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of_o huntingdon_n and_o anguish_n and_o maude_n the_o elder_a sister_n of_o the_o say_v randolph_n if_o it_o be_v give_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o john_n scot_n who_o die_v without_o issue_n about_o 24._o h._n 3._o yet_o it_o stand_v in_o force_n because_o the_o king_n assume_v the_o earldom_n to_o himself_o upon_o other_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o copercener_n mat._n par._n 366._o tamen_fw-la vide_fw-la mill_n 75._o &_o guillem_n 28._o hugh_n lupus_n the_o first_o earl_n of_o chester_n be_v by_o the_o conqueror_n his_o uncle_n create_v into_o that_o dignity_n 15._o mill_n 74.75_o coke_n 35.7_o part_n 15._o habend_n fibi_fw-la etc._n etc._n adeo_fw-la libere_fw-la per_fw-la gladium_fw-la sicut_fw-la rex_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la angliam_fw-la per_fw-la coronam_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o die_v without_o issue_n and_o the_o earldom_n divide_v among_o his_o 4._o sister_n if_o she_o be_v noble_a
the_o say_v millicent_n be_v allot_v the_o castle_n of_o totnes_n in_o devon_n etc._n etc._n eyton_n in_o the_o county_n of_o bedford_n and_o farringworth_n etc._n etc._n with_o divers_a other_o land_n the_o say_v john_n come_v to_o full_a age_n aberg_n the_o first_o john_n hastings_n baton_n of_o aberg_n 11._o e._n 1._o and_o do_v his_o homage_n and_o have_v his_o livery_n as_o appear_v by_o record_n but_o by_o the_o same_o record_n appear_v that_o the_o barony_n of_o hastings_n be_v never_o redeem_v according_a to_o the_o edict_n kellenworth_n but_o grant_v to_o peter_n de_fw-fr sabandia_n 6._o claus_n 11._o e._n 1._o mem._n 6._o as_o aforesaid_a this_o john_n do_v lawful_o bear_v the_o title_n of_o lord_n abergavenny_n by_o this_o partition_n the_o say_v john_n be_v one_o of_o the_o competitor_n for_o the_o crown_n of_o scotland_n with_o the_o rest_n submit_v himself_o 19_o e._n 1._o to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o say_a king_n as_o supreme_a lord_n of_o scotland_n which_o 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de_fw-fr escoce_fw-mi &_o la_fw-fr conusance_fw-fr d'oyer_fw-fr trier_n &_o determine_v nostre_fw-fr droit_fw-fr nous_fw-fr ne_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr volunt_fw-la sans_fw-fr nul_fw-fr manner_n de_fw-fr force_fw-fr ou_fw-fr distress_n de_fw-fr droit_fw-fr devant_fw-fr luy_fw-fr come_v sovereign_a sunr_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr terre_fw-fr etc._n etc._n l'an_n de_fw-fr grace_n 1291._o there_o be_v another_o like_a writing_n whereby_o these_o competitor_n do_v yield_v some_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o scotland_n unto_o the_o say_v e._n 1._o until_o he_o shall_v determine_v the_o controversy_n after_o the_o sentence_n give_v by_o e._n 1._o for_o john_n balliol_n who_o afterward_o adhere_v to_o the_o french_a against_o england_n whereupon_o ed._n 1._o prosecute_a war_n against_o scotland_n the_o pope_n intermeddle_v a_o parliament_n be_v proclaim_v to_o be_v hold_v at_o lincoln_n 29._o e._n 1._o where_o it_o wass_v agree_v that_o the_o king_n shall_v write_v to_o the_o pope_n touch_v his_o right_n to_o that_o crown_n and_o the_o wrong_n offer_v he_o and_o that_o the_o nobility_n shall_v write_v that_o they_o neither_o can_v nor_o aught_o to_o suffer_v nota_fw-la nota_fw-la that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n shall_v refer_v the_o same_o to_o the_o pope_n sentence_n they_o subscribe_v their_o name_n and_o title_n of_o honour_n among_o which_o be_v the_o say_a john_n hastings_n name_n in_o this_o manner_n johannes_n dominus_fw-la de_fw-fr aburgavenny_n in_o 16._o e._n 1._o the_o king_n purpose_v to_o go_v to_o france_n dor_n exit_fw-la rot._n mal_fw-fr 17._o e_o 1._o in_o dor_n charge_v the_o lord_n marcher_n of_o wales_n to_o be_v resident_a upon_o their_o barony_n fear_v the_o invasion_n of_o the_o welsh_a and_o anno_fw-la 17._o in_o the_o rebellion_n of_o rise_n ap_fw-mi meredocke_n the_o king_n be_v in_o france_n direct_v his_o writ_n unto_o the_o say_v marcher_n under_o the_o test_n edmundi_fw-la fratris_fw-la svi_fw-la and_o among_o other_o the_o baron_n there_o name_v as_o 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commission_n the_o say_a john_n hastings_n be_v one_o in_o which_o the_o commissioner_n will_v have_v have_v the_o say_v baron_n to_o have_v be_v swear_v to_o make_v presentment_n thereof_o which_o they_o refuse_v stand_v upon_o their_o privilege_n and_o therefore_o the_o enquest_n be_v empanel_v of_o other_o p._n 23._o e._n 1._o the_o say_v john_n be_v summon_v ot_fw-mi the_o parliament_n 1._o som._n parliamen_n anno_fw-la 24._o e._n 1._o som._n parl._n a._n 35._o e._n 1._o which_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v the_o sunday_n next_o after_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n martin_n as_o also_o to_o a_o parliament_n at_o carlisle_n 35._o e._n 1._o it_o will_v be_v object_v that_o john_n his_o father_n be_v summon_v in_o 49._o h._n 3._o and_o therefore_o in_o regard_n thereof_o and_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o this_o barony_n be_v this_o john_n summon_v it_o be_v true_a that_o henry_n hastings_n be_v summon_v it_o 49._o h_o 3._o he_o be_v captain_n of_o the_o cast_v of_o killingworth_n respon_n respon_n and_o hold_v it_o against_o the_o king_n and_o behead_v the_o king_n messenger_n send_v unto_o he_o for_o the_o which_o fact_n be_v the_o say_a imprisonment_n before_o speak_v of_o holens_fw-la ed._n kenel_n act_n 34._o cron._n holens_fw-la and_o the_o barony_n of_o hastings_n descend_v not_o to_o the_o say_v john_n therefore_o in_o the_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o in_o his_o claim_n to_o scotland_n he_o write_v himself_o johannes_n hastings_n etc._n etc._n and_o not_o dominus_fw-la hastings_n which_o if_o that_o title_n have_v belong_v to_o he_o he_o have_v express_v it_o object_n 2_o that_o he_o use_v the_o title_n of_o dominus_fw-la abergav_n as_o dominus_fw-la proprietarius_fw-la and_o not_o as_o dominus_fw-la honorarius_fw-la the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o other_o competitor_n and_o the_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n which_o be_v ridiculous_a in_o the_o summons_n 23._o e._n 1._o â—e_n be_v name_v io._n hastings_n mil._n and_o not_o johannes_n dominus_fw-la hastings_n therefore_o respon_n respon_n etc._n etc._n object_n 3_o they_o use_v not_o then_o to_o express_v the_o place_n except_o for_o distinction_n now_o to_o the_o descent_n this_o jolin_n die_v descent_n continuance_n of_o the_o descent_n 6._o e._n 2._o have_v issue_n john_n who_o die_v 18_o e._n 2._o and_o in_o the_o diem_fw-la eligit_fw-la extremum_fw-la he_o be_v style_v johannes_n hastings_n dominus_fw-la de_fw-fr abergav_n and_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n tempore_fw-la e._n 3._o he_o die_v 12._o e._n 3._o have_v issue_n john_n his_o heir_n 2._o exit_fw-la bundle_n esc_n 18._o e._n 2._o earl_n of_o pembroke_n and_o lord_n of_o abergav_n who_o die_v 49._o e._n 3._o have_v issue_n john_n earl_n of_o pembroke_n etc._n etc._n who_o die_v by_o reason_n of_o a_o wound_n receive_v at_o a_o just_a at_o woodstock_n about_o 13._o r._n 2._o he_o be_v the_o last_o of_o that_o name_n baron_n of_o aburgavenny_n the_o family_n of_o beauchampe_n lord_n aburgavenny_n after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o say_v 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&_o recordat_fw-la term._n h._n prox_n etc._n etc._n whereby_o he_o acknowledge_v the_o right_n of_o the_o say_a castle_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o say_v william_n beauchampe_n as_o by_o a_o old_a msss_n remain_v with_o the_o earl_n of_o kent_n may_v appear_v book_n vid._n the_o earl_n of_o kent_n book_n as_o also_o by_o a_o partition_n of_o the_o say_a land_n finis_fw-la
10_o be_v capitane_n we_o appellatur_fw-la qui_fw-la proprie_fw-la valvasor_n majores_fw-la olim_fw-la appellabantur_fw-la and_o of_o the_o question_n arise_v concern_v these_o barony_n the_o monarch_n of_o the_o realm_n or_o the_o judge_n for_o that_o those_o baron_n be_v immediate_a à _fw-la rege_fw-la in_o feudali_fw-la as_o for_o other_o they_o be_v baron_n ex_fw-la similitudine_fw-la and_o therefore_o those_o which_o in_o the_o say_a law_n feudall_a be_v call_v valvasore_n &_o valvasini_n for_o the_o word_n be_v these_o 8._o bract._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o qui_fw-la vero_fw-la a_o capitaneis_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la beneficium_fw-la tenent_fw-la valvasores_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la a_o valvasorib_n s_o feudum_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o capitaneis_fw-la habebatur_fw-la similiter_fw-la acceperint_fw-la valvasini_n id_fw-la est_fw-la valicas_fw-la minores_fw-la appellantur_fw-la the_o use_n of_o this_o division_n within_o england_n have_v be_v in_o no_o other_o manner_n than_o this_o the_o valv_n majores_fw-la may_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v our_o baron_n and_o peer_n for_o in_o such_o manner_n the_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n feudall_n have_v express_v the_o same_o the_o second_o sort_n be_v the_o valv_n proprie_fw-la of_o which_o degree_n bracton_n also_o speak_v sunt_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la qui_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la valvasores_fw-la magni_fw-la dignitat_fw-la valvasor_n melus_fw-la dici_fw-la poterit_fw-la quia_fw-la vas_fw-la sortitum_fw-la ad_fw-la valetudinem_fw-la howbeit_o the_o civilian_n do_v give_v another_o etymology_n in_o this_o manner_n valvasor_n quasi_fw-la ad_fw-la valvas_fw-la stantes_fw-la 115._o shand_n lexico_fw-la in_o verb_n valve_v pet._n greg._n lib._n 6._o ca._n 11.13_o e._n 3._o shall_fw-mi 115._o id_fw-la est_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la valvas_fw-la tentorij_fw-la dum_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la excubantes_fw-la ad_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la injuriam_fw-la propulsandam_fw-la and_o of_o these_o valvasi_fw-la which_o be_v proper_o the_o valvasi_fw-la indeed_o mention_n be_v make_v 13._o e._n 3._o for_o they_o may_v be_v empanel_v in_o a_o jury_n among_o the_o knight_n where_o a_o baron_n be_v party_n the_o three_o sort_n call_v valvasini_n inspecial_a name_n we_o have_v not_o in_o use_n nevertheless_o they_o be_v in_o nature_n the_o same_o that_o we_o call_v lord_n and_o proprietor_n of_o manor_n who_o also_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o tenant_n be_v oftentimes_o in_o ancient_a remembrance_n call_v baron_n but_o abusive_a and_o their_o court_n courtbaron_n for_o of_o these_o glanvill_n speak_v 64._o glan_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 10._o fol_z 64._o praeterea_fw-la record_n habeant_fw-la minores_fw-la cur._n de_fw-fr his_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eye_n facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n hence_o it_o be_v that_o these_o divers_a degree_n have_v be_v observe_v in_o foreign_a country_n by_o the_o french_a constitution_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la aut_fw-la vicecom_v aut_fw-la baro_n voluerit_fw-la fieri_fw-la comes_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ducunt_fw-la eum_fw-la habere_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la ditione_n 4._o baronias_n &_o tres_fw-la castella_fw-la quarum_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la habeat_fw-la saltem_fw-la 10._o 1579_o pet._n ger._n in_o lib._n 6._o cap_n 9_o exit_fw-la edito_fw-la regis_fw-la gall_n 17._o angl._n 1579_o nobiles_fw-la sibi_fw-la subdit_fw-la os_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la comitari_fw-la possunt_fw-la again_o in_o tit_n commit_v nullus_fw-la transeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la habeat_fw-la 2._o baroneas_o &_o 3_o castellanea_n aut_fw-la saltem_fw-la i._o baroniam_fw-la &_o 6._o castellanea_n unitas_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la feudi_fw-la possessat_fw-la &_o investitas_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la sub_fw-la uno_fw-la titulo_fw-la alosto_n jac_fw-la mercant_fw-la fland._n 16._o cap_n 1_o de_fw-fr alosto_n in_o flanders_n which_o be_v a_o earldom_n of_o regal_a constitution_n there_o be_v in_o ancient_a time_n a_o earldom_n the_o ea._n whereof_o be_v entitle_v comes_n alestanus_n 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male_a can_v challenge_v the_o say_a barony_n by_o any_o ancient_a intayle_v or_o otherwise_o such_o claim_n by_o the_o heir_n female_a have_v heretofore_o be_v allow_v by_o the_o late_a right_n honourable_a commissioner_n in_o the_o office_n of_o the_o early_a marshal_n signify_v to_o the_o queen_n as_o upon_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o sister_n and_o heir_n of_o gregory_n late_a lord_n dacres_n decease_a may_v appear_v in_o who_o pedigree_n it_o appear_v that_o thomas_n lord_n dacres_n dacres_n barony_n of_o dacres_n have_v issue_n thomas_n his_o elder_a son_n ralph_n his_o second_o and_z humphrey_z his_o three_o thomas_n die_v in_o the_o life_n of_o his_o father_n have_v issue_n joan_n his_o daughter_n and_o heir_n marry_v to_o sir_n richard_n fines_n after_o tho._n the_o grandfather_n die_v whereupon_o h._n 6._o by_o patent_n 7._o novemb_n anno_fw-la 37._o declare_v the_o say_a richard_n fines_n to_o be_v lo._n dacres_n but_o tempore_fw-la e._n 4._o the_o say_v humf._n dacres_n 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liberaliter_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la &_o benign_a ad_fw-la exonerationem_fw-la debitorum_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la diversis_fw-la mercatoribus_fw-la de_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la moram_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sancta_fw-la gessimus_fw-la obligamur_fw-la nos_fw-la etc._n etc._n obser_n 2_o observatio_fw-la secunda_fw-la that_o the_o title_n of_o aberga_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la have_v descend_v with_o the_o castle_n etc._n etc._n william_n conqueror_n give_v the_o county_n of_o high_a guent_n backlune_n hamline_n de_fw-fr backlune_n unto_o hamline_n de_fw-fr backlune_n the_o son_n of_o drugo_n de_fw-fr backlune_n a_o norman_a which_o build_v the_o castle_n and_o priory_n of_o abergavenny_n and_o after_o assure_v the_o same_o to_o brian_n de_fw-fr wallingford_n son_n of_o eudo_fw-la earl_n of_o britain_n son_n of_o lucy_n young_a sister_n of_o the_o say_v hamline_n by_o who_o it_o be_v convey_v to_o walter_n second_o son_n of_o miles_n of_o gloucester_n brew_v tralt_n of_o glou._n brew_v 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