at Michaelmas and Easter by even portions did in consideration that the said Procurator should make payment thereof at the feasts of the Nativ of St. Ioh. Bapt. and St. Mich. together with the Tenths granted to the said K. by the Clergy so far forth as concerned those Cels restore the same unto the Abbot of the Monastery of St. Nich. before specified But in 50 E. 3. the custody thereof was disposed to Sir Cannon Rubussard Kt. to hold from the feast of St. Mich. th'Archangel then next following during the continuance of the wars with France paying xl l. yearly into his Exchequer Which Sir Cannon was onely to have the same benefit of Rent and other advantages as the Mother Monastery at Angiers before spoken of in times of peace usually had For upon an Extent in 1 R. 2. it appears that all the lands belonging thereto were then valued at CCxx l. iii s. iiii d. per annum But so much were the Monks incumbred by these seizures and appointment of secular persons to have the rule over them that in consideration of a good sum of money in hand they made a Lease to the said Sir Cannon Robsart of all their lands for 25 years And the superiour House beyond Sea likewise discerning themselves so set aside as to the receiving any advantage from hence made their addresses to Thomas Moubray E. of Nottingham and Earl Marshal of England offering to quit their interest here to him upon easy terms Which Earl having in 20 R. 2. obtained liberty to found a Religious House of Carthusian Monks at Eppeworth or where else he thought fit within the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnsh procured the K. Letters Pat. of licence for the Abbot and Covent of St. Nich. at Angiers before specified to grant this their Priory of Monkskirby with the Mannours of Neubold super Avon Copston and Walton to the same belonging As also the advousons of the Churches and Vicaridges of Kirkby-monach Neubold super Avon Withibroke Wapenbury and Sharnford with their pensions unto the said Monastery of Carthusians for ever Whereupon Iohn son and heir to Sir Can. Robsart the Lessee before specified by his deed bearing date upon Easter eve 20 R. 2. released to the King and to Iohn de Moreby Prior assigned of the then late founded House of Carthusians to the honour of the Uisitation of the Mother of God in the Isle of Axholme all his right and title in this Priory But no sooner did H. 4. come to the Crown than that the Priors-alien began to find much favour for in the Parl. held an 1. of his reign taking into consideration the losses and inconveniences that had befallen them by the frequent seizure of their lands and ferming them out in the time of his Grandfather K. E. 3. whereby not onely they had suffered great decay in their buildings but that the worship of God in that regular way Hospitality Alms and other charitable works antiently establisht and there accustomed to be performed were withdrawn as also the pious desires of the Founders thereby defrauded as the words of the Pat. do import did by the advice of his Councel in that Parliament restore to the said Abbot of St. Nich. at Angiers the patronage and advouson of those Religious Houses in England which were subordinate to that Monastery to have and to hold to him and his successours so that they should present fit persons to them upon the vacancies that might happen Howbeit this favour of K. H. 4. was not long enjoy'd by them for K. H. 5. reciting the licence granted by K. R. 2. for founding the said House of Carthusians in the Isle of Axholme and the power then given to the Monks at Angiers to pass away this Priory of Monkskirby with th' appurtenances thereunto as aforesaid by his Letters Pat. dated at Westm. 28. Iunii 3 of his reign confirmed the same Whereupon the said Carthusians being thus possest hereof obtained of K.E. 4. in 8 of his reign a confirmation of those priviledges granted to the Prior of Monkskirby by K. E. 1. in 33 of his reign before specified extending into all their lands there named which they enjoy'd therewith till that fatal overthrow of the Religious Houses in K. H. 8. time when some being corrupted with temporary profit and others through terrour were brought to surrender their Monasteries into the K. hands the said Prior and Cov. of Carthusians did not onely give up theirs but levyed a Fine thereof as also of all the possessions belonging thereto and in particular of this Mannour of Monkskirby with the rest of the Mannours Lands c. appertaining to it Which stay'd not long in the Crown for the same year was it granted away by the King to Thomas Mannyng late Prior of the Monastery of Butley in Suffolks then newly made Bishop of Ipswich to hold for life the remainder to Charles Brandon D. of Suff. and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten to be held in capite by the tenth part of a Kts. fee and the yearly rent of ix l. xiiii s. After which viz. in 37 H. 8. the K. granted unto Trinity Coll. in Cambridge the Rectory of Monkskirby with the tythes and certain lands rents c. lying in Monkskirby and the other Villages adjacent formerly belonging to the before specified Carthusians to hold to them and their successours in pure alms From which Duke this Mannour of Monkskirby with the rest before mentioned divolved to Henry Grey D. of Suff. in right of Frances his wife daughter of the said Charles and one of the sisters and co-heirs to Henry Brandon D. of Suff. From whose death the said Frances held it during her life and dyed 2 Eliz. leaving the Lady Kath. and Lady Mary Grey daughters to the aforesaid Duke her heirs viz. Katherine 19. and Mary 13 years of age Which Kath. being wedded to Edw. Seymour E. of Hertford had issue Edw. Lord Beauchamp that dyed in his fathers life time father to Will now Marq. of Hertford who sold this Mannour to the right honourable Mary Countess of Buck. in our memory paternally through that antient and noble family of the Beaumonts of Coleorton in Leicestersh descended from the Kings of France as is well known Which Mary setled it upon Basil Lord Feilding now E. of Denbigh her Grand-child with divers remainders In an 1291. 19 E. 1. the Church dedicated to St. Edith was valued at xxxiii marks and in 26 H. 8. the Vicaridge at xxii l. ix s. 6 d. the Taxation or Ordination whereof was made in an 1237. 21 H. 3. as appears by the original Instrument Which Vicaridge being but of small worth had an augmentation made thereunto by the bounty of the Lady Aliza one of the daughters of Sir Robert Dudley as in Manceter I have particularly shewed As this Parish is spacious so is the present fabrick of the Church very large though
Roger de Someri Baron of Dudley and recovered them forasmuch as it appeared that the said Walter was born before matrimony betwixt his Father and mother Which Iohn in 19 E. 1. was certified to hold three yard land here of the said Baron by the x th part of a Knight's fee. But from that time till 3 H. 8. that there was a Fine levied thereof betwixt Edward Belknap Esquire and others plantiffs and Richard Wodshawe and othes Defore I have seen little of this Mannour After which it was not long ere that one Iohn Bonde a wealthy Clothier in Coventre and Merchant of the Staple possest it who bearing a good affection thereto by the consent of Geffrey Blythe then Bishop of the Dioces as also of the Prior and Covent of Tikford Rectors of the Parish Church of Aston and Richard Stich then Vicar there built a Chapell here to the honour of the blessed Virgin and S t Margaret for the benefit of the Inhabitants of this Hamlet in respect that the distance from hence to the said parish Church was such as that many times by reason of flouds they could not repaire unto it And for the maintenance of a Priest to perform divine Service therein and likewise support of the ornaments belonging thereto obtained a grant from the said Vicar with the consent of the before specified Monks of Tikford and the Bishop of all Oblations aswell in money as others things which should happen to be there made as also that it should be lawfull for him the said Iohn Bonde his heirs and assignes to retain all his own Tithes aswell arising out of his Park here at Ward end as out of a certain meadow commonly called Irish meadow and belonging of right to the Vicars of Aston paying unto the said Vicar and his successors in the same Church of Aston the summe of vi s. viii d. of lawfull English money for ever as by the publique Instrument of the said Vicar bearing date at Aston aforesaid 23. Feb. Anno 1516. 8 H. 8. appeareth Which Iohn Bonde made a small Park here of xxx acres in 6 H. 8. and stored it with Deer and left issue Thomas Bonde and he severall daughters and coheirs whereof Margaret being the wife of Edward Kynardesley son to Iohn Kynardesley of Brallesford in Com. Derb. brought this Mannour to that Family wherein it still continues Castle Bromwich THat this place had its first denomination from the Broome that the soile being of a sandy disposition naturally produceth and the crooke of the River which our Ancestors used to call a Wich or Wik there is likelyhood enough Neither do I doubt but that originally it was a member of Aston and so disposed of by some one of the old Barons of Dudley unto him who in respect of his residence here had the sirname of Bromâ—wich Of these the first I find mentioned in Record is Wido de Bramewic in 15 H. 2. and nexâ— unto him Alan de Bromwich in 31 H. 2. whose son Thomas granted to the Canons of Leicester certain Common of Pasture in Berwode on the other side the River Besides which Thomas there was one Henry de Bromwich but whether he was also son to Alan I am not sure I am of opinion that this Henry is he who in 54 H. 3. is called Henricus del Chastel de Bromwyz by reason that he had his residence at a little Pile or Castle here situate upon the brow of the Hill on the Southern bank of Tame as by the Vestigia thereof yet remaining may appear from which Castle I suppose that the Family sirnamed de Castello whereof I have spoke in Withibroke took their sirname Henricus de Bromwyz Robertus filius Henrici de Bromwyz 49 H. 3. Anselmus de Bromwyz 15 E. 1. Henr. de Bromwich 16 E. 2. Isabella filia haeres 18 E. 3. Will. de Pero 18 E. 3. obiit s. p. Thomas de la Roche Guliel de la Roche Rob. de la Roche miles Ioh. de la Roche miles 48 E. 3. Thomas de la Roche infra aetat 9 R. 2. Elâ—zabeâ—ha Edm. Ferrers dominus de Chartley Chivalier Elena una consangu haered Joh. Bermingham 5 H. 6. Philippus Chetwind secundus maritus 18 H. 6. Will. dominus Ferrers de Chartley obiit 28 H. 6. Anna filia haeres Walt. Devereux de Ferrers Chivalier 2 E. 4. Ioh. Ferrers armiger 22 H. 6. Eliz. uxor Georgii Longvile ar Tho. de Bermingham frater haeres Iohannis defunctus 9 R. 2. Mariota Margareta ux Rog. de Clarindon mil. obiit infra aet 15 R. 2. Lucia Elianora ux Rob. de Verney Johanna Margar. ux Sim. fil Robert Fleming de Com. Cork in Hibernia Alicia Ioh. Archdekne Of Robert son to the same Henry de Bromwiz I find that in 49 H. 3. he was one of the Collectors of the revenues arising out of those lands within this Hundred of Hemlingford which eschaeted to the King by the overthrow of them that were vanquisht in the battail of Evesham fighting on the Barons part and that he had issue Anselm de Bromwich who in 19 E. 1. was certified to hold of Roger de Someri then Baron of Dudley one hide of land in Wody-Bromwich by the sixt part of a Knights fee for at that time the severall parts of this Hamlet were distinguisht by the name of Wody-Bromwich Little-Bromwich and Castle-Bromwich Henry de Castello then holding in Castel-Bromwich one yard land by the xxxii th part of a Knights fee. As also that Iohn Lovell at that time held of the said Roger de Someri a certain Park here at Bromwich paying ii s. per annum at Michaelmasse for all services And that Thomas de Bromwich held likewise one yard land by the service of the xxii th part of a Knights fee both which I presume to be meant of Castle-Bromwich To this Anselm succeeded Isabell his grandchild and heir who in 18 E. 3. was wedded to William de Peto a younger son of William de Peto at which time this Mannour of Castle-Bromwich wherein the said Anselm reserved an estate to himself for terme of life was setled upon the same William and Isabell and the heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten but she having no issue by him afterwards married to Sir Iohn de la Roche Knight by whom she had divers Children whereupon being desirous that this Mannour of her so antient inheritance might remain to her posteririty she joyned with her said husband in the levying of a Fine in 48 E. 3. whereby reserving their own lives therein they entailed it upon Iohn their son and the issue male of his body with remainder to Roger Thomas and William their younger children successively and for default of issue by them to the heirs generall of their two bodies and for lack of such issue to the right heirs of the same Isabell. Of which
Earl of Cornwall then elect King of Romans into Germany and in 47 H. 3. was in the Weâ—ch Expedition with Prince Edward the King 's eldest son Whether he did cordially adhere to the rebellious Barons shortly after I will not take upon me to say though plain it is that he was in Kenilworth-Castle when the Royall Army besieged it and being reputed one of the Barons partie had safe conduct with Henry de Hastings and others to march out upon the render thereof yet so far he had favour by the Jurie upon the seizure of his lands as that they said upon their Oaths that he was there with young Simon de Mounâ—fort per districtionem contra voluntatem suam so that I do not find that he compounded for his estate But I suppose that this Richard had no issue for in 6 E. 1. he past unto Will. de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick the inheritance of this Lordship and Lighthirne reserving only an estate for life to himself and Maud his wife in consideration whereof the said Earl granted to him the Mannour of Braeles excepting xvi li. Rent issuing out of the same to hold during his life and the life of the said Maud. In 10 E. 1. this Richard de Mundevile was solely joyned in Commission with the Shiriff for conservation of the Peace in this Countie which is much ancienter than some do allow Justices of Peace to have been And in 13 E. 1. claimed a Court-Leet here at Berkswell with Assize of Bread and Beer as also Free warren but it was found by the Jurie that he had no right to either Court Leet or Assize of Bread and Beer though he had injuriously held such a Court of his own Tenants when the King's Bayliff used to keep his Tuâ—ne wherefore he was warned to forbear the doing so any more and amerced for what was past howbeit for the Free warren he produced King Henrie's Charter which was allowed and got off his Amerciament by favour of the Justices Itinerant But it seems that he was not contented with the former agreement made with the Earl of Warwick for quitting his title to this Mannour for I find that in 25 E. 1. the Earl came to a new conclusion with himâ— granting him during life C li. per annum out of Beleye and Yardley in Com. Wâ—gorn â— and Claverdon in this Countie To his first wife he wedded Isabell sister unto Iohn Fitz Alan and to his second Maud but of what parentage I have not seen And by his Testament bearing date on the Friday before the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady 27 E. 1. bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Priorie of Chaucumbe in Com. Northamp neer to his Father's gâ—ave but his Heart to be buried in the Oratorie of the Friers Minors at Coventre and to the Countess of Lincolne a great silver Goblet as also a Cross with a bugle Horne To the Ladie Alice de Whitacre a plain silver Goblet and the like to the Lady Alice de Veâ—dor constituting Sir Richard de Whitacre Sir Robert de Verdon Knights Edm. de Whitacre and Iordan de Whitacre his Executors After his death that this Mannour came to the Earls of Warwick it was assigned inter alia for the dowrâ—e of Alâ—ce the widow of Guy de Beauchamp in 9 E. 2. And upon the attainder of Thomas Earl of Warwick in 22 R. 2. it was given to Thomas â—â—otland Duke of Surrey but after the deposall of Kâ—ng Richard 2. the said Earl reposâ—est it with the rest of his lands again amongst which it was in 2 H. 4. allotted unto Margaret his widow for part of â—er dowrie But coming with the rest of Warwick's lands to Richard Nevill the stout Earl it was by him entailed in 28 H. 6. and so in 3 H. 7. came to the Crown with Warwick-Castle and the other lands belonging to that Earldom as in Warwick I have manifested It seems that some Tenants here held their land in Villenage for in 25 H. 8. the King being then possest of this Mannour did grant unto one Thomas Miles his Letters Patent of Manumission In the Crown it continued till 7 E. 6. and then was by that King together with divers other Lordships in this Countie past unto Iohn Duke of Northumb. But upon his attainder in 1 Mariae returning again to the Crown it was in 3. 4. Ph. M. granted to Thomas Marow Esquire and Alice his wife for terme of their lives the remainder to Samuell Marow one of the sons of the same Thomas and Alice and the heirs of him the said Samuell to be held in Capite by the xlth part of a Knight's Fee in whose line which I have here drawn it continueth to this day Will. Marow Grocerus filius Steph. Marowe de Stobenhithe in Com. Midd. Major Civ Lond. an 35 H. 6. Cath. filia cohaer Joh. Rich Civis Merceri Lond. Thom. Marow servâ—ens ad legem obiit 21. H. 7. Will. Marrow filius haeres 22 E. 4. Joanna filia Will. Chedworth Alderm Lond. .... filia Baldwini Dowse de Balshall ux 1. Thom. Marow senior ar obiit an 1530. sepult apud Wolst. Cath. fil Rog Wigston de Wolston in Com. Warw. ar 28 H. 8. Edw. Marowe de Elmedon duxit ...... filâ—am Andrei Flamok mil. Thomas Marowe de Hoxton in Com. Midd. obiit 3. Eliz. Alicia sola filia haeres Ric. Harreâ—ong nupta 29 H. 8. Samuel Marow de Berkswell in Com. Warw. aâ— obiit ... Aug. anno 1610. Margareta filia Ioh. Litleton de Frankley in Comâ— Wigorn. eq aur Edw. Marow eq aur obiit .... an 1632. Ursula filia Ric. Fienes D. Say Sele Sam. Marow ar obiit ... Aug. 1635. Anna filia Gerardi Whorwood de Sturton-Castro in Com. Staff ar Edwardus Marow duxit Annam filiam Thom Grantham dâ— Goliho in Com. Linc. eq aur Anna. Ursula Thomas Edwardus Franciscus Georgius Iohannes Eliz. ux Georgii Medley Cath. ux Rad. Daniel Johanna ux Will. Clopton filii Ioh. Clopton de Melford in Com. Suff. Cath. ux Rob. Throkmorton de Coughton mil. The Church dedicated to S. Iohn Baptist was in anno 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at xx marks per annum over and above the yearly Pension of one mark which the Collegiate-Church of Tamworth received out of it and in 26 H. 8. at xiv li. xii s. iv d. besides xi s. payd out of it for Procurations and Synodalls Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. Ric. de Mundevile miles Benedictus de Mundevile Will. de Wancy Ric. de Mundevile miles Fulco Lovel an 1249. Sim. de Cadinton Guido de Bellocampo Comes Warw. Ioh. de Dunclent Cler. 16. Cal. Ian. 1307. Guido de Bellocampo Comes Warw. Ioh. Dod Pbr. 6. Non. Maii. 1309. Guido de Bellocampo Comes Warw. Will. de Wellesburne 8. Cal. Febr. 1314. Edw. Rex Angliae
wayes have antiently bin may appear by the eminency of the persons who were imployed as Officers for taking care in the oversight of them Augustus Caesar himself not disdaining the task And sometimes the Ediles took charge of them as it appears by Caligula his causing the Edile-vestment of Flavius Vespasianus when he executed that place negligently to be publickly dawbed over with dirt and sometime that imployment was committed Collegio Quaestorum They had rules set down de muniendis struendis viis which they called Legem viariam as appears by Celius his Epist. to Cicero and these they called Viccuri for viarum curatores yea they committed the tuition of the wayes to the Gods themselves and called them Dii vii Plautus in Mercatore Act. 5. Scen. 2. calls them Lares viales And Apollo by Pausanias is termed Viarum praeses Likewise they used to sacrifice Deae vibiliae quae ab erroribus viarum mortales liberat And there is extant an antique Inscription the Copy whereof Lipsius upon Smetius hath mentioned FORTUNAE REDUCI LARI VIALI ROMAE AETERNAE Q. AXIUS AELIAN Neither were these ways without great account by our Ancestours the Saxons as may appear by the Laws of St. Edward De pace quatuor Chiminorum that is Viarum sub majori judicio viz. touching the peace of the four road-ways in some higher Court And since that time the Statute of Marlebridge forbiddeth distresses to be taken in any of the Kings High-ways or common streets And the Statute called Articuli cleri commandeth that such as abjured should not be molested while they be in the High ways But of those ways let us hear Rob. of Gloucecester in his old ryme though he be somewhat mistaken aswell in the Tract of them as in the Makers Faire weyes many on ther ben in Englonde But four most of all ther ben I understonde That thurgh an old Kyng were made ere this As men schal in this boke aftir here telle I wis Fram the South into the North takith Ermingestrete Fram the East into the West goeth Ikeneld strete Fram Southest to Northwest that is sum del grete Fram Dover into Chestre goth Watlyngstrete The ferth ot thise is most of alle that tilleth fram Toteneys Fram the one end of Cornwaile anone to Cateneys Fram the Southwest to Northest into Englondes ende Fosse men callith thilke wey that by mony town doth wende Thise foure weyes on this londe Kyng Belin the wise Made and ordeyned hem with gret Fraunchise For whoso dide therein ony thefte other ony woum He made iuggement therof and gret vengeaunce ynoum Clifton BUt I will forbear to enlarge my self any further on this subject and take a view of Clifton which standeth upon the top of an indifferent hill on the South-side of Avon having its name from the scituation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with the Saxons signifying not onely a rocky place but any shelving ground In Doomesday-booke it is written Cliptone the Norman Transcribers of the certificate made upon that Inquisition taken by the Countrey mistaking without doubt the Saxon letter F. which is thus written 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for a p. In the time of K. Edward the Conf. this Town was possest by Alwine who is commonly called Alwinus vicecomes a great man in those days and lineall ancestour to that worthy and long lasting family of Arden that hath flourished ever since in this County as I shall shew when I come to Curdworth in Hemlingford-Hundred Which Alwine gave it to the Priory of Coventre for the health of his soul by the consent of the said King Edward and of his own sons but after the Norman-Conquest Earl Alberi◠Progenitor to that noble family of Vere antiently and yet Earles of Oxford unjustly seized upon it and outed the Monkes as it is certified by the Conquerours Survey in which it is found to contein five Hydes There was then a Church and two Mills the value of the whole Lordship being rated at iiii l. I have not seen by any Record how it came out of the line of this Albericus Comes but certein it is that it continued not long therein for it is evident that Ernald de Bois who lived in K. Stephens time was owner thereof And that it was given to him by Robert surnamed Bossu then Earl of Leicester is not to be doubted for upon the grant of the custody of his heir in the 7. year of K. Iohn it is said to be de fedo Saiheri de Quinci which Saierus married Margaret Sister and one of the coheires of Robert Fitz-Parnell Earl of Leicester and had by her in partition the moiety of the Honour of Leicester Hoc stemma ex codice MS. Henrici comitis Stanfordiae deductum est Ernaldus de Bosco primus Senesch comitis Leic. ...... soror Rogeri de Basingham relicta 7. Joh. Ernaldus de Bosco secundus Ernaldus de Bosco tertius Ernaldus de Bosco quartus Johannes de Bosco filius haeres obiit sine prole Magr. Will. de Bosco Isabella soror haeres Johan Lovel miles Will. la zouche de Haringworth -Matildis filia haeres Johanna uxor Thomae de Estleja This Ernauld gave to the Abby of Leicester of the said Earls foundation whose Steward he was the perpetuall Patronage of the Church here at Clifton ◠with the Chapels of Waver id est Browns-Over Rokeby and Newton To whom after severall descents succeded Iohn who in 13. E. 1. claimed by Prescription a Court-Leet here with other Priviledges and Free-Warren granted by K. H. 3. to Arnold his father all which were allowed And to him William who in 21. E. 1. setled divers mannours lying in the Counties of Warwike Leic. and Northampt upon William la Zouch and Maud his Wife and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten in which entayl a Knights fee in this Lordship likewise passes but no mention of the Mannour So that 't is like it was granted away before and very probably in the 13. of E. 1. before the making of the Statute of Quia emptores terrarum in regard that Clifton is found afterwards to be held of the Zouches of Haringworth who were Heirs of Boys and not of the Honour of Leicester as formerly which could not I conceive have bin if it had bin after that Statute The next possessor of this Lordship was William Revell of whom and his Family I have spoke in Newbold-Revell which William in 27. E. 1. obteined a Charter of free Warren in all his Demesn Lands here as also in Newbolt and Brownswaure in this County And in 1. E. 2. entayled it upon himself and the heirs of his body but for lack of such issue on William Inge for life and after his decease on Iohn the Son of William Revell and the Heirs of his Body with divers remainders In the Male
higher upon the same River In the Conq. time it was rated for 5 hydes and then held by one Rainaldus of Roger Earl of Arundell and Shrewsbury but written Leileford The lands of which Roger in these parts came afterwards to the family of D' Albany But in H. 2. time Roger Hayrun was Lord of this place in whose male line it continued till E. 2. time held of the heirs of the said Earl of Arundell So that 't is without doubt that this Roger Hayrun or his Father was first enfeâ—ffed thereof by one of those Earls And it may be that William Hayrun who lived in the beginning of K. Steph. time was Father of the same Roger. Of this family there were there 3 Rogers successively all Benefactors to the Monastery of Combe whose grants Iohn Fitz-Alan chief Lord of the Fee by descent from D' Albany confirmed The last whereof gave a piece of wast ground called Bromehill lying also within this Lordship to the Abby of Pipwell with a younger son who was admitted Monk of that house upon which those Monks built a sheep-cote and planted trees it being thenceforth called Marham As also his water-mill here with the suit of the town and their heirs thereto together with the seat of a wind-mill and bequeathed his body to be buryed in the Abby of Combe thereupon giving to the Monks in pure and perpetual alms certain lands of good value After which Agnes his widow desiring also sepulture there gave all her goods movable and unmovable with her body to that Religious House But in 36 H. 3. Will. de Waver is stiled Dominus de Lalleford in right of Iuliana his wife questionless for she is called haeres Rogeri Hayrun so also in 3 E. 1. but how this comes to pass Roger Hayrun having two sons viz. William and Iohn as the descent and what I shall say besides doth shew I cannot well imagine both which were Lords of this place successively but dyed without issue William being living in 56 H. 3. and Iohn in 9. E. 2. leaving two sisters but because the inheritance should not be divided and so diminished Iohn gave the same to Robert son to his sister Margerie Which Robert was son of William de Newnham by the said Margerie upon whom the said Iohn designing him to be his heir did by a fine levyed crast Ioh. Bapt. 1. E. 2. settle this Mannour entailing it upon him the said Robert and Eliz. his wife daughter to one Thomas Boydin of Stretton and to the heirs of the same Robert begotten on the said Elizabeth and for default of such issue to Nicholas brother to the said Robert with divers other remainders so that Robert coming thus to the estate was thereupon called Robertus de Lalleford howbeit when Iohn dyed I certainly find not It seems that this Robert de Lalleford became a man of note in his time for in 14 E. 3. he was one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parliament then held but dyed before the 20 E. 3. for in that year Iohn his son and heir released to Iohn Whitwell all his right in this Mannour during VVhitwell's life Which Iohn dyed without issue so that VVilliam his brother became thereupon heir who in 35 E. 3. granted it to VValter VVhythors and Isabell his wife and to the heirs of VValâ—er Will. Hayrun 5 Steph. Rogerus Hayrun temp H. 2. Rog. Hayrun 1 Joh. Rogerus Hayrun 36 H. 3. ... monachus apud Pipwell ... filia Margeria uxor W. de Neunham Robertus dictus de Lalleford 14 E. 2. 35 E. 3. Joh. fil haeres obiit sine prole Will. obiit sine prole Will. Hayrun fil haeres 56 H. 3. obiit sine prole Joh. Hayr 9. E. 2. obiit sine prole From whom descended Sir Raphe VVhythors Kt. who granted it to certain feoffees and their heirs which feoffees passed their title therein to Henry Earl of Derby Guy de Mâ—ne Keeper of the Kings Privy Seal Sir Henry Green Knight Sir Iohn Bagot Kt and others all great men in those daies and their heirs their grant bearing date at Bathkynton in this County the monday after the feast day of St. Dunstan 19 R. 2. What chopping there was with it for the space of xxvi years ensuing appears not to me but in 2 H. 6. I find that Nicholas Parker of Thornbury in Gloucestershire a servant to Humfry Earl Stafford passed it to the said Earl and his heirs whence I ghess that all these feoffments last mentioned were but in trust in those turbulent times for this family of Stafford In which line it continued till the attainder of Edward Duke of Buck. 13 H. 8. and by that means coming to the Crown the K. by his Letters Patents bearing date 29 Martii the same year granted it to Thomas Marquess Dorset for life and afterwards by the like Letters Patents bearing date 27. Iunii 15. of his reign to the said Thomas and to the heirs male of his body But I suppose that it came to the Crown 1. Mariae by the attainder of Henry D. of Suffolk Son to the same Thomas For in the next year the Qu. granted Licence to ... Baylye for aliening thereof unto Thomas Leigh Alderman of London and his Heirs Of whom I shall speak more when I come to Stonley After which it was in xi Eliz. setled by him on Alice his wife during her life the remainder to VVilliam Leigh his younger son and the heirs male of his body whose grand-child Francis Lord Dunsmore of whom I shall make further mention in Neunham-Râ—gis doth now scil an 1640. enjoy it In an 1291. 19. E. 1. the Church dedicated to St ..... was valued at x. marks and in 26. H. 8. at xili xv sol iiii d. the procurations and Synodalls then issuing out of it being viii sol The Patronage of this Church was antiently in the Abbot and Covent of St. Peters super Dinam in France in respect of the Priory of Wolfrichston now Wolston in this County a Cell thereto belonging but afterwards in the Prior and Covent of Carthusians near Coventre as by the Institutions may be seen and as I shall have occasion when I come to Wolston more particularly to manifest yet never appropriated to either of those religious houses Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes temp Instit. Procurator Abb. Conv. S. Petri super Dinam D. Ioh. de Berevill Pbr. in Festo S. Barnab Apostoli an 1300. Idem procurator Thom. le Breton Cleric ix Kl. Ian. an praed D. Rex ratione temporal Abb. S. Petr. super Dinam in manu sua existentium Petruâ— de Medburne accolitus vi Id. Dec. an 1325. Procurator Abb. Conv. S. Petri super Dinam Rob. le Venour Capell vi Kl. Ian. an 1326. Procurator Abb. Conv. S. Petri super Dinam Rog.
them the said Thomas and Maud and their heirs by the service of 1 d. to be paid yearly at Easter Which Robert in consideration of xxx marks of silver soon after granted the inheritance thereof unto Henry de Hastings son and Heir of Sir Henry de Hastings Kt. to hold of him the said Robert and his heirs by the service of a pair of white Gloves or 1 d. yearly at Easter But this Henry kept it not long for I find that Sir Thomas de Bray purchased it of him within a short time after to whose posterity residing here it continued for divers descents and at length as it should seem by Elene one of the daughters and co-heirs of Richard Bray wife of Edmund Starky Gent. in H. 6. time divolved to that family in which it rested till 4 Eliz. that William Starky sold it by the name of the capital messuage and certain lands c. in Stretton to the Lady Longvile upon whose death it descended to Bartholmew her son and heir by Bartholmew Tate of de la Pre juxta Northhampton her first husband which Bartholmew in 23 Eliz. conveyed it to Anthony Tate his younger brother who left issue George Tate of Sutton-Bonington in Com. Nott. that by his deed dated 6 Iulii an 1620. sold them to Ric. Taylor of Binley in this County to whose posterity they still continue There is within this Village a Chappel of All Saints which had a Chantry therein founded by Thomas de Wolvardynton Parson of the Church of Lobenham in Leicestershire for two Priests to sing Mass daily at the Altar of St. Thomas the Martyr for the good estates of the said Thomas William Clinton Earl of Huntingdon Richard Earl of Arundell Iohn Peyto the younger as also of Alice and Margaret sisters to the said Thomas the Founder during their lives and of the reverend Father in God Roger Northburgh then B. of Cov. and Lich. and for all their souls after their departure out of this life as also for the souls of Sir Peter de Wolvardington Kt. and the Lady Aliva his Wife Father and Mother of the said Thomas and of the souls of Iohn de Wolvardynton William and Peter brethren of the said Thomas deceased and of all faithfull people departed For the maintenance of which two Priests King E. 3. in 19 of his reign granted licence to the said Thomas de Wolvardynton to amortize three messuages three yard land four acres of meadow three acres of wood and xx sol rent with the appurtenances in Stretton aforesaid After this viz. in 2 R. 2. licence was also granted to Robert de Stretton then B. of Cov. and Lich. to amortize four messuages and eight yard land with the appurtenances lying in this Village of Stretton for the maintenance of a Priest to sing Mass daily in the abovesaid Chappel for the good estate of the said King whil'st he lived and for the health of his soul when he should depart this life as also for the souls of the Kings Father and Grandfather and all the faithfull deceased Whence I conclude that this B. was born here and took his name of the place having been first a Canon of Litchfeild and Chaplain to the Black Prince K. Richard the 2. Father but an illiterate man he was saith Godwin in so much as he found it a very difficult matter to obtain Consecration which nevertheless through the Kings power at length he got in 35 E. 3. The lands of the Chantry here founded by Thomas de VVolvardynton were in 26 H. 8. valued at iiii l. xiiii sol per annum but upon the survey taken 37 H. 8. at iiii l. xvii s. per annum Prinsthorpe OF this place lying in the Parish of Wolston but Southwards from it about two miles do not I find any mention till 4. E. 1. at which time it was written Prenesthorpe As for the name it proceeds doubtless from some antient possessor thereof the latter sillable viz. Thorpe signifying a Village or Hamlet for so in the Saxons time they were called the Dutch to this day whose Language hath a great affinity with our old English calling such Villages Dorpes pronouncing d instead of th In xx E. 3. it answered with Stretton upon the Aid then collected And in 31 E. 3. there was a Fine levyed thereof betwixt William de Peeke Parson of the Church of Wapenbury pl. and Nicholas de Stoneley and Hugh de Geydon Priests Deforciants whereby it was setled upon the said William de Peeke for life the remainder to Sir Richard Trewlow Kt. and the heirs of his body and for lack of such issue to Iohn Hockele and Cecelie his wife and the heirs of their two bodies and for default thereof to Nicholas le Eyr and his heirs After which I have seen little considerable of it till it came to the Hugfords of Emscote in H. 6. time but whether by Metley's heir or not I am yet to learn In which family it continued till 9 H. 8. that Iohn Hugford sold it to Sir William Compton Kt. whos 's great Grand-child Sir Henry Compton Knight of the Bath and brother to William late Earl of Northampton now enjoyes it an 1640. Brandon THis being a part of Wolston Parish lying on the other side of Avon and situate at the foot of a Hill the soyl whereof is sandy and dry makes me conjecture that it might originally have its name from the effect that the Sun by heat doth oft-times produce upon such high ground or otherwise because being antiently woody it was first made fit for tillage by burning the thickets that naturally grew thereon In the Conquerours dayes Turchill de Warwick was possest thereof Wlsi then holding it of him By the general Survey then taken where it is written Brandune the extent of it is certified at half a hide the woods containing four furlongs in length and two in bredth and the whole esteemed at xxv sol there being then a Mill rated at xxvi d. But Turchill's lands being by the Conquerour for the most part disposed of to others as I shall have occasion in due place to shew this was it seems given to Geffrey de Clinton Chamberlain and Treasurer to K. H. 1. and Founder of the Castle and Priory of Kenillworth of whose advancement and what else is memorable I am to speak in Kenillworth whose daughter Lescelina being married to Norman de Verdune brought it with other lands to that noble family but Geffrey her brother had a hope to regain it for having given lands in Bretford near adjoyning to found there a small Cell for Nuns as in Bretford I purpose to declare which lands were by those Nuns very soon after granted to the Monastery of Kenillworth and confirm'd by him covenanted wich the Canons of Kenillworth that if he recovered Brandone he would give them as much land in value
whom partition being made in 6. R. 2. Iohn Malory son to the same Iohn and ..... had this Mannour of Fenni-Neubold with certain lands in Esenhull Stretton and Strod-Aston and the Capitall meâ—suage or Mannour house of Paylington assigned to him Robert de Whitney and Ioane his wife the Mannour of Clifton in this County with certain lands in Newton juxta Clifton for their part And Richard Boteler Ioane his wife the Mannour of Browns-Over with certain Rents and services in Paylington Which Iohn Malory was constituted one of the Commissioners for conservation of the Peace in this County in 13. and 14. R. 2. In 15. being then a Kt. he was made Shiriff of these Counties To whom succeded Iohn one of the Kts. for this Shire in the Parl. held at Westm. 1. H. 5. and in 4. H. 5. Shiriff also of these Counties In 7. H. 5. he was by speciall Commission with others assigned to treat with the people about a loan of money to the King In that year K. H. 5. being victorious in France and Humf. D. of Glouc. his youngest Brother constituted Custos Angliae in the K. absence precepts were directed to the Shiriffs of all the Counties in England in the K. name and signed by the said D. commanding them to elect and appoint a certain number in each Shire of Kts. and Esquires bearing Armes from their Ancestours such as were most able and sufficient to serve the K. for defence of the Realm all which were to attend the K. Councell at Westm. the Tuesday in the first week of Lent For which purpose 13. being chosen in this County this Iohn Malory was one In 2. H. 6. he underwent the office of Eschaetor for these Counties of Warr. and Leic. and the next year following the Sheriffalty And having been in Commission for the peace from 6. H. 5. till 12. H. 6. left issue Thomas who in K. H. 5. time was of the retinue to Ric. Beauchamp E. Warr. at the siege of Caleys and served there with one lance and two Archers receiving for his lance and 1. Archer xx li. per an and their dyet and for the other Archer .x. marks and no dyet This Thomas being a Kt. in 23. H. 6. served for this Shire in the Parliam then held at Westm. and dying 14. Martii 10. E. 4. lyeth buryed under a marble in the Chappell of St. Francis at the Gray-Friers near Newgate in the Suburbs of London To whom succeded Nicholas his Grand-Child viz. son of Robert who dyed in his Fathers life time Which Nich. being a Justice of Peace in this County from the 17. of H. 7. till his death left issue two Daughters his heirs viz. Dorothe first marryed to Edw. Cave and afterwards to George Ashby who had upon partition made of that inheritance 26. H. 8. the Mannour of Winwick in Northampt-sh with certain lands in Stretton and Paylington in this County as also in Swinford Com. Leic. And Margery first married to Clement Cave but afterwards to Iohn Cope which Margery having this Mannour of Newbold assigned to herupon the said partition with certain lands in Esenhull before specified joyned with her second Husband Iohn Cope 12. Oct. 29. H. 8. in the salâ— of this Mannour to Thomas Pope then Treasurer of the Court of Augmentation which Thomas Pope by his deed dated 14. Iulii 30. H. 8. past it to Will. Whorwood Solicitour generall to the K. whose Daughter and heir Margaret became the wife of Thomas Throgmorton Esq. Son and heir unto Sir Rob. Throgmorton of Coughton Kt. which Thomas and Margaret sold it to Sir William Stamford one of the Justices of the K. Bench From whom it descended to Sir Robert Stamford Kt. his son and heir who left it to Charls Stamford a younger son of whom Elizabeth the widow of Iohn Alderford of Abbots-Salford Esq. purchased it for Edward Morgan her son by ..... Morgan a former Husband which Edward sold it to Sir Sym. Clarke Baronet the owner thereof an 1640. Copston-magna OF this place I shall not need to say much for as to the Etymologie of the name what I have exprest in Copston-parva will serve turn And that it was given by Geffrey Wirce to the Monastery of St. Nich. at Angiers in 12 Will. Conq. what I have said in my discourse of Monkskixby will manifest That it continued in the hands of those Monks as parcell of the possessions of the Priory-alien of Monkskirby and past therewith to the House of Carthusians founded in the I le of Axholme in 20 R. 2. I have likewise signified in Monkskirby as also that upon the dissolution of the Religious houses in 31 H. 8. it came to the Crown for all which I shall refer my Reader to the Records there cited not being able to give any further account thereof Neunham-Padox THis place by reason of another not farre off which hath the same appellation hath been antiently distinguished from that by these severall additions scil Newnham juxta Kirkby-monach Newnham parva Cold Newnham and lastly Newnham Padox by reason of a little Park formerly there as 't is like In the Conq. Survey it is rated for one Hide valued at lx s. and written Niweham Geffrey Wirce of whom I have spoke in Kirby being then possest thereof with the rest of whose lands it came to Nigel de Albani as in Kirby I have intimated and was towards the end of H. 2. time as I guess granted by Nigel de Moubray Grand-child to the said Nigell unto Roger de Newham for of this Roger is there no mention in 12 of that Kings reign when Roger de Moubray certified his Knights Fees but afterwards I find that the same Roger de Newham held one Kts. Fee of Nigel de Munbray before mentioned which was doubtlesse for this place To whom succeeded VVill. de Niweham who in 11 Ioh. accounted for vii marks towards the making up for Will. de Molbray that Fine he payd to the King for part of his inheritance concerning which he was impleaded by VVill. de Stutevill From which VVilliam who is stiled Dominus VVillielmus de Newnham which argues he was a Kt. it came in process of time to Philip and was in 6 E. 3. by him setled for want of issue on Robert his Brother for life the remainder to Iohn another Brother and the heirs of his Body and for default of such issue on Ioane Sister to the said Iohn And for lack of issue by her on Mariot his other Sister with remainder to the right heirs of the said Ioane then wife of Roger Ryvell But from this Philip descending two Daughters and heirs viz. Kath. marryed to Iohn Collard and Isabell to Walter Whitehorse the same Iohn and Catherine in 36 E. 3. past their title therein unto the said Walter and
those lands that belong'd to the Countess Godeva E. Ranulph the first restoring to the Monks of Cov. the Chappel here as their right being a member of their Conventual Church Whether VValter Briton who lived in H. 2. time was enfeofft hereof by one of those Earls I am not sure but I find that Alice his widow for the health of the soul of the said Walter as also of her father and mother and of her own soul gave to the Monks of Combe the Mill of this Village standing towards Sow with a mess. lying near the same which grant was confirm'd by Iames le Bret her son Yet was it not long that the Monks retain'd this Mill for Steph. de Segrave then Lord of Caludon had a grant thereof from them to himself and his heirs in consideration of a pound weight of white Incense to be yearly paid to the Monastery of Combe at Easter But the first whom I certainly find to be possest of this Mannour was Walter de Langley unto which Walter with Alice his wife K. H. 3. in 41 of his reign granted a Charter of Free-warren here the homage and service of which W. for his lands here in Wykin did Rog. de Montalt and Cecily his wife reserve to them and their heirs when they past away the Mannour of Coventre to the Monks which service was the 8 part of a Kts. fee as by sundry Records appeareth This Walter in 7 E. 1. held 1. carucat of land and a Water-mill here in demesn and then also had 18. servants holding 5 yard land and 2 acres at will performing divers servile labours for the same and likewise Assize of Bread and Beer in this place At that time had also Nich. de Segrave 1 car of land and a Water-mill in demesn here with 2 crofts which certain Freeholders held But the Mannour continued in the family of Langley as long as the Male line lasted viz. till E. 3. time as I shall demonstrate when I come to Pinley their principall seat and then viz. in 40 E. 3. Sir Iohn Trillow the younger Kt. and Ioan his wife Daughter and heir of Geffrey de Langley granted it to Sir Baldw. Frevill Kt. and his Heirs to whom also for better confirmation of his title Sir Peter Careswell Kt. Son and Heir to Sir Will. Careswell by his deed bearing date the Munday next after the Nativ of our Lord 45 E. 3. releas't all his right in the same which it seems was an estate for life and possibility of the inheritance For I find that in 4 E. 3. Will. Careswel and Mary his wife Mother to the last G. de Langley procured Tho. de Langley a Priest who was Heir Male of the family to levy a Fine of this and other Mannours whereby they were setled on the said Will. and Mary for their lives the remainder to Geffrey the Son of Geffrey de Langley and the Heirs of his Body and for want of such issue to the right Heirs of the said W. de Careswell And that upon the death of Baldwyn Son and Heir to the before specified Sir B. his 3. Sisters became his Heirs as in Tamworth I shall shew whereupon this Mannour divolved to Margaret the second of those coheirs first marryed to Sir Hugh Willoughby Kt. and afterwards to Sir Ric. Bingham one of the Justices of the Common Pleas which Marg. dyed seised thereof 8. Ian. 8 H. 7. leaving her Grand-child Sir Henry Willoughby Kt. Son of Rob. Son of her the said Marg. and Sir Hugh her Cosen and next Heir then 30. years of age From whom descended Sir Francis Willoughby late of Middleton Kt. who by his deed bearing date 24. Maii 38. Eliz. sold it to Ric. Green Father of Richard the present owner thereof an 1640. The Chappell here was built and dedicated in H. 1. time at the instance of Ran. E. of Chester Rog. de Clinton then B. of Cov. consenting thereto for the advantage of poor people in times of Hospitality the Buriall of the Inhabitants being reserved to the Mother Church of Coventre unto which all the Tithes belonging were appropriate by R. Molend B. of Cov. and Lich. an 1260. 44 H. 3. the Monks of that House appointing a Priest to celebrate Divine Service three Days in the week besides the chief Festivalls for which he antiently received all living Mortuaryes Alterage Tythes of Wool and Lamb with other small Tythes for his Salary and held the 4. part of a yard land in Wykin belonging to the said Chappell at the will of the Prior which small Tythes in 26 H. 8. were rated at C. s. per an Caludon OF this place there is no mention in the Conq. Survey nor in any other Record of a long time after that I could ever yet see nevertheless the name is much more antient being made up of a Brittish and Saxon word as I guess the first part viz. Callod signifying Moss and the later Dune or Don an ascending ground in respect that the surface of the hill near which it is seated is of a mossy condition That it was originally a Member of Coventre and involved therewith as also possest by the E. of Chester need not to be doubted forasmuch as 't is apparent that Ranulph the last gave it to Stephen de Segrave and his Heirs to hold by the service of a sore-Sparhaâ—k yearly And that Rog. de Montalt and Cecily his wife when they past all their right in Coventre to the Monks made particular exception of the homage and service of Gilb. de Segrave and his Heirs for what he held of them here In the family of which Segrave it continued whilst the Male line lasted and afterwards came to Moubray by Marriage of the Heir Female and by the like means to Berkley But because these great persons for the most of them were Barons of this Realm and the rest of a superior rank had not here their principall residence I shall balk the story of them further then what immediatly concerns this place Of the before specified Gilb. de Segrave I find that he bore for his Armes three garbs with a label of five points perhaps in respect of the relation he had to the E. of Chester in the tenure of this Lordship And that Nich. his Son as Lord of this place in 7 E. 1. was certified to hold here 2. car of land a Park containing 20. Acres a Pool called Franchehay and 2. Water mills having onely one Freeholder called Iohn de la Hay who held 3. Acres of land for 3. s. Rent Homage and Suit of Court After which viz. in 27 E. 1. he obtain'd a Charter of Free-warren in all his demesn lands here To whom succeded Iohn de Segrave his Son and Heir who in 33 E. 1. had License to fortify his House here with a Moat and to wall and embattle it with Lime and Stone
to belong unto the Monks of Coventre I have not seen any thing notable thereof Shortley A Little lower lyes Shortley antiently a member of Coventre and held of the E. of Chester's heirs by the service of 2 l. 17 s. per ann a pound of Pepper yearly and Heriots But before 17 E. 1. I find it not particularly mentioned at which time there was a Fine levyed thereof betwixt Geffrey de Langley pl. and Ric. de Waldeshef and Beatrice his wife deforc Whereby it appears that at the request of the said Ric. and Beatrice the same Geffrey granted an estate for life therein to Hugh de Vienna with remainder to him the said Geffrey and his heirs Which Geff. was a younger son to Geffr de Langley of whom in Pinley I have spoke From this Geffrey it descended unto Edmund de Langley his son and heir who having issue Ioan a daughter gave it in marriage with her as it seems to Edmund de Chesterton for the same Edmund de Chesterton was seized thereof in 42 E. 3. as appears by his feoffment then made to Sir Fulk de Bermingham and others How he was justled out of it I know not but within 4 years after viz. 46 E. 3. I find that Sir Baldwin Frevill the elder Kt. enfeofft Sir Will. Beauchamp Kt. and divers moe in this Mannour with Pinley Wykin and other lands to stand seized of them to certain uses as in my discourse of that family when I come to Tamworth shall be shewed and in 49 E. 3. dyed seized thereof leaving Baldwin his son and heir 24 years of age Which Baldwyn dyed in R. 2. time leaving his heir within age and what estate he had herein to Ioyce his widow who taking to husband Sir Adam Peshale Kt. was in R. 2. time with him impleaded for the title hereof by Iohn Brandesley in right of Eliz. his wife daughter and heir of Roger Chesterton son and heir of Edmund Chesterton before mentioned and Eliz. his wife daughter unto Edm. de Langley from whom the said Iohn and Eliz. claimed How this difference determined I have not seen but in 4 H. 5. by a Fine then levyed betwixt Sir Iohn Berkley Kt. Iohn Brut the elder with others plaintiffs and Edw. Chesterton deforc it was setled upon the said Iohn Brut and his heirs In which Fine it appeareth that the above mentioned Iohn Barndesly held it by the curtesy of England for life It seems that the heir male of this line afterwards came to possess it again for in 22 E. 4. Will. Langley dyed seized of it leaving Iohn his son and heir 16 years of age at which time the proportion of land that he had here was certified to be C. acres of pasture wherein a certain Mannour-house had in former time stood but then was utterly down and wasted How it came to the Crown I know not but I find that K. H. 8. in 12 of his reign granted it to Edw. Langley Esq and his heirs Which Edw. in 17 H. 8. was seized thereof and past it as I guess to Rog. Wigston Esq and Will. Wigston his son and heir for it appears that in 30 H. 8. they were seized thereof But the said Will. in 37 H. 8. his father being then dead granted it to certain Feoffees to the use of Edw. Pye of Maxstoke Esq and the heirs of his body Which Edw. in 3 E. 6. sold it to Giles Forster then of Balshall Esq. But the said Giles within less than a month after in consideration of 200 l. sterling re-conveyd it to certain Feoffees to the use of the before specified Will. Wigston who being so seized thereof by his deed bearing date 29 Martii 1 M. being then a Knight sold it to Edw. Aglionby of Balshall Esq and to Kath. his wife sister of the said Sir Will. After which I have seen no more thereof than that Iames Fitz-Herbert of Stoke juxta Coventre and Ric. Fitz-Herbert of Shulton in Com. Leic. Gent. in 33 Eliz. aliened it to Edw. Brabazon of Estwell in the same County of Leic. Esq and Mary his wife The Charter-house WIthin the precincts of Shortley sometime stood a very fair Monastery of Carthusian Monks but before I speak of its foundation it will be proper enough to digress a little in shewing how and when that Order first began with the strictness of their Rule The Author thereof was one Bruno born at Colein in Germany a very learned man and Philosophy-Professor in the University of Paris where being present at the Funerall of his friend that had been a man of good conversation and observing that whilst they were celebrating the office for the dead the Corps raised it self up on the Bier and uttered at several distances these words Iusto Dei judicio accusatus sum Iusto Dei judicio judicatus sum Iusto Dei judicio condemnatus sum he became so astonisht as that considering if such were the condition of one whose life had been free from any eminent vice what should become of himself and many others that were in no better state he thereupon with six more of his company who were moved with the same apprehension resolved to seek some desert place where they might end their daies in an austere and mortified course of living without any disturbance of worldly matters which at length they found in the Diocess of Grenoble at a place called Carthuse in the mountainous parts of a vast wilderness and obtaining an assignation thereof from the Bishop erected a Monastery instituting most severe and strict Rules for himself and his Covent viz. wearing hair shirts never to feed on flesh on the Fridays to eat nothing but bread and water to live apart in particular Cells and thither to have their diet singly brought them except on certain Festival daies when they dined together Not to converse with each other but at certain times None to go out of the Monastery but the Superior and Procurator and they onely about the affairs of the Covent Their habit a white loose coat with a cowl of the same but when they go out a case of black stuff all over it being shaved and shorn just as the Benedictines are Into their particular Cells which are low built and do contain 3 or 4 several rooms on the ground-floor onely having behind each of them a little garden environ'd with an high wallâ— is their diet brought to them by Lay-brothers and put in at a little door in the wall near the entrance thereof unto which there is a lock whereof the key is kept by him that serves them At the hours of publick prayers they meet in the Quire But women are not permitted to come within the precincts of their Monastery nor a man to speak with any of them without special license given by the Superior The Lay-brothers are not shaven but their hair on the head is cut
the Record expresseth by the K. Councell discharg'd of one In 33 E. 3. I find him in two Commissions with sundry persons of the best quality in this County for arraying of Souldiers according to the Statute of Winchester In 40. and 42. one of the Kts. for this Shire in the Parl. then held In 45. Shiriff of these Counties and the same year one of those that was assigned for the assessing of a subsidy then granted to the K. in Parl. The next year following for the assessing of a x. and xv in this Shire In 50 E. 3. Shiriff once more which office he also bore again in 1 R. 2. but in 5 R. 2. he sold this Lordship to Sir Will. Bagot Kt. Two wives he had viz. Alice daughter of Sir Giles Astley Kt. by whom he had his issue and Mary who overliv'd him and dyed in 13 R. 2. leaving Will. his Grandchild his heir ten years of age which Will. in 2 H. 4. had livery of his inheritance the K. then respiting his homage but deceased the year following without issue leaving Eliz. his aunt and heir first marryed to Edm. Cokeyn Esq. of Ashburne in Derbysh. but then the wife of Iohn Franceys of Inggelby who having issue by her had livery of her lands doing his homage but of such her issue purposing to speak in Pooley I return to Sir Will. Bagot as Lord of this Mannour the estate therein being convey'd to him by divers feoffees into whose hands the said Sir Ric. had past it Sir Iohn Cokeyn son and heir to the said Edm. and Eliz. releasing also to him his interest This Sir Will. being a branch of that antient family of the Bagot 's in Staffordshire as may seem by the observation of one well verst in the antiquities of that County in 6 R. 2. wrote himself of this place and the next year following was constituted Shiriff of these Counties In 11. of that K. reign he served in the Parl. held at Westm. as one of the Kts for this Shire and in 12. in the Parl. held at Cambridge So also in 14 again at Westm. in which year he was likewise in Commission for conservation of the peace in this County and the next year following a Commissioner of Array In the severall Parl. viz. of Winchester in 16 R. 2. of Westm. 17.18 and 20 R. 2. he served again as one of the Kts. for this Shire And upon renewing the Commissions for the peace in 20 and 22. R. 2. was joyned therein In that notable Parl. of 21. R. 2. wherein the K. became so powerfull as our Historians do shew he was a forward ambitious and active man and being one of his chief favourites and Councellers in that turbulent time when Henrry D. of Lanc. who had been formerly banish't landed at Ravenspur in Yorksh. fled with the rest of his fellows to Bristoll there hoping to protect himself in that strong Castle but the discontented Lords taking advantage of the K. absence then in Ireland quickly rais'd an Army of no less than 60000 and besieging that Castle in short time took it and therein all of them except this Sir Will. Bagot who having made his escape fled into Ireland and of those so taken forthwith beheaded Will. le Scrope L. Treasurer Sir Iohn Bushy and Sir Henry Green All which fell out in the 22. and last year of K. R. 2. whose desposall soon after ensued It seems that this Sir Will. came back again into England with K. Ric. for within a month after the new K. began his reign he committed him prisoner to the Tower of London viz. 22. Nov. yet on the 24. of Dec. following the Shiriff of this County received command for speciall reasons thereunto moving the K. as the Writ saith that he should permit the B. of S. Davids and other the feoffees of his lands in this County amongst which this Mannour of Bagington is mentioned in the first place to have possession of them howbeit though for what reason I know not the 23. of Ian. following he superseded the Shiriff as to that restitution But this displeasure of the K. continued not very long for the 12. of Nov. following he gave command to the Constable of the Tower for his enlargement It seems he was still popular for in the Parl. held at Westm. the same year the Commons petitioned that he might be restored to his lands whereunto the K. answered that as he had allowed him pardon so would he otherwise shew him Justice which extended to his reception into grace for in 4 H. 4. he served in the Parl. at Westm. as one of the Kts. for this Shire And the next ensuing year the clouds being over had a full Release from the B. of S. Davids and other his feoffees of all their interest in this Mannour and the rest of his lands But after this he lived not long for on the 6. of Sept. an 1407. 8 H. 4. he departed this world as may seem by that part of his Monumentall Inscrip here at Baginton where he lyes interred with Margaret his wife the sister and heir of Rob. de Whatton of Notinghamsh leaving issue Isabell his onely Daughter marryed to Tho. Stafford of Pipe in Staffordsh son of Sir Tho. Stafford K. nephew and heir to Edm. Stafford B. of Exeter and one of the Kts. for this Shire in the Parl. held at Leicester 2 H. 5. as also one of the Esquires retain'd for life with Ric. Beauchamp E. of Warwick Which Tho. resided here at Baginton whil'st it continued unsold but that was not long for Sir Iohn Bagot Kt. one of the feoffees of Sir Will. Bagots lands by his deed dated upon Palm-Sunday 5 H. 5. wherein making mention of the last Will and Testament of the said Sir Will. Bagot made and published by which he appointed that Margaret his wife should hold this Mannour during her life the remainder to the aforenamed Tho. Stafford and Isabell and the heirs of the body of the said Isabell lawfully begotten and in case she should dye leaving no such issue then to be sold and the money received for the same disposed and distributed for the health of the souls of him the said Will. and Margaret did with the consent of the said Margaret Tho. Stafford and Isabell sell and grant the reversion of this Mannour which ought as he there expresseth to have come to him the said Sir Iohn Bagot after the decease of the said Margaret Tho. and Isabell without issue unto Ric. Beauchamp E. of Warwick Will. Mountfort and others their heirs and assigns for ever the same Tho. Stafford by his deed dated the Friday before the feast of St. Luke the Evang. in the same year confirming the grant Which Earl by his last
Margaret and Mary the onely daughters and heirs apparent of Thomas Morgan of Heyford in the County of Northampton Esquier sonne and heire of Francis Morgan of Heyford aforesaid sometimes one of the Iustices of the Kings Bench and Marye wife of the said Thomas daughter and sole heir of Sir Edward Saunders Knight sometime chief Iustice of England and after chief Baron of the Exchequer and lyeth buryed in this parish Church of Weston Which Margaret and Mary the daughters dyed that is to say Mary the 22 day of May 1568. before she was one yeare oulde and Margaret the 30 day of September 1568. being of the age of seven years and 21 days On whose soules God have mercy Anno Domini 1584. Upon a Plate of Brass fixed in Marble on the South wall of the Chancel Arâ—is Apolline fueras qui Mista Jodoce â— Heu mortis jaculo victa Tomere jaces Cujus in interitum tulit haec solatia tristem Saunderus verae pignora amicitiae Anno Domini 1566. Decembris 22. Heare lyeth Ioyce Tomer slayne by death That had of Physick skyll Whose losse these comforts Saunders shews As tokens of good wyll Cubington I Come next to Cubington wherein by the Conq. Survey the Prior of Coventre was certified to have 2 hydes valued at xxx s. the E. of Mellent 3. rated at as much which one Boseher then held of him and Roger de Iuri 5. esteemed at xl s. In one place it is written Cubitone and in the other two Cobintone but afterwards Cumbyngton which shews that it had its name originally from the situation of it in a low or deep hallow for the word Cumbe doth signifie as much That which the Prior of Coventre had here was half a Kts. fee which in 20 H. 3. Simon de Cubinton and in 36 H. 3. Henry de Cubinton held of that Monastery But the substance of what the said E. of Mellent had aâ—i which the same Boscher held of him came to the Monks of Stoneley either given by the heirs of the before specified Boscher or by those whom he or they enfeoffed thereof though the particular grants do not appear For Henry Boscher grandchild to the first Boscher made a general confirmation of them in H. 3. time the quantity being 5 carucats of land and xxiiii s. iii d. yearly Rent of Assize as was certified in 19 E. 1. But of that which Rog. de Iveri had Hastings of Allesley was as it seems antiently enfeoffed By one of which line it was given to Semely Lord of Radford-Semely and to S. Maure though when I find not for in 7 E. 1. Will. de Semely held what he had here by the service of half a Kts. fee of Iohn de Hastings viz. 2 yard land in demesn and 3 held by 6 servants at the will of the Lord paying certain yearly rent and doing suit twice a year at the Court of the said Iohn de Hastings at Allesley Which W. de Semely had also six Cottagers holding as many Cottages and 4 Free-holders occupying 2 yard land and 3 quarters and doing suit to his 3 weeks Court here at Cobyngton as also making two appearances every year at the Court of Allesley abovesaid But from Semely I cannot deduce the succession of his part in this place That which Iohn Hugford and Thom. Waldeyve granted to the Monks of Stoneley in 13 E. 4. was certainly it for the quantity viz. 5 mess. 80 acres of land 3 acres of meadow and 4 acres of pasture doth not onely argue the same but the tenure thereof from Sir Edw. Nevill in right of his Mannour of Allesley antiently belonging to Hastings doth put it out of doubt Of Henry de S. Maure who had the rest of Cobington I find that he committed a Murther and fled for it whereupon K. E. 1. seized his Mannour here but allowed to Ermengard his wife liberty to hold it for her maintenance during his royal pleasure It should seem that the K. taking advantage of this forfeiture gave it soon after to the Templars for in 7 E. 1. it was certified that they had here 3 yard land in demesn and a certain Grove inclosed like a Park but being willing to strengthen their title from S. Maure in 9 E. 1. grew to an Agreement with him viz. to pay to them the said Henry and Ermengard 4 marks per ann during the life of her the said Ermengard in consideration whereof they levyed a Fine of it to the use of the said Templars and their successors for ever Which lands so possest by them were in 1 E. 2. seized by the K. and then yeilded 25 s. rent of Assize but were soon after transmitted to the Knights Hospitalars and continued to them till the general dissolution as did also that which the Monks of Coventre and Stoneley had Being thus lodg'd in the Crown the K. in 38. of his reign granted to Edw. Watson and Henry Herdson and their heirs all that belong'd to the Abby of Stoneley called then by the name of Cobynton-grange Which Edw. and Henry had license the same year to alien it unto Ric. Faukoner and his heirs who sold it to one Thomas Fawkoner Which Thomas reserving an estate to himself for life entailed it upon Eliz. his daughter then the wife of George Bodyngton and the heirs of her body with remainder to Agnes Fermour widow his other daughter and the heirs of her body but for lack of such issue to the right heirs of the said Ric. Fawkoner and departed this life 10 Febr. 1 Eliz. his said daughters being then of full age Touching that which belong'd to the Priory of Coventre I find that it was by K. E. 6. in 4 of his reign inter alia granted to Sir Raph Sadler Kt. then Master of the great Wardrobe and to Laurence Wennington Gent. and to the heirs of the said Sir Raph. As also that the Hospitalars Mannour here was past out of the Crown by Q. Eliz. the same year to Iohn Fisher and others The Church dedicated to the Nativity of our Lady being antiently but a Chapel and belonging to Wotton was therewith granted to the Canons of Kenilworth as in Wotton I have already shewed and in ann 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at xii marks Which Canons in 5 E. 3. had License to appropriat the Fruits thereof to the use of that Monastery Whereupon scil in 19 E. 3. ensued the endowment of the Vicaridge which in 26 H. 8. was rated at vi l. vi s. viii d. over and above 2 s. allowed for Synodals Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes temp Inst. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Thom. de Harewell Pbr. 11 Cal. Apr. 1309. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ioh. de Shotteswell accol 3 Ian. 1313. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Rob. le Fitzwith Pbr. 8. Cal. Maii 1342. Patroni Vicariae Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Adam dâ—
Founder of that Monastery he there makes mention that his brother whose name is not exprest was his predecessor That which the E. of Mellent had here was also granted by some of the old Earls of Leicester to one of those Lodbrokes to hold by the fourth part of a Kts. fee for the same was held by their posterity of the Lord Ferrers of Groby who by Quincy deduceth his descent from a co-heir of those Earls Will. de Lodbroc 11 H. 2. Henr. de Lodbroc Will. de Lodbroc 1 Joh. Joh. de Lodbroc 1 Joh. Sarra Henr. de Lodbroc 34 H. 3. Isabella 34 H. 3. Joh. de Lodbroc 41 H. 3. Johanna filia haer Ric. de Baresworth 41 H. 3. Ioh. de Lobrock 3 E. 3. Henr. de Lodbroke miles 9 E. 2. Hugo de Lodbroc Rector cccl. de Blaby Ioh. de Lodbroc miles 33 E. 3. Leticia ux 1. Ioh. Hugo Tho. de Lodbroc 24 E. 3. Alicia filia Will. de Catesby 24. E. 3. Ioh. de Lodbroc miles 33 E. 3. Hawisia filia haer Rob. de Davintre mil. ux 2. Alicia uxor Ludovici Cardian temp R. 2. Cath. filia haeres Will. Hathewyk Ioh. Hathewyk gen 10 H. 6. Joh. de Lodbroc Rob. de Lodbrock Rad. Macer sive le Megre temp H. 2. In 5 Ioh. Iohn de Lodbroc granchild of Will being distrained by the E. of Leic. for the service of a Kts. fee heâ—d of the said Earâ— impleaded Tho. de Arden for not discharging him thereof Which Kts. fee lay in Leicestersh as I guess for this Mannour was held of the E. of Warwick by the service of a Kts. fee. This Iohn de Lodbroke in H. 3. time was often in Commiss for taking Assizes of Novel disseisin and Goal-delivery and for other affairs of great importance in this County as I shall here instance viz. in 16 H. 3. he with Will. de Bâ—ssâ—pâ—sdon had the custody of the Kings Eschaets and Wards committed to them and the same year was appointed one of the Commissioners for assessing and collecting a xl part of each mans movable goods for the Ks. use In 19 H. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners for gathering of Tallage upon the K. demesn lands and in 21 H. 3. for the collecting of a xxx part of all mens personal estates then granted to the K. In 25. he was one of those who with the Shiriff had appointment to view all the Castles in this County and to certifie under their Seals what defects they found in the strength of them To him succeeded Henry his son and heir who in 26 H. 3. was certified to hold 3 Kts. fees of the E. of Warwick and the next year following was one of the Justices for Goal-delivery at Warwick That this Henry and Iohn his father were Benefactors to the Monks of Combe the particular parcels of land in this Village given to that Monastery by them do sufficiently declare which were received with such gratefull respect as that Will. de Chelre the then Abbot with the Covent of that House by their publick Instrument dated on the Octaves of the holy Trinity an 1250. 34 H. 3. granted to the said Henry and his heirs the choyce of a fit Clerk to be presented in that Monastery and there shorn a Monk successively for ever for the health of the souls of Iohn de Lodbroch his father Sarra his mother and of his the said Henry and Isabell his wife In 39 H. 3. he underwent the Office of Eschaetor in this County and had issue Iohn who wedded Ioan the daughter and heir of Ric. de â—aresworth widow of Ric. de Bray This Iohn in 56 H. 3. received pardon from the King for payment of xl s. at which he was amerced by the Justices Itinerant for not being then a Kt. and in 28 E. 1. being constituted one of the Justices of peace in this County had the next year following Summons with divers other great men to attend the K. at Barwick upon Twede on the Feast-day of the Nativity of S. Iohn Bapt. well and sufficiently provided with Horses and Arms to march against the Scots I am of opinion that he was Knighted in that expedition for in 32 E. 1. I find him so stiled In 1 E. 2. he was again in Commission for the Goal-delivery at Warwick and left issue Henry de Lodbroke who in 9 E. 2. was a Kt. and in 17. in the List of those Kts. and men at Arms whose names were then returned into the Chancery Which Henry had issue Iohn who in 10 E. 3. had his Knighthood respited for 2 years Against this Iohn and his brother Hâ—gh did the Earl of Warwick commence suit in 17 E. 3. alledging that they went about fraudulently to avoâ—d him of the services due for the Mannor of Cuntasthorpe in Com. Leic. held of his fee. Which Iohn took to wife Hawisia the daughter and heir of Sir Rob. de Davintre Kt. and of Hawise his wife daughter of Will. de Keynes and by his Deed beating date the Tuesday next before the Feast of S. Barnabe the Apostle 21 E. 3. past this Mannour unto certain Feâ—ffees for the use of himself during life after to Thomas his eldest son and his heirs who had wedded the daughter of Will. de Catesby the remainder to Hugh brother to the said Thomas and his heirs and so to Iohn brother of the said Hugh and to his heirs and for default of issue by Iohn to the said Will. de Catesby and his heirs Which first mentioned Iohn being a Kt. in 23. E. 3. by his Deed dated at Toneworth the same year released â—o the said Will. de Catesby and Nich. Woodward of Itchington and their heirs all the right he had in this Mannour granting to them and their heirs the advouson of the Church and bore for his Arms. Azure a Cheveron ermine as by his Seal appeareth After which viz. in 46 E. 3. Tho. de Lodbroke son to the said Sir Iohn quitted all his interest in this Mannour to the before specified Will. de Catesby which Will. had issue Iohn who in 7 R. 2. his father being then dead did his homage to Henry Lord Ferrers of Groby for those lands that he held in Lodbroke of him viz. the fifth part of a Kts. fee which were of the Fee of Leicester In K. Ric. 2. time there were great suits betwixt Alice the wife of Lewes Cardian and him the said Iohn for this Mannour as appeareth by several Bils of complaint exhibited in the K. Court by her against him she pretending an Entail made by Sir Henry Lodbroke Kt. her grandfather by force whereof she claimed But Catesby alledged that his father purchased it from Sir Iohn Lodbroke Kt. father to Alice and that the said Deed of Entail was
subt Wethele made this the place of his residence his posteriâ—y continuing it for their habitation and hence assuming their sirname There are some of opinion that he was a branch of the Vernons Barons of Shipbroke in Cheshire which may very well be for the Arms of this family do dâ—ffer no otherwise in the ordinary from that than by the Escalops upon the fesse taken as 't is like in respect that in some parts of this Lordship there are stones of that kind I mean like unto Escalops found as in the next viz. Shukborough be those called Astroiâ—es Which usage in assuming such particulars for their bearing in Arms as the place where the person hath reresided was famous for hath been very antient witness the Ermines by the Dukes of Britanny being a furr wherewith that Country much aboundeth by reason of those little Beasts so called which are in those parts As also the Mascles by the Dukes of Rohan in regard the Carps in that Dutchy have such marks upon their scales as that learned Gentleman my singular friend and furtherer of this present work Edw. Bâ—she Esq in his judicious observations upon Vpton hath manifested But I return to the before specified Robert That which he had here with Weston was held of the same Earls posterityâ— by the service of two Kts. fees they having the Leet and divers other priviledges in both these places as appertaining to the Honour of Leicester But besides what the family of Napton had in this place there was much that other persons held though a perfect succession of their several interests I cannot set forth I shaâ—l therefore next take notice of what I have met with relating to the line of Napton which is historical Adam de Napton 20 H. 2 Adam de Napton 3 Ioh. Agnes una filiarum haer Rob. de Salceto 20 H. 3. Adam de Napton 40 H. 3. Isolda 40 H. 3. Adam de Napton Adam de Napton miles 13 E. 1 Rob. de Napton miles 4 E. 2. Lucia filia Guid. de Bellocampo Com. Warr. Adam de Napton def 44 E. 3. Thomasina ux Will. White Ioh. White consangu haeres Ioh. Napton Iana ux Ioh. de Shukburgh Ioh de Napton fil haeres Will. de Napton Thom. de Napton obiit sinâ— prole Joh. de Napt duxit Alic. filiam Ric. de Misterton Agnes ux Galf. Filding In 16 H. 3. the second Adam de Napton was one of the Commissioners in this County for assessing and collecting the xl part of all movables imposed upon the people for the K. use and marryed Agnes one of the daughters and heirs to Rob. de Salceto Of his son Adam I find that in 36 H. 3. he was a Commissioner for the Goal-delivery at Warwick being then one of the Coroners in this Shire from which Office he had leave to be free the same year by reason of his imployment in the service of Raph Fitz Nicholas a great man in those dayes and Steward to the K. as in Stretton-Baskervile I have intimated yet the next ensuing year was he again made Coroner but in regard of his disability to undergo it had shortly after a discharge from that Office This Adam was a Kt. in 13 E. 1. and left issue Robert who amongst many other great men in 29 E. 1. had Summons to be at Barwick upon Twede on the Feast-day of the Nativity of S. Iâ—hn Bapt. sufficiently accoutred with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots and the same year was constituted one of the Commissioners for assâ—ssing and collecting a xv in this County In 4 E. 2. he was a Kt. In 13. he was with Iohn de Langley assigned to levy and collect the Sâ—utage in this County for the expedition inâ—o Scotland and in 15. he had a Charter for a Mercate to be kept here at Napton weekly upon the Thursday and a yearly Fair to last for 3 dayes viz. the Even day and morrow after the Assumption of the blessed Virgin This Sir Robert marryed Lucia the daughter to Guy de Beauchamp E. of Warwick and had issue Adam his son and heir which Adam being dead before the 44 E. 3. left issue Iohn his son and heir and two daughters viz. Thomasine marryed to Will. White and Iane to Iohn de Shukburgh as the descent sheweth But that this Mannour of Napton divolved to the Shukboroughs by reason of that marriage though the said Iâ—ne or her descendants at length became heirs or coheirs to the family of Napton I make a question For in 1 H. 4 Iohn Napton and Eliz. his wife past it to Ric. Cosford and Ric. Geydon Priests and in 12 H. 4. Wâ—ll the son of Alice Betons of Napton and Agnes his wife levyed a Fine thereof to Will. Sâ—ukburgh and others and to the heirs of the 〈◊〉 W. Shugburgh with warranty against 〈…〉 heirs Which Will. Shukburgh â— of Shukburgh for so â—e is termed was certifiâ—â— to be Lord thereof in 10 H. 6. from whom it is by inheritance come to Sir Ric. Shukburgh now of Shukburgh Kâ— the present owner thereof And fâ—â—m an heir female to a younger branch of these Nâ—ptons are the Feildings of Newnham likewise descended as not onely by certain old quarterings in their Arms but by the Pedegree on the last page appeareth through whose right they heretofore posseâ—â— the Mannour of Misterton ir Com. Leic. out of which a Rent is still paid to them It should seem that those lands which Turchill de Warwick held here in the Conq. reign continued for some time to his posterity for in 52 H. 3. Thom. de Ardern lineal heir to Turchill was certified to hold the xâ— part of a Kts. fee in this place of the E. of Warwick In 20 H. 3. I find that Rob. de Alâ—eto held half a Kts. fee here of the Prior of Coventre and in 9 E. 2. Raph Basset of Sapcote the v. part lying on that side of Napton antiently called Napton-Boscher for which in 44 E. 3. Ric. de Compton and his tenants did answer but in whom these are now or to shew any thing more of them is past my skill Besides this Mannour whereof I have already spoke there are two other within the precincts of Napton the one commonly called Vaux his Mannour and the other Brownes of which I have here added what I have fâ—und in Record or otherwise The first of these was by a Fine levyed 9 E. 2. between Rob. de Harwedon Pl. and Iohn de Wileby Deforciant setled upon the said Rob. for life the remainder to Rob. the son of the said Iohn de Wileby and Emme his wife and the heirs of their two bodyes and for default of such issue to the right heirs of Iohn de Wâ—leby Of this in 6 H. 6. did Thom. Chaumbre and Elianore his wife
that one of the ancestors to the family of Lodbroke had some grant from the Earl of Warwick of all that the said Earl had here so that the above specified G. de Clinton and he were at odds about the same which of them had the better title I will not here stand to argue but that Geffrey was a mighty man in H. 1. time in Kenilworth I have shewed so that the said ..... de Lodbroke though he recovered it as the Charter expresseth yet was he contented to hold it of the same Geffrey and by the advice of Walter Durdent then Bishop of Coventre did confirm the grant of this Church to the said Monastery in the presence of that Bishop and a great part of his Clergy which also was ratified by William de Lodbroch his brother and heir who likewise acquitted those Canons of v s. yearly Rent that had been paid to his predecessors out of a yard land that belonged to the said Church Of those possessions here in Herberbury that were of Clinton's fee in 31 H. 2. it was certified that the Templars held 5. yard land part of which were given by Geffrey de Clinton and part by Henry his son against whom in 2. Ioh. the said Templars required warranty Which land in 7 E. 1. was certified to be 1. carucat 2. yard land and 8. Acres all then held by 6. Freeholders who payd certain Rents for the same besides 2. cottages It was then also certified that the said Templars held 5. yard land here in demesn of Rob. fil Odonis which implyes that they had it of his grant But that part of Herberbury so possest by Lodbroke was given it seemes to Raph the son of Rob. de Lodbroke sirnamed Macer or Megre an appellation that he had by reason of his leanness Rob. de Lodbroch Rad. cognom Macer temp H. 2. Rob. le Megre 3. Ioh. Rob. le Megre 28. H. 3. Oliva soror Hug. de Ardern de Hampton amita una cohaer Willielmi Will. le Megre 52. H. 3. Amicia relicta 13 E. 1. Amicia filia cohaeres ux Ioh. Lupi sive Lou 13 E. 1. Margeria ux Philippi le Lovet Will. de Lodbroch For from the said Raph Macer had the Canons of Kenilworth also a confirmation of this Church with 2. yard land thereto belonging in the presence of Will. de Lodbrock his uncle in whose Fee it was situat To whom succeeded Robert le Megre his son who ratified his fathers grant and bestowed on the said Canons 2. yard land lying also in this place Which Rob. in 3. Ioh. gave 2. yard land lying here likewise to the Nuns of Eaton whereon the said Nuns in 7 E. 1. had x. tenants who held 1. yard land and half thereof at will performing divers servile imployments and 2. Freeholders that possest the other half yard land To this Robert succeeded another Robert who in 20 H. 3. answered for half a Kts fee in this place then held of the E. of Warwick and in 28 H. 3. was one of the Justices for the Gaol-delivery at Warwick This last mentioned Robert was a man of very great eminency in this Shire for his knowledge as appears by the trust then reposed in him For whereas in 30 H. 3. the K. had constituted Henry de Wyngham with one Kt. in every County from Trent Southwards to have custody of his Eschaets in the said severall Shires as also to enquire of all Sergeanties so as to certify in whose tenure they then were and in case any of them were alienated without the Ks. consent to discover by whom and to whom such alienations were made and of their values By vertue of which Commission they had also power to call before them xxiv or xii of the most antient lawfull and discreet Kts. in each particular County who being sworn were to enquire upon such Articles as should be exhibited to them touching the said Escheats Sergeanties the certificats whereof are recorded in the Exchequer in that known volume called Testa de Nevill under the title De sergeantiis arentatis this Rob. le Megre being the onely man made choyce of and appointed by the K. in this County performed that service and left issue Will. le Megre who on the Eve of S. Martin an 1254. 38 H. 3. by his Testam bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Monastery of Combe at which time he was received by those Monks to be partaker of all the benefits of their Order Which Will. departed this life before 13 E. 1. for then do I find that Amicia and Margerie were his daughters and heirs one whereof became the wife of Iohn Low and the other of Philip Lovet Whether these daughters had no issue and that thereby this Mannour eschaeted to Iohn de Lodbroke of whom it was immediatly holden or whether the said Iohn de Lodbroke obtained it by purchase or any other Agreement with them I know not but certain it is that his posterity enjoy'd it For in 9 E. 2. Henry de Lodbroke his son was certified to be owner thereof and that he held it by a Kts. fee of the E. of Warwick Which Sir H. de Lodbroke for he was a Kt. in 17 E. 2. setled it upon Iohn his son and Hawise then the wife of the said Iohn and the heirs of their two bodyes lawfully begotten rendring to him the said Sir Henry x marks sterling during his life After which viz. in 24 E. 3. by a â—ine then levyed betwixt the said Hawise Pl. and Will the son of Nich. le Wodward of Ichinton Deforc. it was setled upon the said Hawise for life and from her decease upon Will. de Catesby for life the remainder to Thomas the son of the said Sir Iohn de Lodbroke and Alice the daughter of the same Will. de Catesby and the heirs of their two bodies but for default of such issue to the right heirs of the said Thomas Which Thomas and all his brothers dyed without issue so that Alice the wife of Lewes Cardian became heir at law to them as by the descent in Lodbroke may be seen From whom descended Iohn Hathewyk son of Will. Hathewyk and Catherine daughter and heir of her the said Alice who in 10 H. 6. was certified to hold this Mannour by the 8 part of a Kts. fee at which time he resided here and had the addition of generosus But after this do I find no more mention in Record of this Mannour till 21 H. 8. that there was a Fine levyed thereof betwixt Rob. Dormer Esq and others Pl. and Rob. Corbet Dâ—forc though to what uses I know not Howbeit the next year following it was passed by Ioan the widow of the said Rob. Corbet unto Thomas Englefeild one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Sir George Throgmorton Kt. and Edward Underhill Gent. as
a Knight in 49 E. 3. marryed Isabell the daughter and heir of Urian S. Pere Which Walter dyed 6â— H. 4. seized of the Mannour of Honyngham as tenant by the curtesy of England after the death of Isabell his wife leaving Walter his son and heir of full age whose descent I have placed in Wylie whereby may be discerned that Ioyce one of the sisters and coheirs to Sir Hugh Cokesey Knight son to the last Walter marryed to Iohn Grevill and had issue Sir Iohn Grevill Kt. that dyed seised of this Mannour 20 E. 4. leaving Thomas his son and heir 26. years of age Which Thomas assuming the name of Cokesey resided at Milcote in this County where I purpose to speak historically of him and dyed in 14 H. 7. Whereupon Rob. Russell and Rob. Winter had livery of all his lands as his cosyâ—s and heirs whose alliance to him that descent in Wyllie doth plainly shew Which Rob. Winter upon partition of that inheritance had it seemes this Mannour in Honyngham but conveyed the same to Iohn Vnderhill of Nether-Etyndon within a short space for I find that the said Iohn by his feoffment bearing date x. Iunii 5 H. 8. Wherein he recited the said grant from Rob. Winter past it into the hands of Iohn Acard gent. and others to the use of himself and Susan his wife during their lives the remainder to Thomas Vnderhill his son and Anne his wife daughter of the said Robert and the heirs of the said Thomas Which Thomas had issue Edward his son and heir who sold it to Ric. Newport gent. in 36 H. 8. From whom it descended to Iohn Neuport that dyed seized thereof 28. Apr. 8 Eliz. leaving Will. his son and heir then 6. years of age That which is now the Church being antiently but a Chapell dedicated to S. Margaret and belonging to Wapenbury was therewith appropriated to the Priory of Monks-Kirby in this County by G. Muschamp Bishop of Coventre in King Iohn's time and afterwards with Wapenbury came to the Monastery of Sulby in Northamptonshire as I have already manifested In 26 â— 8. the Glebe and Tithes thereof were valued at C s. over and above xl s. yearly allowed by way of stipend to a Priest that served the Cure who had neither Institution nor Induction Offchurch THis hath been a town of no small note in the Saxons time if we may believe Tradition for in one part of the Lordship is a place called the Berrye which signifies no less than burgus or curia and accordingly 't is said that Offa K. of Mercia in the Saxon Heptarchy had here a Palace as also that by reason of his sometime residence here the Church first and so consequently the Village had this name Whether it were so or not I will not stand to argue but that it was part of the possessions belonging to Earl Leofrike and by him given to the Priory of Coventre at the foundation thereof in 1 Edw. Conf. I am fully satisfied though it be not particularly named in that Charter of his nor in the Conquerours Survey amongst the lands belonging to that Monastery For K. H. 3. by his confirmation made to the Monks of Coventre in 51 of his reign of all the lands they then possest and that were de dono praedicto as the words are which do relate to Earl Leofrike the Founder mentioneth Ofechirch amongst the rest Having therefore thus manifested that these Monks were so antiently owners of it I will now descend to what I find afterwards observable thereof which is that in 20 H. 3. Geffrey de Wilnhale held the x part of a Kts. fee in this place of the Prior of Coventre and that in 41. H. 3. the said Prior with his Covent had Free-warren granted to them in all their demesn lands here Which Prior in 7 E. 1. was certified to hold this Lordship of the K. in Capite as a member of his Barony wherein he then had 3 carucats of lands in demesn 3 watermils 28 servants holding 14 yard land and a half at the will of the Lord performing divers servile labours as Plowing Harrowing Mowing Reapingâ— c. for the Monks As also that he had a Court-Leet Gallows Assize of bread and beer with some other priviledges After the dissolution of which Monastery the Capitall messuage here with all the demesn-lands belonging thereto were inter alia by the Ks. Letters Pat. dated 25. Apr. 34 H. 8. granted to Sir Edm. Knightley Kt. and dame Ursula his wife and to the heirs male of his body and for default of such issue to Valentine Knightley his brother the heirs male of his body but for lack of such issue to remain to the right heirs of Sir Ric. Knightley Kt. father of the said Sir Edmund c. Which Sir Edm. dying without issue male 12. Sept. the same year the said Capitall mess. and lands by vertue of the entail before mentioned came to Valentine Knightley his brother who in 4 Eliz. obtained another grant from the Crown of the said Mannour with the Mills c. being at that time a Kt. Of all which he dyed seized 8 Eliz. leaving Ric. his son and heir then of full age but did settle this Lordship as it seemes upon Edw. his younger son for the said Edw. had it and lived here and since his death Robert his son and heir who now enjoys it The Church dedicated to S. Gregory appropriated to the before specified Monastery of Coventre by R. Molend B. of Cov. and Lich. 5. Non. Martii An. 1260. 44 H. 3. having a yard land and a half belonging thereto was in An. 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at x marks and a half and the Vicaridge at â—x s. which Vicaridge being antiently endowed with 2. yard land and a half as also a competent house and croft had a piece of medowing called the Halemedo in recompence of the Tithes due from the Water-mill and the 3. holmes of medow-ground belonging to the said Mill and in 26 H. 8. was rated at vii li. vii s. vi d. over and above viii s. yearly allowed for Procurations and Synodalls Patroni Vicariae Incumb temp Instit. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Magr. Ric. de Fillingley 14. Cal. Martii 1298. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Rog. de Lodbroke Diac. 8. Cal. Apr. 1317. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre D. Nich. de Bramham Pbr. 5. Cal. Iulii 1319. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Thom. de Poleye Diac. 2. Cal. Apr. 1328. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre D. Hugo de Ryby Cap. Id. Apr. 1359. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Rob. Bilney 18. Cal. Oct. 1361. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Ric. Gibben Pbr. 11. Cal. Apr. 1367. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Ioh. White 11. Martii 1393. Priorissa Conv. de Coventre Ioh.
VVill. and two daughters scil Petronill and Sybill which VVilliam dyed without issue as I guesse for the same Henry de Clinton confirm'd this Mannour unto his said sister and their heirs to hold by the like service of a Knights fee and quitted unto them their Relief for all which they gave him xx s. in silver What became of Sibill I know not but Petronill was wedded to Geffrey Peche about King Ric. 1. time and had with her the inheritance hereof which continued to his posterity in the male line till H. 4. time whereof in Hampton in Arden I have spoke To Geffrey succeeded Richard and to him Iohn who in 7 E. 1. was certified to hold it immediatly of Theobald de Nevill by the service of a Knights fee and he of Richard de Harecourt and he of the Earl of Warwick At which time the said Iohn had here two carucats of land in demesn and xiii Tenants holding 7. yard land and a half besides 3. Freeholders as also a Court-Leet It was then likewise found that Iohn Passelew held of the said Iohn Poche two carucates of land here by the service of half a Knights fee which Iohn Passelew had xiv Tenants holding severall proportions thereof but in that Record it is written Wylmelechtone For which Court-Leet together with Assise of Bread and Beer he pleaded Prescription in 13 E. 1. Of this family did divers bear the name of Iohn to one of which in 28 E. 3. there was a Charter of Free-warren granted in all his demesn lands here After which viz. in 12 H. 4. this Mannour with divers other was by a Fine then levied setled upon Catherine the widow of the last Sir Iohn Peche for terme of life and after her decease upon VVilliam Mountfort of Colshill and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their two bodyes with remainder to the right heirs of the said Margaret she being daughter and heir to the before specified Sir Iohn Peche as in Hampton in Arden is manifested From which Sir VVilliam descended Sir Sim. Montfort Knight as in Colshill I have shewed who being attainted in 10 H. 7. forfeited this Lordship with the rest of his lands the inheritance whereof was granted out of the Crown 7. Maii 13 H. 7. to Will. Cope Esquire Coferer of the houshold to the K. to be held in Socage paying xx marks per annum into the Exchequer Which VVill. Cope in 14 H. 7. depopulated xii mess. and 3. Cottages here as was certified by one Inquis and inclosed CCxl acres of land And Sir Edw. Raleigh Knight wasted vi messuages more After which viz. 3. Sept. 22 H. 7. the said Will. Cope sold this Lordship to Iohn Spenser Esquier who soon after began the structure of a fair Mannâ—ur-house wherein when that Inquis was taken â—e had his residence with lx persons of his family being a good Benefactor to the Church in Ornaments and other things From which Iohn descended Sâ—r Robert Spenser Knight created Baron Spenser of this Wormleighton 21. Iulii 1. Iac. whose grandchild viz. Henry Lord Spenser now scil an 164â— enjoys it The Church dedicated to S. Peter being given to the Canons of Kenilworth in King Stephens time by Geffrey de Clinton son to Geffrey the Founder of that Monastery was confirmed to them by Richard Peche Bishop of Coventre in H. 2. time Out of which Geffrey Muschamp Bishop in King Iohn's time gave unto those Canons a Pension of xl s. per annum to be received during the life of Adam de Kelinton the then Incumbent And granted that after his decease or resignation two parts of the fruits and profits belonging thereto as well in lands and Rents as obventions of the Church-yard and Altar should be appropriated to that Monastery and the third part wholy redound to the Vicar Some question there grew afterwards betwixt the Lord of this Mannour and the Canons of Kenilworth touching the advouson thereof but in 23 H. 3. they grew to an Agreement at which time Richard Peche quitted his interest thereto In Anno 1291. 19 E. 1. the Rectory so appropriated was valued at xv marks and the Vicaridge at x s. But in 26 H. 8. the Vicaridge was rated at vi li. xiii s. iv d. Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Roger de Shuscote Pbr. 16. Cal. Ian 1305. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Nich. de Radeway 7. Cal. Oct. 1328. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Adam de Thorp 4. Cal. Sept. 1337. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Adam de Thorp-Mundevill Cap. 7. Id. Dec. 1348. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth VVill. le Hunt Cap. 13. Cal. Ian. 1350. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Will. de Lavington Pbr. 29. Sept. 1375. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Ric. de Rossale Pbr. 23. Iunii 1389. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Will. Bacon 4. Apr. 1396. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Ioh. Bagworth Pbr. 27. Ian. 1397. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Adam Merston Cap. 23. Nov. 1402. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Will. Merston Cap. 25. Febr. 1406. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Alanus Thame penult Aug. 1409. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Ioh. Bekenyll 19. Nov. 1427. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth Thom. Halle Pbr. 16. Martii 1492. Prior Conventus de Kenilworth D. Ioh. Symonds 2. Maii 1518. Ioh. Spenser de Aldthorp in Com. Northampt miles Ioh. Awgood Cler. 6. Aug. 1554. Ioh. Spenser de Aldthorp in Com. Northampt miles D. Thom. Knyght Pbr. 21. Oct. 1556. Ioh. Spenser de Aldthorp in Com. Northampt miles Thom. Tayler Cler. 16. Apr. 1575. Ioh. Spenser de Aldthorp in Com. Northampt miles Georgius Hale Cler. 29. Martii 1586. Rob. Spenser miles Baro Spenser VVill. West Cler. 9. Sept. 1604. Fenny Compton IN the valley below Wormleighton Southwestwards stands Fenny-Compton which takes its name from the situation Combe and Cumbe in our old Englishâ— signifying a hollow place or deep valley as in Cumbe I have already shewed and Fen dirt In the Conquerors time part of it was possest by the Earl of Mellent and part by Turchil de Warwick That which the Earl of Mellent then had here wherein the Church stood was by the generall Survey then made certified to contain 4. hides and 3. virgats of land which were valued at iv li. Gislebertus who held part of Wormleighton of the said Earl being his Tenant thereto Howbeit that which Turchill de Warwick had was somewhat more and held of him also by two undertenants viz. Almarus who occupyed two hides thereof rated at xl s. and Rogerius 3. hides and one virgate valued at L s. all which had been the freehold of Ordric Alwin and Vlsi in King Edward the Confessors dayes But I cannot directly discover
he of the Earl Ferrers which shews that part of Nether-Etindon extended into this And that in 7 E. 1. Henry de Brandeston had xx Tenants in this Village holding severall proportions of land As also that Thomas the son of Thomas de Etindon had two yard land and a half in demesn and certain Tenants holding other lands of him by particular Rents and divers servile employments besides some Freeholders And moreover Iordanus de Pilardintone four yard land held of Iohn de Warwick by the service of a pair of Gloves which Iohn held it over of William le Boteler and he of the Earl of Leicester But this I believe was part of that proportion which Hugh de Grentemaisnill had in thâ— Conquerors time as abovesaid as was that without question which Henry de Brandestor hâ—ld For in 27 E. 1 upon the death of Hugh de Brandeston it is evident that he had much land in this Village whereof xii Tenants held xii toftes and twelve yard land in Villenage then valued at vi li. as also that he the said Hugh so held them all of William le Boteler of Wemme by the service of the fourth part of a Knights Fee And that the Progenitor of Boteler was enfeoft thereof either by Hugh de Grentemaisnill himself or by Robert Blanchmains Earl of Leicester who wedded the daughter and heir to the said Hugh as I have elswhere observed there can be no doubt Afterwards viz. in 20 E. 3. Iohn Lord of Over-Etingdon held the seventh part of a Kts. Fee here of the Earl of Lancaster From which time till 23 H. 8. I find not a syllable of this place worthy the taking notice of in an historicall way But then did Thomas Porter possesse a good part of it by the name of the capitall messuage and certain lands in Over Etingdon and dyed seized thereof leaving Fouk Porter his son and heir within age which Fouk departing this life 28. Febr. 12 Eliz. left Simon his son and heir 19. years of age In 4 E. 1. there was a Chantry founded in the Chapell of our Lady within this Village by William de Ichington who gave thereunto one messuage one tofte one yard land and a half two acres of meadow and four marks yearly Rent with the appurtenances in Over-Etindon and Newbold for the maintenance of a Priest to sing Masse dayly there for the health of his soul as also for the souls of his Ancestors and all the faithfull deceased the Ordination of which Chantry was made xii Cal. Maii anno 1316. 10 E. 2. by the Prior Covent of Kenilworth unto whom the Church of Etindon inferior was appropriated as I have already observed upon the Petition of the said William de Ichington the Founder then Vicar of Nether-Eatindon before specified at the instance of Thomas Earl of Lancaster for the health of the souls of the said Earl and of his father and mother and of Sir Robert de Holland as also for the soul of the said William de Ichington By which Ordination it appeareth that the said Earl and his heires were to present thereto so oft as occasion should be but that the Chantry Priest there celebrating should not receive any Offrings or Tithes from the Parishioners nor administer the Sacraments to them in prejudice of the mother Church And that upon these Festivall days under-written he should repair to the said mother Church at Nether-Eatendon and there celebrate divine service viz. Christmasse-day Candlemasse-day Palm sunday Good-friday Easter-day Ascension-day Whitsunday Trinity-Sunday the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist the Assumption of our Lady All-hallown-day and the day of the Dedication of the said Church And moreover that he and his successors should in the Chapter house at Kenilworth always make Oath of their fidelity to the said Canons of Kenilworth upon admission thereto as also to perform all and singular the Articles above mentioned Which Ordination was confirmed by Walter de Maydenston Bishop of Worcester with the Prior and Monks of that Church To this Chantry did Henry de Brandeston also give viii s. yearly Rent issuing out of two messuages and two yard land lying in this Village of Over Eatendon So that the revenue belonging thereto in 26 H. 8. was valued at vii li. vi s. viii d. the Rent of xviii d. per annum being then payd out of it to Francis Shirley Esquier But in 37 H. 8. at vii li. viii s. iv d. the like Rent of xviii d. per annum being reckoned as due to Shirley and xviii d. more payable to the Bishop of Worcester to be deducted Fulridy IN the Conquerors time did the same Ermenfridus who held one hide of land in Over-Eatendon of Turchill de Warwick hold of him another in this place as appears by the generall Survey in which it is written Fulrei But the Progenitors of Shirley were antiently enfeoft thereof as it seems for in 36 H. 3. it was certified that one Robert de Fulri held half a Knights Fee and the sixt part here of Sewall de Etendon and in 7 E. 1. that Iohn de Weston held it of Raph de Shirley by the service of half a Knights Fee Which Iohn then had half a carucate of land in demesn and two Tenants holding certain lands by servile tenure with some Freeholders But after this viz. in 20 E. 3. Iohn Dimok and Iohn Bardolf answered for half a Knights Fee here held of the Earl of Lancaster and the Lord Stafford Howbeit I do not find that this was ever reputed to be a distinct Mannour of it self but that the Mannour of Nether-Eatendon did extend into it and that the Inhabitants thereof do their suit to the Court-Leet at Nether Eatendon granted by King Iames to Sir George Shirley Baronet in 16. of his raign Thorndon THis Hamlet long since depopulated being a member of Nether-Eatendon is not particularly mentioned in the Conquerors Survey but was possest therewith by Shirley's Ancestors for in 36 H. 3. it appears that William de Bissopesdon held three parts of a Knights Fee here of Sewall de Etendon which argues that Fraricus de Bissopesdon Progenitor to the said William of whom in Fulridy I have made mention was first enfeoft thereof by the Ancestors of the said Sewallus In 7 E. 1. this William de Bissopesdon for I suppose it might be he was Lord hereof and held it of Raph de Etendon for so it seemes that Raph de Shirley was called when he resided at Eatendon by the service of half a Knights fee and had two carucates of land here in demesn with xv Tenants holding seven yard land and a half by severall Rents and sundry servile imployments But of this family of Bishopesdon I shall particularly speak in Bishopesdon where the descent is inserted In 13 E. 2. Iohn de Bishopesdon had a Charter of Free-warren to him and his heirs
brother to the said E. of Mellent had of that Earl's lands is not to be doubted forasmuch as 't is plain that the Ancestor of Peter de Montfort became enfeoft thereof in H. 1. time it being questionlesse part of those x. Knights Fees and a fourth part which Thurstane de Montfort in 12 H. 2. certified that he then held of William Earl of Warwick de veteri feoffamento for in 20 H. 3. the said Peter de Montfort held it of the Earl of Warwick by the service of one Knights Fee After which viz. in 32 H. 3. there being some difference betwixt the beforespecified Peter and Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester then Lord of Ilmendon whereof I have lately spoke touching the bounds of each Mannour the King directed his Precept to the Shiriff of this County to cause perambulation to be made there betwixt them Whereupon in 34. H. 3. this Peter obtained a Charter of Free-warren in all his demesn lands here but being slain in the battaill of Evesham anno 49 H. 3. fighting against the King this with the rest of his lands was seized on which neverthelesse by the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth â— came to Peter his son who in 7 E. 1. held it of the Earl of Warwick by the service of one Knights fee having four carucates of land in demesn as also divers Tenants holding severall proportions by certain Rents and servile imployments together with a Court-Leet and Free-warren Which Peter in 13 E. 1. exhibâ—ted his claim for those priviledges and likewise for a Gallows with Assize of Bread and Beer producing King H. 3. Charter for the Free-warren manifesting that himself and his Ancestors had enjoyed all the rest of those immunities time out of mind and had allowance of them accordingly To this Peter succeeded Iohn and to him Peter as in Beldesert is shewed which last mentioned Peter in 20 E. 2. entailed it with other lands upon Iohn de Montfort his son by Lora de Ullenhale a Concubine Other Entails do I also find thereof viz. on Guy de Montfort the legitimate son to the said Peter and Margaret his wife daughter to Tho. de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and the heirs of the body of the same Guy begotten on her the said Margaret and for lack of such issue on the said Thomas E. of Warwick and Katherine his wife and the heirs of the said Earl Which Guy departing this life without Children as in Beldesert shall likewise be shewed the said Earl in 35 E. 3. entailed it again as also divers other Lordships in this and other Counties upon Thomas Beauchamp his eldest son with severall remainders But notwithstanding all this the heirs generall of Iohn de Montfort father of the last recited Peter scil Sir Baldwin Frevill and Sir Thomas Boteler Knights recovered it with other lands by a writ of Formedone through the advantage of a preceding Entail but making partition betwixt them in 9 R. 2. as cosins and heirs to Sir Peter de Montfort it was allotted to Boteler whose heirs at length marrying to Norbury and Belknap as the descent in Griff sheweth and their lands thereupon divided betwixt Sir Iohn Norbury Knight and Edward Belknap Esquier this Mannour inter alia was in 13. H. 7. allotted to him the said Edward who made much depopulation and inclosure here but being one of the Esquiers to the body of Henry 7. in 24. of that Kings raign obtained a Pardon for the same and afterwards viz. in 4 H. 8. past it away with other lands in exchange unto Iohn Cotes of Honingham in this County From whom it came to Anthony Cotes of Benefeild in Com. Northampt. Esquier which Anthony in 25. H. 8. depopulated the Capitall Messuage and inclosed C. acres of land there and in 1. 2. Ph. M. levied a Fine thereof to Thomas Gibbons The Church in anno 1291. 19 E. 1. was valued at xxv marks and in 26 H. 8. at xxi li. vi s. viii d. the Procurations and Synodalls being ix s. v d. ob Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. D. Ioh. de Monteforti miles Will. de la Plaunch Cler. crast Purif b. M. 1293. D. Alicia de Monteforti D. Walt. de la Plaunche 7. Cal. Ian. 1297. D. Alicia de Monteforti Will. de la Plaunch Accol 19. Cal. Feb. 1298. D. Petrus de Monteforti miles Will. de Stodley Pbr. 18. Feb. 1336. D. Petrus de Monteforti miles Ric. de Budeford Pbr. 25. Aug. 1349. D. Petrus de Monteforti miles Adam Alreshawe Accol 5. Apr. 1357. Thomas Comes Warwici Rog. de Tangeley Cap. 7. Iunii 1382. D. Tho. Boteler miles Dominus de Suydley D. Thomas Knyzt Pbr. 25. Iunii 1392. Will. Boteler ar Magr. Regin Povy 26. Sept. 1410. Rob. Buyschell Ioh. Eburton sen. Ioh. Eburton Cler. penult Feb. 1415. Alicia nuper ux Will. Boteler mil. Ioh. Balle 20. Ian. 1419. Alicia nuper ux Will. Boteler mil. D. Ioh. Smith Cap. 23. Iulii 1420. D. Walt. Taylboys Dominus de Kyma D. Rog. Bealfitz 1. Dec. 1442. .......... D. Steph. Russell Cap. 4. Maii 1443. .......... Ioh. Elys 20. Martii 1451. Rad. Boteler miles Dominus de Sudley Thomas Thornton in S. Theol. Scholar 9. Febr. 1460. Rad. Boteler miles Dominus de Sudley D. Will. Thommes Cap. 4. Iunii 1462. Edw. Belknap ar Will. Urmeston Pbr. 6. Nov. 1493. Edw. Belknap ar D. Will. Cokkes Prior de Erdbury 15. Iulii 1504. Edw. Wotton miles Maria Danet vidua Anth. Cook ar Magr. Rob. Serle S. Theol. Bacc. 16. Ian. 1539. Rob. Brook ar Tho. Callow gen ex concess Anth. Cook mil. Nich. Underhill 19. Iunii 1571. Crimscote OF this place is there no particular mention in the Conquerors Survey neither have I seen any thing thereof till 7 E. 1. at which time Peter de Montfort held it with Whitchurch whereof originally it was a member without question having divers Tenants holding their lands by performance of sundry servile employments and some small Rents together with certain Freeholders with which Lordship it came to Sir Edward Belknap who possest it in 1 E. 6. As for the name I am of opinion that it first proceeded from some antient Inhabitant here in the Saxons time though antiently it be written in a various manner scil Kenermarcote Kilmescote Kirmiscote and Kenemyscote but of its Owners I can say no more Wimpston THis being also a member of Whitchurch and possest by the Family of Mountfort therewith was heretofore written Wilmeton Wilmeston and Wilmyston and yet is reputed as part of that Mannour Broughton THis Hamlet antiently written Brocton and so called by reason of its situation neer the Stoure which passeth on the Western side thereof was originally a member of Whitchurch as may be inferred from the Roll
de Budbrok Rog. de Remstone Cap. 15. Dec. 1363. Patr. Eccl. Prebendar Preb. de Compton Murdak Rob. de Caldewell Cler. 23. Apr. 1364. Prebendar Preb. de Compton Murdak Rog. de Caldwelle 15. Cal. Maii 1365. Prebendar Preb. de Compton Murdak Phil. Keys Pbr. 25. Aug. 1375. Prebendar Preb. de Compton Murdak Magr. Ioh. Grafton 13. Ian. 1386. Prebendar Preb. de Compton Murdak Thomas Young Cler. 27. Nov. 1387. Patr. Vicariae Thomas Young Rector Ioh. de Mason Pbr. 20. Febr. 1392. Decan Cap. Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warw. Ioh. Rolton Cap. 2. Iulii 1404. Decan Cap. Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warw. D. Ioh. Robyns Cap. ult Sept. 1460. Decan Cap. Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warw. D. Will. Onne Cap. 10. Iulii 1465. Decan Cap. Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warw. D. Humfr. Compton Cap. 23. Dec. 1509. Decan Cap. Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warw. Steph. Richardson Pbr. 23. Maii 1524. Burgenses villae Warw. Georgius Frekylton Pbr .... 1549. Burgenses villae Warw. D. Henr. Maudesley Pbr. 21. Martii 1549. Balivâ—s Burgenses Warw. Will. Bonde Cler. 2. Iulii 1575. D. Episc. per lapsum Will. Bonde in art Bacc. 30. Martii 1588. Bal. Burg. Warw. Thomas Abington Cler. 23. Iulii 1588. Bal. Burg. Warw. Ioh. Claridge Cler. 16. Iulii 1625. Hampton-Curli THis taketh its name from the high situation thereof hean in our old Emglish signifying the same with altus in Latin for originally those of this name were called and written Heantone and afterwards by corruptnesse in pronunciation Hantone Hamtone and Hamton the addition of Curli thereto being to distinguish it from the severall other Hamtons in this County because the Curlies were antiently Lords thereof In the Conquerors Survey there is no mention of it in regard it was involved with Budbroke whereof it is still a member and had a Chapell in K. Stephens time belonging to that mother Church which Chapell was built without question by Robert de Curli of whom I have spoke in Budbroke for it is manifest that in his time and by him partly it became endowed with glebe at the Dedication of the Church-yard viz. three parts of one yard land inclosed given by him and two Acres a piece out of every yard land in the field by each of his Tenants whereunto did one Auschitell adde two acres lying on one side of the Field and two on the other the Priest serving therein having of antient custome out of the Town-woods House-bote Hey-bote and Fire-bote And as this Hamlet was a member of Budbroke so did the possession thereof continue to the Lords of that Mannour being past away therewith in exchange to Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick in E. 3. time from Iohn de Hastang as in Budbroke appeareth Neither hath it been ever since severed Norton-Curli alias Norton inferior OF this place I have not found any mention till King Stephens time and then is it named as a member of Budbroke the family of Curli antiently owners of it giving occasion of that additionall distinction thereto From whom it came to Hastang and from Hastang to the Earl of Warwick in E. 3. time as Budbroke did where my authorities for proof thereof are cited But after the 10. of H. 6. at which time it was with Budbroke and Hampton-Curli possest by Ric. Beauchamp Earl of Warwick I have not seen any more thereof as a Mannour Grove-Park THE first mention I find of this place is in 29 E. 1. where Henry de Pinkeni granted to the King inter alia the homage and service of Will. de Curli and his heirs for one Knights Fee held of him here in which Record it is called la Grave that is to say the Grove shewing that it took its name originally from being a thick wood of high Trees for in that sense we still use the word By the same Record above cited 't is also evident that it was at first a member of Budbroke and so divolving to Theob de Nevill son and heir to Peter by Alice one of the daughters and coheirs of Will. de Curli as the Descent in Budbroke sheweth in 12 E. 1. was by the said Theobald granted to Philip de Gayton and Scolastica his wife for life with remainder to Saier de Rochford son and heir of Raph de Rochford But in the end Thomas de Hastang descended from Ioan the other daughter and coheir to Will. de Curli as the Descent in Lemington-Hastang manifesteth obtained it by purchase in 11 E. 3. from Iohn Hakluyt and Alice his wife in whom it seems the inheritance thereof was the said Alice being the daughter and heir of Tâ—eobald de Nevill above specified What interest it was that Hugh le Despenser the elder Earl of Winchester had therein I know not though it appears that at the time of his death he was seized of it whereupon the King granted out a Commission to enquire neither what was done therein can I find but certain it is that the family of Hastang for a time enjoy'd it Saier de Rochford before specified by his Deed bearing date at Westminster the Munday next after the Feast of S. Iohn Port Latine 28 E. 3. totally releasing unto Sir Iohn Hastang Knight all his title and right therein Which Sir Iohn Hastang being the last principall male branch of that Family left issue two daughters and heirs as in Lemington-Hastang appeareth by whom I suppose it was past away about the beginning of R. 2. time to Thomas Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick for the Lodge in the Park which I take to be that which is now the Mannour-House was built by him the said Earl in 17 R. 2. who dyed seized thereof in 2 H. 4. In the posterity of which Earl it continued till 3 H. 7. and then coming to the Crown with all the rest of Warwick and Spenser's lands as in my story of the Earls will appear was by King Edward 6. in 1. of his raign granted away together with the Castle of Warwick and sundry other lands in this County unto Iohn Dudley Earl of Warwick and his heirs After whose attainder it return'd again to the Crown and therein continued till Queen Elizabeth by her Letters Patents in 8. of her reign disposed of it to Robert Dudley Earl of Leic. and his heirs Which Earl in 23 Eliz. past it back to the said Queen Having now done with the Parish of Budbroke descending lower towards the bank of Avon I come to a little Brook which rising betwixt Snitfeild and Wolverton and passing by the skirts of Norton-Limesi falleth into Avon neer to Shireburne Of these I shall therefore speak in their order Snitfeild THis perhaps had its name originally from the old English word Snide which signifies a cutting or incision as probably here may have been to divide the
ground before there was any habitation at all In the Conq. time it was possest by the Earl of Mellent and esteemed at four hides there being then a Church and the whole rated at C s. In the generall Survey then taken it is written Snitefeld having been the freehold of one Sexi before the Norman invasion That it came to Henry de Newburgh Earl of Warwick brother to the same Earl of Mellent with the rest of those lands in this Shire which he then had there can be no doubt for in 23 H. 1. Roger Earl of Warwick son to the said Henry being owner of it gave to the Collegiate-Church at Warwick one hide of land lying here with two parts of the Tithes of all the Inclosure as also of the paunage of those woods which belong'd to this Village It seems that Hugh fil Ricardi of whom in Wroxhall I have spoke being enfeoft hereof by the same Earl Roger for in King Stephens time he gave the Church to the Canons of S. Sepulchers in Warwick granted this Mannour to Will. Cumin who in H. 2. time wrote himself Dominus de Snitenesfeld to whom succeeded Walter his brothers son as the Descent sheweth Which Walter gave to the Monks of Bordsley certain lands lying here adjoyning to Songer before specified as also in Stretton super Fosse but his son Walter being in rebellion against King Iohn forfeited his lands which were seized on for that offence howbeit in 1 H. 3. returning to obedience he had restitution of them again Of these Cumins was Will. the last male branch who being dead in 18. Ioh. Margerie his widow and an heir then took to husband Will de Hastings Which Will. Cumin left issue a daughter and heir called Margerie within age in 13 H. 3. and in Ward to Will. de Cantilupe but afterwards married to Iohn de Cantilupe a younger son to the said Will. who in 36. H. 3. was certified to hold one Knights fee here in Snitterfeld of Thomas de Clinton the said Thomas holding it over of the Earl of Warwick This Iohn having his seat here obtained to himself and his heirs of King H. 3. a Charter bearing date at Worcester 24. Sept. 41 H. 3. for a weekly Mercate at this place upon the Wednsday and a Faire once every year to hold for three days viz. the Evenâ— day and morrow of S. Kenelm After which Margerie wife to the said Iohn surviving her husband did in her widowhood release to the Monks of Bordfley the suit which by their Atturnies they had used to make to his Court at Snitfeild for the lands they held within that fee. Will. Cumin 5. Steph. Rob. Cumin Walt. Cumin 5 H. 2. Margeria Walt. Cumin 1 H 3. Will. Cumin defunctus 18. Ioh. Margeria haeres Will. de Hastings 2. maritus Margeria filia haeres Ioh. de Cantilupo 20 H. 3. Walt. de Cantilupe Rector Eccl. de Snâ—â—feild 9 E. 2. Ioh. de Cantilupe miles 9 E. 2. Alianora 17 E. 2. Thomas West 17 E. 2. Ioh. West 4. E. 3. Thomas West miles obiit 10 R. 2. Thomas West miles obiit 6 H. 4. Thomas West miles obiit 4 H. 5. s. prole Regin West frater haeres dominus la Warre obiit 29 H. 6. Ric. West aetat 19. an 29 H. 6. Ioh. de Cantilupe miles 12 E. 2. Ioh. Cumin To the said Iohn de Cantilupe and Margerie succeeded another Iohn who in 25 E. 1. received summons with divers other great men to attend Edward the Kings eldest son then Lieutenant to the King for defence of the Realm at Newcastle upon Tine upon S. Nicholas day to march against the Scots and the next year following was in that memorable battail of Fawkirk as also in 1 E. 2. assigned one of the Commissioners for conservation of the peace in this County and for causing the Articles in the Statute of Winchester to be observed so also in 3.7 and 9 E. 2. In 5 6 7.10 and 11 R. 2. he was one of the Justices for the Gaol delivery at Warwick In 9 E. 2. being a Knight he bore for his Armes 3. Leopards heads jessant flower de Lis Or. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir called Iohn de Cantilupe junior who in 12 E. 2. was also a Knight but after that year I find nothing of him and therefore do conclude that he dyed shortly after his father being then alive For in 17 E. 2. the said Sir Iohn de Cantilupe the elder entailed this Mannour upon Thomas West and Alianore his wife and the heirs of their two bodyes paying to him the said Sir Iohn and Maud then his wife xl li. sterling yearly during their lives with remainder for want of issue by the said Thomas and Alianore to the right heirs of the said Sir Iohn which Alianore was daughter and heir to the saidâ— Sir Iohn de Cantilupe It seems that Sir Iohn de Cantilupe dyed that very yeare for before the end thereof it appears that the same Thomas and Alianore obtained a Charter bearing date at Westminster 7. Maii for the change of the Wednsday Mercate weekly here unto Tuesday and enlarging the Faire unto eight dayes beginning on the even of S. Kenelm as abovesaid and granting also unto the said Thomas and Alianore and the heirs of their two bodyes Free-warren in all their demesn lands here which Thomas was one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parliament held at Westminster the same year To these Thomas and Alianore succeeded Thomas their son and heir who was a Knight and past away this Mannour about the beginning of R. 2. time to Sir William Beauchamp Kt. and his heirs in exchange for the Mannours of Newenton-Tony and Stretford-Tony in Wilt-shire but reserving an yearly Rent of x li. per annum out of it to himself and his heirs Which Sir William being he that was Lord Bergavenny and brother to Thom. Earl of Warwick dyed seized thereof in 12 H. 4. leaving Richard his son and heir 14. years of age But some entail there was or other settlement hereof in remainder after the death of Ioane wife to the same Lord Bergavenny upon Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and his heirs for it appears that she held it during her life and the said Earl Richard afterwards By which means it came at length to the Crown through the attainder of Edward Plantaginet Earl of Warwick in H. 7. time and was inter alia granted out to Richard Morison Esquire and his heirs 29. Aug. 37 H. 8. who sold it the next year following to Iohn Hales of whom in Coventre I have spoke which Iohn being a wealthy man through a beneficiall Office that he had whereby he acquired a great estate especially in Monastery lands and living unmarried
Kenilworth should be duly payd And moreover that a Pension of two Marks per an should be payd to the Bishop of Worcester and his successors and to the Prior and Monks of Worcester and their successors xx s. per an whereupon ensued the Ordination of the Vicaridge made by the same Bishop and dated at Hertlebury xi Martii an 1341. 16 E. 3. In 26 H. 8. the Rectory here was certified to be worth iii l. xiii s. iiii d. per an being so let at that time by Indenture and the Vicaridge vi l. xiii s. iiii d. per an which Rectory with the advouson of the Vicaridge was inter alia past out of the Crown together with the dissolved Monastery of Maxstoke unto Charles Brandon D. of Suff. ult Sept. 30 H. 8. And from the said Duke excepting the advouson of the said Vicaridge conveyed to Rob. Trapps with Maxstoke also being since sold viz. 2 Oct. 44. Eliz. to the before specified Andrew Archer by Will. Poulet son of the Lord Giles Poulet and Mary his wife one of the daughters and heirs of Nich. son to the before specified Rob. Trapps Which advouson coming by mean conveyance unto VVill. Stanley L. Mouteagle was by him 12. Ian. 12. Eliz. aliened unto Ellys Aynesworth of Bolton in com Lanc. Gent. whose son and heir by his deed bearing date 4 Oct. 21. Eliz. conveyed it to Iohn Addenbrook of Beoley in com Wigorn. yeoman which Iohn 12 Oct. 27 Eliz. past it to the same Andrew Archer Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Rad Bolemere Pbr. 3. Cal. Apr. 1292. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Nich. le Boteler 17 Cal. Apr. 1303. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Thomas Talbot Cleric 15. Cal. Febr. 1307. Idem Pr. C. ad nominat D. Hug. le Despenser ratione custodiae haered Comitis Warw. Ingelram Berenger Cler. 4. Non. Oct. 1319. Idem Pr. C. ad nominat D. Hug. le Despenser ratione custodiae haered Comitis Warw. Mag. Ric. de Vppavene 11. Cal. Oct. 1322. Idem Pr. Conv. ad nominat Edw. Regis Angl. ratione ut supra D. Thom. de Pakynton Pbr. 8 Martii an 1328. Pr. C. de Kenilw Ric. le Gardiner Pbr. 17. Iulii 1339. VVill. de Clinton Comes Huntendon D. Rob. Wyke 3 Apr. 1340. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D. Will. de Coton 3. Maii 1340. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D. Rob. de Folewode Pbr. 25. Aug. 1341. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Henr. le Gardner 19. Nov. 1349. Prior Conv. de Makstoke VVill. Tykenhale Pbr. 24. Maii 1375. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Ric. Dolfyn Pbr. 5. Aug. 1379. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Hugo de Cookes Pbr. 21 Sept. 1381. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D. Ric. Martyn 23 Maii 1398. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Tho. Hopley 23 Apr. 1399. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Will. Bakon 21 Aug. 1402. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Tho. Draper 16 Oct. 1046. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D. Will. Elys Cap. 14 Iulii 1420. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D. Ric. Greswould Pbr. 28. Nov. 1442. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D. VVill. Swyneshede Cap. 3. Sept. 1465. Prior Conv. de Makstoke D VVill. Harrys Cap. 17 Iulii 1471. Prior Conv. de Makstoke Rad. VVhitehede in leg Bac. 12. Apr. 1514. Henr. 8. Rex Angl. D. Rad. Aleyne Cler. 13. Dec. 1537. Elizeus Aynsworth Gen. Ioh. Parks Cler. 7 Aug. 1573. Monumentall Inscriptions in this Church Orate pro animabus Ricardi Fulwode armigeri Agnetis uxoris ejus qui quidem Ricardus obiit xxiii die Februarii An. Dom. M.D. secundo quorum animabus propitietur Deus Orate pro animabus Roberti Fulwode armigeri Margaretae uxoris suae qui quidem Robertus fuit excellentissimè doctrinatus sive literatus in Communi lege Angliae Et obiit xx die mensis Octobris An. D. 1531. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Here lyeth buried Edward Archer Gent. whiles he lived was a friend to poore He dyed the xviith of Feburary Anno D. 1592. ✚ Ricardum Dolfyn cerne homo locus tenet iste Aeternam lucem ei dare dedignaris Christe But because this did import praying for the dead complaint was made to the Bishop who caused that Inscription to be defaced and instead of it set up this IESUS Ricardum Dolfyn cerne homo mortuum locm tenet Christi Sed noluit locum Christi vivus intrare iste Hic jacet Elizabetha filia Edwardi Gryffyn armigeri obiit 7 Oct. 1608. In this Church were two Chantries the one at the Altar of the blessed Virgin and the other of St. Katherine Of these the former was founded by Robert Folewode first Vicar of Tanworth after the Church became appropriated to the Canons of Makstoke which Rob. by his Deed bearing date at Tanworth on the Feast day of S. Gervasius and Prochasius 19 E. 3. granted to one Ranulph de Folewode and the heirs of his body his capitall Messuage with all the lands and tenements thereto belonging heretofore possest by one Will. de Lee and situate in a place called Beaumunt as also another mess. sometime belonging to Ric. de Piryhull both in this Parish to the intent that the said Ranulph and his said heirs should find a competent Priest of good conversation chosen by the twelve principall Inhabitants of the town to celebrate divine service daylie in this Church at the said Altar of the Blessed Virgin for all the living and dead of this Parish as also for the Benefactors to the said Church and Chantry Which Chantry-Priest for the time being was every year to take his Corporall Oath on the Feast day of St. Mich. the Archangell in the presence of him the said Robert his heirs and successors that he would faithfully perform such servâ—ce as abovesaid and likewise daily say a Placebo and Dirige with a speciall comendation of him the said Robert by name and his heirs and if the said Ran. de Folewode did happen to depart this life without issue of his body that then the Messuages beforementioned should remain to Iohn de Lodbroke and the heirs of his body upon the like termes and so for default of issue by him to Iohn le Archer with these severall remainders in case of issue failing viz. to Henry de Sidenhale Rob. de Crewenhale Iohn Wodard Will. Dolfyn Will. Gower Ric. Alleyn Thomas Wystan and Ric. atte Berne and the heirs of their bodies To which Feoffment were witnesses Sir Peter de Montfort Sir Edm. de Trussell Sir Rog. de Aylesbury and Sir Thomas Blancfront Kts. with others The lands of this Chantrie being in 37 H. 8. valued at vii l. xix s. vii d. above all reprises Touching the other Chantrie I find that in 14 R. 2. one Thomas Collins of this town gave to Thomas Archer Iohn
to be Lord of this place id est Lord Paramount and that this was then reputed a Hamlet of Snitfield But farther than the before specified Hugh de Burley I cannot trace the succession of this Mannour in that family of Burley nor do I find when or how it went out of it the next possessor thereof that I have discovered being Will. the son of Nich. de Warwick of whom in Fulbroke I have spoke which Will. in 9 E. 2. sold to one Robert Moryn an Inhabitant of Snitfield Which Robert had issue Iohn who by a Fâ—ne levied in 8 E. 3. setled it upon Margaret his mother and Iohn de Cumpton her second husband for their lives with remainder to himself and his heirs After which time I have not seen any more mention of it the reason whereof is plain enough viz. that it was swallowed up amongst divers petty Freeholders by the purchase of their several Ferms as in many other places it falls out so that the Lords of Snitfield who were Superiour Lords here have of later times been taken for the immediate Lords thereof as in 10 H. 6. Ioan Beauchamp Lady of Bergavenny and in 1 H. 8. the King But now the reputed Lord thereof is the owner of those lands here which were antiently given to the Monks of Bordsley and in 19 E. 1. were estimated at two Carucates Which lands upon the dissolution of that Monastery were in 37 H. 8. inter alia past out of the Crown to Clem. Throkmorton Esquier and Alex Avenon and their heirs by the name of the Mannour Grange or Ferme of Byrley alias Buryley And in 3 E. 6. purchased of the said Clem. Throkmorton c. by Will. Walter From which William it is come to Mr. Fanshaw the now owner of it in such sort as Wasperton and Binton are Silesburne THis is a place lying near the little brook which thwarteth the Road from Henley to Alcester whereupon antiently stood an Hermitage but now there is no habitation near it Wawens-Moore OF this I find no other mention than the very name in 9 E. 2. and 8 H. 8. it being a member of Wootton Wyche NEither of this can I say any more than that it was reputed a member of Beldesert in 2 H. 5. Offorde THere is no more now left here than a Mill which being called Offord Mill preserveth the memory of this place but antiently there was a fair Mannour house the vestigia whereof do appear in those grounds lying about a Bow-shoot Northwards from the Mill in the nature of a round Fortification In the Conqueror's time here was also a Village of divers Inhabitants as appears by the general Survey then taken wherein it is recorded to contain 5 hides with a Mill and Woods of a mile in length and half as much in breadth all which were valued at iii li. besides one carucate of Inclosure rated at x s. and then wholly possest by Rob. de Stadford mentioned in Wootton but before the Norman invasion were the freehold of Waga of whom I have there also spoken To which Rob. de Stadford succeeded Nicholas and to him another Robert who in H. 2. time enfeoft one Robert the son of Matthew and his heirs of all his interest in this Village excepting the lands belonging to three Freeholders there named granting likewise to him all that Wood lying on the left hand the antient way leading from Wootton to Morton-Bagot to hold of him the said Robert de Stafford and his heirs by the service of half a Kts. Fee in consideration of which grant the said Robert received the summe of ten Marks one Palfrey and a labouring Horse and Avice his wife two Bisantines Whereupon this Robert seating himself here assumed his sirname from hence but it seemes he held the fourth part of a Knight's Fee besides this of the said Robert de Stafford for in 12 H. 2. by the Certificate then made it appears that he held 3 parts of a Knights Fee of him whereof he had been enfeoft since the death of K. H. 1. This Robert de Offord wedded Agnes the second of the five daughters and coheirs of Peter de Mâ—ra by Basilia his wife the eldest of the three daughters and coheirs to Rob. fil Odonis Lord of Loxley and Morton now Morton-Bagot yet am I not certain of any issue that he had neither till 25 H. 3. have I seen more of this place but then was Will. de Blancfront impleaded for certain lands here and in 36 H. 3. certified to hold half a Knight's Fee therein of the Lord Stafford Which Will. Blancfront was one of the Coroners for this County in 15 E. 2. and had issue Walter and he Henry who wrote himself Lord of this place in â—1 E. 3. but resided at Potsgrave in Bedfordshire After this it returned again to the Family of Stafford â— but whether by Eschaet or purchase I cannot directly say Humfrey Earl Stafford being owner of it in 10 H. 6. Since which time having been enjoy'd by the possessors of UUootton-wawen and being a depopulated place little notice hath been taken of it so that now it is accounted as part of UUootton Lordship and accordingly held by the Lord Carington at this day Aston Cantlow BEing now past that large parish of UUootton-wawen I come next to Aston-Cantlow situate on the Southern bank of Alne Before the Norman Invasion Algar Earl of Mercia was possest hereof but upon that great distribution then made by King William unto his friends and followers this place with divers lands of a large extent as well here as in other Counties was conferred as I guesse upon one Richard a noble Norman for it appears by the generall Survey begun about the xiiiith year of that King's reign that Osbernus fil Ricardi then enjoy'd it with several other fair Lordships lâ—ing in this Shireâ— as also in the Counties of Worcester Hereford Bedford Salop and Nottingham whose principal seat was as I also conjecture at Ricard's Castle in Herefordshire which being doubtlesse built by the same Richard â— for better a wing of the vanquisht English did afterwards retain his name and continueth it to this day In that authentique Record this place is written Estone by reason of its Eastern site from Alcester I presume which was of a more antient plantation and the value thereof then certified to be vi li. being esteemed at v. hides â—â—ving a Church as also one Mill with Woods of a mile in length and as much in breadth the Descendants of which Osbernus I have put in Farnborough for unto them did it continue but a while Tankervile who was Camerarius Normanniae possessing it in 15 H. 2. yet no otherwise than as a Fermor to the King as appears by some Records But in 6 Ioh. Will. de Cantilupe obtained it with the corn and stock
greatnesse and power durst not appear to challenge the Jurie so that he had CCC â— given him for damages against them But it so fell out that in 3 E. 3. this mighty man being seized upon by the King at Notingham Castle and by a Parliament there held condemn'd for Treason was put to death whereby all his possessions became confiscate insomuch as the Inhabitants before specified petitioned the K. that he would be gracious unto them in forbearing to proceed to Judgment upon that Verdict whereupon he was pleased to remit thereof CCxlvi li. xiii s. iiii d. Whether by any conveiance from the Bishop of Ely before spoken of it was that Rob. de Moreby of Moreby in Yorkshire had an interest here I know 〈◊〉 nor what he so had but in 7 E. 3. I find that the K. granted to him a Charter of Free warren in all his demesn lands here at Solihull as also at Bonnewick and Moreby in Yorkshire It seems that the inheritance thereof was in the Bishop's heirs what ever estate the same Rob. de Moreby had for in 26 E. 3. by a Fine then levied betwixt Anne the widow of Edw. le Despenser Plantiff and Iohn de Hothum of Bondeby Kt. Deforâ—â— this Mannour with the advouson of the Church was setled upon the same Anne during her life the remainder to Hugh le Despenser son to the said Edw. and Anne and Alice his wife daughter of the said Sir I. Hothum and the heirs of their bodies and so to Katherine sister of the said Alice c. Which Alice was afterwards married to Iohn Trussell who in her right held this Lordship in 50 E. 3. But by her first husband she had issue Sir Hugh le Spenser Kt. and Anne a daughter married to Sir Edw. Boteler Kt. which Sir Hugh dyed without issue in 3. H. 4. leaving Anne his sister and heir then 32 years of age Of this Sir Edw. Boteler and Anne his wife I find that in 5 H. 4. they came to an Agreement with Sibill the widow of the said Sâ— Hugh le Spenser whereby it was concluded that she the said Sibill shou'd hold this Mannour during her life but afterwards to return unto the same Sir Edward and Anne and their heirs who dying without issue K. H. 5. by his Letters Pat. dated 16 Apr. in the second year of his reign passing to Edward Duke of York for life all the lands which were Thomas Lord Spenser's attainted by Parl. Octab. Hill 3 H. 4. the remainder to Ric. Beauchamp of Bergavenny Kt. and Isabell his wife sister and heir of Richard son and heir to the said Thomas late Lord Despenser deceased and the heirs male of the same Richard and Isabell the Duke by virtue of that grant possest himself of this Mannour 〈◊〉 colour that for want of issue by the â—aâ—d Sir Edward Bâ—teler and Anne the inheritance thereof belonged to the same Thomas le Despenser Earl of Glouc. so attainted and held it till his death which hapning in 3 H. 5 for he was slain at the battell of Agincourt 25 Oct. the same year Ric. Beauchamp and Isabell his wife had livery 〈◊〉 Hothum Episc Elien Perius Hothum Ioh. Hothum miles Fâ—w le De spenser Anna. Edm. Dux Ebor. Edw. Dux Elâ—â—r Constanstia Ric. le Despenser Co. Glouc. ob s p. Isabella sola filia haeres ux Ric. Beauchamp domini de Bergav Edw. le Despenser Tho. le Despenser Co. Glouc. Hugo le Despenser Anna ux Edw. Boteler ob s. p. 10 H. 4. Hugo le Despenser miles ob s. p. Ioh. Hothum mil. Alicia Ioh. Trussel mil. 2 maritus Ioh. Trussel ob s. p. Catherina Petrus Hothum Matilda Thomas .... Alicia Margareta ... Skerne Henricus Skerne Edm. Skerne 38 H. 6. thereof 18 Mâ—rtii next ensuing Neverthelesse upon farther consideration and view of the Fine levied in 5 H. 4. whereby it had been so inâ—aâ—led the Inquisitions after the several deceases of the said Sir Edw. Boteler and Anne his wife of Sibill the widow of the before specified Sir Hugh le Despenser the K. directed his Precept bearing date 14 Nov. 5 H. 5. to his Eschaetor for this County to seize it into his hands For the cleerer understanding of which titles I have inserted the preceding Descent Of the before mentioned Hugh le Despenser I find that he was interred in the Friers at Stanford and that Thomas Collum then Parson of the Church here at Solihull bore so great an affection to him and the lady Sibill or Isabell his wife for both wayes I find her written that by his Testament be bequeathed a fair Missale to the Church of Solâ—hull that the Parishioners should provide a Priest to celebrate divine Service there by the space of one year for the souls of the said Sir Hugh and Isabell he himself ordaining that another Priest should do the like there for the space of two years It seems that this Lordship continued in the Crown a good while for in 16 H. 6. the custody thereof was committed by the King to Thomas Greswould for seaven years but in 22 H. 6. by his Letters Pat. dated 25 Sept. he granted it inter alia to Iohn Duke of Somerset and the heirs male of his body to enjoy during the life of Iaquet the widow to Iohn D. of Bedford Raph Boteler and Iohn Beauchamp and the longer liver of them Which Iohn D. of Somerset departing this life without any such issue 27 Maii the same year the King by other Letters Pat. dated 20 Iulii then next following committed the custody thereof together with the Mannour of Sheldon in this County to Edm. Mountford Esq for life answering for them both L. marks sterling per an Yet was it not long that he so held them for it appears that the next year ensuing he surrendred his Pat. into the Chancery to be cancelled to the intent that the King should make a grant of them to Sir Iames Fenys Knight which was accordingly effected 27 Sept. the same year for the speciall services he had done to hold during life without rendring any accompt at all for the same This Sir Iames being afterwards created Lord Say dyed in 30 H. 6. Whereupon this Mannour returning to the Crown was with Sheldon likewise again committed to the custody of Edm. Mountford before mentioned for the term of ten years at L. marks per an as they formerly were But it seems that this Pat. became shortly after surrendred for on the 28 th of March 31 H. 6. the King granted the custody of them to Edm. Earl of Richmund and Iasper Earl of Pembroke for â—ii years and upon cancelling that Pat. the first of Iuly ensuing sealed another whereby he past the unheritance of them to those Earls Howbeit in 38 H. 6. one Edmund Skerne as Cosin and heir to Iohn Hothum Bishop of Ely after the death
of the before specified Iohn Mireden THis place situate upon London-road having from some Inns and Alehouses built for the receipt of Passengers grown of late times to the credit of a Village doth now utterly eclipse the name of Alspath by which and none other the Town it self â—c where the Church standeth was known even from the Saxons times till about the beginning of King Henry the sixt's reign for of Myredene till then I have never seen mention in any authentique writing so that I conceive it to have been about that time that the buildings in this thorough-fare increast to such a considerable number that the name of the place where they stand came to be more frequently used than that of the Town it self Yet am I of opinion that the place where the greatest part of Myridene now stands was very antiently so called for the later syllable dene â—mporteth no lesse being the old English word that signifieth a Valley as this is which I suppose for the foulnesse thereof was at first called Miredene By the Conqueror's Survey where it is written Ailespede and certified to contain four hides having Woods of a mile and half in length and a miâ—e in breadth it appears that the Countess Godeva possest it in Edward the Confessor's days whence I conclude that the famous Earl Leofrike her husband of whom I have spoke at large in Coventre was formerly owner thereof but at the time of the said Survey it with the rest of the lands in this Shire which the said Countess before the Norman invasion held were in the King's hands and ferm'd out by him to one Nicholas This at that time being valued at xxx s. with Coventre and the rest was granted afterwards to the Earl of Chester as it seems but as yet I have not seen when the first of that Familie who assumed their sirname from hence was enfeoft of those lands here which they enjoyed Perhaps it was Ivo de Alspath who lived in H. 2. time for before him I have not observed this sirname attributed to any other To which Ivo succeeded Gerard and Walter but whether they were brothers or not I am not certain It seems that both these had a good share in this place for Gerard de Alspath son of that Ger. in 41 H. 3. obtained a Charter of Free warren in all his demesn lands here and Walter was stiled Dominus de Alspath This Gerard holding certain lands of Richard de Amundevill Lord of Berkswell for which he did Homage in 33 H. 3. by his Deed obligatory bound himself to pay unto the said Richard and his heirs a pair of gilt Spurs yearly at Easter in Berskwell-Hall or xii d. in money whether they should please to choose But that which Walter de Alspath had descended to William de Alspath who in 32 E. 1. had also Free warren granted to him in all his demesn lands thereof This William had a daughter called Annabel second wife to Gerard de Alspath son and heir to the last mentioned Gerard but whether she was an inheritrix or not I make a question Which Gerard and Annabel had issue Sâ—r Gerard de Alspath Knâ—ght a Servant or at least a very great Well-wisher to Roger Mortimer Earl of March who helping to contrive the escape of the said Roger out of the Tower of London where he was a Prisoner by reason of the difference betwixt him and Thomas Earl of Lancaster fled with him out of England for which he got a speciall Pardon in 4 E. 3. Betwixt the descendants of this Sir Gerard and Margerie his neice grew afterwards suits for a great part of these lands the issue whereof was this in brief that the said Margerie whom one William Cocks had taken to wife past away all her right unto Iohn de Chetwyn in whose line it conâ—inued till 2. E. 6. that Thomas Chetwyn of Ingestre in Com. Staff Esquire sold it by the name of the Mannour of Alspath alias Myridene with th' appurtenances unto Iohn Hales of Coventre Gentleman Which Iohn by his Deed bearing date 4 Ian. 4 E. 6. past it unto his brother Christopher and his heirs who in 1. 2. Ph. M. sold it unto Edward Aglionby Esquire and Iohn Holbech Gentleman and Elizabeth his wife to the uses following viz. the one moitie thereof to the said Edward Aglionby his heirs and assignes for ever and the other to the said Elizabeth and the heirs of her body begotten by Iohn Dabridgcourt Gentleman her late husband and for lack of such issue to the right heirs of the said Elizabeth But afterwaâ—ds viz. in 6 Eliz. did Thomas Dabridgcourt Esquire son and heir to the said Iohn and Elizabeth pass back their right and title therein to the before specified Edward Aglionby and his heirs which Edward within 4. years after sold it unto his son in Law William Foster Gentleman Ivo de Alspath Gerardus de Alspath Gerardus de Alspath 41 H. 3. Gerardus de Alspath 27 E. 1. Matilda filia Oâ—berti de Clinton 27 F. 1. Ioh. de Alspath Margeria 50 E. 3. Will. Cocks 50 E. 3. Walt. dominus de Alspath Will. de Alspath 32 E. 1. Annora 9 E. 2. Annabellaâ— Gerardus de Alspath 8 E. 2. Annora filia haeres Gebon ... Arnamentarius Regi E. 3. Margareta Isab. Margeria Radulfus Peche secundus maritus Annora filia haeres Ioh. Peche Ioh. Peche And of this William Foster did Richard Corbet of Clatercote in Com. Oxon. Esquire purchase it in 25 Eliz. viz. to himself and Mary his wife for their lives with remainder to Robert Corbet of Morton-Corbet in Com Salop. his brother and his heirs From which Robert Corbet it descended to Elizabeth his daughter and heir wife to Sir Henry Wallop of Fairley in Com. Sutht Knight who in 7 Iac. aliened it to William Andrews and Iohn Halsall Gentlemen and their heirs From which William and Iohn did Thomas Holbech Gentleman purchase the Capitall messuage or Mannour place with certain lands thereto belonging in Iune 10 Iac the residue being for the most part parcell'd out in petty sales to other persons From whom it is come to Mathew Holbech his son and heir that now enjoys it Within the precincts of this Parish had the Segraves antiently certain lands and Rents which were held of them immediatly of Iohn de Langley and by him of the Earl of Chester's heir viz. Hugh de Albini by the fourth part of a Knight's Fee and in process of time came to have the reputation of a Mannour All which were extended in 50 H. 3. for the rebellion of Nicholas de Segrave but repossessing them again by vertue of the Dictum de Kenilworth they descended to Iohn de Segrave his son and heir who having made a good addition to his inheritance here by
sterling Which Robert having thus got footing therein procured a Charter of Free warren inter alia extending into all his demesn lands here howbeit this was but temporarie for it appears that Iohn de Bracebrigge son and heir to the last mentioned Iohn at length enjoying it againâ— did in 29 E. 1. obtain another Charter for Free warren here as also at Bracebrigge and Wrauby in Lincolnshire Which Iohn having in 3 E. 2. a speciall Patent from the King exempting him from serving on Juries or undergoing the place of Shiriff Coroner or any other Office against his own liking being at that time a Knight a so bore for his Armes Varre Arg. and Sable a Fesse Gules as by his Seals and certain old Roules appeareth and departed this life in 9 E. 2. leaving Iohn his son and heir ten years of age of whom I have not seen any thing farther till â—5 E. 3. that he presented to the Chantrie of Kynebaldley nor after 31 E. 3. at which time he was a Kâ—â—ght But the next Bracebrigge that had to do here after the death of the before specified Sir Iohn was Raphe whom I suppose to have been his Brother which Raphe presented to the said Chantrie in 9 E. 3. and in 11 E. 3. levied a Fine of two parts of â—hâ—s Mannour This Sir Raphe for he was then a Knight had Summons in 19 E. 3. to fit himseâ—f with Horses and Armes against the Feast of S. Laurence to attend the King into France and in 22 E. 3. had a speciall Patent of exemption from serving on Juries or undergoing the Office of Shiriff Eschaetor Coroner c. In 8 R. 2. he was in Commission for arraying of men in this Countie and in 19 R. 2. died leaving Sir Iohn Bracebrigge Knight his son and heir then xix years of age which Sir Iohn died soon after for by severall authorities it appeareth that Raphe succeeded him as heir whom one Inquisition taken in 1 H. 4. calls Frater Iohannis propinquiâ—r haeres praedicit Radulphi But the Ladie Ioane his mother was Mistresse here for her life as it seems for in 20 R. 2. she obtained License from Richard Scroope the Bâ—shop of Coventre and Lichfield to have Divine service in a private Chapell within this her Mannour-house Of which last mentioned Raphe I find that he was a Knight in 10 H. 4. that in 13 H. 4. he married his son Raph though then but yong unto Ioane the daughter of Sir William Newport Knight that in 7 H. 5. amongst other persons of note Arma portantes de Armis antiquis as the words of the Writt are having speciall summons to attend the King in person for defence of the Realm he was the first in the list of those which were returned by the Shiriff of this Countie In which seventh year of King H. 5. he took a Lease of the Mannour-house Park and Pooles at Sutton of Richard Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick to hold for life one of which Pooles beareth the name of Bracebrigge-Pool to this day and was afterwards retained with the said Earl to serve him with ix Lances and xvii Archers for the strengthening of Calais To him succeeded Raphe his son and heir before mentioned who is rankt amongst the Esquires of this Countie for the subscription of the Articles agreed on in the Parliament of 12. H. 6. And in 14 H. 6. departed this life leaving Richard his son and heir ix years of age of whom I find little memorable other than that difference which Walt. Arden of Park-Hall had with him touching the stealing away of Iohn Arden his son and heir to marry unto Alice his daughter concerning which I have already spoke in Curdworth Neither after this last mentioned Raphe was there one of them imployed in any publique affairs of the Countrey so that having deduced the Descent down to the last that possest this place I have little to observe fartherâ— than that after this Eclipse Thomas the fourth in succession from the said Richard having buried his first wife who was of an antient good Family and marrying a second of mean parentage became so much alienated in affection to his issue by the former that by a Feoffment made of this Lordship unto Sir George Griffith Knight and others bearing date 16. Aug. 5. E. 6. he utterly disherited them thereof setling the same after reservation of a meere estate for life to himself and Ioyse at that time his wife upon Thomas his eldest son by the said Ioyse with remainder for want of heirs male of his body to Iohn and so to Ankitill his other sons by that woman But what successe came of that causelesse disherison of the true heir I cannot omit to take notice which in brief was this In November anno 1557. 5 4 P. M. his said wife dies whereupon his love to those Children that were ere while his darlings cooled so that in 2 Eliz. having run himself into many debts by extravagant courses he contracted with Sir Ambrose Cave Knight then Chancelour of the Dutchie of Lancaster and by a Deed of bargain and sale passes unto him the inheritance of the Mannour-house with the demesns of which act his son Thomas took such advantage that he entred upon that and layd claim to all the rest as forfeited by vertue of the Feoffment before mentioned but getting a piece of money of Sir Ambrose makes good the sale reserving only an Annuitie of xliii li. per annum to himself and his heirs and continued his claim to the residue whereof after much striving he at length had possession About a year after which viz. 1 Martii 11 Eliz. his Father died so that then though he had no interruption for enjoyment of it yet did he so intangle himself with debts that at last he sold it all to Sir Fancis Willoughby of Midleton Knight and through his great improvidence came to die miserably So that here I am to put a period to my story of this antient Family having taken notice of the issue male still remaining in the Pedegree before inserted Kingsbury From which Sir Ambrose Cave did the premisses descend unto Margaret his onely child the wife of Henry Knolls Esquire who leaving issue by her two daughters scil Mary and Elizabeth the one married to the Lord Paget of Beaudesert in Staffordshire and the other to Sir Henry Willoughby of Risley in Derbyshire an equall division was in our time made thereof betwixt them But from Sir Francis Willoughby before specified the Mannour and Tenements so by him purchased did in right of Briget his eldest daughter and coheir come to Sir Percevall Willoughby Knight who sold the Fermes to the Tenants as I have heard but left the Mannour to Sir Francis his son and heir The Church dedicated
Friery where residing he died in an 1625. The Gild. OF this Gild forasmuch as it consisted of the Inhabitants of the whole Parish I have spoke in Manceter The Free-School THis was founded in 15 Eliz. by Sir William Devereux Kt. who then residing at Merevale obtained License to purchase lands and to give them thereunto the substance whereof are situate in Dosthill near Kingsburie And farther of this Town I have not to say than that it gave birth to one of our late famous Poets scil Michaell Draiton who being one of the Esquires that attended Sir Walter Aston of Tixhall in Com. Staff Kt. when he was made Kt. of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Iames lieth buried in the South Cross Isle of Westminster-Abby with this Epitaph on his Monument Doe pious Marble let thy Readers know What they and what their Children owe To Draiton's name whose sacred dust We recomend unto thy trust Protect his memorie and preserve his storie Remain a lasting Monument of his glorie And when thy ruins shall disclaim To be the Tresurer of his name His name that never sades shall be An everlasting Monument to thee Feldon-Bridge AT the further side of Atherston field stands this Bridge over Anker which being ruinous in 6 E. 3. License was granted to Edmund de Shireford to take Toll of all vendible commodities passing over it by the space of three years towards the charge in repairing thereof Merevale WEstwards from Atherston scarce a mile stands Miravale of which there is no particular mention in the Conquerour's Survey in regard it was involved with Grendon lying on the other side the River whereto it then belonged as an Out-wood and therewith became possest by Henry de Feriers a great man in these parts as I shall shew anon whose grandson Robert Earl Feriers having a reverend esteem of the Cistertian Monks which in his time began to multiply in England made choice of this mountainous and woody Desert as fittest for solitude and devotion to found therein a Monasterie of that Order which was begun accordingly in the xiiith year of K. Stephen's reign and being propagated with Monks from Bordesley-Abby in Worcestershire had by reason of such its situation the name of Miravalle attributed thereto the lands wherewith he endowed it being these viz. all his Forest of Arden id est his Out-wood in that part of the Woodland which then bore the name of Arden and also what he had in Whitington together with the Mannour of Overton now called Orton on the Hill in Com. Leic. as also Herdwike in the Peake of Derbyshire unto Cranokesdune with Câ—mmon of pasture in Hertendon and Pillesburie for Sheep and other Cattell as the words of his Charter do import But besides this it had severall other Benefactors of which the principall were these scil Gerard de Limesi Walt. de Camvile Raphe de Baskervile and Pain de Baskervile as K. H. 2. Charter whereby he ratified their grants manifesteth So that about 30 H. 2. there were the Granges of More now More-Barne Broile Seile Litle Petling the Church of Overton on the Hill with the Chapells of Grendon Twicrosse Gopfhull and Baxterley some in this Countie and some in Leicestershire belonging thereto as the Bull of Pope Lucius the third whereby he confirmed them doth manifest Divers lands had these Monks afterwards bestowed on them also through the bountie of sundry other persons viz. in Litle Sheyle by Henry de Appelby and others In Overton subt Ardern by Iohn de Overton and Rob. Stapleton In Brantingthorp by Rob. de Brantingthorp and others In Shepye by Nich. de Temple and others In Hertyndon as parcell of the Mannour of Pillesburie they obtained Cxx. acres of land more from Thomas Earl of Lancaster in lieu of xx s. yearly Rent which they usually did receive at his Exchequer of Tutbury In 2 E. 3. they had a grant of two Messuages three Shops and xii s. Rent in Leicester by Petronill Oliver of Leicester to finde a Priest for celebration of Divine service in the Conventuall Church of Miravale for the soul of her the said Petronill her ancestors and all the faithfull deceased In 11 E. 3. they had more lands bestowed on them lying in Overton Peatling and Brantingthorpe before specified by sundry persons In 18 E. 3. they purchased xvii Messuages and divers lands in Atherston Bentley and Baxterley with the moytie of the Mannour of Baxterley In 31 E. 3. they had a Messuage and a yard land in Bentley bestowed on them by Iohn de L'isle then Lord of that Mannour to find xv Tapers in the Chapell of our Ladie near the Gate of the Abby In 10 R. 2. they purchased six other Messuages in Atherston and certain Rents in Whitington and Baxterley In 16 R. 2. four Messuagâ—s and certain lands in Tamworth â— and Wilmecote as also two Messuages more in Atherston And in 28 H. 6. they obtained the Church of Manceter with an appropriation thereof The value of all which lands and all other their possessions amounting unto CCLiiii l. i s. viii d. as appears by the Survey of 26 H. 8. preserved it from him when the lesser Houses went to wrack in 27 H. 8. But in 30 H. 8. it was overwhelm'd in the generall deluge being surrendred to the King's use by the then Abbot and Covent as their publick Instrument under the Conventuall Seal dated 13 Oct. the same year whereunto their names are particularly subscribed doth manifest whose Pensions during life as they were by Patent granted to them I have here also added Willielmus Arnold Abbas xl l. Ioh. Ownsbe Sub-Prior v l. vi s. viii d. Edm. Bromley alias Crockell v l. vi s. viii d. Will. Tunman v l. vi s. viii d. Rob. Fenne v l. Thomas Benson v l. Will. Robynson Sacrista v l. vi s. viii d. Ioh. Dunne v l. vi s. viii d. Will. Bron v l. Ioh. Spey Liii s. iiii d. After which viz. 2 Dec. 32 H. 8. was the site hereof with the lands and woods adjacent together with New-House-Grange and Pinwell-Grange in Com. Leic. As also Owsthirn-Grange in this Countie granted to Sir Walt. Devereux Kt. Lord Ferrers of Chartley and to the heirs male of his body so that there being a reversion in the Crown for defect of issue male in 4 E. 6. he obtained another Patent being then arrived to the dignitie of Vicount Hereford for the same site and the other lands to himself and his heirs generall Which Walter disposed thereof to Sir Will. Devereux Kt. his younger son as it seems for he it was that patcht up some part of the ruins here and resided thereon as I have heard And by his Testament bequeathing it to Ioan his wife for life gave the remainder to Walter Vicount Hereford his nephew and his heirs Which Walter afterwards created Earl of Essex left issue Robert
Mary's reign it being May 15. 1 Mariae that Sir Walter 's murther so hapned To whom succeeded the before specified Richard his son and heir who was strangely juggled out of a fair inheritance this Lordship being part the manner whereof considering what success hath attended it is not unworthy the relation This Richard having but one onely daughter called Margaret by his first wife and doubting of issue male treated with Sir Iohn Littleton of Frankley in Worcestershire for a marriage betwixt his said daughter and William Littleton third son to the said Sir Iohn In consideration whereof he agreed to settle all his lands in remainder after his own decease without other issue upon the said William and Margaret and the heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten but for lack of such issue to return to his own right heirs And having Writings drawn accordinglyâ— trusted the said Sir Iohn Littleton to get them ingrossed Which being effected and a day appointed for sealing Mr Smyth came over to Frankley where he found very noble entertainment and some of Sir Iohn's friends to bear him company in whose presence the Writings were brought forth and begun to be read but before they came to the uses stept in Sir Iohn Littleton's keeper in a sweat and told them that there were a brace of Bucks at lare in the Park which carryed a glass in their tails for Mr Smyth's Dogs to look in for he loved coursing well and had his Greyhounds there but if they made not hast those market people which passed through the Park would undoubtedly rouse them Whereupon Sir Iohn Littleton earnestly moved Mr Smyth to seal the Writings without further reading protesting that they were according to the draughts he had seen and without any alteration Which bold asleverations putting him out of all suspicion of sinister dealing caused him forthwith to seal them and to go into the Park Hereupon the two Children for they were not above ix years old a peice were marryed together and lived in the house with Sir Iohn But so it hapned that about six years after the young man dyed by a fall from a Horse insomuch as Mr Smyth considering that his daughter had no issue resolved to take her away and signified as much to Sir Iohn who designing to marry her again to George his second son refused to deliver her till which time Mr Smyth never suspected any thing in the Deed formerly so sealed as hath been said But then upon difference betwixt him and Sir Iohn it appeared that for want of issue by the before specified William and Margaret the lands were to divolve unto the right heirs of the said William which was Gilbert Littleton his eldest brother contrary to the plain agreement at first made To make short therefore VVilliam the youngest son marryed her George the second enjoy'd her and Gilbert the eldest had the estate as heir to his brother Which descending to Iohn his son was kept from Mr Smyth the true heir with whom he had great suits in Law and at length by his attainder for adhering to Robert E. of Essex in 42 Eliz. came to the Crown for he was drawn into that Treason as being a man much respected for his wit and valour by those Conspirators and dyed in Prison After which King Iames at his first coming to the Crown of England being petitioned by Muriel the widow to the said Iohn for restitution of his lands well weighing how popular a man the Earl of Essex was and so consequently all those that took part with him were lookt on by the Vulgar unto whom an Act of Mercy could not but be especially at his first entrance very gratefull yeilded to her request and by his Letters pat made a grant of them to her Whereupon she still doubting more trouble by suits with Mr Smyth sold them away to Sergeant Hele a great Lawyer who likewise considering upon what foundation Littleton's title was at first built to the end that it might the better be defended disposed of them to his 5 sons viz. Sir VVarwick Hele and Sir Francis both Knights Nicholas VValter and George But such is the fate that follows these possessions that for want of a publick adversary these brothers are now at suit amongst themselves for them And as none of the line of Gilbert Littleton before specified to whom they so descended by force of the before specified conveyance doth enjoy a foot of them so is it no less observable that the son and heir of George by the same Margaret so marryed as I have declared viz. Stephen Littleton of Holbeach in Worcestershire was attended with a very hard fate being one of the Gunpowder Conspirators in 3 Iac. for which he lost his life and estate as is very well known Bulkintonâ— SOuthwards from hence lyes Bulkinton which is a large Parish containing these Hamlets viz. Weston in Arden Ryeton Bramcote Wolvershill Merston-Iabet and Bernacle of which in their order In the Conquerours dayes this was certified to be in the possession of the Earl of Mellent and held then by Salo his under-tenant at which time it contained 4 hydes and one virgat of land being valued at xx s. and written Bochintone That Ernald de Boys was Steward to Rob. Bossu E. of Leic. I have already taken notice in Clifton but whether this place descended to him as heir to Robert de Watervill his Uncle or whether he were enfeofft thereof immediatly by the said Earl I cannot say nevertheless that he succeeded Watervill as heir is most probable for it appears that Roger de Watervill brother of Robert gave the Church to the Abby of Leicester upon or near the time of that Monastery its foundation which was in an 1143. 8 Steph. To which Church were then belonging two yard land called the glebe with the Chappels of Bernangle Weston Ryton Merston Schelton Ansty and Bramcote all which except Schelton and Ansty do yet continue of this Parish for in those dayes it was seldome seen that the possession of the Mannour and patronage of the Church were in several hands before such perpetual advousons were given to the Monks Which Ernauld confirmed the said grant of Roger de Watervile so also did his descendants the 3 succeeding Ernalds In 13 E. 1. Iohn de Boys son to the last Ernald claimed a Court-Leet Gallows power to punish the breakers of the Assize of Bread and Ale as also Weyfs and to be discharged of the common amerciaments of the County All these I say he claimed then by prescription in this his Mannour of Bulkinton Weston and Ryton with Free-warren here by grant to Ernald his father which were allowed To whom succeeded William his brother and heir as in Clifton is manifested Which William setled this Mannour with divers other upon himself for life and afterwards upon VVilliam de la Zuche and Maud his wife and the heirs of the same VVilliam
and Maud and for lack of such issue to the said Maud and the heirs of her body the remainder to his right heirs Which Maud was heir to the above mentioned VVilliam de Bosco as the descent in Clifton sheweth In the line of Zuche whose chief seat was at Haringworth in Northamptonshire by inheritance from Milesent de Cantilupe it continued for divers generations Guliel de Cantilupo obiit 39. H. 3. Georg. de Cantilupo obiit sine prole Johanna soror cohaeres ux Henrici de Hastings .... de Monte alto 1. maritus Milisenta alterasororum cohaeredum defuncta 27 E. 1. Eudo la Zuche 2. E. 1. Will. la Zuche filius haeres obiit 10. Martii 26 E. 3. Matilda filia haeres Joh. Lovel mil. Isabellae ux ejus sororis haeredis Will. de Bosco Eudo de la Zuche obiit vita patris Will. la Zuche aetat 30. an ad mortem avi obiit 5. R. 2. Will. la Zuche aetat 40. an 5. R. 2. obiit 3. H. 5. Will. la Zuche aetat 13. an 3. H. 5. obiit 8. E. 4. Joh. dom Zousche aetat 8. an 8. E. 4. attinctus in Parl. 7. Nov. 1. H. 7. Joh. Zouche fil haeres 23. H. 7. Ric. dom Zouche Geo. dom Zouche plenae aetat 6. E. 6. obiit 19. Junii 19. Eliz. Edw. fil haeres accrevit plenam aetatem 6. Junii 19. Eliz. In 7 E. 2. the K. granted Free-warren to the before specified VVilliam and Maud his wife in their demesn lands here at Bulkinton Weston Riton Brancote and Wolfarshull all in this Parish But afterwards do I meet with nothing more of that family relating to this place further than their dying seized thereof till Edward the principal male branch of those Barons who wasting that great Patrimony descended to him from his Fore-fathers sold this Lordship with the rest of the Hamlets in this Parish to Humfry Davenport Esq and one Richard Bucknam Gent. Which Humfrey and Richard past the one moytie thereof to Sir Christopher Yelverton Kt. one of the Justices of the K. Bench temp Iac. R. whose Grandchild Sir Chr. Yelverton of East-Neston in Com. Northampt. Kt. of the Bath now enjoys it And the other moytie to George Purefey fifth son to Michael Purefey of Caldecote Esq which George had issue Gamaliel Purefey who sold it to Anthony Stoughton now of St. Iohns in Warwick Esq the present owner thereof The Church dedicated to St. Iames being granted to the Abby of Leicester as I have allready shew'd was antiently appropriated to that Monastery and upon the endowment of the Vicaridge a pension of xxvi s. viii d. per annum was reserved out of the same In an 1291. 19. E. 1. the Rectory was valued at xxvi marks and the Vicaridge at 11 marks But in 26 H. 8. I find the Vicaridge rated at vi lib. x sol vi d. over and above ix s. vi d. allowed for Synodals and Procurations Which Rectory being in the Crown as parcell of the possessions belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Leicester was granted by Q. Eliz. in 33 of her reign to the Free-school of Uppingham in Com. Rutland Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes Abb. Conv. de Leic. Warinus de Swanington Pbr. an 1258. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Rob. de Bengrave 5. Id. Dec. 1305. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Ioh. Bernard Pbr. 4. Non. Apr. 1326 Abb. Conv. de Leic. Dom. Ric. de Chedle 4. Id. Aug. 1361. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Will. Granger Pbr. 26. Martii 1428. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Ric. Wylkyns Pbr. 21. Iulii 1430. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Hen. Awbell Pbr. 20. Aug. 1443. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Tho. Sawnder Pbr. 8. Dec. 1444. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Tho. Hille Pbr. 17. Febr. 1444. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Will. Gregg Pbr. 13. Aug. 1449. Abb. Conv. de Leic. Ioh. Webbe Cap. 22. Martii 1453. Abb. Conv. de Leic. D. Tho. Lyndon Cap. 11. Apr. 1525. H. 8. Rex Angliae ratione dissolut Abb. Leic. D. Tho. Mower Cap. 4. Sept. 1540. Hen. Waver de Coventre Mercer Will. Smyth Cler. 12. Maii 1557. Hen. Waver de Coventre Mercer Ric. Briscow Cler. 6. Dec. 1557. Hen. Waver de Coventre Mercer Edw. Iurdayne Cler. 2. Iunii 1561. Ric. Waver alias Over Walt. Enderby 6. Aug. 1575. Geo. Belgrave de Belgrave in Com. Leic. ar Henr. Bradshaw Cler. Weston in Arden THis taking its name from the Western situation from Bulkinton was also in the Conq. daies in the possession on the Earl of Mellent and then certified to contain two hydes which were valued at xl sol Since which time the possession thereof hath gone along with Bulkinton till now therfore shall I not need to make instance by particular proofs in regard that all those Records that I have made use of for Bulkinton do manifest the same Yet because there are some things peculiar hereunto onely I shall in their order take notice of them amongst which this is not the least observable that of all these places in the Parish of Bulkinton it hath not onely the priority in rank where they are mentioned together in the Records but even Bulkinton it self with the rest are accounted as members of it the reason whereof can be no other than that the Lord of them all had his Mannour-house here where the Leet being kept not onely the Inhabitants of the other Villages met but from other places both in this County and Leicestersh which were the Lord Zouches lands viz. Clifton Browns-over Wyhtoâ—t Bulkinton and Ryâ—on in Com. Warr with Ulsthorpe Elmesthorpe and Cleybrooke in Leicestersh as by Court-Rolls in H. 6. time I have seen Upon the death of the last Ernald de Boys 5 E. 1. it was found that this Mannour was by him held in capite of the heirs of the Earl of Winchester in right of their partage in the Honour of Leicester paying yearly unto them one Hound called a Brache and seven pence in money for all services Afterwards scil in 7 E. 2. Will. la Zuche and Maud his wife had Free-warren granted to them here and in divers other places as in Bulkinton hath been said Which Will. in 19 E. 3. had licence for amortizing of 8 Messuages 9 yard land and a half and xxx s. annual Rent with the appurtenances lying in Cleybroke and Leyre in Com. Leic. this Weston in Arden Merston-Iabet Coton and Ryton juxta Bulkinton Com. Warr. for the maintenance of two Priests to sing Mass daily in the Chappel of our Lady within this his Mannour of Weston for the good estate of himself whilst he lived and for the health of his soul after he should depart this world as also for the soul of William Danet and for the
of S. Thomas near Stafford when he grew aged he left his Bishoprick and took upon him the habit of a Canon-Regular in that Religious House where he departed this life and was buryed The next though not his immediate successor that I find was a man who became afterwards very eminent viz. Will. de Kilkenny being afterwards for a time Chancelour of England and also B. of Ely Homo egregiâ corporis formâ praeditus facundus prudens legum municipalium admodum peritus saith Godwyn He dyed on the feast day of S. Mathew the Apostle ann 1256. 4 H. 3. being then in Spain Embassador but his heart he appointed to be buryed at Ely His immediate successor as I believe for he was Arch-deacon in 3 Ioh. was a man extraordinary famous for his learning and a great Divine whose memory is yet very pretious in our Universities viz. Alexander de Hales a Catalogue of whose learned Works are to be seen in Balaeus de Script Britannicis This Alex. in his age became a Frier at the Corde-liers in Paris where departing this life he was buryed near the steps ascending to the Quire and hath over his grave a Monument of black marble about 2 foot in height from the ground with this Inscription engraven upon it R. P. ALEXANDRI DE ALES Doctoris irrefragabilis quondam Sanctorum Thomae Aquinatis Bonaventurae praeceptoris Epitaphium Clauditur hoc saxo famam sortitus abundè Gloria Doctorum decus flos Philosophorum Auctor Scriptorum vir Alexander variorum Norma modernorum fons veri lux aliorum Inclitus Anglorum fuit Archilevita sed horum Spretor cunctorum frater collega Minorum Factus egenorum fit Doctor primus eorum Obiit A. D. 1245. Calend Septembris 12. Si quis honos meritis si quis virtute coluntur Hunc animo praefer hunc venerare Patrem As for his successors I dare not undertake to exhibit a perfect Catalogue of them yet of such for whom any good authority hath appeared to me I have added the names Patroni Archidiac Coventriae Hugo de Marisco Cler. 5. Id. Iulii 1349. Will. Crosse 3 Non. Oct. 1351. Ioh. de Pipe Pbr. 11 Cal. Oct. 1358. Will. Lambe Pbr. post resign Will. Bermyngham 1 Dec. 1369. Rob. Stretton 5 Cal. Ian. 1369. Rob. de Oxton Cler. 20 Iunii 1408. Rob. Esple Art Magr. post mortem Ioh. Heyworth 22 Maii 1433. Rog. Wall Cler. penult Iunii 1442. Ioh. Blythe scolar Vniversit Paris per resign Rad. Colingwood 2 Oct. 1510. Rob. Co. Leic. haec vice patronus Will. Iames S. Theol. Professor post mortem Tho. Lewes 27 Aug. 1577. Will. Awbrey L. Dr. Arth. Aly in Art Magr. hac vice Will. Hinton S. Theol. Bac. 4 Nov. 1584. Episc. Cov. Lich. Sam. Brooke S. Theol. Professor 13 Maii 1635. Episc. Cov. Lich. Rad. Brownrigge S. Theol. Professor 29 Sept. 1631. Upon the Survey made in 26 H. 8. this dignity was certified to be worth xlv l. ix s. per ann viz. in Pensions Procurations and Sinodals Out of the Deanry of Coventre 9 l. 12. s. 4 d. per ann Marton 10 l. 11 s. 0 d. per ann Stonley 11 l. 00 s. 2 d. per ann Arden 14 l. 5 s. 6 d. per ann And as the several particulars whereof I have already spoke have added no small honour to this City so is it also famous for having been the birth-place to one of our most eminent Historians of whom I shall here repeat what Balaus speaketh Gualterus Coventriensis immortali vir dignus memoriâ in eadem celebri Warwicensis comitatus urbe natus educatus ab honestis illic civibus originem duxit Operam bonis literis sedulam admodum Oxonii impendebat ubi gratissimum fuit optimarum disciplinarum emporium Illustria ejus facta accuratè sed sparsim à diligentissimo Lelando chartis praecipue historicis commendata sunt Eo etenim teste historiam est magno aggressus animo quam etiam inchoatam ab origine Britannorum ad sua tempora Ann. viz. Dom. 1226. majoribus animis deduxit Secutus est autem hos potissimùm aut hores Anglos Galfridum Monumetensem Rog. Hovedenum Henr. Huntingdonium ita tamen ut multa addiderit non sine fide quae nuspiam apud illos leguntur Unum certe defuit homini alioqui claro nam quanquam fide lucido ordine nusquam facundiâ tamen saepiusculè destitutus erat Quod non authoris sed aetatis potius vitium fuit Uude composuit Gualterus Chron. Britann Lib. 1. Anglo-Sax Chron. Lib. 1. Annales Angl. Lib. 1. Et alia quaedam edidit ut ex honestis atque Christianis studiis apud posteritatem semper ejus viveret nomen Vixit varia componens scribens regnantibus Joanne Henrico tertio illius filio Anglorum regibus I Have now done with Coventre which as it much increast in wealth by Cloathing and making of Caps so since those trades have decayed is now not a little fallen from the glory it antiently had And being next to take view of those petty villages and places of note that environ it I shall for my more orderly proceeding begin with them that are on the Southwest side thereof and conclude with those on the Northeast part Whaburley THis is the first I meet with on the South-west side where now no more than one single house is to be seen but heretofore it was otherwise for in K. Stâ—â—h time it had a Chappel being of the E. of Chester's fee with Coventre And in 7 E. 1. Rog. Gopil possest it having then two yard land in demesn and ten Free-holders who occupyed two yard land and a half with an acre and a half paying certain rent unto him and doing suit to his 3 weekâ— Court. But the inheritance of the E. of Chester's fees coming to Montalt as I have elswhere shewed from whom Q. Isabell had an estate for life with reversion to the D. of Cornwall this was by the said Q. included in that Charter made by her to the Mayor and Commonalty of Coventre in E. 3. time whereby she granted to them Return of Writs goods of felons and fugitives with cognizance of all pleas in Coâ—ventre and the Hamlets adjoyning As also in K. H. 6. Charter by which Coventre with divers villages thereabouts was made a County of it self distinct from Warwickshire Asthull THis place being utterly depopulated is now onely known by a little thicket of trees called Asthull-grove But the first mention I find of it is in 34 H. 3. upon the grant made by Rog. de Montalt and Cecily his wife of Coventre to the Monks in which the said Roger and Cecily did inter alia reserve the service of Will. de Olneie therein for it seems he then held it But in 3 E. 1. it was certified
Clement it came to Iohn Dunheved in right of Christian his wife heir to the said William Which Iohn upon the death of the then Incumbent had a purpose to have entred upon the rights of the Church howbeit the Abbot of Pipwell being advertised thereof got a great number of men Horse and foot and kept possession of it by force whereupon the said Iohn forbore to prosecute his intention yet afterwards the Monks and he came to an Agreement so that with Christian his wife he did by a Fine in 31 H. 3. quit his right in the advouson thereof to the said Monks Within the precincts of this Lordship was the same Wâ—gan of whom I have spoke in Willoughby enfeof't by K. H. 2. with 8. yard land whose son Raph bestowed upon these Monks of Pipwell 7. yard land and a half thereof giving the residue to the Church of this place In consideration whereof the said Monks made him partaker of all the Prayers and benefits of their Order and covenanted to receive him to be a Monke in their Covent or else his brother in case either of them should be willing to live a regular life And besides all this gave unto him 27â— marks of silver to his mother 2. Cows with Calves to Thurstane his brother a Horse and to Wygan his other brother xii d. Which Monks having so large a portion did in 11 E. 1. inter alia obtain a Charter of Free-warren in all their demesn-lands here In 28 E. 1. two parts of this Mannour were setled by the before specified Iohn Dunheved upon himself and Eustachia his wife for their lives the remainder to Stephen their son Which Iohn in 29. E. 1. with divers other persons of note had summons to attend the K. with Horse and Armes at Barwick upon Twede on the feast day of the Nativity of S. Io. Bapt. to march against the Scots To this Iohn succeeded Iohn his younger son Stephen being dead as it seems who in 11 E. 2. entred into Covenants with Sir Iohn Peche Kt. Lord of Hampton in Arden to prosecute suit at the costs charges of the said Sir Iohn touching this and other Mannours as his right by inheritance against whomsoever should lay claym thereto and having cleared his title to enfeoff the said Sir Iohn Peche of them to the use of him the said Sir Iohn and his heirs In consideration whereof the same Sir Io. covenanted to find provide for the said Io. Dunheved during his life a Robe of the same suite that he gave his Esquiers and in time of peace to furnish him with a Horse a Groom in such sort as he allowed to the rest of his servants of that rank but in Warr with two Horses and Grooms and one Horse armed in like fashion as he did to others paying to him the said Iohn x li. per annum quarterly at Hampton in Arden before specified Which Agreement bears date the Sunday after S. Luke the Evangelist the year before mentioned After this viz. in 19 E. 2. I find that Edm. de Verdon and Agnes his wife did by their deed dated 16. Sept. grant to the said Sir Iohn Peche and Alianore his wife and the heirs of their bodyes lawfully begotten this Mannour of Dunchurch but how Verdon came to any title therein appears not And that in 4 E. 3. Iohn Dunheved levyed a Fine thereof to the uses of the said Sir Iohn Peche and Alianore and the heirs of their two bodyes and for default of such issue to Nich. Peche son to the said Sir Iohn for life but after his decease to the right heires of the same Sir Iohn In whose family it continued so long as the male line lasted and then by Margaret one of the daughters and heirs to the last Sir Iohn came to Sir William Montfort of Colshill Knight to whose posterity it remained till the attainded of Sir Simon Montfort in 10 H. 7. Of which families viz. Peche and Montfort I shall peak historically when I come to Hampton in Arden and Colshill in Hemlingford-Hundred But then eâ—cheating to the Crown was by King H. 7. given to Girald Earl of Kildare and Eliz. S. Iohn his wife and to the heirs male of their bodyes 25. Aug. 12 H. 7. And by another Patent dated 20. Iulii 18 H. 7. confirmed whereby also Free-warren was granted to them therein which King H. 8. likewise ratified By vertue of which entail it divolved to Sir Iames Fitz Gerald Knight one of his sons by the said Eliz. S. Iohn But by attainder of the said Sir Iames in 28 H. 8. again resorted to the Crown and in 32 H. 8. was granted to Sir Sir Iohn Fitz Williams Knight and his heirs From which Sir Iohn it came very suddainly to one Anthony Stringer of London to whom I find that King H. 8. in 35. of his reign granted in lieu thereof and other lands which he then had of him in exchange the site of the Priorâ— of S. Margarets near Marlborough in Wilt-shire After which it stayd in the Crown till Queâ—n Marie's time and then was passed in 1. â— of her raign to ...... Smyth and others who the same year aliened it to Sir Rouland Hill and Sir Tho. Leigh Aldermen of London And so being by partition betwixt the said Sir Rouland and Sir Thomas allotted inter alia to the said Sir Thomas was setled upon Sir William Leigh his younger son which Sir William had issue Sir Francis who in 18. Iac. obtained a speciall Pat. for a Court-Leet to be yearly held within this Lordshâ—â— Fâ—â—m whom it is descended to Francis Lord Dunsmore his son and heir now living An. scil 1640. That which the Monks of Pipwell had here came in time also to have the reputation of a Mannour and in 3. 4. Ph. Mar. was granted out of the Crown to the said Sir Rouland Hill and Sir Thomas Leigh and their heirs and so upon the same partition being assigned to Sir Tho. Leigh is enjoyed by the Lord Dunsmore as abovesaid The Church dedicated to S. Peter being given to the Monks of Pipwell as I have already shewed was appropriated to that Monastery by Ric. Peche B. of Cov. in H. 2. time and the Vicaridge endowed by Alex. Savensby his successor an 1220. 13 H. 3. at which time there was x li. per ann reserved to be payd out of the fruits of the Rectory to the Cathedrall of Lich. for ever In an 1291. 19 E. 1. it was valued at xv marks per an over above the xv marks yearly Pension payable to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield the Vicaridge at lx s. But in 26 H. 8. at xiv li. xxii d. over above viii s. yearly allowed for Procurations and Synodals Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes c. D. Episc. Cov. Lich. Lambertus de Hale Cap. 8. Cal.
3. time and then by a daughter and co-heir came to Gâ—iffith as the descent here drawn will shew The principal feat of these Somerviles was at Whichnoure in Coâ— Staff which with Barton aâ—joyning thereto K Will. the Conq. gave unto Sir Gualtier de Somervile a Norman from whom descended the before specified Walter that wedded Cecelie de Limesi and from him the fifth in descent Iohn as the Pedegree sheweth who questioned the Prior of Hertford for the advouson of the Church here at Stokton in 27 H. 3. deducing his right thereto from Roger his great grandfather Unto whom the Prior pleaded that he was at the disposal of the Abbot of S. Albans and could not without him give answer thereto But Iohn replyed that the said Prior upon a former suit for this advouson impleaded him by a Writ of Quare impedit as Prior of Hertford without naming the Abbot of S. Albans therein and recovered it And further alledged that the Priors of Binham Tinmouth and other Cels belonging as this of Hertford did to S. Albans alwaies used to plead in their own names yet so as the said Abbot should have Summons to joyn with them if he pleased What the success of this suit was I have not seen but it seems the Prior thought fit to strengthen his title for I find that in 56. H. 3. he procured the said Iohn to levy a Fine thereof to the use of him and his successors for which besides a C l. in money given him for so doing he was made partaker of all their prayers and other devout exercises Cecelia de Limesi Walterus de Somervile 11 H. 2. Rog. de Somervile 26 H. 2. Edelina filia Rob. Pincernae de Engleby 28 H. 2. Rog. de Somervile defunctus 2 Joh. Matilda defuncta 4 H. 3. Rog. de Somervile infra aet 4 H. 3. Joh. de Somervile defunctus 8 E. 1. Rob. de Somervile miles ob 25 E. 1. Isab. una filiarum haered Rog. de Merlay Robertus Rogerus Adam Iohannes Edmundus obierunt sine prole masc Philippus de Somervile miles ob 23 Jan. 28 E. 3. Joanna ux Rhesi ap Griffith mil. 30 E. 3. Rhesus ap Griffith 30 E. 3. Tho. Griffith ar 9 H. 5. Ioh. Griffith ob 11 E. 4. Walt. Griffith miles ob 21 E. 4. Walt. Griffith aet 8. ann 21 E. 4. Eliz. ux Ioh. Stafford Matilda ux Edm. filii Ioh. Vernon 29 E. 3. Walt. de Limesi Philippus Whether this Church was originally granted to the Monks at Hertford before mentioned by Rob. de Limesi Founder of that Cell in H. 1. time or whether by Cecelia de Limesi and Walter de Somervile her husband he having a more than ordinary respect to those Monks for her ancestors sake I cannot positively affirm but that it was so given by one of them is not to be doubted To this Iohn succeeded Sir Rob. de Somervile Kt. who in 18 E. 1. had a Charter of Free-warren inter alia in this his Mannour of Stokton Which Sir Rob. left issue divers sons whereof Adam was one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parl. of 1 E. 3. But all dying issueless Philip the youngest a Kt. likewise in 11 E. 3. enjoyed the estate and in 12 Edw. 3. entailed this Mannour upon the heirs male of his body by Margaret then his wife but for lack of such issue on Rese ap Griffith and Ioan his wife for the life of the said Ioan and after her decease on Thomas the son of the said Rese with divers remainders Which Sir Philip dyed 23 Ian. 28 E. 3. leaving issue Ioan his eldest daughter wife of Sir Rese ap Griffith Kt. above mentioned and Eliz. of Iohn Stafford Betwixt whom partition being made the inheritance of this Lordship went with Ioan and so came by descent to Sir George Griffith Kt. who in 35 H. 8. aliened it to Sir Walt. Smyth Kt. which Sir Walter sold it to Nich. Purefey in 1 E. 6. From whom descended George Purefey of Drayton in Com. Leic. Esq who in our memory past it to Iohn Clapham one of the six Clerks in Chancery which Iohn dying without issue left Iohn Clapham late of Winnall juxta Coventre his heir The Church dedicated to S. Michael belonged to the Priory of Hertford as I have already shewed and in ann 1291. 19 E. 1. was valued at ix marks but in 26 H. 8. at x l. vii s. over and above xxx s. allowed for Procurations and Synodals But what the said Priory of Hertford had here in Stokton was after the dissolution of that Religious House together with the site thereof granted in 29 H. 8. to Anthony Denny and his heirs Patroni Ecclesiae Incumb temp Instit. Ysabella de Sumervill Domina de Stocton Magr. Ric. de Lynton Anno 1249. Prior Monachi de Hertford Ric. de Kilkenny s. date Prior Monachi de Hertford Elias de S. Albano Cleric Anno 1315. Io. de Odingsells miles Ioh. de Wapingbury Anno 1315. Io. de Odingsells miles D. Will. de Brymmesgrave Pbr. Anno 1315. Prior Conventus de Hertford Petrus de Hercle 14. Cal. Iunii 1316. Prior Conventus de Hertford Will. Sars accolitus 5. Nov. 1320. Prior Conventus de Hertford Ric. de Meere Pbr. 4. Id. Nov. 1358. Prior Conventus de Hertford Ioh. Plumbe Pbr. 18. Mar. 1396. Prior Conventus de Hertford Philippus Polton 6. Sept. 1414. Prior Conventus de Hertford Ioh. Bote Cap. 16. Nov. 1417. Prior Conventus de Hertford D. Ric. Bredrod Cap. 16. Aug. 1424. Prior Conventus de Hertford Ioh. Byrtley 1. Apr. 1435. Prior Conventus de Hertford Ric. Ricards Pbr. 21. Apr. 1436. Prior Conventus de Hertford Thom. Hayward Cap. 20. Apr. 1458. D. Anth. Denney miles Will Crooke Cap. 3. Maii 1545. Gerv. Lassells de Collingham in Com. Nott. ar Nath. Baxter Cler. 14. Aug. 1590. Thom. Davies gen Thom. Lever Cler. 26. Martii 1628. Long-Ichington THis containing the Hamlets of Bascote and Stonithorpe had its name originally from the River Ichene on the banks whereof 't is situat In the Conquerors time being possest by one Cristina who had it of the same Kings gift it was by the Survey then made certified to contain 24. hides and is there written Icentone At that time it had a Church for there were then two Priests as also two Mills rated at vi s. viii d. with woods of two furlongs in length and one in breadth all being valued at xx li. But when the King gave it to the said Cristina it yielded xxxvi li. This with the other lands belonging to the said Cristina came to the family of Limsie antiently men of great note having
which summe of ten pounds was it seems in lieu of the tertius denarius de Placitis Comitatus whereof I have formerly spoke And before the end of this 27. year of H. 3. his reign wedded to the before specified Iohn de Plessets who was a man in such high esteem with the K. that being a great part of the year precedent attending him in France he there received a Horse from the Seneschall of Gascoign of the Kings special gift prized at xxx Marks which was no small value compared with the rate of other things about that time a quarter of Wheat being then but at ii s. price And in Sept. following had a discharge to the Barons of the Exchequer for C. li. whâ—ch was due to the K. out of the Lands belonging to her then his wife for her brother's Relief not till then satisfied as also in Nov. of CC. Marks further debt due by the said Earle her brother to the K. And the next Aug. so weâ—l wâ—s the said K. pleased with her for taking this husband gave her 3. Bucks out of the Forest of Havering in Essex at which time she had the title of Margerie Countesse of Warwick wife to Iohn de Plessets without any name of Earl then attributed to him Neither do I finde that he had that appellation very suddenly after the said Precept so directed to the Sheriffe of this County for livery of the x. li. per ann to him nomine Comitatus sicut praedictus Comes meaning Earl Thomas eas percipere consuevit as the words thereof import which Writ bore date 26. Apr. 29. H. 3. for in the Fine levied 3. septim Hill 31. H. 3. betwixt this Iohn then Plantiffe and Will. Mauduit Alice his wife deforc whereby the Mannours of Warwick Miton Wegenock Sutton Claverdon Tanworth and Brails all in this County as also Cheddeworth and Lydneie in com Glouc. all belonging to the Earldom of Warwick were settled upon the said Iohn during his life though he should have no issue by Margerie the Countesse then his wife in case he over-lived her he is barely stiled Ioh. de Plesseto But afterwards I suppose he took upon him the title of Earl by reason of a clause in that Fine whereby the before specified Will. and Alice do as much as in them lies confer the same Earldom upon him for life being loath it seems to use that attribute till he had made such an agreement with the next Heir that in case he overlived his Countesse and had no issue by her he should not lay it aside again for in Aug following which is the first mention that I finde of him after this Fine was levied the K. in the permission given him to fall certain Oaks in the Forest of Dene affords him the title of Comes Warwici which after that time upon all occasions he used But as there was extraordinary means used as by what I have shew'd appeareth about woing and winning this great Lady to marry with Iohn de Plessets so was there not wanting suspition that being such an Heir she had been strongly solicited by some and that possibly by reason of the frailty incident to her Sex she might have been wrought upon to contract her self privately unto another Wherefore to make sure work with her estate the K. got a Bond of her with a Deed to boot whereby she obâ—â—ged her self that if it could justly be prov'd that she had so contracted marriage with any other before all her Lands and possessions should be forfeited Which advantage being so obtained by the K. by his Letters P. bearing date 18. Oct. â—4 of his reign he granted to the said Iohn all those Lands to hold during his life in case that any such contract should be proved and thereupon a divorce betwixt them ensue Nay he was a man so much in that K. esteem that there is little mention of him upon any occasion but what relates to some special trust or favour for in 34. H. 3. he had the Castle of Divises in Com. Wilts with all the Mannours thereto belonging and the Forests of Melkesh and Chippeham committed to his charge out of which there being a Rent of Lxxx. l. per ann reserved to the K. he had 25. Marks yearly allowed him for the custody of that Castle In 37. H. 3. the K. released to him the Wardship of Hugh his Son and Heir as to his person in case he should die and leave him under age and shortly after did he make him a grant that if the before mentioned Margery his Countesse should dye before him without any issue of her body all the Lands and Tenements in Hogenarton Katerinton and Bradeham Kts. Fees Reliefs c. which did belong to Henry d'Oily her Uncle and by inheritance were descended to her should remain unto him the said Iohn during his natural life And the same year did he attend the K. into Gascoign But before his return out of those parts a great mishap befell him for after things were quieted that he resolved to come again for England determining to pass through Normandy in regard he was that Countrey-man by birth he obtained Letters of safe conduct from the K. of France and with divers other Noble persons set forwards on the journey howbeit lodging at a Citie called Pontes in Poictou after all free courteous entertainment outwardly used to them they were suddenly seized on by the Towns-men and cast into close prison This was in 38. H. 3. but when or how he with the rest were releast appears not Which ill usuage together with the great expences he underwent in that service of Gascoign the debt that he owed to the K. for making Prince Edw. Kt. occasioned the K. to direct his Letters P. to all the said E. Tenants wherein giving testimony that in the service of Gascoign he did laudabiliter strenuè se gerere and that being gravibus immoderatis sumptibus variis anxietatibus corporis fatigatus did earnestly intreat and desire them that they would freely contribute such reasonable Aid to him towards the payment of his debts as they might expect his royal favour when fit opportunity should be offered How long he continued Governour of the Devises-Castle by virtue of the K. former grant appears not but 't is very like that upon his going over with the K. to the wars in Gascoign some other had the charge thereof for after his return it was again committed to his custody viz. 20. Iunii 39. H. 3. By all which testimonies it appears that he was a martial active man Whereunto I shall adde that in 49. H. 3. he joyn'd with the E. of Gloucest Hereford Albamarle and other of the great Nobility in writing to Pope Alex. the 4th against Ethelmare the K. half brother then elect of Winchester beseeching his Holiness
raign straightly commanding them to carry him thither and put him in sure custody as they would be responsible body for body Whereupon this his Castle and Lordship of Warwick with divers other Mannours were given to Thomas Holland Earl of Kent and to the heirs male of his body and the rest of his lands to others as I shall shew when I speak particularly of them And the next ensuing year was his son and heir viz. Richard Beauchamp with Eliz. wife to the said Richard committed to the custody of the before specified Thomas Holland at that time Duke of Surrey who had also a speciall grant from the King of a suit of Arras Hangings containing the story of the famous Guy of Warwick and belonging to the banisht Earl Which hard measure to the Earl and his son occasioned Catherine the Nunne at Shouldam before mentioned to petition the King in her own behalf in regard she was the grandchild and heir to this Earls father by Guy his eldest son as I have elswhere manifested and enjoyed no part of her inheritance whereupon she obtained an assignation of Xl. marks per annum annuity out of the Kings Exchequer during her life howbeit the Earl continued not long a Prisoner in the Isle of Man for on the 12. of Iuly 21 R. 2. the Kings Mandate to the Constable of the Tower of London for reception of him thither bears date during the remainder of whose reigne he was kept in durance But alas upon what slippery ground the greatest earthly Potentate stands when he thinks himself surest the fall of this King and divers other whereof the Storyes of our own Nation shew us lamentable examples may sufficiently manifest for within the compass of two years or little more after he had strengthened himself by that alliance with the French fill'd his cofers with vast summs of money by loans and otherwise pull'd down and ruin'd all whose fidelity to him he thought not firm and advanced his friends favourites in that Parliament of 21. of his reign which damn'd those Acts that by the power of the great ones had been made in 11. behold the Monster multitude agitated by the wind of his enemyes malice and ambition took part with them and suddainly overwhelm him in the gulf of absolute destruction by Deposition from his throne and the murther of his person as is not unknown to those who are acquainted with the Story of those times Henry of Lancaster being crowned King in his room In the first year of whose reign a Parliament makes null and void all that had been done in 21 R. 2. so that this our Earl of Warwick was then restored to his full liberty honour and possessions having whatsoever goods in Warwick-Castle were to be found belonging to Thomas Holland Earl of Kent before mentioned bestow'd upon him and in particular that suit of Hangings containing the said Story of Guy of Warwick all which were forfaited to the new King by attainder of Holland In which year he was made a Commissioner for arraying all men in this County according to their estates and faculties but his death now approaching as I shall shew by and by it will here be proper to take notice of his pious works The first whereof that I find is in 49 E. 3. viz. the establishing an Anniversary for his father in the Collegiat Church of Warwick for the solemnizing whereof the Dean Canons and Vicars of that Church and every Priest in Warwick that should come to the Dirige and Mass was to have his dinner and 4 d. in money and vâ— s. -viii d. to be given amongst the Friers of that town iii s. iv d. to the Canons of S. Sepulchers in Warwick and xx s. amongst the poor yearly In 5 R. 2. he built one of the Cells in the Monastery of Carthusians juxta Coventre at the first foundation of that Religious house In 6. he gave the perpetuall patronage of the Church dedicated to S. Iames situat over the gate called Hongyngate in Warwick to the Gild of S. George there newly founded in a Chapell over the same Gate And in 15 R. 2. having finisht the Quire of the Collegiat Church begun by his father and newly built from the ground the whole body of the Church which very fabrik now stands he gave the Mannour of Haseloure with the advouson of the Church and the advouson of the Church of Wolthamcote both in this County together with the perpetuall patronage of the Church of Wyclesford in Cambridg-shire unto the Dean and Canons thereof and their successors to pray for the good estate of King R. 2. and of Queen Anne then his consort of himself and Margaret his Countess Sir William Beauchamp his brother and Ioane his wife during their lives in this world and for the health of their souls after their departures hence as also for the souls of their Progenitors Ancestors and all the faithfull deceased His Testament bears date at Warwick-Castle 1 Apr. Anno 1400. 1 H. 4. whereby he bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Collegiat-Church before specified and to every town whereof he was Lord or Patron of the Church xx s. in money in the name of his Principall but if he should depart this life at Warwick then did he appoint the Church of our Lady there to have the best Beast whereof he might be at that time possest For his Herse he directed CCC li. weight of Wax in six Tapers and seaven Morters to remain in the said Church and lx poor men in gowns made of white-cloth every one carrying a Torch at the solemnizing his Funerall As also that xl of those Torches after his Exequies were finished should be distributed to the poore Churches of his Patronage and the residue to remain to the said Collegiat-Church of Warwick And moreover that all his friends attending the Funerall should have good entertainment viz. a Supper over night and a Dinner on the next day and money distributed to the poor according to the discretion of his Executors as also xxx Trentalls sung for his soul with all possible speed that might be after his decease and a thousand Masses in like sort viz. of the Trinity of the Holy Ghost of the Nativity of our Saviour of the Holy Crosse of the five Festivalls of our Lady of the Resurrection of the Ascension of Corpus Christi of the Angells of All Saints and of Requiem of every Feast lxvii Masses five in the whole excepted By which Testament he likewise gave to the King an Image of the blessed Virgin with two Cruets silver and gilt made in the fashion of two Angells To the Archbishop of Canterbury a Tablet of gold To the Colledge of our Lady in Warwick before mentioned a Cross with the pedestall silvergilt and enamell'd with the Story of our Saviours Passion and a precious stone called a Berill bound with silver and enamell'd
time amongst which this Mannour of Warmington as also that of Toftes â— with some others was by those Monks of Preaux granted to Lewys Clifford for life with remainder to Lewys his son for life also upon a certain Rent reserved to the King during the continuance of those warrs After which scil in 6 H. 4. the King by his Letters Patent dated 15. Martii granted the said Priory of Toftes with the Mannour of Toftes this of Warmington thereunto belonging to Thom Erpyngham and Iohn Heylles Clerk for the life of the said Thomas which Thomas and Iohn past away all their right therein to the Carthusian Monks at Wytham in Selewood in Com. Somerset 1 H. 5. who not only had the Ks. confirmation thereupon but his grant to hold them after the decease of the said Thomas during the time that the Warrs should last with France As also License to purchase from the said Monks of Preaux all the right and title that they had therein Howbeit such was the poverty of those Monks of Wytham that they were not able to go through with the bargaine before the Parliament held at Leicester in 2 H. 5. wherein there was an Act of Re-assumption made for seizing all the Lands and Possessions of the Priors-Alien into the Kings hand to be possest by him his heirs and successors for ever Which his son viz. King H. 6. being a pious Prince considering and no whit inclining to convert that to Lay-uses which had been formerly dedicated to Gods service as may sufficiently appear by his endowment of the Colledges in Cambridge and Eton with a great part of those lands and disposing of the rest to other Religious Houses not onely remitted to the said Monks of Wytham all the arrears of that annuall Rent reserved to the Crown for this and the other Mannours they so settled but without reservation of any further payment at all granted them to that Mâ—nastery of Wytham to hold and enjoy till he should make a revocation of his Patent And in 19. of his reâ—gn by his Patent dated at Westminster 28. Nov. wherein he recited his former grant out of a most devout affection to the said House of Wytham as being the first of that strict and holy Rule that had been founded in this Kingdom and to the intent that the Monks there serving God should more especially pray for the sâ—uls of his Royall Progenitors as also for his own sâ—ul after his departure out of this life gave unto them and their successors this Mannour of Warmington with that of Toftes and some other to hold and enjoy for ever in pure Almes But that Patent being judg'd invalid after Edward 4. had got the Crown the said Monks of Wytham obtained a new grant of them which bears date at Westminster 20. Iulii in the first year of his reign and held it accordingly till the generall dissolution of the Religious Houses by K.H. 8. whereupon coming to the Crown it was 27. Ian. 35. H. 8. granted unto William Sheldon and Francis Sheldon gentlemen and their heirs but how or when it past from these Sheldons I have not seen nor any more thereof than that in 5 E. 6. Sir Iohn Brown Knight had a License to grant it unto William Byâ—t and others The Church dedicated to S. Michael in anno 1291. 19 E. 1. was valued at xii marks and a half and in 26 H. 8. at xvi li. iii s. x d. Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. Procurator Abb. Conv. de Pratellis Magr. Will. de Bockstones Subdiac 15. Cal. Oct. 1311. Procurator Abb. Conv. de Pratellis Magr. Thomas de Multon Cler. 9. Cal. Apr. 1331. Edw. Rex Angl. ratione Priorat de Warminton in manu sua exist Ioh. de Uppynham Cler. 13. Cal. Iulii 1349. Edw. Rex Angl. ratione Priorat de Warminton in manu sua exist Ioh. de Penerwich 15. Cal. Aug. 1350. Procurator Abb. C. de Pratellis Ioh. Careswell Pbr. 2. Non. Ian. 1361. Procurator Abb. C. de Pratellis Ioh. Bosevill Pbr. 4. Non. Aug. 1364. D. Rex ratione ut supra Ioh. Leech Pbr. 9. Cal. Dec. 1373. D. Rex ratione ut supra Thom. de Pennerudok Aâ—coliâ—us 14. Cal. Maii. 1376. D. Thom. Erpyngham miles Râ—b Lymbourne Cap. 7. Aug. 1404. Prior Conv. de Wytham Ric. Nayler Pbr. 13. Oct. 1429. Prior Conv. de Wytham D. Will. Hull Cap. 12. Iunii 1432. Prior Conv. de Wytham Ioh. Reedhull 10. Ian. 1440. D. Rex D. Sim. Pope Cap. 10. Maii. 1543. Iohan. Crocker de Hoke-Norton in Com. Oxon. ar Ioh. Hawle 10. Sept. 1554. Ric. Petipher de Radway ex conâ—â—ss Ric. Cowper de Warmington Anth. Petipher Cler. fil dicti Rich. 10. ` Dec. 1602. Guliel Hall Edw. Wotton Ric. Wotton in art Magr. 6. Febr. 1628. Arlescote THis little Hamlet standing under Edg-Hill somewhat near the elbow where it turns westwards was in the Conquerors dayes possest by the Earl of Mellent being given unto him with other vast lands in this County by King William upon sharing the Realm amongst his Noâ—mans and at the time of the generall Survey contained five hides and three virgates which five hides were then certified to belong unto the Monks of Preaux in Normandy and valued at 3 li. having been the freehold of one Bovi in Edward the Confessors dayes but the three virgates were then in the hands of the Earl himself and valued at ii s. In that Record it is written Orlavescote which name proceeded as I guess from some antient dweller there in the Danes or Saxons time Here it is that I have resolved to say someâ—hing Historically of the before recited Earl of Mellent in regard that by his pious gift of the 〈◊〉 part of this village to the said Monks of Preaux and his great possessions in this Shire he deserves to be signally memorized He was the son to Roger de Bellomont a person of great esteem with King William the first when he was but Duke of Normandy being one of his prime Councellers by Aâ—elina daughter of Wallâ—ran and sister to Hugh Earl of Mellent after tâ—e death of which Hugh without issue hâ—â— â—bâ—ained the Castle of Mellent from the King of France for a summe of money and succeeded him in the title of Earl Of his speciall valour in that famous Battail with Duke William whereby he got the Crown of England hearken to what Guil. Pictavensis saith Tyro quidam Normannus Rogerii de Bellomonte filius Hugonis de Mellento Comitis ex Adelina sorore nepos haeres praelium illo die primùm experiens egit quod aeternandum esset laude cum legione quam in dextro cornu duxit irruens ac sternens magna cum audatia No mervail therefore then that besides his inheritance in Normandy he obtained
have pasturing for viii Oxen and two Kine amongst his own Oxen and Kine and likewise for fifty sheep with their lambs and for his Horse It being then also determined that some one of the Inhabitants of Walton in the name of the rest should every year upon the Feast day of St. Peter and Paul offer vi d. upon the Altar of the Church of Wellesburne by way of recognition of their Parochiall subjection And as touching the sepulture of their dead it was concluded that the Inhabitants of this place might take their choice whether to be buried in the Church-yard of Wellesburne or in the Chapel-yard here And lastly that the said Will. D'aiville should yearly give vi d. and his Tenants i. d. for every yard land they held towards the repair of this Chapell This Rectory for so doth my authority call it was in 26 H. 8. rated at v l. Patroni Cantariae Capellae sive vicariae Incumbentes c. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Walt. de Mutton 4 Non. Nov. 1292. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth D. Sim. de Walton Cap. prid Id. Ian. 1322. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Rob. de Banburi Cap. 28. Maii 1339. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. Ennoke Pbr. 10. Apr. 1370. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Oliverus Clede Pbr. 24. Ian. 1373. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Rob. Barleston penult Apr. 1374. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. Lythorne Pbr. 20. Dec. 1374. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Thomas Croppecol 18. Oct. 1378. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth D. Ioh. Withy Pbr. 20 Dec. 1389. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth D. Ric. Geffen Cap. 1 Ian. 1400. Iacobus Rex Angl. c. Magr. Will. Warde Cler. 20. Febr. 1618. D. Episcopus Ioh. Bursey Cler. 21. Ian. 1624. Walton-Mauduit AS Walton D'Eivill hath no distinction in the Conq â—s Survey by any additionall name neither hath this but is there certified to contain x hides having two Mills rated at xii s. and Woods of 4 furlongs in length and two in breadth all valued at x l. and then in the possession of the Earl of Mellent Howbeit in H. 1. time it was called Walton-Spilebert perhaps from one of that name that then held it at which time Roger Earl of Warwick possest it through some agreement made by Henry de Newburgh his Father with that Earl as I have often intimated But upon an Accord betwixt Godfrey de Luâ—â— Bishop of Winchester and VValleran E. of Warwick made in 2 Ioh. it was assigned by the said Earl to that Bishop to hâ—ld during the life of Maud Countess of Warwick Widow to Earl William in lieu of the Mannor of Cnoel in Wilts of her dowrie which the Bishop should have had in present possession And afterwards given by that Earl unto Alice his onely Daughter by his last wife as her Marriage portion and confirmed by K. Iohn which Alice being wedded to VVill. Mauduit of Hanslape in Buckinghamshire as in my story of the Earls is shewed who in that Rebellion with the Barons of 17. Ioh. forfeited all it was given away by the K. together with his Castle of Hanslape and all his other lands first to Falkesius de Breant but within six weeks after to Robert de Mara to hold during pleasure Yet was it not long that the said VVill. continued so dispossest thereof for in 1 H. 3. upon returning to his allegiance he had all his lands restord to him again and left issue VVâ—lliam â— who through his Mothers interest became Earl of Warwick and for eight hundred marks sterling sold this Mannour to Sim. de VVauton Bishop of Norwich reserving to himself and his heirs the service of the xxth part of a Kts. â—ee which Bishop shortly after past away the inheritance of it by deed to Iohn de VVauton his son and to his heirs reserving to himself and his heirs a pound of Cumln to be payd yearly at the Feast of St. Mich. and the said service of the xx part a Kts. fee to the chief Lord. Which Ioh. in 4 E. 1. had a Court Leet with Assize of Bread and Beer therein but departing this life shortly after left it to Maud his Daughter and heir which Maud in 7 E. 1. being in Ward to Godfrey Giffard Bishop of UUorcester was certified to be owner thereof then holding it of the Earl of UUarwick by the xx part of a Kts. fee having two Water-mils and one Wind-mill here as also two Carucats of land in demesn and divers Tenants who besides severall Rents they payd performed sundry services as mowing making and carrying Hay Reaping and binding Corn with the like for which they had at reaping time 52 Gallons of Beer and iiii s. iii d. in money by custome But after this it came to the family of Strange as UUalton D'Eivill did and so from Strange to Mordant Sir Charles Mordant being now possest thereof Long-Compton HAving now done with UUellesburne Parish out of which this Brook that hath been my guide for a while passeth into Barlichway-Hundred where it immediatly meeteth with Avon I must now ascend to the head of Stoure in the Southern nook of this Hundred in following of which stream with the branches that belong thereto I shall view the rest of those towns therein whereof I am to discourse The utmost place whose bounds extend to the Western bank of this torrent is Long-Compton lying in a deep valley whence it had originally its name In the Conq rs time Goisfridus de Mannevile being possest of this place it was certified to contain xxx hides the Woods extending to two furlongs in length and as much in breadth having a Mill rated at x s. there being then also a Church all which were valued at xxxl and before the Norman invasion possest by Asgar Sâ—alre In whose line it continued for divers descents But after the death of Will sirnamed Mandevile the last Earl of Essex of that name Maud his Sister and heir had the Honour of Essex with this Mannour and other lands of her said Brother's inheritance being first marryed to Henry de Bohun created E. of Hereford 28 Apr. 1 Ioh. and afterwards to Roger de Antessera or D'antsey which Roger and Maud in 13 H. 3. past away the one moytie of this Lordship together with the Mannour House unto Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent and the other excepting the Mannour House to Will. Mareschall Earl of Penbroke After whose death in 15. H. 3. Richard Marshall his Brother and successor in that Earldom giving security to the K. for his Loyalty had livery thereof but discontents shortly after arising betwixt the K. and him he got unto Ireland and there raysing a flame of Rebellion was wounded and taken Prisoner of which hurts he dyed It should seem that the said Richard past
for in 4. 5. Ph. M. S â— Thomas Pope K t had a grant thereof Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. Patroni Vicariae Abbas Conv. de Walden Ioh. de Dersete Pbr. 9. Cal. Iulii 1289. Abbas Conv. de Walden D. Will. Hankyn 6. Cal. Maii 1319. Abbas Conv. de Walden Will. le Fullare Pbr. 28 Maii 1339. Abbas Conv. de Walden Will. in le Lane Pbr. 19. Feb. 1361. Abbas Conv. de Walden Ioh. Baynton 9. Iunii 1389. Abbas Conv. de Walden Ioh. Aldestre penult Martii 1390. Abbas Conv. de Walden Edw. Normanton Pbr. 11 Iunii 1406. Abbas Conv. de Walden Will. Gilbert penult Maii 1430. Abbas Conv. de Walden D. Will. Whithmale Pbr. 8. Maii 1455. Abbas Conv. de Walden Ioh. Toly Cap. 10. Maii 1465. Abbas Conv. de Walden D. Ioh. Mason Cap. 4. Iunii 1485. Abbas Conv. de Walden D. Richard Mason Pbr. 8. Dec. 1504. Praepos c. Colleg. Reg. de Eton. Egid. Cartwright Cler. 8. Aug. 1571. Praepos c. Colleg. Reg. de Eton. Ioh. Ivie Cler. 12. Nov. 1573. Praepos c. Colleg. Reg. de Eton. Will. Scooler Cler. 21 Martii 1577. Weston juxta Chiriton THat this was originally a member of Long Compton I have in my discourse of that place already intimatedâ— From Marshall Earl of Pembroke it came to Raph Pipard and from him to one Iohn de Weston soe called frâ—m his residence here as I guesse which Iohn in 7 E. 1. held it of the said Raph by the fourteenth part of a Knights Fee having then two carucates of land in demesn as also one Water mill with certain Tenants holding 8 yard land of him by several services as plowing sowing reaping making malt and the like but with his said Tenants made two appearances yearly at the Court Leet of the said Raph. at Compton paying iiiâ— to him at the Feast of S t Martin and iiid at Warth which Iohn de Weston in 27 E. 1. entailed this Mannour after his own decease upon Iohn de Broughton and Kath. his wife and the heirs of the said Iohn de Broughton whereupon the said Iohn within two years following obtain'd a Charter of Free-warren to himselfe and his heirs in all his demesn â—ands at Broughton near Banbury in Oxfordshire as also here and other places in this County Howbeit after this till E. 3. time I find no farther mention thereof worthy the notice but then was it setled upon Raph Earl Stafford and Will. de Peito for their two lives and afterwards upon S r Iohn de Peito Kt. son of the said Will. and Alianore his wife and Iohn the son of the said Iohn and Alianore and the heirs male of his body and for want of such issue on Hugh the son of the said Earl and the heirs male of his body by Philippae his wife with remainder to the right heirs of the said Will. de Peito as appeareth by a certain Feoffment bearing date here at Weston on the Munday next after the Feast of S t Thomas the Apostle the same year Whâ—ch Will. de Peito was justled out of it as by hâ—s Petition to King Ric. 2. appeareth the substance whereof I have here added viz. that one Walter de Chiriton being indebted to Kâ—ng E. 3. command was given unto one Rich. de Foxton then Eschaetor to enquire of what lands or Tenements he was seized of in the xx xxii and xxiiith years of his reign and afterwards in respect that he the said Walter had been a Fermour to the King and never accounted Whereupon by the corrupt procurement and abetting of Alice Perers who had been concubine to King Edw. then wâ—fe of S â— Will. Windsor Knight and for her behoofe it was falsly certified by the Enquest that the same VValter had an estate in Fee simple of this Mannour whâ—ch the said VVill. de Peito then held who upon the return of the Inquisition into the Chancery traversed the same shewing by good evidence that the said VValter had no right therein farther than for the life of Iohn de Segrave of Folkestane which Iohn had granted the reversion thereof to certain persons whose estate in Fee simple the said Will had obtaâ—ned Whereupon another Inquis was made but through the unjust procurement of the saâ—d Alice and the menaces made to the Jury by S â— Baldw. Frevill and S â— Thomas de Morehalle they durst not give any other Verdict than what had been before and that by this means â—t being seised into the Kâ—ngs hands was granted by him to Rob. Broune of Warwick Stewaâ—d to the said Alice and to one Iohn Vincent of London to her use who held it accordingly at the tâ—me of the said Petâ—tâ—on exhibâ—ted Whereupon the King referred the examination of the matter to S r Iohn Knyvet to make report but it seems there was nothing done therein to the advantage of the saâ—d VVill. de Peito for upon the attainder of the before specifyed Alice it being seized into the Kings hands the custody thereof was committed to S â— Iohn VVorth Knight and shortly after the inheritance of it given by the said Kâ—ng to the before specified S â— VVill. VVindsor Whâ—ch Sâ— VVill. past it into the hands of S â— VVill. de Beauchamp S r Hugh Segrave S r VVill. Cossington Knights and others and their heirs who granted their râ—ght therein to S t VVill. Murrers Knight and Christian his wife and the heâ—rs of their two bodyes lawfully begotten to hold untill such time as the debt due to the Kâ—ng by VValt de Chiriton formerly mentioned should be fully satisfyed Whâ—ch S â— VVill. Murrers and Christian past over their estate therein to Iohn Carpe and Raph Kâ—steven to enjoy accordingly till the said debt should be satisfied who upon the grant made by VVill. de Chiriton son and heir of the same VValter to the said S â— VVill. Murrers and his heirs of all his right therein by their deed bearing date at London 20 Iunii 8. R. 2. quitted their â—nterest â—n the reversion thereof unto the saâ—d S â— VVill. and his heirs Howbeit after thâ—s I find that Thomas Moubray D. of Norff. had an interest herein though by what means I know not but by one Inquis taken after his death in 22 R. 2. it appears that he granted it to the above specified S â— VVill. Morers Knight and Christian his wife to hold during their lives and by another that he past it to Ric. de Burgh Esq to hold likewise during his life And it was also found that he dyed seized of two parts thereof which two parts thereupon coming to the Crown by reason of the minority of Iohn Moubray brother and heir of Thomas Earl Marshall were in 11 H. 4. assigned to him by the King towards his maintenance
leaving Sir Iohn de Meaux Knight her son and heir then xl years of age Which Sir Iohn sold the same before the 38 of E. 3. to Nich. Fililode and Will. Fililode his brother passing it by the name of the moitye of the Mannour of Shrevesie Nich. having but an estate for life and the inheritance to Will The custody of which moitye was in 6 R. 2. committed by the King to Iohn Horewode one of the Grooms of his Chamber in respect that Iohn Fililode heir to the said W. was under age which Iohn dyed seized thereof 1 H. 4. leaving Giles Fililode his Uncle his next heir who departed this life in 2 H. 6. Katherine the widow of Iohn Blike being found his sister heir To whom succeeded Ric. Blike her son and heir who had livery thereof in 4 H. 6. and to him Richard and to Ric. Humfrey But the last of the Blikes that had to do here was Iohn Blike Gentleman who sold all his interest to Iohn Oldnale in 4 E. 6. by the name of one mess. CC. acres of land xl acres of meadow C. acres of pasture x. acres of wood and lxxx acres of Heath and Furs part thereof lying in Pinley all which in 4 Eliz. the said Iohn Oldnale conveyed to Thomas and Clement Walford But besides this moytie and the other which so came to the coheirs of Philip de Gayton 't is certain that the Lucies of Cherlecote had a Mannour here for in 16 E. 3. the Lady Eliz. the widow of Sir Will. de Lucy Knight had a grant thereof together with the Mannour of Cherlecote made by Sir Will. de Lucy Knight son to the said Sir Will. to hold during her life in consideration whereof she released her interest in other lands which she had right to have held And it is plain by sundry Records that the posterity of the said Sir Will. Lucy possest it till H. 7. time but how much longer I find not Beausale THis is also in the parish of Hatton and by the Conquerors Survey certified to contain half a hide being at that time possest by Odo Bishop of Baieur the Kings half brother but then held of him by one Wadardus and under him by Geroldus the woods containing two furlongs and the whole valued at xx s. In that Record it is written Beoshelle But very shortly after this it came to the hands of Hugo fil Ricardi also Lord of Hatton as hath been shewed and so by Margerie his grandchild and heir to Osbert de Clinton which Osbert had issue Osbert and he Thomas by whom the inheritance thereof was given together with Hatton to Iames de Clinton his younger son Whether this grant to Iames proved invalid or that he quitted his title therein to Iohn his elder brother's son I know not but certain it is that the said I. pass'd it with Hatton unto W. de Beauchamp E. of Warw. and his heirs And for the better strengthening of their title did Maud Countess of Warwick after the death of the said Earl her husband purchase from Sir Hamon le Strange Knight all his right therein which Hamon had a grant thereof from Sâ—r Thomas de Clinton above specified but I suppose it to have been only as a trust for it continued with Hatton to the succeeding Earls of Warwick as by several instances I could manifest Within the precincts of this Lordship there was antiently a Chapell dedicated to S. Iohn the Evang and endowed with Glebe and Tithes by Margerie de Clinton wife to Osbert de Clinton above specified as is exactly exprest in a special grant made by her thereto and confirmed by Ioh. de Abetoth her 2 husband Amongst the particulars whereof are mentioned the Tithe of the Foul caught in the Park and of the Fishes in the Pool there as also of the Venison viz a shoulder of each with the Tithe of the paunage and pasturage in the same for six beasts seven Hogs one Sow a Mare and Cole with two loads of wood at Christmasse yearly All which were antiently given and united to the Collegiate Church of our Lady in Warwick as it seems after the Mannour of Beausale was so possest by the Earls of Warwick as abovesaid For at the death of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick who dyed towards the later end of E. 3. time and in R. 2. time did the Canons of that Church enjoy them But this is now included within Wedgnok Park and was of later time called by the name of Cuckow-Church whereof in my discourse of Wedgnock I have alreade spoke Haseley NExt unto Hafton on the other side of that rivulet which cometh fromwards .... standeth Haseley which in the Conquerors time was possest by Hasculf Musard but of him held by Hunfridus progenitor to the Family of Hastang as in Lemington-Hastang appeareth and then certified to contain 3. hides and half a virgate of land there being a Church as also a Mill rated at iiii s. and the woods belonging thereto extending to a mile in length and two furlongs in breadth all valued at xxx s. having been the Freehold of Azur before the Norman Invasion But it continued not long in the Family of Hastang for Aytrope Hastang granchild to the before specified Hunfredus in consideration of lxxx marks of silver sold it to Will Turpin a gentleman of the Kings Bedchamber reserving from the said W. and his heirs to him the said Aytrop and his heirs the like service as was due by him to his Lord for the same viz. the half and the tenth part of a K t s Fee By which grant the said Aitrop also covenanted that every of the heirs to the said W. Turpin should be quit of their Relief for one Besantine From this W. Turpin was it soon after conveyed to Rog. the son of Thurstane de Cherlecote and his heirs By which grant it appeareth that the Knights service due in respect thereof was as much as belong'd to two hides whereof five made the service of one Knights Fee And for the better confirmation thereof did Osbert Turpin brother to the same Will levy a Fine unto Thomas de Cherlecote son to the above mentioned Roger in 7 H. 3. Of which branch of Cherlecote's Family residing here at Haseley and assuming it for their sirname as I shall shew anon I must not omit to mention what I have met with in an historicall way the descent being placed in Cherlecote In 12. H. 3. the King remitted to Thomas de Cherlecote the Scutage then due from him viz. for half a Knights Fee and a fourth part where he is called Thomas de Cherlecote Vadletus Magistri Stephani de Lucy which shewes he was Lucie's servant though in what capacity is hard to say And in 20 H. 3. accepted of 5 marks instead of xx which were due from him unto the Exchequer for
brother to the before mentioned Raph had therein excepting one hide given to Margaret her mother in marriage which was of the Abbot of Evesham's fee in consideration of which grant and quit claim the same H. de Bereford covenanted to maintain her with all necessaries during her life and to take care of Will her son and Felicia her daughter that they should be disposed of in a convenient fashion Upon the death of which Henry without issue all that he had here descended to Henry de Nasford son of his sister Dionysia which in 36 H. 3. was certified to be held of the Earls of Warwick by the service of half a Kts. Fee Howbeit the posterity of Nasford enjoy'd it not long for it is evident that the Hospitalars became possest thereof shortly after and in 31 H. 3. obtained 2 messuages 10 acres of land and one acre of meadow from one Thomas de Salopesbiri and Idonea his wife so that in 9 E. 2. they were certified to be sole Lords of this Grafton and to hold it of the Earl of Warwick by the service of one Knights Fee But as all the rest of their possessions came to the Crown by that grand dissolution in 30 H. 8. so did this and was shortly after purchased from the K. Will. Sheldon Esq and Iohn Draper by the name of the Mannour of Temple-Grafton with the Rectory and advouson of the Vicaridge It should seeme that upon partition of the lands past in that Pat. to the said W. Sheldon and I. Draper for much more in this and other Counties is thereby granted this Mannour was allotted to Draper for I find that the said I. Draper disposed thereof to Rob. Draper a younger son and of the Rectory with the advouson of the Vicaridge to his son Richard which Richard departing this life 2 Apr. 8. Eliz. left Anne the wife of Will. Kempson and Isabell the wife of Ric. Gennens his sisters and heirs but of the Mannour did Rob. Draper dye seized 13 Iunii 5 Eliz. leaving Will. his son and heir two years of age and upwards which VVill. married Margaret the daughter of Anthony Sheldon of Broadway in Com VVigorn and having no issue by her setled it upon Brace Sheldon second son of VVill. eldest brother to her the said Margaret whose son and heir now enjoys it Of the Church dedicated to S. Andrew I do not find any valuation in an 1291 19 E. 1. but upon collection of the Nones of Sheaf Wooll and Lamb in 14 E. 3. it was rated at vi li xiii s iiii d and in 26 H. 8. certified to be appropriate to the Hospitalars who it seems found some Stipendiary to serve the Cure unto whom there was no certain allowance assigned Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes c. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia Thomas de Dunington Cap. 4. Non. Maii 1321. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia VValt de Allesle Pbr. 14 Maii 1339. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia D. Henr. de Lighthurne 21 Iulii 1340. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia Ioh. Miles Pbr. 26 Aug. 1361. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia Rob. Hunte Pbr. 8. Aug. 1361. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia Thomas Saunders Pbr. 3 Oct. 1363. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia VVill. Foules Pbr. 15 Dec. 1363. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia D. Ric. Swift Cap. 15 Oct. 1414. Prior Hosp. S. Ioh. Ierusalem in Anglia Ioh. Fysher Cap. 2 Iulii 1420. D. Episc. per lapsum VVill. Clopton Art Magr. 7 Iunii an 1458. Iac. Rex Angl. per lapsum Edw. Lewes Cler. 15 Oct. 1608. Iac. Rex Angl. per lapsum VVill. Pace Cler. 1 Febr. 1611. Arden's Grafton THis hath been antiently called Little-Grafton as I shall shew by and by yet in the Conquerors time not distinguisht by any additionall name but then certified to contain 3 hides and one virgate of land which were valued at xxx s and possest by Will. fil Corbucionis of whom Leuric and Eileva then held it whose freehold it had been in Edw. the Confessor's dayes After which viz. in H. 2. time Raph de Grafton enjoy'd it as it seems for it appears that Margar. de Grafton neice and heir to the said Raph sold 3 hides lying in this place for they are said to be de feodo Petri de Stodelei to Will. de Arden in th x th year of K. Iohn's reign whose posterity continuing Lords thereof gave occasion that it was called Arden's Grafton which W. de Arden in 52 H. 3. was certified to â—old it of the Earl of Warwick by the service of half a Kts. fee to whose widow sc. Agatha it was assigned in dower in 4 E. 1. the extent thereof being thus recorded viz. a Mannour House with a garden Clx acres of land and pasture four yard land held in Villenage â—ach yard land yeilding x s per an and the Rent of xii d and a pound of pepper from the Freeholders By the same extent it also appeareth that one Alanus de Grafton then held 1. yard land in this Village reckoned for the 5 th part of a Kts. fee and lyable to forrein service upon occasion But it seems that this Hamlet came to the hands of K. Edw. 1. and probably at that time when Knoll and other lands in this County were by a kind of exchange past unto him from one of Arden's heirs for in 20 E. 1. the same King gave it therewith to the Monks of Westminster for the celebration of Q. Alianor's Anniversary as in Knoll is manifested to whom it continued till the general dissolution by K. H. 8. and was then purchased from the Crown by Will. Sheldon Esq and Iohn Draper together with Temple Grafton the possession whereof for ought I know to the contrary it hath ever since accompanied In this Village had the Monks of Evesham a portion of land granted to them by Wegeat one of our reputed Earls of Warwick before the Norman Conquest which was confirm'd to them by Ufa his successor about the year of Christ 964 And in 6 E. 6. did one Roger Swift die seized of a certain capitall mess. lying in this Hamlet called Allen's land whereunto belonged 500 acres of land 300 acres of Meadow 40 acres of Pasture 20 acres of wood and 200 acres of Heath and Furs leaving Frances Swift daughter of his son Edw. his cosyn and heir which Frances when the Inquis after his death was taken was 8 years of age and afterwards became the wife of Edw. Kempson Gent. second son to Will. Kempson of Temple Grafton and had issue George Kempson Hillborough THis having been antiently given to the Monks of Evesham together with Grafton as I have there observed but wrested from them in the Saxons time was soon
certain things to be performed by Iohn Copley his nephew gave it to him the said Iohn and the heirs male of his body Marclive THis place taking its name from the Marly-Cliff or descent which we see on the Southern side of Avon was at first a member of Bidford and therewith past from Baldwin Wake and the before specified Hawisia to Rob. Burnell Bishop of Bathe and Wells in 8 E. 1. but then was it written only Clive and in 9 E. 2. as a Hamlet of Bidford was held by Aliva Burnell in dower It seems that much of it was sold long since by the Burnells to ordinary persons which may well be the cause that there is so little notice taken thereof in Record for I find that in 29 E. 3. Walt. Lenche father of Ioh. Lenche then living had purchased two messuages 1 yard land 1 acre of meadow and xxv s. yearly Rent lying in this place of Alice the widow of Edward Burnell and Nich. Burnell her husband's nephew of some part whereof Iohn Rous of Ragley dyed seized in 20 R. 2. But in 16 H. 7 Will. Harewell of Wotton-Wawen dyed seized of the whole Mannour Bickmersh THis Village is in the Parish of Welford in Gloucestershire but by antient depopulation much shrunk from what it heretofore was Part hereof did K. Edgar in the year of Christ 967 grant to Brithnothus his servant for life which Brithnothus transmitted his right therein to the Monastery of Worcester with his son whom he thither sent to live a religious life In that grant of King Edgar it is written Bicamnersce but it seems that afterwards the Church of Worcester became possest of the whole Village for it appears that Edwin brother to Earl Leofrick in Edw. the Confessor's time unjustly seized upon it yet did not long enjoy the fruits of his rapine being ignominiously slain by Griffin King of the Britans whereupon Wulstan the then Prior hoping to regain it went to Alritune and required the lands belonging to his Monastery but all that he could get was only the meadow lying at Marclive the rest being never restored In the Conquerors Survey it is recorded under the title of Elemosinae Regis and written Bichemerse being there certified to contain 5 hides which were then valued at C s. and held of the K. by one Eddid a woman who was also owner thereof in Edward the Confessors dayes After which till the beginning of King Iohn's time I have not seen any further mention of this place but then doth it appear that Robert Foliot was Lord of it and in minority who in 14 H. 3. had a suit with the Parson of Welneford for the Advouson of the Chapell here at Bikemers-Foliot for so it is written claimed by the said Parson as a Chapell belonging to Welneford in which pleading the Composition under the seal of the said Robert was produced manifesting that the Tithes with the parochiall rights of the Court id est the Mannour house did belong to the said mother-Church of Welneford In 20 H. 3. upon collection of the Aid for marriage of the King's sister to the Rom. Emperour it answered for one Knights Fee being there certified under the Fees of Hugh de Albini and expressed to be held of him by Corbeth But in â—6 H. 3. it is recorded to be of the Earl of Gloucester his Fee and then held by Rob. Foliot What right it was that Corbet had here I know not but it seems that he did not quietly enjoy it for first I find that in 32 H. 3. Roesia Foliot brought an Assize of Novell disseisin against Will. Corbet for lands here and in 45 H. 3. Ioan Foliot an Assize of Mort d'ancester against him for this Mannour which Will. Corbet was of Chadsley-Corbet in Worcestersh I am of opinion that this Ioane Foliot was daughter and heire to the before specified Robert and married to Ric. de Williamescote for by a pleading in 52 H. 3. I find that the said Richard and Ioan his wife had to do here and in 4 E. 1. the said Ric. was presented for withdrawing his suit due to the Hundred Court for this Village To which Richard succeeded Henry de Willemscote that sold this Mannour to Iohn de Bloxam in 35 E. 1. Who in 18 E. 2. past it away to Will. de Bereford which Will. died seized of it in 20 E. 2. Whereupon it was inter alia assigned to Margaret his widow in dower In the family of Bereford whereof I shall speak in Langley it continued for some descents S r Baldw. de Bereford Knight grandchild to the beforespecified Will. having Free-warren granted to him in all his demesn lands here But it seems that this S r Baldw. having no issue male of his body the reversion thereof after the decease of Eliz. his wife was setled upon Thomas the son of Philip St. Clere for upon her death in 1 H. 6. the said Thomas was found to be next heir thereto though what relation he had to him in blood I am not very certain which Thomas in 13 H. 6. dyed seized of it leaving Eliz. Alianore and Edith his daughters and heirs Eliz. being afterwards married to Will. Lovell Alianore to Iohn Gage and Edith to Ric. Harecourt Esquiers But farther as to its succession can I say no more than that it was about the beginning of Q. Eliz. time purchased by the Lady S. Iohn widow to S r Edw. Griffin of Dingley Atturney Generall to Q. Eliz. for S r Ries Griffin her son by the said Sir Edward which Sir Ries left issue Edward his son and heir now owner thereof It should seem that a good proportion of this Hamlet was antiently belonging to the family of Morehall of Morehall juxta Wicksford for in 20 E. 3. Amicia de Morehall with VVill. de Audley were certified to answer for one Knights Fee here held of VVill. Corbet and by him of the Honour of Gloucester â— and so divolving to Clopton as the Mannour of Morehall did was past therewith by S r VVill. Clopton Kt. to Thomas Crewe Esq for life After which Sir Iohn Burgh Kt. held it for life as Tenant by the Curtesie of England being of the inheritance of Ioane his wife daughter and coheir to the said VVill. Clopton which Ioane had likewise severall daughters and heirs as in Morehall is shewed amongst whom this with the rest of her lands wâ—re divided The Chapell here is very antient having been founded by Will. Foliot in H. 2. dayes to whom succeeded Robert before mentioned About the beginning of K. Iohn's time there was one R. Foliot Parson here betwixt whom and the Monks of Tewksbury there growing some dispute as to the right of the Tithes g arising out of the Court or Mannour House an Agreement was made and confirmed by Malgerius then Bishop of
a special exemption from that voyage In 20 E. 3. he was again appointed one of the Commissioners in this County for arraying of Clx. Archers for the Wars of France as also assigned one of the Collectors of a xv th and x th then granted in Parliament for the Kings service and bore for his Armes Sable a Cheveron betwixt 3. Leopards heads jesant flower de luces Argent which coat was assumed by him or his Ancestors for their relation to Cantilupe in the tenure of this Mannour without doubt To this Sir Iohn Hubaud succeeded Iohn his son and heir of whom all that I find memorable is that in 29 E. 3. he was one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parliament then held at Westminster And to him Thomas a Commissioner in 2 R. 2. for assessing and collecting of a Subsidy in this County then granted to the King in Parliament which Thomas had issue Richard Hubaud Esquier who is ranked amongst those persons of chief note in this Shire that in 12 H. 6. Made Oath for observance of certain Articles concluded on in the Parliament then holden and bore for his Armes the three Leopards heads without a Cheveron with a labell of 3. points in cheif But after him I have not seen any thing very memorable of this family relating to their publique imployments untill Queen Eliz. time that Iohn Hubaud Esquier a person highly favoured by Robert Earl of Leicester who bore so mighty a sway in those days was by him in 14. of the said Queens reign pro bono consilio favore fideli amicitia multipliciter impenso impendendo as are the words of his Charter constituted Constable of Kenilworth Castle and cheif Steward of all his Mannours and lands lying in this Countie as also in the Counties of Salop Worcester and Montgomerie and cheif Ranger of all his Forests Parks and Chases within those Lordships having the Fee of x li. per annum granted unto him during life for that service The Church dedicated to S. Peter was in anno 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at xii marks so also in 14 E. 3. but in 26 H. 8. at xii li. at which time the Procurations and Synodalls were ix s. v d. ob Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. Dominus Ioh. Hubaud miles Ioh. Geraud Cler. 14. Apr. 1344. ........... Leonardus .............. 1348. Thomas Hebald Dominus de Ippesley Gralanus le Wolf Cler. .... Ian. 1386. Ric. Hubaude ar Thomas Chaturley Cap. 16. Ian. 1410. Ric. Hubaude ar D. Ric. Swyfte Cap. 5. Iunii 1420. Thomas Hubaude ar D. Will. Halford Cap. 28 Martii 1480. Ric. Hubaudar Magr. Hugo Livesay in jure Canon Bac. 2. Nov. 1482. Ric. Hubaudar D. Nich. Hubaud Cap. 21. Maii 1493. Ioh. Hubaud ar Will. Hubaud Accol 19. Maii 1529. Ioh. Hubaud ar Ric. Sherwyne Pbr. 20. Dec. 1558. Ioh. Hubaud miles Will. Bourne Cler. 2. Dec. 1572. Rad. Hubaud ar Clem. Lewes Cler. 22. Feb. 1583. Eliz. Angl. Regina per lapsum Henr. Daniell Cler. 13. Aug. 1588. Rad. Hubaud art Gabrael Cliff Cler. 11. Martii 1588. Anna Hubaud Vidua Ioh. Warmstry Cler. in art Magr. 26. Aug. 1615. In the body of the Church towards the North side is there a raised Monument but of a much meaner structure than either of those in the Chancell which are represented on the last page for it is onely of plaine stone-work with an Alabaster cover whereon is the portraiture of a man and woman graved and this Epitaph on the Verge Here lyeth the bodies of Nicholas Hubaud esquier and Dorothye his Wife the which Nicholas deceassed the second day of May in the yere of our Lord M Dliii and the said Dorothy deceassed the xvi â— day of May in the yeare of our Lord M Dlviii Upon whose soules God have mercy Amen In the East window of the North I le Sable 3. Leopards heads jesant flowers de lis Argent Hubaud Gules a Lyon rampant Argent crowned Or. Musard In the North window of the Chancell this coat Sable a Cheveron betwixt three Leopards heads jesant flowers de lis Argent Hubaud Studley DEscending lower on the same side of Arrow I come to Studley within which Parish these places of note are situate scil Mapleborow Skilts Holt and Padhougre In the Conquerors time the greatest part thereof viz. four hides in which also stood the Church and a Mill was possest by Will. fil Corbucionis whereunto belonged a Furnace yeilding annually xix Horse-loads of Salt and woods extending to one mile in length and half as much in breadth All which were then estimated at C s. having been the freehold of Swain before the Norman Invasion But the other part which in Edward the Confessors days belong'd to Godric and at that time to Will. Buenvasleth containing onely one hide besides the woods that were three furlongs in length and two in breadth and valued therewith at x s. was held of him by one William Of the before specified Will. fil Corbucion I find that he was a man of eminent note in this County having lands in Ilmindon Kineton Sekindon Wishaw Hodenhull Honingham Weston Coundon Barcheston Mapleborough Eccleshall Grafton Binton Bereford Wolverton Bearley and here at Studley where he or some of his descendants had a Castle as by the ruines thereof is evident and thereat their principall seat though they had likewise fair possessions in Berks. and Staffordshire I am of opinion that this William was Shiriff of this County for some part of William the Conquerors reign for upon that confirmation to the Monks of Worcester of Alveston in this County and the Mâ—ll at Salewarp in Worcestershire originally given to them by S. Wolstan the said King directed his speciall Precept unto Henry Earl of Warwick Vrso de Abetot and this Will. sil Câ—rbucion for their quiet enjoyment of those places which Urso was then Shiriff of Worcestershire as elswhere I have manifested To the said William succeeded Robert Corbusceon who in H. 1. time upon the Dedication of the Church of Eccleshale gave certain Glebe thereto And next unto him Peter his brother as I guesse who in some authorities is written Petrus filius Willielmi and in others Pâ—trus Corbezon as also Petrus de Stodley which Peter was a witness to severall Charters of Margaret Countesse of Warwick and of Earl Roger her son and in 12 H. 2. held ten Knights fees and a fourth part of William Earl of Warwick de veterifcoffamento whence I conclude that whatsoever William his grandfather did possesse in the Conquerors time upon erection of Henry de Novo-Burgo to the Earldom of Warwick the same was given to that Earl and that he newly enfeoft the said Peter thereof but it seems he kept them not long for I find that he passed them back to Earl Waleran brother to the said
King H. 2. H. 3. and Edw. 3. do manifest as also by a Bull of Pope Gregory the ix bearing date 7. Kal. Martii Anno 1228. 12 H. 3. whereby likewise they had a speciall immunity from payment of Tithes for any of their lands which they did or should hold in their own occupation Nor may I omit to take notice that the Lady Eva de Cantilupe widow to the last William gave unto them lands lying within her Mannour of Lodeswell in Devonshire of C s. per annum value with the homage and services of sundry Freeholders there as also an yearly Rent of xx s. per annum issuing out of the said Mannour payable at the Feasts of S. Michael and th' Annunciation of our Lady by equall portions But notwithstanding that grant of the Church of Aston-Cantilupe so made by the said William de Cantilupe as aforesaid some advantage was afterwards taken to the legality thereof insomuch as Queen Elianore who had the wardship of Iohn de Hastings one of the heirs to George de Cantilupe in 4 E. 1. recovered the Advouson thereof in his right Howbeit in the end the said Canons obtained it by an exchange for certain lands lying within the precincts of Aston-Cantilupe which they past to the said Iohn de Hastings about the 24. of E. 1. in lieu thereof And yet I do not perceive that they enjoy'd it long for plain it is by what I have elsewhere shewed that the Canons of Maxstoke in this County had it even till the dissolution of that Monastery And being thus inricht with such fair and ample possessions as by what hath been said appeareth they began to rebuild their Church as may seem from the Dedication thereof by Iohn de Monemuth Bishop of Landaff then Suffragan to Renaud Bryan Bishop of Worcester 3. Non. Iunii anno 1308. 1 E. 2. But after the male line of Cantilupe was so extinguisht as abovesaid the Patronage of this Monastery upon partition betwixt the Coheirs resorted to William la Zouche of Haringworth unto whom one of them was wedded Which William in 20 E. 3. became also a Benefactor thereto giving one mess. 4. acres of land with 51 s. rent lying in Stodley and Mertone within this County From whâ—ch time till the dissolution thereof I find nothing else given thereto other than the free Chapell of S. Mary Magdalen at Sponne neer Coventre with the lands thereto belonging by King Edw. 4. in 14. of his reign to pray for the good estate of him and his Queen as also of Edward Prince of Wales his eldest son and for their souls after their departure out of this world together with the soul of Richard Duke of Yorke his late father and all his Ancestors Upon the Survey taken in 26 H. 8. the yearly revenue belonging to this Religious House over and above all Reprizes was certified to be Cxxv l. iv s. viii d. ob Amongst which deductions I find xlvi s. viii d. yearly Rent payable to the Parson of Strensham in Com. Wigorn. to be distributed in Almes and to defray the charges of the Obit annually kept there for the Lady Elizabeth Russell one of the Benefactors to this Monastery For the Obit of Iohn Basset another of the said Benefactors yearly vi s. viii d. For the Obit of William de Cantilupe xiv s. viii d. To be distributed in Almes to poor people yearly within the Parish of Studley by the appointment of Peter Corbicon the Founder vii s. viii d. To poor people every Maunday Thursday by direction of the said Founder v s. vii d. And to poor people upon every Good Friday by the same appointment v s. So that the totall value thereof being certified under CC li. per annum it was rank't amongst the lesser Houses and suppressed by Act of Parliament in 27. H. 8. Iohn Yardley the then Prior having an annuity of xv li. per annum assigned unto him by Patent in 28 H. 8. for his life After which it continued not long in the Crown for in 30 H. 8. Sir Edmund Knightley Sergeant at Law had a grant of the site thereof together with the Mannour of Studley thereto belonging and some other lands to hold in Capite by the tenth part of a Knights fee paying viii li. xi s. ii d. yearly into the Exchequer in the name of a Tenth Which Sir Edmund departing this life ff 2. Sept. 34 H. 8. left the five daughters of his brother Richard Knightley of Upton in Com. Northampton Esquier his cousins and heirs viz. Ioane the wife of Iohn Knotsford Sergeant at Armes Anne marryed to George Throkmortan Esquire Mary to Barth Hussey with Susan and Frances then unmarried Betwixt whom it came to be divided as by the distinct parts which these sisters had therein doth appear Whereof the site of the Monastery fell to Knotsford being possest by his descendants at this day Priores de Studley Electi per Conventum Fromundus temp Regis Steph. Electi per Conventum Rogerus temp H. 3. Electi per Conventum Frater Ioh. le Souche 10 Iulii 1338. Electi per Conventum Ioh. de Gorcote Electi per Conventum Ioh. de Evesham Canon 9. Ian. 1371. Electi per Conventum Rob. Wynby Canon 27. Sept. 1431. Electi per Conventum Thomas Bedull temp H. 6. Electi per Conventum D. Ric. Wode Canon 8. Martii 1454. Electi per Conventum Ioh. Yardly 26 H. 8. Mapleborough THis with the greatest part of Studley being possest by Will. fil Corbucionis in the Conquerors time and of him held by one Goisfridus did then contain onely one hide besides the woods of one furlong in length and as much in breadth all valued at xv s. having been the inheritance of one Leviet before the Norman Invasion But after this I do not find that it retained the name of a Village for the next notice that I have taken thereof is in 19 R. 2. where mention is made of it as a part of Stodley Thomas Midlemore of Edgbaston being them certified to hold two mess. 400. acres of land 60. acres of Meadow and xxviii s. Rent of Assize therein Which lands in 10 H. 6. were found to be in the possession of Iohn Midlemore of Edgbeston before specified Esquier and held by the fourth part of a Knights fee being in the Record called the Mannour of Stodley and to this day enjoyed by his posterity lying contiguous to that large piece of wast called Mapleboroughgreen which is the only place that now retaineth any thing of that antient name but was heretofore called the Hay-wood as may seem by the endorsement upon that deed of Peter the son of Will. Corbucion of Studley to the Freeholders there in 13 E. 2. confirming the grant of Peter his Ancestor made in 2 Ioh. for Common of Pasture in that place as in Studley I have
Fee in this place before mentioned of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and departed this life in 10 E. 2. leaving William his son and heir which William had divers notable imployments in this County for a great part of Edward 3. raign In 19. he was one of the Commissioners appointed about the arraying of Archers for the French Wars In 20 22 23 and 26 E. 3. for levying and collecting the Fifteenths and Tenths then granted to the King in the Parliaments of those years In 29 31 and 33. E. 3. for conservation of the Peace and taking care that the Statute of Labourers should be duly put in execution and bore for his Armes Sable a Cheveron Argent betwixt 3. Cressants Or. Which William left issue Guy de la Spine who being a Knight in 11 R. 2. served as one of the Kts for this Shire in these severall Parliaments of that King's time viz. in that of 11. R. 2. held at Westminstet in 12. at Cambridge in 14. and 15. at Westminster In which 15. year he was constituted one of the Commissioners in this County for arraying of men in 21. Eschaetor for this County and Leicestershire being at that time of the Earl of Warwick's retinue and in 22 R. 2. Receiver generall unto Thomas Holland D. of Surrey who then had the Earldom of Warwick in his hands as I have elsewhere shewed In 1 H. 4. upon that great change notwithstanding the relation that he had to the Duke of Surry he was made Eschaetor for Warwick and Leicestershires So also the same year and in 4 H. 4. a Commissioner for arraying of men in this County and left issue two daughters his heirs viz. Alice wedded unto William Tracy of Todington in Gloucestershire Esquire and Alianore to Iohn the son of Thomas Throkmorton Esquire by which marriage this Lordship of Coughton coming to the line of Throkmorton hath continued therein to this day Will. de Cocton Ranulphus de Cocton 12. H. 2. Simon de Cocton 1. Ioh. Sibilla Sim. de Cocton miles 5. H. 3. Constantia filia Will. de Parco Cecilia ux Ioh. de la Mare Iohanna 8. E. 1. Will. de Spineto 8. E. 1. Rog. de Spineto 17. E. 1. Will. de Spineto 21. E. 1. Nich. de Spineto 23. E. 3. Will. de Spineto 11. E. 2. Guido de la Spine miles 11. R. 2. Alicia una filiarum cohaer ux Will. Tracy Ioh. Tracy 27. H. 6. Alianora altera filiarum cohaer Ioh. fil Thomae Throkmorton obiit 23. H. 6. Ioh. Throkmorton duxit Isab. fil haeredâ— Edw. Brugges ar 16. H. 6. Thomas Throkmorton ar obiit 12. E. 4. Eliz. Abbatissa de Denny 10. H. 8. Willielmus utriusque juris Doctor 10. H. 8. Ric. 10. H. 8. Rob. Throkmorton mil. obiit in Itin. Hierosol 11. H. 8. Cath. filia Will. Marrow Aldermanni Civ Lond. Geoâ—gius Throkmorton miles obiit 1. M. Cath. filia Nich. Baronis Vaulx Rob. Throkmorton miles duxit Murielam fil Tho. Bar. Berkley Thomas Throkmorton plenae aet 23. Eliz. Margar. fil haeres Will. Whorwood Attorn gen Regi H. 8. Ioh. Throkmorton obiit vivo patre Agnes filia Thomae Wilford de ...... in Com. Essex iae ar Dorothea filia Franc. Fortescu eq aur ux 1. Rob. Throkmorton Bar. obiit anno 1650. Maria filia Franc. Smith de Wotton-wawen eq aur ux 2. Clemens Throkmorton de Haseley Kenelmus Anthonius Nich. Throkmorton miles Arth. Throkmorton de Paulers Pery in Com. Northampt miles Ioh. Throkmorton Iustic Cestr. Franciscus Throkmorton attinctus temp Reginae Eliz. Michael Throkmorton servus Reginaldo Poole Cardinali obiit 1. Nov. 5. 6. Ph. Mariae sepultus Mantuae Franciscus Touching the antiquity of this family whose originall Seat was at Throkmorton in the Parish of Fladbury Com. Wigorn. of which place they first assumed their sirname much might be said were it proper for this discourse but foras much as I am by my proposed method to speak historically only of such as having been Lords of any particular Mannour in this County had for the most part or sometimes at least there seats here I must in order thereto begin with the before mentioned Iohn son of Thomas from whom I have deduced this descent whereunto are also added the lines of Cocton and Spine of whose families I have already spoke That the relation which Thomas Throkmorton had unto the Earles of Warwick was not only the introduction of Iohn his son to their service whereof I shall speak by and by but a principall help to his obtaining the daughter and coheir of Spine in marriage is not improbable For of him I find that having been of the retinue to Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick in 20 R. 2. as also Eschaetor for the County of Worcester in 3 H. 4. in those dayes an Office of great account and trust he was Constable of Elmeley Castle in 6 H. 4. And of Iohn concerning whom I am now about to speak that he was imployed in the service of Earl Richard his son at Caen in Normandy in 5 H. 5. and being brought up to the study of the Lawes was afterwards of his Counsell In 4 H. 6. this Iohn was a Comissioner with sundry other persons of eminency for proposing a Loan of money from the Ks. subjects in this Shire and in 9 H. 6. one of the generall Atturnies constituted by the said Earl for managing all his affaires during his abode beyond Sea being the same year retained of his Counsail for life and an annuity of xx marks per an granted to him for that service In 12 H. 6. he was constituted a Commissioner for conservation of the peace in this County and in 17 H. 6. one of the Executors to the before specified Earl upon whose death which hapned the same year he was joined in authority with Richard Duke of Yorke Richard Earl of Salisbury and sundry other persons of quality for the custody of all the Castles Lordships c. belonging to the said Earl during the minority of Henry his son and heir In 17 H. 7. I find him again in Commission for the peace in this County And having been one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer to the said K. H. 6. for which respect he had the title of Under Treasurer of England by his Testament bearing date at London 12. Apr. 23 H. 6. bequeathed his body to be buried in the Parish Church of S. Iohn Baptist at Fladbury before mentioned appointing that his Executors should provide a marble stone of such largenesse that it might as well cover the graves of his father and mother as his own with his wife 's in case she should determine to
nuper ux T. Holt ar D. Thomas Byrde Cler. 25. Maii 1552. Ambr. Cave miles ratione dotis Margeriae ux suae nuper ux T. Holt ar Laur. Blakeway 30. Maii 1561. Thomas Holt de Dudston miles Ioh. Machon Cler. 1. Martii 1603. Thomas Holt de Dudston miles Ric. Dickleg Cler. 1. Maii 1611. Thomas Holt miles bar Ioh. Grent art Magr. 12. Dec. 1621. Erdington's Chantrie IN 27 H. 6. Sir Thomas Erdington Knight founded a Chantrie in this Church for one Priest to celebrate divine service daily at the Altar of the blessed Virgin perpetually for the good estate of King Henry the sixt and of him the said Sir Thomas and Ioyce his wife during their lives in this world and for the health of their soules as also the souls of their Progenitors Parents and Benefactors and all the faithfull deceased The revevenues whereof in 26 H. 8. were certified to be vii li. xix s. ob over and above iii s. iv d. for the Anniversarie of the Founder and xvi s. ob in Rents to the Lord of the Fee Howbeit in 37 H. 8. considering an Annuitie of xl s. granted out of the lands belonging thereto unto Iohn Throkmorton gentleman for life the cleer yearly value amounted to no more than vi li. But after the generall dissolution of the Chantries this with the lands belonging to it was by Letters Patent bearing date 9. Sept. 2 E. 6. inter alia granted to Ric. Pallady gentleman and Francis Foxall Citizen and Mercer of London and their heirs and the next year following another Patent thereof made to Thomas Hawkyns alis Fysher of Warwick and his heirs In the utmost window on the South side towards the West of those that perteine to the body of the Church is this inscription Orate pro bono statu fratrum de Bromwich qui hanc fenestram fieri fecerunt In the next window is this coat of Armes viz. Argent a Cheveron gules between 3. lozâ—nges sable And under it the portraiture of a man kneeling in a surcoat of the same Armes with 4. sonns behind him over whose heads is this in a scroule Mater Dei memento mei Behind them is the portraiture of a woman in a scarlet gown with 4. daughters having a scroule over her head in which is written Fili Dei miserere mei And under them all this Inscriptoin Orate pro bono statu Roberti Massey Elisabethe vxoris sue In the fourth window on the same South side is this coat viz. Argent a Lyon rampant sable Stapleton empaling Massy and under it the following Inscription Orate pro bono statu Roberti Massey Elizabethe ejus vx qui hanc fenestram fieri fecerunt In one of the like windows on the North side are the portraitures of the same Walter Ardern and Alianore his wife kneeling whose monument is in the Chancell and in the same surcoats of Armes as thereupon are exprest Over his head is this scroule Iesu Fili Dei miserere met Over hers Mater Dei memento mei And under them both this written Orate pro bono statu Walteri Arderne armigeri Elianore vxoris ejus On a stone fixed in the North Wall of the Chancell is this Inscription Henry Williams Vicar once of this Church and Parson of Aberfro in Anglicey lyeth here under who died Anno 1603. Febr. 14. Quod sibi quisque serit praesentis tempore vitae Hoc sibi messis erit cum dicitur Ite Venite On another stone in the same Wall Memoriae Sacrum Pientissimi atque optimi juvenis Olliphi Boys ex antiquâ generosa Boysiorum in Cantio stirpe oriundi patre Antonio Boys verbi divini Ministro apud Cullesden in Surria nati in celeberrima Wichamicorum societate Wintoniae primùm deiâ— Oxoniae educati bonis literis egregiè instructi gradu Magisterii in artibus ornati sacrisque ordinibus initiati Qui cum una altera Concione ad populum habitâ magnam apud omnes spem sui expectationem fecissit gravissimis calculi doloribus interceptus ac demum oppressus hic apud affines suos expiravit die 5. Augusti An. D. 1630. aetatis suae 31. Monumentum hoc Dorothea Gilmin mater amantissima L. M. Q. Posuit On the same side of this Chancell there is a very noble Monument for Sir Edward Devereux Kt. and Baronet grandfather to the now Vicount Hereford erected by his Lady who survived him the Figure whereof I have here omitted for the reasons exprest in my Preface but have added the Epitaph Here lyeth Sir Edward Devereux of Castle-Bromwich Knight and Baronet youngest son of Walter Lord Ferrers of Chartley and Viscount Hereford by Margaret his second wife daughter of Robert Garnish of Kenton Hall in Com. Suff. Esquire who married Katherine eldest daughter of Edward Arden of Park-Hall Esquire by whom he had issue five sons and four daughters Sir Walter Knight and Baronet William George Edward and Henry Margaret Anne Howard and Grace Sir Walter married Eliz. daughter and heir of Robert Bayspoole of Aldeby in Com. Norff. Esquire who died without issue Secondly he married Elizabeth second daughter of Thomas Knightley of Broughall in Com. Staff Esquire brother to Sir Richard Knightly of Fausley in Com. Northampt. Kt. George married Blanch daughter and heire of Iohn Ridge in Com. Salop. gent. Henry married Barbara daughter and heir of Robert Smallbrook of Yardley Gent. William and Edward died unmarried Margaret married Sir Hugh Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Com. Staff Kt. Anne married Robert Leighton of Wattelsborow in Com. Salop. Esquire Howard married Thomas son and heir of Sir Thomas Dilke of Maxstoke Castle in Com. Warr. Esquire Grace the youngest Which Sir Edward died the 22 th of Sept. An. D. 1622. Here lieth Lady Katherine wife to Sir Edward Devereux who died the second of November 1627. To whose memorie Sir George Devereux her second son caused this part of this Monument to be erected according to her command Nechells OF this place there is no mention at all in the Conqueror's Survey forasmuch as it was theâ—â—â—voâ—ved with Aston but the name thereof scil Nechels or Echels for it is indifferently 〈◊〉 discovereth it to have been a Wood at first Echel signifying the same in the German language whereof our 〈◊〉 is a branch as Quercus in the Latine I am of opinion that one of the old Barons of Dudley granted it originally unto one of the Family of Parles together with Hanneworth now called Hansworth in Com. Staff For I find that Osbert de Paâ—les had a Bastard son called Reynald de Asseles on whom he conferred the inheritance of all his lands here in Assells or Nechels Osbertus de Parles Reginaldus de Asseles nothus Simon de Asseles Aliva obiit s. prole Rob. de â—andsacre miles ... Agnes Alicia Georgius de Castello mil. Will. de Castello Matilda Georgius de Castello Margeria Which Reynald had issue Simon
the Conqueror's Survey and was soon after granted by the then possessor of Dudley-Castle unto the Ancestor of Henry de Rokeby to hold by the fift part of a Knight's fee as the Confirmation thereof made unto the same Henry and his heirs by Gervase Paganell Lord of Dudley in H. 2. time doth manifest wherein it is written Saluthley From which Henry descended Ranulph de Rokeby whose daughter and heir Annabill marryed unto Sir Iohn Goband Knight as in Rokeby appeareth whereby the inheritance hereof came to the same Sir Iohn Goband who in 16 E. 2. was certified to hold it of Iohn de Someri Baron of Dudley then newly deceased by the said service of the fift part of a Knight's Fee Which Sir Iohn Goband and Aâ—nabill in 5 E. 3. granted it unto Walter de Clâ—dshale and Richard his son to hold during the lives of them the said Walter and Richard for the Rent of x li. per annum sterling but afterwards to returne unto the said Sir Iohn and Annabil and the heirs of Annabill Of this Annabill I find that surviving her said husband and afterwards being wedded to Iohn Brown of Burbach in Com. Leic. she past away the inheritance thereof to the before specified Walter and Richard de Clodshale in 17 E. 3. For the better confirmation of which title Iohn the son and heir to the above mentioned Sir Iohn Goband and Annabill released unto them the said Walter and Richard and the heirs of Richard all the right and claim that he could pretend thereto as by the same bearing date at Bermingham in 20 E. 3. sealed with his Armes viz. Gules two barrs Or with 3. Besants in Chief appeareth Which Walter de Clodshale and his descendants in the male line so long as it continued had their seat here and increasing their estate by the marriage of severall heirs were reckoned amongst the Gentlemen of the superior rank in this Countie Agnes 5 E. 2. Walt. de Clodshale 5 E. 2. Alicia filia haeres Rog. de Bishopesden 19 E. 3. Râ—c de Clodshale 24 E. 3. Iohanna relâ—cta Roberti de Ribsford Ioh. de Clodshale 47 E. 3. Beatrix soror haeres Will. Golofre 47 E. 3. Ric. Clodshale 3 H. 5. Isabella filia haeres Ric. de Edgbaston relicta Thomae Midlemore Eliz. filia haeres uxor Roberti Ardern de Park-Hall ar 4 H. 6. But from what originall his Ancestors were other than Townsmen of Bermingham wherein they had lands of good worth as by a multitude of antient Deeds appeareth I cannot expresse Of which lands out of the good affection by him born to that place in 3 E. 3. he obtained License from Sir William de Burmingham then Lord of Burmingham of whom they were held to amortize four Messuages and xx acres as also a Rent of xviii d. for the foundation of a Chantrie at the Altar of the blessed Virgin in the Church of S. Martin there in Bermingham for one Priest to celebrate divine Service daily thereat for the souls of him the said Walter and Agnes his wife their Ancestors and successors with all the faithfull deceased Of the same Walter and Richard his son I further find that being by the Commissioners of Array in this Countie 21 E. 3. charged with two Archers they were abated one of them paying xl s. for the expences of that one as also that the said Richard for the health of his soul and the soul of Alice his wife about the same time added five Messuages x. acres of land and x s. Rent to the Chantrie before specified and moreover that in 32 E. 3. he payd a Fine of x li. for his Pardon in respect he came not in to receive the Order of Knighthood upon Proclamation made that all such as were possest of lands or Rents of the value of xl s. should appear for that purpose And likewise that in 34 E. 3. he was in Commission for the assessing and collecting of a xv th and Tenth then granted to the King in Parliament and the same year had a speciall License granted to him from Robert de Stretton then Bishop of Coventre and Lichfield dated 3. Cal. Ian. for an Oratorie or Chapell in his House here at Saltley and lastly that he bore for his Armes ...... per pale indented with certain Martlets in the place of a borborder on the dexter part of his shield as appears by his Seal which doubtlesse was in reference to the tenure of his antient lands from the Berminghams whose coat it did so nearly resemble But the last of the male line that had to do here was Richard grandchild to the said Ric. who in 4 H. 4. had the title of Esquire for so he writes himself in a Bond for payment of 500 li. to William de Bermingham Esquire Betwixt this Richard and the same William de Bermingham was there a suit at Law touching the advouson of the Chantrie before specified founded by Walter de Clodhale his Ancestor in the Church of Bermingham in which suit he prevailed and accordingly presented thereto in 5 H. 4. In 7 H. 4. he was one of those gentlemen of note in this Countie Arma portantibus de Armis antiquis as the words of the Writ are who had summons to attend the King in their proper persons for defence of the Realm and in 4 H. 6. underwent the office of Shiriff for this Countie and Leicestershire By his Testament bearing date at Egebaston 7 Maii Anno 1428. 6 H. 6. he bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Church of Bermingham within his own proper Chapell of our Lady constituting the Duke of Bedford whom he there termes his honourable Lord one of his Executors and departed this life the same year as appears by the Probate thereof The Armes which this Richard bore did much differ from his Grandfathers being two Barrs nebulè betwixt six Estoiles as his Seal manifesteth which coat I believe he assumed for the allusion that it hath to his name scil the representation of Clouds to Clodshale for it was a common usage in antient time where they could hit upon any thing that sounded neer or like to the name to bear it in their Armes as by a multitude of instances might be demonstrated But dying without issue male Elizabeth his daughter became heir to this Mannour as also to that of Pebmore in Com. Wigorn. and other lands who being wedded to Robert Ardern of Park-Hall Esquire brought them to that Family wherein they continue till this present Anno scil 1640. Ward end alias Little Bromwich THis place heretofore called Little-Bromwich was at first either a member of Castle-Bromwich or of Aston which contained both But the antientest mention I finde of it is in 13 E. 1. where it appears that one Iohn de Bradewell had a suit for lands therein with Walter de Eylesbury Steward to
not for taking part with Thomas Earl of Lancaster in 15 E. 2. he was beheaded at Yorke after which it became soon disposed of by the King together with Creke in Com. Northampt. unto Elianore the wife of Hugh le Despenser the younger to hold during her life to the use and behoof of Gilbert le Despenser son to the said Hugh which I suppose she held accordingly during the remainder of the said King's reign and no longer as may seem by an Inquis then taken and a confirmation made the year following by Iohn de Moubray son and heir to the last mentioned Iohn unto Sir Richard Pesehale Knight of the third part thereof together with the advouson of the Church which Aliva de Moubray mother of the said Iohn of whose dowrie it was had granted to him the said Richard to hold during life But besides this third part it seems that the said Sir Richard obtained an estate in the rest to hold likewise during his own life for in 16 E. 3. when William de Clinton then Earl of Huntendon had began the Foundation of Maxstoke Priorie having a minde to endow it with lands and possessions situate convenient thereto it appears that after he had agreed with the Lord Moubray to have this Lordship in Exchange for the Mannour of Hinton in Cambridgeshire he gave unto the said Sir Richard in lieu of his terme in this the inheritance of the Mannour of Gudlesdon juxta Colshill with leave to take down a new House which he had built here at Shustoke and to remove it whither he should think fit as also all such timber as was then fallen by the said Richard in the Park here at Shustoke and libertie to cut down in the said Park six more Oaks for Timber and six for Fewell the same grant bearing date 5 Ian. 16. E. 3. After which scil the morrow following Ascension day the said Lord Moubray granted the same with the advouson of the Church unto that Earl and his heirs for ever Whereupon he accordingly by his Deed dated the Saturday before the Translation of S t Thomas the Martyr setled it upon the Canons of Maxstoke and their successors who the next year following for their better conveniencie past it away unto Iohn de Clinton nephew to the before specified Earl in exchange for that part of Maxstoke which was afterwards and still is called the Priorie-Lordship Aâ—l which being thus performed the same Iohn de Clinton immediately granted it unto the said Earl his uncle to hold during life who being so seized thereof procured a Charter bearing date 20. Ian. the year ensuing that himself for his life and his said nephew and his heirs for ever should have a Court Leet within this Mannour extending likewise into the Hamlets of Bentley and Blithe within the same Parish together with Assize of Bread and Beer Pillorie Tumbrell as also the Liberties of Infangthef and Outfangthef Gallows and Weyfs rendring for the same to the said King his Heirs and Successors xviii d. yearly by the hands of the Shiriff in augmentation of the ferme of the Countie By which Charter there was farther granted to the said Earl as also to his nephew and his heirs Free warren in all his demesn lands within the precincts aforesaid Upon whose death in 28 E. 3. his said nephew Sir Iohn de Clinton had liverie thereof From whom descended Iohn Lord Clinton and Say whose lands were seized on in 38 H. 6. for adhering to the House of Yorke at which time this Lordship inter alia was given by the King to Sir Edmund Mountfort Knight one of his Kervers in consideration of his faithfull service against the said King's enemies but the deposall and ruine of King Henry hapned so soon after as that the Lord Clinton was not long out of possession thereof in whose line it continued till 31 H. 8. that Edward Lord Clinton and Say sold it unto Iames Leveson of Wolverhampton Esquire a rich Merchant of the Staple as by his Deed bearing date 6. Febr. the same year appeareth Which Iames gave it in marriage in 36 H. 8. unto Walter the son and heir of Sir Edward Aston of Ticksall in Com. Staff Knight whose grandson Sir Walter Aston Knight of the Bathe being plunged into vast debts by supporting himself in that Embassie of Spaine towards the later end of King Iames his time first sold the greatest part of the Fermes to the severall Tenants and soon after the Mannour it self unto Sir George Devereux of Sheldon Knight the now owner thereof The Church dedicated to S. Cuthbert was in anno 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at x. marks and the advouson thereof in 17 E. 3. given by William de Clinton Earl of Huntingdon together with the Mannour unto the Priorie of Maxstoke then newly by him founded whereupon soon ensued its appropriation scil 4. Id. Iulii the same year And in 26 H. 8. the Vicaridge was valued at Cvii s. over and above ix s. vi d. allowed for Procurations and Synodalls Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. D. Rad. fil Nicholai ex conces D. Regis ratione custodiae haeredis D. Will. de Eseby Rad. le Breton Cler. post mortem Gilb. de Camvile ult Rectoris an 1250. D. Ioh. de Moubray miles Ioh. de Acom Pbr. 3. Id. Oct. 1336. post mortem Ric. de Colshull ult Rectoris Patroni Vicariae Incumbentes Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Will. Edithe Cap. Cal. Martii 1343. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Rob. le Spicer Cap. 4. Cal. Martii 1349. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Will. Edithe Cap. 12. Cal. Aug. 1353. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Ric. de Linley Pbr. 7. Id. Martii 1365. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Ioh. Kytewyld Pbr. 21. Dec. 1390. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Ric. Bishop Pbr. 24. Aug. 1398. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Ioh. Pryce Diac. 21. Sept. 1425. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Will. Orme Pbr. 5. Martii 1456. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Ric. Eliot Cap. 18. Iunii 1494. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Thomas Perkins Pbr. 20. Oct. 1500. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke Henr. Sutton Cap. penult Iulii 1501. Prior Conv. de Maxstoke D. Ioh. Robynson Cap. 7. Apr. 1536. D. Edw. 6. Rex Angliae D. Rad. Pykering 13. Febr. 1547. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Nich. Haighe Cler. 9. Maii 1562. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Georgius Mutley Cler. 2. Oct. 1576. D. Eliz. Angl. Regina Ric. Warde Cler. 29. Oct. 1594. Iac. Rex Angl. c. Iosepâ—â—s Harison Cler. ..... 1605. Carolus Rex Angl. c. Ioh. Warde in art Magr. 18. Maii 1632. The present fabrick of this Church was erected in King Edw. 2. time as is evident by the picture of Richard de Coâ—â—ull the last Rector which stood within these few years in a South
line of which William it continued not more then two descents after but by an Heir female divolved to Robert de Witteny of Witteny in Hereford-shire as the Pedegree in Newbold-Revel sheweth from whom Sir Robert Whitney of the same place and County Knight now Lord of this Mannour is descended The Church dedicated to the Assumption of our Lady being antiently a Prebend of the Castle at Leicester but afterwards granted to the Abby there was appropriated by Geffry Muschamp Bishop of Cou. and Lich in K. Iohn's time And in Anno 1291. 19. E. 1. valued at xxv marks the Vicaridge being then rated at v. This is commonly called Pope Nicholas his taxation In the 26. of H. 8. the Vicaridge was valued at viii l. xx d. the Procurations antiently payd to the Bishop of Coventre and Lich. out of this Rectory being v. s. vi d. The Originall ground of which payment arose by reason of the damage that the Bishop and his Successours were like to sustein after such appropriation made because the Parson was to give entertainment to the Bishop when he came to visit forasmuch as the Bishop might visit ecclesiatim that is every particular Church if he pleased so that there was good cause that he should upon the appropriation pro indempnitate sua successorum suorum reserve something to be paid in regard they must travail at their own charge Now that the word procuratio imports matter of Dyet I could shew many pregnant instances but I will make short and exhibite these for all Anno 1290. Memorand quod die Mercurii in festo S. Lucae Evang. Dominus Episcopus caepit procurationem suam in cibis potibus apud Bordesleg pernoctavit ibidem Gauf de Clintona omnibus c. Sciatis me concessisse in Elemosinam Ecclesiam S. Marie de Chening Canonicis ejusdem terram de Wridefen quam dederam Rad sororio c. Pro hac concessione debent ipsi Canonici eidem Rad. procurationem quamdiu vixerit c. So that here you see that whereas the word procuratio doth simply signify procurement which is for another to do that which the party himself ought whereupon the word Procurator in the Civill Law imports as much as an Attourney in the sense of the common Law so is it in this case strained by the same reason to express Dyet or enterteinment which another takes charge of to ease the party himself on whose care it must otherwise rest Now for the term of Appropriation because I would once for all make it clear to every ordinary capacity it commeth from the French word approprier id est aptare vel accommodare and properly signifies in our Law as Dr. Cowell in his Interpreter observes a severing of a Benefice Ecclesiasticall which originally and in nature is juris divini in patrimonio nullius to the proper and perpetuall use of some Religious-House or the like for without the consent of the Bishop no Religious Orders could receive any Appropriations or Tithes as by a decree in the Lateran-Councell Anno 1180. was ordeined Ecclesias decimas are the words de manu laicorum sine consensu Episcoporum tam illos that is Templars and Hospitalars against whom the Provision was chiefly made quam quoscunque alios Religiosos recipere prohibemus which was confirmed in the Generall Councell of Lateran under Innocent the 3. Anno 1215. Patroni vicariae Incumbentes tempora instit Abbas Conu Leic. D. Nich. de Bredon Capell xvi kl Nov. an 1315. Abbas Conu Leic. Symon Prior Pbr. x. kl Apr. an 1327. Abbas Conu Leic. Ioh. de Oneley Pbr. xii kl Ian. an 1353. Abbas Conu Leic. Ioh. Malesours ix Apr. an 1372. Abbas Conu Leic. Ioh. de Addestoke Pbr. ii non Oct. an 1375. Abbas Conu Leic. Will. Pynke xxvi Apr. an 1392. Abbas Conu Leic. Ioh. de Wendlyburgh cap. ult Febr. an 1406. Abbas Conu Leic. Alex. Sherman cap. xxvii Apr. an 1416. Abbas Conu Leic. Rob. Dent. cap. ii Martii an 1418. Abbas Conu Leic. Will. Thurston Pbr. xix Dec. an 1424. Abbas Conu Leic. Ioh. Thornton Pbr. v. Sept. an 1438. Abbas Conu Leic. Rad. Bradshaw Pbr. 1. Oct. an 1446. Abbas Conu Leic. Galfridus Clark Pbr. xxii Aug. an 1448. Abbas Conu Leic. D. Wills Chaundeler Abbas Conu Leic. D. Ric. Cowper cap. xv Nov. an 1536. Thomas Shuckborough gen Edm. Pearce cleric xix Ian. an 1576. Carolus Waterhouse Gen. Ric. Tynney cleric xxvi Oct. an 1576. Elizabetha Regina Matheus Kyng ii Martii an 1597. Will. Dilke Gen. Petrus Eccarsall Cleric 1. Apr. An. 1598. Here was a fair spire Steeple as an eminent Land-mark seen over all this part of the Countrey in regard of its height and situation of the place which in the year 1639. was pull'd down to save the costs of its repair Though Rugby was antiently as I have already shew'd a member of Clifton yet because it hath bin of long time and now is a Parish of it self I shall leave it till anon and pursuing my designed method go on with Browns-Over Neuton and Biggin which are of this Parish of Clifton on the North side of Avon And first for Browns-Over Browns-Over IN the Conq. Survey this town is written Gaura the Norman Clerks not being used to our English W. but instead thereof used a G as Gualterus for Walterus Guillelmus for Willelmus Garde for Warde and many more as might be instanced This name of Waure for so it is afterwards of a long time written as well as the two other towns of the same name of which I shall speak hereafter viz. Church-waure now Church-Over and Thester-waure now Cester-Over hath its denomination from the eminent site thereof being upon a Hill But however it is thus written the Countrey people call it Over and not Waure which signifies no less as we experimentally know then a high situation for all towns named Overton or Wauerton as I shall have occasion afterwards to instance do stand upon hilly-ground Over importing as much as supra As for the addition of the first Syllable Browns it is to distinguish it from the other neighbouring towns of the same name which was joyned therewith as 't is apparent by reason that one Bruno had his seat here in the Conq. time and held two hydes of land in this place of Geffrey Wirce a man of great note in these parts as I shall demonstrate when I come to Monkskirby In this place Earl Alberic of whom I have spoken already in Clifton held then also two hydes and a half And one Radulfus â— of whom I shall make mention in Holme and Neuton half a hyde Upon the Aide for mariage of the Kings Sister xx H. 3. there is one mark for half a Knights fee in Brunsewaure of
Newnham in this County to the Canons of Kenilworth in King H. 1. time and gave unto them certain lands in Lillington all which the said King ratifyed To the Priory of Warwick he gave the Church of Snitfeild and to the Nuns of Polesworth confirmed the grant of Oldbury which was of his Fee being bestowed on them by Walt. de Hastings and Hathâ—wis his wife Richardus Hugo fil Richardi cognominatus de Hatton Will. fil Hugonis Matilda Ric. cognom de Saunford obiit s. prole Hugo fil Willielmi 3 Ioh. obiit s. prole Hawisia de Tracy Matilda ux Steph. de Nerbon Margeria de Stivichale 36 H. 3. Ranulphus de Stivichale fil haeres Ioclinus de Stivichale Margeria ux Osberti de Clinton Osbertus de Clinton Thomas de Clinton miles Iacobus de Clinton Osbertus Iohannes de Clinton Thomas de Clinton Ioscelinus fil Hugonis But the issue male of this Family extinguishing as the Descent sheweth and this Lordship thereby coming unto daughters part thereof divolved by Margerie one of the coheirs to the Clintons but the residue the Nuns of Wroxhall and the Canons of Studley had Which part so coming to Clinton was by Sr. Thomas de Clinton Knight grandchild to the before specified Margerie given by the name of his Mannour of Hatton and Beausale unto Iames his younger son and to his heirs reserving to the said Sir Thomas and his heirs a peny to be paid yearly at Christmass for all secular service and demands whatsoever But it should seem that Iames quitted his title therein to Iohn his elder brother's son for in 13 Edw. 1. the said Iohn commenced suit against Will. de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick for the whole Mannour excepting two messuages and two yard land therein in which the said Earl claimed right by virtue of a grant from Hamon le Strange Howbeit the Earl pleading that he held but a third part thereof whereas the other chalenged the whole had by reason of that advantage the better in the suit so that the said Iohn within a short time after came to an Agreement with him and past unto him one mess. 1 Mill 27. acres of land 4 acres of meadow xl acres of wood 7 Rent and the Rent of 2 li. of pepper with two pair of Gloves price iid yearly quitting wholy also all his title and claim that he had to this Mannour To whose posterity it continued till 3 H. 7. that all the lands belonging to that great Earldome were given up to the King by Anne Countesse of Warwick as in Warwick I have more fully shewed Since which I have not seen any more thereof That which belong'd to the Nuns of Wroxhall being in E. 6. time reputed for a Mannour was then in the Kings hand In an 1291 19 E. 1 the Church dedicated to the holy Trinity was valued at five marks and had a portion of iiiiâ— issuing out of it to the Canons of Warwick but in 14 E. 3. at vi l. xiii s. iiii d. being not presentative Shrewley THis Village is in the parish of Hatton and being possest by Hugh de Grentemaisnill in the Conquerors time was then certified to contain three hides valued at xxx s. the woods thereof extending to one mile in length and half a mile in breadth all which before the Norman invasion had been the freehold of one Toli But soon after this Rob. Earl of Leic. the first of that name had it and enfeoft Ernald de Boss thereof as it seems for in a grant which the said Ernald made to the Nuns of Pinley of one carucate of land here in Sravesle for so it was then written he expresses it to be by the consent of Rob. E. of Leic. his Lord which grant the same E. for the health of his own soul and the souls of his father and mother as also of the soul of K. H. 1. confirmed The next mention I find thereof is that in 6 H. 3. Magr. Henry de Waltham had livery of those lands here together with the rest in Wileby which Will. fil Wigani his uncle held of the K. in Capite And in 33 H. 3. I find that Iohn de Screveila held a yard land in this vâ—llage of the King by Sergeantie in Capite which Iohn was Lord of the Mannour as it seems for in 13 E. 1. it appears that Fouk de Lucy had kept a Court-Leet here in prejudice of the said Iohn he holding of the King by Sergeantie and that the said Fouk had without authority erected a Gallows in this Village wherefore it was determined that the said Gallows should be pulled down and that the same Iohn might enjoy his Court-Leet again Neverthelesse upon the death of the said Fouk de Lucy in 31 E. 1. I find that he dyed seized of this Mannour and held it of Maud the daughter and heir of Iohn de Shrevele Will. de Lucy his son and heir being then 26. years of age But the said Will. enjoy'd it not accordingly for Maud the wife of Walt. de Culy whom I conclude to be her that is before exprest having license from the King in respect of the tenure in Sergeantie sold it for CC li. to Iohn de Dufford and his heirs in 1 E. 2. Which Sergeantie was to find one armed man with an Hauberk on Horsback in the Kings service for the space of xl days viz. to ride personally with the K. in his expedition for Wales Which Iohn de Dufford was a Knight in 3 E. 2. and in 6 E. 2. sold it to Philip the son of Philip de Gayton who departed this life in 9 E. 2. leaving his two sisters his heirs sc. Iuliana â— the elder wife to Sir Thomas Murdak Knight and Scolastica the younger wedded to Godfrey de Meaux being also heirs to their brother Theobald Of the moitie whereof the said Scolastica had livery in 10 E. 2. she being then a widow But all that belong'd to Iulian as I can find was but one carucate of land which eschaeted to the Crown by reason of her forfeiture in conspiring with Sir Iohn Vaux Knight to murther her husband for which she was burnt the inheritance whereof was given by the King to Henry Earl of Lanc in 23 E. 3. it then passing by the name of one messuage 26 acres of land and one roode of meadow a pasture called Berry-more and x s. iii d. ob Rent Neither did that which her sister Scolastica had here goe any longer by the name of the moitie of the Mannour for in 27 E. 3. she was found to dye seized of one messuage xx acres of land 3 acres of meadow and viii s. Rent held of the King in Capite by the eighth part of a Knights fee