal Grant to the Dean and Canons of St. Pauls London of a Doe yearly on the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul and of a fat Buck upon the Commemoration of the same Saint to be offered at the high Altar in St. Pauls by the said Sir William and his household-family and then to be distributed among the Canons resident which said Doe and Buck were so given by him in lieu of 22 acres of Land lying within the Lordship of Westlee in Com. Essex belonging to the said Canons and by them granted to him and his heyrs to be enclosed within his Park of Coringham But about the certain time and formality in offering the said Buck and Doe there growing afterwards some dispute Sir Walter le Baud Knight son and heyr of the said Sir William by his Deed dated
Hand towards the King upon Christmas day every year wheresoever the King should be in England Sculton The Mannor of Sculton otherwise called Burdos or Burdelois in Norfolk was held by this Tenure That the Lords thereof on the Coronation day of the Kings of England should be chief Lardiner Hemingston Rowlandle Sarcere held one hundred and ten Acres of land in Hemingston in Com. Suffolk by Sergeanty for which on Christmas day every year before our Sovereign Lord the King of England he should perform simul semel unum Saltum unum Sufflum unum Bombulum or as we read elsewhere in French un saut un pet un Syffet simul semel that is he should dance puff up his Cheeks making therewith a sound and let a Crack Et quia indecens servitium ideo arrentatur sayes the Record ad xxvi s. viij d. per annum ad Scaccarium Regis Sloley Richard Sloley held of the King in Capite one Messuage and four Acres of Land in Sloley in Com. Warwick by Serjeanty that is giving to the King upon every Expedition with an Army towards Scotland one Pole-axe or xij d. in silver for all Services Astley The Mannors of Astley Wedington Hill-morton Milverton and Merston Jabet were antiently held by Philip de Astley of William Earl of Warwick by the service of holding the Earl's Stirrop when he should get up or a light from his Horse Cotes Sir Stephen de Segrave in Henry the thirds time purchased the Mannor of Cotes in Com. Derby of the Daughters and Heirs of Stephen de Beauchamp to hold by the service of one Brache yearly Eastbrig Hubert de Burg Earl of Kent had a grant in Fee from King Henry the 3 d. of the mannor of Eastbrig in Kent To hold by the service of a Sore Sparhawk at Lammass yearly Tonge Roger la Zouch being Lord of the Mannor of Tonge in Com. Salop did by a fair deed in Henry the third's time grant to Henry de Hugefort and his Heirs certain Messuages and Lands lying in Norton and Shaw in the Parish of Tonge with liberty of fishing in the Waters pawnage for Hogs and liberty to get nuts for certain days in the woods of the said Mannor rendring yearly to the said Roger and his Heirs a Chaplet of Roses upon Midsomer day in case he should be then at Tonge if not then to put it upon the Image of the Blessed Virgin in the Church of Tonge for all Services Pole William Montacute obtained a grant from King Edward the third of the Mannor of Pole with the Advowson of the Church in Comitat. Cumbriae Paying the King his Heirs and Successors wheresoever he or they should happen to be a Sword of 3 s. 4 d. price in lieu of all Services Burg on the Sands The Barony of Burg on the Sands in Com. Cumbriae with divers other Mannors and Lands in that County were antiently held by the service of Cornage i. to blow a horne when any invasion of the Scots was perceived Northampton-Shire In 12 Hen. 2. Richard de Lizures was certified to be Forester in Fee to the King for North-hampton-shire and was by his Office obliged to attend him in his Army well fitted with Horse and Arms his Horn hanging about his neck Wilton In the time of King Henry the first Hugh de Logushamp obtained by the giftâ— of that King the Mannor of Wilton in Com. Heref. to hold by the service of two men at Arms in the Wars of Wales Ashele William de Hastings being Steward to King Henry the first held that Office by Sergeanty in respect of the Tenure of his Mannor of Ashele in Com. Norfolk by the service of taking Charge of the Napery i. the Table Clothes and linnen at the Coronations of the Kings of England Castle-Cary In 47. Hen. 3. Henry Lovel was found to dye seized of the Mannor of Castle-Cary in Com Somerset by him held in Capite of the King for a whole Barony by the service of finding two Souldiers in the Kings Army at his own cost for forty dayes Biwel Hugh de Baliol was certified to hold the Barony of Biwel in Com. Northumberland of the King by the service of five Knights Fees and to find thirty Souldiers for the Guard of New-Castle upon Tine as his Ancestors had done from the time of King William Rufus by whom they were enfeoff'd of that Barony as the Record expresseth East-Gareston In 11. Edw. 1. Paganellus de Cadurcis i. Pain Chaworth was found to be seized of a Messuage and 400 Acres of Land in East-Gareston in Com. Berks held by the service of finding a Knight armed with Plate-Armour in the Kings Army when it should be in the Territory of Kidwelly in Wales Staveley In 17. Edw. 1. John Musard was found to be seized of the Mannor of Staveley in Com. Derby held of the King in Capite by Barony finding for that and his other Lordships two souldiers in the Kings Army in Wales Riddesdale In the tenth year of William the Conquerour Robert de Vmfranvil Knight obtained from that King a grant of the Lordship Valley and Forest of Riddesdale in Com. Northumb. by the service of defending that part of the Countrey for ever from Enemies and Wolves with that Sword which King William had by his side when he entred Northumberland with liberty also to hold and determine Pleas of the Crown Drakelow William de Gresely tenet Manerium de Drakelaw in Com. Derby in Capite reddit unum Arcum sine Corda unam Pharetram de Tutesbit duodecem Sagittas flectatas unum Buzonem Pightesle Thomas Engaine held certain Lands in Pightesle now called Pitchley in Com. Northhampton by the service of finding at his own proper Costs certain Dogs for the destruction of Wolves Foxes Martrons Cats and other Vermin within the Countys of Northampton Roteland Oxford Essex and Buckingham Kings-Brome In 14 Edw. 2. Rich de Stanford held one Toft and four Yard Land and a half in Kings-Brome in Com. Warwick of the King in Capite by the Service of a pair of Tongs to be delivered yearly into the Exchequer by the hands of the Sherif of that County Northampton William the Conqueror gave to Simon St. Liz a noble Norman the Town of Northampton and the whole Hundred of Falkely then valued at forty pounds per annum to provide shoes for his Horses Marden Johannes Freeman held one Yard Land in Marden in Com. Heref. per Seriantiam mensurandi Fossata opera Domini Regis ad custum ipsius Domini Regis Coningston Thomas Winchard held land in Coningston in Comitat. Leyc in Capite by the Service of saying daily five Pater Nosters and five Ave Marias for the Souls of the Kings Progenitors and the Souls of all the faithful departed pro omni servitio Bridgnorth King Henry the first
nudis pedibus camisia bractis vestitum habentem in una manu unum arcum sine corda altera manu unum Tribulum non pennatum Maperdeshale Terra in Maperdeshale in Com. Bedford tenetur in Capite per servitium essendi in guerra Regis cum uno equo non appreciato una habergione gladio lancta Capello ferreo uno cultello sumptibus suis propriis Hoton Manerium de Hoton in Com. Cumbr. tenetur de Domino Rege in Capite per servitium Forestae Custodis in Haya Domini Regis de Plompton ultra hoc per servitium tenendi slippam sellae Domini Regis dum equum suum in Castro suo Carleoli scanderit per servitium reddendi per An. 33 s. 4 d. ad Scaccarium Regis Carliol per manus Vicecom Cumbriae qui pro tempore fuerit Domus in London Rex Johannes concessit Willielmo de Ferrariis Comiti Derby domum quae fuit Isaac Iudaei de Norwico in London in parochia Sanctae Margaretae Tenend de nobis haeredibus nostris per tale servitium scil quod ipse haeredes sui servient coram nobis haeredibus nostris ad prandium omnibus Festis annalibus quando Festum celebrabimus capite discooperto sine capello cum una Garlanda de latitudine minoris digiti sui vel haeredum suorum pro omni servitio Dat. 27. Jūnii 15 regni Morton Edmundus Busche tenet terras in Morton in Com. Essex de Rege in Capite per servitium inveniendi unum stimulum ferreum pro uno Warroks super quoddam Clothsack quandocunque Dominus Rex equitaverit in exercitu versus partes Walliae tempore guerrae Quaere Gloucester City Tempore Regis Edwardi reddebat Civitas de Gloucestre xxxvj libras numeratas xij Sextaria mellis ad mensuram ejusdem Burgi xxxvj dicras ferri C virgas ferreas ductiles ad clavos navium Regis quasdam alias minutas consuetudines in Aula in Camera Regis Esseby Willielmus filius Warini tenet tertiam partem Villae de Esseby in Com. Northampt. de Rege Scotiae per quoddam servitium quod teneat Strepe suum die Natalis Et idem Rex tenet de Rege Angliae in Capite Bishops-Castle Within the Mannor of Bishops-Castle in Com. Salop Howel de Lydom and William ap John held one Yard Land paying iij s. at the Feast of Pentecost and iij s. at Michaelmas vel tria Vomera tria Cultra reparare ferramenta ad tres Carucas ad electionem Ballivorum Episcopi Slapton Hugh Courtenay Esquire Son and Heir of Sir Hugh Courtenay Knight held the Mannor of Slapton in Com. Devon of the Bishop of Exeter by the service of being Steward at the Installation Feast of every Bishop of that See The particulars whereof were after some controversie thus ascertained by Walter Stapledon then Bishop of Exeter and his Dean and Chapter under their Seals at Newton Plympton the morrow after the Feast of St. Tho. the Apostle Anno Dom. 1308. 2 Edw. 2. That the said Hugh or his Heirs shall at the first coming of the Bishop to Exeter meet him at the East-gate of the City when he descendeth from his Horse and then going a little before him on the right hand shall keep off the press of People and attend him into the Quire of the Cathedral Church there to be Installed And shall at the Installing Feast serve-in the first Mess at the Bishops own Table In consideration of which service the said Hugh Courtenay and his Heirs shall have for their Fee four Silver dishes of those which he shall so place at the first Mess two Saltcellars one Cup wherein the Bishop shall drink at that Meal one Wine-pot one Spoon and two Basons wherein the Bishop shall then wash All which Vessels are to be of Silver Provided the said Hugh or his Heirs being of full Age do attend this service in person if not hindred by Sickness or the Kings Writ c. then to appoint some worshipful Knight to supply the place by a Deputation who shall swear that his Lord is sick c. Seaton Richardus Rockesley Miles tenebat terras Seatoniae in Com. Kantiae per Serjantiam esse Vautrarium Regis in Gasconia donec perusus fuit pari Solutarum pretii iiij d. Yorkshire Philippus de Lardimer clamat esse Venditorem Domini Regis de feodo in Com. Ebor. de omnibus rebus quae vendi debent pro debito Domini Regis vel etiam pro Auro Reginae Ita viz. quod ipse vel certus suus Attornatus ibit ad mandatum Vicecomitis de loco in locum insra Comitarum sumptibus suis ad praedictas venditiones faciendas Et capiet de unaquaque venditione pro feodo suo xxxij denarios Which tenure was afterwards seised into the Kings hands for the abuse thereof as appears by the great Roll in the Pipe-Office Anno 2 Edw. 2. Kibworth Queen Elizabeth granted to Sir Ambrose Dudley the Mannor of Kibworth-Beauchamp in Com. Leic. to be held by the service of being Pantler to the Kings and Queens of this Realm at their Coronations Chesterton Gilbert le Harpour held Lands in Chesterton in Com. Warwick of the King by grand Serjeanty viz. to keep the place called Teddesley Hay within the Forest of Canoke at his own cost Bruham Bertrammus le Wyle tenet dimidiam Hidam terrae in Villa de Bruham Com. Bedf. de Domino Rege per Serjantiam reddendi per annum unum par Arceonum ad Sellam Et Prior de Neunham tenet dimid Hidam terrae in Villa de Turvey de Domino Rege in Capite per Serjantiam reddendi per ann unum par Arceonum dealbat ad Sellam valet terra illa x s. per ann Sutton Alexander de Summersham tenet dimidium feodum militis in Villa de Sutton in Com. Bedf. de Domino Rege in Capite per Serjantiam essendi in propria persona cum Domino Rege ubicunque fuerit in guerra in Anglia seu alibi Standebury Robertus de Tadeshale tenet viginti libratas terrae in Standebury in Com. Berks de Domino Rege per Serjantiam custodiendi unum Girefalconem pro Domino Rege Benham Willielmus Lovel tenet duas Carucatas terrae de Domino Rege apud Benham in Com. Berks per Serjantiam custodiendi unam Meutam deynectorum Canum ad custum Domini Regis Et Willielmus de Valence decem libratas terrae de Domino Rege in eadem Villa quae fuit Escaeta Domino Regi per Hugonem Wake per Serjantiam custodiendi Hostium Camerae Domini Regis Lyndeby Johannes de Metham Sibilla uxor ejus tenuerunt de Rege in Capite medietatem Villae de Lyndeby per servitium reddendi Pollicium
Somery haeredes sui quacunque hora veniant in Foresta ipsius Comitis ad bersandum in ea cum novem Arcubus sex Berseletis secundum formam Cyrographi prius facti inter praedictum Rogerum Comitem Wintoniae Hugonem de Albaniaco Comitem Arundeliae in Curia Domini Regis apud Leycestriam si aliqua fera per aliquem praedictorum Arcuum vulnerata intraverit praedictum Parcum per aliquem Saltatorium vel alibi bene licebit praedicto Rogero de Somery haeredibus suis mittere unum hominem vel duos ex suis qui sequentur praedictam feram cum canibus illam feram sequentibus infra praedictum Parcum sine Arcu sagittis illam capiant eo die quo vulnerata fuerit sine laesione aliarum ferarum in praedict ' Parco existentium Ita quod si sint Pedes intrabunt per aliquem saltatorium vel Hayam si sint eques intrabunt per Portam si aperta fuerit aliter non intrabunt antequam corna bunt pro Parcario si venire voluerit Et praeterea idem Comes concessit pro se haeredibus suis quod ipsi de caetero quolibet anno capi facient duos damos tempore Pinguedinis duas damas tempore Firmationis eas liberari facient ad Portam praedicti Parci alicui hominum praedicti Rogeri de Somery haeredum suorum literas Patentes ipsorum deferentes pro praedictis Damis Concessit etiam praedictus Comes pro se et haeredibus suis quod ipsi de caetero nullum Parcum Facient nec Parcum augmentabunt infra metas bersationis praedicti Rogeri haeredum suorum praeter antiqua Clausa praedictae Forestae Et praedictus Rogerus de Somery concessit pro se haeredibus suis quod ipsi de caetero nunquam intrabunt praedictam Forestam ad bersandum nisi cum novem Arcubus sex Berseletis quod Forestarii sui non portabunt in Bosco praedicti Rogeri de Somery haeredum suorum Sagittas barbatas set pilettas quod homines sui de Barwe Forestarii infra Octabis Sancti Michaelis ad Vadum Parci Fidelitatem facient quolibet anno Balivis praedicti Comitis haeredum suorum quod venationem praedicti Comitis et haeredum suorum servabunt fideliter alia quae ad dictam Forestam pertinent secundum proportum dicti Cyrographi inter praedictos Comites Wintoniae Arundeliae prius confecti Et haec Concordia facta est inter praedictum Comitem praedictum Rogerum de Somery salvis eidem Comiti haeredibus suis praedicto Rogero de Somery haeredibus suis omnibus Articulis in praedicto Cyrographo confecto inter praedictos Comites Wintoniae Arundeliae contentis Et praeterea idem Comes concessit pro se haeredibus suis quod unus vel duo hominum praedicti Rogeri de Somery haeredum suorum qui sequentur praedictam feram vulneratam cum canibus eam sequentibus infra praedictum Parcum cum praedicta fera fi eam ceperint vel non cum praedictis Canibus praedicti parci libere exeant per Portam sine impedimento Et praedictus Comes haeredes scire facient aliquem de suis praedicto Rogero de Somery haeredibus suis apud Barwe quo die mittetur pro supradictis damis ad praedictum locum praedictis temporibus hoc scire eis facient per sex dies ante praedictum diem In cujus rei testimonium alter alterius Scripto sigillum suum apposuit Et sciendum est quod Tempus Pinguedinis hic computatur inter Festum beati Petri ad Vincula Exaltationem Sanctae Crucis Tempus Firmationis inter Festum Sancti Martini Purificationem Beatae Mariae Sutton Courtenay Sciant praesentes futuri quod ego Ricardus de Harrecurt dedi concessi Willielmo de Sutton pro homagio servitio suo totam illam Virgatam terrae in Sutton cum uno Messuagio pertin dictus vero Willielmus haeredes sui arabunt unum Seilonem ad Yvernagium unum Seylonem ad Semen Quadragisimale unum Seylonem ad Warectam sarclabunt per unum diem cum uno homine falcabunt cum uno homine per unum diem in Esteia Et imvenient unum hominem ad levandum prata cariabunt dicta prata cum una Carecta quousque cariata sint plenarie in Curiam de Sutton invenient unum hominem ad faciendum Mullones saeni quousque perficiantur facient quatuor Precarias autumpnales cum duobus hominibus scil tres ad cibum illorum proprium quartam ad cibum Domini cariabunt bladum per unum diem cum una Carecta invenient unum hominem per unum diem ad faciendum Meyas in Grangia Haec omnia Servitia c. Hiis testibus Colewyke Wyleweby Reginaldus de Colewyke debet pro Serjantia de Colewyke Domino Regi in adventu suo apud Nottingham semel in anno duodecim Sagittas Et pro Serjantia de Wileweby debet Domino Regi in exercitu suo Wallia unum equum precii 3 s. 4 d. unum Saccum cum Brochia unum Capistrum cum Canabo precii i d. Benham Fulk Fitz-Warine held certain Lands in Benham in the County of Glocester of Thomas Lord Berkley Lord of Brimmesfeild by Serjeanty To carry a Horne in Brimmesfeild Park betwixt the feasts of the Assumption and Nativity of the blessed Virgin at such time as the King should hunt there Turroc King Richard the First gave to Henry de Grey of Codnor the Mannor of Turroc in Essex which Grant King John confirmed and by his Charter vouchsafed him the priviledge to Hunt the Hare and Fox in any Lands belonging to the Crown except the Kings own demean Parks a special favour in those times Calistoke Nativi tenentes de Calistoke in Com. Cornubiae reddunt per annum de certo redditu vocato Berbiagium ad le Hokeday xix s. Savernake Johannes Mautravers Custos Forestarum Regis citra Trentam clamat habere de quolibet Forestario tam infra Forestam de Savernake quam alibi in Com. Wiltes cum obierit Equum Sellam cum fraeno Cornu gladium ejusdem Arcum Sagittas barbatas Eresby John de Wileghby held the Manour of Eresby with its appurtenances in the County of Lincoln of the Bishop of Durham by the service of one Knights Fee and of being Bailif to the Bishop for the time being of all his Lands in the County of Lincoln To hold his Courts make Attachments Distresses and whatsoever else belongs to that Office at his own costs And to levy all the Issues and profits arising thereby and to be answerable to the Bishop for the same Also by the service of being Steward to him and
yearly and carrying it up and down the Town in great jollity on Midsomer Eve to which they added the Picture of a Giant was in all likelyhood first instituted Ensham It has been the Custom at Ensham in Oxfordshire for the Towns people on Whit-Monday to cut down and bring away where-ever the Church-Wardens pleased to mark it out by giving the first Chop as much timber as could be drawn by mens hands into the Abby-yard whence if they could draw it out again notwithstanding all the impediments could be given by the servants of the Abby and since that by the Family of the Lord it was then their own and went in part at least to the reparation of their Church And by this Custom as some will have it they hold both their Lammas and Michaelmas Common Bosbury W.M. Tenet novem acras terrae Custumariae in Bosbury in Com. Heref. quoddam Molendinum aquaticum ad voluntatem Domini debet quasdam Consuetudines viz. Tak Toll Faldfey sanguinem suum emere Lodebrook In the Mannor of Lodebrook in the County of Warwic whereof the Catesbyes were heretofore Lords each Tenant paid Swarf-money yearly which was one peny half-peny It must be paid says the Rental before the rising of the Sun the party must go thrice about the Cross and say The Swarf-Money and then take witness and lay it in the hole And when he hath so done he must look well that his witness do not deceive him for if it be not paid he giveth a great forfeiture thirty shillings and a white Bull. Chester In the time of King John Randle the third sirnamed Blundevil Earl of Chester having many Conflicts with the Welch was at last distressed by them and forced to retreat to the Castle of Rothelent in Flint shire where they besieged him who presently sent to his Constable of Chester Roger Lacy sirnamed Hell for his fiery spirit that he would come with all speed and bring what forces he could for his relief Roger having gathered a tumultuous rout of Fidlers Players Coblers and other debauched persons both men and Women out of the City of Chester for 't was then the Fair there marched immediately with them towards the besieged Earl The Welch perceiving a great multitude coming raised the siege and fled The Earl coming back with his Constable to Chester gave him power over all the Fidlers and Shoemakers of Chester in reward and memory of this service The Constable reteined to himself and his heirs the authority and donation of the Shoemakers but John his Son conferred the Authority over the Lechers and Whores on his Steward which then was Dutton of Dutton by this his deed Sciant praesentes futuri quod ego Johannes Constabularius Cestriae dedi concessi hac praesenti Carta confirmavi Hugoni de Dutton haeredibus suis Magistratum omnium Leccatorum Meretricum totius Cestershiriae sicut liberius illum magistratum teneo de Comite Salvo jure meo mihi heredibus meis Hiis testibus Though this original Grant makes no mention of giving Rule over Fidlers and Minstrels yet ancient Custom has now reduced it onely to the Minstrelsey for probably the Rout which the Constable brought to the Rescue of the Earl were debauched persons drinking with their Sweethearts in the Fair the Fidlers that attended them and such loose persons as he could get Anno 14 Hen 7. a Quo Waranto was brought against Laurence Dutton of Dutton Esquire to shew why he claimed all the Minstrels of Cheshire and the City of Chester to appear before him at Chester yearly on the Feast of Saint John Baptist and to give him at the said Feast quatuor Lagenas Vini unam Lanceam i. Four Flagons of wine and a Lance and also every Minstrel then to pay him four pence halfpeny and why he claimed from every Whore in Chesshire and the City of Chester Officium suum exercente four pence yearly at the said feast c. Whereunto he pleaded prescription The heirs of this Hugh de Dutton enjoy the same power and Authority over the Minstrelsy of Cheshire even to this day and keep a Court every year upon the Feast of Saint John Baptist at Chester being the Fair day where all the Minstrels of the County and City do attend and play before the Lord of Dutton upon their several Instruments He or his Deputy then riding through the City thus attended to the Church of St. John many Gentlemen of the County accompanying him and one walking before him in a Surcoat of his Arms depicted upon Taffata And after Divine Service ended holds his Court in the City where he or his Steward renews the old Licences granted to the Minstrels and gives such new ones as he thinks fit under the Hand and Seal of himself or his Steward none presuming to exercise that faculty there without it But now this Dominion or priviledge is by a Daughter and heir of Thomas Dutton devolved to the Lord Gerard of Gerards Bromley in Staffordshhire And whereas by the Statute of 39 Eliz Fidlers are declared to be Rogues yet by a special Proviso therein those in Chesshire Licenced by Dutton of Dutton are exempted from that infamous Title in respect of this his ancient Custome and priviledge Esseburn Juratores dicunt quod in principio quando Mineratores veniunt in Campum Mineria quaerentes inventa minera venient ad Ballivum qui dicitur Berghmanster petent ab eo duas Metas si sit in novo Campo habebunt unam scil pro inventione aliam de jure Mineratorum unaquaeque meta continet quatuor Perticatas ad foveam suam septem pedes unaquaeque Perticata erit de 24 pedibus c. dicunt etiam quod Placita del Bergmote debent teneri de tribus septimanis in tres septimanas super minerias in Pecco c. Berk-holt Homines de Berkholt in Com. Suffolk dicunt quod tempore Regis Henrici Avi Domini Regis nunc solebant habere talem Consuetudinem Quod quando maritare volebant filias suas solebant dare Domino pro filiabus suis maritandis duas Oras quae valent xxxij Denarios Warham By the Custom of Warham in the County of Dorset both Males and Females have a right equally in the partition of Lands and Tenements Tenementa in Warham sunt partibilia inter Masculos Faeminas says the Record And is so unusuall a Custom that perhaps it may be hard to find the like elsewhere in England Honington The Tenants of the Mannor of Honington in the County of Warwic were by antient Custom to perform several services to the Lord every other day from Midsummer to Michaelmas To pay six shillings and eight pence yearly for maintenance of the Lords Corn-Cart and none of them to sell his Horse-Colt without licence from the Lord. Hampton Tenentes de