assenting and Hugh his Brother being a Witness thereto Which Oliver died in his Fathers life time as it seems for certain it is That this Walter gave unto one Walter a Priest and Canon of Thurgarton half a Carucate of Land lying in Braunceston with a Toft for the health of his Soul by reason that the said Oliver had redeemed him from imprisonment and death in the Battle of Lincoln So that Iohn his other Son succeeded him in the Inheritance for in 14 Hen. 2. I find that he gave a hundred marks for Livery thereof In 22 Hen. 2. this Iohn paid twenty marks in Nottinghamshire for trespassing in the Kings Forests Also ten marks in Northamptonshire for the like transgression there In 24 Hen. 1. and in 7 Rich. 1. gave fifty marks for Livery of his Wifes Lands which lay in Nottinghamshire and Derbishire In 2 Ioh. he gave eight marks to the King that he might not be compelled to go in that expedition then made beyond Sea And lastly to the Monks of Belvoir for the good estate of himself and his wife and the health of the Souls of Walter his Father and Oliver his Brother one Carucate of Land in Graneby This Iohn by Alice his Wife the Daughter of Ralph Murdack had issue three Sons viz. Oliver William and Nicholas Which Oliver in 1 Rich. 1. paid thirty five pounds for Scutage of those Knights Fees he held in regard he was not in the expedition of Galway in Ireland This Oliver in 6 Rich. 1. was in the Kings service in Normandy and confirmed that Grant made by Walter his Grandfather unto Walter the Priest abovementioned but with condition that if he could not warrant the same that then in lieu thereof he would give to the Canons of Thurgarton five shillings Rent of Assise out of his Lordship of Braunceton or else out of Graneby Bâ—ankney or Elmton Moreover with Maud Peeche or rather Becche his Wife he gave to those Canons of Thurgarton four Bovates of Land in Boilston and died in 3 Ioh. as it seems for then did Iohn Bishop of Norwich give a Fine of four hundred marks to the King for the Wardship of his Heir and was buried in the South part of the Church in Belvoâ—r Priory Which Heir likewise called Oliver was also in minority in 13 Ioh. for then did the same Bishop of Norwich upon levying the Aid for the Scutage of Scotland answer for thirty five Knights Fees of his Inheritance But in 17 Ioh. he was not only of age but one of those that joyned with the rest of the Rebellious Barons for it appears that the King then sent his Precept to all that held by Military service of his Barony and Fee that they should answer for their Tenures to Philip Mark unto whom he had disposed the same Which Grant to Philip Mark who was then an eminent Man in Nottinghamshire King Henry the Third in the first year of His Reign confirmed But notwithstanding this Grant upon payment of a Fine for that his transgression and one hundred pound for his Relief he had Livery of all his Lands before the end of that year In 13 Hen. 3. this Oliver accounted unto the Kings Exchequer for thirty five Knights Fees upon collection of the Scutage of Kery And married Nichola Niece to Nichola de Haya a great Woman in Lincolnshire having Lands in Dudington with her In 29 Hen. 3. upon payment of the Aid for Marrying of the Kings eldest Daughter he accounted thirty six pounds for thirty five Knights Fees To this Oliver succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who upon the death of his Father in 30 Hen. 3. paying an hundred pounds for his Releif had Livery of his Inheritance And in 38 Hen. 3. accounted seventy pounds to the King for the thirty five Knights Fees he held upon levying the Aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight But in 42 Hen. 3. he was dead for then did Edmund d'Eincourt his Son and Heir answer seventy pounds for twenty five Knights Fees upon levying the Scutage of Wales Which Edmund being in that expedition made into Wales in 10 Edw. 1. had then Scutage of his Tenants In 22 Edw. 1. he was in Gascoigne in the Kings service so also in 23 Edw. 1. and 25 Edw. 1. In 31 Edw. 1. he was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 4 Edw. 2. This Edmund having had issue one only Son called Edmund and he one only Daughter Isabel considering that his Name and Arms after his death descending to her would be utterly extinguished and being cordially desirous that both his Name and Arms should after his death remain to posterity did in consideration of his own laudable services performed to King Edward the First and Edward the Second obtain a special License from King Edward the Second in the Seveâ—th year of His Reign for power to Enfeoff what person soever he pleased in all his Lordships and Lands Knights Fees with Advowsons of Churches and Abbies to have and to hold to such person and his heirs for ever of the said King and his Heirs by the services antiently due and of right accustomed and upon Seisin made thereof that those Feoffees should have power to grant all the said Lordships Lands c. back again unto him the said Edmund to hold and enjoy for term of his life with Remainder to William d'Eincourt Son to Iohn d'Eincourt and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to Iohn d'Eincourt Brother of the said William and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten with Remainder to the right Heirs of the said Edmund After which viz. in 8 Edw. 2. this Edmund had Summons to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the Feast day of the Blessed Virgin well accoutred with Horse and Arms to march into Scotland And in 9 Edw. 2. obtained a Charter from the King for a weekly Market every Tuesday at his Mannor of Blankney in Com. Linâ— And a Fair every year on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady Which Edmund being departed this life in 1 Edw. 3. William d'Eincourt in pursuance of that settlement before-mentioned had Livery of the Mannors of Blankney and Braunceston in Com. Linc. Graneby in Com. Nottingh c. excepting the Dowry of Ioane the Wife of Hammond de Masâ—y sometime Wife of Edmund the Son of Iohn d'Eincourt Cosin of the said Edmund d'Eincourt This William in 1 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 8 Edw. 3. being then of the Retinue to Eubulo le Strange as also in 9 Edw. 3. And in 12 Edw. 3. having been beyond Sea with the King and in
in order to his going to the Holy-Land with Prince Edward and in 3 Edw. 1. being then a Clerk was made Constable of the Tower of London Moreover in Anno 1283. 11 Edw. 1. being present at the Translation of Saint VVilliam Archbishop of York and at the whole charge of that great Solemnity the King Queen and many of the Nobility being also there he was then Consecrated Bishop of Durham by VVilliam VVykwane Archbishop of York in the Church of St. Peter within that City After which scil in Ann. 1294. 22 E. 1. the King discerning his great losses in Cascoigne he was sent to Rodulph King of Almaine to make a league with him and the same year upon the arrival of the Cardinals to treat of peace betwixt King Edward and the King of France he readily answered their proposals in the French Tongue Furthermore in Ann. 1296. 24 Edw. 1. King Edward entring Scotland with a powerfull Army he brought thither to him no less then five hundred Horse and a thousand Foot besides a multitude of Welch and Irish. After which the same year being sent Ambassador into that Realm he was solemnly met by the King and his Nobles and after much dispute brought them to such an Accord that they totally submitted themselves to the pleasure of King Edward Also upon that Rebellion which again broke out there the next year following at which time they used great Cruelties to the English he was again sent thither to enquire the truth and to advertise the King thereof And in 26 Edw. 1. was again sent into Scotland with certain forces at which time he assaulted the Castle of Drilton and took it And lastly in 33 Edw. 1. being with the Earl of Lincoln and some other Bishops sent to Rome to present divers vessels of pure Gold from King Edward to the Pope his Holiness taking especial notice of his courtly behavior and magnanimity of Spirit advanced him to the title of Patriarch of Hierusalem Amongst other the great works of this great Prelate he founded the Collegiate Churches of Chester and Langcester as also that Collegiate Chappel at Bishops-Aukland all in the County Palatine of Durham Moreover it is reported that no man in all the Realm except the King did equal him for Habit Behavior and military Pomp and that he was more versed in State-affairs then in Ecclesiastical duties ever assisting the King most powerfully in his Wars having sometimes in Scotland twenty six Standard-bearers and of his ordinary retinue an hundred and forty Knights so that he was thought to be rather a Temporal Prince than a Priest or Bishop and lastly that he died ... 4 Edw. 2. and was buried above the high Altar in his Cathedral of Durham being seized of the Mannor of Plesâ—ey in Com. Derb. Likewise of the Castle of Somerton in Comitat. Linc. and certain Lands in Wadingham Boyeby Marton Navenby Colteby and Basingham for terme of life by the Grant of King Edward the second Moreover that he died seized in Fee of the Mannors of Eltham and Cray in Com. Cantii and that Thomas sometime Bishop of St. Davids his Brother having been seized in Fee of two parts of the Mannor of Midhurst and of the moity of the Mannor of Fordes in Com. Suss. gave the same to him for life the remainder to Iohn the Son of Iohn de Bohun and his Heirs c. Keynes RAlph surnamed de Kaineto who came into England with William the Conqueror had issue two Sons viz. Ralph and William Of which Ralph the elder took to Wife the Daughter of Hugh Maminot and had in Frank-marriage with her by the gift of King Henry the first the Mannor of Tarent in Com. Dors. as also Cumbe and Somerford in Com. Wilts And seating himself at Tarent afterwards distinguished by the name of Tarent-Keynes became the pious Founder of the Nunneâ—y there This Ralph in 12 Hen. 2. upon assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees De Veteri Feoffamento to be in number three and those De Novo Feoffamento three and a fourth part for which in 14 Hen. 2. he answered according to the rate of a mark for each As to his Works of Piety he gave the Church of Dodford in Com. Northampt. to the Monks of Luâ—field in that County and to the Canons of Meâ—ton in Surrey the Church of Combe-Keynes and some others in the County of Dorset To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir Which William in 22 Hen. 2. paid five hundred marks to the King for trespassing in his Forests and in 23 Hen. 2. a thousand marks for Livery and a Charter for Confirmation of his Lands which the King for what respect appears not had seised into his hands In 33 Hen. 2. this William neglecting to attend the King into Ireland was upon the Assessment of the Scutage called the Scutage of Galwey then levied charged with nine pounds for nine Knights Fees But it being manifested before the Kings Justices that these were of the small Fees of Moretoigne he paid but twelve shillings six pence a Fee In 6 Rich. 1. he was with the King in his expedition into Normandy for the one half of which year he executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Dorset and Somerset so likewise for half the seventh year all the eighth year and half the nineth year To this William succeeded Ralph who adhered to the Rebellious Barons against King Iohn as it seems for in 17 Ioh. the King disposed of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Norfolk Suffolk Northampton Huntingdon Cambridge and Essex unto Imbert de Hereford so also of his Lands in Somerford in Com. Wilts to Richard de Samford Which Ralph died in 6 Hen. 3. or before leaving William his Son and Heir whose Wardship was then committed to the custody of R. Bishop of Salisbury Lettice his Widow having the Lordships of Combe and Somerford assigned for her Dowry who afterwards became the Wife of Ralph Paynell Which William in 41 Hen. 3. had amongst others Summons to be at Bristoll upon the Octaves of S. Peter well appointed with Horse and Arms and thence to march into Wales To whom succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who became of full age in 7 Edw. 1. and died in 10 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Tarent-Keynes which he held by Barony as also of the Mannor of Combe Somerford and Aston the moity of the Mannor of Chelworth and likewise of the Mannor of Dodford in Com. Northampt. leaving Robert his Son and Heir ten years of age and Hawise his Widow surviving who had the Mannor of Combe assigned
in Normandy 30 Oct. In which Grant he is called his Beloved Esquire And of the same date in consideration of the Surrender of two Annuities another Grant of the Mannor of Cotingham in Com. Ebor. for life paying xv s. yearly Rent In which Grant that Duke terms him his Beloved Counsellor By his last Will bearing date 8 Oct. Anno MCCCCLV 34 H. 6. this Leonard being then a Knight declar'd That whereas he had Enfeoffed the Right High and Mighty Prince his gracious and special Lord for so he calls him Richard Duke of York Henry Grey and others of and in the Mannors of Wystewe Flekney and Newton Harcourt with the Appurtenances in the Shire of Leicester and all other his Lands lying in the Counties of Leic. Warw. Northampt and Yorke he did in most humble wise beseech his said Lord and pray and require the said Henry Grey and the rest to make an Estate after his Decease of all those Lands situate in Burton Hastings in Com. Warw. to Alice Hastings his Wife for term of her Life the Remainder to his Right Heirs Also to his Son Richard of his Lands in Brantingthorp and Appulby with the Advowson of the Church of Brantyngthorp for term of his Life the Remainder to his Right Heirs Likewise to his Son Raphe of the Lands in Wald-Neuton in Com. Ebor. for Life with Remainder to his Right Heirs And to his Son Thomas of his Lands in Little Ashby in Com. Leic. and Drakenage in Com. Warr. for term of Life c. But all that I have else seen of him is That he left Issue by the said Alice his Wife Daughter of the Lord Camoys William his Son and Heir and Anne a Daughter married to Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth Castle in Com. Warr. Esq Which William became a Person of extraordinary Note in his days as by his eminent Imployments and singular Trusts will appear of which I shall make some brief mention in order of time In 34 H. 6. being Sheriff of the Counties of Warw. and Leic. he was made Ranger of the Chase of Were in Com. Salop. by Richard Duke of York as his Father had been And the next year following obtain'd from that great Duke in consideration of his good and faithful Service done and to be done the Grant of an Annuity of Ten pounds per Annum to the end he should serve him before all others and attend him at all times required his Allegiance to the King excepted In which Grant bearing date at the Castle of Fodringhey 23 Apr. that Duke calls him his Beloved Servant William Hastings Esq But after this erâ— long upon the death of Robert Pierpont Brother of Henry Pierpont Esq which Robert had been slain by Thomas Hastings Brother of this William and Henry Ferrers whereupon the said Thomas Henry Ferrers were question'd by the said Henry Pierpont and other of the Kindred of the same Robert this William became one of the Parties for a Reference of that Controversie to the Arbitrement of Richard Duke of York Which Duke by his Award bearing date 17 Oct. 37 H. 6. did thereupon Order and Decree That thenceforth all the Parties should keep the Peace to each other and That this William de Hastings or his Executors should pay to the said Henry Pierpont his Heirs or Executors in the Church of St. Thomas of Acres in London within one Month next after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady next ensuing Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence as also other Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence in the same Church within one Month after the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and That therewith the said Henry Pierpont should find a Priest to sing Divine Service for the Soul of the said Robert Pierpont by the space of two years next following the Feast of the Purification of our Lady next coming and likewise pay to the said Henry Pierpont his Heirs or Executors in the said Church Ten pounds on the Feast of St. Michael th' Archangel Anno 1460. or within a Month after and other Ten pounds on the Feast of St. Michael then next following Also Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence more in the Feast of St. Michael th' Archangel Anno 1462. or within a Month following in recompence of all manner of Offences and Trespasses done by them the said William Thomas and Henry Ferrers to the said Henry Pierpont his Uncle and Brethren As this William had been a trusty Servant to that Duke he approved himself no less to Edward his Son and Heir afterwards King by the Name of Edward the Fourth in whose Esteem he stood so high that in the first year of his Reign sundry Persons of Honour taking notice thereof bestow'd their Favours on him Amongst which Iohn Moubray Duke of Norfolk gave him the Stewardship of his Mannors of Melton Moubray Segrave and other in Com. Leic. with the Fee of x l. per Annum during his Life Anne Dutchess of Buckingham the Stewardship of the Mannor of Okeham in Com. Rutl. and Constablewick of the Castle there for Life Iohn Lord Lovell the Stewardship of the Mannors of Bagworth and Thornton in Com. Leic. with the yearly Fee of x l. for Life Sir Henry Stafford Knight Son and Heir to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham an Annuity of xx l. per Annum out of his Mannor of Billing in Com. Northampt. for Life Richard Widvill Lord Rivers and Iaquet of Luxemburgh Dutchess of Bedford an Annuity of xxvi l. xiii s. iv d. to be paid out of the Issues and Customs due to the said Lady Iaquet out of the Dutchy of Cornwall to continue so long as this William should be Receiver of the Revenues of that Dutchy for the King And of the King 's peculiar Munificence the same year he had first a Grant of the Office of Master of his Mint in the Tower of London and Town of Calais for twelve years Next of the Stewardship of the Honour of Leicester as also of the Mannor and Castle of Donington in Com. Leic. of the Mannors of Higham Ferrers and Daventre in Com. Northampt. and of all other Mannors within the Counties of Warw. Leic. Nott. Northampt. and Hunt parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster Likewise of the Constableship of the Castles at Leicester Higham Ferrers and Donington and of the chief Rangership of Leicester Forest with the Parks called Leycester-Fryth Barrow-Park Tooley-Park and those adjoyning for Life Furthermore being then made Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to that King as also Chamberlain of North-Wales in consideration of his signal Adventures in divers Battels against King Henry the Sixth and his Party as also against Iasper Earl of Pembroke Iames Earl of Wiltshire and others who had been stout Asserters of the Lancastrian Interest he was the same year advanc'd to the Degree and Dignity of a Baron of this
body by her he would pay unto that Queen five hundred and fifty pounds of silver In 25 Edw. 1. this Isabel calling her self Daughter to Agnes de Bellomont did Homage to the King at Ipswiche for the Barony of Caral in the County of Fife in Scotland whereof she was possess'd by virtue of a Release from the said Anne her Mother And in 33 Edw. 1. Iohn de Vesci her husband being then dead she granted to the King and his heires for ever her Mannor of Caral with the Haven of Can. Whereupon he again granted it to her for life the remainder to Henry de Beaâ—mont her Brother and his heirs Moreover he farther granted to her for life and to the said Henry her Brother in Fee all the Lands of her the said Isabell in Welleburne in Com. Linc. By reason whereof she obtain'd the said King's Charter for a Market every Week upon the Wednesday at her said Mannor of Caral and a Fair yearly on Monday in Easter-week and fourteen dayes following In 1 E. 2. she was made Governess of the Castle of Bamburgh in Com. Northumb. paying the antient serme thereof to the Kings Exchequer But in 3 Edw. 2. at the request of Henry de Laci Earl of Lincolne the King acquitted her of One hundred and twelve pounds which was due to his Exchequer for that Castle of Bamburgh and Rent of the Town of Wernemuthe by reason of the great expence she had undergone in attending upon Queen Isabell. After which ere long quitting her right in that Castle at the King's request she had a Grant of the Mannors of Thoresway Styveton Lyndewode and Ketlesthorpe in Com. Linc. with the King 's free Court in the City of Lincolne as also of the Mannors of Weye and Pyddcle in Com. Dorset for life And departing this life in 8 Edw. 3. without issue the said Henry de Beaumont her Brother was found to be her next heir I now returne to Iohn Lord Beaumont son and heir to the before-specified Henry This Iohn in 12 Edw. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Flanders and of the retinue with William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury And upon his Father's death in 14 Edw. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands but never used the Title of Earl of Boghan In which year he was again in the Wars of Flanders and obtain'd the King's Precept to the Collectors of the Subsidy in Com. Devon for the receipt of Sixty six pounds sixteen shillings six pence in part of the Wages then due to him for his service beyond-Sea In this year attending Queen Philippa during her residence in Brabant the Lady Alianore de Lancaster the fifth daughter to Henry Earl of Lancaster his Wife being there delivered of a Son called Henry he obtain'd the King's special Letters Pattents declaring that notwithstanding the said Henry was begotten and born in forrein parts nevertheless in regard it was by reason of his and his Ladies attendance on the Queen he should be reputed a lawful heir and inherit his Lands in England as if he had been born there In 15 Edw. 3. he was retein'd to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea with Sixty one Men at Armes whereof one Baneret Twenty four Knights Forty men at Armes and Forty Archers for forty dayes In which year also he was in the Wars of Scotland And having been summon'd to Parliament in 16 Edw. 3 and not before departed this life the same year leaving Henry his son and heir two yeares of age Whereupon in order to his Funeral the King sent his Precept to William Shireburne a Burgess of Yorke to make payment of Two hundred pounds of those Moneys which he did then owe for One hundred thirty Sacks and twenty Clays of Wooll by him received out of the North and East-Riding of that County unto Sir William de Burton Knight to the use of Alianore the Widow of the Defunct towards the charge of that great Solemnity Which Alianore so surviving him in 17 E. 3. procur'd the King's Charter for Free-warren in all her Demesn-lands at Tackley in Com. Oxon. and Seukworth in Com. Berks. But I return to Henry his son and heir whose Legitimacy in regard of his birth beyond-Sea was afterwards ratified in the Parliament held 25 Edw. 3. In 34 E. 3. this Henry doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands the King being well satisfied that he was of full age though he did not make any formal proof thereof and obtained his Precept to the Lord Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer for the acquitting him of one hundred pounds due for the ferm of his Lands at the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist whilst he was in his Minority towards the charges he had been at in attending him in his last Expedition beyond Sea Moreover in 40 E. 3. he was in the Wars of Gascoigne And having been summoned to Parliament from 36 E. 3. until 42 E. 3. inclusive departed this life upon Wednesday next after the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin 43 E. 3. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir eight years of age and Margaret his Wife Daughter to Iohn de Vere Earl of Oxford surviving him who had for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Hekynton and Stiveton in Com. Linc. with two Messuages in the City of Lincolne and afterwards Married to Nicholas de Louvain In 47 E. 3. the Wardship of this Iohn Son and Heir to the before-specified Henry Lord Beaumont with the custody of his Lands during his Minority was committed to William Lord Latimer But in 6 R. 2. making proof of his age and doing his Homage he had Livery of them and the same year was with Henry de Spencer then Bishop of Norwich in the English Army sent to make War against those that held with Pope Clement the Seventh Moreover in 7 R. 2. he was at Burbroke when the King of France with his whole Host besieged it and with one hundred men at Arms and three hundred Archers kept one Ward there In 10 R. 2. he accompanied Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster then called King of Castile and Leon into Spaine Howbeit before the end of this year such was the prevalency of the great Lords which then met at Haringey-Park that they expelled him the Court as an Evil-Councellor to the King But those discontents somewhat abating he obtained Licence to pass unto Calais there to exercise himself in Feats of Arms with the French four Knights of that Country having challenged as many English to Just with them there at which time he Tilted with the Lord Chamberlain to the King of France And in 12 R. 2. was made Admiral of the Kings Fleet to the Northwards as
Northumberland and upon his Rebellion about six years after granted it to Iohn Stanley for life Northumberland not then being by Parliament attainted nor his possessions adjudg'd to be confiscate As also for that about a month after Stanley and the King agreed that those Letters Patents to him for life should be surrendred and cancell'd and that he should have an estate thereof in Fee So that considering the grant for life was before such time as the King was legally intitled thereto by Northumberland's attainder they pronounced that the King could not pass unto him any estate for life as also that the other grant which had its foundation from the surrender of the estate for life could not be of any validity Whereupon the Queen referring them to the Law this Earl came to an Agreement with those Heirs Female Daughters to Ferdinando Earl of Derby before-mention'd paying them divers sums of money to quit their claim thereto as also with Thomas Lord Ellesmere then Lord Chancellour of England and Alice his Wife widdow of the same Earl Ferdinando And as to the Kings title obtained a grant from him of the said Isle with all the Regalities belonging to it unto himself and to the Lady Elizabeth his Wife for life as also to the survivor of them And after that unto Iames Lord Stanley for so he is call'd his Son and Heir and to the Heirs Male of his Body the remainder to Robert Stanley younger Brother to the said Iames and the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Earl Which grant bears date 7 Iulii 7 Iac. and was ratified together with that agreement with the coheirs before mention'd by a special act in the Parliament begun at Westminster 19 Martii 1 Iac. and held by Prorogation until the ninth of February 7 Iac. as by the Record thereof return'd into the Chancery by Writ of Certiorare bearing date 30 Iulii 8 Iac. appeareth but I return This William was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter in the time of that Queen and married Elizabeth eldest Daughter to Edward Earl of Oxford by whom he had Issue two Sons Iames who succeeded him in his Honours and Sir Robert Stanley Knight As also three Daughters Elizabeth who died young Anne first married to Sir Henry Portman of Orchard in Com. Somers Baronet afterwards to Sir Robert Carr Knight Earl of Ancrum in Scotland and another Elizabeth who died young And departing this life upon the 29 September An. 1642. was buried with his Ancestors at Ormeskirk To whom succeeded Iames his Son and Heir a person highly accomplisht with learning prudence loyalty and true valour Whereof none to whom he was well known are ignorant and as by this brief ensuing Narrative of the last and tragick part of his life may abundantly appear To pass by the great state wherein he lived whilst this Realm continued in peace and his wonderful Hospitality He was one of the first that repaired to the late King Charles of Blessed Memory at York when by reason of the dangerous Tumults at Westminster in the beginning of the year 1642. his Majesty became necessitated to retire thither Whence being ordered back into Lancashire to prepare for that Kings reception upon a resolution taken for setting up the Standard Royal at Warington he forthwith mustred that whole County on the three Heaths near Berry Ormskirk and Preston where he had an appearance of at least twenty thousand men at each place intending the like course in Cheshire and North-Wales by virtue of his Commission as Lord Lieutenant in those parts But in this interim the place resolv'd on for erecting the Standard being chang'd to the great disappointment of the Kings faithful Subjects in those parts and the no less encouragement of his enemies it was set up at Notingham where the Countries not coming in so freely as was expected the King by special Letters desired his Lordship to raise what men be could and to hasten to him Whose answer was that he would do his best but that the Case was then much altered a great part of the Country resolving to stand Neuters and that many others had already joined with the Rebels and seised upon Manchester All this notwithstanding amongst his own Tenants dependants and private friends he raised three Regiments of Foot and three Troops of Horse which he cloath'd and arm'd at his own charge and then posted to the King at Shrewsbury for orders how to dispose of them Whereupon his Majesty commanding him to return and forthwith to make trial of one smart assault upon Manchester and then whether he mastered that Town or not to march up to the general Camp he repaired to those his Forces drew up before that Town and upon his Summons thereof it refusing any Treaty directed an assault at four of the clock the next morning with hopes to carry it But that very night receiving commands from the King to haste to him in two days space he brought up his Regiments and Troops to his Majesty Which being disposed of under the command of other Officers he was desired to return back and take what care he could of the Country Hereupon the predominant party in that unhappy Parliament then sitting at Westminster made offer to him of the largest terms imaginable in case he would come in to them or quit the Kings service but to this he answered When I turn Traytor I may hearken to these propositions but till then let me have no more of these Papers at the peril of him that brings them this being the second time they had in that kind attempted him By this time the enemy having Garrison'd the Towns of Lancaster and Preston and in a manner brought the whole County under their power his Lordship set himself to fortifie his own House at Lathom and though his Arms and Magazine were gone made shift with the assistance of his Friends to cut off three Companies of the Enemy on Houghton Common as also to take Lancaster and Preston by storm in the former leading on his men himself with a half Pike in his hand after one repulse to the second assault which did the business Manchester having in all probability follow'd had not his Auxiliaries and his own Forces been call'd away in that very nick of time when he was ready for the attempt Soon after this upon information that the enemy had a design upon the Isle of Man he was ordered thither for the security of that place And went accordingly having first made some necessary provisioâ—s of Men Moneys and Ammunition for the protection and defence of his incomparable Lady at Lathom to whose charge he committed his Children House and other his English concerns She being therefore thus left in that House the Enemy lookt upon it as their own little expecting from a Woman being a stranger and that a place so unprovided as they
himself Iohn Earl of Warren Surrey and â—â—â—thern Lord of Bromfield and Yale bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of S. Pancrace at â—â—wes and given to Ioan de Basing his Daughter a Silver Cup to his Daughter Katherine Ten marks as also to Isabel another of his Daughters then a Nun at 〈◊〉 Twenty marks and to Isabel de Houland his Wife a Ring with a Ruby He departed this life without any lawful issue upon the morrow preceding the Kalends of Iuly An. 1347. 21 Edw. 3. being the One and sixtieth year of his age and lieth buried alone under a raised Tomb near the High Altar in the Abbey of â—ewes leaving Alice his Sister Wife to Edmund Earl of Arundel his next Heir in Blood The Lands whereof the Inquisitions taken after his death do report him to die seised were as followeth viz. The Mannor of â—iburne in Com. Middl. The Mannors of Grantham Stanford and Paunâ—on-Magna in Com. Linc. The Castle and Town of Lewes with the Lordships of Cokefield Clentone Brighelmeston Rottingden Hounderden Northess Rademeld â—â—mer Middleton Alington Woâ—th Pycombe Pydinghow and Seford The Castle and Town of Rigate with the Mannors of Dorking and Bechesworth in Surrey The Mannors of Troubrigge Winterbourne and Ambresbury in Wiltshire for term of life by the Kings Grant The Castle of Acre and Mannor of Bestone in Norfolk The Mannor of Gymingham and Advowson of the Abbey of Marham The Mannor of Middlewould the Hundreds of Malhow and Brother-cross in Com. Nors The Mannor of Medmenham in Com. Buck. The Mannors of Caneford and Sâ—apwâ—ke in Com. Dors. for term of life with Remainder to Thomas Earl of Lancaster and his Heirs The Mannors of Coningsburgh â—aitfield and Wakefield in Com. Ebor. The Mannors of Henstrig and Cherleton in Com. Sommers The Mannor of Bokeland in Right of Ioan his Wife The Mannor of Wanton in Surrey also for term of life of the Inheritance of Iohn de Breause That there grew some dislike betwixt this Earl and Ioan his Wife is sure enough for it appears that they were divorced upon pretence of a former Contract made by him with Maud de Nereford a person of a great Family in Norfolk and that he allowed unto the same Ioan Seven hundred and forty marks per annum As also that he had two Sons by Maâ—d dâ— Nereford viz. Iohn and Thomas who were sirnamed Warren For whose sake he obtained of King Edward the Second a Grant of part of those great Possessions which he had given to him before viz. The Castle and Town of Rigate with divers other Lordships in Surrey the Castle and Town of Lewes with many Lordships in Sussex the Castles of Dinas-Bran and Leons as also the Lands of Bromfield Yaâ—e and Wrighlesham in Wales to himself for life with Remainder to Iohn de Warren Son of Maud de Nereford and to the Heirs-Male of his Body and for want of such to Thomas de Warren another Son of the same Maud and the Heirs-Male of his Body and for lack of such issue to the right heirs of him the said Earl with Remainder to the King and his Heirs And moreover by Indenture bearing date at 〈◊〉 20 May 20 Edw. 3. setled upon the same Maud de Nereford for term of her life the Castles Towns and Mannors of Coâ—ngsburgh and Sandale with thâ— Mannors of Wakefield Haitfield Souresby Brethewel Fishlake Dewsbury and Halifaâ— and after her decease upon the said Iohn and Thomas and the Heirs-Males of their Bodies in like sort as abovesaid with Remainder to his right heirs Unto which Indenture his Seal was affixed whereupon on the one side is expressed his Effigies in a Gown and sitting in a Chair holding a Hawk in his left hand with this Circumscription viz. Sigillum Iohannis Comitis Warenniae Stratherniae Comitis Palacii And on the other side on Horsback with his Sword in his right hand and in his left his Shield of Arms with this Circumscription Sigillum Iohannis Comitis Warrenniae Surreyae Domini de Bromfield Yale When Iohn his Son by the before specified Maud de Nereford bore for his Arms Chequy Or and Azure a Canton Gules with a Lion rampant Ermine thereon the proper Coat of Nereford from whom the Warrens of Poynton in Cheshire do derive their descent Of Ioan de Baars before mentioned all that I have farther seen is That in 26 Edw. 3. she being still beyond Sea had License there to continue till the Fifteenth of S. Michael that year And that she departing this World in An. 1361. 35 Edw. 3. was not buried in England Warren of Wirmgay HAving now done with that line of the Earls of Warren and Surrey I come to Reginald de Warren a younger Son to the second Earl William whose cheif Seat was at Wirmgay in Norfolk by reason of his marriage with Alice Daughter and heir to William de Wirmgay Which William de Wirmgay had Livery of his Lands in 6 Hen. 2. and upon the Aid for marrying of Maud Daughter to King Henry the Second in 12 Hen. 2. certified his Fees to be Fourteen and an half This was that Reginald for whom King Stephen in the Twelfth of His Reign by his Charter whereby he constituted Henry Duke of Normandy his Successor in this Realm of England and made Provision for his own Son William who had married Isabel Daughter and heir of William Earl Warren did take care he should have the custody of the castles of Belencumbre and Mortimer in Normandy if he so pleased In 10 Hen. 2. he was one of those Temporal Lords who came to an accord with the King touching their ancient Rights and Liberties In 14 Hen. 2. he answered Nine pounds and ten shillings then in arrear for the Knights Fees pertaining to this Honor of Wirmgay and due upon the Aid for marrying of Maud the Kings Daughter as abovesaid In 16 Hen. 2. he was Sheriff of Kent with Reginald de Cornhulle but no friend to Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury as may seem by his deportment towards him when he returned into England after his Peace made with the King For the one half of that Sixteenth year and for the whole Seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth years of that Kings Reign he executed the Office of Sheriff for the County of Sussex So likewise for Devonshire for half the same nineteenth year and again for Sussex for the One and twentieth and two and twentieth of Henry the Second In 18 Hen. 2. he accounted Fourteen pound five shillings for the Scutage of this his Honor of Wirmgay And for the health of his own Soul as also for the Souls of Alice his Wife William de Wirmgay her Father and William Earl Warren his Brother he gave to the Canons of Southwark id est S.
Rich. 1. was buried in the Abbey of Kirksfall Whereupon in 6 Rich. 1. Isabel his Widow gave Eighty marks to have an assignation of her reasonable Dowry out of his Lands Upon the death of this Robert thus without issue Albreda de Lisours his Sister by the Mother Daughter of Eudo de Lisours by Albreda his Wife Widow of Henry de Lacy before mentioned and then Wife of Richard Fitz-Eustace Constable of Chester possessed her self of this Barony of Pontfract and all his other Lands under pretence of a Grant of them all from Henry de Lacy Father of this last mentioned Robert But in 5 Rich. 1. Roger de Lacy her Nephew then Constable of Chester came to an Agreement with her for the same by a Fine then levied at Winchester before H. Archbishop of Canterbury William Bishop of Ely Chancellor to the King and others By which Fine she the said Albreda Quit-claimed to him all those Lands which did belong to Robert de Lacy. Whereupon he the said Roger covenanted with her that she should enjoy all the Lands which were Robert de Lisours her Father for term of her life by the Service of eight Knights Fees and that after her decease William her Son and his Heirs should inherit them performing the same Service to him the said Roger and his Heirs Upon which Agreement this Roger also gave to her Twenty pound Lands in Bardington to hold during life but afterwards her Son William and his Heirs to enjoy the same by the Service of one Knights Fee In consideration of which Grant she the said Albreda relinquished to this Roger all her Dowry in the Town of Hautone in Lindsey in the County of Lincoln Being therefore come to this Roger Constable of Chester I shall here take notice of his Parentage He was Son of Iohn Constable of Chester and he the Son of Richard Fitz-Eustace Baron of Halton and Constable of Chester by Albreda de Lisours above-specified Sister by the Mothers side to the said Robert de Lacy as hath been already observed Which Iohn thus coming to possess the Lands of Lacy did also assume that sirname and Arms. But all that I have farther seen of him is That he bestowed on the Knights Hospitalers the Lordship of Kâ—esale with the Churches of Flaflock and Marnham which afterwards belonged to the Preceptory of Willoughton And that he Founded the Abbey of Stanlaw in that part of Cheshire called Wirhale in An. 1178. 24 Hen. 2. Moreover that he died in the Holy Land the next ensuing year leaving issue by Alice de Vere his Wife Sister of William de Mandevile Roger his Son and Heir as also Eustace and many others whereof Richard was one to whom he gave the Town of More and who being afterwards a Leper was buried in the Chapter House at Norton near Halton Castle in Cheshire But I return to Roger. This Roger was at the siege of Acon in the Holy Land with King Richard the First An. 1192. 4 Rich. 1. and likewise in that sharp fight against the Saracens who endeavored to relieve it as also at the siege and taking of Damieta In 6 Rich. 1. he answered Forty three pound fifteen shillings for the Scutage then levied upon occasion of the Kings Redemption And in 7 Rich. 1. gave a Fine of Two thousand marks to the King for lively of all the Lands and Castles belonging to the Honor of Pontfract late Robert de Lacies excepting Pontfract Castle which the King then retained in his own hands In 8 Rich. 1. being acquitted of the third Scutage of Normandy levied after the Kings Redemption he paid for the second Forty three pounds fifteen shillings In 1 Ioh. he undertook for the payment of Five hundred marks for Livery of the Lands of Guy de la Val which he challenged as his own right and which King Iohn by his Charter had granted to him viz. The Barony of Pontfract whereof the said Guy had possessed himself in King Henry the Second's time as it seems but upon this Livery he was constrained to give his Son and Heir in hostage for his future fidelity Moreover shortly after the Coronation of that King he was sent with the Sheriff of Northumberland and some other eminent Men of those parts to conduct William King of Scotland unto Lincoln where King Iohn resolved to meet him And in 2 Ioh. was one of the Barons present at Lincoln when David King of Scotland did homage and fealty to King Iohn In 3 Ioh. he obtained a Grant of the Wardship of William the Son of Robert Fitz-Ranulph Lord of Middleham in Com. Ebor. It seems that the Five hundred marks which he undertook in 1 Ioh. to pay for Livery of the Lands of Guy de lay Val were not discharged in 4 Ioh. For it appears that he then came to a new Contract for the same viz. To pay the Money by a hundred marks per annum and moreover to give the King ten Palfreys and ten Lease of Grey-hounds After this scil in 5 Ioh. being made Governor of the Castle of Roche-Andelâ— in France which King Richard the First built he held it out courageously against the French for a time But at length for want of Victual became necessitated to deliver it up and was made their prisoner Whereupon he was necessitated to require Aid of his Tenants for raising Money to pay his Ransom About this time he gave a thousand marks Fine for the Wardship of Richard de Munfichet a great Baron in Essex And in 6 Ioh. was made Constable of the Castle at Carleol as also Sheriff of Cumberland and Governor of the Castle at York In 7 Ioh. he obtained a Grant from the King of the Mannor and Soke of Snaithe to hold to himself and his Heirs by the Service of one Knights Fee and continued Sheriff of Cumberland to the end of the Eleventh year of that Kings Reign so likewise for Yorkshire In 13 Ioh. upon Collection of the sixth Scutage of that King he answered for Forty three Knights Fees an half and fourth part for the Fees of Lacy and Twenty for the Fees of Guy de la Val As also Forty seven pounds six shillings for Forty seven Fees and a fourth part which were the Fees of Richard de Munfichet whose Heir he then had in Ward In the time of this Roger Ranulph Earl of Chester the last of that name marching with some Forces into Wales for want of more strength was constrained to betake himself unto a Castle in those parts viz. Rothelan where being besieged by the Welsh he sent for this Roger then at Chester to come to his relief Who forthwith gathering together divers Minstrels and a multitude of
Mannors Hamlets and other things thereto belonging into the Kings hands upon condition as it seems For thereupon the King by his Charter dated at Newcaâ—â—le upon Tine 28 Decemb. 21 Edw. 1. Regranted the same Castle Honor c. excepting the Mannor of Thoresâ—y in Com. Linc. unto him and to the heirs of his Body with Remainder to to Edmund Earl of Lancaster the Kings Brother and to the heirs of his Body And for want of such issue to the King and his Heirs The like he did for his Mannors of Thoresby Wache Ingoldemels Wrangell Steping and Wainfleet in Com. Linc. Kingston in Com. Dors. Cliderhou Castle and Mannor with the Chases and Parks thereunto belonging in Com. Laâ—â— The Castle and Town of Halton in Cheshire and the Castle of Denbigh in Waâ—es In this One and twentieth year of Edward the First he was sent Ambassador to the King of France to treat concerning the Restraint of such Pirates as robbed their Merchants And in 22 Edw. 1. he attended the King with his Army into Wales where not far from the Castle of Denbigh they received a great repulse In this Two and twentieth year the King Regranted to him for life the Mannors of Thoreby Wathe Ingoldmels Wrangel Steping and Wainfleet in Com. Linc. Remainder to Thomas the Son of Edmund Earl of Lancaster and Alice his Wife sole Daughter of the said Henry and to the heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and for lack of such issue to the right heirs of the said Thomas As also all the Castles Mannors and Lands which he the said Henry had in the Counties of Chester and Lancaster the Mannor of Kingstone in Com. Dors. The Mannor of Slaitburne in Bouland and Snaith in Com. Ebor And all other the Mannors and Lands which Alice the Mother of him the said Henry held in Dowry in Com. Linc. So likewise the Mannor of Sutton in Com. Lanc. which was of the Inheritance of Margaret his Wife And moreover Granted to him a special Charter for certain Markets and Fairs to be thenceforth held in these his Lordships viz. A Market on the Munday every week at Middelington in Com. Oxon. And a Fair yearly on the Eve and day of S. Thomas the Martyr A Market upon the Munday at Urbridge in Com. Middles And a Fair yearly on the Eve and day of S. Nicholas A Market every week upon the ... at Charlton-Camvile in Com. Somerset And a Fair yearly on the Eve and day of the Translation of S. Thomas the Martyr A Market on the Tuesday every week at his Mannor of Brumley in Com. Lanc. And a Fair yearly on the Eve day and morrow after the Feasts of the Apostles Peter and Paul Furthermore a Market weekly on the Munday at Almanbury in Com. Ebor. And a Fair on the Eve day and morrow after the Ascension of our Lord. As also a Fair yearly at Slaitburne upon the Eve and day of S. Peter ad Vincula and two days following A Market on the Thursday at Camsale and a Fair on the Eve day and morrow of S. Mary Magdalen and two days following A Market every week upon the Tuesday at Bradford and a Fair on the Eve and day of S. Peter ad Vincula and three days following Lastly A Market upon the Wednesday at Pontfract and a Fair on the Eve of Palm Sunday the day and three days following In which year he was also in that expedition then made into Gascoigne So likewise the next ensuing year Edmund Earl of Lancaster being then General at which time they marched to Layoun In An. 1295. 23 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition then made into Britanny with the same Edmund Earl of Lancaster And in 24 Edw. 1. accompanied him again thither at which time many Castles were rendred to them And when they came within two miles of Burdeauâ— gave Battle to the French Army which they forced to retreat thither and pursuing burnt a great part of the Suburbs there Moreover not long after the Earl of Lancaster departing this life in those parts he was by the consent of the whole Army made General where besieging the City of Hays for seven weeks he almost every day assualted it but at length hearing that the Earl of Artoise approached approached for the releif of it he retreated to Bayon Whence marching with Iohn de Saint Iohn towards Bellagard then besieged by that Earl and approaching near a Wood about three miles distant he divided his Army into two parts whereof the Van was led by Iohn de S. Iohn and the Rear by himself but having past the Wood where S. Iohn meeting the Enemy begon the fight discerning their strength he retreated Bayon leaving the rest to shift for themselves so that S. Iohn and many other were by reason thereof taken prisoners Howbeit notwithstanding this before the end of that year he raised the siege of S. Catherines in Gascoigne which those of Tholouse had laid to it and then sailed into Flanders Whence returning for England he was the year following imployed into Scotland And not long after viz. in 27 Edw. 1. received command to be at York upon the Feast day of S. Peter ad Vincula to consult with the Archbishop there and divers other Nobles for manning of the King Castles in Scotland and guarding of the Marches In 28 Edw. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and the same year was sent to the Pope by King Edward the First with Sir Hugh Spenser to complain of divers injuries received from the Scots and moreover made Lieutenant of Gascoigne In 29 Edw. 1. he was constituted Governor of Corff Castle and in 31 Edw. 1. joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Winchester and other to Treat of Peace betwixt King Edward and Philip King of France In An. 1305. 33 Edw. 1. he was sent over with the Bishops of Lichfield and Worcester to the solemn inauguration of the Pope at Lions and presented him with divers Vessels of pure Gold from the King In which year he was again in the Wars of Gascoigne and had a Grant of a weekly Market upon the Saturday at his Mannor of Wainfleet in Com. Linc. As also a yearly Fair on the Eve and day of Pentecost and fourteen days following And moreover a Market every Thursday at Swinfleet in Com. Ebor. And a Fair yearly on the morrow after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and three days following In 34 Edw. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in An. 1307. 35 Edw. 1. being with King Edward upon his Death-Bed at Burghâ— upon Sands in Cumberland he was one of those whom that King desired to be good to his Son and not to permit Piers de Gavaston to return again into England
that expedition made thither In 35 Edw. 1. he obtained the Kings Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Corbâ—â—gge before specified This Robert likewise and Iohn his Son called Iohn de Clavering by the appointment of King Edward the First were at that notable siege of Kaerlaverok in Scotland He had likewise Summons to Parliament from 23 E. 1. till 3 E. 2. inclusive in which year he died being then seised of the Mannor of Clavering in Essex Horsford in Com. Norf. Blâ—burg in Com. Suff. Evre in Com. Buck. Whalton in Com. Northumb. with the Fees thereunto belonging viz. the Mannors of Lington Linton Eshet Bokenfelde Horton Oggille South-Gaseford Newenham Dentone Faughdone Kington New-Bigging certain Lands in Shotover Glendale Herle Kirk-Herle Chevernale and Ripplington As also of the Mannor of Newburne with the Hamlets of Walebothill Demlaw Botirlaw Trokirlaw the Town and Mannor of Corebrigge Of the Mannor and Castle of Werkworth with its members viz. Birling Aclyngton the moity of Botilstone the fourth part of Tokisdence Likewise of the Mannor of Rouchbere with its members viz. Newton Threptone and Sâ—ytter and the Forest there leaving issue by Margery de la Zouche his Wife the said Iohn de Clavering his Son and Heir then forty four years of age who doing his Homage had livery of them And in consideration of his good services had in 25 Ed. 1. pardon for all his debts due unto the Exchequer as also for the Scutage then due from himself This Iohn was in that expedition made into Gascoine in 22 E. 1. So also in those of Scotland 26 28 31 and 34 Ed. 3. And in 4 Ed. 2. had command to be at New-castle upon Tine well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Stots In 6 Ed. 2. being again in the Scottish Warrs he was taken prisoner in the Battle of Strivelyn but the next ensuing year he was again in those Warrs So likewise in 9 and 12 E. 2. In 17 Ed. 2. he obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market every Munday at his Mannor of Blyburgh in Suffolk and two Fairs yearly one upon the Eve and Feast-day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin the other upon the Eve and day of her Nativity As also for a weekly Market on the Tuesday at his Mannor of Aynho in Northamptonshire and a Fair yearly upon the Eve and day of St. Michael and two dayes following And having had Summons to Parliament from 28 Edw. 1. till 5 Edw. 3. inclusive departed this life at his Mannor of Aynho in the Octaves of the Epiphany ann 1332. 6 E. 2. whence being carried to the Abby of Langley of his Ancestors foundation he had Sepulture in the Quire of that conventual Church leaving issue by Hawise his wife daughter to Robert de Tibetot before-mentioned one onely daughter called Eve first married to Raphe de Vfford and afterwards to Thomas de Audley by both which Husbands she had issue Sons and Daughters This Iohn long before his death being doubtfull of having issue male as it seems made a Feoffement to one Stephen de Trafford whereby he vested the inheritance of his Castle and Mannor of Werkworth as also of his Mannors of Roubirie Newberne and Corbrigge all in Northumberland and of the Mannor of Evre in Com Buck. in the same Stephen to the intent that he the said Stephen should reconvey the Castle and Mannors of Werkworth and Roubirie unto him the said Iohn to hold for life with remainder to King Edward the first and his Heirs And the Mannor of Evre to hold to him the said Iohn and Hawise for terme of their respective lives with remainder to the King and his Heirs In like sort the Mannors of Newburne and Corbrigge to hold to himselfe and the Heirs male of his body and for default of such issue to to the King and his Heirs In consideration whereof the King granted unto him and his heirs diverse lands and hereditaments then valued at Four hundred pounds per annum viz. the Mannor of Costesey the Hundreds of Lodning Knavering Holle Depewade Henstede North-Erpingham South-Erpingham Blofelde and Humelierd with the appurtenances in Com. Norff. the Hundreds of Bâ—â—ching and Wainsford in Suff the Mannors of Rodeston and Apethorpe in Com. Northamp with twenty eight shillings yearly Rent of the Farm of Oliver Aspull there to hold for life Which Castle and Lands in Northumberland thereupon coming to the Crown whereby King Edward the third in the second year of his Reign given to Henry de Perci and his heirs as when I come to speak of that Noble Family I shall more fully shew the Mannors of Aynho and Horsford to Raphe de Nevill and his heirs and the mannors of Claering and Bliburg to Edmund Clavering brother of this Iohn for life the remainder to the same Raphe Nevill and his heirs wereby the younger branches of this antient Family the chief whereof is still in being at Caluley in Northumberland were bereft of that fair Inheritance which otherwise had descended to them Rie IN the time of Edward the Confessor Hubert de Rie a trusty servant to William Duke of Normandy being by him imployed to that King when be lay on his Death bed came in a pompous equipage into England and after conference with King Edward returned to the Duke with those Tokens whereby he was by that King declared his heir to the Crown of this Realm viz. a Sword in the Hilt whereof were inclosed some Reliques of Saints a Hunters horn of gold and the Head of a mighty Stag for which great service he was then promised that he should be Steward of his Houshold But when Duke William had got the Crown fearing that disturbances might arise in Normandy and well weighing the fagacity in counsel and dexterity in action of this Hubert he sent him thither to have an eye to that danger and soon after him these his sons viz. Ralphe whom he had made Castellan of Notingham Hubert Governor of the Castle of Norwich and Adam to whom he had given large possestions in Kent But Eudo the fourth continuing here in King Williams service obtained from him divers Lordships in sundry Counties viz. in Essex twenty five in Hartfordshire seven in Berkshire one in Bedfordshire twelve in Norfolk nine and in Suffolk ten And personally attending at Court it so hapned that that William Fitz-Osberne then Steward of the Houshold had set before the King the Flesh of a Crane scarce half rosted whereat the King took such offence as that he listed up his Fist and had struken him fiersly but that Eudo bore off the blow Whereupon Fitz-Osberne grew so displeased as that he quitted his Office desiring that Eudo might have it To which request the King
Grand-fathers Foundation leaving issue by Agnes his Wife Daughter of ... Earl of Arundel two Sons Nigel and Roger. ¶ Which Nigel in 8 Hen. 3. paying Five hundred pounds for his Releif had Livery of all his Lands and the same year accounted One hundred seventy six marks and an half for Fourscore and eight Fees and a fourth part upon Collection of the Scutage of Montgomery This Nigel de Moubray Wedded Maud the Daughter and Heir to Roger de Camvil but had no issue by her and departing this life at Nantz in Britanny in the Thirteenth year of King Henry the Third was there buried After which in 14 H. 3. Ralph Fitz-Nicholas the Kings Steward gave to the King Five hundred pounds that he might have the marriage of the same Maud for one of his Sons And in 17 Hen. 3. Hugh de Patshul her Uncle paid Three hundred marks fine to Hubert de Burgh to have the custody of the Lands of the same Nigel as also that she might marry to whom she should please and have her Dowry in the Mannors of Hovingham and Burton in Yorkshire as also in the Lordship of Rivers in Kent And in 18 Hen. 3. Iohn Earl of Lincoln and Constable of Chester having for the Fine of a thousand marks gained the custody of the Lands of this Nigel with the Wardship and Marriage of Roger his Brother and Heir which sum he was to pay into the Kings Exchequer by Five hundred marks per annum obtained favor to pay the same by Three hundred marks per annum And in 22 Hen. 3. affigned this his Wardship to Thomas de Furnival a great Baron who had a purpose to marry him unto his eldest Daughter But that marriage did not take effect as it seems for certain it is That this Roger took to Wife Maud the Daughter of William de Beauchamp of Bedford and being of full age in 25 Hen. 3. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands In 29 H. 3. this Roger de Moubray paid Eighty eight pounds five shillings for those Eighty eight Knights Fees and a fourth part which he held of the King upon Collection of the Aid for marrying of the Kings eldest Daughter And in 38 Hen. 3. the like sum upon making the Kings eldest Son Knight In 42 Hen. 3. when the Scots most disloyally held their King in restraint whom King Henry whose Daughter he had married took into Protection this Roger received command amongst other of the Northern Barons to prepare himself with Horse and Arms and to march into Scotland with such Forces as King Henry should send thither for rescue of that King out of the hands of those Rebels The same year he had likewise Summons to attend the King at Chester sufficiently accoutred with Horse and Arms to restrain the insolencies of the Welsh then in Arms under Lemelin ap Griffin Prince of Wales who had committed divers outrages in the Marches In 44 Hen. 3. he had the like Summons to be at Shrewsâ—ury on the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin to march against the same Lewelin and his adherents And the next year following to be in like sort armed at London on the morrow after Simon and Iudes day So also in 47 Hen. 3. at Worcester on the Feast day of S. Peter ad Vincnla thence to attend the King in Person upon his expedition into Wales But not long after scil in 51 Hen. 3. He departed this life in the Isle of Axhoâ—me and was buried in the Friers Preachers at Poutfract in which year the King rendred to Maud his Widow the eldest of the Coheirs of Ioan de Beauchamp deceased the Castle of Bedford and confirmed the Grant which Richard King of the Romans the Kings Brother had made to the same Maud of the custody of Roger her Son and Heir then in minority Which Maud soon after became the Wife of Roger le Strange Besides this Roger de Moubray he had divers other Children viz. Robert Andrew Iohn Edmund and William all which died without issue and three Daughters whose names I find not I now come to Roger de Moubray Son and Heir to the before specified Roger and Maud. This Roger in 6 Edw. 2. making proof of his age and doing his homage had Livery of his whole Inheritance And in 10 Edw. 1. Entailed all his Lordships of Chresk Kirby-Maleiart Burton in Lonesdale Hovingham Melton-Moubray Eppeworth and the whole Isle of Arholme upon the Heirs of his own Body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue upon Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln and his Heirs In the same year being in the Wars of Wales he had Scutage of all his Tenants In 13 Edw. 1. he levied a Fine of the Mannor of Balshal in Com. War upon a Warranty of his Ancestors Charter whereby that Lordship was first given to the Knights Templars For which respect he was made partaker of all their Prayers and other their devout exercises In 15 Edw. 1. he was in another Welsh expedision In 22 Edw. 1. 8 Iunii he had Summons amongst others to attend the King with all speed wheresoever he should be to give his advice concerning the great Affairs of the Realm and the same year received command to repair to him at Portsmouth well provided of Horse and Arms and thence to attend him into Gâ—â—coigne for defence of that Province against the French He had also Summons to the several Parliaments of 23 24 2 Edw. 1. And in the same twenty fifth year being in that expedition which the King made into Flanders was in the company of the then Bishop of Durham where he departed this life in Gant the next year following whereupon his Body was brought over into England and buried in the Abbey of Fountains By Râ—se his Wife Sister to Gilbert Earl of Clare he left issue Iohn de Moubray his Son and Heir born 2 Novemb. 14 Edw. 1. whose Wardship and Marriage was given by the King to William de Brewes of Gowher to the end he might marry Aliva Daughter of that William Which marriage was consummated accordingly she afterwards becoming one of the Coheirs to the same William ¶ Which Iohn in 34 Edw. 1. had Livery of all her Lands though he was not of full age in regard he then attended the King into Scotland well accoutred with Horse and Arms that being the time when Aymer de Valence Earl of Pembroke so successfully advanced against Robert de Brus Crowned King of Scotland and the same year received the Order of Knighthood with Prince Edward and many other in great solemnity In 35 Edw. 1. he still continued in Scotland And in 4 Edw. 2. received command to attend the King at 〈◊〉
date 14 Decem. ann 1442 20 H. 6. bequeathed his Body to be buried within the Chappel of S. Anne in the Abby of Abbotsbury which he built there at his own Charge joyning it to the Chappel of S. Andrew the Apostle wherein the Body of his Father lay buryed and thereby gave unto Iohn then Bishop of Bathe and Welles his Brother a pair of Flaggons of Silver gilt Likewise to Humphrey his Grandson Son to Sir Iohn Stafford Knight his Son by Anne Daughter of William Lord Botreaux twelveDishes of Silver and one Trussing-Bed as also appointed that an hundred pounds in Money should after one Month next ensuing his death be spent upon his Funeral at Abbotsbury amongst Priests poor people and others coming thereto And lastly to William Stafford his other Son all his Plate of Silver and Likewise what was gilt not already bequeathed Which william married Katherine the Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Chidiock Knight But I now come to Humphrey his Grandson and Heir viz. Son of Sir Iohn Stafford Knight who died in his lifetime This Humphrey in 30 H. 6. being a Knight and sent with some forces into Kent against Iack Cade and his fellow Rebells then in Arms was by them Routed and Slain at Sevenok in that County leaving issue Humphrey his Son and Heir who upon the fifteenth of Iune 1 Edw. 4 had a Grant from the King of the Stewardship of the Dutchy of â—oâ—nwall for life as also of the Constablewike of the Castle of Bristol and Forest of Kingswode in Com. Glouc. Likewise of the Forests of Filwode in Com. Somerset Gillingham in Com. Dorset and Park of Gillingham lying within the same Forest. And departed this life upon the sixth of August the same year leaving Humphrey Stafford of Suthwike his next Heir viz. Son of William Stafford Esq Son of him the said Humphrey then twenty two years of age Which Humphrey in 2 Edwar. 4. was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm And in 4 Edw. 4. 24 Apr. created Lord Stafford of Suthwike Moreover having procured the death of Thomas Courtney Earl of Devon who had been taken prisoner at Touton-Field in consideration of the acceptable services by him done at the beginning of that Kings Reign when the great contest was for the right to the Crown as the words of the Patent do import he was advanced to the title of Earl of Devon 7 Maii 9 Edw. 4. having for his better support of that Honor a Grant unto himself and the Heirs Males of his Body of the Mannor of Columpn-Iohn and Fair-way with the Advouson of the Church of Fair-way in Comit. Devon as also of the Mannor of Trelugan and moity of the Mannors of Treverbyn and Cragamur in Com. Cornub. all which Henry Courtney then deceased Son of Thomas Courtney late Earl of Devon lately possessed by right of inheritance to himself and the Heirs of his Body with remainder to the before-specified Thomas Earl of Debon and his Heirs for ever which Henry and Thomas then stood attainted of Treason This Humphrey some years before he was made Earl of Devon viz. in 3 Edw. 4. by his Testament bearing date 3 Septem bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of our Lady at Glastonbury and apointed that Mr. Nicholas Goss and Mr. Watts then Warden of the Gray Friers in Exeter should for the salvation of his Soul go to every Parish-Church in the Counties of Dorset Somerset Wiltes Devon and Cornwall and say a Sermon in every Church in Town and other And because he could not recompence such whom he had offended he desired them to forgive his poor Soul that it might not be in danger But it was not many months that he enjoyed this Honor of Earl of Devonshire for upon that Northern Insurrection under the conduct of Sir Iohn Conyers Knight in the ninth year of King Edwards Reigne having eight hundred Archers under his command and meeting with the E. of Pembroke on Cotswould with purpose to joyn together in the suppressing of those Rebells who were then marching towards London they came together to Banbury where this Earl having taken up his lodgings in an Inne which he liked for a fair Damsells sake whome he found there was put out of that House by the Earl of Pembroke though they had agreed that he who came first should not be displaced At which affront he took such distast that in great wrath he departed thence with his Archers so that Pembroke being thus forsaken and the day following meeting with the Enemy at Edgcote was utterly routed and taken prisoner Whereof the King being advertized he forthwith directed his Letters to the Sheriffs of Somerset and Devon commanding them to take this our Earl if they could possibly do it and without delay to put him to death Whereupon making search for him they found him in a Village within Brentmarth and thence carried him to Bridgwalter where they cut off his Head upon the seventeenth day of August 9 Ed. 4. After which his Body was buried at Glastonbury in an Arch of the South-Cross of the Abby-Church there The Lands whereof he died seized were as followeth viz. the Honor and Mannor of Plympton the Honor and Mannor of Okehampton the Boroughs of Cyverton and Chalvelege the Mannors of Colcumbe Colyton Musbury Whiteford Colyford Columpn-Iohn and Farelâ—eye in Com Devon the Mannors of Colylond â—reberbyn and Tregamure in Comit. Cornub. the Mannors of Mershton Magna West-Chinnok Chiselbuâ—gh Cradone Puritone Elme Lopyn and Middle-Chinnock in Com. Somerset the Mannors of Hoke Stapeiford Over-Kentcombe Nether-Kentcombe North-Purton South-Purton West-Chykerell Burcombe Loscombe Yard Winterborn-Martin and Gorwill in Com. Dorset As also of the Mannors of Wilting Helington and Castle of Hastings in Com. Suss. This Earl took to Wife Isabel the Daughter and Heir to Sir Iohn Barre Knight by Idonea his Wife daughter and Heir to Iohn Hotoft Esq but had no issue by her after which she married to Sir Thomas Bouchier Knight Son to Henry Earl of Essex Dying thus without issue the Mannors of Morestoke Stynesford Botlesdon Knoll Brokehampton Gussege Burton Farnham Mangerton and Cherleton in Com. Dorset formerly by a Feoffament made to Iohn Stafford Archbishop of Canterbury Sir William Bonvile Knight and others by the before specified Sir Humphrey Stafford Knight commonly called Sir Humphrey with the Silver Hand which Feoffers thereupon passed them to Katherine late Wife of William Stafford Esq to hold for life with remainder to Sir Humphrey Stafford Knight Son and Heir to the said William and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to the right Heirs of the said Sir Humphrey with the Silver Hand descended to Elizab. the Wife of Sir Iohn Coleshill
Say of Richards-Castle This Hugh with the consent of Walcheline his nephew and William his Brother gave Broch in Roteland to the Canons of Renilworth in Com. Warr. which thenceforth became a Cell to that Monastery but dying without issue Isabel his only Sister Wife of Roger Lord. Mortimer â—ecame his Heir Which Isabel in 6 Ioh. gave a Fine to the King of three hundred marks and one Horse for the great Saddle for livery of the Mannors of Lechelade and Lagebiri of the inheritance of Hugh de Ferrers her Brother Another Branch of this Family there was seated at Egginton in Com. Derb. viz. Walcheline a younger Son to William E. Ferâ—ers and Margaret his Wife Daughter and Heir to William Peverel Which Walcheline had issue Robert and he two Daughters and Heirs whereof Ermentrude became the Wife of Robert Talbot of Gainsborough in Com. Linc. The youngest of whose Sons called Robert was Grandfather by Robert his Son to Thomas Talbot of Bashal in Com. Ebor. I now come to William de Ferrers of Groby in Leicestershire Brother to Robert de Ferrers the last Earl of Derby of this Family This William had by the Grant of William de Ferrers Earl of Derby his Father made at Nottingham upon the Eve of S. Lucy the Virgin in 36 Hen. 3. the Mannors of Wodham Stubings and Fairstead as also one Messuage in Chiche in Com. Essex to hold to him and his heirs by the service of Five Knights Fees he being then under age and in possession of them by his Guardian before he was made Knight All which he afterwards gave to Margaret his Mother to hold during her life Adhering to the Rebellious Barons he was then taken at Northampton upon the Assault thereof by the Royal Army in 48 Hen. 3. But in 50 Hen. 3. returning to obedience he had pardon and was accepted to favor By the gift of Margaret his Mother one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Roger de Quincy Earl of Winchester he had the Mannor of Groby in Com. Leic. which came to her upon the Partition of that Inheritance Whereupon he paid a Fine of forty marks to the King that he might hold it in Capite by the services antiently due and did his homage for the same bearing for his Arms the Coat of the said Roger de Quincy scil Gules seven mascles voided Or Which his Descendants continued till the Male Line of the elder House viz. The Lord Ferrers of Chartâ—ey became extinct In 14 Edw. 1. this William was in that expedition then made into Wales And having married Ioane the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser had issue By her William his Son and Heir and Anne a Daughter married to Iohn Lord Grey of Wilton and departed this life in 16 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Newbottle in Com. Northampt. As also of the Mannors of Wodham Stubing and Fairstead in Essex Groby and Roteby in Com. Leic. and Bolton in Com. Lanc. leaving William his Son and Heir seventeen years of age and Eleanor his second Wife surviving Which Eleanor in 16 Edw. 1. had an assignation from the King of the Mannors of Stubings and Wodham Ferrers in Com. Essex part of her Husbands Lands until she should have her Dowry set forth Which being soon after assigned unto her taking her Oath according to custome that she would not marry again without License she went into Scotland there also to obtain her Dowry of such Lands as by the death of her said Husband belonged to her But being at Travernent the Mannor House of Helen la Zusche in that Realm expecting the like assignation William de Douglas in an hostile manner took her thence against her will and carried her to another place For which respect complaint being made to King Edward he sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Northumberland to sâ—ise upon all the Goods and Chattels of the said William de Douglas which then were in his Bailiwick But shortly after scil in 19 Edw. 1. in consideration of one hundred pound Fine the King granted unto this William de Douglas the benefit of her marriage To this last mentioned William succeeded William his Son and Heir who in 21 Edw. 1. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands And in 24 Edw. 1. doing the like homage had Livery of all the Lands which he held of the King within the Realm of Scotland In 25 Edw. 1. this William was first summoned to Parliament amongst the Peers and was the same year in that expedition then made into Gascoigne likewise in 29 Edw. 1. in that into Scotland being then of the Retinue of Thomas Earl of Lancaster So also in 31 Edw. 1. and 34 Edw. 1. And in 2 Edw. 2. was again in the Wars of Scotland as also in 4 10 Edw. 2. but died in 18 Edw. 2. leaving Henry his Son and Heir twenty two years of age who doing his homage had the same year Livery of his Lands In 1 Edw. 3. this Henry being in that expedition then made into Scotland was one of the Lords who made supplication to the King that he might be restored to his Lands in that Realm whereof he had been disherited whereupon King Edward represented the same to the Earl of Murref then Guardian of Scotland in the nonage of King David And in 5 Edw. 3. doing his homage for the Lands of Isabel his Wife the fourth Sister and one of the Coheirs to Theobald de Verdon lying in Ireland had Livery of them In 11 Edw. 3. he obtained a Grant of the Advowson of the Church of Rothele in Com. Leic. to be held of the King and his Heirs And in consideration of his good and acceptable services performed to that King as also his chargeable expences and frequent endeavors for the defence of his Rights as the words of the Patent do import with the consent of the Prelates Earls and Barons then assembled in Parliament at Westminster by Letters Patents bearing date 18 May 11 Edw. 3. had a Grant of the Mannors of Riseberg Comitis in Buckinghamshire Walton in Com. Derb. and Newport in Com. Essex to himself and the Heirs-male of his Body Moreover in 12 Edw. 3. he was in that expedition then made into â—landers and the same year procured the Kings Charter for a weekly Market every Friday at his Mannor of Groâ—y in Com. Leic. As also a Fair upon the Eve and Day of S. George the Martyr and two days following Likewise a Market weekly every Munday at his Mannor of Stebbing in Com. Essex and a Fair yearly upon the Eve and Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul and two days ensuing Also a Market every Thursday at his Mannor
of the Barons that met at Runâ—mede there Treated for the King with those of the adverse party Howbeit the next ensuing year discerning o their strength and that they had called in Lewes Son to the King of France with purpose to advance him to the Royal Throne he deserted the King and did Homage to Lewes giving up the Castle of Marleburgh unto him But after this I have seen no more of him then that he gave the Mannor of Lokeswod to the Knights Templars and that departing this life in 6 Hen. 3. he was buried in the Abby Church of Waltham in Essex I next come to Geffrey de Nevil Son of that Gilbert de Nevil who was Founder of the Priory at Tupholme in Com. Linc. as hath been already observed This Geffrey in 23 Hen. 2. was made Governor of the Castle of Berewic and having married Emme the Daughter and Heir to Bertram de Bulmer upon leyying the Scutage of Wales in 2 R. 1. paid eight pounds for those Knights Fees which did belong to that Bertâ—am but departing this life in 5 R. 1. leaving issue Henry his Son and Heir as also a Daughter called Isabel. In 15 Ioh. this Henry attended the King into Poâ—â—â—ou and 17 Ioh. having been in Armes with the Barons gave an hundred marks for regaining the Kings favor promising his future fidelity And that if ever he should relaspe he would be content to forfeit all he had for performance of which promise he delivered up two Hostages as also his Castle of Brauncepath to hold as long as the King should think fit In 8 Hen. 3. then residing at his Lordship of Burred in Com. Linc. upon levying the Scutage of Montgomerie he paid six marks and twenty pence for three Knights Fees and a sixteenth part But all I have farther seen of him is that he confirmed to the Canons of Marton in Comit. Ebor. those grants which Bertram de Bulmer his Grandfather founder of that Priory had given thereto and bestowed on them his Mannor of Wodhouses excepting two Ox-gangs in Apletrewiâ— which he purposed to bestow on the Nuns of Apleton And that he died in 11 H. 3. or before for then Robert Fitz-Maldred having married Isabel his Sister and Heir paying two hundred marks for his relief had Livery of the Lands whereof he died seized excepting those which Alice his Wife held in Dower part of which Lands lay in Haskby and Tinton in Com. Linc. Which Robert Fitz-Maldred being the Lineal Heir male of Vchtred Earl of Northumberland in the days of King Edmund Ironside viz. Son of Dolfin Son of Earl Gospatric Son of Maldred Fitz-Crinan by Algitha Daughter of the same Vchtred upon the death of his father in 7 R. 1. gave six hundred marks for Livery of his Lands and by her the said Isabel his Wife left issue a Son called Geffrey who by reason he enjoyed so great an Inheritance from his Mother assumed the Sirname of Nevill But of this Geffrey I can say no more then that hegave to the Canons of Tupholme six Ox-gangs of Land in Haburck in Com. Linc. Likewise the Church of Randby with certain Lands in Burreth in Comitat. Linc as also one Ox-gang in Thinesto and Shill-milne with the Marsh extending from the Wood of those Canons to Burreth-Meadow and that he had issue Robert his Son and Heir as also a younger Son called Geffrey who in 54 H. 3. was constituted Governor of Scardeburgh Castle and likewise a Justice-Itinerant Which Geffrey took to Wife Margaret the Daughter and Heir to Sir Iohn Longvillers of Hornby Castle in Com. Lanc. Knight and died in 13 Edw. 1. being then seized of the Mannor of Appelby and other Lands in Com. Linc as also of the Castle and Mannor of Harnby in Com. Lanc. and Hoton Longvillers in Com. Ebor. Likewise of the Mannor of Farneberie and certain Lands in Kickby Gargrave Collyng and Covenallay all of the inheritance of the same Margaret Also of the moity of the Mannor of Brerlaye in Com. Ebor. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirteen years of age from whom the Nevils of Hornby whose Heir femal called Margaret became the Wife of Thomas Beaufort Duke of Exeter did descend But I return to Robert This Robert having been in Poictou with King Iohn had for that reason exemption from the scutage then levied upon those who were not in that Expedition and in 26 Hen. 3. gave a Fine of ten pounds to be freed from attending the King into Gascoine In 38 Hen. 3. doing his Fealty for all those Lands which descended to him from Robert Fitz-Maldred his Grandfather and â—atisfying the King for his Relief he had Livery of them And in 42 Hen. 3. received Command to provide himself with Horse and Armes to march with those Forces designed to rescue the King of Scots then in minority who had married the Daughter of King Henry from that restraint wherein his rebellious Subjects at that time held him in which year he was constituted Governor of the Castles of Norham and Werke as also of Bambouâ—gh Castle the next year following In 45 Hen. 3. he was made Warden of all the Kings Forests beyond Trent And 46 H. 3. constituted one of the Justices Itinerant for the Pleas of those Forests In 47 Hen. 3 he was one of those Barons that undertook for the Kings observance of the Ordinances then made at Oxford And in the same turbulent year when many of the great men put themselves in Armes upon pretence of asserting the Laws of the Land and liberties of the people made Captain-General of all the Kings forces beyond Crent as also Sheriff of Yorkshire and Governor of the Castle at York So likewise of the Castle at the Devises in Com. Wiltes And in 48 Hen. 3. Warden of all the Forests beyond â—rent and again Governor of the Castle at York But notwithstanding these great trusts he at length fell off to the rebellious Barons for which defection in 50 Hen. 3. after they were utterly vanquished he had not only pardon but was constituted Governor of â—lckeâ—ing Castle in Comit. Ebor. And in 54 Hen. 3. was again made Governor of Bamâ—â—â—â— Castle Furthermore having been hindred from recieving the Kings Rents and Issues of Yorkâ—â—â— from Michaelmass 48 Hen. 3. till the Battle of Lewes by divers great men then in Armes on the behalf of the Barons he was at that time discharged from accounting for the same And in 10 Edw. 1. departed this life being then seized of an hundred pound Lands in Mitford and Felton in Com. Northumb. which were part of the dowrie of Ida his Wife Widow of Roger Bertram He
Earl of Albemarle died in his life time An. 1152. 12 Steph. leaving issue a Son called William who never had the title of Earl Which William in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees De Veteri Feoffamento to be in number thirty two and De Novo twenty five a fourth and third part of which nine and an half were released This William the third of that name in the second of Richard the First obtained from Simon Briton a Release of all his Claim in the whole Marsh of Bolingbroke betwixt Lindley and Smalnam And in 6 Rich. 1. was with the King in that expedition then made into Normandy Moreover he obtained from Geffrey Fitz-Stephen the Superior of the Knights Templers in England a full Release of all their interest in Bradmere and all the Fees belonging to Bolingbroke and the Soke of Bolingbroke which Earl William his Grandfather had formerly given to them And calling himself Nephew and Heir to Earl William his Grandfather in An. 1182. 28 Hen. 2. confirmed the Grants of all the Lands by him given to them at the Foundation of that Abby Vipount IN An. 1073. 7 Will. Conq. Robert de Vipount was sent into Normandy with William de Molines both expert Soldiers in aid of Iohn de Rlecche a potent person against Fulke Rechin Earl of Anjou who had then invaded those parts Which Robert in An. 1085. 18 Will. Conq. fighting couragiously against Hubert the Vicount and those of Maine then in Rebellion was unhappily stain After this another Robert in Anno 1107. 8 Hen. 1. was at raising the Siege which the Pagans had laid to the City of Antâ—oech And in 5 Steph. William de Vipount had a contest for certain Lands in Devonshire to be determined by Battle Which William gave certain Lands lying in Hardingstorne in Com. Northampt. to the Nunnery of our â—ady a Pree id est of the Meadows at Northampton And in 4 Ioh. obtained the Kings Precept to the Steward of Normandy to have as full possession of the Lordship of Uipount in that Dukedom as Robert de Vipount his Brother had when he went into France after the War But upon condition that he should stand to a tryal for it in the Kings Court in case any question were made of his title thereto This last mentioned Robert in 5 Hen. 2. gave twenty marks to have a tryal for his Lands in Devonshire in which County he helâ—â—â—â—ight Knights Fees in 12 Hen. 2. of the Honor of Toâ—neâ—s And in 9 Rich. 1. accounted eighty five pound to the King for the Farm of the Honor of â—â—khill Moreover in 3 Ioh. he gave to the King twenty marks and one Palfrey for the Wardship of Richard de Scirinton In 4 Ioh. he was with the King in France and probably in that memorable Battle at Mâ—â—abell in which the French and Poictovins received so great an overthrow where also many prisoners were taken divers of which he had in his custody until he received the Kings command to deliver them unto Hugh de Gurnay amongst whom was Arthur Earl of Britanny the Kings Nephew afterwards barbarously murthered For which service without doubt it was That the same year viz. ult Martii he first had a Grant from King Iohn of the Castles of Appleby and Burch with the whole Bailiwick of Westmerland to hold during pleasure And the next ensuing year for his better support in the same Kings service another Grant bearing date at 〈◊〉 upon the twenty eighth of October of the premisses together with the services of all those who held not by Military service to hold to him and his heirs by the Wife he then had by the service of four Knights Fees for all services Provided he should not commit Waste in the Woods of Wineâ—ell nor hunt therein during the Kings life except he were there himself in person And saving to the King and his Heirs all Pleas of the Crown Which Grant includes the Barany though not the Borough of Appleby that having been granted to the Burgesses there by King Henry the Second and confirmed by King Iohn in the first year of His Reign so likewise by King Henry the Third in 16 Hen. 3. To this Barony belongs the Castles and Mannors of Appleby and Burgh Under Stanemore Flaxbrigg-Park Sowerby Winton Kirkby Stephen Mallerstang Pendragon Langton Meabourne Regis Brougham Castle Kirkby Thore Mawdes-Meabourne Temple-Sowerby with the Forests or rather Chases of Winefell and Mallerstang All which together with the Sheriff-wick and services of the Tenants to these Lordships hereafter mentioned which held thereof by Cornage made up the Barony viz. Cabergh Hartâ—ey Smardale Holbeck Askham Musgrave-Magna Murtan Cowby Sandford Sowlby Warthcop Waitby Overton Crosby Musgrave-Parva Helton Askby-Magna Askby-Parva Helton-Fletham Crosby-Ravensworth Naitby Hep Bampton Palking Cundall Knipe Clifton Brougham Dufton Brampton Bolton Yavenwick Knockshalcock Clyburne Coleby Hoff Drybeck Ormshead New Biggin Milburne Kirkby-Thore Cracanthorpe Lowther Maud Meabourne and Burton In the same fifth year of King Iohn this Robert de Vipount had also the custody of Windsor Castle so also of the Castle of Bowes in Com. Westmorl In 6 Ioh. he was made Constable of Nottingham Castle and in 7 Ioh. had a Grant of the custody of the Mannors of Lacton and Wateleg part of the Possession of Ralph Tayson Moreover the same year he was joyned with Rich. de Beauchamp in the Sheriffalty of the Countiâ—s of Nottingham and Derby and afterwards was Sheriff alone of those Counties until the eleventh of that Kings Reign inclusive In 9 Ioh. he was sent into the County Palatine of Durham to signifie unto the people of those parts the tenor of that Conference which had been betwixt the King and his Bishops touching Ecclesiastical Matters and the injuries then offered unto him by the Pope with command That he should so dispose of the Clergy and Laity there and of their whole Estates as he had received direction from the King to do And in 12 Ioh. began first to account for his Sheriffalty of Westmorland In this twelfth year he also executed the Office of Sheriff for Wiltshire for half that year and afterwards till the end of the fifteenth year So likewise for Devonshire from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth of the same Kings Reign In 13 Ioh. upon levying the Scutage of Scotland he answered three pound sixteen shillings â—ight pence for three Knights Fees and a third part which were of the Fees of William de Rumeli And by his Deed dated at Cliburne 8 May the same year confirmed the Grant of Maud his Mother Daughter to Hugh de Morevill of Kirk-Oswald in Com. Cumbr.
his Chaplains and Servants of his Castle of Berkley together with the Mannors of Berkley Hamme Appleridge Alkinton Hinton Wotton Simondsal Camme Cowley Slimbridge and Upton S. Leonard As also of the Hundred of Berkley and the Advowson of the Churches of Wotton and Slimbrigge with a render back to himself for life and after to Maurice his Son and Heir Apparent and to the Heirs-male of his Body with Remainder to the Heirs-male of the Body of himself by Catherine his second Wife c. The like Fine was levied by him in Trin. Term 26 Edw. 3. of the Mannor and Hundred of Portbury Which upon what foresight cannot be determined did happen to be the preservation of the Castle and Honor to the Heirs-male of his Family Having thus prudently setled the cheifest part of his estate and spent the most of his age in those Military imployments Which much added to his same he departed this life upon the twenty seventh of October being the eve of Simon and Iude in An. 1361. 35 Edw. 3. and was buried in Berkley Church near to the Grave of Catherine his last Wife leaving Maurice his eldest Son to succeed him whose Homage the King respited Roger Thomas and Alfonsus dying without issue ¶ This Maurice in 11 Edw. 3. being then but seven years of age was taken into Scotland by his Father and there Knighted And the year following though but eight years old married Elizabeth the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser In 16 Edw. 3. he was in that voyage of Granado and there continued till 18 Edw. 3. And in 20 21 Edw. 3. was still beyond the Seas In 29 Edw. 3. he attended Prince Edward into Gascoigne And in 30 Edw. 3. being with his Father in the Battle of Poictâ—ers was sore wounded This is all that I have seen in reference to his Warlike Actions Touching his Devotions it appears That in 14 Edw. 3. when he was but ten years of age he obtained License of the King to found a Chantry in the Church of Came and to endow it with two Messuages two yard Land and five pound Rent in Berkley Came and Wotton And that in 23 Edw. 3. he gave divers Lands in Portbury unto one Walter Rope his Chaplain to pray daily in the Chappel there for the good estate of his Father and of the Lady Catherine then his Wife Likewise of himself and Elizabeth his own Wife as also for the Souls of the Lord Maurice and Lady Eve his Grand-father and Grand-mother and for the Soul of the Lady Margaret his own Mother The like Grant he made of divers Lands in Portbury in 28 Edw. 3. unto Richard March his Chaplain And in 40 Edw. 3. gave to William Winchcomb his Chaplain an House opposite to the Gate of S. Augustines Abby near Bristoll with a Garden and Dove-house as also divers Houses in Broadstreet within the Town of Bristoll to pray in that Monastery and especially for the Soul of the Lady Margaret his Mother Moreover to the end that the two Chappels one of our Lady the other of S. Iohn Baptist Founded in his Castle at Berkley might be renewed and frequented at due hours he procured an Indulgence from Pope Vrban the Second of forty days Remission of Pennance to every one who should repair thereto on the Festivals of the year to hear Masses and devoutly say three Aves or give any Vestments or Ornaments thereto And having wedded Elizabeth Daughter of Hugh Lord Spenser as is before observed by whom he had issue four Sons viz. Thomas his eldest Son and immediate Successor Iames from whom the Male-line of this Noble Family sprung Iohn who with Thomas his elder Brother was in that expedition of Britanny 4 Rich. 2. but died without issue and Maurice who attended Edward Prince of Wales in his French Wars As also three Daughters viz. Catherine a Nun at Wherwell Agnes and Elizabeth who died unmarried departed this life 8 Iune 42 Edw. 3. and was buried in the Abby of S. Augustines near Bristoll never thorowly cured of those wounds he received in the Battle of Poictiers as it seems being then seised of the Mannors of Wendon Magna in Com. Essex Bedminster Portbury and Porteshed in Com. Somers Of the Castle Town and Hundred of Berkley with its Members viz. Ham Appulrug Alkinton Hinton Slimbridge Covel Upton S. Leonard and Acton Ilger in Com. Gloc. As also of the Mannor of Aure with its Appurtenances viz. Etelow and Blakney and of the Hundred of Blideslaw and Mannor of Hurst in the same County Thomas his Son and Heir before-mentioned being at that time fifteen years of age Which Thomas making proof of his age in 48 Edw. 3. had Livery of his Inheritance and the same year was in that expedition then made into France being of the Retinue unto Edmund de Mortimer Earl of March In 2 Rich. 2. he was imployed by Sea and Land in the Wars of France and Spain In 3 Rich. 2. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France with an hundred Men at Arms and as many Archers under the conduct of Thomas of 〈◊〉 Earl of Buckingham then the Kings Lieutenant in those parts In 4 Rich. 2. he was sent into Britanny with a Regiment of Men at Arms and Archers his third Brother Sir Iohn accompanying him the Earl of Buckingham being still General In 8 Rich. 2. he was retained to serve the King in his Wars with Scotâ—and for forty days In 10 Rich. 2. he entertained the King at Berkley Castle In 16 Rich. 2. his Wife being dead he procured leave to travel beyond Sea with fifteen persons in his train and a thousand marks in Money for his support in that journey In 18 Rich. 2. he obtained a Grant for another Fair at his Town of Berkley every year upon the Eve and Day of the Invention of the Holy Cross. And being at Flint Castle upon the Resignation of King Richard the Second on Michaelmass day following testified the same in his presence in the Tower of London And the morrow after upon meeting of the three Estates in Parliament a Bishop Abbot Earl Baron and Knight being the Representatives chosen to receive the same there he was the only Baron appointed for that purpose In 2 Hen. 4. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in his Lordships of Weston Walton Porteshed and Charlton juxta Wroxale in Com. Somerset In 3 Hen. 4. he received command to meet the King at â—ereâ—ord to march against Owen Glendowâ— In 4 Hen. 4. he was constituted one of the Wardens for the Marches of Wales against the incursions of Glendowr with power to command the Sheriffs of six Counties to be attendant on him as need should require In 5 Hen. 4.
he was made Admiral of the Kings Fleet from the Mouth of Thames to the West and South and sworn of His Privy Council in open Parliament He was likewise retained by Indenture to serve the King with three hundred Men at Arms upon the Sea for one quarter of a year himself accounted with eleven Knights two hundred eighty five Esquires six hundred Archers seven Ships seven Barges and seven Ballingers double manned with Marriners having command to â—ail from Plimouth with some of those Ships to Bourdeaux In the same year also he was sent to appease the tumults in Wales raised by Owen Glendowr and his partakers being then made Governor of the Castle of Brecknock with Commission likewise to go to Sea taking up six Barges and as many Mariners as should be requisite at the Kings wages About which time he encountred with the Fleet of Owen Glendowr near Milford-Haven burnt fifteen and took fourteen And at another time took fourteen more wherein the Seneschal of France and divers Captains of note were taken prisoners In 6 Hen. 4. he had Commission to Muster and Arm all able Men within the Counties of Glocester Bristoll and Somerset to withstand the incursions of the Welsh In this year he obtained a Grant for a weekly Market on the Wednesday and three Fairs yearly at his Town of Pensans in Cornwal viz. One upon the Eve and Day of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin another on the Eve and Day of S. Peter in Cathedrâ and the third on the Eve and Day of the Nativity of our Lady In 7 Hen. 4. he was the cheif Commander and Engineer for the Timber-works used in the Welsh Wars and Siege of Lampadervaur in Wales There is one thing more the relation whereof I am not willing to pass by viz. That he was a great lover of Learning an especial favorer of that worthy person Iohn Trevisa Vicar of Berkley in his time of whom Bale gives this Character that he was Vir multâ eruditione atque eloquentiâ clarus Which Iohn moreover was a Cannon of the Collegiate Church of Westbury in Com. Wilts and translated into English the Old and New Testament as also Bartholomaeus de Proprietatibus rerum and dedicated it to him Likewise the Chronicle of Ranulph Higden a Monk of Chester commonly called Polycronicon adding his Continuations thereto for fifty five years and many other Works This Thomas about a year before his Fathers death took to Wife Margaret the Daughter to Gerard Warren Lord l'Isle by Alice his Wife Daughter and Heir to Henry Lord Tyes the Marriage being solemnised at Wengrave in Com. Buck. the said Lord l'Isles House Which Margaret by the death of her Brother without issue became Heir to her Father who soon after went to Berkley Castle and made it his residence in his later days His Son in Law therefore having the prospect of so fair an estate covenanted with him That he and the issue which he should beget on his Daughter would after his death alway use and bear the Arms of the said Lord l'Isle the Lordships and Lands which he had by her being these viz. Charlton Tâ—tcote Cloncon Norbory Langdon Donn-Cary Larkbear in Com. 〈◊〉 Wengrave in Com. Buck. Kislingbury Stow and Church-Brampton in Com. Northampt. Chilton-Foliot Nethercote Draycote Horewell Chikeld Frishedon in Com. Wilts Kingston l'Isle Hordwell Colcot Ordestone Buden Caldicote Cakewode in Com. Berks. Shirbourne Noke Fretwell in Com. Oxon. Aylwerâ—on Trewarnake Pensans Mosshole in Com. Cornub. Besides divers Advowsons of Churches and many Lands and Tenements in other places Which Lady Margaret died at Wotton under Edge 20 Martii 15 Rich. 2. and lieth buried in the Parish Church there under a fair Tomb Thomas her Husband then surviving who long afterwards viz. Upon Sunday the Purification of the Blessed Virgin An. 1415. 3 Hen. 5. by his Testament then declared bequeathed unto the Fabrick of that Church wherein his Body should happen to be buried a Cross gilt with all the Relicks included therein To his Daughter the Countess of Warwick he thereby gave his best pair of Mattins as also one gilt Cup with twenty pound contained therein To Iames his Nephew viz. his next Heir-male being Son of Iames his Brother already deceased his best Bed and great Cup of Jet as also twenty Coats of Male twenty Brest-plates twenty Helmets and twenty Lances and departing this life at his said Mannor of Wotton under Edge before specified upon Tuesday the thirteenth of Iuly 5 Hen. 5. then seised as Tenant by the curtesie of England after the death of Margaret his Wife already deceased and of the Inheritance of Elizabeth then the Wife of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick his only child by her the said Margaret of the Lordships and Lands before-mentioned which Elizabeth was then thirty years of age was buried in the Church at Wotton under Edge near to the same Lady Margaret his late Wife being then seised in his own right of the Borough of Bridgewater the Mannor and Hundred of Bedminster the Hundreds of Harcliff and Portbury the third part of the Mannor of Portshead the Mannors of Weston and Portbury and the sixth part of the Hundred of Milverton all in the County of Somerset As also of the Mannor of Aure with its Members Wike juxta Rodleswere Acton Vlger the Castle and Hundred of Berkley with the Mannors of Ham Appulrugge Aldington Hinton Wotton Simondfall Came Coveley Slimbrigge and Upton S. Leonard in the County of Glocester By another Inquisition it was also then found That Thomas de Berkley Grand-father to this deceased Thomas being seised in his Demesn as of Fee of the Castle of Berkley and of the Mannors of Berkley Ham Appultugge Alkinton Hinton Wotton Simondshale Came Covely Slimbrigge and Upton S. Leonard as also of the Hundred of Berkley view of Frank-pledge with its Appurtenances and of the Advowsons of the Churches of the said Mannors of Wotton and Slimbâ—igge did levy a Fine in 23 Edw. 3. of the said Castle Mannors c. unto William de Syke and others who thereupon reconveyed them to the said Thomas the Grand-father to hold for life with the Remainder to Maurice his Son and the Heirs-male of his Body and for default of such issue to the Heirs-male of the said Thomas by Catherine then his Wife and for want of such issue to the right Heirs of him the said Thomas And that he the said Thomas the Grand-father took to Wife Elizabeth by whom he had issue Thomas de Berkley his Son and Heir and Iames a younger Son Which Iames took to Wife Elizabeth and had issue Iames then living And that afterwards the said Maurice died seised of that Castle and other the premisses whereupon they descended to him the said Thomas the Son of Maurice as Son and Heir-male who dying seised of them leaving no Issue-male of his
in the County of Derby four in the County of Essex five Mannors a Forest a Chace and a Barony in the County of Sussex two Mannors in the County of Surrey four in the County of Huntington one in the County of Hertford three in the County of Cambridge another Barony and four Mannors in the County of Bedford and others in some other Counties as also divers Lands in Calais Ireland and Wales with certain Hundreds Royalties and Knights fees in consideration whereof he obtained the Office of Earl Marshal and title of Marquess to himself and the Heirs male of his Body And besides all this he sold away and gave divers Lands and Lordships to Sir William Stanley Lord Chamberlain of that Kings Houshold and others Also to Sir Reginald Bray Kt. his Mannor of Hamme in Comit. Bedf. with Kensington and Maryborne in Com. Midd. as rewards of his Court-favors Moreover to Thomas Stanley Earl of Derby for the like respect in default of issue of his own Body he gave the Mannors of Donyngton Thwayts Threske Hovingham Kirkby-Malsard and Burton in Lonesdale in Com. Ebor. As also the Mannors of Wenge Segrave in Pen and Marlow in Comit. Buck. the Mannors of Denge alias Dengy in Com. Essex Epworth Belton Haxey Ouston and UUrote in Com. Linc. Alspath in Mereden in Comit. Warw. Slagham in Com. Suss. and Wisselee in Comit. Surr. to hold to the said Earl and the Heirs of his Body He likewise setled the Mannors of Hinton and Kenet in Com. Cantabr to the use of himself for life the remainder to Richard Willuby for life then to the Heirs of his own body the remainder to the Heirs male of the Body of the said Richard Willughby So also the Mannor of Caloudon in Com. Warw. to the same parties with the like remainders To his then Wife the Lady Anne he by his Will devised all his Messuages and Lands in the City of London paying two hundred marks to the Friers-Austines there and his house at Chelsey in Com. Midd. to Iohn Whiting and his heirs The Mannor of Great Chesterford he also setled on himself and the said Anne his Wife and the heirs of his own body the remainder to the King and the Heirs male of his body and having so done built a fair House thereon which Mannors so given to the King were all established by Act of Parliament in 7 Hen. 7. so that he left nothing for his Heir And by his Testament bearing date 5 Feb. ann 1491. 7 Hen. 7. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of the Friers Austines in London thereby also willing that his Executors should ordain two Friers perpetually to sing in the White Friers in Fleetstreet in the suburbs of London at the Altar of Sâ— Gasion there to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father and Mother his Wives Soul and the Soul of his Son Sir Thomas Berkley for evermore Likewise another Frier perpetually to sing in the Gray-Friers at Gloucester to pray for his own Soul and the Souls aforesaid Towards the building of which Gray-Friers he gave twenty pounds Moreover he willed that his Executors should purchase Lands to the value of ten marks yearly therewith to find a perpetual Chantry at the Altar of our Lady of Pitie in Edworth in Com. Linc. to pray for the Souls aforesaid for ever Likewise that they should purchase more Lands to the value of twenty two marks therewith to find two perpetual Priests at Longbrigge one of them daily to sing in the Chappel of the Trinity there and the other in the Chappel of the Church of Berkley where his Father and his said Son lay buried to pray for their Souls for evermore and to dispose of an hundred marks in building an House at Longbridge for those Priests to dwell in as also to buy Ornaments and Vestments for that Chappel of Longbridge forty marks Lastly he willed that his Executors should purchase a Pardon from Rome as large as might be had for plein remission of the sins of all those who would be confessed and contrite at Longbridge from Even-song to Even-song in the Feast of the Trinity and there say three Pater Nosters and three Aves for his Soul and the Souls aforesaid And departing this life on St. Valentines-day viz. 14 Febr. Anno 1491. 7 Hen. 7. without issue was accordingly buried in the Friers Augustines at London Maurice his Brother being his next Heir but enjoyed nothing of the Honour having incurred his displeasure for the reasons before expressed the Castle of Berkley with those Lands and Lordships which were the body of that antient Barony being by this Marquess given as is before observed to King Henry the seventh and the issue male from him descending Which Maurice being thus disherited became as active as he could for the regaining of what in strictness of Law was his right having for his better help to support himself in such Suits wherein he became afterwards for that end engaged in the fourteenth of Henry the Seventh together with Thomas Earl of Surrey as Cosins and Heirs to George Bewes Brother of Agnes Mother of Isabel Widdow of Sir Walter Cokesey Knight Livery of all the Mannors and Lands belonging to the said George Agnes and Isabel. By which suits through his prudence and diligent prosecution of them he first recovered the Mannor of Sages lying in the Parish of Slimbrigge it being evident that it was no part of the Mannor of Slymbrigge so passed by Fine and otherwise to King Henry the seventh as aforesaid Likewise twenty two marks yearly rent in Frampton upon Severne which did not pass in these settlements Next of the Lands setled upon Anne the last Wife of the Marquess for life c. he got the possession of the Mannors of Wenge Segrave in Pen and Little Marlow in Com. Buck. as also of the Mannors of Sileby Mountsorrel and the hundred of Goscote in Com. Leicest and some other Lands And whilst these were in controversy the Mannors of â—etebury in Comit. Glouc. Maningeford Braose in Com. Wiltes the moity of the Mannors of Leigh Cothorne and Gate Burton in Com. Linc. as also of Wovers-thorpe in Com Ebor. descended to him as one of the two Coheirs of the Lord Braose which the better enabled him to look after the rest And after this making title to those Lands which were given by his Brother the Marquess to Thomas Earl of Derby they came to reference by the mediation of friends and knisfolk whereupon an Award was made by Sir Iohn Fyneux Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Sir Thomas Frowyk Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas whereby he got the Lordships of Wenge and Segrave in Pen in Comitat. Buck. as also of Hovyngham Donyngton and Twaytes in Com. Ebor. Nor was it long after that ere he recovered the Mannor of Chesterford in Essex where the said Marquess was building at his
Will should have the use of his great Velvet Bed during his life but not to be alienated from him who should bear his Name and Armes And to the same person he also bequeathed four Silver Basons with two Ewers whereon his Armes were graven six silver Dishes two silver Pots and four Chargers all marked with his Armes as also a Cup with Cover gilt having one Ring on the side thereof constituting Walter Skyrlaw Bishop of Durham Richard Scrope Bishop of Chester and Sir Richard Scrope Knight his Executors And upon the tenth of May next following departing this life was accordingly buried in the Cathedral of Litchfield where a goodly Monument in the Isle on the South side of the Quire was erected to his memory which in the late unparallel'd rebellious times when that stately Fabrick was laid wast through the Rapine of those then great pretenders to Religion and Reformation came to utter ruine Upon whose death Thomas Earl Stafford was found to be his Cousin and next Heir viz. Son of Hugh Son of Ralph Son of Margaret Sister of Ralph Father of Ralph Father of this last deceased Ralph But by another Inquisition it was found that the same Thomas Earl Stafford and Alice the Wife of Sir William Chaworth Knight were his Cousins and next Heirs viz. the said Thomas Son of Hugh c. as abovesaid And the said Alice Daughter of Catherine Daughter of Iohn Son of Roger Son of Ioane Daughter of Maude the other Sister of Ralph Basset Father of Ralph Father to this Ralph now last deceased Which occasioned great controversie afterwards betwixt Humphrey Earl Stafford and Sir Thomas Chaworth Knight for the Lordship of Colston Basset in Com. Notting What conclusion was made therein I know not but certain I am that for settling a great part of the Lord Bassets Lands there were divirs Fines levied in King Edward the thirds time betwixt Ralph Lord Basset Grandfather to this last Ralph and this last Ralph and Ioane the Daughter of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Plantiffs and Sir William Herle Knight and Thomas Radclyve Parson of the Church of Olney deforciants of the Mannors of Walshall in Comitat. Staff Buckby and Multon in Com. Northampt. with Drayton and Patingham in Com. Staff whereby these Lordships were settled upon Ralph the Grandfather for life with remainder to Ralph the Grandson of the said Ralph and Ioane and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Ralph Son of Ralph Son of Ralph and Ioane with remainder to the Heirs male of the said Ralph the Grandfather and for want of such issue to Ralph de Stafford for life with divers other remainders of the line of Stafford and for lack of issue of those remainders to Thomas Beauchamp Son to Thomas late Earl of Warwick and the Heirs male of his body c. Which Ralph Basset the Grandfather had issue Ralph and he the last mentioned Ralph Which Ralph viz. the Son of Ralph and Ioane died in the life-time of his Father and after that Ralph his Father and Ioane his Mother deceased upon whose death Ralph the Grandson of Ralph and Ioane entered into those Lordships by vertue of the Fines before-mentioned and died seized of them without any issue of his Body Likewise the said Ralph Stafford and those other remainders of the line of Stafford specified in the Fines so levied died all without issue male of their Bodies so that by vertue of those Fines the right of these Lordships divolved at length to Thomas Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick Son of Thomas late Earl of Warwick Whereupon that Earl had respite for doing his Homage and Ioane the Widdow of Ralph the last Lord Basset had an Assignation of the Lordships of Olney and Patyngham for her Dowry But after her death which hapned in 4 Hen. 4. Edmund Earl Stafford Son of Hugh Son of Margaret Sister to Ralph Lord Basset Grandfather to the last Ralph had Livery of all those Lands Which Ioane was Sister to Iohn Duke of Britanny and held in dower the third part of the Mannors of Shiringham and Gretewell in Com. Linc. the Mannor of Radclive upon Sore and the third part of the Mannor of Colston Basset in Comitat. Notting the fourth part of the Mannor of Barrow upon Sore and the third part of the Mannors of Rakedale Willows and Radcliffe upon Wreke in Com. Leic. the Mannors of Pâ—tyngham and Drayton-Basset in Com. Staff the Mannors of Olney and Scherington in Com. Buck. and the Mannor of Towsiâ—ke in Com. Devon This Ioane made her Testament at her Mannor House of Chesthunt in Com. Buck. 27 Martii An. 1402. 3 Hen. 4. Whereby she bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Abby of Lavenden near Olney in that County and died the Thursday next before the Feast of S. Martin the next ensuing year Basset of Sapcote THe first of this Branch that setled at Sapcote in Leicestershire was called William Basset a younger Brother to Ralph Basset of Drayton in Staffordshire Which William executed the Office of Sheriff of Warwick and Leicestershires in 9 Hen. 2. as Deputy to his Brother Ralph In 10 Hen. 2. of Leicestershire for himself and in 11 12 13 14 15 and one half of 16 Hen. 2. for both Counties But in 19 Hen. 2. upon an Inquisition taken by Commissioners concerning all the Sheriffs of England he paid an hundred pounds fine for some transgressions in that Office as it seems In 21 Hen. 2. he was one of the Justices Itinerant in Yorkshire So likewise in 24 Hen. 2. In 23 Hen. 2. he executed the Sheriffs Office for Lincolnshire for the one half of that year and so to the thirtieth of that Kings Reign inclusive To which William succeeded Simon who in 6 Rich. 1. married ... one of the Daughters and Coheirs to William Avenel of Haddon in the Peke in Derbishire And to him Ralph who took to Wife Milisent one of the Daughters and Heirs to Robert de Chaucumbe about the fifteenth of Henry the Third This Ralph as formerly his Grandfather had the Sheriffalty of Lincolnshire from the twenty fifth of Henry the Third to the twenty nineth of Henry the Third inclusive And in 32 Hen. 3. went on pilgrimage to S. Iames in â—alliâ—â—d In 42 Hen. 3. he received command to attend the King at Chester well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Incursions of the Welsh and the same year was made Governor of Northampton Castle So also in 47 H. 3. But in 48 H. 3. he sided with the Rebellious Barons and was then in Arms with them at Northampton Moreover soon after the King being taken prisoner at Lewes and consequently all in their power he was by those Barons summoned to that Parliament which they held in the Kings name in 49 Hen. 3. And after
also attainted the remainder to Hugh Despenser his Son and his Heirs And besides all this the Mannor and Castle of Donington in Com. Leic. which formerly appertained to the Earldom of Lincolne Moreover in farther favor of him he called a Parliament at York and therein reversing the former judgement for his Exile restored unto him all his own Lands Adding the gift of the Mannor of Kenynton in Com. Surr. for life late Roger Damorye's attainted the remainder to his Son Hugh and his Heirs And not long after this viz. in 17 Edw. 2. he procured a Charter for two Fairs at his Mannor of Uphavene in Com. Wiltes the one on the Wednesday next after the Feast of the Holy Trinity and the Morrow after and the other on the Eve and day of St. Luke the Evangelist As also a grant in Fee of the Mannor of Faukes-Hall in Com. Surr. late the said Roger Damorye's And the same year was constituted Warden of the Kings Forests on the South of Trent Moreover in 18 Edw. 2. he obtained to himself and his said Son Hugh in Fee a grant from the King of the Mannor of Swannescomp in Kent Likewise of certain Lands in Berewyke Basset and Wynterborn-Basset late Gilbert Berewyk's attainted As also a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Chepingâ— Merlaw in Com. Buck. and another at Hameâ—don in the same County And was summoned to Parliament from 23 Edw. 1. untill 15 Ed. 2. inclusive This being the substance of what I can say concerning Hugh the elder till I come to his death I shall now descend to Hugh the younger his Son whose power and interest with that unhappy King with whom he had been bred up from his youth was no less if not much more then his Fathers and which at length terminated in the miserable ruine of them all This Hugh in 34 Edw. 1. received the order of Knighthood with all those solemn Ceremonies of Bathing and otherwise then used Edward Prince of Wales eldest Son to the King being then also Knighted In 7 Edw 2. he married Alianore the eldest of the three Daughters and Heirs of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and doing his Homage in 10 Edw. 2. had Livery of her purparty of the Lordships and Lands of that Earl After which the same year he went to the Warrs in Scotland and in 12 Edw. 2. was constituted Governor of the Castles of Drosselan and Dynevor in Wales obtaining then also a confirmation of all those Royalties within the Territories and Lordships of Glamorgan and Marganoc as Gilbert de Clare late Earl of Gloucester and Hertford formerly enjoyed In 13 Edw. 2. he had a Grant from Hugh de Audele the younger and Margaret his Wife of the Castle and Mannor of Newport as also of the Mannors of Stowe Rempine and divers other Lands in Wales to himself and Alianore his Wife and to the Heirs of the said Alianore and the same year was made Governor of the Castle of â—â—â—ham In this year also he was in that Expedition then made into Scotland and joyned in Commission with Bartholomew de Badlesmere to go into Gascoigne to place and displace all such of the Kings Officers there as they should deem insufficient and to substitute others in their places Being then Lord Chamberlain to the King he rendered up the Castle of Hanley in Com. Wigorn. as also that of Kaerfili in Com. Glamorgâ—n whereof he had been for some time Governor In 14 Ed. 2. he entered into a solemn League with Iohn de Bermingham Earl of Loverne in Ireland to stick to each other in all things against all men whatsoever except the King and to live and dye together And the same year was constituted Governor of the Castles of Brâ—stol and Porchester But about this time through the power of those great men who did then put themselves in Armes being Banished with his Father as I have already shewed upon the change of that Sâ—â—ne the next ensuing year he obtained a formal Revocation of that Sentence under the Kings great Seal bearing date 18 Decemb. 15 Ed. 2. as also a special Protection from any disturbance whatsoever by reason thereof and the same year procured a grant to himself and his Heirs of the Mannors of Severne-Stoke in Com. Wigoâ—â— late Roger Clifford's attainted Likewise of the Mannor of Oriâ—don in Com. Oxoâ— late William Tuchet's attainted Also of the Isle of Lundy late Iohn Wylliantons attainted Moreover of the Mannor of Barwe in Com. Suff. Lecâ—heâ—c with certain Lands in Stebbing in Com Essex late Bartholomew Badlesmere's attainted and also of the Mannor of Brustlesham in Com. Berks. late Thomas Earl of Lancaster's attainted In 16 Edw. 2. he was constituted Governor of the Castles of Glocester and the Berton there as also of S. Briavels Castle in that County and Warden of the Forest of Deanâ— In this year he passed his Mannors of Swansey Ostremuthe Penâ—ard Logherne in Dower and Liman with their Appurtenances unto Elizabeth the Wife of Iohn de Burgh in exchange for the Castles and Mannors of Uske â—regruke Kaerleon and Lyswyry In that year also he was constituted Governor of the Castles of Bregheven Cantreteclif Talgarth Blenleveny and Penkethely and obtained a Charter for a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Boreford in Com. Oxon. for the space of seven days preceding the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist the day and eight days following He then likewise obtained a Grant in Fee of the Mannor of Glatton in Com. Hunt As also of the homage and service of Robert de Bayeux for Lands in Conyton and Peurten-hale sometime belonging to Edmund Earl of Cornwal Also a weekly Market every Wednesday at Gretham in Com. Linc. and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and morrow after the Translation of S. Thomas the Martyr and two days following The same year also he farther procured to himself these several ensuing Grants viz. of the Mannor of Hameldon in Com. Buck. late Bartholomew Badlesmeres attainted of the Mannors of Malâ—â—y Staneley and Winterslow and five pounds Rent in Winterton late Roger Cliffords attainted the Remainder to Edward his Son and his Heirs of the Mannor of Carleton juxta Basingham in Com. Linc. late Gervase Avenells and Iane his Wife attainted Of all the Lands Towns and Castles in Glamorgan Morganok and Wencelok forfeited and escheated to the Crown of the Mannor of Striflond in Wales late Rese ap Howels attainted Of the Reversion of the Mannors of Saltfletby and Scarthau in Com. Linc. after the death of Alice Widow of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster Of the Caâ—â—le of Kernikeven and Castle Mannor and Land of Iskenny in Wales late Iohn Giffards attainted Of the Mannors of Troubridge Winterbourne Ambresbury Caneford Henkstrugge and
Charleton in Com. Wilts the Lands of Alice Wife of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster Of twenty pounds yearly Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Burford in Com. Oxon. late Iohn Giffards attainted Of the Castles and Mannors of Uske Tregruck and Caerleon the Mannors of Lyswyry Parva-Tinterne New Grange Lantrissan Parva Trilleke Tray Lamcom and Woundy with the Appurtenances as also the Advowsons of the Churches of Tridenauch Landissay Tray Iregruke Pentekes Kemneys Landwiche and the Advowsons of the Abby of Caerleon the Priory of of Uske the Chappel of Kanarvan and Hospital of Uske Of the Mannor of Webell in Essex Râ—hale in Rutland the Castle Town and Mannor of Denbigh the Cantreds of Ros and Rownock and Commot of Dynuvall late Thomas Earl of Lancasters in right of Alice his Wife And to Eleanor his Wife he procured a Grant from the King of the Mannors of Shudestock in Com. Warr. and Creke in Com. Northampt. late Iohn de Moubrays attainted the Remainder to Gilbert their Son and his Heirs Also of the Mannor of Melton-Moubray in Com. Leicest late Iohn de Moubrays of the Mannor of Soningdon late Bartholomew Badlesmeres attainted the Remainder to the Son of the said Hugh and Eleanor and likewise of the Castle and Town of Swansey the Castles of Ostremew Pennard and Lagâ—erne in the Land of Gower with all the said Land of Gower in the marches of Wales late the Possessions of the said Iohn de Moâ—bray Moreover in 17 Edw. 2. he obtained a Grant for life of the Mannor of Talgarth in Wales late part of the Possessions of Roger Mortimer of Chirke the Remainder to Gilbert his Son in Fee And to Eleanor his Wife of the Mannor of Bramelhanger in Com. Bedf. for life the Remainder to the said Gilbert Also another Grant to himself in Fee of the Mannors of Rudmarley d'Abitot and Inardeston in Com. Wigorn. late Geffrey d'Abitots attainted of the Mannor of Burlingham in the same County late Iohn Sapies attainted and of the Mannor of Rockhampton in Com. Gloe late Iohn Giffards attainted And besides all this in the same year he procured the said Kings Charter for a Fair at Tewskbury every year upon the Eve and Day of S. Margaret and eight days following As also another Charter to his Burghesses and Inhabitants of Uske Kaerleon Newport Corbrigg Nethe and Keneseck in Wales to be quit of Toll in all places whatsoever and likewise a Grant for life from Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk of the Castle of Strigoil and Lordships of Chepstow and Tudenham In 18 Edw. 2. he obtained a Grant of the Mannor of Hodinak and certain Lands in Litle Monmouth in Wales in Fee As also of the Castle of Blenleveny with the Mannor and Town of Bulkedinas and all the Lands of Talgarth in Wales late Roger Mortimers of Chirke attainted Likewise of the Mannor of Talgarth within the said Territory of Talgarth late Rese ap Howells attainted And not content with these by Force and Power he extorted from others what he pleased seising by violence upon Elizabeth Comyn a great Heir and Wife of Richard Talbot in her House of Keninton in Surrey and keeping her in prison with hard usage for a whole twelve-moneth and then by threats causing her to pass away unto him the Mannor of Painswike in Com. Gloc. and the Castle and Mannor of Castel-Goderich in the Marches of Wales So likewise having obtained a Grant from the King of the Isle of Lundy and all other the Lands of Iohn de Wilinton upon pretence that he had adhered to Thomas Earl of Lancaster rested not till he had gained a Release from the said Iohn de Wilinton of all his right and title thereto The like oppression he exercised to Iohn de Sutton Lord of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire in right of Margaret his Wife imprisoning him under colour that he had been of the party of Thomas Earl of Lancaster until he had by a writing under his Hand and Seal passed away the Mannor of Eykering in Com. Nottingh to Hugh the elder his Father and by another Grant to himself obtained the Castle of Dudley and Mannors of Seggeley Swineford Rowlep-Somerâ— and Prestwold in Com. Staff the Town of Dudley in Com. Wigorn. and Mannor of Bradfield in Com. Berks. So likewise to Oliver Ingham for the Castle of Shokelach and Lordship of Malpasse in Cheshire And farther to increase his power was the same year made Governor of the Castle at Bristoll This Hugh was summoned to Parliament from 8 Edw. 2. until the nineteenth of that Kings Reign inclusive ¶ Having thus briefly pointed at the most remarkable passages relating to these two great Men singly I now come to the tragick conclusion of them both their honors wealth and power being not able to shelter them from that violent storm of the peoples fury which their insolencies and oppressions had justly raised against them Nor were they less odious to the Queen and Prince who being gone out of England upon special occasions durst not return for fear of them For so far was the King misled by their subtile insinuations and flatteries that by their instigation he caused Proclamations to be published in the City of London for the banishment of them both as Traytors The Queen therefore having perfect information how the hearts of the people stood the Prince her Son being then married to the Earl of Henaults Daughter in An. 1325. 19 Ed. 2. made sail for England with all those Lords which through the prevalency of these two powerful Favorites had suffered exile and Landing at Harwich with what other Forces she then could procure soon framed a powerful Army and set out Proclamation that whosoever should bring her the head of this Hugh Despenser the younger should have two thousand pounds And marching from Glocester towards Bristoll where the King then was restored to Thomas Lord Berkley the Son of Maurice who died but a little before in prison at Wallingford his Castle of Berkley whereof the said Hugh the younger had possessed himself And on the morrow after coming to Bristoll was joyfully received into that City where in testimony of her welcome Hugh the elder being brought before the Prince and those Barons then attending him though at that time ninety years of age received judgment of death first to be drawn afterwards to be beheaded and then hanged on the Gibbet Which was accordingly executed in the fight of the King and of his Son Hugh the younger upon S. Dennis day in October It is said by some Writers that his Body was hanged up with two strong Cords for full four days and then cut in pieces and given to the Dogs to eat and that his head was sent to Winchester because he had the
of London And Andrew Blund in 49 Hen. 3. was in the Battel of Evesham on the part of the Rebellious Barons Then Hugh le Blund Sheriff of the Counties of Essex and Hartford for the last half year in 14 Edw. 1. So likewise in 15 Edw. 1. and the first half of the sixteenth year After this viz. in 5 Edw. 2. Thomas le Blund was then constituted Governour of Drosselan Castle in Wales Then Stephen le Blund being Chamberlain and Receiver to the King in the Realm of Scotland in 8 Edw. 2. was shortly after viz. in 11 Edw. 2. imployed in guarding the Marches there But I return to Thomas This Thomas in 19 Edw. 2. having married Iulian the Daughter of Thomas de Leiburne Widow of Iohn Lord Bergavenny had with her an Assignation of divers Lands and Lordships whereof her said Husband died seised for her Dowry And in 20 Edw. 2. being Steward of the King's houshold after Queen Isabell had taken Bristoll and the King fled into Wales with his whole Family and strength gave assistance to her In 1 Edw. 3. he was of the Retinue with Henry Earl of Lancaster in the Scotish Wars and had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 20 Edw. 2. As also in 1 and 2 Edw. 3. after which I find no more of him About this time scil 1 Edw. 3. I meet with William le Blund who had a Charter of Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Hampton-Lover in Com. Wigorn. And in 2 Edw. 3. having married Margery one of the daughters and coheirs to Theobald de Verdon obtained Livery of the Castle of Webbele in Com. Heref. with divers other Lands and Lordships which upon Partition of the Inheritance were assigned for her Purparty In 4 Edw. 3. this William had the King's Grant for a Fair yearly at 〈◊〉 in Com. Rotel upon the Eve and day of S. Thomas the Apostle In 9 Edw. 3. he had a Command in the Wars of Scotland and having been summoned to Parliament from 1 Edw. 3. until 11 Edw. 3. inclusive died in that year leaving Iohn his brother and heir thirty years of age Which Iohn was of Sodyntone in Com. Wigorn. in 30 Edw. 3. from whom those of that place do derive their descent After this Scil. in 9 Ric. 2. I find mention of Sir Walter le Blount Knight who at that time obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Barton Aikementon Saperton and Holinton in Com. Derb. And in 4 Hen. 4. being the King's Standard-bearer and wearing his Coat-armour in the Battel of Shrewsbury was there slain In 14 Hen. 4. Sir Iohn Blount Knight Governour of a Garrison in Aquitane being there besieged by the Marshal of France with three hundred men vanquished all the Marshal's Army took Prisoners twelve persons of Note and others to the number of one hundred and twenty I next come to Sir Walter le Blount Knight son and heir to Sir Thomas le Blount Knight Treasurer of Normandy who in 1 Hen. 5. by Feoffment to Thomas Langley Bishop of Durhaâ— and Iohn Baysham Clerk setled his Mannors of Barton Saperton Sutton Lutchurche Haselwode Adlaxton and Belton with the reversion of his Mannor of Falde As also all his Lands in Dalbury Hollyngton Bolleston Leicester Besford Peake Scarsdale Stapenhull Gayton Tuttebury Burton and elsewhere in the Counties of Derby Staff Leicester and Rutland to the use of Senchia his Wife a Spanish Lady during her life and to the Heirs male of his body the remainder to Thomas his second Son and the Issue male of his body and so to Iames the third Son and Peter the fourth Son with remainder to his right Heirs This Walter had Issue Iohn his son and heir who was Governour of Calais and Knight of the Garter but died without Issue Whereupon Walter Son of Thomas second Son to the said Walter succeeded which Walter in 39 Hen. 6. in consideration of his laudable Services was made Treasurer of Calais and the Marches thereof and in 1 Edw. 4. obtained another Grant of the same office from the King the like Grant he had given in 4 Edw. 4. and was constituted Lord Treasurer of England the same year by Letters Patent bearing date 24 November The next year in consideration of his great Services Fidelity and Wisdom by Charter bearing date 20 Iunii he was advanced to the dignity and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Montjoy with the Grant of twenty Marks per An. for his better support of that dignity to be received out of the moity of the Town of Thurvaston in Com. Nott. and became so active a person for the King's service in that troublesome time as that in 7 Edw. 4. in reward thereof the King bestowed on him and the Heirs male of his Body certain Lands in Wyggdon and Chigeâ—â—â— in Com. Devon and Lancâ—ston in Com. Cornub. part of the Possessions of Sir William Cary Knight attainted as also the moity of the Mannor of Coteriâ—â—e in Com. Wigorn. belonging to Sir William Vaux Knight attainted and of the Mannor of Chyimelay in Com. Devon which came to the Crown by the attainder of Thomas Courtney Earl of Devon Likwise the Mannors of Huntebeare Holmeham 〈◊〉 and Cornwordy in Com. Devon with the Burroughs of Chulmelegh and Twykebeare in the same County As also the Lordships of Brummore alias Brymmore Lemyngton with the Burrough of Lemyngton in Com. Sutht and the yearly Rent of xviij l. vj s. viij d. payable by the Sheriff of Devon to the said Thomas Courtney late Earl of Dâ—von and his Ancestors all which were part of the Possessions of that Earl and devolved to the Crown by his attainder In 8 Edw. 4. this Walter Lord Montjoy was retained to serve the King in his then purposed Expedition for France in aid of the Duke of Britanny with three thousand Souldiers whereof sixty to be men at Arms the rest Archers But this design being then frustrated he was again retained the same year with a thousand Souldiers whereof sixty to be men at Arms and the rest Archers for a quarter of that year As also with five hundred Mariners and to serve as well by Sea as Land in the Company of Anthony Lord Scales which service he did accordingly perform And in 10 Edw. 4. was associated in Commission with Iohn Earl of Wilts to receive all such into Protection who having forfeited their Estates by their Rebellious actings should submit themselves to the King's grace and favour In 11 Edw. 4. he was one of the Temporal Lords who in the Parliament then held swore to be true to
by the Forces of King Stephen In 11 Hen. 2. this Roger paid Lxxvj l. v. s. to the King for the Service of Wales and in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid then levyed for marrying the King's daughter being possessed of the Honour of Totneis by descent from Roger his Grand-father certified his Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento to be sixty four and an half for which in 14 Hen. 2. at xiij s. iv d. per Scutum he paid xxxvij l. iv s. x d. To him succeeded Henry his son and heir who in 22 Hen. 2. answered to the King's Exchequer forty Marks for his own and his Father's Amercements by reason of their trespassing in the King's Forests And in 8 Ric. 1. paid Lv l. vij s. vj d. upon collection of the second Scutage of Normandy levyed the preceeding year This Henry took to Wife Isabell one of the daughters and coheirs of Walter de Bulbec afterwards marryed to the Earl of Oxford And in 10 Ric. 1. gave a Fine of three hundred Marks to the King for the Purparty of her Inheritance But farther I cannot say of him than that in 9 Ioh. Roger de 〈◊〉 paid five hundred Marks to the King for that part of the Lands which remained to this 〈◊〉 upon the partition made betwixt him and 〈…〉 and that they were granted thereupon by 〈◊〉 Henry to the said Roger de 〈◊〉 and his Heirs in the King's presence Valletort IN the time of King William Rufus Reginald de 〈◊〉 was a witness to a Charter of that King made to the Monks of 〈◊〉 in Com. 〈◊〉 And in 12 Hen. 2. Raphe de Vallâ—tâ—rt upon the Assâ—ssment of that Aid for marrying the King's daughter 〈◊〉 that he held one Knights Fee in Com. Devon After him Roger de 〈◊〉 in 33 Hen. 2. gave one hundred Marks Fine for Livery of the Honour of Tremâ—ton in 〈◊〉 where he had a large and strong Castle and in 5 Iohn upon collection of the fourth Scutage of Wales answered for fifty nine Knights Fees of the Honour of Merton Moreover in 9 Iohn he became debtor to the King in six hundred Marks for those Lands which Henry de Novant had upon the partition made betwixt him and William de Braose which Lands the said Henry granted to him and his Heirs in the King's presence To this Roger succeâ—ded another Reginald de Valletort whose Wardship in 13 Iohn Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester obtained and upon collection of the Scutage of Wales accounted xxxvij l. iv s. x d. on his behalf for the moity of the Scutage of the Honour of Totneis viz. for the moity of fifty five Knights Fees a third sixth and half part de veteri Feoffamento and xij l. xv s. for those de novo In 17 Iohn this Reginald was made Governour of the Castle of Totneis and in 1 Hen. 3. had Livery of all the Fees belonging to Totneis which lay in the County of Debon In 5 Hen. 3. he was made Sheriff of Cornwal and so continued till 9 Hen. 3. inclusive Moreover in 1 Hen. 3. the King in consideration of one hundred Marks acquitted him and his Heirs of that debt of six hundred Marks due to the Exchequer from Roger his Father for Livery of those Lands which were granted to him by Henry de Novant as is already observed In 26 Hen. 3. he had summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King into Gascoigne and in 29 Hen. 3. gave a Fine of six hundred Marks for Livery of the Mannors of Clifton Clauton and Brikesham which Isabell de Bolebec late Countess of Oxford held in Dower from Henry de Novant her late Husband And having married Ioane one of the daughters and coheirs of Thomas Basset of Hedindon dyed in 30 Hen. 3. without Issue leaving Raphe de Valletort his Brother and Heir being at that time seised of the Mannors of Hurberton Holme Clauton Bridford and Sibberton parcel of the Honour of Totneis as also of twenty eight Knights Fees excepting a sixteenth part Ioane his Wife surviving Which Ioane the next ensuing year gave a Fine to the King of one hundred pounds for License to Marry whom she should think fit I now come to Raphe This Raphe in 38 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid fifty five pounds eighteen shillings eight pence for twenty eight Knights Fees and an half sixth and twentieth part being the moity of the Fees belonging to the Honour of Totneis but died in 43 Hen. 3. Whereupon the Queen obtained the Wardship of Reginald his son and heir which Reginald in 41 Hen. 3. had summons with other of the great men of that time to be at Bristoll on the Octaves of S Peter well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Welch and departed this life withouâ— Issue in 54 Hen. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Brikesham and 〈◊〉 which he held by Barony as also of seventeen Knights Fees and an half and eighth part leaving Roger his Uncle his next Heir who doing his Homage the same year had Livery of his Lands This Roger having likewise no Issue sold all his Lands excepting the Mannor of Hurberton the Head of his Barony of which he granted the Castle of Tremeton with its Appurtenances consisting of fifty nine Knights Fees unto Richard Earl of Cornwall Brother to the King and departing this life in 18 Edw. 1. left Henry de Pomerai and Peter Corbet his next Heirs But the King seised upon that Lordship of Hurberton so that whether those his Heirs did afterwards recover it I am not sure Baillol IN the time of William Rufus Guy de Baillol was enfeoffed by that King of the Barony of Biwell in Northumberland This Guy gave to the Abbey of S. Maries in York the Church of Stokesley and one Carucate of Land the Church of Skaintune and two Bovates as also the Church of Gainford in the Bishoprick but was prohibited to hunt in the Forests belonging to the Bishop of Durham The next was Bernard Baliol son of Guy who in 3 Steph. upon that great Invasion by the Scots met at Thresâ— through the instance of that Reverend Prelate Thurstan Archbishop of York with other of the Northern Barons and there taking into consideration what resistance should be made against them was sent thence with Robert de Brus unto David King of Scotland then advanced with his Army to the Banks of Teise to perswade his retreat but not prevailing being a person most expert in Arms assisted all he could in raising strength to oppose him and at length shared in the
Discourse of the Family of Vesci Of which Pain it is reported That in the time of King Henry the First having the whole Territory of Ewyas in Herefordshire he was one of the Chief Counsellors to that King And that in 34 H. 1. the Welch being much irritated in regard their Lands were given away to the Flemings and others exercising great Cruelties upon the English took the Castle of this Pain Fitz-Iohn called Caus and cut off the Heads of all who were therein Moreover That in 1 Steph. making several Excursions they slew him as also Richard Fitz-Roger another Baron-Marcher And that thereupon King Stephen gave all his Lands to Cecelie his Daughter then the Wife of Roger the Son of Milo of Gloucester with whatsoever else she had of the Gift of Pain her Father of the Honour of Hugh de Lacy Also what Sibyll the Wife of him the said Pain had granted to her in Dower of his Inheritance And That he had another Daughter called Agnes married to ... de Montchensy But I return This Robert obtain'd from King Henry the First a Confirmation of all those Lands in Chillum in Com. Ebor. which Ebrard Fitz-Iohn his Uncle formerly held And in 31 H. 2. by the name of Robert Fitz-Pain was Sheriff of the Counties of Dorset and Somerset and so till 34 H. 2. inclusive In 10 R. 1. he gave CC Marks Fine for the Lands of Robert de Pole his Brother And in 13 Ioh. upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales having then the moity of the Fees of Gerbert de Perci paid xxx Marks for fifteen Knights Fees of the old Fees of Roger Arundell In 1 H. 3. having been faithfull to the King in his Services at that time he had Livery of the Mannor of Wokesey in Com. Wilts whereof he had been dispossess'd in King Iohn's time And likewise of the Lands of Sir William de Godeford Knight of his Fee To this Robert succeeded Roger Fitz-Pain who in 8 H. 3. upon Collection of the Scutage of Mantgomerie answered for fifteen Knights Fees and took to Wife Margaret one of the Sisters and Cohâ—irs to Alured de Lincoln which Margaret upon the death of this Roger her Husband in 22 H. 3. had the Wardship of his Lands lying in the Counties of Somerset Dorset Wilts and Devon committed to her paying C Marks yearly to the King's Exchequer To whom succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who in 30 H. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands in the Counties of Wiltes Somerset Dorset and Neterwent in Wales And in 41 H. 3. then residing in the County of Devon amongst others had Summons to be at Bristoll upon the Octaves of St. Peter well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Insolencies of the Welch The like Summons he had to be at Chester upon the Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist. Bâ—t after this it appears that he sided with the rebellious Barons and was in the Battel of Lewes on their part and that in recompence of his Service in that Fight the King being made Prisoner by them they bestow'd on him the whole Relief due from him to the King for those Lands which descended to him by the death of the before-specified Alured de Lincoln his Uncle Whereupon he had Livery of the Mannor of Winterbourne with the Advowson of the Church c. but died in 9 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Gudeforde in Com. Devon with the Advowson of the Church as also of the Mannor of Stoke in Thyneth Cedene with the moity of the Mannor of Cherleton Makerell in Com. Somerset of the Mannors of Corey Brugamton and Pole likewise of the Mannor of Chamberge in Com. Dorset with its Members held of the King in Capite for half a Barony which did belong to Roger de Arundell Also of the Mannor of Acford Alured part of the Lands of Alured de Lincoln and Mannor of Ellâ—worth leaving Robert his Son and Heir xxvii years of age Which Robert thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of those Lands and in 10 E. 1. obtain'd a Charter for a Market every Fryday at his Mannor of Okeforde Nicholl in Com. Dorset with a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist as also Free-warren in all his Demesne-lands there In this tenth year of Edw. 1. he was in that Expedition then made into Wales In 25 E. 1. first summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm And in 31 E. 1. in the Scottish Wars Moreover in 33 E. 1. he was made Governor of Corff-Castle in Com Dorset and in 34 E. 1. being one of that number who were then solemnly Knighted by Bathing and other Sacred Ceremonies with Prince Edward attended him soon after in that Expedition then by him made into Scotland After this viz. in 1 E. 2. he was constituted Governor of the Castle at Winchester and in 2 E. 2. being Steward of the King's Houshold was sent with Otto de Grandison upon certain important Businesses to the Pope In 8 E. 2. he received Summons to be at Newcastle upon Line upon the Feast-day of the Blessed Virgin well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Insolencies of the Scots but the next ensuing year departed this Life being seised of the Mannor of Wytherigge in Com. Devon Pole in Com. Wilâ—s Mershwode and Wodeton in Com. Dorset Frampten in Com. Glouc. Stoke Curcy Kingston juxta Ivele with the Hamlets of Ruddeweye Aylwynesheye Kay and Cherleton in Com. Somerset And joyntly with Isabell his Wife of the Mannor of Stourton in Com. Wiltes leaving Robert his Son and Heir xxviii years of age Which Robert in 10 E. 2. was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 12 E. 2. And in 11 E. 3. obtain'd another Charter for changing the weekly Market at Acfourd St. Nicholas in Com. Dorset to Thursday and the Fair yearly to Whitsunday and two days following In 16 E. 3. this Robert receiv'd command to provide ten Men at Arms and ten Archers for the King's Service in France his Seat being then at Mershwâ—de in Com. Dorset and in 19 E. 3. upon the King's Expedition then made into that Realm had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms to attend him in that Service being then a Baneret but departed this Life in 28 E. 3. upon the Feast-day of St. Andrew the Apostle without Issue male being then seised joyntly with Ela his Wife then surviving the Remainder to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannors of Mershwode Wodeton and Acford in Com. Dorset with
Realm and obtain'd a Grant of the Castle and Lordship of Folkyngham in Com. Linc. Likewise of the Mannors of Lavyngton Sapirton Awethorp Asâ—akby Birhorp Repingbale the moity of the Mannor of Bykere and Mannor of Welbourne in the same County Of the Mannors of Loughborough and Shepeshed in Com. Leic. Of the Forestership of Rutland and Mannor of Leyseld in that County Of the House called Beaumond's-Inne situate in the Parish of St. Benedict in the Ward of Baynard's-Castle within the City of London late part of the Possessions of Sir William Beaumont Knight Viscount Beaumont as also of all that Purparty late belonging to the same William Viscount Beaumont of the Honour called Winchester-Fee with the Appurtenances in the said County of Leicester And of all the Lands and Lordships which were the said William Viscount Beaumont's in Folkingham and elsewhere in the County of Linc. and in Edmynton in Com. Midd. which by his Attainder in the Parliament held at Westminster the fourth day of Novemâ—er in the first year of that King's Reign came to the Crown At the same time he likewise obtain'd a Grant of the Mannors of Ashby la Zouch with its Appurtenances in the before-specified County of Leic. lately belonging to Iames Earl of Wiltshire then also Attainted As also of the Mannors and Lordships of Beaumaner Whytewyk Stochaston Neuton Hokelescote Donington Markefeild and Erneshy with their Appurtenances in that County and Mannor of Hekynton in Com. Linc. which Katherine Dutchess of Norfolke held for term of her life with Remainder to the said William Viscount Beaumont Furthermore in regard of the near Alliance in Bloud of Katherine his Wife Daughter to Richard Nevill late Earl of Salisbury Widow of William Lord Bonvile he obtain'd a further Grant to himself and her of the Mannor of Bolton Perci in Com. Ebor. as also of the Mannors and Lordships of Plompton Bercombe and Birlynâ— in Com. Suss. part of the Possessions of the same William Viscount Beaumont Likewise of the Honour Castle and Lordship of Belvoir with the Park and all its Members viz. Wollesthorp in Com. Linc. Barkeston Plumgarthe Redmyld and Hardeby in Com. Leic. with the Advowson of the Priory of Belvoir and Advowson of the Churches of Hardeby Wollesthorpe and Redmyld And of the Rent called Castle-Guard wheresoever throughout England appertaining to that Castle Also of the Mannor of Botesford with the Hamlets of Normanton and Esthorpe Advowson of the Church of Botesâ—ord in Com. Leic. And of the Mannor of Stoke D'aubeny with the Hamlets of Wilbaston Sutton and Asheley in Com. Northampt. All which were part of the Possessions of Thomas Lord Roos and by reason of his Attainder came to the Crown to hold to him the said William and Katherine and the Heirs Males of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue to his Right Heirs The like Grant he also obtain'd of the Castle and Rape of Hastings in Com. Suss. The next year following viz. 2 E. 4. being Install'd Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter he had a Grant from Anne Dutchâ—ss of Suffolk of xx l. per Annum out of the Mannor of Langbar in Com. Essex And the same year the Lancastrians endeavouring to make Head again having possess'd themselves of the Castles of Bamborough Dunstanburgh and Alnwich in Com. Northumbr he assisted at the Siege of â—unstanburgh And in 3 E. 4. was joyn'd in Commission with Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick Iohn Earl of Northumb. and others to Treat with certain Commissioners and others from Iames the Third King of Scotland for a Truce betwixt both Realms In 4 E. 4. he obtain'd a Grant for Life of the Honours of Peverel Boloin and Hâ—genet with their Appurtenances lying in the Counties of Buck-Northampt and Leic. as also of the Honour of Huntendon with its Members in the Counties of Hunt Cambr. Bedf. Buck. and Northampt. part of the Possessions of Iohn Hastings late Earl of Pembroke And the same year had the Gift of x l. per Annum from the Lord Berkley to be paid out of his Mannor of Hamme juxta Berkley In 5 E. 4. he was again joyn'd in another Commission with Richard Earl of Warwick so treat and conclude with Iames Luxemburgh Lord of Richburgh upon a firm League of Amity betwixt King Edward and Charles of Burgundy Earl of Charoloys And the same year being still Master of the Mint undertook the Coyning of Gold viz. a Piece of viii s. 4 d. Sterling call'd a Noble of which there should be fifty such Pieces in the Pound-weight of the Tower Another Piece of iv s. ii d. Sterling and a third of the fourth part of the first for ii s. i d. Sterling In 6 E. 4. he was again joyn'd with Richard Earl of Warwick to Treat of Peace with the Embassador of Lewes the Eleventh then King of France as also to Confer with Charles of Burgundy Earl of Charoloys or his Embassadors for a Marriage betwixt him the said Charles and Margaret Sister to the King of England And soon after that was Commissioned with Richard Earl Rivers and others to Treat with the Commissioners of Philip Duke of Burgundy upon a League of Amity betwixt that Duke and King Edward In the same year he was again constituted Steward of the Honour of Leycester and Constable of the Castle there as also Warden of all the Parks Chaces and Mannors belonging to that Honour And in consideration of his good Services and of the good Services of Raphe Hastings Esq had a Grant from Queen Elizabeth Wife of King Edward the Fourth for the Custody of the Forest of Rokyngham in Com. Northampt. Moreover the next ensuing year after King Edward's Surprisal by the Earl of Warwick and Escape from Middleham-Castle in Lancashire he met him there and assisted him in raising new Forces whereby he got safe to London Soon after which viz. within the compass of that year he was sent Embassador with Anthony Widvile Lord Scales and others to Treat again with Charles Duke of Burgundy for a Marriage betwixt that Duke and Margaret Sister to King Edward the Fourth And in 8 E. 4. by Richard Earl of Warwick who calls him his dear Brother had a Grant of the Stewardship of all his Lordships and Revenues lying within the Counties of Leic. Rutl. and Northampt. during Life with the Fees accustomed So likewise from the Abbot and Covent of St. Werburge in the City of Chester to be general Steward of all the Revenues belonging to that Monastery lying in the County of Pembroke for Life with a Pension of six Marks yearly payable to him out of the Mannor of Weston upon Trent in Com. Leic. In 9 E. 4. he was again constituted Chamberlain of all North-Wales and Counties of Carnarvon Anglesey and Mereoneth as also Constable
William de St. Iohn then in Arms with the Barons for his better Support in the King's Service And some years after this viz. in 10 H. 3. upon that Demand made by Otto the Pope's Legate in the Great Council then held at Westminster for Supply of his Holinesses Necessities of two Prebends in every Cathedral and of a certain Portion out of every Monastery whereunto the Prelates gave no suâ—ficient Answer coming thither with some other Messengers from the King who then lay sick at Merleberge he straitly forbad them to subject their Lay-Fees to the Church of Rome whereby the King might be deprived of the Services due to him for them In 14 H. 3. upon Collection of the Scutage of Kery he answered xxxv Marks for the moytie of the Fees of Hubert de Rie To the Canons of Walsingham in Com. Norff. he gave the Advowson of the Church of Tymelthorp Also to the Knights Templars one Hide of Land in Roele And having married Aliva the Sister and Heir to Isabell de Crâ—ssi departed this Life in 19 H. 3. leaving Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who doing his Homage and giving Security for his Relief had Livery of his Lands viz. of the Mannor of Haselbergh in Com. Somerset Hengham and Folsham in Com. Norff. and Norton in Com. Northampt. Which Iohn died in 27 H. 3. Whereupon William his Son and Heir had Livery of his Inheritance Of which William all I have seen is That in 49 H. 3. he took part with the Rebellious Barons and died at that time leaving two Sons viz. Iohn and William then under Age who in 50 H. 3. through the Mediation of William de Say obtain'd the King's Pardon for their Father's Transgression and had permissions to enjoy his Lands with what other Possessions they had by the Gift of Aliva their Grandmother or any other This last-mentioned Iohn died in 12 E. 1. being then seised of two Parts of the Mannor of Messingham in Com. Linc. the third Part thereof being held then in Dower by the Wife of David Son of Gryffin as also of the Mannor of Asâ—ekebâ— in the same County Hokeryng the Head of the Barony of Rye Buxton Swanton Bantham Folesham with the Advowson of the Church Hengham and the Advowson of the Church of Binetre all in Com. Norff. leaving William his Son and Heir then five years of Age. Which William in 34 E. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland and had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons from the second to the seventh year of King Edward the Second's Reign inclusive and departed this Life about that time leaving Issue Iohn who in 7 E. 2. attended Queen Isabell into Scotland and the next year following doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands lying in the Counties of Norff. and Linc. But died in 10 E. 2. being seisâ—d of the Mannor of Assakby in Com. Linc. Hokeryng and Buxton in Com. Norff. held of the King in Capite by Barony as of the Barony of Rye as also of the Mannor of Hengham in the same County leaving Hawise his Sister and Heir then the Wife of Robert de Morle fifteen years of age Which Robert doing his Fealty the same year had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance and Ela his Wife surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of 〈◊〉 and Hâ—ngham and the third part of certain Lands in Aslakby Anthorpe Greyby Milnthorpe Leighton and Kirkby paying xix l. yearly to the before-specified Robert and Hawise out of the Mannor of Hengham Which Ela afterwards became the Wife of Robert Fitz-Payn ¶ I now come to William Mareschall Brother and Heir to that Iohn who died in the time of King Richard the First as hath been already observed The first mention I find of this William is in 28 H. 2. at which time young Henry who had behav'd himself rebelliously towards the King his Father lying on his Death-bed with great Penitence and thereupon receiving Absolution from the Bishops there present delivered to him his Cross as his most familiar Friend to carry to Hierusalem This William obtain'd from King Ric. 1. upon his first coming into Enâ—land after the Death of his Father King H. 2. Isabell the Daughter and Heir to Richard Earl of Strigul in Marriage together with that Earldom And being thus advanced to that Honour bore the Royal Scepter of Gold with the Cross on the Head of it at the solemn Coronation of that King Moreover soon after this King Richard purposing a Journey to the Holy-land having constituted Hugh Bishop of Durham and William Earl of Albemarle Chief Justices of England amongst others as Assistants in the Government he assigned this Earl for one and at the same time made Henry Mareschall his Brother Dean of Yorke who afterwards was Bishop of Exeter Shortly after which upon that Agreement made betwixt King Richard and the King of France for their joynt engaging in that Holy War which was concluded on in a great Council held at London with the Embassadors of the King of France this Earl William was one of those who by Oath undertook for King Richard's Performance of what was then agreed on viz. to meet at Uiseliac in the Clause of Easter next ensuing and thence to go forwards on that Journey Furthermore in 2 R. 1. upon the Reconciliation of that great Contest which was betwixt Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother and William de Longchamp Bishop of Ely then Chancellor of England and left Principal Governour of this Realm in King Richard's absence the Custody of Notingham-Castle was committed to this William But that Accord not being observ'd on each part the Chancellour procur'd the Pope's Excommunication against those who favoured the Earl of Moreton amongst which this Earl William was one Who thereupon being sensible of the danger which might ensue by these Differences went to the King then in Sicilie on his Journey for it appears that the King thereupon sent the Archbishop of Roan over into England who had Wintered with him giving command by his Letters That in case those things which had been reported to him of the Chancellour's Insolencies were true he should be substituted Vicegerent in his stead as also that this Earl and Geffrey Fitz-Piers should be associated to him for their Assistance in that great Trust. But when he came into England he durst not deliver those his Letters to the Chancellour In 2 R. 1. this Earl William gave a Fine of two thousand Marks to the King for the moytie of the Lands of Walter Giffard sometime Earl of Buckingham And thereupon obtain'd a Grant together with Richard
his Father King Henry the Fifth and since granted him Licence to perform his Vow made to that purpose Which Licence bears date 3 Martii the same year But I do not see that he went For upon the eighth of April following being then Seneschal of the Dutchy of Normandy and Captain of the Castle of Uyre he resided in those Parts In 28 H. 6. Iack Cade heading the Commons in another Insurrection of that time he fought stoutly against him And in 34 H. 6. being made Governour of the Castle of Rysing in Com. Norff. was appointed to reside thereat for its better safeguard After which ere long viz. in 36 H. 6. representing his constant Services to that King and his Father King Henry the Fifth in the Wars of France from his youth until Truce was concluded betwixt both Crowns and That having been taken Prisoner there he had been put to Ransom himself at thirty five thousand Saluces to the great damage of himself and his Friends his Lands in England being in regard of his long absence likewise much wasted with great loss of his Goods besides many Wounds and Bruises on his Body as also That he never had any Office Fee or Reward in recompence of the same The King in consideration therereof vouchsafed him Licence to have a Ship of CC Tuns to transport any Goods or Merchandize to whatsoever Port beyond the Seas he should think fit excepting the Staple of Calais paying the ordinary Custom thereupon And having firmly adhered to King Henry in that troublesome time when the Duke of Yorke and those of that Party were in their height departed this Life upon the 25 th of July 38 H. 6. leaving Elizabeth his onely Daughter then Wife of Henry Bourchier Esq second Son to Henry Earl of Essex his nex Heir xxiv years of age afterwards married to Anthony Widvile who thereupon had the Title of Lord Scales as I shall farther shew in due place Montbegon IN 5 Steph. there is mention of Roger de Montbegon who then paid xxx Marks of Silver upon some Pleading had by him at that time before the Justices-Itinerant in Com. Linc. And afterwards in that memorable Grant made by King Stephen to Ranulph Earl of Chester whereby inter alia giving him all the Lands of Roger de Poictou from Northampton to Scotland the Lands of this Roger de Moâ—tbegon in Lincolnshire are excepted This Roger gave to the Monks of Thetford all his Island near Crorton Moore in Com. Lanc. with his Woods Meadows Lands and Fishings there being as also the Churches of Sustorp and Northorp and all other Churches of his Fee Likewise his Lands at Tarleton and Liteshole with his Wood call'd Cain-wood and all the Lamb-skins and Goat-skins throughout his Lordships with free liberty of Fishing in all his Waters To this Roger succeeded Adam de Montbegon who having married Maud the Daughter and Heir of Adam Fitz-Swane joyn'd with her in confirming those Grants made to the Priory of Monk-Bretton in Com. Ebor. by Adam her Father And had Issue by her Robert de Montbegon his Son and Heir Which Robert confirm'd to the Monks of Pontfract the Gift of the Church of Silkeston formerly obtain'd by them from the said Adam Fitz-Swain To this Adam succeeded another Roger who adhering to Iohn Earl of Moreton in the time of King Richard the First 's Restraint in Almaine was one of those who held out Notingham Castle against the Bishop of Durham Vicegerent here in that King's absence But upon the King's return and coming to besiege that Castle understanding his Strength he came out and submitted himself and in 9 R. 1. paying five hundred Marks Fine made his Peace and had Livery of his Lands which had been seised for that Transgression In I Ioh. this Roger gave a Fine to the King of five hundred Marks for Oliva the Widow of Robert de St. Iohn with her whole Inheritance whom he afterwards married And shortly after obtain'd that King's Confirmation of the Inheritance of the Lordship of Oswardbec in Com. Nott. which he had formerly of his Gift before he attain'd the Crown as also of the Lordship of Watelegh which Iohn Malherbe Brother to this Roger had of the same King's Gift to hold for Life And in 17 Ioh. had Livery of all his Lands in Lagherton Stretton Lutelburgh and Cotes in Com. Nott. whereof he was formerly possess'd by the same King's Gift when he was Earl of Moreton But soon after that standing up with the Rebellious Barons against that King his Lands were seised and given to Oliver de Albini Whereupon also he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication by the Pope But before the end of that year he forsook them and in 1 H. 3. had Letters of Safe-conduct to repair unto William Mareschall Earl of Pembroke to make his Peace Which being effected in 4 H. 3. he obtain'd a Confirmation of his Lands in Oswardbec which he had of the Gift of King Iohn whilst he was Earl of Moreton as is already observ'd to hold to him and his Heirs by the Service of one Knight's Fee As also of those in Watelegh to hold for term of Life And ere long after was with him at the Siege of Bedford-Castle but by reason of Sickness had Licence to retire leaving his Soldiers there For which respect he had a special Discharge from his Service of Castle-guard due to the Castle of Lancaster for so much time as he was in that Imployment at Bedford This Roger bearing a great respect to the Monks at Monk Brettâ—n which Monastery had been founded by Adam Fiâ—z-Swaine his Ancestor gave unto them all his Forest of Holecumbe with a large extent of Pasturage there set forth by Metes and Bounds And departed this Life in 10 H. 3. Oliva his Wife surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the said Mannor of Oswardbec Whereupon his Castle of Horneby in Com. Lanc. was committed to the Custody of William Earl Warren But within a short space after Henry de Montbegon being found to be his Couâ—in and next Heir giving Security for the payment of his Relief had Livery of his Lands and the next ensuing year obtain'd the King's Precept to the said Earl Warren to give him Possession of that his Castle of Horneby Maminot IN Anno 1138. 4 Steph. Walcheline Maminot Son of Hugh held Dovor-Castle for Maud the Empress and in Anno 1145. 11 Steph. gave the one half of Grenewich to the Monks of Bermondsey He likewise restor'd to the Monks of Shrewsbury the Lordship of Legh which his Uncle William Peverel of Devor had unjustly taken from them To him succeeded Walcheline his Son and Heir who bestow'd
this â—ife being then seised of the Mannors of Sperton and Rusyndon in Com. Glouc. of the Mannors of Sâ—aundene and Tedeworth in Com. Wiltes of the Mannor of Hertyng in Com. Sussex and joyntly with Isabell his Wife of the Mannor of Frysoke in Com. Sutht leaving Henry his Son and Heir at that time xxx years of age and Isabell his Wife surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the moytie of the Mannor of Saperton and third part of the Mannor of Rusyndon in Com. Glouc. of the third part of certain Lands in Suth Morton in Com. Berks. and Mussyngden in Com. Buck. of the third part of the Mannors of Staunden Tudeworth in Com. Wiltes the third part of the Mannor of Hertyng the third part of the moytie of the Mannor of Pulbergh and third part of a Messuage in Mid-Lovent in Com. Suss. Which Henry then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 7 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 9 E. 3. And in 21 E. 3. upon the Marriage of Henry his Son and Heir with Elizabeth the Daughter of Iohn de Bohun setled the Mannor of Morton and moytie of the Mannors of Brodersyndon and Saperton upon him and her and the Issue of their two Bodies and for want of such Issue on Richard his other Son with Remainder to the Issue of his own Body by Katherine then his Wife and for lack of such Issue on Elizabeth his Daughter And having had Summons to Parliament to the twenty third year of King Edw. 3. inclusive departed this Life upon the 21 of July the same year being then seised of an Estate for Life in the moytie of the Mannors of Brode-Rusyndon and Moâ—ton in Com. Glouc. as also of the Mannor of Staunden and moytie of the Mannor of Fryâ—oâ—ke for Life the Remainder to Richard his Son and the Heirs of his Body Likewise of the Mannor of Tudworth in Com. Suthampt. of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Wiltes for Life with the Advowson of the Chappel there the Remainder to Henry his Son and the Heirs of his Body He likewise died seised of the Patronage of the Priory of Durford and of the Mannors of Hertyng and Pulbergh in Com. Suss. for Life the Remainder to Henry his Son and the Heirs of his Body Also of the Mannors of Stouremouth Dene and Chelderston in Com. Kanc. the Remainder to Richard his Son c. leaving Henry the Son of Marke Huse his Son his next Heir then six years of age who married Margerie one of the Daughters and Heirs to Theobald de Verdon and died in his Life-time Which Henry in 7 R. 2. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands but never was summon'd to Parliament therefore I shall not discourse farther of him ¶ Of this Family I presume was Iohn Hâ—se who in 31 E. 1. obtain'd a Charter for a Weekly Market upon the Munday at West-Hamnelesworth in Com. Wilts as also for a Fair yearly upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen To this Iohn succeeded Roger Huse his Son and Heir who in 1 E. 3. as Cousin and Heir to Iohn Berewyk deceased making proof of his Age and doing his Homage had Livery of the Mannor of Heggecourt In 12 E. 3. this Roger was in that Expedition then made into Scotland and the next ensuing year with all the Strength he could raise assisted Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey in defending the Sea-coasts on the Parts of Sussex Moreover in 20 E. 3. he was in the Wars of France So likewise the next year following In which he merited so well that in 22 and 23 E. 3. he had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm But after that I have not seen any farther mention of him till his death which hapned in 35 E. 3. he being then seised of the Mannors of West Bechesworth and Heggecourt in Com. Surr. Morton Hentlesworth and 〈◊〉 in Com. Dorset the moytie of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 Sacy in Com. Suthampt. and of the Mannors of Nothinâ—ton and Kingston Deverell in Com. Wiltes leaving Issue Iohn his Son and Heir thenâ— xâ— years of age Which Iâ—hn doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands the same year but never was summon'd to Parliament Fitz-Herbert THe fiâ—st mention I have seen of this Name and Family is in 5 Steph. Herbert Fitz-Herbert then Lord Chamberlain to the King giving CCCliii l. in Silver for Livery of his Fathers Lands This Herbert married Lucie the third Daughter to Milo Earl of Hereford with whom he had the Forest of Dene in Com. Glouc. and other Lands But for some Transgressions as 't is said he gave it up to King Henry the Second Nevertheless he obtain'd from that King a Confirmation of all the Lands which his Father held as also of his Office of Chamberlain In 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then leviâ—d for marrying the King's Daughter he certifiâ—d That he held one Knights Fee in Com. Wiltes and three in Com. Berks. In 6 R. 1. he was Sheriff of 〈◊〉 for the one half of that year and 〈◊〉 daring the whole Reign of that King Also in 8 R. 1. for Shropshire With the consent of Lucie his Wife and Reginald his Son he beâ—tow'd on the Monks of 〈◊〉 in Com. Surr. all his Lands at Bovieâ—e Peter and Mathew two other of his Sons being Witnesses to that Grant A former Wife he had viz. one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Robert Corbet Lord of Alcester in Com. Warw. sometime a Concubine to King Henry the First by reason whereof his Descendants for some time possess'd the moytie of that Mannor the other moytie descending to William 〈◊〉 by her Sister Of Reginald his Son I find no farther mention Peter succeeding in the Inheritance Which Peter was called Peter Fitz-Herbert and in 5 Ioh. took to Wiâ—e Alice the Daughter of Robert Fitz-Râ—ger a great Baron in Com. Northumb. This Peter being very obsâ—quious to King Iohâ— at the time of his Difference with the Barons in 14 Ioh. was reputed one of his Evil-Counsâ—llers and in 15 Ioh. made Governour of 〈◊〉 Castle in Com. Ebor. likewise Sheriâ—f of Yâ—rkshire in 16 Ioh. being also the same year joyn'd in Commission with the Archbishop of Canterbury William Earl Warren and others to take into Safe-conduct all those Persons who should 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 in the Term of the 〈◊〉 nâ—xt after the Relaxation of the Interdict to 〈◊〉 the King for Pardon of their Transgrâ—ssionâ— as also all such as should repair to the King at 〈◊〉 upon the like occasion And in 17 〈◊〉 conâ—inâ—ing Sheriff of Yorkshire obtain'd
Alianore his Wife as also of the Mannor of Shaw in the same County Likewise of the moytie of the Mannor of Broghton in Com. Wiltes He also held joyntly with her the said Alianore the Mannor of Postlyng in Kent likewise the Mannors of Barnstaple Holne South Moulton with the Hundred the Mannors of Daldesâ—orthy and Cumb-Martin in Câ—m Devon with divers other Lordships in several Counties of her Inheritance leaving Stephen de Columbers Parson of the Church of Shirewell his Brother and Heir xl years of age ¶ Of this Family was also Mathew de Columbers who in I Ioh. was one of the Governours of the Castle of Winchester and in 22 H. 3. wedded Maude the Daughter of Eâ—do de Morevill of ... in Com. Suthampt. This Mathew obtain'd a special Charter from King Henry the Third for the exempting himself his Heirs and all his Tenants of his Mannor of Chissebiri which is within the Precincts of the Forest of Savernak as also of his Mannor of Tiderlore with its Members of Lokerlore Holburie and Bokeholt that they should not be liable to the expeditating of their Dogs And in 44 H. 3. was constituted Governour of the Castle of Salisbury But adhering to the Rebellious Barons he had such respect from them as that after they had taken the King Prisoner in the Barrel of Lewes upon the 21 of April 49 H. 3. they made him Governour of Rokingham-Castle in Com. Northampt. and Warden of all the Forests South of â—rent Howbeit after this having made his Peace by virtue of the Dictum de Reâ—ilworth in 53 H. 3. he was one of the Justices-Itinerant in the Counties of Rutl. Surrey Suthampt. Dorset Somerset and Gloucester and died in I. E. I. being then seised of the Mannor of Thunderley with its Appurtenances in Com. Suthampt. and one Knights Fee in Enham and Crakeston leaving Michael his Brother and Heir Lx years of age Of which Michael I find That in 9 Ioh. he gave to the King CC Marks for Licence to marry the Daughter of Elias Croâ— and to have the Office of Forester in Fee after the death of the same Elias of whose Inheritance it was â—at he departed this Life in 19 H. 3. Whereupon Avice his Widow Daughter and Heir to the before-specified Elias Corâ— doing her Homage for the Bailiwick of the Forest of Cette had Livery thereof Lanvallei ABout the beginning of King Henry the Second's time William de Lanvalei possess'd certain Lands in Essex Which William in 10 H. 2. was one of the Wâ—tnesseâ— to that Recognition then made by that King touching the Peoples Rights and Liberties In King Richard the First 's time the Lands and Goods of this William were seised into the King's Hands for the Restitution whereof and regaining his Favour he give a Fine of C Marks In 2 Ioh. he gave the King CC Marks for the Custody of Colchester-Chastle and Wardenship of the Forest of Essex to Chelmesâ—ord Bridg which he formerly held in the time of King Richard the First And died in 12 Ioh. as it seems for then did hawyse de Lanvallei his Widow give â— CC Marks for his Lands To this William succeeded another William his Son and Heir I presume Which William married the Daughter of Alan Basset as it seems for in 14 Ioh. it appears that Alan Basset gave to the King C Marks and an excellent Palfrey that the Heir of William de Lanvallei might take his Daughter to Wife and that he might be discharg'd of his Relief doing his Homage This last-mention'd William was made Governour of Colchester-Castle in 17 Ioh. but the same year adhering to the Rebellious Barons of that time became one of the most active Persons amongst them being by them constituted one of the xxv by whom the Realm should be Governed and being likewise a Party to those Covenants betwixt the King and them whereby through the King's Distresses the Regal Power was setled in their Hands But upon that general Composure in I H. 3. he made his Peace After which I have not seen any farther of him than that he had Issue one sole Daughter and Heit called Hawyse whose Wardship Hubert de Ruâ—gh Earl of Kent and Justice of England obtain'd and married her to Iohn de Burgh his Son and Heir Which Iohn had Issue by her Iohn his Son and Heir who in 3 E. I. had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance viz. the Mannors of Kingstane 〈◊〉 Waukre Hallingbury and 〈◊〉 Which Hawyse departing this Life in Anno 1249. 33 H. 3. was buried in the Chapter-house at Colchester with her Parents Walter IN 3 H. 2. upon the Sheriff's Accompt for Norâ—â— and Suâ—â— mention is made of Hubert Walter in those Shires To whom succeeded Hervey Walter who for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Maud his Wife Daughter of Theobald de Valoines as also for the Souls of Ranulph de Glanvill and Berta his Wife gave all his Lands in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to the Canons of Buâ—ley in Com. Suff. Which Place of Butley was given to the said 〈◊〉 in Frank-marriage with the same Berta by the before-specified Theobald de Valoines her Father This Hervey Walter had Issue five Sons viz. Hubert Theobald Walter Roger and Hamon Of which Hubert became Archbishop of Canterbury and Theobald a Person of great Note in his time For having obtain'd from King Richard the First a Grant in Fee of the Lordship of Preston in Com. Lanc. commonly called Preston in Amundernesse with the whole Wapentake and Forest of Amundernesse to hold by three Knights Fees Which Grant bears date 22 Apr. in the first year of that King's Reign being the Friday next ensuing his Coronation through the Interest of Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury his Brother he redeemed those his Lands which William de Braose did possess for the Sum of CCC Marks In 6 R. 1. this Theobald having such large Possessions in Lancashire was made Sheriff of that County in which Office he continued till 1 Ioh. inclusive and before the end of King Richard's Reign founded an Abby at Cokersand within the Precincts of Amundernesse for Canons-Regular of St. Augustine's Order for the health of the Souls of King Henry the Second Richard the First Iohn Earl of Morton Ranulph de Glanvill his dear Friend and Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury his Brother as also for the Soul of Hervey his Father and Maud his Mother And being Butler of Ireland by his Office for the health of all the Souls above-mentioned he founded the Monastery of Arkelo in that Realm which afterwards became a Cell to Furnesse in Com. Lanâ— He likewise founded the Abby of 〈◊〉 in Lymerick as also that
time he was employ'd in his Service to Holland Zealand and Almaine As also Recompence for his Horses lost in that Service and for the Wages of CC Mariners in four Ships of his own for the War Likewise for the Wages of Cii Welchmen whereof two were Men at Arms and twenty were Hobelars on Horseback chosen out of his Territory of Denbygh And having paid to certain Persons in those Parts by the King 's Appointment the Sum of five thousand Marks he had special Orders directed to Prince Edward to see the same repaid to him out of the Mint Moreover in this year he was in that Expedition then made into Scotland and soon after attending the King into Brabant in consideration of his eminent Services as well in Peace as in War obtain'd a Grant bearing date at Anwerpe 15 Sept. of the Office of Marshal of England then void by the death of Thomas Earl of Norfolk And had likewise an Assignation out of the Exchequer of what he had expended whilst he was Joynt-Governour of the Isles of Garnesey Ieresey Serke and Aureneye with Henry de Ferrers In 13 E. 3. he was with the King at Uironfosse when his Army was drawn up for Battel with the French In this year upon account with him for his Expences in the Siege of the Casâ—le at Dunbar in Scotland and in Provisions for his Attendance on the King into Flanders which amounted to a thousand Pounds he obtain'd the King's Precept for Reception thereof out of his Treasury But continuing in Flanders after the King's return expecting by the Aid of the Flemings to perform great matters he march'd with Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk to the Town of L'â—sâ—e to â—ree it from the Oppressions of the French Where being over-power'd by the Enemy he was taken and sent Prisoner to Paris It is said That assaulâ—ing that Place with a small number and chasing the French too far within the Gates the Portcullis being let fall these Earls were taken and put in Fetters and then drawn in a Cart to Paris the People shouting at them in every Village through which they passed Moreover that being brought thither the French King would have put them to death had not the King of Bohemia prevented it But not long after King Edward laying Siege to Tournay Philip of France treated of Peace with him Upon conclusion whereof these Earls were delivered up in exchange for the Count of Murref a Scotch-man and Three thousand Pound Sterling to boot Whereupon with many other Knights of England they took their Journey into Spain unto the Frontiers of Granado to the Siege of Algesters a great Town of the Sarazens upon the Straits of Marok which the good King Alfonsus had Beleaguer'd and won it by Famine After which ere long he return'd into England and obtain'd a Grant in Fee from the King of the Mannor of Mertok in Com. Somerset as also a Grant of the perpetual Advowson of the Priory of Montacute in the same County being a Priory-Alien of Cluniac-Monks with all the Cells thereto belonging And in 15 E. 3. towards the Charge of his Redemption from the late Imprisonment which he suffered obtain'd Licence to transport CCxl Sacks of Wooll into Flanders In this year being again in Flanders he obtain'd a Confirmation of that Grant he formerly had from the King of Timbrie Eagle with the Mannors of Wodeton Frome Whiteâ—eâ—â—e Mâ—rshewode Worthe and Pole and in 16 E. 3. was again in the Wars of France In which year having conquer'd the Isle of Man the King having given him the Inheritance of it Crown'd him King thereof In this year also being in that Expedition made into France with Lxxx Men at Arms viz. one other Earl one Banneret xxiv Knights Liii Esquires xx Hobelers and xl Archers on Horseback xx Archers and L Welch on Foot he had an Assignation of Cxxviii Sacks of the King's Wooll for the Wages of himself and those of his Retinue viz. xvi s. per diem apiece for himself and the other Earl iv s. per diem for the Banneret ii s. apiece per diem for each Knight xii d. for each Hobeler vi d. apiece for each Archer and iii d. apiece for each Footman In 17 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of France And in 18 E. 3. was sent into the North together with the Earl of Uâ—ster a hundred Men at Arms and six hundred Archers against the Scots then in Hostility This Earl William founded the Priory of Bustlesham alias Bisham in Com. Berks. and gave the Mannor and Hundred of Dulverton to the Monks of Taunton in Com. Somerset bearing then the Title of Earl of Salisbury Lord of Man and Dynbyghe but departed this Life before the Feast-day of the Purification of the blessed Virgin in 17 E. 3. being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Werke in Com. Northumb. for term of Life the Remainder to Iohn his Son and the Heirs of his Body He likewise died seised of the Mannor of Christ-Church-Twynham with the Borough and Hundred of Christ-Church as also of the Mannor of Kyngewode in Com. Suthampt. Moreover of the Mannor of Croukham in Com. Berks. of the Castle and Town of Denbeygh with the Lordships of 〈◊〉 Koweynck and Keymergh in North-Wales of the Castle of Shireburne in Com. Dorset with the Custom of Beer there as also of the Mannors of Worth Swere and Pole in that County Ichenton Stoke-Tristre with its Members of Cokelyngton and Boyfore and of the Hamlet of Blakmore parcel of the Mannor of Shupton Montacute all in Com. Somerset Likewise of the Mannor of Sweynston with its Members in the Isle of Wiht and of one Messuage and one Carucate of Land in Wonford in Com. Devon with the Advowson of the Priory of Bustlesham leaving William his Son and Heir at that time xv years of age It is said that he died by some Bruises which he received in Tilting at Windsore and that he was buried in the White-Friers at London Whereupon Katherine his Wife Daughter to William de Grandison and Sibylla his Wife Daughter and Heir of Iohn Tregoz and Sister and Heir to Otto de Grandison her Brother surviving him had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Knolle and Cheddesey in Com. Somerset Swere in Com. Dorset the Hamlet of Blakmore in that County Pudelton with the Hundred Six pounds and seven pence yearly Rent from the Abbot of Bynedon for the Mannor of West-Lulleworth all in the same County of Dorset as also of one Messuage and one Carucate of Land in Wonford in Com. Devon and one Toft and one Carucate of Land in Watyngwell in the Isle of Wiht Besides these two Sons already mentioned he had Issue four Daughters viz. Sibyll Wife of Edmund
departed this Life the same year leaving Issue by Isabell his Wife Daughter and Heir of Robert Aguillon Thomas his Son and Heir then xxii years of age the Lands whereof he then died seised being these viz. the Mannor of Birling in Sussex parcel of the Barony of Gourney Westburgh in the County of Lancaster with the Hamlets of Dodington Stubâ—on Stocking and Thorpe as a Member of his Barony of Shelford Ryskinton in Com. Linc. with the Hamlets of Digby Lebestingâ—am Rokingham and Brauncewell Members also of the same Barony the Mannor of Wyrmegay in Norfolk being the Head of another Barony with certain Lands in Lunget Fincham Stowe and Quinebergh And in the right of Isabell his Wife the Mannor of Bures in Suffolk Perting and Plumpton in Sussex with certain Lands in Emsworth in Com. Suthampt. Which Isabell by the consent of her said Son had the Mannor of Bercamp in Sussex Ryskinton with the Hamlets of Digby and Lestingbam and certain Lands in Fillingham in Lincolnshire as also in Rungetone and Scrimpeshagh in Norfolk assigned for her Dowry And the same year obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Mannors of Watton in Com. Hartford Adington in Com. Surr. and Emeswozth in Com. Suthampt. for Life with Remainder to William her younger Son and the Heirs of his Body and for default of such Issue to her Right Heirs This Thomas was made Knight of the Bathe in 34 E. 1. together with Edward Prince of Wales and many others at the Feast of Pentecost and had allowance of Robes out of the King's Wardrobe for that Ceremony as for a Baneret After which viz. the same year he march'd with the Prince into Scotland In 8 E. 2. he had with divers other Great Men Summons to come to Newcastle upon Liâ—e at the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin well provided with Horse and Arms thence to march against the Scots But more of him I find not memorable till his death which hapned in 3 E. 3. and that he was buried in the Priory at Shelford in Com. Nott. leaving Iohn Bardolf his Son and Heir then xvii years old Which Iohn making proof of his age in 9 E. 3. and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In which year he march'd into Scotland in the King's Service And in 10 E. 3. wedded Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Roger Damory by that great Woman Elizabeth de Burgh his Wife by whom at length he had a fair Inheritance viz. the Mannors of Craneburne Larent-Gundevill Pymperne and Wyke with the Boroughs of Warham and Waymouth in Dorsetshire In 14 E. 3. he was in the King's Service in the Parts of Almaine And in 16 E. 3. in Britanny Moreover in 18 E. 3. he was retain'd to serve the King with twelve Men at Arms and twenty Archers on Horseback in his Irish Wars In 19 E. 3. he receiv'd Command to prepare himself with Horse and Arms to go again in his Service into Britanny being then a Banneret And in 26 E. 3. upon that apprehension of danger which then was of an Invasion by the French was joyn'd in Commission with Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk and Robert Lord Morlee for defence of the Norfolk-Coasts Also in 37 E. 3. he was again beyond-Sea in the King's Service But this is all that I have seen of him till his death which hapned 3 Aug. 45 E. 3. at which time he was seised of the Mannors of Clopton in Suffolk Cantle Strumpesham Rungeton Fincham Stowe Wermegay and Quinebergh in Norfolk Dons Watton and Stone in Com. Hertf. Westburgh with its Members viz. Dodington Coling and Stubton in Com. Lanc. Ryskinton with its Members scil Digby Amwyke Boxham and Branswell Cathorpe with its Members viz. Frestone Normenton Sudbroke Hambeck and Willughby juxta Ancaster in Com. Linc. Stoke Bardolf parcel of the Barony of Shelford and xxix Knights Fees belonging to the Court of Shelford in Com. Nott. the Mannor of Hallughton in Com. Leicester Okebrok in Com. Derb. parcel of the Barony of Shelford Addington in Com. Surr. with Bereling and Bercamp in Com. Sussex To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir then xiv years of age whose Wardship and Marriage was granted by Queen Philippa Wife to King Edward the Third in 40 E. 3. unto Sir Michaell Poynings Knight to the intent that he should marry Agnes Daughter of the said Michaell Which William upon proof of his age and doing his Homage in 45 E. 3. had Livery of his Lands and the next year following was in that Expedition then made into France In the same year he was retain'd to serve the King in his Irish Wars with two Knights xxvii Esquires all Men at Arms and thirty Archers In 47 E. 3. he was again retain'd to serve the King for one whole year in his French Wars under the Conduct of Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster with xl Men at Arms and xl Archers all on Horseback This William made his Testament 12 Sept. Anno 1384. 9 R. 2. being then at Cathorpe in Lincolnshire by which he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Quire of the Fryers-Carmelites at Lenne in Norfolk and to his Heir-male whomsoever it should be a part of the very Cross of our Saviour set in Gold And departed this Life the same year leaving Agnes his Widow who had for her Dowrie the Lordships of Wyrmegeye Stowe Fyncham Cantile and Strumpeshagh then assign'd to her Thomas his Son and Heir being then xvii years of age Which Thomas in 13 R. 2. having made proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Inheritance and within two years after obtain'd Licence to travel beyond the Seas with xii Servants their Horses and all necessary Accommodations In 18 R. 2. he was beyond-Sea in the King's Service And in 20 R. 2. had the like Licence Moreover in 21 R. 2. he was sent by the King together with the Lord Scales upon some special Service into France and in 22 R. 2. was in Ireland In 1. H. 4. as Cousin and Heir to Sir Roger Damory by Agnes his Mother he obtain'd a Confirmation to himself and his Heirs of that Grant which King Edward the Third in 13 of his Reign in consideration of special Services made to the same Sir Roger and his Heirs of the Mannors of Sandhall in Yorkshire Halghton in Oxfordshire and Faukeshall in Surrey Which Lady Agnes being afterwards the Wife of Sir Roger Mortimer and surviving him in 4 H. 4. had Licence to go on Pilgrimage to Rome and Colein attended with xii Servants their Horses and all Accoutrements fit for such a Journey Soon after which she declared her Will whereby she bequeath'd her Body to be buried in
in Com. Buck with the Mannor of Shaldeford and Park of Alford in Com. Surr Betwixt which Sisters and their Descendants Partition of his Lands in England being made Maude Countess of Warwick Wife of William de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick had for her Purparty the Mannor of Chiriell in Com. Wiltes and Mannor of Potters Pirye with the Park excepting x l. xv s. x d. ob qu. of Land and Rent in that Mannor in Com. Northampt. Robert de Clifford Cousin and Heir and Idonea de Leyburne Niece and Heir of him the said Richard the Mannor of Claydon in Com. Buck. and Mannor of Multon in Com. Northampt. excepting Lv s. vii d. Rent in that Mannor Ioane le Butiller the Mannor of Shoppele in Com. Suthampt. Fambrigg in Com. Essex Shyre with the Hamlet called la Vacherie with the Park in Com. Surr. excepting xiv l. xi s. Rent in the fame Mannor of Shyre Provided That if Richard de Burgh Earl of Vlster one of the Cousins and Heirs of the before-specified Richard Fitz-Iohn should except against this Partition and claim his Purparty then all to be reassum'd into the King's Hands and a new Partition made As to his Lands in Ireland the said Richard de Burgh Earl of Vlster had for his Purparty six Towns an half and fourth part in that Cantred called the Cantred of the Isles in Thomond of which Towns each was valued then at xxvi s. viii d. Maud de Beauchamp Countess of Warwick full as much in the same Cantred And upon a new Partition of the Lands in England Richard de Burgh then claiming his Purparty the Assignation finally made to each of these Coheirs was as followeth viz. To Maude de Beauchamp Countess of Warwick the Mannor of Chiriell in Com. Wiltes and Potter Pirie in Com. Northampt. excepting x l. xv s. ix d. Rent in the same Mannor assigned to Robert de Clifford and Idonea de Leyburne other of the Coheirs in part of their Purpartie Moreover the said Maud had farther assign'd unto her of the Lands which Emme the Widow of the before-specified Richard Fitz-Iohn held in Dower the Mannor of Querndon in Com. Buck. and Lix s. x d. Land and Rent in the Mannor of Aylesbury in the same County to hold after the death of her said Emme Upon this Partition also there was then assign'd unto the said Robert de Clifford and Idonea de Leyburne the Mannor of Multon in Com. Northampt the Hamlet of Cinteleberwe in Com. Buck. the Mannor of Wyntrestawe in Com. Wiltes the Hamlet of Agmundesham in Com. Buck. excepting xxxiv s. iv d. Land and Rent assign'd to Richard de Burgh Earl of Vlster Which Richard had for his Purparty this farther Assignation viz. the Mannor of Claydon in Com. Buck. Morton in Com. Devon as also xiv l. xii s. Land and Rent out of the Mannor of Shire in Com. Surr. and xxxiv s. iv d. Land and Rent out of the Hamlet of Agmundesham in Com. Buck. And the said Ioane le Butiller the fourth Sister and Coheir for her Purpartie the Mannor of Faubrigg in Com. Essex the Hamlet of Sheppeley in Com. Suthampt. the Mannor of Shire in Com. Surr. with the Hamlet called the Vacherie as also the Mannor of Aylesbury in Com. Buck. excepting the Rents assign'd to other of these Coparceners out of any of those Mannors Levinton IN 33 H. 2. Henry Luvel gave C Marks for Licence to Implead Robert de Levinton for certain Lands in Broctone Dictanestone and Briweton in Com. Somerset After this scil in 12 Ioh. Richard de Levinton Son of Adam de Levinton whose Barony lay in Cumberland gave CCC Marks Fine and three Palfreys for Livery of the Lands of Adam his Father who died about that time as it seems Which Richard departed this Life in 34 H. 3. being then seised of the Barony of Burgh upon the Sands in Com. Cumbr. which he held by Cornage paying Four Pounds per annum Rent to the King leaving Raphe his Brother and Heir Who having married Ada the Daughter and Coheir to Ioane de Morevill had of her Inheritance the Mannor of Ayketon Leysingby and moytie of the Mannor of Burgh upon the Sands in Com. Cumbr. allotted to her upon Partition betwixt Helewyse her Sister Wife to Richard de Vernun and her And in 34 H. 3. giving Security for the payment of C l. for his Relief and doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of the said Richard de Levinton his Brother so deceased but died in 38 H. 3. leaving ... his Daughter and Heir whose Wardship was given by the King to Eustace de Baillol Ada his Wife surviving him Which Ada upon the death of Helewyse her Sister without Issue in 54 H. 3. was found her next Heir Cressie IN the time of King Henry the Second Hugh de Cressi a Norman took to Wife Margaret the Daughter and Heir of William de Cheney And in 33 H. 2. upon Collection of the Scutage of Galweye answered Lx s. for the Fees of William Fitz-Williams in regard he was not in that Expedition To this Hugh succeeded Roger his Son and Heir who by reason of his Marriage with Isabell Daughter and Coheir to Hubert de Rie and Widow of Geffrey de Cestr. without Licence paid to the King a Fine of Cxx Marks and xii Palfreys and thereupon had Livery of his Lands lying in the Counties of Norff. Suff. Buck and Kent which had been seised on for that Transgression This Roger de Cressi was in Arms against King Iohn in 17 Ioh. Whereupon his Lands were seised and given to Robert de Ferrers But besides this he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication by Pope Innocent the Third for that Rebellious Action and suffered otherwise in a very high measure by the burning of his Houses and wasting of his Lands Yet all this would not reclaim him no nor the death of that King For it appears that he was in Arms against King Henry the Third being taken Prisoner in the Battel of Lincolne 1 H. 3. But after this he made his Peace as it seems For in 16 H. 3. upon Collection of the Scutage of Elveyne he was acquitted for seventeen Knights Fees and an half which were part of the Fees of Hubert de Rie as also for two Fees of his own having himself been in that Expedition This Roger possess'd the Lordships of Horsted Linge Blikelinge Lechesham and Bliburc and died in 30 H. 3. Whereupon Hugh his Son and Heir doing his Homage and paying C l. for his Relief had Livery of his Lands Which Hugh departing this Life in 47 H. 3. Stephen his Son and Heir doing his Homage and giving Security for the Payment of his Relief viz. C l. had
Shrewsbury and in 42 H. 3. Constable of Dovor-Castle In 47 H. 3. Sheriff of Herefordshire and Governour of the Castle of Hereford In 48 H. 3. he had the Custody of all the Lands of Anker de Freschevill in the Counties of Nott. and Derb. And was then one of those Barons who undertook that the King should stand to the Determination of Lewes King of France for the decision of those Differences which were then betwixt him and some of the other then in Arms. And standing Loyal to the King when he had that sharp War with the Rebellious Barons after that signal Victory at Evesham about the beginning of August 49 H. 3. was made Sheriff for the Counties of Nott. and Derb. This Iohn died in 50 H. 3. leaving Reginald his Son and Heir and ... a Daughter married to Robert de Tatshall Which Reginald soon after in respect of his faithful Services to that King obtain'd the favour to have a special Livery of all his Father's Lands though he had not then done his Homage He was also the same year constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Nott. and Derb. and Governour of Notingham-Castle as his Father had been And the next year following had the like Trust for the Castle of Northampton So also in 53 H. 3. In 9 E. 1. he was made Justice of Chester which Office his Father had formerly held and merited so well for his manifold Services that he had part of the Honour of Monmouth give to him by the King in recompence thereof But the Welch charg'd him with the breach of those Articles of Peace which were made betwixt King Edward and them First By framing Accusations against the Men of Tegengl and Ros for Trespasses done in the time of King Henry the Third And secondly That notwithstanding the King had granted to all Land-holders within the four Cantreds That they should enjoy their ancient Liberties and Customs yet that he introduc'd many new Customs amongst them contrary to the Articles of Peace before-mention'd oppressing them in divers other Particulars the mention whereof for brevities sake I pass by And in farther remuneration of his Services obtain'd from that King the Castle of Ruthyn and Cantred of Deffryn-Cluit with all the Lands of Wenthlian de Lascy in the Cantred of Englefeild as by his Charter dated at Dynbey 23 Oct. in the tenth year of his Reign appeareth In the same-year being in the King's Army in Wales he had Scutage of his Tenants who held of him by Military Service This Reginald married Maude the Daughter and Heir of Henry de Longchamp a great Baron whose principal Seat was Wilton-Castle in Herefordshire And in 22 E. 1. receiv'd Command to be at Portsmouth 1 Sept. to attend the King into Gascoigne then in danger by the French In 25 E. 1. the King going into Flanders and committing the Government of this whole Realm in his absence unto Prince Edward joyn'd amongst others this Reginald as an Assistant to him The same year upon the King's Confirmation of those two memorable Charters called Magna Carta and Carta de Foresta which chiefly through the Potency of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford then Constable of England and Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk Marshal were then obtained but not with the King 's free liking was one of those who upon that Accord then made betwixt the King and the other Barons that stood for their Rights and Liberties undertook on the King's behalf for the Indempnity of those two Earls In 31 E. 1. he was in the King's Army in Scotland This Reginald had a Daughter called Ioane who was the Wife of Raphe Lord Basset of Drayton and had in Frank-marriage by his Gift all his Lands in Olney in Com. Buck. As also a Brother called Iohn who in 34 E. 1. was in the King's Service in Scotland And departed this Life in 1 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Shirland in Com. Derb. of the Mannor of Rishton in Com. Cestr. of the Castle of Ruthyn and the whole Cantred of Deffren-cloyd and likewise of Penbeden Maismanan and Blorent lying in the Cantred of Englefeild leaving Iohn his Son and Heir forty years of age whose Fealty the King as a special Grace and Favour appointed his Eschactor beyond Trent soon after to take and to make Livery to him of his Inheritance This Iohn was an active Man in the King's Service whilst his Father lived as it seems for in 35 E. 1. in consideration thereof that King acquitted Reginald his Father of Cli l. xix s. vi d. part of a Debt of CCCli l. xix s. vi d. and accepted of the remaining part viz. CC l. by x l. per annum In 4 E. 2. he receiv'd Command from the King to be at Rokesburgh upon the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula well accoutred with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots then declar'd to be the King's Enemies In 7 E. 2. he was again in the Wars of Scotland And in 8 E. 2. receiv'd another Command from the King to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast-day of the Assumption of our Lady well fitted with Horse and Arms to march into that Realm In 10 E. 2. he was Justice of North-Wales and Governour of the Castle of Caernarvon And in 11 E. 2. charg'd to provide CC able Foot-Soldiers out of his Territory of Deffreneloyt for the Wars of Scotland to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the morrow after the Feast of St. Laurence But in 17 E. 2. he departed this Life being seised of the Mannor of Eston-Grey in Com. Wiltes Kemplyng in Com. Glouc. of the Castle of Ruthyn and Cantred of Deffren-â—loyt in North-Wales as also of those Lands in Englefeld which were formerly belonging to Wenthlian de Lacy Likewise of the Mannor of Wiltâ—n upon Waye in Com. Heref. Towsland in Com. Hunt Depeden and Punlot in Com. Essex and Schirland in Com. Derb. leaving Henry his Son and Heir forty years of age Moreover it appeareth that he held for term of Life with Remainder to Roger his younger Son by a second Wife as some affirm and to the Heirs of his Body the Mannors of Harewold Podyngton la Leye Brokburwe and Wrest in Com. Bedf. Holewelle in Com. Hertf. Great Brickhill with the Advowson of the Church Walton Woleton Over-Bleâ—cheleye Snelleston Stoke Hamund and Seweneston with the Advowson of the Church of Walton in Com. Buck. Gylling and Hemyngford Turberviâ—l in Com. Hunt certain Lands in Depeden in Com. Essex and the Mannors of Swonton Flitte and Houghton in Com. Bedf. From which Henry the Family of the Lord Grays of Wilton and from Roger those of Ruthyn afterwards descended Touching those of Wilton being first to take notice I
with him and the rest of his adherents in their ill success being hanged at York with the Lord Moubray and others as elswhere I have more fully shewed After which viz. in 1 Edw. 3. it was found that he died seised of the Mannors of Bouden Kingstone and Fanâ—lore in Com. Berks. Mundeford in Com. Norf. and Kisâ—ingbury in Com. North. Gerard his Son and Heir being at that time twenty three years of age Alice his Wife also surviving who was Sister and Heir of Henry Teys Which Alice in 4 Edw. 3. by reason of her Husbands transgression procured the Kings pardon for her self And in 6 Ed. 3. obtained a Charter for a Market every week upon the Wednesday at her Mannor of Pensans in Com. Cornub. Likewise for a Fair beginning on the Eve of S. Peter ad Vincula commonly called Lammas and continuing five days after that Feast As also for a Fair at Moshole in the same County begining on the Eve of S. Bartholomew the Apostle and continuing five days after Moreover in 10 Edw. 3. a Charter for Free-Warren at Chilton Teys Draycote and Lidyerd in Com. Wiltes Hordwell Kingston l'Isle Bethelking Fauclere and Budone in Com. Berks. and Shirebourne in Com. Oxon. As also liberty to inclose two hundred Acres of Wood two hundred Acres of Waste in Chilton Teys three hundred Acres of Wood an hundred Acres of Waste in Budene and an hundred Acres of Wood with forty Acres of Waste in Shirebourne to make a Park But I return to Gerard her Son In 7 Edw. 3. this Gerard de l'Isle was in the Scotish Wars also in 9 Edw. 3. being then of the retinue with Richard Earl of Arundell And in 12 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanders In 20 Edw. 3. he was in the Wars of France so likewise in 21 Edw. 3. And in 28 Edw. 3. married Elizabeth the Widow of Edmund de S. Iohn In 31 Edw. 3. he had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm but not after And in 33 Edw. 3. was again in the Wars of France so likewise in 34 Edw. 3. in which year he died leaving Warine his Son and Heir of full age Which Warine in 33 Edw. 3. was in that expedition made into Gascoigne so likewise in 43 Edw. 3. and 46 Edw. 3. In which forty sixth year he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in those Wars for one whole year with twenty Men at Arms and thirty Archers Of which Men at Arms himself being a Banneret four Knights and five Esquires were part And in 47 Edw. 3. covenanted that Gerard his Son should marry Anne the Daughter of S. Michael de la Poole Knight and to give her nine hundred thirty three pounds six shillings eight pence for her portion In 51 Edw. 3. he obtained License to make a Castle of his House at Shirbourne in Com. Oxon. And in 1 Rich. 2. was again in the Wars of France In 3 Rich. 2. he went into Ireland And having been summoned to Parliament from 43 Edw. 3. till 5 Rich. 2. inclusive departed this life 28 Iunii 6 Rich. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Wengrave in Com. Buck. Stow in Com. Northampt. Chilton Foliot in Com. Wiltes Kingston l'Isle Colcote and Ordeston in Com. Berks. Sherbourne Noke and Fretewell in Com. Oxâ—n Almarton and Trewarnayk in Com. Cornub. and Charleton Tattercote North-Bovy and Langdon in Com. Devon Leaving issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter of William Pipard Margaret his Daughter and Heir then Wife of Thomas Lord Berkley twenty two years of age ¶ I come next to Robert de l'Isle of Rugemont in Com. Bedf. as I think This Robert in 1 Hen. 3. having married Rohese de Tatshall Widow of Robert de Tatshall one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Iohn de Wahull with Robert de Basingham who had wedded Agnes the other Daughter paying his Releif had Livery of her Purparty of that Inheritance It seems he had been in Arms against King Iohn for which his Lands were seised But in 1 Hen. 3. returning to obedience he had restitution of them they lying in the Counties of Lincoln Kent York Norfolk and Suffolk After him viz. in 48 Hen. 3. I find mention of another Robert who was then constituted Governor of the Castles of Marlborough and Lutgareshull But in 49 Hen. 3. taking part with the Rebellious Barons was by them the King being then their prisoner made Governor of Newcastle upon Tine From this last Robert I must make a large leap to another who in 5 Edw. 2. had License for a Fair at Shafford in Com. Bedf. upon the Eve and Day of S. Michael and four days following In 8 Edw. 2. this Robert had Summons to sit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast day of the Assumption of our Lady to restrain the Incursions of the Scots And in 13 Edw. 3. was in that expedition made into Flanders Which Robert having been summoned to Parliament from 5 Edw. 2. till 16 Edw. 3. inclusive died the same year then entred into Religion being seised before he assumed that habit of the Mannors of Rampton Cotenham Westwike with the Advowson of the Church of Winpole in Com. Cantabr All which he setled before he took Orders upon Alice the Daughter of Robert de l'Isle Elizabeth Peverell and Richard Bayeux for life with Remainder to Iohn the Son of Robert de l'Isle and his Heirs He was then also seised of the Mannors of Heyford Warin in Com. Oxon. and Pyshobury in Com. Hertf. Iohn his Son and Heir at the time of the taking that Inquisition being twenty four years of age Which Iohn in 10 Edw. 3. his Father then living to the intent he might be the better enabled to serve the King in his Wars obtained a Grant from him of the Mannor of Harwood in Com. Ebor. then valued at four hundred marks per annum to hold during his life And in 13 Edw. 3. was in the English Army then drawn up to encounter the French at Uironfosse In 15 Edw. 3. he was also in that expedition then made into Gascoigne and in 16 Edw. 3. attended the King into Britanny being one of the cheif Commanders at the Siege of Nantes In 18 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Gascoigne and of the Retinue with Henry Earl of Lancaster And in 20 Edw. 3. obtained a Pension from the King of two hundred pounds per annum to support him in his degree of Banneret to be paid out of the Exchequer It is said by some that in 20 Edw. 3. 3 Non. Iulii Sir Thomas Dagworth Knight with eighty Men at Arms
Marches of Scotland towards Barwick upon Twede and being thereupon made the Kings Lieutenant and Captain-General of all the Soldiery Horse and Foot for the defence of those parts against Robert Brus sometime Earl of Carryk and his Complices had an Assignation of two hundred pounds in part of his Wages to be paid unto him by Iohn de Sandale Chamberlain of Scotland Shortly after which Robert de Brus compassing that Realm and receiving the homages of many came near to S. Johnsstones to the defence whereof this Earl being arrived but a little before Brus sent to him by way of challenge to Battle Whereunto returning answer that he would meet him the next day Brus retired Which being discerned by this Earl he fallied out and slew divers of the Scots unarmed as it is said Brus therefore being advertised thereof fled to the Isle of Kentire Whereupon he followed him supposing to find him in the Castle there But upon his taking thereof and discerning none but his Wife and Nigel de Brus his Brother there he hanged up Nigel and all the rest who were with him excepting her Brus therefore growing exceedingly exasperated at this his cruelty raised all the power he could and giving Battle to him forced him to flee to the Castle of Ayre Soon after this being with King Edward on his Death-bed at Burgh upon the Sands not far from Carlisle he was one of those whom the King desired to be good to his Son and not to suffer Piers de Gaveston to come into England again to set him in riot For which he was much hated by Piers as divers other of the Nobility were being called by him Ioseph the Iew in regard he was tall and pale of countenance In 1 Edw. 2. he was sent with Otto de Grandison and others to the Pope upon special business and the same year upon the death of Ioane his Mother doing his homage had Livery of those Lands which she held in Dower In 3 Edw. 2. he had the like Livery of the Lands of Agnes his Sister then deceased whose Heir he was But in 3 Edw. 2. he joyned with Thomas Earl of Lancaster and the rest in that design of pulling down Gaveston So likewise in 5 Edw. 2. with Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey in the Siege of Scarborough Castle whereunto Gaveston fled and having there seised upon him intended to have carried him to Wallingford but lodging him at Dadington in Comit. Oxon. he was taken thence in the night by the Earl of Warwick and by him beheaded on Blacklow-Hill not far from Warwick as I have elswhere shewed In 6 Edw. 2. he was again sent to Rome and obtained a Grant in General Tail from the King of the House and Place called The New Temple in London as also of certain Lands called Fleet-crofts with all other the Lands in the City and Suburbs of London which belonged to the Templers with Remainder to the King and his Heirs And in 7 Edw. 2. had a Charter for Return of Writs within his Lordships and Towns of Gainsburgh and Dunham in Com. Linc. In which year being made Warden and Lieutenant of all Scotland until the Kings coming thither he was in that fatal Battle of Bannocksburne in Scotland where the English had a great overthrow In 8 Edw. 2. he was constituted General of all the Kings Forces from the River of Trent Northwards unto Roxborough in Scotland and obtained License to make a Castle of his House at Bampton in Com. Oxon. Likewise in consideration That he did release to the Earl of Lancaster all his right in the Castle and Mannors of Thorpe Waterville Aldwincle and Achurch in Com. Northampt. As also in the Mannor of the New Temple London he obtained a Grant of all those Lands in Monmouth which Robert de Clifford deceased held for life the Remainder to the King and His Heirs In 10 Edw. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars but before the end of this year being taken prisoner in his journey towards the Court of Rome by Iohn Moilley a Burgundian and sent to the Emperor he was constrained to give twenty thousand pounds of Silver for his ransome by reason Moilley alleaged That himself having served the King of England had not been paid his Wages Upon this occasion therefore it was that King Edward wrote his Letters to divers Forein Princes to solicite his deliverance from that imprisonment Which was obtained as it seems for in 11 Edw. 2. he was again in those Wars of Scotland and the same year was made Governor of Rockingham Castle In 12 Edw. 2. he procured License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at Redswell in Com. Essex And for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of S. Lawrence Also for a Fair yearly at Toucester in Com. Northampt. on the Eve of the Annunciation of our Lady the Day and Morrow after with Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands there In 13 Edw. 2. he was constituted Warden of all the Forests South of Trent and being still Warden of Scotland had License to travel beyond Sea In 14 Edw. 2. he was again made Warden of all the Forests South of Trent and obtained License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Paâ—nswike in Com. Gloc. As also for a Fair yearly on the Eue and Day of the Nativity of our Lady In 15 Edw. 2. upon the taking of Thomas Earl of Lancaster at Burrough-Brigge in Com. Ebor. He was one of those who gave sentence of death upon him at Pontfract Whereupon he obtained a Grant to himself and Mary his Wife and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannor of Higham Ferrers in Com. Northampt. part of the Possessions of that Earl as also of the Castle and Mannor of Thorpe Watervile with the Hamlets of Achurch and Aldwincle in the same County which did belong to Robert de Holland then likewise attainted After which it was not long that he lived for attending Queen Isabell into France in An. 1323. 17 Edw. 2. he was there murthered 23 Iunii the same year by reason he had a hand in the death of the Earl of Lancaster as my Author saith But though he there lost his life his Body was brought into England and buried in the Abby Church of Westminster at the Head of Edmund Crouchback Earl of Lancaster leaving no issue notwithstanding he had three Wives viz. 1. Beatrix Daughter to Ralph de Neal Constable of France 2. ... Daughter to the Earl of Barre and 3. Mary Daughter to Guy de Chastilian Earl of St. Paul Which Mary surviving him in 18 Edw. 2. had for her Dowry an
River Geround about the Feast day of Simon and Iude. And during his stay in those parts obtained liberty for his Wife and Family to reside in Skypron-Castle in Com. Ebor. with allowance of Fewel out of the Woods there for her necessary use Moreover the next ensuing year upon that great Expedition made by King Edward thither he received Command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Portsmouth upon the first of Sept. thence to sayl with him into those parts And in 25 E. 1. was again in those Wars of Gascoigne at which time he obtained a Grant of the Marriage of Isabell the Daughter and Heir of Simon de Sherstede to be a Wife for Iohn de Latimer his Son and Heir In 26 E. 1. he attended the King in that Expedition then made by him into Scotland at which time he was victorious at Faukirke and in 27 E. 1. was appointed one of his Commissioners for fortifying the Castles of that Realm In 28 E. 1. he Marcht again with him into Scotland and in 29 E. â— was in the Garrison of Berwick To this William King Edward Granted the Mannor of Danby in Com. Ebor. for life with free chase there the remainder to William his Son and Lucia his Wife and to the right Heirs of Lucia In 30 E. 1. he obtained the Kings Charter for a Market every week upon the Thursday at Asse in Kent As also for a Fair on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Apostles Peter and Paul and for a Fair every year upon the Eve Day and Morrow of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at his Mannor of Wodinton in Com. Sur. Likewise for a Fair every year upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at his Mannor of Iiverington in Com. Ebor. with Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands there In 31 E. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 28 till 33 E. 1. inclusive departed this Life in the same thirty third year being jointly seised with Alice his Wife one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Walter Ledet of the one half of the Barony of Warden in Com Northampt. as also of the Moytie of the Town and whole hundred of Corby in that County of her Inheritance To whom succeeded William then his Son and Heir Iohn the elder Brother being dead in his life time as it seems Which William in 51 H 3. accounted to the Exchequer for divers Debts amounting to the Sum of 1951 l. 14 d. ob whereupon he had an allowance of two hundred pounds for that loss and damage which William his Father had sustain'd in the Kings service And being personally in that Court upon Saturday next after the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord in 54 H. 3. did there remit and quit-claym whatsoever he could demand by reason of his disbursements in sundry Marches to Scotland staying there and returning thence And likewise all his costs in Victualling the Castle at York and that at Scardeburgh Wages to the Souldiers and Officers or otherwise in those Wars In which 54 th year he executed the Sheriffs Office for York-shire on the behalf of his Father This William took to Wife Lucie the Daughter and Heir of Richard de Thwenge Cosin and Heir of Marmaduke de Thwenge and in 25 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 31 and 32 E. 1. In which 32 year during his abode in Scotland Lucie his Wife residing at his Mannor-house of Brunne in Com. Ebor. was taken away with divers goods there by certain unknown persons Whereupon the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of York-shire to make strict search for her throughout all that County commanding him that in case he did find her out he should if need were raise the power of the County and carry her back to Brunne Before the end of this year he obtained the Kings Licence for a Market every week upon the Munday at Syvelington in Com. Ebor. and for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Martin in Winter and in 34 E. 1. attended the King again into Scotland In which Wars he merited so well as that upon the disposal of the Lands of Christopher de Seton who was guilty of the Murther of Iohn Comyn he obtained a Grant of all those in Northumberland In 1 E. 2. he was made Governor of Rokyngham-Castle in Com. North. and Steward of that Forest. And in 2 E. 2. having occasions to Rome had the Kings Letters to one of the Cardinals on his behalf In this year being sent with an hundred Horse to fetch up Henry Lacy Earl of Lincoln to the Court he lost his labour the Earl keeping himself in his Castle and soon after marcht again into Scotland So likewise in 4 E. 2. And in 6 E. 2. being divorced from Lucie his Wife Daughter and Heir to Richard de Thweng Married Sibill the Widdow of William de Huntingfield whereupon she the said Lucie took to Husband Robert de Everingham and afterwards Bartholemew de Fanecurt In this year marching again into Scotland upon the loss of the day at Bannoksburne he had the ill hap there to be taken Prisoner And in 10 E. 2. upon the Death of Alice his Mother doing his Fealty he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance viz. of the Moiety of the Mannor of Corby in Com. Northampt. as also of the Mannor of Sutton with the Hamlets of Potton Holme and Stratton in Com. Bedf. In 12 E. 2. being one of the adherents to Thomas Earl of Lancaster submitting himself he obtained pardon after which in 15 E. 2. upon that grand Insurrection of the same Earl he became one of the principal Leaders of those Forces which vanquished him and his whole Party at Butrough-â—rigg in Com. Ebor. whereof the chief of them that were not slain there but taken Prisoners suffered death shortly after Whereupon the next year following he was made Governor of the City of York and having been summoned to Parliament from 28 E. 1. until 1 E. 3. departed this life the same year being then seised of the Mannor of Aâ—he in Com. Cantii Sutton in Com. Bedf. Wodeâ—on in Com. Sur. Sâ—ameston with the Village of Bredale Sivelyngton and Thornton in Pykering-Lithe in Com. Ebor. having enfeoffed William de Latimer his Son of the Mannors of Gamelesby and Unthanke in Com. Cumbr. who then held them which William was at that time twenty six years of age And doing his Homage had Livery of the Mannor of Danby and all other the Lands of his Inheritance In 2 E. 3. this William
but marching downwards came in to the King his Brother about three Miles Southward from the Town of Warwick Nevertheless though he so did he left no means unassayed to work a Reconciliation betwixt that Earl and King Edward unto which he found the King inclinable enough So that it might very well have been effected had it not been for the obstinacy of that haughty spirited Earl of Warwick Whereupon he marcht with the King towards the City of London into which entring upon the eleventh of Aprill King Henry was delivered up to them In the mean time the Earl of Warwick being come up to St. Albans and King Edward resolving to encounter him both Armies met on a plain called Gladmore-â—eath near Barnet upon Easter-day 30 April where King Edward placing his Brother the Duke of Glocester in the Van and with the assistance of this Duke leading the main Battel himself the Lord Hastings commanding the Rear a sharp Fight ensued wherein Warwick was slain and his whole Army routed Shortly aftger which viz. 4 Maii next following those of the Lancastrian-pary then unsubdued making head again in Glocestershire were met with at Tewksbury and there utterly destroyed At which time Prine Edward son to King H. 6. being taken prisoner and asked by King Edward How he durst bear Armes against him Answering To recover his Fathers Kingdome and Heritage this George Duke of Clarence with his Brother Richard Duke of Glocester and the Lord Hastings suddenly Murthered y him in cold blood A most barbarous and unmanly Act not one of them afterwards enjoying much content in this World but coming in a short space to untimâ—ly deaths Having therefore in these greatest Exigencies stuck thus stoutly to his Brother in the very same year viz. 11. E. 4. the Parliament then siting he did there with divers other of the Peers recognize his Right and Swear Fealty to Edward his eldest son And in 12 E. 4. in consideration of that his Marriage with Isabel the eldest daughter and coheir to the said Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick and Salisbury was by special Letters patents bearing date 25 Martii created Earl of Warwick and Salisbury with the Fee of Twenty pounds per annum issuing out of each of the Counties of Warwickshire and Wiltshire to himself and the heirs male of his Body for the better support of those dignities Moreover he obtain'd a Grant for life of the Lordship of Clavering in Com. Essex as also of the Mannor of Newport paynell and Parke of Tyford in Com. Buck. with the Mannor of Solâ—hull and Park of Fulbroke in Com. Warr. And likewise of a certain House called The Herber in the City of London and of the Castle and Lordship of Nore-end After which in 14 E. 4. he was retein'd by Indenture to serve the King with One hundred and twenty men at Armes and a Thousand Archers And by Letters Patents bearing date 18 Iulii had a grant in special tail of two parts of the Mannor of Ros in Holdernessâ— In 15 E. 4. he was at the Enterview at Piquenni near Amiens betwixt King Edward and the King of France And in 16 E. 4. had a grant in special tail of the Lordship and Mannor of Ludgarsale in Com. Wilts with all the Knights Fees thereto belonging As also in 17 E. 4. another in reversion after the death of Margery Lady Roos of the Castle and Mannor of Helmesâ—ey in Com. Ebor. But after all this the King being jealous k of him designâ—d his destruction It is reported by our Historians that he did endeavour to possess the people that the King his Brother used by Negromancie or Poison to make away those that he hated Also that he was a Bastard and therefore not fit to Reign Moreover that he himself had procured divers of the Kings subjects to be sworn to him and his heirs without reservation of their Allegiance to the King It was likewise then said that the King was much tâ—rrified by a Prophesie that a person whose name began with G should succeed him in the Government which afterwards in truth was fulfilled in the Duke of Glocester Others gave out that this Duke having buried his Wife did by the help of Margaret Dutchess of Burgundy his sister endeavour to obtain Mary the only daughter to Charles Duke of Burgundy and that King Edward maligning his advantage thereby hindred it which revived the old Grudge betwixt them Which of these in particular was the chief cause of the distast then taken against him by the King is hard to say but certain it is that being offended with him he caused him to be imprison'd and that soon after he was Murthered by drowning in a Butt of Malmsey By the Inquisition taken after his death it was found that he died that is to say that he was so Murthered 18 Feb. 17 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Bretâ—ys in Com. Essex As also of the Mannors of Hauâ—bere Iwarn Courtney Ebberton Ramsam Wroxhall Child-Frome Ientcome Maperton Pound-Knoll Hoggs-Toller and of the Castle and Mannor of Corff in Com. Dorset of the Mannors of Somerâ—on Erle Kyngesdone Crukerne Hunspill Misterton Grove Exton Charleton Makerell Dunhede and Stoke Michell in Com. somerset of the Mannor and Burrough of Tyverton the Mannors and Lorships of Plympton and Okehampton of the Burrough of Challeghe and Mannors of Collcome and Whiteford in com Devon of the Mannors of Shemoke Weston Tony Trelowye Portlo Port-pigham Crofthale Northyll and Landeer in com Cornub. of the Mannor of Bassyngburne in Com. Cantabr of the Mannors of Frampton Wykes Boston on the East-side of the Water Gayton with the Soke Momby with the sokes Washyngburgh Futâ—ek Ledenham two parts of the Mannors of Freston and Boston on the West-side the Water of the Castle and Lordship of Somerton of the reversion of the Mannors of Barton and Stewton immediately after the death of Katherine then Dutchess of Norffolk and of the reversion of the third part of the said Mannors of Freston and Boston on the West-part the Water after the death of Margery Lady Roos Likewise of two parts of the Mannor of Ros in Holderness as also of the reversion of the Castle and Mannor of Helmesley in Com. Ebor. after the decease of the said Margery Lady Roos and of the Mannor of Solyhull in Com. Warr. Edward his son and heir being at that time three years of age and upwards Soon after which he was attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster upon the sixteenth day of Ianuary He likewise left issue by the same Lady Isabell his Wife one daughter called Margaret married to Sir Richard Pole Knight of whom I shall say more when I come to speak of Henry her son who was advanced to the title of Lord Montague by King Henry the Eighth But
before viz. First her Grandfather who married Eliazbeth the Daughter and Heir of William Lord Harington And afterwards her Father commonly called William Lord Harington who married Catherine one of the Daughters of Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury and was slain in the Battel of Wakefeild on the part of the House of York upon the laft day of December the same year viz. 39 H. 6. which was within less than two months before his Grandfathers death But upon the death of this William Lord Bonvile thus beheaded at St. Albans in regard he had stood up so stoutly against the Lancastrians Elizabeth his Widdow in 1 E. 4. had an assignation of a very large Dowry viz. of the Mannour of Pokyngton with divers lands in Thornay Pixton Taunton Glastonbury and Drayton in Com. Somers Maperton Sturmynster-Marshall Alryngton Mourton Berne and divers lands in Lyme in Com. Dors. Combe Pyne-Seton Combe Peyne Downe Vmfravile Charletone Heade and Pole Northcote with divers Lands in Birches Sydeford Axminstre and Toregge in Com. Devon as also of divers Lands in Tregemelyn Permarthe Noddon Trevasso Holiwode Milhay Kilquyte Seynterne Polkeâ—ys and Roboletesdon late belonging to Richard Welyngton in Com. Cornub. as also of the Mannour of great Glen in Com. Leic. All which being of the Inheritance of the before specified Cecilie who became the Wife of Thomas Marquess Dorset and afterwards of Henry Earl of Wiltshire were afterwards enjoy'd by her It is said that this William Lord Bonvile had many illegitimate Children whereof one was setled in the West Country to whom he gave C Marks per annum whose posterity remained in King H. 8. time Edmund of Hadham Earl of Richmund 31 H. 6. THis Edmund Sirnamed of Hadham in Com. Hertf. in regard of his Birth there being the other Son to Owen Teuther by Katherine Daughter to Charles the Sixth King of France was in 31 H. 6. by reason of his so near Alliance to that King viz. Brother by the Mother Created Earl of Richmund by Letters Patent bearing date at Reading upon the 23d. of November with Precedence before all other Earls and the same year obtain'd a grant from the King in Fee of that Mansion House called Baynard's Castle situate near Paul's-Wâ—arfe in London Of his personal Actings there is little memorable that I have seen other than his Marriage with Margaret the sole Daughter and Heir to Iohn Beaufort Duke of Somerset and that he departed this Life on the Morrow after All Souls day in 35 H. 6. being at that time seised in Fee of the Castle and Lordship of Horestone and Mannor of Bollesobere in Com. Derb. And in Fee-tail of the Mannor of Ludgareshale in Com. Wiltes of the moity of the Mannor of Bassingburne in Câ—m Cantabr of the whole Earldom Honour and Lordship of Richmund in Com. Ebor. and two parts of the Mannor of Swafham in Com. Norff. And jointly with Iasper Earl of Pembroke his Brother of the Mannors of Mansfeld Lyndeby and Town of Clypston in Shirewode in Com. Nott. leaving Henry his Son and Heir of the Age of fifteen Weeks afterwards King by the name of Henry the Seventh Whereupon he was buried in the Cathedral of St. Davids in Wales with this Epitapth Vnder this Marble-stone here inclosed restet the Bones of the noble Lord Edmund Earl of Richmund Father and Brother to Kings the which departed out of this World in the year of our Lord God 1456. the third of the Month of November on whose Soul Almighty Iesu have mercy Amen Margaret his Wife surviving who afterwards Married to Henry a Younger Son to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham and lastly to Thomas Lord Stanley Earl of Derby but by neither of these had any Issue This great Lady by her Teftament bearing date 6 Iunii an 1508. which was the 23d. and last year of her Son King Henry the Seventh's Reign bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Monastery of St. Peter at Westminster within the Chappel of our Lady begun to be built by that King Appointing that Placebo and Dirige with Laudes and all other Divine-Services Prayers and Observants belonging thereto should be solemnly and devoutly songen and said in the day of her Decease by all the Priests Ministers and Children of her Chappel and Mass of Requiem with Note on the Morning next ensuing and so to continue every day as long as her Body should rest there unremoved towards the place of her Interment Likewise that the like Placebo and Dirige with Laudes and Mass of Requiem should be solemnly and devoutly said during all the time in the Parish-Church of that place where it should please God to call her out of this transitory life by all the Priests and Clerks of the same Church and by other Priests to the number of threescore and Clerks to the number of thirty as also in twenty Parish-Churches next adjoining to the place of her decease by all the Priests and Clerks of every such Church Furthermore that every Priest to the number of threescore being present in the Parish-Church where her Body should rest any night between the place of her Decease and the place of her Interment that should be helping to all Divine Service of Placebo and Dirige to have for his labour eight pence and ever Clark of thirty four pence And that in the day that it should please God to call her out of this Life and day of her Interment there should be distributed in Alms amongst poor people Cxxxiii i. vi s. viii d. Moreover by her last Will bearing date at the same time intending God to be the more honoured aswel within the said Monastery where the purposed that her Body should be interred as in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and other places where Scholars were to be brought up in virtue and cunning the ordained that three perpetual daily Masses with divine Service should be daily said by three sad and discreet Monks of the said Monastery and one-perpetual Anniversary devoutly holden with Lxx. Lights and with the distribution of ten pounds in Alms at every such Anniversary perpetually And one perpetual Brother called a Converse to be perpetually kept in the same Monastery specially to serve there at their Masses and all other Priests that should say their Masses at the Altars where as two of the Said Chantry-Masses shall be said She also thereby established two perpetual Readers in Divinity one of them in the University of Cambridge and another in the University of Oxford Likewise one perpetual Preacher of the Word of God in the same University of Cambridge and obtained Licence to found a perpetual Chantry in the Church of Wynburne of one perpetual Priest to teach Grammar freely to all that would come thereto while the World shall endure with Licence to give to either of the said two Readers and their Successors Lands and Tenements to the yearly value
Ancestors Which William his son and heir succeeding him in his honor married the Lady Frances one of the daughters of Henry late Earl of Holand by whom he hath had issue three sons viz. VVilliam his son and heir who married Frances the daughter to Francis Pierpoint late of Notâ—ingham Esquire a younger son to Robert Earl of Kingston super Hull And seven daughters 1. Isabell who died unmarried 2. Lettice wedded to Sir Richard Hampden of Great-Hampden in Com. Buck. â—squire 3. Elizabeth yet unmarried 4. Frances married to Rouland Hunt of Boreatton in Com. Salop. Esquire 5. Penelope to Philip Foley of Prestwood in Com. Staff Esquire 6. Diana to Henry Asâ—â—urst Citizen of London and 7. Anne who died unmarried Lord Darcie of Chich. 5 Edw. 6. THat this Family is a branch of that which hath long florisht in the Counties of â—incoln and York whereof I have in the first Volume of this Work already discourst there is no doubt at all to be made though I never could yet find when it first came thence Nor seen any thing memorable thereof till 8 H. 5. that Robert Darcie was Eschaetor for the County of Essex Who having been first a Clerk to a Lawyer afterwards married a rich Mâ—rchants Widow of Maâ—don that had a parâ— in three or four ships at Sea and purchased Lands in those parts Which widdow called Aliâ—e being daughter and coheir to ... Fâ—â—z-Langlâ—y died in 26 H. 6. and was buriâ—d in the Chapel of the Hâ—ly Trinity within the Church of All Hallows in Maldon with this Robert her Husband who left issue two sons viz. Sir Robert Darcie of Danberie Knight and Iohn Darcie of Tolshunt Which Sir Robert departing this life in 9 E. 4. left issue Thomas Squyer for the Body to King Henry 6 th and King Edward 4 th who died in 1 H. 7. And he Roger Squyer of the Body to K. Henry the 7 th who by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Sir Henry VVentworth K t had issue another Thomas who in 36 H. 8. being then a Knight was constituted Master of the King's Artillery now called Master of the Ordinance within the Tower of London as also Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber in 37 H. 8. And in 5 E. 6. being then Vice-chamberlain of the King's Houshold Captain of the Guard and one of the four principal Knights of his Privy-Chamber upon the fifth of April was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the name of Lord Darcie of Chiche whereupon he had summons to the Parliament then sitting and took his place upon the 23 d of Ianuary accordingly But in An. 1558. 5 4 Ph. M. being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and residing at Wivenhoâ— in Com. Essex he declared his Testament whereby as to his Interrment and Funeral he committed it wholly to the Order of Holy Church and dying within less than two years after 〈◊〉 for the Probate thereof bears date 14 Martii â—â—60 was buried at St. Osythes leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford Iohn his son and heir as also two other sons Alberic who died at Newâ—aven and Robert And two daughters 〈◊〉 married to Richard Suthwell of Wood-Rysing in Com. Norff. Esq and Constance to Edmund Pyrton of Bentley in Com. Essex Which Iohn being summon'd to Parliament in 1 Eliz. took his place there 25 Ian. the same year and in 16 Eliz. accompanied VValter Earl of Essex into Ireland This Iohn having married Frances daughter of Richard Lord Rich Lord Chancellor of England departed this life in 23 Eliz. leaving issue Thomas his son and heir and Iohn a younger son who died unmarried as also Mary a daughter wife of Robert Lord Lumley Which last mention'd Thomas upon the fifth of Iuly An. 1621. 19 Iac. was created Vicount Colchester for life with remainder to Sir Thomas Savage of Rock-Savage in Com. Cestr. Knight and Baronet and to the heir male of his body by Elizabeth his wife eldest daughter to him the said Thomas Moreover upon the fourth of Nov. 2 Car. 1. he was advanc'd to the dignity of an Earl by the title of Earl Rivers with remainder to the said Sir Thomas Savage for lack of issue male of his own body And having wedded Mary the daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Kitson Kt. had issue by her one only son called Thomas and four daughters Which Thomas married the daughter and heir to Sir Iohn Fitz of South â—avistoke in Com. Devon Knight widow of Sir Alan Perci Knight and died in his life-time without issue His four daughters were these Elizabeth married to the before-specified Sir Thomas Savage Mary to Roger Manwood Esquire son to Sir Peter Manwood Knight of the Bath Penelope first to Sir George Trenchard son and heir to Sir George Trenchard of UUolveton in Com. Dors. Knight after to Sir Iohn Gage of Fixley in Com. Suss. Baronet and Susan who died unmarried This Earl Rivers died at London 21 Feb. An. 1639. 15 Car. 1. and was buried in the Church of St. Osythes at Chich before-mentioned Iohn Lord Williams of Tame 1 Mariae BEfore I come to the advancement of this Iohn unto the degree and dignity of a Baron it will not be improper to take notice by what steps he ascended to that honour As to his Parentage he was of the same Family with Sir Richard Williams Knight who assumed the surname of Cromwell in the time of King Henry the Eighth viz. second Son to Sir Iohn Williams of Burfeild in Com. Berks. Knight by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Richard More of Burfeild Esquire the name of his elder Brother being Reginald Williams The first mention I find of him in reference to his preferment is in 18 H. 8. he being then a servant to that King having also ten pounds per annum granted to him by Patent for the keeping of a Greyhound And in 27 H. 8. was Clerk of the Kings Jewel-house By which means geting interest at Court he obtained a Patent for the office of Master or Treasurer of the same Jewel-house But Thomas Cromwell then Secretary of State being too strong for him forced him to surrender it and to accept of another jointly with himself so as to share the profits thereof betwixt them and the survivor to enjoy it wholly By which and other means geting wealth in 30 H. 8. he purchased the Mannors of great Ricott and little Ricott in Com. Oxon. from Giles Heron of Shakelwell in Com. Mid. Esquire Son of Iohn Heron sometime Treasurer of the Chamber to King H. 8. to whom Sir Richard Fowler Knight Son to Richard Chancelor of the Dutchy of Lancaster had formerly
the heirs male of his body He married Elizabeth daughter to Colonel Hervey Bagot second son to Sir Hervey Bagot late of Blythfield in com Staff Baronet and having issue by her one only daughter named Mary was slain in that blooody sea-fight against the Dutch upon the third of Iune 1665. whereupon his Corps were conveyed to the Abby Church at Westminster and there honourably buried Lord Arundell of Treryse 16 Car. 2. OF this antient and worthy Family whose Ancestor came a into England at the Norman Conquest and which hath been seated b at Treryse in Cornwall from the time of King Edward the third was c Sir Iohn Arundel Knight Vice-Admiral to King Henry the Seventh and King Henry the Eighth which Sir Iohn in a sharp fight at sea encountring d with Duncan Camel that great Scottish Pirate took e him Prisoner Whose lineal heir male was f another Iohn which Iohn having been g one of the Knights for that shire in divers Parliaments some in the time of Queen Elizabeth others of King Iames and lastly of King Charles the First of blessed memory upon the first begining of the late unparralleld Rebellion raised by an Antimonarchical Party in the late Long-Parliament which â—erminated in the horrid Murther of that excellent King most loyally put himself with four of his sons in Arms on his Majesties behalf whereof two lost their lives in his service and most valiantly held out the Castle of Pendennis which was long besieged both by Sea and Land unto the very end of those unhappy Wars Of which Sons Richard the eldest personnally attending that King in his Army was one of his Commanders in the first Battle he had with those Rebels near Kineton in Warwickshire where he made most ample manifestations of his courage and valour Likewise in that at Lansdowne in Somersetshire as also in divers other bloody fights and tedious Sieges wherein he received many wounds And though through the prevalency of those Rebels at length he lost his whole Estate nevertheless he did not at all desert his Majesties just interest for which he had so long most loyally thus hazarded himself In consideration therefore of these his great Actings and Sufferings he was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the twenty third day of March in the sixteenth year of Majesties Reign worthily advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Arundell of Treryse and to the heirs male of his body He married Gertrude daughter of Sir Iames Bagg of Saltham in the County of Devon Knight widdow of Sir Nicholas Slaning Kt. by whom he hath had issue two sons Iohn who died in his Childhood and another Iohn who married Margaret the daughter and sole heir to Sir Iohn Ackland of 〈◊〉 Iohn in the same County of Devon Knight Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland 22 Car. 2. AS in former times the raising of eminent Women to great Titles of Honor hath not been unusual in this Realm in pursuance therefore of those so laudable Examples the like hath been done by our present Soveraign Barbara the sole daughter and heir of William Viscount Grandison who in the times of the late Rebellion being in Arms for the King lost his life in open battel being the first Which Barbara by reason of her noble descent from divers worthy Ancestors and her Fathers death in his Majesties Army as also in respect of her own personal Vertues was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the third day of August in the twenty second year of his Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baroness of this Realm by the Title of Baronesse of Nonsuch in the County of Surrey as also to the dignities of Countess of Southampton and Dutchess of Cleveland to enjoy during her natural life the remainder to Charles Fitz-Roy his said Majesties Natural Son by her and to the heirs male of his body and for lack of such issue to George Fitz-Roy another of his natural sons by her and younger Brother to him the said Charles Which Charles being since installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter manifesting his great inclination to honorable and virtuous endeavors was for his future encouragement to all heroick atchievements by other Letters Patent bearing date also at Westminster upon the tenth day of September in the twenty seventh year of his said Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Newberie as also to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Chichester and of a Duke by the Title of Duke of Southampton Henry Fitz-Roy Earl of Ewston and Duke of Grafton 24 Car. 2. THis Henry being one of the natural sons of our present Soveraign by Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland in respect of his Maâ—esties dear affection to him and observance of his vertuous disposition for his farther encouragement to great and honorable atchievement was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the sixteenth day of August in the twenty fourth year of his Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Sudbury in the County of Suffolk as also to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount of 〈◊〉 and of an Earl by the Title of Earl of 〈◊〉 all in that County and the heirs male of his body with remainder to George Fitz-Roy his younger Brother and the heirs male of his body And by other Letters 〈◊〉 bearing date at Westminster upon the eleventh day of September in the twenty seventh year of his Reign to the Title of Duke of 〈◊〉 in the County of Northamâ—ton He married the Lady Isabella the only child of Henry now Earl of Arlington Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold by the Lady Isabella of Nassau his wife one of the daughters of Lewes de Nassaw Lord Beverwaert son to the Illustrious Maurice late Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau Lord Duras of Holdenby 24 Car. 2. AS His Majesty in testimony of the High esteem he had of those who had faithfully served His Royal Father and Himself in the late unhappy Wars or otherwise and for their farther encouragement to all 〈◊〉 Endeavours did advance many of his own Native Subjects to great Titles of Honor as hath been already shewed so hath he not been slack in the remuneration of such Forreiners which had cordially done the like as is evident in that of the most valiant and truly Noble Lewes Duras Marquess of Blanquefort brother to the Duke of Duras in France lineally descended from the famous Galliard Dureford Lord of Duras whom King Edward the Fourth for his especial Services in those times not only made Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter conferring on him an yearly Pension of an Hundred pounds during his life but granted that his Executors for the better performance
enjoy for term of his natural life the remainder to Lewes Lord Duras of Holdenby and the heirs male of his body which Lewes hath wedded the Lady Mary the elder of his two daughters by Mary his wife daughter of Sir William Villers late of Brokesâ—y in com Leic. Baronet Catherine the other daughter being yet unmarried FINIS THE INDEX A. ANgle Gâ—ischard E. of Hunting 173 Annesley E. of Anglesey 479 Ap Adam 10 Archedekne 91 Arundel of Treryse 483 Wardour 422 Aâ—â—ley of Reading 473 Aton 98 Audley of Walden 382 B. BAcon Vic. St. Alboâ—â— 437 Badlesmere 57 Bartu Lord 〈◊〉 of Eresby 408 Earl 〈◊〉 409 b. 〈◊〉 Norris 410 b. 〈…〉 64 〈◊〉 459 â—â—auchamp of Kederminster 195 Beaâ—fort Iohn Marquess Dorset 121 Edmund Duke of Somerset 123 Beaumont 50 Bedford Duke Iohn â—00 Belassyse Vic. Fauconbridge 456 Lord Bellassyse 456 Susan Baroness of Osgodby 486 Benet Earl of Arlington 483 Benhale 154 Benstede 91 Berkley of Stratton 476 Earl of Falmouth 483 Bermingham 108 Bernerâ— 196 Bolinbroke Henry Earl of Derby and D. of Hereford 119 Bonvile 236 Boothe Lord De la 〈◊〉 481 Botetourt 46 Boteler Earl of Wiltshire 235 of Bramfeild 465 Vide Butler Borough 288 Bourcheir Lord Fitzwarin 131 Earl of Bathe 131 Lord Berners 132 Earl of Essex 129 Lord Cromwell 133 Boyle Lord Clifford vide Clifford of Lansborough Braddeston 137 Brandon Duke of Suffolk 299 Brainford Earl Patrick 472 Bray 311 Bromflet 234 Brooke Lord Cobâ—am 281 Brotherton Earl of Norfolk 63 Browne Vic. Mountauâ— 396 Bruce Earl of Aylesbury 466 Brudnell Earl of Cardigan 455 Bruges Lewes Earl of Winchester 283. Brugges Lord Chandos 395 Bryan 151 Bullen Earl of Wiltshire 305 Burgh Earl of St. Albans 450 Burghersh 34 Burnell 60 Butler of Lanthony Earl of Brecknock 478 of Weston ibid. Byron 469 C. CAilli 56 Capel Earl of Essex 466 Carew Earl of Totnes 423 Carey Lord Hunsdon 397 Earl of Dovor 398 Earl of Monmouth 398 Carr Earl of Somerset 425 Carlton Vic. Doncaster 453 Cavendish Earl of Devon 420 Duke of Newcastle 421 Cecill Lord Burleigh 405 Vic. Wimbleton 407 Earl of Exeter 406 Earl of Salisbury 407 Chavent 27 Cheney 289 Cherlton Lord Powys 71 Cholmley of Wiche-Malbanc 473 Clarence Dukes George 162 Leonel 167 Thomas 196 Cleveland Dutchess Barbara 484 Clifford of Lansborough Earl of Burlington 473 Clifton 168 424 Cobham 65 Colepeper 472 Compton Earl of Northampton 401 Conyers 290 Conyngsburgh Richard Earl of Cambridg and Duke of York 158 Conway of Ragley 452 Cooper Earl of Shaftsbury 481 Cornwall Lord Fanhope 212 Cornwallis 480 Cottington misplaced in p. 213. which should be in p. 465. Coventry 459 Cranfeild Earl of Middleâ—ex 446 Crâ—ven Earl William 455 of Ryton 455 Creting 110 Crew 482 Crosts 476 Cromwell of Tatshall 44 of Okeham Earl of Essex 370 D. DAcres of the North. 22 Dacres of the South vide Fienes Dagworth 148 Damorie 101 Danvers Earl of Danby 416 Darcie of Chichâ— 392 D'auney 108 De la Beche 127 De la Mare 28 De la Pole Duke of Suffolk 182 De la Ward 25 Denney Earl of Norwich 419 Devereux Lord Feâ—rers Vic. Hereford and â—arl of Essex 175 Digby Earl of Bristol 436 Dormer Earl of Caernarvon 428 Dudley Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland 217 Dudley Earl of Leicester 221 Duras 485 E. EChingham 60 Egerton Lord Ellesmere Earl of Bridgwater 414 Eltham Iohn Earl of Cornwall 109 Erdington 111 Everingham 55 Evers 385 Exeter Duke Thomas 125 F. FAlvesle 173 Fane Earl of Westmorland 450 Faâ—congerge 3 Feilding Earl of Deâ—high 440 Felton 64 Fienes 243 Lord Dacre 244 Lord Say and Sele 245 Finch Earl of Winchelsey 447 of Fordwich 448 of Daventre 449 Fitz-Roy Henry Duke of Richmund 305 Iames Duke of Monmouth 482 Fitz-Roy Henry Duke of Ewston 484 George Duke of Northumb. 407 Fitz-Charles Charles Earl of Plymouth 487 Fitz-Williams 105 Foix Earl of Kendal 228 Freschevile of Stavely 6 482 Frevile 103 G. GAnt Iohn Duke of Lancaster 114 Gaveston Earl of Cornwall 41 Gerard of Bromley 417 of Brandon 418 Glocester Duke Thomas of Woodstoke 169 Richard 165 Humphrey 198 Henry 477 Gorges 55 Goring Earl of Norwich 461 Grandison 17 Grey Lord Powys 283 of Warke 449 Grendon 25 Grenevill Earl of Bathe 479 Grevill Lord Brooke 442 Guilford Earl Iohn Duke of Lauderdale 486 H. HAcche 19 Hadham Edmund Earl of Richmund 237 Hamilton Earl of Cambridge 439 Herclaâ— Earl of Carlisle 97 Harington of Exton 99 416 Harvey of Kidbroke 458 Hastang 62 Hausted 126 Hatfeild Iasper Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Bedford 241 Hatton 468 Hay Earl of Carlisle 427 Heinault Iohn Earl of Cambridge 113 Herbert Earl of Pembroke 255 Earl of Huntingdon 258 Earl of Powys 260 Lord Herbert of Chirbury 261 Hicks Vic. Campden 462 Hilton 6 Holand Earl of Huntingdon 78 Earl of Kent 73 Duke of Exeter 81 Holle Earl of Clare 432 of Ifeild 433 Hoâ— and Hastings 233 Hopton 469 Hotham 91 Howard 265. Duke of Norff. 267 Vic. Bindon 274 Earl of Northampton 275 Earl of Arundel 277 Lord of Effingham 278 Earl of Notingham 279 Earl of Suffolk 279 Earl of Berkshire 280 Earl of Carlisle 281 Of Escrick 280 Hume 419 Hungerford 203 Huntercombe 5 Huntingfield 7 Hussey 309 Hyde Earl of Clarendon 478 I. Jermin Earl of St. Albans 469 Ingham 104 Iuliers William Marquess Earl of Cambridge 113 K. KEnt Earl Edmund 92 Kerdeston 112 Kirketon 168 Kirkhoven Lord Wotton 475 Knivet of Escrick 424 Knolles Vic. Walingford and Earl of Banbury 412 Knovill 5 L. LAngdale 475 Langley Edmund Earl of Cambridge and Duke of Yorke 154 Lascells 6 Latimer 30 La Warre 15 Lee Earl of Litchfield 486 Leigh Lord Dunsmore and Earl of Chichester 464 Of Stonley 464 Leke Lord Deincourt and Earl of Sâ—aresdale 450 Lenos Charles Duke of Richmund 487 Ley Earl of Malborough 451 Leyburne 13 Littleton 465 Longvillers 144 Lovelace 456 Lucas 473 Lumley 174 M. MAinard 459 Maltravers 101 Maners Earl of Rutland 296 Manny 148 March Earl Edward and Duke of York 161 Marney 301 Menill 110 Mohun 461 Molins 145 Monke Duke of Albemarle 477 Montgomerie 142 Mordant Earl of Peterborough 311 Vicount Avalon 312 Morle 26 Montagu of Boughton 443 Earl of Manchester 444 Earl of Sandwich 445 Musgrave 153 N. NAnsladron 27 Nereford 8 Newport 467 Noel Vic. Camden 435. North. 394 Northwode 70 Norris Earl of Berkshire 403 404 Norwiche 90 O. OGle 262 Orreby 57 Osburne Earl of Danby 485 P. PAget 390 Parker Lord Morley and Mont Egle. 307 Parr Marquis of Northamptoâ— 380 Of Horton 382 Paston Vic. Yarmouth 486 Patshal 143 Paâ—let Of Hinton St. George 375 Marquis of Winchester 396 Petre. 415. Phelip Lord Bardolf 213 Pipe 109 Pipard 8 Pierpont Earl of Kingston and Marquis of Dorchester 457 Plaiz 〈◊〉 Plantaginet Arthur Vic. L'Isle 312 Plugenet 2 Poinz 1 Pole Lord Mountague 292 Portsmouth D. Lovisa 486 Poynings 133 R. RAmsey Earl of Holderness 442 Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter and Earl of Suffex 285 Riche Earl of Warwick
Which Grant was ere long surrendred as it seems for it appears that the King afterwards gave the same unto Edward his eldest Son and that he during the minority of the said Heir in consideration of 1500 l. assigned the Castle and Barony of Skipton in Craven unto Alexander King of Scotland I now return to the same Isabel of whom I find that in 52 Hen. 3. she had Livery of the Castle of Carisbrook and Isle of Wight which were of her Inheritance and that she confirmed all the Donations made by her Noble Ancestors the Earls of Devon and Exeter unto the Abbey of Quarrera in that Isle which Monastery was of their Foundation In which grant she stiles her self Isabella de Fortibus Comitissa de Albemarle Devoniâ ac Domina Insulae she being then sole Heir to the Earldom of Devon by reason of the death of Baldwine the Fifth of that name Earl of Devon her Brother without issue So likewise all the Grants which were made unto the Monks of Bocland in Devonshire by the Lady Amicia Countess of Devon her Mother Foundress of that Abbey To the Cannons of Bolton near Skipton in Craven she gave the Lordships of Wygedone and Brandone one Messuage one Toft and two Carucates of Land in Wethetone and Halthwait one Messuage and nine Bovates of Land in Roudon as also Six Burgages in Harewood with the Mills of Harewood And to the Abbey of Montesburg in Normandy she confirmed the Mannors of Loderis in Dorsetshire which was made a Cell to that Foreign Abbey and likewise the Lordships of Axmue Wolveley Appledercumbe and Wyke which had been formerly granted to that Religious House by her Ancestors ¶ Having thus done with Isabel I shall now conclude with Aveline the sole Daughter and Heir remaining of this last Earl William de Fortibus and of her the said Isabel. Upon the sixth Ides of Iuly An. 1269. 53 Hen. 3. being Heir to this great Earldom and that of Devon as also to the Barony of Skipton and Soveraignty of the Isle of Wight as hath been observed Edmund second Son to King Henry the Third commonly called Crouchback and afterwards Earl of â—ancaster took her to Wife the King and Queen with almost all the Nobility of England being at the Wedding And in 1 Edw. 1. she becoming of age sufficient to possess her Lands her Husband Edmund doing his fealty had Livery of them But in 4 Edw. 1. the King having a mind to all her Castles and Lands came to an agreement with her for them viz. That she should by sufficient Assurance pass them unto him and his heirs as well the Isle of Wight as other with the Advowsons and Patronage of Churches and Religious Houses as also all the Knights Fees of her Inheritance excepting the Lordships of Sevenhampton Whit-Hechurch Harewood and Croâ—t And he to Enfeoff her of Lands and Tenements according to the full extent and worth of those Lands and Advowsons wherein she had only estate for term of life to hold to her and her heirs until she should have an exchange made to the full value and moreover to pay her in money the sum of Twenty thousand marks for the Grant and Confirmation of the Premisses which Grant was by her accordingly made Howbeit notwithstanding this Agreement is thus formally Recorded as I have here shewed it is said by some That what was done therein as to the Isle of Wight was not real but fraudulent For thus they report That King Edward the First much desiring that Isle and importuning Isabel de Fortibus her Mother frequently for it was still denied and by her answered That she would not wrong her heirs so much as to pass that part of her antient Inheritance from them And that thereupon the King taking notice that Sir ... de Stratton a Priest had much interest and power with her he set him on to work her to it and that he more for fear than otherwise promised him so to do But when he saw that he could by no means prevail with her therein to the end he might not frustrate the Kings expectation having promised to effect his desire he waited till her death and then forged a Grant thereof and put her Seal to it which Seal he had with other of her goods at that time in his power and that by this means the right heirs were shamefully defrauded thereof But after all this the better to fortifie his title to these Lands in the Sixth year of His Reign the King procured a Release from Iohn de Aston who pretended some right thereto by Descent from those Earls of all his Claim and Interest which he had or which could divolve unto him from them or any of them In consideration whereof the King gave him the Inheritance of One hundred pound per annum Lands in his Lordship of Thornton near Pickering in Com. Ebor. to hold by the Service of one Knights Fee After the death of Margaret de Riperiis Countess of Devon which hapned in 20 Edw. 1. she had Livery of the Mannors of Pisshoo Newham South-Lamheth Wrokeshale and. Cristechirch which were of her Dowry she the said Aveline being Sister and Heir to Baldwine Earl of Devon Husband to that Margaret And the year following granted the Inheritance of the same Mannor of Cristechirch unto the King but before the end of that year upon the Fourth Ides of November she departed this life at Stokewel near London and was buried in the Priory of Brommore in Wiltshire of the Foundation of Baldwine de Riperiis the First Earl of Devon of that name her Ancestor leaving no issue whereby this Earldom of Albemarle with that of Devon were in process of time transferred to other Families Earls of Hereford THe first Earl of this County after the Conquest was William Fitz-Osborne a Person not inferior in point of Merit unto any of those that came over into England with the Puissant Norman Duke nor much remote from him in Alliance For Herfastus his Grand-father was Brother to Gunnora Great Grand-mother to that victorious Hero and his Father Osberne de Crepon Steward of his Houshold and Sewer Of his generous exploits before he came first into England that whereof I have already made some mention in my discourse of Roger de Montgomery under the title of Arundel and Shrewsbury is not the least when he was sent with him by Duke William to discover the strength of Geffrey Martel Earl of Anjou who then came with all his power to raise the siege of Danfront Amongst the Counsellors of that Renowned Duke he is instanced for one and of his advisers to undertake that famous expedition into England which proved so successful the cheif and not only so but that he pressed him thereto with most earnest and
favor all his Lands both in 〈◊〉 and elswhere being restored to him excepting the Castles of Montsorei in Com. Leiâ— and Paâ—â— in Normandy After which intending a Pilgrimage to Ierusalem he caused enquiry to be made by all his Tenants and Officers what Rights and Libertiâ—s the Monks of 〈◊〉 had in his Forest of 〈◊〉 whereby it being found that they ought to have the Titles of all the Issues and Revenues thereof he confirmed them all and gave his Lordship of 〈◊〉 to the Canons of S. Fridiswide in Oxford and to the Knights Hospitalers his Town and Church of Broâ—esburne And surviving King Henry stood in good favor with King Richard the First who soon restored to him all other his Lands and Castles which were detained appointing him to carry one of the Swords of State at his solemn Coronation This Earl took to Wife Petronil the Daughter of Hugh de Grentemesnil with whom he had the whole Honor of Hâ—nkley and Stewardship of England At whose request and the intreaty of William Robert and Roger his Sons as also at the desire of Amicia Countess of Rochfort his Daughter he ratified to the Monks of S. Ebrulfs in 〈◊〉 the Grants of all their Lands given to them by Hugh de Grentemesnil Great Grand-father to the said Petronil and by William Fitz-Osberne his own Ancestor And departing this life in his return from Ierusalem at Duras in Greece An. 1190. 2 Rich. 1. was there buried leaving iâ—â—ue three Sons viz. Robert Fitz-Parnel who succeeded him in this Earldom Roger Bishop of S. Andrews in Scotland and William a Leper Founder of the Hospital of S. Leonards at â—â—cester as also two Daughters viz. Amicia married to Simon de Montfort and Margaret to Saier de Quincy Which Petronil gave Forty shillings Rent per annum out of her Mills at 〈◊〉 for the performance of an Anniversary for William de Bretvil her Son And in 6 Ioh paid Three thousand marks to the King that she might enjoy Leicester with its appurtenâ—â—ces as also all the Fees and Demesns belonging to the Honor of Grentmesml both within Leicestershire and without as her Right by Inheritance Provided that all the Norman Lands of that Fee and the House of Withwick would be disposed to whom the King pleased giving Pledges for his faithful service to him I come next to Robert Fitz-Parnel In An. 1191. 3 Rich. 1. this Robert Fitz-Parnel being at Mâ—ssana in his journey to the Holy Luild on the Eve of the Purification of our Lady was invested into this his Fathers Earldom of Leicester by King Richard with the cincture of a Sword After this whilest King Richard was held Captive by the Emperor the King of France having entred Nâ—rmandy with an Army taken divers strong Holds there and marched to 〈◊〉 the cheif City of that Province This Earl then being there excited the Inhabitants to a stout defence thereof which they through his influence so well performed that the King of France soon retreated without effecting any thing at that time After this he joyned with Iohn Earl of Moreâ—on Brother to King Richard and others then at Roan against the King of France but going out in the night time upon a design against the Enemy he was through unweariness taken prisoner Whereupon in An. 1195. 7 Rich. 1. he offered a thousand pound sterling for his redemption and to quit his Castle of Pacy for ever but without effect Howbeit the year following obliging himself by solemn Oath and Pledges in Two thousand marks of Silver Troy weight that the King of France should quietly enjoy that Castle and that he would never disturb his possesion thereof other than in a publick War betwixt the King of England and that King he was set at liberty All that I have farther seen of him is That King Iohn in the fifth of His Reiâ—â— gave him all â—ichmundshire with the Forest and Knights Fees thereto belonging in as ample manner as the Earl of Richmund held the same excepting only the Castles of Richmund and Boves And that having wedded Lauretta Daughter to William Lord Braose of Brembrâ— with whom he had in marriage the Lordship of Taustoke in Com. Devon and Twenty three Knights Fees after his pilgrimage to the Holy Land where bearing the Arms of King Richard having unhorsed and slain the Souldan in a Tourneament he returned into England and not long after viz. An. 1204. 6 Ioh. departing this life was buried in the Abbey of Leicester before the High Altar betwixt his Mother and his Grand-father leaving all that great Inheritance which he had from his Ancestors to his two Sisters viz. Amicia the Wife of Simon de Montfort and Margaret of Saier de Quinci betwixt whom it being divided Simon had the moity of the Earldom of Leicester with the Honor of Hiâ—kâ—eâ— for the Purparty of Amicia and being thereupon created Earl of Leicester enjoyed the Stewardship of England in right of that Honor of 〈◊〉 Saier de Quincy having the other half of this Earldom who was shortly after made Earl of Winchester This Amicia by her Deed bearing date at Paris ... in An. 1204. 6 Ioh. soon after her Brothers death gave up all her right in the Castle of Bretvil and whatsoever else the Earl her Brother had on that side the Sea unto Philip the Second then King of France Covenanting if her Sister Margaret then the Wife of Saier de Quincy should in any sort oppose that her Grant That she would make satisfaction for it unto that King out of her Lands in England in consideration whereof the King gave her the Castle of S. Leodegar in Aqâ—â—â—â—e and all Aquitine and whatsoever belonged to the Constablewick of that Castle excepting the Fee of William de Galland and the Fee of Iohn de Robriet Of Lauretta the Widow of this Earl it appears that she gave to the Hospital of Bocland in Com. Somers to find a Priest to sing Mass daily at the Altar of our Lady in the great Church there for the health of her Soul and for the Soul of Robert Earl of Leicester her sometime Husband their Ancestors and Successors All her Lands in Nâ—teston and Ynesford on both sides the Water as also Threescore and four Acres of her Demesn upon Ruwedone and moreover all her Lands of Rudescote Hele Choriecote â—â—â—ecote and Boteburne Likewise A hundred Acres of his Demesn in Brennesmore his Wood called Ancrewd and one Furlong at â—oycher with all the Appurtenances within the Lordship of Taustoâ—e Likewise that in 16 Ioh. she made Oath to the King That she would never marry without his consent and that afterwards she became an Anchorete at Haâ—kungcon near 〈◊〉 where she continued a Recluse till her death William
advanced to the Title of Duke of Buckingham to hold to himself and the Heirs-male of his Body with the Fee of Forty pound per annum out of the Counties of Bedf. and Buâ—ks Moreover in Iune following he was again retained by Indenture to serve the King as Captain of the Castle of Calais during his life with twenty nine Men at Arms on foot and twenty Archers on foot taking two shillings per diem for himself and for his Men at Arms and Archers six pence And soon after that was sent Ambassador with the Archbishop of York and others to treat with the Ambassadors of Charles of France the Kings Uncle touching a perpetual Peace betwixt both Crowns But being thus created Duke of Buckingham ther soon hapned thereupon great animosities betwixt him and Henry Beaâ—chamâ— Duke of Warwick to whom the King had given precedence next before him For the appeasing whereof there was a special act made in Parliament viz. that they should have precedence by turns the one one year and the other the next and so alternately during their lives And the Survivor during his life to have precedence of the others Heir but afterwards such of the Heirs of each who should first happen to have Livery of his Lands to have precedence of the others Heir and the Duke of Warwick to take place the first year Which Duke of Warwick departing this life about two years after without Issue-male this Duke obtained a special Grant bearing date 22 May 25 Hen. 6. unto himself and his Heirs for precedence above all Dukes whatsoever whether in England or France excepting only such as were of the Blood Royal. Moreover in 28 Hen. 6. he was made Constable of Dover Castle as also of the Castle at Quinborongh and Warden of the Cinque-Ports And in 34 Hen. 6. after that fatal Battle of S. Albans where the Duke of York being victorious Humphrey Earl of Stafford his eldest Son lost his life seeing what specious pretences were made by that party to captivate the people he with the Duke of Sommerset got privately to Queen Margaret and gave her notice of the danger For which great adventures and inconsideration of his vast expences in attending the King in those turbulent times as well in Kent against his adversaries then in Arms as in other places in 38 Hen. 6. he obtained a grant of all those Finâ—s which Walter Devereux of Webley in Com. Heref. Esquire William Hastings of Birby in Com Leicest Esq and Walter Hopton of ... in Com Salop. Esq were to make to the King for their transgressions As to his works of piety all that I have seen is that in 24 Hen. 6. he setled an hundred marks per annum Lands and Rents upon the Dean and Canons of his Free-Chappel at Stafford for the perpetual maintenance of certain Priests there to celebrate Divine Service for the good estate of himself and of Margaret then Queen of England as also of Anne his own Wife during their lives here Likewise for the health of their Souls after their departure hence and for the Souls of all the faithful decâ—ased By his Testament bearing date at Marstoke Castle 16 Augâ—t anno 1460. 38 H. 6. he appointed that his Funeral should be solemnized without any sumptous costs or charge and that on the day of his Obit and Funeral two hundred Marks in Money should de distributed to poor people to pray for his Soul over and above all other costs that day in Meat Drink Cloathing of his Servants and Cloathing and Reward to poor men holding of Tapers Also that the Canons of Marstoke should before his decease have an hundred pounds in money to purchase Lands to the value of an hundred shillings per annum which if it were done in his life they should therewith augment that Covent with one Canon more for ever so that thenceforth there might be fourteen the Prior for the time being accompted for one Of which number one should sing daily and pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his ancestors as also the Souls of his Wife and Children at the Altar in the North Isle of the conventual Church at Marstoke abovesaid And moreover willed thereby his Colledge of Plecy in Essex of the Foundation of Sir Thomas of Wodstoke late Duke of Gloucester his Grandfather should be augmented with three Priests perpetually and six poor men to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his ancestors his Wife and Children And that there should be purchased and lawfully amortized to the said Colledge by his Executors in case it were not done in his own life time for the augmentation and sustenance of the Master and Brethren of the said Colledge and of the said three Priests and poor men Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of an hundred Marks whereof every of the said seven poor men to have every week twelve pence for his sustenance and to find himself except Housing which he appointed to be built there for them by the advice of his Executors And that there should be builded on the North side of the Church of the said Colledge a Chappel to be hallowed in the worship of the Trinity and our Lady Moreover that there might be found and said in the said Chappel after that it should be so made and hallowed a Mass of our Lady whereunto the said seven poor men to come daily except they were letted by sickness to pray for the Souls abovesaid Of which Testament he ordained Executors his Wife as principal and his Brother of Canterbury But the date of this Will is certainly mistaken it should doubtless be 16 August ann 1459. which falls out to be in 37 Hen. 6. for on the 6 Kalend. of August which is 27 Iuly 38 H. 6. this Duke was slain in the Battle of Northampton fighting stoutly there on the Kings part and buryed as our Historians say in the Gray Friers at Northampton though others affirm that many of the slain were buried in that Monastry there called De lo pre and others in S Iohns Hospital By the Inquisition taken after the death of this Duke it is found that he died upon the tenth of Iuly in 38 Hen. 6. and that Henry Son of Humphrey his eldest Son who was slain in the Battle of S. Albans 22 Maii 33 Henr. 6. as hath been already observed was his next Heir and at that time somewhat more then five years of age Moreover that he then died seized of the Mannor ot Brustwyke with the Hamlets thereunto belonging commonly called the Dominion of Holderness in Com. Ebor. likewise of the Mannor of Desenyng with its members as also the Mannor of Hoverhull and Mannor of Cavenham called Shardlows in Com Suff. of the Mannor of Stratton-Audley in Com. Oxon. Ratcliffe upon Sore and Kneshall in Com. Notting Okeham Camerwell Blechynglegh with the Burrough Essyngham Chepsted
end that Masses should be there celebrated as heretofore by one or two Priests Likewise to Maude his Wife all the utensils of his House as well Silver as other and to Maude his Daughter for her Marriage a thousand Marks and thereupon went over into France the King himself being gone thither before but departed this life upon the 24 th of Ianuary the same year being then seized of the Castle at Leonhals in Com. Heref. Langle and Bradele in Comit. Bedf. of the Mannors of Wykingston in Comit. Leicest Great-Bentley Fratynge Great-Kemfeld and Fingre in Com. Essex as also of the Mannors of Colne the Castle and Mannor of Hengham the Mannors of Hengham Sihill Gelham Le-Uaâ—â— in Beauchamp-Otes Dodinghurst and Stansted Montfichet in the same County and Whitchuâ—ch in Comit. Buck. Moreover of the Inheritance of Maude his Wife he died seized of the Mannors of Marketes-Overton in Com. Rotel Welles in Com. Hertf. Laghton with the Hundred of Scheplake in Com. Suss. â—alton and Milton in Com. Northamp And for term of the life of Maude his Wife of the Mannors of Wroxhale and Worth in Com. Dorset Also joyntly with her by the endowment of Robert Son of Robert Fitz-Payn her first Husband the Mannors of Stoctone Pole and Hurdecote in Comit. Wilts And likewise joyntly with her of the Mannors of Abyton and Caupes in Com. Cantabr Flete Rydelyngwold Bokynfeld Badlesmere and Whitstable in Com. Kanc. Kensyngton in Com. Midd. Great-Hormede in Com. Hertf. of the Mannors of Lavenham called Over-Hale and Nether-Hale Aldham and Cokeseld in Com. Suff. and Brumstede in Comit. Essex leaving issue by her the said Maude who was one of the Sisters and Coheirs to Giles de Badlesmere a great Baron in 〈◊〉 and Widow of Robert the Son of Robert Fitz-Pain Sir Thomas de Vere Knight his Son and Heir at that time twenty three years of age as also Aubrey another Son and two Daughters viz. Margaret married to Henry Lord Beaumont and after to Sir Iohn Devereux Knight and Isabel first married to Sir Iohn Courtney Grandfather to Hugh the fifth Earl of Devon of that Family and after to Sir Oliver Dinham Knight Which Maude their Mother then surviving had for her purparty of the Inheritance descended to her by the death of the said Giles de Badlesmere the Mannors of Badleâ—mere and Bokynfeild in Com. Kanc. with fifty Acres of Wood to the said Mannor of Bokynfeild belonging also the Mannors of Ryglyngweld in Comitat. Kanc. Laghto excepting Waldern-Wood and West-Dene in Com. Suss. Welles in Comit. Hertf. and the fourth part of the Mannor of Chaxsted in Comitat. Essex and died the next ensuing year But I return to Thomas This Earl Thomas in 34 Ed. 3. being in the Kings service beyond-Sea had Livery of his Lands his Homage being then respited but in 40 Edw. 3. he personally performed it In 43 Ed. 3. this Thomas was in the Warrs of France And having in his Fathers lifetime married Maud the Daughter of Ralph de Vfford at which time he had the Mannor of Chesham in Com. Buck. setled upon him and her and the Heirs Males of their two Bodies by his Testament bearing date at Bentley upon Friday the first of August ann 1371. 45 Edward 3. bequeathed his Body to be buried within the Priory of Colne on the North side in the Chapell of S. Peter appointing for the charge of his Funeral an hundred and thirty three pounds six shillings and eight pence And to her the said Maude gave all his Reliques then in his proper custody with a certain Cross made of the very wood of Christs-Cross as also all the furniture of his Chapel To Robert his Son he gave two Basons of Silver and to Sir Alberic de Vere his Brother a Coat of Male which Sir William de Wingfeld bestowed on him likewise a new Helmet and a pair of Gauntlets Of which Testament he constituted the famous Iohn de Hawkwood one of his Executors and departed this life the same year being then seized of the Mannors of Bumsted Helium Bumsted ad Turrim Fingrithe Bentley Ramesey Wrabenesse Castle-Hengâ—â—n Geâ—ham parva Hengham-Sibille Bourâ—hale Sranstâ—ede Montfichet Canefeld magna Dodingherst Dounham with the Marsh called Tympanesse within the Township of Bures Gilfard in Comit. Essex Likewise of the Mannors of Great-Hormede 〈◊〉 called Gorehams Westwyke Hamlet in the Town of â—ingesley and Mannor of 〈◊〉 within the Town of Offeley in Com. Hertf. of the Mannor of Leonhals in Com. Heref. Abâ—ton magna in Com. Cantabr Chesham with the Leet parcel of the Barony of Bulbeâ—k in Com. Buck. Bradele in Com. Berks. â—ensyngton in Comit. Midd. Laughton in Com. Suss. with the hundred of Shiplake of the Mannors of Lavenham called Over-Halâ— and Nether-Hall Aldeam and Cokefeld in Com. Suff. Paston in Comitat. Northamp and Market-Overton in Comitat. Rotel leaving Robert his Son and Heir and Maude his Wife then surviving who had for her Dowry and assignation of the Mannors of Over-Hall in Lavenham and Aldham with certain Tenements called Holland in Com. Suff. the Mannors of Great-Hormede in Com. Hertf. Earles-Colne and Bentley in Com. Essex Abyton in Comit. Cantabr Rydlyngwold with certain Tenements in Cherleton and the fourth part of two parts of the Mannor of Kingston in Com. Kanc. Of which Alberic his Brother I find that in 51 Edward 3. he was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of St. Davids then Lord Chancelour and others to treat of Peace with Charles King of France and in 4 R. 2. conâ—â—ituted one of the Embassadors sent to make a League with Wenceslaus King of the Romans and Bohemia and the King of England Moreover that in 8 R. 2. he was reteined to serve the King in his Warrs of Scotland for forty days But I return to Robert Son and Heir to the last Earl Thomas This Robert making proof of his age in 6 R. 2. and then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands whose marriage he being in his minority at his Fathers death was thereupon granted by King Edward the third to Iâ—gelram then Earl of 〈◊〉 to the intent he might take to Wife the Lady Philippa Daughter of that Earl Which being accordingly effected King Richard the second in the second year of his Reigne this Robert being still in Ward granted unto William then Bishop of London and Roger de Beauchamp an hundred pound per annum for his better support untill he should arrive at full age as he did shortly after viz. in 6 R. 2. but wanting Lands of sufficient worth to maintain her the said Philippa then his Wife he obtained from the King in consideration of his good service done and to be done that during her life they should enjoy all those Lands which were bestowed by King Edward the third in remainder after
And in 13 Hen. 3. had a Grant from the King for his life to hunt and take the Hare Fox and Cat throughout all the Forests of England This Hugh Founded the Priory of Stoke-Curcy in Com. Devon Which was a Cell to the Abby of Lonley in France To him succeeded Iohn de Nevill his Son and Heir who in 19 Hen. 3. was also made Justice of all the Forests throughout England and in 24 Hen. 3. entred into Covenants with Roger de Quency Earl of Winchester for the marriage of Hugh de Nevill his Son with Isabel the Daughter of the same Roger she being to have twenty pound Lands in Sideham for her portion and to be endowed with forty pound Lands in Radwey In 26. Hen. 3. this Iohn had command amongst other the great Men of that time to provide himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King into France But in 28 H. 3. upon Inquisition made concerning Trespasses in the Forests then holding the Office of cheif Warden as his Father did he was so highly accused as that had not the King been very merciful to him he could have expected no less than imprisonment and utter ruine But it seems he got off for two thousand marks fine Which with his Fathers debts lay so heavy upon him being also with great disgrace put out of imployment that it broke his heart so that with grief he languished and diâ—d about Midsummer the same year at his Mannor House of Walperfeld and was buried near to his Fathers Tomb in the Abby of Waltham Whereupon command was given to send his Son and Heir to Windsor Castle there to be kept and educated with other of Kings Wards For the custody of whom and benefit of his marriage in 31 H. 3. Iohn de Courtenay gave the King two thousand five hundred marks This Heir whose name was Hugh in 38 H. 3. upon levying the Ayd for making the Kings eldest Son Knight paid forty one pounds six shillings and eight pence for twelve Knights Fees a fourth and sixth part of the Fees of Curci and for eight Fees and a fourth part of the Fees of Meschines And in 42 Hen. 3. had Command to attend the King at Cheâ—â—er upon Monday next before the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist to oppose the incursions of the Welsh But in 48 H. 3. he was in Arms against the K. at the Battle of Lewes So likewise in 49 Hen. 3. with Robert de Vipount a great Rebel and being taken at Kenilworth in that memorable surprize there made upon a great party of the Rebellious Barons by Prince Edward was carried prisoner to Worcester From this last mentioned Hugh as I ghess descended Iohn de Nevill of Essex for his Fathers name was Hugh Which Iohn in 9 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 12 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Flanders In 21 E. 3. he was in the Wars of France So also in 22 and 29 E. 3. being of the retinue unto William de Bohun E. of Northampton And having been summoned to Parliament from 9 E. 3. untill 22 E. 3. inclusive departed this life 25 Iulâ—i 32 E. 3. being then seized of two parts of the Mannor of Great Wakeryng and two parts of the Mannor of Litte Wakering in Essex which he held only for life the remainder to the above specified William de Bohun E. of Northampton and joyntly with Aiice his Wife of the Mannors of Wethâ—resfeld parva Halyngbury Chigenhale Zoin Chigenhale Tany Peltingdon and the Advousons of the Churches belonging to those Lordships the reversion of all which belonged to the said Earl of Northamâ—tâ—â— It seems he died without any issue for William the Son of Iohn Senior of 〈◊〉 was found to be his kinsman and next Heir ¶ I now come to another Hugh de Nevil who in 9 R. 1. was Sheriff for the Counties of Oxford Essex and Hertford for the one half of that year Likewise for Essex and Hertford 10 R. 1. and 1 2. Ioh. And in 10 R. 1. for Oxfordshire as also in 1 Ioh. In which year he obtained a grant from the King of the Mannor of Halingebiri to hold by the service of half a Knights Fee and in 3 Ioh. was made Warden of the Kings Forests throughout England In 5 Ioh. the King gave him the Mannors of Blaaston and Ermhale in Feefrme for forty pounds per Annum and confirmed to him those Lands and Woods in Thayden which Ralph Fitz-Piers had granted unto him This Hugh de Nevil then called Grossus gave twenty marks and a Palfrey of five marks price for livery of all the Lands of Stephen de Camâ—ra with Desiderata Daughter of the said Stephen and to the Heirs of his body by her As also for a weekly Market at Glanford bridge in Com. Linc. and a Fair there once every year for three dayes He likewise gave an hundred and forty marks for the Office of Forester in Northamptonshire which Fouke de Lisures formerly held to enjoy during his life After which being called Hugh de Nevil the Forester he had a grant for an hundred Marks of the Wardship of Hamon de Valoines In 6 Ioh. he exâ—â—uted the Office of Sheriff for the Counties of Essex and Hertford for the first half of that year and was constituted Governor of the Castle of Peâ— in Derbyshire In 8 Ioh. he was made Governor of the Castle of Richmond in Com. Ebor. as also of St. Briavells Castle in Com. Glouc. And in 9 Ioh. had a full discharge from the King of all demands and accompts touching his Baliwick of the Forests from the time of King Richard the first untill the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist that present year In 12 Ioh. he was Sheriff of â—umberland and executed the like Office three quarters of that year for Hantshire In 13 Ioh. he was again Sheriff of Cumberland So likewise in 14 Ioh as also for Hantshire In 14 Ioh. the Barons putting themselves in Armes under colour of asserting their antient Rights and Liberties this Hugh adhered to the K. and for that respect had the reputation by the adverse party to be one of his Evil Councellors In 15 Ioh. he was in that Naval Expedition against the French with William Longespe Earl of Salisbury and other of the English Nobility And having taken most of the French Kings Ships in the Port of Dam in Flanders brought them into England being the same year again Sheriff of Cumberland and Hantshire In 17 Ioh he was constituted Governor of the Castle of Stratton-dal in Com ... as also of Sauvey Castle in Com. Leic. and being then one
and two days following with Remainder to Iohn de Clavering in Fee In 5 Edw. 3. his Father then living he was retained by Indenture with the Lord Henry de Percy to serve him in Peace and War for term of life with twenty Men at Arms against all Men except the King whereof five to be Knights receiving a hundred pound sterling per annum out of his Lordships of Topcliffe and Pokelington as also Robes and ... for himself with those Knights and all the rest And in time of War to have diet for himself his Gentlemen and six Grooms likewise Hay Oats Shooes and Nails for fifty nine Horses and Wages for fifty three inferior servants with Harness for his own Body And when he should be required to come to a Tourneament then to have four Knights with himself and their attendants likewise diet in his Hall for them and for five Grooms with Hay Oats Horsshooes and Nails for thirty and six Horâ—es and Wages for thirty and two servants as also Harness for his own Body Moreover that if he should be required to attend him in time of Parliament or otherwise to come himself with six Gentlemen and nine Horses having diet for three men in his Hall with Hay Oats Horsshooes and Nails for the number of Horses last specified and Wages for six servants The same year he obtained another Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands and Lordships of Middleham Carleton Crakhall Snape Well Raskelfe Sheriff-Hoton and Galtres in Com. Ebor. As also in his Lordships of Houton and Stokton in Com. Nors In this year likewise doing his Fealty to William Prior of Durham upon Lammas day for the Mannor of Raby he told him that he would offer the Stag as his Ancestors had done saving that whereas his Father required that the Priors servants should be set aside at that time and his own serve in their stead he would be content that his should attend together with those of the Priors And whereas his Father insisted that his servants should only be admitted at Dinner he stood upon it that his should be there entertained the whole day and likewise the morrow at Breakfast Whereunto the Prior made answer that none of his Ancestors were ever so admitted and that he would rather quit the Stag then suffer any new custome to the prejudice of their Church But to this Ralph replied That he would perform the whole service or none and put the tryal of his right upon the Countrey The Prior therefore knowing him to be so powerful and that the Countrey durst not displease him declined the offer Howbeit at length to gain his favor in regard he had no small interest at Court and might do him a kindness or a displeasure was content for that one time he should perform it as he pleased so that it might not be drawn into example afterwards And to that purpose proposed that Indentures should be made betwixt them Whereupon the Lord Nevill brought but few with him and those more for the honor of the Prior then a burthen and so shortly after Dinner took his leave but left one of his servants to lodge there all night and to take his Breakfast there on the next day Protesting that being both a Son and Tenant to the Church he would not be burthensom to it in respect it would be no advantage to himself but might much damnifie it if he should bring with him as great a Train as he would saying What doth a Breakfast signifie to me Nothing And likewise That if the Prior would shew that he had no right to what he so claimed he would freely recede therefrom And if he had a right he would accept of a composition for it rather then be burthensome to the Covent But if they should put him to get his right by Law then he would not abate any thing thereof Whereupon inquiry being made amongst the eldest Monks of that House they affirmed that being of eight years standing when his Father was before repulsed they had often seen the Stag offered and that he never staid Dinner but when the Prior invited him And some ancient Men of the Country testified as much As also that so soon as the Stag was brought they carried him to the Kitchin and those who brought him were taken into the Hall to Breakfast as they that bring their Rents used to be Moreover when it hapned any of the Lords Nevill to be desired to stay Dinner with the Prior his Cook was admitted into the Kitchin to prepare a Dish for him So likewise another servant in the Cellar to chuse his Drink and in like manner some other at the Gate who knew his servants and followers meerly to let them in and keep out others who under pretence of being his servants might then intrude But this was only done by the Prior as out of courtesie and respect and not at all out of right Hereupon Henry le Scrope one of the Justices affirmed That he had been of Counsel with Ranulph de Nevill Father of this Ralph when he brought his Writ of Novell Disseisin against the Prior and then told him that he had no right at all Whereupon Ranulph let fall his Sute Some said that making this Claim out of his own Fee he ought there viz. in the Priory to shew some special evidence to assert his Claim Others that as the Prior did challenge nothing of him but what was reserved by the Grant so could not be unless he shewed a Charter for it And besides claiming to be entertained with as many as he should bring and not specifying the number there could be no lawful reason for it because the Stag was always offered on Holy Rood day whereupon grew an old Song in â—ithme as a lamentation for Robert de Nevill his Great Grandfather Wel I wa sal ys Hornes blaw Holy Rode this day Nou es he dede and lies law Was wont to blaw thain ay Moreover it was farther said that it never had been the custom of the Prior to make a Feast on that day when the servants of so great a person were to offer And that the Prior usually on S. Cutbberts day had wont to dine with the Bishop at some of his own Mannor Houses therefore who should compel him to make a Feast at home Likewise that those Lands were given to the Ancestor of this Lord Nevill when they were not such great Men as to have a Marshal a Boteler and other servants of State for in those days they had no more then Raby with its Appurtenances which was not then of so much worth as now For Brancepath and Raskelfe came to them since by marriage as also other Lands in Yorkshire and Richmundshire Therefore it could not be thought that the Prior of Durham did give them Lands of such value and purchase the service to be done for them at so high a rate especially considering
to the Monks of Shrewsbury he gave all his Lands in 〈◊〉 as also the Churches of Oâ—ton Trochford and Oswaldstry with the Chappel of Martines-â—hirk and all other Chappels belonging to those Churches likewise half a Salt Work in 〈◊〉 in Com. Wigorn. And a place upon Severne within his Forest to contain a Flood-gate either for Fishing or for his Mill at Etton together with the Tithes of Donham and four Ox-gangs of Land in Trochford He also gave to the Monks of Cumbermere in Com. Cestr. a certain Meadow lying on the River of Mees with common in his Woods of Herâ—ale Bromhaâ—e and Spipford And on the Monks of Buldewas in Com. Salop. bestowed his Lordship of Little Buâ—dewas with all his Woods of Wroxeter reserving only out of them necessaries for himself and his Tenants with Paunage for his own and their Hogs In 3 Steph. when divers of the great Men armed themselves on the behalf of Mâ—ud the Empress this William Fitz-Alan then Governor of Shrewsbury and Sheriff of the County did so likewise and held the Castle of Shrewsbury against that King until it was taken from him by assault He was also with her at the Siege of Winchester Castle in 6 Steph. where she and her whole Army were put to flight And afterwards adhering stoutly to her was constituted Sheriff of the County of Salop so soon as her Son King Henry the Second attained to the Crown In which Office he continued till his death viz. in 6 Hen. 2. for in that year Guy Estrange then Sheriff of that Shire accounted to the King for the profits of his Lands for the one half thereof and also for Money paid in Wages to the Servants in his Castles of â—â—un Bâ—anâ—minster id est â—swâ—ldster and Ruthin And having married Isabel de Say Daughter and Heir of Helias de Say Neice to Robert Earl of Glâ—cester Lady of Clun left issue by her William his Son and Successor who in 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the Aid for Marriage of the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number thirty five and an half whereof nineteen were De Veteri Feoffamento and sixteen and an half De Novo But in 19 Hen. 2. or before he departed this life for then it appears that the Sheriff of Oxfordshire accounted fifteen pound for the relief of those Knights Fees which he held in that County leaving William Fitz-Alan his Son and Heir Which William in An. 1188. 33 Hen. 2. gave large entertainment at his Castle of Oswaldester to Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury in his Itinerary then made into Wales and underwent the Sheriffs Office for that County of Salop from 2 Rich. 1. until 3 Ioh. inclusive In 6 Rich. 1. this William paid twenty seven pound ten shillings upon levying the Scutage for the Kings redemption And in 1 Ioh. gave a Fine of sixty marks to be excused from attending that King beyond Sea Moreover in 6 Ioh. he obtained a Charter for a Fair yearly to be kept at his Mannor of Norton now called Cheping-Norton in Com. Oxon. And another at Clun in Com. Salop. And departed this life in 16 Ioh. or before for then did Thomas de Erdinton give five thousand marks for the Wardship of his Lands and marriage of his Son and Heir to his own Daughter Which Son died as it seems soon after for it is manifest that Iohn Fitz-Alan his Brother enjoyed the estate Which Iohn the next ensuing year adhered to Robert Fitz-Walter and the rest of the Rebellious Barons then in Arms. Howbeit in 1 Hen. 3. having Letters of Safe-conduct to come in and make his peace he had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance but gave no less then ten thousand marks for his Fine And the year next following had respite for payment of that debt which Thomas de Erdinton owed to the King for the Wardship of the Son and Heir of William his Brother Being thus repossessed of those Lands in 12 Hen. 3. he obtained another Charter for a Fair yearly to be kept at his Mannor of Blancminster in Com. Salop. upon the Eve Day and morrow after the Feast of S. Andrew and two days following And in 22 Hen. 3. upon determination of the Truce made betwixt the King and Lewelin Prince of Wales Lewelin fleeing out again amongst other of the Barons Marchers received Summons to attend the King at Oxford in the xv me of Easter thereto advise what was best to be done upon that occasion This Iohn had two Wives The first Isabel the second Daughter of William de Albiny Earl of Aruâ—del and Sister and Coheir to Hugh her Brother the second Hawise de Blancminster And departed this life in 24 Hen. 3. Whereupon the King directed His Precept to Iohn Estrange to assign a reasonable Dowry unto the same Hawise then surviving out of all his Lands excepting those of Blanâ—minster Clun and Shrawurthin the like command being issued to the Sheriff of Gâ—ocestershire By vertue of which Precept this Hawise had the Mannors of â—rogford in Cheshire Kinelegh in Comitat. Wilts Cunerte Acton Wroxcestry Upton Nesse Mulford Edenesden Forton and Walâ—egh in Com. Salop. assigned unto her And the same Iohn Estrange to whom the custody of the residue of those Lâ—nds was committed had an allowance of thirty marks per annum for guarding the Castles of Blancminster Scrawurthin and Clun To which last mentioned Iohn Fitz-Alan succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who in 28 H. 3. upon Partition then made of all the Lands of Hugh de Albini Earl of Arundel deceased had by right of descent from Isabel his Mother one of the Sisters and Coheirs to the same Hugh the Castle of Arundel assigned unto him for his principal Seat And soon after that in consideration of a thousand pounds fine had Livery of his own Castles of Blancminster Clun and Schrawurthin And in 38 H. 3. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands of Norton Lavinton Upton Wroxcestry Cunede Harenegge Acton Troghford Hope Berlege Eston Rodinton Stakes Sâ—ewardin and Wikes In 41 Hen. 3. being one of the Barons Marchers he received command to attend Hamon Estrange at that time constituted Warden of the Marches near Montgomery And in 42 Hen. 3. was made Captain-General of all the Forces designed for guarding of those Marches But in 44 Hen. 3. Roger de Mortimer being made General Warden of all the Marches he received the Kings Precept to attend the commands of the same Roger for conservation of the Peace in those parts Moreover in 46 Hen. 3. upon that â—accord then made betwixt the King and those of the Barons with whom there had been difference he was one of them
King Edwards right to the superiority in Dominion of the Realm of Scotland in which he is written Robertus de Clifford Castellanus de Appelby And in 24 E. 1. being in the Scotish Warrs with King Edward worthily shared in the Glory of that signal Victory which the English then obtained at â—unbar upon Saturday next after the Feast of St. Mark In the 25 of Ed. 1. upon the death of Richard Fitz-Iohn a great Baron in Essex this Robert de Clifford Son of Isabel the Daughter and Coheir of Robert de Vipount by Isâ—bel his Wife Sister and Coheir to Richard Fitz-Iohn was found to be one of the Cousins and next heires to the same Richard Fitz-Iohn Moreover after this the same year a little before Christmass he was sent with an hundred men at Armes and twenty thousand foot from Carlisle to plunder in Scotland whence having made great spoil in Anandale by burning of whole Towns and much â—laughter he returned on Christmas Eve with store of Booty And the same year was constituted Justice of all the Kings Forests beyond Trent In 26 Edw. 1. he was made Governor of Notingham Castle and went again to the Warrs in Scotland And in 27 Edw. 1. being constituted the Kings Lieutenant and Captain-general in the Counties of Cumberland Westmorland and Lancaster as also throughout all Anandale and the Marches of Scotland was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Durâ—am and divers other great Lords to conâ—ider of Garisoning the Castles in that Realm as also for guarding of the Marches And the same year upon partition of the Lands of Richard Fitz-Iohn had assigned unto him in right of Isabel his Mother deceased and to Idonea de Leyburne his Aunt the Lordship of Multon in Northamptonshire the Hamlet of Cinteleberwe in Com. Buck. the Mannor of Wyntreslawe in Com. Wilts the Rent of ten pounds fifteen shillings and nine pence out of the Mannors of Potâ—ers-pirye in Com. Northampt. the Hamlet of Agmondesham in Com. Buck. excepting thirty four shillings and four pence yearly Rent paid out of it to Richard de Burgh Earl of Ulvesâ—er and likewise the Mannor of Cleydone in Com. Buck. In 28 Edw. 1. he was again in the Warrs of Scotland so also in 32 and 33 Ed. 1. and in 34 Edw. 1. in consideration of his many great Services obtained a Grant from the the King of the Borrough of Hertilpole and of all the Lands of Robert de Brus Earl of Carrick then called an Enemy and Rebel lying in the Bishoprick of Durham and belonging to the Mannor of Herte formerly given to this Robert de Clifford for the like services In the same year the King himself marching towards Scotland with a great Army sent this Robert with Aymer Earl of Pembroke and some others before him against Robert de Brus who then assumed the title of King of Scotland in derogation of King Edward and in farther remuneration of his services gave him the Lands of Christopher de Seyton then attainted which lay in Skelton and Alemby in Cumberland as also all those Lands in Lambindy which were of the inheritance of Erminia Mother of the same Christopher In this 35 of Edw. 1. being again in Scotland he came to the King when he lay on his death-bed at Burgh upon the Sands in Cumberland being one of the Lords then desired to take care that Piers Gaveston might not any more return into England to debauch Prince Edward In 1 Ed. 2. he was again made Governor of Notingham Castle in which year by a special Instrument under his Seal bearing date at Boloigne the last day of Ianuary he joyned with that great Prelate Anthony then Bishop of Durham the Earles of Lincolne Warren and Pembroke the Lords Tibetot Gray and Botetourt whereby they engaged themselves to support the honor and dignity of the King with their Lives and Fortunes In 2 Edw. 2 he was first constituted Warden of the Marches of Scotland towards Carlisle and afterwards Captain-general and Governor of that whole Realm with power to give protection to all those who should submit to King Edwards Authority In 3 Edw. 2. he had a Grant for Life of the Castle of Skypton in Cravene performing the like services to the Crown as the Earles of Albemarle formerly Lords thereof used to do As also of two hundred pounds per annum Lands with the Knights Fees and Advousons of Churches belonging to that Castle and that after his life an hundred pounds per annum of those Lands should remain to him and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begâ—◠〈◊〉 And the next year following obtained anotâ—â— Grant that his Heirs should enjoy so many 〈◊〉 â—ousons of those Churches as according to a râ—table proportion did belong to the same hundred pounds per annum But within the compass of that year in exchange for certain Lands in Monmouth the Valley of Monmouth with the Town and Wood of Hodenake he obtained the Inheritance of the Castle Mannor Lands Knights Fees and Advousons of Churches above expressed as by the Kings special Charter dated at Newcastle upon Tine 7 Sept. 4 Edw. 2. appeareth In the same year receiving Command amongst other the great men to be at Rokesbâ—â—â—â— in Scotland well fitted with Horse and Armes to march against the Scots together with Robert de Brus attended with sixty men at Armes he was there accordingly And in 6 Edw. 2 was joyned in Commission with the Earl of Hereford and others to continue a Treaty begun at Markyate with Lodowike E. of Eureux the Bishop of Poitou and others concerning matters of great importance touching the King himself and some of the chief men in England which Treaty was to be held at London but none of the Commissioners or any of their retinue were to lodge within the City And sate in all the Parliaments from 28 E. 1. till 7 Ed. 2. inclusive This Robert was one of those potent men who joyned with Thomas Earl of Lancaster in putting Piers de Gaveston that great favorite of King Edward to death for which transgression he had his pardon about this time And in 7 E. 2. was again in the Warrs of Scotland and there slain in that fatal Battle at Banâ—ock-moore near Stryvelyn with many other gallant English men but his body was sent to King Edward then at Barwick to be buried as he should think fit leaving Roger his Son fifteen years of age during whose minority the King granted the custody of the Castles of Skypton in Craven Appelby Bruham and Pendragon as also two parts of the Lands and profits of the Shirifalty of Westmorland to Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Henry de Percy and Bartholomew de Badlesmere and unto Maude his Widdow Aunt and one of the Heirs
of Hereford his seeming Friend and Kinsman by conâ—anguinity being treacherously seised on stripped naked exposed to scorn put into Fetters and thrice drawn up by a Rope about his Neck on a Gallows at his own Castle Gates with threats that if he would not deliver up that his Castle to the Earl he should suffer a miserable death And when he was by this barbarous usage almost dead carried to prison there to suffer farther tortures I now come to Roger his Son This Roger in An. 1146. 11 Steph. gave to the Abby of S. Peters at Glocester the Church of S. Leonards at Stanley with the assent of Sabrath the Prior and the Covent at that time there And in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Aid then assessed for marrying the Kings eldest Daughter certified his Fees to be two and an half De Veteri Feoffamento besides two Knights Fees of his own Demesn in Coberley as also one Fee in Stanley with one Hide at Chederinton in Dursley one Hide in Osleword half a hide in Duddington three Hides and an half In Slimbrigge three Hides which by the Kings consent he gave to Maurice the Son of Robert Fitz-Harding who had married Alice his Daughter and morever certified That the Cistercian Monks had Kingswood by the Grant of William de Berkley for which he did the service of one Knight though he received none from them And for all these in 14 Hen. 2. upon payment of the before-specified Aid he answered a hundred shillings This last mentioned Roger called Rogerus junior had two younger Brothers viz. Philip and Oliver In 2 Rich. 1. he paid an hundred marks for his Relief and in 6 Rich. 1. gave a Fine of forty marks for not attending the King with his Army into Normandy as also seven pound ten shillings upon payment of the Scutage at that time levied for the Kings redemption In 8 Rich. 1. he gave a Fine of sixty marks for License to marry Hawise the Mother of Ralph de Sumery and in 1 Ioh. forty marks for eight Knights Fees which he held in Demesn to the end he might not be compelled to go beyond Sea with Horse and Arms in the expedition at that time made In 13 Ioh. he paid seven pound ten shillings upon levying the Scutage of Scotland and fifteen marks for the Scutage of Wales About which time it was certified that there belonged six Knights Fees and an half to this his Honor of Dursley Where or how the Male-line of this Noble Family ceased I shall not trouble my self with the inquiry in regard the Barony was gone before for Robert Fitz-Harding a powerful Man in his time obtaining a Grant of the Castle and Honor of Berkley from Henry Duke of Normandy Son of Maud the Empress possessed himself thereof Whereupon his Descendants assumed that sirname which together with that Castle and Barony continueth to them in the very Male-line to this day Being therefore according to my method to speak next of this Robert I may not omit to take notice That Harding his Father is by some said to have been the youngest Son to one of the Kings of Denmark and by others Ex Regiâ prosapiâ Regum Daniae ortus Descended from the Royal Line of those Kings which little differs in point of honor and dignity And that accompanying Duke William of Normandy in that signal expedition which he made into England he was in that memorable Battle with him against King Harold wherein being victor he thenceforth became King of this Realm But all I have farther seen of this Harding is That after that Conquest he held Witenhort now called Whetenhurst in Com. Gloc. of Earl Brictrick in mortgage and that he died 6 Nov. 16 Hen. 1. I return therefore to Robert commonly called Robert Fitz Harding This Robert firmly adhering to Maud the Empress and her Son Henry Duke of Normandy had in remuneration of his fidelity and services done unto them in their great contests with King Stephen from the said Duke afterwards King by the name of Henry the Second first a Grant of the Mannor of Betthone and a hundred pound Lands in Berkley and after that the whole Lordship of Berkley and all that territory thereabouts called Berkley Hernesse thereunto belonging Of which Lordship and Territory Roger de Berkley owner of Dursley who held it of the Crown in Fee-Farm was then devested in regard that he took part with King Stephen So likewise of Dursley by reason of his refusal to pay the Fee-Farm of Berkley above expressed But through the Mediation of divers Lords of this Realm Roger obtaining Dursley again ceased not to vex this Robert Fitz-Harding for Berkley so taken from him as hath been observed Whereupon complaint being made to Duke Henry he wrought this following Agreement betwixt them viz. That Roger should give Alice his Daughter in marriage to Maurice the Son of this Robert Fitz-Harding together with the Town of Slimbrigge as a Portion Which accord being made at Bristol in the House of him the said Robert Fitz-Harding in the presence of King Stephen and Duke Henry it was then farther covenanted That she the said Alice should have twenty pound Land of the Fee of Berkley for her Dowry And in case the said Maurice should die before the accomplishment of that Agreement the like performance should hold for the next Son of the same Robert Fitz-Harding So likewise in case Alice should depart this life the like Covenants to be observed for her next Sister Morever it was then farther concluded That the eldest Son of that Roger should take to Wife one of the Daughters of the said Robert Fitz-Harding and receiving ten pound ten shillings Land in Dursley by way of Portion to make her a Dowry of the Mannor of Siston near Bristoll Other Sons this Harding before-specified had viz. Nicholas who in 12 Hen. 2. residing in Somersetshire held there two Knights Fees and an half of the King Elias Iordan and Maurice as also three Daughters Agnes the Wife of Hugh de Haselee Maud and Cicely But I proceed with Robert This Robert after Henry Duke of Normandy by the death of King Stephen arrived to the Crown of this Realm obtained a Confirmation of his former Grant for Berkley and Berkley-Hernesse to hold to himself and his heirs by the service of five Knights Fees And in the twelfth of that Kings Reign upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying of Maud the Kings Daughter to Henry the Emperor certified the Knights Fees he then held to be in number five but that Roger de Berkley then held certain Lands belonging to the Honor of Berkley for which he performed to him no service scil Oseword and half Niwetone with all the Fee of Bernard the Chaplain For
Porter of the Castle to betray it into his hands one Robert Veel the Viscount's Engineer being likewise an active person in that design giving Bond to Maurice King in the summe of an hundred pounds that so soon as the work should be accomplished he should be made keeper of Wotton Park with the Fee of five Marks per annum during his life But this Plot being discovered by Maurict King so much perplexed the Viscount L'isle that he forthwith sent this Lord Berkley a Challenge requiring him of Knighthood and Manhood to appoint a day and to meet him half way to try their quarrel and title to eschew the shedding of Christian Blood or to bring the same day the utmost of his power This Letter of Challenge under the hand of that Viscount was sent 19 Martii 10 Ed. 4. he being then not fully twenty two years of age having sued out his Livery upon the fourteenth of Iuly before and his Wife then with Child of her first-born Unto which the Lord Berkley returned this answer in Writing viz. that he would not bring the tenth man he could make and bid him to meet on the morrow at Nybley-Green by eight or nine of the Clock which standeth saith he on the Borders of the Livelode that thou keepest untruly from me Whereupon they accordingly met and the Viscount L'isle's Vizor being up he was slain by an Arrow shot through his head After which the very same day the Lord Berkley advanced to Wotton and rifling the House took thence many Writings and Evidences of the said Viscounts own Lands with a sute of Arras Hangings wherein his Armes and the Armes of the Lady Ioane his Mother Daughter and Coheir to Thomas Chedder were wrought and brought them to Berkley Castle To this Skirmish came divers from Bristoll Thornbury the Forest of Deane and other places to the number of about a thousand which exceeded what the Viscount brought But the business did not so end for the Widdow of the Viscount L'isle brought her appeal against this William Lord Berkley and against Maurice and Thomas his two Brethren for thus killing her Husband with an Arrow through his Head and a Dagger in his left Side as she alleadged Whereupon in the Parliament of 12 Ed. 4. upon Petitions on all parts it was enacted that for the appeasing of these variances c. thus moved and of long time continued the said Lord Berkley should quietly enjoy the Mannor and Borrough of Wotton under Edge with the Mannors of Simondshall and Arlingham paying to the said Margaret the Viscountess an hundred pounds yearly at St. Peters Church in Gloucester at four usual Feasts in the year After which she the said Viscountess married Henry Bodrugan of Bodrugan in Cornwall Nor did this yet determine the Controversie for Sir Edward Grey Knight second Son to Elizabeth Lady Ferrers Daughter to the Lady Isabel this Lord William's Mother who by marriage with Elizabeth eldest Sister and Coheir of the said Thomas Talbot Viscount L'isle was in her right created Baron L'isle 14 Martii 15 Edw. 4. and afterwards Viscount L'isle by King Richard the third Margaret her other Sister and Coheir being dead without issue began new sutes for those Lands which at length through the mediation of Thomas Marquess Dorset elder Brothers Son to the said Lord Grey as also friend and kinsman to this Lord William were determined by agreement 25 Feb. 21 Edw 4. in manner following viz. that the Lands so claimed should remain to this Lord William then Viscount Berkley and to the Heirs male of his Body with remainder to the said Lord L'isle and Elizabeth his Wife and to the Heirs of her the said Elizabeth for ever And that the said Viscount Berkley should grant an Annuity of twenty pounds per annum to them and to the Heirs of the said Elizabeth issuing out of those Lands but to cease upon the death of Margaret Vicountess L'isle and then to be an hundred pounds per annum But from this Agreement they afterwards fell off And in 1 Hen. 7. he had a Grant of the Office of Marshall of England to himself and the Heirs male of his Body in as ample manner as Iohn Duke of Norfolk held it This Lord William at length Marquess Berkley as hath been already shewed gave certain Lands to the Nunns of Walling-Wells in Com. Nott. in respect whereof they granted to accept of him and his Heirs for ever as one of their Founders He was also a benefactor to the Monks of Worcester for which cause they made him partaker of all their Prayers and Almes To the Friers Austines in London he gave an hundred pounds in money in consideration whereof they were to say two Masses presently and for ever at the Altar of our Lady and St. Iames where the Body of Iane Countess of Notingham his former Wife lay buried between those Altars He had three Wives first Elizabeth Daughter of Reginald West Lord La Warre from whom he was divorsed by Iohn Carpenter Bishop of Worcester before he had any issue by her Secondly Iane Widdow of Sir William Willoughby Knight Daughter of Sir Thomas Strangways Knight by whom he had issue Thomas and Katherine who both died young and were buried in the Chappel of Berkley-Church with their Grandfather the Lord Iames. Which Iane e died on St. Matthias day 1 R. 3. and was buried in the Friers-Austines in London betwixt the Altars of our Lady and St. Iames. Thirdly Anne Daughter of Iohn Fienes Lord Dacres of the South who surviving him after married to Sir Thomas Brandon Knight and died 10 Sept. 13 Hen. 7. without any issue But long before her death doubting that he should have no Children and taking occasion to except against his Brother Maurice for not marrying with a person of honorable parentage by an Indenture bearing date 10 Dec. 3 Hen. 7. he covenanted to assure the Castle and mannor of Berkley together with the Mannors of Hamme Appuâ—rugge Hurst Slymbridge and Cowley for want of issue of his own Body unto King Henry the seventh and the Heirs male of his Body and for default of such issue to his own right Heirs Likewise the Mannors of Came Alkington Hinton and Portbury to the use of himself and Anne his then Wife and the Heirs of his Body and for want of such to the King ut supra in lieu whereof the King gave him leave to convey twenty five of his other Lordships to whom he pleased By this assurance he setled for want of issue of his own Body upon that King and the Heirs Male of his Body his Castle of Berkley twelve Mannors and three Advousons all in the County of Gloucester two Mannors in the County of Somerset four in the County of Warwick eight in the County of Leicester six
to Dru de Monceaux To whom succeeded Hugh his Son and Heir Which Hugh notwithstanding the great favors he had received from King Henry the First who took care of his education as of his own Son disciplining him in Military Exercises restoring him to his Fathers Honor which Dru de Monceaux his Mothers Husband had possessed and advancing him amongst his cheifest Nobles in An. 1184. 30 Hen. 1. joyâ—ed with Stephen Earl of Albemarle and divers others against that King endeavoring to advance William Son to Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy to the Throne of this Realm and manned his Castle of Gurnay with other places of strength against him Moreover he surprised the Castle of Plessey and committed it to the custody of Hugh Talebot his Nephew And in An. 1137. 2 Steph. when divers of the great Men in Normandy instigated by the French and Flemings deserted King Stephen whereupon the King marched to â—iseux purposing to beleaguer Geffrey of Anjou at Argentoile or some other place there hapning such a mutiny in his Army as that divers forsook him he followed some of them to Pâ—nt-Audomare and there took this Hugh de Gurnay with several other stout young Men whom partly by good words and partly by threats he endeavored to reconcile But failing therein concluded a Truce with the Enemy for two years Howbeit some time after this viz. in An. 1151. 16 Steph. favoring the parts of King Stephen against Henry Duke of Normandy he admitted the Dukes Enemies into his Castle of Gurnay Furthermore in An. 1173. 19 Hen. 2. upon that Rebellion of young Henry against the King his Father he as also Hugh his Son with eighty of their Soldiers were taken prisoners by young Henry who burnt that Castle in Normandy which they then held Lastly having married ... the Sister of Ralph de Parrone Earl of Uermandois he died in 31 Hen. 2. as it seems for then did Hugh de Gurnay his Son give an hundred pounds for his releif Which last meâ—tioned Hugh in 3 Rich. 1. was at the Siege of Acon in the Holy Land where upon the taking thereof an equal partition being made on the part of King Richard and the King of France Dru de Marlon with an hundred Soldiers took charge of that half part which belonged to the King of France and this Hugh de Gurnay of that other half appertaining to King Richard In 4 Ioh. Robert de Vipount received command to deliver unto him all the prisoners which were then taken in the Wars of France except those Martin Algeis took In An. 1203. 5 Ioh. this Hugh observing that King Iohn devoted himself totally to Luxury whereby the King of France got much advantage for recovery of Normandy he gave up the Castle of Montfort to the French whereupon many others forsook him so that Roan was soon after lost In 12 Ioh. this Hugh paid a Fine to the King of seven hundred marks for the Mannor of Wendover in Com. Buck. and that he might not be disseised thereof but by Judgment of the Kings Court and in 15 Ioh. obtained the Honor of Wherwelton in Com. Ebor. by the gift of that King Moreover the same year he attended the King into Poictou and in 16 Ioh. was made Sheriff for the Counties of Buckingham and Bedford In which year discerning himself infirm he procured the King to take the homage of Girard his Son and Heir but not to dispossess himself of his Lands during his own life Shortly after which he took part with the Rebellious Barons as it seems For in 18 Ioh. it appears that the King disposed of his Mannor of Wendover to William de Fednes id est Fienes And in 2 Hen. 3. William de Cantilupe obtained all his Lands in Lincolnshire which were then in the hands of Hugh de Gurnay his Son But in 6 Hen. 3. he died for then did the King direct his Precept to William de Cantilupe to restore unto Hugh his Son Girard being dead as it seems all the Lands of his Inheritance then in his custody The like command had the Sheriff of Norfolk for all his Lands in that County Which Hugh highly incurring the Kings displeasure for being in that Tourneament at Blithe in Com. Nottingh in 7 Hen. 3. contrary to his prohibition the Sheriffs of Warwick Leicester and Glocester had command to seise all his Lands in those Counties Nor was this all for the same year he boldly presumed to hunt with Hound and Horn for the space of three days in the Kings Chase of Bristoll without leave and contrary to the command of the Foresters Whereupon the Constable of the Castle of Bristoll was required to seise all his Lands Goods and Chattles within his Liberty But after this I have not seen more of him then that he married Lucy the Daughter of Robert de Berkley and died in 22 Hen. 3. Whereupon William de Cantilupe gave five hundred marks Fine for the Wardship of Iulian his Daughter and Heir and custody of her Lands as also of the Child unborn wherewith Maud his Widow did then travail Which Iulian became the Wife of William Bardulf ¶ I come now to Anselme de Gurnay younger Brother to the last Hugh This Anselme married Eve Sister and Heir to Maurice de Gant and by her had issue Robert de Gurnay Which Robert in 15 Hen. 3. doing his homage had Livery of the Mannor of Poelet in Com. Somers part of the Possessions of the said Maurice de Gant his Uncle whose Heir he was so likewise of all his Lands in the County of Glocester excepting the Mannors of Beverstan Weston Radewick Oure and Ailbrinton and made his solemn Protestation in the Kings presence that he did not lay any Claim to the three Hundreds of Beminster Harecliff and Perbiry acknowledging that the said Maurice his Uncle had no title in them but for term of life so that after his decease they were to come to Thomas de Berkley and his Pleirs And in 16 H. 3. had liberty to pay the Remainder of the hundred pounds due for his releif being seventy five pounds by twenty five pounds each half year In which year also he performed his homage for one half Knights Fee in the County of Somerset descended to him by the death of Robert the Son of Iohn de Harpetre his Grandfather Furthermore in 26 Hen. 3. this Robert gave twenty pounds to the King to be excused from attending him at that time into Gasâ—â—igne And in 41 Hen. 3. had Summons to be at Bristoll in the Octaves of S. Peter ad Vincula
time in consideration of those his special services made Earl of Dorset by the Empress This William founded the Priory of Bruton in Com. Somers and having endowed it with his Mannors of Bruton and Bruham as also with divers other Lands both in England and Normandy was there buryed leaving Issue William his son and heir sirnamed Meschyn Which William in 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the Aid for marrying of the King's Daughter certified his Knights-fees de veteri feoffamento to be in number forty and those de novo four But in 14 Hen. 2. he paid for no more than forty one nor in 8 R. 1. upon Collecting the second and third Scutage of Normandy This William the fourth confirmed his Fathers Grants to the Priory of Bruton and was there likewise interred leaving Issue Reginald who in 4 Ioh. was required by the King to accept of Lands in England in exchange for his Lands at Lyons near Caen in Normandy And in 6 Iohn having livery of Dunstre Castle and other the Lands of his Inheritance took to Wife Alice or by some called Ioane one of the sisters and heires to William Bruere the younger with whom he had for her purparty the Mannors of Aâ—minster Torre afterwards called Torre Mohun Bradworth Uggeburgh Little Cadelegh with divers other Lands and knights-Knights-fees lying in the Counties of Cornwall Devon and Somerset as also the Advowson of the Abbey of Torre Which Reginald departed this life in 15 Iohn whereupon the wardship of Reginald his heir with the benefit of his marriage and custody of his Lands was committed to Henry Fitz-Count i. e. Son to the Earl of Cornwall Alice his widow then surviving who had for her Dowry the Mannors of Thorre Woggeburgh Kadele Hulborton Acford Braworthy and Axminster in Com. Devon the Mannor of I le and iv s. vij d. ob Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Trence in Com. Somerset assigned unto her and was afterwards marryed to William Paynell This last mentioned Reginald Son of Reginald commonly called Reginald de Mohun the second in 26 Hen. 3. was constituted Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent So likewise in 36 Hen. 3. and in 37 Hen. 3. made Governour of Sauveye-Castle in Leicestershire Moreover in 41 Hen. 3. he had summons to attend the King at Bristoll well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to march with him against the Welch And having founded the Abby of Nyweham within the Precincts of his Lordship of Axminster in Anno 1246. 30 Hen. 3. and given thereunto the Mannor and Hundred of Axminster as also C. Marks per Annum during his life for the Fabrick thereof likewise seven hundred Marks by his Testament with the Advowson of the Church of Love-pitte died as I guess in 41 Hen. 3. leaving Issue by ... his first Wife Sister of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex with whom he had in marriage the Mannour of Strettele Iohn his son and heir And by Isabel his second Wife daughter of William de Ferrers Earl of Derby and one of the Coheirs to Sibylla her Mother Sister and Coheir to Aâ—selm Mareshall Earl of Pembroke William a younger son who had by the gift of his Father the Mannors of Ottery Stoke Fleming Monketon and Galmeton which with other Lands were purchased of William Fleming as also the Mannors of Mildenhall in Com. Wilts and Greylkell in Com. South bought of others But all I can farther say of this William is that he purchased the Mannor of Norton and Hundred of Stratton and gave it to these Canons of Nyweham and that by Beatrix his Wife daughter of Reginald Fitz-piers he had Issue two daughters his heirs viz. Elianore marryed to Iohn de Carru and Mary to Iohn de Meryet betwixt whom the Lands whereof he died possessed were afterwards shared Beatrix his Widow having for her Dowry an assignation of the Mannor of Mildehale in Com. Wilts Stoke Fleming and Gulmeton in Com. Devon and Sturmyster Marshall in Com. Dors. I now come to Iohn Son and Heir to the last mentioned Reginald This Iohn wedded Ioane the daughter of Sir Reginald Fitz-piers and died in Gascoigne upon Sunday the Feast-day of St. Barnabas the Apostle 7 Edw. 1. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir ten years of age being then seised of the Mannors of Dunster Karampton Codecumbe Menhed Ill Briwere and Kilveton in Com. Somerset Torre Mohun Braworth â—adeleye and Uggeburgh in Com. Devon Alianore his Wife surviving who had for her Dowry twenty seven Knights Fees and a ninth part in the Counties of Somerset Dorset and Devon Which Iohn called Iohn the Second in 22 E. 1. was in that expedition then made into Gascoigne so likewise in 25 E. 1. In 26 and 27 E. 1. he was in the Scottish-wars and in the same twenty seventh year gave to the King all his Lands in Ireland as well those within the County of Kildare as otherwise in exchange for the Mannor of Long-Compton in Com. War to have to him the said Iohn and Auda his Wife Daughter of Sir Robert de Tibetot and the Heirs male of their two bodies for ever In 28 E. 1. he was first summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm In 31 E. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 4 E. 2. And in 8 E. 2. obtained a Charter for Free-warren to himself and her the said Auda throughout all their Demesn-lands in Garinge and the same year had summons to be at Barwick upon Twede upon the Festival of our Lady thence to march against the Scots This last mentioned Iohn died in 4 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Torre Mohun and Uggeburgh in Com. Devon Dunster and Rilmeton in Com. Somers Gretwell in Com. Southt and Long-Compton and Wycheford in Com. War leaving Iohn his Grand-son viz. Son of Iohn his eldest Son who died in his life time his Cousin and next Heir at that time ten years of age Which Iohn being in Ward to Bartholmew de Burghersh by the special instance of him the said Bartholmew obtained Livery of his Lands in 15 E. 3. doing his Homage though not then of full age being the same year in the Scottish Wars And the next ensuing year was in that expedition then made into France of the Retinue to the same Bartholmew Moreover in 18 E. 3. he had Livery of his Lands in Ireland which by the death of Iohn his Grandfather hereditarily descended to him And in 19 E. 3. served the King again in his Wars of France in the retinue of the said Bartholmew whose Daughter Ioane he had married In 21 and
was one of those that attended King Iohn into Poictou in 15 Iohn This Osbert was without doubt a natural Son of King Iohn for the Record calls him Filius Regis and in 17 Iohn had Thirty pound Lands given him of Thomas de Arden's Estate in Oxfordsh The like gift he had in 18 Iohn of all the Lands of Anmari le Despenser and Roger fitz Nicholas Another Osbert Giffard there was who took part with the Rebellious Barons about the latter end of King Iohn's Reign and was thereupon made Prisoner for it appears that in 18 Ioh. Isabell de Frevill his Wife had Letters of safe conduct to come to the King and treat concerning his enlargement Which Osbert for I presume it to be he was made Governour of the Castles of Windsor and Odiham in 8 Hen. 3. and of Lincoln Castle in 10 Hen. 3. But in 28 Hen. 3. adhering to the then Rebellious Barons was taken at Northampton by the Royal Army To whom succeeded Osbert his Son who in 13 E. 1. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In 22 E. 1. this Osbert had summons to be at Portsmouth upon the first of September well provided with Horse and Arms to attend the King into Gascoigne Moreover in 28 E. 1. he was of the retinue to that Magnificent Prelate Anthony Beke Bishop of Durham in the Scotch expedition then made and continued in those Wars the next ensuing year But all I have farther seen of him is that in 25 E. 1. he had summons to Parliament with the rest of the Barons Of this Family likewise was Hugh Giffard who married Sibylla one of the Heirs of Walter de Cormayles which Hugh was made Constable of the Tower of London in 20 H. 3. And in 24 Hen. 3. married one of the Sisters and Heirs to Alexander de Craucumbe There was also Sir Iohn Giffard Knight slain at the siege of Bedford Castle in 8 Hen. 3. And another Sir Iohn who in 21 E. 1. was sent into Gascoigne in the King's service being then an hundred years of age and made Governour of the Castle of Pudesach but being besieged by the French was necessitated to render it Moreover therâ— was one Andrew Giffard who held the Barony of Funtell in Wiltshire which was upon his death in King Iohn's time and by the King's consent resigned to Robert de Mandevill William Cumin and William de Fontibus id est Welles as their right Heirs There was also Walter Giffard who had summons with the rest of the Lords Marchers to meet the King at Oxford on Tuesday after the 15 of Easter in 24 H. 3. the King being then informed that Lewelin Prince of Wales had taken homage of the chief men of North-Wales and Powys And lastly Richard Giffard who was one of the King's Justices of the Court in Henry the 2dâ— time Chandos THE first of this name and Family touching whom I find mention is Robert de Chandos who came out of Normandy with William the Conqueror and afterwards when the Normans began to enlarge their Possessions by invading the lands of the Welch putting himself in 〈◊〉 he entred the Territories of Raerlyon and Godelyve in Monmouthshire whereof Oweyn-â—an was then owner and won them from him And having so done for the health of the Soul of that King and Maud his Queen King William Rufus and King Henry the First and for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of Isabel his Wife gave the Church of S. Mary Magdalen at Goldelyve with a large proportion of Land in those parts to the Monks of Beâ— in Normandy Whereupon sending over part of their Covent thither they made it a Cell to their own Monastery This Robert also ratified those grants which his Ancestors had made to the Monks of Lira in Normandy viz. of the Lordships of Acle and Sutton as also of the Churches of Hope and Salpertone and Tithes of Credenelle adding the gift of twelve pieces of money yearly out of certain Lands in Hope then in the tenure of Ranulph at the Hill It is farther memorable of him that in Anno 1124. 24 Hen. 1. being Governour of the Castle of Gizors in Normandy he escaped a very great danger from a multitude of Souldiers in the habits of Country people who entring the Town with others of the Neighbourhood upon a Market-day armed themselves privately with purpose to murder him and surprise the Garrison So that seeing himself in this peril he was necessitated first to flye to Sanctuary and afterwards fire the Town to get them out To this Robert succeeded another bearing that name who in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be thirteen and a sixth part for which in 14 Hen. 2. he paid viij l. xv s. vj d. And having issue three Sons Robert Roger and Godard departed this life in An. 1120. 20 Hen. 2. and lieth buried in the Priory of Goldâ—lyve on the South-side of the Quire leaving Isabell his Wife surviving who with Robert her Son gave Preston in Com. Somers and Menviri in Com. Devon to the Monks of Goldclyve Of Roger the second Son of this deceased Robert 't is observable that he gave Hatfeild to the Monks of Malvern in Com. Wigorn. and to the Monks of Goldâ—lyve in Com. Monmouth two Carucates of land lying at Clyve in Com. Wilts Also that he had a Son called Robert who ratified the grants of his Ancestors made to the Monks of Lira in Normandy of the Lordships of Acle and Sutton and likewise of the Churches of Hope and Salpertone with the Tithes of Credenesâ—e But I return to Robert Son and Heir to the second Robert This Robert in 8 R. 1. gave forty Marks for Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance viz. Strate with its appurtenances and the Castle And in 1 Ioh. upon levying the first Scutage after the Coronation of King Iohn which was at two Marks per Scutum paid xvij l. xj s. j d. To him succeeded another Robert who upon collection of the first Scutage of King Hen. 3. paid xxvj Marks iv s. v d. ob for thirteen Knights Fees and a sixth part which his Ancestors had enjoyed But this Robert died shortly after for in 5 Hen. 3. the King granted the Wardship of his Lands and Heir whose name was Roger to William de Cantilupe Whereupon Sarra his Widow received command that she should forthwith give him possession of the Castle at Sâ—odhull which Roger in 1â— Hen. 3. was in Ward to Walter de Clifford In 22 Hen. 3. the King having
Stephen de la Leye his third part of the Arable which those Inhabitants had enjoyed and the whole Wood then called Cherlewood but afterwards Northwood To him succeeded Simon de Wahull who in the time of King Henry the First or King Stephen with Sibyll his Wife gave the Church of Langford to the Knights Templars And to him Walter de Wahull which Walter in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento to be twenty seven and those de novo three of which Fees Hugh de Legh held teâ— of him So that in 14 Hen. 2. according to the rate of xiij s. iv d. per Scutum he paid xviij l. But in 19 Hen. 2. being in that Insurrection with Robert Earl of Leicester he was taken Prisoner in the same Fight which the King's Forces had with them in Suffolk passing towards S. Edmundsbury from Framelingham Castle This Walter married Albreda the Widow of Guy de S. Walery which Albreda in 12 Ioh. gave forty Marks and three Palfreys for Livery of the Inheritance whereof Reginald her Son had the possession whilst she said in Normandy To him succeeded another Simon who in 22 Hen. 2. was amerc't at ten Marks for trespassing in the King's Forests and in 2 R. 1. upon levying the Scutage of Wales paid xiij l. x s. for his Knights Fees Also in 6 R. 1. upon collection of the Scutage for the King's redemption xxvij l. This Simon gave to the Nuns of Godstow the moity of the Church of Pateshill in Com. North. his two Daughters Mary and Cecelie being then admitted of that Covent But died in 8 R. 1. Whereupon Henry Archbishop of Canterbury gave cccxxxiij l. vj s. viij d. for the Wardship of his Heir and benefit of his Marriage till he should arrive to his full age The name of which Heir was Iohn Which Iohn in 7 Ioh. paid fifty four Marks for his twenty seven Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento and in 8 Ioh. upon collection of the sixth Scutage of that King as much but in 16 Ioh. upon levying the Scutage of Poictou threescore pounds for his thirty Knights Fees and departed this life in 1 Hen. 3. whereupon Robert de Lisle and Rohese de Tatshall his Wife and Rohert de Basingham with Agnes his Wife Sisters to the said Iohn de Wahull gave Two hundred pounds to the King for their Relief of the Lands of that Inheritance Which Agnes in 2 Hen. 3. was married to William Fitz-Warine But notwithstanding this last mentioned Iohn de Wahull had no issue so that his two Sisters became his Heirs as is here observed yet there was a male branch of the Family still remaining which enjoyed the Honour of Wahull for in 29 Hen. 3. Saiher de Wahull upon collection of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter paid thirty pounds for those thirty Knights Fees before specified and died in 34 Hen. 3. being then seised of the said Honour of Wahull leaving Walter his Son and Heir twenty three years of age Which Walter thereupon doing his Homage and giving security to pay one hundred pounds for his relief had Livery of his Lands This Walter married the Daughter of Hugh de Vivon and in 42 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Scutage of Wales paid threescore pounds for his thirty Knights Fees but died in 53 Hen. 3. leaving issue Iohn his Son and Heir and Helewyse his Wife surviving which Helewyse had thereupon an Assignation of the Mannors of great Wahull and Little-Wahull for her Dowry the Wardship of Iohn together with his Lands being granted to Geffrey Gascelyn for two hundred Marks But in 54 Hen. 3. he came full of age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 22 E. 1. had summons to attend the King at Portsmouth well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to pass with him into Gascoigne Shortly after which viz. in 24 E. 1. he departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Wahull commonly called Woodhull which he held by the service of two Knights Fees leaving Thomas his Son and Heir twenty three years of age Which Thomas then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and was summoned to Parliament in 25 E. 1. but died in 32 E. 1. being seised of the Barony of Wahull as also of the Mannor of Wahull in Com. Bedf. and Patshill in Com. North. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir one year old and seventeen weeks Whose Posterity continued in those parts many Ages after but never had summons to Parliament and consequently were not reputed Barons of this Realm Vmfravill IN the tenth year of William the Conqueror Roâ—ert de Vmfranvill Knight Lord of Toures and Uian otherwise called Robert with the Beard being a Kinsman to that King obtained from him a grant of the Lordship Valley and Forest of Riddesdale in Com. Northumb. with all the Castles Mannors Lands Woods Pastures Waters Pools and Royal Franchises which were formerly possessed by Mildred the Son of Akman late Lord of Riddesdale and which came to that King upon his Conquest of England to hold by the service of defending that part of the Country for ever from Enemies and Wolves with that Sword which King William had by his â—ide when he entred Northumberland By that grant he had likewise authority for holding governing granting exercising hearing determining and judging in all Pleas of the Crown as well as others hapning within the Precincts of Riddesdale by any proper Officers for the time being according to the Laws and Customs of the Realm Next after this Robert I find mention of Gilbert de Vnfranvill who in the time of King Henry the First gave a Rent of xxij s. Per annum issuing out of Aisse in Com. Somers unto the Monks of Tewkesbury for the Soul of his Wife And in 5 Steph. of another Robert de Vnfranvill in Com. Northumb. After him upon collection of the Scutage levyed in 8 Hen. 3. of Odonell de Vmfranvill which Odonell in 18 Hen. 2. paid xl s. upon the Assessment of the Scutage on those who sent not in their Certificates of the Fees they held Of this Odonell a Monk of Tinemouth grievously exclaimed about that time for his exactions upon his Neighbours to repair the roof of his Castle of Prudhou which he presumed to do partly because he was the chief person in that County and partly through the interest he had at Court by a great man who had married his Daughter In 20 Hen. 2. his Castle of Herbotill was taken by the Scots and his Castle of Prudhou
of S. Mary Magdalen in the Abby of Newminster being then seised of the Castle of Herbotill and Mannor of Otterburne to himself and the Heirs male of his body lawfully begotten by vertue of a Fine levyed tres septim Pasch. 1 Ric. 2. betwixt Gilbert de Vmfravill then Earl of Angos Plaintiff and Iohn de Haburgh Clerk Deforciant whereby for want of issue of him the said Earl that Castle and Mannor were to devolve to Sir Robert de Vmfravill Knight and to the Heirs male of his body lawfully begotten with remainder to Thomas de Vmfravill Brother of the said Sir Robert and to the Heirs male of his body and for lack of such issue to Thomas de Vmfravill Son of Ioane Daughter of Adam de Rodom and the Heirs male of his body with remainder to Robert the Son of the said Ioane and the Heirs male of his body and for default of such issue to the right Heirs of the said Earl Which Thomas Son of Ioane Daughter to Adam Rodom being so seised and having issue Gilbert who died without issue male the said Robert de Vmfravill Son of Ioane became seised of that Castle and Mannor But dying without issue by virtue of the before-specified Entail they came to Walter Tailboys Cousin and Heir to the before-specified Earl viz. Son of Walter Son of Alianore Daughter of Elizabeth Sister to him the said Earl Which Walter then scil 15 Hen. 6. had Livery of them his Homage being respited Tani IN the time of King William the Conqueror Robert de Tani was one of the witnesses to the Charter of that King for his foundation of the Abby at Selby in Com. Ebor. To whom succeeded Hasculf de Tani who in 5 Steph. had a great sute with Rualo de Abrincis and then gave a Fine to the King of xvj l. xvij s. viij d. that he might enjoy those Lands in Essex in demesne which William de Boevill did unjustly detein from him To this Hasculf succeeded Rainald de Tani who bestowed the Church of Bengeho on the Monks of Bermundsey in Com. Surr. Maud his Mother giving them also that of Fiâ—hide And to him Gruel or Grailand de Tani his Brother who in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid then levied for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights-Fees de veteri feoffamento to be three and an half Which Gruel died in 26 H. 2. as it seems for then had another Hasculf whom I presume to be his Son livery of his Lands paying One hundred pound for his Relief Which Hasculf in 31 Hen. 2. accounted Lxxxvj l. xiij s. iv d. to the Exchequer which he owed to Andrew Bokerell for the soke of London and in 2 Ric. 1. upon collection of the Scutage of Wales paid Lxv s. for those Knights-Fees he then had To this Hasculf succeeded Gilbert de Tani who in 5 Ric. 1. paid one hundred pounds for his Relief In 6 Ric. 1. upon collection of the Scutage for the King's Redemption this Gilbert answered vij l. x s. and in 16 Ioh. upon the collection of the Scutage of Poictou assessed at three Marks paid fifteen pounds for seven Knights Fees the Lordships of Auvilers and Angre being part of his Barony and departing this life in 5 Hen. 3. left William de Fauburgh Maud the Wife of Adam de Legh and Nicholas de Beauchamp his next Heirs Whereupon paying one hundred pounds for their Relief the Sheriffs of Essex Cantabr and Suff. had command to make Livery unto them of the Lands of their Inheritance ¶ Of this Family I presume was also Peter de Thani who in 20 Hen. 3. being constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Essex and Hertford as also Governour of Hertford Castle and the honour of Boloine continued Sheriff of those Counties for the two next ensuing years and half the twenty third year Which Peter had issue Iohn de Thani who bestowed on the Canons of Waltham his Mannor of Theydon-Bois in Com. Essex To whom succeeded Richard de Thani his Son and Heir who in 30 Hen. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of those Lands which were of the Inheritance of Margaret his Wife Daughter and Heir to William Fitz-Richard In 44 Hen. 3 this Richard was Sheriff of the Counties of Essex and Hertford so likewise for half the 45. year But in 49 Hen. 3. being in that grand Rebellion of the Barons suffered in the seisure of his Lands as other his adherents did Howbeit in 51 Hen. 3. through the mediation of Roger de Leybourne being received into the King's favour he had restitution of them again and in 52 Hen. 3. was made Governour of Hadley Castle After which e're long viz. in 55 Hen. 3. he departed this life being then seised of the Mannors of Elmestede Chigenhall and Laâ—â—on-Tany in Com. Essex with the Advowson of the Church of Chigenhall and moity of the Advowson of the Church of Laâ—â—on-Tany leaving Richard his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Richard died in 24 Edw. 1. leaving Roger his Son and Heir eighteen years of age But neither he nor his Posterity having summons to Parliament I shall not speak farther of them ¶ Of this Family also was Lucas de Thani who in 9 Edw. 3. was constituted Justice of all the King's Forests South of Trent but the next ensuing year being a valiant Souldier and in that Expedition then made into Wales upon a skirmish with the Welch who were too strong for him and his party endeavouring to pass a Bridge begun by the King but not finished he had the fate to be drowned with many more in that Retreit Others say that it was by passing the River in Boats which being over-laden sunk them Windsore AT the time of the general Survey made by King William the Conqueror Walter Fitz-Other possessed three Lordships in Surrey two in Hantshire three in Buckinghamshire and four in Middlesex of which Stanwell was not the least where his Descendents for divers ages afterwards had their chief Seat This Walter being Warden of the Forest of Berkshire and Castellan of Windsore assumed his sirname from that place and had issue three Sons viz. William Robert and Girald Of these Robert had Estone in Com. Buck. And Girald being Castellan of Pembroke married Nesta a Daughter to Rhese Prince of Wales from whose loins the noble Family of Fitz-Girald in Ireland do derive their descent But I return to William To this William Maud the Empress ratified those grants which had been made to his Ancestors of the custody of Windsore Castle and of all his Lands in
Com. Derb. the Town of Haâ—ley and all his Lands in Wadeself with the Woods in Hanley and for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Isabell his Wife bestowed on the Canons of Welâ—ec in Com. Nott. the Tithe of the Pawnage of his Park and Woods in Stavelei And departed this life in 14 Hen. 3. whereupon Robert his Son and Heir intruding into those Lands without Livery the Sheriffs of Linc. Ebor. and Glouc. had command to seise them whereof the Castle of Muserdere in Com. Glouc. was part Nevertheless within a short space after paying threescore pounds for his Relief the King accepted of his Homage and gave him possession of them Which Robert died in 24 Hen. 3. whereupon Geffrey Despenser gave five hundred marks Fine to the King for the Wardship and Marriage of Raphe his Brother and Heir whose Lands lay in the Counties of Nott. Derb. Glouc. and Berks. Which Raphe in 31 Hen. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 38 Hen. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid thirty pounds for fifteen Knights Fees which he then held In 41 Hen. 3. amongst others this Raphe had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to repair to Bristoll on the octaves of S. Peter for restraining the Incursions of the Welch and departed this life in 49 Hen. 3. leaving Raphe his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Raphe died in 1 Edw. 1. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir in minority who accomplished his full age in 15 Edw. 1. and in 16 Edw. 1. was discharged of those sums of money then required of him for the Scutage of Wales in 5 Edw. 1. and 10 Edw. 1. by reason they were Assessed in his minority but died in 17 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Staveley in Com. Derb. held of the King in Capite by Barony finding for that and his other Lordships two Souldiers in the King's Army in Wales as also of the Mannors of Seynburg and Musardere in Com. Glouc. with the Castle of Musardere then totally ruinous leaving Nicholas his Uncle his next Heir forty years of age Which Nicholas performing his Fealty had thereupon Livery of his Lands and departed this life in 29 Edw. 1. leaving Sir Raphe Freschevile Knight Son of Amicia his eldest Sister deceased at that time 28 years of age Margaret his second sister then living fifty years of age and Ioane the Wife of William de Chelardeston daughter of Isabell his third sister also deceased thirty years of age his next Heirs Whereupon the said Raphe Margaret and William de Chelardeston performing their respective Homages had Livery of the Lands so descended to them by the death of the said Nicholas Dinan IN the time of Owen Gwyned Prince of Wales who being a valiant Souldier wasted all the Marches betwixt Chester and Mount-Gilbert King William the Conqueror came to Shrewsbury and gave to Roger de Montgomery the Earldom of Shrewsbury Which Roger having Founded the Abby of S. Peter there and built a Castle at Brugge vulg Brugge-North began another at Dinan since called Ludlow which Castle with the whole Territory and Honour of Corve after that Robert de Belesme son to Earl Roger was for his Treason banished by King Henry the First were by him bestowed on one Fouke his Knight thereupon called Fouke de Dinan Whereupon betwixt this Fouke and Walter de Laci then Lord of Ewyas there hapned great contests and many skirmishes in which though Laci and Ernald de Lisle his Knight were afterwards taken and carried Prisoners to Dinan yet by the means of a certain Damosel called Marian de Bruer they obtained their liberty again and were made Friends It is said that this Fouke de Dinan had a daughter called Hawyse who became the Wife of Fouke de Brun the son of Guarine de Metz which Fouke De Brun enjoyed Abberbury with the Territory adjacent by the gift of King William It is also said that by the means of the before-specified Marian Ernald de Lisle entred into Dinan in the absence of Fouke and having so done contrary to her mind gained the Town and Castle for Laci his Master and that for revenge of this Treachery she murdered him in his bed Moreover that Fouke discerning this his Castle thus possessed by Laci came with all his power and besieged it and that thereupon Yarword Drugden Prince of Wales marched thither with twenty thousand men and took him Prisoner and that he delivered him up to King Henry by the hands of Laci So that Hawyse and Sibyll his daughters were by this means disherited and Laci became Lord of Dynan But in this Narrative there is doubtless a great mistake for by the authority of Record it appears that it was Iosce de Dynan who had those two daughters viz. Hawyse and Sibyll and that Hawyse was the Wife of Fulke Fitzwaryne as abovesaid and Sibyll of ... Plugenaie ¶ Another Family there was also of this name of which I shall in the next place give what account I can the first whereof I find mention being Alan de Dynant by parentage of Britanny in France who for his Valour in fighting with the King of France his Champion betwixt Brsorz and Trie had the Lordship of Burton in Com. Northt given him by King Henry the First This Alan standing firm to King Stephen against Geffrey of Anjou and Maud the Empress in 1 Steph. upon the Siege of Liseurx in Normandy by the Forces of Geffrey was constituted Governour of that City by Gualeran Earl of Mellenâ— on the behalf of King Stephen And in 3 Steph. took part with that Earl and Robert Earl of Leicester his brother against Roger Bishop of Salisbury a potent person at that time and his adherents great Enemies to King Stephen and raised an Insurrection against them at Oxford in which many were slain After this also in 6 Steph. he was a principal Commander in the Van of King Stephen's Army at the Battel of Lincoln where King Stephen being worsted was taken Prisoner Next to this Alan viz. in 2 and 13 Hen. 2. I find mention of Hugh de Dinant in Devonshire likewise of Roland Dinant in Berkshire which Roland was Justice of Britanny in 23 Hen. 2. and having Lands in Sussex was in 18 Hen. 2. amerc't in that County for not certifying his Fees upon the Assessment of the Aid in 12 Hen. 2. for marrying the King's Daughter But this Roland having no Issue in the presence of King Henry made Alan Dinant his Nephew his Heir though he had a sister married to Robert
in Gascoigne In 33 Hen. 3. this Henry having married Alice the Sister and Heir to Gerard de Lindesey paid fifty pounds for his Relief of the moity of the Barony of Limeffe and died in 38 Henry 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Weden in Com. Northt which he held of the King in Capite by Barony Likewise of the Mannor of Fulmere and Dachet in Com. Buck. and minescore Acres of Land in Eumedon in Com. Essex As also of sevenscore Acres of Land in Orsteshall in the same County leaving Henry his Son and Heir twenty six years of age Which Henry performing his Fealty and paying one hundred pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Lands and in 42 Hen. 3. received command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Chester upon Monday preceeding the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist for restraining the Welch in their Hostilities To this Henry succeeded another Robert who in 10 Edward 1. being in the King's service in Wales had Scutage of all his Tenants by Military service in the Counties of Northt Buck Bedf. Essex Hertf. Warr. Oxon Berks. Suff. Norff. and Somerst And in 22 Edw. 1. having been in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Lordships of Fulmere and Dachet in Com. Buck. Christeshall and Emedon in Com. Essex and Stanes in Com. Northt but died soon after for in 25 Edw. 1. Henry his Brother and Heir paying his Relief had Livery of his Lands From which Henry and his Ancestors as it was afterwards found by Inquisition there had antiently been paid to the hands of the Constable of Windsore-Castle fifteen pounds yearly for this Barony of Pinkney towards the Guard of that Castle it being held of the Crown by fifteen Knights Fees This last mentioned Henry in 26 Edw. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland Soon after which he gave to the Canons of Ashby in Com. Northt freedom of Pawnage for fourscore Hogs in his Woods at Wapenham and ratified to them that Grant which Henry de Pinkney his great Grandfather's Father had formerly made to them for free Pawnage of forty Hogs there so that thence-forth they should have sixscore Hogs in those Woods quit of Pawnage And having been summoned to Parliament with other of the Barons of this Realm in 25 27 and 28 Edw. 1. in 29 Edw. 1. by his Deed bearing date at Bothevill 4 September granted and rendred his Mannor of Wedon commonly known by the name of Wedon-Pinkney in Com. Northt with the Advowson of the Priory there and all the services of his Free-holders at Wedon and Wapenham in that County as also the Homage and Services of Robert de Wannci and his Heirs and many others unto the King his Heirs and Successors for ever Muscamp IN the time of King Henry the First Robert de Muscamp obtained a Grant from that King of the Lordship of Wllovere in Com. Northumâ— with its members viz. Heepol Lowye Beleford Forde Hethall Crutum Herdrislawe Lynemerstoâ— Brankeston Heddon Akild Coupland Yever Hamildon Houbourne Begirmor Dichend 〈◊〉 Fenton Yesâ—ngton Friâ—oltan â—ollisdon Ulecesâ—re and the moity of Elwye to be held in Capite by Barony by the service of four Knights Fees Which Robert had Issue Thomas who took part with young Henry Crowned King by King Henry the Second in his life-time in 19 Hen. 2. against the King his Father And having married Maud the Daughter of William de Vesci of Aâ—nwike had Issue by her Robert de Muscamp his Son and Heir and he another Robert Which last mentioned Robert in 8 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Scutage of Montgomery was acquitted for his four Knights Fees having been as it seems in that service and having no Issue but three Daughters viz. Margery Wife of Maliâ—ius Earl of Stratherne Isabell married to William de Huntercumbe and Cecilie to Odonell de Forde departed this life in 34 Hen. 3. â—ir magni nominis in partibus Borealibus a man of great note in the North saith Math. Paris leaving the said Margery and Isabell then living and Isabell the daughter of Cecilie de Forde then Wife of Adam de Wiggeton his next Heirs who giving Security for the payment of an hundred pounds for their Relief had thereupon Livery of the Lands of their Inheritance Lovell THE first who assumed this sirname of Lovell was William the Son of Asceline Goell Son to Robert Lord of Iverâ— in Normandy and Isabell his Wife Natural daughter of William de Britolio Brother to Roger de Britolio sometime Earl of Hereford Which William Lovell taking part with Waleran Earl of Mellent against King Henry the First and fighting stoutly on his part in that notable skirmish near the Borough of Turold where Waleran was utterly vanquished and made prisoner being taken in his flight by a Peasant gave him his Armour for liberty to escape and having so done cut all his Hair according to the mode of an Esquire by which means he passed unknown to a Ferry upon the River of Sene where he gave his Shooes to the Boatman to carry him over and so at length got bare-foot to his own house But after this ere long surviving his Brother and making his peace with the King he obtained the Castle of Ivery with the Lands thereto belonging And in 3 Steph. when Robert Consul Earl of Gloucester with divers other of the great men in that time appeared for Maud the Empress against King Stephen and fortified divers places on her behalf he then favouring her Title manned his Castle at Cari in Com. Somerst for her This William was a special Benefactor to the Monks of S. Ebrulf at Utica in Normandy and by ... his Wife Sister to the before-specified Waleran Earl of Mellent left Issue two Sons viz. Robert and William By some of our Historians the person who then held that Castle against King Stephen is called Raphe Luvell But the next of whom I find mention is Henry Lovell Son or Grandson of the before-mentioned William I presume who in 5 Hen. 2. upon collection of the Scutage then levyed paid five Marks and in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento to be eighteen and one de novo In 22 Hen. 2. this Henry was amerced for trespassing in the King's Forests at an hundred Marks and in 33 Hen. 2. impleaded Robert de Levintone for certain Lands in Broctone Dictanestone and Briweton To this Henry succeeded Raphe who in 1 Ioh. gave sixty six pounds for Livery of his Barony of Cari. This Raphe
of the Castle of Beaumares and Captain of that Town during Life with the Fees accustomed And the same year had a Grant from Iohn Bishop of Exeter of the Stewardship of all his Mannors belonging to that Bishoprick with the Fee of xx l. per Annum issuing out of the Mannor of Peyiâ—gton Moreover in 10 E. 4. when through the danger wherein King Edward then stood by reason that the Earl of Warwick and others had put themselves in Arms against him so that he was necessitated to quit the Realm and flee to the Duke of Burgundy being still Lord Chamberlain he Embarquing with him at Lynne in a small Vessel Landed in Holand 9 Oct. and upon his successful Return arrived with him again in England at Ravenspur And when News was brought to King Edward being at Dinner that the Marquess Mountague Brother to the Earl of Warwick who had promis'd and sworn to serve him against his Brother was mounted on Horseback with certain other and caus'd all their Men to cry God save King Henry he stood firm to King Edward and Commanded three thousand Horse in that successful Battel near Barnet wherein that stout Earl of Warwick being slain and his whole Army defeated King Edward re-obtain'd the Crown of this Realm And shortly after that viz. the next ensuing year being one of the Lords who in the Parliament-Chamber swore Fealty to Prince Edward the King 's eldest Son was thereupon constituted Lieutenant of Calais and of the Castle there as also of the Tower of Risebanke and the Marches having fifteen hundred Men under his Command for that Service The same year also he obtain'd the King's Licence to make Castles of his Houses at Ashby de la Zouche Bagworth Thornten and Kirkby in Com Leic. as also at Slingesby in Com. Ebor. He had likewise by the same Charter a Grant for Free-warren throughout all his Lands and Woods in Com. Leic. Linc. Warr. Northampt. and Staff Likewise for two Fairs yearly at Asâ—by de la Zouche the one on Whitson Eve and four days after the other on Simon and Iude's Eve and four days after It is said That having got Belvoir-Castle as before is observ'd and coming on a time thither he was suddenly driven thence by one Mr. Harington a Man of Power in those Parts a Friend to the Lord Roos And that afterwards he came again with a strong Party and spoil'd that Castle carrying away the Lead to Ashby de la Zouch where he builded so that Belvoir by that means fell to ruine through the rotting of the Timber In 12 E. 4. he was made Constable of the Castle at Notingham and Keeper of the Gate there as also Warden of the Forest of Shirewooâ— with the Parks of Bestwood and Clipston and Woods of Billow Berkland Rumwood Ousland and Fullwood Likewise of the Mills at Noâ—â—ngham call'd the Castle-Mills and Water of Trent for Life As also Chamberlain of the Receipt of the King's Exchequer which Office Humphery Bourchier formerly enjoy'd to hold for Life And the same year was constituted Chief Steward of the Honour of the High Peak as also of Tutbury by George Duke of Clarence and Chief Ranger of all the Parks and Chases belonging thereto with the Fee of xx l. per Annum for Life About this time likewise together with Sir Raphe Hastings Knight he obtain'd Licence to erect a Guild or Fraternity of the Holy Rood in the Wall within the Parish-Church of St. Gregory at Northampton The next ensuing year upon King Edward's Victory at Tewksbury where Prince Edward Son to King Henry the Sixth was taken and brought to the King it is said That King Edward demanding of that Prince Why he durst thus Invade the Realm and disturb the Peace thereof And he answering To recover his ancient Right The King thereupon thrusting him back this William with George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Gloucester most barbarously murthered him in the Place The same year he was with others a Commissioner to Treat with Charles Duke of Burgundy or his Agents at Bruges in Flanders touching some Differences between the King's Subjects and those of that Duke In this year he had a Grant from Constance Countess of Wiltshire of xx l. Annuity during his Life payable out of the Mannor of Navesby in Com. Northampt. And in 14 E. 4. was retain'd by Indenture to serve the King in Normandy and other Parts of France for one whole year with xl Men at Arms CCC Archers and Lxxx more from Calais And obtain'd a Grant of the Stewardship of the High Peak and Rangership of that Forest being then likewise constituted Constable of that Castle for Life Likewise Steward of the Honour of Tutbury in Com. Derb. Staff Also of the Town and Lordship of Newcastle under Lime Werksworth Ashburne and all the Castles in those Counties Moreover he was then made Constable of Tutbury-Castle Chief Forester of Needwood and Duffeild and Surveyour of that Honour having for that Service the Fee of xl l. per Annum for his Life And the same year was constituted Steward of Derby by that Corporation In 15 E. 4. upon Peace concluded betwixt the English and French and that the two Kings should meet there being a Pension of Sixteen thousand Crowns promised by the King of France to the Principal Servants of King Edward this William Lord Hastings had Two thousand Crowns thereof Soon after which he attended the King Edward at Picquigni where that famous Enterview was made betwixt him and Lewes the Eleventh King of France In 16 E. 4. he was constituted Steward of the Mannor of Kederminster in Com. Wigorn. by George Nevill Lord Bergavenny and of all other the Lands lying in that County belonging to the said George as also Master of his Game for Life with an Annuity of xxx Marks per Annum And in 17 E. 4. was made Steward by the Abbot and Covent of Welbeck in Com. Nott. of all the Lordships and Lands belonging to that Monastery during life with the Fee of Five Marks per Annum In 18 E. 4. he was again made Lieutenant of Calais and of the Castle there as also Captain-General of the Marches adjoyning and Castle of Ghisnes for the space of ten years In this year he had the Grant of ten Pounds per Annum made unto him by Thomas Chaworth Esq payable out of the Mannors of Medburne and Weland in Com. Leic. And in 20 E. 4. a Grant from Sir Walter Griffith Knight of the Stewardship of all his Mannors in the Counties of Staff and Derb. In 21 E. 4. he had the like Grant from Iohn Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield of the Stewardship of all his Mannors within the County of Staff with the Fee of xx
13 and 16 H. 3. as also a Commissioner for Assessing and Collecting the Fourteenth part of all Mens moveable Goods according to the Form and Order then appointed Moreover in 21 and 25 H. 3. he was again one of the Justices of Assize and in 19 22 and 30 H. 3. for the Gaol-delivery at Warwick This Maurice had Issue Raphe who wedded Maud the Daughter and Heir to William Pantulf by whom that great Lordship of Wemme in Com. Salop. with other fair Possessions came to this Family and was also one of the Justices for Gaol-delivery at Warwick in 34 and 41 H. 3. in the last of which years he had command to joyn with Hamon le Strange for preventing the Incursions of the Welch in the Marches near Montgomerie And in 42 H. 3. Summons amongst others to attend the King at Chester on Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist well appointed with Horse and Armor for preventing the like Incursions Moreover in 44 H. 3. he had another Summons to be at Chester upon the Feast-day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin for the like respect In 45 H. 3. he receiv'd command to be at London on the morrow after Simon and Iude's Day in 47 to be at Worcester on the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula and at Ludlow on the Octaves of the Purification of our Lady well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Insolencies of the Welch Furthermore in 48 H. 3. he had Summons with others of the Peers to attend the King at Oxford in Mid-Lent there to yield him Counsel and thence to advance against Prince Lewellin and his Adherents But soon after this divers of the Barons putting themselves in Arms against the King this Raphe stood so firm to the Royal Interest that as a Reward for his Services then perform'd he had a Grant of the Lordship of Kineton in Com. Warr. part of the Possessions of Nicholas de Segrave bestowed on him to hold during Life upon the same terms as Segrave held it and by another Grant bearing date but three days after had the Inheritance thereof given unto him Moreover when Segrave by virtue of that memorable Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth made Redemption of his Lands again and thereupon did repossess that Lordship of Kineton the King in recompense thereof gave to this Raphe the full Sum of CCCC l. to be received out of the Fines and Amerciaments coming into his Exchequer To him succeeded William his Son and Heir who in his Father's Life-time married Ankaret the Niece of Iames de Aldithley And in 6 E. 1. his Father being then dead doing his Homage had Livery of the Mannors of Wemme and Lepinton paying his Relief Moreover in 10 E. 1. in consideration of his special Services he obtain'd a Grant of that Right which the King had to the Service of three Knights Fees due from Maud his Mother upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales And departed this Life in 12 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Northborough in Com. Leic. which he held joyntly with her the said Ankaret by the Grant of Adam de Botiller and Maud his Wife As also of the Mannor of Oversley in Com. Warr. William his Grandson viz. Son of his Son Iohn who died in his Life-time being found his next Heir and then xvii years of age Margaret his Wife surviving him unto whom the Mannor of Oversley was thereupon granted for her Dowrie By some other Authorities it is said That this Iohn did survive his Father and that being but xvi years of age at his death Walter de Beauchamp of Alcester the same year obtain'd a Grant of his Marriage on the behalf of Alianore his Daughter and in case she the said Alianore should die before the accomplishment of that intended Marriage that then he might marry one other of his Daughters By which Grant it was farther concluded That if this Iohn should die before Marriage then the said Walter de Beauchamp might have the like benefit of his next Heir and so from Heir to Heir till one of his Daughters were wedded to one of those Botelers Or in case such a one should take a Wife of his own choice otherwise then to have the Forfeiture due to the King thereupon But this Iohn died within three years following so that whether that Marriage was compleated by him or his Brother Gawine who was his Heir I make a question Which Gawine dying also shortly after the Inheritance devolved to William the third Brother Which William in 24 E. 1. was in Ward to Walter de Langton Lord Treasurer of England and to the before-specified Walter de Beauchamp then Steward of the King's Houshold which Wardship they obtain'd from Iohn de Britannia Howbeit notwithstanding this his Minority he procured a Grant of his Lands from those his Guardians as if he had been of full age and by their Mediation had Livery of them from the King And the next year following had Summons with divers other Great Men to be at London on Sunday next after the Octaves of St. Iohn Baptist well furnish'd with Horse and Arms to attend the King in his Expedition beyond the Seas In 26 E. 1. this William was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 34 E. 1. And for the health of his Soul with the Soul of Beatrix his Wife and all his Ancestors Souls in 35 E. 1. gave to the Monastery of Alcester of his Great-grandfather's Foundation Lx Acres of waste Ground lying at Hynestoke in Com. Salop. with License to inclose the same as also the Advowson of the Church there with Common of Pasture for eight Oxen six Kine and CC Sheep in his Woods and Wastes belonging to that Lordship Moreover in 8 E. 2. he was again in the Scottish Wars And had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 24 E. 1. to 1 E. 3. inclusive He had two Wives the first named Ankeret Daughter of Griffin by whom he had Issue William his Son and Heir The second Ela Daughter and Coheir to Roger de Herdebergh by whom he had Issue two Sons viz. Edmund and Edward who both died without Issue as also four Daughters viz. Ankaret the Wife of Iohn le Strange of Blakemere Ida of Sir Fulke Pembrugge Alice of Nicholas Longford and Dionyse of Hugh de Cokesey And died in 8 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Oversley and moity of the Mannor of Merston Boteler in Com. War of the Mannor of Tirley in Com. Staff and of the Mannors of Wemme and Hynstoke in Com. Salop. whereof Alice de Montgomerie Widow of Gawine Boteler elder Brother to
the Lands of William Trusbut and Robert his Brother and departed this Life in 5 Ioh. Whereupon Hillaria his Wife gave CCC Marks and one Palfrey that she might not be distreyn'd to marry again To whom succeeded Baldwin his Brother and Heir Which Baldwin paid C l. for his Relief and died in 9 Ioh. without Issue as it seems for William de Curtenai paying CCCC Marks Fine had Livery of his Lands Bidun IN the time of King Henry the First Halenad de Bidun for the health of the Soul of that King as also for the health of his own and his Wifes Soul gave the Church of Warlinton and one Yard-land of his Demesn there to the Canons of Osney and likewise his Mill at Sobeford and left Issue a Daughter called Amicia married to ... Limefi who was Lx years of age in 32 H. 2. To this Halenad succeeded Iohn de Bidun who in 12 H. 2. upon the Aid then assessed for Marrying of Maud the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be in number five and an half Which Iohn founded the Priory of Lavendene in Com. Buck. and departing this Life without Issue his five Sisters whose Names were not known to the Jurors upon taking the Inquisition after his Death became his Heirs unto whom his whole Barony descended Mareschall THe first mention I find of this Name and Family is in the time of King Henry the First Where it appears That Robert de Venoiz and William de Hastings Impleaded Gilbert Mareschall and Iohn his Son for the Office of Mareschall to the King but without Success Which Iohn also Sirnamed Mareschall was in 6 Steph. with Robert Earl of Gloucester and the rest who then stood for Maud the Empress at that fatal Siege of Winchester-Castle where they were all miserably routed by the King's Forces In 2 H. 2. he had Lands of great value lying in Westcumbe Merleberge and Ceriel in Com. Wiltes given to him by King Henry And in 10 H. 2. being the King's Marshal upon that Difference betwixt the King and Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury laid Claim for the King to one of that Archbishops Mannors which had been long enjoy'd by his Predecessors To this Iohn succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir unto whom King Henry the Second confirm'd his Office of Marshal and all his Lands which he held of him both in England and elsewhere Which Iohn in 12 H. 2. gave C l. for Livery of all his Father's Lands lying in Wiltshire This Iohn at the Solemn Coronation of King Richard the First bore the great gilt Spurs Soon after which viz. 11 Nov. the same year he obâ—ain'd a Grant of the Mannor of Boseham in Com. Suss. with the Lestage and Hundred in Fee-farm paying xlii l. yearly to the Exchequer upon the Feast of St. Michael As also the Lordships of Westeâ—e and Bedewin with the Hundred of Beâ—ewin paying xxx l. yearly to the King's Exchequer at the Feast of St. Michael But this Iohn died in that King's time without Issue as it seems For in 1 Ioh. William Mareschall Earl of Pembroke his Brother and Heir had the like Grant or rather Confirmation of that Lordship of Boseham with the Lestage and Hundred to hold in Fee-farm as abovesaid Of which William I shall speak farther in due place So likewise of the Lordships of Westebe and Bedewin ¶ I come now to another Iohn Nephew to William Marshall Earl of Pembroke In 4 Ioh. the King gave to this Iohn all the Lands which the Earl of Evreux had in England excepting the Mannor of Merlaw then forfeited by reason of the Rebellion of that Earl as also all the Lands of Hugh de Gornay lying in the Counties of Norff. and Suff. whereof he the said Hugh was possess'd when he deserted that King And in 5 Ioh. gave unto him Kanlee and Castre with the Appurtenances as also all the Lands in Norfolk and Suffolk of Hugh de Gornai and of Hugh de Ayer in Com. Norff. to hold by the Service of two Knights Fees In 9 Ioh. this Iohn obtain'd a Grant in Fee of the Office of Marshall of Ireland as also of the Cantred wherein the Town of Kylemen is situate to hold by the Service of five Knights Fees And in 13 Ioh. upon Collection of the Scuâ—age of Scotland had a special Discharge for seventeen Knights Fees and an half having then married one of the Daughters and Heirs to Hubert de Rie In 15 Ioh. he was constituted Guardian of the Marches of Wales as also Sheriff of Lincolnshire and likewise Governour of the Castles of Blancminster now Oswestre and Schrawarden in Com. Salop. In this fifteenth year of King Iohn he obtain'd from the King a Grant of the Mannor of Hengham in Com. Norff. part of the Possessions of Cardo de Freshanvill with the Hundred for his Support in the King's Service as also the Advowson of the Church and in 16 Ioh. executed the Sheriffs Office for Lincolnshire for three parts of that year So likewise in 17 Ioh. In which year he was associated with Iohn Fitz-Robert in the Sheriffalty of the Counties of Norff. and Suff. as also in the Custody of the Castles of Norwich and Oxford and likewise made Governoâ—r of the Castle of Dorchester Moreover he had the same year Livery of the Office of Marshal of Ireland and whatsoever did appertain thereto throughout that whole Realm so that he should appoint a Knight to execute the same sufficiently And standing firm to the King in those Times of his great Contest with the Rebellious Barons he was made Sheriff of Worcestershire and Governour of the Castle of Worcester being also one of the those who marcht into the North with that King to waste the Lands of those Barons there Furthermore he then receiv'd Command to demolish the Castle of Stoke Curci in Com. Somerset or to fortifie it if he should deem it more expedient and was likewise appointed in case Lewes of France then called in by the Rebellious Barons should approach the City of Worcester to besiege the Castle there if the Siege could not be rais'd without an Army that he should not put himself into the Castle except it were so well Mann'd as that he might hold it out with Honour And in 1. H. 3. when the Barons made Head on the behalf of Lewes he was employ'd with Philip de Albini in looking to the Cinque-Ports and of other the Sea-coasts for prevention of the French from Landing any Forces there for their Aid He was the same year also made Sheriff of Hantshire and Governour of the Devises-Castle in Com. Wiltes having a Grant of all the Lands of
de Clare Earl of Hertford of all the Lands of that Earl both in England and Normandy of which the said Richard de Clare was to have the Chief Seat in England and this William and Isabell his Wife Daughter and Heir to Richard Earl of Strigul the Head or Chief Seat in Normandy all the Residue both in England and Normandy to be equally divided betwixt them And being the same year viz. 2 R. 1. constituted Sheriff of Lincolnshire continued in that Imployment till 6 R. 1. inclusive in which sixth year he was in that Expedition then made into Normandy and likewise constituted Sheriff of Sussex which Office he held during the whole Reign of King Richard The next mention I meet with of him is upon the Death of King Richard Iohn Earl of Moreton who succeeded in the Throne then sending him out of Normandy with Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury to keep all in peace there till his coming over hither Whereupon they appointed those of the Nobility and others of whom they most doubted to meet at Northampton and take their Oaths of Fidelity to Iohn In the first year of whose Reign being made Sheriff of Gloucestershire and again of Sussex he obtain'd from that King a Grant of the Mannor of Boseham with the Lestage and Hundred in Fee-farm rendring xlii l. yearly to the Exchequer As also a Confirmation of the moytie of all the Lands of Earl Giffard both in England and Normandy to hold in Capite And the next year following a Grant of the Patronage of the Abby of Nutlley in his Fee as of Earl Giffard's Inheritance Of Gloucestershire he continued Sheriff till the eighth year of that King's Reign and of Sussex till the sixth inclusive In 5 Ioh. he had a Grant of Goderich-Castle in Com. Heref. to hold by the Service of two Knights Fees And the same year taking to Wife Alice the Daughter of Baldwine de Betun Earl of Albemarle had with her in Marriage the Lordships of Braborne Suttâ—n and Kemesting in Kent Luton in Com. Bedf. Rolesham in Com. Norff. Wanting in Com. Berks. Severne Stoke in Com. Wigorn. and Norton in Com. Northampt. to hold to them and their Heirs In 6 Ioh. he obtain'd a Grant from the King of all the Lands of William Martell in Com. Somerset And the same year by his Deed bearing date at Lyseaux in Normandy in the Month of May granted to the King of France the Castles of Orbec to place Soldiers therein or otherwise as that King shoud think fit And also to Osbert de Roveray the Castles of Longebille and Moulliners to be delivered over to the same King upon condition that if before the midst of that Month of May he should repair to him and perform his Homage for the same then they should be rendred back to him again for which Respite he gave five hundred Marks of Silver In 9 Ioh. he obtain'd a Grant of the whole Province of Lemsteâ— in Ireland to hold by the Service of an hundred Knights Fees excepting to the King the â—leas of the Crown Upon Collection of the Scutage of Scotland in 13 Ioh. he paid Lxv l. x s. for Lxv Knights Fees and an half belonging to the Honour of Sâ—â—igul and xl s. for two Knights Fees of Goderich-Castle In 14 Ioh. he receiv'd a special Precept from the King to perform Fealty to Henry his Son saving his Allegiance to King Iohn himself during his Life And in 15 Ioh. gave a thousand Marks for Livery of the Castle of Haverford which Robert Fitz-Richard held of his Free The same year he was made Governour of the Castles of Kaermerden Cardigan and Goher And in Anno 1214. 16 Ioh. with Nicholas the Pope's Legate was constituted a Commissioner by the King then in Poictou for making Restitution of what had been taken from his Subjects of this Realm by reason of the late Interdict Also the same year the Rebellious Barons then breaking out into Hostility he was entrusted with William Earl Warren and others for giving Safe-conduct to all such who should come to the Court at Northampton to implore Pardon for their Transgressions And the next year following when the Barons met at Brackley in an Hostile Equipage under colour of asserting the Laws of the Land and Liberties of the Subject he was sent to them by the King with the Archbishop of Canterbury to inquire what Laws and what Liberties they were which they so challenged By whom they return'd a Schedule containing their particular Demands with this Message viz. That if he would not ratifie them they would then compel him thereto by the seisure of all his Lands and Castles Which the King refusing with great indignation they immediately form'd an Army whereof they constituted Robert Fitz-Walter the General giving him the Title of Mareschallus Excercitus Dei Ecclesiae Marshal of the Army for God and the Church Moreover being a Person of great Power and Prudence upon the death of King Iohn he convened many of the Earls and Barons and setting young Henry in the midst of them said Behold your King c. Whereupon they appointed a day for his Coronation And having stood firm to King Iohn in his greatest Distresses approv'd himself no less faithful to that his Son notwithstanding all the powerful Endeavours of the Rebellious Barons for advancing of Lewes Son to the King of France unto the Royal Throne being the chiefest Person in setting the Crown upon King Henry's Head and constituted his Guardian by the rest of the Loyal Nobility Whereupon he sent his Letters to all the Sheriffs and Governours of Castles throughout the Realm requiring their Obedience with promise of large Rewards and amongst others reduced his own Son who had been in Arms with those Barons which much weakned the other Party And when he saw that those Rebellious Lords endeavoured still to set up Lewes and to that end held many Places of strength on his behalf he forthwith raised a powerful Army and laid Siege to the Castle of Mountsorâ—el in Com. Leic. one of their strongest Holds But hearing that Lewes was advanc'd from London with a mighty Army left that Siege and marched first to Notingham and thence to Newarke purposing to raise the Siege of Lincolne of which Castle the Rebels expected in a short time to be Masters to which end he took what Forces might well be spared out of all the King's Garrisons in the adjacent Countries And having staid at Newarke for three days upon Friday in Whitson-week he came to Lincolne accordingly Where encountring with his Adversaries after a sharp Conflict he utterly vanquish'd them In which Battel many were slain and more made Prisoners Whence speedily
all his Tenants in the Counties of Berks. Wiltes Somerset Dorset Suthampt. Bedf. Buck. Cantabr Hunt Essex Hertf. Kent Northampt. Norff. Suff. Oxon. Glouc. Wigorn. Heref. and Suss. And in 8 H. 3. was made Governour of the Castles of Cardigan and Caermerthyn But in 10 H. 3. upon that Difference which hapned betwixt the King and Richard Earl of Cornwal touching a certain Lordship belonging to the Earldom of Cornwal which the King had given to Waleran Teutonicus id est Teys this William then a sworn Friend to the Earl stuck stoutly to him in that Quarrel Which being in a short time reconciled the King's Countenance towards him cleared up again as appears by that Confirmation made to him in 14 H. 3. of the Mannors of Brabourne Sutton Kemesey Linton Norton Folesham Wanting and Severne-Stoke as also of the Mannor of Tudington excepting C s. per Annum Lands which William Longespe had therein and the Mannor of Shr ... which belong'd to the Earl of Perch to hold by the Service of five Knights Fees provided that in case Alianore his Wife Sister to the King should survive him that them she should enjoy them during her natural Life In this fourteenth year of Henry the Third being made Captain-General of all the King's Forces in Britanny and then personally in the Wars there the King of Connacht in Ireland having knowledg thereof rais'd a great Power and did much Spoil upon the English until by the Forces of Geffrey de Marisco then Justice of Ireland and others he was utterly vanquished But upon the King 's Return from those Parts he sent this Earl with the Earls of Chester and Albemarle and some considerable Power for the keeping of those Rebellious People in awe This Earl William for the health of the Soul of William his Father and Isabell his Mother confirm'd all the Grants of his Ancestors to the Monks of Tinterne in Wales adding of his own Bounty all his Lands and Woods of Pochlenny set forth by Metes and Bounds He likewise Founded the House of Friers-Preachers at Kilkenny in Ireland And having married Alianore the Sister of King Henry the Third who surviving him made her Vow of Chastity but afterwards became the Wife of Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester departâ—d this Life without Issue in Anno 1231. 15 H. 3. and was buried in the New-Temple at London 18 Cal. Maii near to the Grave of his Father Whereupon Richard Mareschall his next Brother returning into England about the Month of August following together with the Earls of Britanny and Chester repaired to the King then in Wales and presenting himself to him as Heir to his Brother thus deceased offered to perform his Homage and whatsoever else could justly be required of him for that Inheritance But the King by the suggestion of Hubert de Burgh then his Councellor and Justice of England saying he had Information That thâ— Wife of his Brother was then great with Child and that till the truth thereof was manifest he would not hearken to him Moreover telling him he had heard that he had been conversant with his Enemies in France commanded him forthwith to avoid the Realm protesting That if after xv days time he should be found in England he would cast him into Prison Whereupon he hasted into Ireland where the rest of his Brothers and the whole Souldiery there received him with much joy and delivering up to him all his Castles did Homage to him Having therefore proceeded thus far he entred upon the Castle of Pembroke with the whole Honour thereto appertaining and raising all the Power he could resolv'd to get his Inheritance by force if otherwise he could not obtain it Whereupon the King fearing a publick Disturbance accepted his Homage and Fealty and restored to him all his Rights he paying the accustomed Relief And likewise directed his Precept to the Sheriff of the County of Bedf. That he should make Livery to Alianore the Widow of the late deceased Earl of the Mannors of Luton and Tudington formerly belonging to the Earl of Perch to hold for her Life of which Mannors the late Earl her Husband died seised As also to the Sheriff of Kent for the Mannors of Sutton Kemesing and Brabourne And to the Sheriff of Berks. for the Mannor of Newbirie part of the Possessions of the same Earl of Perch So likewise of all those Lands which did belong to Baldwin de Bethun whereof William his Father had been possess'd by the Gift of King Henry the Third But I return to Richard This Richard though Earl of Pembroke had for the most part the Title of Earl-Marshal attributed to him as is evident from M. Paris an Historian of that Time Yet we do not find that any Person had that Title by Creation till Thomas Moubray Earl of Notingham was honour'd therewith in 9 R. 2. In 17 H. 3. this Earl Richard thus reconciled obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Inheritance of the Hundred of Aure in Com. Glouc. But about this time the King keeping his Christmass at Worcester by the Advice of Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester removed all his English Officers from their Employments at Court and placed Poictovins and other Outlandish Persons in their stead amongst which Sir William de Rodune Knight Marshal of the King's House under this Earl Richard then called the Great-Marshal was one Which did so highly disgust our Earl Richard that he boldly addressed himself to the King intreating That he would reform those Miscarriages which threatned ruine to himself and the whole Realm Soon after which a Great Council being held at Westminster he came to London and lodg'd at his Sister's House viz. Isabell the Wife of Richard Earl of Cornwall Brother to the King by whom he received Advertisement That there was a Design to seise upon him and deliver him up to the King whereby he must expect no other than to be used as Hubert de Burgh late Justice of England had been Which so startled him that he forthwith got away by night and fled into Wales Whereupon the King grew so highly incensed that he caused his Houses and Lands to be wasted and his Castles to be besieged Moreover the Bishop of Winchester corrupting his Friends so that they forsook him he was constrain'd to betake himself to Leoline Prince of Wales and the Great Men of that Country But so it hapned that being thus in Hostility with the King one of his Castles so besieg'd held out in such sort as that the King thinking it dishonourable not to win it sent some of his Bishops to this Earl to let him know That in case he would render it up he
having allowance of Robes for that Solemnity at the King's Charge And in 7 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland And having married Ioane one of the Daughters and Heirs to Sir Richard Luvell of Castell-Cary died in 11 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Maperton and North Cadbury in Com. Somerset with its Members Stoke Moels in Com. Oxon. Kings-Carswelle and Langford with the moytie of the Mannor of Duppeford in Com. Dorset leaving Muriel the Wife of Sir Thomas Courtâ—â—y Knight xv years of age and Isabell her Sister his Daughters and Heirs Which Isabell taking to Husband William de Botreaux without Licence the Purpartie of the Lands of her Inheritance were bestow'd on Thomas de Ferrers and Thâ—obald de Mountney her Sister Muriell having for her Purpartie an Assignation of the Mannor of Maperton with its Members and certain Lands in Halton and Hatherle certain Lands in Wreyford and Alvyngton with a Water-mill at Duppeford in Com. Devon and of the Mannors of Up-Walhope in Com. Suthampt. and Over-Overton in Com. Oxon. But in 21 E. 3. Isabell the other Daughter and Coheir having obtain'd Pardon for thus Marrying without Licence and made proof of her age had also Livery of her Purpartie viz. of the Mannor of Elyngham in Com. Suthampt. Little Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. Sadyngton in Com. Leic. and of certain Lands in Com. Berks. with the moytie of the Mannor of Herdyngwike in Com. Buck. And after that upon the death of the before-specified Margaret the Lands which she had in Dowry being then divided the before-specified Muriel had for her Purpartie of them the Mannor of King's Careswell with the Hundred of Haytorre in Com. Devon the Mannor of Stoke Moels in Com. Oxon. with C s. Annual Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Langford in Com. Devon And Isabell her Sister for her Purpartie the Mannor of North-Cadbury in Com. Somerset the Mannors of Duppeford Langeford and Hundred of Stanburgh in Com. Devon Kyme OF this ancient Family which assum'd the Sirname of Kime from a fair Lordship in Kesteven in Com. Linc. the principal Place of their Residence the first of whom I find mention is Simon the Son of William This Simon founded the Priory of Bolinton in Com. Linc. of the Gilbertine Order in the time of King Stephen and gave to the Monks of Kirksted divers Lands in Medringham He took to Wife Roese the Daughter of Robert Dapifer id est Steward to Gilb. de Gant Earl of Lincoln commonly called Roese de Bulinton Which Roese surviving him for the health of the Souls of her Father and Mother and all her Aâ—cestors gave two Ox-gangs of Land lying in Yllsclay with two Tofts and Crofts to the Monks of Sallay in Com. Ebor. To this Simon succeeded Philip his Son and Heir who was constituted Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 14 H. 2. in which Office he continu'd the fifteenth and for the one half of the sixteenth year of that King's Reign This Philip being one of the Barons in that Great Council held at London in Anno 1177. 23 H. 2. was a Witness to that Instrument of Arbitration there made by King Henry the Second for according the Difference betwixt Alfonse King of Castile and Sancâ—ius King of Navarre He was also the Pious Founder of the Priory at Kime and gave xx Acres of Land in Hotoft to the Canons and Nuns of Bolinton for supporting the Charge of their Garments And ratified to the Monks of Kirkstede that Grant of those Lands in Medringham which his Father had made to them Moreover with Hadewyse his Wife he gave the Church of Sotteby to the Monks of Bardney He was Steward to Gilbert de Gant Earl of Lincolne and left Issue Simon Which Simon in 21 H. 2. was indebted to the King in the Sum of xl Marks as a Fine for not disclaiming his Right to certain Lands in Bambere after he had lost them upon a Tryal by Battel And in 6 R. 1. gave C Marks to the King to be exempted from attending him into Normandy in that Expedition then made thither In 8 R. 1. he was Sheriff of Lincolnshire and so continued the next ensuing year And in 16 Ioh. had Scutage from all his Tenants by Military Service for two Knights Pees in regard he sent his Son at that time into Poictou But the next ensuing year adhering to the Rebellious Barons he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication from the Pope whereupon his Lands were seised and given to Geffrey de Nevill Howbeit before the end of that year having a mind to make his Peace he procur'd Letters of Safe-conduct to come into his Country and confer with his Friends thereof resolving to deliver up Philip his Son in Hostage until such time as he could have leave to repair to some of his Mannors near which the King being then at Newcastle was to pass in his Return Whereupon nothing being effected Geffrey de Nevill obtain'd from that King a new Grant of his Lands After which ere long scil in 4 H. 3. he died leaving Issue Philip. Which Philip paying C l. for his Relief had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and departed this Life in Anno 1242. 26 H. 3. leaving Issue by Agnes de Waleys his Wife Simon his Son and Heir Which Simon paying C l. for his Relief had Livery of his Lands But died without Issue in 32 H. 3. as it seems for them William his Brother and Heir had Livery of his Lands doing his Homage and paying C l. for his Relief Which William by his Deed bearing date at Lincolne upon the day of St. Katherine the Virgin Anno 1258. 40 H. 3. for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Lucia de Roos his Wife ratified unto the Canons and Nuns of Bolinton whatsoever they had of his Fee and departed this Life in 43 H. 3. To whom succeeded another Philip. Which Philip in 22 E. 1. had Summons to attend the King at Portsmouth well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to pass with him into France And in 25 E. 1. was in the Wars of Gascoine In 28 E. 1. he obtain'd a Grant for a Market every Week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Burwell in Com. Linc. as also for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Burwell Aithorp Billingey Walcote and Metheringham in the same County And in 29 E. 1. was in the Scottish Wars So likewise in 34 E. 1. and 4 E. 2. And in 8 E. 2. had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast-day of the Assumption of our Lady to
on her Hâ—arse each vveighing xx l. Likevvise That upon the day of her Funeral there should be distributed to a thousand poor people xxv Marks viz. to each of them iv d. And xii l. x s. for to sing three thousand Masses with all speed after her death for the health of her soul and all Christian-souls Furthermore she gave to two honest Priests to sing Masses and to say a Trental of Gregory by the space of one whole year for her soul and all Christian-souls xii l. And to fourscore poor Mâ—n and Women Bedridden xxvi l. xiii s. iv d. viz. to each of them vi s. viii d. Also to the Prior and Covent of Bustlesham to maintain one Chanon Priest and one Secular Priest perpetually at her Altar and Tomb to bâ— made on the South-side of the Qâ—ire of that Church opposite to the Tomb of her Lord and Husband to pray for her Soul and for the Souls of such others as were named upon Agreement made betwixt them Four hundred Marks And lastly For to make and furnish an Altar and new Tomb for her self and her Son in the South-side of the same Qâ—â—re at Bustlesham opposite to that of her Husband C Marks And departed this Life upon the Morrow after the Feast of St. Hillary next following scil 2 H. 5. leaving Philippa Dutchess of Yorke her younger Sister and Richard Lord Strange of Knockin Son of Mâ—ude her other Sister then deceased her next Heirs ¶ I should next proceed with Sir Iohn de Montacute Nephew and Heir as also Successor in his Honour to the last Earl But forasmuch as Sir Iohn de Montacute his Father was a Person of great Note in his time I shall first take notice of what is memorable of him This Sir Iohn de Montacute Brother to Earl William was in the Wars of France in 20 E. 3. the famous Battle of Cressy hapning at that time So likewise in 21 E. 3. And in 34 E. 3. retain'd by Indenture to serve the King in Gasâ—oine with six Horses In 43 E. 3. he was again in those Wars of France and of the Retinue with Iohn Duke of Lancaster And in 46 E. 3. being then called Iohannes Montacute le piere miles was in the King's Fleet at Sea of the Retinue with William his Brother Earl of Saâ—isbury In 1 R. 2. being then a Banneret he was again retain'd to serve the King with Lx Men at Arms and Lx Archers himself of the number one other Banneret five Knights and the rest Eâ—quires And in 5 R. 2. being Steward of the Kingâ— Houshold was sent to Calais in his Service being then assigned to conduct Queen Anne Wite to King Richard then newly married and coming into England with all State and Honour to the King In 8 R. 2. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve in the Scottish-Wars the King himself then advancing in Person thither And by his Testament bearing date upon the twentieth day of March Anno 1388. 12 R. 2. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Cathedral Church of Saâ—iscury betwixt two Pillars but in case he should die in London then in St. Pauls near to the Font wherein he was Baptized Appointing That a Black Cloth of Woollen should be laid over his Body and about as also within his Herse and to cover the Ground Cloth of Russet and White to be distributed to poor People after his Burial viz. as much as might make every poor Man a Coat and a Hood Likewise That upon the day of his Funeral there should be five Tapers each weighing twenty Pound placed about his Herse and four Morters each of ten Pound weight And that twenty four poor Men cloathed in White or Russet should bear those twenty four Torches Moreover That no Painting should be about the same Herse other than one Banner of the Arms of England and four other Banners viz. two of the Arms of Montagu and two with the Arms of Monthermer placed by the five Tapers Also That there should be a plain Tomb made for him with the Image of a Knight thereon and Arms of Montagu having an Helmet under his Head To Iohn and Thomas his Sons he gave two Pots gilt marked with the Arms of Sir Iohn de Grandison To his Daughter Alianore a gilt Cup of the best sort To Richard his Son as also to Sibyll Catherine and Margaret his Daughters each of them a Cup with an Ewer To Alianore his Daughter the Crown which his Wife had in her Custody To the said Sibyll his Daughter a Nun xx l. and to the Prioress and Nuns of Ambresbury xx l. to pray for his Soul Also to Margaret his Daughter a Nun likewise xx l. Sterling And to the Abbess and Nuns of Berkyng xx l. to pray for his Soul And lastly to his Sons Iohn and Richard all his Armor Spears and Swords to be shared betwixt them Having married Margaret the Daughter and Heir to Thomas de Monthermer he held in her Right the Mannors of Stokenhamme Yalhampton Pyworthy Okford and Lantyan with divers Knights Fees and was summon'd to Parliament among the Barons of this Realm from 31 E. 3. until 13 R. 2. inclusive but departed this Life xxv Febr. the same year being then seised of the Mannor of Hermere in the Towns of Gosfelde Bocking and Finchincfelde in Com. Essex of the Mannor of Wonforde in Com. Devon Werke super Twede with the Castle in Com. Northumbr and of the Mannors of Warblinton and Hounton in Com. Suthampt. leaving Sir Iohn de Montacute Knight his Son and Heir at that time xxxix years of age Who doing his Homage shortly afterwards had Livery of all those Lands In 15 R. 2. this Sir Iohn de Montacute obtained Licence from the King to travel into Prusta having of his Retinue ten Servants with ten Horses And in 18 R. 2. upon the death of Margaret his Mother who died upon the twenty fourth of March the same year and held during her Life the Mannors of Warblinton and Hunton in Com. Suthampt. Erlestoke in Com. Wiltes Mohermers lying in the Towns of Gosfelde Bocking and Finchingfelde in Com. Essex Lanveyr and Walsche-Bykenore in the Marches of Wales Werke upon Twede in Com. Northumbr Lantyan in Com. Cornub. Stokenhamme the Borough of Chedelyngton the Hundred of Colrygge the Mannor of Yalampton the Borough of la Nasse with the Mannors of Pyworthy and Okforde in Com. Devon doing his Homage had Livery of all her Lands Before the end of this eighteenth year with the Duke of Gloucester the Earls of March Arundeil and Rutland he was sent into Ireland Moreover he had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 16 R. 2. until the twentieth of that King's Reign that he came to be Earl And in 20 R. 2. having Licence to
was Sheriff again for Surrey and upon the death of King Richard which hapned in the last of those years delivered up the Castle of Chinon in France where King Richard's Treasure lay to Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother as also the Castle of Samwre and many other And in 1 Ioh. obtain'd the Grant of two more days to be added to the Fair which had anciently been kept at his Mannor of Doncaster in Com. Ebor. upon the Eve and Day of St. Iames the Apostle In 2 Ioh. he was one of the Barons then present at Lincolne when William King of Scots did Homage to King Iohn and in 5 Ioh. constituted the King's Lieutenant of Poictou In 9 Ioh. he gave the King a Thousand Marks for the Wardship and Marriage of the Heirs of Robert de Meisnill and again executed the Office of Sheriff for the County of Surrey from the first year of that King's Reign till the ninth inclusive And having given his whole Lordship of Begeham in Kent for the building of an Abby there whereunto the Canons of Brokeley and Otteham were translated he conferr'd on them all his Lands in Brokeley and divers other places and in 10 Ioh. gave two Horses of price to the King for his Confirmation of such Grants as had been made by himself and others to those Canons In 13 Ioh. upon Collection of the Scutage of Scotland he paid xxxi l. x s. for those thirty Knights Fees and an half which did belong to the before-mentioned William Fossard and departed this Life the same year Shortly after which upon the accompt of the Lands of Ioane his Wife Daughter of the same William Fossard the yearly Value of them appeared to be Four hundred and eleven Pounds nine Shillings and two Pence The Issue which he left being one sole Daughter called Isabell for whom id est with liberty to marry her and to possess the Lands of her Inheritance Peter de Mauley gave a Fine to the King of Seven thousand Marks ¶ I come now to Stephen de Turnham Brother of this last-mention'd Robert This Stephen ratified his Fathers Grants to the Canons of Cumbwell and for the health of the Souls of King Henry the Second King Richard the First his own Soul and the Soul of Edeline his Wife gave unto them certain Lands in Moriene Turnham Brichull and divers other Places Robert his Brother being one of the Witnesses thereto In 33 H. 2. this Stephen being Seneschal of Anjou observing that the King of France had won four Castles in those Parts belonging to the King of England and thereupon marcht to Maine with purpose to gain it by Assault set fire on its Suburbs by which means he Flames getting over the Walls well-near consumed that whole City In 9 and 10 R. 1. he executed the Sheriff's Office for Wiltshire and then gave CCC Marks to the King for the Wardship of the Lands and Heir of Robert de Leeburne and Benefit of his Marriage In 1 Ioh. he obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Lands out of the King's Forests and was Sheriff of Lincolnshire for the fourth part of that year In 6 Ioh. with Edeline his Wife he had Livery of the Mannor of Fealleburg in Com. Sutht which was of the Inheritance of Damietta her Mother then deceased but departed this Life before the sixteenth of that King's Reign for then did the same Edeline his Widow give Lx Marks and one Palfrey for liberty to marry with whom she should like best And in 3 H. 3. Thomas de Banelingham and Maud his Wife Adam de Bending and Alice his Wife Roger de Leiburne and Alianore his Wife and Raphe de Fay with Beatrix his Wife in consideration of a Fine which they had given to King Iohn had Livery of the Lands in Ertinton in Com. Surr. whereof this Stephen died seised which by Inheritance belong'd to them Strange IT is said That at a Justs held in the Peke of Derbyshire at Castle Peverell of which I have already taken notice in my Discourse of the Family of Fitz-Warine where amongst divers other Persons of Note Oweyn Prince of Wales and a Son of the King of Scots were present there were also two Sons of the Duke of Breâ—aigne and that the younger of them being named Guy was called Guy le Strange from whom the several Families of the Stranges did descend Admitting this for truth as 't is very like I shall proceed with what I have seen of this Name from the light of Records concluding that Guy Hamon and Iohn who possessed Lands in Com. Salop. about the beginning of King Henry the Second's Reign were Sons to the first-mentioned Guy To this younger Guy and his Heirs King Henry the Second having given the Lordships of Weston and Alvithele in Com. Salop. to hold by the Service of one Knights Fee He was in 6 H. 2. made Sheriff of Shropshire and so continued till the eleventh of that King's Reign inclusive And in 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of that Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified That he held Alvideley by half a Knights Fee In 17 H. 2. he was again Sheriff of the same County and so continued till 25 of that King's Reign inclusive In 6 R. 1. upon Collection of the Scutage for the King's Redemption he paid Thirty shillings but died shortly after for in 1 Ioh. Richard de Wapenburi and Thomas Noel accounted Three Marks for the Fees he held upon the Collection of the first Scutage of that King leaving Issue Raphe Which Raphe gave the Patronage of the Chappel of Cnukyn to the Canons of Hagtumon and founded the Hospital at Brugge-north but died Issueless whereupon his three Sisters became his Heirs viz. Margaret the Wife of Thomas Noell Ioane married to Richard de Wapenburi and ... to Griffin Son of Iervord Which Margaret afterwards became the Wife of Thomas de Blancminster and held half a Knights Fee in Alvithele and Weston I now come to Hamon le Strange the other Brother but all I can say of him is That he gave his whole Part of the Common-Woods in Wombrugge in Com. Salop. to the Canons of that House and that in 1 Ioh he paid a Fine of Lx Marks to the King for the Mannor of Wrcewurdine which Meurchus de Powys formerly had to hold until he should have an equivalent exchange for it or a Confirmation of those Lands which that King gave him when he was Earl of Moreton Contemporary with Guy and Hamon was also Iohn le Strange Brother of Hamon In 11 Ioh. this Iohn possessed the Lordships of Nesse and Chesewurdine in Com. Salop. which he had by the Gift
in 9 E. 3. had a Grant for a Market on the Friday every Week at his Mannor of Abyngton in Com. Cantabr as also for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Wynpole in the same County Staundon in Com. Hertf. and Chiltrinton in Com. Wiltes But all that I can farther say of this Family is That Margaret the Daughter of Giles de Bassingburne Wife of Walter the Son of Robert de Colvill had the Castle and Mannor of Beningfeld by vertue of an Entail made by Fine levied by Sir Humphrey de Bassingburne Knight viz. to himself for Life with Remainder to the said Walter and Margaret and the Issue of her Body by him Bardolf THE first of this Family of whom I have seen any mention was William Bardulf Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 16 H. 2. and from that time to 21 H. 2. inclusive And the next Thomas Bardulf who in 18 H. 2. upon levying the Scutage of such Barons as did not then attend the King into Ireland nor send Soldiers or Money for that Service paid xxv l. for the Scutage of those Knights Fees which formerly did belong to Raphe Hanselyn a Baron in Notinghamshire of whom I have already spoke whose Daughter and Heir called Rose he had taken to Wife This Thomas obtain'd from William Brother to King Henry the Second the Lordship of Bradewell to hold to himself and his Heirs by the Service of one Knights Fee three parts of which Lordship he gave in Marriage to his three Daughters the first married to Robert de S. Remigio the second to William Bacun the third to Baldwin de Thoâ—i To whom succeeded Doun Bardulf his Son and Heir by her the said Rose This Doun married Beatrix the Daughter and Heir to William de Warren of Wirmgay in Norfolk whereby the Barony of Wirmegay came to this Family of Bardulf and died in 11 Ioh. Which Beatrix then surviving had the Lordship of Kiskynton assigned for her Dower and gave Three thousand and one hundred Marks to the King for Livery of her Fathers Lands and a reasonable Dowrie of the Lands belonging to her Husband as also that she might not be compell'd to marry again This Doun and Beatrix left Issue William Bardulf who in 17 Ioh. had Livery of all his Lands and in 26 H. 3. amongst other of the Great Men of that time attended the King in Person in that Expedition which he then made into France and obtain'd such favour for his Services there done that of all the Debts he owed unto the Exchequer as well those which were due from William de Warren his Grandfatherâ— as those from Beatrix his Mother Fifty Marks per annum was accepted until they should be fully paid In 27 H. 3. he had Livery of the Honour of Wirmegay which during his Minority had been in the Hands of Hubert de Burgh sometime Earl of Kent And in 28 H. 3. obtain'd the King's Charter for a Market at Wyrmegay on the Munday every Week as also a Fair every year at his Lordship of Stowe upon the Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Holy Trinity In 29 H. 3. upon Collection of the Aid then levied for Marriage of the King 's eldest Daughter he paid xiv l. v. s. for the Knights Fees he thâ—n held which were xiv and a fourth part And in 38 H. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight accounted xxviii l. x s. for the same Knights Fees but by reason he was then going to the King he had respite for part of that Sum. In which year also he obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren throughout all the Lordships and Lands whereof he was then possess'd viz. Wirmegap Westbrigg Lotenhill Watlington Thorpe Festone Sechie le Estowe Wynebodesham Dunham Welbes Kungetone another Sechie Westweniz Herdwike Middeltone Halg ... Wyneberg Inkesham Westfeld Matesâ—al Lâ—urston Lerolâ—eston and Keymestone in Norfolk Kyskintone Digeby Leâ—esâ—ngham Blokeâ—ham Amewik Latelmund Branchewell Westburg Dedinton Stebinton and Thorpe in Lincolnshire Sheleford in Com. Nott. Okebroâ— and Eleton in Com. Derb. Plumpthon Winelesâ—eld Lindeskeld Hadleg Standen Moleston Ardingeleg Pipesleye Bercamp and Flesang in Sussex In 41 H. 3. he attended the King in his Expedition into Wales And in 42 H. 3. was made Governour of Notingham-Castle So also in 47 H. 3. After which viz. in 48 H. 3. in that great Insurrection of the Barons adhering to the King he was taken Prisoner with him in that fatal Battel of Lewes and died in 4 E. 1. as it seems for then William his Son and Heir doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Leicester Lincoln Notingham Norfolk and Sussex the King accepting of his Relief which was Cl l. by L. l. per annum Which William being personally in that Expedition made into Wales 10 E. 1. had Scutage of all his Tenants that held of him by Military Service and about two years following obtain'd the King's Charter for a Market at his Mannor of Halluton in Leicestershire to be kept upon the Tuesday every Week with two Fairs every year the one upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and two days following the other on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of Simon and Iude and two days after And likewise a Fair at Lilâ—ey in Norfolk upon the Eve Day and Morrow and two days next following the Feast of St. Laurence the Martyr Also a Market at Wynebergh in Norfolk upon the Wednesday every Week and a Fair every year on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Laurence And moreover a Fair yearly at Caunâ—ele in the same County upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin By Iulian the Daughter and Heir of Hugh de Gurnay whom he took to Wife he left Issue a Son called Hugh who in June 22 E. 1. having Summons with other of the Great Men to attend the King with his Advice touching the weighty Affairs of the Realm accompanied him soon after into Gascoyne Upon the death of which Iulian his Mother in 23 E. 1. being xl years of age and in Gascoigne he had Livery of all the Lands of her Inheritance by the King 's special Favour in regard he was then in his Service where he had the hard fate to be taken Prisoner by the King of France at his Siege of Bisunce In 25 E. 1. he continued still in the King's Service in Gascoigne And in 28 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland So also in 29 E. 1. In 32 E. 1. he went again into Scotland the King himself with his Army being there but
Kilwardby with the moytie of the Mannor of Askham and sixth part of the Mannor of Baynton in Com. Ebor. leaving Bartholmew his Son and Heir twenty four years of age Iohn his eldest Son being dead in his Life-time as it seems as also Robert and Richard two younger Sons Which Bartholmew soon after doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands excepting the Mannors of Duston and Somerton and the yearly Rent of Sixteen Marks out of the Mannor of Askham which were assign'd to Maude the Widow of that Iohn for her Dowrie But this Bartholmew lived not long after for the next year following it appears That Robert his Brother and Heir doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Which Robert had Summons to Parliament in 1 R. 2. but not after And in 8 R. 2. having been retain'd to serve the King for forty days in his Scottish-Wars shortly after departed this Life viz. 14 Ian. 11 R. 2. then seised of the Mannor of Duston in Com. Northampt. of the moytie of the Mannor of Bedale of two parts of the Mannor of Ayscugh of the Mannor of Kilwardby of the moytie of the Mannor of Askham Bryan of the Mannor of Drynghouse of the fourth part of the Mannor of Baynton with the Mannors of Stillingflete and Upton in Com. Ebor. of the Mannors of Rotherfeld and Cogges of the moytie of the Mannor of Baggerigge of the Mannor of Herdwyke of the moytie of the Mannors of Somerton and Faringeford and of the fourth part of the Mannor of Stanlake in Com. Oxon. leaving Ioane his Daughter and Heir little more than two years of age Whereupon Elizabeth the Widow of the said Robert Daughter and Coheir to William de la Plaunche of Haversham in Com. Buck. who soon after took to Husband Sir Iohn Clinton of Maxstoke in Com. Warr. Knight had assigned for her Dowrie the Mannors of Cogges and Herdwyke with the moytie of the Mannors of Somerton and Faryngeford as also the fourth part of the Mannor of Stanlake in Com. Oxon. Which Ioane became the Wife of Sir Iohn D'eyncurt Knight and in 2 H. 4. upon the death of Sir Richard Gray Knight her Uncle without Issue had Livery of the Mannor of Olton in the Parish of Solihull in Com. Warr. which was of her Inheritance and wherein he had onely an Estate for Life And had Issue two Daughters and Heirs viz. Alice the Wife of William Lord Lovel and Margaret married to Raphe Lord Cromwell of Tatshall Luterel IN the time of King Richard the First the Lands of Geffry Luterell lying in the Counties of Notingham and Derby were seised for his adherence to Iohn Earl of Moreton Which Iohn afterwards attaining the Crown of this Realm in the second year of the Reign ratified to him the Grant of fifteen Oxgangs of Land in Gameleston and Normanton made by Gerbod de Scaud as also of the Lordship of Bridesâ—rke and sixteen Oxgangs of Land in Bregefort and Kieworde with a certain Meadow call'd Witties by Gerard de Rodes In 5 Ioh. this Geffrey obtain'd a Grant of Ten Pounds from that King towards his Support in his Service and in 13 Ioh. upon Collection of the Scutage of Scotland was acquitted for seven Knights Fees and an half for his Fees of that Barony which lately belong'd to William Painell And died in 2 H. 3. leaving Issue Andrew his Son and Heir who married the Daughter of Philip Mare a Person of great Note in the Counties of Notingham and Derby in his time Which Andrew doing his Homage in 14 H. 3. had Livery of his Lands and in 14 H. 3. upon Collection of the Scutage for the first Passage of that King into Britanny accounted Thirty Pound for Fifteen Knights Fees In which year he came to the King and made claim to certain Lands which formerly belonged to Maurice de Gant and descended to him by Right of Inheritance viz. the Mannors of Cantokesheved Stockeland Hywys Poelet and Wyre in Com. Somerset as also of the Mannor of Irneham in Com. Linc. which he held by Barony offering C Marks to the King to have Livery of those Lordships Whereunto the King consented not otherwise than upon condition that he did manifest his Right unto them But in 15 H. 3. paying that Sum he had Livery of them In 26 H. 3. this Andrew had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King into France And in 29 H. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter answered for Fifteen Knights Fees In 30 H. 3. as Heir to Maurice de Gant upon Collection of the Scutage of Gannâ—â— he paid Twenty five Pound for Twelve Knights Fees and an half And in 35 H. 3. executed the Sheriff's Office for Lincolnshire for the one half of that year About this time being with the King in his Expedition of Elveyn he was acquitted for his Scutage of Fifteen Knights Fees and an half which he held in Yorkshire as one of the Coheirs to Maurice de Gant And in 38 H. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid Twenty five Pound for Twelve Knights Fees and an half of the Fees of Maurice de Gant as also Thirty Pound for Fifteen other of his own proper Fees And in 49 H. 3. departed this Life being then seised of the before-specified Mannor of Irneham which he held by Barony leaving Geffrey his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Geffrey doing his Homage and giving Security for payment of C Marks for his Relief had Livery of his Lands But this Geffrey being not compos mentis Alexander his Brother had the Custody of his Person and William de Gray whose Daughter he had married had the Tuition of his Children Which Alexander in 54 H. 3. was sign'd with the Cross together with Prince Edward eldest Son to that King To these succeeded Robert Luterell who in 5 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Wales and in 22 E. 1. amongst other of the Great Men in that time had Summons to attend the King to advise touching the important Affairs of the Realm And upon that Resolution then taken for the King's Expedition into France had farther Command to attend him at Portsmouth upon the first of September the same year well fitted with Horse and Arms for his Service in that Voyage This Robert was summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 23 E. 1. and died in 25 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Hoton Painell in Com. Ebor. and Irneham in Com. Linc. with the Advowson of the Church leaving Geffrey his Son
eight days after Furthermore in 3 E. 2. he obtain'd a confirmation of the Mannors of Lamport and Cori to hold by the Service of two Knights Fees together with the Hundreds of Guliton and Albedikes belonging to those Mannors And departed this life in 15 E. 2. Whereupon Iohn his Son and Heir doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands excepting to Sibil his Widow her reasonable Dowry Which Iohn left issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Sibil married to Sir Laurence de St. Martins and Margaret to Henry de Esturmie Lindesei IN 6 H. 3. Alexander King of Scotland gave Two hundred pounds for the Wardship and Marriage of the Heirs of David de Lindesey and for all the Lands of their Inheritance which were the Lands of Iohn de Limesi his Kinsman and lay in the Counties of Essex Hertf. Oxon. Warw. Leicest Norf. and Suff. To which David succeeded another David who died in 25 H. 3. leaving Gerard his Brother and Heir who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands but departed this life without issue in 33 H. 3. Whereupon Henry de Pinkeney who had married Alice his Sister and Heir paying fifty pounds for his Relief for the moiety of the Barony of Lymesie had Livery thereof Fitz-Raphe IN Henry the Thirds time Hugh Fitz-Raphe having married Agnes the Daughter and Heir to Ralph de Gresele doing his Homage and paying Fifteen pounds for his Relief had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance This Hugh in 20 H. 3. was constituted Sheriff of Nott. and Derb. and Governour of the Castles of Nortingham and Harestan In which Office of Sheriff he continued till the last half of the 23 of H. 3. and in 56 H. 3. died leaving Eustachia the Daughter of Raphe his Son his next Heir then the Wife of Nicholas de Cantilupe of full age Which Nicholas paying One hundred shillings for his relief for one Knights Fee which the said Hugh held of the King in Capite had Livery of the Lands so descended to him Genevill IN 28 H. 3. Peter de Geneva having married Maud the Niece and one of the Co-heirs to Walter de Laci obtained the Kings precept to the Sheriff of Herefordshire for the setting forth her purparty upon partition made of the Lands of the said Walter Whereupon the Castle of Ludlow with its Members was in part thereof assigned to her In 33 H. 3. this Peter was constituted Governour of Windsor Castle So likewise of the Castle of Corff and Shireburn To this Peter succeeded Geffrey his Son and Heir Which Geffrey in 38 H. 3. had Livery of the Castle at Trim in Ireland as the right by Inheritance of Maud de Laci daughter to Gilbert de Laci who died in his Fathers life-time In 42 H. 3. this Geffrey received summons to attend the King at Chester upon Munday next after the Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to withstand the Hostilities of the Welsh And in 44 H. 3. as one of the Barons-Marchers had command to repair towards the Coast of Wales and there to reside in the defence of those parts In 10 E. 1. he was in that Expedition made into Wales And in 25 E. 1. in that into Gascoign In which year the King sent him together with the Bishop of Durham and the Earls to Warwick to the Earls Marshal and of Hereford and other of the Nobles they being then at Stratford offering to receive them to favour Unto whom answer was given by the Earl of Hereford That they had not done any thing for which they should stand in need of his Grace but had onely endeavoured the redress of what was amiss in the Government Moreover he had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 27 till 34 E. 1. inclusive This Geffery was Lord of Uacolour and with Maud his Wife gave to the Monks of Dore in Com. Heref. a large proportion of Land in that County set forth by Metes and Bounds He had issue three Sons viz. Geffrey Peter and Simon and a Daughter married to Iohn Fitz-Thomas Nephew to Girard Fitz-Maurice which Geffrey his eldest Son dying without issue Peter the younger succeeded and took to Wife Ioan the Daughter to Hugh le Brune Earl of Angolesm by whom he had issue three Daughters viz. Iohn Isabel and Beatrice of which Isabel and Beatrice became Nuns at Acornbury and Ioan wedded to Roger de Mortimer Earl of March whereby the whole Inheritance of Genevil and half the Lands of Laci came to that Family Of Simon all I have seen is That he married Ioan Fitz-Lues Lady of Cull-Molyn and that he had issue Nicholas and five Daughters viz. one married to Iohn Huse Lord of Gaitrim another to William de Loundres of Athboy the third to the Baron of Slane the fourth to Walter de la Hyde and the fifth to Iohn Cruce And of Nicholas that he had issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Ioan Wife of Iohn Cusak of Beawrepere There was also another Son of Geffrey the first called William unto whom in 27 E. 1. the King in consideration of the laudable services performed by them both gave the marriage of the younger Daughter of Iohn Giffard of Brimfield and Maud Longespe his Wife one of the Co-heirs of the said Maud. Birkin IN 8 H. 3. Iohn de Birkin son to Adam fitz-Peter de Birkin as Son and Heir to Maud de Cauz paid Two hundred marks for his Relief in respect of the Lands which hereditarily descended to him from her as also to be Warden of the Forests of Nottingham and Derby which did by the like right belong to him and doing his Homage had Livery both of those Lands and that Office accordingly After which ere long viz. in 11 H. 3. he died Whereupon Thomas his Son and Heir paying Two hundred marks has Livery of his Lands with the Bailywick of the Forest of Shirewood but departed this life in 15 H. 3. leaving Isabel his Sister and Heir then married to Robert de Everingham Which Robert and Isabel paying the like sum of Two hundred marks Fine had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance with the Bailywick of Shirewood Forest But Ioan the Wife of this Thomas survived him and afterwards married to Henry de Longcamp Criol IN 10 H. 3. Bertram de Criol had a weekly Mcrcate granted to him on the Thursday at his Mannor of Seeres until the King should be of full age Some misdemeanour it seems this Bertram had committed for which in 15 H. 3. he was commanded to quit
Lydneie in Com. Glouc. all belonging to the Earldom of Warwick were setled upon this Iohn during his life though he should have no issue by her he is barely styled Iohn de Plessets But afterwards I presume he took upon him the Title of Earl by reason of a certain clause in that Fine whereby the before-specified William Mauduit and Alice do as much as in them lies confer the same Earldom upon him for life being loath as it seems to use that Attribute till he had made such an agreement with the next Heir that in case he over-lived the said Margery his Countess and had no issue by her he should not lay it aside again For in August following which is the first mention I find of him after that Fine so levied the King in that License he granted to him to down certain Oakes in the Forrest of Dene affords him the Title of Earl of Warwick which after that time upon all occasions he used As there had been extraordinary means used in gaining this great Lady thus to marry with him so there wanted not suspition that being such an Inheritrix she had been strongly sollicited by some and wrought upon to contract her self privately unto another Therefore to make sure work with her estate the King procured her to seal a Bond with a special Deed to boot whereby she obliged her self that if it could justly be proved that she had contracted marriage with any other then all her Lands and Possessions should be forfeited Which advantage being so obtain'd by his Letters Patents bearing date 18 Oâ—ctob 34 of his Reign he granted to him all those Lands to hold during his life in case any such Contract could be proved whereupon a Divorce betwixt them might ensue And in 34 H. 3. gave him the custody of the Castle at the Devâ—â—es in Com. Wilts with all the Lordships thereto belonging and likewise of the Forests of Melkesham and Châ—â—peham out of which there being a Rent of Eighty pounds per annum reserv'd to the Crown he had Twenty five marks thereof yearly allowed to him for the custody of that Castle In 35 H. 3. he was constituted one of the Justices Itinerant to sit at the Tower of London for hearing and determining such pleas as concerned the City of London And in 37 H. 3. obtain'd from the King a special Release of the Wardship of Hugh his Son and Heir by a former Wife in case he should die and leave him in minority And shortly after that a Grant That if the said Margery the Countess should die before him without any issue of her body that all those Lands and Tenements in Hogenarton Katerinton and Bradeham Knights Fees Reliefs c. which formerly did belong to Henry d' Oilly her Uncle should remain unto him the said Iohn during his natural life In this 37 th year of Hen. 3. he again attended the King into Gascoin but before his return from those parts an unhappy disaster befell him For after Truce made there and that he resolved to come for England determing to pass through Normandy in regard he was that Countrey-man by birth he obtained Letters of safe conduct from the King of France and with divers other Noble Persons set forwards on his journey In which lodging at Pontes in Poictou after all free and courteous entertainment outwardly shew'd to them they were suddenly seiz'd on by the Townsmen and cast into prison This was in 38 H. 3 When or how he was released I find not Which ill usage with the great charges he underwent in that service of Gascoin and the debt wherein he did put himself for making Prince Edward Knight occasioned the King to direct his Letters Patents unto all the Tenants of this Earl wherein giving testimony that he did behave himself laudably and valiantly there and had been oppress'd with great expences and wearied with bodily toil he did earnestly exhort and intreat them that they would freely contribute such reasonable supply to him towards the payment of those debts as that they might expect his Royal favour to themselves when fit opportunity should be offered After which upon his return into England viz. in 39 H. 3. he was again made Governour of the Castle at the Devises And in 42 H. 3. joyn'd with the Earls of Glouc. Hereford Albemarl and others in writing to Pope Alexander the Fourth against Ethelmare the Kings half-brother then Elect of UUinchester defiring his Holiness that he might not be admitted to that Bishoprick being a person totally bent to enrich himself by unjust means and a disturber of the Kingdoms tranquility and welfare In this year also he received summons with divers other great men to repair to Chester on Munday next before the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist sufficiently accoutred with Horse and Arms to attend the King in his Welsh Expedition against Lewelin ap Griffith and his complices And in 44 H 3 had the like command to attend the King at Shrewsbury on the Feast-day of the Nativity of our Lady thence to march with him again into UUales Moreover the next ensuing year he had summons to be at London on the morrow after Simon and Iudes day with Horse and Arms c. which hapned about the time that the dispute betwixt the King and his lofty-spirited Barons grew high by reason whereof having had sufficient experience of his fidelity he had the Sherevalty of the Counties of Warwick and Leicester with the Castle of Sauvey in the confines of Leicestershire committed to his trust But he lived not to see the issue of those troubles which growing on more and nore every day occasion'd much bloudshed and misery to this Realm For in the moneth of February 47 H. 3. he fell desperately sick insomuch as the King apprehending his death not far off out of the especial love and affection which he bore towards him as the Patent imports granted that the Executors of his Testament whensoever he should die might freely administer of his goods and Chattels for the fulfilling thereof Moreover declaring that as to such debts which were due from him to the Crown he would require them of his Heirs Soon after which viz. on the 26 th day of the same moneth departing this life he was honourably buried in the Quire of Missenden Abbey in Com. Bucks being then seised of the Mannors of Okenardton Kedelinton and Bradeham in Com. Oxon. which he held by Barony viz. to find two Knights with their four Servants in the Kings Army at his own proper costs for the space of Forty days Leaving issue Hugh de Plessets his Son and Heir by Christian a former Wife Daughter and Heir to Hugh de Sanford at that time Twenty six years of age Which Hugh in April
of Leicester the Castle of Kenilworth the Honor Earldom and Castle of Lancaster with the Forests of Wiresdale and Lonesdale Newcastle under Lime the Mannor Castle and Forest of Pickering the Mannor of Saltby and Town of Gomecester vulgò Godmanchester with the Rent of the Town of Huntingdon And in 19 Edw. 1. obtained a Charter for a Fair every year at his Mannor of Pickering in Com. Ebor. upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross as also for another at Esingwold in the same County upon the Eve and Festival of our Lady and Free-Warren at Melleburne in Com. Derb. In 20 Edw. 1. he obtained another Grant for life of the Castle Town and Honor of Monmouth as also of the Castles of Grossemont and Skenefrith Blanch-Castell with the Mannors of Redley and Menstreworth the Remainder to his three Sons viz. Thomas Henry and Iohn successively Intail But this Grant he surrendred back the same year And in 21 Edw. 1. procured License to make a Castle of his House in the Parish of S. Clements Danes in Comit. Middles called the Savoy And founded that House of Nuns called the Minoresses without Aldgate in the Suburbs of London He was also the cheif builder of the Gray-Friers House in Preston in Amundernesse in Com. Lanc. Moreover the same year for reconciling the differences betwixt King Edward and the King of France he was sent to treat with the two Queens Whereupon it was concluded that six Castles should be delivered up to the King of France but the King of France falling off from that Agreement he returned Shortly after which the Welsh putting themselves in Arms and entring upon the Earl of Glocesters Lands of Glamorgan he attended the King with his Army into those parts And in 24 Edw. 1. being sent with the Earl of Lincoln and twenty six Bannerets into Gascoigne they sate down before Bourdeaux But seeing no likelihood of its render after some skirmishes marched thence to Langon which was soon given up to them Thence to Bayon where they were honorably received but having many Soldiers which they could not keep together by reason that their treasure was exhausted he grew much troubled in mind and thereupon falling sick departed this life about the Feast of Pentecost commanding that his Body should not be buried till his debts were paid After which Truce being made his Corps was carried into England and buried in the Abby Church of Westminster where there was an honorable Monument erected to his memory which is yet to be seen This great Earl by Blanch his second Wife Daughter to Robert Earl of Artois third Son to Lewes the Eighth King of France Widow of Henry King of Naâ—arre Earl of Champaigne and Bry had issue three Sons viz. Thomas Henry and Iohn and a Daughter Which Iohn died in France with his Sister without issue And surviving him had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Crepton Durfield with its Members viz. Southwood Holebroke Hey-Egge Beaurepair Allerwasleigh Edricheshay New Bigging and Holland with the whole Forest of Duffield as also the Mannor of Hertindon with Croudecote all in Com. Derb. Likewise certain Lands in Bunteshale Bracington Spondon Penrewich with the Hundred of Gresele and certain Lands in Newbald with the Advowson of the Church of Duffield in the same County Likewise the Mannor of Raundes with its Members viz. Scarwigge Ringestead and Harâ—grave in Com. Northampt. And the Advowsons of the Churches of Raundes in the same County Wolftanton and Tatenhull in Com. Staff and Torpedener in Com. Leic. I now come to Thomas his eldest Son and immediate Successor who in 26 Edw. 1. doing his homage being then reputed by the King to be of full age had Livery of his Lands excepting the Dowry of Blanch his Mother and thereupon marched into Scotland the King himself being then in that expedition Being Sheriff of Lancashire by inheritance he substituted Richard de Hoghton his Deputy in that Office And in 28 Edw. 1. obtained License to have a Market every week on the Saturday at his Mannor of Yoxhall in Com. Staff As also for a Fair yearly to be there held upon the Eve Day and Morrow of S. Swithin and likewise for a Fair yearly at Higham Ferrers in Comit. Northampt. upon the Eve of S Michael the Day and Morrow following In this twenty eighth year he was again in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 31 32 and 34 Edw. 1. In which last year he obtained another License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Wirksworth in Com. Derb. And a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady As also for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Staunford in Com. Northumbr In 1 Edw. 2. he had a Grant for a Fair at Leicester every year on the Morrow after the Feast of the Holy Trinity and fourteen days following And in 2 Edw. 2. for a Market on the Wednesday every week at Uttoxeter in Com. Staff As also for a Fair there on the Eve Day and Morrow of S. Mary Magdalen Likewise for a Market and Fair at his Mannor of Stapleford in Com. Leic. In 4 Edw. 2. having married Alice the sole Daughter and Heir to Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln doing his fealty he had Livery a of the Castle of Denbigh and all other the Lands of her Inheritance his homage for them being performed the next ensuing year upon Thursday after the Feast of S. Bartholomew in the presence of divers Bishops Earls and Barons and other of the Kings Council in a certain Chamber within the House of the Fryers-Preachers in London In 5 Edw. 2. he was the cheif of those Nobles that entred into a Combination against Piers dâ— Gaveston the Kings great favorite under colour of defending Religion and restoring the Peoples Liberties And being thereupon made choice of for their General sent Messengers to the King requiring the delivery of this Piers unto them or to banish him the Realm It is said That Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln whose Daughter and Heir he had married as is observed gave him in charge upon his Death-Bed that he should maintain his quarrel against the same Piers And that thereupon he joyned with the Earl of Watwick and caused him to be put to death 29 Junii An. 1312. 5 Edw. 2. In 8 Edw. 2. he obtained a Charter for a Market every week upon the Friday at his Mannor of Burton-Stather in Com. Linc. And two Fairs the one to begin on Alballow Eve and to continue the next day and thirteen days after the other on the Eve of the Holy Trinity the day
and three days after And in 9 Edw. 2. had License to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Dunstaâ—burgh in Com. Northumbr In 10 Edw. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars and in 11 Edw. 2. having command to raise two thousand Foot well armed out of his own Lands and Fees and to bring them to the King at Newcastle within one Moneth after the Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist he retained by Indenture Sir Hugh Menill Knight to serve him in Peace and War for the term of his whole life viz. In the Wars of England Ireland Scotland and Wales with three Men at Arms well mounted armed and arrayed covenanting to allow him Harness for his own Body and recompence for what Arms and Horses should be lost in the War in his service As also Apparel and Saddles Livery of Hay and Oats for his Hâ—rses and the like Wages for so many Grooms as he gave to his other Bachellors And in time of Peace upon his going to Parliament or elswhere Livery of Hay and Oats for four Horses and Wages for the like number of Grooms And over and above all this an Annuity of ten marks The like Retainer had Sir Iohn de Ewre to sâ—rve him with ten Men at Arms in time of War whereof three to be Knights allowing them bouch of Court with Livery of Hay Oats Horsshooes and Nails as other Bannerets usually had And in time of Peace attending him to Parliament or other Assemblies with all his Knights in Livery to have Dyet in his Hall as also Hay Oats Horsshooes and Nails for eight and twenty Horse and Wages for as many Grooms with Livery of Wine and Candlâ—s for his Chamber And when he should come himself with one Knight then to have bouch of Court with Hay and Oats for seven Horses Wages for so many Grooms and Livery of Wine and Candles for his Chamber But the grudge still remaining betwixt the King and this Earl in 10 Edw. 2. two Cardinals were sent into England from the Pope to reconcile them Which being done the Conditions on the Kings part were soon broken whereupon Discontents more and more increased Nevertheless shortly after this viz. in 12 E. 2. Queen Eleanâ—r late Wife to King Henry the Third having formerly out of her intire affection to this Thomas and Henry his Brother her Grandsons given unto them and their Heirs a certain part of the Earldom of Province which by right of Inheritance descended to her from her Father and Mother with jurisdiction of a meer and mixt Empire and all Rights and Priviledges thereto belonging And for defect of issue by them to revert to her Heirs Kings of England he obtained a Confirmation thereof from the King bearing date the fifth day of Iune the same year But that favor did no whit qualifie those Discontents which were harbored in his Brest towards the King which more and more increasing at length viz. in 14 Edw. 2. broke out openly he then appearing the principal of those who confederated together for the destruction of such as they called Traytors to the Realm whereof the two Spensers were the cheif charging them with misleading the King to the great damage of the people and engaging themselves to live and die with each other For the cause of Iustice for that term they gave to their design against those persons In which juncture there hapning a great quarrel betwixt Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and William de Braose an eminent Baron in the Marches of Wales about a certain Territory called â—owher-Land lying in those parts Roger de Mortimer the Uncle and Roger the Nephew delt with Braose for his title thereto Iohn de Moubray also who had married the Daughter of Braose sole heir to that Land accounting his to be the better right likewise putting in his Claim But whilst they were thus in contest for it Hugh le Despenser the younger the great Favorite and powerful Man of that time taking advantage of these their differences entred upon it and excluded them both Which insolent Act so alarmed the Earl of Hereford that he presently complained thereof to this Thomas Earl of Lancaster Who thereupon drawing in divers of the Nobility to his â—ide came to Shirebuâ—ne Whence with Banners displayed he marched to S. Albans preâ—ending to reform what was amiss in the Government Where staying for three days he sent the Bishops of Ely Hereford and Chichâ—ster to the King then at London requiring that he would banish the Spensers as persons highly censured by the people for divers great misdemeanors as also to afford Letters of Indempnity to himself and all others who were parties in that Insurrection Which being denied they forthwith marched to London and there appeared so formidable that by the advice of the Queen and those Bishops the King at length assented insomuch as the Edict for their banishment was forthwith published by the Earl of Hereford in Westminster-Hall But not long after the Tide turned the other way for the next ensuing year viz. 15 Edw. 2. the King raising a powerful Army divers of this Earls Confederates fell off by reason of some displeasure which he had taken against the Lord Badlesmere and submitted Whereupon those who stood firm marched with him first to Glocester and thence to Burton upon Trent and so to his Castle at Tuâ—bury about four miles distant doing much spoil to the Countrey in their passage In which journey having with him a certain Knight called Sir Robert de Holland whom he had taken out of his Buttery and preferred to two thousand marks per annum he sent him into Lancashire to bring up Five hundred men out of those parts but instead of bringing them to him he conducted them to the King The King therefore having notice of their motion pursued them with all his power first marching down to Coventry and thence to Leichfield to which place on the morrow after S. Chads day the two Spensers came to him with all their strength which so startled this Earl That upon the sixth Ides of March he placed Foot on each side the Bridge at Burton to hinder the Kings passage over Trent By reason whereof he was constrained to ford the River at Walton about three miles above which being made known to this Earl he drew out his Men from Cutbury Castle expecting aid from the before specified Sir Robert de Holland and others who had promised their help And when he saw they failed him fled Northwards Whereupon the King coming to â—uâ—bury sealed a Commission bearing date there 11 Martii to Edmund Earl of Kent and Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey requiring them forthwith to pursue and arrest him and all his party As also to
the name of King Edward the Third girded him with the Sword of Knighthood having likewise the tuition of him in regard of his tender years so soon as he was crowned After which in the Parliament begun at Westminster 7 Martii in the first of His Reign he obtained an Act for Reversing the Attainder of Thomas Earl of Lancaster his Brother and thereupon repossessed all those Lands and Lordships which had been seised by reason thereof viz. the Earldoms of Lancaster and Leicester and divers Lands whereof Edmund his Father and Thomas his Brother were formerly possessed About this time being by Inquisition found Heir to his said Brother the King taking his homage commanded his Escheator North of Trent that he should not meddle with the Castles of Sandale and Coningsburgh or any of the Mannors of Wakefield Thorne Soureby Hatfield and Stainford whereunto Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey laid Claim those being by consent of both parties to remain in the Kings hands to be delivered to this Henry In the same year viz. 1 Edw. 3. he was made Captain-General of all the Kings Forces in the Marches of Scotland Howbeit after this viz. in the xv me of S. Michael there being another Parliament held at Salisbury this Earl with some others declining to come thither the King took high offence against him being made to believe that he had a purpose to destroy him and thereupon raising a great power marched to Bedford where he then lay But the Earl Marshal and Earl of Kent reconciled that business In 2 Edw. 3. he obtained License for a Market every week upon the Wednesday at his Mannor of Melburne in Com. Derb. And in 3 Edw. 3. attended the King in his expedition then made into France In 4 Edw. 3. he procured a Confirmation from the King to himself and the heirs of his Body of all the Castles Mannors and Lands of Robert de Ferrers Likewise of the whole Honor of Leicester and all the Lands of Simon de Montfort sometime Earl of Leicester as also a Grant of all the Lands and Fees of Iohn de Middleton in the Newlands and Wordham in Com. Northumbr And in this fourth year of that King began the Foundation of the Hospital of our Lady near his Castle at Leicester But in An 1345. 19 Edw. 3. he departed this life and was buried at Leicester the King and Queen with almost all the Bishops Earls and Barons of the Realm being at his Funeral where a fair Tomb on the North side of the High Altar in the Collegiate Church of our Lady there called the New Warke was afterwards erected but without a Crownet on his Head Leaving issue by the before specified Maud his Wife Henry his Son and Heir and six Daughters viz Maud married to William de Burgh Earl of Ulster and afterwards to Ralph Son and Heir to the Earl of Suffolk Blanch to the Lord Wake Eleanor to Richard Earl of Arundel having the Popes Dispensation for the same in regard of their affinity and likewise because in his tender years he had contracted Matrimony with Isabel the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser his Kinswoman in the second degree of conâ—anguinity Isabel Prioress of Amoresbury Iane wedded to the Lord Moubray and Mary to the Lord Percyâ— Which Maâ—d Founded a Chantry of five Priests within the Chappel of the Annumiation of the Blessed Virgin within the Church of the Priory of Campesse in Com. Suff. for the health of the Souls of William de Burgh sometime Earl of Ulister Elizabeth de Burgh and Maâ—d de Vfford her own Daughters Also for the good estate of her self and of Sir Iohn de Vfford and Sir Thomas de Hereford Knights during their lives and for the health of their Souls afterwards Which Chantry she endowed with certain Lands in Asshe juxta Rendlesham and with the Advowsons of the Churches of Burgh in Com. Suff. and Hargham in Com. Norf. ¶ I come lastly to Henry Son and Heir to the before specified Henry In 7 Edw. 3. this Henry obtained a Grant from Henry his Father bearing date at Kensâ—worth 28 Decemb. of the Castle and Town of Ridwelsy with the whole Territory of Carnwarthlan as also of the Castles of Oggemor Grossemunt and Skenefrith and Mannor of Ebboth And in 9 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Scotland At which time he gave such testimony of his valor and Military skill that upon the seventh of April the year next ensuing he was made Captain-General of the Kings Army in that Realm and in May following had the title of Banneret In 11 E. 3. 12 Martii he obtained an Assignation of five hundred seven pounds ten shillings for his own Wages and the Wages of his Men at Arms which he retained for the Wars of Scotland from the first of May the preceding year until the sixteenth of November And the same year upon the sixteenth of March was advanced to the dignity and title of Earl of Derby having besides the Annual Fee of twenty pounds per annum usually given in lieu of the Tertium Denarium de placitis Comitatus which the old Earls antiently had a Pension of a thousand marks to be received yearly during his Fathers life out of the Customs of London Boston and Kingston super Hull until the King should otherwise provide for him in Lands or Rents of that value Shortly after this King Edward designing to clear the Isle of Cagant of a Garison which the French had placed there sent over this Earl with considerable Forces Where upon the first encounter of the French and Flemings he was felled to the Ground But by the valor of the famous Sir Walter Manney brought off safe who thereupon cried Lancaster for the Earl of Derby In 12 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Flanders the King himself being at that time there And in 13 Edw. 3. attended him to Uironfosse in France having a special Command in his Army there drawn up for Battle against the French In 14 Edw. 3. he was again with the King in that great Naval fight with the French before Sluse And after that continuing in Flanders had an Assignation of ten Ships to transport his Horse from the Port of Orwell thither And upon the Truce made the same year betwixt King Edward and the French he was one of the Commissioners who on the part of the English upon the nineteenth of Ianuary in the Priory of Saint Mary Magdalen at Maletrete made Oath for the observing thereof In 15 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland and being the Kings Lieutenant for the North parts of England and General of his Army against the Scots had a
was bound to the Saddle Whereupon he dismounted and got up again and ran a second Course but in the third he threw this Lord Welles out of his Saddle to the ground and dismounting again embrac'd him that the People might understand he had no hatred towards him and with great humanity visited him afterwards every day till he recovered his health This is all that I have to say of him other than that having been summon'd to Parliament from 50 Edw. 3. till 8 Hen. 5. inclusive he departed this life on Tuesday next ensuing the feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle in 9 H. 5. being then seised of the Mannour of Hellow with its appurtenances in Swaby Walmesger and â—laythorâ— of the Mannor of Abye with its Appurtenances in Scrubby of the third part of the Mannour of Skendelby of the Mannor of Welles with its Appurtenances in Hoggesthorpe Ingolmells â—iaâ—by Alford Touthby Bellesby Aâ—sthorp and Oveby of the Mannour of Coningsholme with its Appurtenances in Somercotes Gerinthorpe Utterby and little Grimesby and of the Mannors of Graâ—nesby Witherne Cumbeâ—worth Sutton Tristhorpe Brunthorpe and Luthnay all in Com. Linc. Likewise of the Mannor of Faxton in Com. North. Elington in Com. Northumb. as also of Park-Hall Hemnales and Madles in Com. Essex Leaving Leo de Welles his Grandson and Heir viz. Son of Eudo his eldest Son who died in his life-time and Maud his Wife daughter of Raphe Lord Greystoke Fifteen years of age Margerie his Wife surviving who thereupon had the King's Precept for an Assignation of her Dowrie Which Leo was Knighted by the Duke of Bedford upon Whitsunday at Leicester 4 H. 6. the King himself then receiving that Honour And in 6 Hen. 6. making proof of his Age had Livery of his Lands his Homage being respited In 8 Hen. 6. this Leo being retein'd to serve the King in his Wars of France for the space of one whole year with Four and twenty Men at Armes and Seventy two Archers took Shipping with the King at Dovor upon the 27th of April and landed the same day at Calaâ—s In 14 Hen. 6 he was again retain'd in like sort to serve with Eight Men at Armes and Forty eight Archers And in 16 Hen. 6. constituted Lieutenant of Ireland for the space of seven yeares being thereupon admitted as one of the King 's Domestick servants for that whole terme In 17 Hen. 6. he obtain'd License for a Market every Tuesday at his Mannor of Alford in Lindsey in Com. Linc. and two Faires yearly one on the Monday Tuesday and Wednesday in Whitson-week the other on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Apostles Simon and Iude. In 25 Hen. â— he had License to Marry to his second Wife Margaret the Widow of Iohn Beaufort Duke of Somerâ—er Sister and Heir to Sir Iohn Beauchamp of Bletso Knight and in 30 Hen. 6. his principal Mansions being then at Hellow in Com. Linc. and 〈…〉 in Com. North. was in the retinue of Edmund Duke of Somerset Captain of Calais for the defence of that place and the Territories in Picardy adjacent And having been â—ummon to Parliament from 10 Hen. 6. to 38 Hen. 6. inclusive in consideration of his faithful services obtain'd from the King the same 38th year a Grant of Forty pounds per annum during his life out of the Mannor of North-weld in Com Essex then in the Crown by the forfeiture of Nevill Earl of Salisbury but firmly adhering to the Lancastrian interest lost his life at Towton Field upon Palm-Sunday 1 Edw. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Faxton in Com. North. Also of the Mannors of Park-Hall alias Gaynesparke Hemnales and Madleys in Theydon-Gernon and of the Hundred of Ongre in Com. Essex Likewise of the Mannors of Wyburton Manby juxta Geymolby Welles Bradley Graynesby Coningsholme Hellowe and a third part of the Mannor of Skendelby in Com. Linc. leaving issue by Ioane his first Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Robert Waterton Knight Sir Richard Welles Knight his next heir at that time Thirty years of age and upwards and four Daughters viz. Alianore the Wife of Thomas Lord Hoo and Hastings Margaret of Sir Thomas Dimâ—ck Knight Cecelie of Sir Robert Willoughby Knight second son to ... Lord Willoughby and Catherine of Sir Thomas de la Laund Knight And was Attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster the 4 th of November the same year Which Sir Richard in 4. Edw. 4. having the Title also of Lord Willougâ—by by the Marriage of Ioane Daughter and Heir to Robert Lord 〈◊〉 through the King 's special favour obtain'd a Grant of all the Goods Chattels and Movables whereof his Father died seized and the next ensuing year had restitution of the Mannors of Welles Granesby Bradley Aby Skendelby Wytherne Conygesholme and Hellowe with the Advousons of the Churches of Anderby Nether-Tynton and Austhorpe in Com. Linc. Likewise of the Lordship of Elyngton in Com. Northumb. which came to the Crown by the Attainder of his said Father As also a Grant in Fee of the Mannors of Wiberton Manby juxta Grymolby in Com. Linc. and Faxton in Com. North. which Margaret Dutchess of Somerset held for life and whereof the reversion by force of the before-specifyed Attainder belong'd to the King But in 9 Edw. 4. Richard Nevill the stout Earl of Warwick raising an Army in Lincolnshire on the behalf of the Lancastrians whereof he made Sir Robert Welles a stout and valiant Commander Son and Heir to this Richard Lord Welles General the said Sir Robert therewith drove Sir Thomas Burgh a Knight of the King's House out of that Country pull'd down his Dwelling-place took all his Goods and Cattel and with Thirty thousand of the Commons cryed King Henry Of which Insurrection when King Edward heard tidings he sent presently for this Richard his Father who endeavoured to avoid the journey under pretence of Infirmity But seeing that would not do he went taking with him Sir Thomas Dimock Knight who had Married 〈◊〉 Sister But having intelligence that the King was much incensed against him fled to Sanctuary at Westminster there purposing to remain till the King's wrath was asswaged The King therefore hoping to suppress this Tumultuous Rising without blowes sent for him out of Sanctuary upon promise of safety and required him to command his Son to lay down Armes yet in the mean time Marcht towards Lincolnshire with what Forces he had in readiness taking with him this Richard Lord Welles and Sir Thomas Dimock And when he came within two dayes journey of Stamford where his Adversaries where and understood that Sir Robert Wells did not obey the Commands of his Father which he had receiv'd by Letters he grew so much enraged that
E. 3. in that great Fight at Sea near Sluse in Flanders In 16 E. 3. upon that notable Expedition made into France he brought in Twenty Men at Arms and Twenty Archers and was then left at the Siege of Nantes in Britanny In 17 E. 3. he was charg'd with Ten Men at Arms and Twenty Archers to send into those parts And in 20 E. 3. was in the Van of Prince Edward's Army at that famous Battle of Cresâ— where the English atchiev'd Immortal Honor. This Iohn Marryed Ioane Daughter of Robert Sister and Heir to Thomas Lord Grelle whose chief Seat was at Manchester in Com. Lanc. and having been summon'd to Parliament from 1 E. 2. till 16 E. 3. inclusive departed this life in 21 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Mancestre and Kenerdeleyh in Com. Linc. jointly with the said Ioane his Wife by vertue of the Fâ—ofment of Thomas de Grelle Brother of her the said Ioane whose Heir she was Also of the Mannors of UUakerle in Com. Northamp and Burstall in Com. 〈◊〉 of her Inheritance Likewise of the Mannor of UUodheved in Com. Rotel as also of Swynesheved and Sixhill in Com. Linc. for Life with remainder to Roger la Warr his Grandson and â—lizabeth his Wife Also of the Mannor of Bloxham in Com. Linc. with Middleton Fokynton and Potesham in Com. Suss. leaving Roger his Grandson viz. Son of Iohn his eldest Son who died in his life time by Margaret the Daughter of Robert de 〈◊〉 his next Heir Eighteen years of age Which Roger in 23 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of all those Lands as the said Margaret his Mother held in Dower and in 30 E. 3. was with Prince Edward in that great Battle of 〈◊〉 where the English obtained a glorious Victory In 33 E. 3. he was also with the King in those his Wars against the French So likewise in 34 E. 3. In which 〈◊〉 year he was taken Prisoner by Monsieur 〈…〉 And in 38 E. 3. was again in those Wars being then in the Retinue of Prince 〈◊〉 Again in 40 E. 3. and 42 E. 3. in which year he was sent with the Earls of 〈◊〉 and UUarwick to â—alais with five hundred Men at Arms and five hundred Archers And having been summon'd to Parliament in 36 and 37 E. 3. by his Testament bearing date at his Mannor of Wakerle in Com. North. 28 Apr. 42 E. 3. bequeath'd his Body to be Buryed in the Abby of Swyneshed in Com. Linc. without Pomp appointing that on his Funeral day Twenty four Torches should be placed about it and Two Tapers the one at his Head and the other at his Feet As also That his best Horse should be his Principal or Mortuarie without any Armour or Man Armed according to the Custom of mean people He likewise bequeathed one Hundred pounds Sterling to be distributed amongst poor people not by Penny-Dole but that every Person should have half a Mark whom his Executors should think fit Moreover that all the Debts of Iohn Lord la Warre his Grandfather and the Lady Ioane his Wife and likewise the Debts of the Lady Margaret his Mother should be duly paid To Alianore his Wife he gave all the Vestments Books and other necessaries belonging to his Chapel wiling That his Debts and Legacies first paid the remainder of his Goods should be divided into Three parts the one part to be disposed of for the health of his Soul the second part to Alianore his Wife and the third to Thomas Edward and Iohn his Sons constituting his two Sons Iohn and Thomas his Executors And departed this Life 27 Aug. 44 E. 3. being then Seiz'd of the Mannor of Alyngton in Com. Wilts of two parts of the Mannor of Borstalâ—e and Mannour of Herdeby in Com. Leic. of the Mannor of Wodeheved in Com. Rotel Brustlington in Com. Somers Mancestre and â—enerdelege in Com. Lanc. Albrighton in Com. Salop. Ewyas-Harold in Com. Heref. Wakerle in Com. North. Midleton Isefeld Poterslade and Fokinton in Com. Suss. and Swyneshed and Bloxham in Com. Linc. leaving Sir Iohn la Warre Knight his Son and Heir Twenty five years of Age. This last mention'd Roger had a Brother called Iohn who in 29 E. 3. being a Knight was in the Wars of Britanny and of the Retinue with Thomas Holland So likewise in 32 E. 3. but died in 34 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Bokampton in Com. Berks. held by Sergeantie in keeping the Kings Dogs called Hariers when he should come into those parts leaving this last mention'd Roger la Warre his Brother of full Age who doing his Homage had Livery thereof I now return to Iohn Son and Heir to the said Roger. In 43 E. 3. his Father then living he was with Prince Edward in his Wars of Gascoigne and continuing there upon his Fathers Death which hapn'd the next ensuing year had Livery r of his Lands his Homage being respited by reason he was then in that Service In 46 E. 3. he was also in another Expedition design'd for France the King and Prince with three Thousand Men at Arms and ten Thousand Archers then taking Shipping at South-hampton for the Relief of Thouars besieged by the French but after Nine weeks tossing at Sea crost with contrary Winds they return'd This Iohn had Summons to Parliament from 44 Edw. 3. till 21 Rich. 2. and residing then at UUakerie obtain'd a special Dispensation to be exempt from coming to any future Parliaments or to attend the King in his Wars or otherwise against his own good will Shortly after which he departed this life viz. 27 Iulii 22 Rich. 2. being then seised of the moyetie of the Mannor of Fiernham in Com. South of the Mannors of UUike Warre in Com. Glouc. Brâ—steiyngton in Com. Somers Mancestre and Kenerdelegh in com Lanc. and Mullesworth in Com. Hunt and the Advouson of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew in Bristol of the Mannors of Alyngton and Durington in Com. Wilts Of the Mannors of Isfelde Fokynton and Porteslade in Com. Suss. Grafton juxta Geydington Thynden Shipton Cheriton Isham Northrofts and UUakerle in Com. North. Swynesheved Grymesthorpe Suthorpe Eylesthorpe Heynton and of a certain Mannor in Gosberkirke called Dokyldyke in Com. Linc. leaving no issue of his body Thomas la Warre his Brother being his heir and at that time Forty years of age who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Which Thomas called Magister Thomas de la Warre having been Rector of the Church at Mancestre obtained License of the King in 9 Hen. 5. for making that Parish-Church Collegiate to consist of a Warden and a certain number of Priests to celebrate Divine Service continually for the good estate of King Henry the Fifth and of
suppose that his first access hither might be by the means of Queen Alianore the first VVife to King Edward the First for Isabell his sister Wife to Iohn Lord Vesci of Alnwick in 8 Edw. 1. is called Kinswoman to that Queen as I shall farther shew when I come to speak of her In 1 Edw. 2. this Henry being stiled Consanguineus Regis in consideration of his eminent services to King Edw. the First and expectance of the like by that King obtain'd a Grant in Fee of the Mannors of Folkyngham â—denham and Barton upon Humber in Com. Linc. and of all the Knights-Fees belonging to Gilbert de Gant which Lora De Gant his Widow held in Dower And in 2 Edw. 2. was joyn'd in Commission with Robert de Vmfranvill Earl of Angos and some others for guarding those parts of Scotland which lye betwixt Baâ—wick upon Twede and the River of Forthe as also of the Marches of Anandale Carrik and Galwey And in 3 E. 2. had a Grant of the Temporalties of the Abby of Bardney in Com. Linc. then in the King's hands to hold during pleasure In which year being made Constable of Roxborough-Castle in Scotland he was sent with Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Robert de Clifford to guard the Marches And in 4 Edw. 2. obtain'd a Grant from the King in Fee of the Mannor of Hekinton in Com Line with Forty pounds and Twenty pence yearly Rent in Barâ—on which Iulian de Gant held for life In this year also upon the death of Alexander Bishop of Lincolne the custody of the Castle at Somerâ—on in that County was bestowed on him for liâ—e he being at that time Constable of the Castle of Dumftez The same year likewise he had a Grant of the Isle of Man to hold for life by the services which the Lords thereof had usually performed to the Kings of Scotland About this time he took to Wife Alice one of the Cosins and heires to Iohn Earl of Boghan Constable of Scotland and in 6 Edw. 2. doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance In 7 Edw. 2. he obtained a Grant in Fee of the Mannors of Cornhull harrewe and little Grenestede with the Advowson of the Church of Grenefourd in Com. Midd. and was constituted one of the Commissioners unto whom the Seneschall of Gascoigne had command to attend by reason of certain Transactions in the Parliament of Paris at that time agitated Before the end of which year being again imployed into Scotland he was at the Siege of Strivelyn and in that fatal Battel of Bannoksburne where the English Army suffered great loss In 10 Edw. 2. he was the Kings Lieutenant for all that part of the North betwixt the Rivers of Tine and Tese At which time accompanying two Cardinals then sent from Rome partly with purpose to reconcile the King to the Earl of Lancaster and partly to Inthronize Lewes de Beaumont his Brother in the Bishoprick of Durham he was set upon near Derlington by divers stout Robbers whereof Gilbert de Middleton was the chief in revenge of his Kinsman Edmund de Swinburne whom the King had caused to be Arrested for his clamor against the Marches and despoiled of all his Treasure Horses and whatsoever else was of value as were also those Cardinals and the Bishop and not only so but carried to the Castle of Mitford as his Brother the Bishop was to Morpeth there to be secured until they had ransomed themselves In which year he had a special Commission to receive all such of the Scotish Nation to favour as would submit to the Kings obedience And in 11 Edw. 2. in consideration of his services done and to be done was constituted Governor of the Castle at Nountaundre in Gascoine Moreover in 13 Edw. 2. in farther remuneration of his services he obtained a Grant to himself and Alice his Wife and the heirs of her body lawfully to be begotten by the consent of all the Prelates and Peeres then assembled in Parliament at York of the Mannors of Thoreswey Styveton and Lyndewode in Com. Linc. with the Advowson of the Church of Kaylesthorpe in that County as also of the Kings free Court within the City of Lincolne part of the possessions of Stephen de Bayeux which Isabell de Vesci his sister held for life Furthermore in 14 Edw. 2. he procured License to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Whytwyck in Com Leic. And in 15 Edw. 2. was joyned in Commission with Andrew de Harcla Earl of Carlisle for restraining the Incursions of the Scots for which People he had so little kindness that in 16 Edw. 2. though he was a Baron of this Realm and sworn both of the Great and Privy-Council as the Record expresseth being required to yield his advice concerning a Truce with them he unreverently answered That he would give none therein Whereat the King being much moved and commanding him to depart the Council he went out and said He had rather be gone than stay Which expression gave such distast that by the consent of all the Lords there be was committed to prison Whereupon Henry de Perci and Raph de Nevill became his Sureties Body for Body that he should appear upon Summons But this Heat lasted not long for in 18 E. 2. he was constituted one of the Embassadors to treat of Peace with Charles King of France And in 20 Edw. 2. in consideration of a thousand pounds obtained a Grant of the Wardship of David the son and heir to David de Strabolgi Earl of Athol deceased But at this time the defection of the Nobles in adhering to the Prince and Queen Isabell against the King increasing as a partaker with them he was laid hold on and sent Prisoner first to Warwick-Castle and afterward to that at Walingford Whereupon the Scene shortly after changing through the prevalencie of the great Lords one of the Articles against Hugh le Despenser the younger in the Parliament held that year was his causing this Henry de Beaumont to be thus imprison'd Being therefore thus obsequious to the Queen and Prince he attended her to the Earl of Haynault upon her going out of England And after her returne when the King being deserted attempted to go beyond-Sea but was driven back by contrary windes and brought to this Henry he delivered him as Prisoner to the Queen who soon after sent him to Berkley-Castle Whereupon for remuneration of these his services he obtain'd a Grant of the Mannor of Loughborough in general taile part of the possession of Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester then attainted In 4. Edw. 3. the English Nobles who were disherited of their Lands in Scotland Petitioning King Edward as superior Lord of that Realme that they might be restored
the Scotish Wars being then of the Retinue with Hugh Despenser So likewise in 4 E. 2. and in 8 E. 2. And had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 2 E. 2. till 16 E. 2. inclusive but never aster To whom succeeded Theobald de Gorges who in 36 E. 3. obtained the Kings License for a Market every week upon the Thursday at Wrokeshale in Com. Somers And for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Feast of All Saints and five days next ensuing But never having Summons to Parliament nor any of his Descendents I shall here put a Period to any farther discourse of them Everingham 2 Edw. 2. IN 14 H. 3. Robert de Everingham having Married Isabell the Sister and Heir of Thomas de Birkin of whom I have formerly spoke gave a Fine to the King of two hundred Marks for livery of her Lands and likewise for Livery of the Bailywick of the Forest of Shirewooe in Com. Nott. that being also of her Inheritance This Robert held five Knights fees and an half in Com. Nott. besides one fee in Lexinton then in Demesn and in 26 H. 3. gave a Fine of fifty Marks to be exempted from going into Gascoine upon that Expedition then made thither After which in 30 H. 3. he departed this life Isabell his Wife surviving who doing her Homage had Livery of all the Lands of her Inheritance and died in 36 H. 3. then seised of the Mannor of Lexinton c. leaving Adam de Everingham her Son and Heir As also two other Sons Iohn to whom she gave the Mannor of Birkyn and Robert a Clergy Man Rector of the Church of Birkyn Which Adam doing his Homage and giving security to pay fifty pounds for his Relief had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance as also of the whole Bayliwick of Shirewode-Forest excepting the Hays of Beskewode Willeg Lindeby Bilaye Birkeland and Cliptston-Parke for which Bayliwick there had been formerly a Release of twelve Knights fees and an half to the Ancestors of the before-specified Isabell by the Kings Progenitors In 42 H. 3. this Adam was in that Expedition then made into Wales but in 49 H. 3. taking part with Montfort Earl of Leicester and the other rebellious Barons of that age he was in the Battle of Evesham against the King and departed this life in 9 E. 1. being at that time seised of the Moiety of the Barony of Schelford in Com. Nott. unto which Moiety twelve K t s fees and an half in several Counties did belong whereof ten were for the Bayliwick of the Forest of Shirewode He likewise died seised of the Mannors of Everingham and Farburne in Com. Ebor. as also of the Mannors of Westbury in Com. Linc. and North-Leverton in Com. Nott. leaving Robert his Son and Heir twenty four years of age Which Robert in 9. E. 1. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 11. E. 1. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Langthwait in Com. Ebor. And having Married Lucia the Daughter and Heir of Robert de Thwenge Widdow of Sir William Latimer Knight died in 15 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannors of Gedlyng and Lexinton in Com. Nott. Westburgh in Com. Linc. Farneburne Everyngham Kyblingcotes and Schireburne in Hartforth Lythe in Com. Ebor. leaving Adam his Brother and Heir seven years of age Which Adam in 31 E. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland and in 34 E. 1. being made a Knight with Prince Edward and many others by Bathing and divers Sacred Ceremonies attended him in that Expedition then made into Scotland After which in 2 E. 2. he had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm and so till 9 E. 2. inclusive And in 4 E. 2. was in the Scotish Wars So likewise in 7 E. 2. and 8 E. 2. as also in 10 E. 2. residing then at Lexinton in Com. Nott But being shortly after one of the Partakers with Thomas Earl of Lancaster and those of the Nobility who in 15 E. 2. were in Arms under colour of Reforming the Abuses in Government when the rest were taken at Burrow-brigg he rendred himself and gave a Fine to the King of four hundred Marks to save his life After which in 1. E. 3. upon the payment of two hundred and fifty Marks thereof then in arrear he had Livery of his Lands which had been seised for that transgression And in 11 E 3. entailed the Mannor of Lexinton upon the Heirs Male of Adam his eldest Son and so successively for want of Issue upon Robert Edmund Alexander and Nicholas his own younger Sons and died in 15 E. 3. being then seised of the said Mannor of Lexinton vulgarly Laxton and North Leverton in Com. Nott. Schireburne in Hartford Lythe and Everyngham in Com. Ebor. Which Mannor of Everyngham he held of the Archbishop of Yorke by the service of performing the Office of Butler in his House upon the day of his Inthronization leaving Adam his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Adam thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands And in 16 E. 3. residing at Lexinton was in the Wars of France So likewise in 18 E. 3. 19 E. 3. and 20 E. 3. the Battle of 〈◊〉 being fought that year In 21 E. 3. he was again in those Wars and in 22 E. 3. in another Expedition then made into France being in the Retinue with Henry Earl of Lancaster So likewise in 29. and 33 E. 3. And in 43 E. 3. obtained a Charter for a Market every week at his Mannor of Riâ—k-Brunne upon the Woulds in Com. Ebor. And two Fairs yearly one on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Peter in Cathedrâ— the other on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr This Adam was summoned to Parliament in 44 E. 3. in which year he died as it seems For to him then succeeded Robert his Grandson and Heir viz. Son of William Which William having Married Alice the Daughter to Iohn Lord Grey of Codnovre died the Morrow after the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady in 43 E. 3. his Father being then alive leaveing the before-specified Robert his Son and Heir Which Robert departed this life upon the Feast-day of St Iohn the Evangelist 44 E. 3. leaving Ioane and Catherine his Sisters and Heirs Ioane at that time being eight years of age and Catherine five Which Ioane afterwards became the Wife of Sir William Elys Knight and Catherine of Iohn the Son of Thomas Elton Esquire But this last mentioned
Demesn-lands of Dalburye and Dalbury-lies in Com. Derb. and in 10 Edw. â— was again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 12 Edw. 2. In which year he obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Bagworth in Com. Leic. And had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realme from 8 Edw. 2. until 14 Edw. 2. inclusive But in 15 Edw. 2. upon that Insurrection made by Thomas Earl of Lancaster having promised to bring all the power he could raise to his assistance â—nd failing him that Earl being then at his Castle of â—utbury in Com. Staff fled Northwards and was taken at Burrough-brigg in Com. Ebor as I have elsewhere more fully shewed Of which tidings when this Robert had advertisement he rendered himself to the King at Derbâ— and was sent Prisoner to Dovor-Castle Whereupon he incurred such hatred from the People for dealing thus unfaithfully with his Lord who out of his great affection had raised him from nothing as that in An. 1328. 2 Edw. 3. being taken in a Wood near Henâ—ey Park towards Windsore he was beheaded on the Nones of October and his head sent to Henry Earl of Lancaster then at Waltham Cross in Com. Essex by one Sir Thomas Wyther a Knight and some other private friends This Robert was a great Benefactor to the Gray-Friers at Preston in Com. Lanc. and founded the Priorie of Black Monkes at Holand in the same County He had issue by the said Maud his Wife three sons viz. Robert sixteen yeares of age at his Fathers death Thomas who became a great Man of whom I shall speak at large 〈◊〉 Alan who had the Mannors of Dalbury and Weeksworth in â—om Derb. and Otho Which Othâ— being a person not a little famous for his valour was elected into the Society of the most noble Order of the Garter by King Edward the Third at the time of its Foundation 24 Edw. 3. But soon after having the Earl of Ewe a prisoner of War committed to his trust and taking him to Calais where he permitted him to go at liberty Arm'd he was question'd for the same in the presence of the Lord Chancellor with divers other Nobles and Justices of the King's Bench. Where acknowledging the Fact and submittinghimself he was committed to the Marshalsey But after this viz. in 29 Edw. 3. he accompanied his Brother Thomas into Britanny and having been taken Prisoner e near Graunsours in France died in those parts about the Festival of the blessed Virgin 's Nativity 33 Edw. 3. being then seized in Fee of the Mannors of Yoxhale in Com. Staff Kerseye in Com. Suff. Taleworth in Com. Surr. As also of the Mannors of Chesterfeld and Ashfourd in Com. Derb. for life leaving Sir Robert de Holand Knight his elder brother his next heir Forty years of age Which Sir Robert in 9 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of all those Lands whereof his Father died seised in 2 Edw. 3. And in 16 Edw. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France So likewise in 19 20 E. 3. And in 22 E. 3. being then of the Retinue with Thomas de Beuchamp Earl of Warwick So likewise in 29 Edw. 3. being of the retinue with Thomas de Holand his Brother This Robert having been summon'd to Parliament from 16 Edw. 3. until 46 of that King's Reign died 16 Martii 47 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Braâ—â—e Hals Kings-Sutton Thorpe Watervile Achirche Aldwincle and Chelvaston in Com. North. Yokeshale in Com. Staff 〈◊〉 in Com. Derb. Bageworth and the third part of the Mannor of Shepeshed in Com. Leic. Holand Hale Drâ—l Samlesoucy Dalton of the Moietie of the Mannors of Haidok Goldeburne and Bright the sixth part of the Mannor of Harewode and fourth part of the Mannor of Over Derwend in Com. Lanc. leaving issue one sole daughter and heir called Maud Married to Sir Iohn Lovel Knight seventeen yeares of age Which Sir Iohn Lovel thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance I now come to Thomas Holand younger brother to this last mention'd Robert In 14 Edw. 3. this Thomas was in that Expedition then made into Flanders So likewise in 15 Edw. 3. And in 16 Edw. 3. was sent with Sir I. d'Arvel to â—ayon with Two hundred Men at Armes and Four hundred Archers to defend the Frontiers In 17 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of France and in 19 Edw. 3. obtain'd a Grant from the King of Forty pounds per annum payable out of the Ferme of the Priory of Hayling during the Wars with France until provision of Lands of that value should be made for him In 20 Edw. 3. being at the Siege and taking of Caen in Normandy where the Earl of Ewe then Constable of France â—elivered up himself and those under his command as Prisoners he had soon after a Chief Command in the Van of Prince Edward's Army in that famous Battel of Cressâ— which hapned before the end of that year And in 21 Edw. 3. in consideration of Four thousand Florens sold his said Prisoner the Earl of Ewe unto King Edward In that year being again in France he was at the Siege of Calais And having an high esteem for his â—ignal valor and Military skill in 24 E. 3. was elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter at that time Founded by the renowned Edward the Third then King of England It is said by some that this Thomas being Steward of the Houshold to William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury Married his Mistress viz. Ioane Wife to that Earl daughter of Edmund and sister and heir to Iohn Earl of Kent But herein there is a mistake for by his Petition to Pope Clement the Sixth representing that the said Earl of Salisbury had a purpose to have Wedded her had not a pre-contract with her by him been formerly made and carnal knowledge ensued Also that nevertheless the same Earl taking advantage of his absence in forrein parts made a second Contract with her and unjustly withheld her His Holiness upon full hearing of the Cause gave Sentence for him whereupon he accordingly enjoy'd her the Earl of Salisbury acquiescing therein as it seemes by his after Marriage with another VVoman In 26 Edw. 3. this Thomas obtain'd a Grant of One hundred Marks per annum out of the ferme of the City of Exeteâ— for the better support of her the said Ioane his Wife during her life By whom having issue in 27 Edw. 3. and doing his Homage he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance excepting the Dowry of Elizabeth Widow to that Earl Shortly after which he obtain'd License
Anastasia Wife of Sir Edward de St. John Knight Catherine married to Sir Raphe de Evre Knight and Elizabeth first to William Playce but afterwards to Iohn Conyers of Sockburne in Com. Palat. Dunelm Esquire Which Sir Iohn St. Iohn left issue by the same Anastasta Margaret his sole daughter and heir married to Thomas Bromflet Upon Partition made betwixt which Daughters and cohâ—irs bearing date at Pickering-Lithe 22 Iulii 13 R. 2. Sir Raphe Evre and Catherine his wife had for their purpartie the Town and Lordship of Did-Maâ—ton excepting the Advouson of the Priorie there as also excepting the Knight's Fees Forrein services of Tenants the site of the Castle in commen the Fayers Toll and perquisites of Court belonging to the Burrough of New-Malton with the reversion of certain Lands and Tenements granted out for terme of life the Rents and Fermes of the Free-holders and Tenants at will in New-Malton and Broughton-Spitel with their Appurtenances which were reserved to all the coparceners in common They had likewise for their purpartie the third part of the Mannors of Aton Marston Roston and Wykham To Anastasia the Widow of Sir Edward de St. Iohn Knight were the Lordships of Brompton Saldene and Snaynton assigned with the moiety of the Mannors of Weâ—â—om and Sutton juxta Malton and the third part of the Mannors of Aton Marton Roston and Wykham And to Sir Iohn Conyers and Elizabeth his Wife the Mannors of Wintringham Dugilby Rillington Hoton Busscell Preston and Ebreston also the Moietie of the Mannors of Wellom and Sutton and the third part of the Mannors of Aton Marston Roston and Wykeham Harington 18 Edw. 2. THough this Family at first assum'd their Sur-name from â—averington in Com. Cumbr. which Lordship they did most antiently possess and held till the heir-female thereof married to the Lord Bonvile yet was their chiefest seat and residence at Aldingham in Com. Lanc. from King Edward the First 's time Which Mannor of Aldingham came to Robert de Harington by the Marriage of Agnes the sister and heir to William de Cancefeld son and heir of Richard de Cancefeld by Alice his Wife sister and heir of Michael Flameng that Family of Flameng having been formerly Lords thereof To this Robert and Agnes succeeded Iohn de Harington who in 34 E. I. amongst the rest of those stout young soldiers which were then to attend that King in his Expedition into Scotland received the honor of Knighthood with Prince Edward at the Feast of Pentecost the same year by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies and in 4 E. 2. had summons to fit himself with Horse and Armes and to be at Carlisle on the morrow after All-Soules day thence to March against the Scots In 12 E. 2. this Iohn obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands within his Lordships of Dustwyke in Com. Ebor. and Thirnam in Com. Lanc. And in 14 E. 3. had the like Charter for Free-warren at his Mannor of Wytherflak in Com. Westmorl with License to impark six hundred Acres of Wood Moore and Marish within the Precincts of his Lordship of Aldingham in Com. Lanc. In 20 E. 3. being of the retinue with William d'Eincourt he assisted him in the defence of the Marches towards Scotland and having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 18 E. 2. till 21 E. 3. died the same year leaving Iohn de Harington his Grandson viz. son of Robert by Elizabeth one of the sisters and coheirs to Iohn de Multon of Egremund his next heir being then seised of the Mannor of Wytherâ—lak in Com. Westmorl as also of the Mannors of â—hytnum and Aldyngham and Moietie of the Mannor of Uivereston in Com. Lanc. Which Iohn departed this life upon Monday next after the Feast of St. Augustine in 37 Ed 3. being then seized of the third part of the Mannors of Multon in Com. Linc. Also of the Mannors of Aldingham Thirnum and moietie of the Mannor of Ulvereston in Com. Lanc. Likewise of the Mannor of Austwyke in Com. Ebor. and of the mannors of Millum Mosearghe Havertington with its members and third part of the mannor of Cgremund in Com. Cumbr. leaving Robert his son and heir six years old who in 51 E. 3 making proof of his age and doing his homage had livery of his Lands lying in the Counties of Linc. Cumbr. and Ebor. This Robert in 1 R. 2. reâ—iding at Alding-Ham receiv'd the honor of Knighthood at the Coronation of that King being imploy'd into the parts of Calais in France the same year in his service And having been summon'd to Parliament from 1 R. 2. until 4 H. 4. departed this life upon Friday next after Ascension-day in 7 H. 4. being seised of the mannor of Austwyke in Com. Ebor. Aldingham Thyrnum and moiety of the mannor of Uâ—â—lerston in Com. Lanc. of the third part of the mannor of Egremund the third part of the Town of Morton and moiety of the Hamlet of Arleden in Com. Cumbr. And of the Inheritance of Isabel his wife daughter and coheir to Sir Nigel Loryng Knight of the Garter of the mannor of Tremwell in Com Cornub. West-Ashford Bremdon Knafton and Beaupode in Com. Devon Thurstruston Hall in Hankedone in Com. Suff. and Porlok in Com. Somerset leaving Sir Iohn Harington Knight his son and heir Twenty two years of age who thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of all those Lands Which Sir Iohn Harington was in that Expedition made into France in 3 H. 5. And in 4 H. 5. being reteyn'd by Indenture to serve the King in those Wars received Two hundred ninty five pounds in hand towards his wages upon that accompt But the next ensuing year purposing to travel into forrein parts he declared his Testament 8 Iunii An. 1417. 5 H. 5. thereby bequeathing his body to be buried wheresoever he should happen to die and gave to Elizabeth his wife the one half of all his Silver Vessels After which he lived not a year for the Probate of that Testament beares date the 27 th of April next ensuing To whom succeeded Sir William Harington Knight his brother and heir Which Sir William in 10 H. 4. was constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire and Governor of the Castle at York And in 4 H. 5. was by Indenture retein'd to serve the King in his wars of France with Thirty Men at Armes and Sixty Archers and arriv'd with him in Normandy 1 Aug. In 5 H. 5. being again in those wars of France he obtained License to found a Chantry for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service daily in a certain Chapel in the Parish of Ledes in Com. Ebor. there to pray for the good estate of himself during this life and for his Soul
created this Iohn her Uncle Earl of Cambridge And that upon his revolt to the French he devested him thereof and conferred it upon William Marquess of Iuliers sister's son to that Queen William Marquess of Iuliers Earl of Cambridge 14 Edw. 3. THis William was honoured with the title of Earl of Cambridge 7 May 14 E. 3. and obtain'd a Grant of Twenty pounds per annum payable out of the Issues and Profits of Cambridgshire for the support of that dignity but never had any summons to Parliament He Married Mary sister and heir to Edward Duke of Guelders Nephew to King E. 3. and by her had issue one sole daughter called Mary Married to Iohn son and heir to Iohn Duke of Cleve Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster 16 Edw. 3. THis Iohn the fourth son to King Edward the Third born at Ganâ— in Flanders An. 1340. 14 E. 3. had thereupon his surname from that place and upon the 20 th of September 16 E. 3. being at that time not three years old was created Earl of Richmund having therewith a Grant in tail general of all the Castles Mannors and Lands belonging to that Earldome as also all Prerogatives and Royalities which Iohn late Duke of Britanny aâ—d Richmund did enjoy and in 17 E. 3. the like Grant of the Mannor of Daneby super Wysâ—e in Com. Ebor. In 18 E. 3. he had a Charter for a Market every week at his Mannor of â—assingburne in Com. Cantabr and for a Faire every year on the Eve and Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul and six dayes following Also for a Market at 〈◊〉 burham in the same County on the Monday every week The like at Chesthunt in Com. Hertf. and at Boughes in Com. Ebor. on the Tuesday with two Faires yearly one on the Eve and Day of St. Barnabas the Apostle and two dayes following the other on the Eve and Day of St. Giles the Abbot and two dayes ensuing In 27 E. 3. he had a confirmation of that Earldome of Richmond with all the Castles Mannors and Lands thereto belonging And in 29 E. 3. attended the King his Father in that Expedition then by him made into Flanders In 31 E. 3. he had a Grant in special tail of the Castle and Lordship of Lydel in Com. Northumb. wherein Blanch the Widow of Thomas Lord Wake had an Estate for life which she then quitted with remainder to â—he Crown And in 33 E. 3. 14 Kal. Iunii by vertue of a special Dispensation from Rome took to wife Blanch one of the daughters and coheirs to Henry Duke of Lancaster his near Kinswoman the Solemnity of the Marriage being kept at Reading In 35 E. 3. he obtain'd an especial Charter for divers Priviledges to himself and the heirs of his body by her the said Blanch viz. Return of Writs Pleas of Wythernam Felons goods c. in all the Lordships and Lands whereof he was then possess'd And the same year having issue by her and doing his Homage had an assignation of her purparty in all those Lands whereof her said Father died seised viz. of the Castle and Mannor of Pontâ—ract with the Mannors of Bradford Almanbury Altofts Warnfeld Rothewell Ledes Roundehay Scoles Berewyk Kepar Alderton Knottyngley with the Mill Beghalâ— â—amsale Ouston Elmesale Akworth and Tanshelf Likewise of the Bayliwicks of Osgodâ—ros Agbriggâ— and Stayncros with the Bayliwick of the Honor of Pontfract the annâ—al Rent call'd Castel-ferme and Pleas and Perquisites of the Court. And of the Mannors of Kritelyng and Barlay Of the Castle of Pykering with the Soke as also of the Mannors of Esyngwold and Scalby all in Com. Ebor. at that time valued at One thousand one hundred fourscore and seven pounds three shillings and four pence Of the Castle and Mannor of Dunstanburgh with the Mannors of Shoplaye Stanford Burton and Emeldon as also of the Fishing of Twede in Com. Northumb. valued at Two hundred and twenty pounds fifteen shillings eight pence farthing Of the Wapentaks of Leyland Amundernesse and Londesdâ—â—â— with the Mannors of Oves-Walton Preston Shingelton Wriggeby and Wra Overton Skeâ—ton the Towns of Lancaster and Sâ—yne the Royal Bayliwick of Blackbournshire the Office of chiefâ— Forester beyond Ribbel and of the Vaccarie of Wyresdale in Com. Lanc. valued at Four hundred thirty three pound four shillings farthing Of the Mannors of Penwortham â—otyngton and Rachedale Of the Wapentak of Clyderhowe with the Demesn-lands there Of the Lordship of Bouland the Vaccarie of Bouland and Blackbournshire of the Forest of Blackbournshire and Park of Ightenhull in Blackburnshire all in the said County of Lancaster valued at Five hundred forty nine pounds and one farthing per annum Of the Mannor of Hynkley with the Bayliwike there in Com. Leic. valued at Forty seven pounds eleven shillings two pence Of the Castle and Mannor of Kenilworth the Poole and Mill there with the Mannors of Watton Shrewele Radesâ—e and Asthull in Com War valued at Seventy two pounds four shillings two pence per annum Of the Mannors of Halton Ronkore More Whitelawe Congelton Keteshale and Bedestan with the Bayliwike of Halton the Town of Wyndenes and Serjeanty of Wyndes in Com. Cestr. valued at Three hundred twelve pounds eleven shillings five pence farthing per annum As also of the Mannor of Coggeshal with the Mannors of Cridelyng Barley Kilbourne Toresholme Marchesdon Swanyngton Passenham and certain Lands in Daventre and Hinkele the Mills at Lilleburne and Mannor of Uggele in Com. Essex Moreover by virtue of the King's License he obtained a Grant from Iohn Bishop of Lincoln Richard Earl of Arundel and others to himself and her the said Blanch and the issue of their two bodies lawfully begotten of the Castle of Bolingbroke with the Park Knights-fees and Advousons of Churches thereto belonging the Town and Soke of Bolingbroke with the Mannors of Sutton Thoresby Wathe and Ingoldmels in Com. Linc. excepted Likewise of the Town Mannor and Castle of Tutbury with the Towns of Screpton Marchington Chalangwode Uttoxatre Adgareâ—â—e and Newburgh in Com. Staff Of the Hundred of Higham Ferrers with the Mannors of Raundes and Rusheden in Com. North. and of the Towns of Brasyngton Matlok and Hertyngdon in Com. Derb. And in 36 E. 3. upon the death of Maud the Widow of William Duke of Bavaria without issue which hapned on Palme-Sunday the same year had in right of her the said Blanch she being her sister and heir the Mannor and Honnor of Leicester with the Mannor of Dersford in that County the Mansion called the Savoy in Com. Midd. the Mannors of Gymingham Tunstede Methewold Thetford with the Hundreds of Gallowe and Brothercros in Com. Norff. the Mannors of Rothewell Navesby Wishton Glapthorne with the Leetes of Denford Cotherstoke and Barton in Com. Northampt. the Mannor of Southâ— with the Ferme of the Towns of Gomecestre and Huntendon the Mannors
Wars of Scotland with power to receive all such into protection both in Northumberland and the adjacent parts as should submit themselves to the Kings obedience In 15 E. 2. this Iohn had the Castle and Honor of Clare in Com. Suff. committed to his charge and in 1 E. 3. was made Seneschal of Galcoine Moreover in 4 E. 3. in consideration of his Services done and to be done he obtained a Grant of two hundred Marks Sterling to be received yearly during his life out of the Customs of Bourdeaur until such time as provision should be made for the payment thereof within this Realm And had Summons to Parliament in 6 8. and 9 E. 3. but never after De la Beche 16 Edw. 3. OF this Family whose chief Seat was at Aldeworthe in Com. Berks. Iohn is the first whereof I find any considerable mention Which Iohn in 9 E. 2. had a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Bastelden Ashampstede and Aldeworth before mentioned And in 11 E. 2. another for the like Free-Warren in his Lordships of Yatingden Everington Hamsted Woden-Hamsted and Cumpton all in the same County Moreover in 12 E. 2. he obtained Licence for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at Yatingden and for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Apostles Peter and Paul Contemporary with this Iohn likewise was Nicholas de la Beche who in the same year had a Charter for Free-Warren in his Lordships of Chetingley Walderne Erlington Claverham Wretelings old-court Meresham and â—eane in Com. Suff. And in 15 E. 2. was constituted Governor of Montgomery Castle in the Marches of Wales as also of the Castle of Plecy in Com. Essex In 9 E. 3. he was made Constable of the Tower of London and in 11 E. 3. obtained a Grant in Fee from the King of the Mannor of Whitchurch Also of two parts of the Mannors of Pidington in Com. Oxon. Which Iohn de Handlo held for life and of the third part thereof which Henry de Pembruge held for life also The like Grant in fee he had of the Mannor of Waâ—lington in Com. Oxon. and Harwell in Com. Berks. and in 12 E. 3. of the Mannors of Lekhampsted and Beaumys in that County The same year also he procured Licence to make Castles of his Houses at De la Beche Beaumps and Watlyngton In 13 E. 3. the King coming in great wrath out of Flanders by reason he had been disappointed of those Moneys on which he depended for carrying on the Siege of Tournay got to the Tower of London about Mid-night where finding no more than his own Children and three Servants this Nicholas being then Constable thereof he sent immediately to the Mayor of London and divers other of his great Officers and committed them all to several Prisons But long he remained not under his displeasure for in 15 E. 3. he was imployed in the Wars of Britanny and in 17 E 3. made Seneschal of Gascoine Moreover in 18 E. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with Alphonsus King of Castile or his Deputies touching a Marriage betwixt the eldest Son of that King and Ioane the Daughter of King Edw. 3. And having had Summons to Parliament in 16 E. 3. but not after departed this life in 20 or 21 E. 3. Whereupon Margerie his Widdow became the Wife of Sir Thomas de Arderne Knight Brother as I ghess to this Nicholas was Philip de la Beche unto whom in 9 E. 3. together with the before-specified Nicholas a Charter for Free-Warren was granted in all their Demesn-Lands at De la Beche Aldeworth Colâ—ugge Ashampstede Compton Woden-Hampsted Bastilden Yatingden and Beaumys in Com. Berks. but never had Summons to Parliament Bourchier 16 Edw. 3. IN 4 E. 3. Robert de Bourchier being possessed of the Mannor of Haisted in Com. Essex obtained the Kings Charter for a Court-Leet there as also for a Market every week upon the Tuesday and a Fair yearly upon the Eve and Day of St. Luke the Evangelist with Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands lying in that Lordship of Halstede and at Stystede Markeshale Cogeshale Messinge Ineworth Toileshunt Toliesbury Langeford Retyndon Wodeham Rewenhale Kersings Lanfare Manhale Littlebury Maledon Chesterford Assedon Wercklowe and Wyvenho And in 10 E. 3. had License to imparke his Woods at Haistede and for a Court-Leet at Langford in the same County of Essex In 11 E. 3. this Robert was in the Battle of Cagant betwixt the English and French And in 14 E. 3. being made Lord Chancellor of England obtained the Kings Letters to the Pope for License to appropriate the Churches of Hengham Sibill in the Diocese of London unto his Collegiate Church of eight Priests by him then founded in the Parish Church of Halstede In 15 E. 3. being to attend the King in his next Voyage on the Sea and to bring with him seventy Men at Arms whereof two to be Bannerets eighteen Knights twenty five Men at Arms and an hundred Archers for sixty days at the Wages of eight shillings per diem for himself and allowance for the rest as the King and his Council should assign which being computed did amount unto four hundred and one pounds ten shillings he had a special assignation of the same sum to be paid out of the profits of the Hanaper in Chancery and the same year obtained License to make a Castle of his House at Stanstede in Essex In 20 E. 3. he was in that famous Battle of Cressâ— in the same part of the Army which the Black Prince commanded on foot And the next year following was constituted one of the Embassadors to Treat of peace with the French so likewise in 23 E. 3 to Treat with them for a prolongation of the Truce And having been summoned to Parliament in 16 and 22 E. 3. departed this life the next ensuing year being seised of the Mannor of Toleâ—hunt in Com. Essex leaving Iohn his Son and Heir twenty years of age and was buried at Haulsted Which Iohn in 29 E. 3. being then a Knight was in that Expedition then made into â—ascoine and in 38 E. 3. had again imployment into those parts So also in 43 E. 3. where he continued the next ensuing year In 49 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of France Likewise in 51 E. 3. And in 2 R. 2. being sent into Britanny underwent great peril at Sea in his passage thither In 4 R. 2. he accompanied Thomas of Wodâ—oke Duke of Buckingham to Calais whence he advanced with him into the parts adjacent with his Banner displayed and in 7 R. 2. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his demesn Lands within his
of the Mannors of Sâ—â—aâ—on one Rnoll near Bristoll part of the possessions of Thomas de Gournay then attainted And in 8 E. 3. having been again in the Scotish Wars obtained License to amortize the said Mannor of Rnoll to find a Priest to celebrate Divine Service for ever in the Chapel of Bradestan for the health of his Soul and the Souls of all the Faithful deceased as also a Commission to exercise Martial Law in divers Counties In 9 E. 3. in consideration of his continued service in attending the person of the King he obtain'd a Grant in Fee of the Mannors of Dunâ—â—e and Cherueside lying in Scotland within the County of Barwick upon â—wede which came to the Crown by â—he forfeiture of Patriâ— de Dunbar late Earl of March and in 10 E. 3. procured a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands within his Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Southampt with a Market there every week and a Faire once a year In which year also by reason of his attendance upon the King out of Scotland and sudden return he was by command to make again thither he had respite given him for the payment of all such Moneys as were due from him to the Exchequer until the Quindesme of St. Hillary And in 11 E. 3. had a Grant of a Ship called Christmass taken in fight from the French by the Merchants of Bâ—stoll In 12 E. 3. he was in that great Expedition made by King Edward into Flanders So likewise in that of Scotland the same year And having been a servant in Court to the same King from his youth as also advanced to the dignity of a Banneret to the intent that he might the better support himself in that degree in 13 E. 3. he obtain'd a Grant of Five hundrd Marks per annum to be paid to him and his heirs out of the Exchequer the one half thereof at Easter and the other at Michaelmass until such time as the King should otherwise provide for him in Lands of an equivalent value In which year he was again in the wars of Flanders and in farther consideration of his many and special services obtain'd a Grant for life of the Mannor of Shaldeford in Com. Surr. Also in 14 E. 3. in lieu of those Five hundred Marks per annum given unto him as abovesaid he had another Grant in Fee of the Castle and Mannor of Thlanver with the Territory and Lordship of Buelt in South Wales which Alice de Laci Countess of Lincolne held for life as also of all the Temporaltes of the Archbishop of York in Com. Gloa In which year he was again in Flanders So likewise in 15 E. 3. being then retein'd to serve the King in his Wars beyond Sea with one Banneret five Knights ten men at Armes and twenty Archers and imploy'd as a Commissioner into Scotland with Henry of Lancaster Earl of Derby having a grant of an Hundred ninety three pounds out of the Exequer In 16 E. 3. he was in that notable Expedition then made into Britanny with Four Knights besides himself fifteen Esquires and twenty Archers on Horseback and for the wages of himself and his retinue had Twenty eight sacks of Wooll assign'd unto him In 17 E. 3. being again in the Wars of France upon the Truce then made betwixt King Edward during his stay in Britanny and Philip de Valois through the Mediation of Pope Clement he was one of the Ambassadors appointed to go to Rome there to Treat with the same Philip or his Commissioners in the presence of the Pope not as a Judge but as a Friend to each concerning certain Dominions Dignities Honors and Lands touching which there had been much contest In 19 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of France in that Expedition made for the relief of Aguyâ—on So likewise in 20 E 3 21 E. 3. and 22 E. 3. In which 22 th year in consideration of his good services he obtain'd a Grant for six Tuns of Wine during his life at the King's price to be received in the Port of 〈◊〉 yearly As also a Grant of the Mannors of Ouns and Chernâ—â—de near 〈◊〉 upon Twede and of divers Lands and Tenements in Calaâ—â— In which Garrison he continued the next ensuing year And in 25 E. 3. having been in the Wars of Gascoâ—â— he procured the King's License for amortizing of six Messuages four Acres of Land twelve Acres of Meadow twelve Acres of Wood and Heath and One hundred shillings Rent in 〈◊〉 near Bristoll for the founding a Chantry at the Altar of St. Michael in the Parish-Church of our Lady at Winterbourne for two Priests there to celebrate Divine Service daily for the good estate of himself during this life and for the health of his Soul afterwards as also for the Souls of his Ancestors and all the Faithful deceased In 26 E. 3. he was constituted one of the Commissioners for arraying of all Knights Esquires and others within the County of Glecestâ—â— for the defence of this Realme an Invasion from the French being then feared and in 33 E. 3. attended the King in his Expedition then made into France where he arrived two dayes â—â—fore the Feast of All-Saints About this time also being made Governor of the Castle of 〈◊〉 with Sixty pounds per annum for that service given to him for his life he became instrumental for the Walling of that Town And having been summon'd to Parliament from 16 E. 3. until 34 of that King's Reign inclusive departed this life upon Tuesday next ensuing the Festival of St. Bartholomew being then seised of the Mannor of the Stanlake Broughton and Bourtoâ— with the Advowsons of the Churches of Stanlake and Broughton in Com. Oxon. Of the Mannors of Somerford Maâ—duit and Whitele with the Advouson of the Church of Somerford and Chapel of Whitele in Com. Wilts of the Mannors of Muttone and â—ylmesham in Com. Wigâ—rn Of the moiety of the Mannor of Shaldeford in Com. Surr. Essex and of the Townships of Dunce Rode and Thirneside within the County of Barwick in Scotland And was likewise â—eised for life of the Castle of Glecester with a Meadow called Gastle-mede and the Tyne called Gastle-â—oule by the King's Grant as also joyntly with Agnes his Wife and to the heires-males of their two bodies of the Mannor of Winterbourne in Com. Gloc. with the Advouson of the Church leaving Thomas his Grandson son of Robert his son and heir who died in his life-time his next heir eight years of age and Agnes his wife surviving Of which Robert I find that being taken prisoner in 19 E. 3. by the Citizens of Pisa in his journey to the Holy Land the King caused all the Merchants of
Free-warren at Cukewald and Everle in Com. Ebor. as also for a Market upon the Wednesday every week at Cukewald and for a Faire there yearly on the Eve and Day of our Ladies Assumption And in 33 E. 3. was in the Wars of Gascoine In 34 E. 3. making surrender of those Letters Patents and Indenture of Reteiner made in 21 23 E. 3. he had a grant of Two hundred pounds per annum payable every year out of the Exchequer with Robes out of the King 's great Wardrobe And in 37 E. 3. had another Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Chorkeby juxta Threske and â—illom in Com. Ebor. He had also summons to Parliament from 18 to 38 E. 3. inclusive and died in 39 E. 3. leaving Thomas his son and heir at that time a Knight and of full age who had thereupon Livery of his Lands Which Thomas being also a Military-man in 40 E. 3. Marcht into Scotland and in 51 E. 3. was made Constable and Chamberlain of Loghmaban-Castle in that Realme In 1 R. 2. 3. R. 2. he was likewise in the wars of France as also in 7 R. 2. being at that time in the retinue of Henry de Perci Earl of Northumberland continuing with that Earl in the Garrison of Barwick the whole ensuing year But farther I have not seen of him till his death which hapned upon Friday next after the Feast of St. Martin in Winter 3 H. 4. at which time he was seised of the Mannors of Kerby Killingwyke Howke Skakelthorpe Colton le Lund and Twithorp in the Thistles in Com. Ebor. leaving Thomas his Grandson viz. son of William his eldest son who died in his life time his next heir eightteen years of age and then married to Margaret the daughter of Sir Iohn Godard Knight But neither his Grandfather nor himself nor any of his descendents had ever summons to Parliament Molins 21 Edw. 3. THat this Family of Molins whereof I am now to speak was originally of French extraction and from that Town in Bourbonois so called is not at all to be doubted Howbeit until the beginning of King E. 3. Reign that Iohn de Molins became a person not a little eminent as well for his esteem with that King as his large possessions in several Counties especially Buckinghamshire I have not seen any thing of note thereof from our publick Records It is not improbable but that he did descend from the same Robert de Molins who disobeying the commands of King Henry the First was thereupon disherited and banish'd out of Normandy with Agnes his wife daughter of Robert de Grentmesnill whereupon he went into Apulia and there ended his dayes But I return to Iohn This Iohn being one of those who in 4 E. 3. entred the Castle of Nottingham with William de Montacute and others in the night time and there surprized Roger de Mortimer Earl of March received pardon for the same shortly after He took to wife Egidia the Cosm and heir of Iohn Manduit of Somerford in Com. Wiltes and Margaret his wife daughter and coheir of Robert Pogeys of Stoke in Com. Buck commonly called Stoke Pogeys And in 5 E. 3. being then a Gentleman of the King's Privy-Chamber in consideration of his laudable services done and to be done obtained License for himself and her the said Egidia to have a Faire every year at his Mannor of Stoke pugeis upon the Eve and Festival of St. Giles and five dayes then next ensuing as also to make a Castle of his Mannor-Houses of Stoke pugeis and Ditton in Com. Buck. And in 6 E. 3. had the like Grant for to hold a Court-Leet at his said Mannor of Stoke pugeis Moreover in 7 E. 3. he procured a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Weston Turvile in the same County Also to make a Castle of his Mannor-House there And in 8 E. 3. the like Charter of Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Agmondesham and Little Mussenden in that County As also at Halverthing and Wandesworth in Com. Surr. Furthermore the next ensuing year scilicet 9 E. 3. having purchased the Mannors of Dachet and Fuâ—mere in Com. Buck. from William de Montacutâ— he obtain'd the King's confirmation of that Grant together with a Grant in Fee of the Mannor of Lutegareshale in Com. Buck. part of the possessions of Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester attainted To the Canons of St. Marie-Overie in Southwark in Com. Surr. he was a special Benefactor in recompence whereof by their Instrument bearing date 4 Cal. Febr. the same year they made him partaker of all their Prayers c. and covenanted to mention him in all their Masses Vigils c. and so soon as notice should be given to them of his death or the death of Egidia his wife to inscribe their names in their Martyrologe and to make recital of them annually in their Chapter as also to performe the like office for them as for other their Benefactors And that he the said Iohn his heirs and successors Lords of Stoke should have precedence in the Church of Stoke and in all Processions aâ— the Patrons thereof ought to have In 10 E. 3. he obtained License for the making of a Castle of his Mannor-House at Aston in Com. Buck. and to im-parke his Woods of Ilmere la Sale with One hundred Acres of Pasture in Bekennesfeld Burnham Chispenham and for Free-warren in Bekennesfeld Burnham Chipenham Chalshunt Fuâ—nham and Huggley in the same County In which year being in the wars of Scotland he was of the retinue with William de Montacute In 11 E. 3. he had a Grant in Fee of the Mannor of Hendle in Com. Oxon. which Hugh de Aâ—dley and Margaret his wife held for terme of their lives as also of the Mannor of Swyrford in the same County which Iohn de Handlo likewise held for life And the same year procured a special Charter for divers priviledges in his Lordships of Brehull Stoke pugeys Ditton Dachette Fâ—â—mere Ilmere Adinton Asson Bernard Weston Turvile and Lutgaâ—esale in Com. Buck. Also in Henle and Swyrford in Com. Oxon. viz. Return of Writs Summons of the Exchequer Infangthef Outfangthef Felons Goods Wayf and Stray Gallows and Judgment of such Malefactors as should be apprehended therein according to the liberty of Infangthef and Outfangthef Likewise to be quit of â—oll Murage Pontage and Pavage throughout the whole Realme with Free-warren in all the premises About the same time likewise he received Commission to seize upon all the Merchants of Lumbardy with their Goods Jewels of Gold and Silver and other Chattels then in the City of London and to deliver them to the Constable of the Tower And had so great a respect from the before-specified William
de Montacute then Earl of Salisbury that he gave order to the Canons of Bustlesham in Com. Berks. of which Monastery he was Patron to celebrate Mass of the Holy Ghost for him at the Altar of the Apostles in that Abby In this eleventh year of E. 3. he was Treasurer of the Chamber to that King And in 12 E. 3. procured another Charter for liberty to hold a Court-Leet and to have correction of the Aâ—â—ize of Bread and Ale throughout all those his Lordships of Brehull Stoke pugeis Ditton Dachette Fuâ—mere Ilmere Adinton Aston Bernard Weston Turvile Lutegareshale Stivecie Littlecote and Swanburne in Com. Buck. Henie and Swyrford in Com. Oxon. as also at Henie in Com. Surr. Moreover being at that time one of the Knights of the King's Chamber he obtain'd a special Precept to the Lord Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer for the reception of Two hundred twenty pounds ten shillings one penny as well for the wages due to himself with his Men at Armes and Archers which were of his retinue in the wars of Scotland and elsewhere as for recompence of the Horses which he had lost in that service In which year also he was in that Expedition then made into Flanders About the same time likewise he obtain'd a special discharge from all such services as were due from him for his Mannor of Daâ—het to Windsore-Castle And had a Grant of the custody of all the King's Hawkes that being the service whereby he held the Mannor of Ilmere in Com. Buck. At this time also it was that the Monkes of St. Fridiswides in Oxford covenanted to keep his Anniversarie and the Anniversarie of Egidia his wife in their Monastery And had a Grant from the King of the Advouson of the Abby of Burnham in Com. Buck. In 13 E. 3. he obtain'd a Grant to himself for life and afterwards to William and Iohn his sons successively in general tail and to his own right heires for Return of Writs Summons of the Exchequer and Execution thereon within the Precincts of his Mannors of Bichindon and Chardesâ—ey in Com. Buck. with Infangthef Outfangthef Felons Goods Wayf Stray Gallows and Tryal of Malefactors Court-Leet Correction of the Aâ—â—ize of Bread and Ale and to be quit of Pontage Pavage Murage c. The like he had in 14 E. 3. throughout all his Lordships of Wendobre in Com. Buck. and La Lee Brenkeworth Newton Gore Combe Littleton Brokenbergh and Thornehull in Com. Wiltes and to imparke his Woods of La Lee with One hundred Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture adjoyning As also to imparke his Woods of Wokenhuâ—â— within that Mannor of Brenkeworth with One hundred and sixty Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture contiguous thereto The same year also he obtain'd a Grant in Fee of all the Knights Fees of the Hâ—nors of Piâ—kâ—ey and Chakes two antient Baronies then extinct in what County soever they lay Which Fees of Pinkney Henry de Pinkney granted to King Edward the First and his heires those of Chokes eschaeting to the Crown by the attainder of Iohn de Fienles in regard of his adherence to the French And bestow'd on the Canons of St. Mary Overie before-mention'd his Advouson of the Church of Stoke pogeys But before the end of this year 14 E. 3 the King being disappointed of those Moneys which he expected to have been sent over to him at his siege of Tornaâ— came back so enraged that he imprison'd this Iohn with divers of the Judges of his Courts at Westminster Clerks of the Chancerie and others and made seizure of all his Lands which thereupon were committed to the custody of Iohn Eldred his offence being no less than Rebellion Howbeit in 20 E. 3. the Kings wrath being then asswaged he obtain'd restitution of them again viz. the Mannors of Stoke Tristre Cokelington Boyford Aston Ilmere Dachet Foulmere Henley upon Thames Brehâ—ll Cippenham Morton pinkeney Adyngton and Wendovere with the Fees of Pinkney and Chokes As also a Charter of Confirmation of the Mannors of Cokelingâ—on Stoke Tristre and Boyford in Com. Somerset with the Advousons of those Churches the Mannors of Bichenden and Chardesse Valence in Com. Buck. with remainder to William his son in general taile then to Iohn his other son in special taile and so to his own right heires Also of the Mannor of Cippenham in the same County for life with remainder to John his son in special taile then to William and after to himself in Fee With a Release from Edward Duke of Cornwall of Thirty three shillings six pence yearly Rent for certain Lands by him held of the said Duke as of his Mannor of Benâ—ington parcel of the Honor of Walingford Likewise a confirmation of that Charter granted to him in 10 E. 3. And of the Mannors of Aston Bernard and Ilmere in Com. Buck. to hold in Capite by the service of being Marshal of the King's Hawks and Falcons Furthermore of the Mannors of Brehull in Com. Buck. and Silveston in Com. Northampt. with liberty to inclose Three hundred Acres of Wood part of his said Mannor of Brehull within the Forest of Bernewode and to bring it to Culture Also of the Mannor of Lutgareshale and to imparke his Woods there with One hundred Acres of Land and Pasture adjoyning thereto for his better support in the State and degree of Banneret Moreover of the Mannor of Wendowere and Sixty pounds yearly Rent of the Town of Aylesbury part of the possessions of Iohn de Fienles and Robert de Fienles attainted Also of one Messuage fifty one Acres of Land and one Acre of Meadow in Market Overton in Com. Rutl. with the Fees of Pinkney and Chokes the Moiety of the Mannor of Gaâ—ton and Advouson of the Church and of the Advouson of the Church of Norton in Com. Northampton belonging to the Fee of Chokes Having thereby liberty also to imparke his Woods of Westgrove and Godardesgyove belonging to his Mannor of Henle in Com. Surr. with Three hundred Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture contiguous there to though they lay within the bounds of the Forest Likewise that he might imparke his Woods of Sywardeshull and Wynarde in Com. Buck. with Three hundred Acres of Land Meadow and Pasture adjoyning thereto And to fortifie his Mannor-houses of Stoke Pogeys and Ditton with Walls of stone embattelled Confirming also the exchange by him made with the Prior of the Church of Southwarke for Twenty five Acres of Land in Stoke pogeys and that his Mansion-houses of Stoke pogeys and Ditton should be exempt from the Authority of the Marshall of the Kings Houshold or any other his Officers Likewise that his Mannor of Dachette should be held of the King by the payment of a Rose for all services And that he might fortifie his Mannor-house at Weston Turvile with embattelled Walls Confirming likewise the Mannors of
Okeburne with the Hamlets of Brighton-Deverell Chesyngbury and Mannor of St. Andrews in Com. Wilts Ruyslip in Com. Buck. Penshurst Havendencourt and Yensfeld in Com. Canc. of the Moiety of the Mannor of Nether Wyresdale within the Town of Gairstang of the Mannor of Mawrholme in the Town of Warton of the fourth part of the Mannor of Stortford and of the Mannor and Lordship of Whitington and Swaftham all in Com. Lanc. of the Town and Mannor of Shilbotel of the Town and Mannor of Remington of the Town of Gysins of the Mannor of Fawdon of the Castle of Prudhowe and Mannor of Ovingham in Com. Northumbr of the Mannor of Kirkby in Kendale with its members and Forest of Troutbek with three Parks there called Troutbek park Colt park and Calf-garth in Com. Westmorl Of the Mannor of Boston called Motehall lying on the East-side the Water and of the Mannor of Ledenham Fuibroke Wyke Wasshâ—nburgh Frampton Burwell with its Members and Kykham in Com. Linc. of the Isles of Iereseye and Garneseye with the Forest Chases and Wreck of Sea there of the Mannors of Henstrigge and Charleton Camvile in Com. Somers of two parts of the Mannors of Caneforde and Poleville of the Mannor of Frampton with its Members Povinton and Cotesford with the Hundred of Cokedene in Com. Dors. And of the Mannors of Swalfeld and Est Henreth in Com. Berks. leaving King Henry the Sixth his Nephew viz. son to King Henry the Fifth his next heir at that time Fourteen years of age Whereupon he was interred in the Cathedral Church of Nostre Dame at Roan under a plain Tombe of black Marble with this Epitaph graved upon a Copper plate and his Armes Gartered â—etwixt two Ostrich-feathers fixed upon a Piller of the Church over it Cy gist fu de Noble Memoire treshaut puisant Prince Jehan en son vivant Regent le Roialme de France Duc de Betford pour le quel est fondre une Messe estre chescun jour perpetuellement celebree a cest Antel per le College des Clementines incontinent apres Prime Et trespassa le XIV jour de Septembre Pan Mill. CCCCXXXV An quel XIV jour semblablement est fonde pour luy une Obit solempnele en c'este Eglise Dieu face pardon a son ame Which Iaquetta surviving him in 15 H. 6. took to Husband Sir Richard Wodvile a lusty Knight for so my Author calls him to the great displeasure of her Uncle the Bishop of Turwyne and Lewes Earl of St. Pol her Brother But for this Wodvile obtain'd his pardon and was afterwards advanced to great honor by K. Edward the Fourth as I shall farther shew in due place Robsert 3 Hen. 6. IN 47 E. 3. Canon Robsert accompanying the Duke of Lancaster and diver other of the English Nobility into France landed with them at Calais and in 5 R. 2. took divers Castles in Spain To him succeeded Sir Iohn Robsert Knight Captain of St. Saviour le Vicount in Normandy who obtain'd a grant of the Castle and Lordship there in 7 H. 5. And to him Lewes Esquire for the Body to that victorious King Which Lewes in consideration of his special services in 2 H. 5. had a grant of Forty pounds per annum to be paid during his life by the hands of the Sheriffs of London In 4 H. 5. this Lewes having been born an Alien in the parts of Henault was made a Free Denizen in this Realme and in 6 H. 5. created Knight of the Bath at Bayeux in Normandy the King then solemnizing the Feast of St. George there In 8 H. 5. in consideration of his great valor and eminent services he was by Letters-patents bearing date at Trois in Champaine constituted the King's Standard-bearer with the Fee of One hundred pounds per annum to be receiv'd at the hands of the Treasurer of his Chamber and the same year in farther consideration of his services had another grant for life of the Mannor of Posted Halle in Bornham in Com. Norff. which came to the Crown by the forfeiture of Sir Iohn Old-castle Knight He was also one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Garter in that King's time and one of his Executors And having married Elizabeth the daughter and heir to Bartholmew Lord Bourchier Widow of Sir Hugh Stafford Knight had summons to Parliament by the Title of Lord Bourchier in 3 4 5 and 7 H. 6. In 8 H. 6. he attended that King into France being then retein'd by Indenture to serve him in his wars there with two Knights Thirty one men at Armes and One hundred and five Archers but departed this life in 9 H. 6. being then seized in Fee-tail-general id est to the heirs of his body of the Mannors of Little Maldon Clidsey Totham and Tolleshunt in Com. Essex leaving Iohn his Brother and heir Forty years of age Which Iohn was also one of the Knights of the Garter in the time of King Henry the Fifth but never had Summons to Parliament Elizabeth the wife of this Lewes then surviving who died 1 Iulii 11 H. 6. without any issue being then seised of the Mannors of Asheldam Maldon parva Langford Oneseye Totham Magna Tolleshunt Fordham parva Stanstede Woodball Pacehinghall Morton Grâ—nstede and Manhale in Com. Essex as also of the Mannors of Bentelegh parva and Stanford Rivers with the Advouson of the Priories of Bylegh and Hospital of St. Giles of Maldon leaving Henry Lord Bourchier Earl of Ewe her next heir viz. son of Sir William Bourchier Knight Twenty four years of age Hungerford 4 H. 6. THat this Family hath been very antient in 〈◊〉 is evident from the Sheriffs Accompt in 11 H. 2. Everard de Hungerford being at that time made mention of by reason of an Amerciament of Twenty Marks then levied upon him But from him I shall descend to Robert de Hungerford of whom that which I have seen most memorable is that in 1 E. 3 he was constituted one of the Commissioners to enquire and certifie unto the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer what Lands and Tenements c. Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester and Hugh his son with others who suffered death in the last year of King Edward the Second's Reign were possess'd of And that in 8 E. 3. he gave to the Canons of Ivy-Church in Com. Wilts certain Lands and Rents in Muleford and other places to keep the Obit of Walter Arch-Deacon of Sarum upon the third day of Iuly and for the maintenance of a Priest to celebrate Divine Service in the Cathedral-Church of New Sarum for the health of his Soul Moreover that before the end of the same year being then a Knight he gave to the Warden of the Hospital of St. Iohn at
another Katherine who all died young Which Iane departing this life 22 Ian. an 1555. 2 Mariae was buried in the North Isle of the Parish-church at Chelsey in Com. Midd. All that I have farther to say of him is that in the Parliament held 1 Mariae his attainder was confirmed as were the attainders of Iohn his eldest Son called Earl of Warwick and of these other of his Sons viz. Sir Ambrose and Sir Guilford both Knights and Henry Dudly Esq Which Iohn married Anne Daughter to Edward Duke of Somerset and in 6 E. 6. was made Master of the Horse with the see of C Marks per an and Knight of the Garter but died in prison without issue soon after ¶ I therefore come to Ambrose the eldest of those that survived In 3 E. 6. he served under the command of his Father then General of those Forces sent to suppress the Rebels in Norfolk and in 3 4 Ph. M. through the special favour of that Queen not suffering death as his Father and Brother did being restored in bloud was shortly after at the siege of St. Quintins in Picardy and in 1 Eliz. obtained a grant of the Mannour of Kibworth Beauchamp in Com. Leic. to be held by the service of Pantler to the Kings and Queens of this Realm at their Coronations Which office and Mannour his Father and other of his Ancestors Earls of Warwick formerly enjoyed And in 2 Eliz. being then a Knight was advanced to that great office of Master of the Ordinance for life Also in 4 Eliz. upon Christmas-day to the title of Baron L'isle and the next day ensuing to the dignity of Earl of Warwick Whereupon he had a grant 6 Apr. of the Castle Mannour and Burrough of Warwick with divers other Lordships in Com. War which came to the Crown by the attainder of his Father Before the end of that year he was likewise made Captain-general of all the Queens subjects in Normandy 1 Oct Shortly after which though twice repulsed by contrary winds he landed at Newhaven with certain Forces where he had some slight skirmishes with the French Continuing there till 6 Eliz. he discerned that the Inhabitants of that Port had a design to betray the Town and therefore not only expelled them but seized upon their Ships Whereupon the French prepared for a siege which the English not willing to undergo by reason that the Pestilence begun to rage amongst the Souldiers they condescended to yield it up on honourable terms During his continuance in those parts he was elected Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter And in 12 Eliz. upon that Insurrection in the North by the Earls of Northumberland and Westmerland the Earl of Sussex being first sent with seven hundred men for the suppressing thereof this Earl with Clinton then Lord Admiral followed with thirteen thousand more being made Lieutenant-general of her Majesties forces in those parts In 13 Eliz. he was constituted chief Butler of England and in 15 Eliz. sworn of her Privy-Council being the same year one of the Peers who sate in Westminster Hall upon Tryal and judgement of Thomas Duke of Norfolk As also in 29 Eliz. at Fotheringhay for tryal of the Queen of Scots And having married three Wives viz. Anne Daughter and coheir to William Whorwood Esq Atturney-general to King Henry the eight Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Gilbert Tailboys Knight Sister and sole Heir of George Lord Tailboys and Anne Daughter to Francis Earl of Bedford departed this life without issue 21 Febr-an 1589. 32 Eliz. at Bedford-house in the suburbs of London and was buried in that â—eautiful Chapel at Warwick adjoyning to the Collegiate Church where his Monument is still to be seen ¶ The next of the surviving Sons to this great Duke was Robert who in 5 E. 6. his Father then living was sworn one of the six Gentlemen in ordinary to that King viz. of his Privy Chamber as Sir Iohn Hayward expresseth adding that he was the true Heir both of his hate against persons of Nobility and cunning to dissemble the same and afterwards for lust and cruelty a Monster of the Court. And as apt to hate so a true executioner of his Hate yet rather by practice than by open dealing as wanting rather courage than wit And that after his entertainment into a place of so near service the King enjoyed his health not long But in 1 Mariae though upon the taking of his Father he was also with him sent to the Tower and attainted yet was he soon after restored by that Queen and in 4 5 of her Reign made Master of the Ordinance at the Siege of St. Quintins And from Queen Elizabeth whether for that he had shared with her in that common fate of Imprisonment in the reign of her Sister or that by reason of their Births in one and the same auspicious hour is not easy to determine saith my Author received extraordinary favours and benefits For having in the first year of her reign 11 Ian. that eminent office of Master of the Horse with the Fee of C Marks per annum conferred upon him and being made Knight of the most Noble Oâ—der of the Garter Also in 3 Eliz. Constable of Windsor-Castle for life Increasing yet farther into her esteem in 6 Eliz. she recommended him for an Husband to Mary Queen of Scotland promising if that Queen would assent thereto that she would by authority of Parliament declare her to be her Sister or Daughter and Heir to the Crown of England in case she her self should die without issue But the French esteeming it dishonourable for Her to Marry with him offered great advantages to the Subjects of the Scottish Nation in case they would refuse it and suggested to them that Queen Elizabeth did not at all purpose what she made shew of As to her real intentions therein I shall not take upon me to say any thing though plain it is that having given him large possessions before the end of that year viz. upon the 28. of Sept. she advanced him to the dignity of Baron of Denbigh and the next day following to that of Earl of Leicester to the end as some thought that he might seem the better qualifyed for that marriage though others suspected that this shew made by Queen Elizabeth was meerly to try if the motion would be accepted and then to marry with him her self with less dishonour In an 1566. 8 Eliz. he had the dignity of Knight of the order of S. Michael conferred upon him by Charles the ninth King of France And in an 1572. 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers appointed to sit upon Tryal of the Duke
office of Constable of England for life with remainder to Anthony Lord Sâ—ales his Son for his life Moreover in 8. E. 4. he obtained a Charter for free-Chase in all his Demesn-lands and woods in Northampton-shire or any where else throughout this Realm But the next ensuing year scil 9 E. 4. with Iohn his Son he was taken out of his Mannour-house at Grafton by Robyn of Ridsdâ—le the leader of those Forces which then appeared for the Lancastrians and carried to Northampton where his Head was cut off Others say that this Richard Earl Rivers being at Edgâ—ot-field near Banâ—ury in this 9 E. 4. against Robin of Ridsdale and his adherents upon the lots of the day fled and that being taken in the Forest of Dene he was brought to Northampton and there beheaded by the command of George Duke of Clarence and Nevil Earl of Warwick who were then revolted from King Edward By the before-specified Iaquet his wiâ—e this Earl Richard had issue seven Sons viz. Anthony who succeeded him in his Honours Lewis and Iohn who died young another Iohn put to death with his Father Leonel Bishop of Salisbury Father to Stephen Gardner sometime Bishop of Winchester by a Concubine Edward and Richard And divers Daughters viz. Elizabeth first married to Sir Iohn Grey of Groâ—y Knight afterwards to King Edward the fourth Margaret to Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel Anne first married to William Bourcâ—ier Son to Henry Earl of Essex after to George Grey Earl of Kent and lastly to Sir Antony Wingfeld Knight Iaquet to Iohn Lord Strange of Knokyn Mary to William Hâ—rbert Earl of Huntington and Katherine first to Henry Stâ—fford Duke of Buckâ— after to Iâ—sper of Haâ—â—eild Duke of Bedâ—ord and lastly to Sir Richard Wingfeld Knâ—ght of the Garter Another Daughter he had called M. ... who became the Wife of Sir Iohn Bromley Knight Son to that Famous Sir Iohn Bromley who recovered the Standard of Gâ—yen in that memorable Battel of Corby then gain'd by the French in a fierce charge on that wing which Hugh Stafford Lord Bourchier his near Kinsman then commanded Which Sir Iohn Bromley for that eminent service had not only the dignity of Knighthood confer'd on him but Lands of good value in the Dutchy of Normandy with offices of special power and trust in those paâ—ts as also an Augmentation to his Arms viz. the Standard of Guyen for his Crest From which Sir Iohn Sir William Bromley of Baginton in Com. War Knight of the Bâ—th is lineally descended This Richard Earl Rivers had also a Brother named Edward by some of our Historians called Lord Wiâ—vill though he never had summons to Parliament nor creation to that dignity Who upon those differences betwixt the French and the Duke of Britanny when he saw that King Henry the seventh could not reconcile them desired that he might have some Forces assign'd to accompany him and liberty to go privily to that Duke Which being not granted he withdrew himself into the Isle of Wihâ— whereof he was then Governour and there raising four hundred stout men sailed thither to his aid Which adventure proved fatal to him for in Iuly 3 H. 7. he had the hap â—o be slain in Battel near to the Town of St. Albin with most of his men ¶ I now come to Anthony Son and Hâ—ir to the before specified Earl This Anthony having in his Fathers life time Married Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir to Thomas Lord Scales of Nucals widow of Henry Bourchier Esq was thereupon declared Lord Scales and obtain'd a grant to hâ—mself and her bearing date 27 Maii 2 E. 4. in consideration of his laudable services of the Custody of the Mannour of Syche in South Lynne which came to the Crown by the attainder of Sir Thomas Tudenham Knight and in February following had summons to Parliament by the Title of Lord Scales Shortly after which the Lancastrians making head in Northumberland having possess'd themselves of divers strong Holds there he marcht with the King into those parts and was one of the chief Commanders at the Siege of Alnwick-Castle And in 5 E. 4. was elected into the Society of the most noble Order of the Garter Moreover in 6 E. 4. he obtain'd a grant in special Tail of the Isle of Wiht with the Castle and Lordship of Caresbroke and all other the Castles Mannors and Lordships in that Island And in 7 E. 4. was one of the Embassadors imploy'd to Charles Duke of Burgundy to treat of a Marriage betwixt him and the Lady Margaret Sister to King Edward the Fourth Shortly after which upon that solemn Contract made thereupon by Proxy Anthony that Dukes Brother called the Bastard of Burgundy being sent into England to ratifie the same having in his retinue divers brave men expert in all feats of Chivalry and to the number of CCCC Horse in his Train challenging to Combate this Anthony both on Foot and Horseback he accepted thereof Whereupon Lists were set up in West-Smithfeild And upon Thursday next after Corpus Christi-day the King being present they ran together with shâ—rp Spears and parted with equal Honour Likewise the next day on Horseback at which time this Lord Scales his Horse having a long sharp Pike of steel on his Chafâ—ron upon their coping together it ran into the Nose of the Bâ—stard's Horse Which making him to Mount he fell on the one side with his Rider Whereupon this Lord Scales rode about him with his Sword drawn till the King Commanded the Marshal to help him up no more being done that day But the next day coming into the Lists on Foot with Pole-Axes they fought valiantly till the point of this Lord's Pole-Axe entered the sight of the Bastard's Helm Which being discern'd by the King he cast down his Warder to the end the Marshal should sever them Hereupon the Bastard requiring that he might go on in the perfoâ—mance of his Enterprise and Consultation being had with the Duke of Clarence then Constable and the Duke of Norff. Marshal whether it might be allow'd or not they determin'd that if so then by the Law of Arms the Bastard ought to be delivered to his Adversary in the same condition as he stood when the King caused them to be severed Which when the Bastard understood he relinquish'd his farther challenge The next year following this Anthony Lord Scales was by Indenture retain'd to serve the King in his Wars both by Sea and Land with five Knights fifty five men at Arms and two thousand nine hundred fourty and five Archers xxiv Masters of Ships and one thousand seventy and six Mariners for one quarter of that year And in 8 E. 4. accompanying the Lady Margaret beyond-Sea was present at Sluse upon the third of Iuly
obtain'd a special Patent to himself and his Heirs to exercise the Office of Sewer at the time of Dinner upon the Coronation-day of any of the future Kings and Queens of this Realm with the Fee of xx â— per annum for that service payable out of the Exchequer And in 32 H. 8. was made Lord High Chamberlain of England for life Which Office Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex then newly attainted had enjoyed In 33 H. 8. he obtain'd a grant in special Tail of the scite of the Abby of Cleve in Com. Somers with divers Lands thereto belonging And by his Testament bearing date 17 Oct. an 1542. 34 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in Christian-Burial Shortly after which upon Munday 27 Nov. departing this life at Chelsey he was Interred in the Church of St. Laurence Poultney in the City of London with this Epitaph Robertus Radcliffe Miles Dominus Fitzwater Egremond Burnell Vicecomes Fitzwater Magnus Camerarius Angliae Camerarius Hospicii Regis Henrici octavi ac â—idem à Consiliis Praeliis in Galliâ commissiâ— aliquoties inter primos ductores honoratus In aliis Belli Pacisque consultationibus non inter postremâ—â—â—abitus Aequitatis Iusticiae Constantâ—â— Magnum aetatis suae monumentum Obiit xxvii die Novembris An. Dom. MCCCCCxlii This Earl Wedded three Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Henry Duke of Buckingham by whom he had Issue three Sons 1 Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 George and 3 Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight Secondly Margaret Daughter of Thomas Earl of Derby by whom he had issue two Daughters Anne married to Thomas Lord Wharton and Iane to Anthony Vicount Montagu And thirdly Mary Daughter to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight by whom he had Issue Sâ—r Iohn Ratcliffe Knight who died without Issue and lieth buried in the Church of St. Olive in Hart-street in the City of London To this Robert succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who in 25 H. 8. his Father then living upon the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen was one of the Knights of the Bath then made And in 1 E. 6. upon that expedition then made into Scotland had the command of sixteen hundred Demi-lances in which service being unhorst he escaped with life very narrowly Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared on the behalf of Queen Mary by reason whereof in the first year of her reign he was constituted Warden and Chief Justice-Itinerant of all the Forests South of Trent Bâ—ing also one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Garter by his Testament bearing date 27 Iulii An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Attiborough in Com. Norf. appointing a Tomb to be there erected over his Grave And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norf. by whom he had Issue three Sons Thomas Henry and Francis Secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Philip Calthorp Knight by whom he had Issue Egremond Ratcliff who having been a principal Actor in the Northern Rebellion and thereupon attainted of Treason 〈◊〉 out of England was afterwards put to 〈◊〉 at Namurs by Don Iohn of Austria for purposing to Murther him being for that end 〈◊〉 of his imprisonment in the Tower of Londâ—n by Secretary Walsingham and thither sent He had also Issue by the same Anne one Daughter called Frances 〈◊〉 to Sir Thomas Mildmay of 〈◊〉 in Com. Essex Knight But from this last Wife being divorced he obtained a special Act of Parliament in 2 3 â—h M. to debar her both from Jointure and Doweâ— and departing this life at Sir Henry Sydney's house in Chamâ—â—-Row within the Liberties of Westminster on Wednâ—sday 17 Febr. An. 1556. 3 4 Ph. M. was buried in the North Isle of the said Church of St. Laurence Pultney near to his Father and Mother To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in his Fathers life time was sent Embassador into Germany by Queen Mary unto the Emperour Charles the fifth to treat of a marriage betwixt that Queen and Prince Philip the eldest Son to the Emperour And afterwards into Spain unto Philip himself for â—atâ—â—ying thereof In 2 3. Ph. M. being then a Knight he was constituted Lord Deputy of Ireland And in 3 4 Ph. M. which was shortly after his Fathers death was made Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent In 4 5 Ph. M. being then Knight of the Garter and Captain of the Pensioners his Commission for Deputy of Ireland was again renewed and he once more constituted Warden and Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent Also upon the death of that Queen he was again made Deputy of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth in the first year of her reign having special Instructions for preventing any insurrection of the Natives in that Realm as also for building of Forts in Offalie and to grant the inheritance of divers lands to the old Souldiers Likewise to reduce the Revenues of Ireland to the example of England In 3 Eliz. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland In 9 Eliz. sent to Uienna unto Maximilian the Emperour with the order of the Garter and in 10 Eliz. again imploy'd to the same Emperour to treat concerning a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and Charles Archduke of Austria Which he endeavoured to effect with all his power though the Earl of Leicester opposed it In 12 Eliz. he was Lord President of the North And in 13 Eliz. upon an Incursion of certain Scors assisted by the disaffected English received command to raise certain Forces in those parts whereupon he entred Scotland by Tivydale burnt several Towns belonging to the Lord Buchlu and Carr of Ferniâ—erst who had been the chief Ring-leaders of those bold invaders demolishing the Castles of Ferniberst and Craling which belong'd to Carr. After which he marcht to Edenbourgh and returning thence so battered the Castle of Hamilton with his great Guns that it yielded to him making also much spoil in the Hamilton's lands Before the end of that year entring Scotland again he burnt divers Towns in Anandale and demolished the Castles of Anand and Caerlaveroc by reason that Heriz and Maxwell the owners of them had thence committed divers Robberies in England And upon his return was sworn one of the Queens Privy Council In 15 Eliz. he was made choice of for one of the Peers wâ—ich fate upon the Duke of Norfolk's Tryal And by a certain Feoffment bearing date 20
Garter And departing this life in 17 H. 8. was buried in the before specified Chapell where his Monument yet remaineth To whom succeeded Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry in 12 H. 8. his Father then living bearing the title of Lord Herbert upon that famous Enterview Betwixt Ardres and Guisnes by King Henry and Francis the first of France where all Feats of Arms were exercised for the space of forty days on Horse and Foot was one of the Challengers on the part of the English And in 15 H. 8. accompanied the Duke of Suffolk General of the English Forces then sent into France at which time divers Castles and strong places were by him won In which service he merited so well as that he had â—he honour of Knighthood conferred on him by that Duke And in 17 H. 8. shortly after his Fathers death was apointed one of the Commissioners for concluding a Peace with the French In 18 H. 8. he had a special Livery of all the Lands which either by the death of his Father or Elizabeth his Mother Daughter and Heir to William Earl of Huntington did by Inheritance descend to him In 22 H. 8. he was one of the Peers who subscribed that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the seventh intimating to him that the loss of his Supremacy here would be endangered in case he did not comply with King Henry in that business of his divorce from Queen Katherine And in 5 E. 6. accompanied the Marquess of Northampton into France who being then sent Embassador to that King presented him with the Order of the Garter This Henry Married Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Antbony Browne Knight Standard-Bearer to King Henry the Seventh and by her had Issue four Sons William his Son and Heir Thomas who died in the Tower of London Sir Charles Somerset Knight Standard-Bearer to the Band of Pensioners in the time of Queen Elizabeth and Francis slain at Musselborough-field 1 E. 6. As also four Daughters Eleanore Married to Sir George Vaughan Knight Lucie to Iohn Nevil Lord Latimer Anne to Thomas Percie Earl of Northumberland and Iane to Sir Edward Mansel of Morgan in Com. Glamorgan Knight and departing this life 26 Nov. 3 E. 6. was buried at Ragland Which William succeeding him in his Honours was Install'd Knight of the Garter in the time of King Edward the Sixth and in 16 Eliz. sent by that Queen into France with a Font of pure gold for the Christening of a Daughter to Iames the Fifth King of that Realm as also to stand in the Queens stead as one of the Sureties In 29 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate upon Tryal of the Queen of Scots He Married Christian Daughter to Edward Lord North by whom he had Issue Edward his only Son and Heir and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to William a younger Son of William Lord Windsor and Lucie to Henry Herbert Son of Sir Thomas Herbert of Wynestow in Com. Montgom Knight And by his Testament bearing date 1 Febr. an 1587. 30 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Ragland appointing that a Tomb of Marble should be made over his Grave After which upon the 22th of the same Month of Febr. he departed this life and was buried there accordingly To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir Which Edward in 33 Eliz. was sent Embassador to King Iames the Sixth of Scotland to congratulate his Marriage and safe return from Denmark as also to signify unto him that he was made choice of with the King of France to be one of the Knights Companions of the most noble Order of the Garter and upon the 21th of April 43 Eliz. was made Master of the Horse being the best â—â—â—â—eman and Tilter of the times which great Offâ—â—â—â— he had likewise conferr'd upon him 15 Ian. 1 Iac. with the Fee of C. marks per annum for life and in 2 Iac. was Constituted one of the Lords Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England But upon the first of Ianuary 13 Iac. resigning that Office of Master of the Horse he was the day next following made Lord Privy Seal and in 15 Iac. 27 Martii had a new Grant of that Office of Lord Privy Seal with the Fee of fifteen hundred pounds per annum for life Whereupon in Ianuary 18 Iac. receiving Command to sit in the Court of Requests with the Masters there the King deeming it unfit that so great a Magistrate should not have a seat of Judicature he took his place there accordingly upon the seventh of February which was towards the end of Hillary â— Term next following This Earl being also Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Wedded the Lady Elizabeth Daughter to Francis Earl of Huntington by Katherine his Wife Daughter and Heir to Henry Poole Lord Montacute and by her had Issue six Sons William who died in his life time unmarryed Henry who succeeded him in his Honours Sir Thomas Somerset Sir Charles Somerset and Sir Edward Somerset Knights of the Bath and Christopher who died unmarried He had likewise six Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Henry Guilford of Hemsted in Com. Cantii Knight Catherine to William Lord Petre Anne to Sir Edward Winter of Lydney in Com. Glouc. Knight Frances to William Morgan of Llanternam in Com. Monmouth Esq Blanch to Thomas Son and Heir to Thomas Lord Arundel of Wardour and Katherine to Thomas Lord Windsore And departing this life at his House in the Strand 3 Martii an 1627. was buried at Ragland Which Henry so succeeding him being a person of a most noble and generous disposition ample fortune and perfectly loyal manifested his dutiful affections to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory by very large supplies when the predominant party in the late long Parliament had reduced him to extream necessities In consideration whereof and of his personal merits otherwife he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 2 Nov. in the eighteenth year of that Kings Reign advanced to the Title of Marquess of Worcester This Henry Married Anne Daughter and sole Heir to Iohn Lord Russel Son and Heir to Francis Earl of Bedford and by her had Issue nine Sons viz. Edward who succeeded him in his Honours Sir Iohn Somerset Knight Thomas and Charles William Henry Frederick Francis and Iames who died young and three Daughters Elizabeth Married to Iohn Vicount Mountagu Anne a Nun at Antwerpe and Mary who died unmarried And departing this life ... An. 1647. was buried at Ragland Which Edward so succeeding him first Married Elizabeth Daughter to Sir William Dormer of Wing in Com. Buck Knight eldest Son to Robert Earl of Caernarvon which Sir William died before his Father and had Issue by
at his Fathers death and having married Anne the daughter to Robert Earl of Essex by her had issue Philip his son and heir and two daughters Mary married to ... Gower of ... in Com. Ebor. and Anne to VVilliam VVolrich of ... in Com. Sussex Esquire and died 14 Eliz the said Philip being at that time seventeen years of age Which Philip took to wife Frances daughter to Henry â—arl of Cumberland and by her had issue two sons viz. Sir George Wharton Knight of the Bath who married Anne daughter to Iohn Earl of Rutland and was slain in a Duel by Sir Iames Steward Knight upon the eighth of November An. 1609. leaving no issue And Sir Thomas VVharton Knight Which Sir Thomas took to wife Philadelphia the daughter to Robert Earl of Monmouth and having issue by her two sons Philip and Thomas died in his fathers life time viz. 17 Apr. 20 Iac. and was buried at Easby near Richmund in Yorkshire This Philip had likewise issue three daughters Margaret married to Edward Lord VVotton Eleanore to VVilliam Thwaytes of Long Marston in Com. Ebor. Esquire and Frances to Sir Richard Musgrave of Edenhale in Com. Cumbr. Knight of the Bath and Baronet And departing this life upon the Twenty sixth day of March An. 1625. was buried at Healey in the County of the City of York Leaving Philip his grandson viz. eldest son to Sir Thomas who died in his life time his successor in his honor Which Philip arrived to his full age in An. 1634. and married three wives Elizabeth daughter of Sir Rouland Wandesford of Pickhay in Com. Ebor. Knight Attorney of the Court of Wards by whom he had issue one only daughter called Elizabeth married to Robert then Lord VVilloughby of Eresby now Earl of Lindsey and Lord Great Chamberlain of England Secondly Iane the daughter and heir of Arthur Goodwyn of Upper Winchendon in Com. Buck. â—squire by whom he hath had issue two sons Thomas and Goodwyn and four daughters Anne married to VVilliam Carr a Scotchman only son to VVilliam Carr Groom of the Bedchamber to King Iames. Margaret to Major Dunch of Pusey in Com. Berk. Esquire Mary to VVilliam Thomas son and heir of Edmund Thomas of Wennoe in Com. Glamorgan Esquire and Philadelphia He thirdly married Anne daughter to the said VVilliam Carr Groom of the Bedchamber to King Iames widdow of Edmund Popham Esquire by whom he hath one son called VVilliam Which Thomas son and heir apparent to this Philip Lord VVharton hath married Anne one of the two daughters and coheirs to Sir Henry Lee of Dichley in Com. Oxon. Baronet Lord Paget 4 E. 6. THe first mention I find of any bearing this name who arriv'd to the dignity of Peerage is VVilliam Paget a person naturally endowed with excellent parts as may seem by his ascent from so low a condition to those high Preferments whereunto by sundry degrees he attained being son a to ... Paget one of the Serjeants at Mace in the City of London who was born near Wednsbury in Staffordshire of mean Parentage where 〈◊〉 were some of that generation till of late years remaining so that he might well say with the Poet Et quae non fecimus ipsi Vix ea nostra voco For in 23 H. 8. by reason of his great abilities he came to be one of the Clerks of the Signet And in 32 H. 8. Clerk of the Council As also Clerk of the Privy-Seale with the Fee of Thirty pounds per annum and soon after that Clerk of the Parliament for life In all which employments he deported himself with such sedulity and prudence as that in 33 H. 8. he was sent Embassador into France and upon his return from that honorable Negotiation made one of the principal Secretaries of State for so I find him in 35 H. 8. Moreover in 36 H. 8. being then a Knight he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with Mathew Earl of Lenox touching the advancement of King Henry the Eighth's Interst in Scotland whereupon l that Earl was to marry the Lady Margaret Douglas King Henry's Neice And the same year attending that King in his Expedition to Boloin was associated with the Earl of Hertford and others to Treat with the Embassadors of France in order to a general accord betwixt both Realms In 37 H. 8. he obtained a grant to himself and Iohn Mason Esquire then Secretary to the King for the French Tongue and the survivor of them of the Office of Master of the Posts with the Fee of Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings four pence per an And in 38 H. 8 was one of the Commissioners which treated of and concluded a Peace with the French Shortly after which the King lying on his Death-bed he was constituted one of his Executors and appointed one of the Council to his successor King Edward the Sixth In the second year of whose Reign he obtained a grant in Fee of that House without Temple-Barr in the City of London then called Exeter-place formerly belonging to the Bishops of that See as also of a certain parcel of ground lying within the Garden of the Middle-Temple adjoyning thereto Which House he transformed into a new Fabrick for his own habitation and called it Paget-House But long it held not that name being from after-owners called next Leicester-House and at length Essex-House The next thing which I find memorable of him is that in 4 E. 6. he was sent Embassador to the Emperor Charles the Fifth to signifie how King Edward being on the one side distressed by the Scots and on the other by the French likewise miserably rent by intestine divisions at home necessity required speedy Succors from him else that he must submit to an inconvenient Peace with France And upon the Third of December the same year being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Comptroller of the Kings Houshold Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster and called by Writ to the Parliment then sitting by the name of Lord Paget of Beaudsert in Com. Staff he took his place there amongst the rest of the Peers After which upon the 19 th of Ianuary next ensuing he had his solemn creation to that honor and within three dayes following was sent with the Earl of Bedford and Sir Iohn Mason again to treat of Peace with the French Notwithstanding all which great services such enemies he had that in 5 E. 6. upon the fall of the Duke of Somerset whose ruine was effected by the contrivance of Dudley Duke of Northumberland against whom the principal charge was that he had designed the Murther of some Noblemen at Pager-House this Lord was sent to the Tower and bereav'd of his Ensignes of the Garter But Money being not a little wanting at that time whereupon several persons
the death of Ioane the Wife of Iohn de Coupland upon them the said Ingelram and Isabel and the Heirs of their two Bodies Moreover in 8 R. 2. he procured from the King a grant of â—uensborough Castle in Kent to â—â—ld for terme of the Kings life and his own and in â—ase he should be the surviver then to himself and the heirs male of his body for ever and the same year was reteined to serve the King in his Scottish Warrs for forty daies Besides all this in 9 R. 2. the K. having reteined him into his imployment did in consideration of the great Costs and expences he was at in his service give him the Castle and Lordship of Okeham in Rutland with all the Forest of Rutland to hold for terme of his life and then to the Heirs Male of his Body And purposing to exalt him to much higher dignity viz. to confer on him the title of Marquess of Dublin that he might the better support that Honor assigned unto him in reversion after the death of Iames de Audeleigh the Castle Mannor and Burrough of Barnestaple the Mannors of Fremington Ilferecombe Combe-Martyn South-Molton Holdesworthy Nemet-Bowe Uppeye Body-Tracy Holne Dertyngton Kyngeston Blackdon and Lang-aâ—re with all other the Lands of the said Iames de Audeleigh lying in the Counties of Devon Cornwall and Somerseâ— which after the death of him the said Iames were to descend to the King And upon this his creation of Marquess which was done in Parliament the same year granted him the Land and Dominion of Ireland with all profits c. as amply as the King himself ought to have the same excepting to the King the Homages Resort and Superiority of that Countrey Which title of Marquess had never till then been heard of in Enâ—land and therefore was much distasted by others of the Nobility in regard that thereby he was set higher than themselves not being superior to them in Wisdom or Valor as my Author saith And moreover bestowed upon him all the benefit and advantage which might be had by Iohn the Son of Charles de Bloys then Prisoner in Gloucester Castle to the intent he might be the better enabled to maintain five hundred men at Arms and a thousand Archers at the accustomed Wages of Warr by the space of two years after he should arrive in Ireland which he intended about Candlemass the same year in order to the Conquest of that Realm And in another Parliament held at London about Michaelmas after esteeming that Honor so lately conferred upon this his cheif favorite too low for his merits advanced him to the title of Duke of Ireland upon the Feast day of S. Edward the Confessor and having so done ordained that the Heir of Charles de Bloys who challenged the Dukedom of Britanny and whose ransom he had obtained should sell it to the French for thirty thousand Marks to the intent that this new Duke with that money might by force get the Dominion of Ireland which the King had so given him and Land there before Easter ensuing Whereunto the Lords and Commons readily assented being rather content to want the money there than be troubled any longer with his Company Soon after which the King gave him liberty to reâ—ide at Berhamstede-Castle one of his own Royal Palaces affording him fuel to burn out of his Woods and Park there Being therefore thus pufft up with Wealth and Honor he grew libidinous and insolent and put away the fair Lady Isabel his Wife kinswoman to the King with purpose to take another of mean extraction who came out of Bohemâ—a with Queen Anne which gave great distast to the Nobility though the King favored him in every thing especially to the Duke of Gloucester the Kings Uncle who though he could not at present vindicate his neice so repudiated reserved himself for an opportune time to do it But soon after this Easter being passed and the expectation of his going for Ireland still continuing the King to prevent any tumult by the Nobles accompanied him into Wales where continuing retired for a while they laid their heads together how they might murther the Duke of Gloucester and likewise the Earles of Arundell Warwâ—â—k Derby and Nottingham And having staid in those remote parts till the people had forgotten this so much talked of voiage into Ireland returned with the King to Notingham Castle there to consider farther how they might best act the designed murther of those great men before mentioned The Nobles therefore discerning what was like to befall them raised all the power they could and met together at Haringhay Park near Higate in Com. Midd. in an hostile manner which so startled the King and those then about him who were the cause of those high discontents that all of them then began to desire an accommodation and to that end sent to the Lords so met at Haringhay to come to Westminster that there upon a calme debate together the business might be quietly composed Who meeting there accordingly after a short speech made to them by the Bishop of Ely then Lord Chancellor in the closure whereof he told them that the King desired to know the Cause of this their Insurrection they answered that it was for his advantage viz. to rid him of those Traitors which he then had about him amongst whom the first they nominated was this Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland But the King giving them fair words and taking them into his Chamber where he made them drink together told them they should all meet together in Parliament and equal justice should be done to each Matters at present being therefore thus qualified the Duke of Ireland by the Kings connivance hasts forthwith into Wales there to raise what power he could but discerning his danger privily got away being disguised as it was reported in the habit of a Servant with a Bow and a Quiver of Arrows on his Back and so with five others in his company alike accoutered came to Chester and soon after that fled beyond-Sea with Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk But long it was not e're he landed in England again with about four or five thousand men and being got into Oâ—fordshire came to Radcote Bridge upon the River Isis on the Feast day of S. Thomas the Apostle which Bridge Henry Earl of Derby had broken in three places and fixed Souldiers there to stop his farther passage The Duke therefore seeing himself in this desperate condition and that the E. of Derby with his power was not far distant displaid the Kings Banner and animated his men to fight advancing before them to the Bridge which being not passable he allighted from his Horse and
heirs viz. Alianore the wife of Walter de Lucie Philippa Married to Hugh Courtney and Margaret to Thomas Arundel Edmund of VVodstoke Earl of Kent 15 Edw. 2. THis Edmund the second son to King Edward the First by Margaret his second VVife born at Woodstoke in An. 1301. 29 E. 1. was thereupon surnamed of that place And in 12 E. 2. had the Castle and Honor of Knaresburgh committed to his charge In 13 E. 2. he was in the wars of Scotland and the same year obtain'd a Grant from the King in tail general of divers Lordships Lands and Rents to the yearly value of Two thousand Marks viz. the Mannor of Cammel with the Parke in Com. Somerset the Mannor Town and Hundred of Somerton the VVarren and Pastures of Bingesmore the yearly Rent of Fifty four pounds payable by the Bishop of Bathe unto the Exchequer for the Mannors of Congresbury Axebrugge and Ceddre the yearly Rent of Twenty pounds payable by the Prior and Covent of Bathe into the Exchequer for the Town and Berton of Bathe all in Com. Somerset the Mannors of Kenton Shaftebirie and Chetecumbe with the mannor and Hundred of Liston in Com. Devon the Ferme of Eighteen pounds thirteen shillings four pence yearly payable by the Abbot and Covent of Clyve for the Mannor of Bramâ—ton the yearly Rent of Thirty pounds payable by the Abbot and Covent of Cirencester for the Town of Cirencester and the seven Hundreds in Com. Gloc. the Mannor of Aulton and Hundred with the Rents in that Town the Mannor and Town of Andever with the Hundred and whole increase of the Ferme of that Town the Mannor and Town of Basingstoke with the Hundred all in Com. Southampt the Town of Wiche in Com. Wigorn the Mannors of Torpell Upton and Eâ—ton in Com. Northampt. the annual Rent of Fifty pounds of the Ferme of Fifty seven pounds ten shillings eight pence which the Abbot of Waltham usually paid to the Exchequer for the Mannor of Waltham in Com. Essex Twenty pounds yearly Rent of the Ferme of Twenty two pounds two shillings payable unto the Exchequer by the Abbot of Stratford for the Mannors of Suthberye and Hamme in the same County the Mannor of Basebye with the Soke of Waltham in Com. Linc. the yearly Ferme of Fifty pounds payable by the Inhabitants of Grymesby unto the Exchequer the Town of Castre with the Soke all in the same County the Mannor of Ashfourd in the Peke in Com. Derb. the Ferme of Ninety pounds payable yearly by the Abbot of Kirkstall unto the Exchequer for the Mannor of Colingham in Com. Ebâ—r All which were granted to him as abovesaid to hold by the service of two Knights Fees and Rent of three shillings unto the Exchequer in part of performance as it seemes of what his Father King Edward the First by his Testament appointed viz. that his son King Edward the Second should settle upon him as he expected his Blessing Lands to the value of Two thousand Markes per annum And in 14 E. 2. procured License for a Fair yearly at his said Mannor of Aulton in Com. Southampt upon the Eve and Festival of Pentecost and seven days next ensuing The like for a Faire at Somerton in Com. Somerset on the Eve and Day of St. Andrew the Apostle and seven dayes after As also for Free-warren in all his Lordships of Basingstoke Cammel Kenton Lyston Shafteberie Chetescombe Torpell Upton Eston Beseby Castre and Ashfourd before-specified Likewise a Grant for life of the Castle Berton and Tyne of Glocester Moreover in 15 E. 2. being then created Earl of Kent he had a Grant of the Castle of Okham in Com. Rutl. and Shirevalty of that County And in farther supplement of those Two thousand Marks per annum so designed to him as hath been observed had a Grant of the Mannor of Kingsbury in Com. Somerset In this year also he was constituted Governor of the Castle of Tonebrigge in Kent And upon that Insurrection then made by Thomas Earl of Lancaster was one to whom the King granted Commission to pursue and take him and to that purpose to lay siege to his Castle of Pontfract Likewise upon the taking of that Earl at Burrowbrigg he was one of the chief persons that gave Sentence of death upon him Furthermore in 17 E. 2. being chosen amongst others in the Parliament then held to go into France to Apologize for the not appearance of King Edward to do his Homage for the Dukedome of Aquitane he had a very honorable Reception there The same year also upon that Invasion of Gascoine by the French in regard that Homage was not perform'd being sent to defend those parts he went to Regula and there upon Treaty agreed of a Truce for the present the Constable of Burdeaux receiving Command to furnish him with such Moneys as he should have occasion to lay out in Manning and Victualling the Garrisons in that Country In 19 E. 2. he was again sent into Gascoigne but in his imployments there t is said that he lost much and got nothing And before the end of that year leaving those parts came to Paris there to Treat with the Earl of Henault for a Marriage betwixt Philippa the Daughter of that Earl and Prince Edward his Nephew which being accomplisht he accompanied him with Queen Isabell his Mother and those Forces they then brought landing with them at Harwich in Essex In 1 E. 3. he was in that Expedition then made into Scotland and the same year obtained a Grant of the Town Castle and Honor of Arundel in com Suss. as also of the Mannor of Cuveâ—e in com Wilts part of the possessions of Edmund Earl of Arundel attainted Likewise of the Castle and Town of Donington in com Leic. and Mannor of Allerton in com Nott. Of the Mannor of Lechelade quit of the Fee-Farm of one hundred pounds per an and of the Mannors of Bardesle Musardere and Sudington all in com Glouc. of the Mannors of Woking Sutton Purifrith Talworth and Hamlet of Hoke in com Surr. of the Mannor of Bedehampton in com South Swanescombe in com Cantii Ryhale in com Rotel Gretham in com Linc. and certain Lands in Caldecote in com Hunt to hold by the Service of four Knights Fees And in 2 E. 3. in consideration of his good and acceptable Services as also in part of satisfaction of what was deficient in Lands which his Father King Edward the First did appoint he should have as abovesaid obtained a Grant in Fee of all those Lordships in com Leic. which by the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester escheated to the Crown excepting the Mannors of Loughborough in Com. Leic. and Mannor of Brettilby with the Fees of de la Haye in Com. Linc. which Alice de Lacy Countess of
Lincolne then held for life the reversion through the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser the younger being then in the Crown In 3 E. 3. he had Livery of the Dowrie of Margaret his Wife Widdow of Iohn Comyn of Badenagh lying in Tindale Which Margaret was Daughter of Iohn and Sister and Heir to Thomas Lord Wake As to the occasion of this Earls death there are sundry Relations yet all agreeing that it was for desire that King Edward the Second his Brother should have been restored though varying in circumstances being informed he had escaped that cruel Murther in Berkley-Castle which was generally believed to have been acted upon him and which indeed was too true One saith that he first practised therein with certain Friers Preachers next with Sir Thomas Gurney and afterwards with Sir Iohn Daverill Constable of Corf and that Sir Iohn Daverill discovered a Letter which he wrote to King Edward the Second supposing him to be living Also that thereupon being questioned in the Parliament then sitting at Winchester through the suggestion of Queen Isabell and his own Letter produced by the Lord Mortimer he had judgment of death Likewise that the next Morning by Mortimers means Queen Isabell sent to the Bayliffs of Winchester to do execution upon him And that the young King hearing thereof being very sorry caused his Body to be interred in the Friers Preachers at Winchester Another saith that there came one of the Earl of March his Retinue to him saying that if he would assist him King Edward the Second might be again restored to his Kingly dignity and that promising to do his best therein he was accused of Treason and by the means of Queen Isabell and Mortimer beheaded at Winchester But it is farther said by a credible Historian that this Earl upon his Examination by Robert de Hovel Coroner of the Kings Houshold and afterwards scil 16 Martii 4 E. 3. before the Lords assembled in Parliament confessed that a certain Frier-Preacher of London upon discourse with him at Kensington told him that he had conjured up a Spirit which assured him that Edward his Brother late King of England was still alive Also that Sir Ingeram Berenger brought him a Message to London from William Lord Zouch with desire that he would give his assistance for his Restauration Likewise that Sir Robert de Taunton came to him from the Archbishop of Yorke to encourage him thereto assuring him that he had in readiness five thousand Men to carry on the work and that he the said Robert with two other Friers-Preachers were Agents therein Also that Sir Fouke Fitz Warine came to him at Westminster and told him that it would be the greatest honour that ever could happen to him in case he would appear in that attempt promising his best assistance Furthermore that Sir Ingeram Berenger again came to him from Sir Iohn Peche signifying that he should have his help And that Henry Lord Beaumont and Sir Thomas Rosselyn at Paris in the Duke of Brabants Bedchamber instigated him thereto saying that they were ready to come into England to his ayd Lastly that Sir Ingeram Berenger came to him another time at Arundell into his Bedchamber over the Chapel and assured him of the Bishop of Londons help Whereupon having made this confession he submitted to mercy These are the most material particulars that I have observed therein Now as to that eager prosecution of him to death it is agreed on all hands that the Lord Mortimer carried it on with all the Interest he had in Queen Isabell Mother to the Young King which was not small maligning that he should bear any sway in the Government But being thus condemned they could not easily get any one to be his Executioner in so much as being brought out he staid till Evening that a Ribauld out of the Marshalsey to save his own Life beheaded him upon the Munday the Eve of St. Cuthbert 4 E. 3. whereupon Proclamations were Issued out into all the Counties of England to let all the people know that he was put to death and the true cause thereof The Lands and Rents whereof he died seised were these viz. the Mannor of Ryhall in Com. Rotel the yearly Rent of sixty pounds issuing out of the Town of Aylesbury in Com. Buck. Buck. the Mannor of Kenton in Com. Devon Byâ—sey in Com. Hertf. Leyham and Kersey in Com. Suff. Swanescampe and UUykham with the Advousons of the Churches the Hundred of UUacheleston and Lutlesfeld with the Farm of the Royalty of the Market at Derteford valued at thirty pounds per annum all in com Cantii likewise of the Mannors of Brocelby Gretham with the Hamlet of Thorley and other its appurtenances in UUaynflet in Com. Linc. of the Mannors of Torpel and Eston in Com. North. Taleworth with its Members viz. UUyke and Turbervile and UUocking with its Members viz. Sutton Hoke and Piribrâ—ht in Com. Surr. of the Castle and Mannor of Donyngton with its Members in Com. Leic. of the Mannor of Allerton under Shirewode and Wapentake of Allerton in Com. Nott. and of the Mannor of Ashefourd in the Peke in Com. Derb. of the Mannors of Andevere Bedehampton and Aulton with the Hundred in Com. South of the Mannors of Lammersh and Northwelde in Com. Essex of the Town of UUyche in Com. Wigorn. of the Mannor of Caldecote and Farm of fifty pounds per annum payable by the Abbot of Ramsey for the Fairs at St. Ives in Com. Hunt of the annual Farm of ninety pounds payable by the Abbot and Covent of Kirkshall for the Mannor of Colingham in Com. Ebor. of the Farm of thirty pound per annum payable by the Abbot and Covent of Cirencester for the Town of Cirencester and the seven Hundreds in Com. Glouc. of the Farm of thirty six pounds per annum payable by the Citizens of Cicestre in Com. Suss. and the Rent of fifty five shillings and a penny qu. yearly due from the Tenants of the Town and Soke of Castre in Com. Liâ—c Divers of which Lordships and Rent were assigned to Margaret his Widdow very shortly after for her Dowrie The Issue which this Edmund had by the said Margaret his Wife was two Sons viz. Edmund and Pain and two Daughters viz. Margaret who was Married to Amaneus the eldest Son to Bernard Lord de la Brette but died without Issue as it seems and Ioane first Married to Sir Thomas Holland Knight next to William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury and lastly to Edward Prince of UUales commonly called the Black-Prince Which Ioane by her Testament bearing date 7 Aug. An. 1385. 9 R. 2. at her Castle of UUalingford bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Chapel at Stanford near to the Grave of this Earl of Kent her first Husband and gave to her Son King Richard the Second her new Bed of Red Velvet embroidered with Ostrich-Feathers of Silver
after his departure hence as also for the Soules of his Ancestors Likewise for the Soul of Robert Nevill of Hornby and all the Faithful deceaseâ— For the maintenance of which Priest certain Lands lying in Holâ—ek in the Parish of Kirkby super Wherf were thereupon amortized And in 6 H. 5. had livery of all those lands lying in the Counties of Cumb. Linc. Cornub Lanc. and Bedf. which descended to him by the death of Sir Iohn Harington Knight his brother his homage being respited which he perform'd in 8 H. 5. And in 10 H. 5. was again made Sheriff of Yorkshire So likewise in I H. 6. and 7 H. 6. and in 31 H. 6. was in the wars of France This William married Margaret the Sister of Thomas Son of Sir Robert Nevill of Harnby Knight and having been summoned to Parliament from 8 H. 5. until 15 H. 6. departed this life 10 Martii 36 H. 6. being then seised of the Mannors of Hartington and Arladen with the third part of the Mannor of Egremund and fifth part of the Mannor of Morton in Com. Cumbr. leaving William Bonvile junior Son of Elizabeth his Daughter who married William Lord Bonville and died in his life time his next Heir at that time sixteen years of age D'Amorie 20 E. 2. IN 15 H. 2. Gilbert de Aumari gave fifteen Marks for Livery of his Lands at Winford in Com. Somers from whom descended as t is probable another Gilbert who in 22 E. 1. was in that Expedition made into Gascoine After him I meet with Nicholas Damorie who in 6 E. 2. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands within his Mannors of Bokenhall and Blechesdon in Com. Oxon. and Chornebergh in Com. Buck. To this Nicholas succeeded Richard Damorie his Son and Heir I presume which Richard in 10 E. 2. had another Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Bokenhall and â—lechâ—on before specified as also at Stoke del Isle Woâ—e 〈◊〉 Bpâ— and 〈◊〉 in Com. Oxon. Uble and Monkesham in Com. Somers Mersch and Thornebergh in Com. Buck. And in 12 E. 2. procured License for a Market every week upon the Munday at his Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Somers as also for a Fair there yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Bartholemew the Apostle In 13 E. 2. he was in the Wars of Scotland And in 16 E. 2. being then Steward of the Kings Houshold had command to Besiege the Castle of Walingâ—â—ord then possessed by some of the Rebellious Lords of that time In 19 E. 2. he obtained the custody of the Lands of Iohn de Ferrers during the Minority of Robert Ferrers his Son and Heir and having been summoned to Parliament from 20 E. 2. until 4 E. 3. inclusive departed this life the same year Whereupon Margaret his Widdow had for her Dowrie aâ—n assignation of the Mannor of â—ukkenal with certain Lands in Sexynton Blâ—chestdon Geoyndon and Hedyndon in Com. Oxon. To whom succeeded Richard his Son and Heirs which Richard in 10 E. 3. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 14 E. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanders Also in 16 and 17 E. 3. in those into France And having landed with that Victorious King at Doggs in Normandy in 20 E. 3. where they repulsed the Enemy with great Valor continued in his Service till his return to England in consideration whereof he was in 36 E. 3. acquitted for sending any Men at Arms Hoblars or Archers into those parts This Richard died on Thursday next ensuing the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin 49 E. 3. leaving Elizabeth and Alianore Chandos which Alianore was then Married to Roger Colyng Sisters of Iohn Chaundos and Isabell the Daughter of Margaret the third Sister of the said Iohn Chaundos then the Wife of Sir Iohn Annesley Knight his next Heirs ¶ Brother to Nicholas before-mentioned as I suppose was Roger Damorie who took to Wife Elizabeth the third Sister and one of the Coheirs to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester Neice to King Edward the Second viz. Daughter to Ioane of Acres his Sister which Elizabeth had been twice Married before first to Iohn de Burgh Earl of Ulster in Ireland and next to Theobald de Verdon a great Baron in his time To this Roger and Eliz. in 13 E. 2. in the Parliament then held at Yorke the King in consiration of his good services done and to be done gave the Mannors of Sandall in Com. Ebor Halghton in Com. Oxon Faukes-Hall in com Sur. and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten As also one hundred Marks per annum to be paid out of the Exchequer In 7 E. 2. he was in the Wars of Scotland and in 8 E. 2. made Constable of Knaresburgâ— Castle In 10 E. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars and upon the death of Theobald de Verdon obtained the custody of the Castle at Ewyas Laci in Com. Monmouth In 11 E. 2. he was constituted Governor of the Castel at Gloucester as also of St. Briavels Castle in the same County and Warden of the Forest of Dene In that year he was again made Constable of Knaresburgh Castle Likewise of that at Corffe in Com. Dors. as also Warden of the Forest of Purbeâ—k and charged with the providing of fifty foot Souldiers for the Scottish Wars In 12 E 2 he procured a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Catthorpe in com Linc. and in 13 E. 2. was again in the Wars of Scotland In 14 E. 2. he obtained another Charter for free-warren at Staundon in com Hertf. And had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons from 11 until the same 14 of E. 2. Howbeit in the Parliament held that year taking part with the great Lords whose power was such as that they caused the two Spencers to be banished and the next year after with Thomas Earl of Lancaster in that Insurrection by him then made he marcht with him to Burton upon Trent and so to Tutbury â—Castle in Com. Staff but upon that Earls advance farther Northwards stayed behind being sick as it seems for he died soon after in that Castle of Tutbury and was buried in the Priory at Ware in com Hertf. whereupon command was given to seise all his Lands as an Enemy and Rebel for so the Record calls him and to make Livery of them to Elizabeth de Burgh his Widdow Which Elizabeth thus surviving him in 11 E. 3. obtained from the King a Grant for life of two parts of the Mannor of Ikeletsall and of the Mannor of Clopton in
Com. Suff. as also of the third part of the said mannor of Ikeletsall after the death of Alianore the Wife of Guy de Ferre the remainder to Iohn Lord Bardolfe and Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of the before-specified Roger by her the said Elizabeth in Exchange for the Mannors of Kenynton and Faukeshall in Com. Sur. which were of the Inheritance of the said Elizabeth de Burgh And departed this life 4 Nov. 34 E. 3. leaving Elizabeth her Daughter by the said Roger Damorie her last Husband then the Wife of Iohn Lord Bardolf above thirty years of age Which Iohn Lord Bardolf thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance Of these Damories divers were buried in the Priory of Burcester in com Oxon. Swillington 20 Edw. 2. OF this Family assuming its surname from a fair Lordship in the West-Riding of Yorkshire so called was Adam de Swillington who in 34 E. 1. being in that great Expedition then made by the King into Scotland shortly after scil in 3 E. 2. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Swillington â—horpe Pyrow and Thorpe o' the Hill in Com. Ebor. and in 4 E. 2. was again in the Scotish-Wars So likewise in 10 E 2. This Adam residing in Lincolnshire in 15 E. 2. took part with Thomas Earl of Lancaster against the two Spencers for which upon the attainder of that Earl he was fined at a thousand Marks but in 1 E 3. the Scene being then changed that judgment being by authority of the Parliament then held declared erroneous he marcht again into Scotland Moreover in 2 E. 3. he had another Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands within his Lordships of Swillington Thorpe Pyrâ—â—w Thorpe juxta Rothwell Rodes Byrell Wiâ—esey and Shelf in com Ebor. Yokesford Midleton and Stykinglond in com Suff. Pyrhow in com Norff. Kynyardby and Ouresby in com Linc. and Thinrigge in com Hertf. and had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 20 E. 2. till 2 E. 3. inclusive But not after nor any of his posterity Maltravers 1 Edw. 3. THough none of this Family were Barons by Tenure nor had Summons to Parliament till 1 E. 3. yet were they anciently persons of Note for Hugh Maltravers was a witness to that Charter of King Henry the First which he made to the Monks of Montacute in com Somers And in 5 Steph. Will. Maltravers gave a thousand Marks of Silver and one hundred pounds for the Widdow of Hugh de la Val and Lands of the same Hugh during the term of fifteen years and then to have the benefit of her Dowrie and Marriage Likewise in 18 H. 2. Iohn Maltrâ—vers gave eighty Marks to have a Court within his Lands and a Trial for four Knights Fees Moreover in 30 H. 2. Walter Maltravers payd twenty Marks for Livery of the purpartie of the Lands of Roger Fitz-Geffrey but this Walter died without Issue Male as it seems for in 6 R. 1. Richard de Heriet gave one hundred Marks for Livery of his Lands as his Wifes right After this there was Iohn Maltravers who took part with the Rebellious Barons against King Iohn but in 1 H. 3. returning to his obedience was of the Retinue with Earl William Mareschall and in Iune 26 H. 3. had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King into 〈◊〉 but died in 24 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Henefor in com Somers which he held of the Earl Marshal by the service of being Constable of 〈◊〉 Castle also of the Mannor of â—odechestre in Com. Glouc. Luchet and Wychampton in Com. Dors. and certain Lands in â—hâ—â—rey in Com. Berks leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Iohn in 25 E. 1. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 34 E 1. was made a Knight with Prince Edward and many more by Bathing c. Whereupon he attended that Prince into Scotland being of the Retinue with Maurice de Berkley and the same year obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Lychet Matravers in com Dors. In 7 E. 2. this Iohn was again in the Scotish Wars and in 8 E. 2. had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the Festival of the blessed Virgins Assumption to restrain the Incuâ—â—â—ons of the Scots In which year he had a Grant for a Market every week on the Tuesday at 〈◊〉 in Ireland with a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Holy Trinity In 12 E. 2. he had another Charter for Free-Warren in all his Lordships of Wichampton Wolcombe Phelipeston Lodre and Child Frome in Com. Dors. Ievele in Com. Somers Somerford Cote-Deverel and Soppworth in Com. Wiltes Wodecestre and Sherdington in Com. Glouc. and Chelray in Com. Berks. and in 13 E. 2. was again in the Wars of Scotland Upon the deposal of King Edward the Second being in no small esteem with those who were then in power he had Summons to that Parliament held in 1 E. 3. by the name of Iohn Maltravers Senior Shortly after which he was one of the principal persons to whom the custody of Edward the Second was committed but used him hardly as 't is said And upon the Murther of that King being conscious of his guilt as an accessory fled into Germany and there continued many years After which in 4 E. 3. he had judgement to be put to death wheresoever he could be found for being guilty of the death of Edmund Earl of Kent as t was then alleadged but in 19 E. 3. upon the arrival of King Edward at the Port of Swyne in Flanders he came voluntarily to him and rendred himself into his hands and afterwards in his return to London humbly representing to him that by the Laws of England no Man ought to be condemned without making Answer Whereupon though he had been indicted for some hainous crimes yet in regard he was not called to answer but judged guilty and banished the King was pleased by reason of his special services in Flanders where he lost all his Goods and suffered great oppression to grant that he might return with freedome and safety into England and there remain till the next Parliament to abide the judgment therecof which he did and being thereupon fully pardoned for the same in the Parliament held 25 E. 3. had Summâ—ns to sit in that Convention This Iohn had a Son called Iohn Maltravers junior who in 34 E. 1. having received the Honor of Knighthood with his Father and the rest had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of