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
the Prior and Monkes of the Chaâ—â—erhouse whereof he was Founder And whereas there was due to him from the Prince from the time he had been Prince of Wales the sum of One hundred Marks per annum for his Salary as Governor of Hardelagh-Castle he bequeathed the one half thereof to the said Prior and Monkes of the Charterhouse before mentioned and the other Moiety to his Executors for the performance of his Testament of which he constituted Sir Guy de Bryene one Which House of Carthusians he built upon a piece of Ground without the Barrs of West Smithfield before-mentioned for the burial of poor people who died in a great Mortality within the City and Suburbs of London having leave of the Bishop for the Consecrating it to that purpose In which he also Founded a Chappel of rare Workmanship with purpose to make it Collegiate for Twelve Priests and a Provost and to endow it amply But afterwards changing his Minde in stead thereof he obtained Licence to found a Monastery of Carthusian Monks in that very place to pray for the good Estate of himself and Margaret his Wife during their lives in this World and afterwards for their Soules Likewise for the Souls of Alice de Henauld Michael de Northburgh sometime Bishop of London and all his Ancestors Souls And departed this life upon Thursday next ensuing the Feast of St. Hilâ—ary in 46 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Cantii Dovercoâ—â—â— Chesterford-Magna and Rumford in Com. Essex Weston and Râ—ebworth in Com. Hertf. of the Castle of Strigoill and Mannor of Tâ—denaâ— in the Marches of Wales Of the Mannors of North Pidele in Com. Wigorn. Bretâ—eby in Com. Derb. Oneston and Barton Hanrede in Com. Northampt. Stottesdon in Com. Salop. Aspele Alspathe Thurlaston and Flekenho in Com. Warr. Cold-Overton Dalby Segrave Sileby Montforel Groby Witherdele and the Hundred of Goscote in Com. Leic. Watton and Stonham in Com. Suff. Framelingham Suthfeld Lodden the Moiety of the Mannor of Dikelburgh and half Hundred of Estham in Com. Norff. and of a certain Mannor of Penne juxta Bekingfeld in Com. Buck. All which excepting the Mannor of Dunstaple first mentioned he held in right of the said Margaret his Wife daughter and heir to Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norffolke Widow of Iohn de Seagrave leaving Anne his daughter and heir then married to Iohn de Hastings Earl of Pembroke seventeen yeares of age And was buried in that Monastery of the Carthusians commonly called the Charterhouse which he had so founded St. Philibert 22 Edw. 3. THe first mention I find of this name is in 15 Ioh. Nicholas de St. Philibert being then in that Expedition which King Iohn made into Poictoâ— Next of Hugh de St. Philibert who having been in Armes with the Rebellious Barons against King Iohn returned to his due obedience in I H. 3. whereupon he had restitution of his Lands in Com. Norff. Cornub. which had been seised for that Transgression and in 10 H. 3. was made Governor of the Isle of Geresey After him of Roger de St. Philibert who in 47 H. 3. joyning with the Rebellious Barons then in Armes was taken Prisoner by the Kings Forces in that notable defeat given to those Barons at Northampton Then of William de St. Philibert Which William also adhering to that side assisted them in the defence of Dovor-Castle but after the Battel of Evesham submitting himself had reception to the Kings grace and favour and restitution of his Lands in Com. Northampt. seised on for that offence After him also of another Hugh who in 25 E. 1. was in the Wars of Gascoine and the next ensuing year in the Scotish Wars To which Hugh succeeded Iohn his son and heir who in 7 E. 2. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 10 E. 3. obtained the Kings Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at East Hamney Soleham Hide and Kersewell in Com. Berks. Thormerton and Suthorpe in Com. Gloc. Westwelle and Adewelle in Com. Oxon. Little-Leys in Com. Essex Lacford and Cheleworth in Com. Suff. and Rakehethe in Com. Norff. And in 13 E. 2. was again in the Scotish Wars Also in those of Gascoine in 18 E. 2. And in 1. E. 3. in that Expedition then made into Scotland In 5 E. 3. being constituted Major of Burdeaur he had an assignation of One hundred pounds for the expences of his journey thither And departing this life in 7 E. 3. was then seised of the Mannor of Rakheyth iâ— Com. Norff. Chelesworth Lacford and Blemton in Com. Suff. Little-Legh in Com. Essex Thormeton and Suthorp in Com. Gloc. and Solham la â—yde Eâ—on Hastinge and East Hamney in Com. Berks. leaving Iohn his son and heir six yeares of age and Ada his Wife surviving who had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannor of Southorp in Com. Gloâ— East-Hamney in Com. Berks. and Little Legh in Com. Essex Which Iohn in 21 E. 3. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands And having Married Margaret one of the sisters and coheirs of Edmund Son and heir to Hugh de St. Iohn which Edmund died in his Father's life-time had for her Purpartie of the Lands of that Inheritance an Assignation of the Mannor of Basing and Bayliwick of the Forest of Pambere with the Parks of Privet and Morgaston and a certain Poole in Shireburne in Com. Southampt As also of the Mannor of Shottewell in Com. Berks. In this year also being in the Wars of France he was of the Retinue with Edward Prince of Wales So likewise in 22 and 23 E. 3. And in 29 E. 3. in right of the said Margaret his Wife had an Assignation of the Mannors of Shireburne Abboteston Bromlegh Chauton and Lydshuite in Com. Southampt which were of her Inheritance In this year also he was again in the Wars of Gascoine So likewise in 30 and 32 E. 3. And having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realme in 22 23 E. 3. but no more departed this life in 33 E. 3. Margaret his Wife surviving him Who by her Deed bearing date at Shireburne 9 Apr. 35 E. 3. granted to Thomas Aldyngbourne and his heirs the Mannors of Shireburne and Ludeshelf in â—eversion after the death of Mirabell her Mother who held them in Dower during her life Bryan 24 Edw. 3. OF this name I have not seen any mention until 29 H. 3. that Guy de Brien whose chief seat was in the Marches of Wales as I ghess received command to assist the Earl of Glocester against the Welch Which Guy in 42 H. 3. had summons to attend the King at Chester
for that the first Earl Palatine viz. Hugh commonly called Lupus of whom I have already spoke had the County of Chester given him by the Conqueror Tenere ita liberè ad Gladium sicut ipse Willielmus Rex tenebat Angliam per Coronam Being in the Holy Land he was at that famous siege of Damieta Vbi Dux Chistianae Cohortis praestitit gloriosa saith Henry Archdeacon of Huntendon Where being General of the Christian Army he did glorious things Upon his return thence when he was at Sea there hapning a dreadful storm as the same Author affirmeth he asked the Marriners How long it was then to midnight and they told him It was almost two hours Said he then Labor till that time and I trust to God the tempest will cease But when midnight approached the tempest increased so much that the Master of the Ship bad him commend himself to God for they were all like to perish Whereupon he went out of his Cabin and stoutly assisting them the tempest soon asswaged The day following therefore when the Seas were calm and the danger clearly over the Master asked him Why he would not stir to assist them till midnight telling him That his help was then more than all the Marriners in the Ship Quoth he Because my Monks and other devoâ—t people who are of mine and my Ancestors Foundation did then rise to sing Divine Service For that reason therefore did I put confidence in their Prayers and therefore my hope is that God Almighty for their Prayers and Suffrages would give me such strength as I had not before and asâ—wage the tempest as I foretold So soon as he returned from this journey which was about the Calends of April An. 1220. 4 Hen. 3. he began the structure of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire and Beeston Castle in Cheshire and likewise the Abbey of Deulaâ—res for White Monks near Leek in Staffordshire which Monastery he had been incited so to found as saith my Author by the ghost of Earl Ranulph his Grand-Father which appeared to him one night when he was in Bed and bad him go to a place called Cholpesdale within the Territory of Leek and there he should find a certain Chappel antiently built in honor of the Blessed Virgin and found an Abbey of White Monks and endow it adding There shall be joy to thee and many others who shall be saved thereby For there quoth he shall be a Ladder erected by which the Prayers of Angels shall ascend and descend and vows of Men shall be offered to God and they shall give thanks and the name of our Lord shall be called upon in that place by daily Prayers and the sign of this shall be when the Pope doth interdict England But do thou in the mean time go to the Monks of Pulton where Robert Butler hath in my name built an Abbey and thou shalt there be partaker of the Sacrament of the Lord for such Priviledges belong to the servants of the Founders And in the Seventh year of that Interdict thou shalt translate those Monks to the place I have foretold Which Relation being made unto the Lady Clemencia his Wife she said in French Dieu encres id est God increase Whereupon the Earl congratulating her expression said The name of the place shall be Deulaâ—res In which year also he had the custody of the Honor of Leicester conferred upon him The former Testimonies of this Earls loyalty to the King gave great hopes that his obedience would still have continued unshaken Howbeit within four years after it proved otherwise for discontents being raised by divers of the Barons about the Kings not confirming the Charter of Liberties which had been exacted by the predominant power of the Nobility from his Father as also for that he was too much governed by the advise of Hubert de Burgh He with his adherents keeping their Christmass at Leicester sent an insolent and minatory Message to the King then at Northampton viz. That except he would forbear to require his Castles and to hearken unto the Counsels of Hubert de Burgh they would all unanimously rise against him and compel him to be guided by them But to this they received such an answer from the Archbishop of Canterbuâ—y that made them all to startle which was That unless they would on the morrow render the King all his Castles himself and other of the Bishops would excommunicate them every man by name So that understanding also how well the King was provided with Military Forces to deal with them they prudently came to Northampton and submitted themselves unto him Yet were not their hearts so humbled as that they would be quiet in case it lay in their power to stir For in 11 Hen. 3. this haughty spirited Earl with many others taking advantage of the diâ—content that Richard Earl of Cornwal had conceived towards the King touching the Mannor of Berkhaâ—fied which belonged to the Earldom of Cornwal and was given by King Iohn his Father to another put themselves in Arms under colour of assisting that Earl in recovery of his own and sent a peremptory Message to the King requiring That he should do him right and to seal unto them a new Charter of the Forest Liberties instâ—ad of that which he had lately cancelled at Oxford Whereupon the King discerning what mischeif might grow through his withstanding them caused a Convention of the Peers at Northampton 3 Nones of August and made a peaceable Accord with them And having so done to oblige this potent Earl the more granted to him all that part of the Honor of Richmund with the Appurtenances which he formerly had by the gift of King Iohn to hold during his life upon condition That he should not make any Agreement with the Earl of Britanny to whom that part of the Honor did belong so as to yield it up unto him unless he could obtain so much Justice from the King of France as to recover those Lands of his own in Normandy which he lost in the service of King Iohn In 13 Hen. 3. he had a Confirmation from the King of all his Lands betwixt the Rivers of 〈◊〉 and Merse in Lancashire viz. The Town of West Deâ—by with the Wapentake the Borough of Lâ—verpool the Town and Wapentake of Salforâ— and Wapentake of 〈◊〉 in the same County with all Forests Hays Homages and other the Appurtenances Of this stout Earl I farther find that in 14 Hen. 3. he opposed one Stephen a Commissary from the Pope who was sent to gather the Tenths from the Bishops and all Religious Orders prohibiting any person whatsoever within the compass of his Jurisdiction from payment of any thing notwithstanding that all England besides with Ireland and Wales submitted thereto Moreover the same year attending the King in his expedition into Britanny he had his Bond for
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
his Territory of Gowherland The Foundation of the Priory at Warwick begun by his Father he perfected and Founded the Collegiate Church of our Lady there as also the Hospital of S. Michael for Lepers together with the House of Templers beyond the Bridge To divers Monasteries he was also a Benefactor To the Canons of 〈◊〉 he gave the Church of Norboro with the Chappel of Huncote To the Knights Templers xi s. yearly Rent out of his Mill at â—reâ—ham in Com. Rutl. As also four Oxgangs of Land in that Lordship To the Monks of Bruere in Com. Oxon he gave his Lordship of 〈◊〉 and to the Monks of Pipwell in Com. Northampton the Lordship of Causton in Com. Warr. To the Canons of Renilworth he confirmed the Grants of the Lordships of 〈◊〉 and Newnham in Com. Warr. which were of his Fee and farther bestowed on them certain Lands in Warwick with the Churches of Brailes and Wellesburn in the same County To the Monks of Pâ—eaux in Normanâ—y he gave two Hides of Land in Walton in Com. Warr. To the Monks of Geroudon in Com. Leicest he gave the Town of Badsley Endsor in Com. Warr. which afterwards was rendred by them to William his Son and Successor To the Monks of Bordsley in Com. Wigorn. he confirmed the Grant of Suhanger id est Sunger near Claerdon in Com. Warr. which William Gifford had given to them and bestowed on them one Hide of Land in Oxshalve To the Monks of Thorney in Com. Cantabr he confirmed the moity of the Mannor of Wenge given to them by Robert de Montfort To the Monks of Canweâ—â— in Com. Staff he gave three yard Land lying in Hull id est Hilâ— within his Lordship of Suâ—ton-Colefield in Com. Warr. And to the Nuns of Wrokeshale he confirmed the Church of Shukborow with certain Lands in that Lordship as also in Burton and Radford given to them by several persons And having Wedded Gundred Daughter to William Earl Warren the Second and Sister by the Mothers side to Waleran Earl of Mellent he left issue by her three Sons viz. William Waleran and Henry and one Daughter called Agnes Which William and Waleran were both of them successively Earl of Warwick And Henry had Gowherland in Wales by his Fathers gift but by his death without issue it came to William his elder Brother and Agnes became the Wife of Geffrey de Clinton Chamberlain to the King Son to Geffrey the Founder of â—enilworth Castle and Priory which Geffrey had in Frank-marriage with her by the gift of her Father Ten Knights Fees of those Seventeen that he held of his Fee and for which he was to do service in the Castle of Brandon Moreover this Geffrey had thereupon a Grant of this County of Warwick id est the Sheriffalty thereof for so it appeareth from sundry Testimonies To hold to him and his heirs of this Earl and his heirs in such sort as it was held by the King This Earl Roger died xii Iunii An. 1153. 18 Steph. In which year Henry Duke of Normandy afterwards King by the name of Henry the Second coming into England with a mighty power had that great respect from Gundred then Countess of Warwick Widow of the deceased Earl that she outed King Stephens Soldiers and delivered Warwick Castle to him I now come to William eldest Son and Successor to the last Earl who in 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified the number of his Knights Fees to be Cv and an half This Earl William Founded two Hospitals the one of S. Iohn the other of S. Thomas both in Warwick built a new Church for the Templers there and bestowed on them the Mannor of Shireburne and certain Lands in Morton both in the County of Warwick Moreover he ratified to the Monks of Combe one Hide of Land in Bilney granted to them by Thurbert de Bilney and confirmed to the Monks of Pipwell what his Father had given them in Causton for which respect they received him into their Fraternity as a Founder of that Abbey To the Canons of Kenilworth he ratified the Churches of Loxley Brailes and Wellesburne the one given to them by Robert Fitz-Odonis and the other two by Earl Roger his Father In consideration whereof they allowed him the perpetual presentation of one Canon in their House This Earl William married two Wives first Maud the eldest of the two Daughters and Coheirs of William Lord Percy and Margaret D'Eivile if Rous mistake not but I am of opinion that Maud was the later Wife For I find that by a special Charter she gave the Church of Tadcaster with the Chappel of Haselwood to the Monks of Salley in Com. Ebor. for the health of her Soul and the Soul of William Earl of Warwick her late Husband as also for the Souls of William de Percy her Father Adelidis de Tunebrigge her Mother Alan de Percy her Brother and Agnes her Sister Moreover that she bestowed on them on Carucate of Land in Caâ—â—hon the place of her Birth And in 31. Hen. 2. upon her Fathers death gave a fine to the King of Seven hundred marks for Livery of those Lands of her Fathers which by Inheritance belonged to her as also that she might have an Assignation of her Dowry and not be compelled to marry unto any but whom she should like But by neither of these Wives had this last mentioned Earl William any issue so that departing this life in the Holy Land 15 Nov. An. 1184. 30 Hen. 2. Waleran his Brother succeeded him in this Earldom Which Waleran in 7 Rich. 1. giving twenty marks fine to the King had Livery of the Tertium Denarium de placitis Comitatus And in 9 Rich. 1. stood charged with these following debts to the King viz. Forty two pound four shillings and eight pence for the Scutage levied upon the Kings Redemption likewise in One hundred pound for License to return into England and in One hundred marks more for leave to marry Alice the Daughter of Robert de Harecourt Widow of Iohn de Limesie He had also much ado a great part of his time touching his inheritance there starting up one who feigned himself to he his Brother Earl William deceased in the Holy Land which occasioned him no little trouble and vexation so that it is thought by some that the Grant which he made to Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury then Chancellor of England of the Advowson of all the Prebendaries belonging to the Collegiate Church in Warwick to hold during his life was to purchase his favor in that weighty business As to his Works of Piety all that I have seen
is That he gave to the Hospital of S. Michael in Warwick all the Tithe arising out of the Assarts of Wedgnock and likewise of the Paunage and Venison To the Nuns of Pinley certain Lands in Curdeshale within the Liberties of Claverdon and to the Nuns of Wrokeshale one yard Land lying in Bailes This Earl had two Wives viz. Margery the Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Alice the Daughter of Iohn de Harecourt Widow of Iohn de Limesie and departing this life in 6 Ioh. left issue divers Children Of which Henry being the eldest succeâ—ded him in this Earldom Waleran had the Mannors of Gretham and Cotesmore in Com. Rotel with certain Lands in Com. Wigorn. given unto him by his Father but died issueless Alice his Daughter by Alice his last Wife became the Wife of William Manduit of Hanslape in Com. Buck. having for her marriage portion the Mannor of Wauton since called Wauton-Manduit in Com. Warr. but being married very young continued in the custody of her Mother for some time after her Espousals and Gundred his other Daughter brought up in the Abbey of Dinley with Isabel his Neece for whose education he granted in his life time to the Nuns of that House two marks of Silver yearly to be paid by the hands of his Steward at Claverdon At which time for the health of his own Sonl and for the Souls of Margery his Wife Roger his Father Gundred his Mother Earl William his Brother and all his Ancestors he gave to those Nuns of Pinley the Redecimation of his Lordship of Walton in pure Alms. Which Alice his second Wife surviving him in 6 Ioh. gave a Thousand pound fine and Ten Palfreys that she might continue a Widow so that she might not be compelled to marry and that she might have the custody of those Children which she had by this deceased Earl as also Threescore pounds per annum Lands which he gave her freely to dispose and likewise her reasonable Dowry of his Lands and Fees And the next ensuing year gave three Palfreys more that she might by a Jury of Twelve lawful Knights have her Dowry admeasured out of those Lands and Fees What was done therein I find not but about two years after by Agreement with the Succeeding Earl Henry she had the Mannors of Tanworth and Claverdon in Com. Warr. and Chedworth in Com. Gloc. with the service of two Knights Fees the one in Ladbroke and the other in Loâ—ley assigned unto her I now come to Earl Henry the eldest Son and Successor to Earl Waleran This Henry being in minority at his Fathers death was committed to the custody of Thomas Basset of Hedendon near Oxford Which Thomas in consideration of a fine paid to the King in 7 Ioh. had a Grant of his Marriage to the intent he might match his Daughter to him as afterwards he did though she was not his first Wife and accordingly had Livery of his Lands with the Castle of Warwick In 12 and 13 Ioh. upon Inquisition taken as to the number of Knights Fees held of the King in capite by the great Men of this Realm it was then certified that there were Fourscore and seventeen belonging to this Earl For which with the rest being all in number One hundred and two and a third part he paid Two hundred four marks eight shillings and ten pence upon levying of that Scutage for the Kings expedition into Wales And in 15 Ioh. arriving then to his full age had Livery of the Tertium Denarium de Comitatu Warwici as his Ancestors heretofore had In 16 Ioh. contributing Forty two marks towards the Kings Wars in Poictou he was exempted from the Scutage then levied for that service And having been Loyal to King Iohn in the time of his great troubles with the Barons obtained the Kings special Precept unto Hugh de Nevil unto whom the custody of Warwick Castle had been committed during those distractions to deliver it up to him and Thomas Basset as also to make Livery unto him of all the Lands of those Rebels which held of his Fee to retain during pleasure Nor was he less faithful to King Henry the Third for y at the siege of Monâ—â—orrel Castle in the first of His Reign he joyned with the Earls of Chester and Albemarle as also in the Battle of Lincoln the same year where the Rebellious Barons were totally overthrown So likewise in 5 Hen. 3. For when William de Fortz Earl of Albemarle had rebelliously fortified his Castle at Biâ—ham in Com. Linc. he attended the King in person to the siege thereof having Scutage from all his Tenants by Military Service for the support of his charge in that expedition And in 9 Hen. 3. paid Forty nine pound two shillings five pence upon Levying of the Scutage of Montgomery Nevertheless when divers of the great Men in 11 Hen. 3. put themselves in Arms on the behalf of Richard Earl of Cornwal the Kings Brother he adhered to them but that business was soon composed and in 13 Hen. 3. obtained the Kings Letters deprecatory to all his Tenants who held of him by Military service for Aid towards the expences he was like to be at in a voyage into Gascoigne and to discharge some debt then due by him to the King During the minority of this Earl Henry it was That King Iohn scil in the Fourth of His Reign gave the Seignory of Gowher in Wales of his Inheritance unto William de Braose concerning which the succeeding Earls of Warwick had great Sutes as in due place I shall shew He had two Wives viz. Margery the eldest of the two Daughters of Henry D'Oily of Hoke-Norton in Com. Oxon Sister of Henry who died without issue by which means part of D'Oilies Inheritance came to this Family His other Wife was Philippa one of the three Daughters and Heirs to Thomas Basset of Hedenoon before mentioned and departed this life ... in 13 Hen. 3. Whereupon Philippa his Widow gave One hundred marks to the King that she might not be compelled to marry again but to take to Husband whom she should like best in case he were a Loyal Subject Whereupon the same year she wedded her self to Richard Siward a turbulent spirited person but of a Military disposition from his youth For in 17 Hen. 3. he took part with divers great Earls and Barons in their Rebellion begun about that time which was not well quieted till 22 Hen. 3. But from this Richard she was afterwards divorced And afterwards in her pure Widowhood gave to the Canons of Berencester id est Bisseter in Com. Buck. Seven shillings yearly Rent issuing out of certain Lands in Studley in Com. Warr.
to find one Lamp continually burning before the Altar of S. Iohn Baptist in the Conventual Church of Berencester for the health of her Soul and all her Ancestors and Childrens Souls and lieth buried in the Monastery there of her Fathers Foundation The issue which this last mentioned Earl Henry had was only one Son viz. Thomas and one Daughter called Margery both by his first Wife Which Thomas was of full age at his Fathers death for the same year paying One hundred pound for his relief he had Livery of his Lands And in 17 Hen. 3. four years after inherited D'Oilies Lands in Oxfordshire by the death of Henry D'Oily his Uncle without issue Of which paying One hundred pound for his releif and two Palfreys and doing his homage he then had Livery and at Whitsontide following the King then keeping that Festival at Glocester was girt with the Sword of Knighthood with Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk and Hugh de Vere Earl of Oxford Nay I make a question whether he had full Seism of this Earldom of Warwick till then though he had Livery of his Lands four years before for the Kings Precept to the Sheriffs of this County bearing date at Tewksbury 24 May the same year saith thus Rex ciâ—xit Thomam de Warewic â—ingulo Cemitatus Warewic mandatum est Vicecomiti Warwici quod eidem Comiti habere faciat de praedicto Comitatu id quod habere debet nomine Comitis Warwici de quo praedecessores sui Comites Warwici â—eisiti fuerunt tanquam ad eos pertinente nomine Comitatus Warwici And that this was the meaning of that Writ viz. That he should thereby be invested into this Earldom may seem by what the Historian addeth to that mention of his being Knighted with Roger Bigot and Hugh Vere scil Willielmus Longespe accingitur gladio Militari sed non fit Comes Sarum which was at that very time In 25 Hen. 3. this Earl Thomas gave Clxxx marks fine to the King to the end he might be exempted from attendance upon him in his expedition into Gascoigne which sum was over and above his Scutage thereupon due For discharge whereof and that he might levy the like upon his Tenants he paid the year following Cxx l. more But farther than this I cannot say of him other than that he married Ela Daughter to William Longespe Earl of Salisbury Natural Son to King Henry the Second As also that he departed this life without issue 26 Iune An. 1242. 26 Hen. 3. and was buried at Warwick Moreover that upon the new Building of the Quire of the Collegiate Church there in King Edward the Thirds time his Monument with divers other of his Ancestors were removed and never set up again Which Ela surviving him had by the Kings Precept bearing date 29 Iuly next ensuing the Mannors of Tanworth Claverdon and Sutton all in Com. Warr. as also Hoke-Norton and Bradam in Com. Oxon. with all the Corn and Hay then being upon them assigned for her Dowry And by vertue of another Mandate from the King to the Archbishop of York and William de Cantilupe obtained an augmentation thereto For it appears that besides all these she was possessed of the Mannors of Hatherop and Chedworth in Com. Gloc. And had of the Kings gift also for her better support the Mannor of Dimmock in the same County during her Widowhood Which Mannor afterwards upon her marriage with Philip Basset was at the request of Richard Earl of Cornwal the Kings Brother granted to her to hold during her life This Ela was a Benefactress to the Monks of Reading to the Canons of Oseney to the Nuns of Godstow and to the Canons of S. Sepulchers in Warwick to which last she gave all her Lands in Claverdon formerly granted unto her by Sir Henry de Lodbroke Knight and others And was so great a Friend to the University of Oxford that she caused a common Chest to be made and did put into it Two hundred and twenty marks out of which such as were poor Schollars might upon security at any time borrow something gratis for supply of their wants in consideration whereof the University were obliged to celebrate certain Masses every year in S. Maries Church Which Chest was in being in King Edward the Fourths time and called by the name of Warwick Chest. And to the Gray-Fryers in London she gave a parcel of Land with the Buildings thereon for the enlargement of their House In 17 Edw. 1. she released to William de Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick all her Right in the Mannor of Tanworth in Com. Warr. which she held in Dower And departing this life very aged viz in An. 1300. 28 Edw. 1. was buried before the High Altar in the Abby-Church of Oseney at the head of the Tomb of Henry de Oilly under a flat Marble in the habit of a Vowess graven on a Copper Plate This Thomas dying thus without issue the Inheritance of this great Earldom came to Margery his Sister who first became the Wife of Iohn Mareschal Brother to William Mareschal Earl of â—embroke as some say and afterwards of Iohn de Plessets of whom in due place I shall speak farther Earls of Warren and Surrey THough it doth not directly appear that this Earldom of Surrey was conferred upon William de Warren until the time of King William Rufus yet in regard it is manifest that he was Earl of Warren in Normandy in the Conquerors days I shall take the boldness to rank him amongst the Earls of His Reign and so begin my Discourse of these Titles with him This William standing nearly Allied to Duke William of Normandy viz. Nephew to the Countess Gunnora his Great Grand-mother accompanied him amongst many other gallant Men of that age Normans French Britons Anjovins and Flemmings in that his Signal Expedition for England in An. 1066. and fought courageously on his behalf in that notable Battle against King Harold wherein the Duke became Victor and thenceforth King For which he had diâ—ers Lordships and Lands in Norfolk and other parts of this Realm conferred upon him and amongst them Carletune and Benington in Com. Linc. After this viz. in An. 1067. when Odo Bishop of Bayeux and William Fitz-Osborne had the whole Government of the Realm the King then going into Normandy committed to their charge he with Hugh de Grentmesnil and some other active Soldiers was sent to accompany them and yield his assistance Nay he was in such great esteem with that King that he constituted him together with Richard de Benefactis an eminent Baron of that time his Substitutes for the universal Administration of Justice throughout the whole Realm Whereupon
Hostages for their future peaceable demeanor But this fair shew of Peace proved no other than a deceitful contrivance to entrap the English For the Scots hereupon gathering their whole strength together about Scrieuin thereupon enticed our Earl to march thither who inadvertently adventuring the most of his Forces over the Bridge saw them utterly routed and destroyed before he could get to their relief Which caused so great a consternation upon himself and the remainder of his Men that they fled immediately to Barwick and thence into England Notwithstanding which loss he was again constituted General for an other expedition into Scotland and thereupon with divers other of the English Nobility advanced thither But tidings being brought of a Peace which was concluded by King Edward then in Flanders and the Scots no farther acts of hostility were then done on either part And in 28 Edw. 1. was made Governor of the Castle of Hope in Com. Derb. In An. 29 Edw. 1. he was sent with Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and others to treat with Agents from the King of France upon Articles of Peace betwixt King Edward and the Scots And in 32 Edw. 1. again imployed into Scotland on the Kings service But before the end of that year he died at â—enington near London upon the fifth Calends of October having continued Earl of Surrey no less then Fifty four years and was buried in the midst of the Pavement in the Quire of the Abbey of Lewes before the High Altar with this Epitaph upon his Tomb-stone Vous qe passer ov bouche close Prier pur cely ke cy repose En vie come vous esti jadis fu Et vous tiel ferretz come je su Sire Iohan Count de Garenne gist ycy Dieu de sa alme eit mercy Ky pur sa alme prierra Troiz mill jours de pardon avera Certain it is that he was a person in high esteem with the King as may seem by that special Precept directed to the then Bishop Elect of London whereby signifying how pious and before Almighty God a meritorious work it was to pray continually for the dead that so they might be the more easily delivered from the burthen of their sins and that this our Earl who had been a most faithful and useful Subject and Servant to him and the whole Realm was then departed this life to his very great sorrow he required him that he should cause his Sonl to be commended to the Mercy of God by all Religious and Ecclesiastick Persons throughout his whole Diocess of London The like Precept was directed by the King unto the Archbishop of Canterbury for his whole Province as also to the Abbots of S. Augustines in Canterbury Westminster Waltham S. Albans S. Edmunds-Bury and Evesham Moreover for Indulgencies to such who should pray for his Soul I farther find that Robert then Archbishop of Canterbury granted forty days Gilbert Bishop of Chichester forty days Thomas Bishop of Rochester thirty days the Bishop of Durham forty days the Bishop of â—arleol forty days the Bishop of Lincoln forty days the Bishop of Coventry and Liechfield forty days and Iohn Bishop of Chichester forty days His Wife viz. Alice already mentioned Sister by the Mothers side to King Henry the Third departed this life the fifth Ides of February An. 1290. 19 Edw. 1. and was buried under a Marble-stone before the High Altar in the Abbey Church of Lewes whereon the Figure of a Dragon with a Branch in his Mouth was graven By her he had issue William who wedded Ioan Daughter of Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford and had with her the Mannors of Medmenham in Com. Buck. Crawmersh in Com. Oxon. and Beston in Norfolk in Frank-marriage as also the Mannors of Prittlewell Tiburne Wulfhamstone Nechamsted and Ginges and Lands of Ten pounds per annum in Cestreham He had also issue by her the said Alice two Daughters viz. Alianor and Isabel which Alianor was first married to Henry Lord Percy and afterwards to the Son of a Scotish Earl and Isabel to Iohn Baillol afterwards King of Scotland This William died in the life time of the Earl his Father upon the eighteenth Kalends of Ianuary in An. 1286. 14 Edw. 1. leaving Ioan his Lady great with Child with Iohn his Son and Heir afterwards born upon the second Kalends of Iuly the same year and was buried before the High Altar in the Abbey of Lewes Which Ioan departed this life upon the eleventh Kalends of December in An. 1293. 21 Edw. 1. and lieth buried with her Husband before the High Altar at Lewes under a high Tomb. ¶ I come now to Iohn Son to the said William but born after his death as hath been said who next succeeded in these Earldoms of Warâ—en and Surrey as Heir to Iohn his Grand-father This Iohn having an offer made unto him by the King in his Chamber at Westminster in Parliament upon Munday next before the Feast of S. Edward King and Martyr 33 Edw. 1. Of Ioan Daughter to Henry Earl of Baar gratefully accepted thereof he being not then fully twenty one years of age and took her to Wife That which I find next memorable of him is That at that great solemnity of making Prince Edward Knight at the Feast of Pentecost An. 34 Edw. 1. he then received the like honor the whole number then Knighted being no less then Two hundred threescore and seven In the next year following the last of that Victorious Kings Reign he was with him in that his Scotch expedition wherein he died And in 2 Edw. 2. was at that great Tourneament at Wallingford unto which Piers Gavaston brought such a multitude of strangers to the great affront and abuse of the English Nobility In 4 Edw. 2. he went again into Scotland being in such favor with the King that he obtained a free Grant the same year of the Castle and Honor of Peke in Derbishire together with the whole Forest of High Peke to hold during his life in as full and ample manner as William Peverel antiently enjoyed the same before it came to the Kings of England by Escheat In 5 Edw. 2. upon that high discontent by the Nobles of this Realm against the new raised Minion Piers Gavaston this Earl with the Earl of Pembroke besieged Peirs in Scardeburgh Castle and forced him to render himself In 6 Edw. 2. he obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market every Tuesday at his Mannor of â—igaâ—e in Surrey Also for another Market at his Mannor of Cukefeld in Surrey upon the Monday and a Fair there yearly upon the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of the Holy Trinity Likewise for a Market every Tuesday at â—ychening in Sussex and a Fair
took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to Iohn le Strange of Blackmere which Elizabeth died 23 Aug. 7 Ric. 2. without issue And in 7 Ric. 2. together with the Earl of Northumberland and some of the Northern Barons he entred Scotland with a thousand Spears and six thousand Archers In 8 R. 2. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars And in 9 R. 2. constituted Earl Marshal of England by reason of his descent from Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk and Marshall as hath been observed to hold the same Office for term of his Life In 10 R. 2. he went to Sea with Richard Earl of Arundell then constituted Admiral to oppose the incursion of the Kings publique Enemies and shared in the glory of that Victory then obtained in that Naval adventure against the French Flemings Normans and Spaniards as also of that valiant attempt upon the Castle of Brest in Britanny which was then taken by the English but such was the prevalency of the Duke of Ireland at that time and of those other parasites who had the Kings eare as that upon his return instead of an honorable reception for his good service he was not looked on with any fair countenance being one of those whose death was designed by that Duke and his complices This Thomas did not make proof of his age untill 12 Ric. 2. but then so doing and performing his Homage he had livery of all his Lands and thereupon constituted Governor of Barwick upon â—weed as also sent with a military power against the Scots who had invaded Northumberland and made great spoil in those parts but having not strength sufficient to give them Battle he retreated back without any attempt upon them After this scil in 14 R. 2. he wasmade Governor of the Castle of Merke in France as also Captain of Calais for the term of five years The next year following scil 15 R. 2. at the instance of this Earl it was that the King vouchsafed such favor to the Town of Calais that for the honor thereof the Mayor and his successors should thenceforth have a Sword born before them with the point upwards except at such time as the King himself or any of his Uncles or the Captain of Calais or his Lieutenant should be present and then to carry the point thereof downwards In 16 R. 2. he was constituted the Kings Liâ—â—tenant in Calais as also in the parts of Picardy Flanders and Artoys and likewise Governor of Calais and of the new Tower there And for his many good services done and to be done had a grant of two hundred Marks per annum for life to be paid out of the Exchequer untill such time as the King should better provide for him Moreover he stood in such favor that the King acknowledging his just and hereditary title to bear for his Crest a golden Leopard with a white Label which of right did belong to the Kings eldest Son in case he had any did by his Letters patents grant unto him and his heirs authority to bear the Golden Leopard for his Crest with a Coronet of Silver about his neck instead of the Labell And in the same year constituted him Justice of Chester and Flintshire for term of life with power to hold Pleas and Sessions there by himself or his sufficient Lieutenant as also Justice of North-Wales In 18 R. 2. he attended the King into Ireland Moreover in 19 R. 2. he was joyned in Commission with Edward Earl of Roteland Son of Edmund de Langley Duke of York and others to contract Marriage with Isabel eldest Daughter to Charles the sixth King of France and King Richard and again constituted Governor of the Castle of Calais Moreover the next ensuing year he obtained the Kings licence for founding that Monastry of Carthusian Monks at his Mannor of Eppe-Worth in the Isle of Axholm which he he thereupon established and most amply endowed As also the Kings Charter of confirmation of the Office of Earl Marshal of England to the Heirs Male of his body with an union of the Office of Marshal in the Courts of Kings Bench and Exchequer thereunto Likewise of the Office of Marshals-cryer before the Steward and Marshal of the Kings household And that he and his Heirs male by reason of this their Office of Earl Marshal should bear a Golden Truncheon enameled with black at each end having at the upper end of it the Kings Arms graven thereon and at the lower end his own Arms. How beit notwithstanding those his many services before remembred such was the prevalency of his old Enemies those Parasites by whom the King was governed that the year following viz. 21 R. 2. with divers other he was arrested and indicted of High Treason at Notingham and Witnesses suborned to accuse him in the ensuing Parliament But here the Scene soon changed for whether with the apprehension of his own danger or allured by those voluptuaries who bore such sway with the King he forthwith adhered to them in the destruction of that honorable person Richard Earl of Arundell whose Daughter he had Married and was one of the chief that guarded him to his Execution Nay it is said by some that he bound up his Eyes and beheaded him himself And soon after that had a principle hand in that execrable Murther of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester the Kings Uncle causing him to be smothered with a Feather-bed at Calais Whereupon he became in such high favour at Court that the King bestowed upon him and the Heires Male of his Body the Castle Town and Lordship of Lewes the Mannors of Cokefield Clayton Dycheninge Methynge Peâ—cham Brightelmeston Rottingdene Houndedene Northese Rademeld Kymere Middilton Alington Worth Pycombe Sefford Iford Pedingho Kingston and Littleworth the Hundreds of Poninges Buttringhull Strete Beâ—come Swanbergh Holmestrowe Yonesmere Whalesbone the half Hundred of Fishergate the half Hundred of Wyndham and three hundred acres of marish called Wayfeldmerch with all other the Lands of Richard Earl of Arundel which by reason of the said Earles forfeiture came to the King together with all Knights Fees and advowsons of Churches in the Counties of Surry and Sussex the Castle and Town of Reygate with the Park Warren and Chases only excepted And besides all this the Castle and Town of Castleacre with its members and appurtenances in Norfolk which by the forfaiture of the said Earl came to the Crown Moreover the Castle and Mannor of Hanslape the Mannors of Olney Querndon and Shenley Mansel in the County of Buckingham the Mannors of Berghdon Greatham Preston and Uppingham in the County of Roteland the Mannors of Molton and Potters-pirie in the County of Northampton the Mannors of Brayles Toneworth Berkswill Lighthurne Morton and Mereshull
whole Lordship of Cavenby in Com. Linc. with the Advowson of the Church for the augmentation and support of four Canons more in that Abbey After which she married to Iohn Gifford of Brimsfield in Com. Gloc. About this time also the Wardship of the Lands and Heir of this William Longespe which had been formerly given to Prince Edward was bestowed on the Queen but soon after viz. before the end of that year Edmund de Lacy in consideration of ten marks in Gold given to the King obtained License for Henry his Son to contract Matrimony with Margaret the eldest Daughter and Coheir to the said William Whereupon doing his homage he had Livery of all those Lands Which Marriage though not consummated till then was concluded of betwixt William Longespe her Father and the before specified Edmund upon Friday before Christmas-day An. 1256. 41 Hen. 3. they having had Conference thereof before in Galcoigne Whereupon the said William gave with her the Mannors of Burncestre and Middleton with the Homages Rents Services c. And for her Dowry the said Edmund setled upon her for her life in case she should survive his Son Henry the Mannors of Skippeys and Scales with their Appurtenances But after this she took to Husband Sir Walter Walrond Knight by whom she had three Daughters viz. Cecely married to Iohn de Monemue who died issueless Aubrea to Walter Ingham and Isabel to Walter Nevil Bohun HVmphrey de Bohun the first of this Noble Family that setled here in England being a Kinsman to William Duke of Normandy came hither with him at his Conquest of this Realm being called Humphrey with the Beard having that special denomination as it seems in regard most of the Normans did then totally shave their Faces I do not find that he was possessed of any more Lordships in England at the time of the Conquerors Survey than Taterford in Norfolk nor have I seen more mention of him than that he left issue Humphrey the second called The Great who by the appointment of King William Rufus took to Wife Maud the Daughter of Edward de Saresbury Progenitor of the antient Earls of Sarum with whom he had in Marriage all the Lands which were purchased by the said Edward viz. Weston juxta Salisbury Walton Newenton Piriton Staunton Trobrege and one Messuage in Salisbury over the East Gate with the Advowson of the Church of S. Cross built over that Gate together with a Meadow without the Town of Salisbury Which Lordship of Weston was afterwards exchanged for the Mannors of Wineâ—esford and Maningford This Humphrey bearing a great regard to the Cluniack Order of Monks whereof the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex was the second of those which had been seated here in England gave thereunto his Church of Bishopstreet with the consent of 〈◊〉 his Wife but upon condition that if he should grant his Church of Farley in Wiltshire to the Monks of Lewes and the Prior of Lewes place some of his Covent at Farley that then those of Farley might wholly enjoy it He had issue Humphrey the third and Maud a Daughter Which Humphrey was Steward and Sewer to King Henry the First and espoused Margery the eldest of the three Daughters of Milo Earl of Hereford Constable of England Sister and Coheir to Mahel her Brother This Humphrey with the said Margery his Wife were Founders of the Priory at Farley commonly called Monkton-Farley in Wiltshire in An. 1125. 26 Hen. 1. and annexed it as a Cell to the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex Moreover in 1 Steph. he was one of the Witnesses to King Stephens Laws but when Maud Daughter to King Henry the First commonly called Maud the Empress landed in England with her Brother Robert Earl of Glocester 4 Steph. he adhered to her and at the incitation of Milo Earl of Hereford his Wives Father fortified his Town of Trobregge against King Stephen in such sort as that it was impregnable In 5 Steph. he gave Thirty two pounds ten shillings for his Relief as to those Lands in Wiltshire which were his Fathers and Four hundred marks of Silver that he might enjoy that Office of Sewer to the King which his Father held To him it was that Maud the Empress by her special Charter granted the Office of Sewer to her both in England and Normandy unto whom he so firmly adhered in all her troubles that fighting in the Battle of Winchester on her part in 6 Steph. he was there taken prisoner by William de Ipre In 12 Hen. 2. upon assessing the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter he certified the Knights Fees whereof his Grand-father was Enfeoffed to be Thirty and an half De Veteri Feoffamento and Nine and an half De Novo Feoffamento For which Fees De Veteri Feoffamento he paid Thirty marks and an half At that time also Margaret his Wife for so she is called in the Record signified the Knights Fees which she then held whereof the respective persons named in her Certificate were Enfeosffed by Milo de Glocester her Father to be seventeen De Veteri Feoffamento and three and four parts De Novo In 20 Hen. 2. this Humphrey accompanied Richard de Lucy Justice of England into Scotland with a powerful Army to wast that Countrey and was one of the Witnesses to the accord then made by William King of Scots and King Henry as to the subjection of that Kingdom to the Crown of England In the same year he joyned with other of the Loyal Peers and giving Battle to the Earl of Leicester then in Rebellion whose Army they totally routed took him prisoner Lastly having confirmed to the Canons of S. Dionis near Soliâ—hampton the Grant of the Church of Cheleworth made by Humphrey his Father He departed this life 6 Apr. An. 1187. 33 Hen. 2. and was buried in the Chapter-House of Lanthony near Gâ—ocester leaving Humphrey his Son and Heir whose custody the before mentioned Margery had and paid Thirty pounds ten shillings upon levying the Scutage of Gatway for those Knights Fees which belonged to his Barony in regard he did not attend the King in his Army thither Which Humphrey being the fourth of that name was Earl of Hereâ—ord as also Constable of England by descent from Margaret his Mother if the Chronicles of Lanthony mistake not and took to Wife Margaret Daughter to Henry Earl of Huntingdon Sister to William King of Scots and Widow of Conan le Petit Earl of Brâ—â—any and Richmond But of him I find nothing farther memorable than that by this last Will and Testament he gave to the Canons of Bradenstoke certain Lands in Uinelesford of one mark per annum value
de Breause of the Castle and Town of Haverford part of the Lands Hereditarily descending to them from Walter Mareschal sometime Earl of Pembroke Brother of Eve their Mother By which Eleanor he left issue Humphrey de Bohun the Seventh who succeeded his Grandfather in these Earldoms of Hereford and Essex Another Wife he had called Ioan Daughter of Robert de Quency as is manifest by that Grant of King Henry the Third to Humphrey Earl of Hereford his Father in 50 Hen. 3. before recited but whether she was his first Wife or not I cannot determine This Humphrey the Grandson in 2 Edw. 1. had the Castle and Town of Haverford which were of his Inheritance then restored to him as also Livery of all his other Lands the next ensuing year doing his homage upon the death of his Grandfather And in 10 Edw. 1. being appointed to make his abode in the Parts of Brecknock deputed Iohn de Bohun his Uncle to attend the King for performance of the Office of Constable of England in his absence In 14 Edw. 1. he was with the Kings Army in Wales and had thereupon Scutage of his Tenants But in 20 Edw. 1. being convicted of some misdemeanor before the King and his Council his Royalties for his Lands in Brecknock were seised on and committed to Roger de Burghul In 25 Edw. 1. he was sent into Holland with Iohn Son to the Earl of Holland who had married the Daughter of King Edward when he went to challenge the Inheritance of his Father about that time slain In the same year it was that the King caling a Parliament at Salisbury required this Earl and some others to go into Gascoigne To whom they answered that if he did go himself in person they would attend him But the King threatning them with high words that he would compell them to goe without him they put themselves in Arms. Which being discerned that business was prosecuted no farther In that year likewise he was one of those who boldly prohibited the Lord Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to levy that Tax upon the People of the eighth peny then granted to the King in the Parliament held at S. Edmunds-bury and incited the Londoners to stand with them for recovery of their Liberties The same year command being given to this Earl and some others to provide themselves with Horse and Armes to attend the King into Flanders not obeying he was discharged from his Office of Constable of England Also the King being then beyond Sea Edward his Son left Custos Regni in his absence sending unto him and to the Earl-Marshal to repair to his Parliament at London on the tenth of October they came with five hundred Horse and a multitude of Foot-Souldiers but would not adventure within the City Walls unless their own men might keep the Gates Nor consent to any thing then proposed except the King did confirm the Great Charter with some Articles thereunto added as also the Charter of the Forest and grant that no Ayd should thenceforth be exacted from the Clergy or Laity but by consent of the Lords as also that they themselves and all theirs who had refused to go into Flanders with him should be pardoned All which was yeilded to and performance made accordingly Moreover in that year he was with the K. in Scotland when he obtained that great Victory near Roxborough but upon their return to Carlisle got leave to come home At or about this time it was that he passed the Mountains of Scotland with Thomas Earl of Lancaster and beseiged the Castle of Rindromi in Marre which they took This Earl married Maud Daughter of William de Fienles and endowed her at the same time by the consent of Humphrey E. of Hereford his Grandfather with the third part of all his Lands Moreover Queen Alianore in consideration of this marriage with that her Kinswoman obliged her self to pay unto him a thousand pounds of Silver And besides all this the King to manifest his kindness to her thereupon granted them the Castle and Mannor of Haye in the Marches of Wales He departed this life at Plessy in ann 1298. 26 Edw. 1. and lieth buried with his Wife in the Chapel of our Lady at Walden in Esser To whom succeeded Humphrey de Bohun the eighth his Son and Heir who in 27 Edw. 1. doing his Homage had livery of his Fathers Lands In 30 Edw. 1. this Earl by a formal conveyance gave and granted unto the King the inheritance of all his Lands and Lordships in this Realm as also of his Earldomes of Hereford and Essex and Constableship of England After which viz. in 32 Edward 1. he was in Scotland in his service And the same year attended Prince Edward beyond Sea having Livery out of the Kings Wardrobe for his expences But upon his marriage of Elizabeth the Kings Daughter about that time the King regranted to him all his Lands Castels Lordships c. wheresoever both in England or Wales as also the right of this his Earldom of Hereford with the Constableship of England which he thereupon entailed upon the issue of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such issue from and after the death of himself and his said Wife covenanted that the Lordship of Plessets in Essex with the Hamlets of High-Estrey and Great-Waâ—tham with the appurtenances as also the Mannors of Walden Quendon Depedene and Shenfeld in Essex Stakes and Fobbing in Hertfordshire Enfeld in Middlesex Kynebauton in Huntendonshire and the Constableship of England should wholly remain to the King and his Heirs for ever Moreover that the Mannors of Agmondesham in Buckinghamshire Wolesey in Wiltshire Sutham and Whitenhurst in Gloucestershire the Castle and Mannor of Huntinton in Herefordshire the Castles of Brecknock Haye and Caldecote in Nether-Went within the Marches of Wales together with all his Lands in Newton within the same Marches should remain to his right Heirs In 34 E. 1. the K. granted to this Earl being then in Scotland in his service and to Elizabeth his Wife in tail the whole Territory of Anandale in Scotland but for want of issue betwixt them to remain to the King and his Heirs This Earl in 35 Edw. 1. being with the King in his Scotish Warrs departed thence without leave for which offence at the instance of Q. Margaret he obtained his pardon In 1 Edw. 2. he entred into a solemn agreement by Covenant under his Seal with Henry Earl of Lincoln Iohn Earl Warren and Surry Aymere de Valence Earl of Pembrokâ— Robert de Clifford and some other Barons to defend the Kings person and the rights of his Crown and to redress what was amiss as by a special Instrument bearing date at
routed with Edmund Duke of Somerset he made hast into Wales where he was received by the Earl of Pembroke and after that into Cornwall unto S. Michaels-Mount It is said by some that at the loss of Barnet Field he fled into Scotland and thence into France and having gotten much at Sea came into the West Countrey where by subtilty he entred S. Michaels Mount in Cornwall with three hundred ninety seven men upon the last of September and divers times coming down thence into the adjacent villages had good chear of the Inhabitants Whereupon Bodrigan the Kings Lieutenant in that County being commanded by the King besieged the Mount but so favorably that the Earl revictualled it so that Fortescue was sent to keep 〈◊〉 Seige better But at last the King so wrought with the Souldiers in the Mount that had not our Earl submitted his own men would have made him prisoner in so much as Fortescue entred the Mount upon the fifteenth of February following wherein he found victual which might have served till Midsummer this Earl with the Lord Beaumont being carried prisoners to the King and sent to safe Custody in the Castle of Hamms in Picardy Soon after which viz. in the Parliament begun at Westminster upon the sixth of October the same year he was together with Sir George and Sir Thomas his Brothers both Knights attainted But in 2 Ric. 3. being still prisoner in the Castle of Hamms observing what hopes of aid Henry Earl of Richmund then had from the French and others in order to his gaining the Crown of this Realm he got thence together with Sir Iames Blount the Governor of that Castle and Sir Iohn Fortescue porter of the Gates of Calais and came to Montarges to the Earl of Richmund who recâ—ived him with much joy being a person of great nobility expert in military affairs and withall of high integrity Whereof when King Richard heard and that the Castle of Hamms had declared for Richmund through the contrivance of this Earl as also that he and Blount the Governor of that Castle were so gone as before is expressed he forthwith appointed that part of the Garrison at Calais should march out to regain that Castle Whereupon those in the Castle standing upon their Guards and sendeng a Messenger to the Earl of Richmund for more aid he forthwith dispatched this our Earl of Oxford with a choice number of expert Souldiers who by his skilfull conduct drew off those in the Castle without any loss After which he himself hasted thence to the Earl of Richmund in Paris And upon his arrival in England marched with him to Bosworth where King Richard being ready to give him Battle Richmund Marshalled his Army and appointed this Earl to command the Vantguard consisting of Archers Who behaved himself with great courage in that fight and when they came to the Sword fearing to be encompassed commanded that no Souldier should stirr above ten foot from his Colours And then most Valliantly charging the Enemy in form of a Wedge put them to the Rout in which he slew many and thereby became one of the chiefest Instruments in obtaining an happy victory that day For which memorable service Richmund being thereupon Crowned King by the name of Henry the seventh he was soon restored to all his possessions and for his great prudence and gravity made choice of for one of his privy Councel as also at his Coronation constituted one of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord high Steward of England And stood in such high favor with him as that he obtained a grant to himself and Margaret his Wife and to the Heirs of her the said Margaret of the Lordship of de la More in Comit. Hertf. and Midd. late belonging to George Nevil Archbishop of York as also of the Mannors of â—amlingham â—elsall Harestone Pesenhall Walton with Tremley and the Hundred of Loose in Com. Suff. and likewise of the Mannor of Willington in Com. Bedf. which were part of the possessions of Iohn late Duke of Norfolk attainted Likewise of the Mannors of Berham Walkefare and Powers in Waltham-parva in Comit. Essex late the Lands of Francis Vicccount Lovell attainted of the Mannor of Botesworth in Comitat. Northampt. late William Catesby's Esq attainted Also of an House called the Herber in the Parish of S. Mary Bothawe in the Ward of Dowe-gate London part of the possessions of George late Duke of â—larence to hold to him and to the Heirs male of his Body And besides all this was made Constable of the Tower of London and likewise Lord High Admiral of all England Ireland and Dutchy of Aquitane Moreover in 3 Hen. 7. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to exercise the Office of High Steward of England at the Coronation of the Queen Furthermore upon that Insurrection made by Iohn Earl of Lincoln on the behalf of Lambert Simnell who was taught to personate one of the murthered Sons of King Edward the fourth was with Iasper Duke of Bedford a chief commander of the Kings Forces against those Rebells And in 4 Hen. 7. together with the same Duke of Bedford he had the Command of those forces which were sent by King Henry into Flanders in aid of Maximilian the Emperor against the French And in 9 Hen. 7. was made Constable of the Castle of â—lare in Com. Suff. In 12 Henr. 7. he was likewise one of the cheif Commanders against the Lord Audley and his fellow-Rebells in the Battle at Black-Heath And in 1 Hen. 8. obtained a confirmation from the King of the Office of Lord Great-Chamberlain of England originally granted to his Ancestor Alberic de Vere by King Henry the first In which year he had likewise the Constableship of the Castle of â—lare confirmed to him for life as also a grant and confirmation of the Castle of Colchester which Maude the Empress gave to Alberic de Vere his Ancestor And was lastly again constituted Lord Admiral of England Ireland and the Dutchy of Aquitane for life This Earl Iohn first married Margaret the Daughter to Richard Earl of Salisbury and by her had issue Iohn who died young in the Tower of London during his Fathers exile Which Margaret being in great want in 21 Edw. 4. the Earl her Husband standing then attainted obtained from the King an annuity of an hundred pounds per annum during her life to be payd out of the Impost upon Wines in the Port of London And to his second Wife Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Richard Scroope Knight Widow of William Viscount Beaumont but had no issue by her Which Elizabeth by her Testament bearing date 30 Maii An. 1537. 29 H. 8. bequeathed her body to be buried in the
of Tonebruge In 10 Edw. 1. Prince Edward summoning the great Men who were by tenure to do service in the War of Wales he acknowledged his part therein to be for ten Knights Fees and was there himself in person About this time he made great havock in Wales near Lantilowhir and had divers sharp encounters with the Welsh wherein many were slain on both sides but got the victory over them In 11 Edw. 1. he procured the Kings Charter for a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Blechingley in Com. Surr. upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of All-Saints In 13 Edw. 1. having been divorced from Alice his Wife called Alice de March Daughter of Guy Earl of Angolesme as hath been already observed taking consideration of her noble Birth he freely granted to her for her support during life the Mannor of â—aâ—stead with the Park as also the Mannors of Wells and Warham with eight pound eleven shillings eight pence Perquisites of the Court Leet excepting Wreck of Sea as also the Mannors of Wylton Burford and Spenhemlond In 14 Edw. 1. he obtained another Charter for a Market every week upon the Wednesday at his Mannor of Rosburgh in the County of Kilkenny in Ireland and a Fair upon the Eve and Day of the Invention of the Holy Cross commonly called Holy Rood day In 17 Edw. 1. notwithstanding the Kings Proclamation that none should appear in Arms upon grievous forfeitures nevertheless this Earl with multitudes of Soldiers in an hostile manner invaded the Earl of Herefords Lands of Breghenow and there began to build a Castle in disherison of that Earl and terror to the people of those parts And being thus divorced from his Wife as hath been observed he became ambitious of marrying into the Royal Line viz. With Ioane of Acres Daughter to the King in order whereunto he gave up the Inheritance of all his Castles and Mannors as well in England as Wales unto King Edward to dispose of at his pleasure viz. Of the Mannor of â—orhwel in Com. Northamp Sutho in Com. Huntingt Brickhill Stivecle and Merlaw in Com. Buck. Stanford in Com. Berks. Caversham in Com. Oxon. Desnyng and Southwold in Com. Suff. Walsingham Winton Brecham and Crempâ—ingham in Com. Norf. Berdfield in Com. Essex Staundon in Com. Hertf. Tillingden Panteldolfe Pecham Andinges and Shepstead in Com. Kanc. Blechingley and Oakham in Com. Surr. â—raneburne with the Chase as also Pimprey and Tarent-Gundevile in Com. Dorset Likewise of all his Lands and Tenements in Uske Kaerlion Trilleik and De la gaun in Nether-Went in Wales together with all other the Lands which Sir Bartholmew de la More and Richard de la More held for term of life of the Honor of Uske and Kaerlion which Grant bears date at Winchester 20 April the same year But because this Record doth not enumerate so many as the Fine Roll of that year doth I shall here take notice of that Mandate to the Sheriffs of the several Counties wherein his Lands lay for seising them into the Kings hands upon this Grant of his in which they are inserted as followeth viz. The Mannors of Thornbury and Tewskbury with the Hamlets thereto belonging Fareford and the Chase of Cors in Comit. Gloc. Weâ—ecombe Bedewyde and the Hundred of â—ynewardeston in Comitat Wilts Tunbrigge Elding Handlow Bradstead Rochfeud and â—achehurst in Com. Kanc. Subizes Hunede Desingham and Wasingham in Com. Norf. Suff. Craneburne with the Hundred and Chase of Craneburne Tarent Gundevill Tarent Russeals Pimperne with the Hundred of Pimperne Warham the Hundreds of Haselore and Rugheburgh the Mannors of Wike and Portland the Town of Weymue and Eston juxta Bristol in Com. Somers Dorset The Mannors of Berdefeud Clarette and Staundone in Com. Essex Hertf. With divers other Lands lying in the Counties of Surr. Suss. Nottingh Derb. Oxon. Berks. Cantabr Hunt Linc. Devon Soutbampt and Wigorâ— not particularly named Whereupon the said Ioane being married unto him on the morrow preceding the Calends of May the same year the King restored to him all those Lands again which he then entailed together with all other his Lands Castles and Lordships both in England and Wales as also to the issue of his Body by her the said Ioane and in default thereof to the Heirs and Assigns of her in case she should happen to survive him He then likewise entailed all his Castle and Lordships in Ireland upon himself and her and the issue of their two Bodies lawfully begotten with Remainder to his right Heirs About this time there having been a Ditch cast up by the appointment of this Earl and his Lady over the Crest of Malvern-Hills Godfrey Giffard then Bishop of Worcester took exception thereat as incroaching too much upon his Territories but ere long they came to a solemn accord touching the same in the presence of Robert Burnel Bishop of Bathe and Wells whereupon the Bishop and his Successors were to have a brace of fat Bucks yearly to be delivered at his Mannor of Kemsey upon the Eve of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and a brace of fat Does yearly upon Christmass Eve out of Malvern-Chase And in the Bishops absence from that Mannor-house those Bucks and Does to be delivered to the Prior and Chapter of Worcester Which Agreement was made at Tewksbury on Saturday preceding the Feast of S. Dunstan 19 Edw. 1. The next year following there being a complaint against this Earl in the Parliament held at London upon the morrow after the Feast of the Epiphany by Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex that he and his Tenants of Morgannon had by force and arms entered the Earl of Herefords Lands of Brecknock and made great spoil there the King assigned William Bishop of Ely William de Valence his Uncle as also Iohn de Methingham and Robert de Hertford two of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas to enquire and determine thereof Whereupon it being found that this Earls Tenants for his Lands of Morgannon had with Banner displayed invaded these Lands of Hrecknock two miles beyond that place where he had built a Castle concerning which the difference originally grew and taken thence much plunder and at another time had advanced five miles and afterwards seven miles with Horse and Foot and Colours displayed and done the like mischeif As also that they had broke up Churches taken away the Chalices and Ornaments thereto belonging slain many of the Earl of Herefords Tenants and driven away multitudes of Cattle and that of all this out Earl knew having the third part of the plunder Likewise that the Earl of Hereford with the power of his Tenants had done the like to him in his Lands of Morgannon it was adjudged That both those Earls should be committed to custody and that the Earl of Glecesters
Advowson of the Church of Wickwane in Gloucestershire How far farther he was a Benefactor to that Monastry I cannot say but 't is very like that he gave somewhat more for it appears that these Monks by their publique Instrument in full chapter granted to him and his heirs by the attribute of Dilecto speciali amico their beloved and singular friend power to present two Monks successively in their Covent who should daily sing Mass in the Church of that Monastry for the health of his Soul as also for the Souls of Earl William his Father Maud his Mother and their Ancestors for ever And besides this he was the first Founder of that Chantrey or Colledge of Priests at Elmeley in Worcestershire I come now to his Testament which bears date at Warwick Castle on Munday next after the Feast of S. Iames the Apostle An. 1315. 9 Edw. 2. by which he bequeathed his Body to sepulture in that Abbey of Bordfley but willed that his Funeral Rites should be performed without any great pomp To Alice his Wife he devised a proportion of his Plate with a Chrystal Cup and half his Bedding as also all the Vestments and Books pertaining to his Chappel the other moity of his Beds Rings and Jewels to his two Daughters to Maud his Daughter a Chrystal Cup to Elizabeth his Daughter he gave the marriage of Astleys heir whom she took to Husband to Thomas his Son his best Coat of Mail Helmet and Suit of Harness with all that belonged thereto to his Son Iohn his second Coat of Mail Helmet and Harness and appointed that all the rest of his Armor Bows and other warlike provisions should remain in Warwick Castle for his Heir And departing this life at his said Castle of Warwick upon the Twelfth of August next following by poyson as some thought was buried in the Abbey of Bordsley before mentioned This Earl Guy before his death obtained a Grant from the King that his Executors when it should fortune him to depart this life might have the custody of his Lands during the minority of his Heir being answerable for the value of them to the Exchequer at Michaelmass and Easter every year Provided that his Castles of Elmley and Warwick should not be disposed of to any without the Kings special License But notwithstanding this Grant and a confirmation thereof after his death to Iohn Hamelyn and the rest of his Execâ—tors in December next following his death so much was the King wrought upon by those persons whose miscarrriages ere long gave the discontented Nobles opportunity to work his own Ruine that about two years after he passed the custody of those Castles and Lands by a new Patent unto Hugh le Despencer the elder in satisfaction of a debt of 6770 l. due to him from the King as it was pretended A word now of Alice the Wife of this great Earl She was the Daughter of Ralph de Tony of Flamsted in Hertfordshire Widow of Thomas de Leybourne and at length Heir to Robert her Brother In November following the death of her Husband she had assigned to her in Dowry the Mannors of Hanslape in Com. Buck. Lyghthorne Beausale Haseleye Claverdon Berkswell with the third part of the Templars Mannor in Warwick and Shirbourne and divers Knights fees in Warwickshire And the next year following gave a fine of five hundred Marks for licence to marry with William la Zouche of Ashoy in Com. Leicest to whom she was accordingly wedded and died in 18 Edw. 2. By this Alice he had issue two Sons viz. Thomas who succeeded him in this Earldom and Iohn a Martial Knight as also five Daughters Maud married to Geffrey Lord Say Emme to Rouland Odingsells Isabel to ... Clinton Elizabeth to Thomas Lord Astley and Lucia to Robert de Napton But before I proceed with my discourse of Thomas his Son and Successor I shall take leave to say something of Iohn his younger Brother Iohn a younger Son to Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick THis Iohn became a person of singular note in his time In 12 Edw. 3. he was in that expedition then made into Flanders and in 13 Edw. 3. was an eminent commander in the third Batalia of the Kings Army drawn out at Uyronâ—osse against the French In 14 Edw. 3. he was in that great Naval fight betwixt the King of England's Fleet and the French before Sluice in Flanders In 16 Edw. 3. being possessed of the Lordships of Beoley and Yardley in Worcestershire he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesne Lands there In 17 Edw. 3. he recieved the order of Knighthood with twenty pounds per annum for his better support in the Kings service In 20 E. 3. he attended the King into Normandy and carried the Standard-royal in that great Battle of Cressey In 22 Edw. 3. he was at that Famous Tourneament at Canterbury accountred with a surcote of fine silk adorned with the Arms of Sir Stephen Cosyngton Knight and for his singular demerits made a Banneret having one hundred and forty pounds per annum granted to him out of the Exchequer for his better support of that dignity He was likewise the same year made Captain of Calais and in 23 E. 3. constituted Admiral of all the K. Fleet from the mouth of Thames to the Westwards In 25 Ed. 3. being still Captain of Calais he issued out with three hundred men at Armes and two hundred Archers and plundered the Countrey for ten miles and in his return meeting with the Lord of Bealreu and two thousand men at Arms had a sharp Skirmish with them wherein that Lord was slain In 26 Edw. 3. Iohn Darcy of â—nayth to whom the King had granted the Constableship of the Tower of London for life for the great affection he bore to this Iohn de Beauchamp passed over his interest in that Command to him which the King ratified howbeit within two years after through sinister suggestions the King displaced him and constituted Bartholmew de Burgâ—ersh in his stead and after him Robert de Morley but it appearing at length that those suggestions were false he was received again into favor and in 29 Ed. 3. again made Captain of Calais together with the Castle of â—uynes and Forts of Merk Colne Eye and Sandgate as also Admiral And for his better support in those services obtained the Lordships of Ewell Ebesham and Kingswode to be assigned unto him for his Livery In 30 Edw. 3. he was again in the Warrs of France and in 31 Edw. 3. had his Commission for Captain of Calaâ—s and those other Forts renewed In 33 Edw. 3. he was again in France and in 34 Edw. 3. made once more Constable of the Tower of London And
Castle at Plimpton and to have the Lordships of Moreâ—s and Ridleston which were the Inheritance of the Countess of Mellent which she had granted to him as also for the Lordship of Cruke which was the Dowry of the Countess of Berry and of his Fee for which he had paid fourscore pounds per annum which payment was upon this Fine to be quitted Moreover to have a Tryal by the great Assize for decision of the right betwixt the King and himself touching Rumbrug and Langele viz. eight pound Land near Southampton likewise for enjoying that twenty pound Land which was of the Normans and that he might govern his Tenants by Military service and others in the Isle of Wight according to the Law of the Land and Judgment of his Court so that they might do with their Lands as they rightfully ought In 8 Ioh. he gave to the King one hundred pound and a Palfrey for Livery of the Lordships of Reynton and Feltham which were the marriage Portion of Alice his Grand-mother And in 13 Ioh. paid one hundred seventy and eight marks for eighty nine Knights Fees in Devonshire and four pounds and one mark for three and an half in Berkshire upon levying the Scutage of Wales In 15 Ioh. he went into Poictou In 18 Ioh. the King taking notice of his great age and by reason thereof his disability to defend his Lands against Lewes of France whom the Rebellious Barons had then called in did grant that he might retain his said Lands in his own hand upon condition that Baldwin his Son should constantly remain with the King in his service Which Baldwin having wedded Margaret Daughter and Heir to Warine Fitz-Gerald and dying in the life time of his Father King Iohn gave her in marriage unto his great favorite Falk de Breant in 15 Ioh. This Earl William took to Wife Mabel Daughter to Robert Earl of Mellent and had by the gift of her Father the Lordships of Esturmenistre Moreis and â—â—dlestune to hold to her and her heirs By which Mabel besides Baldwin his Son who died in his life time as hath been observed he had issue two Daughters viz. Mary the Wife of Robert de Curtenay who had in marriage the Head of his Barony in Devonshire with the Castle of Plimpton And Ioane first married to William the Son of William Briwere and after to Hubert de Burgh Chamberlain to the King who had also in marriage with her the whole Isle of Wight as also Christ Church Which Ioane died without issue This William died in 1 Hen. 3. whereupon his Castles of Caresbrock and Plimpton were committed to the trust of the Sheriff of Hantshire and others and the custody of his Lands in Hantshire Dorsetshire and Somersetshire unto Ralph de Wiliton But the Wardship of the Son and Heir of Baldwin his Son was given to Falk de Breant above mentioned who had married his Mother and held as her Dowry inter alia the Castle of Plimpton which was accounted Caput Honoris Comitatus Devon upon whose death which hapned in 9 Hen. 3. she the said Margaret had Livery of her Dowry by her first Husband Baldwin before mentioned she thereupon undertaking to pay the Debts of her last Husband Falk de Breant by three hundred marks per annum till they should be fully satisfied This Margaret by some called Margery in her pure Widowhood for the health of the Soul of Warine Fitz-Gerald her Father and the Souls of Alice de Curcy her Mother gave to the Canons of Bolton in Yorkshire her Mills at Hareâ—ode in that County And in 36 Hen. 3. An. 1252. departed this life upon the sixth Nones of October Matthew Paris affirms that she was by King Iohn the Tyrant as he calls him who stuck at no wicked act constrained to marry that impious ignoble and base conditioned man Falk de Breant against her Will of which marriage he says one wrote these following lines at that time Lex connectit eos amor concordia Lecti Sed Lex qualis Amor qualis Concordia qualis Lex exlex Amor exosus concordia discors And goeth on thus That on a time being in Bed with him he dreamed that a Stone of an extraordinary bigness like a Thunderbolt burst out of the Tower of the Church at S. Albans and falling upon him crusht him to pieces Whereupon starting out of his sleep and with great amazement trembling she asked him what the matter was and how he did To whom he answered I have in my time undergone many perils but never was so much terrified as in this Dream And having told her all particulars she replied That he had grievously offended S. Alban by polluting that Church with blood and plundering the Abby and therefore advised him for preventing a more grievous revenge to reconcile himself to that holy Martyr Wherefore lodging then at Luyton he forthwith arose and went to S. Albans and having sent for the Abbot fell upon his knees with tears and holding up his hands said Lord have mercy upon me for I have grievously offended God and his Blessed Martyr S. Alban but to a sinner there is mercy Let me therefore by your leave speak to your Covent in Chapter to ask pardon of them in your presence for what I have done Whereunto the Abbot consented admiring to see such Lamb-like humility in a Woolf Therefore putting off his apparel he entred the Chapter-house bearing a Rod in his hand and confessing his fault which he said he did in time of War received a lash by every one of the Monks upon his naked Body And when he had put on his cloaths again he went and sate by the Abbot and said This my Wife hath caused me to do for a Dream but if you require restitution for what I then took I will not hearken to you And so he departed the Abbot and Monks being glad that they were so rid of him without doing them any more mischeif This Margaret held the Lordships of Pishoo Niweham South-Lamheth Wrokeshale and Christechirche in Dower from Baldwine sometime Earl of Devonshire her Husband and came at last to be the Wife of Robert Aguillon but died not till 20 Edw. 1. by which it is evident that she lived to a very great age I now come to Baldwin Son of Baldwin who died in his Fathers life time In 11 Hen. 3. Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and Hertford gave a Fine of two thousand marks to the King for leave to marry his eldest Daughter to this young Earl Whereupon all his Demesn Lands which were then esteemed at two hundred pound per annum value were committed to the Guardianship of the same Earl of Glocester the rest being in the hands of Savaric de Male-leone till he
and two Daughters at that time not preferred did of his special Grace and Favor and by the advice of his Council grant That whereas the Mannors of Erlestoke in Com. Wilts Sweinstone in the Isle of Wight Ringwood Warblington and Hunton as also the Castle of Christ-Church-Twineham and the Borough with the Mannor of Westover and Hundred of Christ-Church in Com. Southampt which he then held in right of the same Alice his Wife viz. the Mannors of Erlestoke Warblington and Hunton by vertue of a certain Grant made by King Edward the Second to Ralph de Mouthemer and Thomas and Edward his Sons Nephews to the King and to the Heirs of the said Thomas Son of Ralph Ancestor of the said Alice and whose heir she the said Alice was viz. Daughter of Thomas Son of Iohn Son of Iohn Son of Margaret Daughter of Thomas Son of Ralph that if the said Thomas Son of Ralph should depart this life without issue of his Body those Mannors after the death of Ralph and Thomas and Edward Son of the said Ralph should remain to the Heirs of the Body of Edward and in default thereof to King Edward his Heirs and Successors And that the Mannors of Sweinston and Ringwood and the said Castle and Borough with the Mannor of Westover and Hundred aforesaid by vertue of a Grant of King Edward the Third should remain to William de Montacute Ancestor of her the said Alice and to Catherine Wife of the same William and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten which William was Brother to Alice and in default of issue by him to return to King Edward the Third as also that Iohn Archbishop of York and certain other persons in that Grant named should hold all those Lordships and Mannors to them and their Heirs so long as any Heir of the said Thomas Monthermer should remain In 11 Hen. 6. this Earl Richard was again constituted Warden of all the West Marches towards Scotland and the next year following Warden of both East and West Marches In 14 Hen. 6. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France and Normandy with three Bannerets seven Knights two hundred forty nine Men at Arms and a thousand and forty Archers Whereupon the King considering the great affection which he had to serve him in those Wars and that certain Moneys were due to him for his service as Warden of the East and West Marches towards Scotland granted to him the sum of seven hundred pounds part of the Moneys so due which sum he was by Contract to have paid unto the King for the marriage of his Children on the days of their Espousals And the same year ratified that Grant formerly made to him by Iohn Duke of Bedford the Kings Uncle of fifty pounds annuity out of the Lordship of Kendale together with the Stewardship of that Mannor to enjoy for term of his life he being at that time to serve the King in his Wars of France and joyned in Commission with Richard Duke of York and others to treat with the French concerning a firm Peace betwixt both Realms In 19 Hen. 6. upon the death of Ioane Countess of Westmorland his Mother he had Livery of certain Lands which she held for term of her life his homage being respited And in 21 Hen. 6. in right of Alice his Wife as she was Daughter and Heir to Eleanor third Sister and one of the Coheirs to Edmund Earl of Kent had Livery of the Mannor of Chesterfield in Com. Derb. The Mannors of Houton North Kelsey and Fulneâ—by ten pounds yearly Rent in Skeldingthorp thirty four Acres of Wood lying within the Mannor of Brun in Com. Linc. Sixteen pound and eighteen pence Feefarm Rent out of the Abbey of Kirkstall in Com. Ebor. And three pound six shillings eight pence Feefarm Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Blisworth in Com. Northampt. as her Purparty of that Inheritance In 26 Hen. 6. being then again Warden of the West Marches as also Governor of Carlisle together with his Son Richard Earl of Warwick he obtained a Grant of Nine thousand eighty three pounds six shillings eight pence per annum out of the Customs for thirty years And in 29 Hen. 6. was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat of Peace with the Ambassadors of Iames King of Scotland So likewise in 30 Hen. 6. to treat with Iames de Douglas upon those Articles by him signed Moreover in 32 Hen. 6. with the Earls of Oxford Shrewsbury and five other of the Nobility he undertook the Guard of the Seas for three year being allowed the Kings Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage for the support of that charge and was again made one of the Wardens of the West Marches as also Lord Chancellor of England But about this time Richard Duke of York thirsting after the Crown whereunto he had so fair a title though King Henry the Sixth then Reigning was the third of the Lancastrian Family who had till then enjoyed it pretending miscarriages in the Government and ascribing the cheif cause thereof to Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset who then bore much sway amongst other powerful Men of those days associated to himself this Richard Earl of Salisbury and his Son Richard then Earl of Warwick and having got these two on his side put himself in Arms as in my Discourse of that Duke I shall more fully shew Pursuing therefore my story of this Earl I am to take notice that in 33 Hen. 6. he raised all the power he could in aid of the Duke of York upon pretence of removing the Duke of Somerset from the King Whereupon marching towards London they encountred the Kings Forces at S. Albans and there slew many of them this being the first Battle at that place And in 36 Hen. 6. upon that overture made by the King unto the Duke of York for a fair and peaceable reconciliation betwixt them this Earl accompanied that Duke to London with a great power fearing otherwise they might he ensnared Moreover in 37 Hen. 6. continuing still a stout Champion for the House of York he underwent a sharp encounter against Sir Iames Aâ—dley Commander of the Kings Forces at Blore Heath near Dranton in Shropshire wherein Audley himself was slain and all the cheif of his Army killed or taken prisoners Soon after which Sir Thomas Nevill and Sir Iohn younger Sons to this Earl being both of them hurt in the Battle travelling towards the North were apprehended by some of the Lancastrian party but ere long got their liberty This Earl by his Testament bearing date 10 Maii in the year last above specified bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Priory of Busâ—leshham alias Bisham in Com. Berks. Where with the advice
Nephew then Captain of Calais and Lieutenant of the Marches there And in 1 Ed. 4. having fought valiantly for that King in the Battle of Touton where the Lancastrians received a fatal overthrow had in consideration of his great merits Licence to transport an hundred sacks of Wooll Custom-free and soon after advanced to the title of Earl of Kent as also made Lord Admiral of England Which title and Honour he did not long enjoy but departed this life leaving issue three Daughters his Heirs viz. Ioane the Wife of Sir Edward Bedhowing Knight Elizabeth of Sir Richard Strangways Knight and Alice of Sir Iohn Conniers Knight and was buryed in the Priory of Gisborough in Com. Ebor. Edward Nevill Lord Bergavenny THis Edward being fourth Son to Ralph Earl of Westmorland by Ioane his second Wife wedded Elizabeth the sole Daughter and Heir to Richard Beauchamp Earl of Worcester Son of William Beauchamp Lord Bergavenny and doing his Homage for the Lands of her Inheritance in 14 H. 6. And though he had Livery of them accordingly yet was he kept out of the Possession of the Castle and Mannor of Bergavenny by Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and after him by his Son Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwick so long as they lived but at length upon the humble remonstrance of himself and his Wife in 27 Henr. 6. he obtained Livery of both Anne the Daughter and Heir of Duke Henry being then in Ward to the King whereupon he was stiled Lord Bergavenny and within two years after viz. in 29 Hen. 6. summoned to Parliament by that Title This Edward surviving the before specified Elizabeth did afterwards marry Katherine the Daughter of Sir Robert Howard Kt. but for this marriage they were both Excommunicate in regard they had Carnal Copulation together in the life time of his first Wife and likewise for that he was of near kindred to her viz. within the third degree of Consanguinity Howbeit at length making their application to Pope Nicholas the fifth they were absolved and had a special Dispensation for that their marriage dated at Rome 15 Octob. Ann. Dom. 1448. In 9 Edw. 4. this Edward was one of the Peeres who in full Parliament did vpon Oath make recognition to Prince Edward the Son and Heir apparent of the King And departed this life upon Thursday 18 Octob. 16 Edw. 4. being then seized as Tenant by the curtesie of England of the Inheritance of the said Elizabeth of the Mannors of Merworth and Beriyng in Kent Hokam Tebinham Berghe Sutton with the Hundreds of Laundiche and South-Grenhowe in Com. Norf. of the Mannors of Ottelee Lydgate and Wrydelington in Comitat. Suff. of the Castle and Mannor of Ewyas Harold in Com. Heref. of the Mannors of Kiderminster Biset Kiderminster Burnell Dunclent Purshill Rushale and Inkeburowe in Com. Wigorn. of the Mannors of East-Becheworth Westcote Padingden-Pembroke and a third part of the Castle of Reygate in Com. Surr. of the Mannors of Dicchening Peccam Rottyngdon North-Ese in the Town of Iford of the third part of the Castle and Mannor of Lewes with the third part of the Chase of Cleres and Forest of Worth as also of the third part of the Hundreds of Buntinghill Strete Berecompe Swanbergh Helmestrowe Yousemere Walesbone and Ponynges with the Moytie of the Hundreds of Wyndham and Fishers-gate all in Com. Suss. of the Mannors of Fordham East-Hanyngfield West-Haningfield Thorâ—ton Rideswell and South-Hanyngfeild in Com. Essex and of the Mannors of Aston Cantelow Shelfeild Allesley and Fillongley in Com. War leaving Sir George Nevill Kt. his second Son by his first Wife his next Heir at that time twenty six years of age for Richard his eldest Son dyed before him and was buried in the South Isle of the Collegiate Church at Stanedrope in the Bishoprick of Durham under a flat Marble Stone with his Portrature in Brass upon it Which George in 26 Hen. 6. was found to be one of the Coufins and Heires to Sir Rowland Lenthale Knight viz. Son of Elizabeth Lady Bergavenny Daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Worcester Son of Ioane sometime Lady Bergavenny one of the three Sisters and Coheires of Thomas late Earl of Arundel Brother of Margaret Mother of Edmund Lenthale Esquire Son of the same Sir Rowland and Margaret And died in 7 Hen. 7. leaving Elizabeth his wife surviving who afterwards married to Richard Nayler Citizen of London and five Sons viz George his Son and Heir William Edward Thomas and Richard and two Daughters viz. Iane Wife to Sir Henry Pole Lord Montacute and Elizabeth Wife of Sir Edward Berkley Knight to whom he gave part of his Plate and Jewels Which George shortly after had livery of his Lands And in 8 Hen. 7. was one of the principal persons in the Battle at Black-Heath against the Cornish men then in Rebellion and there happily vanquished In 14 Hen. 7. this George being under suspition for favouring of Edmund de la Pole Earl of Lincolne at that time in Banishment was clapt into Prison but nothing of guilt appearing against him he was enlarged and received to greater favor then before And in 2 Henr. 8. was made Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque-ports He was also present in 12 Hen. 8. at that memorable Enterview betwixt King Henry the eighth and Francis the first King of France betwixt Guisnes and Arores And having married Mary Daughter to Edward Duke of Buckingham was suspected of privity with him in those treasonable attempts wherewith he was then charged and Imprisoned for the same but afterwards received to favor Moreover in 22 Hen. 8. he was one of the Peers who subscribed that Letter to Pope Clement the seventh importing that in case he did not comply with King Henry in that cause of his Divorce from Queen Catherine he should lose his Supremacy here And by his Testament dated 4 Iunii 1535. 27 Hen. 8. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Birling in Kent and departing this life shortly after left issue by Ioane Daughter of Thomas Earl of Arundel his first Wife one Daughter called Elizabeth married to Henry Lord d'Aubeny and by Mary his second Wife Daughter to Edward Duke of Buckingham Henry his Son and Heir as also five Daughters viz. Catherine Wife of Iohn S. Leger Esquire Margaret Wife of Iohn Cheney Son of Sir Thomas Cheney Knight Dorothy Wife of William Brooke Son of George Lord Cobham Iane Wife of Sir Henry Pool Knight and Vrsula of Sir William S. Leger Knight Mary Brooke alias Cobham who had been his Concubine but then his last Wife being great with child at that time by him Which Henry his Son and Successor was
obtained his special Letters to the Pope sent by the Archdeacon of Buckingham whereby representing to his Holiness the great animoâ—ities which then were from divers of the Nobility towards one another occasioned by the Rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster and that for reconciling them and abolishing all farther feuds which might thereupon ensue no means could be more proper then the linking their Children together by interchangable Marriages he did intreat his Holiness through his plenary power to dispence that Iohn the Son and Heir of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Herâ—ford which Earl was slain at Burrowdrigge in that Rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster might marry one of this Earls Daughters and that the Son and Heir of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick might take to Wife another of them But this high esteem which he had from that unhappy King became the cheif occasion of his utter ruine For in that violent storm of the peoples fury raised by those Nobles who had harbored implacable discontents against the Kings misgovernment through the sway of the Spensers and other his Favorites amongst which Roger Lord Mortimer was not the least and by whom he was perfectly hated after they had surprised the person of the King whose cruel murther not long after ensued he was beheaded at Hereford by the procurement of the same Mortimer upon the morrow after the Feast of S. Edmund the Archbishop Froissard says That the Queen landing in England with a great power divers of the Nobility repaired to her and hasting to Bristol where the King and this Earl then were as also both the Spensers who were then the most obnoxious having taken Hugh le Despenser the elder together with this Earl she caused them to be brought before Prince Edward and divers of the Barons then with him where being judged to death first to be drawn then beheaded and afterwards hanged on a Jebet Execution was accordingly done at the Gates of the Castle of Bristol in the sight of the King himself and of Hugh le Despenser the younger upon the day of S. Denis in October An. 1326. By Alice his Wife Sister and Heir to Iohn Earl Warren and Surrey this Earl left issue Richard his Son and Heir and Edmund a younger Son on whose behalf the King wrote to the Pope for preferring him to some Ecclesiastical Dignity as also two Daughters Alice who married to Iohn de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex and Iane to Warine Gerard Lord â—Isle But notwithstanding this hard fate to him she the said Alice obtained some favor from the succeeding King For it appears that in 2 Ed. 3. she had an Assignation of three hundred twenty pounds annuity for the support of her self and her children I now come to Richard his Son This Richard being restored in Parliament 4 Edw. 3. had the Castle of Arundel which had been given to Edmund Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle then rendred to him Which Restoration and Render was afterwards confirmed in the Parliament of 25 Edw. 3. And in 5 Edw. 3. obtained the Kings Charter for Free-Warren in all his Lordships of Kynele Bulâ—ington Wike and Patesholl in Com. Wilts Moreover in 7 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governor of Chirke Castle in Com. Denbigh and the year next following had a Grant of the Inheritance of that Castle with all the Territories thereto belonging being part of the Possessions of Roger Mortimer Earl of March attainted And in 9 Edw. 3. was made Governor of Porchester Castle The same year he was also in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 10 Edw. 3. the King himself being in person there also Furthermore being Steward of the Realm of Scotland by Hereditary Right and giving up his whole title therein to King Edward he had in consideration thereof the Grant of a thousand marks to be received out of the Kings Exchequer at Carnaâ—von as part of the issues of North Wales And in 11 Ed. 3. being joyned with William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury in the cheif command of the Army then marching toward Scotland he had an Assignation of one of the Kings Ships called The S. Edward of Sandwich for the carriage of their Victual and other necessaries In this year also he was constituted Justice of North Wales and obtained the Kings Charter for a Market every week on the Thursday at his Mannor of Chirchestreton in Com. Salop as also a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and morrow after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross with priviledge for himself and his heirs to have Return of Writs within his Hundreds of Westburne Singleton Esebourne Box Stokebrigge Anesfourd Bury Rotherbrigge and Peling in Com. Suss. Likewise of all Summons of the Exâ—bequer and a Court within his Borough of Aâ—undel and by himself and his Bailiffs to hold the Sheriffs Turn within that Liberty paying yearly to the King the sum of three pound sixteen shillings eight pence In 12 Edw. 3. he was again in the Scottish Wars and had an allowance of one hundred forty five pound sixteen shillings two pence of his Wages for service at Dunbar and elswhere in Scotland And being still Governor of the Castle of Porchester had an Assignation of ten Men at Arms and forty Archers for the defence thereof as also for security of the parts adjacent from Forein Incursions with twelve pence per diem for each of his Men at Arms and three pence per diem for each of his Archers In 13 Edw. 3. he was constituted Admiral of the Western Seas and Governor of Carnarvon Castle And in 14 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanâ—ers In 15 Edw. 3. he was present at that great Feast and Justing held at London by the King for love of the Countess of Salisbury as it is said And in 16 Edw. 3. being at the Siege of Uannes in France continued there the next ensuing year In 18 Edw. 3. he was joyned in that Embassie with Henry de Lancaster Earl of Derby unto Alfonsus King of Castile and Leon for according of those differences which had hapned betwixt the Kings Subjects and those of that Realm cheifly in Maritime Affairs and was the same year again in the Wars of France In 19 Edw. 3. he had the Sheriffalty of Shropshire granted to him for life being at that time still in France And having contracted Marriage with Isabel the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser when he was in minority and thereunto constrained for fear afterwards disavowing his assent to the same and a nullity made thereof by the Pope he took to Wife Eleanor the Daughter of Henry Earl of Lancaster and had the Kings Letters to the Pope for dispensing therewith by reason of their
down to take up his Sword the French Squyer did pick his Sword at him and by happen strooke him through both the Thighs so that the Knight fell to the Earth and could not help himself And Iohn alighted from his Horse and took the Knights Sword that lay on the Ground and came to him and demanded if he would yeild him or not The Knight then demanded his name Sir said he I hight Iohn of Helenes but what is your name Certainly said the Knight my name is Thomas and I am Lord of Berkley a fair Castle on the River of Severne in the Marches of Wales Well Sir quoth the Squyer then ye shall be my Prisoner and I shall bring you in safeguard and I shall see that you shall be healâ—d of your hurt Well said the Knight I am content to be your prisoner for ye have by Law of Armes won me Thâ—re he sware to be his prisoner Rescue or no Rescue Then the Squyer drew forth the Sword out of the Knights Thighs and the wound was open Then he wrapped and bound the Wound and set him on his Horse and so brought him fayr and easy to Chaterlerant and there tarried more than fifteen days for his sake and did give him remedy for his hurt And when he was somewhat amendyd then he hate him â— Lytter and so brought him at his ease to his house in Picardy There he was more than a year till he was perfectly hole And when he departed he payd for his ransome six thousand Nobles and so this Squyer was made a Knight by reason of the profit he had of the Lord Berkley For payment of which summe Henry D. of Lancaster and Sir Frank de Hale were his sureties After this scil in 33 Edw. 3. he was in another expedition then made into France Thus far for his military employments As to his domestick retinue who took wages and Livery he had no less then twelve Knights sometimes more each of them having two servants and a Page and twenty four Esquires who had each of them one man and a Page I come now to his works of Piety In 11 Edw. 3. he gave certain Lands in Porthury to the Vicar of that Church for ever to celebrate the Anniversary of the Lady Eve his Mother upon St. Nicholas day by Placebo and Dirige with a Mass. And to the two Chaplains there if present two pence a piece Also to do the like upon the Anniversary of Margaret his Wife and his own when he should depart hence He likewise gave thirty shillings per annum out of his Mannor of Bedminster as also a Messuage in Bristoll for a Priest to sing in the Abby Church of St. Austines for the soul of the Margaret his own Soul and all the faithful deceased Also a Messuage fifty acres of Land and forty shillings Rent in Portbury for a Priest to sing in our Lady Chappel there for the Souls of all his Ancestors himself his Successors and all the faithful deceased In 17 Edw. 3. he founded a Chantrey in the Chappel of S. Maurice at Neuport near Berkley endowing it with divers Lands and Rents in Berkley Wotton Alkington and Hull The like Chantry in his Mannor of Side Another in the Chappel of Wortley in the Parish of Wotton A fourth in the Chappel of Cambridge in the Parish of Slymbridge He also gave to the Chantrey-Priest of our Lady in the Church of Berkley and to his successors divers Lands in Hamme to hold an Anniversary on the day of Petronilla the Virgin for the Lord Maurice his Father in Berkley Church As also for Margaret his Wife and for himself after his decease The like Chantrey in 9 Edw. 3. he founded in the Chappel of St. Katherine Pulle near Bristoll endowing it with Lands in Portbury Eston and Bedminster And the same year another in the Church of Overe In 20 Edw. 3. he gave divers Lands in the Suburbs of Bristoll to the Friers-Hermites of Bristoll And purchased of the Abbot of St. Austins a place within that Monastry for a Priest of his own to dwell in and to pray for the Souls of all the faithful departed endowing the Priest with competent Lands In 21 Edw. 3. he erected an Hermitage in Bedminster And gave to the Warden of S. Catherines at Bedminster a parcel of Land near to his Hospital to pray for the Souls of his Father and Mother and for the Soul of Margaret his Wife In 22 Edw. 3. he Founded another Chantry in the Abby of S. Augustines endowing it with divers Lands to sing for the Soul of Margaret his late Wife and his own Soul And upon Palm-Sunday in 23 Edw. 3. he offered to our Lady at Berkley in Berkley Church a pound of Wax Pro Candelâ caritatis and a Bushel of fine Wheat Pro Pane benedicto which he afterwards continued as did also his Successors for many Generations In 24 Edw. 3. he Founded a like Chantry at Worcester In 25 Edw. 3. he gave divers Lands to the Chantry of Shepperdine by Hill in the confines of Berkley Hundred for the better maintenance of the Priest singing there And in 26 Edw. 3. gave a yearly Rent of three pound six shillings eight pence to a Priest to sing for the Soul of Margaret his Wife in S. Augustines Church in Bristoll The like Rent to another Priest to sing for her in the Monastery of Remsham This Thomas had two wives first Margaret one of the Daughters to Roger de Mortimer Earl of March by whom he had issue four sons viz. Maurice Roger Thomas and Alphonsus and a Daughter called Ioane who became the Wife of Sir Reginald Cobham Knight having for her portion two thousand pounds in Money and the Mannor of Langley Burell Which Margaret died 5 May An. 1337. 11 Edw. 3. and was buried in the great Tomb under the Arch between the elder Chappel of our Lady and the North Isle in the Abby of S. Augustines by Bristoll His second Wife was Katherine Daughter of Sir Iohn Clivedon Knight and Widow of Sir Peter le Veel Knight by whom he had issue Thomas Maurice Edmund and Iohn Which Catherine long surviving him Founded a Free-School and a Chantry at Woâ—ton under Eâ—ge as also S. Andrews Chantry in Berkley Church and held during her life of her said Husbands Grant Inter alia the Mannors of Beveâ—ston Tockington Over Compton Greenfield and Kings Weston in Com. Gloc. All which after her death came to Sir Iohn Berkley then her only Son the rest dying young in the life time of their Father ¶ This Thomas the third after his Said second Marriage and issue by that venter by vertue of the Kings License levied a Fine Term. Pasch. 23 Edw. 3. to one William Side and other of
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
Sir Iohn d'Arcy Knight his Son and Heir at that time thirty years of age Soon after which in consideration of the many good services performed by this deceased Iohn d'Arcy in his life time and for the good services of the before-specified William his Son the King granted to the said William the Castle of Markynegan in Ireland to hold for life I now come to Iohn d'Arcy Son and Heir to this last mentioned Iohn This Iohn in 9 Edw. 3. called Iohannes d'Arci le Fitz his Father then living was in the Wars of Scotland and having for his especial services deserved very well from the King in 15 Edw. 3. obtained a Grant of an Annuity of forty pound per annum to himself and his heirs for ever which is enjoyed at this day In 16 Edw. 3. he obtained License that Alice the Widow of Nicholas Menill might marry to whom she pleased being the Kings loyal Subject In which year he was in that expedition then made into France In 20 Edw. 3. having had the custody of the Kings Liberty of Holderness in Com. Ebor. As also of the Mannor of Brustwyke with its Members and the Mannor of Bareweck in Com. Linâ— likewise granted to him he was in consideration of his many services done and to be done discharged from rendring accompt to the King for them or any of them In which year King Edward landing with a great Army at Hogges in Normandy made him a Banneret and gave him two hundred pounds per annum out of the Exchequer during life for his better support of that Honor as by his Patent there dated 15 Iuly appeareth So that it is not to be doubted but that being there at that time he was one of those who in August following behaved themselves so bravely in that memorable Battle of Cressey where the English obtained such lasting same as our Historians do amply declare And in 21 Edw. 3. found such favor from the King that upon doing his homage being then of full age he had Livery of his Lands before the Inquisitions taken after his Fathers death were according to custom returned into the Chancery In which year he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat and conclude of Peace betwixt King Edward and the King of France and likewise constituted Constable of the Tower of London for life About this time he gave the Advowson of the Church of Knayth to the Nuns of Hevenings Soon after which being again imployed by the King in his Wars with France he had one hundred and twenty great Horses sent over to him at Calais This deceased Iohn had two Brothers the one called Robert who was also a Knight and served in the Wars of France under Henry Duke of Lancaster and the other named Roger. But this last mentioned Iohn who was thus within age at his Fathers death died in minority upon the six and twentieth of August 36 Edw. 3. being seised of the Mannor of Westbroke in Com. Hertf. Ekinton in Com. Derb. Kirkby and Stretton in the Clay in Com. Nottingh Knayth and Southorpe in Com. Linc. Haddeston in Com. Northumbr As also of Notton and Silkston in Com. Ebor. He then also died seised of an Annuity of nine pound sixteen shillings two pence issuing out of the Ferm of Newcastle upon Tine Which Annuity was granted to Iohn his Father in compensation for his Office of Justice of Chester leaving Philip his Brother and Heir then eleven years of age Which Philip in 47 Edw. 3. making proof of his age and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands In 4 Rich. 2. this Philip was in that expedition made into France with Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Buckingham and arriving at Calais three days before Maudlin-tide in Iuly rode with his Banner displayed And became so active a person in the Wars of France having a command of divers Men at Arms and Archers for the recovery of the Kings Rights there as that in 6 Rich. 2. he was specially excused from repairing into Ireland as all persons having Lands there by an Act of Parliament made in 3 Rich. 2. were then obliged unto for the defence of that Realm against the Irish Rebels then in Arms. And in 7 Rich. 2. for the like consideration and in regard of his great charge in supporting himself in those Wars as also for that he was then marching towards Scotland against the Kings enemies there he had a Grant of all the Issues and Revenues of his own Lands in Ireland for the aid and defence of the Countrey Moreover in 9 Rich. 2. being constituted Admiral of all the Kings Fleet from the River of Thames Northward he took certain prizes at Sea from the Enemy which being brought into the Port of Sandwich were by the Kings command redelivered to him for his own use And in 16 Rich. 2. was in that expedition then made into Ireland In 21 Rich. 2. he had the Kings License to go into Ireland upon his own occasions and having been summoned to Parliament from 1 Rich. 2 until 21 of that Kings Reign inclusive departed this life upon the morrow after S. Georges day being seised of the Mannor of Ekinton in Com. Derb. Kirkby in Com. Nott. Wollore Hethpole Hoderslaw Belford Yesington Lowyk Haddeston and of that great Waste called the Forest of Cheviet as also of the Advowson of the Hospital of Wollore all in the County of Northumberland likewise of the Mannors of Temple Hyrst Temple Newsom Yarum Aselâ—y Aldewerk and Notton in Com. Ebor. As also of Torkley and Knayth in Com. Linâ— leaving Iohn his Son and Heir then twenty two years of age Which Iohn doing his homage the same year had Livery of all those Lands before mentioned excepting such whereof Elizabeth the Widow of the said Philip was endowed and having had Summons to Parliament from 23 Rich 2. until 12 Hen. 4. inclusive departed this life 9 Decemb. 13 Hen. 4. leaving Philip his Son and Heir fourteen years of age and Margaret his Widow Daughter to Henry Lord Grey of Wilton surviving afterwards married to Sir Thomas Swinford Knight Which last mentioned Philip died 2 August 6 Hen. 5. before he accomplished his full age leaving Eleanor his Wife Daughter of Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh surviving and Elizabeth and Margery his two Daughters and Heirs the one two years of age and upwards and the other not much more than one Of which Daughters Elizabeth became the Wife of Sir Iames Strangwayes the younger Knight and Margery of Sir Iohn Conyers Knight And in 36 Hen. 6. were likewise by Inquisition found to be Cosins and Heirs to Iohn d'Arci le Fitz viz. Daughters of Philip Son
his friends married Avice his younger Sister to Sir Iohn Grey of Rotherfield Knight upon condition that he the said Robert and 〈◊〉 his Mother enfeoffing them the said Iohn and Avice and the Heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten of the reversion of all their Lands the issue of the said Sir Iohn Grey and Avice should bear the surname of Marmion as in my discourse of that Family of Grey is already observed Which Maud founded a Chantry at West-Tanfeld in Com. Ebor. consisting of a Master or Warden and three Priests to pray for her Soul as also for the Soul of her Husband and of Robert her Son and for the good estate of Avice de Grey and Sir Iohn Marmion her Son and Heir with Elizabeth his Wife and all their Ancestors Of these Marmions all that I have else to observe is that there were divers Tombs of them at West-Tanfield in Com. Ebor. where they had a Castle which by descent came to the Lord Fitz-Hugh Basset OF this name were several families but whether sprung from one stock I cannot say The first I meet with is Osmund Basset of whom this following mention is made by my Author viz. that in the first year that the Abby of St. Ebrulf at Utica in Normandy viz. Ann. 1050 was founded William and Robert the Sons of Geroi descended from the noble line of the Franks and Bretayns with divers of their kindred and Barons meeting there and having consultation for the good of that Monastery thus begun determined that each of them should dispose of himself and his personal estate thereunto and not to give or â—ell any thing belonging to the Church before the Monks of that Abby had the refusal of it Amongst which devout men parties to this agreement was this Osmund Basset The next is William sometime Abbot of St. Benedicts at Holme in Suffolk After him I come to Ralph Basset one of those of whom it is said by Ord. Vitalis that King Henry the first at the very beginning of his reign de Ignobili stirpe illustravit ac de Pulvere ut ita dicam extulit datâque multiplici facultate super Consules illustres oppidanos exaltavit raised from a very low condition and conferring on him an ample estate exalting him above Earles and other eminent men This is he that under the same King Henry had that high place and Office of Justice of England whose Authority was so great that he sate in what Court he pleased and where else he thought fit for the administration of Justice as from many instrances may be sufficiently seen But all that I have farther to say of him is that in 21 Hen. 1. he was a benefactor to the Abby of Eynsham in Oxfordshire by adding one more Monk to that Covent and giving one Carucate of Land in Chinolton in Com Notting and ten Oxon for his maintenance which Land was parcel of his Lordship of Coleâ—â—une now called Colston Basset near at hand Also that he had such a veneâ—ble respect to the Monks of Abendon in Berkshire that he determined to enter into a Monastick life there and in the same Abby to be buried Acoording to which resolution falling sick at Northampton he called for a Monks habit and being asked of what order replied as before he had resolved appointing that his body should be buried there Moreover disposing at that time of his personal estate he sent no small summe to Abendon giving likewise thereunto four Hides of of Land in Chedelesworth whereupon he was honorably buried in the Chapter-house there To this Ralph succeeded Richard Basset his Son and Heir who likewise had that great Office of Iustice of England in the later time of King Henry the first and all King Stephens reign and abounding in wealth built a strong Castle upon some part of his Inheritance lying at Moâ—terol in Normandy In 5 Steph. this Richard underwent the Sheriffs Office for Surrey Cambridge and Huntendonshire with Alberic de Vere So likewise for Essex Hertford Buckingham Bedford Norfolk Suffolk Northampton and Leicestershires Moreover he gave to the King at that time the summ of forty pounds for the Custody of the Lands of Geffrey Ridel as also two hundred marks and six light Horses for Livery of the Lands which his Brother Nicholas Basset held of the King in Capite And having wedded Maud the sole Daughter and Heir of the same Geffrey Ridel by Geva his Wife Daughter to Hugh Earl of Chester with her founded the Abby of Lande in Leicestershire for the health of the Soul of King William the Conqueror left issue Geffrey his eldest Son who from his Mother bore the name of Ridel and Ralph another Son who continuing the sirname of Basset was that Ralph as I ghess who underwent the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester in 6 and 7 H. 2. And had Drayton near Tamworth in Staffordshire of his Mothers inheritance which Lordship Hugh Earl of Chester gave to Geffrey Ridel with Geva his Daughter in Frank-marriage To this Geffrey sirnamed Ridel succeeded Richard his Son which Richard reassuming the name of Basset seated himself at Weldon in Northamptonshire and left issue Ralph who in 2 Hen. 3. upon levying the first Scutage for the King paid thirty marks for fifteen Knights fees he then held Which Ralph had issue another Ralph who in 42 Hen. 3 had Livery of his Lands then doing his Homage and the same year accounted thirty pounds to the King for fifteen Knights Fees upon levying the Scutage of Wales To whom succeeded Richard who died in 4 Edw. 1. and left issue Ralph which Ralph had Livery of his Lands the same year performing his Homage and died in 23 Edw. 1. leaving Richard his Son and Heir who had then livery of his Lands In 34 Edw. 1 this Richard was in that expedition then made into Scotland being of the retinue to Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke But being again in Scotland was there slain in that great defeat which the English had in the â—â—ttle of Strivelyn leaving Ralph his Son and Heir in minority whose wardship was granted to Richard de Grey Which Ralph making proof of his age in 15 Edw. 2. had Livery of his Lands and in 15 Edw. 3. departed this life then seized of the Mannors of Weldon and Weston juxta Ashele in Com. Northamp held of the King in Capite by Barony as also of the Patronage of the Priory of Launde leaving issue by Ioane his Wife Daughter of Richard de la Pole Citizen of London Ralph his Son and Heir fifteen years of age who had Livery of his Lands the same
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
the Redemption of those Lands obtained the Kings Precept unto the Barons of his Exchequer to make Inrollment thereof Which Iohn died in 12 Edw. 1. whereupon Iohn his Son and Heir had Livery of his Inheritance But dying without issue in 19 Edw. 1. Philip his Brother became his Heir who had thereupon the like Livery Which Philip departed this life in 18 Edw. 2. leaving Elizabeth his Wife surviving who had the Mannors of Ramesham and Comb-Keynes in Com. Dorset assigned for her Dowry and Iohn his Son and Heir Besides this last mentâ—oned William there was shortly after another William though how branched from this Stock I cannot say Which William in 30 Edw. 1. exhibited his Petition in Parliament on the behalf of Margaret then his Wife for the third part of the Mannor of Corpel in Com. Northampt. part of the Possessions of Iohn de Camoys her first Husband Whereunto the Kings Attorney answered That she ought not to have any Dowry therein by reason that divers years before the death of him the said Iohn she had departed from him and lived in Adultery with this William Paynell and that being never reconciled whilest he lived she ought not by force of the Statute concerning Women eloping from their Husbands and of their own accord living in Adultery with others and not after reconciled to have any Dowry at all Whereupon the said William and Margaret to manifest the consent of Iohn de Camoys for such her departure from him produced a formal Grant from the said Iohn in haec verba OMnibus Christi â—idelibus ad quos praeseâ—s Scriptum pervenerit Johannes de Camoys filius haeres domini Radulphi de Camoys salutem in Domino Noveritis me tradidisse dimiâ—isse spontaneâ voluntate meâ— domino Willielmo Paynell Militi Margaretam de Camoys filiam haeredem domini Johannis de Gatesden uxorem meam etiam dedisse concessisse eidem Willielmo relaxasse quietum clamasse omnia bona catallâ— quae ipsa Margareta habet vel de caetro habere posset etiam quicquid mei est de praedictâ Margaretâ bonis vel 〈◊〉 cum pertinentiis ita quod nec ego nec aliquis alius nomine meo in praedictâ Margaretâ bonis catallis ipisus Margaretae cum suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus nec debemus imperpetuum Et volo concedo per praesens Scriptum confirmo quod praedicta Margareta cum praedicto domino Willielmo sit maneat pro volunt 〈◊〉 Willielmi In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum mâ—um apposui His testibus Thomâ de Depeston Johanne de Ferrings Willielmo de Icombe Henrico le Biroun Stephano Camer Waltero le Blound Gilberto de Batecombe Roberto de Bosco aliis Alleaging That she did cohabite with this William by the freewil and consent of the same Iohn and delivery of her as the words of the Grant do import Howbeit after great Arguments on each part in regard she was never reconciled to her said Husband but surviving him did afterwards formally mary this Sir William Paynell at length judgment was given that she should not have any benefit of that Dowry This William was summoned to Parliament in 32 Edw. 1. and so till 8 Edw. 2. inclusive And in 34 Edw. 〈◊〉 was of the retinue to Iohn de Warenne in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 35 Edw. 1. But all I have farther seen of him is That he granted to the Canons of Heringham in Suffex his Mannor of Cokeham and thirty two Acres of Land in Lanucyngg with the Ferry at New Shoreham in Suffex and that he departed this life 1 Apr. 10 Edw. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Littleton Paynell and Knighton Paynell in Com. Wilts Westcote in Com. Surr. As also of the Mannors of Wolbeding Atte-Fure Hamtoneâ— and Okhangre in Com. Suss. And moreover that to him succeeded Iohn Paynell his Brother and Heir who in 10 Edw. 2. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands saving to Eva de S. Iohn the Widow of the said William her reasonable Dowry Which Iohn in 12 Edw. 2. obtained the Kings Charter for a Market upon the Tuesday every week at his Mannor of Littleton in Com. Wiltes as also a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and departed this life the same year leaving Maud his Daughter and Heir thirty years of age Pantulf IN Anno 1074. 8 Will. Conq. William Pantolf a valliant Knight through the advice of Mainer the venerable Abbot of St. Ebrulfs at Utica founded the Abby of St. Peter at Norum and amply endowed it with Lands and Tithes as also with the Churches within his several Lordships both in England and Normandy and Tithes of all his possessions Moreover he gave all his personal Estate to be equally divided betwixt the Monks of St. Ebrulfs and those of Norum Roger de Montgomeric his superior Lord then residing at Beâ—esâ—â—e in Normandy adding his Confirmation thereto Furthermore in Ann. 1077. 10 Will. Conq. he accompanied Robert Abbot of St. Ebrulfs Brother to Hugh de Grentmesnill after he had been at the Dedication of the Churches of Cane Baieâ—x and Bec which were Consecrated the same year into Apulia at which time Robert Wigard then Duke of Calabria received him with much Honor and taking notice of his valor endeavored to retain him in his service with promise of ample reward setting him next to himself at dinner and offering him in case he would stay three Cities in Italy But it so falling out about this time Mabeâ— the Countess being killed by Hugh de Salgei a stout and resolute Knight that this William was shrewdly suspected to be accessory to the murther in regard he had intimate familiarity with that Knight Whereupon Earl Roger de Montgomerie his superior Lord making seizure of all his Lands and seeking his life he fled to Utica with his Wife and Sons and there in great fear remained a long time under the protection of those Monks till at length through the importunity of divers noble persons it was concluded that he should undergo that severe Trial by Fire-Ordeall viz. to purge himself from the guilt of this foul murther by carrying a piece of Iron red hot in his Hands Which he did without any harme his Adversaries looking on with purpose to cut off his Head in case they had discerned him guilty After which having received great consolation in the height of his Adversity from the Abbot and Monks of Utica he gave them four of those Palls which he brought out of Apulia whereof four Copes were made for the Chanters in their Church at Utica
Antiquo Feâ—ffamento to be ten in number Whereof one he saith that he had given upon the death of his Wife to the Knights Hospitalers for the health of her Soul and that he had five more in his own Demesn for all which in 14 Hen. 2. he answered fifteen marks To this last mentioned Baderon succeeded Gilbert his Son and Heir who in 22 Hen. 2. paid an hundred marks to the King for trespasses in his Forests And to Gilbert Iohn Which Iohn in 3 Ioh. gave sixscore marks to the King and two Norway Goshawks for his share of the Lands of Walter Walerond and of those which did belong to the Mother of the same Walter This Iohn in 7 Ioh. upon levying the sixth Scutage of that King paid thirty marks for the fifteen Knights Fees which he held And in 13 Ioh. gave a thousand marks as also two Horses for the great Saddle and ten Chasurs for the obtaining of his favor In 15 Ioh. being then at Glocester with some other of the Barons of the Marches he received command to march to Cirencester upon Munday next after the Octaves of the Clause of Easter well accoutred with Horse and Arms and all the power he could make In 17 Ioh. he was made Governor of the Castles of S. Bravel in Com. Gloc. Bremâ—le in Sussex and Grosmunt in Wales and the same year had a Grant from the King of all the Lands of Hugh de Malbisse lying in the Counties of Bedford and Cambridge which manifesteth that he adhered to the King in that troublesome time when he had War with the Barons In 18 Ioh. he had Livery of the Castles of Grosmunt Skenefrith and Lanteliock as his own proper right He was also then joyned in Commission with Walter de Lacy and others for the custody of Elmeley Castle in Worcestershire until the return of Walter de Beauchamp from Gualo the Popes Legate to whom he went for Absolution from his transgressions against the King and was likewise constituted Guardian of S. Briavels Castle before mentioned In 7 Hen. 3. he had Livery of the Guardianship of the Forest of Clarendon as also of the Bailiwicks of Paulet and Bocholt in Right of Cicely his Wife Daughter and Heir of Walter Walerond to whom by inheritance it did belong And in 8 Hen. 3. upon collecting the Scutage of Montgomery he was specially acquitted for those eight Knights Fees and a third part which were the third part of those twenty five Knights Fees that appertained to Walter Walerond In 13 Hen. 3. he was constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Salop and Stafford but more I have not seen of him than that he was Founder of Grace dieu Abby in Wales and that he left issue Iohn his Son and Heir Which Iohn in 15 Hen. 3. had the Castle and Honor of Strigun committed to his custody as also the County and Castle of Hereford during that year and the next following And about that time for the health of his own Soul the Souls of his Father and Mother and all his Ancestors gave to the Monks of S. Florence at 〈◊〉 before mentioned in pure Alms the Hospital of S. Iohn at Monmouth with divers Lands and Rents thereto belonging In 17 Hen. 3. upon that Insurrection by Richard Earl Marshall this Iohn and Ralph de Toeny were made Generals of the Kings Army consisting much of Poictovins then left in Wales to oppose him but in this imployment their success proved very bad for having a desing privily to have surprised the Earl Marshal their purpose being discovered the Earl planted his Forces in a Wood through which they were to pass and after a great out-cry with sounding of Trumpets fell on them and totally routed them so that they lost many of their Men and escaped very narrowly themselves And in â—0 Hen. 3. at the Coronation of Queen Eleanor with Iohn Fitz-Alan Ralph Mortimer and Walter de Clifford being Lords Marchers claimed as Ius Marchiae to carry the Canopy which belongs to the Barons of the Cinque Ports In 22 Hen. 3. the Truce betwixt King Henry and Lewelin Prince of Wales being at an end whereupon Lewelin exacted Homage from the great men of North-Wales the King directed his precept to this Iohn together with other of the Barons-Marchers to attend him at Oxford in the Quind of Easter there to advise concerning those affairs In 25 H. 3. upon the death of Gilbert Mareschal Earl of Pembroke he was made Governor of Striguil Castle but in 32 Hen. 3. being dead Iohn his Son and Heir paying an hundred pounds for his relief had Livery of his Lands Which last mentioned Iohn in 35 Hen. 3. was constituted Governor of the Castle of Penros in uuales and shortly after made Warden of New-Forest in Hantshire as his Ancestors had been But having no issue Male in consideration of certain Lands which Prince Edward granted him for life he gave to the said Prince and his Heirs for ever his Castle and Honor of Monmouth as also all other his Lands and Tenements Which Grant was confirmed by the King 13 Sept. 40 Hen. 3. and departing this life in 41 Hen. 3. left Albreda de Botereus and Ioan de Nevile his Daughters and Heirs then of full age Fitz-Warine WHen William the Conqueror for strengthening the Marches against the Welch did commit divers places to the trust of sundry persons it is said that amongst other he disposed of Abberbury in Com. Salop. and Alestoun in Com. Glouc. to Guarine de Meez a branch of the House of Loraine Which Guarine was Sheriff of Shropshire in Anno 1083. 16 Will. Conq. and one of the chief Councellors to Roger de Montgomerie then Earl of Shrewsbury Of this Guarine it is also said that hearing a report that William a valliant Knight Sisters Son to Pain Peverell Lord of Whitington in Comit. Salop. had two Daughters whereof Mellet was one who resolved to marry none but a Knight of great Prowess as also that her Father having thereupon concluded that some noble young men should meet at Peverels-place in the Peke and he who performed best should have his Daughter Mellet with the Castle of Whitington he came thither and fighting with a Son of the King of Scotland as also with a Baron of Burgoyne and vanquishing them both having then a Silver Shield with a Peacock for his Crest did thereupon take her to Wife Likewise that being thus seated at Whitington he warred upon the Welsh and that Iorevard Prince of Wales did War on him but at length had the worst Also that he had much ado in defending his Lands against Walter de Lacy who resided at Ludlow Moreover that he founded the Abby at Abberbury and gave to
second Daughter to Winceslaus the Emperor was the first who introduced the fashion for Women to ride side-ways on their Horses This Ioane died in 4 Edw. 1. being then seized of the Barony of Lidel with the Forest of Lidel in Com. Cumberl and six Burgages in the City of Carlisle Likewise of the Mannor of Kirkeby-Moreshed in Comit. Ebor. with a Garden and herbage of the Park c. as also of the Mannors of Cotingham Butercramb Skreyngham and Langton in Com. Ebor. Baldwin Wake her Son and Heir being then thirty eight years of age I come now to Eustace de Stutevill Son and Heir to Sibill de Valoines within age in 7 H. 3. and in the tuition of Roger de Quincy This Eustace in 18 Hen. 3. gave the King a thousand pounds to have the like seizin of the Mannor of Cotingham with its appurtenances as Nicholas de Stutevile had in his lifetime as his right by Inheritance and thereupon obtained possession of it for fourteen weeks but at length the King disseized him thereof After which viz. in Anno 1242. 25 Hen. 3. he died Whereupon his inheritance descended to the before-specified Ioane the Wife of Hugh Wake Howbeit Nicholas de Stutevile his Nephew viz. his Brothers Son possessed himself thereof Whereupon the King signified his pleasure that notwithstanding Robert Son and Heir of the said Eustace was born and brought up beyond Sea yet he should enjoy the same Whereupon the said Robert in 18 Hen. 3. had livery thereof This Robert being thus possessed granted his Mannor of Brinklow in Com. Warw. to Stephen de Segrave and his Heirs Howbeit after this viz. in 26 Hen. 3. Ioane the Widdow of Hugh de Wake gave to the King a Fine of an hundred pounds for livery of the Lands of the said Eustace de Stutevill her Kinsman which by right of Inheritance as it is said descended to her viz. fifty pounds for her Relief if there were no more due and fifty pounds as a gratuity ¶ Of this Family was also Henry de Stutevill whose Lands the Sheriff of Notinghamshire had command to seize in 9 Hen. 3. This Henry confirmed to the Canons of Welbeck in Com. Nott. the Lordship of Dukmanton which Richard Basset held of his Barony and which was formerly given to them by Leonia de Reynes Mother of him the said Henry as also by Richard Basset and Richard de Wyverton ¶ A Branch thereof was likewise William de Stutevill viz. Son of Osmund who in 13 H. 3. paid forty six marks for twenty three Knights Fees upon levying the Scutage of Kery In 15 Hen. 3. this William having married Margaret the Widdow of Robert Mortimer of Ricards-Castle in Com. Heref. without License in consideration of the two Palfreys and twenty shillings in Silver obtained pardon for that transgression And in 17 H. 3. being then one of the Barons-Marchers other of them then doing the like delivered up Osmund his Son as an Hostage for his fidelity untill the Realm should be settled in quiet Moreover in 22 Hen. 3. the time of Truce betwixt King Henry and Lewelyn Prince of Aberfraw being near an end and David the Son of Lewelyn taking the Homage of the great men in those parts this William was summoned to attend the King at Oxford on Tuesday next after the xv â—â— of Easter to advise thereon And in 26 Hen. 3. gave a Fine of fifteen marks to be exempted from going into Gascoigne In 29 Hen. 3. he accounted twenty three pounds for twenty three Knights Fees which were the Fees of Hugh de Say late Lord of Ricards Castle And in 41 Hen. 3. the Welsh being again in Arms and making divers bold Incursions upon the Marches received command to repair forthwith to Hereford and there to give his best assistance unto Roger Mortimer for the defence of those parts Furthermore in 42 Hen. 3. he received another Summons amongst the rest of the Nobility of that time to attend the King at Chester upon Munday next after the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the insolencies of the Welsh And departed this life in 43 Hen. 3. being then seised in right of Margery de Say his Wife as Tenant by the courtesie of England of the Mannors of Wichnaud Coderugge and the Hamlet of Huweleston in Com. Wigorn. As also of the Mannors of Stâ—pitton and Witilege in the Marches of Wales To whom succeeded Robert de Stutevill his Son and Heir Which Robert standing firm to King Henry the Third in the time of his War with the Barons was taken by Henry de Montfort one of the Rebels and being kept in durance by them constrained to fell his Mannor of Witheresfield to Giles Argentine one of that party for the redeeming himself The King therefore in 50 Hen. 3. having vanquished those his Adversaries in the Battle of Evesham restored that Mannor to him again ¶ About these times I find also mention of Iohn de Stutevill who possessed the moity of the Barony of Hubert Fitz-Ralph containing these Lordships viz. Kirkby Hekintoâ— Bardon and Bradney in Com. Derb. as also nine Knights Fees and a fourth part which were held of him by several persons This Iohn in 30 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Scutage of Gannock answered for fifteen Knights Fees so likewise in 38 H. 3. upon the Aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight And in 49 Hen. 3. was in Arms against the King at the Battle of Evesham whereupon his Lands were seised To this Iohn succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who in 42 Hen. 3. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands lying in the Counties of Essex Nottingham and Derby and in the same year when the Scots held their King in restraint who had married the Daughter of King Henry the Third and was then in minority amongst other of the Northern Barons had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and all the power he could raise to march into Scotland for his rescue And in 22 Edw. 1. had the like Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Porâ—smouth thence to sail with him into Gascoigne This Robert married Eleanor Genoure Widow as it seems of Alexander Baillol in whose right he held the third part of the Mannor of Bywell in Com. Northumbr but forfeited it He likewise held the Castle of Mitford in Com. Northumbr But being an Alien and Subject to the King of France it was seised into the Kings hands and died in 34 Edw. 1. Whereupon the said Eleanor surviving him claimed title in the Mannors of
Chester being then dead and Ranulph his Son within age as it is like And in 2 Rich. 1. attended that heroick King into the Holy Land where being present at that Agreement which was made betwixt him and Tancred King of Sicily whose Countrey King Richard was to pass through was one of those who undertook for the performance of what was covenanted on King Richards part And the next ensuing year when King Richard had taken the City of Acon wherein the Queens of England and Sicily as also the Daughter of the Emperor of Ciprus were then Resident he committed it to his custody This Bertram sounded the Abby of Croxden in Com. Staff for Gistercian Monks in An. 1176. 22 Hen. 2. and plentifully endowed it with Lands and Revenues amongst which he gave thereto the Church of Alveton commonly called Alton where his capital seat in that County was viz the Castle there and bestowed on the Monks of S. Maries Abby at York the Church of Bosmorth and two Hides of Land there Moreover to the Hospital of S. Iohn Baptist in Stanford in Com. Linc. he joyned with Richard de Humet in the Grant of that part of the Meadow there which lies Northwards of the Bridge and confirmed to the Canons of Kenilworth that Grant of the Church of Hethe in Com. Oxon. Which Lesceline his Mother had made to them And departing this life in An. 1192. 4 Rich. 1. at Ioppa in the Holy Land was buried at Acon This Bertram had two Wives the first Maud Daughter to Robert de Ferrers Earl of Derby with whom her Father gave in Frank-marriage four Knights Fees viz. Crakemerse and Creyton containing one Fee and an half Fornewarke half a Fee Nem Hall and Stanton half a Fee Worthington and Newbold half a Fee and Stanton Harold the fourth part of a Knights Fee but by her he had no issue His second Wife was Rohese but whose Daughter I find not which Rohese survived him And in the tenth of Richard the First gave twenty pounds to the King for liberty to marry again After the death of this Bertram William Fitz-Richard a great Man at that time in Warwickshire in 7 Rich. 1. accounted for the Profits of his Lands whilst he had the custody of them and amongst his disbursements reckons ten pounds laid out for the maintenance of those Soldiers and Servants who were in his Castle at Alveton for the half year preceding as also seven pounds more for those who kept his Castle of Brandon by the Kings appointment To this last mentioned Bertram succeeded Thomas de Verdon his Son and Heir who married Eustachia the Daughter of Gilbert Basset and in 6 Rich. 1. gave a Fine to the King of three hundred marks to have Livery of his Fathers Lands and Castles but in An. 1199. 9 Rich. 1. he died in Ireland After which viz. in 2 Ioh. Gerard de Camvill gave a thousand pounds to the King for the Guardianship of his Widow with her Lands and Liberty to dispose of her in marriage unto Richard de Camvill his Son To which Thomas succeeded Nicholas his Brother who in 6 Ioh. gave to the King one hundred pounds as also a Courser and a Palfrey for Livery of those Lands in Ireland whereof his Father died seised And the same year came to an Agreement with the before specified Richard de Camvill and Eustachia then his Wife touching her Dowry out of the Lands of his Brother Thomas de Verdon her former Husband By which it was concluded That the said Richard and she should inter alia hold the Mannor of Farnham in Com. Buck. and Hethe in Com. Oxon. Moreover in 16 Ioh. upon the death of Roese de Verdon his Mother he had Livery of those Lands in the County of Lincoln which were of her Inheritance And the same year paid fifty seven marks to the King upon levying the Scutage of Poictou in regard he did not attend him thither in that expedition But in 18. Ioh. taking part with the rest of the Rebellious Barons his Lands were seised by special Precepts to the Sheriffs of Warwick Leicester Stafford Lincoln Bucks and Oâ—on in which Counties they lay and put into the hands of William de Cantilâ—pe to hold during the Kings pleasure Howbeit upon the death of that King which hapned the same year he submitted to his Son King Henry the Third and thereupon had Livery of them in the first year of His Reign Furthermore in 2 Hen. 3. he paid two hundred marks to the King in satisfaction for the sum of five hundred marks in which his Father was indebted to the Exchequer since he executed the Office of Sheriff for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester in King Henry the Seconds time In this year also he became one of the Sureties to the King for Robert Marmion the younger viz. That he should faithfully keep the Castle of Tamworth in Com. War and bear true alleagiance to the King And in 5 Hen. 3. when William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarle broke out in Rebellion and having fortified his Castle at Bitham in Com. Linc. wasted the Countrey thereabouts he attended the King in person at the storming and taking of that Castle for which service he obtained the Kings Warrant for levying Escuage upon all the Knights Fees which were held of him And in 11 H. 3. procured a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Brandon in Com. Warr. In 15 Hen. 3. he received Authority from the King to take reasonable Aid of his Tenants towards the payment of his debts But the same year he died leaving issue one sole Daughter his Heir called Roâ—ese who in 16. Hen. 3. paid seventy marks for her Releif and Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance as also that she might not be compelled to marry and in case she should make choice of an Husband it to be with the Kings approbation It seems she was then a Widow but an Husband she had in the life time of her Father viz. Theobald le Butiller a Branch of the Noble Family of the Butillers of Ireland for in 9 Hen. 3. the King much desiring that she should take to Husband this Theobald writ specially to her to recommend him for that purpose and likewise unto Nicholas her Father earnestly desiring him to perswade her thereto This Rohese being so great an Heir though she matched with an Husband of a very Honorable Family did not bear his sirname as it is generally usual for all married Women to do but retained her own and so did her Posterity as I shall shew anon and in her Seal represented her self in the habite of that time with her own Paternal Arms upon her Surcoat viz.
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
thirty five Marks to the King to be excused from attending him into Gascoâ—gne Moreover to the Canous of Brinkeburne he gave one hundred and forty Acrâ—s of his waste-lands in Evenwode with a large proportion of his wastes near Framelintone as also House-boot Cart-boot Plow-boot c. out of his Woods in the Foresâ—s But before the end of that year he departed this life leaving Roger his Son and Heir who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Which Roger in 34 Hen. 3. complained against R. de Merley that he held plea in the County-Court for a Market at Morpeâ—h to the damage of his Market at Mitford whereupon the King directed his Precept to the Sheriff of Northumberland to stop the sute it belonging not to the cognizance of that Court. In 42 Hen. 3. this Roger with other of the Northern-Barons had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and all the force he could raise and to march into Scotland for rescuing the King of Scots then in minority who had married the Daughter of King Henry out of the hands of his rebellious Subjects being by them then held in restraint But in 48. Hen. 3. being in Arms against the King at Northampton with the rest of the Rebellious Barons and there taken prisoner the King required his Eschaetor beyond Trent to seise his Castle of Mitford and all other his Lands in Northumberland and committed them to the custody of William de Valence This Roger sold to the Monks of Newminster the Granges of Heyton Hortune and Peteric formerly demised to them by Roger his Ancestor and ratified that Grant to them which Peter the Parson of Miâ—ford had formerly made To him succeeded another Roger who departing this life in 5. Edw. 2. left one sole Daughter and Heir called Agnes which Agnes dying without Issue the Issue of his four Sisters became her Heirs viz. William Fitz-williams Son of William Son of Thomas Fitz-williams Lord of Elmeley and Sprotborough in Com. Ebor. who married Agnes the eldest of them Philip Darâ—y Son of Norman Darâ—y Son of ... Darâ—y and Isabell his Wife the second Sister Elias de Penulbury the Son of Christian de Ros the third Sister and Gilbert de Aton Son of Isabell Daughter of Ada de Ver the fourth Sister Bertram of Bothall IN 12 Hen. 2. upon that assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter Richard Bertram certified his Knights Fees which he then held de veteri Feoffamento to be three in number This Richard confirmed to the Monks of Tinemouth two Sheaves out of his Lordship of Bothall which they had of the gift of his Ancestors and in 8. Ric. 1. gave to the King ten Marks for License to marry his Daughter to whom he should think fit To him succeeded Robert who in 2 Ioh. upon collection of the second and third Scutage of King Ric. 1. paid six pounds and gave to the Monks of Newminster certain Lands called Forum This Robert held the Barony of Bothall of the King in Capite by the service of three Knights Fees as his Ancestors had formerly done de veteri Feoffamento and left Issue Richard his Son and Heir who being in minority at the death of his Father scil in 4 Ioh. was committed to the Guardianship together with his Lands of Robert de Tebevill But afterwards scil in 17 Ioh. taking part with the Rebellious Barons his Lands were given by the King to Richard de Lok To this Robert succeeded Roger another Son of the last mentioned Richard which Roger in 23 Hen. 3. paying fifty pounds for his Relief and doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance his Barony consisting of the Lordship of Bâ—thall with its members scil Weteworth Newmore Deggisworth Heburne Funtotier Tirthington Erdisdon and Langerst with its members viz. More and Estngden In 35 Hen. 3. this Roger obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Bothall and Heburne in Com. Northumb. And in 36 Hen. 3. was fined at sixty Marks for Hunting in the King's Forests Moreover in 42 Hen. 3. amongst other the Barons of the North he had command from the King to prepare himself with all his power and to march into Scotland for rescuing the King of that Realm who had married King Henry the Third's Daughter out of the hands of his rebellious Subjects and departed this life in 46 Hen. 3. leaving Robert his Son and Heir nineteen years of age Which Robert had Issue Roger who died in his life time and he another Robert who in 28 Edw. 1. upon the death of Robert his Grand-father was found to be thirteen years of age Which Robert in 2 Edw. 3. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and died in 8 Edw. 3. leaving Robert his Son and Heir twelve years of age who making proof of his age in 2 Edw. 3. had also Livery of his Lands This last mentioned Robert took to Wife Margaret one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Constance the Wife of William de Felton and in 17 Edw. 3. obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Bothall Moreover in 19 Edw. 3. he was constituted Sheriff of Northumberland and Governour of the Castle of New-Castle upon Tine And the next ensuing year upon that Invasion of David King of Scotland with a powerful Army joyned with the rest of the Northern Barons in giving them Battel near Durham where they obtained a glorious Victory and took David their King prisoner But shortly after this having the custody of Malculine Flemyng a Scot committed to his charge he permitted him to escape for which respect his Lands were seised by the King but not long after viz. in 21 Edw. 3. through the intercession of Henry Earl of Lancaster he had restitution of them again and for his good service in the taking of William Douglas in the Battel of Durham obtained an Annuity of two hundred Marks per Annum during his life out of the King's Customs in the Port of New-Castle upon Tine This Robert died ... leaving Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Helen who became the Wife of Sir Robert Ogle Knight Ros or Roos of Hamlake THat the Ancestor of this great and noble Family viz. Peter did originally assume his sirname in the time of King Henry the First from that Lordship in Holderness called Ros where he then had his Residence needeth not to be doubted This Peter gave to the Abbey of S. Maries in York the Church of Gilling in Ridale and wedded
Tichemershe Hinton juxta Brakele Hulls with the Mannor and Hundred of King's-Sutton in Com. North ton and Broughton in Com. Leic. leaving William his Son and Heir 17 years of age Which William in 4 Hen. 5. was by Indenture retained to serve the King with six men at Arms and eight Archers in his Wars of France and before the end of that year to serve him in his Fleet at Sea with two men at Arms himself accounted and four Archers Moreover in 9 Hen. 5. he was again in those Wars of France and in 1 Hen. 6. doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance by descent both from Iohn Lord Lovell his Father and Maude the Daughter and Heir of Robert de Holand his Grandmother being then twenty four years of age This William was summoned to Parliament from 3 Henry 6. till 33 Henry 6. inclusive and having married Alice one of the Daughters of Sir Iohn Deincourt Knight Sister and Coheir to William Lord Deincourt Widow of Raphe Boteler Lord Sudley performing his Fealty in 2 Hen. 6. had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance After which viz. in 8 Hen. 6. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France with twenty nine men at Arms and eighty Archers and in 21 Hen. 6. procured License to deafforest his Woods called Minsterwoods in Com. Oxon. with two Fields thereto adjoyning and to impark them But in 24 Hen. 6. in consideration of his eminent services in Foreign parts as well in the time of King Henry the Fifth as this King as also by reason of his infirmity of body he obtained an especial exemption from coming to Parliament for the whole term of his life Howbeit in 28 Hen. 6. notwithstanding this special Priviledge he was made Constable of Walingford Castle and departed this world upon the 13 th of Iune 33 Hen. 6. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir twenty two years of age Alice his Wife still surviving who the very same year upon the death of Margaret her Sister Wife of Raphe Lord Cromwell without Issue was found to be her next Heir by which means divers fair Lordships and Lands descended to her whereof she had special Livery soon after The Lands whereof this William Lord Lovell died seised were these viz. the Mannors of Ketherhythe and Berâ—undsey in Com. Surr. Wolverhampton in Com. Staff Waltham Parva called Powers-mannor and Burnells in Berle in Com. Hertf. Kesyngdon-Basset in Com. Glouc. Wevilcate called Butlers-Court in Com. ... Mynster-Lovell Dokelyngton Norton-Bruyn and Cheleston in Com. Oxon. Denford in Com. Berks. Elcombe Blackgrove Mighenden Wigtetcote Sulthorpe Whythyll Uffecote Erdescote and Knoke in Com. Wilts The third part of the Chase of Charnewood in Com. Leic. The Mannors of Cranleye and Broughton-Lovell in Com. Buck. The Mannors of Holgate Clee-Saint Margaret Wolstanton Prestes-weston Ardulveston Bollylye Longfeld Uppington Wotton Onebury Welton Sutton Corston Abbeton Ewdon-Burneâ—l Benthall Millingchope Bushbury Longedon Condovere Astewall Hope-Bowdlers Wiggecote Chatwall Smethecote Chelton Acton-Keyner Tasseley Konton Ambâ—ston Pulleleye Kammeshurst Streford-Cantelope Acton-Burnell and Acton-Pigot in Com. Salop. the Borough of Brakele the Hundred of Sutton alias King's-Sutton the Mannors of Pokebroke Duston Tychemershe King's-Sutton and Halls in Com. Northt And of the Inheritance of Alice his Wife of the Mannors of Askeham and Drynghouse within the Liberty of the City of York and Mannor of Baynton in Com. Ebor. of the Mannors of â—â—gges Herdewyke Kotherfeld Somerton the moity of the Mannor of Fringford and fourth part of the Mannor of Stanlake in Com. Oxon. Of the Mannor of Ordton alias Ulverton in Salihull in Com. War Of the Mannors of Shovyndon Est-claydon Bold-claydon Woburne and Fryngford in Com. Buck. as also of the Mannor of 〈◊〉 in Com. Cantii And joyntly with the said Alice of the Castle and Mannor of Wardour and Mannors of Bridesâ—ursh Ubbedon and Wamburghe in Com. Wilts ¶ I now come to Iohn his Son and Heir This Iohn in 34 Hen. 6. then a Knight had Livery of his Lands his Homage being respited And in 38 Hen. 6. in consideration of his good services obtained a Patent from the King to be chief Forester of the Forest of Whichwode in Com. North â—â—â— But before the end of that year the Scene suddenly changed for upon the landing of the Dake of York and those of his party this Iohn Lord Lovell accompanying the Lord Scales and Hungerford to London in hope to gain the Citizens for King Henry failing therein were constrained to flee to the Tower for refuge Soon after which the Yorkists prevailed every where to the total ruine of King Henry and most of his Friends so that of this Iohn I have not afterwards seen any thing further memorable till his death which hapned 9 Ian. 4 Edw. 4. he being then seised of the Mannor of Yoxball in Com. Staff Denford and Pole in Com. Berks. Mynster-Loveil 〈◊〉 Paâ—ve Dukeâ—â—gton Norton-Bryne and the Mannor of Wybâ—scote called 〈◊〉 Court in Com. Oxon. Baynton called Deincourts-Mannor and Wald-Newton upon the Woulds in Com. Ebor. Of the Mannors of Halls Brackley King's-Sutton and Tichemersh in Com. North ton Of the Mannors of Holgore Clee â—S Margaret Wolstanton Prestes-Weston Bollyleye Longford Uppinton Pullileye Wotton Walton Sutton Corston Abeton Edon-â—urnell Beithall Millinchope Bushbury Longedon Cundovere Astwall Hope-Bowdeler Chatwall Smethecote Acton-Keigner Tasseley-Cantelope Acton-Burnell and Stretfeld in Com. Salop. as also of the moity of the Mannor of Askham-Bryan in the County of the City of York leaving Issue Francis his Son and Heir by Ioane his Wife Sister of William Viscount Beaumont his Son and Heir nine years of age Which Francis in 22 Edw. 4. went with Richard Duke of Gloucester then Lieutenant General of the English Army into Scotland and before the end of that year viz. upon the 4 th of Ianuary was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Lovell Moreover being a great Friend and Favourer of King Richard the Third in those his unjust and bloody practices whereby he attained the Crown he was advanced to the office of Lord Chamberlain of his Houshold And being thereupon made Constable of the Castle of Wâ—â—â—ngford had the custody of that Honour as also of the Honour of S. Waleries granted to him and was likewise constituted chief Butler of England And having thus twisted Interests with him adventured himself in Battel for him at Bosworthfield where that King being slain and his Army totally routed he made shift to escape with his life and thence fleeing to S. Iohns at Colchester in Essex took Sanctuary there for a while but deeming that no safe place privily got away to Sir Thomas Broughton's house in Lancashire and there lurked for some months and so into
â—hropland the Mannor of Castelrige the Town of Ribton the Mannor of Irbye-bose Bolton Wigton Alpatrik Braythwaiâ— Caldebek Ulbedale Hayton Boâ—hell the Town of Uâ—mandy the Hamlet of Donanby the Mannors of Seton and Lowise-water the third part of the Barony of Egremond and the Advowson of the Abbey of Caldra Which Anthony doing his Homage soon after had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and Forest and to enjoy all those Liberties which his Ancestors had used in that Office excepting the pleas of Uert And the next ensuing year obtained to himself and Maude his Wife daughter and Heir to Hubert de Vaux of Gillesland a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands lying in the Counties of Cumbr. Ebor. Norff. and Sâ—ff and that they and their Heirs after the decease of Maud de Vaux her mother then the Wife of William Everard should have Free-warren in all the Demesn-lands they held in the Counties of Somerst and Devon being of the Dowry of her the said Mâ—ude and of the Inheritance of Maude his Wife In 42 Hen. 3. he received summons to prepare himself with Horse and Arms and to march with the rest of the Northern Barons into Scotland for rescuing the King then in minority and restraint by his own Subjects he having married the Daughter of King Henry and being in his protection So likewise to be at Chester on Monday next before the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist to restrain the Incursions of the Welch and died in 55 Heâ— 3. being then seised of the moity of the Lordship of Burgh upon Sands with the moity of the Mannor of Kirk-Oswald and moity of the Advowsons of the Churches of Kirk-Oswald and Ayketon all in Com. Cumbr. leaving Thomas his Son and Heir who doing his Homage had Livery of his lands Which Thomas in 56 Hen. 3. upon the death of Helewise de Levinton Widow of Eustace de Baillol was found her Heir as to the whole Mannor of Ayketon and the other moity of Burgh upon Sands Kirk-Oswald and Laysingby all which Eustace de Baillol having Issue by her which lived for some time held of her Inheritence as Tenant by the courtesie of England till his death which hapned in 2 Edw. 1. at which time this Thomas had Livery of that moity of the Barony of Burgh upon Sands so held by him as part of her Inheritance And died in 21 Edw. 1. Thomas his Son and Heir being then twenty six years of age who doing his Homage the same year had Livery of his Lands but died in 23 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Douham in Com. Norff. as also of the Mannor of Burgh upon Sands and Mannor of Kirk-Oswald likewise of the Barony of Gillesland and divers Lands in Santon Irton Bolâ—on and Goseford all in Com. Cumbr. leaving Thomas his Son and Heir thirteen years of age and Isâ—bell his Wife surviving who had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannor of Donham in Com. Suff. Which last mâ—ntioned Thomas paying an hundred pounds â—or his Relief was in 31 Edw. 1. in the Scotish-wars So likewise in 34 Edw. 1. And in 1 Edw. 2. received command to fit himsâ—lf with Horse and Arms together with Iohn de Lancaster and Ingelram de Gysnes for resisting the Incursions of Robert de Brus of Scotland and his Complices In 3 E. 2. he was again in those Wars of Scotland So likewise in 4 E. 2. And in 10 E. 2. obtain'd for himself and Margaret his Wife a special Charter from the King for a Market on the Wednesday every Week and two Fairs yearly viz. one on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Fâ—stival of our Lady the other on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of Simon and Iude at Aâ—â—hull in Com. Somerset As also Freewarrâ—n in all his Demens-lands at Sâ—ben-Hampton in Com. Sâ—mâ—rset and Pynâ—o in Com. Dâ—vâ—n Moreover he was summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 25 E. 1. till 7 E. 2. inclusive and died soon after leaving Issue Margaret his Daughter and Heir married to Ranulph de Dacre which Ranulph performing his Fealty to the King in 11 E. 2. she the said Margaret then making proof of her age had Livery of her Lands But this Thomas had a Brother called William who being his Heir male held the Mannour of Leyâ—â—ngby in Com. Cumbr. during his life Which William died in 15 E. 3. leaving the said Margaret then Wife of Ranulph de Dacre his next Heir xxxvj years of age Multon of Egremont HAving thus done with the Line of Multon of Gillesland I come to Lambert de Multon and Alan de Multon Sons of Thomas de Multon the second by his first Wife And first of Lambert This Lambert de Multon married Annabel the eldest of the two Daughters and Coheirs of Richard de Luci of Egremont as before hath been intimated And in Anno 1246. 30 H. 3. obtain'd by large Gifts an extraordinary Privilege from the Pope viz. That no one should have power to Excommunicate him but by a special Mandate from his Holiness But he who had this liberty to sin without punishment â—aith my Author and to do injury to others riding with rich Trappings very proudly from a Trial at Law no sooner alighted from his Horse but meriting God's judgment was suddenly smitten with a grievous Disease of which falling to the ground he died before his Spurs could be taken off being then at his House of Multon situate in that part of Lincolnshire called Holland leaving Ida his second Wife who had been the Widow of Geffrey de Oilli surviving and Thomas his Son and Heir then of age which Thomas praying his Relief had the same year Livery of his Lands lying in the Counties of Cumberland Linc. Suff. and Essex But in 49 H. 3. this Thomas called Thomas de Multon of Egremont was in Arms against the King with the rebellious Barons of that Age and in 18 E. 1. obtain'd the Kings Charter for a Market every Week upon the Tuesday at his Mannour of â—hurstaneston in Com. Suff. with a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen As also a Market on the Wednesday at his Mannour of Multon in Com. Linc. and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of All Saints with Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at â—hurstaneston aforesaid Morover in 22 E. 1. he had Free-warren granted unto him in all his Demesn-lands at Egremont in Com. Cumbr. And departed this Life the same year leaving Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in 25 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland So likewise
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
de Longchamp Bishop of Ely Chancellour of England Governour of the Realm in King Richard's absence and an utter Enemy to the Earl of Morcton accused him of harbouring and abetting Thieves which robb'd Merchants going to Stanford-Fair and likewise of High-treason because he declin'd upon Summons to appear before the King's Justices when he was sent for to answer that Charge and said That being a Reteiner to Iohn Earl of Moreton he would be tried in his Court and no other He was also charg'd with adhering to the said Earl of Moreton and other of the King's Enemies in taking the Castles of Notingham and Tikhill and notwithstanding he denied all was outed not onely of his Constableship of Lincoln-Castle and Sheriffalty of that County but of his own Lands So that upon the return of King Richard he was constrain'd to give two thousand Marks to be repossess'd of he own Estate and to obtain the King's Favour And Nichola his Wife a Fine of CCC Marks for liberty to marry her Daughter to whom she pleased so that he were not an Enemy to the King But it was not long after that Iohn Earl of Moreton upon the death of King Richard his Brother obtain'd the Crown and restored this Gerard to the Sheriffalty of Lincolâ—shire And in consideration of a thousand Pound Fine gave him the Widow of Thomas de Verdon for Wife to Richard his Son viz. Eustachia Daughter and Heir of Gilbert Basset with her whole Inheritance In 2 Ioh. this Gerard was one of the Peers in that Parliament at Lincoin where William King of Scotland did Homage to King Iohn for that Realm From which time till the end of the seventh year of King Iohn he had the Sheriffalty of Lincolnshire And in 6 Ioh. had special Licence to hunt the Hare Fox and Wild-cat throughout all the King's Forests In 7 Ioh. as a Coparcener with Fulk de Oyri and others in consideration of CCC Marks Fine to the King he obtain'd Licence for measuring the whole Marsh betwixt the Waters of Spalding and Tid in that County so that each Hundreder might have his Proportion thereof according to their respective Carucates In. 10 Ioh. he was one of the King 's Justices-Itinerant in Lincoln shire And by Nichola his Wife left Issue Richard above-mention'd Which Richard in 7 Ioh. gave MM Marks Fine and ten Palfreys for the Livery of the Lands of his Wifes Inheritance as Daughter and Heir to Gilbert Basset In 16 Ioh. this Richard had Livery of Middleton-Castle in Oxford shire part of his own Inheritance by Descent from his Father And in 2 H. 3. gave MM Marks Fine for Livery of all the rest But more of him I have not seen than that he left Issue Idonea his Daughter and Heir who became the Wife of William de Longespe Son of William de Longespe Earl of Salisbury Nor of her than that in 17 Ioh. she had Livery of all the Lands which were of the Inheritance of Eustachia her Mother Likewise in 10 H. 3. of those which were her Fathers and in 15 H. 3. of whatsoever were belonging to Nichola her Grandmother who then departed this Life ¶ Of William one of the Brothers to this last-mention'd Gerard it appears that he had Issue by Albreda the Daughter and Heir of Geffrey Marmion three Sons viz. Geffrey William and Thomas as the Descent sheweth Which Geffrey in 43 H. 3. was acquitted for his Scutage of Wales for xxviii Knights Fees he held in Right of Maude his Wife Cousin and Heir to Henry de Tracy scil Daughter of his Daughter for that part of the Honour of Berstaple which formerly belong'd to Oliver de Tracy In 22 E. 1. this Geffrey had Summons to attend the King at Portsmouth well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to go with him into Gascoyne And having sate in the several Parliaments of that King from 23 until 34 of his Reign inclusive departed this Life in 2 E. 2. seised in Right of the said Maud his Wife as Tenant by the Courtesie of England of the Lordship of Fremyngton Bovy-Tracy Nymet-Tracy Barnstaple the fourth part of the Mannor of Toriton and of the Hamlet of Nymet-St George as also of the Lordship of Clifton-Camvile in Com. Staff which he held by the Service of three Knights Fees leaving William his Son and Heir then xl years of age Which William had also Summons to Parliament in 2 and 4 Edw. 2. But farther of him I cannot say Botreanx THE first mention of this Name wherewith I have met is in 6 Steph. where Geffrey Boterell Brother to Alan Earl of Richmund is worthily extoll'd for his Valour against the Forces of Maud the Empress then Besieging the Castle of Winchester The next is of Hamon Boterell Which Hamen in 2 H. 2. paid xx l. into the Exchequer for the Farm of Bigarte-Forest in Hantshire Then William Boterell who in 3 H. 2. was Sheriff of Devonshire so likewise in 4 5 and 6 of that King's Reign And in 33 H. 2. residing in Cornwall answered vii l. x s. for xii Knights Fees in regard he had not been in that Expedition made by the King himself into Galwaie in Scotland the preceding year This William married one of the Daughters of Sir Robert Corbet Knight Unto which Robert King Henry the First gave the Lordship of Alcester in Com. Warr. by reason that he had a Daughter whom that King made one of his Concubines And having bestow'd on the Canons of Hertland in Com. Devon the Churches of Gunstane Moland and Forbiri and on the Monks of Alcester in Com. Warr. certain Lands in that County as appeareth by King Henry the Second's Confirmation thereof departed this Life leaving Issue two Sons William and Reginald Which William in 6 R. 1. upon Collection of the Scutage then levied for the King's Redemption paid ix l. for that which belong'd to the Honour of Geffrey de Ver and C s. for that of the Honour of Eudo Dapifer And in 1 Ioh. gave to the King a Fine of CCC Marks and two Goshawks for Livery of his Lands in Cornwall scil Penhel with its Appurtenances with the moytie of the Lordship of Alcester in Com. Warr. and for Confirmation of the Grant which Reginald Earl of Cornwall had made to him of those Lands In 5 Ioh. he was made Sheriff of Cornwall in which Office he continued for the space of four years and gave two Horses for the Great-Saddle and one Norway-Goshawk to the King for Licence to marry Albreda the Widow of Iohn de Ingeham Daughter to Walter Waleran over and above CCC Marks paid by her for the like permission In 5 H.
Ellesmere and Stretton until he could elsewhere give him Lands of C l. per Annum Whereupon he granted unto Sir Roger le Strange his Brother the Mannors of Coleners and Henton by him purchased from Sir Peter de Montfort Which Sir Roger did likewise merit so well for his Services in the time of that grand Rebellion that the King in 51 H. 3. bestow'd on him the Redemption of the Lordships of Cundovre Wurfeild and Wolverhampton belonging to Henry de Hastings in case the said Henry should have the Benefit of the Dictum de Kenilworth to compound for them upon the Tâ—rms limited by that Decree In 54 H. 3. this Roger was Sheriff of Yorkshire for the fourth and last part of that year And having married Maud the Widow of Roger de Moubray one of the Nieces and Coheirs of Ioane de Beauchamp Nieces of William de Beauchamp of Bedford joyn'd with her in a Recognizance to Maud de Clare Countess of Gloucester and Hereford and to Bogo de Clare her Son that in case Roger de Moubray Son and Heir to Sir Roger de Moubray when he should arrive to xv years of age should not ratifie the Matrimony made betwixt him and Roese the Daughter of that Countess then they should pay to the said Maud and Roger a thousand Pounds Sterling In 56 H. 3. this Roger le Strange was again Sheriff of Yorkshire and in 1 E. 1. had the Castle of Chartley in Com. Staff committed to his trust being once more made Sheriff of Yorkshire by that King In 4 E. 1. he obtain'd a Confirmation of that Grant which Hamon le Strange his Brother had made unto him of the Castle and Hundred of Ellesmere surrendring his former which was to him and his Heirs and accepting it only for Life but afterwards to return to the King and his Heirs In 11 E. 1. he was made Justice of all the Forests South of Trent and in 22 E. 1. received Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Portsmouth upon the first of Semptember thence to Sail with him into France Lastly viz. in 32 E. 1. he obtain'd Licence for a Market every Munday at his Mannor of Chesworthine in Com. Salop. and for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Swythin But farâ—her I cannot say of him ¶ I next come to Robert le Strange a younger Son of Iohn the Second to whom his Brother Iohn the Third in 3 E. 1. quitted his Right in the Mannor of Wrocwardine as I have already shewed This Robert died in 4 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Whitchurch in Com. Salop. which he held in Right of Alianore his Wife it being of her Inheritance as one of the four Sisters and Coheirs to William de Blancminster alias Whitchurâ—h To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir called Iohn le Strange of Blakmere by reason his Mannor-house of Whitchurch stood adjacent to a large Mere from the dark colour of the Water so called Which Iohn was born and baptized at Wytinton the third day after the Exaltation of the Holy-Cross and arrived to his full Age of xxi years in 15 E. 1. but died shortly after viz. in 17 E. 1. then seised of the Mannor of Merbury in Com. Cestr. leaving Fulke his Brother his next Heir xxii years of age Which Fulke then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In 26 E. 1. this Fulke being of the Retinue with Raphe de Monthermer Earl of Gloucester and Hertf. was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 29 E. 1. and 34 E. 1. as also in 4 E. 2. And in 8 E. 2. had Summons to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast-day of the Assumption of our Lady well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots And the same year in consideration of his Service in Gascoine temp E. 1. had a Discharge of a Debt of xxiv l. due from him to the Exchequer In 10 E. 2. he was again in the Scottish-Wars So likewise in 11 E. 2. And in 12 E. 2. obtain'd Pardon for adhering to Thomas Earl of Lancaster In 13 E. 2. he was again in those Wars and in 16 E. 2. constituted Seneschal of the Dutchy of Aquitane But all that I have farther seen of him is That he gave to the Canons of Wombrugge one Messuage with a Garden and a Croft as also half a Yard Land and certain Meadow-ground in Brocton And that having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 2 E. 2. till 17. inclusive he departed this Life in the same Seventeenth year being then seised of the third part of the Mannor of Thornhagh in Com. Nott. in Right of Alianore his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Iohn Giffard of Brimsfeild leaving Iohn his Son and Heir xviii years of age Which Iohn in 1 E. 3. being one of the Cousins and Heirs of the said Iohn Giffard making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Shortly after which viz. in 4 E. 3. he was made Governour of Conway-Castle And in 7 E. 3. obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Lordships of Whitchurch Corfham Wrocwardine Sutton Becton Longnolre and Chesworthine in Com. Salop. Chalkton in Com. Suthampt. Beggeworth in Com. Glouc. and Merbury in Com. Cestr. In 9 E. 3. this Iohn was in the Scottish-Wars So likewise in 10 E. 3. And in 16 E. 3. was charg'd with xx Men at Arms and xx Archers upon that Expedition then made by King Edward into France Moreover in 19 E. 3. being then a Bannerâ—t he had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms against the Feast of St. Laurence to attend the King into France where he continued the next year following And in 21 E. 3. entred into Covenants with Raphe Lord Stafford That Foulke his Son should marry Elizabeth the Daughter of the said Raphe before Whitsontide the same year and that he would Enfeoff them of CC Marks per Annum Land lying in the Counties of Salop. and Cestr. in consideration whereof a Thousand Pounds Portion was to be paid by the Lord Stafford In this 21 year he was again in the Wars of France And having married Ankaret Daughter to William Boteler of Wemme in Com. Salop. one of the Sisters and Coheirs to Edward Boteler Clerk died in 23 E. 3. being then seised of the moytie of the Mannor of Beggeworth in Com. Glouc. the moytie of the Mannor of Broghtâ—n in in Com. Wiltes of the Mannors of Whitchurch Dodington Corfham and the Hamlet of Sutton in Com. Salop. as also of the Mannor of Claghton in
part of the tenth year Which Walter had one sole Daughter and Heir married to Raphe Chenduit And in 52 H. 3. Sampson Foliot being Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire for three parts of that year was constituted Governour of Oxford-Castle Cauz IN 12 H. 2. Robert de Cauz being Forester of Notinghamshire and Derbyshire by Inheritance and having his Residence in the County of Notingham upon levying the Aid at that time for Marrying the King's Daughter certified his Knights Fees to be twelve de veteri Feoffamento and de novo three and gave to the Canons of Thurgarton his Mill at Doverbert To him succeeded Maud his Daughter and Heir who in 1 H. 3. gave Lx Marks Fine for Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance and in 2 H. 3. for Lx Marks more had Livery of the Forestership of those Counties But though the Record doth express That the same Forestership was of her Inheritance in 4 H. 3. she gave Lxxx Marks more for a Confirmation thereof This Maud first married to Adam Fitz-Peter Lord of Birkyn whereupon her Descendents assum'd the Sirname of Birkyn and gave the Lordship of Konstone to the Knights Templars Moreover surviving Adam Fitz-Peter she afterwards married to Raphe Fitz-Stephen and holding the Mannor of Winterborne in Dower from him departed this Life in 8 H. 3. Whereupon Iohn de Birkyn her Son by Adam Fitz-Peter de Birkyn her first Husband succeeded her in the Inheritance of her Lands and Forestership of Notingham and Derby shires then doing his Homage and paying CC Marks for his Relief Bolum OF this Barony consisting of the Lordship of Bolum in Com. Northumb. with its Members viz. Lyerdon Burneton Thornbury Cupe Lytle-Wytington Hayden Belsou Bradeford Denum Trewyc and Tunstall held by three Knights Fees was Gilbert de Bolum Son of Iames de Bolum possess'd in 12 H. 2. Which Gilbert had Issue Walter de Bolum and he a Daughter and Heir called Alice Bocland IN 12 H. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid then levied for marrying the King's Daughter Hugh de Bocland certified That he held two Knights Fees and an half for which he paid xxxiii s. iv d. in 14 H. 2. And being made Sheriff of Berkshire in 16 H. 2. continued so till 21 of that King's Reign To him succeeded William de Bocland Sheriff of Cornwall in 33 H. 2. and so till 1 R. 1. In 2 R. 1. this William gave C l. fine for Livery of the Mannor of Weston which Roger de Sandford held and died in 17 Ioh. leaving Issue Ioane his Daughter and Heir Wife of Robert de Ferrers who paying Five hundred Marks Fine had then Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance lying in the Counties of Bedf. Hertf. Buck. Oxon. and Berkâ— Bassingburne IN 16 H. 2. Warine de Bassingburne underwent the Sherissalty for the Counties of Cantabr and Hunt together with Ebrard de Beche for part of that year So likewise for 17 H. 2. and so thenceforth till 22 H. 2. inclusive To this Warine succeeded Iohn de Bassingburne unto whom King Iohn in 14 of his Reign committed the Custody of the Castle of Beningfeld in Com. Northampt. and all the Lands of Hugh de Lizures with the Stock thereon for payment of such Debts as were due to the King by the same Hugh Which Iohn being a great Favourite of that King about this time was reputed one of his Evil Counsellors and stood firm to the Royal Interest in 17 Ioh. upon that great Contest then had with the Barons In 8 H. 3. he gave C Marks for the Wardship of the Sons of Guy de Dive with their Lands the eldest of them having married his Daughter About that time I find mention of Nicholas de Bassingburne who having been in Arms with the Rebellious Barons in the later part of King Iohn's Reign and returning to obedience in 1 H. 3. had restitution of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Kent and Northampt. which had been seised for his defection in particular the Castle of Benifeld To whom succeeded Warine de Bassingburne Which Warine in 37 H. 3. attending the King in his Expedition then made into Gascoine had a special Promise from him viz. That whereas he had then taken to Wife Isabell one of the Daughters and Heirs to Emeric de Saci in case Emeric should die before his return he should hâ—ve the Purparty of his Lands justly assign'd unto him And in 41 H. 3. had command with divers other to assist Hamon Strange in the Parts about Montgomerie to restrain the Incursions of the Welch Moreover in 48 H. 3. the Barons being then powerful whereupon the King was constrain'd to submit to the Determination of the King of France touching the Ordinances of Dxford he was one of that number who then did by Oath undertake for the King therein And the same year with Robert Walrand being Governour of Bristoll hearing that the Prince and Richard Earl of Cornwall his Uncle were taken in that fatal Battel of Lewes and brought Prisoners to the Castle of Walingford march'd thither and stoutly assaulted that Fort with purpose to rescue them though in vain Furthermore in 50 H. 3 having obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Lands of Thomas de Esteley who being in Arms with the Rebellious Barons was slain in the Battel of Eâ—esham he procured special Licence to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Asâ—ley in Com. Warr. part of the Possessions of the said Thomas as also of his own House at Bassingburne in Com. Cantabr And the same year had allowance for the Charges he had been at in fortifying the Castles of Northampton and Rokingbam In this year also he was Sheriff for Northampton-shire So likewise the next ensuing year To him succeeded Humphrey de Bassingburne who being also in Arms with the Rebellious Barons in 48 H. 3. had his Pardon obtain'd by the before-specified Warine and in 31 E. 1. granted the Castle of Beningfeld in Com. Northampt. with the Appurtenances and Advowson of the Church excepting the Hamlets of Glapthorne and Southwike with the Mill at Cotherstoke unto Queen Alianore to hold for term of her Life paying unto him C l. per annum Moreover in 14 E. 1. he obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Bening-felb And in 5 E. 3. had a Charter for a Weekly Market at his Mannor of Wykes in Com. Cantab. upon the Munday as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Laurence After him I meet with another Warine de Bassingburne who
E. 3. was again in the Scottish-Wars But departing this Life at Sheffeild pridie Id. Octobr. Anno 1339. 13 E. 3. lieth buried in the Abby of Beaucheif in Com. Derb. not far from Sheffeild leaving Thomas his Son and Heir seventeen years of age Ioane his Wife who was so great an Inheritrix being deceased long before him in Child-bed viz. 6 Non. Oct. Anno 1334. 8 E. 3. then about thirty years of age and buried before the High-Altar in Croâ—den Abby with her Ancestors Unto this last-mentioned Thomas thus in Minority at his Father's death as is observed upon another Partition made of Verdon's Lands in 18 E. 3. there was allotted the Mannor of Franham with the Hamlet of Sere in Com. Buck. Stoke Verdon with certain Tenements in â—yne-lesdon in Com. Wiltes and the Mannor of Bitlesby in Com. Leic. After which viz. the next ensuing year he attended the King in his Expedition made into France So likewise in 20 E. 3. that being the time when the English took Cane and obtain'd that signal Victory over the French at Cressie Moreover in 21 E. 3. he was again in those Wars So likewise in 23 E. 3. And in 30 E 3. accompanying Henry Lord Percy into Scotland was with him in the Garrison of Roxborough-Castle When this Thomas died I find not but certain it is that he departed this Life without Issue and lieth under a Tomb of Alabaster at Wyrksop above the Quire and that to him succeeded William de Furnivall his Brother and Heir who doing his Homage in 39 E. 3. had Livery of all his Lands excepting those whereof Ioane his Wife then surviving had been endowed This William permitted the Pale of his Park at Wyrksop to be so defective that divers of the King 's Deer out of the Forest of Sâ—erwode coming freely into it were destroyed For which respect William de Latimer Warden of the Forests beyond Trent seised it into the King's Hand but not long afterwards upon the payment of Twenty Pound Fine he had pardon for that Offence And having married Thomasine the Daughter and Heir of ... Dagworth in whose Right he had the Mannor of Dagworth in Suffolk with the Mannor of Dagworth in Elmedone and Crawlebery Elmdone and Crysbale as also the Mannors of Coggeshales in Elmedone 〈◊〉 Arkisdene died in 6 R. 2. leaving Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Ioane married to Thomas de Nevill Brother to Raphe Earl of Westmerland who was thereupon summon'd to Parliament as Lord Furnivall as I have elsewhere more fully shewed Braibroc THIS Family so called from their chief Sea at Braibroc in Com. Northampt. is descended from one Ingebald who took to Wife Albreda one of the Daughters and Heirs to Ivo Newmarch and had Issue by her a Son called Robert Mey but afterwards Robert de Braibroc Which Robert in 10 R. 1. gave a Fine to the King of CLXXX Marks for his Favour But from King Iohn he found a better esteem being Master of his Wardrobe and one of his Council having also in 6 Ioh. a special Licence for keeping of Greyhounds to take the Fox and Hare in any of the King's Lands and Forests excepting his chiefest Warrens And in 7 Ioh. obtain'd the Mannor of Corby in Com. Northampt. with the Hundred to hold in Fee-farm for the yearly Rent of viii l. to be paid into the Exchequer Not long after which viz. in 12 Ioh. he purchased the Mannor of Langtone as also the Mannor of Sutton And having been Sheriff of the Counties of Buck. and Bedf. from 7 till 15 Ioh. of Northampt. from 10 to 15 and of Roteland in 13 and 15 departed this Life leaving Issue Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry was Sheriff of Rotel in 14 Ioh. And of the same County as also of the Counties of Northampt. Bedf. and Buck. in 16 and 17 Ioh. In which sixteenth year he accounted for forty Quarters of Wheat and forty fat Swine bought to Victual the Castle of Northampton the Price of each Quarter of Wheat being at that time ii s. and of each Hog ii s. But in 17 Ioh. taking part with the Rebellious Barons he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication by the Pope and became so active on their part that in 1 H. 3. he had the Trust of that strong Castle of Montsorell in Com. Leic. which was extraordinarily Fortified and Mann'd and held it out stoutly for some time against the whole Power of the King But before the end of that year Peace being made and all Places of Strength delivered up this Castle amongst others was rendred Whereupon the Son of this Henry de Braybroc then a Prisoner and in custody of Fulke de Breant had his Liberty In 6 H. 3. this Henry having married Christian Daughter and Heir to Wischard Ledet and Margaret his Wife paid C l. for the Relief of her Lands and doing his Homage had Livery of them After which viz. in 8 H. 3. being constituted one of the King 's Justices-Itinerant he was taken at Dunstaple by a Party of Soldiers sent out of the Castle at Bedford by Falk de Breant and carried Prisoner thither that Castle being then held by him in a Rebellious manner but upon the Render thereof which soon after hapned he was enlarged And in 11 H. 3. obtain'd a new Grant from the King of the before-specified Mannor of Corby to hold in Fee-farm by the ancient Rent of viii l. per annum For which Grant and for to have a Fair there he gave Ten Marks And departed this Life in 18 H. 3. leaving Issue by her the said Christian his Wife two Sons viz. Wyschard who assumed the Name of Ledet by reason of his Mothers Inheritance and Iohn She the said Christian surviving who doing her Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance lying in the Counties of Northampt. Linc. and Heref. Which Wischard died in Anno 1241. 25 H. 3. leaving Issue a Son called Walter Which Walter had Issue by Ermentrude his Wife two Daughters his Heirs viz. Alice and Christian whose Marriages the Abbot of Pipwell recovered by a Suit in Law and sold them to Ermentrude their Mother Which Ermentrude passed them again to Iohn de Haya with purpose that they might be Wives for his two Sons and afterwards married her self to Robert de Peche But notwithstanding this Design of Iohn de Haya one of them viz. Alice became the Wife of Sir William Latimer and Christian of Iohn de Latimer From Iohn the younger Son who retain'd the Name of Braibroc descended Sir Reginald Braibroc Knight who
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
a higher pitch of Honour by the Kings special Charter bearing date 6 Martii the same year viz. to the title and dignity of Duke of Lancaster Which being done by the General consent of all the Prelates and Peers then sitting in Parliament at Westminster for his life he was invested therewith by the Cincture of a Sword with power to have a Chancery in the County of Lancaster and to issue out Writs there under his own Seal as well touching Pleas of the Crown as any other relating to the Common Laws of this Realm As also to enjoy all other Liberties and Regalities belonging to a County Palatine in as ample manner as the Earl of Chester was known to have within that County About this time likewise he was constituted Admiral of the Kings whole Fleet from the River of Thames Westward And having the same year obtained License to take a journey into Spruse there to fight against the Infidels the King thereby granted that in case he should depart this life before his return his Executors should retain all his Castles Mannors and Lands into their hands untill his debts were discharged In his journey thither being taken in High Almaine he was constrained to give three hundred Scutes of Gold for his liberty Which surprisal of him was made by the Duke of Brunswikes means as it seems the designe thereof being told him when he lay at Coloine But before he came to Spruse hearing that the Christians and Pagans had made a Truce he returned to Coloine and there relating what he had heard of the Duke of Brunâ—wikes purpose said it did not become such a person to deal so with a Stranger in his journey who had never offended him nor intended any thing of ill towards him and that in case he had a mind to meddle with him he should find him ready to perform a Souldiers part Which being told to the Duke of Brunswick he sent him a Letter of challenge Whereunto he return'd answer That he would meet him upon a day appointed to perform in his own person what might justly be requir'd and accordingly rode to Calais with fifty Knights besides others of his retinue In this his passage coming near Gysnes meeting with Sir Iohn Clermont Marshal of France with a large attendance of Men in Arms he was honourably receiv'd by him in the Quind before Christmas and conducted nobly to Heddyng where Sir Iames de Bourbon met him and attended him to Paris at which place he was also received by the Nobility and all other people with high regard The like reception he had by the King of France who sent for him to his Palace as also by his own Kinsman the King of Navar. Much agitation there was before the day of Battel to reconcile them but in vain Upon that day therefore they entred the Lists and having first taken their Oaths as 't is the custom of Duelists to do mounted their Horses for the Combat But it was observed that before they had thus taken their Oaths no man could appear more valiant and Heroick than the Duke of Brunswick seemed to be and that afterwards his countenance chang'd so that he look'd pale and troubled trembling likewise in such sort as that he could not wield his Sword Shield and Lance his Shield also turning aside three times in his taking it up Which being discerned by his friends they advised him to submit himself to the judgment of the King of France in that Quarrel But this our Duke standing cheerfully in his place expecting the Combat said That before he entred the Lists perhaps he might have been perswaded to an agreement but now that he had mounted his Horse and was ready and that the King with his Nobles with an extraordinary confluence of people were there come together it would be an high dishonour to himself and to the whole English Nation to depart without performing what Truth and Justice did require Adding that he would not go out of the Lists neither with dishonour to his Bloud to the King of England nor to his Countrey Whereupon the Duke of Brunswick wholly quitting the quarrel without reservation of his Honour and submitting himself to the Award of the King of France therein the King of France at a great Feast reconciled them And having so done took this our Duke and shewing him divers delightful things offered to give them to him But of those he accepted onely of a Thorn out of the Crown of our Saviour which he brought away and left as a Relick in the Collegiate Church of our Lady at Leicester After which taking his leave of the King of France he returned into England and came to the King at St. Albans where he was received with much joy and honour the King then keeping his Christmas there In this year viz 26 E. 3. he permitted the Canons of Leicester to inclose their Woods and stored them with Deer out of his own Parks and likewise interceeded with the Pope for appropriating the Churches of Humberston and Hungarton to that Abby About this time also he receiv'd special command from the King to keep a strict Guard upon all the Sea-coasts of Lancashire and to arm all those fourty Lanciers which were then raised in his Territories of Monmouth Grosmunt Whitcastel Kedewy Karwathelan and Iskennyn for the publick service In 28 E. 3. he attended the King into France having intelligence that the King of France would give him Battel at S. Omers but when he came thither he found that the French were retreated Shortly after this there being a Truce with the French until Easter he was sent with the Earl of Arundel and others to the Pope then at Avinion to treat of farther Peace with them But the Duke of Bourbon Earl of Arminiak and others who were sent Ambassadors from the French fell off from what they had formerly agreed to upon the Truce concluded at Calais refusing any farther agreement saying That they were prepared to defend their Countrey against the English Requiring that the King of England should first forbear to quarter the Arms of France and that he should do Homage to the King of France for Gascoin But hereunto this our Duke answered That those Arms of France which he bore by the advice of his Liege-men of France he would not relinquish for any mans pleasure And that the King of England should not do Homage to any person over whom by hereditary right from his Mother he claimed superiority At this time of his coming to Avinion viz. on Christmas-Eve he had two hundred Horse in his Train whereof thirty two were covered with Harness At which place he staid six weeks in great honour the Bishops Nobles Citizens and others to the number of two thousand Horse
28 Edw. 1. again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 31 34 Ed. 1. And in 35 Edw. 1. by his Petition in Parliament representing to the King that he had been in all the Scotish Wars until that very time first at Berewic with twenty Light-Horse afterwards at Strivelin with thirty two in the retinue of the Earl Warren next at La Vaire Chapelle with thirty in the retinue of the Bishop of Durham lastly at Gaway with sixteen And since that in the last Battle that he sent eighteen though absent himself being then Warden of the Marches towards Northumberland and therefore desired that his Scutage for all those Expeditions might be remitted he had his request granted And having been Summoned to Parliament form 23 Edw. 1. till 4 Edw. 2. departed this life in 6 Edw. 2. being then seized of the Mannor of Barenton in Com. Cantabr with the Advowson of the Church also of the fourth part of the Barony of Muscamp viz. of the moity of the Mannors of Wollovre and Louwyk Beleford and Mesing of which moity Alice his Wife stood joyntly enfeoffed with him Likewise of the fourth part of the Barony of Bolebeâ— of the Inheritance of her the said Alice Daughter and Coheir of Hugh de Bolebec viz. the fourth part of the Mannors of Stiford Schiteley Heddon upon the Wall Angreton and Dodington Moreover that he held joyntly with Elene his Wife the Mannor of Newenham and that Nicholas Newbaud the Son of Gonnora his Sister Wife of Richard de Newbaud was his next Heir and at that time thirty years of age Which Elene Surviving him in 7 Edw. 2. had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannor of Lowyk and Hamlet of Hethpole in Com. Northumb. Hilton 23 Edw. 1. IN 23 24 and 25 Edw. 1. Robert de Hilton of Hilton in the County Palatine of Durham had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm and in 4 E. 2. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland This Robert married Margaret one of the three Coheirs to Marmaduke de Thweng and left Issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Isabel married to Walter de Pedwardyn and Maud to ... Hothum After this there is mention of Alexander de Hilton who in 7 Edw. 3. served in the Scotish Wars with Ralph Lord Nevill and had Summons to Parliament in 6 and 9 Edw. 3. but no longer Lascels 23 Edw. 1. OF this antient Family seated in the County of York were divers persons of great note many ages since but of those the chief whereof I find mention was Roger de Lascels who in 22 Edw. 1. in order to that great Expedition intended into France had Summons amongst divers of the then Peers of this Realm and other eminent men to attend the King and to advise touching the most important affairs of the Realm The like Summons he had also in 23 and 24 E. 1. to the several Parliaments then held but never after nor any of his posterity for which respect I shall not take any farther notice of them Freschevill 25 Edw. 1. IN 9 Hen. 3 upon the death of Hubert Fitz-Ralph Baron of Cryche in Comit. Derb. Ralph de Freskenvill being his Heir and paying an hundred marks for his Relief had livery of his Lands and in 26 Hen. 3 gave a Fine of thirty marks to be excused from attending the King into Gascoine In 30 H. 2. upon Collection of the Scutage of Fannoc this Ralph answered for fifteen Knights Fees So likewise in 38 Hen. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight and died in 45 Hen. 3. leaving Ankere de Freschevill his Son and Heir of full age who paying twenty marks for his Relief and doing his Homage had livery of his Lands But in 48 Hen. 3. this Ankere joyned with the Rebellious Barons of that age and was with them in Northampton upon the taking thereof by the Kings Forces Whereupon his Lands being seized his Mannor of Cryche was bestowed on Brian de Brompton for his good services to the King in the time of those troubles to enjoy according to the tenor of the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth until the Heir of this Ankere should accomplish his full age Not long after which viz. in 54 Hen. 3. he died Whereupon it was found that he held the Mannor of Boney in Com. Nott. of the King in Capite by Barony So likewise the Mannor of Kryche in Comit. Derb. As also two Knights-Fees in Scarthclyve and four Ox-Gangs of Land in Staveley Wodthorpe and Wytewell which he had in Frank-marriage with Amice his Wife one of the Sisters and Coheirs of Nicholas Musard To whom succeeded Ralph his Son and Heir Which Ralph in 15 Edw. 1. doing his Homage had livery of his Lands excepting the Mannors of Boney Which Lordship Richard de Grey did retein in his hands until that Fine imposed upon the before-specified Ankere de Freschevill for taking part with the Rebellious Barons were fully satisfied according to the tenor of the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth In 25 Edw. 1. this Ralph de Freschevill was in the Scottish Wars and had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm the same year but never after and in 29 E. 1. being found to be one of the Cousins and Heirs to Nicholas Musard doing his Homage had livery of his purparty of all the Lands of that Inheritance To this Ralph succeeded another Ralph who in 46 Edw. 3. was in that great Expedition then made by Iohn Duke of Lancaster King of Castile into France But in regard he never had Summons to Parliament I shall here put a Period to my discourse of him only observing that Iohn Freschevile of Staveley in Com. Derb Esquire Son and Heir to Sir Peter Freschevile Knight the lineal Heir male of this antient Family in consideration of his eminent services to King Charles the First of blessed Memory in the times of the late Usurpation and since to our present Sovereign King Charles the Second was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 16 Martii 16 Car. z. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Freschevile of Staveley before-mentioned Huntingfeild 25 Edw. 1. IN the time of King Stephen William de Huntingfeld with the consent of Roger his Son and Heir gave the whole Isle of Mendham in Com. Suff and divers other Lands to the Monks of Castle-Acre in Com. Norf. Whereupon planting a part of that Covent there it became a Cell thereto and departed this life in Ann 1155. 1 Hen. 2. to whom succeeded Roger his Son and Heir Which Roger had issue another William who in 5 Ioh. being made Constable of Dovor
this Robert de Morle was in the Scotish VVars So likewise in 10 Edw 3. And in 12 Edw. 3. the King being then beyond-Sea was made Lieutenant of Norfolk Moreover in 13 Edw. 3. he was constituted Admiral of the King 's whole Fleet from the Mouth of Thames Northwards and the next year following upon Easter-Day giving Battel to the French near 〈◊〉 in Fâ—anders the like Sea-â—ight having never before been seen obtain'd a notable Victory In that year also he receiv'd command to send Ten Ships unto the Port of Oxwell for transporting of divers Men and Horses unto Henry de Lancaster Earl of Derby at that time in Flanders And in 15 Edw. 3. sayling with that Fleet unto Normandy and other Ships from the Cinque-ports he burnt Fourscore Ships of the Normans as also three Port-Towns and two other Villages At that time also he had an Assignation of One hundred Marks charg'd upon the Collector of the Subsidies on the South of Trent towards his disbursments as Admiral of the Northern Fleet. And in 16 Edw. 3. being still Admiral was in that great Expedition then made into France So likewise in 17 Edw. 3. with Twenty Men at Armes of his Retinue as also in 10 Edw. 3. being then in the Retinue with Hugh le Dâ—â—enser Again in 20 Edw. 3. at which time the English obtain'd that notable Victory at Cressi Also in 21 Edw. 3. In which year upon his delivery of Nine hundred and fifty Marks of Silver for the VVages of those Men at Armes and Archers whilst he was Admiral the King remitted to him all other Debts he then owed and pardoned the sum of One hundred thirty six pounds then due from him to the Exchequer In 22 E. 3. he was again made Admiral of the Northern Fleet. And in 26 E. 3. upon the danger of an Invasion then threatned by the French was joyn'd in Commission with Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk for Arraying of Men in Norfolk and Suffolk in order to the defence of those parts In 29 E. 3. he was made Constable of the Tower of London and again Admiral of the Fleet for the North Seas In 30 E. 3. he had a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Burston in Com. Herâ—f And in 33 E. 3. was again in the Wars of France And having been summon'd to Parliament from 11 E. 2. to 31 E. 3. inclusive departed this life in France in 34 E. 3. then attending on the King about Mid-Lent being seised of the Mannors of Morle and Greâ—senhale in Com. Norff. And as Tenant by the Curtesie of England in right of Hawyse his VVife daughter and heir to Sir William Mareschall Knight of the Mannors of Walkerne in Com. Hertf. Hallyngbury in Com. Essex Hokeryng Swanâ—one Boxtone Hengham with the Hundreds of Forehowe and Eynesford in Com. Norff. Also of the Mannor of Grymeston in Com. Norff. the reversion thereof belonging to Thomas his younger Son who departed this life sixteen years before leaving Henry his brother and heir Fourteen years of age To this last mention'd Robert Lord Morle succeeded Sir William Morle Knight his son and heir by the before-mention'd Hawyse his first VVife being Thirty years of age at that time VVhich Sir William doing his homage the same year had Livery of all his Lands In 30 Edw. 3. which was in his Father's life-time this William being then a Knight was in that Expedition made into France with Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk and in 38 Edw. 3. had License to travel beyond Sea As also to grant the Office of Marshal of Ireland which descended to him by Inheritance from his Mother to Henry de Ferrers to hold so long as he should behave himself well therein And having been summon'd to Parliament from 38 Edw. 3. until 2 Rich. 2. inclusive by his Testament bearing date at Halingbury Magna in Com. Essex 26 Aug. An. 1379. 2 Rich. 2. Bequeath'd his body to be buryed in the Church of the Friers-Augustines at Norwich Appointing that two of his best Horses should be disposed of for Mortuaries viz. His best black Horse to those Friers on the day of his Funeral and his Palfrey called Don to the Rector of the Church of Hallyngbury before-mentioned He likewise bequeath'd the sum of Forty six pounds thirteen shillings four pence to seven Priests to Celebrate Divine-Service for his Soul for the space of one whole year next ensuing his decease one of them at Hallyngbury one at Swantone one at Hokeryng one at Hengham one at Folsham and one in the Chappel of Cecilie his Wife and the seventh to the Frier Richard of the Order of St. Augustine his Confessor to be equally divided among them And to Sir Thomas Morle Knight his son he bequeath'd his Principal Dorser four Costers and one Banker with his Armes Shortly after which viz. upon the 30th of April next following he departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Great Haâ—â—yngbury and moyetie of the Mannor of Bromley in Com. Essex Walkerne in Com. Hertf. Hokeryng Buxtone Swantone Morley Aldby and Folsham in Com. Norf. leaving Sir Thomas Morley Knight his son and heir Twenty five years of age who thereupon doing his homage had Livery of his Lands Cecilie his Wife daughter to Thomas Lord Bardolph then surviving Which Cecilie by her Testament bearing date on Thursday the Eve of St. Matthew the Apostle An. 1386. 10 R. 2. bequeath'd her Body to be buryed in the Church of the Friers Augustines at Norwich where the before-specified William Lord Morle her late husband lay interred and died on Friday next after the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle next ensuing Thomas her son and heir being then of full age Which Thomas in 4 R. 2. arriving at Calais with divers other English Lords rode with his Banner display'd And in 15 R. 2. being Marshall of â—reland was in that Expedition then made into France In 22 R. 2. he accompanyed Thomas le Despenser Earl of Gâ—ocester Thomas Perci then Earl of Worcester and divers other of the English Nobility into Ireland for the safeguard of that Realm In 3 H. 5. he was in that Expedition then made into France and in 4 H. 5. being constituted Admiral Lieutenant and Captain-General of all those Forces which were come up to London from several Ports conducted them to Southampton in order to their going into France This Thomas Lord Morle Marryed Anne daughter of Edward Lord Despenser by Elizabeth de Burghersh his Wife Which Anne was Widow of Sir Hugh de Hastings Knight And having been summon'd to Parliament from 5 Rich. 2. till 4 Hen. 5. inclusive departed this life 24th September the same year being then
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
the beseching of his blessyd Modyr and hys holy Seynts and my wrecchyd Body to be buried where that ever I dye in the next Chirche-yerd God vouchsafe and naut in the Chirche but in the utterist corner as he that ys unworthâ— to lyn therin save the merci of God And that there be non manner of cost don about my berying neyther in Mete neyther in Dryâ—â—gge nor in no other thing but it be to any such one that needyth it after the Law of God save twey Tapers of Wex and anon as I be ded put me in the Erthe c. To whom succeeded Edward Latimer his Brother and heir called also Bochard who departed this life without issue in 12 H. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Wardon and Castle of Braybroke in Com. North. as also of divers other Lands lying in that Shire and in other Counties leaving Iohn Gryffin his Cousin and next heir viz. son of Richard son of Elizabeth sister of him the said Edward who doing his Fealtie had Livery of his Lands From which Iohn is Sir Edward Gryffin Knight now Treasurer of the Chamber to our present Soveraign King Charles the Second and owner of that Castle lineally descended Burghersh 32 Edw. 1. IN 26 E. 1. Robert de Burghersh being made Constable of Dovor-Castle had his Commission for that trust renew'd the next ensuing year being then also constituted Warden of the Cinque-ports and in 32 and 33 E. 1. was summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm but departed this life in 34 E. 1. seised of the Mannors of Siinatone in Com. Gloc. Chidingston Boâ—â—on Olauf and Stâ—tyng in Com. Cantii as also of the Mannor of Burghersh in Com. Suss. leaving Stephen his son and heir Twenty three years age Which Stephen then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 1 E. 2. obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands within his Lordships of Sturbâ—â—â— Bâ—â—on Allefes Haccesdene 〈◊〉 and â—hidingstone in Com. Cantii as also in those of Burghersh in Com. Suss. To whom succeeded Bâ—rtholomew who married Elizabeth one of the daughters and heires of Theobald de Verdoâ— a great Baron in 〈◊〉 which Bartholomew in 11 E. 2. was in the Wars of Scotland being of the retinue with Bartholomew de Badlesmere But in 15 E. 2. taking part with Thomas Earl of Lancaster and the rest of those Lords which opposed the two Spensers at that time the King 's chief Favourites upon their defeat at Burrough Brigg fled with the same Lord Badlesmere to his Castle of Leedes in Kent Which Castle being thereupon besieg'd and taken they were sent prisoners to the Tower of London But towards the latter end of that King's reign scilicet in 20 E. 2. upon the arrival of Queen Isabell and Prince Edward the Scene so changed that the authority of the King signified nothing whereupon this Bartholomew was made Constable of Dovor Castle and Warden of the Cinque-ports And upon that King's deposal had a new Commission for that trust from King Edward the Third in the first year of his Reign So likewise in 2. E. 3. And the same year upon partition of the Lord Verden's Lands obtain'd for the purpartle of the before-specified Elizabeth his Wife an assignation of the Castle of Ewyas Lacie in Com. Monm and Mannor of Stoke super Terne in Com. Salop. Shortly after which he had a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Stoke super Terne And in 4 E. 3. procur'd a grant from the King in Fee of the Mannor of Whittewik in Com. Leic. In which year he was sent Embassador to the Pope with Will. de Montacute for confirmation of certain Priviledges to the Abbot and Covent of Westminster as chief of the King's Chappel within his Royal Palace Which Priviledges had been formerly granted unto them by Pope Honorius the Fourth Being also the same year retein'd by Indenture to serve the King both in Peace and War during his whole life in recompence of his services done and to be done he had a Grant for life of the Mannors of Bisheie in Com. Hertf. Northwould in Com. Essex Eston in Com. North. and Talworth in Com. Surr. part of the possessions of Edmund Earl of Kent attainted with all the Cattel and Stock thereon at reasonable priâ—es And in 5 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands which were of the Inheritance of the before-specified Elizabeth his Wife In which year he was constituted Seneschall of Ponthieu In 7 E. 3. he was in the Wars of Scotland and the same year constituted one of the Commissioners to treat for a Truce with the French In 9 E. 3. being again in the Wars of Scotland he was made Warden of all the King's Forests South of Trent In 12 E. 3. he attended the King in that Expedition by him made into Flanders being then made Admiral of the Seas to the Westwards And the same year obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Haydey and Kilwardthory in Com. Linc. as also at Chidingston in Kent In 15 E. 3. he was again in the Scotish Wars and had an assignation of One hundred pounds out of the King's Exchequer of the wages due to him for his services especially for his attendance at Counsels Being the same year also joyn'd in Commission with Will. de Clintan Earl of H and others to treat with Philip de Valois touching King Edward's right to the Crown of France In 16 E. 3. he was associated with the Bishop of London Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and others in that Embassie then made into Brabant and Flanders for Treating with the King's Allies and Confederates upon an Expedition into France and the same year attended King Edward in his Wars of Britanny having for the wages of himself and his retinue in that service License to transport fourteen Sacks of Wooll to the Kings Staple beyond the Seas In this year he obtain'd another Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands of Heydore Kilwarthorpe Oseby and Aseby in Com. Linc. Stuecle in Com. Buck. Bekeswell and Sibill Hidingham in Com. Essex Chidinston in Com. Kanc. Hetredbury Sturt and Colerne in Com. Wilts as also in Farley and Welewe in Com. Somerset And in 17 E. 3. together with Henry of Lancaster Earl of Derby and other great persons was sent to Pope Clement the Sixth to treat with the Embassadors of Philip de Valoys touching those Dignities Honors and Lands for which there had been formerly such sharp Dispute At which time he was again made Governor of Dovor-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-ports In 18 Edw. 3. upon a farther Partition made of the Lands of Theobald de
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
2 had Livery of his Lands and in 4 E. 2. was in that Expedition made into Scotland So likewise in 7 E. 2. being then of the Retinue with Bartholomew de Badlesmere And having been Summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 5 until 8 E. 2. inclusive departed this life in 9 E. 2. without Issue being then seised of the Mannors of Risendon in com Glouc. Eudon Burnel the Moyety of the Mannor of Ercalwe the Castle of Holgot the Mannors of Acton Burnel Condover Longedon and Town of Norton juxta Condover in com Salop. Billingford and Riston in com Norff. Sukeley in com Wigorn. Compton Daune in com Somers as also of divers other Lands and Lordships in the Counties of Northamp Warw. and Staff leaving Maud then the Wife of Iohn de Handlo but formerly of Iohn Lovel of Tishmersh in com Northam his Sister and Heir twenty four years of age and Aliva his Wife surviving Which Iohn de Handlo had thereupon Livery of all his Lands doing his Fealty excepting such as Aliva his Widdow Daughter of Hugh le Despenser held in Dower viz. the Mannors of Cundovere Eudon Burnel Acton Reynere Corfton and UUolstanton with the third part of the Mannor of Smethecote all in com Salop. and Mannor of Little Rysendon in com Glouc. And now by reason that the Title of Lord Burnel did henceforth continue to the Descendents of this Iohn de Handlou by her the said Maud it will not be improper before I proceed farther to say something in reference to him before he became her Husband I shall therefore observe that he was the Son and Heir to Iohn de Handlou and twelve years of age in 11 E. 1. at which time his Father died And that in 32 E. 1. he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Shippenball and Chadlington in Com. Oxon. Moreover that in 34 E. 1. being made a Knight by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies with Prince Edward at the Feast of Pentecost he attended the King into Scotland in that Expedition then made thither but departed thence without leaveâ— whereupon his Lands were seised so that he was constrained to make the Queen his Friend for the obtaining his pardon Also that in 1 E. 2. he had another Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Tremeworth Uanne Crondale Eshendene and in Dre juxta Middleton in Com. Canc. and the same year was made Governor of St. Briavells-Castle and Warden of the Forest of Oene Likewise that in 4 E. 2. he was in the Wars of Scotland and that in 6 E. 2. he obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor House at Borstall near Brehull in Com. Buck. Also that in 7 E. 2. being again in the Scotish Wars he was of the Retinue with Hugh le Despenser and in 1 E. 3. with Henry Duke of Lancaster Furthermore that in 19 E. 3. upon that great Expedition then made into France he had Summons to fit himself with Horse and Armes against the Feast of St. Laurence and to attend the King thither being then a Banneret And that having had Summons to Parliament in 1. and 16 E. 3. he departed this life in 20 E. 3. leaving Edmund de Handlo his Grandson Son of Richard de Handlo his eldest Son who died in his life time his next Heir and at that time seven years of age Which Edmund dying in his Minority upon the first day of Iune 29 E. 3. the Mannors of Chadelyngton in Cont. Oxon. the Bayliwick of the Forest of Bernewode with the Mannors of Borstall Musewelle Adyngrave Acle and Thomele in Com. Buck. as also the Inheritance of the Mannors of Colne S. Ailwin Hatherop and Wyke which Isabell the Mother of him the said Edmund held during her life came to Margaret and Elizabeth his Sisters and Heirs Which Elizabeth Married to Sir Edmund de la Pole Knight and Margaret to Gilbert Chastelein But I return This Iohn de Handlo died seised as Tenant by the curtesie of England in right of the said Maud his Wife of the Mannor of Enham militis in Com. Southt Also of the Mannor of Sparkeford with the Advouson of the Church in Com. Somers and of the Hamlet of Upâ—on and two parts of the Mannor of Chiriton with the Advouson of the Church all which after his decease descended to Iohn Lovel Son and Heir of her the said Maud by Iohn Lovel her first Husband But this Iohn de Handlo had also a Son by her called Nicholas who doing his Homage in 22 E. 3. had Livery of his Lands and by the Surname of Burnell which he assumed from his Mother in regard she was so great an Heir in 21 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France And in 24 E. 3. and afterwards had by that appellation Summons to Parliament In 29 E. 3. this Nicholas was again in the Wars of France Likewise in 33 E. 3. And in 38 E. 3. obtained a confirmation of the Tuesday Market at Acton Burnell with the two Fairs yearly Likewise for Free-Warren in his Lordships of Condovre Langdon Belleswardine and Eudon in Com. Salop. But departed this life 19 Ian. 6. R. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Budeford and Brome in Com. War Sucleye and Kederminster in Com. Wigorn. Cheverell magna in Com. Wiltes Rollandright in Com. Oxon the Castle of Holgot and Mannors of Wolstanston Cundovre and Welington in Com. Salop. of the Mannors of Wolverhampton and Horewode in Com. Staff Est-Wickham in Plomstede in Com. Cantii and of the Mannors of Borham Powers Stansted Monfichet called Burnels Mannor Est-Hamme West-Hamme and Lachynden in Com. Essex leaving Sir Hugh Burnell Knight his Son and Heir thirty six years of age Which Sir Hugh then doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and afterwards viz. in 9. R. 2. having Married Ioyce the Daughter of Iohn Botetourt Grandchild and Heir to Sir Iohn Botetourt Knight performing his Fealty had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance In 10 R. 2. this Sir Hugh was constituted Governor of the Castle of Bridg-north in Com. Salop. But in 11. R. 2. being reputed one of the Favorites of that King he was by the power of the Lords then potent with those whom they call Evil-Councellors banished the Court. Howbeit not long afterwards the King getting strength again viz in 16 R. 2. in recompence of those losses which he had sustained and Services done he had a Grant of six-pence per diem to be paid out of the Exchequer during his life After which upon the deposal of King Richard he became so popular that he was one of the Lords then sent to the Tower of London to which
Honour which Roger le Bigod sometime Earl of Norff. and Marshal of England did enjoy by the name of Earl in the County of Norff. with remainder to the King and his Heirs Likewise of all the Castles Mannors and Lands in England Wales and Ireland which the said Roger formerly possessed excepting those then held by Alice his Widdow in dower And in 7 E. â— procured the Kings Licence for a Market every week upon the Thursday at Sahamâ— in Com. Suff. as also for a Fair yearly upon the Munday Tuesday and Wednesday in Whitson-week Likewise for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Framlingham Hoo and Hacchedom in Com. Suff. Moreover in 9 E. 2. he had another Patent of the Office of Marshal of England in special tail bearing date at Lincoln 10 Feb. And in 11 E. 2. a Grant in general tail of those Houses at Broken-Wharâ—e in the City of London sometime belonging to Roger le Bigod before specified In which year he was in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 13 E. 2. and about the same time obtained License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Harwich in Com Essex In 17 E. 2. the King having seised upon the Office of Marshal in the Court of the Kings Bench in regard he had failed to substitute some person on his behalf to attend the Justices of that Court upon an Iter in Lancashire in consisideration of an hundred pounds Fine then paid he had restitution thereof About this time it was that this Thomas granted to Hugh le Despenser Lord of Glamorgan and Morganok his Castle of Strigoill with the Mannors of Chepstow and Tudenham as also all his other Lands lying betwixt the Rivers of Severne and Weye Likewise whatever else he had in all other places in Wales and the Marches to hold for life And in 19 E. 2. upon the Landing of Queen Isabell at Harwich with her Son the Prince who then had Married Philippa Daughter to the Earl of Henault he adhered to her against the King then said to be seduced by evil Council In 1 E. 3. having been in that Expedition then made into Scotland he obtained a confirmation in tail general of all the Castles Mannors and Lands of the before-mentioned Roger Bigot sometime Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England then valued at six thousand Marks per annum As also a Grant of other Lands of the value of a thousand Marks per annum parcel of four thousand Marks per annum more over and above those six thousand Marks in these following Mannors and Lordships 〈◊〉 Keneshale in Com. Nott. Dadinton Pyriton Haselee and Ascote in Com. Oxon. Henton and Spene in Com. Berks. Dachelt in Com. Buck. Newenham in Com. Glouc. Barwe in Com. Cestr. and Wykes in Com. Essex all which were part of the possessions of Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester attainted Likewise of the Mannor of Long-Benington in Com. Linc. and twenty five pounds seven shillings and eleven pence yearly Rent of the Farm of Donewich besides a discharge for forty four pounds two shillings per annum Rent which he had usually paid to the King for the Mannor of Boseham in Com. Suss. And in 4 E. 3. being Marshal of England gave the Office of Serjeant-Marshal in the Kings House unto Geffrey Quinci for life In 7 E. 3. he was again in the Scotish Wars So likewise in 11 E. 3. In consideration whereof he had respite for payment of all such debts as were then due from him to the Exchequer until the Octaves of St. Hillary next ensuing In 12 E. 3. rendring to the King the Castle and Mannor of Stâ—igoil with the Town of Chepstow which he had formerly granted to Hugh le Despenser for life and were then in his hands by reason of the said Hugh's death he had them regranted to himself and Marie his Wife and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and departing this life the same year was buried in the Abby of St. Eâ—mundsbury in Com. Suff. leaving Issue by Alice his first Wife Daughter to Sir â—oger Hâ—lys of Harwich Knight two Daughters his Heirs Mâ—rgaret and Aliâ—e the one first Married to Iohn de Segrave and afterwards to Sir Walter Mâ—â—ny Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter the other to Edward de Montacute Which Iohn and Edward in 23 E. 3. doing their Homages had Livery of all the Lands in 〈◊〉 of their Wives Inheritance He had also another Wife called Mary Daughter of William Lord Roos and Widdow of William Lord 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 who surviving him had for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Earles Stonham Holâ—slee Dâ—â—â—gworth and Hoo in Com. Suff. Hâ—â—veryate and South UUaâ—sham in Com. Norff. UUeston in Com. Herif. Kenet in Com. Cantab. and an yearly Rent of six pounds one shilling and a penny in â—ratefeld in Com. Suss. And upon the fourth of the Nones of March An. 1345. 19 E. 3. betook her self to the habit of Râ—ligion in the Abby of â—angele in Com. Norff. But continuing not long there returned to the World as it seems for in 26 E. 3. upon that Expedition then made into â—rance she was charged with twenty men at Arms out of her Lands in Strigoill and Netheâ—went in the Marches of UUales And in 28 E. 3. founded a Fraternity of Lay-Brothers to the Honor of God the Blessed Virgin St. Anne and All Saints within the mansion of the Fyeres-Preachers at Fisherton Aucher in Com. Wilts As also a Chantry of six Priests there to celebrate Divine Service for the good estate of King E. 3. her self and the Brethren of that Fraternity during this life and for their Souls afterwards And having taken to her last Husband Sir Râ—phe Cobham Knight died in 36 E. 3. whereupon an assignation being made of the Lands by her held in Dower of the Inheritance of the Daughters and Co-heirs to the before-specified Thâ—â—â—s de Brotheâ—ton her late Husband Margaret then the Wife of Walter de Manny had for her purparty the Castle and Mannor of Strigoill with the Town of Chepstow in the Marches of UUales the Mannor of UUeston in Com. Hertf. Stonham UUalton with the one Moytie of the Mannor of â—ennet in Com. Suff. and the other Moytie in Com. 〈◊〉 And Ioane the Daughter and Heir of Edw. de 〈◊〉 by Alice the other Daughter and Coheir to the said Earl then married to William de â—fford had the assignation of the Castle of Framelyngham with the Mannors of Framelyngham Hoo Holislee Doningworth and Cratefeld in com Suff. Halvergate and South UUatsham in com Norff. with the Moiety of two parts of the Marish and Pasture in Halvergate containing nine hundred and eighty Acres Of which two Daughters and Co-heirs Margaret the eldest
to the Government he forcibly took Robert Tresilian out of Sanctuary at Westminster whereunto he had fled to seure himself In 15 R. 2. he was again put in Commission with Iohn Duke of Lancaster and others to treat of Peace with the French But in that Parliament of 21 R. 2. he was one of those who being impeach'd of Treason by the King had Judgment pronounc'd against him Nevertheless obtained Pardon at that time being sent prisoner to the Isle of Iersey In this Parliament saith Thomas Walsingham continued at Salisbury the Lord Cobham a very old Man just and upright was condemn'd for no other reason but for being one of those who in 10 R. 2. was one whom the great Lords then powerful deputed to enquire into the miscarriages in Government and soon after together with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury Iohn Lovel and Iohn Devereux was sent to the King to require the delivery of Michael de la Pole Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland and others by whom he had been seduced to the hurt of the whole Realm He was a great Benefactor to the Fabrick of Rochester-Bridge and having been summon'd to Parliament from 1 R. 2. to 8 Hen. 4. inclusive departed this life 10 Ian. 9 Hen. 4. being then seised of the Mannors of Chussebury and Bynkâ—all in Com. Wiltes Also of the Mannors of Cobham Cowlyng Bekkeâ—e Pole Stone Bromhei and Hundred of Shamele in Com. Cantii leaving Ioane his Grand-daughter viz. daughter of Ioane his daughter by Sir Iohn de la â—ole Knight his next heir Thirty yeares of age â—ormerly Married to Sir Gerard Bâ—aybroke Knight but at that time Wife of Sir Nicholas Hawberk Knight which Iâ—ane afterwards Married to Sir Iohn Old-castle Knight This last mention'd Iohn had a younger brother called Thomas who by his Testament bearing date 13 Kal. Ian. 41 Ed. 3. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of St. Mary Magâ—alen at Coâ—â—ham and gave to the Chantry-Priests there One hundred shillings To his brother Iohn Lord Cobham he gave an Horse and to his other brother Reginald then Rector of the Church of Coâ—lyng another Horse A word now of Sir Iohn Oldcastle who thus Married the Neice and Heir to the last Lord Cobham and by reason thereof assum'd the Title of Lord Cobham This Sir Iohn Oldcastle was Sheriff of Herefordshire in 8 Hen. 4. and had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 11 12 14 of that King's Reign So likewise in 1 Hen. 4. and in the same 12 th year of King Hen. 4. was sent beyond Sea with the Earl of Arundel and a considerable Force to aide the Duke of Burgundy against the French But in 1 Hen. 5. being tainted in his Religion by those pretended Holy Zealots then called Lollâ—â—ds he became one of the chief of that Sect which at that time gave no little disturbance to the peace of the Church for which he was cited to appear before the Arch-bishop of Canterbury Whereupon betaking himself to his Castle at Couâ—â—ng he was shortly after apprehended and brought before that Archbishop and others in the Cathedral of Sâ— Paul and there by reason of his obstinacie in those dangerous Tenets received the Sentence of an Heretick Under the Cloak of this Sanctity it was that he and his party design'd to Murther the King upon Twelf-night then keeping his Christmass at Eltham and to destroy the Monasteries of Westminster and St. Alâ—ans as also the Cathedral of St. Paul in London with all the Houses of Friers in that City to which end about Fourscore of his party were found in Armes in the night time expecting no less than Twenty five thousand the next day to appear with them in St. Giles Fields Which pernicious purpose being seasonably prevented divers of them suffered death at that time But this Oldcastle escaping luk'd privily for a time in sundry places and endeavoured to raise new Commotions Wherein failing of that success he expected in An. 1417. 5 Hen. 5. the King being then in his Wars of France he incited the Scots to an Invasion of this Realm Which through the vigilancy of Iohn Duke of Bedford the King's brother and his Liâ—utenant here in his Absence was happily prevented And at length being taken in Wales within the Territory of the Lord Powys was brought to his Trial. Where having Judgment of Death pronounc'd against him viz. to be Drawn Hang'd and Burnt on the Gallows and accordingly brought to the place of Execution he desired Sir Thomas Erpingham that in case he saw him risen again the third day after that then he would be a means to procure favour for the rest of his Sect. ¶ I now come to Reginald de Cobham Son of Iohn de Cobham by Ioane his Wife daughter of 〈◊〉 de Nevill In 2 Edw. 3. this Reginald was sent by the King into Brabant upon business of great importâ—â—ce having Three hundred pounds assign'd unto him for his charges in that journey And in 3 Edw. 3. attended him in his Expedition then made into France In 11 Edw. 3. he was in the Battel of Cagant against the French And in recompence of his service and great expences in his last imployment beyond Sea had an Assignation of One hundred pounds out of the Fifteenth and Tenth at that time granted to the King in Parliament In the same year he was also at Uironfosse in France in the Rereward of the English Army then drawn up for Battel In 11 Edw. 3. being in that Expedition made into Flanders was sent back into England by King Edward upon a special occasion with direction to make a speedy return And meriting highly for his service in divers parts was in 13 E. 3. advanced to the dignity of a Banneret having for his better support thereof the Mills situate under the Castle at Oxford and the Meadow called Ring's-mede adjoyning for terme of life given to him Besides this he had the Mannor of â—ippenham in Com. Buck. granted to him also for life And in farther remuneration of those his servicesâ— obtain'd the sum of Fifty pounds being an Arrear of the Ferme of that Town them due In 14 Edw. 3. he procured a Charter for Free-warren in all the Demesn-lands within his Lordships of Orkesdenne Shorham Eyâ—esforde â—hedingstane Hevere Penherst Couden Leghte Edenbregge Aldinton Thornham Wethling Cherring Lenham Nevegate Halgesco Frendesbury and Stoke in Com. Cantii Grensted and Hertfeld in Sussex and Lingefeld in Com. Surr. In this year being again in the King's service in Flanders he was by reason of his great wisdom and fidelity sent to the Pope upon a special Embassie About this time also of whilst King Edward by the help of the
London so that this Duke and the rest who thought to have accomplish'd their work as they had design'd coming thither on the Sunday evening next after New-years-day in the twilight with about four hundred Men in Armes found that they were disappointed of their purpose Whereupon they went away much displeased But dissembling his discontent he rode to Sunning near â—eading where King Richard's Queen then was and in the presence of divers of her servants signing himself with his right hand on the fore-head said Bless me What is the reason that Henry of Lancaster who â—ath so much boasted of his valor doth thus shun me Adding My Lords and Friends be it known to you all that Henry of Lancaster who pursued me is now fled to the Tower of London with his sons and friends and that it is my purpose to go to King Richard my rightfull King who being escaped out of prison lieth at Pontfract with an Hundred thousand Men. And that the more credit might be given to what he said he pull'd King Henries Badges from some of his servants necks with disdain saying That hereafter none such should be used and tore off the Cresents from the Armes of such Gentlemen as wore them And so having cheered up the Queen though all in vain rode to Walingford and so to Abenton exhorting the people to put themselves in Armes for King Richards And at length came to Cirencester in the dark of the night with the like report But the Townsmen suspecting all this to be but counterfeit blockt up the Avenues the place whereunto they came and about midnight when they attempted to get privily away with Bowes and Arrowes hindred their passage Discerning therefore the danger he and the rest Arm'd themselves supposing they might easily conquer those Rusticks which after three houres fight seeing they could not do they submitted intreating that their lives might be spared till they could speak with the King But so it fell out that during this bustle a Priest of their Company presuming that if he could set some Houses on fire the Inhabitants would be so busied in quenching them that they might then have an opportunity to escape thereupon presently did so though to no purpose For the people by reason thereof grew the more enraged and letting the houses burn took this Earl with the Earl of Salisbury out of the Abby and beheaded them This hapned on Wednesday after the Feast of the Epiphany Which done they sent his Head to London where it was fet upon the Bridge But so much favour did Ioane his Wife daughter to Huge Earl of Stafford shortly after obtain that upon the second of March next ensuing she procured the King's precept to the Sheriffs of London to take it down and to deliver it to her to the end she might bury it wheresoever she should think fit And afterwards obtained farther leave that his Body interred at Cirencester might be taken up and carried to the Priory of Moutgrace before-mentioned so founded by him as before is expressed whereupon in the Parliament held the next ensuing year being attainted his Lands were seised But Ioane his Widdow obtained some favor having in 3 H. 4. for her better support a Grant for life of the Mannor of Ashford in Com. Derb. then valued at forty pounds per annum and of the Mannor of Allerton in Shirewod of the value of twenty pounds per annum of the Fee-Farm of the City of Chichester in Com. Suss. amounting to thirty six pounds per annum of the Mannor of Sutton in Com. Surr. valued at twenty pounds per annum which Grant she surrendred and in lieu thereof had an assignation of an hundred fifty eight pounds eight shillings out of the Exchequer during her life As also of two hundred Marks to maintain three Priests to celebrate Divine Service for the Soul of her said Husband and forty pounds to reward her Servants Likewise of two hundred Marks more for her self until she should have Livery of her own Lands After which she lived many years and departing this life 1 Oct. 21 H. 6. leâ—t Hamphrey Earl Stafford her Cousin and next Heir 〈◊〉 Son of Edmund her Brother thirty six years of age To this last mentioned Thomas for he dyed without Issue succeeded in the Title of Earl of Kent Edmund his Brother which Edmund for his better maintenance being then in minority obtained a Grant of two hundred Marks per annum payable out of the Mannor of Cotingham in Com. Ebor. till he should accomplish his full age Which being to slendeâ— an allowance about two years after representing to the King that he had no more then an hundred Marks per annum paid out of the Exchequer by vertue of an assignation from King Richard the Second as also the said sum of two hundred Marks per annum so granted as abovesaid to be paid out of the Mannor of Coâ—ingham and likewise certain Lands of forty pounds per annum value which came to the Crown by the death of the Lady Ioane Heseâ—yk Widdow he obtained another Grant of an hundred pounds per annum more to be paid out of the Revenues of the said Mannor of Coâ—ingham Moreover before the end of that year as Heir in tail to all those Castles Mannors and Lands whereof the before-specified Thomas his Brother died seised excepting only the Castle and Mannor of Donyngton in Coâ— Lâ—ic the Wapentak of Risâ—e in Com. Derk the Wapentak of Allerton in Com. Nott. the Mannor of Gretham with certain Lands in Staynwell the Mannors of Horblyng Segebrok and Thorley with the Free-Court of Hay and Knights Fees in Com. Linc. he obtained a special Livery by vertue of an old Entail formerly made of them to his Ancestors In 8 H. 4. this Edmund took to Wife the Lady Lucie Daughter to the Duke of Millaine in the Priory of St. Mary Overy in Suthwarke and kept his Wedding Feast in the Bishop of Winchesters House In 9. H. 4. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat of Peace betwixt the King and the Duke of Britamy and was also made Lord Admiral of England But soon after this besieging the Castle and Isle of Briak in Britanny he received a mortal wound on his Head by an Arrow from a Cross-Bow 15 Sept. the same year Whereupon his Corps was brought over into England and buried with his Ancestors he being then seised of the Mannors of Ware in Com. Hertf. Ryale in Com. Rutl. Torpel Uptan juxta Castre and Eston juxta Coly-Weston in Com. North. Castre with the Soke in Com. Line Cotingham Hemelington Atan and Weton in Com. Ebor. Ashford in the Peke in Com. Derb. Allerton in Shirewode in Com. Nott. leaveing Edmund the Son of Aliamore late Countess of
at Laâ—gele In 11 R. 2. this Iohn was again in the Wars of France as also in Spaine with Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster Whence being returned at the request of the Commons in Parliament he was advanced to the Title of Earl of Huntington 2 Iunii having therewithal a Grant of twenty pounds per annum in the name of Earl out of the profits of that County as also Lands of two thousand Marks per annum value to himself and Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and to the Heirs Male of his Body by her the said Elizabeth Shortly after which viz. 11 Maii 12 R. 2. he was made Admiral of the Kings Fleet from the mouth of Thames to the Westwards and constituted Governor of the Castle Town and Bastile of Brest in Britanny for three years and accordingly went to reside there Moreover in performance of that promise which had been made to him when he advanced him to the Title of Earl of Huntington of two thousand Marks per annum as hath been already observed he obtained a Grant in special tail of the Mannor of Ardyngton called Filberds Court in East Hamney which escheated to the Crown by the Attainder of Dame Alice Perers Likewise of the Town of North UUiche iu Com. Cestr. and Territory of Hope and Hope-Dale in UUales also of the Mannors of Blakedon Ludford and Sâ—awndon juxta Dunstersdon in Com. Somers Body Tracy North-Lyen Haldesworthy Langacre Barnestaple Combeâ— Martyn Fremington South-Molton Derkyngton and Blakbourne Bery with the Hundreds of Fremyngton and South Molton in Com. Devon As also of the Mannor of Takbere iâ— Com. Cornub. parcel of the possessions of Iames de Audelegh attainted And likewise of the Mannor of Haselbere in Com. Somers Shortly after which he was made Constable of the Castle of Tyntagel in Com. Cornub. In 13 R. 2. he was one of those which were then prohibited to Tilt with the French at Calais without License from the Earl of Northumberland And the same year in farther satisfaction of those two hundred Marks per annum so promised to him as before is expressed obtained another Grant to himself and her the said Elizabeth his Wife and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannors of Torynton and Cokynton in Com. Devon Benhale in Com. Suff. and Stratford which came to the Crown by the attainder of Michael de la Pole Earl of Suff. As also of the Mannors of Ilkyngham alias Berners Hall which escheated to the Crown by the fotfeiture of Sir Iames Berners Knight Likewise a Grant of that House in the City of London which formerly belonged to the said Michaell to hold for life And before the end of that year was made Great Chamberlain of England for life also and likewise Admiral of all the Kings Fleet from Mouth of Thames to the Westwards In 15 R. 2. he was sent Ambassador with the Duke of Lancaster and some others to Treat of Peace with the French having then a Grant of the Castel of Horestan in Com. Derb. for life And in 16 R. 2. obtained a Grant of the Castel and Mannor of Tremeton with the Mannors of Calystoke and Asheburghe in Com. Cornub of the Mannor of UUynkle in Com. Devon as also of the Hundreds of Stane and Cateshashe in Com. Somers and to the Heirs of his Body by the before-specified Elizabeth his Wiâ—e In 17 R. 2. he was again made Lord great Chamberlain of England for life And obtained License to travail beyond Sea there to continue for two years In 20 R 2. he attended the King at Guisnes at which time the French King and he met whereupon ensued King Richards Marriage with the Lady Isabel Daughter to that King Furthermore upon his return the same year he was constituted general Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland also Governor of the Town and Castle of Carlisle And was one of the chief of those Lords who impeacht the Duke of gloucester and others in the Parliament then held at Notingham It is said by some of our Historians that this Earl with the Earl of Kent his Brother being present at the Beheading of Richard Earl of Arundel whose Grandson he was viz. his Daughters Son and urging his Execution the Earl of Arundel said Truly it had better becomed you to have been absent for the time will come when there shall be as much wonder at your Misfortunes as now is at mine But the King being then powerfull and he in high favor a Parliament being also then called at Shrewsbury where the King sate Crowned he was advanced to the Title of Duke of Eâ—eter 29 Sept. Being then likewise Captain of Calais and Governor of the new Towner there he was made Lieutenant of that Town and the Marches as also of the parts adjacent in Picardy Flâ—â—ders and Artois In 22 R. 2. he accompanied the King into Ireland this Realm being then in great disturbance being reteyned by Indenture for to serve him there with one hundred and forty Men at Arms and five hundred Archers And obtained a Grant of the Castles and Lordships of Monemouth Sheâ—frigh UUthitcastle Grosmund Newland Kidwelly Oggernore and Kirkemen in UUales late belonging to Iohn Duke of Lancaster But upon the Tidings of Henry Duke of Lancasters arrival in England returned back with King Richard landing with him at Milford Haven whence coming disguised with a small company to Conway the was sent to the Duke of Lancaster then at Chester to know his meaning where after he had been detained for eight days the Earl of Northumberland came and required that he and some others should betryed by the Law Shortly after which the Deposal of King Richard enfued Whereupon he was adjudged in Parliament to loose his Honors and Lands but reteined the Title of Earl of Huntington which with his whole Estate it is like he might very freely have injoyed could he have been satisfied with that grand alteration of transfering the Crown to such a person unto whom he had not so near a relation in Blood as to King Richard nor in whom he could expect the like Interest he therefore joyned with the Earl of Kent his Brother and others in that Conspiracy for the destruction of King Henry the Fourth and his Children whereof I have already spoke at large in my discourse of that Earl yet went not to UUindswre with them but staid at London to hear the Issue and when he had notice that they failed in their design endeavored to get beyond sea by a Shallop which being driven back by contrary winds landed in Eâ—sex Whence making another essay he was again repulsed by the Winds Seeing himself therefore in this strait he repaired to a
date the Friday next after Ascension-day An. 1369 43 E. 3 bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Church of Poynings near to the Grave of the said Michael Lord Poynings her Husband towards the North. She likewise gave to the new building of that Church one hundred Marks and to Thomas her son one hundred Marks until he should be of full age and then to be also given towards the building of the same Church To Elizabeth her Daughter a drinking cup of Silver with a cover enameled and gilt as also an Ewer of the same sute To Richard her other Son two Basyns and two Ewers of Silver and farther to the same Thomas and Richard as also to Agnes her Daughter four pieces of Silver of one sure and departed this life the sixteenth of May next following Which Thomas so succeeding his Father made proof of his age in 44. E. 3. and thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands But all that I have farther seen of him is that in 47 E. 3. he was in that Expedition then made into Flanders and that by his Testament bearing date at Slagham upon Simon and Iude's day the next ensuing year he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the midst of the Quire of the Abby at St. Radegunds in Kent of his own Patronage before the high Altar appointing that a fair Tombe should be placed over his Grave with the Image of a Knight thereon made of Alablaster and one hundred pounds to be given to that Abby part for the doing thereof and the remainder to be disposed â—f in Masses and Prayers for his Soul To Blanch de Moâ—broy his Wife he gave the third part of his Goods with all his Plate and Housholdstuff excepting a cup of Gold for the Lady Bardolf his Sister and another for the Lady Dacom his other Sister To Richard his Brother he bequeathed twelve Dishes and as many Saucers of Silver with all his Armor appointing that ten Annets and Trentals of Gregorie should be fung in the Churches of Poynings and Slagham within one year after his death and died in 49 E. 3. leaving the said Richard his Brother and Heir seventeen years of age having setled the Mannors of Poynings Pengeldene Perchyng magna Perchyng parva Hengelton Slagham Crowelle Twynem and Waldern with six Marks of of Rent in Ifeld in Com. Suss. as also of the Mannor of Horsmynden in Com. Cantii upon certain Feoffees to the use of Blaâ—ch his Wife during her life Which Blanch shortly after Married to Sir Iohn de Warthe Knight and in 10 R. 2. upon the prevalency of the great Lords amongst divers other eminent persons was expell'd the Court But I return to Richard This Richard making proof of his age in 4 R. 2. and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 9 R. 2. accompanyed Iohn of Gâ—nt Duke of Lancaster into Spaine By his Testament bearing date 10 Iunii An. 1387 10 R. 2 he also bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church at Poynings on the right hand the Tombe of Thomas Lord Poynings his Brother and gave ten Marks for the celebration of twenty Trentals for his Soul and all Christian Souls within the space of one year after his death To Ioane his Daughter for her Marriage two hundred Marks To the Infant wherewith his Wife was then with Child in case it should be a Daughter one hundred pounds appointing that if he should dye in such place as that his Body could not be buried at Poynings to the end that his friends afar off might take notice thereof there should be a Stone of Marble provided with an Escocheon of his Arms and an Helmet under his Head with an Inscription declaring his Name and the time of his death ordaining moreover that the Patronage of the Church at Eâ—â—yng should be sold and the Money raised thereby to be bestowed in Masses and Trentals for the Souls of his Father Mother Grandfather Brother Sisters and all his Allies as also for the Souls of Sir Thomas Heryngaunt Richard Poynings his Uncle Robert Boteler and Iohn de Lye and for his own and all Christian Souls Likewise that the Lady Isabel his Wife Daughter of Sir Robert de Grey then called Fitz-Payne should have the Mannor of Wrentham called Northalle in Com. Suff. during her life and that the Mannors of Preston juxta Ferlee and West-Dene in Com. Suff. the Mannors of Ifeld Peverell and Leveland in Com. Suff. and Surr. with the Rents of Staundene and Combesdene in the Isle of Shepeye should be reteined by his Executors for the space of twenty years for the payment of his Debts and Marriage of his younger Children But after this he went once more into Spaine with Iohn Duke of Lancaster where he died as it seems for the Probate of his Testament bears date 26 Sept. the same year leaving Issue by the said Lady Isabell his Wife Daughter and Heir to Robert Lord Fitz-Pain as also Heir to Elizabeth her Mother Daughter and Heir to Sir Guy de Briâ—n the younger Knight Robert his Son and Heir then in minority whose Wardship was granted to Richard Earl of Arundel Which Isabel upon the death of the said Robert Lord Fitz-Pain her Father in 17 R. 2. had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance her Homage being respited and departed this life upon the eleventh day of April the same year leaving the before-specified Robert de Poynings her Son and Heir fourteen years of age being then seised of the Mannors of Whisshese in Com. Surr. Stourton in Com Wilts Acford Fitz-Pain in Com. Dors. Stoke Cursy Radewey Carey Cherleton Staple Coden and Spekinton with the Hundred of Canyngton in Com. Somers Chynting Perchyng parva Ashcombe Wetsmeston Walerne Doddes Bedyngham with the third part of Mannors of Poynings Hangleton and Twynem in Com. Suss. as also of the third part of the Mannors of Westwode Totynton and Eccles with the Mannors of Rokesâ—e Terlingham and Newynton in Com. Cantii But I return to Robert her Son This Robert in 10 H. 4. upon the death of Blanch the Widdow of his Unkle Sir Thomas de Poynings Knight who died without Issue doing his Homage had Livery of all the Lands which she held in Dower and in 4 H. 5. was by Indenture reteined to serve the King in his Wars of France with thirty Men at Arms and sixty Archers In 8. H. 5. he was one of the persons assigned to conduct the Duke of Bourbon then in England to Diepe in Normandy and to that end to take so many Ships from the Port of Shorham in Com. Suss. as should be requisite for his passage thither And in 2 H. 6. being reteined to serve the King with sixty men at Arms and an hundred and eighty Archers for half a year he was with Iohn Duke of Bedford at
Isabell his Wife nine Knights Feesâ— an half and fourth part in Kyngesdone Tonge Hamme Pysinge Botreshangre Merstone and Bykenore and to the Heirs of their two Bodies and in 33 E. 3. was in the Wars of France Moreover in 36 E. 3. upon the death of Margaret de St. Iohn Mother to Isabell his Wife he had an assignation of the Mannors of Basing and Shireburne as also of the Advouson of the Priory of Shireburne and Chapel of Basing with the Bayliwick of the Forest of Pambere which she the said Margaret held in Dower And in 43 E. 3. was again in the Wars of France Of his death I have not seen any thing but that he had Summons to Parliament from 42 E. 3. till 9 R. 2. inclusive Likewise that Isabell his wife surviving him died on Saturday 16 Oct. 17 R. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Shirebune and Advouson of the Priory there also of the Mannors of Basing Bromiegh UUarneford Abboteston and Lhudeshuâ—e in Com. Southampt and of the Mannors of Bernham Middelton and Wodecote in Com. Suss. leaving Sir Thomas de Poynings Knight her son and heir Thirty six years of age Which Sir Thomas soon after doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 2 H. 4. by the Title of Thomas Lord St. Iohn obtained License to go on Pilgrimage to Hierusalem having nine persons of his retinue viz. four Esquires four Ycomen one Groom with twelve Horses and their Furniture and to be absent for three years This Thomas in 1 H. 6. was with the Earl of Salisbury at the siege of Pont-Meulan And in 2 H. 6. associated with Robert de Wilughby to conduct and command Four hundred Men at Armes and Twelve hundred Archers into France for the King's service unto Iohn Duke of Bedford then Regent there And by his Testament bearing date at his said Mannor of Halâ—â—aked upon the Eve of St. Thomas the Apostle An. 1428. 7 H. 6. bequeath'd his body to be buried within the Quire of the Priory of Borgrade in Susser on the North-part of the Tombe of the Lady Philippa sometime Countess of Arundel and Pembroke his wife daughter to Edmund Mortimer Earl of March appointing that a Marble stone should be laid over his Grave and twelve Torches price six shillings eight pence to burn at the Mass upon his Funeral day and after Mass ended at his Burial Likewise that five Tapers weighing Forty pound of Wax should burn about his Body at his said Funeral and twelve poor people bearing the before-specified Torches each of them to have a Gown of black cloth and twelve pence in money To Isabell his daughter he bequeathed one dozen of silver Vessels garnished and constituted Maud his wife with Sir Iohn de Bohun Kâ—â—ght his Executors After which upon the seventh of March he departed this life being then seised of the Mannors of Basing Bromley Warneford Ludshuttr Likewise of the Advouson of the Priorie of Shâ—reburne and Bayliwick of the Forest of Pambere with the Mannors of Abboteston and Chaunton in Com. Southampt leaving Constance the wife of Iohn Paulet Alice the wise of Iohn Orrell and Iohn Bonevile his Cosins and next heirs viz. the said Constance and Alice the daughters of Hugh his son who died in his life-time and Iohn Bonevile son of Ioane the third daughter the said Constance being at that time Twenty years of age Alice Nineteen and Iohn Bonevile Sixteen Which Iohn and Constance with Iohn Orrel and Alice his wife and Thomas Bonevile Esquire Guardian of Iohn Bonevile son of the before-specified Iohn then under age doing their Homage had Livery of the Lands of their Inheritance Maud the Widow of the before-specified Thomas Poynings Lord St. Iohn having also an Assignation of her Dower Which Maud died in 31 H. 6. Bradestan 16 Edw. 3. THe first and chief person of this Family of whom I have seen any thing much memorable is Thomas de Bradestan of Bradestan within the Parish of Berkley in Com. Gloc. the antient seat of his Predecessors all of them Homagers to the Castle of Berkley for their Mannors of Bradestan and Stinchcombe holden by Knight's service This Thomas in 10 E. 2. was in the Scotish wars So likewise in 13 E. 2. But in 15 â— 2. adhering to Thomas Lord Berkley against the two Spensers those great Mynious to that King his Lands were seised Howbeit the next ensuing year in consideration of One hundred Marks Fine and giving Oath for his future good abearing he obtain'd his pardon the Judgment against him and the rest of those who flood up at that time being annull'd in Parliament After which in 19 E. 2. he obtain'd a Grant of the custody of Kingswood-Chase near Bristoll with other advantages And being a person in whom that unhappy King reposed much confidence the next year following received a special Commission to raise so many men at Armes with Archers and other Soldiers as he could get together for the defence and safe custody of Berkley-Castle as also to conduct them if need should be to March against those his Enemies and Strangers who had at that time entred the Realme And by another Commission dated 15 Octob. was made Governor of that Castle But so it hapned that at the very same time when these Commissions were coming towards him at Bradestan about two Miles from Berkley the Scene so changed that the King was almost totally forsaken so that those Soldiers thus raised by him serv'd in part to defend that Castle on the behalf of the Lord Berkley and the rest to go along with this Thomas to pursue the King In recompence therefore of this service upon the Deposal of King Edward the Second which soon after ensued and advancing young Edward his son to the Royal Throne he was made one of the Gentlemen of the King's Privy-Chamber Moreover through the favour of Queen Isabell he obtained a Grant of no less than three considerable Wardships And in 4 E. 3. was honoured with the dignity of Knighthood by Bathing c. having Robes and all other things appertaining to that Solemnity allow'd him out of the King's Wardrobe as for a Banneret Being therefore thus acceptable to that King and diligently attending on his Person in 5 E. 3. he was constituted Provost of that part of Aquitame which lieth betwixt the two Seas And the same year obtain'd the King's Confirmation of that Grant which Queen Isabell had made to him the preceding year of the Castle Berton and Tyne of Glocester for terme of his life paying One hundred and ten pounds yearly to the Exchequer In 7 E 3. being in that Expedition then made into Scotland in consideration of his good services he had by the consent of the Lords in Parliament a Grant
well fitted with Horse and Armes to prevent the Incursions of that unruly people But not long after this when the breach betwixt the King and divers of the great Barons hapned he adhered unto them for it appeares that in 48 H. 3. after the Battel of Lewes where the King was made prisoner by those Barons he was by them constituted Governor of the Castles of Kardigan and Kermerdyn Which Commission was again renew'd to him the next ensuing year he having then also the like trust granted unto him by them for the Castle of Kilgaran But shortly after he return'd to his due obedience as it seemes for in 51 H. 3. which was near two years after the power of those haughty spirits was totally quelled in the Battel of Evesham he became one of the Sureties for Robert de Vere then Earl of Oxford that he should thenceforth demeane himself peaceably and stand to the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth for the redemption of his Lands This Guy Married Evâ— the sole daughter and heir of Henry de Traci and died m 35 E. 1. leaving Guy his son and heir Twenty four years of age Which Guy for I presume it may be him being a Knight in 4. E. 3. was then made Governornor of the Castle of Haverford But in 5 E. 3. it was found by Inquisition that he complained to the King That Roger de Mortimer late Earl of March had made seisure of his Barony of Walwaynes-Castle in Com. Pembr as also of the Goods and Stock thereon and had delivered them to Guyon his son without Warranty Likewise that the King then took notice of certain differences betwixt the said Sir Guy and the same Guyon his son and heir which were pacified in his presence by the assent of Wentâ—lian his Wife in regard himself at that time was not of sane memory Moreover that by this Agreement the Barony of Chastel-Walmeyn was to remain to young Guyon and his heirs upon condition that he should be obliged to prefer his two sisters out of the Revenues thereof as also that Two hundred pounds which Ioan de Carru was bound to pay to him the said Guy for the Marriage of his son Guyon should be paid to Guyon towards the Marriage of those his sisters And that because the said Sir Guy was not in his perfect senses the Barony should remain in the Kings hands and Livery thereof be made to Guyon in performance of those Covenants Sir Guy being thus out of his sences I come to Guy his son In 11 E. 3. this Guy was in the Scotish wars and in 13 E. 3. in consideration of his special services had an Annuity of Forty pounds granted to him by the King to be paid out of the Exchequer during his life In 15 E. 3. he was made Governor of St. Briavells-Castle in Com. Gloc. and Warden of the Forest of Dene And in 16 E. 3. was again in the Wars of France So likewise in 19 but died 17 Iunii 23 E. 3. being then seised of the Barony of Callagherm in the Marches of Wales which he held by the service of finding two soldiers with Horses harnessed or eight Footmen according to the custome of those parts three dayes at his own proper costs upon notice given by the King's Bayliffe of Kaermerdyn leaving Guy his son and heir at that time thirty years of age and upwards Which Guy became a person of very great note in his time For in 23 E. 3. he was Standard-bearer to the King in that notable Fight with the French at Calais And behaving himself with great courage and valour at that time in recompence thereof had a Grant of Two hundred Marks per annum out of the Exequer during his life Furthermore in 24 E. 3. he obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Bretegrave in Com. Surr. Littelington in Com. Midd. Rammesham in Com. Dorset Slapton and Torre-Bryen in Com. Devon as also at Tallaghern and Castle-Gaweyn in Wales And in 26 E. 3. being still Governor of St. Briavells-Castle and Warden of the Forest of Dene had a Grant of all the Profits and Emoluments arising out of the Market and Faires in that Town of St. Briavell's In which year he was also constituted one of the Commissioners for arraying of Men in the Counties of Oxon. and Berks. for defence of the Realme against the French then threatning an Invasion Moreover in An. 1354. 28 E. 3. upon the League made betwixt King Edward and the King of France he was one of the Ambassadors with Henry Duke of Lancaster and others then sent to Rome to procure a Ratification thereof by the Pope And in 29 E. 3. attending the King in his Expedition at that time into France was made a Banneret having License for the better support of that dignity to purchase Lands of Two hundred pounds per annum value to himself and his heires In 33 E. 3. he was again in the wars of France So likewise in 34 E. 3 And continuing there in the Kings service had respite for the payment of such Debts as were due from him for the Ferme of the Mannor of Westcote In 35 E. 3. being again sent Ambassador to the Court of Rome upon important business the King engaged himself to indempnifie him for any loss or detriment he might receive in that journey And soon after that in consideration of his former valiant deportment in the battel of Calais where he bore the Kings Standard had Two hundred pounds per annum given to him for his life In 37 E. 3. he obtained a Grant of the Mannor of Northam in Com. Devon in Fee which belonged to the Abby of Caen in Normandy And in 43 E. 3. was again in the wars of France In which year being made Admiral of the Kings Fleet against the French command was given to Edward Prince of Wales to impresâ— xsall such Ships as then were in the Post of Kermerdyn of one hundred Tuns and upwards and to send them well Manned and Victualled to Portsmouth within four dayes after Candlemass to be imploy'd by him in that service In 44 E. 3. he was again constituted Admiral of the Royal Fleet from the Port of Southampton Westwards and in 45 E. 3. again imployed in the Scotish wars In 49 E. 3. he was associated in Commission with Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and others to cause satisfaction to be made for all injuries done by the Kings subjectâ— of England to the Scots contrary to the 〈◊〉 of the Covenants betwixt King Edward and David de Brus late King of Scotland deceased And about this time was elected into the Society of Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter In I. R. 2. he serv'd again
said Court of Star-Chamber in order to the making good of his Legitimacy and divers Witnesses were examined there accordingly Whereupon by full testimony upon Oath partly made by the said Lady Douglasse her self and partly by divers other persons of quality and credit who were present at the Marriage with the said Late Earl of Leicester by a lawful Minister according to the form of Matrimony then by Law established in the Church of England and the said Sir Robert and his Mother owned by the said late Earl of Leicester as his lawful Wife and Son as by many of the said Depositions remaining upon Record in our said Court still appear which we have caused to be perused for our better satisfaction herein But a special Order being made that the said Depositions should be sealed up and no Copies thereof taken without leave did cause him the said Sir Robert to leave this our Kingdom Whereof his Adversaries taking advantage procured a special Privy-Seal to be sent unto him commanding his return into England Which he not obeying because his Honour and Lands were denied unto him all his Lands were therefore seized on to the King our Father's use And not long afterwards Prince Henry our Dear Brother deceased made overture to the said Sir Robert by special Instruments to obtain his Title by purchase of and in Kenilworth Castle in our County of Warwick and his Mannors Parks and Chases belonging to the same which upon a great under-value amounted as we are credibly informed to about fifty thousand pounds but were bought by the said Prince our Brother in consideration of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds and upon his faithful Engagement and promise of his Princely favour unto the said Sir Robert in the said Cause to restore him both in Honours and Fortunes And thereupon certain Deeds were sealed in the ninth year of the Reign of our said Father and Fines also then were levyed setling the Inheritance thereof in the said Prince our Brother and his Heirs But the said Prince our Brother departing this life there was not above three thousand pounds of the said sum of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds ever paid if any at all to the said Sir Robert's hands and we our selves as Heir to the said Prince our Brother came to the possession thereof And it appearing to our Council that the said Alice Lady Dudley Wife of the said Sir Robert had an Estate of Inheritance of and in the same descendable unto her Posterity in the nineteenth year of our said dear Father's Reign an Act of Parliament was passed to enable the said Lady Alice Wife to the said Sir Robert to alien her Estate which she had by the said Sir Robert therein from her children by the said Sir Robert as if she had been a feme sole which accordingly she did in the nineteeth year of our said Father's Reign in consideration of four thousand pounds and further payments yearly to be made by us to her out of our Exchequer and out of the said Castles and Lands which have not been accordingly paid unto her by us for many years to the damage of the said Lady Alice and her Children to a very great value Which Sir Robert setling himself in Italy within the Territories of the great Duke of Tuscany from whom he had extraordinary esteem he was so much favoured by the Emperour Ferdinand the Second as that being a person not only eminent for his great Learning and Blood but for sundry rare endowments as was well known he had by Letters Patents from his Imperial Majesty the Title of a Duke given unto him to be used by himself and his Heirs for ever throughout all the Dominions of the sacred Empire Which Letters Patents have been perused by our late Earl-Marshall and Heralds And Whereas our Dear Father not knowing the truth of the lawful Birth of the said Sir Robert as we piously believe granted away the Titles of the said Earldoms to others which we now hold not fit to call in question nor ravel into our deceased Father's actions especially they having been so long enjoyed by these Families to whom the said Honours were granted which we do not intend to alter And yet we having a very deep sense of the great injuries done to the said Sir Robert Dudley and the Lady Alice Dudley and their Children and that we are of opinion that in Iustice and Equity the possessions so taken from them do rightly belong unto them or full satisfaction for the same And holding our selves in honour and conscience obliged to make them reparation now as far as our present ability will enable us And also taking into our consideration the said great estate which she the said Lady Alice Dudley had in Kenilworth and sold at our desire to us at a very great under-value and yet not perform'd or satisfied to many thousand pounds damage And we also casting our Princely Eye upon the faithful services done unto us by Sir Richard Leveson Knight of the Bath who hath Married the Lady Catherine one of the Daughters of the said Duke by his said Wife the said Lady Alice Dudley and also the great services which Robert Holburne Esq hath done to us by his learned Pen and otherwise which said Robert Holburne hath Married the Lady Anne one other of the Daughters of the said Duke by his said Wife the Lady Alice Dudley we have conceived our selves bound in honour and conscience to give the said Lady Alice and her Children such Honour and Precedencies as is or are due to them in Marriage or blood And therefore we do not only give and grant unto the said Lady Alice Dudley the Title of Dutchess Dudley for her life in England and other our Realms and Dominions with such Precedencies as she might have had if she had lived in the Dominions of the sacred Empire as a mark of our favour unto her and out of our Prerogative Royal which we will not have drawn into dispute But we do also farther grant unto the said Lady Katherine and Lady Anne her Daughters the Places Titles and Precedencies of the said Dukes Daughters as from the time of their said Father's Creation during their respective lives not only in England but in all other our Kingdoms and Dominions as a testimony of our Princely favour and grace unto them conceiving our selves obliged to do much more for them if it were in our power in these unhappy times of distraction And we require all persons of Honour and other our loving Subjects especially our Earl Marshall Heralds and Officers at Arms to take notice of this our Princely pleasure and to govern themselves accordingly and to cause the said places and precedencies to be quietly enjoyed according to this our gratious intention as they do tender our displeasure and will answer the contempt thereof at their Perils And we further command and require that our said Heralds do make entry of this our pleasure and Grant
the King in his Wars of France and Normandy with four men at Armes and Cxi Archers Also in 16 H. 6. again made Sheriff of Wiltshire and in 18 H. 6. for Gloucestershire In 19 H. 6. he obtained a grant from the King for divers Deer-Leaps in his Park at Stourton also for free Warren in all his Demesn-lands and woods there Likewise for a Fair there yearly And in 25 H. 6. being then Treasurer of the Houshold to that King procured a grant in see of the Castle of Old Sarum then so ruinous that it yielded no benefit to the King together with the Banks Ditches Walls and Gardens thereto belonging to be held by Fealty and the rent of iii s. iv d. per annum In 26 H. 6. in consideration of his faithful services both to King Henry the fifth and that King he was by Letters Patents bearing date 13 Maii 26 H. 6. advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Stourton of Stourton and in 28 H. 6. joined in Commission with Iames Earl of Wiltshire and others for the defence of the Town and Castle of Calais with the Marches adjacent and Tower of Ryse-bank In 29 H. 6. he was again put in Commission together with Raph Lord Sudley for the conducting of divers Men at arms and Archers thither for the safeguard of that place and parts thereabouts In 32 H. 6. he was also one of the Peers who in consideration of the Tonnage and Poundage granted to the King in Parliament undertook the defence of the Seas and departing this life upon the Festival of St. Katherine 2 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannours of Uelham Plymham and Plympton in Com. Devon Merston Bigot and Merston parva in Com. Somers Rishton Weston Brodweye and Ore in Com. Dors. Shipton Moyne and Hamvelle in Com. Glouc. Ibbesâ—eye and Sapple in Com. Sutht Estanes at the Mount in Com. Essex and Stourton Castel Carye Pawlesholte Little-Langford Dewas West-Aishâ—en Bakanyton Wynterborne Madington Penleys Ablington and Aulton in Com. Wilts left Sir William Stourton Knight his Son and Heir thirty years of age who had livery of his Lands soon after his Homage being respited Which William Lord Stourton before the end of that year the Lancastrians beginning to make head again in Northumberland was one of those who attended King Edward in his Army thither And having married Margaret one of the Daughters and coheirs of Sir Iohn Chidiok Knight departed this life 18 Febr. 17 E 4. being seised of the Mannour of Welehome in Com. Devon Ibbesleye and Sapple in Com. Sutht Estanes ad montem in Com. Essex Shipton Moyne and Ueleham juxta Berkeley in Com. Glouc. Powlesholt and Stourton Penâ—ey Ablynton Alton Dangeus in Little Langsord and Little Langsord in Com. Wiltes Rysheton Ore Weston with the moitie of the Mannour of Brodewey in Com. Dors. and Merston Bigot and Merston parva in Com. Somers leaving Sir Iohn Stourton Knight his Son and Heir twenty four years of age Margaret his Wife surviving who afterwards Married to Sir Iohn Cheny Knight Which Iohn had livery of his lands the next ensuing year his Homage being respited and by his Testament bearing date 8 Aug. An. 1484. 2 R. 3. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Chapel of his Chantry of the Blessed Virgin in the Parish Church of Mere in Com. Somers appointing that the whole revenue of all his Lands purchased of Edyth Claymond in Mere should be imployed to the maintenance of a Priest to pray for his Soul every day and for the Souls of his Ancestors as also to celebrate his Obit yearly with the Obit of Katherine his Wife and all his Ancestors To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir Which William in 15 E. 4. his Father then living received the honour of Knighthood by Bathing c. with Prince Edward and many other Noble persons And by his Testament bearing date at Stourton upon Fryday next ensuing Corpus Christi day An. 1522. 14 H. 8. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin within the Church of St. Peter at Stourton and died shortly after as by the Probate of that Testament which bears date 16. Martii An. 1523. appeareth leaving issue by ... his Wife Daughter to Edmund Dudley Sister to Iohn Duke of Northumberland two Sons William and Edward Which William died soon after without issue whereupon Edward his Brother and Heir had Livery of his Lands Of whom all that I have seen is that in 22 H. 8. with the rest of the Peers then met in Parliament he subscribed that Declaration sent to Pope Clement the seventh giving him to understand that in case he should not comply with King Henry in that business of his Divorce from Queen Catherine his Wife he must not expect that his Supremacie in this Realm would be longer owned And that by his Testament bearing date 26 Nov. An. 1535. 24 H. 8. he bequeathed his body to be buried in the North-Isle of his Parish-Church at Stourton departing this life shortly after for the Probate thereof bears date 17 Jan. next following and leaving issue three Sons William Roger and Christopher Which William had Livery of his Lands in 33 H. 8. And being afterwards Deputy-General of New Haven in France and the Marches adjacent by his Testament bearing date 8 Sept. 1548. 2 E. 6. bequeathed his body to be buried where it should please God and died soon after as may seem by the Probate thereof which beareth date 15 Nov. next ensuing leaving issue Charles his Son and Heir and two Daughters ... married to ... Clinton and ... to ... Brent Which Charles with the help of four of his own servants in his own House committed a shameful murther upon one Hargill and his Son with whom he had been long at variance and buried their Carcassess fifteen foot deep in the earth thinking thereby to prevent the discovery But it coming afterwards to light he had sentence of death passed upon him which he suffered at Salisbury 6 Martii An. 1557. 3 4 Ph. M. by an Halter of Silk in respect of his quality leaving issue by Anne his Wife Daughter to Edward Earl of Derby Iohn his Son and Heir as also two younger Sons Edward and Charles This Iohn being restored in bloud by Act of Parliament in 18 Eliz. took his place there upon the eleventh of February accordingly And having been in 29 Eliz. one of the Peers which sate at Fotheringhay upon the Tryal of the Queen of Scots by his Testament dated 22 Martii 1588. 30 Eliz. bequeathed his Body to be buried in his Chapel of the Church at Stourton and died without issue 13 Oct.
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
her one Son called Henry and two Daughters Anne Married to Henry now Earl of Norwich Earl Marshal of England And Elizabeth to William Earl of Powys He secondly Married the Lady Margaret O Bryen Daughter to Henry Earl of Thomond by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Mary which died in her Infancy And departing this life 3 Aprilis an 1667. was buried at Ragland To him succeeded Henry his Son and Heir now Lord President of Wales and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter who Married Mary the Daughter of Arthur Lord Capell Widdow of Henry Lord Beauchamp by whom he hath had Issue four Sons 1. Henry who died young 2. Charles called Lord Herbert of Ragland 3. Edward and 4. Another Henry who died young Likewise two Daughters Elizabeth who died in her Childhood and Mary Maners Earl of Rutland 5 H. 8. THough none of this Family arrived to the dignity of Peerage until the Reign of King Henry the Eighth yet were they persons of great note in Northumberland for many Ages before for in 25 H. 2. Henry de Maners paid Lxxx. Marks for Livery of his Father's Lands in that County From which Henry descended Robert de Maners of Ethale in that Shire who in 15 E. 3. obtained Licence of the King to fortify his Mannor-House there with an embatailled Wall of Lime and Stone And from him Iohn de Maners who in 1 H. 5. was Constituted Sheriff of the same County Which Iohn with Iohn his Son being guilty of the Death of William Heron Esq and Robert Atkynson at Etall as it seems though how is not expressed and prosecuted for the same by Sir Robert de Vmfravile Knight and Isabel then the Widdow of William Heron at length upon a Reference made by the persons on each part concern'd unto Iohn then Prior of Durham and Thomas Prior of Tinmouth there was an Award made bearing date 28 Sept. 9 H. 6. That the same Iohn Maners and Iohn his Son should cause five hundred Masses to be sung for the health of the Soul of the said William Heron within one year then next ensuing and pay unto Sir Robert de Vmfravile and Isabel to the use of her the said Isabel and the Children of the same William Heron CC. Marks in money This Iohn de Maners died seised of that Lordship of Erall in 17 H. 6. leaving Robert his Son and Heir Which Robert in consideration of his special services perform'd in the Marches toward Scotland had in 27 H. 6. a joint grant with Sir Henry de Percie Knight of all the goods and Chatals of Sir Robert de Ogle Knight who was then Outlaw'd In 33 H. 6. this Robert was made Sheriff of Northumberland so likewise in 3 E. 4. being at that time a Knight In which year Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick and Salisbury in consideration of his services done and to be done granted him an Annuity of xx Marks out of the Revenues of his Lordship of Barnard-Castle to be enjoy'd during his life And the next year following was Constituted Deputy to Richard Dâ—ke of Gloucester then Admiral of England Ireland and Aquitane for all the Sea-Coasts in the Bishoprick of Durâ—am from the Mouth of Tese to the Mouth of Twede And by Dame Alianore his Wife Daughter of Thomas and Sister and Coheir to Edmund Lord Roos had Issue George who had thereupon the Title of Lord Roos Which George took to Wife Anne the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas St. Leger Knight and Anne Dutchess of Exeter his Wife Sister to King Edward the Fourth And by his Testament bearing date 26 Oct. an 1513. 5 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church next unto the place where he should happen to die To the Abby of Rievaulx he thereby gave fifty Marks To the Abby of Kirkham fifty Marks and to the Abby of Wartre all in Yorkeshire fifty Marks to the intent that every of those Abbies should find an honest Priest to say Mass daily for his Soul by the space of seven years next after his decease and once every year perform his Obit in every of their Churches for his Soul and his Friends Souls Before the end of which year being with King Henry the Eighth at the Sieges of Therouene and Tournay he there fell sick and died and was buried near the high Altar in the Priory of Haliwell within the Suburbs of London leaving Issue by the said Anne his Wife Thomas Maners Lord Roos who in 14 H. 8. was Constituted Warden of the East-Marches toward Scotland and in 16 H. 8. had a special Livery of all the Mannors Castles and Lands descended to him from the Lady Alianore his Grandmother Sister and Coheir to Edmund Lord Roos as also from Isabel the other Sister and Coheir to the said Edmund Which Thomas was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Rutland upon the 28 th of Iune 17 H. 8. at the King 's Royal Palace of Bâ—idewell in the City of London and had thereupon an Augmentation to his antient Arms by reason of his Descent from the Sister of King Edward the Fourth viz. in chief querterly Azure and Gules on the first two Flower de Luces Or and on the second a Lyoâ— passant-gardant of the first The third as the second the fourth as the first In 22 H. 8. being one of the Peers then sitting in Parliament he subscribed that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the Seventh Whereby he had intimation that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his Divorce from Queen Katherine the loss of his Supremacy in England would be much endangered Upon the Insurrection in Lincolâ—shire in 28 H. 8. occasion'd by the dissolution of the lesser Monasteries and certain Injunctions in matters of Religion he received Command together with the Earls of Shrewsbury and Huntington to require them by Proclamation upon peril of their lives to return to their due obedience And soon after that upon the like in Yorkeshire called The Pilgrimage of Grace offered his service in order to the suppreâ—â—ing thereof In 32 H. 8. he was Constituted Chief Justice in Eyre of all the King's Forests beyond Trent And in 33 H. 8. obtain'd a grant of the Mannor of Muston in Com. Leic. part of the possessions of the late dissolved Priory of Osulveston in that County Likewise of the â—annors of Waltham and Croxton in the samâ— County as also of the Mannors of Upwell Outwell Elme and Emnithe in the Counties of Norff. and Suff. part of the possessions of the late dissolved Monastery of Nun-Earon in Com. War Also of the Mannour of Braunston in Com. Northt part of the possessions of the Abby of Lilshull in Com. Salop. and of the Mannours of Billesdale and Helmesley with
Concubine all Knights viz. Sir William Sir Hercules Sir Iohn and Sir Hector to whom as I have heard he granted Leases of Lands for the terme of an hundred years of little less then Four thousand pounds per annum value Which Lands are to this day called the Bastard's Lands And departing this life 24 Nov. An. 1598. 41 Eliz. was buried at Basyng Which William succeeding his Father in his Honors married Lucie daughter to Thomas Earl of Exeter and by her had issue six sons William who took to wife Mary daughter to Anthony Vicount Montagu but died in August An. 1621. in his Fathers life time without issue Thomas who died unmarried Iohn Henry Charles and Edward and departing this life at Hackwood near Basyng 4 February An. 1628. 4 Car. 1. was buried at Basyng with his Ancestors To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who married three wives first Iane daughter to Thomas Vicount Savage of Rocksavage in Com. Cestr. and by her had only issue Charles called Lord St. Iohn of Basing He secondly married the Lady Honora the only daughter to Richard Earl of Clanrikard in Ireland by Frances his wife daughter and heir to Sir Francis Walsingham Knight one of the Principal Secretaries of State to the late Queen Elizabeth and widow of Robert Earl of Essex by whom he had issue two sons the Lord Iohn Paulet who died unmarried and the Lord Francis and three daughters the Lady Frances married to ... a Frenchman the Lady Anne to Iohn Lord Bellasses and the Lady Honora who died unmarried He thirdly married Isabella daughter to William Vicount Stafford but by her having no issuâ— departed this life upon the Fifth of March An. 1674. and was buried at Inglefeild in Com. Berks. To whom succeeded in his honors Charles his eldest son who bore the Title of Lord St. Iohn of Basing during the life of his father This Charles first took to wife Christian the eldest daughter to Iohn Freschevile of Stavely in Com Derb. Esquire since created Lord Freschevile by whom he had issue one only son named Iohn who died in his Infancie And surviving her afterwards married Mary one of the natural daughters to Emanuel late Earl of Sunderland widow of Henry second son to Henry late Earl of Nonmouth by whom he hath issue two sons Charles and William and three daughters Iane married to Iohn Lord Brackley son and heir to Iohn now Earl of Bridgwater Mary and Elizabeth Russel Earl of Bedford 30 H. 8. THat this Family hath been very antient in Dorsetshire and possess'd of some fair Lordships in that County for many Ages past is evident from sundry Authorities For in 3 Ioh. by the Accompt of the then Sheriff it appears that Iohn Russel gave Fifty Marks to the King for License to marry the sister of Doun Bardolf a great man in those dayes Which Iohn in 5 H. 3. was also Constable of Corâ—â—-Castle and had issue Raphe his son and heir who took to wife Issabel the daughter and coheir of Iames de Newmarch one of the Barons of that age and in 22 H. 3. had respite of what was due from him to the Kings Exchequer upon the collection of divers Scutages for the moietie of the honor of the same Iames de Newmarch To this Raphe succeeded William his Son and heir Which William in 12 E. 1. obtain'd the Kings Charter for a Market every week upon the Thursday and a Fair on the Eve day and morrow of St. Matthew the Apostle at his Mannor of Kingston commonly called Kingston Russel in that County Which Lordship is still enjoyed by the chief branch of this Family having been held by Serjeantie viz to be Cup-bearer to the King at four principal Feasts in the year But touching the Descendants of this William considering they stood not in the rank of Peers of this Realm I have no more to say until I come to Iohn Russel Esquire whose Residence was at Barwick about four miles distant from Briddeport in that County which Iohn being a very learned Gentleman and versed in divers Languages became the foundation of that honor which afterwards did accrue to this noble Family For in 21 H. 7. upon the landing of Philip Arch-Duke of Austria at Weymouth he being cast upon that Coast by a violent Tempest in his passage from Flanders towards Spain Sir Thomas Trenchard Knight who lived near that Port endeavouring to give him the best entertainment he could till he had sent to Court to acquaint the King therewith invited this Gentleman his near Neighbour and Kinsman then newly come from travel to wait upon him at his House Who being thus qulified became so acceptable to that great person as that he desired the enjoyment of his company to the Court then at Windsore-Castle In which journey being much affected with his learned discourse and generous deportment he recommended him to the King as fitly qualified to serve him in a more than ordinary employment This therefore being the original occasion of making his abilities known to those who could well judge of them King Henry the 7 th soon after departing this life he had the like fair reception from his son and successor K. Henry the 8 th and merited so well for some services he did in the beginning of his Reign that after the taking of Therouene and Tournay in 5 H. 8. where he personally attended the King being one of the Gentlemen of his Privy-Chamber he obtained a grant in Fee bearing date in 8 H. 8 of certain Lands in Tournay In 11 H. 8. upon that Agreement made betwixt King Henry and the King of France he received his Letters for the render of Tournay to the French And in 14 H. 8. being at the winning of Morleâ—s in Britanny in testimony of his merits in that dispute he receiv'd the honor of Knighthood Moreover in 15 H. 8. for his many good services increasing more and more in esteem he was made Marshal of the Marshalsy of the King's House now called Knight-Marshal and employ'd beyond-Sea in sundry Negotiations to Rome as by divers Letters doth appear continuing Lieger there for a time As also into France where King Henry purposing to make war he agitated the business with the Duke of Burbon then Constable of France fomenting his discontents towards that King in order to his revolt from him to the Emperor putting himself into a disguise to the intent he might the more covertly carry on his design Being also entrusted to Treat with the Emperor Charles the Fifth and to take his Oath and the Oath of the Duke of 〈◊〉 as he had special Commission under the Great Seal to do to assist King Henry in that war In this year also he went through Loreine having Letters from
him with Letters of Thanks to the Palatine and some Jewels for a Present to sollicite the King of Pole that under his Seale they might enjoy what favours he had by his Letters so honourably offered Which being granted they set forth from Winheim in April An. 1557 3 4 Ph. M. towards Frankford but in their travel underwent divers great hardships with no little danger of their lives by the Lantgrave's Soldiers who by reason of a quarrel for a Spaniel which they had along with them thrust Boare-speares into the Waggon where the Dutchess with her Child and the other Women were and upon the pursuit of this Richard into a Village had murthered him but that he forsook his Horse and ran up a Ladder set to a Garret-window near the top of an house By which meanes escaping their sudden fury one of the Burgh masters came to him and brought another person who could speak Latine to whom submitting himself he presently dispatcht Letters to the Lantgrave and Earl of Erbagh dwelling within eight miles who thereupon repairing thither shew'd them such respect as properly belong'd to persons of their quality so that they passed on quietly towards Poland where they receiv'd curteous entertainment from the King and were honorably placed in the Earldome of Crozan in Sanogelia In which place having the absolute power of Governning they continued in great quietness and honor till the death of Queen Mary which shortly after hapned and then return'd into England In the time of those their Travels this most noble Lady brought him a Son whom by reason of his forrein birth he named Peregrinde His daughter whom he carried with him being called Susanna afterwards married to Reginald Earl of Kent and next to Sir Iohn Wingfeild Knight Which Peregrine was made a free Denizen in the Parliament of 1 Eliz. And upon the death of Catherine his mother hapning 19 Sept. An. 1580. 22 Eliz. having summons to that Parliament begun at Westminster by Prorogation upon the Sixteenth of Ianuary next ensuing as Lord Willoughby of Eresby took his place in the Horse according to the seniority of that Honor. Being thus possess'd of that great Inheritance and Dignity and having married Mary the daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford by Margaret his second wife sister and heir of the whole blood to Earl Edward in An. 158â— 25 〈◊〉 to gether with the Earl of Leicester and divers other honourable persons he attended the Duke of Anâ—ou to Antwerp by the Queen's command which Duke had stay do 〈◊〉 England three Moneths in hopes of gaâ—â—ing her in marriage And before the end of that year was sent to Frederick the second King of Denmarkâ— with the Ensigns of the most Noble Order of the Garter In 29 Eliz. at the siege of Zutphen in the Netherlands upon a sharp encounter with the Forces of that Garrison in a Salley he overthrew George Cressiat at that time Commander in chief of the Horse and took him prisoner and in 30 Eliz. upon the â—â—ecess of Robert Earl of Leicester then General of the English Auxiliaries in those Provinces had the chief command of them in his stead After which in 31 Eliz. he most valiantly defended Bergen ap Zoam whereunto the Prince of Parma laid siege and for a farther encouragement to valour at that time conferr'd the honor of Knighthood upon Sir Francis Vere Sir Thomas Knolls and some others Sir Robert Naunton in his Fragmenta Kegalia says that he was one of the Queen's first Sword-men and a great Master of the Art Military In 32 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate upon Tryal of Philip Earl of Arundel and the same year sent General of Four thousand Auxiliaries into France in aide of the King of Navarr By his Testament bearing date at Barwick 17 Aug. An. 1599. 41 Eliz. he bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Spillesby in Com. Linc. He also gave to Peregrine one of his younger sons afterwards Knight of the Bath that Ring with a Diamond which he had from the King of France when he served him there with a charge upon his blessing to transmit it to his heirs And departed this life in An. 1601. as seemeth by the Probate of that Testament leaving issue Robert his son and heir and three other besides Peregrine viz. Henry Vere and Roger as also Catherine a daughter married to Sir Lewes Watson of Rokingham-Castle in Com. North. Knight Which Robert in 1 Iac. having then summons to Parliament as Lord Willoughby of Eresâ—y upon the seventh of May took his place accordingly And thereupon making his claime to the Earldome of Oxford as also to the Titles of Lord Bulbeck Sandford and Badlesmere and to the Office of Lord High Chamberlain of England as son and heir to Mary the sole heir female of that great Family After much dispute had judgement on his behalf for that Office of Lord High Chamberlain as in my discourse of the Family of Vere Earl of Oxford is more fully shewed And being admitted into the House with his Staff upon the thirteenth of April the same year was seated above all the other Barons After which viz. 22 Nov. in the second year of King Charles the First he was advanc'd to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Lindsey And in April 6 Car. 1. elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter Also in 7 Car. 1. made Constable of England 24 Nov. in order to the Tryal of the Lord Rea and David Ramsey in the Court Military Which Patent was revoked 20 Maii next ensuing And in 11 Car. 1. constituted Lord Admiral of the Kings whole Fleet. Also in 18 Car. 1. General of the Kings Royal Army for suppressing that unparallel'd Insurrection then raised by the practises of certain Members of that unhappy Long Parliament begun at Westminster 3 d Nov. An. 1640. under pretence of defending the Religion by Law establisht the Laws of the Land Liberties of the Subject and Priviledges of Parliament Whereupon being in the Head of his Command in the Battel of Kineton fought upon the 23 d of October An. 1642. and there receiving a mortal wound he was taken prisoner and brought to Warwick-Castle where he departed this life the same night After which his Corps was carried to Edenham in Com. Linc. and there buried Leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife the only child of Edward Lord Mountagu of Boughton by Elizabeth his first wife daughter of Sir Iohn Geffrey Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer eight sons viz. Sir Mountagu and Sir Roger Knights of the Bath Peregrine Francis Robert Henry Vere and Edward and five daughters Catherine Elizabeth Anne Sophia and Mary Which Sir Mountagu bearing the
really of much honour to this Family so is it apparent that it hath heretofore been of no small estimation amongst them for in an old Book sometime belonging to the Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist in Lutterworth I find this written Notum sit omnibus hunc librum visuris quod ego Willielmus Veysey Magister Hospitalis St. Joh. Bapt. de Luterworth praesens fui quando Johannes Fylding qui postea erat miles eodem an no quo inserviebat Johannem Ducem Bedfordiae in bello contra Gallos tradidit multas veteres scripturas custodiendas Thomae Bellers Gentilman quae certificabant dominum Galfridum Feldyng filium fuisse Galfridi Comitis de Hapspurgh c. ut supra And likewise this following expression made by Sir William Filding Knight who lived in the time of King Henry the Eighth The Evidence of all these things was left with William Cave the son of Thomas Cave Gentleman by Sir William Filding before the Battel of Tewksbury and a Bill of Remembrance of the same after given to Richard Cave which was also written in the same Book of William Veysy Master of the Hospital of St. John Baptist of Lutterworth This was the Bok of my Fader Sir Everard Fylding Which Iohn who married Margaret Purfrey having served in the Wars of France and been dignifyed with the honor of Knighthood left issue William his son and heir a person so well affected to the Lancastrians in the Civil Wars betwixt them and the House of York that no sooner did King Henry the Sixth regain his Soverainty viz. in 49 of His Reign but that he constituted him Sheriff of the Counties of Cambridge and Huntington he being then a Knight in which year fighting on the behalf of that King in the Battel of Tewksbury he lost his life and was there buried This Sir William by Agnes the daughter and heir of Seton with whom he had the Lordship of Martinesthorp in com Rutl. and a descent in blood from those great Families of Vaux Longvile and Bellers a younger branch of Moubray left issue Everard Filding his son and heir Sheriff of the Counties of Warwick and Leicester in 21 E. 4. And in in 2 H. 7. a Commander in the King's Army at the Battel of Stoke So likewise at Black-heath in Kent in 12 H. 7. Which Everard being made Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur in 15 of that Kings Reign was Custos Rotulorum in the County of Leicester within two years after and by his Testament bequeathing his Body to be buryed before the Altar of our blessed Lady in the Black Fryers at Northampton departed this life in 6 Hen. 8. leaving issue by Iellis Russel his wife William Filding Esquire Sheriff of Rutland in 11 12 and 18 Hen. 8. afterwards Knight who having been imploy'd for raising Forces out of his Tenants and otherwise for the wars of France and Scotland in the time of King Henry the Eighth as by several Privy Seals appeareth assisted with no less than Sixteen Horse at his own charges against the Scots as by the Registers sometime belonging to the Council-Table hath been observed as also with Ten able persons most Archers and Gunners in that Naval preparation made by the same King under the conduct of the Earl of Southampton for the preventing such attempts as might be exercised by the Pope or his Agents whose Supremacy he had in his Realms abolisht And was in such esteem with Queen Iane third wife to that King as that in 29 H. 8. upon her delivery of Prince Edward she sent a Privy-Seal unto him signifying the same with desire of his Congratulation and Prayers This Sir William by Elizabeth daughter to Sir Thomas Puttney of Misterton Knight leaving issue Basil died 24 Sept. 2 E. 6. which Basil married Godith second of the seven daughters and coheirs to William Willington of Barcheston in com Warr. Esquire By whom he had issue William Sheriff of Warwickshire in 31 Eliz. and thrice of Rutland viz. 24 34 and 40 Eliz. who being afterwards a K t by Dorothy his wife daughter to Sir Raphe Lane by a daughter and coheir to the Lord Parr of Horton he had issue Basill Sheriff of Warwickshire in 9 Iac Which Basil by Elizabeth daughter to Sir Walter Aston of Tixhall in com Staff Knight had issue William who was Knighted at Belvoir-Castle 23 Apr. 1 Iac and upon the 30 th of December 18 Iac. advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Feilding of Newhham Padox as also to that of Vicount Feilding In 19 Iac. he was made Master of the King 's great Wardrobe and upon the 14 th of Sept. 20 Iac. created an Earl by the Title of Earl of Denbigh And having married Mary daughter to Sir George Villers of Brokesby in com Leic. Knight sister to George late Duke of Buckingham left issue by her two sons Basil who succeeded him in his honors and George created Lord Feilding of the Caghe in the Realm of Ireland as also Vicount Callan and Earl of Desmond in reversion after the death of Sir Richard Preston K t then Earl of Desmond by Letters-patents bearing date 22 Nov. 20 Iac. He also had issue four daughters viz. the Lady Mary married to Iames Marquess of Hamilton in Scotland afterwards created Duke of Hamilton Anne to Baptist son and heir to Edward Vicount Campden Elizabeth to Lewes Vicount of â—enelmeky in Ireland created Countess of Guilford by our present Soveraign K. Charles the Second 14 Iulii in the 12 th year of His Reign and Henrietta Maria who died young This Earl William adhering stedfastly to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory in the times of the late Usurpation perform'd the part of a stout and valiant soldier in sundry Battels but at length had the hard fate to receive divers mortal wounds in a sharp Skirmish with the Enemy near Bermingham in com War 3 Aprilis An. 1643. whereof he died the eighth day of the same moneth whereupon his Corps being conveyed to Mouks-Kirby in that County was there buried with his Ancestors Unto whom succeeded Basilâ— his son and heir Which Basil by reason of his descent from Agnes the daughter and heir to Iohn de St. Liz otherwise called Seyton a branch of the most noble Family of St. Liz sometimes Earles of Northampton and Huntington was through the special favour of His Majesty King Charles the Second created Lord St. Liz upon the second of February 16 Car. 2. And married four wives 1. Anne daughter to Richard Earl of Portland Lord High Treasurer of England 2 Barbara daughter and sole heir to Sir Iohn Lambe Knight Dean of the Arches-Court of Canterbury and