SUCCINCT GENEALOGIES OF THE Noble and Ancient Houses of

  • Alno or de Alneto.
  • Broc of Shephale.
  • Latimer of Duntish.
  • Drayton of Drayton.
  • Mauduit of Werminster.
  • Greene of Drayton.
  • Vere of Addington.
  • Fitz-Lewes of Westhornedon.
  • Howard of Effingham. And
  • Mordaunt of Turvey.

Justified by Publick Records, Ancient and Extant Charters, Histories and other Authentick Proofs, and Enriched with divers Sculptures of Tombs, Images, Seals, and other Curiosities.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

‘HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE’‘LUCEM TUAM DA NOBIS’

LONDON, Printed in the Year of Our Lord, MDCLXXXV. W. BURRELL

To my LORD, THE Lord HENRY, EARL of PETERBOROW, PEER of ENGLAND, LORD MORDAƲNT, Lord Baron of TƲRVEY, Groom of the Stole, and First Gentleman of His Majesty's Bed-Chamber, Lord High Steward to the QUEEN, Lord Lieutenant of the County of NORTHAMPTON, one of the Lords of His Ma­jesty's most Honourable Privy-Council, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the GARTER.

My LORD,

THE Love and Protection Your Lordship has ever shown to Letters and Antiquity, has long since demanded some return from the Melancholy Porers upon Wax and Parchment. Ours is not gay and enlightned like the Muse of Poetry: It may want Flattery, and Wit, but it is very Capable of Truth and Gratitude: We aspire not to the imitation of Oracles, foretelling Greatnesses that are to come, but in a heavy way, of pusling on old Cha­racters, revive dead Glories that have long been lost, and by a kind of Sacred Magick, salute Mens Eyes with the dear Images of Famous An­cestors. Your Lordship that has such a share in our Antiquities, cannot but delight to see several Famous Knights, whence You descend, enter this Nation with the Great Norman; and by their Valour win those Lands, which from them have devolv'd unto your Lordship: Nor will it [Page]be less pleasing to perceive a perseverance in those Virtues from their Suc­cessors, shewing on several Occasions, Magnanimity, Valour, Fidelity, Pru­dence, and other Effects of estimable Wisdom, and Generosity, that have so long preserved the Fruits of their first Labours to Your Lordship's use.

I am sure it will be agreeable to Your Lordship, at least so far as to procure Your Pardon for any Errors may have unwillingly fallen into the Endeavours of,

My LORD,
Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble Servant, ROB. HALSTEAD.

THE PREFACE.

THERE is here presented to the view of the Reader, a Genealo­gical Description of certain Ancient and Noble Houses; of which, though I have seen several Pedigrees deduc'd, yet they, being old, wanted those necessary and real Ornaments, the Curiosity and Learning of these latter times have afforded Com­positions of this Nature, there having been omitted in them, an insertion of proofs; the material Circumstance, which has only power to make considerable any effect of the Heroick Science. Wherefore these being Families in reality and truth, so rich in Records and Evidence, the Proofs of whose own Antiquity, with the Greatness and Splendor of their Alliances being so numerous, and so unquestionable, I have thought it a Debt to Truth and History, having come, through my Curiosity in matters of this kind, to a Sight and Knowledge of them, to be a means they should be expos'd unto the World, for the Entertainment and Instruction of such as may delight in things of this Nature, and the Honor of those Families that are descended from them.

But to prevent a Suspicion of any such affectation of Greatness, or Antiquity, as in others may have caus'd a Deduction of Genealogies, by corrupt and prostituted Art, from before the Conquest, before the Danes, before the Saxons, from some British or other Potentates, I desire it should be known, that I am an Antiquary by Inclina­tion, not Profession; that although I have purchased verity out of Ancient and Au­thentick Records, I sell no Fables from my own Brain, and less from the Phancies of others; that I esteem nothing but Truths, and those so much, as if any have lost their Proofs, though there I pity them, I use them not, but consider them as un­happy Orphans out of the Guard of their Parents, in a possibility at least to have been corrupted.

And truly the endeavours of many Artists to give specious beginnings unto Pedi­grees, whose heads by just Proofs they could not attain unto, has not only among the knowing brought the Science under much Scandal, but even prejudiced the Esteem and Opinion of those Families; the streams of whose Story, from the Impuri­ty of the Head, have been judged to be corrupted all along.

So as certainly, it is not the business of any Genealogy to be put to the hazard of blushing for a false Original, since those have been esteemed the Noblest Families, unto which a beginning could not be found at all; but that, as far as Truths could possibly be trac'd, have always continued in their Countries under a Noble Name, and Signa­lized in the Provinces where they lived; and that, when as by a Succession, lawfully proved, of between four and five hundred Years, they give to the top of a Pedigree a Gentleman of Name and Arms. It is enough not to have Him denied, that thence shall be so descended, through a Succession of Great and Illustrious Alliances, to be within the Highest Rank of Honour and Nobility. Therefore such as have so much truth for the Ornament of their Houses, and because some few have more, will have recourse to Fable for its assistance to a vain and unjust Ambition, deserve the insepara­ble reward of their Folly, which will be (the abuse being discover'd) to have, together with the Impostures, even the veritable part involved in Contempt and Disesteem.

For these reasons, there is not here pretended any primary Extractions from such suppos'd Originals, whence, like others, I should have been forc'd to bring them down by Invention, and not by Proof, introducing an Unfortunate Wanderer, Younger [Page]Brother, or Nephew unto some Unhappy Prince, that for a disastrous reason, fled his Country and chang'd his Name, because I can prove no such thing any more than many that notwithstanding their probabilities were less than those, which the large Rewards they received for their Services, the Noble kind of stile they used in their Donations, the Dignity that appeared in their Seals, and the Marks of their own great Bounties, would have afforded to the Concluders of an Extraordinary Great­ness, in the Persons of whom I am to treat, have yet taken pretence with much Ceremony and Ornament to abuse Tradition with such Romances.

But you shall be here presented with several Great and Famous Knights; most of which were Country-men, or Companions of the Conqueror, but all of them, Men notable for Valour, and Vertue, in the Reigns of those Princes under whom they flourished.

And now as concerning their Names, to manifest, they need not yield to the An­tiquity of any,Cambden's Remains in his Trea­tise of Sir­names, pag. 131, 135, 136, 137. You shall see what the Learned Cambden affirms; He says, That Sirnames, given for difference in Families, and continued as Hereditary in them, were used in no Nation anciently, but among the Romans, and were taken up in France and England only about the Conquest, or a little before, under King Edward the Confessor; and in Scotland not before that time, unto which the Learned of that Nation do refer the Antiquity of their Sirnames, although Buchanan doth suppose they were not in use in that Kingdom many years after: likewise he saith, That the better sort, even from the Conquest, by little and little, took Sirnames, so as they were not setled among the common people fully, till about the time of Edward the Second, but still varied according to the Father's Name, as Richardson, if the Father were Richard; Hodgson, if the Father were Roger, or in some other respect: And from thenceforth began to be established upon their Posterity.

This, he says, will seem strange to some of the English, and of the Scotish Nations, who, like the Arcadians, think their Sirnames as Ancient as the Moon, or at least to reach many an Age before the Conquest. But they that think it most strange, he says, will hardly find any Sirnames that descended to their Posterity before that time; neither have they seen, he fears, any Deed or Donation before the Conquest, but subsigned with Crosses and single Names in this manner, ✚ Ego Eadredus confirmavi, ✚ Ego Edmundus consolidavi: likewise for Scotland, in an old Book of Duresm, in the Charter whereby Edgar, Son of King Malcome, gave Lands near Coldingham to that Church, in the Year One thousand ninety seven, the Scotish Nobility, witnesses thereunto, had no other Sirnames than the Christian Names of their Fathers; for they Signed, ✚ Gulphi filii Memani, ✚ Culverti filii Donecani, ✚ Olavi filii Oghe. As for himself, he says, he never found any Hereditary Names before the Conquest, neither any that he knew; and yet both he, and divers of his acquaintance had pored and pusled over many an old Record and Evidence, to satisfy themselves therein. But he says, about the time of the Conquest he observed the very Begin­ning, as it were, of many Sirnames, which are thought very Ancient; whereas it may be proved, That their lineal Progenitors bore other Names within these Six Hundred Years. Warren and Mortimer, he says, are accounted Names of Great An­tiquity, yet the Father of them (for they were Brethren) which first bore those Names, was Walter de Sancto Martino. He that first bore the Name of Clifford, from his Habita­tion, was the Son of Richard the Son of Puntz, a Noble Norman, who had no other Name; and so having instanced in many, he concludes, he could exemplify in sundry more, which shortly after the Conquest took these Sirnames, when their Fathers had none at all, or else most different, whatsoever their Posterity do overwene of the An­tiquity of their Names, as if in the continual Mutability of the World, Conversion of States, and fatal Periods of Families, Five Hundred Years were not a sufficient continuance for a Name, when but very few have reached thereunto.

These are the words of the Famous Cambden, that Oracle of Antiquity, in his Treatise of Sirnames, amongst others of his Remains, which I have thought fit to set down, that the peruser of these my ensuing Genealogies, being prepossessed with a [Page]of what length of time can by Proof be afforded to any such pretence, there having been, assuredly, no Sirnames before the Conquest, may upon comparison be fit to make a Difference between what shall be here exposed, without other Ornaments than the unquestionable Truths their extant Evidences shall impose upon them, and those other specious Fables, which Fast and Flattery have produc'd to the Prejudice of ancient Probity, undervaluing of true Nobleness, and Scandal of the Heroick Science.

So there remains to speak but of the Etymologies or Derivations of these Names, which their great Age, and Continuance, has left very uncertain, having been taken up (as will be proved) among the first of Sirnames. I shall only offer, as grounds of a probable conjecture thereupon, That as Names were usually taken from Places, from Offices, from Actions, from Conditions of the Mind, Complexions of the Body, and sundry other means, as you will find in this rare Antiquary's Treatise thereof, and as Noble of the one, as of the other: So the marks between them seem to have been but the words of De and Le preceding; the first intimating the Derivation from a place either of the persons Possession, or of his Birth; the latter of an Office or occa­sional Sobriquet upon some incidence or action, which was in that beginning of Names amongst the greatest very usual; as for Example, whereas Jeffrey de Mandeville, Ber­tran de Verdun, William de Warren, and Roger de Mortimer, were so named from Pla­ces; William Le Marshall, Walter Le Steward, William Le Latimer, and Robert Le De­spencer, with other great Families, were of Offices; Hugh Le Bigot, Robert Le Man­duit, Hamon Le Strange, and Robert Le Blond, upon incidents of the Mind, the Man­ners of the fortune and of the Person, received livewise the Appellations which af­terward remained to their Posterity.

And thus, although a positive Derivation I shall not undertake to give unto the words, it may be supposed upon some like occasion to these latter, the Names of which we treat, did first arise, since they had in the Assumers of them the Additions of Le, or De, and all of them we find under these Appellations to have received from their Princes, their Parents, or their Relations, the Lands and Lordships of which they were first possessed, as shall, with the Succession of their Posterities, and their Inherited Houses, be herein demonstrated, and from them an uninterrupted Succes­sion, by which their Arms and Lands were engrafted into the House of Mordaunt. There shall be set forth the Arms that are ascribed to them, and which were born by their Descendants, the Actions they atchieved, the Dignities with which they were honoured, and the Lands and Lordships they did acquire, with divers of their Seals, Tombs, and Images.

I shall begin with the first Alliance, from whose Heir General there descended Arms and Land, the Description whereof I shall set forth to the Conjunction with the Pa­ternal House; after which shall be expos'd, in a Genealogical Line, the Arms of the Descent and its Alliances, whereunto shall succeed all the Proofs of the first House, and in the same Method, what concerns the rest of the Inherited Houses in their Order.

In the Ornaments of Arms and Distinctions in Heraldry, there may be in this Trea­tise a difference from what in some kinds is generally practised in this Country. But they being according to the use of those Nations, that at present in things of this Nature are very curious and refined, and altogether concordant with reason, and the proportion of things and qualities; I hope that difference will give occasion for no exception.

After all, in this Method I suppose that Men may find a certain way to perserve the Memory and Esteem of Ancient Families; as also that for any Advantage, or Pre­rogative, the House of Mordaunt is oblig'd but only to Vertue, to Antiquity, and to Truth.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY OF THE House of Alno or Alneto, Justified by Publick Records, Ancient and Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

To the House of Alno or Alneto, is ascribed for Arms Argent, a Lion Rampant Gules, charged on the Shoulder, with a Shield bearing Or three Martlets Azure.

PAINE of ALNO or de ALNETO, Lord of Turvey, Maydford, and other Lands and Lordships.

PAINE of ALNO or de ALNETO, was one of those Illustrious Adven­turers which came over with William Duke of Normandy, to the Conquest of England: in whose Service the Valour of our Hero prov'd so considerable, as in the Partition this Prince did after make to his Followers, he had allotted to him (for his share) several fair Lands and large Possessions, and among the rest, the No­ble Lordship of Turvey in the County of Bedford, with the Royalties and Priviledges belonging thereunto: As, the Advowson of the Church, the Jurisdiction of many Fa­milies that held thereof in Villanage, the particular Courts Leet and Baron, the right of Free-Warren and Free-Fishing for a long and great Tract, with those of Waifs, Strays, and Felons Goods; It containing in the whole, Four Thousand, Five Hundred, Fifty five Aeres of rich and fertile Land, with a Treasure of fair Woods growing upon the same. [Page 2]After that (to the disorder of the War) there had succeeded a Settlement in the King­dom, Paine of Alno did receive in Marriage (as the Crown of all his Virtue) Emelina de Burdet from the hands of her Father Sir Hugh de Burdet, another great Companion of this Conquest, and (as her Portion) the Town and Lordship of Maydford in the County of Northampton, being part of those Lands, which the said Sir Hugh had received for his Service from the Bounty and Acknowledgment of King William the First. This Family of Burdet was of great Antiquity, having possessed a very Honourable Rank in the Dutchy of Normandy, before the Conquest. For we find Sir William de Burdet Father or Ancestor to this Sir Hugh de Burdet, to be mentioned in that antient Roll, which con­tains the Names of all the Lords that owed Knights-Service to the Dukes of that Coun­try; and it had the Fortune for many Ages to produce men Famous and Renowned for Military Valour and Virtue.

Their Issue.
  • Henry of Alneto Lord of Turvey and Maydford.
  • Herbert of Alneto that was a Witness to a Charter whereby King Henry the First gave Lands to St. Peters and St. Maries in Exeter.

HENRY de ALNETO Succeeded his Father in his Lands and Lordships; for we find by a Charter which is extant, how be did confirm several Grants of Lands in Turvey, that had been given to the Church of St. James in Northampton, and to the Canons of that place by Robert the Son of Durand, and his Heirs, by his Brother Herbert, and by others. It appears that he gave to the Priory of our Blessed Lady of Luffield, within the County of Northampton, in the Forest of Whittlewood, one Messuage with the Appurtenances in the Town of Maydford. He married into the House of Lisors Lizures or de Lusoris, as is seen by a Deed, wherein Ralph de Caines does Witness, that he was present, when the Lord William de Lizures did give to Sir Henry of Alneto his Lands in Lichborow and Everton, to him and to his Heirs to be begotten on the Body of his Daughter Agnes, on Condition, That if it did so fall out as he should die without Issue of the said Agnes, they should then revert to him, and his lawful Successors. This William de Lizures was a great Baron at that time, Chief Forester of the County of Nor­thampton, and of so great Authority in that Country, as it occasioned a Letter to be written to him from Queen Elianor the Wife of King Henry the First, wherein she prays him for the Love of her, to protect one Malgerius a Monk, and his Followers, at that time retired within his Jurisdiction. He was the Son of the Lord Foulke de Lizures, that in the time of Henry the First, had the Custody of the Forests of Rokingham, Selveston and Huntingdon, and that was Heir to another William that came in with the Conqueror, and held by Baronage several great Possessions. We find no further of this Henry of Alneto, than that he left for the Support of his House and Succession,

  • Halenald of Alneto Lord of Turvey and Maydford.
  • Hugh de Alneto.

HALENALD of ALNETO, flourished in the Reign of King Stephen, and the Second Henry. He was a great Benefactor to the Monasteries of St. Needs and Caldwell in the County of Bedford, to which he gave several fair Possessions, for the good of his Soul, and those of his Father and Mother, whose Bodies he expresses did rest in the first of those places. He married the Lady Philippa of Pinkney, one of the Daughters of Gilbert de Pinkney, a very great Lord of that Age, and who held by Ba­ronage the Lordships of Wappiam and Wedon. This Gilbert being the Son of Ralph, the Son of Gilo, that came into England with so great Power in the Service and Company of King William the First. Of the Decease of Halenald of Alneto there is no mention, but he had Issue,

  • William of Alneto, Lord of Turvey and Maydford.
  • Hugh of Alneto.
  • Alexander of Alneto.

SIR WILLIAM of ALNETO, with Sir Adam de Bavent, and Sir Ranulph de Archis, Knights, as they are termed in the Charter, were Witnesses to a Deed made by Bartholomew de Crec, in the Reign of King Henry the Second, wherein he gave Lands to the Monastery of St. Osithes in Chich, for the Soul of Hervey de Glanvill his Mothers Grandfather. This Sir William, besides his other fair Possessions, held of Robert de Bea­mount Earl of Leicester, the Castle of Raunston, and it seems being a bold and active man, he happen'd to have so offended Ranulph, the great Earl of Chester, upon some of whose Jurisdictions he was a Borderer, as oblig'd that Earl in the memorable Agree­ment made between him and that forementioned Earl Robert, to insist upon the demo­lishing of the Castle of Raunston, and bringing of William of Alneto to a Tryal in his Court, if he should have cause of action against him, unless for the said Demolish­ment and endeavour of Tryal, William of Alneto should recede from his Fidelity to the Earl of Leicester. In which case he oblig'd himself to give him afterward no Pro­tection.

This William of Alneto was one of the Noble Knights that did Accompany King Richard the First in his Voyage to the Holy Land, for which we find he made very Ho­nourable preparations. Of his Success, or Return, we are ignorant; but after his Death it appears, that his Brother Hugh was oblig'd to Testify of the Dower and Marriage of his Wife, the Lady Joyce of Engain, who was Daughter of Richard, the Fourth Lord of that Family. This House of Engain or de Ingannio held Blatherweeke, Colon, and divers other Lordships, by the Tenure of Baronage. They were then, and many Ages af­ter, of great Power and Dignity in this Kingdom. It appears, She had afterwards a Difference with the Prior and Monks of Luffield, about a Wood called Harts-Grove, which was composed, according to the Expression of the Deed, by the Interposition of good men.

Their Issue.
  • Hugh de Alneto.
  • Alice of Alneto.
  • Sarah of Alneto.

HUGH the Son of Sir William of Alneto, did in his time become possessed of the Lordship of Turvey and Maydford, with the other Lands and Interest belonging to that Family. It may be conjectured he did never marry; certain it is, he left no law­ful Issue, his Estate coming to be inherited by his two Sisters, and there remains of him only a Testimony of his Continuance in that Piety, which was Hereditary to his Family, and his particular Addiction to the Church of St. Neods, by his large conces­sion of several Lands to that Monastery.

ALICIA the Eldest Sister of Hugh de Alneto, was the Wife of Eustace Mordaunt, and after the Death of her Brother, inherited the Moyety of the Noble Lord­ship of Turvey, and of all the Royalties and Priviledges that did belong unto it. By reason of the Division with Sarah of Alneto, the other Sister, that married Robert of Ar­dres, this Lordship continued after, for some years, under the Laws and Priviledges of two distinct Mannors; The one called Mordaunts-Mannor; the other Ardres-Mannor, un­til the fourteenth year of Edward the Third, at what time they were re-united by the Care and Industry of Robert Mordaunt, who did exchange with Thomas of Ardres, his Mannor of Shephale, in the County of Hertford, for the Lands and Mannors of the said Thomas in Turvey.

Their Issue,
  • William Mordaunt, Lord of Turvey, Radwell, Felmersham, Esthall, and Yerdley.
  • Agnes Mordaunt.

Concerning the House of Ardres.

AND now by reason of the Alliance of Robert of Ardres, and Eustace Mordaunt, proceeding from the Marriages of these two Sisters, and the Kindred that thence did after grow among their Descendants, I think it very proper, to mention the Ho­nourable Original of this Family in England, which after subsisted with much reputation here, for many Generations.

Arnold the Second called the Old, Lord of the Castle, Town and Territory of Ardres in Picardy, was a Nobleman of Great Renown, Reputation, and Authority; and that held his Lands with Sovereign Jurisdiction; making War on his Neighbours, and gi­ving Laws to his own Subjects at his pleasure, as may be found in the History of this Family, written by Andrew du Chesne.

At the undertaking of the Conquest of England, he was introduc'd by Eustace Earl of Bologne, with his Brother Sir Jeffrey of Ardres, into the Service of King William the First; who for their great and useful endeavours, bestowed upon them (besides their Stipends, and other considerable allowances) Stevinton, Dokesford, Tedford, Toleshond, and Hoiland, of which Sir Jeffrey of Ardres, did afterward exchange his part with his Brother Arnold, for the Land of Markisis in France; of which He, and his Descendants, had from that time their Appellations; and the Lands in England were left by Arnold Lord of Ardres, to his two Younger Sons, Elinantus, and William, who (as the History relates) were be­gotten of an English Virgin, during his aboad in this Kingdom: and it is certain, that one of these Lordships (particularly that of Stevinton) was enjoyed by this Family, their Descendants, under the Name of Ardres, many Ages afterwards.

  • PAGANUS DE ALNETO. To whom King WILLIAM gave the Lordshipp of Turvey And Hugh de Burdett 10th his daughter Emetina the towne of Maydford
  • HENRY de Alneto Ld. of Turvey Agness de Lisures
  • HERBERT de Alneto
  • ALAN de Alneto Ld. of Turvey Phillippa de Pinkney
  • HENRY de Alneto
  • [Page]HUGH de Alneto
  • WILLIAM de Alneto Ld of Turvey Ioyce of Engain
  • ALEXANDER de Alneto
  • ALICE de Alneto
  • EUSTACE de Alordaunt
  • HUGH de Alneto Lord of Turvey died without Issue

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of Alno or de Alneto, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of Alno or de Alneto.

Historiae Normannorum Scriptores antiqui, Pag. 1031.

Inter nomina Militum ferentium Bannerias in Normanniâ.

Fulco de Alneto.

In the same Book, Pag. 1040. under the Title of Feoda Normanniae, Ballia Pontis-Audomari.

Hugo de Alneto, tertium Militem.

In the same Book under the same Title, Pag. 1041. Milites de Honore Pontis-Audomari in Feodo Comitis de Mellent.

Johan. de Alneto tertium Militem Rex habet.

In the same Book under the Title of Scriptum de Servitiis Militum, quae de­bentur Duci Normanniae, Pag. 1046. in Feodo Moritonii.

Simon de Alneto ii. Milites, & ad suum Servitium, 4. Milit.

PAINE of ALNO, or de ALNETO, Lord of TƲRVEY, and of MAYDFORD.

Charta Pagani de Alneto.

EGO Paganus de Alneto, notum facio omnibus hominibus meis de Turveiâ, Quod dilecto meo Richardo Mansell, dedi & concessi in feodo, omnia Te­nementa Adami le Croile, sicut ipse Adam eadem (dum viveret) tenebat, quod ut firmum habeatur, praedicto Richardo tradidi praesentem Chartulam, Sigilli mei Charactere munitam. His Testibus, Stephano de Bidun, Galfrido Filio Ro­geri, Willielmo fratre ejus, Thomâ Kaun, Richardo filio Stephani, Herveyo de Sancto Georgio, Stephano de Bosco, Richardo Camerario.

Charta Pagani de Alneto.

PAganus de Alneto,
omnibus hominibus suis, tam Francis, quàm Anglicis, salutem.

Sciatis, quod Ego (assentiente Henrico filio meo) concessi dilecto meo, & fideli, Gerino de Sayfeild Scutifero, omnia Tenementa, quae Nicolaus Gerin, & Baldewinus Ribell tenuerunt in Turveiâ; sibi & Haeredibus suis, tenenda de me, & haeredibus meis, per Servitium duodecim sagittas reddendi annuatim ad Natalis Festum, pro omni Ser­vitio. His Testibus, Johanne de Escalers, Reginaldo de Papiâ, Roberto de Norho, Thomâ filio ejus, Stephano de Pixhull, Rogero Moly, Andreo Selvage, Roberto filio Thomae, Ricardo filio Roberti, Johanne Clerico.

Inter Fines de Rege Ricardo Primo.

Pagano de Alneto, Hugo de Burdet dedit villam de Maydford.

Charta Hugonis de Burdet.

HUgo de Burdet
omnibus hominibus meis, Francis & Anglicis, salutem.

Sciatis, me dedisse Pagano de Alneto, cum Emelinâ filiâ meâ, villam meam de Maydford, tam liberam quàm illam recepi, ex Donatione Domini mei Willielmi Regis, honorificè & haereditariè, ab omni servitio salvo quod ad Dominum Regem pertinet, sibi & Haeredibus suis, de dictâ Emelina exeuntibus, in perpetuum. His Testibus, Domino Stephano de Valoniis, Domino Ricardo de Lusoris, Ricardo de Alno, Thomâ filio Johannis, Ernulpho de Eggelfeld, Henrico de Bradden, Herveyo filio Ricardi, Ste­phano filio Thomae; Ricardo Camerario, Hugone filio Ernulphi, Johanne filio Pagani, Thoma Camerario, Willielmo Clerico.

Charta Pagani de Alneto.

PAganus de Alneto,
Omnibus hominibus suis & amicis, tam Francis, quàm Angli­cis, Salutem.

Notum sit vobis, me dedisse & concessisse (assentiente Uxore meâ Emelinâ, & Henrico filio meo primogenito) Herberto filio meo, pro homagio suo, Ter­ram meam in Lavendenâ, per Servitium tertiae partis Militis, liberè, quietè, & honori­ficè, pro omnibus Servitiis: quare volo & firmiter praecipio, Quòd praedictus Herber­tus habeat praedictam Terram de me, & haeredibus meis, cum omnibus pertinentiis praedictae Terrae pertinentibus, in omnibus rebus per praenominatum Servitium: & hanc Terram Ego Paganus de Alneto, & haeredes mei warrantizabimus praenominato Herberto filio meo, & haeredibus suis. His Testibus, Philippo de Clunes, Thomâ de Lichebury, Roberto de Cameris, Rogero filio Roberti, Willielmo fratre ejus, Philippo filio Rogeri, Radulpho parvo, Nicolao Beco, Thomâ de Bosumer.

Monasticon Anglicanum, Pars secunda, Folio 231.

To a Charter of King Henry the First, giving Lands to St. Peter, and St. Maries in Exeter, is a Witness,
Herbertus de Alneto.
Historiae Normannorum Scriptores antiqui pag. 1033. in the Catalogue of their Names that came over with the Conqueror,
Hugo de Burdet.
In eodem Libro.
William Burdet held Lands in Normandy, in Ballia de Bleville.
Burtons Description of Leicestershire, Folio 196.
Sir William Burdet undertakes a Voyage to the Holy Land, about the End of Henry the Second.
In eodem Libro, Folio 32.
Sir William, and Sir Robert Burdet, Served in the long Wars of King Edward the First.
In eodem Libro, Folio 197.
Sir Nicholas Burdet Governour of Eureux, and Chief Butler of Normandy, was Slain at the Battel of Pontoize.
In eodem Libro & in eodem Folio.
Thomas Burdet was Beheaded by King Edward the Fourth, for his faithful Friendship to George Duke of Clarence, under pretence of the words spoken concerning the Horns of the white Buck of Arrow.

HENRY of ALNETO, Lord of TƲRVEY, and MAYDFORD.

Charta Henrici de Alneto.

NOtum sit omnibus hominibus meis & amicis, Quòd Ego Henricus de Alneto concedo, & Sigilli mei munimine confirmo Donationem, quam Robertus filius Durandi, & Gilbertus Haeres suus, secerunt Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi de Northamp­ton, & Canonicis ejusdem loci, in perpetuam Eleemosynam, (scilicet) quatuor acras Terrae ad Pirum; propter quam Donationem, Canonici praedicti dederunt quatuorde­cem Solidos, sicuti Charta sua testatur. Praeterea confirmo praedictae Ecclesiae octo acras Terrae, & unam de Bosco, quas Herbertus Frater meus dedit praedictae Ecclesiae in perpetuam Eleemosynam, propter quam Donationem Canonici dederunt ei, & Uxori ejus (de cujus dote fuit illa Terra) viginti duos Solidos, sicuti Charta Herberti Domini sui testatur. Confirmo etiam dictae Ecclesiae, unam acram Terrae, quam Ricardus de Papiâ dedit Canonicis ejusdem Ecclesiae in Eleemosynam perpetuam, quae jacet in Pixhullâ juxta octo acras quas Herbertus dedit eis, propter quam dederunt eidem Ricardo duos solidos. Hujus Confirmationis sunt Testes, Willielmus Sacer­dos de Brumham, Ricardus Sacerdos de Turveiâ, Willielmus Sacerdos de Stevinton, Willielmus de Blosvillâ, Alexander Dalnod, Radulphus Mansell, Nicolaus de Staggesden.

Charta Radulphi de Kaines.

OMnibus Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Filiis, hoc Scriptum praesens visuris vel audituris,
Radulphus de Kaines
Salutem.

Sciatis, quòd obligatus ad respondendum non possum dediscere, quin praesens fui, quando bonae memoriae Dominus Willielmus de Lusoris, Chartâ quadam Authenticâ, Sigilli sui Munimine roboratâ, Dedit & con­cessit Domino Henrico de Alneto, Terras suas in Lichborough & Everton, sibi & hae­redibus suis, ex corpore Agnetae, filiae ipsius Willielmi procreandis, Eâ Conditione, Quòd si pervenisset, ut dictus Dominus Henricus obiret, sine haerede de corpore prae­dictae Agnetae procreatae, tunc Terrae istae redirent sibi, Domino Willielmo, & rectis haeredibus suis. In cujus rei Testimonium Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Widone filio Walerani, Radulpho filio Stephani, Nicolao de Overton, Willielmo de Stanford, Nicolao Serviente, Osberto Clerico.

Out of the Register of the Monastery of our Blessed Lady of Luffield, in the County of Northampton, within the Forest of Whittlewood.

Henricus de Alneto dedit ibidem, unum Messuagium cum Pertinentiis, Priorat. de Luffield.

In the forementioned Register of our Blessed Lady of Luffield, under the Title of Maydford, is thus contained.

Henry the Son of Henry of Alneto, Lord of Maydford, gave a Messuage, with the Ap­purtenances, in that place to Galfrid of Bradden, the Son of Henry of Norton. Witness, Sir Ralph de Blompton, Baldwin de Norton, William de Clairvall, William de Pinkney, Robert de Alneto, and others.

Charta Matildae Reginae.

MAtilda Angliae Regina,Monasticon dnglica­num, Pars prima, fol. 521. Vitali Ingannio, & Willielmo de Lusoris Salutem. Man­do vobis, & precor, ut pro amore mei deportetis istum Malgerium Mona­chum, & Servientes suos in Luffildam, quandò hoc est, quòd Rex ei ibi remanere con­cessit, & ità ut inde vobis grates faciam. Teste Episcopo Lincolniae apud Oxenford.

The Baronage of England, Pag. 597.

In the time of Henry the First, Foulk the Son of William de Lizures, confirmed that Grant which had been made by Roger de Stibington, of all his Tithes, to the Monks of Thorney, and in the fifth of Henry the Second, he had the Custody of all the Forests of Rockingham, Selveston, and Huntingdon.

By Alice his Wife, Sister of William de Auberville, he left William his Son and Heir, who gave two hundred Marks for the Forestership of Northampton, by which Office he was obliged to follow the King to his Wars, well provided with Horse and Arms, with his Horn hanging about his Neck.

Of this Family was Hugh de Lizures; by reason of whose Debts to the Chequer, King John in the Fourteenth of his Reign, Granted his Castle of Benefield in Comitatu Northampton, and all his Lands, with all the Stock therein, unto John de Bassingburn, for satisfaction of them.

Halenald de Alno, or of Alneto, Lord of TƲRVEY and MAYDFORD.

Charta Alnoti de Alnoto.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, Quòd Ego Alnotus filius Domini Henrici de Alnoto, Concessi & Dedi, & hac meâ Chartâ Confirmavi, Deo, & Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti, & Monachis ibi Deo rectè famulantibus, pro Animabus patris & matris meae (quo­rum corpora ibi requiescunt) & pro Salute mei, & omnium meorum, in perpetuam, puram, & liberam Eleemosynam in villâ de Turveiâ, tresdecem Acras Terrae de Do­minio meo, (scilicet) totam illam Terram, quae vocatur Gores; & totam illam di­midiam Virgatam Terrae, quam tenuit de me Ranulphus Butero; & illam quadran­tem Terrae, quam de me Gilbertus filius Gaufridi; & totam illam demedietatem Terrae, quam tenuit de me Radulphus Coquus: Quare volo, & firmiter praecipio, quatenus praedicti Monachi, praedictas Terras habeant, & in perpetuum possideant liberè, quietè, pacificè, & honorificè, in messuagiis, in terris, in pratis, in pascuis, in exitibus, in communitatibus & in omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis. Hi sunt Testes, Ewanus Clericus, Eustachius Capellanus Sancti Neoti, Rogerus Presbyter de Tur­veiâ, Robertus de Bid—, Willielmus filius Rogeri, Henricus frater ejus, Helias de Alnot, Henricus frater ejus, Radulphus de Sayfield, Rogerus de Escalariis, Johannes de Papiâ, Adam Caun, Willielmus filius Alexandri de Coldington, cum multis aliis.

Charta Halenaldi de Alno.

NOtum est omnibus tàm praesentibus quàm futuris, Quòd Ego Halenald de Alno, Dedi & Concessi, in liberam & perpetuam Eleemosynam, pro Salute animae meae, & meorum antecessorum, Deo, & Ecclesiae Sancti Johannis Baptistae de Caldi­well, [Page 9]& Canonicis Deo ibidem famulantibus, decem acras Terrae arabilis in Turveiâ, in Culturâ meâ, quae vocatur Swethmanstoching, coram me, & Roberto Priore de Caldewell, & pluribus aliis, per perticam mensuratas, quae jacent simul ex parte Occi­dentali, & ità, Quòd Ego, haeredesque mei, defendemus, & warrantizabimus hanc Terram eis, ut puram Eleemosynam, erga omnes homines; & concessimus, & war­rantizare debemus, ut liberè intrent, & redeant, ad praedictam Terram colendam, & indè portandam (sicuti voluerunt) absque damno bladi nostri; volo igitur, haec Con­cessio, & Conventio eis firma, stabilisque permaneat in perpetuum, & Ego Halinald id tenere Juravi, & praesenti Chartâ Sigilli mei Testimonio confirmavi: Quod si Ego, vel aliquis haeredum meorum, Donationem praedictam temerariè perfregerit, excom­municatus permaneat, quoad praedictae Ecclesiae Satisfactionem perfecerit. Hujus Do­nationis sunt Testes Nicolaus Archiaconus de Bedford, Robertus Clericus de Wilsham­sted, Magister Johannes Ascaneus Decanus, Bodin Decanus, Nicolaus Decanus, Ri­cardus Capellanus de Salden, & multi alii.

SIGILL HALENALDI DAVNO

Charta Halenaldi de Alneto.

NOtum est omnibus, tàm futuris, quàm praesentibus, Quòd Ego Halenald de Alno, fateor me recepisse, de Domino Henrico de Pinkney fratre meo, octin­gentas marcas legalis Monetae, ad liberandam Terram suam de Mortonâ, quae mihi pro tantâ pecuniâ obligata stabat, per Dominum Gilbertum Patrem ejus, quando Philip­pam filiam suam mihi dedit in Maritagium. De qua quidem Solutione, fidelitèr solu­ta, fateor me plenariè esse solutum; & praedictum Dominum Henricum de Pinkney, & quoscunque suos, per praesentes, in perpetuum fore quietos. In cujus rei Testimonium, praesentibus sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Henrico de claris Vallibus, Domino Thomâ de Blompton, Ricardo de Molesford, Nicolao Wac, Thoma filio Ricardi, Thoma de Finoden, Johanne Weston, cum multis aliis.

Inter Certificationes factas de Feodis Militum, per totam Angliam, remanen. in Scaccario.
Charta Alexandri de Alno.

DOmino suo, Regi Anglorum, Alexander de Alno Salutem, & Servitia. Praecepi­stis mihi, quatenùs vobis intimarem Servitium feodi mei, perinde vestra ratum habeat Reverentia, quomodo totum (quod feodi mei est) per Servitium unius Militis se defendit, & sic tantum Antecessores mei, vestris Antecessoribus fecêrunt. Item sciat ve­stra Dignitas, Quòd Ego post mortem Regis Henrici, nullum Militem feoffavi; Sed pater meus, fratri suo Hugoni de Alno, partem Terrae de suo Dominico dedit, ut si necesse esset, Servitium unius Militis faceret ad totam Terram patris mei defendendam; & ista Donatio ità fuit illi, & haeredibus suis, in tempore Willielmi Regis.

Baronage of England, Folio 556.

IN the time of King Henry the first, Gilo de Pinkney, gave certain Lands, lying in Wedon, in the County of Northampton, to the Monks of St. Lucian, at Belvare, in France. This Gilo had Issue Ralph his Son and Heir, who in the fifth of King Stephen, gave a Fine to the King, for Livery of his Fathers Lands. To this Ralph, Succeeded Gilbert de Pinkney his Son and Heir, who in the third, fifth, and sixth of Henry the Second, was Sheriff of Barkshire; and in the twelfth of Henry the Second, upon the Assessment of that Aid, levied for marrying the Kings Daughter, Certified his Knight-Fees to be, ex vetere Feoffamento, eleven in Number, and in those, de novo, three and a half. To this Gilbert, Succeeded Henry; to that Henry, Robert; and to him, divers others; until the time of that Henry de Pinkney, who made King Edward the first, his Heir, and enfeoffed him with all his Lands and Lordships.

Atlas novus, Pars Quarta, or Britannia Cambdeni, Folio 236.

ET inde Wedon & Napiham vidimus, quos Familia de Pinkney per Baroniam te­nuêrunt, donec Henricus de Pinkney, Regem Edwardum primum haeredem scripsisset, quem optimum Principem multi mali haeredem scripserunt.

Willielmus de Alnoto, or Alneto, Lord of TƲRVEY and MAYDFORD.

Charta Willielmi de Alneto.

SCIANT praesentes & futuri, Quòd Ego Willielmus, filius Halenaldi de Alnoto, Concessi, & hac meâ Chartâ Confirmavi, in perpetuam & liberam Eleemosynam, Deo, & Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti, & Monachis de Becoi, in eâ Deo servientibus, pro Salute mei, & meorum, Donationem patris mei, quam ipse fecit eidem Ecclesiae, de Terris illius hidae in villâ de Turveiâ, quae vocantur Muclepit, (scilicet) Tredecim acras, quae vocantur Gores de Dominio, & illam dimidiam virgatam Terrae, quam tenuit Rober­tus filius Ailmari, & in quadrantes Terrae, unam quam tenuit Radulphus Dulcere, & unam quam tenuit Gilbertus filius Gaufridi, & unam quam tenuit Radulphus Coquus, sic Charta Patris mei testatur; Quare volo, praedicti Monachi praedictas Terras habe­ant, & teneant in perpetuum, liberè, quietè, pacificè, & honorificè, cum omnibus il­larum Terrarum pertinentiis. Hi sunt Testes, Hugo filius Willielmi, Robertus de sancto Georgio, Robertus Persona de Hacley, Eustachius Capellanus, Ricardus Fran­cis, Willielmus Harell, Elias de Alnotho, Willielmus Igellry, Hugo de Alnotho, Jo­hannes de Wimbis, Bertramus de Gebrug, Marcinus.

SIGILLVM WILLI FILII HALENALDI DANO

The Baronage of England, Pag. 38.
In the Articles made between Ranulph Earl of Chester, and Robert Earl of Leicester.

MOreover, that Rauston-Castle should be demolished, unless Earl Ranulph should be otherwise content, and if any person should hold that Castle against the Earl of Leicester, Earl Ranulph to give his real Assistance for the destroying it.

That if Earl Ranulph should have cause of Action against William of Alneto, the Earl of Leicester should bring him to Trial in his Court, so long as he should hold any Lands of him; and in case the said William should recede from his Fidelity unto the Earl of Lei­cester, for demolishing that Castle, or for bringing him to such Trial in his Court, Earl Ranulph not to give William de Alneto any Protection.

Charta Willielmi de Alnotho.

EGO Willielmus de Alnotho, Dominus de Turveiâ, Notum omnibus fieri volo, Quòd dum arriperem iter Jerusalem, in Capitulo sancti Neoti constitutus, pro salute animae meae, & Antecessorum meorum Concessi, & hac Chartâ meâ Confirmavi, in perpetuam & liberam Eleemosynam, omnes Donationes, quas Pater meus & Avus, vel aliquis Parentum meorum aliquo tempore dederunt, & concesserunt, Deo, & Ec­clesiae sancti Neoti, & Monachis de Becoi in eâ Deo servientibus. Concessi etiam iisdem Monachis Decimas omnium Boscorum meorum, & Nemorum, consistentium in Tur­veiâ: Concessi etiam iisdem Monachis, summarium unum habere in Nemore, quod dicitur Hudwike, ad mortuum Nemus, & in meis aliis Nemoribus. Ut autem haec Concessio, rata & inconcussa permaneat, praesentem cartulam sigilli mei munimine roboravi. Data anno Gratiae M.C.XC. His Testibus, Willielmo Ruffo Vice-Co­mite de Bedford, Fulcone de Trailly, Thomâ de Lega, Stephano de Oreby, Gervasio de Hobrigg, Thomâ de Papiâ, Johanne de Elnesto, Ogero filio Stephani, Ernulpho Presbytero, Ricardo Dapifero.

Charta Hugonis de Alno.

IN Nomine sanctae & Individuae Trinitatis. Ego Hugo de Alneto notum facio prae­sentibus & futuris, Fratrem meum Willielmum de Alneto, in Uxorem accepisse Do­minam Jocosam de Engannio, & secundum Ecclesiae morem, ei Dotem assignasse Maydford, (videlicèt) cum principali situ, & totum Manerium cum omnibus Appen­ditiis, quam Dotem ipse in praesentiâ meâ illi recognovit. Prece igitur Domini Ricardi fratris ejus, pro honestate Dominae, & Honestatis ipsius Testimonio, praesentibus sigil­lum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Stephano de Bellocampo, Domino Tho­mâ de Kaines, Gervasio Le Fitz Nigell, Hugone de Deringhall, Ricardo de Bedford, Henrico de Billing, Stephano Forrestario, & multis aliis.

Charta Jocosae Dominae de Maydford.

JOcosa Domina de Maydford, Uxor quondam Domini Willielmi de Alno, Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, salutem. Noveritis, quod cùm querela ver­teretur inter Me ex unâ parte, & Monachos de sanctâ Mariâ de Luffield ex alterâ parte, super quaedam nemora quae sunt in Dominio de Maydford, quorum (videlicet) Nemo­rum unum vocatur Hartsgrove, & alterum vocatur Maydenwood, tandem bonis viris intervenientibus, compositum est in hunc modum. Praedictum Nemus de Mayden­wood, remaneat in Forrestâ, & vendetur, de Septimo anno in Septimum annum, & accipiemus, Ego & haeredes mei, post decessum meum, medietatem denariorum istius Venditionis, & Prior, & dicti Monachi alteram medietatem. Actum apud Maydford, Anno Gratiae, MCXCIV.

Hugo de Alnoto. Lord of TƲRVEY, and of MAYDFORD.

OMnibus Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae filiis,
Hugo de Alnoto, filius Willielmi de Al­noto,
Salutem.

Noverit Universitas vestra me concessisse, & praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmâsse, Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti, & Monachis in eâ Deo Servientibus, illam virgatam Terrae, quam tenuit Willielmus Faber, in villa de Turveia, & Messuagium cum Crosto, quod est juxta illud Messuagium, quod fuit Aliciae Camerariae, & illam quarteram terrae, quam tenuit Johannes, filius Roberti, filii Baldewini, quatuor acras, ad implementum praedictae quarterae, pro prato & Messuagio, quod ei deerant, (scili­cet) duas acras ad Kokesfort, quas Alicia Cameraria tenuit integras, sicut jacent, & duas acras in Langfurlong juxta Culturam, quae vocatur Hangre, ex parte Aquilonis. Has Terras Concessi, & confirmavi, praedictis Monachis tenendas, liberè, quietè, salvo Servitio Domini Regis. Insuper Concessi & Confirmavi jam dictis Monachis, illam dimidiam virgatam Terrae, quam tenuit Leverius Presbyter cum prato adjacenti, & cum omnibus ejus Pertinentiis, ita liberè, & quietè, integrè & plenariè, sicut ipse Leve­rius eam unquam, meliùs, liberius, & pleniùs tenuit, Reddendo annuatim tres dena­rios, pro omnibus Secularibus Servitiis, ad Servitium Domini Regis. Adhunc etiam Concessi & Confirmavi iisdem Monachis totam illam Culturam, in villa de Turveia, quae vocatur Mildelho, tenendam in liberam Eleemosynam, quietam ab omni Servitio, excepto Servitio Domini Feodi illius, (Scilicet) una libra Piperis, vel sex denariis; has autem Terras Concessi & Confirmavi saepedictis Monachis, in perpetuam Eleemosy­nam, per praescripta Servitia. His Testibus, Willielmo Rufo Vicecomite de Bedford, Fulcone Bamvill Subvicecomite, Bartholomeo de Lale, Willielmo de Sidenham, & Gaufredo, & Jocelino filiis ejus, Willielmo Daco, Johanne de Harcomada, Roberto de Sancto Georgio, Reginaldo de Baa, & Ricardo fratre ejus, Willielmo de Bretiville, Ricardo Frances, Willielmo aurifabro Magistro, Rogero Camberling, Georgio filio Michaelis, Johanne Curpell.

SIGILLVM HUGONI DAVNO

OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Hugo Prior de Sancto Neoto, & ejusdem loci conventus, salutem in Domino. Noverit univer­sitas vestra, nos Charitatis intuitu, Concessisse Domino Hugoni de Alneto, quod pro anima ejus & Uxoris suae, & Antecessorum suorum, & pro Animabus Benefactorum nostrorum, & omnium fidelium defunctorum singulis diebus, in perpetuum, primum de Monachis nostris, unam missam celebrare faciemus: promittimus etiam nos, hanc concessionem fideliter servaturos, subjicientes nos jurisdictioni, & coercioni Domini Ar­chidiaconi de Bedford, quicumque pro Tempore erit, ut ipse nos compellere possit, [Page 13]mediante justitia, ad praefatam concessionem observandum, si à praedicta, quod ab­sit, celebratione cessaverimus. Tantummodo per ipsum redditum, quem jam dictus Hugo dedit nobis in villa de Turveia, in perpetnam Eleemosynam, videlicet, per tres quarteras Terrae, quas Robertus miles, & Henricus Berner, quondam tenuerunt, & per illud Croftum quod Rodulphus, filius Gilberti, quondam tenuit in villa de Turveia, sicut Charta jam dicti Hugonis protestat. Et ut haec nostra Concessio, rata & stabilis, in perpetuum, perseveret, praesentem paginam sigillo nostro — roborandam. His te­stibus, Domino Johanne de Lega, Domino Thoma Capellano de Sancto Neoto, Do­mino Willielmo de Sancto Georgio, milite, Waltero de Sancto Ivone, Bogo Coco, Phi­lippo Portitore, & multis aliis. Actum anno Gratiae 1230. mense Januario.

Charta Hugonis de Alno.

SCiant tàm praesentes quàm futuri, quod Ego Hugo de Alno, Concessi & Demisi Gilberto Flandrensi decem acras Terrae meae (scilicet) de Lasscroft, quae jacent in­tra Boscum Del ho, cum omnibus pertinentiis, à Festo Sancti Michaelis proximè post mortem Henrici Regis filii Matildis Imperatricis, in decem annos, pro quadraginta octo Solidis, quos mihi dedit, & in fine decem praedictorum annorum recipiam Terram meam quietam; hanc autem Conventionem tenendam & warrantizandam, Gilberto, & haeredibus suis pro me, & haeredibus meis affidavi: & hoc sciendum est, si Gilber­tus infra Terminum praedictum in fata decesserit, praedictam Terram cui voluerit, at­tornabit. His Testibus, Ogo filio Ogi, Roberto de Lucey, Elio Clerico de Hinton, Adamo de Bedford, Asce Clerico de Bedford, Johanne de Curton, Willielmo de Bre­tivel, Stephano de Winchendon.

Charta Hugonis de Alno.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quod Ego Hugo de Alno Dedi, Concessi, & hac meâ Chartâ Confirmavi, Ricardo, filio Sarae Sororis meae, medietatem Terrae meae de Turveia, cum omnibus libertatibus & pertinentiis, tenendam, & habendam illi, & Haeredibus suis, vel cui assignare voluerit, praeter in Religionem, de me & haeredibus meis, liberè, quietè, & haereditariè, verè, & in pace, ab omni servitio, Salvo quod ad Dominum Regem pertinet, pro tanta Terra ejusdem Feodi; & ut haec mea Donatio, Concessio, & Confirmatio rata, & inconcussa permaneat, huic scripto praesenti Sigil­lum meum apposui. His Testibus, Eustachio Le Mordaunt, Willielmo de Blsvilla, Ogo filio Ogi, Simone Druell, Willielmo filio Roberti, Waltero de Norho, Radul­pho filio ejus, Ricardo Payne, Roberto Clerico.

Charta Eustachii Le Mordaunt.

NOtum sit omnibus filiis Matris Ecclesiae, & omnibus hominibus meis & amicis, tàm praesentibus quam futuris, quod Ego Eustachius Le Mordaunt, Dedi, & Concessi, consensu fratris mei Roberti, Aliciae Sponsae meae, in Durarium, totam Ter­ram illam, quam Osmundus, pater meus, tenuit in Wahull, & Servitia Nicolai Basset, Rogeri de Croc, Thomae, filii Stephani, & Roberti Pecham, & insuper medietatem Terrae meae de Radwell, & servitia Gerardi Fabri, Johannis Sporke, Ricardi Grisell, & Edmundi Beech, Salvo hoc, quod haeredi meo pertinet; & haec sibi dedi in Creis, postquam Lectum meum ascendit. Hujus rei sunt Testes, Dominus Hugo de Alno, Dominus Willielmus de Blosvillâ, Dominus Simon de Borheard, Robertus de Patshull, Girardus de Coudrey, Hugo de Delton; isti praedicti ad Sponsalia fuerunt. Isti sunt Testes de Creis, Osmundus, filius Philippae Dominae, Gervasius de Albeni, Gislebertus de Blosvilla, Stephanus Moly, Galfridus, filius Ewani, Robertus de Hacley, Hugo de Philgrave, Willielmus Venator.

Charta Eustachii Le Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quod Ego Eustachius Le Mordaunt, & Alicia Uxor mea, Dedimus, Concessimus, & hac praesenti Charta nostra Confirmavimus, Reginald, filio Simonis Le Brayeur, de Turveia, quadraginta acras Terrae nostrae, cum duobus Thoftis, & uno Messuagio, quae Simon, Pater praedicti Reginaldi, tenuit de Domino Willielmo de Alneto, patre nostro, in Turveia, habendas, & tenendas de Nobis & Haeredibus nostris, sibi & haeredibus suis, qui exibunt de Sibylla uxore praedicti Regi­naldi; reddendo inde annuatim nobis, & haeredibus nostris, ipse, & Haeredes sui, qui de praedicta Sibylla exibunt, duodecim Solidos pro omni servitio, nobis, & haeredibus nostris pertinente (scilicet) ad Pascham sex solidos, & ad Festum Sancti Michaelis sex So­lios, salvo forinseco Servitio Domini Regis, quantum pertinet ad tantam Terram ejus­dem Feodi, in eadem Villa: Ita tamen, quod si praedictus Reginaldus, & Sibylla, haeredes à se non habeant, praedictae Terrae, cum pertinentiis, praedicto Eustachio, & Aliciae, vel haeredibus eorum, sine molestia vel contradictione redeant. Ut autem haec nostra Donatio rata, & stabilis permaneat, praesenti scripto Sigilla nostra apposuimus. His Testibus, Roberto de Ardres, Simone de Blosvilla, Stephano de Lega, Johanne de Lega, Willielmo de sancto Georgio, Willielmo Mancell, Galfrido de Bosco, Petro Matherbe, Andreo de Aversham, Thomâ filio Stephani, Petro Camerario, Roberto Harlac.

Concerning the House of Ardres.

Histoire de la Maison de Gand & de Guisnes, par Andre du Chesne, Pag. 29.

ARnoal premier du nom, Seigneur d'Ardres, succeda Arnoal dit le Viel, fitz de luy, & de Mahaut de Marquise sa premiere femme, du vivant de son pere, il fut introduit par Eustache, Conte de Bologne, au Service de Guilliaume le Con­querant Roy d'Angleterre, qui en recompense de ses bons, & agreables Services, luy donna plusieurs belles terres en son Royaume.

Dans la mesme Histoire, Pag. 97.
Enfans naturells d'Arnoal 2d dit le Viel, Seigneur d'Ardres.

ELinant d'Ardres nasquist en Angleterre, au Temps qu' Arnoal son pere y demeu­roit suivant la cour de Guilliaume le Conquerant, & pour sa Valleur merita d'estre Honoré de l'Ordre de Chevallerie, Guilliaume d'Ardres fut aussi procree en Angle­terre, & faict Chevallier.

Preuves du livre troisieme de l' Histoire de la Maison de Guisnes, Pag. 149.
Quomodo Arnoldus, filius Arnoldi, acquisivit Terram in Anglia.

ARnoldus autem filius ejus, adolescentes jam exsuperans annos, in robur coepit crescere virile, & jam factus miles, patris sui Arnoldi per omnia mores sequens vestigia, à patre parum aut nihil in militiae gloriâ discrepare videbatur: Fuit igitur Ar­noldus, filius Arnoldi, miles in armis strenuissimus. Unde, & opitulante Boloniensi Comite, Eustachio, inter commilitones Anglorum Regis Willielmi, qui Angliam bello & armis, & in virorum viribus debellavit & acquisivit, annumeratus est primus, & ei plurimis servivit annis. Vocatus est autem, & ab eodem Rege Willielmo, Gaufridus, frater ejusdem Arnoldi, qui simul sub Hectorinae Probitatis Clypeo diutius ei servierunt. [Page 15]Servientes igitur ambo fratres, (Arnoldus videlicet & Gaufridus) jam dicto Regi, tan­tam ejus adepti sunt gratiam, quod (praeter quotidiana stipendia & munuscula, quae ipsis contulit, innumerabilia) contulit & eis, & in perpetuitatis concessit Feodum, Ste­bingtoniam, & pertinentias ejus, Dokesvuordiam, Tropintoniam, Ledefordiam, Toleshondiam, & Hoilandiam. Interim autem (dum in Anglia in Servitio Regis mo­ram faceret Arnoldus) tres filios, in tribus puellis genuit. Quarum Elinantus, & Wil­lielmus milites fuerunt.

Quomodo Arnoldus, senex, dedit Gaufrido, Fratri suo, Terram de Markisia, & Gaufridus reliquit ei partem Terrae suae in Anglia, Pag. 157.

ARnoldus autem, filius ejusdem Arnulphi Advocati, cognomento senex, vel vetu­lus, acceptâ satis prudenter de morte patris consolatione, Ardeae Dominus effe­ctus est, & Ardensis Ecclesiae praepositus, & commutatâ quantoties à fratre suo Gau­frido, & comparata, quam pro militiae servitio Munus, & Munium à Rege suprano­minato Angliae, in Anglia perquisierant, & simul acceperant, Terrâ; fratri suo Gau­frido, Terram Markisiae cum pertinentiis ejus (quae ex parte matris ejus ei contigerat) haereditario jure concessit habendam. Sicque Gaufrido & haeredibus ejus deputata est Markisia. Arnoldus igitur Ardeae factus Dominus, & Flandrensis Curiae compar & Socius, Flandrensem Curiam frequentavit, Flandrensium Nobiles quanto potuit studio honoravit, ut eorum Opitulatione Hinniacenses & Exclusenses ipsum — & perfidiae nefas dedignantes, & in illum contumaces, & rebelles apud Flandrensem Comitem maxime sibi acquireret.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY OF THE House of BROC: Justified by Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Armes of the House of Broc, were Argent, upon a Bend Sable, a Luer Or.

RANULPH de BROC, Lord of the Castle of Agenet, and Constable of the Castle and Honour of Saltwood.

SIR RALPH de BROC, Lord of the Castle of Agenet in the County of Suffolk, lived in the Reign of King Henry the Second, and by his Fortune, and his Va­lour, acquired a particular Interest in the Favour and Confidence of that King. After the disgrace of Henry of Essex, who was vanquished in Combat by Robert of Montford, by whom he had been Challenged, for having cast down the Kings Stan­dard, and fled at the Fight of Kinsilth in Wales, the Constableship of the Castle and Honour of Saltwood, having been confiscate, with the rest of his Estate and Offices, was by the Kings Bounty confer'd upon Sir Ralph de Broc, who had done remarkable Service in that Occasion; wherein after he had been sometime setled, it fell out, that the famous Becket (having left the Seals and Ministry of England, and become Archbishop of Canterbury,) began to competize with his old Master, from a pretended Sovereignty of Spiritual Jurisdiction. He did endeavour, not only to uphold all the pretences of the Church, to Powers that did much diminish the Authority of the Crown, but did stretch them to the utmost Rigour; and in matters, wherein his Predecessors had sub­mitted to the foregoing resolute Princes, he renewed old Claims, much to the displea­sure and discontent of the King. Among the rest he revived an ancient pretence of the See of Canterbury to the Castle and Honour of Saltwood, which Sir Ralph de Broc (for [Page 20]his own as well as the Kings Interest) did peremptorily oppose. From hence great and personal Enmities did arise between the Archbishop and himself, to that Degree, as the King (in the subsequent variances that fell out afterward between Becket and him) could reasonably find no man so proper to oppose unto his insolent Arrogance, as Sir Ralph de Broc, who had a Reputation and Interest in that County, Superiour to most of his time, and the Conscience of a Souldier, not apt to be puzl'd, or obstructed, with Scruples incident to men of milder Callings; hence it was, that he was made the man of Terrour, of Seizure, and Chastisement to the Archbishop, and all his Adherents, when their Endeavours were in Opposition to the King, and his Authority: and this was the reason of all the reprobate Characters he did receive, from several Monkish Authors of that time, which may be perused amongst the proofs. He died (notwith­standing) happy and safe from all their Censures, in the favour and service of his Prince, and in Marriage of a Lady called Damata, the Daughter of one William de Gorom; who (by the Stile of his Charter) appears to have been a man of much Dignity and Power in those days; from whom he received in free Gift, to him, his Wife, and their Heirs, the Land of Staplehurst.

Their Issue.
  • Robert de Broc.
  • Edelina de Broc, Married to Stephen of Turnam, a great Baron, and in much Authority in the Reign of King John, being at that time Seneschall of Poictou in the Kingdom of France.

ROBERT the Son of Ralph de Broc, at the Arrival of the Insolent Archbishop out of banishment, received early marks of his Revenge, and Indignation. For upon Christmas day, in the Seventeenth Year of King Henry the Second, we find he was Excommunicated by his own mouth, together with Nigell de Sackville, for some Offences pretended to have been done to that Prelate, during the late Contests: whose Death, soon after, Executed by certain Knights of the Court, set himself and his Family, out of the reach of his farther displeasure.

This Sir Robert de Broc became a famous Knight, and in much Employment under King Richard the First; in whose Reign (we find) he was stiled Marshal of England. He Married to his first Wife, Margaret of Beauchamp, or de bello Campo, one of the Daugh­ters of Richard de Beauchamp, who gave in free Marriage, besides other things, certain Lands and Rents in the Town of Chestersham.

His Second Wife was Margery de Crec; who becoming the Heir of Walter her Father, by occasion that her Brother William happened to suffer under the Laws; brought unto him the Forrestership of Cannoc, and the Lordship of Misterton, in the County of War­wick; which preferment was procured unto him by the particular favour of the King.

Issue by his first Wife.
  • Laurence de Broc.
  • Issue by his second Wife.
  • Margery Married to Hugh de Loges, to whom descended Misterton, and all the Lands of their Mothers Inheritance.

SIR Laurence de Broc flourished in the Reign of King John, and King Henry the Third, to whose Interests he did constantly adhere. The Reputation and Au­thority which he had in the Counties of Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntington, and Buckingham, were of no small use to the Affairs of the Crown, during the various Trou­bles of that long Reign. He augmented (notwithstanding) the Fortune left him by his Predecessors, having purchased the Mannors of Bridsthorn, Herdwick, and [Page 21] Wedon, from the Prior of Saint Saviours of Bermundsey, and received from Robert Mallet (a Lord of that Age) in Marriage with his Daughter Milicent, certain Lands in the Counties of Huntingdon, and Cambridge, on condition; That if they did not prove to the value they were asserted to be worth, their Deficiency was then to be made good, out of the Lands that were held by the said Robert Mallet, in Quenton, in the County of Buckingham.

Their Issue.
  • Hugh de Broc.

SIR Hugh de Broc succeeded his Father in his Lands and Lordships, and we find he followed the famous King Edward the First, in divers of his Wars, his Name be­ing upon the Lists of several Expeditions, which were made in that Reign, into Wales, Gascony, and Scotland. He Married Agnes de Montepiconis, a Lady descended from one of the most ancient and Noble Families that was among the Normans, as whose Pre­decessors had been Lords of the Honour, which bare that name, in the Dutchy of Normandy, and whose immediate Ancestor came over with King William the First, in quality of his Dapifer, or Sewer, an Office of Eminent Dignity, at that time, in the Kings House.

Their Issue.
  • Laurence de Broc.

SIR Laurence de Broc, Lord of Shephale, after the decease of his first Wife, whose Christian Name was Ellen, Married another Lady of the same appellation, that was the Daughter of Sir Ralph Pirot, and of Cassandra, one of the Heirs of the Famous Knight, Sir Giles of Argentine; who gave him the Mannor of Maudlins, and other Lands, as a Portion; to which end, a Fine was suffer'd, in the Thirtieth Year of Ed­ward the First. In the third Year of King Edward the Second, a Patent pass'd unto this Sir Laurence de Broc, to have Free-Warren, and all the Rights thereof, upon his Lands in Chessham, Aumondsham, Bridsthorn, Hardwick, and Wedon, in the County of Buckingham; and in the seventh of the same Reign, he Levied a Fine to his Son Ralph, and Elizabeth his Wife: He lived unto the Reign of King Edward the Third, and left to Inherit his Lands and Lordships,

  • Sir Ralph de Broc, Lord of Shephale.

OF this Ralph de Broc, or the Transactions of his Life, there remains little Testi­mony. So, whether he died early, or that the Evidences of them cannot ap­pear, by reason of the length of time, since the Alienation of these Lands, it is uncer­tain: but true it is, That in him did terminate this Name and Family; who having Married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir John Hussey, left no Male-Issue, and only three Daughters,

  • Joanne, Married to Thomas Rokesby, that died without Issue.
  • Elena, Married to Edmund Mordaunt, Lord of Turvey.
  • Agnes, Married to Sir Henry of Brussels.

ELena de Broc, was in the Seven and twentieth Year of King Edward the Third, Married to Edmund Mordaunt, that was Lord of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, and of divers other Lordships. She brought into his House, the Moity of all her Fathers Lands; there accruing to her Husband for her Share in Cambridgshire, half the Mannor of Mallots, with several Lands in Cambridge, Treversham, and Fulborn, in Buckingham­shire, divers Lands in Elsburg, Bridsthorn, Herdwick, Wedon, Chessham, and Aumondsham, with sundry other Lands in Hartfordshire, and the entire Mannor of Shephale.

Their Issue.
  • Robert Mordaunt, Lord of Turvey.
  • Sr. RANULPH de BROC Governor of the Castle of Agenet and Constable of the Castle & Honor of Saltwood. Damata de Gorum.
  • Edelina de Broc. Stephen of Turnam.
  • Sr. ROBERT de BROC Marshall of England and Forrester of Cannock. Margaret of Beauchamp.
  • Sr. Laurence de Broc Ld of Shephale. Milicent de Mallet.
  • [Page]Sr. Hugh de Broc Ld. of Shephale Agnes de Montepiconis.
  • Sr. Laurence de Broc Ld. of Shephale Elena de Pirot.
  • Sr. Rauf de Broc Ld. of Shephale Elizabeth Hussey.
  • Johanna de Broc Thomas Rokeshy
  • Ellena de Broc Edmond Mordaunt Ld of Turvey
  • Agnes de Broc Henry de Brussels

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE House of BROC: Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE House of BROC.

RANULPH de BROC, Lord of the Castle of Agenet, and Constable of the Castle and Honour of Saltwood.

Hollinshead, Page 89, 60.

THE Earl of Leicester therefore Landing at Walton, the 21. of September, pas­sed thorough the County, at Fremmingham; where he was received of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk: and, after that another Fleet of Flemmings were arrived for their Aid, they went to Ipswich: where, when they had re­mained a few days, and augmented their Forces, by certain Bands of Men of War, that belonged to Earl Bigod, they went to the Castle of Agenet, that belonged to Ralph de Broc, which they took, spoiled, and burned, and then returned to Frem­mingham.

Doctor Powells History of Wales, Page 207.

IN this first Voyage of King Henry, against the Welshmen, he was put in great dan­ger of his Life, in a Streight at Counsilth, not far from Flint; where Henry of Essex, whose Office, by Inheritance, was to bear the Standard of England, cast down the same, and fled: which thing encouraged the Welshmen, in such sort, that the King, being sore distressed, had much ado to save himself; and (as the French Chronicle saith) was fain to Flee: of whose part Eustace fitz John, and Robert de Courcey, Two Worthy Knights, with divers other Noblemen and Gentlemen, were Slain.

Hollinshead, History of England, Page 67.

THose which escaped in returning back, not knowing that the King passed through the Streights without danger, declared to their Fellows that followed, and were approaching to the said Streights, that the King and all the residue was lost. These News so discomforted the Companies, that Henry of Essex, that bore the King's Stan­dard, by right of Inheritance, threw down the same, and fled; which dishonourable Deed was afterwards laid to his Charge, by one Robert de Montford; with whom (by Order of the King) he fought a Combat in Tryal of the Quarrel, and was overcome: but yet the King qualifying the rigour of the Judgment, by mercy, pardoned his Life, and appointed him to be Shorn a Monk, and put into the Abby at Reading, taking his Lands and Possessions into his hands, as forfeited.

Villare Cantianum, Folio 298.
Concerning the Castle and Honour of Saltwood.

THere was here formerly a Magnificent Castle, which time hath much demolish­ed, and a Park well stored with Deer, now vanished and gone. Many Man­nors in this Tract are held thereof, by Knights Service, which justly made it accounted, [Page 26]and called, an Honour. In the time of King Henry the Second, Henry of Essex, Baron of Raleigh, Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports, pro tempore, and the King's Standard-Bearer, by Right of Inheritance, held this Castle of the Arch-bishop: Who, having in a light Skirmish against the Welsh, in Flintshire, not only cast away his Courage, but his Standard also, was appealed of High Treason; and, in a Legal Duell, vanquished by his Challenger; and being possessed with Regret and Shame, contracted from his Defeat, shrowded himself in a Cloister, and put on a Monk's Coul; forfeiting a goodly Patrimony and Livelihood, which was Escheated to King Henry the Second.

Charta Regis Henrici Secundi.

HENRICUS, Rex Angliae, & Dux Normanniae & Aquitaniae, & Comes Ande­gaviae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Viceco­mitibus, Ministris, & Fidelibus suis totius Angliae, Salutem.

Sciatis me Dedisse & Con­cessisse Ranulpho de Broc, Officium Constabularii, in Castro & Honore de Saltwood, cum omnibus Libertatibus & Proficuis eidem Officio pertinentibus, Tenendum sibi pro toto tempore vitae suae: Quare volo & firmitèr praecipio quòd ipse hoc praedictum ha­beat, & teneat, bene, in pace, honorificè, & liberè, sicut illud unquàm Henricus de Essex meliùs & liberiùs tenuit. Testibus, Ricardo de Humet, Constabulario, Roberto Marmion, Widone de Sancto Walerico, Willielmo de Porth, Gerardo de Camvillo, Manasero Bisset, Dapifero.

Historiae Anglicanae decem Scriptores, Page 1314.

QUAe etiam tunc temporis Ecclesia habuit, cum tempore exilii Sancti Thomae, Tyrannus ille Radulphus de Broc, ex praecepto Regis custodiret Episcopatum.

Historiae Anglicanae decem Scriptores in Chronica Gervasii, Page 1398.

REX autem Angliae, Henricus, admodum & supra modum iratus, eo quòd ipse in Nuntiis suis, & Petitionibus, tàm à Rege Franciae, quàm à Domino Papâ esset repulsus, jussit, furore plenus, res & reditus Archiepiscopi, & omnium suorum confi­scari; totámque Cognationem suam, & omnes qui, cum quovis Titulo, contingebant, exilio damnari: nulli igitur Statui, Fortunae, vel Ordini, ista crudelitas pepercit. Nam Mulieres in puerperio decumbentes, pueri quoque jacentes in Cunis, acti sunt in Exili­um: Senes, cum Junioribus propulsi sunt, domibus eorum & rebus, in exterminium datis: adulti quoque coacti sunt jurare, quòd absque diversione, vel diverticulo, Pon­tiniacum peterent, & Archiepiscopo suo, Regis autem proditori, se praesentarent; ut ipse solus, tot angustias Cordis sustineret, quot, causa sui, coexules egentes viderit. Pro­cessit ulterior furor immanis; nam publicè terrore Laicae prohibitum est, ne quis eum (non dico, Donis, vel Scriptis) visitaret; sed ne quis, pro eo, in Anglicanâ Ecclesiâ, oraret. Exercebantur istae & hujusmodi Enormitates, per quendam filium Perditionis, Ranulphum de Broc, quem Rex, ad custodiendum, imò ad destruendum, commenda­verat Archiepiscopatum. Hac itaque acceptâ potestate, associatis sibi nequioribus, se circumquaque grassabantur. Oderat enim Archiepiscopum ex antiquo, ideóque crudeli­tate non poterat satiari.

In eadem Chronica Gervasii, Page 1414.

ERant autem hi quatuor, Generis Nobilitate conspicui, militiâ praeclari, & Regi ad­modum familiares, ut Socii, quorum Nomina sunt haec; Reginaldus, filius Ursi, Willielmus de Tracy, Ricardus Brito, Hugo de Morvillâ; cum festinatione nimiâ de­scenderunt praedicti quatuor milites ad Mare, & sine impedimento aliquo, vel morâ transpositi, applicuerunt juxta Dovariam, in loco qui portus Canum appellatur, gloria­bantur admodum de tam facili transitu, ut si Deo, malignitatis suae placeret conspiratio, [Page 27]adeóque liberum eis praeparasset introitum, noctem illam in Castro de Saltwood (quod erat in Custodiâ Ranulphi de Broc) duxerunt insomnem.

Charta Willielmi de Goram.

OMnibus hominibus suis & amicis, tàm Francis quàm Anglicis, tàm futuris quàm praesentibus,
Willielmus de Goram,
Salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse Terram meam de Staplehurst, Terram illam quam teneo de Willielmo Comite, Ranulpho de Broc, & Damatae, filiae meae, & haeredibus eorum, tenendum, tam liberè, & quietè, quàm illam Ego teneo, de praedicto Willielmo Comite, (scilicèt) Servitium faciendo dimidiae partis unius militis. His Testibus, Gervasio, filio Bernardi, Henrico, filio Thomae, Wil­lielmo de Harlec, Alano de Criol, Stephano de Poisoter, Henrico de Bertsted, Roberto Selvage, cum multis aliis.

Charta Damatae de Broc.

SCiant tàm futuri quàm praesentes, Quòd Ego Damata, Uxor quondam Domini Ranulphi de Broc, & Robertus de Broc, filius meus, fuimus in illo loco, in quo dictus Ranulphus, vir meus & Dominus, dedit Fulconi de Bollard, Terram suam in Combdenâ, in feodo & haereditate, cum omnibus pertinentiis, tenendum ab eo & hae­redibus suis: & homagium suum cepit, & accipitrem quandam, in recognitionem, ei dedit, Servitio quartae partis militis. Ego vero Damata, & Robertus, filius meus, hanc Donationem, per istam Chartam, confirmamus, & concedimus petitionem Fulconis de Bollard. Testibus, Willielmo de Sanctâ Mardaliâ, Roberto de Bethrinden, Tho­mâ de Harlebec, Ricardo de Auberville, Henrico de la Hyde, Roberto de Ham, An­dreo, filio Thomae, Stephano Tore, Johanne Clerico.

Inter Placita coram Concilio Regis, die Sancti Johannis Baptistae, in tres Septimanas, anno vigesimo Septimo Henrici Tertii, Rotul. 20.

EDelina de Broc opponit versus Sibyllam de Broc, quòd tenebat Finem, factum apud Winton. Tempore Regis Johannis, inter ipsam Sibyllam, & Stephanum de Turnham, & ipsam Edelinam, de rationabili parte, quae clamat versus ipsos, Ste­phanum & Edelinam, de haereditate Ranulphi de Broc, Patris Edelinae & Sibyllae, & de rationabili parte Sibyllae, quam ipsa clamat versus eosdem Stephanum & Edelinam, de totâ haereditate Damatae de Goram, matris ipsorum Edelinae & Sibyllae, & Sibylla non venit.

Baronage of England, Page 663.

I Come now to Stephen of Turnham, Brother of the forementioned Robert. This Ste­phen ratified his Fathers Grants, to the Canons of Combwell, for the health of the Souls of King Henry the Second, King Richard the First, his own Soul, and the Soul of his Wife. In the three and thirtieth of Henry the Second, this Stephen, being Seneschal of Poictou, observing that the King of France had won Four Castles, belonging to the King of England, and thereupon marched to Maine, with purpose to gain it by as­sault, set fire upon the Suburbs: by which means the Flames getting over the Walls, almost consumed the whole City. In the Sixth of King John, with Edelina his Wife, he had Livery of the Mannor of Fealburgh, in the County of Southampton, which was the inheritance of Damieta, her Mother, then Deceased; but departed this Life, in the Six­teenth of that Kings Reign: for then did the same Edelina, his Widow, give Sixty Marks, and one Palfrey, for liberty to Marry with whom she should like best.

Robert de Broc, That was Stiled Marshal of England, and Forrester of Cannoc.

Rogerus de Hoveden, parte posteriori, Pag. 299.

BEatus verò Thomas, Archiepiscopus, eo die, Cantuariae residens, post Sermonem, ad populum, factum, excommunicavit Robertum de Broc, qui die praecedente amputaverat caudam Sommerii sui.

Imagines Historiarum, Authore Radulpho de Diceto, Page 555.

DIE Natalis Domini, Thomas, Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus, Sermonem habi­turus ad populum, ascendit in Pulpitum: Sermone completo, orationibus con­suetis (scilicèt) pro Domino Papâ, pro Rege, populique salute, fusis ad Dominum; Nigellum de Sackville, Robertum quoque de Broc, qui Equam quandam ipsius Archi­episcopi, ad dedecus & ignominiam ejus, decurtaverant, accensis candelis solemniter excommunicavit.

Charta Roberti de Broc.

NOtum sit omnibus Sanctae Ecclesiae Fidelibus, tàm praesentibus quàm futuris, Quòd Ego Robertus de Broc, pro salute meâ, & Margaritae, Uxoris meae, Domini Ranulphi de Broc, patris mei, & Laurentii, filii mei; & pro animâ Domini Ricardi de Bellocampo, patris Margaritae, Uxoris meae, Dedi Ecclesiae Sancti Pauli, de Newnham, & Canonicis regularibus, ibidem Deo servientibus, Ecclesiam meam de Ravensden, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis: & praecipio quòd de me, & haeredibus meis, aeternè, in pace teneant. His Testibus, Domino Stephano de Turnham, Domi­no Roberto de Lega, Domino Thomâ Basset, Eliâ, filio Ricardi, Johanne, filio Ste­phani, Gervasio de Ambly, Thomâ de Stowbridge, Willielmo, filio Willielmi, Ni­colao, filio Rogeri, Andreo Clerico.

Antiquities of Warwickshire, Page 347.
Speaking of Walter de Broc, Lord of Chesterton.

TO this Walter succeeded William, his Son and Heir, who gave to the Monks of Radmore, in the same Forrest of Cannoc, (afterwards translated to Stonly) all his Lands in Werly, in the County of Stafford. In Consideration whereof, he was made partaker of the whole benefit of the Cestertian Order, and promis'd that his Body should have Sepulture in their Monastery. On the Canons of Killingworth he confer'd the Church of Chesterton, and granted to the Knights Templars, a Yard Land, in this Lord­ship: but ill fate attended him: for he suffer'd under the hand of Justice, though for what appears not. Whereupon the Lands were Seized into the Kings hands; who gave them in Marriage to one Robert de Broc, being a man of note in his days: For he is stiled Marescallus Angliae, & Forrestarius de Cannoc: who gave to the Monastery of Stonly, a Messuage, and half a Yard Land, lying in Radway, in this County; and died in the Fifth Year of Richard the First: leaving Issue, Margery, his Daughter and Heir, Married to Hugh de Loges; who, in the Seventh of that King, paid sixty Marks Fine towards raising that great Sum of Money, for the Kings Redemption; for which he had the Custody of the Forrest of Cannoc, with his House of Grimbaldsdon.

Sir Laurence de Broc, Lord of Shephale.

Charta Domini Roberti Mallet.

ROBERTUS MALLET,
omnibus hominibus & amicis suis, Salutem;

Scia­tis me, memetipsum, & haeredes meos obligâsse, perfacere Laurentio de Broc, in libero maritagio cum Milicentâ filiâ meâ, ducentos solidatos Terrae, in loco com­petenti ex illis quos teneo, in Comitatibus Cantabrigiae & Huntingdoniae, sibi & haere­dibus suis de dictâ Milicentâ filiâ meâ exeuntibus: & hoc erit circa Festum beatae Mariae Virginis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici, Vigesimo Septimo. Et si Ego Robertus Mallet, vel haeredes mei, praedictos ducentos Solidatos Terrae, in iisdem Comitatibus, praedicto Laurentio de Broc, & haeredibus suis de dictâ Milicentâ filiâ meâ exeuntibus, warranti­zare non possumus: Ego Robertus Mallet & haeredes mei, faciemus praedicto Lauren­tio de Broc, & haeredibus suis, de Terris meis in Quenton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ad Valorem praedictorum ducentorum Solidorum reditus, in Comitatibus Cantabrigiae & Huntingdoniae. Quare volo, & firmiter praecipio, Quòd praedictus Laurentius de Broc, & haeredes sui, de Milicenta filia mea exeuntes, habeant & teneant praedictos du­centos solidatos Terrae, benè, in pace, liberè, & quietè, integrè, & honorificè in per­petuum. Et ut haec mea Donatio & Concessio rata sit, & stabilis in posterum, prae­sentem Chartam, sigilli mei appositione, roboravi; His Testibus, Domino Waltero de Patshull, Stephano de Lega, Thoma de Grimbald, Nicolao de Bello Campo, Ger­vasio, filio Reginaldi, Matthaeo de Paddington, Johanne de la Mole, Willielmo, filio Johannis, Thoma de Erdley.

Inter placita coram Concilio Regis, à die Sancti Johannis Baptistae, in tres septimanas, Anno vi­gesimo septimo Henrici tertii Regis — Hunt.

ROBERTUS MALLET venit & convenit, quod dedit Laurentio de Broc decem libratas Terrae, per extentum Domini Regis, in Huntingdonia, & in Cantabrigia, & sinon erit tantum ibidem, habebit in Quenton, in Comitatu Buck­inghamiae.

Out of an Antient Manuscript among the Evidences of the Earl of Peterborow.

LAURENTIUS de BROC perquisivit decem marcas reditûs, in villis de Brid­sthorne, Herdwick, & Wedon, de Priore Sancti Salvatoris, de Bermundseya, te­nendas de dicto Priore, pro uno clavo Garyophylli, pro omnibus servitiis.

Inquisitio post mortem Laurentii de Broc.

INquisitio apud Cestresham, in Comitatu Bucks, die Lunae post Festum Epiphaniae Domini, Anno tertio Edwardi primi. Laurentius Brook nihil tenuit de Domino Rege die quo obiit, sed tenuit duas virgatas Terrae in Cestresham, de Comite Oxoniae, pro tricesimis septimis denariis, & valent quinque Marcas. Item tenet unam virgatam, videlicet de Terra & Bosco, de haeredibus Rogeri Syfrewest, per tredecim denarios, & valet quadraginta solidos, per annum. Item tenet centum solidos reditûs de Abbate de Redyng, in eadem villa, pro uno denario annui reditûs. Item tenet in eadem villa unam Virgatam Terrae, de Domino Stephano de Cheyndut, pro una Marca per an­num. Item tenet in eadem villa unum Molendinum de Andreo Bakewell reddendo per annum, unum denarium. Idem Laurentius coepit quindecim solidos annuatim de Ab­bate de Mussenden pro uno Molendino, dicto Painesmill, in eadem villa. Item tenet in eadem dimidiam virgatam Terrae, de praedicto Abbate de Mussenden, pro uno de­nario per annum. Item tenet quatuor acras prati, ex haeredibus Johannis de Canne, in villa de Agmondesham. Item tenet quadraginta solidos Reditus, in villa de Cestre­sham, [Page 30]de Ricardo de Bello Campo, & inde nihil solvit, quia primo provenit de lb ero Maritagio. Item tenet unam virgatam Terrae, de Henrico Bune, in villa de Agmon­desham pro uno pari Calcarium deauratorum, vel sexdecim denariis. Item tenet di­midiam virgatam Terrae, de Domino Willielmo de Derneford, in parva Mussenden, pro uno denario per annum. Item tenet sex marcas annui reditûs, de Nicolao Cantilupo, in Esslebreg, pro uno clavo Garyophylli per annum. Item tenet decem marcatas annui Reditûs de Priore de Bermondsey in Wedon, Herdwic, & Brydesthorne, pro uno de­nario per annum. Item tenet unam Carucatam Terrae, de dicto Willielmo de Bello Campo de Bedfordia in Southcote, pro una Rosa per annum. Item tenet quadraginta so­lidos annui reditûs, de Galfrido de Lucy, apud le Grane juxta Lecton, pro denario per annum. Item tenet de Comite Warrenae viginti sex acras Terrae apud Weng, pro uno pari Chirothecarum. Item tenet unam Carucatam Terrae, de Johanne de Brook, apud le Brook per decem solidos. Item tenet de Johanne de Bune in Denham sexdecim soli­dos & quatuor denarios per annum, pro uno pari Calcarium deauratorum, & sex de­nariis per annum. Item tenet octodecim acras Prati apud Quenton, de Roberto Mal­let, pro uno pari Chirothecarum; & dicunt quod quidam Hugo de Brook est filius pri­mogenitus & haeres propinquior praedicto Laurentio, & plenae aetatis.

Sir Hugh de Broc, Lord of Shephale, Maudelins, and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Hugonis de Broc.

EGO Hugo de Broc, Dominus de Shephale, notum facio praesentibus & futuris, quod dedi, & concessi, & hac praesenti Charta confirmavi, Roberto de Tarre­vil, consanguineo meo, unum annualem reditum decem marcarum legalis Monetae, percipiendum annuatim, ex omnibus Terris & tenementis, reditibus & servitiis meis, quae habeo in villis & Campis de Herdwick, Wedon, & Bridsthorne, percipiendum ad duos anni Terminos (videlicet) ad Festum sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Annuncia­tionis beatae Mariae Virginis, per aequales portiones. Et si contingat praedictum annua­lem reditum decem Marcarum, à retro esse, in parte, vel in toto, per unum mensem, post aliquem terminum praedictum, tunc benè licebit praedicto Roberto de Tarrevill, in omnibus praedictis Terris, tenementis, reditibus & servitiis, cum omnibus suis per­tinentiis, distringere, & districtiones retinere, donec de dicto annuali reditu plenariè fuit sibi satisfactum. Et Ego Hugo de Broc, & haeredes mei, praedictum annualem redi­tum decem Marcarum, in forma praedicta eidem Roberto de Tarrevill, ad totum ter­minum vitae suae, contra omnes gentes warrantizabo & defendam. In cujus rei Testi­monium huic praesenti Chartae sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus.

SIGILLVM DNI HVGONIS DE BROC

Charta Agnetis de Broc.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quod ego Agnes de Broc dedi, & concessi, & hac praesenti Charta confirmavi Margaritae de Broc, filiae meae, sex virgatas terrae, cum perti­nentiis, in villa de Berkhamstead, quas Hugo de Montepiconis pater meus, quondam emit de Willielmo de Lamburne, & mihi, inter alia, dedit in liberum Maritagium, tenendas & habendas sibi, & Haeredibus suis, de me, & haeredibus meis, liberè, quietè, benè, & in pace, in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim, ipsa, & haeredes suae, mihi, & haeredibus meis, unum denarium, ad Festum Nativitatis sancti Johannis Baptistae, pro omnibus servitiis, sectis curiarum, wardis, releviis, & omnibus aliis secularibus ex­actionibus, quae contingere possint. Et ego verò dicta Agnes & haeredes mei dictas sex virgatas terrae, cum pertinentiis, dictae Margaritae, contra omnes mortales per prae­dictum servitium in perpetuum warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & defendemus: Et ut haec mea donatio, concessio, & praesentis Chartae meae confirmatio perpetuae firmi­tatis robur obtineant, praesentem chartam, Sigilli impressione roboravi. His Testi­bus, Waltero de Baud, Thoma de Udon, Ricardo de Goldingham, Thoma filio Pe­tri, Stephano Pevere, Andreo Boxtead, Roberto Sigill, Oliverio Sutton, Petro de Stevenage, Willielmo Clerico.

S. DNAE AGNETIS BROC

Odericus Vitalis, Pag. 1047.
Scriptis de servitiis militum, quae debentur Duci Normanniae.

HUgo de Montepiconis tres milites, & ad suum servitium duodecim, de Honore de Montepiconis, Garimus de Glapion habet.

Odericus Vitalis, Pag. 585.

RAdulphus de Montepincionis, Dapifer Guilielmi Magni Regis Anglorum, se ex toto fideliter sancto Eberulpho devovit, & à Domino Manerio Abbate suppli­citer postulavit, ut aliquis in Uticensi coenobio Clericus ad Dei servitium idoneus, ad Monachatum susciperetur, qui pro salute ipsius, conjugis (que) suae, Deum fideliter de­precaretur, quod & factum est. Nam Dei nutu tunc oppetebat Monachatum qui­dam Rhemensis Scholasticus, nomine Johannes, qui ad Curiam Regis ductus, prae­dicto militi suas concessit orationes, & quos pro Christo passurus erat labores. Ille verò super hoc exhilaratus, palàm cunctis pedes ejus humiliter est osculatus. Deinde Mona­chi praedictum Johannem libenter susceperunt, eoque suscepto valde laetati sunt, quia grammaticae Artis erat peritus, bonisque studiis usque ad senium pertinaciter intentus. Praefatus Heros ad victum ejus perenniter dedit sancto Eberulpho, decimam quinque molendinorum, trium (scilicet) de Jort, & quarti loco qui Hurtavent vulgo dicitur, & quinti, de Montepincionis, duasque garbas decimae, villanorum de Galdreflogiis, me­dietatemque decimae de Spanaio, & apud Ermentrudis villam duas acras prati.

A Fine suffered for the Mannour of Maudelins.

HAec est finalis concordia, facta in Curiâ Domini Regis, apud Eboracum, à die Sancti Martini, in quindecim dies, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Hen­rici, Tricesimo; coram Radulpho de Hengham, Gulielmo de Bereford, Elia de Be­kingham, Petro Malore, Gulielmo Howard, & Lamberto de Trikingham, Justicia­riis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus, tunc ibi praesentibus, Inter Laurentium de Broc, & Elenam, uxorem ejus, quaerentes, per Hugonem de Crumpton, positum loco eo­rum ad lucrandum & perdendum, & Radulphum Pirot Deforciantem per Thomam le Soks, positum loco suo ad lucrandum & perdendum, de Manerio de Maudelyns, cum pertinentiis: unde placitum Conventionis summonitum fuit inter eos in eâdem Curiâ (scilicet) quòd praedictus Laurentius recognovit praedictum Manerium cum pertinen­tiis, esse Jus ipsius Radulphi; & pro hac recognitione, fine & concordiâ, idem Ra­dulphus concessit praedictis Laurentio & Elenae, praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis, habendum & tenendum eisdem Laurentio & Elenae, & haeredibus, quos idem Lauren­tius de corpore ipsius Elenae procreaverit, de Capitalibus Dominis Feodi illius per servitia, quae ad illud manerium pertinent, in perpetuum. Et si contingat quod praedictus Lau­rentius obiret sine haerede, de Corpore ipsius Elenae procreato, tunc post decessum ipsius Laurentii, & Elenae, praedictum Manerium, cum pertinentiis, integrè remanebunt rectis haeredibus ipsius Laurentii, tenendum de Capitalibus Dominis Feodi illius per servitia, quae ad illud Manerium pertinent, in perpetuum.

Out of the fore-mentioned Manuscript, remaining with the Earl of Peterborow.

RAdulphus Pirot, per finem dedit Laurentio de Broc, & Helenae uxori ejus Ma­nerium de Maudlins.

Charta Radulphi Pirot.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quod ego Radulphus Pirot dedi & concessi & hac praesenti chartâ meâ confirmavi, Domino Laurentio de Broc Militi, cum Helenâ, filiâ meâ, Manerium meum de Maudlins, cum pertinentiis suis & libertatibus, tenendum & ha­bendum sibi & haeredibus suis, de dictâ Helenâ filiâ meâ exeuntibus, de me & haere­dibus meis, libere, quiete, bene, & in pace, in perpetuum. Et ego verò dictus Radulphus & haeredes mei dictum Manerium cum pertinentiis suis, & libertatibus, dicto Domino Lau­rentio, & haeredibus ejus, contra omnes mortales, warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & defendemus; & ut haec mea donatio & concessio, & praesentis meae Chartae confirma­tio perpetuae firmitatis robur obtineant, praesentem chartam sigilli mei impressione robo­ravi. His Testibus, Domino Johanne de Pavenham, Ingleramo de Belenger, Thomâ de Wac, Rogero Cave, Thoma, filio Stephani, Stephano de Salford, Roberto Sagan, Andreo Halby, & multis aliis.

Sir Laurence de Broc, Lord of Shephale, and other Lands and Lordships.

Out of the forementioned Manuscript, among the Evidences of the Earl of Peterborow.

LAurentius de Broc leva fin à Rauf de Broc son fitz, & à Elizabeth sa feme, devant l'an septiesme le Roy Edward Second. Agnes de Montepiconis fut sa mere.

Charta Regis Edwardi Secundi.

EDWARDUS, Dei Gratiâ, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquita­niae; Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Balivis, & Fidelibus suis; Salutem. Sciatis, Nos, de nostrâ gratiâ speciali, concessisse, & hac Charta nostra con­firmasse, dilecto, & fideli nostro, Laurentio de Broc, Militi; quod ipse, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrenam, in omnibus Dominicis terris suis, de Shep­hale, in Comitatu Hertfordiae, in Bridsthorne, Herdwick, Wedon, Chessam, & Au­mondsham, in Comitatu Buckinghamiae; & de Fulborne, & Treversham, in Comi­tatu Cantabrigiae: veruntamen terrae illae non sunt intra metas Forestae nostrae, ita quod terras illas nullus intrat, ad fugandum in eis; vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad War­renam pertinet, sine licentiâ & voluntate ipsius Laurentii, vel haeredum suorum. Quare volumus, & firmitèr praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris; quod prae­dictus Laurentius, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrenam, in omni­bus dominicis terris suis praedictis: veruntamen terrae illae non sunt intra metas Forestae nostrae; ita quod nullus intrat in terras illas ad fugandum in eis, vel ad capiendum ali­quid, quod ad Warrenam pertinet, sine Licentiâ & voluntate ipsius Simonis, vel hae­redum suorum; super forisfacturam nostram decem librarum, ut praedictum est. His Testibus, venerabili Patre, Archiepiscopo Eboracensi, Angliae Primate, Thomâ, Co­mite Norfolciae, Edmundo, Comite Cantiae, Edomareo, Comite Pembrochiae, Ed­mundo, Comite Arundeliae, Hugone, Comite Wincestriae, & aliis. Datum per manum nostram, apud Eboracum, vicesimo die Junii, anno Regni nostri decimo quinto.

Out of the forementioned Manuscript, remaining with the Earl of Peterborow.

MAgister Thomas Pirot dedit, per finem, Domino Laurentio de Broc, & Helenae uxori ejus, centum Solidatos reditus, in Esalburg, anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Edwardi, tertio.

Sir Ralph de Broc, Lord of Shephale, Maudelins, and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Petri Carbonell.

OMnibus Christi Fidelibus, ad quos praesentes litterae pervenerint, Petrus Carbonell, Salutem in Domino. Sciatis, quod cùm Ego, praedictus Petrus, teneo centum Acras terrae, in Cantabrigiâ, jacentes in quodam Campo, vocato Swinesfield, quae mihi descendebant haereditariè, post mortem Gulielmi Patris mei, in eâdem villa: qui qui­dem Gulielmus, praedictam terram habuit, ex Dono, & Feoffamento Domini Radulphi de Broc; qui eandem tenuit, in feodo talliato, ex Concessione Domini Laurentii de Broc, Patris praedicti Radulphi, per finem in Curiâ Domini Regis, inter eos, inde leva­tum Et ea de causâ noveritis, me, praedictum Petrum, praedictam terram, cum perti­nentiis, concessisse, & pro me, & haeredibus meis, sursum reddidisse, Henrico de Brus­sells, & Agneti uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, & Helenae uxori ejus; praedictis Agneti, & Helenae, ut Filiabus, & haeredibus praedicti Radulphi, Habendum & tenendum praedictam terram, cum pertinentiis, praedictis Henrico de Brussell, & Agneti, uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, & Helenae, uxori ejus, & haeredibus eorum, in perpetuum, de Capitalibus Dominis Feodi, per servitia inde debita. In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum meum apposui; Data apud Cantabrigiam, Die Dominico, in crastino Festi Exaltationis Sanctae Crucis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, tertii à Conquestu, vicesimo Septimo.

Charta Edmundi Mordaunt, & Henrici de Brusselle.

A Tous yceux que cettes lettres verront, ou orront, Edmund Mordaunt, & Ellene sa feme, & Henry de Brusselle, e Agnes sa feme; Sallutz en Dieu. Saches nous avoir ordoigne nostre cher, & bien ayme, Jean Baynard, nostre attorne, a recevoir la sesine quelle Peiris Carbonell à nous Liurera, & Surrendra, de cent acres de terre, ove les appertenences, en Cantabrigiâ: queux sont del heritage de l'avant dit Ellene, & Agnes per finem, le court nostre Seigneur le Roy, de ceo leve, en forme de taill, seant firme, & stable, quicunque le det jean Baynard, de ce fera, en nostre nom. En temognence de quelle chose, à cestes nos presentes lettres, avons mis nos Sealls, escrit à la Maudelaine, Mardy prochaine apres la feste nostre Dame, L'an le Roy Edward tierce, puis la conqueste, vint & septiesme.

Charta Domini Henrici de Hussey.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quod Ego, Henricus de Hussey, dedi, concessi, &, hac praesenti chartâ, confirmavi, Elizabethae de Broc, sorori meae, Mannerium de Stevintho, quod frater meus Gulielmus tenuit, & licentiâ meâ in ultimâ voluntate suâ, ei dedit, & reliquit; & erit sine ullo retinemento mei, vel haeredum meorum: Haben­dum & tenendum, sibi & haeredibus suis; vel cui assignare voluerit, loco religioso, vel alibi, in perpetuum, liberè, quietè, pacificè; sicut dictus Gulielmus illud meliùs un­quam tenuit, de Capitalibus Dominis feodi, per servitia inde debita, & consueta. Et ut haec mea donatio, & concessio, rata, & inconcussa permaneat; huic scripto sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Ricardo Perers, Domino Thoma de la Hay, Willielmo de Coggeshall, Stephano, fratre ejus, Thoma Bernac, Hamo Coudray, Roberto filio Thomae, Willielmo de Selby, & multis aliis.

The Partition of Lands.

CEttez Indenture, feitez en trois parties, entre Thomas de Rokesle, & Johan sa femme, d'une partie, Agnes soeur mesme d'ycelle Johan, d'autre partie; & Edmond Mordaunt, & Elene sa femme, soeur mesme d'ycelle Johan, & Agnes, de tierce partie; filles & heritiers de Rauff de Broke: del' heritage mesme cest Rauff southecrit, tesmoigne la purpartie, entre les parties avantdits, en la mannere qui s'en­suit; cest assavoir,

Pars Thomae de Rokesle, & Johan sa femme.

QUE les ditz Thomas, & Johan sa femme, auront, en purpartie, del heritage del dit Johan, le Columber de Chesham, & viii l. viii s. iv d. de rente, ove les appartenances, jadis appartenant à la mannere de la Maudeleyn. Et, en man­nere de la Maudelyn iii. maisons, cest assavoir, une Grange, une novell etable, & un novelle chambre de mariesme, à sa volonte: cest assavoir,

 l.s.d.ob.q.
De Alice Edrich.00vi00
De Johanne Childe.0iiv00
De Johanna Prestmere.0ii000
De Ricardo Witringden.0iiv00
De Thoma Prat.0viiiiv00
De Johanna at Thorn.iviiix00
De dame Johanne de Badden. Et una libra de Cumyn.0vvi00
De Edmundo Colt.0vixi00
De Johanna Colle.0vixi00
De Johanna Assbiry.0vi000
De Ricardo Carter.0x000
De Johanna Cole.0ivii00
De Johanna at dene.0vi000
De Luce le Welle.0ivi00
De Willielmo Hikelond.0i000
De Johanna Mareschal.0iii000
De Hugone Wyne.00x00
De Edellyne de Welpele.0ii000
De Johan Gesse.0i000
De Elene Reivie.00ix00
De Elene Alot.0iiv00
De Willielmo Draper.0ii000
De Johanne Welpele.00viii00
De Johanne Prat.0iviii00
De Henrico Blake.0vivi00
De Johanne Rokmarsey.0viii00
De Johanne Fitz Nichol Ashele.00vi00
De Johanne Somerton.0iiv00
De Rogero Toryny Chevalier.0viiiiv00
De Johanne Childe.00i00
De Willielmo Coke.0iiiix00
De Johanne Blakwell Shephire.0ii000
De Johanne le longe.0xiv00
De Simone Stonherd.0xiii00
De Johanne Gardiner.0xivvi00
De Johanne Gardiner.00vi00
De Johanne Baker.0iii000
De Agnete Pennyfader.0ii000

Ove lour homages & services. Et le maner de Stevenach forpris la terre in Rygemerefeld, & le Blakelond que est assigne à le maner de Shephale

Pars Agnetis Brussells.

ET l'avant dit Agneyse, autre des parteners susditz, averoit le site de maner de Maudeleyns, ove toute les terres, boyes & pastures, iiii l. viii s. iii d. de rent; mesme le maner de Maudelyn, cest assavoir,

 l.s.d.ob.q.
De Johanne Cokeregge.0viiiv00
De Stevenne Chaumpeneys.0xiiiiv00
De les tenants de Berkhamstede.0xxxvi000
De la dame Portrer.0viii000
De Johanne Pedifat.00xii00
De Willielmo Cohesdele.0iivii00
De Johanne Redbourn.0ii000
De Johanne Cokevyle.00xii00
De Willielmo de Asheld.0xiv000
De Roberto at Shore.0xvix00

Ove lour homages, services & custumez forpris Grenelands, & iii. measons, devant nomes.

Pars Edmundi Mordaunt, & Elene sa femme.

ET les avanditz Edmunde, & Elyn, averont del' heritage Elene, le Maner de Shep­hale, ove les appartenantz, & les terres, de Rigmerfeld & Blakelond, avant no­mes, jades parcel de Stevenach; & de la rent du Mannor de Maudelyn, vii l. xiv s. 1d. ob. quadrans. Cest assavoir,

 l.s.d.ob.q.
De Waltero Powell.00x00
De Johanne Sokereseyn.0iiix00
De—John0ii000
De Nicolao Oysell.0vii00
De Johanne Mollyns Chevalier.0viiiviii00
De Roberto Gravely.0ii000
De Johanne Carrier.00iii00
De Johanne—00xviii00
De Johanne Godele.0iviv00
De Waltero Garnhon.00xviii00
De Stevenne Marten.00iii00
De Johanne Gardiner.00xvii00
De Johanne Drake.0iiviii00
Del molen lable de Mussenden.0xv000
De Waltero Blakwell.0vivii0
De Thoma Shepherd.00xvii00
De Johanne Blakwell.0xii00
De Juliana Blakwell.00xv00
De Rauff Glarnik.00xxii00
De Elizabetha Blakwell.00xx00
De Raff Coke.0viiivi0
De Johanne White.00xii00
De Willielmo May.00ix00
De Johanne Cole.00ix00
Et de les tenantz de Esylbirghe.iiiixviii00

Ove lour homages, services & lour Custumes.

ET aussy, si les advantdits Thomas, Johan, Edmunde & Elyne, ou aucun d'eux, sont distourbes, par les fermiers de Stevenach, & de Shephale, de mesme les Mannors; à la fyne de v. ans, apres la fesance de cestes, en deinz le terme de leur ferme, de xviii. Marcz, par an; donque voet, ladite Agneyse, que soit à volonte les avantdits Thomas, Johan, Edmunde & Elyne, de reentre les Tenements advantdits, & aller à novell, departisment nient contredisants: Et touts les reversions de quelle partie que eux sont, sont purparties entre les parties avantdits, quant eus escherront, ou null d'eux escherra, & quant iiii s. de rente, issant de la terre de William le Shep­herd, & xx s. rente issant de la terre que Thomas Trayerr tient, demeureront en commun, entre les parteners avantdits, à departir, quant il leur plaira: En Tesmoi­gnage de quelle chose, les parteners susdits, entrechangeablement ont mis leur seaulx; Date à Maudelyn, le lundy prochain devant la feste de la Conversion de St. Paul, L'an du Reigne Edward troisieme apres la Conqueste vintisme.

Out of an Ancient Pedigree among the Evidences of the Earl of Peterborow.

IN tempore Regis Henrici secundi, Vir erat praepotens & maximae Authoritatis, No­mine Ranulphus de Broc, qui Castellanus erat Castri de Agenet, & Constabula­rius Castri & Honoris de Saltwood. Iste Ranulphus habuit exitum, Robertum de Broc, qui suo tempore Marescallus fuit Angliae, & floruit regnantibus Ricardo primo, & Jo­hanne Regibus. Robertus habuit exitum Laurentium de Broc; qui fuit tempore Hen­rici tertii, qui habuit exitum Hugonem, qui fuit plenae aetatis anno tertio Edwardi primi: postea Hugo habuit exitum Laurentium, qui fuit decimo quinto Edwardi Se­cundi & ante; qui quidem Laurentius habuit exitum Ranulphum; qui duxit, in uxo­rem, Elizabetham Hussey; qui peperit Elenam, quae fuit uxor Edmundi Mordaunt; Agnetem uxorem Domini Henrici de Bruxells, & Johannam, & praedicta Johanna obiit sine prole.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of LATIMER of Duntish: Justified by Publick Records, Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Armes of the House of Latimer, were Gules, a Cross Fleure Or.

  • WILLIAM Lord Latimer Surnamed le Riche, ALICIA de Ledet.
  • William Ld. Latimer Sibill de Huntingfeild.
  • Sr. Iohn Latimer Second Sonne. Ioane de Govis.
  • Sr. Nicolas Latimer.
  • William Ld. Latimer Elizabeth de Botetort.
  • Sr. Robert Latimer. Catherine Hull.
  • William Latimer.
  • [Page]William Ld. Latimer Chamberlaine to E.3 Elizabeth Fitz Allan
  • Sr. Robert Latimer Margeret Peche
  • Margeret Latimer
  • Elizabeth Latimer Daughter and Heire Iohn Lord Nevill.
  • Sr. Iohn Latimer Catherine Pipard
  • Sr Nicolas Latimer Ioane Hoddy
  • Edith Latimer Sr. Iohn Mordaunt

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of LATIMER of Duntish, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of LATIMER of Duntish.

WILLIAM Lord LATIMER Lord Baron of CORBY.

Hollinshead, Page

ON the Kings part these persons are named to stand with him against the Barons. First Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, Hugh Bigod Lord Chief Justice, Philip Basset, William de Valence, Jeffrey de Lusignian, Peter de Savoy, Robert Wallerand, John Mancell, Jeffrey Langley, John Gray, William Latimer, Henry Percy.

Doctor Powel's History of Wales, Page 371.

WHen the Archbishop could not conclude a Peace, he denounced the Prince and his Complices Accursed. Then the King sent his Army by Sea to the Isle of Man or Anglesey, which they won, and slew such as resisted them; for the chiefest men served the King as their Oath was. So they came over against Bangor, where the Arm of the Sea called Menay, which divideth the Isle from the main Land, is narrowest, at the place called Moely-donn, and there made a Bridge of Boats and Planks over the Water; where before Julius Agricola did the like, when he subdued the Isle to the Ro­mans, and not between Man and Britain, as Polydore Virgil ignorantly affirms. This Bridge accomplished so, that well threescore men might pass over in a Front, William Latimer with a great number of the best Souldiers, and Lucas de Thany Steward of Gascony with his Gascoins and Spaniards (whereof a great number was come to serve the King) passed over the Bridge, and there saw no stir of Enemies; but as soon as the Sea began to flow, down came the Welshmen from the Hills, and set upon them fiercely, and either slew or chased them to the Sea to drown themselves; for the Water was so high they could not attain the Bridge, saving William Latimer alone, whose Horse car­ried him to the Bridge, and so he escaped.

Henricus Knighton Canonicus Leicestriensis de Eventibus Angliae, Pag. 2497.

HIS auditis, mox Rex Edwardus quingentos armatos, & viginti mille peditum misit in Vasconium cum Domino Johanne de Sancto Johanne, qui ejusdem Terrae olim Senescallus extiterat; & cum Domino Johanne de Britanniâ & illo Milite strenuissimo Willielmo le Latimer, qui apud Portsmouth, omnibus ad Expeditionem tantam necessariis paratis, posuerunt se in mare circa Festum beati Petri ad vincula, & irruente vento contrario dispersae sunt naves per partes Cornubiae, iterúmque collectae apud Plumeneye circa Festum beati Dionysii ventis vela iterum relaxabant: & post multa variáque Tempestatum discrimina, tandem circa Festum Apostolorum, Simonis & Judae, applicuerunt in Vasconia apud Castellam quae situatur in littore fluminis de Gerunde, dedítque se eis & Regi Angliae Dominus Urbis illius, & eos cum laetitiâ magnâ suscepit & benignè tractavit.

In eodem, Pag. 2498.

ET tunc primò Angli extraxerunt equos è navibus, cum in mari mansissent decem septem Hebdomadas & aliquos dies, tandem verò refocillatis hominibus & equis, demiserunt etiam se Angli quasi in duas partes, remanserúntque in eodem loco, ut po­pulum Terrae sibi attraherent, Dominus Johannes de Britanniâ, & Dominus Williel­mus le Latimer, cum trecentis equestribus & septem millibus Electorum.

Hollinshead, Page 310.

IN the nine and twentieth of King Edward the First, the Barons of England wrote a Letter to Pope Boniface about certain Liberties of the Crown, which among the rest was signed by William Lord Latimer Baron of Corby.

Monasticon Anglicanum, Pars prima, Folio 678.

RObertus de Braybrooke quondam Vicecomes Northamptoniae, emit de vetere Eustachio de Watford pratum quod vocatur Sandford, reddendo inde annuatim duos solidos. Iste Robertus genuit Henricum de Braybrooke, qui Henricus dedit dictum pratum Domui de Daventree ad firmam perpetuam, pro sex marcis, & dimidia, an­nuatim sibi & haeredibus suis solvendis, centum annis elapsis & ultra. Dictus Henri­cus genuit Wiscardum Ledet, qui sumpsit cognomen ex matre suâ Christianâ Ledet Domina de Warden. Iste Wiscardus genuit Walterum Ledet, & iste Walterus genuit de Ermendrua de Insula duas filias (videlicet) Aliciam & Christianam sorores. Alicia desponsata fuit Domino Willielmo le Latimer, qui genuit ex eâ quatuor filios (videli­cet) Dominum Willielmum, Dominum Johannem, Dominum Thomam, & Domi­num Nicolaum, Milites: Cui Nicolao Domina mater sua Alicia post mortem mariti sui Domini Willielmi, dedit omnes Terras suas & Tenementa quae habuit in Comita­tibus Northamptoniae & Leicestriae.

Sir JOHN LATIMER second Son of WILLIAM Lord LATIMER.

The Baronage of England, Page 413. mentioning Aluered of Lincoln.

TO this last mentioned succeeded another Aluered, who in the first of King John was one that held the Castle of Winchester for the King; and to him, another Aluered, his Son and Heir. Which Aluered in the twenty fourth of Henry the Third paid a hundred pounds for his relief; and in the forty second of Henry the Third, had Summons to attend the King at Chester, well furnished with Horse and Arms, to restrain the Incursions of the Welsh; but died in the forty eighth of that King, being seized of the Mannors of Winterborne and Langton in the County of Dorset, with the Advowson of the Church of Ackford, Duntish, and the Chappel of Duntish; as also of the Mannor of Celles, which was given in frank-Marriage with Maud his Mother. Like­wise the Mannor of Norton, also given in frank-Marriage with Albreda his Grandmother, and two Knights Fees in Bardolston and Pinford; leaving Robert Fitzpaine, Son of Margery his Eldest Sister, Beatrice the Wife of William de Govis his second Sister, and Albreda de Lincoln his third Sister, his Heirs (all of full Age) and Joan his Wife surviving, who had the Mannors of Ackford and Duntish, with the Advowsons of the Churches of those Lordships assigned for her Dower: which Robert Fitzpain and William de Govis, for their good Service on the Kings behalf in the Battel of Lewes, were in the forty eighth of Henry the Third acquitted from the payment of the relief due upon the Death of the before-specified Aluered of Lincoln their Uncle.

An ancient Letter to Sir John Latimer from Gervaise de Cingal his Steward.

AMon treschier Seigneur Jean le Latimer, Gervaise de Cingal, son Seneshal salutz. Je vous fais a scavoir que le Baillif de Caen rapella vostre cause, qu'estoit en l'Assise de Cornue, & la mist en l'Assise de Fallaise, qui fust le Jeudy avant la Sainte Croix en Septembre, & il nous la renvoya de Jeudy en Jeudy ensuivant, encontre ma volonte. Et le Baillif ne fust pas a la dite journe, & si y fust Monseigneur de la Miafle, & Monseigneur Eustace de Piron, & Monseigneur Robert des Monstiers le jeune, & l'Attorney Madame sa Feme qui requirent le Viconte qui estoit au lieu du Baillif, que Monseigneur Jean le Latimer & Madame sa Feme leur fussent appelle. Et vostre Attorney si apparut pour vous, & dit, ledit Attorney, qu'il ne tenoit point le Viconte pour Juge en la cause de son Maistre. Et que le Baillif en est Juge comme connoisses, & sur ce le Viconte nous renvoya par devant son Maistre le Baillif de son office a Baieux, au Mardy devant le Saint Michel, a laquelle journe je fus, moy & vostre Attorney, & nous nous compleimismes du Viconte de Fallaise, qu'on avoit re­mise vostre cause hors du Siege de Fallaise, ou elle se devoit determiner de son droit, & plusieurs raisons proposa devant le Baillif dont nous mismes en conseil a la presence de Monsieur Robert des Monstiers le jeune & de l'Attorney sa feme & de Monsieur Piere de la Miafle & de Monsieur Eustace de Piron; & fut jugé par Conseil que nous ne disions chose par quoy les Chevaliers ne deusent..................................... ......................... lesquelles leur fist jurer sur les Saincts Evangiles qu'il diroit bien & loyaument sur ce qu'en estoit contenu en un memoire d'Eschequier: Et si c'e­stoit leur entente, que le Contract qu'avoit este faict entre vous & Monsieur des Mon­stiers: Et si c'estoit leur entente que le payement se fist en la foible monoye ou en la forte, & si eux reconnoissoyent que se fussent leurs Sceaux qui estoit a une lettre qu'eux avoyent envoyé a Laurens la Reuide, eux dirent que ouy, & leur de mandat' on si eux avoyent dit en la maniere qui estoit contenue en la dite lettre, & eux dirent que ouy, & si euxvouloyent perseverer, & vous condamnerent en la somme de mille livres en la forte monoye, & sur ce eux requistrent que vostre Attorney fist emmende du desbat que vous metties que la forte monoye ne fut paye en l'Eschequier, & sur ce l'Attorney ammanda contre ma volonte, & apres que l'ammande fust faict eux redirent que vostre desbat fust chest............ cella comme elle avoit este faite............ nos raisons. Et il fut regarde par conseil qu'eux auroyent la saisine de la juré, & leur en fust ballie la saisine le Mardy avant la Saint Michel, pour quoy je vous mande que vous vous hasties de venir au plus tost que pourries, aveque toute la somme de mille livres, & si vous n'y estes dedans quarante jours vostre Heritage est perdue, & si seroit mise en la sesine & a heritage, & si il me faut croire de cette besogne, dieux soit guarde de vous & de Madame.

Charta Vicecomitis de Baieux.

DOnne par Copie sous le Seel des Obligations de la Viconte de Rouen. A tous ceux que ces Lettres verront le Viconte de Baieux Salut. Comme Noble Hom­me Monsieur Jean le Latimer & Madame Jehanne sa feme, Monsieur Robert des Monstiers & Madame Aelis sa feme, eussent parties entre eux tout l'heritage qui fut jadis a Monsieur Guillem de Govis Chevalier pere des dites Dames, jadis mort ainsi que les Monsieur Jehan & sa feme ayent tout l'heritage qui fut ou pouvoit estre au dit Mon­sieur Guillem soit escheet ou a escheer, & qui que le tiegue au Royaume d'Angleterre, & tout le fief de Haubert de Govis; & les dits Monsieur Robert des Monstiers & sa feme ayent tout l'Heritage que le dit Monsieur Guillem avoit & pouvoit avoir, & tout l'heritage a la mere des dites femes, & tout l'heritage des dites Dames qui leur peut & doit escheer & a leurs Heires tant du temps d'apresent comme de celuy avenir, & quiconque les tienne, au Royaume de France. Scaches que par devant nous furent pre­sents les dites parties, & s'accorderent en la maniere qui s'ensuit. C'est a scavoir que [Page 50]Noble Hommes Monsieur Estont d'Estonteville & Monsieur Jean Dorbret regarderont bien & diligemment ledit Fief de Haubert de Govis, & scauront combien il peut val­lier en assiete de Terre, & s'ils treuvent dedans la Saint Michel prochain a venir, que ledit Fief de Haubert de Govis vaille plus de cinquante livres de Terre a l'anciene cou­stume & a l'assiette la ou ledit Fief siest, tout le outreplus qui y seroit treuve seroit a dits Monsieur Robert & a sa Feme & a leurs Heires en accroissant leur partie; Aussi que ledit Monsieur Jehan, sa Feme & leurs Heires seront tenus leur payer chacun an a la Saint Michel en Septembre par leur main tout l'outreplus que y seroit trouve par lesdits Monsieur Estont & Monsieur Jehan Dorbet, jusques a tant que lesdits Monsieur Jehan le Latimer & sa Feme leur eussent eschange convenablement vallue a vallue de ce que il seroit treuve que l'outreplus vaudroit es Balliages de Caen & de Constantin. Item lesdits Monsieur Robert & sa Feme reconnoissent que ils quittent & ont quitte a dit Monsieur Jehan & a sa Feme toutes les levés, levé ou a lever quelconques de tout I heritage que fust a dit Monsieur Guillem en quelconque lieue que il soit de tout le temps passe dessi aujourduy, pour ce que lesdits Monsieur Jehan & sa Feme ont quitte, & quittent claime lesdits Monsieur Robert & sa Feme de tout ce que ils leur peussent ou pourront demander par quelconque raison que ce fust de tout le temps passe, & sont tenus lesdits Monsieur Jehan, Monsieur Robert & leurs Femes, faire venir lesdits Che­valiers pour voir ledit Fief dans ledit terme, c'est a scavoir, ledit Monsieur Jehan & sa Feme, ledit Monsieur Estont, & ledit Monsieur Robert & sa Feme, ledit Monsieur Jehan Dorbet, & se il avenoit que ils ne les y peussent amener celuy sur qui il defau­droit y pourroit mettre quel Chevalier il voudroit pour regarder ledit Fief, si comme il est devant dit, sans nulle contredit. Et en somment lesdits Monsieur Robert & sa feme sont tenus, & doivent dedans le temps de Pasques prochain a venir en quatre ans aller en Angleterre, & revenir au despens desdits Monsieur Jehan & sa feme, pour leur faire des choses dessus-dits telles Lettres, soit du Roy ou de l'Eglise, comme leur con­seil avisera, & comme ils voudront par la coustume d'Angleterre toutes les fois que lesdits Monsieur Jehan & sa feme les en requerront soufizament dedans ledit terme. Et pour tous les Covenants tenir fermes & entiers, comme sont de devant devises, lesdits Monsieur Robert & sa feme obligerent par devant nous, chacun pour tout leur corps a tenir en prison, & tous leurs biens, meubles & heritages presents & a venir qui ils en metterent en la main du Roy, a prendre, a lever, a vendre & a despendre par justice le Roy, si mestier estoit, sans essoine, sans defauts & sans errement des Pleas, des autans que ces Covenants soyent tous tenus, fournis & entremis a dit Monsieur Jehan & sa feme & a leurs Heires, & leurs cousts & domages rendues & restores que ils auroyent faictes par defaut des Covenants entreseigner, des queux ils seront leves par leur serment sans autre preuve renonsans a tout faict de Droit, a toutes coustumes, & a toutes Graces de Prince, octroye, ou a octroyer, au droit, que dit General renoncia­tion peut valoir, a toutes barres, defences, obligations, cavillations, raisons, a tous privi­leges pris ou a prendre, & a tous autres exceptions pour quoy ces Covenants pour­royent estre retardes, ou empesches par aucun maniere. Et ladite Madame Aelis a l'antorite de son mary, & en la presence de Monsieur des Monstiers Chevalier pere du dit Monsieur Robert jura par devant nous sur les Saincts Evangiles, & promist par sa foy a tous les Covenants tenir & fournir, & que elle n'ira encontre par raison de Ma­riage, encombre de Douere, de Heritage ni de autre chose, & en tesmogne de ce, cette Lettre & sellé du Seel de la Viconte de Bayeux a la requeste des parties soue le droit du Roy. Ce fust faict l'an de Grace MCCCV. le Mecredy avant la Vanchetrue.

Charta Vicecomitis de Baieux.

A Tous qui verront ces presentes Lettres le Viconte de Baieux Salut. Saches que Monsieur Jehan le Latimer Chevalier du Royaume d'Angleterre Heir aisne de par sa feme de l'heritage, Monsieur Guillem de Govis Chevalier jadis mort a present en droit devant nous reconnoit qu'il doit a Monsieur Robert des Monstiers Chevalier le jeune Heir puisne en partie del dit Heritage par raison de sa feme, c'est a scavoir mille [Page 51]livres de torne pour le recour dudit heritage, & des parties faictes entre eux d'iceluy par l'accord de leurs amis a payer & a render en la ville de Caen audit Monsieur Ro­bert ou a son commendement portent ces Lettres, a Pasques prochain a venir cent cinquante livres, a la Saint Jehan ensuivant apres cinquante livres, a la Saint Michel apres ensuivant trois cens livres, & a Noel apres ensuivant cinq cens livres. Et pour lesdits deniers a payer & rendre a dits termes ledit Monsieur Jehan oblige par devant nous soy & ses Heires, son corps a tenir prison en quel lieu que il soit treuve, & tous ses biens, meubles & non meubles, ou que ils soyent presents ou a venir au Royaume d'Angleterre, ou par tous autres lieux, a prendre, a vendre, & a despendre d'Office de Justice sans essoine, & sans defauts, & sans errement de plaits, dessi a tant que lesdits deniers seront tous payes & rendus audit Monsieur Robert, & les cousts & domages ren­dus & restores que il auroit faict par defaut de payment, dequoy il seroit creue par son serment sans autre preuve. Et ledit Monsieur Jehan en met de son droit comme son heritage en la main du Roy qui empecheroit pour chose qu'il puisse estre, que il faict doresenavant qu'il ne le pourroit vendre, ni faire vendre que pour son payment. Et le Roy empechera expressement a tout faict de Droit, a toutes Coustumes, a toutes Gra­ces a present octroyé ou a octroyer, a toutes barres, defences, raisons, allegations, cavil­lations, & contre autres exceptions & privileges pris & a prendre, par quoy les pay­ments pourroyent estre retardes; & ne sera creu de payment qu'il propose avoir faict, se il ne le peut monstrer par faict apposant Seel de Justice. Et en tesmoigne de ce cette Lettre estre soue du Seel du Viconte de Baieux sans le droit du Roy, ce fust faict l'an de Grace MCCCV. le Mecredy avant la Nostre Dame de Mars.

Charta Ballivi de Caen.

A Tous ceux que ces Lettres verront le Baillif de Caen Salut. Nous faisons scavoir que devant nous fust present Monsieur Pierre des Monstiers Prestre, personne de Gurberville Attorny Monsieur Robert des Monstiers Chevalier le jeune, a choses qui s'ensuit si que il est contenu en la Copie de l'attorne a laquelle cette presente Memoire est annexe, & connoit ledit Attorney soy avoir receue de Monsieur Jehan le Latimer Seigneur de Govis par la main de Raul Quemin dit des Senteaux deux cens & cin­quante livres de torne pour vente de Bois a ce qui on disoit, des queux ledit Attorney au nom de son Maistre quitta ledit Monsieur Jehan, sans ce que ledit Monsieur Robert ne autre puisse plus rien demander audit Monsieur Jehan de ces deux cens livres dessus­dit. Donne le Jeudi apres quasimode l'an de Grace MCCCVI.

Charta Ballivi de Caen.

LE Baillif de Caen a Viconte de Fallaise ou a son Lieutenant, se il n'estoit treuve, a Guillaume de Combour Salut. Monsieur Jehan le Latimer & sa feme d'une part, & Monsieur Robert des Monstiers le jeune & sa feme d'autre part ont faict au­cuns Covenants d'Heritage entre eux, & de ce sont lies les uns vers les autres par Let­tre de Baillie, & est venu ledit Monsieur Robert a moy, & m'a donne a entendre que ledit Monsieur Jean a vendu des bois croissans sur l'Heritage dont ils s'estoyent lies les uns vers les autres, en venans contre les Assignements & Covenants faicts entre eux, & ayant veue la Lettre qui porte les Covenants, il me semble qu'il ne peut la vente faire sans aller contre les Covenants.......................................... ........................ qui vous sachies se la vente est faicte, & a quel persone, & le dit Monsieur Robert vous fera scavoir qui il est qui l'achapt doit avoir faict, & si vous trouvés que la vente est faicte, saisir la vente en la main du Roy, & Justicier, ledit Monsieur Jehan par ses biens la ou vous les treuves jusques a tant que la vente qui est faict contre les Covenants soit rappelles ou mise en estat dont luy ou autre suffisement fonde pour luy, n'offre a dire cause pour quoy ce ne doit estre faict, & se il offre a dire ou autre pour luy mettes jour vous Serjeant par devant le Viconte pour faire ce que raison sera donne le Vendredi apres quasimode l'an MCCC. & sis.

Charta Regis Edwardi Secundi.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Aquitaniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quod nos super octavo die Septembris anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo nono, tam propter expeditionem versus regnum Scotiae, quam propter alias certas causas, de Consilio nostro ordina­vimus quod nullus Comes, Baro, Miles, seu aliqua alia notabilis persona de regno nostro ad partes transmarinas se transferret sine licentia nostra speciali. Ac licet dilectus noster & fidelis Johannes le Latimer nos saepius requisierit ut sibi licentiam nostram concede­remus ad dictas partes pro quibusdam negotiis ipsum ratione terrarum & tenemento­rum suorum ibidem contingentibus, transeundi: Nos tamen hujusmodi licentiam certa de causa ei nondum duximus concedendum; sic ut idem Johannes virtute ordinatio­nis nostrae praedictae post dictum diem transferre se non potuit ad partes supradictas, & omnibus & singulis innotuimus per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Januarii, anno regni nostri tertio.

Per breve de privato Sigillo.

Aussi tost que ledit Jehan pouvoit passer la mer pour la defence du Roy d'Angle­terre, il se transporta ver la Court le Roy de France, & impetra Lettres contenans la forme qui s'ensuit.

Charta Domini Johannis Latimer.

PAteat universis per praesentes, me Johannem Latimer Militem, in omnibus causis & negotiis motis vel movendis, personam meam qualitercumque contingentibus coram quibuscumque Judicibus, Ordinariis, Delegatis, vel coram Commissariis qualem­cumque cognitionem seu jurisdictionem habentibus, quibuscumque diebus & locis quo­ties me abesse vel adesse contigerit, dilectos mihi in Christo Ricardum James, Walte­rum Scot, Willielmum Hull, Gervasium Gerrard conjunctim & divisim & quemlibet eorum in solidum, ita quod non melior conditio occupantis, sed quod unus eorum in­ceperit, alius prosequi valeat & finire, meos veros & legitimos ordino & facio & con­stituo Procuratores, dans eisdem & eorum cuilibet potestatem generalem & mandatum speciale nomine meo agendi, defendendi, excipiendi, replicandi, ponendi, positionibus respondendi, litem contestandi, juramentum tam de calumnia quàm de veritate dicendi, & quodlibet aliud genus liciti Sacramenti in animam meam praestandi, crimina & defe­ctus objiciendi, status mei reformationem, in integrum restitutionem, damnorum re­stitutionem, expensas ac interesse petendi & recipiendi, provocandi, appellandi provo­cationum & appellationum causas, prosequendi alium vel alios, Procuratorem vel Pro­curatores loco eorum & cujuslibet eorundem substituendi, & substituendum vel substi­tuendos revocandi, officiúmque procuratoris reassumendi, nec non omnia alia & singula faciendi, expediendi & exercendi quae per veros & legitimos Procuratores fieri potuerint seu expediri, etiam si mandatum exigunt speciale pro eisdem Procuratoribus meis & eorum quolibet, ac substituendo & substituendis ab eisdem & quolibet eorundem rem ratam haberi & judicatam solum sub....... cum rerum mearum promitto & expono cautiones. In cujus rei testimonium quia Sigillum meum pluribus est incognitum, Si­gillum Officialitatis London Praesentibus apponi procuravi, & nos Officiarii London ad requisitionem personalem Domini Johannis Latimer Sigillum Officii nostri praesenti­bus apposuimus. Dat. London 10 Calend. Maii, Anno Domini 1308.

Charta Vicecomitis de Caen.

COpie sans le Seel de la Viconte de Caen en la forme qui ensuit. Le Bailliff de Caen a Henry Clay nostre Clerc Salut. Nous avons receu le Mandement de no­stre Seigneur le Roy contenant la forme qui ensuit. Philippus Dei Gratiâ Franciae Rex, Ballivo Caen, vel ejus locum tenenti, Salutem. Significavit nobis Johannes Lati­mer Miles, quòd cùm vos vel Praedecessor vester ipsum ex Regno Angliae exeuntem ad instantiam Roberti de Monasteriis Militis coram vobis feceritis adjornari, & dilectus & fidelis noster Rex Angliae illustris, charissimus filius noster, omnibus Nobilibus & sub­ditis Regni sui ex certâ causâ sub certis poenis inhibuisset tempore adjornamenti praedi­cti, ne quis Regnum exiret praedictum, vos seu Praedecessor vester pro eo, quod Jo­hannes ipse non audens dictum transgredi interdictum, coram vobis vel Praedecessore vestro non comparuit adjornatus, contra ipsum ad suorum venditionem bonorum mo­bilium & immobilium & multa alia processistis in ipsius praejudicium & gravamen. Quare vobis mandamus quatenus si per literas dicti Regis vel aliter legitimè vobis con­stiterit, quod hujusmodi Occasione interdicti Miles ipse ad terminos assignatos eidem coram vobis seu Praedecessore vestro non potuit comparere, praedictorum venditionem bonorum, omnés (que) processus quos contra eum fecistis, vos vel Praedecessor vester tem­pore absentiae supradictae, revocetis penitùs & annulletis: quibus ad statum pristinum repositis, si Robertus ipse coram vobis contra dictum Johannem voluerit experiri, voca­tis partibus & auditis hinc & inde, faciatis eidem & caeteris Justitiae complementum. Datum Pontisae die vigesimo septimo Junii, Anno Domini Millesimo Trecentesimo Decimo Tertio. Si vous mandons a vous comme tant par nous, & en lieu de nous vous causes ledit proces estre anulles & rappelles, & les choses estre mis en le premier estat ou ils estoit si comme en dit mandement est contenu, au surplus, appelles ceux qui sont a appeller, selon la raison & le dit mandement Dieu vous garde a Caen l' an dessus dit le Mardi apres le Saint Martin d' esté. Par la vertue de laquelle Commission j'ay eu le dit Henry Clay, sur le lieu, a Govis, & en la presence de grand foison de bonnes Gens, & de Jehan de Melun Serjeant j' en vis & leue les lettres des dits, nos Sires, les Roys & les memoires qui faisoit au faict, & vis, & considera, tant que du commandement le Roy nostre Sire je rappellois toutes les ventes, tous les proces, & toutes les choses qui avoyent este faictes contre ledit Monsieur Jehan au temps de son absence, qu'il ne peut venir au parties par deca pour la defence du Roy d' Angleterre, & mettois tous les proces & toutes les choses faictes en cet temps en l'estat ou ils estoit au devant, & je dis que se ledit Monsieur Robert vouloit aucune chose demander au dit Monsieur Jehan, il le fist convenir devant Monsieur le Bailliff & de leur raisons proposées d' une part & d'au­tre, il leur fist volontiers accomplisement de Justice. Et ce faict ledit Monsieur Jehan entra en la Saisine du Mannoir de Govis & toutes ses apertinences moy present, sans ce que aucun y mist debat ni empechement aucun. Ce fust faict & donné l' an dessus dit le Jeudy devant le Saint Arnoulfe sous le Seel de la dit Viconte.

Charta Vicecomitis de Fallaise.

A Tous ceux qui ces Lettres verront ou orront le Viconte de Fallaise Salut. Sachies que l'an de Grace MCCCVII. le Mecredy Feste de Sainte Croix en May furent presents Monsieur Jehan le Latimer & Madame Jeanne sa feme, qui firent & attorne­rent pour eux & en leur nom Monsieur Jehan de Sancrey Chevalier en lieu de Mon­sieur Estont d'Estonteville a ver la valeur du Fief de Govis, aveque l'home de Monsieur Robert des Monstiers & de Madame sa Feme, & veulent ledit Monsieur Jehan & Madame sa Feme que ledit Monsieur Jehan faira autant en cas dessus dit comme ledit Estont d'Estonteville se present il estoit, & promistrent ledit Monsieur Jehan & sa feme avoir ferme & agreable tout ce que ledit Attorne feroit pour eux ou contre eux, soi ob­ligeans de tout leur biens, meubles & heritages en quoy que ce soit a vendre & despen­dre, se il venoit annoncer que eux allassent de riens encontre les choses dites, donnes comme dessus.

Charta Magistrorum Scaccarij.

LES Maistres tennans les Chiquier de Pasques a Rouen l'an de Grace MCCC & sis, a leur ayme le Baillif de Caen Salut. Comme nous avous donne a Monseigneur Jehan le Latimer Chevalier conge de vendre de ses bois assis a Govis jusques a la som­me de trois cens livers de Torneis sans le tiers & le danger nostre Seigneur le Roy, nous vous mandons que vous recevans suffisant Caution de payer tiers & danger a termes accoustumes luy lasses vendre du bois jusques a la somme dessus dit. Donne l'an & en l'Eschiquer dessus dit.

Charta Philippi Regis Franciae.

PHilippus Dei Gratiâ Franciae Rex, Balivo Cadon & ejus locum tenenti salutem. Cùm inter Dominum Johannem le Latimer Militem ex una parte, & Robertum de Monasteriis juniorem ex altera parte, quaestio moveretur super residuum mille libra­rum Turon' occasione terrae ipsius vocatae de sonnis, Gentésque Scaccarii tibi manda­verint, quod si constaret tibi, ipsum Johannem per Eustachium de Piren & Petrum de la Miafle Milites, super his de consensu partium ut dicitur electos, per eorum sententiam arbitralem condemnâsse ad solvendum residuum dictarum mille librarum in forti mo­neta, eundem Johannem ad hoc compelleres. Praetextu quorum mandati & Senten­tiae ipsam Terram dicto Roberto tradidisti, & octo viginti libras Turon' ipsius Militis quas in manu nostra posuerat, occasione hujus cepisti, licet sicut dicitur idem Johannes eandem pecuniae summam est paratus solvere cum effectu, leveiis tamen ejusdem terrae deductis & in solutione praefati debiti applicatis. Quare mandamus tibi quod coram te partibus vocatis habitóque inter partes finali & legali computo de praemissis, leveiis (que) ejusdem terrae ut justum fuerit deductis pro tempore quo dictus Robertus dictam terram tenuit, & in dicti solutione debiti applicatis, ac de residuo dictarum mille librarum ei­dem Roberto integraliter satisfacto, eidem Johanni terram tradi & liberari ac dictas octo viginti libras in solutione hujus debiti deductas praeviâ ratione. Datum Paris. 15 die Aprilis, Anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo nono.

Sur ce le Bailliff de Caen manda ces lettres au Serjeant de Bertville contenant la forme qui suit:

Le Bailiff de Caen a Guilliaume de Cumbeour ou a son soeur Serjeant Salut. Nous vous mandons que vous ajournies & donnies jour a Monsieur Robert des Monstiers Chevalier le jeune devant vous ou vostre Lieutenant a Caen pour venir conter & pour aller avant jouxte la tenour du mandemant nostre Sire le Roy que nous a aporté Monsire Jean le Latimer Chevalier, a la Copie duquel mandement cette lettre est anexée au prochien Mecredy apres la feste de la Sainte Croix........................... [Page 55]si en aures nous vene rapporter de bouche ou nous escrives sous seel que nous poissions. Donne le Dimanche de quasimode l'an MCCC. dis.

Charta Philippi Regis Franciae.

PHilippus Dei Gratiâ Franciae Rex Balivo Cadomen' vel ejus locum tenenti salutem. Cùm ratione cujusdam pacis inter Johannem le Latimer Militem ex una parte, & Robertum de Monasteriis juniorem Militem ex altera parte dudum factae, moneta debile tunc currente, dictus Johannes dicto Roberto in mille libris Turon' tenetur certis tunc futuris terminis persolvendis, dictúsque Johannes pro terminis quibus cur­reret moneta debilis, cum moneta eadem satisfecerit praefato Roberto, & similiter pro aliis terminis satisfacere se paratum obtulit cum effectu, & per eundem Robertum ste­tit quod sibi de restantia dictae summae non fuerit satisfactum iu moneta qui dictae pacis tempore cursum........ communem. Et super hoc alias nostras literas tibi dedi­mus mandatis, ut praedictum Johannem ad solvendum restantiam dictae summae aliter quam in moneta debili non compellas. Iterato mandamus tibi quod dictum Robertum restantia summae praedictae solvenda in dicta moneta debili compellas esse contentum, non obstante decreto seu pronuntiatione arbitrali per Petrum de Miafle, & Eustachium de Pyron Milites factis in absentia praefati Johannis & contra Patriae consuetudinem prout dicitur. Et si super hoc occurrat tibi dubium vel obscurum, Diem coram Gen­tibus nostris instantis Scaccarii Roch. super hujusmodi privilegiis assignes aut facias as­signari. Datum apud Enginam ultimo die Julii, Anno Domini millesimo trecentesi­mo octavo.

A Fine suffered by Sir John Latimer and the Lady Joan his Wife in the Fourteenth Year of King Edward the Second.

HAEC est finalis concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasterium à die Paschae in unum Mensem, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, Filii Regis Ed­wardi, quarto decimo, coram Willielmo de Bereford, Johanne Matford, & Johanne Stonore, Justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibi Praesentibus, inter Johan­nem Latimer, & Joannam Uxorem ejus, & Robertum Filium ejusdem Johannis quae­rentes, & Lambertum de Trykingham deforcientem, de tribus Messuagiis, sexaginta Acris Terrae, quatuor Acris Prati, quatuor Acris Bosci & decem & octo solidatis red­ditus cum pertinentiis in Estshene, Mortlake & Wimbledon in Comitatu Surrey, & de una carucata Terrae & sex Acris Prati cum pertinentiis in Bisbeye & Harteshened in Co­mitatu Hertford, & de uno Messuagio, quinquaginta Acris Terrae, quadraginta Acris Bosci, quadraginta Acris Bruerae, quatuordecim solidatis redditus, & de passagio ultra aquam Tamisiae cum pertinentiis in Wolwiche in Comitatu Kanciae: Unde placitum Con­ventionis summonitum fuit inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet quod praedictus Johannes recognovit praedicta Tenementa & Passagium praedictum cum pertinentiis esse jus ipsius Lamberti, ut illa quae idem Lambertus concessit eisdem Johanni & Joannae prae­dicta Tenementa & Passagium praedictum cum pertinentiis, & illa eis reddidit in eadem Curia, habendum & tenendum eisdem Johanni & Joannae de Capitalibus Dominis Feodi illius per Servitia inde, quódque praedicta Tenementa & Passagium praedictum cum pertinentiis integrè remanebunt praedicto Roberto & Haeredibus de corpore suo procreatis, tenendum de capitalibus Dominis Feodi illius per Servitia quae ad praedicta Tenementa & Passagium praedictum pertinent imperpetuum. Et si contingat quod idem Robertus obierit sine Haerede de corpore suo procreato, tunc post decessum ipsius Roberti praedicta Tenementa & Passagium praedictum cum pertinentiis integrè remanebunt rectis Haeredibns praedicti Johannis, tenendum de Capitalibus Domi­nis Feodi illius per Servitia quae ad praedicta Tenementa & Passagium praedictum pertinent imperpetuum.

  • Surrey.
  • Hertford.
  • Kanciae.

Charta Joannae quae fuit Uxor Johannis le Latimer Militis.

NOverint universi per praesentes quòd ego Joanna quae fui Uxor Johannis le La­timer Militis, recepi de Thomâ Herewauld quadraginta & tres solidos & qua­tuor denarios de redditu Paschae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post conquestum undecimo, proveniente de terris & tenementis quae de me tenet in Wolwich; de quibus quidem quadraginta solidis & quatuor denariis, fateor me esse plenariè pa­catum, & praedictum Thomam esse quietum per praesentes.

In cujus rei Testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui.
Datum apud Westmonasterium die Martis pro­ximâ post Festum Sancti Barnabae Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis supradicto.

SIGILLVM DNAE IOHANNAE LATIMER

Sir Robert Latimer, Lord of Duntish, and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Johannis Mundayne, & Nicolai Gurthop Capellanorum.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, Quòd nos Johannes Mundayne & Nicolaus Gurthop Capellani, tradidimus & concessimus Roberto Latimer Chivalier, & Catharinae Uxori ejus, medietatem Manerii de Childeckford cum pertinentiis, habendum & tenendum iisdem Roberto & Catharinae & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Ca­tharinae exeuntibus de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & con­sueta in perpetuum. Et si contingat quòd praedicta Catharina obierit sine haerede de Corpore suo exeunte, tunc omnia praedicta tenementa cum pertinentiis integrè rema­neant rectis haeredibus ejusdem Catharinae, tenenda de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per Servitia inde debita & consueta in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimonium Sigilla no­stra praesentibus apposuimus. His Testibus, Richardo Turberville, Johanne Attehall Militibus, Johanne Moore, Johanne Stippleton, & Thomâ de la Were & aliis. Da­tum apud Childeckford in Festo Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Regis Ed­wardi tertii post Conquestum Tricesimo Secundo.

Charta Catharinae Latimer.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quod ego Catharina quondam Uxor Domini Roberti La­timer in purâ & ligeâ viduitate meâ dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti chartâ con­firmavi Margaretae filiae meae pro homagio & servitio suo totam Terram meam cum homagiis & servitiis liberorum hominum & villanorum, quam habui in Rotherhead, quae mihi accidebat Jure haereditario ex parte Domini Roberti de Hull patris mei, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis ad dictam Terram spectantibus, vel quae de jure in posterum spectare poterunt, in viis, semitis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis & caeteris aliis locis, li­bertatibus, & liberis consuetudinibus dictis Terris pertinentibus, habendum & tenen­dum [Page 57]dictam Terram cum omnibus suis pertinentiis de me & Haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis, liberè, quietè, pacificè, honorificè, integrè & haereditariè in perpetuum; Reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis à dicta Margareta & haeredibus suis unum par Chirothecarum de pretio unius denarii, vel unum denarium in Festo Paschae, pro omni servitio seculari, exactione & demanda omnimodò mihi pertinente. Salvo tamen servitio Regali quantum pertinet ad tantam Terram in eodem feodo. Et si prae­dicta Catharina sine haerede de se exeunte in fata decesserit, tota praedicta Terra cum pertinentiis ad Robertum Latimer Fratrem suum vel haeredes suos revertatur. Ego verò Catharina praedictam totam Terram cum omnibus praenominatis pertinentiis, servitiis tàm liberorum quàm villanorum, dictae Catharinae & haeredibus suis ut praedictum est, exeuntibus, contra omnes homines & foeminas pro praedicto servitio warrantizabo, ac­quietabo & defendam in perpetuum. Et ut haec mea Donatio & Concessio, & praesen­tis Chartae Confirmatio rata sit & stabilis, hanc praesentem Chartam Sigilli mei Impres­sione roboravi. His Testibus, Radulpho de Rochford, Ricardo de Turberville, Ro­gero de Attehall Militibus, Willielmo Jolliot, Johanne Strode, Elisâ Martin, Thomâ de Winterborne, Roberto Clerico, & aliis. Datum apud Rotherheath die Lunae pro­ximâ post Festum Purificationis Beatae Mariae Virginis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post conquestum Tricesimo quarto.

Sir Robert Latimer Knight, Lord of Duntish, and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Johannis de Rochford.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Johannes de Rochford, Consanguineus Ro­berti de Hull Militis, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Ro­berto filio Roberti Latimer Militi Manerium de Stoket juxta villam de monte acuto in Comitatu Somersetiae cum pertinentiis, & medietatem Manerii de Childakford cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Dorsetiae, unà cum Feodis Militum & Advocationibus Eccle­siarum quae ad praedictum Manerium & medietatem Manerii pertinent seu pertinere possunt: Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, Manerium de Stoket & medieta­tem Manerii de Childakford, una cum Feodis Militum & Advocationibus Ecclesiarum praedictarum cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis praedicto Roberto filio Roberti & haere­dibus de Corpore suo legitimè procreatis in perpetuum, de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius, per servitia inde debita & consueta. Et si contingat praedictum Robertum fili­um Roberti sine haerede de corpore suo procreato decedere, Volo & Concedo, quòd omnia praedicta, Manerium de Stoket & medietas Manerii de Childakford, unà cum Feodis Militum & Advocatione Ecclesiarum praedictarum cum omnibus eorum perti­nentiis, Margaretae Sorori praedicti Roberti filii Roberti, & haeredibus de corpore suo legitimè procreatis remaneant in perpetuum, Tenenda de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta. Et si contingat praedictam Margare­tam sine haerede de corpore suo legitimè procreato decedere, Volo, Quòd omnia prae­dicta, Manerium de Stoket, & medietas Manerii de Childakford, unà cum feodis Mi­litum & Advocationibus Ecclesiarum praedictarum ac omnibus eorum pertinentiis, mi­hi, & haeredibus meis remaneant in perpetuum. Et ego verò praedictus Johannes & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, Manerium de Stoket & Medietatem Manerii de Chil­dakford, unà cum Feodis Militum & Advocationibus Ecclesiarum praedictarum cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis, Roberto filio Roberti, & Margaretae Sorori ejus in formâ praedictâ warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & defendemus in perpetuum. His Testibus, Johanne Chydyok, Johanne Atte-Hale Militibus, Willielmo Winterborne, Johanne Briming, Henry Atte-Moure, Henry Alleyn, Johanne Spencer, & aliis. Data apud Childakford Die Jovis proximâ post Festum Sancti Martini, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum Tricesimo Sexto.

Protestatio per Dominum Robertum Latimer in Cancellariâ facta.

MEmorandum, Quòd cùm per quandam Inquisitionem coram Thomâ de la Bere, virtute Commissionis Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae avi Domini Regis nunc, eidem Thomae directè retornatam compertum fuisset, Quòd Catharina, quae fuit Uxor Roberti Latimer Chivalier, obiit seisita in Dominico suo ut de feodo de medietate Manerii de Childakford cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Dorsetiae & de medietate Advoca­tionis Ecclesiae ejusdem villae, Et quòd Robertus filius Roberti Latimer Chivalier est hae­res propinquior ejusdem Catharinae, Idem Robertus filius Roberti sperans aliud Jus sibi ad medietatem dicti Manerii & Advocationis praedictae competere, quàm per dictam In­quisitionem [Page 59]est compertum, petit liberationem dictae medietatis Manerii cum pertinentiis, ac Advocationis praedictae; Protestando, quòd si imposterum sibi constare poterit, ip­sum Robertum aliud Jus seu Titulum in Tenementis praedictis habere quàm suprà com­pertum, & quòd ipse intendit esse ad largum suum dictam medietatem Manerii cum pertinentiis, & Advocationem praedictam meliori Jure & Titulo quae sibi competere poterint clamare, liberatione ejusdem medietatis Manerii ac Advocationis praedictae sibi in eâdem Cancellariâ ad prosecutionem suam factâ non obstante, nec sibi seu hae­redibus suis praejudicante. Quae quidem Protestatio sibi in Cancellariâ praedictâ de assensu Curiae conceditur.

Indentura inter Dominum Robertum Latimer, & Margaretam uxorem ejus ex unâ parte, & Willielmum Cadbury, & Johannem Pury ex alterâ.

HAEC Indentura facta apud Duntish die Lunae in Festo Sancti Michaelis Archan­geli, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quarti post Conquestum Quinto, inter Rober­tum Latimer & Margaretam uxorem ejus ex unâ parte, & Willielmum Cadbury & Johannem Pury ex alterâ parte, Testatur, Quòd die & Anno supradictis praefati Ro­bertus & Margareta Uxor ejus tradiderunt, & ad firmam concesserunt praedictis Wil­lielmo Cadbury & Johanni Pury, totum Manerium suum de Stoket cum pertinentiis suis in Stoket praedicta, ad terminum vitae praedictorum Willielmi & Johannis, Salvis in omnibus eisdem Roberto & Margaretae, Wardis, Releviis, Maritagiis, Escaetis, Servitiis, Redditibus quibuscunque proventuris liberorum Tenentium, Salvis etiam praedictis Roberto & Margaretae & haeredibus ipsius Roberti Finibus, Herietis, simùl cum amerciamentis Tenentium in Villanagio pro eorum ruinositate Tenementorum; Excepto tamèn, quòd idem Willielmus & Johannes recipient & habebunt ex conces­sione gratiosâ praedictorum Roberti & Margaretae unam Libram Cerae, duo paria Chi­rothecarum, unam Libram & dimidiam Cumini de libero reditu proventuro ex certis parcellis dicto Manerio ab antiquo incumbentibus. Praedicti item Robertus & Marga­reta concesserunt eisdem Willielmo & Johanni annuum reditum sexdecim denariorum recepturum de quodam libero Tenemento Thomae Bolar, unà cum reditu annuo octo denariorum proventuro de libero Tenemento Johannis Gregory; Ità tamèn, Quod cùm Seneschallus praedictorum Roberti & Margaretae ad dictum Manerium de Stoket praedicta accesserit pro Curiis inibi tenendis, praefati Willielmus Cadbury & Johannes Pury pro se & suis micas & expensas Statibus competentibus illorum, sumptibus eorum propriis supportabunt, Ità quòd praedicti Willielmus & Johannes nulli tradent Statum suum in parte neque in toto, absque licentiâ speciali praedictorum Roberti & Marga­retae, nec ullum facient vastum nec destructionem in aliquo, per quod vastum vel de­structio possit reperiri. Praedicti quoque Willielmus Cadbury & Johannes Pury domos & aedificia in dicto Manerio de Stoket constructa bene & competenter sumptibus eo­rum propriis manutenebunt, sustinebunt, & adeò bono statu quo illa receperunt, seu meliore, in fine dimittent; Habendum & tenendum praedictum Manerium de Stoket praedicta cum pertinentiis suis, ut saepe dictum est, praedictis Willielmo Cadbury, & Johanni Pury ad terminum vitae utrius (que) eorum, & uni eorum qui diutiùs vixerit, de praedictis Roberto, Margaretâ & haeredibus ipsius Roberti, reddendo indè annuatìm praefatis Roberto, Margaretae, & haeredibus ipsius Roberti octo marcas legalis monetae ad quatuor anni terminos principales per aequales portiones. Et praedicti Willielmus & Johannes supportabunt sumptibus eorum propriis omnia onera dicto Manerio incum­bentia qualiacunque fuerint. Et si praedictus reditus octo Marcarum in parte vel in toto post aliquem terminum aretrò fuerit, tunc bene liceat praedictis Roberto, Marga­retae, & haeredibus sive assignatis ipsius Roberti, in praedicto Manerio distringere, & quascunque districtiones in dicto Manerio inventas & in hac parte captas secum abinde ducere, & penes se retinere, donec reditus aretrò simul cum arreragiis, expensis & dampnis eis fuerit satisfactum. Et si praedictus reditus octo marcarum fuerit aretrò, in parte vel in toto, post aliquem terminum per tres septimanas, aut Statum suum absque licentiâ speciali praedictorum Roberti & Margaretae in parte vel in toto alicui tradide­rint, [Page 60]seu vastum vel destructionem, in Domibus, Arboribus, Terris, Tenementis, Clausis, Clausuris, Pratis, Pascuis, seu Pasturis, aut aliis quibuscunque, per quod va­stum seu destructio reperiri possint, fecerint; vel si singula Onera dicto Manerio in­cumbentia non solverint, tunc bene liceat praedictis Roberto, Margaretae, & haeredibus ipsius Roberti in dicto Manerio suo de Stoket saepe dicta cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis reintrare, & ad libitum illorum penes se retinere, ut in statu suo pristino, his scriptis indentatis interim non obstantibus. Et praedicti Robertus, Margareta, & haeredes & Assignati ipsius Roberti memoratum Manerium de Stoket cum pertinentiis suis praefatis Willielmo Cadbury & Johanni Pury in formâ supradictâ ad terminum vitae utriusque eorum, seu unius diutiùs viventis, contra omnes Gentes warrantizabunt, ac­quietabunt & defendent. In cujus rei Testimonium partes praedictae his scriptis bipar­titis Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. His Testibus Yvo fitz Warren, Johanne Moi­gae Militibus, Waltero Tonges, Johanne de la Lynde, & multis aliis. Data die, An­no & loco supradictis.

Charta Roberti Latimer.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Robertus Latimer & Margareta Uxor mea, assensu & consensu Domini Willielmi Peche patris dictae Margaretae, concessimus & remi­simus, & omninò quietum clamavimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris Domino Willi­elmo Atte-hall totum servitium & Escaieta de toto Tenemento, quod Nicolaus de Palton, & Elizabetha Uxor ejus habuerunt de Feoffamento nostro in Winterborne cum omnibus ejus pertinentiis. Concessimus etiam & remisimus eidem Domino Wil­lielmo Custodiam & Maritagium Terrarum & haeredum dicti Nicolai de omnibus Terris quas Robertus habuit in praedictâ villâ cum suis pertinentiis; Habendum & Te­nendum dicto Domino Willielmo omnia praedicta, tam in Servitiis, Wardis, Releviis, Maritagiis, Escaietis, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, omnibus diebus vitae suae, sicut ego vel haeredes mei in aliquo casu habere poterimus. In cujus rei Testimonium has literas meas feci patentes, Sigillo meo Sigillatas. His Testibus, Johanne de Copleston Vicecomite, Roberto de Turberville, Johanne de Raleigh Militibus, Roberto Mar­tin, Thomâ Hussey, Nicolao de la Linde, Thomâ Frampton, & multis aliis. Data apud Winterborne die Lunae proximâ ante Festum Simonis & Judae, Anno Regni Re­gis Richardi Secundi Nono.

Sir John Latimer Knight, Lord of Duntish, and other Lands and Lordships.

Billa Johannis Latimer exhibita in Cancellariâ.

A tres Reverend Pere en Dieu l'Eveque de Duresme, Chancellier d'Angleterre.

SUpplie humblement Jean Latimer fitz au Robert Latimer Chevallier, que comme sur le treat del Mariage faict per entre le dit Robert pere al dit suppliant & Mar­garet sa mere, la fille Sire Guilliaume de Peche, devant le Mariage entre eux faict par leurs amis, pour faire les Heirs des les Corps de dits pere & mere enheritable de les Mannoirs, &c. par bargayn & accord faitz per entre eux & pour graunde somme d'argent, c'est assavoir, &c. al dit Pere del suppliant avant dit pour le mariage sa mere dont il estoit pleynement premys, & affirme que le dit Robert Latimer al dit suppliant enfeffera de les dites Mannoirs, &c. W. & B. en fee, & reprendreit un estat a luy & a dit sa femme & a les heirs de leur Corps engendrez, les queux feffement & reprise de estat ent furent faites accordant a les bargayn & promesse avant-dites. Puys apres les dites Robert Latimer & la dite sa femme avoient issu de leur corps engendrez leur fitz d'issue & heir apparent le suppliant avant-dit, & la dite morust, apres quelle mort, le [Page 61]dit Robert Pere audit suppliant par maluys excitation des diverses persones pour dishe­riter le dit suppliant, & pour faire enheritables issues de celle que le dit Robert al pris de­puys, en ce a faict comburer les faites de les feffements & reprise del estat avant dit. Et sur ceo ent a fait alienation a diverses persones en verisemble disherison du dit suppliant si Dieu luy doigne de survivre son dit Pere, en tant que les ditez faitz de feffement & re­prise d'estates sont destructes, s'il n' ast vostre tresgracieux socours en ceste partye, que pleise, &c. de considerer les premisses, & sur ceo pourvoir pour le dit Robert par Breve nostre Seigneur le Roy, par vostre tressage discretion en affaire de comparer devant vous en la Chancellarie nostre Seigneur le Roy au certeyn jour d'estre examiné de les premisses perissent qu'il poet estre conuz de record de sa conisance qu'il y avoit fiels faites de feffement & reprise de estats accordantz la bargaine de mariage & promesse avant ditz, Et sur ceo de ordeyner juste & due redresse & remedye al dit suppliant solon ceo que droit & bon conscience demandent pour Dieu & en oeuvre de charité considerant tres-gracious Seigneur, que le dit suppliant a nul remedye al comen ley de la combusti­on des faites avantdites, & que son dit pere & governé, & amesné par gentz qui n'ont consideration de verité.

Charta Roberti Pipard.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, Robertus filius Jo­hannis Pipard Militis, Salutem in Domino. Noveritis me remisisse, relaxâsse, & omninò pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamâsse Johanni Latimer Domino de Estpullham, & haeredibus suis, totum Jus & clameum quod habeo, seu aliquo modo habere potero in omnibus illis Terris & Tenementis, quae idem Johannes tenet in Lox­ton in Comitatu Somersetiae, ex dimissione & concessione Domini Johannis Pipard Militis patris mei ad terminum vitae Margaretae Sororis meae, modò Uxoris dicti Johan­nis Latimer. Ita quòd nec ego praedictus Robertus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro versùs praedictum Johannem vel haeredes suos aliquam actionem habere poterimus in futurum. Et ego praedictus Robertus, & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta Terras & Tenementa praedicto Johanni Latimer, & haeredibus suis, & Assig­natis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Stephano de Bingham, Jacobo Trussell, Ricardo Moore, Thomâ Frampton, & multis aliis.

Charta Johannis Latimer, & Nicolai Latimer filii ejus.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Johannes Latimer Armiger, Dominus de Estpullham in Comitatu Dorsetiae, & Nicolaus Latimer Armiger, filius & haeres praedicti Johannis, Salutem in Domino. Noveritis nos manu­misisse, & liberum fecisse, & ab omni jugo Nativitatis, Servitutis, seu villanagii ple­niùs liberâsse, Walterum Janin Nativum nostrum ad Manerium nostrum de Estpull­ham praedictum spectantem & pertinentem cum tota sequelâ suâ procreatâ, seu in po­sterum procreandâ, Ità quòd nec nos praefatus Johannes, & Nicolaus, nec haeredes nostri aliquod Jus, Clameum, Actionem, seu Calumniam in praedicto Waltero ra­tione Nativitatis, servitutis, seu villanagii praedictorum, seu sequelarum suarum praedicta­rum procreatarum, seu in posterum procreandarum, aut in bonis seu catallis suis qui­buscunque de caetero habere, exigere, seu vendicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni actione hujusmodi Nativitatis, Servitutis, & villanagii sumus exclusi per praesen­tes in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimonium praesentibus Sigilla nostra apposuimus, Datis apud Estpullham praedictam in Festo Conversionis Sancti Pauli Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum Vicesimo primo.

Sir Nicholas Latimer Knight, Lord of Duntish, and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Nicolai Latimer.

OMnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Nicolaus Latimer filius & hae­res Johannis Latimer Armigeri jam defuncti, Salutem in Domino. Cùm Richardus Whittington Cives Londini, Edwardus Rede, Robertus An­drew, Robertus James, Johannes Forde, Thomas Rothwell, Johannes Yorke, & Henricus Villere Clericus, nuper per quandam Chartam suam indentatam, cujus Data est apud Childeckford quinto Die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Conquestum Nono, dimiserint, tradiderint, & Chartâ illâ confirmaverint praedi­cto Johanni Latimer filio Roberti Latimer Militis, & Margaretae Uxori ejusdem Jo­hannis, & Haeredibus de Corporibus eorum exeuntibus, Manerium de Childeckford cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatu Dorsetiae, unà cum Advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem; necnon omnia Terras & Tenementa, Redditus, Servitia & Reversiones, cum suis per­tinentiis in Childeckford praedicta, ac Manerium de Crawestoke cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Surriae, necnon omnia Terras & Tenementa, redditus, servitia & reversio­nes cum pertinentiis in Crawestoke praedicta. Virtute quarum Dimissionis, Traditio­nis & Confirmationis praedictarum praedicti Johannes Latimer & Margareta fuerunt inde seisiti: Et posteà idem Johannes de tali Statu seisitus inde obiit; post cujus mortem praedicta Margareta se tenuit in Maneriis, Terris, & Tenementis praedictis, & indè fuit seisita, & Possessionem inde suam usque modò continuavit, & sic jam in praesenti inde seisita existit. Ac tam praedicti Richardus Whittington, Edwardus Rede, Rober­tus Andrew, Robertus James, Johannes Forde, Thomas Rothwell, Johannes Yorke, & Henricus in quandam aliam Chartam suam indentatam, cujus data est apud Dun­tish in Comitatu Dorsetiae, ultimo Die Julii, Anno praedicti Regis Nono, dederint & concesserint praefatis Johanni Latimer & Margaretae Uxori ejus, Reversionem Mane­riorum de Duntish, Tille, & Rivell, cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Dorsetiae; Necnon Reversionem omnium Terrarum, Tenementorum, Reddituum, Servitiorum, & Re­versionum, cum suis pertinentiis in Duntish, ac de & in villis de Bokeland, Winterne, Whichurch cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatu Dorsetiae, inter alia Maneria, Terras, & Tenementa, quae Robertus Latimer Miles tenuit ad Terminum vitae suae, habenda & tenenda eisdem Johanni & Margaretae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus, cùm post mortem praedicti Roberti Latimer Militis acciderint, virtute quorundam Doni & Concessionis quae idem Robertus Latimer praefatis Johanni & Margaretae de iisdem Maneriis, Terris, & Tenementis attornavit. Et posteà idem Robertus Latimer de tali Statu indè obiit seisitus; post cujus mortem dicti Johannes & Margareta in eisdem Maneriis, Terris, & Tenementis cum suis pertinentiis, intraverint virtute Doni & Con­cessionis praedictarum, & sic inde seisiti fuerunt: Et de tali Statu idem Johannes Lati­mer posteà inde obiit seisitus; post cujus mortem dicta Margareta se tenuit in eisdem Maneriis, Terris, & Tenementis cum pertinentiis, & inde seisita fuit, & sic jam in praesenti seisita existit. Ac cùm Walterus Baylye Capellanus, Johannes Rafe, & Ri­chardus Long per quoddam Scriptum eorum indentatum, cujus data est apud Estpull­ham in Festo Nativitatis beatae Mariae Virginis, Anno dicti Regis nono, tradiderunt, dimiserunt, & Scripto illo confirmaverunt praefato Roberto Latimer Militi Manerium de Estpullham cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Dorsetiae, Necnon omnia Terras, & Te­nementa, Redditus, Servitia, & Reversiones cum suis pertinentiis in Estpullham prae­dicta & Newton infra Manerium five Parochiam de Helton in eodem Comitatu, ha­benda & tenenda eidem Roberto ad Terminum vitae suae, remanere inde per idem Scriptum praedicto Johanni Latimer filio dicti Roberti, & dictae Margaretae Uxori ejusdem Johannis, & haeredibus de Corporibus ipsorum Johannis & Margaretae exeun­tibus; Et pro defectu hujusmodi haeredum, remanere inde rectis haeredibus ejusdem [Page 63]Roberti Latimer in perpetuum. Virtute quarundam Traditionis, Dimissionis, & Confirmationis, idem Robertus Latimer fuit inde seisitus, & de tali Statu inde obiit sei­situs; post cujus mortem dictus Johannes Latimer in eisdem Manerio, Terris, & Te­nementis cum pertinentiis, ut in remanere suum praedictum introivit, & inde seisitus fuit. Et postea idem Johannes Latimer de tali Statu inde obiit seisitus; post cujus mor­tem dicta Margareta se tenuit in eisdem Maneriis, Terris, & Tenementis, & inde sei­sita fuit, & sic jam in praesenti inde seisita existit. Noveritis me praedictum Nicolaum Latimer ratificâsse, approbâsse, & per praesentes confirmâsse praefatae Margaretae Matri meae, Statum, Possessionem, Jus, Titulum, & interesse, quae & quos eadem Marga­reta habet & tenet de & in omnibus & singulis Maneriis, Terris, & Tenementis, Red­ditibus, Servitiis, & Reversionibus cum suis pertinentiis, secundùm formam Concessio­nis praedictae, remanere inde mihi & haeredibus meis in perpetuum. Et ego verò praefa­tus Nicolaus, & haeres meus, omnia & singula praedicta Maneria, Terras, & Tene­menta, Redditus, Servitia, & Reversiones cum suis pertinentiis praefatae Margaretae contra omnes Gentes Warrantizabimus, Acquietabimus, & in perpetuum per praesen­tes defendemus. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui. Datum Vicesimo Die Julii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conque­stum Vicesimo septimo.

SIGILLVM NICOLAI LATIMER MILITIS

An Arbitration made by George Duke of Clarence, upon a reference between Sir Nicholas Latimer and Sir Edward Grey.

GEORGE Duke of Clarence and Lord of Richmond, To all those to whom our Writing Indented shall come, Greeting. Where certain variances and de­bates have been hanging betwixt Edward Grey Knight, and Nicholas Latimer Knight, of and upon the Right, Title and Possession of the Mannor of Lokston, with the Appurtenances in the County of Somerset: For which Variances and Debates to be appeased, the Parties aforesaid have compromitted, and also bound them to stand to the Arbitrement, Ordinance and Judgment of us the said Duke, like as in two Obliga­tions, in one of which the said Edward is bounden to the said Nicholas, and in the other the said Nicholas is bounden to the said Edward in two hundred pounds, with several Con­ditions to abide our Award, as in the premisses more plainly is contained. We the said Duke taking upon us to Arbitre in the premisses, have heard the Allegations, Titles and Replications of the said Parties of and in the premisses, and by good deliberation them understanding: Wherefore we Award, Ordain and deem, that the said Nicholas Lati­mer Knight, shall have, occupy, and peaceably enjoy the said Mannor of Lokston with the Appurtenances to him and his Heirs, without interruption or claim of the said Edward and his Heirs. For the which premisses we Award, Ordain and deem, that the said Nicholas shall be bound in a Statute of the Staple before the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming, to the said Edward in an hundred pounds to be paid to him in Michaelmas next coming, and the said Edward before the said Feast shall by his Deed grant to the said Nicholas, that if the said Nicholas or his Executors pay or do to be payed to the said Edward or his Assigns at the Feast of Saint Michael next coming after the date hereof, or within a Month then next following, twenty five pounds in [Page 64]the Parish Church of Saint Ewing next within Newgate of London; and at the Feast of Pasch then next following, or within a Month then next ensuing, in the same Church twelve pounds ten shillings; and at the Feast of Saint Michael then next following, or within a Month then next ensuing, in the same Church other twelve pounds ten shil­lings; and at the Feast of Pasch then next following, or within a Month next ensuing, in the same Church other twelve pounds ten shillings; and at the Feast of Saint Michael next following, or within a Month next ensuing, in the same Church other twelve pounds ten shillings; and at the Feast of Pasch next following, or within a Month next ensuing, in the same Church other twelve pounds ten shillings; and at the Feast of Saint Michael next following, or within a Month next ensuing, in the same Church other twelve pounds ten shillings: that then the same Statute to be void and of none effect, or else to stand in his strength and vertue. Also we Award that the said Edward shall at every day of payment aforesaid deliver to the Bearer of the said money toward his cost, six shillings eight pence. In Witness to which thing to either part of this our Award Indented we have set our Seal. Given the twentieth day of June, in the eighth year of my Lords Reign King Edward the Fourth.

[seal of George, duke of Clarence]

Doctor Fullers History of the Worthies of England, Page 287. In his Catalogue of Sheriffs for Dorsetshire.

SIR Nicholas Latimer was High Sheriff of Dorsetshire in the thirty second year of King Henry the Sixth, and again in the eleventh year of King Edward the Fourth.

The Title of Sir John Mordaunt Knight, to the Mannors of Duntish and Devilish in the County of Dorset, and Estoket in Somersetshire; which late were Sir Nicholas Latimers.

FIrst the said Sir Nicholas bargained with William Hardyng for the Mannor of De­vilish, and Enfeoffed him Sole of the same; so that by that Hardyng was Intitu­led to that Mannor in Anno xivo Ed. ivti, whose bargain was unknown to Sir John Mordaunt till Anno viijo of Henry vijth, at which time he bought the Moity of the Title of Hardyng therein.

Anno ijdo Ricardi Tertii, Sir John Mordaunt and Sir Nicholas Bargained for the Mannor of Devilish, that the Feoffees thereof should stand seized of the same Mannor to the use of the said Sir Nicholas for Term of his Life; And if he happen to have Issue Male, then after the Death of Sir Nicholas they should stand seized thereof to the use of that Issue Male, and of the Heirs Males of his Body begotten; and for lack of such Issue, to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and Edith, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edith begotten.

Then in Anno vijto of King Henry the Seventh, it was Bargained between the said Sir Nicholas (contrary to the said former Bargains) and Sir John Turbervile, That Sir Ni­cholas should Enfeoffee John Talower, as well of the said Mannor of Devilish as of all the said other Mannors, and of the Mannor of Estpullham in Fee. Against whom John Smith [Page 65]should recover the same Mannors, and after that Recovery should make Estate by Deed and by Fine to Sir Nicholas, of all the Mannors to him, and the Heirs Males of his Body begotten; the Remainder to Sir John Turbervile and his Heirs; which Estate was made to Talower, against whom John Smith sued several Writs of Entry to recover the Premisses accordingly.

Hanging this Writ of Entry, Sir John Mordaunt sued a Subpoena against Sir Nicholas, Sir John Turbervile, and John Smith, and disclosed his Bargain of Devilish, and desired an Injunction in Chancery thereof, that they should not proceed in the Recovery: So he had an Injunction for two or three Terms; and when Sir John Mordaunt had proved his Bargain by the great favour that my Lord Chancellor bore to Turbervile, the In­junction was Released, and Smith proceeded in the Recoveries, and had Judgment against all Conscience and all Precedents like before that time (as it was said): And I think it appeared in Chancery that Turbervile and Smith had knowledge of the Bargains between Sir Nicholas, and Hardyng, and Mordaunt, before the Bargain made between him and Sir Nicholas.

After these Recoveries, Sir Nicholas sued a Subpoena against John Smith to Execute the State Tayl to Sir Nicholas, according to the trust and express words of the Indenture, which Estate he would never Execute, nor Sir Nicholas could ever have Judgment thereof in the Chancery, by the labour of Sir John Turbervile and the great favour that my Lord Chancellor bare to Turbervile; which favour appeareth in as much as before the Recovery, and after the Recovery, all the time of that Suit hanging, during the Life of the said Lord Chancellor it appeared of Record in the Chancery, and was con­fessed by all Parties, That that Estate should have been made to Sir Nicholas by express words in the Indenture.

When Sir John Mordaunt perceived that Sir Nicholas could not obtain his Estate then in the fifteenth year of Henry the Seventh, he bought Hardyngs whole Title to Devilish of Nicholas Hardyng Heir to William Hardyng. Then died my Lord Chancellor after that Bargain, and then died the Wife of Sir Nicholas Latimer that was old and past Child­bearing; but she was like to have over-liv'd Sir Nicholas. And then in the end of Anno xvo Sir John Mordaunt was called into the Kings House, and went thither wholly at Michaelmas, Anno xvio.

Then Married Sir Nicholas a young Gentlewoman of twenty years of Age; by the which it was doubted as well by Sir John Turbervile, as by Sir John Mordaunt, That Sir Nicholas's Wife might have Issue Male, and for that neither of them trusted so surely to come to the Inheritance according to the Title that either of them had as they did in the Life of the old Wife of Sir Nicholas.

And from the Death of the Lord Morton, and of Sir Nicholas's Wife, Sir John Turber­vile feared that Sir Nicholas, by help of Sir John Mordaunt, should cause the State Tayl to be Executed to Sir Nicholas: and that was one cause that he was glad to Bargain with John Smith, that though such Judgment had been given, John Smith should not Execute it, but stand still seized to the use that he recovered it for. And that for his so doing, if Sir John Turbervile died without Issue of his Body begotten, John Smith should have the Fee-Simple of all the same Mannors to the use of the same John Smith, and his Heirs for ever.

Another Consideration why Sir John Turbervile should depart with the Fee-Simple to John Smith, was, for that John Smith should labour Sir Nicholas with more diligence, for his own Interest in the Fee-Simple, to have changed his Estate in Tayl to a State for Term of Life, and for that he should have the Fee-Simple for lack of Issue of Sir John Turbervile.

At this time was not the Fee-Simple so greatly to be regarded, for that it was openly known, that Mr. Turbervile intended to Marry where he might have Issue. And also Sir John Turbervile feared that my Lady Latimer should have had Issue Male, and for that should John Smith labour to have the Estate of Sir Nicholas changed to a State for Term of Life.

Upon these Considerations and others, and for other things here under-written, It [Page 66]was Covenanted and Bargained between Sir John Turbervile and John Smith in Winter, Anno xviio of Henry the Seventh, That for the Reversion of the Mannor of Snodland in Kent of the yearly value of twenty Marks (as it is said) which Sir John Turbervile had to him and to the Heirs of his Body, and for lack of such Issue it should remain to John Smith in Fee; which Reversion John Smith should Surrender, and Release all his Right therein to such use as Sir John Turbervile would Assign: And for that also that John Smith should Release an Annuity of ten Marks which he had for Term of Life out of the same Mannor, It was Covenanted, That John Smith should stand still seized of all the said Latimers Lands to the use of Sir John Turbervile, and of the Heirs of his Body begot­ten, and for lack of such Issue, to the use of John Smith, and his Heirs in Fee, of which Bargain Sir John Mordaunt knew not till September Anno xviijo of Henry the Seventh.

But William Mordaunt Brother to Sir John Mordaunt, which at the Commandment of the said Sir John had many times broken with John Smith, that Sir John Mordaunt his Bro­ther might redeem the Title of Sir John Turbervile in the Premisses, by the means of the said John Smith (without whom Sir John Turbervile would make no Bargain) Agreed and Bargain'd with John Smith in Trinity Term, or else Easter Term, Anno xviio Henrici viimi, That for the Mannor of Estpulham to be made sure to John Smith, and his Heirs, from Sir John Mordaunt and his Heirs, discharged of the Title of one John Crokerne, which Crokerne pretended Title to the Moity thereof, whether Sir John Turbervile lived or died: If Sir Nicholas died without Issue Male, That (for lack of Issue of Sir John Turbervile law­fully begotten) John Mordaunt should have all the Residue of Latimers Lands to him and to his Heirs for ever.

This Bargain and Agreement John Smith rehearsed and agreed to at the Dutchy Chamber Door, in the Life of Sir John Turbervile, to Sir John Mordaunt, in the presence of William Mordaunt, on the Morrow after the Agreement between William and John Smith had. And the said William at the first Agreement, and on the Morrow the said John Mordaunt also desired to know of John Smith how he could make that sure, if Sir John Turbervile died. And thereto John Smith Answered, That they should know that another time, but not then, and said, Doubt ye not, but (live he, or die he) ye shall be sure of that I have said; and thus they departed. And before the next Term died Sir John Turbervile in the beginning of Anno xviiio of Henry the Seventh.

After the said Bargain Agreed between John Mordaunt and John Smith, by the means of William Mordaunt, the sixth day of September after Turberviles Death, John Mordaunt sent word to Smith into the West Country of Turberviles death, willed him to come to London as soon as he might, and to finish in Writing the said Bargain. And Smith by his Letter dated the fourteenth day of September sent Answer to John Mordaunt, and disclosed upon what ground he had made such Agreement and Bargain to John Mordaunt, and William, and then disclosed his Bargain made to him by Sir John Turbervile, which he had under his Sign Manual and his Seal; and upon that in Michaelmas Term following, Anno xviijo John Mordaunt and Smith ingrossed their Indenture, and accomplished their Bar­gain, and their Bargain was known and spoken of both in Court and other places also. And the Kings Grace nothing said nor did, nor shewed any thing to John Mordaunt till Hilary Term then next.

In Hilary Term Anno xviijo the King took displeasure with Mordaunt, that he would intermeddle with the Lands, and make not him privy, thinking, that John Smith at the Death of Turbervile had stood seized of the Lands to the use of Turbervile in Fee, for lack of Issue Male of Latimer then living, and said, That Turbervile ought him great Money, and that he would have the Reversion in recompence of his Money; and willed John Mordaunt to forsake his Bargain; which he would not do. Wherefore the King was sore displeased with him, and caused Smith to come by Privy Seal to make a Feoffment to the Kings use of the Lands, which he would not, but disclosed to the King all the Premisses that be here in Writing (as he hath said and reported;) And the same Smith sometime threaten'd, and sometime entreated, gave Attendance upon the King till he agreed to make a Feoffment as the King would desire.

Whereupon a Deed was devised in Paper, by which John Smith should Enfeoffe [Page 67]Lord Daubeny, Master Lovell, Master Bray, and Master Seymore in Fee, and Sir William Seymore would have had it to the Kings use, whereto John Smith would not agree; then it was drawn, and no use expressed; and at the desire of John Mordaunt the Copy was sent to William Mordaunt to see, and he entertained. [To the same use that John Smith then was seized.] And with great difficulty the Deed was so made by Smith and sealed in Trinity Term Anno decimo octavo. About Michaelmas Anno decimo nono, Lord Au­beny, and Master Lovell took a State by that Deed, at that time Master Bray and Ma­ster Seymore being dead. And thus it continued all the Life of John Mordaunt, who died in September Anno vicesimo, and all the Life of Sir Nicholas Latimer, who died without Issue Male at Lent, Anno vicesimo.

From the Death of Sir Nicholas, by Colour of the said Feoffment, and by Colour that the Kings Grace said Sir John Turbervile should owe him much Mony at his Decease, without any Title, and against Law and Conscience, of his Royal Power, the Kings Grace took the Profits of these Lands till Summer Anno vicesimo primo in Trinity Term. And because the Heir, and William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, Executors to John Mordaunt, were so far in Debt to the King, and sued, and on Exigent for the same, were so troubled with the King, and about the Testament of John Mordaunt, that they mind­ed not Latimers Lands to trouble the King nor them by Suit, till they had somewhat pacified their other troubles: And in Trinity Term Anno vicesimo primo, the Lord Aubeny and others sued several Writs of Subpoena against the said Executors, and Heir, and against John Smith, to have compelled them to deliver the Evidences; upon Livery of which Writs upon Sute made to the King by the Executors, the King Commanded them to sue to Dudley; and though the Executors shewed the King, that they had as good leave the Land for the hard dealing they knew of Dudley, the King compelled them to sue to Dudley, who Ordered them to pay the Kings Majesty, and to pay two hundred pounds yearly, or else they must have delivered the Evidences, and abidden the Kings Displeasure (as Dudley said) and also must have Released: and for Surety of Payment thereof there was Land recovered by my Lord of Winchester, and Sir Robert Throgmorton and others named for the Heir of Mordaunt. Of which Money the Execu­tors paid to the King four hundred pounds, whereby the Will of John Mordaunt is yet not performed, whereof they are now to have Restitution, and to be discharged of two hundred pounds more residue. And that my Lord of Winchester and others may Release to the persons named in the Recoveries to the use of the Heir of Mordaunt, according to Right, and good Conscience.

And Dudley said expresly, the Deed was to the Kings Use, and the Executors fearing whether Smith had made any new Deed or not, and also not knowing whether the Estate had been delivered by the Deed, in which the use was express'd or not, desired to see the Deed, and he shewed it; and thereby it appeared the use was to the same use as Smith was Enfeoffed, and that notwithstanding by the Menaces and Craft of Dudley, they were compelled to agree and indent to give the King, &c.

The Report of Richard Eliott the Kings Serjeant at Law, John Erneley the Kings Attorney, and of John Porte the Kings Sollicitor, upon the sight of the Evidence of Sir John Mordaunt, for all such Mannors, Lands and Tenements as were late Sir Nicholas Latimer's Knight.

FIrst, It appears that Sir Nicholas Latimer Knight by his Deed Enfeoffed William Har­dyng of the same Mannor above-written in Fee, Dated decimo sexto die Januarii Anno Edwardi quarti decimo quarto.

Item, After that by his Indenture bearing date the same Year and the seventeenth day of January, rehearsing the said Feoffment, The said William Harding granted, that if the said Sir Nicholas within twelve Years then next following paid to the said William Har­dyng one hundred and twenty pounds, that then the said Sir Nicholas should have again the said Mannor to him and to his Heirs.

Item, (the Premisses notwithstanding) The said Sir Nicholas by Indenture bargained [Page 68]and sold the said Mannor to Sir John Mordaunt Knight, and Edith his Wife, Daughter of the said Sir Nicholas and to the Heirs of their Body begotten for lack of Issue Male of the Body of the said Sir Nicholas lawfully begotten, &c. Dated the second of Richard the Third.

Memorandum, That Sir John Mordaunt after bargained with the same William Hardyng and Nicholas his Son, for their Interest and Title that they had in the said Mannor of Devilish, as by Indenture thereof made, plainly may appear.

  • For the Mannors of
    • Devilish.
    • For the Mannors of Duntish.
    • For the Mannors of Estpullham.
    • For the Mannors of Estoket.

First, It appeareth that the said Sir Nicholas Latimer bargained and sold all these said Mannors above-written to Sir John Turbervile and his Heirs, for the sum of a thousand Marks, upon Condition, That if the said Sir Nicholas died without Heir Male of his Body lawfully begotten.

And upon the same Bargain it was Covenanted, That John Smith should recover the said Mannors, and Execute the Estates according to the same Covenants to Sir Nicholas Latimer and to the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten with the remainder (as is abovesaid.) Data Indentura Anno septimo Henrici Septimi.

Item, It appeareth by Writing in Paper Sealed and Subscribed with the hand of Sir John Turbervile, That he granted a Bargain with John Smith for certain Lands in the County of Kent, That if the said Sir John Turbervile died without Issue of his Body law­fully begotten, That then the said John Smith should have all the said Mannors to him and to his Heirs. Dated decimo quarto die Octobris, Anno decimo septimo Henrici Septimi.

Item, After the said Bargain so made between John Turbervile and John Smith, the said John Smith bargained and sold all the said Mannors to Sir John Mordaunt Knight, and his Heirs, except the Mannor of Estpullham, with divers Covenants, as it appeareth by the said Indenture, Data Anno decimo octavo Henrici Septimi.

Item, After the said Bargain, the Kings Grace that dead is, without Cause or Co­lour, would have caused John Smith to have Enfeoffed the Lord Daubeny, and other of the said Mannors to the use of the Kings Grace and his Heirs; which he refused so to do, because he had made the former Bargain, and by Advice of the Councel of the said King. And to satisfie the same Kings Appetite for the time, the said John Smith Enfeoffed Giles Lord Daubeny and others, to them, and their Heirs and Assigns, to the use following, That was, Ad eosdem & hujusmodi usus & intentiones, prout ego praefatus Johannes Smith die Con­fectionis praesentium in eisdem seisitus existo, & in praesens habeo, in praemissis, vel in aliquo prae­missorum: Which uses and intents upon the true Examination of the Premisses, appear plainly to be to the use of Sir John Mordaunt Knight, and of his Heirs for ever.

Memorandum, That we the said Richard Eliott, John Ernley, and John Porte, having seen and examined all and every of the Premisses, and by the tenor and sight of all the Premisses, it appeareth evidently, That the King had no Title, nor at any time had, to any of the said Mannors, nor to any part of them.

A Letter from Sir Giles Strangewayes.

To my Right Worshipful Brother Mordaunt.

RIght Worshipful Brother, I heartily recommend me unto you. Sir, As touching the Releases of John Latimer, I have them ready Sealed by him, and all the names of them that were present at his release and delivery of the same. Sir, I would ere this time have sent it you, but I durst trust no Messenger but my self. For with Gods good Grace I trust this Term to be at London, and then to bring it to you my self. Also as touching the Land that ye have lately bought of one Narborow within Devilish; ac­cording to your desire and writing I my self have taken possession thereof for your be­hoof, and also retained the Tenants to you by a penny, in the presence of Sir Thomas Trenchard Knight, Robert Sturges Esquire, and others. Also as for the Pedigree of Wil­liam Juell and Thomas Lond, I have done the best that in me lies to have known it, [Page 70]howbeit I can find no man who can speak in it to your profit. But as touching the Pe­digree of John Camell and Richard Garnsay, I have Examined as followeth; that is to say, Richard Garnsay Son and Heir of the aforesaid Richard sayes, that he once had certain Evidence concerning the Land that Moleyns laid claim unto, which Evidence with a Release made by him, he delivered to Sir Nicholas Latimer, promising him thirty three shillings four pence, which money he never had; notwithstanding at my desire, if you think his Title may do you good, or profit, he is contented to do for you as much as in him lies, and farther I cannot know of either of your Pedigrees, but as I have afore written to you. Also as touching John Reade that you writ to me, which gave Moleyns the Land in Fee Tayl, I can in no wise hear of the same Reade; but the Country sayes, that one Moleyns was in possession a while there, but he was Disseised by Sir Nicholas Latimer, again, but farther I cannot know. Also my Lady your Mother hath given Giles Peny the Buck that you wrote to her for. Sir, Also I have moved my Lady many times that you might have Latimers Lands to Farm, which in no wise she will agree unto yet. I have done therein as much as I can, for she sayes that she will be Mistress of her own Lands during her Life. Farther, I pray you to have me recommended to my Sister your Wife, and to my Uncle William Mordaunt. And I yours to my little power, as knoweth Jesus, who always preserve you.

From Dorchester the third day of October Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi quinto.
By me
Yours, Giles Strangeways.

The Petition of the Lady Edith Carewe.

To the King our Soveraign Lord.

IN most humble wise beseecheth Your Highness, and most Noble Grace your poor Oratrice Dame Edith Carewe Widow, sometime the wife of Sir John Mordaunt Knight, That whereas the same Sir John Mordaunt at the time of his Death, left and gave to your said Oratrice, then his Wife, in Plate, Jewels, ready Money, and Stuff, to the value of a Thousand Marks and above, to have to her own proper Use and Behove; By force whereof she was thereof possessed accordingly, and afterward she being possessed thereof, took to Husband your late Servant Sir John Carewe Knight; which Sir John Carewe afterwards (by Chance of War) was perished and lost on the Sea, in the Service of Your Grace. At which time he lost not only his Personage on the Sea, but also lost his substance of such Goods, as to your said Oratrice was left by her former Hus­band, which the said Sir John Carewe then had with him to Sea, both Plate, Money, and also his Apparel, as well necessary Apparel to his Body, as other Apparel that he had bought with the said Goods, for the defence of his Body in your said Wars. By means whereof your said Oratrice is left little or nothing worth in substance of Goods. And the aforesaid Sir John Carewe in his life borrowed and had of your Grace by way of Prest, Two Hundred Pounds: for the repayment whereof, he was and stood bound by his Writing Obligatory to the Use of your Grace. And so it is, Gracious Sovereign Lord, that the most Reverend Father in God, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as Ordi­nary, hath sequestred and made Seizure of all the Goods that belonged to the said Sir John Carewe within this your Realm, at the time of his death; which Goods by a true Inventory taken, have been extended and valued to the Summ of one Hundred and Fourscore Pounds. And forasmuch as your said Oratrice is now left a poor Widow, by reason of the Premisses, and never had nor hath any Preferment, nor other Benefit by the said Sir John Carewe, neither in Possessions, nor in Goods; in consideration where­of, That it would please your Highness, of your abundant grace and benign pity, to direct your gracious Letters missive to the said Archbishop of Canterbury, reciting by the same Letters, That the mind and pleasure of your Grace is, to accept and take the a­foresaid Hundred and Fourscore Pounds, in full recompence and satisfaction as well of the said Two Hundred Pounds, as of all other Debts which the said Sir John Carewe [Page 71]ought unto your Grace at the time of his Death; which Debts ought to have first pre­ferment in payment by the Order of your Laws before any payment of any Debts that the said Sir John Carewe ought at the time of his death to any persons. And further by the same your Gracious Letters to command the aforesaid Archbishop of Canterbury, to deliver, or cause to be delivered the aforesaid Goods, attaining the Summ of one Hun­dred and Fourscore Pounds, to your said Oratrix, to have to her own proper use of the gift of you. And farther, that it may please your Gracious Highness to direct your Warrant to be signed with your most victorious hand unto your Servant John Heyron, commanding him by the same to deliver or cause to be delivered the foresaid Writings Obligatory of Two Hundred Pounds to your said Oratrix, to the intent that she may deliver them to the said Archbishop of Canterbury for his discharge as Ordinary, of and for the payment and delivery of the said Hundred and Fourscore Pounds. And this at the Reverence of God, and in the way of Charity. And your said Oratrix shall pray to God for the prosperous continuance of your Royal Estate, and for the preservation of the same.

The Kings Warrant signed with his hand to Thomas Lucas, to release unto Sir John Mordaunt the Latimers Lands that had stood ingaged to King Henry the Seventh for a thousand pounds.

HENRY the Eighth, by the Grace of God of England and France King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, To Thomas Lucas Esquire, Greeting. Where ye and the Right Reverend Father in God our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Coun­cellor Richard Bishop of Winchester, with Sir William Gascoigne Knight and others now De­ceased, by divers Writs of Entry in the post recovered the Mannors of Devilish, Estpull­ham and Duntish, with the Appurtenances in the County of Dorset, and certain other Lands and Tenements in Devilish, Estpullham and Duntish aforesaid, Bokeland, Helton and Milborn Saint Andrew in the said County of Dorset; And also the Mannor of Estoket with the Appurtenances in the County of Somerset, the Mannor of Turvey with the Appurte­nances in the County of Bedford, and also certain other Lands and Tenements in Turvey aforesaid; And also the Mannor of Burnton and Newton per mare, with the Appurte­nances in the County of Northumberland, and certain other Lands and Tenements with the Appurtenances in the said County of Northumberland, against Sir John Mordaunt by the name of John Mordaunt Esquire, John Jenor and others, as by the Records thereof exem­plified under the Seal of our Common-Bench, and also by two Releases, (which Re­leases the said John Mordaunt shall shew unto you signed with our hand) more plainly shall appear. Which recoveries of the said Mannors and other the premisses were had for the only surety of payment of one thousand pounds to the use of the late noble King of Memory Henry the Seventh our most dear Father, by the said John Mordaunt Son and Heir of John Mordaunt Knight Deceased, to be paid. And after the said thousand pounds were fully content and paid, then ye and your joint Recoverers should be Reco­verers or Feoffees to the use of the said Sir John Mordaunt the Son and his Heirs for ever, as by certain and divers Covenants in certain Indentures specified between Giles Daw­beny late Lord Dawbeny for the part of our said dearest Father of the one party, and the said Sir John Mordaunt the Son of the other party, made the xxth day of January the year of the Reign of our said Father the twenty second, more plainly may appear. Of the which sum of a thousand pounds, four hundred pounds were paid to the use of our said Father to John Heyron Knight, late Treasurer of the Chamber of our said Father, by the said John Mordaunt the Son. And we for certain Causes and Considerations us moving, have remised and pardoned two hundred pounds parcel of the said thousand pounds to the same Sir John Mordaunt the Son. And one hundred pounds parcel of the said thou­sand pounds the said Sir John Mordaunt the Son hath paid to Sir Harry Wyat Knight Trea­surer of our Chamber to our use. And for three hundred pounds residue of the said thousand pounds, the same John Mordaunt the Son, by the name of John Mordaunt Knight, is bounden by several Obligations to certain persons to our use for the sure payment of the same three hundred pounds to be paid to our use, as by the same several Obligations [Page 72]thereof made and remaining with the same Sir Harry Wyat to our use it may appear. Wherefore we signifie unto you that our Pleasure is, and we will and Command you, that ye without any delay do seal the said two Releases, and deliver them as your Deeds to the bringer of them, to the use of the said Sir John the Son. And these our Letters Signed with our Hand and Sealed with our Seal shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in that behalf. Yeven under our Signet at our Mannor of Greenwich the [...]

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON, Justified by Ancient and Extant Charters, Publick Records, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Armes of the House of Drayton, were Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON.

Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores. Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae, Pag. 488. inter Confirmationes Regis Witlafii.

ITem Domum Oswini Militis in Draytonâ, videlicet, octo Hidas terrae, & qua­tuor Virgatas, & Ecclesiam ejusdem Villae.

Quinque lineae infrá.

ET Donum Wulnoti Dapiferi mei in Adingtonâ, videlicet, duas Hidas terrae, & Piscariam, cum Advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Villae; & in alia Adingtona, ex dono ejusdem, unam Virgatam terrae.

Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores. Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae, Pag. 492. inter Confirmationes Beoredi Regis.

SImiliter confirmo praedicto Monasterio de Croilandiâ, de dono Oswini Militis in Draytona, octo Hidas terrae, & quatuor Virgatas, & Ecclesiam ejusdem Villae.

Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores. Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae, Pag. 498. inter Confirmationes Abbatis Turketuli Abbatiae Croilandiae.

IN Draytona unam Carucatam terrae, sex Acras Prati, quatuor Salinas.

AUBREY de VERE, Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First, and Chief Justice of ENGLAND.

The Baronage of England, Page 190.

THis last mentioned Albery, called Albericus Junior, confirmed all those Grants made by his Fater to the Monks of Abington, and being in high Esteem with King Henry the First, was by him made Lord great Chamberlain of all England, to hold the same Office in Fee to himself and his Heirs, with all Dignities and Liberties thereto belonging, as honourably as Robert Mallet Lord of the Honour of Eye in Suffolk, or any other before or after him held the same, and with such Liveries and Lodgings of his Court as belonged to that Office. Being also one of the Kings Justices.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, Page 248.
Charta Alberici Regis Camerarii.

EGO Albericus, Regis Camerarius, Terram de Twivell quamdiu vixero de Do­mino Abbate Guntero & Monachis de Thorneya per talem conventionem teneo ad firmam, ut per unumquemque annum eis sex libras pro ea reddam, ante Nativita­tem quadraginta solidos, ante Pascham quadraginta solidos, & ad Vincula Sancti Petri extremos quadraginta solidos. Insuper pro remissione peccatorum meorum, illis de una mea Decima, scilicet de Islip, unoquoque anno ad Festivitatem Sancti Michaelis decem solidos reddam. Totum verò surplus quod miserim in eadem Villa ultra quàm recepi, in extremo die vitae meae, pro salvatione animae meae, Sanctae Mariae Patribús­que meis simul cum terra eorum concedo solidum & quietum ab omni Calumniâ. De alia Terra quam pro servitio dimidii Militis in eadem Villa de Willielmo de Blos­villa teneo in feudo, & de dimidio unius Hidae quam certè emi pretio, Sanctam Mariam, meósque Fratres post me concedo esse Haeredes, in quantum id eis concedere possum.

Hujus Conventionis sunt Testes Hardewin de Escatere, Radulphus Dapifer, Williel­mus de Whitlesege, & Simo, imo omnes Fratres illius loci & alii quamplures.

Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penès Comitem de Peterborow.

ALbericus de Twivell Camerarius Regis dedit Ecclesiae de Thorney duas Garbas Decimae trium Villarum, de Islip, Adington & Drayton, de Dominico suo.

The Baronage of England, Page 190.

HE in the Fifth of King Stephen with Richard Basset then Justice of England executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, Hartford, Northampton, Leicester, Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckingham, and Beadford, and gave to the Monks of Thorney in Com. Canter. certain Lands in Islip. But before the end of this year he was killed in London, His Wife was Adeli­za de Clare. leaving Issue by Adeliza his Wife, Daughter of Gilbert of Clare, three Sons, Alberic his Son and Heir ........ a Cannon of Saint Osiths in Chieche, and Robert; which Robert in the twelfth of Henry the Second, upon levying the aid for marrying the Kings Daughter, certified, that he then held half a Knights Fee. He also held the Lordship of Twivell in the County of Northampton of the Monks of Thorney in Fee-Farm as his Father did.

ROBERT de VERE, Second Son of Alberic de Vere, Great Chamberlain and Chief Justice of England.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, Pag. 417.

ANNO Millesimo Centesimo Tricesimo Quinto Rex Henricus primus obiit apud Castrum Leonis, & sepultus fuit apud Radingas, ubi Coenobium Ducento­rum Monachorum condiderat in Honorem Sanctae & Individuae Trinitatis. Robertus de Vere & alii Milites de Angliâ & Satellites & Ministri Regis apud Pon­tem Audomari atque bonam Villam Feretrum Regis apud Caddomum adduxerunt.

Baronage of England, pag. 190. Second Column.
Speaking of Maud the Empress.

SHE likewise gave to Robert de Vere, the other brother of this Earl Alberic, a Barony, to the value of that so given to Jeffrey, and other Lands of equal worth, to possess within a Year after she should enjoy the Realm of England.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, Pag. 248.
Charta Roberti Filii Alberici Camerarii Regis.

EGO Robertus filius Alberici (Camerarii Regis) Terram de Twivell, quamdiu vixero, de Domino Abbate Roberto & Monachis de Thorneia per eandem Conventionem in feodi firmam teneo, per quam conventionem pater meus ante me tenuit; & Decimas de quinque Carucis, quas pater meus Deo & Sanctae Mariae Thor­neyae concessit, scilicet Drayton, & Islip, & Edington, Deo atque Sanctae Mariae at­que Monachis Thorneiae concedo.

Hujus conventionis sunt Testes Robertus de Jakesley, Ertnoldus, Willielmus de Cesterton, Ogerus Terri de hominibus ipsius Ro­berti, Hugo Waze, Adam, imo omnes fratres ipsius loci.

Ex antiquo Pergameno, penes Comitem de Peterborow.

RObertus filius Alberici Anno primo Imperii Henrici Regis Junioris feria quinta, in Hebdomada Pentecostes, tempore Galterii Abbatis qui successit Gilbertum Abbatem ejusdem loci, anno Domini Millesimo Centesimo Quinquagesimo quarto, in praesentia Henrici filii sui quietum clamavit Manerium de Twivel Monasterio de Thorney. Alexander tertius Papa Donationem confirmavit Abbati de Twivel, vide­licet, de duabus garbis Decimarum trium villarum Islip, Drayton, & Edington.

In libro rubro Feodorum de Scaccario, inter Chartas Dominorum irrotulatas, de annis septimo, octavo, decimo quarto, decimo octavo Henrici Secundi, à secundo & octavo Richardi Primi.

DOmino suo Charissimo Henrico Regi Angliae, Robertus filius Alberici Camera­rii Salutem. Sciatis Domine, quod Ego teneo de vobis feodum dimidium Militis. Valeat.

In Anno octavo, in Northamptonshire, Robertus filius Alberici dimidium Militis.

In Anno decimo quarto, in Northamptonshire, Robertus filius Alberici Camerarii dimidium Militis.

In Anno decimo octavo, in Northamptonshire, Robertus filius Alberici decem solidos.

In Anno secundo Regis Richardi, fecit Scutagium Walliae, assessum ad decem solidos.

In Northamptonshire Robertus filius Alberici quinque solidos dimidii Militis.

In Anno octavo Regis Richardi, Scutagium Normanniae ad viginti solidos.

Rotulo duodecimo adhuc communi de Termino Pasch. (de Anno tricesimo octavo Henrici Tertii) Consideratio contra Monachos de Hortune.

HEnricus Avus Domini Regis concessit, & Chartâ suâ confirmavit Deo & Eccle­siae Sancti Johannis Apostoli & Evangelistae de Hortune, & Monachis ibidem Deo servientibus, Tintonam & Hortunam cum pertinentiis, habendum & tenendum cum omnibus Libertatibus & liberis Consuetudinibus, in quibus Robertus de Vere, & [Page 86]Adelina uxor ejus meliùs & liberiùs tenuerunt, & iisdem Monachis (per Chartam suam) confirmaverunt. Et ideo consideratum est, quòd praedicti Monachi facient Domino Regi pro praedictis Maneriis illud idem servitium, quod praedictus Robertus & Adelina facere consueverint.

Sir HENRY de VERE, the Son of Robert, the second Son of Alberic Great Chamberlain of England.

Hollinsheads Chronicle, Pag. 110.

BUT in the mean time it chanced that Sir Richard de Walles, a Knight of the Realm of France, went about to fortifie a Castle in a Village that belong'd to him, called Walles, scituate between Trie and Gisors: whereupon Henry de Vere Constable of Gisors under William Earl of Albemarle, was nothing content therewith; and therefore got a Company together, and went forth to disturb the work. Upon this occasion the Servants of the said Sir Richard Walles came forth and encountred with him in the field, insomuch that Ralph the Son of Sir Richard de Walles was slain, and the residue that were with him fled, many of them being sore beaten and wounded.

Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores decem ex Imaginibus Historiarum Radulphi de Diceto, pag. 631.

RAdulphus filius Hugonis de Vallibus habitationem habens cum patre suo prope Gisortium infra Limites Regis Francorum, Willielmum de magna villa Illustrem Comitem de Albemarle verbis dehonestavit amaris. In ultionem Contuemliae post­modum Henricus de Vere interfecit Radulphum in Kal. Decembris; quod Injuriam Regis Francorum esse factum aliqui reputantes, Garnerium quendam Anglorum Regi familiarissimum & intra muros Gisortii domicilium à diebus multis habentem, paratis insidiis crudeliter trucidaverunt, ut sic paria delicta compensatione mutuâ delerentur.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, fol. 52, 53.
In the declaration of the sickness and last intention of William Earl of Essex and Albemarle.

ILLI verò obstupescentes, & sese mutuo silentio aliquamdiu adspicientes, tandem unus pro omnibus, Henricus (scilicet) de Vere ejus consobrinus, in haec verba prorupit.

Rotulo Secundo adhuc de Communi Termino Sancti Michaelis, Anno vicesimo septimo Henrici Tertii, Norfolk & Suffolk.

REX Vicecomiti. Constat vobis per Inquisitionem factam tempore Johannis Regis Patris Nostri, quòd Rex Henricus noster proavus dedit Balduco de Boxo manerium de Mutford pro triginta libratis terrae in Amptone Baroniae suae de Bouden, quod quidem Manerium tenuit postmodum Hildeburga Haeres praedicti Balduci, qui terram illam dedit Henrico de Vere cum filia sua, & Stephano de Lulham cum alia filia sua.

Sir WALTER de VERE who from his chief Seat took the Name of Drayton to remain to him and his Descendants ever after.

Charta Walteri de Draytonâ.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Walterus filius Henrici filii Roberti, dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo Patrunculo meo totam terram de Twivell, quam Robertus Avus meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis, & totam terram de Adington quam praedictus Robertus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium quartae partis feodi unius Militis: Tenendum sibi & Haeredibus suis legiti­mè procreatis de me & Haeredibus meis liberè & quietè pro istis praenominatis servitiis. Et si fortè praedictus Willielmus sine Haerede quam habuerit de uxore desponsata obi­erit, praedictae terrae ad me & Haeredes meos redibunt. Pro hac autem intratione, recognitione & donatione praedictus Willielmus mihi homagium fecit, & unum anu­lum aureum dedit.

Hiis Testibus, Richardo Basset, Radulpho Dandelin, Willielmo de Sidenham, Osmondo de Charleton, Willielmo de Aiston, Gervasio de Southorne, Rogero Monacho, Roberto de Sancto Marco, Rogero filio Paganii, Richardo de Aldwinckle, Willielmo de Musta, Gilberto Flameus, Elia de Carletun, Alano de Hale, Gervasio de Barnac, Roberto de Vere, Henrico de Tichmarsh & aliis.

Charta Willielmi filii Roberti filii Albricii.

SCiant omnes tam praesentes quàm futuri, quòd ego Willielmus filius Roberti filii Aubri consensu & assensu Haeredum meorum concessi, & hac meâ praesenti Chartâ confirmavi Hospitali sancti Johannis de Northamtonia & fratribus ibidem Deo servi­entibus in perpetuam eleemosynam, pro salute animae meae & patris mei & matris meae & antecessorum meorum, donationem quam Radulfus de Stanhern & Leza uxor ejus, quae fuit filia Wiberdi, fecerunt praedicto Hospitali, scilicet tres virgatas terrae in Slipton, quas praedictus Wiberdus pater praedictae Lezaetenuit, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, sine aliquo retinamento, tenendas de me & haeredibus meis liberè & quietè, honorificè ab omni servitio praeter forinsecum servitium, scilicet quantum pertinet ad servitium feodi tertiae partis dimidii Militis: hanc verò terram praedictam ego & haeredes mei warran­tizabimus praedicto Hospitali & fratribus praedictis contra omnes homines. Praeterea si fortè contigerit quòd ego vel haeredes mei warrantizare non poterimus praedictam ter­ram Hospitali praedicto & praedictis fratribus, dabimus eis escambia in dominica haeredi­tate nostra in Angliâ ad valentiam praedictae terrae in omnibus rebus.

Hiis Testibus, Ranulfo Decano Northamtoniae & Helia fratre ejus, Willielmo Clerico de Buckingham & Roberto fratre suo, & Roberto Bidun & Roberto de Nuers, Hugone de Hannou, Bartholomeo filio Jordani, Willielmo Ruffo, Philippo filio Jordani, Henrico filio Hu­gonis, Radulpho filio Bodwini, Richardo filio Walteri, Johanne Flamang & Michaele fratre ejus, Roberto de Harwemeda, Rogero de Nugun & Aubro fratre ejus.

Charta Williehni filii Roberti.

SCiant tam praesentes quàm futuri, quòd ego Willielmus filius Roberti dedi & con­cessi & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Deo & Sanctae Mariae & Sancto Jo­hanni Baptistae, & beatis pauperibus Hospitalis Sancti Johannis de Northamtonia & fra­tribus ibidem Deo servientibus, sex seliones terrae cum cheveciis de meo dominio in agris Twivelliae, illos scilicet qui jacent juxta Fulewellemor, in liberam & puram & perpetuam eleemosynam, pro salute animae meae & uxoris meae & pro animabus om­nium antecessorum & successorum meorum.

Hiis Testibus, Roberto de Leicestria, Willielmo de Perie, Waltero filio ejus, Anketill de Passeha, Richardo Pellipario, Ri­cardo filio Radulfi Capellani, Philippo Clerico, Vernalio Clerico, & multis aliis.

Northampton-scira. In magno Rotulo de Anno sexto Richardi primi.

DE Scutagio Militum ad redemptionem Domini Regis Walterus de Drayton red­dit computum de decem solidis de scutagio suo, in Thesaur. liberavit & qui­etus est.

In Rubro libro feodorum de Scaccario sub Titulo, Incipit annus octavus Regis Richardi.

SCutagium Normanniae ad viginti solidos in Northamptonshire, Walterus de Dray­ton decem solidos dimidii Militis de feodo Roberti filii Alberici Camerarii.

In eodem libro.

ANNO primo Regis Johannis scutagium Normanniae assisum ad duas marcas in Northamptonshire, Walterus de Drayton unam marcam dimidii Militis.

Carta Alani Basset.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Alanus Basset dedi, concessi & hac praesenti carta mea confirmavi Waltero de Drayton & Lucae Uxori ejus, filiae Domini Ri­chardi Basset fratris mei, & haeredibus de Corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, omnes terras & tenementa in Villa de Pightesli; Habenda & tenenda omnia praedicta terras & tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis Waltero & Luciae & haeredibus inter eosdem legitimè procreatis, liberè & in pace in perpetuum de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & consueta, & reddendo inde annuatim mihi in to­tam vitam meam viginti solidos ad quatuor anni terminos principales aequis portioni­bus. Et ego verò praedictus Alanus Basset omnia praedicta terras & Tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis Waltero & Luciae Uxori suae & Haeredibus suis inter eosdem legitimè procreatis contra omnes mortales warrantizabo in perpetuum. Et si contingat praedictos Walterum & Luciam absque haeredibus inter eosdem legitimè pro­creatis decedere, volo quòd omnia predicta terrae & Tenementa cum omnibus suis per­tinentiis mihi & haeredibus meis, vel meis Assignatis absque impedimento vel contra­dictione alicujus revertentur.

In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti cartae indentatae Sigilla nostra alternatim apposuimus.
His testibus, Dominis Willielmo de Pinkeney, Richardo de Engain Militibus, Henrico Gubion, Thomâ de Loton, Willielmo de Weston, Gervasio de Everdon, Gilberto de Herdwick, Roberto Bernac, Henrico de Avenell, Anselmo de Clopton, Stephano de Philgrave, Thoma de Tichmerch, An­drea filio Stephani, Herberto filio Willielmi, Richardo filio Herberti & aliis.

Carta Walteri de Draytona.

OMnibus Sanctae matris Ecclesiae filiis tam praesentibus quàm futuris ad quos prae­sens scriptum pervenerit, Walterus de Drayton Salutem. Noveritis Universi­tas vestra me concessisse & hac praesenti carta meac onfirmâsse pro salute animae meae & Uxoris meae & omnium antecessorum & successorum meorum, Deo & Sanctae Mariae & Sancto Johanni Baptistae, & beatis pauperibus Hospitalis Sancti Johannis de North­hampton & fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus, totam terram de feodo meo de Sliptona, quam Willielmus Avunculus meus dedit praedicto Hospitali in liberam & perpetuam eleemosynam, salvo servitio meo.

His Testibus, Domino Gervasio de Suthbroc, Henrico de Atenestone, Hugone fratre suo, Radulpho Capellano, Richardo filio suo, Philippo Diacono, Willielmo Clerico de Upton, & multis aliis.
WALTERUS de DRAYTONA

This Effigies of Ancient Painting uppon Glass, is at this time extant in the further Windoe of the North Isle of St. Peters Church in Luffwick, being the Parish Church and Parcell of the Noble Mannor of Drayton, whence this same WALTER being the sonne of Henry the sonne of Robert the second sonne of Earle AUBERY de VERE Great Chamberlaine and Lord Cheif Iustice of England did first assume his Name.

Sir HENRY of DRAYTON, Lord of Drayton, and other Lands and Lordships.

In magno Rotulo de Anno decimo tertio Regis Johannis de Scutagio Scotiae assiso ad viginti solidos.

HAeredes Walteri de Drayton de feodo dimidii Militis, de feodo quod fuit Ro­berti filii Alberici, decem solidos.

Ibidem sub Titulo de Scutagio Walliae assiso ad duas marcas.

HAeredes Walteri de Drayton reddiderunt compotum de una marca de dimi­dio feodi.

Anno secundo Henrici Tertii de primo Scutagio assiso ad duas marcas.

VIcecomes reddidit compotum de duabus marcis & de una marca de Haerede Walteri de Drayton.

In Libro rubro feodorum de Scaccario.

HEnricus de Drayton tenet in Islip, Adington, Drayton dimidium feodi Militis. Et Baldwinus de Vere tenet inde quartam partem de dimidio feodi in Adington.

Northamptonshire. In magno Rotulo de Anno vicesimo nono Henrici Tertii.

AUxilium Regis ad primogenitam filiam ejus maritandam, scilicet de quolibet Scutagio viginti solidos. Idem Vicecomes reddit compotum de decem solidis de Henrico de Drayton de dimidio feodi.

Fines tricesimo primo Henrici Tertii, MS.

REX cepit homagium Henrici de Drayton, qui duxit Uxorem Ivettam filiam & alteram Haeredum Willielmi Burdon, de medietate feodi Militis (videlicet) quod dictus Willielmus tenuit de Rege in Capite.

Carta Willielmi filii Roberti de Drayton.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Willielmus filius Roberti de Drayton, concessi & praesenti carta mea confirmavi, Domino Henrico de Drayton, quatuor seliones in Campo de la Lound super le Plegsland, inter terram ejusdem Henrici & terram Domi­nae Isabellae de Bournebon, in escambium trium selionum in le Woodfield abuttan­tium in Plumpwell Broc, inter terram Willielmi filii Matildae de Luffwick & terram Hugonis Wacestare de Slipton: Tenendum & habendum dicto Henrico & Haeredibus suis & suis Assignatis, de me & haeredibus meis liberè, quietè, bene, & in pace, nomine excambii pro omni consuetudine seculari & exactione. Ego verò dictus Willielmus & Haeredes mei dicto Henrico & Haeredibus suis & eorum Assignatis dictas quatuor seliones contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus. Ut autem haec Concessio & hujus praesentis cartae Confirmatio rata & stabilis in perpetu­um perseveret, praesens scriptum Impressione sigilli mei corroboravi.

His Testibus, Radulpho de Blossvilla, Willielmo filio Osmondi de Sudbury, Waltero Novo-homine, Galfrido de Drayton, Hugone Waycestare, Johanne filio Simonis & aliis.

Carta Henrici filii Thomae de Drayton.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Henricus filius Thomae de Drayton quietum clamavi & relaxavi Domino Henrico de Drayton Militi, pro una marca argenti quam mihi dedit prae manibus, totum Jus & clameum quod habui vel habere potui in una dimidia virgata terrae in Campis de Drayton, cum tofto & crofto in dicta villa de Drayton, & omnibus aliis dictae terrae pertinentiis, quod etiam Jus mihi contingebat nomine haereditatis dicti Thomae quondam Patris mei, cujus haeres propinquior sum. Ita etiam quòd ego nunquam nec aliquis haeredum meorum, nec aliquis pro nobis, in dicta virgata terrae cum dictis pertinentiis clameum vel calumniam imponemus, per quod dictus Dominus Henricus vel Haeredes sui vel eorum Assignati elongentur vel im­placitentur. Et ego verò dictus Henricus & Haeredes mei dicto Domino Henrico & Haeredibus suis & eorum Assignatis nominatam Terram cum dictis pertinentiis contra omnes gentes in perpetuum warrantizabimus. Et ut haec quieta clamatio & relaxatio rata & stabilis perseverer,

huic scripto praesenti Impressionem Sigilli mei apposui.
His Testibus, Radulpho de Blossvilla, Willielmo Novo-homine, Roberto filio Walteri, Petro de Holt Henrico Clerico de Islip, Willielmo de Drayton, Johanne filio Simonis.

Carta Willielmi de Musta.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Willielmus de Musta de Aldewincle demisi & concessi & praesenti cartâ meâ confirmavi Domino Henrico de Drayton sex seliones terrae in Campis de Luffwic cum pertinentiis, de quibus scilicet quinque jacent supra Drayton, in Campo scilicet de Burweden inter diviram & croftum Palini, in es­cambia septem selionum terrae quas idem Henricus mihi dedit pro iisdem quinque se­lionibus praedictis: Tenendum & habendum dicto Henrico & Haeredibus suis liberè, quietè & haereditariè; Et quòd ego & haeredes mei vel aliquis per nos clameum vel ca­lumpniam in praedictis sex selionibus habere non possimus in posterum.

In testimonium hujus, praesenti scripto Impressionem Sigilli mei apposui.
His Testibus, Willielmo de Drayton, Galfrido fratre suo, Roberto filio Walteri, Petro de Holt, Henrico Duffen, Willielmo Chauntrell, Willielmo filio ejus Clerico & aliis.

Charta Henrici filii Walteri de Drayton.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Henricus filius Walteri de Draytona dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti carta mea confirmavi Deo & Sanctae Mariae, & Hospi­tali Sancti Johannis Baptistae de Northamptona & Fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus, pro salute animae meae & omnium Antecessorum & Successorum meorum, in liberam, puram & perpetuam eleemosynam, sex seliones terrae in Campo de Luffwic ad Hardes­mede juxta pratum praedicti Hospitalis, Tenendas & habendas liberè & quietè de me & haeredibus meis sibi & successoribus suis in perpetuum. Et ego praedictus Henricus & haeredes mei praedictam terram praedicto Hospitali & praedictis fratribus contra om­nes gentes de omnibus secularibus servitiis acquietabimus & defendemus & exactioni­bus: Quod autem ratum & stabile permaneat, praesenti scripto meum apposui Sigil­lum.

Hiis Testibus, Domino Richardo de Watervilla, Hugone filio Baldewini de Luffwic, Symone filio Galfridi de Sliptona, Thoma Clerico de Sliptona, Simone filio Willielmi Heward, Philippo de Adington, & multis aliis.

Ex Bundello Escaetorum de Anno tricesimo septimo Henrici Tertii, Numero 52.

INquisitio facta Anno Regni Regis Henrici tricesimo, septimo die Jovis proximo ante festum Sancti Bartholomei Apostoli, apud Drayton per sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum subscriptorum, videlicet, Richardi de Aldwincle, Radulphi de Craneford, Radulphi Basset de Islipton, Henrici Clerici de eadem, Roberti filii Willi­elmi [Page 92]de Luffwic, Walteri de Hemyan de eadem, Willielmi de Drayton, Hugonis de Akell, Roberti de Sutton, Walteri de Fleming, Richardi Knight de Wykingstorp & Walteri filii Hugonis, quantum terrae Henricus de Drayton de Domino Rege tenuit in Capite, & quantum de aliis, & per quod servitium, & quantum terrae illae valeant per annum in omnibus terrae exitibus, & quis propinquior Haeres ejus sit, & cujus aetatis. Qui Juratores dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus tenuit in Capite de Domino Rege in Drayton & Islep duas carucatas terrae cum uno tofto in Drayton, de Roberto filio Willielmi de Luffwic, per unum denarium per annum & homagium in iisdem & in Adington, Twyvell & Reseburgh per servitium dimidii feodi Militis: Et dicunt quòd omnes praedictae terrae dicti Henrici valent per annum in omnibus exitibus terrae quindecim libras: Et quòd Baldewinus filius dicti Henrici propinquior ejus haeres est, & quod est aetatis triginta annorum.

Et in testimonium hujus, praedicti Inquisitores huic Inquisitioni Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Datum die, anno & loco supradictis.

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Sir BALDWIN of DRAYTON, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penes Comitem de Peterborow.

BAldewinus filius & haeres Henrici de Drayton fecit Regi fidelitatem de omnibus terris & tenementis quae idem Henricus tenuit de Rege in Capite; & manda­tum est Abbati de Persore & Jacobo Frisell Escaetori Regis, quòd capiant securitatem de praedicto Baldewino de Centum solidis pro Relevio suo.

Teste Alianora Regina.
Et habet terram in Comitatu Northampton.

Ex Bundello Escaetorum de Anno 37. Henrici Tertii. Pipe Nota oblata Northampt.

BAldewinus filius & haeres Henrici de Drayton quinquaginta solidos pro Relevio suo de omnibus terris & tenementis, quae idem Henricus tenuit de Rege in Capite.

Conventio inter Clementem de Leyton & Baldewinum de Drayton.

ANNO ab Incarnatione Domini millesimo ducentesimo quinquagesimo secundo, ad festum Sancti Michaelis, facta est Conventio inter Clementem de Leyton ex una parte & Baldewinum filium Domini Henrici de Drayton ex altera parte, videlicet, quòd idem Clemens assensu & spontaneâ voluntate Ceciliae uxoris suae tradidit & demisit praedi­cto Baldewino pro viginti sex Marcis Argenti, quas ipse Baldewinus eidem Clementi de­dit prae manibus, wardum & Maritagium Willielmi filii Joselini de Islep & omnium haeredum praedicti Willielmi succedentium, casu contingente quòd praedictus infra ple­nam aetatem obierit, cum toto tenemento & redditu & Escaetis sine ullo retinamento, quae descensa fuerint, vel eisdem haeredibus infra praedictam plenam aetatem descendere poterint. Et cum tota dote dictae Ceciliae eidem pertinente in dicta villa de Islep de praedicto tenemento. Hoc tamen adjecto, quòd praedictus Willielmus, secundum quod decet, de Consilio & Consensu praedictorum Clementis & Ceciliae maritetur. Ita scilicet quòd praedicta Consilium & consensus dictorum Clementis & Ceciliae nihil impediant, quin praenotatus Baldewinus de praedicto Maritagio se possit approbare in omni loco quo praedictus Willielmus per Maritagium sui non disparagetur. Haben­dum & tenendum praedictum tenementum tam de praedicto wardo quàm de praedicta dote cum maritagio praedicti Willielmi sive aliorum haeredum praedictum Willielmum succedentium, casu contingente quòd ipse Willielmus infra plenam aetatem moriatur, [Page 93]usque ad plenam aetatem eorundem haeredum, faciendo Dominis Capitalibus feodi ser­vitium eidem tenemento annexum; finitâ autem plenâ aetate praedicti Willielmi vel aliorum haeredum, totum praenominatum tenementum cum domibus haeredi tunc tem­poris proximo, vel praedictis Clementi & Ceciliae, eo statu quo illud recepit vel me­liori, integrè cum praedictis pertinentiis, sine ulla molestia vel contradictione, praedictus Baldewinus. vel haeredes sui vel eorum assignati plenè restituent. Et verò praedictus Clemens & haeredes sui praedicto Baldewino & haeredibus suis vel eorum assignatis, sicut supradictum est, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabunt praedictum tenementum cum praedicto Maritagio. Ut autem ista Conventio rata & stabilis per­severet, praedicti Clemens & Baldewinus affidaverunt; & ad majorem hujus rei se­curitatem, tam Baldewinus quàm Clemens hujusmodi scrptis Conventionibus impres­siones sigillorum suorum mutuò apposuerunt.

Hiis testibus, Domino Reginaldo de Watervil, Domino Rogero de Hyda, Domino Gilberto de Daneford, Richardo de Audewincle, Reginaldo de Beumer, Roberto filio Fulconis, Luca de Trapston, Jo­hanne Walleraunde, Johanne Clerico de Luffwic, Henrico de Islip Clerico, & aliis.

Pipe nota oblata quadragesimo secundo Henrici Tertii, Scutagium Walliae.

HEnricus de Drayton debet viginti solidos de dimidio Feodi. Baldewinus filius & haeres habet quietantiam Regis.

Tower Escheats, 6 E. 1. no 16.

BAldewinus de Drayton tenet Drayton, Luffwick, Islip in Comitatu Northam­pton.

Conventio inter Dominum Baldewinum de Drayton & Rogerum de Stowmarcant.

ANno Regni Regis Edwardi, Filii Regis Henrici, primo, ad Festum Sancti Mi­chaelis convenit inter Dominum Baldewinum de Drayton Militem ex una parte, & Rogerum de Stowmarcant Clericum ex altera, videlicet, quòd dictus Dominus Baldewinus tradidit, vendidit & demisit ad firmam dicto Rogero, & quibuscun (que) assig­natis suis, terram Dominicam suam cum omnibus pertinentiis suis Adinton, quam idem Baldewinus habuit ex warda filii bonae memoriae Baldewini de Vere, cum Curiae aedificiis, terris, Homagiis, redditibus, Eschaetis, wardis, releviis, herietis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & omnibus aliis ad dictum Dominicum pertinentibus; excepto servitio Do­mini Johannis de Vere, Warda & Relevia ejusdem, si contigerit. Habendum & tenen­dum dicto Rogero & suis Assignatis, de dicto Domino Baldewino de Drayton & hae­redibus suis, bene, in pace, liberè & quietè, à dicto Festo Sancti Michaelis usque ad finem termini duodecim annorum proximè sequentium plenè complendorum. Dictus verò Dominus Baldewinus & haeredes sui eidem Rogero & suis quibuscunque assigna­tis totum dictum Dominicum cum omnibus suis pertinentris, ut praedictum est, quae ad ipsum pertinent ratione praedictae wardae, usque ad finem dicti termini super omnes terras & tenementa sua contra omnes gentes warrantizabunt & defendent, & à Sectis universarum Curiarum & Hundredorum acquietabunt. Pro hac autem traditione, venditione, dimissione, & dicti tenementi warrantizatione, dedit dictus Rogerus dicto Domino Baldewino centum marcas Argenti prae manibus. Praeterea Dominus Balde­winus concessit eidem Rogero & suis assignatis tertiam partem Dominici in Adington, quam habuit nomine dotis, de Matilda, relicta quondam Baldewini Vere defuncti, prout continetur in quodam Scripto inter Dominum Nicholaum Dodingesel virum dictae Matildae & ipsum Dominum Baldewinum de Drayton confecto, & sigillo Nicholai appenso. Et dictus Rogerus dictam partem Dominici sumptibus suis usque ad ter­minum praedictorum annorum in tali statu quo recepit secundùm visum Bonorum & Legalium virorum sustinebit.

In hujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto ad mo­dum Chirographi confecto, mutuò sigilla sua apposuerunt.
Hiis testibus, Domino [Page 94]Reginaldo de Wahul, Domino Willielmo Hay, Domino Johanne de Vere, Domino Symone de Watervil, Domino Symone de Eyleswritch, Rectore Ecclesiae de Trapston, Rogero de Venneng, Rogero de Tingwick, & aliis.

Out of the Collection of Mr. Roger Dodsworth is this Ancient Pedigree of the Draytons.

SIR Robert of Gimeges held Staggesden in the County of Bedford of the King in Capite by the third part of a Knights Fee, and he held the Mannors of Bottlebrigg and Overton-Longville in Norman Cross Hundred in the County of Huntington by the service of half a Knights Fee. He married Sibyl the Daughter of Hugh de Lizures, who lived after him, as appears by an Inquisition of the fortieth year of Henry the Third. He gave to Sir Hugh de Bovi with his Daughter Emma the Moity of the Mannor of Bottlebrigg, and to Baldwin of Drayton with Idonea another of his Daughters, the other Moity. William his Son and Heir was Lord of Staggesden, and had Issue Robert of Gimeges that dyed without Issue.

Robert of Gimeges Lord of Staggesden and Bottelbrigg.
  • Emma of Gimeges Hugh de Bovi
  • William of Gimeges
    • Robert of Gimeges dyed without Issue, 8 E. 3.
  • Idonea of Gimeges. Baldwin of Drayton.
    • Sir John of Drayton. Philip of Arderne.

Escaetria de Anno sexto Edwardi Primi, numero decimo sexto.

INquisitio facta apud Bottlebrigg die Jovis in Crastino Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi sexto, per praeceptum Domini Regis coram Willielmo le Moigne Vicecomite Huntingdon, Reginaldo Thurnston de Swangrit, Johanne de Fraunchome de Stilton, Willielmo de Menill, Galfrido de Welledon, Galfrido Stockman, Willielmo Cokelm, Roberto le Frankhome, Roberto de Bedhampton, Galfrido le Hunt, Johanne Lokerel, Johanne Cocum, & Idone de Gathe. Qui dicunt per Sa­cramentum suum, quòd Baldewinus de Drayton tenuit in Comitatu Huntingdon, de Roberto de Gimeges, quatuor viginti acras Terrae, & quoddam Messuagium & septem acras prati, unius pretium acrae terrae arabilis, sex denarii, pretium Messuagii quatuor solidi, pretium acrae prati quatuor solidi. Piscaria valent per annum duos solidos. Tolnetum per aquam & terram valet sex denarios. Sunt ibi quatuor liberi homines, quorum redditus est per annum sex solidi & sex denarii. Item perquisita Curiae de Bottlebrigg valent per annum duos solidos. Haec omnia praedicta tenuit de Roberto de Gimeges. Item idem tenuit in Villa de Overton-Longville, de Domino Willielmo de Karby, unum Messuagium, quod valet per annum duodecim denarios, unum Co­lumbarium quod valet per annum duos solidos, & quatuor viginti acras Terrae, pre­tium acrae sex denarii, & septem acras prati, pretium acrae quatuor solidi. Item sunt ibi redditus & consuetudines septem liberorum hominum in Overton, & valent per annum quinquaginta sex solidos & sex denarios. Et dicunt quòd Johannes filius dicti Baldewini est ejus haeres propinquior, & est de aetate viginti duorum annorum & ampliús.

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Guilielmus Ryley.

Sir JOHN of DRAYTON, first of that Name, Lord of Drayton, and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Roberti de Arderne.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Arderne dedi, concessi, & hac meâ praesenti Chartâ confirmavi Johanni filio Domini Baldewini de Drayton, cum Philippa filiâ meâ, totam Terram meam in Wappenham, quae fuit de Jure Dominae Aliciae matris meae, & mihi ab ea haereditariè descendebat, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis & libertatibus, Tenendam de me & haeredibus meis, sibi & haeredibus suis de dicta Philippa filia mea exeuntibus, liberè, haereditariè & honorificè per ser­vitium tertiae partis unius Militis.

In cujus donationis & concessionis testimonium, Sigillum meum apposui, his testibus, Domino Johanne de Ashton, Thomâ de Buck­ton, Richardo de Willoughby, Hugone de Pavi, Eustachio de Walle, Andrea de Capello, Stephano Baynell, Hugone Forrestario, Andrea Clerico.

Ex bundello Escaetorum de Anno vicesimo Edwardi Primi, num. 19.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae, dile­cto Clerico suo Malculino de Harledg Escaetori suo citra Trentam, Salutem. Quia Johannes de Drayton, qui de nobis tenuit in Capite, diem clausit extremum, ut accepimus, Vobis mandamus, quòd omnes terras & tenementa, de quibus prae­dictus Johannes fuit seisitus in Dominico suo ut de feodo in Balliva vestra, die quo obiit, fine dilatione capiatis in manum nostram, & ea salvò custodiri faciatis, donec aliud inde praeceperimus; & per Sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum de Balliva vestra, per quos rei veritas meliùs sciri poterit, diligenter inquiratis, quantum terrae idem Johannes tenuit de nobis in Capite in Balliva vestra die quo obiit, & quantum de aliis, & per quod servitium, & quantum terrae illae valent per annum in omnibus Exitibus, & quis propinquior haeres ejus sit, & cujus aetatis; & inquisitionem inde distinctè & apertè factam nobis sub Sigillo vestro, & Sigillis eorum per quos facta fue­rit, sine dilatione mittatis, & hoc Breve.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vice­simo octavo die Januarii, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo.

Inquisitio post mortem Johannis de Drayton.

INquisitio facta apud Northampton die Lunae proximo post Festum Sancti Valen­tini, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi vicesimo, de Terris & Tenementis quae fuerunt Johannis de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae, per Sacramentum Roberti filii Roberti de Roffwick, Johannis de Lyndesey de eadem, Willielmi de la Zouch de eadem, Willielmi filii Gervasii de Drayton, Henrici filii Henrici de eadem, Petri de Twyvell, Roberti le Panner de eadem, Roberti Franceis de Ruliburg, Willielmi No­reis de Islip, Eliae in Angulo de eadem, Radulphi le Peyntor de eadem, Willielmi Jossell de eadem, qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, quòd dictus Johannes tenuit Manerium de Drayton cum pertinentiis de Domino Rege in Capite per servitium dimidii feodi Militis, & etiam reddendo Domino Regi in Manerio de Getinton, xiijs ivd, & etiam saciendo sectam Curiae de Getinton à tribus septimanis in tres septi­manas. Item dicunt, quòd Capitale Messuagium cum Columbario, Gardino & Vi­vario valet per annum xxs. Item dicunt, quòd idem tenuit in Islip quoddam Messua­gium cum Gardino & Columbario pertinens ad dictum Manerium, & valet per annum vis viiid. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem ducentae & viginti acrae terrae arabilis, & quatuor acrae, & valent per annum viil ixs ivd, pretium acrae viiid. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem xvii acrae prati falcabilis, & valent per annum lis, pretium acrae iiis. Item sunt ibidem decem acrae pasturae, & valent per annum xxs, pretium acrae iis. Item [Page 96]dicunt, quòd sunt in dicto Manerio de redditu Assisae liberorum tenentium viil iis ixd, viz. ad Festum Sanctae Andreae xxxixs vid ob. Ad Festum Paschae xliis ivd ob. Ad Pen­tecosten xs viid ob. Ad Festum Sanctorum Petri & Pauli xxxixs viiid. Et ad Festum Sancti Michaelis xs viiid ob. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem duo homines qui reddunt ad Natale decem Capones qui valent xd, pretium Caponis 1d & unam libram Cumini, pretium 1d, ad eundem terminum. Item sunt ibi tres homines qui falcabunt in prato Domini per unum diem, & valet opus xiid. Et metent in Blado Domini per unum diem, & valet opus iiid. Dicunt etiam, quòd Simon filius dicti Johannis de Drayton est ejus propinquior Haeres, & est de aetate novem annorum & ampliùs à Festo Com­memorationis Sanctorum Petri & Pauli usque adhuc. In cujus rei testimonium omnes praejurati Sigilla sua apposuerunt.

  • Summa summarum xixl xiis ixd, de quibus solvuntur Domino Regi in Manerio de Getinton annuatim xiiis ivd.
  • Summa de Claro xviiil xixs vd.

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Guilielmus Ryley.

Sir SIMON of DRAYTON, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Part of the Articles of Remembrance of the Mannor of Drayton in the County of Northampton.

FIRST, This Mannor in the time of King Edward the Second belonged unto one Symond Drayton, as appeareth by Fine of the 15th year of the same King, by which the said Symond knowledged the Right to be in one Robert Peyntor Clerk, which Robert yielded the same Mannor again to the said Symond and Margaret his Wife, To hold of our Lord the King by the service due during their lives; and after their de­cease to remain to John Son of the said Symond, and the Heirs of his body begotten; and for default of such Issue, to remain to the Heirs of the body of the said Symond and Margaret begotten; and for default of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Symond.

And upon forty years after this Fine, appeareth that one John Drayton the thirty fifth year of King Edward the Third by Fine knowledged the Mannor of Drayton, except a Mese, a Toft, a Mill, seven Cotages and two Carews of Land, two Acres of Meadow, one Knights Fee and xl Rent, to be the right of Henry Green, Richard Bolleshowre Parson of the Church of Pysseforth, John Keteryng Parson of the Church of Boketon, William of Assheley Parson of the Church of Morton, Nicholas Green and Nicholas Thenford. And over that granted the said Knights Fee and Rents, with the Homage and Services of Robert Vere and Millisent of Yselipe and their Heirs, of all the Tenements which they afore held of the said John in the said Mannor, to have to them in Fee. And over this the foresaid Mese, Tost, Cotages, Lands and Meadow before except, which the said Millisent holdeth for term of forty years. And the foresaid Mill that the said Millisent and Robert Etebred hold for term of sive years of the Lesse of the said John Drayton, and which after the said Lesse to him and his Heirs shall revert wholly to remain to the said Henry, Richard, John Keteryng, William, Nicholas, and Nicholas, and their Heirs, to hold together with the aforesaid Mannor, Fee and Rents of our Soveraign Lord the King, &c. with Warranty of the said Drayton for two hundred Marks of Silver, &c.

Then Anno xxxviij Edwardi Tertii the King by his Letters Patents, reciting where he before had gyffen Licens to John Dreyton, that he of the Mannor of Drayton which of [Page 97]the King is holden in Capite, might enfesse Henry Green and his Cofeoffees before-named in the Fine precedent, as in our Letters Patents more plainly appeareth. Which said Henry Green and his Cofeoffees be thereof joyntly seized, as we be informed. We of our special grace have granted and licens gyffen to the foresaid Henry Green, to relesse all his Estate to his Cofeoffees; And that the said Cofeoffees after such relesse to them made, the same Feffees to gyffe the same Mannor to the foresaid Henry Green and to Henry his Son, to have to the same Henry and Henry his Son, and to the heyres of the body of the same Henry the Son begotten; so that if the said Henry the Son dye withowte heyres of his body, then to remeyne to Thomas Brother of the said Henry, and the heyres of hys bo­dy, &c. And for default of such issue, to the right heyres of the said Henry Green, &c.

Charta Roberti le Peyntour.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Robertus le Peyntour Capellanus dedi, con­cessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Domino Symoni de Drayton Militi, & Margaretae uxori ejus, & haeredibus ipsius Symonis & assignatis, omnia Messuagia, terras & tenementa, prata & pasturas, quae habeo ex dono & feoffamento ipsius Si­monis in Luffwick, Drayton, Slipton & Grafton, prout jacent in diversis culturis & in diversis locis, simul cum homagiis, servitiis & redditibus omnium liberorum tenentium meorum in praedicta Villa de Luffwick, videlicet, de Olivero de Nowers viginti soli­dos, simul cum homagio & servitio praedicti Oliveri; de Johanne Jolinet duos so­lidos, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Johannis; de Johanne filio Johannis Ma­gesons decem solidos, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Johannis; de Alicia Hende quatuor solidos & octo denarios, simul cum homagio & servitio praedictae Aliciae; de Johanne Hende duos solidos & sex denarios, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Jo­hannis; de Roberto de Blossevile sexdecim denarios, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Roberti; de Olivero de Drayton sexdecim denarios, cum homagio & servitio dicti Oliveri; de Johanne Turvey quatuor denarios, simul cum homagio & servitio praedicti Johannis; de Johanne de Drayton duos denarios, simul cum homagio & servi­tio dicti Johannis; de Thoma de Lorde unum denarium, simul cum homagio & ser­vitio dicti Thomae; de Hugone Wimond duos denarios, simul cum homagio & servi­tio dicti Hugonis; de Johanne de Lorde unum denarium, simul cum homagio & servi­tio dicti Johannis; de Richardo Molendinario unum denarium, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Richardi; de Thoma in the lane Capellano sex denarios, simul cum ho­magio & servitio dicti Thomae; de Johannis; de Galfrido Duffen octo denarios, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Johannis; de Galfrido Duffen octo denarios, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Galfridi; de Henrico de Weston unum obolum, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Henrici; & de Adam le Taylour sex denarios & obolum, & duos Capones, simul cum homagio & servitio dicti Adami. Dedi etiam & con­cessi eisdem Simoni & Margaretae uxori ejus, & haeredibus ipsius & assignatis, reversio­nem omnium terrarum & tenementorum, quae de me tenent ad terminum vitae, diver­sorum hominum in Luffwick & Slipton, cum redditibus eorundem; videlicet, de Henrico Wardicorps Capellano tresdecim solidos & quatuor denarios, cum reversione octodecim acrarum terrae post mortem praedicti Hugonis & Aliciae uxoris ejus; de Ro­berto filio Johannis & Johanne fratre suo sex solidos, cum reversione quatuor acrarum post mortem praedictorum Roberti & Johannis; & de Roberto de Grafton quatuor solidos & sex denarios, cum reversione trium acrarum terrae post mortem praedicti Ro­berti & Rosae uxoris ejus; de Simone le Wright tres solidos, cum reversione duarum acrarum terrae post mortem dicti Simonis; & de Rogero le Sonter duos solidos, cum reversione unius Cottagii post mortem praedicti Rogeri; de Roberto le Tylor duos solidos & sex denarios, cum reversione unius Cottagii post mortem dicti Roberti: Ha­bendum & tenendum omnia praedicta Messuagia, terras & tenementa, prata & pastu­ras, cum homagiis & servitiis, redditibus & reversionibus quando acciderint, & omni­bus aliis pertinentiis, praefatis Simoni & Margaretae uxori ejus, & haeredibus ipsius Si­monis & assignatis, de Capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia inde debita [Page 98]& de jure consueta.

In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui:
hiis testibus, Roberto Alleyn de Luffwick, Johanne de Lorde de eadem, Olivero de Nowers de eadem, & Simoni Granlans de Islip, Henrico de Colsol de ea­dem.
Datum apud Drayton die Dominico proximo post Festum Sancti Gregorii Papae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum primo.

Ex Chartis primi Edwardi Tertii, n. 23.

REX concessit Simoni de Drayton & Margaretae uxori ejus, & Gilberto de Lyn­desey, & haeredibus ipsius Gilberti, liberam warrennam in Manerio de Mol­lesworth in Comitatu Huntingtoniae.

Charta Regis Edwardi Tertii pro libera Warrenna in Drayton.

EDwardus Dei Gratiâ Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae, Ar­chiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis, Salutem. Sciatis, Nos de gratia nostra speciali concessisse, & hâc Chartâ nostrâ confirmâsse di­lecto & fideli nostro Simoni de Drayton, quòd ipse & Haeredes sui in perpetuum ha­beant liberam warrennam in omnibus Dominicis terris suis de Drayton, Islip, Luffwick, & Irthlingburg in Comitatu Northamptoniae, de Bottlebrigg in Comitatu Hunting­doniae, & de Stoke-goldington in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, dum tamen terrae illae non sunt infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret terras illas ad fugandum in eis, vel ad aliquid capiendum quod ad Warrennam pertinet, sine licentia & volun­tate ipsius Simonis vel haeredum suorum, per forisfacturam nostram decem librarum. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quòd praedictus Simon & haeredes sui in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrennam in omnibus Domi­nicis terris suis praedictis, dum tamen terrae non sunt infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret in terras illas ad fugandum in eis, vel ad aliquid capiendum quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine licentia & voluntate ipsius Simonis vel haeredum suorum super forisfacturam nostram decem librarum, ut praedictum est.

Hiis Testibus, vene­rabilibus Patribus W. Archiepiscopo Eboracensi Angliae Primate, R. Coventriae & Lich. Episcopo, Edmundo Comite Kantiae, Henrico Comite Lancastriae, Johanne de Warrenna Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mortuo Mari de Wiggmore, Thomâ Wake, Willielmo de Rosse, Johanne de Rosse Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.
Datum per manum nostram apud Eboracum primo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo.

Trs. R. num. 4. fol. 29. Anno 4 E. 3.

BReve Regis directum Simoni de Drayton, Senescallo Forestae Isabellae Reginae, Matris Domini Regis, inter partes Stamford & Oxon, pro decima totius vena­tionis quae capiuntur in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Abbati de Burgo Sancti Petri, sicut Antecessores ejus concesserunt.

At the Tower Escheats, 4 E. 3. num. 17.

SImon de Drayton tenet terras in Luton & Flamstedde in Comitatu Bedford.

12 E. 3. num. 62.

SImon de Drayton tenet Drayton & Luffwick in Comitatu Northamptoniae.

29 E. 3. num. 1.

SImon de Drayton tenet terras in Brigstock, Luffwick, Drayton in Comitatu Nor­thamptoniae.

Charta Regis Edwardi Tertii.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae, Om­nibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis, quòd de gratia nostra speciali, & per Finem viginti librarum, quem Simon de Drayton Miles nobis solvit ad Scaccarium nostrum, Pardonavimus eidem Simoni, & Johanni filio ejus, Willielmo filio Thomae Seymor, Simoni le Squier de Drayton, & Richardo de Mollesworth, sectam pacis nostrae quae ad nos pertinet pro morte Johannis de Overton-Longville; Et pro omnibus aliis Homicidiis, Feloniis, Roberiis, Latrociniis & transgressionibus quibuscunque per ipsos, vel eorum aliquem in Regno nostro, con­tra pacem nostram factis, unde indictati, rectati, vel appellati existunt; Et etiam Ut­lagarias si quae in ipsos, vel eorum aliquem hiis actionibus fuerint promulgatae; & firmam pacem nostram eis inde concedimus; Ita tamen quòd stent recti in Curia nostra, si qui versus ipsos, vel eorum aliquem loqui voluerint de morte, Homicidiis, Feloniis, Roberiis, Latrociniis & transgressionibus supradictis. In cujus rei testimonium has Li­teras nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste Edwardo Duce Cornubiae, & Comite Ce­striae filio nostro charissimo, Custode Angliae.

Apud Berkhamstedde decimo septimo die Aprilis, Anno Regni nostri tertio decimo.
Per Literam ipsius Custodis.
Irrotulatur coram Domino Rege in Rotulo de Termino Paschae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum duodecimo, Rotulo sexto inter Placita Coronae.

Pardonatio Simonis de Drayton.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali pardonavimus Simoni de Drayton Militi sectam pacis nostrae, quae ad nos pertinet, pro omnimodis Homicidiis, Roberiis, Latrociniis, & Felo­niis, ac receptamentis Felonum, per ipsum in Regno nostro Angliae factis, contra pacem Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Patris nostri, & nostram, & etiam quicquid ad nos pertinet, de Oppressionibus, Extortionibus, Dampnis, Gravaminibus, Gonfoederationibus, Conspirationibus, Allegiantiis, Maintenenciis querelarum & campi partium, necnon pro ductionibus lanarum ad partes transmarinas absque Sigillo nostro, quod dicitur Coket, apposito, seu custumis nobis inde solutis, & pro omnibus aliis transgressionibus & excessibus, unde indictatus, rectatus, seu appellatus existit; & etiam Utlagarias, si quae in ipsum actionibus fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus. Ita tamen quòd stet rectus in Curia nostra, si quis versus eum loqui voluerit in hac parte. Et insuper concessimus & restituimus eidem Simoni de hujusmodi gratia nostra speciali Catalla & Bona sua, si qua nobis occasione praemissa fuerint forisfacta.

In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Sandwicum quinto die Octobris, Anno Regni nostri Angliae sexto decimo, Regni verò nostri Franciae tertio.
Per ipsum Regem.

Charta Regis Edwardi Tertii confirmans Pardonationem Simonis de Drayton.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus Bal­livis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd cùm nuper de gratia nostra speciali pardonavimus Simoni de Drayton Militi & Johanni filio ejus, Willielmo filio Thomae Seymore, Simoni le Squier de Drayton, & Richardo de Mollesworth sectam pacis nostrae, quae ad nos pertinet pro morte Jo­hannis de Overton-Longville, prout in Literis nostris Patentibus inde confectis pleniùs continetur; Eaedémque Literae coram Justiciariis nostris ad placita coram nobis te­nenda [Page 100]assignatis allocatae fuerint: Ita quòd praedicti Simon, Johannes, Willielmus & Richardus de morte praedicta per considerationem Curiae nostrae recesserunt quieti, ut dicitur. Nos autem Literas nostras praedictas & Judicium praedictum rata habentes & grata, ea pro nobis & haeredibus nostris pro majori securitate praedictorum Simonis, Johannis, Willielmi & Richardi in hac parte concedimus, confirmamus, ratificamus & approbamus.

In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipso apud Sandwicum quinto die Octobris, Anno Regni nostri Angliae sexto decimo, Regni verò nostri Franciae tertio.
Per ipsum Regem.

Charta Domini Simonis de Drayton.

PRaesens Indentura facta inter Dominum Simonem de Drayton Militem ex parte una, ac Fratrem Robertum Priorem Ecclesiae beatae Mariae de Raveneston & ejusdem loci Conventum ex altera, Testatur, quòd cùm praedictus Dominus Simon Miles ob causam piae devotionis, quam ad gloriosam Virginem & Matrem Dei Ma­riam, in cujus honore praedicta Ecclesia est fundata, ac etiam affectionis specialis quam ad eosdem Priorem & Conventum gerit, qui Deo & praedictae Virgini gloriosae in ea­dem Ecclesia continuò cum honestate commendabili famulantur, dederit, concesserit, & suâ Chartâ confirmaverit pro salute animae suae ac progenitorum, successorum & li­berorum suorum, ac specialiter pro salute animae bonae memoriae Domini Johannis de Hothom, quondam Eliensis Episcopi defuncti, ac animarum omnium benefactorum eorundem, praedictis Priori & Conventui & Ecclesiae Conventuali praedictae beatae Ma­riae de Raveneston, duas partes duarum partium medietatis Manerii de Stoke-golding­ton cum pertinentiis, & cum advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Villae, cum Reversione tertiae partis earundem duarum partium medietatis dictarum duarum partium Manerii praedicti, quam Matilda, quae fuit uxor Johannis Pycard, nomine dotis tenet: Ha­bendas eisdem Priori & Conventui & Ecclesiae praedictae, ac imperpetuum tenendas secundùm formam Chartae Originalis praedicti Domini Simonis super hujusmodi Do­natione & Concessione eisdem factae, prout in dicta Charta Originali pleniùs contine­tur: Concesserunt praedicti Prior & Conventus pro se & successoribus suis praedicto Domino Simoni tres Cantarias trium Canonicorum suorum regularium divina officia pro anima sua & pro animabus omnium praedictorum in dicta Ecclesia sua celebratu­rorum, habendas, & sub modis inferiùs designatis imperpetuum fideliter faciendas. Ita videlicet quòd liceat praedicto Domino Simoni, quàm citiùs hoc duxerit faciendum, tres viros idoneos, & Religioni aptos, dictis Priori & Conventui praesentare, in Con­fratres & Canonicos per eosdem Priorem & Conventum admittendos; quos iidem Prior & Conventus habitu suo regulari sumptibus sic admissos induere, & in Fratres & Canonicos admittere teneantur cum effectu; Quódque eisdem praesentatis ac in Confratres & Canonicos admissis ac legitimè professis, & in Presbyteros ordinatis de ipsis & toto Conventu Ecclesiae praedictae, tres Canonici per menses, hebdomadas, aut dies, vel aliàs pro dispositione Prioris ejusdem loci sumendi vel assignandi, pro anima­bus praedicti Domini Simonis & animabus omnium praedictorum in Ecclesia Conven­tuali praedicta divina officia celebrabunt, & singulis diebus celebrare imperpetuum te­nebuntur. Praedictis verò Canonicis praesentatis & admissis, vel eorum aliquo defun­ctis vel defuncto, sive à dicta Ecclesia migrantibus, aut quovis modo aliò translatis vel amotis totaliter imperpetuum, praedictus Dominus Simon ad totam vitam suam in locum Canonici defuncti cujuslibet seu migrantis aut translati vel amoti ut praedicitur, usque ad numerum trium Canonicorum semper in dicta Ecclesia suo nomine, ut prae­mittitur, habendorum, alium vel alios Religioni idoneum vel idoneos praedictis Priori & Conventui denuò praesentabit, admittendum per eosdem vel admittendos, & loco alterius aut aliorum subrogandum vel subrogandos. Post decessum verò praedicti Do­mini Simonis Militis praesentatio dictorum trium Canonicorum & singulorum eorum deficientium, quando vel quotiens contigerit, praedictis Priori & Conventui facienda, ad Dominum Abbatem Monasterii de Lavenden modo qui sequitur facienda, perpetuò [Page 101]pertinebit. Praedicti siquidem Prior & Conventus de Raveneston, defuncto aliquo hu­jusmodi Canonico vel aliàs deficiente, ut praedicitur, virum sibi habilem & idoneum perquirent, quem mittentes praedicto domino Abbati de Lavenden, vel Monasterio vacante, Priori ejusdem loci, vel eo deficiente, loci Conventui Praesidenti, infra qua­draginta dies à tempore mortis cujuscunque Canonici praedicti, vel migrationis, seu alte­rius amotionis ejusdem, ut praedicitur, suis literis nominabunt; Qui quidem Dominus Abbas, Prior vel Praesidens praedictum virum nominatum eisdem Priori & Conventui de Raveneston infra sex dies extunc continuò sequentes praesentabunt in Canonicum admit­tendum; Quâ verò nominatione per quadraginta dies cessante, praedicti Dominus Ab­bas de Lavenden, Prior ejusdem vel Conventui Praesidens, virum religioni habilem prae­dictis Priori & Conventui de Raveneston, nullâ nominatione ulteriùs expectatâ, eâ vice prasentabunt suo jure, per eosdem Priorem & Conventum de Raveneston in Ca­nonicum, cognitâ priùs ipsius humilitate, necessariò admittendum. Et si Dominus Abbas de Lavenden, Prior aut Praesidens hujusmodi praesentationem faciendam distule­rint ultra mensem, Praesentatio dicti Canonici deficientis eâ vice facienda ad Capitulum Cathedrale Ecclesiae Lincolniae devolvatur. Ad praemissa namque omnia & singula fideliter facienda absque omni dolo vel fraude suis temporibus in futurum diligenter ex­equenda, praefatus Robertus nunc Prior Ecclesiae de Raveneston tactis sacrosanctis E­vangeliis Juramentum praestitit Corporale; singulíque ejusdem Prioratus Canonici de ejusdem Prioris Authoritate, licentia & Consensu, quòd haec omnia & singula, omni simulatione & fraude postpositâ, & cujuscunque obstaculi Machinatione remotâ, suis temporibus observabunt, observaríque & fieri procurabunt & facient in futurum, Jura­mentum consimile praestiterunt, affirmantes subditos vinculo Juramenti se futuros, & cum omni diligentia curaturos, quòd singuli Prioris dictae Ecclesiae de Raveneston [...]aturi in suis Confirmationibus vel aliis praesentationibus eorundem, pro praemissis omnibus & singulis futuris temporibus observandis, faciendis & fideliter exequendis, singulíque Canonici ejusdem Ecclesiae exnunc imposterum assumendi in actu professionis eorundem vel antea praestabunt & facient corporaliter hujusmodi Juramentum. Ad quod qui­dem Juramentum faciendum & praestandum virtute hujus Indenturae ac ordinationis praesentis & partium condicti sint omnes successores in dicta Ecclesia arctati in futurum ac perpetuò teneantur. Concessitque praedictus Dominus Simon de Drayton Miles pro se & haeredibus suis, quòd occasione praedictae donationis Prioratum de Raveneston praedictum in equis aut canibus ibidem mittendis, seu corrodiis, liberationibus aut fa­mulorum stipendiis exigendis, seu aliis exactionibus indebitis quibuscunque iidem di­ctus Simon & haeredes sui onerare, gravare vel quovis alio modo opprimere non prae­sument, sed ipsum ac ipsos ab hujusmodi omnibus gravaminibus seu oppressionibus imperpetuum defendent.

In cujus rei testimonium parti hujus Indenturae penes praedi­ctos Priorem & Conventum residenti praedictus Simon Sigillum suum apposuit, & parti penes praefatum Simonem residenti praedicti Prior & Conventus Sigillum suum commune apposuerunt. Datum apud Raveneston die Lunae in Vigilia Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii à Conquestu decimo octavo.

Charta Egidii de Arderne.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, Egidius filius & haeres Domini Roberti de Arderne Chevalier, Salutem in Domino. Noveritis me remisisse, relaxâsse & omnino pro me & haeredibus meis imperpetuum quietum cla­mâsse Domnio Simoni de Drayton Chevalier, & haeredibus suis totum Jus & Clameum quod habeo seu aliquo modo habere potero in Manerio de Sudburgh juxta Luffwick cum pertinentiis, quod quidem Manerium idem Dominus Simon habet ex dimissione & concessione Domini Thomae Wale Militis ad terminum vitae Nicholaae uxoris ejus­dem Domini Thomae, tenendum de Capitalibus Dominis feodi per servitia quae ad prae­dictum Manerium pertinent imperpetuum. Concessi etiam eidem Domino Simoni & haeredibus suis reversionem omnium illorum terrarum & tenementorum quae Johannes de Werrughby & Isabella uxor ejus tenent in Sudburgh de haereditate mea ad terminum vitae [Page 102]ejusdem Isabellae; Et quae post mortem ejusdem Isabellae mihi & haeredibus meis re­verti deberent, integrè remaneant praedicto Domino Simoni & haeredibus suis, tenenda de Capitalibus Dominis feodi per servitia quae ad praedicta tenementa pertinent imper­petuum. Et ego praedictus Egidius & haeredes mei praedictum Manerium cum perti­nentiis unà cum reversione praedictorum tenementorum praedicto Domino Simoni, hae­redibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes Warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cu­jus rei testimonium huic praesenti scripto Sigillum meum apposui.

Hiis Testibus, Domino Thoma de Verdun, Roberto Paynly, Thoma de Wickson, Roberto de Da­ventre Militibus; Nicholao de Vyeleston, Johanne de Cranestee, & Willielmo de Seymor de Bughton, qui in testimonium huic scripto Sigilla sua apposuerunt.
Datum apud Sudburgh die Jovis proximo post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum decimo nono.

Charta Regis Edwardi Tertii.

EDwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae,
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd pro duabus marcis quas dilectus & fidelis noster Simon de Drayton nobis solvit, pardonavimus eidem Simoni transgressionem quam fecit acquirendo sibi & haeredibus suis sexaginta & duas acras terrae de Magistro Willielmo de la Sancerie, quadraginta & octo acras terrae de Ro­berto de Werketon, quindecem acras terrae de Johanne de Seymor, & octo acras terrae de Thoma de Chetyngton, cum pertinentiis in Brigstoke & Luffwick, quae de nobis tenent in Capite ut dicitur, & eas ingrediendo, licentiâ nostrâ super hoc non optenta. Et concessimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, eidem Simoni, quòd ipse terram praedictam cum pertinentiis habeat & teneat sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia indè debita & consueta imperpetuum, sine oc­casione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, Justiciariorum, Escaetorum, Vicecomitum, aut aliorum Ballivorum seu Ministrorum nostrorum quorumcunque. Concessimus etiam eidem Simoni quòd ipse de terra praedicta cum pertinentiis, nec non de Centum & quatuor viginti acris terrae, & quinquaginta acris bosci cum pertinen­tiis in eisdem Villis, quas similiter de nobis tenet in Capite ut dicitur, feoffare possit Willielmum Parsonam Ecclesiae de Conyngton, Johannem de Sulgrave Parsonam Ecclesiae de Langeport, & Johannem de Rynstede Parsonam Ecclesiae de Horpol: Habendum & tenendum eisdem Willielmo Parsonae Ecclesiae de Conyngton, Johanni de Sulgrave & Johanni de Ryngstede, & haeredibus suis, de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia indè debita & consueta imperpetuum. Et eisdem Willielmo Parsonae Ec­clesiae de Conyngton, Johanni de Sulgrave & Johanni de Ryngstede, quòd ipsi ha­bitâ inde plenâ & pacificâ seisinâ, dare possint & concedere praedictos terram & bos­cum cum pertinentiis praedicto Simoni & Margaretae uxori ejus: Habendum & tenen­dum eisdem Simoni & Margaretae ad totam vitam suam de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia indè debita, & post mortem eorumdem Simonis & Margaretae praedicti ter­rae & boscus cum pertinentiis Baldewino de Drayton & Aliciae uxori ejus & haeredi­dibus eorum Baldewini & Aliciae exeuntibus remaneant, tenendi de nobis & haeredi­bus nostris imperpetuum. Et si iidem Baldewinus & Alicia sine haerede de corporibus suis exeunte obierint, tunc post mortem eorumdem Baldewini & Aliciae terra & bos­cus praedicti cum pertinentiis Gilberto fratri praedicti Baldewini & haeredibus de cor­pore suo exeuntibus remaneant, tenendi de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia prae­dicta imperpetuum. Et si idem Gilbertus sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte obierit, tunc post mortem ejusdem Gilberti terra & boscus praedicti cum pertinentiis rectis hae­redibus ipsius Simonis integrè remaneant, tenendi de nobis & haeredibus nostris per ser­vitia predicta imperpetuum. Et eisdem Willielmo Parsonae Ecclesiae de Conyngton, Jo­hanni de Sulgrave & Johanni de Rynstede, quòd ipsi terram & boscum praedictos cum pertinentiis à praefato Simone recipere possint & tenere sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia praedicta imperpetuum, sicut praedictum est, tenore praesentium similite [...] [...]entiam [...] limus specialem. Nolentes quòd praedictus [Page 103]Simon vel haeredes sui, aut praefati Willielmus Parsona Ecclesiae de Conyngton, Johan­nes de Sulgrave & Johannes de Rynstede seu haeredes sui ratione praemissorum per nos vel haeredes nostros, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, aut alios Ballivos seu Mi­nistros nostros quoscunque, occasionentur, molestentur in aliquo, seu graventur.

In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium primo die Augusti, Anno Regni nostri Angliae vicesimo nono, Reg­ni verò nostri Franciae sexto decimo.

Charta Domini Simonis de Drayton.

HAEC Indentura testatur, quòd Dominus Simon de Drayton Miles concessit, confirmavit, & omnino de se & haeredibus suis imperpetuum remisit & qui­etum clamavit Nobili viro Domino Thomae de Wake, Domino de Lydell, haeredi­bus & assignatis suis, Maritagium cum custodia corporis Johannis de Vere infra aeta­tem, & in custodia ejusdem Domini Thomae existentis ratione minoris aetatis suae post mortem Domini Johannis de Vere Militis defuncti Patris praedicti Johannis haeredis sui; Eo quòd dictus Dominus Johannes pater ejusdem haeredis dum vixit, Manerium de Thrapston cum pertinentiis per servitium militare priùs tenuit de dicto Domino Thoma Wake & Antecessoribus suis, & de illis quorum statum idem Dominus Tho­mas modò habet, quàm Manerium de Magna Adyngton seu alia terras & tenementa in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum pertinentiis de dicto Domino Simone seu antecesso­ribus suis, seu de illis quorum statum praedictus Dominus Simon modò habet, per servi­tium militare tenuit; salvis dicto Domino Simoni servitiis de terris & tenementis suis praedictis & custodiâ eorundem quae de se tenentur in Comitatu Northamptoniae, quae sunt de haereditate praedicti haeredis, quae quidem servitia & custodia terrarum & tene­mentorum per praesentes non remittentur sed solummodo custodia Corporis & Marita­gium dicti haeredis, ut superiùs dictum est. Ita quòd nec praedictus Dominus Simon nec haeredes sui, nec aliquis nomine eorundem, in Maritagium seu custodiam corpo­ris Johannis haeredis antedicti aut haeredum suorum aliquod Jus seu Clameum exigere de caetero vel vindicare poterint in futuro, sed ab omni actione habenda in hac parte omnino sint exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. Et dictus Dominus Simon & haeredes sui maritagium & custodiam corporis dicti Johannis haeredis & haeredum suorum prae­fato Domino Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis suis Warrantizabunt & defendent à qua­cunque actione vel demando per praedictum Dominum Simonem vel haeredes suos in posterum utenda vel habenda. Ita quòd si aliqua actio vel demandum per aliquam aliam personam extraneam de praedictis Maritagio & custodia mota fuerit versus prae­fatum Dominum Thomam vel haeredes suos, dictus Dominus Simon nec haeredes sui non teneantur Warrantizare.

In cujus rei testimonium partes partibus hujus Indentu­rae Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt.
Hiis Testibus, Dominis Johanne Bengayne, Roberto de Holland, Willielmo Moine, Johanne Pittoc, Richardo Chamberleyne & Johanne Paynell Militibus; Henrico Thraylly, Richardo Fuych & aliis.
Data a­pud Huntingdon die Mercurii in crastino Epiphaniae Domini, Anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo, quadragesimo octavo, & anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii vicesimo secundo.

SIGILLVM DMI SIMONIS DE DRAYTONA

Escheat 32 Edwardi Tertii no 42o.

MArgareta, quae fuit uxor Simonis de Drayton, tenuit Manerium de Mollesworth praedicto ad terminum vitae, de Willielmo de Lyndesey, pro servitio unius pa­ris calcarium deauratorum, spectante reversione ejusdem Manerii Christianae uxori Johannis de Drayton ut filiae & unius haeredum Gilberti de Lindesey, & Thomae Da­cre filio Isabellae filiae praedicti Gilberti ut consanguini & cohaeredi.

Goodwinus de Praesulibus Angliae, Pag. 320. lin. 8.

ANTE Mortem ejus Anno uno aut altero, plurimum illi molestiae exhibitum est per foeminam quandam praenobilem Blanchiam Wake, Regis propinquam, cujus rei Historiam paucis commemorare non pigebit. Haec mulier praedia habuit nonnulla, aedibus Episcopalibus vicina, unde fiebat ut de finibus subinde aut rebus consimilibus lites inter eos orirentur. Episcopus moribus erat paulò asperior, & à Comitate aulica ità alienus, ut injurias perferre aut comiter expostulare nesciret, quales praesertim illaturam credibile erat Dominam Genere, Divitiis & Regis propinquitate tumentem. Ex altercationibus igitur ad simultatem citò perventum, & à simultate ad inimicitias ac odium capitale. Quare Iracundiae Mulier, ut facile solet ille sexus, indulgens, & animi vindictae, cupiditate flagrantis, explendi occasionem captans, hu­jusmodi tandem nacta est. Papa, Rege petente, aut potiùs fortassis, Edwardo Prin­cipe filio ejus, ad Episcopatum Lichfeldensem quendam Robertum Stretton consecrari mandaverat, hominem multas ob Causas tanto munere indignissimum; bonus iste Prae­sul Eliensis inquam noster, Baptistae aemulus, ad Regem accedens, veritus non est illum eam ob rem acriter increpare; quod ille ferens iniquissimè, facessere hominem jussit & praesentiâ suâ in posterum eum prohibuit nisi accerseretur. Wakia jam Domina praedi­cta, iracundiae Regiae opportunitatem non amittendam rata, Episcopum in jus vocat, li­tis hanc causam pretexens: Homines quidam leves, per temulentiam fortassis, ne­scio quid aedificii ad illam spectantis incenderant, & deprehensi, ut gratiam ejus deme­rerentur, mendacio parùm verisimili, Episcopi consilio hoc facinus perpetratum assere­bant. Episcopo igitur ob hoc Damnum Dica impingitur, sed Clanculum adeò, ut priùs quàm aliquid illam adversus se moliri intelligerit à duodecem-viris inauditus damnatus fuerit, & libras ille pendere nongentas jussus, id quod oportuit illum facere, prout paulò pòst fecit. Pecuniâ numeratâ, quae quamvis grandis esset, magis tamen dedecore & ignominia stimulatus quàm nummorum jacturâ, impetratâ licentiâ Regem adiit, eúmque supplex obtestatus est, ut suâ authoritate à duodecem-viris ac testibus contra se productis Judicii testimoniíque lati rationem exigendam curaret: Et ille sive defervescente iracundiâ, sive justa petenti obsecundandum ratus, annuit qui­dem, sed irrito effectu. Nam cum praestituto publicis judiciis tempore Huntingdoniae res esset tractanda, mulieris maliciosae technis effectum est, ut prioris Judicii formulam sive exemplar is non potuerit impetrare, adeóque omnis hic conatus in nihilum reci­derit. Unde irâ doloréque justissimo percitus, apud Regem acriter conquestus est de hac tanta Injuria, obsecrans vehementer, uti sicut legum vita esset ac dux, se tam in­justè contra fas & aequum opprimi non pateretur. Quae verba incomptè ut Regi visum & asperè enunciata, atque ità ut Regi nonnullae injustitiae labem inurere videretur, veterem Iracundiae Flammam sopitam antea sic visam, ita rursus suscitârunt, ut ad Par­liamentum tum fortè nuper coactum querimoniam de Episcopo detulerit. Et huic quidem ingestum est quicquid Calumniarum inimicorum ingenio probabiliter excogi­tari potuit, unde illi conflarent invidiam. Objectorum nonnulla partim is negavit, partim excusavit; Rege verò in verbo regio multa tanquam sibi comperta asserente, & nonnunquam testium faciente mentionem, de probationis validitate nemo ausus est ambigere. Ita Parliamenti Judicio condemnatus, poena, nescio an alia haec certè inflicta est, ut Regis praesentiâ imperpetuum arceretur. Non multo deinde tempore intercedente, contigit Episcopi famulis nonnullis, Wakianis quibusdam invia factis ob­viam, [Page 105]tumultum inter eos excitari, in quo Wakiae famulorum unus interemptus est. Hujusce caedis Episcopum conscium censeri placet, eámque ob rem illico accusandum, qui quanquam ab eo scelere immunem se probè cognosceret, arbitratus tamen hu­jusce litis non meliorem fore successum quàm earum quae nuper ipsi fuerant intentatae, bonis omnibus mobilibus divenditis, pecuniam ab iis collectam amicorum fidissimis servandam commisit, séque apud illos occultavit. Ille nihilo secius per Inquisitionem à Coronatore factam damnatus est, & Episcopatûs redditus omnes aerario publico ad­dicti, sive ut more nostro loquar, temporalia in manum Regis seisita. Tum à Regis Judicibus citatus, ut pro Tribunali hanc causam ipse ageret, Cantuariensi & nonnullis aliis Episcopis comitatus comparuit; cúmque declinatoriis exceptionibus subterfugere Laicorum judicium non posset, homicidium objectum non solùm perpetrâsse se ne­gavit, sed vel consultorem vel conscium fuisse, aut ipsum homicidam vidisse postea, à se alióve quoquam, mandato suo receptum, occultatum, vel quovis modo adjutum. De quo petit ut per Pares suos, cùm ipse de Paribus Regni unus esset, discerneretur. Id quod illi Judices in Regis gratiam infensi, & his nostri temporis ob integritatem credo non conferendi denegârunt illi, ut ex levissimis nebulonibus duodecem-viratu conflato insontem damnarent. Quod eâ ratione haud aegrè praestiterunt. Isti enim boni viri duodecem-viri inquam editâ sententiâ damnandum pronunciant Episcopum, non caedis perpetratae, aut quasi conscium antequam ea esset perpetrata, sed quòd Ra­dulphum Carles Camerarium suum, qui Gulielmum Holmes Wakiae famulum occi­derat, (ipsorum jam verbis utar, prout tradita reperi) post perpetratam feloniam re­ceptâsse scienter; id quod ille, vir non malus, ad ultimum usque halitum constan­tissimè semper & magna cum asseveratione pernegavit. Ita judicio de eo, tanquam sonte perlato, injuriae atrocitate, ac praesertim ignominiae turpitudine commotus, ut hanc dilueret, ab Archiepiscopo petit, utì coram illo se liceret à tam famoso crimine immunem per Canonicam purgationem declarare. Quod ille aliquandiu visus est annuere, & Proclamationibus pro more editis aliquous (que) res processerat, quando eum Archiepiscopus monere coepit, ut tentaret si ad gratiam Regis ullo pacto posset aditum reperire. Hinc Episcopus consciens non ausum Archiepiscopum secum agere secundùm aequum & jus, ne Regem offenderet, ad Papam decrevit confugere. Cui Avenionem profectus rem omnem aperuit, qui Episcopi misertus, non solùm adver­sarios, sed praeclaros illos Judices Regios, quamvìs Milites essent Aurati, Edictis in valvis Ecclesiae Paulinae propositis ad Curiam suam citandos mandavit; videlicet Gu­lielmum Shareshull, Gulielmum Thorp, Henricum Green, Gulielmum Nocton, & Symonem Drayton. Ex quorum posteris vix credo quenquam hodie superesse; & unde id conjiciam, si perconteris, hanc accipe rationem: Si parentum carnalium Cul­toribus Deus mercedem proponit vitam longaevam, Contemptoribus verò mortem minitatur immaturam; quantò magìs hujusmodi homunciones (nam hominum vix dignor appellatione) quibus pro ludo est illis contumeliam irrogare, quos & patres suspicere deberent ac venerari, si illud Christi attenderent, Qui vos spernit, me spernit; quantò magìs, inquam, putemus hos Deum plectere, nec in se tantùm, sed in po­steris quoque, qui impietatem etiam à posteris luendam denunciavit usque ad tertiam & quartam generationem. Vos igitur qui tales estis, si qui tales, (sed nunquam, ut auguror, pauciores) utcunque iniquè agendo divitias forsitan accumuletis, nolite pu­tare post ducentesimum annum illustriores fore posteros vestros quàm Shareshullorum aut Noctonorum, quos hodie, opinor, novit nemo, aut memoriam vestram quàm illo­rum futuram gratiorem, quos pauci credo sine execratione memorant. Sed haec, quod aiunt, extra oleas. Qui ad Tribunal Pontificium citati sunt, non comparuerunt, & ob contumaciam excommunicati sunt. Lincolniensi Episcopo mandatum, ut hanc Excommunicationem promulgaret; id quod ille fecit, quamvìs inde Regis offensam gravissimam incurrerit. Ac deinde ut si illorum quisquam interea temporis obiisset, (obierant autem nonnulli, ac imprimis bonorum Judicum unus, Symon Drayto­nus) exhumatus sacratâ terrâ protinus ejiceretur. Citati verò cùm nihilominus in con­tumacia persisterent, agros illorum omnes ac praedia. Interdicto Papa supposuit. Re­gem haec vehementer pupugerunt, adeò ut non minùs Pontifici quàm Eliensi iratus, [Page 106]Edicto proscripserit omnes qui Literas aut Censuras Papales quascunque aut importarent in Regnum, aut promulgarent. Cúmque non deessent qui Episcopo Roffensi Angliae tunc Thesaurario, Literas tamen Pontificias hisce de rebus traderent, séque armis an­tequam id facerent, munirent, se tamen ocyiùs subducerent; perquisiti ii ac deprehensi variis affecti sunt poenis, aliis membrorum mutilatione, aliis diuturno carcere, aliis nonnullis vero suspendio mulctatis. Quâ re nunciatâ, excanduit vehementer Pontifex, & Literis illico perscriptis mandavit, ut de injuriis, quibus Eliensis Episcopus ab ini­quis Judicibus & aliis Ministris Regis fuerat affectus, sine mora satisfactionem fieri cu­raret. Id si facere supersederet, atrocissima quaeque minabatur. Rex autem Bello petitus undique, ne domi tumultum Papa concitaret veritus, ad hanc tam gravem litem componendam Legatos misit, qui ad Romanam Curiam pervenientes, cum Eliensi Episcopo Colloquium habuerunt. Cùm verò ad Concordiam res spectare videretur, & ferè esset transacta, Eliensis tam diuturnae controversiae molestiis fatigatus, vitaeque penè taedio confectus, mortem obiit, Junii nimirum 23o 1361. & in illis Regionibus sepultus est. Collegio sive Hospitio S. Petri Cantabrigiae hic Praesul Bene­factor censetur egregius.

Henricus de Knighton Canonicus Leicestrensis de Eventibus Angliae, Pag. 20, 26.

PArùm ante haec tempora orta est discordia inter fratrem Thomam de Lyle He­liensem Episcopum & Dominam la Wake; nam homines Episcopi succende­rant unum Manerium Dominae la Wake, & homines ejus interfecerant, & Domina conquesta est Regi de suo gravamine, & Justiciarii missi sunt ad inquirendum in causa, scilicet Dominus Henricus Green, Dominus Willielmus de Schardeshull, & alii. Et Episcopus venit coram eis, & compertum est quòd fuit in toto culpabilis; unde atta­chiatus est per temporalia sua, sicut Lex dictat, & traditus est Episcopis, qui eum custodirent, & pro eo ad Legem responderent. At ipse statim transivit ad Curiam Romanam, & dedit Papae intelligere, quòd Rex incarceraverat eum, & tulerat ab eo sua Temporalia contra Jura Ecclesiae. Quam ob causam missa est sententia per Bul­lam Papalem super Justiciarios, & omnes suos fautores & eis adhaerentes ac coadju­tores vel consiliatores in hac causa. Et missa fuit Bulla ad Johannem de Rynwell Episcopum Lincolniensem ad publicandum populo, & exhumare corpora eorum si mortui essent, & projicere extra Coemeterium. Qui continuò perrexit ad quendam Symonem de Drayton, & exhumavit eum, & fregit parietem Ecclesiae, & extraxit corpus per foramen, & ejecit extra Coemeterium. Et Episcopus Lincolniensis man­davit Abbati de Burgo, idem faceret de corpore Domini Johannis de Engain Militis, sed impeditus est per virtutem à filio dicti Militis. Cùm igitur Rex ista audisset, gra­viter tulit, & mandavit Papae, quòd nil actum contra Episcopum citra Leges & Con­suetudines Regni. Et sic tandem, cum difficultate tamen & auxilio Cardinalium, ha­buit pro eis absolutionem.

Sir JOHN of DRAYTON, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Charta Domini Johannis de Drayton.

A Tous ceux qui ces Lettres verront ou orront, Johan de Drayton Chevalier, fitz & heire de Monsieur Symon de Drayton, Salutz en Dieu. Come autre­fois que j'ay graunté à Monsieur Henry Grene d'enfeffer certeyns persons, que le dit Monsieur Henry moy voudreyt nomer, del Manoir de Drayton aussi entiere­ment come je l'avey per descente apres la mort de mon dit pere, ou en nulle manere aver pourroy, à aver à eux & à leur heires à tousiours, issint que ceux queus auront en­feffes, refefferont moy le dit Johan à terme de ma vie, & le remeyndre apres mon de­cesse, [Page 107]à Henry le fitz dudit Monsieur Henry & à ses heires à tousiours. Et le dit Mon­sieur Henry purchasera le congé du Roy à ses propres coustages, lequel dit graunt je le dit Johan per ceo fait ratifié, & de novele regraunte & promette en ma foy & lealte à ceo, lealment tener, & perfourmer, quel heure il plerra à dit Monsieur Henry. Et graunte per cet effet outre à dit Monsieur Henry, que s'il pourra trover asqun bon acheter de dit Manoir qui pourra & voudra faire à moy pour terme de ma vie, un greyndre profit & plus en value à dit Henry fitz de Henry apres moy pour le Manoir, que je purfourmeroy de ceo, come le dit Monsieur Henry voudra ordeyner issint toutefois que je sey seur d'un greynour profit pour terme de ma vie. Et graunte outre per ceo fet, à dit Monsieur Henry, que je ne fairroy lesse de dit Manoir, ne de nul percel de ceo, ne de nulle persone à terme d'ans, n'autrement à terme de vie, en nule autre manere; & que je ne feray Reles à nully dudit Manoir, ne de nul parcel de ceo en Drayton, n'en Islip, n'en aylour, de nule Rente, ne de nul autre parcel per moy ou per nul autre Lesse à terme d'ans ou à terme de vie, ou nule autre manere, sans le bon congé & volonté dudit Monsieur Henry. Et ceste promesse & Covenant bien & le­alement tener, j'ay plevi ma foy en la main dudit Monsieur Henry, & graunte, que si je voygne à l'encontre, qu'un fait d'un annuyte de cent livres & un obligation de mille livres, ou de mille Marez, autrefois fetz à dit Monsieur Henry, seroit en lour force.

En testmonance de cestes j'ay mis mon Sele.
Donné à Cottes le Mardy prochein apres la Feste de S. Laurence, l'an du Regne du Roy Edward tierce apres la Conqueste trentisme quart.

Accord entre Monsieur Johan de Drayton & Baudewin de Drayton.

COme chose soit à toutes gens connues, come debat fust meue entre Monsieur Johan de Drayton & Baldewin de Drayton, de certeines Terres, Rentes, Bois en Luffwick, Brigstoke, Sudburgh, Twywell & Islip, quels le dit Monsieur Johan cla­ma estre percelles de son Manoir de Drayton, & taille à luy per fyn leve l'an du Reigne du Roy Edward Fitz du Roy Edward Quinisime, entre Robert le Peyntour Chape­lin, & Simon de Drayton & Margarette sa feme, avaunt quel fyn le dit Monsieur Simon enfeffa le dit Robert de son Manoir de Drayton & Islip, & de toutes les autres Terres queux il avoit en Luffwick, Slipton & Grafton, & specifie en son fait les percelles des Terres, Mees, Rentes, Reversions & Prees, come piert par la copie à file à ce fait, & par un autre fait en seale de refeffment dudit Robert, que comprent mesmes les percelles. Et sur ce le dit Robert per fin refeffa les dites Monsieur Simon & Margarette de toutes les Terres & surdits per nom de Manoir de Drayton, & pro celle cause le dit Mon­sieur Johan les clama come percelles. Et le dit Baldewin dit, que celles Terres & Bois & Rentes fuerent son droit, & compriz dans fyn leue en temps du Roy Edward tierz puis la Conqueste vint & neofisme, pur quels fyn le dit Monsieur Simon graunta certeine Mees, cinquante acres du Bois, quatre centz quatrevintz & treze acres de Terre, un Molin a woretz, & quatre livres de Rente en Brigstoke & Luffwick soule­ment à Johan de Ringsted, & al autres, & eux renderont a rere à Monsieur Simon & Margarette sa feme à terme de leurs vies, & le remaindre outre à Baldewin, quelles Terres Simon perchesa puis le primier fyn, a ce qu'il dit; mais les Chapelins onques ne auront seisin de son don devaunt ceste fyn, come le dit Johan de Ringsted, que feust partie à la fyn, conust expressement, quel debat est ainsi apesé, que pertant que le dit Monsieur Johan ad apertement monstre, que le bois en le Park appellé Oldsale & Neusale, que le dit Baldewin clama, estre le cinquante acres comprize en sa fyn, fuerent purchasé avaunt le primier fyn, & donnez à Robert le Peyntour & le dit Robert come percel du Manoir, les reddona à Simon & Margarette, accord est que celles Bois de­meure vers le dit Monsieur Johan, & aussi tout le remenant du Park demeure à dit Monsieur Johan, pertant que ce est en les Villes de Sudburg & Twywell, quels Villes ne sont pas compriz en la fyn du Baldewin; & en droit de la Rente en Luffwick, accord est que Baldewin aura la Rente & Terre appellé Getyndones Land, & aussi la Terre que fuest à Robert Aleyn & un William in the Lane, c'est assavoir, de quiconque [Page 108]fuest purchasé de eux & mise la per fyn, & queux ne sont pas compris en le primier fyn. Et le dit Monsieur Johan aura & retiendra devers luy toutes autres Rentes, Ter­res & Tenements quiconque en la dite Ville per le primier fyn, & come heire Simon, & ainsi que toutz les Tenements quiconques en Brigstoke forpuis le dit Bois demeure à dit Baldewin par la fyn ensemblement, ove les autres Terres queux sont del auncienne demeine, sauve au dit Monsieur Johan son terme, & sauve au dit Monsieur Johan son action du trespas, quelle ils avoient devaunt la confection de ceste fait, de quiconques choses. Et le dit Baldewin par ceo fait relesse & quite claime au dit Monsieur Johan toutes claimes du droit qu'il pourra aver en touz les Tenements susdits, queux sont à demeure avec luy par cest accord, ou par autre maniere. Cest accord fuest fait en la presence de Monsieur Henry Green, Johan Harrawden, John de Ringsted Parson de Luffwick, William de Luffwick Parson de Aldewincle, Robert Luffenham, Reinald Tikessore, Nicholas Green, John de la Karnaily, Thomas Paucley, Oliver Duffin, & toutes les bones gentz de Luffwick en l'Eglise de Luffwick.

A ceo Tesmoignent les parties susdites ont mis leur Seale.
Donné à Luffwick le Dimenche en la Feste Saint Pierre ad vincula, l'an du Reigne du Roy Edward tierz puis la Conqueste trentiesme quint.

Finis factus inter Johannem de Drayton & Henricum Green, & alios.

HAEC est finalis Concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasterium in Crastino Ascensionis Domini, Anno Regnorum Edwardi Regis Angliae & Franciae Tertii, à Conquestu tricesimo quinto, coram, &c. Inter Henricum Green, Richardum de Bollesore Parsonam Ecclesiae de Pisford, Johannem de Keteryng Par­sonam Ecclesiae de Boketon, Willielmum de Ashell Parsonam Ecclesiae de Morton, Nicolaum Green & Nicolaum de Thenford querentes, & Robertum de Isham posi­tum loco ipsorum Richardi, Johannis, Willielmi & Nicolai de Thenford ad lucrand. &c. & Johannem Drayton deforc. de Manerio de Drayton cum pertinentiis, unde placitum Conventionis summonitum fuit inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet quòd prae­dictus Johannes de Drayton recognovit praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis esse jus ipsorum Henrici, Richardi, Johannis de Keteryng, Willielmi, Nicolai & Nicolai, & illud eis reddidit in eadem Curia, exceptis uno messuagio, duobus toftis, uno molin­dino, septem cotagiis, duabus carucatis terrae, duabus acris prati, uno feodo Militis & decem solidatis in eodem Manerio. Et concessit praedictus Henricus Richardo, Johanni de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao praedictum feodum & redditum cum per­tinentiis simul cum homagiis & totis servitiis Roberti de Vere & Milisentae de Islip & haeredum suorum, de totis tenementis quae de praedicto Johanne de Drayton priùs tenuerint in praedicto Manerio: Habendum & tenendum eisdem Henrico, Richardo, Johanni de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao & haeredibus suis, de Domino Rege & Haeredibus suis, per servitia quae ad praedicta Manerium, feodum & reddi­tum, sicut praedictum est, pertinent, imperpetuum. Et praeterea idem Johannes Drayton concessit pro se & haeredibus suis, quòd praedicta messuagium, toftum, cotagia, terra & pratum cum pertinentiis superiùs excepta, quae praedicta Milisenta tenuit ad termi­num quadraginta annorum, Et etiam quòd praedictum molendinum cum pertinentiis, quod pro eadem Milisenta & Robertus Etebred tenuerunt ad terminum quinque anno­rum, ex dimissione praedicti Johannis de Drayton in praedicto Manerio, die quo haec concordia facta fuit, & quae post terminos praedictos ad praedictum Johannem de Dray­ton & haeredes suos debuerunt reverti, post terminos praedictos integrè remaneant prae­dictis Henrico, Johanni de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao & haeredibus suis, tenenda simul cum praedictis Manerio, feodo & redditu, sicut praedictum est, quae eis per finem istum remanent, de Domino Rege & Haeredibus suis, per servitia quae ad illa tenementa pertinent, imperpetuum. Et praedictus Johannes de Drayton & haeredes sui warrantizabunt praedictis Henrico, Richardo, Johanni de Keteryng, Wil­lielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao & haeredibus suis praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis, sicut praedictum est, contra omnes homines imperpetuum. Et pro hac recognitione, [Page 109]redditione, concessione, Warrantizatione, fine & concordia iidem Henricus, Johan­nes de Keteryng, Willielmus, Nicolaus, & Nicolaus dederunt praedicto Johanni de Drayton ducentas marcas Argenti.

Charta Domini Johannis de Drayton.

A Tous ceux, que cestes verront, Johan de Drayton Chevalier Salutz en Dieu. Sachez moy avoir granté, rendu, & per ceste presente escrite confirmé, à Henry fitz. de Monsieur Henry Green mon Cousin, le chief Mees & site du Manoir de Drayton, les Demeynes, Terres, Prez, Pastures, Parks, Bois, & toutes autres choses à ceo appurte­nentes, sauvé la rente du dit Manoir, c'est assavoir, en Islip, Luffwick, Slipton, pour le terme de trente ans, si je vive tant longement; & si ne vive, que apres ma mort meintenant il retournera à dit Henry mon Cousin & à ses heires de son corps engendrez. Et s'il devient sans heir, à Thomas son frere & à ses heires à tousiours. Et mon dit Cousin portera mes armes, & mon surnom, come autrefois fust accordé entre son pere & moy. Et le dit Monsieur Henry, & les autres qui sont feffez pour moy, per fyn en la Court du Roy, enfefferont le dit Henry mon Cousin au Manoir susdit sans nul delay.

En tesmognance de cestes, j'ai mis mon Sele.
Donné à Buckton le Mecredy procheyn apres la Feste de Pentecoste, l'an du Reigne du Roy Edward Tierce puis le Conquest trentisme sysme.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DE DRAYTONA MILITIS

Indentura inter Johannem de Drayton, & alios.

CEste Endenture tesmoigne, come Monsieur Johan de Drayton donna per fyn à Monsieur Henry Green, Richard de Bollesore Parson de l'Esglise de Buckton, William de Ashell Parson de l'Esglise de Morton, Nicholas Green, & Nicholas de Then­ford, son Manoir de Drayton ove les appurtenences; & accorde fust que le dit Mon­fieur Johan auroit estate à terme de sa vie en le dit Manoir ove les appurtenences, & la reversion à Henry fitz du dit Monsieur Henry, & à ses heirs de son corps engendres, & defaut de issu, à d'avtres heires du dit Monsieur Henry & à ses heires de son corps engen­drez, & en defaut de issu, à d'autres heires du dit Monsieur Henry. Et puis accorde est sur les fesaimcez de ceste endenture, que le dit Monsieur Johan susrenda, grantera & reles­sera ausdits Monsieur Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas, & Nicholas tout le droit qu'il a en le dit Manoir ove les appurtenences, & en le Park de Drayton, & Forests Bois, & en toutes les parcelles encloses dedans le dit Park & Manoir de queconque temps purchasez, & en toutes les Terres, Tenements, Prez, Pastures, Rentes, Suites & Custumes, Molins, Reversions, Vileins & leurs Suites, in Islip, Luffwick, Twy­well & Slipton, quite du dit Monsieur Johan & ses heires à tousiours, & prendra, & aura estate de toute la rente du dit Manoir en Islip & Luffwick à terme de trente ans, sauvant Reversion au dit Monsieur Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas & Nicholas, & à leurs assignes, à quel heure, que le dit Monsieur Johan devye dans le temps de trente ans susdit: Sur quoy le dit Monsieur Johan suffrent, graunt, & remet per y cestes ausdits Monsieur Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas & Nicholas en leur pos­session tout le droit qu'il a sur le dit Manoir, Terres, Tenements, Rentes, Suites, Cu­stomes, Prez, Pastures, Molins, Reversions, Vileins ou leurs Suites, Bois, Parks, [Page 110]& percelles susdits, ove toutes leurs appurtenences quites de luy & de ses heires à tou­siours, sauvant solement à luy sa Rente sec pour le terme susdit, come dessus est dit. Pour quel enfrendre, grante, & relesse le dit Monsieur Henry à l'avandit Mon­sieur Johan quarrent liures, & le dit Monsieur Henry avoir tous les blez croissans sur les demeyns terres du dit Manoir.

En tesmoignance de cestes, les parties susdits en­terchangeablement ont mis leurs Seles per iceuz tesmoignes,
Thomas Pavely, Oliver Duffin, Robert de Isham & autres.
Donné à Buckton le Samedy prochain devant la Feste de Saint Mark, l'an du Reigne du Roy Edward tirez puis la Conqueste trintisme sisme.

Charta Regis Edwardi Tertii.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae & Aquitaniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd cùm nuper de gra­tia nostra speciali concessermus & licentiam dederimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, puantum in nobis est, dilecto & fideli nostro Johanni de Drayton, quòd ipse de Manerio de Drayton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, quod de nobis tenetur in Ca­pite ut dicitur, feoffare possit dilectum & fidelem nostrum Henricum Green, Richar­dum de Bollesore Parsonam Ecclesiae de Pisford, Johannem Keteryng Parsonam Eccle­siae de Boketon, Willielmum de Ashell Parsonam Ecclesiae de Morton, Nicolaum Green & Nicolaum de Thenford: Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia inde debita & consueta imperpetuum. Et eis­dem Henrico, Richardo, Johanni de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao, quòd ipsum Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis à praefato Johanne de Drayton reci­pere possint & tenere, sibi & heredibus suis de nobis & haeredibus nostris, per servitia prae­dicta, imperpetuum, similiter licentiam dedimus specialem, prout in Literis nostris Patentibus indè confectis pleniùs continetur. Qui quidem Henricus, Richardus, Jo­hannes de Keteryng, Willielmus, Nicolaus & Nicolaus Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis virtute feoffamenti praedicti Johannis de Drayton, sibi de eodem Manerio de licentia nostra praebicta facti, sunt ingressi, & illud ita conjunctim, feoffati ut praemittitur tenent in praesenti, sicut sumus pleniùs informati. Nos volentes praefato Henrico gratiam facere specialem, concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis & hae­redibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praefato Henrico, quòd ipse totum statum quem in eodem Manerio cum pertinentiis virtute Feoffamenti praedicti sic habet, praefatis Ri­chardo, Johanni de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao & haeredibus suis re­mittere & relaxare possit imperpetuum; & eisdem Richardo, Johanni de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao, quòd ipsi, factâ eis priùs per praefatum Henricum remissione praedictâ, dare possint & concedere dictum Manerium cum pertinentiis prae­fatio Henrico & Henrico filio ejusdem Henrici: Habendum & tenendum eisdem Hen­rico & Henrico, & haeredibus de Corpore ipsius Henrici filii exeuntibus, de nobis & haeredibus nostris, per servitia praedicta imperpetuum; Ita quòd si idem Henricus filius sine haerede de Corpore suo exeunte obierit, tunc post mortem praedictorum Henrici & Henrici, Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis Thomae fratri ejusdem Henrici fi­lii, & haeredibus de Corpore ipsius Thomae exeuntibus; Et post decessum ejusdem Tho­mae, si ipse sine haerede de Corpore suo exeunte obierit, rectis haeredibus praedicti Henrici Green remaneat; tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & haeredibus nostris per ser­vitia praedicta imperpetuum. Et eisdem Henrico & Henrico, quòd ipsi Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis à praefatis Richardo, Johanne de Keteryng, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao recipere possint & tenere sibi & haeredibus de Corpore praedicti Henrici filii exeuntibus, de nobis & haeredibus nostris, per servitia praedicta imperpetu­um, ut praedictum est, tenore praesentium similiter Licentiam dedimus specialem, no­lentes quòd praefati Henricus & Henricus vel haeredes sui, aut praefati Richardus, Jo­hannes de Keteryng, Willielmus, Nicolaus & Nicolaus, vel haeredes sui, ratione praemis­sorum, per nos vel haeredes nostros, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, aut alios Balli­vos suos, ministros nostros quoscunque, occasionentur, molestentur in aliquo seugraventur. [Page 111]In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium undecimo die Decembris, Anno Regni nostri tricesimo octavo.
Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Charta Richardi Wollessore & aliorum.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd cùm Johannes de Drayton miles nuper dederit & concesserit per Cartam Domini Regis, de licentia & in Curia Domini Regis, per finem levatam, Henrico Green militi, Johanni Keteryng qui nunc mortuus est, Richardo Bollesore Parsonae Ecclesiae de Buckton, Willielmo de Ashell Parsonae Ec­clesiae de Moreton, Nicolao Green & Nicolao Thenford, Manerium de Drayton cum suis pertinentiis: Habendum & tenendum praedictis Henrico, Johanni, Richardo, Willi­elmo, Nicolao & Nicolao & eorum haeredibus & assignatis imperpetuum, ut per praedi­ctum finem & Cartam inde confectas pleniùs apparet, de Domino Rege & aliis Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & consueta. Et postmodum praefatus Henricus re­laxavit per factum suum praedictis Richardo, Willielmo, Nicolao & Nicolao in plena & pacifica seisina eorundem, post mortem praedicti Johannis, totum jus suum & cla­meum quod habuit in Manerio praedicto cum omnibus suis pertinentiis. Nos tamen dicti Richardus, Willielmus, Nicolaus & Nicolaus per praesens Scriptum concessi­mus & confirmavimus praedicto Henrico & Henrico filio ejusdem Henrici Manerium praedictum cum suis pertinentiis: Habendum & tenendum praefato Henrico & Hen­rico filio suo, & haeredibus ipsius Henrici filii Henrici de Corpore suo exeuntibus, de Domino Rege & aliis Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & de jure consue­ta; Ita quòd si idem Henricus filius Henrici obierit sine haerede de Corpore suo exe­unte, tunc praedictum Manerium cum suis pertinentiis post mortem Henrici & Henri­ci, Thomae fratri ejusdem Henrici, filii Henrici, & haeredibus de Corpore suo exeun­tibus remaneat imperpetuum, tenendum de Domino Rege & aliis Dominis feodi illius in forma praedicta. Ita quòd si idem Thomas sine haerede de Corpore suo exeunte obi­erit, quòd extunc Manerium praedictum rectis haeredibus dicti Henrici patris rema­neat imperpetuum, Licentiâ Domini Regis de praedicta relaxatione & hoc Feoffamen­to obtentâ, prout pateat per Cartam ipsius Domini Regis inde confectam Anno Regni sui post Conquestum tricesimo octavo, termino Michaelis. Dedimus etiam praedictis Henrico & Henrico, & haeredibus suis supradictis, omnia alia Tenementa, Boscos & As­sarta, quae habuimus de dono sive de confirmatione ipsius Johannis de Drayton in Sud­burgh & Twywell, Brigstock, Slipton & Luffwick cum suis pertinentiis: Habendum eisdem Henrico & Henrico & eorum haeredibus supradictis. Et si contingat praedi­ctum Henricum filium Henrici obire sine haeredibus ut supradictum est, quòd extunc re­maneant praefato Thomae fratri praedicti Henrici & Haeredibus suis praedictis. In cu­jus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui.

Hiis Testibus, Roberto de Holland, Johanne de Verdon, Richardo Chamberlen militibus; Roberto de Vere, Gilberto Lord, Johanne Chamberlen de Luffwick, & aliis.
Data apud Drayton die Veneris in Vigilia Sancti Thomae Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii à conquestu tricesimo octavo.

Charta Johannis de Drayton.

A Tous ceux que cestes Lettres verront, Johan de Drayton Salutz en Dieu. Come naugareis jeo graunté & rendu per fyn per congé de nostre Sire le Roy le Ma­noir de Drayton ove les appurtenences, à Monsieur Henry Green, Nicholas Green, Nicholas de Thenford, Richard de Bollesore Parson de l'Esglise de Bukton, & Willi­am de Ashell Parson de l'Esglise de Morton, à avoir & tenir à eux & à leurs heires: Et puis les avant-dits Monsieur Henry, Nicholas, Nicholas, Richard & William granteront & lesseront à moy le dit Johan toute la Rente ensemblement ove les Ser­vices, Seigneuries, Custumes & autres appurtenences en Islip, que fust parcel de dit Ma­noir, à tenir à temps de trente ans: Sachez moy avoir granté & rendu à dit Monsieur [Page 112]Henry toute le Rente susdit ensemblement ove les Services, Seigneuries, Custumes & autres appurtenences, à avoir & tenir à dit Monsieur Henry & à ses heires quites de moy & de mes heires à tousjours. Et aussi jeo relesse à dit Monsieur Henry tout le droit que j'avois en le Manoir de Drayton, & en nul parcel de ceo, & en tous autres Tene­ments queux fueront à Monsieur mon Pere, & que sont en la main dudit Monsi­eur Henry, c'est assavoir, en Sudburgh, Slipton & toutes partes aillours, frospice la rente en Luffwick, quitment sans rien chalenger en icelle desorenavant. En tesmoigne del cestes j'ay mis mon Seale per y ceux tesmoignes, Monsieur Richard Chamberleyne, Ro­bert Vere, Nicholas Green, Thomas Paucely, Robert de Isham & autres. Donné à Cottes le Dimanche prochain apres la Feste del decollation de Saint John le Baptiste, l'an du Reign du Roy Edward Tirce puis la Conqueste trentoytisme.

Charta Johannis de Drayton & Margaretae filiae Johannis de Nowers.

A Tous y ceux que ceste Lettre verront ou orront, Johan de Drayton Chevalier & Margarette la fille, John de Nowers de Luffwick Salutez en Dieu. Sachez nous avoir relessé, rendu, & quite clamé, quites de nous & de nos heires à Monsieur Henry Green pour temps de la vie du dit Henry, & apres son decez à Henry fils mesme cest Henry & ses heirs de son corps engendrez, & sil devye sans heir de son corps engendré, à droit heires Henry le pier, tout le droit que nous avons en les Rentes, Terres, Prez & Pastures, & toutes les appurtenences en Luffwick, sibien en queconque Tenement qui sont compris en la Chartre, & fyn fait à Robert le Peyntour, come en les Terres, Rentes, Prez, puis cel fyn levé, & Chartre fait, puis enterchangez per Monsieur Sy­mond de Drayton pour auscuns des Tenementz compris dans le fyn & Chartre, quels come parcel du Manoir demoreront dans les dits Henry, Henry & Thomas en lieu des autres Tenements, ainsi que nous les avant dits Johan & Margarette deors ne clament rien en les avant dites Rentes, Terres, Prez & Pastures ove les appurtenences, pour eux chalenger ne claimer, mais soyons forclos à tousiours. En tesmoignance de quelle chose a y cestes nous avons mis nos Seales.

Donné à Luffwick le Samedy prochain à la Feste de Saint Jaques, l'an du Reigne du Roy Edward de Tierz depuis la Con­queste trente neofyme,
par iceux tesmoignez, Johan Nicol, Thomas Pavely, Gil­bert Lord, Johan Chamberlain de Luffwick, Oliver Duffin & autres.

Sir BALDWIN of DRAYTON, Lord of Stoke-goldington, Bottlebrigg in the County of Huntington, and South-Newington in the County of Oxford.

Memorandum, quòd copia Chartae Simonis de Drayton Roberto le Seymor Capellano de qua infrà fit mentio, remanet penes Edwardum de Thrapstone. Fact. Sigillat' sic.

ITEM memorandum, quòd in ista concordia subitò per aliqua verba contumelio­sa tunc locuta inter Johannem Parsonam de Luffwick & Bawdewynum, cognita & declarata fuit tota falsitas cujusdam Scripti post mortem Simonis de Drayton, facti apud Bottlebrigg. Quodam die in aurora diei jacebant in lectis suis simul Va­lectus & Clericus Simonis de Witcleysye, qui scripsit praedictum falsum scriptum. Prae­dictus Johannes Parsona dixit Bawdewyno, Quid dabitis mihi & ego faciam tibi unum magnum commodum & proficuum? Respondit Johannes de Luffwick, Ego faciam tibi bonum regardum. Et dixit Johannes Parsona, Dominus meus Simon de Drayton est mortuus, & ego habeo Sigillum suum adhuc integrum, & ipse Simon magnum fecit in vita tibi Bawdewyno malefactum de aliquibus parcellis & tenementis quae vos debueritis habere per Maritagium vestrum, nam ipse Simon magnum fecit scriptum mihi Johanni Parsonae, & sociis in fine vestro nominatis. Faciamus quoddam [Page 113]factum sub nomine dicti Simonis, Willielmo de Islip Parsonae Ecclesiae de Kenyngton, Johanni de Sulgrave Parsonae Ecclesiae de Langport, & mihi Johanni Parsonae Ec­clesiae de Horpol, de terris quae recitatae sunt in fine vestro, & specificemus in eadem carta omnia terras & tenementa, servitia & redditus quae vos vultis habere, & metas & bundas, sicut volueritis, in Manerio de Drayton; & ego dictum scriptum sic sactum sigillabo ante fractionem Sigilli Domini mei. Et praedictus Bawdewynus & Johannes praesentes totum hoc dictum & scriptum falsum esse sactum cognoverint.

Escheat 32 Edwardi Tertii.

JOhannes filius Domini Simonis de Drayton Militis, salutem in Domino. Nove­ritis me remisisse, relaxâsse & quietum clamâsse Baldewino de Drayton, filio meo & Aliciae Uxori ejus, &c. totum jus & clameum quae habeo, seu quovis modo ha­bere potero, in Manerio de Bottelbrig, &c. Etiam Overton Longville, sine aliquo mihi reservando.

Datum apud Bottelbrig die Sabbathi in Festo Sancti Michaelis Ar­changeli, anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum tricesimo secundo.

Charta Baldewini de Drayton.

PAteat universis per praesentes, me Baldewinum de Drayton remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamâsse Henrico Green, filio Henrici Green Militis, totum jus meum & clameum quod habeo seu quovis modo habere potero in Manerio de Drayton cum omnibus suis pertinentris, & in omnibus terris & tenementis, redditibus, serviciis, boscis & reversionibus quae praedictus Hen­ricus tenet in Brigstok, Sudburgh, Twywell, Slipton & Islip praefato Henrico filio Henrici, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum; Ita quòd nec ego dictus Baldewi­nus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, in Manerio praedicto cum suis pertinentiis, nec in omnibus terris & tenementis, vel boscis praedictis, ut praedictum est, aliquod jus vel clameum exigere vel vindicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni actione nostra sumus exclusi per praesentes. Et ego verò praedictus Baldewinus [...] haeredes mei praedictum Manerium cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, terris & tenemen­tis, redditibus, serviciis, boscis & reversionibus, ut praedictum est, praedicto Henrico filio Henrici, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus im­perpetuum.

In cujus rei testimonium praesenti scripto Sigillum meum apposui,
hiis Testibus,
Willielmo la Souche de Bramfield, Thoma Pavely, Roberto de Isham, Willielmo Thernyng, Johanne Luffwick seniore, Willielmo de Islip, & Johanne Luffwick juniore, & aliis.
Data apud Drayton die Veneris proxima post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii, post Conquestum Angliae qua­dragesimo sexto.

SIGILLVM BALDEWINI DE DRAYTONA

Charta Henrici Green.

HEnricus Green Chevalier dat Domino Regi pro licentia concordandi cum Bal­dewino de Drayton & Alicia Uxore ejus, de duobus messuagiis, duobus tof­tis, una acra terrae & octo denaratis redditus cum pertinentiis in Luffwick..... [Page 114]& est concordia talis, quòd praedicti Baldewinus & Alicia recognoverunt tenementa & redditus praedicta cum pertinentiis esse jus ipsius Henrici, de quibus idem Henricus habet duo tosta cum pertinentiis de dono praedictorum Baldewini & Aliciae; & conce­dunt quòd unum messuagium de tenementis praedictis quod Willielmus Gelleson & Rosa uxor ejus, & Johannes filius eorum, tenent ad terminum vitae eorum, & quòd unum messuagium cum pertinentiis de tenementis praedictis quod Hugo Taillor & Thoma filius ejus tenent ad totam vitam eorum, quòd una acra terrae cum pertinentiis quam Johannes Churche, Johanna uxor ejus & Johannes filius eorum & Johanna filia eorum tenent ad terminum vitae eorum de haeredibus praedicti Bawdewini, & quae post mortem, &c. ad praedictos Bawdewinum & Aliciam & haeredes ipsius Bawdewini revertere deberent, remaneant praefato Henrico & haeredibus suis, tenenda simul & cum, de capitalibus Dominis, &c. Et praedictus idem Bawdewinus & Alicia concedunt eidem Henrico totum redditum praedictum cum pertinentiis, simul cum homagiis & totis serviciis Margerae Clark, Johannis Webster, Johannis Ob .... Willielmi Lude­wel, & haeredum suorum, habendum & tenendum simul & cum, praedicto Henrico & haeredibus suis, de capitalibus Dominis, &c. ....... & eidem Bawdewino & Aliciae, & haeredibus Bawdewini.

Altera Reliquia Draytoniana.

Charta Willielmi de Drayton.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos hoc praesens scriptum pervenerit, Willielmus Drayton de South-Newington in Comitatu Oxon. Armiger, filius & haeres Annae, quae fuit uxor Thomae Halle, nuper uxoris Johannis Drayton Armigeri, pa­tris praedicti Willielmi, salutem in Domino. Noveritis me praefatum Willielmum re­misisse, relaxâsse & omnino pro me & haeredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamâsse Willielmo Lucy Militi, Willielmo Catesby Militi, Thomae Wake Armigero, Willi­elmo Vaux Armigero, Roberto Tanfield, Simoni Burton & Willielmo Aldewincle Armigero, haeredibus & assignatis suis, totum jus meum, titulum & clameum quae habeo in Manerio de Drayton cum suis pertinentiis, ac in omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus & serviciis in Drayton, Luffwick & Brigstoke, cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae; Ita videlicet quòd nec ego praefatus Willielmus Drayton nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, aliquod jus, titulum vel clameum in praedictis Manerio, terris, tenementis, redditibus & serviciis cum suis pertinentiis exigere, clamare vel vindicare poterimus in futuro, sed ab omni actione nostra, titulo & clameo inde sumus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. Et ego verò praedictus Willielmus Drayton & haeredes mei omnia praedicta Manerium, terras, tenementa, redditus & servicia cum suis pertinentiis praefatis Willielmo Lucy, Willielmo Catesby, Thomae Wake, Willielmo Vaux, Roberto, Simoni & Willielmo Aldwyncle, haere­dibus & assignatis suis, contra Edmundum Abbatem Westmonasterii & successores suos warrantizabimus, & imperpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Datum vicesimo quarto die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti, post Conquestum Angliae tricesimo secundo.

Monasticon Anglicanum, 2 Pars, fol. 197, 40, 198, 11.
De Dorchester in Agro Oxoniensi.

IN Australi Chori insula viri tres generosi, Draytonorum familiae, sub planis lapidibus marmoreis sibi proximi jacent. Dominus Berentine quasdam eorun­dem Draytonorum terras possidet. Ad istorum Draytonorum caput sub marmore plano jacet vir quidam generosus Gilbertus Segrave.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of MAUDUIT, THAT WERE LORDS of WERMINSTER Justified by Publick Records, Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Armes of the House of Mauduit, were Chequy Or and Azure a Bordure Gules.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of that HOUSE of MAUDUIT Whence were the Lords of Werminster, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories and other Authentick Proofs.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of MAUDUIT.
Of the House of MAƲDƲIT.

THAT a Lord of the Name of Mauduit came over with the Conqueror, you will find in le Gras his Catalogue in the History of Normandy, in the Roll of Battaille Abby and other places; But more particularly in the Chro­nicle of John Brompton amongst the rest of the Ten Writers lately published, fol. 963. wherein it is contained as followeth.

Et tunc Rex Willielmus terras Anglorum Magnatibus & Militibus & aliis homini­bus suis Franciae & Normanniae, qui secum in Conquestu suo extiterant, donavit: quo­rum plurima cognomina adhuc in Anglia satis cognita & frequentata, sicut ea reperi scri­pta, hic inserere dignum duxi.

Vous que desires à assaver
Les noms des Grants dela la mer
Que vindrent od le Conquerer
William Bastard de grand vigeur
Leurs surnoms icy vous devis
Come je les trovay par escris;
Car des propres noms force ny a,
Pource qu'ils sont changes ca & là,
Come de Eumond en Edward,
De Bawduin en Barnard,
De Godwin en Godard,
De Ellis en Edwin,
Et issint de tous autres noms
Comme ils sont levé du fons
Porce leur surnoms ne sont uses,
Et ne sont pas sounent changes
Vous ay escrit ore escoutes
Si vous oir les voullies:
Mandeville & Dandeville.
Ounfreville & Dounfreville.
Botuille & Bascarville.
Eville & Cleville.

And so he goes on till he comes to

Valens & Vaus.
Clarel & Claraous.
Auberville & S. Amans.
Agantes & Dragants.
Malherbe & Mauduit.
Brewes & Chanduit.

And so the Author proceeds to divers others that are from our purpose.

WILLIAM Lord MAƲDƲIT, Chamberlain to King Henry the First, Lord of Hanslape and many other Lands and Lordships.

The Baronage of England, Page 398.

AT the time of the Conquerors general Surveigh of this Realm William Mauduit had seven Lordships in Hampshire, and being afterward Chamberlain to King Henry the First, obtained a Grant from him of all the Lands whereof Micael of Hanslape died seized, the Inheritance whereof, the said Micael had in his life time yielded to that King, with Maude his Daughter, who thereupon gave her in Marriage with all those Lands unto this William, which William had Issue by her two Sons, Robert Mauduit, and William Mauduit.

ROBERT Lord MAƲDƲIT Chamberlain to King Henry the First, Lord of Hanslape and divers other Lands and Lordships.

Baronage of England, the same page, line 15.

OF these, Robert succeeding in the Inheritance of his Lands, enjoyed also the Of­fice of Chamberlain, leaving a Daughter, for whose Wardship and the exercise of that Office the Sheriff of Hampshire accounted a thousand Marks into the Exchequer.

Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores decem, Pag. 242.

ITaque Rex, omnibus qui contra se insurrexerant, vel devictis vel repacificatis, [...]tisque ad votum prosperè peractis, quinto profectionis suae anno necdum compreto, laetior solito, in Angliam multo Navigio revehitur. Delegaverat autem filio cunctóque illius Comitatui, Navem quâ nulla in tota classe videbatur melior; sed, ut Eventus ostendit, nulla infelicior. Patre namque praeeunte, paulò tardiùs sed infeliciùs sequebatur Filius. Nave quippe, non longè à terra, in ipso velificationis im­petu super scopulos in ipso Exitu delatâ & dissolutâ, Filius Regis, cum omnibus qui secum erant, interiit vi. Kal. Decembris, Feria quinta, noctis initio, apud Barbafleet: Mane facto, Thesaurus Regis qui in Nave fuerat invenitur per Arenas: Corpora verò pereuntium nulla. Perierunt etiam cum Filio Regis, Frater suus, Ricardus Nothus Comes, cum Filia Regis quae fuerat Uxor Rotronis, & Ricardus Comes Cestrensis cum Uxore sua, Nepte Regis, Sorore Theobaldi Comitis Nepotis Regis. Periit & Othoel Magister filii Regis, & Galfridus Ridel, & Robertus Malduit, & Willielmus Bigot, multíque alii principales Viri, Nobiles quoque foeminae quamplures, cum Regiis pue­ris non paucis, Militaris numeri C. XL. & Nautarum L. cum tribus Gubernatoribus Navis. Solus quidem Macellarius tabulâ Naufragii pendens evasit.

WILLIAM Lord MAƲDƲIT Chamberlain to King Henry the Second, Lord of Hanslape and other Lands and Lordships.

Baronage of England, Page 398.

WHat became of this Daughter I find not, but the Office of Chamberlain Henry Duke of Normandy (afterwards King, by the Name of Henry the Second) bestowed on William Brother to that Robert, and likewise all the Lands belonging [Page 127]thereto, as well in Normandy as in England; and in particular the Castle and Honor of Portchester with all the Lands of Micael de Hanslape, in as ample manner as King Henry the First had given them to his Father; as also Bergedon now called Berwedon in the County of Rutland with the whole Soake which Queen Maude gave to the afore-specified Maude, and which Maude the Empress restored to the said William.

Furthermore this William had by the Grant of the said Duke, the Chamberlainship of his Treasury, id est, of the Exchequer, with Livery and all other its appurtenances, viz. the Castle of Portchester, and all the Lands to the said Chamberlainship and Castle appertaining both in England and Normandy, in as full a manner, as William his Father and Robert his Brother ever held them.

And after Henry by the Death of King Stephen had obtained the Crown, he confirm­ed to this William the whole Barony of which his Father dyed seized, as well in England as in Normandy, viz. Hanslape (in Com. Buck.) with its appurtenances, Bergedon with the Hundred (in Com. Rut.) and Maneton (in Com......) with all others the Lands which he had formerly given his Father at Nottingham, as also Scaldene and Herleby with their appur­tenances, with the Land at Roan and all other Lands and Tenures in Normandy. When he dyed, I find not, but to him succeeded Robert.

ROBERT MAƲDƲIT Chamberlain to King Henry the Second, Lord of Hanslape, Werminster and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Regis Henrici Secundi.

HEnricus Rex Anglorum
omnibus fidelibus suis Francis & Anglis Salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse & praesenti Carta confirmasse Roberto Mauduit Camerario meo, pro servitio suo Manerium de Werminster, sibi & Haeredibus suis, tenendum quidquid ibi ha­bebam de me & Haeredibus meis per servitium unius Militis. Quare volo & firmiter praecipio, quòd idem Robertus & Haeredes sui post eum, manerium illud habeant & teneant de me & Haeredibus meis, sicut illud tenebam, bene & in pace, liberè & quietè, integrè, plenariè & honorificè, per praedictum servitium, in bosco & plano, in pra­tis & pascuis, in aquis & Molendinis, in vivariis & stagnis & piscariis, in viis & semitis, & in omnibus aliis locis & aliis rebus ad illud pertinentibus, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus suis.

Testibus
T. Eliensi, J. Norwicensi, & B. Exoniensi Episcopis.
Convenit cum Recordo,
Gulielmis Prinne.

Carta Regis Ricardi Primi.

RIcardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dux Normanniae & Aquitaniae, Comes Ande­gaviae, Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justici­ariis, Vicecomitibus, Ministris, & omnibus fidelibus totius Angliae Salutem. Sciatis me concessisse & hac praesenti Carta confirmâsse Roberto Mauduit Camerario meo pro servitio suo Manerium de Werminster, quod Dominus Rex pater meus ei dedit, te­nendum sibi & Haeredibus suis de me & Haeredibus meis per servitium unius Militis. Quare volo & firmiter praecipio, quòd idem Robertus & Haeredes sui post eum Ma­nerium illud habeant & teneant de nobis & haeredibus nostris, sicut illud dominus Rex pater noster tenebat, bene, & in pace, liberè & quietè, integrè, plenariè & honorificè per praedictum servitium, in bosco & in plano, in pratis & in pascuis, in aquis & in molendinis, in vivariis & stagnis, & piscariis, in viis & semitis, & in omnibus aliis locis & rebus ad illud pertinentibus, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudini­bus suis. Testibus H. Dunelmensi, H. Sarisburiensi, J. Norwicensi Episcopis, Galfrido filio Petri, Waltero filio Roberti.

The Baronage of England, Page 398.

WHen he dyed I find not, but to him succeeded Robert, who took part with the Rebellious Barons in King Johns time, as it seems, for it appears that in the first of Henry the Third the King Granted his whole Honor, id est, the Barony of Han­slape with its appurtenances, to Henry de Braboef for his support in his service during plea­sure. But before the sixth of Henry the Third this Robert dyed, whereupon Isabella his Widow, one of the Heirs to Thurstan Basset gave twenty Marks for her purparty of her Fathers Lands, leaving William his Son and Heir, who before the end of the year giving security for payment of his Relief, viz. a hundred Pounds, had Livery of his Lands.

WILLIAM MAƲDƲIT, Hereditary Chamberlain of the Ex­chequer, Lord of Hanslape and other Lands and Lordships.

Baronage of England, Page 398.

THis William in the seventeenth of King John was constituted Governour of Roking­ham Castle: But the same year taking part with the Rebellious Barons, he made a Garison of his House of Hanslape, as it seems, for it is said, that the next ensuing year Falcatius de Breant (who was then a bold Soldier, and one that stood stoutly to the King) took it and demolish'd it upon the fourth of the Calends of December. Which hardning him in his Rebellious Actings, he was amongst others of that party Excommu­nicated by the Pope. Nor did the death of King John, which happened the same year, allay the heat of his turbulent disposition; for it is apparent that he still persisted there­in, and being in Arms against King Henry the Third in the Battle of Lincoln, in the first of Henry the Third, the whole power of that Rebellious party being utterly vanquish­ed, he was there taken Prisoner. But after this, returning to his due obedience, he enjoyed his Estate, and in the seventh of Henry the Third making a Park at his Man­nor of Hanslape, had out of Salcey Forest, of the Kings Gift, five Does, for storing of the same. In the tenth of Henry the Third doing his Homage for those Lands that descended to him by the Death of Isabella Basset his Mother, he had Livery of them; and in the seventeenth of Henry the Third obliging himself by a special Writing to serve the King faithfully all the days of his life, and never to oppose him or his Heirs, for the better securing of that promise he delivered up William his Son in Hostage. Where­upon the King soon after so far trusted him, that he restored back that Hostage the next ensuing year.

WILLIAM MAƲDƲIT Earl of Warwick, Hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer, Lord of Hanslape and divers other Lordships.

Baronage of England, Page 399.

BUT in the one and fortieth of Henry the Third he departed this life, being then seized of the Mannor of Hanslape in the County of Bucks, as also of the Man­nor of Bergedon and Hundred of Wrangedike, with certain Lands of thirty pounds per annum value, lying in Cottesmore and Gretham in the County of Rutland; as likewise of four Carucates of Land in Hartleigh in the County of Southampton; leaving Issue by Alice his Wife, Daughter of Waleran Earl of Warwick, William his Son and Heir, at that time thirty six years of Age. Which William in the forty first year of Henry the Third had so much favour from the King in payment of a Debt of two hundred Marks due from him, as well for his Relief, as for the Serjeanty he held, (videlicet, a hundred Pounds for his Relief of his Barony, and fifty Marks for his Serjeanty) as that it was accepted of fifty Marks per annum.

The next year following this William had Summons to attend the King at Chester, well accoutred with Horse and Arms to oppose the Incursions of the Welsh; and in the for­ty seventh of Henry the Third doing his Homage and paying a hundred pounds for his Relief, as Son and Heir to Alice the Daughter of Waleran Earl of Warwick, had Live­ry of all the Lands belonging to that Earldom, whereof John de Plessets Earl of Warwick dyed seized, and which by hereditary right were descended to him, videlicet, the Castle and Honor of Warwick, and all the Lands and Mannors thereto belonging. Where­upon by the Title of Earl of Warwick he had the same year summons to attend the King at Worcester on the Feast day of St. Peter ad Vincula, well fitted with Horse and Arms, thence to march into Wales against Lewelin ap Gryffin, at that time in Hostility.

Mille's Catalogue of Honor, page 798.

William Maledoctus, commonly called Mauduit, Lord and Baron of Hanslape, Cou­sin and Heir to Margery Countess of Warwick, videlicet, the Son of Alice, the Sister of Henry, the Father of the said Margery, became Earl of Warwick, after the Death of the foresaid Margery, in the Reign of Henry the Third, who long before had honour'd him with the Sword of Knighthood in the year 1233. and in the eighteenth of his Reign. He dyed without Issue, the fourth day of the Ides of January, in the year 1268. and of Henry the Third the fifty second, leaving his Sister Isabell his Heir, Alice the Daughter of Gilbert Lord Segrave, was Wife to William Mauduit Earl of Warwick.

ROBERT MAƲDƲIT Lord of Werminster, second Son to Robert Lord Mauduit, that was Chamberlain to King Henry the Second.

Carta Domini Roberti Mauduit.

RObertus Mauduit Domini Regis Camerarius, omnibus hominibus meis Fran­cis & Anglicis Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse Roberto Mauduit, filio meo ju­niori, Manerium & totam terram meam de Werminster, quae Rex Henricus Dominus meus mihi concessit, tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis in perpetuum, libe­rè, quietè, integrè, plenariè & honorificè ab omni servitio, salvo quod domino Regi pertinet, in bosco, in plano, in pratis, in pascuis, in aquis & in molendinis, in vivariis [Page 130]& stagnis & piscariis, in viis & semitis, & in omnibus aliis locis & rebus ad illud pertinentibus, cum omnibus libertatibus, & liberis consuetudinibus suis. Isti sunt Testes, Dominus Johannes de Knovill, Dominus Ricardus de Verdun, Robertus de Sancto Laudo, Alexander Pipard, Thomas filius Johannis, Henricus Transard, Ste­phanus Camerarius, Herveius Dapifer.

SIGILLVM DNI ROBERTI MAUDUIT

Carta Domini Willielmi Mauduit Camerarii Regis.

WIllielmus Mauduit domini Regis Camerarius, omnibus hominibus suis tam Francis quàm Anglicis Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & concessisse & hac carta mea praesenti confirmâsse, Fratri meo Roberto Mauduit, pro servitio suo, Mane­rium de Scaudedene cum omnibus pertinentiis & libertatibus suis, sibi & Haeredibus suis, tenendum de me & Haeredibus meis, liberè, quietè, & honorificè, in bosco, in campis, in pratis, in pascuis, in viis, in semitis, & in omnibus ad Manerium illud pertinentibus, per servitium dimidiae partis feodi unius Militis. Testibus Ranulpho de Glanvilla, Gilberto Pipard, Bertram de Verdun, Willielmo de Bend, Radulpho filio Stephani, Eustachio filio Stephani, Johanne Mauduit, Beberto filio Richardi, Gau­frido de Insula, Roberto Burell, Roberto Mauncell, Roberto Mauduit filio meo, Willielmo filio Walteri, Willielmo Nepote & aliis multis.

SIGILLVM DNI WILLI MAUDUIT CAMERARII REGIS

Monasticon Anglicanum, Pars Secunda, pag. 409. 36. 43. inter concessiones de Mayden Bradley.

EX dono Roberti Mauduit unam virgatam Terrae cum pertinentiis in Bushop­stree.

Ex dono Agnetis de la Mare quae fuit Uxor Roberti Mauduit, unam virgatam Terrae cum messuagio & Curtelagio in Tarrenta.

WILLIAM MAƲDƲIT, Lord of Werminster and other Lands and Lordships.

Placita de Banco, Term. Pasch. Anno 14 H. III. in pella Scaccarii Regis remanent. Rot. 15.

RObertus de Passleu per Attornatum suum petit versus Willielmum Mauduit & Eugeniam Uxorem ejus, quòd reddant ei Henricum filium & haeredem Hen­rici Cromwell, cujus custodia ad eum pertinet ratione commissionis Domini Regis quod inde & fecit & dicit, &c. Sed quia dictus Robertus non ostendit dictam commissionem, dicta custodia remansit penes dictos Willielmum & Eugeniam.

Charta Regis Henrici Tertii.

HEnricus Dei Gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Normanniae, Aqui­taniae, & Comes Andegaviae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omni­bus Balivis & fidelibus suis Salutem.

Sciatis nos concessisse & hac Carta nostra con­firmâsse pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris dilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Mauduit, quòd ipse & Haeredes sui habeant in perpetuum singulis annis unam Feriam apud Ma­nerium suum de Werminster duraturam per tres dies, videlicet in vigilio, in die, & in crastino Sancti Laurentii, nisi Feria illa sit ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum, & quod habeant unum Mercatum singulis Septimanis per diem Jovis apud Manerium suum de Castle-Holgot, nisi Mercatum illud sit ad nocumentum vicinorum mercatorum. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris quòd praedictus Willielmus & Haeredes sui habeant in perpetuum unam Feriam apud praedictum Maneri­um suum de Werminster duraturam per tres dies, videlicet in vigilio, in die & in crastino Sancti Laurentii, & etiam unum Mercatum singulis septimanis per diem Jovis apud Manerium suum de Castle-Holgot, nisi Feria illa & Mercatum illud sint ad nocumen­tum vicinarum feriarum vel vicinorum Mercatorum, ficut praedictum est. His Testi­bus, Ricardo Fratre nostro Comite Cornubiae, Willielmo Comite de Warrenna, Wil­lielmo Comite de Albemarle, Petro de Sabaudia, Warrenna de Monte Canisio, Phi­lippo de Albaniaco, Briano de Insula, Petro de Malolacu, Roberto filio Sweini de Essex.

Datum per Manum nostram apud Westmonasterium vicesimo die Aprilis Anno Regni nostri vicesimo quinto.

Carta Fulconis filii Warrini.

OMnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Fulco filius Warrini Salutem. No­verit universitas vestra, nos concessisse & confirmâsse Eudoni filio Warrini fratri nostro Terram de Westbury cum pertinentiis, quam Havisia de Dinant mater nostra ei dedit & concessit, sicut in Carta sua continetur, quam idem Eudo habet de dicta Havisia matre nostra. Et ut haec concessio & confirmatio nostra rata & inconcussa permaneat, eam praesenti Scripto, Sigilli nostri appositione roboravi. His Testibus, Willielmo Longespé Comite de Salisburia, Willielmo Mareschall filio Willielmi Mare­schall Comite de Pembroc, Reginaldo de Albo Monasterio, Willielmo Talebot, Willielmo Grasso, Henrico filio Ricardi ..... Ricardo Sumard, Galfrido de Sancto Leodegario, Mano filio Warrini, Ricardo Talebot, Thoma Corbet, Willielmo Pan­ton, Thoma Wikes, & multis aliis.

SIGILLUM FULCONIS FILII WARINI

SECRETUM FULCONIS FILII WARINI

Carta Eudoni filiis Warrini.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Eudo filius Warrini dedi & concessi & hac praesenti Carta mea confirmavi Eugeniae de Mauduit sorori meae, pro Homagio & servitio suo, totam Terram meam de Westbury & de Lye cum omnibus pertinentiis suis in Villa de Westbury & Lye, & extra, sine ullo retinemento meo vel Haeredum meorum, habendam & tenendam sibi & haeredibus suis, vel cui assignare voluerit, loco religioso vel alibi, de me & haeredibus meis in perpetuum, liberè, quietè, & pacificè, faciendo inde mihi & haeredibus meis, ipsa & haeredes sui vel ejus assignati, servitium quod ad dictam Terram pertinet, pro omni consuetudine & demanda. Pro hac autem donatione & concessione dedit mihi dicta Eugenia prae manibus ducentas & quatuor viginti Marcas. Et ut haec mea donatio & concessio rata & inconcussa per­maneat, huic scripto Sigillum meum apposui, his Testibus, Fulcone filio Warrini, Regi­naldo de Albo Monasterio, Henrico de Tracy, Waltero de Pavely, Willielmo de Pi­pard, Philippo Bret, Hugone de Shuggford, Willielmo de Hodenet, Philippo Mar­mion, Magistro Nicolao & multis aliis.

SIGILLUM EUDONIS FILII WARINI

WARREN MAƲDƲIT, Lord of Werminster and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Warrini de Mauduit.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus praesens Scriptum visuris vel audituris Warrinus filius & Haeres Domini Willielmi Mauduit Salutem in Domino sempiternam. No­verit Universitas vestra me dedisse, concessisse & hoc praesenti Scripto meo confirmâsse Rogero de la Grane filio Radulphi de la Grane omnibus diebus vitae suae totum tenementum meum quod habui in Villa de Grafton, cum omnibus curtilagiis, terris arabilibus, pratis pascuis, pasturis cum redditibus & serviciis Tenentium meorum tam Liberorum quàm Villanorum in eadem Villa. Dedi etiam & Concessi eidem Rogero omnibus Diebus vitae suae molendinum meum aquaticum apud Angford cum redditibus & serviciis omnium Tenentium meorum ibidem tam liberorum quàm villa­norum, cum eorum pertinentiis, Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta Tenementa cum eorum pertinentiis praedicto Rogero omnibus diebus vitae suae de me & haeredibus meis vel meis assignatis liberè, quietè, bene & in pace, reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis vel meis assignatis unum denarium ad Festum omnium Sanctorum, & Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius inde servitia debita & consueta pro omnibus servi­tiis secularibus, exactionibus & Demandis. Et ego verò dictus Warrinus & Heredes mei vel mei assignati omnia praedicta tenementa cum omnibus & singulis eorum per­tinentiis praedicto Rogero omnibus diebus vitae suae contra omnes mortales warranti­zabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic prasenti Scripto tripartito Sigilla nostra alternatim sunt appensa. His Testibus, Domino War­rino [Page 133]de Bassingburne, Domino Willielmo de la Grane Militibus, Thoma de Knighton, Henrico de Littleton, Hugone de Everdon, Richardo de la More, Thoma de Ston­grave, Henrico Revell, Andreo Cavarell, & aliis.

Carta Edwardi Principis, Primogeniti Regis Henrici Tertii.

EDwardus illustrissimi Regis Angliae Primogenitus, Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Ab­batibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, Justiciariis, Praepositis, Ministris ac omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Sa­lutem. Sciatis nos dedisse & concessisse dilecto & fideli nostro Domino Warino Mau­duit pro Homagio & servitio suo totum illam terram & tenementum quae habuimus in Villa de Gravenshull, quam quidem terram septem villani nostri de nobis tenere con­sueverunt: habenda & tenenda eidem Warino & Haeredibus suis de nobis & Haeredibus nostris liberè, quietè & integrè sine aliquo retenemento, faciendo inde nobis & haere­dibus nostris servitium vicesimae partis feodi unius Militis pro omni servitio & exacti­one seculari in perpetuum. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & haere­dibus nostris, quòd praedictus Warinus Mauduit & Haeredes sui habeant & teneant to­tam terram illam & tenementum quae habuimus in Villa de Gravenshull, quam qui­dem terram septem villani nostri tenere consueverint, liberè, quietè, integrè, sine ali­quo retenemento, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, faciendo inde nobis & haeredibus no­stris servitium vicesimae partis feodi unius Militis pro omni servitio & exactione seculari in perpetuum, ut praedictum est. His Testibus, Domino Thoma de Clare, Johanne de Muscegros, Roberto de Turberville, Hugone de Turberville, Hugone filio Otonis, Roberto de Turberville filio, Rogero de Reymes, & aliis. Datum per manum nostram apud Bristol nono die Decembris, Anno Regni Domini Regis patris nostri quinquagesimo secundo.

[seal of Edward I]

Carta Dominae Margeriae de Insula.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Margeria de Insula, dedi, concessi & hac prae­senti Carta mea confirmavi Elizabethae de Mauduit filiae meae totam illam terram & tenementum quae habui in Villa de Kildewate, quam quidem terram pater meus Jo­hannes de Verdon quondam emit de Domino Roberto de Muscegros, & mihi dedit in liberum Maritagium, tenenda & habenda sibi & haeredibus suis de me & haeredibus meis liberè, quietè, bene & in pace in perpetuum, reddendo inde annuatim ipsa & haere­des sui mihi & haeredibus meis unum obulum ad festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Ba­ptistae pro omnibus servitiis, Sectis Curiarum, wardis, releviis, & omnibus aliis secularibus exactionibus quae contingere possunt. Et ego verò dicta Margeria & haeredes mei dictam terram & tenementum cum pertinentiis dictae Elizabethae & haeredibus suis contra omnes mortales per praedictum servitium in perpetuum warrantizabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus. Et ut haec mea Donatio, Concessio & praesentis Cartae meae confirmatio perpetuae firmitatis robur obtineant, praesentem Cartam Sigilli mei impressione robo­ravi. His Testibus, Domino Warino de Bassingburne, Hugone Lovel, Waltero Si­menhede, Johanne Russell Militibus, Johanne de la Grane, Petro de Stane, Johanne de Stane, Galfrido de Bolyntom, Willielmo de Sandhurst, & aliis.

Declaratio Domini Warini Mauduit de homagio Petri de Langford.

PAteat universis per praesentes, quòd ego Warinus Mauduit Capitalus Dominus de parva Tenton, die Mercurii proxima post Festum Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi vicesimo, in aula mea. De Werminster recepi Homagi­um Petri de Langford Tenentis mei pro terra de parva Tenton praedicta, praesentibus Domino Johanne de Muscegros, Thoma Mauduit filio meo, Henrico Pennistone, Waltero Setwale, Simone de Harwell, Waltero Leffry, Johanne Berenford, Thoma de Redland, & aliis. In cujus rei Memoriam praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum appo­sui. Datum apud Werminster die & Anno supradictis.

OUT of a very Antient Manuscript, and a List therein of those Knights that accompanied King Edward the First into the Holy Land, is Dominus Warinus Mauduit.

THOMAS MAƲDƲIT, Lord Werminster and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Domini Thomae Mauduit.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Thomas Mauduit filius Domini Warini Mau­duit dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Carta confirmavi Waltero Stoner libero ho­mini meo, unam virgatam terrae in Scaldene, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, pro Homagio & servitio suo, illam scilicet dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Radulphus Junnens quondam tenuit cum Messuagio & Curtelagio, & cum una Crofta, & cum om­nibus aliis pertinentiis suis, & illam dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Robertus Made tenuit cum omnibus pertinentiis suis sine Messuagio & Curtelagio: Habendum & te­nendum de me & haeredibus meis vel meis assignatis sibi & haeredibus suis vel suis assigna­tis, liberè, quietè & pacificè in Bosco & in plano, in viis, in semitis, in pasturis, & in omnibus aliis locis exceptis à Curia mea & segetibus meis. Habebunt etiam dictus Walterus & Beatricia Uxor sua & haeredes sui vel assignati centum oves & unum Mul­tonem quieto de Herbagio, seu cujusmodi animalia voluerint, in pasturis ejusdem villae, & decem Boves vel Vaccas sive aliqua animalia cujusmodi voluerint quietos de Herbagio, & decem porcos quietos de Panagio, ubicumque porci Liberorum Homi­num pascent, & duos equos vel equas quietos de Herbagio: Habendum & tenendum liberè, quietè, & pacificè, sicut praenominatum est, pro omni servitio, exactione & demanda ad me vel ad haeredes meos pertinentibus, reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis vel meis assignatis ipsi & haeredes sui vel sui assignati unum Par albarum Chirothecarum, vel unum denarium ad Pascha, vel infra octavas Paschae sine Calumnia. Volo etiam & concedo, quòd dictus Walterus & haeredes sui vel assignati habeant li­berum introitum & exitum ad omnes terras sine Calumnia. Et si ita fortè contigerit quòd dictus Walterus sine Haerede de Beatrice Uxore sua decesserit, supradicta Beatricia totam praedictam terram cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, sicut praenominatum est, ha­beat, & cuicumque voluerit superstite, & concessum est legat' vel Assignat' exceptâ Domo Religiosa. Et ut haec mea Donatio, Concessio & Cartae meae Confirmatio firma & stabilis in perpetuum permaneat, praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui, his Testi­bus, Radulpho de Rale, Willielmo de Grimsted, Symone de Melbourne, Willielmo filio Gervasii, Ada de la Hyde, Thoma Spencer, Andreo Camerario & aliis multis. [Page 135]Datum apud Scaldene die Annuntiationis beatae Virginis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Henrici.

SIGILLVM DNI THOMAE MAUDUIT

Carta Roberti Mauduit.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mauduit concessi & quietam cla­mavi de me & haeredibus meis Domino Thomae Mauduit fratri meo & haeredi­bus suis, totam terram meam de Westhastie cum toto adquestu meo, sine ullo retine­mento in excambiis terrae suae de Knovenhill, quam ipse Thomas Mauduit dominus meus & frater & haeredes sui mihi & haeredibus meis de Uxore mea progenitis conces­serunt & quietam clamaverunt & Carta sua confirmaverunt. Itaque nolo quod prae­dictus Thomas Mauduit Dominus meus & frater vel haeredes sui per me vel per aliq [...] haeredum meorum in aliquo vexentur. Hanc concessionem & quietam Clamation [...] praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei munimine confirmavi, his Testibus, Willielmo de Warblintune, Nicholao de Haveresham, Willielmo de la Mare, Nicholao de la Mare, Waltero de la Mare, Willielmo Parsona de Gratele, Richardo filio Alveredi, Hugone de Ho..., Richardo de Aulvine, Petro de Warblintune & multis aliis.

Carta Thomae Mauduit.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Thomas Mauduit dedi & concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Nicholao de Haversham, pro homagio suo & servitio suo, totam terram cum toto Messuagio quam Willielmus Mauduit frater meus tenuit in Westhacke, cum omnibus hominibus & sectis eorum, videlicit Willielmum Pe­liper cum secta sua, exceptâ illâ virgatâ terrae cum toto messuagio quam Ida tenuit & dimidiâ virgatâ terrae quam dedi domui de Hazeman cum Corpore Willielmi Mau­duit fratris mei. Concessi etiam & dedi ipsi Nicholao de Haversham totum Boscum meum à regali via qua itur ab Andevere versus Basingstoke apud Modelingsham, & sic per Modelingsham peie, & ita per semitam quae praetenditur à Modelingsham peie usque in Westmyste scorte peie, & à Westmyste scorte peie usque in Vine peie, & sic per Vine peie usque ad Vinam, & ita à Vina sicut nemus extenditur juxta la Breach us­que ad Regalem viam, & ita à Regali via usque ad Modelingsham. Haec omnia praedicta dedi & concessi Nicholao de Haversham & haeredibus suis, habenda & tenen­da de me & de haeredibus meis in bosco, in plano, in viis, in semitis, in aquis, in stagnis, in molendinis ac in omnibus libertatibus ad istam terram pertinentibus. Prae­terea dedi & concessi ipsi Nicholao & haeredibus suis in propria pastura mea de Dene hujusmodi centum Oves & quinque Arietes & octo Boves & duos Tauros & quatuor Vaccas cum Vitulis suis, quousque superannuentur; Et in bosco meo de Dene & in pa­stura mea de Dene propria concessi praedicto Nicholao, Habendum duodecim porcos quietos de Pannagio, in duna de Dene unum Equum in pastura mea, & in communi pastura mea de Dene centum Oves & quinque Arietes. Has omnes praedictas terras & homines cum omnibus pertinentiis suis & libertates praedictas dedi & concessi prae­dicto Nicholao & haeredibus suis tenendas & habendas Jure haereditario de me & de [Page 136]haeredibus meis liberas & quietas ab omnibus servitiis & consuetudinibus, salvo servitio regali: Reddendo inde annuatim ipse & haeredes sui mihi & haeredibus meis unum Par Calcarium deauratorum de sex denariis, vel sex denarios in Curia mea de Dene, scili­cet ad Pascha. Et pro Concessione & donatione mea dedit mihi praedictus Nicholaus de Haversham viginti Marcas Sterlingorum de Gersume. Hanc verò Donationem & Concessionem Ego Thomas Mauduit & Haeredes mei supradicto Nicholao & Haeredibus suis contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizare debemus. Et ut haec Donatio & concessio mea rata & stabilis permaneat, eam praesenti Cartâ & Sigillo meo con­firmavi. His Testibus, Willielmo de Warblintune, Olivero de Hastings, Roberto Mauduit, Richardo de Manerio, Galfrido Luiveres, Roberto de Arundell, Waltero Trenchfull, Roberto de Manerio, Richardo filio Alured, Gilberto de Aula, Waltero de la Mare, Richardo de Aultune, Petro de Warblintune, & multis aliis.

Carta Roberti Pentour.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus filius Henrici Pentour consensu & assensu Uxoris meae & Haeredum meorum vendidi & quietam clamavi unam par­tem terrae meae in Castello Holegoti Domino meo Thomae Malduit & haeredibus suis pro octodecim solidis quos mihi dedit, scilicet messuagium quod est inter messuagium meum & messuagium quod fuit Willielmi Molendinarii, cum tofto & crofto & cum sex acris terrae, scilicet unam acram ad Copfurlong, secundam acram juxta viam quae du­cat ad Cliiam, & tertiam acram ad Rivulum Martini, & quartam acram sub Lawre, & dua acras juxta terram Trenchevent in Bradmore apud Joodelond, tenendum & habendum imperpetuum sibi & haeredibus suis de me & haeredibus meis liberè & qui­etè ab omnibus de me & de meis. Ita quòd haec mea venditio & quieta Clamatio à [...] haeredibus meis firma & stabilis permaneat, praesentis Scripti mei testimonio & Sigilli mei Impressione confirmavi. His Testibus, Willielmo de Tuonelond, Hugone de Huptun, Roberto filio Nicholai, Willielmo Bactan, Henrico Trenche­vant, & multis aliis.

Carta Willielmi Vicarii de Dudelbery & Johannis fratris ejus.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus Vicarius de Dudelbery & Johan­nes frater meus nos obligavimus fide mediâ Domino Thomae Mauduit & haeredi­bus suis, quòd eisdem nec hominibus suis de Sutton injustè non insurgamus, nec in ali­quo vel aliquibus eos contra Justitiam gravare vel molestare attemptabimus. Praeterea eâdem fide nos obligavimus dicto Thomae, videlicet quòd per Testamentum & Assi­gnationem Domini Alexandri fratris nostri, qui quondam Capellae suae de Sut­ton, deservivit septem acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Villa de Sutton, in puram & perpetuam Eleemosynam, dictae Capellae habere faciemus, & Cartas de praedictis terris eidem Domino Thomae vel suo assignato sine dilatione trademus, qui bonâ fide pro­misit ad indempnitatem dictae Capellae easdem observare. Praeterea unum Missale, quod dictus Alexander Capellanus legavit dictae Capellae sine aliqua dilatione vel con­tradictione in eadem Capella ad eam deserviendam remanere concessimus. Insuper Confirmationem Cartae venerabilis quondam Patris nostri bonae memoriae Domini H. Foliot Herefordiae quondam Episcopi de dicta Capellaria ei vel suo assignato tra­demus. Haec autem omnia praenominata firmiter & fideliter tenere fide mediâ nos obligamus, & Cartam nostram praesentem ei fecimus, & Sigillis nostris confirmavimus. His Testibus, Domino Petro de Dudemanel, Johanne Parsona de Dene, Waltero Bar­nard, Johanne Gupil, Nichola serviente, & multis aliis.

Carta Roberti Renand.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Renand de Westbury dedi, concessi & hac praesenti cartâ meâ confirmavi Domino Thomae Mauduit Domino de Wer­minster & Elizabethae Uxori suae & Johanni filio eorum, omnes illas terras & tene­menta illa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, quae terra & tenementa cum suis pertinentiis mihi acciderunt in Brocwege inter Boscum de la Halse & tenementa de Shoterstreete, per descensum Haereditatis per decessum Richardi Renand fratris mei, unà cum tertia parte praedictarum terrarum & dictorum tenementorum cum omnibus suis pertinentiis cùm acciderit, quam Christiana quae fuit Uxor Walteri de Brocwege tenet nomine dotis: Habendum & tenendum praedictas terras & tenementa cum omnibus suis per­tinentiis, unà cum tertia parte dictarum terrarum & dictorum tenementorum cum suis pertinentiis cùm acciderit, supradictis Domino Thomae & Elizabethae Uxori suae & Johanni filio eorum & haeredibus supradicti Domini Thomae, de Dominis Capitalibus feodorum, liberè, quietè, bene & in pace; Jure haereditario imperpetuum per servitia inde debita & consueta. Et Ego praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei omnia praedicta terras & tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, unà cum tertia parte supradictarum terrarum & dictorum tenementorum cum suis pertinentiis cum acciderit, supradictis Domino Thomae & Elizabethae Uxori suae & Johanni filio eorum & haeredibus supra­dicti Domini Thomae contra omnes mortales warrantizabimus & imperpetuum defen­demus. Et ut haec mea Donatio, concessio & praesentis Cartae meae Confirmatio ratae & stabiles imperpetuum permaneant, istam praesentem Cartam Sigilli mei impressione roboravi. His Testibus, Willielmo de Mandeville, Johanne Hussege, Roberto Pla­genet, Waltero Setwale, Rogero Marnion, Roberto Swotyng, Johanne Bernard, & aliis. Data apud Westbury die Veneris proximo ante Festum beatae Margaretae Virgi­nis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi Nono.

Hollinshed his Chronicle of England, Page 329.

THere were Letters intercepted about the same time, which a Messenger brought out of Scotland, three closed and three open, for there were six in all. The King sent them to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who by his commandment published them in open Audience at London. The first was closed with the Seal of the Lord Thomas Randulfe Earl of Murrey, Lord of Annandale and of Man, Lieutenant to Robert le Bruce, King of Scotland, which contained a Sase-conduct for Sir Thomas Topclive Chaplain, and one to be Associate with him, to come into Scotland, and to return from thence in safety. The second was sealed with the Seal of Sir James Dowglas for a like Safe-conduct for the same persons. The third was closed with the Seal of the said Earl of Murrey for the Safe-conduct of the Lord John de Mowbray, and the Lord John de Clifford, and forty Horses, with their Pages, for their safe coming unto the said Earl into Scotland, for their abiding there and returning back. The fourth was closed with the Seal of James Dowglas, directed to King Arthur. The fifth was closed with the Seal of James Dowglas, directed unto the Lord Ralph Nevill. The sixth had no direction, but the tenour thereof was this as followeth: You shall understand, my Lord, that the communica­tion beforehand had, is now brought to effect; for the Earl of Hereford, the Lords Roger Damoriae, Hugh de Audelie the younger, Bartholomew de Badelismere, Roger de Clif­ford, John Gifford, Henry Teis, Thomas Mauduit, John de Willington and all others are come to Pomfret, and are ready to make you good assurance, so that you will perform Co­venant with them (to wit, for your coming to aid us and to go with us into England and Wales to live and dye with us in our quarrel.) We therefore beseech you to as­sign us day and place where we may meet, and we will be ready to accomplish fully our business; and we beseech you to make us a Safe-conduct for thirty Horses that we may with safety come to your parts.

Again in the same Chronicle, Page 330.

IN this Fight was slain the Earl of Hereford, the Lord William de Sullye, with Sir Roger de Bunghfeild and divers others; and there were taken Thomas Earl of Lan­caster, the Lord Roger Clifford, Son to that Roger which dyed in the Battel of Bannocks­borne in Scotland, the Lord Gilbert Talbot, the Lord John Mowbray, the Lord Hugh de Willington, the Lord Thomas Mauduit, the Lord Warren de Lisle, the Lord Philip Darey, the Lord Thomas Wither, the Lord Henry de Willington, the Lord Hugh de Knovill, the Lord Philip de Beche, the Lord Henry de Leiburne, the Lord Henry de Bradburne, the Lord John de Beckes, the Lord Thomas Lovell, the Lord William Fitz-William, Robert de Water­ville, John de Strickland, Odnell Heron, Walter Pavely of Stretton, and a great number of other Esquires and Gentlemen. This Battel was fought on the fifteenth day of March, in the year 1322. after the accompt of them that begin the year at the Circumcision, which was in the said fifteenth year of this Kings Reign.

And again, Page 331. of the same Chronicle.

ON the same day the Lord William Tuchet, the Lord William Fitz-William, the Lord Warren de Lisle, the Lord Henry Bradborne and the Lord William Chenie Barons, with John Page an Esquire, were drawn and hanged at Pomfret aforesaid; and then shortly after Roger Lord Clifford, John Lord Mowbray and Sir Gosein de Eevill Barons, were drawn and hanged at York. At Bristol were executed in like manner Sir Henry de Willington, and Sir Henry Mountfort Baronets. And at Gloucester, the Lord John Gifford, and Sir William Elmebrige Knight. And at London, the Lord Henry Teies Baron. At Win­chelsey, Sir Thomas Culpepper Knight. At Windsor, the Lord Francis de Aldham Baron. And at Canterbury, the Lord Bartholomew de Badelismere, and the Lord Bartholomew de Ash­borneham Barons. Also at Cardif in Wales, Sir William Fleminge Knight was executed. Divers were executed in their Countries, as Sir Thomas Mauduit and others.

Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Decem, Pag. 2547.
Ex Henrici Knighton Canonici Leicestrensis Chronico de Eventibus Angliae.
Part of the Charge against Hugh le Despenser at his Arraignment.

ET Faitez prendre mon tres honourable Seignour le bon Count de Lancastre Thomas, que estoit cousin Germain à nostre Seigneur le Roy, & de ses freres, Uncle à tres honourable de France, & de sa soere Madame Isabelle Royne d' Angle­terre: si lui faitez faussement emprisoner & despoilier & touz lez sons en sa sale pro­prement deins sa Castele de Pomfrete par vostre reall povare, que vous avez purpris no­stre Seigneur le Roy, & luy faitez juger par une faulse recorde encontre leye & resone & la grant Chartre, & Ensi faites mordrer, martirizer, & moirir de dure morte & pite­ouse. Et cest malvys cruelté & tirantie faistez al si digne persone ne vous poez sauler del sanck dez cristenez espandier Ency faitez en mesme tiele journeye pour mon dit Seig­neur plus tormentyr sez Baronz, sez chivaleuz, se enaux vennancez trayner & pendre, & puis juger al mort par cel fausse recorde encontre leye & resone, & pendre dispi­tuosement sans mercy, come Monsieur Wareyne del Lyle, Monsieur William Tocher, Monsieur Thomas Maydut, Monsieur Henry de Bradburne, Monsieur William Chornel, Monsieur Bartholomew de Ashburne: à Londres, Monsieur Henry Teies: à Windesore, Monsieur Francis de Aldham: à Gloucester, le Seignour Gifforde, & Monsieur Roger de Elmesbrigge: à Bristoll, Monsieur Henry de Willington, & Mon­sieur Henry de Mountfort: à Winchelseye, Monsieur Thomas Colpeyre, & plusiours grantz, & altre grantz feistez mestre endure prisone pur lez mordrer sans cause pur Covetyse de lour terrez si come le Seignour de Mortimer le cousin & le uncle le [Page 139]Seignour de Kyrkeleye, Monsieur Hugh Dandeleye le pere & le fitz lez enfantz, le Conte de Hereforde nevoutz nostre Seignour le Roy, & lez grandes Dames femmes à sez Seignours elours enfantz en prison en orphanye puis la mort lour Seigneurs: E lez veuz Dames, come Dame Barreter que vous ensuyt pur grace avoire. Et vous conty­raunt la feistes Batre de vous ribaudes, & debryser bras & jambes trop dispiteousement encontre l'order de Chivaler, & contre leye & resone, par quoy la bonne Dame est à tousiours à soleé & perdue & plusours de ycelz avez fait sure la Courte a pee & a grant poverte sans pitié & mercy, que solent estre Dames de grant Honour. Et tousiours eaux usez en si grant vilte tenne ne feust que Dieu pour sa mercy envoya nostre bonne Dame & son filz en terre, & les bonnes gens qui sont venus en lour aid par quoy le realme est succurra.

Carta Regis Edwardi Secundi.

REX dilecto sibi Roberto de Hungerford custodi quarundam terrarum & tene­mentorum in Comitatu Wilts in manu nostra existentium, Salutem. Cùm nuper volentes certiorari super causam Captionis terrarum & tenementorum quae fue­rant Thomae filii Willielmi Mauduit in Tydecomube & Werminster per vos ut dice­batur in manum nostram, vobis mandavimus quòd nos super causam praedictam sub Sigillo vestro distinctè & apertè redderetis certiores, ac vos nobis retornaveritis quòd terrae & tenementa praedicta capta fuerunt in manum nostram per Johannem de Tich­burne quondam Vicecomitem Wilts, pro eo quòd idem Thomas unà cum Thoma Mau­duit Milite nuper inimico & Rebelli nostro, averià Hugonis le Despenser senioris in Ma­nerio suo de Ashmere cepit & abduxit. Et pro eo quòd idem Thomas filius Willielmi non venit apud Coventre ad nos in obsequium nostrum, sicut ex parte Nostra fuit praemunitus: Et quod idem Vicecomes tenementa illa in manus nostras occasione prae­dicta capta vobis liberavit ad mandatum nostrum custodiendum: Et quia per literas ip­sius Hugonis in Cancellariam nostram inde missas vobis constat, quòd praefatus Tho­mas filius Willielmi eidem Hugoni de transgressione sibi in hac parte facta satisfecit: Et ex testimonio accepimus fide digno quòd praefatus Thomas tempore quo ad Coven­tre fueramus, & per magnum tempus postmodum, adeò languidus & impotens sui ex­titit, quòd non potuit laborare: Vobis mandamus, quòd de terris & tenementis prae­dictis, si occasionibus praedictis & non alia de causa in manu nostra existant, vos ulte­riùs non intromittatis, exitus per vos inde receptos praefato Thomae filio Willielmi sine diminutione aliqua liberantes. Teste Rege apud Turrim London duodecimo die Aprilis, Anno sextodecimo Regis Edwardi Secundi.

Eschaet. Ao 36 E. 3. post mortem Margaretae quae fuit uxor Thomae Moigne Com. Glouc. & Marchii Walliae.

BOgo de Knoville pater Elizabethae, Uxoris Thomae Mauduit, patris Johannis Mauduit.

Carta Dominae Elizabethae Mauduit.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Elizabetha filia Domini Bogoni de Knoville & Uxor quondam Domini Thomae Mauduit, in libera viduitate mea concessi, tra­didi, & ad firmam demisi Waltero de Grimsted unum messuagium in Chaldcoate in Hundredo de Westbury, simul cum tota terra sua arabili, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, quae mihi acciderunt nomine dotis apud Westbury & Chald­coate post decessum Domini Thomae Mauduit viri mei: Exceptis redditibus & ser­vitiis tam liberorum hominum quàm villanorum. Habendum & tenendum praedicto Waltero vel suis Assignatis praedictum messuagium cum tota terra praedicta, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, de me praedicta Elizabetha à Festo Annunciationis beatae Virginis usque ad terminum duorum annorum proximè subsequentium plenariè completorum, [Page 140]liberè, quietè bene & in pace, reddendo inde per Annum mihi praedictae Elizabethae vel meo certo Attornato literas meas deferenti potentes, quatuor libras bonae & legalis monetae ad duos anni terminos, scilicet ad Festa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli & Annun­ciationis beatae Mariae Virginis aequalibus portionibus sine dilatione ulteriori. Et si con­tingat quòd praedictus Walterus vel sui Assignati in toto vel in parte solutionem dictae pecuniae terminis praedictis deficiant, obligat se dictus Walterus pro se & suis assignatis bona & Catalla sua mobilia & immobilia super praedictas terras & tenementa inventa in districtionem mei praedictae Elizabethae & Ballivorum meorum ad districtiones Catal­lorum in eisdem inventorum capiendum & contra vadum & plegium retinendum, & dictum messuagium cum tota terra praedicta, pratis, pascuis & pasturis praedictis, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, resumendis, quousque de solutionibus dictae pecuniae quae aretro fuerint, plenariè sibi fuerit satisfactum. Praedicta Elizabetha praedictum messu­agium cum tota terra praedicta, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, praedicto Waltero vel suis assignatis per praedictum terminum duorum annorum proximè subsequentium plenariè completorum, contra omnes mortales warrantizabit, acquietabit & defendet, salvo tamen cumpostata faldae unà cum fructibus pratorum & Warrennae post Festum Annun­ciationis beatae Mariae, vicesimo quinto die Martii ultimi Anni, mihi praedictae Eliza­bethae, & etiam quadraginta solidis de praedicto redditu ad Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli Anni ejusdem ultimi. Ita tamen quòd fructus in dictis terris arabilibus crescentes ejusdem Anni ultimi praedicto Waltero vel ejus assignatis remanebunt in forma praedicta. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti scripto in modum Chirographi confecto sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Roberto Plugnel, Nicholao Male­mains, Roberto Mauduit, Thoma Somerford, Waltero Rottings, Nicholao de Do­deridge & aliis.

SIGILLVM DNAE ELIZABETHA DE KNOVILE

Sir JOHN MAƲDƲIT, Lord of Werminster and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Regis Edwardii Tertii.

EDwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Aquitaniae, dilecto sibi Thomae de Harpeden Escaetori suo in Comitatu Wilts, Southampton, Oxon, Berks, Bedford & Bucks, Salutem. Quia Thomas Mauduit, qui de Domino Edwardo nuper Rege Angliae patre nostro tenuit in Capite tempore dicti pa­tris nostri, diem clausit extremum, ut accepimus, vobis mandamus quòd omnes terras & temementa de quibus idem Thomas fuit seisitus in Dominico suo & de feodo, in Balliva vestra, die quo obiit, sine dilatione capiatis in manum nostram, & ea salvo custo­diri faciatis, donec aliud inde praeceperimus. Et per Sacramentum proborum & lega­lium hominum de Balliva vestra, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit, diligenter in­quiratis, quantum terrae idem Thomas tenuit de dicto patre nostro in Capite in Balliva vestra die quo obiit, & quantum de aliis, & per quod servitium, & quantum terrae illae valeant per Annum in omnibus exitibus, & quis propinquior haeres ejus sit, & cu­jus aetatis. Et inquisitionem inde distinctè & apertè factam nobis sub sigillo vestro & [Page 141]sigillis eorum per quos facta fuerit, sine dilatione mittatis, & hoc breve. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium undecimo die Februarii Anno Regni nostri primo.

Inquisitio facta post mortem Thomae Mauduit.

INquisitio facta apud Werminster coram Thoma de Harpeden Escaetore Regis in Comitatu Wilts, Southampton, Oxon, Berks, Bedford & Bucks, tertio die Martii Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum primo, per Sacramentum Ro­berti Swetynge, Richardi de Langford, Willielmi Winebald, Johannis Leverich, Johannis Campo, Gostelini atte Milne, Petri Skarlet, Thomae de Holinesford, Jo­hannis Styward, Rogeri Styward, Henrici le Corner, Thomae Gostelyn, Adae le Clerk, Adae Boneton, Gostelini le Tannere, Johannis Gery, Simonis Arnald, Rogeri Wyne­bald, Walteri Wicklecot, Johannis Michell, Galfridi le Knighton & Johannis Goll. Qui dicunt quòd Thomas Mauduit obiit seisitus in Dominico suo & feodo de Maneriis de Werminster & Westbury cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Wilts: Item dicunt quòd tenentur de Domino Rege in Capite per servitium feodi unius militis pro omni servitio. Et dicunt quòd idem Manerium de Werminster valet per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem quadraginta & octo libras, octo solidos & duos denarios, videli­cet Messuagium cum Gardino & Columbario valet per Annum ultra reprisam centum solidos. Sunt ibidem de terra arabili quadringenti acrae, unde ducenti valent per An­num centum solidos, per Acram sex denarios; Et ducenti acrae valent per Annum triginta tres solidos & quatuor denarios, per Acram..... Sunt ibidem triginta Acrae prati, & valent per Annum sexaginta solidos, pretium Acrae duos solidos. Item est ibidem quaedam pastura communis pro trecentis videlicet, & valet per Annum duode­cim solidos sex denarios, pretium Capitis ob. Item est ibidem quoddam Molendinum aquaticum & valet per Annum quatuordecim solidos. Item dicunt quòd Tolnetum feriae cum nundinis valent per Annum centum solidos. Item dicunt quòd placita & perquisitiones Hundredi Curiae & pertomotorum valent per Annum decem libras. Sunt & ibidem triginta Tenentes liberi qui reddunt per Annum octo libras, sexdecim solidos & tres denarios, videlicet ad quatuor Anni terminos principales. Item sunt ibidem octo customarii qui vocantur Buri, quorum quilibet tenet unam virgatam terrae, & reddit per Annum quatuor libras, sex solidos & quinque denarios ad quatuor terminos Anni, & dant Domino annuatim ad auxilium ad Festum Sancti Egidii viginti sex solidos & octo denarios. Sunt & ibidem quinque Semi-Virgatarii, & reddunt per Annum ad eosdem terminos triginta solidos. Sunt ibidem sex Coterelli, qui reddunt per Annum decem solidos ad eosdem terminos; de quibus custumariis & Coterellis dantur Domino an­nuatim octo Churchet & valent quatuor solidos. Item dicunt quòd omnes custumarii debent operari per Annum cùm summoniti sint, & valent opera sexaginta quatuor solidos. Sunt ibidem octoginta acrae Bosci, quarum sexaginta acrae Subbosci, & va­lent per Annum quinque solidos. Item dicunt quòd consuetudines per aestimationem pro licentia habenda pro brevera tractanda ad Festum Natalis Domini, quadraginta gallinae pretii quinque solidorum. Item dicunt quòd praedictum Manerium de Westbury valet per Annum juxta verum valorem ejusdem Novem libras, quatuor solidos, unum denarium & obolum, videlicet in uno messuagio cum curtilagio & Gardino quae va­lent per annum tres solidos. Et ibidem est quoddam Columbarium, & valet per An­num duos solidos, sex denarios. Sunt ibidem centum & viginti acrae terrae arabilis in Chaldcote, Hankeryg & Upedonne, quae valent per Annum triginta solidos, pretium acrae tres denarii. Sunt ibidem sex acrae prati, & valent per Annum duodecim solidos, pretium acrae..... Est ibidem quaedam pastura super montem & apud Chaldecote pro ducentis videlicet & pro duodecim bobus, & valet per Annum quatuordecim soli­dos, quatuor denarios. Sunt ibidem viginti acrae bosci in quo nullus est subboscus, & non potest vendi sine vasto, & tamen valet per Annum tres solidos, quatuor de­narios. Sunt & ibidem triginta & unum Tenentes liberi, qui reddunt per Annum ad quatuor Anni terminos principales quindecim & unum solidos & duos denarios. Sunt ibidem quatuordecim Nativi qui reddunt per Annum ad praedictos terminos quinqua­ginta [Page 142]quinque solidos, undecim denarios & obolum de operibus eorum cum Church­sthutto, videlicet novem Galli & viginti quinque Gallinae, quinque solidos, unum dena­rium & obolum. Item placita & perquisitiones Curiae ibidem valent per Annum sex soli­dos, octo denarios. Dicunt & quòd Johannes Mauduit filius praedicti Thomae Mauduit est propinquior haeres ejus, & est aetatis sexdecim Annorum & amplius. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Thomas nullas terras nec tenementa tenuit die quo obiit in Comitatu praedicto ultra Maneria praedicta. In cujus rei Testimonium supradicti jurati huic Inquisitioni Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Data die & Anno supradictis.

Custodia Concessa.

REX omnibus ad quos, &c. Sciatis quòd concessimus dilecto & fideli nostro Johanni de Kingston Custodiam Terrarum & Tenementorum quae fuerunt Thomae Mauduit defuncti, qui de Domino Edwardo nuper Rege Angliae patre nostro tenuit in Capite, & quae ratione minoris aetatis Johannis filii & haeredis praedicti Tho­mae in manu nostra existunt, Habendam cum omnibus ad custodiam illam spectanti­bus usque ad legitimam aetatem ejusdem haeredis, reddendo inde nobis per Annum ad scaccarium nostrum tantum quantum alii nobis inde reddere voluerint. In cujus rei Testimonium, &c. Teste Rege apud Westmonasterium sexto die Martii, Anno primo Edwardi Tertii. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Regis Edwardi Tertii.

REX Thesaurariis & Baronibus suis de scaccario Salutem. ............. in praesenti Parliamento nostro apud Westmonasterium convocato per Nos, Prae­latos, Comites, Barones, Magnates & ....... Regni nostri ibidem existentes, est inter alia concordatum, quòd omnes illi qui tempore Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Patris nostri de querela Thomae tunc Comitis Lancastriae fuerunt ad persequen­dum Hugonem le Despenser Seniorem, & Hugonem le Despenser Juniorem, re-habe­ant Terras & Tenementa sua cum pertinentiis suis, quae occasione dictae querelae in manus dicti patris nostri tanquam sibi forisfacta, capta, & seisita fuerunt, unà cum ex­itibus & areragiis firmarum de quibus dicto patri nostro responsum non fuerit, & quòd fines pro transgressionibus, obligationes, recognitiones, poenae, & redemptiones in Cancellaria dicti patris nostri occasione querelae praedictae facti, cancellentur & adnul­lentur, quódque ipse de querela praedicta brevia de Cancellaria nostra ad scaccarium no­strum & alias placeas nostras ubi hujusmodi fines, obligationes, recognitiones, poenae, & re­demptiones factae fuerunt, ad eosdem fines, obligationes, recognitiones, poenas & redem­ptiones adnullanda, pro eo quòd querela praedicta in dicto Parliamento nostro per Nos & totum Parliamentum, bona & justa judicata est, & judicia versus illos quae de dicta querela fuerunt reddita, penitus adnullata, Vobis mandamus quòd Johanni Mauduit, qui pro eo quòd de dicta querela fuit, finem fecit cum Domino patre nostro in Can­cellaria sua per mille Marcas pro vita sua solvendum & pro tenementis suis rehabendis, & inde in eadem Cancellaria certos invenit manucaptores de eo quod de summa prae­dicta adhuc restat solvendum ad dictum scaccarium ....... ipsúmque Johannem & Manucaptores praedictos inde quietos esse factos, & districtionem siquam eis eâ occasi­one fieri feceritis, sine dilatione relaxari faciatis eisdem. Et Nos enim recognitiones & manucaptiones praedictas in Cancellaria nostra fecimus adnullari juxta concordiam su­pradictam. Teste Rege apud Westmonasterium decimo quarto Februarii Anno pri­mo Edwardi Tertii.

Carta Regis Edwardi Tertii.

REX omnibus ad quos, &c. Salutem. Sciatis quòd per finem quem Johannes filius Thomae Mauduit fecit nobiscum, Concessimus & Licentiam dedimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, eidem Johanni, quòd ipse de dua­bus partibus Manerii & Hundredi de Werminstre cum pertinentiis, & unius messuagii duarum carucatarum terrae, viginti acrarum prati, centum acrarum bosci, & centum solidatarum redditus cum pertinentiis in Westbury, & de Advocatione Capellae ejus­dem Manerii quae de nobis tenentur in Capite; feoffare possit Robertum le Roer & Jo­hannem de Tidecombe, Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & hae­redibus nostris per servitia inde debita & consueta imperpetuum. Et quòd idem Jo­hannes filius Thomae concedere possit, quòd tertia pars praedictorum Manerii, Hun­dredi, messuagii, terrae, prati, bosci & redditûs cum pertinentiis, & redditûs unius clavis gariophili cum pertinentiis in eodem Manerio quae Richardus de Perers & Alia­nora Uxor ejus tenent in dotem ipsius Alianorae, de haereditate praedicti Johannis filii Thomae, & quae post mortem praedictae Alianorae ad praefatum Johannem filium Tho­mae, & haeredes suos reverti deberent, post mortem ejusdem Alianorae remaneant prae­fatis Roberto & Johanni de Tidecombe, habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia inde debita & consueta imperpetuum. Et eisdem Roberto & Johanni de Tidecombe tenore praesentium similiter licentiam de­dimus specialem, quòd ipsi habitâ de praedictis duabus partibus cum pertinentiis & advocatione praedicta plenâ & pacificâ seisinâ, dare possint & concedere praedictas duas partes cum pertinentiis & advocationem praedictam praefato Johanni filio Thomae, & Julianae Uxori ejus, habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de corporibus suis exeuntibus de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia praedicta imperpetuum. Ac etiam recepto Attornamento praedictorum Richardi & Alianorae de praedictis tertia parte & redditu, concedere possint quòd praedicti tertia pars & redditus cum pertinentiis, qui post mortem praedictae Alianorae praefatis Roberto & Johanni de Tidecombe & hae­redibus suis virtute Concessionis & Attornamenti praedictorum remanere deberent, post decessum ejusdem Alianorae remaneant praefatis Johanni filio Thomae, & Julianae, ha­bendum & tenendum una cum praedictis duabus partibus & advocatione praedicta sibi & haeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia prae­dicta imperpetuum. Ita quòd si iidem Johannes filius Thomae, & Juliana, sine haerede de corporibus suis exeunte obierint, tunc praedictae duae partes cum pertinentiis & Advocatio praedicta post mortem praedictorum Johannis filii Thomae, & Julianae, & praedicti tertia pars & redditus cum pertinentiis post mortem eorundem Johannis filii Thomae, Julianae & Alianorae rectis haeredibus ipsius Johannis filii Thomae remaneant, tenendum de nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia supradicta imperpetuum, sicut praedictum est. Nolentes quòd praedicti Johannes filius Thomae, & Juliana, vel hae­redes sui, aut praefati Robertus & Johannes de Tydecombe seu haeredes sui ratione prae­missorum per Nos vel haeredes nostros, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites aut alios Ballivos seu Ministros nostros quoscunque occasionentur, molestentur in aliquo seu graventur. In cujus, &c. Teste Rege apud Wodestock octavo die Julii, Anno sexto Regis Edwardi Tertii.

Per finem decem Librarum.

Carta Elizabethae Mauduit.

UNiversis pateat per praesentes, quòd ego Elizabetha Mauduit in ligea viduitate mea remisi, relaxavi & omnino quietum clamavi Domino Johanni Mauduit, Domino de Werminster, & haeredibus vel Assignatis suis, totum jus & clameum quod habui vel aliquo modo habere potui in omnibus terris & tenementis, redditibus & ser­viciis tam liberorum quàm nativorum cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, quae idem Johan­nes modò tenet in Westbury. Ita quòd nec ego dicta Elizabetha nec aliquis nomine [Page 144]meo in omnibus nec aliquibus de praedictis terris, tenementis, redditibus & servitiis libe­rorum hominum aut Nativorum ac omnibus pertinentiis suis aliquid Juris aut clamei vel actionem aliquam versus dictum Dominum Johannem de caetero exigere vel vindicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni Juris actione & clamei totaliter simus exclusi im­perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic Scripto & quietae clamanciae Sigillum me­um apposui, his Testibus, Dominis Johanne Mauduit de Somerford, Petro Escuada­mour Militibus, Thoma de Langesford Whitelive, Waltero de Sherveton, Johanne Talbott, Willielmo de Grymstede & aliis. Datum apud Westury die Mercurii in Festo Sancti Dunstani, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii à Conquestu tertiode­cimo.

Carta Domini Johannis Mauduit.

CEste Endentre fait à Werminstre le Lunday prochein avant la Feiste Sainct Ma­theu l'Evangelist l'an du Regne le Roy Edward Tierce puis le Conquest vint & tierce, testmoign, cestassavoir, que Johan Maduit Seignour de Werminstre avantdit ad relesse & per icestes Endentures pardonne à Henry Mountfort & Cecile sa femme, file & une des heires Johan de la Mare, à Richard Scammel & à Johanne sa femme aultre delz files & heires mesme ceste Johan de la Mare, tuttes maneres, actions de forfature, de Marriagez, & de reliefs, queux il avoit vers les dites Cecile & Johanne; Donaunt à euz conge d'entrer en les deux parties delz terrez & tenementez que le dit Johan de la Mare del avant dit Johan Mauduit tient à eux afferant de lour heritage en Werminstre Wyshopstowne en la Counte de Wilts, & en Tarente Gondevyle en la Counte de Dorset, à tener de lui & de ses heirs par les servicez de ceo duez & custumables. En test­moign de quele chose les avantditz entrechangeablement ount mys lours Seals. Donne à Werminstre jour & an avantditz.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS MANDVIT MILITIS

Carta Domini Johannis Mauduit.

AToutz à ceux que ceste Escrit verront ou orront, Johan Mauduit Chivaler & Seig­nour de Werminstre, Saluz en Dieu. Sachetz moy avoir graunte à Johan Hugyn la garde & le Marriage de Thomas fitz & heir Johan de Lye & d'une sale une gardyn, un Molyn & Weretz, & tutte la terre, pree & pasture, & de tuttes altres choses que le dit Johan de Lye de moy tint en Lye & Westbury, come en rentes & services queconques, A aver & tener la dit garde & la Marriage al dit Johan Hugyn & ses executrez tanque al pleine age le dit Thomas, fesaunce à Chapeleyn de Hewode & altrez lez servicez duez. En tesmoignance de quele chose à ceste Escrit Endentre entrechangablement avons mys nos Sealz. Escrit à Werminstre le Mekredye en la Feste Sainct Martyne, l'an du Regne le Roy Edward Tierce puis le Conquest xxiii.

Eschaet. Ao 43 E. 3. post-mortem Agnetis Mauduit in Com. Ox. & Wilts.

JUliana nupta Johanni Mauduit de jure & haereditate Katharinae Bockland ma­tris suae.

THOMAS MAƲDƲIT, Son of Sir John Mauduit Lord of Werminster and other Lands and Lordships.

Inquisitio post mortem Domini Johannis Mauduit.

INquisitio facta in Civitate Novae Sarum in Comitatu Wilts die Martis, ultimo die Mensis Aprilis, Anno Regn Riegis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum tricesimo octa­vo, coram Johanne de Evesham Escaetore Domini Regis in Comitatu praedicto, virtute brevis dicti Domini Regis eidem Escaetori directi & praesentibus consuti per Sa­cramentum Nicholai Brock & aliorum, Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, quòd Johannes Mauduit non tenuit aliqua terras seu tenementa in Comitatu praedicto die quo obiit in Dominico suo ut de feodo, set tamen tenuit die praedicto de Domino Rege in Capite conjunctim feoffatus cum Juliana Uxore ejus adhuc superstite per finem in Curia Domini Regis levatam per servitium Militare Manerium de Wermynstre cum pertinentiis, quod valet per Annum quadraginta Marcas in omnibus Exitibus. Et dicunt quòd praedictus Johannes tenuit die praedicto conjunctim feoffatus cum prae­dicta Juliana Uxore sua per finem praedictam de Domino Rege in Capite per serviti­um Militare unum Messuagium, duas carucatas terrae, viginti acras prati, centum acras bosci, centum solidatos redditus cum pertinentiis in Westbury, & cum Advoca­tione Capellae ejusdem Villae quae valet per Annum in omnibus exitibus decem Marcas. Et dicunt quòd praedictus Johannes non tenuit aliqua alia terras seu tenementa in Co­mitatu praedicto die quo obiit de Domino Rege in Capite, nec de aliis. Et quòd idem Johannes defunctus obiit primo die Aprilis ultimo praeterito. Et quòd Matill filia Thomae Mauduit filii praedicti Johannis aetatis novem annorum in Festo Sancti Leo­nardi proximo praeterito est haeres ejusdem Johannis defuncti propinquior. In cujus rei testimonium Sigilla praedictorum Juratorum praesentibus sunt appensa. Datum loco, die & anno supradictis.

Inquisitio post mortem Julianae Uxoris Johannis Mauduit.

INquisitio capta apud Wermynstre in Comitatu Wilts duodecimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum secundo, coram Thoma Illeston Escaetore Domini Regis in Comitatu praedicto per Sacramentum Thomae Osborn & aliorum onerati & jurati virtute brevis Domini Regis eidem Escaetori inde directi & huic Inquisitioni consuti, Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, quòd Juliana quae fuit Uxor Johannis Mauduit defuncta in dicto breve contenta non tenuit aliqua terras sive tenementa in Dominico suo ut de feodo simplici dicto die quo obiit de Domino Rege in Capite, nec de aliquo alio, set dicunt quòd dicto die quo obiit, tenuit de Domino Rege in Capite conjunctim feoffata cum Johanne Mauduit quondam viro suo similiter defuncto sibi & haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus per finem in Curia Domini Regis inde levatam per servitium Militare Manerium de Wermynstre cum perti­nentiis, quod valet per Annum in omnibus exitibus quadraginta Marcas. Et dicunt etiam quòd praedicta Juliana tenuit praedicto die conjunctim feoffata cum praedicto Johanne viro suo similiter defuncto sibi & haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus per finem praedictam de Domino Rege in Capite per servitium Militare unum Mes­suagium, duas carucatas terrae, viginti acras prati, centum acras bosci, centum so­lidatos redditûs cum pertinentiis in Westbury, & cum Advocatione Capellae ejusdem Villae quae valet per Annum in omnibus exitibus decem Marcas. Tenuit etiam in Co­mitatu praedicto ad terminum vitae suae nomine dotis ex dotatione Johannis Mauduit nuper Viri sui similiter defuncti tertiam partem medietatis Manerii de Dycherych quae valet per Annum in omnibus exitibus viginti solidos, Reversione inde spectante post decessum dictae Julianae rectis haeredibus praedicti Johannis Mauduit, quae qui­dem tertia pars tenetur de Domino Rege ut de Manerio suo de Hampstead Marchal [Page 146]per servitium Militare. Et dicunt quòd non tenuit aliqua alia terras sive tenemen­ta dicto die quo obiit de Domino Rege in Capite in Dominico suo ut de feodo, nec in servitio, nec de aliquo alio in Comitatu praedicto. Et dicunt quòd praedicta Ju­liana obiit Vicesimo die Aprilis proximo praeterito. Et dicunt quòd Matill Uxor Henrici Greene Militis aetatis viginti quatuor annorum & amplius, est consanginea & haeres praedictorum Johannis & Julianae, videlicet filia Thomae Mauduit filii & haeredis Johannis Mauduit & Julianae, & est haeres propinquior tam praedicto Jo­hanni quàm praedictae Julianae. In cujus rei testimonium praedicti Jurati huic Inqui­sitioni Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Data die, Anno & loco supradictis.

Altera Inquisitio post mortem Julianae Uxoris Johannis Mauduit.

INquisitio capta apud Andevere decimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum secundo, coram Thoma Illeston Escaetore Domini Re­gis in Comitatu Southampton virtute brevis Domini Regis eidem Escaetori inde directi & huic Inquisitioni consuti per Sacramentum Thomae Bockland & aliorum onerati & jurati super Sacramentum suum dicunt, quòd Juliana, quae fuit Uxor Johannis Mauduit, non tenuit aliqua terras sive tenementa in Dominico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit de haereditate Comitis Hereford in Capite, ut conjunctim feoffata cum Jo­hanne Mauduit nuper viro suo similiter defuncto, sibi & praefato Johanni & haere­dibus dicti Johannis Mauduit de Croceke cum pertinentiis in Comitatu praedicto per servitium Militare, quod quidem Manerium valet per Annum in omnibus exitibus decem Marcas. Et dicunt quòd non sunt aliqua alia terrae sive tenementa in Comitatu praedicto de Domino Rege in Capite nec in servitio, nec de aliquo alio dicto die quo obiit. Et dicunt quòd praedicta Juliana obiit vicesimo die Aprilis proximo prae­terito. Et dicunt quòd Matill Uxor Henrici Greene Militis aetatis viginti quatuor annorum & amplius est consanguinea & haeres propinquior tam praefato Johanni quàm praefatae Julianae, videlicet filia Thomae Mauduit filii & haeredis praedictorum Johannis Mauduit & Julianae. In cujus rei testimonium praedicti Juratores huic in­quisitioni Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Data die, loco & Anno supradictis.

Praeceptum Regis Vicecomiti ad liberandum Henrico Greene Militi & marito Matildae de Mauduit diversa Maneria.

REX dilecto sibi Thomae de Illeston Escaetori suo in Comitatu Wilts & South­hampton. Quia accepimus per Inquisitionem quam per te fieri fecimus, quòd Juliana quae fuit Uxor Johannis Mauduit defuncta non tenuit aliqua terras seu tene­menta in Dominico suo ut de feodo in Comitatibus praedictis die quo obiit, set quòd tenuit de praedicto conjunctim feoffata cum Johanne Mauduit quondam viro suo similiter defuncto sibi & haeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus Manerium de Wer­minstre cum pertinentiis, ac unum messuagium, duas carucatas terrae, viginti acras prati, centum acras bosci, & centum solidatas redditûs cum pertinentiis in Westbu­ry, & Advocationem Capellae ejusdem villae de nobis in Capite per servitium Mili­tare per finem inde in Curia Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae avi nostri de li­centia sua levatum, ac tertiam partem medietatis Manerii de Dicherich in dicto Comitatu Wilts in dorem post mortem praedicti Johannis de haereditate ejusdem Jo­hannis similiter de nobis ut de Manerio nostro de Hampstead Marchal per servitium Militare, nec non Manerium de Cracele cum pertinentiis in dicto Comitatu Southam­pton similiter ut conjunctim feoffata cum praefato Johanne sibi & haeredibus dicti Johannis de haeredibus Humfridi de Bohun nuper Comitis Hereford infra aetatem & in custodia nostra existentibus per servitium Militare, quódque Matilla filia Thomae Mauduit filii & haeredis praedictorum Johannis & Julianae quam Henricus Greene Miles duxit in Uxorem, est haeres eorundem Johannis & Julianae propinquior & [Page 147]plenae aetatis, cepimus homagium & fidelitatem praefati Henrici nobis in hac parte debitâ ratione prolis inter ipsum & praefatam Matill procreatae, & eisdem Henrico & Matillae Maneria, terras, tenementa, & medietatem praedicta cum pertinentiis ac Advocationem praedictam reddidimus. Et ideo tibi praecipimus quòd acceptâ secu­ritate à praefatis Henrico & Matilla de rationabili relevio suo nobis solvendo ad scac­carium nostrum, eisdem Henrico & Matillae de Maneriis, terris, tenementis, & me­dietate praedictis cum pertinentiis in balliva tua ac Advocationem praedictam quae per morten praefatae Julianae capta sunt in manum nostram, plenam seisinam habere facias, salvo jure cujuslibet.

Teste Rege aqud Westmonasterium decimo nono die Maii, Anno Regis Richardi Secundi secundo.
Per breve de privato Sigillo.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of GREENE, THAT WERE LORDS of DRAYTON, Justified by Publick Records, Antient and Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Armes of the House of Greene were Azure, Three Bucks Trippant Or, of the Lords of Drayton of that Name, Drayton and Mauduit quarterly.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of GREENE THAT WERE Lords of Drayton, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories and other Authentick Proofs.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of GREENE.

Sir THOMAS GREENE Lord of Buckton and other Lands and Lordships.

IN an Antient Pedegree of this Family, among the Evidences of the Earl of Peter­borow, is placed, as the head thereof, Sir Thomas Greene, Lord of Buckton, affirm­ed to have lived upon that Lordship in the time of King Edward the First.

Sir THOMAS GREENE, second of that Name, Lord of Buckton and other Lands and Lordships.

Doctor Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 295.

ONE Thomas de Buckton, which was in truth Thomas Greene de Buckton, is record­ed, in the Catalogue of those Officers, to have been High Sheriff of North­hamptonshire in the fifth year of Edward the Third.

Out of an Ancient Manuscript remaining with the Earl of Peterborow.

DOminus Ivo de la Zouch dedit novem Messuagia, unum Thostum, quatuor Virgatas terrae in Harringworth cum pertinentiis, Thomae Greene de Buckton cum Lucia filia sua.

Again out of the same Manuscript.

HEnricus Greene de Buckton tenuit novem Messuagia, unum Thoftum, quatuor Virgatas terrae & duodecim acras prati in Harringworth, de Domino Willielmo de la Zouch de Harringworth, quae pater ejus Thomas Greene Miles habuit inter alia in maritagium cum Lucia filia Ivonis & sorore istius Domini Willielmi.

Out of an Office of Sir Henry Greene found in the 42. of Edward the third toward the later end.

ET dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene Chivalier dedit Richardo de Bollesore & Willielmo Thirning Manerium suum de Luffwick cum advocatione ejusdem Villae, & novem Messuagia, unum Thoftum, quatuor Virgatas terrae & quatuor­decim acras prati cum pertinentiis in Harringworth, cum aliis terris & tenementis suis in Comitatibus Buckinghamiae & Bedfordiae, tenenda ad totam vitam ipsius Henrici, ita quòd post mortem suam remaneant Henrico filio ejusdem Henrici & haeredibus de cor­pore suo exeuntibus, tenenda de praefato Henrico Greene & haeredibus suis per serviti­um medietatis unius feodi militis: Ita quòd si praedictus Henricus Greene filius obierit [Page 160]sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, rectis haeredibus ipsius Henrici Greene revertentur. De quibus servitiis & reversione praedicta praedictus Henricus Greene Chevalier obiit seisitus. Et dicunt quòd Manerium praedictum de Luffwick ante feoffamentum tene­batur de Rogero Comite de Stafford, per quae servitia ignorant. Et dicunt tenementa in Harringworth tenebantur ante dictum feoffamentum de Willielmo de la Zouch de Harringworth, per quae servitia ignorant.

IN the Ancient Chappel of Drayton are empayled, as in the Church in Luffwick in divers places, the Arms of Greene and de la Zouch.

Sir HENRY GREENE, Lord of Buckton and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta pro Feria in Buckton, De Anno 25o Regis Edwardi Tertii.

REX Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, &c. Salutem. Sciatis Nos de gratia nostra speciali concessisse & hac Cartâ nostrâ confirmâsse dilecto nobis Henrico Greene, quòd ipse & haeredes sui imperpetuum habeant singulis annis unam Feriam apud Manerium suum de Buckton in Comitatu Northamptoniae per tres dies duraturam, videlicet in Vigilia & in Die & in Crastino Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, nisi Feria illa sit ad nocumentum vicinarum Feriarum. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quòd praedictus Henricus & haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant Feriam praedictam apud Manerium suum praedictum cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus in hujusmodi Feriam pertinentibus, nisi Feria illa sit ad nocumentum vicinarum Feriarum, sicut praedictum. His Testibus, Venerabilibus Patribus S. Cantuar. Archiepiscopo, totius Angliae Pri­mate, R. London, J. Wigorn. Cancellario nostro, Episcopis; Will. de Bohun North' Will. de Clynton Huntingdon Comitibus; Radulph. Barone Stafford, Joh. de Gray de Rotherfield, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis. Dat. per manum nostram apud West­monasterium vicesimo octavo die Februarii.

Per breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Willielmi de Pateshull.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus de Pateshull Dominus de Bletnesho dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Henrico de Greene & Tho­mae filio ejusdem Henrici, & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Henrici exeuntibus, Mane­rium meum de la Heyburne cum pertinentiis in Comitatibus Buckinghamiae & North­hamptoniae, cum boscis & aliis pertinentiis suis: Habendum & tenendum eisdem Hen­rico & Thomae & haeredibus ipsius Henrici praedictis de Capitalibus Dominis per servi­tia debita. Et si praedictus Henricus obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, quòd praedictum cum Manerium pertinentiis remaneat Nicholao de Greene Nepoti praedicti Henrici & haeredibus suis de corpore suo exeuntibus. Et si praedictus Nicolaus obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, quòd praedictum Manerium cum pertinen­tiis suis integrè remaneat rectis haeredibus ipsius Henrici. Et ego verò praedictus Willi­elmus & haeredes mei praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis suis praedictis, Henrico & Thomae & Nicholao & haeredibus eorum praedictis, contra omnes gentes warrantiza­bimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae meae Sigillum me­um apposui, His Testibus, Richardo de Woodvill, Thoma de Paveley, Nicholao de Blisworth, Henrico de Morton, Eliâ Cutt, & aliis. Data apud Northampton die Veneris in Septimana Paschae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum vicesimo sexto.

Ex Chronica Guilielmi Thorne, Monachi Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis, de rebus gestis Abbatum Sancti Augustini Cantuariae, Page 2068.

ANNO Domini MCCCXXXV fuit idem Abbas Collector decimae & quintae­decimae in Dioecesi Cantuariensi & Jurisdictionibus immediatè subjectis, in magnum scandalum, dampnum & gravamen. Abbate verò hujus facti inconscio, Ordinavit denique quendam Monachum nomine Salomonem de Ripple Receptorem denariorum in hujusmodi collectione levandorum. Qui verò Salomon hujus seculi prudens fabricavit sibi stateram Abbati & Conventui postea dolosam & abominabilem, quae dicitur Penypise, & cum illa triavit viginti solidos in denariis antiquis ponderis maximi, cum quibus aequâ lance recipiebat denarios quorumcunque. Et qui sperabat se per viginti solidos acquietare, invitus ex superabundanti arctabatur infundere quinque solidos vel tres solidos & quatuor denarios ad minus. Et cujus pars decimae & quintaedecimae plus contingebat, plus ab eo extorquebatur: Tandem verò tota Dioecesis super hiis injustè gravata ad remedium consequendum Consilio Domini Regis querimo­niam deposuerunt, Unde Dominus Rex ordinavit apud Roffam hujusmodi causam au­diendam & terminandam. Et fuerunt Justiciarii ad hoc specialiter limitati, Comes Oxoniae & Dominus Henricus Greene, coram quibus vocatus est Abbas; & coram eis stans apud Barras, poenam excessûs sui Monachi recepturus, Condemnatus est ergo ver­sus Regem pro illa offensa in quinquaginta & tribus libris, suis expensis & amplis mune­ribus ob hanc causam habitis minimè computatis. Et praeter hoc jussus est refundere & satisfacere petitioni cujuscunque. Et inventis plegiis, scilicet Dominis Johanne Griell & Stephano de Wallans Militibus, de stando judicio coram, licentiatus remeavit.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

A Touz ceux que cestes lettres verrount, Henry Greene Salutz en Dieu. Come Monsieur Johan de Drayton granta & rendi à moi tote la rente ensemblement ove les services, seignoures, custums & altres appurtinances quele il auvit en Islip, que fut parcel de Manour de Drayton, A avoir & tener à moi & à mes heires à tousiours; Le quele rente le dit, Monsieur Johan avoit de mon lees & altres mes confeffes del dit Manoir, à tener à terme de trente anz. Nient meins, jeo voit & graunte per cet fait, que si le dit Monsieur Johan moi paie cessant livores lendemain del Feste de Sainct Michael l'Archangel apres les trente anz procheins à vener pleinment passes, le primer terme de trente annz comenseant al Feste de Sainct Michael prochein apres la date dicestes, de refeffer le dit Monsieur Johan del rente susdite ensemblement ove les services, seignories custumes & autres appurtenances, à tener tan (que) à les trente annz susditz pleinment accomples, sur les conditions contenuz en le primer fait du lees del terme des trent annz susditz. En tesmoignance dicestes, le dit Monsieur Johan à yce­stes ad mys son Seal per yceux testmoignes, Nicholas Greene, Thomas Pavely, Ro­bert de Isham & altres. Donne à Cotes le Lundi procheine apres le Feste del Decol­lation de Sainct Johan le Baptiste l'an du Reign le Roy Edward Tierce puis le Con­quest trente ouitiesme.

Cotton's Abridgment of Records Page 92. Anno 36o Edwardi Tertii.

AT this day, for that sundry of the Lords were not come in the presence of the King and the Lords, the Parliament was adjourned unto another day.

At which day Sir Henry Greene the Kings Chief Justice in the presence of the King Lords and Commons, declared the causes of the Parliament, viz. for redress of mat­ters touching the Church, for observation of the peace, for the affairs of Scotland, and for enhauncing the prices of Wool.

Out of the same Abridgment Page 96. Anno 37 Edwardi Tertii.

FOR that sundryof both Houses were not the same day come, Sir Henry Greene the Kings Chief Justice, in the presence of the King, Lords and Commons, con­tinued the Parliament until Friday ensuing.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quod Ego Henricus Greene Miles, dedi, concessi, & hâc praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Henrico filio meo, & Matildae Uxori ejus, & haeredi­bus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, Manerium meum de Buckton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, cum omnibus servitiis omnium liberorum tenentium meorum & vil­lanorum, simul cum omnibus reversionibus tenentium meorum ad terminum vitae vel annorum in Manerio praedicto, sive in Villa praedicta, ac etiam omnia alia terras & tenementa, redditus & servitia, simul cum omnibus reversionibus tenentium meorum ad terminum vitae vel annorum, quae habeo in Crowley, Chichley, Schirrinthon, Olney, & Filgrave: Habenda omnia praedicta Maneria, terras, tenementa, redditus, & servitia simul cum reversionibus omnium tenentium meorum ad terminum vitae vel annorum, praedictis Henrico filio meo, & Matildae Uxori ejus, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum le­gitimè procreatis, sub hac conditione, quod si praedictus Henricus filius meus obierit sine haerede de praedicta Matilda Uxore sua exeunte, vel exitus (si quis fuerit) obierit, & praedi­cta Matilda habuerit rationabilem dotem suam de centum marcatis terrae, tenementorum vel redditus (in quibus praedictus Henricus filius meus & vir praedictae Matildae est, vel erit, feoffatus in feodo per me, vel per alios nomine meo) & etiam omnia tenementa de haere­ditate praedictae Matildae, quae sibi post mortem Johannis Mauduit avi sui, & post mor­tem Thomae Mauduit patris sui, jure haereditario descendebant; Et quae Juliana Uxor Johannis Mauduit, & Johanna Uxor Thomae Mauduit tenent separatim ad terminum vitae, vel feodo talliato sunt eidem Matildae descensa, Et ipsa de eisdem corporaliter possessa; Tunc omnia praedicta tenementa, redditus & servitia, similiter cum reversi­onibus omnium tenentium meorum ad terminum vitae vel annorum, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, praedictis Henrico & Matildae, & haeredibus de corporibus suis exeun­tibus, sub conditione & forma praenominata, de me & haeredibus meis, per servitium unius Rosae per annum ad Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae annuatim solven­dum; Et faciendo pro me & haeredibus meis Capitalibus Dominis feodorum servitia inde debita & consueta. Ita quod si obierint sine haerede de corporibus suis exeunte, tunc omnia praedicta Maneria, terrae, tenementa, redditus & servitia, similiter cum reversionibus, mihi & haeredibus meis revertantur. Et Ego verò praefatus Henricus & haeredes mei omnia praedicta Maneria, terras, tenementa, redditus, & servitia, simul cum omnibus reversionibus supradictis, praefatis Henrico filio meo & Matildae Uxori suae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, sub forma & conditionibus supradictis war­rantizabimus & defendemus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui, His Testibus, Reginaldo de Grey Domino de Wil­ton super Wayam, Henrico filio ejus, Willielmo la Zouch de Braumfield, Thoma Reynes, Willielmo de Quinton Militibus; Johanne de Drayton, & Johanne de Olney, & aliis. Datum apud Buckton die Jovis in Festo Assumptionis beatae Mariae Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii à Conquestu tricesimo octavo.

Ex Henrici Knighton Canonici Leicestrensis Chronica de Eventibus Angliae.

PArum ante haec tempora orta est discordia inter fratrem Thomam de Lysle Heli­ensem Episcopum, & Dominam la Wake: Nam homines Episcopi succende­rant unum Manerium Dominae la Wake, & homines ejus interfecerant; Et Domina Conquesta est Regi de suo gravamine, & Justiciarii missi sunt ad inquirendum in causa, scilicet, Dominus Henricus Greene, Dominus Willielmus Schardeshull, & alii; Et Episcopus venit coram eis, & compertum est quod fuit in toto culpabilis.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quod Ego Henricus Greene Miles, dedi, concessi, & hâc praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Henrico filio meo & Matildae Uxori ejus, & haere­bus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, Manerium meum de Emberton in Co­mitatu Buckinghamiae, cum omnibus servitiis omnium liberorum tenentium me­orum & Villanorum, simul cum reversionibus omnium tenentium meorum ad termi­num vitae vel annorum in Manerio praedicto sive in Villa praedicta, ac etiam omnia alia terras, tenementa, redditus, & servitia, simul cum omnibus reversionibus tenentium meorum ad terminum vitae vel annorum, quae habeo in Crowley, Chichley, Schirring­thon, Olney, & Filgrave: Habenda omnia praedicta, Manerium, terras, tenemen­ta, redditus, & servitia, simul cum reversionibus omnium tenentium meorum ad ter­minum vitae vel annorum praedictis Henrico filio meo & Matildae Uxori ejus, & haere­dibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, sub hac conditione, Quod si praedictus Henricus filius meus obierit sine haerede de praedicta Matilda Uxore suâ exeunte, vel exitus (si quis fuerit) obierit, & praedicta Matilda habuerit rationabilem dotem suam de centum Marcatis terrae, tenementorum, vel redditus (in quibus praedictus Henricus filius meus & vir praedictae Matildae est, vel erit, feoffatus in feodo per me vel per alios no­mine meo) Et etiam omnia tenementa de haereditate praedictae Matildae quae sibi post mortem Johannis Mauduit avi sui, & post mortem Thomae Mauduit patris sui jure haereditario descendebant, & quae Juliana Uxor Johannis Mauduit & Johanna Uxor Thomae Mauduit tenent separatim ad terminum vitae vel feodo talliato, sive eidem Ma­tildae discensa & ipsa de eisdem corporaliter possessa, Tunc omnia praedicta tenementa eisdem Henrico & Matildae in feodum talliatum data, mihi & haeredibus revertantur: Tenendum omnia praedicta Manerium, terras, tenementa, redditus & servitia simul cum reversionibus omnium tenentium meorum ad terminum vitae vel annorum cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis Henrico & Matildae & haeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus, sub conditione & forma praenominata, de me & haeredibus meis per serviti­um unius Rosae per annum ad Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae annuatim solvendum, & faciendo pro me & haeredibus meis Capitalibus Dominis feodorum ser­vitia inde debita & consueta. Ita quòd si obierint sine haerede de corporibus suis exe­unte, tunc omnia praedicta Manerium, terrae, tenementa, redditus & servitia simul cum reversionibus, mihi & haeredibus meis revertantur. Et Ego verò praefatus Henricus & haeredes mei omnia praedicta Manerium, terras tenementa, redditus, & servitia simul cum omnibus reversionibus supradictis praefatis Henrico filio meo & Matildae Uxori suae & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis sub forma & conditionibus supra­dictis warrantizabimus & defendemus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui, His Testibus, Reginaldo de Grey Domino de Wilton super Wayam, Henrico filio ejus, Willielmo la Zouch de Braumfield, Tho­ma Reynes, Willielmo de Quintone, Militibus; Johanne de Drayton & Johanne de Olney & aliis. Datum apud Buckton die Jovis in Festo Assumptionis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii à Conquestu tricesimo octavo.

SIGILLVM HENRICI GRENE MILITIS

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Henricus Greene de Buckton Miles, dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo Thirnyng & Richardo Bollesore Clerico Maneria mea de Wolston, Wamingdon, Chalton & Luffwick, cum advo­cationibus Ecclesiarum de Wolston & Luffwick, & Capella de Chalton, cum omnibus aliis terris & Tenementis meis, redditibus, reversionibus nativis, visibus Franciae Plegiae, & aliis libertatibus quibuscunque in eisdem Villis, & in Villis de Todingdon & Har­ringworth cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, exceptâ advocatione Ecclesiae de Wamingdon praedicta: Habendum & tenendum praedictis Willielmo & Richardo ad terminum vitae mei praedicti Henrici de me & haeredibus meis per servitia medietatis unius feodi Militis, & faciendo Capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum servitia inde debita & consueta. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui, Hiis Testibus, Willielmo Bainton Milite, Johanne Gainton, Thomâ Paveley, Nicholao de Thenford, Thomâ Hauton de Pisford & aliis. Datum apud Buckton die Veneris proximo post Festum Sancti Ambrosii Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum quadragesimo primo.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Henricus Greene de Buckton Miles, dedi, con­cessi & hac praesenti Cartâ mea confirmavi Willielmo Thyrnyng & Richardo Bol­lesore Clerico Maneria mea de Luffwick, Wolston, Wamingdon & Chalton, cum advocationibus Ecclesiarum de Luffwick & Wolston & Capella de Chalton, cum om­nibus aliis terris & tenementis meis, redditibus, reversionibus nativis, visibus Franciae Plegiae, & aliis libertatibus quibuscunque in eisdem Villis, & in Villis de Harringworth & Todington cum omnibus suis pertinentiis (Exceptâ advocatione Ecclesiae de Waming­don praedictâ) Quas omnes parcellas, quae fuerunt de perquisito meo in Villa de To­dington praedicta, cum pertinentiis suis praedicto Manerio de Chalton annexas, & par­cellam praedicti Manerii per hoc scriptum meum facio, & de eisdem ut parcellis ejus­dem Manerii de Chalton seisinam libero: Habendum & tenendum praedictis Williel­mo & Richardo ad terminum vitae mei praedicti Henrici de me & haeredibus meis per servitium medietatis unius feodi Militis, & faciendo Capitalibus Dominis feodorum illo­rum servitia inde debita & consueta: Ita quòd post decessum mei praedicti Henrici omnia praedicta Maneria cum advocationibus Ecclesiarum & Capellae cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus nativis, visibus Franciae Plegiae, & aliis libertatibus quibuscunque in Villis praedictis cum omnibus suis pertinentiis (Ex­ceptâ advocatione Ecclesiae de Wamingdon praedictâ) integrè remaneant Henrico filio meo & haeredibus de corpore suo legitimè procreatis, Tenenda de me & haeredibus meis per servitium medietatis unius feodi Militis, & faciendo Capitalibus Dominis feo­dorum illorum servitia inde debita & consueta. Et si contingat quòd praedictus Hen­ricus filius mens obierit sine haeredibus de corpore suo legitimè procreatis, tunc post decessum ipsius Henrici omnia praedicta Maneria cum advocationibus Ecclesiarum & Capellae, cum omnibus aliis terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus nativis, visi­bus Franciae Plegiae, & aliis libertatibus quibuscunque in Villis praedictis, mihi & haere­dibus meis integrè revertantur, Tenenda de Capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Henricus Greene Miles & haeredes mei praedicta Maneria cum advocationibus Ecclesiarum & Capellae, cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus nativis, visibus Fran­ciae Plegiae & aliis libertatibus quibuscunque in Villis praedictis cum omnibus suis perti­nentiis, praefatis Willielmo & Richardo, ac etiam praedictis Henrico filio meo & hae­redibus de corpore suo legitimè procreatis, in forma praedicta contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti Cartae Sigillum me­um apposui, Hiis Testibus, Willielmo la Zouch de Braumfield, Thomâ Reynes, [Page 165]Willielmo de Quintone Militibus; Johanne Gaytone, Thomâ Paveley, Richardo de Thenford, Thoma Hinton de Pisford & aliis. Datum apud Buckton die Veneris proximo post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Edwardi Tertii post Conque­stum quadragesimo primo.

Exemplificatio Inquisitionis captae post mortem Henrici Greene Militis.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint Salutem.

Inspeximus quandam Inquisitionem captam coram Richardo de Wydevill Escaetore Domini Regis Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Tertii, progenitoris nostri, apud Northampton vicesimo quarto die Augusti, Anno Regni praedicti nuper Regis quadragesimo tertio, virtute cujusdam brevis ejus­dem nuper Regis eidem Escaetori directi in filatiis Cancellariae nostrae de Recordo resi­dentis in haec verba. Inquisitio capta coram Ricardo de Wydevill Escaetore Domini Regis in Comitatu Northamptoniae apud Northampton vicesimo quarto die Augusti, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum quadragesimo tertio, virtute cu­jusdam brevis Domini Regis eidem Escaetori directi & huic Inquisitioni consuti, per Sacramentum Willielmi de Missenden, Johannis Blanch, Willielmi Turvile senioris, Willielmi Hunred, Johannis Sywell, Johannis Launden, Willielmi Turvile juni­oris, Simonis Clere, Willielmi at Brigge, Henrici at Well, Johannis Punne & Adae Stalwarthman: Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, quòd Henricus Greene Chiva­ler tenuit die quo obiit Manerium de Norton Dauny cum Hundredo eidem Manerio pertinente & aliis pertinentiis (exceptâ advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Manerii) conjun­ctim cum Thoma filio suo, videlicet sibi & haeredibus ipsius Henrici de corpore suo exeuntibus: Et si idem Henricus obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, praedi­ctum Manerium cum Hundredo (exceptâ advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Manerii prae­dicta) rectis haeredibus ipsius Henrici Greene remaneret per finem in Curia Domini Regis levatam (licentia Domini Regis super hoc optentâ:) Tenendum praedictum Manerium cum advocatione de Domino Rege & haeredibus suis per servitium militare, & praedictum Hundredum per servitium reddendi ad scaccarium Domini Regis per ma­nus Vicecomitis Northamptoniae (qui pro tempore fuit) quinquaginta & quatuor soli­dos (quae vocatur alba firma.) Et dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene tenuit die quo obiit, praedictam advocationem sibi & haeredibus suis in feodo simplici. Et prae­dictum Manerium cum praedicta advocatione valet per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem eorundem decem libras. Et dictum Hundredum nihil valet ul­tra redditum praedictum resolutum. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus obiit seisitus in feodo simplici de reversione unius gardini & quinque acrarum terrae cum pertinentiis in Norton, quae Johannes Betton & Elena Uxor ejus tenent ad terminum vitae eorum post mortem eorundem Johannis & Elenae ex concessione Thomae Fox de Norton: Qui quidem Thomas praedicta tenementa tenuit de Manerio de Norton. Item dicunt quod idem Henricus Greene tenuit die quo obiit conjunctim cum praefato Thoma in forma praedicta Manerium de Estneston cum pertinentiis, & advocationem de Sewardesle (quae tenentur de Comite Cornubiae) per quae servitia ignorant, quae valent per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem eorundem quatuordecim solidos. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus Greene tenuit die quo obiit conjunctim cum praefato Thoma in forma praedicta, unum Messuagium, unam Carucatam terrae cum pertinentiis in Wit­telbury & Sibieston, quae tenentur de Abbissa de Burnham per servitium quatuor soli­dorum pro omni servitio, Et valent per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valo­rem decem solidos. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus tenuit die quo obiit con­junctim cum praefato Thoma in forma praedicta unam peciam prati vocatam Hubberds­mede in Toucester quae tenetur de Comite Pembrochiae per servitium quatuor solido­rum, & valet per annum ultra redditum praedictum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem ejusdem quatuor solidos. Item dicunt quòd Henricus Greene tenuit die quo obiit conjunctim cum praefato Thoma in forma praedicta Manerium de Heymondcote cum pertinentiis quod tenetur de Johanne Paveley Chivaler per servitium octo denario­rum [Page 166]per annum, & valet per annum ultra reprisas in omnibus exitibus juxta verum va­lorem ejusdem quadraginta solidos. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene tenuit sibi & haeredibus suis die quo obiit tres acras terrae in Paulesperye, quae tenentur de Johanne Paveley Chivaler in Soccagio, & nihil valent per annum quia jacent sub fo­resta de Whittlewode, & destruuntur per feras Regis. Item dicunt quòd idem Henri­cus in feodo simplici tenuit die quo obiit Manerium de Heyberne, quod est in Comi­tatibus Northamptoniae & Buckinghamiae; Et dicunt quòd Manerium praedictum te­netur de Rogero Dayrell per servitium duorum denariorum per annum pro omni servitio. Et dicunt quòd illa pars quae est in Comitatu Northamptoniae, valet per annum dimidium Marcae & non plus, eo quòd jacet in Foresta de Whittlewode, & disquietur per feras Regis. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene tenit in feodo simplici, die quo obiit, Manerium de Ashby Mares cum pertinentiis, unde medietas te­netur de Domino Rege, per servitium levandi manum suam dextram erga Dominum Regem in Festo Natalis Domini ubicunque fuerit in Anglia: Et alia medietas tenetur de Comite Pembrochiae per servitium militare. Et Manerium praedictum valet per an­num in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem ejusdem ultra reprisas decem libras. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene tenuit die quo obiit in feodo simplici Manerium de Dodington cum pertinentiis de Comite Pembrochiae per servitium mili­tare, & valet per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem ejusdem ultra re­prisas decem marcas. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus tenuit die quo obiit Manerium de Drayton cum pertinentiis, sibi & Henrico filio suo & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Henrici filii Henrici exeuntibus, de Domino Rege in Capite per servitium militare: Ita quòd si Henricus filius obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, tunc post mor­tem dictorum Henrici & Henrici, praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis Thomae fra­tri ejusdem Henrici filii & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Thomae exeuntibus; Et post de­cessum ipsius Thomae (si ipse sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte obierit) Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis rectis haeredibus ipsius Henrici Greene Chivaler remaneret: Tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de Domino Rege & haeredibus suis per servitium prae­dictum imperpetuum, Licentiâ Domini Regis super hoc optentâ. Et dicunt quòd di­ctum Manerium valet per annum in omnibus exitibus ultra reprisas centum solidos. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene Chivaler tenuit in feodo simplici die quo obiit advocationem Ecclesiae de Buckton de Comite Pembrochiae, per quae servitia ig­norant. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus Greene Chivaler dimisit Johanni de Den Camerario suo, & Johanni filio suo, ad terminum vitae eorum, unum Messuagium & duas virgatas terrae & prati cum pertinentiis in Buckton, reddendo inde per annum unum denarium ad Festum Natalis Sancti Johannis Baptistae praefato Henrico & Haere­dibus suis, reversione eorundem post mortem praedictorum Johannis & Johannis ad praefatum Henricum & haeredes suos spectante. Et sic idem Henricus de redditu & reversione praedictis obiit seisitus, quae tenentur à praedicto Comite, per quae servitia ignorant. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene Chivaler tenuit in feodo die quo obiit duo Messuagia, duas Virgatas terrae cum pertinentiis in Pissford de haeredibus Johannis nuper Baronis de Woodhull, per quae servitia ignorant, & valent per annum in omnibus exitibus juxta verum valorem eorundem ultra reprisas viginti solidos. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus Greene Chivaler tenuit in feodo die quo obiit duo Messuagia, quinque acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Buckton, quae tenentur de Comite Pembrochiae, per quae servitia ignorant, & valent per annum in omnibus exitibus ultra reprisas quatuor solidos. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus Greene dedit Henrico de Hull & haeredibus suis de corpore suo exeuntibus quoddam Messuagium cum quibus­dam Schoppis eisdem annexis in Northampton, Tenendum de praefato Henrico Greene Chivaler & haeredibus suis per servitium unius Rosae per annum ad Festum Natalis Sancti Johannis Baptistae pro omni servitio per totam vitam ipsius Henrici de Hull; Et post mortem ipsius Henrici de Hull haeredes sui reddent praefato Henrico Greene Chivaler & haeredibus suis annuatim quadraginta solidos: Et si idem Henricus de Hull obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, tunc omnia praedicta tenementa cum suis pertinentiis ad praefatum Henricum Greene Chivaler & haeredes suos reverterent. Et [Page 167]dicunt quòd idem Henricus Greene Chivaler de redditu Rosae & reversione praedicta obiit seisitus in feodo, & tenentur in feodo de Praeposituro Villae Northamptoniae tan­quam liberum Burgagium. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene Chivaler dedit Richardo de Bollesore & Willielmo Thyrnyng Manerium suum de Luffwick cum advocatione ejusdem Villae, & novem Messuagia, unum toftum, quatuor virga­tas terrae & duodecim acras prati cum pertinentiis in Harringworth, cum aliis terris & tenementis suis in Comitatibus Buckinghamiae & Bedfordiae, tenenda ad totam vitam ipsius Henrici; Ita quòd post mortem suam remanerent Henrico filio ejusdem Henrici & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, Tenenda de praefato Henrico Greene & haere­dibus suis per servitium medietatis unius feodi Militis: Ita quòd si supradictus Henricus Greene filius obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, rectis haeredibus ipsius Hen­rici Greene patris revertantur. De quibus servitiis & reversione praedicta praedictus Henricus Greene Chivaler obiit seisitus. Et dicunt quòd Manerium praedictum de Luffwick ante feoffamentum praedictum tenebatur de Rogero Comite Stafford, per quae servitia ignorant. Et dicunt quòd tenementa in Harringworth tenebantur ante dictum feoffamentum de Willielmo la Zouch de Harringworth, per quae servitia igno­rant. Item dicunt quòd idem Henricus Greene Chivaler dedit Thomae Paveley & Willielmo de Ashele unam partem Manerii de Magna Houghton in tres partes divisi, quatuor Messuagia, unam carucatam terrae, tres Virgatas & dimidiam, duas acras, unam rodam & dimidiam prati, sex solidos & octo denarios redditûs cum pertinentiis in eadem Villa, scilicet cum aliis terris & tenementis in Comitatibus Buckinghamiae & Bedfordiae, tenenda ad totam vitam ipsius Henrici; Ita quod post mortem suam remane­rent Henrico filio ejusdem Henrici & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Henrici filii Henrici ex­euntibus, Tenenda de praefato Henrico Greene Chivaler & haeredibus suis per servitium unius feodi Militis: Ita quòd si Henricus filius Henrici obierit sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, rectis haeredibus ipsius Henrici Greene Chivaler revertantur. Et sic idem Henricus Greene Chivaler de praedictis servitiis & reversione obiit seisitus. Et dicunt quòd unum Messuagium, una Virgata & dimidia terrae de tenementis praedictis tene­bantur ante feoffamentum praedictum de Johanne Paveley Chivaler, per quae servitia ignorant, & residuum tenementorum praedictorum tenebatur de Comite Pembro­chiae. Item dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene Chivaler obiit seisitus in feodo simplici de tertia parte Manerii de Houghton Magna, & de una parte ejusdem Mane­rii in tres partes divisi, scilicet cum advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Manerii, quae tenen­tur de Comite Pembrochiae, per quae servitia ignorant, Et valent per annum in omni­bus exitibus juxta verum valorem eorundem quatuor libras. Et dicunt quòd praedi­ctus Henricus Greene Chivaler non tenuit aliquas alias terras seu tenementa in Balliva sua die quo obiit in Dominico suo ut de feodo, aut in reversione, dicto die quo obiit in Comitatu praedicto. Et dicunt quòd praedictus Henricus Greene Chivaler obiit die Lunae proximo ante Festum Sancti Laurentii ultimò praeterito, & quòd Thomas Greene est filius & haeres ejus propinquior, & est aetatis viginti quinque annorum & ampliús. In cujus rei Testimonium tam praedictus Escaetor quàm praedicti Juratores huic Inqui­sitioni indentatae Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Nos autem tenorem Inquisitio­nis praedictae ad requisitionem dilectorum Nobis Johannis Mordaunt, Humfridi Brown & Johannis Brown duximus exemplificandum per praesentes. In cujus rei testimoni­um has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium septimo die Decembris Anno Regni nostri quinto.
In Greens Norton Churchs. The Tombe of Sr. Henry Greene Ld. Cheife Iustice of England.
In Greens Norton Church.

Hic iacet Thomas Greene Miles fili: et Heres Thomas Greene Milit; fili et heres Henrici Greene Milit: quondm̄ Dm Iusticiariorum: Dni Regis Edwardi tertii et Maria de eius filia Dni Talbot quorū animabus propitietur Deus Amen.

In Greens Norton Church The Tombe of Sr. Thomas Greene & the Lady Phillipa his wife daughter to the Ld. Ferrars of Chartley.

hic jacett Thomas Greene Miles Dn̄s de Norton et Matildm Vx̄m ejus Dni Vero Thomas fuit filim et heres Thome Greene Militm, dn̄i de eodm̄ et Philippe vx̄is ejus filie Roberti Dn̄i fferrarrs, de Charteley, elizabeth Vx̄is ejus filie Thome Dn̄i le spencer qui quidē Thomas Greene pater predicte Thome Greene fuit filius et heres Thome Greene Militis, Dn̄i de Norton predi­cō et Marie Vx̄is ejus filie Rici dn̄i Talbot et Ankerete vx̄is ejus filie et heredm Iohanis dn̄i strange de Blakmere. Qui quidem ꝑfutus Thomas filius ꝑdicorm Thome et Philippe obijt ixo. die mensis septembris anno Dn̄i Millimo ̄ CCCC lxjjo. et prefuta Matilda una filiarum Iohīs Throkmorton Armigere, quondū sub Thesaurarij Anglim. obijt die mensis Anno Dn̄i millo CCCC. quorum animabus ꝑpicietur Deus Amen.

In Greens Norton Church.

Sir HENRY GREENE, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Bawdewini de Drayton.

PAteat Universis per praesentes, me Bawdewinum de Drayton remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamâsse Henrico Greene, filio Henrici Greene Militis, totum jus meum & clameum quod habeo seu quovis modo habere potero in Manerio de Drayton cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, & in om­nibus terris & tenementis, redditibus, servitiis, boscis & reversionibus quae praedictus Henricus tenet in Brigstock, Sudburgh, Luffwick, Twywell, Slipton & Islip, praefato Henrico filio Henrici, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum: Ita quòd nec Ego di­ctus Bawdewinus nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, in Manerio prae­dicto cum suis pertinentiis, nec in omnibus terris, tenementis, & boscis praedictis, ut praedictum est, aliquod jus vel clameum exigere vel vendicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni actione juris sumus exclusi per praesentes. Et Ego verò praedictus Baw­dewinus & haeredes mei praedictum Manerium cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, terris & tenementis, redditibus & servitiis, boscis & reversionibus, ut praedictum est, praedicto Henrico filio Henrici, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui, Hiis Testibus, Willielmo la Zouch de Braumfield, Thomâ Paveley, Roberto de Isham, Willielmo Thirnyng, Johanne Luffwick seniore, Willielmo de Ishp, & Johanne Luffwick juniore, & aliis. Data apud Drayton die Veneris proxima post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Regis Edvardi Tertii, post Conquestum Angliae qua­dragesimo sexto.

Carta Johannis Hayward.

PAteat Universis per praesentes, me Johannem Hayward de Ankleworth attornâsse & loco meo posuisse Johannem Sampson Attornatum meum ad deliberandum plenam seisinam nomine meo Domino Henrico Greene Domino de Werminstre, vel suo certo Attornato, de omnibus terris & tenementis meis, redditibus & servitiis, cum reversionibus & aliis pertinentiis suis in Werminstre, Samburne, Angeley & Smal­brock in Comitatu Wilts, ratum & gratum habiturum quicquid idem Johannes fece­rit nomine meo in praemissis. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Datum apud Werminstre decimo die Novembris, Anno Regni Re­gis Ricardi Secundi post Conquestum septimo.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

PAteat Universis per praesentes, me Henricum Greene Militem attornâsse & in loco meo posuisse Thomam Lauffull, & Rogerum atte Park, Attornatos meos con­junctim & divisim ad recipiendum plenam seisinam nomine meo de omnibus terris, & tenementis, redditibus, & servitiis, cum reversionibus & aliis pertinentiis in Wer­minstre, Samburne, Angeley, & Smalbrock, quae fuerant Johannis Hayward de Auk­worth, ratum & gratum habiturum quicquid idem Thomas & Rogerus nomine meo seu unus eorum fecerit. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum me­um apposui. Datum apud Werminstre decimo die Novembris, Anno Regni Regis Ricardi Secundi septimo.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

HAEC Indentura testatur, quòd Henricus Greene Miles Dominus de Werminstre concessit & dimisit Johanni Westbury & Agneti Uxori suae Manerium suum de Westbury cum pertinentiis, exceptis Curiâ, Releviis, Finibus, Escaetis, Boscis, Brok­wy's Close, & advocatione Capellae ejusdem Manerii cum suis pertinentiis: Haben­dum & tenendum praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis (exceptis hiis quae superiùs excipiuntur) praefatis Johanni & Agneti ad terminum vitae suae de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & consueta, reddendo indè annuatim praedicto Hen­rico & haeredibus suis octodecim libras legalis monetae ad Festa Sancti Michaelis & Annuntiationis beatae Mariae, aequis portionibus; Necnon faciendo inde omnia alia onera & servitia facienda per totum terminum praedictum, & statum suum praedictum nulli dimittere sine licentia praedicti Henrici vel haeredum suorum. Et si praedictus redditus aretro sit per tres septimanas post aliquem terminorum praedictorum, vel si aliquod vastum inde factum fuerit, seu si iidem Johannes & Agnes statum suum prae­dictum dimiserint sine licentia praedicti Henrici vel haeredum suorum, bene liceat prae­dicto Henrico & haeredibus suis praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis reintrare, & illud in pristino statu suo retinere, vel pro redditu praedicto distringere in omnibus terris & tenementis praedictorum Johannis & Agnetis, & districtiones captas asportare & fugare quocunque sibi placuerit. Et praedictus Henricus & haeredes sui Manerium prae­dictum cum pertinentiis (exceptis hiis quae superiùs excipiuntur) praefatis Johanni & Agneti modo & formâ supradictis contra omnes gentes warrantizabit. In cujus rei Testimonium praedicti Henricus & Agnes hiis Indenturis Sigilla sua alternatim apposu­erunt, Hiis Testibus, Thomâ Cutting, Thomâ Laughfull, Thomâ Eskerne & aliis. Datae apud Werminstre octavo die mensis Maii, Anno Regni Regis Ricardi Secundi, post Conquestum nono.

SIGILLVM HENRICI GRENE

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi pro Mercato & Feria & libera Warrenna in Luffwick.

RIcardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Archiepisco­pis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justici­ariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis Salu­tem. Sciatis Nos de gratia nostra speciali concessisse & hac Cartâ nostrâ confirmâsse dilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Greene Chivaler, quòd ipse & haeredes sui imperpetu­um habeant Mercatum singulis septimanis per diem Jovis in Villa sua de Luffwick, & unam Feriam ibidem singulis annis per tres dies duraturam, videlicet in vigilia & in die & crastino Pentecostes, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad hujusmo­di Mercatum & Feriam pertinentibus, nisi Mercatum illud & Feria illa sint ad nocu­mentum vicinorum Mercatorum vel vicinarum Feriarum. Et quòd habeant liberam Warrennam in omnibus Dominicis terris suis de Luffwick & Islip (dum tamen terrae illae non sunt intra metas Forestae nostrae) Ita quòd nullus intret terras illas ad fugan­dum in eis, vel ad aliquod capiendum quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine licentia & [Page 172]voluntate ipsius Henrici vel haeredum suorum, super forisfacturum nostram decem li­brarum. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quòd praedictus Henricus & haeredes sui imperpetuum habeant praedictum Mercatum & Fe­riam apud Villam de Luffwick, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad hujusmodi Mercatum & Feriam pertinentibus, Nisi Mercatum illud & Feria illa sunt ad nocumentum vicinorum Mercatorum vel vicinarum Feriarum; Et quòd habe­ant liberam Warrennam in omnibus Dominicis terris suis praedictis, dum tamen terrae illae non sunt intra metas forestae nostrae; Ita quòd nullus intret terras illas ad fugan­dum in eis, vel ad aliquod capiendum quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine licentia & voluntate ipsius Henrici vel haeredum suorum, super forisfacturam nostram decem li­brarum sicut praedictum est. Hiis Testibus, Venerabilibus Patribus Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, totius Angliae Primate, R. Londoniensi, W. Wintoniensi Episcopis; Jo­hanne Rege Castellae & Legionis, Duce Lancastriae, Edmundo Eboraci, Thoma Gloucestriae Ducibus, Avunculis nostris charissimis; Roberto Marchione Dublinense, Ricardo Arundeliae, Thoma Warwici, Hugone Staffordiae Comitibus; Michaele de la Poole Comite Suffolchiae Cancellario, Hugone de Segrave Thesaurario Nostro, Magistro Waltero Skirlaw Electo Coventriae & Litchfeldiae, Custode privati Sigilli nostri, Johanne de Monte Acuto Seneschallo Hospitii & aliis.

Datum per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium sexto die Decembris Anno Regni nostri nono.
Burton. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Domini Henrici Greene.

HAEC Indentura testatur, quòd Henricus Greene Miles, Dominus de Drayton, concessit & dimisit Johanni Donkon de Raunds unum Messuagium in Raunds praedicta, & quinque Acras terrae, quae Ricardus Dich nuper ibidem tenuit: Haben­dum & tenendum praedictum Messuagium & quinque Acras terrae cum suis pertinentiis ad terminum vitae praedicti Johannis Donkon, Mariae Uxoris ejus & Johannis filii e­orum, reddendo inde annuatim praefato Henrico & haeredibus suis quatuor solidos ad Festa Natalis Domini, Paschae, Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, & Sancti Mi­chaelis, per aequales portiones. Et si contingat praedictum redditum aretro fore in parte vel in toto per quindenam post aliquem terminorum praedictorum, seu aliquod va­stum vel destructionem in praedicto Messuagio fecerint, seu statum illorum alicui alii sine licentiâ Domini dimiserint; Tum liceat praefato Henrico & haeredibus suis in Mes­suagium & terras praedictas reintrare, & pristinum statum suum reassumere, istis In­denturis non obstantibus. Et Ego verò praefatus Henricus & haeredes mei praedictum Messuagium cum terris & suis pertinentiis modò supradictis contra omnes gentes war­rantizabimus. In cujus rei Testimonium partes praedictae Sigilla sua alternatim appo­suerunt, Hiis Testibus, Johanne ..... Willielmo ...... Willielmo Kete & aliis. Datum apud Drayton die lunae proximo post Festum Sancti Gregorii Papae, Anno Regni Regis Ricardi Secundi post Conquestum duodecimo.

Carta Edwardi de Everwick Comitis de Rutland.

SAchent touz gentz nouz Edward de Everwick Counte de Rutland avoir receu la jour de la fesaunce d'icestes de nostre tresbien ame Bacheleir & Chamberlayne Sire Henry Greene une Ceynture de perles & une ouche etant sixe saffiers & sixe perles, & en le moyen une Baloys, les queux il receust en nostre nom de Sire William Ga­laundre executour del testament de nostre tres-honuorée Dame & Miere que dieux as­soile Isabell jadis Duches de Everwick, les queux ceynture & ouche nos connois que nous avons receu & tennons le dit Sire Henry ses heirs & executours en quites per ycestes. En testmoignance du quelle chose à ycestes nous lettres d'acquitance nous a­vons fait mettre nostre Seal. Donne à Drayton le xviij. jour de Decembre, l'an du Regne le Roy Richard Secounde puis le Conquest dixe & septisme.

Carta Edwardi de Everwick Comitis de Rutland.

SAchent touz gentz nouz Edward Counte de Rutland avoir receu le jour de la fesaunce d'icestes de Sire Henry Greene une mirour garny d'or ove sixe saffiers & sixe troches de Perles chescun troche de trois perles, & en chescun troche un plat di­amant countrefait, un couppe d'or avesque les armes de nostre Dame & Miere, que dieux perdoynt en le moyen, & un covercle d'or à mesme le couppe, & un eawer d'or ovesque cink perles sur le covercle, les queulx mirrour couppe & eawer nostre dit Dame & Miere nous devisa per son testament, & tennons le dit Sire Henry & ses heirs & executours entre quites per ycestes. En testmoignance du quelle chose nous avons mis nostre Seal. Donne à Drayton le dixe & septisme jour de Janyuer, l'an du Regne le Roy Richard Secounde puis le Conquest dixe & septisme.

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi.

RIcardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd cùm vicesimo octavo die Septembris proximo praeterito de gratia nostra speciali commiserimus dilecto & fideli Militi nostro Henrico Greene Manerium de Kibworth cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, feodis, advocationibus, libertatibus & franchesiis quibuscunque ad dictum Mane­rium spectantibus, Reddendo inde nobis annuatim ad scaccarium nostrum quadraginta libras durante vitâ Thomae nuper Comitis Warwici: In quo quidem Manerio Comi­tissa Warwici cum praefato Thoma conjunctim feoffata existit: Et ejus reversionem per Literas nostras Patentes praefato Henrico & haeredibus masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus, dedimus & concessimus, prout per inspectionem Rotulorum Cancellariae nostrae Nobis constat: Nos volentes uberiorem in hac parte gratiam impartiri, de gratia nostra speciali commisimus praefato Henrico Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis, feodis, advocati­onibus, libertatibus & franchesiis quibuscunque ad dictum Manerium spectantibus: Ha­bendum à praedicto vicesimo octavo die Septembris durante vitâ praedicti nuper Comitis, absque aliquo Nobis inde reddendo, reversione ejusdem Manerii post mortem ejusdem Comitissae praefato Henrico & haeredibus masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus, ut prae­dictum est, remanente. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium quarto die Aprilis, Anno Regni no­stri vicesimo primo.
Roderham. Per ipsum Regem.

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi.

RIcardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali concessimus dilecto & fideli Militi nostro Henrico Greene Maneria de Knighton & Cuvele, cum Bulkington eidem Manerio de Cuvele pertinente, cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Wilts, quae ad manus nostras ratione forisfacturae Richardi Comitis Arundeliae devenerunt, ac etiam Manerium de Sudbrock in Comitatu Warwici & Grovam cum pertinentiis, quae ad manus nostras ratione forisfacturae Thomae Comitis Warwici simi­liter devenerunt: Habendum & tenendum eadem Maneria cum Grova cum pertinen­tiis praefato Henrico pro termino vitae suae absque aliquo Nobis inde reddendo in recom­pensationem feodi annui quod idem Henricus virtute Literarum nostrarum Patentium sibi indè confectarum (quas idem Henricus Nobis in Cancellariam nostram restituit cancellandam) de Nobis ad scaccarium nostrum percipit; pro eo quòd ipsum Henricum penes Nos pro termino vitae suae retinuimus moraturum. In cujus rei Testimonium [Page 174]has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesi­mo septimo die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.
Roderham. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi.

RIcardus Dei gratia Angliae & Franciae Rex & Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd de gratiâ nostra speciali concessimus dilecto & fideli Militi nostro Henrico Greene Maneria de Knighton & Cuvele, cum Bulkington eidem Manerio de Cuvele pertinente cum per­tinentiis in Comitatu Wilts, Nobis occasione judicii contra Ricardum nuper Comitem Arundeliae in Parliamento nostro redditi forisfacta, ac etiam Manerium de Sudbrock in Comitatu Warwici & Grovam cum pertinentiis cum feodis Militum, advocationibus Ecclesiarum, & omnibus aliis franchesiis & libertatibus ad eadem maneria pertinentibus sive spectantibus, quae quidem Maneria de Sudbrock & Grova nobis occasione judicii versus Thomam nuper Comitem Warwici in eodem Parliamento nostro redditi foris­facta existunt: Habendum & tenendum praedicta Maneria de Bulkington & Grovam cum pertinentiis una cum feodis, advocationibus, franchesiis & Libertatibus praedictis praefato Henrico & haeredibus masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus, de Nobis & haere­dibus nostris ac aliis Dominis feodorum per servitia inde debita & consueta, adeò liberè & integrè sicut praedicti Comites ea ante haec tempora habuerunt & tenuerunt, in recompensationem feodi annui quod idem Henricus de Nobis percipit ad scaccarium nostrum virtute Literarum nostrarum Patentium sibi indè confectarum, quas idem Henricus Nobis in Cancellariam nostram restituit cancellandas. In cujus rei Testimo­nium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo octavo die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.
Roderham. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi.

RIcardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus Balli­vis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd cum ad Parliamentum nostrum apud Westmonasterium primo die Octobris Anno Regni nostri decimo tentum, Thomas nuper Dux Gloucestriae & Ricardus nuper Comes Arun­del attrahentes sibi regiam potestatem, fieri fecerint quandam Commissionem sub magno Sigillo nostro sibi ipsis & aliis ad eorum denominationem directam ad gubernationem Nostri & Regni nostri habendum, & dictâ Commissione usi fuerint, Jurisdictionem Re­giam inde super eos capientes, Quae quidem Commissio prejudicialis fuit & derogatio Nobis & Coronae nostrae, & usurpatio nostrae Regaliae & Regiae potestatis: Et super hoc praedicti Dux & Comes eorum iniquum propositum & regiam potestatem colore dictae Commissionis continuantes attraxerunt eis Thomam tunc Comitem Warwici: Et ipsi tres insimul manu forti modo guerrino cum magna potestate & multitudine ligeorum nostrorum insurrexerint, & apud Haringey & alibi se congregaverint, & sic cum tali vi ad nostram praesentiam in palatio nostro apud Westmonasterium venerunt, & ulteri­ùs plures ligeos nostros in diversis partibus Regni nostri depraedati fuerint, imprisonave­rint & interfecerint, & alia plura horribilia facta (prout eis placuit) perpetraverint con­tra eorum ligeantiam ac nostrum regalem statum & dignitatem: Quae quidem Com­missio cum usu & exercitio ejusdem, & levatio gentium contra Nos & eorum ligeanti­am & nostram Regaliam sic factae, in ultimo Parliamento nostro alta Proditio judi­cantur, & praedicti Dux & Comites tanquam Proditores inde sint convicti, prout in Recordo Parliamenti inde confecto pleniùs apparet. Nos volentes ex nostra regia benignitate gratiam facere in hac parte, de gratia nostra speciali & ex certa scientia no­stra & mero motu nostro & libera voluntate, de matura deliberatione pardonavimus [Page 175]Henrico Greene Chivaler sectam pacis nostrae, quae ad Nos versus ipsum quovis modo pertinet aut pertinere poterit aut deberet occasione dictae Commissionis & Exercitii ejus­dem, ac congregationis, insurrectionis, equitationis, itineris, depraedationis, impriso­namenti, interfectionis & arsurae per ipsum seu per alios quoscunque de ejus missione, mandato, excitatione, procuratione vel abbettamento in Comitiva praedictorum Ducis & Comitum, vel per ipsum solum qualitercunque in hac parte factorum sive perpetratorum. Et de eo quòd ipse fuit de assensu, consilio, favore, abbettamen­to, Comitiva, vi, retinentia seu adhaesione praedictorum Ducis & Comitum in ma­teriis praedictis vel earum aliqua seu aliqua parcella aut aliquibus dependentiis earundem, ac pro omnibus aliis proditionibus, seditionibus, insurrectionibus, feloniis, murdris, ra­ptibus mulierum, roberiis, depraedationibus, latrociniis, homicidiis, incendiis, trans­gressionibus, inobedientiis, rebellionibus, forstallariis, confoederationibus, conspirati­onibus, cambipartiis, ambidextriis, falsitatibus, negligentiis & deceptionibus quibus­cunque Nobis seu alicui de regno nostro actis vel illatis, unde idem Henricus judica­tus, impetitus, rectatus, accusatus vel appellatus existit vel esse poterit quoquo modo in futuo; Et etiam Utlagariis, si quae in ipsum hiis actionibus fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei indè concedimus: Nolentes quòd praefatus Henricus aut haeredes vel executores sui, aut terrarum suarum Tenentes ratione aliquorum praemisso­rum seu alicujus eorundem coram Nobis & haeredibus nostris in Parliamentis nostris vel haeredum nostrorum, vel in quibuscunque aliis locis vel placeis nostris coram quibuscun­que Judicibus, Justiciariis, Ministris vel Officiariis Nostris vel haeredum nostrorum quibuscunque inde futuris temporibus impetantur, occasionentur, inquietentur, mole­stentur in aliquo seu graventur, sed ab omnibus praemissis penitus sint quieti, absoluti & exonerati imperpetuum, aliquo statuto seu ordinatione in contrarium praemissorum seu alicujus eorundem quovis modo factis non obstantibus. Ita tamen quòd stet rectus in Curia nostra, si qui versus eum loqui voluerint de praemissis seu aliquo praemissorum. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium primo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.
Roderham. Per ipsum Regem.

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi.

RIcardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra spe­ciali concessimus dilecto & fideli Militi nostro Henrico Greene Maneria de Cosgrave & Preston Capes in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum pertinentiis, ac reversionem Mane­rii de Kibworth in Comitatu Leicestriae cum pertinentiis, cum feodis Militum, advo­cationibus Ecclesiarum, & omnibus aliis franchesiis & libertatibus ad Maneria illa perti­nentibus sive spectantibus, quae quidem Maneria Thomae nuper Comitis Warwici exti­terunt, & Nobis ratione judicii contra ipsum in Parliamento nostro redditi forisfacta ex­istunt: Habendum & tenendum praefato Henrico & haeredibus masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus praedicta Maneria cum pertinentiis, cum feodis, advocationibus, franchesiis & libertatibus praedictis de Nobis & haeredibus nostris & aliis Dominis feodorum per servitia indè debita & consueta, adeò liberè & integrè sicut praedictus Thomas ante haec tempora habuit ac tenuit Maneria supradicta. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo octavo die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.
Roderham. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Regis Ricardi Secundi.

RIcardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali con­cessimus [Page 176]dilectis & fidelibus Militibus nostris Johanni Bussy & Henrico Greene place­am vel Hospitium quae vel quod fuit Johannis Domini de Cobham infra Civitatem nostram Londini, & ad Nos pertinet per forisfacturam ejusdem Johannis Domini de Cobham: Habendum dictis Johanni Bussy & Henrico Greene pro termino vitae e­orum & alterius eorum diutiùs viventis dictam placeam sive Hospitium, unà cum om­nibus Schoppis, sellariis & solariis eisdem Hospitio sive placeae adjacentibus, ac cum omni redditu ad dictam Placeam sive Hospitium aliquo modo pertinente, Et cum stuffura in eadem placea sive Hospitio existente. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Salopiam tricesimo die Januarii, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.
Roderham. Per ipsum Regem.

Hollinshead in Chronicle of England, Page 498.

WHen the Lord Governour Edmund Duke of York was advertised that the Duke of Lancaster kept still the Sea and was ready to arrive, (but where he meant first to set foot on land there was not any that understood the certainty) he sent for the Lord Chancellor Edmund Stafford Bishop of Exeter, and for the Lord Treasurer William Scroope Earl of Wiltshire, and other of the King's Privy Council, as John Bushie, William Bagot, Henry Greene and John Russell Knights. Of these he required to know what they thought good to be done in this matter concerning the Duke of Lancaster being in the Seas. Their advice was, To depart from London to St. Albans, and there to gather an Army to resist the Duke in his landing. But to how small purpose their Counsel served, the conclusion thereof plainly declared; for the most part that were called, when they came, protested, that they would not fight against the Duke of Lancaster, whom they knew to be evil dealt withal.

The Lord Treasurer, Bagot, Bushie and Greene perceiving that the Commons would cleave unto and take part with the Duke, slipped away, leaving the Lord Governour of the Realm and the Lord Chancellor to make what shift they could for themselves. Bagot got him to Chester, and so escaped into Ireland; the other fled to the Castle of Bristol in hopes there to be in safety.

Again out of the same Chronicle and the same Page.

AT the same present there was arrested and committed to safe custody the Bishop of Norwich, Sir William Elman and Sir Walter Burley Knights, Lawrence Drew and John Golofer Esquires. On the morrow after, the foresaid Dukes with their power went toward Bristol, where at their coming they shewed themselves before the Town and Castle being a huge multitude of people. There were enclosed within the Castle the Lord William Scroope Earl of Wiltshire and Treasurer of England, Sir Henry Greene and Sir John Bushie Knights, who prepared to make resistance; but when it would not prevail, they were taken and brought forth bound as Prisoners into the Camp before the Duke of Lancaster. On the morrow next ensuing they were arraigned before the Constable and Marshal, and found guilty of Treason for misgoverning the King and Realm, and forthwith had their heads smit off.

Doctor Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, pag. 49. treating of Coats of Arms and of the different Bearing of them by persons of the same Name and Family.

THE same Name in the same Shire being distinct Families give different Coats, as in Northamptonshire,

  • Greene of Greens-Norton, Azure Three Bucks Trippant Or.
  • Greene of Drayton, Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules.

Leland's Itinerary, Vol. 1. Pag. 5.

THence a quarter of a Mile to Thrapston-Bridge, having an eight Arches of Stone. Avon runneth under this Bridge. From Fotheringay to this Bridge I left Avon on my right hand, and after still on to Northampton on the left hand a lofe. At the very end of Thrapston-Bridge stand Ruins of a very large Hermitage, and principally well builded, but a late discovered and suppressed; and hard by is the Town of Islip on Avon, as upon the farther Ripe. And about a Mile farther, but not upon Avon Ripe is Drayton Village and Castle, the prettiest place in all those quarters, longing as Islip doth, in Copartition, unto the Lord Mordaunt.

Stafford Earl of Wiltshire, Uncle to the late Edward Duke of Buckingham, had Dray­ton by an Heir general of the younger Greene, and kept his House on it.

The Great Greene gave to his Eldest Son, Greens-Norton with a great portion of Lands; And he gave Drayton with other Lands to his younger Son.

This Drayton Castle was most builded by Greene that was so great a Man in King Richard the Second's days. His Lands came to two Daughters, and one of those Daughters parts came to three Daughters.

Sir RALPH GREENE, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

REX, &c. dilectis sibi Edmundo Ford ac Escaetori & Vicecomiti suis in Comi­tatu Gloucestriae, & Marchiis Walliae eidem Comitatui adjacentibus, Salutem. Supplicavit Nobis Radulphus Greene filius & haeres Henrici Greene Militis & Matildae uxoris ejus defunctorum, Ut cùm idem Henricus tendit die quo obiit di­versa Maneria, terras & tenementa in feodo talliato in diversis Comitatibus regni no­stri Angliae ex dono & concessione Henrici Greene Militis, Patris praedicti Henrici, eidem Henrico filto & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus indè factis, prout per di­versos fines & Cartas inde confectas pleniùs poterit apparere, ac dicta Maneria, terras & tenementa per legem Angliae, ut de jure & haereditate praedictae Matildae uxoris suae (quae quidem Maneria, terrae & tenementa occasione forisfacturae praedicti Henrici filii capta sunt in manum Nostram) Volumus eidem Radulpho tam Maneria, terras & tene­menta praedicta, quae praefatus Henricus pater suus sic tenuit ni feodo talliato, quàm dicta Maneria, terras & tenementa quae idem Henricus sic tenuit per legem Angliae de jure & haereditate praedictae Matildae, liberare gratiosè (forisfacturâ praedicti Henrici Patris sui non obstante) Nos ut in hac parte facere valeamus quod est justum, Volentes per Vos super praemissis pleniùs certiorari, assignavimus Vos & duos vestrum ad inqui­rendum per sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum de Comitatu praedicto, per quos rei veritas meliùs sciri poterit, quantum terrarum & tenementorum idem Henri­cus filius tenuit de Domino Ricardo nuper Rege Angliae secundo post Conquestum in Capite, tam in feodo talliato quàm de jure & haereditate praedictae Matildae nuper uxoris suae, in Comitatu praedicto, die quo obiit, & quantum de aliis, & quem statum ea­dem Matilda in terris & tenementis hujusmodi habuit, & qualiter & quomodo, & per quod servitium, & quantum terrae & tenementa illa valent per annum in omnibus exitibus, & quo die idem Henricus filius obiit, & quis propinquior haeres tam praedicti Henrici filii quàm praedictae Matildae de terris & tenementis praedictis existit, & cujus aetatis. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod ad certos dies & loca, quos vos vel duo ve­strum ad hoc provideritis, diligenter super praemissis faciatis Inquisitiones, & eas distin­ctè & apertè factas Nobis in Cancellariam nostram sub Sigillis vestris vel duorum ve­strum [Page 178]& Sigillis eorum per quos factae fuerint sine dilatione mittatis, & hoc breve. Et tu praefatus Vicecomes ad dies & loca praedicta venire facias coram Vobis vel duobus vestrum, tot & tales probos & legales homines de balliva tua, per quos rei veritas in praemissis meliùs sciri poterit & inquiri. In cujus rei, &c. has Literas nostras fieri feci­mus Patentes.

Teste, &c. vicesimo sexto die Maii, Anno Regni nostri primo.

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

HEnricus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratiâ nostrâ spe­ciali & pro eo quòd Thomas, Johannes & Henricus filii & Maria & Philippa filiae Hen­rici Greene Chivaler defuncti, Nos de mediocri statu suo ac etiam de magno debito patris sui praedicti informarunt, Concessimus eis omnia bona, Catalla & debita quae sue­runt dicti patris sui, quae ante vicesimum sextum diem Angusti ultimò praeteriti alteri non dedimus, unà cum redditu omnium terrarum & tenementorum quae fuerunt praedicti Henrici Patris de termino Sancti Michaelis extunc proximè sequente, de quibus donum aut concessionem ante praedictum vicesimum sextum diem Au­gusti non fecimus, simul cum arreragiis si quae inde de anno proximè praeterito aretro existunt; Certis vasis Argenteis, quae dilecto Clerico nostro Simoni Bache receptori nostro Honoris nostri Leycestrae de mandato nostro deliberantur, exceptis. Dantes ulteriùs & concedentes dictis filiis & filiabus & eorum attornatis potestatem & autho­ritatem sufficientes dicta bona & Catalla administrandi & commodum suum indè faci­endi, ac etiam praedicta redditus & debita levandi & colligendi, & si necesse fuerit, pro eisdem secundum juris exigentiam prosequendi, absque impetitione, dampno aut grava­mine nostri aut officiariorum seu Ministrorum nostrorum quorumcunque in futuro. Ita semper quòd iidem filii juxta posse suum solvi faciant debita patris sui praedicti. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud West­monasterium vicesimo primo die Octobris, Anno Regni nostri primo.
London. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd Nos considerantes quòd bo­na liberis Henrici Greene Chivaler defuncti per Nos ante haec tempora in auxilium su­stentationis suae & solutionis debitorum dicti patris sui concessa in magna parte ad hoc non sufficiunt ut accepimus, de gratia nostra speciali, & ad supplicationem eorundem liberorum concessimus eis exitus & proficua de omnibus terris & tenementis quae fue­runt dicti patris sui (terris & tenementis aliis personis per Nos priùs concessis exceptis) provenientia, quae Nobis pro terminis Natalis Domini & Paschae proximè futurae solvi deberent, in casu quo terrae & tenementa illa ante dictum terminum Paschae extra manus nostras per haeredem praedicti Henrici qui plenae aetatis est, ut dicitur, minimè prosecuta existant, habenda absque aliquo Nobis indè reddendo. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri primo.
London. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus Balli­vis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali pardonavimus Radulpho Greene Armigero Domino de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae sectam pacis nostrae quae ad Nos versus ipsum [Page 179]pertinet, pro omnimodis proditionibus, insurrectionibus, rebellionibus & feloniis per ipsum ante nonum diem Aprilis ultimò praeteriti qualitercunque factis sive perpetratis (murdris & raptu mulierum exceptis) undè indictatus, rectatus vel appellatus existit, ac etiam Utlagarias, si quae in ipsum hiis occasionibus fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei indè concedimus. Ita tamen quòd idem Radulphus dicto nono die Aprilis in prisona absque manucaptione seu traditione in Ballivum pro causis praemissis vel aliqua earundem detentus non fuerit nec probatur aut dampnatus, & quòd stet rectus in Curia nostra si qui versus eum loqui voluerint de praemissis vel aliquo prae­missorum (forisfacturis tamen terrarum & tenementorum ac bonorum & Catallorum Nobis in hac parte incursis (si quae fuerint) Nobis semper salvis.) Et ulteriùs de uberi­ori gratia Nostra pardonavimus & remisimus eidem Radulpho sectam nostram quae ad Nos versus ipsum pertinet pro omnimodis catallis feloniorum & fugitivorum minimè de recordo, ac omnimodis transgressionibus, negligentiis, misprisionibus & contem­ptibus, ac omnimoda venditione boscorum infra bundas forestarum nostrarum, om­nimodísque transgressionibus de viridi & venatione infra forestas nostras & porellias earundem, ac omnimodis finibus pro transgressionibus minimè adjudicatis, necnon omnimodis concelamentis per ipsum ante primum diem ultimi Parliamenti nostri vi­delicet quintum decimum diem Maii ultimo praeteriti factis & perpetratis (concelamen­tis illis, si quae per ipsum, dum officiarius nostri aut carissimi Domini & patris nostri defuncti computabilis extitit, facta fuerint, exceptis) undè indictatus vel rectatus existit, ac etiam Utlagariis, si quae in ipsum hiis occasionibus ad sectam nostram fuerint pro­mulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus. Pardonavimus etiam & re­misimus eidem Radulpho omnimodas donationes, alienationes & perquisitiones per ip­sum de terris & tenementis de Nobis in Capite tentis sine licentia regia ante praedictum quintum decimum diem Maii factas: Necnon omnimodos ingressus si qui in haeredita­tem suam post mortem antecessorum suorum absque prosecutione ejusdem per debi­tum processum extra manus Regias ante eundem quintum decimum diem Maii facti existant (exceptis illis terris & tenementis quae ad manum mortuam absque licentia Regia alienantur.) Ita tamen quòd ipse unus de illis Officiariis vel Ministris misterae monetae, cunagii sive Escambii in Turri & Civitate nostris London & Villa Cales, qui ad standum recti super hiis quae sibi objicientur, securitatem Nobis in Cancellariam nostram non invenerunt (quos propter certos defectus & impetitiones eis in ultimo Par­liamento praedicti patris nostri impositos, unde nondum plenariè excusantur, praesen­tibus pardonationibus nostris, eo quòd dictae impetitiones communem utilitatem po­puli nostri manifestè concernunt, gaudere nolumus) non existat. In cujus rei testimo­nium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo die Decembris, Anno Regni nostri primo.
Per ipsum Regem. Manpus.

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus Bal­livis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali, de assensu Dominorum spiritualium & temporalium, ac ad requisitionem communitatum Regni nostri Angliae in ultimo Parliamento nostro existentium, pardonavimus & relaxavimus Radulpho Greene Armigero, aliàs dicto Radulpho Greene Armigero quocunque nomine censeatur, omnimodas transgressi­ones, offensas, misprisiones, contemptus & impetitiones per ipsum ante octavum diem Decembris ultimò praeteriti contra formam Statutorum de libertatibus pan­norum & capiciorum factos sive perpetratos, unde punitio caderet in finem & re­demptionem aut in alias poenas pecuniarias seu imprisonamenta, Statutis praedictis non obstantibus; Ita tamen quòd praesentes Pardonatio & relaxatio non cedant in dampnum, praejudicium vel derogationem alicujus alterius personae quàm nostrae duntaxat. Et insuper ex mero motu nostro ob reverentiam Dei & caritatis intuitu [Page 180]pardonavimus eidem Radulpho sectam pacis nostrae, quae ad Nos versus ipsum perti­net, pro omnimodis proditionibus, murdris, raptibus mulierum, rebellionibus, insur­rectionibus, feloniis, conspirationibus, ac aliis transgressionibus, offensis, negligentiis, extortionibus, misprisionibus, ignorantiis, contemptibus, concelamentis & deceptio­nibus per ipsum ante dictum octavum diem Decembris qualitercunque factis sive per­petratis, (murdris per ipsum post decimum nonum diem Novembris ultimò praeteriti perpetratis (si quae fuerint) exceptis) unde indictatus, rectatus vel appellatus existit, ac etiam Utlagariis, si quae in ipsum hiis occasionibus fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pa­com nostram ei inde concedimus; Dum tamen idem Radulphus controfactor misterae monetae, & cunagii, muliplicator, & lotor auri & argenti cum cuneo nostro cunati, & tonsor monetae nostrae, probator communis & notorius latro seu felo, qui abjurati­onem secerat, non existat. Ita tamen quòd stet rectus in curia nostra si quis versus eum loqui voluerit de praemissis vel aliquo praemissorum. Et ulteriùs de uberiori gratia nostra pardonavimus & relaxavimus eidem Radulpho omnimoda escapia, felonium, catalla felonum & fugitivorum, catalla Utlagatorum & felonum de se, deodanda, va­sta, impetitiones, & omnimodos articulos itineris, destructiones, & transgressiones de viridi vel venatione, venditionem boscorum infra forestas & extrà, & aliarum rerum quarumcunque ante dictum octavum diem Decembris infra Regnum nostrum Angliae & partes Walliae evenientia & eventa, unde punitio caderet in demandam, debitum seu in finem & redemptionem, aut in alias poenas pecuniarias, seu in forisfacturam bono­rum & catallorum, aut imprisonamenta seu amerciamenta Comitatuum, villarum vel singularium personarum, vel in onerationem liberi tenementi eorum qui nunquam transgressi fuerunt, ut haeredum, Executorum vel terrae tenentium, Escaetorum, Vicecomitum, Coronatorum & aliorum hujusmodi, & omne id quod ad Nos versus ipsum pertinere posset ex causis supradictis, ac etiam omnimodas donationes, aliena­tiones & perquisitiones per ipsum de terris & tenementis de Nobis vel progenitoribus nostris quondam Regibus Angliae in Capite tentis, ac etiam donationes, alienationes & perquisitiones ad manum mortuam factas & habitas, absque licentia regia, necnon omnimodas intrusiones & ingressus per ipsum in haereditatem suam in parte vel in toto post mortem antecessorum suorum absque debita prosecutione ejusdem extra manum Regiam ante eundem octavum diem Decembris factos, unà cum exitibus & proficuis iude medio tempore perceptis. Ac etiam pardonavimus & relaxavimus praefato Radul­pho omnimodos fines adjudicatos, amerciamenta, exitus forisfactos, relevia, scutagia, ac omnimoda debita, compota praestita, arreragia firmarum & Compotorum, Nobis vi­cesimo primo die Martii Anno Regni nostri primo qualitercunque debita & pertinen­tia; Necnon omnimodas actiones & demandas quas Nos solus versus ipsum vel Nos conjunctim cum aliis personis seu persona habemus seu habere poterimus: Ac etiam Ut lagarias in ipsum promulgatas pro aliqua causarum supradictarum. Et insuper par­donavimus & relaxavimus eidem Radulpho omnimodas poenas ante eundem octavum diem Decembris forisfactas coram Nobis seu Concilio nostro, Cancellario, Thesaurario, seu aliquo Judicum Nostrorum pro aliqua causa, & omnes alias poenas tam Nobis quàm carissimo nostro Patri defuncto pro aliqua causa ante eundem octavum diem Decembris forisfactas, & ad opus nostrum levandas: Ac etiam omnimodas securitates pacis ante illum octavum diem Decembris similiter forisfactas. Ita quòd praesens par­donatio nostra quoad praemissa seu aliquod praemissorum non cedat in dampnum, prae­judicium vel derogationem alicujus alterius personae quàm personae nostrae duntaxat. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo primo die Julii, Anno Regni nostri tertio.
Kays.

Carta Radulphi Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Radulphus Greene dedi, concessi & hac prae­senti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Johanni Holt Chivaler, Johanni Mulso, Johanni Sty­vecte, Waltero de Sancto Germano Clerico, Nicholao Hankerig Clerico, & Willielmo [Page 181]Hemmington, Maneria de Chalton in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Wamyndon & Ember­ton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, Medietatem Manerii de Fishyde juxta Lavinton in Comitatu Wilts, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, & omnia terras & tenementa mea in Harringworth cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Unà cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementiis meis in Comitatibus praedictis cum pertinentiis suis, exceptis illis quae de Rege tenentur in Capite sive immediatè de honore Gloucestriae: Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta Maneria & medietatem, ac omnia alia terras & tenementa unà cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis (exceptis supra exceptis) praefatis Jo­hanni, Johanni, Johanni, Waltero, Nicholao & Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de Capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum per servitia inde debita & de jure con­sueta imperpetuum. Et Ego verò praedictus Radulphus & haeredes mei praedicta Ma­neria & Medietatem, ac omnia alia terras & tenementa mea cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis (exceptis praeexceptis) praefatis Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Wal­tero, Nicholao & Willielmo & haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes war­rantizabimus & defendemus imperpetuum. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Cartae meae Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis Testibus, Thomâ Peynre, Johanne Pas­selew, Johanne Olney, Johanne Tyndale, Willielmo Aldwincle & aliis.

Dat' die Jovis proximo post Festum Paschae, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Con­questum quarto.

SIGILLVM RADVLPHI GRENE

Carta Radulphi Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Radulphus Greene dedi, concessi & hac prae­senti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Johanni Holt Militi, Johanni Mulso, Nicholao Han­kerig Parsonae Ecclesiae de Normanton super Sore, Willielmo Hemyngton & Johanni Folcus, Maneria mea de Buckworth & Grateley cum pertinentiis, unà cum advocati­onibus Ecclesiarum de Buckworth & Grateley praedictis; Necnon omnes reversiones quorumcunque tenentium eisdem Maneriis pertinentium seu ex quacunque causa spectantium: Habendum & tenendum praedicta Maneria cum pertinentiis unà cum ad­vocationibus & reversionibus supradictis eisdem Johanni, Johanni, Nicholao, Williel­mo & Johanni, & haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Radulphus & haeredes mei Maneria praedicta cum pertinentiis unà cum advocationibus & reversioni­bus praedictis, praefatis Johanni, Johanni, Nicholao, Willielmo & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimoni­um huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis Testibus, Johanne Styvecte, Jo­hanne Knyvet, Johanne Maister, Johanne Rothwell, Johanne Hurst, & aliis.

Dat' apud Bukworth vicesimo die Julii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum quarto.

Carta Radulphi Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Radulphus Greene dedi, concessi, & hac prae­senti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Johanni Holt Militi, Johanni Mulso, Johanni Styvecte, Waltero de Sancto Germano, Nicholao Hankerig Clerico, & Willielmo Hemyngton [Page 182]Medietatem meam Manerii de Matherne cum pertinentiis in Wallia: Habendum & tenendum praedictam Medietatem cum pertinentiis eisdem Johanni, Johanni, Jo­hanni, Waltero, Nicholao & Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Radulphus & haeredes mei medietatem praedictam cum pertinentiis, praefatis Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Waltero, Nicholao & Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testi­monium huic praesenti Cartae meae Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis Testibus, Johanne Lassell, Roberto ap Thomelyn, Johanne Kybyore & aliis.

Dat' apud Drayton de­cimo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum quinto.

Carta Radulphi Greene.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens hoc Scriptum indentatum pervenerit,
Radulphus Greene filius Henrici Greene Militis,
Salutem in Domino.

Cùm Johannes Westbury senior habeat & teneat quoddam Manerium in Westbury, vocatum le Mauduits Manner, cum suis pertinentiis, Exceptis Curia, releviis, finibus, escaetis, boscis, Brokwyselis, & advocatione Capellae ejusdem Manerii cum suis pertinentiis, ad terminum vitae praedicti Johannis, ex dimissione Henrici Greene patris mei, Radul­phi Greene: Noveritis me praedictum Radulphum concessisse reversionem praedicti Manerii cum suis pertinentiis (exceptis superiùs exceptis) post mortem praedicti Johan­nis, Willielmo Westbury & Johanni Westbury filiis praedicti Johannis Westbury seni­oris: Habendum & tenendum ad terminum vitae eorundem de Capitalibus Dominis seodi illius per servitia indè debita & consueta; Reddendo inde annuation praedicto Radulpho & haeredibus suis octodecim libras legalis monetae ad Festa Sancti Michaelis & Annuntiationis beatae Mariae aequis portionibus, necnon faciendo inde omnia alia onera & servitia dicto Manerio incumbentia, durante termino vitae praedictorum Willielmi & Johannis; Et praedicti Willielmus & Johannes sustentabunt dictum Mane­rium competenter sine vasto vel destructione faciendo per totum terminum praedictum, & statum suum praedictum nulli dimittent sine licentia praedicti Radulphi vel haeredum suorum. Et si praedictus Redditus aretro sit per unum mensem post aliquem termi­norum praedictorum, vel si aliquod vastum inde factum suerit, seu si praedicti Williel­mus & Johannes statum suum praedictum alicui dimiserint sine licentia praedicti Ra­dulphi vel haeredum suorum, bene liceat praedicto Radulpho & haeredibus suis prae­dictum Manerium cum pertinentiis reintrare, & illud in pristino statu suo tenere, vel pro redditu praedicto in eodem Manerio distringere si maluerint, & districtiones sic captas asportare & fugare quocunque sibi placuerit. Et praedictus Radulphus & hae­redes sui praedictum Manerium cum suis pertinentiis, exceptis hiis quae superiùs excipi­untur, praefatis Willielmo & Johanni post mortem praedicti Johannis Westbury seni­oris modo & forma supradictis contra omnes gentes warrantizabunt, acquietabunt & defendent. In cujus rei testimonium partes praedictae hiis Indenturis Sigilla sua appo­suerunt.

Dat' in Festo Apostolorum Simonis & Judae, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum octavo.

SIGILLVM RADVLPHI GRENE

Doctor Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 295.

RAlph Greene was High Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the eighth year of King Henry the Fourth, and in the second year of King Henry the Fifth.

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus Balli­vis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd dum summi Regis gratiam Nobis, postquam Regni gubernacula suscepimus, non nostris meritis sed suâ ineffabili bonitate variè infusam, claro oculo conspicimus, ad gra­tiarum munera nostris subditis impendenda solertiùs excitamur: Ut igitur nostri affectus affectum sortiatur, caritásque mutua (sine qua frustra habentur caetera) inter cunctos ligeos Nostros diversis dissentionibus in Regno nostro nuper subortis, earum insti­gante auctore, non modicè perturbatos, & nisi manum remedii apponamus, veresi­militer perturbandos in futurum, celeriùs vigeat & constantiùs solidetur, dicti etiam ligei nostri corda assumant alacriora erga Nos & haeredes nostros in fide & dilectione fideliùs permanere, de gratia nostra speciali pardonavimus Radulpho Greene Armigero ligeo nostro Angliae sectam pacis nostrae quae ad Nos versus ipsum pertinet, pro om­nimodis proditionibus, insurrectionibus, rebellionibus, feloniis, misprisionibus, offen­sis, impetitionibus & transgressionibus per ipsum ante Festum Conversionis Sancti Pauli proximè praeteritum factis sive perpetratis (murdris & raptibus mulierum exceptis) un­de indictatus, rectatus vel appellatus existit, Ac etiam Utlagariis si quae in ipsum hiis occasionibus fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei indè concedimus, Dum tamen idem Radulphus non sit probator, notorius Latro, in prisona pro latrociniis absque debita manucaptione seu traditione in Ballivum. Ita tamen quòd stet rectus in Curia nostra si qui versus eum loqui voluerint de praemissis vel aliquo praemissorum. Pardonavimus etiam eidem Radulpho omnimoda escapia selonum ante festum praedi­ctum minimè adjudicata, ac omnimodas donationes, alienationes & perquisitiones per ipsum de aliquibus terris & tenementis de Nobis in Capite tentis absque licentia Regia, Ac omnimodos ingressus per ipsum in haereditatem suam post mortem antecessorum suorum absque debita prosecutione ejusdem extra manus Regias ante idem festum fa­ctos (exceptis illis terris & tenementis quae ad manum mortuam absque licentia Regia alienantur.) In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Julii, Anno Regni nostri decimo.
Hogham. Per ipsum Regem,

Carta Regis Henrici Quarti.

HEnricus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quòd cùm Anno Regni nostri primo Dilectus Armiger noster Radulphus Greene liberationem habuerit in Cancellaria nostra per brevia nostra, ut filius & haeres in talliato Henrici Greene Chivaler, qui ad mortem apud Bristol vicesimo nono die Julii Anno Regni carissimi Domini & Consanguinei nostri Richardi nuper Regis Angliae ultimi praedecessoris no­stri defuncti vicesimo tertio adjudicatus fuit, de omnibus Maneris, tenementis, reddi­tibus, servitiis & reversionibus, cum omnibus feodis, homagiis, wardis, maritagiis, advocationibus, franchesiis, juribus & libertatibus quibuscunque eisdem aliqualiter spectantibus, cum pertinentiis suis quae fuerunt praedicti Henrici in Anglia, tam de illis in quibus ipse statum habuit sibi & haeredibus de corpore suo procreatis, quàm de illis quae tenuit per legem Angliae de jure praedicti Radulphi post mortem Matildae nu­per [Page 184]Uxoris praedicti Henrici matris praedicti Radulphi, ac in Parliamento tento apud Westmonasterium decimo nono die Novembris Anno Regni nostri primo judicium praedictum ad requisitionem Communitatum in Parliamento praedicto per Nos cum as­sensu Dominorum spiritualium & temporalium in eodem Parliamento existentium pro bono judicio affirmatum existit; Et Nos postmodum in eodem Parliamento decla­ravimus tenere Nobis per viam Conquestus omnia Maneria, terras, tenementa, feoda, homagia, wardas, maritagia, advocationes, jura, franchesias & libertates praedicta cum pertinentiis suis quae tunc fuerunt praedicti Henrici; Ac etiam sexto die Septembris Anno Regni nostri primo per Literas Nostras Patentes concesserimus praefato Radulpho omnia Exitus & proficua provenientia de terris & tenementis quae Henricus Greene Pater suus tenuit sibi & haeredibus suis de corpore suo procreatis, vel per legem An­gliae de haereditate Matildae nuper Uxoris suae, matris praedicti Radulphi: Nos de gratia nostra speciali concessimus eidem Radulpho & haeredibus suis, quòd praedicta liberatio Maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, feodorum, homagiorum, warda­rum, maritagiorum & advocationum, jurium, franchesiarum & libertatum praedicta­rum cum pertinentiis eidem Radulpho extra manus nostras facta, sit bona, effectualis & valida sibi & haeredibus suis. Et ulteriùs de uberiori gratia nostra pardonavimus praefato Radulpho & haeredibus suis ingressum in Maneria, terras & tenementa, war­das, maritagia & advocationes, franchesias, jura & libertates praedicta cum pertinentiis suis, quae habuit per liberationem supradictam & occupationem extunc eorundem; Licèt hujusmodi liberatio praedicto Radulpho debitè facta seu prosecuta non existit, vel aliter facta sine speciali petitione Nobis per ipsum prosecuta & per Nos sibi conces­sa. Sed quòd praedictus Radulphus & haeredes sui sint habiles, & personae habiles ad gaudendum haereditate Maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, feodorum, homagi­orum, wardarum, maritagiorum & advocationum, jurium, franchesiarum & liberta­rum praedictorum cum pertinentiis suis in successione & haereditate modo quo ipse ha­bet liberationem indè sibi factam. Et quòd ipse & haeredes sui sint personae habiles ad habendum & prosequendum quamcunque actionem antecessoriam, & ad haben­dum haereditatem per descensum à praefato Henrico & aliis antecessoribus suis, unde [...] fiet per eosdem gradus per praedictum Henricum. Ac etiam pardonavimus [...] Radulpho omnia exitus & proficua capta vel levata de praedictis Maneriis, terris [...]entis, feodis & homagiis, wardis, maritagiis & advocationibus, franchesiis, [...] & libertatibus cum pertinentiis suis, judicio & affirmatione judicii, ac Con­questu seu declaratione Conquestuum praedictis non obstantibus. Ac insuper de ube­riori gratia Nostra pardonavimus & relaxavimus praefato Radulpho & haeredibus suis totum jus & clameum quae habemus, aut Nobis vel haeredibus Nostris per­tinent seu pertinere poterint ratione judicii, affirmationis, judicii & Conquestus seu declarationis Conquestuum praedictorum aut aliarum ordinationum quarumcunque, in omnibus Maneriis, terris, tenementis, feodis, homagiis, wardis, maritagiis, advoca­tionibus, franchesiis, libertatibus, juribus & proficuis quibuscunque praedictis cum pertinentiis, salvis semper servitiis Nobis & haeredibus nostris inde ab antiquo de­bitis. In cujus rei Testimonum has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo nono die Martii, Anno Regni nostri duo­decimo.
Wakering. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Exemplificatio Petitionis Radulphi Greene in Parliamento.

HEnricus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Inspeximus tenorem cujusdam Petitionis Nobis in ultimo Parliamento nostro apud Westmonasterium tento per Radul­phum Greene exhibitae in haec verba:

Tres-excellent & tres-redouté Seignour, nostre Seignour le Roy,

supplie tres-humblement vostre humble liege Rauf Greene Esquier, que [Page 185]come en l'an primer de vostre gratiouse Regne le avantdit Rauf avoit livere en vo­stre Chancellarie per voz briefs come fitz & heir en le tail de Monsieur Henry Greene, qui feust adjugges à la mort à Bristuit le xxix jour de Julet l'an du Regne le darrein Roy Richard que feust xxiij, de touz les manoirs, terres, tenementz, rentes, fervices & reversions, ove tous fees, homages, gardes, mariages, avowsons, franchises, droites & libertees queconques à iceux appendantz ou appertenantz en ascun maner, ove lour appertenantz, queux feurent au dit Monsieur Henry Greene en Engleterre, cibien de ceux en queux le dit Henry avoit estat à luy & à ses heirs de son corps engendres, come de ceux q'il tient par la curtesie d'Engleterre de droit, le dit suppliant apres la mort Maude Nadgairs feme l'avantdit Monsieur Henry, mier l'avantdit Rauf, & come ency soit que à la Parliament tenuz à Westminestre le xix jour de Novembre l'an de voz Regnes primer, l'avantdit jugement à prier des Commens en le dit Parliament per vouz, ove l'assent des Seigneurs Esperituelx & Temporelx en mesme le Parlement esteantz, pur bone jugement feust affirmes, & puis pluist à vous en mesme le Parlement à de­clarer de tener à vouz pur voie de Conquest toutz les Manoirs, terres, tenementz, fees, homages, gardes, mariages, avowsons, franchises, droites & libertees avantditz, ove lour appurtenantz, queux alors feurent au dit Henry. Et come auxint de vostre grace le sisme jour de Septembre l'an primer de vos regnes per vous Lettres Patentes vous grauntastes à dit suppliant toutz les issues & profitz provenantz de terres & tenementz que Henry Greene son pier tenoit à luy & à ses heirs de son corps engendrez, ove per ley d'Engleterre, del heritage Maude Nadgairs sa Femme, mier à dit Rauf: Quo pleise à vous tres Soveraign Seigneur, de vostre grace especiale passent de les Seigneurs Esperituelx & Temporelx en ceste present Parlement esteauntz & per auctorité de mesme le Parlement, de graunter au dit Rauf & à ses heirs que l'avantdit liveré de les Manoirs, terres & tenementz, rentes & services ove toutz fees, homages, gardes, ma­riages, avowsons, droitz, franchises & libertees avantditz ove lour appurtenantz fait hors de voz mains à l'avandit Rauf, soit bone & effectuele & vailable au dit Rauf & à ses heirs à tener come desus, & pleinement pardoner per assent des ditz Seigneurs & per auctorité de cest present Parlement au dit Rauf & à ses heirs l'entree [...] les Manoir, terres & tenementz, fees, homages, gardes, mariages, avowsons, d [...]its, franchises & libertees avantditz ove lour appurtenantz, qu'il avoit per le liveré avant­dit & l'occupation di ceux puis en ceo coment qui tiel liveré à dit Rauf nè fuist pas duement fait ou pursuez ou autrement fait saunz petition especial à vous per luy pur­sues & per vous à luy attroyez, & outre come le dit Rauf soit entreé en diverses Ma­noirs, terres, tenementz, rentes, services, reversions, fees, homages, gardes, mari­ages, avowsons, franchises, droitz & libertees queux le dit Henry Greene son pier tenoit à luy & à ses heirs males de son corps engendrez saunz ascun liveré hors de voz mains suer ou per petition à vouz fait: Que pleise à vous de vostre grace especiale ove del assent les dit Seigneurs en cest present Parlement esteantz & per auctorité de mesme le Parlement, de pardoner à dit suppliant & à ses heirs les ditz entrees en toutz les Manoirs, terres, tenementz, rentes, services, reversions, fees, homages, gardes, mariages, avowsons, franchises, droitz & libertees queconques ove toutz lour appur­tenantz queux le dit Henry Greene tenoit à luy & à ses heirs males de son corps engen­drez, & que l'avantdit Rauf & ses heirs soient ables & personesables de movoir & avoir l'enheritance de toutz les Manoirs, terres & tenementz, fees, homages, gardes, mariages & avowsons, droitz, franchises & libertees avantditz ove lour appurtenances en suc­cession ou en inheritance en le maner come il à ent liveré à luy fait, & come il les tient, & qu'il & ses heirs soient personesables & ables destre heirs à dit Henry & à toutz ses auncestres d'avoir & pursuer chescun action auncestrel & d'avoir enheritance per descent du dit Henry ou de autres lour auncestres dount à descent serra fait per mesmes degrees de part le dit Henry, & de pardoner per auctorité de cest Parlement per assent des ditz Seigneurs au dit Rauf toutz les issues & profitz prisez ou leves de les Manoirs, terres & tenementz, fees, homages, gardes, mariages & avowsons, franchises, droitz & libertees avantditz ove lour appurtenantz les jugement & affirmance de juge­ment, conquest ou declaration des conquestes avantditz, statutz ou autres ordinances [Page 186]queconques à contraire faitz, ove ceo que le sank fuist corrumpe perentre le dit Henry & le dit Rauf non obstantz; Et autre de vostre pluis habundante grace de pardoner & relesser per auctorité de cest Parlement per assent des ditz Seigneurs au dit Rauf & ses heirs tout le droit & claime que vous aves appertinant ou apperteigner pur ou purroit à cause de jugement avantdit, affirmaunce de jugement ou conquest avantditz en toutz les Manoirs, terres, tenementz, rentz, services, reversions, fees, homages, gardes, mariages, avowsons, franchises, libertees, droits & profitz queconques avantditz ove lour appurtenantz: Exceptez & reservez tout temps les services en d'auncien temps à vouz & à voz heirs dues, ascuns estatutes, declaration ou ordinances faitz au contrarie­ment obstantz pur Dieu & en ocure de charité. Inspeximus etiam tenorem responsi­onis ejusdem Petitionis in haec verba: Le Roy de l'advys & assent des Seigneurs Espi­rituelx & Temporelx en cest present Parlement ad ottroiez ceste Petition.

Nos autem tenorem Petitionis & responsionis praedictarum ad requisitionem praefati Radulphi duxi­mus exemplificandum per praesentes. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium septimo die Februarii Anno Regni nostri tertio decimo.
Wissingfere.

Carta Regis Henrici Quinti.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae,
Dilecto & fideli suo Willielmo Roos de Hamelak & Dilectis sibi Radulpho Greene, Tho­mae Mulso & Willielmo Palmere, Salutem.

Quia datum est Nobis intelligi quòd Willi­elmus Perwiche ac quamplures alii malefactores & pacis nostrae perturbatores armati & modo guerrino arraiati & in diversis Congregationibus ac aliis Conventiculis illicitis in diversis Comitatibus regni nostri Angliae ad invicem congregati, in Jacobum Bellers unum Custodum Pacis nostrae & Justiciariorum nostrorum ad diversa felonias, trans­gressiones & malefacta in Comitatu Leycestriae audiendum & terminandum assigna­tum, ac Escaetorem nostrum in eodem Comitatu, Necnon unum Militum Comita­tûs praedicti qui de summonitione nostra ad Parliamentum nostrum apud Westmonaste­rium ultimò tentum venit, ab eodem Parliamento versus domum suam propriam re­deundo vi & Armis insultum fecerunt, & ipsum verberaverunt, vulneraverunt & malè tractaverunt, ac ipsum pro mortuo reliquerunt, postmodúmque ad diversa loca ejus­dem Regni nostri fugientes se in hujusmodi Conventionibus & Conventiculis tenuerunt, & adhuc tenent, quamplurima mala & alia facinora diversis ligeis & subditis nostris indies perpetrando in nostrum contemptum & praejudicium ac pacis nostrae laesionem, necnon fidelium ligeorum & subditorum nostrorum terrorem & commotionem mani­festam. Nos hujusmodi malefactores juxta eorum demerita in hac parte castigari volentes & puniri, assignavimus vos conjunctim & divisim ad praefatum Willielmum ac quoscunque hujusmodi malefactores in hujusmodi Congregationibus & Conventiculis sic se tenentes, & eidem Willielmo in hac parte adhaerentes, ubicunque inventi fuerint infra libertates & extra, sine dilatione arrestandum & capiendum, ac praefatum Willi­elmum coram Nobis & Concilio nostro ducendum; Necnon hujusmodi malefactores in hujusmodi Congregationibus & Conventiculis sic se tenentes & praefato Willielmo in hac parte adhaerentes, proximis Prisonis nostris committendum, in eisdem mora­turis quousque pro eorum deliberatione aliter duximus demandandum. Et ideo Vo­bis & cuilibet vestrum mandamus quòd circa praemissa diligenter intendatis, & ea fa­ciatis quae minùs in forma praedicta. Damus autem Universis & singulis Vicecomitibus, Majoribus, Ballivis, Constabulariis, Ministris & aliis fidelibus & subditis nostris tam infra Libertates quàm extra, tenore praesentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quòd Vobis & cuilibet vestrum in executione praemissorum intendentes sint, consulentes & auxilian­tes prout decet. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo sexto die Junii Anno Regni nostri primo.
Per Concilium. Clerk.

Finis inter Willielmum Islip & alios Querentes, & Radulphum Greene Deforcientem.

HAEC est finalis Concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasterium in Octabis Purificationis beatae Mariae Anno Regnorum Henrici filii Regis Henrici Regis Angliae & Franciae capta coram Ricardo Norton, Roberto Hull, Jo­hanne Cokayne, Willielmo Luddington & Johanne Preston Justiciariis, & postea à die Paschae in quindecim dies Anno Regnorum ejusdem Regis Henrici quarto ibi­dem concessa & recordata coram eisdem Justiciariis & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibi praesentibus inter Willielmum Islip Parsonam Ecclesiae de Conyngton, Willi­elmum Marshall Parsonam Ecclesiae de Rothyng, Nicolaum Morys & Willielmum Aldwyncle Querentes, & Radulphum Greene Armigerum Deforcientem, de Maneriis de Drayton, Luffwick, Houghton, Cotes & Raundes, ac de sex Virgatis terrae & tri­bus Cotagiis in Harring worth cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, & de Maneriis de Webenden, Wolston & Emberton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Buck­inghamiae, & de Maneriis de Chalton & Cobworth, ac de viginti solidatis redditûs in Faryndysh cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Bedfordiae, & de Manerio de Buckworth cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Huntingtoniae, & de Manerio de Emberton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Cantiae, unde placitum Conventionis factum fuit inter [...] in eadem Curia, scilicet quòd praedictus Radulphus recognovit praedicta Maneria & tenementa cum pertinentiis esse jus ipsius Willielmi Islip, ut illa quae iidem Willielmus, Williel­mus Marshall, Nicolaus & Willielmus Aldwyncle habent de dono praedicti Radul­phi, & pro hac recognitione, fine & concordia iidem Willielmus, Willielmus, Ni­colaus & Willelmus concesserunt praedictis Radulpho & Katherinae uxori ejus praedicta Maneria & tenementa cum pertinentiis, & illa eis reddiderunt in eadem Curia: Ha­benda & tenenda eisdem Radulpho & Katherinae & haeredibus ipsius Radulphi de corpore suo procreatis de praedictis Willielmo, Willielmo, Nicolao & Willielmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi Islip imperpetuum; Reddendo inde per Annum unam Rosam ad Fe­stum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae pro omni servitio, consuetudinibus & ex­actione ad praedictos Willielmum, Willielmum, Nicolaum & Willielmum & haere­des ipsius Willielmi Islip pertinente, & faciendo inde capitalibus Dominis feodi illius pro praedictis Willielmo, Willielmo, Nicolao & Willielmo & haeredibus ipsius Willi­elmi Islip omnia alia servitia quae ad praedicta Maneria & tenementa pertinent imperpe­tuum. Et si contingat quòd idem Radulphus obierit sine haeredibus de corpore suo procreatis, tunc post decessum ipsorum Radulphi & Katherinae praedicta Maneria & tenementa cum pertinentiis integrè revertantur ad praedictos Willielmum, Williel­mum, Nicolaum & Willielmum & haeredes ipsius Willielmi Islip quietè de aliis haere­dibus praedictorum Radulphi & Katherinae, tenenda de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia quae ad praedicta Maneria & tenementa pertinent imperpetuum.

Inquisitio capta post mortem Radulphi Greene.

INquisitio capta apud Thrapston die Martis proximo post Festum Sancti Hilarii Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum quinto, coram Johanne Spriggy Esca­etore Domini Regis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, virtute cujusdam brevis Domini Re­gis eidem Escaetori directi & huic Inquisitioni consuti, per Sacramentum, &c. Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, quòd Radulphus Greene in dicto brevi Domini Regis nomi­natus nulla terras seu tenementa tenuit de Domino Rege in Capite dicto die quo obiit in Dominico suo ut de feodo nec in servitio in Comitatu praedicto, sed dicunt quòd prae­dictus Radulphus tenuit die quo obiit conjunctim feoffatus cum Katherina uxore sua adhuc superstite Maneria de Drayton, Luffwick, Houghton, Cotes & Raundes, ac sex Virgatas terrae & tria Cotagia in Harringworth cum pertinentiis in Comitatu prae­dicto ex concessione Willielmi Islip Parsonae Ecclesiae de Conyngton, Willielmi Mar­shall Parsonae Ecclesiae de Rothing, Nicolai Morice & Willielmi Aldwyncle per quan­dam Finem in Curia Domini Regis de Maneriis & tenementis praedictis inter praefatos [Page 188]Willielmum Islip, Willielmum Marshal, Nicolaum & Willielmum Aldwyncle Que­rentes & praefatos Radulphum & Katherinam Deforcientes levatam: Tenenda eisdem Radulpho & Katherinae & haeredibus de corpore praedicti Radulphi procreatis de prae­dictis Willielmo Islip, Willielmo Marshall, Nicolao & Willielmo Aldwyncle & hae­redibus ipsius Willielmi Islip imperpetuum, Reddendo inde per annum unam Rosam ad Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae pro omni servitio, consuetudinibus & exactione ad praefatos Willielmum Islip, Willielmum Marshall, Nicolaum & Williel­mum Aldwyncle & haeredes ipsius Willielmi Islip imperpetuum pertinentibus, Et faci­endo inde Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius pro dictis Willielmo Islip, Willielmo Marshall, Nicolao & Willielmo Aldwyncle & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi Islip omnia alia servitia quae ad praedicta Maneria & tenementa pertinent imperpetuum. Et si contingat quòd idem Radulphus obierit sine haeredibus de corpore suo procreatis, tunc post decessum ipsorum Radulphi & Katherinae, Maneria praedicta & tenementa cum pertinentiis in­tegrè revertantur ad praedictos Willielmum Islip, Willielmum Marshall, Nicolaum & Willielmum Aldwyncle & haeredes ipsius Willielmi Islip quieta de aliis haeredibus praedictorum Radulphi & Katherinae, Tenenda de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia quae ad praedicta Maneria & tenementa pertinent imperpetuum. Item praefati Juratores dicunt quòd dictum Manerium de Drayton cum pertinentiis tenetur de Jo­hanna Regina Angliae ut de Manerio suo de Gerdington per servitium reddendi per annum tresdecim solidos & quatuor denarios & sectam Curiae pro omni servitio; Et valet per annum ultra reprisas quadraginta solidos. Et quòd dictum Manerium de Luffwick tenetur de Thoma Greene Milite per servitium militare, & valet per an­num ultra reprisas decem libras. Et quòd praedictum Manerium de Houghton cum pertinentiis tenetur de praefato Thoma Greene per servitium militare, & valet per annum ultra reprisas centum solidos. Et quòd Maneria de Cotes & Raundes tenentur de dicto Thoma Greene per servitium militare, & quòd valent per Annum ultra reprisas quatuordecim libras. Ac etiam dicunt quòd dictae sex Virgatae terrae & tria Cotagia in Harringworth cum pertinentiis tenentur de Domino le Zouch per servitium militare, & valent per Annum ultra reprisas tres libras. Et ulterius dicunt quòd praedictus Radulphus non tenuit aliqua alia terras seu tenementa die quo obiit de Domino Rege in Capite nec de aliquo alio in Comitatu praedicto. Ac etiam dicunt quòd idem Radulphus obiit vicesimo quarto die Octobris ultimo praeterito. Et quòd Johannes Greene Armi­ger frater dicti Radulphi est haeres ejus propinquior, & aetatis triginta annorum & amplius. In cujus rei testimonium, &c.

Indentura inter Katherinam uxorem Radulphi Greene & Thomam Prentys & Robertum Sutton de Chelaston, Kervers.

CEste Endentre faite perentres Katherine que fuist la feme Rauf Greene Esquier, William Aldwyncle & William Marchall Clerk d'un parte, & Thomas Pren­tys & Robert Sutton de Chelaston en Counté de Derbie Kervers, d'autre parte test­moigne, que les ditz Kervers ount covenantez & empris pur fair & entailler bien, ho­nestement & profitablement, une tombe de piere appelle alabastre bon, fyn & pure, con­tenent en longure ix pees d'assise, & en largure iiij pees & deux d'assise, sur quele tombe seront faitz deux images d'alabastre, l'un counterfait à un Esquier en Armes en toutz pointz, contenent en lo ngure vij pees d'assise, avec un helm de soubs son chief, & un ours à ses pees, & l'autre image serra countrefait à une dame gisant en sa surcote overte, avec deux Anges tenants un pilow de soubz sa teste, & deux petitz chiens à ses pees, l'un des ditz images tenant l'autre per la main, avec deux tabernacles appellés gablettes à lour testes, quele tombe conteindra per les costés avec le leggement trois pees d'assife, sur queux costes seront images d'Anges ove tabernacles portantz escutz, selont la devise des ditz Katherine, William & William. Et auxi ferront les ditz Kervers un arche d'alabastre amounte tout la dite tombe, en longure, & largure, avec pendantz & knottes, & une crest de foytes & autre ourages appertinent au tiele tombe, les queux image tombe & arche serront proportionez endorres peintes & arraies ove coulours bien [Page 189]& sufficientment en le pure honeste & profitable manere come appertient à tiel ove­rage. Et seront toutz les ditz overages prestment faitz, & perfourmez, en toutz poyntz, en manere suisdite, & surmis & enhauté, per les ditz Thomas & Robert en l'esglise paro­chiel de Luffwick, en Counte de Northamton, as costages & perill des ditz Thomas & Robert, en toutz maneres choses, perentre cy & le fest de Pasque serra l'en de grace Mccccxx. Pur quelles overages en manere avantdit affaire & performers les ditz Ka­therine, William, & William, paieront ou feront paier as ditz Thomas & Robert ou l'au­tre deulx; quarant liures desterlings, dont seront paiez al fesance di cestes dys marcs & al fest de Pasque ore prochein avener dix marcs, & al fest del Nativité de Seint John Ba­ptiftre adonque prochein ensuant, dys marcs & at fest de Saint Michell adonque prochein ensuant dys marcs, & les dix marcs remanantz seront paiez quant toutz les ditz ove­rages seront faitz & surmys, en manere avantdit; pur toutz quelles convenantz avant­ditz & chescun deulx, de part les ditz Thomas & Robert faites, à performer mesmes Thomas & Robert eux obligent, & chescun deulx per soy, en lentier, lour heirs & ex­ecutors as ditz Katherine, William, & William, en cessant livres per y cestes. En tes­moignance de quele chose les parties avantditz a y cestes Endentres enterchangeable­ment ount myslours Sealx. Donne le xiiij jour le Feverer l'an du Regne du Roy Henry Quint puis le Conquest sisme.

The Tombe of Rauf Greene Lord of Drayton Extant in the Church of St. Peter in Luffwick in ye County of Nerthampton.

JOHN GREENE, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Willielmi Seymour.

NOverint Universi per Praesentes me Willielmum Seymour de Halton juxta Spillesby remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro me & haeredibus meis imperpe­tuum quietum clamâsse Johanni Greene quondam filio Henrici Greene de Drayton Militis totum jus meum & clameum quae unquam habui, habeo, seu quovis modo habere potero in omnibus terris & tenementis, redditibus & servitiis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis infra Comitatum Nor­thamptoniae; Ita videlicet quòd nec Ego praedictus Willielmus nec haeredes mei nec ali­quis alius nomine nostro aliquod jus seu clameum in praedictis terris & tenementis, red­ditibus & servitiis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere seu vendicare poterimus in suturum, sed ab omni actione juris & Clamei inde maneamus exclusi per Praesentes. Et ego praedictus Willielmus Sey­mour & haeredes mei omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, redditus & servitia, prata, pascua & pasturas cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis praefato Johanni Greene, haeredibus & assignatis suis in forma praedicta contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & defendemus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui.

Dat' apud Halton die Lunae in Crastino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum septimo.

Carta Regis Henrici Sexti.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae
omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes, Literae pervenerint Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali pardonavimus Johanni Greene de Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigero sectam pacis nostrae quae ad nos versus ipsum pertinet pro omnimodis proditionibus, insurrectionibus, rebellionibus & feloniis per ipsum ante nonum diem Aprilis ultimo praeteritum qualitercunque factis sive perpetratis (murdris & raptu mulierum exceptis) unde indictatus, rectatus vel appellatus existit; ac etiam Utlagariis si quae in ipsum hiis occasionibus fuerint promulgatae; Et firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus; Ita tamen quòd idem Johannes dicto nono die Aprilis in prisona absque manucaptione seu traditione in Ballivum pro causis praedictis vel aliqua earundem detentus non fuerit nec probatus aut dampnatus, & quod stet rectus in curia nostra si qui versus eum loqui volu­erint de praemissis vel aliquo praemissorum, forisfacturis tamen terrarum & tenementorum ac Bonorum & Catallorum Nobis in hac parte incursis, si quae fuerint, nobis semper salvis. Et ulteriùs de uberiori gratia pardonavimus & remisimus praefato Johanni se­ctam nostram quae ad nos versus ipsum pertinet pro omnibus catallis felonum & fugi­tivorum minimè de recordo, ac omnimodis transgressionibus, negligentiis, misprisi­onibus & contemptibus, ac omnimoda venditione boscorum infra bundas forestarum nostrarum, omnimodisque transgressionibus de viridi & venatione infra forestas nostras & porellias earundem, ac omnimodis finibus pro transgressionibus minime adjudicatis, Necnon omnimodis concelamentis per ipsum ante primum diem ultimi Parliamenti no­stri, videlicet quintum decimum diem Maii ultimo praeteritum, factis & perpetratis; (Concelamentis illis si quae per ipsum dum Officiarius noster vel carissimi Domini & patris nostri defuncti computabilis extitit facta fuerint, exceptis) Unde indictatus vel rectatus existit; Ac etiam Utlagarias si quae in ipsum hiis occasionibus fuerint promul­gatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus. Pardonavimus etiam & remisi­mus eidem Johanni omnimodas donationes, alienationes & perquisitiones per inpsum de terris & tenementis de Nobis in Capite tentis sine licentia regia ante praedictum quintum decimum diem Maii factas; Necnon omnimodos ingressus si qui in haeredi­tatem [Page 191]suam post mortem Antecessorum suorum absque prosecutione ejusdem per debi­tum processum extra manus Regias ante eundem quintum decimum diem Maii facti existant: exceptis illis terris & tenementis quae ad manum mortuam absque licentia re­gia alienantur. Ita tamen quòd idem Johannes unus de illis Officiariis vel Ministris mi­sterae monetae, cunagii vel excambii in Turri & Civitate nostris London & in Villa Cales, qui ad standum recto super hiis quae sibi objicientur, securitatem Nobis in Cancellaria nostra non invenerint, quos propter certos defectus & impetitiones communem uti­litatem populi nostri manifestè concernent' gaudere nolumus, non existat. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmo­nasterium vicesimo die Decembris Anno Regni nostri primo.
Manpus. Per ipsum Regem.

Carta Johannis Greene.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Johannes Greene Armiger dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Philippo Morgon Episcopo Eliensi, Thomae Sy­denill, Willielmo Tresham, Waltero Greene, Thomae Cotton, Roberto Isham, Wil­lielmo Aldwyncle & Johanni Warner totum Manerium meum de Grafton in Comi­tatu Northamptoniae, cum omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, ser­vitiis, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, herietis, Escaetis pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, aquis, piscariis, unà cum advocatione Ecclesiae de Grafton praedicta cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis dicto Manerio spectantibus: Habendum & tenendum praedictum Maneri­um cum omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, servitiis, wardis, ma­ritagiis, releviis, herietis, Escaetis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, aquis, piscariis, unà cum advocatione Ecclesiae praedictae & omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis ut praedictum est, praefatis Philippo, Thomae, Willielmo, Waltero, Thomae, Roberto, Willielmo & Johanni Warner, haeredibus & assignatis eorum imperpetuum, de Capitalibus Do­minis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Johannes Greene & haeredes mei praedictum Manerium cum omnibus terris, tenemen­tis, redditibus, reversionibus, servitiis, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, herietis, escaetis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, aquis, piscariis, unà cum advocatione Ecclesiae prae­dictae & omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praefatis Philippo, Thomae, Willielmo, Wal­tero, Thomae, Roberto, Willielmo & Johanni Warner, haeredibus & assignatis eo­rum contra omnes gentes Warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae meae Sigillum meum apposui.

Dat' apud Grafton praedictam vicesimo septimo die mensis Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conque­stum undecimo.
Hiis Testibus Johanne Bever, Johanne Greene de Sudburgh, Jo­hanne Duffyn, Roberto Fisher, Petro Andrewe & multis aliis.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS GRENE

Carta Johannis Greene.

NOverint Universi per Praesentes me Johannem Greene Armigerum ordinâsse, fecisse & loco meo posuisse Dilectum mihi in Christo Johannem Traylé Cle­ricum Attornatum meum specialem ad liberandum nomine meo Philippo Morgon Episcopo Eliensi, Thomae Wydevyll, Willielmo Tresham, Waltero Greene, Thomae Cotton, Roberto Isham, Willielmo Aldwyncle & Johanni Warner plenam & pacifi­cam seisinam in & de Manerio de Graston in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, servitiis, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, he­rietis, escaetis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, aquis, piscariis, unà cum advocatione Ecclesiae de Grafton praedicta & omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis secundum vim, formam & effectum cujusdam Cartae meae simplicis feodi inde eis confectae: Ratum habiturus & gratum id quod dictus Attornatus meus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per Prae­sentes Sigillo meo Signatas.

Dat' vicesimo septimo die mensis Januarii Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum undecimo.

Ultima Voluntas Johannis Greene.

IN Dei nomine, Amen. This is the Will of me John Greene of Herdwyk Esquire, made the twenty eight day of January, the eleventh year of King Herry VI. First I will that Margaret my Wife have the term of her life my Manners of Herdwyk and Graf­ton, with the avowson of the Chirche of Grafton and all the appurtenances, and with all my Londs, Tenements and Rents with the appurtenances in Irtlyngburgh in North­hamptonshire; and the Manner of Grateley with the avowson of the Chirche and the ap­purtenances in Hampshire, with the Manner of Matherne in Wales with the appurtenan­ces: And I will that my Feoffes anon after my Decease maken sufficient and sure estate to the said Margaret my Wife of the Manners, Lands, Tenements and Rents abovesaid with avowsons and all the appurtenances during her life without em­peachment of any waste, what time my said Feoffes or any of them by the said Margaret or by her Councel bene required. Also I will that anon after the de­cease of the said Margaret my Wife, that the foresaid Manners of Herdwyk and Graf­ton with the avowson of the Chirche of Grafton with all the appurtenances, and with all the said Londs and Tenements with the Rents and appurtenances in Irtlingburgh, re­main to Rauf Greene my Son, and to his Heirs of his body coming, be sufficient and sure Estate to him by my said Feoffes to be made; and for default of issue of the bo­dy of the said Rauf, the remainder to my right heirs in tail. Also I will that anon after the decease of the said Margaret, that the foresaid Manners of Grateley and Ma­therne with the avowson and appurtenances remain to Herry Greene my Son and to the heirs of his body begotten; and for default of issue of the body of the said Herry, the remainder to my right heirs in tail. And in case that anon after the decease of the said Margaret, if the said Herry my Son desire rather to have the said Manner of Herdwyk than the said Manner of Grateley, I will that then the said Herry have the said Manner of Herdwyk to him and to his heirs of his body begotten; and for default of issue of the said Herry, the remainder to my right heirs in tail be sufficient estate by the said Feoffes to him to be made. Also I will that then the said Rauf my Son have the said Manner of Grateley with the avowson and appurtenances to him and to his heirs in tail; and for default of issue of his body, the remainder to my right heirs intail be sure and sufficient Estate to him be my said Feoffes to be made. Also I will that there be rered and sold out of my Woods of Herdwyk and Grafton to the value of the summe of two hundred pounds to the marriages of Margery and Isabell my Daughters, even to be departed between them; and if the tone dye not married, then the tother to have the whole summe of two hundred pounds, so that they will be married by the counseil and ordinance of the said Margaret my Wife, Thomas Wydevyll, William Tre­sham, Walter Greene and William Aldwyncle. Also I will that Margaret my Wife, Thomas [Page 193]Wydevill, William Tresham, Walter Greene and William Aldwyncle have the governance, or­dinance and oversight of the sale of the said woods for the said summe to be rered. And after that summe so rered, I will that the said Magaret my Wife have all the remainant of the said woods to her awn use, to fell it down, and do therewith what she will, without peachment of waste. Also I will that the said Margaret have the keeping, cost and charge of my said Daughters till time that they be married. Also I will that the said Margaret my Wife have her Dowry of all my Manners, Londs, Tenements and Rents, with all the appurtenances in Wiltshire. Moreover in case that my Sister my La­dy Felbrigg dye, mine heir being within age, I will that then William Aldwyncle and Willi­am Marshall Clerk, Feoffes of the Manners, Londs and Tenements, with appurtenances that shall fall to me and to mine heirs, after the decease of my said Lady Felbrigg, do rere and gather up yearly, all the Rents and profits coming of the said Manners, Londs and Tenements to the marriages of my said Daughters, till the time that mine heir be of age. And furthermore I charge mine heir by my blessing, that he let none this Will to be performed, nor be not against it, in no manner or wise. And if mine heir will let this Will or do the contrary there against, in any manner or degree, I will that then my said Feoffes hold and keep, in their own hands and possession, all the said Manners, Londs, Tenements and Rents with all the appurtenances, to dispose them for my soul, and for the souls of my auncesters, after their discretions. And moreover I will that Margaret my Wife have all my goods moveable and unmoveable to her own profit and disposition at her own list.

HENRY GREENE, third of that name, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Doctor Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 296.

HENRY Greene of Drayton, who gave for his Arms, Argent a Cross Engrail­ed Gules, was High-Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the twenty third of Henry VI. and again in the fourth year of Edward IV.

Carta Henrici Greene.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum indentatum pervenerit,
Hen­ricus Greene Armiger, Willielmus Aldwyncle & Galfridus de Sancto Germano de Broughton
Salutem.

Cùm Domina Katherina Felbrigg nuper uxor Radulphi Green de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigeri, Willielmus Yelverton unus Justiciarius Domini Regis, Nicolaus Appylyerd & Johannes Dam habeant & teneant Maneria de Buckworth in Comitatu Huntingtoniae, Manerium de Emberton in Comi­tatu Cantabrigiae, Manerium de Alba Rothyng in Comitatu Essexiae, Maneria de Chalton & Culworth cum redditibus in Farendysh in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Manerium de Wabenden vocatum Greenes Maner, Manerium de Wolfton & Manerium de Em­berton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae cum pertinentiis ad terminum vitae dictae Katherinae, Reversione inde Nobis praefatis Henrico, Willielmo Aldwyncle & Galfrido spectante: Noveritis nos praefatos Henricum, Willielmum Aldwyncle & Galfridum statum & possessionem praedictae Dominae Katherinae, Willielmi Yelverton, Nicolai & Johannis Dam de & in omnibus & singulis Maneriis supradictis cum pertinentiis ratificâsse, ap­probâsse & tenore praesentium confirmâsse: Habenda & tenenda eadem Maneria cum omnibus & singulis eorum pertinentiis praefatis Dominae Katherinae, Willielmo Yelver­ton, Nicolao & Johanni Dam ad terminum vitae dictae Katherinae. Et ulteriùs con­cessimus pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictae Dominae Katherinae, Willielmo Yel­verton, [Page 194]Nicolao & Johanni Dam quòd pro aliquo vasto in aliquo Manerio Manerio­rum praedictorum faciendo usque ad summam quadraginta solidorum de caetero non im­petantur, graventur nec molestentur. Et insuper noveritis Nos praefatum Henricum, Willielmum Aldwyncle & Galfridum concessisse antedictis Dominae Katherinae, Williel­mo Yelverton, Nicolao & Johanni quòd bene licebit eisdem Dominae Katherinae, Willi­elmo Yelverton, Nicolao & Johanni durante vitâ dictae Katherinae prostituere ma­eremium ad reparandum Maneria praedicta & tenementa eisdem Maneriis pertinentia; Necnon subboscum, Wrangles & Sheredelbode pro clausuris in Maneriis praedictis fien­dis, & pro focali suo ibidem ardendo prostituere & succidere absque impetitione vasti in­de per Nos vel haeredes nostros vel per aliquos nostrum versus ipsam Dominam Katheri­nam, Willielmum Yelverton, Nicolaum & Johannem prosequenda. Ac insuper No­veritis Nos praefatum Henricum, Willielmum Aldwyncle & Galfridum remisisse, re­laxâsse & omnino pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum clamâsse prae­fatis Dominae Katherinae, Willielmo Yelverton, Nicolao & Johanni omnimodas acti­ones reales & personales ratione alicujus vasti ante datum praesentium facti, quas versus ipsos Dominam Katherinam, Willielmum Yelverton, Nicolaum & Johannem un­quam habuimus, habemus seu quovismodo habere poterimus in futurum à principio mundi usque in diem Confectionis praesentium. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti hujus Scripti indentati penes praefatam Dominam Katherinam, Willielmum Yelverton, Nicolaum & Johannem remanenti, Nos praedicti Henricus, Willielmus Aldwyncle & Galfridus Sigilla nostra apposuimus; Alteri verò parti ejusdem Scripti indentati penes Nos residenti dicta Domina Katherina, Willielmus Yelverton, Nicolaus & Jo­hannes Dam Sigilla sua apposuerunt.

Dat' septimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum tricesimo primo.
Froddesham.

Carta Henrici Greene.

TO all manner of men to whom this Writing may come, be it known, where be­fore this time that William Aldwincle Esquire hath enfeffed Master Walter Dove and other in two Assartes called Langhill and Ferthingeshaw in the County of Northampton to the use of the same William, to have and to hold to them and to their heirs for evermore; And now on late time the said Master Walter and other Feffees of the said William by the desire and agreement of the same William have made a state of the said two Assartes to William Lord Lovell Knight and other to the use of Henry Greene Esquire, to have and to hold, to them and to their heirs for evermore: Also that where before this time that the same Henry hath enfeffed the said William Aldwyncle in his Manner of Luffwick, with all his other Lands, Tenements and their appurtenances in Luffwyck, to have and to hold them to him for term of his life, the remainder of them to William Lucy Knight and others, to them and to their heirs for evermore, to the use of the said Henry; And afterward the said William Aldwyncle, at the desire of the said Henry, surrendered all his Estate and released all right and claim that he had in the same Manner, Lands and Te­nements with their appurtenances to the said William Lucy and other Feffees to the said Henry: Nevertheless, I the said Henry grant to the said William Aldwyncle the said two As­sartes for term of his life without impeachment of any waste, and the said Manner, Lands and Tenements with their appurtenances for term of his life; and over that I pray and require as well my said Feffees that now be in the said Manner, Lands, Te­nements and Assartes, and over each of them as any other that shall be hereafter to the use of me or my heirs, to make a state to the said William Aldwyncle in the said Manner, Lands, Tenements and Assartes with their appurtenance for the term of his life in the form abovesaid at such time reasonable as he shall desire of them so to do. In witness hereof I the same Henry set to the Seal of my Arms.

Given the tenth day of October the year of King Henry the VI. after the Conquest the three and thirtieth.

Carta Regis Henrici Sexti.

HEnricus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus Bal­livis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratia Nostra speciali & ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus Henrico Greene Armigero, aliàs dicto Henrico Greene Ar­migero filio & haeredi Johannis Greene, aliàs dicto Henrico Greene Armigero Con­sanguineo & haeredi Radulphi Greene, alias dicto Henrico Greene nuper Vicecomiti Northamptoniae, seu quocunque alio nomine censeatur, omnimodas transgressiones, offensas, misprisiones, contemptus & impetitiones per ipsum Henricum ante nonum diem Julii ultimo praeteritum contra formam statutorum de libertatibus pannorum & capitiorum factos sive perpetratos unde punitio caderet in demandam, debitum, seu in finem, redemptionem, aut in alias poenas pecuniarias, seu imprisonamenta, statutis praedictis non obstantibus. Et insuper ex motu & scientia nostris praedictis pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Henrico sectam pacis, nostrae quae ad Nos versus ipsum pertinet pro omnimodis proditionibus, murdris, raptibus mulie­rum, rebellionibus, insurrectionibus, feloniis, conspirationibus, Cambipartiis, ma­nutenentiis & imbraciariis, ac aliis transgressionibus, negligentiis, offensis, extorti­onibus, misprisionibus, ignorantiis, contemptibus, concelamentis, forisfacturis & de­ceptionibus per ipsum Henricum ante dictum nonum diem Julii qualitercunque factis sive perpetratis, ac etiam Utlagarias si quae in ipsum Henricum hiis occasionibus seu earum aliqua fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus: Ita tamen quòd stet rectus in Curia nostra si qui versus eum loqui voluerint de praemissis vel aliquo praemissorum. Et ulterius pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Henrico omnimoda Escapia felonum, Catalla felonum & fugitivorum, Catalla Utlaga­torum & felonum de se, deodanda, vasta, impetitiones ac omnimodos articulos itineris, destructiones & transgressiones de viridi vel venatione, venditiones boscorum infra fo­restas & extra, & aliarum rerum quarumcunque ante dictum nonum diem Julii infra Regnum nostrum Angliae & Marchias Walliae eventa & evenientia, Unde punitio ca­deret in demandam, debitum, seu in finem & redemptionem aut in alias poenas pecu­niarias, seu in forisfacturas bonorum & catallorum, aut imprisonamenta seu amercia­menta Comitatuum villarum vel singularium personarum, vel in onerationem liberi tenementi eorum qui nunquam transgressi fuerunt, ut haeredum, executorum vel terrae tenentium, Escaetorum, Vicecomitum, Coronatorum & aliorum hujusmodi, & omne id quod ad Nos versus ipsum Henricum pertinet seu pertinere poterit ex causis supra­dictis. Ac etiam pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Henrico omnimodas donationes, alienationes & perquisitiones per ipsum de terris & tenementis de Nobis vel progenitoribus nostris quondam Regibus Angliae in Capite tentis, ac etiam omni­modas donationes & perquisitiones ad manum mortuam factas & habitas absque licen­tia Regia, Necnon omnimodas inquisitiones & ingressus in haereditatem suam in parte vel in toto post mortem Antecessorum suorum absque debita prosecutione ejusdem ex­tra manum regiam ante eundem nonum diem Julii factos, unà cum exitibus & profi­cuis inde medio tempore perceptis. Et insuper pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxa­vimus eidem Henrico omnimodas poenas ante dictum nonum diem Julii forisfactas co­ram Nobis seu Concilio nostro, Cancellario, Thesaurario seu aliquo Judicum nostro­rum pro aliqua causa, & omnes alias poenas tam Nobis quàm carissimo nostro Patri de­functo per ipsum Henricum pro aliqua causa ante eundum nonum diem Julii forisfa­ctas, & ad opus nostrum levandas, ac omnimodas securitates pacis ante eundem no­num diem Julii similiter forisfactas, ac etiam tertias & tertiarum tertias omnimodorum prisonariorum in guerra captorum Nobis dicto nono die Julii qualitercunque debitas, pertinentes seu spectantes per eundem Henricum; Necnon omnimodas transgressiones, offensas, misprisiones, contemptus & impetitiones per ipsum Henricum ante eundem nonum diem Julii contra formam tam quorumcunque statutorum, ordinationum & provisionum ante dictum nonum diem Julii factorum seu editorum de perquisitionibus, [Page 196]acceptationibus, lectionibus, publicationibus, notificationibus & executionibus qui­buscunque, quarumcunque literarum & bullarum Apostolicarum ante dictum nonum diem Julii & omnium aliorum statutorum, ordinationum & provisionum, praetextu quorum aliqua secta versus eundem Henricum per billam vel per breve de praemunire facta seu alio modo quocunque pro aliqua materia ante eundem nonum diem Julii fieri valeat, quàm quorumcunque aliorum statutorum fact' sive perpetrat', statutis, ordi­nationibus & provisionibus illis non obstantibus, literis & bullis de exemptionibus duntaxat exceptis. Ac etiam pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Hen­rico omnimodos fines adjudicatos, amerciamenta, exitus forisfactos, relevia, scutagia, ac omnimoda debita, compota praestita & arreragia firmarum & compotorum Nobis ante octavum diem Julii Anno Regni nostri vicesimo sexto qualitercunque debita & pertinentia; Necnon omnimodas actiones & demandas quas Nos solus vel Nos con­junctim cum aliis personis vel alia persona habemus seu habere poterimus versus ipsum Henricum pro aliquibus hujusmodi finibus, amerciamentis, exitibus, releviis, scutagiis, debitis, compotis praestitis & arreragiis ante eundem octavum diem Julii Nobis debi­tis, ac etiam Utlagariis in ipsum Henricum promulgatis pro aliqua causarum supradi­ctarum, omnimodis debitis & compotis Nobis debitis & pertinentibus quae vigore lite­rarum nostrarum Patentium seu brevium nostrorum de magno vel privato Sigillo aut per estallamenta sive assignationes respectuata existunt omnino exceptis. Et quòd prae­sens pardonatio nostra quoad praemissa seu aliquod praemissorum non cedat in damp­num, praejudicium vel derogationem alicujus alterius personae quàm personae nostrae duntaxat, nec quòd praesens pardonatio nostra nec aliqua hujusmodi pardonatio nostra ad aliquos magnos computantes nostros qui nunc sunt vel qui nuper fuerunt, videlicet ad Thesaurarium Cales & Hospitii nostri, Vitellarios Cales, Camerarios Cestriae, North Walliae & South Walliae, Custodes Gardrobae, Hospitii nostri aut Custodes magnae Gardrobae nostrae, aut Custodes sive Clericos operationum nostrarum, Consta­bularios, Burdegales, Thesaurarium terrae nostrae Hiberniae, & receptores Ducatus no­stri Lancastriae & Ducatus nostri Cornubiae tam generales quàm particulares quo ad ali­qua hujusmodi officia sua seu hujusmodi occupationes suas aut alicujus earundem tan­gentia ullo modo se extendat. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri feci­mus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium quarto decimo die Octobris Anno Regni nostri tricesimo quarto.
Kirkeham.

Per ipsum Regem.

Indentura inter Ducem Buckinghamiae & Henricum Greene pro maritagia Constanciae filiae praedicti Henrici.

THIS Indenture made the nineteenth day of January in the yere of the Reigne of King Henry the Sixth, after the Conquest the six and thirtieth, between the high and myghty Prynce Humfrey Duc of Buks on that oon partie and Henry Greene Squyer on that othir partie Witnesseth, That it is accorded and agreed between the said parties in the fourme that followeth, that is, to wite, That John, oon of the Sonnes of the said Duc, shall by the grace of God wedde and take to wyfe Constance Doughter and heire apparant to the said Henry Greene; before the fest of Lammasse next comyng, and the said Constance shall take to Husband the said John byfore the same fest, and the said Duc shall bere all the costes of the same Mariage. And the said Duc graunteth by these presents for the said mariage to be had in the fourme aforesaid, that he shall make, or doo to be made before the fest of the Na­tivite of Seynt John Baptiste next comyng to William Katesby Knyght, Henry Greene, Squyer, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Bylling Serjaunts of Law, Thomas Wake Squyer, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford, a sufficient and lawful Estate in and of Manoirs, Londs and Tenements, to the yearly value of four hundred marks over all maner, charges, and repryses, the ordinarie charges of ordinarie officers onely except, to have to theyme and to theire heirs for evermore. And the said Duc and my Lady his wyfe shall be­fore [Page 197]the said fest of Seynt John, by Fine to be rered in the Kyngs Courte, at the costes of the said Duc between theyme and the said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Lit­tilton, Thomas Billyng, Thomas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford beying seised of the same Manoirs, Londs and Tenements before the said feoffament made to theyme, knowlage the same Monoirs, Londs and Tenements to be the right of the said William Catesby, as tho that the same William, Henry, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Ro­bert and William have of the yeft of the said Duc and my Lady his wyfe: And the same Duc, and my Lady, and the heirs of my said Lady, shall warant the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements to the said William, Henry, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Robert and William and to the heirs of the said Willam Catesby for evermore.

Item, The said Duc shall doo and cause Humfrey his sonne and heire apparaunt by his dede sufficient in Law enrolled in the Kyngs Courte of Record to ratefye and confirme the state of the said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Billyng, Tho­mas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford, and to the heirs of oon of theyme ac­cordyng to the said fyne of and in the Londs and Tenements comprised in the same fyne, with a clause of Warantie according to the same.

Item, The said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Billyng, Thomas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford soe being seised of the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements shall graunte sufficiently by theire dede to suche persones as the said Henry Greene shall name, an annuyte of three hundred markes goying oute of all the said Londs and Tenements to be perceyved for terme of the lyfes of Margaret wyfe to the said Henry, John and Constance and everyche of theyme longest lyvyng, the same an­nuyte to begynne to be levable at suche tymes as the same John and Constance, or outher of theyme, or any outher by the sturringe, excitation, or commandemente of theyme, or of outher of theyme durynge the lyfe of the said John, or elles the said Constance after the decesse of the said John beyng not relyvered to her said Fader as is hereafter writen, disturbe, or interrupte in any wise, after the deth of the said Henry, the Estates made or to be made by the said Henry, or by other at his desire, to the said Margaret his wyfe, or to other his servants, for terme of theire lyfes of three hundred markes worth land by yere, beneth excepted, or any part thereof, or elles disturbe or interrupte the last will of the said Henry to be made by hyme of Londs by hyme purchased, or to be pur­chased, or of his movable goodes; and if noe suche disturbance or interruption be, the said graunte to be voide.

Item, The said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Billyng, Thomas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford soe being seised of the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements after the said graunte of Annuyte and within three monethes after the said mariage had, shall make Estate by dede endented of all the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements to the said Duc, to have to him for terme of his lyfe, withoute impech­ment of waste; the remayndre thereof after his decesse to the said John and Constance, and to the heirs of theire two bodyes begotyn, the remayndre thereof, for defaute of suche heirs, to the right heirs of the said Duc.

Item, Hit is agreed and accorded between the said parties, that the said Duc and my Lady his wyfe, shall have the rule and governaunce of the said Constance after the said mariage had, duringe the spousel between the said John and Constance, and fynde her at the costes of the same Duc.

Item, The said Henry graunteth by these Presents, that the said Constance his Doughter, shall have after his decesse, and after the decesse of such persone or persones as now hath, or by the said Henry, or by his Feoffees at his desire shall have, any Londs or Tenements for terme of lyfe, whereof the reversion is or shall be to the same Henry, or to any other to his use, all the issues and profits of all the Londs and Tenements that he, or any to his use, hath without diminution or abregement; and the Feoffees in and of the same Londs and Tenements that now be, or shall be, shall within six monethes after the dethe of the same Henry, make thereof Estate to the said Constance, and to her heirs if they be thereto requyred, except that it shall be lawful to the said Hen­ry to graunte, or doo to be graunted, to Margaret his wyfe, and to other his servants, [Page 198]Londs and Tenements of the same to the yerely value of three hundred markes, to have to theyme onely for terme of lyfe of theyme that the said Grauntes shall be made unto, soe that the reversion thereof, after the decesse of the said Henry, and of such persones as the said Grauntes shall be made unto, shall come to the said Constance and to her heires; Except also that hit shall be lawful to the said Henry for to doo and aleyne at his will and pleasure, all such Londs and Tenements as he hath purchased before this tyme, now beyng in his handes, or in any other mannes to his use; and al­so all such Londs and Tenements as he shall purchase hereafter, not beyng at this day in his owne hands, nor in none other persones to his use; Except also other Londs and Tenements to the yerely value of two hundred marks, whereof the Feoffees of the said Henry that now bene, or shall be after the decesse of the said Henry, shall suffer the said John and Constance to take the profits unto the tyme that the same John and Con­stance, or outher of theyme, or any othir by theire excitation, sturryng or commande­ment, lette, disturbe or interrupte, in any wise, the Estates made or to be made by the said Henry, or by any othir at his desire to the said Margaret his wyfe, or to other his servaunts for terme of theire lyfes, of the said three hundred marks worth Lond above except, or any parte thereof, or elles disturbe or interrupte the last wyll of the said Henry to be made by him of the said Londs by him purchased, or to be purchased, or of his moveable goodes; and if any suche disturbaunce or interruption be, then the said Feoffees shall restreyne the said John and Constance of takyng of any profites of the said two hundred markes worth Lond, and shall applye the profites thereof for the soule hele of the said Henry, or elles for perfourmynge of suche wyll as the said Henry shall there­of declare.

For seene alway, that if the said Henry happen hereafter to have any other issue by the said Margaret his wyfe, that then all his said Londs and Tenements, except thereof one hundred pounds worth land by yere, and except the said Londs and Tenements purchased and to be purchased after the fourme aforesaid, shall descende or come to such as the Common Law will shall be heire to the said Henry of the body of the said Margaret begotyn. And the said Henry graunteth that if hit happen him hereafter to have issue male by the said Margaret his wyfe, that notwithstondyng the said Constance shall have to her and to her heires after the dethe of the said Henry one hundred poundes worth Londs above except of the said Londs and Tenements. And if hit happen hereafter the said Henry to have other issue female by the said Margaret, and dye withoute issue male begotyn of the body of the same Margaret, then the said Constance shall have, after the dethe of the same Henry, one hundred pounds worth Lond by yere of the said Londs and Tenements, over such part as shulde come to her by the dethe of the said Henry her Fader, after the course of the Common Law, and the same Henry shall not hereafter make any wyll to the contrary of the premisses.

Item, The said Henry graunteth that he shall be bounden to the said Duc by his ob­ligation to be enrolled in the Kyngs Courte, at the costes of the said Duc, in two thousand marks, upon condition to be conteyned in the same obligation, that he shall not alien, ne discontynue, ne make to be aliened or discontynued any Londs or Tene­ments, which he or any other persone or persones to his use hath in demene or rever­sion, otherwise than is abovesaid, but if hit be to the entente abovesaid, ne any thing elles doo or cause to be done touching the said Londs and Tenements, that shall be in derogation or prejudice of the premisses, or contrary to the entente abovesaid.

Item, The said Duc graunteth by these presentes, that if hit happen hereafter (as God defende) the said John his Sonne to dye after the said mariage had lyvyng the said Duc and Constance, then the said Duc within two monethes after the decesse of the said John, shall delyver or doo to be delyvered to the said Henry, or to his Executours, at Milton in the Shire of Northampton, at the costes of the said Henry or of his Executours, the said Constance unmaried and unassured of mariage to any other persone by the stur­ryng, procurynge, wille or assent of the said Duc; and the same Duc shall do his parte for to lette the said Constance to be maried, or assured of marriage, to any other per­sone before the said livere of her made to the said Henry or to his Executours.

Item, The said Duc graunteth that he shall deliver within a halfe yere after the said mariage to the said Henry to the use of the said John and Constance, all the Evidences that the same Duc or any other to his behof hath concernyng onely the said Londs and Tenements, whereof the same Duc shall make or doo to be made a state to the said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Robert and William Cumber­ford as is abovesaid; and if any Evidences there be concerning to the same Londs and Tenements, or any parte of theyme and other Londs and Tenements, that then the said Henry shall have the Exemplification of theyme at the costes of the said Duc if the said Henry desire them.

In witness whereof to that one parte of these Endentures with the said Duc re­mayning the foresaid Henry Greene hath sett his Seall, and to that othir parte of the same Endentures with the said Henry remayning, the said Duc hath sett his Seall. Yeven the day and yere abovesaid.

Ultima Voluntas Henrici Greene.

THIS is the Will of me Henry Greene Squyer, made the third day of September, the seaventh yere of the Reigne of King Edward the Fourth, upon the Maner of Sudburgh and all the Londs and Tenements with theire appurtenances that byn of my purchase in Sudburgh aforesaid in the Counte of Northampton, Thorpe, beside Petirburgh, Marham, Wittelsey, Southorp and Luffwyck, and of the woodes called Langhyll and Fer­thyngshaw in the same Counte, and of all othir woodes wh [...]che I bought of William Ald­wyncle, and in the handes of divers persones by Testemen [...] made to theyme for myne use, as it appereth in severall dedes to performe my will.

Whereupon first I will that my Feoffes of and in my Londs and Tenements in Thorpe, beside Petirburgh after my decesse make estate of theyme to Margaret my wyfe for terme of her lyve, the remaindre thereof to Constance my Doughter, to have to her and to the heirs of her body begotyn, and for defaute of suche issue the remaindre thereof to my right heires.

Item, I will that my Feoffes of the Londs and Tenements in Wittelsey, Southorp and Marham of my purchase after my decesse make estate of them to Margaret my wyfe for terme of her lyfe, the remaindre thereof to Robert Wittelbury and to the heirs of his body begotyn, and for defaute of suche issue the remaindre thereof to my right heirs.

And I will that my Feoffes of the Londs and Tenements in Luffwyk of my purchase called Coles, Thynge and Befviles Thynge after my decesse, make estate to my Lord John of Buckingham, and to my Lady his wyfe, and to the heires comyng betwix theyme, and for defaute of suche issue the remaindre thereof to my right heires for ever, if my said Lord nor Lady, nor theyr heires, nor any othir by theyme procuryng, assentyng, or commandement in any part hereof lett not my will to be performyd, and if they or any of theyme lett my said will to be performyd, then I will that theire estate thereyn be void, and that the same Londs and Tenements be sold and disposed by mine Ex­ecutours in dedes of Charite.

Item, I will that two Priestes shall be made sure, ether of them to have fourtene marks yerely on the charges of my purchased Londs or Rentes, perpetually to syng in the Parysh Chirche of Luffwyk, and to doe othir devyne service there and pray for the sowles of me and of Sir Henry Greene Justice, and othir of myne Auncestres and Be­nefactors, and all Crystyn sowles. And if hit shall happyn no suche xxiiij marks yerely to be purchesid hereafter be me, then I will they shall have sewerly to theyme and theyre successours for evermore xxiiij marks yerely perpetuelly of my Maner of Sudburgh.

Item, I will that Thomas Haldenby shall have a sufficiant graunte of one annuite of xiiij marks to have to hym for terme of his lyfe, to be taken of the revenue of my Maner of Houghton in the Counte of Northampton, if he make his Lettres Patents that he hath of like graunte by me made to hym, to be taken of the Maners of Hardewyk and Grate­ley to be surrendid and cancellid, and he to doe lyke service as is contenyd in his said first Lettres Patentes.

Item, I will that Margaret my wyfe, after my decesse, have the Maneres of Buckworth in the Counte of Huntyngton, and Herdewyk in the Counte of Northampton with othir Londs and Tenements before expressed for terme of hir lyve, the remayndre of theyme to my right heires.

Item, I will that my Feoffees of my Woods and Assartes called Langhill, and Farthing­shaw, and Tolkithorpewoode, after my decesse make a state of my said Lord John and Dame Constance his wyfe, my Doughter, and to the heires of the body of the same Dame Con­stance comyng, and for defaute of suche issue, the remayndre of theyme to the right heires of me the said Henry Greene.

In witnesse whereof to these Presents I set the Seal of myne Armes. Yeven the daie and yere abovesaid.

SIGILLVM HENRICI GRENE ARMIGIRI

Carta Margaretae Relictae Henrici Greene.

NOverint Universi per Praesentes me Margaretam quae sui uxor Henrici Greene Armigeri defuncti fecisse, ordinâsse & loco meo posuisse Dilectos mihi in Christo Robertum Wittelbury Armigerum & Jacobum Barlowe meos veros & legitimos Attor­natos conjunctim & divisim ad recipiendum pro me & nomine meo de Thoma Len­ton & Katherina filia Roberti Long consanguinea & haerede Willielmi Aldwyncle Ar­migeri defuncti, vel de eorum in hac parte Attornatis, plenam & pacificam possessionem & seisinam de & in Manerio de Comberton cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatu Canta­brigiae secundùm vim, formam & effectum cujusdam Cartae indentatae per praefatum Thomam & Katherinam mihi prefatae Margaretae ad terminum vitae meae inde con­fectae, Ratum & gratum habens & habitura totum & quicquid praedicti Attornati mei nomine meo fecerint aut alter eorum fecerit in praemissis. In cujus rei Testimonium Praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui.

Datum vicesimo sexto die mensis Maii Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti post Conquestum nono.
The Tombe of Henry Greene Lord of Drayton Extant in St. Peters Church in Luffwick

CONSTANCE GREENE, Countess of Wiltshire, Lady of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Antiquities of Warwickshire, Page 729. Writing of Maxton-Castle.

WITHIN the body thereof is a little Chapel, in which by special dispen­sation of Reynold Boaters, then Bishop of this Diocess, was solemnized the Marriages of John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury and Katharine Stafford, one of the Daughters of the said Duke, in the thirty sixth year of King Henry the Sixth; and of John Stafford one of his younger Sons, after created Earl of Wiltshire, and Constance the Daughter of Henry Green Esquire.

Baronage of England, Page 174. Stafford Earl of Wiltshire.

IN the ninth of Edward the Fourth, the fifth of January, John Stafford a younger Son to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham was created Earl of Wiltshire, and in the twelfth of Edward the Fourth joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others, to treat with the Ambassadors of James the third King of Scotland, upon certain com­plaints of grievances from each Realm. And having married Constance the Daughter and heir of Sir Henry Greene of Drayton in the County of Northampton Knight, departed this life the eight of May, the thirteenth of Edward the Fourth, leaving Edward his Son three years of age, being then seized joyntly with the said Constance of the Manors of Southo in Com. Hunt. of Newinton-Blosmaville, Clifton and Pollicote in Comitatu Bucks, of the Manors of Stamford, Rivers, Tracies, Suttons, Piggesland, Bottelles, and Briggs, in Co­mitatu Essexiae; Effingham, Shepestead, Tillingdon, Porkley, Waldingham, Upwoode, Gatyers and Fallingburg, in Comitatu Surriae.

Carta Regis Edwardi Quarti.

EDwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra spe­ciali & absque fine seu feodo Nobis in Hanapario Cancellariae nostrae solvendo concessi­mus & licentiam dedimus pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris quantum in Nobis est prae­dilecto Consanguino nostro Johanni Stafford Militi, filio Humfridi nuper Ducis Buck­inghamiae, & Constanciae uxori ejusdem Johannis, filiae & haeredis Henrici Greene Ar­migeri defuncti, quòd ipsi Manerium de Grafton juxta Gedyngton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, & Manerium de Hardwyke cum pertinentiis in eodem Co­mitatu, quae de Nobis tenentur in Capite, ut dicitur, dare possint & concedere Ri­chardo Heton, Willielmo Comberford, Johanni Jefferey Clerico, & Olivero Sutton; Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de Nobis & haeredibus nostris per ser­vitia inde debita & consueta imperpetuum: Ita quòd ipsi habitâ inde plenâ & paci­ficâ seisinâ dictum Manerium de Grafton juxta Gedyngton cum pertinentiis dare pos­sint & concedere praefatis Johanni Stafford & Constanciae, Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servi­tia praedicta imperpetuum. Et dictum Manerium de Hardewike cum pertinentiis dare possint & concedere Margaretae quae fuit uxor praedicti Henrici Greene Armigeri, Ha­bendum & tenendum eidem Margaretae pro termino vitae suae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia praedicta; Ita quòd post mortem ejusdem Margaretae idem Maneri­um de Hardewike cum pertinentiis integrè remaneat praefato Johanni Stafford & Con­stanciae; Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta imperpetuum. Ac etiam tam eisdem Richardo, Willielmo, Johanni Jefferey & Olivero, quòd ipsi Maneria praedicta cum [Page 202]pertinentiis à praefatis Johanne Stafford & Constancia recipere possint & tenere sibi & haeredibus suis praedictis de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta imperpetuum, quàm eisdem Johanni Stafford & Constanciae quòd ipsi dictum Mane­rium de Grafton juxta Gedyngton cum pertinentiis à praefatis Richardo, Willielmo, Johanne, Jefferey & Olivero similiter recipere possint & tenere sibi & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta imperpetu­um. Ac eidem Margaretae quòd ipsa dictum Manerium de Hardewicke cum perti­nentiis à praefatis Richardo, Willielmo, Johanne, Jefferey & Olivero recipere possit, & tenere sibi pro termino vitae suae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta; Ita quòd post mortem ejusdem Margaretae idem Manerium de Harde­wicke cum pertinentiis integrè remaneat praefatis Johanni Stafford & Constanciae, Habendem & tenendum sibi & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia predicta sicut praedictum est, imperpetuum, tenore prae­sentium similiter licentiam dedimus specialem. Nolentes quòd praefati Johannes Staf­ford & Constancia vel haeredes ipsius Constanciae, aut praefati Richardus, Willielmus, Johannes Jefferey & Oliverus vel haeredes sui, aut praefata Margareta per Nos vel hae­redes nostros, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, Coronatores aut alios Ballivos seu Ministros nostros vel haeredum nostrorum quoscunque ratione praemissorum occasio­nentur, molestentur, impetantur in aliquo seu graventur, aut eorum aliquis occasione­tur, molestetur, impetatur in aliquo seu gravetur. In cujus rei Testimonium has Li­teras nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Maii Anno Regni nostri nono.
Iver. Per breve de privato Sigillo & de data praedicta auctoritate Parliamenti.

Carta Regis Edwardi Quarti.

EDwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem.

Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speci­ali & absque fine seu feodo Nobis in Hanapario Cancellariae nostrae solvendo Concessi­mus & licentiam dedimus pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris quantum in Nobis est, Thomae Lenton & Katherinae filiae Roberti Long Consanguineis & haeredibus Williel­mi Aldwyncle Armigeri defuncti, quòd ipsi Manerium de Alba Rothynge cum per­tinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae ac advocationem Ecclesiae de Alba Rothynge quae de Nobis tenetur in Capite ut dicitur, dare possint & concedere praedilecto Consanguineo nostro Johanni Stafford Militi, filio Humfridi nuper Ducis Buckinghamiae, & Con­stanciae uxori ejusdem Johannis filiae & haeredi Henrici Greene Armigeri desuncti, Habendum & tenendum eisdem Johanni Stafford & Constanciae & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia inde debita & consueta imper­petuum. Et quòd dicti Thomas & Katherina Manerium de Comberton cum per­tinentiis in Comitatu Cantabrigiae quod de Nobis similiter tenetur in Capite ut dici­tur, dare possint & concedere Margaretae quae fuit uxor praedicti Henrici Greene Ar­migeri, Habendum & tenendum eidem Margaretae pro termino vitae suae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta; Ita quòd post mortem ejusdem Margaretae idem Manerium de Comberton cum pertinentiis integrè remaneat praefatis Johanni Stafford & Constanciae, Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus ipsius Con­stanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris per servitia praedicta imperpetuum. Et tam eisdem Johanni Stafford & Constanciae, quòd ipsi dictum Manerium de Alba Ro­thynge cum pertinentiis ac dictam advocationem Ecclesiae de Alba Rothynge à prae­dictis Thoma & Katherina recipere possint & tenere sibi & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta imperpetuum, quàm eidem Margaretae, quòd ipsa dictum Manerium de Comberton cum pertinentiis à praefatis Thoma & Katherina recipere possit & tenere sibi pro termino vitae suae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta; Ita quòd post mortem ejusdem Mar­garetae idem Manerium de Comberton cum pertinentiis integrè remaneat praefatis Jo­hanni [Page 203]Stafford & Constanciae, Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus ipsius Con­stanciae de Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictis per servitia praedicta sicut praedictum est, imperpetuum, tenore praesentium similiter licentiam dedimus specialem: Nolentes quòd praefati Thomas & Katherina vel haeredes sui, aut praefati Johannes Stafford & Constancia vel haeredes ipsius Constanciae, aut praefata Margareta per Nos vel haeredes nostros, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, Coronatores aut alios Ballivos seu Mi­nistros nostros quoscunque ratione praemissorum occasionentur, molestentur, impetan­tur in aliquo seu, graventur, aut eorum aliquis occasionetur, molestetur, impetatur in aliquo, seu gravetur. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Maii Anno Regni nostri nono.
Iver. Per breve de privato Sigillo & de data praedicta auctoritate Parliamenti.

Carta Thomae Lenton & Katherinae filiae Roberti Long.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Nos Thomas Lenton & Katherina filia Roberti Long Consanguinea & haeres Willielmi Aldwyncle Armigeri defuncti, de licen­tia Domini nostri Regis Edwardi Quarti per Literas suas Patentes concessa, tradidi­mus, dimisimus & hac praesenti Carta nostra confirmavimus Johanni Stafford Militi filio Humfridi nuper Ducis Buckinghamiae, & Constanciae uxori ejusdem Johannis filiae & haeredis Henrici Greene Armigeri defuncti, Manerium de Alba Rothynge cum per­tinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae ac advocationem Ecclesiae de Alba Rothynge praedicta, Habendum & tenendum eisdem Johanni Stafford & Constanciae & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de dicto Domino Rege & haeredibus suis per servitia inde debita & de jure consuera imperpetuum. Fecimus etiam & constituimus dilectos Nobis in Christo Wil­lielmum Warner & Johannem Gissynge nostros veros & legitimos Attornatos conjun­ctim & divisim ad deliberandum pro Nobis & nominibus nostris praefatis Johanni Stafford & Constanciae vel eorum in hac parte Attornato plenam & pacificam posses­sionem & seisinam de & in Manerio ac advocatione praedictis cum suis pertinentiis se­cundum vim, formam & effectum istius Cartae nostrae, Ratum & gratum habentes & ha­bituri totum & quicquid praedicti Attornati nostri fecerint aut eorum alter fecerit in praemissis. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Cartae nostrae Sigilla nostra appo­suimus, Hiis Testibus, Thoma Tyrell, Willielmo Tyrell seniore, Willielmo Tyrell juniore, Militibus; Waltero Writell Armigero, & multis aliis.

Dat' vicesimo sexto die mensis Maii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti supradicti post Conquestum nono.

Ultima Voluntas Johannis Comitis Wilts

IN the name of God Amen. The one and twentyeth day of the moneth of April, the year of our Lord God one thousand four hundred seaventy and three, I John Earl of Wyltshyre, of holle minde and in goode memorie, bequeth my soule to Allmi­thi Gode my Creatur and Savior, to our Lady Saynt Mary and to all the Holy Sayntes in Heven, and my body to be beried in the Colage of Plassy, in the midell Arch. And I wyll that myne Executors cause a convenient Tombe there to be made for me of marble playne, with an ymage gilte like a Knight of the Garter thereupon, with such Armes as I bere by myne Auncestres. Also I wyll that twelve markes of the Manoir of Grimmisbry in the Counte of Bedford be disposed unto a Prest, perpetually to sing for my soule within the said Colage of Plassy, chargyng on Godes behalfe, the Master there now beyng, or eny other that hereafter shall be, that they and ever ich of them chese allway a goode and able Prest to be bounden to the service and customes of the same Colage as largely in all thinges as eny Felow of the same been. Also I wyll that my servant Edward Mandeby have forty shillings yerely during his lyfe of the said Manoir of Grimmesbry. And I wyll that my said Manoir the residue hereof yerely be disposed to [Page 204]a pore man, to pray for me within the said Parish of Plassy. And with the residue over that, if eny be, I wyll yerely to be disposed for myne obite. And also I wyll that the land I purchased of William Heton, the which joyneth unto my Lordship of Newen­ton, remayne unto my Sonne and heire, that it be not put from the Lordship of New­enton, in recompence of the Lordship of Gretwell in Lyncolnshire; and I have put in ex­chaunging for this, Lislode and other. Also I wyll that all such plate as I had by wyfe, remayne still agen to the use of her and my Sonne and hers. And as for the two gilte potis, six new bollis gylte, two gylte basynnes that I bought, and a gylte cup being in the kepeing of Oliver Sutton, with all other plate that is myne undisposed, be sold to the most avayle, and with the money thereof coming my depts to be payed. And I bequeth to my Sister of Shrewsbury two gilte Saltes that I bought. For all such stuff as I bought my self, beding or any other thing, be at the disposition of my Executors; soe all that comen by my Fader-in-Law and my wyfe remaine styll to the use of my said wyfe terme of her lyfe, and after to my Sonne and heire. And I bequeth unto Berushaw my manne and servant, my long black Gowne furryed with blake lambe, and three pounds six shillings eight pence in money; and I beseech my Lady my Mo­der to be his goode Lady, and that it will please her to take him to service. Also I bequeth unto the Parish Church of Luffwyk an hole Gowne of blake velvet. And I bequeth the Gownes of silke unto the Colage of Plassy. Also bequeth my grey Coarser and Alisaunder my henchman unto my Lord my Nevue. And as for my blake coarser I bequeath him unto my Lady my Moder. And if it please the Kinges goode grace for all the trew service that ever I did him, I desire that my Lady my Moder may have the keeping of my said Sonne, and I beseche the Kinges goode grace that my said Sonne be never maryed under the estate of a Baron. Also I bequeth unto Thomas Cheney the next bay coarser after my Lady my Moder have chosen. Also I will pray William Merbury to be attendaunt unto my Sonne, and he to have rule aboute him. Also I bequeth unto my Mother-in-law the cope that I had of my Sister Veere. Also I bequeth unto Anne Wittelbury the cheyne of Golde that Cornish hath in pleage. Also I bequeth unto every Gentylman and Gentylwoman whit in my howsehold five markes of money, and to every Yoman twenty shillings, to every Groome thirteene shillinges four pence, and to every Page three shillings four pence. Also I bequeth unto Bertelmew Chesnale my bay Geldynge. And I wyll that all my detts which I owe to eny persone of ryght be duly and truly payd, of the which I have putte a greate parte to my knowlage in a bill hereunto annexid. And if my detts may be payd of myne owne goodes by the meane of myne Executors without the sale of my Manoir of Babenho, Then I wyll that the revenues and profites of the said Manoir with the appurtenancas be lefte in the rule of myne Executors to suche time as my detts be payed; And that soe doon, I wyll that the revenues and profites of the said Manoir with the appurtenaunces yerely remayne to the rule of my said Executors to the use and profite of my sonne and heire durynge the tyme and space of his nonage; And than the said Manoir with the appurtenaunces be delivered to my sonne and heire, and to the ryght heires of his body lawfully comynge; And for lak of suche issue to my Nevue Thomas Talbot and to the heirs of his body lawfully comyng; And for lak of such issue, the remayner to my Lord, my Nevue of Buckingham, and to the ryght heires of him. And whereas eny maner of dett or dute is owyng to me by obligati­on or otherwise, with all such arrerages as be behynde due to me of all my Lyflode or possessions with all such issues and profites and revenues as is grown of lyvelode of this Ester Terme laste paste, I wyll it be gadered and levyed by myne Executors to the performyng of my Wyll, and it for to be disposid for me as theyme think it best. And the residue all my Goods and Catalles moveable, wheresoever they be, after my Fynurell expences and all costes and charges performed and doon, and all my be­qustes within written well and trewly done and fulfyllyd, I give then to the discreti­on of myne Executors to be doon for me as theyme seemes best and most helth of my sowle. And of this my present Testament I make and ordeyne myne Executors, that is to say, the most Reverent Fader in God my Lord Cardenall, and my most in­terest [Page 205]beloved Lady and Moder my cheff Executors; my Fader Walter, my Lord Mountjoy, the Master of the Colage of Foderingham, Master John Geoffrey, Oliver Sutton, William Merbury and Rauf Tykhull.

Indentura facta inter Constanciam Comitissam de Wilts & Thomam Billing Capitalem Justiciar. Dom. Regis ad Placita, &c. & alios, facta.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Constanciam Comitissam Wilts ex parte una & Tho­mam Billing Capitalem Justiciarium Domini Regis ad Placita coram ipso Rege tenenda, Richardum Tunstall Militem, Willielmum Catesby Militem, Johannem Ca­tesby Servientem Domini Regis ad legem, Nicolaum Griffen Armigerum, Robertum Wittelbury Armigerum, Willielmum Catesby Armigerum, Thomam Merys Armige­rum, Richardum Welby, Thomam Babyngton, Oliverum Sutton & Simonem Bur­ton ex parte altera testatur, Quòd praefata Comitissa tradidit & ad firmam dimisit praefatis Thomae, Richardo, Willielmo, Johanni, Nicolao, Roberto, Willielmo, Thomae, Richardo, Thomae, Olivero & Simoni Manerium suum de Alba Rothynge cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae una cum advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem, Maneri­um de Grafton juxta Warton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae una cum advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem, Maneria de Warminster, Westbury & Dycherigge cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Wilts, Habenda & tenenda praedicta Maneria cum om­nibus & singulis eorum pertinentiis una cum advocationibus Ecclesiarum praedi­ctarum praedictis Thomae, Richardo, Willielmo, Johanni, Nicolao, Roberto, Wil­lielmo, Thomae, Richardo, Thomae, Olivero & Simoni & assignatis suis à festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli ultimò praeterito ante datum praesentium usque ad finem & terminum septem annorum extunc proximè sequentium & plenariè completorum, Reddendo inde praefatae Comitissae vel Assignatis suis centum & viginti libras legalis monetae Angliae annuatim durante termino praedicto ad duos anni terminos, videlicet, ad festa Paschae & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli per aequales portiones. Et si contin­gat dictam annuam firmam centum & viginti librarum aretro fore in parte vel in toto post aliquod festum festorum praedictorum quo solvi debeat per sex septimanas, tunc bene liceat & licebit praedictae Comitissae & assignatis suis in omnibus praedictis Ma­neriis cum omnibus & singulis eorum pertinentiis & in qualibet parcella eorundem di­stringere & districtiones sic captas licitè abducere, effugare, asportare & penes se reti­nere quousque de praedicto annuali redditu una cum arreragiis si quae fuerint, plenariè sibi fuerit satisfactum & persolutum. In cujus rei Testimonium tam praefata Comi­tissa quàm praefati Thomas, Richardus, Willielmus, Johannes, Nicolaus, Robertus, Willielmus, Thomas, Richardus, Thomas, Oliverus & Simon praesentibus Indentu­ris Sigilla sua alternatim apponi fecerunt.

Dat' vicesimo die Martii Anno Regni Re­gis Edwardi Quarti post Conquestum quarto decimo.

EDWARD STAFFORD Earl of Wiltshire, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships.

Among the Evidences of the Earl of Peterborow.

MEmorandum, That in the sixt yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord King Henry the Seaventh, the Tennants and Inhabitants of Luffwycke and Sudburgh were in variance, strife, and debate for the occupation of Luffwyke Leyse perteynyng to Luffwycke, and for the occupation of Brigsyleyes perteyning to Sud­burgh, insomuch that the Tennants and Inhabitants of Luffwycke did impounde a flock of Shepe of Sudburgh, sayeing, that they had noe Common of their Leyse: And in [Page 206]like wise the Tennants and Inhabitants of Sudburgh did impounde a flock of Shepe of Luffwycke, sayeing, that they had noe Common of their sayd Brigsyleyes. And for as much as the Earle of Wiltes was chiefe Lorde of both the Lordships, the Inhabitants of both Townes sued to him and his Councell for reformation and pacefyeing of the said vari­ance, strife, and debate. And when he had heard their request, he sayd to them, that he would by the advise of his Councell take a good and an indifferent direction and order betwixt the said parties. And then he commanded his Councell to goe to the said Leyes in variance, and call before them the Inhabitants of both Townes, and view the ground and set such directions betwixt the said Inhabitants of both Townes, that there should be noe more variance for Common of the said Leyes after that tyme. The which Councellers tooke a direction, that the Tennants of Luffwycke should have and occupy their owne Leyes in peace without disturbance or clayme of Common of the Tennants of Sudburgh; And in like wise the Tennants of Sudburgh should have and occupy the sayd Brigsyleyes in peace without disturbance or clayme of Common of the Tennants of Luffwycke. And over that they said, Yee been all my Lordes Ten­nants, and it is his pleasure that yee shall live in rest, as good neighbours should doe. And after the sayd order and direction it have been used and kepte from the sayd sixt yeare till Midsommer now last past.

Carta Edwardi Comitis Wilts.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Edwardus Comes Wilts dedi & concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto Wittelbury Armigero, Willielmo Mar­bury Armigero, Willielmo Felde Clerico, Roberto Bayston Clerico, Thomae Montegu & Johanni Freeman Maneria mea de Nauseby Churche, Brampton, Houghton magna, Hakelton, Pedyngton, Luffwyck, Islip, Sudburgh, Lenden, Haringworth, Raundes, Stanwycke, Ringstede, Aldwyncle cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Southo cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Huntingtoniae, Neuton, Blosmevile, Clyfton, Reynes, Policote, Wanden, Emberton, Wolston magna cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, Grimmesbury, Bakenho, Chalton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Bed­fordiae, Suttons, Piggeslonde, Bryggelonde, Tracyes, Stamford Ryvers cum perti­nentiis in Comitatu Essexiae, Chypstede, Waldingham, Effingham cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Surriae, Warminstre, Westbury, Grateley, Dychirche cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Wiltoniae, cum advocationibus Ecclesiarum, Capellarum & Cantariarum eisdem Maneriis & eorum cuilibet pertinentibus; ac etiam omnia alia terras & tene­menta, redditus, reversiones & proficua, advocationes Ecclesiarum & haereditamenta quaecunque cum pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis quae nuper fuerunt Johannis nu­per Comitis Wilts sive Constanciae nuper uxoris ipsius Comitis, vel aliquorum aliorum ad eorum sive eorum alterius usum in Comitatibus praedictis, ac omnia terras, & tenementa mea in Comitatibus praedictis; Exceptis omnibus illis terris & tenementis in eisdem Comitatibus cum pertinentiis quae de Domino Rege immediatè tenentur in Capite: Habenda & tenenda omnia praedicta Maneria, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & proficua cum omnibus suis pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis (exce­ptis praeexceptis) praefato Roberto Wittelbury, Willielmo Felde, Roberto Bayston, Thomae Montegu & Johanni Freeman, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum ad usum mei praefati Comitis & haeredum meorum de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Comes & hae­redes mei omnia praedicta Maneria, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & pro­ficua cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, advocationes Ecclesiarum & haereditamenta su­pradicta cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, exceptis praeexceptis, praefatis Roberto Wittel­bury, Willielmo Marbury, Willielmo Felde, Robert Bayston, Thomae Montegu & Johanni Freeman, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, acquietabimus & imperpetuum defendemus. Noveritis insuper Nos praefatum Comi­tem ordinâsse, constituisse, attornâsse, & in loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in Chri­sto Thomam Chafyn Gentilman, Robertum Wilkinson, Thomam Hawbury, Ed­wardum [Page 207]Browet, Thomam Leder & Thomam Dele meos veros & legitimos Attor­natos conjunctim & divisim ad intrandum in omnia praedicta maneria, terras, tene­menta, redditus, reversiones & proficua & caetera praemissa, exceptis praeexceptis, & ad deliberandum seisinam de & in eisdem Maneriis, terris & tenementis, & cae­teris praemissis cum pertinentiis, exceptis praeexceptis, praefatis Roberto Wittelbury, Willielmo Marbury, Willielmo Felde, Roberto Bayston, Thomae Montegu & Jo­hanni Freeman, haeredibus & assignatis suis secundum vim, formam & effectum hujus praesentis Cartae inde, ratum & gratum habens & habiturus totum & quicquid dicti Attornati mei sive eorum aliquis nomine meo fecerit in praemissis, seu in aliquo prae­missorum. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Cartae meae Sigillum apposui, hiis testibus Georgio Comite Kantiae, Johanne Grey Domino de Wilton, Thoma Greene Milite, Johanne Wake Milite, & multis aliis.

Dat' vicesimo quarto die mensis Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi post Conquestum Angliae nono.

Carta Edwardi Comitis Wilts.

EDwardus Comes Wilts
Omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit Salutem in Domino sempiternam.

Sciatis Nos praefatum Edwardum tum pro bono & fideli servitio Nobis per Dilectum nostrum Willielmum Pemberton impensum quàm imposterum impendendum tam tempore pacis quàm tempore guerrae, dedisse & per praesens Scriptum nostrum concessisse praefato Willielmo unum annualem redditum sive feodum centum solidorum legalis monetae Angliae recipiendum annuatim de & in om­nibus terris & tenementis nostris in Ranes in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum pertinen­tiis per manus Receptorum, Ballivorum, Firmariorum seu aliorum occupatorum pro tempore existent' pro termino vitae dicti Willielmi, videlicet ad festa Paschae & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli per aequales portiones; Et si contingat dictum annualem reddi­tum sive feodum centum solidorum sive aliquam inde parcellam aretro fore in parte vel in toto post aliquod festum festorum praedictorum per unum mensem durante vita dicti Willielmi, tunc bene licebit praefato Willielmo & assignatis suis in dictis terris & tenementis praedictis cum pertinentiis & qualibet inde parcella intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abducere, asportare, effugare, & penes se retinere quousque de praedicto annuali redditu sive feodo centum solidorum & qualibet inde parcella cum arreragiis, misis & expensis ejusdem si quae fuerint, eidem Willielmo plenariè fuerit satisfactum & persolutum. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum nostrum apposuimus.

Dat' apud Manerium nostrum de Drayton sexto die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrci Septimi post Conquestum duodecimo.

Carta Regis Henrici Septimi.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem.

Sciatis quòd Nos de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris quantum in Nobis est, Edwardo Comiti Wilts, quòd ipse seu Executores sui seu eorum aliquis vel aliqui ad laudem Dei & divini cultûs augmentum duas Cantarias videlicet unam Cantariam perpetuam de duobis Capellanis divina in Ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Luffwyck in Comitatu Northamptoniae, & aliam Cantariam perpetuam de uno Capellano in Ecclesiae beatae Mariae de Plasshe in Comi­tatu Essexiae pro salubri statu nostro & carissimae consortis nostrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae dum vixerimus, & pro animabus nostris cum ab hac luce migravimus, ac pro animabus Johannis nuper Comitis Wilts & Constanciae uxoris suae parentum ipsius Edwardi nunc Comitis, ac pro animabus Henrici Greene & Margaretae uxoris ejus paren­tum ipsius Constanciae, ac pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum juxta ordina­tionem ipsius nunc Comitis vel Executorum suorum aut eorum alicujus in hac parte fien­das celebraturis facere, fundare, erigere, creare & stabilire possit & possint futuris tempo­ribus duraturam: Et pro Cantaria in dicta Ecclesia Sancti Petri de Luffwyck, cùm sic [Page 208]erecta, facta, fundata, creata & stabilita fuerit, Cantaria Edwardi Comitis Wilts in Ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Luffwyck pro perpetuo nuncupetur. Et quòd Capellani Cantariae illius & successores sui Capellani ejusdem Cantariae sint bonum corpus corporatum in re & nomine, habeántque successionem perpetuam, & sint personae habiles & capaces in lege; Et quòd Capellani ejusdem Cantariae & successo­res sui Capellani Cantariae illius per nomen & sub nomine Capellanorum Comitis Wilts in Ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Luffwyck placitare possint & implacitari, Necnon omnimodas actiones, sectas, querelas & causas reales, personales & mixtas cujuscunque generis fuerint & naturae, coram quibuscunque Justiciariis, Judicibus spi­ritualibus & secularibus seu aliis personis quibuscunque prosequi, ac in eisdem respon­dere & responderi, easque defendere possint, Ac per idem nomen terras ac tenementa ac alias possessiones & res quascunque peragere, habere, gaudere & possidere sibi & successoribus suis possint imperpetuum; Et ad omnia alia faciendum, agendum & recipiendum prout & in eodem modo quo caeteri ligei nostri personae habiles & capa­ces infra Regnun nostrum Angliae facere, agere & recipere possint. Et ulteriùs de a­bundanti gratia nostra concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro Nobis & haeredibus no­stris praefato nunc Comiti, executoribus & assignatis suis & eorum cuilibet, quòd ipsi vel eorum aliquis aut aliqui terras & tenementa cum pertinentiis ad valorem annuum tresdecim librarum, sex solidorum & octo denariorum ultra omnia onera & reprisas quae de Nobis non tenentur in Capite, dare & concedere possit & possint Capella­nis illis ejusdem Cantariae de Luffwyck & successoribus suis praedictis habendum & te­nendum hujusmodi terras & tenementa cum pertinentiis eisdem Capellanis & suc­cessoribus suis imperpetuum juxta ordinationem praedicti nunc Comitis seu executo­rum suorum vel eorum aliquorum seu alicujus inde fiendam; Et eisdem Capellanis ejusdem Cantariae de Luffwyck, quòd ipsi & successores sui eadem terras & tenemen­ta cum pertinentiis à praefato nunc Comite, Executoribus seu assignatis suis seu eorum aliquibus aut aliquo recipere possint, tenenda sibi & successoribus suis praedictis juxta eandem ordinationem ut praemittitur fiendam sicut supradictum est imperpetuum, tenore praesentium similiter licentiam dedimus specialem. Et quòd praedicta Canta­ria de uno Capellano cùm sic in dicta Ecclesia beatae Mariae de Plasshe erecta, facta, fundata, creata & stabilita fuerit, Cantaria Edwardi Comitis Wilts in Ecclesia beatae Mariae de Plasshe pro perpetuo nuncupetur; Et quòd Capellanus Cantariae illius & successores sui Capellani ejusdem Cantariae sint bonum corpus corporatum in re & nomine habeántque successionem perpetuam ac sint personae habiles & capaces in lege; Et quòd Capellanus ejusdem Cantariae & successores sui Capellani Cantariae illius per nomen & sub nomine Capellani Comitis Wilts in Ecclesia beatae Mariae de Plasshe pla­citare possit & implacitari, Necnon omnimodas actiones, sectas, querelas & causas reales, personales & mixtas cujuscunque generis fuerint & naturae coram quibuscun­que Justiciariis, Judicibus spiritualibus & secularibus seu aliis personis quibuscunque prosequi ac in eisdem respondere, & responderi, eásque defendere possint, ac per idem nomen, terras, tenementa & alias possessiones & res quascunque habere, gaudere & possidere sibi & successoribus suis possit imperpetuum, Et ad omnia alia faciendum, a­gendum & recipiendum prout & in eodem modo quo caeteri ligei nostri personae ha­biles & capaces infra Regnum Nostrum Angliae facere, agere & recipere possint. Et ulteriùs ex abundanti gratia nostra concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro Nobis & hae­redibus nostris praefato nunc Comiti, executoribus & assignatis suis & eorum cuilibet, quòd ipsi vel eorum aliquis aut aliqui terras & tenementa cum pertinentiis ad valorem annuum tresdecim Librarum & quatuor Solidorum ultra omnia onera & reprisas, quae de Nobis non tenentur in Capite, dare & concedere possit & possint eidem Capellano ejusdem Cantariae de Plasshe & successoribus suis praedictis, Habendum & Tenendum hujusmodi terras & tenementa cum pertinentiis eidem Capellano & successoribus suis imperpetuum juxta ordinationem praedicti nunc Comitis seu executorum suorum vel eorum aliquorum seu alicujus inde fiendam; Et eidem Capellano ejusdem Cantariae de Plasshe, quòd ipse & successores sui eadem terras & tenementa cum pertinentiis à praefato nunc Comite, Executoribus seu assignatis suis seu eorum aliquibus aut aliquo [Page 209]recipere possit & possint tenenda sibi & successoribus suis praedictis juxta ordinationem ut praemittitur fiendam sicut supradictum est imperpetuum, tenore praesentium simili­ter licetiam dedimus specialem, absque molestatione, impedimento vel perturbatione nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, Justiciariorum, Escaetorum, Vicecomitum, Corona­torum seu Ministrorum vel haeredum nostrorum quorumcunque, & absque aliquo fine in Hanapario nostro seu aliter ad opus nostrum seu haeredum nostrorum reddendo aut solvendo, statuto de terris & tenementis ad manum mortuam non ponendis edito, aut eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo aut certitudine praemissorum seu eorum alicujus sive de aliis donis aut concessionibus per Nos eidem nunc Comiti antea factis, aut aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione vel promissione in contrarium factis, editis, or­dinatis aut provisis, aut aliqua re, causa vel materia quacunque in aliquo non obstan­te. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste me­ipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo primo die Novembris Anno Regni nostri quarto decimo.
Kelet. Per breve de privato Sigillo & de data praedicta auctoritate Parliamenti pro viginti Martis solutis in Hanapario.

Carta Johannae Vicecomitissae Lisle & aliorum.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum pervenerit,
Johanna Vice­comitissa Lisle, Johannes Vicecomes Lisle, Thomas Grey Armiger, Thomas Kevell serviens Domini Regis ad legem, Edwardus Hungerford Armiger, Humfridus Conyngesby, Thomas Frowyk, Johannes Titchbourne, Johannes Smyth, Johannes Gardyner, Thomas Byall & Thomas Heywoode
salutem in Domino sempiternam.

Cùm Robertus Wittelbury Armiger, Thomas Mountegu & Johannes Freeman per Cartam suam indentatam cujus data est tertio die mensis Julii Anno Regni Regis Hen­rici Septimi nono, dimiserint, feoffaverint, liberaverint & eadem Carta sua confirma­verint Edwardo Comiti Wilts & Margaretae uxori suae per nomen Margaretae Grey filiae Edwardi nuper Vicecomitis Lisle & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, ac Nobis praefatae Johannae Vicecomitissae Lisle, Thomae Grey Armigero, Thomae Kevell servienti Do­mini Regis ad legem, Edwardo Hungerford Armigero, Humfrido Conyngesby, Thomae Frowyk, Johanni Titchbourne, Johanni Smyth, Johanni Gardyner, Tho­mae Byall & Thomae Heywoode Maneria sua de Waterhale, Brafeld, Pollycote, Wan­den, Emberton & Wolston magna cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac Manerium suum de Chalton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Bedfordiae, ac etiam Ma­neria sua de Suttons, Pyggesland, Tracyes & Stamford Ryvers cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae, Necnon omnia terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & ser­vitia cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis quae inter alia praefatus Robertus Wittelbury Armiger, Willielmus Marbury Armiger, Thomas Mountegu & Johannes Freeman ac Willielmus Feld Clericus & Robertus Bayston Clericus nuper habuerunt sibi & haeredibus suis ex dono & feoffamento dicti Comitis, prout per quandam Car­tam sibi inde confectam pleniùs apparet; qui quidem Willielmus Feld & Robertus Bayston totum jus suum in maneriis, terris & tenementis praedictis ac caeteris praemissis praefatis Roberto Wittelbury, Willelmo Marbury, Thomae Mountegu & Johanni Freeman remiserunt & relaxaverunt, prout per eorum scriptum inde sibi confectum si­militer apparet: Habendum & tenendum praedicta Maneria, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia cum pertinentiis praefatis Comiti & Margaretae uxori suae, ac Nobis praesatae Johannae, Johanni Vicecomiti Lisle, Thomae Grey, Thomae Kevell, Edwardo Hungerford, Humfrido Conyngesby, Thomae Frowyk, Johanni Titchbourne, Johanni Smyth, Johanni Gardyner, Thomae Byall & Thomae Hey­woode pro termino vitae ejusdem Margaretae remanere inde praefato Comiti, haeredi­bus & assignatis ejusdem Comitis imperpetuum, prout in eadem carta plenius liquet: Noveritis Nos praefatos Johannam Vicecomitissam Lisle, Johannem Vicecomitem Lisle, [Page 210]Thomam Grey, Thomam Kevell, Edwardum Hungerford, Humfridum Conynges­by, Thomam Frowyk, Johannem Titchbourne, Johannem Smyth, Johannem Gar­dyner, Thomam Byall & Thomam Heywoode remisisse, relaxâsse & omnino pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum clamâsse praefato Edwardo Comiti Wilts & Margaretae uxori suae totum jus, titulum, clameum, demaundam & interesse nostra de & in omnibus praedictis Maneriis de Waterhall, Brafeld, Pollycote, Wan­den, Emberton & Wolston magna cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac Manerio de Chalton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Bedfordiae, ac etiam Maneriis de Suttons, Pyggesland, Tracyes, & Stamford Ryvers cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Es­sexiae; Necnon de omnibus terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus cum suis per­tinentiis in Comitatibus praedictis: Ita quòd nec Nos praefati Johanna Vicecomitissa Lisle, Johannes Vicecomes Lisle, Thomas Grey, Thomas Kevell, Edwardus Hun­gerford, Humfridus Conyngesby, Thomas Frowyk, Johannes Titchbourne, Johannes Smyth, Johannes Gardyner, Thomas Byall, & Thomas Heywoode nec haeredes no­stri, nec aliquis alius pro Nobis seu nomine nostro aliquid juris vel clamei in praedi­ctis Maneriis, terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus praedictis & caeteris prae­missis cum omnibus suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere seu vendicare poterimus in futu­ro, set ab omni actione juris, clamei seu aliquid inde petendi sumus exclusi imperpe­tuum per praesentes.

In cujus rei testimonium Sigilla nostra apposuimus ....... die mensis ....... Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi post Conquestum Angliae quar­to decimo.

Ultima Voluntas Edwardi Comitis Wilts.

IN the name of God Amen. The two and twentieth day of March in the yeare of oure Lord one thousand four hundred nynety and eight: I Edward Erle of Wyltshire of hole minde and good memory bequeth my sowle to Almighty God my Creator and Saviour, to our Lady Seint Marie, and to all the holy company of Hevyn, and my body to be beryed within the Chyrche of Seint Peter in Luffwycke in our Lady Ile, by me Graundfader Greene, and wyll myne Executors make a convenient Tombe to be made for me. Item, I wyll that the last Wyll of my Lord my Fader, my Lady my Moder, and my Graundfader Greene be performed. Item, I wyll that where Ro­bert Wittelbury, William Merbury Esquires, William Feld Clarke, Robert Bayston Clarke, Thomas Mountegu and John Freeman been seasid of the Manors of Buckworth, Comberton, Raundes, Ryngsted, Irtlingborough, Haringworth and Hardewyke in the Counties of Hun­tingdon, Cambridge and Northampton, and of oder Landes and Tenements, Woodes, Meadowes and Pastures in Buckworth, Comberton, Raundes, Rygsted, Irtlingborough, Hardewycke and Haringworth in the Counties aforesaid, in there Demesne as of Fee to the use of me and myne heires; and whereas Margaret my Wyfe, John Viscounte Lisle and other Cofeffes been seasid of the Manors of Stamford Ryvers, Piggesland, Tracyes and Suttons in the County of Essex, and of the Manors of Newington, Blosmavyle and Polli­cote in the County of Bucks, and of certaine Londes and tenements, woodes, medowes and pastures belongyng and appartaynyng unto the seid Manors in their demesne, as of Fee to the use of me and of Margaret my wyfe for terme of hur lyfe; for certaine causes and considerations I wyll that the seid Robert Wittelbury, William Merbury, William Feld Clarke, Robert Bayston Clarke, Thomas Mountagu and John Freeman, that the fore­seid Robert Wittelbury and all the seid Cofeoffes abovenamed, and all other Feoffes in the seid Manors, Londes and tenements, woodes, medowes and pastures shall be and stand Feoffes in all the seid Manors, Londs and tenements, medowes and pastures in Buckworth, Comberton, Raundes, Ringsted, Irtlingborough, Hardwyke and Haringworth to the intent following; That is to sey, That I wyll the seid Margaret my wyfe shall have and enjoy all the profites and revenues of the seid Manors of Buckworth, Comber­ton, Ringsted, Irtlingborough, Hardwyck and Haringworth with their appurtynances for terme of her lyfe, with this condition, that she make no tytle, cleyme nor interesse in noon of the Manors of Stamford Ryvers, Pyggesland, Tracyes, Suttons, Newenton, [Page 211]Blosmavile and Policote, the which I wyll shall descend unto my Lord of Buckingham and his heires, and I besech my seid Lord to suffer my wyfe to have the Manors of Newyn­ton, Blosmavile, for terme of her lyfe, and to be good Lord unto her and my Servaunts. Item, I wyll that all such Annuities and Fees as be graunted by Dede or Patentes by my Lord my Fader, my Lady my Moder, my Grandfader Greene and me, be had ferme and stable for terme of their lyfe, without lett or interruption. Item, I wyll that my Feoffes that now been, or hereafter shall be, suffer William Merbury and Thomas Mountegu to take and receyve the revenues and profites of my Londes, Tenements, Woods, Me­dowes and Pastures in Luffewicke and Islip unto they be content, and saved harmelesse ayenst the King for the Det of One hundred and twenty nine Pounds, one Shilling and four Pence, wherefore they be bound by obligation to Sir Reynold Bray, and to Sir Tho­mas Lovel to pay and content before the Fest of Christmas next following, to the Kinges use for the lycense of the mortisment of two Chauntries in Plasshe and Luffwick, and after that doon, and the said William and Thomas saved harmelesse as I have indentyd with them, the which wyll appere, and furthermore suertie for redy payment, I wyll the said William Merbury and Thomas Mountegu have in their keeping my two Flaggons, two gylte Potts, six Bollys gylt with Covers and other Plate to make Chevysaunce to pay the King, and they so savyd harmelesse, then I wyll my Feoffes stand and be Feoffes unto the perfourment of this my last Wyll, as well of theis as of other; and I wyll the seid my Executours to sell my woodes at Langhyll, Farthyngshawe, Hotland, Bullaks and Colys woode, and all my woodes growing, being and belongyng to Ba­kenho, Grymsbury, Malberne, or eny oder place such as was purchased of William Eton by my Lord my Fader. Item, I wyll my Executours have all my moveable Goodes unbequeathed, as well Juels, Plate, Stuffe to pay my Detts, and to performe this my last Wyll. Item, I wyll my Lord of Buckingham have all my Stuffe that I left in his place in Bredstrede except my Robys of Astate, and Robys of Parlement, the which Robys of Astate I wyll thay be gevyn to Churches whereas I was Patron, there as most nede is by the discretion of myne Executours; and the other Robys and Furris to be sold, and the money takyn to pay my Detts, and perfourme my Wyll. Item, I wyll my Lord and Cossen of Shrewsbury have my Collar of the Kings Livery, and my Unkyll Wittelbury oon of my Bollys of Silver with a Cover that I bought last; myne Aunte his Wyfe to have a playne stonding cup of Silver gylt that is used to be carried with me. Item, I will the Church of Luffwyck have my Trapper of Cloth of Gold, and my auter Clothes of Tawney Damask. Item, I wyll the Church of Newenton have the outside of my Goune of Crymson Velvet to make a Cope; and I will the Church of Graston have the lynyng of black Damask in the same to make a Vestyment and a Cope. Item, I wyll that Margret my wyfe have as much Plate as I had with her in marriage, my Fether-bed in the Chappel Chamber, the Tester, Sealer and Counterpoynt of the same, Carpets of the same, my two great Carpets, two Cu­shyns of tawny Damaske, two Payr of fyne Shetes and three Payr of other Shetes, my fyne cloth of Diaper, my Bed of Cloth of Gold and Velvet that was in London, and my Pelows of the best, so that my Detts may be content with other my Goodes and re­venues of my Londes, and with that she leve and take not the third part of my Goodes, but suffer myne Executours to have them at their liberty to perfourme my wyll. Item, I wyll that every Gentilman and Gentilwoman have forty shillings, every Yeo­man twenty shillings, and every Grome ten shillings. Item, I wyll that my howsold be kept thirty days after my decesse, if there be whereof so to doe. Item, I wyll that Mr. William Feld Master of the Collage of Foderinghay have oon of my bollys of Sil­ver that I bought last. Item, I wyll that my Detts and my revenues of my Londes be receyved by myne Executours to pay my Detts and perfourme my wyll. Item, I wyll that my poor Kin and Servaunts have and be relyved before any other by the discretion of myne Executours. Item, I wyll that my Executours give and graunt a annuite of forty Shillings by Dede, out of my Londes that my Lord my Fader pur­chased of William Eton in Bedfordshire unto my welbeloved Servaunt Edward Bruet, and the kepeing of my Manor and Conynger of Drayton, for terme of his lyfe. Item, I [Page 212]wyll that all my Juells, Plate and other stuff unbequethed be sold by myne Excu­tours to perfourme this my last Wyll. Item, I wyll that all my Brigandyrs and Harnes be distributed among my Yomen and Gromes, after the discretion of my Executours. And of this my present last Wyll I make my Executors, my entireley belovid Uncle Robert Wittelbury, Mr. William Feld Master of the Collage of Fotheringhay, William Merbury, Thomas Mountegu and John Blake. Item, I desire and pray my good Lord and Cossen the Erle of Shrewsbury to be surveyer of this my last Wyll, and to be good Lord unto my wyfe and pore servauntes, as my singular trust is in him; And I wyll that every of myne Executours, that will minister this my last Wyll, to have six Poundes, thirteene Shillinges and four Pence. In witnesse whereof I the said Erle have put to my Seale.

Item, I wyll that my Feoffes graunt by Dede or Patent a Annuite unto my right welbeloved Servaunt Philip Frost, of fifty three Shillings four Pence, for terme of his life, out of my Londes and Tenements in Luffwycke, for the good and long service that he hath doon unto me. Item, I wyll that my Londes and Tenements that I pur­chased in Luffwycke, of the wyfe of William Chambre, called Cottingham's Tenement and Ridayes Close with the appurtenances, and the Londes and Tenements in the same Towne, that I purchased of the heirs of Oliver Sutton, be sold to pay my Detts, and to perfourme this my last Wyll. Item, That my welbeloved Servaunt Robert Wilkin­son, have forty Shillings out of my Londes in Islip, for terme of his lyfe.

The Tombe of Edward Stafford Earle of Wiltsheire, and Lord of Drayton Extant in S.t Peters Church in Luffwick.

Copia Statutorum Cantariae Edwardi Comitis Wilts de Villa Luffwycke.

UNiversis Sanctae matris Ecclesiae filiis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Ro­bertus Wittelbury Armiger, Willielmus Marbury Armiger, & Thomas Moun­tagu Gentilman Executores testamenti & ultimae Voluntatis nobilis memoriae Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis Wiltshyre defuncti, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Ad Universitatis vestrae notitiam deducimus, ac tenore praesentium volumus deduci quòd praefatus nobilis Dominus Edwardus nuper Comes Wiltshyre duas Cantarias perpetuas, unam videlicet Cantariam perpetuam de duobus Capellanis divina in Ecclesia parochiali de Luffwycke in Comitatu Northamptoniae Lincolniensis Dioceseos, & aliam Cantari­am perpetuam de uno Capellano in Ecclesia beatae Mariae de Plassey in Comitatu Essexiae pro salubri statu Domini nostri Regis Henrici Septimi moderni & Dominae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae praefatique Edwardi Comitis Wiltshyre dum viverent, & pro animabus ipsorum postquam ab hac luce subtracti fuerint, & pro animabus certarum aliarum personarum per ipsum Comitem nominatarum & inferiùs expressa­tarum & omnium fidelium defunctorum juxta ordinationem in ea parte faciendam celebraturis, facere, fundare, creare, erigere & stabilire voluit, intendebat, & ad hoc se disposuit; Atque certas Literas Regias Patentes à praefato serenissimo Domino no­stro Rege Henrico Septimo concessas, continentes inter alia, licentiam & consensum ip­sius Domini nostri Regis ad hujusmodi Cantarias sub certis modo & forma in ipsis Literis Regiis (ad quas Nos Executores praedicti referimus, & eas quatenus expedit hic haberi volumus) pro insertis pleniùs expressatis faciendas, erigendas, fundandas & stabiliendas eidem Domino Edwardo Comiti & Executoribus suis concedi & haberi etiam procuravit & obtinuit: Idem tamen nobilis vir Edwardus Comes Wiltshyre in hujusmodi suo pio & laudabili proposito morte naturali praeventus ad erectionem & fundationem dictarum Cantariarum nullatenus processit, sicque hujusmodi erectio­nem & fundationem Nobis Executoribus suis praedictis reliquit & omnino dimisit. Nos igitur Robertus Wittelbury, Willielmus Marbury & Thomas Mountagu Execu­tores praedicti piam intentionem & laudabile propositum dicti Comitis defuncti mul­tipliciter in Domino commendantes, attendentésque quòd fundationes & erectiones dictarum Cantariarum in augmentum cultus divini ac salutem animarum tam ipsius Comitis defuncti quàm parentum & amicorum suorum ac aliorum omnium Christi dilectorum defunctorum tendere omnino videntur; Cupientes propterea quantum cum Deo possumus id quod ipse nobilis vir in vita sua salubriter fieri proposuit post mortem suam juxta ipsius ultimam Voluntatem Nobis in ea parte per eundem saepius declaratam stabilire & perficere, ad fundationem, erectionem, creationem & stabili­mentum dictae Cantariae perpetuae in praefata parochiali Ecclesia de Luffwycke Lin­colniensis Dioceseos juxta omnem vim formam & effectum licentiae regiae dicto Co­miti & Executoribus suis in hac parte concessae, & prout ipse Comes in vita sua de­super expressè fieri voluerit, procedimus in hunc modum. Imprimis Nos Robertus Wittelbury, Willielmus Marbury & Thomas Mountagu Executores testamenti & ul­timae Voluntatis nobilis memoriae Domini Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis Wiltshyre defuncti, ad laudem & honorem omnipotentis Dei ac beatissimae Virginis Mariae ma­tris suae gloriosae, ac ad salutem animarum dicti Comitis & aliorum infra nominatorum, déque licentia & consensu metuendissimi Domini nostri Regis Henrici Septimi moderni concurrentibus, etiam consensu & assensu omnium & singulorum quorum interest in hac parte, facimus, creamus, erigimus & fundamus nomine Executorio praefati nobilis Comitis defuncti, ac vice, voluntate & mandato ejusdem unam perpetuam Cantariam duorum Capellanorum secularium in Ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Luffwycke Lin­colniensis Dioceseos divina in eadem Ecclesia ad altare Sancti Petri ibidem pro salubri statu praefati Domini nostri Regis Angliae ac praeclarissimae Dominae Dominae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae modernae nostrúmque Executorum praenominatorum dum vixerimus, ac pro animabus eorundem Domini nostri Regis & Reginae postquam ab hac luce subtracti fuerint, ac pro anima dicti Domini Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis [Page 214]Wiltshyre & animabus Johannis Stafford nuper Comitis Wiltshyre & Constanciae uxo­ris suae parentum ipsius Domini Edwardi nuper Comitis, ac pro animabus Henrici Greene Armigeri & Margaretae uxoris suae parentum ipsius Constanciae, pro animabus Johannis Wittelbury Armigeri, Humfridi Stafford nuper Ducis Buckinghamiae, Hum­fridi Stafford nuper Comitis Stafford, Henrici Greene Militis & Dominae Amabilae uxoris suae, Henrici Greene Militis & Matildis uxoris suae, Johannis Greene Armigeri & Margaretae uxoris suae, Radulphi Greene & Dominae Catharinae uxoris suae, Ro­berti Ross Militis & Dominae Johannae uxoris suae, Johannis Marbury & Elianorae uxoris suae, Oliveri Sutton & Graciae uxoris suae, ac pro animabus nostrum praefato­rum Roberti Wittelbury & Annae uxoris meae, Willielmi Marbury & Annae uxoris meae, Thomae Mountagu & Mariae uxoris meae, Necnon pro animabus parentum & omni­um amicorum & benefactorum praefati Henrici Greene Armigeri & omnium fidelium defunctorum singulis diebus juxta ordinationem nostram inferiùs descriptam perpetuò celebratorum. Ita tamen quòd iidem Capellani pro tempore quo in eadem Cantaria intitulati fuerint, nullum beneficium Ecclesiasticum alibi quovismodo habeant aut oc­cupent, sed eidem Cantariae tantùm deserviant & intendant, ac in eadem personaliter & continuò juxta modum inferiùs specificatum resideant debitè cum effectu. Quam quidem Cantariam, perpetuam Cantariam Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltshyre in Ec­clesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Luffwycke, pro perpetuo nuncupari & esse volumus, fundamus & ordinamus per praesentes. Volumus quoque insuper, fundamus & ordi­mus vice, nomine & voluntate dicti Domini Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis Wilt­shyre, etiam ex licentia dicti Domini nostri Regis, quòd Capellani praedicti & suc­cessores sui Capellani dictae Cantariae sint corpus unum incorporatum in re & nomine, habeántque successionem perpetuam, & sint personae habiles & capaces in lege; Et quòd ipsi Capellani & eorum successores in eadem Cantaria pro nomine & sub nomine Capellanorum Comitis Wiltshyre, in Ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri de Luffwycke possint-placitare & placitari, Necnon omnimodas actiones, sectas, querelas & causas reales, personales & mixtas, cujuscunque generis fuerint & naturae, coram quibus­cunque Justiciariis, Judicibus spiritualibus & secularibus seu aliis personis prosequi, & in eisdem respondere ac agere & defendere; Ac per idem nomen, terras & tenementa ac alias possessiones & res quascunque perquirere, habere, gaudere, possidere possint sibi & successoribus suis imperpetuum; Et ad omnia alia facienda agenda & recipienda prout & in eodem modo sicut caeteri ligei Domini nostri Regis personae habiles & capaces infra regnum Angliae facere, agere & recipere possint juxta & secundum vim, formam, tenorem & effectum literarum patentium Domini nostri Regis praedicti de­super factarum & concessarum. Volumus quoque insuper, statuimus & ordinamus Nos Executores supranominati, quòd Capellani dictae Cantariae praesententur & uter­que ipsorum praesentetur per Nos Executores praedictos, quamdiu aliquis nostrum vixe­rit, Domino Episcopo Lincolniensi sede plena, vel sede vacante Officiali Lincolniensi qui pro tempore fuerit, & per eundem Dominum Episcopum vel Officialem admit­tantur & instituantur, ac per Rectorem Ecclesiae parochialis de Luffwycke si praesens fuerit, vel eo absente per ejus Vicegerentem in possessionem dictae Cantariae ad manda­tum dicti Domini Episcopi inducantur; Et post mortem nostram & cujuslibet no­strum praesentatio hujusmodi Capellanorum & eorum utriusque in omni vacationis vice pertineat magistro Roberto Barnard magistro Collegii de Foderinghay & successoribus suis imperpetuum; Ita quòd ipse magister infra mensem immediatè sequentem post­quam sibi de vacatione alicujus partis dictae Cantariae constiterit, aliquem Capella­num honestum & idoneum alibi non beneficiatum praefato Domino Episcopo Lin­colniensi sede plenâ, vel Officiali Lincolniensi sede Episcopali vacante, litera­toriè & cum effectu praesentet. Et si sic praesentare ultra dictum mensem distulerit, tunc praesentatio ad istam partem Cantariae sic vacantem pro illa vacationis vice pertineat ad Dominum Abbatem Monasterii Sancti Petri de Burgo Lincolniensis Dio­ceseos qui pro tempore fuerit; Ita tamen quòd idem Dominus Abbas infra mensem postquam constiterit eidem quòd jus praesentandi sibi ut praefertur devolutum fuerit, realè & literatoriè praesentet ad illam partem dictae Cantariae tunc vacantem honestum [Page 215]& idoneum Capellanum alibi non beneficiatum Domino Episcopo Lincolniensi sede plenâ, seu sede Episcopali vacante Officiali Lincolniensi qui pro tempore fuerit. Et si dictus Dominus Abbas ultra dictum mensem sic praesentare distulerit seu omiserit, quòd tunc bene liceat Domino Episcopo Lincolniensi pro tempore existenti sede plenâ, seu Officiali Lincolniensi sede vacante, dictam Cantariam sic tunc vacantem alicui Capel­lano idoneo alibi non beneficiato pro illa vacationis vice conferre & ipsum admittere & instituere Canonicè in eadem. Et si idem Dominus Episcopus plenâ, vel Dominus Officialis Lincolniensis Dioceseos sede vacante non contulerit infra mensem postquam notitiam habuerit de vacatione alicujus partis dictae Cantariae & de devolutione juris pa­tronatûs ad eandem, quòd tunc praesentatio ad illam partem Cantariae sic vacantem redeat ad Magistrum dicti Collegii de Foderinghay, Et istum cursum sive ordinem praesentandi ad dictam Cantariam & providendi eidem volumus & ordinamus sub prae­missis modo & formâ quotiescunque, quandocunque & quomodocunque dictam Can­tariam aut aliquam partem ejusdem post mortem nostrum Executorum praedictorum & cujuslibet nostrum vacare contigerit, perpetuis futuris temporibus observari. Vo­lumus insuper & pro perpetuo ordinamus Nos Executores supranominati, quòd uterque dictorum Capellanorum praefatae Cantariae tempore admissionis suae ad ean­dem, cúmque inducatur in realem possessionem ejusdem, juramentum praestet corpo­rale tactis sacrosanctis Evangeliis coram Nobis Executoribus praedictis aut aliquo no­strum diutiùs vivente, ac post mortem cujuslibet nostrum coram magistro Collegii de Foderinghay pro tempore existente, quòd in praefata Cantaria quamdiu in eadem inti­tulatus fuerit, continuò residebit & personaliter deserviet eidem, ac fundationem & ordinationem ejusdem Cantariae & omnia in eis contenta pro viribus & posse suis invio­labiliter observabit quatenus ad ipsam Cantariam pertineat. Volumus insuper & or­dinamus quòd non liceat alicui Capellanorum dictae Cantariae se absentare ab eadem ultra triginta dies in anno simul vel interpolatis vicibus numerandos sive capiendos; Ita tamen quòd ambo Capellani nunquam sint simul absentes, sed tempore absentiae unius Capellanorum alter Capellanus sit praesens in dicta Cantaria, & eidem debitè deserviat. Et si quis dictorum Capellanorum secum non residendo in dicta Cantaria contra effectum & tenorem ordinationis ejusdem aut de habendo unà cum eadem Can­taria aliud beneficium Ecclesiasticum quodcunque sive qualitercunque fuerit, dispen­sari procuraverit seu obtinuerit, ipso facto eundem Capellanum dictâ Cantaria priva­tum & ab eadem extunc pro perpetuo amotum esse ordinamus, volumus & statui­mus per praesentes, & in eo casu alius Capellanus ideoneus loco ipsius Capellani sic amoti intituletur in dicta Cantaria juxta modum & formam superiùs anno­tatum. Ordinamus insuper, volumus & statuimus, quòd nomina dicti Do­mini nostri Henrici Regis Angliae Septimi, Dominae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae mo­dernae, ac nomina & cognomina praefati Domini Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis Wiltshyre praecipui fundatoris hujus Cantariae, nostrúmque Executorum praenomina­torum, Necnon caeterorum omnium & singulorum superiùs in primo statuo sive pri­ma parte hujus ordinationis nominatim & specificè expressatorum, in una tabula de­centi & honesta inscribantur & intitulentur, Et quòd ipsa tabula ponatur & colloce­tur super Altare ad quod dicta Cantaria infra dictam parochialem Ecclesiam fundatur, ad effectum, ut Capellani ejusdem Cantariae perpetuis futuris temporibus in fingulis missis suis ibidem celebrandis Dominum devotè & specialiter deprecentur pro felici statu dictorum Domini nostri Regis moderni & Dominae nostrae Reginae modernae, ac pro bono statu nostrum Executorum supranominatorum quamdiu aliquis nostrum vixerit, ac pro animabus ipsorum Domini nostri Regis & Reginae ac animabus no­strum Executorum praedictorum postquam ab hac luce subtracti fuerimus, necnon ani­mabus omnium & singulorum superiùs nominatorum & omnium fidelium defuncto­rum, ac ipsos in specie & nominatim in missis hujusmodi habeant devotè recommen­datos. Ordinamus insuper, volumus & statuimus, quòd neuter Capellanorum prae­dictorum aliqua terras seu tenementa aut alias possessiones, seu alia bona mobilia seu immobilia quae dictae Cantariae pertinent aut imposterum quovismodo pertinebunt, alie­net, vendat seu impignoret, Et si sic fecerit, ipsum in vigniti solidis eidem Cantariae [Page 216]ad opus reparationis ornamentorum ejusdem convertendos & persolvendos ipso facto ordinamus condemnari. Et ad solutionem hujusmodi viginti solidorum totiens quo­tiens sic fecerit, & ad restitutionem bonorum hujusmodi sic alienatorum, venditorum seu impignoratorum, seu saltem competentem satisfactionem pro eisdem, ad prose­cutionem seu sectam alterius Capellani sui vel magistri Collegii de Foderinghay pro tempore existentis modo & forma quibus celeriùs & efficaciùs fieri possit, cogatur & compellatur; alioquin si sic solvere, restituere seu satisfacere recusaverit seu indebitè distulerit, ipsum sic alienantem, vendentem seu impignorantem propter alienatio­nem, venditionem seu impignorationem hujusmodi à dicta Cantaria ipso facto ordina­mus esse amotum, & in loco illius sic amoti volumus & ordinamus alium Capellanum in dicta Cantaria Canonicè intitulari juxta formam superiùs annotatam. Volumus insuper, statuimus & ordinamus, quòd dicti Capellani & eorum successores in vim juramenti per eos & eorum quemlibet in admissione sua ad dictam Cantariam praestiti & praestandi, bene, honestè & pacificè mutuò se habeant atque gerant, & quòd neu­ter ipsorum Capellanorum cum altero Capellano socio suo verbosus sit vel contumelio­sus, neque rixas aut verba opprobriosa seu contumeliosa quoquomodo inter se semi­naverit. Volumus insuper, statuimus & ordinamus Nos Executores supranominati, quòd praemissa omnia & singula per Nos ut praefertur statuta & ordinata, caeteraque imposterum statuenda & ordinanda quaecunque per dictos duos Capellanos eorúmque successores quoscunque praefatae Cantariae Capellanos, perpetuis futuris temporibus plene, fideliter & inviolabiliter observentur, quatenus facultates possessionum & bono­rum dictae Cantariae sufficere valeant in hac parte; facultatem tamen & potestatem praemissa omnia & singula per Nos ut praemittitur statuta & ordinata ac imposterum statuenda & ordinanda interpretandi & declarandi, eisdémque addendi ac ea corri­gendi, emendandi & reformandi, Nobis Executoribus antedictis & duobus nostrum re­servamus per praesentes. In cujus rei Testimonium Sigilla nostra praesentibus appo­suimus. Dat' primo die mensis Martii, Anno Domini Milesimo quingentesimo pri­mo, & Anno Regni Regis dicti Domini nostri Henrici Septimi post Conquestum Angliae decimo septimo.

ET Nos Willielmus permissione divinâ Lincolniensis Episcopus, dictae Cantariae erectionem, fundationem & ordinationem superiùs expressatas vidimus & inspeximus; Et quia Nobis evidenter constat hujusmodi Cantariae fundationem & ordinationem tendere in divini cultûs augmentum, ac salutem animarum omnium fidelium defun­ctorum, & praesertim nobilis Domini Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis Wiltshyre & aliarum Nobilium personarum in dicta fundatione specialiter expressarum, Idcirco ejusdem Cantariae fundationem, ordinationem & erectionem supra specificatam, ac om­nia & singula in eis statuta, ordinata & contenta, auctoritate nostrâ ordinariâ & pon­tificiali pro Nobis & successoribus nostris quantum in Nobis est, & ad forum spectat Ecclesiasticum, ex certa scientia ac ad omnem juris effectum qui inde sequi poterit quomodolibet seu debebit in futurum, ratificamus, approbamus & confirmamus, ac vires perpetuae firmitatis obtinere volumus. In quorum testimonium praemissorum Sigillum nostrum praesentibus est appensum.

Dat' in Pallatio nostro Lincolniensi vice­simo octavo die mensis Martii, Anno Domini Milesimo quingentesimo secundo & nostrae translationis anno septimo.

Depositions of Robert Merbury and others.
Facta fuit sequens examinatio secretè & sigillatim testium subscriptorum octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi secundo, in quadam alta Ca­mera Domûs solite residentiae venerabilis viri Magistri Johannis Yong, Magistri sive Custodis Rotulorum Cancellariae dicti Domini Regis, per eundem Magistrum Johannem & Guidonem Palmes servientem ad Legem, Johannem Grueleye Attornatum dicti Domini Regis, Johannem Port Solicitatorem causarum ejus­dem Domini Regis, & Antonium Babyngton Generosum, de & super ultima vo­luntate Edwardi Stafford nuper Comitis Wiltshyre, concernente Manerium suum de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae, ac omnia alia terras & tenementa sua in feodo simplici existentia.

RObert Merbury Esquyer, of th'age of sixty one yeres, or more, sworne and ex­amyned the day and yere aboveseid, seith and deposeth on his othe, that he was servaunt to Edward Stafford, late Erle of Wiltshyre, in the rome of Gentilman-usher of his Chamber, by the space of twenty five yeres or more, whyche was at the tyme of the decese of the seid Erle. Also he seith, that the seid Erle, about suche tyme that he should ryde towerd Blackhethe Feld, had caused a Dede to be made of his seid Ma­nor of Drayton, to the use of my Lady his Wyfe, for terme of her lyfe; forsomuche the seid Erle in the morning when he should departe towerd the seid Feld, being in the Chapell Chamber, this Deponent beyng present, called his seid Lady to him, de­liveryng the seid Dede to her: Whereupon she then looked and kest it from her unto the floor, saying, that she would not say gramercy therefore, excepte she should have Warmester, and then she, as she seid, would thank him therefore. Whereupon this Deponent, at the commandement of the seid Erle, tooke up the seid Dede, and de­livered it to the seid Erle, whyche Erle then broke the Seall from it, and did cast it oute of the window into the Moote there, saying to his seid Lady, that suche a person shuld have it of his gyft, whyche he trusted shuld yeve to him a better gramercy for it than she did; whyche Erle then departed into the great Chamber, and called this Deponent to him, commaundyng and chargyng this Deponent, as he shuld answer before God to testifye, bere witnesse, and openly declare, if ought then good shuld come to the said Erle at the seid Feld, that his full mind and last Wyll was, and shuld be, that his Cossyn Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have to him and to his heirs for ever, the seid Manor of Drayton, and all his other Fee symple Landes, after his detts were payd and his Wyll performed. And so the said Erle departed, then taking his horse, towerd the seid Feld, at whyche tyme this Deponent rode with him a certen space of the waye. Whereupon at suche tyme that this Deponent should take his leave of the seid Erle, he seid to this Deponent, Robert, forget not to bere witnesse of that thing whereof I spake to thee in the great Chamber concernyng my Manoir of Drayton and all my other Fee simple Landes; to whome this Deponent answeryng seid, that he would remember his Commaundement, and soe departed from the seid Erle, returnyng to Drayton foreseid, to waite upon the foreseid Lady accordyng to the commaundement of the seid Erle. And he seith, that immediately after the come­ynge of the seid Earle from Blackhethe Feld to Drayton foreseid, and assoone as his Boots were drawen of, he called to him this Deponent, demaunding of this Deponent whe­ther he remembred the words whyche the seid Erle spake to him before that tyme in the seid great Chamber, when he was going toward Blackhethe Feld, concerning Dray­ton and his other Fee simple Landes. Whereunto this Deponent answeryng seid, that he remembred them well, desireyng the seid Erle to knowe, wheder it were his plesure to contynewe still in the same mind or nay. Whyche Erle then seid, that he contynewed in that mind, and so would doe while he lyved, charging this Deponent to bere witnesse thereof, whatsoever soden aventur or chaunce shold happen or come to the seid Erle. Also this Deponent seith, that after the seid words spoken he was [Page 218]contynewelly in howsehold with the seid Erle duringe his lyfe, and never knewe him change his seid mind in that behalfe; forsomoche this Deponent divers tymes would say to the seid Erle, my Lord, for Gods love remember that ye put not your soule in charge in yevynge your Landes from the heires. Whereunto the seid Erle at all tymes answered and said to this Deponent, Robert, I may as well yeve these Landes where I will, as I may yeve the Gowne of my back; For as for the heirs of Veere, they shall never inherit them. Also this Deponent seith, that at suche tyme that the seid Erle was sick, this Deponent contynewelly abode with him, by whyche seasson this Deponent never knew the seid Erle chaunge his mind in this behalfe. And this Deponent also seith, that on Pahne-Sunday eve, whyche was the eve of our Lady-daye of the Annuntiation, and also whyche was the daye next before the decesse of the seid Erle, this Deponent asked of the seid Erle whether he had made his Wyll or nay, whyche Erle then seid, that he had made noon as yet, but that he would doe. And that this Deponent asked how his Lordship was minded with Drayton and with all his Fee simple Lands, whereof he commaunded this Deponent before that tyme to bere wit­nesse; whyche Erle then seid, that it was oon of the greatest causes why he would chaunge his Wyll, for as his mind had been to his Cossen Erle of Shrewsbury, soe should it contynewe for ever; commaunding this Deponent and other there present to testifye, that his last Wyll was and should be, that his Cossen George Erle of Shrews­bury should have his Manoir of Drayton and all other his Fee simple Landes to him and to his heires for ever, after the detts payd and the Wyll of the seid Erle performed. Then present at the speaking of the seid wordes William Pemberton yet lyving, and divers others decessed. Whereupon the seid Erle went to other cogitations, at what tyme noe man thought that the seid Erle should have decessed so shortly as he did, but trusted that the seid Erle shuld have lyved muche longer than he did; albeit on the morrow about ten of the clock, what tyme the Preist was at Masse and reding of the Passion, the sed Erle departed to Gods mercy without any chaungyng of his Wyll or mind concernyng the premisses, as far as this Deponent knewe or understood. But this Deponent seith, that about seven of the Clock in the mornyng of the seid Palme-Sunday John Mordaunt Serjeaunt at Law came to the seid Erle, and asked him how he did; whyche Erle then seid, well as it pleaseth God; and then the seid Mordaunt de­parted againe from thence. And about ten of the Clock then next followyng the seid Mordaunt came againe to the seid Erle with a Wyll made in the name of the seid Erle, whyche Wyll the seid Mordaunt then red to the seid Erle when he was anoyled and in extreme peynes of deth, soe that the seid Erle neither herde nor un­derstode what the said Mordaunt red, wherein as by the seid redyng it appeared to this Deponent, that nether the Manoir of Drayton, nether any parte of the Fee simple Landes of the seid Erle were expressed in the seid Wyll. And after the seid redyng of the seid Wyll the seid Erle was deed, or a man perfetly might seye a Pater Noster and Ave Maria and oon Crede. And more he knoweth not.

Deposition of William Pemberton.

WIlliam Pemberton Gentilman, of the age of forty yeares or more, sworne and examined seith, that he was brought up of a chyeld with Edward Stafford late Erle of Wiltshyre, and in his servyse, as sume tyme his kerver, and sume tymes lay in bed with the seid Erle when it pleased him, by the space of twenty yeres and more, whyche was to the tyme of his decesse, Also he seith, that many and divers tymes the seid Erle shewed and reported to this Deponent, that noon of the chylderen or heires of Vere shuld inheret his Manoir of Drayton, or eny parte of his other Fee simple Landes, but that his Cossen the Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have to him and to his heires for ever the seid Manoir, with all his other Fee simple Lands, all his detts payd and his Wyll performed. Also this Deponent seith, that the day next before the decesse of the seid Erle, the seid Erle rehersed the seid wordes before this Deponent, Robert Merbury and others now decessed, wyllinge and charging them to bere witnesse whenso­ever [Page 219]ever they shuld be called, that his full myend and last Wyll was and shuld be, that his Cossyn George Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have his Manoir of Drayton with all his other Fee simple Landes, to him and to his heires for ever, after his detts paid and his Wyll performed. And he seith, in vertue of his othe, and as he shall answere before God, he was continewelly present with the seid Erle from the seid tyme of the foreseid speking of the seid wordes by the seid Erle unto that the seid Erle was deed, about ten of the Clock before noon on Palm-Sondaye, and whyche was our Lady day Annun­tiation, aboute whyche tyme the Preist beyng at Masse, was redyng of the Passion, by all whyche seasson this Deponent never knewe, herd, or understoode that the seid Erle changed his wyll or myend ether in word or dede in that behalfe. And more he knoweth not.

Deposition of Henry Caine.

HEnry Caine Yoman, of the age of eight and forty yeres and more, sworne and examyned seith, that he was Grome of the Chamber to the seid Erle by the space of seven yeres; and after that this Deponent was Yoman of the Chamber with the seid Erle by the space of other seven yeres and more, whyche was to the tyme of the decesse of the seid Erle, by whyche seasson after Blackhethe Feld as well at Drayton as at Palenall and divers other places, this Deponent divers and meny tymes hath herd the seid Erle openly declare, for his wyll, before this Deponent and divers others of his fellowes bothe Yomen and Gromes of the Chamber, that his Cossyn Erle of Shrews­bury shuld have to him and to his heires for ever the Manoir of Drayton and other his Fee simple Landes, after his Detts payd and his Wyll performed, commaundnig this Deponent and other his fellowes to record and testifye the premysses. Also this Depo­nent seith, that the seid Erle aboute a moneth before his decesse gave lycense to this Deponent to goe to Newark upon Trent for suche besinesses as this Deponent there had to doe, about whyche seasson this Deponent came to the Erle of Shrewsbury, lyeing at Wynfeld, at whose coming the seid Erle demaunded of this Deponent, how his Cossyn Erle of Wiltshyre did; Whereunto this Deponent aunswering seid, that at his departing from the seid Erle of Wiltshyre he was metely in goode helthe: whyche Erle of Shrewsbury then seid, that the understode that the seid Erle of Wiltshyre shuld be de­cessed. And then this Deponent seid, that he would ryde streyht to his seid Lordes place to knowe the certente, and to bryng redy word againe to the seid Erle of Shrews­bury. Whereupon at the coming of this Deponent to Drayton his seid Lord was deed and buryed, and diverse of his fellowes, both Yomen and Gromes of the Chamber, now decessed, without asking of eny question by this Deponent, seid to him, that their Lord and Master had yeven and bequethed to the Erle of Shrewsbury and to his heires for ever his Manoir of Drayton with all his other Fee simple Landes, after his Detts paid and his Wyll performed: And that the seid Erle of Wiltshyre had requyred the seid Erle of Shrewesbury to be good Lord and Master to them, as he trusted verelye he would be. Whereupon this Deponent tooke his Horse and returned to Wynfeld fore­said, where this Deponent shewed to the seid Erle of Shrewsbury, how the seid Erle of Wilteshyre had bequeathed and wylled to him Drayton with other his Fee simple Landes, in manner and forme as he hath above deposed. And more he cannot depose.

Deposition of William Boyes.

WIlliam Boyes Yoman, of the age of eight and forty yeares and more, sworne and examyned seith, that he was Servant to the seid Erle of Wilteshyre as be­yng Usher of his Hall, and keeper of his Parke at Drayton, by the space of twenty yeres and more, whyche was to the tyme of his decesse. Also this Deponent seith, that the seid Erle aboute two dayes before he leyd him downe of the sycknesse whereof he dyed, walked into his Parke of Drayton and seid to this Deponent, that his mynde and last Wyll was and shuld bee, that his Cossyn Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have his [Page 220]Manoir of Drayton, with all his other Landes in Fee simple, to have to hyme and to his Heyres for ever, after his Detts payde and his Wylle performyd; whyche words this Deponent, as he seith, hath herd the seid Erle speke above forty tymes, command­ynge this Deponent to beer wytnesse thereof; sayeing also, that he would have his seid Cossyn Shrewsbury to socor and help this Deponent and other his feloes, if theye shuld nede of Mastershyp or Lordshyp, and so he woold require his seid Cossyn soo to doo. Alsoe he seith, that he never knewe or herd that the seid Erle any tyme changed his seid mynde and Wylle in eny poyent thereof, but that he ever contynewed in the same mynde duryng his lyfe: And more he knoweth not.

Deposition of Chrystopher Myddylton.

CHrystopher Myddylton, of the age of forty five yeres and above, sworne and exa­myned, seith in vertue of his othe, that he was Grome of the styrop to the Erle of Wilteshyre by the space of six yeres or more, whyche was to the tyme of his de­cesse. Also he seith, thet he herd the seid Erle, as well in takeing his journeye to­werd Blackhethe feeld as after his returnynge from thence at Drayton, Bakenall and in other places, dyvers times reporte and seye, that noone of the heyres of Veer shuld inherit his Manoir of Drayton or any other his Fee-simple Landes, though he shuld be drawen in Hell: But that his last Wylle was and ever shuld be, that his Cossyn Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have the seid Manoir, and all his Fee simple Landes, to him and to his heyres for ever, after his Detts payd and his Wylle performed, whyche he woold yeve to his seid Cossyn for a remembrance, trustyng he woold be good Lord to his Servauntes; whyche Erle to the knowlege or understandyng of this Deponent never changed his seid Wylle or myend in that behalfe. Also he seith that aboute a wyke or more after the burying of the seid Erle, Thomas Mountegue, one of the Feoffees and Executors of the seid Erle, came to this Deponent at a place in Drayton called the Bareheed, demaunding of this Deponent how he woold doo; whereunto this Depo­nent aunswering seid, that he knew not howe to doo, nether whether to goo as yeat; whyche Mountegue then seid, that he thought that William Merbury his old Master woold have this Deponent; this Deponent seid, that Master Mordaunt Serjaunt had desired his Servys, and had offered to him good wages, but he had not agreyed to take them, nor knewe not whether he so woold. And whyche Mountegue then seid to this Deponent, thou knowest that I am oon of the Feoffees in my Lordes Landes, and alsoe oon of his Executors, and knew as moche of his myend as summe other did, and yeat I am not callyd to Councell, for there is now in the towre here in the place at Drayton Master Mordaunt Serjaunt, Sir Thomas Cheneye, William Merbury and other suche as plesyth them, which wyll not let me bee pryveye what they doo there: But what they doo or intend to doo I cannot tell, or whether they wyll change my Lordes Wylle in any thing; But this I know of troth, that oure Lord and Master's myend was at the tyme of his deth, that his Cossyn Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have this Manoir here of Drayton, and all other his Fee simple Landes, after his Detts payde and his Wylle performyd. And then this Deponent seid to the seid Mountegue, that he dyverse tymes hath herd his seid Lord sey and reporte the same. And more he knoweth not.

Deposition of Thomas Cade.

THomas Cade Clarke, Parson of Buckworth in the Diocesse of Lincolne, of th'age of forty eight yeres and more, sworne and examyned the first day of the Moneth of Marche, in the fifth yere of the Reigne of King Henry the Eight, upon the testament and last wyll of Edward late Erle of Wiltes seith and deposeth, that he knew well and perfetly the seid Erle, insomoche this Deponent was his household Chaplayne by the space of seven yeres and more. And as concernyng the makyng of the Testament and last Wyll of the seid Erle, this Deponent seith, that he can nothing depose of the contents thereof, but affirmeth, the twenty fourth day of Marche, then being [Page 221]Palm-Sonday, in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand four hundred ninety and eight, this Deponent was present at the Manoir of Drayton the day and yere aboveseid in a high Chamber, in whyche Chamber the seid Erle lay sick, and there in the pre­sence of this Deponent the seid Testament and last Wyll was engrosed in Parchment by one Philip Foster, and presented and delyvered unto the Handes of the seid Erle, and then and there in presence of this Deponent the seid Testament and last Wyll was soe sealed with his accustomed square Signet, graved with a ramping Bere upon a Bere­werdes Staffe, then being present at the sealing of the seid Testament and last Wyll John Mordaunt Serjeaunt at the Law, Robert Wittelbury, William Marbury, Philip Foster, James Walbef, Master William Hylde then Master of the College of Foderinghay, this Depo­nent, and others more, whose names he perfetly remembreth not. Also this Depo­nent affirmeth, that the seid Testament and last Wyll of the seid Erle soe Sealed was his last Wyll and Testament, and that he never made after that tyme any other Testa­ment, neither solempne in wryting, nor nuncupative by word, and that he renounced all other Wylls, and toke him onely to that Wyll, and wold the same to stand for his last Wyll and Testament and none other; seying alsoe, that the seid Erle was at the tyme of the sealing of the seid Testament and last Wyll in per­fite minde and good remembrance. And at the same tyme the seid Erle delivered the seid Testament and last Wyll soe perfitly engrosed and sealed, unto the handes of William Merbury, one of the seid Erles Executours, in the name of all other his Executours. This done as above is written, the seid Erle prayed and required this Deponent, that he wold housell him, and thereunto this Deponent an­swered and seid these words following; My Lord, I have made every thing in full redynesse to goe to Masse, if ye be so pleased, and at the same Masse to consecrate an hooste, and when Masse is done, to housell you. Nay seid the same Erle, I pray you let me not tarry soe long. And thereupon this Deponent went downe into the Chapell, and brought the Sacrament up to the seid Erles lodging Chamber, and set it upon the cupborde there redy prepared for the same, and came to the same Erle lyeing in his bed, and seid to him these words following; My Lord, I have brought to you your Maker and Redeemer, as ye have desired me to doe; and forasmoche as every Preist that shall take upon him to minester the same Sacrament to eny Christen man, ought to examine the faith of soche person as it shall be minstred unto, I doe require of you that I may know what faith is in you, and how ye believe. Where­unto the seid Erle answered and seid, I believe in Almighty God Creatour and Maker of Hevyn and Erthe, and in Jesus Christe his onely begoten Son; and so in effect he answered fourthe to all the twelve Articles of the Faith, with many other good and contryte wordes; and seid these wordes following to this Deponent and to all other then being present there, I pray you witnesse with me (and looked on side to th'oder, folkes being in the Chamber) and all you. And after these wordes the seid Erle with contrite herte made a general knowledge to God, seying, Confiteor Deo, beatae Mariae, &c. Then this Deponent, by suche authorite as to him was yeven, unto the seid Erle graunted and gave absolution; and that done, the seid Erle received the Sacra­ment by the handes of this Deponent with great reverence and meekenesse of heart. And after that the seid Erle commaunded this Deponent to goe to Masse in the seid Erles Chamber, where at that tyme the seid Erle lay; and for because the seid Cham­ber was sumewhat close, the seid Erle commaunded certen panes of the window of the seid Chamber to be taken downe, and to th'entente that more fresh ayre shuld coume in, commaunded that the window shuld be set open, in whyche window this Deponent then seid Masse; and for because there came so moche winde in at the seid window, this Deponent spake to Philip Foster to help him at that tyme to sing, that when he should come to the consecration of the hoste, that then the seid Philip shuld shut the said window, and soe to remaine shut till this Deponent had used. And when this Deponent had begun his Masse, the seid Erle of his owne minde perceiving that the winde was noyense to this Deponent in seying his Masse, commaunded the seid window to be shut, before he came to the Epistle in the seid Masse. And after [Page 222]Masse ended, there went a Chaplaine of the seid Erles to high Masse in the Chapell, whose name was Sir John Bukmaster, and at the passion tyme of the seid high Masse so seid in the seid Chapell by the seid Sir John Bukmaster, there came to this Deponent one of the seid Erles Servaunts called Robert Wilkinson, and seid to this Deponent these words following; Fader, for the reverence of God come to my Lord, for he is in the paines of dethe. And thereupon this Deponent departed oute of the seid Chapell into the seid Erles Chamber, and found there noe creature but himself onely. And this De­ponent lighted a fise of wax that was hallowed, and seid these wordes following, In manus tuas, Domine, &c. And in that same moment the seid Erle departed to God oute of this present lyfe. And thus this Deponent left the deed body of the seid Erle, whose soule God absolve. And more he knoweth not.

Deposition of James Walbef.

JAmes Walbef of Osneye in the Countie of Oxford Gentleman, of th'age of fifty yeres, sworne and examined upon the Testament and last Wyll of Edward late Erle of Wiltes seith, that he was Auditor to Edward late Erle of Wilts, whose soule Jesus pardon. And this Deponent seith, that he was present at the Manoir of Drayton on Palme-Sonday in the morning, the fourteenth yere of the Reigne of our late Sovereigne Lord King Henry the seventh, in the Chamber where the seid Erle lay sick on his deth­bed, at whyche tyme the seid Erles last Wyll was brought forthe by one Philip Foster, sometyme beyng Schole-master and Servaunt to the seid Erle. At whych tyme John Mordaunt then Sarjeaunt at the Law there being present, after the seid Wyll was read, demaunded and asked of the seid Erle, whether that his full minde was, that that Wyll shuld clerely stand for his last Wyll or noe, and if he would renounce all manner of other Wylls. Whereunto the seid Erle answered and seid, that he did renownce all other Wylls, and that he would hold him to that Testament onely, and that it should stande to be ferme and stable for his last Wyll and Testament and none other, with an articule whyche the seid Erle caused to be put into the ende of his Wyll, that Robert Wilkinson shuld have an annuitie of forty shillings for terme of his lyfe, and also the seid Erle recyted certen articules of his Wyll in especial as hereafter followeth, that is to sey, that the seid Philip Foster shuld have an annuitie of four marks for terme of his lyfe, as this Deponent remembreth, and also that Edward Bruet then Grome of his Chamber shuld have an annuitie of forty shillings for terme of his lyfe, and that all Fees whyche were graunted by Dede or by Patent by his Fader, his Moder or his Graundfader Greene or by himself, shuld be held ferme and stable for terme of theire lyyes to whome they were graunted. And after this done the seid Wyll was sealed with a Sygnet of Gold, the print whereof was a Bere, as this Deponent re­membereth, the whyche Sygnet was in his powche under his bedes head at that tyme. And after it was sealed, the seid Erle delivered it to the handes of William Marbury Es­quier, one of his Executours, in the presence of diverse of his household Servaunts. And after the seid Wyll was soe red, sealed and delivered to the seid William Marbury, the seid Erle desired to be howselled, and then and there one Sir Thomas Cade, then Chaplain to the seid Erle, wente into the Chapell, and brought forthe an hoste, whyche was consecrate before that tyme, to the seid Erle, and thereupon the seid Sir Thomas Cade had many good words of exhortation to the seid Erle before he was howselled for his soules helthe, and the seid Erle had in likewise many good words to him and to them that stood by, like a good trewe Crysten man, whyche this Deponent now persetly remembreth not; And thereupon the seid Erle was howselled by the handes of the seid Sir Thomas Cade. And after that the seid Erle commaunded the seid Sir Thomas Cade to goe to Masse. Whereupon the seid Sir Thomas Cade went to Masse in a window before the seid Erle; and about the space of an hour after the seid Masse was done, there went another Priest to high Masse in the Chapell, and at the passi­on tyme of the seid high Masse the seid Erle departed out of this world. And this Deponent seith, that he was servaunt to the seid Erle many yeres, and was privye to [Page 223]the orderinge of diverse and many matters touching the seid Erle. Also this De­ponent seith, That the Wyll of the seide Erle was written in Paper and cor­rected by the seid Erles Councell, before it was written into Parchment; and after that it was so corrected by the seid Councell and by the commaundement of the seid Erle, the seid Erle commaunded William Marbury to cause his seid Wyll to be written and engrossed into Parchement, and thereupon the seid Wyll was so written by the handes of the seid Philip Foster as is above deposed. And this Deponent seith; that he was never privye eny tyme before the dethe of the seid Erle at the making of the seid Wyll, or otherwise, nether herde, knewe nor understoode by the seid Erle at eny seasson, that his Cossyn Erle of Shrewsbury shuld have the Manoir of Drayton or eny other Londes or Tenements of the seid Erles; but as this Deponent remembreth, the seid Erle made his seid Cossyn Erle of Shrewsbury Overseer of his last Wyll and Te­stament. Also this Deponent seith, that he was dayly in the House of the seid Erle from Crystmasse unto the day of his dethe in keeping of his audite, and declared all the declarations upon the Thursday before the day of his decese, and that he never herd eny other Wyll by mouth or otherwise rehersed for his full Wyll, other then the seid Wyll. And more this Deponent knoweth not in this matter as he seith.

Inquisitio capta post mortem Edwardi Comitis Wilts, &c.

INquisito Indentata capta apud ....... in Comitatu praedicto ....... die ..... Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi post Conquestum quinto, coram Richardo Pulter Escaetore dicti Domini Regis in Comitatu praedicto, virtute officii sui, tam post mortem Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts, quàm post mortem Elizabethae nuper uxoris Thomae Cheney Militis & Constanciae nuper uxoris Johannis Parre, necnon Annae nuper uxoris Humfridi Browne, per sacramentum, &c. Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, quòd Richardus Bollesore Clericus, Willielmus de Ashele Cle­ricus, Nicolaus Greene & Nicolaus Thenford fuerunt seisiti de Manerio de Drayton cum pertinentiis; Et sic inde seisiti, Licentiâ Regiâ inde primitus obtenta, dederunt Manerium illud cum pertinentiis Henrico Greene, filio Henrici Greene, & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Henrici filii exeuntibus; virtute cujus doni idem Henricus filius fuit inde seisitus in feodo talliato, & obiit de tali statu inde seisitus. Et dicunt insuper Ju­ratores praedicti, quòd Henricus Greene fuit seisitus de Luffwyck cum pertinentiis, ac de advocatione Ecclesiae de Luffwyck in Dominico suo ut de feodo; Et sic inde seisitus, dedit Manerium praedictum ac advocationem Ecclesiae praedictae cum eorum pertinentiis Henrico Greene filio suo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; vir­tute cujus doni idem Henricus filius fuit inde seisitus in Dominico suo & de feodo tal­liato per formam doni praedicti, & obiit de tali statu inde seisitus. Post cujus mor­tem Maneria praedicta cum pertinentiis, simul cum advocatione ejusdem Ecclesiae de Luffwyk, descendebant cuidam Constanciae nuper Comitissae Wilts, ut Consan­guineae & haeredi ipsius Henrici filii, videlicet ut filiae Henrici Greene, filii Jo­hannis, filii ipsius Henrici filii; Virtute cujus eadem Constancia fuit inde seisita in feodo talliato per formam doni praedicti, & obiit de tali statu inde seisita. Post cujus mortem Maneria praedicta simul cum advocatione ejusdem Ecclesiae de Luffwyck descendebant cuidam Edwardo nuper Comiti Wilts, ut filio & haeredi ipsius Constan­ciae; Virtute cujus idem Edwardus Comes fuit inde seisitus in Dominico suo ut de feodo talliato per formam doni praedicti; Et sic inde seisitus de praedicto Manerio de Drayton cum pertinentiis, licentiâ Regiâ inde primitus obtentâ, feoffavit Thomam Mountegu & Willielmum Pemberton, Habendo eis in feodo ad usum ipsius Comitis & haeredum suorum ex parte praedictae Constanciae, Matris ipsius Comitis, & ad inde perimplendam ultimam voluntatem ejusdem Comitis; Et de praedicto Manerio de Luffwyck feoffavit dictum Thomam Mountegue & alios, Habendo eis in feodo ad usum ipsius Comitis & haeredum suorum ex parte praedictae Constanciae matris ipsius Comitis, Et ad inde perimplendam ultimam voluntatem ejusdem Comitis. Et idem Comes per ultimam voluntatem suam voluit quòd idem Thomas Mountegue & alii [Page 224]Executores ejusdem nuper Comitis, perciperent exitus & proficua dictorum Maneri­orum de Drayton & Luffwyck cum pertinentiis, ad perimplendam ultimam volun­tatem dicti nuper Comitis. Et postea idem Comes obiit sine exitu de corpore suo procreato; post cujus mortem usus Maneriorum praedictorum, simul cum advocatione ejusdem Ecclesiae de Luffwyck, cum eorum pertinentiis, descendebant praefatae Elizabethae Cheyne nuper uxori Thomae Cheyne Militis, Elizabethae nunc uxori Johannis Mor­daunt, Annae nuper uxori Humfridi Browne, praedictae Constanciae nuper uxori Johan­nis Parre, & Etheldredae Veer, ut Consanguineis & haeredibus ipsius Edwardi nuper Comitis ex parte praedictae Constanciae, matris dicti nuper Comitis, videlicet praefatae Elizabethae Cheyne ut filiae & haeredi Margeriae, unius sororum & haeredum praedicti Henrici Greene patris praedictae Constanciae nuper Comitissae, matris praedicti Edwardi nuper Comitis, Et praedictis Elizabethae Mordaunt, Annae, Constanciae nuper uxori Johannis Parre, & Etheldredae Veer, ut filiabus & haeredibus Henrici Veer de magna Adyngton in dicto Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigeri, filii & haeredis Isabellae, al­terius sororum & haeredum praedicti Henrici Greene Patris praedictae Constanciae nuper Comitissae, matris praedicti Edwardi nuper Comitis. Et dicunt insuper Juratores prae­dicti quòd praedicta Elizabetha, nuper uxor dicti Thomae Cheyne Militis, obiit tertio die Aprilis, Anno Regni Henrici nuper Regis Angliae septimi decimo septimo, sine exitu de corpore suo exeunte; post cujus mortem medietas omnium maneriorum prae­dictorum, advocationum & caeterorum praemissorum, cum eorum pertinentiis, de­scendebant praefatis Elizabethae uxori Johannis Mordaunt, Annae, Constanciae uxori Johannis Parre, & Etheldredae ut Consanguineis & haeredibus dictae Elizabethae Cheyne, videlicet ut filiabus & haeredibus dicti Henrici, filii Isabellae, sororis dictae Margeriae, matris dictae Elizabethae Cheyne. Et dicunt Juratores praedicti, quòd dicta Constan­cia nuper uxor dicti Johannis Parre obiit ...... die Augusti, Anno Regni dicti Domini Henrici nuper Regis Angliae Septimi decimo septimo, sine exitu de corpore suo exeunte; post cujus mortem quarta pars praedictorum Maneriorum, advocationis ac caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis, descendebant praefatis Elizabethae Mordaunt, Annae & Etheldredae, ut sororibus & haeredibus ipsius Constanciae Parre. Et dicunt ulteriùs Juratores praedicti, quòd dicta Anna cepit in vitum Humphridum Browne, & habuerunt exitum Georgium Browne; Et quòd dicta Anna postea obiit, videlicet decimo quinto die Septembris, Anno Regni dicti Domini Henrici nuper Re­gis Angliae Septimi vicesimo secundo; Et quòd idem Georgius Browne est aetatis sex an­norum & ampliús. Et dicunt Juratores praedicti, quod praedictum Manerium de Dray­ton cum pertinentiis tenetur de Domino Rege in Capite, per quae servitia juratores prae­dicti penitus ignorant; Et quòd Willielmus Merbury exitus & proficua ejusdem Manerii à tempore mortis dicti Edwardi nuper Comitis, usque primum diem Octobris, Anno Regni Domini Henrici dicti nuper Regis Angliae Septimi vicesimo octavo, percepit & habuit; Et quod Robertus Merbury à dicto primo die Octobris usque ad diem hujus Inquisitionis percepit & habuit. Et ulteriùs dicunt quòd praedictum Manerium de Luffwyck, cum advocatione ejusdem Ecclesiae de Luffwyck cum eorum pertinen­tiis, tenetur de Abbate de Peterburgh per fidelitatem, & per quae alia servitia Jura­tores praedicti penitus ignorant; Et quòd dictus Willielmus Merbury exitus & profi­cua ejusdem Manerii à tempore mortis dicti Edwardi nuper Comitis usque dictum primum diem Octobris dicto Anno vicesimo octavo, percepit & habuit; Et quòd Robertus Wittelbury à dicto primo die Octobris usque primum diem Maii, Anno Regni Domini Regis nunc primo, exitus & proficua ejusdem Manerii percepit & habuit; Et quod ....... Clement & ...... uxor ejus exitus & proficua à dicto primo die Maii usque diem hujus Inquisitionis perceperunt & habuerunt. Et dicunt Juratores praedicti, quòd praedicta Ecclesia de Luffwyck vacavit circa decimum octa­vum diem Octobris Anno Regni Domini Henrici nuper Regis Angliae vicesimo quar­to; Et quòd Johannes Mordaunt ad eandem Ecclesiam praesentavit Willielmum Hamswayte Capellanum, qui ad suam praesentationem fuit admissus, institutus & in­ductus. In cujus, &c.

Et postea praedictus Johannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha uxor ejus, Georgius Browne, Johannes Browne & Etheldreda uxor ejus prosecuti fuerunt breve de forma donationis in distender versus Thomam Mountegue & Willielmum Pemberton de Manerio de Drayton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu praedicto, & continuatur processus quousque prae­dicti Johannes Mordaunt, Elizabetha uxor ejus, Georgius Browne, & Johannes Browne & Etheldreda uxor ejus recuperaverunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis versus praedictum Thomam Mountegue & Willielmum Pemberton, prout pro ter­mino Trinitatis Anno octavo Henrici Octavi apparet. Virtute cujus recuperationis ipsi Johannes Mordaunt & Johannes Browne intraverunt in Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis. Et aliàs praedicti Johannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha uxor ejus, Georgius Browne, Johannes Browne & Etheldreda uxor ejus prosecuti fuerunt breve de forma donationis in distender versus Thomam Mountegue de Manerio de Luffwyck cum pertinentiis in Comitatu praedicto, & continuatur processu quousque praedicti Johannes Mordaunt, Elizabetha uxor ejus, Georgius Browne, & Johannes Browne, & Etheldreda uxor ejus recuperaverunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis versus praedictum Thomam Mountegue, prout pro termino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno octavo Regis octa­vi apparet. Virtute cujus quidem recuperationis praedicti Johannes Mordaunt & Jo­hannes Browne intraverunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis.

An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury, and John Mordaunt concerning the Mannor of Drayton.

TO all Christian people, to whom this present writing Indented shall come, heare, or see,
Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot, two of the Kings Justices,
send greeting in our Lord.

Whereas there have been diverse variances and debates, moved and had, between the Right Honourable Lord George Earle of Shrewsbury on th'one partie, and John Mordaunt Squire and Elizabeth his Wife, one of the Cossyns and heires to the Right Honourable Edward late Erle of Wiltshire on his Mothers side, that is to say, by Constance Mother of the said Erle and Daughter and heir of Henry Greene of Drayton in the County of Northampton Squire, and Humphrey Browne Squire, late Hus­band to Amye, and George Browne his Son and heir apparent, and Son and heir to the same Amye, another Cossyn, and another of the heirs to the said Erle of Wilshire after the forme aforesaid, and Sir Wistan Browne Knight, and John Browne his Son and heir ap­parent, and Audrey his Wife, the third Cossyn and heir to the same Erle after the man­ner abovesaid on th'other partie, of and upon the right, title, reversion and possession as well to the aforesaid Mannor of Drayton with th' appurtenances, as of all other Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments with their appurtenances, in the said County of Northampton, or elsewhere, which late were to the said Constance, or to the foresaid Henry Greene, or to any other person or persons, to th'use of them or th' other of them; which Mannors, Lands, Tenements, the foresaid Erle of Shrewsbury claimeth by a Will, supposed to be made by the said Erle of Wiltshire, by which Will the foresaid Erle of Wiltshire should Will to the said Erle of Shrewsbury, all his Fee­simple Land; Whereupon the foresaid parties have compromitted themselves, to abide th' Award, Ordinance and Judgment, of us the said Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot Arbitrators indifferently named and chosen by and between the aforesaid parties, to award, ordain, and deme, as well of and upon the premisses, as for and upon all manner Evidences, Charters, Escripts, Writings and Aminiments concerning the premisses, or any part of them, and of all manner of Actions, Suits, Quarrels, and Demands, had or moved between the foresaid parties, or other Servants, or Friends be­fore the date of these presents, concerning the premisses. And we the aforesaid Ar­bitrators taking upon us the authority and power to Award, Ordain and Deme, of and upon the premisses, calling before us the Counsels of the said parties, hearing and seeing their Tytels, Answers, Replications, Evidences, Proves, and all other their Allegances, concerning their aforesaid Tytles and Interess, by good deliberation and by consent of the said parties, Award, Ordain and Deme, of and upon the premises, [Page 226]in manner and form following, that is to say, forasmuch as the aforesaid John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan, Humphrey Browne, George and John Browne, have shewed to us the said Arbi­trators, a Will supposed to be made by the same Erle of Wiltshire, and seal'd with his Seal; in which Will he revoked all former Wills, and will'd that same Will to stand in his full strength and vertue, and for his last Will; and in that Will there is no clause whereby the said Erle of Shrewsbury should have any of his Mannors, Lands, or Tenements, as by the same more plainly appeareth. And also they have shew'd un­to us fair and sufficient Deeds, and other Writings, proving the foresaid Mannor of Drayton, and other the said Mannors, Lands, Tenements and hereditaments, to be yeven in tail to the Ancestors of the said Constance, Mother to the said Erle of Wiltshire, and that the same Erle of Wiltshire had and enjoyed the same by reason of the same tails, and the foresaid Elizabeth and George Browne, and Audrey, be Cosens and next heires to the said Constance, Mother to the said Erle of Wiltshire, and to the said Erle on his said Mothers side, and heritable to the foresaid Mannors, and other premises, by reason of the same tayles: Wherefore we Award, Ordain and Deme, that the fore­said Elizabeth, George Browne and Audrey, shall have and enjoy all the foresaid Man­nors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and other the premises, to them and to their heirs, according to the foresaid Titles of Inheritance, and that the foresaid Erle of Shrewsbury shall by his several Deeds sufficient in the Law, to be enroll'd, re­lease to the said John Mordaunt and Elizabeth, Humphrey Browne, George Browne, and John Browne and Audrey his Wife, and to such person or persons as they shall name, to the use of the said Elizabeth, George and Audrey, and their heirs, all such Right, Title, Claim, Interest and Demands, as the said Erle of Shrewsbury, or any person or per­sons to his use, hath in the foresaid Mannors, Lands and Tenements, and other the premises, by reason of any Gift or Will in the premises, or any part of them, made by the foresaid Erle of Wiltshire to the foresaid Erle of Shrewsbury, at the Costs and Charges of the said John Mordaunt, John and George Browne in all things; And further­more the said Erle of Shrewsbury shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said John Mordaunt, Humphrey Browne, John and George Browne, or to their Deputy or Deputies in London, all such Charters, Evidences and Writings, as he to his own use, or any other to his use, to his knowledge, hath only concerning the premises, as soon as it may be conveniently done; for the which Releases and other things above specified, and for other Costs and Charges which the aforesaid Erle of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the premises, We the said Arbitrators, Award, Ordain, and Deme, that the said Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, Humphrey Browne and John Browne shall content and pay to the said Erle of Shrewsbury, his Executors or Assigns, two hundred Marks of lawful Money, in forme following; that is to say, the said John Mordaunt shall con­tent and pay to the foresaid Erle of Shrewsbury, his Executors or Assigns, in the day of the Feast of St. George the Martyr, next coming after the date above written, at the Rode of the North dore in the Cathedral Church of Pauls in the City of London, between the hours of Nine and Eleven of the Clock of the same day, a hundred marks; and the foresaid Sir Wistan, Humphrey Browne and John Browne shall content and pay to the foresaid Erle, his Executors or Assigns, in the day of the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle then next ensueing, at the said Rode in the said Church, between the hours of Nine and Eleven of the same day, a hundred marks, residue of the foresaid two hundred marks. Also we Award, Ordain, and Deme, that the said John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan Browne, Humphrey and John Browne by their Deed and Deeds, as sufficient as the said Erle of Shrewsbury by his Councell shall advise, shall release to the said Erle of Shrewsbury, and as many persons as the said Erle shall name and appoint, in writing be­fore the Feast of St. Michaell th' Archangel next coming after the date hereof, which hath done, labour'd or spoken for the said Erle in his foresaid cause, all actions of Trespasses, Debates and Demands personal, had, or done before the date of these presents, at the Costs and Charges of the said Erle of Shrewsbury and the said Erle and all the foresaid persons, which have done, spoken, or labour'd any thing for the said Erle of Shrews­bury, in or for his tryal or possession of the premises or any part of them, shall be for [Page 227]ever discharged against the same Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt and Elizabeth his Wife, Humphrey Browne, George Browne, John Browne and Audrey his Wife, and every of them, of all Actions, Trespasses, and Demands personal, which they have, or might have, against the same Erle or the foresaid other persons, for any cause had or done touching the premises afore the date of these presents.

In witness whereof the foresaid Arbi­trators to every part of these Indentures of their Award, have put to their Seals this twentieth day of March, the sixth yere of the Reign of King Henry the Eight.

A Release from the Erle of Shrewsbury to John Mordaunt of all his Right concerning the Mannor of Drayton.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit,
nos Georgius Comes Salopiae
salutem in Domino sempiternam.

Sciatis, nos praefatum Geor­gium Comitem remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro nobis & haeredibus nostris quietum clamâsse, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxori ejus, uni consanguinearum & haere­dum Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts, ex parte matris ejusdem Edwardi, videlicet filii Constanciae, filiae & haeredis Henrici Greene nuper de Drayton in Comitatu Nor­thamptoniae Armigeri, Humfrido Browne, Georgio Browne, filio & haeredi appa­renti dicti Humfridi Browne; & filio & haeredi Amiae alterius consanguinearum & haeredum dicti Edwardi, ex parte dictae Constanciae, Johanni Browne & Etheldredae uxori ejus tertiae consanguinearum & haeredum dicti Edwardi, ex parte dictae Constan­ciae, Thomae Montegue & Willielmo Pemberton, haeredibus & assignatis suis, ad usum eorundem Johannis Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, Humfridi Browne, Georgii Browne, & Johannis Browne & Etheldredae uxoris ejus, & haeredum ipsarum Elizabe­thae, Georgii & Etheldredae, totum Jus nostrum, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse & demandum quae habemus, seu unquam habuimus, de & in Manerio de Drayton, ac de & in omnibus aliis maneriis, terris, tenementis, reditibus, reversionibus, Bos­cis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis & aliis haereditamentis quibuscunque, cum eorum perti­nentiis, quae nuper fuerunt praedictae Constanciae, aut praedicti Henrici, sive alicujus alterius, sive aliquorum aliorum, ad eorum aut alterius eorum usum, in dicto Comita­tu Northamptoniae, seu in aliquo alio Comitatu infra Regnum Angliae aut in Mar­chiis eorundem, quae nos praefatus Georgius Comes vel haeredes nostri aliquo modo habere poterimus in praedictis Maneriis ac caeteris praemissis, aut in eorum aliquo, cum eorum pertinentiis, ratione alicujus donationis, legationis, seu per ultimam vo­luntatem praefati Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts nobis factis sive habitis, salvis omnino & reservatis nobis & haeredibus nostris, omni clameo, jure, titulo, interesse, & de­mando, quae habemus seu habere poterimus in praemissis, seu in eorum aliquo nobis per descensum aut per Jus haereditarium, per aliquem antecessorum nostrorum, cu­jus vel quorum haeres, nos praefatus Georgius Comes existimus, seu ratione alicujus alterius tituli quem habere poterimus, aliter quàm per ultimam voluntatem, legati­onem sive donationem praedicti Comitis Wilts, facta sive habita, ita quòd nec nos praefatus, Georgius Comes, nec haeredes nostri, nec aliquis pro alius nobis, seu nomine nostro, aliquod Jus, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse seu demandum, de aut in praedictis Maneriis, ac caeteris praemissis cum eorum pertinentiis, nec in aliqua eorum parcella, ex causis praedictis, de caetero exigere, clamare seu vendicare pote­rimus, sed ab omni actione juris, tituli, clamei, interesse, aut demandi, seu aliquid inde petendi simus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui.

Dat' vicesimo quarto die Mar­cii Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi post Conquestum sexto.
G. Shrewsbury.
In the first South Window of the Chancell in St: Peters Church of Luffwick.

In the Second South Window

In the first Window on the North side of the Chancell.

In the second Window on the North side of the Chancell.

In the East Window on the South side of the said Chancell.

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In the East Window on the North side of the Chancell

In the East Window of the Chappell at Drayton.

In the first Window on the South side of the Chappell

In the Second Window on the South Side of the Chappell
[blazons of coats of arms in the windows of Drayton Hall, Lowick, Northamptonshire]

In the lesser Window of Drayton Hall

In the greater Window of Drayton Hall.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of that HOUSE of VERE, Of which were the LORDS of Addington and Thrapston; Justified by Publick Records, Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Arms of the Veres of Addington were of Vere Charged upon the Center with an Escucheon, bearing Argent a Cross Gules.

  • AUBERY DE VERE Earle of Guisnes. Cheife Iusticiar of England & great Chamberlaine to King Henry ye. first. Adeliza de Clare
  • Aubery de Vere. 1st. E. of Oxford Eufemia de Cantelup.
  • Sr. Robert de Vere. Matilda de Furnel.
  • Rossia de Vere. Jeffery de Magnaville Earle of Essex.
  • Sr. Henry de Vere. Hildeburga.
  • [Page]Sr. Robert de Vere. Margaret de Wake.
  • Walter de Vere. Ld. of Drayton. Lucia Basset.
  • Sr. Baldwin de Vere. Margaret de Seagrave.
  • Sr. Iohn. de Vere.
  • Sr. Robert de Vere. Anne de Waterville.
  • Sr. Baldwin de Vere.
  • Sr. Randall. de Vere.
  • Sr. Robert. de Vere. Elizabeth de Northburgh.
  • Randol. de Vere.
  • Idonea. de Vere.
  • [Page]Sr. Robert. de Vere. Elizabeth de Tay.
  • St. Baldwin de Vere. Elena de Mohun, alius Kingston.
  • Margaret de Vere. Thomas Ashby. S. P.
  • Sr. Richard de Vere. Isabella Greene.
  • Elizabeth de Vere.
  • Amy de Vere.
  • Elena de Vere. Thomas [...]sham. Ld of Pichfley.
  • Ann de Vere. Iohn Ward. Ld of Irtlingborow
  • Margaret de Vere. Iohn Berners.
  • Elizabeth de Vere. William Dounhall.
  • Sr. Henry de Vere. Isabella Tresham.
  • Baldwin de Vere.
  • Constance de Vere Iohn Boteler Ld. of Woodhall.
  • Constance de Vere. Iohn Par.
  • Elizabeth de Vere Iohn Ist. Ld. Mordaunt.
  • Amie de Vere. HumphryBrowne.
  • Etheldred de Vere. Iohn Browne.
  • Iohn 2d. Ld. Mordaunt.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of that HOUSE of VERE, Whence were the LORDS of Addington and Thrapston; Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of VERE.

AUBREY de VERE, Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First, and Chief Justice of ENGLAND.

Spelmanni Glossarium, Page 337, 338.

ALbericus de Vere, Comes de Guisnes, Camerarius Angliae, & Portgravius, ut perhibetur, Londini, pater Abrici primi Comitis Oxonii, Angliae po­nitur Justiciarius.

Spelmanni Glossarium de Capitali Angliae Justiciario qualis olim & quantus fuit.

JUstitia totius Angliae, aliàs Capitalis Angliae Justiciarius, quantus hic olim fuit, us­quequaque non liquet. Dignitate omnes Regni proceres, potestate omnes supera­bat Magistratus.

The Baronage of England, Page 190.

THIS last mentioned Albery, called Albericus Junior, confirmed all those Grants made by his Father to the Monks of Abingdon; and being in high esteem with King Henry the First, was by him made Lord Great Chamberlain of all England, to hold the same Office in Fee to himself and his heirs, with all Dignities and Liber­ties thereto belonging, as honourably as Robert Mallet, Lord of the Honor of Eye in Suffolk, or any other before or after him, held the same, and with such Liveries and Lodgings of his Court as belonged to that Office: Being also one of the Kings Justices, Tempore Henrici Primi.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, Page 248.
Carta Alberici Regis Camerarii.

EGO Albericus, Regis Camerarius, terram de Twyvell, quamdiu vixero, de Do­mino Abbate Guntero & Monachis de Thorneya per talem conventionem teneo ad firmam, ut per unumquemque annum eis sex libras pro ea reddam, ante Nativitatem quatuordecem solidos, ante Pascham quatuordecem solidos, & ad Vincula Sancti Petri extremos quatuordecem solidos. Insuper pro remissione peccatorum me­orum illis de una mea decima, scilicet de Islip, unoquoque anno ad Festivitatem [Page 244]Sancti Michaelis decem solidos reddam. Totum verò surplus quod miserim in ea­dem Villa ultrà quàm recepi in extremo die vitae meae, pro salvatione animae meae, Sanctae Mariae Patribúsque meis, simul cum terra eorum, concedo solidum & qui­etum ab omni Calumnia. De alia terra quam pro servitio dimidii Militis in eadem Villa de Willielmo de Blosvilla teneo in feodo; & de dimidio unius Hidae, quam certè emi pretio, Sanctam Mariam, meósque fratres post me concedo esse Haeredes, in quantum id eis concedere possum. Hujus Conventionis sunt testes Hardewin de Escaetere, Radulphus Dapiser, Willielmus de Whitlesege, & Simonio, fratres illius loci & alii quamplures.

Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penès Comitem de Peterborow.

ALbericus de Twyvell Camerarius Regis dedit Ecclesiae de Thorney duas Gar­bas decimae trium Villarum de Islip, Addington, & Drayton, de Dominico suo.

The Baronage of England, Page 190. Writing of Earl Aubrey.

HE in the Fifth of Stephen, with Richard Basset then Justice of England, executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey, Cambridge, Huntington, Essex, Hart­ford, Northampton, Leicester, Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckingham and Bedford, and gave to the Monks of Thorney in Comitatu Canter. certain Lands in Islip: But before the end of this year he was killed in London, leaving Issue by Adeliza his Wife, Daughter of Gilbert of Clare, three Sons, Alberic his Son and Heir, ....... a Cannon of Saint Osiths in Chieche, and Robert, which Robert in the twelfth of Henry the Second, upon levying the aid for marrying the Kings Daughter, certified, that he then held half a Knights Fee. He also held the Lordship of Twyvell in the County of Northampton of the Monks of Thorney in Fee-Farm, as his Father did.

ROBERT de VERE, Second Son of Alberic de Vere, Great Chamberlain and Chief Justice of England.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, Pag. 417.

ANNO Millesimo Centesimo Tricesimo quinto Rex Henricus Primus obiit apud Castrum Leonis, & sepultus fuit apud Radingas, ubi Coenobium ducen­torum Monachorum condiderat in honorem Sanctae & individuae Trinitatis. Robertus de Vere & alii Milites de Angliâ, & Statellites & Ministri Regis apud Pon­tem Audomari atque bonam Villam Feretrum Regis apud Caddomum adduxerunt.

Baronage of England, Pag. 190. Second Column. Speaking of Maud the Empress.

SHE likewise gave to Robert de Vere, the other Brother of this Earl Alberic, a Ba­rony to the value of that so given to Jeffrey, and other Lands of equal worth, to possess within a year after she should enjoy the Realm of England.

Monasticon Anglicanum, pars prima, Pag. 248.
Charta Roberti Filii Alberici Camerarii Regis.

EGO Robertus filius Alberici (Camerarii Regis) terram de Twyvell, quamdiu vixero, de Domino Abbate Roberto & Monachis de Thorneya per eandem Conventionem in feodi firmam teneo, per quam conventionem pater meus ante me [Page 245]tenuit, & decimas de quinque Carrucis quas pater meus Deo & Sanctae Mariae Thor­neyae concessit, scilicet Drayton, & Islip, & Edington Deo atque Sanctae Mariae atque Monachis Thorneyae concedo. Hujus Conventionis sunt testes Robertus de Jakesly, Ertnoldus, Willielmus de Cesterton, Ogerus Terri de hominibus ipsius Roberti, Hu­go Ware, Adam, imo omnes fratres ipsius loci.

Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penes Comitem de Peterborow.

RObertus filius Albrici Anno primo Imperii Henrici Regis Junioris feria quinta, in Hebdomada Pentecostes, tempore Galterii Abbatis, qui successit Gilbertum Abbatem ejusdem loci, Anno Domini Millesimo Centesimo Quinquagesimo quarto, in praesentia Henrici filii sui quietum clamavit Manerium de Twyvell Monasterio de Thorney. Alexander tertius Papa donationem confirmavit Abbati de Twyvell, vide­delicet, de duabus garbis decimarum trium Villarum Islip, Drayton, & Addington.

In libro rubro Feodorum de Scaccario, inter Cartas Dominorum irrotulatas, de annis septimo, octavo, decimo quarto, decimo octavo Henrici Secundi, à secundo & octavo Richardi Primi.

DOmino suo Charissimo Henrico Regi Angliae, Robertus filius Alberici Came­rarii, Salutem. Sciatis, Domine, quod Ego teneo de vobis feodum dimidi­um Militis.

In Anno octavo, in Northamptonshire, Robertus filius Albrici dimidium Militis.

In Anno decimo quarto, in Northamptonshire, Robertus filius Albrici Camerarii dimidium Militis.

In Anno decimo octavo, in Northamptonshire, Robertius filius Albrici decem solidos.

In Anno secundo Regis Richardi, fecit Scutagium Walliae, assessum ad decem solidos.

In Northamptonshire, Robertus filius Albrici quinque solidos dimidii Militis.

In Anno octavo Regis Richardi, Scutagium Normanniae ad viginti solidos.

Rotulo duodecimo adhuc communi de Termino Pasch. (Anno tricessuno octavo Henrici Tertii) Consideratio contra Monachos de Hortune.

HEnricus Avus Domini Regis concessit, & Cartâ suâ confirmavit Deo & Eccle­siae Sancti Johannis Apostoli & Evangelistae de Hortune, & Monachis ibidem Deo servientibus, Tintonam & Hortunam cum pertinentiis, habendum & tenendum cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus, in quibus Roberus de Vere, & Adelina uxor ejus meliùs & liberiùs tenuerunt, & eisdem Monachis (per Cartam su­am) confirmaverunt. Et ideo consideratum est, quòd praedicti Monachi facient Do­mino Regi pro praedictis Maneriis illud idem servitium, quod praedictus Robertus & Adelina facere consueverunt.

Carta Roberti Furnell.

RObertus de Furnell omnibus hominibus Francicis & Anglicis, tam praesentibus quàm futuris, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ con­firmâsse Roberto filio Albrici de Twyvell cum Matilda filia mea in franco marriagio quatuor acras terrae in Campis de Craneford, scilicet apud Wudeforddale tres rodas & dimidiam rodam, & ad Bricluste unam rodam & dimidiam, ad sorte Brokilhill unam rodam, super Langfurlong tres rodas, & juxta Havedlond Gilberti filii Brikestoni unam rodam, super Hepehill juxta terram quam Hosse tenuit duas rodas, apud Calde­well in parte Orientali unam rodam, in Sortlundale unam rodam, super Barlifurlong unam rodam, super Nonishill juxta Gilberti filii Brikestoni unam rodam: Tenendas de me & haeredibus meis illi & haeredibus suis liberè, quietè & honorificè in plano, in [Page 246]pasturis, in Campis, in pratis, in viis, in semitis, in omnibus libertatibus, & in om­nibus locis; Reddendo inde mihi annuatim & haeredibus meis ad Festum omnium Sanctorum dimidiam libram piperis pro omnibus serviciis & consuetudinibus, & pro omnibus rebus, salvo forinseco servicio Domini Regis spectante ad cantam tenu­riam. Et Ego & haeredes mei illas supradictas quatuor acras terrae illi & haeredibus suis contra omnes homines debemus warrantizare. Hiis testibus Willielmo de Han­red, Radulfo de Lingevere, Radulfo de Andeli, Henrico filio ejus, Willielmo filio Radulfi, Galfrido fratre ejus, Simone filio Remfrei, Rogero fratre ejus, Galfrido Champiun, Waltero Poeir, Simone de Loholm, Adae Clerico Domini Abbatis de Thorneya, Magistro Rogero de Glamesford, Mattheo filio Hugonis sacerdotis de Twy­vell, Richardo filio Baldewini, Hugone Halecrist, Willielmo filio ejus, Radulfo Mal­herbe de Livdenea, & pluribus aliis.

Carta Johannis Furnell.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Johannes filius Matildae filiae [...] Furnell dedi & concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto [...] pro servitio suo & viginti solidis Argenti, quos mihi dedit prae manibus, quatuor acras terrae in Campis de Craneford, scilicet illas quatuor acras quas Robertus de Fur­nell dedit Matri meae in libero marriagio, scilicet apud Wudefordedale tres rodas & dimi­diam, apud Bricluste unam rodam & dimidiam, apud sorte Brockilhill unam rodam, super Langefurlong tres rodas, & unam rodam juxta capucium Gilberti filii Bricstan, & duas rodas super Hepehill, & unam rodam apud Kaldewelle in parte orientali, & unam rodam in sorte Lundale, & unam rodam super Barlifurlong, & unam rodam super Honishill juxta terram Gilberti filii Bricstan, tenendas & habendas sibi & haere­dibus suis liberè & quietè, bene & in pace & honorificè, in bosco, in plano, in Campis, in pasturis, in pratis, in viis, in semitis, & in omnibus libertatibus ad terras illas pertinentibus, reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis dimidiam libram piperis ad Festum omnium Sanctorum pro omnibus secularibus servitiis, salvo forinseco Domini Regis servitio. Ego verò dictus Johannes & haeredes mei warran­tizabimus dictam terram dicto Roberto & haeredibus suis contra omnes gentes im­perpetuum. Ut autem haec mea donatio & concessio ratae & stabiles perseverent, prae­sentem Cartam Sigilli mei munimine roboravi. Hiis testibus Mauricio Dandeli, Willielmo de Muscha, Henrcio de Draitone, Willielmo de Paumes, Waltero Dene­ford, Henrico de Aldwincle, Radulpho filio Willielmi de Craneford, Luca de Thrap­ston & aliis.

Carta Thomae Curthun.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Thomas Curthun dedi & concessi & quietum omnino clamavi pro me & haeredibus meis Domino Roberto de Vere & haere­dibus suis vel assignatis Rogerum filium Willielmi praepositi de Craneford, cum toto jugo servitutis & cum tota sequela sua; Ita quod nec ego nec haeredes mei, nec ali­quis per me vel per haeredes meos, in praedicto, ut supra scriptum est, unquam aliquid poterimus exigere. Et Ego praedictus Thomas & haeredes mei praedicto Roberto de Vere & haeredibus suis vel assignatis praedictum Rogerum cum tota sequela sua ut di­ctum est, warrantizabimus imperpetuum. Et ut haec mea donatio & concessio & quieta clamatio rata & stabilis imperpetuum perseveret, huic Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Willielmo de Trayli de Wodeforde, Richardo de Gatesdene, Richardo de Aldwincle, Willielmo de Bruere, Richardo de Cotes, Luca de Thrap­ston, Roberto Caper de Twyvell, Galfrido de Walecote, Rogero Clerico & aliis.

Sir HENRY de VERE, the Son of Robert, the second Son̄ of Alberic, Great Chamberlain of England.

Hollinshead's Chronicle, Page 110.

BUT in the mean time it chanced that Sir Richard de Wallis, a Knight of the Realm of France, went about to Fortifie a Castle in a Village that belonged to him called Walles, situate between Trie and Gisors. Whereupon Henry de Vere Constable of Gisors under William Earl of Albemarle, was nothing content there­with, and therefore got a Company together and went forth to disturb the work: Upon this occasion the Servants of the said Sir Richard Walles came forth, and encoun­tred with him in the Field, insomuch that Ralph the Son of Sir Richard de Walles was slain, and the residue that were with him fled, many of them being sore beaten and wounded.

Historiae Anglicanae scriptores decem ex imaginibus Historiarum Radulphi de ..... Pag. 631.

RAdulphus filius Hugonis de Vallibus habitationem habens cum patre suo prope Gisortium infra Limites Regis Francorum, Willielmum de Magnavilla, Il­lustrem Comitem de Albemarle, verbis dehonestavit amaris: in ultionem contume­liae postmodum Henricus de Vere interfecit Radulphum in Kal. Decembris: Quod Injuria Regis Francorum esse factum aliqui reputantes, Garnerium quendam Anglo­rum Regi familiarissimum & intra muros Gisortii Domicilium à diebus multis ha­bentem, paratis insidiis crudeliter trucidaverunt, ut sic paria delicta compensatione mutuâ delerentur.

Rotulo Secundo adhuc de Communi Termino Sancti Michaelis, Anno vicesmo septimo Henrici Tertii, Norfolk & Suffolk.

REX Vicecomiti, &c. Constat Nobis per Inquisitionem factam tempore Jo­hannis Regis Patris nostri, quòd Rex Henricus noster proavus dedit Balduco de Boxo Manerium de Mutford pro triginta libratis terrae in Amptonae Baroniae suae de Bouden, quod quidem Manerium tenuit postmodum Hildeburga haeres praedicti Baldewini, qui terram illam dedit Henrico de Vere cum filia sua, & Stephano de Lulham cum alia filia sua.

Sir ROBERT de VERE, Lord of Addington, Thrapston, Twyvell, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Walteri de Drayton.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Walterus filius Henrici filii Roberti dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo Patrunculo meo to­tam terram de Twyvell, quam Robertus Avus meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis, & totam terram de Addington, quam praedictus Ro­bertus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium quartae partis feodi unius Militis, tenendam sibi & haeredibus suis legitime procreatis de me & haeredibus meis, liberè & quietè pro istis praenominatis serviciis: Et si fortè praedictus Willielmus sine haerede quam habuit de Uxore desponsata, obierit, praedictae terrae ad me & haeredes meos redibunt. Pro hac Intratione, Recognitione & donatione praedictus Willielmus mihi homagium fecit, & unum annulum aurem dedit. Hiis testibus Richardo Bassett, Radulpho Dandelyn, [Page 248]Willielmo de Sidenham, Osmondo de Carleton, Willielmo de Aiston, Gervasio de Sutborne, Rogero Monacho, Roberto Sancto Marco, Rogero filio Pagani, Richar­do de Aldwincle, Willielmo de Musta, Gilberto Flamens, Eliah de Carleton, Ala­no de Hale, Gervasio de Bernak, Roberto de Vere, Henrico de Tichmarch, & aliis.

Carta Willielmi de Vere.

SCiant tam praesentes quàm futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus filius Roberti dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Deo & Sanctae Mariae & Sancto Johanni Baptistae, & beatis pauperibus Hospitalis Sancti Johannis de Northampton, & fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus, sex seliones terrae cum Cheveciis de meo Domi­nio in agris Twyvellie, illos scilicet qui jacent juxta Fullewellemor, in liberam & puram & perpetuam Eleemosynam, pro salute animae meae & uxoris meae, & pro animabus omnium antecessorum meorum. Hiis testibus Roberto de Leicestria, Wil­lielmo de Perie, Waltero filio ejus, Anketill de Passeha, Richardo Pellipario, Ri­chardo filio Radulphi Capellani, Philippo Clerico vernasio & multis aliis.

Carta Willielmi de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus filius Roberti filii Albrici dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto de Vere Nepoti meo, per voluntatem & concessionem Walteri de Drayton, totam terram de Twyvel quam Robertus pater meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis, & to­tam terram de Addington quam praedictus Robertus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium quartae partis feodi unius Militis, quas omnes habui de donatione graciosa praedicti Do­mini Walteri de Drayton, tenendas sibi & haeredibus suis pro istis praenominatis ser­vitiis imperpetuum. Hiis testibus Domino Richardo de Lucy, Alano de la Zouch, Richardo Basset, Willielmo de Sidenham, Eustachio de Watford, Simone de Pattes­hull, Henrico de Pautis, Thoma de Kirkton, Stephano de Boby, Andrea de Tich­march, Johanne de Aldwincle, Stephano Coco & Nicholao Clerico.

Carta Henrici Abbatis Croilandiae.

NOtum sit omnibus ad quos Carta ista pervenerit, Quòd Ego Henricus Abbas Croilandiae & ejusdem loci conventus concessimus, dedimus & hac nostra praesenti Cartâ confirmavimus Amiciae & Ymeniae filiabus Matildae de Estun totum illud tenementum in Addington integrè cum omnibus pertinentiis & asiamentis suis infra villam & extra villam, quod dicta Matilda tenuit de nobis in Addington, quòd scilicet habuimus de dono & eleemosyna Willielmi filii Albrici, (videlicet illam virgatam terrae quae fuit Willielmi filii Walteri, cum tofto & omnibus ad eam pertinentibus, & prato quod fuit de dominico ipsius Willielmi juxta pratum quod fuit Johannis de Bidun trans vadum, & quatuor seliones terrae juxta croftum quod fuit praedicti Willielmi filii Walteri, & tres seliones prope Molendinum praedicti Willielmi filii Roberti) Te­nendum & habendum sibi & haeredibus suis vel cui voluerit assignare de Nepotibus vel Neptibus suis, licerè, quietè & haereditarie inter dictas Amiciam & Ymeniam & haeredes ipsarum aequaliter parciendum, reddendo inde annuatim nobis ad Natale Domini duo­decim denarios pro omni servitio, consuetudine & exactione, salvo forinseco servicio. Volumus etiam & concedimus, quòd si una praedictarum Amiciae & Ymeniae sine hae­rede de corpore suo decesserit, medietas dicti tenementi quae defunctam continge­bat, cedat superstiti, tenenda & habenda sibi & haeredibus suis vel cui voluerit as­signare de Nepotibus vel Neptibus suis, liberè, quietè, haereditariè & integrè cum sua quam priùs habebat medietate per praedictum annuum servitium duodecim de­nariorum. Testibus hiis Reginaldo Parsona de Drayton, Magistro de Drayton, Magistro Thoma de Kirkton Medico, Nicholao Parsona de Boby, Radulpho de [Page 249]Rippinghall Clerico, Radulpho Itone, Nicholao Portar, Willielmo de Puriters, Al­bano de Cellare, Nicholao filio ejus, Willielmo de Lardar, Andrea filia Danielis, Alex­andro Coquo & multis aliis.

Carta Davidis Abbatis de Thorney.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus praesens Scriptum visuris vel audituris, David Dei gra­tiâ Abbas Thorney & ejusdem loci Conventûs, salutem in Domino. Noverit Universitas vestra ita inter nos & dominum Robertum de Vere convenisse, scilicet quòd concessimus pro nobis & successoribus nostris dicto Roberto & haeredibus suis in es­cambium Messuagium illud in Twyvell quod de nobis tenuit Michael ad Crucem, quod scilicet jacet inter Gardinum ipsius Roberti ex una parte & Messuagium Willi­elmi filii Godwini ex altera, sine aliquo retinemento, cum duabus buttis terrae ad Chalpits pro uno Messuagio quod de praefato Roberto tenuit Richardus Pistor in eadem villa, quod scilicet jacet inter iter quod vadit versus Craneford & Messuagium Roberti Carpentarii, sine aliquo retinemento, cum tribus selionibus eidem Messuagio perti­nentibus: Habendum & tenendum sibi & haeredibus suis de nobis & successoribus nostris liberè, quietè, & haereditariè, bene & in pace, absque omni calumpnia & servitio ad nos & successores nostros de praefato Messuagio pertinente. In cujus rei testimonium duo Chirographa sunt, unum quod resideat penes dictum Robertum & haeredes suos, signatum communi Sigillo Capituli nostri, & aliud quod resideat penes nos, signatum Sigillo ipsius Roberti. Hiis testibus Baldewino de Vere, Willielmo Hay, Willielmo de la Mulche, Mauritio Dandely, Henrico de Raundes, Henrico de Drayton, Jo­hanne Palmario, Matthaeo de Twyvell, Reginaldo de Den, Richardo Marescallo, & multis aliis.

Carta Adelinae de Rodlos.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Adelina de Rodlos dedi & concessi Margaretae juniori filiae meae ad eam consulendam & haeredibus suis, totam terram quam Baldewinus filius Gisleberti dominus meus moriens reliquit mihi ad me sustinendum, scilicet Thrapestun & Eschellingo & Hiccham, cum omnibus istarum villarum perti­nentiis, istam & concessionem & donationem feci ei de praedictis villis & pertinentiis suis in libera potestate mea, & praesentis cartae testimonio confirmavi, sicut illi quae re­mansit haeres totius haereditatis quae fuit Richardi de Rodlos patris mei; & ne haec filia mea, caeteris consultis, inconsulta remaneret, hanc particulam haereditatis meae illi reliqui. Hujus donationis testes sunt David Abbas de Brune, Helyas de Baieus, Reginaldus de Cruce, Robertus Nepos Helyae, Hubertus Sacerdos, Hamo Sacerdos, Reginaldus de Sancta Cruce, Willielmus Clericus, Spileman, Godricus.

SIGILLVM AELINA DE RODLOS

Carta Domini Baldewini de Wac.

OMnibus hominibus suis praesentibus & futuris
Baldewinus Wac
Salutem.

No­tum sit vobis me dedisse & concessisse Roberto de Vere cum Margareta Amita mea totam villam meam de Thrapston cum pertinentiis suis & libertatibus, illi & haeredibus suis, ad tenendum de me & haeredibus meis per servitium feodi dimidii unius Militis. Teste Henrico Abbate de Bruna, Widone Clerico de Depyng, Galfrido filio Galfridi, Waltero filio Radulphi, Hugone de Boby, Rogero filio Alexandri, Willielmo de Waspria, Helya de Baud, Baldewino de Waspria, Waltero de Boby, Aluredo Camerario, Willielmo de Mort.

SIGILLVM DNI BALDEWINI DE WAC

Carta Regis Henrici Tertii pro Mercato de Thrapston.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Normaniae, Aquitaniae, & Comes Andegaviae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comiti­bus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis Salutem.

Sciatis nos concessisse & hac cartâ nostrâ confirmâsse pro no­bis & haeredibus nostris dilecto & fideli nostro Roberto de Vere, quòd ipse & haere­des sui habeant imperpetuum singulis annis unam feriam apud Manerium suum de Thrapston duraturam per tres Dies, videlicet in Vigilia & in die & in Crastino Sancti Jacobi Apostoli, nisi feria illa sit ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum. Quare volu­mus & firmiter praecipimus pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus & haeredes sui habeant imperpetuum singulis annis unam feriam apud praedictum Ma­nerium suum de Thrapston, duraturam per tres dies, scilicet in vigilia & in die & in Crastino Sancti Jacobi Apostoli, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad hujusmodi ferias pertinentibus, nisi feria illa sit ad nocumentum vicinarum feria­rum, sicut praedictum est. Hiis testibus Richardo fratre nostro, Comite Cornubiae, Richardo de Clare Comite Gloucestriae & Herefordiae, Petro de Sebaudia, Simone de Monteforti Comite Leicestriae, W. de fortibus Comite Albemarliae, R. Quenci Comite de Wintonia, H. de Vere Comite Oxoniae, Hugone de Vivon, Johanne de Plessetis, Paulino Peyre, Johanne de Lexynton & aliis.

Datum per manum nostram in Castris apud Gannok quarto die Octobris Anno Regni nostri vicesimo nono.

Carta Domini Galfridi de Lucy.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Gaufridus de Lucy dedi & concessi & prae­senti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto de Vere, pro homagio & servitio suo, cen­tum solidos Esterlingorum in Molendino meo de Daylenton, quod scilicet quondam fuit Roberti de Pruer, percipiendos per annum per manum Molendinarii ejus­uem Molendini ad tres terminos anni, scilicet ad Pascha duas marcas & dimidi­am, & ad Natale Domini duas marcas & dimidiam: Habendos & tenendos sibi & haeredibus suis de me & haeredibus meis liberè, quietè & haereditariè quousque ei per­fecero centum solidatos terrae in loco competenti, & hoc erit citra Festum Purificati­onis beatae Mariae Anno Regni Regis Henrici vicesimo primo; & quàm citiùs ei per­fecero praedictos centum solidatos terrae, ipse Robertus reddet mihi praesentem Cartam, & Molendinum praedictum mihi quietum remanebit à praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis, & Ego Gaufridus & haeredes mei warrantizabimus praefato Roberto & haeredibus suis praedictos centum solidatos Esterlingorum contra omnes gentes imperpetuum: Et si eis warrantizare non poterimus, dabimus eis excambium ad valenciam in loco competenti alibi in terris nostris. Hiis testibus, Williemo de Cantelupo, Willielmo Barduffe, Gilberto de Breante, Bartholomeo de Thorp, Richero le Mansell, Gilberto Clerico, & multis aliis.

Carta Margartae Comitissae Lincolniae & Pembrochiae.

MArgarete de Lascy Countesse de Nicole & de Pembroc
à son cher amy Sire Roberd de Vere, salut & amistés.

Je vous prie & requer ke vous si vous plest me voillez par le porteur de cestes lettres envaier le cutel ad la Manche de Jaspe ke mun Seigneur vous presta al Moes nostre Seigneur nostre Pere kar je la voudrei en­vaier à mun Seigneur outre mer ensemblement ad autres choses ke je luy envaierai en ki tesmoigne je vous envei mes lettres overtes, saluz.

[seal of Margaret de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke]

Hollinshead his History of England, Page 241. No. 40.

ABout the same time William de Longespee Earl of Salisbury, and Robert de Vere, with other English-men to the number of two hundred Knights, having taken on them the Cross, went into the Holy Land, the said Earl being their chief Captain, and had so prosperous speed in their Journey, that they arrived safe and sound in the Chri­stian Army, where the French King being chief thereof, they were received joyfully.

Matthaeus Parisiensis, Page 766.57.

TEmpore quoque sub eodem multi Nobiles de Regno Anglorum, videlicet Willielmus de Longaspata, Robertus de Vere signifer ejus, & multi alii No­biles, ita ut ad ducentorum Equitum numerum congregati recensiti sunt, ut ad iter Hierosolymitanum pararentur.

Hollinshead his History of England, Page 433. No. 10.

MOreover in the East parts that valiant Earl of Salisbury, William de Longespee, with Robert de Vere and others, were slain in that unfortunate Battel, in which the Saracens vanquished the Christians Army, and took Lewis the French King Prisoner.

Matthaeus Parisiensis, Fol. 791.42.
W. Longaespatae altercatio cum R. Comite Atrebatensi.

TAlia igitur audiens Willielmus Longaspata, schisma in exercitu jam suscitatum vehementer formidans, impetuosum motum animi Comitis Atrebatensis sedare cupiens, & Magistri Templi iram mitigare, respondit dicens: Talem scissuram & di­visionem, secundum verbum Dominicum, sequitur desolatio. Credamus igitur huic viro Sancto & autenico, ô Comes serenissime. Incola hujus terrae existit diuturnus, nôritque vires & versutias Saracenorum, experimento edoctus multiplici; Nos novi Juvenes, & advenae, quid mirum si Orientalium simus nescii periculorum? Quantum distat Oriens ab Occidente, tantum discrepant Occidentales ab Orientalibus. Et versâ facie ad Magistrum Templi cum serenitate & verbis blandis ipsum allocutus, conabatur motum animi ejus mitigare, cùm ecce Comes Atrebatensis rapiens verbum ab ore ejus, more Gallico reboans & indecenter jurans, audientibus multis, os in haec convitia resolvit, dicens: O timidorum caudatorum formidolositas! quàm beatus, quàm mundus praesens foret exercitus si à caudis purgaretur & caudatis! Quod audi­ens W. verecundatus & de verbi offendiculo lacessitus, & commotus, respondit: O Comes Roberte, certè procedam imperterritus ad quaeque imminentia mortis peri­cula. Erimus, credo, hodie, ubi non audebis caudam equi mei attingere. Et appo­nentes galeas, & explicatis signis progressum contra hostes, qui spaciosam planiciem, montes & valles undique cooperuerunt, continuabant. Sic igitur volens Comes Ro­bertus omnia sibi, si Christianos contingeret triumphare, ascribere, dedignabatur fratri suo Domino Francorum Regi, haec praesumpta pericula nunciare. Soldanus igitur per expeditissimos exploratores super hujusmodi omnibus certificatus, omnem suam numerosam, quae sub temporis inopinata brevitate fuerat congregata, multitudinem ad certamen alacriter animavit, dicens: Eja, eja, hoc est quod diu praeoptavi. Divisi sunt Christiani, nec frater fratri jam adhaeret. Imo & isti, qui non nisi vix tertiam par­tem conficiunt, ad invicem sunt discordes; Dati sunt nobis in praedam & direptione [...] Imo hodie sese corrodentes, turpiter sunt objurgati. Quid hi faciunt vel facturi sunt Rex Francorum remotus penitus ignorat. Conterendi sunt primitus isti fame mace­rati & bello, cum itineris labore fatigati, & lapidibus quos apud Mansor susceperunt conquassati pauci admodum & omnino debilitati, ut faciliùs consequenter alios penitu [...] occupemus, quos ab omni victualium genere coarctamus. Hoc igitur consilium cùm ab omnibus Saracenis audiretur, ab universis est approbatum. Irruit igitur impetuo [...] nimis ipse Soldanus cum innumerabilibus turmis suis in exercitum Christianorum, & committitur bellum cruentissimum, & infra parvae morae spatium Christianorum exer­citus multitudine Saracenorum, sicut Insula mari, coepit circumcingi, & interponunrse Saraceni ipsis Christianis & flumini, quod transierant, ne unus quidem eorum posse [...] evadere. Quod videns Comes Atrebatensis, poenituit eum consiliis seniorum ac san [...] orum non adquievisse. Sed galeatum serò duelli poenitet. Cùm igitur videret Lo [...] gamspatam hostibus undique denso agmine circumvallatum, & pondus totius be [...] sustinentem, exclamavit Comes Robertus nimis impudenter & imprudenter, dicens: O Willielme, dimicat contra nos Deus, non possumus ampliùs resistere, Consule tib [...] per fugam, ut possis vivus elabi, dum te tuus equus portare praevalet, ne velle incipias, cùm non possis. Cui Willielmus breviter, prout tantus tumultus permisit, respondit: Non placeat Deo, ut filius patris mei fugiat pro aliquo Saraceno. Malo soeliciter mori quàm infoeliciter vivere. Comes igitnr Atrebatensis Robertus, videns se jam [Page 253]circumquaque hostibus septum, & vix fugam patere, flexis loris fugam iniit re­pentinam; & vectus equo rapidissimo versus flumen, quod vel Nilus fuit, vel Thaf­nis, quem Nilus absorbet, armatus intravit, credens flumen transnatare, quia equum noverat validissimum, ast non potuit, quia ferro & multis aliis impedimentis, fuerat irretitus. Submersus igitur miser periit, nulli miserabilis, fugitivus & superbus, humi­liatus, non sponte, sed invitus, nullius Lachrymis deplangendus, quia generoso san­guine Regum procreatus aliis exemplum praebuit perniciosum, & secundum illud Poeticum:

—Tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto qui peccat major habetur.

Comite igitur sic submerso coeperunt omnes qui in bello fuerant desperare Francigenae, & agminibus deficere dissipatis. Quod videns Willielmus in quem omnes Saraceni irru­erunt, comperit quòd res pro capite agebatur, omnium insultus viriliter sustinebat, & multorum corpora detruncando, animas ad tartara destinabat. Tandem equo ener­vato, & pedibus ejus detruncatis, adhuc aliquorum supervenientium capita, manus vel pedes mutilando decurtabat. Denuo post multos ictus, & vulnera quae sustinuit, eli­quato sanguine cum jam coepisset deficere, obrutus lapidibus, Martyr manifestus a­nimam coronandam exhalavit, & cum ipso signifer ejus Robertus de Vere, miles exi­mius, & quamplures Anglici, qui ejus ab initio è vestigio signa fuerant assecuti.

Carta Galfridi de Lucy.

NObili Dominae Helenae de Vere
Galfridus de Lucy
Salutem in Domino sempi­ternam.

Quia nolo quòd quicquid vobis depereat de dote vestra occasione mei, Praesentium Authoritate vobis concedo, quòd mittatis vos in possessionem illius Molendini Deylintune secundum quod inde percipere consueverat bonae memoriae ma­ritus vester Robertus de Vere. In cujus rei testimonium istas Patentes Litteras vobis mitto.

Valete.

Data anno gratiae millesimo ducentesimo quinquagesimo primo, die Sancti Sixti Papae apud Battrichelsey.
The Tomb of Sir ROBERT de VERE, as it is extant in the Church of Sudburgh, commonly called Sudborow, near Drayton in the County of Northampton.

Sir BALDWIN de VERE, first of that Name, Lord of Thrapston, Addington, Melton, Tywa, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Dominae Helenae de Vere.

NOverint universi has Litteras visuri vel audituri, quòd Ego Helena de Vere quon­dam uxor Domini Roberti de Vere dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Domino Gilberto de Seagrave & haeredibus suis Maritagium Balde­wini & Johannis filiorum meorum, ita scilicet quòd si dictus Baldewinus ante suam legitimam aetatem humaniter decedat, dictus Gilbertus vel haeredes sui maritabunt di­ctum Johannem ad unam de filiabus dicti Gilberti, & dictus Gilbertus vel haeredes sui dabunt eidem Johanni in libero maritagio cum filia dicti Gilberti centum solidatos terrae. Pro hac vero concessione & Cartae confirmatione dedit mihi praedictus Gilber­tus prae manibus centum marcas. Ego verò Helena de Vere dictum maritagium di­ctorum Baldewini & Johannis filiorum meorum dicto Gilberto & haeredibus suis con­tra omnes homines warrantizabo. In hujus autem rei testimonium huic Scripto Si­gillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus Domino Richardo de Mundeville, Domino Radulpho Camerario, Domino Willielmo de Walteneys, Radulpho de Grontham Vicecomite Rotelandiae, Simone de Pyrers, Willielmo Beler de Ketilby, Thoma le Benweysner de Standeford, Johanne filio Gilberti de Melton, Johanne de eadem Cle­rico, & aliis.

SIGILLVM DNAE HELENAE DE VER

Carta Domini Gilberti de Seagrave.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Gilbertus de Seagrave dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Baldewino filio Roberti de Vere omnes terras & tenementa quas habui in Villis de Aleby & Melton in Comitatu Leycestre, scilicet in Dominicis, homagiis, redditibus, servitiis, releviis, wardis haeredum, Escaetis, cum omnibus pertinentiis sine aliquo retenemento, in libero maritagio cum Margareta filia mea, & haeredibus de dictis Baldewino & margareta exeuntibus: Habendas & tenen­das eisdem Baldewino & Margaretae & haeredibus de eis exeuntibus liberè, quietè, & pacificè imperpetuum de me & haeredibus meis, faciendo pro dictis terris & tenementis omnia servitia quae pertinent ad dominos feodorum dictorum tenementorum. Ego verò Gilbertus & haeredes mei praedictas terras & tenementa praedictis Baldewino & Marga­retae, & haeredibus de eis exeuntibus contra omnes homines warrantizabimus, sicut praedi­ctum est. In cujus rei testimonium huic Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Domino Richardo de Mundeville, Domino Radulpho Camerario, Domino Willi­elmo de Walteneys, Radulpho de Grenam Vicecomite Rotelandiae, Simone de Pyrers, Willielmo Beler de Ketilby, Thoma de Benweysner de Standeforde, Johanne filio Gil­berti de Melton, Johanne de eadem Clerico, & aliis.

Carta Ranulphi Comitis Cestriae & Lincolniae.

RAnulphus Comes Cestriae & Lincolniae
omnibus praesentibus & futuris praesen­tem Cartam inspecturis vel audituris Salutem.

Sciatis me concessisse, de­disse & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmâsse Baldewino de Vere, pro homagio & servitio suo, totam medietatem tertiae partis totius Dominici de Tywa, & octo solidatos redditus quos habui in Molendino Australi de Tywa, & decem & septem virgatas terrae & unum Cottagium & dimidium in eadem Villa, scilicet duas virgatas terrae quas Ambrosius tenuit, & duas virgatas terrae quas Rogerus filius Wi­marci tenuit, & duas virgatas terrae quas Willielmus de Tackele tenuit, & duas virgatas terrae quas Quenilda tenuit, & unam virgatam terrae quam Adhelina tenuit, & unam virgatam terrae quam Hugo Palmarius tenuit, & duas virgatas terrae quas Richardus Novus-homo tenuit, & unam virgatam terrae quam Willielmus Baro tenu­it, & unam virgatam terrae quam Nicholaus Alverich tenuit, & unam virgatam terrae quam Willielmus filius Ambrosii tenuit, & unum Cottagium quod Robertus Molen­dinarius tenuit, & dimidium Cottagium quod Gilbertus Cornifex tenuit: Habenda & tenenda de me & haeredibus meis eidem Baldewino & haeredibus suis liberè & quietè, plenè, pacificè, & haereditariè in culturis, in dominicis, pratis, pascuis, boscis, planis, viis, semitis, terris & aquis, cum omnibus praedictis hominibus & eorum sequelis & consuetudinibus, & cum omnibus aliis libertatibus & aysiamentis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis ad praedictum tenementum pertinentibus infra villam vel extra; Faciendo inde mihi & haeredibus meis ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui servitium septimae partis feodi unius militis pro omnibus servitiis & demandis universis. Ego verò Ranulphus & haeredes mei dictum tenementum cum omnibus pertinentiis suis eidem Baldewino & haeredibus suis contra omnes gentes imperpetuum warrantizabimus. Et ut haec mea donatio & concessio in posterum perpetuae firmitatis robur obtineant, eas praesenti Cartâ & Sigilli mei appositione roboravi. Hiis testibus Domino Waltero de Daynel, Radulpho de Bray, Gilberto de Seagrave, Waltero de Bisboc, Radulpho de Say, Ri­chardo de Buron, Gilberto & Rogero de Norfolch, Baldewino de Brucart, Eustacio de Beckness, Henrico Harang, Elya Pincerna, Willielmo Coquo, Johanne & Wil­lielmo de Weston Clericis, & aliis.

SIGILLVM RANULPHI COMITIS CESTRIAE ET LINCOLNIAE

SECRETVM RANVLPHI COMITIS CESTRIAE ET LINCOLNIAE

Carta Regis Henrici Tertii.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Normaniae, Aqui­taniae, & Comes Andegaviae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Priori­bus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Forestariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Mi­nistris [Page 256]& omnibus ballivis & fidelibus suis Salutem.

Sciatis nos concessisse & hac cartâ nostrâ confirmâsse dilecto & fideli nostro Baldewino de Vere pro nobis & haere­dibus nostris donationem quam dilectus & fidelis noster Ranulphus Comes Cestriae & Lincolniae ei fecit pro homagio & servitio suo de tota medietate tertiae partis totius Do­minici de Tywa; Et de octo solidatis redditus, quos idem Comes habuit in Molen­dino australi de Tywa; Et de decem & septem virgatis terrae & uno Cottagio & di­midio in eadem Villa: Habendam & tenendam eidem Baldewino & haeredibus suis imperpetuum bene & in pace, liberè & quietè, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad praedictam terram & praedictum redditum pertinentibus, sicut Cartâ praedicti Comitis, in qua praedicta donatio pleniùs continetur, & quam idem Baldewinus inde habet, rationabiliter testatur. Quare volumus & firmiter praecipimus quòd praedictus Baldewinus & haeredes sui imperpetuum habeant & teneant praedictam terram & praedictum redditum cum pertinentiis suis bene & in pace, liberè & quietè, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad praedictam terram & praedictum redditum pertinentibus, sicut praedictum est. Hiis testibus venerabilibus patribus, J. Bathon. R. Dunhelm. W. Carleoln. Episcopis; H. de Burgo Comite Kanciae Justici­ario nostro, Stephano de Segrave, Johanne Marescallo, Roberto de Lexynton, Ra­dulpho filio Nicholai, Johanne filio Philippi, Philippo de Perye.

Data per manum venerabilis patris R. Cicestr. Episcopi Cancellarii nostri, apud Westmonasterium, deci­mo octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri decimo quarto.

Carta Roberti filii Walteri.

RObertus filius Walteri
omnibus hominibus & amicis suis Francis & Angli­cis Salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse & concessisse & hâc presenti Cartâ meâ con­firmâsse Baldewino de Vere, pro homagio & servitio suo, totam terram meam in Bi­shopscoate cum omnibus pertinentiis, habendam & tenendam de me & heredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis in feodo & haereditate per servitium dimidii militis, & pro duobus cereis de quatuor libris cerae, quos debeo Domino Abbati de Sancto Albano, reddendis in Festo Sancti Albani, & pro viginti quatuor solidatis quos debeo Coquinae Sancti Albani pro omni servitio & exactione. Et si Ego Robertus filius Walteri vel haeredes mei praedicto Baldewino vel haeredibus suis praedictam terram warrantizare non possumus, Ego Robertus filius Walteri vel haeredes mei faciemus praedicto Baldewino vel haeredibus suis centum solidatos terrae alibi de terris meis, faciendo de illis centum solidatis terrae mihi vel haeredibus meis tertiam partem unius militis pro omnibus servi­tiis & exactionibus. Hiis testibus Roberto de Insula, Waltero de Ely, Gaufrido de Adnes, Richardo de Argentun, Willielmo de Bennier, Othinello fratre suo, Fulcone Bainard, Willielmo de Ambli, Waltero de Marmy, Willielmo de Marmy.

SIGILLVM DNI ROBERTI FILIVS WALTERI

Carta Roberti filii Walteri.

RObertus filius Walteri
omnibus hominibus suis & amicis, Francis & Anglicis Salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse & concessisse & hac presenti Cartâ meâ confir­mâsse Baldewino de Vere, pro homagio & servitio suo, totam terram meam in Bi­shopscoate, quam teneo de Domino Abbate de sancto Albano, cum omnibus perti­nentiis suis: Habendam & tenendam de me & haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis in feodo & haereditate per servitium quartae partis unius militis, & pro duobus cereis de quatuor libris cerae quos debeo, Domino Abbati de Sancto Albano, reddere ad Festum Sancti Albani, & pro viginti quatuor solidis quos debeo coquinae Sancti Albani pro omnibus servitiis & exactionibus. Et si Ego Robertus filius Walteri vel haeredes mei praedicto Baldewino de Vere vel haeredibus ejus praedictam terram in Bishopscoate warrantizare non possumus, Ego Robertus filius Walteri vel haeredes mei faciemus prae­dicto Baldewino de Vere vel haeredibus suis alibi de terris meis escambium ad va­lorem praedictae terrae de Bishopscoate. Quare volo & firmiter praecipio quòd prae­dictus Baldewinus de Vere & haeredes sui teneant praedictam terram bene & in pace, liberè, & quietè, integrè & honorificè per praedictum servitium. Et ut haec mea donatio & concessio rata sit, & stabilis in posterum perseveret, praesentem Cartam Si­gilli mei appositione cor [...]boravi. Hiis testibus Willielmo de Hobrig, Waltero de Crepinges, Galfrido de Ambly, Folcone Bainghard, Waltero de Valenc. Henrico de Alneto, Thoma de Blancmuster, Albrico de Wikes, Philippo de Ikeworth, Roberto de Cokesfield, Radulpho le Blund, Roberto de Cymai, Radulpho Gubiun, Rogero Clerico, Radulpho Bainghard, Thoma de Clere, Johanne de Wiretel, Willielmo Clerico, & multis aliis.

Carta Henrici Abbatis Croilandiae.

NOverint universi Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae filii ad quos praesens Scriptum pervene­rit, quòd Ego Henricus Dei gratiâ Abbas Croilandiae & ejusdem loci Conven­tûs, Patroni Ecclesiae de Addington, concessimus & quantum ad nos pertinet praesenti Cartâ confirmavimus Domino Baldewino de Vere, & haeredibus suis, construere & ha­bere imperpetuum Capellam in curia sua apud Addington in Parochia dictae Ecclesiae, salvo in omnibus jure Matricis Ecclesiae sub forma subscripta, videlicet ut infra Capellam vel extra nec Baptisterium nec Campanae nec aliquid aliud habeatur per quod praejudici­um fieri possit Matrici Ecclesiae. Et in ea Capella ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui & hospites eorum cum propria familia audiant Missam & divina officia, & ullum aliud Sacramentum illic fiet, nisi cùm panis benedictus & aqua benedicta dominicis diebus aspergenda tum existentibus in Capella. Et in eadem Capella Parochiani Matricis Ecclesiae alii à sua familia propria non recipientur ad divina. Et ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui jurabunt quòd nec per se nec per alium Damnum ullum vel laesionem ali­quam occasione praedictae Capellae Matrici Ecclesiae inferri patientur. Ad praesentati­onem verò Baldewini & haeredum ejus admittantur à Rectoribus Matricis Ecclesiae Capellani in eadem Capella propriis sumptibus divina officia celebraturi, Sacramen­to prius ab ipsis praestito quòd de oblationibus & obventionibus omnibus in dicta Ca­pella percipiendis plenè & integrè Matricis Ecclesiae Rectoribus respondebunt, & quòd nihil in Parochia facient vel fieri procurabunt per quod fiat praejudicium Matrici Ec­clesiae vel ejusdem Ecclesiae Rectoribus. Qui si infideles inventi fuerint, & super hoc coram Archidiacono vel Decano loci confessi vel convicti fuerint, tanquam perjuri ex hac causa amoveantur, Alio idoneo successivè substituendo ad praesentationem dicti Baldewini & haeredum ejus de assensu Rectoris Ecclesiae ut praedictum est. Et ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui cum tota familia sua octies per annum Matricem Ecclesiam visitabunt, divina ibidem audituri, videlicet die Natalis Domini, die Purificationis beatae Mariae, die Paschae, die Dedicationis Ecclesiae, die Ascensionis, die Pentecosti, die Assumptionis beatae Mariae, & die omnium Sanctorum, nisi per infirmitatem vel [Page 258]aeris intemperiem vel hospitum magnorum reverentiam vel aliam rationabilem vel ma­nifestam causam fuerint praedictis octo festis impediti, & tunc de permissione & licen­tia Rectoris Ecclesiae diebus illis in Capella illa compleantur divina, sive Rector ma­luerit per proprium Capellanum sive per illum qui in Capella illa constituitur. Ita videlicet quòd tam diebus illis quàm aliis liceat Rectori Ecclesiae si voluerit per propri­um Clericum percipere ea quae ad Capellam perveniunt per manum ipsius ad Matri­cem Ecclesiam deferenda, vel si maluerit per Capellanum in Capella ministrante. Domino verò Capellae praedictis octo Festis Domi non existente, familia quae tunc ibi erit, Matricem Ecclesiam visitabunt. Et ut haec nostra concessio rata permaneat im­perpetuum & inconcussa, praesens Scriptum Sigilli nostri munimine corroboravi­mus. Hiis testibus Domino Reginaldo de Well, Magistro Willielmo de Stoter, Magistro Willielmo de Grafton, Magistro Radulpho de Collingham, Waltero Rectore de Thrapston, Willielmo de Lardar, Osberto de Cellaric, Nicholao filio ejus, Ro­gero de Cameraria & multis aliis.

Carta Walteri Rectoris Ecclesiae de Addington.

NOverint universi Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae filii ad quos praesens Scriptum perve­nerit, quòd Ego Walterus Rector Ecclesiae de Addington, de assensu Domini Henrici Abbatis & Conventûs Croylandiae patronorum ejusdem Ecclesiae, concessi & quantum ad me pertinet, praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Domino Baldewino de Vere, & haeredibus suis, construere & habere imperpetuum, Capellam in Curia sua apud Ad­dington in Parochia dictae Ecclesiae, salvo in omnibus jure Matricis Ecclesiae sub forma subscripta, videlicet ut infra Capellam vel extra nec Baptisterium nec Campanae nec aliquid aliud habeatur per quod praejudicium fieri possit Matrici Ecclesiae: Et in ea Ca­pella ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui & hospites eorum cum propria familia audiant Missas & divina officia, & ullum aliud Sacramentum illic fiet, nisi cùm panis benedi­ctus & aqua benedicta dominicis diebus aspergenda tum existentibus in Capella. Et in eadem Capella Parochiani Matricis Ecclesiae alii à sua familia non recipientur ad divina. Et ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui jurabunt, quòd nec per se nec per alium Damnum vel laesionem aliquam occasione praedictae Capellae Matricis Ecclesiae inferri patientun. Ad praesentationem verò Baldewini & haeredum ejus admittantur à Rectoribus Matric is Ecclesiae Capellani in eadem Capella propriis sumptibus divina officia celebraturi; Sa­cramento prius ab ipsis praestito quòd de oblationibus & obventionibus in dicta Capella percipiendis plenè & integrè Matricis Ecclesiae Rectoribus respondebunt, & quòd nihil in Parochia facient vel fieri procurabunt per quod fiat praejudicium Matrici Ec­clesiae vel ejusdem Ecclesiae Rectoribus, qui si infideles inventi fuerint, & super hoc coram Archidecano vel Decano loci confessi vel convicti fuerint, tanquam perjuri ex hac causa amoveantur, Alio idoneo substituendo successivè ad praesentationem d [...]cti Baldewini & haeredum ejus de assensu Rectoris Ecclesiae ut praedictum est. Et ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui & tota familia sua octies per annum Matricem Ecclesiam visitabunt divina ibidem audituri, videlicet die Natalis Domini, die Purificationis beatae Mariae, die Paschae, die Dedicationis Ecclesiae, die Ascensionis, die Pentecosti, die Assumptionis beatae Mariae, die omnium Sanctorum, nisiper infirmitatem vel aeris intemperiem vel hospitum magnorum reverentiam vel aliam rationabilem & mani­festam causam fuerint praedictis octo festis impediti, & tunc de permissione & licentia Rectoris Ecclesiae diebus illis in Capella illa compleantur divina, sive Rector Ecclesiae maluerit per proprium Capellanum sive per illum qui in Capella illa constituitur. Ita videlicet quòd tam illis diebus quàm aliis liceat Rectori Ecclesiae, si voluerit, per pro­prium Clericum percipere ea quae ad Capellam pervenerint per manum ipsius ad Ma­tricem Ecclesiam deferenda; vel si maluerit, per Capellanum in Capella ministrante. Domino vero Capellae Domi praedictis octo festis non existente, familia quae tunc ibi erit, Matricem Ecclesiam visitabunt. Et ut haec mea concessio rata permaneat im­perpetuum & inconcussa, praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei munimine corroboravi. [Page 259]Hiis testibus Reginaldo de Well, Radulpho filio Reginaldi, Willielmo de Sidenham, Mauritio de Audeli, Waltero de Denford, Magistro Willielmo de Stoter, Radulpho de Collingham, Magistro Willielmo de Grafton, Waltero Rectore Ecclesiae de Thrap­ston, & multis aliis.

Carta Hugonis Episcopi Lincolniensis.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit,
Hugo Dei gratia Lincolniensis Episcopus
Salutem in Domino.

Noverit universitas vestra quòd cum Baldewinus de Vere Capellam apud Addington in proprio fundo construxisset as­sensu dilectorum filiorum Abbatis & Conventûs Croylandiae patronorum Ecclesiae de Addington, & Walteri Rectoris ejusdem optinuit in hac forma, videlicet, quòd infra Capellam vel extra nec Baptisterium nec Campanae nec aliquid aliud habeatur, per quod praejudicium fieri possit Matrici Ecclesiae, & in ea Capella ipse Baldewinus & haeredes sui & hospites eorum & cum propria familia audiant Missas & divina officia, & nullum aliud Sacramentum ibi fiat, nisi cum panis benedictus & aqua benedicta diebus Dominicis aspergenda tum existentibus in Capella, & in eadem Capella Parochiani Matricis Ecclesiae alii à sua familia propria non recipientur ad divina. Et ipse Balde­winus & haeredes sui jurabunt quòd nec per se nec per alium damnum vel laesionem aliquam occasione praedictae Capellae Matrici Ecclesiae inferri patientur. Ad praesenta­tionem verò Baldewini & haeredum ejus admittantur à Rectoribus Matricis Ecclesiae Capellani in eadem Capella propriis sumptibus divina Officia celebraturi, Sacramento ab eis ipsis praestito, quòd de oblationibus & obventionibus omnibus in dicta Capella percipiendis plenè & integrè Matricis Ecclesiae Rectoribus respondebunt, & quòd nihil in Parochia facient vel fieri procurabunt per quod fiat praejudicium Matrici Ecclesiae vel ejusdem Ecclesiae Rectoribus, qui si infideles inventi fuerint, & super hoc coram Archi­decano vel Decano loci confessi vel convicti fuerint, tanquam perjuri ex hac causa amoveantur, Alio idoneo successivè substituendo ad praesentationem Domini Baldewini & haeredum suorum de assensu Rectoris Ecclesiae ut praedictum est. Et ipse Baldewi­nus & haeredes sui cum tota familia sua octies per annum Matricem Ecclesiam visita­bunt divina ibidem audituri, videlicet die Natalis Domini, die Purificationis beatae Mariae, die Paschae, die Dedicationis Ecclesiae, die Ascensionis, die Pentecosti, die As­sumptionis beatae Mariae, die omnium Sanctorum, nisi per infirmitatem vel aeris in­temperiem vel hospitum magnorum reverentiam vel aliam rationabilem & manifestam causam fuerint praedictis octo festis impediti, & tunc de permissione & licentia Recto­ris Ecclesiae diebus illis in Capella illa compleantur divina, sive Rector Ecclesiae malu­erit per proprium Capellanum sive per illum qui in Capella illa constituitur; Ita vi­delicet quòd tam diebus illis quàm aliis liceat Rectori Ecclesiae si voluerit per proprium Clericum percipere ea quae ad Capellam perveniunt per manum ipsius ad Matricem Ecclesiam deferenda, vel si maluerit per Capellanum in Capella ministrantem. Do­mino verò Capellae Domi non existente praedictis octo festis, familia quae tunc ibidem erunt, Matricem Ecclesiam visitabunt, dictus verò Baldewinus tanti memor beneficii dedit & concessit & cartâ suâ quam inspeximus confirmavit, pro se & haeredibus suis, Matrici Ecclesiae de Addington, in puram liberam & perpetuam eleemosynam, pro salute animae suae, Antecessorum & haeredum suorum, nec non & Hawise uxoris suae, sex acras terrae cum omnibus pertinentiis in territorio de Addington, videlicet in Sleng tres rodas, juxta feodum Mauricii de Andely, sub Wodeforde banlond unam rodam, juxta terram Ecclesiae, & apud Greenwey duodecim seliones juxta terram Decani, & unam rodam quae abuttat super Buttes juxta terram Decani, & sub Rigewey dimidiam acram & quatuor seliones juxta terram Decani, & duodecim seliones qui abuttant super Tendelade juxta terram Soce, & duodecim seliones super Lidewellehyll juxta terram Decani, & dimidiam acram quatuor sulcis minus quae abuttat super Caputium Alexandri juxta terram Henrici filii Seyne, & duodecim seliones apud Michelwell juxta terram Ade propontici, & in Welfield super Schithill tres Rodas, & in Bonfurlong unam rodam [Page 260]juxta terram Decani; Item in Bocfurlong super Rennedewelhill unam acram juxta ter­ram Decani, & apud Holles tres rodas juxta terram Decani, & subter Rigewey unam rodam juxta terram Decani. Idem verò Baldewinus & haeredes sui warrantizabunt dictas sex acras terrae cum pertinentiis dictae Ecclesiae de Addington & eidem Ecclesiae Rectoribus imperpetuum versus omnes & in omnibus ut liberam & puram eleemosy­nam suam. Haec autem omnia praedicta rata quantum in nobis est habentes & grata, ea speciali confirmavimus authoritate. Salvis in omnibus especialibus consuetudini­bus & Lincolniensis Ecclesiae dignitate. Et ut imperpetuum obtineat firmitatem, prae­senti Scripto Sigillum nostrum duximus apponendum. Hiis testibus, Warino de Kir­kett, Roberto de Boleshoner Capellanis, Magistris Waltero de Wermengen, & Ri­chardo de Wendover, Willielmo de Winch, Richardo de Oxon, & Thoma de Askep Canonicis, Magistro Alardo de Arundel, & Stephano de Castell Clericis, & aliis.

Datum Lincolniae per manum Radulphi de Waravil Canonici Lincolniensis, Quinto Idus Septembris, anno Pontificatus nostri vicesimo tertio.

Conventio inter Dominum Baldewinum de Vere & Johannem filium Hugonis de Twyvell.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd haec est Conventio inter Dominum Baudewinum de Vere & Johannem filium Hugonis de Twyvell, scilicet quòd praedictus Johan­nes reddidit & concessit praedicto Baudewino plenariè duo prata quae vocant Wene­medwes de tenemento suo apud Twyvell, & totum jus & clameum quod praedictus Johannes in praedictis pratis habet vel habere poterit, exceptâ dote uxori suae, tenenda & habenda viginti tres annos praedicto Baudewino & haeredibus suis, vel cui idem Bal­dewinus illa assignare voluerit de praedicto Johanne & haeredibus suis, libera scilicet & quieta & soluta ab omnibus servitiis & exactionibus, pro sexaginta solidis quos praedictus Baudewinus dedit praedicto Johanni prae manibus. Transactis autem viginti tribus annis praedictis, duo prata praedicta remanebunt quieta & soluta praedicto Johan­ni & haeredibus suis de praedicto Baudewino & suis attornatis & haeredibus. Et si fortè contigerit foenum per inundationem aquae perire, praedictus Baldewinus & sui Attornati recuperabunt tot quot fuerint amissiones pratorum praedictorum intra terminum praedi­ctum de praedicto Johanne & haeredibus suis. Ad hanc Conventionem fideliter in­ter eos observandam uterque praedictorum affidavit, & hoc praesens Chirographum Si­gillo suo corroboravit. Haec autem Conventio facta fuit ad Festum Sancti Michaelis, septimo Anno Regni Henrici Regis nostri, ciclo decenovenali currente per numerum septem, praedicto Baudewino eodem anno ad Festum Sancti Petri ad Vincula de terra Jerosolyma revertente. Hiis testibus, Acelino de Sidenham, Willielmo de Musta, Willielmo filio suo, Henrico de Draytone, Domino Mauricio Dandelin, Willielmo Hatechrist, Johanne Palmer, Matthaeo filio sacerdotis, Humfrido Capellano Henrico filio suo, & multis aliis.

Carta Baldewini de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Baldewinus de Vere dedi, concessi & hac meâ praesenti Cartâ confirmavi Radulpho filio Simonis pro servitio & homagio suo unam dimidiam virgatam terrae in Thrapston, quam pater praedicti Radulphi te­nuit, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, tenendam sibi & haeredibus suis de me & haeredibus meis liberè & quietè & haereditariè, reddendo annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis octo so­lidos & sex denarios pro omni servitio, salvo forinseco servitio, scilicet ad quatuor termi­nos, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis viginti & quinque denarios & obolum, & ad Festum Sancti Thomae Apostoli viginti quinque denarios & obolum, & ad Pascha florida viginti quinque denarios & obolum, & ad Festum Sancti Johannis Baptistae viginti quinque solidos & obolum. Hiis testibus, Willielmo de Musta, Bartholomaeo de [Page 261]Subure, Simone Para de Islip, Willielmo filio Walkelini, Richardo filio Gregorii, Hugone de Ringstede, Roberto filio Hernodi, Willielmo filio Bawdewini, Galfrido filio Rogeri, & multis aliis.

SIGILLVM BALDEWINI DE VER

Carta Willielmi de Sidenham.

SCiant omnes praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Willielmus de Sidenham concessi, relax­avi & quietos clamavi de me & de haeredibus meis imperpetuum Baldewino de Vere & haeredibus suis, Thomam de Tichmarch, & Willielmum filium Agnetis Na­tivos meos, cum tota sequela sua & cum omnibus Catallis suis, habendos & tenendos liberè, quietè & pacificè in liberam & perpetuam haereditatem. Ita etiam ut idem Baldewinus & haeredes sui de eis faciant quod voluerint, sicut de Nativis suis propriis, sine aliquo impedimento aut contradictione mei vel haeredum meorum. Pro hac au­tem concessione, relaxatione & quieta clamatione dedit mihi idem Baldewinus qua­tuor marcas argenti de denariis suis propriis. Et ut haec mea concessio, relaxatio & quieta clamatio firmae & stabiles imperpetuum permaneant, hanc praesentem Cartam Sigillo meo munitam ipsi habere feci. Hiis testibus, Mauricio de Audely, Wil­lielmo de Musta, Radulpho de Tichmarch, Willielmo Hay, Roberto Mauf, Hen­rico de Drayton, Willielmo de Herton, Willielmo Traily, Willielmo de Polteni, & multis aliis.

Carta Walteri de Ludham.

VIris venerabilibus Dominis & amicis in Christo Charissimis Domino Roberto de Laxinton & Domino Willielmo de Eboraco, & omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes litterae pevenerint, Walterus de Ludham Salutem in Domino. No­verit universitas vestra me recepisse à Domino Baldewino de Vere quatuor viginti & decem marcas argenti bonorum & legalium Sterlinghorum, in solutione quarum prae­dictus Baldewinus de Vere & Robertus de Vere filius ejus & haeres mihi tenebantur per Litteras suas patentes, secundum quod irrotulatum est in Rotulo Justiciarii Domini Regis in Nundinis Sancti Botulfi die octavarum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae inter ho­ram primam & vespertinam anno domini millesimo ducentesimo sexagesimo secundo; de qua etiam summa pecuniae praedictos Baldewinum de Vere & Robertum filium suum & haeredem quietos clamavi penitus in posterum. In cujus rei testimonium huic prae­senti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Domino Hugone de Piro, Do­mino Radulpho de Traily, Johanne Clerico de Melton, Willielmo Orghen, Ri­chardo le Tyes, Philippo de Mandeville, Willielmo Clerico, & aliis.

Conventio inter Dominum Abbatem Burgi & ejusdem loci Conventum, & Dominum Baldewinum de Vere super libertates de Thrapston.

NOtum sit omnibus Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae filiis ad quos hoc Scriptum pervene­rit, quòd cùm contentio esset inter Dominum Alexandrum Abbatem Burgi & ejusdem loci Conventum, & Baldewinum de Vere super quibusdam exactionibus, ut de auxilio Vicecomitis & sectis Hundredorum & visu Franciplegii hominum ipsius Bal­dewini, & aliis quae ipsi Abbas & Conventus dicebant sibi deberi de terra praedicti Baldewini de Thrapstona ratione praedictae terrae sitae infra septem Hundreda sua, sopita est & in hunc modum terminata, videlicet, quòd praedicti Abbas & Conventus conces­serunt praedicto Baldewino & haeredibus suis, quòd ipsi & terra sua de Thrapstona & homines sui de praedicta terra de Thrapstona sint imperpetuum quieti & liberi de prae­dictis auxiliis Vicecomitis & sectis Hundredorum & de denariis Franciplegii, & de om­nibus aliis demandis quae ad praedictum Abbatem & Conventum pertinent ratione praedictorum septem Hundredorum, pro dimidia marca argenti quam praedictus Bal­dewinus & haeredes sui solvent singulis annis in Festum Sancti Michaelis praedicto Ab­bati & Conventui imperpetuum, pro omnibus exactionibus ad praedictos Abbatem & Conventum ratione praedictorum septem Hundredorum pertinentibus, exceptis Attachia­mentis & aliis quae ad Coronam Domini Regis pertinent. Ita etiam quòd Ballivus prae­dicti Abbatis & Conventus de septem Hundredis suis veniet semel in anno, scilicet post Festum Sancti Michaelis, in curia praedicti Baldewini, & haeredum suorum, apud Thrapstonam, ad videndum Francumplegium hominum suorum secundum consuetu­dinem Regni & sine occasione. Et si inde aliqua misericordia emerserit, misericordia illa erit dicti Baldewini & haeredum suorum. Et si aliquis hominum suorum de Thrapstona capiatur pro latrocinio vel cum latrocinio in terra sua de Thrapstona, vel alibi infra septem predicta Hundreda, de quo scilicet judicium fieri pertinet in praedictis septem hundredis per libertatem praedicti Abbatis & Conventus, judicabitur in Curia praedicti Baldewini & haeredum suorum in Thrapstona coram Ballivo praedicti Abba­tis & Conventus de praedictis septem Hundredis, qui ibidem venire non differet: Et si ibidem venire non possit vel differat, serviens Hundredis de Naesford ibidem venient sine dilatione loco praedicti Ballivi. Et si ex judicio in praedicta Curia de Thrapstona facto, justicia aliqua emerserit facienda, Justicia illa fiet apud Undell, & Catalla Indictati erunt Baldewini & haeredum suorum, salvis Abbati & Conventui omnibus ad praedicta Hundreda pertinentibus, quae scilicet emergere poterunt de hominibus aliorum in Thrapstona praeterquam de hominibus praedicti Baldewini & haeredum suorum sicut praedictum est, & salvis praedicto Baldewino & haeredibus suis omnibus quae ad mercatum suum pertinent. Et ut haec concessio Abbatis & Conventus rata permaneat imperpetuum, praedicti Abbas & Conventus praesenti Scripto penes Bal­dewinum & haeredes suos retinendo Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Et ne praedictus Bal­dewinus vel haeredes sui cessare possint à solutione praedictae dimidiae marcae ad praedi­ctum terminum pro praedicta concessione, nec ultra praedictam concessionem aliquid exigere, vel contra eam aliquid facere, vel ad se plus possint attrahere quàm eis prae­concessum est, praedictus Baldewinus praesenti Scripto penes praedictum Abbatem & Conventum retinendo Sigillum suum apposuit. Et sciendum quòd nec praedictus Baldewinus nec aliquis haeredum suorum poterit unquam aliquo tempore furcas le­vare apud Thrapstonam. Hiis testibus.

Sir ROBERT de VERE, third of that Name, Lord of Thrapston, Addington, Twyvell, Sudburgh, Tywa, Melton, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Vere dedi & concessi & prae­senti Carta mea confirmavi Henrico le Permiter de Addington pro homagio & servitio suo unam dimidiam virgatam terrae, & dimidiam acram terrae quae jacet super Sciteshill cum pertinentibus; Illam scilicet dimidiam virgatam quam Richardus pater dicti Henrici tenuit de voluntate & assensu Baldewini de Vere patris mei: Ha­bendam & tenendam de me & haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis, de se & legitima uxore sua procreatis, integrè, liberè, & quietè, reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haere­dibus meis tres solidos, scilicet ad Festum omnium Sanctorum octodecim denarios, & in septimana Paschae octodecim denarios, pro omni seculari servitio, salvo forin­seco domini Regis servitio. Et Ego Robertus & haeredes mei praedicto Henrico & haeredibus suis, de se & legitima uxore sua procreatis, dimidiam praedictam virgatam terrae cum pertinentiis & dimidiam acram contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. Ita quòd si dictus Henricus le Permiter sine haerede de se moriatur, dicta dimidia virgata terrae & dimidia acra cum omnibus pertinentiis mihi & haeredibus meis rever­tentur. Hiis testibus, Richardo de Gatesdene, Magistro Simone Parsona de Adding­ton, Willielmo de Treyly, Luca de Thrapston, Eustachio de Irtlingburgh, Johanne Clerico de Addington, & multis aliis. Et ad majorem confirmationem, huic Scripto Sigillum meum apposui per visum testium supradictorum.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Robertus Vere Miles, Dominus de Addington, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ indentatâ confirmavi Johanni filio meo & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus legitime, Manerium meum de Twyvell, cum wardis, releviis, Escaetis, Maritagiis, boscis, hayis, pratis, semitis, viis, libertati­bus, & cum Nativis meis, cum totis sequelis eorum tam procreatis quàm procreandis, dicto Manerio spectantibus in Comitatu Northamptoniae: Habendum & tenendum praedictum Manerium cum wardis, releviis, Escaetis, maritagiis, boscis, hayis, pra­tis, semitis, viis, libertatibus, & cum Nativis meis, cum totis sequelis eorum tam procreatis quàm procreandis, dicto Manerio spectantibus in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto Johanni & haeredibus de corpore suo legitimè exeuntibus, reddendo inde an­nuatim Baldewino fratri meo & haeredibus suis unum par calcarium deauratorum ad Festum Natalis Domini pro omnibus servitiis. Et Ego praedictus Robertus & haere­des mei praedictum Manerium cum omnibus libertatibus, ut praedictum est, praefato Johanni & haeredibus suis de corpore suo legitimè exeuntibus contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & defendemus. Et si contingat quòd praedictus Johannes sine haerede de corpore suo legitimè exeunte obierit, tunc volo & concedo quòd praedictum Ma­nerium de Twyvell in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum wardis, releviis, Escaetis, Ma­ritagiis, boscis, semitis, hayis, pratis, piscariis, libertatibus, & cum Nativis Ville­nagii dicto Manerio spectantibus, praefato Baldewino fratri meo & haeredibus suis re­maneat imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Domino Gilberto Tolthorp de Deneford Milite, Rogero de ........ Milite, Willielmo Hotot de Clopton Milite, Willielmo de Nowers Milite, Henrico de Tychmerche, & aliis.

Carta Domini Roberti de Vere.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus praesens Scriptum visuris vel audituris,
Dominus Ro­bertus de Vere, Dominus de Thrapston,
salutem in Domino sempiternam.

Noverit Universitas vestra me concessisse & dimisisse Henrico filio Galfridi de Thrap­ston & Gealae uxori suae unum Messuagium in Villa de Thrapston, & terram cum suis pertinentiis, quam Robertus de Thrapston pater ejus quondam tenuit, ad totam vitam dictorum Henrici & Gealae uxoris suae, faciendo inde annuatim octo solidos ar­genti ad quatuor terminos anni, videlicet ad Festum Sancti Petri Apostoli duos so­lidos, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis duos solidos, ad Festum Sancti Thomae duos soli­dos, & ad Pascha florida duos solidos, & forinseca servitia quae Robertus consueta facere solebat. Ego verò dictus Robertus & haeredes mei dictum Messuagium cum dicta terra adjacente & eorum pertinentiis dictis Henrico & Gealae uxori suae dum vixerint warrantizabimus. Dicti etiam Henricus & Geala uxor ejus, domos, aedificia, muros & alia dicto Messuagio, firmaria in bono statu sustinebunt.

In cujus rei testimonium huic Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Willielmo Jordein de Barnwell, Willielmo Perpetuo Vicario de Addington, Johanne filio Lucae de Thrapston, Tho­ma de Wolston in Thrapston, Johanne le Franc, Thoma de Addington, & aliis.

SIGILLVM ROBERTI DE VER

Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 295.

SIR Robert de Vere was High-Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the thirtieth year of King Edward the First.

Conventio inter Dominum Robertum de Vere & Thomam de Abburbirie.

ANNO Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Henrici tricesimo primo in Festo beati Petri ad Vincula sic convenit inter Dominum Robertum de Vere Dominum de Sudburgh Militem ex parte una, & Magistrum Thomam de Abburbirie Domi­num de Aula ex parte altera, videlicet, Quòd praedictus Magister Thomas aut hae­redes sui dicto Domino Roberto seu haeredibus suis absque Calumpnia vel contradicti­one dimittent terras & tenementa in magna Tywa in Comitatu Oxoniae, quae idem Magister Thomas aliquando habuit ex dimissione & dono dicti Domini Roberti: Ita tamen si praedictus Robertus aut haeredes sui dicto Thomae aut haeredibus suis seu assignatis suis in quindena Sancti Michaelis in unum annum proximo futurum prae ma­nibus solverint apud Steple Aston sexies viginti marcas Sterlinghorum, Et tunc post solutionem praedictam praedicto Magistro seu certo Attornato praedictis loco & termino integraliter factam, dictae terrae & tenementa sine mora dicto Roberto aut haeredibus suis dimittantur & deliberentur, & praedictum Feoffamentum pro nullo habeatur. Si verò praedictus Robertus aut haeredes sui in praedictam solutionem in toto vel in parte [Page 265]defecerint die & loco praenominatis, extunc dictus Thomas aut haeredes sui ad redden­dum dictas terras aut tenementa praefato Roberto aut haeredibus suis nullatenus ullo tempore tenebuntur. Et sciendum quod praedjctus Dominus Robertus tenetur ad li­berandum dicto Magistro Thomae plenam & bonam quietam clamantiam Domini Johannis de Vere patris sui de praedictis tenementis in Tywa; Ità quòd statutum de centum libris in quibus idem Robertus eidem Thomae tenetur, & quòd est in manibus Johannis de Hotot ex consensu dictorum Thomae & Roberti, nunquam eidem Ro­berto liberetur, donec praedicta quieta-clamantia liberata fuerit dicto Thomae aut suo certo Attornato. In cujus rei testimonium utraque pars huic Scripto indentato Sigil­lum suum apposuit alternatim.

Datum apud Steple Aston in praedicto Festo beati Petri Anno Regis praenotato.
Hiis testibus, Dominis Henrico de Williamscote, Wal­tero de Wychul Militibus, Johanne de Aula de Nortlega, Henrico de Dichele, Jo­hanne Filio Simonis le Mestre de Dadington, & aliis.

Carta Roberti Gilkamor.

PAteat universis per praesentes me Robertum de Gilkamor, Collectorem Scutagii Dominae Isabellae Reginae Angliae, ad opus dictae Dominae meae, recepisse de Domino Roberto de Vere Milite sexaginta solidos Sterlinghorum pro tribus Scutagiis dimidii feodi Militis, quod praefatus Dominus Robertus tenet de feodo Thomae Wake in Thrapston in Comitatu Northamptoniae, scilicet pro Guerra Domini Regis Edwardi filii Regis Henrici annorum vicesimi octavi, tricesimi primi & tricesimi quarti, de qui­bus quidem sexaginta solidis nomine praefatae Dominae meae fateor me fore satisfactum. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum est appensum.

Datum apud Ad­dington die Lunae proximo ante Festum Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi decimo.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

NOtum sit omnibus tam praesentibus quàm futuris, quòd Ego Robertus de Vere Dominus de Thrapston dedi, concessi & hoc praesenti Scripto meo confirmavi pro me & executoribus imperpetuum Ranulfo filio meo & haeredi omnia bona & Ca­talla in Manerio meo de Thrapston inventa die confectionis praesentium; Ità quòd nec Ego, Executores mei, nec aliquis nomine meo in dictis bonis & Catallis de caetero exigere vel clamare poterimus, sed imperpetuum sumus exclusi. In cujus rei testimoni­um Sigillum meum apposui.

Datum apud Thrapston die Dominico proximo ante Festum Sancti Marci Evangelistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi tertio decimo.

In an ancient Manuscript among the Evidences of the Earl of Peterborow is this Pedigree inserted.

Rogerus de Waterville.
  • Anna nupta Roberto Vere Domino de Thrapston.
  • Elizabeth nupta Henrico de Tichmarsh.
  • Johanna nupta Thomae de Thorp.

RANƲLPH de VERE, first of that Name, Lord of Thrapston, Addington, Twyvell, Sudburgh, Tywa, Melton, and other Lands and Lordships.

The Priviledges and Liberties of the Town of Thrapston.

INTER Recorda in Curia Receptae Scaccarii sub Custodia Thesaurarii & Came­rariorum ibidem residentia, inter alia continetur ut sequitur, videlicet, in qua­dam Baga de quo waranto intitulata North. Bedd. ss. Placita de quo waranto, co­ram Galfrido le Scrop, & sociis suis, Justiciariis Domini Regis Itinerantibus apud Northampton die Lunae proximo post Festum Omnium Sanctorum, Anno Regni Re­gis Edwardi Tertii à Conquestu tertio, Rotulo primo Scrop......ss Ranulphus de Vere summonitus fuit ad respondendum Domino Regi de placito, quo waranto cla­mat habere libertates subscriptas, in Thrapston, videlicet quod ipse, & Haeredes sui, habeant imperpetuum, singulis annis, unam Feriam apud Manerium de Thrapston, du­raturam per tres dies, videlicet in Vigilia, & in die, & in Crastino Sancti Jacobi Apo­stoli, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus ad praedictam Feriam perti­nentibus; Et etiam habere ibidem Mercatum qualibet septimana, per diem Martis, singulis annis, cum omnibus ad dictum Mercatum spectantibus; Et etiam habere ibi­dem visum Franciplegii bis per annum, videlicet semel post Pascham, & iterum post Festum Sancti Michaelis, cum omnibus ea tangentibus, &c.

Et Ranulphus venit, & quoad praedictam Feriam, dicit, quòd Dominus Henricus Rex, Proavus Domini Regis nunc, per Cartam suam, quam profert, concessit, & confir­mavit cuidam Roberto de Vere, Antecessori praedicti Ranulphi, cujus haeres ipse est, quòd ipse, & haeredes sui habeant imperpetuum, singulis annis, unam Feriam apud Manerium suum de Thrapston, duraturam per tres dies, videlicet in Vigilia, & in die, & in Crastino Sancti Jacobi Apostoli, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis con­suetudinibus ad hujusmodi Feriam pertinentibus, Et eo waranto clamat ipse habere praedictam Feriam, &c.

Et quoad praedictum Mercatum, & Visum dicit, quòd illae libertates sunt, & fue­runt ab antiquo, pertinentes ad praedictum Manerium de Thrapston, de quo quidem Manerio cum pertinentiis simul cum libertatibus praedictis quidam Baldewinus de Wake feoffavit quendam Robertum de Vere, Proavum praedicti Ranulphi; Et de ipso Ro­berto descendit praedictum Manerium ad quod, &c. cuidam Baldewino, ut Filio & haeredi; Et de ipso Baldewino, cuidam Roberto, ut filio & haeredi; Et de ipso Roberto descendit praedictum Manerium ad quod, &c. isti Ranulpho, ut filio & haeredi, &c. Et dicit quòd tam ipse & omnes Antecessores sui praedicti, à tempore feoffamenti praedicti usque nunc, quàm etiam praedictus Baldewinus de Wake, & Antecessores sui, à tempore quo non extat memoria, seisiti fuerunt de iis­dem Mercato & Visu, tenendis in forma praedicta, tanquam pertinentibus ad dictum Manerium de Thrapston; Et eo waranto clamat ipse praedictum Mercatum & Visum, &c. Et idem Ranulphus quaesitus si habet ibi Pillorium & Tumbrellum, dicit quòd sic. Et Richardus de Aldeburgh qui sequitur pro Domino Rege, dicit quòd praedi­ctus Ranulphus sub colore Concessionis praedicti Regis Henrici, de Feria praedicta factae, per tres dies tantùm duratura, aliquando tenuit istam Feriam ultra tertium diem, per duos, vel tres dies, capiendo ibidem Tolneta, Stallagia, & alia proficua ad detrimentum populi, & contra formam Concessionis praedictae, &c.

Et quoad Visum praedictum, dicit, quòd idem Ranulphus non punivit debitè trans­gressores cum Pillario & Trumbrello, quotiens puniri debuissent, pro eo quòd mul­totiens hujusmodi transgressores per fines & amerciamenta punivit, cùm Judicium Pillorii & Tumbrelli subiisse debuerant. Et hoc petit quòd inquiratur pro Domino Regè. Ideo venerunt inde Juratores hic die Mercurii proximo post quindenam Pas­chae, &c. Ad quem diem venit praedictus Ranulphus, & similiter Juratores, qui di [Page 267]cunt supra Sacramentum suum quòd Antecessores praedicti Ranulphi semper à tempore confectionis praedictae Cartae continuè usi sunt tenere praedictam Feriam usque ad Fe­stum Sancti Michaelis proximè praeteritum, quo tempore praedictus Robertus Pater praedicti Ranulphi obiit. Et dicunt quòd idem Ranulphus huc usque nullam Feriam tenuit, eo quod praedictum Festum Sancti Jacobi in praedicta Carta contentum adhuc est venturum.

Et quoad praedictum Mercatum & Visum dicunt, quòd tam ipse & Antecessores sui à tempore doni praedicti Baldewini, quàm idem Baldewinus & Antecessores sui à tempore quo non extat memoria, seisiti fuerunt de iisdem tanquam pertinentiis ad prae­dictum Manerium de Thrapston; Et dicunt quòd idem Ranulphus unum Visum tan­tùm tempore suo post praedictum Festum Sancti Michaelis, & ante primum diem Itineris, in quo Visu in aliquo non excessit debitum modum. Et quoad praedictum Mercatum dicunt, quòd idem Ranulphus per finem hic in Curia tenuit praedictum Mercatum diebus debitis & consuetis, & non aliter. Dicunt etiam quoad punitiones transgressorum, quòd ipse habet Pillorium & Tumbrellum, per quae tales transgres­sores puniuntur, cùm causae tempore suo emerserunt. Ideo Concessum est quòd praedi­ctus Ranulphus eat inde sine die, salvo jure Domini Regis, cùm inde loqui volue­rit, &c.

Examinatur per Scipionem le Squyre Procamerarium ibidem.

Carta Willielmi de Wygth.

A Touz ceaux que ceste letre verrount ou orrount
William de Wygth
Salutz en Dieu.

Sachetz moi avoir doné & graunté à Radulfe de Vere de Thrapston tote ma Baille de Brigstoke & de Geytington, ou totes les appurtenances auxint entirement, come ceo lay del donn nostre Seigneur le Roy & de Madame Isabel sa Mere Royne d'Angleterre, à terme de setz ans, le terme comencant le jour de la Confection de ceste Endenture, rendant à moy per an diz marces d'argent à deux termes de l'an, cest­à savoir à les Festes de Saint Michel l'Archangel, & à la Pask par esgalles portions; Et le dit Randolfe oblige luy & ses heyrs à dit William de luy salver devers nostre dit Seigneur le Roy, & devers ma dite Dame Isabel sans dommage que à luy purra ave­noir par cause de malegarde de la dite Baille. En tesmoignance de quelle chose à cestes presens Endentures je, & le dit Randolfe enterchangeablement eyons mis nous Seals. Par iceux tesmoignes, Monsieur Simond de Drayton, Monsieur John Dan­delyn Chevaliers, Robert de Tolthorp, Henry Trayly, Bernard de Bruz, & autres. Donné a Addington le samedy le jour de Saint Marke le Evangeliste, l'an du Regne Roy Edward Tierz paiz la Conqueste syme.

Carta Ranulphi de Vere.

UNiversis pateat per praesentes, quòd Ego Ranulphus de Vere concessi & ven­didi venerabili in Christo Patri ac Domino, Domino Henrico, Dei gratiâ Lincolniae Episcopo, & Agneti quae fuit Uxor Richardi de Waldegrave Militis, Custo­diam terrarum & tenementorum quae dictus Dominus Richardus de me tenuit in Villa de Twyvel, quorum Custodia ad me pertinet ratione minoris aetatis Thomae filii & haeredis dicti Domini Richardi. Concessi etiam iisdem Domino Henrico & Agneti Maritagium dicti Thomae filii & haeredis dicti Domini Richardi quod ad me pertinet ratione praenominati feoffamenti; Ac etiam Custodiam terrarum & tenementorum praedictorum ac maritagium haeredis dicti Thomae de haerede in haeredem in Collate­rali gradu, usque aliquis eorundem ad plenam aetatem pervenerit, pro quadam summa pecuniae mihi prae manibus soluta: Habenda & tenenda praedictis Domino Henrico & Agneti & eorum Assignatis; Ita quòd nec Ego dictus Ranulphus nec aliquis nomine meo, ratione custodiae terrarum & tenementorum praedictorum ac maritagiorum hae­redum praedictorum, versus praedictos Henricum & Agnetem vel Assignatos suos de caetero aliquam actionem exigere vel vendicare poterimus, sed per praesentes versus eos­dem [Page 268]ab omni actione, ratione custodiae terrarum & tenementorum & maritagiis prae­dictis imperpetuum sumus exclusi. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Indenturae Sigilla dicti Domini Henrici, & praedictae Agnetis sunt appensa. Hiis testibus Magistro Simone de Issip Officiali Lincolniae, Johanne de Waldgrave, Johanne de Thrapston, Willielmo de Castell, Johanne de Cotesmore, Roberto de Ryby, Thoma de Fulbek, & aliis.

Data apud Lafford die Veneris in Festo Sancti Edmundi Regis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii à Conquestu duodecimo.

SIGILLVM RANVLPHI DE VER

Thrapston and Addington Inquisition.

Northampton.

INquisitio facta apud Thrapston nono die Mensis Octobris, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum nono, super verum valorem Manerii Ranulphi de Vere de Thrapston & Addington, per sacramentum totius Homagii sui de Thrapston, & dicunt, quòd idem Ranulphus tenet Manerium dictum de Thrapston de Domino Thoma Wake per servitium dimidii feodi unius Militis pro omni servitio. Dicunt etiam, quòd est ibidem unum Capitale Messuagium quod valet per annum sex soli­dos & octo denarios, cum duobus Gardinis adjacentibus. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem in Dominico centum acrae terrae arabilis, & valent per annum triginta & tres solidos & quatuor denarios, per acram quatuor denarios. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibi­dem decem acrae prati falcabilis, & valent per annum quindecim solidos, per acram octodecim denarios. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem decem liberè tenentes, qui red­dunt per annum, scilicet ad terminum Natalis Domini, Paschae, Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, & Sancti Michaelis, quinquaginta solidos & quatuor denarios aequis portionibus. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem decem Nativi, qui reddunt per annum ad terminos prae­dictos sexaginta solidos & octo denarios; & non operantur; & sunt ibidem septem Cottagia, quae reddunt per annum quindecim solidos ad terminos praedictos. Item dicunt, quòd sunt placita & perquisita Curiae, quae valent per annum (cum duobus vi­sibus Franciplegii) viginti solidos. Et est ibidem unum Molendinum aquaticum, quod reddit per annum sex libras ad dictos terminos. Et est ibidem unum Mercatum cum una Feria, quod valet per annum tredcim libras, sex solidos & octo denarios ad ter­minos praedictos.

Summa xxixl vis viijd.

Item dicunt, quòd idem Ranulphus habet unum Manerium in Addington, quod tenet de Domino Simone de Draytone per servitium quarterii unius Militis, & valet Capitale Messuagium per annum decem solidos. Et est ibidem unum Columbarium, quod valet per annum quatuor solidos. Et est ibidem unum Gardinum, cùm fru­ctus acciderit, quod valet per annum quatuor solidos & quatuor denarios. Item di­cunt quòd est ibidem unum Molendinum in dicto Gardino, quod valet per annum tredecim solidos & quatuor denarios. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem in Dominico [Page 269]sexaginta acrae terrae arabilis, quae valent per annum viginti solidos, per acram quatuor denarios. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem sex acrae prati falcabilis, quae valent per annum novem solidos, per acram octodecim denarios. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibi­dem duo liberè tenentes qui reddunt per annum duos solidos ad terminos Sancti Mi­chaelis & Paschae. Et sunt ibidem septem Nativi, qui reddunt per annum triginta solidos, videlicet ad terminos Natalis Domini, Paschae, Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, & Sancti Michaelis aequis portionibus; Et operantur, & valent opera septem solidos.

  • Summa iiijl xviijs viijd.
  • SS Summa totalis xxxiiijl xvs iiijl.

JOHN de VERE, first of that Name, who died without Issue, and ROBERT de VERE, fourth of that Name, Lords of Addington, Thrapston, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Robertum le Vere ex una parte, & Aliciam quae fuit Uxor Johannis le Vere Militis ex altera parte, Testatur, Quod prae­dictus Robertus concessit & assignavit praedictae Aliciae rationabilem dotem suam sibi contingentem de Manerio de Thrapston post mortem Johannis le Vere Militis quondam viri sui, videlicet tertiam partem Capitalis Messuagii dicti Manerii, tertiam partem totius Dominciae terrae arabilis, tertiam partem totius prati, tertiam partem totius pasturae dicti Manerii; prout jacent in singulis suis locis, Et sexaginta sex solidatos & obolatum annui redditus, percipiendos de liberis tenentibus, Nativis & Cottagiis dicti Manerii, cum omnibus suis Juribus & pertinentiis, videlicet de tene­mento quod Thomas Boszoun tenuit, duos solidos; de tenemento quod Johannes Croil tenuit, septendecim solidos & unum denarium; de tenemento quod Richardus le Wright tenuit, quatuor solidos; de Tenemento quod Willielmus le Masson tenuit, duodecim denarios; de tenemento quod Thomas de Weston tenuit, sex solidos no­vem denarios; de tenemento quod Johannes Wagge tenuit, quinque solidos; de Te­nemento quod Johannes Mahen tenuit, septem solidos quatuor denarios; de Tene­mento quod Thomas Fasham tenuit, septem denarios; de Tenemento quod Wil­lielmus de Foixton tenuit, septem denarios; de Tenemento quod Johannes le Milner tenuit, sex denarios; de Tenemento quod Willielmus de Kettering tenuit, duodecim denarios; de Tenementis quae Alicia le Vinter tenuit in bondagio, quatuor solidos; de Tenemento quod Henricus Asser tenuit in bondagio, tres solidos; de Tenemento quod Willielmus Cade tenuit in bondagio, quatuor solidos & octo denarios; de Te­nemento quod Mabile le Cooke tenuit in bondagio, quatuor solidos; de Tenemento quod Johannes le Wright tenuit in bondagio, quatuor solidos; & de Tenemento quod Letilbred tenuit in bondagio, sex denarios & obolum. Et etiam idem Rober­tus concessit & assignavit eidem Aliciae tertiam partem proficuum Molendinorum, Mercatorum, Nundinarum, Curiarum, Visuum Franciplegii, Et etiam tertiam partem omnium & singulorum proficuum quovismodo ratione Dominii dicti Manerii acciden­tium, percipiendam per manus firmariorum: Habenda & tenenda omnia praedicta te­nementa praedictae Aliciae concessa & assignata cum omnibus suis pertinentiis ad ter­minum vitae dictae Aliciae, nomine dotis suae, de praedicto Manerio sibi contingente. Praeterea idem Robertus concessit & dimisit praefatae Aliciae ad totam vitam suam qua­draginta solidatos annui redditus cum pertinentiis in Thrapston pro dote sua sibi con­tingente [Page 270]de Manerio de Kimington in Comitatu Hertfordiae post mortem praedicti Johannis de Vere Militis, quondam viri praedictae Aliciae, percipiendos de tenentibus dicti Manerii de Thrapston, videlicet de Roberto Raunds octo solidos, de Richardo Jekk duos solidos & sex denarios, de Johanne Vynter octo solidos & novem denarios, de Willielmo de Kettering quatuor solidos & tres denarios, de Thoma Westburgh tres solidos, de Henrico Bedeoke tres solidos tres denarios, de Thoma Vynter octo dena­rios, de Willielmo Holme octo denarios, & de Johanne Swon octo denarios. Ha­bendos & tenendos praedictos quadraginta solidatos annui redditus cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praefatae Aliciae ad totam vitam suam pro dote sua dicti Manerii de Kyming­ton. Et idem Robertus concessit pro se & haeredibus suis praedictos quadraginta soli­datos annui redditus cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praefatae Aliciae ad terminum vitae suae contra omnes gentes warrantizare. Pro qua quidem concessione, dimissione & assignatione dictorum quadraginta solidatorum annui redditus, praedicta Alicia re­misit, relaxavit, & omnino pro se & haeredibus suis quietum clamavit praedicto Ro­berto & haeredibus suis imperpetuum, totum jus suum & clameum quod habuit seu aliquo modo habere potuit in praedicto Manerio de Kymington. Et etiam praedi­cta Alicia remisit & quietum clamavit praedicto Roberto & Executoribus suis omni­modas actiones reales & personales quas erga dictum Robertum habuit à principio mundi usque diem confectionis praesentium, occasione aliquâ. Et idem Robertus re­misit & quietum clamavit praefatae Aliciae & Executoribus suis omnimodas actiones reales & personales quas erga praefatam Aliciam habuit ab origine mundi usque diem confectionis praesentium, occasione aliquâ. Salvâ praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis Reversione & Jure suo omnium Tenementorum praefatae Aliciae ad totam vitam suam formâ praedictâ assignatorum & dimissorum. In cujus rei testimonium huic prae­senti Indenturae penes praedictum Robertum remanenti praedicta Alicia Sigillum suum apposuit. Hiis testibus, Symone de Drayton Milite, Richardo Chamberleyne Milite, Henrico de Greene, Henrico Trayly, Bernardo de Bruce, Michaele de Stamforde & Johanne Campion, & aliis. Data apud Thrapston die Martis in octabis purifica­tionis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii, post Conquestum vice­simo quarto. Item praedictus Robertus concessit praefatae Aliciae ad terminum vitae suae, nomine dotis suae, tertiam praesentationem ad Ecclesiam de Islip cùm acciderit, & ter­tiam partem redditus provenientis de tenemento quod Johannes Baudwen tenuit, cum haeres ad plenam aetatem pervenerit.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

HAEC Indentura testatur, quòd Robertus de Vere concessit & dimisit Aliciae, quae fuit uxor Johannis de Vere Chevalier, quinquaginta & duas acras terrae cum pasturis eisdem terris adjacentibus, & cum pertinentiis suis in Thrapston, & unam placeam prati vocatam le Feyre-croft. Quae quidem quadraginta & duae acrae aratae & laboratae fuerunt tempore Confections praesentium, & separatae de dote dictae Aliciae, habenda & tenenda praedicta cum suis pertinentiis ad totam vitam dictae Aliciae, reddendo inde annuatim pro praedictis quinquaginta & duabus acris terrae tri­ginta quatuor solidos & octo denarios ad quatuor anni terminos usuales praedicto Ro­berto & haeredibus suis in eadem Villa, termino solutinis incipiente ad Festum Na­talis Domini proximum futurum. Concessit etiam, quòd una placea vocata le Nether-Orchard, quae Willielmus Nowers tenet ad terminum sex annorum, & una Cultura terrae quae Johannes Ormer tenet ad eundem terminum, & quae post terminum illum praefato Roberto reverti deberent, praefatae Aliciae ad terminum vitae suae remaneant: Reddendo inde annuatim per totum terminum praedictum quinque solidos pro praedicto Nether-Orchard ad terminos praedictos. Et praedicta Alicia vult & concedit, quòd si praedictus redditus triginta quatuor solidorum & octo denariorum de praedictis quin­quaginta duabus acris terrae & de placea praedicta quae vocatur Nether-Orchard rece­pturus, ad terminum aliquem praedictum in tota vita ipsius Aliciae in parte vel in toto aretro extiterit, quod extunc bene liceat praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis in omni­bus [Page 271]terris & tenementis praedictae Aliciae nomine dotis assignatis per praedictum Rober­tum, seu ad totam vitam suam dimissis, in eadem villa distringere & districtiones reti­nere, quousque de praedicto redditu & de arreragiis ejusdem plenarie fuerit satisfa­ctum. Concessi etiam praefatae Aliciae salices crescentes circa Molendinum Aquaticum ejusdem Manerii. Et praedictus Robertus & haeredes sui omnia praedicta tenementa prae­fatae Aliciae warrantizabunt, Et de omnibus debitis, recognitionibus, executionibus, forisfactis, finibus, amerciamentis, redditibus & oneribus quibuscunque erga Domi­num Regem & quoscunque alios praedictam Aliciam acquietabit & defendet. Et si con­tingat quòd praedicta Alicia aliquod solvat per justam districtionem in tenementis prae­dictis factam, quòd bene liceat praedictae Aliciae retinere de redditu praedicto reservato tantum quantum sic solutum fuerit per justam districtionem. Et si contingat, quòd haeredes praedicti Roberti praedictam Aliciam non acquietaverint seu defendent in for­ma praedicta, quòd tunc liceat praedictae Aliciae praedictas quinquaginta duas acras terrae & placeam quae vocatur Nether-Orchard, sursumreddere praedictis haeredibus, & de praedicto redditu omnino exonerari, & praedictam Fair-croft & Culturam praedictam penes se retinere. Concessit etiam idem Robertus eidem Aliciae ad totam vitam suam liberos taurum & aprum in Thrapston, quos habuit ratione Dominii sui in eadem Villa; Et praedicta Alicia redditum septem solidorum & quatuor denariorum, qui ei assignati fuerint in dote de Johanne Mayhen, post quindenam Sancti Michaelis proxi­mum futurum sursumreddet praefato Roberto. In cujus rei testimonium hiis Indenturis partes praedictae Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt.

Dat. septimo decimo die Junii Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum vicesimo octavo.

SIGILLVM ROBERTI DE VER

Carta Aliciae Vere.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Aliciam quae fuit uxor Johannis de Vere Chevalier ex parte una, & Robertum de Vere fratrem & haeredem praefati Johannis ex parte altera, testatur, quòd praedictus Robertus concessit & assignavit eidem Aliciae tertiam partem Capitalis Messuagii & Manerii de Thrapston, ac etiam tertiam partem totius Dominicae terrae & prati dicti Manerii prout dimidiatur per metas, ac etiam tertiam partem pasturae ejusdem Manerii, ac etiam redditus & servitia Thomae Bosoun, Johannis Prest, Johannis Croyl, & servitia & redditus Richardi Write, de tenemen­tis quae fuerunt Willielmi Taverner & de tenementis quae fuerunt Willielmi Foixton, & redditus & servitia Johannis Wagge, Willielmi Gray, liberorum tenentium ejus­dem Manerii, ac etiam redditus & servitia Johannis Vineter, Johannis Atte Parsones, Willielmi Atte Cross, Willielmi Berd, & Johannis Swan, & redditus & servitia de tenementis quae fuerunt Johannis Milner, & redditus & servitia Richardi Holme & Agnetis uxoris ejus, & redditus & servitia haeredum Galfridi Mahen, de totis tenemn­tis cum suis pertinentiis quae tenent in Thrapston ut praedictum est; ac etiam Johan­nem Coke, Richardum Holme, Henricum Asser, Willielmum Cade & Johannem Monk, Nativos ejusdem Manerii, cum sequelis & Catallis eorum, & cum omnibus [Page 272]tenementis quae tenent in bondagio; ac etiam unum Messuagium quod Richardus Wright quondam tenuit; ac etiam tertiam partem omnium Cottagiorum, vel terti­am partem proficuum praedictorum Cottagiorum; ac etiam tertiam partem proficu­um Molendinorum, Mercatorum, Nundinarum, Curiarum, Visuum Franciplegii & piscariarum ejusdem Manerii & Villae praedictae de Thrapston; ac etiam tertiam par­tem omnium proficuorum quovismodo ratione Curiae dicti Manerii accidentium. Ha­benda & tenenda omnia praedicta praefatae Aliciae & assignatis suis ad terminum vitae dictae Aliciae in dotem, in allocationem totius dotis ei contingentis de praedicto Ma­nerio de Thrapston, & de Manerio de Hogenhanger in Kymington. Concessit etiam idem Robertus & assignavit praedictae Aliciae quadraginta tres acras terrae cum perti­nentiis in eadem Villa de Thrapston, de quibus duodecim acrae terrae jacent in una Cultura vocata Midlewong, & decem acrae terrae in alia cultura vocata Milnewong, & duae acrae vocatae Heyweywong, & decem acrae terrae in alia cultura vocata Thorp­weywong, & quatuor acrae in alia cultura vocata Honeywong, & duae acrae in alia cultura vocata Wylpyt-furlong, & tres acrae super Benlond: Salvis praedicto Roberto Bladis in eiisdem tenementis crescentibus die Confectionis praesentium. Assignavit etiam idem Robertus praefatae Aliciae residuum praedicti Capitalis Messuagii praedicti Manerii de Thrapston, exceptâ unâ placea terrae vocata le Nether-Orchard praedictâ, praefatae Aliciae ad terminum vitae suae in dotem, in allocationem dotis suae ei contin­gentis de Capitali Messuagio & de dominicis terris ipsius Roberti in Addington, de qui­bus Capitalibus Messuagiis & dominicis terris in Addington praefata Alicia sursum­reddidit dotem suam, cum pasturis eiisdem dominicis terris pertinentibus, & illa eidem Roberto quietum clamavit; salvis eidem Aliciae redditibus, servitiis, pratis, pasturis, & aliis tenementis ei in eadem Villa de Addington in dotem assignatis. Concessit eti­am idem Robertus, quòd ipse eandem Aliciam de exitibus per ipsum forisfactis, & de fini­bus per ipsum factis, & de servitiis suis propriis, & de omnibus oneribus de tempore suo de omnibus praedictis tenementis emergentibus, acquietabit & defendet. Assigna­vit etiam idem Robertus praefatae Aliciae tertiam partem redditûs & servitii de tene­mentis quae Johannes Bendwayne tenuit, in dotem tenendam. Concessit etiam & assignavit eidem Aliciae secundam praesentationem ad Ecclesiam de Islip post datam istius Indenturae, & post secundam praesentationem praedictam, tertiam praesentatio­nem ad terminum vitae dictae Aliciae, nomine dotis tenendam. In cujus rei testimo­nium partes praedictae alternatim Sigilla sua apposuerunt.

Data septimo decimo die Junii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum vicesimo octavo.

SIGILLVM DNAE ALICIAE DE VER

Carta Roberti de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Vere, Dominus de Thrapston, dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Dominis Galfrido Knight de Thurleby, Rectori Ecclesiae de Thrapston, & Willielmo Cordell, Rectori Ecclesiae de Addington magna, haeredibus & assignatis eorum, omnia terras & tenementa mea [Page 273]cum pertinentiis in Thrapston, ut Messuagiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, molen­dinis, stagnis, vivariis, nundinis, mercatis, Nativis & eorum sequelis, sectis Curia­rum & proficubus earum; Ac etiam redditus & servitia omnium Tenentium meorum tam liberorum quàm Nativorum in Villa praedicta, cum homagiis, wardis, releviis, Escaetis, & omnibus commoditatibus & libertatibus mihi quovismodo in Villa prae­dicta pertinentibus. Concessi etiam eisdem Galfrido & Willielmo, haeredibus & assig­natis eorum, reversionem omnium terrarum & tenementorum quae Alicia, quae fuit uxor Johannis de Vere, de me tenet in eadem Villa ad terminum vitae ipsius Aliciae; Et etiam reversionem omnium terrarum & tenementorum quae de me tenentur in ea­dem Villa, ad vitam: Habenda & tenenda omnia praedicta terras & tenementa cum eorum pertinentiis, & redditus & servitia omnium praedictorum Tenentium tam libe­rorum quàm Nativorum & eorum sequelas in forma praedicta, & reversiones praedictas quandocunque acciderint, eiisdem Galfrido & Gilberto, haeredibus & assignatis eorum, bene & in pace de Capitali Domino feodi per servitia inde de Jure debita. Et Ego ve­rò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei omnia & singula tenementa praedicta cum om­nibus eorum pertinentiis, redditus & servitia & reversiones praedictas, ut praemittitur, praefatis Galfrido & Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis eorum contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum meum huic Scripto apposui. Hiis testibus, Simone de Drayton, Richardo Chamberlayne Militibus, Tho­ma Bozun, Edmundo Clerk, Johanne Mayhen de Thrapston, & aliis.

Data apud Thrapston die Dominico proximo post Festum Nativitatis Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum vicesimo nono.

Carta Aliciae de Vere.

CEste Endenture tesmoign, que Alice, que fu la femme Johan de Vere Cheva­lier, ad graunté & lessé à Robert de Vere, ses heyres & à ses assignes à tote la vie l'avantdit Alice, la tierce partie des Molynz & Weretz de Thrapston, & la tierce partie de Molyn de graunte Addington, que est appelle le Tippe, oue les appurte­nances, quex mesme ceste Alice tient en dowere à puis la mort l'avantdit Johan jadis son baron, avoir & tenir les avantditz tierce parties des Molynz avantditz oue les ap­purtenance l'avantdit Robert, ses heires & ses assignes à tote la vie la dit Alice, ren­daunt de an en an à la dite Alice ou à ses assignes vint soulz pur la tierce partie des Molyns de Thrapston, & quatuor soulz pur la tierce partie del Molyn de Addington, à quatre termes de l'an, au ceo est à scavoir, à la Feste de Saint Michel, Nowel, Pasque, à les Festes de Saint Piere & Paul par esgales portions. Et le dit Robert pur luy & ses heires voet & graunte, que si l'avantdit rente en parte ou en tout apres nulle des termes par une quinzaine soit arere, que bien lyse à la dite Alice ou ses Assignes, en les Molyns avantditz destreyndre, & per tout, & en touz ses altres terres & tenementz en Thrapston, en qui mayns qu'ils devignent, & la distresse enchaser, & detenir, taunt que gree soit fait à pleyn, ou que lyse à la dite Alice, ou à ses assignes, en la tierce partie des Molyns avantditz, si la rent avantdit soit arere par une quarter de l'an a pres nulle terme assigné, entrer & retenir à sa volunte; ou altrement la ou l'avantdit Alice tient del dit Robert certeyne terres & tenementz in Thrapston, ren­daunt per an trent & quatre soulz vint denires, que à quele hure que le rente des Molyns avantditz soit arere par une quinzeine, come devaunt est dit, que l'avantdit Alice reteigne de valy à taunt de la rente le dit Robert, saunz nulle debat ou contredit del dit Robert, ou de ses heires. Et l'avantdit Alice graunte, que William Sade, & Johan Asselyn entrent en les bondes le dit Robert, de faire les Fosses des Molynz de Thrap­ston avantdit, quel heure qu'ils seient par le Bayliffe le dit Robert reasonablement re­quis, & mester soit, ou leurs ancestres souloit faire. Et le dit Robert voet & graunte que de tote manere des blees molues à les ditz Molynz pur le hostiel la dite Alice, que elle soit frank, & quites de tote manere de tolune durante sa vie; Et que la dite Alice apres la ve­nue de ses blees, que ses blees soint molues sin devaunt touz altres, sans les blees quex sunt en molaunt. En tesmoignance de quele chose à ceste Endenture le parties enterchange­ablement [Page 274]ount mis les Seales, pur queux tesmoignes Edmund le Clerk, John Mat­thew, John Croyl & Edward Sone de Thrapston, le jeusdy en la Feste de la Purifi­cation de nostre Dame, en l'an de Regne nostre Seigneur le Roy Edward Tierz apres le Conquest trent & premere.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

CEste Endenture faite entre Robert de Vere fitz Randolph de Vere de Thrapston d'une part, & Alice que fuist la femme Johan de Vere Chevalier d'autre part, Testmoigne, que l'avantdit Robert ad graunté & lesse à l'avantdit Alice à tot la vie mesmes cestui Alice les profitz des pleez & purchaz de sa Court de Thrapston, oue les profitz des deus Letes de la mesme Ville annuelment à tener, Rendance per an à l'avantdit Robert ou ses heirs quaraunt soitez d'argent par esgales portions à quatre termes de l'an, cest à scavoir as Festes de Pasque, Saint Johan le Baptiste, Saint Michel & Nowel, & le premier terme de payement comenceaunt à la Feste de Pasque procheyn ensuivant apres la fesaunce de cestes, sur tiel condition, que la dite Alice terre à nully lesesera in de mettera duraunt le terme avantdit ne Courtes, ne Lete saunz licence l'avant­dit Robert ou ses heires: Et l'avantdit Alice sustendra à ses custages demeigne le Pin­fold, le Pilloir, & le Tumbrel en auxi bon estat come elle les recoivent, ou en meliore. Et l'avantdit Robert ad bayle au dite Alice le Standard de Bussell & Potell & de Alne, enseales del seale de la Marchancie, pur estre rebaile à luy apres le decesse Alice, ou altres per iceles: Et la dite Alice eyt toutz les comodites & emprovementz des avantditz Courts & Letes come de plees & purchaz, weyves & strayes, & altres como­dites as Courts & Letes apurtenauntz, duraunt le terme avantdit; Fors prise gardes, mariages, fyns & entrés porter, homages, relef, legerwic, & redemption de neifes des tenauntz le dit Robert. Et la dit Alice voet & graunte, que si elle preigne amer­ciament ou fyn outraiousement de nul des tenauntz l'avantdit Robert, que sel out­rage seit redressé par le dit Robert & soun bone counseil solone ley & reson. Et l'avantdit Alice voet & grante, si la dite rente de quarant soulz soit arere en partie ou en tout par un moys apres nulle des termes avantditz, en defalte la dite Alice, ou si elle faile en nulle des Covenants avantditz tener, quadonques bien lise au dite Ro­bert ou à ses heirs, les avantditz. Courts & Letes reentrer, & vers luy retiner, oue totes les comodites & approvements au ditz Courts & Letes apurtenants, saunz con­tradit de nuluy. Et estre ceo l'avantdit Alice fei obligee & ses heires & ses Executours au dit Robert & à ses heires en dix livres d'argent, si elle faile en nulle des Covenants l'avantdits à tener in forme susdite. Et à ses Covenants susditz firmament à tener, l'a­vantdit Robert voet & graunte par cestes, & sei oblige, si l'avantdit Alice en toute sa vie soit disturbée pour le dit Robert, ou nulle autre pour luy, en nul des Covenants avantditz tener contra la come desus est dit, quadonques ille seit tenuz au dite Alice & à ses heires en diz livres d'argent à payer. En testmoignance de quel chose à ceste partie del Endenture vers Alice demuraunt l'avantdit Robert ad miis son seal. Donné à Thrapston le Lundy en le Feste Saint Vincent l'an de Regne le Roy Ed­ward le Tierce puis le Conquest trent septiesme, pour iceaux tesmoignes, Robert Groyland, Edmund Clerck, Johan Mayhew, Johan Croyl, Johan Taylour, Willi­am Taverner, & assetz des altres. Et l'avantdit Robert & ses heires les Courts & Letes avantdits oue toutz les profitz susditz à l'avantdit Alice à tote sa vie en la forme susdite garranteront & defenderont. Estre ceo le dit Robert ad graunte & lesse pour ceste Endenture à l'avantdit Alice à term de la vie Alice les deus parties de tolune de Seel de Thrapston, rendaunt per an au dit Robert ou à ses heires cink bussels de seel à deus termes de l'an, cest à dir, à la Feste de Penticost deus busseaux, & à la Feste Saint Michel tres busseaux.

Testamentum Roberti de Vere.

IN Dei nomine Amen. Ego Robertus de Vere de Thrapston, compos mentis & sanae memoriae, condo Testamentum meum in hunc modum. Imprimis lego ani­mam meam Deo, beatae Mariae & omnibus Sanctis, & corpus meum Christianae Se­pulturae in Ecclesia de Addington, & meum melius animal post mortem meam no­mine Principalis. Item lego summo Altari de Addington tria trigentalia pro ani­ma mea, & pro animabus Patris mei & Matris meae; Ita quod illae missae celebrentur in dicta Ecclesia ad formam quae sequitur, videlicet, Quod tres missae celebrentur de Festo Assumptionis beatae Mariae, tres missae de Festo Nativitatis ejusdem, tres de Festo Natalis Domini, tres de Festo Epiphaniae Domini, tres de Festo Purificationis beatae Mariae, tres de Festo Annuntiationis ejusdem, tres de Festo Paschae, tres de Festo As­censionis Domini, tres de Festo Pentecostes, & tres de Festo Trinitatis, proximo octavis Festorum antedictorum. Item lego quadraginta solidos ad distributionem pauperum, pro anima mea, secundum bonam dispositionem Executorum meorum fa­ciendam. Item lego Fabricae alae beatae Mariae Ecclesiae antedictae duo quarteria Or­dei. Et quòd residuum bonorum meorum, scilicet non legatorum, lego Elizabethae uxori meae pro sustentatione liberorum meorum; Ita quòd primò solvantur debita mea in quantum possint, & quòd exequiae circa funaria mea fiant secundum bonam dispo­sitionem Executorum meorum. Hujus autem testamenti mei ordino, facio & con­stituo meos Executores, dictam Elizabetham Uxorem meam, Robertum de North­burgh fratrem suum, & Simonem de Northburgh; & quòd ipsi faciant in omnibus sicut viderint melius Deo placere, & pro anima mea expedire.

Datum apud Addington tertio decimo die Julii, Anno Domini Millesimo, trecentesimo, sexagesimo nono. In cujus rei testimonium hoc praesens Testamentum meum Sigillo meo signavi.

ROBERT de VERE, fifth of that Name, Lord of Addington, Thrapston, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Edwardi Principis Walliae.

EDward aisne filz du Roy d'Angleterre & de France, Prince de Gales, Duc de Cornwaill, & Counte de Cestre,
A touz ceux que cestes verrount ou orrount Saluz.

Sachez, Nous, pour vingt livres a paier à nous, par les mains du Gar­dein de nos fees en Countée de Northampton, qui pour le temps sit per manere que sen­suit, c'est à scavoir, à la Pasque prochein venant, dix marcz, à la Saint Michel pro­chein ensuant dix marcz, & à la Pasque lors prochein ensuant, dix marcz, avoir, grauntez & venduz à noftre chere & bien amée Elizabeth, que fut femme de Ro­bert de Vere, la Garde du Corps & des terres de Robert filz & heir du dit Robert, estanz en nostre main à cause de son meyndre age, à avoir & jouir tantque à plein age du dit heir, ensemble ove son mariage, à marier sans disparager, reservez à nous fees des Chevaliers, Advousons des Eglises, Reversions, Forfaitures & Eschetes.

Donné par tesmoignance de nostre Privy Seal à Londres le quatuorsieme jour de Fevrier l'an du Regne de nostre tres redoubte Seigneur & Pere le Roy d'Angleterre quarante noef, & de France trente six.

S edwardi primogeniti regis angl & fran principis Wall ducis cornub sl comti cestr

Covenants which were between Elizabeth the Wife of Robert de Vere, and Robert her Son.

CEaux sont les Covenants taylés, & accordés entre Elizabeth, qui fut femme à Robert le Vere d'une part, & Robert son fitz d'autre part, grauntanz & assen­tanz à fermement tener en touz pointz come ensuit. C'est à scavoir, pour ceo que l'avantdit Elizabeth en a fait gree & fyn pour la garde & le Mariage de l'avantdit Ro­bert son fitz, à nostre Seigneur le Prince, qui par ses Lettres Patentes ad granté la dite garde, & le Mariage de à l'avantdit Robert l'avantdit Elizabeth pour la luy doner, mesmes cestuy Robert grante & lealment promette qu'il ne voudroit ne voet marier, ne contract, de covenant Matrimonial à nul part faire, ne tretter encontre le gré & la volonté ou licence de l'avantdit Elizabeth expressement & apertement estre granté, autrement sei tiendra desmarié, & de contract Matrimonial deslie, attandant la volonté d' Elizabeth, au mesmé tams qu' à son plein age lealment & en dewe maniere prové. Et si l'avantdit Eli­zabeth pregne tallent de marier le dit Robert, & luy offre convenable Mariage sans di­sparagement, il ne le doibt refuser, mais agreablement accepter & assenter, & les Covenants Matrimonials selon la volonté & le profit Elizabeth accomplir. Et si au­viegne, que Dieu defend, que l'avantdit Elizabeth devir a devant qu' elle à le dit Ro­bert Mariée, ou le profit de son Mariage come devant & dit en est receue, mesmes cest Robert donnera & payera vingt livres de leal monoye, en ayde del Mariage d'une de ses soeurs & filles d' Elizabeth à quelle qu'il sera par la dite Elizabeth en vie, ou par testement à coe faire assigné. Et outre ceo, le dit Robert ne luy mesprendra de travailler ne challenger par plee ne autrement la dite Elizabeth de terre ou tenement touchant son heritage dont elle est enfeoffée, ne la feroit estre travaillée dont elle seroit endamagé. A cestes Covenants firmement tenir en tous points & garder, & pour bon accord les parties avantdits sont entreassies, & l'avantdit Robert, quand temps viendra qu'il sera pas l'avantdit Elizabeth requis & demandé, fera un bon sureté telle quelle mesme cette Elizabeth par le Conseil & ordonance de Monsieur Thomas de Preston, Monsieur Hugo de Northburgh, Thomas de Pincback & John de Lenton voudrent ordeigner. Et en tesmoignance de quelle chose les parties avantdits à ceste Endenture ont mis leurs Seales, & le dit Robert à plein sa fei.

Donné à Londres en Fleetstreet en la Paroche Saint Bride, le disiesme jour de Feurier, l'an du Regne du Roy Edward le Tierz, puis le Conqueste quarante neofieme.

A Petition from the Lady Elizabeth Vere, Wife to Sir Robert de Vere, to Queen Isabel, Mother of King Edward the Third.

A SA tres-honorée & tres-gracieuse Dame Madame la Mere de nostre Seigneur le Roy supplie humblement Elizabeth qui fust la femme de Robert Vere, Que come elle tient de vous certaines terres & tenements en la Ville de Thrapston enfeof­fes avesque Nadgaires son dit Baron, par quoy Robert le fils & heire le dit Robert Vere estoit en vostre garde, à tant la dite Elizabeth par une grande somme d'argent avoit achetes heirs d'ycelle, issint il semble au dite Elizabeth, que vous deves ayder la dite Elizabeth a avoir droit & raison de ce que la ou Robert son dit Baron avoit fait une fosse en ses prées de Thrapston pour leau couryer par icelles fosse, en le grant Rivere, & salvation de ses dites prées. Illeques ove la fosse, Henry Greene Chevalier qui ores est ad fait estopper, issint que leaure ne puisse en icelles issir, par quoy le dite Elizabeth perdra le profit de les dites prées cet ses veisins ceux de leurs prées pour long temps. Et par cause que Robert son fils venoit illoeques ovesques autres Gents pour debriser & ouster les dittes estroupes, le dit Monsieur Henry luy vouliet avoir tue, & les autres Gents, se il les pouvoit avoir pris, & ainxi le dit Monsieur Henry à pris une grant pece del terre la dite Elizabeth illecques pour faire & enlarger les fosses de son molins awere, & la dite terre issint tient, contre la [Page 277]volunte la dite Elizabeth, à ses domages de cinquant livres. Et vous plaise pour l'amour de Dieu & en oeuvre de Charité eider la dite Elizabeth à avoir droit & raison de ses torts susdites.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Vere de Thrapston dedi, con­cessi & praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Thomae de Preston Militi, Johanni de Preston & Waltero Waldgrave, haeredibus & assignatis eorum, illam tertiam partem omnium illarum terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum & servitiorum, cum omnibus libertatibus & pertinentiis suis quam dicta Alicia le Vere tenuit nomine dotis ad ter­minum vitae suae in Villis & campis de Thrapston & Addington magna, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, post decessum Domini Johannis le Vere Militis nuper viri sui, & quae quaedam tertia pars terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum & servitiorum praedi­ctorum cum omnibus pertinentiis suis mihi haereditariè accedebat post decessum praedictae Dominae Aliciae le Vere, ut consanguineo & haeredi praedicti Domini Johannis le Vere Avunculi mei: Habendam & tenendam dictam tertiam partem terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum & servitiorum praedictorum cum libertatibus & pertinentiis suis praefatis Thomae de Preston, Johanni de Preston, & Waltero Waldgrave, haeredibus & assignatis eorum imperpetuum, de capitalibus Dominis feo­dorum illorum per servitia inde debita & de Jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Robertus le Vere & haeredes mei praedictam tertiam partem terrarum, tenemento­rum, reddituum & servitiorum cum libertatibus & pertinentiis suis, praefatis Thomae de Preston, Johanni de Preston, & Waltero Waldgrave, haeredibus & assignatis eo­rum, ut praedictum est, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum.

In cu­jus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Domi­nis Johanne Holand Milite, Domino de Thorp Watermil, Henrico Greene, Johanne Raunds, Richardo Chamberlain Militibus, Thomâ Greene, Johanne Raunds & aliis.

Data apud Thrapston die Sabbati proximo ante Festum Conversionis Sancti Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum Angliae duodecimo.

SIGILLVM ROBERTI DE VER

Doctor Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 139. in his Catalogue of Sheriffs for the County of Leicester.

RObert de Vere was High-Sheriff of that County in the Eighteenth Year of Richard the Second.

Carta Regis Richardi.

RIchardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae,
omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem.

Sci­atis Quòd cùm Robertus Vere de Thrapston, pro eo quòd non venit in Curiam no­stram coram Justiciariis nostris de Banco, ad satisfaciendum nobis de redemptione sua occasione cujusdam transgressionis Edmundo Noon Chevalier, per praefatum Rober­tum & alios, vi & armis factae, unde convictus est, in exigendis positus fuisset in Co­mitatu Norfolciae ad Utlagandum, & ea occasione postmodum Utlagatus, sicut per tenorem Recordi & processus Utlagariae praedictae, quem coram nobis in Cancellari­am nostram venire fecimus, est compertum; Jamque idem Robertus Prisonae nostrae de Fleet se reddiderit coram praefatis Justiciariis occasione praedictâ, & in eadem mo­retur; Ac allegaverit, praedictum Edmundum per quoddam Scriptum suum quod idem Robertus in curia praedicta coram praefatis Justiciariis protulit, remisisse & re­laxâsse eidem Roberto omnimodas actiones personales quas erga ipsum habuit, seu aliquo modo habere potuit ab origine mundi, usque diem confectionis Scripti praedi­cti, ratione transgressionis praedictae. Et quia nesciebat an Scriptum praedictum fuit factum ipsius Edmundi necne, praeceptum fuit Vicecomiti nostro Comitatûs prae­dicti, quòd scire faciat praefato Edmundo quòd esset in curia nostra praedicta coram praefatis Justiciariis ad certum diem jam praeteritum, ad agnoscendum vel dedicendum Scriptum praedictum, & ad faciendum ulteriùs & repiendum quod Curia nostra consi­deraverit in hac parte. Ad quem diem Vicecomes retornavit, quòd scire fecit prae­fato Edmundo essendi coram praefatis Justiciariis in forma praedicta; Idémque Edmundus ad diem illum solempniter vocatus non venit, sicut dilectus & fidelis noster Robertus de Cherleton, Capitalis Justiciarius noster de Banco praedicto, nos in dicta Cancellaria nostra ad mandatum nostrum certificavit. Nos pietate moti pardonavi­mus eidem Roberto Utlagariam praedictam, & firmam pacem nostram ei inde con­cedimus; Ita tamen quòd nobis satisfaciat de redemptione sua supradicta. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste Edmundo Duce Eborniae Custode Angliae, apud Westmonasterium, octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri decimo octavo.

Irrotulatur termino Paschae Anno decimo tertio, Rotulo cxxxviij.

Indentura inter Dominam Aliciam de Vere & Robertum filium Roberti de Vere.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Aliciam quae fuit uxor quondam Johannis de Vere Chevalier ex parte una, & Robertum filium Roberti Vere de Addington ex altera parte, Testatur, Quòd praefata Alicia concessit, tradidit & ad firmam dimisit praefato Roberto illam tertiam partem proficuorum quorumcunque Mercatorum & Feriarum de Thrapston assignatorum eidem Aliciae nomine dotis tenendam post mor­tem praefati Johannis Mariti sui. Concessit etiam eidem Roberto tertiam partem pro­ficuorum provenientium de communi Furno ejusdem Villae cum quodam Cottagio situato in le Draperie, quam Emma tempore quondam tenuit: Habendum & tenen­dum & capiendum omnia praedicta proficua Mercatorum & Feriarum & Furni cum dicto Cottagio praefato Roberto ad totam vitam praefatae Aliciae; Reddendo inde ei­dem Aliciae annuatim duas marcas bonae & legalis monetae ad quatuor anni termi­nos per aequales portiones, videlicet, ad Festum Purificationis beatae Mariae dimidiam marcam, ad Festum Pentecostes dimidiam marcam, ad Vincula Augusti dimidiam marcam, ad Festum Sancti Martini in hyeme dimidiam marcam, prima solutione in­cipiente ad Festum Purificationis beatae Mariae proximè futurum post datum praesenti­um. Et praefatus Robertus faciet & supportabit pro praefata Alicia omnia ea quae pro dicta quantitate dictorum Mercatorum, Feriarum, Furni & Cottagii sumptibus suis propriis incumbent legaliter & usualiter facienda. Et si contingat praedictum red­ditum dimidii marcae ad aliquem terminum à retro esse vel non solutum per unum [Page 279]mensem proxime sequentem, tunc bene licebit praefatae Aliciae dicta proficua dictorum Mercatorum & Feriarum & Cottagii cum omnibus quae ad ea pertinent reclamare, rehabere, & penes se retinere in pace absque impedimento vel contradictione praefati Roberti aliqualiter facienda. Et praefata Alicia omnia proficua praedicta in quantitate & forma qua praedictum est, ad totam vitam suam habenda praefato Roberto warran­tizabit. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Indenturae penes Aliciam remanenti praefatus Robertus Sigillum suum apposuit.

Datum apud Thrapston die Dominico proximo post Festum Purificationis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum nono.

Indentura inter Elizabetham Vere Dominam de Addington & Johannem Wardale.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Elizabetham le Vere Dominam de Addington mag­na ex una parte, & Johannem Wardale & Thomam Salpyn ex parte altera, testatur, Quòd praedicta Elizabetha tradidit, concessit & ad firmam dimisit praefatis Johanni & Thomae Molendina aquatica sua de Thrapston cum stagnis, holmis & piscariis aquae de le Milnepit cum pertinentiis, prout Johannes Milner nuper tenuit: Habendum & tenendum praedicta Molendina cum praedictis stagnis, holmis, cum perti­nentiis praefatis Johanni & Thomae ad terminum vitae dictae Elizabethae, termino eorum incipiente ad Festum Natalis Domini proximo post datum praesentium: Red­dendo inde per annum praefatae Elizabethae pro dictis Molendinis, holmis, stagnis, cum suis pertinentibus, prout Johannes Milner nuper tenuit, octo marcas, termino primae solutionis incipiente ad Festum Paschae proximò futurum post datum praesentium, su­stentando omnia alia onera dictis Molendinis & stagnis quovismodo spectantia. Et praeterea praedicti Johannes & Thomas praedicta Molendina & stagna, ut in domi­bus, muris, maerem. Et omnibus aliis necessariis suis manutenebunt, reparabunt bene, & competenter sumptibus suis propriis durante termino praedicto sustentabunt; Et in fine termini praedicti praedicta Molendina & stagna cum pertinentiis in adeò bono statu seu meliori quo illa receperunt, dimittentur. Et praedicta Elizabetha vult & concedit, quòd praedicti Johannes & Thomas percipiant & amputent ramos omnium salicum crescentium super stagnum praedictum de Wodeford ad plantandos, obstu­pandos & reparandos omnes defectus dictorum stagnorum, quotiens necessitas fuerit, & hoc in debito tempore optimè fine impedimento aliquali durante termino prae­dicto. Et si contingat dictum redditum fore aretro in parte, vel in toto post aliquem terminum supradictum per unum mensem integrum insolutum, licebit praefatae Eliza­bethae in praedictis Molendinis cum pertinentiis distringere, & districtiones eâ occasione captas de ibidem fugare & abducere quo loco sibi placuerunt, & retinere donec de praedicto redditu cum arreragiis plenariè fuerit eidem Elizabethae satisfactum. Et prae­dicta Elizabetha praedicta Molendina cum stagnis, holmis, & aliis suis pertinentibus, prout Johannes Milner nuper tenuit, praefatis Johanni & Thomae & assignatis suis du­rante termino praedicto in forma praedicta contra omnes gentes warrantizabit. In cu­jus rei testimonium hiis Indenturis partes praedictae Sigilla sua alternatim appenderunt. Hiis testibus, Johanne Chamberlain de Thrapston, Willielmo Carteys, Johanne Mayhyn, Thoma Draughton, Johanne Clopton, & aliis.

Datum apud Thrapston octavo die mensis Decembris Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum secundo.

Carta Roberti Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Vere de Thrapston dedi, con­cessi & hâc praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Johanni de Pilkington de Brikeles­worth Militi, Richardo Greene de Drayton, Thomae Mulso & Johanni de Welton de Wolde, Maneria mea de Thrapston & de magna Addington, simul cum omnibus terris & tenementis in parva Addington & Wodeford, cum Homagiis, Wardis, Mari­tagiis, Releviis, Redditibus, Reversionibus cùm acciderint, servitiis tam liberorum [Page 280]Tenentium quà Nativorum, Molendinis, Aquis, Piscariis, sectis Curiarum, visibus Franciplegii, cum omnibus Dominicis & Dominiis praedictis Maneriis & Tenementis supradictis quoquo modo & qualitercunque spectantibus, cum Nundinis & Feriis, cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae. Dedi etiam eisdem Johanni, Richardo, Thomae & Johanni Manerium meum de Hokenhanger in Parochia de Kympton in Comitatu Herefordiae, cum omnibus Homagiis, Wardis, Maritagiis, Releviis, Red­ditibus, Reversionibus cùm acciderint, servitiis tam liberorum Tenentium quàm Na­tivorum, Molendinis, Aquis, Piscariis, sectis Curiarum quoquo modo & qualiter­cunque spectantibus: Habenda & tenenda praedicta Maneria & omnia terras & tene­menta, redditus & servitia cum reversionibus, cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis & juribus ut praedictum est, & reversionibus cùm acciderint in Comitatibus & Villis su­pradictis, praefatis Johanni, Richardo, Thomae & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de Capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum per servitia inde debita & de jure con­sueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei praedicta Maneria cum om­nibus terris & tenementis supradictis, atque singulis pertinentiis & commoditatibus, & Villis supradictis ut praedictum est, praefatis Johanni, Richardo, Thomae & Johan­ni, haeredibus & assignatis eorum contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus & imperpe­tuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum ap­posui. Dat' apud Addington magnam die Jovis proximo post Festum omnium Sanctorum, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum Decimo. Hiis testibus, Johanne Holand de Thorp Milite, Willielmo Hodleston, Willielmo Raunds, Johanne Ashton, Roberto Chisell, & aliis.

Endenture fait entre Robert Vere de Addington le Grand d'une part, & Thomas Asheby de Lovesby d'autre part

CESTE Endenture, fait perentre Robert Vere de Addington le Grand d'une part, & Thomas Asheby de Lovesby d'autre part, Tesmoigne, que Thomas fits & heyre audit Thomas prendra à femme Margarete la fille l'avantdit Robert sur tiells conditions, que le dit Thomas Pere enfeoffera le dit Thomas son fitz & Mar­garete la fille à dit Robert en terres & tenements à la valeur de dix livres en la Counte de Leycester, en soissante jours apres le jour d'esponsailles, à eux & à leurs heyrs de leurs deux corps engendres. Et le dit Robert donnera audit Thomas le Pere pour le dit mariage deux cents marcs, à payer au jour d'esponsailles quarante marcs, & le rema­nent comme appert par quatre obligations perentre eux fait. Et si issint aveigne que la dite Margaret devie devant aucun jour du payment, que adonc le payment du obligation ou obligations nient encurruz cessera ou cesserount. Et le dite Thomas le Pere voet & grante par icest, que'il ne alienera mye nulles terres ou tenements à luy descenduz de sa part, & du part le Mere le dit Thomas fitz, entaunt que en luy est, si non qu'il lessera audit Thomas le fitz terres & tenements à la value en Fee-simple. Et le dit Robert voet & graunte par icest que si l'avantdit Thomas le Pere performe touz les conditions de sa part en icest Endenture conteinuz, que adonques un obliga­tion de deux cents livres à icest Robert faitz par l'avantdit Thomas le Pere soit tenuz pur nulle. Et le dit Thomas voet & grante par icest, que si l'avantdit Robert per­forme touz les conditions de sa part en icest Endenture conteinuz, que adonques un obligation de deux cents livres à icest Thomas faits par l'avantdit Robert soit tenuz pur null. En tesmoignance de quelles les dits parties enterchangeablement ount mis lour Seaulx.

Donné le quart jour de Julii, l'an le Roy Henry quint puis le Con­quest prime.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Vere dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Carta meâ confirmavi Willielmo Hudleston Militi, Willielmo Chamberlain, Johanni Ashton & Stephano Ornell, Maneria mea de Thrapston & Addington magna [Page 281]in Comitatu Northamptoniae, cum omnibus & singulis terris, tenementis, redditibus, servitiis, pratis, pasturis, Molendinis, Wardis, Maritagiis, Releviis, Heriettis, Escaetis, Cu­riarum finibus, amerciamentis, eorum sectis & sequelis, Nundinis, libertatibus, reversio­nibus, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis dictis Maneriis spectantibus, & cum omnibus aliis & singulis terris, redditibus & servitiis meis cum suis pertinentiis quae habeo in Ad­dington magna, cum Advocatione Ecclesiae de Islip, unà cum reversionibus omnium illarum terrarum cum suis pertinentiis quae Margarita quae fuit Uxor Albredi Vere tenuit ad totam vitam suam in Thrapston statim quoad decessum ejusdem Margaritae, cum re­versionibus inde cùm acciderint. Dedi etiam & concessi praefatis Willielmo, Williel­mo, Johanni & Stephano Manerium meum de Hokenhanger in Comitatu Herefordiae, cum singulis terris, tenementis, redditibus, servitiis, pratis, pasturis, boscis, Molen­dinis, Wardis, Maritagiis, Releviis, Heriettis Escaetis, Curiarum finibus, amer­ciamentis, Nativis cum eorum sectis & sequelis, Nundinis, reversionibus, libertatibus, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis eidem Manerio pertinentibus: Habenda & tenenda omnia & singula praedicta Maneria, terras, tenementa, redditus & servitia, cum reversionibus praedictis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, adeò plenè & perfectè, unà cum Advoca­tione Ecclesiae de Islip praedictae in Comitatu Northamptoniae, praefatis Willielmo, Wil­lielmo, Johanni & Stephano, Haeredibus & Assignatis eorum in perpetuum de capita­libus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta. Et ego praedictus Robertus Vere & Haeredes mei omnia praedicta Maneria, terras, tenementa, redditus & servitia, cum reversionibus praedictis & omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis adeò plenariè ut praefertur, unà cum Advocatione Ecclesiae de Islip praedictae, praefatis Willielmo, Willi­elmo, Johanni & Stephano, Haeredibus & Assignatis eorum contra omnes Gentes War­rantizabo in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigillum meum apposui.

Dat' apud Thrapston, vicesimo quarto die Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Hen­rici Quinti quinto.
Hiis testibus, &c.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Robertum Vere de Addington ex parte una, & Tho­mam Asheby Juniorem & Margaretam Uxorem ejus, Testatur, Me dictum Robertum dedisse, concessisse & hâc praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmâsse praedictis Thomae & Margaretae Manerium meum de Addington in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum omni­bus suis pertinentiis; nec non omnia terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, & pasturas, redditus, reversiones & servitia, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis quae habeo in Villis & Campis de Wodeford & Islip in Comitatu praedicto, similiter cum advocatione dictae Ecclesiae de Islip. Dedi etiam dictis Thomae & Margaretae Manerium meum de Ho­kenhanger in Parochia de Kympton in Comitatu Hertfordiae, cum omnibus inclusis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, aquis, piscariis, & cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis: Ha­benda & tenenda omnia praedicta Maneria, terras, tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, similiter cum Advocatione dictae Ecclesiae de Islip, praedictis Thomae & Margaretae & Haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè pro­creatis de Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta: Reddendo insuper annuatim praedicto Roberto & Assignatis suis octodecim libras bonae & legalis monetae ad Festum Nativitatis Domini & Pentecostes per aequales portiones ad terminum vitae ipsius Roberti. Et praedictus Robertus & Haeredes sui omnia praedicta Maneria, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia, cum omnibus suis perti­nentiis, similiter cum Advocatione dictae Ecclesiae de Islip, ut praedictum est, praedictis Thomae & Margaretae & Haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis contra om­nes Gentes warrantizabunt & defendent inperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium hiis In­denturis partes praedictae Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Hiis testibus Simone Fel­brigge Milite, Johanne Pilkinton Milite, Richardo Chamberlayne, Baldewino Vere, Willielmo Palmer, Thomâ Drayton & aliis.

Dat' apud Addington vicesimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum octavo.

Carta Thomae Asheby junioris & Margaretae Uxoris ejus.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Thomam Asheby juniorem & Margaretam Uxorem ejus ex parte una, & Robertum Vere de Addington ex parte altera, Testatur, Quòd praedicti Thomas & Margareta tradiderunt, concesserunt & ad firmam demise­runt praefato Roberto omnia terras & tenementa, redditus & servitia sua, cum suis per­tinentiis, quae habent in Villis de Addington, Wodeford & Islip in Comitatu Northam­ptoniae, & Kympton in Comitatu Hertfordiae, simul cum advocatione Ecclesiae dictae Villae de Islip; Habenda & tenenda omnia praedicta terras, tenementa, redditus & ser­vitia cum suis pertinentiis, simul cum advocatione Ecclesiae dictae Villae de Islip praedicto Roberto & Assignatis suis durante vitâ dicti Roberti, capiendo de praedictis terris & te­nementis, redditibus & servitiis cum suis pertinentiis, ac de advocatione Ecclesiae dictae Villae de Islip, rationabilia Estoveria durante vitâ suâ absque Impetitione vasti: Reddendo inde annuatim praedictis Thomae & Margaretae & Haeredibus suis unam Rosam ad Fe­stum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae pro omnibus aliis servitiis. In cujus rei testi­monium partes praedictae hiis Indenturis Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Hiis testi­bus, Richardo Chamberlayne, Thomâ Drayton, Richardo Reyndon, Gervasio Campyon, Johanne Parker & aliis.

Dat' apud Addington primo die Junii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum Octavo.

Intitulatur supra Petram jacentem in Capella Sanctae Mariae in Ecclesia de Addington.

‘Anno Milleno bis quorum deno
Morti Robertus Vere cessit pace refectus,
Et de Louenham Domina sua Conjux cecidit Anna,
Inde decem demptis societur Christe redemptus. Amen.’

BALDWIN de VERE, second of that Name, Lord of Ad­dington, Thrapston, Barklow, Overhall, Kempton, Hokenhanger, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Roberti de Vere.

OMnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit,
Robertus Vere de Thrapston
salutem in Domino.

Noveritis me dedisse & concessisse Baldewino Vere, Fra­tri meo unum annuum redditum Centum Solidorum percipiendum annuatim de Manerio meo ibidem, Habendum ad terminum virae suae ad Festa Paschae & Sancti Michaelis aequaliter. Et si praedictus redditus aretro sit in parte [...]el in toto per unum mensem ultra aliquem terminum supradictum, quòd tunc ben e liceat praefato Balde­wino in omnibus terris & tenementis meis in Thrapston distringere, & districtiones fugare & retinere, quousque eidem Baldewino de redditu praedi [...]cto & ejus arreragiis plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et Ego praedictus Robertus & Haeredes mei praedictum annuum redditum Centum Solidorum cum pertinentiis praedicto Baldewino ad termi­num vitae warrantizabimus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus, Domino Henrico Grene Milite, Thoma Grene de Sud­burgh, Thoma Cottingham, Johanne Phipston de Thrapston, Thoma Drayton & aliis.

Dat' apud Thrapston vicesimo die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum nono.

Carta Edwardi Deverwyk, Comitis de Rutteland & de Cork.

EDward D'Everwyk Counte de Rutteland & de Cork,
A nostre chier & bienaymé Escuier Baudwin Vere nostre Lieutenant & Receivor des Isles de Gernsey & Jersey salutz.

Pour ce qu'il nous vient asses à memoire que vous avez payé & delivré pour nous & à nostre ceps & Comandement les parcelees soubz escriptz des issues des dites Isles prudement à Thomas Clove venant par devers nous des dites Isles, & en retornant deux Marcz; Item à Richard Pensaux pour ses despenses pour la mesme cause quarante Shillings; Item à Jenkyn Freeman pour ses despenses deux fois en alant & retornant de Message cinq Marcz & quarante soulz; Item donne à une Varlet mon tres redoubté Seigneur le Roy venant pour avoir deliverance de le Sire Cobham vingt Shillings; Item à la Servante du dit Varlet quarante soulz; Item en leur despenses illeoques & des vingt quatre Mariners pour deux jours avec vittaille à eux delivre pour le mer quarante Shil­lings; Item delivres à les Mariners alantz pour vous servir en la journée d'Ireland vingt deux Marcz six Shillings & vingt soulz; Item dix Marcz deliveres à nos propres mains, si nous voulons, que vous ejez due & entiere allowance des pracelles avantditz, & que ce­stes nos Lettres ensellés desoubz nostre Seal, avous & à nos Auditours en soyent garrauntz.

Donné à Londres le quinzisme jour de Decembre, l'an du Regne de mon tres redoubté Seigneur le Roy Henry quart primer,

Requeste de Baldewin Vere au Roy Henry Cinqueisme.

PLese au Roy nostre Soverein & tres-gracious Seigneur graciousement considerer, que vostre humble Lige Baldewin Vere avoit de la graunt de le noble Prince & son re­doubté Seigneur le Duc de York, qui darrein morust, à qui Dieu pardoint, vingt Marcz pour terme desa vie, de l'annuité de l'enheritance de le dit Duc en le port de Kingeston sur Hull, sicome en les Lettres Patentes en faites il est contenuz plus en plein; la quelle annui­té est ore d'en avent en vostre main, à cause del meindre age de Richard filz de Richard Naugerres Counte de Cambrige & Heir au dit Duc, & sur ce de vostre grace speciale & pour le service que le dit Baldewin vous fera, tres-gracious Seigneur, en temps à venir, luy granter vingt Marcz à prendre annuellement durant le miendre age de Richard filz à dit Richard Counte, & Heir au dit Duc, de vostre custume des Leyns, quirs & pealx, entrans en le dit port, par les mains des Cueilleurs d'ycelle pour le temps esteantz, es termes de pasque & de Seint Michel par oue les porcions: Considerantz, tres-gracious Seig­neur, que le dit suppliant n'a pour son long service fait à son dit Seigneur le Duc, sinon soulement les ditz vingt Marcz annuels, pour Dieu & en euure de Charité.

Carta Thomae Asheby.

PAteat Universis per praesentes, me Thomam Asheby de Louesby seniorem recepisse & habuisse die Confectionis praesentium de Baudwin Vere & Thoma Asheby ju­niore Administratoribus Bonorum & Catallorum quae fuerant Roberti Vere, quatuor­decim Marcas legalis Monetae, & alia vice per manus praedicti Thomae Asheby junio­ris sexdecim Marcas, de quibus quidem summis fateor me esse solutum, dictósque Ad­ministratores inde fore quietos per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic scripto acquietantiae Sigillum meum apposui.

Dato apud Louesby in Comitatu Leicestriae die Lunae in Septimana Pentecostes, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum nono.

Sigillum thome assheby

Carta Edmundi de Mortuo Mari, Comitis Marche & Ulton.

EDmundus de Mortuo Mari Comes Marchae & Ultoniae, Dominus de Wigmore, Clare, Trym, Connac,
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint salutem.

Sciatis quòd nos de Fidelitate Circumspectione & Industria dilecti Armigeri nostri Bal­dewini Vere pleniùs confidentes, ordinavimus, constituimus & assignavimus ipsum Thesaurarium nostrum Libertatis nostrae Midiae, habendum & occupandum idem offi­cium quamdiu nobis placuerit, percipiendo de nobis in Officio illo feoda, vadia & re­garda praedicto Officio ab antiquo debita & consueta. In cujus rei testimonium has Li­teras nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste dilecto Armigero nostro Richardo Nugent Seneschallo nostrae Libertatis nostrae praedictae apud Trym, vicesimo septimo die Se­ptembris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti secundo.

A Letter from the Earl of March, Lieutenant of Ireland, to Baldwin Vere.

To Our Well-beloved Baldewin Vere, Treasurer of our Liberty of Marche; the Earl of Marche and of Ulster, Lieutenant of Ireland.

WEll-beloved, We greet you well; And we woll and charge you, that you don send out Precepts to all Our Homagers wythinn our Liberte of Inithe, to come and doe theyr homages unto Us at Trym upon Munday or Tewysday next comeing without ony faile or excusation made the contrary.

Write at Develin the eleventh day of October.

Testamentum Baldewini de Vere.

IN Dei nomine Amen. Die Lunae proximo post Festum Sancti Andreae Apostoli, Anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo vicesimo quarto, Ego Baldewinus de Vere condo Testamentum meum in hunc modum. Imprimis lego animam meam Deo Omnipotenti, beatae Mariae Matri suo, & omnibus Sanctis eorum, & corpus meum ad sepeliendum in Capella beatae Mariae in Ecclesia omnium Sanctorum de Addington magna, & optimum meum animal nomine Principalis, ut consuetudo loci expostulat. Item lego summo Altari ibidem pro decimis meis oblitis viginti Denarios. Item lego uni Lampadi in dicta Ecclesia ardenti duodecim denarios. Item lego Lumini beatae Mariae ibidem duodecim denarios. Item lego in Cera circa Sepulturam meam duode­cim Libras. Item lego Elenae Uxori meae omnia Mobilia mea in Anglia & extra, ad terminum vitae suae; & volo quòd post decessum ejusdem Elenae eadem sint partita inter Richardum Vere Filium meum, & Elizabetham & Annam Filias meas, vi­delicet praefato Richardo, one Salt-saler of Silver, one douzin Sponys, one gylt Kuppe standing with three Angels in the fotte, one white pese covered with a gylt Knoppe, with two sengel peses; Item dicto Richardo two Brochis of Gold; Item Elizabethae Fi­liae meae one Saltsaler, one douzin Sponys, a gylt Kuppe enamylled with a seye, one Potte of Silver standing, with three Brochis of Gold, and three Ringys of Gold. Item lego Annae Filiae meae one Saltseller of Silver with gylt brinkes, and a deck spice with one gylt fotte enamylled in the middest for Spice, gylt above with Levereds Headis one douzin Sponys, one Potte of Silver standing, one gylt Kuppe standing with a Bird on the Cover, anoder gylt Cupp standing with a knoppe on the Cover, an Ouche of Gold with an Egyle in the meddis set about with Stone and Perle, three Rings of Gold and two Brochis of Gold enamylled with white. Item lego Edwardo Filio meo optimam meam Togam Penulatam. Item lego Garialo Filio unum Cyphum Argen­tatum. Item lego ad distribuendum pauperibus pro salute animae meae tredecim soli­dos & quatuor denarios. Residuum verò Bonorum meorum non legatorum, lego Elenae Uxori meae, Willielmo Aldewincle, Willielmo Fellesan Parsonae Ecclesiae de Islip, & Johanni Barton ad distribuendum pro salute animae meae & omnium Benefactorum [Page 285]meorum. Item Ordino & constituto meos Executores praefatos Elenam, Willielmum, Willielmum & Johannem. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum ap­posui.

Dat' die & Anno supradicto.

SIGILLVM BALDEWINI DE VER

Carta Elenae, quae fuit Uxor Baldewini de Vere.

HAEC Indentura testatur, Quòd Elena, quae fuit Uxor Baldewini Vere de Ad­dington, tradidit, concessit, & ad firmam dimisit Rogero Salpyn de Luffwyk, Molendina sua aquatica de Thrapston, cum les holmes & omnibus proficuis salicum in eisdem holmes crescentium, & cum omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eisdem Mo­lendinis pertinentibus: Ac etiam tradidit, concessit & ad firmam dimisit eidem Rogero tota separalia Piscaria sua in Ripariis & Aquis de Thrapston, quae sunt extra Villam praedictam, cum omnibus les Fishing holmes & proficuis salicum in eisdem holmes cres­centium, & cum duabus Acris Terrae in Campis de Thrapston, & cum omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eisdem Piscariis pertinentibus: Habendum & tenendum praedi­cta Molendina & Piscaria praedicta, cum omnibus les holmes & proficuiis salicum prae­dictarum, cum Terris praedictis & aliis pertinentiis suis praefato Rogero, Haeredibus & Executoribus suis, à Festo Sancti Michaelis ultimo praeterito, usque in finem decem an­norum proximè sequentium & plenariè completorum; Reddendo annuatim praefatae Elenae, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis quatuor Libras legalis Monetae ad quatuor anni ter­minos, videlicet ad Festa Natalis Domini, Paschae, Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Ba­ptistae, & Sancti Michaelis per aequales portiones; Et etiam satisfaciendo & solvendo Capitalibus Dominis annuatim liberum redditum pro praedictis Molendinis durante ter­mino praedicto. Et si praedictus redditus aretro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad aliquem terminum ultra unum mensem non solutus, quòd extunc bene liceat praefatae Elenae, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis in praedictis Molendinis & Piscariis cum les holmes & Terris praedictis cum pertinentiis suis reintrare, & in pristino statu suo retinere, praesentibus In­denturis non obstantibus. Et praedictus Rogerus Salpyn & Haeredes sui praedicta Mo­lendina & Piscaria cum les holmes, & Terras cum pertinentiis suis, sustentabunt & reparabunt in omnibus Custagiis, sumptibus suis propriis durante termino praedicto, & ea in adeo bono statu & reparatu in fine termini sui vel meliori dimittet quàm illa rece­pit à praedicta Elena. Et praedicta Elena & Haeredes sui praedicta Molendina aquatica & Piscaria, cum les holmes, & Terris cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, in forma supra­dicta, durante termino praedicto, contra omnes Gentes warrantizabunt & defendent. Et ad omnes istas Concessiones & Conventiones supradictas bene & fideliter tenendas & complendas quaelibet pars supradicta obligat se Articulo in decem Libris legalis Monetae. In cujus rei Testimonium partes praedictae hiis Indenturis Sigilla sua alternatim apposue­runt.

Dat' apud Addington die Mercurii proximo post Festum Sancti Dionysii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum quarto.

Ista continentur in Fenestra Sancti Nicolai in Ecclesia de Addington.

Orate pro Anima Baldewini Vere qui istam Capellam fecit, & obiit primo die Mensis Augusti, Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXVI.

In eadem Fenestra continentur ista Arma,

Arma Vere two Labels Gold, Arma Barkelow.

Sir RICHARD de VERE, first of that Name, Lord of Thrapston, Addington, and other Lands and Lordships.

Indentura inter Thomam Asheby & Richardum de Vere.

THis Indenture made betwix Thomas Asheby of Louesby in the County of Leicester Squyre on the on Party, and Richard Vere of Thrapston in the County of North­hampton on t' other Party, Beareth witness, That where debate, stryfe and discord weren between the said Partyes for the Mannor of Mikle Addington, with the Appurtenance in Addington and Wodeford, togedere with the advowson of the Church of Islip in the County of Northampton aforesaid, and the Mannor of Hokenhanger in the Parish of Kympton in the County of Hertford; the which Mannor the said Thomas claym­eth to hold this of his life be a Feoffement made be Robert Vere Squyer to the said Tho­mas and Margaret his Wyfe, and to the Heyres of theyr Bodies lawfully begotten; for the which debate, stryfe, and discorde be mediation of gode friends the foresaid Thomas is agreed and accorded, that he shall release all the Right, Estate and Clayme that he hath or claymeth for to have in the Mannor of Addington abovesaid with the appurte­nances, togedere with the advowson of the Church of Islip, to the said Richard and to his Heyres for evermore. And also the foresayd Richard is accorded shall confirm the Estate of the said Thomas terme of his life in the Mannor of Hokenhanger aforesayd without appeachment of Wast. Also the said Thomas graunteth, That all those haven any Estate in the said Mannors be hym, sholen release to the sayd Richard and to his Heyres all the Estate and the Right that they have in the Mannor of Addington abovesayd. Also the said Thomas graunteth, That he shall deliver to the sayd Richard and to his Heyres all the Estate and the Right that they have in the Mannor of Addington abovesayd. Also the sayd Thomas graunteth, That he shall deliver to the sayd Richard a Dede, be the whych Robert Vere graunted an Annuitye of five Marcks owte of Thrapston to the sayd Thomas and Margaret his Wife, and all other Dedes the whych that he hath touchyng the Inhe­ritance of the sayd Richard. Also the sayd Richard shall pay to the sayd Thomas twenty Pounds at the same day that the sayd Thomas and his Feoffees shall release theyr Estate and Right that they haven in the Mannor of Addington with the appurtenances, toge­dere with the advowson of the Church of Islip abovesayd, to the sayd Richard and to his Heyres for evermore. Also the sayd Richard Vere and Richard Prittes shall be bounden to the sayd Thomas in an Obligation of an hundred Pounds to be payd at Martlemas next comeyng; to the whych Covenants on the partye of the foresayd Thomas well and truely to be performed, the foresayd Thomas byndeth him to the foresayd Richard in an hundred Pounds to be payd in the Feste of Pasche next comeyng. In witnessing of the whych things to this part of the Indenture with the foresayd Richard remayning the sayd Thomas hath set to his Seal.

Yeven in the Feste of Saint Hilarie the Yere of the Raigne of King Henry the Sixth after the Conquest the twentyeth.

Carta Humfridi Comitis Herefordiae & aliorum.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum pervenerit.
Humfridus Comes Herefordiae & Staffordiae, Johannes Vicecomes Dominus de Bella­monte, Radulphus Dominus de Crombwell, Willielmus Dominus de Zouche Milites, Johannes Hototte de Knebworthe, Johannes Fray, Johannes Eton, Richardus Neel & Johannes Boche de Kingessthorp
salutem in Domino.

Noveritis nos remisisse, re­laxâsse, & omnino pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris in perpetuum quietum clamâsse Ri­chardo Vere totum statum quem habemus in Manerio de Addington magna cum suis pertinentiis, ac de & in una Roda Terrae in Islip, simul cum advocatione ejusdem Ec­clesiae in Comitatu Northamptoniae ex dono & concessione Thomae Asheby de Louesby Armigero; Ita quòd nec nos nec Haeredes nostri nec aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod jus vel clameum in praedictis Maneriis de Addington magna ac in praedictis Rodis Terrae in Islip, simul cum praedicta advocatione ejusdem Ecclesiae & omnibus suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere seu vindicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni actione nostris & clameo simus inde exclusi per Praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scri­pto Sigilla nostra apposuimus.

Dat' vicesimo octavo die Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo.

Carta Thomae Asheby.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit,
Thomas Asheby de Louesby in Comitatu Leicestriae Armiger
salutem in Domino sempiternam.

Cùm Robertus Vere Armiger, Avunculus Richardi Vere, cujus Haeres ipse est, nuper per Cartam suam, cujus Datum est vicesimo die Maii Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Conquestum octavo, dederit & concesserit & per dictam Cartam suam confirma­verit mihi praefato Thomae & Margaretae Uxori meae Manerium suum de Addington in Comitatu Northamptoniae cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, nec non omnia Terras & Tenementa, Prata, Pascua & Pasturas, redditus, reversiones & servitia cum omnibus suis pertinentiis in Villis & Campis de Wodeford & Islip in Comitatu praedicto, simul cum advocatione Ecclesiae de Islip praedicta, ac etiam Manerium suum de Hokennhanger in Parochia de Kympton in Comitatu Hertfordiae, cum omnibus Inclusis, Pratis, Pas­cuis & Pasturis, Aquis, Piscariis & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, Habenda & tenenda omnia praedicta Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, redditus & servitia cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, simul cum advocatione dictae Ecclesiae praefatis Thomae & Margaretae Uxori suae & Haeredibus de Corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis de Capitalibus Do­minis Feodorum illorum per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta, prout in praedicta Carta pleniùs apparet: Noveritis me praefatum Thomam, pro eo quòd praedicta Mar­gareta Uxor mea mortua est fine Haerede de Corporibus ipsius Margaretae & mei praefati Thomae legitimè procreato, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro me & Haeredibus meis imperpetuum quietem clamâsse dicto Roberto in sua plena possessione Manerii de Ad­dington praedicti cum suis pertinentiis, ac omnium Terrarum & Tenementorum, Pra­torum, Pascuorum & Pasturarum, reddituum, reversionum & servitiorum cum om­nibus suis pertinentiis in Villis & Campis de Wodeford & Islip praedictis, simul cum ad­vocatione Ecclesiae de Islip praedicta, existenti, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis imperpetuum, totum jus & clameum, titulum & demandam quae habui, habeo, vel quovis modo ha­bere potero in futurum de & in praedicto Manerio de Addington praedicta cum suis pertinentiis, ac de & in omnibus Terris & Tenementis, Pratis, Pascuis & Pasturis, redditibus, reversionibus & servitiis cum omnibus suis pertinentiis in Villis & Campis de Wodeford & Islip praedictis, simul cum advocatione Ecclesiae de Islip praedicta; Ita videlicet, quòd nec ego praedictus Thomas nec Haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius pro no­bis seu nomine nostro, aliquod jus vel clameum seu demandam aut proprietatem de & in praedicto Manerio de Addington cum suis pertinentiis, ac de & in omnibus Terris & Tenementis, Pratis, Pascuis & Pasturis, Redditibus, Reversionibus & Servitiis cum [Page 288]omnibus suis pertinentiis in Villis & Campis de Wodeford & Islip praedictis, simul cum advocatione Ecclesiae de Islip praedicta, nec in aliqua parcella eorundem de caetero exi­gere, clamare vel vindicare seu demandare poterimus nec debemus quovis modo in fu­turum, sed ab omni actione Juris vel clamei, tituli seu demandae simus penitus exclusi imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui.

Dat' ultimo die Mensis Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Con­questum Angliae vicesimo.

Carta Richardi de Vere.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Richardus Vere Armiger dedi, concessi & hâc praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Johanni Holland Militi, Waltero Dove Clerico, Roberto Plyngton Clerico, Willielmo Vaus Armigero, Henrico Hodleston Armigero, & Johanni Dyne, Haeredibus & Assignatis eorum, Manerium meum de Thrapston cum pertinentiis suis, cum visu Franciplegii, & omnibus aliis Terris & Tenementis, Redditibus & Servitiis cum suis pertinentiis, praefatis Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Ro­berto, Willielmo, Henrico & Johanni, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, de Capitalibus Dominis Feodorum illius, per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & Haeredes mei praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis suis, cum visu Franciplegii, & omnibus aliis Terris & Tenementis, redditibus & servitiis cum suis pertinentiis praedictis, praefatis Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Roberto, Willielmo, Henrico & Johanni, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis contra omnes Gentes warrantizabi­mus & imperpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigil­lum meum apposui. Hiis Testibus, Richardo Dudley Armigero, Johanne Lenton, Johanne Duffyn, Willielmo Reyne, Simone Conford & aliis.

Dat' apud Thrapston tertio die Novembris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo nono.

Carta Johannis Holland Militis, & aliorum.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd nos Johannes Holland Miles, Walterus Dove Cleri­cus, Radulphus Martell Clericus, Robertus Plyngton Clericus, Willielmus Vaus Armiger, Henricus Hodleston Armiger, & Johannes Dyve, tradidimus, liberavimus, & hâc praesenti Cartâ nostrâ confirmavimus Richardo Vere Armigero, & Isabellae Uxori suae, Manerium nostrum de Thrapston cum pertinentiis suis, cum visu Franciplegii, & omnibus aliis Terris & Tenementis, Redditibus & Servitiis, cum suis pertinentiis, quae nuper conjunctim habuimus ex dono & Feoffamento praedicti Richardi in Thrapston praedicta: Habendum praedictum Manerium cum pertinentiis cum visu Franciplegii & omnibus aliis Terris & Tenementis, Redditibus & Servitiis cum suis pertinentiis, prae­fatis Richardo & Isabellae & Haeredibus praedicti Richardi de Capitalibus Dominis Feodi illius per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae Sigilla nostra apposuimus. Hiis Testibus, Richardo Dudley Ar­migero, Johanne Lenton, Johanne Duffyn, Willielmo Reyne, Simone Conford, & aliis.

Dat' apud Thrapston vicesimo die Novembris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo nono.

Carta Richardi Vere.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum Indentatum pervenerit, Richardus Vere de Thrapston in Comitatu Northamptoniae salutem in Domino. Cùm Robertus Vere de Addington in Comitatu praedicto Avunculus mei praedicti Ri­chardi, cujus Haeres ego sum, nuper per Cartam suam Indentatam, cujus Data est a­pud Addington vicesimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Conquestum octavo, dederit & concesserit Thomae Asheby & Margaretae Uxori ejus Manerium de Addington magna cum pertinentiis in Addington praedicta & Wodeford, unà cum ad­vocatione [Page 289]Ecclesiae de Islip in Comitatu praedicto, ac Manerium de Hokenhanger in Pa­rochia de Kympton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Hertfordiae, Habenda & tenenda Maneria praedicta simul cum advocatione Ecclesiae praefatis Thomae & Margaretae & Haeredibus de Corporibus ipsorum Thomae & Margaretae exeuntibus, prout in prae­dicta Carta eis inde confectis pleniùs apparet: Noveritis me praefatum Richardum Consanguineum & Haeredem praefati Roberti, cui reversiones Maneriorum praedictorum pertinent, pro eo quòd dicta Margareta mortua est fine Haerede de Corporibus dicto­rum Thomae & Margaretae exeunte, ratificâsse, approbâsse & confirmâsse praedicto Thomae statum quem dictus Thomas habet in Manerio de Hokenhanger praedicta ratio­ne donationis & concessionis praedictarum ad terminum vitae suae absque impetitione vasti. In cujus rei testimonium utrique parti hujus Scripti Indentati praefatus Richardus Sigillum suum apposuit. Dat' ultimo die Decembris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum Angliae vicesimo nono.

SIGILLVM RICARDI DE VER

A Letter from the Abbot of Croyland to Sir Richard Vere.

To the Right Worshipful Sir Richard Vere of Addington Estmer.

RIght Worshipful Syr, Aftyr due recommendation, pleaseth it you to wir, that by compleynt of my Fermor Nicholas Hall I have conceived that the Tennants of the Town of Addington put him out and his Cattel fro pasturing in myne own several Pa­stures, letting and withstonding him to pasture wyth his Horse and Neat togedyr, say­ing, that he shuld not pasture wyth both togedyr, they in themselfe doyng the contrary; and upon this they drove his Cattel and pynned them in your Pownde, where I as chiefe Lord having a Pownde of myne owne shuld have had the Prerogative of such pynning, and forfetts done in especial of myne own Fee, and severell like as this case stondeth in. Wherefore I pray yow to withdrawe your hand of lettynge of my Right, and your Tennants alsoe that they attempte no more anye thing in derogation of my Right, cer­tifying yow, that if yow doe, I shall shewe the Comyn Law ayenst them to the utter­most that I can and may. And as for them that drove my Fermors Cattel fro my seve­rell Grounde and Pasture, and soe kept them wrongfully in Pownde, I shall remedye that dede by sewte of Comyn Law ayenst them in as hasty space of time as I may. The usage as I have heard and known of old is this, That in my severell Pasture in the sowne Felde I and my Fermor beyng there shall take the firste Croppe of the Gresse with his Bestes, Horse and Nete togedyr, and I and he will soe, and after that the Tennants of the Towne in like wise. This Custome and usage have I known almost fyfty Wynters goon when I was Styward, and since continued, which I will have and kepe in continuance, or els it shall cost mee as mickle as all the Londe is worthe. And the holy Trinitie have yow in his governaunce.

John Abbot of Croyland.

Carta Regis Edwardi Quarti.

EDwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus Bal­livis & fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris pardonavimus, remisi­mus & relaxavimus Richardo Vere Armigero, tenenti Terrarum & Tenementorum quae fuerunt Willielmi Uldale Clerici Spisariae Henrici Sexti, nuper de facto & non de jure Re­gis Angliae, aliàs dicto Richardo Vere de Addingtonia in Comitatu Northamptoniae Ar­migero, aliàs dicto Richardo Vere Armigero, aliàs dicto Richardo Vere Armigero, seu quocunque alio nomine censeatur, omnimodas transgressiones, misprisiones, contemptus & impetitiones per ipsum Richardum ante ultimum diem Septembris, Anno Regni nostri undecimo contra formam Statutorum de signis liberatis pannorum & capiciorum, ac reten­tionibus factis sive perpetratis, unde punitio caderet in demandam debitam seu in finem & redemptionem aut in alias poenas pecuniarias seu imprisonamenta, Statutis praedictis non obstantibus. Et insuper ex gratia & scientia & motu nostris praedictis pardonavimus & remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Richardo sectam pacis nostrae quae ad nos versus ipsum Richardum pertinet pro omnibus proditionibus, murdris, raptibus Mulierum, rebellioni­bus, insurrectonibus, feloniis, conspirationibus, cambipartiis, manutenentiis, confederatio­nibus, riotis, routis, Conventiculis illicitis, imbraciariis & aliis transgressionibus, offensis, negligentiis, extortionibus, misprisonibus, ignorantiis, contemptibus, concelamentis, fo­risfacturis & deceptionibus per ipsum Richardum ante dictum ultimum diem Septembris qualitercunque factis sive perpetratis, ac etiam utlegariis, si quae in ipsum Richardum hiis actionibus seu earum aliqua fuerint promulgatae, & firmam pacem nostram ei inde con­cedimus. Ita tamen quòd stet rectus in Curia nostra si quis versus eum loqui voluerit de praemissis vel aliquo praemissorum. Et insuper pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavi­mus eidem Richardo Catalla felonum & fugitivorum, Catalla Utlegatorum & Felo­num de se, deodanda, vasta & impetitiones, ac omnimodos articulos, destructiones & transgressiones de viridi vel venatione, venditiones Boscorum infra Forestas & extra, & aliarum rerum quarumcunque ante dictum ultimum diem Septembris infra Regnum nostrum Angliae & Marchias Walliae, unde punitio caderet in demandam debitam seu in finem & redemptionem aut in alias poenas pecuniarias, seu in forisfacturam Bonorum & Catallorum, aut imprisonamenta seu amerciamenta Comitatuum, Villarum vel sin­gularium personarum, vel in onerationem liberi Tenementi eorum qui nunquam transgressi fuerunt, ut Haeredum, Executorum vel Terrae tenentium, Escaetorum, Vice­comitum, Coronatorum & aliorum hujusmodi, & omne id quòd ad nos versus ipsum Richardum pertinet seu pertinere possit ex causis supradictis. Ac etiam pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Richardo omimodas donationes, alienationes & per­quisitiones per ipsum de Terris aut Tenementis de nobis vel Progenitoribus nostris quondam Regibus Angliae aut aliis nuper de facto & non de jure Regibus Angliae seu eo­rum aliquo in Capite tentis, ac omnimodas donationes & perquisitiones ad manum mortuam factas & habitas absque licentia Regia; Nec non omnimodas intrusiones & ingressus in temporalia Archiepiscopatûs, Episcopatûs, Abbatiae, Prioratûs, Collegii, Hospitalis seu alterius Domûs prae Religiosae seu Ecclesiasticae cujuscunque, & in haere­ditatem suam in parte vel in toto post mortem Praedecessorum suorum & Antecessorum suorum absque debita prosecutione, liberatione seu restitutione eorundem extra manum Regiam ante ultimum diem Septembris factis, unà cum exitibus & proficuis inde medio tempore perceptis. Et insuper pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Richar­do omnimodas poenas ante dictum ultimum diem Septembris forisfactas coram nobis aut Progenitoribus praedictis, aut aliis nuper ut praemittitur Regibus seu eorum aliquo, seu Concilio nostro, Cancellario, Thesaurario, vel aliquo Judicum nostrorum vel Progenitorum praedictorum seu aliorum nuper ut praemittitur Regum vel eorum alicujus pro aliqua causa, & omnes alias poenas per ipsum Richardum pro aliqua causa ante di­ctum ultimum diem Septembris nobis vel Progenitoribus praedictis aut aliis nuper ut praemitt tur Regibus seu eorum alicui forisfactas, ad opus nostrum levandas; Ac omni­modas [Page 291]securitates praedictas ante eundem ultimum diem Septembris forisfactas; nec non omnimoda escapia & evasiones quorumque Felonum & Clericorum Convictorum seu attinctorum ante eundem ultimum diem Septembris; Ac etiam tertias & tertiarum ter­tias omnimodorum Prisonariorum in guerra captorum nobis vel Progenitoribus aut aliis nuper ut praemittitur Regibus seu eorum alicui dicto ultimo die Septembris qualitercun­que debitas, pertinentes sive spectantes per eundem Richardum; nec non omnimodas demandas, transgressiones, offensas, contemptus & impetitiones per ipsum Richardum ante dictum ultimum diem Septembris contra formam tam quorumcunque Statutorum, Ordinationum & Provisionum Factorum sive Edictorum de perquisitionibus, accepta­tionibus, lectionibus, publicationibus, notificationibus & executionibus quibuscunque quarumcunque literarum & bullarum Apostolicarum, & omnium aliorum Statuto­rum, Ordinationum & Provisionum praetextu quorum aliqua secta versus eundem Richardum per Billam vel per Breve de praemuniri facias, seu alio modo quo­cunque, pro aliqua materia ante eundem ultimum diem Septembris facta, fieri valeat, quàm quorumcunque aliorum Statutorum, factas sive perpetratas ante eundem ul­timum diem Septembris, Statutis, Ordinationibus & Provisionibus illis non obstan­tibus; Literis & Bullis de exemptionibus duntaxat exceptis. Ac etiam pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus eidem Richardo omnimodos fines adjudicatos, amerciamen­ta, exitus forisfactos, relevia, scutagia, & omnimoda debita, compota praestita, arre­ragia firmarum & compotorum nobis vel Progenitoribus praedictis aut aliis nuper ut praemittitur Regibus seu eorum alicui ante vicesimum nonum diem Septembris Anno Regni nostri nono qualitercunque debita sive pertinentia; nec non omnimodas Actio­nes, Executiones, Impetitiones, Querelas & Demandas, quas nos solus vel nos conjun­ctim cum aliis personis vel alia persona habemus vel habere poterimus versus ipsum Ri­chardum pro aliquibus hujusmodi finibus, amerciamentis, exitibus, releviis, scutagiis, debitis, compotis, praestitis & arreragiis ante dictum vicesimum nonum diem Septem­bris, Anno Regni nostri nono, nobis vel Progenitoribus praedictis aut aliis nuper ut praemittitur Regibus seu eorum alicui debitis; Ac etiam Utlegariis in ipsum Richardum promulgatis pro aliqua causarum supradictarum: Proviso semper quòd praesens Pardo­natio nostra se non extendat ad praedictum Richardum quoad captionem, asportationem, abductionem seu detentionem aliquorum Bonorum seu Catallorum nostrorum quo­rumcunque per ipsum Richardum habit' sive detent', dummodo Bona & Catalla illa nostra citra quartum diem Martii Anno Regni nostri undecimo capta asportata seu abdu­cta fuerint; nec ad ipsum Richardum quoad captionem, asportationem, abductionem seu detentionem aliquorum Bonorum seu Catallorum aliquorum praedictorum Rebelli­um & Inimicorum nostrorum, qui guerram contra nos aliquo modo levaverunt, citra quartum diem Martii supradictum per ipsum Richardum habit' & detent'; nec ad ip­sum Richardum quoad aliquas transgressiones, negligentias, misprisiones, contemptus, concelamenta, forisfacturas aut deceptiones in stapula nostra ad Cales aut in aliquibus Merchandizis ad stapulam illam pertinentibus per ipsum Richardum facta sive perpetra­ta in deceptionem seu laesionem nostram aliquo modo citra dictum vicesimum nonum diem Septembris; nec ad aliquam personam seu aliquas personas virtute vel authoritate alicujus Parliamenti nostri de alta proditione attinctam vel attinctas, & post hujusmodi attinctionem ad beneficium Legis nostrae per nullam authoritatem alicujus Parliamenti nec per aliquas Literas nostras Patentes habilitatas nec restitutas; Nec ad aliquos mag­nos computantes nostros qui nunc sunt aut nuper fuerunt, videlicet ad Majorem & Soci­etatem stapulae nostrae praedictae, aut Majorem, Constabularem & Societatem stapulae nostrae praedictae Thesaurarii Cales & Hospitii nostri vel Progenitorum dictorum aut ali­orum nuper ut praemittitur Regum seu eorum alicujus, Vitellarios Cales, Camerarios nostros Cestriae, Northwalliae & Southwalliae, Custodes Garderobae Hospitii nostri vel Progenitorum praedictorum aut aliorum nuper ut praemittitur Regum seu eorum alicu­jus, aut Custodes sive Clericos magnae Garderobae nostrae vel Progenitorum praedicto­rum aut aliorum nuper ut praemittitur Regum seu eorum alicujus, Clericos sive Custo­des Hanaperii Cancellariae nostrae qui nunc sunt aut nuper fuerunt, vel Executores aut Administratores Bonorum & Catallorum eorundem Clericorum sive Custodum vel [Page 292]eorum alicujus, Clericos operationum nostrarum vel Progenitorum praedictorum aut ali­orum nuper ut praemittitur Regum vel eorum alicujus, Thesaurarios Terrae nostrae Hi­berniae &, Receptores Ducatûs nostri Lancastriae & Ducatûs nostrae Cornubiae tam ge­nerales quàm particulares, quoad aliqua hujusmodi Officia seu hujusmodi Occupationes suos seu alicujus eorundem tangentia ullo modo se extendat. In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium quinto die Maii Anno Regni nostri duodecimo.

Irrotulatur in memorandis Scaccarii de Anno duodecimo Regis Edwardi Quarti, vi­delicet inter Recorda de termino Sancti Michaelis Rotulo quinquagesimo tertio ex parte Rememoratoris Thesaurarii.

HENRY de VERE, second of that Name, Lord of Addington, Thrapston, and other Lands and Lordships.

Carta Regis Henrici Septimi.

HEnricus Deigratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quod per manucaptionem Johannis Boteler de Wotton in Comitatu Hertfordiae Gentilman, & Williel­mi Coteler de Billing in Comitatu Northamptoniae Gentilman, confirmavimus Henrico Vere Armigero Custodiam Manerii sive Dominii de Gedyngton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Habendum à Festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximo futuro usque ad finem termini septem Annorum ex tunc proximè sequentium & plena­riè completorum; Reddendo inde nobis per Annum pro custodia praedicta viginti tres Libras novem Denarios & unum Obolum prout nobis responsum est, & octo Denarios ultra de incremento per Annum, ad Festa Paschae & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli per ae­quales portiones. Proviso semper quod si aliquis aliis plus dare voluerit de incremento per Annum pro Custodia praedicta fine fraude vel malo ingenio, quòd ex tunc dictus Hen­ricus tantum pro eadem solvere teneatur, si custodiam voluerit habere supradictam. In cujus rei testimoninm has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo secundo die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri primo. Curteis.

Per Billam Thesaur' & de dato praedicto authoritate Parliamenti.

To the Right Honourable and my singular good Lord, my Lord Chancellor of England.

RIght honourable and my most singular good Lord, I recommend me to your good Lordship in as humble manner as I can. Please it your good Lordship to un­derstand, That where one Thomas Watts hath compleyned afore your Lordship and other of the Kings Councel ayenst Harry Vere Squyer, of divers injuries and wrongs supposed that he shuld doe to him in the coming of the Kings Grace into this Lond, for the whyche injuries and wronges the said Thomas had at that tyme a Privy Seal, and of his own offer and desire prayed me to sett him and the said Harry at accord; And the said Harry Vere to appear. And the said Thomas kept still his Privy Seal. And for soe much as he was my Servaunt att the tyme, I, att a Sessions in the second Yere of our said Soveraigne Lord at Northampton, afore Sir Thomas Greene, John Throgmorton, Richard Knightly, and other Gentilmen there present, made a their own agreement and accorde of matters, desires and greves depending betwix the said partyes, from the beginning of the World unto that day of accord, as well of the part of the said Harry as of the said Thomas. And alsoe whereas the said Thomas shuld late surmiis unto your Lordship, [Page 293]that the said Henry should desire me to goe to the house of the said Thomas in Rothewell att my goeing toward the King att his last Journay Northwarde, to slee or destroye the said Thomas; It was never soe desired by the said Henry, nor noon of his, of me, nor of noon of myne, nor I never thought no suche entent to him, nor to noon other, but according to the Kings comandement, and his Lawes, and thereto I shall be ready to answer as well for my declaration, as for the declaration of the said Henry in all the premisses, whansoever it pleas the Kings Highnes, and your Lordship to comande me. And Almighty God ever preserve your good Lordship to your most hertes pleasure.

Written at Haroweden the fower and twentyeth Day of October
By your own Servant, Nicholas Vaus.

The Answer of Henry Vere Esquire to the Bill of Complaint of Thomas Watts.

THE said Henry saith by protestation, That the said Bill of Complaint is insuffi­cient, and compriseth matter slaunderous. For the declaration of the trouth of the premisses, the said Henry saith, That the said Thomas Watts, before the said twentye sixthe day of August specified in the said Bill, that the said Compleynent in the dayes of King Richard (late in dede and not in right) King of England, took from the said Henry riotously with thirty persons defensibly arrayed certeyn Timber, Hey-Rekes, Peese-Rekes, with much other Stuff of Howshold, to the value of eleven Marks, and more; And alsoe the said Thomas in lyke riotous wise resevyd of the Rents of the said Henry ten Mark in Ekton, Barton and Wouleston within the Counte of Northampton, for the whyche the said Henry compleyned to the Kings Grace imediately after his first feld; And it pleased the Kings Grace among other of his Highnes Comandemen [...]s, to comand the said Henry to bring the same Thomas to him to answer to the premisses. And the said Henry by reason of the same Comandement, with two persons harnessed came from his first Feld unto the House of the said Thomas, to the entent to execute the Kings said Co­mandements, then and there being John Tresham Esquier, the Viccar of the said Town of Rothewell, John Dove, and one Cowper, and many others, and they knowing the pre­misses, and knowing for trouth, that the said Thomas of and in the premisses and many other had offended the said Henry, desired the said Henry to take some reasonable weye, and end with the said Thomas in eschewing further expences and troubles. At the whych time the said Viccar and John Dove, by the special desire of the said Thomas, brought unto the said Henry ten Mark; And the said Thomas by his Servant sent the same Black Horse specified in his said Bill to the said Henry in full recompence of such injuries as been afore rehersed. All which matters, and every eche one of them the said Henry is ready to prove, as this Court will award, and prayeth to be dismissEd out of this Court with his reasonable Costs and expence for his wrongful vexation.

Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 296.

HEnry Vere was High Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the first Year of Henry the Seventh.

To the Right Worshipful Maister Vere Shrese of Northamptonshire be this Letter delivered, &c.

MAister Shrefe, After due recommendation with my service in my most herty manner, I pray yow, that for as mikyl as the Ferme of all th' assarts within the Forest of Rokyngham was granted to my Brother Sir William Stoke and Richard Burton yont­ly, and to other of them longer lyffing, and my sayd Brother whom God hath called from this World nothyng medled with the gadryng up of the deutes of the same, but [Page 294]onely Richard Burton, like as he said unto yow at Stamford but lately, that he would charge himself with them, and discharge my Brother in that behalfe; It may please yow in that manner-wise, and after that Forme to make returne of your Writte. And as for my Brothers Lyvelode within the Shyre, it is but littyl; he purchased and bought two Cottages in Rokyngham of lityl value, and a Meese in Kyrtby, also two Closes, one beside Pipwell and one at Brigstock, and here is all the livelode that he had in the Shyre; for that livelode that was my Moders in Warmington and elsewhere, she gaf hit to me twenty Yere ago, and my Broder had never ado the with but by myn assignement and for myn behofe. In this and in other thinges concerning me and myn, I pray yow shew your kindly favor, and I shall so dele with yow at our next meetyng in Northam­ptonshyre, that ye shall hold yow ryght well content. From Lincoln the twentyeth Day of March. And as for Newys with us, This day my Lady of Northumbyrland came to the King to Lincoln, and brought to the Kings Grace with hyr, hyr eldest Sonne, a good­ly yong Lord. On Munday cum sevenyght the Kyng is preposed toward Nottingham, there to tary six or seaven dayes, and from thence to take his journay toward York, &c.

Yours to his power, Thomas Stoke.

To his Worshipful Brother Henry Vere be this Bill delivered at Addington.

RYght Worshipful Brodyr, I recommend me unto yow and to my Sister your Wife, hertily desiring to here of your welfares, the which Almightie God preserve to his plesure and yowr hertes desire. Sure I have spokyn with Maister Catesby, and he hath promissed me to be as frendly to yow in yowr matter as he can. He is ryding with my Lord Chamberlyn this Morning toward the Kyng. Watts calleth for the pro­cesse, and therefore I went to Maister Catesby this morning when he took his Horse, and fete a Tokyn from him to Watts, that he shuld cale noe more on the processe till he come to Towne ayene, and that shall be when the King come, and that shall be with­in fourteen dayes; and if ye come up then, he will see an end betwix you and the other Gentilman the Jewe; and so I think best yow doe, for anoder man cannot labour your mattir soe well to yowr intent as yowr self sure. As for your Suite against Beke, they have yeven yow none Answere as yet. There is an Exigent out against Parson Ed­ward Davy sure. I pray yow remember my Brother Barners, for I sent him word, That ye would send him ten Pounds within fourteen dayes after Alhallow-Day. Brother, whereas yow wrote unto me, that ye were not in hertes ese, ye have made me very hevye of that tydings; but I trust to God, in the next Bill ye shall send me better com­forte. And sure at the reverence of God, whatsoever adverfityes befall yow, take them lytely, and set them not to yowr herte, and then remedye them as ye think best: for if ye set them to yowr herte, ye shall hurt your selfe, and that shall plese syche as be the causes thereof, and all syche as love yow not, and shall discomforte all syche as be yowr frendes and Lovers. Wherefore I will avise yow to take that way that may comforte yowr frendes and lovers, and displese yowr foes. No more to yow at this tyme but, I shall be at yowr comandement both here and elswhere be God's Grace, who have yow in his kepeing.

At London on Symond Jude is Evyn.
Be your Brother and Servant, Baldwyn Vere.

To my Right Trusty and Welbeloved Henry Vere Gentilman.

RYght Trusty and Welbeloved, I commend me unto yow; And whereas I have perceived by my Right Welbeloved Sir Thomas Thornton Parson of Addington in the County of Northampton, how that he of late hath permuted a Benefice that he had in [Page 295] Northbeneflete in Essex for the said Benefice in Addington with oon Master John Ovyn late Parson there, and as he saith ye doe now pretend, that a Graunt was made unto yow by the said Master John Ovyn in his time of the Ferme of the said Parsonage of Addington for the space of a Yere, which pretence I understand the said Master John Ovyn utterly denyeth, saying, that he never was agreable thereunto, and how that ye have no wri­ting thereof, but onely that ye intend with strong hand to keep the said Ferme against the will of the Parson there, and contrary to all good reason and conscience: Wherefore I pray yow as hertely as I can, that as well for my sake, as in discharge of your owne conscience, ye woll deal favorably with the said Parson, and to suffer him to occupy and enjoy his Benefice according to Right without your interruption, wherein yow shall give me cause to be good Lord unto yow in eny thing ye reasonably can desire me: And if ye doe the contrary, the matter will be ferther attempted against yow to your trouble and charge.

Written the third day of March.
Franceys Lovell.

To my Trusty and Welbeloved Henry Vere Squier.

TRusty and Welbeloved, I grete yow welle, and let yow wite, that I am credi­bly informed how ye grevously and contrarie to all right vexe and trouble the Tennants and Inhabitants of the Towne of Addyngton in the County of Northampton be­longing unto the Abbot of Crowland, whereof I am Steward, and had not I have been, the said Abbot had ere this time shewed it unto the Kings Grace, my Lady his Modre, and alsoe unto my Lord of Oxford, in as moche as he is Chappellaine unto them, which as I suppose would have been to yow none ease gif he had so doon. Wherefore I ad­vise yow from hencesorth no more to vexe ne troble the said Tennants and Inhabitants, but to leave such your wrongful dealing among them, and suffre them to have their Comunes and Herdes as they have had in times past, for drede of that may ensue thereof; And that yow will surcease of any more troubling with them, as I may say unto yow gramercy at our next metyng. And if I understand that ye doe the contrary, I shall provide a convenient remedy therefore. And alsoe as for such mattris as been depend­ing betwix yow and my Servant Richard Clerc, I shall, when we next speke togedyre, see a remedy therein. Moreover that you will give credence unto the Bringer hereof, whych is a Servant of the Kinges and myne.

Yeven under my Signet at the Mannor of Shene the three and twentyeth day of May.
John Viscount Welles.

A Letter from the King to Henry Vere.

To Our Trusty and Welbeloved Henry Vere Squier.
By the King.
H.R.

TRusty and Welbeloved, we grete yow wel; And wot ye wel, grevouse Com­pleynt hath be made unto us on the behalf our trusty and welbeloved in God th'Abbot of our Monastery of Crowland, how, where he in the right of the said Mo­nastery hath a Fermor and certeyn Tennants in the Towne of Addington, ye without matter or cause sufficient, of your pure malice, not onely at divers times heretofore have by your sinister menes vexed and trobled the said Eermor and Tennants, that they ne are of sufficient power, defending their life, to pay and content to him their Fermes due unto the said Monastery for their termes in the same; but as well put them dayly in such feare of new trouble, that he is like to be destitute of any sufficient Fermor and Tennants to occupy the Mannor and Tenements lying in the said Towne at any time hereafter, to the utter impoverishing of our said Monastery, as we be informed. [Page 296]Wherefore we willing the said Abbot peasibly to enjoy the profits of our said Monastery as far as he ought of right to doe, by reason of his Dignity there, most specially, in consideration of that it is of our foundation, whom we are bound to defend in all the right of the same, woll and straightly charge yow, if it be as is surmised unto us in this parte, that ye not onely dispose you lawfully to compound with the said Abbot for such injuryes and offences as ye have attempted in this partie contrarie our Lawes and good conscience, but alsoe at all times hereafter to suffer the said Fermors and Ten­nants now being and hereafter for to be, peceably to occupy their tenors in the same without eny vexation, inquieting, or trouble of you or other in your name, or for you into the contrary, so that the said Abbot have no cause of reason eftsoons to pursue unto us in the premisses, as ye woll answer unto us at your uttermost perill. Yeven under our Signet at our Towne of Stamford the fourteenth day of March.

To his Right Worshipful and Welbeloved Brother Sir Henry Vere be this delivered.

RYght Worshipful Brodyr, in the most herty wise I commend me unto yow; and Brodyr, I have sent unto yow your Aporne and Gussets of Mayse, I trust not appaired, and I thanke yow right hertely for them; and if it like yow not to have them againe, ye shall have for them what ye will think reasonable. And Brodyr, I have sent yow be this the Bringer hereof the Copye of the evidence of Barton and Sywell, and I will be with you with the Grace of God on Tewesday or Wednesday next coming, and bring to you all the dedys concerning the Mannor of Sywell with th' appurtenances. And Brodyr, I pray yow to lend to me be the Bringer hereof five Marcks, that ye pro­missed I should have had at the first payment; for ye promissed me twenty Marcks, and I had but ten Pounds; And I pray yow of all gentilnesse that I may have this five Marcks now, or els that ye will send me forty Shillings, for it would doe me great ease now, and I have nede thereof, and ye shall finde me in all behalfes as I have promissed yow with the Grace of Jhesu, who preserve yow. Written at little Okely in haste on Sainct Peters Eve. And I pray yow that this Bill may recomend me to my Sister.

Your loveing Brodyr, John Tresham.

To his Right Worshipful Brodyr Sir Henry Vere be this delivered.

RYght Worshipful Brodyr, in the most loving wise I recomend me unto yow and unto my Sister your Wife. And Brodyr, whereas I sent yow word by your Servaunt to have been with yow as this day, I pray yow to take it for noon unkind­nesse that I come not, for I have such a sorenesse in my Throat that hit grevys me to speake or to swallow any thing, and the Wether is soe farvent colde that I dare not aventure forth. And alsoe your Servaunt shewed me that ye should understand, that I have sold more Londs in Northampton to Chauncey, and for certein so have I done. And though I help and ease my selfe with parte of myne inheritance that is fee-simple, to bring me out of dette and danger, I pray yow think not but that I hope and trust to God to have a Heire or Heires of my Body lawfully begotten, though it fortune me not to have any by this Woman: And that I think not nor intend not if God for­tune me to have such Issue, to disinheryte them nor noon other that shall fortune to be myne next Heire. But if God fortune me live, I purpose to leve them as moche as I found, and more of myne owne purchase with the Grace of Jhesu, who preserve yow and yours both Body and Soule.

Your loveing Brodyr, John Tresham.

To my Right Welbeloved Cousen Sir Harry Vere, Sheriff of the County of Northampton.

RYght Welbeloved, I comend me to yow. Forasmuch as I am enformed that John Robyns of Multon is vexed and troubled by certeyn persons there wrongful­ly and against Conscience, I will and desire ye that ye will succour the same John in his Right, and not suffer him soe to be wronged, otherwise than may accorde with Lawe and Conscience, soe that he may have and enjoy that he hath Right to, in quiet, rest, and peace.

Written at London the two and twentyeth day of February.
Oxynford.

To my Right Welbeloved Cousyn Sir Henry Vere.

RYght Welbeloved Cousyn, I comende me to yow, thankyng yow for yowr good will and disposition shew'd to me by your Servant this Berer, whereby I understand that ye haveing knowleche that I sent for my Frendes and Lovers, thought that I shuld have sent for yow in like manner. I have therein shewed my mynde and entent to yowr seyd Servant, to whom ye may yeve credence in that behalfe, not doubtyng but myne entent was, at soche tyme as I would call such as be towards and reteyned to me, to have then sent for yow; And soo hereafter I entend to doo, as well for yow, as for all suche other there as be towards me, whereto I desyre yow and theym to shewe yowr good willes, and to be ready to do the King service in my Company when ye shall thereto be desired.

Written at the Abbay of Stretford the four and twen­tyeth day of February.
Oxynford.

To my right entirely beloved Cousen Henry Vere Squier.

RYght intirely beloved Cousyn, I comende me hertely to yow. And forasmoche as I truste that ye think I take yow for my Kynnesman, as ye may certeynly be sure that I so do, and that I here by reporte that ye be gretely greved and vexed with sike­nes, whereof I am right sory, howbeit I think by Godis Grace ye shall do right well. Neverthelesse I understand that ye have yong Gentilwomen to yowr Daughters, whych be my Kynneswomen, I therefore woll think that howsoevyr God dispose for yow, that ye shuld be content that I myght have the Rule and Governaunce of theym, or some of theym, consydering that they be of my blode, desyring yow especially, that ye wyll soe dispofe yowr selfe, not doubting but that I shall be as gode Lorde to theym that ye wylle putt in my Rule, and cherish theym, as I wolde doe myne owne, dely­verryng the same to my right trusty Servaunt Thomas Lowthe, by him to be conveyed to me, yevyng him credence alsoe in that he shall shewe to yow ferther, according to my mynd in this behalfe. And Almighty God preserve yow.

Written at Colne the last day of April.
Yowr Cosen, Oxynford.

Carta Edwardi Comitis Wilts.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Edwardus Co­mes Wilts salutem. Noveritis nos praefatum Comitem remisisse, relaxâsse & omnino pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris quietum clamâsse Henrico Vere Armi­gero, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis totum jus, titulum, clameum, statum, interesse seu [Page 298]demandum quae unquam habuimus, habemus, seu in futuro habere poterimus de & in omnibus illis Terris & Tenementis, Pratis, Pascuis, Pasturis, Redditibus & Servitiis cum suis pertinentiis quibuscunque in Villis & in Campis de Farnedich & Addington parva in Comitatibus Bedfordiae & Northamptoniae jacentibus, quae praefatus Henricus nuper habuit ex dono, concessione, & confirmatione, Johannis Babington Militis, Roberti Witilbury, Thomae Meris Armigerorum, & Oliveri Sutton Gentilman, prout in qua­dam Carta inde facta pleniùs testatur; Ita quod nec nos praefatus Edwardus Comes Wilts nec Haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquod jus, titulum, clame­um, statum, interesse seu demandum in praedictis Terris & Tenementis, Pratis, Pas­cuis, Pasturis, Redditibus & Servitiis cum suis pertinentiis quibuscunque, nec in aliqua parcella eorundem de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus in futuro; sed inde ab omni actione juris, titulo, clameo & demando sumus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. Et nos praefatus Comes Wilts & Haeredes nostri omnia illa praedicta Terras & Tene­menta, Prata, Pascua, Pasturas, Redditus & Servitia cum suis pertinentiis quibuscunque praefato Henrico Vere, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis contra omnes Gentes warrantizabi­mus & in perpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae meae Sigilla nostra apposuimus. Hiis Testibus, Georgio Dalyson Armigero, Willielmo Merbury Armigero, Willielmo Dounhale Armigero & Johanne Walker. Datum duo­decimo die Mensis Junii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi post Conquestum Angliae septimo.

Testamentum & ultima Voluntas Henrici Vere.

TO all trew Christen pepul, to whom this present Writing shall come, see or here, Henry Vere of Addington Knight sendeth greteing in our Lord evalersting. Know ye, Me the foreseyd Henry my last Will and Testament is, That the Will of my Fadyr be performed, if any be behynd. Alsoe I will, that six Pounds yerely be paid out of my Fee-simple-Land to my Chantre, for a Preste there to sing for ever, for me and my Auncestors; I will, that my Obsequies be performyd yerely be the same Preste, and five Pence to be delivered to five poor men in the Worshepe of the five wounds of Christ, and once in the Yere a....... for all my Auncestors, and to dele five Pence to five poor pepul in the Worchepe of the five sorrows of our Lady. I will, that my Chantre Preste say daily in the seid Cherch or Cherchyard Placebo and Dirige, and our Ladys Psalter, except a lawful scuse lett him. Alsoe I will, that my Tombe be made in our Ladys Chappell, with a Vault in the Wall, of Alybaster, and the Tombe of the same, with a Picter insolid on them. I will, that iii Trantalls be song for me be my seventh day, whensoever it plese God that I depart the World. Alsoe I will, that if I owe any man any money, that it be payed; And alsoe if any man can or will say that I have done him wrong, or withhould any money from him in the way of bargaynyng or communing, let him be agreed with as ye here the Cause.

Alsoe I will, that my Wyfe have twenty five Marks of Quit-Rent out of the Mannor of Thrapston, Lands and Tenements, or twenty Pounds in Land during hyr life, and that she have twenty Mark in money for hyr Chambre, so that she aske, ne take no stofe, out of the Mannor of Addington.

Alsoe I will, that as in Shepe, Nete and allodyr Cattell she have hyr part accordyng to the Lawe, and let hyr chuse whedyr she will have twenty Pound in Land or the said Quit-Rente. Alsoe I will, that she have the two littel Salts that goe daily abroad, with the Silver Spones, and a Pese that Thomas Ashe have. Alsoe I will, that all such Goods as I have in the Mannor of Addington unbequest, remayne to the said Mannor while the World last, or the said Goods endure, that is to say, Bedding, Chests, Tables, Brasse, Pewter, and a Coffer of Plate, with Harnesse, Gold Rings, Owches, and a Chene of Gold, with other Jewels in the same Coffer. Alsoe I will, that my Dawter Elizabeth have the same Mannor in parte of hyr Chose, and all my purchased Land in the same Towne, and also in Addington parva more than hyr chose, to meynteyn the seyd Mannor. Alsoe I will, that my Dawters, Anne, Constance and Audre have an odyr [Page 299]Coffer called a Gardewyn, with certain Plate, a Chene, Girdyll, and odyr Stoffe, to be partyd among them, when they come to Age; and if the one dye, the t' other to depart it; than if one dye, the t'other to have all; if they all depart, the said Coffer to remain to the Mannor again.

Alsoe I will, that William Marbyry have the Rule and the gyding of my Children, till they come to Age to gyde themselves. Alsoe I will, that the said William have the Re­ceits of my Land till the said Children come to lawful Age, alsoe the kepyng of all o­ther moveable Goods, that I have bequeathed to them; and when they come to lawful Age, or els happyn to be marry'd, then to deliver to them syche as I have besett them, as he think most profit to them.

Alsoe if it happe the said William Marbyry decesse ere all this be fulfilled and perform­ed, then I will that the foresaid William Marbyry to chose or to assigne such a person or persons as he can bethink best, with the avise of Mr. John Bloxham, if he be then alive, or els of Sir Thomas Thornton now Parson of Addington.

Alsoe I will, that if it happe my Children all decesse and noe Issue of them, then I will that my Goods and Stoffe in my Mannor of Addington, and odyr not delivered to them be sould, and done for my soule, and the soules of my Fadyr and my Modyr and all Christen soules: and if there be any of nere kin, that have need in their Marriage, I will that they be holpyd, and succuryd before odyrs.

Alsoe I will, that eche of my Sisters have ten Shillings, and eche of their Children six Shillings eight Pence; alsoe William Marbyry during his life three Pounds six Shillings eight Pence. Alsoe Robert Marbyry to be Steward of all my Lands, haveing for his Fee six and twenty Shillings eight Pence for terme of life. Alsoe I will, that my Servaunts that will byde till our Lady Day shall have their Wages, and eche of them three Shillings four Pence over their Wages.

Alsoe I will, that John Daundely have every Yere three Shillings four Pence to pray for me dureing his life.

Alsoe any Preste that comes to the Day of my Beriall, seventh Day, or Months, every one six Pence a pese: Alsoe every odyr Clarke two Pence.

Alsoe I will, and I charge my Children, that they nor none of them, nor no odyr shall troble ne vex William Marbyry whom I have made Receyver of my Londes and of all odyr Goods, for to call him to accompt or reckynnyng, but to make it after his owne Conscience, and soe I put my trust in him.

Alsoe I will, that there be given twenty Shillings to the Abbey of Crowland to pray for me. Item, to Sir Thomas Whotton six Shillings eight Pence besides his Wages.

Alsoe I will, that if that Maister William Marbyry may not have the Rule ne the Mar­riage of my Children to syche as he will with his counseil, so if any of my Children will not be rulyd be him, then my Executors shall have my purchased Land in their kepeing and possession unto the time that my Will be fulfilled, and than to gyff hit to them, or one of them, as they think best in all manner of things, the Stoffe both Plate and all odyr to dispose them for my soule.

Alsoe I will, that William Dounhall have the Lond that I shuld have in Harawld, for the Wyfe of William Milner terme of hyr life, as they of Harawld and I have a­gre.

Alsoe I will, that myn Executors be suffred to receyve the profitts as well of all my Londs in Fee-tayl, as of my Londs in Fee-simple, ....... my Children to be kept and maryed be their assents, then I will all such Goods as I have assigned to remaine in the Mannor of Addington aforesaid, be taken and kept be my said Executors, and the pro­fitts of my Londs in Fee-simple unto the time my Children be of reasonable Age, and then to dispose the said Goods and profitts of Londs after their discretion, as they find cause and se my Childrens disposition.

Provided alway, that and my said Executors may not have and receyve the revenue and profitts of Londs aforesaid to performe this my last Will, then I will they see it per­formyd [Page 300]with my moveable Goods, and the revenues and profitts of my Fee-simpul Lands.

SIGILLVM HENRICI DE VER

Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 298.

HEnry Vere was the Son of Richard Vere of Addington Esquire, by Isabel his Wife, Si­ster and at last sole Heir of Henry Greene of Drayton Esquire, of whom formerly. This Henry was after Knighted, and dying without Issue Male, Elizabeth his Daughter and Coheir was married to John first Lord Mordaunt, to whom she brought Drayton in this Country, and other fair Lands, as the Partage of her Portion.

Here lyeth the Body of Sr Henry Vere Knt. who was once Lord of this [...] He was Father of Elizabeth, Wife to Iohn the first Lord Mordaunt vnto whom his eldest Daughter & Coheire) did decend the Greatest part of his Ancient & [...] In heritance. On whose Soule God have Mercy.

ELIZABETH VERE, Lady Mordaunt, Lady of Drayton, Thrapston, Addington, and Inheritrix of all the Lands that belong­ed to the Greenes and Veres her Predecessors.

Specialis Liberatio Terrarum Greene & Vere assignata per Regem.

H.R.

REX, &c. omnibus, &c. Sciatis quòd Nos de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia & mero motu nostris, concessimus, & licentiam dedimus, ac per praesentes damus, & concedimus, pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, dilectis & fidelibus nostris, Thomae Cheyne Militi, & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Filiae & Haeredi Margeriae, Sororis & unius Haeredum Henrici Grene Armigeri, Patris Constanciae, Matris Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts defuncti, & Johanni Mor­daunt, & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt, Fratri suo, & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae Vere Filiabus Henrici Vere Ar­migeri, Filii & Haeredis Isabellae alterius Sororum & Haeredum praedicti Henrici Grene, quòd ipsi absque aliqua probatione aetatis ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mor­daunt & Amiae, Constanciae Parre & Etheldredae, seu earum alicujus, & absque aliqua liberatione, seu prosecutione, Haereditatis suae seu alicujus inde parcellae, extra manus nostras vel Haeredum nostrorum, in Cancellaria nostra vel Haeredum nostrorum secun­dum cursum ejusdem Cancellariae, ac Legis Terrae, seu aliquo alio modo prosequed', In omnia & singula Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, Feoda, Firmas, Annuitates, firmas redditus, Reversiones, Servitia, Boscos, Asserta, Hundreda, Feoda, visa Franciplegii, Curias letas, Turnas Vicecomitis, Libertates, Franchesias, Ferias, Mercata, Jurisdictiones, & Vivaria, Piscarios, Warrennas, Feoda Militum, Pacrona­tus Abbatiarum, Prioratuum, Advocationes Ecclesiarum, Vicaragiarum, Cantaria­rum, Capellarum, & Hospitalium, & aliorum Beneficiorum Ecclesiasticorum quo­rumcunque, ac omnia alia Possessiones & Haereditamenta quaecunque infra Reg­num nostrum Angliae, Walliae, & Marchias earundem, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis & dependentiis quibuscunque, de quibus praedictus Henricus Grene, aut praedicta Constancia, Filia ejusdem Henrici Grene, seu eorum alter, aut praedictus Edwardus nuper Comes, aut eorum aliquis, fuit sesitus de dominio suo, ut de feodo, aut de feodis qualitercunque taliatis, die quo obiit; Et in omnia Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, Redditus, Reversiones, & Servitia, Feoda Militum, Advocatio­nes Ecclesiarum, Hundreda & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis, de quibus aliqua Parso­na ad usum praefatorum Edwardi, Henrici, & Constanciae Filiae ipsius Henrici, & Hae­redum suorum, seu ad eorum alicujus usum tempore mortis suae conjunctim, vel separa­tim seisitus fuit, Et quae tam per sive post mortem praedictorum Edwardi, Henrici, & Constanciae Filiae ipsius Henrici, & eorum alicujus aliquo modo ad manus nostras, seu ad manus aliquorum Progenitorum sive Predecessorum nostrorum devenerunt, seu de­venire debuerunt, aut in manibus nostris jam existunt, aut existere debent, aut debe­bunt, aut praefatis Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre & Etheldredae descendere, revertere, remanere, pertinere, seu spectare debent, aut deberent, licitè aut impunè intrare, ingredi, & seisire, Acea omnia & singula prae­missa praefatis Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre, & Etheldredae, & Haeredibus suis, prout ipsae in eisdem post mortem praedictorum Ed­wardi, Henrici Grene, & Constanciae, Filiae ipsius Henrici, aut eorum alicujus, aut post mortem aliquorum Antecessorum dictarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mor­daunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre, & Etheldredae de Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris & Tenementis praedictis, & de caeteris haereditabiliter existerunt, Habend' persequend', ca­piend', vel faciend', aut absque aliqua liberatione, sive prosecutione eorundem extra manus nostras seu Haeredum nostrorum, quovis modo prosequenda, vel impetranda: [Page 302]Nolentes quòd praedicti Thomas Cheyne, & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Johannes Mor­daunt, & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Robertus Mordaunt, & Amia Uxor ejus, Johannes Parre & Constancia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda, nec Haeredes ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre, & Etheldredae ratione in­trationis, ingressus vel seisinae suorum hujusmodi de praemissis, seu aliqua praemissorum ante haec tempora fact', vel in posterum faciend', per nos vel Haeredes nostros, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, & alios Ballivos, seu Ministros nostros, vel Haeredum no­strorum quoscunque occasionentur, inquietentur, vexentur, perturbentur, molesten­tur in aliquo seu graventur; Nec quòd quod iidem Escaetores, Vicecomites, Ballivi, & Ministri nostri, aut Haeredum nostrorum, nec eorum aliquis, de aut in Dominiis, Ma­neriis, Terris, & Tenementis praedictis, ac caeteris praemissis, aut de aut in aliquibus praemissorum vel de aut in aliqua parcella eorundem, in aliquo se intromittant, vel intro­mittat; sed quòd iidem Thomas Cheyne & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Johannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Robertus Mordaunt & Amia Uxor ejus, Johannes Parre & Constancia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda, & Haeredes ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Eliza­bethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre, & Etheldredae, ac omnes Escaetores, Vice­comites, Ballivi, & alii Officiarii nostri praedicti quicunque, erga nos & Haeredes nostros quieti & exonerati ac exonerabiles inde existant, & quilibet eorum exonerabilis inde existat, & quòd ipsi habeant & quilibet eorum habeat tot & talia brevia & alia War­rantia, quot & qualia eis & eorum cuilibet pro exoneratione sua in hac parte erga nos & dictos Haeredes nostros, habenda necessaria fuerint & opportuna; Homagio tamen & fidelitate ipsorum Thomae Cheyne, Johannis Mordaunt, Roberti Mordaunt, & Johan­nis Parre, in hac parte debitis semper salvis. Et ulteriùs concedimus pro nobis & Hae­redibus nostris, praefatis Thomae Cheyne, & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, quòd hujusmodi seisina, possessio, perceptio, occupatio, intratio & ingressus, per ipsos Thomam Cheyne & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Johannem Mordaunt & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Robertum Mordaunt & A­miam Uxorem ejus, Johannem Parre & Constanciam Uxorem ejus, & Etheldredam, in omnia & singula Dominia, Maneria, Terras, & Tenementa praedicta, & caetera prae­missa, vigore & authoritate Concessionis & licentiae nostrae praedictae, habitae, factae & retentae, ac possessio & seisina indè, sint & existant ipsis Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, & Haeredibus ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre, & E­theldredae, tantae & talis vigoris in lege & virtutis, ac si eadem Dominia, Maneria, Terrae & Tenementa praedicta & caetera praemissa in manus nostras seu in manus ali­quorum Praedecessorum seu Progenitorum nostrorum capta & seisita fuissent, ac inqui­sitiones inde post mortem praedictorum Edwardi, Henrici, Constanciae, Filiae Henrici, & eorum cujuslibet, aut cujuslibet Antecessorum dictarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabe­thae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae & Etheldredae ritè & debitè factae, captae & in Can­cellariam nostram retornatae fuissent, & eaedem Elizabetha Cheyne, Elizabetha Mor­daunt, Amia, Constancia Parre, & Etheldreda aetatem suam sufficienter probâssent, ac si ipsi Thomas Cheyne & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Johannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Robertus Mordaunt & Amia Uxor ejus, Johannes Parre & Constancia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda liberationem Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum & Te­nementorum & caeterorum praemissorum extra manus nostras secundum cursum Can­cellariae nostrae, ac Legis nostrae Angliae in forma debita prosecuti fuissent, & quòd sit adeò valida eiisdem Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae & Haeredibus ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Eli­zabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre, & Etheldredae, & hujusmodi vigoris, valoris & effectûs erga nos & Haeredes nostros, prout esset una bona & sufficiens & le­galis liberatio, per ipsos Thomam Cheyne & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Johannem Mordaunt & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Robertum Mordaunt & Amiam Uxorem [Page 303]ejus, Johannem Parre & Constanciam Uxorem ejus, & Etheldredam in hac parte extra Cancellariam nostram praedictam per cursum communis Legis nostrae debitè prose­cuta & habita, & nobis de omni eo quòd ad nos indè pertinet seu pertinere indè debet, satisfactum esset, & conventum, aliquâ in hac parte negligentiâ, omissione, misprisio­ne, errore, contrarietate, repugnantiâ, seu aliquo defectu quocunque limitatâ vel limi­tandâ, assignatâ vel assignandâ in inquisitionibus supradictis si quae fuerunt, vel aliquâ eorundem seu returnis eorundem vel alicujus eorundem, aut aliquâ aliâ re necnon omis­sione aliquarum inquisitionum quae capi debuissent post mortem dictorum Edwardi, Henrici & Constanciae Filiae Henrici seu eorum alicujus, de aliquibus Terris, Tenemen­tis, Possessionibus quae ad manus nostras seu aliquorum Progenitorum nostrorum vel Predecessorum nostrorum devenire debuissent, descendere, remanere, revertere aut ali­quo modo devenire debent, non obstante; Et quòd nos & dicti Haeredes nostri ad seisan­dum & capiendum Dominia, Maneria, Hundreda, Terras & Tenementa praedicta & caetera praemissa & aliquam inde parcellam in manus nostras, ratione alicujus Juris vel tituli quod vel quae nobis & Haeredibus nostris per sive post mortem praedictorum Ed­wardi, Henrici & Constanciae Filiae Henrici, seu eorum alicujus, aut alicujus alterius personae competit seu competere poterit, sumus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes. Concessimus etiam eiisdem Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mor­daunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, omnia exitus, proficua, reversiones & firmas omnium Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Hundredorum, Terrarum, & Tenementorum praedictorum, & caeterorum praemissorum à tempore mortis praedicti Edwardi, nuper Comitis, huc usque provenientia, sive crescentia, & quamdiu omnia praedicta Domi­nia, Maneria, Terrae, & Tenementa, & caetera praemissa seu aliqua inde parcella, in manibus nostris seu Haeredum nostrorum existere, seu remanere contigerint: Habenda, levanda, recipienda, retinenda, & percipienda eisdem Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, tam in manibus suis propriis quàm per manus separalium, & qui nunc sunt, qui nuper fuerunt, vel qui in posterum erunt, in Comitatibus sive Marchiis in quibus eadem Dominia, Maneria, Terrae & Tenementa, & caetera praemissa separaliter existunt, per manus Ballivorum, Firmariorum & Occupatorum Tenementorum, sive aliorum Receptorum eorundem Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum & Tenementorum & caeterorum praemissorum qui nunc sunt, qui nuper fuerunt, vel qui in posterum erunt, absque compoto seu aliquo alio nobis vel Haeredibus nostris inde solvendo, reddendo sive faciendo. Et volumus & concedimus praefatis Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Con­stanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae per praesentes, quòd iidem Escaetores, Receptores, Ballivi, Firmarii & Occupatores & eorum quilibet, de & pro hujusmodi exitibus & proficuis erga nos & Haeredes nostros quieti & exonerati sint imperpetuum per praesen­tes. Et etiam de ampliori gratia nostra pardonavimus, remisimus & relaxavimus, ac per praesentes pardonamus, remittimus & relaxamus eiisdem Thomae Cheyne & Eliza­bethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, omnimo­das intrusiones & ingressus in omnia praedicta Maneria, Dominia, Terras & Tenementa & catera praemissa, ac in haereditatem suam in parte vel in toto post mortem praedicto­rum Edwardi, Henrici, & Constanciae Filiae Henrici, & eorum cujuslibet, absque de­bita prosecutione seu liberatione inde extra manus nostras seu Progenitorum aut Praede­cessorum nostrorum, & omnimodas transgressiones, offensiones, misprisiones, contem­ptus, forisfacta & impetitiones quascunque per ipsos Thomam Cheyne & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Johannem Mordaunt & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Robertum Mor­daunt & Amiam Uxorem ejus, Johannem Parre & Constanciam Uxorem ejus, & Ethel­dredam, & eorum quemlibet, occasione praemissorum facta sive perpetrata; Ac etiam omnia & omnimoda receptiones, debita & compota nobis occasione praemissorum de­bitè pertinentia, Nec non omnes actiones, sectas, querelas & demandas quas nos versus [Page 304]ipsos Thomam Cheyne & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Johannem Mordaunt & Eliza­betham Uxorem ejus, Robertum Mordaunt & Amiam Uxorem ejus, Johannem Parre & Constanciam Uxorem ejus, & Etheldredam, occasione praemissorum vel alicujus inde par­cellae habemus seu habere poterimus in futurum; Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo vel certitudine praemissorum vel alicujus inde parcellae, aut de aliis donis sive con­cessionibus eisdem Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, seu eorum alicui, per nos, Progenitores, sive Praedecessores nostros ante haec tempora factas in praesentibus minimè facta existit, aut aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, re, causâ, vel materiâ inde in contrarium factis, editis sive ordinatis non obstantibus. In cujus rei testimonium, &c.

Sub Sigillo Magno.

An Indenture septipartite between Edward Duke of Buckingham, and the Coheirs of Greene and Vere.

THis Indenture septipartite made the second Day of September in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, Between the Right Noble Prince Edward Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Herford, Stafford, and Northampton, on the one partie; Margaret Countesse of Wiltes, late Wife of Edward, late Earl of Wiltes, on the second partie; Thomas Cheyne of Artlingburgh Knight, and Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Heir of Margery Hodleston, Daughter and oon of the Heirs of John Greene, and Sister and oon of the Heirs of Herry Greene late Lord of Drayton in the County of Northampton, on the third partie; Richard Gilford Knight, Comptroller of the Kings most honourable Houshold, Garden of Audre, youngest Daughter of Henry Vere, late of Great Addington in the County of Northampton Esquire, Son and Heir of Isabell Daughter and another of the Heirs of the said John Greene, and Sister and another of the Heirs of the said Herry Greene on the fourth part; Alice Lady Fits Hugh, late the Wife of William Fits Hugh Knight, Lord Fits Hugh, Garden of Constance, the third Daughter of the said Harry Vere, now mar­ried to John Parre, on the fifth Partie; John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bed­ford, oon of the Kings Sergeants at Law, Garden of Elizabeth first and eldest Daughter of the said Harry Vere, and married to John Mordaunt Son and Heir Apparent of the same John Mordaunt, of the sixth partie; And the same John Mordaunt, Garden alsoe of Amye, second Daughter of the same Henry Vere, now married to Robert Mordaunt, second Son to the same John Mordaunt the Fader, of the seventh partie: Witnesseth, That where upon Communication and Agreement of Marriage had and concluded between Edward late Earl of Wiltes and the said Margaret Countesse of Wiltes, It was fully cove­nanted, bargained and agreed, That the said Countesse should have in Joynture for terme of her life, Mannors, Lands and Tenements of the same late Earl of suche yerely value, as Sir Reynald Grey Knight would name, And alsoe such other as the said Sir Reynald would name; And after the said Sir Reynald by the assent and agreement of the said late Earl named, that the said Countesse should have in Joynture, for terme of her life, Mannors, Lands and Tenements of the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes to the yearly value of three hundred Marks above all Charges, and after the same naming, a Youes was made to the same Edward and Margaret, and to o­ther persons for terme of life of the same Margaret, to the use and behoof of the same Margaret, of the Mannors of Newton, Blosmavile, Clifton, Watershall, Brafeld and Policote, in the County of Bucks, Sutton, Peggislond, Botellis, Tracies and Stamford-rivers in the County of Essex; Which Mannors, Lands and Tenements were sometimes of the Right Noble Prince Humphrey Duke of Bucks, Aile to the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes, and bene of the yearely value of one hundred twenty one Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence: And towards the recompence of the residue of the said Joynture the said Edward late Earl and Margaret, and other, had Estate of the Mannors of Wamiden, Em­pton and Moche Wolston in the County of Bucks, and Chalton in the County of Bedford; [Page 305]Which Mannors, Lands and Tenements were sometimes of the said Herry Greene, and be of the yerely value of forty one Pounds ten Shillings eleven Pence. All which Mannors, Lands and Tenements, as well such as were late of the sayd late Duke of Bucks, as of the sayd Herry, extend to the yerely value of one hundred sixty three Pounds fower Shillings and three Pence. And soe the sayd Margaret, now Countesse, lacked of her Joynture to her belonging, by reason of the same Covenant, Bargain and Agreement, thirty six Pounds fifteen Shillings nine Pence. And whereas after that the sayd Earl in his life, for the tender favour and love which he had to the sayd Edward now Duke of Buckingham, was in very mind and fully agreed, that the sayd Joynture, Lands and Tenements, that were of the Inheritance of the sayd Duke of Bucks, should be changed, and that the sayd Margaret, now Countesse, should have in recompence of them other Mannors, Lands and Tenements, that were of the same Herry Greene, of like value; And where Estate was made to Robert Wittelbury, William Merbury, Esquires, Robert Bayston Clerk, Thomas Montague, John Freman, and one John Feld Clerk now dead, of and in the Mannors of Raunds, Ringstede, Cotes, Stawike, Luffwike, Sudburgh, and Har­ringworth in the County of Northampton, Emton and Mochewolston in the County of Bucks, Chal­ton in the County of Bedford, Warmester, Westbury, Grately, Dichrich in the Countye of Wiltes and Southampton, Buckworth in the County of Huntington, and Combton in the County of Cam­bridge, and of all other Lands and Tenements which sometime were of the sayd Constance late Wife of John late Earl of Wiltes, and Moder to the sayd Edward late Earl of Wiltes, in the sayd Countyes of Northampton, Wiltes, Southampton, Bedford, Bucks, Huntington, and Cam­bridge; To have to them and to their Heirs for ever, to the use of the said Edward late Earl, and of his Heirs: And where alsoe Estate was before that made of and in the said Mannors of Wamiden, Emton, Mochewolston and Chalton in the Countyes of Bedford and Bucks, and of divers other Lands and Tenements in the same Countyes, the which late were of the sayd Harry Greene to the sayd Edward and Margaret then his Wife, Johane Vicountesse Lesle, John Vicount Lesle, Thomas Grey Esquire, Thomas Kebell, one of the Kings Sergeants at Law, Edward Hungerford Esquire, Humphrey Connesby, Thomas Frowike, Sergeants at Law, John Tichbourne, John Smith, John Gardiner, Thomas Bayall, and Thomas Haywode; To have to them for terme of life of the sayd Margaret, the Remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the sayd Edward late Earl of Wiltes; And of the residue of the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements, whereof the sayd Robert Wittelbury and his Cofeffez were infeossed, they were satisfied thereof at the time of the death of the sayd Edward late Earle, and yet thereof be seised: And where alsoe the sayd Edward Duke of Bucks hath before this time pretended Title to part of the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements, and other Mannors, Lands and Tenements, late of the sayd Edward late Earle, of the Greenes Lands, as Cosyne and next Heir to the sayd Edward late Earle, of the Faders side of the sayd late Earle: And where alsoe the same Countesse claymeth to have dower of parcel of the same Mannors, Lands and Tenements, over and beside her sayd Joyn­ture: And where alsoe the sayd Richard, Alice Lady Fits Hugh, and John Mordaunt the Fader, as moche as in them is, for their interest, for causes comprized in their Inden­tures, have promissed to the sayd Sir Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife, that the sayd Sir Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife over and above the portion of the same Dame Elizabeth of the same Mannors, Lands and Tenements, and of all other Mannors, Lands and Te­nements called the Greene's Lands, shall have the Mannor of Drayton in Drayton, the Conyngre and the Park of Drayton, and the Pasture there called the Oxe Pasture, dure­ing the life of the sayd Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife; saveing the reversion thereof to the sayd Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy, Constance Parre, and Audree, and to their Heirs; Pro­vided alwayes that the same Sir Thomas nor Elizabeth shall do no waste in the same Mannor and Park, nor cut down no Tymber in the sayd Mannor, Park or Conyngre: And where alsoe the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne Knight and Dame Elizabeth his Wife never had Issue begotten between them, nor any belike to have, because of the Age of the same Dame Elizabeth, so that the sayd Sir Thomas is not intitled to have any part of the same Mannors, Lands and Tenements, nor other premisses, nor intitled to have any other Mannors, Lands or Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Services, Woods, Avowsons, [Page 306]Franchises and Hereditaments, which at any time were of the sayd Costance late Coun­tesse of Wiltes, nor of the sayd Herry Greene Fader of the same Constance in England, Wales and Marches of the same, nor any part of them, but onely dureing the life of the same Dame Elizabeth his Wife in her Right: Yet neverthelesse for that the same Sir Tho­mas and Elizabeth, nor any of theirs shall not discontinue nor aliene, put away nor de­part, fro the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Avousons and other premisses within the Realm of England, Wales and the Marches of the same, nor fro any parte or parcel of them, But that all the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tene­ments and other the premisses, immediately after the decease of the sayd Margaret Coun­tesse, and after the decease of the sayd Sir Thomas and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, shall de­scend, grow, goe and come to the sayd Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy, Constance Parre, and Audree Vere, and their Heirs, in like manner and forme, and of like Estate as the sayd Herry Greene was inheritable unto the same. It is agreed therefore between all and every of the sayd partyes in manner and forme following; That the sayd Margaret now Countesse shall have and enjoy for terme of her life the sayd Mannors of Stamford-Rivers and Sutton in the County of Essex, and all other Lands and Tenements that late were of the sayd Edward, late Earle of Wiltes, in Stamford-Rivers and Sutton in the same Coun­tye; And as moche of the sayd Lands and Tenements in the sayd Countye called Tracies Peggislonde and Botellis, as with the sayd Mannors of Stamford-Rivers and Sutton shall be of the clere yerely value of fifty Pounds above all charges, as well Stewards Fees, Bayliffes Fees, as other yerely charges; which Mannors, Lands and Tenements were of the inheritance of the sayd Edward late Earle of Wiltes, descended to him by the sayd John late Earle of Wiltes his Fader, whose Heire to the same Mannors, Lands and Tene­ments the sayd now Duke is. And the same Duke covenanteth and granteth by these Presents, That he shall make or cause to be made all the sayd Mannors, Lands and Te­nements of the yerely value of fifty Pounds before the sixteenth day of July next come­ing, as sure to the sayd Margaret or other to her use, dureing her life, as by the Coun­sel of the sayd Margaret shall be devised at her Costs and Charges. And for and in re­compence of the residue of the sayd Duke of Bucks Lands which the sayd Margaret had in Joynture, and alsoe to make up her full Joynture of three hundred Marks, the same Margaret now Countesse shall have the sayd Mannors of Wamiden, Emton, Wolston and Chal­ton according to the Estate of her old Joynture thereof made; And alsoe the Mannors, Lands and Tenements following, That is to say, the Mannor of Grately in the Countye of Southampton, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the sayd Edward late Earle of Wiltes in Grately in the sayd County; The Mannor of Westbury in the Countye of Wiltes, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the same late Earl in Westbury in the same Coun­tye; The Mannors of Ramides, Ringstede, Cotes, Stanwike and Harringworth in the Countye of Northampton, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the sayd late Earle in Ramides, Ringstede, Cotes, Stanwike and Harringworth in the same Countye; The Mannor of Buck­worth in the Countye of Huntington, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the same late Earle in Buckworth in the same Countye; And the Mannor of Combton in the Countye of Cambrigge, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the sayd late Earle in Combton in the sayd Countye: All which Mannors, Lands and Tenements in the sayd Countyes of Bedford, Northampton, Buckingham, Huntington, Cambrigge, Southampton and Wiltes were of the Greene's Lands. Except and alwayes reserveing unto the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Hizabeth his Wife, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye Mordaunt, Constance Parre and Audree Vere, and to the Heirs of the sayd Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye, Constance, and Audree, All Wards, Marriages and Avousons belonging to the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tene­ments, and to every parcel of them. All which sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements with the sayd Mannors of Wamiden, Emton, Wolston and Chalton are delivered to the sayd Margaret Countesse, for and instede of the yerely value of one hundred and fifty Pounds, over Charges, as well Stewards Fees, Bayliffes Fees, as other annual Charges. And the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife, Sir Richard Gilford, Alice Lady Fits Hugh, and John Mordaunt the Fader, Covenantyn and grantyn by these Presents, that the sayd Sir Thomas and the sayd Dame Elizabeth his Wife, and alsoe the sayd John Mordaunt the [Page 307]younger and Elizabeth his Wife, Robert Mordaunt and Amye his Wife, John Parre and Constance his Wife, and the sayd Audree Vere, and such as shall be her Husband if she be then marryed, and alsoe all such persons as were lately infeoffed by the sayd Edward late Earle of Wiltes, or now be infeoffed or seised of and in all the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements sometimes of the sayd Herry Greene, afore the sayd sixteenth day of July next coming shall suffer the sayd Margaret Stafford Countesse of Wiltes, Johan Lesle Vicountesse Lesle, John Grey Vicount Lesle, Thomas Grey Esquire, John Bretteyne Clerk, Thomas Frowyke Sergeant at Law, Edward Hungerford Esquire, Thomas Marrow and John Gardiner to recover ayenst them the same Mannors, Lands and Tenements, in such forme and or­der, and all other things doe and suffer to be done concerning the same recovere, as by the Counsell learned of the sayd Countesse shall be avised, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd Countesse; The same recovere to be to the use of the sayd Countesse dureing her life, and after her decease of the one moyety of the same Mannors, Lands and Te­nements with th' appurtenances, for the considerations in these Indentures, to th' use of the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife for terme of their lifes onely, and either of them longer living onely, without impeachment of waste dureing the life of the sayd Elizabeth his Wife, and after their decease to th' use of the right Heirs of the sayd Isabel Vere Daughter of the sayd John Greene, in like manner and forme and of like Estate as the Heirs of the sayd Herry Greene Fader of the sayd Constance late Countesse was inheri­table to the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements; and of the other moyety of the same Mannors, Lands and Tenements after the decease of the same Countesse, to the use of the right Heirs of the same Isabel Vere Daughter of the same John Greene, in man­ner and forme and of like tenure and Estates as is aforesayd of the other moyety of the same Mannors, Lands and Tenements. And the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife, John Mordaunt the younger and Elizabeth his Wife, Robert Mordaunt and Amye his Wife, John Parre and Constance his Wife, and Audre Vere, and every of them, before the sayd sixteenth day of July next coming, shall further do, and suffer and cause to be done, to make the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements afore appoynted to the sayd Countesse sure to the sayd Margaret Stafford Countesse of Wiltes, Johan Vicountesse Lesle, John Grey Vicount Lesle, Thomas Grey Esquire, John Bretteyn Clerk, Thomas Frowyke Ser­geant at Law, Edward Hungerford Esquire, Thomas Marrow and John Gardiner, and to their Heirs to the uses aforesayd, as by the Counsel learned of the sayd Countesse before the sayd sixteenth day of July next coming shall be advised, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd Countesse. And over that is covenanted, bargained and agreed between the sayd Parties, that the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife dureing their lives shall have the Mannor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park of Drayton, the Conyngre and the Oxe-Pasture; Provided that they shall therein doe no waste. And over that, that the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife shall have for terme of their lives onely, and of every of them longest living, without impeachment of wast dureing the life of the sayd Elizabeth his Wife, the Moyte of all other Mannors, Lands and Tenements within the Realme of England, Wales, and the Marches or Libertyes of the same, the which late were of the same Herry Greene, and after their decease the sayd Mannor of Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, and all the same Moyety of all other the sayd Man­nors, Lands and Tenements within the Realme of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, to goo and grow to the right Heirs of the sayd Isabel Vere Moder to the sayd Herry Vere, and to their Heirs for ever, in manner and forme, and of like Estate as the sayd Herry Greene had therein or was heretable to the same. And that the sayd Eliza­beth Mordaunt, Amy Mordaunt, Constance Parre and Audree Vere shall have the other Moyte of all the sayd other Mannors, Lands and Tenements, in England, Wales, and the Mar­ches of the same, to them and to their Heirs, in the manner and forme and of like Estate as the sayd Herry Greene had therein or was inheritable thereunto. And that all such persons as were late inseoffed by the sayd late Earle, or be now seised or hereafter shall be seised of and in the same other Mannors, Lands and Tenements in England, Wales or the Marches of the same, and of the sayd Mannor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, with their appurtenances, shall be and stand feoffed and [Page 308]seised of the same to the same intents and uses aforesaid. And over that, that before the sixteenth day of December next comeing shall not lett John Fisher, one of the Kings Ser­geants at Law, William Mordaunt, William Gascoyne, Wistan Broun, John Mulso, and William Lane to recover all the same other Mannors, Lands and Tenements, and the same Man­nor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, with th' appurtenan­ces, ayenst the sayd Elizabeth Cheyne, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy Mordaunt, Constance Parre, and Audree Vere, and ayenst all such persons as be or then shall be their Husbands, and ayenst all Feoffez thereof, to their use, in such manner and forme as shall be a vised by the learned Counsell of the sayd Sir Thomas, Sir Richard, Alice Lady Fitz Hugh and John Mordaunt the Father, at the Costs and Charges of the same Sir Thomas, the sayd Reco­verez to be of the Moyete of all the sayd other Mannors, Lands and Tenements, with their appurtenances, and of the sayd Mannor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, for the Considerations comprised in this Indenture, to the use of the sayd Sir Thomas and Elizabeth for the terme of their lives, and either of them longest li­ving onely; And after their decease to the use and behoof of the right Heirs of the sayd Isabell Vere, of like Estate as is aforesayd; And of the other Moyete of the residue of the sayd other Mannors, Lands and Tenements, to the use of the right Heirs of the sayd Isabel Vere, of like Estate as is aforesayd for ever. Provided alway, that the sayd Mar­garet Countesse of Wiltes shall have for terme of her life, the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements to her appoynted by these Indentures, and alsoe her Title and Interesse of Dower of the Lands late of Thomas Tresham, any thing conteyned in these Indentures not­withstanding, and notwithstanding the sayd Recovere. And where the sayd now Duke hath before this time pretended right and title to such Mannors, Lands and Te­nements, as late were of the same Henry Greene, as Cosyn and right Heir of the sayd Edward late Earle of Wiltes, of the Faders side of the same Earle, The sayd Duke now covenanteth by these Presents, that he in consideration of all the premisses, ymediately upon the sealing of theis Indentures, by his Fyne and several Deedes sufficient in the Law, to be enrolled on record, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd Sir Thomas, Sir Richard, Alice Lady Fits Hugh, and John Mordaunt Sergeant, shall release all his right and title in all the Mannors, Lands and Tenements with th' appurtenances late of the sayd Herry Greene within this Realme of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, to such persons, and to their Heirs, and in such wise and with warranty ayenst the Abbot of Chester and his Successors, as the same Thomas, Richard, Alice and John shall name, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd Thomas, Richard, Alice and John, three, two or one of them. And the sayd Countesse and all other persons haveing any thing to the use of the sayd Countesse of and in the sayd Mannors of Newton, Blosmevile, Clifton, Wathall, Brafield and Policote, and in all other Mannors, Lands and Tenements which late were of the sayd Humphrey late Duke of Buckingham, and afterwards of the sayd Edward late Earle, except such as be appoynted to the sayd Countesse by these Indentures, and except such Lands and Tenements as late were of Sir Thomas Tresham, shall, after the premisses duly and truely performed by their several Deedes sufficient in the Law, release all their Ti­tle of and in the same (except before excepted) to the sayd now Duke, and his Heirs, and to such other as be now seised to his use and to their Heirs; and alsoe do, and suffer to be done for the Surety of the same now Duke, as shall be devised by the Counsell learned of the sayd Duke, and his Heirs, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd Duke, and his Heirs. And the same Countesse granteth by these Presents, that after the pre­misses truly performed, and in consideration of all other things herein comprised, that she shall by her five several Deedes sufficient in Law, and to be enrolled of record, re­lease to the sayd Elizabeth Cheyne, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy Mordaunt, Constance and Audree, and to all Feoffez to their use and to their Heirs, all the Right and Title which she hath in all the residue of all Mannors, Lands and Tenements, that late were of the sayd Herry Greene, other than is appoynted to her by these Indentures, and except the Lands and Tenements late of the sayd Sir Thomas Tresham Knight, as shall be avised by the Counsell of the same Dame Elizabeth Cheyne, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy, Constance and Audree, one, three or two of them, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne, [Page 309]Sir Richard, Alice and John Mordaunt the Fader. And the sayd Countesse alsoe covenant­eth and graunteth by theise Presents, that if the Graunt of Annuity, yerely Rent or Fee of one hundred Shillings, goeing out of certein Lands and Tenements in the Countye of Northampton, graunted to one William Pemberton, be now voyd, or fro henceforth dureing the life of the sayd Countesse, by insufficiency of Patent, Surrender, or otherwise happ to be voyd or determined, that then ymediately after such avoydance, or determination, the sayd Sir Thomas and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye Mordaunt, Constance and Audree, dureing the life of the sayd Countesse, shall have one hundred Shillings of Rent goeing out of the sayd Lands and Tenements, and that the same Countesse and her Assignes, by Deede or Deedes sufficient in Law, shall upon a reasonable request to her made, make sufficient Graunt of an hundred Shillings of Rent to the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye, Constance and Audree, at their Costs and Charges, payable at the Feasts of Saint Michael, and Easter, by equall portions, dureing the life of the sayd Countesse, with a sufficient Clause of distresse in the same Deede for non-payment of the same hundred Shillings Rent; With Proviso in the same Deede or Deedes, that the same Graunt or Graunts shall not charge the person of the sayd Countesse; Of which Rent of one hundred Shillings the sayd Sir Thomas Cheyne and Dame Elizabeth his Wife shall have fifty Shillings dureing the life of the sayd Countesse. And the sayd Sir Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife grauntyn by theise Presents, that for consideration of all the premisses they shall not dis­continue, aliene or put away the Right, Title or Possession of the sayd Elizabeth his Wife, of and in the premisses, nor discontinue, or put away any parcel of the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements that late were of the sayd Constance, late Countesse of Wiltes, nor of the sayd Herry Greene, nor any of them, nor of any part of the Greene's Lands within the Realme of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, Nor doe cause nor suffer to be done any thing to the disinheritance of the sayd Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye, Constance Parre, and Audree, nor of any of them, nor doe cause nor suffer to be done any thing, but that all the sayd Mannors, Lands and Tenements, and all the Lands and Tenements that were of the sayd Herry Greene, Constance late Countesse, and every part of the sayd Greene's Lands, ymediately after the decease of the sayd Margaret Countesse, Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife, shall descend and come, revert and grow to the same Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye, Constance and Audree, and to their Heirs for ever, in use or in possession, in like manner and forme, and of like Estates, as the same Constance late Countesse or Herry Greene was seised of, or was heritable unto. In wit­nesse whereof to these present Indentures septipartite the Partyes aforesayd interchangea­bly have put to their Seals, the sayd second day of December, and fifteenth yere above-sayd.

Carta Edwardi Ducis Buckinghamiae.

EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiae, Comes Staffordiae, Herfordiae & Northamptoniae, Omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit salutem. Sciatis nos prae­fatum Edwardum Ducem remifisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris imperpetuum quietum clamâsse Thomae Cheyne Militi & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Jo­hanni Mordaunt Juniori & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, Etheldredae Vere, Roberto Wittelbury, Willielmo Merbury Armigeris, Roberto Bayston Clerico, Thomae Montague & Jo­hanni Freman, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, ad usum ipsorum Thomae Cheyne & Eli­zabethae Uxoris ejus, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Mordaunt, Constanciae Parre & Etheldredae Vere, & Haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Mordaunt, Con­stanciae Parre & Etheldredae Vere, totum jus nostrum, statum, titulum, clameum, de­mandam & interesse nostra, quae unquam habuimus, habemus, seu quovis modo in fu­turo habere poterimus de & in Maneriis de Chalton in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Drayton, Slipton, Haughton magna, Grafton, Herdwike, Irtlingburgh, Luffwike, Islip, Sud­burgh, Ramides, Ringstede, Cotes, Stanwike, Malwades, Chilneston, & Harringworth [Page 310]in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Wamiden, Wolston magna, & Emburton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, Buckworth in Comitatu Huntingdoniae, Combton in Comitatu Kantiae, Rodingalba in Comitatu Essexiae, Grately in Comitatu South', Wermestre, Westbury, Eyeshed, Verdon & Dichrub in Comitatu Wiltes, & de & in omnibus aliis Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, Redditibus, Reversionibus, Servitiis & Haereditamentis quibus­cunque infra Regnum Angliae, Walliae, & Marchias earundem, quae nuper fuerunt Constanciae Matris Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes, ac Henrici Greene Patris ejusdem Constanciae, sive alterius eorundem Henrici & Constanciae, ratione alicujus Feoffamenti per ipsum Edwardum in vita sua factum; Ità quòd nec nos praefatus Dux nec Haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro, aliquid de & in praedictis Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis & caeteris praemissis cum suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere, clamare seu vindicare poterimus, sed ab omni actione juris, clamei, seu aliquid inde petendi penitus simus exclusi, imperpetuum per praesentes. Et nos verò praefatus Dux & Hae­redes nostri omnia praedicta Maneria, Terras, Tenementa & caetera praemissa cum suis pertinentiis praefatis Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Con­stanciae Uxori ejus, Etheldredae Vere, Roberto Wittelbury, Willielmo Merbury, Ro­berto Bayston, Thomae Montague, & Johanni Freman, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, contra Abbatem Cestriae & Successores suos, Warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & im­perpetuum defendemus per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro Sigillum nostrum apposuimus. Dat' quarto decimo die Junii, Anno Regni Re­gis Henrici septimi post Conquestum quintodecimo.

E. Buckingham.

Carta Edwardi Ducis Buckinghamiae.

EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiae, Comes Staffordiae, Herfordiae & Northamptoniae, Omnibus ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit salutem. Sciatis nos praefatum Edwardum Ducem remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro nobis & Haeredibus no­stris imperpetuum quietum clamâsse Margaretae Stafford Comitissae Wiltes, Johannae Vice comitissae Lesle, Johanni Grey Vicecomiti Lesle, Thomae Grey Armigero, Johanni Bretteyne Clerico, Thomae Frowike Servienti ad Legem, Edwardo Hungerford Armi­gero, Thomae Marwode & Johanni Gardiner, Thomae Cheyne Militi & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt juniori & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, Etheldredae Vere, Ro­berto Wittelbury Armigero, Roberto Bayston Clerico, Thomae Montague & Johanni Freman, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, ad usum ipsius Margaretae Comitissae ad termi­num vitae suae, & post ejus mortem ad usum ipsorum Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Mordaunt, Constanciae Parre & Etheldredae Vere, & Haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parre & Ethel­dredae, totum jus nostrum, statum, clameum, demandam & interesse nostra, quae un­quam habuimus, habemus seu quovis modo in futuro habere poterimus, de & in Ma­neriis de Chalton in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Wolston magna, Embton & Warmiden in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, Buckworth in Comitatu Huntingtoniae, Combton in Comi­tatu Kantiae, Harringworth, Ramides, Cotes, Stanwike, Ringstede, Malwades, Chil­neston in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Westbury in Comitatu Wiltes, & Grately in Co­mitatu South', ac de & in omnibus aliis Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, Redditibus & Servitiis cum pertinentiis in Chalton, Wolston magna, Embton, Wamiden, Buck­worth, Combton, Harringworth, Ramides, Cotes, Stanwike, Ringstede, Malwades, Chilneston, Westbury & Grately in Comitatibus praedictis quae nuper fuerunt Constanciae Matris Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes, ac Henrici Greene Patris ejusdem Constanciae, sive alterius eorundem Constanciae & Henrici, ratione alicujus Feoffamenti per ipsum Edwardum in vita sua factum; Ità quòd nec nos praefatus Dux nec Haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro, de & in praedictis Maneriis, Terris, Tene­mentis, [Page 311]& caeteris praemissis cum pertinentiis, de caetero exigere, clamare seu vindicare poterimus, sed ab omni actione juris & clamei seu aliquid inde petendi, penitus simus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. Et nos praefatus Dux & Haeredes nostri omnia praedicta Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis, praefatis Margaretae Stafford Comitissae, Johannae Lesle Vicecomitissae, Johanni Grey, Thomae Grey, Johanni Bretteyne, Thomae Frowike, Edwardo Hungerford, Thomae Mar­wode & Johanni Gardiner, Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mor­daunt juniori & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Ethel­dredae Vere, Roberto Wittelbury, Willielmo Merbury, Roberto Bayston, Thomae Mon­tague & Johanni Freman, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, ad usus praedictos contra Abba­tem Cestriae & Successores suos warrantizabimus, acquietabimus ac imperpetuum defen­demus per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro Sigillum no­strum apposuimus. Dat' sextodecimo die Julii Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi post Conquestum Angliae quintodecimo.

E. Buckingham.

A Grant of the Issues and Profits of Greene's and Vere's Lands assigned to John Mordaunt.

REX, &c. Omnibus, &c. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa sci­entia & mero motu nostris dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris quantum in nobis est, dilecto & fideli nostro Johanni Mordaunt omnia redditus, exitus, proficua & emolumenta omnium Castello­rum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, Reddituum & Servitiorum, Advo­cationum Ecclesiarum, Capellarum, Feoda Militum, & omnium aliorum Haeredita­mentorum quorumcunque, ac praesentationes ad Ecclesias praedictas, in Anglia, Wallia & Marchiis eorundem, quae nuper suerunt Henrici Vere, Henrici Greene Armigeri, Constanciae nuper Comitissae Wiltes, Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes, Thomae Cheyne, Constanciae nuper Uxoris Johannis Parre, & Margaretae nuper Comitissae Wiltes nuper Uxoris dicti Edwardi nuper Comitis, & eorum cujuslibet, quae per sive post mortem eorundem Henrici Vere, Henrici Greene, Constanciae nuper Comitissae, Edwardi nuper Comitis, Elizabethae Cheyne, Constanciae Parre, & Margaretae nuper Comitissae, ac eorum cujuslibet ratione minoris aetatis Elizabethae Uxoris Johannis Mordaunt, Amiae Uxoris Humfridi Broun, Constanciae nuper Uxoris Johannis Parre, & Etheldredae Vere, & earum cujuslibet seu earum alicujus, seu ratione plenae aetatis earundem Elizabethae, Amiae, Constanciae & Etheldredae, seu earum alicujus, seu ratione primae seisinae prae­dictorum Castrorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, & caeterorum prae­missorum seu alicujus inde parcellae, post mortem praedictorum Henrici Vere, Henrici Greene, Constanciae nuper Comitissae Wiltes, Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes, Elizabethae nuper Uxoris Thomae Cheyne Militis, Constanciae nuper Uxoris Johannis Parre, & Margaretae nuper Comitissae Wiltes nuper Uxoris dicti Edwardi nuper Comitis, & cujus­libet eorum, seu ratione alicujus alterius materiae vel causae cujuscunque ad nos pertinent seu pertinere deberent, spectent seu spectare deberent, seu ad manus nostras devenerunt seu devenire deberent: Habendum, levandum, retinendum, recipiendum & percipi­endum omnia praedicta redditus, exitus, proficua & emolumenta omnium praedicto­rum Castrorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum & Tenementorum, & caeterorum praemis­sorum & cujuslibet inde parcellae, unà cum praesentationibus ad Ecclesias praedictas per totum illud tempus accidentibus & contingentibus praefato Johanni Mordaunt, Execu­toribus & Assignatis suis à tempore mortis praedictorum Henrici Vere, Henrici Greene, Constanciae nuper Comitissae, Edwardi nuper Comitis, Elizabethae Cheyne, Constan­ciae Parre, & Margaretae nuper Comitissae, & eorum cujuslibet, quamdiu eadem Ca­stella, Maneria, Tenementa & caetera eadem praemissa seu aliquae inde parcellae in ma­nibus nostris seu Haeredum nostrorum existere seu remanere contigerint, & quousque legalis liberatio inde extra manus nostras seu Haeredum nostrorum debitè prosecuta fuerit, [Page 312]tam in manibus propriis ipsius Johannis Mordaunt seu per manus separalium Escae­torum qui nunc sunt, qui nuper fuerunt, aut in posterum erunt in Comitatibus sive Marchiis in quibus eadem Maneria, Terrae, Tenementa & caetera praemissa specialiter existunt, quàm per manus Ballivorum, Firmariorum, Occupatorum, Tenentium, sive aliorum Receptorum eorundem Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum & cae­terorum praemissorum qui nunc sunt, qui nuper fuerunt, aut qui in posterum erunt, absque compoto seu aliquo alio nobis vel Haeredibus nostris pro praemissis seu aliquo praemissorum, reddendo, solvendo, vel faciendo. Et concedimus eidem Johanni Mordaunt per praesentes, quòd iidem Escaetores, Receptores, Ballivi, Firmarii & Oc­cupatores, & eorum quilibet, de & pro hujusmodi exitibus, proficuis, reversionibus, firmis & emolumentis erga nos & Haeredes nostros quieti & exonerati sint imperpetuum per praesentes; Eò quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo seu certitudine praemis­sorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus eidem Johanni Mordaunt per Nos, Progenitores sive Praedecessores nostros ante haec tempora factis in praesentibus minimè facta existit, Aut aliquo Statuto, Actu sive Ordinatione, re, causâ vel materiâ inde in contrarium factis, editis sive ordinatis in aliquo non obstantibus. In cujus rei, &c.

Carta Margaretae Stafford Comitissae Wiltes.

MArgareta Stafford Comitissa Wiltes, nuper Uxor Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes, Omnibus ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum meum pervenerit, salutem. Sciatis me praefatam Comitissam remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro me & Haeredibus meis imperpetuum quietum clamâsse, Thomae Cheyne Militi & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Jo­hanni Mordaunt juniori & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, Etheldredae Vere, Roberto Wittelbury & Willielmo Merbury Armigeris, Roberto Bayston Clerico, Thomae Montague & Johanni Freman, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, totum jus, statum, titulum, clameum, demandum & interesse mea, quae unquam habui, habeo, seu quovis modo in futuro habere potero de & in Maneriis de Drayton, Slipton, Haughton magna, Grafton, Hard­wyk, Irtlingburgh, Luffwike, Issip & Sudburgh in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Ro­dingalba in Comitatu Essexiae, Wermester, Fishedverdon & Dichrich in Comitatu Wiltes, Et de & in omnibus aliis Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, Redditibus, Reversioni­bus, Servitiis & Haereditatibus quibuscunque infra Regnum Angliae, Walliae & Marchias eorundem, quae nuper fuerunt Constanciae Matris praedicti Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes, ac Henrici Greene Patris ejusdem Constanciae, sive alterius eorundem Constan­ciae & Henrici: Exceptis semper, & mihi dictae Comitissae reservatis Maneriis de Grately in Comitatu Southamptoniae, Westbury in Comitatu Wiltes, Chalton in Comitatu Bed­fordiae, Wamiden, Wolston, Emberton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, Ramides, Ring­stede, Cotes, Stanwik, Harringworth in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Buckworth in Comitatu Huntingtoniae, Comberton in Comitatu Kantiae, Stamford-Rivers, Suttons, Tracies, Piggislond & Botlyes in Comitatu Essexiae, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis; Ac exceptis omnibus Maneriis, Terris & Tenementis quae ego dicta Comitissa, & Johanna Lesle Vicecomitissa Lesle, Johannes Grey Vicecomes Lesle, Thomas Grey Armiger, Johannes Bretteyne Clericus, Thomas Frowik serviens ad Legem, Edwardus Hunger­ford Armiger, Thomas Marow & Johannes Gardiner, per quinque separalia Brevia Domini Regis de ingressu super disseisinam in le post in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis, Anno Regni Domini Regis nunc quintodecimo, in Curia ejusdem Domini Regis apud West­monasterium, coram Thoma Bryan & Sociis suis Justiciariis ipsius Domini Regis de Banco, versus praedictos Thomam Cheyne Militem & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Jo­hannem Mordaunt juniorem & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Robertum Mordaunt & Amiam Uxorem ejus, Johannem Parre & Constanciam Uxorem ejus, Etheldredam Vere, Robertum Wittelbury Armigerum, Willielmum Merbury Armigerum, Rober­tum Bayston Clericum, Thomam Montague & Johannem Freman recuperavimus, prout in Curia praedicta pleniùs apparet de Recordo; Ac etiam exceptis similiter [Page 313]omnibus Maneriis, Terris & Tenementis cum suis pertinentiis infra Regnum Angliae, quae nuper fuerunt Thomae Tresham Militis, aut alicujus alterius seu aliquorum alio­rum ad ejus usum: Ita videlicet, quòd nec ego praefata Margareta Comitissa, nec Hae­redes mei, nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro, aliquid de aut in praedictis Ma­neriis, Terris, Tenementis & caeteris praemissis (exceptis praeexceptis) cum pertinentiis de caetero exigere, clamare seu vendicare poterimus, sed ab omni actione Juris & cla­mei inde simus penitus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. Et ego verò praefata Mar­gareta & Haeredes mei omnia praedicta Maneria, Terras, Tenementa & caetera prae­missa cum pertinentiis (exceptis praeexceptis) praefatis Thomae Cheyne & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, Roberto Mordaunt & Amiae Uxori ejus, Johanni Parre & Constanciae Uxori ejus, Etheldredae Vere, Roberto Wit­telbury, Willielmo Merbury, Roberto Bayston, Thomae Montague & Johanni Fre­man, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis contra Abbatem Cestriae & Successores suos warran­tizabimus, acquietabimus & imperpetuum defendemus per praesentes.

In cujus rei te­stimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui. Dat' sexto decimo die Julii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi post Conquestum Angliae quintodecimo.
Mordaunt.
Termino Sanctae Trinitatis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi vicesimo, Rotulo Dxi.
North. ss.

JOhannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Humfridus Brown & Amia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda Vere per Willielmum Gylbert Attornatum suum, petunt versus Tho­mam Cheyne Militem, Johannem Bloxham Capellanum, & Johannem Walker, Ma­nerium de Addington cum pertinentiis, quod Galfridus Knight de Thorley Clericus, & Henricus Vere Capellanus dederunt Roberto Vere, & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, & Hae­redibus de Corporibus suis exeuntibus; Et quod post mortem praedictorum Roberti & Elizabethae, & Roberti Filii & Haeredis eorundem Roberti & Elizabethae, & Margaretae Filiae & Haeredis praedicti Roberti Filii, & Baldewini Consanguinei & Haeredis praedi­ctae Margaretae, Filiae praedicti Roberti Filii, Fratris praedicti Baldewini, & Ricardi Filii & Haeredis ejusdem Baldewini, & Henrici Filii & Haeredis praedicti Richardi, praefatae Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Brown & Etheldredae Vere, Filiabus praedicti Henrici descendere debet per formam donationis praedictae, &c. Et unde dicunt quòd praedicti Galfridus & Henricus Vere Capellanus dederunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis praefato Roberto Vere & Elizabethae Uxori ejus, & Haeredibus de Corporibus suis exe­untibus in forma praedicta, per quod donum iidem Robertus Vere & Elizabetha fuerunt inde seisiti, in Dominico suo ut de feodo & jure, per formam, &c. tempore pacis, tempore Domini [...] nuper Regis Angliae [...] post Conquestum, capiendo inde ex [...] ad valentiam, &c. Et de ipsis Roberto Vere & Elizabetha Uxore ejus de­scendit jus per formam, &c. cuidam Roberto, ut Filio & Haeredi, &c. Et de ipso Ro­berto Filio descendit jus per formam, &c. cuidam Margaretae, ut Filiae & Haeredi, &c. Et de ipsa Margareta, eo quòd obiit sine Haerede de Corpore suo exeunte, resorcieba­tur jus per formam, &c. cuidam Baldewino ut consanguineo & Haeredi, &c. videlicet ut Fratri praedicti Roberti Fratris praedictae Margaretae, & de ipso Baldewino descendit jus per formam, &c. cuidam Ricardo, ut Filio & Haeredi, &c. Et de ipso Ricardo de­scendit jus per formam, &c. cuidam Henrico, ut Filio & Haeredi, &c. Et de ipso Hen­rico descendit jus per formam, &c. istis Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Brown & Ethel­dredae Vere, quae nunc petunt simul cum, &c. ut Filiabus & Haeredibus, &c. Et quòd post mortem, &c. Et inde producunt sectam, &c. Et praedicti Thomas Cheyne, Jo­hannes Bloxham & Johannes Walker, per Thomam Spriotte Attornatum suum ven' & defend' jus suum quando, &c. Et nichil dicunt in barram sive praeclusionem praedictae Actionis praedictorum Johannis Mordaunt, Elizabethae Uxoris ejus, Humfridi Brown, Amiae & Etheldredae, per quod iidem Thomas Cheyne, Johannes Bloxham & Johan­nes Walker remanent versus praefatos Johannem Mordaunt, Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Humfridum Brown, Amiam & Etheldredam inde indefensi. Ideo cons' est quòd prae­dicti [Page 314]Johannes Mordaunt, Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Humfridus Brown, Amia & Ethel­dreda recuperent seisinam suam versus praefatos Thomam Cheyne, Johannem Blox­ham, & Johannem Walker, de Manerio praedicto cum pertinentiis, Et nichil de miseri­cordia eorundem Thomae Cheyne, Johannis, & Johannis, quia venerunt primo die per suum, &c.

Mordaunt.
Termino Sanctae Trinitatis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi vicesimo, Rotulo Dviii.
North. ss.

JOhannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Humfridus Browne & Amia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda Vere per Willielmum Gylbert Attornatum suum petunt versus Tho­mam Cheyne Militem, Johannem Bloxham Capellanum, & Johannem Walker, duo­decim Messuagia, quadraginta Acras Terrae, sex Acras Prati, & viginti solidatos red­ditus cum pertinentiis in parva Addington, de quibus Ricardus Vere Avus praedictarum Eiizabethae, Amiae, & Etheldredae, cujus Haeredes ipsae sunt, fuit seisitus, in Dominico suo ut de Feodo, die quo obiit, &c. Et unde dicunt quòd praedictus Ricardus Avus, &c. fuit seisitus de Tenementis & redditu praedictis cum pertinentiis in Domi­nico suo ut de feodo & jure, tempore pacis, tempore Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Quarti post Conquestum, Capiendo inde exp' [...] ad valentiam, &c. Et de ipso Ricardo descendit feodum, &c. cuidam Henrico, ut Filio & Haeredi, &c. Et de ipso Henrico descendit feodum, &c. istis Elizabethae, Amiae & Etheldredae quae nunc pe­tunt similiter, &c. ut Filiabus, & Haeredibus, &c. Et de quibus, &c. Et inde produ­cunt sectam, &c.

Et praedicti Thomas, Johannes Bloxham & Johannes Walker per Thomam Spriotte Attornatum suum ven' & defend' jus suum quando, &c. Et nichil dicunt in barram sive praeclusionem praedictae Actionis praedictorum Johannis Mordaunt, Elizabethae, Hum­fridi, Amiae & Etheldredae, per quod iidem Thomas, Johannes Bloxham, & Johan­nes Walker remanent versus praefatos Johannem Mordaunt, Elizabetham, Humfridum, Amiam, & Etheldredam inde indefensi. Ideo cons'. —est quòd praedicti Johannes Mordaunt, Elizabetha, Humfridus, Amia & Etheldreda recuperent sectam suam ver­sus praefatos Thomam Cheyne, Johannem Bloxham, & Johannem Walker de Tene­mentis & redditu praedictis, cum pertinentiis, Et nichil de misericordia eorundem Tho­mae Johannis & Johannis, quia venerunt primo die per suum, &c.

Mordaunt.
Termino Sanctae Trinitatis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi vicesimo, Rotulo Dviii.
North. ss.

JOhannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Humfridus Browne & Amia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda Vere per Willielmum Gylbert Attornatum suum, petunt versus Thomam Cheyne Militem, Johannem Bloxham Capellanum, & Johannem Walker quatuordecim Messuagia, quadraginta Acras Terrae, octo Acras Prati, & decem & octo solidatos redditus, cum pertinentiis in Wolleston, Craneford, Herdwyk & Farnedishe, de quibus Ricardus Vere Avus praedictarum Elizabethae, Amiae, & Etheldredae, cujus Haeredes ipsae sunt, fuit seisitus in Dominico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, &c. Et unde dicunt quòd praedictus Ricardus Avus, &c. fuit seisitus de Tenementis & redditu prae­dictis, cum pertinentiis in Dominico suo ut de feodo & jure, tempore pacis, tempore Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae quarti post Conquestum, Capiendo inde exp' [...] ad valentiam, &c. Et de ipso Ricardo descendit feodum, &c. cuidam Hen­rico, ut Filio & Haeredi, &c. Et de ipso Henrico descendit feodum, &c. istis Eliza­bethae, Amiae & Etheldredae, quae nunc petunt similiter, &c. ut Filiabus & Haeredibus, &c. Et de quibus, &c. Et inde producunt sectam, &c.

Et praedicti Thomas, Johannes Bloxham, & Johannes Walker per Thomam Spriotte Attornatum suum veniunt & defendunt jus suum quando, &c. Et nichil dicunt in bar­ram [Page 315]sive praeclusionem praedictae actionis praedictorum Johannis Mordaunt, Elizabe­thae, Humfridi, Amiae, & Etheldredae, per quòd iidem Thomas, Johannes Bloxham, & Johannes Walker remanent versus praefatos Johannem Mordaunt, Elizabetham, Hum­fridum, Amiam, & Etheldredam inde indefensi. Ideo cons' —est quòd praedicti Jo­hannes Mordaunt, Elizabetha, Humfridus, Amia, & Etheldreda recuperent sectam suam versus praefatos Thomam Cheyne, Johannem Bloxham, & Johannem Walker de Te­nementis & redditu praedictis cum pertinentiis, Et nichil de misericordia eorundem Thomae, Johannis & Johannis, quia venerunt primo die per suum, &c.

An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concerning the Mannor of Drayton.

TO all Christian people to whom this present Writing indented shall come, hear or see, Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot, two of the Kings Justices, send gretyng in our Lord. Whereas there hath been divers variances and debates moved and had betwyne the Right Honourable Lord, George Earle of Shrewsbury, on th' one party, and John Mor­daunt Esquyer, and Elizabeth his Wife, oon of the Cosynes and Heires of the Right Ho­nourable Edward late Earle of Wiltshire, oon his Moders side, that is to say, by Constance, Moder of the sayd Earle, and Daughter and Heire of Henry Greene of Drayton in the Countye of Northampton Esquier, and Humfrey Brown Esquier, late Husband to Amye, and George Brown his Sonne and Heyre apparent, and Sonne and Heire to the same Amye, ano­ther Cosyne, and another of the Heires of the sayd Earle of Wiltshire, after the forme afore­sayd, and Sir Wistan Brown Knight, and John Brown his Sonne and Heyre apparent, and Au­dree his Wife, the third Cosyne and Heire to the fame Earle, after the manner abovesayd on the other party, of and upon the Right, Title, Reversion, Inheritance and Possession, as well of the foresayd Mannor of Drayton with th' appurtenances, as of all other Mannors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments with their appurtenances in the sayd Countye of Northampton or elsewhere, which late were to the sayd Constance, or to the sayd Henry Greene, or to any other person or persons to the use of them or th' other of them; which Mannors, Lands and Tenements the aforesayd Earle of Shrewsbury claymeth, by a Will supposed to be made by the sayd Earle of Wiltshire, by which Will the foresayd Earle of Wiltshire should will to the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury all his Fee-simple Lond: Whereupon the foresayd Partyes have compromitted themselfe to abide the Award, Ordinance and Judgment of us the sayd Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliott, Arbitrators indifferently named and chosen by and betwyne the foresayd Partyes, To award, or­dein and deme, as well of and upon the premisses, as for and upon all manner Eviden­ces, Charter Escripts, Writeings and Aminiments, concerning the premisses or any part of them, and of all manner of Actions, Suites, Quarrels and Demands, had or mo­ved betwyne the foresayd Partyes, or other Servaunts or Frynds, before the Date of these Presents concerning the premisses. And we the sayd Arbitrators takeing upon us th' auctority and power to award, ordein and deme of and upon the premisses, calling before us the Counsells of the foresayd Partyes, hereing and seeing their Tytyls, An­swers, Replications, Evidences, Proffes, and all other their Alleadgeances concerning their foresayd Tytyls and Interesse, by good deliberation and by consent of the sayd Partyes, award, ordein and deme of and upon the premisses in manner and forme fol­lowing, that is to say: Forasmuch as the foresayd John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan, Humfrey Brown, George and John Brown have shewed to us the Arbitrators, a Will supposed to be made by the same Earle of Wiltshire, and sealed with his Seal, in which Will he revo­ked all former Wills, and willed that same Will to stand in his full strength and virtue, and for his last Will; And in that Will there is no Clause whereby the same Earle of Shrewsbury should have any of his Mannors, Lands or Tenements, as by the same more playnly appeareth: And alsoe they have shewed unto us fair and sufficient Deedes, and other Writings proveing the aforesayd Mannor of Drayton, and other the sayd Man­nors, Lands and Tenements and Hereditaments to be yeven in tayle to the Auncestors of the sayd Constance Moder of the sayd Earle of Wiltshire; And the sayd Earle of Wilt­shire [Page 316]had and enjoyed the same, by reason of the same Tayles; And that the sayd Eli­zabeth and George Brown and Audree be Cousyns and next Heyres to the same Constance, Moder to the sayd Earle of Wiltshire, and to the same Earle on his Moders side, and he­ritable to the foresayd Mannors and other the premisses, by reason of the same Tayles; Wherefore we award, ordein and deme, that the aforesayd Elizabeth, George Brown and Audree shall have and enjoy all the foresayd Mannors, Lands, Tenements and Heredi­taments and other the premisses to them and to their Heires, according to their foresayd Tytylls of Inheritance; And that the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury shall by his severall Deedes sufficient in the Law to be enrolled, release unto the sayd John Mordaunt, and E­lizabeth, Humfrey Brown, George Brown and John Brown, Audree his Wife, and to such per­sons or person as they shall name, to the use of the sayd Elizabeth, George and Audree and their Heires, and all such Right, Tytyl, Clayme, Interest and Demand, as the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury or any person or persons to his use hath in the foresayd Man­nors, Lands and Tenements, or other the premisses, by reason of any guift, or Will in the premisses, or any part of them, made by the aforesayd Earle of Wiltshire, to the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury, at the Costs and Charges of the sayd John Mordaunt, John and George Brown in all things: And furthermore the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury shall de­liver or cause to be delivered to the sayd John Mordaunt, Humfrey Brown, John and George Brown, or to their Deputy or Deputies in London, all such Charters, Evidences and Writeings, as he to his own use, or any other to his use, to his knowledge hath, only concerning the premisses, as soon as it may be conveniently done. For the which Re­leases, and other things above-specified, and for other Costs and Charges which the fore­sayd Earle of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the premisses, We the sayd Arbitrators award, ordein and deme, That the sayd Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, Humfrey Brown and John Brown shall content and pay to the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury, his Executors or As­signes, two hundred Marks of lawful money in forme following; that is to say, The sayd John Mordaunt shall content and pay to the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury, his Execu­tors or Assignes, in the Day of the Feast of Sainct George the Martyr, next comeing after the Date above-written, at the Rode of the North-Door in the Cathedrall-Church of Pauls in the Citty of London, betwyne the howrs of nine and eleven of the Clock of the same Day, a hundred Marks; And the foresayd Wistan, Humfrey Brown and John Brown shall content and pay to the foresayd Earle, his Executors or Assignes, in the Day of the Feast of Sainct Andrew the Apostle, then next ensueing, at the sayd Rode in the same Church, betwyne the howrs of nine and eleven of the same day, a hundred Marks, residue of the foresayd two hundred Marks. Alsoe we award, ordein and deme, that the sayd John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan Brown, Humfrey and John Brown by their Deede and Deedes, as sufficient as the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury or his Counsell shall advise, shall release to the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury and to as many persons as the sayd Earle shall name and appoynt, in Writeing, before the Feast of Sainct Michael th' Arch-Angel next comeing after the Date hereof, which hath done, laboured or spoken for the sayd Earle in his foresayd Cause, All Actions of Trespass, Debates and Demands personal, had or done before the Date of these Presents, at the Costs and Charges of the Earle of Shrewsbury: And the sayd Earle and all the foresayd persons, which hath done, spoken or laboured any for the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury, in or for his Tytyl or possession of the premisses, or any part of them, shall be for ever discharged against the sayd Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt and Elizabeth his Wife, Humfrey Brown, George Brown, John Brown and Audree his Wife, and every of them, of all Actions, Trespasses and Demands personal, which they have or might have ayenst the sayd Earle or the fore­sayd other persons, for any cause had or done touching the premisses afore the Date of these Presents. In witnesse whereof the foresayd Arbitrators to every part of these Indentures of their Award have put their Seals this twentieth Day of March in the sixth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth.

A Release from the Earl of Shrewsbury to John Mordaunt of all his Right concerning the Mannor of Drayton.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Nos Georgius Comes Salopiae salutem in Domino sempiternam. Sciatis nos praefatum Geor­gium Comitem remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnino pro nobis & Haeredibus nostris quietum clamâsse Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxori ejus uni Consanguinearum & Haere­dum Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes ex parte Matris ejusdem Edwardi, videlicet Filii Constanciae Filiae & Haeredis Henrici Greene nuper de Drayton in Comitatu Northam­ptoniae Armigeri, Humfrido Brown & Georgio Brown Filio & Haeredi apparenti dicti Humfridi, & Filio & Haeredi Amiae alterius Consanguinearum & Haeredum dicti Ed­wardi ex parte dictae Constanciae, Johanni Brown, & Etheldredae Uxori ejus, tertiae Consanguinearum & Haeredum dicti Edwardi ex parte dictae Constanciae, Thomae Mon­tague & Willielmo Pemberton, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, ad usum eorundem Jo­hannis Mordaunt & Elizabethae Uxoris ejus, Humfridi Brown, Georgii Brown & E­theldredae Uxoris ejus, & Haeredum ipsorum Elizabethae, Georgii & Etheldredae, totum jus nostrum, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse & demandum quae habemus seu un­quam habuimus de & in Manerio de Drayton, Ac de & in omnibus aliis Maneriis, Ter­ris, Tenementis, Redditibus, Servitiis, Reversionibus, Boscis, Pratis, Pascuis, Pasturis & aliis Haereditamentis quibuscunque, cum eorum pertinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt praedi­ctae Constanciae aut praedicti Henrici sive alicujus alterius sive aliquorum aliorum, ad eo­rum vel alterius eorum usum, in dicto Comitatu Northamptoniae, seu in aliquo alio Comitatu infra Regnum Angliae seu in Marchiis eorundem, quae nos praefatus Georgius Comes vel Haeredes nostri aliquo modo habere poterimus in praedictis Maneriis ac cae­teris praemissis aut in eorum aliquo cum eorum pertinentiis, ratione alicujus donationis, legationis seu per ultimam voluntatem praefati Edwardi nuper Comitis Wiltes nobis fa­ctis sive habitis. Salvis omnino & reservatis nobis & Haeredibus nostris omni clameo, jure, titulo, interesse & demando quae habuimus seu habere poterimus in praemissis seu in eorum aliquo, nobis per descensum aut per jus haereditarium per aliquem Anteces­sorum nostrorum, cujus vel quorum Haeres nos praefatus Georgius Comes existimus, seu ratione alicujus alterius tituli quem habere poterimus, aliter quàm per ultimam volun­tatem, legationem sive donationem praedicti Comitis Wiltes, nobis facta sive habi­ta: Ita quòd nec nos praefatus Georgius Comes, nec Haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro, aliquod jus, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse seu deman­dum de aut in praedictis Maneriis ac caeteris praemissis cum pertinentiis, nec in aliqua eorum parcella ex causis praedictis de caetero exigere, clamare seu vendicare poterimus, sed ab omni actione Juris, tituli, clamei, interesse aut demandi, seu aliquid inde pe­tendi simus exclusi imperpetuum per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui.

Dat' vicesimo quarto die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici octavi post Conquestum sexto.
G. Shrewsbury.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of FITZ-LEWIS THAT WERE Lords of Westhornedon, Justified by Antient and Authentick Testimonies.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Armes of the House of Fitz-Lewis, were Argent a Cheveron Sable between three Trefoils of the same.

LEWIS Prince of France, who came afterwards to be King LEWIS VIII.

LEwis, Prince of France, commonly at that time called Monsieur Lovis de France, and in Latine Instruments Dominus Ludovicus de Francia, having in the Year 1251. been called into England by several of the greatest Lords of the Kingdom, in opposition to their natural Prince King John, the disorderly rigours of whose Govern­ment was become unsufferable to the greatest part of the Nation; He was at first re­ceived with all the applause which sometimes follows Novelties of this nature, He was crown'd at London, He had Homage done him, and Allegiance sworn as to a lawful King, He proceeded with their assistance in divers warlike Undertakings, wherein he had admirable success, and acted in all the other Parts of the Government as one who expected to be soon establish'd.

During this time, among the great Lords of his Party there happened to be one who to all his Concerns was most useful, and to his Person most officious. This Lord, whose Name is omitted out of respect to the Descendants of his Family, had no Issue of his own, and only for his Heirs three beautiful Sisters: The youngest whereof, whose Name was Philippe, by her admirable Qualities had so engaged the Prince's love, as it made the Conquest of her heart, to share his cares with that of the Kingdom. But against a King that was young, and seemed happy, it was not strange [Page 322]that a Lady did not long resist. She yielded at last, and the Prince enjoyed; the effects and her misfortune began to appear together. She found her self with Child, and by the fatal loss of the Battel of Lincoln, that her Lover was like to be abandoned by his Friends, and by his fortune. He was obliged to retire to London, whence from the Tower, where he had refug'd himself, he made Conditions to depart home in safety, by relinquishing to the young King Henry his farther pretences.

The poor Lady, left in this condition, owned her disaster to her Brother, who pi­tying her state, from the greatness and merit of the Author, gave her a comfortable assurance of his kindness and protection. She was after secretly delivered, and the Child named Lewis. Which Fruit of her Loves being nourished under this Great Lords Care and Education, he having no Children of his own, afore his death bestowed upon the Youth the noble Lordship of Westhornedon with divers other Lands in the County of Essex, obliging him to bear himself and transmit to his Descendants the Name of Fitz-Lewis for ever after. Among his three Sisters, this Lord coming to dye, did leave his vast Inheritance, with whom the Lady Philippe hath her share; and her misfortune, either conceal'd, or else gilded over with the advantages of her Riches, did not hinder her from being afterwards married to an Husband of great Quality, in whom she was happy for her time, and brought him a Posterity, whence are descended some of the greatest Lords that flourish in this Age.

Sir LEWIS FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

LEwis Fitz-Lewis, having been bred under his Uncle in the Notion of a more di­stant relation than in the truth of the matter he did indeed stand towards him, at the time of that Lord's death found himself possessed by his favour and affection with such an Estate as was capable to support the generous inclinations of his heart, which did altogether incline him to the love and practice of Armes, the only application of Gen­tlemen in that Age: and therefore he made himself very considerable, especially to­ward the end of that Kings Reign, where he attained the Honour of Knighthood; and having allied himself to a very notable Family by his Marriage with Margaret of Essex, he left Issue

  • Sir John Fitz-Lewis.

Sir JOHN FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

JOhn Fitz-Lewis flourished in the days of King Edward the First, and followed him in several of his Expeditions. He won his Spurs in the first Scotch War, and became after very considerable in his Country, when he married Elizabeth de Harpden, an Inhe­ritrix, whose Lands did plentifully add to his former Patrimony: but after the death of this great King we find he was unfortunately drawn into the adherence of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, and that he did unhappily perish in the War caused by that Rebellion, leaving to succeed him his Son

  • Richard Fitz-Lewis.

Sir RICHARD FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

RIchard Fitz-Lewis being with divers others, through the Grace and favour of King Edward the Third, restored to his Rights and Lands that had been seised upon pretence of his Father's trespass in the former Reign, he became much considered from his own merit, and the opulency of his fortune notably encreased by the accession of his Mothers Inheritance. He was very useful to the Government of his Country during the King's absence in his long Wars, and always contributed his best cares towards the service and supplies of the King's occasions from the Parts where he had interest, being always zealous for the honour of his Prince and Country. He married Elizabeth de Baude, a Lady of a Family very antient, and considerable both from their Riches and good same, whose true Name was de Baden, but corruptly otherwise called, and by her he left his Son

  • Sir John Fitz-Lewis.

Sir JOHN FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

THE great consideration wherein this Family was in these days held, may be judged by the alliance contracted by Sir John Fitz-Lewis, who to his first Wife took Alice the Daughter of Aubery the tenth Earl of Oxford, and to his second, Anne Mountague Daughter of John the third Earl of Salisbury of that House, and that was after his death Dutchess of Exeter.

Issue by his first Wife,
  • Sir Henry Fitz-Lewis.
  • Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis.
Issue by his second Wife,
  • Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis married to Sir John Wingfield of Suffolk.

Sir HENRY FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

SIR Henry Fitz-Lewis, that had signalized himself in an adherence to the House of Lancaster, was so esteemed by the chief Supporters of that Faction, as he had given him in Marriage by Edmund the noble Duke of Somerset, the Lady Eleanor his youngest Daughter, by whom he had Issue

  • Mary, the second Wife of Anthony Woodville Earl of Rivers.

But for want of Issue Male his intailed Lands descended to his Brother Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis, with the other Interests of that Family.

Sir LEWIS FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

LEwis Fitz-Lewis, liv'd in his Brother's time in Marriage with a Lady called Marga­ret Stonore, of whose life and actions we are ignorant, but it is recorded He left Issue his Son and Heir

  • Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis.

Sir RICHARD FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

THis Richard Fitz-Lewis appears to have had some Controversie with his Cousen Mary Countess of Rivers about his Inheritance, by a Judgment recorded in his behalf, whereby he was declared Heir of all the entailed Lands of that Family, she to inherit only such as had been her Father's by Gift, or acquired by proper Purchace. Richard Fitz-Lewis was a busie man in his time, much imployed in the interest of King Henry the Seventh against the Usurper, with whom he was in immediate action at the Battel of Bosworth, and upon the success of that Field knighted for his service. He bare afterward much rule in his Country during that King's Reign, being High Sheriff of Essex in the ninth Year thereof, not long after which he departed this life, leaving Issue by Mary the Daughter of Sir John Hurleston,

  • John Fitz-Lewis.
  • Ely Fitz-Lewis.

JOHN FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

JOhn Fitz-Lewis, being a Youth of singular expectation, and coming by a course of Years to a fitness for such a Marriage as might continue his Family in a probability both of a fair succession and a plentiful Fortune, a Match was to those ends contrived by the advice of his Friends, wherein all useful purposes did concur in the person of Anne Lovell, a beautiful Virgin, the Daughter and Heir of Sir Robert Lovell Knight: but in the accomplishment thereof, even on the fatal Wedding-Night, by what miserable accident it is not said, the house wherein the celebration was performed, was set on fire; the suddenness and fury whereof was such, with the time of the Night and the effects of the preceding jollities, as rendred it impossible to be ex­tinguished, till it had destroyed the Lovers, the Guests, and the Edifice wherein they did repose, so as John perishing so unhappily without an Heir, his Estate descended to his Sister

  • Ely Fitz-Lewis.

ELY FITZ-LEWIS, Lady of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships.

ELY Fitz-Lewis, being left the fortunate Heir of an unhappy Brother, who perish­ed on his Wedding-Night, became intitled thereby to a free and fair Estate in the County of Essex, upon whom were suddenly cast the eyes of many Pretenders, but Sir John Mordaunt, afterwards Lord Mordaunt, having at that time much interest in Court for divers services rendred by his Father and himself, obtained her Wardship of King Henry the Seventh, and gave her afterwards in Marriage to Sir John Mordaunt his eldest Son, from whom the present Earl of Peterborow is descended.

  • LEWES Prince of France After King Lewis ye Eight By a Noble English Virgin
  • Sr. Lewis Fitzlewes Margaret of Essex.
  • Sr. Iohn Fitzlewes Eliz: de Harpden.
  • [Page]Aubury de Vere the tenth Earle of Oxford. Alice Filzwater.
  • Sr. Richard Fitzlewes. Eliz: de Baude
  • Iohn Mountacute the 3d. Earle of Salisbury Maud Francoys.
  • Alice de Vereo.
  • Sr. John Fitzlewes.
  • Anne de Mountacute.
  • Sr. Henry Fitzlewes Eleonor de Beaufort.
  • Sr. Lewes Fitzlewes Margaret Stoner.
  • Eliz: Fitzlewes. Sr. Iohn Wingfeild.
  • Mary Fitzlewes Second Wife to Anthony Woddvill Earle of Rivers.
  • Sir Richard Fitzlewes. Mary Hurlestone.
  • John Fitzlewes. Anne Lovell.
  • Elly Fitzlewes. Iohn 2d. Lord. Mordaunt.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of FITZ-LEWIS THAT WERE Lords of Westhornedon, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories and other Authentick Proofs.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of FITZ-LEWIS OF WESTHORNEDON.
• Lewis Prince of France. , • Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis. , • Sir John Fitz-Lewis, and , and • Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis.  An antient Latine Pedigree found among the Evidences of Fitz-Lewis.

DOminus Ludovicus de Francia dum in Anglia moram fecit & coronatus fuit, ha­buit ex Philippa Filia cujusdam nobilis pulcherrima, de qua erat perditissimus, Dominum Ludovicum Fitz-Lewis, cui Pater Matris qui praeter tres Sorores nullos habuit Heredes, post recessum dicti Principis Francorum, & quòd spem Juvenis de virtute sua dederat, reliquit ad sustentationem, Manerium de Westhornedon in Comitatu Essexiae. Iste Ludovicus floruit in tempore Henrici tertii, & ex Uxore sua Margareta de Essexia reliquit Haeredem

Johannem Fitz-Lewis, qui cum Baronibus militavit contra Edvardum secundum & Bello peribat in Comitiva Comitis Lancastriae; Filium tamen genuit ex Maria de Harpden

Richardum Fitz-Lewis, qui clementiâ Successoris ad Haereditatem & praetentiones restitutus, evasit ditissimus Maternis opibus, & colendissimus vixit, linquendo Haeredem ex Uxore Agnete de Baude

Dominum Johannem Fitz-Lewis, qui virtute & opibus ita erat spectabilis, ut ab Al­berico decimo Comite Oxoniae in Uxorem accepisse meruit Aliciam Filiam suam, & post obitum dictae Aliciae in alteram Uxorem Annam Filiam Johannis de Montacuto tertio istius nominis Comite Sarum, quae fuit postea Ducissa de Exon, ex quarum prima ge­nuit Henricum Fitz-Lewis, & Johannem, ex altera Elizabetham nuptam Johanni Wingfield de Comitatu Suffolciae Militi.

Dominus Henricus Fitz-Lewis Miles erat strenuissimus, & ita addictus Principibus Domûs Lancastriae ut Ducibus istius partialitatis charissimus semper existit, cum eiisdem militavit & eorum Fortunae fuit particeps; tandem pro virtute & bene meritis sibi data erat in Uxorem Eleanora Filia Edmundi de Beaufort Ducis de Somerset, ex qua genuit Mariam Uxorem Anthonii de Woodville, primi Comitis de Ripariis, sed obiit sine Haerede Masculo, unde sibi successit

Dominus Ludovicus Fitz-Lewis Frater ejus, qui fuit Haeres omnium Terrarum quas tenebat in feudo, de qua non extant altera sed quòd duxit in Uxorem Margaretam Sto­nore, ex qua genuit

Dominum Richardum Fitz-Lewis, qui Manerium de Westhornedon ac alias Terras nobiles tenuit Jure Haereditario post mortem Patris; ad consanguineam ejus Mariam Comitissam de Ripariis, tantummodo descenderunt Terrae illae quae Henrico Patris sui datae essent, aut industriâ ejus, vel propriis pecuniis partae. Miles insignis fuit iste Richar­dus in suo tempore, multósque labores & pericula pro Rege suo & Patria subivit, tan­dem [Page 326]annorum satur quievit in Domino, linquendo exitum ex Maria de Hurleston Jo­hannem Fitz-Lewis & Ely Fitz-Lewis.

Johannes Fitz-Lewis, cui Natura formam dedit egregiam, & educatio indolem, cùm perventus fuit ad aetatem quam idoneam Amici aestimârunt ad subeundum Matri­monii Jugum, ut iis spes non deesset propagandi Familiam tam claram & in Pro­vincia tanti nominis, oculos affines conjecerunt super Virginem omnimodo spectabi­lem, formâ, stirpe, & virtutibus, quam elegerunt sicut materiam hujus Familiae futurae fe­licitatis. Tractaverunt cum Patre Domino Roberto de Lovell Milite, & conclusis pa­ctibus in Domo Patris, infelicissimum celebrârunt Matrimonium, quia post mediam Noctem omnibus somno immersis, miserrimum erupit Incendium, quod tam vorax fuit, subitum & violentum, ut parvo tempore Domum, Hospites, cum Sponso & miserrima Conjuge consumpsit, sic ut Domina Ely Fitz-Lewis, Soror unica hujus Johannis, alibi tunc infirmitate detenta, hujus causâ infortunii, Haeres ditissima devenit, nominis, Ar­morum, & Haereditatis Fitz-Lewis.

Ely Fitz-Lewis ratione minoris aetatis, Warda ob obitum Patris devenit Domini Regis, qui ejus Custodiâ Johannem Dominum Mordaunt gratificavit, qui in illo tempore spectabilem in Aula fuit, ob egregia merita Patris & sui, versus Regem & Coronam, qui quidem Johannes eam in Matrimonio copulavit cum Domino Johanne Mordaunt Milite Filio suo Primogenito, cui illius jure, devenit tota Haereditas hujus clarae & anti­quae Familiae.

Sir JOHN FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon.

In a Book called Vincent's Discovery of the Errours of Ralph Brooke, page 405.

AUbrey de Vere, after the banishment and death of Robert Duke of Ireland his Ne­phew, was the tenth Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec and Samford 1393. But the Chamberlainship of England (saith Mills) which his Ancestors held in fee, he surrendred to King Richard the Second, who bestowed the same upon John Holland Duke of Exeter, his half Brother by the Mother. He married Alice Daughter of John Lord Fitzwater of Woodham-water in Essex, and had Issue Richard Earl of Oxford, and John that dyed without Issue, and Alice a Daughter that was married to Sir John Fitz-Lewis Knight. This Aubery dyed in the first Year of Edward the Fourth, and was buried in the Priory of Earls Colne in Essex in the Year 1400.

In the same Book of Augustine Vincent, page 450.

JOhn Mountacute Knight, Son and Heir of Sir John Mountacute Knight, and Nephew and Heir of William Earl of Salisbury, his Uncle, was the third Earl of Salisbury of that Name, and was one of the Noble men that conspired the death of King Henry the Fourth at a Justs held at Oxford; but being disclosed, divers of them were put to death, and this John, and Thomas Holland Earl of Kent flying to Circester were by the rude Townsmen there brought into the Market-place, and had their heads smitten off. The first Year of Henry the Fourth He married Maud, Daughter and Heir of Sir Adam Francis, and Widow of Sir Allan Boxhull Knight, Lieutenant of the Tower, and had Issue Thomas Mountacute Earl of Salisbury, Richard that dyed young, and three Daughters; Anne the eldest was first married to Sir Richard Hanckford, and after to Sir John Fitz-Lewis Knight, and thirdly to John Holland Earl of Huntington and Duke of Exeter; Margaret the second was married to William Lord Ferrers of Groby, and Elizabeth the third was married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Earsby.

Carta Johannis Montgomeri Militis, & Dominae Annae Ducissae Exon.

HAEC Indentura tripartita facta quintodecimo die mensis Februarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo septimo, Testatur, Quòd Jo­hannes Montgomeri Miles nomine Cofeoffat' ac Domina Anna Ducissa Exon, nomine Elizabethae Fitz-Lewis Filiae ejusdem Ducissae, ac nomine dict. feoffat. dimiserunt & ad firmam tradiderunt Thomae Greene & Johanni Mongeham Cun' & Tellur' London om­nia illa Terras, & Tenementa cum omnibus eorum pertinent' in Enfield in Com' Mid­dlesex & in Villa de Hatfield Episc' & Esenden in Com' Hertford vocat' Hornbeingate & Blountiis nuper recuperat' in Curia Domini Regis per dictum Johannem Mountgomeri Militem & Lodovicum John Militem jam defunct' ac alios, Habend' & tenend' omnia praedicta Terras & Tenementa cum omnibus eorum pertinent' praefat' Thomae & Jo­hanni Mongeham, Executor' & Assignat' eorum à Festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli ultimo praeterito ante dat' praesent' usque ad finem decem Annorum extunc proximè sequent' & plenar' complend' reddend' inde annuatim in Ecclesia Cathedrali Sancti Pauli Londin' praefato Johanni Montgomeri Haeredibus & Assignatis suis pro parte sua sex Libras Sterling, & praefatae Ducissae pro parte dictae Elizabethae & Haeredum suarum sex Libras Sterling, ad Festa Paschae & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli per aequales portiones durante termino praedicto; Nec non solvendo & supportando Domino nostro Regi, & omnibus aliis omnia & singula dicta Terras & Tenementa incumbr'. Et si con­tingat dictos annuos redditus aut eorum alterum post aliquem terminum quo ut praefert' solvi debeant, per unum mensem aretro fore non solut' in parte vel in toto contra formam praedictam, durante anno praedicto, extunc bene licebit praefato Johanni Montgomery & dictae Ducissae ac eorum utrique seu Attornat' eorum in omnibus praedictis Terris & Tenementis cum omnibus eorum perti­nentiis & in qualibet parcella eorundem intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic captas licet asportare, abducere, fugare, & penes se retinere quousque eis de praedictis annuis redditibus cum omnibus arrearagiis eorundem plenariè fuerit satisfact' & perso­lut'. Et si sufficiens districtio pro praedictis annuis redditibus, cum omnibus inde arrea­ragiis ibidem adtunc non numeratur, extunc bene licebit praefato Johanni Mountgo­mery ac dictae Ducissae, nec non praedict' Feoffat' in omnia praedicta Terras & Tene­menta cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis reintrar' illaque rehabere & possidere, ut in eorum statu pristino, dictósque Thomam & Johannem Mongeham Executores & As­signatos suos inde totaliter expellere & amovere, hac Indentura in aliquo non obstante. Et praedictus Johannes Montgomery omnia praedicta Terras & Tenementa cum omni­bus eorum pertinentiis praefatae Thomae & Johanni Mongeham, Executoribus & Assig­natis eorum pro praedictis annuis reddit' modo & formâ praedict' contra omnes Gentes warrantizabimus per totum dictum terminum.

In cujus rei testimonium unae parti hujus Indenturae tripartitae penes
dictos Thomam Greene & Johannem Mongeham re­manent', dict' Johannes Montgomery & Ducissa Sigilla sua apposuerunt;
alteris verò partibus ejusdem Indenturae tripartitae penes
dict' Johannem Montgomery & Ducis­sam alternatim reman' dict' Thom' Greene & Johannes Mongeham Sigilla sua apposu­runt.
Dat' die & anno supradictis.

JOHN FITZ-LEWIS, HENRY FITZ-LEWIS, MARY Conutess of Rivers, and Sir RICHARD FITZ-LEWIS, Lords of Westhornedon.

Vincent's Discovery of the Errours of Ralph Brook, page 432.

THomas Bledlow, Alderman of London, and others, gave certain Lands called Okefield and Shortcroft in Nevengden in Essex to Henry Fitz-Lewis, son of Sir Lewis John Knight, and Eleanor his Wife, and to the Heirs of their two Bodies co­ming; and for want of such Issue, to the right Heirs of Henry: By virtue whereof he was thereof seised, and so dyed the ninth of May 1480, in the twentieth of Edward the Fourth. Upon whose death for Lands intailed to the Heirs Males, the Jury find Richard Fitz-Lewis, Son of Lewis Fitz-Lewis, Son of Sir Lewis John Knight, to be Cou­sen and next Heir; but for the other that was given sibi & Haeredibus, to the Heirs ge­neral, they deliver upon their Oaths, Quòd Domina Maria Comitissa Rivers, Uxor Anthonii Widevyle Domini Rivers, est Filia & propinquior Haeres praedicti Henrici Fitz-Lewis & aetatis 15 annorum; which plainly shews he had a second Wife called Mary, Daughter and Heir of Henry Fitz-Lewis, although here omitted.

JOHN FITZ-LEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon.

Camden's Britannia, page 205, treating of the County of Essex,

THorndon quondam Habitatio Clarae Familiae Fitz-Lewis, quorum ultimus, si qua fides vulgò, incensis fortuitò Aedibus Nuptiali Festivitate, misero incendio periit.

ELY FITZ-LEWIS, and JOHN Lord MORDAƲNT, Lord and Lady of Westhornedon.

A Will or Testament of John Lord Mordaunt.

THIS is the last Will of John Mordaunt Knight, Son and Heir apparent of Sir John Mordaunt Knight, Lord Mordaunt, confirming the order, dis­position and demise as well of my Goods and Chattels, as of my Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments with their appurtenances that I have and am seised of Estate of Fee-simple in the Counties of Essex, Northampton and Somerset, or elsewhere within the Realm of England. First, I will and demise, that all my parts, portion and demand, Right, Title, Possession and Interest that I have of and in the Mannors of Granham, otherwise called Bishop Wokenton, in Nevedon Haes and Nokenhal to Warson aliàs Walton in Bristed within the County of Essex, with all and singular Rights, Members and Ap­purtenances, and all Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Feedings, Pastures, Woods, Underwoods and other Hereditaments, that be or hath been in times past reputed or taken part or parcel of the said Mannors of Grangeham, otherwise called Bishop Wokeng­ton, Greice Brumford in Nevedon Haes and Nokenhall unto Warson, aliàs Walton in Bristed in the County of Essex, together with the Advowsons of the said Mannors to Dame [Page 329] Joan my Wife, To have and to hold and enjoy the Premisses with their Appurtenances to the said Dame Joan and her Assigns for term of her natural life. Also, I will and demise, That all my Right, Title, Possession, Interest that I have of and in the Mannor of West­hornedon, and Gingeraps, and also Cranham, in the said County of Essex, the reversion of the said Mannor of Cranham after the decease of Dame Joan my Wife, with all and sin­gular Rights, Members and Appurtenances, and all Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Feedings, Pastures, Woods and Underwoods, and other Hereditaments, that be or haye been in times past reputed or taken part or parcel of the said Mannors of Westhorne­don and Gingeraps, with the Advowsons belonging to the said Mannors, To have, hold and enjoy the Premisses with all Rights, Revenues, Profits, Uses, Commodities, Emoluments and Arrearages of all and singular the said Mannors, Lands, Tenements, Ways, Meadows, Pastures and other Hereditaments, and all other the Premisses with their Appurtenances, to John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt my Father, and to Edmond Mordaunt my Executors, and to the Surviver of them, and to the Executors of the Sur­viver for term of thirty Years next ensuing after my death, without impeachment of Waste, to the intent that they with the Issues and Profits of the Premisses and every part thereof coming and growing from time to time during the said Term, shall find and provide to my Daughters Elizabeth Mordaunt, Margaret Mordaunt, Anne Mordaunt, Ursula Mordaunt, and every of them, sufficient Meat, Drink and Lodging, Apparel, Learning and other Necessaries for them, until they be married, and also give and de­liver to every of them towards their several Marriages the Summ of four hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England, to be paid to every of them at the day of their several Marriages; If that my said Executors have loned, or at any time or times hereafter the said Marriages, as it may be loned of the Issues and Profits of the said Mannors of Westhornedon and Gingeraps. And if it shall so chance, that one or two of my said Daughters to dye and depart out of this transitory life unmarried, I will that her or their Parts, Portions and Summs of Money, that to her or to them by this my last Will and Testament did belong, shall remain, grow, come and be deemed amongst the other of my Daughters, which shall so fortune to overlive. And if it shall so chance that more of my said Daughters than two to dye, and depart out of this transitory life, I will that their Parts and Portions shall remain still in the hands of my Execu­tors, to be delivered to my Son and Heir when he cometh to two and twenty Years of Age. And if I chance to depart to God without Issue Male, then I will that the moyety of the said money equally to be divided amongst my said Daughters which at that time shall chance to be alive, and the residue to be distributed in deeds of Charity according to the discretion of my Executors, my said Lord and Father, and my Bro­ther Edmond Mordaunt. Furthermore, I will that if any of my said Daughters happen to marry her self against the will and appointment of my Executors, the said Lord & Edmond Mordaunt, or the Survivors or the Survivor of them, within the Age of twenty one Years, or if any of the said Daughters doe refuse any lawful marriage tendered or offered by my Executors, the said Lord and Edmond Mordaunt my Brother, or by the Survivors or Survivor of them within the said Age of one and twenty Years, to the in­tent to marry themselves at their own pleasure, That then I will, That she or they shall tarry for her or their part until the time that all my Daughters be set forth and married, and then to be delivered to my said Daughter or Daughters so marrying themselves, or to the Children of her or them, according to the discretion of my Exe­cutors the said Lord and Edmond, or the Survivors or Survivor of them. And further, I will and demise, that my said Executors with the Issues and Profits of the Premisses during the said term, shall find a Priest to sing Mass in the Parish Church of West­hornedon aforesaid, to pray for my Soul, and Dame Ely my late Wife deceased, and all Christian Souls; And also shall distribute every Year during the said term, to the help and sustentation of the poor and needy people in Westhornedon, Gingeraps, Cranham and Nevendon, according to the discretion of my Executors; And also give and distribute unto the maintaining of High-ways and Bridges wheresoever my Executors shall think most meet and convenient any where within the County of Essex. Also I do demise [Page 330]unto the said Edmond Mordaunt my Brother, the reversion of certain Lands and Tene­ments, Pasture, Woods, Underwoods and other Hereditaments in Coume and Sturmest in the County of Somerset, with the appurtenances, which I the said Sir John did pur­chase of one Richard Matthew, one of the Sons of Robert Matthew deceased, which Joan Matthew Widow doth now claim for to hold for term of her life, as parcel of her Joynture, To have and to hold to the said Edmond and his Heirs, in as large and ample manner as ever Robert Matthew did hold or occupy the premisses, upon this Condition following, that is to say, that the said Edmond or his Heirs shall make or cause to be made within two years after the death of the said Joan Matthew in the Church of West­hornedon of the North side of the Altar, a Tomb of Marble meet and convenient to serve for the Sepulcher, at the Feast of Easter, and also that the said Edmond shall pay or cause to be paid during the space of twelve years next and immediately after the de­cease and death of the said Joan Matthew Widow, every year six Pounds eight Shil­lings four Pence, to my Executors toward the performance of this my last Will. Also I will, That the said Lord Mordaunt and Edmond shall receive my Aunt Petre's Pension, and during the said term shall find her Meat, Drink and Cloathing, and other Necessa­ries meet for her Degree during her life, as long as she shall be content to be at my Executors appointment: And if it chance that she will refuse to be ruled after the said Lord Mordaunt and Edmond, or the Survivor of them, then I will that my Executors shall suffer her to receive her own Pension, and to deliver her thirty three Shillings four Pence yearly, and to go whither she will. And if it chance that she happen to over­live the said term, that I do demise unto her yearly four Pounds Rent, to be per­ceiv'd and taken out of my Mannor of Westhornedon aforesaid at the Feast of the An­nunciation of our Lady, and Saint Michael the Archangel, by even Portions. And if it chance the said Rent of three Pound to be behind unpaid by the space of a Month after any of the said days of Payment, that then I will and grant that the said Petres or her Assigns shall enter into the said Mannor of Westhornedon, and there to distrain; and the distress so taken to carry away and to retain, until she be fully satisfied and paid of the Rent and the Arrearages of the said Rent, if any shall appear to be behind. Furthermore, I will that the said Lord and the said Edmond shall suffer my Heir when he comes to the Age of two and twenty years, to have, occupy and enjoy all the pre­misses, so that the said Heir will be bound by such ways and means as shall be demised or thought most convenient by the said Lord and Edmond, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, or the Executors of the Survivor, to perform the execution of this my last Will, the residue of this my last Will which shall chance to be at that time unperform­ed, allowing unto my Executors all their Costs and Charges had or sustained in execu­ting of this my last Will, and that hath not been taken and lowed of the Issues and Profits of the foresaid Lands and Tenements, any thing in this my last Will and Testa­ment to the contrary notwithstanding.

Another Will of Sir John Mordaunt of Westhornedon.

IN the Name of God, Amen. The twentieth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord God a thousand five hundred forty and nine, and in the third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God of England, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and in Earth of the Church of Eng­land and Ireland the supreme Head; I Sir John Mordaunt of Westhornedon in the County of Essex Knight, being of whole mind and perfect remembrance, thanks be to God, do make my Testament and last Will in manner and form following. First, I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, and my Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Westhor­nedon aforesaid by Dame Ely Mordaunt my late Wife, trusting through the merits of Christ's Passion to be saved. And the doings and ordering of my Funeral-expences I [Page 333]commit to the order and disposition of Dame Joan now my Wife, whom I make and ordain by this my present Testament my sole Executrix. And first, as concerning the devise and bequest of my Lands and Tenements, I give and bequeath to John Mordaunt Knight, Lord Mordaunt, my Father, the said Joan my Wife, and to Edmond Mordaunt my Brother, all that my Mannor of Westhornedon, and all my Right, Title and Posses­sion that I have in the said Mannor with the appurtenances, with all those my Lands and Tenements called Fieldhouse and Maundes, now in the manurance, occupation and tenure of John Wright of Keldon in the said County of Essex; The reversion of the Mannor of Wantons in Bumpsted ad Turr', with Purbysher and Whytley, set, lying and being in thé Town of Bumpsted ad Turr' and Burdbroke, which Dame Joan my Wife doth hold for the time of her life, as Parcel of her Joynture, with all and singular Rights, Mem­bers, Appurtenances, and all Lands, Tenements and Advowsons, Meadows, Feed­ings, Pastures, Woods, Underwoods and other Hereditaments, that be or have been in times past reputed, taken or known as Part or Parcel of the said Mannor of West­hornedon and Wantons in the said County of Essex; And all other my Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in the said Town of Westhornedon, Easthornedon, Tholderdyche, Warley magna, Bumpsted, Sturmer and Burdbroke in the said County of Essex: To have, hold and enjoy all the Premisses with their Members and Appurtenances, and every Part and Parcel thereof, to the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt, and to their Heirs and Assigns upon the Conditions following; that is to wit, That they with the Issues and Profits of the Premisses shall find and provide, or cause to be found and provided for my Daughters Margaret, Anne, Winefryd and Ursula Mordaunt, Meat, Drink, Apparel, Learning and other Necessaries meet for their desire for them and every of them, until they be married or otherwise provided for, if they shall determine their minds not to marry; And also shall give unto every one of them four hundred Marks at the day or days of their several Marriages, or any other time or times after, as yeu may be levied of the Issues and Profits of the Premisses, so that they and every of them be ruled and ordered as well for their Education and bringing up until they be married, as for the order and disposition for their Marriages, by the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond, or the Survivor of them: And if any of my Daughters shall determine their mind or minds not to marry, but to live without a Husband, then I will, that the Part or Portion of her or them determined not to marry, be bestowed to her or their most profit, to purchase to her or them a Living during their life or lives; And also shall find and provide for my Son Edmond Mordaunt Meat, Drink, Apparel and Learning, until he come to the Age of one and twenty Years; And also shall give and deliver unto the said Edmond two hundred Marks, after that the said Money be levied for the Preferment of my Daughters in manner and form above-written, and after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the Age of one and twenty Years, so that the said Edmond will be ruled by the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt and the Survivor of them until the said Age of one and twenty Years. And also I will that Dame Joan my Wife shall occupy and enjoy my Mansion-house of Westhornedon, with all Houses, Orchards and Garden-Plats thereunto belonging, for the space of nine Years next and immediately following my decease: Provided always, that if the said Dame Joan my Wife do depart out of this transitory World before the said Years be expired, or that my Son Lewis do come to his full Age before the said time, then the said term to be void, any thing before to the contrary notwithstanding. Also I will that if my said Daughters or any of them do marry themselves against the Will and appointment of the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan, and the said Edmond, or the Survivor of them, or if any of my said Daughters doth refuse any lawful and conve­nient Marriage tendered and offered by the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt or any of them, to the intent to marry themself or selves at their own plea­sure or pleasures, that then her or their Part or Portion shall not be delivered to her or them, until all and every of my said Daughters so lawfully provided for be preferred to Marriage, and the Portion or Summs of Money before bequeathed to every of them be delivered and paid. And if she or they dye before the said delivery, then I will [Page 334]the said Parts or Portions to be equally divided and delivered to their Daughter or Daughters which shall so live until they be married; And for lack of Daughters, to the Son or Sons of my said Daughter or Daughters marrying themselves against the Will of the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond, as is above-mentioned. And also for Beatrice Lewis, Aunt to my late Wife, Dame Ely Mordaunt, I will that she shall have Meat, Drink, Cloathing, and all other Necessaries meet for her during her life; so that she suffer the Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt to perceive and take one yearly Pension of three Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence, granted to the said Beatrice by our late Sovereign Lord of famous Memory King Henry the Eighth. And if it happen any of my said Daughters intending to marry to depart out of this life un­married, I will that her Part, Portion or Summ of Money, that to her shall belong by reason of any former bequest, be divided and bestowed in manner and form follow­ing, after that the said Summs of Money before bequeathed to my said Daughters and to my said Son Edmond be levied in manner and form abovesaid; that is to say, if one of my said Daughters happen to dye before Marriage, then I will one hundred Marks to be delivered unto Lewis Mordaunt after that he cometh to the Age of one and twenty Years, and one hundred Marks to be delivered to my said Son Edmond Mordaunt after that he hath accomplished the Age of one and twenty Years; And if any of my said Sons dye before delivery made, Then I will the Survivor of them shall have the part of his Brother deceased to be delivered to him after his said Age of one and twenty Years; And the residue, that is to say, Two hundred Marks, to be distributed a­mongst the poorest and neediest of mine and Dame Ely's, my late Wife's Kinsfolk for their Preferment in Learning, Marriages and other things according to the discretion of the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt, or their Assigns. And if any other of my said Daughters happen to depart from this transitory life, I will that two hundred Marks of her Portion deceased be delivered and equally divided amongst the residue of my said Daughters then living, until they be married, and other two hundred Marks to be distributed in repairing of High-ways, and to the Marriages of poor Maids, or in other Deeds of Charity in such places as I have any Lands and Te­nements in the County of Essex, Norfolk, Bedford or Northampton: And if that all my said Daughters shall live until they be married, or otherwise preferred, if they intend not to marry in manner and form abovesaid, Then I will that two hundred Marks be levied of the Premisses, and distributed to the preferment of the poorest and neediest of my Kinsfolks, or of the Kinsfolks of Dame Ely my late Wife; And other two hun­dred Marks to be distributed in other such Deeds of Charity as is abovesaid, according as by the discretion of the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt or their Assigns shall be thought meet and convenient. Also I will that if my said Son Lewis doth depart from this transitory life before all and every of my said Daughters be mar­ried or otherwise preferred in manner and form abovesaid, and more than two of my said Daughters departed out of this life unmarried, or afterward happen to dye before Marriage, or otherwise preferred, if they intend not to marry, That then the Parts, Portions or Summs of Money of her or them so dying before Marriage, and also the said Summs of Money before bequeathed to my said Sons Lewis and Edmond by the reason of the Death of any of my said Daughters, if they happen to dye before the said Summs of Money be delivered to them, likewise to be bestowed in such Deeds of Charity as is abovesaid. Also I will and devise the Mannors of Amys and Cranham, otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi, with all and singular their Appurtenances, sett, lying and being in the Parishes of Kinton, Bulvan, Easthornedon, Westhornedon and Cranham, otherwise called Bishops Wokingdon in the County of Essex aforesaid, which the said Dame Joan doth hold for term of her life as Parcel of her Joynture, and all and all manner of Lands, Te­nements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Commons, Woods, Underwoods, and all other Hereditaments to the said Mannors appertaining or belonging to my Son Edmond Mordaunt and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, upon Condition, that if my said Son Edmond, his Heirs or Assigns, do aliene, grant with Warranty, discontinuance, suffer any recovery, or suffer to be done any Act or Acts, thing or things, to the intent [Page 335]to barr his or their Heir or Heirs, or him or them in the reversion of the said Mannors of Amys, Cranham, otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi, with their appurtenances, or of any Part or Parcel thereof, or of any other Lands, Tenements or other Hereditaments devised to the said Edmond by this my last Will and Testament, That then it shall be lawful to my Heirs to enter into the said Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and all other Hereditaments, alienated, discontinued or recovered in manner and form abovesaid, and into every part and parcel thereof, and the same to retain and keep in manner and form, as though no such devise had been made, And the said Edmond and his Heirs thereof to expel and put out for ever. Provided always, that if any alienation, dis­continuance or recovery be had and made in manner and form abovesaid, without fraud, covyn or deceit to make his Wife or Wives Joynture for term of her and their life or lives, to the preferment of his or their younger Son or Sons, for the marrying of his or their Daughter or Daughters, and for the Payment of his or their Debts, so that the said Edmond and his Heirs of his Body make or cause the Fee-simple of such Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, recovered and discontinued to such use, to be made sure to my Heirs, to remain, come and grow to them immediately after the death of my said Son Edmond, or of the Heirs of his Body, or immediately after the death of his said Wife or Wives the Money levied for the marrying of his or their said Daughter or Daughters, for the Payment of his or their Debt or Debts, or the Preferment of his or their younger Son or Sons, Then I will that mine Heirs shall take no benefit or ad­vantage of any such discontinuance, recovery, act or acts, thing or things, assurance or assurances, had or made for the aforesaid intents or purposes without fraud or covyn by way of Entry or otherwise, any thing in this my last Will and Testament to the contrary notwithstanding. Furthermore, if my said Son Lewis or his Heirs of his Body being of the Age of one and twenty years or more, shall lawfully offer and tender to give, grant and assure within two years after the death of the said Dame Joan, or after the said Edmond or the Heirs of his Body shall accomplish the Age of one and twenty years, the Mannor of Typtosts and Pinkneys in the County of Essex, and the Mannor of Belhalf in the County of Norfolk, with all Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in Wymbyshe, Walden, Thaxsted and Radwynter in the County of Essex, and Belhalf, Billinford, or else­where in the County of Norfolk, which hath or shall descend, remain or come to my said Son Lewis from my late Wife Dame Ely Mordaunt to my said Son Edmond, or if he chance to dye, to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, To have and to hold the said Mannor of Typtosts and Pinkneys, Belhalf, Billingford and the Premisses, to my Son Edmond and to the Heirs of his Body, in like Estate, Degree, and with like Condition, as I have devised unto the said Edmond the Mannors of Cranham, otherwise Wokingdon Episcopi, Amys, and other the Premisses above mentioned, That then, if the said Edmond or the Heirs of his Body shall refuse to receive and take the said Mannors of Typtosts, Pinkneys, Belhalf, Billingford and other the Premisses being lawfully tendered and offered to him or them by the said Lewis or the Heirs of his Body, in manner and form a­bovesaid, Then I will that immediately after the said assurance made, or the said de­nial, that the devise of my Mannors of Cranham, otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi, and Amys aforesaid, and all other my devises made to my said Son Edmond by this my last Will, to be void and of none effect, any thing in this my last Will or Testament to the contrary notwithstanding. And further I will, that if my said Son Lewis Mor­daunt or the Heirs of his Body do not tender and be contented to make unto my said Son Edmond Mordaunt or to the Heirs of his Body within the time above-menti­oned a good, sure and sufficient Estate in manner and form above-mentioned, at the Costs and Charges of the said Lewis or his Heirs, of or in the Mannors of Typtosts and Pinkneys, and other the Premisses, Then I give and devise to my said Son Edmond Mordaunt the said Mannors of Cranham and Amys, and all other the Premisses before de­vised to him, To have and to hold to the said Edmond and his Heirs for ever. Also I will that after this my last Will and Testament performed concerning the Premisses, all manner of Costs and Charges had and sustained by the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame [Page 336] Joan and the said Edmond, or the Survivor of them or their Assigns, about the defence and execution of the same Will and Testament payed and discharged, That then the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and the said Edmond or the Survivor of them or their Assigns, shall infeosse or otherwise assure the Premisses above-mentioned and every part and parcel thereof to the only use of his Heirs and their Heirs for ever, the said assurance to be had and made at the only Costs and Charges in the Law of my said Heirs.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of HOWARD of Effingham, Justified by Publick Records, Charters, Deeds, Histories and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Arms of the House of Howard were Quarterly, Howard, Brotherton, Warren and Mowbray.

THOMAS HOWARD, Second Duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Surrey, Lord High Treasurer and Earl Marshal of England, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. CHAPTER I.

THOMAS HOWARD, who was afterward the Second Duke of Norfolk, from whom more immediately the Howards of Effingham do Descend, be­ing the greatest, and most happy Subject of his time; it were not amiss, for example sake, to shew by what Education and Practices he became fit for such a Fortune; for he was certainly the Son of Virtue; and Chance, or Favour had little share in his Prosperity. He was, by a prudent Father, as soon as he was fit for Study, committed to the severity of the Schools, to the end a great Spirit under discipline might be acquainted with the moderations that are to be used in the course of Humane Life; as that he should apply himself to obtain the Fa­vour [Page 340]of the Muses, whose Graces if he could acquire, they would certainly be to him of use, or comfort in every Fortune.

After he had such a tincture of Letters as was necessary for a Man, that was nei­ther design'd for the Pulpit, nor the Bar, the Lord Howard his Father sent him out of the Country, where there was little improvement to be made, besides en­abling himself, in the conduct of mean Sports, or meaner Inclinations.

He addressed him to the Court, where he was soon received in the quality of Page, or Henchman to King Edward the Fourth, continuing there till he came to Mans estate, in perpetual practice of those Exercises that are necessary to fit a Man for the Knowledge and use of Arms; of all which, when he was become a Master, he was ambitious to shew his Learning upon a proper Stage: And hearing that the Duke of Burgundy, one of the nearest and most considerable Allies of the Crown of England, was undertaking a War against Lewis the Eleventh, at that time King of France; He begged leave of the King his Master to go into that Service, in Company of other considerable Gentlemen of his own Country, who desired to gain Knowledge and Experience in that great Art; to be the better able after­ward, when there should be occasion, to serve their own Prince and Country.

They were received with all the courtesie they could expect from that War-like Prince, and had every Encouragement young Adventurers could pretend to, in such an undertaking. The young Howard did particularly advance into the Favour of the Duke, by his extraordinary application to what he came for; being the first in every occasion, that could possibly gain him either Honor, or Experience. And thus he continued in this Service, till the end of that War; at which time he re­turned home to his own King, loaden with the Rewards, and Praises of the Duke of Burgundy.

King Edward, as well for the desert of the Young Gentleman, as to give Ex­ample and Encouragement to other of his Subjects, for enabling themselves by such generous untertakings, upon his Arrival did distinguish him by several Graces, and took him into an Office, at that time very considerable, to be the Esquire of his Body; whose duty it was to attend the King at his making ready, both Mor­ning and Evening, and afterward he made him Knight. He continued from thence­forth to follow King Edward in all his Fortunes; he Fought by his side at the Field in Lincoln-shire, at Banbury Field, and was with him at Warwick, when he was taken Prisoner by the Earl of that place: And after the Kings escape into Flanders, and that all the ways were so be-set, as it was over hard for any of his Servants to get after him, Sir Thomas Howard was fain to take sanctuary at Saint Johns in Colchester, for the true love that he bore King Edward; where he remain­ed till the Kings Return; upon which, he immediately resorted to him, and went with him to Barnet Field, at which he was sore hurt.

The King, after this, being settled in the Throne, and designing to go over into France with an Army Royal, he sent thither, before, divers Gentlemen: and having great opinion of the Conduct, and Experience of Sir Thomas Howard, from the Service he had seen under the Duke of Burgundy, as because he had been with himself in so many Fields, and Businesses; he commanded him to go over with them, that nothing might be done without his Advice, till the Kings own Arrival. And when King Edward, and King Lewis met at the Barriers upon the River of Somme, the said Sir Thomas Howard was with King Edward, by the King's Commandment, in that Occasion, and no Man else save only the Chancellor of England, the Chan­cellor of France, and Sir Thomas Cheyny.

Sir John Howard, the Father of Sir Thomas, had before this been made Lord Ho­ward, and lived always exercised in the greatest Employments, having just pre­tentions to the Honors, and Lands, of the Great and Antient House of Mowbray, as Son and Heir to Margaret the Eldest Daughter to Thomas Mowbray, the last Duke of Norfolk.

But Sir Thomas Howard his Son, of whom we Treat, having acquired noble Possessions of his own, by his Services, and his Wife's Inheritance, who was Eli­zabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Frederick Tilney; did about this time desire the King's leave to retire from Court; which having obtained, he came into Norfolk, and dwelt during the rest of King Edward's days, at a House of his Wife's, called Ashwoldsthorpe; where he kept an honourable House, in favour of the whole Shire: The Lord Howard his Father being yet alive, and so continuing many Years after.

What was the inducement to this retreat is still uncertain; but it is constant, that the last Years of King Edward were so full of Faction between the power of the Queen and her Kindred, and the Ambition of his Brothers, as it was not strange that Wise Men should desire to withdraw from the difficulties of keeping well with both, or the danger of disobliging either. In this condition remained the House of Howard at the death of Edward the Fourth, and for some time after, till the Ambition of King Richard, with the Arts and Practices subservient there­unto, had through Blood and Violence, made way unto the Crown; and that the Young King was destroyed with his Brother, and as many of the great Lords as were like to have taken part with the unhappy Prince.

The new King (after this) being one of the most Politick, as well as the most daring Princes in the World, was not ignorant of the ill Actions he had commit­ted, nor of the consequences they were like to have; he knew all the Friends he could make would be little enough to sustain him, against the potent Enemies he had created. And therefore he made it now his business to gain, among the Nobles, and among the People, every Man that had Parts, or Interests suitable to his oc­casions. To this end, knowing the Lord Howard, and his Son, had from the lat­ter Years of King Edward, been retired from the Court, not oversatisfied; and in no good Correspondence with the Queens Kindred, which he had been forced to suppress: He thought from the great interest they had, and their exceeding reputation for Wisdom and Valour, they were the sittest persons to be gained, and the likeliest to adhere to him of any other. He therefore invited them to Court; and as an earnest of his Favour, and dependance, he created the Father Duke of Norfolk, with the restitution of the Lands of his Mother's Inheritance; and makes the Son, at the same time, Earl of Surrey: They were also from thence­forth the chief in all his Councils; and with this proceeding he captivates their grate­ful Hearts, and makes them resolve to stand by him in every Fortune.

After King Richard had Reigned two years, in all the endeavours that could be practised by a Wise Ruler, to get his faults to be forgotten, and to oblige his People by doing Justice, and making good Laws, and favouring particulars as far as was in his power; he found, notwithstanding, from every part, Clouds a­gathering in order to a Storm Abroad; the Earl of Richmond sought for Aid; at Home, the Duke of Buckingham, and other great Lords, prepared to assist him: In fine, towards the end of the Second Year of his Reign, that Earl Landed in England: and at last, the King was forced to see his Crown set at Com-promise, in the Fortune of a Bloody Battel; at Bosworth was the Fatal Field, whereat this Criminal King, was as prodigal of his own Blood, as he had been of other Mens; All that could be performed by the conduct of a Captain, or the Valour of a Soul­dier, he put in practice, to save that Crown, which had cost so many Crimes. And when by the overthrow of some Troops, and desertion of others, he found it could not be, as one that scorned to out-live his Power, and his Fortune, he threw himself into the Arms of Death, as the only refuge against humane miseries.

John Duke of Norfolk, his faithful Friend and Subject, with his Son the Earl of Surrey, Fought both, this day, in behalf of their Benefactor: and the Duke, who led on the Archers, and had his post at the head of the Foot, was there slain upon the place, in performing that duty to which he was called by his Honor, [Page 342]and his Gratitude. The Earl toward the end of the day, overcome by his own Valour, which had spent his strength and spirits in continual exercise of Heroick Actions, but that disdained to save his Life, by flying from the Fortune of his Friends, was taken by his Enemies, and brought a Prisoner to the Victorious King.

The Earl of Surrey was at this time in the vigor of his youth, Tall, Strong, and Graceful, of a flourishing Health and Constitution, and esteemed one of the best Men of Arms of that Age: He was of a high Spirit, but had a sober Aspect, and was nothing dejected by his ill Fortune. King Henry was surprized, though not undelighted, with the sight of a Man so extraordinary; and after having said some thing to the other Prisoners of Quality, he called for the Earl, and ask'd him, How he durst engage in the Service of so Ʋnjust, and Cruel a Tyrant? To whom the Earl Replied, That King Richard was in the Throne before he came into his In­terest; and if he had found the Crown of England upon a Bush, he would have Fought for it. The King did not seem exasperated with so bold an Answer, and with the rest, he did dismiss him, to the charge of those in whose custody he was, to be conveyed to the Tower.

Within these fatal Walls, which seemed built for the restraint of Hero's, the Earl of Surrey was detained Three Years: During which Imprisonment, he often with gratitude, acknowledged the Goodness and Care of the Duke his Father, who had given him such a share of Learning, as did enable him (during that solitude) to divert himself with the Records, and Notions of Philosophy, and other useful and esteemable Studies. He had acquiesced in the determination of Heaven, and the destruction of his Master; who leaving no Heir to pretend a right to his farther Services, this Earl did believe he might well submit to his Authority, whom God had made a Conqueror, who was now Crown'd, and whose Royal Virtues did deserve that he should Reign. He therefore refused all the invitations were made him by the King's Enemies, and the Malecontents of that time (of which there were many, and those very potent) to enter into the intriegues of their Faction: He would not hear of the Dutchess of Burgundy, nor of the Earl of Lincoln: And when a great Consternation arose, upon that Prince's Invasion, and the Armies approach towards Stoake in Lincoln-shire, in order to Fight with the King and his Forces; the Lieutenant of the Tower, offer'd the Earl his Liberty, to have gone where he pleased; but he generously refused it, and said, He would never leave to be a Prisoner, but by his consent that had thought him worthy of such a punishment.

And so he continued till the King's return from the Battel of Stoake, who ha­ving been informed of his submissive and modest behaviour, during so long an Imprisonment; and of the other great Capacities of the Earl, which would ren­der him very useful to any Prince that should imploy him; he took him out of the Tower, and made him one of his Privy-Council; being, as Polidore the Historian says, Vir Prudentia, Gravitate, & Constantia summa.

In the Fourth Year of this King he was restored, by Act of Parliament, to the Title of Earl of Surrey, and to all those Lands that were of his Wife's Inheri­tance. But after this, he began to be set at the head of every important business; this Wise King believing he might trust a Man who had proved so faithful to another Master.

There having then happned a great Commotion in the North, occasioned by the raising of a Subsidy, and of that importance, that the Earl of Northumberland was slain therein; (who was the greatest Lord of all those parts:) The King raising a great Army for suppressing of the same, he gave the whole Command thereof to the Earl of Surrey; and sent under his Obedience the greatest Lords, and the best Captains of his Court; as the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Lord Hastings, Sir William Stanly his Chamberlain, Sir Rice ap Thomas, Sir John Bourchier, Sir John Savage, Sir John Risely, and divers others. And he was after, in the Eighth of the same King, [Page 343]imployed again, for suppressing the Incursions of the Scots. His Deserts, and great Abilities appearing every day more and more to this Sagacious King; in the Sixteenth Year of his Reign, he conferr'd upon him the great Office of Lord High-Treasurer of England; and in the Two and twentieth of his Reign, finding the Earl worthy of all the acknowledgments he could make, King Henry granted him a special Livery of all the Lands whereof his Father died Seized, Mowbrays, Howards, and what ever he had acquired. This put him in a condition to support his great Merit, his great Blood, and his great-Condition: And after the death of this King, (which soon succeeded) his Young Successor, King Henry the Eighth, found the Earl of Surrey in a condition of Fortune and Reputation, as much to do, as to receive Honor from the Court, or any Imployment whereunto he could be called. He therefore chose him into the number of his first Counsellors, renewed his Patent for Lord High-Treasurer, and constituted him Earl Marshal of England for his Life.

In the Fourth Year of this King, there happned a great Crisis of State. The King was Engaged with an Army, consisting of the flower of England, to go for France; where he Besieged, and took several Towns. At the same time he had cause to believe the King of Scots would enter England, with his utermost Power; the Defence whereof, would be enough for the greatest Captain he could ap­point. He thereupon chose the Earl of Surrey; under whose Protection he left all that could be dear to him, his Country, and his Wife: and it falling out as he did apprehend, and the Scottish King entring the Kingdom with a mighty Army, the Earl, with all power he could make, Marched to meet him. He found the King had taken Norham Castle; and being resolved now, to do something should render him worthy of the Trust he had received, or to die in the endeavour, he brought, by several industries (of which the Historians are very particular) the Scottish Army to a necessity of Fighting: Which they did, under the Example, and Sight of their Valiant King, with all the Valour and Resolution that was pos­sible. But such was the Conduct, the Valour, and the Ascendant of this Earl, as their Resistance did prove fruitless; the whole Scottish Army was overthrown, and their King (who for his Valour deserved a better Fortune) was slain Fighting upon the Field.

If ever the Action of any Subject was opportunely Fortunate to a King, or his Affairs, this Victory proved so to King Henry, at that time Engaged in the War with so Potent an Enemy as the King of France; and the consequence would have proved of the last misfortune, if the Earl had otherwise succeeded. The applauses of the Court, of the King, and Kingdom, were of mighty satisfaction to the great and publick Spirit of this Earl; but the Generous King forbore not to add Rewards suitable to the Great Merits of his Service. He did him several Honors, but as the greatest, was his restitution to the Illustrious Dignity of his Ancestors, the Dukedom of Norfolk, of which his Father was possessed, and that by his Grandmother had Descended to him from the Mowbrays, in former times Dukes of that Country. He gave him, for the support of this Dignity, many Man­nors, and great Lordships; and continued him, during the rest of his Life, in the greatest Honours of the Kingdom. But at last, loaden with Years as well as with Felicities, he yielded to Death, in the Castle of Framingham; the Twenty first of May, in the Year 1524. in the Sixteenth Year of King Henry the Eighth: Having Married Two Wives.

  • The First, Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Frederick Tilney, Knight, Widow of Humphrey Burcher Lord Barners.
  • The Second, Agnes Daughter of Sir Philip Tilney, Knight.
Issue by his First Wife,
  • Thomas, afterwards Duke of Norfolk.
  • The Lord Edward Howard, Knight of the Garter.
  • Edmund Howard.
  • And Five that died young.
  • Elizabeth, Married to Thomas Viscount Rochford.
  • Muriell, Married to John Viscount Lisle.
  • Mary, Married to Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke of Richmond and Sommerset.
Issue by his Second Wife.
  • William Lord Howard of Effingham, Knight of the Garter, Lord Privy-Seal, and Lord High-Admiral of England.
  • Thomas, who Married Margaret Dowglas, Daughter to the Queen of Scots; which Thomas died in the Tower.
  • Richard, who died young.
  • Anne, Married to John Earl of Oxford.
  • Dorothy, Married to Edward Earl of Darby.
  • Elizabeth, Married to Henry Earl of Sussex. And,
  • Katharine, first Marrid to Sir Rice ap Thomas; and afterwards to Henry Daubeny, Earl of Bridgwater.

WILLIAM Lord Howard, Lord Baron of Effingham, Lord-High-Admiral of England, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Privy-Seal, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter; and Privy-Counsellor to Henry the Eighth, to Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth; and eldest Son (by his Second Wife) to Thomas the Second Duke of Norfolk. CHAPTER II.

WILLIAM Lord Howard, though he had the advantage of so great, and so fortunate a Father, yet it was not to that he owed the least part of his Fame, or of his Fortune. The Duke, his Father, loved Virtue and Industry, and to a Son that would have been Great without Care, or Labour, he would have afforded little assistance. The Earl of Surrey, the Lord Howard, and the Lord Edmund, were the Sons of his Prudence; by his Dutchess Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Philip Tilney, who brought her Husband a great Inheritance: But the Lord William was the Son of his Love; and Born of Agnes Tilney, his Second Wife, that was a young Virgin, Cousin to the former Dutchess; and who brought in partage, but her Beauty, her Virtue, and her Fruitfulness. To this young Lord the Duke had indeed a secret partiality, but his great Lands were already all to be inherited by the Children of his First Wife; and it was the principle in those days, for Great Men to do little in detriment of them, that were to sustain their Names and Dignities. He resolved then so to cultivate the Virtue, and noble Inclinations of the young William, as should make him deserve any Fortune, what ever his own were like to be. He gave him therefore admirable Education, and thrust him betimes into the World. He made use of his Inclina­tion, being Martial, to introduce him into the Favour of the greatest Captains of his time, particulary those that were applied unto the Sea; whom with his Com­pany, in every occasion, he did so well humor, as he became the future Hopes of that calling. In intervals of Martial occasions he followed the King, and Mi­nisters, who found him of so solid and useful a Temper, as they thought him fit [Page 345]serve the Crown in any important capacity. He followed the King to Boloigne; at the magnificent enterview with King Francis: And in the Twenty sixth of Henry the Eighth, was sent into Scotland, to present King James with the Order of the Garter, and his Master's desire that he would come through England, to accompany him, and be present at the enterview.

The Duke, his Father, had been instrumental in the greatest disasters of Scot­land. But in those Heroick times, Generous Princes had a value for Noble Ene­mies. King James was taken with the Nature and Manners of the Lord William Howard, and perceiving in his Merit, much hopes of future greatness, he did so cultivate his friendship, as when there was business to be transacted between the Crowns, that King did shew an inclination more ready to hear this Lord, than any other; wherefore King Henry, having, at that time, a great desire to draw the King of Scotland to an enterview, he sent him to Edenburgh in the ..... Year of his Reign, together with the Bishop of St. Asaph, to perswade him there­unto; as also to make him propositions of very great advantage.

In the Three and thirtieth Year of the same King, he was sent Extraordinary Ambassador into France; in his discharge of which Employment, having much sa­tisfied the King, and his Ministers, he expected a chearful welcome at his return; but from the Faults, or the Misfortune of another, he found such a disappoint­ment as lodged him in the Tower, instead of the Palace; and gave him the Frowns due to the ill behaviour of the Queen, instead of the Applauses his own endea­vours had deserved. For Katharine Howard, the Fifth Wife of Henry the Eighth, was his Niece, and had in a short space after her Marriage, so conducted her self, as she fell into his Majesties disgrace, and lost her Head. Thereupon, the old Dutchess of Norfolk, with this Lord William, and his Lady, were Indicted for Mis­prision of Treason, in concealing (as was alledged) what they knew of that Queen's former behavior, and Condemn'd to perpetual Imprisonment.

But after that for reason of State, and to justifie the King, something had been done under an appearance of Anger, and Severity; the King, that knew the Lord William was never Author of that Match; and that it could not be expected he should have taken great pains, to hinder the Honor, and Advantage, of his Niece; who he could not foresee, would have made so ill a use of so great a good Fortune: his Majesty set at liberty this Noble Lord, and his Relations, who had suffered this restraint. Although they did remain under some sort of discou­ragement, during the short remainder of this King's Reign; who for other reasons had Beheaded the Noble Earl of Surrey, that was Brother to this Lord, and Im­prisoned the Duke his Father; a Servant, and Subject, that had deserved more than any other of his time.

But after the Death of King Henry, when the State began to grow jealous of the French, for designing to recover the Key of their Kingdom; the considerable Town of Calis, King Edward's Council cast into the Arms of the Lord William Howard; and to make it safe, made him Lord Deputy thereof, in the Sixth Year of his Reign.

After the Death of King Edward, the Queen his Sister, being notable for the Council she chose, and the Ministers and Servants she imployed in every pur­pose, took this noble Lord into the nearest of her Trust, and Confidence; she knew his Valour, his Experience, and the opinion the World had of it; and therefore thought none so fit, for the great Office of High Admiral of England; which she conferr'd upon him in the First Year of her Reign; creating him, at the same time, Lord Baron of Effingham, whereof in the succeeding Parliament, he took his place; she also made him Lord Chamberlain of her Houshold; and he was afterwards Lord Privy Seal.

When this Queen was dead, her Sister remembering the behaviour of this Lord, to have been tender towards her, and obliging, during the times of her troubles, [Page 346]and Persecution; she conferred the same Office of Chamberlain upon him, in the First Year of her Reign.

He was also sent by Queen Elizabeth, with the Lord Cobham, Ambassador to the Spaniard, into the Netherlands, on an important Negotiation; and in the Twelfth of that Queen, joyned with the Earl of Sussex, in Command of those Forces, that were sent to suppress the Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland: He was also one of the Peers, who sate upon the Tryal of his unfortunate Nephew, the Duke of Norfolk. Thus, after having been imployed (as has been express'd) in the Service of so many Kings, in management of the Highest Offices, and Imployments of the State, he dyed, full of Honor, Esteem, and Reputation, the Fifteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth; at her Palace of Hampton-Court. By his Will, bequeathing his Collar of Gold, and his Robes of the Order, to Charles, his Son; (for he was also, a Knight of the Garter) and was hono­rably Interred in the Parish Church of Rygate.

He Married Two Wives.
  • The First, Katharine Daughter to Sir John Braughton of Tuddington, in the County of Bedford.
  • The Second, Margaret Daughter of Sir John Gammage.

Issue by his First Wife:
  • Mary, Married to William Paulet, the Third Marquess of Winchester.

Issue by his Second Wife:
  • Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham.
  • William Howard of Lingfield.
  • Edward Howard.
  • Henry, who died Young.
  • Dowglas, Married to John Lord Sheffield; after to the Earl of Leicester.
  • Mary, Married to Edward Lord Dudly; after to Richard Mountpesson.
  • Frances, Married to Edward Earl of Hartford.
  • Martha, Married to Sir George Burcher, Knight.

CHARLES Lord Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High-Admiral of England, Lord Chamberlain, Justice and Heir of all the Forrests on this side Trent; Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of the Lords of the Privy-Council to Queen Elizabeth, and King James the First. CHAPTER III.

CHARLES HOWARD, the eldest Son of the Lord William, Baron of Ef­fingham (of whom we have last Treated) was bred under a Father who knew that great Birth and Dignities, were things that weighed much upon those that wore them; and could never be honourably supported, without equal Merit, and Capacities, in those that would pretend to be advantaged by them. He had therefore, in his Youth, been bred to the Theories of all the Noble Arts, that could render a Man useful to his King, and Country; and as soon as he was of a fit strength, he was thrust by his Father into the practice of them, upon every necessary occasion. He was with him in all his Expeditions at Sea; becoming there­by very expert in Navigation. He was in all the Land Services of his time, and followed his Father in every Embassy where he was imployed. These practices made him fit for great Imployments; as indeed, such Imployments were fit for [Page 347]him; because, the truth was, that his Father's perpetual custom, of keeping his hands clean in all the great Trusts had been committed to him; being ever fon­der of Fame and Faithfulness, than of Money or Estate; he had not left his Son so superfluous a Fortune, as it might have been easie for him to have suitably sub­sisted, to his desert, and great Spirit, without the Favour and Assistance of his Princes: But the times wherein he lived were very Active, and in them usefulness made Men considered more than phancy. And the discerning Queen Elizabeth thought she had a jewel in this Youth, whose hopefulness and merit shone in the Eyes of every Man. The first Imployment we find he had, was to be one of those noble persons, chose by the Queen, to conduct the Lady Anne of Austria, Daughter to Maximilian the Emperor, from Zeland into Spain. Afterward we find him a Commander of some Forces, under his Father, that were sent for the suppression of the Earls Rebellion: And in the Registers of that Order it appears, That he was chosen a Knight of the Garter in the Fifteenth Year of Queen Eli­zabeth.

In the Twenty eighth of that Queen, upon the Death of the Earl of Lincoln, he was made Lord High Admiral of England; being at that time Lord Chamberlain, as his Father had formerly been. And in the Year 1588. when the King of Spain sent his greatest Fleet under the Conduct of his greatest Subject, the Duke of Me­dina Sidonia, with a design to take the Kingdom with the very sight of so formidable a power; the Queen then, and her admirable Council, pitch'd upon this Lord Howard to be the Buckler of England; making him, with an extraordinary Power, Lieutenant General of all the Queen's Forces on the Sea, from the estimation they had of his excellent Virtues; as being a Man of great Moderation, much knowledge in Maritine Affairs; Discreetly Wary, throughly Valiant, Industrious in Action, and a Person whom the Mariners entirely loved.

The success gave the approbation to this choice; the Spaniards appeared, the Admiral gave them Battel, and they were overthrown; England was delivered, and the Noble Lord received the Applauses his Valour, and his Conduct did deserve.

But after this, there remaining still great jealousies of future dangers from the Enmity of Spain, who did design much by the Assistance of the Irish, who were at that time Rebelliously disposed, he was made joint General of the English Army, with Robert Earl of Essex, for defence of this Kingdom, both by Sea, and Land. He was also in this Year, on the Fifteenth of June, constituted Justice Itenerant of all the Forests South of Trent for Life. And in the Two and twen­tieth of October following, in consideration of his Eminent Services in Anno. 1588. in defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado, as afterwards of the Sacking of Cadiz in Spain, and for destroying the Spanish Fleet then in the Port there, he was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Nottingham, as descended from the Mowbrays; whereof some had before been Earls of that Country.

In the One and Fortieth Year of the same Queen, this Admiral continuing still in great Reputation, and there remaining some supition of the Spaniard's ill in­tentions, he was made Lieutenant General of all the Queen's Field Forces, and one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England. And in these great Trusts, he imploy'd his time during the Reign of this Happy, and Victorious Queen. And the wife Successor, upon his Arrival, thought it a material testimony of his kindness to the Kingdom he did Inherit, to give all marks of his Esteem and Favor, to those who had contributed so many Cares and Labours, to the Glory, and Safety thereof. Therefore, at his Royal Coro­nation he made this Earl Lord Great Steward of England for that occasion. And in the Second Year of his Reign, at the renewing the Commissions unto several Great Lords, for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England, he was like­wise constituted one of that number. But by this time the Noble Earl was grown very Antient, and his Body being less able than before to support the Labours, [Page 348]and Cares of War, or of the Court; he by the advice of his Friends, resolved of a retreat; he resigned the great Office of Admiral into the King's Hands, for which he was notwithstanding allowed great Pensions for his Life, and other very considerable advantages. After which he was engaged in going Extraordinary Ambassador on a most splendid occasion, into Spain, to Make and Sign that Peace, which was so agreeable to King James the First, as he thence did design such an Alliance, as by Marriage of his Son, should make lasting Friendship between the two Crowns. This was the last great occasion, wherein the Earl of Nottingham did appear; the rest of his Life was Peace, and Prayer. His Lordship departing this World, at Hayling in Kent, at the Age of Eighty eight Years; having been Knight of the Garter Fifty two. This Noble Earl had Married Two Wives:

His First was Katharine Cary, Daughter to the Lord Hundsdon.

His Second was Margaret Stuart, Daughter to James Earl of Murray in Scotland.

Issue by his First Wife:
  • William Lord Howard of Effingham, who Married Katharine Daughter, and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Blefso.
  • Charles Howard, who by reason of his Brothers Decease without Male Issue, did succeed him in his Honors; and Married Mary Cockain.
  • Elizabeth, Married to Sir Robert Southwell.
  • Frances, Countess of Kildar.
  • Margaret, Married to Sir Richard Leusson.
  • Issue by his Second Wife:
  • James Howard, who died young.
  • Charles Howard, afterwards Earl of Nottingham; but dyed without Issue.

WILLIAM Lord Howard, Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Not­tingham, Lord Baron of Effingham. CHAPTER IV.

WILLIAM Lord Howard, was a Youth of extraordinary expectation, and had given early proof of many rare Virtues; he was Active, he was In­genious, he was applicable to every thing that was for the Honor of the Court, or the Use of the Kingdom. In the days of Queen Elizabeth, the Pastimes, and Tri­umphs of the State, were very Martial; Courses at the Tilt were much in fashion, and Fights at the Barriers; no Man had greater applause at these Exercises, than this Young Lord: And when Monsieur was here, with his great Followers, who are held Masters at these Exercises, he got the esteem of all the French-Men. He was with his Father at the Encounter with the Spanish Fleet; (though but Young at that time) he was with him at the Sacking of Calis; and also, in most of his Embassies. He was Grave of his Nature, and entring into the favour of the Ministers, as Man likely to be fit for Business; when unhappily he fell into a consuming Sickness, that after some time, brought him to his end, (in the Life-time of his Father; to the great mortification of that Noble Lord, and of all the rest of his Relations; leaving by his Wife, the Lady Anne Saint John, Daugh­ter and sole Heir of the Lord John Saint John of Blefso, for his sole Heir;

  • Elizabeth Howard.

ELIZABETH HOWARD, Countess of Peterborow. CHAPTER V.

ELIZABETH HOWARD, was the only Daughter, and Sole Heir, of William Lord Howard, eldest Son to the Admiral; and she was Inheritable to all the Lands that at his Marriage had been settled upon her Father, and to what ever else had not by Will, or otherwise, been disposed of by her Grand-Father, to any of his other Sons. And if Margaret Stuart, Countess of Nottingham (the Admiral's Second Wife) had not, by being present with the old Lord at the time of his Death, been possessed of his personal Estate, which was vast in Jewels, Plate, and all kind of Precious Moveables, she had proved the greatest Fortune of her time. However, she was possessed at her Marriage with the Castle of Dunnington, with the Park, and a large Lordship of fair Revenues, that had Roy­alties of great Extent and Consideration: She had the Noble Lordship of Blech­ingleigh in expectance after her Mother, and the Priory of Rygate after the death of the Countess of Nottingham; all which she lived to enjoy.

She was a Lady of extraordinary Beauty in her time; and before she was Mar­ried, the hopes and expectation of every one that was Great and Considerable in England. But her Mother being of a Family that was of Kindred as well as Neigbourhood to the Mordaunts of Turvey, proved favourable to the Merits, the Person, and Noble Qualities of the Lord Mordaunt, afterward Earl of Peterborow; to whom she gave in Marriage her Daughter, and all her pretences.

This Lady had much Wit, and a great Spirit, which inclined her to be Generous and Bountiful, to a degree of a little too much valuing the uncertain applause of needy persons. She lived in Unhappy Times, the Rebellion beginning and ending in her days; dying after the King's Restauration, in the Year . . . . leaving Issue by her Husband, John Earl of Peterborow:

  • Henry Earl of Peterborow.
  • John Lord Viscount Mordaunt.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt, Married to Thomas Lord Howard of Escrick.
  • Elizabeth Tilney.
  • Thomas Howard the second Duke of Norfolk.
  • Agnes Tilney.
  • Anne Daughter to K. Edward ye 4th.
  • Thomas Howard. third Duke of Norfolk.
  • Elizabeth Stafford.
  • Catherine Broughton.
  • William Lord Howard. Baron of Effingham
  • Margaret Gammage.
  • Agnes Howard William Pawlet Marquess of Winchester.
  • Catherme Cary.
  • Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham.
  • Margaret Stuart.
  • Sr. Willm. Howard of Hingfeild Frances bouldwell.
  • [Page]Doaglas Howard. Iohn Lord Sheffield.
  • Mary Howard. Edward Lord Dudley.
  • Frances Howard. Edw: Seymour Earle of Hertford.
  • Martha Howard. Sr. George Bourcher.
  • [Page]Margaret Howard. Sr Rich. Leueson.
  • Frances Howard. Henry Fitzgerald Earle of Kildare.
  • Eliz: Howard Sr. Robt. Southwell.
  • [Page]Charles Howard E. of Nottingham Mary Cockaine.
  • Willm: Ld. Howard. Baron of Effingham Catherine St. Iohn.
  • Charles Howard. 3d Earle of Nottingham. — Smith.
  • Eliz: Howard Iohn Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow
  • Henry Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow. Penelope Obrian.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of HOWARD of Effingham; Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of HOWARD of Effingham.

THOMAS HOWARD, Second Duke of Norfolk, Lord High Treasurer, and Earl Marshal of England. CHAPTER I.

The Baronage of England, Part II. pag. 267.
Mentioning the Will of Margaret Dutchess of Norfolk.

ORdaining her Son-in-Law, Thomas Earl of Surrey, surviver of this her Testament, to whom she gave a Cup of Gold, and a Cross with the Pots of Silver Gilt. The probate of which Will bears Date the Thirtieth of December, 1494.

Which Thomas being Squire of the Body to King Edward the Fourth (his Fa­ther then living) was retained to serve in his Wars, in the Fifteenth of Edward the Fourth, with six Men at Arms, and Two hundred Archers. And the next ensuing Year constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk; he was also created Earl of Surrey, at such time as John his Father was made Duke of Norfolk, by King Richard the Third. And though he took part with that King, and Fought valiantly on his behalf at Bosworth Field, where he was taken Prisoner, yet did King Henry the Seventh afterwards receive him into Favour, and made choice of him for one of his Privy Council, being a person of great Prudence, Gravity and Constancy; whom he served faithfully, during the whole time of his Reign.

In the Fourth Year of Henry the Seventh he was in Parliament restored to his Title of Earl of Surrey, and to all those Lands which were of his Wifes Inheritance. And the same Year, upon the Insurrection in the North, occasioned by the assessing of a Subsidy (wherein the Earl of Northumberland was Murdered, through the fury of the Multitude) he was sent with a strong power for the suppressing thereof: And in the Eighth of Henry the Seventh was again imployed into the North, to restrain the incursions of the Scots.

In the Thirteenth of Henry the Seventh, upon the Siege of Norham Castle by those bold Invaders, (being then in York-shire) he March'd towards them; but be­fore he could reach to Norham, they quited their ground, and retired into their own Country; whereupon he followed them with his Army and made great spoil within their borders.

About this time he made partition with Maurice, Brother of William Marquess of Berkley, of the Lands which came to them by Inheritance, by reason of their Descent from the Coheirs to Mowbray Duke of Norfolk. And in the Fifteenth of Henry the Seventh attended the King and Queen to Calis.

In the Sixteenth of Henry the Seventh (25 Junii) he had that great Office of Lord Treasurer of England conferr'd on him. And in the Two and twentieth of Henry the Seventh obtained a Special Livery of all the Lands, whereof his Fa­ther died seized. In the First of Henry the Eighth, being likewise made one of the Privy Council to that King, he had his Patent for Lord Treasurer renewed: And in the Second of Henry the Eighth was constituted Earl Marshal of England for Life.

In the Fourth of Henry the Eighth, upon that Expedition then made by that King into France (at which time Therouane, and Tourney were taken) he was sent Northwards to prevent the Scots Incursions, during the Kings absence: But before he got far enough to make resistance, King James the Fourth of Scotland, having entred the borders, with a powerful Army, took Norham Castle. Of which this Valiant Earl being advertised, he made the more speed thitherwards (his Army consisting of Twenty six thousand) appointing Thomas his Son, then Lord Admi­ral, to come by Sea, and meet him at or near Alnwick in Northumberland: Which he accordingly did, bringing with him a Thousand stout Men (some say Five thou­sand.) Hereupon, having intelligence, That the Scots had Intrench'd themselves on a Hill called Floden, on the edge of the Mountain Cheviot; and finding the Country so Forraged that he could not long continue there, he sent Rouge-Cross Herald, on Sunday the Fourth of September, conducted by a Trumpet, with instructions to tell that King, That having violated his Faith and League, and Hostily entred Eng­land, he resolved on the Friday next following, to bid him Battle, if he would ac­cept it.

Whereupon King James accepting the Challenge, he March'd within Three Miles of Floden; and discerning that the Scots still kept the Hill, he sent Rouge-Cross again, with a Letter subscribed by himself, and his Son, the Lord Admiral, with divers others, moving them to come down into the Plain: Unto which no satisfactory Answer being given, he March'd on with his Army, to cut off their Victuals, in case they would not draw down. The Scots therefore being aware of that danger, fired their Huts and dislodged, covertly by the advantage of the Smoak; but kept still on the higher Ground. This Earl therefore traversing some Bogs and Marshes, till he came to the bottom of the ascent, and finding it not very steep encouraged his Men to Fight, marching speedily on; his Two Sons, Thomas and Edmond leading the Van of the Battle, himself and Sir Edward Stanly the Rear: The Lord Dacres, with the Horse, being appointed as a reserve. Whereupon the Fight began, which was stoutly maintained on both sides for Three hours; till at length, the Scots, for the better avoiding the storm of Arrows, opening their Ranks, the Lord Dacres came in with his Horse, and put them so to it, that they were constrain'd to cast themselves into a ring, doing all that Valiant Men could do, and no Man more than the King himself; yet he lost the day, him­self being slain upon the place by a mortal Wound with an Arrow, and another with a Bill. For which memorable Service this Earl had thereupon a special Grant from King Henry, to himself, and the Heirs Male of his Body, of an honourable augmentation to his Arms, to bear on the Bend thereof, the upper half of a Red Lion (Depicted as the Arms of Scotland are) pierced through the Mouth with an Arrow: And by Letters Patent, bearing date the First of February next ensuing, was advanced to the Dignity of Duke of Norfolk; which Title, John his Father, deriving his Descent (through the Heirs Female of Mowbray and Seagrave) from Thomas of Brotherton, Son to King Edward the First, did enjoy; the Ceremony of his Creation being performed at Lambeth the Day following, which was the Festi­val of Our Ladies Purification. And by other Letters Patent bearing date the same First of February, obtained a Grant in Special Tail, of the Mannors of Acton-Burnel, [Page 355]Holgat, Abeton, Millenchop, Langdon, Chatwall, Smithecote, Wolstanton, Ʋp­pington, and Rushbury, in Comitatu Salopiae, Solihull, in Com. Warr. Wolverhampton, in Com. Staff. Birehust, and Ʋptonlovel, in Com. Wilts; Erdescote, in Com. Berks; Hon­nesdon, Estwike, Barley and Hide, in Com. Hertf. Kentcote and Kerdwike, in Com. Oxon. Eastwickham, in Com. Kanc. of the Castles of Balesover and Horeston, and Mannor of Horsley, in Com. Derb. and of the Mannors of Clipston, Limby, Mauncefield, Wood-house, and Sutton in Ashfield, in Com. Nott. to be held by the Service of one Knight's Fee.

Upon the Second of March next following, he had a new Patent (by the Title of Duke of Norfolk) for the Office of Lord Treasurer of England: And in the Sixth Year of Henry the Eighth, upon the Contract of Marriage betwixt Lewis de Longueville, on the behalf of Lewis the Twelfth of France, and the Lady Mary, Sister to King Henry the Eighth, the King himself conducting her to the Sea side, recommended her to the care of this Duke, who Landing with her at Boloigne, brought her to Abbeville; where (upon the Ninth of October) King Lewis himself solemnly Consummated the Marriage. But in the Seventh of Henry the Eighth, observing that the Kings Coffers were much exhausted by his Wars and Triumphs, and not finding it easie to supply these vast Expences, which (in Pageants, and other devices) increased daily, he wisely withdrew himself.

In the Thirteenth of Henry the Eighth (13 Maii) he performed the Office of Lord High Steward, upon the Tryal of Edward Duke of Buckingham, and gave Sentence of Death upon him, but not without Tears. And in the Fourteenth of Henry the Eighth, obtained a Grant in Special Tail, and to his Son Thomas Earl of Surrey, of the Mannors of Welles, Shyringham Stafford, Barningham, Warham, and Waveton, in Com. Suff. with the Advousons of the Churches, part of the Pos­sessions of the before specified Edward Duke of Buckingham attainted.

By his Testament, bearing date ult. Maii, Anno. 1520. (12. H. VIII.) he bequeath­ed his Body to be Buried in the Church of the Priory of Thetford, in Com. Norf. before the High-Altar; appointing that his Executors should cause a Tomb to be made, and set up there, with the Images of himself, and Agnes his Wife thereon; allowing for the charge thereof CXXXIIIl VIs VIIId He also bequeathed to his Son, and Heir Apparent, who should be living at his Decease, his great hanged Bed, paled with Cloth of Gold, white Damask, and black Velvet, broidered with these Two Letters T and A, as also one suit of Hangings of the story of Hercules, made for the great Chamber at Framingham in Norfolk. And departing this Life at his said Castle of Framingham, 21 Maii, Anno 1524. (16. H. VIII.) had Burial in the Priory of Thetford accordingly.

He Married two Wives, first Elizabeth, Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Frederick Tilney, Knight, Widow of Humphrey Bourchier Lord Berners: Which Elizabeth, by her Testament, bearing Date Nov. 6. Anno 1506. (22. H. VII.) bequeathed her Body to be Interr'd in the Nuns Quire of the Minoresses without Aldgate in Lon­don, nigh unto the place where Anne Montgomery lay Buried: appointing that no more than Twenty Torches should be used at her Burial, and Months-mind; also, that no Dole, or Money, should be given at either of these Solemnities; but in­stead thereof, a Hundred Marks to be distributed to the poor folks, viz. to every poor Man and Woman, in the Parishes of White-Chappel and Hackney, vij d.

By this Elizabeth he had Issue Eight Sons, 1. Thomas, created Earl of Surrey in his life time. 2. Sir Edward Howard, Knight of the Garter. 3. Edmond. The other Five, viz. Henry, John, Charles, Henry, and Richard all dying young: And Three Daughters, 1. Elizabeth, Married to Thomas Viscount Rochford, (afterwards Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond) 2. Muriell, first Married to John Grey Viscount Lisle, afterwards to Sir Thomas Knevet of Buckingham, in Com. Norf. Knight: And 3. Mary, Married to Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke of Richmond and Sommerset, Natural Son to King Henry the Eighth.

To his Second Wife he Wedded Agnes, Daughter to Sir Philip Tilney, Knight; by whom he had Issue, William, afterwards created Baron Howard of Effingham, (of [Page 356]whom, and his Descendants, I shall say more anon.) 2. Thomas, who taking to Wife the Lady Margaret Douglas, (Daughter to Margaret Queen of Scots, by her Husband the Earl of Angus) Niece to King Henry; was attainted of Treason, upon some suspition of his intents for aspiring to the Crown; and departing this life in the Tower of London, 1. Nov. Anno 1537. (29. Eliz.) was Buried at Thetford. 3. Richard, who died Anno 1517. (9. H. 8.) and was Buried at Lambeth. And Four Daughters, Anne, Married to John Earl of Oxford; Dorothy to Edward Earl of Derby, Elizabeth to Henry Earl of Sussex; and Katharine, first Married to Sir Rice ap Thomas, Knight, but afterwards to Henry Daubeny Earl of Bridgwater.

Polydore Virgil, pag. 567.
Reckoning up those the King chose for his Council.

ET Thomas Howardus, Comes Surriae, vir Prudentia, Gravitate, & Constantia summa.

Polydore Virgil, pag. 621.

JAM dies Concilii ad Westmonasterium habendi advenerat, ubi Henricus, cum Katharina Uxore, à Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo corona redimitur, sacraturque, Octavo Kal. Julii, Anno qui fuit salutis humanae MDIX, quo ejus pater è vita excesserat, qui dictus est Henricus, eo nomine octavus, dum publicum gaudium celebratur, Laetitiam moeror velut saepe Comes sequitur: Margareta enim Henrici avia, moritur, ob cujus obitum non nihil respublica damni fecit; quippe mulier erat prudentissima atque sanctissima, quae cum videret Henrico per aetatem non li­cere suum officium praestare, ita à principio providere, consulere, prospicere coe­pit, ut summa imperii penes optimos quosque principes esset, quo ne quid ipsa respublica detrimenti acciperet, quae aliquot menses communi multorum Concilio gubernata, postremo ad duos, Ricardum Wintoniensem Episcopum, & Thomam Comitem Surreium, administratio pervenit, qui inter se secretas habebant simul­tates, quas authoritatis aemulatio in dies singulos magis magisque augebat. In iis diversa erant studia: Wintoniensis, suis amplis rebus contentus, Regis tantum & republicae utilitatem quaerebat: Comes vero, qui olim paternae haereditatis majori ex parte, propter Civilia Bella & Factionum Seditiones, Naufragium fecerat, suo interim privato commodo inservire cogebatur, qui idcirco ad latus Regis quotidie adhaerens, bene magna identidem ab eo beneficia habebat, quae ille tam suis quam aliis postea ad arbitrium suum daret, tribueret, deferret. Ista Wintoniensi visa sunt eo brevi tempore evasura, ut Comes primas apud principem teneret omnino, nisi maturè obviam ejus conatibus praeiretur, id quod sibi modis omnibus facien­dum deliberavit. Accessit in eandem palaestram & tertius, Guilielmus Conton, in Regio cubiculo primus Minister; sed is cum magis rei familiari quàm potentiae studeret, nihil dabat suspicionis. Interea Christopherus Benbricus, Eboracensis Archiepiscopus, Romam Legatus ad Julium Romanum Pontificem Mittitur, & Thomas Ruthal designatur Dunelmensis Episcopus.

WILLIAM HOWARD, Peer of England, Lord Baron of Ef­fingham, Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Privy Seal, and Privy Councellor to the Queens, Mary and Elizabeth. CHAPTER II.

Baronage of England, Pag. 278.
Howard of Effingham.

HAving thus Finish'd with the Principal Stemm of this most Noble Family, I come to those Collateral Branches as are not yet spoke of: And first, to William, Son to Thomas, the Second Duke of Norfolk of this House, by Agnes his Second Wife, Daughter of Hugh Tilney, and Sister and Heir to Sir Phi­lip Tilney of Boston, in Com. Linc. Knight.

This William in 24. H. VIII. was one of the Attendants of that King to Calis, and so to Boloigne, at such time as he was there Magnificently received by Francis the First, King of France: And in 26. H. VIII. sent into Scotland, to present King James the Fifth, with the Order of the Garter: Also, to acquaint him with the intended Interview betwixt King Henry, and King Francis of France: And intreat­ing his Presence thereat, to desire his Coming through England, to accompany King Henry to Calis.

In 27. H. VIII. he was sent with Dr. William Barlow, Bishop of St. Asaph, to the same King of Scots, to perswade him to enterview with King Henry; as also, to make certain advantageous Propositions to him. And in 35. H. VIII. upon that unhappy Deportment of Katharine Howard, his Niece, Fifth Wife of King Henry, for which she lost her Head, (being newly return'd from an Embassy into France) he was Indicted (as was also his Wife, and the old Duthess of Norfolk) for Mis­prision of Treason, (in concealing what they knew of that Queen's Behaviour there­in) and condemned to perpetual Imprisonment: But at length, through the King's Favour, enlarged; and in 6. Edw. VI. made Deputy of Calis; being a very valiant Person, and perfectly Loyal to both those Kings. He had such Esteem from Queen Mary, as that by Letters Patents, bearing Date 11. Martii, in the First Year of her Reign, he was advanced to the Degree and Dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title of Lord Howard of Effingham; as also, the Twentieth of the same Month, made Lord Admiral of England, Ireland, and Wales: And upon the Second of A­pril next ensuing, took his Place in Parliament amongst the rest of the Peers: Al­so, upon the Eighth of that Month, constituted Lord Admiral, and Lieutenant Ge­neral of all her Forces at Sea: He was likewise Lord Chamberlain of her House­hold. And in the 1. Eliz. had the same Honourable Office conferred on him by that Queen.

After this he was sent Ambassador, with the Lord Cobham, to the Spaniard into the Netherlands; and in 12. Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Sussex, General of those Forces then sent against the Earls of Northumberland and VVestmoreland, at that Time in Rebellion. In 15. Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate at the Tryal of the Duke of Norfolk. And by his Testament, bearing Date 6. Maii, (11. Eliz.) being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Rygate, in Com. Sur. appointing a Tomb to be there made for him. And to Charles, his Son and Heir, bequeathed his Collar of Gold, and all his Robes belonging to the Order of the Garter.

He Married Two Wives; first, Katharine Daughter and Co-heir to Sir John Broughton, of Tuddington, in Com. Bedf. Knight; by whom he had Issue, only one [Page 358]Daughter, called Agnes, Married to VVilliam Pawlet, the Third Marquis of VVin­chester: Secondly, Margaret, Daughter of Sir Thomas Ganiage, Knight; which Mar­garet departed this Life . . . . . Maii, Anno 1581. (23. Eliz.) by whom he had Issue four Sons, viz. Charles, who succeeded him in his Honour; VVilliam Howard of Lingfield, in Com. Sur. Edward and Henry, who died Young: Also Five Daughters; First, Douglas, Married first to John Lord Sheffield; afterwards to Robert Earl of Leicester, as hath been pretended; and thirdly, to Sir Edward Stafford of Grafton, Knight: Secondly, Mary; first, to Edward Lord Dudley; afterwards to Richard Montpession, Esquire. Thirdly, Frances, to Edward Earl of Hertford. Fourthly, Martha, to Sir George Bourchier, Knight, (Third Son to John Earl of Bath.) And, Fifthly, Katharine, who died young. And departing this Life at Hampton-Court, 11. Jan. 15. Eliz. was honourably Buried at Rygate in Surrey, upon the 29th. of the same Month.

A Patent whereby Queen Mary does create William Lord Howard Baron of Effingham.

MARIA Dei Gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Regina, Fidei Defensor, Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciarils, Vice­comitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis, & Fidelibus suis, salutem. Cum enim praeteritorum Magnifica gesta Principum saltem, qui sua Industria atque Vir­tute, famam nobis reliquere Immortalem, ad mentem revocemus, nil Prudentius, nil laude Dignius pro prospero atque Felici ipsorum Statu, Salute, securoque Successu, eos fecisse arbitramur, qui quando Fideles, Diligentes, strenuosque suos servientes Facultatibus, Regimine, & Honore, condigne remunerari, caeterisque praeferre de­creverint, sicque sua iis Beneficia juxta eorum Virtutes, atque Merita, benignè con­ferre curarunt. Nos eorum mores imitantes, non solum Nobilitatem atque Constan­tiam, imo probitatem, ac in Armis strenuitatem, caeterasque virtutes Domini Willi­elmi Howard, militis nostri intime dilecti, non modica cum deliberatione maturè considerantes ipsum Willielmum Howard in Baronum Parliamenti, & Regni nostri Angliae, ex mero motu, gratiaque, nostris ordinavimus, deputavimus, creavimus, & constituimus, prout per praesentes ordinamus, deputamus, creamus, & constitui­mus, atque titulum, nomen, & stilum Baronis Howard de Effingham, locumque in singulis Parliamentis infra idem Regnum nostrum Angliae posthac celebrandis, caeteraque jura, Privilegiaque nostra ipsius Regni Baronibus ejusdem ex Lege, consue­tudine, aliove quovis pacto pertinentia, eidem Willielmo, damus, & concedimus, eis­que ipsum adeo liberè, & amplè uti, & gaudere, sicut unquam aliquis Baro hu­jus Regni nostri usus fuit, aut debuit, volumus habendum hujusmodi statum, titu­lum, nomen, & stilum Baronis Howard de Effingham praedicta, atque locum in Par­liamentis praedictis, ac caetera praemissa praefato Willielmo, & haeredibus suis mas­culis, de corpore suo excuntibus, in perpetuum, eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore animi, aut de certitudine praemissorum, sive eorum alicujus, aut de aliis do­nis, sive concessionibus, per nos, seu per aliquem progenitorum nostrorum praefato Willielmo ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minime factum existit. Aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, provisione, sive restrictione inde in contrarium ante haec editis, factis, seu ordinatis, seu provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia qua­qunque in aliquo non obstante, his testibus Reverend' in Christo Patre, ac praedilecto & fideli Conciliario nostro, Stephano Wintoniensi Episcopo, summo nostro Angliae Cancellario, charissimis consanguineis, & Conciliariis nostris, Willielmo Marchione Winton, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, ac Thesaurario nostro Angliae, Henrico, Comite Arundel, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, ac Domino senescallo Hospitii nostri, Johanne Comite Bedford, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, ac Custode privati sigilli nostri, Henrico, Comite Sussex, Willielmo, Comite Pembroke, praenobilis or­dinis Garterii Milite, praedilectis & fidelibus Conciliariis nostris, Willielmo Domino Paget de Bewdesert, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, Reverendo in Christo Pa­tre [Page 359]Cutberto Dunelmens. Episcopo, Johanne Gage, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, Domino Camerario nostro, Roberto Rotchester, Milite, contrarotulatore Hospitii nostri, Henrico Jernynham, Milite, Vicecamerario nostro, Willielmo Petre, Milite, uno Primariorum Secretariorum nostorum, & Johanne Bourne, Milite, altero Prima­riorum Secretariorum nostrorum. Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium undecimo die Martii, Anno Regni nostri primo, per ipsam Reginam.

Sigillum Eden.

Herbert's History of Henry the Eighth, pag. 535.

BUT it rested not here; for the Lord William Howard, the Queen's Uncle, new­ly returned from an Embassage in France, and his Wife, and the old Dutch­ess of Norfolk, and divers of the Queen's, and the said Dutchess's Kindred and Ser­vants, and a Butter-Wife, were Indicted of Misprision of Treason, as concealing this Fact, and condemned to perpetual Prison; though yet, by the King's Favour, some of them were at length Released.

Commission of Queen Mary, To be High Admiral of England.

MARIA Dei Gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Regina, omnibus, ad quos, &c. Salutem. Sciatis quod nos ob certas causas, & considerationes nos specialiter moventes, ac in consideratione boni, veri, & fidelis Servitii per di­lectum Conciliarium nostrum, Willielmum Howard, Militem, Dominum Howard de Effingham, ante haec tempora facti, & impensi, de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex cer­ta Scientia, & mero motu nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, damus, & concedimus, eidem Domino Howard, officium magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, Hiberniae, Walliae, ac Dominio­rum & Insularum eorundem, Villae nostrae in Cales, ac Marchiarum nostrarum ejus­dem, Normanum Gastonum, & Aquitanum, ac ipsum Dominum Howard, magnum Admirallum nostrum Angliae, Hiberniae, & Walliae, ac Dominiorum & Insularum nostrarum eorundem, Villae nostrae Cales, & Marchiarum nostrarum ejusdem, Nor­manum Gastonum, & Aquitanum, necnon praefectum generalem Classis, & Marium, dictorum Regnorum nostrorum Angliae, & Hiberniae, ac Dominiorum & Insularum eorundem, fecimus, constituimus, & ordinavimus, ac per praesentes facimus, consti­tuimus, & ordinamus: Et ulterius sciatis, quod nos de Gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, damus, & concedimus eidem Domino Howard, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, & praefecto Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, omnia & omnimodas jurisdictiones, autoritates, libertates, officia, feoda, proficua, vadia, emolumenta wrecum maris, & maris ejectum, regardia, ad­vantagia, commoditates, & praeminentia quaecunque eidem officio magni Ad­miralli nostri Angliae, & Hiberniae, ac aliorum locorum, & Dominiorum praedicto­rum qualitercunque spectantia, & pertinentia, sive incumbentia, vel aliquo modo ab antiquo, & perantea debita, sive consueta; necnon tam bona, & catalla quo­rumcunque praedictorum piratorum, homicidarum, & felonum, qualitercunque infra nostram jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae, inferius limitatam, delinquentium; quam bona, debita, & catalla omnium & singulorum eorum manutenentium accessa­riorum, consulentium, auxiliantium, vel assistentium quorumcunque, & eorum mi­nistrorum; atque etiam bona, debita, & catalla quarumcunque personarum felonum de se, & cujuslibet personae felonis de se, infra praedictam nostram jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, quovis modo, seu qualitercunque ad mortem devenientium, ubicunque bona, debita, vel catalla hujusmodi, aut aliqua parcella eorundem, per mare, aquam, vel terram, infra Regna nostra praedicta, seu Domi­nia nostra eorundem, tam infra libertates, quam extra fuerint inventa, seu inveni­enda, forisfacta, seu forisfacienda, vel existentia quaecunque: Et etiam bona, de­bita, [Page 360]& catalla, quarumcunque aliarum personarum felonum de se, & cujuslibet aliae personae felonis de se infra jurisdictionem nostram praedictam reperta, seu re­perienda, aut contingentia quaecunque; & praeterea tam bona, dedita, & catalla quorumcunque aliorum praedictorum felonum & homicidarum ubique locorum de­linquentium; ac bona, debita, & catalla eorum manutenentium, accessariorum, consulentium, auxiliantium, seu assistentium; quam etiam bona, debita, & catalla quorumcunque fugitivorum, convictorum, attaintorum, damnatorum, utlatorum, vel in exigendo vel productione felonia, homicidia vel murdra, seu aliquo alio quocunque offenso, aut delicto, qualitercunque posito, sive ponendo; necnon & bona naviata Flotsfonde, Jetsond, Lagon, & Shares, ac thesaurum inventum, seu inveniendum, deodanda, ac bona inimicorum pro derelicta habita, vel habenda, seu casu fortuito reperta, aut reperienda, vel qualitercunque debita, seu debenda; necnon omnia bona mercimonia, & catalla deperdita in mare inventa, sive extra mare projecta, atque etiam omnia & singula alia casualia, tam in, super, seu per mare, litorave, crecas, aut costeras maris, vel partes Maritimas, quam in, super, vel per aquas dulces, portus, flumina publica, rivos, seu crecas quascunque, aut loca superundata quaecunque, infra fluxum vel refluxum maris, seu aquae ad pleni­tudinem, aut super litora, vel ripas alicujus eorundem, à quibuscunque primis pontibus versus Mare per Regnum Nostrum Angliae, aut Hiberniae, seu Dominia nostra praedicta, qualitercunque, quandocunque, vel quomodocunque emergentium, contingentium, seu provenientium quaecunque; vel ubicunque bona, debita, vel catalla hujusmodi aut caetera praemissa, seu aliqua parcella eorundem infra juris­dictionem nostram Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae reperiantur, aut invenire seu reperiri contingunt, vel quae ad nos nunc pertinent, aut unquam à die obitûs Domini Edwardi Sexti, nuper Regis Angliae defuncti, quovis modo pertinuerunt, seu pertinere debuerunt, aut debent ullo modo, Areriam, Anchoragia, Beothona­gia, seu signa per mare, vel portus, seu publica flumina, sive litora & promon­toria alicujus eorundem pro directione navium erecta, & lastagia seu arenosam navium onerationem, atque Pisces Regales, videlicet Sturgiones, Balaenas, Cetas, Porpesias, Delphinos, Riggs, & Graspes, ac generaliter caeteros Pisces quoscunque, magnam sive ingentem crassitudinem, sive pinguedinem, in se habentes, eidem officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, ab antiquo, de jure vel consuetudine, pertinentes seu spectantes, aut aliquo modo consueta. Et insuper omnes, & omnimodas fines, mulctas, exitus, forisfacta, amerciamenta, redemptiones, ac re­cognitiones quascunque, forisfacta, & poenas pecuniarum, pro transgressionibus, de­lictis, injuriis, extortionibus, contemptibus, ac aliis malefactis quibuscunque, vel pro aliqua alia re, materia, seu causa quacunque impositas, vel inflictas, aut im­ponendas, vel infligendas tam coram dicto magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, seu ali­quo ejus locum tenente Officiali Commissario, Vice-admirallo, vel deputato vi­gore harum literarum nostrarum Patentium, per eum assignando, vel deputando, in aliqua curia Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, tenta, sive tenenda, praesentatas, sive praesentandas assidendas, afferendas, forisfaciendas, vel adjudicandas; quam etiam amerciamenta, exitus, fines, perquisita, mulctas, & poenas pecuniarum quas­cunque, ac forisfactionem quarumcunque recognitionum, coram dicto magno Admi­rallo nostro Angliae, ejusque locum Tenente, Vice-admirallo, vel Deputatis, ac aliis Justiciariis, seu haeredibus, vel successoribus nostrum Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, vel quatuor corundem, ad omnia Productiones, Felonias, Ro­berias, ac Murdras, Homicidia, Confederationes, ac alia Offensa, Transgressiones, Comtemptus, Misprisiones, Spoliationes & Maleficia, infra jurisdictionem nostram maritimam, commissa sive committenda, audienda, & terminanda per literas no­stras commissionales patentes, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum juxto statuta inde edita, & consuetudinem Curiae principalis Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae fub Magno Sigillo Angliae, factas, & fiendas, assignatas, sive assignandas, contingentia, sive imposita, aut imponenda, vel affligenda, sive aliquo modo affligenda, afferen­da, forisfacienda, seu adjudicanda, aut aliquo modo, occasione praemissorum, nobis [Page 361]vel haeredibus seu successoribus nostris, in ea parte qualitercunque debita, seu de­benda quaecunque, eademque omnia & singula petenda, exigenda, levanda, capi­enda, recipienda, & obtinenda, ac liberè disponenda, habenda, gaudenda, occu­panda, & exercenda, dictum officium magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, Hiberniae, Walliae, Cales, & Marchiarum eorundum, Normanum Gasconum & Aquitanum, ac Praefecti generalis Classis & Marium nostrorum praedictorum eidem Domino Howard pro termino vitae suae, per se, vel per sufficientem deputatum suum, sive deputatos suos sufficientes, unà cum omnibus & singulis praemissis, ac aliis rebus qui­buscunque, eidem officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae quovis modo pertinenti­bus, devenientibus, incumbentibus, sive spectantibus, seu perantea ab antiquo de­bitis, vel consuetis, absque compoto, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haeredibus, vel successo­ribus nostris, proinde reddenda, solvenda, seu facienda, aliquibus Statutis, actibus, ordinationibus, prohibitionibus, restrictionibus in contrarium factis, editis, ordi­natis vel positis, aut aliqua alia re, materia, seu causa quacunque in aliquo non obstante. Et insuper ex uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successo­ribus nostris, damus, concedimus eidem Domino Howard, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, ac Praefecto Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, pro occupatione & exercitio dicti officii magni Admiralli nostri Angliae praedictae, quandam annuita­tem, sive annualem redditum ducentarum marcarum legalis monetae Angliae, unà cum omnibus & singulis caeteris praemissis, habendum, gaudendum, & annuatim percipiendum praedictam annuitatem, sive annualem redditum ducentarum marca­rum, praefato Domino Howard, à Festo Nativitatis Domini ultimo praeterito de thesauro nostro ad receptam scaccarii nostri, per manus thesaurariorum & Came­rariorum nostrorum dicti Scaccarii pro tempore existentis, ad quatuor anni termi­nos, videlicet, ad Festa Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis, Nativitatis Sancti Jo­hannis Baptistae, Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Nativitatis Domini, per aequales portiones solvendum. Et praeterea de uberiori Gratia nostra, ac ex certa Scientia, & mero motu, nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haere­dibus & successoribus nostris, damus, & concedimus praefato Domino Howard, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto Generali Classis, & Marium nostro­rum praedictorum, plenam jurisdictionem, potestatem, & authoritatem, audiendi, examinandi, & terminandi quascunque Causas Civiles & Maritimas, atque quere­las, contractus, delicta, seu quasi delicta, crimina, debita, exchambia, compotas, literas petitas, conventiones, lites, transgressiones, injurias, extorsiones, & de­manda, ac negotia Civilia, & Maritima quaecunque inter mercatores, aut inter Do­minos, & proprietarios Navium, & aliorum vasorum, & mercatores seu alios quoscunque cum eisdem Dominiis, & proprietariis Naviis, & caeterorum vasorum quorumcunque infra jurisdictionem nostram Maritimam Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, occupatorum vel usitatorum, seu inter quascunque alias personas qualiter­cunque habitas, factas, initas, seu contractas, pro aliqua re, materia, seu causa, vel negotio, seu injuria quacunque, tam in, super, vel per mare, aut flumina pub­lica, seu aquas dulces, portus, rivos, seu crecas, & loca fuperundata quaecunque, infra fluxum, & refluxum maris, & aquae ad plenitudinem, vel super litora, seu ri­pas quascunque, eisdem vel eorum alicui adjacentes à quibuscunque primis pon­tibus versus mare, per dicta Regna nostra Angliae, & Hiberniae, seu Dominia no­stra eorundem supradicta, vel alibi ultra mare, aut in partibus ultramarinis quibus­cunque expedita, seu expedienda, unà cum omnibus & singulis suis infidentibus, emergentibus, dependentibus, annexis, & connexis causis quibuscunque, ubicunque, seu qualitercunque hujusmodi causas, querelas, contractus, & alia praemissa supra­dicta, vel eorum aliquod oriri, celebrari, contrahi, vel fieri contingat. Atque insuper causas appellationum & nullitatis querelarum ex causis praedictis, seu earum aliqua, à quibuscunque Judicibus, Justiciariis, Vice-admirallis, Majoribus, Vice-comitibus, Senescallis, Ballivis, seu ab Officiaris vel ministris quibuscunque ad curiam nostram principalis Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae interpositarum, [Page 362]seu interponendarum, cum omnibus & singulis suis emergentibus, dependentibus, connexis, & annexis causis & negotiis quibuscunque, juxta leges nostras Civiles & Maritimas, ac consuetudinem Curiae nostrae principalis Admiralitatis nostrae prae­dictae, in eadem Curia nostra audiendis, & terminandis, cum plena potestate, & authoritate nostris inhibendum, prohibendum, & supersedere faciendum, & man­dandum omnibus, & singulis, quibus in ea parte fuerit inhibendum, superseden­dum, vel prohibendum, quod ipsi, & eorum aliquis, pendentes in dictâ Curiâ nostrâ, hujusmodi appellationes, sive nullitatis querelae, negotiis indiscussis, ulteriùs in ea parte procedere minimè attemptent, nec attemptet, sub poenis, arbitrio dicti magni Admiralli nostri, in ea parte limitandis, seu interponendis, necnon querelas omnium & singulorum contractuum, conventionum, ac causarum, & negotiorum civilium, & maritimorum ultra mare proficiendorum, vel ultra mare contractorum, ac in hoc Regno nostro Angliae, vel dicto Regno nostro Hiberniae, vel in aliquo alio Dominio nostro eorundem perimplendorum, seu perficiendorum, qualitercunque emergentium, seu contingentium, areriam, cognitionem caeterorum omnium & sin­gulorum, quae ad officium magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, & Praefectum gene­ralem Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, vel jurisdictionem nostram Maritimam nostrae Admiralitatis Angliae praedictae quovis modo tangunt, vel aliquo modo concernunt, aut ab antiquo pertinere debuerunt, aut debent. Et generaliter ad cognoscendum, & procedendum in omnibus, & singulis aliis causis, litibus, criminibus, delictis, excessibus, querelis, injuriis, maleficiis, seu quasi malesiciis, transgressionibus, regretariis, forstallariis, & negotiis Maritimis quibuscunque per Regna nostra, & loca praedicta infra jurisdictionem nostram Maritimam Admira­litatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, per mare, vel aquam, aut ripas, seu litora eorun­dem qualitercunque facta, commissa, perpetrata, aut emergentia; unà cum po­testate & authoritate recognitiones quascunque pro conventionibus seu debitis qui­buscunque capiendas, easque executionum ponendas, & exequi faciendas & man­dandas; necnon naves, personas, res, bona, merces, & mercimonia quaecunque pro praemissis, & eorum quolibet, ac aliis causis quibuscunque eadem concernen­tia ubique locorum fuerint reperta, seu inventa per Regna, seu Dominia nostra praedicta infra libertates, seu extra Areriam, pro aliis conventionibus, causis, seu debitis quibuscunque, qualitercunque contractis, sive emergentibus, dummodo bona, seu personae debitorum reperiantur infra jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae prae­dictae ab antiquo usitatas, realiter arrestandas, & arrestari faciendas, & mandan­das, ipsasque & ipsa cum suis emergentibus, dependentibus, insidentibus, annexis, & connexis causis, & negotiis quibuscunque, juxta leges, & consuetudines praedi­ctas, aliisque viis, modis, & mediis omnibus & singulis, quibus idem magnus Admirallus noster & Praefectus generalis Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedicto­rum meliùs sciverit, & poterit, ad audiendum, examinandum, discutiendum, & sine debito terminandum. Ac personas quascunque in ea parte, prout casus exiget in dicta Curia Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, coram dicto Admi­rallo nostro Angliae, seu ejus deputato quocunque, seu deputatis comparere, & respondere, cum cujuslibet coercionis potestate, ac cum suis alternis poenae & mulctae, juxta leges, & consuetudines praedictas compellendum, ac justitiam faci­endum & ministrandum, etiam juris ordine servato seu velo servato, sine strepitu & sigura justitii sola facta, & rei veritate inspecta procedendum. Necnon ad in­quirendum per Sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum, tam infra libertates quàm extra, de omnibus & singulis, quae de jure, statutis, ordinationibus, vel consuetudinibus Curiae nostrae principalis nostrae Admiralitatis Angliae prae­dictae ab antiquo inquiri solent vel deberent. Reofque, contemptores ac juris & jurisdictionis nostrorum praedictorum violatores, & usurpatores, delinquentes, & contumaciter absentes, naucleros, marinarios, remiges, piscatores, naupegos, & alios operarios & expertos quoscunque, res nauticas quascunque exercentes, tam juxta & secundùm leges nostras Civiles & Maritimas, ac ordinationem & consue­tudinem praedictam, & eorum demerita, quam juxta & secundùm Statuta Regni [Page 363]nostri Angliae in ea parte edita, & posita, mulctandum, corrigendum, puniendum, castigandum, & reformandum, ac in quibuscunque carceribus nostris, ubique locorum, infra Regna & Dominia nostra praedicta, incarcerandum, & incarcerari faciendum & mandandum, incarceratosque quoscunque, qui deliberandi fuerint, deliberandum, & penitùs exonerandum, & exonerari faciendum & mandandum, fluminaque nostra pub­lica, portus, rivos, & aquas dulces, & crecas quascunque infra jurisdictionem nostram maritimam, ubicunque locorum, infra Regna & Dominia nostra praedicta existentia, pro conservatione tam Classis nostrae ac Classium & Navigiorum regnorum & domi­niorum nostrorum praedictorum, quàm piscium in eisdem fluminibus & locis prae­dictis crescentium quorumcunque, necnon & ordinationes & statuta quaecunque in ea parte edita & posita, debitè conservandum, & exequi ac conservari faciendum, subconservatoresque deputandum, & assignandum, omniaque alia & singula facien­dum, exercendum, expediendum, ac exequendum in praemissis, & eorum quolibet, prout de jure, & secundùm leges, & consuetudines praedictas fuerint facienda. Necnon & reta minus stricta, ac alia ingenia, sive instrumenta illicita quaecunque, ubicunque locorum, per flumina publica, portus, rivos, aquas dulces, seu crecas quascunque infra jurisdictonem nostram maritimam Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae per aquam occupata, sive exercita, ac exercitatores, & occupatores eorun­dem, juxta dicta Statuta, & ordinationes Regni nostri Angliae praedictae, in contra­rium editas, & positas, puniendum, corrigendum, & reformandum, ac insuper tam naves, & naviculas, seu vasa quaecunque, pro quibuscunque voyagiis, & nego­tiis nostris, vel expeditione eorundem; necnon nautas, sive Pilotas Navium, Ma­gistros, Naucleros, & Vibrillatores, sive Bombardarios & Marinarios, ac alias per­sonas quascunque, pro Navibus & Naviculis, seu vasibus hujusmodi aptas, & ido­neas de tempore in tempus quoties necesse fuerit, ubique locorum, infra Regna & Dominia nostra praedicta, infra libertates & extra congregandum, delegandum, reti­nendum, capiendum, arrestandum, deputandum, & assignandum, absque interrupti­one seu impedimento per quemcunque alium in contrarium fiendum, cum plena jurisdictione, & potestate ad exequendum omnia alia & singula, quae in ea parte per magnum Admirallum generalem nostrum, & Praefectum Classis & Marium nostrorum fieri possint, debent, vel solent expediri, vel necesse fuerint expedienda vel exequenda aoprout eidem magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto Classis, & Marium nostro­rum praedictorum, de tempore in tempus magis expediens visum fuerit; concessimus praeterea, & de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris dedi­mus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, damus, & concedi­mus eidem Domino Howard, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ac omnia, & singula alia eidem officio pertinentia, & spectantia, per Regna & Dominia nostra praedicta, & quodlibet eorundem, meliùs & commodiùs exequi, & perimpleri valeat, vel possit, plenam potestatem, & autoritatem, quoties opus & necesse fuerit, ad nominandum, profi­ciendum, ordinandum, assignandum, faciendum, & constituendum, locum tenen­tem, sive locum tenentes, Judicem, sive Judices, Vice-admirallum, sive Vice-ad­mirallos, Commissarium, sive Commissarios, Praesidentem, sive Praesidentes, Re­gistrarium, sive Registrarios, ac omnes, & omnimodos alios Officiarios, & Mini­stros sub se necessarios, idoneos, & opportunos pro praedicto Officio & exercitio ejusdem in locis praedictis exercendo, pro termino vitae cujuslibet officiariorum, & ministrorum hujusmodi duratorum, deputandorum, & praeferendorum, vel ad benè placitum dicti magni Admiralli nostri Angliae praeferendorum, deputandorum & as­signandorum, ad omnia & singula praemissa, vice & loco suis faciendum & expe­diendum, Statutaque, & ordinationes quascunque in officio nostro Admiralitatis Angliae praedictae statuendum, & concedendum, quoties opus fuerit, ac ea quae fuerint repellenda, repellendum. Necnon hujusmodi officiarium, & ministrum, & eorum quemlibet, ab hujusmodi officio & exercitio eorundem, juxta juris & aequitatis exigentiam, ac dictae curiae principalis Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae consue­tudinem, amovere, & expellere, ac alium, sive alios, loco, sive locis, modo praemisso [Page 364]ad ejus beneplacitum, vel pro termino vitae, substituere, ordinare, facere, & de­putare possit, & valeat, quoties magis expediens videbitur. Et insuper de uberi­ori gratia nostra volumus, ac per praesentes concedimus quòd hujusmodi offici­arii, & ministri habeant & percipiant omnia & singula vada, & feoda, proficua, advantagia, & commoditates quaecunque eisdem officiariis & eorum cujuslibet, jux­ta consuetudinem Curiae principalis Admiralli nostri Angliae praedictae, ab antiquo debita & consueta absque compoto, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haeredibus, vel successo­ribus nostris proinde reddendum, solvendum vel faciendum.

Et ulteriùs de uberiori Gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus, damus, & concedimus praefato Domino Howard, magno Admi­rallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedi­ctorum, & ejus locum tenenti, & locum tenentibus, Judici, sive Judicibus, Vice, admirallo, sive Vice-admirallis, Deputato, sive Deputatis, Comissario, sive Comis­sariis, Praesidenti, sive Praesidentibus, plenam potestatem, jurisdictionem, autorita­tem in causis supradictis, negotiis, litibus, & querelis, delictis, criminibus, extor­sionibus, malefactis, contractis Civilibus & Maritimis, ac caeteris praemissis, omni­bus & singulis, unà cum omnibus & fingulis suis emergentibus, incidentibus, connexis, dependentibus, & annexis causis, & negotiis quibuscunque cognoscen­dum, procedendum, easque & ea audiendum, examinandum, terminandum, & si­niendum, ac sententias, & decreta quaecunque in ea parte fulminandum, promul­gandum, & interponendum, eaque executioni demandandum, cum cognitione, & plena jurisdictione quarumcunque aliarum causarum civilium & maritimarum, quae mare, vel maris pertransum, sive passagium, aut iter navale, sive voyagium maritimum, vel jurisdictionem nostram Maritimam supradictam, quovis modo con­cernunt, seu respiciunt, aut super mare, fluminibus publicis, seu portubus, rivis, aquis dulcibus, crecis, vel locis praedictis, qualitercunque expeditis, vel expedien­dis; etiam cum potestate ad procedendum in eisdem juxta leges nostras civiles & maritimas, ac consuetudinem Curiae principalis nostrae Admiralitatis Angliae praedictae, ab antiquo usitatas, tam ex officio mere mixto vel promoto, seu ad alicujus partis instantiam, prout casus exiget & expediens visum fuerit. Volumus etiam & per praesentes concedimus, quòd praefatus Dominus Howard, magnus Admirallus no­ster Angliae, & Praefectus Classis & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ac ejus lo­cum tenentes, ac caeteri ejus officiarii, & ministri praedicti habeant cognitionem, & decisionem de wreco maris magno, seu parvo, ac de morte, supervisione, & visu corporum mortuorum, quarumcunque personarum in mare vel fluminibus publi­cis, portubus, aquis dulcibus, seu crecis quibuscunque infra fluxum maris, vel aquae praedictae ad plenitudinem, per dicta regna nostra, & dominia praedicta, ac juris­dictionem Admiralitatis nostrae praedictae custodiendum, & conservandum, statu­tis nostris de wreco maris, & de officio Coronatoris, annis, tertio & quarto Edwardi Primi, atque Statutis de bonis spoliatis super mare venientibus in hoc Regnum nostris Angliae, anno vicesimo septimo Edwardi Tertii, progenito­rum nostrorum quondam Regni Angliae respectivè editis & provifis, atque cogniti­onem de mahemio in locis praedictis, infra fluxum maris, & aquae ad plenitudinem contingent, cum potestate etiam puniendi delinquentes in ea parte quoscunque, juxta juris exigentiam, ac Curae Admiralitatis nostrae praedictae consuetudinem, eò quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo vel certitudine praemissorum, sive eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus, per nos seu aliquem progeni­torum nostrorum praefato Domino Howard, magno Admirallo nostro, & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minimè facta existit, aut aliquo Statuto, actu, ordinatione, provisi­one, prohibitione, sive restrictione, praesentibus literis nostris patentibus, sive alicui parti, seu clausulae in eisdem expressis vel insertis, repugnantibus, derogato­riis, aut contrariis quibuscunque, in contrarium factis, editis, ordinatis, sive pro­visis, seu aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in aliquo non obstante, [Page 365]mandantes & firmiter & strictè tenore praesentium percipientes, atque per dictum magnum Admirallum, & Praefectum nostrum generalem ex parte nostra percipi & mandari volentes universis & singulis Proceribus, Dominis Justiciariis, Majoribus, Vicecomitibus, Capitaneis, Senescallis, Ballivis, Custodibus Gaolorum, & carce­rum nostrorum quorumcunque, Constabulariisque ac caeteris Ministris, & fide­libus Subditis, & Ligeis nostris quibuscunque, & eorum cujuslibet infra libertates & extra, quod praefato Dimino Howard, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae & Prae­fecto generali Classis & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ac officiariorum, deputatis & ministris suis quibuscunque, & eorum cuilibet in dicto officio Admiralitatis no­strae, assignatis seu assignandis, circa executionem praemissorum intendentes, auxili­antes, faventes, pariter & obedientes sint, ac quòd mandatis & praeceptis quibus­cunque eis, vel eorum alicui ex parte nostra, per dictum Dominum Howard, mag­num Admirallum nostrum Angliae, ac Praefectum generalem Classis, & Marium no­strorum praedictorum, vel ejus nomine directè pareant, sub poena contemptûs istarum literarum nostrarum patentium, ac sub periculo incumbentium. In cujus rei, &c.

Teste Regina apud Westmonasterium vicesimo die Martii, Anno Regni Reginae Mariae primo.
Per ipsam Reginam. Concordatum cum Recordo & examinatum per me S. Killingworth.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 28.

JAM illa annos nata XXV, usu, & adversitate efficacissimis magistris, edocta, prudentiam supra aetatem comparuerat, cujus primum specimen in Conciliariis de­ligendis dedit. In sanctius enim Concilium sibi adscivit Nicolaum Heathum, Ar­chiepiscopum Eboracensem, quem dixi, magna prudentia, & modesto ingenio, vi­rum, Guilielmum Pawletum, Wintoniae Marchionem, summum Angliae Thesaurari­um, Henricum Fitz-Alanum Arundeliae, Franciscum Talbottum Salopiae, Edwar­dum Stanleium Derbiae, Guilielmum Herbertum Penbrochiae, Comites, Edwardum Baronem Clintonum, maris Praefectum, & Guilielmum Baronem Howardum Effing­hamium, Cubicularium.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 19.

AD Hispanum in Belgio mittitur Baro Cobhamus cum documentis in eandem sententiam; necnon cum diplomate, quo Comes Arundeliae, Thurlbeius, Episcopus Eliensis, & D. Wottonus à Maria ad pacem Cameraci tractandam nuper delegati, Reginae nomine denuo delegantur, illisque Guilielmus Baro Howardus Ef­finghamius adjungitur.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 31.

HINC visum ut ad castellum Cameracense de componendis controversiis, & pace concilianda, agerent utrique delegati. Pro Regina Angliae, Thurlbeius, Episcopus Eliensis, Guilielmus Baro Howardus Effinghamius, Reginae cubicularius supremus, & Nicolaus Wottonus, Ecclesiarum metropolitanarum Cantuariae & Ebo­raci Decanus. Pro rege Galliae, Carolus Cardinalis à Lotharyngia, Archiepiscopus & Dux Rihemensis, Par primus Franciae, Annas, Dux Montmorentius, Par Cone­stabilus, & magnus Magister Franciae, Jacobus Albonus, Dominus à St. Andraea, Marchio Fronsac, & Franciae Marescallus, Johannes Morvillerius, Episcopus Aureli­anensis, & Claudius Albospinaeus, in Privato Concilio Secretarius.

Ex eodem iterum, Pag. 209.

INter pares appellatur ad judicium nepotis Ducis Norfolciae.

Ex eodem iterum, Pag. 243.

PRincipio hujus anni spiritum edidit Guilielmus Baro Howard Effinghamius, privati Sigilli Custos, Thomae Howardi, Bellicosi illius Norfolciae Ducis, de secunda Uxore Agnete Tilneia, filius, vir fidei spectatissimae & animi invicti, qui primum Caleti Praefectus, in Baronum numerum à Regina Maria adstitus, & mag­nus Angliae Admirallus constitutus. Cui postea Cubicularius erat, ut etiam Elizabe­thae, donec aetate fractus, Sussexio, paucis ante obitum mensibus, cesserit, privati Sigilli Custos factus, qui in Anglia quartus est, ut dixi, honoris gradus. Successit in Baroniae honore, Carolus filius, qui postea Reginae Cubicularius, & magnus iti­dem Angliae Admirallus.

CHARLES HOWARD, Earl of Nottingham, Peer, and Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Baron of Effingham, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, Lord Justice and Heir of all her Ma­jesties Forests, Parks, and Chaces on this side Trent, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of Her Majesties most Honourable Privy Council. CHAPTER III.

Hollinshed in the Life of Queen Elizabeth, Pag. 1212.
About the Rebellion of the Earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland.

AND the twentieth of December they came to Hexam, from whence the Re­bels were gone the Night before to Neworth, where they counselled with Edward Dacres concerning their own weariness; and also, how they were not only pursued by the Earl of Sussex, and others with him, having a power with them of seven thousand Men, being almost at their heels, but also, by the Earl of Warwick, and the Lord Clinton, with a far greater Army of Twelve thousand Men, raised by the Queen's Majesty's Commissioners, out of the South, and middle part of the Realm; in which Army, besides the Earl of Warwick, and Lord Admiral, chief Governour of the same, there were also Walter Devereux, Viscount Hertford, High Marshal of the Field, with the Lord Willoughby of Parham, Mr. Charles Howard, now Lord Howard of Effingham, General of the Horsemen under the Earl of Warwick, young Henry Knowles, Son to Sir Francis Knowles, his Lieute­nant, Edward Horsey, Captain of the Isle of Wight, with five hundred Harquebusiers out of the same Isle, and Captain Leighton, with other five hundred Harquebusiers, Londoners, and many other worthy Gentlemen and valiant Captains.

The Baronage of England, Pag. 279.

WHich Charles so succeeding him, in 13. Eliz. (his Father then living) was one of those noble persons, who, by the command of Queen Eliza­beth, conducted the Lady Anne of Austria, Daughter to Maximilian the Emperor, [Page 367]from Zeland into Spain: And in 16. Eliz. (24. April) was Install'd Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter.

In 28. Eliz. upon the death of Edward Earl of Lincoln, Lord High Admiral of England (being then also Chamberlain to the Queen, as his Father had formerly been) he was constituted his Successor in that great Office. Whereupon in Ann. 1588. (30. Eliz.) when that formidable Armado from Spain so much threatned an Invasion here, he was constituted Lieutenant General of the Queen's whole Fleet at Sea, of whose prosperous success she had no small opinion, well knowing him by his Moderation and Noble Extraction, to be a person of great knowledge in Maritine Affairs, Discreetly Wary, througly Valiant, Industrious in Action, and a person whom the Mariners entirely loved.

And in 39. Eliz. further dangers being threatned from the Spaniard, through the help of those Irish, who were Rebelliously disposed, he was made joint General of the English Army with Robert Earl of Essex, for the Defence of this Realm, both by Sea and Land, (vix. Essex for the Land, and this Lord Admiral for the Sea) the first squadron being led by him, the second by Essex, the third by Thomas Howard, and the fourth by Sir Walter Rawliegh. In this Year also (15. Junii) he was constituted Justice Itenerant of all the Forests South of Trent for Life. And upon the 22th of October following, in consideration of his eminent Services in in Ann. 1588. by defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado, and after­wards in Sacking of Cadiz in Spain; as also in destroying the Spainsh Fleet (then in the Port there) was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Nottingham, as descended from the Family of Mowbray, whereof some had been Earls of that County.

In 41. Eliz. still continuing in high reputation at Court, some danger from the Spaniard being again threatned, he was constituted Lieutenant General of the Queen's Field Forces: And in 44. Eliz. made one of the Commissioners for exer­cising the Office of Earl Marshal of England.

In 1. Jac. I. in order to the Solemnity of that King's Coronation, he was made Lord Great Steward of England, for that occasion: And in 2. Jac. I. upon renewing the Commission unto seven of the great Lords, for exercising that great Office of Earl Marshal, was likewise constituted one of that number. But in Ann. 1619. (17. Jac. I.) he surrendred his Patent for the Office of Lord Ad­miral, into the King's hands; whereupon it was conferr'd on the Marquis of Buck­ingham.

This Noble Earl Married to his first Wife Katharine Daughter to Henry Lord Hunsdon, by whom he had Issue Two Sons, William, who Wedded Anne, Daugh­ter and sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Bletso, but died in his life­time, leaving Issue Elizabeth his sole Daughter and Heir, Married to John Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in Com. Bedf. afterwards Earl of Peterborow. 2. Charles, his Successor in his honours. As also three Daughters, Elizabeth, Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Rising, in Com Norf. Knight; Frances, first Married to Henry Fitz-Gerald, Earl of Kildare, in Ireland; afterwards to Henry Lord Cobham; and Margaret to Sir Richard Leveson of Trentham, in Com. Staff. Knight, and Vice-Admiral of England.

To his second Wife he Married Margaret, Daughter to James Steward, Earl of Murrey in Scotland, which Margaret was naturalized in the Parliament of 1. Jac. I. by whom he had Issue Two Sons, James, who died young; and Sir Charles Howard, Knight. And died at Hayling, near Croydon in Kent, 13. Dec. Ann. 1624. (22. Jac. I.) being at that time Eighty eight Years of Age, having been Knight of the Garter Fifty two Years: his Wife surviving him, who afterwards Married to Sir William Munson, Knight, afterwards Viscount Castelmayn, in Ireland.

To whom succeeded Charles his second Son (the elder dying before him with­out Issue Male) which Charles first took to Wife Charitie, Daughter of ..... White (Widow of ..... Leche, a Londoner); afterwards Mary, Daughter to Sir William Cockaine, Knight, Alderman of London; and thirdly, Margaret, Daugh­ter [Page 368]to James, Earl of Marrey, in Scotland; by whom he had Issue, James, who died unmarried; and Charles.

Which Charles succeeding him in his Honours, Married Arabella, Daughter of ...... Smith of ....... but, as yet, hath not any Issue; so that Francis Howard of Great-Buckham, in Com. Surr. Esq (Son and Heir to Sir Charles How­ard, Knight; Son and Heir to Sir Francis Howard, Knight; Brother and Heir to Sir Edward Howard, Knight, Cup-bearer to King James the First; Son and Heir to William Howard of Lingfield, in Com. Surr. second Son to William Lord Howard of Effingham) is his next expectant Heir Male.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 42.

ILLA tamen (ut mortuo constaret Regius honos) exequias ut regi amico in Templo Paulino Londini magna pompa persolvit. Simulque per Carolum, Baronis Howardi Effinghamii filium, Francisco successori de patris obitu condo­let, & de successoris gratia, ut amicitiam nuper initam Sanctè coleret, admonet.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 186.

ILLI enim aliis curis erant occupatissimi, & Hispanus totus in nuptiis appa­randis cum Anna Austriaca, Imperatoris Maximiliani filia, sua ipsius è sorore nepte, quae hoc tempore è Zelandia Hispaniam versus solvit. Ad quam per mare Britannicum in Hispaniam deducendam, Elizabetha Carolum Howardum cum Bel­licosa Classe, & selectis nobilibus misit. Summa cum honoris, & amoris in Au­striacam familiam festificatione.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 389.

INeunte hoc anno diem obiit Edwardus Clintonus, maris Praefectus, sive Admiral­lus, qui Comes Lincolniae anno MDLXXII. ab Elizabetha creatus, Winde­sorae sepultus, & fines sepulchrali inscriptione falsò cognominatus, quod adnoto, non ut arguam, sed ne ipse arguar. Successit in dignitate Henricus, filius, in maris Praefectura, Carolus Effinghamius Reginae Camerarius. Illi autem eo in munere successit Baro Hunsdonius, Bervici Praefectus.

A Commission to Charles Howard of Effingham, for being High Admiral of England.

ELizabetha Dei Gratia Regina Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quod nos ob certas causas & considerationes nos specialiter moventes, ac in consideratione boni, veri, & fidelis servitii, per dilectum Conciliarium nostrum Carolum Dominum Howard, praeclari ordinis Garterii Militem, Baronem de Effingham, ante haec tempora facti, & impensi, de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris de­dimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus no­stris, damus, & concedimus eidem Carolo, Officium magni Admiralli nostri An­gliae, Hiberniae, Walliae, ac Dominiorum, & Insularum eorundem, Villae nostrae Ca­lesiae, & Marchiarum nostrarum ejusdem, Normanum Gasoonum, & Aquitanum, ac ipsum Dominum Carolum, magnum Admirallum nostrum Angliae, Hiberniz, & Walliae, ac Dominiorum, & Insularum nostrarum eorundem, Villae nostrae Ca­lesiae, & Marchiarum nostrarum ejusdem, Normanum Gasconum, & Aquitanum, necnon Praefectum Generalem Classis, & Marium dictorum regnorum nostrorum An­gliae & Hiberniae, ac Dominorium, & Insularum nostrarum eorundem, fecimus, consti­tuimus, & ordinavimus, ac per praesentes facimus, constituimus, & ordinamus. Et ulteriùs sciatis quòd nos de Gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, [Page 369]nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successo­ribus nostris, damus, & concedimus eidem Domino Carolo, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, ac Praefecto Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedicta omnia, & omnimodas ju­risdictiones, autoritates, libertates, officia, feoda, profitus, vada, emolumenta, wreca maris, & maris ejectum, regarda, advantagia, commoditates, praeminentia, & privilegia quaecunque, eidem officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, & Hiberniae, & locorum, & Dominiorum praedictorum qualitercunque spectantium, & pertinen­tium, sive incumbentium, vel aliquo modo ab antiquo & perantea debitorum, sive consuetorum. Necnon tam bona & catalla quorumcunque praedictorum Pirato­rum, homicidarum, & felonum qualitercunque, infra jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae inferiùs limitatam, delinquentium; quàm bona, debita, & catalla omnium & singulorum eorum manutenentium, accessariorum, consulentium, auxi­liantium, vel assistentium quorumcunque, & eorum cujuslibet; atque etiam bona debita, & catalla quarumcunque personarum, felonum de se, & cujuslibet personae, felonis de se, infra praedictam nostram jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, quovis modo seu qualitercunque, ad mortem devenientium, ubicunque bona, debita, vel catalla hujusmodi, aut aliqua parcella eorundem per mare, aquam, vel terram, infra Regna nostra praedicta, seu dominia nostra eorundem, tam infra libertates, quam extra, fuerint inventa, seu invenienda, forisfacta, seu forisfacienda, vel existentia quaecunque: Et etiam bona, debita, & catalla quarumcunque aliarum personarum, felonum de se, & cujuslibet aliae personae felonis de se, infra ju­risdictionem, nostram praedictam reperta, seu reperienda, aut contingentia quae­cunque. Et praeterea tam bona, debita, & catalla, quorumcunque aliorum praedictorum felonum, & homicidarum, ubique locorum delinquentium: ac bona, debita, & catalla eorum manutenentium, accessariorum, consulentium, auxilianti­um, seu assistentium; quam etiam bona, debita, & catalla, quorumcunque fugiti­vorum, convictorum, attinctorum, damnatorum, utlegatorum, vel exigendorum, pro productione felonum, homicidarum, vel murdra, seu aliquo quocunque offen­so, aut delicto, qualitercunque positorum sive ponendorum. Necnon & bona naviata, flotzon, jetzon, lagon, & shares, ac thesaurum inventum, seu inveniendum deodanda; ac bona inimicorum per derelicta, habita, vel habenda, seu casu fortuito reperta, seu reperienda, vel qualitercunque debita, seu debenda. Necnon omnia bona, mercimonia, & catalla deperdita in mare inventa, seu extra mare projecta. Atque etiam omnia & singula alia casualia, tam in, super, vel per mare, litora, crecas, aut costera maris vel partes maritimas, quàm in, super, vel per aquas dulces, portus, flumina publica, rivos; seu crecas quascunque, aut loca superundata quae­cunque infra fluxum, vel refluxum maris, seu aquae ad plenitudinem, aut super litora, vel ripas alicujus eorundem, à quibuscunque primis pontibus versus mare per Regnum nostrum Angliae, aut Hiberniae, seu Dominia nostra praedicta qualitercun­que, quandocunque, vel quomodocunque emergentium, contingentium, seu prove­nientium quaecunque vel ubicunque, bona, debita, vel catalla hujusmodi aut caetera praemissa, seu aliqua parcella eorundem infra jurisdictionem nostram Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, reperiantur, aut inveniri, seu reperiri contingunt, vel quae ad vos nunc pertinent, aut unquam à Festo Nativitatis Domini, quod fuit in anno regni nostri decimo septimo, quovis modo pertinuerunt seu pertinere debue­runt aut debent ullo modo, & ad manus vel notitiam nostram, & ministrorum no­strorum, nondum pervenerint, nec in scaccarium nostrum relata fuerint, Areriam, Anchoragiam, Beochonagiam, seu signa per mare, vel portus, seu publica flumina sive litora, & promontoria alicujus eorundem, pro directione navium erecta, & lastagia, seu arenosam navium onerationem, atque Pisces regales, videlicet Sturgi­ones, Balenas, Cetas, Porpesias, Delphinos, Rigges, & Graspes, ac generaliter caete­ros Pisces quoscunque magnam sive ingentem crassitudinem, sive pinguedinem in se habentes, eidem officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, ab antiquo de jure, vel consuetudine pertinentia, seu spectantia, aut aliquo modo consueta. Et insuper omnes & omnimodas fines, mulctas, exitus, forisfacta, amerciamenta, redempti­ones, [Page 370]ac Recognitiones quascunque, forisfacta, & poenas pecuniarum pro transgressi­onibus, delictis, injuriis, extorfionibus, contemptibus, & aliis maleficiis quibuscun­que, vel pro aliqua alia re, materia, seu causa quacunque imposita vel inflicta, aut imponenda, vel infligenda, tam coram dicto magno Admirallo nostro Angliae seu aliquo ejus locum tenente, Officiario, Commissario, Vice-admirallo, sive Deputato, vigore harum literarum nostrarum patentium per eum assignandis, vel deputandis in aliqua Curia Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, tentae, seu tenendae, praesentatae sive praesentandae, assidendae, afferendae, forisfaciendae, vel adjudicandae, quam etiam amerciamenta, exitus, fines, perquisita, mulcta, & poenas pecuniarum quaecunque, ac forisfactarum quarumcunque Recognitionum coram dicto magno Ad­mirallo nostro Angliae, ejusve locum tenente, Vice-admirallo, Deputato, vel De­putatis, ac aliis Justiciariis nostris, seu haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, Ad­miralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, vel quatuor eorundem, ad omnes productiones felonum, roberias, murdras, homicidia, confederationes, ac alia offensa, transgres­siones, contemptus, misprisionum spoliationes, & malesicia infra jurisdictionem no­stram maritimam commissa, sive committenda, audienda, & terminanda, per literas nostras commissionales patentes, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, juxta statuta inde edita, & consuetudinem Curiae principalis Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae sub magno Sigillo Angliae factas & fiendas, assignatas, sive assignandas, contingentes sive impositas, aut imponendas, vel infligendas, sive aliquo modo assidendas, afferendas, forisfaciendas, seu adjudicandas, aut aliquo modo occasione praemissorum nobis, vel haeredibus, seu successoribus nostris, in ea parte qualitercunque debitas, seu deben­das, & quaecunque eadem omnia, & singula petendas, exigendas, levandas, capiendas, recipiendas, & obtinendas, ac liberè disponendas, habendas, gaudendas, occupan­das, exercendas, dictum officium magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, Hiberniae, Walliae, Calesiae, & Marchiarum eorundem, Normanum, Gasconum, & Aquitanum, ac Praefectum generalem Classis & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, eidem Carolo, pro termino vitae suae per se vel per sufficientem Deputatum sive Deputatos suos sufficientes, unà cum omnibus & singulis praemissis, ac rebus aliis quibuscunque ei­dem officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae quovis modo pertinentibus, devenienti­bus, incumbentibus, sive spectantibus, seu perantea, ab antiquo debitis, vel con­suetis, absque compoto, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haeredibus, vel successoribus nostris pro­inde reddendis, solvendis, seu faciendis, aliquibus statutis, actibus, ordinationibus, pro­hibitionibus, aut restrictionibus, in contrarium factis, editis, ordinatis, vel provisis, aut aliqua alia re, materia, seu causa quacunque, in aliquo non obstante. Et insuper ex uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, damus & conce­dimus praedicto Carolo, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae praedictae, quandam an­nuitatem, sive annualem redditum ducentarum marcarum legalis monetae Angliae, unà cum omnibus & singulis caeteris praemissis; habendum, gaudendum, & annu­atim percipiendum, praedìctam annuitatem sive annualem redditum ducentarum marcarum praefato Carolo, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, ac Praefecto Classis & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, & assignatis suis pro termino vitae ejusdem Caro­li, à Festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis ultimo praeterito, de thesauro no­stro, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, ad Receptum Scaccarii nostri, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, per manus thesaurariorum & Camerariorum nostrorum dicti Seaccarii pro tempore existentium, ad quatuor anni terminos, videlicet, ad Festa Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Natalis Do­mini, & Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis, per aequales portiones solvendum; & praeterea de uberiori gratia nostra, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris de­dimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris damus, & concedimus praefato Carolo, magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, plenam jurisdicti­onem, potestatem, & autoritatem, audiendi, examinandi, & terminandi causas quascunque civiles, & maritimas, atque querelas, contractus, delicta, seu quasi [Page 371]delicta, crimina, placita, debita, excambia, assecurationes, compotos, literas parti­tas, conventiones, chirographia, oneratus navium, omniaque negotia & contractus, quae nauta pro navibus conductis, & locatis debitis pecuniam trajectis, seu nautis fevdus quovis modo tangunt, seu aliquo modo concernunt, lites, transgressiones, inju­rias, extorsiones, & demanda, ac negotia civilia & maritima quaecunque, inter mercatores, aut inter Dominos & proprietarios navium, & aliorum vasorum, & mercatores, seu alios quoscunque, cum eisdem Dominis & proprietariis navium, & caeterorum vasorum quorumcunque, infra jurisdictionem nostram maritimam Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae occupatorum, vel usitatorum, seu inter quas­cunque alias personas qualitercunque habitas, factas, initas, sive contractas, pro aliqua re, materia, seu causa, vel negotio, seu injuria quacunque, tam in, super, vel per mare, aut flumina publica, seu aquas dulces, portus, rivos, seu crecas, & loca superundata quaecunque infra fluxum, & refluxum maris, & aquae ad plenitudi­nem, vel super litora, seu ripas quascunque eisdem vel eorum alicui adjacentes à quibuscunque primis pontibus versus mare, per dicta Regna nostra Angliae, & Hi­berniae, seu Dominia nostra eorundem supradicta, vel alibi ultra mare, aut in par­tibus ultramarinis quibuscunque expeditas, seu expediendas, unà cum omnibus & singulis suis incidentibus, emergentibus, dependentibus, annexis, & connexis cau­sis quibuscunque, ubicunque, seu qualitercunque hujusmodi causas, querelas, con­tractus, & alia praemissa supradicta, vel eorum aliquod oriri, celebrari, contrahi, vel fieri contingat; atque insuper causas, appellationes, & nullitates querelarum, ex causis praedictis, seu earum aliqua à quibuscunque Judicibus, Justiciariis, Vice-ad­mirallis, Majoribus, Vice-comitibus, Senescallis, Ballivis, seu aliis officiariis, vel ministris nostris quibuscunque ad Curiam nostram principalem Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae interpositis, seu interponendis, cum omnibus & singulis suis emergentibus, dependentibus, connexis, & annexis, causis & negotiis quibus­cunque, juxta leges nostras civiles, & maritimas, ac consuetudinem Curiae nostrae principalis Admiralitatis nostrae praedictae, in eadem Curia nostra audendis, & ter­minandis, cum plena potestate, & autoritate nostris inhibendum, prohibendum & supersedere faciendum, & wavedandum, omnibus & singulis, quibus in ea parte fuerit inhibendum supersedendum, vel prohibendum, quod ipsi, aut eorum ali­quis ponendus, in dicta Curia nostra hujusmodi appellationibus sive nullitatibus, querelis, negotiis indiscussis, ulteriùs in ea parte procedere minime attemptent, ne­que attemptet, sub poenas arbitrio dicti magni Admiralli nostri in ea parte limitandas, seu interponendas. Necnon querelas omnium & singulorum contractuum, con­ventuum, ac causarum, & negotiorum civilium, & maritimorum, ultra mare per­ferendorum, seu ultra mare contractorum, aut in hoc regno nostro Angliae, vel dicto Regno nostro Hiberniae, vel aliquo alio Dominio nostro eorundem perimplendorum, seu perficiendorum qualitercunque emergentium seu contingentium, atque etiam cognitionem caeterorum omnium & singulorum, quae ad officium magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, & Praefecti generalis Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, vel jurisdictionem nostram maritimam, nostrae Admiralitatis Angliae praedictae quovis mo­do tangunt, seu aliquo modo concernunt, aut ab antiquo debuerunt, aut debent, & generaliter ad cognoscendum, & procedendum, in omnibus & singulis aliis causis, litibus, delictis, excessibus, querelis, injuriis, maleficiis, seu quasi maleficiis, trans­gressionibus, regretis, forstallis, & negotiis maritimis quibuscunque per regna no­stra, & loca praedicta infra jurisdictionem nostram maritimam Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae per mare, vel aquam, aut ripas, seu litora eorundem qualitercunque factis, commissis, perpetratis, aut emergentibus, unà cum potestate, & autoritate recognitionum quarumcunque, pro conventis, seu dibitis quibuscunque capiendis, eisque executioni ponendis, & exequi faciendis & mandandis. Necnon naves, personas, res, bona, merces, & mercimonia quaecunque pro praemissis, & eorum quolibet, ac aliis causis quibuscunque eadem concernentibus, ubicunque locorum fuerint reperta, seu inventa, per Regna, seu Dominia nostra praedicta infra liberta­res, seu extra. Areriam pro aliis conventis, causis seu debitis civilibus quibuscun­que, [Page 372]qualitercunque contractis, sive emergentibus, dummodo bona, seu personae de­bitorum reperiuntur infra jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae praedictae, juxta leges nostras civiles & maritimas, ac Consuetudinem Curiae nostrae principalis Admirali­tatis nostrae Angliae praedictae ab antiquo usitatam, realiter arrestandum, & arrestari faciendum & mandandum, ipsasque, & ipsa cum suis emergentibus, dependentibus, incidentibus, annexis, & connexis causis & negotiis quibuscunque, juxta leges & consuetudines praedictas, aliisque viis, modis, & mediis omnibus & singulis, qui­bus idem magnus Admirallus noster, & Praefectus generalis Classis & Marium no­strorum praedictorum melius sciverit, aut potuerit, audiendum, examinandum, discu­tiendum, & fine debito terminandum, ac personas quascunque in ea parte, prout casus exiget in dicta Curia Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, coram dicto Ad­mirallo nostro Angliae, seu ejus Deputato quocunque, seu Deputatis, comparere, & respondere cum qualibet cohibitione temporali, ac cum suis alternis poenis, mulcta, potestate, juxta leges & consuetudines praedictas compellandum, ac justici­am faciendum, & ministrandum, etiam juris ordine servato, seu velo levato, sive strepitu & figurâ judicii solâ factâ, & rei veritate inspectâ procedendum. Nec­non ad inquirendum per sacramenta proborum & legalium hominum, tam infra li­bertates quam extra, de omnibus & singulis quae de jure, statutis, ordinatis, vel consuetudinibus Curiae nostrae principalis Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae praedictae, ab antiquo inquiri solent, vel deberent, eosque contemptores, ac juris & jurisdictonis nostrorum praedictorum violatores, & usurpatores, delinquentes, & contumaciter absentes, naucleros, marinarios, remiges, piscatores, & alios operarios, & expertes quoscunque, res nauticas quascunque exercentes, tam juxta & secundùm leges no­stras civiles, & maritimas, ac ordinationes, & consuetudines praedictas, & eorum demerita, quàm juxta, & secundùm statuta regni nostri Angliae in ea parte edita, & provisa, mulctandum, corrigendum, puniendum, castigandum, & reformandum, ac in quibuscunque carceribus nostris, ubique locorum, infra Regna & Dominia nostra praedicta, incarcerari faciendum, & mandandum, incarceratosque quos­cunque, qui deliberandi fuerint deliberandum, & penitùs exonerandum, & exone­rari faciendum, & mandandum, fluminaque nostra publica, portus, rivos, & aquas dulces, ac crecas quascunque, infra jurisdictionem nostram maritimam, ubicunque locorum, infra regna & Dominia nostra praedicta existentia, pro conservatione tam Classis nostrae, ac Classis & Navigiorum Regnorum & Dominiorum nostrorum prae­dictorum, qùam piscium in iisdem fluminibus & locis praedictis crescentium quo­rumcunque. Necnon & ordinationes, & statuta quaecunque in ea parte edita & provisa, debitè conservandum, & conservari faciendum, subservatoresque deputan­dum, & assignandum. Omniaque alia & singula faciendum, exercendum, expe­diendum, & exequendum in praemissis, & eorum quolibet, prout de jure & se­cundùm leges, statuta, & consuetudines praedictas fuerit faciendum. Necnon & re­tia minus stricta, ac alia ingenia, sive instrumenta illicita quaecunque, ubique loco­rum, per flumina publica, portus, rivos, aquas dulces, seu crecas quascunque, in­fra jurisdictionem nostram Admiralitatis nostrae praedictae, per aquam occupata, sive exercita, ac exercitatores, & occupatores eorundem, juxta dicta statuta, & ordina­tiones regni nostri Angliae praedictae, in contrarium edita & provisa, puniendum, corrigendum, & reformandum. Atque insuper tam naves & naviculas guerrinas, quàm quascunque alias naves & naviculas, seu vasa quaecunque, pro quibuscunque voyagiis, & negotiis nostris, vel expeditione eorundem. Necnon navigeros, nau­tas, seu pilotas, navium magistros, naucleros, vibrillatores, sive bombardarios, ac marinarios, ac alias personas quascunque pro navibus, & naviculis, seu vasibus hu­jusmodi aptas, & idoneas, de tempore in tempus, quoties necesse fuerit, ubicun­que locorum, infra regna, & Dominia nostra praedicta, infra libertates & extra, congregandum, delegandum, retinendum, capiendum, arrestandum, deputandum, & assignandum absque interruptione sive impedimento per quemcunque alium in contrarium fiendum, cum plena jurisdictione, & potestate ad exequendum omnia & singula alia quae in ea parte per magnum Admirallum nostrum, & Praefectum [Page 373]generalem Classis & Marium nostrorum praedictorum fieri possint, debent, vel so­lent expediri, vel necesse fuerint expedienda, seu exequenda, aut prout eideni magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto Classis, & Marium nostrorum prae­dictorum, de tempore in tempus magis expediens visum fuerit. Concessimus prae­terea, ac de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu; nostris de­dimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, damus, & concedimus, eidem Carolo magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ac hujusmodi officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae, & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ac omnia & singula eidem officio pertinentia, & spectantia, per regna, & Dominia nostra, & quodlibet eorundem, meliùs, & commodiùs exequi, & perimplere va­leat vel possit, plenam autoritatem, ac potestatem, quoties opus, & necesse fuerit ad incidendum, perficiendum, ordinandum, assignandum, faciendum, & constituen­dum Locum tenentem, sive Locum tenentes, Judicem, sive Judices, Vice-admiral­lum, sive Vice-admirallos, Commissarium, sive Commissarios, Praesidentem, sive Praesidentes, Registrarium, sive Registrarios, & omnes, ac omnimodos alios Officia­rios & Ministros sub se necessarios, idoneos, & opportunos, pro dicto officio, & ex­ercitio ejusdem in locis praedictis exercendum, pro termino vitae cujuslibet officiari­orum & ministrorum hujusmodi duraturorum, deputandorum, & perficiendorum, vel ad bene placitum dicti magni Admiralli nostri Angliae praedictae, deputandorum, & assignandorum, ad omnia & singula praemissa, vice, & locis suis faciendum, & expediendum, statutaque, & ordinationes quascunque, in officio nostrae Admi­ralitatis Angliae praedictae statuendum, & condendum, quoties opus fuerit, ac ea quae fuerint repellenda, repellendum. Necnon hujusmodi officiarium & mini­strum, ac eorum quemlibet, ab hujusmodi officiis, & exercitio eorundem juxta ju­ris & aequitatis exigentiam, ac dictae Curiae principalis Admiralitatis nostriae An­gliae praedictae consuetudines, amovere, & expellere, ac alium, sive alios, eorum loco, sive locis, modo praemisso, ad ejue beneplacitum, vel pro termino vitae sub­stituere, ordinare, facere, & deputare possit, & valeat, quoties magis expedi­ens videbitur. Et insuper de uberiori gratia nostra volumus, ac per praesentes concedimus, quod hujusmodi officiarii, & ministri habeant, & percipiant omnia & singula vada, proficua, feoda, advantagia, & commoditates quaecunque eisdem officiis, & eorum cuilibet, juxta consuetudinem Curiae principalis Admiralitatis no­strae Angliae praedictae, ab antiquo debita, & consueta, absque Compoto, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haeredibus, vel successoribus nostris proinde reddendum, solvendum, & faciendum. Et ulteriùs de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haere­dibus, & successoribus nostris, damus, & concedimus praefato Carolo, magno Ad­mirallo nostro Angliae, & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium, nostrorum prae­dictorum, & ejus Locum tenenti, sive Locum tenentibus, Judici, sive Judicibus, Vice-admirallo, sive Vice-admirallis, Deputato, sive Deputatis, Commissario, sive Commissariis, Praesidenti, sive Praesidentibus plenam potestatem, jurisdictionem & autoritatem in supradictis causis, negotiis, litibus, & querelis, delictis, criminibus, extorsionibus, maleficiis, & contractibus civilibus & maritimis, ac caeteris praemissis; unà cum omnibus & singulis suis emergentibus, incidentibus, connexis, dependen­tibus, & annexis causis, & negotiis quibuscunque cognoscendum, & procedendum, easque, & ea audiendum, examinandum, terminandum, & finiendum, ac fenten­tias, & decreta quaecunque in ea parte fulminandum, promulgandum, & inter­ponendum, eaque executioni demandandum, cum cognitione & plena jurisdi­ctione, quarumcunque aliarum causarum Civilium & Maritimarum, quae sunt maris, seu quae mare pertranseunt, sive passagiunt, aut iter navale, sive voyagium mariti­mum, vel jurisdictionem nostram maritimam supradictam quovis modo concer­nunt seu respiciunt, aut super mare fluminibus publicis, seu portubus, rivis, aquis dulcibus, crecis, vel locis praedictis qualitercunque expeditis vel expediendis, etiam cum potestate ad procedendum in eisdem, juxta leges civiles nostras & maritimas, [Page 374]ac consuetudinem Curiae principalis nostrae Admiralitatis Angliae praedictae ab anti­quo usitatis, tam ex officio mero mixto, vel promoto, seu ad alicujus partis in­stantiam prout casus exiget, & expediens visum fuerit. Volumus etiam ac per praesentes concedimus, quod praefatus Carolus, magnus Admirallus Angliae, & Prae­fectus Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, & ejus locum tenens, sive locum tenentes, ac caeteri ejus officiarii, & ministri praedicti habeant cognitionem de wreco maris magni, ac de morte, submersione, & visu corporum mortuorum quarumcun­que personarum, in mare, vel fluminibus publicis, portubus, aquis dulcibus, sen crecis quibuscunque, infra fluxum maris, vel aquae praedictae ad plentitudinem per dicta Regna nostra, & Dominia praedicta, ac jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae prae­dictae qualitercunque interfectarum, sive subversarum, aut interficiendarum, sive subversendarum, vel murderatarum, sive murderandarum, aut aliquo alio modo ibidem ad mortem deveniendarum. Necnon per jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae praedictae, custodiam, & conservationem, statutorum nostrorum de wreco maris, & de officio Coronatoris, annis, tertio & quarto Edwardi Primi, atque statutum de bonis spoliatis super mare venientibus in hoc Regnum nostrum Angliae, Anno vicesimo septimo Edwardi Tertii progenitorum nostrorum, quondam Regnum Angliae respective editum, & provisum, atque cognitionem de Mahemio in locis praedictis infra fluxum maris, & aquae ad plenitudinem contingentibus cum potestate etiam puniendi delinquentes in ea parte quoscunque, juxta juris exigentiam, ac Curiae nostrae Admiralitatis praedictae consuetudinem. Eò quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, vel certitudine praemissorum, sive eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis, sive concessionibus per nos, seu aliquem progenitorum nostrorum praedictorum ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minimè facta existunt, aut aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, provisione, prohibitione, sive restrictione praesentibus literis nostris patentibus, sive alicui parti seu clausulae in eisdem expressis, vel insertis, repugnan­tibus, derogatoriis aut contrariis quibuscunque in contrarium factis, editis, ordina­tis, seu provisis, seu aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in aliquo non ob­stante, mandantes, ac firmiter & strictè tenore praesentium, percipiendum, atque per dictum magnum Admirallum, ac Praefectum nostrum generalem ex parte no­stra percipi & mandari volentes universis, & singulis Proceribus, Dominis Justici­ariis, Majoribus, Vice-comitibus, Capitaneis, Senescallis, Ballivis, Custodibus Gao­lorum, & carcerum nostrorum quorumcunque, Constabulariisque, ac caeteris Mini­stris, & fidelibus Subditis, & Ligeis nostris quibuscunque & eorum cuilibet infra libertates & extra, quòd praefato Domino Carolo, magno Admirallo nostro An­gliae & Praefecto generali Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, ac officiaris, deputatis, & ministris suis quibuscunque, & eorum cuilibet, in praedicto officio Admiralitatis nostrae assignatis sive assignandis, circa executionem praemissorum, in­tendentes, auxiliantes, faventes, pariter & obedientes sint, ac quòd mandatis & praeceptis quibuscunque, eis, vel eorum alicui, ex parte nostra per dictum Caro­lum, magnum Admirallum nostrum Angliae, ac Praefectum generalem Classis, & Marium nostrorum praedictorum, vel ejus nomine directè pareant sub poena con­temptûs istarum literarum nostrarum patentium, & sub periculo incumbentium. In cujus rei, &c.

Teste regina apud Westmonasterium octavo die Julii, Anno Regni Reginae Elizabethae.
Per ipsam Reginam. Concordatum cum Recordo & Extractum per me S. Killingworth.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 479.

ELizabetha contra, ne incauta opprimeretur, Classem quantum posset maximam, & omnia ad bellum necessaria singulari studio apparat. Et ipsa quae in in­geniis dignoscendis, judicio acerrimo, & cum soluta sibi fuerit eligendi optio, non de aliorum commendatione, semper felicissinia, ad singula munia optimos nomina­tim dessignavit. Universae verò Classis Praefectum, Carolum Howardum Effingha­mium, Angliae thalassiarcham sive Admirallum. De cujus felicitate optimè sibi per­suaserat, quem rei maritimae gnarum, providentia cautum, animo fortem, in agen­do industrium, & magna inter Classiarios authoritate, tum ex moderatione, tum ex nobilitate noverat. Eum ad occiduas Angliae partes tempestivè mittit, ubi Dra­cum, quem subthalassiarcham constituit, ibi adjunxit. Henricum Seimorum, filium secundo genitum Ducis Somersetti, ad oram Belgicam cum quadraginta na­vibus Anglicis, & Belgicis, ne qua Parmensis tum suis copiis egrederetur, excubare jubet, etsi non deerant, qui hostem expectandum, & terrestri praelio excipiendum summoperè suaserunt, juxta quod deliberatum fuerat, regnante Henrico Octavo cum Galli numerosâ Classe Angliae imminerent.

Iterum ex eodem, Pag. 485.

CLassis illa Hispanica, viris, machinis, & omni apparatu, omnium quas oceanus unquam vidit, longè instructissima, & arroganti nomine invincibilis dicta, constabat è centum & triginta navibus, in quibus milites XIXMCCXC nautae, VIIIMCCCL. remiges, catenati IIMLXXX, tormenta majora IIMDCXXX. Praeerat cum summo imperio Alphonsus Pererius Gusmanus, Dux Medinae Sidoniae, (Antonius enim Columna Dux Paliani, & Marchio Sanctae Crucis, quibus hoc im­perium destinatum, dum apparabatur, diem obierant) & sub eo Johannes Marti­nus Recaldus, in re nautica versatissimus. Tertio Calendarum Junii è Tago solvit, dumque cursum ad Corunnam Galliciae intendit, horrida tempestate tota erat disjecta; tribus triremibus Davidis Gwini, mancipii Anglici opera, & remigum Turcicorum perfidia, in Galliam abductis, & aegrè post aliquot dies ad Corunnam, & statio­nes vicinas convenit. Adeò afflictam fama perhibuit, ut Reginae persuasissimum fuerit, classem illam hoc anno non expectandam, & Walsinghamius à secretis ad Admirallum scripserit, ut quatuor è maximis navibus remitteret, quasi bello jam confecto. Ille haud facile credidit, mollique responso, ne quid temerè in re tanta crederetur, utque eas vel propriis impensis retineret, rogavit. Et vento favente usus, Hispaniam versus vela pandit, ut afflictas hostium naves in stationibus op­primeret. Cum non longè ab Hispaniae ora abesset, ventus in notum mutavit, & ille, qui jussus ut Angliae oram tueretur, veritus ne eodum vento illi inconspecti in Angliam appellerentur, Plimoutham rediit.

Iterum ex eodem, Pag. 489.

NEC visum Angliae Admirallo conserte per harpagines aleam belli subire, & quod nonnulli inconsiderati suaserunt. Hostes enim justum exercitum in classe habuerunt, ille nullum. Eorum naves erant numero longè plures, mole majores, robore firmiores, structura altiores, ut à desuper propugnantibus è tabula­tis, nihil nisi certum exitium inferiùs oppugnantibus immineret. Perviditque cladem multo magis sibi obfuturam, quam victoriam profuturam. Victus enim regnum Angliae in ultimum discrimen adduxisset, victor, tantum gloriolam de classe supe­rata, & hoste caeso retulisset.

Iterum ex eodem, Pag. 490.

POstridiè Admirallus, Thomam Howardum, Baronem Sheffeildum, Rogerum Townsendum, Johannem Hawkinsum, & Martinum Forbesherum ob fortitu­dinem equestri dignitate ornavit. Deliberatumque jam inde hostem non adoriri, priusquam ad fretum Britannicum pervenirint, ubi Henricus Seimorus, & Guiliel­mus Winterus, eorum adventum praestolabantur. Ita secundo Etesiarum flatu (qui nostro coelo à Libanoto sereni plerumque spirant) Hispanica classis, Anglia subse­quente, provehitur. Tantum autem abfuit ut invincibili nomine, aut terribili specta­culo oram maritimam terruerit, ut juventus Anglica incredibili quadam alacritate (parentibus, uxoribus, liberis, cognatis, & amicis, ex intima in patriam charitate, derelictis) navigiis undique privatis impensis conductis, se Classi magno numero ad­junxerit, & inter alios, Comites Oxoniae, Northumberlandiae, Cumberlandiae, Tho­mas & Robertus Cecilii, H. Brookus, Carolus Bluntus, Walterus Raleighus, Gui­lielmus Hattonus, Robertus Carius, Ambrosius Willoughbeius, Thomas Gerardus, Arthurus Georgaeus, & alii clarioris notae.

Iterum ex eodem, Pag. 491.

AT diligentiam ejus & spem credulam Hispanorum praevertit Elizabethae pro­videntia, cujus jussu, postridiè quam Hispani anchoras fixerunt, Admirallus naves octo ex vilioribus, igne Graeco, pice, resina illitas, sulphure, varioque ignis fomite repletas, ductu Youngi & Prowsi, vento ferente in Hispanicam classem nocte intempesta immisit. Quas, ut propius adventantes Hispani conspexerunt, toto mari flammis collucente, rati naves illas incendiarias, praeter ignis periculum, exitialibus etiam machinis instructas fuisse, ululabili quodam clamore sublato, anchoras tollunt, rudentes dissecant, vela expandunt, remos incitant, & terribili pannico horrore per­culsi, repentino impetu, in fugam confusissimè proruunt. Inter quas, Galeassa prae­toria gubernaculo fracto fluitans, dum die sequente trepidè Caletum petit, arenae illisa, ab Amia Prestono, Thoma Gerardo, & Harveio ancipiti pugna occupatur, Hugone Moncada Praefecto occiso, militibus, & remigibus, vel aqua haustis, vel gladio peremtis, magna vi auri in praedam abrepta. Navigium & tormenta Ca­leti praefecto cesserunt.

Iterum ex eodem, Pag. 495.

ELizabetha similiter supplicationem & gratiarum actionem per omnes Angliae Ecclesias decrevit, ipsaque, quasi triumphum agens, cum spectatissimo nobili­um agmine per plateas Londini, coeruleo panno vestitos, & civium societates cum suis Banneriis pulcherrimo spectaculo utrinque adstantes, pilento bijugi, (nec qua­drijuga adhuc principibus in usu, ut hodie privatis) Templum Paulinum adiit (ubi vexilla hosti rapta, proposita) gratias divino numini demisissimè egit, & conci­oni, qua Deo soli gloria relata, interfuit. Admirallo quosdam reditus ob operam tam feliciter navatam, assignavit, eum & navium Praefectos, ut patriae conservandae natos, subinde laudavit. Caeteros nominatim, quoties vidit, ut praeclarè meritos gratanter salutavit, (quod instar praemii illi habuerunt) saucios atque egentiores pensionibus honestis remuneravit. Eruditi vero domi forisque, animis Laeti­tia praegestientibus, victoriae congratulantes, triumphalia omnibus linguis cecine­runt.

Cambden's History of Queen Elizabeth in English, Pag. 516.

NOT many days passed before a far greater and more choice Army was raised in England, into which many Noblemen and Gentlemen voluntarily listed themselves. For a constant rumor grew every day stronger and stronger, That the Spaniard, with all his might and main, prepared for War against England and Ire­land; encouraged the rather, because he was now in possession of Calice (from whence it was but a short cut over into England). Hawkin's and Drake's voyage had had ill success; and the Irish Rebels earnestly urged the succours out of Spain. The queen to scatter this Storm that was gathering, supposed it the best course to set upon the Enemy in his own Ports; and to that end rigged a Fleet of 150 Ships, whereof 17 were of her Navy-Royal, 22 Low-Country Ships, which the Confederate Estates joyned with hers, the rest Pinnaces and Victualers. In these were 6360 Souldiers under pay, Volunteer Gentlemen 1000, Seamen 6772, besides Low-Country-men. Robert Earl of Essex, and Charles Howard, Lord Admiral of England, who were at great Charges towards this expidition out of their own Estates, were made Commanders in chief, with equal Authority, under the title of Generals; yet so, as the Lord Admiral should have the principal Authority and Dignity at Sea, the Earl of Essex at Land. To these were joyned for a Council of War, the Lord Thomas Howard, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Vere, Sir George Carew, and Sir Coniers Clifford. The whole Fleet was divided into four Squadrons; the first the Lord Admiral commanded, the Earl of Essex the second, the Lord Thomas Howard the third, and Sir Walter Raleigh the fourth. The Officers of the Army were, Sir Francis Vere, Lieutenant-General, or Marshal; Sir John Wingfield, Quarter-master-general; Sir George Carew, Master of the Ordnance; Sir Coniers Clifford, Serjant-major. The Colonels were, Robert, Earl of Sussex, Sir Christopher Blunt, Sir Thomas Gerrard, Sir Richard Wingfield, Sir Edward Wingfield, Captain of the Volunteers, and Anthony Astley, Secretary of the Council of War, who was to re­gister the Councels with every Man's Reasons, and to record all their Actions, and Enterprises.

Again out of the same, Pag. 518.

UPON Sunday, the 20th of June, betimes in the Morning, they cast Anchor, near Saint Sebastian's Chappel, on the West side of the Island. Essex, full of courage and youthful heat, was of opinion, That the Forces were presently to be Landed. Raleigh, and especially the Lord Admiral were of a contrary mind; which Lord never approved of rash and heady Councels; yet upon much in­treaty, he consented that some should make trial, Whether they could convenient­ly Land there, but all in vain, the Sea beating violently with vast Waves up­on the Shoar.

Again out of the same, Pag. 519.

THE English Ships, which, by reason of the shallowness of the Chanal, could not hitherto come near them, now, when it was flood, came in with great alacrity. Essex also with his Ship, thrust himself into the midst of the Eight; as likewise did the Admiral himself, with his Son. In the Miranora they Fought smartly, from break of day till noon; when the Spaniards (their Gal­leons being shot through and through, and miserably torn, and many Men slain in them) resolved to fire their Ships, or run them a ground. Many of the Sea­men, for fear, cast themselves over-board; some whereof got to the shoar, some were taken, some drowned, others as they swam, cried for Quarter, and the Admi­ral pitying them, many of them were saved.

Again out of the same, Pag. 520.

AT the same instant almost the Lord Admiral, with the Lord Thomas Howard, Sir William Paget, Raleigh, Sir Robert Southwell, Richard Levison, Philip Woodhouse, Robert Mansfield, and the Sea-men; Sir Edward Hobby bearing the Flag before them, following hastily, entred the Town. Now did the Spaniards give over Fighting, and retired into the Castle and Town-house. The Town-house was presently yielded, the other the next day after, upon these conditions; That the Citizens should depart in safety with the Garments they wore, and the rest should go to the Souldiers for pillage. That 520000 Ducats should be paid for their ransom, and for the payment thereof Forty of the principal Citizens should be sent as hostages into England. Shortly after Proclamation was made, That no Man should offer violence to the Spaniards. The Women, Church-men, and Citizens, were conveyed to Porta Santa Maria.

Again out of the same, Pag. 521.

ABout Sixty Military Men were Knighted for their Valour: viz. Robert, Earl Sussex, Count Lodowick of Nassan, Don Christophero, a Portuguese, King An­tonio's Son, Sir William Herbert, Sommerset Bourk, an Irish-man, William Howard, the Admiral's Son, Robert Dudley, George Devereux, Henry Nevill, Edwin Rich, Richard Levison, Anthony Astley, Henry Lennard, Horace Vere, Arthur Throgmorton, Miles Corbet, Edward Conway, Oliver Lambert, Anthony Cook, John Townsend, Chri­stopher Heydon, Francis Popham, Philip Woodhouse, Alexander Clifford, Morrice Bark­ley, Charles Blunt, George Gifford, Robert Cross, James Scudamore, Ʋrian Leigh, John Lea, Richard Weston, Richard Wainman, James Wotton, Richard Rudal, Robert Mansell, William Mounson, John Bowles, Edward Bowes, Humphrey Druell, Amias Pre­ston, Robert Remington, Alexander Ratcliffe, John Buck, John Morgan, John Al­drige, William Ashinden, Matthew Brown, Thomas Acton, Thomas Gates, John Staf­ford, Gillie Merrick, Thomas Smith, William Pooly, Thomas Palmer, John Lovell, John Gilbert, William Harvey, John Grey, John Vanduvenvord, Melchior Lebben, Peter Regemort, Nicholas Medkirk.

A Patent constituting Charles Lord Howard of Effingham, Earl of Nottingham.

ELizabetha Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regina, &c.
Universis, & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vice-comiti­bus, Episcopis, Baronibus, ac omnibus aliis ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Cum hi quos divina providentia in Monarchia & Regali solio constituit, & collocavit, ut in terris quasi Vicarii, coelestis illius Majestatis, benè, justè, & piè decent, & salutariter praesint regno, atque quaecunque suae custodiae, guberna­tioni, & regimini, divinitùs mandatae, & commissae sunt. Ipsique monarchae in mo­narchia sua idem repraesentant, quod oculi in corpore, quorum officium est dirigere omnia corporis membra, ita summi monarchae & principes, tanquam oculi reipub­licae intentivè circumspicere & perlustare debeant, omnes status, & ordines imperii sui, sine quibus haud dubiè nullam civilem administrationem, nullam politiae guber­nationem institui, aut fieri posse fatendum est. Atque usque necessaria est ordinum in magnis imperiis conservatio, & postquam viderint statum, & ordi­nem nobilitatis temporis diuturnitate, antiquitate, vel aliter convulsum, immu­nitum, conquassatum, aut, ut multa humaniter accidunt, morte afflictum & de­bilitatum, maturè resarcire, instaurare, augere, & amplificare, ita quòd aliis quos cum virtutis suae, tum generis, & majorum suorum gloria nobilitavit, ad nobilitatem & honorem accitis, ordinem, & statum, in nitore, & splendore suo perpetuatim conservent. Jam idcirco videntes illustrem ordinem Comitum [Page 379]hujus Regni, ex reliquis honorificum, & gloriosum, ex paucitate laborare, & com­pertum habentes charissimum Consanguineum nostrum, Carolum Howard, Baronem Howard de Effingham, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Militem, se strenuè, & fortiter nobis gessisse, ante aliquot annos, ut supremus Admirallus Angliae, atque valdè egregia servicia, nobis, ac Regno nostro praestitisse, cum navibus, & Classe nostra Regia, & armata nostra, in Anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo octagisimo octavo, ac Regni nostri tricesimo, auspiciis nostris, ac favente Deo, aperto praelio navali ex­pugnasse Classem Hispanicam paratam, ad invadendum Regnum nostrum, quan­quam numero multo fuerint plures naves Hispanorum, Duce Medina Sidonia exer­citus Hispanici supremo, Duce, & Capitaneo generali in fugam coactis, majorique parte suae Classis distructae aut submersae, & ea victoria parta Regnum nostrum tutum reddidit ab omni vel invasione Hispanica, vel suspicione periculi. Cumque etiam, eo facto, non desistebat à vindicta ulteriori sumenda contra Regem Hispaniae, ho­stem Regni nostri, sed ut Archithalassiarcha conjunxit cum charissimo consanguineo nostro Roberto, Comite Essex, fortiter, & magnificè coepit, vi aperta, insulam, & urbem de Cadiz, fortiter munitam, in ulteriori Hispania, integramque aliam Classem Regis Hispaniae in dicto portu de Cadiz paratam, contra Regnum nostrum totaliter expugnavit, & destruxit. Volentes igitur ipsum Carolum, pro his rebus tam strenuè gestis, meritò, ad statum, honorem, & dignitatem Comitis Nottingham erigere, ac pro eo quòd praedictus Carolus Howard, Baro Howard de Effingham nuper, ac ne­pos ortus, & prognatus, sit à nobili stripe, & familia dictorum Howardorum diu possidentium jure haereditario titulos Ducum Norfolciae, Comitum Warrennae, Surriae, & Nottinghamiae, quorum etiam multi ejusdem nominis, ac familiae, offi­cia Admiralitatis Angliae, anteactis temporibus, & nominatim temporibus patris nostri Regis Henrici Octavi, fratrisque nostri Edwardi Sexti, ac sororis nostrae Re­ginae Mariae, magna cum laude, & victoriis executi sunt. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, praefatum Carolum in Comitem Nottinghamiae, nec non ad statum, gradum, dignitatem, & honorem Comitis Nottinghamiae ereximus, creavimus, & praefecimus, ipsumque Comitem Nottinghamium erigimus, creamus, & praefacimus, tenore praesentium; eidemque Carolo nomen, stilum, & titulum Comitis Nottingham imposuimus, dedimus, prae­buimus, & imponimus, damus, praebemus, ac ipsum Carolum hujusmodi statu, ti­tulo, honore, & dignitate Comitis Nottingham, per gladii cincturam, cape honoris, & circuli aurei impositionem imponimus, insignimus, investimus, & realiter nobili­tamus, per praesentes habendum & tenendum, statum, gradum, dignitatem, stilum, titulum; necnon & honorem Comitis praedicti, cum omnibus & singulis praeemi­nentiis, honoribus, caeterisque hujusmodi statutis Comiti Nottinghamiae pertinenti­bus, sive spectantibus, praefato Carolo, & haeredibus masculis de corpore suo ex­euntibus in perpetuum. Volentes, & per praesentes concedentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, quod praefatus Carolus, & haeredes sui prae­dicti, nomen, stilum, gradum, dignitatem, statum, titulum, & honorem prae­dictum, successivè gerant, & habeant, per nomen Comitis Nottinghamiae suc­cessivè vocitentur & nuncupentur, & quilibet eorum vocitetur & nuncupetur. Et quòd idem Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti successivè, ut Comites Not­tinghamiae teneantur, tractentur, & reputentur, & eorum quilibet teneatur, tracte­tur, & nuncupetur, habeantque, teneant, & possedeant, dictus Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti, & eorum quilibet habeat, teneat, & possedeat sedem & locum in Parlia­mentis nostris, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, infra Regnum nostrum An­gliae, inter alios Comites, ut Comes Nottinghamiae. Necnon dictus Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti gaudeant, & utantur, & eorum quilibet gaudeat, & utatur, per nomen Comitis Nottinghamiae, omnibus & singulis, juribus, & privilegiis, prae­eminentiis, immunitatibus, statu Comitis, in omnibus ritè, & de jure pertinenti­bus, quibus caeteri Comites dicti Regni nostri Angliae, ante haec tempora melius honorificemus & quiemus, usi & gauvisi fint, seu in praesenti gaudeant & utantur. Et quia crescent status celsitudine necessario crescent sumptus, & onera grandiora. [Page 380]Et ut idem Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti, meliùs, dicentiùs, & honorificentiùs statum praedictum Comitis Nottinghamiae, ac onera ipsi Carolo, & haeredibus suis incumbentia manutenere, & supportare valeant, & quilibet eorum valeat. Ideo de ulteriori gratia nostra, dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haere­dibus, & successoribus nostris damus, & concedimus praefato Carolo, & haeredibus suis praedictis in perpetuum, vigenti libras feodi, sive annualis redditus, singulis an­nis percipiendum, de exitibus, proficuis, & reventionibus magnae, & parvae custu­mae, & subsidii nostri, nobis concessi, seu in posterum nobis, haeredibus, vel suc­cessoribus nostris concedendi, provenientis, crescentis, sive emergentis, infra por­tum civitatis nostrae Londini, per manus Custumariorum, sive Collectorum nostro­rum, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, ibidem pro tempore existentium, ad terminos Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, per aequales portiones, singulis an­nis, solvendas. His Testibus, Reverendissimo in Christo patre & conciliario no­stro, Johanne Archiepiscopo Cantuariae, totius Angliae Primate, ac Metropolitano, ac praedilectis, & perquam fidelibus Conciliariis nostris, Thoma Egerton, Milite, Custode magni Sigilli nostri Angliae, Willielmo Domino Burghley, praeclari ordinis Garterii Milite, magno Thesaurario nostro Angliae, ac etiam charissimis Consangui­neis nostris, Henrico Comite Northumbriae, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, Gilberto Comite Salopiae, ejusdem ordinis Garterii Milite, Edwardo Comite Wi­gorniae, ejusdem ordinis Garterii Milite, Roberto Comite Sussexiae, Edwardo Comite Hertfordiae; necnon Reverendis in Christo patribus, Ricardo, Episcopo Londini, Tho­ma, Episcopo Wintoniae, Antonio, Episcopo Cicestrensi, Herberto, Episcopo Herefor­diae, ac praedilecto & fideli Conciliario nostro, Georgio Domino de Hunsdon, praeno­bilis ordinis Garterii Milite, Camerario hospitii nostri, ac etiam praedilectis, & fideli­bus nostris, Edwardo Domino Zouche, Thoma Domino Berkley, Henrico Domino Cobham, Edwardo Domino Stafford, Thoma Domino Scroope de Bolton, Willielmo Domino Sandes, Henrico Domino Windsorae, Edmundo Domino Sheffield, & praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite; necnon praedilectis, & fidelibus Conciliariis nostris, Rogero Domino Northe, Thesaurario hospitii nostri, Thoma Domino Buckhurst, praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite, ac Angliae princerna, ac praedilecto, & fideli nostro, Willielmo Domino Compton, ac etiam dilictis, & fidelibus Concili­ariis nostris Willielmo Knolles, Milite, Contrarotulatore hospitii nostri, Roberto Cecilio, Milite, principali Secretario nostro, & aliis. In cujus rei, &c.

Teste Regina apud Westmonasterium vicesimo secundo die Octobris, Anno Regni Re­ginae Elizabethae tricesimo.
Per ipsam Reginam. Concordatum cum Recordo & Examinatum per me S. Killingworth.

The History of Queen Elizabeth by Cambden, Pag. 610.

HE was very much offended that the Council were let loose: several Papers he cast into the Fire, lest (as he said) they should tell tales, and pre­pared himself for defence. And being now reduced to his last hope, of expecting Aid from the Londoners, he Fortified his House on all sides. The Lord Admiral presently Besieged the House to Land-ward. He assigned the Earls of Cumberland, and Lincoln, the Lord Thomas Howard, the Lord Grey, the Lord Burghly, the Lord Compton, and others, with Forces of Horse and Foot, every Man his Post. He himself, with the Lord Effingham, his Son, the Lord Cobham, Sir John Stanhop, Sir Robert Sidney, Sir Fulk Grevill, seized upon the Garden by the Thames side. Being now ready to assault the House, he summoned him by Sidney, to yield. [Page 381] Southampton asked him, to whom they should yield; To their Adversaries? That were to run themselves headlong to ruine; Or to the Queen? That were to con­fess themselves guilty. But yet, said he, if the Lord Admiral will give us Hostages for our security, we will appear before the Queen: If not we are every one of us fully resolved to lose our lives fighting. The Lord Admiral returning word by Sid­ney, That neither were Conditions to be propounded by Rebels, nor Hostages to be delivered to them; signified to Essex, That, for the sparing the weaker sex, he would permit the Countess, his Wife, the Lady Rich, his Sister, and their Waiting-Gentlewomen (who filled all places with their womanish Shrieks, and La­mentations) to come forth. Which Essex took as a favour; only he desired that an hour or two's time might be granted him to fortifie the place, by which they should go forth: which was also granted.

Before the hour was expired, Essex, holding all things now for desparate, and lost, resolved to make his way out. And the Lord Sands, who was more aged than the rest, earnestly urged him so to do; often repeating that saying, That the resolutest Councels are the safest; That it is more honourable for Noble Persons to die fighting, than by the hand of the Executioner. But Essex, wavering in his resolu­tion, began presently to think of yielding, and gave notice that upon certain Con­ditions he would yield. But when the Lord Admiral would admit of no conditi­ons; he said, he would not give conditions, but rather take them. Yet Three things he requested: First, That they might be civilly dealt withal. This the Lord Admiral promised. Secondly, That their cause might be justly, and duly heard. He answered, That there was no reason to doubt thereof. And, Lastly, That Ashton, a Minister of God's Word, might be with him in Prison, for his Soul's comfort. The Lord Admiral answered, That for these things he would make in­tercession to the Queen. When presently all the Noblemen, falling upon their Knees, and delivering their Swords up to the Lord Admiral, yielded themselves at Ten of the Clock at Night. There were no more slain but Owen Salisbury, and one, or two, who were killed in the House by shot, and as many of the Besiegers.

And again out of the same, Pag. 659.

UPON which day (whether thinking on her Death, or presaging what would ensue) she happned to say to the Lord Admiral, whom she always dearly affected, My Throne hath been the Throne of Kings, neither ought any other, than he that is my next Heir, to succeed me. And the Courtiers ob­served, That she never before more frequented Prayers, and the Service of God, than now.

WILLIAM Lord Howard, Lord Baron of Effingham, Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham, that was Lord High Ad­miral of England. CHAPTER IV.

HE is recorded in several Writers of the Heralds Books, to have bore a part in most of the Tilts, Fights at Barriers, and other Marshal Games, and Triumphs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Cambden's History of Queen Elizabeth, Pag. 519.

THE English Ships, which, by reason of the shallowness of the Channel, could not hitherto come near them, now, when it was flood, came in with great alacrity. Essex also with his Ship, thrust himself into the midst of the Fight; as likewise did the Admiral himself, with his Son.

Ibidem, Pag. 521.

ABout Sixty Military Men were Knighted for their Valour: viz. Robert, Earl of Essex, Count Lodowick of Nassau, Don Christophero, a Portuguese, Sir Wil­liam Herbert, Sommerset Bourk, an Irish-man, William Howard, the Lord Admiral's Son, Robert Dudley, George Devereux, Henry Nevill, &c.

Milles's Catalogue of Honour, Pag. 894, 895.

CHARLES Howard (Son of William, Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord Admiral of England, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, one of her Privy Council, and by her made Knight of the Garter, who was younger Son of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk) one of the Lords of the Honourable Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth, and King James, Lord Howard of Effingham, Knight of the Garter, Lord Admiral of England, was, for his most right honourable Service at the Sacking of Cales, with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, by Queen Elizabeth, created Earl of Nottingham, in right of his descent from the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, and Earls of Nottingham.

The First Wife.
  • Katharine, Daughter of Henry Cary, Lord Hundsdon (who being Lord Cham­berlain of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth, one of her Honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the Garter, was Son of William Cary, by his Wife, Mary Bollen, Sister to Queen Anne Bollen, Mother of Queen Elizabeth) was first Wife unto Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham.
The Second Wife.
  • Margaret, the Daughter of James Stuart, Earl of Murray, was the second Wife to Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, now living, 1610.
Children by his First Wife.
  • William Howard, (was by King James, created Lord Howard of Effingham) a Baron of the Parliament House, who Married Anne, Daughter and Heir of John Lord Saint John of Bletsoe, by his Wife, Katharine, Daughter of Sir Robert Dormer of Eythorp in Buckingham-shire.
  • Charles Howard, Knight, Keeper of the Castle at Windsor.
  • Elizabeth, Wife of Sir Robert Southwell, of Riseing in Norfolk, Knight.
  • Frances, Wife of ..... Fitz-Gerald, Earl of Kildare.
  • Margaret, Wife of Sir Richard Leuson.
Children by his Second Wife.
  • James, died lately, young, 1610.

ELIZABETH HOWARD, Countess of Peterborow. CHAPTER V.

The Second Part of the Baronage of England, by Dugdale, Pag. 279.

THIS Noble Earl took to Wife, Katharine, Daughter to Henry, Lord Hunds­don, by whom he had Issue, Two Sons, William, who wedded Anne, Daugh­ter, and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Bletsoe, who died in his Father's Life-time; leaving Issue, Elizabeth, his Sole Daughter and Heir, Married to John Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, afterwards Earl of Peterborow, and Charles his Successor in his Honors: as also three Daughters; Elizabeth, Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Riseing; Frances, first to Henry Fitz-Gerald, Earl of Kildare; and Margaret, to Sir Richard Levison of Trentham, and Vice-Admiral of England.

An Indenture by which Elizabeth, Countess of Peterborow, doth settle the Mannor of Blechingleigh, upon her Son, Henry, Earl of Peterborow.

THis Indenture made the Four and twentieth day of April, Anno Domini 1648. and in the Four and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. between the Right Honourable, Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of Peterborow, of the one part, and the Right Honourable, Henry, Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath, Sir Oliver Luke of Hawnes, in the County of BEdford, Knight, and Sir Samuel Luke of Woodend, in the said County of Bedford, Knight, of the other part, Wit­nesseth, That the said Countess Dowager, for the settling of the Mannor and Lands hereafter mentioned, in the Name, and Blood of her, the said Countess; And in consideration of the summ of Five shillings of lawful Money of England, to her in hand paid, by the said Henry, Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, whereof she acknowledgeth the receipt; and for divers other good causes and considerations, her, the said Countess, hereunto espe­cially moving, hath Granted, Bargained, Aliened, Sold, Enfeoffed, and Con­firmed, and by these Presents, doth Grant, Bargain, Alien, Sell, Enfeoffe, and Confirm unto the said Henry, Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, all that the Mannor of Blechingly, alias Bletchingley, alias Blechingleigh, in the County of Surrey, with the Rights, Members, and Ap­purtenances thereunto belonging; and all Houses, Lands, Tenements, Heredita­ments, Commons, Wasts, Warrens, Courts, Court-Leet, view of Frankpledge, Privileges, Goods of Felons, Deodands, Franchises, Profits, Emoluments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the said Mannor belonging, or appertaining, or as part, parcel, or member thereof, commonly accepted, reputed, taken, or known; and also all Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of her, the said Countess Do­wager, scituate, lying, and being, in the Parishes of Blechingly, alias Bletchingley, alias Blechingleigh, aforesaid, Godstone, Cateram, and Horne, or any of them, in the said County of Surrey, To Have and to Hold the said Mannor, Lands, and Premi­ses, with their, and every of their rights, members, and appurtenances, to the said Henry, Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, their Heirs and Assigns for ever, to the use, behoof, intents, and purposes, and with, upon, and under such limitations as are hereafter, in, and by these pre­sents limited, expressed, and declared; and to, and for no other use, intent, mean­ing, or purpose whatsoever: (That is to say) To the Use of the said Elizabeth, [Page 384]Countess Dowager of Peterborow, for and during the Term of her Natural Life, without Impeachment of, or for any manner of Wast: And after her Decease, then to the Use and Behoof of Henry, Earl of Peterborow, Son and Heir Apparent of the said Countess, for, and during the Term of Fourscore and nineteen Years, if the said Earl of Peterborow shall so long live, without Impeachment of Wast: And af­terwards to the Use of the said Henry Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, for the Life of the said Earl of Peterborow, upon Trust, and to the intent that the Contingent Remainders, herein after limited, may not be prevented, defeated, or destroyed, without the Consent of the said Coun­tess: And nevertheless, That the said Earl of Peterborow, may have and receive the Rents and Profits of the said Mannor and Premises, for the term of his Life: And after the Decease of the said Earl of Peterborow, to the Use of the Daughter, or Daughters, and Younger Son or Sons, of the Body of the said Earl of Peterborow, lawfully to be begotten: And of, and for such Estate; and Estates, either in Fee Simple, Fee Tail, for Life, or Lives, or Years, or otherwise, of the said Mannor and Premises, and every or any Part or Parcel thereof. And to the intent that such Son, or Sons, Daughter, or Daughters, may have and receive such Rent, or Rents, Summ, or Summs of Money, out of the Premises, or any Part thereof, as the said Earl of Peter­borow, at any time, during his Life, by any Writing or Writings, under his Hand and Seal; testified by Two or more Witnesses, shall limit and appoint: And for Default of such Limitation and Appointment; or as the Estates so limited shall respectively end and determine; and charged or chargeable with such Rent or Rents, Summ or Summs of Money, as shall be so limited: Then to the Use and Be­hoof of the First Son of the said Earl of Peterborow, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten, and of the Heirs of the Body of such First Son, lawfully begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the Use and Behoof of the Second Son of the said Henry, Earl of Peterborow, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such Second Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the Use and Behoof of the Third Son of the said Henry, Earl of Peterborow, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such Third Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Issue, then to the Use and Behoof of the Fourth Son of the said Henry, Earl of Peterborow; and of the Heirs of the Body of such Fourth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the Use and Behoof of the Fifth Son of the said Henry, Earl of Peterborow, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such Fifth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Issue, then to the Use and Behoof of all, and every such other Son or Sons of the said Henry, Earl of Peterborow, lawfully to be begotten, as they shall be in Priority of Birth; and of the several and respective Heirs of their several and respective Bodies, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Daughter, or Daughters of the said Henry, Earl of Peter­borow, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body, or Bodies of such Daughter, or Daughters, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of John Mordaunt, Esq, Second Son of the said Countess, for, and during the term of his Natural Life, without Impeach­ment of, or for any manner of Wast. And after his Decease, then to the use and behoof of the First Son of the said John Mordaunt, lawfully to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such First Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Second Son of the said John Mordaunt, lawfully to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such Second Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Third Son of the said John Mordaunt, lawfully to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such Third Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Fourth Son of the said John Mordaunt, lawfully to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body of such [Page 385]Fourth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Fifth Son of the said John Mordaunt, lawfully to be begot­ten; and to the Heirs of the Body of such Fifth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of all and every the Sons of the said John Mordaunt, lawfully begotten, as they shall be in Priority of Birth; and of their several and respective Heirs, of their several and respective Bo­dies, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs; then to the use and behoof of the Daughter; or Daughters of the said John Mordaunt, law­fully to be begotten; and of the Heirs of the Body, or Bodies of such Daughter, or Daughters, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Heirs of the Body of the said Countess Dowager, law­fully begotten, or to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of Sir Francis Howard of Great Bookham, in the County of Surrey, Knight, for, and during his Natural Life, without Impeachment of, or for any manner of Wast. And after his Decease, then to the use and behoof of the First Son of the said Sir Francis Howard, lawfully begotten or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such First Son, lawfully begotten or to be be­gotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Second Son of the said Sir Francis Howard, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Second Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Third Son of the said Sir Francis Howard, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and to the Heirs Males of the Body of such Third Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Fourth Son of the said Sir Francis Ho­ward, lawfully begotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Fourth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Fifth Son of the said Sir Francis Howard, lawfully be­gotten, or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Fifth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and be­hoof of all, and every the Sons of the said Sir Francis Howard, lawfully to be be­gotten, as they shall be in Priority of Birth; and of their several and respective Heirs Males, of their several and respective Bodies, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of Sir Charles Howard of ..... in the County of Surrey, Knight, for, and during the term of his Natural, Life without Impeachment of, or for any manner of Wast. And after his Decease, then to the use and behoof of the First Son of the said Sir Charles Howard, lawfully begotten or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such First Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Second Son of the said Sir Charles Howard, lawfully begotten or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Second Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Third Son of the said Sir Charles Howard, lawfully begotten or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Third Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for de­fault of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Fourth Son of the said Sir Charles Howard lawfully begotten or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Fourth Son lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and behoof of the Fifth Son of the said Sir Charles Howard, lawfully begotten or to be begotten; and of the Heirs Males of the Body of such Fifth Son, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Heirs, then to the use and be­hoof of all, and every the Sons of the said Sir Charles Howard, lawfully to be be­gotten, as they shall be in Priority of Birth; and of the several and respective Heirs Males, of their several and respective Bodies, lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such Issue, then to the use and behoof of the right Heirs of the said Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of Peterborow for ever. And the said Countess Do­wager doth Covenant, Grant, and Agree to, and with the said Henry, Earl of [Page 386] Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, their Heirs and Assigns, and every of them, That she the said Countess Dowager, shall and will, before the First Day of July, next ensuing the Date hereof, acknowledge and Levy one Fine with Proclamations, according to the Statute in that Case made and provided, before His Majesty's Justices of His Courts of Common-Pleas at West­minster, of all and singular the Premises, with their, and every of their Rights, Mem­bers, and Appurtenances, by such Name or Names, Quantity and Number of Acres; and in such Manner and Form, as by the said Henry, Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, their Heirs and As­signs, or by their Councel Learned in the Law, shall be thought fit and conveni­ent: Which said Fine, so, or in any other manner to be Levied, of the said Man­nor, Lands, and Premises; and all, and every other Fine and Fines, by, and be­tween the said Parties, or any of them, of the said Mannor and Premises, or any Part thereof, heretofore Levied, or hereafter to be Levied, shall be, and shall be Adjudged, Deemed, and Construed, and taken to be, and Inure, to, and for the Uses, Limitations, Intents, and Purposes, herein before mentioned, limited, and declared. Provided, and it is hereby further declared, That this present As­surance, and the Fine to be Levied, as aforesaid, shall be Deemed, Construed, and Taken to be, and Inure for the Strengthening and Confirming of one An­nual or Yearly Rent-Charge of Three hundred Pounds per Annum, heretofore Granted or Limited to the said John Mordaunt, and his Heirs, to be Issuing out of the said Mannor of Blechingly, alias Bletchingley, alias Blechingleigh, and other the Premises: And also one Estate for One and twenty Years, of the said Man­nor and Premises, granted to Francis, late Earl of Bedford, Oliver, late Earl of Bullingbrooke, Sir Henry Compton, and Sir Rowland Saint John, to Commence imme­diately from, and after the Decease of the said Countess Dowager, for the raising of Four thousand Pounds, for the Portion of the Lady Elizabeth Howard, Daugh­ter of the said Countess, according to the Purport and true Meaning of One In­denture, bearing Date the First Day of November, in the Fourteenth Year of His now Majesty's Reign, as by the said Indenture may appear: And that the Uses, Estates and Limitations herein before mentioned, shall be Subject to, and Charged with the said Rent-Charge of Three hundred Pounds per Annum, and term of One and twenty years, any thing in these Presents, contained to the con­trary, notwithstanding.

In witness whereof, the parties above named have to these present Indentures Interchangably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written.
E. PETERBOROW.
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of
  • Tho. Farrer,
  • Will. Preston,
  • Sam. Holland.

A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT, Justified by Antient and Extant Charters, Publick Records, Histories and other Authentick Proofs.

By ROBERT HALSTEAD.

The Arms of the House of Mordaunt were Argent, a Cheveron Sable, between Three Stars Waved of the same.

OSBERT le MORDAƲNT, Lord of Radwell, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER I.

IN the Year 1066. against which Providence had prepared so great a change for the People and Government of England, as did ensue by their subjection to the total Conquest of a Victorious Prince. At that time, among the other Hero's, who joyn'd their hopes and assistance to the Fortunes of the famous William, Duke of Normandy, there was a Noble Knight, called Robert of Saint Giles, in the Latin Tongue, Robertus de Sancto Aegidio, who brought to his Service Fourscore Knights, (Milites) out of the South parts of France, and joyn'd himself to the Duke's other Troops, at the Imbarcation for this great undertaking. Of this Ro­bert of Saint Giles, no more is extant of what he was, than the assurance that the Soveraign Earls and Princes of Tholouse, did all at that time, use the Name and Ap­pellation of Saint Giles, or De Sancto Aegidio: That the Attendance of Fourscore Kinghts was an Equipage suitable to a Prince Adventurer; and that after his la­bors in this War, he was rewarded by the generous Conqueror, with great Lands and noble Possessions. How long this Robert of Saint Giles lived, or remain'd in this Kingdom, we cannot tell; but we find his Son, Eustace of Saint Giles, did sur­vive his Father, and possessed his Acquisitions, by a Charter, wherein he gave to his Brother Osbert (who from some occasion was call'd Le Mordaunt, and was the beginner of this House and Name) the Lordship of Radwell, in the County of Bedford, and other Lands that were of his Father's Partition. And from this Os­bert all the Mordaunts do derive, as will appear by a continued Series of Extant Proofs. He lived after to a great Age; and being engaged in assistance with the first Conquerors of Ireland, we find him to have received from the Gift of Harvey de Montmorency, who is stiled Marescallus Domini Regis totius Hiberniae, the Lordship of Balinaeeros, Tobenere, and many great Possessions. When, or where he died doth not appear; but

He left Issue,
  • Osmund Mordaunt. And,
  • Baldwin Mordaunt. Which latter was a Witness to many Antient Charters that are Extant.

OSMƲND le MORDAƲNT, Lord of Radwell, Felmarsham, and Chellington. CHAPTER II.

OSMƲND le MORDAƲNT flourished in the time of Henry the Second, and became possessed of the Lordship of Radwell, of the Town of Felmar­sham, of Lands in Wahull and other places, which were of those his Fa­ther, Osbert did possess in this Kingdom; and it is possible, may have been a younger Brother, and that an elder Son of Osbert Mordaunt, did remain settled upon his Lands in Ireland, under some other Name. However, he was a Knight of much Renown, as may appear by the Alliance he contracted with one of the most famous Knights of his time, Sampson Fortis, of whom was held many Fees by Knight Ser­vice. This Sampson was so called from his great Strength and Valour; being a great Champion, and Associate in War with Simon de Saint Lis, and David of Scot­land, and the Earls of Huntington, and Northampton, and was Lord of several Towns and Villages, of Chellington among the rest, which he gave in Marriage to Osmund Mordaunt, with his Daughter Ellen: of whom the said Osmund had Issue,

  • Eustace Mordaunt.
  • Robert Mordaunt.

EƲSTACE le MORDAƲNT, Lord of Radwell, Felmar­sham, Chellington, of the Moiety of the Noble Lordship of Tur­vey, as of Lands in Wahull, and in Brayfield. CHAPTER III.

EƲSTACE le MORDAƲNT was a Valiant and a Fortunate Knight; he did Accompany King Richard the First, among the Troops that followed him into the Holy Land, and served in all the Enterprises of that Expediti­on. At his return he found his Father Deceased, and a Devolution to him of his Inheritance. He began with an Action of Piety, in acknowledging the mercy of his Return, and Establishment; and gave (under the Name of Eustachius le Mor­daunt) certain Lands in Turvey, in free, pure, and perpetual Alms, to the Church of St. John Baptist, and St. John Evangelist of Caldwell, and the Canons of that place, for the good of his Soul, for that of Alice his Wife, and for that of all his An­cestors and Successors. He had indeed, by his merit and worthiness, acquired a Wife out of the House of Alno, or de Alneto; who from the Conquest had been Lords of Turvey, and other fair Possessions, which by the death of Hugh of Alno, without Issue, were devolved to Two beautiful Sisters, Alice, and Sarah, whereof he Married the first, (the second being the Wife of Sir Richard of Ardres) and with this Lady he became possessed of the Moiety of that Noble Lordship, from thenceforth called Mordaunts Mannor, having a large Extent, and very particular privileges. He had a Sute with Gilbert Fitz-Williams, in the Ninth Year of Richard the First, about some Lands in Radwell, which was Adjudged on his behalf; and granted several Lands in Turvey for their Homages and Service, and other con­siderations to William Cooke, to Simon of Turvey, to Raignold le Bray, and to others. Toward his latter end, about the Sixteenth Year of King Henry the [Page 392]Third, he had a Contest with Sir John de Traylly, and the Cause was decided against him: and we find he died near that time,

Leaving Issue,

  • William Mordaunt.
  • Agnes Mordaunt.

WILLIAM MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Felmarsham, Esthull, Radwell, of Lands in Wahull, and in Yerdley. CHAPTER IV.

WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, (for from this time in the old Deeds the le is changed into the de) after the death of Eustace, became Lord of the Lordships of Radwell, Turvey, and several other Lands. In the Twenty ninth of Henry the Third, he paid a Releif to the Lord William de la Church, and the Lady Matilda de Traylly his Wife, for certain Lands he held: I suppose they were those about which Eustace, his Father, was cast in the behalf of John de Traylly, in the Sixteenth of the said King's Reign. About the same time, Hen­ry, the Son of Fulk Huriel, Roger le Soc of Wybaudston, and Albreda, the Daughter of Robert of Saint George, do by several Deeds, Release, and Quit Claim to this William, under the stile of William de Mordaunt, their Lord, divers Rights, and Lands. And Richard of Ardres, unto the said William (for such proprieties the Lords of this Mannor of Turvey had in these, and after-times) Gives, Grants, and Confirms, for Six Marks of Silver, which he gave to him in Gersumam, one of his Villanes, called Adam Pite, with all his sequel and procreation, gotten, and to be gotten for ever. There passes afterward, between William Mordaunt, and Hugh Poore, Prior of the Monastery of St. Neads, an exchange of divers Lands, with an advantage given by the said William, in free, pure, and perpetual Alms. And as the last testimony of him, there is Extant an Accompt given unto him under the Seal of one William de Wikely, who terms himself therein, Serviens Willielmi de Mordaunt in Manerio suo de Turvey: Dated the Ninth of Edward the First. Not long after which, he is supposed to have deceased. Amice of Olney, the Daughter of Sir William of Olney, was the Wife of William Mordaunt; and by her he had the Lordship of Esthull, and a Mannor with diverse Lands in Yerdley: which last had been given her Father by John Scot, Earl of Huntington, a Prince of the House of Scotland. Her Husband is stiled in a Deed (wherein Matilda, the Daughter of Lettice of Esthull, does remit unto him, and Amice, his Wife, her Right and Claim to certain Lands) Lord of that place. The Charter runs, Willielmo de Mor­daunt Domino de Esthull, & Amiciae Ʋxori suae. Sir William of Olney, the Father of this Amice, was one of the Sons of that Sir Richard Sutton, that flourished in the time of Henry the Third, from whence the Lords of Dudley did descend. He as­sumed the Name of Olney, from certain Lands he held therein, that his Father had received from the Grant of Ralph, Earl of Chester. After the death of William Mordaunt, this Amice took into her Second Bed, Aegidio de Albeny, Lord of Demster: and under the Name of Amicia de Albeny, she Granted afterwards, in the Ninth Year of Edward the Second, unto William Mordaunt her Son, and to Robert the Son of the said William, five Virgates, and five Acres of Land in Yerdly, with the five Villanes that then occupied the same.

Their Issue,

  • William de Mordaunt. And
  • Richard de Mordaunt.

WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Chicheley, Clifton, Yerdley, Esthull, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER V.

WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, the Son of William, Lord of Tur­vey, and of Esthull, in the Fourteenth year of Edward the First, pur­chased the Mannor of Chicheley, and diverse Messuages therein, of William, the Son of Samson le Mansell, and of Gualfridus de Stachesden. In the Twen­ty second of the said King's Reign, he had a dispute with the Lord Reignald de Gray, then a great person, and from whom the Earls of Kent are descended, who continue to this day large possessions in those parts. It was about a Fishing of a certain part in the River Ouse, joyning to the Lord Grey his Lands, which by reciprocal Indenture was accorded, that it should be thenceforth free unto them both. And in the Twenty fifth of the same Henry, he obtained a Patent to Em­park certain Lands in his Lordship of Turvey. The last Act of his, we find to be in the Eleventh Year of Edward the Second; at which time he made a Grant, Re­lease and Quit-claim for ever, unto God, the Church of St. Need's, and the Monks of that House, of all his Right and Claim, which he had, or could have, unto three Messuages, Eighty eight Acres of Land, and One Acre of Meadow in Turvey, with their Appurtenances, for the which he, together with his partner, Hugh of Ar­dres, had Sued the Prior of that place, in the King's Court; as also fo other Lands and Tenements, which the said Monks held of his Fee, and in his Fee; all which Lands their Predecessors had received from the Gift of his Ancestors, in the said Village, saving always to him, and to his Heirs, and unto Hugh of Ardres, his partner, the Services due unto them.

Roesia, or Rose de Wake, was the Wife of this William Mordaunt. She was the Daughter of Sir Ralph de Wake, who was Lord of Clifton; which was a Family in those, and elder times, when there were no Dukes, and but few Earls in England, and the Degree of the Baronage (wherein several of that Name sate) was so illustri­ous, did yield to few, in splendor of dignity, greatness of power, and opulency of fortune: It had brought forth a number of Hero's, famous for Valour and Wis­dom: It had become worthy the Alliance of the Royal House. And had Fortune persevered in her own work, and not always delighted in the change and sub­version of great Families, there had not any (in probaility) arrived at greater eminency. With this Roesia there was at that time given, in part of Portion, the Land and Mannor in Clifton, which to this day remain unto the Mordaunts, un­der the Name of Wake's Mannor, unto which a very Noble Royalty and Privi­lege do belong.

Their Issue,

  • Robert Mordaunt.
  • William Mordaunt.

ROBERT MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Yerd­ley, Knotting, Chicheley, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER VI.

IN the Sixteenth Year of Edward the Second, while William Mordaunt, his Father, was yet alive, Hugo Bossard, that was Lord of Knotting, did Enfeoffe RO­BERT, the Son of William Mordaunt, of all his Homages, Services, Natives, and other Royalties of his Mannor of Knotting, to him and to his Heirs. Several Records, and Rolls of his Court are extant, that express, upon the decease of his Father, the Homages he received, and the Noble Royalties, which in Right of his Mannors, he was invested in. He was Lord of the Lordships of Turvey, of Chicheley, of Esthull, of Yerdley, of Clifton, and of Knotting. We find that he made over, in the Seventeenth of Edward the Third, in trust, unto one William Campion of Stachesden, all his Lands and Tenements, which he had and held, of the Fee of Gloucester in Turvey, in Lands, in Houses, in Woods, in Gardens, in Meadows, in Pastures, in Paths, in Ways, and in Reversions, in Homages, in Wards, and in Releiffs, in Escheats, in Rents of the Freemen, and of the Villanes, of their sequels, and of all other things (these are the words of the Deed.) And the same William Campion does, by another Deed, return to Robert Mordaunt, and to Johane, his Wife, all the said Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Services for the Term of his life, with the Reversion over to Edmond Mordaunt, Son and Heir to the said Robert and Johane. Dated of the same Year.

The first Wife of Robert Mordaunt, was one Mary of Rutland; unto whom he was Married in his Father's time, as we find by a Deed, Dated of the Thirteenth of Edward the First, wherein one Robert de Hulier of Turvey, does sell unto them, and the Heirs of their Bodies, a certain piece of Land; but she dyed early, without leaving him any Issue.

His Second Wife was Johane de Bray, the Daughter of Roger de Bray, that was Lord of Silesho; which Brayes were a Family of a long continuance in that Tract.

Their Issue,

  • Edmond de Mordaunt, their only Son.

EDMOND de MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chillington, Staggesden, Shephaell, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER VII.

EDMOND de MORDAƲNT flourished in the Twenty seventh of Ed­ward the Third, at which time we find several transactions that past between him, Sir Henry of Brussels, and others, about the Lands that came unto him in Right of his Wife. But in the Twenty ninth of this King, there hap­pened a memorable dispute between this Edmond, and one Roger Cooke of Newton Blosmavile, that is at this day upon Record in the Court of Exchequer, which I have seen there and taken a Copy thereof under the Hand of the Keeper of those Records; Edmond de Mordaunt was Attach'd to Answer, in the Term of St. Michael, unto this Roger Cooke, upon a Plea of Trespass, by Bill, and thereupon the said [Page 395] Roger came in his own person, and complain'd, That our Edmond, upon a certain day, in the Twenty Ninth of the said King's Reign, had come into his House, and had taken away by force (the words are, vi & Armis, scilicet gladiis, &c.) a large proportion of Wooll, Carpets, and Linen Cloth, and Forty Shillings in Money. Whence he expresses himself to have been damnified in the Sum of One Hundred Shillings; and thereupon produces his Sute. In order whereunto, Edmond Mor­daunt comes likewise in his own person, and defends the Force and the Injury. Al­ledging, That the aforesaid Roger, unto his Bill, ought not to be Answered; Be­cause (he said) he was a Native of him the said Edmond, of his Mannor of Tur­vey in the County of Bedford: And that his Ancestors from time without mind, were, and had been seized of the Ancestors of the said Roger, as of their Na­tives of the Mannor aforesaid: And likewise, the said Edmond had been seized of Roger himself, as of one of the Natives of his said Mannor. And he desired Judg­ment, Whether the said Roger were for these causes to be answered unto his Bill; And Roger could not deny, but that he was a Native of the said Edmond's. There­fore it was concluded, That Roger should receive no advantage by his Bill, but re­main at the mercy of Edmond Mordaunt, Pro falso clamore suo.

Helena de Broc was the Wife of Edmond Mordaunt, unto whom she was Married the Twenty seventh of Edward the Third. She was the Daughter, and one of the Heirs of Sir Ralph de Broc, who was a Knight of a most Antient Descent, and Lord of very fair and large Possessions. All his Lands were, upon his Decease, divided between Helena Mordaunt, and Agnes, another of his Daughters, the wife of Sir Henry de Brussels. There did accrue to Edmond Mordaunt, for the part of Helena, his Wife, in Cambridgeshire, half the Mannor of Mallots, with several Lands in Cambridge, Treversham, and Fulborne; in Buckinghamshire, diverse Lands in Elsburgh, Bridsthorne, Hardwick, and Wedon, Chesham and Aumundsham, with sun­dry other in Hertfordshire, and the entire Mannor of Shephaell. She was a Noble Inheritrix; and besides her Lands, brought into the House of Mordaunt both the Blood and Arms of the Pirots and the Argentines, two successions, which fell unto her Family by the Heirs of those Names; the first being Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Ralph Pirot, who was Wife to Laurence de Broc, her Grandfather; the other the Mother of the same Elizabeth, named Cassandra, the sole Heir of Sir Giles of Argentine.

Their Issue,

  • Robert Mordaunt, their only Son.

ROBERT MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chiche­ley, Shephaell, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER VIII.

ROBERT MORDAƲNT, after the Death of his Father, had not only the Fortune of possessing a large and plentiful Inheritance, but of enjoying it betimes, he being hardly of full age when he came in succession thereun­to. He inherited in Bedfordshire, the Lordship of Turvey, that of Clifton, and Chicheley with Lands in Elsburgh, Wedon, Hardwick, Chesham, Welpool, and Aumund­sham in the County of Bucks: In Cambridgeshire, half the Mannor of Mallots, be­sides Lands in Treversham and Julborne: And in Northamptonshire, the Lordship of Yerdley, besides the entire Mannor of Shephaell, and other Lands in Hertfordshire.

It was the Fortune of this Robert Mordaunt to unite the Antient Lordship of Turvey, which for the space of One Hundred and ninety five Years had (till then) [Page 396]been divided into Two Mannors and Jurisdictions, by the Names of Mordaunt's Man­nor, and Ardres's Mannor, ever since the Reign of King Richard the First, when it was parted, with the rest of the Alno's Lands, between Alice and Sarah de Alno, the Two Heirs of that House. For in the Forty ninth of Edward the Third, an exchange was made by Deed of Indenture, between Thomas de Ardres and Robert Mordaunt, in which the said Thomas gave and granted all his Lands, Tenements, and their appurtenances in Turvey, to the said Robert, in Fee and Exchange for all the Lands, which Robert had in Shephaell, which were of the inheritance of her Mo­ther, Helena de Broc.

This Robert Mordaunt had Married Agnes L'Estrange, the Daughter, and one of the Heirs of John L' Estrange, that was Lord of Ampton, Timworth and Brokeley, and of Elizabeth, who was Sister and Heir of William Botteler of Walden. The other Daughter of John L' Estrange, was Elizabeth, that Married John Warren, and by whose death, without Issue, the Lordships of Ampton, Timworth, Brokeley, with that of Walden, which was of those Bottelers Lands, devolved entirely to Agnes Mor­daunt, and to the Heirs of her body.

Agnes Mordaunt, after the Death of Robert, her Husband, Married again to Tho­mas de Fodringay, as appears by a Deed, bearing Date the Monday next after the Feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle, in the twentieth Year of Richard the Second, wherein Thomas of Ardres granted to Thomas de Fodringay, and Agnes, his Wife, a certain Annuity for term of the Life of the said Agnes, in Exchange for her Dower in Shephaell.

The Issue of Robert Mordaunt, and Agnes his Wife.

  • Robert Mordaunt.
  • Cassandra Mordaunt, a Nun in the Monastery of Elueston.

ROBERT MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chel­lington, Brayfield, Ampton, Timworth, Brokeley, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER IX.

ROBERT MORDAƲNT, the Third of his Name, giving way to that Spi­rit, which led him to the generous, but uncertain applications of this life, and being enclined to the War, which flourished in that Martial Age, he be­came a Favourite dependant upon that Famous Prince Edward, Duke of York, who was after slain at the Battel of Agincourt, as appears by an Extant Deed, where by Covenant, he was with one William Mirefield, retain'd to serve him in the Wars of France, with a certain number of Archers and Lances.

He out-liv'd those Services, and continued, during the Civil Broils of his own Country, an asserter of the Claim and Interest of the House of York.

Whether it were by the Expences incident to such undertakings, or otherwise, he proved a great Alienator of many noble Lordships and Possessions, that descen­ded to him by his Ancestors. In the Sixth Year of King Henry the Sixth, Agnes de Fodringay, and Robert Mordaunt, her Son, released with Warranty, all their right to the Mannor of Timworth, in the County of Suffolk: Dated the Tenth of Febru­ary. In the Eleventh of the said King, he made away all his Lands in Elsburgh, to Thomas Chaucer, Esq, Peter Fettyplace, and Thomas Ramsey. And in the seven­teenth, by a Deed bearing Date the Fourth of June, he Alienated to one John Austin, the Moiety of the Mannor of Mallots in Hinton in the County of Cam­bridge, with its appurtenances, and all the rest of those Lands, which the said [Page 397] Robert held in the Towns, and in the Fields of Hinton, Cambridge, Treversham, and Julborne, in the said County: And lastly, he sold, in the same Year, to Thomas Cheyney, Esq all his Lands and Tenements in Chesham, and Aumundsham. Yet this King's Reign abounding in occasions of Expence and Troubles, since it was never free from exhausting Wars abroad, till it became the scene of more de­structive Civil ones at home, excuses may be render'd for what was unavoidable. Notwithstanding, he left a competent Estate to his Successor. And Deceased in in the Twenty seventh Year of this King. He had Married Elizabeth of Holden­by, the Daughter of Robert Holdenby of Holdenby; which Family was of an Anti­ent standing in the County of Northampton, and flourished at this time in very Noble Possessions; for we find that Robert Holdenby, the Brother of Elizabeth Mor­daunt, held the Mannors of Burton, Brimmington, and Ramston, with Lands in Would, and in Clipston, in Guilden, Morton, Kilmersh, and West-Haddon, in North­ampton, Oxhampton, Wepsmade, in Dunstable, and in Holdenby. And this Elizabeth surviving Robert Mordaunt, took to her Second Husband, Robert Tanfield of Gayton in the County of Northampton, Esquire.

The Issue of Robert Mordaunt.

  • William Mordaunt, Lord of Turvey.
  • Maud Mordaunt.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt.

WILLIAM MORDAƲNT, Lord of Turvey, Chellington, Clifton, Brayfield, Bottellers, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER X.

WILLIAM MORDAƲNT, after those wastes the Accidents of the precedent Age had made in the Estate of his Ancestors, was not in­duc'd by the discontent thereof, to neglect what Providence had left him. There remain'd to his support his Antient Lordships of Turvey, that of Brayfield, the Lordships of Clifton and Chellington, with the Lands appertaining to the Mannor of Bottellers in Walden, in the County of Suffolk. He had Married Margaret the Daughter of John Peck, Lord of Copull, a Person of great Oeco­nomy and Virtue; and they strove together, by a provident and frugal proceed­ing to repair those breaches, the over liberal ways of his Father had made in the Fortune of his Family. Their endeavours did succeed; and as an approbation thereof, and a blessing thereupon, Providence sent them to enjoy the fruits of their worthy Cares, Three Children; whose merits from their Natures, and good Edu­cation, made them all have (as well as deserve) excellent Fortunes: They were,

  • Sir John Mordaunt, Lord of Turvey.
  • William Mordaunt, Lord of Hempstead, Married to the Heir of Huntington.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt, Married to Sir Wiston Brown of Abessroading.

Sir JOHN MORDAƲNT, Knight, Lord of Turvey, Stag­gesden, Chellington, Clifton, Brayfield, and many other Lands and Lordships; Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, and Privy Councellor to King Henry the Seventh. CHAPTER XI.

JOHN MORDAƲNT, Son and Heir of William Mordaunt, that was Lord of Turvey, being a Youth of a particular Ingenuity, such as did promise both Spirit and Capacity, the appearances thereof were taken hold of by his judici­ous Father; who, after his Son had received what the Method and Discipline of a Free-School could give, sent him to learn the Knowledge of the Laws, and to be instructed in those ways that might enable him for the most useful and publick Callings.

These applications were so successful, as he became, betimes, very considerable in that way. But happening to live in those days of War and Tumult, and his flourishing Youth subsisting in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, he gave great proof of his Valor in matters of that nature also; His Temper and Inclina­tions being in truth, Tam Marte quam Mercurio: And indeed he was an Officer in Arms (as well as a Councellor in Civil Matters) to Richard Nevill, the great Earl of Warwick, into whose Affairs he was introduc'd by the Lady Anne Beau­champ, Countess of Warwick, his Wife, a Princess most Eminent in that Age, for great Birth and Qualities, and that in his Last Will he reckons a great Bene­factress. He was with this Earl at the Battel of Barnet, where his Patron was Slain, himself much Wounded, and the Fortune of King Henry for ever over­thrown. After this he retired to his Studies, and particularly to those of the Law, whereunto he had at first design'd his applications, and therein he became very Eminent.

His Father dying afterwards, about the Fourteenth Year of King Edward the Fourth, and he becoming Master of his House and his Inheritance; his Prudence, thenceforth, and his Worthiness, made him so considerable in the County of Bed­ford (where was his usual Residence, and chief Establishment) as by his Interest and Reputation he govern'd that Country very much. This is evident, by Letters directed to him from divers Princes, who required his aid to several of their Wars, by his Attendance, with his following of Tenants and Friends, which he did suc­cessfully afford to King Henry the Seventh, both at Bosworth, afore he was King, and at Stoake Field afterwards, against the Earl of Lincoln, where he resorted to him in person, accompanied with a numerous Assembly of his Relations and De­pendants.

His Services to this King, with the knowledge of his Abilities, were the grounds of a singular esteem his Majesty had for him; which he testified in the Fifteenth Year of his Reign, by taking him to live in his own Palace, for the use of a pri­vate and particular Councellor; and after that, having received the honour of Knighthood, he was made Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, with a consi­derable Pension; a place, at that time, when the Lands belonging to that Dutchy were more than what does now appertain unto the Crown, of great Honour and Emolument. And he was made at the same time, one of that King's Privy Council.

Sir John Mordaunt was very notorious for his advice, in matching the King's Eldest Daughter to the King of Scotland; and had a great part in the direction of draw­ing up the Articles of that Treaty, between the Two Kings; a Copy whereof is yet Extant, under his own Hand. In fine, there were few Men, upon whose Counsel [Page 399]that Wise King depended more, nor that had done him more useful and agree­able Services; from whence proceded the improvement of his Fortune, in this Reign: For though the King was a sparing Giver, unless upon great deserts, yet Sir John Mordaunt had very many advantagous benefits at his Hands, as may appear in the Proofs, by the several Royal Gifts, and Offices he bestow'd upon him. So as having disengaged several Lordships that had been Morgaged, or En­cumbred by his Grandfather, made new Acquisitions of many others by his own industry, and become Master of a large Patrimony, in behalf of his Wife, who was the Daughter and Heir of Sir Nicholas Latimer, Lord of Duntish, in the County of Dorset, and divers other Noble Possessions in the West of England, as the head of a very Antient Family, He was in the way to all the Greatness could be coveted by the Ambition of a reasonable Man. But near the One and twentieth Year of King Henry the Seventh, he was grown old and much wasted, through the Cares and Labours incident to a Man busied in three Active Reigns. So as falling Sick at London, after having receiv'd particular testimonies of the care, and concern of his Royal Master, he departed this Life, and was carried to rest with his Fathers; and lyeth Buried in his own Church of Turvey, under a fair Tomb of white Marble. He had Issue by his Wife, the Lady Edith Latimer,

  • Sir John Mordaunt, first Lord Mordaunt.
  • Robert Mordaunt.
  • William Mordaunt.
  • Joane Mordaunt, Married Giles Strangeways, of Melbury in the County of Dorset.

Sir JOHN MORDAƲNT, Knight, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Privy Councellor to King Henry the Eighth. CHAPTER XII.

JOHN the Eldest Son of Sir John Mordaunt, that from his good Qualities was the joy of his Father's Heart, as well as the hopes of his House, was not like to want good Education under the Conduct of so knowing a Parent; he was bred to every thing of which an ingenious Nature could be capable; to Learning, to Arms, to Courtship, attending much upon Prince Arthur, till he died. The first fruit of his Father's great Care towards him, was, the procuring of his Establish­ment in Marriage with Elizabeth, the Eldest of the Coheirs of Sir Henry Vere, that was Lord of Addington; which were the noblest and most considerable Inheri­trixes of that Age; (the Wardship of which, Sir John Mordaunt, his Father, had ob­tain'd of the King) and from which Elizabeth descended to the Mordaunts, the Noble Lordships of Drayton, Thrapston, Addington, Sudburgh, Islip, Luffwick, Slipton, and many other great Possessions: Many disputes, notwithstanding, arose about the pretences of these Heirs, even with the greatest Lords in England; as the Duke of Buckingham, and the Earl of Shrewsbury; but the Credit of Sir John Mordaunt, and his interest with the King, joyn'd to his Wisdom, and great Knowledge in the Laws, had ever influence upon them: But after his decease, they set up great pretences to Drayton, and the Green's Lands; and the Young Mordaunt soon found how much his Fathers Life had conduc'd to the settlement of that Estate. In the Agitations of the Establishment whereof, and the Agree­ments made with those great Lords, he spent the remainder of King Henry the Seventh's Reign, and was by that time become a person greatly accomplish'd. [Page 400]After this King's Death, he apply'd himself wholly to the farther designs of the Honor and Advantage of his House; and made his Court to the Young Successor, follow'd him in his First Wars, and got so successfully into his Favour and Opi­nion, as upon his return he received the gratification of a Patent, containing the grant of several Noble Privileges, and Immunities. Among the rest, to be Pilo Co­pertus in the presence of the King, or of any of his Judges, Ministers, or Magistrates. The Consideration he was at this time in, appears by several Letters directed to him, when he was yet but a private Gentleman: He was Knighted by him after this, and made a Privy Councellor, wherein his Wisdom, Fidelity, and Zeal to his Majesty's Service were very Exemplary: He was, at one time, Surveyor General of the King's Woods, and Wood-sails, and the Chief in another Commission, for providing Necessaries for the Fortifications of Calice, and the other Ports and Ca­stles within the English Pale in the Country of Picardy; and in many other mat­ters he was Employ'd of great Importance, wherein he so behaved and discharg'd himself, as his generous Master thought fit, for a reward of his many Services, to take him into the Illustrious Dignity of the Peerage; calling him, by Writ, a Ba­ron into the Parliament, in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign. After this up­on the Revolutions which happned by the change of the Church Government, whereunto he was not able to shew that compliance which others of more supple tempers did condescend to do; his Favour did decline, and his Master's Kindness to him: So as being retired to his own House and Country, he did not remain without several mortifications, which his Enemies of the prevailing Faction, that Govern'd in the Court, did endeavour to put upon him; several hard Letters he received from the King, about matters which they imputed to him, concerning his back­wardness in suppressing the Interest of the Old Religion; and as the last endea­vor of their Revenge, they strove to make the King oblige him to an Exchange of the Noble Lordship of Drayton, and the other Towns lying about it, of his Wives Antient Inheritance, and that he had in his Old Age, settled against all Competi­tors, at great Labour and Charges, with certain of the Abby Lands, newly acquired unto the Crown, with which his Conscience, as well as his Interest, were altoge­ther incompatible. From this oppression he had not been able to have defended himself, notwithstanding all his great Friends, and Antient Services, if the King's Death had not succeeded, which in this point set him at liberty. The Reign of King Edward he spent in peace; But at the beginning of Queen Mary, he labor'd a little under an imputation of his Enemies, who would alledge, he favoured the Dudleys, and the claim of the Lady Jane; but it was blown off, with the impro­bability of an Inclination so contrary to his Principles and Profession; and he lived out her time too, and to the Second Year of her Successor, Queen Eliza­beth; when he, being very Old, departed this Life, in great Honor and Happiness. Leaving Issue by his Wife, the Lady Elizabeth Vere,

  • Sir John Mordaunt, his Son and Heir.
  • Edmund Mordaunt.
  • William Mordaunt, from whom are the Mordaunts of Oakely, and that Mar­ried Agnes Booth.
  • George Mordaunt, from whom are the Mordaunts of the Hill, Married to Cecilia Harding.
  • Edith Mordaunt, Married to John Elms.
  • Anne Mordaunt, Married to John Fisher.
  • Margaret Mordaunt, Married to Edmond Fettyplace.
  • Dorothy Mordaunt, Married to Thomas Moore.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt, Married to Silvester Danvers.
  • Winifreid Mordaunt, Married to John Cheyney of Chesham Boys.

Sir JOHN MORDAƲNT, Knight, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Privy Councellor to Queen Mary. CHAPTER XIII.

JOHN MORDAƲNT was the early fruits of his Father's Marriage with the Lady Elizabeth Vere; and the Lord Mordaunt being but young himself, when his Son was born, this John grew up to early Manhood while his Father was yet in the vigor of his own years, and so they had the happiness to live long toge­ther in the same Generation.

The Lord Mordaunt, in the time of his favor, had the opportunity to purchase of the King, at an easie rate, the Marriage of Elly Fitz-Lewis, who had become Heir of that Antient Family, by the untimely Death of her Brother (as has been expressed in the relation appertaining thereunto.) She was a very rich and con­siderable Fortune, bringing with her the noble Lordship of Westhorndon, and many other fair possessions: And unto this Lady he Married John Mordaunt, his Eldest Son; who, with his Wife, lived long in his Father's life time upon her Estate in great Plenty and Reputation. He had for several Years participated with the Lord Mordaunt, much of King Henry's Favour; and in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign, and in the same wherein his Father was made a Baron, he was summoned to come and receive at his Majesty's hands, the Honourable Order of the Bath, at the Coronation of Queen Anne of Bollen, which he did at that time in fellowship of the Marquess of Dorset, the Earl of Darby, the Lord Clifford, the Lord Fitz-Waters, the Lord Hastings, and the Lord Mounteagle: But with his Father being entirely addicted to the old Religion, the change that succeeded in the one, produc'd the same in both their Fortunes, which was to retire to their Houses from all further applicati­ons in that Reign; and at home Sir John Mordaunt continued likewise, during that of the young Successor. But at the Death of King Edward, and the early difficul­ties of Queen Mary, he was of the first that put themselves into the Field, at the head of the Essex Men, where his interest and reputation was very great; offering unto her his, and their Services, in defence of her Person and Government, at the Castle of Framingham in Suffolk, where she was then retired, in expectation of be­ing assaulted, by the Troops raised in behalf of the Faction of the Lady Jane and her Husband, upon whom the Dukes of Suffolk and Northumberland intended to set­tle the Crown of England. The considerableness of which Service, and the exam­ple of it, the Queen did so esteem, as upon her coming into the Government, she took him into the Dignity of a Privy Councellor, wherein he served during her short Reign. And so much favor she had for him, and the Lady Joane, his Se­cond Wife, that had God afforded her a longer life, there was no advancement he might not have expected under her Countenance and Government.

But about this time it pleased God to punish this Family with a Division in it self. Sir John Mordaunt, after the death of his, first Wife the Lady Elly Fitz-Lewis, who left him only one Son for the stay of her House, called Lewis, after the Sir­name of her Family, Married the Lady Johanne: his Second Wife, who was the Daughter of Sir John Farmer of Eston Neston in the County of Northampton, and at that time, the Widow of .......... and that likewise when she was a Maid attended upon Queen Mary, then but Princess. This Lady Johanne had Children of her own, and of them a beautiful Daughter, to whom the young Lewis Mordaunt, as is should seem, had made Love, and as it was pretended, to the passing of some engagement: His Mother, therefore, greedy of such an esta­blishment for her Child, press'd hard for a proceeding unto Marriage; but the [Page 402]young Man, who had his chief dependance upon the old Lord Mordaunt, his Grand-Father, who was entire Master of the great inheritance, comprehended in the Shires of Northampton and Bedford, whereupon he lived at a distance from his Son, durst not, for all his Father's Commands, engage in a matter of that Nature without his leave and Council, that Lord ever loving to be a Master of all the interests of his Family; so as when he became acquainted with his Sons inten­tions, finding the subject far short of what he design'd for his Grandson, both in Relations and Advantage; it was rejected by him, with the circumstances of severe commands and menaces, both to his Son and Grandson, which latter he recall'd unto his own House and Custody.

Hereupon the Lady whom the disparagement of her Daughter did much con­cern, engag'd into those passions might be expected from an offended Woman, she exasperated her Husband both against his Father and his Son Lewis, and the testimonies of very great differences are extant in several instruments: so that the Father would, out of displeasure, have alienated from his Son the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, which were of his own Mother's Inheritance: And the Grandfather intend­ed to have disinherited Sir John Mordaunt of all the Mordaunt's Lands, infinitely of greater consequence: At last, mutual fears of General ruine by disagreement made the peace, and they both concurr'd in Marrying the young Lewis Mordaunt to Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy. After which, his Grandfather, the old Lord Mordaunt dying, in the Second of Elizabeth, this second Lord John, his successor, surviv'd to the 13th. of the same Queen: Leaving Issue by his First Wife;

  • Lewis Lord Mordaunt.
  • Elizabeth, Married to George Monox.

By his Second Wife:
  • Margaret Mordaunt, Married to William Aclam.
  • Anne Mordaunt, Married to Clement Tanfield.
  • Ʋrsula Mordaunt, Married to Thomas Welbore of Clavering in Essex.

Sir LEWIS MORDAƲNT, Knight, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, and Lord Baron of Turvey. CHAPTER XIV.

LEWIS Lord MORDAƲNT, after his Father's Decease, succeeded unto a Noble and Free Fortune, to the Mordaunts, to the Latimers, to the Veres, to the Greenes, and to the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, comprehending an interest in the Counties of Bedford, Buckingham, Hartford, Northampton, Essex, Dorset, and Sommerset; in every of which he had fair Seats, and Lordships. He had a large Soul, and a Disposition incompatible with either Craft or Servitude, and would by no means subject the happiness of his mind to an uncertain Ambition, nor give up his freedom by applying himself to the arts and ways of the Court, but rather chose to enjoy the Fortune he had received from his Ancestors in the peace and opu­lency of his House and Country. He was a person of great Nobleness, Justice, and Affability; very well parted, and ingenuous. He was the Idol of the Province where he lived, and by his proceeding drew unto him more respect than all the Great Men of those parts. He lived indeed in much magnificence, and in a port that was a pattern for the Great Men of that time, so as his Hospitality is to this day famous; although he was not immediately of the Court; yet as a Peer and a great Councellor, he had his part in most of the great actions of that Reign; and as [Page 403]an instance of the great Prerogative of the Baronage of England, he was call'd by the Queen's Summons to sit one of the Judges of the Life and Fortunes of that great and unfortunate Princess, Mary Queen of Scotland: unto whose Sentence he did most unwillingly concur. And upon the like occasion he was again a Judge in the Arraignment of that great Subject, Thomas Duke of Norfolk. He sate in many Parliaments, and Commanded the Troops of those parts, assembled at the general Ren­dezvouz, that were prepar'd against the Spanish Invasion. He was, besides this, a Lover of Art, and an Encourager of Learning; as also a Builder, and added much to the Noble old Castle of Drayton, the beloved Seat of his Grandmother: and although I cannot say, but he did Alienate from his Family several great Possessi­ons, as the Fitz-Lewis's, which were His Mother's, and the Latimer's Lands, which were the Possessions of his Great Grandmother; yet it cannot be denyed, but what he spent was employ'd with honor. Though he was no Courtier, yet he was much honor'd by them all; and he had a near Friendship with the Earl of Lei­cester, and the Lord Chancellor Hatton.

He Married Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy, Knight, who was Bro­ther to the Lord Darcy of the North, and that passed with much honour several great Employments in that Reign. He lived a long and prosperous life, and de­parted out of this World soon after the entry of King James the First, and lies Buried in his Church of Turvey, under a Tomb of Black Marble.

His Issue.

  • Henry Lord Mordaunt.
  • Mary Mordaunt, Married to Sir Thomas Mancell of Morgan.
  • Katherine Mordaunt, Married to John Henningham.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt.

HENRY Lord MORDAƲNT, Peer of England, and Lord Baron of Turvey. CHAPTER XV.

HENRY Lord Mordaunt, the only Son of his Father, after whose decease he Inherited his Honor and his Lands, was of a Family wherein it was hard to extinguish their Inclination to the old Religion; and besides, he had married the Lady Margaret Compton, Daughter to Henry Lord Compton, and the Lady Frances Hastings, that had been bred to much Strictness and Zeal therein. The Incompati­bility of his Religion, with the Favour of the Court, and the Employments thereof, made him satisfied with the enjoyment of his great Estate and large Possessions; whereupon he lived in the exercise of great Nobleness and Hospitality, and in conti­nual Expressions and Testimonies of Duty and Service to the Crown; but their hap­pening a conjuncture which rendered those of his profession under much suspicion and jealousy from the Proceedings of that Conspiracy, called The Gunpowder Treason, which if it had succeeded would have been of so cruel a consequence. This worthy Lord was envolv'd in the unhappy troubles it produc'd to most of his perswasion: For upon surmise of his holding correspondence with the Traytors, the innocent Lord, in the Seventh Year of King James the First, was seized in his House, and committed Prisoner to the Tower, for which there could be never produc'd other grounds than his professed Religion, his being absent from that Parliament, (which was upon leave) and some neighbourly correspondences he had held with Sir Everard Digby, and certain others of the conspirators; which were but slender Reasons for so large Sufferings. His Lordship thereupon was severely Fined, and so long kept a Pri­soner, [Page 404]that by the distruction of his Health it brought him finally to his Grave; after which his Innocency sufficiently appear'd, to convince his persecutors of the Injustice of their severe dealings.

His Issue.

  • John Lord Mordaunt, first Earl of Peterborow.
  • James Mordaunt, first married to Mary Tirringham, after to ....... Gost­wick; from whom is descended John Mordaunt of ...... in the County of Leicester.
  • Lewis Mordaunt, that dyed without Issue by his Wife ...... Smith, the Widow of Sir Robert Throgmorton.
  • Frances Mordaunt, married to Sir Thomas Nevill, Eldest Son of the Lord Abarganey.
  • Elizabeth, that dyed unmarried.
  • Margaret, that dyed unmarried.
  • Anne, that dyed unmarried.

JOHN Earl of PETERBOROW, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton. CHAPTER XVI.

JOHN Lord Mordaunt being young, and under years, at the Death of his Fa­ther, and remaining in the care, and government of his Mother, the Lady Margaret Mordaunt, who was a Zealous, as well as a Publick Professor, of the obnoxious and suspected Religion, after he came of an age capable of taking im­portant impressions, was by the command of King James the First, as an act of State, taken out of that Lady's custody, and committed to be brought up in the House, and under the direction of his Grace George Abbot, at that time Archbishop of Canterbury: Where he lived for a while, till he was thought fit to be sent to improve his Studies at Oxford. In this University this young Lord flourished in the liking and esteem of every body. He enjoy'd many perfections of Body and Mind. He was very Beautiful, Ingenious, Affable, and Applicable to all was good and useful; and there he remain'd the Star of the University, till King James the First, coming to Oxford in a Progress, took him from that place to follow the Court, designing him to such kind of farther improvement, as might render him, in time, more useful to his Service, and the Government. The first testimony he gave him of his Favour, was to quit him of the Fine had been imposed upon his Father, of Ten Thousand Pounds, for his being suspiciously absent from the dangerous Parlia­ment, and to set him at liberty from any burthens of Obligations might come up­on him by reason of his Wardship; of which by the King's Command, he was dis­charg'd. He commanded his attendance in his first Journey he made back to Scot­land; during which, that Gracious King gave him so many particular marks of his Favour and Kindness: As to standers by, Fortune and occasion never seem'd to present themselves to any with more fairness to be taken hold upon, than to this young Lord. But in fine, he was not born to the advancement of his House, and a humor he had, which was averse to Constraint, and indulgent to all his own Passi­ons, gave way afterward to anothers entrance into Favour, who was design'd for all the Greatness England could give. Notwithstanding, the Great and Unfortunate Charles, Son and Successor to this King, conferr'd upon him the Dignity of an Earl, under the Title of Peterborow, gave him the Lieutenancy and Government [Page 405]of the Province where he lived; besides many invitations to his nearest Affairs and Councils. But the destiny of this Lord carried him to other purposes; for having Married Elizabeth Howard, the Daughter of William Lord Howard of Effingham, and sole Heir to that Family, which had bred so many Admirals, and Great Officers of State; he was invited by her, that had receiv'd some disgust at Court, and was a Lady of a very haughty Spirit, to take part with those unhappy Reformers, who at last destroy'd all they pretended to amend; and this Lord, with much regret for having been engag'd among those unfortunate Politicians, at last ended his life of a Consumption, in the Second Year of the Civil War; leaving Issue:

  • Henry Earl of Peterborow.
  • John Lord Viscount Mordaunt, Married to Elizabeth Cary.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt, Married to Thomas Lord Howard of Escrick.

HENRY Earl of PETERBOROW, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, Lord Baron of Turvey, Groom of the Stole, and First Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to King JAMES the Second, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton, and One of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. CHAPTER XVII.

HENRY Lord Mordaunt, although at his coming into the World he found the greatest part of Men enclined to Rebellion, and defire of change, both in the Government of Church and State: Yet having been bred under well principled Masters, in the Royal College of Eaton, in the Company of several young Lords of great Quality, whose Education was inspected by the Learned and Memorable Sir Henry Wotton, at that time retired from sundry Embassies and Em­ployments, to the Provostship of that place. He received such a tincture of Duty to his Prince, and Love to the Monarchy, as neither Hazards, Disappointments, Hard Usage, nor any difficult Circumstances, could ever afterward extinguish.

I leave the particulars of his Childhood and early Youth, and come to meet him at his first appearance in the City of York, where he accompanied his Father, who came to attend the King at his Great Council which he had called, in order to take Resolutions about the Scotch War, and the ensuing Parliament.

The English Army, that had been Raised for the Defence of the Kingdom, lay Encamped about the Town: among the Souldiers this young Lord continually ap­pear'd, at the Musters, at the Reviews, and at the Exercises, whereat he was al­ways present; and being not then in his Seventeenth Year, he intended, if the War had proceeded, to have personally engaged in all the Actions and Successes of it.

In the Assemblies of the Council he did ever constantly attend, to hear the De­bates of the most important matters, were agitated there, being admitted there­unto in Quality of a Peer's Son, who had all place behind the King, as in Par­liament.

But at last, the Cessation being made, and a Parliament resolv'd upon, the King return'd to London, and the Young Lord with his Father to his House, in order to [...]ake preparation for their attendance in that occasion.

The time come for the meeting of the Parliament, the Earl with his Son came to Town; here the Young Lord began to be acquainted with Great Men, and gave such early testimonies of his Prudence, Generosity, and Zeal for the concerns of [...] Crown, as acquired him the particular notice and esteem of the King, with [Page 406]the Favor of the first Men of the Court, who, from the pregnant appearances of his merit, began severally to wish and design him into their Alliance.

The Parliament growing now, every day, into greater heats than other, and the Earl, apprehending the consequences of the Factious Proceedings of that time, thought it not amiss to have his Son free from the beginnings of the Troubles, that he might the better discern to what they were like to tend. He sent him, there­fore, into France, to learn his Exercises, and acquire those Improvements were ne­cessary for the qualification of a young Man whose Birth and Fortune was so con­siderable. The young Lord out-did the expectation of his Parents, and became Master of every quality was necessary for him to possess.

But after too years spent in that Kingdom, England, his own Country, was now in a flame, the Rebellion broke out, and a Battel had been fought; yet it was far from a decision, and the War like to draw out in length. And the Earl, his Father, not knowing by what accidents his Fortune might be so intercepted, or en­comber'd, as it would be out of his power to maintain his Son abroad, as he did desire, thought it best to recal him home. But at the time he had the unwelcome orders for his return, he receiv'd worse News, which was, That of his Father's be­ing engag'd in the Parliament party. It had like to have made the Lord Mordaunt desperate: it was a stroke he look'd upon as sent from Heaven, to punish him and his Family for all their Sins. But he was then resolv'd to expiate that Crime by the hazard of all could be dear to any Man, and to wash out his Father's Faults with his own Blood, that with his Life he was resolv'd to expose in support of the good King and his Authority.

But to enable him thereunto, it was necessary he should at present obey and dis­semble too; so he return'd, and was receiv'd into the Embraces of his Friends, as one they hoped to make useful to their designs, and the party, wherewith they were engag'd.

And to the end they might charm the Inclinations of the Young Lord, whom they found to be Active, Generous, and fond of Business, and Command, the Earl his Father, who was then Field Marshal of the Army, and had, besides, a Regi­ment of Foot, and a Troop of Horse, did consign the command of the Troop to the charge of his Son, that he might busie himself therewith, and practise the Trade of a Souldier, under the Command of Robert Earl of Essex, at that time Captain General of all the Parliament Forces.

The Lord Mordaunt receiv'd a Commission to that purpose, and, in appearance, busied himself a whole Winter in the Care of the Troop; but in the mean time, by the intermise of a Noble Gentleman, called Sir John Manwood, (whom he had known abroad) he cultivated a correspondence at the Court, made the King un­derstand, That the colour of his engagement in that Army, was but to enable him the better, and more usefully to make his escape from the Party, and so set­tled the understanding of his proceeding and intentions there, as he was sure to be receiv'd with open Arms at Oxford, when ever it would be fit for him to quit the Rebels.

In order hereunto the Lord Mordaunt retired to Henly, which was at that time his Quarters; and intending to leave the Parliament Army, prepar'd his Servants, his Equipage, and all other necessaries which could be useful in the future Service, he intended to his King and Country: And so upon the Twenty first day of April, in the Year 1643, in company only of a French Gentleman, that had been his Lieu­tenant, and Fifteen Servants, with about Twenty good Horses, he rode into the King's Quarters, and came into the Town of Reading, which was at that time well Fortified, and whereof Sir Arthur Aston, an experienced Souldier, was t [...] Governor. After he had made and receiv'd the Complements usual upon such an occasion, he intended to have left that place, and pursued his Journey to the Court; but there happ'ning to be at that time in the Garrison, and in a Post very consider­able, an old Friend and Acquaintance of the Earl his Father's, called Colonel [Page 407] Richard Fielding, the Treatment, the Respect, and the Attendance he paid to the Lord Mordaunt, would not permit him decently to leave that place without affording to a particular Friend of his Family his company for a day longer: He stay'd there­fore the next day, which was employ'd in seeing the Works, in being enform'd of the condition of the place, and understanding the designs of the Enemy. But in the Evening, Intelligence was brought them, That the Earl of Essex was upon his March with his Army, and Train of Artillery, in order to Besiege the Town. Hereupon, the Lord Mordaunt's business not being in that place, he resolv'd to have departed in the Morning. But his Friend, the Colonel, who had business himself at Oxford, did much desire to accompany his Lordship to the Court; and no way believing the Intelligence of the Enemies approach, for many reasons which he did alledge, he assur'd him, That if he would but stay another day, he would take leave of the Governor, and not fail to attend his Lordship to Oxford, which, he thought, would be very much for his Lordships Service and convenience.

The young Lord let himself be perswaded, and pass'd the night in expectation of the morrow's Journey. But by the break of day he heard the Alarm, and now the whole Garrison was employ'd in preparation to receive the Enemy, whose Scouts appear'd, and that were upon their March ready to invest the Town.

This render'd it now too late to leave that place, where was like to be occasion of serving the King, by Fighting in defence of it, and encouraging the Souldiers, who love to see Great Men participate of their toils and hazards. This young Lord prepar'd then to do the part of a Volunteer, wherein he had soon occasion to sig­nalize himself by the sudden advance of the Enemy, the Earl of Essex, with his whole Army sitting down before this Town, upon the 25th. day of April, just Three days after the arrival of the Lord Mordaunt. The next day there was a Sally resolv'd upon, wherein the Young Lord went out with a Musquet on his Shoulder, and so distinguish'd himself in this first adventure as made him admir'd and lov'd by all the Garrison.

The day after, by an accident, the Governour was hurt, and so, as it made him uncapable of farther Function, and in his default the whole command of the place devolv'd upon Colonel Richard Fielding; who, whether it were, that he did really want the Provisions necessary to the maintenance of the Town, or that his Head turn'd round under the divers difficulties of so great a charge, having never before commanded alone such a Garrison, nor so considerable a place, did shew so much confusion, and such unsteadiness in his Orders, as after brought his Life and Honour into question, and lost him in the Opinion of the King and the Chief Officers of the Army. Succors had been promised to the relief of this Town, and at last a considerable body of Horse and Foot was sent, in hopes to raise the Siege, an attempt whereof was made at Causam Bridge; but so unsuc­cessfully, as after the loss of many Souldiers, and divers Gentlemen, and brave Of­ficers, the King's Troops were forc'd to Retreat, leaving the Town in a much worse condition than it was before, the Garrison and Inhabitants being much dis­heartned by such a disappointment. There were great disputes afterwards, whe­ther it proceeded from the want of number and strength, in the Party that was sent, or the neglect, if not a worse reflection, upon the Commander, for not Sallying out upon the Enemy, with what might have been spared of the Garrison, at the same time they were so vigorously assailed by his Majesty's Troops on the other side. And this some did affirm to have been concerted at the time of the undertaking.

But the Colonel now beginning to despond of any farther endeavors, were in­tended to releive the Town, and finding his Men dissatisfied, his Ammunition wasted, [...]nd his provision grown very short, he demanded a Treaty, which the Enemy easily condescended to, well knowing an attempt to take a Town by force wherein were so many and so good Men, if it did succeed, was like to be at a rate would prove [...]y dear: And Commissioners being appointed on either side, it was agreed, The [...]arrison should march out with Arms, Bag, and Baggage, Flying Colours and [Page 408] Balle en Bouche. The only thing was found weak and mean in the Commander among the conditions, was, That such as had, from a certain time, left the Parlia­ment Service, were to be abandon'd to their reprisal and resentment; an Article calculated on purpose for delivery of this Young Lord. To which the Commander, so ancitient and so great a pretended Friend, had condescended with very small re­sistance; the dishonor of which was afterward at his Tryal before the Court Martial at Oxford, with very much exaggeration laid to his charge.

The night before the surrender, it may be imagin'd, the Lord Mordaunt was in no small concern how to escape the danger of being seiz'd by the Enemy, according to the right they had so to do, by reason of the Articles. Divers ways were pro­posed for his escape, whereof some seem'd too mean, others too precipitate: At last he resolv'd to take the Habit, Arms, Horse, and Apparel of an ordinary Trooper, and at adventure to march in the Rank of such a one, even under inspection of the Earl of Essex himself, before whom all the Troops were to march away. This the next morning he put in practice, and was so successful, as to pass clear, without any discovery or obstruction, although the General had employ'd divers to search for him among the Troops, and that his Father had sent of his own domesticks to assist in his seisure, as well to vindicate himself from any suspicion of connivance with his Son, as to divert the young Lord from his intended Engagement among the Cava­liers, from which the Countess, his Mother, was at that time very averse.

He marched in company of the Troops till he came to Wallingford, where he saw Prince Rupert the first time, whom he found much enflamed against Colonel Fielding. He complemented the Young Lord, with a particular sence he ex­press'd to have of the hazards, whereunto by these mean Articles he was expos'd. The Lord Mordaunt came the next day to Oxford, where he presented himself to the King, and was receiv'd with that goodness which was natural to one of the best Kings that ever Reign'd. After which he apply'd himself in his respects to the Ministers, became acquainted with the Great Officers of the Army; and though he had lost some of his Servants, his Baggage, his Money, and, which was worst, all his Horses, whereof there were some very excellent, these necessaries having been known at their march out of the Town, and were all seized by the General's Order, as the Goods of a Dissertor, whom himself they could not find; yet the Lord Mordaunt esteem'd himself a gainer upon the whole, having, by this generous testimony of his Loyalty, gained an opportunity of justifying himself, with the good Opinion and esteem of all the Worthy and Ingenuous persons of the Court.

His next care was, to repair the losses of those necessaries, which were useful to the method of Service he did intend, Horses, Arms, and Money; towards which the kind care of the Noble Lady Mordaunt, his Grandmother, that had al­ways been a zealous Catholick, did much enable him, and he was soon after in a condition to follow the King in all his Marches and Expeditions; whereof the first was, when he advanc'd from Oxford to Bristol, to take possession of that important City that had been delivered up by Colonel Fines, and there to settle a strong Garrison and his Authority. After which, and his return to Oxford, he follow'd the King to the Siege of Gloucester, wherein he endeavour'd to advantage his Expe­rience, with the observation of every Action and Proceeding was practised in that occasion, and so signaliz'd his application towards enabling him for the future Ser­vice of his Prince, as gain'd him much honor from all that did observe him.

But after the disappointments and ill success of this enterprise, and that by the approach of the Parliament Army, the Siege was forc'd to be raised, to the shame of those had engag'd the King upon the undertaking, upon the assurance of a pre­sent delivery, the Lord Mordaunt follow'd his Majesty to Newbery, where the King engaged in Battel with the Parliament Forces. The Two Armies lay the first Night in fight one of another, and by break of day they began to skirmish: The Fight soon became very fierce; the young Lord shew'd his Valor and Bravery in [Page 409]several parts; but particularly, when, among other generous Volunteers, he put himself in the first Rank of the Prince's Troop, then Commanded by Sir Richard Crane, when it went to Charge the Great body of the Parliament's Foot, which had Cannon planted before it, all loaden with Case Shot, for the better reception of their Enemies: It was an occasion never to be forgotten, for at the first charge of the Horse, they were saluted with such a Fire, as killed and dismounted above Fourscore at one Volley: There it was the Earl of Sunderland was slain, and so ma­ny considerable persons hurt and disabled. The Lord Mordaunt was shot in the Arm, wounded with a Pike in the Thigh, had several honourable marks made in the Coat that cover'd his Arms, and his Horse was shot in the shoulder. The end and consequences of this Fight is known in Story. The King return'd to Oxford, the Earl of Essex to London, and the Lord Mordaunt remain'd at Court the ensuing Winter.

The young Lord had not attained the full age that might capacitate him to sit in Parliament, but the Earl, his Father being deceased, and he succeeding to his dignity of Earl of Peterborow, it pleased his Majesty to dispense with a year of that time, and by Writ to call him to fit in the Oxford Parliament. It was in this Assembly the Earl of Peterborow shew'd the fruits of a Generous Education; his Manners were grave and decent, his Judgment sound, his Learning above his Years and his Quality, and he spoke so as satisfied much, and affected those that heard him. In fine, the Great and Unfortunate Charles took such an impression from his proceedings, as had the King out-liv'd the disorders of that Age, the Earl of Peterborow had been certainly both employ'd and cherish'd by him.

After this Session, he follow'd the King in the Expeditions of the succeeding Summer. He was engag'd in the Fight at Cropradey; he was with him in the West, at Exeter, and in Cornwall, where the Parliaments Army was Besieg'd, their Generals shifted for themselves by Sea, and their Troops passed by the King's Army on conditions.

The Winter following was employ'd by this Earl in an Action very considerable to him, which was his Marriage with a beautiful young Lady of great birth, called Penelope Obrien, only Daughter to Barnaby Earl of Thomond, part of whose Portion was at that time very useful to him, his Mother being then alive, and in possession of most of his Estate, and the rest sequester'd, and in the Parliament Quarters.

The next Spring he carried his Lady to Bristol, a place, in appearance, of most safety, and farther from the Scene of the War, which was likely, as it did fall out, to be more Northward.

Here he happn'd to be about the time of the Fight at Leicester, where the good King was worsted, and from whence his greater misfortune began to flow.

Upon the King's retreat Westward the Earl of Peterborow, to be more free to follow him in all his Fortunes, got a Pass for his Lady to go to London to agitate among his Relations some supplies, towards enabling him for his subsistance, and to furnish him towards certain designs he had for his Majesty's Service.

He went with the King after this for Wales, but losses and defections coming now more and more upon his Majesty every day, he retired again to Oxford; and Winter drawing nigh, the Earl took that Season to pass into Ireland, where was a considerable remainder of his Wife's Portion, with which he intended to pass into France unto the Queen, being then at Paris, to Negotiate the interests he had at Court, and after to return. Unto all this he had not only the King's leave, but such Passes, and Letters of Recommendation from his Majesty, and the Principal Secretary (the Earl of Bristol) as will for ever bear honourable testimony of this Earl's behavior.

He did then prosecute his journey, which was in all things very fortunate, though full of particular adventures, too long for this relation. He pass'd into Ireland, came into Thomond, in the Province of Munster, where his Father-in-law lived, and carried thence the Moneys he did demand. Embark'd at Galloway in [Page 410] Cannaught for France, after extraordinary sufferance and hazards at Sea, landed at Saint Mallows, and came afterwards to Paris, where he was received by the Queen, with that kindness and concern, as was due to a Man, who had adher'd so faith­fully, and so long, to the King her Husband, and all his Interests.

By this time every Post brought news of the King's misfortunes, who having been at last forced to quit Oxford, and the few Troops he had left, had cast himself up­on the Protection of the Scotch Army.

Here, to well judging people, seem'd to be an end of all the hopes of the Royal Party, who had reason to fear what was the present Interest, and was like to be the resolution of that People.

After some time then, every one, as in a Shipwrack, seeking for a Plank, whereon they might save themselves, the Earl of Peterborow, upon discourse with the Queen, and the King's Secretary, that was then in France, had not only their leave, but their advice to make it his business to get admission to come home into England and compound for his Estate, as the rest of the Cavaliers in England did. The Earl's Mother, that always liv'd in the Parliament Quarters, and had many Friends among them, procur'd his desire: So that with the young Countess, his Wife, at that time with him in France, he repair'd home; and at last, by a very severe composition in Money, for which he was fain to sell and mortgage many of his Lands, he made such a kind of Peace, as that wherewith the Lords and Gentlemen of the King's Party were, at that time, forc'd to be contented.

In the care then of his Fortune, composing of domestick differences, and provi­ding, as well as he could, against future accidents, the Earl of Peterborow spent his time, till the King came to be abandon'd by those false Scots, and deliver'd into the hands of the Parliament.

He happn'd to be residing upon his Noble Lordship of Turvey, at the time the King was taken from Holmby, and brought on his way towards London. His Ma­jesty happn'd one Night, in his journey, to be lodg'd at Ampthill, where it was de­sign'd he should rest a day or two; at hearing hereof (the Earl's House not being above seven Miles from thence) he thought it his duty to endeavour to see his Sacred Master, and try if he could have occasion to be useful to him in any kind. He rose then, and by Eleven of the Clock, came to the House where the King lay. Not without some difficulty he got to be admited where he was, and he found his Majesty going to the Prayers usual before his Dinner. After they were perform'd, he kneel'd down for the honor of his Majesty's Hand, but had only opportunity for the ordinary Complements, being overlook'd by the Officers appointed to ob­serve the addresses and behavior of all that did approach him. Chearfulness there was not much in the King's looks, but no disorder; grave they were, but di­stinguishing to any he took for Friends; and injur'd goodness appear'd in every motion. The Dinner was soon brought up, during which the Earl waited by him, and near the end of it the Officers withdrew, and all, except the Guards of the Door. The Earl quickly took the opportunity of asking his Majesty, If there were any thing wherein he might be serv'd with the hazard of his Life and For­tune: The King Answer'd, He was not in a place to take any measures, but would have him advise with those that were his Friends. The Earl said no more, by rea­son of the Villainous Jaylers returning, so he took his leave, and departed home, full of indignation against the Times, the Nation, and Fortune; resolving, though he were at ease, and had made his peace, to expose Wife, Estate, Quiet, and his Life, upon any undertaking, wherein there should be a reasonable appearance of relieving the best of Kings.

What ensued after this is the King's Story, and that of other Men. I shall only relate, that after his being at Hampton-Court, his escape thence, and unfortunate de­tention in the Isle of Wight, the Transactions with the Army, and many other Contrivances, there came at last to be designed a Rising in his favour, to be begun in Surrey, of which Henry Earl of Holland was to be General. To this there was [Page 411]much contributed in Money and Counsels, by the Presbyterian Party; and here­in, under assurances of great partakers, the Earl of Peterborow was again engaged, who on his part fail'd not to be at the Rendezvous, according to appointment, in the head of a Hundred Horse, well Arm'd and provided, that came to follow him out of his own Country. But of such numbers as others had undertaken, there were so many fail'd, as at the Muster and Survey of that Rendezvous, it gave a great discouragement to those that did appear, which caus'd divers that came in to the first Meeting, even of the Surrey Gentlemen, after the recess of one Night, ne­ver to return again.

The Earl of Holland, notwithstanding, still in hopes from the great promises wherewith he had been deluded, marched on into the Country, and the first Night Quarter'd at Darking, expecting for the next day great supplies and accession of of Men out of that Country and the City; but the succeeding Morning produced no more armed Men, nor any change to his desperate condition. And being now past any retreat from his Engagement, he march'd back towards Kingston, in order, by passing the River at that Bridge, to procede Northward into such Countries where­in he hoped he should find more zealous and trusty Friends. But in the Afternoon as he made a small halt upon the way, he had Intelligence, That Sir Michael Lucy's Regiment of Horse, and some other Forces were on their march to overtake and Charge him, and by that time he reached Kingston Heath, their Scouts appear'd, as he was ready to march into the Town. The Enemies Troops arriving, there­upon, he had not time to draw up his few Forces as he should have done, but they were Charged and routed in a short time; the Lord Francis Villiers, Brother to the Duke of Buckingham, was killed in the Lane, and most of the rest dispers'd to shift for themselves, the best they could be able.

The Earl of Peterborow, with Five or Six Gentlemen Volunteers of his Troop, had Charged quite through the Enemies Men, and were so far engaged, That the Enemy being got between them and the Town, it was unpossible for them to reach back unto the Bridge, or their own flying Party; and Night being come on, they shelter'd themselves in a Gentleman's House near by, and by means of good Guides got the next Night to London, where they lay conceal'd in expectation of hearing how and where they might meet with their Friends again.

The Fortune of the Earl of Holland, and the rest of the Party, which got from Kingston, every body knows, and how he was taken at St. Needs, and afterwards lost his Head.

The hopes of this Design being thus unfortunately disappointed, and Messengers and Spies employ'd every where to seek, and seize all the considerable Persons en­gag'd, or suspected to have contributed to this attempt; the Earl of Peterborow, whom they did intend to make an example, was forc'd to abscond, as well as he was able. He did it in a Chirurgeon's House, called Mr. Lowe, by whom he was very faithfully served; till by the frequentation of the Earl's Mother, the House began to be suspected, and there was then procur'd for him a lodging at the Printers in Black-Friars, where he lay till a safe passage was provided for him to get below Gravesend, where he was received into a small Fisher's Boat, which conveigh­ed him to Flushing in Zealand.

There escaped with the Earl, John Mordaunt, his Brother, afterwards Viscount Mordaunt, and Mr. William Stafford of Blatherwick, a young Gentleman of Fortune, who both follow'd him in this occasion; and having presented themselves to the Prince of Wales, who was then at the Hague, they were all receiv'd by his Highness, the Princes of Orange, his Sister, and his Aunt the Queen of Bohemia, and all the Princes, their Children, with that consideration that appertain'd to persons, who were Martyrs for their Service, having lost their Estates, ventur'd their lives, and expos'd all their Friends to vindicate the Honor and Authority of their House, and relieve the King out of Prison.

Winter now did approach, and it was in that dead time, when the King's Af­fairs were in their last and worst condition. The Duke of Hamilton had been routed and taken, the Scotch Army dissipated, Colchester was surrendred, Lord Capell a Prisoner, and Lisle and Lucas Executed. In fine, to this succeeded the Tryal of the Lords, Hamilton, Holland, and Capell, their Murder, and after, that never to be execrated enough, of the King himself, and in consequence a seeming settle­ment of that horrid power of the succeeding Common-wealth.

At this time the Earl of Peterborow was retired to the City of Antwerp, because his Estate, being all for the second time sequestred, he could withdraw no such sub­sistance as might enable him to follow the young King, as he did desire; and the Prince was not Master of so much Treasure and Revenues as he might spare where­with to maintain such Men, without Employment, in his Service, and the expecta­tion of his remaining hopes lying then in Scotland, he was forc'd to employ the Moneys he had, to entertain and encourage the Men of interest in that Na­tion.

The Earl of Peterborow then, being from the young King, whom he was not able to follow, and in a condition very necessitous, useless to his Prince, and unprofitable to himself, he was advised by all his Friends to try if at any expence he could make way with some of power in England, to be admitted to a second Composition. His Wife, the Countess, being an Ingenuous and Industrious Lady, found means to obtain it; upon notice whereof, the Earl acquainting the King and his Ministers therewith, had his Majesty's leave and approbation to provide for himself the best he could, and to submit to the general Fortune and Condition of his Party.

He return'd then, and after many extreme and perverse difficulties, paid ano­ther great Composition, and was once again settled in the possession of his Fortune. In the retirement then to his own House, the payment of great Debts, acquir'd upon Publick accounts, and settlement of his Fortune, this Earl spent those years which remain'd between the King's Murther, and the Restoration of his Son.

But upon the return of King Charles the Second, the Lord Viscount Mordaunt, the Earl's Brother, and the Lady his Wife (called before her Mariage Mrs Eliza­beth Cary) had by much officiousness, and many endeavors, during the King's Exile acquired a great share in his favour, but most of all with the King's Chief Mini­ster, the Lord Chancellor Hide, afterwards Earl of Clarendon; and having great and incomposable differences with the Earl of Peterborow, about the settlement of his Estate, whereunto, against his will, they pretended to Inherit, they had, to encline them to their partiality, in case the decision of any of the differences should come to depend on them, done sundry ill offices to the Earl; so as at the King's first Arrival, he receiv'd marks enough of the King's coldness, and the ill impres­sions they had taken. But the Earl of Peterborow, who could speak well, having means by some Friends of the contrary Faction, to have access to the King, soon dispersed those Clouds, and convinced his Majesty of the Art and Malice of his Enemies, and of the untruth of those suggestions, which were partly the cause that enclin'd the King and his Minister to suffer the remainders of Rygate to be taken out of the Crown, by which the Earl lost one of the Noblest Houses in the South of England, and such Lands and Revenues belonging to that Priory as were worth a Thousand Pound of yearly Revenues.

The King after this promised proportionable Recompence to the Earl, and by the interposition of the Lord Chancellor, had given him a Commission for Captain General of the King's Forces to be sent into Africa, and to be Governor of the City of Tangier.

To this undertaking then the Earl of Peterborow wholly applied himself; and although from the Division of the Councel, which did at that time consist of two very powerful Factions, neither of them much favouring what ever the other did propose, great obstructions and difficulties did arise unto the Earl, both in the pre­parations [Page 413]that were necessary, and in the after performance of several things that were undertaken: yet with his industry and diligence he overcame the envy and secret opposition of that affair; Embarking the ...... of ...... with Three Thousand Three Hundred Men under his conduct, and proportionable Provisions for them of every sort; and landing at Tangier the ...... of ...... took pos­session of it for the King of England, and establish'd himself Governor thereof.

The History of his Government there, being too long for this place, I shall only say, That, for the time he stay'd, there was never place kept in better order, bet­ter paid, better provided for, nor where all sorts of Men had better Justice, or Protection. It is true, Two reasons made him desire to be recall'd; the first, That his spirit, and his endeavours were so limited, as that little Honor was to be ob­tain'd by his residence in that place, having not Troops enough to march, or at­tempt any thing, into the Country; nor Money enough to design such Fortificati­ons, or so proceed with the business of the Mole as might render the Town safe against an undertaking Army, or the Sea advantageous to a Trading Fleet. But the chief Thorn in his Foot was the Envy and Malice of some considerable Enemies at home, who endeavor'd to support an under Officer of his own, in his pretension of competition to some powers, that were incompatible with his Honor and Autho­rity. And they engaged the best, and otherwise, the justest Prince in the World, so to favor what that Officer did aim at, as the Earl must have submitted to his Adversaries, or encurr'd the last enmity from that person, for whom he had the greatest service and veneration that could be.

Seeing it was like to come to that extremity, the Earl of Peterborow desired leave to lay down his Government, and return. It was so agitated by his Friends, as that he had it granted, with all the circumstances of honor and kindness that could be; as appears by a Letter of Thanks, under the King's Hand, for his faithful and good Services; and in consideration thereof, he had, under the Great Seal of England, a Pension granted him, for his life, of a Thousand Pound by the Year.

Upon his return, he found the King engag'd in a War that was like to prove very fierce between himself and the States of the United Provinces. And resolving to acknowledge the King's Bounties on every occasion that should present it self, by the constant offer of his Service, he desired the Command of a Ship, to serve in that conjuncture, and it was granted, with acknowledgments for the Example: But up­on notice thereof among the Men of Quality, it was so much, and so suddenly followed, as it put a necessity upon the King to refuse it to others of as great merit and zeal as could be, or to have his Fleet commanded, for the most part, by Men of greater Quality than Experience.

This put a stop even to the Earl's pretension; But since he could not serve in that capacity, he was resolv'd to go a Volunteer; which he hid, in the Ship, and com­pany of the Noble Earl of Sandwich, they first setting to Sea from Portsmouth: But the Fleet soon returning, by reason of the lateness of the Season, his Lordship did so too, remaining that Winter making his court to the Princes.

The next Expedition, which the succeeding Summer did produce, he went a­gain to Sea in good earnest; and because it was a Second-rate Ship, of good force and accommodation, he was order'd aboard the Ʋnicorn, Commanded by one Cap­tain...... Tidiman, wherein he remain'd during that great Fight of the Third of June, in the Year.... where, to his immortal glory, the present Great King James the Second, shew'd more personal Valor and Conduct, than any other Prince of the House of England since the Conquest, who had kill'd by his side, the Earl of Faymouth, his Brother's Favorite and his own, his first Gentleman of his Bed-Cham­ber, the Lord Muskery, the generous Mr. Boyle, with many other Gentlemen and Souldiers.

The behavior of the Earl, in the Ship where he Sail'd, was not unsuitable to his Quality and the other actions of his life. He encouraged the Souldiers with his [Page 414]Actions and his Words too; and the Captain in truth, of not too forward a Na­ture, did perhaps more than otherwise he would, to hide from his Men the great difference there was between the intrepidity of the Earl, and his own circumspecti­on. In fine, there was nothing scandalous, but his Lordship did not look upon it as good Fortune to have accompanied a Man no more sollicitous to get Glory in so great an occasion for that purpose.

The Earl of Peterborow, after his Engagement by Sea, had it intimated to him, by a private Friend about the Duke, That if he thought he could apply himself to a Court-life, wherein attendance would be necessary, and a particular devotion to all the interests of his Master, he believed his Highness would not be unwilling to engage his Lordship in his Service, even in the first, and most honorable place in his Court, at that time vacant by the so late death of the Lord of Muskery, who was Groom of the Stool, and first Gentleman of his Bed-Chamber: And this per­son did offer himself, if the Earl did esteem the occasion, to be an instrument of proposing the matter, and bringing it about. His Lordship, that was sur­prized, did not at first embrace it with that warmth the Gentleman did expect; who thought to have thereby put such an obligation upon the Earl, as might de­serve some extaordinary acknowledgment; for he was not altogether uninterest'd, and had several considerations of his own, which excited the appearance of his friend­ship in this matter. But the Earl told his Friend, he desired a few days to consi­der of the business, and to inform himself of the nature and commodities of the place, that he might see how such an Employment, would quadrate with the condition of his Affairs and Fortune; having at that time a Mother a live, who kept away the most confiderable part of his Estate: so as if he had not with the place some such emolument, as might equal the encrease of Expence would grow upon him, by the change of his condition, and application, he should insensibly draw himself into such circumstances as would afterwards become uneasie.

The Earl of Peterborow, in the mean time, by the advice of his Friends, did not haste away from the Fleet as soon as the Fight was done, as weary of the Fatigue, or impatient of the strait living aboard; but staid to attend the Duke to the Court, and his reception, as he had come out, only to wait upon his Highness, and to shew a particular devotion to so great a Prince. He came then with him to White­hall, and was a witness of the kind reception he had from so dear a Brother. And his Highness presented the Earl to the King, as a particular partaker of the Honor, as well as the hazards of that great occasion; who thereupon received from His Majesty very signal Thanks and Commendations.

Some days were now past, during the consideration the Earl had employ'd about the proposition was made him by his Friend at Sea, concerning the Duke's Service; and indeed, according to the information he receiv'd, he did not judge the allow­ances, were like to be made him, would support the extraordinary charges would arise from that condition: So as unwilling to bring a burthensome Service to a Master, he did rather desire to make more easie, a declension of that affair became more sutiable to his inclination. When one Morning, about a week after, hap­p'ning to visit another Friend, upon whose judgment, candor, and experience, he had a much greater dependance, and acquainting him with the answer he did in­tend to make; he was by many important reasons over-ruled, as to a change of his resolution, and perswaded to embrace the occasion of entring into the Interests and Service of his Royal Highness. This Gentleman was a Servant to the Duke him­self, and much nearer than the first, to every part of his Favor and Inclination: And having occasions that were like, for divers times, to keep him distant from the Court, he thought, by introducing the Earl of Peterborow, to establish a Friend, who would maintain his interests and pretences there in his absence, very usefully. And it is true, that he had those, that did prove then, and after, very confider­able to himself and many others.

He did then undertake the management of this accord, and acquainted the Duke with the Earl's desire to be his Servant; with which he did suggest so many rea­sons as made his Highness resolve, notwithstanding some little dislike of the Earl's demur, to receive him with that kindness and encouragement, as was suitable to his Birth and Quality.

There was some little dissatisfaction in the minds of the first proposer, and others of his Faction, to find the Earl introduc'd, and not by them, thinking his actions, and dependance would prove accordingly. But by whom it was, they could not guess, and it was for some time a secret.

From thenceforth the Earl applied himself close to the Duke's Service and Inter­ests. He attended him in the Plague Year to York, and afterwards to Oxford. He participated of the Frowns and Smiles were applied to every variation of his For­tune. In the Parliaments, which did succeed, he did not only adhere, but appear in all his interests; he avoided not the hard looks were given to those that durst endeavour the protection of his Father-in-Law, the Earl of Clarendon, and stood by his defence when he was abandon'd by such as were fed and cloath'd by the Fortunes and Favours he had procur'd them. He opposed the Bill for Divorce of the Lord Ross, sollicited by the Court, not in favor of that Lord, (now Earl of Rut­land) but as an introduction to a greater that was intended, whereby the Duke's Right to the Succession would have been cut off, by an act unusual in this King­dom, and esteem'd unlawful in every other.

These proceedings got the Earl of Peterborow the opinion of being more parti­cularly tyed to the Duke's Service by affection, than every one would have had him. Such as envied the vertue of this Prince, desiring he should have the forms of Greatness in his Service, but not the zeal, the duty, nor the true sincerity that should sustain it. The Earl of Peterborow was not a Man to act for him in one oc­casion, for his Service, and to betray him in another, for his own advantage. He was ever concern'd for the Duke in the first place, but for his own Reputation in the second. And though, it is true, he would have dyed for the Duke in a great occasion, yet it is certain his own honor would have had some share in the sacrifice. With these principles, and in actions suitable unto them, he continued in his Royal Highnesses Service several Years; and although he was esteem'd by all the Mini­sters, he had not many marks of their favor, who think the dependants upon the Brother and Presumptive Heir of a King, rejoyce not over-much to see that power in them, which naturally, as his due, the others would have devolv'd upon their Master. However, he lived well with all, and they with him. Though the World saw well, by the little acquisitions he made of Honors or Advantage, that he did serve his Master with the least design of interest, of any person that ever did approach him.

About the Year ..... it fell out, that Anne Duchess of York, departed this life; and by those that were friends to the Duke, and the Government, it was thought fit, that another should be sought to supply, by her fruitfulness, the want of Issue Male, which Providence to that time, had denyed to the felicity of the Royal House. All concurr'd in the profession that this was necessary; but not every one in their endeavours to accomplish it. The accession of Sons like to live, would have made the Duke more considerable than his enemies wish'd that he should be; and ob­jections were not wanting, from many of them that were in place to speak, and in right to be heard, in Occasions, and Councels of that nature, against any seem'd pro­per to his Friends for his Alliance. Some of them, 'twas said, wanted Fortune; others, were not of Quality enough; and there were those that were not bred in the Religion of the Country, which in certain Men was not easie to digest. At last, the good King (who, it were to have been wish'd, had in more things follow'd his own good nature and judgment) accepted the proposition made from Spain, by Sir Mark Ogniaty, at that time Agent here out of Flanders, of a Marriage, and Treaty to that purpose, with the Young Archduchess of Inspruk, which was be­lieved [Page 416]would have answered all the objections of Honor, Fortune, and Fruitfulness, more than any Princess that had been propos'd. This could not apparently be re­fused by the Ministers, who found the King did himself desire his Brother's Marri­age, and that the Duke was resolv'd to have a Wife at any rate. Therefore, the expedient for its hindrance was, to propose a Creature of their own, one that follow'd the Court, and the favor of it, by birth a Stranger, not concern'd what became of the Succession of England; to be sent over in quality of Negotiator of this business. This Man was engaged in the affair, whom they did manage as they pleased; they made him advance it one day, and retard it another: and at last he did contribute, by his skill, to so long delays, as it became apparent by di­vers signs of the Empress's ill health, that she was not like long to live.

From that time the Emperor, who thought it just he should provide for his own happiness in the first place, began to cast his thoughts upon this Princess; and his Council, for his satisfaction as well as the interest of his House, by reuniting the concerns of Inspruk, that had been the Appennage of those Archdukes, did wholly give their approbation of that conditional intention, in case of the Empress's death: So that when the Court of England was in expectation of a final conclusion of this Treaty, the cunning Negotiator did procure the appearance of it, to stop the Mouths of dissatisfied Men, and the clamors would have been upon a rupture, af­ter a years suspence, and chargeable Treaty; so as the Duke being then upon the Sea, immediately after his Engagement of Sole Bay, in the last Dutch War; the Envoy at Vienna sent word, The Treaty was now ended, and there wanted only an Extraordinary Embassador from the King, to come to demand and Marry the Archduchess, according to the forms, towards bringing her into England, con­tenting the King in that affair, and making the Duke happy.

Hereupon, his Royal Highness, who had long in his mind pitch'd upon the Earl of Peterborow to undertake and manage this great trust, not only as the first person about him, for his Birth and Quality, but as a Man whom he knew could never be corrupted, to act, or omit any thing might prove contrary to his intenti­on or his service, did now declare he should (with the King's leave) be alone em­ploy'd and trusted, as Extraordinary Embassador, in perfecting this matter, which so nearly did concern him.

The Earl did at that time attend the Duke in his own Ship. He had been with him the whole Expedition, and was particularly participant of all the Honors and Hazards of that bloody Battel, wherein the Noble Earl of Sandwich lost his life, and so many brave Gentlemen in either Party: And from off this Fleet it was, he commanded the Earl to repair to the King, and entreat his orders to the Ministers, for preparing Monies, Instructions, and Instruments that might enable him to pro­ceed upon his journey, in order to bring home the Princess had been so much desired.

At his arrival, and first Audience of the King upon this affair, he found His Majesty not so warm as he did expect; he would not trust the Earl entirely with his indifference, but let fall some doubtful words, as it were to sound, Whether he would comply with more delays: But when he found by the steddiness of his Lordship's Answers, That he did expect an ingenuous proceeding, for his Master's satisfaction, His Majesty, a little abruptly, broke off the Discourse, and bid him repair to the Ministers, who should have orders to dispatch him with as much speed as the preparations would admit.

He address'd himself, in the first place, to the Lord Treasurer, who, for all his concurrence with the Duke to other ends and enterests, by which he had gain'd a most particular share in his Credit and Favour; yet he was certainly no friend to this, nor wish'd success to any other Foreign proceeding, and did comply with, if not foment the King's inclination, to a farther delay in the affair. Whether it was, that he would not appear to the approaching Parliament, author of a Match, of which, he thought, they were not like to approve; or that he hoped the over­long [Page 417]delays would weary the Duke, and make him at last content to take up with some Lady for whom this Lord had a favor in the Court at home.

Certain it is, That he receiv'd the Earl's pressing desires for a dispatch, with a colder kind of moroseness than he could have imagin'd, and in a way as did seem to expect from the Earl an understanding of some thing he was not willing plainly to express.

The Duke seem'd to believe the obstructions did proceed from the insinuations of another Minister, with whom he had long been out upon many other accounts; but he being in most things competitor with the Lord Treasurer, was glad to have occasion to justifie himself in a thing so tender to the Duke, at the reasonable cost of the other, and to set the Saddle on the right Horse.

The account the Earl of Peterborow gave to his Highness of these Affairs, brought him, with as much hast, as matters would admit, from the Fleet to the Town. And when he arrived, the business was so pressed on his side, as the Ministers were driven to break, or comply with his desires. But it is most true, That in all the matters expected from the Treasurer, he was more dry, more stiff, and more scarce, than was agreeable to the good opinion it was necessary for him to preserve in the Duke's Mind; and the Earl of Peterborow was fain to make use of his competitor, who had a desire, at that time, to justifie himself to the Duke, and had also much interest with the King, to procure from his Majesty, upon reasons of publick ho­nor, more large allowances than the Treasurer would otherwise have made, who thought to have pinch'd the Earl, and made his business uneasie on that part, for not complying with him, in an indirect sufferance of those delays to take place, which might have obstructed the Duke's Marriage in any Foreign part what­soever.

However, those difficulties were overcome, allowances were made for the Earl's Equipage, and provision of Money design'd for the maintenance of the Embassie. Orders were given for Commissions and Instructions: And after the Earl had served His Majesty in Raising for him a Regiment of Foot, whereof he was to be Colonel, design'd for carrying on the Dutch War, his affairs being all in a readiness for proceeding on his Embassie, he did on the [...] of March, in the Year [...] under the Character of Embassador Extraordinary to the Emperor, depart from London on that employment, having in his custody, Jewels of his Royal Highness's particular Cabinet, to the value of Twenty Thousand Pound, intended for a present to the young Archduchess of Inspruk.

The Earl arrived at Dover the next day, and under a very fair passage, came the day following to Calles, where having stay'd too Nights in providing for his farther proceeding to Paris; on the Third day, in the Morning, an Express came to him from the Court, bringing Letters of assurance from thence, and from Ger­many too, That the Empress was dead, and the long Treaty of Inspruk broken off, by reason the Emperor was now resolv'd to have that Princess for himself.

The Earl had, notwithstanding, Letters from his Royal Highness, and from the Earl of Arlington, by the King's Command, That notwithstanding this, he should proceed to Paris, remaining quiet there, under his own particular character, at­tending their farther Commands, whereby he was like to be employ'd to procure a Princess that might be a fit Wife for the Duke out of some other Family.

His Lordship obey'd, and after being settled at Paris, he had advice from his Royal Highness, That there had been proposed to him Four Wives; with whom, since it was impossible for him to be acquainted, he did command his Lordship to endeavor by all the diligence he could use, to get sight and knowledge of them, or at least, their Pictures, with the most impartial relations of their Manners and Dispositions.

The First of these was the Dutchess of Guise, whom France most particularly wish'd to favor into this Alliance; the next the young Princess of Modena, only Sister to the present Duke of that City and Country; the Third a Lady called [Page 418] Madmoiselle de Rais; and the Fourth, Mary Anne, Princess of Wirtenbergue.

This was a great trust, to the performance whereof, was requisite both Honesty and Discretion; the first, To render unconsider'd all the advantages might be pro­pos'd, to make partial the person trusted, against the interest and satisfaction of his Master; and the latter, To find out, and judge, what might be most expedient and agreeable to his true humor and circumstances.

The first, and the latter of these did recide at Paris, the Dutchess of Guise at her own House, and the Princess of Wirtenbergue, as a Pensioner in the Monastery of ....... but the Princess of Modena was with her Mother in Italy, and Mad­moiselle de Rais at her Relations, some Hundred Miles distant from Paris. The Dutchess of Guise he saw at Court; she was the youngest Daughter of Gaston of Bourbon, Duke of Orleans, the King of France his Uncle, but a Princess for whom he knew the Duke had no inclination; she not being only low, and ill shap'd, but under the appearance of a feeble Complection, so, as though she had much reputation for Innocence and Vertue, her Constitution did not promise a likeli­hood of either many or strong Children; and that end appearing to the Earl, the chief business of the Duke, and of England too, all the favor of France (a share whereof he might have tasted from the merit of a recommendator to this Alliance) could not induce him to promote a matter contrary to the ends of his Trust, and the Duke's Service.

The Princess of Modena, Mary of Esté, his Lordship could not see; but by the means of a Scotch Gentleman, that had been conversant in the House of Conty, one Mr. Conn, he was introduced into the Palace of that Prince, whose Wife had been one of the young Princess of Modena's nearest Relations, and there he saw her Picture, that had been lately sent thither from that Court. It bore the appearance of a young Creature about Fourteen years of Age; but such a light of Beauty, such Characters of Ingenuity and Goodness, as it surprized the Earl, and fixt upon his Phancy, That he had found his Mistress, and the Fortune of England.

An ill Picture he saw of Madmoiselle de Rais; but being at such distance as he could not know her self, or have any perfect relation of her circumstances, he sought no farther encouragement in that matter.

His whole thoughts were turned upon the young Princess of Modena, with whose Character that he might be the better acquainted, by the means of the fore­mentioned Mr. Conn, he got a meeting, such as might seem accidental, with a Gen­tleman called the Abbot Richini, a Man that was employ'd at Paris in Negotiating the interests of the House of Esté; and it was in a private, but commodious place for such an interview, in the Cloysters of the Great Charter-House in Paris. After usual Complements, they fell upon divers indifferent Discourses, and by degrees, that made it casual, coming to matters of England, and the Duke's being a Wi­dower, with the necessity of another Marriage, we talk'd of Divers Princesses that the World named as proper for a Match so Illustrious. The Earl had occasion hereupon, to enquire of him, What Children there were in the House of Esté? he told him, only too; A Son, that was the present Duke, as yet a Minor, and a Daughter, of about Fourteen Years of Age; to whom, although he attributed many excel­lences, yet he endeavour'd to make them useless to us, by saying, The Dutchess her Mother, but more strongly her own Enclinations, did design her to a Religi­ous life, and that she did seem resolv'd not to Marry.

This affirmation was an extream blow to the hopes and desires of the Earl of Peterborow, and of which he was forced to give an account, together with the esteem and great value he had for the Character, that from all hands he had receiv­ed of this young Princess.

But after this, he was induc'd by the Duke's particular direction, to make his access to the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue, that had likewise, as has been said, been recommended to his consideration. This Lady, whose Father had been slain in the War, and her Mother retired at that time into Flanders, of which Country [Page 419]she was, did remain in a Monastery of Ladies, in company of several others of great Quality: And the Earl was introduc'd to a fight of her, by Father Gilbert Talbot, at that time newly entred into Orders of Priesthood, and an acquaintance of her Confessor. She was perswaded to receive his Lordship by way of a Visit, in the manner as is usual, at the Grate of a Parlor, design'd to give the Ladies opportunities of speech, at seasonable times, with their Friends and Relations. This Princess, who was Daughter of a Brother to the Duke of Wirtenbergue, was under the protection and care of the Crown of France, by reason of the great merits of her Father's Services; and it was believed would have stood fairer than any for its assistance to the preferment of this Match, if that of the Dutchess of Guise, and Princess of Modena did not take place. She was of middle Stature, Fair Complecti­on, with brown Hair; the Figure of her Face turn'd very agreeably, her Eyes Gray, her Looks Grave, but Sweet; and in her person, she had the motions of a Wo­man of Quality, and well bred: But above all, she had the appearance of a Maid in the ripeness of her Youth, of a Sanguine and Healthful Constitution, fit to bring strong Children, and such as might be like to live and prosper. Although there was much modesty in all her behavior, yet she was not scarce of her discourse, and spoke well, and pertinently to every thing.

His Lordship not being now unsatisfied with this interview, and believing that ex­cept the Princess of Modena, he had neither seen, nor heard of any thing more pro­per, for what might capacitate the person of a Wife; he began to enquire of the Fortune might be expected with her: But of that, although some concern'd for her, did give out, That by several ways, there might be expected from her Friends, Fifty or Threescore Thousand Pounds, yet he confessed, he could never find any reasonable bottom, upon which to build such an assurance. Yet a Marriage being his chief business, and a probability of Children, he gave, according to his Trust, and the Duke's Command, the truest Character he was able, of her, and her circum­stances.

His Highness hereupon having a concurring account of this Princess, from others he had charg'd with the Enquiry, as well as his Lordship, seem'd so satisfied with it, as he gave order to the Earl of Peterborow, to proceed in his application to the Princess, and to give hopes, to her, and her Friends, That he would send sudden orders to demand her in the usual Forms. And from the earnestness of the Duke's Expressions, he himself did believe, he should in two or three Posts, have been capacitated thereunto. He obey'd, and found every day new contentments in the conversation of the Princess, so as he doubted not, there would have risen from this commerce, a satisfaction, both to his Master's Interests and Enclination.

But on a sudden, unexpected orders gave a change to this affair; an Express brought directions to the Earl, That leaving Paris privately, with as little company as was possible, he should repair incognito to Dusseldorpe, the Residence of the Duke of Newburgh; and that there, he should try to get a fight of the Princess his Daughter, who had been earnestly recommended to his Highness, as a Princess fittest of any for his Alliance. This was believ'd did proceed, from the Service France did at that time expect from the Duke her Father, whose Country and Troops were at that time adjacent to those parts of Flanders and Holland, where the King made a very sharp War. And it was earnestly supported by divers persons of much interest in our Court, who had been formerly obliged, or at present gain'd to promote the satisfaction of that Duke. But the Earl had orders from His Royal Highness, to give him a perfect Character of that Princess, her Person, as to what he could see, of her Parts, Manners, and Enclinations, as he could any ways learn, with the reposition of so great a Trust, as he did assure him, if he found her not answering the Character had been given her, he should have immediate Orders to return, and to bring home the Princess of Wirtenbergue, of whom we have spoke before.

The Earl, who was nothing but Duty and Faithfulness to the Duke, obey'd his new Orders with all the diligence imaginable; he took Post accompanied only with an Italian Gentleman, one Signior Varasani, his Gentleman of the Horse, and one that serv'd him in his Chamber. He arrived in two days at Metts, whence by Water he came to Cullen. At the time Sir Lionel Jenkins, and Sir Joseph William­son were Embassadors Plenipotentiary at that City. He did not intend to have seen these Ministers, having no Orders to communicate, nor Advice to take of them. But walking alone in the Street, after his arrival, he met Sir Joseph in his Coach, who, without considering he was not in a condition to be publickly taken notice of, light, and complemented the Earl in the Street; of which unseasonable respect, his Lordship deliver'd himself, by his desire that he would forbear it any farther. But after this, he did privately visit those Embassadors, but without communicating his Business, or Intentions.

He prepar'd then for his Voyage to Dusseldorpe, pretending, at the House where he lay, a curiosity to see the Court, and Habitation of a Soveraign Prince, not above .......... from that City, who had the Reputation of being Wise, and Generous, and to live in all the State and Order suitable to his conditi­on, and the greatness of his House. The Master of the House provided him a convenient Guide, acquainted with the Town he was to see, and the ways and passages to it. So one Morning the Earl, his Companion the Seiur Varasani, and too Servants Embarked upon the Rhine, and in an ordinary Boat, were carried down the River to the Walls of Dusseldorpe.

They were examined at the Gate, and giving account, that they were Strangers, brought by curiosity to see the place, were admitted, and by a Souldier, conduct­ed to an Inn, where they stay'd to repose themselves, and take their measures for a farther proceeding.

They thereupon sent their Guide to enquire the method of approaching the Palace, and the Prince; who brought word, There would be, that day, a greater difficulty than usual, by reason the Prince and Court were to be employ'd in see­ing an Anniversary Contest among the Citizens and other persons of that place, which should soonest Shoot down the Papegay, or Parrot, a thing made in simi­litude of such a Bird, from a very high Pole, which was to be performed with much Method and Ceremony, and the Victor to have the usual reward of his address. But that before the beginning of the undertaking, the Prince was to be entertained, at Evening Service, in the Jesuits Church, with very rare Musick, to which the Dutchess and Princess did likewise resort, so as the Earl might have a fair view of them there, and what else was considerable in the Court, and that he would conduct them to a Station proper for that end.

This was readily accepted by his Lordship and his Companion, who were by their Guide placed in a fair passage, part of a Cloyster whereby they were to pass. After some expectation the Duke arrived, preceded with the State and Ceremony was suitable to a Soveraign Quality, he had his Wife by the Hand, the Princess follow'd, and a considerable Train of Ladies and Cavaliers, well dressed, and in good order. The Princess was not well to be discern'd, by reason of the Hoods were over her Face: But passing after into the body of the Church, the Earl had a farther view into a Gallery above, where the Duke sate to hear the Service.

The Office and Musick at an end, the Court retir'd in the order it had come, and all went out to be spectators of the Shooting, but his Lordship retired to his Inn, not being in a condition, or desiring to be seen publickly abroad.

Near six of the Clock, that divertisement had an end, and our Guide having ac­quainted some under Officer of the Court, that Two Gentlemen of the English Embassadors Train, that were at Cullen, and had come to see that Town, were desirous to have a sight of the Court, and do Reverence to the Prince: he was told, That he might bring them. They came then to the Palace, under his con­duct, [Page 421]and being met by a Gentleman in the Inner-Court, he took them out of the Hands of the Townsman, and carried them up into a large Room, where after some attendance they were led into another, whereinto the Prince came unto them.

The Duke of Newburgh seem'd to be at that time near Forty Years of Age, of competent Stature, well shap'd, well dress'd, and of a most obliging behavior. He had a Suit, after the French fashion, of a Grey Stuff, with Diamond Buttons, a Diamond Hatband, and a Diamond Sword; and about his Neck, in a Black Rib­bon, hung the Order of the Golden Fleece. He did receive their Complements with much Courtesie, which they paid with all Respect; and of himself began to entertain them with divers Questions about their Journey, the Embassadors, and proceeding of the Treaty at Cullen; and afterwards, insensibly fell upon England, the Court thereof, the Princes, and its other concerns. He enquir'd concerning the Duke of York and his Marriage; where was Monsieur de Peterborow, and if he con­tinued at Paris after the disappointment of the Treaty of Inspruk; to all which questions having been answered, he said afterward, He heard the Duke was like to be Married to an English Lady; they assur'd him, they heard of no such thing. At last he took his leave of them with much civility, and when he was departed they ask'd the Gentleman if they might have the farther favor of seeing the Dutchess and the young Princess; who having told them, he would enquire, he left them; and after some stay, return'd to let them know, they should be admitted. To­wards which they were carried, and introduc'd into an upper Room, where seem'd to expect them the Dutchess of Newburgh, accompanied with the young Princess her eldest Daughter.

The Earl made her his complements, with the greatest respect of which he was capable; whereunto her Highness, as he was told, in her own Tongue, made all suitable returns; but said, That being not vers'd in the French Tongue, she de­fired her Daughter, the Princess, might interpret between them; at which the Princess did approach, and help'd to carry on the conversation, and with intention, as he thought, to shew her capacity in that Language. They all by that time, as he had reason afterward to believe, suspecting the Earl of being some other person, and having more design, in his little Voyage, than was pretended.

The Dutchess of Newburgh was a Princess, in his Opinion, of about five or six and thirty years, of a middle stature, light brown Hair, enclining to be Fat; great characters of goodness in her countenance, and was such a one, as might be pro­per for a good Wife; without qualities over subtile, or Courtly, as might be found in the spirits of Ladies bred in France or Italy.

The Princess, her Daughter, was suppos'd to be about Eighteen years of Age, of middle stature, she had likewise very light Hair, and was of an exceeding Fair Complexion; her Eyes were of a light blueish gray, the turn of her Face more round than oval; that part of her Neck he saw was white as Snow, but upon the whole, at those Years, she was enclining to be Fat. In discourse she render'd to his Lordship readily her Mother's sence, and spoke her own aptly enough. She had the appearance of one that might be proper enough for a good Wife, and that possibly was fit for Generation. But the great genius did not appear, of Business or Con­versation, for which she has been praised since she came to sit upon the greatest Throne of Europe.

After a due time the Earl of Peterborow did from hence too take his leave, with all the circumstances of respect were due to persons of that Quality: But at his depar­ture he found himself much more attended by Gentlemen, and with greater respect, than at his arrival: And he was pressed to stay Supper, by the Chief Officers of the House, even to a degree of being like to have it imposed upon him. But his Resolution of not receiving any farther Engagement, made him in the civillest manner he could, break thorow all that, and got him liberty to retire to his Inn; where after he had made a very ill Supper, there came to enquire for him, under [Page 422]pretence of a Visit from a Countryman, a young Gentleman, one Hamilton, that wore a Gold Key by his side, and was said to be much in the Duke's favor, and of his Bed-Chamber. This Mr. Hamilton seem'd every way to try what he could get out of the Earl, and by his discourse his Lordship perceiv'd his proceedings had puzled the Court: But withal, That they were suspicious of his satisfactions, by reason his Lordship declined to receive greater favors from them than was just necessary; however he departed civilly, and his Lordship to his rest.

The Earl was impatient to be gone in the Morning, and having a Waggon rea­dy, (the ordinary way of Travelling in that Country) he came by Land to Cullen, whence his Lordship immediately dispatch'd an Express for England, with the suc­cess, and account of his Journey. In answer whereunto, his Lordship had imme­diate Orders to return with all speed to Paris, with an assurance, That at his arri­val there, he should meet directions to demand, to marry, and to bring home the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue.

As has been said, there were a great party in the Court of England engaged to promote the Marriage of Newburgh; but there was another that moved strongly to promote Madmoiselle D' Alboeuf, Daughter to the Duke of that Name, who was a Cadet Prince of the House of Lorain; which was the Dutchess of Portsmouth, who was then, and continued to his end, the favorite Mistress of King Charles II. and she who wanted neither cunning nor Counsel, considering the transitoriness of humane conditi­on, and particularly of humane affections, and not knowing how soon her retreat might be necessary into her own Country, did wisely endeavor to oblige therein, and make all the Friends she could: So, to engage the House of Lorain and Boullion, she had wrought with the King, not only to consent to the Marriage, but to order the Earl of Peterborow to see the Lady, and to send him his opinion thereof. And to this, if it had been any way adviseable, His Royal Highness himself would not have been averse, from the partiality he ever had to the House of Boullion, and principally to Monsieur de Turene, whose Niece the Lady was. But in truth she was so very young, not having fully attain'd Thirteen Years, and so little a Woman of that Age too, as when it was really represented, it was found wholly unproper for the Duke's circumstances, and the business of England. But to favor it, she and her creatures had, in the mean time, done what they could to detract from the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue, to whom, notwithstanding, from the first im­pressions he had receiv'd, he stood so well enclined, as by the return of the next Express after the account of the Princess of Newburgh, he commanded the Earl to go back in diligence to Paris, where he assured him he should meet all the orders necessary to bring away that Lady.

The Earl obey'd with much satisfaction, esteeming this, next to the Italian Alli­ance, the most suitable of any that had ever been proposed. So with all the haste he could he came to his first station, and not doubting of the performance of what had been so earnestly assured him, he lighted at the Monastery where the Princess Mary Anne lived, as soon as he came to Paris, and acquainted her with the orders, he had reason to believe, did attend him at his House, after the receipt of which, he should have but to call her (as he said) his Mistress, and pay her the respects due to the Quality that did attend it. He could not but confess the moderation, which in other things did appear in her temper, was not great enough to conceal her joy in this occasion; and she was not to be blamed, considering the provision it would have been for an Orphan Maid to Marry a Prince so great, both in the circumstances of Fortune and Merit; but after he had taken his leave, and was re­turn'd home, with what a reverse of Fortune did he meet!

The Agent that did at that time Negotiate, in absence of the Embassador, had order to watch the Earls approach to Paris, that he might deliver his Letters, with new orders, to him before he arrived; thereby to obviate his communication to the Peincess of the last he received at Cullen, before he could be forewarned of it, or forbiden; but by neglect, or taking a wrong way to meet him, the Earl had seen [Page 423]her, and made her complements upon the orders he had so great reason to expect, before he could receive his new directions. So as coming home, and being there saluted by this unwary Minister, he received from his Hands such Letters, as quite changed all his methods, by the total forbidding to proceed any farther in Treaty, or Demand of the Princess of Wirtenbergue; and directing him to expect instru­ments and instructions by the following Post, to proceed with all haste to Italy, to demand, according to the forms, the young Princess of Modena.

This last order Reducing the Earl to his first Opinion and Enclination, did com­fort him against the dissatisfaction of so uncertain and changeable a proceeding. He found a way to acquaint the Princess Mary Anne with the unexpected change in the Fortune was design'd her, and turn'd the event upon the resolutions of State Ministers, from the Duke's changeableness, or any dissatisfaction taken from her character. Much a do there was to appease a mind disappointed to that degree, and there were of those to whom she had seem'd a rival that forbore not to recoyce, if not to insult upon this reverse of Fortune. But at last she was forc'd to ap­pease her discontents; and though the Earl durst see her no more, yet he wish'd her much happiness, as she did deserve, in any other proceeding.

His Lordship was, after this, employ'd in preparation for his Voyage to Modena, expecting in a Post or two the necessaries should enable him to proceed in that Negotiation. In ten days they arrived to his Hands, with particular recommenda­tion from the Duke his Master, to use that Expedition and diligence which was done capable to establish his Marriage, beyond the contradiction, or dissolution of a Parliament; which, it being now the Month of July, was like to fit in No­vember; and if it were not, before that, past obstruction, would leave no Stone unturn'd, that might contradict or hinder any Catholick Alliance.

He dispatch'd then away his Train and his Equipage, under the conduct of his Officers, and himself took Post, with intention of giving a sudden end to this af­fair. It had been hinted to him, That he would find no difficulty in his underta­king, all things having been prepar'd by the power and offices of the King of France, in whose interests the Princess of this House had of a long time been; and that Monarch finding the Match with his Cousin not like to take, nor the other of the Princess of Newburgh, did not think it adviseable to let His Royal Highness escape into the Alliance of any Family unfavourable to France, and therefore he used all the force of his Councels and perswasions, to make this Marriage suc­ceed.

The Earl then receiv'd wings from the Interest and Commands of his Master, and came to Lyons in three days. but he was no sooner entred into his Inn, and began to repose himself, believing from the care he had taken to be concealed, and his little Equipage, that he was there wholly unknown; when a Servant of the Inn brought him word, There were Two Gentlemen below that desired admittance to speak with him, on the part of the Dutchess of Modena. He could not refuse to see them, not knowing upon what account they came, and upon their approach they delivered his Lordship a Letter, Signed by one Nardi, that stiled himself a Secretary; wherein he wrote to acquaint his Excellency, That they had heard of his intentions to come into those parts, in order to treat of a Marriage with the young Princess of Modena: But the Dutchess knowing her Daughters intentions to be entirely against any obligation of that kind, and that she was perfectly settled in the resolution of taking upon her a Religious life, she thought it reasonable to give him timely advertisement thereof; that the King, his Master, not being unac­quainted therewith, might desist from exposing himself, or his Lordship, by pursu­ing a design, which though it was very honourable, and advantageous to her, her Daughter, and the House of Esté, yet was unpracticable, and by no ways to be brought about.

The Earl's surprise was infinite in this occasion; but he thought it most prudent to seem amaz'd at the cause of such a Letter, and to disown to these persons any [Page 424]concern of that nature, or orders to proceed in the business they did surmise; he told them, he was a private Traveller, that came upon his own account, only to satisfie his curiosity, and the desire of seeing Italy, so as there was no occasion for her Highness or any others concerning themselves in his motions.

The Gentlemen departed, and the Earl immediately gave an account to the King, and the Duke his Master, of what had happen'd, and the discouragement he had met; and though he directed his Servants and Equipage to remain at Lyons till farther orders, yet he resolv'd himself to proceed as far as Turnin, where resided an Embassador of France, who had the reputation of presiding over the French af­fairs in Italy, to whom he might communicate what had happen'd, and to take some measures with him about his farther proceeding.

He repaired immediately to the Embassador's House, after his arrival at that City; and enquired of him, Whether he had any orders to assist him in the affair in question, wherein the World esteem'd the King, his Master, the chief mover? The Embassador assur'd his Lordship he had never been made acquainted with that business; and that if his Master were concern'd in it, it was likely he design'd to send some Man of Quality on purpose, who would be particularly instructed in the management thereof. But, he said, that, to his particular surprise, he had two days before receiv'd a Letter from the Dutchess of Modena, wherein she pray'd him, That if his Lordship came to Turin, and did confer, or advise with him upon that matter, he would signifie to his Lordship, an impossibility in the accomplish­ing of it, for the reasons had been before expressed, in the Letter his Lordship had at Lyons received from Nardi.

This second appearance of an averse proceeding, began very much to discourage the Earl of Peterborow; and after he had given an account thereof to the Court, he was in doubt what to do, or how to make any farther advances. But the French Embassador, who, though unimploy'd in this affair, did now believe his Master much concern'd in bringing it about, advised the Earl to a little patience, and that con­tinuing the pretence of a casual Traveller, he would advance his Journey down the Po to an agreeable City, called Plaisance, where he might find occasion to re­main, and entertain himself till he had farther orders.

The Earl follow'd his Counsel, arriv'd at the place agreed on, and lodged him­self as conveniently as he could, to the appearance of a private Traveller; but for all his caution, the Second or Third day after he came to Plaisance, one of the Ser­vants brought him word, one Morning, how there was a Gentleman desired the favor of being admitted to him, who came from the Dutchess of Modena: The Earl sent immediately to have him introduced; and it proved the same Nardi himself who had written the first Letter to his Brother at Lyons. He had the appearance of an ingenious Man, who spoke well, and was practised in all Italian civilities. He presented now to his Lordship, a Letter, from the Dutchess her self, wherein she wrote, That having heard of his Journey into those parts, with the end and causes thereof, she thought it her part, before a great King and his Minister should expose themselves, in the demand of a thing which could not be accomplish'd, out of respect to them, to manifest the reasons of it, that she might be excused from seeming any ways the cause of their dissatisfaction: There was likewise in her Letter repeated what was contain'd in hers to the Embassador with something more; but to all she added, That indeed there were other Princesses besides her Daughter, to one of which, if the King his Master did think fit, it was possible he might be ad­mitted to address himself. And however, in the mean time, if his Lordship would come and divert himself in that Court, she should esteem her self favour'd by his re­ception, and he should be very welcome.

The Earl after having excused himself to the Dutchess, from the trouble his coming into those parts seem'd to cause unto her Highness, and thanked her for the Honor she did in the rest, with a fair excuse, he told her again, There was no cause for the first, because he was but a private Traveller, without design, or [Page 425]orders to disquiet any body with pretences were not agreeable to them: nor in­deed with any of that nature, which might answer the latter also. So Nardi re­turn'd with a seeming satisfaction at that time. But the next day his Lordship re­ceiv'd a Letter from the French Embassador at Turnin, whereby he acquainted him, That there was now, by the King of France's Order, upon the way, the Marquess of Angeao, design'd by his Majesty to come with most pressing desires to the Dutchess for a consent and conclusion to this Match, and to assist his Lordship with all the offices and endeavours imaginable.

This did much satisfie the Earl of Peterborow, if on the neck thereof there had not come an Express out of England to assure him of the same, as to the part of Monsieur d' Angeao, but with direction, That when he came, instead of the young Princess, from whom they took it, all the difficulties did arise, they should demand an Aunt of hers, which in all manner of circumstances was inferior to her, and from divers considerations improper for the Duke's occasions. This sudden change in the Affair did infinitely mortifie the Earl, whose Head turn'd round under this variety of uncertainties: But he had but to obey and be patient. And now some days after came Nardi again with new Complements from the Dutchess, and Ex­pressions how glad that Court should be, if the Honor was supposed to be intended to the Daughter, might be transferr'd on any other Princess of that Family (for it seems, they had been enform'd, that something of that kind had been listned to in France.) The Earl, that was in expectation of his French assistant, who was not yet near, continued still upon his first guard, owning no Orders at all; but alledged the cause of his stay to be a little Indisposition, which he expected should soon pass, and return'd the Dutchess his Duty and humble Thanks for the honor of her Civilities.

About a week after this, another new Express came out of England, counter­manding again the last directions, and assuring the sudden arrival of Monsieur d' Angeao, who was to use the uttermost power of the King of France's mediation, in demand of the Princess's Daughter and no other. Whereof, if at last they should come to fail, the Earl was then commanded to return to Paris, without any farther delay.

Accordingly, about a week after the Marquess of Angeao came, and the Morning of his arrival hastned to Visit and Complement the Earl at his Lodging; acquaint­ing him, That his Commission was to assist him in his Negotiation, with all the offices of France, which he would improve with his best industry. This Marquess was a Man of good appearance, very cunning, and bred to all the Arts and Con­fidence of Courts. It was soon concerted between them, That this Envoy should go first to Modena, having had formerly some acquaintance with that Dutchess, when, as one of the Cardinal's Neices, she remain'd in France, and there try the power of his Reasons and Perswasions; to which, if the Dutchess proved inflexible, the Earl, from the knowledge thereof, might return without exposing either him­self or his Character: And if he did succeed, it would make way for his Lordship to declare his pretences to assume his Character, and be receiv'd into that Court with the Honor and Respect due to his Dignity and Business.

The Marquess departed the next Morning, and with such dexterity did demon­strate to the Princes of that House their true interest, both in constantly deserving the Protection of the King his Master, and the Alliance of England, that all the Court and Council became desirous of it, except a cunning Jesuit, that was Con­fessor to the Dutchess, and indeed her chief Minister, one Father Garimbert, that was a Subject born of the Duke of Parma's, and always much influenced by that Family. This Garimbert, whether it were that he desired to make the Match with the other Princess, who was Daughter to a Lady of the House of Parma, or else that he was engaged (as some did suspect) to cross this Match at the secret desire of that Family, who thought so Royal an Alliance would advance a Neighbour Prince in Honor and Power, above that balance whereunto they wish'd it should [Page 426]be kept unto their own: Italian Princes being not only very jealous, and emulous of their Neighbors, but subtle too; He did all he could to make averse unto it both the Dutchess, and the Princess her self.

But the reason of the thing was so strong in it self, as at last, it did over-rule, the Dutchess, and all that were concern'd in her Service and Councels.

The Marquess of Angeao wrote then to the Earl of Peterborow, how all difficul­ties being overcome, he might now take off the mask, and advance to Modena, where his addresses would be receiv'd; and the Dutchess wrote to him also to the same effect, with all the respectful Invitation that was suitable. They declar'd, there remain'd now only one difficulty, which was, in obtaining a Dispensation from the Pope for Celebration of a Marriage with a Catholick Princess, to a Prince not declar'd of the same Religion; of which, notwithstanding, they did not seem to doubt. But the Earl, not knowing the delays, or even the repture might pro­ceed from this pretence, refused to appear publickly in that Court till that diffi­culty were overcome, but consented to come privately thither, where he might, incognito, see and converse with the Princes and their Ministers. The Abbot of Angeao, Brother to the Marquess, being gone to Rome, to negotiate the Dispen­sation with his Holiness, and the Cardinal Nephew, in the mean time.

His Lordship advanced then privately to Modena, and about a Mile out of the Town was met by Nardi, the under Secretary, with a Coach and Six Horses, into which the Earl being receiv'd he was carried into the City, and set down at the Palace of ............ who was Brother to the Bishop of Modena, of which he was put in possession in the name of the Dutchess; there to remain till his Lordship should think fit to appear in publick and assume his Character.

The Earl did expect to have had a House where he might have lived at his own Expence, and under the care and government of his proper Officers: But he found there several appartments, all nobly furnish'd, for himself and the rest of his followers, according to the quality of every Man, and each Office full of the Dutchess's Servants, with Provisions suitable for keeping a noble House; and at the time of Supper, there was a Table for himself, another for his Steward and supe­rior Attendants, with a third for Livery-Men and others, all nobly provided, with that plenty and magnificence, as at first did not please his Lordship; seeming con­trary to his intentions of being private, and giving cause of discourse to Men of a proceeding that was not ordinary.

The Earl told Nardi, That this was contrary to what he had desired; but he reply'd, That though the Dutchess, in publick at his Lordship's instance, omitted to pay him the respects that were due to him, yet she was not tyed from serving him her own way, in all the accomodations were necessary to his living and sub­sistance, wherein he would have found difficulty, his Servants being strangers, and wanting the advantage of the Language.

In the mean time the Abbot was at work in his Negotiation at Rome, to pro­cure a Dispensation, the Earl of Peterborow was receiv'd incognito, to the sight and conversation of the Dutchess: He was led thither the first time by Nardi alone, who fetch'd him up to the Palace in a private Coach, and by a back way led him up into an appartment, where he found the Dutchess standing with her Back to a Table; whom he approach'd with the Respect was due to a Soveraign Princess in her own House; she received him likewise with much courtesie; and Chairs being set, the Earl began to expose the true cause of his coming, and how he was fur­prized to find a difficulty in a thing the World judged to be so advantageous to all the Parties. The Dutchess did seem to excuse her self much upon the aversion her Daughter had to a Married life, and the great desire she had to be Religi­ous; she said likewise, That the Princess was young, and of a Constitution not very strong, and that besides the Italian Princes, depending much upon the reputa­tion of Zeal for the Catholick Religion, there would be difficulties in obtaining a Dispensation for an Alliance, with a Prince, though never so great, that was not [Page 427]declar'd of the same Church, let the Opinion of his true Faith be what it would. To every particular of these, his Excellency answer'd what he thought proper; and so, as her Highness confessed to have appeased the greatest difficulties of her own thoughts, and so much, as if the Abbot's Negotiation in obtaining the Dispence did prove successful, she knew not but that they might proceed to a happy con­clusion. This first Conversation ended with the Earl's desire of being favour'd with a sight of the young Princess, whose possession he had so long thought necessary for his Master's happiness, and the Dutchess's having promised it for the succeed­ing Evening: So he retired home in the same manner and way as he ar­rived.

But now from Rome there was advice, by the Abbot of Angeao, of great diffi­culties that arose in the consultations of this Affair. The French Embassador, the Duke d' Estrée, favour'd the Marriage with all the Power of the French Faction; so did the Cardinal Barbarin, and the other Friends and Allies of the House of Esté: But his Holiness himself was very averse, and Cardinal Altieri, who was the governing Nephew, a profest and violent opposer.

Various pretences were alledged for excuse of this obstinacy, but the true cause was the jealousie of the See of Rome, concerning any encrease of Greatness to the House of Esté, so considerable a part of its State and Riches resting upon the vi­olent usurpation of the Dutchy of Ferara, and other Lands belonging to those Princes; so as the interest of Religion apart, the Popes and their Nephews do consider this Family as the least their Friend of any other in Italy. And do be­lieve, If their Alliance to any Royal, or Potent House, should, by their support, offer them a fair occasion to recover their Dominions, they might be induc'd to use other means than Preces & Lacrimae, to recover their own, even from the Suc­cessor of St. Peter.

It seem'd time then to press on this Affair to a conclusion; wherefore the Earl, against that Night, did desire again that he might see the Princess; to which pur­pose he was at the time appointed conducted up to the Palace, as he was before, and found the Princess with her Mother. He did approach her with the respects he thought due to his future Mistriss; and having made her the Complements were proper, he ask'd her pardon, if he was made an Instrument to discompose her quiet, and in some sort to cross her Enclinations; but he thought before, from the sight of her Picture, and was now much more confirm'd in the Opinion, by the view of her self, That it was the only way to make happy a Prince, whose Love and Application, when she came to know him, would be well able to make amends for what she might now in some measure esteem a sufferance.

She answer'd, with a little fierceness, That she was obliged to the King of England, and the Duke for their good opinion; but she could not but wonder, why from so many Princes of more merit, who would esteem that Honor and be ready to embrace it, they should persist in endeavouring to force the Enclinations of another, for whom it was impossible to agree to a proposition of that nature; and that had vow'd her self, as much as was in her power, to another sort of life, out of which she could never think she should be happy. She desir'd his Excellency, and even as he thought, with Tears in her Eyes, That if he had interest in his Masters, he would oblige her, by endeavouring yet to divert any farther persecu­tion of a Maid, who had an invincible aversion for Marriage. There were Prin­cesses enough, she said, in Italy, and even in that House, that would not be un­worthy so great an Honor, and that from the esteem they might have thereof would deserve it much better than she could do.

The Earl began to be a little peek'd, at expressions he thought something too earnest in opposition of what he did desire. He told her then, he begg'd her pardon, if he could not obey her; he might have been induced to it before he saw her, but it was now impossible. He could not believe, from what he did perceive of her, That she was made for other end than to give Princes to the [Page 428]World, which should honor it with Characters of high Vertue and Merit: That his Country had need of such, and he would now hazard the offending her, by persisting in his demand; since if he did incur her indignation, he was sure at last she would not own it, because it would prove to be, for making her one of the most happy Princesses in Europe.

The Princess Mary of Esté appear'd to be at this time about Fourteen Years of Age, she was tall, and admirably shaped, her Complexion was of the last fairness, her Hair black as Jet, so were her Eye-brows, and her Eyes; but the latter so full of light and sweetness, as they did dazle and charm too. There seem'd given un­to them, from Nature, Sovereign Power; power to kill and power to save; and in the whole turn of her Face, which was of the most graceful oval could be fram'd, there was all the Features, all the Beauty, and all that could be great and charming in any humane Creature.

This Princess seem'd unsatisfied, for all he could say, of the Earls persistance, but said no more, and retired with the Dutchess after the end of the Conversation. The next day his Excellency complain'd to Nardi of her Highnesses proceeding, expressing dissatisfaction, that having been kept in hand on pretence of the Abbot of Angeao's Negotiation for the Dispence, he found now a greater difficulty would arise when that was done, which was, obtaining a consent from the Princess, to which so lately she did express so much aversion. He told him, He should not find that strange, nor be concern'd, since the Ladies of Italy, when it came to be in earnest, were to have no will, but that of their Friends and her Mother satisfied, she would soon to have no will, but that of their Friends and her Mother satisfied, she would soon be brought to a more difficult matter, if she thought fit. The Earl then began to declare, That time drew on, and the meeting of the Parliament came near, to which he was much circumscrib'd in his Affairs, and he was obliged to come to a sudden conclusion or to depart.

Upon Notice whereof, the Dutchess sent him notice next day, of greater hopes of the young princess's concurrance, whom, she said, had been pressed by the Duke her Brother, and all her Friends, so as upon the arrival of the Dispence she hoped he should be satisfied. In the mean time the Treaty did proceed about the Portion, which was to be Fourscore Thousand Pounds, to be paid at several times according to agreements: With conditions for Jointure, Maintenance, and other matters; and upon these things there was not any disagreement.

But now at last came from Rome the Abbot of Angeao without the Dispensation, which he could not by any means obtain, by reason the Cardinal Altieri was in­flexible; and threats of Excommunication were issued out to any should undertake to perform, or celebrate that Marriage. Hereupon we were all, upon the Fears and Expectation of a total Rupture. The Dutchess her self, a Zealous, if not a Bigot Woman, was in great pain about the part that might seem offensive to his Ho­liness, or neglective of his Authority; and the Princess took occasion from hence to support her unwillingness. But in truth the Cardinal Barbarin, of whom the Dutchess had great dependance, and all the other Adherents and Relations of the House of Esté, being every day more and more possessed of the Honor and Inter­est they were like to find in this Alliance, were scandalised at the unreasonable ob­stinacy of the Pope and his Nephew, and did franckly advise the Dutchess of Modena suddenly to make up and perfect the Marriage; the peace, and excuse of the thing being eafier to be had after it was done, than any present Licence to be obtained for doing it.

The Bishop of Modena was then apply'd to for the performance, but he refusing, a poor English Jacobine was found, Brother to Jerome White, that after served the Dutchess, who having nothing to lose, and on whom the terror of Excommuni­cation did not so much prevail, did undertake it.

The Princess then at last gave her self up to the will of her Friends; a day was set for the Solemnity, and his Excellency had liberty to visit her Highness in he own appartment.

The Earl of Peterborow, instead of making a publick Entry, which the little pre­paration he had made, by reason of his being incognito, would not well admit, was notwithstanding in the noblest manner that place was capable of, brought to his audience of the Dutchess Regent, and the Duke her Son, who was but Twelve years old, by the Prince Renaldo of Esté, the young Duke's Uncle, and all that were great or considerable in that Court; and indeed the Ceremony, Attendance, State, Guards and other Appurtenances, were in that Order and Magnificence, as might have become a Prince of far greater Revenue and Territories; and here­in all the marks of Soveraignty did appear, which are usual with Princes who are independant but of God. He delivered the King his Master's Letter to their High­nesses in the usual form; and after having made a Speech suitable to the occasion, retired as he came, only instead of being conducted to his Coach, he was led into a very noble apartment, which was design'd now to entertain his Excellency, in quality of Extraordinary Embassador, all the time he would have occasion to stay in Modena; and therein, indeed, with great Plenty and Magnificence he was served in all necessary kinds, at the Expence of that Generous Princess.

But now other things being concluded, and the Earl pressing his departure, the Day for the Marriage was assign'd, being the [...] of September. Against which the Earl had betimes prepared himself in habit and Equipage suitable to the occa­sion; and about Eleven of the Clock he was fetch'd at his Lodging by the Duke, accompanied by his Uncle the Prince Renaldo, and all the considerable Cavaliers of the Court, and conducted to a Chamber near the Chapel, where he reposed himself till so much of the Service was done as seem'd obnoxious to the Religion he did profess; after which he was led to the Chapel, where the Princes expected him, and there between them was perform'd the Ceremony design'd for a perpe­tual Marriage between this admirable Princess and the Duke of York his Ma­ster.

After which he led her by the Hand to her Apartment, and there taking his leave he went to repose himself, till he was fetch'd to accompany these Princes at the Dinner.

That did succeed about One of the Clock: and as to the Ceremony of it, it was perform'd at a long Table, over the upper end whereof, was a rich Cloth of State, under which (in representation of a Bridegroom) the Earl of Peterborow sate with the Princess, the Duke, Dutchess, and other Princes of that House sitting on either side according to their degrees.

This Dinner was served with all the care and curiosity that was possible for any thing of that nature to be contriv'd: What the Sea could afford (though it was not near) and what the Rivers, and the Lakes, was there; what the Land could pro­duce, or the Air of Italy, was not wanting; and all this was made more excellent by the Courtesie and good Humor of the Princes. But it ended at last, and all arose in order to a greater liberty for Conversation. That had also a conclusion for that time too, and the company (for their repose) retired every one to their Apartment, and to his Excellency's he was conducted after the same ceremony as he was brought to Dinner.

To the honor of the Night, was dedicated Dancing, and a Ball, whereunto all the Beauties of that Court did resort. It was perform'd with the Order and Ornaments suitable to the other parts of the Entertainment; being much to the sa­tisfaction and esteem of all the Strangers that did see it.

The next Day, in a very formal Cavelcade, the Duke and his Excellency rode to the Cathedral, where a solemn Service and Te Deum was sung, in honor of the accomplishing of this Marriage. And two or three other days more were spent in triumphal Shows, and other testimonies of Publick Rejoycing.

After all which, the time of undertaking the departure being come, the Dutchess Mother would by all means accompany her Daughter into England, and it could not be diverted by any means, although it proved chargeable to her, and of ill Con­sequence [Page 430]to her concerns in that Government. Passes were obtained from the Kings of France and Spain, and the Italian Princes, through whose Territories her Royal Highness was to pass, to travel incognito; but with orders to provide any accomodations should be necessary for her service.

She began then this happy voyage the [...] of September, in the Year 1673. accompanied by the Dutchess Regent, the Duke her Brother, his Excellency, and the Prince Renaldo of Esté, with whatever was Noble and considerable among their own Subjects, as many other Men of Quality who made their Court to those Princes upon different obligations; and a very Princely Corteggio it was that went with them out of Modena. Monsieur d' Angeao and his Brother had gone some days before to Milan, and did not rejoyn the Princess till they came into Pied­mont.

After two days the young Duke was perswaded to take his leave of his Sister, and return; but he did it with all that repugnancy of which an excellent nature could be capable, having been ever bred together with that reciprocal kindness which nearness and merit could beget. But the Princess was near being dissolv'd in tears; she left her loving and hopeful Brother, her happy and delicious Country, with the kind companions of her youth, among whom she had been bred, and all these perhaps for ever: her Youth and Innocence permitted her not to know whither it was she was to go, to what kind of part, nor among whom. So compassion was to be allow'd to her Fears, as well as her Enclinations, and it was enough we could procure her to proceed and to be comforted.

Having passed then through her own Country, through the Parmesan, and part of the Milanese, she came at last into Piedmont, where the Princes were almost, as it had been by Spirits, for several days invisibly lodg'd and provided for, after a most magnificent manner, but ever at the expence of that Generous Duke, till they came out of his Territories, where they were met by Officers of the King of France, who did accompany, and defray them unto the City of Paris, bring­ing them to lodge at the Arsenall; where his Excellency was likewise provided for, and had a noble Table kept for his own particular, at the same Kings expence all the time of his residence there.

The necessity of our repair into England now drew near; but her Royal High­ness here fell sick, and her Disease, for all the power and diligence of Medicines, hung so upon her, as for some weeks they were not able to think of their remove. And when her strength was again return'd, the King of France, for all her desire of being incognito, would not be perswaded from personally paying her his Com­plements, and those respects which a General Reputation did declare were due to her Royal Qualities.

He made her then a visit in the Forms, under all the state to himself, and with all the consideration to her that could be possible. This drew on a necessity of a Visit from her Highness to the Queen; and indeed she was receiv'd at Versail­les, by their Majesties, with all imaginable circumstances of Honor and Considera­tion; and there entertain'd, with that Royal profusion and magnificence, ac­customed from that great Monarch, towards such Guests, and on such occasions. The Queen of France return'd the visit of her Royal Highness: And this after­wards drew on the consideration of receiving and giving visits to the other great Princesses of the Royal. House; wherein was much circumspection to be had, about Punctilio's, and Formalities. But being in the King of France's House, the Marri­age made upon his account, and his Favours continually employ'd upon all con­cern'd in this Affair, it was thought but a just and necessary return, to give unto those of his Royal Blood, what respects could be paid without lessening the Dut­chess of York, or practising any undue condescentions: Mediums were then found, and expedients for all pretences; visits were made by Madmoiselle, Madmoiselle de Montpensier and Madame de Guise, and repay'd to them again; after which, and the receipt of very Royal Presents from the King, her Royal Highness began her [Page 431]Journey from Paris, on the [...] of October; was defray'd by the King's Officers, till she came on board the King of England's Yachts, which attended her at Calice; and in all the Provinces and Towns she passed, she was met and received by the Governours and Magistrates, as if she had been the Queen of France.

To Calice she came at last, and there in company of her Mother, her Uncle, and all that came with her out of Italy, Embark'd in the Katherine Yacht, whence in few hours they arrived at Dover; upon the Sands whereof the Duke her Hus­band did attend her; and upon her landing she took possession of his Heart as well as of his Arms; and was thence conducted by him to her lodging. After she had reposed her self, his Royal Highness, (that had provided so to confirm this matter, as the malice of any Age to come should have no pretence to call it into Question) led out his Dutchess into the great Room before his Bed-chamber, and there in presence of all the Lords, who had attended him from London, of all the Country Gentlemen, who were come to see him, and what it could contain of the Citizens of Dover, he Married again his Wife, after the forms of the Church of England, by the hands of Dr. Nathanael Crew, at this time Bishop of Durham. After which, and that they had Supp'd together, they were lawfully put to Bed, for the final consummation of this undertaking. And here the Earl of Peterborow ended this great service, which through so many difficulties, brought to the Duke the fairest Lady in the World, and to England a Princess of the greatest Example and Ver­tue.

This little Court, the second day after the Marriage, began their journey to London, where by the King, the Queen, and the Loyal party of the Court, they were receiv'd, with the countenance and satisfaction honest Men could expect. But clouds hung upon the brows of many others, who had a mind to punish what they could not hinder; and great device there was, how to mortifie the Earl of Peterborow, that had prov'd the instrument of bringing a Popish Princess into England. Great wait was set upon it by some Eminent persons: But his Lordship having had the King's Commission for all he did, they found there was nothing to be wrought upon it without attacking the King's Prerogative in that part; and so, though the Parliament began to sit within two days, the greatest effect of all the noise came to end but in a Libel.

What passed in this Parliament is the business of another story, and how it came to be dissolv'd; but when it was so, here did soon appear that great con­juncture, where, on a sudden, his Royal Highness took a resolution to leave the practice and profession of the Church of England. Upon what grounds this was resolv'd, and with whose concurrence is yet a secret and a mystery. But from hence his open enemies took occasion to act against him with greater assurance, and his private ones, to declare themselves more freely than they had done before. He did not at first proclaim he was a Roman Catholick, but by little and little, not denying he was such, and having left the exercise of all his charges to avoid the Oaths, it became an uncontested conclusion, he was of that perswasion.

The succeeding Spring and Summer proved full of domestick contrivances, great effects of Faction did appear. The Envy of the Duke of Monmouth play'd, by many little resorts of clandestine Creatures, to all the secret prejudice it could against the Duke, who on the contrary, misled by his desire to please the King, or insinu­ation of ambodexters about himself, gave all the testimonies of love and value for that young Viper, and besides the publick countenance he gave to him, contribu­ted in all he could to his greatness and advantage.

The Earl of Peterborow constantly declared his Opinion of this proceeding, how prejudicial any encrease of Power or Reputation in this young Man would in time prove to his Royal Highness, and always foretold, he would some time or other become his rival, even to the Crown it self. From hence, and his faithful adhe­rence to his Master's interests, he became the most particular object of that Duke's hatred, which upon all occasions he shew'd to him and his near Relations; and [Page 432]indeed he so managed his advantages in this dislike, as during the last Raign kept his Lordship from all the rewards and acknowledgments, his long and faithful ser­vices to the King and the Crown might justly have pretended to.

Several Parliaments were assembled after this, in each of which the Faction impro­ved, that especially which design'd the ruine of the Crown, and establishment of a Common-wealth; against the prevalency whereof there was but the Duke's fideli­ty to the King his Brother, his valor and vigilancy that did oppose. It was he that stood up in every Parliament for the King's just Power and Prerogative, against popular invasion; it was he encouraged the King's faithful Friends and his fainting Ministers; and it was in him alone the Enemies of the Crown found resistance. He made them desperate at last, and to accomplish their designs they saw it was im­possible without his ruine. This did seem a great undertaking, to destroy a Prince such as he, such in his Birth, such in his Merit and Vertues, and such in the esteem of all just and reasonable Men. But the zeal of these Common-wealth-Men made them find nothing impossible, their resolution was great in this particular, their malice greater than that, and their cunning greater than either.

They knew the admirable Qualities of this Prince; they knew his Valor, his Justice, his Temperance, his love of business, his indefatigableness in all honourable under­takings; they knew also, that against a Man so qualified, no Truth could pre­vail; they were then resolved to have recourse to falsehood, and to the Devil the Father of Lyers, one of whose chief Favorites was become, Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, the late Earl of Shaftsbury.

This person was a Man of little stature, in his youth well enough shaped, of countenance agreeable; grace he had in all his manners of application, which were to every body soft and plausible. He was very well Learn'd, and particularly un­derstood the Laws; he was exceeding Eloquent, a great Master he was of words, and the Language, and knew powerfully to apply them to every purpose. His voice was harmonious, and of the sweetness thereof he did likewise make use, in his intent to charm the Auditors, when he intended to cast false colours upon any thing. But with this he was Proud as Lucifer, and Ambitious beyond what ever enter'd into the designs of any Man; impatient of every Power but his own, of any Man's reputation; false to that degree, as he did not esteem any Promise, any Engagement, any Oath, of other use than to serve a purpose, and none of these of consequence to bind a Man farther than it was his interest: and for Religion, of which, for a tool, he made most use, he had never any, as appear'd by the pri­vate practices of his whole life. For he was ever vicious to his power. And for his Cruelty, it was never less to those he hated, than intentions of total ruine, and extirpation, in which he was inexorable; and it was never known he for­gave, or was reconcil'd to any Man.

This Man from a condition obnoxious enough to the King, and his party, had prepar'd the way of his Peace, before the Restoration of King Charles the Second, by an Alliance with a great Man, esteem'd of much merit in the Royal Interest, the Earl of Southampton, by whose influence it was not only made, but his Uncle, which that Lord was, becoming Treasurer, he procur'd for him the next consider­able place in that omnipotent post, which was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and it was so much the more considerable, as the Earl being very infirm, in effect he did exercise both places.

His Parts and his Activity, which, to give him his due, were both very extra­ordinary, appear'd in all occasions of Council and Parliament, so as the King took opinion of his great Abilities, which as soon as he did perceive, his first design became to undermine the Chancellor, whose compliance and friendship to the Earl of Southampton had occasion'd his being let into Business, and the Government, and his first malice to his Royal Highness, excepting that, which those that knew him did believe he always bore to the whole Royal House, was grounded upon the ob­struction his interest gave to such clandestine prejudices as might have been wrought [Page 433]against his Father-in-law, which then the Chancellor was. But after this he be­came, as far as he durst, oppos'd to the Duke; on every occasion joyn'd himself to and party that seem'd contrary, and took all Men by the Hands that he thought bore him secret unkindness; and if there were prejudicial whispers, and insinuations, to be apply'd unto the King, no Man knew to do it with more dex­terity than this Lord, for he could kill with courtesie, and so ruine a Man's Repu­tation with Praises.

The Earl of Shaftsbury, under these capacities, having try'd various successes in his Fortune, and finding the Duke's Genious in opposition to his Establishment, began to enter upon the undertaking of that famous contrivance of the pretended Popish Plot; wherein he had for assistant another Great Earl, whose Name I shall omit for the sake of some that went before him, and of others that may come af­ter: His chief Instruments were Doctor Tongue, and the memorable Titus Oates.

It was about the end of Summer, in the Year [...] when the late King Charles the Second was at his Castle of Windsor, in possession of that peace and quietness he did so much affect; where there was conveyed to him, by the officiousness of his then Chief Minister, the Earl of Danby, notice of certain Papers and other In­struments, containing the substance of a Conspiracy, wherein his Life and Govern­ment were said to be concern'd: Herein many of the Duke's Creatures and Ser­vants did undergo Reflection and the Aspertion, the Calumny, and the Slan­der reach'd even unto all the Catholicks of England; there are Reasons pro and con, to make Men think the King sometimes did, and other times did not give credit to any thing of this nature. But soon hereupon he removed to London, it being near the time he usually went to divert himself with the Races at New-mar­ket; and stay'd longer than he did intend, upon pretence of searching into this matter to satisfie the World, what there was of Reality or Fiction in it. But that which did appear to make Men doubt of his Opinion of the thing, was, the treat­ing the Examinations with two much seriousness and application, and his not sti­fling and putting an end to it before his going to New-market: This made many doubt of his intentions toward the Duke; and of his resolution to suffer his Mini­sters and his Brother's Enemies to make advantage of it to his prejudice: For all the endeavours could be used, would not prevail towards stopping a Journey of Recreation, for a matter so important, as the discovery of this imposture would have proved, when otherwise, there had been time enough to have perform'd it, between that and the sitting of the Parliament, if to that purpose it had been well employ'd. But the King would go, and in the Interim Godfrey was kill'd, by himself or by some other, which made a noise so great, as at his Majesties return, there was no way to hinder the acceptance of this Ball, which was play'd into the hands of the Parliament and the Duke's Enemies, to the end they might maintain a Game, intended, and undertaken, for the ruine of the Government, the person of the Duke, and indeed of the King himself, and all the Royal House.

But now the cry began to rise, Oates put in his Accusations and his Narrative, and notwithstanding all the Contradictions, and even Impossibilities they did con­tain, they had countenance and encouragement. Coleman was seized, his Letters and his Papers, they were exposed, the Duke's Enemies would have them Read, and Printed, that they might reflect upon his Designs, and the Influence he had upon the King. The Queen was accused, and all the Catholicks. Bedloe came in upon the false inventions of the death of Godfrey; many other became Evidences, suborn'd and maintain'd by the Costs and Arts of Shaftsbury, Monmouth and their Party. The Test was fram'd to exclude the Duke and the Catholick Lords out of Parliament. The Duke had much to do to get an exemption for himself, as a respect to the advantage of his High Birth. The Lords, Powis, Stafford, Arundell, and Petres were after accused of High Treason, and many others. In fine, Hell was broke loose; Malice, Revenge, and Ambition were supported by all that False­hood and Perjury could contrive: And, lastly, it was the most deplorable time that ever was seen in England.

But during all these Troubles, the Earl of Peterborow continued firm, industri­ous and diligent to all that could be of use, and service to the Duke his Master; he exposed himself in Parliament, by perpetual opposition of that party; he got the ill-will of the City, and he made himself obnoxious to the Enemies of the Duke and his Religion in all the Provinces of England; he stood up for the Innocent, he to his power supported the oppressed, and he declared for publick justice against publick malice and publick partiality.

After this, things came to that height, as the King was induced to send his Bro­ther out of England; whether it were he thought he was not able to protect him against the aversion of the People and Parliament, or that he was weary of being urged to those generous ways of defending his Interest and Prerogative, which the Duke was always ready to suggest unto him: And to this he was urged by his Mi­nisters, his Minions, and his Mistress.

The Duke then was forced to retire into Holland, and after into Flanders, the Earl of Peterborow remaining behind to serve his Master in what might occur in Parliament; but at the instance of the prevailing party, he was immediately, with the rest of his Royal Highness's Friends, excluded out of the Privy Council, whereof before he had of some years been a Member; he fell then to working by himself and all his Friends, to strengthen the interest his Master had left behind; he endeavour'd to make him Creatures, he disabused several that had taken preju­dices upon false suggestions: And in fine, braved his Enemies by all the impor­tant oppositions he could make against them; and when the Parliament was up, and that there was no more opportunity to serve him here, his Lordship follow'd him into his Exile, with his Wife and Family, resolved to run his Fortune and support as well, as he could, the consequences of their displeasure who were like to be offended at such an adherence.

And indeed, he was no sooner gone, than he began to feel the weight of their resentment; for there was a Pension he had given him from the King, under the Great Seal of England, of a Thousand pound by the Year, for valuable consideration, and which he had constantly received for divers Years from the date thereof, that was immediately stopp'd, and forbid farther to be paid, by the influencing malice of the Earls of Essex and Shaftsbury.

He constantly then attended his Royal Highness during his stay in those Coun­tries, and at an expence, as did no dishonor to his Master, his Country, nor the Quality of which he was; and upon his Highness's notice of the King his Bro­ther's being sick, and the resolution he took thereupon to repair into England, he, with the Lord Churchil alone, came over with him unto Windsor, leaving the Dutchess and the Court at that time behind them.

I mention this as an introduction to an accident, which after happen'd, where­in his Lordship and his Royal Master had like to have been much concern'd; which was effectually, as shall be here set down.

Upon the Earl of Peterborow's arrival at London, after a day or two he went to visit a noble Lady of his acquaintace, the Countess of Powis, who with her Family were in affliction, by reason of the unjust Imprisonment and Oppression of the Earl, her Husband, at that time in the Tower. After some discourses of the times, and of the straits wherein it was believed the King, the Duke, and the Royal Fa­mily were all, by reason of the seditious proceedings in Parliament, and the dis­affection had been raised towards them, by the wicked Arts of their Enemies, her Ladiship ask'd, Whether his Lordship did not believe it might be a service to His Majesty and his Highness, if some of the considerable leaders in those proceedings and designs could be taken off from their Malice, and introduc'd into the King's Service, and the endeavours of honestly astssiing the Crown. The Earl gave his ap­probation of the proposition, and said, He did believe it would be so, and that encouragement ought to be given to those that were capable to effect any such matter. Her Ladiship told him then she knew an ingenious Woman, who from [Page 435]the Calling of a Mid-wife had opportunity of frequenting domestically many con­siderable Families, and that was intimately acquainted, even with the Earl of Shaftsbury, from whom she had been sometimes trusted with messages, if not pro­positions, to his Royal Highness himself, although nothing had succeeded thereupon. This Woman, she said, was passionately concern'd for the King and the Duke, and had every where made it her business to soften their Enemies and make them Creatures. She acquainted her Ladiship, That she found divers of them suscepti­ble of reason, and to be taken off, but they all feared an imaginary implacability in the Duke's Nature, and that advancing his power they should but promote their own prejudices, by giving him thereby opportunities of revenging the injuries they might formerly have done him. So as if by receiving one or two of them into grace, from the submissions they should make, the rest might be disabused of the error they were in, from the conceit of his revengeful Nature, she did much believe it would prove of very good effect.

The Earl of Peterborow told the Countess of Powis, he would willingly see this Woman, and if the Men she named were considerable enough, he would under­take, upon due submissions, beginning with one, to make the rest see the Duke was the most gracious Prince in the World, the most ready to forgive, and the gladest to reclaim any Gentleman out of an ill proceeding, wherein he might have been engaged through mistakes, evil Counsel, or Company, or other Acci­dents, that sometimes have influence over humane nature. This Woman, whose name was Cellier, met the Earl at the same place the next day, and affirming all the Countess had said, told his Lordship, That the fittest Man to begin withal was one Sir Robert Payton. The Earl knew this Gentleman had been a Factious, a Turbulent, and a Discontented Man; he had been turn'd out of some Employ­ments by the endeavours and power of certain Ministers, which he did after resent and endeavour to revenge upon the Government. He had grown very popular, presided at dangerous Clubs, and carried the being Knight of the Shire for Middle­sex, against all the endeavours of the Court, and the Loyal Party. He was dan­gerously bold, and industrious in the Parliament, and his Lordship thought it not an ill service to take him off.

A time was appointed for their meeting; the Earl comply'd: It was desired by Sir Robert that he might see the Duke, make his submission and be forgiven by him, and through his means by the King. His Lordship brought him to an au­dience; his Highness assur'd him he was above private injuries; That he was a Friend or an Enemy to none but as they were so to the King, and the Govern­ment; That he could forgive any body that would be dutiful to his Brother and love Him and His service. If he would return to do so, he would never think of what was past, and he would undertake to make his peace with the King, if he intended to deserve it by his future actions. Upon which assurance Sir Robert took his leave, in all appearance, a good Subject.

After this, being upon intentions to go to work with more considerable Men, in the next meeting at the Countesses House, those endeavours were diverted by an in­tervening Information. Mrs. Cellier had told her Ladiship how she was come ac­quainted with an ingenuous young Man, who by several accidents had attain'd the knowledge of such important things, as if he could be brought to the King or Duke, might become occasions of discovering one of the most dangerous Conspiracies against them both, and the Government of England, that had been at any time undertaken; and she desired to know, if his Lordship would be a means to in­troduce him. The Earl said he would not engage to bring in any Man upon such an account, unless he saw the person, and heard some probable reasons to encline him to believe what he said, but appointed an hour for her to bring him to his Chamber in the Court: they did not fail, and at the time, a young Man ap­pear'd under a decent figure, a serious behavior, and with words that did not seem to proceed from a common understanding. He own'd his Name to be [Page 436] Thomas Willoughby, and he introduced his business with a probable discourse of his Life. He told, That the Wars being ended in Flanders, where in several capacities he got his living, he returned to England, and being here idle, to pass his time and look out for opportunities, he frequented the Coffee-Houses: There, by the general discourses, wherein at that time most were very free, he discover'd the temper of Men to be infinitely enclined to Sedition, to a dissatisfaction of the Government, and a great desire of change. Malice appear'd in most of what was spoken or proposed in those places, against the Ministers, the Princes them­selves, and all their Friends; and the compliance and sufferance of the good King had brought the esteem of his Power and Authority to so low a rate, as Treason was spoke with that liberty, as if their had been no Laws made against it.

In these places, he said, appear'd to be most busie a certain Man, who was call'd a Major, and reported to have been an Officer of the old Rebellion. He spoke well, with Art, and Authority; knew the Arguments that touch'd Men's Opinions, and was not unprovided with those that concern'd their interests; and this Man was not only willingly heard but always much applauded.

Coming thus to a knowledge of what was the humor of the times, and the in­tentions of the principal persons he saw there, he said, he thought, he could no way serve the King better, nor the Government, than by seeming to give into the Opinions and Inclinations of those Men, that thereby he might become knowing of their intentions, and Master of some secrets, the discovery whereof might after, perhaps, be of more service than he could foresee.

He applied himself then to consider their Arguments, and make himself able to improve them to their advantage, he affected to show a zeal for Liberty, and a cunning aversion to the constraint of a single Government. He learn'd to make use of the word Popery when there was occasion, and to talk high of Slavery and Power Arbitrary.

This proceeding, he said, won the heart of the Major, and induc'd him to believe he had found an Instrument fit for the Cause, and all the Party. He could no more live without him; he gave him a domestick freedom in his House and Family; and at last opened his heart to him, and left him no longer a stranger to any of his secrets.

He told him then that the time now approach'd wherein was designed the over­throw of the present Government, against which had conspired the greatest Men in the Court, in the Parliament, and in the Conutries. It was, he said, made easie by the weakness of the present King, by his remissness, and want of vi­gor to assert his own right, and by the ill posture whereunto he had suffer'd his Brother to be brought, that was the only hopes of sustaining the declin­ing interest. All Irons, he said, were now in the fire to this effect, Assosi­ations were framing in every Country, Contributions were making, and Money raising from all the Party, Men were Listing and Officers named to assert and carry on the Rebellion; and he did assure him for his own part, he should soon have himself, a Commission to be Captain of a Foot Company. He told him there was once a Week a Committee of the chief managers did meet, to receive accounts from their Friends proceedings in the Countries, and to disperse (by Expresses they did send) their Orders upon any emergencies that did arise. He named most of the great ones that favoured the Party, and said, the Duke of Monmouth was main­tained by the Contribution of their Churches. And Mr. Willoughby concluded this Information with saying, he no way questioned, That being privy, by this Man's means, to the times when their Expresses were sent away, that if he could be fur­nished with a good Horse and Arms, he should be easily able to intercept such a one of them as would well discover the dangerous practices upon which they were engaged.

After having heard all this, his Lordship thought it not safe, even for himself, to conceal or stifle what had been said, if it were not of use to the Princes, it [Page 437]might be (perhaps) a Trap for him, to see how he would be concern'd for them, in things of that nature and consequence. He acquainted then the Duke upon the first occasion with what had passed, with intent he should make it known to the King; but he told the Earl he would first see the Man himself, and hear if what he said was of importance enough to trouble the King with it, but order'd, That what he had to say should be put in writing for the King to see. His Lordship had di­rection then, to bring him in the Evening into his Highness's Closet, but to be by, and so close, as he might be a witness to every thing he said. Willoughby, after­wards called Dangerfield, came accordingly, and to his Highness justified all he had said to the Earl, with more besides, and left it written in a Paper under his own hand: He after complained of want of Money, and the Duke, for his Relief, gave him out of his Pocket Ten Guinneys, and so he was for that time dismiss'd.

Immediately his Highness acquainted the King with the whole particulars and circumstances, and delivered the Paper into his Majesty's Hands, but desired he would not admit a Man of that Character, for whom no body could answer, in­to his presence, but rather send him to be examined by his Secretary, and farther directed as he should see occasion.

But the King found something extraordinary enough in this adventure, to give him a curiosity to see and speak with Willoughby himself, and after, unknown to the Duke, commanded Mr. Halsey to bring him to him. How he behaved himself to the King, or what he said is not well known, but his Majesty was then so satisfied, as he order'd him to the care of the Secretary of State, from whom he had several Summs of Money for his incouragement, and had him after, by the admission of Mr. Cheffin, into more private and secret discourses with him.

The Earl of Peterborow thought now, having perform'd what was incumbent up­on him in this occasion, that he was wholly out of the affair, having left it in the natural channel of such matters, the Secretary's Office, and expected no more trou­ble upon that account, when one Morning Dangerfield came to his Lodging, and under pretence of a great dissatisfaction, complained, That there was no care taken at the Secretary's for enabling him to perform the great service of discovery he had undertaken, since he was deny'd a General Warrant to search where he should think fit, or indeed, any House or Lodging, unless he would positively swear, he knew to be therein such Papers or Instruments as would import to the purpose he did alledge: His Lordship told him then, that he had done what appertained to him, he had brought him into the hands of the Ministers, who had their own methods, and whom he could not direct, so as now he could interpose no more in that affair, but left him to his Applications and Good Fortune.

He seem'd unsatisfied, and went muttering away, and after this his Lordship heard no more of him till one Evening the poor Cellier, whose meaning and intentions were certainly very good, came to the Earl's Lodging, in great disorder, to ac­quaint him, that this Willoughby, or Dangerfield was come in the Messenger's hands before the Council, accused for having convey'd Papers into the Lodging of one Mansell, and pretended to have found them there; and indeed not having been able to procure the Warrant he would have had, he made a pretence of coming to search for forbidden Goods; and it is to be doubted, would have play'd some such trick for his justification, if the whole was not rather a design of the Earl of Shafts­bury, to give him means by the access he had to the Duke and the Earl, of apply­ing the Scandalous Accusation he did afterwards contrive. The Earl told Mrs. Cel­lier, That if he had done any indirect thing, or used any means he could not justi­fie, he would not endeavour to support him, nor countenance any proceeding that was not according to Justice and to Truth, and he must expect to stand or fall by his own merits. The poor Woman that was still in hopes he was honest, and zealous in what he did pretend, caused her Husband and her Son, to give Bail for his appearance the next Council. In the mean time he came again that Night, af­ter the Earl was in bed, asserted his intentions for the King's Service, and desired [Page 438]care might be taken to prevent his suffering for a desire to serve his Majesty. The Earl told him, He had taken unjustifiable ways, that gave Men occasion to suspect the Truth of his Information, and had waved all the methods whereby he had at first undertaken to proceed, so as he was oblig'd to desert him, and he had now only to provide for his safety as he should think fit. He retired with utterance of some passionate words, and if he did not understand with them before, without doubt went then immediately into the interests and directions of Shaftsbury, Oates, Waller, Mansell, and the rest of the Authors of that pretended Popish Plot, upon whose instigation he undertook the placing that sham contrivance in the Meal-Tubb of Mrs. Cellier, that it might be found by them, where the Earl was accused of in­tending the Assassination of the Earl of Shaftsbury, and the Scandals and Accusati­ons were to be cast upon divers other persons of Quality. This he undertook at the next meeting of Council, and with great pretensions of Repentance own'd him­self, for the obtaining of more credit, to have been a Popish Instrument.

His Royal Highness, unto whom it was a mortification to have been induced to speak, or give any appearance of belief to such a wretch, was by this time upon his first Journey into Scotland, but the Earl remain'd behind, that he might not seem to fly from any of their Aspersions, and to be ready to serve the Duke in the approaching Parliament, in every of those occasions wherein his interest might be concern'd.

But as soon as he was gone, the Earl of Shaftsbury complain'd of the Earl of Pe­terborow to the King in Council, for having been Abettor, if not Author of a Con­trivance, wherein several great Men were intended to have been involved, and a Murther that was particularly designed for himself. His Lordship was summon'd to come and answer the Accusation, which he did at the day appointed, in the Coun­cil-Chamber, and had the fortune so to overthrow the Impudence of his accuser by his ingenuous and candid Narration, as he was dismiss'd by his Majesty and the major part of the Council, to the shame of those would have had him sent to the Tower, and the particular honor of his Lordship.

After this, came on the Parliament, the hardships against the Lords in the Tower did encrease, Dangerfield exhibited a new Accusation and a Narrative, the first to the Parliament, the other to the People. The Earl of Peterborow contested for the protection of Innocence, and after defended himself and his Master. Among other things, the Villain accus'd the Duke to have given him Twenty pounds to kill the King, and the Earl to have been privy and conscious of the offer. The knowledge the World had of the Duke's Vertue and Loyalty, made the credit of it to be detested by most of his very Enemies: And the Earl so satisfied the House of Lords, and the King, by his plain and generous Defence, as it obliged them to dismiss the Accusation to the shame and confusion of Dangerfield, and all those that did abet and set him on. And his Majesty standing by him, at the time of this Contest, told his Lordship openly, That for all that had been said, he would al­ways trust his life sooner in his hands than in any of theirs, who had been so ready to abet and countenance his Enemies.

In the same day was brought in afterwards by the Lord Russel, that impudent Bill of Exclusion from the Succession to the Crown, against his Royal Highness: It endur'd a strong and long debate: Of powerful Eloquence and great parts were the Duke's Enemies, who did assert the Bill; but a Noble Lord appear'd against it, who, that day, in all the force of Speech, in Reason, in Arguments, of what could concern the publick, or the private interests of Men, in Honor, in Conscience, in Estate, did out-do himself, and every other Man; and in fine, his conduct and his parts were both victorious, and by him all the wit and malice of that party was overthrown.

After this, Henry Lord Viscount Stafford, was brought to his Tryal, as the chief of those Lords, that had been accused of so many Treasons; in the particulars of whose Impeachment, there appear'd so many improbabilities, in the Witnesses such [Page 439]reasons to render them of no belief, and in the Prosecutors so much Malice, In­terest, and Partiality, as it was impossible to the Earl of Peterborow, for Consci­ence sake, not to endeavour his justification, though to the uttermost offence of so powerful and prevailing a party.

He came to the House the last day of his Tryal, and would go down into the Hall to exercise his right of Judicature, though he were sick of a Fever, from the pain of his Arm, that was out of joint, though he was perswaded and threatned from it, and in scorn of that iniquity did not remove, till he had voted for publick Justice, against popular Tyranny and Oppression.

This Parliament, after this Lords Condemnation, came to be Dissolv'd; and the Earl being then no more either of Council or Court, retired to Drayton in Nor­thamptonshire, where his Master had commanded him to stay, till the approach­ing Parliament was to meet, that had been appointed for to sit at Oxford. It was about this time the Faction began to prepare for Action: They began to find the King more sensible of his danger, and their intentions, than ever he had been: They began to lose the hold they had upon his Mistresses and his Ministers, and that the false Minions of his Court, began many of them to lose their esteem, and be suspected by him, whilst he began to harken to honester Men, and that were better instructed in the True principles of his Interest and Government. They believed the Assembling of the Parliament of Oxford was calculated for to evade their power in London, and that at last they were like to find the King not so complying to his own Ruine, as they might desire, and possibly were made to expect some Months before: They thought themselves then ready, and ripe for violence; they intended to put the end of their Assosiations into practice, and a Man of their party came not to Oxford without more Friends and Arms, than had been needful for them at any other time. Upon noise whereof the Lords and Friends of the Crown did in some measure do so on the other side, being willing to secure themselves from insults of their Adversaries, if they should be attempted, and it look'd in a degree like one of those Parliaments call'd in the Barons days. The Earl of Peterborow came to this Assembly, from his House, more provided than or­dinary, in proportion to the care and intentions of the other honest Lords: And I have heard him say, That meeting the King by chance, at his first arri­val to the Town, he thought him better attended, and under an appearance of more Resolution and Majesty, than ever he had seen in him before. The King entred then upon the Parliament, and indeed such was his love to quiet, and the pub­lick peace, as he was ready to have granted more than had ever been fit for them to ask: But they were now, as it pleased God, so exalted in their opinion of their power and interest, as they would have all, and were resolved to leave him but the empty name of King, and without power, to maintain that longer than it should seem convenient. He was forc'd then and on a sudden to dissolve this Parliament also, and to betake himself to their Councels, who undertook to make him live without it. And so he came to spend at London and Windsor the ensuing Sum­mer.

Enrag'd the Party became at this, and look'd upon him to have escaped their hands by the Art and Contrivance of his new Cabinet, and so as by the methods they took for his subsistance, he was not like to come suddenly into their power again.

And now the Faction found, that both the Brothers were to be destroy'd, be­fore they could attain the power was thought necessary for them, so they then fell to the fatal consultations of plain Rebellion, open Murther, and such other pious Expedients as did suit with their refined Consciences, which the Year after broke out by the discovery of the Enterprise of Rye, and publick appearance of the Re­bellions of Monmouth and Argile.

But upon the dissolution of this Parliament, the Earl of Peterborow went back to his House, and employ'd the rest of that Summer in disabusing many Gentlemen [Page 440]of the opinion they had receiv'd of the candor and innocence of that Parties inten­tions, and in procuring Addresses, to encourage the King, and discountenance the disloyal Faction.

In October his Royal Highness sent for his Lordship to come and attend him in Scotland, which he did, with all his Family, and with that affection, as made it doubtful whether his Journey might not have proved a means to have excluded him from ever returning home again. Indeed, in this fluctuation of affairs, where not only the Court and Council were divided, but even the King's own Thoughts, and Inclinations, it was dangerous to be so far distant from the Court; and many of the Earl's Enemies, whereof he had some were very potent, did afford him such ill offices to his Majesty, as when his Royal Highness did write to the King about any of the Earl's interests, he could never procure any answer during all the time of his absence.

But the Winter wore out at last, and the Duke was invited home. Those that had least interest in the Council were for his return, those that had most were a­gainst it, under specious pretences. But the true reason, was, They had a mind to keep their Power, which they thought his Quality, his Parts, and Inclination to business, would (if not at first, yet in some time) very much diminish or eclipse.

He Embark'd the [...] of March, at Leith, in his own Yatcht, and attended by the Earl of Peterborow, and divers other Noble Lords of both the Kingdoms, and setting Sail from thence, under the sufferance of very tempestuous weather, landed at Yarmouth, where with the applause and duties of that Town, and all the adjacent Countries he was received, and thence passed to New-market, meeting there the King, and with that joy which was natural to him, because he truly loved his Brother above all other things. It was from hence he accompanied his Majesty to London; but having left the Dutchess at Edenburgh, he was forc'd to depart once more from thence, to conduct her home, according as he had engaged himself to do.

In order to this he Embarked upon the Friggat, the accomodations as well as the safety whereof was esteem'd more proper for both the Voyage, and the Com­pany, difficulties having been experienced in the last passage aboard the Yatchts, which were esteem'd would not have been so dangerous in this other sort of Embarkation. His Highness proceeded then, but Providence shew'd, that all pre-cautions are vain, and let the wise take what care they can, the event, and success of all things, are ever in her power: For the Duke had not sailed far, being over or near the Coast of Yarmouth, when from many circumstances of negligence, or ill conduct in those who had the leading of that sailing affair, the Duke's Ship struck upon a Sand, and in a short time sunk down to rights, all perishing in this occasion, except such as could swim, or had the extraordinary fortune to be saved by Boats, which may be thought to have had enough to do in so distracted and divided a conjuncture: But the Duke himself was preserv'd, with a few, in his own Pinnace, by the care and Loyalty of the Seamen, who would neither intrude themselves, nor suffer o­thers for their safeties, to expose that of a Prince so considerable.

His Highness came after safely to Land at Leith, and once again into the Arms of his incomparable Dutchess, who was half dead, though she saw him live, at the fears of that, which though it was now past, she had heard had been once so near.

After some days stay, they together left Scotland for the last time, and came to­gether to London, where they were received with all the joy honest Men could express. The Summer they spent with the King, at which time was discovered the first part of the desperate Phanatick Plot, divers Accusations there were, and the Lord Russel was Tryed, Condemned, and Executed. Many were Imprison'd, and a great consternation appear'd upon all that Party. The Earl of Peterborow was in the mean time restor'd to his place in Council; and his part in the Summers [Page 441]actions consisted in causing Presentments to be made, and Indictments in his own Country, for examples sake, of such as had been of Shaftsbury's Party, and appear'd dis­affected to the Crown; with settling the Magistracy, and Offices of the Militia in faithful hands, so as by the end of the Year, of one of the most perverse, and worst enclin'd Countries of all England, he did, with the pains, care and diligence that he apply'd, render it the most exemplary, and readiest to serve the King of any other. In October ensuing, he attended the Duke his Master to New-market, and was with his Highness at the time when that fortunate Fire broke out, which burnt that Town, and preserv'd the King and his Brother, by hastening their return to London, sooner than was intended: By which the assault of Rye was prevented, and those measures disconcerted, which in consequence were design'd to the ruine of the Kingdom, and all those that loved the Royal House and the Govern­ment.

He continued to serve his Master with the same zeal and concern the rest of the days of King Charles, at whose Sickness and sudden Death he was present, and a witness of that tenderness wherewith the dying King resign'd his Dominions, and all his Interest, to his loving Brother, as the right of his inheritance, by all the Laws both of God and Man.

After the King's decease great endeavours were used to prevent the Earl of Pe­terborow from succeeding to the place under the new King, wherein he had served his Majesty while he was Duke, the space of twenty years together; but his Ma­ster was too just and generous not to stick to his old Servant, that had run so ma­ny fortunes and hazards with him: He did then give his Lordship the Gold Key, and thereby establish'd him Groom of the Stole, and First Gentleman and Governor of his Bed-Chamber: The Earl served his Majesty afterward at his Royal Corona­tion, in bearing before him St. Edward's Scepter; and after the ensuing Parliament, and the passing the Bill of Attainder against the Duke of Monmouth, one Evening, when his Lordship expected nothing less, his Majesty, with a bounty and graciousness never to be forgotten, took him aside, and ask'd, If he did not re­member a promise that had once been made him; to which the Earl replied, He had a memory only for what pleased his Majesty; who answered, He had not for­gotten the Garter he should have had after his attendance on him at the Sole-Bay Fight, and he should find he was as mindful of old Promises as ancient Service. Some days being past, the King commanded the Earl's attendance at a Chapter in Whitehall, and there caused him to be Invested with the George and Garter; after which his Lordship was sent into the Country to raise Troops against the Rebel­lion, wherein he did very exemplary Service to his Majesty; and upon his return, he, with the Duke of Norfolk, and the Lord Treasurer, was Installed in the Royal Castle of Windsor, to all the purposes and privileges which do appertain to the Noble Order of the Garter.

Henry Earl of Peterborow had Issue by his Wife, the Lady Penelope Obrien, two Daughters;

  • Elizabeth Mordaunt, that dyed in the Twelfth year of her Age.
  • Mary Mordaunt, Married to Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk.
  • OSBERT le MORDAUNT a Norman Knight.
  • Osmond le Mordawnt Elena Fortis.
  • Baldwin Mordaunt.
  • Eustace le Mordaunt Alice of Alne.
  • Robert Mordaunt.
  • [Page]William de Mordaunt. Amicia de Olney.
  • Agnes Mordaunt.
  • William de Merdaunt. Rese de Wake.
  • Richard Merdaunt.
  • William Merdaunt.
  • Rebert de Mordaunt. Ieane de Bray
  • Nichalas Mordaunt.
  • Richard Mordaunt.
  • Edmund de Mordaunt. Elena de Broc.
  • Rebert de Mordaunt. Agnes le Ejlrange
  • [Page] [...] Mordaunt [...] Cheney [...] of [...] Boys
  • Edmund Fettyplace.
  • Margaret Mordaunt.
  • John Denton.
  • John Radney of Radney Stoak.
  • Anne Mordaunt.
  • John Fisher.
  • [Page]Robert de Mordaunt. Elizabeth de Holdenby.
  • Cassandria Mordaunt a Nun in the Monestery of Elnestow.
  • Elizabeth Mordaunt.
  • William Mordaunt. Margaret Pec.
  • Maud Mordaunt.
  • Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Hempsted Anne Huntington
  • Sr. John Mordaunt. Edith Latimen
  • Eliz: Mordaunt Sr. Willm. Brown Ld. of Abess Reading in Essex.
  • William Mordaunt.
  • John 1st. Lord Mordaunt. Elizabeth Vere.
  • Robert Mordaunt. Amye de Vere
  • Johanna Mordaunt Giles Strangway. Ld. of Melborne in Com: Dorsell.
  • Edith Mordaunt Iohn Elmes Ld. of Lilford.
  • George Mordaunt of the Hill Cicely Harding.
  • John 2d. Lord Mordaunt. Elly Fitzlewes.
  • Edmund Mordaunt.
  • Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Oakley Agness Booth.
  • [Page] [...] Mordaunt [...] Strangway [...] Melborne [...] Dorsell.
  • [...] Mordaunt [...] of Oakley [...] Booth.
  • Dowthy Mordaunt Thomas Moore. Ld. of Bampton
  • Eliz: Mordaunt. Silvester Danvers.
  • [Page]Anne Mordaunt Clement Tanfield
  • Eliz: Mordaunt George Monox.
  • Lewes Lord Mordaunt. Elizabeth Darcy
  • Margaret Mordaunt. Willm. Acclam
  • Ursula Mordaunt: Tho: Welbore of Clavering in Essex.
  • Mary Mordaunt Thomas Mancell Lord of Morgan
  • Henry Lord Mordaunt. Margaret Compton
  • Catherine Mordaunt. Iohn Honingham
  • Iames Mordaunt Gostwick
  • Iohn Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow. Eliz: Howard.
  • Lewis Mordaunt Smith.
  • Frances Mordaunt Sr. Thomas Nevill Eldest Son to Henry Lord Abergeveny
  • John Lord Viscount Mord: [...]aunt Elizabeth Cary
  • Henry Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow Penclope Obrian
  • Eliz: Mordaunt Tho: Lord Heward of Escrick.
  • Mary Mordaunt Dutchess of Norfolk Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT: Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.

GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT.

OSBERT le MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Lord of Radwell. CHAPTER I.

Charta Eustachii de Sancto Aegidio.

EUstachius de Sancto Aegidio omnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, tam Fran­cigenis quàm Anglicis, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & hac praesenti Chartâ confirmâsse, Osberto dicto le Mordaunt, fratri meo, pro homagio & servitio suo, terram meam de Radwell, cum omnibus pertinentiis & libertatibus suis, sibi & Haeredibus ejus, Tenendum de me & Haeredibus meis liberè & quietè, honorificè & haereditariè, sicut illam Ego inter alia recepi ac tenui de donatione & munificentia Willielmi Illustrissimi Regis Angliae pro servitiis quae Pater meus in Conquestu & Ego sibi fecimus, per servitium dimidiae partis feodi unius militis pro omni servitio seculari. Ego verò praedictus Eustachius de Sancto Aegidio & haeredes mei praedictam terram praedicto Osberto & Haeredibus ejus con­tra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus. His Testibus, Ranulpho filio Thomae, Herveio filio Richardi, Willielmo Breto, Johanne Calvo, Rogero le Puer, Johanne Pippard, Richardo le Mole, & multis aliis.

Charta Osberti le Mordaunt.

OSbertus le Mordaunt omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, tam Fran­cis quàm Anglicis, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & concessisse, & hâc prae­senti Chartâ confirmâsse Baldewino le Mordaunt filio meo juniori, ad terminum vitae suae, medietatem Terrae meae de Radwell, cum redditibus, servitiis & libertatibus ad eandem pertinentibus; Ità ut illam occupet, dimittat, obliget vel aliquo modo proficua extrahat. Quando illi tamen obire contigerit, volo ut mihi terra illa re­vertat vel haeredibus meis, liberè, quietè & sine impedimento. In cujus rei Testi­monium praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Joscelino Malherbe Thoma Marescallus, Galfrido de Castello, Roberto Forestarius, Willielmo Pisca­tore, Nicolao de Sancto Laude, Johanne Presbiter, Richardo Pincerno, & aliis.

Ex Antiquo MS. è manu propria Johannis Mordaunt Militis, Cancellarii Ducatus Lancastriae sub titulo, Le Titre de tous le terres & tenements qui fuerent allienez par mes Ancestres. Charta tamen Extat.
De Terris in Hibernia. Charta Hervei de Montemorenci Marescalli Domini Regis totius Hiberniae.

HErveius de Montemorenci Marescallus Domini Regis totius Hiberniae omnibus Amicis atque Hominibus suis tam Francigenis quàm Anglicis, tam Wallensi­bus quàm Hibernensibus, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmâsse Osberto Roberti filio quandam villam in Hubarchi quae vocatur Bal­macros, atque dimidiam villam quae vocatur Chilmor; & totam aliam terram quae fuit Radulphi de Tobenere die quâ defunctus fuit, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis sine ulla retentione dedi praedicto Osberto propter homagium suum & servitium quod mihi fecit, sibi & haeredibus suis, tenendum de me & Haeredibus meis .... ........... atque de alia terra quae est inter Insulam ....... feudum quin­decim Militum, per servitium trium Militum quod mihi faciet, & quandam do­mum ei firmabo intra illa ubi melius fuerit Concilio meo ac aliorum amicorum suorum, & hoc insumonsa: quare volo quòd praedictus Osbertus & post eum Haere­des sui praedictum feudum quindecim Militum per praedictum servitium trium Mi­litum sine ulla occasione teneat bene & honorificè, liberè & in pace, quietè & in­tegrè, scilicet in bosco & in plano, in viis, in semitis, in pratis, in pascuis, in aquis, in molendinis, in stagnis, in Ripis, in piscariis, in piscinis, & in omnibus liber­tatibus & liberis consuetudinibus feudo illo pertinentibus, velut unquam Radulphus praedictus liberiùs tenuit, velut ille in Hibernia qui meliùs & liberiùs de feudo Comitis Richardi Nepotis mei in Hibernia tenet. Teste Roberto le Puer, Rogero le Puer, Willielmo le Puer, Roberto de Estova, Henrico Clement, Alario Mallemains, Hu­gone Strangio, Alexandro de Berlin, Rogero le Butler, Richardo Hay, Willielmo le Bruce, Nicolao filio ejus, Hugone de Hargrave, Richardo Wallense, Rogero....

OSMOND le MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Lord of the Lordship of Radwell. CHAPTER II.

Charta Osmundi le Mordaunt.

OSmundus le Mordaunt omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Sa­lutem. Sciat Universitas vestra me concessisse & confirmâsse Baldewino le Mordaunt fratri meo ad terminum vitae suae medietatem terrae de Rad­well quam Osbertus le Mordaunt pater noster ei concessit cum redditibus, servi­tiis & libertatibus, sicut in Charta sua continetur, quae idem Baldewinus tenet de praedicto Osberto patre nostro. Et ut haec concessio & confirmatio rata & incon­cussa permaneat, eam praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei appositione roboravi. His Testibus, Roberto de Camfrey, Thoma de Novo Porto, Adam de Camuille, Elias de Hacley, Roberto Sertor, Willielmo Mancell, Guido Sertor, Richardo de Wa­hull, & multis aliis.

Charta Sampsonis Fortis.

SAmpson Fortis omnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, tam futuris quam praesenti­bus, Salutem. Notum fit vobis me dedisse & concessisse Osmundo le Mordaunt & haeredibus suis, legitimè procreatis ex corpore Helenae filiae meae, totam terram de Chillington, quam Robertus pater meus tenuit die quo obiit, per servitium di­midii feodi Militis, Tenendum de me & haeredibus meis, sibi & haeredibus suis li­berè & honorificè ab omni exactione, salvo servitio Domini Regis, quantum ad tan­tam terram pertinet. Hi sunt Testes, Walterus de Timainill, Huardus de Leven­dena, Robertus de Blosvilla, Walterus Dizell, Baldewinus Mordaunt, Robertus filius Stephani, Allanus Bellet, Rogerus de Longo prato, Almericus de Hallem, Bo­nifacius Scriptor.

SIGILLVM SAMSONIS FORTIS

EƲSTACE le MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Lord of Turvey, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER III.

Charta Willielmi de Alno.

OMnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, praesentibus & futuris, Willielmus de Alno, Salutem. Notum sit vobis, quòd Ego dedi & concessi Eustachio le Mordaunt, cum Alicia filia mea primogenita, medietatem omnium ter­rarum mearum Villae meae de Turveia cum eorum pertinentiis & libertatibus, illi & haeredibus suis tenendam de me, & haeredibus meis, per servitium feodi dimidii unius Militis. Isti sunt Testes, Dominus Simon de Borard, Dominus Hugo de Lega, Petrus Mauncell, Robertus Mordaunt, Nicolas de Biden, Robertus de Patshull, Gil­bertus de Blosvilla, Alexander de Alno, Stephanus Moly, Hugo de Aviron, Ro­bertus de Pixtull, cum multis aliis.

Charta Eustachii le Mordaunt.

NOtum sit omnibus filiis Matris Ecclesiae, & omnibus hominibus meis & Ami­cis, tam praesentibus quam futuris, quòd Ego Eustachius le Mordaunt dedi & concessi, concensu fratris mei Roberti, Aliciae sponsae meae in duarium totam terram illam quam Osmundus pater meus tenuit in Wahull, & servitia Nicolai Basset, Rogeri de Croc, Thomae filii Stephani, & Roberti Pecham, & insuper ter­ram meam de Radwell, & servitia Gerardi Fabri, Johannis Sporke, Richardi Gri­sell, & Edmundi Beech, salvo hoc, quod haeredi meo pertinet, & haec sibi dedi in Creis postquam lectum meum ascendit. Hujus rei sunt Testes, Dominus Hugo de Alno, Dominus Willielmus de Blosvillâ, Dominus Simon de Borheard, Robertus de Patshull, Gerardus de Coudrey, Hugo de Delton, isti praedicti ad sponsalia fu­erunt: isti sunt testes de Creis, Osmundus filius Philippae Dominae, Gervasius de Al­beni, Gislebertus de Blosvilla, Stephanus Moly, Galfridus filius Ewani, Rober­tus de Hacley, Hugo de Philgrave, Willielmus Venator.

Charta Eustachii le Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Eustachius le Mordaunt de Turveia dedi & concessi & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo filio Richardi Coci del Wike-end, pro homagio & servitio suo, & pro dimidia marca argenti quam mihi dedit in gersumam, unum messuagium cum suis pertinentiis in Turveia, vide­licet illud messuagium quod Richardus Cocus tenuit, Habendum & Tenendum de me & haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis vel suis assignatis liberè, quietè, integrè, & haereditariè, reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis duos solidos argenti ad duos anni terminos, scilicet in die beatae Mariae, in Martio duodecim denarios, & ad Festum Sancti Michaelis duodecim denarios, pro omnibus servitiis, consuetu­dinibus & demandis mihi & haeredibus meis pertinentibus. Et Ego praedictus Eu­stachius & haeredes mei warrantizabimus praedictum messuagium cum suis pertinentiis praenominato Willielmo & haeredibus suis vel suis Assignatis contra omnes homines & foeminas. His Testibus, Domino Roberto de Ardres, Richardo filio ejus, Ro­berto de Pixill le Champian, Roberto le Mordaunt, Galfrido de Bosco, Stephano de Gatesden, Waltero de Miccleput, & aliis multis.

Charta Eustachii le Mordaunt.

SCient praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Eustachius le Mordaunt, & Alicia Uxor mea, dedimus, concessimus. & hâc praesenti Chartâ nostrâ confirmavimus, Re­ginaldo, filio Simonis le Brayeur de Turveiâ, quadraginta acras terrae nostrae, cum duobus Thoftis & uno messuagio, quae Simon, pater praedicti Reginaldi, tenuit de Domino Willielmo de Alneto, patre nostro, in Turveia, habendas & tenendas de nobis & haeredibus nostris, sibi & haeredibus suis, qui exibunt de Sibilla, Uxore praedicti Reginaldi, reddendo inde annuatim nobis & haeredibus nostris, ipse & haeredes sui, qui de praedicta Sibilla exibunt, duodecim solidos, pro omni servitio nobis & haeredibus nostris pertinente: (scilicet) ad Pascham sex solidos, & ad Festum Sancti Michaelis sex solidos, salvo forinseco servitio Domini Regis, quan­tum pertinet ad tantam terram ejusdem feodi in eadem Villa: Ità tamen quòd si praedictus Reginaldus & Sibilla haeredes à se non habeant, praedictae terrae cum per­tinentiis praedicto Eustachio & Aliciae vel haeredibus eorum, sine molestiâ vel con­tradictione, redeant. Ut autem haec nostra donatio rata & stabilis permaneat prae­senti Scripto Sigilla nostra apposuimus. His Testibus, Roberto de Ardres, Si­mone de Blosvilla, Stephano de Lega, Johanne de Lega, Willielmo de Sancto Georgio, Willielmo Mancell, Galfrido de Bosco, Petro Malherbe, Andreo de Aversham, Thoma filio Stephani, Petro Camerario, Roberto Harlac.

Charta Philippi filii Nicolai de Turveia.

NOverint universi, praesens Scriptum inspecturi vel audituri, quòd Ego Phi­lippus, filius Nicolai de Turveia, dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi, pro salute animae meae & antecessorum meorum, Deo & Ecclesiae Omnium Sanctorum de Turveiâ, totum messuagium meum cum aedificiis & cum Gar­dinis, & totas terras meas arabiles cum pasturis, pascuis & omnibus aliis pertinentiis, quae habui de dono Willielmi fratris mei in villâ de Turveia, in liberam, puram & perpetuam eleemosynam, ad sustentationem uni capellani divinorum officiorum in capellâ, in honore beatae Mariae, infrà clausuram Rectoris dictae Ecclesiae, constru­ctâ, perpetuò celebraturi. Quare volo quòd dicta Ecclesia & Rectores ejusdem, qui pro tempore fuerint, omnia praedicta habeant & teneant adeo liberè, pacificè, plenè & integrè, sicut aliquid meliùs & liberiùs in eleemosynam conferri potest. Et Ego praedictus Philippus & haeredes mei praedictae Ecclesiae & Rectoribus ejusdem, omnia praefata cum pertinentiis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. Ut au­tem ista donatio & concessio, confirmatio & warrantizatio firmitatis perpetuae robur obtineat, praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei munimine corroborabo. His Testibus, Roberto de Ardres, Eustachio Mordaunt, Richardo Mauduit, Willielmo filio Roberti, Galfrido de Bosco, Waltero de Northbroc Magistro, Almaricho Archi­diacono Bedford Magistro, Radulpho de Hogtuch officiali ejusdem, & toto Capi­tulo Bedford, & multis aliis.

Charta Eustachii le Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Eustachius Mordaunt de Wahull, dedi & con­cessi & hac praesenti Charta mea in liberam & puram & perpetuam eleemosynam confirmavi Ecclesiae Batonenci Johannis Baptistae, & Johannis Evangelistae de Caude­well, & Canonicis ibidem deo servientibus & imperpetuum servituris, pro salute animae meae & Aliciae Uxoris meae, & pro animabus antecessorum & successorum meorum, in subsidium fabricae Ecclesiae ejusdem, decem acras terrae cum earum per­tinentiis, in villa de Turveia: Illas videlicet quae jacent juxta terram Richardi Mauduit versus West, & abuttant super viam quae ducit ad Ecclesiam de Turveia uper Manselleshull. Quare volo & concedo, pro me & haeredibus meis, quòd prae­dicti Canonici habeant & teneant praedictam terram cum libero introitu & exitu, & cum omnibus pertinentiis suis plenariè & integrè imperpetuum, & ità liberè & quietè sicut aliqua eleemosyna poterit liberiùs & quietiùs possideri: Et ego Eustachius & haeredes mei warrantizabimus praedictam terram cum pertinentiis suis praedictis Canonicis contra omnes homines & foeminas imperpetuum, & de omnibus & in omnibus defendemus. His Testibus, Nicolao Vicario de Stuvent, Johanne Re­ctore de Chelwent, Waltero Capellano de Harwold, Eudone Capellano, Roberto Parsona de Wahull, Richardo fratre ejus, Hugone de Aviron, Johanne de Buel, Simone de Blosvilla, Galfrido Clerico, Rogero Clerico, Radulpho serviente Prioris, & multis aliis.

Inter Recorda in Curia Receptae Scaccarii, sub Custodia Thesaurarii & Camerariorum ibidem residentia, sub pede Finium de Communi Banco in Comitatu Bedford, tempore Regis Richardi Primi, inter alia continetur ut sequitur:

HAEC est finalis concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasteri­um, die Jovis proxima post Conversionem Sancti Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi nono, coram Domino H. Cantuariensi Episcopo, Magistro Thoma de Husselburne, Willielmo de Wareno, Richardo de Herierd, Richardo Elienfi Ar­chidiacono, & Johanne de Gestlings Justiciariis, & aliis fidelibus Domini Regis ibi­dem tunc praesentibus, inter Eustachium Mordaunt petentem, & Gilbertum filium Willielmi tenentem, de una virgata terrae cum pertinentiis in Radwell, scilicet de [Page 450]illâ quam Osmundus, pater ipsius Eustachii, tenuit; unde placitum fuit inter eos, in praefata Curia scilicet, quòd praedictus Gilbertus recognovit praedictam terram cum pertinentiis esse jus & haereditatem ipsius Eustachii, & remisit, & quietum cla­mavit ei & haeredibus suis totum jus & clameum suum quod habuit in praedicta terra, de se & haeredibus suis imperpetuum: Et pro hac fine & concordia & quieto clameo & recognitione praedictus Eustachius dedit praenominato Gilberto, duas marcas argenti & dimidiam.

Examinatur per Scipionem le Squire Pro­camerarium in Curiâ Receptae Scaccarii.

Inter Recorda in Curia Receptae Scaccarii, sub Custodia Thesaurarii & Camerariorum ibidem residentia, videlicet in quadam Baga de finibus, tempore Regis Henrici Intitulata, Bed. Buck. Northamp. inter alia continetur ut sequitur:

Indorsat. ss. Bed. Fines de Annis iijo xijo xiijo xvio xixo xxo xxvo Henrici Tertii.

HAEC est finalis Concordia facta in Curiâ Domini Regis apud Bedford, die Lunae proximâ post Festum Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici, filii Regis Johannis, sextodecimo, coram Willielmo de Raleigh, Roberto de Lex­inton, Radulpho de Norwico, Adam filio Willielmi, Richardo Dukett & Radul­pho filio Reginaldi, Justiciariis Itenerantibus, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibidem praesentibus, inter Johannem de Traylly petentem, & Eustachium le Mor­daunt tenentem, de unâ carucatâ terrae & dimidiâ cum pertinentiis in Turveia, un­de Alissa Mortantecessoris summonita fuit inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet quòd praedictus Eustachius recognovit totam praedictam terram cum pertinentiis esse jus ipsius Johannis, & pro hac recognitione, fine & concordiâ idem Johannes concessit praedicto Eustachio totam praedictam terram cum pertinentiis, habendum & tenen­dum ipso Eustachio & haeredibus suis de praedicto Johanne & haeredibus suis im­perpetuum, reddendo indè annuatim vigenti & tres solidos & quatuor denarios ad duos terminos anni; scilicet medietatem ad Pascha, & aliam medietatem ad Fe­stum Sancti Michaelis, & faciendo servitium feodi dimidii Militis pro omni ser­vitio & exactione.

Examinatur per Scipionem le Squire Pro­camerarium in Curiâ Receptae Scaccarii.

Bedd.

WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Asthull, and other Lands. CHAPTER IV.

Charta Galieni Seneschalli Domini Willielmi de la Chuche.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Galienus Seneschallus Domini Willielmi de la Chuche, & Dominae Matildae de Traylly, Uxoris suae, recepi de Willi­elmo le Mordaunt, filio & haerede Eustachii le Mordaunt, post mortem ejus­dem Eustachii, relevium suum, videlicet, quinquaginta solidos, Anno Regni Re­gis Henrici, filii Regis Johannis, vicesimo septimo, pro terra quam tenet à prae­dicto Willielmo Domino meo & Matilda Uxore sua in Turveia: Ego verò Gali­enus & haeredes mei warrantizabimus & acquietabimus praedictum Willielmum le Mordaunt & haeredes suos contra omnes gentes de praedictis quinquaginta solidis, quos de eo nomine Relevii accepi. Si quis verò praedictum Willielmum [Page 451]vel haeredes suos de praedictis quinquaginta solidis vexare praesumpserit, & prae­dictus Willielmus & haeredes sui circa defensionem hujus Negotii expensas exposu­erint, ego Galienus & haeredes mei, ipsas ei simplici assertione declarandas, re­fundemus, renunciando in hoc omni Cavillatione, contradictione & utriusque fori privilegio, nec non & regia prohibitione. In cujus rei testimonium, praesenti Scrip­to Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Hugone de Lega, Henrico de Lega, Galfrido de Burdeleyes, Richardo de Ardres, Willielmo cum Barba, Simone de Holewell, Roberto le Mordaunt, Galfrido de Bosco, Henrico de Gatesden, Ra­dulpho de Norrho, Philippo serviente Domini Regis de Turveia, & aliis.

Charta Ranulphi Comitis Cestriae.

RAnulphus, Comes Cestriae, omnibus, tam futuris quam praesentibus, Salutem. Notum sit vobis omnibus, me dedisse Willielmo Mareschallo de Sutton, pro homagio & servitio suo, quadraginta acras terrae inter Coventreyam & terram suam de Esthull, cum pannagio & cum omnibus aliis libertatibus, Tenendas ei & haeredi­bus suis in feudo & haereditate, de me & de meis haeredibus liberè & quietè & ho­norificè, reddendo ab illo & haeredibus suis mihi & meis haeredibus annuatim, in Nativitate Sancti Johannis Baptistae, quaedam calcaria deaurata pro omni servitio. Et quòd ipse Willielmus vel haeredes sui terram illam ellarcent si voluerint, vel eam teneant cum nemore quod est in terra illa: Et ut haec donatio mea perpetuae firmi­tatis robur obtineat, praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei munimine eam confirmavi. Testibus his, Hugone de Colone, Petro Roaud, Juhello Benegero, Gaufrido Farly, Juhello de Lovigneio, Philippo de Oreby, Bartholomaeo Abbate, Richardo Pilse, Willielmo de Serlant, Willielmo de Verdun, Petro Clerico, & multis aliis.

SIGILLVM RANVLPHI COMITIS CESTRIE

Charta Ranulphi Comitis Cestriae.

RAnulphus, Comes Cestriae, omnibus, ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Salutem & amorem. Sciatis me concessisse, & hac praesenti Charta confir­mâsse, Willielmo Mareschallo de Suttonia & haeredibus suis, ut donent omnes deci­mationes de Dominio suo de Esthull, & de omnibus terris & assarcis quas eis dedi apud praedictum Esthull, uno Capellano, qui Serviat in Capellâ suâ de Esthull im­perpetuum, pro anima patris mei & Antecessorum suorum, reddendo annuatim unam libram Thuris Ecclesiae Sancti Michaelis de Coventrey ad Pascha, nomine impenfionis. His Testibus, Philippo de Orchi, Petro Roaud, Petro de Sancto Hillario, Juhello de Lovigneio, Juhello Berenger, & multis aliis apud Rigidum Pontem.

Charta Ranulphi Comitis Cestriae.

RAnulphus, Comes Cestriae, omnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, & omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Salutem. Notum sit vobis me conce­ssisse & dedisse & ac Charta mea confirmâsse Richardo de Sutton, filio Roberti, pro homagio suo & servitio, unam virgatam terrae in Olneya, quam Gaufridus, fi­lius Osberti, tenuit, cum messuagio & prato ad eandem virgatam pertinentibus, & dimidiam virgatam terrae quae ad molendinum meum pertinuit cum messuagio & prato & pertinentiis suis, & sex acras de assarco in bosco de Hyda, scilicet pro­pinquiores Domui, quam Richardus Arneburgerus tenuit in bosco quod vocabatur Hydehai, & pratum quod nominatur Hydemor. Tenenda ei & haeredibus suis de me & haeredibus meis in feudo & haereditate liberè & quietè, cum husbote & hai­bote, & cum quietantia de passuagio, & cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis confue­tudinibus praedictae terrae pertinentibus, reddendo annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis quaedam calcaria deaurata, ad Festum Sancti Petri, ad Vinclam pro omni servitio. His Testibus, Philippo de Oreby, Johanne de Pracell, Waltero de Coventry, Hen­rico Despenser, Normando Panci, Henrico Mordaunt, Avernedo de Soligneio, Willielmo de Verdi, Willielmo filio Drogoni, Petro Clerico, & multis aliis a­pud Oxoniam.

Charta Johannis de Scotia, Comitis Huntingdoniae.

EGO Johannes de Scotia, Comes Huntingdoniae, dedi Willielmo de Olneya, filio Richardi de Sutton, septem virgatas terrae in villa de Yerdley, alias, sci­licet, quarum Richardus filius Alexandri tenet, unam virgatam terrae & Willielmus filius Reginaldi tenet, unam virgatam & Elias Forestarius tenet, unam virgatam & Petrus filius Richardi tenuit, unam virgatam & Simon filius Willielmi Lewin te­net, unam virgatam terrae & Willielmus Biun tenet, unam virgatam & Hugo filius Lunne tenet, unam virgatam terrae cum praedictis Richardo, Willielmo, Elia, Pe­tro, Simone, Willielmo, Hugone, & cum totâ sequelâ eorum habendas & tenen­das de me & haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis, reddendo inde annuatim duo­decim Capones ad Pascha pro omni servitio cum clausula warrantiae. His Testi­bus, Domino Baldewino de Pantona, &c. sine data.

Charta Willielmi Mareschalli de Sutton.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus, Mareschallus de Sutton, dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Matildae filiae Letticiae, unum messuagium in Asthull cum culturâ praedicto messuagio pertinente, quod Johannes de Kenillwich de me tenuit, Tenendum & habendum de me & haeredibus meis illi & haeredibus ejus vel cuicunque assignare voluerit vendere vel legare, reddendo in­de annuatim ipsa & haeredes sui vel assignati sui mihi & haeredibus meis, sex denarios ad Natal. Domini pro omni servitio, consuetudine & demanda: Et Ego Willielmus & haeredes mei praedictum messuagium cum praedicta cultura prae­dictae Matildae & haeredibus suis vel assignatis, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus: Et si warrantizare non poterimus, illi quinque marcas dabi­mus sine ullâ contradictione.

His Testibus,
Roberto de Kanele, Johanne Fleche­ro, Roberto Gupill, Alexandro de Kanele, Johanne de Warburleye, Thoma de Horwell, Johanne fratre suo, & multis aliis.
Sigillo fracto.

Charta Matildae filiae Letticiae de Asthull.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Matilda filia Letticiae de Asthull, in libera potestate mea remisi, & penitùs quietum clamavi Willielmo de Mordaunt, Do­mino de Asthull, & Amiciae Uxori suae, totum jus meum & clameum quod habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in tota terra illa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis intra Croftum de Asthull, quae jacet inter terram quam Gilbertus Carpenter quondam te­nuit, ex una parte, & viam quae ducit apud le Horwell, ex altera parte, & exten­dit se à via Regia usque ad sursum aquae in longitudine & latitudine, secundùm metas & devisas ibidem factas, habendum & tenendum dictis Willielmo & Amiciae, & eorum haeredibus vel assignatis quibuscunque, liberè, quietè & in pace, absque ali­qua calumpnia seu retentione mei vel haeredum meorum imperpetuum: Et pro hac remissione & penitùs quietum clamatione dederunt mihi, dicti Willielmus & Ami­cia, tres marcas argenti prae manibus. In cujus rei Testimonium praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Roberto de Kanele, Vicale de Folkyshull, Hugone de Stok, Ranulpho de Smethall, Philippo de Winchecumbe, Johanne le Fletcher, Thoma de Horewelle, Johanne fratre ejus, Ranulpho de Franketon, & aliis.

Charta Richardi de Ardres.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Richardus de Ardres dedi, concessi, & hac mea praesenti confirmavi Chartâ Willielmo de Mordaunt, Consanguineo meo, pro quinquaginta marcis sterlingorum, quas mihi dedit prae manibus in magno ne­gotio meo, totam partem meam quam habui in molendinis de Turveia, cum om­nibus pertinentiis suis, scilicet cum stagno, & aqua, & libera piscaria à salice, quae stat in Insula de super Domum Personae de Turveia, videlicet à superiore capite il­lius Insulae descendendo, cum aqua usque Marewell subtus Snelleston, & totam par­tem meam hulmorum & insularum quam habui vel habere potui in praedictis, stag­no & aqua, & tam in veteri rivario quam in alio, & totam sequelam molturae illo­rum molendinorum in viis & semitis, tam liberorum quam villanorum meorum, sal­vo mihi & haeredibus meis in iisdem molendinis liberam molturam ad liberam men­sam & proximam molturationem, postquam bladum dictas molendinas intraverit, postquam viros qui tunc molturant totum permolturaverint; Et si hominem vel foe­minam de mea familia ad liberationem posuero, ipsi toluetam ad dictas molendinas dabunt, sicut alii de patria; Et quod dictus Willielmus & haeredes vel assignati sui liberè & licitè sine contradictione mei vel haeredum meorum possint capere ter­ram in loco consueto, & debito ad reparationem & emendationem praedictorum molendinorum & stagni, habendum & tenendum praedictam partem meam prae­dictorum molendinorum cum suis pertinentiis omnimodis, de me & haeredibus meis dicto Willielmo & haeredibus suis, vel cuicunque ille dare, vendere, legare, vel as­signare voluerit, liberè, quietè, benè & in bona pace & haereditariè imperpetuum, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus, in omnibus rebus & locis, & adeo liberè, ac si ea in manu mea tenerem, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haere­dibus meis, ipse & haeredes sui sive sui assignati, unam marcam argenti ad duos an­ni terminos, scilicet ad Festum Sancti Michaelis dimidiam marcam, & ad Festum beatae Mariae, in Martio, dimidiam marcam, pro omnibus servitiis, consuetudinibus & exactionibus, sectâ curiarum, & omnibus aliis secularibus demandis. Et si ità contingat quòd dictus Willielmus & haeredes sui sive assignati sui praenominatam marcam nomine redditûs, ad praedictos terminos mihi vel haeredibus meis non per­solverint, ego dictus Richardus & haeredes mei, tam in dictis molendinis quàm in praedicta piscaria, quousque nobis fuerit persolutum, distringemus. Et ego praedictus Richardus & haeredes mei omnia praedicta praedicto Willielmo & haeredibus vel af­fignatis suis contra omnes gentes Christianos & Judaeos warrantizabimus. Et ut [Page 454]haec omnia praedicta rata & inconcussa permaneant, ut praedictum est, ea praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei impressione roboravi. His Testibus, Domino Simone Druel, Henrico de Lega, Vnfrido Vis de Lu Militibus, Galfrido Burdeleyes Magistro, Roberto de Abinton, Willielmo cum Barba, Galfrido filio Roberti, Roberto de Guniles, Roberto Amori, Helya de Piro, Hugone de Piro, Hugone de Montibus, Henrico de Montibus, & multis aliis.

Charta Richardi de Ardres.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Richardus de Ardres dedi, concessi & hac mea praesenti Charta confirmavi Willielmo de Mordaunt pro sex marcis argenti, quas mihi prae manibus dedit in gersumam Adam Pite de Turveia, cum tota sequela sua & procreatione sua procreata & procreanda in posterum, & totam terram quam dictus Adam de me tenuit in Villa de Turveia, cum pertinentiis, Tenendum & habendum de me & haeredibus meis, sibi & haeredibus suis vel cuicunque, & quando dare, assignare, vendere, vel legare voluerit liberè & quietè, integrè & honorificè, haereditariè, benè & in pace, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredi­bus meis, de se & haeredibus suis vel suis assignatis, unum clavum garyophilli ad Pascha Domini, pro omnibus secularibus servitiis, exactionibus, consuetudinibus, sectis curiarum, & demandis: Et Ego Richardus & haeredes mei dictum Adam cum tota sequela sua, & cum tota procreatione sua procreata & procreanda, & totam terram quam de me tenuit in Villa de Turveia, dicto Willielmo & haeredibus suis & assignatis, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus imperpetuum per praedictum servitium. In cujus rei testimonium hoc praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei impressione roboravi.

His Testibus,
Domino Henrico de Lega Milite, Philippo Serviente, Willielmo cum Barba, Galfrido de Bosco, Roberto de Mordaunt, Richardo le Theyn, Radulpho de Norrho, Richardo Cuggell, Waltero Davies, Gilberto Bayvel, Henrico fratre Sacerdotis, Huberto de Manduth, Roberto Gerin, & aliis.
Sigillo fracto.

Charta Henrici filii Fulconis Hurel.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Henricus filius Fulconis Hurel, resignavi & quietum clamavi Willielmo le Mordaunt Domino meo, pro quinque marcis & dimidiâ argenti, quas mihi dedit prae manibus, totum illud tenementum cum mes­suagio adjacente, cum prato & cum omnibus pertinentiis infra villam & extra, quod de eo tenui in Turveia: Ità videlicet quòd nec ego, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis ex parte nostra de caetero jus vel clameum habere possimus vel debeamus. Hanc autem resignationem & quietam clamationem ego Henricus & haeredes mei cum praedicto tenemento praedicto Willielmo & haeredibus suis imperpetuum warrantizabi­mus. In cujus rei testimonium & securitatem praesenti Scripto Sigillum apposui pro me & haeredibus meis. His Testibus, Galfrido de Burdeleyes, Willielmo cum Barba, Richardo de Lega, Galfrido de Bosco, Richardo de Theyn, Willielmo Martell, Roberto de Mordaunt, Philippo Serviente, Henrico de Gatesden, Roberto Gerin, Radulpho de Norrho, Henrico fratre Sacerdotis, Willielmo Clerico de Newenton.

Charta Albredae, filiae Roberti de Sancto Georgio.

SCiant universi, hoc praesens Scriptum visuri, quòd Ego Albreda, filia Roberti de Sancto Georgio, in libera viduitate remisi, & pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamavi Willielmo le Mordaunt de Turveia Domino meo, totum reddi­tum meum quem habui in eadem villa de quarta parte unius dimidiae virgatae terrae quam tenui de dicto Willielmo in Turveia, cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & Es­chaetis, & cum omnibus aliis rebus, quae mihi vel haeredibus meis de dicto redditu [Page 455]& de praedicto tenemento possint accedere, Habendum & tenendum dictum reddi­tum, scilicet sexdecim denariorum & oboli de haeredibus Roberti le Soc annuatim recipiendorum cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & eschaetis, & cum omnibus aliis per­tinentiis suis, sicut praedictum est, liberè, quietè, benè & in pace, plenariè & inte­grè & haereditariè dicto Willielmo le Mordaunt & haeredibus suis, vel cuicunque dare, vendere, assignare, vel in lecto mortali legare voluerit imperpetuum. Ità verò, quòd ego dicta Albreda, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis per me, nec per haere­des meos in praedicto redditu, neque in wardis, homagiis, releviis & eschaetis ali­quod jus vel clameum de caetero habere poterimus; pro hac autem remissione & quietâ clamatione dedit mihi dictus Willielmus decem solidos sterlingorum prae ma­nibus. In cujus rei Testimonium praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei impressione robo­ravi. His Testibus, Willielmo cum Barba, Roberto le Mordaunt, Radulpho de Norrho, Willielmo Martell, Henrico fratre Capellano, Roberto Gerin, Willielmo Savarico & aliis.

Charta Rogeri le Soc.

SCiant universi, hoc praesens Scriptum visuri vel audituri, quòd Ego Rogerus le Soc de Wibandston remisi, & pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamavi Wil­lielmo le Mordaunt de Turveia Domino meo, totum redditum meum quem habui in eadem villa de quarta parte unius dimidiae virgatae terrae, quam tenui de dicto Willielmo in Turveia, cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & eschaetis, & cum omnibus aliis rebus, quae mihi vel haeredibus meis, de dicto redditu & de tenemento praedicto, possint accedere, Habendum & tenendum dictum redditum, scilicet sexdecim dena­riorum & oboli de haeredibus Roberti le Soc recipiendorum annuatim, cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & eschaetis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, sicut praedictum est liberè, quietè, benè & in pace, & haereditariè dicto Willielmo le Mordaunt, & haeredibus suis, vel cuicunque dare, vendere, assignare, vel in lecto mortali legare voluerit imperpetuum. Ità verò, quòd ego dictus Rogerus le Soc, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis per me, nec per haeredes meos in praedicto redditu, neque in wardis, homa­giis, releviis & eschaetis, aliquod jus vel clameum de caetero habere poterimus; pro hac autem remissione & quietâ clamatione dedit dictus Willielmus dicto Rogero unam marcam argenti prae manibus. In cujus rei testimonium dictus Rogerus huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum suum apposuit. His Testibus, Willielmo cum Barba, Ro­berto le Mordaunt, Radulpho de Norrho, Huberto de Manduth, Henrico fratre Ca­pellano, Roberto Gerin, Willielmo Savarico, & aliis.

Quieta Clamatio Willielmi de Mordaunt Thomae de Wikeley Ballivo suo de Manerio suo de Turveia.

MEmorandum quòd Thomas de Wikeley, serviens Willielmi le Mordaunt in Manerio suo de Turveia, reddidit compotum suum finalem de omnibus re­ceptis & expensis suis factis in praedicto Manerio, à die Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi nono intrante decimo, usque ad Festum beatae Margaretae un­decimo, scilicet die Mercurii proxima post Festum Annunciationis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis ejusdem Edwardi decimo secundo, in praesentia Domini sui apud Turveiam, & Domini Galfridi Roland, Richardi Roland, Domini Willielmi Roland, Canonici, Nicolai Roland, & aliorum ibidem praesentium hoc audien­tium; Ità quòd omnibus computatis & allocatis remanfit in debito Domino suo pro omnimodis demandis & rebus aliis idem Thomas in viginti solidis sterlingo­rum, de toto tempore quo fuit Ballivus suus. Et praetereà idem Thomas acquie­cabat Dominum de omnimodis debitis & demandis versus omnes gentes, de toto tempore suo praedicto. In cujus rei testimonium huic Scripto de praedicto compoto soluto, Chirographato inter praedictas partes, Sigilla sua mutuò apposuerunt, & prae­dictus [Page 456]Willielmus Dominus suus de omnimodis demandis quietum clamavit eidem Thomae de toto praedicto compoto.

WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, Second of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Asthull, Chicheley, and other Lands. CHAPTER V.

Charta Willielmi filii Sampsonis le Mansell de Turveia.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus, filius Sampsonis le Mansell de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo, filio Willielmi le Mordaunt, de eadem, & Rosyae Uxori suae pro triginta marcis sterlingorum, quas mihi dederunt prae manibus, omnes terras & tenementa, cum redditibus, homagiis, fidelitatibus, wardis, releviis, eschaetis, dominiis, sectis Curiarum, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis & juribus, quae habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in villa & in Campis de Chechle, sine aliquo retinemento, haben­dum & tenendum de Capitalibus dominis feodi praedictis Willielmo filio Willielmi le Mordaunt, & Rosyae Uxori suae, & haeredibus ejusdem Willielmi filii Willielmi, vel assignatis liberè, quietè, benè, in pace & haereditariè imperpetuum, faciendo indè annuatim capitalibus Dominis dictorum feodorum servitia debita & consueta, pro omnibus secularibus servitiis, consuetudinibus, exactionibus, Curiarum sectis, que­relis, aufiliis, wardis, releviis, eschaetis & demandis omnimodis, quae mihi & haeredibus meis accedere poterunt. Et ego verò praedictus Willielmus, filius Sampsonis le Mansell, & haeredes mei, vel mei assignati, omnes praedictas terras & tenementa cum redditibus, homagiis, fidelitatibus, wardis, releviis, eschaetis, dominiis, sectis Curiarum, & cum omnibus pertinentiis, sicut praedictum est praedictis, Willielmo, filio Willielmi le Mordaunt, & Rosyae Uxori suae, & haeredibus ejusdem Willielmi vel assignatis, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus. In cu­jus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Johanne de Pateshull, Domino Johanne Druell Militibus, Roberto de Ekencho, Martino de Carmi, Michaele Haddele, Johanne Mansell, Thoma le Suetesone, & aliis. Richardo Tile datum die Annunciationis beatae Virginis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Henrici, quinto decimo.

Charta Domini Reginaldi de Grey.

CUM Dominus Reginaldus de Grey, & Willielmus le Mordaunt in Riparia de Ouse, inter molendinum praedicti Willielmi in Turveia & Hulmum Wal­teri de Prowde comuniam piscariae conjunctim & divisim habere debeant, & ne caeterò praefatus Willielmus, nec haeredes sui praedictum Dominum Reginaldum, nec haeredes suos, nec idem Dominus Reginaldus, nec haeredes sui praefatum Willi­elmum, nec haeredes suos de praedicta Comunia priscariae, inter metas praedictas, impedire possunt, praefatus Willielmus concessit pro se & haeredibus suis praedicto Domino Reginaldo, quòd ipse Dominus Reginaldus & haeredes sui, in praedicta riparia, inter metas praedictas, pro voluntate sua piscari possint, sine contradictione vel impedimento ipsius Willielmi vel haeredum suorum imperpetuum. Et praedi­ctus Dominus Reginaldus concessit pro se & haeredibus suis praedicto Willielmo, quòd ipse Willielmus & haeredes sui in praedicta riparia, inter metas praedictas, pro voluntate sua piscari possint, sine contradictione vel impedimento ipsius Reginaldi vel haeredum suorum imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Scriptis [Page 457]chirographatis Sigilla praedictorum, Domini Reginaldi & Willielmi, alternatim sunt apposita. His Testibus, Dominis Johanne de Wahull, Willielmo de Boteveg­leyne, Johanne Pavenham, Johanne Druell, Johanne Rydel, Alexandro Bozun Militibus, Hugone le Blount, Johanne Ernyz de Midleton, Henrico de Norwize, & aliis. Data die Mercurii Proxima post Festum Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, vicesimo secundo.

SIGILLVM REGINALDI DE GREY

Charta Edwardi Primi pro Parco de Turveia.

EDwardus, Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae, omnes ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis, quòd de gra­tia nostra speciali concessimus, & licentiam dedimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, dilecto & fideli nostro, Willielmo le Mordaunt, quòd ipse boscum suum de Wolesey, & campum suum vocatum Turvey lees, cum bosco suo de Mancelsgrove, & alias terras suas liberas in Parochia de Turveia, quas in Parcum reducere desiderat, includere, & Parcum indè facere. Et terras illas sic inclusas, & Parcum inde factum, tenere possit, sibi & haeredibus suis imperpetuum, sine con­tradictione vel impedimento nostro, vel haeredum nostrorum quorumcunque: Dum tamen bosci illi, & terra illa intra metas foresti nostri non existent. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud Salisbu­riam, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo quinto.

Finis facta inter Willielmum Mordaunt & Thomam filium Warini de Bosco.

HAEC est finalis concordia facta in curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasterium, à die Paschae, in tres septimanas, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Edwardi, septimo, coram Willielmo de Bereford, Lamberto de Frikingham, Johanne de Benstede, Henrico le Scroope, Willielmo Inge, & Johanne Bacun Justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus, tunc & ibidem praesentibus, inter Willielmum de Mordaunt de Turveia querentem, & Thomam filium Warini de Bosco deforci­antem. De tribus messuagiis, centum & viginti acris terrae, quatuor acris prati, & duabus acris pasturae, cum pertinentiis in Turveia, unde placitum conventionis summonitus fuit, inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet quòd praedictus Thomas recog­novit praedictam terram cum pertinentiis, esse jus ipsius Willielmi, & illa ei red­didit in eadem Curia; habendum & tenendum eidem Willielmo & haeredibus fuis, de capitalibus Dominis feodi illius quae ad illa tenementa pertinent imperpe­tuum. Et praeterea idem Thomas concessit pro se, & haeredibus suis, quòd ipsi warrantizabunt eidem Willielmo, & haeredibus suis, praedicta tenementa, cum per­tinentiis, contra omnes homines imperpetuum. Et pro hac recognitione, redditi­one, warantia, fine, & concordia, idem Willielmus dedit praedicto Thomae unum Espervarium sorum.

Charta Amiciae de Aubeny.

EGO Amicia de Aubeny, dedi Willielmo de Mordaunt, filio meo, & Roberto filio ejusdem Willielmi, quinque messuagia, & quinque virgatas terrae, cum quinque nativis, qui praedicta messuagia tenuerunt, habenda in feodo. Data apud Co­ventreyam die Veneris proxima post Festum Sancti Thomae Martyris, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Secundi, nono.

Charta Willielmi de Mordaunt.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus, praesens Scriptum visuris vel audituris, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noverit universitas vestra me remisisse, relaxasse, & omnimodò pro me & haeredibus meis, quietum clamasse imperpetuum, Deo & Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti, & monachis ibidem Deo servientibus, totum jus & clame­um quod habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in tribus messuagiis, quadraginta & octo acris terrae, & unâ acrâ prati, cum pertinentiis in Turveia, de quibus Pri­orem loci praedicti, coram Justiciariis Domini Regis de Banco, per breve Pro­avi, unà cum Hugone de Ardres perticipe meo, implacitavi; praeterea remisi, & quietum clamavi, eisdem monachis, & eorum successoribus, totum jus & clameum, quod habui, vel habere potui, in omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, quae iidem monachi habent in feodo meo, & de feodo meo, & in omnibus terris & tenemen­tis, quae homines eorum tenent, de ipsis de feodo meo, quae quidem terrae & tenementa iidem monachi, & eorum praedecessores aliquo tempore habuerint, de donis antecessorum meorum in villa praedicta. Ità quòd nec ego Willielmus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis nomine meo, seu nomine haeredum meorum, aliquid ju­ris, dampnum, seu calumpniam, in praedictis tribus messuagiis, quadraginta & octo acris terrae, & una acra prati cum pertinentiis, nec in aliquibus aliis terris, seu tenementis, quae iidem monachi habent in feodo meo, & de feodo meo, nec quae homines ipsorum tenent de ipsis, de donis praedictis de caetero clamare, ven­dicare, habere, nec exigere poterimus imperpetuum; salvis tamen mihi & haere­dibus meis, & Hugone de Ardres perticipe meo, servitiis, si quae indè debentur nobis. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Johanne de Pabenham, Domino Waltero de Ba Militibus, Johanne de Chetindon, Henrico de Lega, Willielmo Paslew, Richardo de Strat­teford, Willielmo Thorold, Johanne Sylvester, Stephano Wichard, & aliis. Da­tum apud Sanctum Neotum, die Dominica proxima post Festum Apostolorum Si­monis & Judae, Anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo septimo decimo, & Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Ewardi, undecimo.

ROBERT de MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chicheley, and other Lands. CHAPTER VI.

Charta Hugonis Bossard Domini de Knotting.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Hugo Bossard Dominus de Knotting, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto filio Willielmi de Mordaunt, homagia & servitia mea in Knotting, scilicet homagium & ser­vitium Willielmi Begree & servitium septemdecim denariorum, & sexdecim dena­riorum [Page 459]à Reginaldo Caponis, & novem denariorum de Johanne de Bentele, de Simone Hardles duodecim denariorum, de Waltero filio Margeriae sex solidorum, & undecim denariorum de Henrico Bossard duodecim denariorum, de Willielmo Paxtone seniore, sex Capones, de Uxore Willielmi Bercarii duodecim denarios, de Johanne Huggron sex denarios, de Hugone Michael duos solidos, septem denarios & obulum, de Gilberto Cowper unum denarium & quadrantem, de Willielmo Paxtone juniore duos solidos, & quatuor dies in ductura, de Richardo Bercario, de Willielmo Wariner decem soli­dos, de Waltero Abraham duodecim denarios, de Johanne Maranuts duodecim dena­rios, & quatuor dies in ductura, de Johanne Anore octodecim denarios, de Johanne Mayris duodecim denarios & quatuor dies in ductura, de Rolando Michaelis duo­decim denarios, de Johanne Fabro duodecim denarios, & dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus de Roule tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Barker tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Johannes filius Willielmi tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis suis & se­quelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Henricus filius Hugonis tenet, cum dicto Henrico & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unum messuagium & duos a­cras terrae quae Juliana le Blount tenet, cum dicta Juliana, & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Gilbertus le Cowper tenet, cum dicto Gilberto, & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virga­tam terrae de Richardo Noreys, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis eorum. Di­midiam virgatam terrae de Hugone Michael, cum dicto Hugone & omnibus catal­lis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae de Johanne filio Hugonis Michael, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam ter­rae de Waltero de Roule, cum dicto Waltero & omnibus catallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Galfridus de Roule tenet, cum dicto Galfrido & omnibus catallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Hugo filius Richardi tenet, cum dicto Hugone & omnibus bonis catallis suis & eorum sequelis. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Johannes Michaelis filius tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis suis & eorum sequelis. Unum messuagium & duas acras terrae, quae Abraham Anore tenet, cum dicto Abrahamo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unum messuagium & duas acras terrae quae Richardus filius Thomae tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Abraham tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Molendinarius tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virga­tam terrae quam Johannes filius Hugonis tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus ca­tallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Juliana en le Hoo tenet, cum dicta Juliana & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Johannes Heyne tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis suis & se­quelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Waregat tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Gilbertus Rose tenet, cum dicto Gilberto & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unam quartam terrae quam Willielmus Page tenet, cum dicto Willielmo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Nicolaus Wa­tigod tenet, cum dicto Nicolao & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimi­diam virgatam terrae quam Willielmus Wategot tenet, cum dicto Willielmo & om­nibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unam quartam terrae quam Henricus Watigod tenet, cum dicto Henrico & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum, & cum Curia mea de Knotting de tribus septimanis in tres septimanas, habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta tenementa, homagia, & servitia, sicut praedictum est, de capitalibus Dominis feodi per servitia indè debita, & de jure consueta, praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis, vel suis assignatis. Et ego praedictus Hugo & haeredes mei praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis, vel suis assignatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum ap­posui. [Page 460]His Testibus, Hugone de Ardres, Willielmo Begree, Willielmo de Asey, Willielmo de Paxtone, Rogero Begree, & aliis. Datum apud Knotting, die Sancti Matthaei Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Edwardi, deci­mo sexto.

Rotulus Curiae Roberti de Mordaunt, tentae apud Chicheley, die Jovis proxima post Festum Sancti Andraeae Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum, septimo.

SImon Tile ponit se in misericordiam pro defalta facta ad ultimam Curiam, per plegiatum Johannis Hering, & Rogeri de Mullesho.

Thomas Alleyne pro eadem per plegiatum Simonis Altenell & Rogeri de Mul­lesho.

Simon Harlewyne distringitur pro pluribus defaltis.

Johannes de Soham pro defaltis in misericordiam.

Simon Nore pro eadem in misericordiam Roberti Fabri & Rogeri de Mullesho.

Hugo Maunsell fecit fidelitatem Domino, & cognovit, quòd tenet de Domino, quae ignorat, habet diem ad proximam Curiam. Postea cognovit, quòd tenet de Domino unum messuagium redditus per annum trium solidorum, ad terminum Sanctae Mariae in Martio, & Sancti Michaelis, pro omnibus servitiis. Item ipse habet diem usque proximam Curiam, ad testificandum de aliis servitiis. Item idem Hugo tenet duodecim acras terrae in quodam Crofto, quòd vocatur Impheye, per servitium unius denarii, & unius clavi gariophilli, ad Festum Sancti Thomae in septimanas Nativitatis Domini, pro omnibus servitiis. Item idem Hugo tenet, unum Croftum, quod vocatur Longcroft, per servitium decem denariorum per annum, ad praedictos terminos, & homagium, sentagium, wardam, & relevium. Item idem Hugo tenet unum Croftum, quod vocatur Longcroft, per servitium duo­rum denariorum, per annum, ad eosdem terminos, homagium, sentagium, wardam, & relevium. Item tenet partem suam Crofti à le short Croft, redditus per annum pro una parte unius denarii, & pro altera parte unius denarii & homagium, senta­gium, wardam & relevium.

Johanues Hering tenet unum messuagium, duas acras terrae & dimidiam, & ro­dam, per servitium duodecim denariorum & quadrantis, per annum, ad eosdem terminos, homagium, wardam, relevium, sentagium, sectam Curiae, & fecit fideli­tatem.

Simon Tile fecit fidelitatem, & cognovit de Domino tenere unum messuagium, & tres acras terrae & dimidiam, & dimidiam rodae, per servitium, homagium, re­levium, wardam, & sentagium, & sectam Curiae, & quatuordecim denarios reddi­tus, per annum, ad eosdem terminos.

Willielmus Maunsell fecit fidelitatem Domino, & cognovit tenere de Domino unum toftum, & sex acras & dimidiam, & unam acram prati, per servitium quatuor­decim denariorum & quadrantis, ad Festum Annunciationis, & quatuordecim dena­riorum, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis, & trium Caponum, ad Pascha, & homagium, wardam, sentagium, & relevium. Praeceptum est distringere Isabel Frankelyn veniendi ad proximam Curiam ad faciendum, &c.

Johannes de Soham ingressus est feodum Domini, videlicet, in uno messuagio, & dimidiam acram terrae, & fecit fidelitatem, & dat Domino pro ingressione, duode­cim denarios, per partes Hugonis Maunsell & Simonis Fere. Thomas Harlewyne, summonitus fuit veniendi ad istam Curiam, & non venit, ita distringendus ve­viendi ad proximam. Emma Brute tenet unum messuagium, & unam rodam & di­midiam, per servitium quatuor denariorum, obuli, quadrantis, & faciendo om­nia alia servitia, videlicet sectam Curiae, & omnia alia servitia, fecit fidelitatem.

Thomas Maunsell & Sibill Brute tenent dimidiam rodam terrae, redditus per annum unius denarii & obuli, & faciendo omnia alia servitia, & Sibill fecit fideli­tatem, & praeceptum est distringere praedictum Thomam.

Thomas Attewell ingressus est feodum Domini, in unam acram terrae, secundum formam statuti, & fecit fidelitatem, & reddidit per annum obolum, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis per homagium.

Johannes Adam tenet de Domino quatuor acras terrae, reddit per annum obolum pro omnibus, &c. & fecit fidelitatem. Praeceptum est summonere Willielmum Golde, veniendi ad proximam Curiam ad faciendum, &c.

Rogerus Mullesho fecit fidelitatem, & cognovit tenere de Domino unum messu­agium & quinque acras terrae, per servitium sex solidorum per annum, ad praedictos terminos, & duos denarios ad Festum Sancti Thomae Apostoli, homagium, sentagium, & sectam Curiae; item tenet alterum messuagium, & tres acras terrae, & reddit per annum sex denarios & obolum, ad eosdem terminos, pro omnibus servitiis.

Thomas Alleyn ingressus est in uno messuagio, & duas acras terrae, reddit per annum obolum, & faciendo servitia fecit fidelitatem.

Praeceptum est summonere Jacobum de Riddington, veniendi ad proximam Cu­riam ad faciendum, &c.

Charta Roberti Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Willielmo Campion de Stacheden, capellano, totum manerium meum de Turveia, cum molendinis aquati­cis, cum tota secta ad dicta molendina, simul cum tota piscaria, tam in separali, quam in communi, cum omnibus nativis meis, & cum tota sequela eorum, una cum om­nibus liberis tenentibus ad dictum manerium spectantibus, cum boscis, viis, semitis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, redditibus, wardis, releviis, homagiis, eschaetis, & omni­bus aliis pertinentiis suis, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum manerium cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, de capitalibus Dominis feodi, per servitia indè debita, & de jure consueta. Et ego vero praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei totum praedi­ctum manerium cum omnibus pertinentiis praedictis, praedicto Willielmo & haeredi­bus suis, sive suis assignatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Dardres, Alexandro Bozonn, Johanne Garnys, Willielmo Maunsell, Nicolao Mor­daunt, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam, die Lunae proxima post Festum Purificati­onis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum, septimo decimo.

SIGILLVM ROBERTI MORDAVNT

Charta Roberti Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, con­cessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Willielmo Campion, omnia illa terras & tenementa, quae habui, & tenui de feodo de Gloucestria, in Turveia, ut in terris, domibus, boscis, gardinis, pratis, pascuis, semitis, viis, & pasturis, & [Page 462]reversionibus, homagiis, wardis, releviis, eschaetis, redditibus liberorum villanorum, & eorum sequelis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis quovismodo spectantibus, haben­dum & tenendum, omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, ut praedictum est, de capita­libus dominis feodorum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus, & haeredes mei omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, ut praedictum est, praedicto Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Dardres, Willielmo Mordaunt, Willielmo Maunsell, Nicolao Mordaunt, Willielmo Kneu, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam, die Mercurii, in Festo Sancti Gregorii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.

Charta Alexandri Bozonn.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Alexander Bozonn de Rokesden, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Roberto de Chelnestone, ca­pellano, totum manerium de Rokesden, cum omnibus quae ad dictum manerium spectant, habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis pertinen­tiis, praedicto Roberto haeredibus & assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius liberè, benè & in pace, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et ego prae­dictus Alexander & haeredes mei concedimus praedictum manerium cum omnibus per­tinentiis suis, praedicto Roberto, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Si­gillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Henrico de Bareford, Thoma Golde, Ro­berto Blanchfront, Willielmo Maynard, Willielmo Bruce, & aliis. Data apud Rokesden die Sabbati proxima post Festum Sancti Gregorii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.

Sigillum Alexandri Bozonn

Charta Johannis Oliver.

PAteat universis per praesentes, quòd Ego Johannes Oliver, capillanus de Chel­nestone, dedi, concessi Alexandro Bozonn de Shacheden, totum manerium meum de Rokesden, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis ad totam vitam suam, haben­dum & tenendum praedictum manerium ad totam vitam suam, ut praedictum est, de me & haeredibus meis, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis unum solidum ad terminum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae pro omnibus servitiis & demandis, & faciendum pro me & haeredibus meis capitalibus dominis feodorum omnia servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et concedo pro me, haeredibus & assignatis meis, quòd praedictus Alexander de vasto vel destructione pro me, haere­dibus vel assignatis meis, vel per quem alium non occasionetur, vel implacitetur, vel in aliquo gravetur, & benè liceat praedicto Alexandro vastum & destructionem, pro voluntate sua in manerio praedicto cum omnibus pertinentiis praedictis, facere. [Page 463]Etiam volo & concedo, quòd post decessum praedicti Alexandri Bozonn praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis pertinentiis Johanni filio dicti Alexandri & Elizabe­thae filiae Roberti Mordaunt uxori suae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus, remaneat; & si contingat, quòd absit, quòd praedictus Johannes & Elizabetha obierint, sine haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus, quòd praedictum manerium cum om­nibus pertinentiis suis rectis haeredibus dicti Alexandri Bozonn in perpetuum rema­neat. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae dupliciter Indentatae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Henrico de Bereford, Johanne Debne, Thoma So­ler, Robrto Blanchfront, Willielmo Bray, Johanne Deny, Johanne Sawyare, & aliis. Data apud Rokesden die proxima post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.

Charta Willielmi Campion.

PAteat universis per praesentes, quòd Ego Willielmus Campion de Stacheden, capellanus, dedi, & concessi Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Johannae Uxori suae, totum manerium meum de Turveia, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, ad totam vitam praedictorum Roberti & Johannae, habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium, ad totam vitam praedictorum Roberti & Johannae, ut praedictum est, de me & haeredibus meis, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis, unam rosam ad Festum Nativitatis Johannis Baptistae, pro omnibus servitiis & demandis. Et faciendo pro me & haeredibus meis, capitalibus Dominis feodi, omnia servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et concedo pro me, haeredibus & assignatis meis, quòd praedictus Robertus, de vasto vel destructione, per me, haeredes vel assigna­tos meos, vel per quem alium, non occasionetur, implacitetur vel in aliquo grave­tur, sed benè liceat praedicto Roberto, vastum & destructionem pro voluntate, in manerio praedicto, & in omnibus pertinentiis praedictis, facere. Etiam volo & con­cedo, quòd post decessum dictorum, Roberti & Johannae, praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, Edmundo filio & haeredi dictorum, Roberti & Johan­nae, haeredibus de corpore dicti Edmundi legitimè procreatis, integrè remaneat. Et si ità contingat, quòd absit, quòd praedictus Edmundus obierit sine haeredibus de corpore suo legitimè procreatis, quòd extunc praedictum manerium cum omni­bus suis pertinentiis, rectis haeredibus dicti Roberti Mordaunt imperpetuum rema­neat, sine contradictione alicujus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Indentatae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Dardres seniore, Jo­hanne Dardres juniore, Willielmo Maunsell, Willielmo Mordaunt, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam die Martis proxima post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Re­gis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.

Charta Roberti Mordaunt.

HAeC Indentura testatur, quòd Robertus Mordaunt de Stacheden, & Johanna le Bray, uxor ejus, concesserunt, tradiderunt, & demiserunt Hammoni de Ibbestok de Pullokshull, sex acras terrae arabilis, jacentes in campo de Keching, quarum duae acrae & una roda similiter jacent in una placea, quae vocatur Wode­croft, inter bosculum Aliciae Shortfrend, ex una parte, & quandam hayam del Bray­croft ex altera parte; & dimidium acrae jacet in uno furlongo, vocato Hubberimade furlong, inter terram Johannis de Foldhe, ex una parte, & terram Emmae, quon­dam uxoris Hugonis Blundel, ex altera parte; & una acra & una roda, jacentes in eodem furlongo, inter terram Willielmi de Walkington, ex una parte, & terram Richardi Humfrey de Pullokshull, ex altera parte; & una acra in eodem furlongo, inter terram Roberti Weystard, & terram Johannis filii Hugonis Blundel; & una acra jacet in eodem furlongo, inter terram dicti Roberti Weystard, ex una parte, & terram Johannis de Faldo, ex altera parte, habendum & tenendum praedictas sex acras terrae, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, praedicto Hammoni, haeredibus & [Page 464]assignatis suis, ad totum terminum vitae praedictae Johannae, reddendo annuatim praedictis, Roberto Mordaunt & Johannae uxori suae, duodecim solidos argenti ad duos anni terminos, videlicet, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis, per aequales portiones, pro omnibus aliis secularibus servitiis & demandis. Et si contingat praedictum redditum à retro esse, in parte vel in toto, per quindena post aliquem terminum supradictum, quòd extunc benè liceat, praedictis, Roberto & Johannae, seu eorum assignatis, distrin­gere, in omnibus liberis terris dicti Hammonis in campis de Pullokshull, & similiter in communibus de Pullok, & districtiones detinere, quousque, de praedicto redditu, iis plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et praedictus Hammo & haeredes sui, facient annua­tim, durante termino supradicto, pro praedictis, Roberto & Johanna, sectam Cu­riae Dominae Margaretae, quondam uxori Domini Radulphi filii Richardi Militis, quoties Curiam tenere voluerit. Et praedictus Robertus Mordaunt & Johanna uxor ejus, praedictas sex acras terrae cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, praedicto Hammoni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, ad totum terminum vitae praedictae Johannae, contra om­nes gentes warrantizabunt, & pro redditu praedicto aquietabunt, & defendent. In cujus rei testimonium his Scriptis indentatis, alterna parte Sigillum suum apposuit. His testibus, Willielmo Weystard, Johanne le Clarke de Pullokshull, Thoma le Smith, Rogero Humfrey, Nicolao Weystard, & aliis.

Data apud Stacheden, die Mercurii in Festo Sancti Laurentii Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo nono.

Sigillo fracto.

Charta Hugonis Wake.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Hugo Wake de Clifton, Miles, dedi, con­cessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, nepoti meo, & Johannae Uxori suae, & haeredibus de corpore eorum legitimè pro­creatis, omnia tenementa mea in Parocha de Clifton, in uno assarto, quod vocatur Knightistokking, jacentia, cum separalibus, fossatis, divisis, francborcis, & lanceant ad unum caput super parcum de Newington, & ad aliud caput versus Theche­yngstokking, cum hayis usque ad Wychordich, inter praedictam assartam, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, de capitali Domino feodi, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta, praedictis, Roberto & Johannae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis. Et ego praedictus Hugo & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta tene­menta, praedictis, Roberto & Johannae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Thoma de Reynes Domino de Clifton, Johanne Dardres de Turveia, Thoma Borard, Richardo de Hekney, Jo­hanne filio Richardi de Eleneye, Johanne Coke de Clifton, Johanne Toft de Ast­wode, & aliis. Data apud Clifton die Mercurii in Festo Sanctae Mariae Magdale­nae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, vicesimo nono.

EDMƲND de MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Shephaell, and other Lands. CHAPTER VII.

Charta Edmundi de Mordaunt.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Edmundus Mordaunt Salutem in Domino. Noveritis me remisiss, relaxasse, & om­nimodo imperpetuum quietum clamasse, pro me, haeredibus, & executori­bus meis, Willielmo Mordaunt seniori, totum jus, & clameum, quae habui, habeo, vel in futurum habere potero, in tertia parte unius messuagii, sexaginta acrarum terrae, unius acrae prati, & dimidii acrae pasturae, cum suis pertinentiis, quae quon­dam fuere Magistri Warini in villa de Turveia, habendum & tenendum eodem Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum. Ità videlicet, quòd nec ego praedictus Edmundus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius pro nobis, vel nomine nostro, aliquid juris vel clamei, in tertia parte praedicta, praedictorum, messuagii, terrae, prati, & pasturae praedictae, nec in aliqua parte eorundem, exigere vel vendi­care poterimus in futuro; sed ab omni actione, jure, vel clameo, aliquid indè ha­bendi, vel petendi, sumus exclusi imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic prae­senti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Roberto Hotot Milite, Ed­mundo Sergeaunt, Johanne Ardres, Thoma Fishere, Willielmo Prowde, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, vicesimo die Octobris, Anno Regni Regis Ed­wardi tertii post Conquestum, vicesimo septimo.

SIGILLVM EDMVNDI MORDAVNT

Charta Petri Carbonell.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Petrus Carbo­nell Salutem in domino. Sciatis quòd cùm ego, praedictus Petrus, teneo cen­tum acras terrae, in Cantabrigia, jacentes in quodam campo, vocato Swinesfield, quae mihi descendebant haereditariè, post mortem Guilielmi patris mei, in eadem villa, qui quidem Guilielmus, praedictam terram habuit, ex dono, & feoffamento Domini Radulphi de Broc, qui eandem tenuit, in feodo talliato, ex concessione Domini Laurentii de Broc, patris praedicti Radulphi, per finem in Curia Domini Regis, inter eos inde levatum. Et ea de causa noveritis, me praedictum Petrum, praedictam terram cum pertinentiis concessisse, & pro me & haeredibus meis, sursum reddidisse, Henrico de Brussells, & Agneti Uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, & Helenae Uxori ejus; praedictis Agneti, & Helenae, ut filiabus & haeredibus prae­dicti Radulphi, habendum & tenendum praedictam terram, cum pertinentiis, prae­dictis Henrico de Brussells, & Agneti, Uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, & [Page 466]Helenae, Uxori ejus, & haeredibus eorum, imperpetuum, de capitalibus Dominis feodi per servitia indè debita. In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Cantabrigiam, die Dominico in crastino Festi Exaltationis Sanctae Crucis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii à Conquestu, vicesimo septimo.

Charta Edmundi de Mordaunt & Henrici Brusselle.

A Tous yceux qui cettes lettres verront, ou orront Edmond Mordaunt, & Ellene sa femme, & Henry de Brusselle, & Agnes sa femme, Salutz en dieu, Saches nous avoir ordoigné nostre cher, & bien ayme, Jean Baynard, nostre attorné, à recevoir la sesine qu'elle Peiris Carbonell à nous liurera, & surrendra, de cent acres de terre, ove les appertenances, en Cantabriga: queux sont de l'heritage de l'avant­dit Ellene, & Agnes per finem, le Court nostre Seigneur le Roy, de ceo levè, en forme de taill, seant firme, & stable, quicunque le dit Jean Baynard, de ce fera, en nostre nom. En tesmognance de qu'elle chose, à cestes nos presentes lettres, avons mis nos Sealls, escrit à la Maudelyn, Mardy prochain apres la Feste nostre Dame, l'an le Roy Edward Tiers, puis la Conqueste vint & septiesme.

The Partition of Lands.

CEtte Indenture, feites en trois parties, entre Thomas de Rokesle, & Johane sa Femme, d'une partie, Agnes soeur mesme d'ycelle Johane, d'autre partie, & Edmund Mordaunt, & Ellene sa Femme, soeur mesme d'ycelle Johane, & Agnes de tiers partie, filles & heretieres de Rauff de Broke: de l'heritage mesme cel Rauff Southecrit, tesmoigne la purpartie, entre les parties avantdits, en la manniere qui S'ensuit: cest ascavoir.

Pars Thomae de Rokesle & Johane sa Femme.

QUE les ditz Thomas & Johane sa Femme, auront, en purpartie de l'heritage ne le dit Johane, le Columbar de Chesham, & viij l. viij s. iv d. de rente, ove les appertenances, jadis appartenant, à la manniere de la Maudeleyn. Et en manniere de la Maudeleyn iij. maisons, cest ascavoir, une grange, une no­velle etable, & una novelle chambre de mariesme, à sa volunte: cest ascavoir,

 l.s.d.ob.q.
De Alice Edrich.00vi00
De Johanne Childe.0iiv00
De Johanna Prestmere.0ii000
De Richardo Witringden.0iiv00
De Thoma Prat.0viijiv00
De Johanna at Thorn.ivijix00
De dame Johanne de Badden. Et una libra de Cumyn.0vvi00
De Edmundo Colt.0vixi00
De Johanna Colle.0vixi00
De Johanna Assbiry.0vi000
De Richardo Carter.0x000
De Johanna Cole.0ivij00
De Johanna at Dene.0vi000
De Luce le Welle.0ivi00
De Willielmo Hikelond.0i000
De Johanna Mareschall.0iij000
De Hugone Wyne.00x00
De Edellyne de Welpele.0ij000
De Johan Gesse.0i000
De Elene Reivie.00ix00
De Alene Alot.0iiv00
De Willielmo Draper.0ij000
De Johanne Welpele.00viij00
De Johanne Prat.0iviij00
De Henrico Blake,0vivi00
De Johanne Rokmarsey.0viij00
De Johanne Fitz Nichol Ashele.00vi00
De Johanne Somerton.0iiv00
De Rogero Toryny Chevalier.0viijiv00
De Johanne Childe.00i00
De Willielmo Coke.0iijix00
De Johanne Blakwell Shephire.0ij000
De Johanne le Longe.0xiv00
De Simone Stonherd.0xiij00
De Johanne Gardiner.0xivvi00
De Johanne Gardiner.00vi00
De Johanne Baker.0iij000
De Agnete Pennyfader.0ij000

Ove lour homages & services. Et le Maner de Stevenach for­pris la terre in Rygemerefeld, & le Blakelond que est assigne à le Maner de Shephale.

Pars Agnetis Brussells.

ET l'avant dit Agneyse, autre des parteners susditz, averoit le site de Maner de Maudeleyns, ove toute les terres, boyes & pastures iiij l. viij s. iij d. de rente; mesme le maner de Maudeleyn: cest ascavoir,

 l.s.d.ob.q.
De Johanne Cokeregge.0vijiv00
De Stevenne Chaumpeneys.0xiijiv00
De les tenants de Barkhamstede.0xxxvi000
De la dame Porter.0viij000
De Johanne Pedifat.00xij00
De Willielmo Cohesdele.0ijvij00
De Johanne Redbourn.0ij000
De Johanne Cokevyle.00xij00
De Willielmo de Asheld.0xiv000
De Roberto at Shore.0xvix00

Ove lour homages, services & custumez forpris Grenelands, & iii. measons, devant nomes.

Pars Edmundi le Mordaunt, & Elene sa Femme.

ET les avanditz Edmunde, & Elyn averont de l'heritage Elen, le Maner de Shephale, ove les appertenantz, & les terres, de Rigmerfeld & Blakelond, avant nomes, jades parcel de Stevenach; & de la rent du Maner de Maudeleyn, vii l. xiv s. 1 d. ob. quadrans, Cest ascavoir.

 l.s.d.ob.q.
De Waltero Powell.00x00
De Johanne Sokereseyn.0iijx00
De— John0ij000
De Nicolao Oysell.0vii00
De Johanne Mollyns Chevalier.0viijviij00
De Roberto Gravely.0ii000
De Johanne Carrier.00iij00
De Johanne—00xviij00
De Johanne Godele.0iviv00
De Waltero Garnhon.00xviij00
De Stevenne Marten.00iij00
De Johanne Gardiner.00xvij00
De Johanne Drake.0iiviij00
Del molen lable de Mussenden.0xv000
De Waltero Blakwell.0vivii0
De Thoma Shepherd.00xvij00
De Johanne Blakwell.0xii00
De Juliana Blakwell.00xv00
De Rauff Clarnik.00xxij00
De Elizabetha Blakwell.00xx00
De Rauff Coke.0viijvi0
De Johanne White.00xij00
De Willielmo May.00ix00
De Johanne Cole.00ix00
Et de les tenante de Esylbirgheiijixviij00

Ove lour homages, services & lour Customez.

ET aussy, si les advantdits, Thomas, Johan, Edmunde & Elyne, ou aucun d'eux, sont distourbes, par les Fermiers de Stevenach, & de Shephale, de mesme les Mannors; à la fyne de v. ans, apres la fesance de cestes, en deinz le terme de leur ferme, de xviii. Marcz, par an; donque voet, la dite Agneyse, que soit à volunte les avantdits Thomas, Johan, Edmunde & Elyne, de reentre les Tenements advant­dit & aller à novell departisment, nient contredisants: Et touts les reversions de qu'elle partie que eux sont, sont purparties entre les parties avantdits, quant eus es­cherront, ou null d' eux escherra, & quant iiii s. de rente, issant de la terre de William le Shepherd, & xx s. rente issant de la terre que Thomas Trayerr tient, demeureront en commun, entres les parteners avantdits, à departir, quant il leur plaira: En Tesmoignage de qu'elle chose, les parteners susdits, entrechangeable­ment ont mis leur seaulx. Data à Maudeleyn, le Lundy prochain devant la feste de la Conversion de St. Paul, L'an du Reigne Edward troifieme apres la Conqueste vin­tisme.

Out of an Ancient Pedigree among the Evidences of the Earl of Peterborow.

IN tempore Regis Henrici Secundi, Vir erat praepotens, & maximae Authoritatis, Nomine Ranulphus de Broc, qui Castellanus erat Castri de Agenet, & Consta­bularius Castri & Honoris de Saltwood. Iste Ranulphus habuit exitum, Robertum de Broc, qui suo tempore Mareschallus fuit Angliae, & floruit regnantibus Richardo primo, & Johanne Regibus. Robertus habuit exitum, Laurentium de Broc, qui fuit tempore Henrici tertii, qui habuit exitum, Hugonem, qui fuit plenae aetatis, anno tertio Edwardi primi: postea Hugo habuit exitum, Laurentium, qui fuit de­cimo quinto Edwardi Secundi & ante, qui quidem Laurentius habuit exitum Ranul­phum, qui duxit in uxorem, Elizabetham Hussey; qui peperit Elenam, quae fuit uxor Edmundi Mordaunt; Agnetem uxorem Domini Henrici de Brussells, & Jo­hannam, & praedicta Johanna obiit sine prole.

Inter Recorda in Curia receptae Scaccarii, sub custodia Thesaurarii & Camerariorum ibi­dem residentium, videlicet inter placita, coram Domino rege, apud Westmonasteri­um de termino Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post con­questum Angliae, vicesimo nono, inter alia continetur ut Sequitur rotulo vij.

Shareshull. Adhuc de termino Sancti Michaelis.

EDmundus Mordaunt attachiatus fuit ad respondendum Rogero Cooke de Neu­ton Blosseville, de placito trangressionis per billam, &c. Et undè idem Rogerus in propria persona sua queritur, quòd praedictus Edmundus, die lunae proxima post Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Anno Regni Regis nunc Angliae vicesimo no­no, vi & armis, scilicet gladiis, &c. Viginti petras lanae, duo tapeta, & tria linthea­mina ipsius Rogeri, pretii quadraginta solidorum, apud Westmonasterium inventa, cepit, & asportavit, contra pacem Domini Regis, undè dicit, quòd deterioratus est, & dampnum habet ad valentiam centum solidorum, & indè producit sectam, &c. Et praedictus Edmundus, in propria persona sua venit, & defendit vim & injuriam, quando, &c. & dicit, quòd praedictus Rogerus, ad billam suam praedictam respon­deri non debet, quia dicit, quòd praedictus Rogerus, est nativus ipsius Edmundi, de Manerio suo de Turveia, in Comitatu Bedford, & quòd antecessores ipsius Edmun­di, à tempore quo non extat memoria, fuerunt seisiti de antecessoribus ipsius Rogeri, ut de nativis suis manerii praedicti, & similiter idem Edmundus fuit seisitus de ipso Rogero ut de nativo suo manerii praedicti. Et petit judicium, si praedictus ad billam suam praedictam, in hac parte respondere debeat, &c. & praedictus Rogerus dicit, quòd ipse non potest dediscere, quin ipse est nativus ipsius Edmundi, ideo consideratum est, quòd praedictus Rogerus nihil capiat per billam suam, in hac parte, sed sit in misericordia pro falso clamore suo, & praedictus Edmundus indè sine die, &c.

Examinatur per Scipionem le Squire Pro­camerarium in Curiâ Receptae Scaccarii.

ROBERT de MORDAƲNT, Second of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chicheley, Shephaell, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER VIII.

Charta Roberti Mordaunt, filii & haeredis Edmundi Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt, filius & haeres Ed­mundi Mordaunt de Turveia, in Comitatu Bedfordiae, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Johanni Curteys de Wimington, Williel­mo Mordaunt de Wybolston, Johanni Buk capellano, & Edmundo Wright capel­lano, totum manerium meum de Turveia praedicta, cum boscis, molendinis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, redditibus, servitiis, tam liberorum tenentium quam nati­vorum, reversionibus, vivariis, stagnis, piscariis, ac cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis, ad praedictum manerium quoquo modo spectantibus, tam prius nominatis quam non nominatis. Et etiam cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis cum pertinentiis quae quondum fuerunt praedicti Edmundi Mordaunt in Turveia praedicta, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum manerium cum boscis, molendinis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, redditibus, servitiis, tam liberorum tenentium, quam nativorum, reversioni­bus, [Page 470]vivariis, aquis, stagnis, piscariis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis, ad praedictum manerium spectantibus, tam nominatis quam innominatis, & etiam cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis meis, cum pertinentiis quae quondam fuerant praedicti Ed­mundi Mordaunt, patris mei, in Turveia, praedictis, Johanni Curteys, Willielmo Mordaunt, Johanni Buk capellano, & Edwardo Wright capellano, & eorum haeredibus vel assignatis, de capitalibus dominis feodi, per servitia indè debita & consueta. Et Ego praedictus Robertus Mordaunt, filius & haeres praedicti Edmundi Mordaunt, & haeredes mei, totum manerium praedictum, cum boscis, terris, mo­lendinis, pratis, pascuis, & pasturis, redditibus, servitiis, tam liberorum tenen­tium quam nativorum, reversionibus, vivariis, aquis, stagnis, piscariis, ac cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis, tam nominatis quam innominatis, ad praedictum mane­rium spectantibus, & etiam cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, cum pertinen­tiis quae quondam fuerant praedicti Edmundi Mordaunt patris mei, in Turveia prae­dicta, praefatis, Johanni Curteys, Willielmo Mordaunt, Johanni Buk capellano, & Edwardo Wright capellano, & eorum haeredibus, vel assignatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, & defendemus, in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimoni­um huic praesenti Chartae sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam prae­dictam sexto die mensis Septembris, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii à conquestu, quadragesimo nono. His testibus, Gerrardo Braybrok milite, Johanne Wydevil­le, Radulpho Walton, Alano Riscebi, Willielmo Prowde, Rogero Longe, Tho­ma Mordaunt, Roberto Geffray, & multis aliis.

SIGILLVM ROBERTI MORDAVNT

Charta Thomae Dardres.

HAEC Indentura testatur, quòd Ego Thomas Dardres, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea indentata confirmavi, Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, omnia, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia, prata, pascua & pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communi­bus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum War­dis, Releviis, & Maritagiis, quae habeo, vel habui in villa de Turveia, in excambi­um pro omnibus terris, & tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, & servitiis, pra­tis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, stagnis & molendinis, aquis piscariis, & corporibus nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis, & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis, quae praedictus Robertus Mordaunt habet in villa de Shephale, habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorun­dem, cum Wardis, Releviis & Maritagiis praedictis in Turveia, in excambium praedi­ctum, praedicto Roberto, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et Ego praedictus [Page 471]Thomas Dardres, & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, rever­siones & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, corpora nativorum, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, com­munibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis & Maritagiis in Turveia, in excambium datis, praedicto Roberto, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. Ac etiam praesens Indentura testatur, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ indentatâ confirmavi, praedicto Thomae Dardres, in excambium pro omnibus terris & tenementiis, redditibus, reversionibus & servitiis, pratis, pas­cuis, pasturis, boscis, stagnis, molendinis, aquis piscariis, & corporibus nativo­rum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis eorum, cum omnibus pasturis, com­munibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis in Turveia superius mihi datis in excambium supradictum, omnia, terras, & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis cum omnibus pasturis, commu­nibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis, quae habeo vel habui in villa de Shephale, habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, reversiones, & ser­vitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & cor­pora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pastu­ris, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis in villa de Shephale, praedicto Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis suis, in excambium praedictum in perpetuum, de capitalibus domi­nis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Robertus, & haeredes mei omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversio­nes & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorun­dem, cum Wardis, Releviis & Maritagiis, in villa de Shephale, praedicto Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis suis, in excambium praedictum datis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium partes praedictae alterna­tim praesentibus Sigilla sua apposuerint. His Testibus, Thoma de Reynes, Ro­berto Hotot, Willielmo Mordaunt, militibus, Alano Rushby, Johanne Reysele, Willielmo Prowde, Johanne Duyneld, Johanne Chartesey, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam, die Mercurii proxima ante Festum Sancti Martini Episcopi, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post conquestum, quadragesimo nono.

Sigillum Thomae Dardres

Charta Richardi Dagenhale.

PAteat universis per praesentes me Richardum Dagenhale, ballivum Bucking­hamiae & Bedfordiae Domini Hugonis Comitis de Stafford, recepisse de Ro­berto Mordaunt, filio & haerede quondam Edmundi Mordaunt, Domino de Turveia, [Page 472]viginti marcas bonae & legalis monetae, de duobus finibus, pro ingressu. De qua quidem solutione fideliter soluta, fateor me plenariè esse solutum, & praedictum Ro­bertum Mordaunt & quoscunque suos per praesentes in perpetuum fore quietos. In cujus rei testimonium, praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui. Datum apud Tur­veiam die Sabbati proxima ante Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post conquestum, quinquagesimo primo.

Pedigree of the Botelers of Walden, out of the same Manuscript.

GEffrey Boteler, John & Richard fueront freres, Galfridus avoit issue, Willi­am & Elizabet, Geffery devi William enfeoffe de toutes ces terres in Walden & Ashden les dits John & Richard, ces uncles John Bernard, & John Heyne, puis William morust sans issue, puis John Boteler relesse à Richard & John Heignys [B pixide] puis Richard Boteler, & John Heignys, donna toutes les dites terres à une John Strange, & à la dite Elizabet, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum le­gitimè procreatis, remanere pro defectu exitûs, rectis haeredibus dictae Elizabethae, per factum, cujus data est apud Walden, die Martis proxima ante Festum Annun­ciationis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii, quadragesimo quarto. Et puis le dit John L'Estrange de Brokle, donna toutes les dites terres à un John Waryn, & à Elizabet sa Femme, en taille & remanere pur defaut d'issue à un Agnes Mordaunt, soeur à dite Elizabet la mere, les dits Elizabet & Agnes & à ces droit heires, die Sabbati in vigilia Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Richar­di Secundi, undecimo. Elizabet Waryn morust sans issue de sa corps, Agnes avoit issue Robert Mordaunt, Robert avoit issue William, William avoit issue John Mordaunt, in bosco.

Touching the Pedigree of L'Estrange, out of the old Manuscript, is as followeth;

RObert de Tymworth, qui fuit en fait Robert L'Estrange de Tymworth, & Ma­belle sa Femme avoyent issue un John L'Estrange, qui prist à Femme une Eliza­bet, la soeur Willielmi Boteler de Walden, qui eux avoyent issue John L'Estrange, Elizabet & Agnes, Elizabet la fille, Elizabet prist à baron un John Waryn, puis Elizabet la fille devi sans issue, Agnes prist à baron un Robert Mordaunt, qui avoit issue Robert, Robert prist à Femme Elizabet, & avoit issue William, Wil­liam prist à Femme Marget, qui avoit issue John qui ore est demandant.

John L'Estrange qui prist à Femme Elizabet fuit appellé John L'Estrange, Do­minus de Brokle, & fuit John L'Estrange de Ampton qui avoit fils un John L'Estrange, Anno septimo Richardi Secundi.

Charta Johannis L'Estrange de Kimpton.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Johannes L'Estrange de Kimpton, dedi, con­cessi & hac praesenti Charta mea indentata confirmavi Johanni L'Estrange, filio meo, totum tenementum meum in Walden in Comitatu Essexiae, cum messuagiis, aedi­ficiis, redditibus, & servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, sepibus, hayis, fos­satis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis in Walden praedicta, Habendum & Te­nendum praedictum tenementum cum messuagiis, aedificiis, redditibus, servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, sepibus, hayis, fossatis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praedicto Johanni L'Estrange, filio meo, haeredi & assignatis suis de capitalibus Dominis illius feodi, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum, Reddendo in­dè mihi praedicto Johanni L'Estrange, patri, ad terminum vitae meae, octo libras argen­ti, & unam libram piperis per annum, viz. Quatuor libras & unam libram piperis ad festum nativitatis Domini, & quatuor libras argenti ad festum nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae. At si praedictus redditus à retro fuit in parte vel in toto ad ali­quem terminum non solutus, eodem durante termino vitae meae, extunc tum liceat [Page 473]mihi praedicto Johanni L'Estrange, patri, haeredibus & assignatis meis, in totum prae­dictum tenementum cum messuagiis, aedificiis, redditibus, servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, reingredi, & ea in primo statu meo, quoad Terminum ante diem confectionis praesentis, retinere in perpetuum. Et E­go praedictus Johannes L'Estrange, pater, & haeredes mei, totum praedictum tene­mentum cum messuagiis, aedificiis, redditibus, servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pastu­ris, sepibus, hayis, & fossatis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praedicto Jo­hanni L'Estrange, filio meo, haeredi & assignatis suis, formâ & conditione praescriptis, contra omnes gentes Warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimonium u­ni parti hujus Chartae Indentatae, penès Dominum Johannem filium meum rema­nenti, Sigillum meum apposui, alteri parti, penès me remanenti, Dominus Johannes filius meus Sigillum suum apposuit. His Testibus, Richardo Boteler, Johanne Boteler Johanne Crouche, Willielmo Michel, Johanne Sutton, & aliis. Data apud Walden die Mercurii proxima post festum Omnium Sanctorum, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post conquestum, Sexto.

Charta Dominae Johannae Escutamore.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens Scriptum Indentatum visurum vel auditurum, pervenerit, Domina Johanna Escutamore, Salutem in Domino. Noveritis me dedisse, concessisse, & hoc praesenti indentato, in pura viduitate mea, confirmasse, Abissae Monasterii de Elnestowe, Domino Nigillo Loring, Domino de Schalgrave, Roberto Mordaunt Domino de Turveia & Thomae Pevere, unum an­nuum redditum decem marcarum ad terminum vitae naturalis, Dominarum Lorae Lo­ring, Elenae Aubin, & Cassandrae Mordaunt, Monalium Monasterii praedicti percipien­dum annuatim de manerris meis de Maudeleyn & Stevenach, in comitatu Her­fordiae, ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad Festa Annunciationis beatae Mariae, & Michaelis, per equales portiones. Et si contingat praedictum annuum redditum de­cem marcarum, ad aliquem terminum praedictum, in parte vel in toto, per unum mensem à retro fore, & non solutum, tunc bene liceat praefatis Abissae, quae pro tempore fuerit, Domino Nigillo, Roberto & Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis prae­dictorum, Nigilli, Roberti & Thomae, in praedictis maneriis intrare, & distringere, & districtiones captas retinere, & eas abducere, & de iisdem disponere, quousque de praedicto annuo redditu decem marcarum, unà cum expensis & dampnis, in hac parte habitis, plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et ego verò praedicta Johanna & haere­des mei, praedictum annuum redditum decem marcarum praefatae Abissae, quae pro tempore fuerit, Domino Nigillo, Roberto & Thomae, usque ad totam vitam prae­dictarum dominarum, Lorae, Elenae, & Cassandrae, monalium, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, & defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigilla nostra alternatim sunt apposita. Data apud Elnestowe die Dominica in Festo Sancti Andreae Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi à Conquestu, sexto.

Charta praedictae Dominae Johannae Escutamore endorsata est ut sequitur; videlicet,

HAEC est intentio dictae Johannae infra scriptae, quòd Lora infra scripta, habe­at pro sua parte, de annuo redditu infra Scripto, quolibet anno, ad totam vitam suam, quatuor Marcas, Elena Aubin tres marcas, & Cassandra Mordaunt tres marcas.

Charta Johannis Curteys & Willielmi Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd nos Johannes Curtes de Wymington, & Wil­lielmus Mordaunt, dedimus, concessimus & hac praesenti Chartâ nostrâ con­firmavimus Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Agneti uxori ejus, omnia illa, ter­ras [Page 474]& tenementa, prata, pascua, & pasturas, boscos, stagna, & molendina, reddi­tus, reversiones, servitia & consuetudines, curias, sectas curiarum, liberorum & nativorum tenentium, cum sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, quae quondam fuerant Edmundi Mordaunt, patris praedicti Roberti, in Turveia praedicta, ac quae prius habuimus de dono & feoffamento praedicti Roberti in villa praedicta sine aliquo retinemento. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua & pasturas, boscos, stagna & molendina, redditus, reversiones, servitia & consuetudines, curias, sectas curiarum, liberorum & nativo­rum tenentium, cum sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, praefatis, Roberto & Agneti, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè inter eos procreatis, de captialibus dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia indè debita, & de jure con­sueta in perpetuum. Et si contingat, quòd absit, quòd praedicti Robertus & Ag­nes obierint sine haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis inter eos, ex­tunc omnia praedicta, terrae & tenementa, pascua & pasturae, bosci, stagna, & mo­lendina, redditus, reversiones, servitia & consuetudines, Curiae, sectae Curiarum, liberorum & nativorum tenentium, cum sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis per­tinentiis, rectis & propinquioribus haeredibus ipsius Roberti remaneant in perpetu­um. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae nostrae Sigilla nostra appo­suimus. His testibus, Johanne Reygnes milite, Thoma de Ardres, Johanne Wal­kim, Thoma atte Brugh, Willielmo Fyshere, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam prae­dictam, die dominica in festo Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Anno Regni Regis Richar­di Secundi post conquestum, decimo.

Charta Johannis Curteys de Wymington.

NOverint universi per praesentes me Johannem Curteys de Wymington, ordinâsse, constituisse, & loco meo posuisse, dictum in Christo mihi, Ala­num Rusbye, certum Attornatum meum, ad liberandum Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Agneti uxori ejus, plenam & pacificam seisinam de omnibus terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, boscis, stagnis & molendinis, redditi­bus, servitiis & consuetudinibus, curiis, sectis curiarum, liberorum & nativorum te­nentium, cum omnibus sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis quae quondam fuerant Edmundi Mordaunt, patris praedicti, in Turveia praedicta, juxta formam & tenorem cujusdam Chartae indè per nos confectae, ratum & gratum ha­biturus quicquid idem Alanus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Wym­ington praedictam, die dominica in Festo Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post conquestum, decimo.

Charta Domini Johannis L'Estrange Domini de Brokeley.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Johannes L'Estrange, Dominus de Brokley, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ Indentatâ confirmavi Jo­hanni Waryn juniori & Elizabethae, uxori suae, totum tenementum meum in Wal­den, cum redditibus & servitiis, terris, boscis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, sepibus, hayis & foslatis, wardis, maritagis & releviis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis in Walden praedicta, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum tenementum cum redditibus & servitiis, boscis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, sepibus, hayis & fossatis, wardis, maritagiis & releviis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, prae­dicto Johanni Waryn & Elizabethae, uxori suae, & haeredibus praedictae Elizabethae de corpore suo exeuntibus, de capitablibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta, reddendo indè annuatim mihi praefato Johanni L'Estrange, durante termino vitte meae, sex libras bonae monetae, videlicet, ad Festum Pu­rificationis beatae Mariae sexaginta solidos, & ad Festum Sancti Petri ad vincula sexaginta solidos per aequales portiones; Et si praedictus redditus à retro fu­erit [Page 475]non solutus in parte vel in toto ad aliquem terminum supradictum, vel per octo dies, ultra terminum aliquem praedictum, durante termino vitae meae, quòd tunc benè liceat mihi praefato Johanni L'Estrange in praedictum tenementum cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis reingredi in pristino statu, & mihi & haeredibus meis in perpetuum retinere; Et si contingat quòd praedictus Johannes Waryn & Eliza­betha obierint sine haerede de corpore ipsius Elizabethae exeunte, quòd tunc prae­dictum tenementum cum omnibus pertinentiis suis supradictis, Agneti Mordaunt, fi­liis meis & sorori ipsius Elizabethae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, integrè remaneat in perpetuum, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum tenementum cum omnibus supradictis, praefatis, Agneti & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et si praedicta Agnes obierit, sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, tunc praedictum tenementum, cum omnibus supradictis, rectis haeredibus matris praedictarum Ag­netis & Elizabethae, integrè remanere debent, tenendum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et Ego verò praefatus Johannes L'Estrange, & haeredes mei, totum praedictum tenementum cum redditibus & servitiis, boscis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, sepibus, hayis & fossatis, wardis, maritagiis & releviis, & cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, praefatis, Johanni Waryn & Elizabethae, & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Elizabethae excuntibus, formâ & conditione praescriptis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti hujus Chartae Indentatae figillum meum apposui. His testibus, Johanne Crouche, Johanne Buk, Johanne Sutton, Simone Adam, Jo­hanne Elyot, Roberto Boucher, & aliis. Data apud Walden, praedicta die sab­bati in vigilia Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post conquestum, undecimo.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS LE STRANGE

Charta Roberti Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Thomae Pevere de Thodding­ton, Johanni Curteys de Wymington, Johanni Boteler de Stacheden, Rogero Keston, Roberto Brown de Turveia, & Johanni Atte Welle clerico, omnia, ter­ras & tenementa, redditus & servitia, curias, sectas curiae, tam liberorum quam rativorum tenentium, cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis in Hynton, Cambrugh, & Treversham, in Comitatu Cantabrigiae. Habendum & tenendum omnia prae­dicta, terras & tenementa mea, redditus & servitia, curias, sectas curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, praefa­tis, Thomae, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assig­natis suis, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et Ego verò praedctus Robertus Mordaunt, & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, servitia, curias, fectas curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus per­tenentiis [Page 476]suis, praefatis, Thomae, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium, huic praesenti Chartae meae sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, tertio die Martii, Anno Regni Re­gis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum, quarto decimo. His testibus, Rober­to Ellys de Hynton praedictâ, Richardo Chamburlyn de eâdem, Willielmo Trip­plow, & aliis multis.

Charta Roberti Mordaunt.

NOverint universi per praesentes, me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia, Attor­nâsse & loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in Christo Robertum Ellys de Hynton, attornatum meum, ad deliberandum Thomae Pevere de Thoddington, Jo­hanni Curteys de Wymington, Johanni Boteler de Stacheden, Rogero Keston, Roberto Brown de Turveia, & Johanni Atte Welle clerico, haeredibus & assigna­tis suis, plenam & pacificam feisinam de omnibus terris & tenementis, redditibus, & servitiis, curiis, sectis curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis in Hynton, Camburgh, & Treversham in Comitatu Cantabrigiae, secundum tenorem ejusdem Chartae meae, eisdem confectae, ratum & gratum habiturus quioquid idem Robertus nomine meo faciet in praemissis per prae­sentes. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, tertio die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum, quarto decimo.

Charta Roberti Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Thomae Pevere de Thodding­ton, Johanni Curteys de Wymington, Johanni Boteler de Stacheden, Rogero Ke­ston, Roberto Brown de Turveia, & Johanni Atte Welle clerico, omnia, terras & tenementa mea, redditus, consuetudines & servitia, curias, visus & sectas curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, in Chesham, Welpoole, & Aumond­sham. Dedi etiam eisdem Thomae, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, reversionem omnium terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum, consuetudi­num, & servitiorum, & curiarum, visuum franciplegiorum, sectarum Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heri­otis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, quae & quas Thomas de Ardres de Turveia, & Elizabetha uxor ejus tenent de me praedicto Roberto Mordaunt ad terminum vitae eorum in Eselburgh & Bridsthorne, Wedon & Herdwick in Comita­tu Buckinghamiae. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, consuetudines & servitia, curias, vilus franciplegiorum, & sectas curia­rum, tam liberorum tenentium quam nativorum, cum wardis, maritagiis, rele­viis, heriotis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis; Et etiam reversionem omnium terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum, consuetudinum & servitiorum Curiarum, visuum franciplegiorrum, sectarum Curiarum, tam liberorum quàm nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis, eschaetis, & om­nibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praefatis, Thomae, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitablibus Dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia inde debita & de jure indè consueta in perpetuum. Et ego vero praedictus Robertus Mordaunt & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tene­menta, redditus, consuetudines & servitia, curias, visus franciplegiorum, & sectas Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis; Et reversionem prae­dictam omnium terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum & servitiorum, cum omni­bus [Page 477]aliis suis pertinentiis, post decessum praedictorum Thomae de Ardres & Eliza­bethae, praefatis Thomae Pevere, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium, huic praesenti Chartae meae Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, tertio die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum, quarto decimo. His testibus, Johanne Che­sham, Johanne Atte Brooke seniore, Roberto Morring, & aliis.

Out of the old Manuscript.

ET Thomas de Ardres per fait Indentre, portant date apud Turvey, le lun­die prochain avant le Fest de Seint Andrew l'Apostel, Anno Regni Regis Ri­chardi Secundi post Conquestum, vicesimo, granta viginti duo solidos & quatuor de­narios, à Thoma Foddringey, & aliis, pour terme de vie Agnes la Femme Robert Mordaunt qui fit exchange avec Thomas de Ardres pour le Maner de Shephale pour le dower le dit Agnes in Shephale avantdit.

Endentures faicts per entre le tres haut & puissant Prince Edward Duc de Yorke, & Robert Mordaunt, & Thomas Mirefield.

CEtte Endentre faicte per entre tres haut & puissant Prince Edward Duc de Yorke d'une part, & Robert Mordaunt & Thomas Mirefield Esquiers, d'autre part, tesmoigne, Que les dits Robert & Thomas sont retenus avecque le dit Duc pour demy an commencant le siziesme jour de Juliet venant prochain, avesque xxiv archers prenant pour luy mesme xviij d. le jour, & pour l'autre lance xviij d. le jour, & pour chacun des xxiv archers noef d. le jour, & seront le dit Ro­bert & Thomas avecque leurs dits gents, prests, montez, armez & arrayez au dit jour en le port de Southampton comme à leur dites gentes apertinet, & seront le dit Robert & Thomas payez pour deux mois avant leur depart d'Angleterre, c'est ascavoir pour un mois en main, & pour un autre à leur montre à la mer. Et aussi de mois en mois au commencement de chaque mois ou dedans dix jours apres le dit commencement; & feront le dit Robert & Thomas gait & garde avesque tous leurs dits gents, quant & si souvent comme ce seront raisonablement requis ou assignes par le dit Duc, ou aucun autre en son nom, & aussi entendans audit Duc avesque eux mesmes, & leurs dits gents, ou à celuy qu'il voudra en son nom assig­ner & ordeigner durant le dit voyage, à pie à cheval, selon que le cas requerra, & aura le dit Duc le tiers de tous les gains d'eux mesmes, & le tierce du tierce de toutes leurs dits gents: Et si lesdits Robert & Thomas pregnent ou pregneront aucun Chevetain, Chastel ou Forteresse, adoncque mon dit Seigneur les aura vers luy sur un raisonable regarde à faire au dit Robert & Thomas. En tesmoignance de qu'elle chose les parties avandits à ces presentes enterchangeablement ont mis leurs Seals. A Londres le xvi jour de Juin, l'an du Reigne nostre Seigneur le Roy Henry quarta puis le Couqueste tressisme.

ROBERT de MORDAƲNT, Third of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Yerdley, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER IX.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Mordaunt de Turveia, de­di, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Thomaev Peered Thod­dington, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia, Willielmo Bozonn de Wotton, & Willielmo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, omnia terras & tenementa mea, redditus, reversiones, servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, he­riota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum te­nentium, & cum omnibus singulis aliis pertinentiis suis, in parochia de Yerdley-Hastings, quae mihi accedebant jure, & haereditariè post decessum Roberti Mor­daunt patris mei; habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, red­ditus, reversiones, servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus & singulis aliis pertinentiis suis, praefatis Thomae Pevere, Thomae Foddringey, Willielmo Bozonn & Willielmo Campion, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac cum omnibus & singulis aliis pertinentiis suis, prae­fatis Thomae Pevere, Thomae Foddringey, Willielmo Bozonn & Willielmo Cam­pion, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpe­tuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae meae Sigillum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Reynes de Clifton milite, Nicolao Bradshaw, Thoma Ardres, Hugone Ardres, Johanne Boteler de Stacheden, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam in vigilia Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Con­questum, tertio decimo.

SIGILLVM ROBERTI MORDAVNT

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

NOverint universi per praesentes me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae, ordinâsse, constituisse, & in loco meo posuisse di­lectum mihi in Christo, Johannem Boteler, in Comitatu Buckinghamiae Attorna­tum [Page 479]meum, ad deliberandum nomine meo Thomae Pevere Domino de Thodding­ton, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia, Willielmo Bozonn de Wotton, & Williel­mo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, plenam & pacisicam seisnam, in om­nibus terris & tenementis meis, redditibus, servitiis & consuetudinibus, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis & eschaetis, ac etiam de Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis eorum aliis perti­nentiis in Yerdley-Hastings, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, secundùm tenorem cu­jusdam Chartae meae, inter nos confectae, ubi plenius continetur. Et ad distrin­gendum omnes tenentes meos ibidem, ad attornandum dictis feoffatis meis, & Arre­ragia reddituum, ibidem existentia, nomine meo recipiendum. Ratum & gratum habiturus, quicquid idem Johannes nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, in Festo Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum, tertio decimo.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Mordaunt de Turveia, in Co­mitatu Bedfordiae, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Tho­mae Pevere Domino de Thoddington, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia praedicta, Willielmo Bozonn Domino de Wotton, & Willielmo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, omnia, terras & tenementa mea, redditus, servitia, consuetudines, war­das, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam libe­rorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis aliis suis pertinentiis in Herdwick & Wedon, juxta Alisbury in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, & quae mihi ac­cedebant jure & haereditariè post decessum Roberti Mordaunt patris mei; haben­dum & tenendum omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, redditus, servitia, consuetu­dines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curia­rum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis aliis suis pertinentiis, praefatis Thomae Pevere, Thomae Foddringey, Willielmo Bozonn & Wil­lielmo Campion, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitalibus Dominis feodorum illo­rum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus & servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis aliis pertinentiis suis praefatis Thomae, Thomae, Willielmo & Willielmo hae­redibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. In cujus rei testi­monium huic praesenti Chartae meae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Jo­hanne Reynes de Clifton milite, Nicolao Bradshaw, Thoma Ardres, Hugone Ardres, Johanne Boteler de Stacheden, & multis aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, quinto die mensis Junii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum, tertio decimo.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

NOverint universi per praesentes me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia, in Co­mitatu Bedfordiae, ordinâisse, constitusse & loco meo posuisse, dilectum mihi in Christo, Johannem Boteler de Checheley, in Comitatu Bukinghamiae Attor­natum meum, ad deliberandum nomine meo, Thomae Pevere Domino de Thod­dington, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia praedicta, Willielmo Bozonn Domino de Wotton, & Willielmo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, plenam & paci­ficam seisinam, de omnibus terris & tenementis meis, redditibus, servitiis & consuetudinibus, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis & eschaetis, ac etiam de Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis eorum aliis pertinentiis, in Herdwick & Wedon, juxta Alisbury, in [Page 480]Comitatu Buckinghamiae, secundùm tenorem cujusdam Chartae meae, inter nos confectae, plenius continetur. Et ad distringendum omnes tenentes meos ibidem, ad attornandum dictis feoffatis meis, & arreragia reddituum, ibidem existentia, no­mine meo recipiendum. Ratum & gratum habiturus, quicquid idem Johannes nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium, huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum authenticum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, quinto die mensis Junii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quarti post Con­questum, tertio decimo.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia Armiger, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. No­veritis me remississe, relaxâsse, & omnimodo pro me & haeredibus meis, in per­petuum clamâsse, Johanni Brigge juniori de eadem, & Matildae uxori ejus, haere­dibus, & eorum assignatis, totum jus meum, clameum & statum, quae habeo, ha­bui vel quovis modo in futurum habere potero, in omnibus illis terris & tenemen­tis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, redditibus & servitiis, cum omnibus suis pertinen­tiis, sicut jacent in villa & campis de Turveia praedicta, quae nuper fuerant Alie­norae Mordaunt de eâdem, ità quòd nec ego praefatus Robertus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, aliquid juris, statûs seu clamei, in praedictis terris & tenementis cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, nec in aliqua parcella eorundem, de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni actione juris, sta­tûs, & clamei, ab indè sumus exclusi in perpetuum penitùs per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti scripto relaxationis Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Thoma Dardres, Johanne Turvey, Willielmo Raunston, Johanne Cot­ton, Johanne Repinghale, & multis aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, deci­mo quarto die mensis Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Con­questum Angliae, quarto.

Charta Johannis Brigge Senioris, Johannis Brigge Junioris, & Matildae uxoris ejus.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Johannes Brigge de Turveia senior, Johannes Brigge de Turveia junior & Matilda uxor ejus, salutem. Cùm Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia Armiger, ut filius & haeres Roberti Mordaunt filii & haeredis Edmundi Mordaunt, nuper clamavit versus nos praefatos, Johannem Brigge seniorem, Johannem Brigge juniorem, & Matildam, unum toftum, vocatum Waryns, continens dimidiam acram in se, & sexaginta acras terrae arabi­lis cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta, quae praedictus Robertus pater Edmundi quondam concessit Willielmo Mordaunt fratri suo, ad terminum vitae suae, rever­sione indè post mortem ipsius Willielmi, eidem Roberto patri Edmundi, & haere­dibus suis spectante, & in quae quidem Willielmus Mordaunt junior filius ipsius Willielmi fratris Roberti, post mortem ejusdem Willielmi patris sui, in praedicta, toftum, & sexaginta acras terrae cum pertinentiis, intravit, & minùs justè occupa­vit, & indè cum pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, in eadem villa, feoffat quos­dam Johannem Conquest, tunc rectorem medietatis Ecclesiae de Haughton Con­quest, & Johannem Olivere, Capellanum, qui ipsum Willielmum filium Willi­elmi, & Alienoram uxorem ejus, & Johannem filium ipsorum, Willielmi filii Wil­lielmi, & Alienorae, postmodum de eisdem tofto, & sexaginta acris terrae cum pertinentiis, cum praedictis pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, in dicta villa de Turveia, refeoffarunt, habendum & tenendum sibi & eorum haeredibus & assignatis in perpetuum, quae quidem Alienora tam praedictum Willielmum virum suum quam praedictum Johannem filium suum superinuens de eisdem tofto, & sexaginta acris terrae, tum praedcitis pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, cum pertinentiis, in eadem villa, feoffavit quendam Willielmum Shakill de Turveia, & alios, quorum statum [Page 481]nos praefati Johannes Brigge junior, & Matilda, habemus in eisdem tofto, & sex­aginta acris terrae, ac in praedictis pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, videlicet, nobis & haeredibus nostris, de nostris corporibus procreatis, ità quòd si nos sine hae­rede, de nostris corporibus procreato, obire contigit, Reversio indè post mortem nostram, praefato Johanni Brigge seniori, Johanni Brigge juniori, & Matildae incognitum existit, quae praedictae sexaginta acrae terrae, quas praedictus Robertus, filius Roberti, versus nos sic clamat, existant, & ubi & in quibus locis camporum jacent, eò quòd nos praefati Johannes Brigge senior, Johannes Brigge junior, & Matilda, cum terris illis, plures alias terras in eadem villa teneamus, & occupamus, sciatis nos eosdem Johannem Brigge seniorem, Johannem Brigge juniorem, & Matildam, li­berâsse ac sursum reddidisse, praefato Roberto, filio Roberti, toftum praedictum, & nomine praedictarum sexaginta acrarum terrae, & pro eisdem sexaginta acris terrae, terras subscriptas; videlicet, tres selliones terrae jacentes in Campo vocato Inlond, pro una acra, videlicet, juxta Berodebalke ex parte australi, & abuttantes contra pra­tum vocatum Alfetcroft; & sex selliones terrae jacentes in eadem quarentena, pro duabus acris, inter terram quondam Johannis Traylly militis, ex parte australi, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera, & abuttantes contra Alfetcroft; & septem selliones simul jacentes super Medefurlong, inter terram quam Agnes, mater ipsius Roberti filii Roberti, tenet ad terminum vitae, reversione indè post mor­tem ipsius Agnetis, eidem Roberto filio Roberti spectante ex parte boreali, & terram Roberti Barker ex parte altera, & abuttantes contra pratum vocatum Knap­perisdole; & duas selliones longas jacentes in superiori quarentena ibidem, lance­antes a le Churchapath, usque Northbrookeweye, & ad earum finem juxta North­brookeweye, jacentes inter terram Johannis Turvey, ex utraque parte, pro una a­cra, & dimidiam acram terrae, abuttantem contra Coppedmoor, jacentem inter terram quam praefata Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte boreali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera; & aliam dimidiam acram terrae abuttan­tem contra Coppedmoor, jacentem inter terram quam eadem Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte australi, & terram quondam Johannis Smyth, ex parte al­tera; & unam rodam terrae super Northbrookfurlong, jacentem juxta terram quon­dam Willielmi Fyshere, ex parte orientali, & ad caput boreale abuttantem con­tra Northbrooke; & dimidiam acram terrae in eadem quarentena, jacentem inter terram Roberti Atte Brigge de Beydon, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera, & ad caput boreale abuttantem contra Northbrooke; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in eadem quarentena, juxta terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte orientali, & similiter abuttantem contra Northbrooke; & tres rodas terrae jacentes super Denlond, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma prae­dicta, ex utraque parte, & unum caput abuttans contra Northbrooke, & aliud con­tra Prestmede; & duas acras & dimidiam terrae simul jacentes in quarentena intra Northbrooke & Prestmede, inter terram Willielmi Chapman, ex parte orientali, & terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte altera, & ad caput australe abuttantes contra Northbrooke; & unam acram terrae jacentem in eadem quarentena, inter terram Willielmi Shakill ex parte occidentali, & viam ducentem usque ad Prestmede ex parte altera, & ad caput australe abuttantem contra Northbrooke; & unam acram terrae jacentem in quarentena vocata Holmes, jacentem inter terram Johannis Chamber­leyn, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Shepherd de Carleton ex parte al­tera, & ad caput boreale abuttantem contra foreram Johannis Stephenson; & u­nam rodam terrae jacentem in eadem quarentena, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma praedicta, ex utraque parte, & ad caput boreale abuttantem contra foreram praedicti Roberti filii Roberti; & sex selliones terrae, jacentes, pro quinque rodis, in quarentena, subter quarentenam vocatam Holmes, undè una est forera, contra quam praedicta roda terrae super Holmes, ut praedictum est, abuttat ex parte boreali, jacentes juxta terram Johannis Sancherum; & sex selliones terrae jacentes in quarentena super Prestmede, pro una acra, inter terram Roberti Focour, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Focour, ex parte altera, & ad caput [Page 482]australe abuttantes contra Prestmede; & in quarentena subter Carleton Hallewell duas selliones pro una acra, jacentem juxta terram praedicti Johannis Brigge senio­ris, & sellio borealis earum est forera, & ad caput orientale abuttant contra Fild­ingwey; & dimidiam acram terrae jacentem super Lobynden, inter terram Johannis Ste­phenson, ex orientali, & terram Prioris de Sancto Neoto, ex parte altera, & ad ca­put australe abuttantem contra foreram Willielmi Shakill; & tres selliones jacentes super Cherlesho, pro una acra intra terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma prae­dicta, ex parte Australi, & terram Willielmi Focour ex parte altera; & unam rodam ter­rae quae est forera, contra quam praedictae tres selliones terrae abuttant ad caput orien­tale; & dimidiam acram terrae similiter jacentem super Cherlesho inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex utraque parte, undè finis orien­talis est forera; & dimidiam acram terrae jacentem apud Peterespitts, juxta terram Nicolai Atte Brigge, ex parte Australi, & similiter unam rodam terrae ibidem jacen­tem, juxta terram ejusdem Nicolai, ex parte boreali, undè capita orientalia abut­tant contra foreram praedicti Johannis Brigge junioris; & etiam duas rodas ibidem jacentes inter terram Thomae Toft, ex parte boreali, & terram Rectoris de Carleton ex parte altera, & similiter abuttant contra eandem foreram; & duas selliones pro una acra jacentes apud Estenbrooke, juxta terram Johannis Tryce, ex parte austra­li, & sellio borealis earum est forera, & ad caput orientale abuttant contra Gasten­brooke; & duas selliones terrae ibidem jacentes, inter terram quondam Roberti Hotot militis, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Tryce ex parte altera, & ad caput orientale abuttant contra foreram Willielmi Shakill; & duas selliones pro una roda jacentes in Bendlondfield, videlicet, apud Northbrooke-Cross, inter terram quondam praedicti Johannis Traylly, ex parte australi, & terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forera praedicta, ex parte altera, & ad caput orientale abuttantes contra foreram Johannis Turvey, & ad aliud caput contra viam ducentem à North­brooke-Crooss usque ad Stanwey-Cross; & dimidiam acram terrae ibidem jacentem jux­ta terram Roberti Barker, abuttantem contra crucem vocatam Northwood-Cross, ad caput occidentale; & unam acram terrae cum pastura adjacente, apud Caldwenstade, juxta terram Margeriae Atte Brigge, ex parte orientali, abuttantem contra Caldwen­stade ad caput boreale; & quatuor selliones terrae cum Pastura, in eadem quaren­tena jacentes, inter terram praedictae Margeriae, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte altera, similiter abuttantes contra Caldwenstade; & dimidiam acram terrae jacentem super Vicifurlong, juxta terram Richardi Cutt, ex parte australi, & ad unum caput abuttantem contra Ovenlmeshanden, & aliud con­tra Northbrookeweye; & octo selliones terrae pro duabus acris, jacentes super Nor­manstocking, inter terram Willielmi Focour, ex parte occidentali, & terram Wil­lielmi Shepherd, ex parte altera, & ad caput boreale abuttantes contra foreram Johannis Southerne; & unam rodam terrae jacentem super Hangingslond, inter ter­ram praedicti Prioris, ex parte orientiali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera; & aliam rodam terrae ibidem jacentem, inter terram ejusdam Johannis ex parte orientali, & terram Margeriae Atte Brigge, ex altera parte, & ambae rodae abuttantes contra foreram ejusdam Margeriae ad capita borealia; & duas selliones terrae jacentes super Heyebenlond, juxta terram Johannis Turvey, ex parte ori­entali, & sellio orientalis est in media forera, & jacent pro una acra, & ad caput occidentale abuttant contra foreram Willielmi Shakill, & ad aliud caput contra le Rigewey, ducentem in Caldwenstade; & unam rodam terrae ibidem jacentem, & eodem modo abuttantem, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma prae­dicta, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera; & duas selliones terrae pro una acra, jacentes in quarentena subter Benlond, ex parte au­strali, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte austra­li, & terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte altera; & duas selliones terrae pro una acra, jacentes super Wolfho, inter terram Johannis Capon, ex parte orientali, & terram Roberti Atte Brigge de Beydon, ex altera parte, & ad caput australe abuttantes con­tra foreram Willielmi Chapman; & quinque rodas terrae jacentes ex utraque parte [Page 483]viae vocatae Stanwey, ducente à Stanwey-Cross usque Pixhill, inter terram praedicti Prioris, ex parte occidentali, & terram Johannes Tryce, ex parte altera; & dimidi­am acram terrae in alia quarentena, ibidem jacente, inter terram quam praedicta Ag­nes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte orientali, & terram praedicti Prioris ex parte altera; & aliam dimidiam acram terrae, in eadem quarentena jacentem inter terram ejusdam Prioris ex parte orientali, & terram Willielmi Shakill ex parte altera, & ambae dimidiae acrae illae abuttantes contra foreram Johannis Brigge juioris antedicti, ad capita borealia, & ad capita australia contra praedictam viam vocatam Stanwey; & duas selliones pro una acra, jacentes apud Stan­wey-Cross utraque parte viae quae ducit usque ad Wolfho Brooke, in quaren­tena subter Asplond, inter terram Johannis Turvey ex parte orientali, & terram praedicti Johannis Brigge ex parte altera; & duas rodas terrae jacentes in alio campo ejusdam culturae, in quarentena juxta Mauncelleswey, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte occidentali, & terram praedicti Johannis Brigge senioris, ex parte altera, & ad caput boreale abuttantes contra viam ducen­tem ad Hyecross usque Rathshey; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in eadem quaren­tena, ad caput boreale abuttantem contra eandem viam & ad aliud caput contra Depstade; & duas selliones terrae ibidem jacentes, & eodem modo abuttantes juxta terram Roberti Barker ex parte occidentali; & tres selliones terrae jacentes in cam­po alio, videlicet in quarentena super Priestswelle, pro tribus rodis, inter terram Willielmi Raunston ex parte orientali, & terram Thomae Chopper, ex altera parte, ad caput boreale abuttantes contra Priestswelle Brooke; & duas selliones ja­centes super Lynches, pro una acra, intra terram praedicti Johannis Brigge junioris ex parte orientali, & terram praedicti Prioris ex parte altera, quarum sellio se ex­tendit à Lynches usque ad Milnewey, unde finis australis est forera; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in quarentena ejusdam forerae, inter terram Willielmi Chapman ex utraque parte, ad finem australem abuttantem contra Milnewey; & duas rodas terrae jacentes in eadem quarentena, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Longe, ex parte altera, ad caput au­strale abuttantes contra Milnewey; & unam rodam terrae jacentem apud Cloven­balke juxta terram quondam Willielmi Fisher, abuttantem ad caput boreale contra foreram Johannis Chamberleyn; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in quarentena juxta Milnewey, intra terram Johannis Chamberleyn ex parte boreali, & terram Wil­lielmi Shepherd ex parte altera, ad caput orientale abuttantem contra foreram Jo­hannis Turvey; & duas selliones, undè australis est forera, in eadem quarentena ja­centes; & etiam decem selliones in superiori quarentena ibidem jacentes, & contra foreram illam abuttantes, pro tribus acris & una roda terrae, & dictae decem sellio­nes jacent inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma praedicta, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Shepherd ex parte altera; & unam acram terrae ja­centem, inter terram Johannis Turvey, ex parte orientali, & terram Willielmi Sha­kill, ex parte altera, & ad caput australe abuttantem contra terram Johannis Brigge senioris; & sexdecim selliones, pro quinque acris terrae, jacentes inter Portwey, & viam quae ducit ab Oddebrigge usque ad Hillys, inter terram de Stenington, ex parte occiden­tali, & terram praedicti Johannis Brigge junioris, ex parte altera; & etiam alias duas rodas ibidem jacentes, inter terram quondam ejusdam Johannis, ex parte occiden­tali, & terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte altera; & duas rodas jacentes in quarentena vocata Westlond, intra terram quam eadem Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, & terram Roberti Capon; & decem selliones terrae ja­centes in pecia, pro duabus acris & dimidia, vocata Maudeleyn Pece, jacentes juxta terram quam eadem Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte occidentali; & sex selliones terrae in alia quarentena ibidem, ad caput occidentale, contra eandem peciam, vocatam Maudeleyn Pece, abuttantem, jacentes pro una acra, intra terram praedicti Johannis Brigge senioris ex parte boreali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn ex parte altera, & quatuor sellionis terrae jacentes in superiori quarentena de Ded­knave, pro dimidia acra, juxta terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma prae­dicta, [Page 484]ex parte occidentali, quarum una est forera; & octo selliones vocatas Gores, jacentes apud Dedknave, pro una acra, intra terram praedicti Prioris, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Shakill ex parte altera; & sex selliones terrae pro una acra, jacentes apud Dedknave, juxta terram quondam praedicti Roberti Hotot ex parte australi, abuttantes ad caput orientale contra Alyngcroftstade; & unam peciam terrae pro duabus acris & dimidia, jacentes super Salmanshill, intra terram Willielmi Shakill ex utraque parte, & ad utrumque caput abuttantes contra foreram ejusdam Willielmi; & unam rodam terrae ad caput occidentale abuttantem contra Alyngcroftstade, jacentem intra terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma prae­dicta, ex utraque parte; & unam peciam terrae continentem duas acras, ad caput occidentale abuttantes contra Rothshegwey, jacentes intra terram praedicti Johan­nis Brigge senioris, ex parte boreali, & terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in for­ma praedicta, ex parte altera. Volentes quòd licet terrae illae vel aliqua earum parcella existat, vel existant, de perquisitione praedicti Willielmi Mordaunt, filii Roberti, vel praedicti Willielmi, filii sui, ut fortè per chartas in posterum probari poterit, quòd praedictus Robertus, filius Roberti, tamen habeat & in pace teneat, sibi & haere­dibus suis in perpetuum, omnes terras praedictas cum pertinentiis sibi liberatis, Chartis illis non obstantibus: Et quòd Chartae illae, si inventae fuerint, nisi alias terras meas comprehendant, per nos Johannem Brigge seniorem, Johannem Brigge juniorem, & Matildam, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnimodo de nobis & haeredibus no­strum in perpetuum quietum clamâsse, praefato Roberto, filio Roberti, jam in possessione extincti, de praedictis tofto & sexaginta acris terrae, sibi liberatis, haeredibus, & assig­natis suis, totum jus nostrum & clameum, quae vel quod habemus habuimus, vel quovis modo in futurum habere poterimus, in praedictis, tofto & terris, eidem Ro­berto, filio Roberti, superiùs liberatis, cum pertinentiis, ità quòd nec nos praefati Johannes Brigge senior, Johannes Brigge junior, & Matilda, nec haeredes nostri, aliquid juris vel clamei, in eisdem tofto & terris, cum pertinentiis, nec in aliqua parcella earundem, de caetero exigere, vel quovis modo vendicare poterimus in fu­turo. Sed ab omni actione juris & clamei abindè sumus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes. Et ego veròd Johannes Brigge junior, & haeredes mei, toftum illud, & omnes terras illas, cùm pertinentiis praefato Roberto, filio Roberti, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium parti hujus Scripti indentati, penès praedictum Robertum, filium Rober­ti, remanenti, nos praefati Johannes Brigge senior, Johannes Brigge junior, & Ma­tilda Sigilla nostra apposuimus. Et verò indè penès nos remanenti, idem Robertus filius Roberti Sigillum suum apposuit. His testibus, Johanne Turvey, Thoma Dar­dres, Willielmo Raunston, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam duodecimo die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum, quarto.

Yerdley. Visus ad modum Curiae Roberti Mordaunt ibidem tentae die Jovis proxima post Festum Sancti Edwardi Regis & Martyris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum, nono.

AD istam Curiam venit Richardus Leefe, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae & prati, reddendo indè annuatim decem solidos, ac reparabit & sustinebit praedictum messuagium sumptibus suis propriis, sicut ea habuit ex dono Thomae Foddringey. Ideo prae­ceptum est seisire ea in manus Domini.

Ad istam Curiam venit Johannes Burbache, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae, continentem per estima­tionem sexdecim acras terrae & prati, quae priùs tenuit Willielmus Lane, pro termi­no centum annorum, quae quidem messuagium & terras idem Johannes habuit ex dimissione praedicti Willielmi, reddendo indè annuatim octo solidos & duos Ca­pones, & de reparatione concessit concordare cum Domino.

Ad istam Curiam venit Alicia Bosegate, & clamavit tenere de Domino ad volun­tatem, unum messuagium cum curtelagio, & unam virgatam terrae cum pratis, pas­cuis, & pasturis, quae quondam Simon Bate tenuit, quae clamavit habere ex di­missione Johannis Norman, qui quidem Johannes, Alicia uxor ejus, & Johannes filius eorum, jam defuncti, tenuerunt, & Edmundus Mordaunt, ad terminum vitae ipsorum, reddendo indè annuatim Domino, decem solidos & duos Capones. Et repararent & sustentarent tenementum praedictum, durante termino praedicto, sum­ptibus suis propriis. Et quia dicti Johannes Norman, Alicia uxor ejus, & Johan­nes, filius eorum, jam defuncti, status dictae Aliciae determinatus existit, ideo prae­ceptum est seisire tenementa illa in manus Domini, &c.

Ad istam Curiam venit Johannes Bosegate, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, sibi, haeredibus & assignatis suis, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae, quae prius tenuit Thomas Forthe, reddendo indè annuatim Domino, quatuor­decim solidos & quatuor denarios, & faciente capitali Domino de Yerdley, red­ditus, & servitia, de praedicto tenemento exeuntia, & eidem Domino perti­nentia, quae quidem tenementa idem Johannes habuit, ex dimissione Johannis Shel­ton, & praedictus Thomas Forthe illa tenementa dimisit eidem Johanni Shelton. Et non solvit de redditu praedicto, à morte praedicti Thomae, usque nunc, nisi de­cem solidos per duos annos elapsos. Ideo praeceptum est ipsum distringere pro red­ditu, & summa de arrearagiis ad tunc quadraginta solidos, &c.

Ad hanc Curiam venit Johannes Helyer, filius Matthaei Yeselham, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae & prati contientem, per estimationem sexdecim acrarum terrae, & prati, quae Rober­tus Mordaunt quondam dimisit eisdem Matthaeo & Johanni, & cuidam Margaretae uxori ejusdem Matthaei, matri ejusdem Johannis, ad terminum vitae ipsorum, red­dendo indè annuatim decem solidos, & reparando & sustentando praedicta tene­menta sumptibus suis propriis, durante termino praedicto.

Johannes Smyth tenet unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae, quae priùs tenuit Johanna uxor Johannis de Histow ad terminum vitae ipsius Johannae, reddendo in­dè annuatim sexdecim solidos, & dicta Johanna jam defuncta est, ideo praeceptum est seisire praedicta tenementa in manus Domini.

Item praeceptum est seisire tenementa quae Alicia Bosegate clamavit tenere, & catalla pro reparatione. Ad Curiam Roberti Mordaunt apud Yerdley tentam, die Jovis ante Festum Nativitatis Domini, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Con­questum, nono, Willielmus Henkyn venit, & cognovit tenere de Domino liberè, ex dono & feoffamento Rogeri Henkyn patris sui, unum messuagium & quatuor selliones, adjacentes in crofto, per homagium, fidelitatem, & sectam Curiae, ac reddendo indè annuatim, ad Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, unam rosam rubram deponendam super liminari domus Domini. Et fecit fidelitatem.

Charta Johannis Dardres.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Johannes Dardres nuper de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae Armiger, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea in­dentata confirmavi, Roberto Mordaunt de eadem, Armigero, & Elizabethae uxori ejus, manerium meum de Turveia praedicta, vocatum Ardresmaner; nec non om­nia alia terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, & pasturas, boscos, redditus & servitia, quae habeo in eadem villa, cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis, excepto quodam mes­suagio, in le Tonnedo de Turveia praedicta, situata inter messuagium, nuper Ed­mundi Geffery, ex parte occidentali, & regiam viam, & messuagium Willielmi Shakill ex partibus aliis, cum pertinentiis suis. Habendum & tenendum manerium praedictum, nec non omnia alia praedicta terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pastu­ras, boscos, redditus & servitia, cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis, praefatis, Rober­to, Elizabethae & haeredibus de corpore eorum legitimè procreatis, in perpetuum, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta, [Page 486]sub conditionibus subsequentibus; videlicet, reddendo indè mihi praefato Johanni Dardres & Johannae uxori meae, durante vita utriusque nostrum, diutius viventis, annuatim decem marcas legalis monetae Angliae, ad quatuor anni terminos, videlicet, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Nativitatis Domini, Paschae, & Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, per aequales portiones. Ità quòd si redditus ille à retro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad aliquem terminum praedictum, per unum mensem non solutus, tunc benè liceat mihi dicto Johanni & dictae Johannae, & utrique nostrum diutius viventi, in praedictis, manerio, terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis & boscis distringere, per omnia bona & catalla, in eis inventa, & distri­ctiones captas abducere & retinere, quousque de praedicto redditu, & arrearagiis in­dè si quae fuerint, plenariè fuerit satisfactum; & si praedictus redditus à retro fuerit, in parte vel in toto aliquo tempore in posterum, ultra spatium medietatis unius anni, in defectu praedictorum Roberti & Elizabethae, aut alicujus haeredum suorum, quòd tunc benè liceat mihi dicto Johanni Dardres, haeredibus & assignatis meis, in praedictum manerium, & in omnia alia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus & servitia cum pertinentiis reintrare, & illa in pristino statu meo possidere, & in perpetuum retinere, praesenti Charta & seisina, inde liberata, non obstantibus. Et si praedicti Robertus & Elizabetha obierint sine haerede, de corporibus suis legitime procreato, tunc post decessum ipsorum Roberti & Elizabethae, volo & concedo per praesentes, quòd praedictum manerium, & om­nia alia praedicta terrae & tenementa, cum praedictis pratis, pascuis, pasturis, reddi­tibus & servitiis, cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis (excepto messuagio praeexcepto) cum pertinentiis sub conditionibus praescriptis, rectis haeredibus & assignatis ipsius Roberti remaneat in perpetuum, tenendum de capitalibus Dominis feodorum il­lorum, per servitia indè debita, & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Jo­hannes Dardres, & haeredes mei praedictum manerium, & omnia alia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus & fervitia, cum pertinentiis (excepto messuagio praeexcepto cum pertinentiis) praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitime procreatis, & pro de­fectu exitus, rectis haeredibus & assignatis ipfius Roberti, modo & forma praedicta, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti istius Chartae indentatae penès praedictos Robertum & Elizabetham rema­nenti, ego praefatus Johannes Dardres Sigillum meum apposui, alteri verò parti indè penès me remanenti ipsi Robertus & Elizabetha Sigilla sua apposuerunt. His testibus, Johanne Bromham Priore de Newingham, Rogero Hunt de Chalsterne, Johanne Brigge, Johanne Cotton, Johanne Vaux, Henrico Franklin, Willielmo Shakill, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam duodecimo die Septembris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum Angliae, nono.

Out of the Old Manuscript.

AGnes Foddringey & Robertus Mordaunt, relesse ove garrante tout lour droit, en le Maner de Tymworth cum pertinentiis in Suffolk. Data decimo die Fe­bruarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti, penser pour garrante collateral de Eli­zabeth Waryn.

Concerning Elizabeth, the Wife of Robert Mordaunt, out of the Old Manuscript, is as followeth.

RObertus Oldenby de Oldenby in Comitatu Northamptoniae avoit issue un John & William Oldenby de Isham, & devi, John prist à Femme une Margery, qui fust la fille un Ravenz & per la dist Margery les tenementz en Weppesmade, & Dunstable nova, & avoient issue John, Herry, Robert, Eli­zabet, & Cicile, & devierunt, Herry, morust sans issue, car il n'avoit unque Femme, Robert prist à Femme une .............. qui fuist la fille d'un [Page 487]Tawe de Stareton, propé Daventryam, & avoint issue une fille qui fuist espousée à un Gold, qui manet à Leycestre, & avoit issue ore en plein vie, John qui fuist l'eisné fils, & heir, prist à Femme une Johane qui fuist la fille d'un John Mortimer de Grendon, & avoient issue, entre eux William & Maude, & de­vierunt, William prist à Femme, la fille bastarde de Lucy, avoit issue, William qui ore est, & Elizabet, cestui William le fils, William prist à Femme Mar­get fille de Robert Lakis de Walisborow, in le Counté de Leycestre, & encore n'ont issue Elizabet soeur William prist à baron Herry Hatton de en le Counté de Warwick & ont issue divers fils & filles.

William Oldenby de Isham prist à Femme Elienor Mortimer fille de dit John Mortimer, & avoit issue William Oldenby de Isham, Thomas qui à espousée une Femme d'age de L anz, & n'ont issue, John Oldenby de Northanptona qui prist Femme de L anz & plus, & n'ont issue, & une fille Marget qui prist à baron John Mountgomery de Gayton, & ont issue William, qui ore est, & Isabel qui prist à baron Thomas Croft de Barnwel, en le Counté de Northampton, & avoient issue deux filles, Johane & Anne, & Richard Alen de Bugden juxta Harebo­row prist la dite Anne à Femme, qui sont ore en vie, Maude prist à baron un Robert Canon, d'Oxford, queux encore n'ont issue, la dite Elizabet fille John fils & heir de Robert Oldenby prist à baron un Robert Mordaunt, queux avoient issue, un Maude, Elizabet, & William, & devierount. Maude fuit espousée à un ....... Downham de Londrez, Elizabet à un John Stevenson de Turvey, William prist à Femme une Marget, fille d'un John Perke de Copull, & avoi­ent issue, John Mordaunt qui ore est.

Deinz le Count Northampton John le fils Robert avoit Barton viij mark, Brummington x mark, Raunston x mark, and Would c s. apud Clipston xxxiij s. iiij d. War. Galdonmoreton xxvij s. viij d. Kilmersh in Westhaddon vi s. viij d. Northampton xx s. Oxhampton in Weppesmade x l. Dunstable xvi s. Hol­denby x l.

Memorandum quòd iste discensus factus fuit die Sancti Marci Evangelistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti vicesimo primo, per dictum Johan­nem Mordaunt, ex informatione Johannis Lawe, quondam servientis Jo­hannis Oldenby, filii & haeredis dicti Roberti.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum indentatum pervenerit, Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae Armiger, Salu­tem, Sciatis me praefatum Robertum concessisse, & hoc praesenti scripto meo inden­tato confirmâsse, Willielmo Mordaunt filio meo, & Margaretae uxori ejus, filiae Johannis Pekke de Copull, unum annualem redditum decem librarum, exeun­tem de manerio meo in Turveia, vocato Mordaunts maner, & de omnibus aliis terris & tenementis meis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinen­tiis, quae habeo in eadem villa, & in Brafeld in Comitatu Buckinghamiae spectan­tibus, sive pertinentibus dicto manerio. Habendum & percipiendum dictum an­nualem redditum decem librarum, praefatis Willielmo & Margaretae, & assignatis suls de dictis, manerio, terris, tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis cum suis per­tinentiis, ad terminum vitae meae dicti Roberti & Margaretae uxoris meae, ad duos anni terminos annuatim, videlicet, ad festa sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & An­nunciationis beatae Mariae, per aequales portiones, primo termino solutionis incipi­ente ad festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximum futurum post datum prae­sentium. Et si praedictus annualis redditus à retro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad ali­quod festum praedictorum festuum, ultra spacium unius mensis non solutus, tunc benè liceat praefatis Willielmo & Margaretae & eorum assignatis, in dictis, manerio, terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, cum pertinentiis distringere, per [Page 488]omnia bona & catalla in eis inventa, pro redditu illo sic à retro existente, & districtiones illas sic captas, abducere, asportare, effugare, quo voluerint, & re­tinere quousque de praedicto annuali redditu, cum arrearagiis indè, si quae fuerint, plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et pro majore securitate dicti annualis redditus, ip­sos Willielmum & Margaretam posui in seisina indè per solutionem unius denarii. Proviso tamen, quòd si praefati Willielmus & Margareta obierunt ante obitum mei praedicti Roberti & dictae Elizabethae, quòd tunc praedictus annualis redditus omnino cesset & nemini persolvatur. In cujus rei Testimonium parti hujus scripti indentati, penès praefatos Willielmum & Margaretam remanenti, ego praefatus Ro­bertus sigillum meum apposui, alteri verò parti penès me residenti ipsi Williel­mus & Margareta sigilla sua apposuerunt. Data apud Turveiam quinto decimo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici sexti post Conquestum Angliae, vicesi­mo septimo.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, in Co­mitatu Bedfordiae Armiger, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea con­firmavi Willielmo Holdenby de Isham, Johanni Holdenby de Holdenby, Johanni Turvey de Turveia, & Johanni Bainton de eadem, manerium meum de Turveia praedicta, vocata Mordauntsmaner, & omnia alia terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, molendina, aquas piscarias, insulas, reversiones, custu­mas, redditus & servitia, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & omnibus aliis eorum pertinentiis, quae habeo in dicta villa de Turveia, & in Brayford in Comita­tu Buckinghamiae, die confectionis praesentium dicto manerio pertinentibus seu spectantibus. Habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium, & omnia alia prae­dicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, aquas piscarias, insulas, reversiones, redditus & servitia, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & om­nibus aliis pertinentiis, praefatis, Willielmo, Johanni, Johanni, & Johanni, & eo­rum haeredibus, & assignatis in perpetuum, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illo­rum per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei, praedictum manerium, & omnia alia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, bofcos, aquas piscarias, insulas, reversiones, custumas, red­ditus & servitia, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis praefatis, Willielmo, Johanni, Johanni & Johanni, & eorum haeredibus & assig­natis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimo­nium huic praesenti Chartae sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Brigge, Johanne Eoton, Richardo Shakill, Thoma Walcote, Petro Martine, Richardo Geffery, Thoma Bartolet, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam decimo octavo die A­prilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum Angliae, vicesimo Sep­timo.

Charta Roberti de Mordaunt.

NOverint universi per praesentes me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia in Co­mitatu Bedfordiae Armigerum attornâsse & in loco meo posuisse, dilectum mihi Willielmum Eynsbury de Turveia meum verum & legitimum attorna­tum, ad liberandum vice & nomine meo, Willielmo Holdenby de Isham, Jo­hanni Holdenby de Holdenby, Johanni Turvey de Turveia, & Johanni Bainton de eadem, plenam & pacificam seisinam, de & in manerium meum in Turveia praedicta, vocata Mordauntsmaner & de & in omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, molendinis, aquis piscariis, insulis, reversionibus, custumis, redditibus & servitiis, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & omni­bus aliis eorum pertinentiis, quae habeo in Turveia praedicta, & in Brafeld, in Co­mitatu Buckinghamiae, dicto manerio, die confectionis praesentium, spectantibus, seu [Page 489]pertinentibus, secundùm vim, formam, & effectum, cujusdam Chartae feoffamenti, eisdem Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni, Johanni & Johanni, per me dictum Ro­bertum indè confecti, prout in eadem Charta plenius continetur. Ratum & gra­tum habente & habituro, quicquid dictus Attornatus meus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis. In cujus rei Testimonium prasentibus sigillum apposui. Data apud Turveiam, decimo octavo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Con­questum Angliae, vicesimo septimo.

WILLIAM MORDAƲNT, Third of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Brafield, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER X.

Indentura inter Willielmum Holdenby & Willielmum Mordaunt.

HAEC Indentura facta inter Willielmum Holdenby de Isham, Johannem Holdenby de Holdenby, Johannem Turvey de Turveia, Johannem Bain­ton de eadem, & Elizabetham Mordaunt de eadem, viduam, ex parte una; Et Willielmum Mordaunt de Turveia filium dictae Elizabethae, & Margaretam uxo­rem ejus, & Johannem Pekke de Copull patrem dictae Margaretae, ex parte altera, testatur, quòd iidem Willielmus Holdenby, Johannes Holdenby, Johannes Turvey, Johannes Bainton, & Elizabetha, concesserunt, tradiderunt, & ad firmam dimise­runt, praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt, Margaretae & Johanni Pekke, situm manerii ipsorum Willielmi Holdenby, Johannis Holdenby, Johannis Turvey, Johannis Bainton, & Elizabethae, in Turveia, vocati Mordaunts-maner, & situm manerii praefatae Elizabethae, in eadem villa vocati Ardres-maner, una cum terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, subscriptis, dictis maneriis pertinentibus, videlicet totum campum vocatum Westfeld, Ardresstrokkyng, Knightesstokkyng, totum campum vocatum Hodewyke, Mauncelysfeld, Blathwikes, Longcroft, Broadmedefeld, videlicet, Wodestokkyng, & totum le Brodedole, totum le Peryfurlong totum le Ne­therhanger, Middelhyll, Cronlehill, & lez viginti acras terrae in eodem cam­po, & totum campum suum vocatum Wolsey, cum omnibus pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & sladis, in dictis campis existentibus, & eis pertinentibus, & cum una pecia terrae vocatae Colynspeece & Radesbushspeece, Wikill, Durantescroft, cum Depstade, exceptis omnibus boscis & subboscis suis, in eisdem campis, & villa existentibus, & Columbario in dicto manerio vocato Mordaunts-maner, & omnibus stagnis in dictis sitis dictorum maneriorum, & boscis existentibus, quae dicti Willielmus Holdenby, Johannes Holdenby, Johannes Turvey, Johannes Bainton, & Elizabetha reservant, una cum liberis introitu & exitu ad eadem, pro se & servientibus suis, & aliis eorum nomine illuc venientibus, cum equis & carectis, to­ties quoties voluerint, tam par vias ex antiquo visitatas, quam per campos prae­dictos, cum non seminantur, ac per pasturas praedictas prout antiquitus fieri con­suevit, excepto le Blakepond, quod dicti firmarii habebunt, quamdiu praedictam firmam tenent. Habendum & tenendum praedictos situs maneriorum praedictorum & omnia alia praedicta, terras, prata, pascua, pasturas, & dictum stagnum vocatum Blakepond, cum les sladis praenominatis, exceptis praeexceptis, praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt, Margaretae & Johanni Pekke, & eorum assignatis, à Festo Sancti Mi­chaelis Archangeli proximo futuro post datum praesentium, usque ad finem & ter­minum sexaginta annorum, extunc proximo sequentium, & plenariè completorum, edde ndo indè annuatim praefatis Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni [Page 490]Turvey, Johanni Bainton, & Elizabethae, decem libras legalis monetae Angliae ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad Festa Annunciationis beatae Mariae, & Sancti Mi­chaelis Archangeli per aequales portiones, aut exonerando praefatos Willielmum Holdenby, Johannem Holdenby, Johannem Turvey, Johannem Bainton, & Eliza­betham, annuatim, de quodam annuali redditu decem librarum, quem Robertus Mordaunt nuper de Turveia Armiger defunctus concessit praefatis, Willielmo Mor­daunt & Margaretae, durante vita dictae Elizabethae, exeunte de dicto manerio vo­cato Mordaunts-maner, & aliis terris & tenementis eidem manerio pertinentibus, vi­delicet ad quodlibet festum dictorum festorum, quamdiu ipsi firmam praedictam occupaverint, aut aliquis eorum occupaverit, virtute dimissionis praedictae, de cen­tum solidis per sufficientem aquietationem, de festo in festum dictorum festorum indè factam, ad electionem dictorum Willielmi Holdenby, Johannis Holdenby, Jo­hannis Turvey, Johannis Bainton, & Elizabethae, proviso semper quòd si praefata Elizabetha obierit, aut praefati Willielmus Mordaunt & Margareta obierint, infra dictum terminum sexaginta annorum, quòd extunc praedicta dimissio omnnino cesset, ità quòd tunc benè licebit dictis Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni Turvey, Johanni Bainton & Elizabethae, Haeredibus & assignatis, in dictum situm dicti manerii vocati Mordaunts-maner, cum dictis terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, stagno vocato Blakepond, & les sladis, eidem manerio pertinentibus, reintrare, & ea in pristino statu suo possidere, & retinere, ad faciendum indè voluntatem dicti Roberti. Et si praedictus annualis redditus decem librarum, quem praefati Williel­mus Mordaunt, Margareta, & Johannes Pekke, pro firma praedicta solvere tenen­tur, à retro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad aliquod festorum praedictorum non solu­tus ultra quindecim dies, & Willielmus Mordaunt, & Margareta aquietantiam de centum solidis pro quolibet festo dictorum festorum, pro parte solutionis dicti annualis redditus decem librarum, quem praefatus Robertus, ut praedictum est, eis concessit, facere recusaverint, aut eorum alter recusaverit, tunc benè licebit dictis Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni Turvey, Johanni Bainton, & Elizabethae pro redditu firmae praedictae à retro existente, in dictis sitis ac omnibus terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & sladis dictae firmae distringere, per omnia bona & catalla in eis inventa, & districtiones captas abducere, asportare, effugare, quo vo­luerint, & retinere quosque de redditu illo, & arreargiis indè plenariè suerit sa­tisfactum. Et si nulla sufficiens districtio in iis inveniatur per mensem post aliquem terminum, quo redditus ille solvi debeat, tunc benè licebit praefatis, Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni Turvey, Johanni Bainton & Elizabethae, & eorum haeredibus & assignatis, in praedictos sitos maneriorum praedictorum, & in omnia praedicta terras, prata, pascua, pasturas, & sladas, cum pertinentiis, re­intrare, & ea in pristino statu suo possidere, & retinere in forma praedicta, his Indenturis non obstantibus. Et praefati Willielmus Mordaunt, Margareta & Jo­hannes Pekke, omne onus reparationis domorum, & sepium praedictae firmae, du­rante termino praedicto, portabunt, & omnia onera reddituum & servitiorum, quin­torum decenniorum, & subsidiorum ejusdem firmae, contra quoscunque praefati Wil­lielmus Holdenby, Johannes Holdenby, Johannes Turvey, Johannes Bainton & Elizabetha, portabunt, quamdiu ipsi firmarii, firmam praedictam virtute dimissionis praedictae, tenuerint, aut eorum unus tenuerit. Et tam diu iidem firmarii habe­bunt de boscis, subboscis, & spinis dicti manerii vocati Mordaunts-maner, house­bote, haybote, ploughbote, cartebote, harrewbote, barrewbote, faldebote & ferebote, quantum iis rationaliter indigebit, manerio illo expendenda absque ven­ditione per liberationem dictae Elizabethae aut sui deputati. In cujus rei testimo­nium partes praedictae his Indenturis Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Data apud Turveiam vicesimo die Julii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexi post Conque­stum Angliae, vicesimo septimo. Haec Indentura duplificatur.

Charta Roberti Tanfield & Elizabethae uxoris ejus.

HAEC Indentura facta octavo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti post Conquestum Angliae, nono, inter Robertum Tanfield de Gayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigerum, & Elizabetham uxorem ejus, ex una parte, & Willielmum Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae Armigerum, filium ejusdem Elizabethae, & Margaretam uxorem ejus, ex altera parte, testatur, quòd praefati Robertus & Elizabetha, tradiderunt, & ad firmum dimiserunt praefatis, Willielmo & Margaretae, omnia terras & tenementa sua, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus, & servitia, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta. Habendum & tenendum praefatis Willielmo & Margaretae, à Festo San­cti Michaelis Archangeli, ultimo jam praeterito, usque ad finem & terminum qua­draginta annorum, extunc proximo sequentium, & plenariè complendorum, red­dendo indè annuatim praefatis Roberto & Elizabethae, durante termino praedicto, in Ecclesia de Gayton praedicta, viginti quatuor libras, & quatuor denarios, legalis monetae Angliae, ad Festa Paschae, & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, per aequales por­tiones, si ipsa Elizabetha tamdiu vixerit. Quam quidem annuam summam viginti quatuor librarum, & quatuor denariorum, iidem Willielmus & Margareta conce­dunt, pro se & haeredibus suis, praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, per praesentes, quòd ipsi & haeredes sui, eidem Roberto & Elizabethae, annuatim, ad festa praedi­cta, in eadem Ecclesia solvent, aut eorum aliquis solvet. Et si contingat dictum annualem redditum viginti quatuor librarum, & quatuor denariorum, aut aliquem parcellam indè à retro fore non solutam in Ecclesia praedicta post aliquod festum festorum praedictorum, per quarterium unius anni, aut contingat quòd aliquod va­stum in aliquo praemissorum, durante termino praedicto, fieri, quòd tunc benè liceat praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, in omnia eadem terras, & tenementa, prata, pas­cua & pasturas, molendinas, stagna, piscaria, boscos, redditus & servitia, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, intrare, & ea in pristino statu suo tenere, & possidere, his indenturis in aliquo non obstantibus. Et iidem Willielmus Mordaunt & Mar­gareta; etiam concedunt pro se & haeredibus suis, praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, per praesentes, quòd ipsi & haeredes sui, omnia terras & tenementa & caetera prae­missa sufficienter reparabunt, & sustentabunt, sumptibus suis propriis, & expensis. Ac omnia alia onera, redditus & servitia, tam Domino rege, quam capitalibus do­minis feodi illius, annuatim solvent & supportabunt, durante termino praedicto. Eti­am iidem Willielmus & Margareta concedunt pro se & haeredibus suis, per praesen­tes, praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, quòd ipsi non allegabunt, nec aliquis eorum allegabit, aliquam aquietantiam, sive aliquod scriptum exonerationis, aut aliquam solutionem redditus praedicti, sive alicujus indè parcellae, allegatum sit, alibi fore triable, quam per visum praedictum, quòd tunc illa aquietantia, scriptum solutionis, & exonerationis, nullius sint vigoris, nec effectus in lege, sed omni suo robore ca­reant & virtute. Proviso semper quòd si, & quandocunque contigerit, ipsam Eli­zabetham infra terminum praedictum obire, extunc praedicta traditio, & dimissio vacuae sint & nullius valoris nec effectus, & quòd solutio redditus praedicti, extunc solubilis non existat, his indenturis non obstantibus. In cujus rei Testimonium partes prae­dictae his indenturis sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Data die & anno praedicto.

Charta Johannis Bainton.

NOverint universi per praesentes me Johannem Bainton de Turveia, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnimodo pro me & haeredibus meis in perpetuum quietum clamâsse, Willielmo Mordaunt de eadem, Gentilman, Johanni Mordaunt, Johan­ni Tawe clerico, Johanni Faux clerico & Willielmo Geliott clerico, haeredibus & assignatis suis, totum jus meum & clameum quae habeo, habui, vel quovis mo­do in futurum habere potero, de & in omnibus illis maneriis, cum omnibus juribus, [Page 492]commoditatibus, & pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, ac aliis omnibus illis terris & te­nementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, redditibus & servitiis, cum suis pertinen­tiis omnibus, quae nuper habui conjunctim, cum Johanne Holdenby de Holdenby Armigero, Willielmo Holdenby de Isham, & Johanne Fisher, alias dicto Johanne Turvey de Turveia, jam defunctis, ex dono & feoffamento Roberti Mordaunt nuper de Turveia praedicta Armigeri, in villa & campis de Turveia praedicta, & alibi in Comitatibus Bedfordiae, & Buckinghamiae, ut in quadam Charta ipsius Roberti Mor­daunt nobis indè confecta plenariè liquet. Ita quòd nec ego praedictus Johannes Bainton nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, aliquod juris vel clamei in dictis maneriis cum pertinentiis suis, neque in aliis dictis terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, redditibus & servitiis praedictis cum suis pertinentiis, nec in aliqua parcella indè de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus. Sed ab om­ni actione juris vel clamei indè sumus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes, sigillo meo sigillatas. His testibus, Johanne Richardson de Hardmeade, Richardo Scha­bury de Newinton, Humfrido Sherley de Harwold, Rogero Bonham de Carleton, Thoma Walcote de Turveia, & multis aliis. Datas apud Turveiam praedictam vicesimo sexto die mensis Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi quarti, undecimo.

Charta Johannis Bainton.

HAEC indentura facta vicesimo die Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi quarti undecimo, testatur, quòd Johannes Bainton de Turveia, tradidit, con­cessit, & ad firmum dimisit Willielmo Mordaunt de eadem, Johanni Mordaunt, Jo­hanni Tawe clerico, Johanni Faux clerico, & Willielmo Geliott clerico, omnia illa mane­ria sua, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis, juribus & commoditatibus quibuscun­que, & omnia alia illa terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus & ser­vitia, cum suis pertinentiis universis, quae nuper habuit, conjunctim cum Johanne Holden­by Armigero, Willielmo Holdenby, & Johanne Fisher, alias dicto Johanne Turvey, jam defunctis, ex dono & feoffamento Roberti Mordaunt, nuper de Turveia praedicta Armigeri, situata, & jacentia in vila & campis de Turveia praedicta, & alibi in Comitatibus Bedfordiae & Buckinghamiae. Habendum & tenendum omnia illa prae­dicta maneria, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentibus quibuscunque, absque ali­quo retinemento, ac omnia alia praedicta terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pastu­ras, boscos, redditus & servitia cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt, Johanni Mordaunt, Johanni Tawe, Johanni Faux, & Willielmo Ge­liott, clericis, & assignatis suis, à festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, ultimo praete­rito, usque ad finem & terminum decem annorum, tunc proximum sequentium, & plenarie completorum, reddendo indè annuatim praefato Johanni Bainton, & as­signatis suis, durante termino praedicto, ad festum natalis Domini, duos capones, & solvendo omnia servitia de dictis maneriis, cum pertinentiis, terris, tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, redditibus & servitiis, exeuntia, durante termino praedicto. In cujus rei testimonium huic parti istius indenturae, penès praefatum Jo­hannem Bainton remanenti, praedicti, Willielmus Mordaunt, Johannes Mordaunt, Johannes Tawe, Johannes Faux, & Willielmus Geliott, clerici, sigilla sua apposue­rint; alterae parti penès eos remanenti, praedictus Johannes Bainton sigillum suum apposuit.

Data apud Turveiam praedictam die & anno supradictis.

Sigillo fracto.

Sir JOHN MORDAƲNT, Knight, First of that Name, Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, and Counsellor of State to King Henry the Seventh. CHAPTER XI.

Charta Johannis Mordaunt.

TO all Christian People, to whom this present Writing shall come, John Mordaunt of Turvey of the County of Bedford, Gentilman, sendeth greet­ing in our Lord God. Whereas Margaret Mordaunt, my Moder, holdeth the Maners called Mordaunts-maner, and Dardres-maner, and divers Lands and Te­nements, called Maunsellis, Blatherwykes, and divers other Lands and Tenements, with the appurteneces, in the Parish of Turvey aforesaid, from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, after the Conquest the nineteenth, unto the end and term of fourty Years, then next following. the reversion thereof to me the said John belonging. Know ye me the said John, to have given, and by this my present Deed confirmed, to Thomas King, Parson of the Moyite of the Church of Turvey, John Ʋynter of Kerdington, John Poley of Bydenham, and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey aforesaid, the reversion of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances, the Rent unto the said Lessee reserved. To have and perceive to them and to their Heirs for ever­more. And Whereas the said Margaret holdeth the Mills of Turvey, with di­vers Holmes and Waters, from Year to Year yielding to me therefore yearly ten Pounds of Lawful Money; and ... Son William Ball holdeth divers Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances, called Wellynz for the Term of six Years. Know ye me the said John Mordaunt to have given, and granted to the said Tho­mas Vynter, John Vynter, John Poley, and Richard, the reversion of the said Mills, Holmes, Waters, Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances, to have to them and to their Heirs for evermore. And I the said John Mordaunt and my Heirs, all the said Maners, Mills, Waters, Holmes, Lands and Tenements with the appur­tenances, unto the said Thomas, and John Vynter, John Poley, and Richard, and to their Heirs, shall warrant for ever. In witness whereof I put my Seal. Witness, John Richardson, William Bargeman, William Everard. Given at Turvey the six and twentieth day of September, in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth the one and twentieth.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS MORDAVNT

Charta Johannis Mordaunt.

TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing shall come, John Mordaunt greeting in God. Whereas one Hugh Jacob holdeth the Maner of Botelers, in the Parish of Walden, within the County of Essex, with the appur­tenances, except three Acres and a half of arable Land, half an Acre of Meede, a Close called Horsecroft, and eight Shillings four Pence, and one Pound of Pepper, of free Rent from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, the eleventh, unto the end and Term of sixteen Years, then next following, of the demise of William Mordaunt, Fader to me the said John, which after the Death of the said William, to me the said John, as Son and Heir to the said William, ought to descend. Know ye me the said John to have gi­ven and granted, and by this present Deed confirmed to Thomas King, Parson of the Moyite of the Church of Turvey, John Vynter of Kerdington, John Poley of By­denham and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey, the reversion of the said Maner with the appurtenances, except before excepted, to have to them and to their Heirs for evermore. And also I give and grant, and by this present Deed confirm un­to the said Thomas King, John Vynter, John Poley, and to Richard Stevynson the said three Acres and a half of Land, half an Acre of Meede, the Close called Horse­croft, eight Shillings four Pence, and one Pound of Pepper, of free Rent with the appurtenances. To have and perceive to them and to their Heirs for evermore, of the chief Lords of the Fee, by the services due and accustomed. And I the said John and my Heirs the said Maner with the appurtenances to the said Thomas, John, John and Richard, and to their Heirs shall warrant for evermore. In witness whereof I put my Seal. Witness, John Richardson, William Bargeman, William Eve­rard. Given at Turvey the twenty sixth day of September, in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, the one and twentieth.

A Letter from King Richard the Third to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt, Gentilman.
[signature of Richard III]
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greete you wele. And forsomuch as Wee, with God's Grace, intend to bring into our obeysance, our Castles, kept by our Traytors and Rebels in the North Parts of our Land, and therefore will in our Per­son remove to Morrow towards these said Parties, to stablish the means that may best serve thereunto, We pray you heartily that you, being accompanied with as many Persons, defensibly arrayed, as may goodly accord with your ease, meet with us at Leicestre the tenth day of May next coming, furnished with good for yours and their expences, to attend upon us from thence for the space of two Months for the said cause. And that natheless ye be ready with the said Persons in the said array upon the warning of a day, next after the fourth day of May, to attend upon us as the case shall require for the said intent. Not failing hereof as our trust is in you and as ye tender the assured rest of our said Land. Given under our Signet at our Tower of London the Twenty fifth of April.

A Letter from King Richard the Third to John Mordaunt and William Salisbury.

To our Trusty and Welbeloved John Mordaunt and William Salisbury, and to every of them.
[signature of Richard III]
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greete you wele. And forasmuch as by the ad­vice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this our Land, late assembled at our Palace of Westminster, we be fully determined by God's Grace, to address us in Person with Host Royal, toward the parties of our Enemies, and Rebels of Scotland at the beginning of this next Sommer, to subdue and do them the an­noyance possible both by Sea and Land, in saving as well this our Land from such inconveniencies, as else were like to ensue, as the Honour of Us and of our Blood, and true Liegemen, inhabited and inherited within this our Land. Wee having perfect and certain Trust of your Good-will, Aid, and Assistance to this our great Voyage, and knowing how useful and necessary your presence shall be to us in the same, will and desire you right effectually, and natheless charge you in the strait­est wise, that incontinent, upon the sight of this our Writing, ye dispose you to serve Us personally in Our said Voyage, accompanied, and apparelled for the War according to your degree, so and in such wise, that by the first day of May next coming, ye be ready, and readily pass forward with Us in the said Journey, so accompanied as aforesaid; and that in giving credence to the Bear­ers hereof ye send Us by them your Intent and Mind, and what assistance we shall be sure to have of you in this behalf, as Our very trust is in you. Given under Our Signet at Our Tower of London the eighteenth day of February. And howbeit we purpose by God's help to set forward upon our Journey the said first day of May next coming, yet natheless We be content that ye be with Us at Our Town of Newcastle the last day of the said Month of May.

A Letter from King Henry the Seventh to John Mordaunt, Gentleman.

To our Trusty and Welbeloved John Mordaunt, Gentleman, of our County of Bedford.
[signature of Henry VII]
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, We greete you wele. And whereas we have directed Our Commission, and certain Instructions in Writting to Our trusty and welbeloved Maister Walter Felde, Clerk, Thomas Fouler, Squier, and others, to do and exercise in Our Name, and the usual wele of this Our Realm, such things as be comprised in the said Commissions and Instructions. We for the great trust [Page 496]we have in you, desire and heartily pray you, that at such season as Our said Com­missioners shall repair unto these parties to execute the said Commandment, Ye, upon the sight of the said Commission and Instructions, which our said Commissio­ners, shall shew unto you, be unto them in all things concerning the same, Counsel­ing, Aiding, and Assisting, Exhorting, and by your discretion and wisdom moving, and inducting all such Persons, as Our said Commissioners shall name un­to you, to the good accomplishment of Our other Letters at this same time sent un­to them, and to Our said Commissioners by Us delivered, not failing hereof in any wise as Our special trust is in you. Given under Our Signet at Our Castle of Windsor the three and twentieth day of January.

The Indenture of Marriage between William Mordaunt and Anne Huntington.

THis Indenture tripartited, made the fourteenth day of February, the tenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the seventh, between Thomas Huntington of Hempsteed next beside Radwinter, in the County of Essex, Esquire, oon that oon, John Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, Esquire, and William Mor­daunt his Younger Broder, oon that second Partie, and Robert Parys of Little Lyn­ton, in the County of Cantebrig, Esquire, and John Parys, Son and Heir appa­rent of the said Robert, oon that third Partie, Witnesseth, That the said William, by the Grace of God, shall take to his Wife Anne, one of the Daughters and Heirs apparent of the said Thomas Huntington, and Margaret his Wife; and likewise the same Anne, by the Grace of God, shall take to her Husband the said William: The Solemnization of the said Matrimony to be had, and done, by the fifth day of June next coming, at the Cost and Charges of the said William, as well in Apparel as in Meat, and Drink and other Charges. It is also assented, covenanted, and bargained, between the said Parties, That the said Thomas Huntington, shall have to him for Term of his Life, without Impeachment of wast, all the Maners of Crochemans in the County of Cantebrig, and all other Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, and Ser­vices, with their Appurtenances, in Mochesampford, little Sampford, Mocheradwinter, little Radwinter, Fynchingfeld, Ashdon, Barklowe, Stevyngton, Bimsted, Helionbim­sted, next beside Mocheradwinter in the County of Essex, and Trumpyngton, Cam­bridge, Newnham, next besides Cambridge, Saweston, Baburgham, Wittelff, Trippolo, and Cleyhithe in the said County of Cantebrig, and elsewhere in the said Counties of Essex, and Cantebrig, whereof the said Thomas Huntington, or any other Person or Persons to his use, at this time stand or be seized. And after his Decease all the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and Appurtenances, shall be, go, and remain to the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, the Elder Daughter, and oon of the Heirs apparent of the said Thomas Huntington, and of Margaret his Wife, and to the said William and Anne, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Margaret, now Wife to the said John Parys, and Anne, lawfully and generally begotten. And for default of Issue of the Body of the said Margaret, lawfully begotten, all her part of the premises, shall be, go, and remain to the said Anne, and to the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten: And likewise in default of Issue of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, all her part of the premises, shall be, go, and remain to the said Margaret, now Wife of the said John Parys, and to the Heirs of her Body, lawful­ly begotten: And for default of Issue of the Bodies of the said Margaret, and of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, all the said Maners, Tenements, and other Pre­mises with the Apputenances, shall be, go, and remain to the said Thomas Hun­tington, and to the Heirs of his Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of Is­sue, all the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, shall be, go, and remain to the right Heirs of the Body of Robert Huntington, Son of Walter Huntington, lawfully begotten, and to the Heirs of the Bodies of those Heirs, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue to remain to Catherine, now Wife of John Wetham, and Sister to the said Walter Huntington, and to the [Page 497]Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Thomas Huntington for ever. And for the further ac­complishment of the same, the said Thomas Huntington, before the Feast of the Assension of our Lord God, next coming, shall make, or cause to be made, to George Nicolls, John Jenour, and Thomas Thorpe, and to their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful E­state of all the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises with their appurtenances, to the said use and intent, as by the Councel of the said John Mordaunt, and Robert Parys shall be devised: And the same Thomas Hun­tington before the Feast of Saint Martin, in Winter next coming, shall suffer all such Recoveries to be had by William Fyndern, Knight, William Thyne, Esquire, John Mordaunt, Esquire, Thomas Frowyke, Esquire, Robert Tyrall, Esquire, Richard Hig­ham, Esquire, Robert Bradbury, Gentilman, John Ʋynter, Gentilman, and William Gascoigne, Gentilman, or by and against such of them as then shall be in Life, to make sure all the said Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises with their Appurtenances, to the uses and intents abovesaid: And the said Thomas shall do, and suffer to be done, in the same, Recoveries, at such time as reasonably shall be devised by the said William Mordaunt, and John Parys, their Heirs and Assigns, at the Cost and Charges of the said William and John. It is also assented and agreed between the said Parties, that the said William Fyndern, and the other De­mandents before rehearsed, shall at the assignment desire, or according to the last Will of the said Thomas Huntington, make a Grant or Grants, of forty Shillings by Year, yearly going out of the said Maners of Crochemans with the Appur­tenances in the County of Essex, and of other forty Shillings by Year, yearly go­ing out of the said Maner of Trumpyngton, with the Appurtenances in the County of Cantebrig, to oon, two, three or four Persons severally, or jointly, at the Pleasure of the said Thomas Huntington, to be named during the Lives of them, to whom it shall be so granted. It is also agreed, that the said Thomas Huntington, by the assent and agreement of the said Robert Parys and John Parys, his Son, and John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, his Brother, that at the pleasure of the said Thomas Huntington, they shallcause all the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, and other the Premises to be divided into two equal Parts, and that Division of equally done, and made, the said John Parys and William Mordaunt, shall thereof make choice, as by the said Thomas Huntington, John Mordaunt and Robert Parys, and other Friends shall be devised and agreed, and after that Division and choice so made and had, the said Wil­liam Fyndern, William Cheyne, John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyke, Robert Tyrall, Ri­chard Higham, Robert Bradbury, John Vynter, and William Gascoigne, to stand and be seiz­ed of Part of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances al­ted to the said William and Anne, and by them so chosen, to the use of the said Thomas Huntington during his Life, without impeachment of Wast: And after his Thomas Huntington during his Life, without impeachment of Wast: And after his Decease to the use and behoof there, I the said William Mordaunt and Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof of the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Margaret, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof of the said Thomas Huntington, and of the Heirs of his Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and be­hoof there, of the right Heirs of the Body of the said Robert Huntington, law­fully begotten, and of the Heirs of the Bodies of those Heirs, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said Catha­rine, and of the Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the useand behoof there, of the said Thomas Huntington, and of his Heirs for ever. And in like wise, after division in form aforesaid made and had, the said William Fyndern, William Thyne, John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyke, John Vyn­ter, and William Gascoigne, to stand and be seized of the said Part of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements with their Appurtenances, so allotted to the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and by them so chosen to the use and behoof [Page 498]of the said Thomas Huntington, for term of Life, without any Impeachment of Waste: And after his Decease, to the use and behoof there, of the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Marga­ret, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said William Mordaunt, and Anne, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said Thomas Huntington, and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the right Heirs of the Body of the said Robert Huntington, lawfully begotten, and of the Heirs of the Bodies of those Heirs, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said Catharine, and of the Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and be­hoof there, of the said Thomas Huntington and of his Heirs for ever. And if no Partition be made and agreed to, of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements in the Life of the said Thomas Huntington, that then it is agreed between the said Parties that after his Decease, the said William Mordaunt and Anne, or oon of them, or the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, shall make equal Partition of all the said Maners Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, and after that Partition so made, the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, or the said Margaret, or the Heirs of the same Margaret, lawfully begotten, shall chuse at their pleasure oon of the Part so divided, to hold it in severalty; and the said William Mordaunt and Anne, or the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, to have the other Part thereof so divided, and to hold it in severalty according, and in like Form and Estates, with the remainder of every of the said Parties over, as is limited above, and as they should have holden it, if they had had choice of the same, after Partition made by the said Thomas Huntington. Also it is agreed and covenanted, That the said Thomas Hun­tington, at the Costs and Charges of the said William Mordaunt and John Parys, shall cause all the Charters, Escripts, Muniments, and Writings concerning the Premises. These Indentures only excepted, to be indifferently seen and divided, and the Evi­dences belonging to every of the said parties, after division and choice thereof, in Form aforesaid made, to be laid in the Abbey of Walden by themselves, if the Ab­bot and Covent of the same place, will thereto agree, to the use of the said Thomas Huntington, during his Life, and after his Decease to be delivered to the said John Parys, and Margaret his Wife, and William Mordaunt, and Anne, and the Heirs of the said Mordaunt and Anne, according to the choice of such Estates as is aforesaid. And if the Abbot and Covent of Walden aforesaid will not thereto agree, then the same Evidences to be laid in some other place, in safeguard, as shall be divised by the said Thomas Huntington, John Parys, and William Mordaunt, to the said use and intent. For the which premises well and truly to be performed, the said William Mordaunt shall pay to the said Thomas Huntington, three hundred Marks of lawful Money of England, in form following; that is to say, at the Sealing of these In­dentures one hundred Marks of lawful Money of England, and over that for pay­ment of the residue of the said Money, the said William Mordaunt, before the said day of Marriage, shall cause the said John Mordaunt, his Brother, and John Ʋyn­ter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, Gentilmen, to be bound jointly and severally in three several Obligations, every of them containing the summ of forty Pounds, whereof the day of payment of the first Obligation, shall be the First day of February, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hundred ninety five; and the day of payment of the second Obligation, shall be the First day of Fe­bruary, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hundred ninety six; and the day of payment of the third Obligation, shall be the First day of February, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hundred and ninety seven. And over that the said William Mordaunt, shall cause the said John Mordaunt, John Vynter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, before the said day of Marriage, for payment of thir­teen Pound six shillings eight pence, residue of the said three hundred Marks, to be [Page 499]bound jointly and severally to the said Thomas Huntington, in a fourth Obligation pay­able the first day of February, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hun­dred ninety eight. It is also covenanted and agreed between the said Parties, and the said Thomas Huntington granteth by these Presents, That, if the said William Mordaunt, die before any of the said days of payment, specified in any of the said Obligations, then having none Issue begotten of the Body of the said Anne, That thence all the said Obligations, whereof the days of payment shall come after his Death, shall be void, and the payments of them to cease; except always, That if the said Anne be with child at the time of the decease of the said William Mordaunt, that then as long as that Child lives, the payment to hold, and the Obligations to be good, and in strength; and if that Child happen to die, then all the Obligations, whereof the days of pay­ment shall be to come at the time of the death of the said Child, shall be void, and the payment of them shall cease. And the said John Mordaunt and William grant, by these presents, That they shall make, or cause to be made, before the said day of Marriage, to the said William Mordaunt and Anne, and to the Heirs of the body of the said William, lawfully begotten, and to the use and behoof of the said William and Anne, and of their Heirs aforesaid, as sure, sufficient and law­ful estate of the Maner of Wodend, otherwise called Rokesden Wodend, with the Appurtenances in the County of Bedford; and all the Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services with their Appurtenances, in Rokesden, Bereford, Chal­nestre, Colmorth, and Collesden, in the same County of Bedford; and all the Lands and Tenements in Chichmersh and Clopton, in the County of Northampton, where­of the said John Mordaunt, or any other to the use of the said John, or of his Heirs, at the making of these Presents, being sealed, as shall be devised by the Learned Councel of the said Thomas Huntington, at the costs and charges of the said William Mordaunt; And moreover the said William shall cause the said John Mordaunt, John Vynter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, to be bound to the said Thomas Huntington in an Obligation of a hundred pounds, to make, or cause to be made be­fore the First day of April, that shall be in the Year of our Lord, one thousand four hundred and ninety eight, an Enfeoffment and lawful Estate, of Lands and Tenements, to the Yearly value of an hundred and six Shillings and eight pence, over all Charges to the said William Mordaunt and Anne, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said William Mordaunt lawfully begotten; and wherefore, afore this time certain Covenants were made and had between the said Thomas Huntington and Robert Parys, upon Marriage had between the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and thereupon the said Robert Parys payed to the said Thomas Huntington, an hundred and forty Pounds of lawful Money of England, and also promised a Join­ture of Lands and Tenements, to the Yearly value of twenty Marks, then imme­diately to be paid to the said Margaret, and after his Decease, to have a further Join­ture of Ten Marks for Term of her Life, which Jointure in all should be of the Yearly Value of twenty Pounds, which is well and truly executed and performed, and for that the said Thomas Huntington should leave to his Heirs, Lands and Tene­ments, to the Yearly Value of an Hundred Marks, as in an Old pair of Indentures, made between the said Robert Parys on the one Partie, and the said Thomas Hunting­ton on the other Partie, among other more plainly appeareth; which Covenants the said Robert Parys hath renounced, and released, and by these Presents now re­nounceth, and releaseth unto the said Thomas Huntington. It is now assented and agreed between the said Thomas Huntington, Robert Parys, and William Mordaunt for the Premises, to be performed to the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, as is abovesaid, That all the Covenants comprised in the Old Indentures of the part of the said Robert Parys to be performed; and the Indenture of the same for the part of the said Robert, shall be, and stand in their force: And moreover that William Fyndern, Knight, and others that be now enfeoffed in the Maner of Hildersham, and of other Lands, and Tenements in Hildersham in the said County of Cantebrig, shall be, and stand seoffed thereof, to the use of the said Margaret for a Jointure for Term of her Life, of [Page 500]Lands and Rents in Hildersham aforesaid, and to the Yearly Value of ten Marks, over and beside the Jointure of twenty Pounds, to be had after the Death of the said Robert Parys; and the said Robert Parys shall pay to the said Thomas Huntington, ten Pounds of lawful Money of England, in Form following; That is to say, Year­ly five Marks at the Feast of Hallowmesse, till the said ten Pounds be payed. In Wit­ness whereof to the part of these Indentures, remaining with the said Thomas Hun­tington, the said John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, and Robert Parys, and John Parys, have set to their Seals. To the second part of these Indentures, re­maining with the said John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, the said Thomas Huntington, Robert Parys, and John Parys, have set to their Seals: And to the third part of these Indentures, remaining with the said Robert Parys, and John Pa­rys, the said Thomas Huntington, John Mordaunt and William Mordaunt, have set to their Seals, the said Fourteenth day of February, the tenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh. John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, John Parys.

Junctura Annae uxoris Willielmi Mordaunt.

SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Johannes Mordaunt de Turveia, Armiger, dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Willielmo Mordaunt, fratri meo juniori, & Annae Huntington, filiae Thomae Huntington de Hempsted, Armigeri, Manerium meum de Wodend cum pertinentiis, nec non omnia terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia mea, cum suis pertinentiis in Rokes­den, Bereford, Chalnestre, Colmorth & Collesden, in Comitatu Bedfordiae, quae nuper fuerunt Johannis Carlile. Dedi etiam & concessi & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt, & Annae, omnia, terras & tenementa mea, cum suis pertinentiis in Tychmerch & Clopton, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, quae nuper fuerunt Thomae Hunt. Habendum & tenendum omnia & singula, ma­nerium, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, & servitia cum suis pertinentiis, praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Annae, & haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis. Et ego praedictus Johannes Mordaunt & haeredes mei, omnia & singula, manerium, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, & servitia, cum suis pertinentiis praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Annae, & haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis, contra omnes homines warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & defendemus in perpetuum per praesentes. Noveritis insuper me praefatum Johannem Mordaunt, attornâsse, constituisse, & in loco meo posuisse, di­lectos mihi in Christo, Henricum Handson & Richardum Stevynson conjunctim & divisim, meos veros & legitimos attornatos, ad intrandum in omnia & singula, ma­nerium, terras & tenementa praedicta, cum suis pertinentiis, & seisinam nomine meo in iisdem capiendum, & post hujusmodi seisinam sic inde captam, & habitam, seisinam de iisdem nomine meo praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Annae & haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis, deliberandum secundum vim, for­mam, & effectum, hujus praesentis Chartae meae, ratum & gratum habendum totum & quicquid iidem Attornati mei fecerint, seu eorum alter fecerit nomine meo in praemissis. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Chartae meae sigillum meum apposui. Data ultimo die Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi post Con­questum, decimo.

Per me Johannem Mordaunt.

Charta Regis Henrici Septimi, Ad constituendum Johannem Mordaunt unum servientium ad legem.

HEnricus Dei Gratia, Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Omni­bus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd nos ex mero motu & scientia nostra constituimus Johannem Mordaunt unum servientium [Page 501]nostrorum ad legem, nec non cessimus eidem Johanni, officium unius servientium nostrorum ad legem, habendum, occupandum, & exercendum dictum officium; nec non ad essendum unum servientium nostrorum ad legem, quamdiu nobis placuerit capiendum, & accipiendum, annuatim pro officio illo exercendo, ab eodem Johanne, vadia, feoda, vesturam & regarda, dicto officio debita seu pertinentia, prout alii servientes ad legem pro hujusmodi officio exercendo percipient, seu habere, vel percipere debent. In cujus rei Testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus paten­tes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Novembris, Anno Regni Regis nostri undecimo.

Charta Edwardi Ducis Buckinghamiae.

EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiae, Comes Herfordiae, & Northamptoniae. Omni­bus ad quos praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit, Salutem. Sciatis nos prae­fatum ducem, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnimodo pro nobis & haeredibus nostris in perpetuum quietum clamâsse, Johanni Mordaunt de Turveia, in Comitatu Bed­fordiae, uni servientium Domini regis ad legem, haeredibus & assignatis suis, totum jus nostrum, statum, titulum seu clameum, quae unquam habuimus, habemus, vel in futurum habere poterimus, de & in quinquaginta acris terrae, duabus acris terrae aqua coopertis, & separali piscaria in aqua de Ose, cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta, & de & in duabus acris terrae aqua coopertis, & de separali piscaria in aqua de Ose in Brafeld, juxta Lauenden alias vocata Coldbrafeld, in Comitatu Buck­inghamiae, quae omnia & singula idem Johannes Mordaunt habuit ex dono & feoffa­mento Edwardi Comitis Wilts, consanguinei nostri; & quibus omnibus & fingulis praemissis, idem Johannes Mordaunt seisitus existit. Ità quòd nec nos praefatus Dux, nec haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro, ali­quod, jus, titulum seu clameum, de & in praedictis terris, tenementis, aquis, separalibus piscariis, & caeteris praemissis, de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus; sed ab omni actione juris, statûs, tituli vel clamei, seu aliquid inde petendi, sumus in per­petuum exclusi per praesentes. Et nos verò praefatus Dux & haeredes nostri, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, aquam, separales piscarias cum pertinentiis, & cae­tera praemissa praefato Johanni Mordaunt, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra Abba­tem Sancti Petri Monasterii & successores suos warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & in perpetuum defendemus per praesentes. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro duplicato sigillum nostrum apponi fecimus. Data undecimo die Fe­bruarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi quarto decimo.

An Indenture between John Mordaunt of Turvey and John Tresham of Rushton.

THIS Indenture made the Twenty first day of March, in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt of Turvey, one of the King's Serjeants at the Law, on the oon partie, and John Tresham of Rushton in the County of Northampton, Esquire, on the other partie, Witnesseth, That it is agreed, covenanted, and bargained, between the said Parties, That the said John Mordaunt shall endeavour him to get the Marriage of Elizabeth Vere to Marry with John Mordaunt the younger, Son, and Heir apparent of the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant, and Amey Vere to Marry with Robert Mordaunt, the Second Son of the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant, which Elizabeth and Amey, being Daughters to my Sister Isabel: and to give Lands and Tenements in Jointure to the said Elizabeth Vere, for term of her Life, to the yearly Value of Twenty Pound; and to give to the said Amey, Lands and Tenements, in Jointure to the yearly Value of Ten Pounds, for term of her Life; for the which Marriage and Jointure and other Considerati­ons the said John Tresham granteth, That in case he be disposed to sell any of his Maners, Lands, and Tenements, within the County of Northampton or elsewhere, [Page 502]within the Realm of England, That then the same John Mordaunt shall have it, and all Maners, Lands and Tenements, Woods, Rents, and Services, that he shall be disposed for to sell, after the rate of Fifteen Years purchace, of the clear yearly Value of the same Lands and Tenements to be sold. It is also agreed, and bar­gained between the said Parties, That the said John Tresham at his pleasure shall give to Isabel, Daughter of Sir James Haryngton, now his Wife, all his Lands, Tenements, Pastures, and Hereditaments in Lyneden, Churchfeld, Owndell, War­myngton, Stoke, Doyle, Aldwyncle, Ryngsted, Stanwig and Church-Brampton, or part of them, for the term of her Life; and to give unto Isabel Tresham and Clemens Tresham, Daughters begotten between the said John Tresham and Isabel, Daughter of the said Sir James, all the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, in Lyneden, Churchfeld, Owndell, Warmyngton, Stoke, Doyle, Aldwyncle, Ryngsted, Stanwig and Church-Brampton, or part of them, to have to them and to the Heirs of their Bo­dies begotten; And for default of Issue of both their Bodies begotten, the same Maners, Lands, and Tenements to remain to the said Isabel, Sister of the said John Tresham, for term of her Life, the remainder thereof for default of such Issue, or if there be no such Gift made of the same, to remain to the said Elizabeth Vere, Amey Vere, and Constance Vere, their Sisters, and to their Heirs for ever. And in case the said John Tresham make no sale of his Maners, Lands, and Te­nements, as is aforesaid, That then immediately after his decease, and the decease of Isabel his Sister, all his Maners, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, within the Realm of England, not sold to the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant, as is a­bovesaid, shall remain, go, and grow to the said Elizabeth Vere, Amey Vere, and Constance Vere, and to their Heirs for ever. And the said John Mordaunt shall pay for reversion of the Premises sold, or to be sold by the said John Tresham, to the same John Mordaunt Serjeant, after the rate of half Fifteen Years Purchace, as is abovesaid. In witness whereof to these present Indentures, the said Parties in­terchangeably have set their Seals, the same Twenty fifth Day and Year abovesaid. And in case the said John Tresham hereafter have any Issue Male of the Body of the said Isabel by him begotten, That then the said Issue Male shall have all the same Maners, Lands, and Tenements in Lyneden, Churchfeld, Owndell, Warmyng­ton, Stoke, Doyle, Aldwyncle, Ryngsted, Stanwig, Church-Brampton, or part of them, if it shall please the same John Tresham to make any such Gift Entail.

Extracta per me Nicolaum Hardyng verbatim, xxv die Januarii, decimo nono Henrici Septimi.

A Letter from the Prince to John Mordaunt his Attorney.

By the Prince.

TRusty and right wele beloved we greet you wele. And understand by your late Letters directed unto our Councel, that ye have endeavoured you dili­gently, to perform such matters and businesses, concerning our profit, according to our desires in our Letters directed to you; for the which we give unto you our great thanks, praying you to persevere and continue: And whereas in your said Letters among other matters is contained, That Richard Empson, hath found that Ingleton held certain Hamlets, and Parcels of Lands of my most dread Lord and Fader the King, by Knights Service, whereby he intendeth to defeat us, as it seemeth, of the Ward of the said Ingleton, to our Prejudice, with whom we charge you severely in our Name to travers, for divers considerations, and specially for that our Councel have had of late more perfit knowledge, That the said Ward right­fully appertaineth unto us, than they knew, or had understanding; for the which and other great matters, whereof we shall be ascertained, we intend with­in [Page 503]brief time to send some of our Councel unto my most dread Lord and Fader instructed, to the intent we may know his pleasure concerning the same. We will also, That in our Name ye take Actions against Ward, Waste, and Sefnian, for such Wards as they detaining have by craft concealedly hid and kept from us, wherewith we be nothing pleased nor content. And as for the hundred and three score Pounds, resting in the hands of Nicholas Nynes, due unto us, we pray you on our behalf to charge the said Nicholas to send the same surely to us in all conveni­ent hast, and to give credence to our trusty servant Thomas Canceller, chief Clerk of our Kitchin, in such things as he on our behalf shall shew unto you, whereby ye shall greatly please us.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Beaudley the Twenty third day of May.

Articles of Marriage between Sir Wistan Brown, and Elizabeth Mordaunt.

THIS Indenture made the Twentieth day of September, in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt of Turvey, oon of the Kings Serjeants at the Law, on the oon Partie, and William Brown of Abbesroding in the County of Essex, Esquire, on the other Partie, Wit­nesseth, That whereas it was promised, concluded and agreed, between the Friends of the said William, and the said John Mordaunt, and other Friends of Elizabeth, Sister of the said John Mordaunt, That the said William, should take to Wife the said Elizabeth; and upon the same Marriage concluded, and was promised, as well by the Friends of the said William, as by the said William, he then being of the Age of sixteen Years, or thereabout, and of good and sad discretion, That the said Elizabeth should have a Jointure of Maners, Lands, and Tenements, late Robert Brown's, Father to the said William, to the yearly Value of Ten Pound Four Shil­lings; and that of the same Maners, Lands, and Tenements, so of the yearly Va­lue of Ten Pound Four Shillings; and also of other Lands and Tenements in the Saint Martins, which before that time were laid to Mortgage by the said Ro­bert to William Capell, Knight, for a Debt and Forfeit to the said Sir William, and afterward redeemed by the said John, at his labor and Instance, for the summ of Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, the which Eight Pounds Six Shil­lings and Eight Pence, the said John Mordaunt payed to the said Sir William, and the said John Mordaunt should have and take the Profits into his own hand, from the time of the said agreement and concluding of Marriage, unto the time the said William come to his full Age of One and Twenty Years, which Lands in the whole were promised to be of the yearly Value of Eight Pounds, over all Charges to the said John. And also it was farther agreed, That the said Elizabeth, over, and besides Maners, Lands, and Tenements, to the said yearly Value of Ten Pounds Four Shillings, should have a Jointure in the said Lands and Tenements, in the Saint Martins, if the said William, when he came to his full Age of One and Twenty Years, would agree, That she should have the said Lands and Tenements in the Saint Martins, term of her Life; and after that the said William came to his full Age of One and Twenty Years, he oftentimes assented and agreed, That the same Elizabeth should have the said Lands in the Saint Martins in Jointure, and by these Presents confesseth and granteth, That he agreed and granted, and at the time of concluding the said Marriage, the Maners of Rokewodhall and Stokhall, and all Lands and Tenements in Abbesroding, Bauchamproding, High-Laffare, Little-Laffare, and Maehing, in the County of Essex, except Hobberlerkey, which were the said Robert Brown's, were promised to be of the yearly Value of Ten Pound Four Shil­lings, over all Charges, were assigned to be the said Jointure of the said Elizabeth; and after were given in Jointure by Sir Thomas Boughchier, Knight, John Bardefeld, and other Enfeoffes, to the said William and Elizabeth his Wife, for term of Life of the said Elizabeth: And the said William took Seizing and Possession for him and the said Elizabeth, at Abbesroding aforesaid. The same Elizabeth, her Friends [Page 504]verily believing the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, had then been of the yearly Value of Ten Pounds Four Shillings, according to the said Promise, and also as it was agreed upon between the same Parties, upon the said Marriage, con­cluded, That the reversion of the said Manners of Rokewodhall, Stokhall, and all Lands and Tenements aforenamed, and the said Lands called Hobberlerkeys, after the death of Edmund Brown, Uncle to the said William, and also the Maners of Langenthorp, Whiteroding, and all other Lands and Tenements, which were the said Robert Brown's, or any other to his Use, at the time of his decease, after cer­tain Debts of the same Robert payed, and after the decease of the said William and Elizabeth, should go to the Heirs begotten of the Body of the said William. And thereupon the said Elizabeth took to Husband the same William: For which Mar­riage and other Premises and Promises, well and truly to have been performed, the said John Mordaunt should have payed Three hundred Mark, and Four Shil­lings, whereof he, the said William, hath payed Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, to Sir William Capell; for redeeming the said Lands in the Saint Martins hath payed to divers persons, for the contentation of divers of the Debts of the said Robert Brown Six Pounds; and because the said Lands, that the said John Mordaunt should have had, during the Non-age of the said William were not of the yearly Value of Eight Pounds, according to the said Agreement and Promise by much Money; therefore it was agreed by the said William and his Friends, That the said John Mordaunt should rebate and keep still in his own hands, and in full recompence of the said yearly Value of ...... the other ...... the residue of the said Three hundred Marks, whereunto the said William, before the Date of these Presents, and also now, agreeth by these Presents, and confesseth fully to be satisfied of all such Money, as should be due to him by reason of the said Marriage; and by reason of the Money payed by the said John Mordaunt, the Debts of the said Robert were the sooner payed, and the said William sooner at­tained and had the Possession of the said Lands. Moreover the said William, contra­ry to his said Agreement, hath sold the said Lands and Tenements in the Saint Mar­tins to the said John Bardefeld for Twenty Pounds, whereof the said William hath received Four Pounds, and the same William hath ........... the said Barde­feld the Ten Pounds, and also upon ........ hath ........ and given to John Wro, and Sybill his Wife, by Fine, the said Maner of Stokhall with the ap­purtenances, to have to them and their Heirs, of the Body of the said Sybill be­gotten, for all the said considerations and many other causes, in recompence of the Premises, and in recompence of the full Jointure and Dowre of the said Elizabeth, upon agreement had between the said John Mordaunt and William, the said Willi­am by his Deed bearing Date the Tenth day of June, the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, Enfeoffed the said John Mordaunt, William Gas­coigne, John Mestot, and Thomas Heron, of the said Maners of Langenhoo, Roke­wodhall, Whiteroding, Brown's Manner, and of all his Lands and Tenements in the County of Essex, of the Avowson of the Church of Langenhoo, to have to them and to their Heirs; and the same John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, John Mestot, and Thomas Heron, according to the same Agreement, at the desire and request of the said William, have by Deed, bearing Date the Eleventh day of June, the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, made estate of all the said Maners of Langenhoo, Rokewodhall, Whiteroding, and Brown's Maners, and all other Lands, Tenements and Avowsons in the said County of Essex, to Robert White­ing, William Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sewster, and Thomas Kirkeby, to have to them and their Heirs for ever, to the use of the said William and Elizabeth, for Term of their Life, and of the longer liver of them, yeilding to the said John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, John Mestot and Thomas Heron, and to their Heirs, Ten Pounds Four Shillings, out of the said Ma­ners of Langenhoo, to the uses and intents specified in the said Indenture; and after the Decease of the said William and Elizabeth, the said Robert Whiteing, Wil­liam [Page 505]Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sewster and Thomas Kirkeby, to be and stand feoffed of and in all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said William, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to be and stand Feoffes of the Premises to the uses and intents specified in the same Inden­ture, as by the same it more plainly appeareth. It is now Covenanted, Assented, and Agreed, between the said John Mordaunt and William, at the departing of the said William from Turvey, by these Presents in form following; That is to say, That where the said William, hath received of Glasyer, late Farmer of Stokhall, One and Twenty Pound Four Shillings and Eight Pence, which was due to the said John Mordaunt, by reason of the same Farm; and also whereas Bogdich, late Far­mer to the said John Mordaunt of Rokewodhall, had all the Maners, Lands, and Tenements in Abbesroding, to Farm, with divers Goods and Cattels of the said John Mordaunt: That is to say, Two and Thirty Kyne, a Bull, Eight Horses, a Cart and Cartgeer, and Plough and Ploughgeer, for term of years; and depart­ed from the said Farm being then in debt to the said John, for the said Farm, in Ten Pounds, over and besides the said Cattel; and of which arrearages of Ten Pounds, and of the said Goods and Cattels, the said William hath received a good substance; and also whereas the said John Mordaunt, hath found the said William and Elizabeth, their Children, their Servants, as well Men as Women, and Horses, meat and drink continually, from the time of the said Marriage, unto the time of making of these Preserts, (one Year and a half only excepted) and at divers times in the mean season hath found the said William to School, and to Ac­compt at London, to the great cost and charge of the said John Mordaunt; the said John Mordaunt giveth to the said William the keeping and finding of him, his Wife, his Children and Servants as is aforesaid, freely unto the date of the making of these Presents; and also releaseth to the said William all Actions for the said Goods, Debts, Money, and Cattels, received by and of the said Glasyer and Bog­dich, Farmers of Stokhall and Abbesroding; and also whereas the said William hath borrowed of the said John Mordaunt Fourteen Pound ready Money, and is bound for the same, by his Obligation to the said John; and also whereas the said Willi­am hath certain and divers Stuffs of Houshold, which were late William Mordaunt's, Father of the said John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, to make the said William clearly discharged at his departing against the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, the same John releaseth by these Presents to the said William, all Actions and De­mands, as well in Conscience as otherwise. For the which Premises and all other benefices that the said John hath done to the said William, the said William Cove­nanteth, Agreeth, and Assenteth by these Presents, That the said Robert Whiteing, William Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sew­ster, and Thomas Kirkeby, and all other Persons, That be Enfeoffed in any of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises to the use of the said William; if any such be, shall be and stand Feoffes, of all the said Maners of Langenhoo, Rokewodhall, Whiteroding, and the said Lands and Tenements and other the premises in the County of Essex to the use of the said William and Eli­zabeth for term of their lives, and of the longer liver, reserving the said Ten Pounds to such use and intent, as is specified in the said Indentures, made the said Eleventh day of June, and after their decease to be and stand Feoffed of all the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Premises to the use of John Brown, Eldest Son of the said William and Elizabeth, and of the Heirs of his Bo­dy begotten; And for default of such Issue, to be and stand Feoffed of all the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises to the use of William Brown, second Son of the said William and Elizabeth, and of the Heirs of his Body be­gotten; And for default of such Issue, to be and stand Feoffes thereof, to the use of the right Heirs of the Body of the said William lawfully begotten; And for de­fault of such Issue, to be and stand Feoffes thereof, to such use and intent as is [Page 506]specified in the said Indentures, bearing Date the said Eleventh day of June. In Witness whereof, to these Presents, the said Parties interchangeably have set their Seals, the said Twentieth day of September, the said Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh.

Per me Johannem Mordaunt.

Charta Thomae Prioris prioratus de Caldwell.

OMnibus Christi sidelibus, ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit, Thomas Prior prioratus sanctorum Johannis Baptistae & Johannis Evangelistae de Caldwell, & ejusdem loci Conventus, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Nove­ritis nos praefatos Priorem & Conventum unanimi consensu & assensu nostris dedisse & concessisse, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus Reginaldo Gray, militi, & Jo­hanni Mordaunt de Turveia, uni servientium Domini Regis ad legem, Advocatio­nem Ecclesiae de Sondey unica vice, tantum cum primo ex aliqua causa vacaverit, per proximam nominationem Capellani ad eandem Ecclesiam, cum Ecclesia illa primo vacare contigerit. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum nostrum commune apposuimus. Data in domo nostra capitularii decimo septimo die Aûgusti, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi quinto decimo.

An Indenture between John Mordaunt, Wistan Brown, and Humphrey Brown his Brother.

THIS Indenture made the Third day of February, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt on the oon Partie, and Wistan Brown, and Humphrey Brown, his Brother, on the other partie, Witnesseth, That where the said John late bought the Ward, and Custo­dy of the Body, Lands, and Tenements of Amey Vere, late the Wife of Robert Mordaunt, Son to the said John Mordaunt, late deceased, whereof as yet the same John hath no Patent, but only a Bill assigned by the King. It is Covenanted, and Bargained between the said Parties, by these Presents, That the said Wistan and Humphrey shall have to their own use, all such Right, Title, and Interest, of, and in all the Maners, Lands, and Tenements of the said Amey's, as the said John now hath, or hereafter, by reason of the said Bill assigned, shall have; And also, That the said Wistan and Humphrey, shall have free liberty to resort to the said Amey, to attain her good will, for a Marriage to be had, between the said Humphrey and the said Amey, without Let, Interruption, or Impediment of the said John Mordaunt, or his Assigns; for which Premises the said Humphrey shall suffer the said John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, to recover against the said Humphrey, the Maner of Melbourne in the County of Cambridge, called Browns-Maner, and all the Lands and Tenements in Melbourne, Melreth, and Shepons, in the same County, which late were Robert Brown's, and the which the said Humphrey, or any other to his use may have, in the same County of Cambridge, by a Writ of Entry in the Post, wherein the said Humphrey shall do and suffer to be done, for making sure the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, to the said John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, and to their Heirs, to the use of the said John Mordaunt and his Heirs; And also the said Wistan and Humphrey, and ei­ther of them, shall cause to be made, and make such other Surety, by Fine, War­ranty, or otherwise, to the said John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, and to their Heirs, and to the Use of the said John Mordaunt and his Heirs, of the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, as shall be advised by the Learned Councel of the said John Mordaunt or his Heirs, at all times when the said John Mordaunt or his Heirs shall require; And the said Wistan and Humphrey, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the said John Mordaunt or his Heirs, when they be thereto required, all the Evidences that they or any of [Page 507]them, or any other person to the use of any of them, have concerning the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements in the said County of Cambridge; And if the said Amey dye before she come to the age of Three and Twenty Years, having no Issue of her Body begotten, alive, or dead, then the said Humphrey shall have, for term of his Life, out of the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements in the County of Cam­bridge, Ten Marks by the Year yearly during his Life, as sure as the said Humphrey shall advise: And the said Wistan and Humphrey, Covenant and Grant, by these Presents, That the said Humphrey and Amey, or any of them, shall not do, or suf­fer to be done, any thing hereafter, whereby the Inheritance of any Lands or Tene­ments of the said Amey be put from the right Heirs of the said Amey, but only Lands, or Tenements to the yearly value of Forty Pounds, which the said John does agree, That the said Humphrey shall have during his life only, if he can get it of the said Amey, and that the Reversion of these Lands and Tenements, to the value of Forty Pounds by the Year, and the Reversion of any other Lands and Tenements of the said Amey's, if it happen the said Humphrey thereof to be Tenant by the Court-Fee, and all other Lands and Tenements of the said Amey's, immediately after the death of the said Amey, shall go to the right Heirs of the said Amey; And the said Humphrey shall discharge the said John Mordaunt against William Merbury in all things that in the same Humphrey is, or shall be becoming the said Marriage and the Lands and Tenements, of the said Amey, or any of them; And that the said John Mordaunt shall have the whole Interesse of the said Hum­phrey that he shall have of all Advowsons belonging to the said Amey, till she come to the Age of Three and twenty Years full; and the said Humphrey giveth, and bindeth himself by these Presents, That he shall be of Councel to his power, and cunning with the said John Mordaunt, and John Mordaunt the Son, during the Life of the said Humphrey, without any Money, Fee, or other Reward taking for his labour.

In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid to these Indentures inter­changeably have set their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid: and that the said Hum­phrey shall continue at his Book.
Per me Humphredum Brown.
Per me Wistanum Brown.
Extracta decimo quarto Maii Henrici octavi vicesimo quarto, coram Doctore Olyver.

An Indenture between Henry Strangeways and John Mordaunt for a Mar­riage between Gyles Strangeways his Son, and Jane the Daughter of the said John.

THIS Indenture made the Eighth Day of February, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between Henry Strangeways, Esquire, on the oon Partie, and John Mordaunt of Turvey, Gentleman, on the other Partie; Witnesseth, That it is Bargained, Accorded and Agreed, between the said Parties, in form following; that is to say, The said Henry Granteth, and Covenanteth by these Presents, That Gyles, Son and Heir apparent, of the said Henry, and of Doro­thy late his Wife, Daughter of john Arundell of Chideok, Knight, shall by the Grace of God, Marry, and take to Wife, Jane, Daughter to the said John and Edith his Wife, Daughter, and one of the Heirs of Nicholas Latimer of Duntish, Knight, if the same Jane thereto will agree. And in like wise the said John Covenanteth, and Granteth by these Presents, that the said Jane, by the Grace of God, shall Marry, and take to her Husband the said Gyles, if the same Gyles thereto shall agree. The Solemnization of the said Matrimony to be done at such time as the said Henry and John Mordaunt shall agree, at the Costs, and Charges of the same Henry and John indifferently, except the said John Moudaunt shall find Meat and Drink, and the said Henry and his Heirs shall cause, as sure and lawful Estate to be made [Page 508]to the said John Mordaunt and Jane, William Carant, of Tomer, Esquire, William Mordaunt, Brother to the said John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan Brown and Reynold Holdy, for term of Life of the same Jane, within two Months next after the decease of Elianor ...... Mother of the said Henry, or at any time after; when the said John Mordaunt, or his Heirs shall require, of Maners, Lands, and Tenements, in the Counties of Somerset and Dorset, or the one of them, to the yearly Value of an hundred Marks, over all Charges, to have to them for Term of Life of the same Jane, as shall be advised by the learned Councel of the said John Mordaunt, or his Heirs. And it is Covenanted between the said Parties, during the Life of the said Elianor, That the said Henry shall find the said Gyles, to School, Court, and in all other Places, in all manner of things convenient for his Degree. And the said John shall find the said Jane according to her Degree. Furthermore it is Covenanted and Granted, between the said Parties, that immediately after the said Estate made of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly Value of a hundred Mark, to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mor­daunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan, and Reynold, in form aforesaid, That the said Henry shall take the Issues and Profits of Fifty Mark Land, parcel of the said hun­dred Mark Land, to their own uses, six Years after the said Estate made to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan, and Reynold, the said Henry finding the said Gyles, and the said John Mor­daunt finding the said Jane, as is aforesaid. And the said Henry Granteth further, That he shall cause to be made within three months next after the Death of the said Elianor, or at any time after, when the same John Mordaunt, or his Heirs shall re­quire, to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mordaunt, William Gas­coigne, Wistan and Reynold, a sufficient and lawful Estate of Maners, Lands, and Te­nements to the yearly Value of a hundred Mark, over and beside the said other Maners, Lands, and Tenements before specified, to the yearly Value of a hun­dred Mark, to have to them and to their Heirs, to the use of the said Henry, du­ring his Life, without Impeachment of wast. And after his Decease to the use of the said Jane, for Term of Life, in full recompence of all her Dower, of all the Maners, Lands, and Tenements, to which the said Jane should be entituled by the Law of the Inheritance of the said Gyles. And the said Henry shall cause and suffer, as well the reversion of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements to the Value of the said two hundred Marks severally demised to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan and Reynold, in Deed or in Use: As all other Maners, Lands and Tenements, whereof the said Elianor, or any other person to her use is now seized of Estate of Inheri­tance; and also the Maner of Todrington, which is of the yearly Value of Twenty eight Pounds, immediately after the Decease of the said Elianor and Henry in Deed or in Use, to come, grow or descend, immediately after the Decease of the said Elianor and Henry, to the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body be­gotten: And for default of such Issue to John, Brother of the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Henry for ever. Which Lands and Tenements the said Henry promises, in the whole to be of the yearly Value of Eight hundred Marks over all Charges. And so the said John Mordaunt accepts them to be of the same yearly Value. It is also Covenanted, Bargained and Agreed between the said Parties, That whereas the said Henry late purchased the Maners of Melbury Samford, and Melbury Osmond, and all the Lands, Tenements and Advowsons in Melbury Samford, and Melbury Osmond in the County of Dorset, late Browning's, to him and to his Heirs for e­ver, if Catharine now Wife of the said Henry, Decease without Issue Male, of her Body by the said Henry begotten: that then all the said Maners, Lands, Te­nements, and Advowsons, late Browning's, with the appurtenances, after the decease of the said Henry and Catharine now his Wife, and of William Browning; and after the Issue Male of the said Catharine, by the said Henry begotten, if any such shall [Page 509]be spent and determined, shall go, and grow to the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten, and for default of such Issue, to the said John, his Brother, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Henry for ever. And that all such Persons as be now feoffes, seized or possessed by Recovery, Feoffment or otherwise, of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements before named, shall from henceforth, be, and stand Feoffes, to the uses and intents abovesaid. Provided always that it shall be lawful to the said Henry, of the Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly Value of Two hundred Pounds, parcel of the Premises, other than the said Two hundred Mark Lands before named, to make Lease, for term of Twenty Years, or under, to perform his Will, or to make Jointure to the said Catharine, or to his Wife, or Wives, if any he shall hap to have, after the decease of the said Catharine, now his Wife, for term of their Life, or Lives, so as alway the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, of the year­ly Value of Two hundred Pounds, after the term of Twenty Years expired, or the said Will performed, or after the decease of the said Wife, or Wives, shall grow, and remain to the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue, to go and remain to the said John, his Brother, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue to go and remain to the right Heirs of the said Henry for ever. And if it fortune, as God forbid, that the said Gyles decease before the said Marriage had and solemnized, that then the said John, Brother to the said Gyles, shall inter-marry if they can so agree, and like Jointure and Dower to be to the said Jane, and all the said Maners, Lands and Te­nements, and Advowsons, to be left to the said John, and all other Covenants then to be kept, of every of the said Parties respectively, as be now comprised in these Indentures. For which Premises well and truly to be performed, on the part of the said Henry, the said John Mordaunt shall pay unto the said Henry, or to his Assigns, Five hundred Mark of lawful Money in form following, that is to say at the day of the Solemnization of the Matrimony, one hundred Mark of lawful Money, and yearly, after the said Jointure made, one hundred Mark of lawful Money, till the said Summ of Five hundred Marks be fully contented and payed. And if the said Jane dye before she come to the Age of Seventeen Years, having no Issue then the said Henry shall repay to the said John Mordaunt, all such Summs of Mo­ney as he hath received of the same John before the Death of the said Jane, at such days yearly and in such Summs as he received it. In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid, to these Presents interchangeably have set their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid.

Charta Johannis Mordaunt.

HAEC Indentura facta inter praenobilem principem Edwardum, Ducem Buck­inghamiae, ex una parte, & Johannem Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Gentilman, & Willielmum Mordaunt fratrem ejus, ex alia parte, Testa­tur, Quod praefatus Dux dedit, concessit, & hac praesenti Indentura confirmavit, praefatis Johanni & Willielmo, visum suum franciplegii cum pertinentiis in Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae, qui quidem visus est parcella de Glocester fee, aliàs vocatus Glocester fee, & assisiam panis & cerevisiae, bona & catalla straiata & waiviata, bona & catalla felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, thesaurum inven­tum, cum omnibus aliis rebus, libertatibus, franchesiis, juribus & pertinentiis ei­dem visui pertinentibus, sive parcellis, ac visum franciplegii, & letum omnium te­nentium, sive residentium, qui nunc sunt, sive in posterum erunt in feodo suo in Turveia praedicta, ac quemlibet visum quem habemus in Turveia praedicta, salvis nobis & haeredibus nostris feodis militum, wardis, maritagiis, releviis & eschaetis cum acciderint in Turveia praedicta. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, vi­sum franciplegii, & letum, assisiam panis & cerevisiae, & caetera praemissa cum per­tinentiis, exceptis praeexceptis, praefatis, Johanni Mordaunt, & Willielmo Mor­daunt, [Page 510]haeredibus & assignatis suis in perpetuum, ad usum ipsius Johannis Mordaunt & haeredum suorum in perpetuum, reddendo indè annuatim, praefato Duci, haere­dibus & assignatis suis, quendam annualem redditum trium solidorum in perpetuum, ad Festa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, aequis portionibus solvendum. Et praedicti Johannes Mordaunt & Willielmus Mordaunt concedunt pro se & haeredi­bus suis, quòd si contingat dictum annualem redditum trium solidorum à retro fore in parte vel in toto, ad aliquod dictorum Festorum, quo solvi debeat, non solutum, quòd tunc benè licebit praefato Duci, haeredibus & assignatis suis, in omnia terras & tenementa ipsorum, Johannis Mordaunt & Willielmi Mordaunt, seu eorum al­terius in Turveia praedicta intrare, & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abdu­cere, asportare, effugare, & penes se retinere quousque de praedicto redditu, & ar­rearagiis ejusdem plenariè fuerit satisfactum & sibi persolutum. Et praedictus Dux & haeredes sui omnia praedicta, visum franciplegii, letum, & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis, praefatis, Johanni & Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis, ad usum praedictum, contra omnes gentes warrantizabunt, acquietabunt ac defendent in per­petuum per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti istius Indenturae penes praefatum ducem remanenti, praefatus Johannes & Willielmus Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Alteri vero parti ejusdem Indenturae penes praefatos Johannem & Willielmum re­manenti praefatus Dux Sigillum suum apposuit. His testibus, Roberto Broughton, milite, Johanne Fisher, uno justiciariorum Domini Regis de Communi Banco, Jo­hanne Saint John, milite, & Thoma Rotheram, & aliis. Data vicesimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi decimo septimo.

Finis facta inter Edwardum Ducem Buckinghamiae & Johannem Mordaunt de visu franciplegii & aliis libertatibus in Turveia.

HAEC est finalis concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis, apud Westmonaste­rium, in crastino Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno regnorum Henrici Regis Angliae & Franciae, septimi, à Conquestu decimo septimo, coram Thoma Wode, Willielmo Danvers, Johanne Vavasour, & Johanne Fisher justiciariis. Et postea in octavis Sancti Hillarii, Anno regnorum ejusdem Regis Henrici decimo nono, ibi­dem concessa & recordata coram Thoma Frowyke, ac praefatis, Willielmo, Johanne & Johanne justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibidem praesentibus, in­ter Johannem Mordaunt, & Willielmum Mordaunt querentes, & Edwardum Ducem Buckinghamiae, & Alienoram uxorem ejus deforcientes, de visu Franciplegii, assisia panis & cerevisiae, catallis waiviatis, straiatis, felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, & thesauro invento cum pertinentiis in Turveia, unde placitum con­ventionis summonitum fuit, inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet, quòd praedicti Johannes & Willielmus recognoverunt praedictum visum, franciplegium, assisiam panis & cere­visiae, catalla waiviata, straiata, felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, cum pertinentiis, esse jus ipsius Ducis, & illa remiserunt & quietum clamaverunt de ipsis Johanne & Willielmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi, praedictis Duci & Alieno­rae, & haeredibus ipsius Ducis in perpetuum; & pro hac recognitione, remissione, quieta clamatione, fine, & concordia, iidem Dux & Alienora, concesserunt praedictis Johanni & Willielmo praedictum visum franciplegii, assisiam panis & cerevisiae, catalla waiviata, straiata, felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, & thesaurum inventum cum pertinentiis, & illa iis reddiderint in eadem curia habendum & te­nendum eisdem Johanni & Willielmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi in perpetuum, reddendo indè annuatim praefatis Duci & Alienorae, & haeredibus & assignatis ipsius Ducis annuatim tres solidos, ad duos anni terminos; videlicet ad Festa Sancti Mi­chaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, aequis portionibus solvendum, & praedictus Johannes & Willielmus concedunt pro se & haeredibus suis, quòd si contingat praedictum red­ditum, trium solidorum, à retro fore ad aliquod dictorum Festorum, quo solvi debeat, non solutus, tunc benè licebit, praedicto Duci & Alienorae, & haeredibus & assignatis ipsius Ducis, in omnia terras & tenementa ipsorum Johannis & Williel­mi, [Page 511]vel eorum alterius in Turveia praedicta, intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abducere, asportare, effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque de praedicto redditu, & arrearagiis ejusdem sibi fuerit plenariè satisfactum & persolutum; & praeterea iisdem Dux & Alienora concesserunt pro se & haeredibus ipsius Alienorae, quôd ipsi warrantizabunt, acquietabunt & defendent, praedictum visum franciplegii, assisiam panis & cerevisiae, catalla waiviata, straiata, felonum, fugitivorum, ut­lagatorum, deodandorum, & thesaurum inventum, cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta, praefatis Johanni & Willielmo, & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi contra om­nes homines in perpetuum.

Indentura facta inter Henricum Strangeways & Johannem Mordaunt.

THis Indenture made the Sixteenth Day of November, the eighteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between Herrey Strangeways, Esquire, on the one Part, and John Mordaunt, of Turvey, Gentilman, on the other Part, Witnesseth, That whereas the said John, and other Persons, have recovered this pre­sent Michaelmas Term against the said Herrey, certain Maners, Lands and Tene­ments, in the Counties of Stafford, Gloucester and Dorset, which the said Henry pro­miseth by these Presents, to be of the yearly Value of Two hundred Marks, in ex­ecuting and performing of certain Covenants made between the said Parties bear­ing date the Eight day of February last, for a certain Marriage between Gyles, Son of the said Henry, and Jane, Daughter of the said John Mordaunt, which Marriage, God be thanked, is now solemnized, between the said Gyles and Jane. It is Assented and Covenanted between the said Parties, That the Maners, Lands and Tenements comprized in the said Recoveries in the Counties of Stafford and Gloucester, be and shall be in the stead of one hundred Marks, which the said Jane should have for Term of her Life, and take the Profits thereof forthwith, accord­ing to the effect of the said first Indentures. And the said maners, Lands and Te­nements comprized in the said Recovery in the County of Dorset, be and shall be in stead of the other hundered Marks, which the said Jane shall have immediately after the decease of the said Henry, according to the effect of the said first Indentures. And in Case the said Maners, Lands and Tenements in the said Counties of Stafford, and Gloucester, be of more yearly Value than one hundred Marks, then the said John Mordaunt, and other the Recoverers, shall grant, when they shall be required, a yearly Rent out of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements to the said Henry and his Heirs, of so much as the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, be of more yearly Value than One hundred Marks. And in Case the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, in the said Counties of Stafford and Gloucester, be under the yearly Va­lue of One hundred Marks, then the said Henry, or his Heirs, before Easter next coming, shall make it up of other Lands and Tenements, to the yearly Value of One hundred Marks for Term of Life, of the said Jane. And likewise if the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, in the County of Dorset be of more yearly than an hundred marks, then the said John Mordaunt, and the said other Recoverers, shall grant, when they be required, to the said Henry, a yearly Rent of so much as the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, be of more yearly Value than one hundred Marks; and in Case the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, in the same County of Dorset be under the yearly Value of One hundred Marks, then the said Henry or his Heirs, before Easter next coming, shall make it up of other Lands and Tene­ments, to the yearly Value of One hundred Marks, for Term of Life of the said Jane. In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Indentures have interchangeably set to their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid.

Concessio wardae, & custodiae Thomae Leventhorp.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex, &c. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, dedimus, concessimus ac per praesentes damus & concedimus, Johanni Mordaunt, uni servientium nostrorum ad legem, Custodiam terrae, & haeredis Thomae Leventhorp, videlicet, Johannis Leventhorp filii & haeredis ejusdem Thomae Leventhorp, ac omnium Manerium terrarum, tene­mentorum, reddituum, reversionum, advocationum, Ecclesiarum, feodorum mili­tum ac haereditamentorum quorumcunque, quae prae sive post mortem ejusdem Tho­mae Leventhorp, ac ratione minoris aetatis ejusdem Johannis Levenhorp ad manus nostras devenerunt, sive devenire debuerunt, sive debebunt. Concessimus etiam praefato Johanni Mordaunt, maritagium ejusdem Johannis Leventhorp, absque dis­paragatione, habendum & tenendum custodiam terrae & haeredis praedicti & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis, praefato Johanni Mordaunt, durante minore aetate prae­dicti Johannis Leventhorp. Concessimus etiam praefato Johanni Mordaunt, om­nia arrearagia, redditus, exitus, & proficua omnium praedictorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum, à tempore mortis praedicti Thomae Leventhorp hucusque pervenientium sive crescentium. Concedimus etiam eidem Johanni Mordaunt, quod si contingat ipsum Johannem Leventhorp, ante­quam ad legitimam aetatem suam, viginti unius annorum pervenerit, obire, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, quòd idem Johannes Mordaunt habeat custodiam ter­rarum & haeredum hujusmodi haeredis, ac omnium praedictorum maneriorum, ter­rarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum, cum pertinentiis, una cum maritagio hujusmodi haeredis absque disparagatione, & sic de haerede in haeredem, quousque aliquis hujusmodi haeredum ad plenam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit, absque compoto seu aliquo alio pro Praemssis, seu aliquo praemissorum, nobis vel haeredibus nostris, reddendo seu solvendo; & eo quod expressa mentio de vero valo­re annuo, aut certitudine praemissorum, aut de aliis donis seu concessionibus, per nos praefato Johanni Mordaunt, ante haec tempora factis, in praesenti minime factum existit, aut aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, restrictione, re, materia, vel causa quacunque in contrarium edita seu prius, in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei, &c.

A Letter from the Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond the Kings Mother.

To our full trusty Councellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight.

SIR John Mordaunt, we be credibly informed, the Meadows, Pastures and Marshes, lying upon either side the Sewer called Witham, having course from the City of Lincoln, unto the Town of Boston, be greatly surflowed with Waters, to the great Damage and importune Loss of the Inhabitants of the County thereto ad­joyning, by reason of the multitude of Fishgarths, and Weresteddes, made in the said Sewer, and straitness of the same. In consideration whereof humble suit hath been made to us, by many and divers Persons, for to obtain a special commission of the Kings grace, to be addressed to certain persons for the reformation thereof. We having tender respect to the weal of the said Country, desire, and heartily pray you to help to obtain a Commision of Sewers, in the parties of Lyndesey, Kesteven, and Holland, to be directed to Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir William Tiriohitt, Sir John Hussey and Sir Robert Dimmok, Knights, Mr. Henry Hornby, Warden of the College in Ta­teshall, Sir John Cutler, Treasurer of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, Mr. Si­mon Stalworth, Subdean of the same, Robert Brudenell, William Cutlerd, Serjeants at Law, Robert Nevell, Learned man, John Tempest Esquire, and William Beale of Lincoln, Gentilman: And to such others as it shall please you. That five or four of them may appoint Sessions for redress of the said Sewer, or any other with­in [Page 513]in the County aforesaid. Over this we pray you to be good and favourable master, and the rather for our sakes, to our Tenants in our Town of Conyngesby, for the ob­taining the Kings Writ of Ad quod dampnum, for mortesing by the Kings Licence, of certain Lands to a guild of our Lady in the said Town of Conyngesby. And that you will give further credence in all the premises, to our full trusty Councellour Richard Lyne, our Vice-chamberlain this bearer. Written at our Maner, of Colli­weston the Nine and twentieth day of June.

Charta Willielmi Episcopi Dunelmensis Cancellarii Cantabrigiae.

GUillielmus Episcopus Dunelmensis, Universitatis Cantabrigiae Cancellarius, in­clito viro equitique aurato Johanni Mordaunt, Salutem plurimam dicit. Quoniam seneschallatus Universitatis nostrae officium (cujus ad nos collatio pertinet) per mortem nuper Aurati equitis Rogeri Ormston vacare certo cognovimus, ad illustrissimi nostri Regis, regiaeque matris intuitum, insuper & de tua ipsius erga nos nostramque Universitatem supradictam, fide, diligentia, industria confidentes, tibi munus idem conferimus, cum suis juribus, libertatibus, Emolumentis, & honoribus universis. In cujus rei Testimonium nostri Sigillum officii apposuimus. Data a­pud Cantabrigiam, sexto die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi decimo nono.

Literae patentes Domini Regis Henrici septimi, factae Johanni Mordaunt militi de officio Cancellariatus Ducatus Lancastriae.

HEnricus Dei gratia, Rex Angliae & Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae nostrae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd nos considerantes bo­na & laudabilia servitia, quae dilectus serviens, & fidelis noster, Johannes Mordaunt miles, nobis ante haec tempora impendit, & in posterum durante vita sua impendere intendit, & pro sua continua attendentia super personam nostram, ordinavimus & constituimus, ac per praesentes ordinamus, & constituimus ipsum Johannem Mor­daunt Cancellarium Comitatus nostri Palatini Lancastriae, nec non Custodem sigilli nostri, pro eodem officio, provisum & ordinatum, aut in posterum providendum & ordinandum. Et officium Cancellariatus Comitatus Palatini Lancastriae ac custo­diam sigilli praedicti, pro officio illo ut praemittitur, provisum ceu ordinatum, aut in posterum providendum ceu ordinandum praefato Johanni per praesentes, damus & concedimus; & ulteriùs ordinavimus & constituimus, ac per praesentes ordinamus & constituimus, ipsum Johannem Cancellarium Ducatus nostri Lancastriae, ac custodem sigilli nostri pro eodem officio, provisum & ordinatum, ceu in posterum providen­dum ceu ordinandum. Et officium Cancellariatus Ducatus nostri Lancastriae, ac custodiam sigilli praedicti, pro officio illo ut praemittitur, provisum seu ordina­tum, seu in posterum providendum & ordinandum, praefato Johanni per prae­sentes damus & concedimus, habendum, occupandum & exercendum officium & custodiam illius praefati Johannis Mordaunt pro termino vitae suae, percipien­dum & recipiendum annuatim, de, in & pro officio, & custodia praedictis, an­nuatim Ducentas marcas Sterlingorum & non ultra, absque aliquibus aliis va­diis, feodis, dietis, & regardis, pro dietis, & absque aliquibus aliis proficuis, commoditatibus & emolumentis, dicto officio & custodiae Sigilli, ceu eorum alteri pertinentibus, spectantibus, sive consuetis, ad festa Sancti Michaelis, Natalis Do­mini, Paschae, & Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, per aequales portiones, sol­vendum de exitibus & proficuis, & reventionibus Comitatus Palatini praedicti, & Ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti, & cujuslibet parcella eorundem, per manus generalis receptoris eorundem, ac aliorum receptorum Ballivorum, & proposito­rum tenentium, firmariorum aut aliorum quorumcunque officiariorum, sive occupa­torum eorundem, & eorum cujuslibet pro tempore existentis, sive existentium. Dantes & concedentes eidem Johanni, plenam potestatem & autoritatem ad faci­endum, [Page 514]exequendum & exercendum, omnia & singula quae ad officia Cancellariatus, Comitatus Palatini praedicti, ac Ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti, rite perti­nent, facienda, exequenda, & exercenda. Quare volumus & mandamus omnibus & singulis justiciariis, vice-comitibus, eschaetis, seneschallis, majoribus, ballivis, ac omnibus & singulis officiariis, & ministris meis, quòd praefato Johanni in exercitione, & executione officiorum illorum suorum, sint obedientes, attendentes, consultantes, auxiliantes in omnibus prout decet. Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo praemissorum aut de aliis donis, sive concessionibus per nos praefato consiliario nostro ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minime factis existit. Aut aliquo actu, statuto, ordinatione, promissione, sive restrictione, in contrarium inde factum, or­dinatum ceu provisum in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium has li­teras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Datas apud Manerium nostrum de Richmount, tam sub sigillo Comitatus nostri Palatini Lancastriae, quam sub sigillo nostri Du­catus Lancastriae, vicesimo quarto die Junii Anno Regni nostri decimo nono.

Per billam manu Regis signatam.

Liberties and Privileges granted from the Pope to Sir John Mordaunt.

EDwardus Vaughan legum Doctor, Archidiaconus Lewen, Universis & sin­gulis praesentes literas, sive praesens publicum transumpti instrumentum, in­specturis, visuris, lecturis, pariter & audituris, Salutem in Domino, & praesentibus fidem indubitam adhibere. Noveritis quòd nuper nos quandam supplicationem pergameni, cedulum confessionale nuncupatum, per reverendissimum in Christo pa­trem Dominum, Dominum Clementem duodecim Apostolorum Presbyterum Car­dinalem, Mimaten. signatam, nobis, pro parte nobilis viri Johannis Mordaunt militis, una cum aliis in iisdem supplicationibus, principalis nominati, coram no­tario publico & testibus infra scriptis praesentatam. Nos cum ea qua decuit reveren­tia, recepimus hujusmodi sub tenore; Beatissime pater, ut animarum saluti devoto­rum, oratorum, virorum nobilium laicorum, Johannis Mordaunt militis, & principa­lis supradicti, Edithae uxoris ejus, Johannis Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, Willielmi Mordaunt & Johannis Strangeways, ipsius Johannis Mordaunt militis, & principalis praedicti, liberorum, Lincolniae, Diocesiae & eorum cujuslibet, suppli­cant humiliter sanctitati vestrae, oratores praefati, quatenus eis & eorum cuilibet, specialem gratiam faciendam, ut confessor idoneus secularis, vel cujusvis ordinis regularis Presbyter, quem quilibet ipsorum duxerit eligendum, ipsos & eorum quemlibet, à quibuscunque Excommunicationis, suspensionis & interdicti, ali­isque Ecclesiasticis sententiis, censuris, & poenis, à jure, vel ab homine, quavis occasione vel causa latis, & promulgatis ac votorum quorumcunque, & Eccle­siae mandatorum trangressionibus, perjuriorum, & homicidii, mentalis vel casu­alis, necnon adulterii, incestus, sacrilegii, manuum violentarum in quasvis perso­nas Ecclesiasticas injectionibus, jejunorum, penitentiarum injunctarum omissioni­bus, nec non ab omnibus & singulis eorum peccatis, criminibus, excessibus, & delictis quantumcunque gravibus, & enormibus, de quibus corde contriti, & ore confessi fuerunt. Etiam si talia forent, propter quae sedes Apostolica merito foret consulenda. De reservatis sedi Apostolicae casibus, semel in vita, & in mortis arti­culo, exceptis contentis in bulla coenae Domini. De aliis vero eidem sedi non reser­vatis casibus, totiens quotiens opus fuerit, absolvere, & pro commissis peneten­tiam salutarem injungere. Vota vero quaecunque per eos vel alterum ipsorum forsan amissa, ultramarini visitationis, summorum apostolorum Petri & Pauli de urbe, atque Jacobi in Compestella (Religionis & castitatis votis, duntaxat exceptis) in alia pieta­tis opera commutare. Et juramenta quaecunque relaxare, nec non semel in vita & in mortis articulo, plenariam omnium peccatorum suorum remissionem, & abso­lutionem, autoritate Apostolica, impendere possit & valeat. Quodque liceat eis & eorum cuilibet, habere altare portatile, cum debitis, reverentia & honore, super quo [Page 515]in locis ad hoc congruentibus & honestis, etiam Ecclesiastico interdicto, ordinaria auctoritate suppositis: Dummodo causam non dederunt hujusmodi interdicto, & etiam antequam elucescat dies, circa tamen diuturnam lucem, missas & alia divina officia, per se qui Presbyteri fuerint, aut proprium vel alium sacerdotem idoneum, in sua & cujuslibet ipsorum, ac familiariorum suorum, utriusque sexus Domestico­rum praesentia, ipsi omnes celebrari facere, & tempore interdicti, hujusmodi divi­nis interesse, Ecclesiastica Sacramenta, praeterquam in Paschate, recipere, & dece­dentium eorundem corpora Ecclesiasticae inibi tradi possunt sepulturae sine pompa fu­nerali. Et insuper unam vel duas Ecclesias ceu Capellanias, aut duo vel tria altaria in partibus ubi singulos oratores pro tempore residere contigerit, quam, quas vel quae, quilibet ipsorum duxerit eligendum. Singulis diebus quadragesimalibus, cujussibet anni visitando, tot & similes indulgentias, & peccatorum remissiones consequan­tur, quas consequerentur, si singulis diebus & temporibus eisdem, singulas urbis Ecclesias, quae à Christi fidelibus, proper stationes hujusmodi, visitare solent, persona­liter visitarent. Et nihilominus oratores praefati, tam quadragesimalibus quam aliis die­bus, & temporibus ab Ecclesia prohibitis, praeterquam in majori hebdomada, ovis, caseo, butyro, & aliis lacticiniis, nec non carnibus necessitatis causa, absque con­scientiae scrupulo, vesci, frui, ac uti, liberè & licitè, possint & valeant. Praeterea praefatis oratricibus, sive mulieribus una cum tribus aut quatuor honestis mulieribus per eas & earum quamlibet eligendis, quaecunque monasteria monalium, & soro­rum, cujuscunque ordinis, etiam Sanctae Clarae, causa devotionis ingredi, ac ipsas monales cum omni caritate visitare, ac cum illis refectionem corporalem assumere, & illis conversari, & alloqui ter vel quater in anno, dummodo ibidem non per­noctent, licentiam & facultatem de omnibus praedictis, auctoritate Apostolica conce­dere, & indulgeri dignemini, de gratia speciali, non obstantibus constitutionibus & ordinationibus Apostolicis, ac monasteriorum praedictorum statutis, & consuetu­dinibus, juramento, &c. roboratis, nec non Cancellariae Apostolicae in contrarium editis, ac suspensionibus similium facultatum in coena Domini factis, quibus (illarum tenores & pro expressis habentes) specialiter, & pro hac vice placeat derogare, caeterisque in contrarium faciendum non obstantibus quibuscunque cum clericis op­portunis, & consuetis, & sine alicujus praejudicio, de consilio utriusque medici de con­sensu inibi praesentium. Concessus ut petitur in praesentia Domini Papae C. Car. Mimaten. Et de reservatis sedi Apostolicae casibus, exceptis praemissis, semel in vita, & in mortis articulo. Et de aliis sedi praedictae non reservatis casibus, totiens quotiens opus fuerit. Et de commutatione votorum, praedictis exceptis, & relaxa­tione juramentorum. Et de plenaria remissione & absolutione, semel in vita & in mortis articulo. Et de altari portatili cum cla. ante diem, & locis interdictis ut supra. Et tempore interdicti hujusmodi divinis interesse, Ecclesiastica Sacramenta recipere, & decedentium eorum corpora inibi Ecclesiasticae tradi possunt sepulturae sine pompa. Et de indulgentiis stationum Ecclesiarum almae urbis visitando ut supra. Et de esu butyri, ovorum, & aliorum lacticiniorum, temporibus prohibitis ut supra. Et de licentia ingredi Monasteria monalium, pro mulieribus ut profertur. Et cum derogatione Cancellariae Apostolicae, ularum ac suspensionum praedicta­rum. Et quod praesentium transumpto, manu notarii publici subscripto, & sigillo alicujus Praelati, aut personae auctenticae in dignitate Ecclesiastica constitutae, plena fides abhibeatur sicut originali. Et quod praesentis supplicationis sola signatura, absque aliarum literarum desuper expeditionem. Et quod praesens indultum non intelligatur unquam revocari vita omnium durante. Hae autem clausulae de manu etiam praefati Reverendissimi Domini Cardinalis Mimaten. claudebantur signatura, videlicet, Concessus C. Cardinalis Mimaten. Qua quidem supplicatione sic ut praemittitur nobis ostensa & praesentata pro parte praefati nobilis viri Domini Jo­hannis Mordaunt militis in praeinserta supplicatione nominati principalis, fuimus de­bita cum instantia requisiti, quatenus dictam supplicationem transumi, & exemplari facere dignaremur. Nos igitur Edwardus Archidiaconus attendentes requisitionem hujusmodi fore justam & consonam rationi, quodque justò petentibus non est dene­gandus [Page 516]assensus. Idcirco dictam supplicationem coram Notario publico & testibus infra scriptis diligenter inspeximus, vidimus, tenuimus & palpavimus. Et quia illam sa­nam & integram, & in nulla sua sui parte suspectam, sed omni prorsus vitio & si­nistra suspicione carentem reperimus, eandem per notarium publicum infra scriptum transumi & exemplari, & in publicam transcripti formam redegi, & transumptum hujusmodi cum originali debite collationari mandavimus, & fecimus. Volentes & auctoritate Apostolica decernentes, quòd huic publico transumpto, ubique stetur, & tanta fides adhibeatur, quanta ut originali si praesentialiter adhiberetur, ad­hiberi posset & deberet. In quorum omnium & singulorum fidem, & Testimo­nium praemissorum, praesentes literas, sive praesens publicum exinde fieri, & per notarium publicum infra scriptum, subscribi & publicari mandavimus sigillique nostri, jussimus, & fecimus appensione communiri. Data & acta Londini in domo residentiae nostrae ibidem, sub anno à nativitate Domini milesimo quingentesimo quarto. Indictione septima. Die vero vicesimo octavo mensis Augusti. Pontifica­tus Sanctissimi in Christo patris & Domini nostri Domini Julii, Divina providentia Papae secundi anno primo. Praesentibus tunc ibidem providis viris Magistro Alexan­dro Lawson notario publico, & Richardo Johnson literato Eboraci & Lincolniae Dioces. testibus ad praemissa vocatis specialiter & rogatis.

Et quia ego Nicolaus Collyns, Clericus Lincolniae Dioces. publicus autoritate A­postolica notarius, nec non Curiae Cantuariensis procurator generalis, praedictas literas in forma supplicationis, ceu confessionalis praesentationi, receptioni, exhi­bitioni, transumptioni, collationi, auscultationi, omnibusque aliis & singulis praemissis, dum sic ut permittitur agerentur & fierent, una cum praenominatis Testibus, praesens interfui, eaque sic fieri vidi, & audivi, atque in notam sumpsi. Ideo praesentes literas sive praesens publicum transumpti instrumentum, manu al­terius fideliter scriptum, una cum originali auscultavi, & collationavi atque in hanc publicam formam redegi, signoque & nomine meo consutis, una cum prae­nominati egregii viri Domini Archidiaconi Sigilli appensione signavi, & hic me Subscripsi. In fidem & Testimonium omnium & singulorum praemissorum roga­tus & requisitus.

Concessio custodiae Johannae Sayntmaur a Rege Henrico Septimo.

REX, &c. omnibus ad quos, &c. salutem. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia & mero motu dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus, & concedimus, Johanni Mordaunt militi, custodiam & marita­gium Johannae Sayntmaur filiae & haeredis Willielmi Sayntmaur militis defuncti, absque disparagatione. Habendum & tenendum custodiam & maritagium prae­dicta eidem Johanni, Executoribus, & assignatis suis, usque ad plenam & legiti­mam aetatem ejusdem Johannae. Et si contingat eundem Johannem obire, ante­quam ad plenam & legitimam suam aetatem pervenerit, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, tunc volumus & per praesentes concedimus, eidem Johanni quòd idem Johannes executores, & assignati sui, habeant custodiam, & maritagium hujus­modi haeredis sic infra aetatem existentis, absque disparagatione usque ad plenam & legitimam aetatem ejusdem haeredis. Et sic de haerede in haeredem, quousque ali­quis haeres hujusmodi haeredum, ad plenam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit: Dedimus & concessimus insuper praefato Johanni, custodiam omnium & singulo­rum domorum, maneriorum, terrarum, & tenementorum, reddituum, servitio­rum, reversionum, feodorum militum, advocationum Ecclesiarum, Capellarum, & cantariarum, & aliorum haereditamentorum quorumcunque quae nuper fue­runt praedicti Willielmi Sayntmaur militis, aut aliquorum Antecessorum suorum, seu alicujus alterius, sive aliquorum aliorum, ad usum ipsius Willielmi, in Comita­tibus Wilts, Dors. Somers. & Devoniae, & alibi infra regnum nostrum Angliae & Walliae, seu Marchiis ejusdem, quae per sive post mortem ejusdem Willielmi, ac [Page 517]ratione minoris aetatis praedictae Johannae filiae & haeredis ejusdem Willielmi, ad manus nostras pervenerunt seu devenire debuerunt, deberent aut debebunt, una cum Curiis, letibus, visibus franciplegii, libertatibus, proficuis, feodis militum, advoca­tionibus Ecclesiarum, & aliis commoditatibus quibuscunque, iisdem maneriis, terris & tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, seu eorum alicui pertinentibus, sive spectantibus, quae per sive post mortem ejusdem Willielmi, ac ratione minoris aetatis praedictae Johannae filiae & haeredis ejusdem Willielmi ad manus nostras pervenerint, seu de­venire debuerunt, deberent aut debebunt. Concessimus etiam per praesentes praefato Johanni reversionem & custodiam reversionum omnium & singulorum domorum, maneriorum, terrarum, & tenementorum, & haereditamentorum quorumcunque, cum pertinentiis quae nuper fuerunt Willielmi Sayntmaur, seu alicujus, seu aliquorum antecessorum suorum, aut alicujus alterius, seu aliquorum aliorum, ad ejusdem Wil­lielmi seu aliquorum antecessorum suorum usum, seu alicujus usum, quae Margareta, nuper uxor dicti Willielmi, & Katharina nuper uxor Richardi Wynsore, tenent, habent, seu occupant, seu earum aliqua tenet, habet seu occupat, ad terminum vitae earum, vel earum alicujus, aut in dotem, aut ad terminum vitae alicujus alterius personae, aut aliquarum aliarum personarum, seu de quibus aliquis seu aliqui alii seisiti existunt, seu seisitus existat, ad usum earundum Margaretae & Katharinae, seu earum alicujus, ad terminum vitae earum, seu earum alicujus, reversione inde, in re, nomine, facto, vel in usu praefatae Johannae Sayntmaur, & haeredibus suis spectan­te, habendum & tenendum dicta dominia, maneria, terras, tenementa, advocatio­nes, & caetera praemissa, cum suis pertinentiis, ad custodiam eorundem, ac rever­sionem omnium ac singulorum praemissorum, cum acciderint, vel acciderit, praefato Johanni Mordaunt, executoribus & assignatis suis, à tempore mortis praedicti Wil­lielmi Sayntmaur, quousque dicta Johanna ad plenam & legitimam aetatem perve­nerit. Ac omnes & singulas reversiones praedictas, omnium praedictorum domini­orum, maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, advocationum & caeterorum prae­missorum, cum pertinentiis, immediate post mortem dictarum Margaretae & Katha­rinae, & earum cujuslibet cum acciderit, quousque praedicta Johanna ad plenam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit. Et si dicta Johanna obierit antequam ad ple­nam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, tunc volumus & concedimus per praesentes eidem Johanni Mordaunt, quòd idem Johannes Mordaunt, executores, & assignati sui habeant custodiam & maritagium hujusmodi haeredis, & custodiam tam omnium & singulorum dictorum dominiorum, manerio­rum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis, cum acciderint, ut praedictum est, & custodiam reversionum praedictarum, cum perti­nentiis suis, usque ad plenam & legitimam aetatem hujusmodi haeredis sic infra aetatem existentis, & sic de haerede in haeredem, quousque aliquis haeres hujusmodi haeredum, ad plenam & legitimam aetatem pervenerit. Concedimus etiam dicto Johanni Mordaunt omnia exitus & proficua, omnium & singulorum dominio­rum, maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum & caeterorum praemissorum cum suis pertinentiis, à tempore mortis praedicti Willielmi huc usque provenientia sive crescentia, absque aliquo compoto, sive aliquo alio nobis aut haeredibus nostris pro praemissis, seu aliquo praemissorum, reddendo, faciendo, seu solvendo. Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut aliquo alio valore ceu certitudine praemissorum vel alicujus eorum parcellae, aut de vero valore dictorum maritagi­orum, & eorum cujuslibet, aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus praefato Jo­hanni, ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minime facta existit, aut ali­quo alio statuto, actu sive ordinatione ceu restrictione in contrarium factis, editis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium, &c.

An Indenture between Sir John Mordaunt, and Wistan Brown, about the Wardship of Thomas Leventhorp.

THIS Indenture made the Twelfth day of September, the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt of Turvey on the one Partie, and Wistan Brown and Humphrey Brown his Brother, on the o­ther Partie, Witnesseth, That whereas Thomas Leventhorp late of Whethamsted, in the County of Hertford, held certain Lands and Tenements in the said County, of our Sovereign Lord the King by grant Serjeanty, and had Issue John Leven­thorp and divers other Children, and dyed, the said John being his Son and Heir within Age; by the death of the which Thomas, the King our Sovereign Lord, ought to have the custody of the said John, and of all the Lands and Tenements of the said Thomas, whereof he dyed seized, and of all the other Lands of the same Thomas of which he made no Will, nor otherwise disposed. And howbeit that at the making of these Presents, there is no Office found in any Shire, after the death of the said Thomas, whereby the Kings Highness may be law­fully intitled to the said John Leventhorp: Yet that notwithstanding our said Sovereign Lord, by his Bill Assigned, hath Given, and Granted to the said John Mordaunt, the Custody of the said John Leventhorp, and of all his Lands and Te­nements, with the Issues and Profits of the same Lands and Tenements, from the Death of the said Thomas, to the said John Mordaunt. To have to him and to his Assigns, till the said John Leventhorp come to his full Age; and further as long as the said Lands and Tenements, shall happen to be in the Kings Hands; And so from Heir to Heir, till one of the Heirs of the said Thomas shall come to his full Age. The said John Mordaunt hath Bargained and Sold, and by these Presents Bar­gaineth, Giveth and Selleth, to the said Wistan, all such Right, Title, Possessions and Interest, as he hath or hereafter shall have in the Wardship of the Heirs of the said Thomas Leventhorp, and the Marriage of the same, be it Son or Daughter, or Daughters, To have to the said Wistan from the Date of these Presents, as long as the Interest of the said John Mordaunt should endure, by reason of the Kings Grant. Provided, That the same Heirs shall not be Married by the said Wistan, to any other Person, but to be Married with one of the Children begotten be­tween the same Wistan and Elizabeth his Wife, Sister to the said John Mordaunt. And for lack of such Issue, or such Marriage, the same John Mordaunt to have a­gain the Marriage of the same Heirs of the said Thomas, to his own Use: if it be Male immediately after he be fully of the Age of Twentie Years; and if it be Female or Females, after they be of the Age of Fourteen Years, without any thing paying therefore, this Indenture notwithstanding, for as much as the said Wistan shall take the Issues, and Profits of the said Lands, all the mean time without any thing paying for the same. And the said John Granteth by these Presents, That he shall assent what in him is, at the Costs and Charges of the same Wistan, to cause the Offices to be found, after the Death of the said Thomas, according to the truth of the Testaments. And after these Offices so found, to get Grant by the Kings Letters Patents to the same John Mordaunt of the Ward and Custody a­bovesaid, according to his said Bill Assigned. And after that Patent made, then the same John shall Grant the said Ward and Marriage of the Heirs of the said Thomas Leventhorp, with the Custody of his Lands, to the said Wistan and his As­signs, to be Married as is above limited. For the which Premises well and truly to be performed, the said Wistan shall pay to the said John Mordaunt and his Assigns, a Hundred Pound of lawful Money, to be payed, and delivered in form follow­ing, That is to say, whereas the said Humphrey, is indebted to the said Wistan in One Hundred Pound for divers Considerations and Covenants made between the said Wistan and Humphrey, upon the advancement of the same Humphrey to the Marriage of Amey Mordaunt, one of the Daughters and Heirs of Henry Vere, Esquire, [Page 519]and one of the Cousins and Heirs to Edward, late Earl of Wiltshire of the Grenslonds, which Marriage the said Humphrey attained of the said John Mordaunt, by the special Favour and Means of the said Wistan. The said Wistan and Humphrey Grant for them and either of them by these Presents, That the said John Mordaunt, shall retain and take up all the Revenues, Rents and Profits due to the said Humphrey and Amey, of all the Maners, Lands and Tenements, belonging to the said Hum­phrey and Amey, from the making of these Presents, unto the time that the said John Mordaunt be fully therewith, and with the Profits, that he hath before this time received, of the Lands of the said Humphrey and Amey at the Feasts of Easter and Michaelmas last past, Ten Pounds Four Shillings Assigned to the same Hum­phrey, for the same Feasts, till his Exhibition be fully satisfied of the said Hundred Pounds. Provided always that the said Humphrey shall have from henceforth, at the Feasts of Easter and Michaelmas next ensuing the date of these Presents, towards his finding of the Profits of the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, that he hath by the said Amey, and the yearly Hundred Pounds till the said John Mordaunt, be fully contented of the said Hundred Pound: And after that Hundred Pound so fully con­tented, then the said Humphrey to be discharged of that Hundred Pound he owed to the said Wistan, and also the said Wistan to be quit and discharged against the said John Mordaunt, of the said Hundred Pound due to the said John, by reason of these Presents. And if the said Humphrey dye before the said Hundred Pound, to the said John Mordaunt in form afore rehearsed, is satisfied, Then the said Wistan Granteth by these Presents to pay yearly to the said John Mordaunt, Twenty Pound four Shillings at the Feasts of Easter and Saint Michael, by true Portions, till the same John Mordaunt, therewith and with the Money that the same John hath and shall re­tain of the Profits of the Maners, Lands and Tenements of the said Humphrey and Amey, be fully satisfied of the said Hundred Pound. And the said Wistan binds him by these Presents in two Hundred Marks, That he shall not Marry the Heir of the said Thomas, to any other Person than to one of his Children begotten of the said Elizabeth. In Witness whereof the Persons abovesaid, to these Presents interchange­ably have set to their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid.

John Mordaunt.

Ʋltima Voluntas Johannis Mordaunt Militis probata.

IN Dei Nomine Amen, ego Johannes Mordaunt miles, compos mentis sanae­que memoriae, die Jovis, quinto die Septembris, Anno Domini milesimo qui­gentesimo quarto, & Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi vicesimo, condo Testamen­tum & ultimam voluntatem meam in hunc modum:

Imprimis lego animam omnipotenti Deo, corpusque meum Ecclesiasticae sepul­turae, in Capella beatissimae Virginis Mariae in Ecclesia parochiali de Turveia, ubi­cunque contingat me obire.

Item lego Ecclesiae de Turveia optimum meum animal, nomine mortuarii.

Item lego fabriciae Ecclesiae de Turveia, viginti solidos.

Item lego fratribus minoribus Bedfordiae, viginti solidos.

Item lego Ecclesiae de Mulso, decem solidos.

Ecclesiae de Stacheden, decem solidos.

Priori & Canonibus de Newnham, viginti solidos.

Abbati de Wardon, & Conventui ibidem, viginti solidos.

Item volo quòd feossati & executores mei, erigere & stabiliri faciant, quandam Cantariam, in dicta capella in Ecclesia de Turveia de duobus capellanis secu­laribus perpetuis divina ibidem celebrantibus, juxta ordinationem meam, vel exe­cutorum meorum, pro bono statu illustrissimi principis, & Domini mei Henrici sep­timi, Dei gratia, Regis Angliae & Franciae, & Domini Hiberniae, dum in huma­nis existat, ac pro anima ejus, cum ab hac luce migraverit, & animâ Elizabethae nu­per consortis suae, & animabus omnium progenitorum & antecessorum ejusdem [Page 520]Domini Regis. Nec non pro animabus mei Domini Johannis Mordaunt, Williel­mi Mordaunt patris mei, & Margaretae uxoris ejus, matris meae, & omnium ante­cessorum meorum.

Et pro anima Edithae uxoris meae, filiae & unius haeredum Nicolai Latimer, Mili­tis, de Duntish, in Comitatu Dorsetiae.

Et animabus Annae nuper Comitissae Warwichiae, & omnium benefactorum, meorum.

Et quod dicti Capellani & eorum successores, cum sint sic erecti, stabiliti, & fun­dati, licentia Regia inde primitùs obtenta, habeant sibi & successoribus suis, mane­rium meum de Melburne, ac omnia boscos, terras & tenementa mea cum pertinentiis, in Melburne, Melreth, & Royston, in Comitatu Cantabrigiae.

Et volo quod dicti duo Capellani & eorum successores, in perpetuum sint resi­dentes in Turveia super Cantaria illa.

Et quod unus illorum Capellanorum sit sciens in scientia Grammaticae, & do­cens Grammaticam in Turveia in perpetuum liberè, omnibus pueris, & aliis illuc venientibus, scientiae illae studentibus, absque aliquo stipendio, vel aliquid de iis, vel eorum amicis ceu parentibus capiendo.

Et ipse Capellanus docens Grammaticam, habebit sibi & successoribus suis, de praedictis maneriis, terris & tenementis, decem libras annuatim. Et quòd alter Ca­pellanus habeat sibi & successoribus suis, octo marcas de eisdem manerio, terris & tenementis.

Et quod residuum dicti manerii, terrarum & tenementorum, cum pertinentiis sit ad sustentationem dictae Cantariae, & mansionis suae; & pro reparatione vestimen­torum, & aliarum rerum pro eadem Cantaria necessariarum.

Item volo, quòd iidem Cantarii, & successores sui habeant sibi & successoribus suis, messuagium suum in Turveia vocatum Fyshers, cum columbari, domibus, gardinis, & curtelagiis eidem adjacentibus, pro eorum mansione, & schola pro pue­ris docendis in scientia praedicta.

Et quòd magister ille & successores sui, cum pueris quolibet die, cum primo vene­rit ad scholas, dicant pro bono statu meo, & haeredum meorum, Dominorum mane­rii mei de Turveia, hunc psalmum; Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac, &c. & cum suffragiis solitis.

Et in eorum recessu à scholis, quolibet die pro animabus praedictis, psalmum, De profundis, &c. cum suffragiis solitis de defunctis dicendis.

Et quòd dicti Capellani & eorum successores, sint diebus festivis in choro de Tur­veia divina, videlicet primas Vesperas, matutinas Missas, & secundas Vesperas, ibi­dem cum nota psallentibus.

Et quòd executores mei omnia necessaria ordinent, pro divinis celebrandis in dicta Cantaria, una vice tantum.

Et quòd extunc de caetero, eadem & talia necessaria, reparentur, & manu tene­antur, de & cum residuo dictorum exituum, & proficuorum per supervisum haere­dum meorum.

Et quòd executores mei, & assignati sui, capiant exitus & proficua inde, ad erigendum dictam Cantariam quousque Cantaria illa sit fundata & erecta, ut prae­dictum est.

Item volo quòd dicta Cantaria sit fundata & erecta, licentia Regia, mediante infra decem annos proximo post obitum meum. Et si non sit fundata infra decem annos, quòd extunc volo quòd haeredes mei, illa manerium & tenementa habeant, sibi & haeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus remanere inde rectis haeredibus meis in per­petuum.

Item volo quòd Editha uxor mea habeat ad terminum vitae suae terras & tenementa ad valentiam centum librarum per annum in Turveia & Statfold, ceu alibi, in re­compensationem totius dotis & juncturae suae, ac tertiam partem omnium bonorum meorum mobilium, exceptis wardis meis, & maritagiis eorundem, ac omnibus de­nariis de eisdem wardis & maritagiis provenientibus, & etiam illis denariis quos [Page 521]promptos habeo in manibus, debitis meis, & omnibus denariis reservatis, sive crescenti­bus de Etheldreda Vere, quae omnia praeexcepta, volo quòd executores mei habe­ant, cum reliquis duabus partibus bonorum meorum, ad debita mea persolvenda, & hanc voluntatem meam perimplendam.

Item volo quòd executores mei habeant ad terminum decem annorum, exitus & proficua omnium terrarum, & tenementorum meorum residuorum, tam quae habeo jure haereditario, quam ex perquisitione, in Turveia praedicta, Stacheden, Fel­marsham, Radwell, Roxton, Charlestern, Collesden, Berford, Bedford, Car­leton, Elstowe, Chalton, Colmoth, Cramfeld, Eyeworth, Wotton, Peling, Brom­ham & Thomasine, Lamburne, in Comitatu Bedfordiae, ac manerium de Mulso & Willien, ac omnium terrarum ac tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, in Ty­chemerch, Clopton, Luffwyk, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, manerii de Halshyde, ac omnium terrarum, & tenementorum cum pertinentiis, in Halshyde, Stenage, ceu alibi in Comitatu Herfordiae, manerii de Botelers, ac omnium terrarum & te­nementorum meorum cum pertinentiis in Walden, & Ashden in Comitatu Essexiae. Et maneriorum de Newton per mare, & Burnton cum pertinentiis. Nec non om­nium terrarum & tenementorum meorum quae nuper fuerunt Johannis Middleton militis, in Comitatu Northumbriae, manerii de Lyford, cum acciderit, in Comitatu Berks; nec non manerii de Mykleham, cum acciderit, & advocationem Ecclesiae de Mykleham, ac omnium terrarum & tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Surriae; nec non omnium aliorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, infra regnum Angliae.

Et quòd iidem executores mei vendant, omnes boscos, & subboscos, meos in omnibus dictis Comitatibus.

Et quòd habeant totum interesse meum, quod habeo, & haberem, debeo, sive deberem, in omnibus exitibus & proficuis, omnium maneriorum, terrarum, & tene­mentorum, cum pertinentiis, Etheldredae Vere, tam in terris de Greene's-lands, quam in terris de Vere's-lands, ac totum interesse meum in Goldston & Raundis, & in terris, & tenementis suis, ea intentione, quòd iidem Executores solvent om­nia debita mea, & deinde legata mea, & expensas necessarias, pro fundatione & creatione contrariae meae praedictae, & perimpleant istam meam voluntatem.

Item volo & lego post dictos decem annos elapsos, Willielmo Mordaunt filio meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, reservationem manerii mei de Lyford; ac omnium terrarum & tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, in Lyford, & alibi, in Comitatu Berks, remanere inde Johanni Mordaunt filio meo & haeredi apparenti, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde Willielmo Mordaunt fra­tri meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde Elizabethae uxori Wistani Brown, sorori meae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; rema­nere inde rectis haeredibus mei dicti Johannis Mordaunt patris, in perpe­tuum.

Item lego dicto Willielmo filio meo, quendam annualem redditum viginti mar­carum, exeuntem de terris & tenementis meis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, quo­usque dicta reversio dicti manerii, de Lyford cum pertinentiis acciderit.

Et quòd idem Willielmus filius meus habeat totum proficuum proveniens de E­theldreda Vere, & de terris & tenementis ipsius Etheldredae, durante interesse meo in eisdem; & totum proficuum quod provenire poterit de eisdem, cum idem Willielmus ad plenam aetatem suam pervenerit, vel ad ipsam vendendam, vel ad ipsam maritandam, prout deo placuerit, nisi de eisdem prosicuis sibi provideatur maritagium, per discretionem executorum meorum, & tunc totum residuum eorun­dem proficuorum, remanentium ultra idem maritagium, erit eidem Willielmo cum ad plenam aetatem suam pervenerit.

Item volo quòd Johannes filius meus primogenitus, habeat, durantibus dictis de­cem annis, quadraginta marcas, annuatim exeuntes de manerio meo de Mulso, & volo quod feoffati mei, in eodem manerio, ac omnibus terris, ac tenementis meis, cum pertinentiis in Mulso, Newportpagnel, Hermede, Clifton, Broughton, Har­wyke, [Page 522]Wedon, & Breddesthorn, in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac de & in omnibus maneriis, terris & tenementis meis de Turveia, Bosoms, Bordlen, ac omnibus terris & tenementis, ac reversionibus meis in Stacheden, Turvey, Felmarsham, Radwell & Eyeworth, in Comitatu Bedfordiae; ac de & in omnibus terris ac tenementis meis cum pertinentiis in Luffwyk, Tychemerch, & Clopton, in Comitatu Northamp­toniae, ac in manerio meo de Halshydes; & omnibus terris & tenementis meis, cum pertinentiis in Shephale, Stevenage, ceu alibi, in Comitatu Hertf. ac de manerio de Botelers in Walden, & omnibus terris & tenementis meis cum per­tinentiis in Walden & Ashton, in Comitatu Essexiae, stent & sint feoffati, post dictos decem annos elapsos, ad usum dicti Johannis Mordaunt filii mei, & haere­dum de corpore suo exeuntium; remanere inde praedicto Willielmo filio meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefatae Johannae Strange­ways filiae meae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefato Willielmo fratri meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefatae Elizabethae Brown, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde rectis haeredibus dicti Johannis Mordaunt filii in perpetuum.

Item volo quòd Katharina Ardres vidua, filia Johannis Hamwell, de Tansore, & Rosae uxoris ejus, habeat omnia, terras, boscos & tenementa mea, cum pertinen­tiis, in Northcrawley, excepto quodam clauso in Northcrawley, vocato Greatcal­verly, quod assignavi Roberto Broughton militi, in excambium, pro quodam clauso in Turveia nuper Broughtons, quae sunt omnia tenementa quae Broughton habuit in Turveia praedicta. Habendum omnia praedicta terras, boscos, & tenementa cum pertinentiis in Northcrawley praedicta, excepto praeexcepto, praefatae Katharinae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde mihi dicto Johanni Mordaunt & haeredibus de corpore meo exeuntibus; remanere inde Willielmo Mordaunt fra­tri meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefatae Elizabe­thae Brown, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde rectis haeredi­bus Dominae Agnetis Pekke, nuper uxoris Johannis Pekke, de Coupull, filiae Jo­hannis Vynter de Creke, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, in recompensationem medie­tatis manerii de Creke, & tenementorum in Northamptonia, in eodem Comitatu Northamptoniae, per me dictum Johannem Mordaunt venditae.

Item volo quòd nullus dictorum Johannis Mordaunt, & Willielmi filiorum meo­rum, habeat statum in praedictis maneriis, terris, & tenementis, durantibus vitis suis, nec eorum alicujus diutius viventis, nisi tantum pro junctura uxorum sua­rum, sed quòd iidem Johannes & Willielmus tantum inde capiant exitus, & proficua, post dictos decem annos elapsos, durantibus vitis suis.

Item volo quòd executores faciant juncturas uxoribus, eorundem Johannis & Wil­lielmi, de & in praedictis terris & tenementis, sibi separaliter in ista mea ultima voluntate assignatis, aut in parcellis eorundem, si & quando, & de tanta portione inde prout per meos executores avisabitur, & prout teneor Elizabethae uxori, prae­dicti Johannis Mordaunt junioris.

Item volo quòd dictus Willielmus Mordaunt frater meus habeat regimen dicto­rum filiorum meorum durante, vita sua, quousque filii mei pervenerint ad aetatem viginti quatuor annorum, & post ejus decessum alii executores mei habeant regimen eorum usque ad eandem aetatem.

Et volo, quod si aliquid in fine dictorum decem annorum, ista ultima voluntate mea perimpleta remaneat, de bonis meis mobilibus, aut de exitibus terrarum & tenementorum meorum praedictorum, aut de venditione boscorum meorum, quòd tum volo quòd illud residuum remaneat ad usum dicti Johannis Mordaunt filii, si tunc sit superstes, aut dicto Willielmo filio meo tunc superstite, ut ipsi exorent pro me, & animabus antecessorum meorum.

Item lego Johannae filiae meae, uxori Aegidii Strangeways viginti libras argenti, non in pecuniis, sed in una pelve & Ewre de argento, & in uno cipho cum cooperta­rio deaurato ad valentiam viginti librarum.

Item volo quòd septem animae disponantur pro anima Agnetis Pekke, cujus exe­cutor [Page 523]ego sum; & tenementum & quinque acras terrae in Elnestowe, quae valent ad majus, sex libras duodecim solidos & quatuor denarios, assignavi Katharinae Ardres & haeredibus suis in perpetuum.

Item lego Richardo Stevynson quatuor libras annuatim, durante vita sua; & Thomae Kirkeby quatuor libras annuatim, durante vita sua, & Thomae Heron, quamdiu haeredi mei manerii de Turveia deservire valet, annuatim quatuor libras; Johanni Deyster, & Johannae uxori ejus, victum & vestitum apud Turveiam, vel viginti sex solidos & octo denarios, per annum, durante vita sua, & Jacobo Har­ris victum & vestitum, durante vita sua.

Item lego cuilibet alio servienti meo non sumenti annuali stipendio, quadraginta solidos; & cuilibet alio servienti meo annuali sumenti stipendio, integrum stipen­dium unius anni.

Et hujus praesentis Testamenti, & ultimae voluntatis meae, executores facio, ordi­no, & constituo, Willielmum Mordaunt fratrem meum, Johannem Vynter, & Willielmum Gascoign; & cuilibet eorum do, & lego, viginti libras, ultra expensas necessarias, circa implementum istius meae ultimae voluntatis, quas similiter volo quòd habeant, & expendent de bonis meis. His Testibus praedictis, Willielmo Mordaunt, Willielmo Gascoign, Johanne Vynter, Johanne Mordaunt filio meo, Wistano Brown, & aliis. Data dicto die Jovis, anno vicesimo supradicto.

Tenore praesentium nos Willielmus permissione divina Cantuariensis Episcopus, to­tius Angliae primas, & apostolicae sedis legatus, Notum facimus universis, quòd sexto die mensis Decembris, Anno Domini milesimo quingentesimo quarto a­pud Lambeth probatum fuit, coram nobis, ac per nos approbatum, & insinuatum, Testamentum Johannis Mordaunt Militis defuncti, praesentibus annexum, ha­bentis dum vixit, & mortis suae tempore, bona in diversis Diocesibus nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae, cujus praetextu, ipsius Testamenti approbatio, & in­sinuatio, ad administrationis bonorum & debitorum suorum commissio, nec non compoti, calculi, sive ratiocinii, administrationis hujusmodi, auditio fina­lisque liberatio, sive demissio ab eadem, ad nos solum & insolidum, & non ad alium nobis inferiorem judicem, de jure praerogativa & consuetudine nostris, ac Ecclesiae nostrae Christi Cantuariae, quietè, pacificè, & inconcussè, in hac parte usitatis & observatis, legitimeque praescriptis, dignoscuntur notoriè pertinere. Commissaque fuit administratio omnium & singulorum bonorum, & debitorum dicti defuncti, Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, executoribus in hujusmodi Testamento nominatis, de bene & fideliter administrando eadem, ac de pleno, & fideli inventorio omnium & singulorum bonorum, & debitorum hujusmodi conficiendo. Et nobis citra festum Natalis Domini proximo futuro exhibendo. Nec non de pleno & vero compoto, calculo, sive ratiocinio nobis aut successoribus nostris, in ea parte reddendis, ad sancta Dei Evangelia juratis. Reservata potestate similem Commissionem faciendi, Johanni Vynter etiam ex­ecutori in hujusmodi Testamento nominato, cum eam venerit in debita juris forma Admissurus. Data die mensis, Anno Domini, & loco praedicto, & nostrae translationis anno primo.

Sub Sigillo Officii.

Hic jacet Dominus Johannes Mordaunt, Miles, Dominus hujus villae, cum Domina Editha uxore ejus, filia & haerede Domini Nicolai La­timer, Militis; qui quidem Johannes Cancellarius fuit Ducatus Lancastriae, regnante Rege Henrico Septimo, & à Secretioribus suis Conciliis. Multa meruit, & habuit plurima, pro longa & fideli servitute. Obiit tandem satur dierum, clarus virtute, posteritate faelix, in expectatione beatissimae Aeternitatis [...] die [...] Anno Domini [...]

JOHN Lord MORDAƲNT, Second of that Name, Peer of England, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Privy Counsellor to King Henry the Eighth. CHAPTER XII.

Charta Regis Henrici Septimi facta Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, Exe­cutoribus Johannis Mordaunt, Militis, pro Custodia Johannis Leventhorp.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris dedimus, & concessimus, & per praesentes damus, & concedimus, Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gas­coign, Executoribus Testamenti Johannis Mordaunt militis, defuncti, custodiam terrae & haeredis Thomae Leventhorp, videlicet, Johannis Leventhorp, filii & haere­dis ejusdem Thomae Leventhorp, ac omnium maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum, reversionum, advocationum Ecclesiarum, feodorum militum, ac haere­ditamentorum quorumcunque, quae per, sive post mortem ejusdem Thomae Leven­thorp, ac ratione minoris aetatis ejusdem Johannis Leventhorp, ad manus nostras devenerunt, ceu devenire debuerunt, sive debebunt. Concessimus etiam praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, maritagium ejusdem Johannis Le­venthorp absque disparagatione. Habendum & tenendum custodiam terrae, & haeredis praedictorum, & caetera praemissa, cum suis pertinentiis, praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, durante minore aetate ejusdem Johannis Leven­thorp. Concessimus etiam praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, omnia arrearagia, redditus, exitus, & proficua, omnium praedictorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum, à tempore mortis prae­dicti Thomae Leventhorp hucusque pervenientia, sive crescentia. Concessimus eti­am eisdem Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, quòd si contingat ipsum Johannem Leventhorp antequam ad legitimam aetatem viginti unius annorum per­ [...]erit obire, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, quod iidem Willielmus Mordaunt [...] Willielmus Gascoign, habeant custodiam terrae & haeredis, hujusmodi haeredis, [...] praedictorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis, una cum maritagio hujusmodi haeredis, absque dis­ [...]ragatione. Et sic de haerede ad haeredem, quousque aliquis hujusmodi haeredum, [...] & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit, absque compoto, ceu aliquo alio [...] praemissis, ceu aliquo praemissorum, nobis vel haeredibus nostris reddendo, [...] solvendo. Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo aut certitudine praemissorum, aut de aliis donis, ceu concessionibus per nos praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, ante haec tempora factis existit, aut aliquo sta­tuto, actu, ordinatione, restrictione, re, materia, vel causa quacunque, in con­trarium editis ceu provisis, in aliquo non obstantibus. In cujus rei Testimonium, [...] literas nostras sieri fecimus patentes, Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium duo­decimo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.

Baynbrig.
Per ipsum Regem & de data prae­dicta autoritate Parliamenti

A Patent to John Mordaunt to be Sheriff.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae, Archiepis­copis Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, Liberis hominibus, & omnibus aliis de Comitatibus Bedfordiae, & Buck­inghamiae, salutem. Cum commiserimus dilecto nobis Johanni Mordaunt, officium Vicecomitis, Comitatuum nostrorum praedictorum cum pertinentiis, habendum quam diu nobis placuerit, prout in aliis nostris patentibus, sibi inde confectis, ple­nius continetur. Vobis mandavimus quòd eidem Johanni tanquam Vicecomiti nostro, Comitatuum praedictorum, in omnibus quae ad officium illud pertinent intendentes sitis, & respondentes. In cujus rei Testimonium, has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, decimo die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri primo.

Young. Sub Sigillo magno.

Concession de Cognoisance a Jean Mordaunt.

A Tous presens, & advenir qui ces presentes lettres verront, ou orront. Tho­mas Wryothesley, aulterment dit Jerretiere Roy d'armes, des Anglois: Et Thomas Benolt, aulterment dit Clarencieux Roy d'armes, de parties du South, en cestuy Royaulme d'Angleterre salut, avec humble recommendation. Equite veult, & Raison ordonne que les hommes vertueux, & de noble courage soient par leurs merites, & bonne renommée remunere, & non pas seulment leurs persones, en ceste vie mortelle, tant briefue & transitoire, mais apres eulx, ceux qui du leurs corps issiront & seront procrée, soient en toutes places, perpetuellment avec autres renommées, par certaines enseignes & demonstrances d'honneur & de noblesse. Com­me ainsi soit, que Jean Mordaunt de Turvey, en la Counte de Bedford Escuyer: soit descendu de noble lignée, & aussi longuement ait continue en noblesse, portant armes; neantmoins iceluy incertain, en quelles manieres ces predecesseurs, portoient leur cognoisance, non volant prejudicer à aucune personne, à nous les dits Roys d'armes à requis de luy ordonner, deviser, & assigner, un cognoisance convenable. Et pource nous considerantz, sa requeste estre juste & raisonable, par vertu de l'autorite, & pouvoir annex, & attribué à nostre office de Roys des armes, avons ordonné, devisé & assignée, au dit Jean Mordaunt, & sa posterite, aveques du difference la cognoissance en la maniere qui s'ensuit. C'est ascavoir un teste d'aigle, rasee d'argent dedans un courronnal de gueules, entre trois estoiles, de sis points, de sable, becquee de pourpre, tenant en son beque en branche d'­aulbe espine, de vert, la fleur à la teste si comme la picture en la marge si devant le demonstre. A avoir & tenir, au dit Jean Mordaunt, & sa dit posterite, & eux en user à tousiour mas. En testimoigne de ce nous Jarretiere Roy des Armes des Anglois, & Clarencieux Roy d'armes des parties du South, dessusdits avons signées de nos mains, & seelés des seaulx de nos armes, ces presentes. Fait & donné à Londres, le derniere jour de Fevrier, l'an de nostre Seigneur Jesu Christ, Mil cinque cens, & douze, & l'an du reigne du Roy Henry l'huictiesme nostre tres re­doubtè & Soveraigne Seignieur quatriesme.

A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved we greet you well: And forasmuch as for the de­fence of this our Realm and resistance against outward Enemies, it is ne­cessarily requisite that all manner our Subjects, able for the Wars, should be put in sufficient readiness for the same, to do unto us service when the case shall require; we therefore will and desire you, and nevertheless command, That with all diligence possible, after the receipt of this our Letter, ye not only prepare such and as many able Men for the Wars sufficient harnished, as ye may and can pre­pare of your own Tenants, and other Servants within your Offices, and Rooms, and none other, but also make Certificate in writing of their number to our self, or the Bishop of Duresme our Secretary before the Feast of Saint John Baptist next coming at the farthest, like as we have semblably written to all Lords, Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen of every Shire within this our Realm, and therefore fail ye not to accomplish the premises, as ye tender our honour, and the surety of us and of our Realm and Subjects; so and in such wise that by our preparation of a good number of able Men, we may understand your towardly mind to do unto us service, which shall be remembred according to your deserts; and these our Letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf.

A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved we greet ye well. So it is, upon the even of Philip and Jacob last passed, a great number of insolent Apprentices, and mali­cious Journey-men of their sensual Appetites, and rancorous Dispositions, against Aliens and Strangers, Artificers and others, Inhabited within our City of London, suddainly assembled themselves within our said City in the night time, under colour of Maying, breaking up, entring, and robbing the houses of sundry French and Dutch men, making also great Comminations to other Strangers, to the marvellous Inquietation and Commotion of our said City, and Disturbances of our Peace within the same. And albeit the same Commotion and Rebellious As­sembly, by the Mayor, Sheriffs, and other substantial, and well disposed Citizens, with and by the Policies, Powers, and Assistance of the Noble Men, and others of our Council, was not only forthwith repressed, and pacified, but also a great Number of the Malefactors and Offenders taken, and according to our Laws and their Demerits, openly convicted and put to execution, so that it is now throughly pacified, and put in Quietness, our Lord be thanked. Yet we thought right ex­pedient to advertise you thereof, as well for the Declaration of the Truth, in [Page 528]putting all Sinister and Seditious Bruits to silence, if any such shall be made by indisposed Persons, as also that ye by your Wisdom, should not only foresee and have good espial in the place and Countries near adjoyning to you, to know the disposition of our Subjects, if upon untrue reports, they should be stirred to any semblable Commotions, by perverse Councel against Merchants, Strangers, or upon any other ground or cause. But also by your wisdom and power with the assistance of other faithful Servants, and Subjects in these parts, forthwith to re­press the same, by taking as well the principal mover and stirrers thereof, as also the offenders accompanying them, for such unlawful intent and purpose, commit­ting them to Ward. And also, advertising us thereof, with all speedy diligence, as our special Trust is in you, and as ye intend to do unto us acceptable service and pleasure, to be remembred hereafter accordingly.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Richmond, the Third day of May.

An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concern­ing the Maner of Drayton.

TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing Indented shall come, hear or see, Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot, Two of the Kings Justi­ces, send greeting in our Lord. Whereas there hath been divers Variances and Debates, moved and had between the Right Honourable Lord, George Earl of Shrewsbury, on the one Partie, and John Mordaunt, Esquire, and Elizabeth his Wife, one of the Cousins and Heirs to the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Wiltshire, on his Mothers side, that is to say by Constance Mother of the said Earl, and Daughter and Heir of Henry Greene of Drayton, in the County of Nor­thampton, Esquire, and Humphrey Brown, Esquire, late Husband to Amey, and George Brown his Son and Heir apparent, and Son and Heir to the same Amey, another Cousin, and another of the Heirs of the said Earl of Wiltshire, after the form afore­said, and Sir Wistan Brown, Knight, and John Brown his Son and Heir apparent, and Audrey his Wife, the third Cousin, and Heir to the same Earl, after the manner abovesaid, on the other Partie, of and upon the Right, Title, Reversion and Possession as well of the foresaid Maner of Drayton, with the Appurtenances, as of all other Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances in the said County of Northampton, or elsewhere, which late were the said Con­stance's, or to the foresaid Henry Greene, or to any other person or persons, to the use of them, or the other of them. Which Maners, Lands and Tenements the fore­said Earl of Shrewsbury claimed by a Will, supposed to be made by the said Earl of Wiltshire, by which Will the foresaid Earl of Wiltshire should will to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, all his Fee simple Land. Whereupon the foresaid Parties have compromitted themselves, to abide the Award, Ordinance and Judgment of us the said Robert Brudenell, and Richard Elliot, Arbitrators indifferently named by and between the foresaid Parties to Award, Ordain and Deem, as well of and upon the Premises, as for and upon all manner of Evidences, Charters, Escripts, Writ­ings and Amuniments, concerning the Premises, or any part of them, and of all manner of Actions, Suits, Quarrels and Demands, had or moved between the fore­said Parties, or their Servants or Friends, before the date of these presents con­cerning the Premises. And we the foresaid Arbitrators taking upon us the autho­rity, and power to Award, Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises, calling before us the Counsels of the foresaid Parties, hearing and seeing their Titles, Answers, Replications, Evidences, Proves, and all other their Allegiances, concern­ing their foresaid Titles, and Interess by good deliberation, and by consent of the said Parties Award, Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises, in manner and form following, that is to say, Forasmuch as the foresaid John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan, Humphrey Brown, George and John Brown, have shewed to us the said Ar­bitrators, [Page 529]a Will supposed to be made by the same Earl of Wiltshire, and Sealed with his Seal, in which Will he revoked all former Wills, and willed that same Will to stand in his full strength and virtue, and for his last Will. And in that Will there is no clause whereby the same Earl of Shrewsbury, should have any of his Maners, Lands or Tenements, as by the same more plainly appeareth. And also they have shewed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds, and other Writings proving the aforesaid Maner of Drayton, and other the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to be given in Tayle to the Ancestors of the said Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire, who had and enjoyed the same by reason of the said Tayles, and the foresaid Elizabeth, and George Brown and Audrey, be Cousins and next Heir to the same Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wilt­shire, and to the same Earl on his Mothers side, and heritable to the foresaid Ma­ners, and other the Premises by reason of the said Tayles. Wherefore we Award, Ordain and Deem, That the foresaid Elizabeth, George Brown and Audrey, shall have and enjoy all the foresaid Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and o­ther the Premises, to them and to their Heirs, according to their foresaid Titles of Inheritance. And that the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, shall by his several Deeds sufficient in the Law, to be enrolled, release to the said John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, Humphrey Brown, George Brown and John Brown and Audrey his Wife, and to such Person or Persons, as they shall name to the use of the said Elizabeth, George and Audrey, and their Heirs, all such Right, Title, Claim, Interest and De­mand, as the said Earl of Shrewsbury, or any Person or Persons to his use, hath in the foresaid Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises, by reason of a­ny Gift or Will, in the Premises, or any part of them, made by the foresaid Earl of Wiltshire, to the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, at the Cost and Charges of the said John Mordaunt, John and George Brown in all things. And furthermore the said Earl of Shrewsbury shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said John Mor­daunt, Humphrey Brown, John and George Brown, or to their Deputie or Deputies, in London, all such Charters, Evidences and Writings, as he to his own use, or any other to his use, to his knowledge hath only concerning the Premises, as soon as it may be conveniently done: For the which Releases, and other things above specified; and for other Costs and Charges, which the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the Premises, we the said Arbitrators, Award, Ordain and Deem, That the said Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, Humphrey Brown, and John Brown, shall content and pay to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, his Executors or Assigns, Two hundred Marks of Lawful Money in form following, that is to say, The said John Mordaunt shall content, and pay to the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, his Executors or Assigns, on the Day of the Feast of Saint George the Martyr, next coming after the Date above-written, at the Rode of the North-door, in the Cathedral Church of Paul's, in the City of London, between the hours of Nine and Eleven of the Clock of the same day, a Hundred Marks; and the foresaid Sir Wistan, Hum­phrey Brown and John Brown, shall content, and pay to the foresaid Earl, his Exe­cutors or Assigns, on the day of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, then next ensuing, at the said Rode, in the same Church, between the hours of Nine and Eleven of the same Day, a Hundred Marks, residue of the foresaid Two hundred Marks. Also we Award, Ordain and Deem, That the said John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan Brown, Humphrey, and John Brown, by their Deed and Deeds, as sufficient as the said Earl of Shrewsbury or his Counsel shall advise, shall release to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, and to as many persons as the said Earl shall name, and ap­point in Writing, before the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next coming after the date hereof, which hath done, laboured, or spoken for the foresaid Earl, in his foresaid cause, all actions of Trespasses, Debates and Demands personal, had, or done before the date of these Presents, at the Costs and Charges of the said Earl of Shrewsbury. And the said Earl, and all the foresaid Persons, which hath done, spoken or laboured any thing for the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, in or for [Page 530]his Title or Possession of the Premises, or any part of them, shall be for ever discharged, against the same Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth his Wife, Humphrey Brown, George Brown, John Brown and Audrey his Wife, and every of them, of all Actions, Trespasses and Demands personal, which they have or might have, against the same Earl, or the foresaid other persons, for any cause had or done, touching the Premises, before the date of these Presents.

In Witness where­of the foresaid Arbitrators, to every part of these Indentures of their Award, have put to their Seals this Twentieth day of March, the Sixth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth.

A Release from the Earl of Shrewsbury to John Mordaunt, of all his Right concerning the Maner of Drayton.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, nos Georgius Comes Salopiae, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Sciatis nos praefatum Georgium Comitem, remississe, relaxasse, & omnino pro nobis & haeredibus nostris quietum clamasse Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxori ejus, uni consanguinearum & haeredum Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts, ex parte matris ejusdem Edwardi vide­licet filii Constanciae, filiae & haeredis Henrici Greene, nuper de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigeri, Humphredo Brown, Georgio Brown, filio & haeredi ap­parenti dicti Humphredi Brown, filio & haeredi Amiciae, alterius consanguinearum & haeredum dicti Edwardi, ex parte dictae Constanciae, Johanni Brown, & Ethel­dredae uxori ejus, tertiae consanguinearum & haeredum dicti Edwardi, ex parte dictae Constanciae, Thomae Montegue, & Willielmo Pemberton haeredibus & as­signatis suis, ad usum eorundem Johannis Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, Humfredi Brown, Georgii Brown & Johannis Brown, & Etheldredae uxoris ejus, & haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae, Georgii, & Etheldredae: Totum jus nostrum, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse, & demandum, quae habemus ceu unquam ha­buimus, de & in manerio de Drayton, ac de & in omnibus aliis maneriis, terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, boscis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & aliis hae­reditamentis quibuscunque, cum eorum pertinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt praedictae Constanciae, aut praedicti Henrici, sive alicujus alterius sive aliquorum aliorum, ad eorum vel alterius eorum usum, in dicto Comitatu Northamptoniae, ceu in ali­quo alio Comitatu infra Regnum Angliae, aut in Marchiis eorundem, quae nos praefatus Georgius Comes, vel haeredes nostri, aliquo modo habere poterimus, in praedictis maneriis, ac caeteris praemissis, aut in eorum aliquo, cum eorum perti­nentiis, ratione alicujus donationis, legationis, ceu per ultimam voluntatem prae­fati Edwardi, nuper Comitis Wilts, nobis factis sive habitis: Salvis omnino & re­servatis nobis, & haeredibus nostris, omni clameo, jure, titulo, interesse, & de­mando, quae habemus, ceu habere poterimus, in praemissis ceu in eorum aliquo, nobis per descensum, aut per jus haereditarium, per aliquem antecessorum nostrorum, cujus, vel quorum haeres, nos praefatus Georgius Comes existimus, ceu ratione ali­cujus alterius tituli, quae habere poterimus, aliter quam per ultimam voluntatem, legationem, sive donationem, praedicti Comitis Wilts, nobis facta, sive habita. Ita quòd nec nos praefatus Georgius Comes, nec haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis, ceu nomine nostro, aliquod jus, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse, ceu demandum, de aut in praedictis maneriis ac caeteris praemissis, cum eorum pertinentiis, nec in aliqua eorum parcella, ex causis praedictis, de caetero, exigere, clamare ceu vendicare poterimus, sed ab omni actione juris, tituli, clamei, inter­esse, aut demandi, seu aliquid inde petendi, simus in perpetuum exclusi per prae­sentes.

In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo, sigillum meum ap­posui. Data vicesimo quarto die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici octavi post Conquestum sexto.
E. Shrewsbury.

A Patent to John Mordaunt, Esquire, granting several Liberties, and among o­thers, to be Pilo Coopertus, that is Covered in the presence of the King.

HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae. Om­nibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, concessimus, & per praesentes concedimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, di­lecto nobis Johanni Mordaunt Armigero, ceu quocunque alio nomine, cogno­mine, sive additione nominis idem Johannes censeatur, ceu nuncupetur: Quod ipse ad totam vitam suam hanc habeat, & plenarie gaudeat libertatem, videlicet, quod deinceps non ponatur, impanelletur, nec juretur, in assisis, juratis, inquisitio­nibus, attinctis, ceu aliis recognitionibus, aut juratis quibuscunque, licet ipsi, ceu eorum aliquis tangat nos vel haeredes nostros, aut placita coronae nostrae, vel haere­dum nostrorum, ac licet nos vel heredes nostri, soli, aut conjunctim cum aliis perso­nis, fimus una pars. Concessimus etiam & per praesentes concedimus eidem Johan­ni, quo ipse de caetero non fiat Vicecomes, Eschaetor, Coronator, Balivus, Recep­tor, Constabularius nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, in aliquo Comitatu, sive Ci­vitate, Villa, vel Burgo Regni nostri Angliae, nec Collector assessorum, ceu Taxator aliquarum decimarum quintarum decimarum, aut aliorum tallagiorum, quotarum, vel subsidiorum quorumcunque, nobis aut haeredibus nostris, autoritate Parliamenti, vel aliter concessorum, vel aliqualiter in posterum concedendorum, aut per nos, aut haeredes nostros, ligeis nostris in Regno nostro, aliqualiter imponendorum. Nec Collector alicujus rationabilis auxilii, ad primogenitum aut quemcunque alium filium nostrum, vel haeredum nostrorum, militem faciendum. Ceu ad primogenitam fili­am, aut aliquam aliam filiam nostram, vel haeredum nostrorum maritandam. Et quod idem Johannes in posterum non fiat nec eligatur, Miles alicujus Comitatus, nec Burgensis alicujus Burgi, infra Regnum nostrum praedictum, ad veniendum ad aliqua Parliamenta nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum in posterum summonenda ceu tenenda. Nec aliqualiter assignetur, ordinetur aut fiat, Custos pacis aut aliquis Justiciarius, sive Commissionarius, aut assignatus, ad pacem nostram, vel haeredum nostrorum conservandam: aut ad inquirendum, audiendum, determinandum, de laboratoribus, servientibus, artificibus, aut de aliquibus transgressionibus, riotis, aut aliis offensis, contemptis, forisfacturis, ceu malefactis, aut sewris aut aliis quibuscunque, nec Justi­ciarius laboratorum, vel artificum, nec aliquis alius Justiciarius, capitalis Constabu­larius, Traiator, Arragator sive Ductor aliquorum hominum ad arma, aut in aliqui­bus negotiis nostris, vel haeredum nostrorum aut aliorum aliquorum. Et quòd idem Johannes de caetero non eligatur, ordinetur aut aliqualiter fiat, Major, Vice­comes, Ballivus, Coronator, Escaetor, Camerarius aut alius officiarius quicun­que in aliquo Comitatu, Civitate, Villa, sive Burgo. Nec aliquis Ballivus, offici­arius, ceu minister nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, infra regnum nostrum prae­dictum. Et quòd ipse ad ordinem militarem suscipiendum, vel aliquod officium, vel onus superius recitatum, aut aliquod aliud officium, sive onus, aut honorem sive honores habendum, exercendum, faciendum, recipiendum aut occupandum, ullo modo, per nos vel haeredes nostros, assignetur, votetur, ordinetur, ceu compella­tur aut aliqualiter arctetur ullo modo. Nec ad essendum Jurator, super aliqua tria­tione, arraiatione, alicujus assisae, coram quibuscunque justitiariis nostris, vel haere­dum nostrorum ad assisas capiendas assignatis, aut aliis justiciariis quibuscunque. Et quod non ponatur nec impanelletur, in aliqua magna assisa, infra regnum no­strum Angliae, inter partes quascunque, contra voluntatem suam, licet nos, aut hae­redes nostri, sit una pars. Et ulterius de abundantiori gratia nostra concessimus praefato Johanni, quòd si ipse ad aliqua officia sive onera, ceu honores supradicta, ceu aliquod praemissorum, ceu aliquod aliud officium, ceu onus, aut honorem quem­cunque eligatur, ipseque officia, vel onera, ac honorem & honores illa facere aut recipere recusaverit, extunc idem Johannes, aliquem contemptum de praedictis [Page 532]poenam, aut forisfacturam, aut aliquos exitus, fines, redemptiones ceu amerciamenta, quacunque occasione refutationis, omissionis, non susceptionis, sive non omissionis, aut receptionis eorundem, aut alicujus eorundem nullatenus incurrat, forisfaciat, aut perdat: Sed quòd presens charta nostra de exemptione, coram quibuscunque Justiciariis nostris, & Thesaurariis, & Baronibus Scaccarii nostri, & heredum nostrorum, ac in quocun­que alio loco, aut curia de Recordo, per totum regnum nostrum, super sola de­monstratione ejusdem chartae nostrae, absque aliquo brevi, praecepto, ceu mandato, aut aliquo alio superinde habendo, ceu prosequendo, vel aliqua proclamatione faci­enda praefato Johanni allocetur. Concessimus etiam & per praesentes concedi­mus eidem Johanni, quòd ipse de caetero, durante vita sua, in praesentia nostri, & haeredum nostrorum, aut in praesentia alicujus sive aliquorum aliorum, regni nostri quorumcunque, quibuscunque temporibus futuris, pilio sit coopertus capite, & non exuat, aut deponat pilium suum, à capite suo, occasione vel causa quacun­que, contra voluntatem & beneplacitum suum. Et ideo vobis omnibus & singulis ac quibuscunque Justiciariis, Judicibus, Baronibus Scaccarii nostri, Vicecomitibus, Escaetoribus, Coronatoribus, Praepofitis, Majoribus, Balivis, & aliis officiariis & mi­nistris nostris, & haeredum nostrorum, ac omnibus ligeis & fidelibus nostris, firmiter jungendo mandavimus, quod ipsum Johannem contra hanc concessionem nostram, ac contra tenorem, exigentiam, aut effectum praesentium, non vexetis, perturbetis, molestetis in aliquo, ceu gravetis; aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, sive provisione, inde in contrarium editis, factis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstantibus. In cujus rei Testimonium has literas no­stras fieri fecimus patentes.

Teste meipso apud Oxford, secundo die Septembris Anno Regni nostri sexto.
Per ipsum Regem & de data prae­dicta autoritate Parliamenti Toung.

Irrotulatur in Memorandis Scaccarii de Anno nono Regis Henrici octavi; vide­licet, inter Recorda de termino Sanctae Trinitatis rotulo ..... Ex parte Re­mem. Thesaurum.

A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we intend that our dearest Sister, the Queen of Scots, shall now shortly repair unto our City of London, at whose coming our mind is, That she be honourably accompa­nied, and conveyed from Shire to Shire, by such Noble-men and other Gentlemen, as be Inhabitants of those paris; amongst whom, we have appointed you to ac­company, and attend upon our said Sister, from the Town of Stony-stratford to Saint Albans. We therefore will and desire you, to put your self in a readiness, so that against the Fourteenth day of April, ye be at our said Town of Stony­stratford, there to meet with our said dearest Sister, and from thence to attend upon her till her coming to the said Town of Saint Albans. Not failing hereof as ye intend to do unto us honour and pleasure.

Given under our Signet, at our Maner of Greenwich the Two and twentieth day of March.

A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we under­stand, that at the time of the late repair hither of our dearest Sister, the Queen of Scots, ye according to our Letters to you then Addressed, right thank­fully acquitted your self, in giving your Attendance for Her conducting and honourable conveyance. We therefore give unto you our special thanks: And where it is appointed that our said dearest Sister, shall now return unto the Realm of Scotland, we will and desire you to put your self in a readiness likewise to accompany, and conduct her at this her said return from our Castle of Windsor, where she intendeth to be the Sixteenth day of this Moneth, so to attend upon her to Stony-stratford, whereby ye shall deserve a further thanks to be remembred accordingly.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Richmond the Eight day of May.

A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Forasmuch as a right-great and Honourable Ambassaor, shall within short time repair unto our Presence out of France, at which season it is requisite, and right expedient, that our Court be Honourably furnished with Lords, and other Nobles, for the receiving, and entertaining of the said Ambassador: We therefore have appointed you among others, to give your Attendance in our said Court at their coming. Wherefore we will that forthwith upon the sight of these our Letters, ye put your self in such a readiness in your best aray, that ye may be here with us, by the Twentieth day of this instant Month at the farthest, without failing thus to do as ye tender our Honour and Pleasure.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Tenth day of August:

Alliance of Mordaunt and Elmes.

THese be the Articles and Agreements, had, made and concluded, the Twelfth day of February, the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, between John Elmes, Son and Heir of William Elmes, Esquire, and Son and Heir apparent of Elizabeth, now Wife to Thomas Pygott, Esquire, one of the Kings Ser­jeants at Law, and late the Wife of the said William, and one of the Daughters and Heirs of John Iwardely, Esquire, Deceased, on the one Partie, and John Mor­daunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the other Partie, for a [Page 534]Marriage, by the Grace of God, to be had and solemnized, between the said John Elmes and Edith Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said John Mordaunt: First it is agreed, That the said John Elmes, shall by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Wife the said Edith, if the said Edith thereunto shall agree, and assent. And in the like manner the said Edith, shall by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Husband the said John Elmes, if the said John Elmes will agree and assent thereto. The said Marriage to be had and solemnized before the Feast of All-Saints, next coming after the date of these present A­greements.

Item, It is agreed by these Presents between the said Parties, That the Costs and Charges of the same Marriage, as in Meat and Drink and other such things convenient and necessary for the same, shall be at the Costs of the same John Mordaunt.

Item, It is also agreed by these Presents, That the said John Elmes shall Apparel himself at his pleasure, and at his own Costs and Charges. And in like manner the said John Mordaunt, shall Apparel the said Edith, at the same day of Marriage, at the proper Costs and Charges of the said John Mordaunt.

Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, before the Feast-day of All-Saints, shall at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, make, cause or do to be made to the said John Mordaunt, Robert Brudenell, Knight, one of the Justi­ces of our Sovereign Lord the King, at the Pleas before him to be holden, Tho­mas Pygott one of the Kings Serjeants at the Law, and to William Gascoign, Esquire, Walter Luke, Nicholas Gardiner, John Spencer, Robert Latimer, Gentlemen, and to their Heirs, and at all time and times, after the said Feast of All-Saints, within the space of Eight Years, when the said John Elmes thereto shall be required, by the said John Mordaunt, or by by his Heirs, or by his Executors, or by his As­signs, a sufficient, sure and lawful Estate in the Law, in Fee-simple, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release with Warranty, Confirmation or otherwise, of Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to the clear yearly Value of Three­score Pounds, over all yearly Charges, and of such Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, of the Inheritance of the said John Elmes, as by the said John Mordaunt shall be named and appointed; the said Persons to be and stand seized of Fifty Pounds, parcel of the said Summ of Threescore Pounds, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the said Edith Mordaunt, after their said Marriage had, of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Wil­liam Elmes; And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said William, according to the Old Interest thereof. And of Ten Pounds residue of the said Threescore Pounds; that the said Feoffees shall stand, and be seized thereof to the use of the said John Elmes, and his Heirs during the Life of the said Eliza­beth, and after the Death of the said Elizabeth, and Marriage had between the said John Elmes and Edith, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the said Edith of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten, with the remainder over, like in every thing as is above expressed of the said Fifty Pounds.

Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, before the said Feast of All-Saints, and all time and times, within the said Eight Years after the said Feast, when the said John Elmes thereunto shall be required, by the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, shall at the proper Costs and Charges of the said John Elmes, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, make, cause or do to be made to the Persons above named, and their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful Estate, in the Law, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Releases with Warranty, Con­firmations or otherwise, as by the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, or Assigns shall be avised, of all his other Maners, Lands, Tenements, Woods, Rents, Reversions and [Page 535]Services, the Appurtenances within the Realm of England, which the said John Elmes, or any other Person or Persons, to the use of the said John Elmes, hath within the Realm of England; the said Persons to stand and be seized of the same, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to remain in like manner and form as is aforesaid written of the foresaid Fifty Pounds. Provided always, That it shall be lawful to the said John Elmes, to Appoint and Assign Lands, and Tene­ments, to the yearly Value of Twenty Pounds parcel of Maners, Lands, Tene­ments, and other the Premises, except always, Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances before expressed and named to the said yearly Value of Threescore Pounds, to be Appointed and Assigned, for the Jointure of the said Edith; the said Twenty Pounds to be and go to, and for the Exhibition, Mar­riage, Advancement of his Children, and to pay his Debts, and to the per­formance of the last Will of the said John Elmes, so it extend no further, but for term of Life or Lives, or for the term of Twenty Years next ensuing the Death of the said John Elmes. And also provided, That if it fortune the said Edith to decease, and the said John Elmes to Marry, and take another Wife or Wives, that then it shall be lawful for the same John Elmes, to make a Jointure or Jointures to his said Wife or Wives, that it shall fortune him so to Marry for the term of her Life, of Maners, Lands and Tenements, parcel of the Premises, under the yearly Value of Forty Pounds, at the pleasure of the said John Elmes.

Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give nor lay to Mortgage, no do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffer to be done, any manner of Act or Acts, whereby any manuer of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with the Appurtenances, which did come, grow or descend to the said John Elmes, by the Death of the said William his Father, should be Alienate, or put away from the Heirs of the said John Elmes, before expressed; but that he shall suffer all such Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, to come, grow or descend in Possession, Re­version or Use, to the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, the remainder thereof, as is before expressed of the said Fifty Pounds. And also the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give nor lay to Mortgage, nor do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffered any Act or Acts, whereby any Ma­ners, Lands, or any other Hereditaments, which do come, or may come, or shall come, grow or descend, to the said John Elmes, by, and after the decease of the said Elizabeth, his Mother, should be Alienate, or put away from the Heirs of the said Elizabeth; but that the said John Elmes shall suffer the said Maners, and all other the Premises, which shall so descend, or in any other manner of wise come, or grow to him by the said Elizabeth, his Mother, to come, grow or descend in Possession, Reversion or in Use, to the Heirs of the Body of the said Elizabeth, lawfully be­gotten; And for default of such Issue-Male, the remainder thereof to the Heirs of the said Elizabeth, according to the Old Inheritation thereof. For the which Pre­mises on the party of the said John Elmes to be truly performed and kept, the said John Mordaunt, Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, To pay, cause, or do to be paid to the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, Five hundred Marks of lawful Money, that is to say, At the Feast of the Purification of our Lady, next coming after the date hereof, One hundred Marks; And at the Feast of Saint Peter the Advincula, commonly called Lammas day, Fifty Marks, and so yearly at every of the said Feasts Fifty Marks, until the said Summ of Five hundred Marks be counted and paid. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, his Executors or Assigns shall purchase with the same Five hundred Marks, which the said John Elmes hath of the said John Mordaunt, for the same Marriage, and with the Summ of Two hundred Marks, which the [Page 536]said John Elmes shall have delivered to him by the said Thomas Pygott, the day of the said Marriage solemnized, Lands and Tenements to the clear yearly Value of Forty Marks: And that the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, after the said Lands so purchased, shall Enfeoffee the said Persons of the same, to have to them and to their Heirs in Fee, the same persons to stand and be seized of the same, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of his Heirs for ever. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That if the said Eli­beth, his Mother, do Alien, Sell, Discontinue, Release or put away, by any manner of means, any Maners, Lands, Tenements, or any other Hereditaments of the Inheritance of the said Elizabeth from the said John Elmes, or from the Heirs of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten, except certain Lands and Tenements, with the appurtenances lying in Littlecote, in the County of Buckingham, to the yearly Value of Four Pounds, or thereabouts, That then the said John Mor­daunt or his Heirs shall have Ten Marks, parcel of the said Forty Marks, so to be purchased to the said John Mordaunt and his Heirs for ever. And the said persons so being seized of the said Forty Marks, incontinent after the said Alienation, and Sale or Discontinuance, or any other matter of Act, by the said Elizabeth so made or done, shall be seized of the same Ten Marks, to the use of the said John Mor­daunt, and of his Heirs for ever.

Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That if the said Edith, within the time and space of Six Years after the Marriage so­lemnized, do dye, having no Issue by the said John Elmes alive: That then the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns shall repay, or cause to be repaid to the said John Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, Two hundred Marks, parcel of the said Five hundred Marks, within the space of Two Years next, and immediately after the Decease of the said Edith. To all which Covenants, Bargains, Pro­mises and Grants, on the part of the said John Elmes, to be performed and kept, the said John Elmes bindeth him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, to the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, in a Thousand Marks. And to all the payments well and truly to be performed and kept, on the Party of the said John, the said John Mordaunt bindeth him, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, to the said John Elmes, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, in Six hundred Marks.

In Witness whereof, &c.

A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Servant John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas this Year last passed, after the conclusion taken between us, and our dear Brother, Cou­sin, Confederate, and Allie, the French King, as well for firm Peace, Love and Amity, as of Alliance, by way of Marriage, God willing, to be had, and made between our dearest Daughter the Princess, and the Dolphin of France, a perso­nal meeting and Interview was also to them concluded to be had betwixt us, and the said French King, which upon urgent considerations, and great respects, was by mutual consent, for that year put over, and deferred. So it is now that the said French King being much desirous to see and personally to speak with us, hath sundry times by his Ambassadors and writings, instantly desired us to con­descend to this said interview, offering to meet with us within our Dominion, [Page 537]Pale and Marches of Caleys, whereas heretofore semblable honour of preeminence hath not been given, by any of the French Kings, to any of our Progenitors, or Ancestors; we therefore remembring the manifold good effects that be in appea­rance like to ensue of this personal meeting, as well for Corroboration and assured Establishment of Peace and Alliance concluded between us, as for the universal well, tranquility, and restfulness of all Christendom; taking also to consideration the great honour offered to us by the French King, for the said meeting within our Dominion, have condescended thereunto accordingly, the same to be, God willing, in the Month of May next coming. And in as much as to our Honour and Dig­nity Royal it appertaineth to be furnished with honourable Personages, as well Spiritual as Temporal, to give their Attendance upon us, at so solemn an Act as this shall be, for the Honour of us and our Realm; we therefore have appointed you among others, to attend upon our dearest Wife the Queen in this Voyage; willing therefore and desiring you not only to put your self in a readiness, with the number of Ten tall Personages, well and conveniently apparelled for this purpose to pass with you over the Sea: But also in such wise to appoint your self in Apparel, as to your degree, the Honour of us and this our Realm appertaineth. So that ye repairing to our said dearest Wife the Queen, by the First day of May next com­ing, may there give your Attendance in her transporting over the Sea accordingly; ascertaining you, that albeit ye be appointed to the number of Ten Servants, to pass with you as is abovesaid, yet nevertheless in as much as that at her arrival at Caleys, you shall have no great Journey requisite to occupy many Horses, ye shall therefore convey with you over the Sea, for your own Riding, and otherwise, not above the number of Four Horses. Howbeit our mind is not to Coact, or Restrain you to the said Precise number of Four Horses, for your coming up to our said dearest Wife, and accompanying you to the Sea side, which thing we remit to your Arbitrament; but only to ascertain you what number of Servants, and Horses be appointed unto you to pass over the Sea, like as we have ordered all other Lords and Nobles as shall attend upon our said dearest Wife the Queen, according to their Degrees. Fail ye not therefore to accomplish the premises, as ye tender our Honour and Pleasure. Given under our Signet at our Maner of El­tham the Six and twentieth day of March.

An Indenture between John Elmes and John Mordaunto.

THIS Indenture made the Ninth day of May, the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, between John Elmes, Son and Heir of William Elmes, Esquire, and Son and Heir Apparent of Elizabeth Pygott, Widow, one of the Danghters and Heirs of John Iwardeby, Esquire, deceased, and late Wife to the said William Elmes, on the one Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the other Party; Witnesseth, That it is Promised, Covenanted and Agreed between the said Parties in the manner and form follow­ing, that is to say, The said John Elmes granteth and promiseth, by the Grace of God, to espouse and take to his Wife, Edith Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said John Mordaunt, before the Feast of All-Saints next coming, after the date of these Presents, if the said Edith thereunto shall agree and assent. And in like manner the said John Mordaunt granteth and promiseth, That the said Edith shall, by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Husband, the said John Elmes, before the foresaid Feast, if the said John Elmes thereunto shall agree and assent. And it is agreed by these Presents, between the said Parties, That the Costs and Charges of the same Marriage, as in Meat and Drink, and other such things con­venient and necessary for the same, shall be at the costs of the said John Mordaunt: And that the said John Elmes shall apparel himself at his Pleasure, at his own cost and charges; and in like manner the said John Mordaunt shall apparel the said Edith, at the same day of Marriage, at his proper cost and charges. And the said John [Page 538]Elmes Covenanteth and Agreeth by these Presents, That he before the Feast of All-Saints next coming, at the cost and charges in the Law of the said John Mor­daunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, shall make, cause, or do to be made, to Robert Brudenell, Knight, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and to the said John Mordaunt, John Thyney of Drayton in the County of Buckingham, Esquire, Robert Thyney, Thomas Tyrynghin the Elder, Thomas Brudenell the Elder, William Gascoign, Esquire, Walter Luke, Nicholas Hardyng, John Spencer and Robert Lati­mer, Gentlemen, and to their Heirs, a sure and lawful Estate in the Law in Fee­simple, and in Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds by the Year, over all charges, whereof the Maners, Lands, Te­nements and other Hereditaments, which the said John Elmes or any other to his use, hath in Lilford, Wiggesthorp, in the County of Northampton, shall be parcel to the use and behoof hereafter ensuing: And also shall further do, suffer, and cause to be done, at the costs and charges of the said John Mordaunt, as well before the fore­said Feast, as at all times after, within the space of Four Years, next after the said Feast, when the said John Elmes thereto shall be required, by the said John Mor­daunt, by his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, at their costs and charges, a sufficient, sure and lawful Estate in the law, in Fee-simple, to the foresaid Robert Brudenell, and the said Co-feoffees their Heirs and Assigns, or to the one of them, and to their Heirs, to the use ensuing, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release, with Warran­ty, Confirmation or otherwise, of, and in the foresaid Maners, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments. And that the said Persons, their Heirs and Assigns, beside, of, and in Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the yearly Value of Fifty parcel of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the yearly Value of Sixty, shall stand and be seized, to the use of the said John Elmes and of the said Edith, immediately after the said Marriage had, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said William Elmes; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said William, according to the old Inheritance thereof, Ten Pound, residue of the said Hundred Pound, that the said Feoffees their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said John Elmes and his Heirs, during the life of the said Elizabeth, his Mother, and after the death of the said Elizabeth, and Marriage had between the same John Elmes and Edith, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the said Edith, for term of her life, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes lawfully begotten, with like remainder in any thing as is above expressed of the said Hundred Pounds. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he before the said Feast of All-Saints, and at all time and times within the space of Four Years next after the Feast of All-Saints, when the said John Elmes thereunto shall be required by the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs Executors or Assigns, shall at the proper Costs and Charges of the said John Mor­daunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, make, cause or do to be made to the Persons abovenamed and to their Heirs, or to the survivors of them and their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful Estate, by Feoffment or otherwise, as by the said John Mor­daunt, his Heirs or Assigns, shall be advised, of all his other Maners, Lands, Te­nements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with their Appurtenances, and all o­ther his Hereditaments with the Appurtenances, within the Realm of England, which the said John Elmes or any other Person or Persons, to the use of the said John Elmes now hath. And the said Persons to be and stand seized of the same other Maners to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue to remain in like manner and form as is aforesaid written, of the said Hundred Pounds. Pro­vided alway, That if it fortune the said Edith to decease, and the said John Elmes to Marry and take another Wife or Wives, that then it shall be lawful for the same John Elmes, to make a Jointure or Jointures to his said Wife or Wives, [Page 539]that it shall fortune him to Marry, for the time of his Life, of Maners, Lands, Tenements, parcel of the Premises, to the yearly Value of Fifty Pounds or under, at the pleasure of the said John Elmes. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give nor lay to Mortgate, nor do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffer any manner of Act or Acts, whereby any Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with the Appurtenances, which be, come, grow or descend, to the said John Elmes by the Death of the said William, his Father, should be Alienate, or put away, from the Heirs of the said John Elmes, before expressed; but that he shall suffer all such Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, (except before excepted) to come, grow and descend, in Possession, Reversion or in Use, to the Heirs of the said John Elmes, according to the Old Inheritance thereof. And also the said John Elmes, Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give or lay to Mortgage, nor do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffer any Act or Acts whereby any Maners, Lands or any other Hereditaments, which do come, or may come, or shall come, grow or descend, in power or in use, to the said John Elmes, as Son and Heir of the same Elizabeth, by and after the Decease of the said Elizabeth, his Mother, should be Alienate, or put away from the Heirs of the said Elizabeth; but that the said John Elmes shall suffer the said Maners and all other the Premises, which shall so descend, or in any other manner of wise, come or grow to him by the said Elizabeth, his Mother, to come, grow or descend in Possession, Reversion or in Use to the Heirs of the Body of the said Elizabeth, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, the remainder thereof to the Heirs of the said Elizabeth, according to the old Inheritance thereof. For the which Premises on the Party of the said John Elmes to be truly performed and kept, the said John Mordaunt Covenanteth and Grant­eth by these presents, To pay, cause or do to be paid, to the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, Six hundred Marks of lawful Money; for the which summ of a Hundred Marks, the said John Mordaunt, hath made to the said John Elmes Ten several Obligations. for the sure payment of the same Six hundred Marks by the same Obligations, Sealed with the Seal of the said John Mordaunt, and remaining with the said John Elmes, more plainly it doth appear. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That if the said Edith within the time and space of Four Years, next after the said Marriage so­lemnized, do dye, having no Issue by the said John Elmes, that then the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, shall repay, or cause to be re­paid to the said John Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, Two hundred Marks parcel of the said Six hundred Marks, within the space of Four Years, next and immediately after the decease of the said Edith, and thereupon immediately after the payment of the said Two hundred Marks, all and singular the Pro­mises, Covenants and Agreements on the Party of the said John Elmes, to be performed, to be utterly void and of none effect.

In Witness whereof, &c.
John Mordaunt.
John Elmes.

A Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Sir John Mordaunt.

To my welbeloved Friends Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, the King's Counsellors.

AFter my hearty commendations, these shall be to advertise you, That the King hath appointed this present bearer, Roger Ratclif, to be Keeper of the Maner and Park of Birdsnest, and Overseer of the Forest of Leicester, with such [Page 540]Wages, Pasturage, and Commodity, as is appointed and contained in your Me­morial; over and besides this the King's pleasure is, That he shall be Steward of the Five Hundreds, and other Lordships belonging to the Honour of Leicester, within the same County, with the Fee of Three Pound Six Shillings and Eight Pence by the Year. The King's pleasure also is, That he shall be Keeper and Porter of the Castle of Leicester, with such Fee as shall be accorded; now ye be ascertained of the premises, the King's mind is, That ye shall see this said trusty Ser­vant, Roger Ratclif, to be put in possession of the foresaid Rooms accordingly, giving unto him credence in such things as on the King's, and my behalf he shall declare unto you. And thus heartily fare ye well.

At the King's Maner of Rich­mond the Twenty Fourth of May.
Your Loving Friend THOMAS, Cardinalis Eboracensis.

A Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Sir John Mordaunt.

To my trusty and welbeloved Friends Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, the King's Counsellors.

RIght welbeloved, I commend me unto you in my hearty manner, and have received your Letters dated at Leicester the Twelfth day of this In­stant Moneth, the continue whereof I have shewed unto the King's Highness; who for your good endeavour, discreetly and substantially used in the affairs to you committed there, giveth unto you great thanks, praying you so to persevere, and continue to the final perfection of the same.

And whereas amongst other things, ye writ, That by reason that the Lady Hun­gersord, compelled by sickness, is yet removed no further out of the Castle of Leicester, than into the Colledge of Newark; the Lord John Gray remaineth still in Birdsnest, affirming that he will in no wise depart from thence till such time as the Lady Hungerford doth also remove from Leicester; the King's Highness doth much marvel hereof, for considering that the said Lady and her Husband, be departed out of the Castle, and that without danger of her Life, she cannot so soon pass out of the Town as she would do, the said Lord John and the Lady his Wife, ought not to make such refusal, ye shall therefore shew unto him that the King's pleasure is, he and the Lady his Wife without further contradiction, do depart from Birdsnest, as he tendereth the King's pleasure; and as soon as the Lady Hungerford shall move without danger of Life, ye shall also cause her, and her Husband to do the semblable out of Leicester, wherein the King's trust is, he will use no co­lourable excuse, or fained delay, and therewith the said Lord John must be con­tented, as reason is; I refer you therefore to see this accomplished accordingly, proceeding also to the residue of your business with diligence and effect as apper­taineth; And fare ye heartily well.

At my place of the More the Sixteenth day of June.
Your Loving Friend THOMAS, Cardinalis Eboracensis.

Charta Johannis Cottisford Rectoris Collegii de Lincolne in Ʋniversitate Oxoniensi.

OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Johannis Cot­tisford Custos sive Rector Collegii beatae Mariae & omnium Sanctorum Lincolniae in Universitate Oxoniensi & Scolares ejusdem Collegii, salutem in Domi­no [Page 541]sempiternam. Sciatis nos praefatum Custodem, sive Rectorem & Scolares una­nimi assensu, & consensu nostris deputasse, ordinasse, & per praesentes constituisse, Johannem Mordaunt de Turvey in Comitatu Bedfordiae militem, capitalem Senef­callum nostrum, maneriorum nostrorum de Skeney & Petesthoo in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac omnium aliorum maneriorum terrarum & tenementorum nostro­rum cum eorum pertinentiis, in eodem Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac eidem Johan­ni officium Senescalliae omnium maneriorum praedictorum, damus & concedimus per praesentes. Habendum, exercendum, & occupandum officium illud per prae­fatum Johannem Mordaunt, aut per suum sufficientem Deputatum, durante vita ipsius Johannis. Percipiendum annuatim, praefato Johanni Mordaunt pro ter­mino vitae suae, pro officio praedicto exercendo, viginti solidos nomine feodi sui de exitibus & proficuis praedictorum maneriorum cum pertinentiis, per manus Receptorum, Ballivorum, Firmariorum sive Occupatorum maneriorum praedicto­rum vel eorum alicujus pro tempore existentis, de festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis, & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, aequis portionibus solven­dum; primo termino solutionis inde incipiente, de festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae praefixi futuri post datum praesentium. Volumus & concedimus per prae­sentes, quod si ac quotiens contingat praedictum annualem redditum, viginti soli­dorum, à retro fore, in parte vel in toto post aliquod festum Solutionis, quo ut proefertur solvi debeat, per unum mensem insolutum, quod tunc bene liceat, & licebit, praefato Johanni Mordaunt & Assignatis suis, in omnibus praedictis maneriis terris & tenementis, cum eorum pertinentiis, intrare & distringere, districtionesque sic captas licitè asportare, abducere, effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque eundem Johannem & assignati sui, de annuali redditu sive feodo praedicto, sic à retro ex­istente insoluto, & de omnibus inde arreragiis, plenariè fuerit satisfactum & perso­lutum. Deinsuper omnibus & singulis Ballivis, Firmariis, & Tenentibus nostris mandamus, quod praefato Johanni Mordaunt, aut suo in hac parte Deputato, in executione praedicti officii sint intendentes, obedientes, assistentes, & auxiliantes in omnibus prout decet, in & ad utilitatem dicti Rectoris & successoris aut successo­rum suorum. Ratum & gratum habentes & habituri, totum & quicquid idem Johannes Mordaunt, aut in hac parte suus Deputatus, in debito officio Senescalliae debitè fecerit, aut duxerit faciendum; dummodo nihil fecerit contra voluntatem ejusdem Rectoris & successoris vel successorum suorum. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro Sigillum nostrum commune apponi fecimus. Data Ox­oniae in Collegio nostro ante-dicto Tricesimo die mensis Decembris, Henrici octavi post Conquestum duodecimo.

Memorandum, That Sir John Mordaunt Promiseth and Granteth, That he him­self, or his Deputy, shall keep yearly Courts upon the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, if the said Sir John or his Deputy thereto be re­quired by the said Rector and Scholars, or by their Successors, according as it hath been there used in times past, in all the foresaid Maners, in the said County of Buckingham, requiring for him or his Deputies only the Fee rehearsed.

This Patent by William Shyrby and Henry Brown, which William and Henry had it at the Hands of Sir Richard Lyster, Gentleman.

William Shyrby. Per me Henricum Brown.

Alliance between Mordaunt and Fettyplace.

THIS Indenture made the First day of July, in the Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth by the Grace of God, of England and France, King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, the Sixteenth: Between John Fetty­place of Shefford in the County of Berks, Esquire, on the one Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Knight, on the other Party; Wit­nesseth, That the said John Fettyplace hath Bargained and Sold, and by these Pre­sents doth Bargain and Sell to the said Sir John, the Marriage of Edmond Fettyplace. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That the said Edmond, before the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady next coming, after the date of these presents, shall Marry and take to Wife Margaret Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said Sir John, if the said Margaret thereto will agree and assent. And in like manner the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, that the said Margaret shall Marry and take to Husband, before the foresaid Feast of the Assumption of our Lady, the said Edmond, if the said Edmond there­to will agree and assent. The said Marriage to be had and solemnized, between the said Parties before the said Feast, at the Costs and Charges of the said Sir John, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns. And the said John Fettyplace Covenan­eth and Granteth by these presents, That his Executors or Assigns, at their Costs and Charges, shall apparel the said Edmond, for the said day of Marriage, in all things necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Edmond. And in like manner the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he his Heirs Ex­ecutors or Assigns, at their Costs and Charges shall apparel the said Margaret, for the day of the said Marriage, in all things necessary and convenient, for the de­gree of the said Margaret. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he before the Feast of Easter next coming after the date hereof, shall make, cause or do to be made, to Sir Gyles Strangeways, Sir William Gascoign, Knights, Thomas Englefield, one of the Kings Serjeants at the Law, Edward Eynes, John Elmes, Edward Purfray, Philip Fettyplace and William Fettyplace of May­dencote, Esquires, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer Gentlemen, Thomas Nethercote and John Duke, and to them, their Heirs and Assigns, and to the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, such a sufficient sure and lawful Estate, of, and in Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances in the County of Kent, to the clear yearly Value of Fifty Pounds, discharged of all former Bargais, Sales, Join­tures, Dowers, Uses, Judgments, Executions, Recognisances, Statutes-Merchants, Statutes of the Staple, and of all other Incumbrances whatsoever they be, the Rents hereafter to be due to the Chief Lords of the Fee only except, as shall be ad­vised by the said Sir John, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, or by their Learned Counsel, at the costs and charges in the Law of the said Sir John, his Execu­tors or Assigns, be it by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release, with Warranty, Confirmation or otherwise. The same Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized of, and in the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to such Uses and Intents as hereafter follow: That is to say, Of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the clear yearly value of Twenty Pounds parcel of the said Fifty Pounds; the said Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, immediately upon the Marriage had and solemnized, to the use of the said Edmond and Margaret, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edmond lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, for ever: And of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds, parcel of the said Fifty Pounds; the said Feoffees, or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs or Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, from the date of these pre­sent [Page 543]Indentures, to the use of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, unto the time that the said Edmond his Son and Heir apparent, come to the full Age of One and twenty Years. And after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the said Age of One and twenty Years; and after the Death of Dame Alice Besellys, Widow; that then the said Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said Ed­mond and Margaret, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edmond lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, for ever. And of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly value of Twenty Pounds residue of the said Fifty Pounds; the said Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs or Assigns to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, for term of Life of the same John Fettyplace, the Father, without Impeach­ment of Wast during the Life of the said John Fettyplace, the Father. And imme­diately after the Death of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, and after the said Edmond shall come and be of the Age of One and twenty Years; that then the said Feoffees or Recoverers their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said Edmond and Margaret, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edmond lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Fet­typlace, the Father, for ever. And the said John Fettyplace, the Father, Covenant­eth and Granteth by these presents, That he shall leave Maners, Lands and Tene­ments with the Appurtenances, to the clear yearly value of Three hundred and twenty five Marks, over and beside the said fifty Pounds before appointed for the Jointure, in the County of Berks, Oxfordshire, or elsewhere within the Realm of England, immediately after the decease of the said John Fettyplace and of Dorothy his Wife, and after the decease of Dame Alice Besellys, Widow, and after the said Edmond shall be of the Age of One and twenty Years, to come, grow, des­cend in possession, Reversion or in Use, to the said Edmond, and to his Heirs for ever. Provided alway, That it shall be lawful to the said John Fettyplace, at his liberty to make a Jointure, to any other Woman that he shall fortune hereafter to Marry, if the said Dorothy now his Wife fortune to decease, of and in Ma­ners, Lands and Tenements, parcel of the said Three hundred and five and twenty Marks, to the yearly value of Forty Pounds, for term of Life of the same Woman only. Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said John Fettyplace, for to de­clare his Will of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, of the value of Three hundred twenty five Marks, during the Non-age of the said Edmond, and during the Non-age of the next Heir of the said Edmond, if the said Edmond fortune to decease before he shall accomplish the Age of twenty one Years: And also for to declare his last Will of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly value of Forty Marks, parcel of the said Three hundred and five and twenty Marks, for the term of Ten Years, after the decease of the said John Fettyplace: And after the said Edmond shall be of the Age of One and twenty Years, for the prefer­ment of the Younger Sons and Daughters of the said John Fettyplace, and for the contentation and payment of his Debts. Provided also, That it shall be lawful for the said John Fettyplace, for to give to every of his Younger Sons, which shall for­tune to be in Life at the time of the Death of the said John Fettyplace, severally by himself, Ten Marks, parcel of the said Three hundred twenty five Marks, during their lives only. And if any of them happen to decease, that then after the Death of every of them, that Ten Marks of him that is so Dead, to come, go and return to the said Edmond and his Heirs for ever. For the which Premises, and also for o­ther Covenants, Grants and Agreements, on the Party of the said John Fettyplace, his Executors and Assigns, for to be performed and kept, the said Sir John Co­venanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he, his Executors and Assigns, shall pay, cause or do to be paid to the said John Fettyplace, his Executors or [Page 544]Assigns, Six hundred Marks of lawful Money of England in manner and form fol­lowing, that is to say, One hundred pounds of lawful Money of England, at the sealing of these present Indentures; of the which Hundred Pounds the said John Fettyplace acknowledgeth himself by these Presents to be truly contented and pay­ed: And the said Sir John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, thereof to be quit, and discharged by these presents; And at the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle next coming after the date of these presents, Fifty Marks of lawful Mo­ney of England, at the Feast of Pentecost, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, a Thousand five hundred and twenty five, or within twelve days next fol­lowing the same Feast, One hundred Marks of lawful money of England; and so yearly at the Feast of Pentecost, or within Twelve days next following after the same Feast, One hundred Marks, until the time that the said Six hundred Marks be truly contented and paid. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Grant­eth by these presents, That if the said Edmond during the Life of the said John Fettyplace, do dye before the said Marriage had between them, and before carnal copulation, that then Thomas second Son of the said John Fettyplace, or he which at that time shall be Heir apparent to the said John Fettyplace, shall Marry and take to Wife the said Margaret, if the said Margaret will thereto agree, and the Law of the Church will so suffer, and permit the same; and to have like Covenants, Grants and Agreements, for to be made between the said John Fettyplace and Sir John Mordaunt, as well for the payments to be made, as for the Marriage of the said second Son, or the next Heir apparent of the said John Fettyplace at that time being, as the said Sir John should have had, if the said Edmond had lived: And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That if the said Margaret during the Life of the said John Fettyplace, do dye after Mar­riage had between the said Edmond and the said Margaret, and before carnal co­pulation, that then the said Edmond shall marry and take to his Wife, Dorothy Mor­daunt, another of the Daughters of the said Sir John Mordaunt, if the said Dorothy will thereto agree, and the Laws of the Church the same will suffer; with like Covenants, Grants and Agreements, and also payments of the same summ of Six hundred Marks, as then is and shall be paid, for the Marriage of the said Doro­thy, as should have been if the said Margaret had lived. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth, That the said Sir John Mordaunt, his Exe­cutors or Assigns, shall have the keeping and custody of the said Edmond, until the time that the said Edmond come to his age of One and twenty Years; and that the said Sir John, his Executors or Assigns, shall have the said Twenty pounds to the use of the said Sir John, his Executors and Assigns, any Covenant or Grant in these present Indentures, to the contrary made notwithstanding, to and for, the finding of the said Edmond and Margaret: And the said Sir John Covenanteth and Grant­eth by these presents, That he, his Executors or Assigns, shall at their Costs and Charges, find the said Edmond, Apparel, Meat and Drink, and all other things necessary and convenient, for the degree of the said Edmond, unto the time that the said Edmond come to the age of One and twenty Years: And the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That the said John Fettyplace shall have the keeping, custody and rule of the said Margaret, as long as it shall please the said John Fettyplace to have her; for which the said Sir John, shall content and pay to the said John Fettyplace, for the finding of the said Margaret, as long as the said Margaret shall be in the House, or at the finding of the said John Fetty­place, Ten Marks of lawful Money of England: And if the said John Fettyplace be not disposed to have the said Margaret, and to find her himself; that then the said Sir John, his Executors or Assigns, shall at their Costs and Charges, find the said Margaret Apparel, Meat, and Drink, and all other things necessary and convenient for the said Margaret, unto the time that the said Edmond come to the full age of One and twenty Years. And it is further agreed between the said Parties, That after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the full age of [Page 545]One and twenty Years, that then the said Edmond shall receive and take the Profits of the said Twenty Pounds. And also all other parcels as be appointed by these Indentures, for the Jointure of the said Margaret, to the only use of the said Ed­mond, according to the Covenants comprized and specified in these Indentures.

In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures inter­changably have put to their Seals and Sign Manuals, the Day and Year above­written.
John Fettyplace.

Alliance between Mordaunt and Fisher.

THIS Indenture made the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God of England and of France King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, the Sixteenth, between Michael Fisher of Clyfton in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the one Partie, and John Mordaunt of Turvey of the said County of Bedford, Knight, on the other Partie, Witnesseth; That the said Michael hath Covenanted and Granted, and by these Presents Covenanteth and Granteth to the said Sir John, That John Fisher, Son and Heir apparent of the said Michael, and of Margaret his Wife, shall, by the Grace of God, before the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty Six, Marry, and take to Wife Anne Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said Sir John, if the said Anne thereunto will agree and assent. And in like manner, the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That the said Anne shall, by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Husband the said John Fisher, if the said John Fisher thereunto will agree and assent. The said Marriage to be had and so­lemnized between the said Parties, before the said Feast of Saint Michael, at the costs and charges of both the said Parties truly to be borne. And the said Michael Co­venanteth and Granteth by these Presents, to the said Sir John, That he, his Ex­ecutors, or Assigns, shall Apparel the said John Fisher, his Son, at the said day of Marriage, in all things that shall be necessary and convenient for the degree of the said John Fisher. And in like manner the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents to the said Michael, That he, his Executors or Assigns, shall Apparel the said Anne, at the said day of Marriage, in all things necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Anne. And the said Michael Covenanteth and Granteth to and with the said Sir John by these presents, That the said Michael, his Heirs or Assigns shall before the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next com­ing after the date hereof, make, cause or do to be made to John Spelman, Serjeant at the Law, John Elmes, Esquires, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer, Thomas Fitzhugh, Gentlemen, and Sir William Rymer, Clerk, to them, their Heirs and Assigns, or to the one of them, their Heirs and Assigns, a good, sufficient, sure, and lawful Estate in the Law, at the costs and charges of the said Michael, and of the said Sir John, by Feoff­ment, Fine, Recovery, Release with Warranty, Confirmation or otherwise, as shall be advised by the said Sir John, his Heirs, or Assigns, or by their learned Counsel, of, and in these his Maners of Westlyngworth, Clifton and Felinshin, with the Appur­tenances in the County of Bedford, and of, and in all Lands and Tenements, Woods, Rents and Services, with the Appurtenances in Westlyngworth and Felinshin, in the said County of Bedford. And also the said Michael Covenanteth and Granteth to and with the said Sir John by these presents, That the said Michael, his Heirs or Assigns, shall before the said Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, next coming after the date hereof, make, cause or do to be made, to the said John Spelman, John Elmes, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer, Thomas Fitzhugh and Sir William Rymer, to leave them, their Heirs and Assigns, a good, sufficient, sure and lawful Estate in the Law, at the whole costs and charges of the said Michael, and of the said Sir John, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release with Warranty, Con­firmation [Page 546]or otherwise, as shall be advised by the said Sir John, his Heirs or As­signs, or by their learned Counsel, of, and in certain Pastures, Lands and Te­nements, being in Clopton in the County of Kent, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds, over all charges, discharged of all former Bargains, Sales, Statutes, and of all other Incumbrances, and Charges made by the said Michael only: To have and to hold to the said John Spelman, John Elmes, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer, Thomas Fitzhugh and Sir William Rymer, Clerk, their Heirs and As­signs, to such uses and intents, as hereafter ensueth: That is to say, Immediately after the solemnization of the said Marriage had, to stand and be seized of the said Maner of Westlyngworth, and of, and in all Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, in Westlyngworth aforesaid, to the use of the said John Fisher and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after the said John Fisher hath accomplished the age of Twenty Years, then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in the said Maners of Clifton, and of, and in all Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances in Clifton, to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after that the said John Fisher hath accomplished the age of Twenty and three Years, then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns to stand and be seized of, and in Lands and Te­nements, with the Appurtenances in Felinshin aforesaid, to the clear yearly value of Four Pound six Shillings and eight Pence, parcel of the said Lands and Tene­ments in Felinshin, of the value of Eleven Pounds, to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after the said John Fisher shall come to his age of One and Twenty Years, then the said Feoffees their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in other Lands and Tenements in Felinshin aforesaid, to the yearly value of Four Pound six Shillings and eight Pence, to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after the death of the said Michael, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in all other Lands and Tenements in Felinshin aforesaid, residue of the said Lands and Tenements in Felinshin, of the value of Ten Pounds and above; of, and in all the said Closes, Lands and Tenements in Clopton aforesaid, parcel of the Maner of Clopton, to the use of the said John Fisher and Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And the said Mi­chael Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That if it happen the said John Fisher, after the said Marriage had and solemnized, to decease, as God forbid, before the said John hath accomplished the said age, as before specified; that then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to be and stand seized of all the said par­cels of Lands and Tenements above limited, to the said John Fisher and Anne, from the Death of the said John Fisher, to the use of the said Anne, for term of Life of the said Anne, in such manner and form as they should be, if the said John Fisher should have lived, to his said lawful age: That is to say, Im­mediately after the Death of the said John Fisher, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, or the one living of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized, of, and in the said Maners of Westlyngworth, and also of, and in the said Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances in Westlyngworth, to the use of the said Anne, for term of Life of the said Anne. And immediately after the said John Fisher should have accomplished his age of Twenty Years; then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized of the said Lands and Tenements in Clifton aforesaid, to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And immediately after that the said John Fisher should have been of the age of Twenty three Years, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized, of the said Lands and Tenements, of the yearly value of Four [Page 547]Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence, to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And after that the said John Fisher should have accomplished the age of Six and twenty Years, then all the said other Lands and Tenements, to the year­ly value of Four Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence, in Felinshin, shall be to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And immediately after the Death of the said Michael Fisher, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of the said other Lands and Tenements in Felinshin aforesaid, and also of all the other Lands and Tenements, and Pastures in Clopton, to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And the said Michael Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he shall suffer Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appur­tenances in the Counties of Bedford, Oxenford, Northampton, Sussex and Middlesex, to the clear yearly value of a Hundred and forty Pound, over and beside the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances above expressed, for the Jointure of the same Anne, to come, grow, and descend, immediately after the death of the said Michael, (the Jointures of Juliana, Clopton, and of Margaret, now his Wife, and the Rents hereafter to be due to the Chief Lords of the Fee, only except) to the said John Fisher, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Michael Fisher for ever. Provided alway, That it shall be lawful to the said Michael to make a Join­ture to the said Margaret, now his Wife, of Maners, Lands and Tenements, parcel of the said Hundred and forty Pounds, to the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, for term of life of the said Margaret. Provided also, That if the said Margaret do die before the said Michael, and that the said Michael do fortune to Marry any other Wife, or Wives, That then it shall be lawful to the said Michael for to make a Jointure to the said such Wife, of, and in Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenan­ces, parcel of the said Hundred and forty Pounds, to the yearly value of Three­score, for term of the life of the said second Wife or Wives. Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said Michael to declare his last Will during the space of Six Years, of all the residue of the said Hundred and forty Pounds, over and besides such Jointures as any of his said Wife or Wives shall have after the death of the said Michael; And after the said Six Years expired and determined, then the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to be to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully be­gotten; And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Michael for ever. Provided alway, as it is agreed between the said parties, That if the said John Fi­sher shall happen to die, his Heir, or Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, then being within Age; that then it shall be at the liberty and pleasure of the said Mi­chael Fisher, for to make and declare his last Will, of all the said Lands and Tene­ments, of the value of a Hundred and forty Pounds, during the Non-age of the said Issue, and no longer. For the which Premises, on the part of the said Mi­chael to be performed and kept, the said Sir John Mordaunt shall pay, cause, or do to be paid to the said Michael, his Heirs, or Assigns, Six Hundred Marks of law­ful Money of England, in manner and form following; That is to say, at the seal­ing and delivering of these Presents, One Hundred Pounds, of the which Hundred Pounds, the said Michael acknowledgeth himself by these Presents, to be tru­ly contented, and paid, and the said Sir John, his Heirs, Executors and As­signs, thereof to be quit and discharged; And for the Three hundred Pounds, residue of the said Six hundred Marks, the said Sir John Mordaunt, John Elmes, Esquire, Nicholas Hardyng, stand and be bound jointly and severally, to the said Michael, his Executors or Assigns, by several obligations, bearing date, the day of the date of these present Indentures, to be paid at certain days contained and speci­fied in the said Obligations, as by the same Obligations it more plainly doth ap­pear. In Witness whereof, to the either part of these present Indentures, the Parties abovesaid interchangably have put to their Seals the Day and Year above-written.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt and Sir Wil­liam Paulet, Knights, our Counsellors.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And albeit that we by our other Letters, to our Right trusty and right intirely beloved Cousin and Counsel­lor, the Marquess of Dorset, directed, willed him to take Five Hundred quick Deer, within our Chace of Leicester, and within Leicester Fryth, and within the Honor of Leicester, for the enstoring of his Park; yet nevertheless, we will that in no wise our said Cousin shall take the said Deer himself, but that ye shall deliver the said Five Hundred Deer unto him your self, like as we will and command you so to do accordingly: To be taken to him of our Gift, our said other Letters in any wise notwithstanding. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge in this behalf.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Green­wich the Seventh Day of April, the Sevententh Year of our Reign.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt and Sir Wil­liam Paulet, Knights, our Counsellors.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And will and command you, That for the enstoring the Park of our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Hastings, ye deliver, or cause to be delivered, unto him, or his Assigns in that be­half, Three hundred of quick Deer, to be taken of our Gift, in our Chace of Lei­cester, and within our Park there, called Leicester Fryth; And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant, and discharge in that behalf or at all times hereafter; any restraint or commandment heretofore made, or had, the contra­ry in any wise notwithstanding.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Green­wich the Seventh Day of April, the Seventeenth Year of our Reign.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and right welbeloved Counsellor, Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Master and Surveyor of our Woods and Wood-sales.
Henry R.
By the King.

HEnry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England, and of France, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland. To our trusty and Right wel­beloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Master and Surveyor of our Woods and Wood-sales within our County of Hertford, and in his absence to his Depu­ty or Deputies there, Greeting. Forasmuch as we have not only commanded our welbeloved Servant Hector Asheley, Master and Controuler of our Works, at our Maner of Hunesdone, in our said County of Hertford, to fell and cut down, or to cause to be felled and cut down, with all diligence in either of our said Parks there, such, and as many Oaks as he from time to time shall think needful and expedient, as well for Pale, for the inclosing of a Paddok within our old Park of Hunesdone for a Winter pasture there, as also for the empaling of the Parsons ground within our new Park at Hunesdone; but also we by these pre­sents for certain causes and considerations, us specially moving, have freely given and granted unto our said Servant, all the Lops and Tops of the said Oaks, and of every of them, without any thing therefore paying, or accompt yeilding unto us or our use at any time hereafter. We will therefore and command you, and every of you, to permit and suffer the said Hector Asheley, to have, use and enjoy, the whole effect of this our commandment and gift, without any your challenge, lett, or interruption to the contrary, as ye tender our pleasure. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in that behalf.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Beaulieu, the Twelfth day of August, the Nineteenth Year of our Reign.

Charta Regis Henrici Octavi.

HEnricus Octavus Dei gratia Angliae & Franciae Rex, Fidei Defensor & Do­minus Hiberniae. Omnibus dilectis & fidelibus suis Majori Civitatis suae Lon­dini, Johanni Mordaunt, militi, Conciliario nostro, Christophero Hales, Solicitori nostro, & Rogero Wygston Armigeris, Salutem. Quia accepimus quod Johannes Gysours filius Johannis Gysours, Armigeri, Fatuus & Idiota in vita sua fuit, & quod regimen sui ipsius terrarum & tenementorum suorum non sufficit, & quod ipse in fatuitate sua magnam partem terrarum & tenementorum suorum alienavit in exheredationem suam & nostri prejudicium manifestum, nos indemnitati nostrae perspicere volentes vobis mandamus, quod ad loca ubi terrae & tenementa illa in­fra civitatem Londinum existunt, in propriis personis vestris accedatis, & de statu suo qualis ille erat, dum in humanis agebat, viis & modis quibus poteritis infor­mari, omnes affines, cognatos & vicinos suos, circumspectè examinetis. Et nihilo­minus per Sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum de civitate praedicta, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit, diligenter inquiratis, utrum idem Johannes Gysours, junior, fatuus & idiota in vita sua fuisset, nec ne; & si sic, utrum à nativitate sua, seu ab alio tempore, & si ab alio tempore, à quo tempore, & qualiter & quomodo, & si lucidis gaudebat intellectualibus; & si idem Johannes in eodem statu existens terras & tenementa aliqua vendiderit seu alienaverit, nec ne; [Page 550]& quid pro eisdem recepit, & si sic vendiderit, tunc quae terrae & tenementa, & ubi vel in, vel quibus, & in quorum, vel cujus manibus, terrae & tenementa sic alienata existunt, & qualiter, & quo modo, & quae terrae, & quae tenementa haeredi­bus suis adhuc remanent, & de quo vel de quibus tam terrae & tenementa sic alienata quam terrae & tenementa sibi retenta teneant, & per quod servicium, & qualiter, & quomodo, & quantum valeant per annum, in omnibus exitibus; & quis propinquior haeres ejus sit, & cujus aetatis; & inquisitionem inde distinctè & apertè factam nobis in Cancelaria nostra sub sigillis vestris & sigillis eorum per quos fuerit sine dilatione mittatis, & hoc breve, &c.

Teste meipso apud Westmo­nasterium quarto die Maii, Anno Regni vicesimo.
Newman.

Charta Regis Henrici Octavi.

HEnry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England and of France, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland. To our Right welbeloved Counsellors Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and Roger Wigston, Esquire, and to our welbeloved Robert Harward, Thomas Borett and John Duke, greeting. Know ye that we having Trust and Confidence in your Wisdoms, Fidelities and Circum­spections, have appointed, deputed and authorised you, and by these presents give unto you, and two of you, and to such Persons bringers hereof, as ye shall substitute, name and assign, in your place and absence, full Power and Au­thority, to take and provide to and for the use of our Fortifications, Munitions, Buildings and Reparations of our Ordnances, and other things, concerning as well the Safeguard, Defence and Tuition of our Town and Marches of Caleys, the Castles of Guysnes, Hammes and Newnambrigge, as also other necessaries, and requisites of and for the same purpose, to be taken and had, not only within our Lordships, Maners, Woods and Parks, and other Grounds within our Counties of Kent, Sussex and Essex; but also to be taken and had, within any Lordships, Maners, Lands and Tenements, of any other Person or Persons, within the said Counties of Kent, Sussex and Essex, at convenient and reasonable prices; and by this we give unto you, and two of you, full Power and Authority in manner and form above­specified, to take Carpenters, Workmen, Artificers and Labourers, apt and con­venient for Felling and Squaring of the said Timber and Trees to the use aforesaid; and also all manner of Carriages, as well by Sea and Salt-Waters, as also by Fresh-Waters and by Land for reasonable Wages, and Payments to be taken and had in that behalf, not only within Franchises, and places priviledged, but also without, and in other places. Wherefore we will and command you and every of you, to do your diligence in the executing of this our pleasure and commandment. And also we will and command all and singular Mayors, Sheriffs, Bayliffs, Consta­bles and all other our Officers, Ministers and Subjects to be Aiding, Helping, Counseling and Assisting you in the executing hereof, as they will answer to us at their utmost peril.

In Witness whereof we have caused these Presents to be Sealed with our great Seal at Westminster, the Three and twentieth Day of Decem­ber, the twentieth Year of our Reign.
Pexfatt.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Surveyor and Master of our Wood-sales, within our Forests, Parks, and Chaces, as well on this side Trent as beyond.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welboved, we greet you well: And whereas our great Lodge, in our New Park, within our New Forest, is decayed and ruinous, which Lodge we intend to have repaired conveniently against our resort to the same; and because we be credibly informed, that it should be very necessary for the preservation of our Game in Southbally within our said Forest, to make a Trench in our Wood there next adjoining, to the Abbot of Bewleys Park: We will that ye upon the sight hereof, do cause a Trench to be felled in our Woods be­fide the said Park, and that ye make sale of all the said Woods, in the said Trench to our most profit, and with the Money thereof growing, to cause to be bestowed upon the reparation of our said great Lodge, in as convenient hast as ye can; and that ye cause such Brick, as standeth in a Kyln ready made within our Ballywyke of Burley, within our said Forest, to be kept to our use, and to bestow part thereof upon the said reparations of our said Lodge, and these our Letters, shall be your Warrant and discharge in that behalf.

Given under our Sig­net, at our Castle of Windsor the Thirteenth day of April, the One and twentieth Year of our Reign.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Surveyor General of our Woods.
Henry R.
By the King.

WE will and command you forthwith, upon the sight of these our Letters, to direct your writing unto our Officers of our Forest of Sawsey, and of our Park of Moulton, commanding them by the same, to deliver, or do to be de­livered unto our Trusty and welbeloved Servant John Hartwell, Esquire, and to Richard Wale, Gentleman, such, and as many Oaks convenable for Posts and Rayls, with the Lops, Tops, and Bark of the same, as shall be sufficient for the enlarging of our Park of Hartwell, and making of a new Lodge there; they im­ploying the said Lops, Tops and Bark, towards the payment of the Workmanship of the said enlargement of our said Park. The said Oak to be taken within our said Forest and Park, and these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in this behalf.

Given under our Signet, at our Maner of Ampthill the Thirteenth day of September, the Three and twentieth Year of our Reign.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and Right welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas we singu­larly tendring as well the defence of this our Realm, against the malignity of our Ancient Enemies, the French-men and Scots, and to suppress their Teme­rities, which contrary to their Oaths and Promises, have commenced the Wars against us and our said Realm; as also specially minding to be in such a readi­ness, as we may be not only able to resist the malice of our said Ememies; but also aid and assist our faithful Friends, Confederates and Allies, with our Power, ac­cording to such Treaties as be passed, and concluded betwixt us, and them, have now of late of special trust addressed our Commission with Instructions to you and others of that our Shire of Bedford, as well for the Viewing, Mustering and putting our said Subjects in a readiness with Heaumes and other Abiliments fit for the Wars, according to the Port and Continue of our said Commission, and Instructions thereunto annexed; as also to make due Certificate to us in Writing, of, and upon all and singular the Points and Articles, contained in our said In­structions. We therefore truly regarding, providing and considering the great Costs and Charges, that we of likelihood shall be enforced to sustain and bear for maintenance, and continuance of our Armies and Navy, both by Land and Sea, and over that by the advice of our Council, devising the ways and means, how the said Charges might the more easily be born and supported, by the loving Aid of our faithful and benevolent Subjects; have thought right expedient, to have certain knowledge as well of the Extents, and yearly Revenues of such Lands, as be within the precinct and Circuit of that Shire, and to whom the said Lands particularly appertain, as also in the value and estimation of the Goods and Substances of all and singular our Subjects, as well spiritual as Temporal, resi­dent, and inhabiting within the same. And for that cause remembring you to be our true and Faithful Servant, thought right expedient to authorise you for that purpose, willing and commanding you, not only to give firm credence, to our Trusty and right welbeloved Servants, Sir John Saint-John, Sir William Gascoign, and Sir John Mordaunt, Knights, whom we have right amply instructed, of our mind and pleasure to you by them to be declared, but also towards your self, after such form and manner, for the more assured knowledge of the premises, as they shall instruct you. Fail ye not thus to do, as we fingularly trust you, and as ye tender the advancement of our Honor and surety; to be remembred hereafter ac­cording to our laudable acquital, and good deserts.

Given under our Signet at our Castle of Windsor the Twenty sixth Day of July.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we be determined, in the Feast of Pentecost next coming, to keep and celebrate, with all due circumstances of Honor, the Coronation of our most dear and welbe­loved Wife, the Lady Anne, our Queen, as to her Estate and Dignity doth appertain: We therefore desire, and pray you to put your self in such order and readiness against the said Feast, as ye may here attend, and be present at the said Coronati­on, in such wise furnished, as to your degree, and that solemnity, shall be conveni­ent and agreeable; wherein ye shall do unto us very acceptable pleasure.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Five and Twentieth Day of April.

Alliance between Mordaunt and More.

THIS Indenture made the Two and twentieth day of January, in the Five and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, of England and of France, King, Defender of the Faith, Lord of Ireland: Between John More of Haddon, in the Parish of Bamp­ton in the County of Oxford, Esquire, on the one Party, and John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt on the other Party, Witnesseth; That the said Parties be­ing agreed in manner and form as hereafter followeth, That is to say, The said John More doth Covenant and Grant by these Presents, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, That Thomas More, his Son and Heir apparent, shall, by the Grace of God, Marry and take to his Wife Dorothy Mordaunt, one of the Daugh­ters of the said Lord Mordaunt, if the said Dorothy thereto will agree and con­sent. And in like manner the said Lord Mordaunt doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said John More by these presents, That the said Dorothy, by the like Grace, shall Marry and take to her Husband, the said Thomas More, if the said Thomas More thereto will consent and agree. The said Marriage to be had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Dorothy Mordaunt, before the Feast of Pentecost next coming, after the date hereof, at the indifferent Costs and Charges of the said John More and Lord Mordaunt. And the said John More doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt by these presents, That he, at his proper costs and charges, shall apparel the said Thomas More, in all things as shall be meet and convenient for the Degree of the said Thomas More, the day of the said Marriage to be had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Dorothy. And in like manner the said Lord Mordaunt doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said John More by these presents, That he, at his proper costs and charges, shall apparel the said Dorothy, in all things that shall be necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Dorothy, the said day of Marriage so to be solemnized and had. And the said John More doth Covenant and Grant for him, his Heirs, Exe­cutors and Assigns, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns by these presents, That the same John More, his Heirs or Assigns, before the Feast of Easter next coming after the date of these Presents, or within Fifteen days next ensuing the said Feast of Easter, shall make, cause or do to be made [Page 554]to Sir Thomas Audely, Knight, Lord Chancellor of England, Sir Henry Parker, Gyles Strangesways, John Mordaunt the Younger, William Gascoign, Thomas Bernardyston, Knights, Edmond Fettyplace, Roger More, John Elmes, Esquires, William More, Clerk, John Gostwyke, Robert More, second Son of the said John More, Thomas Spilman, Robert Latimer, Nicholas Hardyng and Richard Downhall, Gentlemen, Thomas Lewes and George Caldwell, their Heirs and Assigns, a good, sufficient, sure, and lawful Estate in the Law, in Fee-simple, of, and in the Maner of Whad­don, otherwise called Charles's Maner in Whaddon in the County of Cantebrigge, and of, and in the Maner of Ladybury, in Whaddon aforesaid, and of, and in all other his Maners, Lands and Tenements, Hereditaments, Woods, Rents, Re­versions and Services, with the Appurtenances, in Whaddon aforesaid, Knesworth, Melreth, Melburn, Basingburn, Moredon, Abyngdon, Crawdon, Wympole and Crewell, in the said County of Cantebrigge. All which Maners, Lands and Tenements, and all other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, the said John More doth Covenant and Grant, for him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns by these presents, To be of the clear yearly value of Forty eight Pounds, over and above all yearly Charges, and Reprizes going out of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises, with their Appurtenances before expressed. The said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to be and stand Feoffees, and seized, of, and in the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and all other the said Premises, with their Appurtenances, to the uses and intents hereafter following: That is to say, To the use of the said John More, and his Heirs, until such time as Mar­riage be had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Dorothy. And after such Marriage had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Do­rothy, then immediately the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand, and to be seized of, and in the Site of the Maner, and Maner place, of the said Maner of Whaddon, called Charles's Maner, with all Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to the same Maner belonging, or appertaining, with the Appur­tenances, now in the Tenure of Anthony Bennes, to the clear yearly value of Fourteen Pounds; And of, and in certain Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, now in the Tenure of one William Fox, to the clear yearly value of Four Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, called Lady-place, to the clear yearly value of Fifty three Shillings four Pence; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of John Payne, to the clear yearly value of Three hundred Pounds and ten Shillings; And of, and in certain Lands and Te­nements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of Richard Crepyn, to the clear yearly value of Ten Shillings. And of, and in certain Lands, now in the Tenure of Anthony Bennes, to the clear yearly value of Twenty six Shillings eight Pence. All which Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Ap­purtenances, parcel of the Premises, amount to the clear yearly value of Forty Marks, to the use of the said Thomas More and Dorothy, and of the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John More, for ever; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of William Newman, to the clear yearly value of Twenty four Shillings; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of William Borol­man, to the clear yearly value of Forty Shillings; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenences, now in the Tenure of John Astemore, to the clear yearly value of Four Pounds three Shillings and four Pence; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of John Dickons, to the clear yearly value of Three Pounds six Shillings eight Pence; And of, and in divers Lands and Tenements, now in the Tenure of John Alleyn, to the clear value of Thirteen Shillings four pence, also parcel of the Premises, amounting [Page 555]in the whole, to the Summ of Twenty Marks, to the use of the said John More, during his Life without Impeachment of wast: And after the Death of the said John More, to the use of the said Thomas More and Dorothy, and of the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the said John More, and of his Heirs for ever. And of all other the said Lands and Tenements, residue of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, before ex­pressed, to the use of the said John More, for the term of his Life without Impeachment of wast: The Remainder after his decease to the said Thomas More, and his Heirs for ever, discharged of all former Rights, Titles, Claims, Uses, Dowers, Demands and of all other Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever they be. And the said John More for him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and As­signs, by these Presents, That he the said John More, his Heirs and Assigns, shall from time to time during the space of Three Years, make, do, suffer, and levy, or cause to be made, done, suffered and levied, such further Assurances, and Surety, to the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs or Assigns, or to any other Person or Persons, by the said Lord, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns to be limitted and named, of, and in the Maners, Lands, Tenements and other the said Premises, with the Appurtenances, to the uses and intents before expressed and declared, as shall be devised by the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, or by his or their learned Council in the law, at the costs and charges in the law, of the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns. And the said John More for him, his Heirs Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, by these presents, That he the said John More before the said Feast of Pentecost, shall make, do, suffer and levy, or cause to be made, done, suffered and levied to the said Sir Thomas Audely, Sir Gyles Strangeways, and other his said Co-feoffees before named, their Heirs and As­signs, a good, sure, sufficient and lawful Estate in the law, in Fee-simple, of, and in all his said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, and all o­ther his Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances in the said County of Oxford: That is to say, Of the Maner of More, with the Appurtenances in More and Moreton; of the Maner of Haddon with their Appurtenances in Bampton, of the Maner of Esthall, otherwise called Asthall and Astally; and of all other his Maners, Lands, Tenements, Woods, Waters, Rents, Reversions, Services and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances in More and Moreton, Staunton, Harecourt, Bampton, Clan­field, Norton, Asthall, Esthall and Astally in the said County of Oxford, or else­where within the said County of Oxford; except certain Lands and Tenements in Handborough, to such uses and intents as hereafter followeth: That is to say, Of, and in the said Maner of More in More and Moreton, to the use of the said John More, and of Jane, now Wife to the said John More, for term of their lives, and of the longest liver of them, without Impeachment of wast, during the Life of the said John More: And after the Death of the said John More and of Jane his Wife, then the said Feoffees, their Heirs or Assigns, or the over-liver of them, his Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said Thomas More and his Heirs, according to such Estates of Inheritance thereof, as at the date of these present Indentures made. And of, and in the Maner of Haddon in Bampton, the Maner of Esthall, Asthall and Astally, and of all the said Lands, Tenements, Woods, Waters, Rents, Reversions and Services, and Hereditaments, and other the Premises before rehearsed in Bampton, Esthall, Asthall and Astally, the said Feoffees, their Heirs, and Assigns, or the longest liver of them, and his Heirs, to be, continue and stand Feoffees thereof, to the use of the said John More, for term of his Life, without Impeachment of wast; the Remainder after his Death, to the said Thomas More, and his Heirs, according to such Estates of Inheritance thereof, at the date of these present Indentures made. And the said John More for him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant and [Page 556]Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Assigns by these presents, That he shall suffer all other his Maners, Lands, Tenements, and all o­ther his Hereditaments, with all and singular their Appurtenances, whatsoever they be, whereof he or any other be seized of, in Right, Title, Possession or in Use, other then before expressed and declared: except one yearly Rent of Nine Pounds sixteen Shillings, which the said John More hath out of the Maner of Newbolt, in the County of Northampton, now in the Tenure of Sir William Newenham, Knight; which Nine Pounds sixteen Shillings, is parcel of the Jointure of the said Jane, Wife of the said John More, to come, grow and descend in Demeasn, Possession, Reversion, Remainder or in Use, immediately after the Death of the said John More, and of the said Jane his Wife, to the said Thomas More, and to his Heirs, according to such Estates of Inheritance thereof, at the date of these present In­dentures made, discharged of all former Rights, Titles, Uses and demands, and of all other Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever they be, (the Rents, Customs and Services, to the Chief Lords of that Fee or Fees, hereafter to be due, only ex­cept.) Provided always, That if the said Jane, now Wife to the said John More, fortune to decease, that then it shall be lawful to the said John More to make a Jointure, of, and in the Maner of More and Moreton, to any Wife or Wives, that hereafter the said John More shall fortune to Marry, during the Life or Lives of the said Wife or Wives; any Covenant, Grant, Use or Article before expres­sed, to the contrary notwithstanding. For all which Covenants, Grants and A­greements on the part of the said John More, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, for to be truly observed, performed, fulfilled and kept; the said John Lord Mor­daunt doth Covenant and Grant by these Presents, To pay or cause to be paid to the said John More, his Executors or Assigns, Four hundred and fifty Marks of lawful Money of England: That is to say, at the day of Marriage had and solem­nized, one hundred Pounds of lawful Money of England: And at the Feast of the Purification of our Lady then next coming, One hundred Marks of lawful Money of England. And so yearly at the said Feast of the Purification of our Lady, One hundred Marks of lawful Money of England, unto the time the said Summ of Four hundred and fifty Marks, be to the said John More, his Executors or Assigns, truly contented and paid.

In Witness whereof the Parties aforesaid interchangea­bly have put to their Seals and Sign Manual to these present Indentures, the Day and Year above-written.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Signifying unto you that for certain weighty causes and considerations touching us; our mind and pleasure is, That all excuses laid apart, ye be, and personally appear at our City of London, on Tuesday the Seventh day of July next coming, there to tarry and demeur, until ye shall know farther of our pleasure, which shall be declared unto you on our behalf, by the Mouth of our Chancellor: Fail ye not hereof as we specially trust in you.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Hampton-Court the last day of June.

A Letter from the Queen to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor, the Lord Mordaunt.
By the Queen.

RIght welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas it hath pleased the Goodness of Almighty God, of his Infinite Mercy and Grace, to send unto us at this time, good speed in the deliverance and bringing forth of a Prin­cess, to the great Joy, Rejoyce, and inward Comfort of my Lord, Us, and of all his good and loving Subjects of this his Realm, for the which his inestima­ble Benevolence so shewed unto us, we have no little cause to give high Thanks, Laud and Praising unto our said Maker, like as we do most lowly, humbly and with all the inward desire of our Heart: And inasmuch as we undoubt­edly trust, that this our good speed is to your great Pleasure, Comfort and Con­solation, we therefore by these our Letters advertise you thereof; desiring and heartily praying you to give, with us, unto Almighty God, high Thanks, Glory, Laud and Praising, and to Pray for the good Health, Prosperity and continual preservation of the said Princess accordingly.

Given under our Signet, at my Lord's Maner of Greenwich, the Seventh day of September in the Five and twentieth Year of my Lord's Reign.

Alliance between Mordaunt and Danvers.

ARticles of Agreement made, devised, and concluded between the Right Wor­shipful Dame Anne Danvers of Dauntesey, and the Right Honourable Lord Mordaunt, for a Marriage to be had, between Silvester Danvers, and Mistress Eli­zabeth, Daughter to the said Lord Mordaunt, the Twelfth day of April, in the Twenty eighth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord King Henry the Eighth.

First, It is agreed between the said Parties, That the said Silvester Danvers, shall Marry and take to his Wife the said Elizabeth, if she will thereto agree; and the said Elizabeth shall take to her Husband the said Silvester, if he thereto will agree; and the said Marriage to be solemnized between them before the Feast of Pentecost next coming after the date hereof, where it shall please the said Lord Mor­daunt; and the Costs of Meat and Drink at the Marriage, and even of their Apparel after they are Married to be provided at the Charges of the said Lord Mordaunt.

Item, Where the said Dame Anne is seized of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Re­versions and Services, with the Appurtenances in the County of Cornwall, all of the yearly value of Fifty Pounds, she is contented to make a sufficient and sure Estate in Fee-simple of the foresaid Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Ser­vices, with their Appurtenances, to the said value, to Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight, and to ............. discharged of all manner of Charges and In­cumbrances made or done by the said Dame Anne, on condition as hereafter follow­eth: That is to say, That the said Feoffees, within Ten Days after they have their Estate, shall make a sure and sufficient Estate, to the said Dame Anne of the foresaid Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with their Appurtenances, for term of her Life, without Impeachment of Wast; the Remain­der thereof to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Silvester lawfully begotten; And for lack of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne.

Item, Further the said Dame Anne, after she hath received her Estate, for term of her Life, of the Premises, granteth to make a grant of an Annuity of Forty [Page 558]Pounds by the Year, for the term of her said own Life, to the said Silvester and Eli­zabeth, to be had, and received out of the said Lands and Tenements, Rents, Re­versions and Services, with the Appurtenances, as the said Lord will devise; with a Clause of Distress, to distrein in the said Lands and Tenements for lack of payment, or at Three Months after any of the said Feasts limited, or appointed for pay­ment thereof, as hereafter followeth: And the said Forty Pounds to be paid yearly, at the Feasts of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Lady by even Portions; and the first payment of the said Annuity to begin, at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next after the said Silvester shall come to his full Age of One and twenty Years; and the Writings to be made for the assurance of the Premises, and all further Devises, as shall be devised by the said Lord, and the same to be done at the Costs and Charges of the same Lord Mordaunt.

Item, All such Leases as shall be made by the said Dame Anne, of any parcel of the Premises, for term of her Life or Lives, or Years, or by Copy of Court-Roll, not minishing the Rents, such Services nor Customs, to stand in effect according to the Grant, and the same not to be altered, nor devised by the said Silvester nor Elizabeth; but the same to be confirmed by them, when the Re­mainder shall be Executed; if the Tenants, or any of them for their own part, will so require it.

Item, The said Dame Anne shall suffer all her Maners, Lands and Tene­ments, Rents, Reversions and Services, of her own Inheritance, with their Appurtenances, that she is in possession of, or any other to her use, immediately after her decease, to descend and remain to the said Silvester, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Silvester lawfully begotten; And for lack of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne Danvers, discharged of all Incumbrances by her done, (her Maners of Marden and Wyfford in the County of Wiltshire, with their Appurtenances, only except,) whereof one John Danvers, Son of the said Dame Anne, to have the value of Twenty Pounds yearly thereof, for term of his Life, and Thirty Years over, without Impeachment of wast; yeild­ing to her Heirs yearly, One Red Rose, at the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, if it be asked, and the Profits of the residue of the said Maners of Marden and Wyfford, with their Appurtenances, to be at the liberty of the same Dame Anne for Twelve Years after her decease, to go to the performance of the last Will, of the said Dame Anne Danvers, for the space of the said Twelve Years, next after her decease; and likewise except Forty Shillings yearly for an An­nuity, for the term of Life of one James Vause, to be paid forth of a Close, or a Pasture, called the Oxe-less, parcel of the Maner of Dauntesey.

For the which Marriage to be executed, and for the Feoffment to be made, and sufferances of her Possessions, to descend and remain, (except before excepted) the said John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, promiseth to pay to the same Dame Anne Danvers, and her Executors, Six hundred Marks, at such days as hereafter followeth: That is to say, At the day of the Sealing of these Inden­tures and before any Contract, or the Marriage solemnized, Four hundred Marks; and at the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, then next coming, or within one Month next following the same Feast, One hundred Marks, to be paid at Daun­tesey aforesaid, to the said Dame Anne, her Executors or Assigns; and at the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle then next ensuing, or within One Month next following the same Feast after that, One hundred Marks, to be paid to the said Dame Anne, her Executors or Assigns, at Dauntesey aforesaid, till the said Sum of Six hundred Marks be, to the said Dame Anne and her Executors, fully satisfied, contented and paid: And for the sure payment of the Two hundred Marks, par­cel of the Six hundred Marks, the said Lord Mordaunt, and Sir John, his Son, to be bound in several Obligations of a hundred Pound a piece, to the said Dame Anne, to be paid at the place, and days afore limited, or within one Month next following.

Item, The said Lord Mordaunt shall find, at his Costs and Charges, the said [Page 559] Silvester and Elizabeth, from the day of their Marriage till the Feast of Saint Mi­chael the Archangel, next after the said Silvester shall come to his full Age of One and twenty Years, and have the bringing up of them, as it is between them agreed, if the said Silvester so long will be ruled by the said Lord, his Executors or As­signs; or else the said Lord, his Executors or Assigns, to pay yearly to the said Sil­vester Twenty Pounds for his finding, at the pleasure of the said Lord, his Execu­tors or Assigns.

Item, It is agreed between the said Lady Danvers and Lord Mordaunt, That the Articles before expressed, and such of them, and the Surety thereof, and such things thereunto appertaining, and belonging, shall, by the advice of the Learned Council of the said Lady, and Lord Mordaunt, be engrossed, and made upon Parchment, according to the true meaning and intent, both of the said Lady and Lord Mordaunt, at the indifferent Costs and Charges of the said Lady and Lord Mordaunt.

Anne Danvers.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as divers Leud and Traiterous Persons, have lately, contrary to their Duties of Allegiance, assembled together in great numbers, to the great peril and danger of our Loving, Faithful and Obedient Subjects inhabiting those Parts. Albeit we have taken order for their repression in such sort, as we think their Example shall be a learning to all others hereafter: Yet because the Successes and Chances of such things be so doubtful, that no certainty can be prescribed therein in all events: For the more surety we have thought convenient, not only to command you im­mediately upon the sight hereof, to have a vigilant Eye to the preservation of the quiet of the Country about you; but also, with all diligence to you possible, to put all your Friends, Servants, Tenants, and such others as be under your rule, in such a readiness as in case need shall require, ye may within a days warn­ing both advance you, with all your Force, to such place as shall be limited unto you, and yet leave the Country behind you in such assured governance as there­upon hap no inconvenience, for want of good foresight, and circumspection touch­ing the same. And in case ye shall perceive any Persons like to be of such Con­spiracy, our pleasure is, ye shall from time to time apprehend them, and commit them to Ward. Fail ye not hereof, as we specially trust you, and as ye will answer for the contrary at your peril.

Given under our Signet at our Castle of Windsor, the Sixth day of October, the Eight and twentieth Year of our Reign.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas we be not only most certainly informed, but know the same by our own Experience, that by the Negligence, Corruption, and want of Circumspection, of those whom we put in trust with the order of Justice under us, within this our Realm, many light, leud and ill-disposed Persons, be permitted and suffered, and sometime ani­mated by the self-same Persons, whom we do so put in trust, and ought to be in­deed, the Men of most honesty within our said Realm, to use their wilful and corrupt Appetites, in attempting all kinds of Evil at their liberties, without fear of punishment, to the great Annoyance of our good Subjects, and to the great En­couragement of Malefactors, which is, hath been, and shall be the occasion of innu­merable Inconveniencies, Dangers, Perils and Displeasures to the State of our whole Realm; whereof having the Supream care and charge under God, it shall be our part and duty to endeavour our self to put just Remedy to the same: Al­beit we have at this present time sent forth our Proclamations, whereby we in ge­neral command all our Officers, Ministers, Subjects and true Leige-Men to have regard to their duties, according to their Degrees and Callings, as they will answer for the contrary, at their extream perils, which we purpose in case of defaults so to look upon, as we have not yet done the like, since it pleased God, to commit the Governance of this our Realm unto us; yet forasmuch as we know, that ye be not only of great Authority in those parts, but also that your Wisdom, Know­ledge and Experience, is such as may facielly correct things there that be out of good order; and can also see, if you will open your Eyes thereunto, when things digress from the right Train, and will be corrected and amended by lawful Pu­nishment, which putteth a stay to others that might percase fall into the like Fol­ly. We have thought meet to desire and pray you specially, as a Man, whom we specially trust, and one whose fault by Negligence, want of Vigilance, or due Cir­cumspection, we shall specially note, weigh and consider; that putting apart all af­fections with other corruptions, as commonly now adays do occupy the Stomachs of them, which in name and Authority be directed to honesty, you will lay before your Eyes, first your Duty to God, then your Obedience to us by his Commandment, and after the great Good which to all Men, and most of all to them that be of Honour, and should be inclined to good Civility, doth ensue by good Order, and due Execution of Justice, which bringeth forth a perfect quiet; and upon those grounds, with a respect to the avoiding of all dangers that by the contrary part may ensue, you will apply your self to be so vigilant, as the points contained in the said Proclamation, and all others meet to be remembred, for the Maintenance, and Conservation of Justice may be put in use, and duely observed according to your Allegiance, and to the Commandment of the same. By the do­ing hereof ye shall satisfie a good duty towards God, you shall preserve your Esti­mation towards us, you shall honestly serve your Country, and you shall save your own to your self and to your posterity: By the other part you shall offend God, you shall displease us, put out your Estimation with all the rest in danger. Wherefore eftsoons we require you to remember your self touching these things, in such wise as we may have cause, both to remember you again with Favour, and [Page 561]to think you a Man worthy the same, and to have Authority with others in our Common-Wealth accordingly: Willing you for your better instruction to get a Co­py of our said Proclamation, and in such wise to note the special points of the same, as you may the better put it in due Execution without failing, as we trust in you.

Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster the Ninth Day of March, the Twentieth and nine Year of our Reign.

A Letter from the Queen to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
By the Queen.

RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as by the in­estimable Goodness, and Grace of Almighty God, we be delivered and brought in Child-bed of a Prince, conceived in most lawful Matrimony, between my Lord the King's Majesty and Us: Doubting not but for the Love and Affection which ye bear unto us, and to the Common-Wealth of this Realm, the knowledge thereof should be Joyous and glad Tidings unto you: We have thought good to certifie you of the same, to the intent ye might not only render unto God, condign Thanks and Praise for so great a Benefit; but also continually Pray for the long Continuance, and Preservation of the same, here in this Life, to the Honour of God, Joy, and Plea­sure of my Lord the King and Us, and the Universal Well, Quiet, and Tranquil­lity of this whole Realm.

Given under our Signet, at my Lord's Maner of Hamp­ton-Court, the Twelfth Day of October.

Alliance between Mordaunt and Danvers.

THIS Indenture made the Twentieth Day of October, in the Nine and Twen­tieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, of England, and of France, King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, and in Truth, Supream Head of the Church of England. Between the Right Worshipful Dame Anne Danvers of Dauntesey, in the County of Wiltshire, on the one Party, and the Right Honourable Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, on the other Party; Witnesseth, That it is fully Covenanted, Condescended, Bargained, Concluded and Agreed, between the said Parties, and either of them, Covenanteth, Bargaineth, Granteth and Agreeth for them, their Heirs, and Executors, to and with the others in manner and form following: That is to say, Where the said Dame Anne, for a Marriage already had, done and solemnized, between one Silvester Danvers, Son and Heir of Thomas Danvers, Esquire, Deceased, Son and Heir of the said Dame Anne, hath received of the said Lord Mordaunt, Four hundred Marks Sterling, whereof the said Dame Anne knowledgeth her self to be fully satisfied, contented and paid, and the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, thereof to be ac­quitted, and discharged; and also the said Dame Anne by these presents know­ledgeth her self, to have received of the said Lord Mordaunt several Obligations for the payment of Two hundred Marks: For the which Summ, and payments al­ready paid, and to be paid, The said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, That where she the said Dame Anne is seized of, and in certain Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Services and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Cornwall, of the clear yearly value of Fifty Pounds, over and above all yearly Charges and Ex­pences, that the said Dame Anne, shall before the Feast of the Nativity of our [Page 562]Lord, next coming after the date hereof, make, or cause to be made, to Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight, and Edmond Fettyplace, Esquire, and to their Heirs for ever, a good, sufficient, sure and Lawful Estate in the Law, in Fee-simple, of and in all and singular the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Ser­vices, and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances; To have and to hold the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and all and singular other the Pre­mises, with the Appurtenances, to the said Sir Anthony Hungerford, and Ed­mond Pettyplace, and to their Heirs for ever; discharged of all former Bargains, Uses, Sales, Jointures, Dowers, Titles, Statutes, Statutes of the Staple, Uses, Wills, Arrearages of Rents, Judgments, Alienations without License, Intrusions, not su­ing of Livery out of the King's Hands, Entries, Fines, Forfeits; and that the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments be, at the making thereof, to the clear yearly value of Forty Pounds, over and above all charges, going out of the same Rents, (Customs and Services to the Chief Lords of the Fee, from thence forth to be due only excepted) to the intent, and upon condition, That the said Sir Anthony and Edmond Fettyplace, or the Survivors of them, their Heirs and As­signs, shall immediately, and incontinently, after such Estate made to them, by the said Dame Anne, within Ten days next after the same Feast, make or cause to be made to the same Dame Anne, a good, sufficient, sure and lawful Estate, of all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and other the Premises, with the Appurtenances; To have and to hold, the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, He­reditaments, with the Appurtenances, to the said Dame Anne, and her Assigns for term of Life of the said Dame Anne, without Impeachment of Wast; the Re­mainder thereof after the said Dame Anne, to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Silvester lawfully begotten; And for de­fault of such Heirs, the Remainder thereof, to the right Heirs of the said Sil­vester for ever, discharged in manner and form before rehearsed. And the said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, by these Presents, That the said Dame Anne, within Fifteen Days after she hath the Estate of the Premises made to her, by the said Sir Anthony and Edmond Fettyplace, and by the survivors of them, their Heirs and Assigns, with the remainder, as before is expressed, that the said Dame Anne by her sufficient Deed or Deeds in the Law, shall Grant an Annuity, or Annual Rent, of Forty Pounds by the Year, going out of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, yearly to be paid, at the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady, and Saint Michael the Archangel, by even Portions and Summs, to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to their Assigns, for term of Life of the said Dame Anne; with a clause of distress for the Non-payment of the said Annuity, or Annual Rent, to be contained in the said Deed or Deeds, as shall be devised, and advised by the said Lord Mor­daunt, or by his Heirs or Executors, or by his or their Learned Counsel, at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs or Executors: The said Annuity to begin first to be paid the said Silvester and Elizabeth, or to the over-liver of them, at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred and forty one, which shall be the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next after that the said Silvester doth or might have attained, or come to his full Age of One and twenty Years. And it is also further Agreed between the said Parties, That all such Leases, and Grants, before the date of these Presents, by the said Dame Anne, or any of her Ancest­ors made, or hereafter to be made by the said Dame Anne, of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, or of any part or parcel of the same, to any person or persons, for term of Life, or Lives, or for Years, or by Copy of Court-Roll, not minishing the Rents, such Customs or Services, before this time used to be paid, shall be, stand, remain and continue in their force, and effect, according to the said Leases, and Grants, without denying or altering of the same, to be made by the said Silvester and Elizabeth, or their Heirs, or any [Page 563]of them; but that the said Leases, and Grants, when the Remainder shall be Exe­cuted in them, or in any of them, shall not only be ratified and confirmed by them, and either of them, to the said Lessees and Grantees, if the Lessees and Grantees of the same, will the same of the said Silvester and Elizabeth and their Heirs require and demand; but also, the said Lessees and Grantees, and every of them, shall peaceably occupy, hold, and continue, according to their said Leases and Grants, without interruption of the said Silvester and Elizabeth, or of any of them, or of their Heirs. And the said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth, for her, her Heirs and Assigns, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, by these Presents, That then the said Dame Anne shall suffer all and singular her Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Appurte­nances, which be of her own Inheritance, now being in her Possession or Occupa­tion, or in Tenure, Possession or Occupation, of any other Person or Persons, to her Use, in Possession, Remainder, Reversion or in Use, immediately after the death of the said Dame Anne, to descend, return, remain, or come to the said Sil­vester, and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten; And for default of such Heirs, the remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne for ever; discharged of all Incumbrances, Titles and Demands, done and made by the said Dame Anne, or by any other person or persons, for her, in her name, or by her commandment; all Leases and Grants already made, or hereafter to be made, by the said Dame Anne, of any of the Premises, being of her own Inheritance, reser­ving the Rents accustomed only excepted; and reserving the Maner of Willeford, with the Appurtenances, in the foresaid County of Wiltshire, and the Tenements now called Butler's Farm, now being in the Tenure of Richard Amour; another Tenement called Conyes, now being in the Tenure of Henry Moxham; and the third Tenement called Watrobins, now being in the Tenure of Robert Whitebread; and one Close or Pasture called Hickperse, now being in the Tenure of John Hampshire; with all other Lands, Meadows and Pastures, with all other the Appurtenances, to the said three Tenements belonging or appertaining, and the Rents of the same, parcel of the Maners of Marden, in the foresaid County of Wiltshire, during the Life of one John Danvers, Son of the said Dame Anne, and Thirty Years next and im­mediately ensuing after the death of the said John Danvers only excepted and reserved; and also excepted and reserved the whole residue of the said Maner of Marden, with the Appurtenances, and the Chief Rents of the said Maner, to the said Dame Anne, her Executors and Assigns, for term of Life of the said Dame Anne; and the remainder thereof, for term of Twelve years, next and im­mediately ensuing after the death of the said Dame Anne, to the Executors and Assigns of the said Dame Anne; and after, to remain, revert, descend, and come to the said Silvester and his Heirs for ever, discharged in the maner and form be­fore expressed; and also, an Annuity or yearly Rent, of Forty Pounds, going out of a Close or Pasture called the Oxe-less, parcel of the said Maner of Dauntesey, in the County aforesaid, for term of life of one James Vause, excepted and reserved; and also, the Maner of Smythcote in the Parish of Dauntesey, in the aforesaid County of Wilt­shire, and seven Messuages with the Appurtenances lying in Smythcote aforesaid, in the Parish of Dauntesey aforesaid; and a Close or Pasture called Great Hideow, and a Close or Pasture called The new Lease, parcels of the Maner of Dauntesey aforesaid, excepted and reserved to William Danvers, Son of the said Dame Anne, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten: If the said William or his Heirs Male, be vexed, troubled, or otherwise interrupted of the Possession of the Maners of Culmoth, Moundfield, Culmouth-Pinkney, and Soulgrove-Pinkney, in the County of Northampton, with their Appurtenances, or any parcel thereof, or in taking the pro­fits of the same, by the said Silvester, his Heirs or Assigns, or the Heirs or Assigns of any of them; and one Annuity or yearly Rent of Twenty Pounds, to Mistress Mar­garet Danvers, Mother of the said Silvester, for term of her Life, also excepted and reserved. For the which Marriage so held and executed, and for the assurance of [Page 564]all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to be made and had to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to the Heirs of the said Silvester, as before is expressed, the said Lord Mordaunt Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, his Executors or Assigns, at their Costs and Charges, shall continually find and keep the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and their Children, from the Date of these Presents, until the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next after the said Silvester shall attain and come to his full Age of One and twenty years; and to have the bringing up and ordering of the said Silvester, until the said Feast, if the said Silvester will be so long ruled or ordered by the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns; or else the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, to pay year­ly to the said Silvester Twenty Pounds for his finding, at the pleasure and liberty of the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns. And it is further Agreed between the said Parties, that where the said Dame Anne alloweth to the said Lord Mordaunt in the price of the Marriage of the said Silvester, One Hundred Marks, for and towards the finding of the said Silvester, his Wife and Children, during the Non-age of the said Silvester, over and beside the said Six hundred Marks, which the said Lord Mordaunt hath paid, and is bound to pay to the said Dame Anne, as before appeareth: For the said Marriage, the said Lord Mordaunt Co­venanteth and Granteth, by these Presents, That if it fortune the said Dame Anne to die and decease within the space of Three Years next after the date hereof, whereby the said Silvester and Elizabeth his Wife shall have Lands and Tenements, in the County of Cornwall, to the yearly Value of Fifty Pounds, as by this Inden­ture it doth appear, That then the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, shall content and pay, or cause to be contented and paid, to the Executors or As­signs of the said Dame Anne yearly, Ten Pounds, during as many of the said Three Years, as shall remain after the decease of the said Dame Anne, as is afore­said. In witness, &c.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we be informed, that the Pestilent Idol, Enemy of all Truth, and Usurpator of Princes, the Bishop of Rome, perceiving his most detestable doings, to begin now to appear, to all our good Subjects; which fully minded in his Rage, do seek all the ways to him possible to Rob, and Spoil this our Realm, as heretofore he hath accustomed, and to Invert the good Religion of the same, with the Tor­ment and Disherison of all our good Subjects: We let you witt, That intending to put the same our Realm, both by Sea and Land, in such a readiness, as shall be necessary towards his Malicious and Devilish purpose, which by all meanes he laboureth to Cloak and Colour, pretending only in Words, the advancement of true Religion, without any the disturbance of our People; to the intent he may blind their honest and simple Eyes, and so the more easily compass his most Cruel and Devilish Enterprize: We have among other our loving Subjects appointed you, to furnish unto us, to do us service on the Sea, the number of Forty able Per­sons. And therefore we will and desire you, that immediately upon the sight hereof, ye will furnish unto us the said number, whereof as many of them to be Archers and Gunners, as you can make well Harnished to do us service as before; and [Page 565]the same to be in a readiness with Habiliments meet for them, upon one hours warning, whensoever our Right trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Coun­sellor, the Earl of Southampton, our Admiral of England, shall by his Letters give you admonition, or call for the same; and in the mean time with all diligence to make unto him your Certificate of the same your number; whereby you shall de­serve our hearty thanks.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Seventh day of April.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And cannot a little mar­vel to hear, that notwithstanding our sundry Advertisements, lately made unto you for the doing of your Duty, and such Office, and Administration, as in our Common-Wealth is committed to you, and others the said Justices of the Peace within this our said Realm; many things be nevertheless rather directed, at will and pleasure, than either upon any just Contemplation of Justice, or with any regard to the good Admonitions, which heretofore we have set forth, for the Advancement of the same: Minding yet once again, before we shall correct the Leudness of the Offendors in this behalf, with any Extremities of the Law, to give a new general Admonition, to the intent no Man shall have colour of Excuse by Ignorance; we have thought meet to write these our Letters unto you, and every of you, of all Sorts and Degrees; and by the same to desire and pray you, yet nevertheless to Charge and Command you, upon your duties of Allegiance: That for the repairing of all things negligently passed, and then avoiding of all such danger as may, for lack thereof, happen unto you; you shall have special care, and study to the due and just Observation of the Points following. First, We have with our great Study, Travel and Labour expelled the Usurped Power of Rome, with all the Branches, and Dependents upon the same: Our pleasure is, That you shall have principal regard, that the privy Maintainers of that Papistical Faction, may be tried out, and brought to Justice; for by sundry Arguments it is evident to us, That there wanteth not a number, that in that matter, and depen­dances of the same, retain their old feigned Fantasies and Superstitions, muttering in Corners as they dare, to the maintenance and upholding of it, what Countenance so ever they shew outward for the avoiding of danger of Law; those kind of Men we would have tried out, as the most Cankered and Venomous Worms that be in our Common-Wealth, both for that they be apparent Enemies to God, and mani­fest Traitors unto us, and to our whole Realm, Workers of Mischief and Sedition within the same. Secondly, You shall have vigilant Eye, That all Raisers of Bruits and Rumors, that may in any wise touch Us, our Honour, or Surety, or touch the State of our Realm, or the Mutation of any Law, or Custom thereof, may be ap­prehended and punished to the Example of others, disposed to the like Evil. Thirdly, You shall have special regard, That all Sturdy, Vagabond and Valiant Beggars, may be punished according to the Statute lately made for that purpose; your default in the Execution whereof, proceeding upon an inconsiderate Piety to one evil person, without respect of the great Multitude that live in honest and law­ful sort, hath bred no small Inconvenience in our Common-Wealth: And to the intent you may more exactly put this Statute in Execution, where by the Statute it is ap­pointed, [Page 566]that Common-watches shall be kept from the Ascension-tide till Michaelmas, Our pleasure is, That you shall not only see the said Watches duely and substan­tially kept, according to the limitation of the said Statute; but also that you shall continue the said Watches, for this Year till Allhallowtide: Having also special re­gard, That if any Remissions or Resistance shall chance to be made upon any Watches, or other Officers, the Offendors therein may be produced to Justice, for their condign Punishment. Fourthly, Our Pleasure and most dread Commandment is, That all respects set apart, you shall bend your self to the advancement of Common Justice, between party and party; both that our good Subjects may have the bene­fit of our Laws sincerely ministred to them, and that all evil doers may be punished, as the same Act doth prescribe and limit: To which Points if you shall upon this monition, and advertisement give such diligent Regard, as you may satisfie your duty in the same, leaving and exchanging from henceforth all disguised Corrup­tions; we shall be content the more easily to put in oblivion all your former Re­missions and Negligences: But on the other part, if we shall perceive, That this kind of gentle Proceeding, can work no good effect in you, nor any of you, whom we put in Trust under us; assure your self that the next Advice shall be of so sharp a sort, as shall bring with it a just Punishment of those, that shall be found Offenders in this behalf: Requiring you therefore, not only for your own part, to wax a new man, if you shall in your own Conscience perceive, that ye have not done your duty as appertained; but also to exhort others of your sort and condition, in this Administration, whom you shall perceive to digress from the true Execution of their Offices, rather to reconcile and conform themselves to satisfie with gentle Monition, then upon any Affection, Respect or Displeasure, to do any such thing, as shall hereafter minister unto them such Repentance, as will not per­case, when it should light in their Neck, be redoubled. Finally, Our pleasure is, That you shall have special regard, that no Man use any unlawful Games, but that every Man apply himself to use the Long-Bow, as the Law in that behalf requireth; wherein you shall shew your self a Man of good Inclination, and deserve our right hearty Thanks accordingly.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Oaking, the One and Twentieth of July, the Thirtieth Year of our Reign.

Alliance between Mordaunt and Denton.
A Letter from the Lord Mordaunt to his Daughter Fettyplace.

DAughter Fettyplace: After all hearty Commendations, these shall be to ad­vertise you, That this present Second Day of November, Mr. Denton deli­vered me a Bill of Articles, and a Paper ready drawn, concerning the Declara­tion of the said Articles, setting forth more at large whereby it appeareth, That ye and he be very forward towards Marriage, and hath desired my good Will for the same; and hath shewed me, that he hath caused the King's Graces Letters to be directed to you in his Favour, of the same. The Articles be made between Thomas Denton on the one part, the Lord Mordaunt, Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight, Edward Fettyplace and Alexander Fettyplace, Esquires: In the which Articles, nor in the Indenture of Paper, any mention is made of any Jointure, that ye shall have by Mr. Denton, nor yet what Goods he shall leave you, if God call him to his Mercy before you. Also there is no mention made, that he shall leave you in Goods of your own, as good as he finds you; so that upon Marriage had and determined, all your Goods and Chattels shall be his, and at his distribution and pleasure. Ma­ny other things are to be remembred by the advice of Wiser Men than I am, which can give you better Counsel, and better Advertisement than I can do, or write to you: Albeit I would ye should do well, and so I pray God send you Grace to do. I pray you with all speed send me your mind in the premises; And that I may have Mr. Hungerford's advice, by his Letter for the same, that yet I may know [Page 567]something of your mind, at the latter end of the Feast, although that I be not made privy to the first beginning, and to the first Communication; but ye do like a wise Woman, Conclude, and Agree, and then ask Counsel of your Friends. Mr. Hungerford knoweth all, and I think verily he would ye should do well; albeit I do not know whether be be privy to it, by you or by Mr. Denton, or by both: Thus fare ye and all yours, as well as I would do my self, to God's pleasure, who grant you of his goodness, his Blessing, and his Grace to do well; And I do give you my Blessing with all my heart.

Written the Third Day of November.

A Letter from Margaret Fettyplace to her Father the Lord Mordaunt.

To the Right Honourable, and my singular good Lord and Father, my Lord Mordaunt, at Turvey.

RIght Honourable and my singular good Lord and Father: Very glad to hear of your good Amendment and Welfare, which I pray God daily increase: It may please your Lordship to be advertised, that I have received your Lordships Letters; whereby I perceive that Mr. Denton hath delivered to your Lordship, both a Book of certain Articles, and a Paper ready drawn concerning the Declaration thereof, which Book I have received from your Lordship, wherein is wholly con­tained such Requests as I made unto him: For my Lord, this is the very Truth, That about Saint Bartholomew-day last past, it was his chance to be at Ratcote, at which time he first made motion to me herein. And for his furtherance therein, not only delivered unto me the King's Majesties Letter, most favourably made in his behalf; but also other like Letters from my Lord Saint-Johns, whom as your Lord­ship knoweth, I have found of late my very great and earnest Friend: Whereupon I, as I thought my duty, was not minding to make to the King's said Letters an unadvis­ed and suddain Answer, desired a time to make a further answer thereunto, in­tending at that time to repair unto your Lordship, for your Advice therein; but being immediately after taken with Sickness, I was thereby constrained to tarry at home, and for that time to take advice of other of my Friends in these parts; who both considering the King's said Letters, and also his Honesty, and Towardness, coun­selled me not to refuse his suit; but upon certain Requests which they advised me to make unto him, to enter further into Communication. Whereupon I made these Articles, and about Michaelmas last past, at his repair unto me, I delivered him the same; shewing him at that time, that if he would be thereunto bound, as by my Friends should be thought meet, and further repair unto your Lordship, and therein obtain your Favour, without whom, as I then shewed him, I would be loth to bestow my self, I could be content to accept his suit; which he promised to do. This, my Lord, is all that I have done, and as I trust he will claim no fur­ther promise of me; so that I shall desire your Lordship, not to esteem me of such lightness, that I will unadvisedly bestow my self, and then ask Counsel. I hope your Lordship hath at all times found me conformable to your pleasure, which I have been glad, and will be glad at all times to follow; defiring your Lordship to conceive none other opinion of me. And if in this matter your Lordship per­ceiveth, or knoweth any just or good Cause of Breach herein, I have not gone so far, but as yet I may return by your Lordships better Advice. I have sent you again the Book of Articles, and somewhat added by Cousin John Yate unto them; if your Lordship thinketh not these sufficient, I shall desire your Lordship to add more unto them; which being but reasonable, I trust Mr. Denton will assent thereto. And what your further pleasure is herein, I shall defire your Lord­ship to certifie by your Letters, by this bearer my Servant. And further to dis­close your whole mind herein, to Mr. Denton at his next repair unto your Lord­ship, whereby ye shall bind me to pray for you. I would have seen your Lord­ship [Page 568]before this, if I had not been letted by Sickness: But I intend by God's Grace shortly to wait upon you. In the mean time I shall desire your Lordship, and my good Lady my Mother, of your Blessings. Thus our Lord send you both long Life.

From Besellesly the Tenth day of November,
by your Obedient and Loving Daughter Margaret Fettyplace.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor, the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Letting you witt, That where upon the special Zeal, and Affection which we bear to the Common-Wealth of this our Realm, and Furniture of the same, with some more Store, if it shall please God, of our lawful Posterity; we did lately at the Suit and Contemplation of some of our Nobles and Counsel, resolve eftsoons to Marry; and have thereupon concluded by God's Grace, a Marriage between Us and the most Ex­cellent Princess, the Lady Anne of Cleves-Juliers: Forasmuch as we suppose that the same Dame Anne, shall shortly arrive at our Town of Calice, to be Transported unto this our Realm, for the consummation of the said Marriage: Considering that it shall be requisite and necessary, both for our Honour, and for the Hon­our of our said Realm, That she shall be Honourably received, and met at sundry places at the said arrival: We have named and appointed you to be one of these Noble Personages, whom we have thought meet in this affair, to attend upon Us, or to accompany such others of our Nobles and Counsel, as shall meet her before she shall come to our Presence. Wherefore we shall desire and pray you, to put your self in such order as you may be at our City of London the Eighth Day of December, there to know our further pleasure concerning the place of your Attendance; bringing with you honestly furnished Twenty Servants; wherein you shall do unto us acceptable service.

Given under our Signet at Westminster, the Four and twentieth day of November.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Letting you witt, That mind­ing earnestly to have a Marriage concluded between our Trusty and wel­beloved Servant, Sir Humphrey Ratclif, Knight, Son to our Right trusty, and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, the Earl of Sussex, Great Chamberlain of England, and Mistress Rich, Neice, and Heir to our trusty and welbeloved Ser­vant, Sir Michael Fisher, Knight: Albeit we doubt not of the conformity of the said Sir Michael, having written our mind and pleasure to him in that behalf, yet [Page 569]knowing that the same, taking you for his assured Friend, will be much advised by you in this, and other his private affairs: We have thought meet not only to signifie this our purpose, and pleasure unto you; but also to desire and pray you, at this our especial Contemplation, to extend your Favour, and good Advice to the same, in such sort, as we may perceive, that you tender our Pleasure, according to the good Expectation we have of you accordingly.

Given under our Signet at our House of Hampton-Court, the Second day of March, the Two and thirtieth Year of our Reign.

Alliance between Mordaunt and Cheyne.

ARticles of Agreement made the Twenty third day of October, the Three and thirtieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, King Henry the Eighth, between John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, of the one Party, and Robert Cheyne, Esquire, on the other Party; of and for a Marriage, by the Grace of God to be had, between Winefred Mordaunt, Daughter of the said Lord, and John Cheyne, Son and Heir apparent to the said Robert.

First, The said Lord to apparel his said Daughter, the day of the Marriage at his costs and charges.

Item, The said Robert to apparel his said Son, the day of the Marriage at his costs and charges.

Item, The costs and charges of the said Marriage, and for two days after, to be be at the costs and charges of the said Lord, the said Robert to find Dishes of Fowl at his pleasure.

Item, The said Robert shall make Estate of certain Closes, parcel of a Pasture, called Hellesthorp, in the Parish of Drayton and Wyning in the County of Buckingham, to the value of Twenty Pounds by the Year, to the said John and Winefred, to have to them during the Life of Margaret Cheyne, Widow, Mother to the said Robert.

Item, That the said Robert shall make Estate to the said John and Winefred of certain Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of Six Pounds fourteen Shillings, parcel of the Maner of Grove in the County of Buckingham, to have to them during the life of the said Margaret.

Item, That the said Robert shall make Estate to the said John and Winefred, of his Maners of Drayton, Beauchamp, and all his Lands and Tenements in Drayton, Beauchamp in the County of Buckingham; which Maner of Drayton with the Ap­purtenances, the said Robert promiseth to be of the clear yearly value of Forty Pound, over all yearly Reprises and Charges; and of the Maner of Cuggenho in the County of Northampton: Which Maners, Lands and Tenements together, shall be to the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, to have to them, and to their Heirs of their two Bodies, lawfully begotten by the said John; And for lack of such Issue, to re­main to the Heirs Males of the said Robert: That is to say, The said Maner of Drayton, with the Appurtenances, of the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, immedi­atly after the Death of the said Margaret, Mother to the said Robert, and Twenty Pounds in Cuggenho, after the Death of the said Robert.

Also it is agreed, That the said John shall pay yearly to the said Robert his Father as much Money of the Issues of the Fruits of the said Maner of Drayton, as the said Maner shall amount, above the clear yearly value of Fifty Marks, during the life of the said Robert.

Item, The said Robert, shall leave to the said John in Possession, Reversion and Use, after the decease of the said Margaret, his Mother, Mary his Neice, and John Cheyne, Esquire, his Brother, and Robert, Maners, Lands and Tenements in the Counties of Buckingham and Northampton, to the clear yearly value of Two hundred and twenty Pounds.

Item, That the said Robert shall be bound by Recognisance to the said Lord, in the Summ of a Thousand Pounds, that his Maners, Lands and Tenements, and Here­ditaments, [Page 570]which he hath within the Realm of England, after the decease of the same Robert, shall Descend, Remain and come to the said John, his Son, and to his Heirs, clearly discharged of all former Bargains, Sales, Jointures, Dowers, Judgments, Recognisances, Statutes, and of all other Charges and Incumbrances, had, made, done, or suffered to be had, made or done by the said Robert or by any other, by his Assent or Agreement.

Provided always, That it shall be lawful to the said Robert, to make a Jointure of Lands and Tenements, parcel of his Inheritance, of the yearly value of Forty Pounds in Chessham, Boys and Amersham in the County of Buckingham, to any his Wife or Wives, only for term of Life: And also the said Robert at his plea­sure, to give Lands and Tenements in Chessham, Boys, to the value of Twenty Pounds to his Youngest Son or Sons, for term of Life of the said Margaret. And after the decease of the said Margaret, the said Robert to be at liberty to give to his Younger Son or Sons, Lands and Tenements in Cuggenho, in the County of Northampton, to the like yearly value of Twenty Pounds.

Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said Robert, for to Entail the Ma­ner of Grove, to the Heirs Males of the said Robert's Body lawfully begotten.

The said Lord to find the said John Cheyne and Winefred Meat and Drink, for themselves, their Servants and Children, during Three Years, next after the Marriage solemnized. And the said Robert to find them other Three Years, next ensuing at his costs and charges.

Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said Robert, to declare his Will of a Field, called Trinity-Field, parcel of a Pasture called Hellythorp, of the Issues and Profits going out of the same Ground; saving the sure Inheritance to the said John Cheyne, his Son and Heir apparent.

For the which Premises, the said Lord doth Covenant and Grant to pay to the said Robert Four hundred and fifty Marks yearly: That is to say, At the day of the Marriage a hundred Pound, and every Year after a Hundred Marks, at the Feast of the Purification of our Lady, until the said Summ of Four hundred and fifty Marks be fully contented and paid to the said Robert, his Executors or Assigns.

Provided, That the Fifty Marks before rehearsed, shall be paid to the said John Cheyne the Younger and Winefred, at such time as they shall begin to keep House, toward their charges and taking up of Household.

Item, That the said Lord shall be bound by Recognisance to the said Robert in the Summ of Four hundred Pounds, for the payment of Four hundred and Fifty Marks at such Days as is before limited.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Letting you witt, That for­asmuch as by the manifold Injuries wrought, and Displeasures done unto us, our Realm, and Subjects, by the Scots, we have been inforced lately to enter into open War and hostility with the same, which we intend and purpose, God willing, unless the Nobles of Scotland shall conform themselves to Reason, to prosecute in such sort as shall redound to our Honour, and to the Common Wealth of our Realm and Subjects: To the intent we may the better know the Forces of our said Realm, and [Page 571]thereby put the same in such order and readiness, as they may serve us in this En­terprize, as the case shall require; We have thought meet and necessary, to have special Musters taken of all our people, and thereupon also to have such plain and perfect Certificate made, as shall declare what may be trusted to in that behalf. Wherefore our Pleasure and Commandment is, That you, by vertue and authority hereof, shall with all convenient diligence take the Musters, of all the able Men, as well Horsemen as Footmen, which you can make and furnish, both of our Tenants in­habiting upon Farms, Holds, and Tenemenrs, within any Office, whereof you have the Stewardship under Us, (if you have any such,) and also of your own Ser­vants and Tenants, dwelling upon your own Tenements; and the same so taken to certifie in writing, to our Counsel, attendant upon our Person, with all possible diligence; with a special Note, and Declaration, to be expressed in the said Certi­ficate, how many of the said Persons be furnished with Horses, to occupy a Spear or a Javelin, how many be Archers, and how many be Billmen, and how many Principal Men may be picked out of every sort out of the whole number: All which persons, our pleasure is, you shall put in such a readiness, as they may set forth upon one hours warning, whensoever you shall receive commandment from us in that behalf; foreseeing that in these Musters, and Certificate, you meddle not in any wise with any Mariners, forasmuch as we purpose to reserve the same for our Furniture by Sea. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant, and Discharge in that behalf.

Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster, the last day of March, the Four and thirtieth Year of our Reign.

A grant of Deodands and other Liberties in Turvey.

HEnricus Octavus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor, & in Terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae & Hibernicae Supremum Caput. Omnibus ad quos praesentes Litterae nostrae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quòd inter Recorda & pedes Finium cum proclamatione secundum formam Statuti, inde editi & pro­visi, de termino sancti Hilarii, Anno Regni Henrici Regis Septimi decimo septimo continetur sic: Bedfordiae scilicet; Haec est finalis Concordia facta in Curia Domini regis apud Westmonasterium in crastino Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Henrici regis Angliae & Franciae Septimi, à Conquestu decimo septimo, coram Thoma Woode, Willielmo Danvers, Johanne Vavasour & Johanne Fisher Justi­ciariis, & postea in Octavis Sancti Hilarii, anno regni ejusdem Henrici regis de­cimo nono, ibidem concessa, & Recordata coram Thoma Frowyk, & praefatis Willielmo & Johanne, & Johanne, Justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibi praesentibus, inter Johannem Mordaunt & Willielmum Mordaunt, Querentes, & Edwardum Ducem Buckinghamiae, & Elianoram uxorem ejus Deforciantes: De Visu Franciplegii, Assisa panis & cervisiae, Catallis, Waiviatis, Straiatis, Felonum, Fu­gitivorum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum, & Thesauro invento cum pertinentiis in Turveia: Unde placitum Conventionis summonitum fuit inter eos, in eadem Curia, scilicet. Quod praedicti Johannes & Willielmus, recognoverint praedicta Visum Franciplegii, Assisam panis & cervisiae, Catalla, Waiviata, Straiata, Felonum, Fugitivo­rum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum & Thesaurum inventum, cum pertinentiis, esse jus ipsius Ducis. Et illa remiserunt & quietum clamaverunt de ipsis Johanne & Willi­elmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi, praedictis Duci & Elianorae & haeredibus ipsius Ducis in perpetuum. Et pro hac Recognitione, Remissione, quieta Clamatione, Fine, & Concordia, iidem Dux & Elianora concesserunt, praedictis Johanni & Wil­lielmo, praedicta Visum franciplegii, Assisam panis & cervisiae, Catalla, Waiviata, Straiata, Felonum, Fugitivorum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum, & Thesaurum in­ventum cum pertinentiis: Et illa iis reddiderunt in eadem Curia. Habendum & tenendum eisdem Johanni & Willielmo, & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi in perpe­tuum. Reddendo inde praedictis Duci, & Elianorae, & haeredibus ipsius Ducis, annuatim, tres solidos, ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad festa Sancti Michae­lis [Page 572]Archangeli, & Paschae, equis portionibus solvendos. Et praedicti Johannes & Wil­lielmus concedunt pro se, & haeredibus suis, quòd si contingat praedictum reddi­tum trium solidorum à retro fore, ad aliquod dictorum festorum quo solvi debeat, non solutum; tunc bene licebit, praedictis Duci & Elianorae, & haeredibus, & as­signatis ipsius Ducis in omnia terras & tenementa ipsorum Johannis & Williel­mi, & eorum alterius in Turveia praedicta intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abducere, asportare, & effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque de redditu praedicto, & arreragiis ejusdem sibi fuerit plenariè satisfactum & persolutum. Et praeterea iidem Dux & Elianora concesserunt, pro se, & haeredibus ipsius Elianorae, quòd ipsi warrantizabunt, acquietabunt, & defendent praedicta Visum franciplegii, Assisam panis & cervisiae, Catalla, Waiviata, Straiata, Felonum, Fugitivorum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum, & Thesaurum inventum, cum pertinentiis, in Turveia praedicta, praefatis Johanni & Willielmo, & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi, contra omnes ho­mines in perpetuum. Quae omnia ad requisitionem Johannis Mordaunt militis Domi­ni Mordaunt tenore praesentium duximus exemplificanda. In cujus rei Testimonium sigillum nostrum ad Brevia in Banco praedicto sigillandum deputatum praesentibus apponi fecimus.

Teste E. Montague,
apud Westmonasterium duodecimo die Fe­bruarii Anno Regni nostri tricesimo septimo.
Wellisborn.

An Acquittance or Bill from Robert Cheyne to the Lord Mordaunt, for Four hun­dred and fifty Marks.

THIS Bill made the Twelfth day of April, the Thirty seventh Year of the Reign of our most dread Soveraign Lord, Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and in Earth of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, Supream Head: Witnesseth, That I Ro­bert Cheyne, Esquire, have received the day and Year above-written, of John Mor­daunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, One hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England, in full Satisfaction, Contentation, and Payment of Four hundred pounds, to be due to me the said Robert, at the Feast of Easter next coming after the date hereof: And also in full Contentation, Satisfaction and payment of Four hundred and fifty Marks, due to me the said Robert, for Marriage had and solemnized, between John Cheyne my Son and Heir apparent, and Winefred, one of the Daughters of the said Lord; as by certain Indentures of Covenants of Marriage, bearing date the Seventeenth Day of Novem­ber, the Six and thirtieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, made between the said John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, on the one party, and me the said Robert Cheyne on the other Party, amongst other things more plainly may appear. Of the which Summ of One hundred Marks, in full Contentation, Satisfaction and Payment of the said Hundred pounds, and of all the said Four hundred and fifty Marks; I the said Robert do knowledge and confess my self by these presents to be well and truly Satisfied, Contented and Paid by the said Lord; And thereof and of every part thereof, do Acquit, Discharge and Release the said John Mordaunt, Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, and every of them by these presents.

In Witness whereof to this present Bill, I the said Robert have put my Seal, and Sub­scribed my Name the said Twelfth Day of April above-specified.
Robert Cheyne.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas it is come unto our knowledge, That sundry Persons, as well Religious as Secular Priests, and Curates in their Parishes, and other places of this our Realm; do daily, asmuch as in them is, set forth and extol, the Jurisdiction and Authority of the Bishop of Rome, otherwise called the Pope, sowing their Seditious, Pestilent and false Do­ctrine, praying for him in the Pulpit, and making of him a God; to the great De­ceit, Illuding, and Seducing of our People and Subjects, bringing them thereby into Error, Sedition and evil Opinions; more preferring the said Laws, Jurisdiction and Authority of the said Bishop of Rome, than the most Holy Laws and precepts of Almighty God: We therefore minding, not only to provide an Unity and Quiet­ness, to be had and continued amongst our People and Subjects; but also greatly coveting and desiring them to be brought to a Perfection, and knowledge of the meer Verity and Truth, and no longer to be seduced, nor blinded with any such superstitious and falle Doctrine, of an Earthly Usurper of God's Law. We will therefore and command you, That where and whensoever ye shall find, apperceive, know, or hear tell of any such Seditious Persons, that in such wise do Spread, Teach, Preach and set forth, any such pernitious Doctrine, to the Exaltation of the power of the said Bishop of Rome, bringing thereby our People and Subjects, into Error, Grudge and Murmuration; that ye without delay, do Apprehend and take them, or cause them to be Apprehended and taken, and so committed to Ward; there to remain without Bail or Mainprise, until, upon your Advertisement thereof to us or our Council, ye shall receive answer of our further Pleasure in that behalf.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of reenwich, the Tenth Day of April.

An Act of John Lord Mordaunt, by which he does constitute his Proxies to the Parliament, the Duke of Somerset, the Lord Paulet, and the Lord Russel.

PAteat universis per praesentes, quod quidem Ego Johannes Mordaunt miles, Dominus Mordaunt, virtute Brevis cujusdam à regia Majestate mihi directi, ad apparendum & personalitèr interessendum, in Parlamento suo inchoato apud Westmonasterium, quarto die Mensis Novembris, Anno Regni ejusdem Domini Regis primo, summonitus fuerim, justis & legitimis causis in praesentiarum impedi­tus, Regiae etiam Majestati ex parte mea declaratis, & à sua Regia Majestate vi­cissim approbatis, quo minus in dicto Parlamento apparere & personalitèr inte­resse valeam: Nobilem principem Edwardum Ducem Somerset, totius Angliae Pro­tectorem, simulque personae Regiae Majistatis Gubernatorem, & nobiles viros, Wil­lielmum Paulet militem. Dominum Southamptoniae, Magnum Magistrum Hospitii Domini Regis, & Dominum Russell privati Sigilli Domini Regis Custodem, meos veros, & legitimos Actores, Factores, & Procuratores nomino, facio, & con­stituo. Dans, & concedens eisdem, conjunctim, & divisim, plenam authorita­tem & potestatem, tractandi, assentiendi, seu dissentiendi, ac omnia alia generalitèr [Page 574]faciendi Rempublicam concernentia, prout eisdem, vel alteri eorum videbitur melius expediri, nomine meo, & vice meâ, prout ego ipse facere possum aut deberem, si personaliter interessem. Promittoque me gratum & ratum habiturum, totum & quicquid dicti Procuratores mei statuerint seu fecerint, vel alter eorum statuerit seu fecerit in hac parte.

In cujus rei testimonium sigillum meum praesentibus apposui. Datum apud.

Articles of Agreement between the Lord Mordaunt, and his Son William Mordaunt.

THIS Indenture made the Ninteenth day of May, the Second Year of the Reign of our most dread Soveraign Lord, Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and in Earth, of the Churches of England, and also of Ireland, Supream Head: Between the Right Honourable John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, on the one party, and William Mordaunt, the third Son of the said John Lord Mordaunt, of the other party: Witnesseth, That where the said John Lord Mordaunt, for the great, entire and natural Love, that he hath, and beareth to the said William, is contented to do what in him is, to buy, get and obtain the Custody, Ward, and Marriage of the Body, and Lands of one Agnes Booth, Cousin, and next Heir of John Booth, Clerk; That is to say, Daughter and Heir of Charles Booth, Brother of the said John Booth, Clerk, that in consideration of the Premises, and for such costs and charges, that the said John Lord Mordaunt shall sustain and bear, and be at, for obtaining and getting of the said premises; The said William Mordaunt doth Covenant and Grant, by these Presents, to and with the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors and Assigns, That he the said William, after the same William shall, by the Grace of Al­mighty God, Marry and take to Wife the said Agnes Booth, the same William shall suffer the said John Lord Mordaunt, to take and perceive all the Issues and profits, which shall yearly come, grow and arise, of the Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments, which the said William, as in the right of the said Agnes may have, or hereafter shall have, within the Realm of England; during the Espousals between the same William and Agnes, without Let, Impeachment, Suit, Vexation, Interruption, or in any other manner of wise, to be Expulsed, Sued, Vexed, Inqui­eted or Disturbed by the same William, to the time that the said John Lord Mor­daunt, his Executors or Assigns, hath and shall plenarily and fully, wholly and en­tirely, have received, perceived, and taken of the Issues and profits of the said Ma­ners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments of the said Agnes, all such Summs of Money which the same John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns hath, ar hereafter shall pay, for the obtaining and getting of the Ward and Mar­riage of the said Agnes, and all manner of Costs, Charges and Expences concerning the same, or any part or parcel thereof. Provided always, (and the said John Lord Mordaunt is so pleased) That the said William shall have yearly Forty Marks, of the Issues and Profits of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Heredi­taments of the said Agnes, towards the living and finding of the said William and Agnes, to be paid to the said William and Agnes at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Lady, by even Portions. And also, where the said William standeth bound to the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors and Assigns, in the Summ of One thousand Pound Sterling, by his Obligation, bearing date the day of these Presents: The said John Lord Mordaunt Granteth unto the said William, That if the said William, doth well and truly observe, perform, fulfil and keep, all and singular Covenants, Grants and Agreements, specified and com­prised in these present Indentures, which of the part and behalf of the said William, are to be performed, fulfilled, kept and done: And also if the said William from time to time, do make, cause or do to be made, such other further good sufficient Surety, to the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, for the sooner Payment, Contentation and Satisfaction, of the said Summs of Money, so said, [Page 575]further expended, and paid by the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or As­signs, without Trouble, Suit, Vexation of the said William, or of any other by his procurement, assent or agreement: And also if the said William Mordaunt, during the natural Life of the same John Lord Mordaunt, be Governed, Ruled, Ordered and Demained, in all Causes by the same John Lord Mordaunt: That then the said Ob­ligation of the said Summ of One thousand Pounds, to be utterly void, and of none effect, or else to stand in its full Strength and Vertue.

In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid, have enterchangably set their Seals, and Signs-Manual, the Day and Year above-written.
John Mordaunt.

A Division of Lands and Tenements between the Lord Mordaunt, Sir Hum­phrey Brown, and others.

THIS is the Agreement for a Partition to be had, between Sir John Mor­daunt, Knight, and Elizabeth, his Wife, on the one party, and Sir Hum­phrey Brown, Serjeant at the Law, and George Brown, his Son, on the other party, of all the Maners, Lands and Tenements, hereafter following. The said Sir John Mordaunt is agreed to take in allowance of his part, a third part of the Maners hereafter mentioned, and allowed to the said Humphrey and George, the third part of the Maners hereafter next following, and the third part of all the Lands and Tenements occupied with the same.

Inprimis, The third part of the Maners of Drayton, and Luffwick.

Islip and Slipton, with all the Members and Appurtenances, with the Advow­sons of the Churches of Luffwick and Islip.

The third part of the Maner of Sudburgh, in Reversion.

The third part of the Maner of Thrapston, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Emberton, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Woolston, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Wavendon, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Thalton, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maners of Rawnes, Ringsted, and Cotton, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Buckworth, cum pertinentiis.

The Advowsons of the Churches of Buckworth and Woolston.

The third part of the Woods following, and the Inheritance of the same, that is to say, Langhill, Farthinshalve, Otteland, Bullay, Shyningegappe.

The said Humphrey and George are agreed to take in Allowance, of their parts, and third part of the Maners before mentioned, and allotted to the said Sir John, the third of the Maners next ensuing, and the third part of all the Lands and Te­nements occupied with the same in the Compartnery.

Inprimis, The third part of the Maner of Warmister, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Westbury, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Gratley, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Fyfees Verden, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Dichericho, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Hardwick, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Comberton, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Rympton, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Lands of Woodford, cum pertinentiis.

The Advowsons of the Churches of Grafton, Grately and Dichericho.

And the said Humphrey and George, be contented to take in Allowance and Recom­pence, for their third part of the Maners, Places, Buildings and Houses of Dray­ton, these Parcels following.

The third part of the Maner of Houghton, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Lands in Irclinburgh, cum pertinentiis.

The third part of the Maner of Adyngston, cum pertinentiis.

It is further agreed between the said Parties, to abide the Ordinance of Nicholas Hardyng and Richard Highman, for the Woods and wast Ground of Sudburgh and Warmister, and the Inheritance of the same Woods.

It is also agreed between the said Parties, That all Annuities and Rents, Charges and the Profits, and Rents of such Maners, Lands and Tenements, as be in Re­version, shall be paid, born, and sustained indifferently by the said Parties, in like manner as it hath been in times past; and that all Evidences concerning only the premises, to be delivered to the said Parties, to whom the said Maners and other the premises be allotted.

Signata manu propriâ Domini Mordaunt. John Mordaunt.

The Claim and Surmise that the Lord Parre maketh for to have the Freeborde of Drayton-Park, to the King's use, from the Lord Mordaunt.

FIrst the Lord Parre saith, That one Sir John Karr, Knight, was Keeper of the Little Park of Brykestock divers Years, and after the death of the said Sir John, then the Lord Parre entred: So that the Lord Parre saith, That these Sixty Years there was no claim made to the Freeborde, by any of the Lords of Drayton; and if any of the Lords of Drayton had pretended any such Right, they would have f [...]lled the Wood in their times.

For answer thereunto the Lord Mordaunt saith, That he doth much marvel, that the Lord Parre, would claim the premises upon so small a ground; for he cannot prove, That ever the said Sir John Karr, or any of his Keepers, or the said Lord Parre, or any his Keepers, did fall, sell, or give any of the Wood, growing of the said Freeborde, these Sixty Years: For this is true, that John Stafford, and Edward Stafford, Earls of Wilts, and the Executors of the said Edward Stafford, and the Lord Mordaunt, and other his Co-partners, as in the right of their Deyffs, did at all times take the Lops and Shreds of the Trees of the said Wood, growing of the said Freeborde, for mending and repairing of the Hedges and Ditches of Drayton-Park, and never no business made to the contrary; but the time that the Lord Parre conceived divers displeasures against the said Lord Murdaunt, for that intent, that the Lord Mordaunt should grant unto him a Fee, for term of his life; and also for to have divers other manner of Liberties and Pleasures, at the hands of the Lord Mordaunt in Grafton-Park-Chase, and in other Woods of the said Lord, and of his said Drayton.

And after that the said Lord Parre perceived, that the Lord Mordaunt would not be agreeable to the same, then the Lord Parre began to pick quarrels against the Lord Mordaunt, and his Servants; and among other things for the said Wood, grow­ing of the Freebord of Drayton Park, caused one John Allen, Keeper at that time of the Park of Brykestock, to fell certain Bushes and Woods, whereof some of them did grow within the bottom of the Ditch, and some did grow otherwise upon the bare Bank of Drayton Park. And also caused the said Allen for to pluck down the Pale of Drayton Park, to make a common way, through Drayton Park, for my Lord Parre and his Servants: And yet the Lord Mordaunt's Servants carried the said Wood so fellen unto Drayton-Maner.

And the Lord Parre not pleased therewith, found default at the Pale of Drayton-Park, which was there made by Sir Thomas Cheyne, Knight, and would never rest by complaining to the Council, and by setting of pains in the King's Court of Swanymote, unto the time that the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, were fain to pull down the old Pale, and to make a new Pale there, of a Man's length, which was done.

And also the Lord Mordaunt saith, That the Lord Parre many times, and often [Page 577]discharged the said Lord, for to give him all the Woods growing upon the said brink of the Ditch, Freeborde, and in the bottom of the Ditch; and also all the Wood growing upon the Bank it self, to the intent that the Lord Parre would have sold that Wood to his own profit. And forasmuch as the Lord Mordaunt, denied the Lord Parre, for to have it of his Gift, The Lord Parre said, he would be about with the Lord Mordaunt: And upon that refusal and denial, the Lord Parre began to seek and invent, how he might do the Lord Mordaunt all the Displeasure that might be devised; and for accomplishment of part of his purpose, the said Lord Parre spake to his Cousin, Sir Wistan Brown, Knight, who was one of the Wardens, and had the Custody of the Heirs of the Maners of Drayton, and Drayton-Park, and to Sir Humphrey Brown, Knight, who was Tenant by Cour­tesie, of the third part of the said Maner and Park; and did get a Grant of their parts of Drayton-Park, and had liberty for to Hunt, and Hawk in all the Maners and Vere's Lands for their two part: And thus having such rule, took upon him for to fell certain Woods of the brink of Drayton-Park, the bottom of the Ditch, and of the Bank-self, and commanded one Rowland Slade, otherwise called Row­land Smith, Servant to the said Lord Parre, and Keeper of the Nether-park, for to fell a Tree growing within the Ditch of Drayton-park; which Rowland caused one Richard Slade, otherwise called Richard Smith, Brother to the said Rowland, for to fell the said Tree: Whereupon the Lord Mordaunt spoke to the Lord Parre for the said Tree, and shewed him, That Rowland had done naught in so doing: Where­upon the Lord Parre said to the Lord Mordaunt, What have you to do therein, I have as good authority and power for Two parts, as you have for the Third part. And after that, the Lord Mordaunt's Servants carried away to the Lodge of Drayton-park, most part of the said Tree, and the said Rowland had certain Arms, and the Body of the said Tree.

Also the said Richard Slade, by the Lord Parre's Commandment, accompted for to fell more Wood upon the said brink, Freeborde, bottom of the Ditch, and of the Bank; which was about the Commotion time in Lincolnshire: Whereupon James Wavenson, Servant to the Lord Mordaunt, was sent to the Lord Parre for to have his pleasure in the same: Which Lord Parre made answer to the said James, saying, What have you to do therewith? And then the said James said, I come for to know, if it be your pleasure, that your Servants shall so do upon my Master's Ground? Then the Lord Parre answered and said, I shall make your Master and you also answer, when I do see my time: And so the said James departed from the said Lord Parre.

Also the Lords of Drayton, were at all times from time to time, by pains laid in the King's Courts of Swanymote dryven for to make sufficient Fence, either with Hedge and Ditches, or else with pale, for to keep the King's Deer out of Dray­ton-park: So that it is to be thought clearly, that if the Lords of Drayton, had en­croached any part of the King's Ground or Wood, that the said Encroachment should have been, from time to time, presented in the said Court of Swanymote, as well as the pains there laid and presented, for default of making of Pale, Hedges or Ditches.

And where it is said, That the Lord Mordaunt and his Servants, of Right ought not for to have any Interest or Title to the said Wood, growing of the brink of the Ditch of Drayton-park, then they would have fellen the same before this time, and not have suffered the same so long to grow to old Wood.

So that the Lord Mordaunt maketh this Answer, That he and his Co-partners have suffered as old Wood to grow upon the brink of the Ditch, within the Park of Drayton, as is without, and that will well appear by old Trees, and Stumps of Trees now growing on the brink of the said Ditch, within the said Park, who­so please to view and search the same.

Where also it is Invented, That forasmuch as the Keeper of the little Park of Brikestock do make a little piece of pale, between Plumbwel-gate and Drayton-park-Pale, [Page 578]and so do go on the Ditch with the said Pale, and within the same Pale, next unto the said Pale of Drayton-park, that by the rest they would have the Ditch and Freeborde.

To this the Lord Mordaunt maketh answer, That many times his Keeper of Drayton-park, hath made the said Pale from Drayton-park-pale, over the said Ditch and Freeborde; which from time to time, for divers Years, hath been plucked up again, by the Lord Parre and his Servants, for to make a com­mon Riding and a Foot-path, as well of that part, as of more, for the Lord Parre and his Servants to ride and go through Drayton-park at their pleasures. And also at such time, as the said Lord Mordaunt, and his said Co-partners, had Deer within the same Park of Drayton; that the said Lord Parre and Keepers did come into Drayton-park, and break down the Pales in every corner of their Grounds, and Hunt out the Deer, and killed also Deer; and all was done to put the Lord Mordaunt to all displeasures that might be invented and compassed. And all such Displeasures, as the Lord Parre did to the Lord Mordaunt, he did the same in the Names of Wistan Brown and Sir Humphrey Brown, and not in the King's Right.

Also it is well to be perceived, if Men would the same well consider, and weigh the same indifferently, according to the Truth, That the said brink of the Ditch, was by the Owners of Drayton-park set with Thorn, as well as with other Wood; but especially with Thorn, of that side that is adjoyning to Brikestock-park, as also round about all the Park of Drayton, as well of the insides as of the outsides; which was done to good purpose, for a safeguard to the Wood, growing between both Hedges, or else the Cattle or Deer, that from time time did, or should go within Brikestock-park, would have destroyed the Spring of the Ditches; and all the said brinks be called in this Shire of Northampton, Ward-Hedges, made for safeguard of the Spring.

Also it is further to be noted, The Antiquity and long continuance of Drayton-park, the space of Three hundred Years Enparked, and the little Park of Brikestock, be­fore it was enclosed, was a common Ground called Bootesley; whereupon the Tenants of Brikestock, Grafton, Slipton, Twywell, and other Towns, had Common for their Beasts. And if at that time the Owners of Drayton-park, having a Park there had not well considered the preservation of their Ditching and Setting, and for the continuance of the Wood to grow, the said Inhabitants would have clearly de­stroyed the same with their Cattle; and so it cannot be thought otherwise of Right, but that the said Ditches and Freeborde doth belong to Drayton-park.

And many other displeasures, the Lord Mordaunt can declare, that he hath sustain­ed and born, and had at the Hands of the Lord Parre and his Servants; and all such displeasures began for the Denial of the said Wood, and for denial of gran­ting a Fee to the said Lord, and for that the Lord Parre could not get rule of the third part of all Greenslands about Drayton, Grafton, Luffwick, and other Towns, at the pleasure of the said Lord Parre, which displeasure the Lord Mordaunt will not express.

Matters laid and objected by the Lord Parre, the Regarders, Verders and others, against the Lord Mordaunt, for what cause the Lords of Drayton suffered the Wood, growing of the Freeborde of the Park of Drayton to grow so long, whereupon the Lord Parre now claimeth the same for the King's Graces Majesty, Decimo tertio die Aprilis anno primo regis Edwardi Sexti: And the Lord Parre's Regarders, Verders and others do say, That if the Lords of Drayton should have had any right to the Hedges, Ditches, Freeborde and Wood, between Drayton-park and Brikestock-park, that they would not have suffered, Rowland Slade, Richard Slade, otherwise called Richard Smith, and other Keepers of Brikestock-Park, for to have fellen the Wood of the said Ditch to the King's use.

For Answer whereunto the Lord Mordaunt saith, as hereafter followeth.

First, Edward Stafford, late Earl of Wilts, deceased in Anno decimo quarto Regis [Page 579]Henrici septimi: After whose Death the Rule, Order and Profits of the said Park went to the performance of the said Earl's Will; and the Executors of the said Earl, took the Profits of the Park, and did maintain the Hedges belong­ing to the said Park, and did fell, cut and prostrate, armes of Trees and other Thonrs, for making of the said Hedges, between Drayton-Park and Brikestock Park.

After that Sir Thomas Cheyne, Knight, which at that time had Interest in the Moiety of the Premises, as in the right of his Wife, agreed with the Executors of the said Earl for the Premises. And so after that the same Sir Thomas, had the said Drayton-Park, in which Sir Thomas's days, none of the said Keepers did fell, or take any such Wood, at that time growing of and upon the said Ditches: And also the Keepers of the said Sir Thomas walked their Ring-walk, within the said Little Park of Brikestock, all the said Sir Thomas Cheyne's time: And after that Sir Thomas Cheyne deceased, then came the premises into the Hands of the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, who entred into the premises, and also into the Maner of Drayton, then being in the Tenure of Robert Marburn, Gentleman; and the said Lord would have occupied the said Maner of Drayton, and put out the said Robert Marburn; wherewith the said Robert took displeasure with the said Lord Mordaunt: And the said Robert Marburn, to the intent he would occupy the said Maners, still in his Hands, Entitled George late Earl of Salop, to the premises, by a false Will nuncu­pative, which the same Robert Surmised, that the said Edward Earl of Wilts should make: Whereupon the said Maner of Drayton-Park and other Premises, were in contention divers Years. And after that the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, agreed with the said Earl of Salop, and so had the said Maner, Park, and other the Premises quietly, without any Interruption, Claim, Challenge or Demand to the Premises, or any part or parcel thereof, made thereunto by any of the King's Keepers or Officers, of the said Little Park of Brikestock; and walked the Ring-Walk within the said Park of Brikestock; and made the Hedges, Pale, Ring, unto the time that one John Allen, Keeper of the King's Park of Brikestock, by the commandment of the Lord Parre, that now is, caused certain Wood to be felled; whereof some of the said Wood did grow, within the bottom of the Ditch, and some otherwise; which Wood was carried by the Lord Mordaunt's Ser­vants to Drayton-Maner. And after that one Richard Slade, otherwise called Rich­ard Smith, Brother to one Rowland Slade, did fell a Tree in the bottom of Drayton-Park-Ditch, by the commandment of the said Rowland, at that time being Keeper of the said Nether-Park of Brikestock: Whereupon the said Lord Mordaunt shewed the said Lord Parre, and the said Lord Parre said, That Rowland did it by his commandment, and that he the said Lord Parre, might lawfully command the said Rowland so to do, for two parts which he assured belonged to the Browns parts, as well as the Lord Mordaunt did command his Servants to meddle for his Two parts; and so the Lord Parre from time to time did permit and suffer the said Keepers, for to do all the displeasures to the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Ser­vants, that might be devised, or imagined, for that intent and purpose, that the said Lord Parre would have had the rule of Drayton-Park himself. And James Ste­venson saith, That at another time, which was about the time of the Insurrection in Lincolnshire, that the said Rowland did fell certain Wood, growing in the bot­tom of Drayton-Park-Ditch: Whereupon the said James went to the Lord Parre, for to know his pleasure, who made answer to the said James as followeth, vi­delicet, What have you to do therewith? Then said James, Sir, I come to know your pleasure, and whether it be your pleasure, that your Servants shall so en­terprize upon my Master's Ground or not? No, said the Lord Parre, I shall make your Master and you answer also. So the said James departed from the Lord Parre at that time.

And where the said Drayton-kark, since the first making of the said Park, hath been always Ditched, and Hedged, and so did continue all the days and time of [Page 580]Sir Simon de Drayton, and Sir Henry Greene, Knight, Henry Greene, Son of the said Sir Henry Greene, Sir Ralph Greene, Knight, John Greene and Henry Greene, Esquires, and also in the days of John Stafford and Edward Stafford, late Earls of Wilts, and in the days of Robert Wittlebury, William Marbury and Thomas Mountague, Esquires, Executors of the Testament and Last Will of the said Edward Stafford, and al­ways used to be Hedged, and the Ditches scowred by the Owners of the said Drayton-Park, and in all their days and time, no default found in the said Freebord, Hedges and Ditches, by any of the Keepers of the said little Park of Brikestock; but that the owners of Drayton-Park did scowre the Ditches and Hedges of the same, used their Freebord, took profits of all manner of Wood and Thorn grow­ing in and upon the said Ditches and Freeborde, unto the time that the said Dray­ton-Park came to the Possession of one Sir Thomas Cheyne, Knight, who had the said Drayton-Park as in the right of his Wife: And in the days and time of the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, the Keeper of the said little Park, found default in the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, for not scowring of the said Ditches, and for not well repairing of the Hedges of the same Drayton-Park, forasmuch as the Hedges of Drayton-Park, at that time, were thinly made, and very low: And also the said Keeper of the little Park, surmised, That the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, and his Keeper of Drayton-Park, did stand between both the Hedges of Drayton-Park, and Killed the King's Deer, which were accustomably used for to Feed in the said little Park; and did train the King's Deer out of the said little Park into Drayton-Park; and surmised, and laid to the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, and his Servants charge, divers Misdemeanours, as, Breaking into the said little Park of Brikestock, with their Bows, Arrows, Hounds, and Grey-hounds: over and beside that the said Keepers of the said little Park of Brikestock, complained in the King's Court of Swanymote, upon the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, and upon his Servants, as well for Killing of Deer, as also for to mend the said Ditches and Hedges, by a day prefixed; and said to the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, that, If the said Ditches and Hedges, were not amended, that then they would inform the King's Grace, King Henry the Seventh, of their misdemeanours. Whereupon the said Sir Thomas Cheyne considered to himself, and among his Friends, That he would not have the King's displeasure in that behalf, by the advice of his Friends, caused a Pale to be set upon the top of Drayton-Park Ditch, which was the first Pale that ever was set there, after the making of the said Park; for before that pale so set there, the said Drayton-park was ever Ditched, Quickset, and Hedged; which Pale so set by the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, continued all the life of the said Sir Thomas, and long time after, without any default found thereat, or at any of the Freeborde, Ditches and Hedges of the said Drayton-Park, unto the Tenth Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord, of Famous Memory, King Henry the Eighth; at which time the said Drayton-Park, came into the Hands and Possession of the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners.

And the said Drayton-Park being in their hands, the said Lord Parre, and the King's Officers and Keepers of Brikestock-Park complained and said, That the said Pale, made by the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, was no sufficient Pale; for the Pale was so low, that the Keepers of Drayton-Park might stand, and did stand, upon the top of the Dike of Drayton-Park, and Shoot over the said Pale, unto the said little Park, and Killed the King's Deer, being feeding within the said little Park: And divers times the Lord Parre laid to the charges of the Keepers of Drayton-Park, for Killing of divers and many such Deer; and the Lord Parre not conten­ted with the said Pale, complained to Sir Thomas Lovel, Knight, at that time be­ing Justice of the Forests, for not maintaining and making a sufficient Pale, or Hedge between both the said Parks. And that complaint notwithstanding, divers Pains were laid in the King's Grace's Court of Swanymote, upon the said Lord and his Co-partners, for to amend the said Pale and Hedge sufficiently: Whereupon the Lord Mordaunt caused certain number of Oakes to be felled in Grafton, and Graf­ton-Park, and in other places within the bounds of Grafton, for the new amending [Page 581]of the same Pale, and Hedges, and thereupon took down the old Pale, and made a new Pale of a greater length, and did certain costs of the Ditches of the said Park, and did fell certain Thorns, and other Wood for Ports, Rails and Stumps, for the good amending of the same new Pale; which Pale so newly made conti­nued divers Years, and no default found at the same, by the said Lord Parre, or any of his Officers or Keepers.

And after this the Lord Parre's Keepers of Brikestock, would in the Winter time, being Frost and Snow, break up the said Pale, to the intent that the King's Deer of the little Park, might come into Drayton, for to have their feeding there, or else the said Deer would have Perished and Starved for hunger: And yet the said Favour notwithstanding, a new Complaint was made, a new pain of Twenty Pounds was laid in the said Court of Swanymote, That the Lord Mordaunt should a­mend his Pale and Hedge, and scower his Ditches by a day, upon pain of Forfei­ture of the said pain of Twenty Pounds. And after that, within certain Years, ano­ther like pain of Twenty Pounds, was laid in the said Court of Swanymote, for to make the said Hedges and Ditches, between Drayton-Park and Brikestock-Park sufficient. And the said Lord Parre, at this time being Friendly with the Lord Mordaunt, shewed Robert Catbyn, Gentleman, thereof, to the intent that the Lord Mordaunt might have knowledge thereof, for to make the Hedges and Ditches suffi­cient, whereby the Lord Mordaunt might avoid the Forfeiture of the said pain of Twenty Pounds.

And forasmuch as such pains were so laid in the King's Graces Courts of Swanymote, as well in King Henry the Seventh's days, as also in the days of our late Sovereign Lord, of Famous Memory, King Henry the Eighth; for that the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, as also the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, should amend, and repair the said Pale, Hedges and Ditches of Drayton-park, of that side, that is between the said Drayton-park, and the said Little Park of Brikestock, by certain seve­ral days to them prefixed, as by the Books of the said Courts of Swanymote, it will more at large appear: That if the Lords of Drayton-park, had made any Encrochment upon the Little Park of Brikestock, or of, and upon any of the King's Ground, that then their Encrochments should have been as well found, and presented, as for the amending and repairing of Drayton-park-pale, and of the Hedges and Ditches of the said Wood, in the said Courts of Swanymote remembred and presented.

A Letter to the Lord Mordaunt, from the Lord William North.

MY LORD,

After my hearty Commendations, where by virtue of a Commission, ye procure a Freeborde to be had within the King's Majesties Little Park of Brikestock, there is upon the same past a Quest, and Verdit by them given; which Quest, and Verdit, as it is taken, rather serveth for your purpose, than for the Conservation of the King's Majesties Right: The said Commission being never Executed, in my Uncle the Lord Parre's life, whose Office in the said Park I now have: And that neither the King's Solicitor being then in those parts, nor any other his Learned Council, for the Soliciting and defending of his Grace's Right, was called, or Privy thereunto: I thought hereby, notwithstanding your Proceedings in the premises, to require your Lordship to forbear to meddle, or intromit with any thing within the said Park, until it may appear unto my Lords of the King's most Honourable Privy Council, or otherwise by the Law, what you have to shew for your Claim.

Thus I bid your Lordship heartily well to fare, from Hampton-Court the Seventeenth day of October.
Your Lordships Loving Friend, W. North.

A Letter to the Lord Mordaunt, from the Lord William North.

MY LORD,

AFter my hearty Commendations, perceiving by your Letter, that accord­ing to such Commission as you have already proceeded in, ye be desirous to enjoy the Freeborde within the Park of Brikestock; to the which Commission notwithstanding my Uncle was Privy, thereby to know your Claim and Title of the said Freeborde; yet if God had continued his life, till it had been sit­ten on, he would have found, and caused matter to be alledged for the King, as would have been for the conservation of his Majesties Inheritance: By the death of whom, and for lack of the King's Learned Council, to speak in his cause; it is thought the thing hath not past in his Highness's behalf, in such ways as it might have done. And as I have heard say, The King's Solicitor hath before time advised you, that ye should not take upon you to Encroach, upon any part of the King's old Inheritance, this being parcel of the oldest his Grace hath in those parts: To the proceeding of which Commission the said Solicitor being in that Country, me seemed that he should have had warning, and been privy to the Execution thereof, to have spoken for the King's Right. Nevertheless, because it may ap­pear, that as little as I can shall be (by my time) done in the said Parks, to the derogation of the King's Inheritance; Therefore I will procure another Commission either to the foresaid Commissioners, or to other Gentlemen of good Estimation; at the Execution whereof, some of the King's Learned Council shall be there, for the defence of his Cause; and I doubt not, but you against the same time will provide as shall be best for your Claim: And if upon the Tryal thereof, you shall have Right to the said Borde, I shall be well content ye enjoy it accordingly. And in the mean time, I require you not to intermeddle with any thing within the said Park, by virtue of your First Commission; but to forbear the same, until the new Commission be had, and put in Execution as shall appertain.

Thus I bid your Lordship well to fare, from Westminster the Tenth of December.
Your Lordships Loving Friend, W. North.

An Exemplification of Depositions concerning the Freeborde of Drayton-Park.

EDwardus Sextus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defen­sor, & in terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae, & Hibernicae Supremum Caput. Omni­bus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem. Inspeximus quandam Petitionem, coram nobis, in Cancellaria nostra, per Johannem Mordaunt, militem, ad Testes perpetuam rei memoriam examinandum nuper exhibitam, & in filaciis Cancellariae nostrae praedictae residentem, in haec verba. To the Right Honourable Sir William Paulet, Knight of the most honourable Order of the Garter, Lord Saint-John, Lord Grand-master of the King's most honourable Household, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and High-Justice of all the King's Forests, Chaces and Parks, on this side the Trent: In right humble wise sheweth unto your good Lord­ship, your daily suppliant, John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, That whereas it pleased King Edward the First, sometime King of the Noble Realm of England, upon the humble Suit of Simon Drayton, Knight, Ancestor unto your said Suppliant, to grant unto the said Simon License for to Empark certain parcels of Ground, then parcel of the Maner of Drayton, within the County of Northampton; whereof some of the said parcels, were then before that time, within the bounds of the Forest [Page 583]of Rokingham, and some of them were without the Forest; and that according unto the said License, the said Simon made a Park, now called Drayton-park, for the safeguard of the Game; wherein the said Simon made a Ditch, double Ditch'd, and Quick-set on both sides, round about the said Park, as well on that side which boundeth, and adjoineth now on the said Forest side, as on the other parts and quarters thereof; as upon the sight thereof more plainly it may appear: And the said Simon did leave also within the said Forest, one Freeborde without the outer-side of the Ditch of the said Park, to the intent to lay upon the said Freeborde, all such Wood, and Bushes, as should be at any time thereafter requisite, for the a­mendment of the said Hedge. After the which Park of Drayton so made, a Park now called the Little-Park of Brikestock, was made of that parcel of the said Forest of Rokingham, which bounded along against the West-side of the said Park of your said Suppliant, called Drayton-park. After the which said Park called Brikestock Lit­tle Park, so made, the Keepers of your said Suppliant's Park, called Drayton-park, continually and daily at their pleasure, without interruption or disturbance, ac­customed for to go out of Drayton-park into Brikestock-park, at a Stile called Snapes-Stile, and so keep their walk within Brikestock-park, upon the said Freeborde of Drayton-park, unto a Gate within Brikestock-park, called Plumwell-gate, for to view and oversee the decay of the Mounds and Hedges, between the said Two Parks. And since the said Park of Brikestock thus made, the Ancestors of your said Suppli­ant, for the better mending of the said Park of Drayton, and for the avoiding of such Contention, as might arise by the occasion of a slender Fence, between the said Two Parks, have caused a Pale to be set upon the top of the Ditch of the said Park of Drayton, in such place, where before time one of the Quick-hedges did grow; and by the occasion of a Pale so made, the Ancestors of your said Suppliant have not so much esteemed, but have suffered, the Quick-hedges which were set on the outer-side of the said Ditch, towards the said Park of Brikestock, for lack of a pashing and cutting thereof, at times convenient, to grow to great Wood and Thorn. And for because that Timber, requisite for the making of Pale, is in a manner decayed, and waxeth very scant, and chargeable in these parts: And because your said Suppliant would also renew the double Quick-set, and the double Dikes, as well which do border between the said Two Parks, as betwixt such o­ther Grounds and Woods, as your said Suppliant hath adjoining and bordering upon the other quarters of the said Park of Brikestock, with new Ditches and Hedges, Quick-set, for the more sure and better fencing of the same: And be­cause also, that your said Suppliant, would be very sorry to be noted, or reputed to contend with his Prince, or to encroach or offend upon any parcel of the King's Majesty his Inheritance, or to minister any occasion of Unkindness to such as be, or should be Keepers unto the King's Majesty, of the said Little Park of Brikestock, for taking away any of their lawful Commodities or Profits: Your said Sup­pliant, doth therefore most humbly desire your good Lordship, for the quiet De­termination of the matter, that it may please your good Lordship, to award the King's Gracious Commission, unto such persons as your Lordship shall think meet and convenient, for that purpose; Authorising and Commanding them thereby, to enquire the truth by all such ways, means and manner, as to their good discretion shall be thought most convenient: How far the Freeborde, and Ground of your said Suppliant, extendeth and lyeth, without the said Park of Drayton, towards, or within the said Little-Park of Brikestock: And whether such Wood, and Thorn, as now groweth upon the side or brink of the Ditch of Drayton-park, which lieth and bordereth next unto the said Little Park of Brikestock, doth grow upon the Ground and Freeborde of your said Suppliant, or upon the King's Majesties Ground: And whether the King's Majesty, and his Predecessors, have used, or ought to have, any Wood that groweth on the out-side the Pale of the said Park of Brikestock, towards and against, the Woods and Grounds of your said Suppli­ant, by any Prerogative, or any other lawful Custom: And in what place the [Page 584]Keepers of your said Suppliant's Park of Drayton, have in times past used, and may lawfully enter, and pass over out of Drayton-park into the said Little-Park of Brikestock: And where to depart and go, to go out of the said Brikestock-park. And here far from the said Pale or Hedge of Drayton-park, the said Keepers of Drayton-park, have used in times past, and may lawfully walk, for their Walk, within the said Little-Park of Brikestock; and to testisie under their Seals, the same Inquisition or Depositions into the King's honourable Court of Chancery, there to remain of Record, for a perpetual memory, or Remembrance, and for a quiet, and full Determination of the said matter. And your said Suppliant shall daily pray to God for the Preservation of your Lordship, in Honour long to continue. Inspeximus etiam quandam Commissionem, una cum Returna ejusdem, dilectis, & Fidelibus suis Edwardo Mountague militi, Capitali Justiciario de Com­muni Banco, Johanni Saint-John, Thomae Tresham, militibus: Ac dilecto sibi Ri­chardo Humphrey de Drayton directam, ad Testes praedictos examinandum, & in filaciis ejusdem Cancellariae nostrae residentem, in haec verba. Edwardus Sextus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, & in terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae & Hibernicae supremum Caput: Dilectis & fidelibus suis Edwardo Mon­tague, Militi, Capitali Justiciario de Communi Banco, Johanni Saint-John, Thomae Tresham, militibus, & dilecto sibi Richardo Humphrey de Drayton, falutem. Sciatis quod nos de Fidelitatibus, & providis Circumspectionibus vestris pleniùs confidentes, Assignavimus vos, & tenore praesentium, damus vobis, vel tribus vestrum, potesta­tem, & autoritatem, ad inquirendum per Sacramentum proborum & legalium homi­num, de Comitatu Northamptoniae, tam infra libertates quam extra, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit; nec non ad audiendum, & examinandum quandam ma­teriam, in quâdam Petitione, his praesentibus annexa, inter Nos & Johannem Mordaunt, Militem, Dominum Mordaunt, contentam, & specificatam. Et ideò vobis, vel tribus vestrum mandamus, quòd ad certos dies, & loca, quos ad hoc provideritis, Testes quoscunque, quos maxime pro testificatione ejusdem materiae fore videritis evocandum, coram vobis, aut tribus vestrum, evocandum; ac ipsos Testes, & eorum quemlibet, de & super eisdem materiis, & circumstantiis ejus­dem, super eorum Sacramentis, coram vobis, corporalitèr praesentandis, diligenter examinetis; Depositionesque suas recipiatis, & in scriptis redigatis. Et super hoc auditis inde Rationibus, ac aliis viis & modis, quibus melius sciveritis, aut poteritis eandem materiam, juxta sanas discretiones vestras, in forma praedicta diligenter exa­minandum. Ac insuper vobis, vel tribus vestrum mandamus, quod diligentèr super praemissis facitis Inquisitionem: Et eam sic factam distinctè, & apertè, Nobis in Cancellariam nostram, in Octavis Sancti Michaelis proximè futuris, ubicunque tunc fuerit, sub Sigillis vestris, vel trium vestrum Sigillis, eorum, per quos factum fuit, mittatis, & has Literas nostras Patentes, unà cum Petitione praedictâ. Mandamus etiam tenore praesentium, Vicecomiti nostro Comitatus praedicti, quòd ad certos Dies & Loca, quos vos vel tres vestrum ei scire facitis, venire faciat coram vobis, vel tribus vestrum, tot & tales probos homines, & legales, de Balliva sua, tam infra Li­bertates, quam extra, per quos rei veritas in praemissis melius sciri poterit, & inquiri. In cujus rei Testimonium, has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipfo apud Westmonasterium, vicesimo septimo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo. Southwell. Inspeximus ulterius Certificationem praefatorum Commissariorum, unà cùm Depositionibus quorundam Testium, virtute Commissionis praedictae, coram praefatis Commissariis captis, examinatis, & in eâdem Cancellariâ nostrâ returnatis, ac in Filaciis ejusdem Cancellariae nostrae, residentibus, in haec verba. Depositions taken the Two and twentieth day of September in the First Year of our Soveraign Lord Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, in Earth the Supream Head: Before Sir Edward Mountague, Knight, Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas, Sir Thomas Tresham, Knight, and Richard Humphrey, Esquire, by virtue of the King's Commission to them directed, and to these Presents annexed, exhi­bited [Page 585]on the part of Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, Robert Latimer of North-Crawley, in the County of Buckingham, Gentleman, examined, deposeth, and saith upon his Oath, That he this Examinant, about thirty Years past, was Keeper of a Park, called Drayton-park, under Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, then and yet Owner of this said Park, and then Master to this Examinant; and at his en­try into the same Office, one William Boyse, then of Luffwick, who had been Keeper of the said Park of Drayton, came to this Examinant, and shewed him the Walk of the said Park of Drayton, wherein he declared, That he being Keeper of the said Park of Drayton; walked without the Pale of Drayton-park, and within the Park of Brikestock, called the Little-Park, from a certain place in the said Park of Brike­stock, called Plumwell-Gate, unto a place called Snapes, where he entred always again into the said Park of Drayton, including always, as parcel of Drayton-park, and as a Freeborde to the same, a certain parcel of Ground or Wood, without the Pale or Hedge of Drayton-park, towards the said Little-park of Brikestock: And according to the same, this Examinant and his Deputies, Keepers there, did always walk the same way, during all such time as he was Keeper, without any Contradiction of any Person or Persons. And he saith further, That the said Boyse then also declared to this Examinant, That the same Boyse, hath seen, divers and many times, the Keepers of Drayton-park, fell Wood for the mending of the Pale of the same Drayton-park, and for other causes, upon the same Freeborde, or Ground, without the said park of Drayton, towards and within the Little-park of Brikestock; and never denied nor Impeached for the same by the Keeper of Brikestock-park, nor by any other Person or Persons: And more he knoweth not. Thomas Jefforne of Luffwick, in the County of Northampton, Clerk, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he hath divers times heard one William Boyse, late of Luffwick, say, That he the same Boyse, was Keeper of a certain Park, called Drayton-park, in the County of Northampton, under one Edward Earl of Wiltshire, then Owner of the said Park: And that by such time as he was Keeper there, he always walked, as parcel of his Walk of Drayton-park, within the Park of Brikestock, called the Little-park, there from a certain place called Plumwell-Gate, unto a place there called Snapes, where alway he entred again into Drayton-park, including within his Walk a parcel of Wood-Ground, within the Little-park of Brikestock, and adjoining to the Pale or Hedge of Drayton-park, as parcel of the said Park of Drayton, and then called the Freeborde of Drayton-park. And the said Boyse told also the said Examinant, That he was after the death of the said Earl, Keeper of the said Little-Park of Brikestock, under one Sir John Carr, Knight, at which time one John Allen was Keeper of Drayton-park, and walked the same way within the Little-park of Brikestock, from the said Plumwell-Gate to Snapes, and includ­ing the said parcel of Wood-Ground, as parcel of Drayton-park, in like manner as the said Boyse, and others had done before. And saith further, That he never knew any thing said or done, to any of the said Keepers of Drayton-park, for the walking of the same: And more he knoweth not. James Stevenson of Sudborough, in the County of Northampton, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he hath been Keeper of Drayton-park, in the County of Northampton, by the space of Eighteen Years or there-abouts, under John Lord Mordaunt, Owner of the said Park; and at his entry into the same Park, one William Boyse, sometime Keeper of Drayton-park, came to this Examinant, and shewed to him the Walk of the same; in which he declared, That this Examinant, should in walking of the said Park, go over at a Stile in Drayton-park, near to the Gate, called Plumwell-Gate, within the Little-park of Brikestock; and so walking within the said Little-park of Brikestock, unto a Stile called Snapes, and including a certain parcel of Wood, adjoining to the Pale of Drayton-park, as parcel of Drayton-park, and as a Freeborde to the said Drayton-park. At which place called Snapes, the said Keepers of Drayton-park, always entred again into Drayton-park; and ever after this Examinant walked the same Ground, as parcel of Drayton park; and divers and many times caused Wood to be felled, [Page 586]within the said parcel of Wood-Ground, called Freeborde, without the Pale of Drayton-park, and within the Little-park of Brikestock, for the repairing and mending of the Pale of Drayton-park, when need required; which he did, without any contradiction of any Person. And he saith further, That he knew a certain parcel of Ground, called the Pingle, adjoyning to the Little-Park of Brikestock, sold by Master Marbury, then owner of the same, was all sold to the use of the said Master Marbury: And at that time the Keepers of Brikestock-park, nor any other person, claimed or had any part, or parcel of the same Wood, so sold: And more he knoweth not. Thomas Watts, of Sudborough, in the County of North­ampton, Husbandman, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That this Examinant, about Twelve Years past, sold a parcel of Wood, called the Snapes, adjoyning to the Little Park of Brikestock, to the use of one Master Mar­bury, then Owner of the same Wood, which was felled into Brikestock-park-pale; at which time the Keeper of Brikestock-park, nor any other person, claimed, or had any part of the same Wood, so sold: Which said Wood, called Snapes, is now the Inheritance of the Lord Mordaunt: And more he knoweth not. William Stret­ton, of Twywell, in the County of Northampton, Husbandman, Sworn and Exa­mined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he, about Twelve or Fourteen Years since, bought of one Richard Bayly, of Luffwick, a certain parcel of Wood-Ground, called the Pingle, in the Parish of Sudborough, in the Wood called Snapes, adjoyning to Brikestock-park; which said Pingle this Examinant felled, hard to the Pale of the Little-Park of Brikestock, and carried away the same, without lett or interruption of the Keepers of Brikestock-Park, and without any demand made by the said Keepers, of any part or parcel of the same Wood, called Pingle: And more he cannot depose. John Wright, of Godington, in the County of Northampton, Hus­bandman, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he, about Twenty Years now past, was Salesman to one Master Marbury, of Luffwick; at which time, he sold for his said Master, a certain parcel of Wood, called the the Snapes, adjoyning to the Little Park of Brikestock: At which time this Ex­aminant felled the same Wood, hard to the Pale of Brikestock-park, without any interruption of the Keepers of Brikestock-park, or any other person or persons; for to the knowledge of this Examinant, the same Keepers, nor any other, claimed any part of the same Wood: Which Wood, called Snapes, is now the Lord Mor­daunt's: And more he knoweth not.

Inspeximus praetereà quandam Inquisitionem indentatam, super praemissis cap­tam, & Filaciis Cancellariae nostrae praedictae similitèr residentem, in haec verba. Northampton. Inquisitio indentata, capta apud Drayton, in Comitatu Northamp­toniae, vicesimo secundo die Septembris, Anno Regni Edwardi Sexti, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensoris, & in terra, Ecclesiae An­glicanae, & Hibernicae supremi Capitis, primo, coram Edwardo Mountague, milite, Capitali Justiciario dicti Domini Regis de Communi Banco, Thoma Thresham, Milite, & Richardo Humphrey de Drayton, Armigero, Commissionariis dicti Domini Regis, virtute Commissionis ipsius Domini Regis iis directae, ad inquirendum, per Sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum, de Comitatu Northamptoniae, tàm infrà libertates, quàm extrà, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit. Nec non ad audiendum & examinandum quandam materiam, in quadam Petitione praedictae Commissioni dicti Domini Regis annexa, & huic Inquifitioni affilata, inter dictum Dominum Regem, & Johannem Mordaunt, Militem, Dominum Mordaunt, con­tentam, & specificatam, per Sacramentum Willielmi Dudley, Armigeri, Thomae Mulsho, Armigeri, Willielmi Marbury, Armigeri, Roberti Kinsman, Armigeri, Egidii Isham, Armigeri, Johannis Lenton, Armigeri, Georgii Thresham, Armigeri, Thomae Brookes de Oakely, Armigeri, Roberti Catlyn, Generosi, Grifini Salisbury, Generosi, Reginaldi Grenehold de Ashton, Generosi, Thomae Tawexer de Raundes, Generosi, Johannis Durrant, Generosi, Willielmi Burton de Woodford, Gene­rosi, Gilberti Pickering, Generosi, Johannis Palmer de Warketon, Ricardi More­ton [Page 587]de Oundell, Matthaei Law de Brikestock, Johannis Wright de Beddington, Roberti Chapman de Cottingham, Thomae Good de Islip, & Willielmi Bull de Pichley, proborum & legalium hominum de Comitatu praedicto: Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, Quòd dictus Dominus Mordaunt, in dicta Petitione nominatus, seisitus existit in Dominio suo, ut de feodo, de & in Manerio de Drayton, & de & in Parco de Drayton, in Petitione praedictâ specificatis, cum Sepibus, Viis, Palis & Fossatis, undique suffultis. Nec non de quadam Terra, vocata a Free­borde, ultrà & juxtà praedictum Fossatum, extendente usque ad parcum Domini Regis, vocatum le Little-Park de Brikestock, in dicta Petitione similiter recitatum. Quae quidem Terra, vocata le Freeborde, circumjacet praedictum Fossatum, Sepes, & Palas praedicti Parci de Drayton, & continet in latitudine, de altitudine Fossati, de parco de Drayton praedicto, versus & infra dictum Parcum, vocatum, le Little-Park de Brikestock, tres pedes; & extendit se in longitudine, ex occidentali parte, dicti Parci de Drayton, tàm longè quàm praedictus Parcus de Drayton se extendit, & abuttat versus dictum Parcum, vocatum le Little-park de Brikestock. Et ulterius iidem Juratores dicunt, super Sacramentum suum, Quòd dictus Dominus de Mor­daunt, & omnes Antecessores sui, & omnes illi, quorum statum Johannes Dominus Mordaunt, in manerio & parco praedicto, modo habet, ac a tempore, de quo non existit memoria hominis ad contrarium, habuerunt, usi fuerunt, & consueverunt habere, ac de jure habere debuerunt, totam illam Terram praedictam, vocatam le Freeborde, cum tota Vestura, & Proficuo ejusdem Terrae, circumquaque jacentis dictum Fossatum dicti Parci de Drayton, tanquam pertinentem ad cundem Parcum de Drayton, ac parcellam ejusdem Parci de Drayton existentem. Et ulterius iidem Juratores dicunt, super Sacramentum suum, Quòd dictus Johannes Dominus Mor­daunt, ac omnes Antecessores sui, ac omnes illi, quorum statum idem Johannes Dominus Mordaunt, in Manerio & Parco de Drayton praedicto, modo habet, & à tempore, cujus contrarium memoria hominis non existit, ad eorum placitum, & Voluntatem, usi fuerunt, & consueverunt, succidere, & ad usus suos convertere, totum Boscum, & Subboscum, crescentem & existentem super dictam Terram, vocatam le Freeborde, & super & infra dicta Sepes, & Fossatum, inter praedictum Parcum dicti Do­mini Regis de Brikestock, & praedictum Parcum de Drayton. Dicunt etiam ulterius Juratores praedicti, super Sacramentum suum, quòd Custodes dicti Parci de Drayton, pro tempore existientes, de tempore, ad cujus contrarium memoria hominis non existit, ad eorum libitum, & placitum, de tempore in tempus, exire utebantur, & de jure exire poterunt, de dicto Parco de Drayton, in dictum Parcum de Brikestock, apud quendam locum, vocatum, Snapes-Stile; & sic longanimiter perambulare, super prae­dictam Terram dicti Domini Mordaunt, vocatam le Freeborde, jacentem ex occiden­tali parte dicti Parci de Drayton, usque ad quendam locum, in Parco de Drayton prae­dicto, vocatum le Plumwell-Stile; & sic ibidem reingredi in dictum Parcum, ad super­videndum, utrum dictae Sepes, inter dictum Parcum de Drayton, & dictum Parcum de Brikestock, de tempore in tempus, benè & sufficienter reparatae existebant, prout congruum fuerat, necne. Dicunt insuper Juratores praedicti, super Sacramentum suum, Quod non noscunt, quod dictus Dominus Rex, nunc, aut aliquis Praedecessorum suo­rum, ratione alterius Praerogativae, sive alterius legitimae Consuetudinis, peranteà ha­buit, aut habere usus fuit, seu de jure habere debuit, aliquem Boscum, sive Subboscum, Spinas, sive Arbores, crescentes ex exteriore parte Paleorum, sive Sepium, dicti Par­ci de Brikestock, abuttantis, sive adjacentis, versus aliquos Boscos, sive Terras, dicti Johannis Domini Mordaunt, In cujus rei Testimonium, tam praedicti Commissi­onarii, quàm praefati Juratores, his praesentibus Sigilla sua apposuerunt, die, anno, & loco supradictis. Nos autem tenores Petitionis, Commissionis, Certificationis, Testium Depositionum, & Inquifitionis praedictorum, ad Requisitionem praedicti Johannis Mordaunt militis, Domini Mordaunt, duximus exemplificandum per prae­sentes. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium primo die Novembris, anno Regni nostri quarto.
S. Southwell.

A Letter from the Lords of the Council to the Lord Mordaunt, and to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt, and to our Loving Friend Sir John Mordaunt, and to either of them.

AFter our right hearty Commendations, for the Safe-guard and Preservation of the King's Majesty's Person, which is in no small danger, by the Falshood and Treason of the Duke of Somerset; who nevertheless, to cover the same, now bruiteth abroad, That we of his Majesty's Council, (which seek only his Highness's Pre­servation) should intend Evil unto his Highness, which God forbid; trusting by that means, to abuse the People, and so by their helps, the rather to proceed in his purpose: We have thought good to require you, not only as much as in you is, to let the People know the Truth; but also, forasmuch as de doth already gather Forces, to put your self in order, with all the Power you may make; presently to repair unto us, for the Service and Surety of the King's Majesty, in this great and weighty matter, as to the office of good and loving Subjects apper­taineth.

From London the Sixth of October.
Your Lordships assured Friends,
  • Ri. Rich, Cant.
  • Will. Saint-John.
  • W. Northampton.
  • J. Warwick.
  • Arundell.
  • F. Shrewsbury.
  • Henry Sussex.
  • Thomas Southampton.
  • T. Theyn.
  • Will. Petres.
  • R. Sadlier.
  • Edward North.
  • John Gage.
  • Nic. Southwell.

Another Letter from the Lords of the Council to the Lord Mordaunt, and to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt, and to our very Loving Friend, Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and to either of them.

AFter our most hearty Commendations: Where by our former Letters, we have signified unto you the state of our doings; and upon occasion of such Assemblies of Men, as were made by the Duke of Somerset, desired you to re­pair towards us, for the surety of his Majesty's Person; you shall understand, That now, by the goodness of God, both the King's Majesty's Person is in Health and Surety; and that without any Tumult or great business, the Duke also is in sure Custody: Which thing as we have thought good to signifie unto you, so do we pray you to stay your Numbers at home, without taking any further Travel for this matter: Giving you our most hearty Thanks, for your good Readiness at this time; and so do bid you most heartily farewel:

From London the Eleventh of October. 1549.
Your Loving Friends,
  • Will. Saint-John.
  • Will. Northampton.
  • John Warwick.
  • F. Shrewsbury.
  • Thomas Southampton.
  • Thomas Wentworth.
  • John Gage.
  • Edward North.
  • Nicholas Wotton.
  • John Baker.
  • Edw. Montague.

Another Letter from the Lords of the Council to the Lord Mordaunt, and to Sir John Mordaunt.

To the Sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham, to the Justices of Peace of the said Counties, and to all other the King's Majesty's Constables, Headboroughs, and other his Highness's Ministers and Subjects of the said Counties.

FOrasmuch as the Duke of Somerset, abusing the King's Majesties Hand, Stamp and Signet; and howbeit that without divers of us, of his Majesties Coun­cil, hath sent forth divers and sundry Writings, to Levy the King's Majesties Subjects, and disturb the Common Peace of the Realm, for the maintaining of his own Ill and Outragious doings, to no small Peril of the King's Majesties Person, and the disturbance of all his Majesties good and Loyal Subjects: These be to will and require you, nevertheless on his Majesties behalf, straitly to Command and Charge you, That you, nor none of you, Levy, nor cause to Levied, any number of Men, by force of any such Writing or Commandment, or any other Writing whatso­ever; except the Hands of us of his Majesties Privy Council, or the more part of us, shall be Subscribed to the same. And further we require you, on his Highness's behalf, to apply your Labours and Business, every of you in your several Voca­tions, quietly and peaceably, as becometh good Subjects; without giving Credit to any such Rumors and Bruits, as by the said Duke be untruly and falsely spread abroad, to the Dishonor and Scandal of us, his Majesties True and Faithful Coun­sellors, who be and ever shall be, during our Lives, ready to spend our Bloods, for the Surety of his most Royal Person, and the maintenance of the Common Wealth, of his Majesties most Loyal and obedient Subjects.

Given at London, the Eighth of October, the Third Year of his Highness's most Noble Reign.
  • Ri. Rich, Cant.
  • Will. Saint-John.
  • W. Northampton.
  • J. Warwick.
  • Arundell.
  • F. Shrewsbury.
  • Thomas Southampton.
  • Will. Petres.
  • Nicholas Wotton.
  • John Baker.

A Letter from the Lord Mordaunt to Queen Mary.

To the most High, Mighty, and Excellent the Queen's Majesty.

IT may please your most Excellent Majesty, of your most abundant and accustomed Goodness, to be a good and most gracious Sovereign Lady to me, your Faith­ful, Obedient and True Subject, and to pardon me of my rude Writing, unto your most Excellent Highness, coacted and constrained so for to do, for Declara­tion unto your said most Princely and gracious Goodness, of such things, as your most Excellent Highness hath been informed of against me. First, That your Highness should be much offended with me; for that I was so prompt, and ready for to set forth Proclamation, of the Title of the late Usurper Lady Jane, and to reject your most gracious Highness's Letters and Proclamation: And also, That I should stay the Country, that they should not repair to your most Excellent High­ness, as their Hearts were bent; which Surmises are in every part, and in the whole, not true. Most humbly submitting my self to your most merciful gracious Goodness, and to such Order as shall be taken by your Highness, and your most Honourable Council, for Declaration of my truth, to your most Excellent High­ness [Page 590]in this behalf; and according to my abounden Duty, as an Old Man, by your most gracious Sufferance, dwelling here in your County of Bedford, shall pray to God daily, for the prosperous Preservation, of your most Imperial Reign, long to con­tinue.

This Third of August. 1553.
Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant and Subject, John Mordaunt.

A Letter from Queen Mary to the Lord Mordaunt, dispencing him to come to the Parliament, in the First Year of her Reign.

To our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Mary the Queen.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where we lately ad­dressed our Writ unto you, for your Attendance at our next Parliament, to be holden at Westminster, the First day of October next: We let you wit, that in consideration of your Age, and Impotency, we have thought good, to License you, and by these presents do give you License, to be absent from our said Parliament; our said Writ, or any thing contained therein notwithstanding. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge in that behalf.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of St. James's, the Fourteenth Day of September, in the First Year of our Reign.

A Letter from the Queen to the Lord Mordaunt, Sir John Mordaunt, and others.

To our Trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt, to our Trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and to our Trusty and welbeloved Sir Edward Saunders, and Sir John Saint-John, Knights, and to every of them.
Mary the Queen.
By the Queen.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where it hath pleased Almighty God, so to direct our Heart, that a Treaty is of late concluded for a Marriage to be solemnized, within this our Realm, between our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain and Us, with such Covenants, Parts and Agree ments, for the preservation of the Laws, Liberty, Surety and Honour of our Realm, as may appear by the Articles herewith sent unto you: We under­stand that certain ill-disposed Persons, meaning, under the pretence of Mislike of this Marriage, to Rebel against the Catholick Religion, and Divine Ser­vice restored within this our Realm, and to take from us their Sovereign Lady and Queen, that Liberty which is not denied to the meanest Woman, in the choice of their Husbands; cease not to spread many false, vile and untrue Reports, of our [Page 591]said Cousin, and others of that Nation; moving and stirring our good and Loving Subjects, by these and sundry other devilish ways, to Rebel, and enter a new Commotion, to the great peril of our Person, and utter Subversion of our whole Realm, if speedy Remedy be not provided. For remedy thereof, and to the intent our Loving Subjects, may the better understand this unnatural Conspiracy, and the falsehood thereof: Our pleasure is, You shall not only cause the said Articles herewith sent to be Published, in all parts of that our County, sending abroad Copies, and by such other good means, as you may think best; but also that you, and every of you, taking diligent heed to the Preservation of the Peace, and Charge committed unto you, do cause the Authors and Spreaders of these, or any other false Bruits and Rumors, to be apprehended, and committed to Ward, otherwise punished, as the Quality of their Offences shall merit. For the better doing where­of, our Pleasure is, You shall assemble together, immediately upon the sight of these our Letters, taking such order for Division of your selves, into sundry Hun­dreds and parts; and for the Publication of the said Articles, Admonition of any good Subjects, and Stay of the rest, as may best stand to the Quiet of that our Country; whereby you shall shew your selves, our good and obedient Subjects, which we will always be glad to consider towards you, as occasion may serve.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of St. James's, the Twenty fourth day of Ja­mary, the First Year of our Reign.

A Letter from Queen Mary to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Mary the Queen.
By the Queen.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where we be sundry ways informed, That Thomas Wyat, and some others, have of late by spreading abroad, most false and vain Rumors, procured to stir our subjects of our County of Kent, to rise against our Crown and Dignity Royal. Albeit we have already taken such Order, as we doubt not, shall be sufficient to repress, and overthrow this unnatural Conspiracy: Yet nevertheless have we thought convenient to require you, to put your self in convenient Order and Readiness, with as many of your Ser­vants and Tenants, as ye can make, both on Horseback and on Foot, to be in readiness, to march and set forwards, upon one hours Warning, either against the the said Rebels, or such other ways, as shall be signified unto you by Us. And in the mean time to have good regard, to the good Order and Quiet of the parts where ye dwell; causing all such Idle and Leud Persons, as shall, either by spreading of false Rumors, or by any other means, attempt to stir or disquiet our Loving Sub­jects, to be Apprehended and Punished, as the Quality of their Offences shall deserve.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of St. James's, the Six and twentieth day of January, the First Year of our Reign.

A Letter from the King and Queen to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our Trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Philip, and Mary the Queen.
By the King and Queen.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where for certain great and weighty Causes, we have Summoned our High-Court of Parliament, to be holden at Westminster the Twelfth day of November next. Albeit we have for that purpose, caused our Writ of Summons, to be addressed lately unto you, amongst others: Yet notwithstanding that your Age, and Impotency, will not well suffer you to Travel, without some danger of your Health: We let you wit, That in consideration thereof, we are pleased to give you License, and by these Presents, do License you (our said Writ or any thing therein contained notwith­standing) to stay your coming up to our said Parliament; so as nevertheless you cause your Proxie, to be sent in convenient time, unto some such Personage, as may for you, and in your Name, give his Voice and Consent, unto such matters, as shall be treated and concluded in our said Parliament: And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge in that behalf.

Given under our Signet, at our Palace of Westminster, the Twenty second Day of October, the First and Se­cond Years of our Reigns.

A Letter from the Queen to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our Trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Mary the Queen.
By the Queen.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And albeit we have of late by such our Instructions, as we have addressed forth unto the Justices of Peace of every Shire, prescribed such Order, as the same being well Executed, shall by the Grace of God, be sufficient to keep all Parts of our Realm, in good Order and Quietness: Yet considering the Seditious Behaviour, and Testy Disposition of some sorts of Men, that seek nothing else but Stirs and Commotions: We have thought good, for the preventing the worst, to prepare to have some Power in readiness, to meet with any sudden Attempt, that may be offered. Wherefore knowing your Fidelity, and good Will to serve us, and the Zeal you bear the Common Tranquility and Quietness of your Country; we have specially appoint­ed, and by these Presents appoint, and authorize you to Muster, Levy, and Prepare forthwith, all your own Servants and Tenants, and others under your Rule and Offices, with such your Friends, as shall be willing to go with you. And of the same so Mustered, to chuse and appoint, and put in full Readiness, as ma­ny able Men, both on Horseback and on Foot, as you may well cause to be fur­nished, with Armor, Weapons, and other Necessaries; giving such order, that upon One hours warning, they may be ready to be imployed, for Repression of any sudden Tumult, Stir or Rebellion within our Realm; or for resisting any Foreign [Page 593]Invasion, or otherwise for our Service, as by us, or our Privy Council, attending about us, you shall be required from time to time. For the doing whereof, like as these our Letters shall be sufficient Discharge, as well unto you, as to such as shall serve under you; So do we require you to use your accustomed Diligence, both in preparing your said Men, and also in advertising our Council, what Num­bers, and of what Sorts, you have ready, to the intent upon Knowledge there­of, we may dispose of their further Service, as occasion shall require: Whereof we pray you not to fail, as we specially trust you.

Given under our Signet, at our Maner of Greenwich, the Eighth of March, the Second and Third Years of our Reign.

Ʋltima Voluntas Johannis primi Domini Mordaunt probata.

IN Dei nomine, Amen. The First day of August in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand Five hundred and threescore, and the Second Year of the Reign of our most dread Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, &c. I John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, being of good and perfect Memory, thanks be given to God; do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form fol­lowing: That is to say, First, I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, and my Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Turvey, in the Wall next above my Father's Tomb. And I will that the Body of my Lady Elizabeth Mordaunt, my late Wife de­ceased, be removed and taken up, and laid and buried again on my right side, with all speed, after my Departure out of this World: And I will, That my Exe­cutors and Administrators, within one Year after my decease, shall prepare for me, and the said Lady Elizabeth, a meet and convenient Tomb of Marble, and Two Pictures of Alabaster, the one for my self, and the other for the said Lady Eliza­beth, both the said Pictures representing the State, that God of his infinite Good­ness, hath called me hereunto in this present World; which said Premises will cost, as I suppose, about Threescore Pounds.

Item, I give and bequeath, to be dealt in Alms the day of my Burial, unto the poor Folks of the Towns of Turvey, Stagesden, Carleton, Chillington, Harold, Ste­phinton, Felmersham, Radwell, Lavenden, Brafeld, Newton-Blosmaville, Hardmede, Astwood, Wotton and Cranfeld, One hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England, at the discretion of my Executors and Administrators: Town of Bedford Five Pounds; Olney Three Pounds. And the rest of my Burial and Funeral ex­pences, I remit to the discretion of my Executors and Administrators, for to do, use, and bestow, and dispose at their Liberties and pleasures, for the Wealth of my Soul, Lady Elizabeth my Wife, my Father, Mother, and all other my Friends.

Item, I will and bequeath, for my Mortuary in ready Money, and for Tyths forgotten, and not truely paid, Five Pounds to be bestowed among poor People, for to pray for the Souls of them, that of right the Premises ought to be paid unto.

Item, I give and bequeath unto the Church-Wardens, and to the Inhabitants of the Town of Turvey, and for, and towards the Reparation of the Church, and Stee­ple of Turvey, and for the Rough-casting of the Walls of the said Church, as well with­in the said Church, as without the said Church, and Steeple, One hundred Marks.

Item, I give and bequeath to the said Church-Wardens and Inhabitants to the use of the same Town, all my Apparel of Cloth of Gold, and all manner of Silks, to be made, at the Costs and Charges of my Executors or Administrators, to serve God in the same Church, and to no other use or purpose: Over and besides Ten Pounds, which I Will, shall be delivered unto the same Church-Wardens, and others as above, for and towards the said Reparations, to make the said Premises, meet to serve God, on high and principal Feasts.

I Will and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Turvey, for and towards the new repairing of Turvey-Bridge, as much as is within the County of Bedford, [Page 594]Forty Pounds. And of, and for the repairing of the Long-Bridge, within the County of Buckingham, to the Reparation and keeping whereof, the Towns of Hardmede, Astwood, Lavenden, Newton-Blosmaville and Brafeld, are Contributors, Twenty six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence.

I Will, That according to my Father's Will, the Seven Pounds be disposed in good Deeds, in the Church and Town of Turvey, for the Soul of Dame Agnes Peck, Widow, deceased, and towards the Reparation and Amendment of the said Church of Turvey; or else to buy a new Bell, to Ring Day-Bell in the Morning, and Curfre at Night, to the Church-wardens and Inhabitants of the Town of Tur­vey, to pray for the Souls of William Rogers, late of Hills in Turvey, deceased, o­therwise called Roger Stevenson, otherwise called William Stevenson of Turvey-Hills, Thirty Shillings to the said Church-Wardens and Inhabitants, as is aforesaid: Thirty Shillings, for to pray for the Soul of Master John Cross, Clerk, sometime Parson of Turvey, for, and in full recompenee of certain Tyths, and Rents due to him, for certain Lands late belonging to Parnel Biddlyn and John Biddlyn, her Son and Heir. To the Heirs of William Bird, late of Hills in Turvey aforelaid, for and in full recom­pence of Lands purchased of William Bird, his Grandfather, living in Hills afore­said, Forty Shillings. To the said Church-Wardens of Turvey, and other Inhabitants, Ten Shillings: Stagden, Ten Shillings, and Mulsho Church, Ten Shillings, according to the Last Will of my Father.

And I Will, That Six Pound thirteen Shillings four Pence, be delivered to the Church-Wardens and other Inhabitants of Mulsho, to the Use and Profit of the Church, and of the Town, and for and towards the Reparations of the said Church.

I give and bequeath unto the Heirs of Bateman of Turvey, deceased, for divers Respects; which Bateman of old time, was Owner of the House next the Mill in Turvey, and after that it was one Whites, Five Marks.

I give and bequeath to the next Kinsfolks of Thomas Kerby, late of Heviningham-Castle, in the County of Essex, and of old time Clerk and Servant to my Fa­ther, Twenty Shillings.

I give and bequeath unto John Page of Arlesey, my Cousin, One Ring of Gold, price Ten Shillings, which I owed to his Mother Cicely Page.

Item, I give and bequeath among the Daughters of Thomas More, Esquire, my Son in Law, begotten between the said Thomas More and Dorothy his Wife, late my Daughter, Forty Pounds of good and lawful Money of England. Albeit the said Thomas doth Claim Fifty Marks thereof, by promise of Mouth, besides Writing; which promise I do not remember. And yet notwithstanding I will the said For­ty Pounds to be paid, as before, without delay, and to be bestowed by the said Thomas, and by the advice of my Executors.

Item, I Will, That my Servant John Ashecomb, for his long good and faith­ful Service done unto me, shall have the Farm of the Maner of Lyford, where he now dwelleth, and doth inhabit, during the space and term of One and twenty Years, next after my Decease; in as ample and large a manner, as the said John doth now occupy the same; paying yearly the accustomed Rent, as he doth now pay, for the same, and generally keeping all Reparations, of all manner of Houses, be­longing and occupied in the said Maner.

Item, I Will, That all such Leases as I have made, promised to be made, or a­greed with any manner of Person or Persons whatsoever, for Years, and yet the said Leases not put in Writing, shall be Good, Stable and Effectual, and stand in strength against me and my Heirs. And that my Heir shall, with as much Speed convenient as may be, assure unto them their Leases in Writing, according to my former Promise, Grants and Agreements, made unto them, or any of them; the said Leases paying such Fines as be agreed between the said Leasees and me: That is to say, A Lease made to Simon de Brown for term of Years, of the Maner of Halfhyde, for the Fine of Twenty Pounds; and as yet received Ten Pounds. A Lease made to John Perse of Newport-Pannel, for One and twenty Years, for the [Page 595]Fine of Six Pounds thirteen Shillings four Pence; and received no part thereof. A Lease of One and twenty Years made unto Robert Edwards of Turvey, of the Priory Farm, for the Fine of Ten Pounds; the said Robert Edwards to pay yearly for his Rent, Six Pound thirteen Shillings four Pence.

Also I will and bequeath to every of my Servants, One whole Years Wages, and also sufficient Meat and Drink for one whole Year, to be allowed to all and every of my Servants, to be spent at and within my Mansion-House of Turvey.

Also I will and bequeath, That of all the Maners, Lands, Tenements and He­reditaments, with their Appurtenances, which late were of the Inheritance of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, late of Westhornedon in the County of Essex, Knight, otherwise, Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, deceased, which from him, or any of his Ancestors, descended, remained, or came to Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt, deceased, late Wife of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and Cousin and Heir to the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, deceased; wherein the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and Dame Joan now his Wife, or any of them, had any Estate of any manner of Inheri­tance, or for term of Life or Lives, or severally in Use, Possession, Reversion, Remainder or otherwise, at any time since the last day of August, in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred fifty and eight, shall be within One half Year next after my decease, lawfully, sufficiently and assuredly, conveyed and Assured unto Sir Robert Throgmorton, Knight, John Cheyne, Esquire, and Thomas Nichols, Gentleman, or to the Survivor or Survivors of them, and to his and their Heirs, discharged of all former Rights, Tyths, Uses, Interests, Charges, Incumbran­ces, and Demands, had or made, since the Death of the said Dame Elizabeth, (Leases for term of Years, whereupon the old Rents and Services, or more, are reserved, and the chief Rents and Services from thenceforth to be due, to the chief Lords only excepted,) to the only Use hereafter following: That is to say, So many or so much of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with their Appurte­nances, which late were of the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, as shall amount to the clear yearly value of Three hundred Marks, or under and not above; and shall be named, appointed and declared, by the said Sir John Mor­daunt, my Son, by a Bill Tripartite, Indented, Sealed and Subscribed by the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and Inrolled in any of the Queen's Majesties Courts of Records at Westminster: Whereof One of the parts so Sealed and Subscribed, to be delivered to the said Lewis Mordaunt, and the other of the said Parts so Sealed, and Subscribed, to be delivered to the said Sir Robert Throgmorton, John Cheyne, and Thomas Nichols, or to the Survivor or Survivors of them, to the use of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and of the same Dame Joan, now his Wife, for the term of their Lives; and for the term of the Life of the longest Liver of them, without Impeachment of Wast, during the Life of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son: And after their deceases, to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt for ever. And of all the residue of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances, which lately were the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis; wherein the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, or any of them, had any Estate of any manner of In­heritance, or Freehold, jointly or severally, or otherwise, in Use, Possession, Reversion, Remainder or otherwise, at any time since the last Day of August, in the said Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred fifty and eight, to the use of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, for term of his Life, without Impeach­ment of Wast: And after his decease, to such Person and Persons, and to such use, and uses, as by the last Will and Testament, of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, shall be declared in Writing; for and during the space of Ten Years, or un­der, and not above; so that the same to be declared first, for and to the Payment of his Debts: And after his Debts paid, then to and for the Advancement of his Chil­dren Unmarried; and after his Debts paid, and his Children Unmarried advanced, [Page 596]then for the Performance of the Legacies of the same Sir John Mordaunt, my Son: And after the same Ten Years ended and expired, then to the proper use and be­hoof of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males, of his Body lawfully be­gotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the same Dame Eilzabeth Mordaunt for ever. And also, That if the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, doth convey and assure unto the said Lewis Mor­daunt, to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, which the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, hath in and to the Maner of Snelson, in the County of Buckingham, and in and to all other Lands, Tenements and Here­ditaments, in Snelson aforesaid, and in Turvey, Harold, Lavenden and Brafeld, or elsewhere, to the said Maner of Snelson belonging, which were sometime George the Earl of Kents, in the County of Buckingham and Bedford: And also do permit, and suffer the said Lewis Mordaunt, quietly to have, hold, occupy and enjoy, all and singular the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which be con­veyed or assured unto the said Lewis, according to the true intent and meaning, as well of certain Indentures Quadripartite, made between me, the said John Lord Mordaunt, on the one Party, and the said Sir Robert Throgmorton, John Cheyne and Thomas Nichols, on the other Party, bearing date the last Day of August, in the Second Year of the Reign of the Queen's Majesty that now is; as also of other Conveyances, and Assurances, made by me unto the said Lewis Mordaunt: And also do permit, and suffer my Executors to execute, and perform my Will, without any Impeachment or Disturbance, That then my Executors, shall well and truly content and pay, or cause to be contented and paid, unto the said Sir John Mor­daunt, my Son, within One whole Year next after, such lawful and sufficient Con­veyance, and Assurance of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which were of the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, the Summ of Three thousand Marks, of Lawful Money of England, towards the payment of his Debts and Advancement of his Children Unmarried. And further, That then the said Lewis Mordaunt shall assure, or cause to be assured, unto the said Dame Joan, now Wife to my Son Sir John Mordaunt, one yearly Rent of One hundred Marks, during her Life, with a sufficient clause of Distress, in Lands, Tenements and Heredita­ments, to the yearly value of One hundred Pounds, for the not payment thereof, at Two Feasts in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch­angel, and the Annunciation of our Lady, by even Portions. And also my Will is, That all my Funeral, Debts, Legacies and Charges, of this my Last Will and Testament paid and discharged; that the said Lewis Mordaunt, shall have all the residue of my Goods, Plate and Chattels, whatsoever they be.

Executores Testamenti, & ultimae voluntatis Johannis Mordaunt, Militis, Do­mini Mordaunt, tertio decimo die Augusti, anno Domini millesimo, quingentesimo sexagesimo secundo, & anno regni Reginae Elizabethae quarto. Robertus Tirewhite miles, Henricus Darcy Armiger, Thomas Nichols Generosus, Ludovicus Mordaunt Armiger, Georgius Mordaunt Armiger, Johannes Ashecomb Generosus, & Thomas Darcy, Armiger; Quilibet Executorum praedictorum, assumens super se, onus Testamenti mei, habebit viginti libras. Also I make Sir Robert Catlin, Knight, and my loving Cousin Justice Anthony Brown, Supervisors of this my Last Will and Testament, and I give to either of them, Ten Pounds for their pains taken herein; these being Witness, John Hatcher, Thomas Larkin, Robert Pemberton, John More­ton, Edward Knight, Robert Bennet and John Richardson.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAVNT

In the Parish Church of Turvey

Sir JOHN MORDAƲNT, Knight, Third of that Name, Second Lord MORDAƲNT, Peer of England, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Privy Counsellor, to Queen Mary. CHAPTER XIII.

A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt.

To our Trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt the Younger.
Henry R.
By the King.

TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we are deter­mined, upon the Feast of Pentecost next coming, to keep and do to be Ce­lebrated at Westminster, with all due Circumstances of Honor, the Corona­tion of our most dear and welbeloved Wife, the Lady Anne our Queen, as to her Estate and Dignity doth appertain; at which time it hath been accustomed to ad­vance to the Honor of Knighthood, to be made and ordered, with the Ceremonies of the Bath, such of the Nobility as was at that time, by the Sovereign thought convenient for the same: And therefore minding to pretermit nothing, that might set forth the Honor of the said Coronation; and thinking you right able, and wor­thy to receive that Degree, have appointed you to be one of those, whom we in­tend to advance to such Honor. And therefore our Pleasure is, That ye being advertised hereof, do make such Preparation against the time aforesaid, and put your self in such a Readiness, as shall be requisite for you, in the acceptation of the said Order, and as for the Honor thereof, hath been used and accustomed.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Five and twentieth Day of April.

Hollinshead's Chronicle, page 931. No. 50.

ON Fryday at Dinner served the King, all such as were appointed by his Highness, to be Knights of the Bath, which after Dinner were brought to their Cham­bers, and that Night were Bathed and Shriven, according to the Old Usage of Eng­land, and the next Day in the Morning the King Dubbed them, according to the Ceremonies thereto belonging: Whose Names ensue;

The Marquess of Dorset, the Earl of Darby, the Lord Clifford, the Lord Fitz-Water, the Lord Hastings, the Lord Mounteagle, Sir John Mordaunt, the Lord Vaux, Sir Henry Parker, Sir William Windsor, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Thomas Arundell, Sir John Hulston, Sir Thomas Poynings, Sir Henry Savill, Sir George Fitz-Williams, Sir John Tindal, Sir Thomas Jermine.

Stow's Chronicle, page 610. 40.

THE same Twelfth of July, word was brought to the Council, being then in the Tower with the Lady Jane; That the Lady Mary, Eldest Daughter to King Henry the Eighth, was at Kenhinghall-Castle in Norfolk, and with her the Earl of Bath, Sir Thomas Wharton, Son to the Lord Wharton, Sir John Mor­daunt, [Page 600]Son to the Lord Mordaunt, Sir William Drury, Sir John Shelton, Sir Henry Beddingfield, Mr. Henry Jermingham, Mr. John Sutierd, Mr. Richard Treston, Mr. Serjeant Morgan and Mr. Glement Higham.

A Letter from Queen Mary to Sir John Mordaunt, and to the Lady his Wife.

To our Trusty and Right welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mor­daunt, Knight, and to the Lady his Wife.
Mary the Queen.
By the Queen.

TRusty and right welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas we have received certain Advertisements, That our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain, was Embarqued at the Groyne Six Days past: Forasmuch as we considering, that the Wind serving as it doth, it cannot be, but that he is near the Coast of this our Realm: We have therefore thought good, both to signifie unto you the Premises; and also to require you, to put your self in Order, withal Diligence, to repair hither towards our Court, to the intent ye may give your Attendance upon us, at the Solemnity of this our Marriage, as shall appertain; whereof we require you not to fail.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Bishopswaltham, the Fifteenth Day of July, the Second Year of our Reign.

Ʋltima voluntas Johannis Secundi Domini Mordaunt probata.

IN the Name of God, Amen. The Sixteenth Day of April, in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith: I Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, calling to Remembrance the uncertain State of these our Transitory Lives, and minding to reduce and set in order such Goods, Chattels and other things, as God hath endued me withal, being somewhat weak in Body, yet thanks be to God of perfect Remembrance; do make my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following.

First, I do bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, my only Maker and Redeemer; my Body to be Buried within the Church of Turvey, within the County of Bed­ford, in such decent Order and Sort, and with such Funeral Charges and Ex­pences, as by mine Executors shall be thought meet, and convenient for my Estate and Degree.

Item, I will chiefly and above all things, That mine Executors shall pay, or cause to be paid, unto all and every Person and Persons, unto whom I shall at the Day of my Decease be indebted, and all and every such Summ, and Summs of Money, as I shall owe unto them, or any of them.

Item, I give and bequeath unto Ʋrsula, my Daughter, Four hundred Pounds, of good and lawful Money of England, to be paid her by my Executors, at such time as they conveniently may: And in the mean time I Will, That mine Execu­tors shall find unto the said Ʋrsula, sufficient and convenient Meat, Drink, Appa­rel and Clothing, necessary for her Degree.

Item, I give unto George Monox, and to Humphrey his Son, Forty Marks, of good and lawful Money of England, to be bestowed upon a Bason and Ewre of Silver Guilt, parcel Guilt.

Item, I give and bequeath unto Anne Actem, one of the Daughters of Margaret Actem, my Daughter, Two hundred Marks, of good and lawful Money of England, [Page 601]at the Day of her Marriage, or at her Age of Eighteen years, which of them shall happen; and if it happen the said Anne Actem, to dye before her Marriage, or before she shall accomplish the Age of Eighteen years, then the Gift to her to be void. And then my Will is, That the said Two hundred Marks, bequeathed unto the said Anne Actem, shall be imployed, and bestowed among the rest of the Sons and Daughters, of my said Daughter Margaret Actent, as shall be then living.

Item, I give and bequeath unto the rest of the Sons and Daughters, of the fore­said Margaret Actem, my Daughter, Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence a piece, to every of them, at their several Ages of Eighteen years.

Item, I will and bequeath to every one of my Servants, being no Officers, One years Wages, over and besides the Wages, as shall be unto them due, at the time of my Decease.

Item, I will to Anne Witney, my Wife's Daughter, Forty Pounds.

Item, I will to Mary Price, Fifty Marks, towards her Marriage.

Item, I will to the Three Children of Henry Witney, Five Marks a piece.

Item, I will, That my Executors shall bestow, Two hundred and fifty Pounds, of good and lawful Money of England, upon an Ile to be builded, and made upon the South-side of the Church of Turvey, within the County of Bedford aforesaid; and for a Tomb for me to be erected, and set up within the said Ile.

Item, Whereas I the said Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, and Lady Joan, my Wife, and Sir Lewis Mordaunt, Knight, by the name of Lewis Mordaunt, Esquire, by one Indenture Tripartite, bearing date the Third Day of November, the Fifth year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady, the Queen's Majesty that now is, did amongst other things Infeoff Sir William Peter, and Sir Henry Tervel, Knights, John Tal­bot, Thomas Lucas, Edward Tirrel, George White, Thomas Brownly and Thomas Nichols, Esquires, and their Heirs, of all and singular the Maners, Lands, Tenements and He­reditaments, of me the said John Lord Mordaunt, within the County of Essex, late the Inheritance of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, Deceased, to certain Uses, as by the same Indenture Tripartite, bearing date as is aforesaid, more at large it doth and may appear. Amongst which the Maners of Cranham, Gingeraff, Tiptofts and Amies, in the County of Essex, and all Lands and Tenements, known by the name or names of Amies and Nokehall, and the Farms called Pinkneys and Wareleys, with their Ap­purtenances; and all those Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, in Brownford­magna, in the County of Essex, then late in the occupation of one Rowland Wal­head, or of his Assigns, or appointed after the decease of me John Lord Mordaunt, and Lady Joan, my Wife, unto the use and behoof of the Executors of the Last Will and Testament, of me the said John Lord Mordaunt, for the term of Ten years, next ensuing the decease of me the said John Lord Mordaunt, and the Lady Joan, my Wife, and the longer Liver of us. And after the same Ten years being ended, and determined, then to the Use and Behoof of the said Sir Lewis Mordaunt, and of his Heirs for ever; as by the same Indenture and Conveyance aforesaid, more at large appeareth. And whereas after the same Conveyance so made, the same Sir Lewis Mordaunt, by another Indenture, dated the First Day of May, in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady, the Queen's Majesty that now is, and other Conveyances, did grant, convey and assure, unto the said Lord Mordaunt, and to his Heirs for ever, all his Reversion, Remainder, Estate and Interest, of and in the said Maner of Tiptofts, in the County of Essex, and of the said Farms, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises called Pinkneys, and Wareleys, in the said County of Essex; as by the same Indenture, and other Assurances last menti­oned, more at large also it appeareth.

I Will, and my full Intent and meaning is, That my Executors hereafter named (the said Conveyance or Assurance of the said Reversion, or Remainder notwith­standing) shall have, hold and enjoy, for and towards the Performance of this my Last Will and Testament, all the said Maner of Tiptofts, and all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, called Pinkneys, and Wareleys, in the said County of [Page 602] Essex: And all other Lands, Tenements, Remainders, Reversions and Heredita­ments, contained in the said Indenture, dated the First Day of May, and assured and conveyed unto me and mine Heirs: And all Lands and Tenements, contained in an Indenture, dated the Tenth Day of February last, made by me to the Lord Windsor, and others, together with the said Maners of Cranham, Gingeraff and Amies, and all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, called and known by the name, or names of Amies or Nokehall: And all the said Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Bromford-magna, in the said County of Essex, sometime being in the Occupation of one Rowland Walehead, or his Assigns, from the time of my Decease, and the Decease of the said Lady Joan, my Wife, unto the full end, and term of Ten Years, the next following, fully to be compleat and ended: And after the said term of Ten Years being fully ended, and determined:

I then Will, That the said Maners, Lands, Farms, Tenements and Heredita­ments, called Tiptofts, Pinkneys and Wareleys, with their Appurtenances, in such sort, manners and forms, and to such uses, intents and purposes, as heretofore I have limited and appointed, the same shall be conveyed, and assured by the right Honour­able Edward Lord Winsor, before recited, and other his Co-bargainers, or Co-feoffees, unto whom I have assured the same; in hope they will duly perform and accom­plish, my full Intent and Meaning therein; to the Principal of the King's Hall, and Colledge of Brasen-nose in Oxford, and to the Scholars of the same, and to their Suc­cessors for ever. And for the better having and enjoying of the said Maners, Farms, Lands, Tenements and other the Premises, according to this my present Testament, My Will, Intent and Meaning is, That the said Edward Lord Windsor, and other, to whom I have assured the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premi­ses, called Tiptofts, Pinkneys and Wareleys, and every of them, as much as in them is, or conveniently may be, at the Costs and Charges of my Executors hereafter named, shall do, cause and procure to be done, such reasonable Acts and things, for the assurance hereof, according to the true Intent, and Meaning of this my present Will and Testament, as by my said Executors hereafter named, and by the said Principal and Scholars, or their Successors, or any of them, or by their, or any of their Council, Learned in the Laws, shall be reasonably de­vised and required. And with part of the Issues of the same, I will, Scholars to be named from time to time by mine Executors, or by the Survivors of them, during their Lives, and after by mine Heirs, shall be continually found, and other Deeds of Charity shall be done, as I have limited to mine Executors.

Item, I will and bequeath to the Lady Joan, my Wife, all that my Mansion-House, and all other my Houses, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, scituate, lying and being, in or near the Hospital of Little Saint Bartholomews, in Smithfield, within the Suburbs of the City of London: To have the same to the said Lady Joan, for and during the full term of Fifty Years, if the said Lady Joan, my Wife, shall happen so long to live. And the residue of all the Estates, Interests and Terms of Years, that shall be to come, of and in my said Mansion-House, and other the Premises, in or near the Hospital of Little Saint Bartholomews, for all the Years that then shall be to come in the same, shall be sold by my Executors hereafter named, or the Sur­vivor of them; and all Sums of Money as shall be had, and received for the same, to employ towards the Payment of my Debts, and towards the Performance of this my Last Will.

Item, I make and ordain the Lady Joan, my welbeloved Wife, my Brother-in-Law Thomas Farmer, Edward Plowden, Esquires, and William Goodfellow, my Ser­vant, mine Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.

And moreover I do refer to the discretion of mine Executors, this my Last Will and Testament.

And thus revoking all former Wills, by me at any time heretofore made or de­clared; I ordain and establish this to be my very true Last Will and Testament.

And moreover I do refer to the discretion of my Executors, which of my Lega­cies [Page 603]shall be first paid, and which after; and likewise the Time of the payment thereof, I refer to their Choice and Discretions.

And I will, mine Executors shall bestow Sixteen Pounds, of lawful Money of Eng­land, as I have declared to my Wife.

Item, I Will, That my Executors shall have, towards the payment of my Debts, the Two hundred Pounds, decreed to be paid to me in the Chancery, by Clement Tanfield, and all other Debts due to me.

Item, I Will, That my House shall be kept at the Charges of mine Executors, for Two Months, next after my Decease.

The residue of all my Goods and Chartels, Real and Personal, and of the Debts due to me, and all the Residue, Profit and Commodity of the Premises, appointed to mine Executors, for the said Ten Years, remaining after my Funeral, Debts and Legacies paid, I give and bequeath to my said Wife: Saving Twenty Pounds, of law­ful Money of England, which I will and bequeath to the foresaid Edward Plow­den, Esquire; and saving Ten Pounds, which I will unto the aforesaid Thomas Farmer, Esquire; and also saving Ten Pounds, which I will unto the aforesaid Wil­liam Goodfellow.

In Witness whereof, to this my Last Will and Testament, I have put my Hand and Seal, the Day and Year first above-written. These being Witnesses, whose Names be hereafter subcribed, John Mordaunt, Anne Ratcliff, John Farmer, John Cams, per William Colshill, Henry Witney, Robert Nicholsmark, John Bickerton, Emanuel Maunsell, Scr.

Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascripti coram Magistro Willielmo Drewry, Cu­riae praerogativae Cantuariensis Commissiario, apud London, decimo nono die Octo­bris, anno Domini Milesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo primo, juramento Justi­niani Kidd, Notarii Publici, Procuratoris dictae Joannae relictae, & Executricis in hujusmodi Testamento nominatae, cui commissa fuit Administratio, omnium & sin­gulorum Bonorum, &c. ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurata reservata potestate, &c. Thomae Farmer, Edmundo Plowden & Willielmo Goodfellow, &c. & cum venerint, &c. admissuri.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAVNT DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY

Examinatur per me Radulphum Jennings, cum Registro praerogativae,
vige­simo primo Februarii, anno Milesimo sexcentesimo quinquagesimo primo
The TOMB of JOHN the Second Lord Mordaunt, as it is Extant in the Church of Turvey, in the County of Bedford.

Sir LEWIS MORDAƲNT, Knight, First of that Name, Third Lord MORD AƲNT, Peer of England, and Lord Baron of Turvey. CHAPTER XIV.

Causes of Disagreements between John the Second Lord Mordaunt and his Son Lewis.

THE late Lord Mordaunt, bought the Wardship of Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis, Daughter and Sole Heir to Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, for which he paid Thirteen hundred Marks; her Land which she had by Descent, was Five hundred Marks a year.

The late Lord Mordaunt, afterwards did couple her in Marriage, unto the now Lord Mordaunt, then being his Son and Heir Apparent: For the Marriage of which now Lord Mordaunt, the late Lord Mordaunt, might have had divers great Summs of Money.

Afterwards the late Lord Mordaunt, for the better advancing of his own House, procured the said now Lord Mordaunt, and the said Dame Elizabeth, then his Wife, to Levy a Fine of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, to one William Hemmyng, Clerk, who rendred the same unto the now Lord Mordaunt, and to the said Dame Elizabeth, then his Wife, and to the Heirs Males of their two Bodies, lawfully begotten: And for want of such Heirs, to the Heirs Males of the Body of the now Lord Mordaunt; with divers Remainders over.

Afterwards the said now Lord Mordaunt, and Dame Elizabeth, then his Wife, had Issue between them, Lewis Mordaunt; and after the said Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt dyed: After whose Death, the said now Lord Mordaunt, took to Wife the Lady Joan Mordaunt, now his Wife.

After which Marriage, the said now Lord Mordaunt, for that his said Son Lewis would not Marry his Wife's Daughter, suffered a Recovery of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, to the Use of himself, for the term of his Life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after his decease, to the Use of such as it pleased him to appoint, for the term of Ninety two years, without any Penny of Rent paying therefore: To the intent, that not only he, but my Lady his Wife, may declare their Wills thereof, during the said Ninety two years; whereof the said late Lord Mordaunt had certain Intelligence, not knowing how, nor to whom the Fee-simple, and the Inheritance thereof, is bestowed and appointed.

Whereupon the said late Lord Mordaunt, as well for Conscience sake, for that he was the cause, why the now Lord Mordaunt had such Estates of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as he might by the Law suffer such a Recovery thereof, to the Disherison of the said Lewis Mordaunt, being the right Heir of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands; as also for the stay of his own Inheritance, and bringing in again of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, into the right course of Inheritance again; did suffer Recoveries of his own Lands, to the Uses, and upon Condition following:

To the Use of the said late Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs, until the said Lewis Mordaunt was Married; and after to the Use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of such Wife, as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be Married unto, at the time of his Death.

To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, with­out Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of such Wife, as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be Married to, at the time of his Death.

To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Im­peachment of Wast; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast.

To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeach­ment of Wast; and after to the Use of his Executors, until the Feast of St. Mi­chael the Archangel, next ensuing the Death of the late Lord Mordaunt; and after to the same Executors, for the term of Twelve years, towards the performance of his Will; and after to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, if he will assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as hereafter appeareth.

To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Im­peachment of Wast; and after to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life: To the intent that he, of the Issues and Profits thereof, might fully an­swer to the Queen's Majesty, as much Money as shall amount to One Years Rent, of the full Third part, of all the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, for the primier Seisin thereof, and Twenty Pounds over.

Memorandum, That it was provided in the same Book, That if the now Lord Mordaunt, did not assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, which are of the value of Five hundred Marks per annum, within Six Months next ensuing the Feast of Saint Andrew, next after the date of the said Book, to Sir Robert Throgmorton, and other the Recoverers of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands: That is to say, Parcel thereof, to the value of Three hundred Marks, or under, to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt, and the Lady his Wife, for term of their lives, Dispunishable of Wast, during the life of the now Lord Mordaunt: And after their Deceases, to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the Use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the right Heirs of the said Fitz-Lewis; and the Remainder thereof, to the now Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast: And after his decease, to the Use of his Will for the term of Ten years; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the Use of the right Heirs of the said Fitz-Lewis for ever: That then the use of such, and so much, of the Lord Mordaunt's Lands, as was appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt by that Book, should be unto the late Lord Mordaunt, for term of his Life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast.

And after the several Uses of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, shall be ended and determined, as is abovesaid, and as the same shall severally end and determine; the Uses thereof be further appointed as followeth: That is to say, Unto the First Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt, in lawful Marriage begotten, and of the Heirs Males of his Body, lawfully begotten; And after to the Second Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt, in lawful Marriage begotten, and the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten, with divers Remainders over; the last Remainder thereof, being appointed to the right Heirs of Mordaunt for ever. And to the intent that my Lady Mordaunt, now Wife to the now Lord Mordaunt, should have good will, that the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands should be assured, as is aforesaid, The late Lord Mordaunt did grant unto her, for the Augmentation of her Jointure, to make it up Four hundred Marks a Year, a yearly Rent of One hundred Marks by the Year, during her life; with a clause of Distress in his own Land, for not payment thereof; upon Condition that the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, should be assured as aforesaid. Shortly after this Book was thus Agreed upon and Sealed, one part thereof was sent to the now Lord Mordaunt, that he might thereby perfectly understand, what his Father had done: And the Premises notwithstanding, he would not assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as he ought to have done, within the said Six Months, by [Page 607]reason whereof, the Uses of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt, did cease, through the wilful Default of the now Lord Mordaunt, and the same came to the said Lewis Mordaunt.

Memorandum, That the Conveyance of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, as is afore­said, was of the meer Motion, Circumspection and Providence, of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the Causes aforesaid, without any seeking of the said Lewis Mordaunt, who neither would, nor durst, move the said late Lord Mordaunt, his Grandfather, being a Wise Man, in such a matter.

Now the Premises considered, it may appear, That the said Lewis hath not done any thing, whereby to offend his Father, except it be in refusing to Marry his Mo­ther-in-law's Daughter, which his Father offered him, which Marriage he liked not; or else in not refusing the Benevolence of his Grandfather, unprocured on his part.

The causes of the late Lord Mordaunt's Doings, and the Doings of the now Lord Mordaunt, towards the late Lord Mordaunt his Father, and towards the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, may plainly appear in the Articles abovesaid.

The Book was delivered to the now Lord Mordaunt, within Twelve days, after the beginning of the Six Months; so as he had all the Six Months, saving Twelve Days, to consider thereupon, and to have made Assurance of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands accordingly.

Articles which Mr. Henry Darcy requireth to be performed for Mr. Lewis Mor­daunt, concerning the Marriage of his Sister.

FIrst, That the Lord Mordaunt, shall make his Sister a Jointure of One Hun­dred Marks, Lands in Possession; and One hundred Marks more, after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt

Item, That the said Lord Mordaunt, do leave unto the said Lewis Mordaunt, Eight hundred Marks a year, to descend unto the said Lewis, immediately after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, and One thousand Pounds a Year more, after the decease of Sir John Mordaunt, Father to the said Lewis.

Item, For the Marriage Apparel, the Lord Mordaunt to find Mr. Lewis Mor­daunt, and Mr. Henry Darcy his Sister.

Item, For the Charges of the Dinner at the Marriage, the Lord Mordaunt to bear the one half thereof, and Mr. Henry Darcy the other.

Item, Mr. Henry Darcy is contented, in consideration of the Premises, to pay un­to my Lord Mordaunt, One thousand Marks; the one half to be paid at the Day of Marriage, the other half before the last Day of August next ensuing, if they be Married before the said Day; or else to be paid at one entire Payment, at the Day of the said Marriage.

Item, Mr. Henry Darcy will give unto the said Lewis Mordaunt, and his Sister, in Jewels, or other like, to the value of Two hundred Marks.

A Commission for Musters within the County of Northampton, to the Lord Mordaunt and others directed.

ELizabeth Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilecto & fideli Conciliario suo Willielmo Domino Burghley, Domino Thesaurario Angliae, charissimoque Consanguineo & Consiliario suo Roberto Comiti Licestriae, Magistro equorum suorum; ac praedilecto, & fideli suo Ludovico Domino Mordaunt, & etiam dilecto & fideli Conciliario suo Walter Mildmay militi, Can­cellario Scacarii sui; necnon dilectis & fidelibus suis Thomae Cecil militi, Wil­lielmo Fitz-Williams militi, Edmundo Brudewell militi, Richardo Knightly militi, Edwardo Mountague militi, & Edwardo Onsey armigero, ac Vicecomiti Comitatus Northamptoniae pro tempore existente, Salutem.

Sciatis quod nos de approbatis [Page 608]fidelitatibus, & prudentibus circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, assig­navimus & constituimus, vos Commissionarios, & Deputatos nostros; Dantes, & concedentes vobis, decem, novem, octo, septem, sex, quinque, quatuor, tribus, & duobus vestrum, tenore praesentium, plenam & absolutam Potentiam, Faculta­tem, & Autoritatem, omnes & fingulos homines ad arma, ac homines habiles ad arma ferendum, tàm Equites quàm Pedites, & Sagittarios, & Sclopetarios, supra aetatem sexdecem annorum, ac infra aetatem sexaginta, in dicto Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, tàm infra libertates quàm extra, arraiandum, inspiciendum, ac traiandum, ae armari & muniri faciendum; nec non assignandum, equos, arma, & caetera bellica instrumenta, congruentia habilitati & personae uniuscuiusque, se­cundum formam & effectum statutorum, & ordinationum ante-haec tempora inde editorum, & provisorum. Ac omnibus illis tironibus, hominibusque imbellibus, & rei militaris ignaris, erudiendum, instruendum, & excercendum, ad usum praedi­ctorum Equorum, Armorum, & Bellicorum apparatuum, secundum artem milita­rem, ac omnia & singula alia diligenter faciendum, gerendum, & expediendum & fieri causandum, quae ad delectum, monstrationem, & inspectationem, ac etiam ad eruditionem, instructionem, & exercitionem subjectorum nostrorum in re mili­tari, pro meliori servitio nostro, & defensione hujus Regni nostri, maxime consen­tanea, & opportuna fore putaveritis; Ita quod iidem homines ad arma, & homines habiles ad arma ferendum, Equites, Pedites, Sagitarii, & Sclopetarii, ac alii prae­dicti homines defensibiles, sic arraiati, inspecti, & muniti, prompti sint & parati ad serviendum nobis, quotiens & quando necesse fuerit. Assignavimus insuper quoscunque tres, aut duos vestrum, ad omnes & singulos vestrum non existentes Dominos, vel Pares Regni nostri, aut Conciliarios in privato Concilio nostro, simili­ter mutuo & se invicem inspiciendum, traiaudum & arraiandum, ac in Armis, & Equis, bellico apparatui idoneis, ordinandum, & videndum. Ità quod omnes & singuli vestrum, in forma praedicta, ut praedicitur, inspecti, arraiati, & parati, prompti sint & sitis, & continuo parati, ad nobis similiter ut praedictum est serviendum. Et ideò vobis mandamus, quod circa praemissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea omnia & singula, ad certos dies, & locos, de tempore in tempus, per vestras discretiones exequamini in forma praedicta. Damus praeterea universis, & singulis Officiariis, Ministris, & Subjectis nostris quibuscunque, tàm infra Libertates quàm extra, te­nore praesentium firmiter in mandatis, quòd vobis, & cuilibet vestrum, in execu­tione praemissorum intendetis, auxiliantes & obedientes sint, in omnibus dili­genter: Et quod feceritis in praemissis, unà cum Nominibus & Cognominibus, ac numero tàm Equitum, Peditum, Sagittariorum, & Sclopetariorum, ac omnium ar­morum & bellicorum instrumentorum, caeterorumque bello idoneorum per vos in forma praedicta inspectorum, & armatorum, quam Civitatum, Villarum, Burgo­rum, Socarum, Hundredorum, Raparum, Hamletorum, & Parochiarum in quibus habitant, & de Diversitate armaturae, & instrumentorum bellicorum, quibus unus­quisque eorum armatus & paratus est, Nos, & Concilium nostrum, circa Perso­nam nostram attendens, quàm citissimè poteritis, post datum praesentium in scri­ptis, sub sigillis vestris, vel trium, aut duorum vestrum manibusque vestris iisdem subscriptis debitè certificetis. Damus ulterius firmiter in mandatis, quòd pro meliore expeditione, & executione praesentium, per omnia, & singula facta, tàm secundum tenorem superiorum articulorum, & instructionum ad homines arraian­dum, & bellica instrumenta apparandum, Anno Regni nostri quintodecimo, sub magno Sigillo nostro Angliae in quadam amplissima forma ad vos missorum, quàm aliorum quorumcunque Articulorum & Instructionum, quae per privatum Concilium nostrum, cum opus fuerit, vel per eorum sex in scriptis, manibus suis fig­natis, aliquo tempore posthaec vobis dirigentur. In cujus rei testimonium has lit­teras nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipsa apud Gorambury tricesimo pri­mo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri decimo nono.

Per ipsam Reginam Powle.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 208.

NOvi anni principium novum triste spectaculum Londinensibus in Praetorio Westmonasteriensi exhibuit. Pegma enim ligneum per medium Praetorii à porta ad partem superiorem erectum, & ibi Tribunal sedibus utrinque circumpositis, cujusmodi totis octodecim annis viderant nullum. Ad hoc, die Januarii decimo sexto Thomas Howardus Dux Norfolciae, inter Owenum Hoptonum Arcis Londinii Praefectum, & Petrum Carew Equites Auratos, funesta securi, acie aversa, praege­stata, ducitur. In Tribunali sedit Georgius Talbotus Comes Salopiae, summus An­gliae Seneschallus ad illum diem constitutus, utrinque Proceres qui cognitores dati, quos Pares dicimus, Reginaldus Greyus Comes Cantiae, Thomas Ratcliffius Comes Sus­sexiae, Henricus Hastingus Comes Huntingdoniae, Franciscus Russellus Comes Bed­fordiae, Henricus Herbertus Comes Pembrochiae, Edwardus Seimorus sive à Sancto Mauro Comes Hertfordiae, Ambrosius Dudleius Comes Warwici, Robertus Dud­leius Comes Leicestriae, Walterus D'evereux Vicecomes Herefordiae, Edwardus Baro Clintonus Admirallus, Guilliemus Baro Howardus Effinghamius Camerarius, Guillielmus Celilius Baro Burghleius Secretarius, Arthurus Baro Greyus de Wilton, Jacobus Blountus Baro Montjoius, Guil. Baro Sandes, Thomas Baro Wentworthus, Guil. Baro Bourroughus, Ludovicus Baro Mordauntus, Joannes Pawlettus Baro à Sancto Johanne de Basing, Robertus Baro Richus, Rogerus Baro Northus, Edmun­dus Bruge Baro Chandois, Oliverus Baro à Sancto Johanne de Bletnesho, Thomas Sackvillus Baro Buckhurstius, & Guil. Westus Baro De-la-Warus.

Cambdeni Elizabetha, Pag. 413.

QUid de Scotorum Regina fieret, Consiliarii non unum idemque censerunt: Alii nihil asperius in eam statuendum censerunt, sed arctissimè custodiendum, tùm quòd non criminis author, sed tantum conscia, tùm quòd valetudinaria, nec diu superfutura. Alii ut Religionis consuleretur, protinus è medio tollendam, & ex lege Leicestrius veneno maluit, & Theologum submisit qui Walsinghamum hoc licere doceret. Protestabatur autem Walsinghamus tantùm abesse ut vim afferri probaret, ut Mortonii consilium jam pridem fregerit, qui suaserit ut in Scotiam re­mitteretur, & in ipso regnorum collimitio occideretur. Variatum iterum è qua lege in illam ageretur, an ex illa anni vicessimi quinti Edwardi Tertii (qua Majesta­tis laesae tenetur, qui Regi aut Reginae perniciem struxerit, bellum in ejus regno moverit, aut hostibus adhaeserit) an ex illa anni vicessimi septimi Elizabethae, quam dixi. Vicit tandem eorum sententia, qui ex hac postrema maluerunt, utique ad hanc rem nata, ideoque accomodanda. Ex lege igitur illa superiori anno lata, ut in­quireretur, & sententia pronuntiaretur in illos, qui Rebellionem concitaverint, reg­num invaserint, aut Reginae vim inferre tentaverint, plures è Sanctiori Consilio & Angliae Proceribus Diplomate delegati sunt. Quorum nomina (cùm seriem & at­tributa Procerum Angliae, posterorum intersit cognoscere) ex ipso Autographo sub­jicere visum. Quod formula forensi ita se habet.

Elizabetha Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri Johanni Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo, totius Angliae Primati & Metropolitano, & uni de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Thomae Bromley Militi, Cancellario Angliae, alteri de Privato Con­silio nostro; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Domino Burghley Do­mino Thesaurario Angliae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam charissimo consanguineo nostro Willielmo Marchioni Wintoniae, uni Dominorum Parlamenti; charissimo consanguineo nostro Edwardi Comiti Oxoniae, magno Camerario Angliae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon charissimo consanguineo nostro, Georgio Comitis Salopiae, Comiti Marescallo Angliae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; charissimoque consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Cantiae, alteri Dominorum Par­lamenti; [Page 610]ac etiam charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Derbiae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; charissimoque consanguineo nostro Willielmo Comiti Wi­gorniae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon charissimo consanguineo nostro Edw. Comiti Rutlandiae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac charissimo consanguineo nostro Ambrosio Comiti Warwick, Magistro Ordinationum nostrarum, alteri de Privato Con­silio nostro; charissimoque consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Pembrochiae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon charissimo consanguineo nostro Roberto Comiti Leicestriae, Magistro Equorum nostrorum, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Lincolniae, alteri Dominorum Par­lamenti; ac etiam charissimo consanguineo nostro Antonio Vicecomiti Montague, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; praedilectoque & fideli nostro Carolo Domino Howard, Magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac praedilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Domino de Hunsdon, Domino Camerario no­stro, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon praedilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Abergavenniae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac praedilecto & fideli nostro Edw. Domino Zouche, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli no­stro Edw. Domino Morley, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; praedilectoque & fideli nostro Willielmo Cobham, Domino Guardiano quinque Portuum nostrorum, al­teri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon praedilecto & fideli nostro Edw. Domino Stafford, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Ar­thuro Domino Grey de Wilton, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedi­lecto & fideli nostro Johanni Domino Lumley, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Johanni Domino Sturton, alteri Dominorum Par­lamenti; ac praedilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Domino Sandes, alteri Domino­rum Parlamenti; necnon praedilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Domino Wentworth, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; praedilecto & fideli Ludovico nostro Mordaunt, al­teri Dominorum Parliamenti; praedilectoque & fideli nostro Johanni Domino Saint-John de Bletso, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon praedilecto & fideli nestro Thomae Domino Buckhurst, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac praedilecto & fi­deli nostro Hen. Domino Compton, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam prae­dilecto & fideli nostro Francisco Knolles Militi, Thesaurario Hospitii nostri, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon dilecto & fideli nostro Jacobo Crosts Militi, Con­trarotulatori dicti Hospitii nostri, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac dilecto & fideli nostro Christophero Hatton Militi, Vicecamerario nostro, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam dilecto & fideli nostro Francisco Walsingham Militi, uni primariorum Secretariorum nostrorum, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam dilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Davison Armigero, alteri Primariorum Secretari­orum nostrorum, de Privato Consilio nostro; ac dilecto & fideli nostro Radulpho Sadleir Militi, Cancellario Ducatus nostri Lancastriae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon dilecto & fideli nostro Waltero Myldmay Militi, Cancellario Scaccarii nostri, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac dilecto & fideli nostro Ami­cio Pawlett Militi, Capitaneo Insulae nostrae de Jersey, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; dilectoque & fideli nostro Johanni Wolley Armigero, Secretario nostro pro lingua Latina, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam dilecto & fideli nostro Christophero Wraie Militi, Capitali Justitiario ad Placita coram nobis te­nenda assignato; dilectisque & fidelibus nostris Edmundo Anderson Militi, Capi­tali Justitiario nostro de Banco; Rogero Manwood Militi, Capitali Baroni Scacca­rii nostri; Thomae Gawdy Militi, uni Justitiariorum nostrorum ad placita eorum nobis tenenda assignato, & Willielmo Periam, uni Justitiariorum nostrorum de Ban­co, Salutem, &c.

A Letter from the Lords of the Council to Lewis Lord Mordaunt. To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt.

AFter our hearty Commendations to your Lordship: We are given to under­stand, that by occasion of an unlawful Hunting, attempted by some of your Servants, within Her Majesties Park of Brikestock, being under the Charge and keeping of Mr. Adrian Stokes; it hath so happened, That two of your said Ser­vants, have been Slain, or in very great danger of Death: Forasmuch as it is thought, that unless some speedy Order be taken therein, it may so fall out, that other Incon­veniencies will ensue, which we would be sorry to understand: We have thought good to require your Lordship, for preservation of Her Majesties Peace, to take order, That neither your self, nor any of your Friends, or Servants, offer any further occasion of Quarrel unto the said Mr. Stokes, or any of his Friends, or Servants, either serving in the said Park, or elsewhere. And further, because we could be glad to under­stand, what your Lordship is able to say, in excuse of the said Fact, pretended to be done by your Servants: We pray you, forthwith upon Receipt hereof, as soon as you conveniently may, all unnecessary Excuses and Delays set apart, to make your Repair hither, where you shall understand our further Pleasure; and so desiring your Lordship hereof not to fail, bid you right heartily farewel.

From Greenwich the Eleventh Day of July, One thousand five hundred seventy and seven.
Your loving Friends.
  • W. Burghley.
  • E. Lincoln.
  • T. Sussex.
  • A. Warwick.
  • F. Knollys.
  • James Swtt.
  • Fra. Walsingham.

Alliance of Mordaunt and Maunsell.

THIS Indenture made the Eleventh Day of July, in the Four and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith; Between Edward Maunsell of Morgan, in the County of Glamorgan, Knight, of the one part; and the Right honourable Lewis Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, of the other part, Witnesseth; That in consideration of a Marriage to be (by God's Grace) had, and solemniz'd between Thomas Maunsell, Esquire, Son, and Heir Apparent, of the said Edward, on the one part; and Mary one of the Daughters of the said Lewis Mordaunt on the other part; and for certain other good Considerations, hereafter by these Presents expressed; it is Covenanted, Granted, Condefcended, and Agreed, between the said Edward Maunsell, and Lewis Lord Mordaunt, in Manner and Form following: That is to say, First, the said Edward Maunsell, Knight, for him, his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and for every of them, Covenanteth, and Granteth, to and with the said Lewis Lord Mordaunt, his Executors, Admini­strators, and Assigns, by these Presents, That the said thomas Maunsell, shall be­fore the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel, next ensuing the Date hereof, Espouse, Marry, and take to Wife the said Mary Mordaunt, if the said Mary and Thomas will thereunto condescend, and agree, and the Laws of Holy Church the same permit and suffer: And the said Lewis Lord Mordaunt, for him, his Heirs, Exeutors, and Administrators, and for every of them, Covenanteth and Granteth, to, and with the said Edward Maunsell, Knight, his Executors, [Page 612]Administrators and Assigns, That the said Mary, Daughter of the said Lord Mor­daunt, shall before the said Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel, next com­ing, Espouse, Marry, and take to Husband, the said Thomas Maunsell, if the said Thomas and Mary will thereunto condescend and agree, and the Laws of the Holy Church the same permit and suffer. In consideration of which Marriage, so to be had and solemnized, the said Lewis Lord Mordaunt, for him, his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, doth by these Presents, Covenant, Promise, and Agree, to give with his said Daughter Mary, for her advancement in Marriage with the said Thomas Maunsell, the Summ of Two thousand Pounds, of currant Money of Eng­land, to be paid to the said Edward, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, in manner and form following: That is to say, At, or before the Twentieth and Five and twentieth Day of July, next ensuing the Date of these Presents, at the usual place of payments, in the Royal Exchange, within the City of London, be­tween the hours of Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, and Three of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, parcel of the said Two thousand Pounds; and at, or upon the Four and twentieth Day of Fe­bruary, then next following, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, parcel of the said Summ of Two thousand Pounds; and at, or upon the Twenty and Four and twentieth Day of August, then next ensuing, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Summ of Five hun­dred Pounds, parcel of the said Two thousand Pounds; and also at or upon the Twentieth and Four and twentieth Day of February, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred fourscore and three, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, the residue of the said Two thousand Pounds, in full discharge and payment thereof. In con­sideration whereof, and of the said Marriage, so to be had and solemnized, and for the better Maintenance of the House, and Name, and of the Establishment of the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of the said Edward, in his Blood: And to the end his Lands and Possessions may continue in his Blood, and to set down, and express what part and parcel of his Inheritance shall remain after his death, to Dame Jane, Wife of the said Edward, for her Jointure, for term of her Life; and likewise what Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments shall be limi­ted, and appointed for the Jointure of the said Mary, Daughter of the said Lord Mordaunt, in possession presently, and in Reversion after the death of the said Ed­ward, and after his Wife's death; and what Lands, Tenements, and Heredita­ments shall remain to the performance of his Will, for the Education and Prefer­ment, of his younger Children, and payment, and discharge of his Legacies, and Debts; and what Lands shall descend after his death, and after the decease of the said Dame Jane his Wife, to his said Son, for the better Maintenance of his House and Blood: It is meant and intended by the said Edward Maunsell, hereby to be expressed and declared, and now these Indentures do witness, That where­as in, and by one Indenture bearing Date the Eighteenth Day of September, in the Three and Twentieth Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady, made between the said Edward Maunsell, Knight, and Dame Jane his Wife, of the one party; and Leyson Price, of Briton-Ferry, in the said County of Glamorgan, Esquire, and Thomas Powell, of Longonoyd, in the said County, Gentleman, of the other party, it is Covenanted, Granted, Condescended, and finally Agreed, between the said Parties, to the said former Indentures; And the said Edward, for him, his Heirs, Executors, and Assigns, and for the said Dame Jane his Wife, in and by the same, hath Covenanted, Granted, and Agreed, to and with the said Leyson Price, and Thomas Powell, their Heirs and Assigns, That he the said Edward, and Dame Jane his Wife, should, and would, before the First Day of September, then next ensuing the Date of the former Indentures, Acknowledge, and Levy one Fine, or Fines, with Proclamation according to the Course of the Common-Laws of this Realm, before the Queen's Majesty's Justices of he County of Gla­morgan, [Page 613]or some such like other person, as should be sufficiently authorized, of all and singular his Maners, Lordships, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heredi­taments, whatsoever, with all and singular their Rights, Members and Appur­tenances, &c.

And so (being a very long Indenture) it proceeds in mentioning all the Maners, of which this Estate was composed, and ends in form accustomed.

Another Letter from the Lords of the Council to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt.

AFter our hearty Commendations: The Queen's Majesty having very great and urgent Cause, to communicate unto the Principals of her Nobility, for the Advice of them and her Council, concerning the present State of the Realm; hath commanded us, to signifie unto your Lordship, that of the said number she hath made choice of your Lordship to be one. And therefore her pleasure is, That your Lordship do not fail, but to come to London, or to Westminster, to be there the Six and twentieth of this Month; at which Day your Lordship shall under­stand by me the Lord Chancellor, where your Lordship and the rest shall Assemble, about the Service of her Majesty and the Realm. So we bid your Lordship right heartily farewel.

From Windsor-Castle the Fifteenth Day of September, One thousand five hundred eighty six.
Your assured loving Friends.
  • T. Brumley, Canc.
  • W. Brughley.
  • W. Howard.
  • J. Hunsdon.
  • F. Cobham.
  • Chr. Hutton.

Anether Letter from the Lords of the Council to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt.

AFter our hearty Commendations to your Lordship: Whereas her Majesty hath made special choice of your Lordship, to assist at the Funeral of the late Scottish Queen, in company of divers other Noblemen, which is to be per­formed the First of August next ensuing, at the City of Peterburgh: These are there­fore to signifie unto your Lordship, that her Majesty's Pleasure is, You fail not to be there the last of this Month. We are also, to let you further understand, That there is Order given to the Master of her Majesty's Wardrobe, Mr. John Fortescue, to deliver unto you, or to such as you shall appoint to receive the same, a certain proportion of Black, as well for your self, as also for certain Gentlemen and Yeomen, to attend upon you; and so we bid your Lordship heartily farewel.

From the Court the Tenth Day of July, One thousand five hundred eighty and seven.
Your very loving Friends,
  • Chr. Hutton, Canc.
  • W. Burghley.
  • J. Hunsdon.
  • Fr. Cobham.
  • Fr. Knollys.
  • Fr. Walsyngham.

A Letter from the Lord Chancellor Hutton to the Lord Lewis Mordaunt.

My good Lord,

WHereas divers Informations, and sundry grievous Complaints have come un­to her Majesty of outragious Huntings, within her Highness's Park of Brikestock, since the Decease of the Lady Anne Throgmorton; and now very lately, new Reports pursued with Cryes, and heavy Suggestions of strange Riots, Routs, Bloodsheds, Felonies, Disorders, and other like Misdemeanors, done against the same her Highness's Park, and her Game; with strange Batteries, and great Violences, executed upon the Keeper of the same: Her Highness herewith being justly of­fended, hath in her Princely Wisdom addressed her Commission to you, and other her Loving Subjects, for the due Examination of all the Trespasses and Trans­passors, against her said Game, and the Keepers thereof. Wherein I nothing doubt, but your Lordship will use all good Care, and Endeavour, for the finding out of those Malefactors; even so have I thought good for the furtherance of Justice, as also for the discharge of my duty (having some particular Charge in these Grounds my self) in Friendship, to wish your Lordship, and the rest appointed in that Com­mission, to have all good regard for the due Execution thereof, without any respect whatsoever, towards such as may any way be touched with those Misdemeanors, according to the meaning of the said Commission: Whereof her Highness ex­pecteth a diligent, and very particular Return, which I hope your Lordship will see carefully performed, for her better satisfaction in the said Service.

From the Court, the Eleventh Day of December, One thousand five hundred eighty seven.
Your Lordships very Loving and assured Friend, Ch. Hutton, Canc.

A Letter from the Queen to the Lord Mordaunt.

To our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Elizabeth R.
By the Queen.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Being credibly given to understand, the great Preparations of Foreign Forces, whereof heretofore we have had sundry Advertisements, are certainly intended to be imployed against this our Realm, not only for Invading the same, but also with full Resolution, and a Tirannous Intent to make a Conquest thereof; and all under a colour and pre­tence of Advancing the Romish and Papistical Religion: We have therefore thought it necessary, to put out Realm in some speedy Order of Defence, Generally; not doubting, but through the Goodness of Almighty God, who from the first Entrance into our Kingdom, hath as it were Miraculously preserved both us and our Dominions, against all the malicious Attempts, and Designs of our Ad­versaries, which have been many; we shall be able with the Fidelity, Valour and Constancy of our natural good Subjects, to withstand any thing that shall be at­tempted against us and our Realm, to his High Glory and their Confusion. And for that we have always assured our selves, amongst the rest of our Nobility, of [Page 615]your Faithfulness towards us, and our Service: And knowing how greatly it import­eth those of your degree and calling, having that Interest you have in the Honour Liberty and Surety of the State, of this our Realm, to employ both your Life and Goods in Defending and Preserving the same, from the intended Conquest; considering the infinite and unspeakable Miseries, that do always fall out upon such Accidents and Change, if the same should not be in time withstood; which Miseries do well appear by the Cruel and Tyrannous Government in other Countries not far distant; what pretence soever is made otherwise fot the cause of Religion: We doubt not but you will make it apparent, and manifest unto the World, how greatly you are devoted to the Service of us, and of our Realm, your natural Country, and how ready you are upon such an urgent Occasion to employ your self and your Forces, in so necessary and doubtful an Action. For which purpose we do look, that you shall put your self personally in a readiness to attend upon our person, with such a number of Lances and light Horses, as may stand with your Ability, to be ready to repair hither, at such time as you shall receive notice of our pleasure, by our Privy Council. And so no­thing doubting of your Forwardness herein, we require you as soon as you may, to signifie to our Privy Gouncil, what number of Horsemen you shall have in a readi­ness furnished, as well of your own Household as of others pertaining to you.

Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Eighteenth Day of June, in the Thirtieth Year of our Reign.

An Exemplification at the Request of the Right Honourable Lewis Lord Mordaunt, of several Patents of Liberties, granted to the Maners of Drayton, Luff­wick, &c

ELizabeth dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint salutem.

Inspeximus rotula­mentnm quarundam litterarum patentium praecharissimi Progenitoris nostri Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Tertii, anno regni sui primo, dilecto, & fideli suo Roberto de Arderne, factarum, & concessarum, in Cancellaria ipsius nuper Regis irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostrum London, de Recordo manentium, in haec verba.

Edwardus dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae &
Dux Aquitaniae, Archiepiscopis, Episco­pis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Pre­positis, Ministris & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.

Sciatis nos conces­sisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto & fideli nostro Roberto de Arderne, quod ipse, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrenam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis de Drayton, Hanwell, Hornle, Horyntone, Dunstowe & Wal­wycline in Comitatu Oxoniae, Warranham, & Sudburgh, in Comitatu Northamp­toniae, Perching, Adburton, Fulking, Lawyck, Hangleton, & Noteknoll, in Co­mitatu Sussexiae; dum tamen terrae illae, non sunt infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ità quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, aut aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine Voluntate, & Licentia ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, sub Forisfacturâ nostrâ decem librarum: Quare volumus, & firmitur praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus, vel haeredes sui, in perpe­tuum habeant liberam Warrenam in omnibus Dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae: Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine licentia, & voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, sub Forisfactura nostra, decem librarum, sicut praedictum est: His Testibus venerabilibus Patribus, Willielmo Archiepiscopo Eboraci Angliae Primate, Johanne Eliensi, Episcopo Can­cellario nostro, Thoma de Brotherton Comite Norssulciae & Marescallo Angliae, Avun­culo nostro Charissimo, Johanne de Warrena, Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mortuo­mari de Vigmo, Johanne de Cromwell, & Johanne de Rosse, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.

Data per manum nostram apud Eboracum, sexto decimo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo,
per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Inspeximus etiam Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium, praedicti per­charissimi Progenitoris nostri, Edwardi, nuper Angliae regis Tertii, anno Regni sui primo, dilecto & fideli suo Simoni de Drayton factarum, & concessarum, in [...]ancel­laria ipsius nuper Regis irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostram London de Recordo etiam remanentium, in haec verba.

Edwardus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Co­mitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris omnibus, Ballivis & fidelibus suis, Salutem.

Sciatis nos de gratia nostrâ speciali, concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto & fideli nostro Simoni de Drayton, quod ipse, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis de Dray­ton, Islippe, Luffwick, & Irthingburgh in Comitatu Northamptoniae, de Bottlebrigge in Comitatu Huntingdon, & de Sokegoldington in Comitatu Buckinghamiae; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae: Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine Licentia, & Voluntate ipsius Simonis, vel haeredum suorum, per Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum. Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus, pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Simon, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrenam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illa non sint infra metas Fo­restae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel aliquid capi­endum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine Licentia vel Voluntate ipsius Simonis, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum, ut praedictum est: His Testibus, venerabilibus Patribus, Willielmo Archiepiscopo Eboraci Angliae Prìmate, Roberto Coventriae & Leichfeldiae Episcopo, Edmundo Comite Kantiae, Henrico Comite Lancastriae, Johanne de Warrenna Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mor­tuo-mari de Wiggmore, Thoma Woke, Willielmo de Rosse, Johanne de Rosse Senes­callo Hospitii nostri & aliis.

Data per manum nostram, apud Eboracum, primo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo.

Inspeximus insuper Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium praedicti per­charissimi Progenitoris nostri, Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae tertii, Anno Regni sui Secundo, dilecto, & fideli suo Roberto de Arderne praedicto, factarum, & concessa­rum, in Cancellaria ipsius nuper Regis Irrotulatarum, ac infra praedictam Turrim no­stram London, de Recordo similiter remanentium, in haec verba.

Edwardus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Aquitaniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.

Sciatis nos concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto, & fideli nostro Roberto de Arderne, quod ip­se, & haeredes sui in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus domini­cis Terris suis in Drayton, Hanwel, Harnle, Horinton, Dunstawe, Yoloughbury, Wickham, & Waleweclyne in Comitatu Oxoniae, Wappenham & Sudburgh in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Perching, Adburton, Fulking la Wike, Hangleton & Noteknoll in Comitatu Sussexiae; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid ca­piendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Voluntate & Licentia ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, sub Forisfactura nostra decem librarum. Quare volumus, & fir­miter praecipimus pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus, & hae­redes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint intra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus intret in Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Licentia & Voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suo­rum, sub Forisfactura nostra decem librarum, sicut praedictum est: His Testibus, venerabili Patre, Henrico Lincolniae Episcopo, Cancellario nostro, Johanne de Warrenna Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mortuo-mari de Wiggmore, Johanne Darcy, Johanne de Wisham, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.

Data per manum nostram apud Gloucester, quarto die Octobris, Regni nostri secundo.
Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Inspeximus praetereà Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium, percharis­simi Progenitoris nostri, Richardi nuper Regis Angliae secundi, Anno Regni sui nono, dilecto, & fideli suo, Henrico Greene factarum, & concessarum, in Can­cellaria ipsius nuper Regis, irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostram London praedictam de Recordo residentium, in haec verba.

Richardus Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, ac omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.

Sciatis nos, de gratia nostra speciali, concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto, & fideli nostro, Henrico Greene Chivaler, quòd ipse & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant, Mercatum, singulis septimanis, per diem Jovis, in villa sua de Luffwik, & unam Feriam ibidem, singulis annis, per tres dies duraturam; videlicet, in vigilia, & in die, & crastino Pentecostes, cum omnibus Libertatibus, & liberis Consuetudinibus, ad hujusmodi Mercatum & Feriam pertinentibus. Nisi Mercatum illud, & Feria illa, sint ad nocumentum vicinorum Mercatorum, & vicinarum Feriarum. Et quod habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis, in villis de Luffwik & Issipp; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Licentia, & Voluntate ipsius Henrici, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram, decem librarum. Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quòd praedictus Henricus, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant praedicta Mercatum, & Feriam, apud praedictam villam de Luffwik, cum omnibus Libertatibus, & liberis Consuetudinibus, ad hujusmodi Mercatum, & Feriam pertinentibus; nisi Mercatum illud, & Feria illa, sint ad nocumentum vicinorum Mercatorum, & vicinarum Feri­arum. Et quòd habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tameant Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret in Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, fine Licentia & Voluntate ipsius Henrici, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum; sicut praedictum est. His Testibus, venerabilibus Patribus, Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariae, totius Angliae Primate, Richardo London, Willielmo Winton, Episcopis, Johanne Rege, Castellae & Legionis duce Lancastriae, Edmundo Eboraci, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, Avunculis nostris charissimis, Roberto Marchione Dublini, Richardo Arundel, Thoma Warwici, Hugone Straffordiae, Comitibus, Michaele de la Poole, Comite Suffolciae, Cancellario, Hugone de Segrave, Thesaurario nostro, Waltero Skirlaw Clerico Coventriae & Leichfeldiae, Custode privati sigilli nostri, Johanne de Monte­acuto, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.

Data per manum nostram apud West­monasterium, Sexto die Decembris, Anno Regni nostri nono.
Per Breve de privato Sigillo.

Inspeximus ulterius Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium, percharis­simi Progenitoris nostri, Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Secundi, Anno Regni sui undecimo, dilecto, & fideli suo Roberto de Arderne, factarum & concessarum, in Cancellaria ejusdem nuper Regis, irrotulatarum, ac infra praedictam Turrim nostram London de Recordo similiter residentium, in haec verba.

Edwardus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus nostris, Salutem.

Sciatis nos concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto, ac fideli nostro Roberto de Arderne, quod ipse, & haeredes sui in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus do m­nicis Terris suis de Drayton, juxta Banbury, in Comitatu Oxoniae, & Sudburgh, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae no­strae. Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Licentia & Voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haere­dum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum. Quare volumus, & fir­miter praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus, & hae­redes [Page 618]sui in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illae, non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad War­rennam pertineat, sine Licentia, & Voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum, sicut praedictum est. His Testibus, ve­nerabili Patre Johanne Winton Episcopo, Cancellario nostro, Thoma de Brother­tone Comite Norfolciae, & Marescallo Angliae, fratre nostro Charissimo, Adomaro de Valencia Comite Pembrokiae, Humphrido de Bohune Comite Herefordiae & Essexiae, Hugone de Despenser seniore, Johanne de Maubray, Willielmo de Mon­te-cuto senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.

Data apud Eboracum, vicesimo septimo die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri undecimo.
Per ipsum Regem, manu Magistri Thomae de Charleton.

Inspeximus denique Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium percharissimi Progenitoris nostri, Henrici nuper Regis Angliae Sexti, Anno Regni sui vicesimo sep­timo, dilecto sibi Henrico Greene Armigero, factarum & concessarum, in Cancellaria ipsius nuper Regis, irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostram London praedictam, de Recordo paritèr residentium, in haec verba.

Henricus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae,
universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Ab­batibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vi­cecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.

Sciatis quod cum dilectus nobis Henricus Greene Armiger, seisitus existat de Manerio de Grafton, juxta Warton, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, in dominico suo, ut de Feodo simplici, unde Bosci vocati Grafton-Woods, & Grafton-Park, ac Campi vocati Grafton-Feilds, parcella dicti Manerii, sive eidem Manerio pertinentes, ac infra Fo­restam nostram de Rockingham in Comitatu praedicto existunt, ut dicitur: Nos de gratia nostra speciali, Boscos praedictos & Campos deafforestamus, & deafforestatos esse volumus per praesentes, & concessimus, pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praefato Henrico, quod ipse & haeredes sui, habeant & possideant libe­ram Chaceam, in Boscis, & Campis praedictis, ac Boscos & campos illos, sic deafforesta­tos, ut liberam Chaceam suam tenere possint, sibi, & haeredibus suis, in perpetuum, absque impedimento nostri, haeredum ceu successorum nostrorum, Justiciariorum, Eschaetorum, Vicecomitum, Coronatorum, aut aliorum Ballivorum nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, aut aliorum quorumcunque. Ita quod nullus Senescallus, Justiciarius Forestae, Forestarius, Viridarius, Regardator, seu aliquis alius Minister nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, intret Chaceam praedictam, ad fugan­dum in ea, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Forestam vel Chaceam pertinet, abs­que Licentia ipsius Henrici, & haeredum suorum; Eò quòd Campi & Bosci praedicti, insra metas, seu perambulationem, Forestae nostrae praedictae existunt, non obstante. Et ulterius de uberiori gratia nostra, concessimus & Licentiam dedimus, pro nobis haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praefato Henrico, & haeredi­bus suis, quod ipse, seu dicti Haeredes sui, ad ipsorum, seu alicujus eorum beneplacitum, & voluntatem, Boscos & Campos praedictos, & quamlibet parcellam eorundem, includere & imparcare, ac Parcum inde facere possunt, seu possit, licitè, & impunè; & quod idem Henricus, & haeredes sui praedicti, eundem Parcum per ipsos, seu eorum aliquem, in forma praedicta, factum & inclusum, habeant & teneant, sibi, & haere­dibus suis in perpetuum. Ita quod nullus intret Chaceam, vel Parcum praedictum, ad fugandum in iis, seu eorum altero, vel ad aliquid capiendum in iis, contra volun­tatem praedicti Henrici, & haeredum suorum praedictorum, sub Forisfactura nostra viginti librarum. Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris praedictis, quod praedictus Henricus, & haeredes sui, habeant & teneant, liberam Chaceam, in Boscis & Campis praedictis, ac Parcum praedictum, in forma praedicta, absque impedimento, vel impetitione nostri, haeredum, vel succes­sorum nostrorum, Justiciariorum, Eschaetorum, Vicecomitum, Coronatorum, vel aliorum Ballivorum nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, aut aliorum quo­rumcunque. Et quod nullus Senescallus, Justiciarius Forestae, Forestarius, Viridarius, [Page 619]Regardator Forestae, aut aliquis alius Minister nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, aut aliquis alius intret Chaceam, seu Parcum praedictum, ad fugandum in iis, seu eorum altero, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Chaceam, Parcum, vel Forestam pertinet, contra voluntatem ipsius Henrici, & haeredum suorum praedicto­rum: Eò quòd Bosci, & Campi praedicti, infra metas, seu perambulationem praedictae Forestae nostrae de Rockingham, sicut praedictum est, existunt; aut aliquo statuto Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, aut aliqua alia causa, re, vel materia quacunque non obstante. His testibus, venerabilibus Patribus, Johanne Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, totius Angliae Primate, Cancellario nostro, Magistro Karlial, Thesaurario nostro Angliae, & A. Cicestrense, Custode privati Sigilli nostri, Episcopis, charissimis Consanguineis nostris, Humphrido Buckingham & Willielmo Suffolk, Camerario no­stro Angliae, Ducibus, Richardo Sarum & Thoma Devon Comitibus, dilectis, & fidelibus nostris, Richardo Boteler Domino de Sudley, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & Jacobi Fenys, Domino Say, Camerario Hospitii nostri, Militibus, & aliis.

Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium primo die Aprilis, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo septimo.
Per ipsum Regem & de data praedicta autoritate Parlamenti.

Nos autem tenores irrotulamentorum, separalium Literarum Patentium praedictarum, ad requisitionem praedicti & fidelis nostri Ludovici Mordaunt militis, Domini Mordaunt, duximus exemplificandum per praesentes. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipsa apud Westmonasterium, vicesi­mo nono die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri tricesimo quarto.
Examinatur per nos
Law. Huse & Tho. Legg. Clericis.
Ʋltima Voluntas Ludovici tertii Domini Mordaunt.

IN the Name of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. I Le­wis Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Drayton, in the County of Northampton, being the First Day of October, in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred ninety and three, and in the Five and thirtieth Year of the Reign of our So­veraign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. Whole of Body, of good Mind and perfect Remem­brance, thanks be unto God, certain to dye, and uncertain when, and where I shall depart this mortal and transitory Life; willing in the disposition of my worldly Goods, Lands and Possessions, to prevent the suddain hour of Death, so that at the time it shall please my Maker, Redeemer and Saviour Jesus Christ, to call me from this transitory Life, when my Mind, I hope, shall be wholly in and towards him, and the Joys of Heaven; I shall not need then to be busied with any thing of this unstable World: Do therefore now make, ordain, constitute and declare, this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, renouncing and forsaking all former Wills, by me heretofore made.

First and chiefly, I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, and to Jesus Christ his Son, my only Saviour and Redeemer, trusting, and steadfastly believing, to receive forgiveness of all my Sins and Offences, according to his endless Mercy, and Proper­ty; and that he will be merciful to me, a most wretched sinner, and Creature of his handy-work, and not impute my Sins and Offences to me, neither burthen me with them according to my merits, and deserts; but according to the multitude of his great Mercies, he will Pardon and Forgive me, through the special Faith, and Trust I have in him, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, my Saviour and Redeem­er; by the Merits of whose Passion I believe faithfully, through this my Faith, pure Submission, and sorrowful Repentance, to be delivered from the bondage of Sin and Hell, and to receive full Remission, and Forgiveness of all my Sins, and to be made partaker of the Fruition of his Deity, in his heavenly Kingdom, amongst [Page 620]his Chosen and Elect; of whom I humbly ask Forgiveness, even from the beginning of my Life to the end of the same.

My Body I wish, wheresoever I depart, within this Realm of England, may be Bu­ried at the Parish Church of Luffwick, where the Body of Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt, my late Wife doth lie, if it may conveniently so be; otherwise where it shall please God to appoint, in such seemly sort, as may stand with my Vocation, according to the Discretion of mine Executors.

And I Will, That within One Year after my Departure, my Executors shall cause to be made for me, and Dame Elizabeth my late Wife, a meet and convenient Tomb, or Monument of Alabafter, with Two Pictures, the one for my self, the other for Dame Elizabeth my late Wife, representing the State which God of his infinite Goodness hath called me unto; the charges thereof will be I suppose about fourscore Pounds; and so much I will shall be bestowed, at the least.

Item, I Will, give and bequeath, to be dealt in Alms, the Day of my Burial, Threescore and ten Pounds, viz. to the Poor People in Luffwick, Ten Pounds; to the Poor People of Thrapton Ten Pounds; to the Poor People of Sudburgh Six Pounds; to the Poor People in Slipton Three Pounds; to the Poor People in Turvey Ten Pounds; to the Poor People of Stacheden, Charleton and Lawenden Twenty Pounds; to the Poor People of Grafton Eight Pounds.

I Will that every one of my Household Servants, at the Day of my Funeral, or at the least within Six Months after, shall have truly paid unto them, one whole Years Wages, and shall be found, and allowed by some in my House at Drayton, Meat, Drink and Lodging for Two Months, after my decease, if they will come for the same, in which time they may provide for themselves.

Now touching and concerning my worldly Goods, I will and bequeath them in manner and form following. First, I give and bequeath to my Son Henry Mordaunt, my Funeral discharged, my Debts paid, and Legacies performed, all my Furniture and Household-Stuff, in my House at Drayton; requiring him in special trust, not willing to spoil or wast them, but that he will, by his Last Will and Testament, leave and bequeath them after his Death, to his Son and Heir of his Body lawfully begotten: And if it fortune him to depart this world, without Heir Male of his Bo­dy, (which God forbid:) Then I likewise require him to give and bequeath, the One Moiety or half thereof, (the Seilings, and Iron-looms excepted) to my loving Daughter Mrs. Margaret Mordaunt, his now Wife; and the other half to the next Heir Male, to whom my House of Drayton ought to descend: And to that intent and purpose my Will is, My Son Henry shall within Forty Days after my decease, enter into Bond and become bound by Obligation unto my loving Friends John Wake and Edward Watson, Esouires, in the Summ of Three hundred Pounds; with Condition, That he shall well, and truly perform this my Last Will and Testament, to all intents, constructions and purposes, in manner and form aforesaid; which if he do not, or refuse to do, then I Will my former Bequests to him, shall be meerly void and of none effect. And now having a special care of my Two Daughters, Katherine Mordaunt, and Eliza­beth Mordaunt, yet un-married, and willing that they, and each of them, shall be yearly provided for, and allowed their reasonable Maintenances, until their several Marriages; and that they, and each of them, may have sufficient Portions, for their, and each of their Advancements in Marriage; I Will, Give, and Bequeath unto them, and each of them, such several Parts and Portions, and in such manner as hereafter followeth, viz.

I Will, Give, and Bequeath unto my Daughter, Katherine Mordaunt, the Summ of Two thousand Pounds, of lawful Money of England, to be paid unto her by my said Son Henry Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, in manner and form following, viz. Five hundred Pounds at the Day of her Marriage, Five hun­dred Pounds within Six Months after the First Payment; and Five hundred Pounds within Six Months after the Second Payment; and the other Five hundred Pounds, being the rest, and residue of Two thousand Pounds, in the Eighteenth Month af­ter her Marriage.

Item, I will, give, and bequeath, unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt, the like Summ of Two thousand Pounds, of good and lawful Money of England, to be paid unto her by my said Son Henry Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, in manner and form following, videlicet, The Summ of Five hundred Pounds at the Day of her Marriage, Five hundred Pounds more within six Months after, Five hundred Pounds more within Six Months after the second payment, and the other Five hund­red Pounds, being the rest and residue, of the said Summ of Two thousand Pounds, in the Eighteenth Month after her Marriage. So that my meaning is, They shall not have any part of the Summ of Two thousand Pounds to each of them, before their several Marriages; but as they shall be Married, they shall be paid in form aforesaid. And hereby I Advise and Charge them, and each of them, to make deliberate Choice, of each their Husbands, not rashly to match themselves, without the Assent of their Brother, my Son Henry Mordaunt, and other their good Friends; who I hope will have good care of them: And if it happen my said Daughter Katherine Mordaunt, to depart this Life before Marriage, which God forbid; then my Will and Intent is, That her part and Portion to her before bequeathed, shall be divided in manner and form following, videlicet, Five hundred Pounds to her said Sister Elizabeth Mordaunt, then surviving, in Augmentation of her part, Two hundred Pounds to Arthur Maun­sell, second Son of my Daughter Mary, and the residue of the foresaid Two thou­sand Pounds, to my Son Henry Mordaunt. And if it fortune my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt, to depart this Life before Marriage, which God forbid; then my Will and Intent is, That her part and Portion to her before bequeathed, shall be divided in manner and form following, To her Sister Katherine Mordaunt, then surviving, in Augmentation of her part, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, and to Arthur Maun­sell, the second Son of my Daughter Mary, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds, and the rest and residue to my Son Henry Mordaunt.

Further my Will is, That my said Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs, shall yearly pay unto my Daughter Katherine Mordaunt, for, and towards her maintenance unto the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnized, the Summ of Fifty Pounds of lawful English Money, at two Feasts in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin, by even Portions.

Further my Will and earnest Desire is, That my said Daughter Katherine, shall and may be in House, and remain with my said Son Henry, and be found and al­lowed by him, sufficient Meat, Drink, Fire and Lodging, according to her vocation, for her self, a Man, and a Maid, at the only Charges of my Son and his Heirs, until the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnized. But if he and she shall not like so to do, as I hope they will: Then I will, my Son Henry after such disliking, shall yearly allow her for her Board, and in lieu thereof, Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, over and besides the said yearly Summ of Fifty Pounds; so that she may have a hundred Marks a year, for yearly maintenance, and finding until she be Married.

Likewise my Will is, That my said Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs, shall yearly pay unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt, for, and towards her main­tenance, until the day of Marriage, the Summ of Fifty Pounds of lawful Eng­lish Money, at two Feasts in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of Saint Mi­chael the Archangel, and the Feast of the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin, by even Portions. And further my Will is, That my said Daughter Elizabeth, shall, and may be, and remain in House, with my Son Henry Mordaunt, and at his Charges, be found, and allowed sufficient Meat, Drink, Fire and Lodg­ing, according to her vocation, for her self, a Man, and a Maid, until the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnized; which I will shall be performed, at the Costs and Charges of my Son and his Heirs. But if he and she shall not like to agree, or continue together, as I hope they will; then I Will, my Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs, after such disliking, shall yearly allow my said Daughter Elizabeth, for [Page 622]and in lieu of her Board, the Summ of Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, over and besides the Summ of Fifty Pounds before bequeathed unto her; so that she may yearly have, and receive One hundred Marks, for her yearly mainte­nance, and finding, until she be Married.

Also I give and bequeath all my other Goods, Chattels, Jewels and Plate, unbe­queathed, my Funeral discharged, Debts paid, and Legacies performed, unto my loving Son Henry Mordaunt, whom I Will shall be mine Executor, for this pur­pose: Upon condition, that he take the Executorship upon him, and enter into Obligation of the Summ of Three hundred Pounds, unto my loving Friends, Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, for the true performance of this my Will, as afore­said; which if he shall not do within Forty Days after my decease: Then I will, That Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, shall be mine Executors, and of my Goods to see my Funeral discharged, Debts and Legacies paid; and the rest of my Goods to leave unto my Son Henry Mordaunt, according to my true meaning. Now for the yearly maintenance of my Two Daughters Katherine and Elizabeth, and each of them, until their several Marriages, as aforesaid, and for the better Assurance, and sure making of their several Portions, to them before bequeathed: And in respect I have disbursed the Money, which I kept for my Daughters Portions, in purchas­ing of Land, building of my House, lying fit and necessary for my Son; and lest that my Son, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, should not, or would not, perform this my Last Will and Testament, as I verily think he will, and so by that means my Daughters be lest unprovided, as well of their several Portions, as of Allowance, for their several maintenances, until their several Marriages:

I do Will, Give, Bequeath, and Devise, by this my Last Will and Testament, unto my loving Friends Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, and to their Heirs for ever, Two parts of my Maners of Carleton and Chillington, in the County of Bed­ford, in Three parts to be divided, which I lately purchased of the Lord Vaux, (the Land, Meadow and Common thereto belonging, lying in the Fields of Turvey, on­ly excepted.)

Also I will, give and bequeath, unto the said Edward Watson and John Wake, and to their Heirs for ever, Two parts of my Maner of Stacheden, otherwise called Del­wike, in the County of Bedford, in three parts to be divided, lately by me purchas­ed of Master William Cornwallis, Esquire, and Lucy his Wife, one of the Daughters and Heirs of Sir John Nevill, Knight, Lord Latimer deceased; and also two parts of my Maner, and Closes of Snelson, in the Parish of Lawenden, in the County of Buckingham, commonly called Snelson-Pastures, in three parts to be divided; or as much of my said Maners of Carleton and Chillington, Stacheden called Delwike, and Snelson-Pastures, as shall amount unto two full parts, of all the said Maners, Closes and Pastures, in three parts to be divided: To the intent and purpose, and upon special Trust, and Confidence, That if my Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs, do not yearly pay to each of my Daughters, for their several maintenances, until their several Marriages, the foresaid Summs of Fifty Pounds a piece, with their several Meat, Drink and Lodg­ing, or One hundred Marks a Year a piece, without Meat and Drink; so that each of them may quietly have, and receive Fifty Pounds a Year, and Meat and Drink, or a Hundred Marks a piece, without Meat and Drink, according to my true meaning as aforesaid: Then I will, That the said Edward Watson and John Wake, my said Executors for this purpose, and their Heirs, shall yearly after my death, levy and receive the Rents, Issues, Profits of the Premises, and pay unto my said two Daugh­ters yearly, as aforesaid, to each of them the Summ of One hundred Marks, for their several maintenance, until the several days of their several Marriages, and the rest remaining, to deliver unto my Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs: And to the intent and purpose, and upon special Trust and Confidence, That if my said Son Henry Mordaunt, his Heirs, Exccutors or Assigns, shall not pay the said several Summs, and every part and parcel of them before by me, in this my Will, to my Daughters and others bequeathed, at such days and times, as in this my Last Will, is devised, men­tioned, [Page 623]declared or intended, according to my true meaning, as I trust and assuredly hope he will: Or shall resuse, make denial, or use detraction or delays: Then I will, That the said Edward Watson and John Wake, or the Survivor of them, and their Heirs, shall bargain and sell, to any person or persons, their Heirs or Assigns for ever, the said two parts, of my said Maners, Closes and Pastures, with all and singular their Appurtenances in Carleton, Chillington, Stacheden called Delwike, and Snelson, aliàs Snelson-Pastures, in three parts to be divided, or as much thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, as shall amount, or fully extend, unto the just value of two parts, in three parts to be divided, (the Land in the Field of Turvey, belonging to Carleton and Chillington, only excepted) for and towards the payment of their said several Portions before bequeathed. And my intent is, That if any Summ of Money, shall be remaining over, and besides the Legacies aforesaid, which I will first to be satisfied; then within convenient time, after my Executors shall have received the same, my said Executors and their Heirs, shall, deducting their reasonable Charges, pay the same over unto my Son, or to such other, as shall be at that time my Heir Male of my House of Drayton: And for that purpose only, I mean for the maintenance of my Daughters, and for the sale of my said Land, as aforesaid, if need so require:

I will that Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, and I will that [...] shall be my Supervisors for whose care in that behalf I give [...]

And if my Son Henry depart this World, without Heir Male, my Daughters or any of them then surviving; then my will is, That my Daughter Katherine shall have in Augmentation of her Portion, Five hundred Pounds more, over and above her former Legacies: And my Daughter Elizabeth also, shall have Five hundred Pounds more, beside her former Legacies. And Arthur Maunsell, if he be then alive, shall have the like Summ of Five hundred Pounds; otherwise I will the same to be divided between my Daughter Mary's two Sons, Arthur and Henry Maunsell; and that Edward Watson and John Wake, and their Heirs, my Executors, also for this purpose, shall stand seized of two parts of my Fee-simple Lands, until such time as my Daughters be paid their Legacies, by the next Heirs, to whom my Son shall leave the same; if my Son die without a Son: But if my Son Henry have a Son, that shall survive him, then these three last Legacies, bequeathed unto my Daughters Katherine, and Elizabeth, and the Children of my Daughter Mary, touching their last bequests, of Five hundred Pounds a piece, shall be meerly void. Nevertheless my Will is, That though he have a Son, my Daughters shall have their former Legacies and Portions, according to my true meaning as afore­said. And my full Meaning and Will is, That the Charges, of my several Daughters Marriages, in Meat, Drink and Apparel, according to their degrees, shall be defrayed, and born at the Costs and Charges of my Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs; or such other to whom my Lands by vertue hereof shall des­cend: Which if he, or they shall refuse, or not do, Then I Will, That Edward Wat­son and John Wake, my Executors, or the Survivor of them, or their Heirs, shall see performed out of such Lands as before, and hereafter I have willed, and devised to them, and their Heirs, as occasion shall serve. And thus having disposed of my worldly Goods, and taken order for my Daughters Portions, and Debts, which I wish to be first paid, having a special care that all, and every Person or Persons, to whom I have sold any manner of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, shall quietly and peaceably enjoy the same, according to my true intent and meaning: Although my trust and hope is, my Son and Heir, and his, and their Heirs, and all those that are, or shall be Heir or Heirs Males, to John Lord Mordaunt, my late Grandfather, to John Lord Mordaunt, my Father deceased, to my self, or to my Son Henry Mor­daunt, shall, and will quietly and peaceably, permit and suffer, all those Person and Persons, and their Heirs, to whom I have sold any Maners, Lands or Tene­ments, as aforesaid, to have, hold and enjoy the same, and every part, and parcel of them, to them and their Heirs for ever. In respect that I have left, and by the Grace of God means to leave, to descend and come successively, from Heir Male to [Page 624]Heir Male, divers other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, lying more ne­cessary, sit and convenient, for my self and them, of as good or better value; (my Daughters Portions, and other Legacies, deducted, as aforesaid notwithstanding;) yet for the better corroboration, and strengthning, assurance, and sure making of all such Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, as I have Bargained and Sold, or hereafter shall Bargain or Sell, to any Person or Persons whatsoever:

I will, and devise by these Presents, That from, and after my decease, Edward Wat­son and John Wake, my Executors, as aforesaid, and their Heirs, shall stand, and be seiz­ed of two parts of my Maners, Lands and Tenements, or whereof I am seized in Fee, dividable, in three parts to be divided, my Daughters Portions paid, or Lands sold by my Executors, for the payment thereof, as aforesaid, to the use of Henry my Son and Heir, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs Males of John Lord Mordaunt, my late Grand­father; and so from Heir Male to Heir Male, so long as they, and every one of their Heirs Males, and their Assign or Assigns, shall quietly permit, and suffer all and every such Person and Persons, to whom I have Bargained or Sold, any Maners, Lands or Tenements, as aforesaid, quietly and peaceably to have, hold, and enjoy the same, according to my true intent and meaning; without any Entry, Claim, Suit in Law, Eviction or Interruption: And lawful Request made to my Heir or Heirs, or any of them by the party grieved, and by Edward Watson and John Wake, my said Executors, or some of them, the Heir or Heirs of them, or any of them, in the presence of Ten sufficient Witnesses; whereof Five to be Hundreders, inhabiting within the County, where mine Heir, as aforesaid, shall be then resident: If my said Heir and Heirs, doth not surcease, his and their Suit and Suits, Claim and De­mand, against any such parties grieved, and make such further Assurance to the party or parties grieved, as shall be reasonably required and devised, at the Costs and Charges of such party grieved: Then my Will, full intent and meaning is, That Edward Watson and John Wake, my said Executors, and their Heirs, and the Survi­vor and Survivors of them, and his and their Heirs, shall from time to time absolute­ly stand, and be seized of two parts of my said Maners, Lands and Tenements, divi­sible, in three parts to be divided, of a good and perfect Estate of Inheritance, in Fee-simple, to the use of them, their Heirs and Assigns for ever; and shall have full Power and lawful Authority, by vertue of these Presents, to Bargain and Sell, all, or so much of all, or any of my said Maners, Lands or Tenements, as my said Exe­cutors or their Heirs, or the Survivors of them, shall think convenient, to any Person, and his and their Heirs for ever; and with the Money received for the same, (my Daughters Legacies and Portions deducted) make such reasonable Satis­faction, to all and every party grieved, as aforesaid, as by the Judgment of the Lord Chancellor of England, or the Master of the Rolls, for the time being, shall be thought meet and convenient; apportioning the Money paid, with the profits they have received; allowing to themselves, their Costs and Charges to be expend­ed, in, and about the same; any thing in these Presents contained, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Lewis Mordaunt.

And my Will is, That my Daughters and others in this my Will mentioned, be­ing paid their Portions, as aforesaid, by my Executors, by the sale of so much of two parts, of my Fee-simple Lands, as will suffice, as aforesaid; that then the rest of my Fee-simple Lands remaining, shall rest and be, in my Executors and their Heirs, as aforesaid, for the Assurance and sure making of the Lands I have sold, which I perswade my self will suffice. And my Will, full Intent and Meaning is, That if my Son Henry pay his Sisters parts, or any part thereof, and die without Heirs Males of his Body; then I will, my Executors, and their Heirs, shall stand seized of all my Fee-simple Lands, until such time as the Issue Female, of the said Henry, or the Executors, Administrators, or Assigns of the said Henry, be satisfied and [Page 625]paid, all and so much of the said Summ and Summs of Money unto my Daughters, and others devised, as my said Son Henry, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, shall have paid; any thing in these Presents to the contrary of this always notwithstand­ing: And so I make an end.

In Witness whereof I have Subcribed my Hand, and set my Seal, the Day and Year aforesaid.
Lewis Mordaunt.

SIGILLVM LODOVICI MORDAVNT MILITIS DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY

Sealed and delivered, as the Will of the aforenamed Lord Mordaunt, in the presence of, and allowed with the Interlinings as they be;

Edward Watson, John Wake, John Gyll, Thomas Arthur, Sig. Thomas Goodman.
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PIISSIMAE, MEMORIAE LUDOVICI DN̄I MORDAVNT SACRUM. DEPOSITIUM LUDOVICI DN̄I MORDAVNT, SUB AVITA FIDE ET CERTA FILICES RESURRECTIONIS SPE GLORIOSAM IESU CHRISTI EPIPHANIĀ HIC EXPECTAT.

VXORĒ HABUIT ELIZABETHA ARTHURIS DARCEL AEQUITIS AURATI. FILIAM EX QUA SUSCEPIT HENRICUM FILIUM VNICUM ET HAERED̄ MARIAM ET ELIZABETHAM ET POST VITĀ FAELICITER ET SINE QUERELA PERACTAM. SUIS CHARUS. ET ALIENIS ANNORUM SATUR ET HONORUM AETATIS SUAE ANNO 66o. 13o. IUNII ANNO DNĪ 1601. PIE OBDORIVIT IN DN̄O

HENRY Lord MORDAƲNT, First of that Name, Fourth Lord MORDAƲNT, Peer of England, and Lord Baron of Turvey. CHAPTER XV.

A special Livery granted unto the Honourable Henry Lord Mordaunt.

ELizabeth, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae prevenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, concessimus & Licentiam dedimus, ac per praesentes, concedimus & Licentiam damus, pro no­bis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praedilecto & sideli Subdito nostro, Henrico Mordaunt, modo Domino Mordaunt, filio & proximo Heredi Ludovici Mordaunt Militis, nuper Domini Mordaunt defuncti; qui qui­dem Ludovicus, nuper Dominus Mordaunt, de nobis tenuit in Capite, die quo obiit, per Servitium militare, quocunque nomine, cognomine, sive additione nominis, idem Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, nominatus sit, sive nuncupatus; quod idem Hen­ricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, incontinenter, absque aliqua Probatione aetatis suae, & absque aliqua Liberatione, seu Prosecutione, haereditatis suae, vel alicujus inde parcellae, extra manus nostras, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, secun­dum cursum Cancellariae nostrae, vel secundum Legem, & cursum Curiae nostrae Wardorum, & Liberationum, vel legem terrae nostrae Angliae, seu aliquo alio modo prosequendum, in ominia & singula, honores, castra, dominia, mancria, messua­gia, terras, tenementa, reversiones, feoda, firmaria, villas, villatas, hamletta, am­nitates, redditus, servicia, hundreda, officia, prata, pascua, pasturas, moras, ma­tiscos, tolnetta costumaria, visum franciplegii, curias, escaeta, ballivata, libertates, franchesia, warrenna, vivaria, stagna, molendina, feoda militum, advocationes, & patronatus Ecclesiarum, vicararum, capellarum, & nominationes ad easdem, ac in omnia & singula alia possessiones, reversiones & haereditamenta quaecunque, cum eorum juribus, membris, & pertinentiis universis, infra Regnum nostrum Angliae, Walliae, aut Marchias eorundem, quae fuerant praedicti Ludovici Domini Mordaunt, & de quibus idem Ludovicus Dominus Mordaunt, aut aliquis, vel aliqui Anteces­sorum praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, cujus haeres ipse est, fuit, aut suerunt possessionati, vel seisiti, in dominico suo, ut de feodo, aut in feodo, quali­tercunque talliato, in dominico vel aliter, diebus quibus separatim obierunt, aut die quo eorum aliquis obiit, vel de quibus aliqua persona seisita fuit, aut aliquae personae seisitae fuerunt, conjunctim, vel separatim, ad usum praedicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, seu aliquorum Antecessorum praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mor­daunt, cujus, vel quorum haeres ipse est, in Dominico suo, ut de Feodo, aut in feodo qualitercunque talliato, in Dominico, vel aliter ad usum dicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, aut aliquorum haeredum suorum, vel ad usum aliquorum talium Antecessorum, aut talis Antecessoris, & haeredum talium Antecessorum, aut talis Antecessoris, diebus quibus illi separatim obierunt, aut die quo eorum aliquis obiit, & quae per sive post mortem ipsius Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, aut alicujus Antecessoris, aut aliquorum Antecessorum, praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mor­daunt, cujus haeres ipse est, aut aliquo alio modo ad manus devenerunt, seu devenire debuerunt, aut deberent, aut in manibus nostris jam existent, aut existunt, aut ex­istere debent, vel deberent, quae praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, in pos­sessione, reversione, vel in usu, descendere, revertere, remanere, pertinere, seu spectare debent, vel deberent, licite, & impunc intrare, & seisire possit; ac ea om­nia, ac singula, praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, & haeredibus suis, prout [Page 628]ipse in iisdem, post mortem praedicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, aut aliquo­rum Antecessorum praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, cujus vel quorum haeres ipse est, haereditabiliter existit, in possessione, reversione, aut in usu, seisire, habere, tenere, possidere & gaudere possit & valeat, erga nos, haeredes, & successo­res nostros, absque aliqua alia Liberatione, seu Prosecutione eorundem, seu alicujus inde parcellae, extra manus nostras, secundum Cursum Cancellariae nostrae praedictae, aut legem terrae nostrae Angliae, seu aliquo alio modo, per praedictas personas, scu per eorum aliquem, prosequendum, vel impetrandum. Nolentes quod praefatus Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, nec haeredes sui, nec praedicta quaecunque per­sona, sive quaecunque personae, de aliquibus Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis & caeteris Praemissis, ad usum, ut praemittitur, seisitus, vel seisiti existit, vel existent, ratione ingressus, sive occupationis, & retentionis prae­dictae, per ipsos, seu per eorum aliquem, facti, vel habiti, faciendi, vel habendi, per nos, haeredes vel Successores, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, Receptores, Ballivos & Ministros nostros, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum quoscunque molestentur, inquietentur, vexentur, perturbentur, distringantur, in aliquo seu graventur. Nec quod iidem Justiciarii, Escaetores, Vicecomites, Receptores, Ballivi, Ministri nostri, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, nec eorum aliquis, in praedicta Honores, Ca­stra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera Praemissa, cum pertinentiis, sive aliquam inde parcellam, pro nobis, seu nomine nostro, se intromittant, vel eorum ali­quis intromittat. Sed quod nos, haeredes, & successores nostri, quoad seisendum, & capiendum in manus nostras, praedicta Honores, Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa, cum pertinentiis, sive aliquam inde parcellam, ratione alicujus Juris, Tituli, Clamei, vel Interesse, quod, vel qui, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris praedictis, per, sive post mortem, dicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, vel alicujus alterius Antecessoris, sive aliquorum aliorum Antecessorum, praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, cujus vel quorum haeres ipse est, aut alicujus alterius personae, sive aliquarum aliarum personarum, de aliquibus Honoribus, Ca­stris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, sive Tenementis, ad usum supradictum, existens vel existentes accidit, seu evenit, aut accidere, competere, seu evenire poterit, su­mus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes. Et quod idem Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, & haeredes sui, erga nos, haeredes, & successores nostros, pro praemissis, & qualibet inde parcella, quieti, & exonerati existant, & eorum quilibet quietus, & exoneratus existet in perpetuum per praesentes. Et praetereà pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, concedimus per praesentes praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, nec non praedictis quibuscunque aliis personis, de aliquibus Honori­bus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum per­tinentiis, ad usum superius recitatum, seisitus, vel seisiti, nuper existens, vel ex­istentes, quod ipsi habeant, & quilibet eorum habeat, de tempore in tempus, tot & talia Brevia, Mandata, & Warrantia sufficientia, Justiciariis nostris, Baronibus no­stris de Scaccario nostro, Escaetoribus, Vicccomitibus, Receptoribus, Ballivis & Mi­nistris quibuscunque, & eorum cuilibet, dirigendum, quot, & qualia, eis, & eo­rum cuilibet, pro exoneratione sua, versus nos, haeredes, & successores nostros, in ea parte necessaria erunt, & opportuna. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra, con­cedimus praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, nec non praedictis quibuscunque aliis personis, aut cuicunque aliae personae, de Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Ma­neriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum pertinentiis, & qualibet inde parcella, praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, aut per praedictam quam­cunque aliam personam, aut quascunque alias personas, de Honoribus, Castris, Domi­niis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum pertinentiis, sive aliqua inde parcella, authoritate harum Concessionis & Licentiae nostrarum, factarum, & habitarum, faciendarum & habendarum, sint eis, & eorum cuilibet, & haeredibus suis, & haeredibus eorum cujuslibet, prout ipse in iisdem haereditabiliter, ut praefatur, extiterit, adeò bonae, validae, & efficaces, ac tanti vigoris, & effectus in lege, ac si eadem Honores, Castra, Do­minia, Maneria, Terrae, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa, cum suis pertinentiis, & quali­bet [Page 629]inde parcella, in manus nostras, debito modo capta, & seisita fuissent, ac idem Hen­ricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, & quaecunque aliae personae, de aliquibus Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris & Tenementis, ad usum ut praedicitur seisitus, vel seifiti existens vel existentes, debitam liberationem eorundem Honorum, Castro­rum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, & caeterorum prae­missorum, cum pertinentiis, extra manus nostras, secundum cursum Cancellariae no­strae, & secundum Legem verè, ritè & debitè prosecuti fuissent, & nobis de omni eo quod ad nos, in ea parte pertinet, seu pertinere possit, debet, aut deberet, satis­factum fuisset & contentum, aliqua Negligentia, Omissione, Misprisione, Errore, Ignorantia, Contrarietate, aut aliquo alio Defectu, limitatis, vel limitandis, assignatis, vel assignandis, non obstante; Homagio tamen Fidelitate, & Releviis praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, nobis in hac parte debitis, seu deben­dis, semper nobis salvis & reservatis. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra dedi­mus, & concessimus, & per praesentes damus, & concedimus, praefato Henrico, Do­mino Mordaunt, omnia, & singula, Exitus, Redditus, Proficua, Reversiones, & Emolumenta quaecunque, omnium & singulorum praedictorum Honorum, Castrorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, & caeterorum praemisso­rum, & cujuslibet inde parcellae, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis, à tempore mortis praedicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, huc usque, & ex tunc, pro­venientia, exeuntia, emergentia, sive crescentia, & nobis qualitercunque debita, pertinentia, seu spectantia: Habendum, levandum, recipiendum, percipiendum, gaudendum & retinendum, omnia & singula eadem Exitus, Redditus, Proficua, Reversiones & Emolumenta, eidem Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, executori­bus, vel assignatis suis, de dono nostro, tam per manus suas proprias, quàm per ma­nus seperalium, nuper nunc & in posterum, Escaetorum, Feodariorum, Superviso­rum, Vicecomitum, Receptorum, Ballivorum, & aliorum Occupatorum quorum­cunque, eorundem, seu alicujus inde parcellae, pro tempore existente; nec non ali­orum Officiariorum nostrorum quorumcunque, in seperalibus Comitatibus, in quibus dicta Honores, Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terrae, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis existunt, sive aliqua inde parcella existit, absque compoto, responso, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haeredibus, & sucessoribus nostris, pro praemissis, seu aliquo praemissorum, reddendum, solvendum, seu faciendum. Et ulterius volumus, & con­cedimus per praesentes, quod tum praefatus Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, quàm omnes nuper, nunc, & in posterum Escaetores, Vicecomites, Receptores, Ballivi, Firmarii & Occupatores, de hujusmodi Reventionibus, Exitibus, Redditi­bus & Proficuis, seu aliquo praemissorum, à praedicto tempore mortis praedicti Lu­dovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, huc usque, & ex tunc provenientibus, exeunti­bus, emergentibus, sive crescentibus, absque compoto, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haere­dibus, & successoribus nostris, inde reddendum, solvendum seu faciendum, erga nos haeredes, successores & executores nostros, quieti & exonerati existent, in perpe­tuum per praesentes. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, pardonavimns, remissimus & relaxavimus, ac per praesentes pardonamus, remittimus & relaxamus, praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, omnes, & omnimodas Intrusiones, & Ingressus, per dictum Ludovicum, nuper Dominum Mordaunt, aut per praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, cujus haeres ipse est, aut per aliquam aliam personam, sive aliquas alias personas, ad ejus usum, seisitam, vel seisitas, de, & in praedictis Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, seu aliqua inde parcella, quae de nobis, vel de aliquo alio tenentur quali­tercunque, ante praesentem diem, habitas, factas, & perpetratas. Nec non omnes, & omnimodas Perquisitiones, Alienationes, Donationes, Fines, Compota, & Foris­facturas, de praedictis Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis, vel aliqua inde par­cella, per dictum Ludovicum, nuper Dominum Mordaunt, aut per praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, aut per aliquem alium Antecessorum ejus­dem [Page 630]Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, sive aliquas alias personas, ante mortem dicti Ludovici, modo Domini Mordaunt, fine licentia nostra, habitas, factas, & per­petratas: Nec non omnes, & omnimodas actiones, sectas, quaerelas, impetitiones, executiones, & demanda quaecunque, quas, vel quae versus praefatum Henricum, mo­do Dominum Mordaunt, vel aliquem Antecessorum ejusdem Henrici, modo Do­mini Mordaunt, sive aliquas alias personas, de & in praemissis, vel eorum aliquo, habuimus, habemus, seu in futurum habere poterimus ullo modo. Proviso semper quod hae Literae nostrae patentes, nec aliquid in iisdem contentum, aliqualiter se ex­tendat, ad exonerandum praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, aut ali­quam aliam personam, aut aliquas alias personas, aut praedicta Honores, Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa, seu aliquam inde parcellam, de, & pro aliquo debito, compoto, aut alio demando quocunque, ratione alicujus officii, aut receptionis alicujus Thesauri, aut monetae nostri, aut Commissionis ejusdem, aut pro aliquo debito, ratione alicujus Recognitionis, sive Obligationis, nobis, sive alicui Progenitorum nostrorum, sive alicui aliae personae, ad usum nostrum, cognitae seu deliberatae. Eò qu`od expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut de aliquo alio valore, vel certitudine praemissorum, five eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis, sive concessionibus, per nos, sive per aliquem progenitorum nostrorum, praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, ante haec tempora facta, in praesentibus minime facta existit; aut aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, Proclamatione, sive Restrictione in contrarium inde ante haec habitis, factis, editis, ordinatis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipsa apud West­monasterium vicesimo tertio die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri quadragesimo quinto.

Per billam Curiae Wardorum, & Liberationum, & de data praedicta authoritate Parlamenti.
Egerton Norrd
Coram Auditoribus Curiae Wardorum & Liberationum dominae Reginae, termino Michaelis, Anno Regni ejusdem dominae Reginae quadragesimo quinto. 1602.
Examinatur per Walterium Took Auditores.
Examinatur per Will. Curles Auditores.
In Memorandis Scaccarii de anno quadragesimo quarto Reginae nunc Elizabe­thae videlicet inter Recorda de termino Sancti Michaelis, rotulo ex parte Re­membratorum Thesaurarii.

Charta Caroli Comitis de Nottingham Magni Admiralli Angliae, Capitalis Justiciarii, ac Justiciarii itinerans, omnium Forestarum, Chacearum, Parcorum, & Warrenarum, Domini Regis citra Trentham.

CArolus Comes Nottingham, Baro Howard de Effingham, magnus Admirallus Angliae, &c.
Capitalis Justiciarius, ac Justiciarius itinerans, omnium Foresta­rum, Chacearum, Parcorum, & Warrenarum, Domini Regis citra Trentham: Om­nibus ad quos praesentes pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis me praefatum Carolum Comi­tem Nottinghamiae, pro diversis causis, & rationibus me specialiter moventibus, consti­tuisse, ordinasse, & per praesentes in loco meo posuisse, ac deputasse dilectum mihi perhonorabilem Henricum Dominum Mordaunt de Drayton, in Comitatu Northamp­toniae, meum verum, & legitimum Deputatum, ad exercendum, exequendum, & oc­cupandum officium Justiciarii itinerantis, in & per totum illam Forestam Domini Re­gis, nunc vocatam per nomen de Rockingham Forest, in dicto Comitatu Northampto­niae, ac metas, & limites ejusdem. Et ad faciendum, & peragendum quicquid ad officium praedictum pertinet (durante solummodo beneplacito meo:) Dans, & concedens, [Page 631]dicto meo Deputato, plenam autoritatem meam ad agendum, exequendum, perfici­endum, & perimplendum, omnia, & fingula concernentia Forestam praedictam, ac omnia alia spectantia ad officium praedictum, loco & vice mea, ad omnes intentiones & pro­posita, ac in tam amplis modo & forma, prout ego legitimè facere, seu exequi pos­sim, per leges hujus Regni, si personaliter ibidem interessem. In cujus rei Testi­monium sigillum officii mei praedicti praesentibus apposui. Data decimo nono die Junii 1603 Anno Regni serenissimi Domini nostri Jacobi, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regis primo.

F. Rich. Bellingham.

CAROLVS COM: NOTING BARO: HOWARD DE EFFINGHĀ CALIS IVSTICIVS OMNIVM FORESVM ET MARCAVM TRENTAM

An Indenture Tripartite for the Settlement of the Estate of Henry Lord Mordaunt.

THIS Indenture Tripartite made the Fourth Day of January, in the Year of our Soveraign Lord, James by the Grace of God, King of England, Scot­land, France and Ireland, Defendor of the Faith; that is to say, Of England, France and Ireland the Sixth, and of Scotland the Two and fortieth; between the Right honourable Henry, Lord Mordaunt, on the the First Part, and Thomas Lock of Grays-Inn, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, and John Rowe of London, Gentle­man, on the Second Part; and the Right honourable Edward Earl of Worcester, of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight, Master of the King's Majesty's Horse, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Knight, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Knight, Sir Thomas Compton, Knight, and George Sherley, Esquire, on the Third Part, Witnesseth: That the said Lord Mordaunt, as well for, and in consideration of the natural Love and Fatherly Affection, which he beareth to his Children, hereafter in these Presents named, and for the continuance of all and singular the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, hereafter in these Presents mentioned, in the name and blood of him the said Lord Mordaunt, so long as it shall please God: And for the better supportation of the Honour and Dignity, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the Heirs of his Bo­dy; as also for the better Maintenance and Provision in living, and Portions to be had, made and raised, for the Younger Children of the said Lord Mordaunt, both Sons and Daughters, and for the payment of the Debts, which the said Lord Mor­daunt shall owe; or any others shall stand chargeable for the said Lord Mordaunt, at the time of his Death, and for other causes and considerations, him thereunto speci­ally moving: Doth for him, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, Covenant and Grant, to and with the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, in manner and form following, that is to say, That he the said Lord Mordaunt, shall and will leave, and suffer to descend unto such person and persons, as shall happen to be Heir or Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt, at the time of the Death of the said Lord Mordaunt, all these his Lord­ships [Page 632]and Maners of Netherbery, Collesden, Carlills and Throgmorton in Roxton, and the Maner of Woodend, and the Maner or Farm of Kempstonborn, and his other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in Roxton, Cranfield and Bereford, in the County of Bedford, with their and every their Appurtenances, Rights and Members, to the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and to either of them belonging, and to the Advowson of the Church of Meppersall, in the said County of Bedford, and the Maners of Thrapston, Gale, Ringsted and Raundes, and of Much-Addington, Luffwick, Islip and Slipton in the County of Northampton, with their, and every, and either of their Appurtenances, Royalties and Commodities, to the same Maners, and to every of them, belonging and appertaining; and the Chaun­tries of Much-Addington aforesaid, and Luffwick-Mills, and the Maner of Dray­ton, and all the demeasne Lands, to the said Maner belonging or appertaining, in the said County of Northampton: (The Capital or Mansion-House of the said Lord Mordaunt in Drayton aforesaid, and the Parks called Drayton and Sudburgh-Parks, and one Close called, the Great Pasture, and another Close called the Mile-close, one Close called the Lymekill-Close, another called Clay-Close, another called the Warren-Close; and another called the Horse-Close, leading from Drayton-house to Luffwick, only excepted:) And one Free Rent of Thirty three Shillings two Pence half penny, or thereabouts, issuing out of certain Lands in Barton; and another Free Rent of Thirty eight Shillings and eight Pence, issuing out of certain Lands in Stanwick, in the aforesaid County of Northampton; and also the Maner of Clifton, Reynes, with the Appurtenances in the County of Buckingham to the end, That the King's Majesty, his Heirs and Successors of the same Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments before mentioned, shall and may have, and receive the full be­nefit of Wardship, primer Seisure and Livery, as the case shall require, happening or to happen, by or upon the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt: Which said Ma­ners, Lands, Tenements, (amounting to the full third part, of the aforesaid Lord Mordaunt's, Maners, Lands, Tenements and Revenues) the said Lord Mordaunt doth for that purpose limit, assign and set forth by these Presents. And the said Lord Mordaunt, doth further by these Presents for him, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and for every of them, Covenant and Grant to and with the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, in manner following, that is to say, That he the said Lord Mordaunt, shall and will on this side, and before the Feast day of Saint Andrew the Apostle, now next en­suing the day of the date hereof, at the costs and charges of the said Lord Mordaunt, by Fine or Fines, in due form of law to be levied, before the King's Majesty's Justi­ces of the Court of Common-pleas at Westminster; whereupon Proclamations shall, and may be had, according to the Statutes in that case made and provided, recog­nized and acknowledged, all those other Maners, Lordships, Messuages, Mills, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Fee-Farms, Royalties, Courtleets, Franchizes, Fairs, Liberties, Advowsons and Hereditaments whatsoever, of him the said Lord Mor­daunt, hereafter in these Presents mentioned, expressed and declared; that is to say, The Maners of Turvey, Carleton, Chillington, Delwike, Staggesden, Duck­ford, Jempses, Bosomes, Stasmore, Wilchamsted and Westcotton, with all their and every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances; and the Parks of Turvey and Delwike, and the Free Warren in Turvey and Staggesden, and all other the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt, in the several Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets of Turvey, Wilchamsted, alias Wilshamsteed, Carleton, Chillington, Delwike, Duckford, Staggesden, Stanford, alias Jempses, Bosomes, Steventon and Westcotton in the foresaid County of Bedford, with all the Rights, Members and Appurtenances to the same Maners, Lands or Tenements, or any of them, appertaining or belonging. And the Maner of Snelston with the Appurte­nances, in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham, or in both, or in one of them, and all those Pastures and Meadow Grounds and Closes, called Snelston, in the said Counties; or in one of them; and all other the Lands, Tenements and Heredi­taments [Page 633]of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the several Parishes of Lavenden, Brayfield, alias Coldbrayfield and Harrold, in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham; and all those the Maners and Farms of Walterhall, Oldlayton, Brayfield, Coldbrayfield, Wil­len Wolston, Parva Woughton upon the Green, aliàs Woughkington upon the Green, Lavenden, and the Castle Maner in Lavenden, with their, and every of their Appur­tenances, in the County of Buckingham: And all that the Free Warren, with the Appurtenances, in Lavenden and Brayfield, otherwise called Brafeld next Lavenden, Olney and Warrington, in the said County of Buckingham: And all other Lands, Te­nements and Hereditaments, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, (the Maner of Clifton, Raynes, aliàs Week's Fee, with the Appurtenances excepted,) in the foresaid County of Buckingham: And all those the Maners of Hardwike, Grafton and Sudburgh, with all their, and every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, and the Parks called Drayton-Park, and Sudborow-Park aforesaid, and the Capital Messuage or Mansion-house of Drayton aforesaid, and the Closes afore­said to the said Mansion-house adjoining, or lying near unto the same: And the Par­sonages of Denford and Ringsteed: And all those Lands called the Assart-Lands, in the County of Northampton: And all other the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Rents and Services of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the several Parishes of Hard-wike, Grafton, Alwinkle, Sudburgh, Tychmarch and Denford, in the foresaid County of Northampton, to be the Right of the said Thomas Lock and John Row, as those which the said Thomas Lock and John Row shall have, of the gift of the said Lord Mor­daunt; with general Warranties for the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs against all Men: Which Fine so, or in any other sort, to be levied, and all other Fine or Fines, which shall be levied of the Premises, or of any part thereof, by the said Lord Mordaunt, to the said Thomas Lock and John Row, abovenamed, or to either of them, on this side the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle aforesaid, shall be and en­ure, and shall be taken to be and enure, and the Parties Cognizees therein, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized for ever, of all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, in the said Fine or Fines, to be comprised, to the use of them the said Thomas Lock and John Row, and of their Heirs for ever, and to no other use. Yet withal upon this Trust and Confidence, That they the said Thomas and John, shall and will permit, and suffer them the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, upon one or more Writ, or Writs of Entry, Sur dessein in le post, to be brought or prosecuted, out of his Majesty's Court of Chancery, by, and in the names of the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, against the said Thomas and John, retornable before the King's Majesties Justices of his Highness's Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster, to recover from and against them, the said Thomas and John, according to the usual course of common Recoveries, used for Assu­rance of Lands, all and singular, or any part or parcel of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances, in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised, or contained, by such name or names, and quantities, as in the said Writ or Writs of Entry shall be contained. In which Recoveries the said Thomas and John shall appear as Tenants, and vouch over to Warranty the said Lord Mordaunt; and the said Lord Mordaunt shall appear, and vouch over the com­mon Vouchee, who shall appear gratis; and after inparlance, depart in despite of the Court, according to the form and course of common Recoveries, in such cases used. And all the said Parties are agreed by these Presents to demeane themselves, either in the course aforesaid, or in some other course, that a perfect common Recovery, with such Vouchees as is aforesaid, may and shall be had, and suffered of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised, in all points, and to all intents and purposes, according to the usual or­der, and form of common Recoveries for assurance of Land: Which said Recovery or Recoveries, so or in any other manner to be Sued, Prosecuted or Executed, of the Maners, Lands, Rents, Tenements and Hereditaments, or of any part thereof, [Page 634]and the Execution of them, or every of them, and all and every other Recovery or Recoveries to be had, sued and prosecuted, of the Premises, or of any part there­of, against the said Thomas and John as Tenants, and the said Lord Mordaunt as Vouchee, on this side the Feast of St. Andrew, and the full force and Execution of them, and either of them, shall be judged, esteemed, deemed and taken to be and ever remain to the use hereafter expressed and declared, and to no other intents or purposes, that is to say, As for and concerning all and singular the said Maners, Lord­ships, Lands, Tenements, Rectories, Advowsons, Rents and Hereditaments what­soever in the said Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, or in any of them, to be mentioned and expressed, to the use of the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, for and during the term of his natural Life, without impeachment of, or for any manner of Wast. And from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, as concerning the Ma­ners of Turvey, Staggesden, Carleton, Chillington, Snelston, Lavenden, aliàs the Castle-Maner of Lavenden, Delwike, Bosomes and Westcotton, with their, and every of their Appurtenances aforesaid, after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, the said Recovery and Recoveries, shall be and enure, and the Recoverers and their Heirs, and the Survivors of them, shall stand seized thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, to the use of the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, and their Assigns, for, and during the Life of the Lady Margaret, now Wife to the said Lord Mordaunt; and from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt and Lady Margaret; then to the use of the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, and of their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for, and during the term of One and twenty Years, from the Day of the decease of the Survivor of them, the said Lord Mordaunt and Lady Mordaunt, if no Heir of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall before the end of the said One and twenty Years, accomplish such Age, as that the same Heir by the laws of this Realm, may have and sue Livery out of the Hands of our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty, that now is, his Heirs and Successors, of and for, such of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, as is be­fore in these Presents limited, and appointed to descend. And from and after the ex­spiration of the said term of One and twenty Years, or in the time wherein such Heir shall come to such Age, which of them soever shall first happen; then to the use and be­hoof of John Mordaunt, Son and Heir apparent, of the now Lord Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten, and to be begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for de­fault of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said John Mordaunt for ever. And as for and concerning the Maner of Hardwike, with the Appurtenances, in the said County of Northampton, and the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of the said Lord Mordaunt, in Hardwike aforesaid, from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt; then the said Recovery and Recoveries, and the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized, of the said Maner of Hardwike, and of every part thereof, and of all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt, in Hardwike aforesaid, to the use of themselves, the said Recoverers, and of their Executors and Administrators; until such time as James Mordaunt, Esquire, second Son of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall or should accomplish his full Age of One and twenty Years; and afterwards to the use of the said James Mordaunt, for and du­ring the natural life of the said James Mordaunt, and then to the use of that and such Wife of the said James Mordaunt, as the said James Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him, at the time of the death of the said James Mordaunt, for, and during the natural life of that, and such Wife of the said James Mordaunt: And afterwards to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs of the Body of [Page 635]the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of Issue, then to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Mordaunt for ever. And as for, and concerning the Maner of Furnells in Ramides and Ringsted, with the Appurtenances, and the Parsonages of Denford and Ringsted, in the County of Northampton, from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, the said Recovery shall be, and the said Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part thereof, to the use of themselves, the said Recoverers, and of their Executors and Administrators, for during, and until such time as Henry Mordaunt, Esquire, third Son of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall or should attain to his Age of One and twenty Years, and then to the use of him the said Henry Mordaunt; and after the decease of the said Henry Mor­daunt, to the use of that, and such Wife of the said Henry Mordaunt, as the said Hen­ry Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him, at the time of the decease of the said Henry Mordaunt, for and during the natural Life of that, and such Wife: And after­wards to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body law­fully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever. And as for, and concerning the foresaid Maner of Woughton upon the Green, aliàs Woughington upon the Green, and Willen, and the Advowson of the Rectory or Parsonage of Woughton, with the Appurtenances, in the said County of Buckingham, from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt: Then the said Recovery, shall be and enure, and the said Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part thereof, to the use of themselves, the said Re­coverers, and of their Executors and Administrators, for and during, and until such time as Lewis Mordaunt, Esquire, Fourth Son of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall, or should attain to his full Age of One and twenty Years; and then to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, for term of the natural Life of the said Lewis Mordaunt; and after the decease of the said Lewis Mordaunt, then to the use of that, and such Wife of the said Lewis, as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him, at the time of the death of the said Lewis, for, and during the natural Life of that, and such Wife; and after to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for de­fault of such Issue, then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt. And as for and concerning all other the Maners, Lordships, Rents, Lands, Tene­ments and Hereditaments whatsoever, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the foresaid Counties of Bedford, Buckingham and Northampton, and in every of them, whereof no use after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, is before in and by these Presents limited and appointed: The Recovery and Recoveries aforesaid, shall be and enure, and the Recoverers therein, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, after the death and decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, to the use of them the said Recoverers, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, to the end, and until that they shall, and may have gathered, levied, and received of the Rents, Issues, and Profits of the same, and of the other Maners, Lands and Tenements, of the said Lord Mordaunt, before in these Presents, to the said Recoverers limited and appointed, so much Money as shall and will satisfy to pay, such Debts, Portions and Summs of Money, as are hereafter in these Presents mentioned and expressed. And as concerning what Debts, and Summs of Money and Portions, are meant by the said Lord Mordaunt to be raised, and paid, as well with the Rents, Issues and Pro­fits of the Premises before mentioned; as also with the Rents, Issues and Profits of the Premises before limited, for the life of the said Lady Mordaunt, after her decease; and of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the Premises, limited to the said James, Hen­ry and Lewis, until they shall or should, respectively, come to their Age of One and twenty Years: The said Lord Mordaunt doth by these Presents, express the [Page 636]same to be such as followeth, that is to say, All such Debts as the said Lord Mor­daunt shall justly owe, at the time of his decease, together with all the necessary Costs, Charges and Expences, which they the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Ed­ward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, shall necessarily expend, disburse, pay or lay out, in about, or concerning the same; and such other Summ, and Summs of Money, as the said Lord Mordaunt by a note in Writing, under the Hand and Seal of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall limit, and appoint to be paid and disbursed: And also the several Summs and Portions hereafter following, (videlicet;) The Summ or Por­tion of Two thousand Pounds of lawful English Money, for, and unto the use of Elizabeth Mordaunt, Eldest Daughter of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which of them shall first happen: And the Summ of Two thousand Pounds lawful English Mo­ney, for, and to the use of Frances Mordaunt, another of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which shall first happen: And also the Summ and Portion of Two thousand Pounds, of like lawful Money of England, for, and unto the use of Margaret Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which of them shall first happen: And moreover the like Summ or Portion, of Two thousand Pounds, of like lawful English Money, for, and unto the use of Anne Mor­daunt, another of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which of them shall first happen: And also the several Summ and Summs, of Two thousand Pounds a piece, to each and every of the Children of the said Lord Mordaunt, both Sons and Daughters, which hereafter shall happen to be Born to the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid at his, her or their several Ages, of One and twenty Years, or Days of their Marriages, which of them shall first happen. But it is nevertheless meant and intended, That if any of the said Children so appointed, to have, take and receive Portions as aforesaid, shall happen to dye, before the several time and times limited, and appointed for the payment thereof, That then his, her or their Portions so de­ceasing, shall not be paid at all to the Executors, Administrators or Assigns, of such of the Children so dying; but the same shall go to the benefit of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt. And also the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, their Executors and Administrators, shall after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, yearly allow and pay unto the said James Mordaunt, Henry Mordaunt, and Lewis Mordaunt, Sons of the said Lord Mor­daunt, for, and towards their maintenance, from the time of the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, until every of them severally shall attain, and come to their several Ages of One and twenty Years aforesaid, or Days of Marriages aforesaid, the seve­ral yearly Summs following, (videlicet) Fifty Pounds yearly, at the Feasts of All-Saints, called Hallowmas-Day, to the said James Mordaunt, during his said minori­ty; and Fifty Pounds yearly at the Feast aforesaid, to the said Henry Mordaunt, du­ring his said minority; and Fifty Pounds yearly at the aforesaid Feast, to Lewis Mor­daunt, during his minority; and also Fifty Pounds a piece yearly, and at the Feast aforesaid, to every Son and Sons hereafter to be Born, unto the said Lord Mordaunt, during the minority of such Son and Sons, respectively: And if it shall happen, the said Lady Margaret do dye, before the foresaid Daughters of the foresaid Lord Mordaunt, or any of them shall attain to her, or their several Ages, or Times afore­said, on, or at which her or their several Portions aforesaid, be or ought to be paid: Then the said Recoverers, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, shall yearly pay at the Feast of All-Saints aforesaid, unto such of the Daughter and Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, then not attained to the Age and Time of her having, or wherein she ought to have, and to be paid, her foresaid Portion, ac­cording to the appointment of these Presents, the yearly Summ of One hundred Pounds a piece, for, and towards her and their Maintenance respectively, to, and unto the [Page 637]time, when by the appointment and limitation of these Presents, her or their said Portions ought to be paid as aforesaid: And also the like Summ of One hundred Pounds a piece, at the Feast aforesaid, and in manner and sort aforesaid, unto all and every the Daughters, and Issue Females of the said Lord Mordaunt, hereafter happening to be born unto the said Lord Mordaunt, either in the life time of the said Lord Mordaunt, or after his death. And it is further the absolute Meaning and Intent, of all the Parties to these Presents, That all the Issues, Rents and Profits whatsoever, that they the said Recoverers, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, or any of them, shall or may have, take or receive by the limitations in these Presents, of any of the Lordships, Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents or Here­ditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt aforesaid, after the death of him the said Lord Mordaunt, shall be imployed to, and towards the payment, and paying of the Debts, Portions, and Summs of Money before in this Presents, limited and appoin­ted to be paid. And also that if it happen by, upon, or through any means, chance or occasion whatever, that there be, or shall happen to be, any Surplusage of Mo­ney, coming or arising, of or out of the Maners, Lands and Premises aforesaid, of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be or remain in the hands of the Recoverers, their Exe­cutors or Administrators, the Debts, Payments and Summs of Money, in these Presents, before limited and expressed, paid and discharged: That then the said Re­coverers, their Executors and Administrators, shall give, bestow and pay the said Sur­plusage thereof, and of every part thereof, to, and unto the, and such Heir and Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt, as shall be Heir or Heirs unto him the said Lord Mordaunt, at the time of the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, when such Heir shall and may have sued Livery out of the Hands of our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty, his Heirs or Successors: And from and after, and as soon as the Debts, Portions and Charges in these Presents limited and appointed, to be levied, raised and paid, are and shall be payed and performed; then the said Recovery and Recoveries shall be and enure, and the said Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized of, and in all those Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments, so to the said Reco­verers, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, lastly, for the performance of the said Debts, Portions and Summs of Money, limited and appointed, to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mor­uaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten, and to be begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of such Issue to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever. Provided always, and it is fully granted concluded and agreed upon, by and between all the Parties to these Presents, That it shall and may be lawful, to, and for the said Lord Mordaunt at any time, during his natural Life, and for any of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt, after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, at his or their free will, and pleasure to make any Lease or Leases, or limit any Use or Uses, for One and twenty Years or under, be­ginning at or before the making of the said Lease, or limiting of the same use, or for any number of Years so beginning, and determinable upon any two or three Lives, of all or any the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, or other Hereditaments, before in these Presents mentioned and expressed; so as upon every such Lease, or limitation of use for Years, there be reserved or appointed, payable yearly during the said term, to such as shall from time to time, have the immediate Reversion or Remain­der expectant upon the said term, so much Rent or Summs of Money, or more as now is reserved, paid or satisfied for the same; and so as no such Lease be made, or limited for Years, dispunishable of Wast: And also so as every such Lease or use, be appointed to cease and determine, upon default of payment of the said Rent or Summ, so to be reserved or appointed, payable yearly by the space of Twenty Days, next after every such Feast or Day of payment, whereat the said Rent or Summ, shall be reserved or appointed to be paid. Provided always, and it is agreed [Page 638]by and between all the Parties to these Presents, That it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Lord Mordaunt, at all times, and from time to time during his natu­ral Life, at his free will and pleasure, by any Writing or Writings, Indented under his Hand and Seal, to be published by him before three credible Witnesses, at the least, to alter, change, determine, revoke or make void, all or any of the Use or Uses, Limitation or Limitations, before in these Presents mentioned, of all or any part or parcel of the Premises, (except the said Maners of Turvey, Carleton, Chillington, Snelston, Lavenden, Castle-Park, Staggesden, Delwike, Bosome-field and Westcotton, with the Appurtenances in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham, before by these Presents limited, to the said Recoverers, during the Life of the said Lady Mordaunt, for the same use and estate only,) and at his pleasure to limit new Uses thereof, or of any part thereof, or utterly to extinguish the foresaid former Uses thereof, or any of them: And that then and so often from time to time, after such Alteration, Determination, diminishing, limiting, or appointing, of any such new Use or Uses of the Premises, or of any part thereof (except before excepted) by Writing in­dented to be Sealed, Published and Subscribed as aforesaid, the said Recoveries, shall be and enure, and the Recoverers and their Heirs shall stand and be seized, as of and concerning such part and parts, parcel and parcels of the Premises, whereof such alteration, determination, diminishing, inlarging, or other limitation of new Use or Uses, shall be so had or made to the use of the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs, if he so please, or to such new Use or Uses, and in such manner and form, under such Conditions and Limitations, and of such Estate and Estates, to all intents and pur­poses, as shall be so newly appointed, limited and declared, in such Writing Indent­ed, so from time to time, or at any time to be had or made by the said Lord Mordaunt as is aforesaid, and to none other use, intent or purpose, during only the Limitation or Continuance, of the said new Use or Uses, so to be limited and appointed. And lastly it is agreed, That if the Recoveries, in these Presents meant and expressed to be had, levied and suffered, or any of them, shall happen not to be had, suffered, perfected and executed, in the Life of the said Lord Mordaunt, so as an effectual use or uses shall not thereupon be raised, according to the true meaning hereof: Then all the Parties to these Presents and, every of them, be contented and agreed, and the said Lord Mordaunt, and the Cognizees aforesaid, do by these Presents limit and appoint, express and declare, That the foresaid Fine and Fines, in these Pre­sents mentioned and intended to be had, acknowledged and levied; and the Cog­nizees in the said Fine and Fines, and their Heirs and Assigns, shall be, and stand seized of all the Maners, Lands, Tenements, Royalties and Hereditaments what­soever, in the said Fine or Fines mentioned and expressed, to be comprized in the same, and to those uses, intents and purposes, and upon the same Limitations and Pay­ments, as the said Recovery and Recoveries are in, and by these Presents meant, mentioned and expressed, and as the true intent, meaning and purpose of these Pre­sents be, and are intended, mentioned or meant, to be limited and appointed, and that to all intents and purposes whatsoever. In Witness whereof to the first part of these Presents, with the said Thomas Lock, John Row, Edward Earl of Wor­cester, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley remaining, the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, hath put to his Hand and Seal: And to the second part of these Presents, with the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, Edward Earl of Worcester, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley remaining, the said Tho­mas Lock and John Row, have put their Hands and Seals: And to the third part, with them the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, Thomas Lock and John Row, remain­ing the said Edward Earl of Worcester, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, have put their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written, Annoque Domini. 1608.

Ʋltima Voluntas Henrici quarti Domini Mordaunt.

IN the Name of God. Amen. The Sixth Day of February, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. videlicet, of England, France and Ireland the Sixth, and of Scotland the Two and fortieth, Annoque Domi­ni, 1608. I Henry Lord Mordaunt, knowing the Days of Mans Life to be few, and my self to be now Summoned by languishing Sickness, (the messenger of Death) and God knows how soon, I shall yeild up my Soul unto the Hands of my God and Saviour, do therefore, while I am (praised be God) in perfect Memory, make, publish and divulge, this my last Will and Testament: Wherein and whereby I commit, and commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God, my Body to be Buried at Turvey amongst my Ancestors there lying Buried; and for the clearing of my Conscience before God and Man, and to give a publick satisfaction to the World, concerning such and those Imputations, which lately have been laid upon me, and for which I have in a high degree been censured, I mean the late Gun­powder Treason; which fact for the Heinousness thereof, (in the Offenders therein) I do loath to remember and now sorrow to repeat; therefore at this time, when all hope, or desire of long Life hath forsaken, and now Almighty God (into whose Hands I am instantly yeilding up my Soul) is my immediate Judge, to witness with me that I lie not; I do solemnly Protest before God and his Angels, and that without all Equivocation or Duplicity whatsoever, that I am innocent of that Fact, and guiltless of all Foreknowledge thereof; and although I know that this Protestation of mine cannot (without the gracious Mercy of my Prince, and Sove­reign the King's Majesty) extenuate or mitigate the greatness of my past Censure: Yet, herein I comfort my self, that I live (and that in the time of my dying Innocence,) to publish and express the truth (and grief) of my trouble, which I hope will suffice to cleanse the stain thereof from my Name and House, and so to leave the Reputation of my Name and House, as I found it spotless from being defamed or disreputed, with the Knowledge, Acting or Assenting unto any dishon­ourable, disloyal or dishonest Action whatsoever. And whereas I have lately by Fine or other Conveyance in Law, settled my Estate and Living amongst my Chil­dren and Family, according to my own mind and good liking, as by an Inden­ture Tripartite, dated the Fourth day of January last, made between me on the first part, Thomas Lock and John Row on the second part, and the Right Honou­rable the Earls of Worcester and Rutland, and some others on the third part: I do heartily intreat my said Honourable Friends, and all others in the said Indentures mentioned, and to be trusted, that they would carefully, according to my Trust in them severally reposed, (and as the case shall fall out,) execute and see performed my said Plot and Project, for the benefit of my said Children and Family, and for the performance of my other Intentions therein expressed. And I do right heartily intreat my Righ Honourable and welbeloved Brother-in-law, the Lord Compton, (whom for that purpose I have left out of the said Indenture) that he would be pleased to have a care, and regard unto the executing and performing of my said Pro­ject, that the Issues and Profits of my Maners, Lands and Revenues, in the said Indentures mentioned, may be truly disposed, according as the same by me in my said Indenture be appointed. And I do give to the said Lord Compton, for his pains

Item, I do Will and bequeath unto my Son John Mordaunt, all my necessary Household and Implements of Household, which, and wherewith my several Houses of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, and of Drayton in the County of Northamp­ton, be now furnished withal; which said necessary Household and Implements of Household, I Will, shall go and remain, with my said Houses from Heir to Heir.

Item, I do further Will and Bequeath, all other the Legacies and Portions, in a Schedule to this my present Will filed, mentioned, devised and bequeathed; and I do make Sole Executor of this my Will, the Right Honourable the Lord Compton. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, the Day and Year first above-written.

SIGILLVM HENRICI DOMINI MORDAVNT DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY

JOHN Lord MORDAƲNT, Fourth of that Name, Fifth Lord MORDAƲNT, Earl of PETERBOROW, Peer of England, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton. CHAPTER XVI.

A Pardon and Release Granted to John Lord Mordaunt, of a Fine in the Star-Chamber, set upon Henry Lord Mordaunt his Father.

JAMES by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To the Commissioners of the Treasury of us, our Heirs and Successors, for the time being, and to the Treasurer, Chancellor, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and Barons of the Exchequer of us, our Heirs and Successors, for the time being, and to all other the Officers, Ministers, and Subjects of us, our Heirs and Successors, to whom it shall, or may appertain, Greeting.

Whereas in our Court of Star-Chamber, before our Counsel there the Third Day of June, in the Fourth Year of our Reign of England, France, and Ireland; there were brought to the Bar, as Prisoners, from our Tower of London, Henry Lord Mordaunt, (late deceased) and Edward Lord Sturton; against whom, Sir Edward Coke, Knight, then our Attorney General, did inform, for divers great Contempts and Misprisions, by them committed, and done against us; whereupon our said Court, weighing and considering the quality of their said Offences, did order, and adjudge, The said Henry Lord Mordaunt, for his Offence therein, should pay to our use, for a Fine, the Summ of Ten thousand Marks, as by the Records of the said Court of Star-Chamber it doth and may appear. And whereas the said Fine of Ten thousand Marks, hath not been to us yet answered and paid, so as the Lands, Tene­ments, Hereditaments, Goods, and Chattels of our Right Trusty and Welbeloved John Lord Mordaunt, Son and Heir of the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, deceased, are chargeable, subject, and liable, to and with the payment of the same: Know ye nevertheless, That we being graciously pleased, to free and acquit, the said John Lord Mordaunt, and his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods and Chattels, of and from the said Fine, and every part thereof, of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, have Pardoned, Remised and Released, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do Pardon, Remit and Release unto the said John Lord Mordaunt, by whatsoever Name or Names, Sirname or Sirnames, or addition of Names or Sirnames, Dignity, Place or Places, the said John Lord Mordaunt is, or lately was called or known, the foresaid Fine or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, and every part and parcel of the said Ten thousand Marks. And further, for the more full and absolute freeing and discharging of the said John Lord Mordaunt, of and from the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, and of every part and parcel thereof, We of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do by these Presents, Pardon, Remit and Release unto the said John Lord Mordaunt, all and all manner of Actions, Suits, Informations, Seisures, Extents, Writs, Processes, Judgments, Executions, Impeti­tions, Claims and Demands, which we now have, or which We, our Heirs or Suc­cessors, at any time hereafter can, may or might have, against the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, or his, or their, or any of their Lordships, Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts or Credits whatsoever, for or in respect of the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, against or upon the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, [Page 642]his said Father adjudged, given, set and imposed as aforesaid; and him the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Terrtenants and Assigns, and his and their Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts and Credits of, for, from, and concerning the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, and every part and parcel thereof, We do for Us, our Heirs and Successors, clearly and absolutely Acquit, Exonerat, Free and Discharge for ever by these Presents. Willing, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, straitly charging and requiring our said Commissioners for our Treasury, and the Treasurer, Chancellor, and Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, Barons and Remem­brancers of the Exchequer, of Us, our Heirs and Successors, for the time being, and all other the Officers and Ministers of the said Court, for the time being, whom it may concern, and all other the Officers and Ministers of Us, our Heirs and Successors whomsoever; That he the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administra­tors, Terrtenants or Assigns, or any his or their Lordships, Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Leases, Debts, Rights or Credits, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof, for or by reason of the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, or any part thereof, be not hereafter by any of the Sheriff, Un­der-Sheriff, Bayliff, or other Officers or Ministers of Us, our Heirs and Successors, in any wise Sued, Vexed, Extended, Seized, Troubled, Molested, Impeached, Questioned or Inquieted; but shall thereof be fully, freely, clearly and absolutely from henceforth by virtue, and upon shewing forth of these Presents, or the Inrol­ment, Constat or Exemplification thereof, acquitted, exonerated and discharged against Us, our Heirs and Successors; the said Order, Decree, Sentence, Fine and Judgment of our said Court of Star-Chamber, herein before mentioned, or any mat­ter or thing therein contained, or any Estreat, Process, Seisure or Extent hereto­fore awarded, had or made, touching the Premises; or any Act, Statute, Ordi­nance, Provision, Proclamation or Restraint whatsoever, to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. And further, We do for Us, our Heirs and Successors, of our especial Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, Will and Grant to the said John Lord Mordaunt by these Presents, That these our Letters Patents of Par­don, or the Inrolment thereof, and every Clause, Grant, Article, Matter or Thing therein contained, shall be good, sufficient and effectual in the Law, and shall be taken, construed and adjudged most strongly against Us, our Heirs and Successors, and most favourably, benignly and beneficially, to and for the said John Lord Mor­daunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for the full, clear and absolute Pardoning, Releasing, Freeing and Discharging him, them and every of them, and his and their Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts and Credits of, for, from and concerning the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, so ordered, decreed and adjudged as aforesaid, and every part and parcel thereof: And of and from all, and every Writ, Process, Extents, Seisures, Executions, Claims, Benefits and Demands whatsoever, which we now have, or which we, our Heirs or Successors, at any time hereafter, shall, might, or may have, for, touching or concerning the Premises. Notwithstanding, the not true, or not certain, or not reciting, naming or mentioning the said Infor­mation, wherein or upon which the said Fine was set, or assessed upon the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, or of the Offences, or Misdemeanors or other Cause, for which the same was set or assessed, or of the natures or qualities of any of them. And notwithstanding the not mentioning, not reciting, or not true and certain meaning or reciting of the just Day, or time of the said Sentence, or Judgment therein given as aforesaid; or any Act, Statute, Ordinance, Provision, Command­ment, Order or Restraint, or any other Incertainty, Defect or Imperfection, Cause, Matter or Thing whatsoever to the contrary hereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Although express mention of the Certainty of the Premises, or of any of them, or of any other Gift or Grant by us, or any of our Progenitors, or Predecessors, to the said John Lord Mordaunt, before this time made, in these Presents is not made: Any [Page 643]Statute, Act, Ordinance, Provision or Restraint, heretofore had, meaned, ordain­ed or provided; or any other matter, cause or thing whatsoever, to the con­trary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

In Witness whereof we have cau­sed these our Letters to be made Patents. Witness our self at Westminster the Eleventh Day of March, in the seventeenth Year of Our Reign of England, France and Ireland, and of Scotland the Three and fiftieth.
Young & Pye. Per breve de privato Sigillo.
In Memorandis Scaccarii de anno xviij Regis nunc Jacobi, videli [...]et, inter Recorda de termino Paschae rotulo ex parte Remem. Thesauri reman. in­tratum.

A Deed of Jointure made for the Countess of Peterburgh before Marriage.

THis Indenture Tripartite made the One and thirtieth Day of March, in the Years of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, (that is to say) of England, France and Ireland the Nineteenth, and of Scotland the Four and fiftieth, Between the Right Honourable Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Baron of Turvey on the first part; the Right Honourable Lady Anne Howard of Effingham, and Sir Francis Fane of Apethorp, in the County of Northampton, Knight, and Sir Oliver Luke of Woodend, in the County of Bedford, Knight, on the second part; and Henry Lovell of Blechmichleigh, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, and Henry Stanley of the Inner-Temple London, Esquire, of the third part, Witnesseth: That whereas there is a Marriage intended and agreed (by the Grace of God,) to be had and solemnized between the said John Lord Mordaunt, and Elizabeth Howard Sole Daughter and Heir of William Lord Howard of Effingham, deceased, and Heir appa­rent of the said Lady Anne Howard; in consideration whereof, and for the love and affection, which he the said Lord Mordaunt doth bear unto the said Elizabeth Howard, in case she survive and over-live the said Lord Mordaunt; and for the making and providing a competent Jointure, and Livelihood to the said Elizabeth Howard, in case she survive and over-live the said Lord Mordaunt, fit for her Honour and Degree; and for setling and continuing of the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, hereafter in these Presents expressed, to continue in the Issues, Name and Blood of him the said Lord Mordaunt, (so long as it please God) as hereafter in these Presents is mentioned: He the said John Lord Mordaunt, for himself, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, doth Covenant, Grant, Promise and Agree to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors, Admi­nistrators or Assigns, and every of them by these Presents, That he the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs, at their or some of their own proper Costs and Charges in the Law, in this side or before the Feast of Pentecost, commonly called Whitsontide, next ensuing the date hereof, shall and will acknowledge, and levy one or more Fine or Fines with Proclamations, according to the Statute in that Case provided, before the King's Majesty's Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster, in due form of Law, according to the common course of Fines in such Cases used, unto the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, and the Heirs of the said Henry Lovell, and Henry Stanley, of all those his Maners of Drayton, Islip, Ringsted, Furnels in Raundes, Addington, Slipton and Luffwick in the County of Northampton, with all their and eve­ry of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances; and of the Capital Messuage or Mansion-House of Drayton aforesaid, with the Appurtenances; and of the Rectories or Parsonages of Slipton, Denford and Ringsted; and of the Rectory of Luffwick, in the said County of Northampton, with their and every of their Appurtenances; and of all [Page 644]other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt, lying and being in the several Towns, Parishes and Hamlets of Drayton, Ringsted, Islip, Raun­des, Addington, Slipton, Luffwick and Denford in the County of Northampton; and of all the Rights, Members, Royalties and Appurtenances to the said Maners, Parsona­ges, Lands or Tenements, or any of them, in any wise appertaining or belonging; and of all that his Maner or Farm of Kemston-burn in the County of Bedford, with all the Rights, Members and Appurtenances thereto appertaining; and of all those his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, being Freehold in Cranfield, in the said County of Bedford: By which Fine or Fines with Proclamations, he the said Lord Mordaunt shall acknowledge the said Maners, Parsonages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and all other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, by such name or names, and by such quantity and number of Acres, as shall be meet and conveni­ent, to be the Right of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, as those which the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley have of the gift of the said Lord Mordaunt, and shall remise and quit claim to the same from him and his Heirs, to the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, and the Heirs of them the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, with Warranty against him the said Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs, and all claiming from, by, or under them, or any of them: Which Fine or Fines, in form aforesaid, or in any other manner to be levied, and all other Fine or Fines, which shall be of the Premises, or any part thereof, levied by the said Lord Mordaunt, to the said Henry Lovell and Hen­ry Stanley, or either of them, on this side the said Feast of Pentecost, shall be and en­ure, and shall be deemed and taken to be and enure, and the said Cognizees therein, their Heirs and Assigns shall, from, and immediately after the levying and engrossing of the said Fine or Fines, stand and be seized of all the said Maners, Parsonages and Premises, and of every part and parcel thereof, to the use of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, and of their Heirs for ever: To the only intent and purpose, That the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, shall stand and be adjudged perfect Tenants of the Freehold of the said Maners, and other the Premises, and of every part thereof, until a perfect Recovery may be lawfully had and executed, of the Ma­ners and Premises, against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley. And the said Lord Mordaunt for himself, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant and Agree, to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors and Assigns, That the above-named Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke, shall and may before the said Feast of Pentecost, at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law of him the said Lord Mordaunt, Commence and Prosecute one or more Writs of Entry, Sur disseisin in le post, against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, retornable be­fore the King's Majesty's Justices of his Highness's Court of Common-Pleas at West­minster, according to the usual course of common Recoveries; whereby they shall demand against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, the said Maners, Parsona­ges, Lands and other the Premises, by such name and names, number and quantity of Acres, as shall be thought meet and requisite. Unto which Writ or Writs the said Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley shall appear in proper person, or by their Attorney or Attornies lawfully authorised, and shall Vouch to Warranty the said Lord Mor­daunt: And the said Lord Mordaunt agreeth, That he shall appear in proper person upon the same Voucher, or by his Attorney sufficiently authorised, and shall Vouch over to Warranty the common Voucher, who shall appear gratis and imparle, and then make default and depart in despite of the Court, according to the form and course of common Recoveries in such cases used. And all the said parties are agreed by these Presents, so to demean themselves either in the course aforesaid, or in some other course, that a perfect common Recovery, with such Vouchers as aforesaid, may and shall be had and suffered, of the said Maners, Parsonages, and other the Premi­ses, with the Appurtenances, in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised, in all points and to all intents and purposes, according to the usual form of Recoveries for the Assurances of Land, and that Seisin shall be thereof had. And it is fully con­cluded, condescended and agreed, by and between all and every the parties, to these [Page 645]Presents, for them and their several Heirs; and every of the said parties doth seve­rally Covenant and Conclude, to and with the others, and their several Heirs, That the said Recoverers, and their Heirs, shall, from and immediately after the suffe­ring and perfecting of the said Recovery or Recoveries, stand and be seized of the said Maners, Rectories and Premises, with the Appurtenances, and of every part and parcel thereof; and that the said Recovery or Recoveries, and all and every other Recovery and Recoveries to be Sued, Prosecuted or Executed of the Pre­mises, or of any part thereof, against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, as Tenants, and the said Lord Mordaunt as Voucher, on this side the Feast of St. John Baptist, next ensuing the date hereof, shall be and enure, and shall be adjudged, deemed and taken to be and enure, to the uses hereafter expressed, limited and de­clared, and to no other use, intent or purpose, (that is to say,) To the use of John Lord Mordaunt, for and during the term of his natural Life, without Impeach­ment of Wast: And from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, then to the use of the said Elizabeth Howard, for and during the term of her natural Life, for her Provision, Maintenance and Jointure: And after the decease of the said Eli­zabeth Howard, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the said Lord Mordaunt, on the Body of the said Elizabeth Howard lawfully begotten: And for default and want of such Heirs, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever. And the said Lord Mordaunt for him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, doth further Covenant, Grant, Promise and Agree, to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors and Assigns, that the said Maners, Rectories, Lands and Hereditaments, and other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, are now, and from time to time, after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall remain, continue and be, to the said Elizabeth, during the term of her natural Life, of the clear yearly value of One thousand Pounds, over and above all Charges and Reprises. And that he the said Lord Mor­daunt, will cause and procure a Surrender, Release, or some other Act or Acts, to be had and done, whereby all or any Estate or Estates, now in being, which may let or hinder any ways the knowledging, levying and suffering of the said Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, or any of them, or the Execution or Operation thereof, according to the true meaning of these Presents, may be extinguished and purchased, before the time and times, that the said Fines and Recoveries, or any of them shall be acknowledged or suffered; and also that he the said Lord Mordaunt, hath not heretofore acknowledged, suffered or done, nor hereafter shall acknowledg, suffer or do any Act or Thing, whereby the said Maners, Rectories, Lands, Tene­ments and Premises, shall not, nor may not, after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, and solemnization of the said Marriage, remain and continue to the said Elizabeth Howard, during her Estate hereby limited, and to such Uses, Intents and Purposes, as in this Indenture are mentioned and expressed, according to the true meaning thereof: And also that she the said Elizabeth Howard, during her Estate aforesaid, shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy, all and singular the Premises, and every part thereof discharged, or otherwise from time to time, well and sufficiently, saved and kept harmless, of, and from all manner of former Bargains, Estates, Titles Conditions, Charges, and other Incumbrances whatsoever, had, made, suffered or done by the said Lord Mordaunt, or Henry late Lord Mordaunt his Father, or any other Person or Persons, by his or their means, assent or procurement. And also that the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs, shall and will, at all and every time and times hereafter, after the solemnization of the said Marriage, during the Life of the said Elizabeth Howard, upon reasonable request, to be made by the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors or Administrators, do, make, suffer, acknowledge, finish and execute, all and every such further reasonable Act and Acts, Thing and Things, Conveyance and Conveyances in the Law, for the better and more perfect Asiurance, Surety and sure making, of all and singular the said Maners, Rectories, [Page 646]Lands, Tenements and Premises, to the uses in these Presents limited and expressed, as by the Council learned in the Law of the said Lady Anne Howard, her Executors and Administrators, shall be devised, advised and required: So that the said several Assurances or Conveyances, or any of them, extend not to hinder the said Lord Mor­daunt, or his Heirs, to any further or other Warranty, then only against them, their Heirs and Assigns, and so that the said Lord Mordaunt be not forced, to travel from the place, where he then shall abide, for the doing and perfecting thereof. Provided always, and it is fully Concluded, Granted and Agreed, by and between all the parties to these Presents, That it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Lord Mordaunt, at any time, during his natural Life, at his free will and pleasure, to make any Lease or Leases, or limit any Use or Uses, for three Lives, or One and twenty Years, or under, beginning at or before the making of the said Lease or Lea­ses, orlim iting the same Use or Uses, for any number of Years, so beginning and de­terminable upon one, two, or three Lives, of all and singular the said Maners, Rectories, or Parsonages, Lands, Tenements, and other the premises before men­tioned, and of every, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof (other than the said Capital Mansion-House in Drayton aforesaid, and the Demeasns, Lands, Tene­ments, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging and appertaining;) so as upon every such Lease, or Limitation of Use, there be reserved, and appointed to be payable, to those to whom the right thereof, for the time being, shall belong and appertain, yearly, during the said term and terms, so much Rent, or more, as now is reser­ved, paid, or satisfied for the same, and so as no such Lease be made, or Use limited, dispunishable of Wast; and also so as every such Lease, or Use, be ap­pointed to cease and determine, upon default of non-payment of the said Rent, so to be reserved for the space of Eight and twenty days, next after every such Lease, or day of payment, whereat the same Rent shall be reserved, or appointed to be paid: And the said Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, shall be, and enure, and the said Sir Francis Fane, and Sir Oliver Luke, and their Heirs and Assigns, and every of them, and all and every other Person and Persons then standing, and being seized of, or in the premises, so to be demised, letted, limited, or any part or parcel thereof, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part thereof, as for and concerning only all and every the same Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and other the Premises, for to be demised, letten, or limited, as is aforesaid, to the use of all and every such Person and Persons, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, to whom any such Lease or Leases, or limitation of Uses, shall be so thereof made or limited; and during such time and term only, as the said Lease or Leases, or other limitation of Uses, according to the purport thereof, and the mean­ing of these Presents are to endure and continue, and according to the true intent and meaning of all and every the said Lease and Leases, or limitation of Uses, and of these Presents: And after the Expiration of the said Lease or Leases, or limi­tation of Uses, and of every of them, as they shall severally end and determine, and as the same shall severally end and determine, and of the Reversions thereupon, (except of the said Fine or Fines, Recovery and Recoveries) shall be and enure, and the said Sir Francis Fane, and Sir Oliver Luke, and their Heirs, and all and every other Person or Persons, then standing or being seized of, or in the Pre­mises so to be demised, letten, or limited, or any parcel thereof shall at all times from thenceforth, stand and be seized of, and in the same and every part thereof, to such uses, purposes and intents, as be before in these Presents expressed and de­clared, and as by the true intent and meaning of these Presents they should, or ought to have done, if no such Lease or Leases, or limitations had been at any time hereof made or had. And it is likewise agreed, That if the Recovery, or Re­coveries in these Presents mentioned, and expressed to be had and suffered, shall not happen to be had, suffered, perfected and executed in the Life of the said Lord Mordaunt, so as the Use and Uses, shall not thereupon be effectually raised, according to the true meaning hereof: Then all the parties to these Presents, [Page 647]and every of them be contented and agreed, and the said Lord Mordaunt, and the Cognizees aforesaid, do by these Presents limit, appoint and declare, That the foresaid Fine and Fines in these Presents mentioned, and intended to be acknow­ledged and levyed; and the Cognizees in the said Fine and Fines, and their Heirs and Assigns, shall be and stand seized, of all the Maners, Rectories, Tenements and Hereditaments, and other the Premises, in the said Fine or Fines mentioned, to be expressed and comprised, to the same, and to those uses, intents and purposes, as the said Recovery and Recoveries, are in and by these Presents meant, mentioned and expressed to be; and as the true intent and purpose of these Presents, are intended or meant to be limited and appointed, and that to all intents and purposes whatsoever. And further, whereas there is a certain Lease of the Priory of Rygate in the Coun­ty of Surrey, made by the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Nottingham, to the Right Noble Lodowick, Duke of Lenox, and others, and is intended for the Pro­vision and Jointure of the Right Honourable the now Countess of Nottingham, Wife unto the foresaid Earl, and the said Lady Anne Howard, with certain Sure­ties are bound in the Summ of Four thousand Pounds, that the said Countess shall enjoy the same Priory, with the Appurtenances, during the term in the said Lease limited; as by the Indenture of the said Lease, and the said Bond may appear: Now the said Lord Mordaunt, for him, his Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant, Pro­mise and Agree, to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Executors and Assigns by these Presents, That the said Countess of Nottingham, shall peaceably and quietly, during her Life, have, hold and enjoy the said Priory, and every part thereof, according to the purport, and meaning of the said Lease so thereof made, without the Interruption or Disturbance of him the said Lord Mordaunt: And notwithstanding any Act or Thing to be made, done or suffered by him, or any claiming by, from or under him. And that the said Lord Mordaunt, will upon reasonable request to him made, seal and deliver to the said Lady Anne Howard, or other whom she shall appoint, a Bond of the penal Summ of Four thousand Pounds, condescended to that or the like end and purpose. And the said Lady Anne Howard for her self, her Heirs, Executors, Admi­nistrators and Assigns, and for every of them, doth Covenant, Promise, Grant and Agree, to and with the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Admini­strators and Assigns, and every of them by these Presents, That she the said Lady Anne Howard is seized of the Maner of Donnington, in the County of Berks, in her own Demeasne, as of Free-hold of a good and sufficient Estate, for the term of her own life, the remainder to the said Elizabeth Howard, and the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten, or some other Estate of Inheritance to the said Elizabeth, immediately after the decease of the said Lady Anne expectant; and that she the said Lady Anne Howard, before, or immediately upon the Solemnization of the said Marriage, and upon reasonable request made, will Surrender, Grant, or Con­vey, all her Estate, Right, and Title, in the said Maner of Donnington, and every part thereof to the said Elizabeth Howard, or the said Lord Mordaunt, or both of them, at the election, or appointment of the said Lord Mordaunt, and in such manner and form, and by such assurance, as by the said Lord Mordaunt, or his Council learned in the Law, shall be reasonably demised, advised and required, at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Lord Mordaunt: And that he the said Lord Mordaunt and Elizabeth Howard, or either of them, to whom the said Conveyance shall be so made as aforesaid, their Heirs and Assigns, shall and may peaceably and quiety hold, possess and enjoy the said Maner of Donnington, and every part and parcel thereof, during the natural Life of the said Lady Anne Howard, without the Disturbance and Interruption of the said Lady Anne Howard, or any claiming by, from or under her; and freed or discharged, or otherwise saved and kept harmless from time to time, of and from all Titles, Estates, Troubles, Charges and other Incumbrances whatsoever, had, made, suffered or done by the said Lady Anne Howard, or any claiming by, from or under her, or by her means, assent, or pro­curement, (the Leases now in being, which she, according to the liberty and power [Page 648]annexed to her Estate, hath made, only foreprized and excepted.) In witness whereof to the first part of these Presents, with the said Lady Anne Howard, Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke, Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley remaining, the said John Lord Mordaunt, hath put his Hand and Seal; and to the second part of these Presents, with the said Lord Mordaunt, Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley remaining, the said Lady Anne Howard, Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke, have put their Hands and Seals; and to the third part remaining with the said Lord Mordaunt, Lady Anne How­ard, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Oliver Luke, the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, have put to their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written.

J. Mordaunt.

Charta Caroli primi Regis constituendo Johannem Dominum Mordaunt Comitem de Peterborow.

CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defen­sor, &c.
Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibns, Militibus, Praepositis, liberis Hominibus, ac omnibus Officia­riis, Ministris, ac Subditis nostris quibuscunque, ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutem.

Nihil magis Regium esse censemus, quàm qui se inter Proceres Regni, tùm Virtutum cumulo, tùm Generis splendore eminentiores, & ad praeclara Regi officia fideliter praestandi, assiduos & promptiores se exhibent, eos ad altiores hono­rum gradus libentius evehere, tum ut illi, qui se sic honoratos sentiant, & majori conatu & animo alacriori indies ad res optimè gerendas, se proniùs accingant, tùm ut alii eorum exemplo freti, acrius contendant se dignores reddere, & favorem Prin­cipis sui intensiorem, & augusta virtutum praemia, tàm reverà mereri, quàm feliciter exequi: Inde est quod nos intuitu Regio personam pernobilis Johannis Mordaunt, Baronis Mordaunt de Turveia, pensiculatius contemplantes, eumque tàm suipsius, quàm majorum nobilitate, eaque non minus vera quam vetusta conspicientes: Ita etiam eximiis animi Dotibus, quae virum praestantissimum constituunt insigniter prae­ditum agnoscimus, egregia scilicet morum Suavitate, Prudentia & justè temperata cum Gravitate, Judicii acumine, quibus inprimis accedit, ut demum ea quae singu­larem in eum nostri Favorem, & Gratiam peperere apertius profiteamur obsequiosi, sed ejusmodi qui virum optimum & Principis sui amantissimum decuit animi, & con­stans, & fidelissimum officium, tum erga praecharissimum gloriosae memoriae Patrem nostrum, tum ergo nos ipsos, qui tanti nunquam sane intermissi, amoris fideique meritum, non magis non remunerare possumus, quam ejusdem esse planè immemo­res. Quocirca ne Viro undequaque nobilissmo, & tam multipliciter merenti, & vir­tutis praemium & honoris incrementum condignum (ut par est) adiiceremus, eundem Johannem Mordaunt, Baronem Mordaunt de Turveia, ad celsiorem Dig­nitatis gradum, scilicet ad Comitis titulum, statum, honorem & gradum evehen­dum duximus & censuimus. Sciatis igitur quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, ac mero motu nostris, praefatum Johannem Baronem Mordaunt de Turveia praedicta, ad statum, dignitatem, stilum, titulum & honorem Comitis de Peterborow in Comitatu nostro de Northampton, ereximus, praefecimus & creavi­mus, ipsumque Johannem Comitem de Peterborow praedicta facimus, constituimus, praeficimus & creamus, per praesentes; eidemque Johanni, nomen, statum, gra­dum, stilum, dignitatem, titulum & honorem Comitis de Peterborow praedicta, im­posuimus, dedimus & praebuimus, ac per praesentes, imponimus, damus, ac prae­bemus, ac ipsum Johannem hujusmodi nomine, statu, gradu, stilo, dignitate, titulo & honore Comitis de Peterborow, per gladii Cincturam, cape honoris, ac Circuli aureii impositionem insignimus, investimus, & realiter nobilitamus per praesentes. Habendum & tenendum, eadem nomen, statum, gradum, stilum, dignitatem, titulum & honorem Comitis de Peterborow praedicta, cum omnibus & singulis Praeheminentiis, Honoribus, caeterisque hujusmodi, nomini, statui, [Page 649]gradui, stilo, dignitati, titulo & honori, Comitis pertinentibus, sive spectantibus, praefato Johanni, & Haeredibus masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus in perpetuum. Volentes & per praesentes concedentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, quod praedictus Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, nomen, statum, gradum, stilum, dignitatem, titulum & honorem praedicta successive gerant, & h [...]beant, & eorum quilibet habeat, & gerat, & per nomen Comites de Peterborow successive, vocentur & nuncupentur, & eorum quilibet vocetur & nuncupetur. Et quod idem Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, successive, Comitis de Peterborow, in omnibus teneantur, & ut Comites tractentur, & reputentur, & eorum quilibet tenea­tur, tractetur & reputatur. Habeantque, teneant, & possideant, dictus Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, & eorum quilibet habeat, teneat, & possideat Sedem, Locum & Vocem, in Parlamentis & publicis Comitiis, atque Conciliis nostris, hae­redum & successorum nostrorum, infra Regnum nostrum Angliae, inter alios Comi­tes, ut Comes de Peterborow: Necnon dictus Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, gaudeant, & utantur, & eorum quilibet gaudeat & utatur, per nomen Comitis de Peterborow, omnibus & singulis talibus Juribus, Privilegiis, Prehemi­nentiis & Immunitatibus, statui Comitis, in omnibus rite, & de jure pertinentibus, quibus caeteri Comites, dicti Regni nostri Angliae ante haec tempora melius, hono­rificentius & quietius usi sunt, & gavisi, seu in praesenti gaudent, & utuntur. Et quia crescente status, & dignitatis celsitudine, necessario crescunt sumptus, & onera grandiora, & ut idem Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, meliùs, decentiùs, & honorificentiùs, statum praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, & onera ipsi Johanni, & haeredibus suis masculis, incumbentia, manutenere & supportare valeant, & eroum quilibet valeat: Ideo de uberiori gratia nostra dedimus, & concessimus, ac per prae­sentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris damus, & concedimus, praefato Johanni, & haeredibus suis masculis praedictis in perpetuum, Feodum seu annualem Redditum, Viginti librarum, praefato Johanni, & haeredibus suis masculis praedictis, de Exitibus, Proficuis, & Reventionibus, magnae & parvae Custumae, & Subsidii nostri, nobis concessis, seu debitis, seu in posterum nobis, haeredibus, & successori­bus nostris, concedendis, seu debendis provenientibus, crescentibus, seu emergen­tibus, infra portum Civitatis nostrae Londini, per manus Custumariorum, sive Col­lectorum nostri, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, ibidem pro tempore ex­istentium, ad festa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, per equales portiones. Vo­lumus etiam & per praesentes concedimus praefato Johanni, quod habeat, & habebit, has Literas nostras Patentes, sub magno Sigillo nostro Angliae, debito modo factas, & sigillatas, absque Fine, seu Feodo magno vel parvo, in Hanaperio nostro, aut alibi ad usum nostrum, quoquomodo reddendo, faciendo, vel solvendo. Eò quòd expressa Mentio de vero valore annuo vel certitudine praemissorum, vel eorum ali­cujus, aut de aliis Donis sive Concessionibus, per nos, sive per aliquem Antecesso­rum, sive Progenitorum nostrorum, praefato Johanni ante haec tempora factis, in prae­sentibus minime facta existit; aut aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, Proclamatione, sive Restrictione, inde in contrarium ante haec habita, facta, edita, ordinata, sive [...]rovisa, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium, has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, nono die Martii, anno Regni nostri tertio.
Edmondes. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.
Vicesimo die Novembris 1633 Irrot. per R. Sutton Audit.

The Disafforestation of the Earl of Peterborow's Lands in Northampton-shire, and Grant of other Liberties thereunto.

CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defen­sor, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, salutem.

Sciatis quod nos tam pro & in consideratione summa octingintarum librarum, legalis monetae Angliae, nobis ad Receptum Scaccarii nostri, apud Westmonasterium, bene & fideliter per praedilectum Consanguineum nostrum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, solutae, atque solvendae, ducentae Librae, existentes parcella praedictae Summae octingentarum Li­brarum, in termino sanctae Trinitatis, in hoc instanti anno, milesimo sexcentesimo tricesimo nono, in Receptu Scaccarii nostri praedicti fuerunt solutae, residuum inde ex­istens sexcenta librarum, in termino Sancti Michaelis, in hoc etiam anno milesimo sex­centesimo tricesimo nono, in praedicto Scaccario nostro, per quandam Recognitionem, captam coram Humphrido Davenport Militi, Capitali Baroni Curiae Scaccarii nostri, super Festum Sancti Martini Episcopi in hieme assurantur fore solvenda, in plena so­lutione, praedictae summae octingentarum librarum pro Deafforestatione Maneriorum, Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum & Haereditamentorum infra Forestam nostram de Rockingham, in Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, inferius in praesentibus expressa; de qua quidem summa ducentarum librarum fatemur nos plenarie fore satisfactos, eundemque Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, Haeredes, Ex­ecutores & Administratores suos, acquietatos & exoneratos esse volumus per praesen­tes, quam pro diversis aliis bonis causis, & considerationibus, nos ad praesens especi­aliter moventibus; De gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu no­stris concessimus, & per hanc Cartam nostram confirmavimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, Haeredibus, & Successoribus nostris concedimus, & confirmamus praefato Jo­hanni Comiti de Peterborow, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, quod totum illud ma­nerium de Sudburgh, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; nec non tota illa villa de Sudburgh, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto, ac etiam omnia illa Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Hae­reditamenta quaecunque, scituata, jacentia & existentia, sive jacere, & existere reputata infra praedictum manerium, & villam de Sudburgh praedicta, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Nec non omnia illa Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, & caetera Hereditamenta vocata, & cognita per nomen de Sudburgh-park, cum pertinentiis, in Sudburgh praedicta, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Quod quidem manerium, & caetera omnia & singula prae­missa praedicta, continent in toto, mille quingenta sexaginta & duas acras terrae, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Manerium de Luffwick, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; ac etiam tota illa villa de Luffwick, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto; nec non totum illud Capitale Messuagium, sive Domus Mansionalis, praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, cum pertinentiis, in Luffwick praedicta, vocatum Drayton: Nec non omnia alia Messuagia, Terrae, Tenementa, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, & Haereditamenta quaecunque, cum pertinentiis universis in Luffwick praedicta: Nec non omnia illa Terrae, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, & alia Haereditamenta quaecunque, cum eorum pertinentiis, vocata, seu cognita, per nomen de Drayton-park, scitua­ta, jacentia & existentia, sive jacere, & existere reputata, in Drayton, Luffwick, Sudburgh & Slipton, vel in eorum aliquo, vel aliquibus, in Comitatu Northamp­toniae praedicto: Quod quidem Manerium, & caetera omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, modo ultime mentionata, continent in toto, mille ducenta viginti & unam acras terrae, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Manerium de Islip, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Et tota illa villa de Islip, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto, ac omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Sub­bosci, Terrae boscales, Pasturae & alia Hereditamenta quaecunque, in Islip praedicta, continentia in toto octingenta acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Mane­rium [Page 651]de Slipton, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; ac etiam tota illa villa de Slipton, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto, & omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Hereditamenta in Slipton prae­dicta, continent quingenta sexaginta & duodecem acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non omnes illae Parcellae, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, cum pertinentiis, in Cranford, Woodford & Twiwell, sive in eorum aliquo vel aliquibus, in Comitatu Northamp­toniae praedicto, modo vel nuper in separalibus tenuris, sive occupationibus Johannis Patrick, Roberti Lyon, Thomae Beale, Johannis Goodfellow, & Thomae Nicolls, vel Assignatorum suorum, & separalibus Messuagiis, sive Firmis in Slipton praedicta, in seperalibus tenuris praedictorum separalium Tenentium sive Firmariorum modo ultime mentionatorum, respective spectantes, sive cum eisdem Messuagiis, sive Firmis respective locatae, usitatae, sive gavisae, continentes in toto octodecem acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Manerium de Grafton, Underwood, cum pertinen­tiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Ac etiam tota illa villa de Grafton Un­derwood, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Ac etiam omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Haereditamenta quae­cunque in Grafton praedicta, continentia mille acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non omnia illa Terrae, Prata, Pasturae, Tenementa, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, & Haereditamenta praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, cum eorum pertinentiis universis, jacentia, & existentia, sive jacere & existere reputata, in Alwinkle, in praedicto Comitatu Northamptoniae, continentia ducentas quinquaginta & quinque acras, vel eo circiter. Nec non totum illud manerium de Addington-magna, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto; ac etiam omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Haereditamenta quaecunque, praedicti Co­mitis de Peterborow in Addington-magna praedicta, cum eorum pertinentiis universis, continentia quingentas acras, vel eo circiter. Ac etiam omnia & singula Domi, Edificia, Logia, Structurae, Curtelagia, Pomaria, Gardinia, Terrae, Prata, Pascua, Pasturae, Morae, Marisci, Aquae, Aquarum Cursus, Stagna, Vivaria, Piscaria, Pis­cationes, Bosci, Subbosci & Arbores quaecunque, de & super praemissis praedictis, vel eorum aliquibus, aut aliqua parte eorundem crescentia, sive existentia, & totum fundum, & solum eorundem Boscorum, Subboscorum & Arborum, Vasti, Terrae, Vacui, Fundi, Proficua, Commoditates, Emolumenta & Haereditamenta quaecun­que, praemissis vel eorum alicui vel aliquibus, vel alicui inde parti, sive parcellae, partibus, sive parcellis spectantia, sive pertinentia, sive spectare & pertinere repu­tata, dehinc in perpetuum sint & erunt omnino deafforestata; eaque omnia & sin­gula pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris deafforestamus, & exta forestam nostram de Rockingham, in praedicto Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & quam­libet aliam, & quaslibet alias Forestam, vel Forestas nostras quascunque; & extra Assisas, Leges, Jura, Jurisdictiones, Libertates, & Consuetudines, Forestae seu Fo­restarum nostrarum de Rockingham praedicta, & aliarum Forestae, sive Forestarum no­strarum quarumcunque ponimus per praesentes. Ita quod praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, Haeredes & Assignati sui, & omnes alii Tenentes, Occupatores, & Proprie­tores, & eorum Firmarii praemissorum, seu alicujus inde partis, sive parcellae, partium, sive parcellarum, pro & concernente praedictis separalibus Maneriis, Villis, Terris, Pratis, Boscis, Pasturis, & omnibus aliis praemissis praedictis, cum pertinentiis, superius per praesentes deafforestatis, vel mentionatis fore deafforestati, & quilibet inde parte sive parcella, partibus sive parcellis, tam de viridi, & venatione, quam de omnibus aliis Libertatibus, Jurisdictionibus, & rebus quibuscunque, quae ad Forestam pertinent & spectant dehinc, liberi & immunes sint & erunt in perpetuum. Ac quod Foresta­rii, Justiciarii, Viridarii, aut alii Officiarii, sive Ministri Forestae nostrae, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, de praedictis separalibus Maneriis, Villis, Terris, Pra­tis, Boscis, Pasturis, & caeteris praemissis praedictis, cum suis pertinentiis universis, vel de viridi, aut venatione infra praemissa praementionata, vel aliqua praemissorum, vel aliquam inde parcellam per praesentes deafforestatam, vel mentionatam fore de­afforestatam, se non intromittant, aut intromittat, in aliquo, quod ad Forestam, [Page 652]Chaceam, sive Warrennam pertinet. Nec ipsum Johannem Comitem de Peterbo­row, haeredes vel assignatos suos, vel eorum aliquem, aut aliquos alios Tenentes, Occupatores vel Proprietores, sive eorum Firmarii praemissorum, vel alicujus inde partis sive parcellae, pro & concernente, vel ratione praedictorum separalium Ma­neriorum, vel eorum aliquorum, Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum, & caeterorum praemissorum praedictorum, per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel mentionatorum fore deafforestatos, vel alicujus parcellae eorundem, per aliquam Summonitionem, vel Districtionem, coram aliquibus Justi­ciariis, Viridariis, Forestariis & aliis ministris nostris, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, de Foresta praedicta, vel de aliqua alia Foresta, sive aliquibus aliis Fo­restis nostris quibuscunque, venire faciant, vel eorum aliquis venire faciat. Et quod tam praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, ac omnes alii Tenentes, Occupatores, & Proprietores, sive eorum Firmarii praemis­sorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, pro & concernente separalibus Maneriis prae­dictis, vel eorum aliquo, Villis, Messuagiis, Terris, Pratis, Boscis, Pasturis, & caeteris praemissis praedictis, & quaelibet inde parcella, quam praedicta praemissa, & quaelibet inde parcella, liberi sint, & immunes, & liberi, immunes, & quieti, in perpetuum remaneant, à visu Justiciariorum, Viridariorum, Forrestariorum, & ali­orum Ministrorum, Forrestae nostrae, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, Explo­ratorum, Assertorum, Regardatorum, & de omnibus Exactionibus, Demandis, At­tachiamentis, & omnibus aliis Assisis, Legibus, Ordinationibus, Juribus, Consue­tudinibus, Libertatibus, Jurisdictionibus, & aliis rebus ad Forestam pertinenti­bus. Et ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris volumus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ipse praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, & omnes & sin­guli alii Tenentes, Occupatores & Proprietores, & eorum Firmarii praemissorum, & cujuslibet inde parcellae, habeant, teneant & gaudeant, habeat, teneat & gaudeat praedicta seperalia Maneria, Villas, Messuagia, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pasturas, & caetera omnia, & singula praemissa praedicta, & quamlibet inde partem, sive parcellam, cum eorum juribus, membris, & pertinentiis universis, per praesentes deafforestata, vel deafforestari mentionata & antehaec infra Forestam nostram de Rockingham praedicta, vel aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, vel aliquorum praedecessorum nostrorum, existentia seu existere reputata, liberè, licitè, & quietè, de & ab om­nibus Libertatibus, & Jurisdictionibus Forestae, & de & ab omni Custodia, & Depasturatione Damarum, Ferarum, & animalium quorumcunque per nos, haere­des & successores nostros, aut per aliquam personam, sive aliquas alias personas cla­mantes, aliquem statum, titulum, interesse, sive demandum, per nos haeredes & successores nostros, de in vel ad eorum aliquod, vel aliqua, aut de vel ad eorun­dem aliquam partem, sive parcellam. Volumus etiam, & de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, pro nobis haeredibus & successoribus nostris, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peter­borow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, concedimus, quod praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, nec non omnes & singuli alii Tenentes, Pro­prietores, Firmarii, & Occupatores praemissorum, & alicujus inde partis sive par­cellae, praedicta separalia, Maneria, Villas, Messuagia, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pa­sturas, & caetera, omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, & quamlibet inde partem, sive parcellam, per praesentes deafforrestata, vel mentionata fore deafforestata, ha­beant, teneant & gaudeant, habeat, teneat & gaudeat, ac habere, tenere & gau­dere, valeant & possint, valeat & possit, dehinc in perpetuum, deafforestata & extra libertates, & jurisdictiones Forestae, penitus posita, ac liberè, licitè & quietè, & pe­nitus liberata, & acquietata, de & ab omnibus, & omnimodis Clameis, cujuscunque sint, vel fuerint generis, coram Capitali Justiciario, & Judiciario, itinerante nostri, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, citra Trentam, vel aliquo alio Justiciario, sive Justiciario itinerante Forestae, sive Justiciario Forestae nostri, haeredum, vel succes­sorum nostrorum, de Rockingham praedicta, in praedicto Comitatu nostro North­amptoniae, [Page 653]el alicujus aliae Forestae nostrae, vel aliquorum praedecessorum nostro­rum, Regum, vel Reginarum Angliae, apud aliquam Curiam itinerantem, vel ali­quam aliam Curiam Forestae, sive Forestarum praedictarum habendam, vel tenendam, pro praemissis praedictis, vel aliquo praemissorum inposterum faciendis, prosequendis, vel abhibendis quovismodo. Ac de & ab omnibus aliis Sectis, Serviciis, Comparen­tiis & Apparentiis quibuscunque, per praedictum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, haeredes vel assignatos suos, vel aliquos alios Tenentes, Proprietarios, vel Occupatores praemissorum, sive eorum alicujus, vel aliquarum, vel alicujus partis, sive parcellae, partium, sive parcellarum, sive residentes quoscunque infra praemissa praedicta, vel ali­quam parcellam eorundem praemissorum inhabitantes, vel aliquo tempore in futuro in­habitare contingentes, ad aliquam Curiam itinerantem Forestae, vel Forestarum praedictarum, vel ad aliquam aliam Curiam nostram, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum Forestae, sive Forestarum praedictarum, quocunque modo concernentes, ratione, vel occasione praemissorum, vel eorum alicujus, aliquo tempore in futuro, habendis, faciendis, vel performandis. Non obstante quod praedicta separalia, Maneria, vel eorum aliquod, Villae, Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Pasturae, & caetera praemissa praedicta, vel eorum aliqua, seu aliqua inde pars, sive parcella partes, sive parcellae, scitata sint, & existunt, vel antehaec scituata fuere, vel reputata fore infra Forestam praedictam, vel aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, sive aliquas alias Forestas nostras quascunque, vel infra metas, bundas, limites, sive perambu­lationes Forestae, sive Forestarum praedictarum, vel alicujus aliae Forestae nostrae, vel praedecessorum nostrorum quorumcunque; aliqua lege, vel aliquibus legibus, or­dinatione, assisa, vel assisis Forestae, usu, vel consuetudine, antehaec editis, ordinatis, habitis vel stabilitis, vel inposterum edendis, ordinandis, habendis, vel stabiliendis, vel aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque, in contrarium non obstante. Et ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, damus & concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & omnibus & singulis aliis Tenentibus, & Proprietariis praemis­sorum, vel eorum alicujus, plenam potestatem, & authoritatem, ad beneplacitum eorum, & cujuslibet eorum, de tempore in tempus, & omnibus temporibus anni op­portunis, posthac in perpetuum, succidendum, & prosternandum, omnia & omni­moda, aut aliqua Boscos, Subboscos, Copiceas & Arbores, tam quercorum, quam aliorum arborum, ac tam malorum, quam non malorum, cujuscunque generis sint, vel fuerint, infra aut supra praedicta separalia Maneria, vel eorum aliqua Villas, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pasturas, & caetera praemissa praedicta, per praesentes de­afforestata, vel mentionata fore deafforestata, aut super aliquam inde parcellam crescentia, sive existentia, aut inposterum crescere contingentia. Et quod bene liceat, & licebit eidem Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & omnibus & fingulis aliis Proprietariis, & Tenentibus praemissorum, vel eorum alicujus, omnia & singula praemissa per praesentes deafforestata, aut mefltionata fore deafforestata, & aliquam inde parcellam, in pasturam, sive culturam convertere, & redigere, & ad libitum suum, & ad libitos suos as­sertare omnes & quascunque Copiceas, Boscos, sive Subboscos, super eadem praemissa, vel aliquam inde parcellam, infra Forestam praedictam, aut aliquam inde parcellam, aut infra aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, sive aliquas alias Fo­restas nostras quascunque, crescentes, sive existentes, aut in posterum ibidem crescere contingentes: Nec non eadem praemissa, aut aliquam inde parcellam, in culturam vel pasturam conversa, redacta, sive assertata, vel convertenda, redi­genda, sive assertanda, in separalitate retinere, & iis uti & gaudere, sibi, & haere­dibus suis in perpetuum, liberè & quietè, & penitus liberatis, acquietatis, & exo­neratis, de & ab omnibus Juribus, Statutis, Legibus, Assisis & Ordinationibus Fo­restae quibuscunque, & absque Impetitione, Praesentatione, Damno, Paena, sive Pe­nalitate, proinde ratione legum Forestarum quarumcunque incurrendis. Licet praemissa, vel eorum aliquod, vel aliqua, sit vel sint, vel antehaec fuit, vel fuerunt, [Page 654]infra Forestam praedictam, aut infra aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, vel praedeces­sorum nostrorum, & ea omnia & singula, extra Forestam praedictam, & omnes alias Forestas nostras, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, quascunque in omnibus poni­mus, & emancipamus per praesentes. Et ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, pro confiderationibus praedictis, concessimus, & per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris concedimus, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod de caetero in per­petuum liceat & licebit, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & haeredibus & assignatis eorum cujussibet, & omnibus & singulis Tenentibus, Proprietariis, Occupatoribus & Firmariis eorum, & cujuslibet eorum, & omnibus & singulis aliis Tenentibus, Proprietariis, Occupatoribus & Firmariis, praemis­orum, vel eorum aliquorum, sive alicujus, infra omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, superius per praesentes deafforestata, vel mentionata fore deafforestata, & quam­libet inde parcellam, facere & exercere, in venatione, viridatione, & in omnibus aliis rebus quibuscunque, sicut & tanquam in locis deafforestatis, & extra metas Forestae nostrae existentibus, sine occasione vel impedimento nostri, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, vel Justiciariorum de Foresta, Viridariorum, Regardatorum, & aliorum Offi­ciariorum nostrorum, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum quorumcunque. Quare volu­mus & per prsentes firmiter injungendo praecipimus, pro nobis haeredibus & successori­bus nostris, quod omnes Justiciarii, Viridarii, Regardatores, Custodes, Forestarii, & omnes alii Ministri, & Officiarii nostri, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, praedictae Forestae de Rockingham, & aliarum Forestarum & Chacearum, nostri, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum quorumcunque, & eorum quilibet pro tempore existentes, de officiis, & serviciis suis, infra omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, superius in praemissis mentionata fore deafforestata, aut infra aliquam inde parcellam, praestan­dis versus nos, haeredes & successores nostros, exonerantur, & eos inde exoneramus per praesentes. Nolentes quod ipsi, aut eorum aliquis, in officiis, vel serviciis illis, infra praemissa, praenominata fore deafforestata, seu in aliqua inde parcella, aliqua­liter se intromittant, vel aliquis eorum intromittat; & ipsos, & quemlibet eorum, de officiis, & serviciis praedictis, ab iis ibidem praestandis, erga nos, haeredes & succes­sores nostros, exoneramus, & exonerari volumus in perpetuum per praesentes. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu no­stris, pro considerationibus prdictis pardonavimus, remisimus, & relaxavimus, ac per paersentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, pardonamus, remitti­mus & relaxamus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, Servientibus, Tenentibus, Ministris & Officiariis quibuscunque, qui nunc sunt, vel qui aliquo tempore antehaec fuerunt, Servientes, Tenentes, Ministri, sive Offi­ciarii praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, ac omnibus aliis modo vel antehaec Dominis, Possessoribus, Tenentibus, Proprietariis, Firmariis, sive Occupatori­bus, praedictorum seperalium Maneriorum, vel aliquarum earum Viliarum, Messua­giorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum, & caeterorum praemissorum praedictorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, omnes & omnimodas, & quascunque Ma­lificentias, Transgressiones, Forisfacturas, Usurpationes, Intrusiones, Arborum, Boscorum, Subboscorum & Copicearum, vel alicujus eorum, Succisiones, Spoliationes, Prosternationes & Eradicationes; Et omnia Edificiorum Purpresturas, Incrochia­menta, Assertationes & Nocumenta quaecunque: Nec non Cervorum, Damarum, vel aliquarum aliarum Ferarum, Volucrum & Piscium, cujuscunque generis, occisi­onem & perturbationem: Et omnia, & omnimoda alia, Forisfacturas, Offensa & Malefacta quaecunque, per ipsum praefatum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, vel per aliquem Tenentium, Proprietariorum, Firmariorum, vel Occupatorum, praedicto­rum separalium Maneriorum, Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Bos­corum, Pasturarum & caeterorum praemissorum per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel mentionatorum fore deafforestata, vel alicujus, vel aliquarum inde partis, vel parcellae, partium, vel parcellarum antehaec in vel infra, vel concernentia eadem praemissa, vel aliquam inde parcellam, facta, commissa, sive perpetrata, contra Assisas, Leges, sive [Page 655]Ordinationes, vel per Leges, Ordinationes, seu Assisas Forestae, prohibita, vel punien­da; ac omnia & singula Fines, Amerciamenta, Paenas, Penalitates, Punitiones & Foris­acturas quaecunque incursa, assessa, imposita, afferata, adjudicata, leviabilia, debita, vsie solubilia, aut assidenda, imponenda, afferanda, adjudicanda, levianda, debenda, seu solvenda, per super aut versus ipsum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, haeredes vel assignatos suos, vel per super versus aliquem Dominum, Proprietarium, Posses­sorem, Tenentem, Firmarium, vel Occupatorem praedictorum praemissorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel mentionatorum fore de­afforestata, ratione alicujus Praesentamenti, Jndictamenti, Convictionis, sive Ju­dicii habiti, sive habendi pro ratione, sive occasione aliquarum Transgressionum, Boscorum Succisionis, Edificiorum Purpresturae, Incrochiamentorum, Assertationum, Nocumentorum, Contemptuum, vel Offensorum quorumcunque, contra Leges, Assisas, Consuetudines, sive Ordinationes Forestae, infra praedicta separalia Mane­ria, vel aliqua earum Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum, & caeterorum praemissorum praedictorum, per praesentes deafforestato­rum, aut aliquam inde parcellam, ante confectionem praesentium, per praefatum Jo­hannem Comitem de Peterborow, aut per aliquem alium Dominum, Proprietarium, sive Possessorem inde; vel per aliquem, vel aliquos, Firmarium, sive Firmarios, Te­nentem vel Tenentes suos, aut eorum alicujus eorundem praemissorum, aut alicu­jus inde parcellae, vel parcellarum, antehaec facta, commissa, sive perpetrata. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, damus & concedimus, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, plenam & integram Licentiam, Potestatem & Authoritatem, omnia & singula praedicta praemissa, vocata sive cognita, per nomen de Drayton-park, scitu­ata, jacentia & existentia, sive jacere & existere reputata, in Drayton, Luffwick, Sudburgh & Slipton praedictis, vel in eorum aliquo, vel aliquibus; nec non aliquam aliam partem, vel partes, parcellam, vel parcellas praemissorum, non excedentes in toto, simul cum praedictis praemissis, vocatis Drayton-park, mille acras, vel aliquam, sive aliquas, inde partem, sive partes, parcellam vel parcellas, de tempore in tempus, prout praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus vel assignatis suis placuerit, in Separalitatem reducere, & Parcum vel Parcos inde facere, ac cum Fossis, Sepibus, Muris, Palis, aut aliquo alio modo, separare & includere, & inclusa custodire & tenere, pro Parco, vel Parcis; & in eodem Parco, vel eisdem Parcis, factis & inclusis, vel in posterum faciendis & includendis, libertatem, proprietatem, & beneficium, liberi Parci, & quicquid ad liberum Parcum, sive libertatem, vel beneficium Parci, pertinet vel spectat, habere, tenere & gaudere. Et ulterius, pro nobis, haeredi­bus & successoribus nostris, damus & concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Pe­terborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, plenam & integram licentiam, potestatem, & authoritatem, praedicta Parcum, vel Parcos, sic inclusa vel includenda, de tem­pore in tempus in perpetuum, Damis & Feris estaurare, & implere ad libitum suum, haeredum, vel assignatorum suorum, ac etiam in eodem Parco, vel eisdem Parcis, & qualibet inde parcella, libertatem, proprietatem, & beneficium Parci, & quicquid ad Parcum, sive libertatem, vel beneficium Parci pertinet, vel spectat, habere & gau­dere. Volumus etiam ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus no­stris praecipimus & mandamus, quod praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, hae­redes & assignati sui, Parcum, sive Parcos praedicta, sic facta sive inclusa, facienda vel includenda, & quamlibet, sive aliquam inde parcellam, liberè, licitè, benè & quietè, habeant & teneant, & de caetero in perpetuum habere, tenere, uti & gau­dere valeant & possunt in perpetuum, una cum omnibus, & singulis Liberta­tibus, Privilegiis, & Commoditatibus, quae ad hujusmodi Parcum, vel Parcos, pertinent, sive pertinere possint quovismodo. Non obstante quod praedicta praemissa, vocata Drayton-park, & caetera praemissa sic inclusa, sive facta, inclu­denda, sive facienda, pro Parco, sive Parcis, vel aliqua inde parcella sint, vel sit, infra Forestam de Rockingham praedictam, sive aliquam aliam, vel aliquas alias Fo­restas [Page 656]nostras quascunque, vel inter metas, bundas, sive perambulationes alicujus Forestae, sive aliquarum Forestarum nostrarum, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum quorumcunque. Insuper, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successori­bus nostris, concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ipse praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assig­nati sui, habeant, teneant, utantur & gaudeant, habeat, teneat, utatur & gaudeat liberam Warrennam, & omnia quae ad liberam Warrennam pertinent, infra praedicta separalia Maneria, vel eorum aliqua, Villas, Messuagia, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pasturas, ac caetera praemissa superius per praesentes deafforestata, vel deafforestari mentionata, ac quamlibet inde parcellam; licet eadem separalia Maneria, vel eorum aliqua, Villae, Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Pasturae, aut aliqua inde parcella sint, vel sit, aut antehaec fuerint, vel fuerit, infra aliquam Forestam nostram, sive ali­quas Forestas nostras, vel aliquorum praedecessorum nostrorum, vel metas, sive bundas ejusdem Forestae, vel earundem Forestarum, vel earum alicujus; aliqua Lege, Consuetudine, vel Ordinatione Forestae, vel aliquo alio Statuto, Actu, Ordinati­one, vel Provisione, in contrarium inde non obstante. Quare volumus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, concedimus praefato Jo­hanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ipse, haeredes & assignati sui, liberam Warrennam, & omnia quae ad liberam Warrennam pertinent, infra praemissa praedicta, per praesentes deafforestata, aut mentionata fore de­afforestata, & quamlibet inde parcellam, liberè, licitè & quietè, habeant & tene­ant, & habere, tenere & gaudere, possint & valeant, possit & valeat, in per­petuum; una cum omnibus, & singulis Libertatibus, Privilegiis & Commodi­tatibus, quae ad liberam Warrennam pertinent, seu pertinere poterunt quovismodo. Volumus etiam, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, prae­cipimus & mandamus, quod nullus introeat, aut introire presumat, liberam War­rennam praedictam, ad fugandum, occupandum vel Damas, aut Feras, ibidem capiendum, chaceandum, vel perturbandum, vel aliquid ibidem faciendum, quod ad liberam Warrennam pertinet, seu pertinere debet aut possit; nec aliquid in vel infra Warrennam praedictam, faciendum, vel perpetrandum, quod sit, vel fore poterit, ad damnum, nocumentum, sive praejudicium liberae Warrennae praedictae, sine vo­luntate, & licentia praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum, vel assigna­torum suorum, sub paena, in statutis & ordinationibus, pro Parcis, & liberis War­rennis conservandis, editis & provisis; nec non sub pena Forisfacturae, nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, decem librarum, legalis monetae Angliae, ad opus praedicti Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, no­mine nostro, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, per manus Vicecomitis Comitatus Northamptoniae praedicti, pro tempore existentis, levandum, & recipiendum, & prae­dicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, per eundem Vicecomitem Comitatus praedicti pro tempore existentem, solvendum & delibe­randum. Quare volumus & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, praecipimus & mandamus, Vicecomiti Comitatus Northamptoniae praedicti, pro tempore existenti, quod quando, & quotiescunque, aliqua talis Paena, sive Fo­risfactura decem librarum, posthac per aliquam personam, sive aliquas personas, sit aut erit, sint aut erint, perdita sive forisfacta, idem Vicecomes Comitatus praedicti, pro tempore existens, immediate post Collectionem, sive Levationem ejusdem Forisfacturae, solvet, seu solvent, seu solvi facient, easdem decem libras, de tempore in tempus, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assig­natis suis. Et hae literae nostrae Patentes, vel irrotulamentum eorundem, erunt de tempore in tempus, sufficiens Warrantum, & Exoneratio, praefato Vicecomiti Co­mitatus praedicti pro tempore existenti, in hac parte, versus nos, haeredes & suc­cessores nostros, in omnibus Curiis nostris, haeredum & successorum nostrorum qui­buscunque, super solam demonstrationem, harum Literarum nostrarum Patentium, vel irrotulamenti earundem, absque aliquo alio Brevi, seu Warranto, à nobis haeredi­bus [Page 657]& successoribus nostris, in hac parte obtinendis, impetrandis seu prosequendis. Ac ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, pro Considerationibus praedictis, convenimus & concedimus, pro nobis, hae­redibus & successoribus nostris, ad & cum praefato Johanne Comite de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ad proximum Parlamentum, sive sessionem Par­lamenti, vel ad aliquod aliud Parlamentum nostri, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, infra hoc Regnu mnostrum Angliae tenendum; Nos, haeredes & successores nostri, su­per humilem Requisitionem praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assigna­torum suorum, nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, faciendum, dabimus & con­cedimus, aut dare & concedere volumus & dignabimur, Regale, liberumque Assen­sum & Consensum nostrum, alicui Actui Parlamenti, Petitioni, sive Billae, in eodem Parlamento, sive sessione Parlamenti, exhibendis, sive praeferendis pro deafforesta­tione praedictorum separalium Maneriorum, & caeterorum omnium & singulorum prae­missorum, per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel deafforestari mentionatorum, aut alicujus inde parcellae, aut pro meliori Confirmatione, Assurantia, Securitate, & se­cura Concessione, omnium & singulorum, Libertatum, Franchesiorum, Exemptio­num & Immunitatum, superius per praesentes praeconcessorum, aut mentionata fore praeconcessa, & cujuslibet inde partis sive parcellae, secundum veram intentionem nostram, & juxta effectum & propositum, harum Literarum nostrarum Patentium. Et ulterius volumus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod si & quotiescunque aliquae Dubitationes, sive Questiones, orire contigerint, de validitate harum nostrarum Literarum Patentium, in aliquo, vel aliqua clausula, materia, sive re quacunque, de vel concernente praedictis separalibus Maneriis, Villis, vel eorum aliquo, Terris, Pratis, Boscis, Pasturis, & caeteris praemissis praedictis, aut ali­qua inde parcella; quod tunc & toties super humilem Petitionem praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, nobis, haeredibus vel successoribus nostris, exhibendum, ac super Notitiam & Certificationem, nobis, hae­redibus vel successoribus nostris, per Attornatum, aut Solicitatorem nostrum Gene­ralem, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, pro tempore existentem, de hujusmodi defectu emendari requiritur, nos, haeredes vel successores nostri, gratiose concedere dig­nabimur, alias Literas Patentes eidem Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, cum talibus, & hujusmodi Emendationibus, Explanationibus, Amplifica­tionibus & Additionibus, quales & quae per dictum Attornatum, vel Solicitatorem no­strum Generalem, pro tempore existentem, in ea parte advisabuntur, & convenientia fore videbuntur. Et ulterius volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & suc­cessoribus nostris, praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, concedimus, ac ad & cum praefato Johanne Comite de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, per praesentes convenimus, & agreamus, quod si ad aliquod tempus, vel ad aliqua tempora in posterum, contigerit, quod aliquis, vel aliqui Tenentes, Firmarii, Occupatores, Residentes, aut Inhabitantes, infra praedicta separalia Ma­neria, Villas & caetera praemissa, per praesentes mentionata, fore deafforestata, vel in eorum, sive earum aliquo, sive aliqua parte, vel parcella, qui nunc sunt, antehaec fuerunt, vel qui aliquo tempore in futuro fore contigerint, liberi Tenentes, Firma­rii, Occupatores, Inhabitantes, Commorantes, Residentes aut Remanentes, infra praedicta separalia Maneria, Villas & caetera praemissa, per praesentes mentionata fore deafforestata, vel aliquam inde partem, sive parcellam, partes, sive parcellas, vel aliqua alia persona, sive personae, aliter quam praedictus Johannes Comes de Peter­borow, haeredes & assignati sui, ad & cum praedicto Johanne Comite de Peterbo­row, haeredibus & assignatis suis, convenire recusabit, vel recusabunt, & satis­factionem praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, pro deafforestatione talium partium praemissorum, superius per praesentes deafforestato­rum, vel mentionatorum fore deafforestata, quorum ipse vel ipsi sit, vel sint, vel in futuro fore contigerit, vel contigerint, Tenentes, Occupatores, vel Inhabi­tantes, reddere negabit, vel negabunt; & quod praedictus Johannes Comes de [Page 658]Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, talem recusationem & negationem, recusati­ones, vel negationes, per aliquod scriptum, vel aliqua scripta, sub manu & sigillo praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, & in Curia nostra Cancellariae irrotulata significabit, vel declarabit, significabunt, vel declarabunt; quod tunc, & in tali casu, nulli tales Tenentes, Occupatores, Fir­marii, sive Inhabitantes, quorum negationem, vel negationes, recusationem, vel recusationes, praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes vel assignati sui, sic ut praefertur, significabit, vel declarabit, significabunt, vel declarabunt, Par­donationem, Libertatem, Beneficium, Privilegium, vel Exemptionem praedicta virtute praesentium, vel alicujus Clausulae, Concessionis, vel Sententiae, in his Li­teris nostris Patentibus contentae, ullo modo habebunt, clamabunt, tenebunt, vel gaudebunt, vel habere, clamare, tenere, vel gaudere, quocunque modo in futuro exspectabunt; nisi per specialem Warrantum, Concessionem & Declarationem, Concessiones, Warrantia & Declarationes, sub manu & sigillo ipsius Johannis Co­mitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, habendum, obtinendum, vel acquirendum, testificandum, demonstrandum & declarandum, Consensum, Approbationem, liberumque Assensum praedicti Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum & assignatorum suorum, in eisdem praemissis praedictis, Tenentibus, Fir­mariis, & caeteris personis praedictis, per praedictum Johannem Comitem de Peter­borow, haeredes vel assignatos suos, respective fore concessa, sed praedicti Tenen­tes, liberi Tenentes, Firmarii, Occupatores, Residentes & Inhabitantes, ac omnes aliae personae & persona, infra praedicta Maneria, Villas & caetera praemissa per praesentes mentionata, fore deafforestata, residentes & inhabitantes, vel in futuro residere, vel inhabitare contingentes, aliter quam praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, & alii tales, quorum negationem, vel negati­ones, recusationem vel recusationes, praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, non significabit, vel significabunt, declarabit, vel de­clarabunt, & alii tales Concessiones, Warrantia, sive Declarationes, sub ma­nu, & sigillo ipsius Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignato­rum suorum, ut praefertur habens & habentes, sint & erint, & eorum quilibet de tempore in tempus, sit & erit, subjectus, obediens & obstrictus, Legibus, Statu­tis & Ordinationibus Forestae, in omnibus Forisfacturis, Penalitatibus, Punitionibus, Sectis & Serviciis, & caeteris rebus quibuscunque, Forestae praedictae, quocunque modo pertinentibus & spectantibus, tam pro tempore praeterito, quam futuro, ac si hae literae nostrae Patentes, minime factae fuissent, his Literis nostris Patentibus, vel aliquo in eisdem contento, in contrarium inde in aliquo non obstantibus. Et tunc & in tali casu, volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successori­bus nostris, praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, concedimus omnes Forisfacturas, Penalitates & Pecuniarum Summas, nobis, haeredi­bus vel successoribus nostris, vel aliquibus progenitorum, vel praedecessorum nostro­rum forisfactas vel forisfaciendas, per aliquam personam, vel aliquas personas, sic ut praefertur subjectas Legibus Forestae, existentibus, ratione, vel occasione aliquo­rum, vel alicujus Delicti, Contemptus, vel Transgressionis in praemissis praedictis, vel aliquo praemissorum, antehaec contra leges Forestae, in aliquo perpetrati, com­missi, sive omissi, vel in posterum perpetrandi, committendi, vel omittendi, in tam amplis modo, & forma, ac si eadem omnia & singula, in his praesentibus par­ticulariter expressa, & mentionata fuissent. Et ulterius volumus & concedimus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, damus potestatem, facultatem & authori­tatem, omnia & singula Forisfacturas, Penalitates & pecuniarum Summas praedicta, in aliquibus Curiis nostris, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, recuperare, & prae­cipimus, & mandamus, Thesaurariis, Justiciariis Itinerantibus ac Justiciariis, & Capi­tali Justiciario Forestae praedictae, Cancellario, Thesaurario & Baronibus, Curiae Scacca­rii, & omnibus aliis Judicibus, Justiciariis, Officiariis & Ministris nostris, qui nunc sunt, vel in posterum erunt, Vicecomitibus, Ballivis & omnibus aliis Officiariis, Mini­stris [Page 659]& Subditis nostris, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, ad quos pertinere po­terit, nunc aut pro tempore existentibus, processus, de tempore in tempus ad requisitionem praedicti Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assig­natorum suorum, facere & emittere, contra aliquam personam, vel personas, pro praemissis praedictis, & eosdem processus, executioni debitae demandare, pro levatione & recuperatione earum Forisfacturarum, Penalitatum & Pecuniarum Summarum, vel alicujus inde parcellae. Et hae Literae nostrae Patentes, vel Irrotulamentum eorundem, erunt tampraedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quam praedicto Thesaurario, & caeteris Officiariis, & personis praedictis, sufficiens Warran­tum & Authoritas, in hac parte. Et ulterius volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, convenimus, & concedimus, ad & cum praefato Jo­hanne Comite de Peterborow, haeredibus, & assignatis suis, quod nec, nos, haeredes, vel successores nostri, ad aliquam personam, sive personas quascunque, de vel con­cernente Privilegiis, Exemptionibus, Forisfacturis, Penalitatibus, vel pecuniarum summis, vel eorum aliquo, in his praesentibus expressis, & mentionatis, & praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus, & assignatis suis, per praesentes concessis, & confirmatis, aliquam Concessionem, Pardonationem, Compositionem, Relaxati­onem, Exonerationem, vel Licentiam, in futuro faciemus, vel fieri causabimus, sed omnia, & singula praemissa praedicta praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, hae­redibus, & assignatis suis, per praesentes concessa, & concedi mentionata, sint & erunt, de tempore in tempus, ad solum & proprium opus, & usum ipsius Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum & assignatorum suorum. Et ulterius volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, concedimus prae­fato Johannis Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus, & assignatis suis, quod hae Literae Patentes nostrae, vel Irrotulamentum earundem, erunt in omnibus, & per omnia, firmae, validae, bonae, & sufficientes in lege, erga & contra nos, haeredes, & suc­cessores nostros, tam in omnibus Curiis nostris, quam alibi, infra hoc regnum no­strum Angliae, absque aliquibus Confirmationibus, Licentiis, vel Tolerationibus, de nobis, haeredibus, vel successoribus nostris, procurandis, vel obtinendis. Non obstante male nominando, vel non nominando, male recitando, vel non recte re­citando praedictorum separalium Maneriorum, vel eorum aliquorum, Villarum, Mes­suagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum & caeterorum praemisso­rum praedictornm, aut aliquam inde partem vel parcellam. Et non obstante quod aliquod Breve, vel aliqua Brevia, de ad quod damnum, non emanaverit, vel ema­naverunt, aut quod nulla Inquisitio, sive Inquisitiones superinde captae, sive habi­tae, fuit vel fuerunt, ante confectionem harum Literarum nostrarum Patentium. Et non obstante, quod metae, limites, & bundae, praemissorum praedictorum, vere & certe, non describuntur, vel aliqua incertitudine in eisdem, vel in eorum aliquo. Et non obstante quod Maleficentia, Transgressiones, Forisfacturae, Usurpationes, Intrusiones, Arborum, Boscorum vel Subboscorum succisiones, spoliationes, pro­sternationes, vel eradicationes, contemptus, negligentiae & aliae offensae, & omis­siones praedictae, nec partes eadem perpetrantes, nec fines Amerciamenti, Penae, Pe­nalitates, Punitiones, pecuniarum summae, & aliae Forisfacturae, pro eisdem incursae, impositae, adjudicatae, leviabiles, debitae, sive solubiles; nec Praesentamenta, Indicta­menta, Convictiones, Judicia & aliae res eadem concernentes, particulariter in prae­sentibus non mentionantur. Et non obstante aliquo defectu, vel aliquibus defecti­bus, in male nominando, vel non nominando, Tenentium, Firmariorum vel Occu­patorum praemissorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae. Et non obstante male nominando vel non nominando, aliquarum Villarum, Parochiarum, Hamlettorum, Locorum, vel Comitatuum, in quo, vel in quibus praedicta separalia Maneria, Villae, Mes­suagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Pasturae & caetera praemissa praedicta, aut aliqua inde pars, vel parcella, existunt, vel existit. Et non obstante statuto in Parlamento, Domini Henrici nuper regis Angliae Sexti, anno Regni sui decimo octavo, facto & edito. Et non obstante Statuto in Parlamento Henrici nuper Regis Angliae quar­ti, Antecessoris nostri, Anno Regni sui primo, facto & edito. Et non obstante [Page 660]aliquibus aliis Defectis, in non nominando, aut non recte nominando, naturae, speciei, quantitatis, numeri acrarum, anni valoris, aut qualitatis praemissorum, aut alicujus inde parcellae; aut quod praemissa praedicta, vel eorum aliquod, sive ali­quae continent, sive continet, majorem numerum acrarum, vel sint, vel sit majoris annui valoris, quam in his praesentibus, vel alio scripto, sive particulari, inde menti­onatur; aut aliquo alio statuto, ordinatione, provisione, aut restrictione in contra­rium inde in aliquo non obstante. Eò quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut de certitudine praemissorum, vel eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis, sive conces­sionibus, per nos, sive aliquem progenitorum, sive praedecessorum nostrorum, prae­fato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow ante haec tempora facta, in praesentibus minime factis existit, aut in aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, Proclamati­one, sive Restrictione in contrarium, inde antehac habitis, factis, ordinatis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstan­te. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, quinto decimo die Octobris, Anno Regni nostri quintodecimo.
Per Breve de privato sigillo. Wolesley.

The Patent of Lord Lieutenant of Northampton-shire, to John Earl of Peter­borow.

CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ire­land, Defender of the Faith;
To our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, John Earl of Peterborow, greeting.

Know ye, that we for the great and singu­lar Trust and Confidence, we have in your approved Wisdom, Fidelity and Circum­spection, have assigned, made, constituted and ordained, and by these Presents do constitute, assign, make and ordain you to be our Lieutenant, within our County of Northampton, and in all Corporate and Priviledged places, within the Precinct and Limits of the same County; (as well within the Liberties as without:) And do by these Presents give full Power and Authority unto you, that you from time to time, may levy, gather and call together, all and singular our Subjects, of whatsoever State and Degree, or Dignity, they or any of them be, dwelling, or inhabiting within our said County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places, within the limits or precincts of the same County, or any of them, (as well within Liberties as without) meet and apt for the Wars; and them, and every of them, to try, array and put in Readiness, and them also, and every of them, after their Abilities, Degrees and Faculties, well and sufficiently to cause to be armed and weaponed, and to take the Musters of them, in places most meet for that purpose, after your good discretion. And also the same our Subjects so arrayed, tryed and armed, as well Men of Armes, as other Horsemen, Archers and Footmen, of all kinds and degrees, meet and apt for the Wars, to conduct and lead as well against all and singular our Enemies, as also against all and singular Rebels, Traytors, and other like Offenders, and every of them, their, and every of their Adherents, against us, our Crown and Dignity, within our said County, and all corporated and priviledged places within the Limits or Precincts of the said County, and every of them, (as well within Liberties as without) from time to time, as often as need shall require, by your discretion. And with the said Enemies, Traytors, and Re­bels, to fight, and them to invade, resist, repress, subdue, slay, kill, and put to execution of death, by all ways and means, by your said good discretion: And to do, fulfil, and execute, all and singular other things, which shall be requisite for the Levying and Government, of our said Subjects, for the Conservation of our Person and Peace, so by you, in form aforesaid, levyed, and to be levyed; and to do, execute, and use against the said Enemies and Rebels, Traytors, [Page 661]and such other like Offenders, and their Adherents, as necessity shall require, by your discretion the Law called the Martial Law, according to the Law Martial; and of such Offenders, apprehended, or being brought into subjection, to save whom you shall think good to be saved, and to slay, destroy, and to put to Exe­cution of Death, such, and so many of them, as you shall think meet by your good discretion to be put to Death. And further our will and pleasure is, and by these Presents, we do give unto you full power and lawful authority, that in case any In­vasion of Enemies, Insurrection, Rebellion, Riots, Routs, unlawful Assemblies, or any like offences shall happen to be moved, in any place of this our Realm, out of the limits of this our Commission; that then as often as need shall require, by your good Discretion, or as you shall be directed from us by any special Commandment, you with such power to be levyed, within the limits of your Lieutenancy, as you shall think requisite, or as shall be directed from us, as is aforesaid, shall with all diligence repair to the place where any such Invasion, unlawful Assembly or Insur­rection shall happen to be made, to subdue, repress and reform the same, as well by Battel, and other kind of force, as otherwise, by the Laws of our Realm, and the Law Martial, according to your discretion. And further we give unto you full power and authority, for the Execution of this our Commission, to appoint and assign in this our said County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places aforesaid, (as well within Liberties as without) Muster-masters, and one Provost Martial; which Provost Martial shall execute, and use the Martial Law, in case of any Invasion, Insurrection or Rebellion, in conducting any number of Men of War, against the said Invaders, Traytors or Rebels, during the continuance of such Invasion, Insurrection or Rebellion: Wherefore we will and command you our said Lieutenant, That with all diligence you do execute the Premises with effect. And for a smuch as it may be, there shall be just cause for you to be attendant on our Person, or to be otherwise imployed in our Service, whereby this our Service of Lieutenancy committed to your Fidelity, cannot be by you in person executed in such sort, as we have appointed the same: Therefore we give unto you, for your better aid and assistance, and for the better performance and execution of this same our Service, full power and authority, from time to time, to appoint, as­sign and constitute by writing under your Hand and Seal, such sufficient and meet Persons, as you in your discretion shall from time to time, think fit to be your Deputies in this our said Service, in our said County of Northampton, and in all cor­porate and priviledged places, within the Limits and Precincts of the said County, (as well within Liberties as without.) And by this our present Commission, We give unto such Deputies, so to be by you assigned and appointed, as aforesaid, or to any two or more of them, full power and authority, in your absence, to do and execute in our said County of Northampton, and in all corporate and priviledged places, within the Limits and Precincts of the said County (as well within Li­berties as without,) all and every thing and things before in this our Commission, assigned and appointed by you to be done and executed: And our will, pleasure and commandment is, That your said Deputies, so by you from time to time to be ap­pointed, shall immediately after your Letters of Deputation to them made, as is aforesaid, take care and charge, to see every point of this our Commission, as ful­ly and perfectly executed, in your absence, as you your self ought to have done, if you had been personally present. And the better to enable them so to do, our will and pleasure is, That immediately after such Deputation to them made, as afore­said, you shall deliver to them a Duplicate, or true Transcript of this our Commis­sion, subscribed with your Hand: And whatsoever you being present, or in your absence, your said Deputies, or any two or more of them, shall do by vertue of this our Commisson, and according to the Tenor and Effect of the same, touching the execution of the Premises, or any part thereof, the same shall be by these Pre­sents discharged in that behalf against us, our Heirs and Successors. And further we will and command, all and singular our Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, [Page 662]Bayliffs, Constables, Headboroughs, and all other our Officers, Ministers and Sub­jects, meet and apt for the Wars, within our said County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places, within the limits and precincts of the said County (as well within Liberties as without) to whom it shall appertain, that they and every of them, with their Power and Servants, from time time shall be attending, and assisting, counselling, helping, and at the commandment as well of you our said Lieutenant, as of your said Deputies, or any two, or more of them, as abovesaid, in the execution hereof, as they and every of them tender our pleasure, and will answer the contrary, at their utmost Perils.

In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents. Witness our self at Westminster, the Sixteenth Day of July, in the Sixteenth Year of our Reign.
Willis.

A Commission for Constituting Deputy Lieutenants for the County of Northampton.

JOHN Earl of Peterborow, Baron of Turvey, and Lord Lieutenant of the Coun­ty of Northampton,
to all to whom these presents shall come, sendeth Greet­ing in our Lord God everlasting.

Whereas the King's most Excellent Majesty, by his Highness's Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England, bearing date at West­minster, the Sixteenth Day of July, in the Sixteenth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, hath made, constituted and ordained me the said Earl of Peterborow, to be his Ma­jesty's Lieutenant of his Highness's County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places, within the limits and precincts of the same County, (as well within Liberties as without:) And because there may be just cause for me to be attendant upon his Majesty's Person, or to be otherwise imployed in his Service, whereby the said Service of Lieutenancy to me committed, cannot be by me in Per­son executed, in such sort as his Majesty hath appointed: Therefore his Majesty hath given unto me, for my better Aid and Assistance, and for the better perfor­mance, and execution of this Service, full power and authority to appoint, assign and constitute by my Writing, under my Hand and Seal, such sufficient and meet Persons, as I in my discretion shall from time to time, think fit to be my Deputies in the said Service, in the said County of Northampton, and all corporate and privi­ledged places, within the limits and precincts of the same County, (as well within Liberties as without,) giving unto my said Deputy Lieutenants, or to any two or more of them, full power and authority in my absence, to do, and execute in his Majesty's said County of Northampton, and the places priviledged as aforesaid, all and every thing and things, mentioned in his Majesty's said Commission, by me to be done and executed: Know ye therefore, That I the said John Earl of Peterborow, Lord Lieutenant of the said County of Northampton, according to the tenor and pur­port of the said Commission, have assigned, constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do assign, constitute and appoint Sir Rowland Saint-John, Knight of the Bath, Sir Rowland Egerton, Knight and Baronet, Sir Lewis Watson, Knight and Baro­net, Sir Hatton Farmer, Knight, Sir Thomas Cave, Knight, Sir Robert Hatton, Knight, William Elmes, Esquire, and Charles Cokeyne, Esquire, to be my Deputies in the said Service, within the said County of Northampton, and in all corporate and priviledged places, within the Limits and Precincts of the said County, (as well within Liberties as without:) And whatsoever the said Sir Rowland Saint-John, Sir Rowland Egerton, Sir Lewis Watson, Sir Hatton Farmer, Sir Thomas Cave, Sir Robert Hatton, William Elmes, and Charles Cokeyne, together, or any two or more of them, shall execute, or do by force of the said Commission, within the said County of Northampton, and the places priviledged as aforesaid: I the said Earl of Peterborow, do by authority of his Majesty's said Commission, allow and approve the same, in all points and every thing, as if I my self were there present in Person. And the better to enable my said Deputies, according to his Majesty's will and pleasure in that behalf, I do by com­mandment [Page 663]of his Majesty, deliver unto them and every of them, a true Transcript of the said Commission, subscribed with my Hand.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal at Arms, the One and twentieth day of July, in the said Sixteenth Year of his said Majesty's Reign that now is, Annoque Domini. 1640.
J. Peterborow.

SIGILLVM IOHANNIS COMITIS DE PETRIBVRGO DN̄I BARONIS DE TVRVEY

A Commission of Array to the Right Honourable John Earl of Peterborow.

CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defen­sor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo nostro Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.

Sciatis quod cum quidam Rebelles regni nostri Scotiae, regnum nostrum Angliae cum posse non modico hostiliter ingressi fuerunt: Nos malitiae hujusmodi Rebellionis (gratia nobis favente divina,) resistere, ac pro salvatione, & defensione nostri, & regni praedicti, & ligeorum nostrorum ejusdem, disponere & ordinare vo­lentes, ut tenemur: Assignavimus vos ad arraiandum & triandum, omnes & singulos homines ad arma, ac homines armatos & sagittarios, in Comitatu nostro Northamp­toniae commorantes, infra libertates, & extra. Et ad armari faciendum omnes illos, qui de suo corpore sunt potentes, & habiles ad armandum, qui de suo proprio habent unde seipsos armare possint, videlicet, quilibet eorum juxta status & facul­tates suas. Et ad assidendum & apportionandum, juxta avisamentum, & discreti­ones vestras; ac etiam ad distringendum omnes illos, qui in terris, & bonis, sunt potentes, & pro debilitate corporum ad laborandum impotentes ad inveniendum, juxta quantitatem terrarum, & bonorum suorum, & prout rationabiliter portare po­terint (salvo statu suo) armaturas hominibus ad arma, ac hominibus armatis, ac arcus & sagittas. Ita quod illi qui morabuntur, seu morari poterunt, ad domum suam propriam in patria sua, super defensionem ejusdem regni contra rebelles prae­dictos, si periculum eveniat, non capiant vadia nec expensas, pro mora sua apud do­mus suas praedictas. Et ad hoc dictos homines ad arma, & homines armatos, & sa­gittarios fic arraiatos, & injunctos continue in arraiatione, ut in millenis, centenis, & vintenis, & alias prout conveniens fuerit, & necesse teneri & poni faciendum. Et eos tam ad costeram maris quam alia loca, ubi, & quotiens necesse fuerit, ad dictos rebel­les expellendum, debellandum & destruendum de tempore in tempus, cum aliquod periculum immineat mandandum, & injungendum, & ad monstrum sive monstratio­nem, eorundem hominum ad arma, ac hominum armatorum & sagittariorum de tem­pore in tempus, quotiens indiguerit, diligenter faciendum, & supervidendum: Ac etiam ad proclamandum, ordinandum & diligenter examinandum, quod omnes, & finguli hujusmodi homines ad arma, ac homines armati, & sagittarii, in monstris, hujusmodi armaturis propriis & non alienis armentur, sub pena amissionis eorundem, exceptis duntaxat illis qui ad expensas aliorum armari debent, ut praedictum est, & [Page 664]ad omnes & singulos quos in hac parte inveneritis, contrarios sea rebelles, arrestandum & capiendum, ac eos in prisonis nostris committendum, in iisdem moraturos quous­que de eorum punitione aliter duxerimus ordinandum. Et ideo vobis districtius quo possumus, super fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemim, injungimus & mandamus, quod statim visis praesentibus, vos ipsos, melius & securius quo poteritis, arraiari & parari, & coram nobis ad ipsos dies & loca, quo videritis magis competentes, & ex­pedientes, & pro populo nostro minus damnosas. Et omnes homines in patria com­morantes, per quos arraiatio hujusmodi, melius fieri & compleri poterit, venire & vocari facias, & arraiari, armari, & muniri, & eos sic armatos & munitos, in arraia­tione hujusmodi teneri facias. Et insuper figna, vocata Bekins, poni facias in locis consuetis, per quae gentes patriae de adventu rebellium praedictorum poterunt con­gruis temporibus praemuniri. Ac eosdem homines sic arraiatos & munitos, cum pe­riculum imminuerit, in defensione regni, & patriae praedictae, de tempore in tempus, tam ad costeram maris, quam alia loca, ubi magis necesse fuerit, duci facies. Ita quod pro defectu defensionis, arraiationis sive ductionis dictorum hominum, vel per negligentiam vestram, damna patriae praedictae, per rebelles praedictos a modo non eveniat ullo modo pro posse vestro. Damus autem universis, & singulis Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, Justiciariis Pacis, Majoribus, Ballivis, Constabulariis, Ministris & aliis Fidelibus, & ligeis nostris Comitatus praedicti (tam infra libertates quam extra) tenore praesentium firmiter in mandatum, quod nobis in omnibus, & singulis praemissis, fa­ciendum & explendum intendentes sint, consulentes & auxiliantes. Et Vicecomiti Comitatus praedicti, quod ad aptos dies, & loca quos ad hoc ordinaveritis, venire faciat coram vobis, omnes illos in Comitatu praedicto, per quos arraiatio, assessio, & ordi­natio melius poterint fieri & compleri. Si illos quos pro rebellione sua capi, & arre­stari contigerit, in prisona nostra custodiat, sicut praedictum est. In cujus rei Testimo­nium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonaste­rium tertio die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri sextodecimo.
Per Dominum Custodem magni Sigilli Angliae, virtute Warrantii regii. Willis.

A Letter from King Charles the First, to the Right Honourable John Earl of Peterborow.

To our Right trusty and welbeloved Cousin John Earl of Peterborow.
Charles R.

RIght Trusty and welbeloved Cousin, we greet you well: Whereas we are de­sirous to speak with you concerning some affairs, much importing the Peace, and good of this our Kingdom, which being of more than ordinary consequence, will admit of no delay; we therefore will and command you, upon your Allegiance, (that setting aside all other occasions whatsoever,) you fail not forthwith to repair hither to us; when we shall acquaint you with the particular cause of our sending for you, which is of that importance, as is neither fit to be imparted to you by Let­ter, nor will bear any delay or excuse: And for the ready observance of this our command, these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant.

Given at our Court at York, the Twentieth of May. 1642.

My Lord, I pray you fail not to make haste.

C. R.

HENRY Earl of PETERBOROW, Peer of England, Lord MORDAƲNT, Lord Baron of Turvey, Grome of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to King JAMES the Second, Lord High-Steward to the Queen, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton, One of the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the GARTER. CHAPTER XVII.

A Declaration of King Charles the First, against the Alienating of the Lordship and Priory of Rygate, from Henry Earl of Peterborow.

Charles R.

WHereas our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peter­borow by his Humble Petition hath represented to us, That his Mother the Countess of Peterborow is seized of certain Lands, whereto he is Inheritable, by vertue of an Entail of the gift of the Crown, and that the Reversion expectant thereof is in us: And that his said Mother, upon displeasure conceived against him, prevailed with his Father, the late Earl of Peterborow, about the time of his Death, to leave much of his Estate to her, who now endeavours to have power to cut off the En­tail of the Crown's gift, tending to his the said now Earl of Peterborow's Disinherison therein; which without our consent she cannot accomplish: And therefore the said Henry now Earl of Peterborow, humbly prays the with-holding of our Consent therein. Forasmuch as we have special cause to tender the good, and advantage of the said now Earl of Peterborow, and that by act of Parliament provision is made, That such Entails shall not be cut off to bar the Posterity, whose Advancement was thereby intended: We therefore hereby declare to all, and every whom it may concern, our Unwillingness, That the said Earl should be prejudiced in the benefit of the said Entail, contrary to the intent of the Giver, and of the said Parliament. And we will and require our Council at Law, the Clerks of our Signet, and other Seals, and all others whom it may concern, to take knowledge of the Premises; and if by any means or ways, endeavours shall be used by the said Countess, or others, for a Reversion of the said Entail Lands, that they or any of them fail not to mind us of the same, whereby no Grant thereof may pass, without the said Earl's notice, and our more full consideration, and express orders upon the same, first had and obtained.

Given at Hampton-Court, the One and twentieth Day of September. 1647.

A Writ Summoning the Earl of Peterborow to the Parliament, in the Twelfth Year of King Charles the Second.

CArolus secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo suo Henrico Comiti Peterborow, salutem.

Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum apud civitatem nostram Westmonasteriensem, octavo die Maii proxime futurum, teneri ordinavimus, ac ibi­dem vobiscum, ac cum magnatibus, & proceribus, dicti Regni nostri colloquium habere, & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendum mandavimus, quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco persona­liter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum magnatibus, & proceribus praedictis, super dictis negotiis tractatum utrinque concilium impensurum. Et hoc, sicut nos & honorem nostrum, ac salvationem & defensionem, Regni & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditio­nemque dictorum negociorum diligitis, nullatemus omittatis.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri decimo tertio.

A Letter from the Duke of Albemarle.

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Peterborow, or to the Officer in chief with his Regiment.
My LORD,

UNderstanding there are some dissatisfied Officers lately disbanded, who are endeavouring to bring the Souldiers into mischief, if special care be not taken to prevent the same, and so the Souldiers will loose their Arrears, besides the dishonour that will fall upon the Officers, in whose Regiment it happens: I desire you will be careful to keep the Officers of your Regiment with their Commands: And if they hear any Officers, or Souldiers speak discontented words, to take away their Arms, and secure them; and you are to acquaint the Officers and Souldiers, that (though they be shortly to be reduced, yet) they will receive Arrears before disbanding: And there is an Act of Parliament, that they may set up their Trades, in any City or Town corporate. I desire you to acquaint the Captains of each Com­pany under your command herewith; and that they may be careful to observe the same. I remain,

Cockpit 11 September. 1660.
Your Lordship's very humble Servant, ALBEMARLE.

If your Lordships occasions will not give you leave, you need not repair to your Regiment.

A Commission constituting Henry Earl of Peterborow Captain-General, and Go­vernor of Tangier.

CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin Henry Earl of Peterborow, greeting. Whereas we intend forthwith to settle and secure our City of Tangier, and the Territories, and Domi­nions adjacent, in or near the Coasts of Barbary, or the Kingdoms of Sus, Fez, and Morocco, some or one of them, in the continent of Africa, and for that purpose have resolved, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, forthwith to raise, draw forth, and transport thither such Forces of Horses and Foot, as we shall judge necessary for our service, in defence of the said City of Tangier, and our Dominions and Territories, in or near the said Kingdoms of Sus, Fez and Morocco: Know ye therefore, That we reposing an especial trust and confidence, in your Honour's Cou­rage, Wisdom and Fidelity, have constituted and ordained, and by these our Let­ters Patents, do make, constitute, ordain, and appoint you the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, Captain-General of all Forces, both Horse and Foot, raised or to be raised, and now sent, or which hereafter shall be sent, by our Royal Authority, or Commissions, and of all other Forces whatsoever, which are, or shall remain, or be drawn into our City of Tangier, or any other of our Dominions or Territories, in or near the said Kingdoms of Sus, Fez and Morocco, and of all Forts, Castles, Cities or other parts or places whatsoever, which by your good conduct, and success, shall be reduced to our obedience and subjection. And we do hereby give and grant, unto you the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Captain-General, full power and authority by beat of Drum, Proclamation or otherwise, in our Name, to raise, lift, arm, array, and put under Command, such or so many Voluntiers both of [Page 669]Horse and Foot, within this our Kingdom of England, or any other our Kingdoms or Dominions, as shall make up and compleat the number defigned by us, in the esta­blishment for that Service; and to give Commission to Officers and Commanders, to be set over them, and conduct, lead and imbark the said Officers and Soul­diers, to be transported to our said City of Tangier, and to remove and cashier any such Officers or Souldiers, as to you shall seem convenient. And we do further by these Presents, give full Power and Authority, to you our said Captain-General, from time to time, to muster, exercise, and train, our said Forces, and all other our Armies and Forces, which you shall there raise, or entertain into our ser­vice, or which shall be sent to you, from hence or any other place, and to drive, train, conduct and lead out, or otherwise imploy the Natives, or other Inhabi­tants, if need shall require, and with them to defend our said City of Tangier, and any other our Dominions, which already are, or hereafter shall be in our Power or Possession; and to lead them forth against any Enemies, Rebels and Traytors, and them to fight, kill and slay, and subdue to our Obedience; and to invade, sur­prise, and reduce such Towns, Forts, Castles or Countries, as shall declare or maintain any Hostility against us, or that may endanger the Peace, or Security of our City, or Territories aforesaid, and to possess and strenghten them, with Forts or Garrisons, or otherwise raze, dismantle, or disable them, as to you shall seem expedient; and to arm, discipline and entertain into your Service, all such as you shall think fit, to receive under your Command, out of any the Kingdoms, Domi­nions or Territories aforesaid. And we do further, by these Presents, ordain and appoint you, one of our Vice-Admirals, with power to give, ordain and com­mand, to all our Naval Forces and Commanders at Sea, that shall be appointed by us, or our Authority, to attend the service of our said City of Tangier, and up­on the Coast of Africa; and likewise to require them by your Orders, or Instructi­ons, to prosecute any design, which you shall judge to be for our service; and also when, and where ye shall think meet to appoint, constitute, and keep a Court of Admiralty, and appoint Judges and Officers for the same, for the hearing and determining all Maritime Causes, belonging to the Jurisdiction of a Court-Ad­miral, as it is exercised in England. And for the better discipline of the Forces under your Command, both by Land and Sea, We do hereby give you full Power and Authority, to ordain, publish and execute Laws, and Ordinances-Martial, according to the Constitutions, and Practices of a Court-Martial, and to punish by death, or otherwise, or to pardon Offences, as in your discretion you shall judge meet. And we do hereby give unto you all such further Powers, Preheminences, and Authorities, as to a Captain-General, or to one of our Vice-Admirals, do any ways appertain, or belong. And we do by these our Letters Patents, make, ordain, and constitute you our chief Governor of our said City of Tangier, and Subburbs thereof, and of all other Cities, Towns, Villages, Forts, Castles, Islands, Lands, and Countries, which now are, or which hereafter, during this our Commission, shall be delivered, or reduced to our obedience, within any of the Kingdoms aforesaid. And we do hereby give you Authority to make, approve, and execute, such Laws and Ordinances, making the same as near as may be con­formable to the Laws of England, for the better carrying on of the Civil Govern­ment, of our said City of Tangier, or any other Cities, or Places which are, or shall happen to be, under your command, and may best stand with the peace, and good government of the People, and Places commanded by you, and to punish, par­don, or remit Offences, against any of the Laws or Ordinances aforesaid. And we do hereby further authorize you, to entertain Trade, and to give license to others to Trade, and to proceed by such ways, and means, for the advance, and en­couragement of Trade, as you in your discretion shall think fit; until you shall receive further or other Directions from us: And to appoint, and establish Officers proper for the administration of publick Justice, as may best suit with your Interest, and with such Instructions as you shall receive from us, from time to time; and to impose and [Page 670]raise such reasonable Taxes, Contributions, Customs or other Payments, as you shall judge necessary to our affairs. And our will and pleasure is, That all Confiscations, Prizes, Goods, Merchandizes condemned by a Court of Admiralty, and all other Forfeitures, Customs, or other Payments, or Profits which shall be taken by you, be put into account, which account shall be transmitted hither unto us, or to such as we shall appoint, once every Year; and that ye imploy the proceeds thereof to our Service, for the supply of the Magazines, or Forces under your Command, until we shall order you to dispose otherwise of the same. And we do further impower you, under your Hand and Seal, to appoint your Deputy or Deputies, by what Name or Qualities you shall think fit, to execute all, or any of those Powers and Authori­ties, by these Presents granted unto you; and we do give to such person and persons, so appointed by you, full Power, and Authority, to do and execute, whatsoever he or they respectively, shall be by you appointed to do or execute: To have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said Offices of Captain-General, Chief Governor, and Vice-Admiral, and all and every the Powers, and Authorities aforesaid, by you, and by your Depu­ty and Deputies as aforesaid, during our will, and pleasure. And further we do here­by give, and grant, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, that for whatsoever you, or any by your Commission, Warrant, or Command, shall lawfully do by vertue of this our Commission, or the Instructions, which you at any time shall receive from us, the shewing forth of these our Letters Patents, or the Inro [...]ent thereof, shall be in all and every of our Courts, and else-where in our Dominions, a sufficient Discharge, and Acquittal in that behalf to you, or such as shall act under you, against us, our Heirs, and Successors, and free you and them from all impeachment, and other mo­lestations for the same. In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents.

Witness our Self at Westminster the Sixth Day of September, in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign.
Per ipsum Regem. Barker.

Instructions for the Earl of Peterborow, General of our Army designed for Tangier in Africa.

I. YOU are by vertue of your Commission under our Great Seal, and such Warrants, and Directions as you have had from us, or our Council, to re­ceive under your Command the Forces of Horse, and Foot raised in England, and two Regiments appointed for this service at Dunkirke, and from the Rendezvous at Portsmouth, wind and weather serving, to sail directly to our City of Tangier.

II. Being there arrived, you are, as our General and Governor of that City, and Country, within the extent of your Commission, to demand, and receive the same, with the Artillery, Ammunition, &c. into your possession, from the Governor of our Brother the King of Portugal.

III. You are to signifie to the Earl of Sandwich the delivery of Tangier, as soon as you receive it, and send some trusty Person with your Bills of Exchange for &c. to Lisbon, where the same is to be paid, and sent by his Lordship in a good Ship to Tangier, as we have directed.

IV. You are to endeavour to entertain into our Service such of the Portugal Horse, as are willing to continue there, upon the pay appointed by the establishment for Horse delivered to you: And upon your Certificate to the Earl of Sandwich, what summ of money is requisite to provide for them, in equality with the Horse sent from England: And order shall be taken to return the same to you immediately from Lisbon.

V. You are not to apply any of the Provisions, or Pay of our Army, for the support of any of the Inhabitants, not in Pay, but in all cases of their want, or straits, you are to dispose of them so (any thing to the contrary notwithstanding) that our City of Tangier may not be endangered thereby.

VI. Having given you by Commission full Power and Authority, to treat, and conclude upon what Conditions, and Terms of Peace, or Neutrality, with any Prince, or People, of those Parts, you shall judge most for our Honour and Ser­vice: We are not willing to limit you further therein, then that (except it be in extream Accidents) we expect that you refer all your agreements to our Ratificati­on, and that they be no longer binding, if we refuse to give the same, after noti­fication of such our Refusal.

VII. Our main design in putting our self to this great charge, for making this ad­dition to our Dominions, being to gain to our Subjects the trade of Barbary, and to enlarge our Dominions in that Sea, and advance thereby the Honour of our Crown, and the general Commerce, and Well-fare of our Subjects, you are to declare, That we are graciously pleased, that no Duties, Customs, or other Taxes whatsoever, shall be laid by us, or any under us, upon any Goods imported, or exported to, or from our City of Tangier, but that it shall be and remain, a free Port for [...] years; and you are with all convenient speed to consider, and advise of the best ways and means, for Encouragement and Invitation of our Subjects, and Strangers to Reside, and Trade. And as that which we judge absolutely necessary to those ends, you are speedily to consider of the making of a Mould, for a sure station of Shipping, and to transmit to us, the Design and Estimate thereof; beginning in the mean while, with such preparations, as the Souldiers can be perswaded to, till upon considerati­on of your advice therein, treasure shall be transmitted for that end.

VIII. And whereas after you have received into your Power and Obedience, our aforesaid City of Tangier, and setled and established there, in the best manner you shall be able, our Garrison, and Interests, you may find it necessary to resort in per­son to our Royal Presence, either to inform us of the Grounds, and Probabilities, of further Designs, to the good, and advancement of our Dominions there, and to take our Commands, and Directions thereupon; or to solicit, and procure, such other supplies, and necessaries, as the occasion, and subsistence of our said City, and Gar­rison, shall require: We do enable you by our license, which by these presents we do grant unto you, to repair unto us, when you shall see convenient, leaving behind you, to govern in your absence, a Deputy fit for that place, or such a one, as before your departure from hence, or hereafter, we shall signifie, and direct unto you.

IX. If (which we cannot expect) any accident should intervene, whereby he City of Tangier should fail to be delivered to you, you are then to return home, with the Forces under your command, if by joint advice, after meeting with the Earl of Sandwich, you shall not agree upon some further design for our service.

Charta Regis Caroli Secundi.
Potestatem Concedendi Bellum faciendi vel Pacem cum Regibus vel Principibus Africae.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Omnibus & singulis ad quos hae litterae pervenerint, salutem.

Cum indole naturae, atque instituto regiminis, omnes homines, & prae caeteris Principes, ad pacem & concordiam, inter dissitas nationes, conciliandam ac fovendam, animos studiaque sua applicare debeant, non solum quia talis humani generis consensus, ad univerlam incolumitatem Commercii incrementum, & navigandi securitatem quam maxime facit, sed etiam quia Dei Optimi Maximi gloria, ex hu­jusmodi mediis, mirifice crescit & dilatatur: Nos satis conscii regiam Celsitudinem ad tales curas praecipue destinatam, ac constitutam esse, nec minus pro nostra statione commode ut putamus, ad illiusmodi fines promovendos, id unice operam dare, atque eo contendere decrevimus, ut longinquae terrae, atque adeo universus orbis (si fieri possit) cum nostra Britannia, manus, animos & sinceros amplexus conjungat: Sciatis igitur quod nos probitate, ac fide nobilissimi Viri, perquam fidelis & praedi­lecti [Page 672]consanguinei nostri Henrici Comitis de Peterborow, Civitatis nostrae Tingi­tanae in Africa, omniumque circumcirca regionum, portuum, littorum & pagorum, Capitanei-Generalis, & Praefecti, nec non in iisdem oris, ac littoribus Vice-admi­rali nostri confidentes, eundem Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, nostrum verum & indubitatum Plenipotentiarium constituimus & ordinavimus, ac per praesentes constituimus & ordinamus. Dantes eidem virtute praesentium facultatem, authori­tatem & mandatum generale, ac speciale, per se, & per Commissarios aut Procu­ratores suos, cum quolibet Rege, Principe, Dynasta, Civitate, vel Statu, in Regnis de Sus, Fez & Morocco, vel qualibet alia per Africam ditione, supremam aut suffici­entem potestatem habente, pacem vel inducias, prout, quandocunque, & quoties­cunque ipse dictus Comes, è re nostra esse judicaverit faciendi, amicitiamque vel antiquam renovandi, vel novam ineundi, pro nostrorum Regnorum, Subditorum, & Mercatorum bono commercio & commodo, atque de & super quibuscunque articulis, capitulis, causis & conditionibus, pacis, amicitiae, faederis & commerciorum re­stauratione, aut stabilimento cum dictis Regibus, Principibus, Dynastis, Civitati­bus, aut Statibus, vel quibuslibet eorum respective, sub modis, formis, provisioni­bus, cautionibus & securitatibus, quas ad formam, & stabilem Conventorum obser­vationem, necessarias, aut idoneas putaverit; atque de aliis ad veram, & sinceram pa­cificationem, amicitiam, mercutaraeque exercitationem spectantibus, hinc inde con­ciliandi, tractandi, concordandi, paciscendi, conveniendi & finaliter concludendi. Denique omnia alia, nostro nomine, gerendi, exercendi & firmandi, quae ad servi­tium nostrum spectant, & opportuna & salubria videbuntur. Promittentes bona fide, & in Verbo Regio, quicquid per dictum nostrum Capitaneum Generalem & Plenipotentiarium, Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, vel per Commissarios aut Procuratores suos, legittime constitutos, actum, gestum, conventum, & conclusum fuerit, nos ratum, gratum, ac acceptum habituros, neque contra ipsorum aliquae, vel aliquid contraventuros, imo ipsa defensuros, inviolabiliter observaturos, atque observari curaturos & facturos. In quorum Testimonium literas hasce scribi, & manu nostra propria signatas, regni nostri Angliae sigilli majoris additione commu­niri volumus.

Quae dabantur in Palatio nostro Westmonasteriensi vicesimo primo die Novembris, Anno Domini milesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo primo.
Signat. CAROLUS R.

His Majesty's Warrant for Two thousand Pounds, as a free Gift to the Earl of Peterborow.

CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To the Treasurer, and Under-Treasurer of our Exchequer, now and for the time being, greeting.

Whereas by our Letters of Privy Seal, bearing date the Thirteenth of September last past, we gave order for payment of Three thousand eight hundred Pounds Sterling, unto our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, the Earl of Peterborow, our Gove­nor of Tangier, by way of Inprest as his own pay, and for raising of One hundred Horses, and Fifteen hundred Foot for our Service, in Tangier aforesaid: Our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby require and authorize you, to allow Two thou­sand Pounds, of the said Three thousand eight hundred Pounds, as a free Gift from us, unto the said Earl of Peterborow, in consideration of the great expence he was at, in Preparatives and personal Provisions, for our Service in that expedition, to be passed to him without accompt, and his own pay to continue, and go on; notwith­standing our said Privy Seal of the Thirteenth of September last, and to be accompted, and allowed unto him from the term, and according to the tenor of the Establish­ment, [Page 673]for our said Garrison of Tangier; and these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant, and Discharge in that behalf.

Given under our Privy Seal, at our Palace at Westminster, the Fifteenth Day of February, in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign.

A Letter from JAMES Duke of York. For the Earl of Peterborow.

My Lord of Peterborow,

THE Wind coming contrary, you will have prevented that Perplexity, which otherwise I judge ye would have been in, by the mistake of Secretary Maurice his Letter; the King's Direction to him was, To send to you to Sail to Tan­gier, when you had a Thousand Men, which he by mistake wrote Lisbon. The King hath ordered Secretary Nicholas to write to you, and to certifie that mistake, to which I refer you: Order was given on Saturday last, to quicken down the rest of the Merchant-Ships, which I suppose is done. If the Wind continue contrary, there will be an inevitable necessity for you, to lend some of your Provisions to victual them for their Return, which I desire you to do, and oblige my self to take care for the restoring it to you again.

I am Your very Affectionate Friend, JAMES.
Whitehall, December 9. 1661.

A Letter from JAMES Duke of York. For the Earl of Peterborow.

My Lord of Peterborow,

I Have forborn to write to you all this while, in answer to several of your Let­ters, expecting still the dispatch of this Bearer, Major Fines, who hath stayed here solliciting some concerns of his Regiment, which he hath now dispatched: And to what you desire to know, concerning such Offices in the respective Regi­ments, as shall become vacant, the King hath commanded me to tell you, That when that shall happen, you shall fill them up, out of such of the same Regi­ment, as by right, and merit may pretend to be advanced; which I hope will be a great encouragement to the whole Troops under your Command, when they see no fear of others to come over their Heads: And because some of the Regiments are not compleat of Souldiers, according to the establishment, the King would have you to keep all such Monies, of the vacant places of Common-Souldiers, in your Hands, to be laid out in recruiting, or other uses, for every respective Regiment; and from time to time to give an account of it here, that you may receive further direction. This is all I have to say to you, at present, but to wish you a good Voyage, and to assure you, that you shall ever find me to be,

Your very Affectionate Friend, JAMES.
Whitehall, December 20. 1661.

A Letter from King Charles the Second, written with his own Hand to the Earl of Peterborow.
For the Earl of Peterborow.

My Lord of Peterborow,

I am very well satisfied of your Care and Diligence, in the imployment you are in, for which I thank you very heartily; and assure your self I have so just a Sence of this, and all your other services, as you shall find upon all occasions, how much I esteem and value those who serve me faithfully. I have no more to add at present, only to desire you to let those honest Men know, who go along with you, That they shall always be in my particular Care and Protection, as Persons that venture themselves in my Service; and so wishing you a good Voyage, I remain,

Your very Affectionate Friend, CHARLES R.
Whitehall, the 21 of Dec. 1681.

JAMES Duke of York and Albany; Earl of Ulster; Lord High-Admiral of England, Ireland, and Wales, and the Dominions and Isles of the same, of the Town of Calis, and the Marches thereof, of Normandy, Gascoigne, and Aquitaine; and Captain-General of the Navies and Seas of his Majesty's Domi­nions; and also Lord High-Admiral of his Majesty's Town of Dunkirke, and of his Dominions of New-England, Jamaica, Virginia, Barbados, St. Christo­phers, Bermudos and Antego in America, and of Guinny, Binny, Angola in Africa, and of Tangier in the Kingdom of Fez, as also of all and singular his Majesty's other Dominions whatsoever, in Parts Transmarine; Constable of Dover-Castle; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Governor of Portsmouth, &c.

To Henry Earl of Peterborow.

BY virtue of the Power and Authority unto me granted, by the King my Sove­reign Lord and Brother, by his Majesty's Letters Patents, under the Great Seal of England, bearing date the Twenty seventh of February, in the Fourteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, I do hereby empower and authorize you, the said Henry Earl of Peterborow (whom I have nominated, constituted and appointed, to be my Vice-Admiral, of the City and Port of Tangier in Africa, and of the maritime Places thereunto adjacent, and appertaining,) to appoint a Judge-Advocate, Register, Proctor, and Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty of Tangier aforesaid, for the due, and orderly management of all Proceedings, in the Vice-Admiralty of the said City, Port and Places, adjacent and belonging to Tangier aforesaid, during the vacancies of the said places, and until I shall think fit to give further order therein; and for so doing this shall be your Warrant.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Hampton-Court, August the Tenth. 1662.
By Command of his Highness, W. Covenny. JAMES.

The Earl of Teviot's Receipt of the Garrison of Tangier, from the Earl of Pe­terborow.

WE Andrew Earl of Teviot, Lord Rutherford, Captain-General of his Majesty of Great Britain's Forces in Africa, and Governor of Tangier, by vertue of his Majesty's Commission to us, and his dimission to his Excellency, Henry Earl of Peterborow, late Governor for his Majesty in Tangier, directed, do hereby acknow­ledge to have received of his said Excellency, the Earl of Peterborow, his Majesty's City and Garrison of Tangier, with the Provisions, Guns, Arms, Ammunition, and other Utensils of War, as by our Receipts, and Commissaries Certificate, more particular­ly appears; together with the Souldiers, Horse and Foot, belonging to the said Gar­rison.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hand and Seal, the Ninth Day of June, in the Fifteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini. 1663.
TEVIOT.

A Grant of a Pension to the Earl of Peterborow, from King Charles the Second, of a Thousand Pounds by the Year for his Life.

CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the Treasurer, Chan­cellor, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and Barons of the Exchequer of us, our Heirs and Successors, and to all other the Officers and Ministers of the said Court, and of the Receipt there now being, or which at any time hereafter shall be, and to all others to whom these Presents shall appertain, Greeting. Know ye, That we, as well in consideration of the great Merit and good Service, of our Right Trusty, and Right welbeloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, already done and performed, in possessing and setling our City, Fort and Garrison of Tangier in Africa, as for divers other good causes, and considerations us hereunto moving, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents for us, our Heirs and Successors, We give and grant unto the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, one Annuity or Pension, of One thousand Pounds, of law­ful Money of England, by the Year: To have and yearly to perceive, and receive the said Annuity or Pension, of One thousand Pounds by the Year, unto the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, and his Assigns, from the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God, which was in the Fourteenth Year of our Reign, for and during the natural Life of him the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, out of the Treasury of us, our Heirs and Successors, at the receipt of the Exchequer, of us, our Heirs and Successors, by the Hands of the Treasurer, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and other Officers and Ministers of the said Exchequer, for the time being, at the Four usual Feasts or Terms in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of the Annuntiation of the blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, and St. Michael the Archangel, and the Birth of our Lord God, by even and equal Portions; the First payment thereof to commence, and begin from the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God, One thousand six hundred sixty and two. Wherefore we do hereby require, authorize and command the Treasurer, Chancellor, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and Barons of our said Ex­chequer, and all other the Officers and Ministers there, for the time being, to make due payment of the said Annuity, or yearly Pension, of one thousand Pounds, on the Feast-days above-mentioned: And these Presents, or the Inrolment thereof, shall be unto them, and every of them, a sufficient Warrant, and Discharge, for the payment of the said Annuity, or Pension of One thousand Pounds, from time to time accordingly; any Act, Statute, Provision, Proclamation, Restraint, or other matter or thing, heretofore had, made, enacted, or provided, to the contrary [Page 676]in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our Let­ters to be made Patents.

Witness our self at Westminster, the One and thirtieth Day of March, in the Fifteenth Year of our Reign.
By Writ of Privy Seal. HOWARD.
Irrotulatur in Thesaurarii receptis Scaccarii Domini Regis Caroli Secundi, quarto die Junii, Anno Regni sui decimo quinto.
Rob. Long.
Irrotulatur inter Recorda Domini Regis Caroli Secundi, infra recepta Scaccarii sui remanen­tia in Officio Clerici Thesaurarii Clerici Wil­lielmi decimo quinto die Junii 1663. An­noque Domini Regis decimo quinto.
W. Wardour.

A Commission of King Charles the Second, Constituting John Earl of Exeter, and Henry Earl of Peterborow, Lord Lieutenants of the County of Northampton.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilectis & per quidem fidelibus Consanguineis nostris Johanni Comiti de Exeter, & Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.

Cum per quendam Actum in Parlamento nostro, inchoato apud Westmonasterium, octavo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri decimo octavo, & ibidem tento usque ad decimum octa­vum diem Februarii, Anno Regni nostri decimo quarto, & abinde per separales prorogationes continuato, intitulatum, [An Act for the ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,] factum & editum, ac authoritate ejusdem decla­ratum & enactitatum existit, inter acta ordinaria, nos, haeredes & successores nostri, de tempore in tempus, ut occasio requirerit, emanabimus, & emanare potuimus, sepa­rales Commissiones Locumtenentium, talibus personis quales nos, haeredes & successo­res nostri, idoneas putabimus fore Locumtenentes nostros, pro separalibus, & respectivis Comitatibus, Civitatibus & locis Angliae, & Dominii Walliae, & villae Barvici super Twedam. Qui Locumtenentes plenam habebunt potestatem & autho­ritatem, ad convocandum omnes tales personas, ad talia tempora, ac eas armare, & arraiare in tali modo, qualiter postea in eodem actu expressum, & declaratum ex­istit, ac ipsas in Cohortes, Turmas & Regimenta formare, & in casu Insurrectionis, Rebellionis, aut Invasionis, ipsas ducere, conducere & disponere, vel duci, conduci & disponi causare, tam infra praedictos separales Comitatus, & Civitates, & loca pro quibus respective commissionati fuerint, quam etiam in aliquibus aliis Comitati­bus, & locis praedictis, ad supprimendum omnes tales Insurrectiones & Rebelliones, & repellendum Invasiones, quales fore contigerunt, secundum directiones, quales ipsi de tempore in tempus, à nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, recipient, prout per Actum illum, inter separales alias potestates, & authoritates in eodem actu contentas, & specifi­catas, plenius liquet & apparet. Sciatis igitur quod, nos virtute & secundum teno­rem, formam & effectum actus Parlamenti praedicti, ac pro meliori executione ejus­dem, ac potestate & authoritate in eodem actu contentis & specificatis, Nominavimus, fecimus, & assignavimus, ac per praesentes nominamus, facimus & assignamus, vos praefatum Johannem Comitem de Exeter, & Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, Locumtenentes nostros per & in Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & per & in omnibus Comitatibus, Burgis, Libertatibus, Locis, Incorporatis & Privilegiatis, [Page 677]ac aliis locis quibuscunque, infra Comitatum illum, limites, vel proficua ejusdem: Et tenore praesentium, ac virtute actus praedicti, plenam potestatem, & authorita­tem, vobis damus & concedimus, ad faciendum, exequendum, peragendum & per­formandum, omnia & singula, in aut per actum Parlamenti praedicti enactitatum, declaratum sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Locumtenentes, per nos, vigore illius actus, nominandum, seu constituendum, aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem actus, fa­ciendum, exequendum, peragendum, seu performandum. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod secundum tenorem, formam, & effectum actus Parliamenti illius in hac parte, procedatis, & ea omnia faciatis, & exequemini cum effectu, periculo incumbente. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, Vicesimo primo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri decimo.
Per ipsum Regem. Barker.

Testimony of Council for the Earl of Peterborow's having been sworn in order to the Lieutenancy.

At the Court at Whitehall the 13th. of June, 1666.
PRESENT,
  • The King's Most Excellent MAJESTY.
  • His Royal Highnes the DUKE of TORK.
  • Earl of Craven.
  • Earl of Lawlerdale.
  • Earl of Middeton.
  • Lord Viscoum Fitzharding.
  • Lord Arlington.
  • Lord Berkeley.
  • Mr. Vice-Chamberlain.
  • Mr. Secretary Maurice.

THis Day the Right honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow, took the Oaths of Alle­giance and Supremacy, and the Oath appointed by the Act, (for ordering of the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,) to be taken by the Lords Lieutenants of the respective Counties, and his Lordship is joined with the Right Honourable John Earl of Ezeter, in the place of Lord Lieutenant of the Coun­ty of Northampton, and it is ordered that the same be entred, in the Register of Council causes.

Richard Brown.

A Letter from the Earl of Arlington, Principal Secretary of State, to Henry Earl of Peterborow.

Whitehall, June 30. 1666.
My LORD,

HIS Majesty, being pressed by the likelihood of a speedy Invasion from abroad, by the united Force of France and Holland; and being assured by all his In­telligence, That the Dutch have Inbarked in their Fleet, now upon our Coast, Sevea or Eight thousand Land-men, with all Necessaries accordingly, besides what they expect from the Preparations of France; hath resolved, among other Expedi­ents occurring to him, to raise distinct Troops of Horse, to be afterwards incorpo­rated in Regiments, as he shall see cause; and commanded me to transmit to your Grace this inclosed Commission, recommending to you the raising of them [Page 678]with all possible expedition: And your Lordship being pleased to certifie me, what place you will appoint for their Rendezvous, his Majesty will forthwith send a Commission to Muster them, when they shall amount to the number of Thirty; and accordingly receive them into pay, with their Officers: of which I beseech your Lordship to let me be informed with all speed. I am, with all truth,

Your Lordship's, Most Humble Servant, ARLINGTON.

Your Lordship signifying to me the Names of such Persons as you shall chuse for Officers, care shall be taken for Commissions to be forthwith dispatched for them.

A Commission from King Charles the Second, to raise a Company consisting of Fourscore Horse, to be an independent Troop.

Charles R.
CHARLES the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To our Right Trusty and Right wel­beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Greeting.

We reposing a special trust, and confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of a Troop of Horse, consisting of Eighty Common Troopers, besides Officers, which you are hereby authorized to raise, arm, and diligently exercise, keeping your Souldiers in good Order and Discipline: Com­manding them hereby, to obey you as their Captain, and your self to observe such Or­der and Directions, as you shall receive, from time to time, from us, or our General, according to the discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust we repose in you.

Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Thirtieth Day of June, in the Eighteenth Year of our Reign. 1666.
By his Majesty's Command. ARLINGTON.

A Letter from the Lords of the Council, to Henry Earl of Peterborow.

AFter our very hearty Commendations to your Lordship: Whereas the pre­sent State of affairs, may require the speedy Calling together of the Forces of the several Counties, in order to the securing the Kingdom from Foreign Invasion, the Enemy already appearing with a Fleet of Ships upon the Coast; we have thought fit to give you notice thereof, to the end, speedy Warning may be given, for all the Horse and Foot of that County, to be in a readiness, to march at a short no­tice, to such place as your Lordship shall find most convenient, or shall be ordered from hence, for opposing the Enemy, if he shall make any attempt to Land, and for defence of the County: And for their Encouragement, and such as shall supply them, for their March, his Majesty hath declared his Royal pleasure, and required us, to signifie to your Lordship, that during the said Forces continuing in Service, after their Rendezvousing, and marching upon the occasion aforesaid, they shall be in his Majesty's pay, as the rest of his Forces. We are, by his Majesty's directions, farther to acquaint you, That upon serious consideration had of the Act Intituled, [Page 679] [An Act for ordering the Forces in the several Counties in this Kingdom] it doth ap­pear, That any of the said Forces have been formerly in actual service for a month or more, and were provided with a Months pay; yet nevertheless, they in their Persons are to appear and serve, whensoever they shall be thereto Summoned, as by the said Act doth appear, under penalty therein mentioned. And for the easing of his Majesty's Charge, we pray and require your punctual Care and Diligence, in the constant Raising the Monies, designed for furnishing Ammunition, and other Necessaries, and the Fines due from Defaulters upon the said Act, and to have the same in readiness, to answer Emergences; and not doubting of your Lordships Compliance, with these his Ma­jesty's Commands, we bid your Lordship heartily farewel.

From the Court at Whitehall, the Eleventh Day of June. 1667.
Your Lordship's very loving Friends,
  • Bath.
  • Craven.
  • Dorchester.
  • Fitz-Harding.
  • Ashley.
  • J. Bridgwater.
  • Anglesey.
  • Lawderdale.
  • T. Clifford.
  • Arlington.
  • Will. Maurice.
  • W. Coventry.
  • R. Brown.

Since the writing hereof, finding that your Lordship, amongst some others the Lords Lieutenants of this Kingdom, have failed to return to this Board, a List of the several Troops, and Companies of Militia, in the County under your care, with the numbers of them severally, as you were required: We do pray and require your Lordship, the next Post after the receipt hereof, as you tender the Safety of his Majesty's Kingdoms, to send the same unto us, and therein also express, as many of the Commissioned Officers Names, as your Lordship can by that time ascertain.

Richard Brown.

A Letter from the Earl of Arlington, Principal Secretary of State, to Henry Earl of Peterborow.

Whitehall, 1667.
My LORD,

HIS Majesty commands me, to signifie his Pleasure to you, that forthwith your Lordship repair to your Lieutenancy, there with all diligence to put your Militia and other Troops into such a posture, as may best secure the Quiet and Peace of the Country, and render them capable to comply with such Or­ders and Directions, as your Lordship shall, from time to time, receive from his Ma­jesty, of which, as of all things else, that may relate to his Majesty's Service, his Majesty desires to receive frequent and particular Advice, on all occasions, from your Lordship: I am, with much Truth and Affection,

My LORD,
Your Lordship's, Most Humble Servant, ARLINGTON.

The Earl of Peterborow's Commission for being Collonel of a Regiment of Foot.

Charles R.
CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To our Right Trusty and Right wel­beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, greeting.

We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, have thought fit to constitute and appoint, as by these Presents we do constitute and appoint, you to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Foot, to be raised for our Service, the same to consist of Ten Companies, and each Company of Sixty Men, besides Officers: You are carefully to discharge the Duty of a Collonel, by exercising the said Regiment in Arms, both Officers and Souldiers, and keeping them in good Order and Discipline; and we do hereby command them to obey you as their Collonel: And we do further constitute and appoint you, to be Captain of one of the Companies of the said Regiment, and you are from time to time to observe, and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall receive from us, according to the Rule and Discipline of War, pursuant to the Trust we repose in you.

Given at our Court at Whitehall, this Twenty third Day of January, in the Twenty fourth Year of our Reign. 1672/3.
By his Majesty's Command. ARLINGTON.

A Commission for the Earl of Peterborow, to be Extraordinary Embassador to the Emperor, for the Marriage of the Archdutchess, with the Duke of York.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salu­tem.

Quandoquidem nobis visum fuerit, pro singulari illo animi affectu, quo prose­quimur, semperque sumus prosecuti, Augustam domum Austriacam, & ut votis charissimi Fratris nostri unici, Ducis Eboracensis, gratum faceremus, serenissimam principem Claudiam Feliciam Archiducissam de Inspruck, ab invictissimo & po­tentissimo Principe, ac Domino, Domino Leopoldo, divina favente Clementia, Romanorum Imperatore semper Augusto, per Ablegatum nostrum Extraordinarium Bernardum Gasconi Equitem auratum, in matrimonium dicto Fratri nostro charis­simo deposcere: Cumque Majestas sua Caesarea rem ipsam amplexus, in tantum desi­deriis nostris obsecutus sit, ut projectum Tractatus de matrimonio praedicto olim ineundo, per Commissarios Caesareae suae Majestatis & Ablegatum nostrum Extraor­dinarium antedictum, jam conclusum, & subsignatum sit: Sciatis quod nos, eidem proposito rei hujusce ad optatum finem sine mora perducendae firmiter insistentes, nec non ut externis omnibus Ceremoniis, & solennitatibus ad hujusmodi opus requisitis, plene satisfaciamus, simul ut quo modo, tam in ipsam Principis antedictae personam, quam in novos hosce Affinitatis nexus, inter nos & augustam illam domum jam con­trahendas, affecti sumus, palam omnibus faciamus, Fide, Virtute, Prudentia & Me­ritis praedilecti, & perquam fidelis Consanguinei nostri, Henrici Comitis de Peterbo­row, Paris Angliae, Domini Baronis Mordaunt de Turveia, & Locumtenentis pro nobis, in provincia & Civitate Northamptoniae, plurimum confisi, eundem Comitem de Peterborow nominavimus, constituimus, & deputavimus, uti per praesentes con­stituimus, & deputamus nostrum verum, certum, & indubitatum Legatum, sive Am­bassiatorem Extraordinarium, Deputatum, Commissarium & Procuratorem: Dan­tes ei & concedentes, omnem & omnimodam potestatem, authoritatem, pariter ac mandatum generale, simul & speciale, ita tamen ut generale & speciale non deroget [Page 681]neque è contra, pro nobis, & nostro nomine, tam serenissimam principem Claudiam Feliciam Archiducissam de Inspruck antedictam, solenniori modo, in uxorem Fratri nostro charissimo Duci Eboracensi praedicto postulandi, adeoque in eum finem Articu­los quosvis ulteriores, sive contractum matrimonialem, prout videbitur necessarium, cum iis qui à Caesarea sua Majestate, nec non ex parte serenissimae Archiducissae Claudiae Feliciae antedictae, vel etiam ex parte serenissmae Archiducissae viduae, matris suae, ad id erunt sufficienti authoritate instructi, conveniendi, tractandi, concludendi & sub­signandi, quam nomine, & vice dicti Fratris nostri charissimi, proque ipso, Archi­ducissam antedictam, vi Literarum procuratoriarum, ipsi à praedicto Fratre nostro cha­rissimo, in eum finem concessarum, iisque quibus convenerit, modo & forma des­ponsandi, eandemque Principem ita (ut praefertur) desponsatam, in hoc Regnum nostrum Angliae, eo modo quo illustribus suis natalibus, & dignitati par erit, dedu­cendi; omnia denique ac singula faciendi, praestandique, quae ad optatum hoc opus Nuptiarum, ad finem & effectum quantocius perducendi, dictamque Principem (ita ut praefertur) domum deducendi, videbuntur necessaria, tam amplis, omnimoda modo ac forma, ut ipsi, si praesentes illic essemus, prorsus facere possemus; etiamsi istiusmodi illae fuerint, quae particularem magis potestatem, & mandatum à nobis spe­cialius requirerent: Spondentes, & in Verbo Regio promittentes, nos quaecunque à dicto nostro Legato Extraordinario, vi praesentium concludi contigerint, ea omnia rata, grara & accepta, ea qua convenerit forma, & solennitate, habituros. In quo­rum fidem, & testimonium, has Literas nostras, Manu nostra Regia signatas, magno Angliae sigillo communiri fecimus.

Dabantur in Palatio nostro Westmonasteriensi, Vigesimo quarto Die mensis Februarii, Anno Domini, 1672/3, Regni nostri Vige­simo quinto.
CAROLUS R.

Instructions for our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, going in quality of our Embassador Extraordinary to his Im­perial Majesty. Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Twenty seventh Day of February. 1672/3.

Charles R.

I. HAving for many Months past, treated privately, and in a preliminary manner, a Marriage betwixt our most dear Brother, James Duke of York and Al­bany, our High Admiral of all our Dominions, &c. and the most serene Arch­dutchess Claudia Felicia of Inspruck, by the means of our Trusty, and welbeloved Sir Bernard Gascoign, Knight, our Envoy Extraordinary to his Imperial Majesty; and finding now at last, that the matter is brought to a great probability of Succeeding, by what our said Envoy hath notified to us, and the Powers we have given to him for the same, bearing date the Twenty seventh Day of January last past, and be­ing desirous to finish and compleat the same; we have resolved of sending you, in quality of our Extraordinary Embassador to his Imperial Majesty, with full Powers and Instructions, openly and avowedly, to demand of him the said Princess, in a Marriage with our said most dear Brother, and to treat and conclude the same, ac­cording to the Powers given herewith under our Great Seal, and those others you shall receive from our said most dear Brother: Promising anew, as we have expressed in our aforesaid Plenipotentiary Power, sent to Sir Bernard Gascoign, to ratifie the same, as soon as he shall send hither the Project, signed by the Commissioners, appointed to treat with him, and to transmit it to his Imperial Majesty; the Ratifications where­of you shall see exchanged on both sides, before you proceed to a final Conclusion of the said Marriage, in such a form as shall be agreed on.

II. To this effect you shall Transport your self, with all convenient speed you can, from hence to Strasburgh, by the way of France, and there expect (if the know­ledge thereof cannot be sooner imparted to you,) the hearing from Sir Bernard [Page 682]Gascoign, that all the Points are compleatly adjusted, as is aforesaid; till when you shall detain your self there, giving an account of your arrival to Sir Bernard Gascoign, and the occasion of your stay there. If on the one side you shall, understand from the said Sir Bernard, that the Treaty and Project of Marriage, is signed according to our direction, (a Copy of whose Plenipotentiary Power to effect the same, is herewith delivered you,) then you shall without delay, proceed on in your Jour­ney towards the Court of his Imperial Majesty; and there taking upon you the qua­lity of our Extraordinary Embassador, demand your publick Audience in the accusto­med formes; accompanying your discourse therein with those Complements, that are most suitable to the occasion, and the present conjuncture of our Affairs, the condition whereof, with relation to them, shall be herewith exposed to you: But if on the other hand, you understand from the said Sir Bernard, that new delays are interposed in this Affair, viz. That the Ministers have not signed the Project, in the terms we have directed Sir Bernard Gascoign to do it, then you shall advertise the said Sir Ber­nard, of the precise Orders we have given you, not to detain your self longer there; and according to his answer, either pursue your Journey on to the Court of the Em­peror, or return back into France, dismissing your Equipage, so as to lessen your ex­pence, as far as you can; and in your return home again, you are to follow such further Instructions and Directions, as you shall receive from our said most dear Bro­ther.

III. When you shall have received an assurance, of his Imperial Majesty's entire Con­currence, and Approbation of the Marriage, you shall take your leave there of him, and proceed on to the Court of the Archdutchess of Inspruck, taking along with you Sir Bernard Gascoign for your Assistance, in this and your further Transactions; and being arrived there, concert with the Archdutchess Dowager, the Marrying the Princess her Daughter, in the Name of our said most dear Brother, according to the Proxy, he shall give you to that effect; and in a word, performing all other Ceremonies, that shall be conducing to that Affair, with all regard to such an occasion, and the value we put upon it.

IV. Being arrived at the Court of Inspruck, you shall make all fitting Complements to both the Archdutchesses in our Name, suitable to the occasion, delivering to them our Letters, and afterwards adjust and concert with such Minister or Ministers, as shall be appointed to Treat with you, according to the Powers herewith given you, all the Circumstances and Ceremonies, requisit towards the compleating of the Marriage, and the bringing the Young Princess hither into England, with as much speed and convenience, as an Affair of that nature will permit: Advertising us from time to time, by express Couriers, or otherwise, of your Agreements and Progress therein, that nothing may be found wanting on our part, to satisfie the World of the value we have of his and her Marriage, with our most dear Brother, resorting further to those particular Instructions and Directions, you shall receive from him therein.

V. In the performance of this our Embassy, you shall take a special care of our Dignity, not yeilding the Hand to any Embassador of any Crowned King whatsoever; but on the other side avoiding prudently, all unnecessary occasions of Competition, not to discompose your Negociation thereby, unless you are unavoidably provoked thereunto: And if in your way going or coming, it shall befal you to see any Princes of the Empire, even the Electors themselves, you shall take care to stipulate before hand, the manner of your Reception, so as it may not be inferior, to what they have given to the Embassadors of any Crown'd Head; demanding especially the Hand of them in their own Palaces, when you shall be visited in any of the Courts, by the Envoys, Ordinary or Extraordinary, Residents, &c. of any Princes, you shall deny the Hand to them in your own House, it being a Rule now Established.

By his Majesty's Command. ARLINGTON.
C. R.

A Commission constituting Henry Earl of Peterborow Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilecto & perquam fideli Consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.

Cum per quendam Actum in Parliamento nostro inchoato & tento, apud Westmonasterium, octavo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo tertio, & ibidem continuato usque ad decimum nonum diem Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo quarto, & abinde tunc prorogato, usque ad decimum Octavum diem Februarii, tunc proxime sequentem, intitulatum, [An Act for ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,] factum & editum, ac authori­tate ejusdem & declaratum, & inactitatum existit, inter alia, quod nos, haeredes & successores nostri, de tempore in tempus, ut occasio requirerit, emanabimus, & ema­nare potuimus, separales Commissiones Locumtenentium, talibus personis, quales nos, haeredes & successores nostri idoneas putabimus, fore Locumtenentes nostros, pro separalibus & respectivis Comitatibus, Civitatibus, & Locis Angliae, & Dominii Walliae, & villae Bervici super Twedam: Qui Locumtenentes plenam habebunt potestatem, & authoritatem, ad convocandum omnes tales personas, ad talia tem­pora, & eas armare, & arraiare, in tali modo, qualiter postea in eodem Actu expres­sum, & declaratum existit, ac ipsas in Cohortes, Turmas & Regimenta formare; ac in casu Insurrectionis, Rebellionis, aut Invasionis, ipsas ducere, conducere, & disponere, vel duci, conduci, & disponi causare, tam infra praedictos separales Co­mitatus, Civitates & Loca, pro quibus respective commissionati fuerint, quam etiam in aliquo alio Comitatu, & locis praedictis, ad supprimendum omnes ta­les Insurrectiones & Rebelliones, & repellendum Invasiones, quales fore con­tigerunt, secundum Directiones, quales ipsi, de tempore in tempus, à nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris recipient, prout per Actum illum, inter se­parales alias potestates, & authoritates, in eodem contentas & specificatas, pleni­us liquet & apparet. Cumque nos per Commissionem, sive Literas Patentes nostras, sub magno Sigillo nostri Angliae confectas, gerentes data, Vicesimo primo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo octavo, virtute, & secundum formam, tenorem & effectum, Actus Parlamenti praedicti, ac pro meliori executione ejusdem, potestate & authoritate, in eodem actu contentis, & specificatis, nominaverimus, fecerimus & assignaverimus, praedilectum ac perquam fidelem Consanguineum nostrum Johannem Comitem Exoniae, & te praefatum Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, Locumtenentes nostros, per & in Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & per & in omnibus Civitatibus, Burgis, Libertatibus, Locis incorporatis & privilegiatis, ac in aliis locis quibuscun­que, infra Comitatum illum, limites, & praecincta ejusdem. Et tenore Commissio­nis, sive Literarum nostrarum Patentium praedictarum, ac virtute Actus praedicti, plenam potestatem, & authoritatem dederimus, & concesserimus, ad faciendum, exequendum, peragendum & performandum, omnia & singula, in aut per Acta Parlamenti praedicti, inactitatum, declaratum, sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Lo­cumtenentes per nos, vigore actus illius, nominandum & constituendum aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem Actus faciendum, exequendum, peragendum, seu perfor­mandum, prout pet eandem Commissionem, sive Literas nostras Patentes praedictas, plenius liquet & apparet. Cumque ratione longitudinis Comitatus nostri Northamp­toniae praedictae, magnaeque distantiae, separatim fuere, & partem ejusdem Comitatus Locumtenentibus nostri praedicti, non tam commode insunt, & conjunctim, quam separatim, & divisim possint, quod etiam in aliis nonnullis Comitatibus hujus Reg­ni nostri Angliae, experti sumus: Cumque dictus Comitatus noster Northamptoniae, in duas partes, sive divisiones, divisus existit, aut reputatur fore divisum, ex antiquo captum, & cognitum fuit, quarum una pars vocatur, sive cognoscitur per nomen de le East division, & altera per nomen de le West division, eundemque Comitatum sic partitum, & divisum per duos separales Locumtenentes, duabus separalibus [Page 684]Commissionibus nostris munitos, armare, arraiare, ordinare, disponere, regere & gubernare, secundum formam Statuti praedicti equum esse duximus: Sciatis igitur quod nos ad requisitionem, tam praefati Johannis Comitis Exoniae, quam praefati Henrici Comitis de Peterborow, pro praeventione omnium, & omnimodarum Controversia­rum, Discordiarum, Misprisionum, Difficultatum, & in conjuncta Executione officii prae­dicti Locumtenentis Comitatus praedicti: Ac etiam virtute, & secundum tenorem, for­mam & effectum, Actus Parlamenti in praesentibus praesentatum, ac pro meliori execu­tione ejusdem, & potestate, & authoritate, in eodem Actu contentis & specificatis, nominavimus, fecimus & assignavimus, ac per praesentes nominamus, fecimus & assignamus, te praefatum Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, per te ipsum solum, & non conjunctim, cum praefato Johanne Comite Exoniae, Locumtenentem nostrum, per & in dicta parte, sive divisione, nuncupata sive cognita, per nomen de le West division Comitatus nostri Northamptoniae praedictae, & per & in omnibus Civitatibus, Bur­gis, Libertatibus, Locis incorporatis & privilegiatis, ac in aliis locis quibuscunque, infra Divisionem illam, vocatam le West division, vel infra limites, vel praecincta ejusdem, & tenore praesentium, ac virtute Actus praedicti plenius separatim, & distinctim, potestatem & authoritatem, tibi damus & concedimus, infra le West division praedictam, ad faciendum, exequendum, peragendum & perfor­mandum, omnia & singula, in aut per Actum Parlamenti praedicti inactitatum, declaratum, sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Locumtenentem, per nos, vigore Actus illius, nominandum, seu constituendum, aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem Actus faciendum, exequendum, performandum seu peragendum. Et ideo tibi manda­mus, quod secundum tenorem, formam & effectum, Actus Parlamenti illius, in hac parte procedas, & ea omnia, & singula facere, & exequi, cum effectu, infra le West division praedictam, periculo incumbente. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, Vicesimo sexto die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Vicesimo sexto.

Per breve de privato Sigillo.

Instructions for our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Embassador Extraordinary to the Court of Modena. Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Thirty first Day of July. 1673.

Charles R.

THE occasion failing upon which we lately Instructed you, in the quality of our Extraordinary Embassador to the Court of Vienna, viz. The effecting a Marriage betwixt our most dear Brother JAMES Duke of York, &c. and the Young Archdutchess of Inspruck; and our said dear Brother, desiring us now to con­sent to his Marriage, with the Young Princess of Modena, Mary d' Esté, Sister to the present Duke of Modena; we have thought fit hereby to enjoin, and direct you to make what convenient speed you possibly can, to the Court of the said Prince; and introducing your self there by your Letters of Credence, which we herewith send you, to an Audience with the Dutchess Regent, (after the performance of such Complements to her on our part, as will best occur to you upon the Subject) open unto her our Brother's earnest desire, to Espouse the Young Princess her Daughter, declaring withal, the sufficient Authority you have to effect the same, by virtue of those Powers, you will herewith receive from us, and our said most dear Brother: And desiring of her to appoint you some Ministers, with whom you may adjust all circumstances, as well relating to the Marriage, as the briging the Princess hither: Accordingly you shall stipulate and agree, such Conditions and Articles with them, for the payment of the Young Princess's Portion on their part, and for the establishing of a Jointure on ours, as you shall be more particularly In­structed [Page 685]therein, by our said dearest Brother, who seems to be willing to settle a Jointure of Fifteen thousand Pounds per annum Sterling, Money of England, and even to enlarge himself further therein, if the value of her Portion (hitherto not certainly known to us,) shall require a better; and further secure this clause by referring it, and the time for the payment of her Portion, to the Arbitration of the most Christian King, as a neutral person betwixt the parties; in case you do not find it easie for you, finally to conclude these Points your self. These Capitu­lations being thus finished, you shall proceed to Espouse the Princess in our Bro­ther's name, according to the Deputation, and Proxy he will send you to that effect; and when that Ceremony is over, adjust with the Dutchess Regent, or her Ministers, the manner of bringing the Young Princess hither, which we suspect (for the avoiding of many troublesome and chargeable Ceremonies) she will chuse to do, Incognita; consequent to which, you shall leave to them the defraying the expence thereof, as far as Paris or Calice, whither our said Brother will resolve to send a part of his Household, to receive and entertain her at his charge, until she arrives in our Court; assuring the Dutchess Regent, and the Young Princess too, of all possible evidences on our part, of our tender care and affection to her, agree­able to the quality of her Person, and the Love we shall ever bear her, as our Bro­ther's Wife. Now although it be unusual to send Extraordinary Embassadors to a single Prince in Italy of that Sphere, yet we have condescended unto it, to honour our most dear Brother's choice of this Princess for his Wife: But that on the other side, our own Dignity may not suffer thereby, you must be careful at your appearance in that Court, to stipulate and adjust, the manner of your Reception there, to the full ex­tent of such Ceremonies, as have been given to the Embassadors of France and Spain, that have ever appeared there, and particularly those given to the Duke de Navailles, when he conducted thither a Wife to the late Duke. You shall not fail to give us timely notice, of all your Progress and Proceedings herein, by the Hands of one of our principal Secretaries of State, that if need be, we may transmit to you, our further Instructions and Directions, for the better performance of this important Ser­vice. Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Thirty first Day of July, One thou­sand six hundred seventy three, in the five and twentieth Year of our Reign.

By his Majesty's Command.ARLINGTON.
C. R.

JAMES Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, &c.
Instructions for the Earl of Peterborow, in his Extraordinary Embassy, touching my Marriage with the Princess of Modena.

I. YOU are in pursuance of his Majesty's Command and Powers to that ef­fect, to make what speed you can to Modena, (or where-else that Court shall be) and there having obtained Audience of the Dutchess Regent, Duke, and Princess his Sister, and presented your credential Letters from his Majesty, and my self, (which shall be sent you herewith:) You are to profess to them, the earnest desires I have, of Marrying that Young Princess, and the great Affection I have conceived of her Person and Vertues, with such other expressions, as you judge proper for the occasion.

II. Your are to apply your self to that Court, and the Ministers there in such sort, as to expedit all you can, the Conclusion of this Treaty and my Marriage; to which end in Stipulating the conditions, for payment of the Marriage-Portion, whether as to the same it self, or as to the times and methods of payment: In case you find any difficulties therein, you are to refer to the determination of the most [Page 686]Christian King, who being a Neutral Person between the parties, and a Friend to each, will adjust this point to the mutual Satisfaction of both.

III. You are, as a particular mark of my esteem of the Young Princess, to offer for her Jointure, (in case she survive me,) the annual Rent of Fifteen thou­sand Pounds Sterling, payable quarterly, and to be given out of my whole Reve­nue, and to be secured according to the best, and most effectual Forms, used in the Common Laws of England; at the same time, assuring the Dutchess Regent, and her Ministers, of my willingness to augment this Pension, according to the propor­tion, of what her Portion shall be judged to exceed it in value, by the determination of the most Christian King.

IV. When you shall have contracted the Princess in my name, you are to pre­sent to her, as a token of my esteem, such part of my Jewels in your custody, as you shall judge convenient; and on the Morning of the Day of performing the so­lemnity of the Marriage, you shall present her with the remainder of my said Jewels, as a farther pledge of my Affection, and Satisfaction of what you have done for me.

V. When the Marriage Ceremonies are performed, you shall with all conveni­ent speed, conduct the Princess at the charge of the Court of Modena, to Paris or Calice rather, (if it may be) and for avoiding many troublesome, and expensive For­malities, it will be advisable that she come incognita. But for the better adjusting this point likewise, you are to consult with the French Minister upon the place, who will be fully instructed therein.

VI. At the same time the Princess shall arrive at Paris or Calice, which you are to signify to me before hand, as soon as you can compute it exactly, I shall order out of the Officers, and others of my Household, a suitable Retinue for her, to be assisting to her there, and wait upon her hither; always supposing you will do your utmost, to inculcate to the Princess her self, and the Ministers there, the great incon­veniences would follow, her being attended with too numerous a train of Foreigners, who are seldom so useful here as Natives, and are obnoxious to censure upon any mis­carriages; but because this point is such a one, as may be better handled by the French Minister, you shall herein use his help.

VII. In all things touching this matter, whether expressed here or omitted, you are to consult likewise the Instructions, you shall have received from his Majesty, on this occasion, that by comparing both, you may be the better guided, in what you are to transact.

VIII. You are to lose no opportunity, of giving me (or my Secretary) con­stant advice of your Proceedings and Progress, as well for my own Information, as for your further Direction, if any new matter occur, not at present foreseen.

Finally, His Majesty having left it to me, more particularly to direct you the best I can, in the performance of this Service, so as it may speedily take effect to my satisfaction, I cannot think it will be well brought to pass, if you carry with you a Train or Equipage, answerable to your Character of Extraordinary Embassa­dor, viz, Coaches, Horses, Footmen, and many other Officers proportionably: My Opinion therefore and Direction is, That you go Post to Modena, by the way of Lyons and Turin, incognito, with such a Train as is suitable to that way of Travelling; and yet with as much regard to the dignity of your Embassy, as may be, viz. A competent number of Gentlemen, Pages, and other ordinary Servants, as are convenient for you, dividing which by several companies, they will never be far behind you, especially at your arrival in the Court of Modena, where it is only necessary they should be seen with you. And arriving there you must without delay, enter into a Conference with him that is the Minister of the most Christian King, under what Character soever he be there, and imparting to him freely the scope of your Errand, advise with him, and use his assistance, in obtaining and adjusting for you such things, as may facilitate all the ends thereof, as well for your own dignity and convenience, as the speedy accomplishment of the Marriage, and all the Circumstances depending thereupon.

When the Marriage shall be over, and that you have adjusted also the manner of the Princess's coming into France, (which Journey I think will most conveniently be performed by Sea to Marseilles, whither the Gallies of the most Christian King, will be ordered to bring her, and whither you must attend her,) it will be fit that then, or before you dismiss most of your Retinue, least their Attendance may not consist with the figure, the Princess may probably desire, to take of Travelling, incognita, or embarras you in the Conveniences of your Journey, retaining only as many as will fill one Coach, and thus follow her all the way, until she arrive at Paris, or Calice, at one of which places, my Servants shall be appointed to attend upon her, and then you shall be sure of receiving new orders from me.

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Saint James's the First Day of August. 1673.
JAMES.
By command of his Royal Highness. Jo. Werden.

The Earl of Peterborow's Pass from the King, to go Extraordinary Embassador to Modena.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Magnae Britaniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Universis & singulis ad quos praesentes Literae pervene­rint, salutem.

Cum praedilectus, ac perquam fidelis Consanguineus noster, Hen­ricus Comes de Peterborow, Legatus à nobis Extraordinarius, ad Curiam serenis­simi Principis Ducis de Modena proficiscatur, quo tutius iter illud suscipiat conficiat­que, rogandos duximus, omnes & singulos Reges, Principes, tam Ecclesiasticos, quam Seculares, Status, Respublicas, liberasque Civitates, Amicos nostros, & faederatos, eorumque subditos (quod & subditis nostris ubique locorum firmiter injungimus) velint dicto Legato nostro Extraordinario, liberam eundi, transeundi, redeundi, com­morandique (prout occasio postulaverit) copiam facere, unà cum Comitatu, Famuli­tio, Equis, Sarcinis, Rebusque omnibus, eidemque simul omnibus humanitatis officiis adesse, & favere; & id quod nos pari, vel alio Officiorum genere, occasione qua­cunque universis, & fingulis grati referemus.

Dabantur è Palatio nostro de White­hall, Secundi die Augusti, Anno Domini 1673. Regnique nostri Vigesimo quinto.
CAROLUS R.
Ad mandatum serenissimi Domini Regis. ARLINGTON.

An Order for the Earl of Peterborow's being Sworn a Privy Councellor.

At the Court at Hampton-Court, the Tenth Day of July, 1674.
PRESENT,
  • The KING's Most Excellent MAJESTY.
  • His Highness Prince RƲPERT.
  • Lord Keeper.
  • Lord Treasurer.
  • Lord Privy-Seal.
  • Duke of Monmouth.
  • Duke of Lauderdale.
  • Marquess of Dorchester.
  • Earl of Ogle.
  • Earl of Ossory.
  • Lord Chamberlain.
  • Earl of Bath.
  • Earl of Craven.
  • Earl of Arlington.
  • Lord Maynard.
  • Lord Berkeley.
  • Mr. Secretary Coventry.
  • Mr. Mountague.
  • Mr. Chancellor of the Dutchy.
  • Mr. of the Ordnance.
  • Mr. Speaker.

THIS Day the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow was, by His Ma­jesty's special Command, Sworn one of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

Robert Southwell.

The Earl of Peterborow's Commission for being Collonel of a Regimet of Horse.

Charles R.

CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our Right trusty, and Right welbeloved Cousin and Councellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Greeting: We reposing trust and confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you, to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Horse, raised, and to be raised for our Service, and to be called the Regiment of our dear Brother, JAMES Duke of York; consisting of Eight Troops, and each Troop of Threescore Men, besides Officers: And we do also constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment. You are therefore to take the said Regiment as Collonel, and the said Troop as Captain, into your Care, and Charge, and duly to Exercise, as well Officers, as Souldiers in Arms, and to use your best endeavour to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And we do hereby Command them to obey you, as their Collonel and Captain respectively. And you are from time to time to observe such Orders and Directions, as you shall receive from our General of our Forces, or other Superior Officer, according to the Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust we repose in you.

Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Sixteenth Day of February, 1677/8. in the Thirtieth Year of our Reign.
By his Majesty's Command. H. Coventry.

Entred with the Comissioner-General of Musters.

A Writ Summoning the Earl of Peterborow to the Parliament, 30. Caroli Secundi.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fi­dei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peter­borow, Salutem.

Quia ex advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Civita­tem nostram Westmonasteriensem, sexto die Martii proxime futuro, teneri ordi­navimus, & ibidem vobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti regni nostri colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod confideratis dictorum negotio­rum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, personaliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Pro­ceribus super dictis negociis tractaturi, veriusque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc sicut nos, & honorem nostrum, & salvationem, & defensionem Regni & Ecclesiae prae­dictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, Vicesimo quinto die Januarii, Anno Regni nostri Tricesimo.
Grimston.
Pengry.

A Commission constituting Henry Earl of Peterborow Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilecto & perquam fideli Consanguineo, & Con­siliario nostro, Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.

Cum per quendam actum in Parliamento nostro inchoato & tento, apud Westmonasterium Octavo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo tertio, & ibidem continuato, usque ad decimum nonum diem Maii, proxime sequentem, & abinde tunc prorogato, usque ad decimum Octavum diem Februarii proxime sequentem, Intitulatum, [An Act for Ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,] factum & editum, ac authoritate ejus­dem declaratum, & inactitatum existit (inter alia) quod nos, haeredes & successores nostri, de tempore in tempus, (ut occasio requirerit) emanabimus, & emanare po­tuimus, separales Commissiones Locumtenentium, talibus personis, quales nos, haeredes & successores nostri idoneas putabimus (fore Locumtenentes nostros) pro separalibus & respectivis Comitatibus, Civitatibus, & Locis Angliae, & Dominii Walliae, & villae Bervici super Twedam: Qui Locumtenentes habebunt plenam authoritatem, & potesta­tem, ad convocandum omnes tales personas, ad talia tempora, & eas armare, & arraiare, in tali modo, qualiter postea in eodem Actu expressum, & declaratum existit; ac ipsas, in Cohortes, Turmas, & Regimenta formare; & in casu Insurrectionis, Rebellionis, aut Invasionis, ipsas ducere, conducere, & disponere, vel duci, con­duci, & disponi causare, tam infra praedictos separales Comitatus, Civitates & Lo­ca, pro quibus respective commissionati fuerint, quam etiam infra aliquem alium Comitatum, & Locos praedictos, ad supprimendum omnes tales Insurrectiones & Rebelliones, & repellendum Invasiones, quales fore contigerint, secundum Directiones, de tempore in tempus, à nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris recipient, prout per Actum illum, inter separales alias potestates & authoritates, in eodem con­tentis & specificatis, plenius liquet & apparet. Sciatis igitur, quod nos, virtute & secundum tenorem, formam, & effectum, Actus Parliamenti praedicti, ac pro meliori executione ejusdem, & potestate ac authoritate in eodem Actu contentis & speci­ficatis, nominavimus, fecimus & assignavimus, ac per praesentes nominamus, facimus, & assignamus, te praefatum Henricum Comitem de Peterborow Lo­cumtenentem [Page 690]nostrum, pro Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & in omnibus locis corporatis, & privilegiatis, & aliis locis quibuscunque, infra dictum Comi­tatum nostrum Northamptoniae. Et tenore praesentium, ac virtute ejusdem Actus, plenam potestatem, & authoritatem, tibi damus & concedimus, ad faci­endum, exequendum, peragendum & performandum, omnia & singula, in aut per Actum Parlamenti praedicti, inactitatum, declaratum, sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Locumtenentem, per nos, vigore Actus illius, nominandum, seu con­stituendum, aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem Actus faciendum, exequendum, peragendum, seu performandum. Et ideo tibi mandamus, quod secundum teno­rem, formam & effectum, Actus Parlamenti illius, in hac parte procedas, & ea om­nia, facias & exequaris, cum effectu, periculo incumbente. In cujus rei Testi­monium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste meipso apud Westmo­nasterium, Vicesimo die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri Tricesimo.
Per breve de privato Sigillo. Barker.

A Writ Summoning the Earl of Peterborow to the Parliament, 31. Caroli Secundi.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fi­dei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peter­borow.

Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & ur­gentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Angli­canae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Civitatem nostram West­monasteriensem, decimo septimo die Octobris proxime futuro, teneri ordinavimus, & ibidem vobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Proceribus, dicti Regni nostri, colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, perso­naliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Proceribus praedictis, su­per dictis negotiis tractaturi, veriusque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc sicut nos, & honorem nostrum, & salvationem, & defensionem Regni, & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatemus omittatis.

Teste me­ipso apud Westmonasterium, Vigesimo quarto die Julii, Anno Regni nostri Trice­simo primo.
Grimston.
Pengry.

A Writ Summoning the Earl of Peterborow to the Parliament, 32. Caroli Secundi.

CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo Consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.

Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro qui­busdam arduis, & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Oxoniam, vicesimo primo die Martii, proxime futuro, teneri ordinavimus, ac ibidem vobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti Regni nostri, colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tene­mini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum ardui­tate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, personaliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Proceribus praedictis, super dictis negotiis tractaturi, veriusque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc sicut nos, & [Page 691]honorem nostrum, ac salvationem & defensionem Regni, & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.

Teste me­ipso apud Westmonasterium, Vigesimo die Januarii, Anno Regni nostri Tricesimo secundo.
Grimston,
Pengry.

The Jointure of the Countess of Peterborow in Turvey.

THIS Indenture made the Sixth Day of August in the [...] Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred [...] Between the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow, of the one part; and the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Anglesey, the Honourable William Mounta­gue, Esquire, Brother to the Lord Mountague of Boughton, Sir William Farmer, of Easton, in the County of Northampton, Baronet, and Sir John Nicholas, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath, of the other part: Whereas the Maner of Turvey, and certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Turvey, in the County of Bedford (except a certain Farm, and the Lands thereunto belong­ing, in the possession of John Dobbs) were settled, or intended to be settled, upon Penelope Countess of Peterborow, for her natural Life, for her Jointure, and in lieu of her Dower and Thirds of the Estate of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, and a certain Decree hath been made in the High Court of Chancery, for the Esta­blishing the same for her Jointure accordingly; and it is the intent and purpose of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, that the same shall be enjoyed according­ly: Now witness these Presents, That the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, for, and in consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings, of Lawful Money of England, by the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, at and before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents, well and truly unto the said Henry Earl of Peterborow in hand paid, the receipt where­of he doth hereby acknowledge; and thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, doth clearly and absolutely acquit and discharge the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Ex­ecutors and Administrators for ever, by these Presents, and for divers other good Causes and Considerations him thereunto moving; hath Granted, Bargained, and Sold, and by these Presents doth grant, bargain and sell, unto the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Admininistrators and Assigns, all the Maner, or reputed Maner of Turvey, in the County of Bedford; and all Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, of him the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, situate, lying, and being in Turvey aforesaid, or accepted, reputed, taken, demised or known as part or parcel of the said Maner of Turvey aforesaid, (except a certain Farm, and the Lands thereunto belonging, in the possession of John Dobbs;) To have and to hold the said Maner of Turvey, and all the Premises in Turvey aforesaid, (ex­cept as before is excepted) unto the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Moun­tague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, from and after the death of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, for and during, and unto the full end and term of Ninety nine Years, from thence ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended; if she the said Penelope, Countess of Peterborow, shall so long live: Nevertheless, upon this special Trust and Confi­dence, That the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, shall per­mit, and suffer the Rents, Issues and Profits thereof, to be received and taken, in pursuance of, and according to the said Decree, and according as was intended by [Page 692]the said Settlement for a Jointure.

In Witness whereof the Parties above-named have to these Present Indentures, Interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above-written.

An Order for the Earl of Peterborow's being Sworn a Privy-Counsellor.

At the Court at Whitehall, the Twenty eighth Day of February, 1682.
PRESENT,
  • The KING's Most Excellent MAJESTY.
  • Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Lord Keeper.
  • Lord Privy-Seal.
  • Duke of Albemarle.
  • Duke of Beaufort.
  • Lord Chamberlain.
  • Earl of Oxford.
  • Earl of Chesterfield.
  • Earl of Sunderland.
  • Earl of Clarenden.
  • Earl of Bath.
  • Earl of Craven.
  • Earl of Ailesbury.
  • Earl of Conway.
  • Earl of Nottingham.
  • Earl of Rochester.
  • Lord Dartmouth.
  • Mr. Secretary Jenkins.
  • Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.
  • Mr. Godolphin.

THIS Day the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow was, by His Ma­jesty's special Command, Sworn one of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-Council, and took his place at the Board, and signed accordingly.

John Nicholas.

A Copy of the Oath taken by the Earl of Peterborow, as Groom of the Stole.

YOU shall Swear by the Holy Evangelists, and by the Contents of this Book, and by the Faith that you bear unto Almighty God, To be a true Servant unto Our Sovereign Lord JAMES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.

You shall know nothing that shall be any ways hurtful, or prejudicial to the King's Majesty's Royal Person, State, Crown, or Dignity, but you shall hin­der it what in you lyeth; or else reveal the same (with all convenient speed) to the King's Majesty, or some of his Most Honourable Privy Council.

You shall serve the King, truly and faithfully, in the place whereunto you are called, as Groom of the Stole to His Majesty, and First Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber. So help you God, and the Contents of this Book.

A Writ Summoning the Earl of Peterborow to the Parliament, 1mo. Jacobi Secundi.

JAcobus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario nostro, Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.

Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibus­dam arduis & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Civita­tem nostram Westmonasteriensem, decimo nono die Maii, proxime futuro, teneri ordinavimus, & ibidem vobiscum; ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti [Page 693]regni nostri colloquium habere & tractatum; Vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod consideratis dictorum negotio­rum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, personaliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Pro­ceribus praedictis super dictis negotiis tractaturi, vestrumque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc ficut nos, & honorem nostrum, & salvationem, & defensionem Regni & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.

Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, decimo quarto die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri primo.
Churchill,
Pengry.

A Letter from King James the Second to the Earl of Peterborow, Commanding his Attendance at the Coronation.

To Our Right trusty Cousin and Counsellor Henry Earl of Peterborow.
Iames R.

RIght Trusty and Welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We greet you well. Whereas We have appointed the 23d. day of April next for the Solemnity of Our Coronation; These are therefore to Will and Command you (all Excuses set apart) That you make your Personal Attendance on Us, at the time above­mentioned; (furnished and appointed, as to your Rank and Quality apper­taineth) there to do and perform such Services, as shall be required, and belong to you. And whereas. We have also resolved, That the Coronation of Our Royal Consort the Queen, shall be Solemnized on the same Day; We do further hereby require the Countess your Wife, to make her Personal Attendance on Our said Royal Consort, at the time, and in the manner aforesaid: Whereof you and she are not to fail: And so We bid you heartily farewel.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the 23d. Day of March 1684/5. in First Year of Our Reign.

A Letter from the Duke of Norfolk to the Earl of Peterborow, intimating the King's Pleasure that he should bear St. Edward's Scepter at the Coronation.
For the Right Honourable the Earl of Peterborow.

MY LORD,

HIS Majesty having appointed your Lordship to bear St. Edward's Scepter in the Proceeding at his Majesty's Coronation: This is to desire your Lordship, to meet in the House of Lords, at His Majesty's Palace of Westminster, on Thursday the Three and twentieth of April Instant, by Eight of the Clock in the Morning, in your Robes, and with your Coronet, in order to the performance of His Majesty's Pleasure. I am,

MY LORD,
Your Lordships, Most Obedient Servant, NORFOLK and MARSHAL.

An Order from King JAMES the Second, to the Earl of Peterborow, for Raising the Militia of the County of Northampton.

To Our Right Trusty and welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Lieutenant of our County of Northampton.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We Greet you well.

Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby require you, to give order and take care, That the Militia Troops of Horse in your Lieutenancy be forthwith raised: And as to the Foot, We think it requisite, they should be in such a readiness, that they may be immediately called together, to March, or obey such other Orders, as they shall receive for Our Service:

And so We bid you heartily farewel.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the Sixteenth Day of June 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.

An Order from King JAMES the Second, to the Earl of Peterborow, for the seizing of suspected Persons.

To Our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Our Lieutenant for Our County of Northampton.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We Greet you well.

Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby Authorise and Di­rect you, to give Order forthwith for the seizing and apprehending all disaffect­ed and suspicious Persons; and particularly all Non-Conformist Ministers, and such Persons as have served against Our Royal Father, and late Royal Brother of Blessed Memory; and for sending them, in safe Custody, to the Prison at Oxford, to be secured there till further Order: And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.

And so We bid you heartily farewel.
Given at Our Court at White­hall, the Twentieth Day of June, in the First Year of Our Reign. 1685.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.

Our Will and Pleasure also is, That you give order for securing all the Horses, belonging to any Persons, which shall be so seized.

The Earl of Peterborow's Commission for being Collonel of a Regiment of Horse.

Iames R.
JAMES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To our Right trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Greeting:

We repo­sing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you, to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Horse, raised, and to be raised for our Service, and likewise to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment. You are therefore to take the said Regiment and Troop into your Care and Charge, and duly to Exercise, as well the Officers as Soldiers in Arms, and to use your best endeavour to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And we do hereby Command them to obey you, as their Collonel and Captain respectively; and you to observe and follow such Orders and Directi­ons, from time to time, as you shall receive from Us, or any your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust we repose in you.

Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Twentieth Day of June, 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.

A Letter from the Earl of Sunderland, to the Earl of Peterborow, about Marching his Three Troops to Colebrook.

Whitehall, 30th. June, 1685.
MY LORD,

HIS Majesty Commands me to acquaint your Lordship, That He thinks it convenient you should be near His Person; and therefore would have you repair hither, so soon as you can conveniently: As to the Three Troops of Horse, which your Lordship so well approves of, He would have them forthwith ordered to march to Colebrook, to be in Quarters there; and doubts not, but you will leave such directi­ons, with the rest of the Militia, as may be most requisite for His Majesty's Service. I wish your Lordship a good Journey, and am,

MY LORD,
Your Lordships, Most Faithful humble Servant, SƲNDERLAND.

The King's Warrant to Discharge the Prisoners at Oxford.

To Our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Our Lieutenant for Our County of Northampton.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We greet you well:

Whereas We did, by our former Letters, authorize and require you to give Order, for seizing and apprehending all disaffected and suspicious Persons, and parti­cularly all Non-conformist Ministers, and such Persons as have served against Our Royal Father, and late Royal Brother, of blessed Memory, and for securing them and their Horses: And it having pleased God, to Bless Our Arms with Success against the Re­bels, so that they are entirely defeated, and the Chiefs taken: Our Will and Plea­sure is, That you forthwith give Order, for discharging all such Persons so secured, who where taken up upon Suspicion only, and for restoring their Horses to them: But as to those, who stand particularly accused, of having any way corresponded with, or otherwise abetted the Rebels; You are to direct, that they be continued Prisoners, that they may be Tryed at the Assizes, or elsewhere, as shall be thought fit; and for so doing this shall be your Warrant:

And so We bid you heartily Fare­wel.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the 16th. Day of July, 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.

A Letter from the Bishop of Sarum, to the Earl of Peterborow, intimating the King's Pleasure that he attend at a Chapter of the Order of the Garter.

May it please your Lordship,

HIS Majesty, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, having Com­manded me to signifie to your Lordship, That a Chapter shall be held at Whitehall, on Friday next, being the One and thirtieth Day of July, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon: These are humbly to give Notice thereof to your Lordship, to appear there in your Mantle only.

Your Lordships, In all Obedience, Seth Sarum, Praenob. Ord. Gart. Canc.
July 29. 1685.

A Patent of High Steward and Chief Bayliff to the Queen's Majesty, Granted to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow.

Mary R.
MAria, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regina,
Omni­bus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.

Sciatis quod nos magnam Fidelitatem & Integritatem praedilecti & perquam fidelis Cognati & Consi­liarii [Page 697]nostri Henrici Comitis de Peterborow, Custodis Stolae charissimi Domini & Mariti nostri considerantes; Nec non pro diversis Causis & Considerationibus, nos ad hoc specialiter moventibus: De gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus, ei­dem Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Officium Capitalis Seneschalli, vel Seneschalliae, omnium & singulorum (quae nunc sunt vel imposterum fuerint) Honorum, Ma­neriorum & Dominiorum nostrorum infra hoc Regnum Angliae, ac Custodiam sive Officium tenendi Curias Leetiae & Visifranciplegii & Leetiae Honorum, Maneri­orum & Dominiorum praedictorum, & eorum cujuslibet. Ac ipsum Henricum Co­mitem de Peterborow, Capitalem & Generalem Seneschallum nostrum, in Curiis no­stris Visifranciplegii & Leetiae infra Honores, Dominia, Maneria, & Hereditamenta nostra praedicta facimus, constituimus, & ordinamus per praesentes. Et ulterius de li­beriori gratia nostra dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus, praefato Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Officium Generalis & Capitalis Ballivi, omnium & singulorum praemissorum, & cujuslibet eorum: Habendum, tenendum, gaudendum & exercendum, Officia praedicta, & quodlibet eorum, per se, vel per sufficientem Deputatum suum, five sufficientes Deputatos suos, quamdiu Nobis pla­cuerit. Percipiendum annuatim, in & pro exercitio Officii praedicti, Generalis & Capitalis Seneschalli, Viginti Libras, bonae & legalis Monetae Angliae: Solvendum per manus Thesaurarii sive Receptoris nostri Generalis, ad Festum Sancti Michae­lis Archangeli, & Annunciationis Beatae Mariae Virginis, per aequales portiones: Nec non percipiendum annuatim, pro exercitio Officiorum praedictorum, Generalis & Capitalis Seneschalli, & Generalis & Capitalis Ballivi, omnia Vada, Feoda, Proficua, Ad­vantagia & Emolumenta quaecunque, eisdem Officiis, vel alicui eorum, aliquo modo spectantia aut pertinentia, adeò liberè, & tam amplis modo & forma, prout Henricus Comes de Arlington, nuper Capitalis & Generalis Seneschallus & Ballivus Excellentis­simae Principis Catharinae Reginae, vel aliquis alius, seu aliqui alii, antehaec locum te­nens, vel locum tenentes, Generalis & Capitalis Seneschalli, & Generalis & Capitalis Ballivi, alicujus Reginae Consortis Regis Angliae, pro tempore existentis, Officia praedicta habens, seu habentes, habuit, percepit, vel gavisus fuit, habuerunt, per­ceperunt, vel gavisi fuerunt, aut de jure habere, percipere, vel gaudere debuit vel debuerunt. In cujus rei Testimonium, has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Datum sub Magno Sigillo nostro apud Whitehall, Decimo nono die Januarii, Anno Regni praecharissimi Domini & Mariti nostri Jacobi Secundi, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensoris, &c. primo, Anno­que Domini, 168⅚

May it please Your Majesty,

This containeth a Grant from Your Majesty, to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow, of the Offices of High Steward and Keeper of Your Courts Leet, &c. and of General and Chief Bayliff of all Your Majesty's Honours, Maners and Lands, now, or hereafter, within the Kingdom of England: To hold during Your Majesty's Pleasure; with the Annual Fee of Twenty Pounds, for the said Office of High Steward, and all other profits to the said several Of­fices belonging. And is done by virtue of your Majesty's War­rant to me directed, bearing Date the First Day of January 1685/6.

Ro. North.

OF THE Collateral BRANCHES That have issued out of the HOUSE OF MORDAUNT.

OF THE Collateral BRANCHES That have issued out of the HOUSE OF MORDAUNT.

HAVING deduc'd the Succict Genealogies of all the Houses whence were descended, and whereunto were Heirs, the Mordaunts that were Lords of Turvey in the County of Bed­ford; as likewise particularly, that of the same Noble Fami­ly, and justified them by the Extant and Unquestionable Proofs inserted all along in the foregoing Works. I have thought it indispensably necessary to declare the descents of those Branches also that at several times proceded from the Chief House, and that in other Countries, upon Lordships of their own, have since made separated Families, and continued in Worthy Estimation to this day: That in case of accidents, though very improbable, which might conduce to the extinction of the Eldest Family, there might remain Lights to the right of Suc­cession, for preventing future Controversies, and wrongful or mistaken Pretences, though it cannot be expected instruments of Proof should be inserted here as in the former, they remaining in the hands of the Owners who willingly part not with the Evidences of their Estates out of their power, or live at such distance as would make it too uneasie or troublesom. Here shall therefore hereunto be an­nexed the Pedegrees of these Collaterals, with all the Truth and Justness imagina­ble, to the end those Gentlemen concern'd in them may know what is their Rank in point of Time, and the Grounds of any Pretences they can justly make upon any Accidents may happen for the future.

  • The Decent of the Mordaunts that were Lords of Wybaldstone.
  • Willm Mordaunt. Ld. of Turven. Rossia de Wake.
  • Robert Mordaunt. Ld. of Turvey. Eldest Sonne. Iolianna de Bray.
  • Sr. Will Mordaunt Ld. of Wybaldston Mary de Bosco.
  • Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Wubaldstone Eleanar Conquest.
  • Gohn. Mordaunt. Ld. of Wubaldston Eliz Raunstou.
  • Matilda Mordaunt. Filia & Heres.

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  • The Decent of the Mordaunts who were Lds. of Hempstead & Massingham.
  • Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Turvey. Agness Peck.
  • Sr. John Mordaunt. Ld. of Turroen Eldest Sonue Edith Latimer.
  • Willm Mordaunt. Ld. of hempsted. Anne Huntington
  • Robert. Nordaunt Ld. of Hempsted. Margaret Pooly.
  • Sr l'Estrange Mordaunt Knt. and Baronett. Margarett Charles.
  • Sr Robert Mordaut Knt. & Baronett. Amie Southerton.
  • Henry Mordaunt. Barbara Catthrop.
  • [Page]Willm Mordaunt.
  • Robert Mordaunt. Eliz: Rowse.
  • Sr. Charles Mor­daunt. K & Bar. Catherine Talmach.
  • l'Estrange Mordaunt. — Catlin.
  • Edmund Mordaunt
  • Lewis Alordaut
  • Sr. John Mordaunt. Anne Risely.
  • Henry Mordaunt.

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  • The Decent of the Mordaunts which were Lords of Oakley
  • John the first Ld. Mordaunt. Elizabeth vere.
  • John the 2d. Ld. Mordaunt. Elly Fitzlewes.
  • Willm. Mordaunt. Ld. of Oakely. Agnes Booth.
  • George Mordaunt Ld. of the Hill & Caldcaut. Cicely Harding.
  • Edm: Mordaunt Ld. of Oakely. Eliz Sturley.
  • Sr. Charles. Mordaunt Ld. of Oakly Eliz Snagg. S. P.
  • John. Mordaut Ld. of Oakely. Eliz: Pudsey.
  • Charles Mordaut Ld. of Oakely. Eliz: Strozzy.
  • Sr. John Mordaunt. Eliz: Adams.
  • [Page]John Mordaunt.
  • Henry Mordaunt.
  • John Mordaunt.

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  • The Decent of the Mordaunts who were L. of [...]
  • Iohn Lord Mordaunt. Elizabeth Vere.
  • Iohn ye 2 Lord Mordaunt. Elly Fitzlewes
  • Edm: Mordaut. Second Sonne Sine Prole
  • George Mordaut Fourth Sonne Cicely Harding.
  • Willm. Mordaunt Third Sonne. Agnes Booth.
  • Lewes Mordaunt Iane Ncedam.
  • Eliz. Mordaunt Edw: Maynard
  • Lewes Mordaunt.
  • George Mordaut Anne Smith.
  • Charles Mordaunt.
  • George Mordaunt Eliz: Everard.
  • [Page]Iohn Mordaunt Sonne & heire.

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  • The Decent of the Mordaunts that were Lords of Hardwick.
  • Henry Lord Mordaunt. Margaret Compton.
  • John Eark of Peterborow Eliz: Howard.
  • James Mordaut. — Gostwick.
  • John Mordaunt. Barbara Ludlous
  • Henry Mordaunt. Sonne & Heire.

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  • The Decent of the Mordaunts that were Lds. of Rygate.
  • Iohn Ld Mordaunt. Earle of Peterborow Eliz: Howard.
  • Henry Earle of Peterborow. Penelope Obrian
  • Iohn Ld. Viscount Mordaunt. Elizabeth Cary.
  • George Mordaunt.
  • Osmond Mordaunt.
  • Charles Ld. Viscout. Mordaunt Cary Fraiser.
  • Henry Mordaunt.
  • Lewes Mordaunt. — Martin.
  • Henry Mordaunt.
  • Iohn Mordaunt Sonne & Heire.

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