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. Green of Drayton. Vere of Addington. Fitz-Lewes of Westhornedon. Howard of Effingham. And Mordaunt of Turvey. Justified by Public Records, Ancient and Extant Charters, Histories and other Authentic 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 blazon or coat of arms of John Mordaunt LONDON, Printed in the Year of Our Lord, MDCLXXXV. W. BURRELL To my LORD, THE Lord HENRY, EARL of PETERBOROW, PEER of ENGLAND, LORD MORDAUNT, Lord Baron of TURVEY, Groom of the Stole, and First Gentleman of His Majesty's Bedchamber, 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 enlightened 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 Magic, salute men's 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 devolved unto your Lordship: Nor will it be less pleasing to perceive a perseverance in those Virtues from their Successors, showing 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 deduced, 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 Heroic 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 Splendour 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 exposed unto the World, for the Entertainment and Instruction of such as may delight in things of this Nature, and the Honour 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 caused 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 Authentic Records, I sell no Fables from my own Brain, and less from the Fancies 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 traced, have always continued in their Countries under a Noble Name, and Signalised 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 discovered) 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 supposed Originals, whence, like others, I should have been forced to bring them down by Invention, and not by Proof, introducing an Unfortunate Wanderer, Younger Brother, or Nephew unto some Unhappy Prince, that for a disastrous reason, fled his Country and changed 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 Countrymen, or Companions of the Conqueror, but all of them, Men notable for Valour, and Virtue, 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 Surnames, pag. 131, 135, 136, 137. You shall see what the Learned Cambden affirms; He says, That Surnames, 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 Surnames, 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 Surnames, so as they were not settled 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 Surnames 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 Surnames 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 Surnames 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 puzzled 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 Surnames, 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 Surnames, 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 Surnames, 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 of what length of time can by Proof be afforded to any such pretence, there having been, assuredly, no Surnames 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 produced to the Prejudice of ancient Probity, undervaluing of true Nobleness, and Scandal of the Heroic 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 Surnames. 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 Martial, 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 achieved, 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 exposed, 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 obliged but only to Virtue, to Antiquity, and to Truth. A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY OF THE House of Alno or Alneto, Justified by Public Records, Ancient and Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentic 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. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Alno Of the Name, Antiquity, Greatness, Alliances, Posssesions, and Arms of the House of Alno or de Alneto. THE Lords of this House received their Appellation from Alnetum a Town in France; of which, at the time of the Conquest, or a little before, they had the Dominion. In those elder and little curious times, they were often indifferently called of Alno, Alnoto, and Alneto, and the Antiquity of this Name hereby appears to be so great, as there are few that by just proofs can be traced to a higher Degree. The Quality, Prerogative, and Greatness of this House was such, as, besides the Liberties they had upon their own Lands, of peculiar Courts, and particular Justice, the Chief thereof had the Privilege of Banner-bearing, Ferendi Banneriam, which was the same as is called in high Dutch, a Banner here, and was at that time the greatest that could be in the Fortune of any Man, who was not an immediate Sovereign, and (as much as to say) a Power of obliging his Kindred, his Relations, and his Vassals, to follow him to those Wars whereunto he should be pleased to engage. There did belong unto it in Propriety within the Duchy of Normandy, a Town and Castle, called at that time Alnetum: they had great Lands in the Territory of Pont-Audomare, and large Possessions in the Vicounty of Contonville. In the Style used by this Family in their Deeds and Transactions after they came into England, whereof I have seen divers that are extant, and well preserved, are all the circumstances of Dignity; as omnibus hominibus suis, tam Francis quam Anglicis; and in their Seals were engraven their Images, like Knights at Arms in Military Postures, as was then in peculiar use with the great men of that time. Their Alliances did also answer all the other parts of their Greatness; for of four they contracted after their Arrival in this Country, one was with a very Famous House, and the other three with Families of the greatest and most eminent Nobility. Vide Cam. Re. p. 276. But I am so far from undertaking to ascertain the Arms they bore, as I am obliged to say, I believe there were very few, if any, in Hereditary use at that time of their Conjunction with the House of Mordaunt, which was about the end of the Reign of Henry the Second, or in the beginning of King Richard the First; Yet I shall not forbear to apply those that have been ascribed to them from very many Ages, as may appear by several Pedigrees, with other pieces of Sculpture and Painting, remaining at this day in divers Churches and Noble Houses of this Kingdom, which were Argent, a Lion Rampant Gules, charged on the Shoulder, with a Shield bearing in a Field Or three Martlets Azure. PAIN of ALNO or de ALNETO, Lord of Turvey, Maydford, and other Lands and Lordships. PAIN 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 proved 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 Privileges 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. After that (to the disorder of the War) there had succeeded a Settlement in the Kingdom, Pain 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 Acknowledgement of King William the First. This Family of Burdet was of great Antiquity, having possessed a very Honourable Rank in the Duchy 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 ancient 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. Peter's and St. Mary's 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 Message 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 Elinor 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 Philippe 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 Mother's Grandfather. This Sir William, besides his other fair Possessions, held of Robert de Beaumont Earl of Leicester, the Castle of Raunston, and it seems being a bold and active man, he happened to have so offended Ranulph, the great Earl of Chester, upon some of whose Jurisdictions he was a Borderer, as obliged 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 Trial in his Court, if he should have cause of action against him, unless for the said Demolishment and endeavour of Trial, William of Alneto should recede from his Fidelity to the Earl of Leicester. In which case he obliged 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 obliged 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 Hartsgrove, 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 Moiety of the Noble Lordship of Turvey, and of all the Royalties and Privileges 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 Privileges of two distinct Manors; The one called Mordaunts-Mannor; the other Ardres-Mannor, until the fourteenth year of Edward the Third, at what time they were reunited by the Care and Industry of Robert Mordaunt, who did exchange with Thomas of Ardres, his Manor of Shephale, in the County of Hertford, for the Lands and Manors 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 introduced 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 abode 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. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors PAGANUS DE ALNETO. To whom King WILLIAM gave the Lordship of Turvey And Hugh de Burdett 10th his daughter Emetina the town 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 HUGH de Alneto WILLIAM de Alneto Ld of Turvey joice 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 Authentic 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 two. Milites, & ad suum Servitium, 4. Milit. PAIN of ALNO, or de ALNETO, Lord of TURVEY, 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. Mary's 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 Governor of Eureux, and Chief Butler of Normandy, was Slain at the Battle 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 TURVEY, 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 Message, 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 TURVEY 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, & 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 DAUNO seal of Halenald de Alno 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 Father's 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 Berkshire; and in the twelfth of Henry the Second, upon the Assessment of that Aid, levied for marrying the King's 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 TURVEY 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. SIGILLUM WILLI FILII HALENALDI DANO seal of William de Alneto or Alnoto 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 & Auus, 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 TURVEY, 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. SIGILLUM HUGONI DAUNO seal of Hugo de Alneto or Alnoto 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, 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 chevalier. Preuves du liure 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. 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 Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. The Arms of the House of Broc, were Argent, upon a bend Sable, a Luer Or. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Broc Of the Name, Antiquity, Greatness, Succession, Alliances, Possessions, and Arms, of the House of Broc. ALthough we cannot find the Original of the House of Broc, nor under what Advantages it came into this Kingdom, yet in the first mention thereof, it appears with such Prerogatives, as cannot but render it very considerable. The Chief of it, Sir Ralph de Broc, is represented to Us in Story, to have been a Lord of Castles, Manors, Lands, Lordships, and great Possessions, to have been trusted with the Government of Royal Places, to have been a Valiant, a Faithful, and a Renowned Knight, and to have been of near Confidence, Trust and Employment, under one of the Greatest of the English Kings. His own Alliance was very advantageous; that of his Children contracted with Great Men, and Famous Houses, and the Marriages of his whole Succession, Honourable and Useful. There had been in the Possession of this Family, from the Reign of King Henry the Second, at what time lived Sir Ralph de Broc, to the twenty ninth Year of Edward the Third, when the Lands thereof fell to Heirs Female, the Castle and Lordship of Agenet, in the County of Suffolk; the Lands of Staplehurst, and Cambdene in Kent; the Manor of Fealburgh in Hampshire; the Lordship of Ravensdene in Bedfordshire; the Lands of Bridsthorne, Herdwick, Wedon, Chessham, and Aumondsham, in the County of Buckingham; the Manor of Shephale in Hertfordshire, with those of Treversham, and Fulborne, in the County of Cambridge. So as the Antiquity of this Family considered, the Esteem wherein divers famous Knights thereof were held, by several of the Greatest Kings, its Opulence, and the Noble Houses whereunto it was Allied, it cannot but be thought Worthy by its Blood, and Arms, to Honour any Family, that shall be descended from it. In order whereunto the subsequent Succinct Genealogy is here transmitted to Posterity. 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 King's 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 King's Bounty conferred upon Sir Ralph de Broc, who had done remarkable Service in that Occasion; wherein after he had been sometime settled, 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 his own as well as the King's 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, Superior to most of his time, and the Conscience of a Soldier, not apt to be puzzled, or obstructed, with Scruples incident to men of milder Callings; hence it was, that he was made the man of Terror, 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 Style 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 Seneschal 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 styled 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 Mother's 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, Huntingdon, 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 Manors of Bridsthorn, Herdwick, and Wedon, from the Prior of Saint Saviour's 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 bore that name, in the Duchy 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 King's 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 Manor of Maudlin's, and other Lands, as a Portion; to which end, a Fine was suffered, in the Thirtieth Year of Edward the First. In the third Year of King Edward the Second, a Patent passed 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 Moiety of all her Father's Lands; there accrueing to her Husband for her Share in Cambridgshire, half the Manor 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 Manor of Shephale. Their Issue. Robert Mordaunt, Lord of Turvey. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors Sr. RANULPH de BROC Governor of the Castle of Agenet and Constable of the Castle & Honour of Saltwood. Damata de Gorum. Edelina de Broc. Stephen of Turnam. Sr. ROBERT de BROC Marshal of England and Forrester of Cannock. Margaret of Beauchamp. Sr. Laurence de Broc Ld of Shephale. Milicent de Mallet. 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 Authentic 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 through the County, at Fremmingham; where he was received of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk: and, after that another Fleet of Flemings 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 powel's 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 Straight 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 noblemans and Gentlemen, were Slain. Hollinshead, History of England, Page 67. THose which escaped in returning back, not knowing that the King passed through the straits without danger, declared to their Fellows that followed, and were approaching to the said straits, 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 Trial of the Quarrel, and was overcome: but yet the King qualifying the rigour of the Judgement, by mercy, pardoned his Life, and appointed him to be Shorn a Monk, and put into the Abbey 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 Manors in this Tract are held thereof, by Knight's Service, which justly made it accounted, 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 Archbishop: 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 Duel, vanquished by his Challenger; and being possessed with Regret and Shame, contracted from his Defeat, shrouded 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, 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 Father's 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 Manor of Fealburgh, in the County of Southampton, which was the inheritance of Damieta, her Mother, than Deceased; but departed this Life, in the Sixteenth of that King's Reign: for than 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 Styled Marshal of England, and Forester 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 Forest 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 promised that his Body should have Sepulture in their Monastery. On the Canons of Killingworth he conferred the Church of Chesterton, and granted to the Knight's Templars, a Yard Land, in this Lordship: but ill fate attended him: for he suffered under the hand of Justice, though for what appears not. Whereupon the Lands were Seized into the King's hands; who gave them in Marriage to one Robert de Broc, being a man of note in his days: For he is styled Marescallus Angliae, & Forrestarius de Cannoc: who gave to the Monastery of Stonly, a Message, 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 King's Redemption; for which he had the Custody of the Forest 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 Buckinghamiaes. Out of an Ancient 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 Reding, 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 Can, in villa de Agmondesham. Item tenet quadraginta solidos Reditus, in villa de Cestresham, 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. seal of Hugo de Broc SIGILLUM DNI HUGONIS 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. seal of Agnes de Broc 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, conjugisque 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 Manor 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 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 Buckinghamiaes; & 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 brussels, & 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 letters 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 aim, 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 tail, seant firm, & stable, quicunque le det jean Baynard, de ce fera, en nostre nom. En temognence de quelle chose, à cestes nos presents letters, avons mis nos Sealls, escrit à la Maudelaine, Mardy prochain apres la feste nostre Dame, L'an le Roy Edward tierce, puis la conquest, 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 party, Agnes soeur mesme d'ycelle Johan, d'autre party; & Edmond Mordaunt, & Elene sa femme, soeur mesme d'ycelle Johan, & Agnes, de tierce party; fills & heritiers de Rauff de Broke: del' heritage mesme cest Rauff southecrit, tesmoigne la purparty, 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 purparty, deal heritage del dit Johan, le Columber de Chesham, & viij l. viij s. iv d. de rent, ove les appartenances, jadis appartenant à la mannere de la Maudeleyn. Et, en mannere de la Maudelyn three maisons, cest assavoir, une Grange, une novel etable, & un novelle chambre de mariesme, à sa volonte: cest assavoir, l. s. d. ob. q. De Alice Edrich. 0 0 vi 0 0 De Johanne Child. 0 i iv 0 0 De Johanna Prestmere. 0 two 0 0 0 De Ricardo Witringden. 0 i iv 0 0 De Thoma Prat. 0 viij iv 0 0 De Johanna at Thorn. i seven ix 0 0 De dame Johanne de Badden. Et una libra de Cumyn. 0 v vi 0 0 De Edmundo Colt. 0 vi xi 0 0 De Johanna Colle. 0 vi xi 0 0 De Johanna Assbiry. 0 vi 0 0 0 De Ricardo Carter. 0 x 0 0 0 De Johanna Cole. 0 i seven 0 0 De Johanna at dene. 0 vi 0 0 0 De Luce le Welle. 0 i vi 0 0 De Willielmo Hikelond. 0 i 0 0 0 De Johanna Marshal. 0 iii 0 0 0 De Hugone Wine. 0 0 x 0 0 De Edellyne de Welpele. 0 two 0 0 0 De Johan Gesse. 0 i 0 0 0 De Elene Reivie. 0 0 ix 0 0 De Elene Allot. 0 i iv 0 0 De Willielmo Draper. 0 two 0 0 0 De Johanne Welpele. 0 0 viij 0 0 De Johanne Prat. 0 i viij 0 0 De Henrico Blake. 0 vi vi 0 0 De Johanne Rokmarsey. 0 vi two 0 0 De Johanne Fitz Nichol Ashele. 0 0 vi 0 0 De Johanne Somerton. 0 i iv 0 0 De Rogero Toryny Chevalier. 0 viij iv 0 0 De Johanne Child. 0 0 i 0 0 De Willielmo Coke. 0 iii ix 0 0 De Johanne Blakwell Shephire. 0 two 0 0 0 De Johanne le long. 0 xi v 0 0 De Simone Stonherd. 0 x iii 0 0 De Johanne Gardiner. 0 xiv vi 0 0 De Johanne Gardiner. 0 0 vi 0 0 De Johanne Baker. 0 iii 0 0 0 De Agnete Pennyfader. 0 two 0 0 0 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 brussels. ET l'avant dit Agneyse, autre des parteners susditz, averoit le site de maner de Maudeleyns', ove toute les terres, boys & pastures, iiii l. viij s. iii d. de rent; mesme le maner de Maudelyn, cest assavoir, l. s. d. ob. q. De Johanne Cokeregge. 0 seven iv 0 0 De Stevenne Chaumpeneys. 0 xiii iv 0 0 De les tenants de Berkhamstede. 0 xxxvi 0 0 0 De la dame Portrer. 0 viij 0 0 0 De Johanne Pedifat. 0 0 xii 0 0 De Willielmo Cohesdele. 0 two seven 0 0 De Johanne Redbourn. 0 two 0 0 0 De Johanne Cokevyle. 0 0 xii 0 0 De Willielmo de Asheld. 0 xiv 0 0 0 De Roberto at Shore. 0 xuj x 0 0 Ove lour homages, services & custumez forpris Grenelands, & three measons, devant nomes. Pars Edmundi Mordaunt, & Elene sa femme. ET les avanditz Edmunde, & Elyn, averont del' heritage Elene, le Maner de Shephale, ove les appartenantzes, & les terres, de Rigmerfeld & Blakelond, avant nomes, jade's parcel de Stevenach; & de la rent du Mannor de Maudelyn, seven l. xiv s. 1 d. ob. quadrants. Cest assavoir, l. s. d. ob. q. De Waltero powel. 0 0 x 0 0 De Johanne Sokereseyn. 0 iii x 0 0 De— John 0 two 0 0 0 De Nicolao Oysell. 0 vi i 0 0 De Johanne Mollyns Chevalier. 0 viij viij 0 0 De Roberto Gravely. 0 two 0 0 0 De Johanne Carrier. 0 0 iii 0 0 De Johanne— 0 0 xviii 0 0 De Johanne Godele. 0 iv iv 0 0 De Waltero Garnhon. 0 0 xviii 0 0 De Stevenne Marten. 0 0 iii 0 0 De Johanne Gardiner. 0 0 xvii 0 0 De Johanne Drake. 0 two viij 0 0 Deal molen lable de Mussenden. 0 xv 0 0 0 De Waltero Blakwell. 0 vi vi i 0 De Thoma Shepherd. 0 0 xvii 0 0 De Johanne Blakwell. 0 xi i 0 0 De Juliana Blakwell. 0 0 xv 0 0 De Rauff Glarnik. 0 0 xxii 0 0 De Elizabetha Blakwell. 0 0 xx 0 0 De Raff Coke. 0 viij v i 0 De Johanne White. 0 0 xii 0 0 De Willielmo May. 0 0 ix 0 0 De Johanne Cole. 0 0 ix 0 0 Et de les tenantz de Esylbirghe. iii ix viij 0 0 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 Manors; 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 novel, 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 rent, issant de la terre de William le Shepherd, & xx s. rent issant de la terre que Thomas Trayerr tient, demeureront en commun, entre les partners avantdits, à departir, quant il leur plaira: En Tesmoignage de quelle chose, les partners susdits, entrechangeablement ont mis leur seaulx; Date à Maudelyn, le lundy prochain devant la feste de la Conversion de St. Paul, L'an du Reign Edward troisieme apres la Conquest 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 Brussels, & Johannam, & praedicta Johanna obiit sine prole. A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of LATIMER of Duntish: Justified by Public Records, Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Latimer The Arms of the House of Latimer, were Gules, a Cross Fleure Or. Of the Name, Antiquity, Descent, Greatness, Succession, Possessions, Alliances, and Arms of the House of Latimer, that were Lords of Duntish and Estpullham. THE Name of Latimer had ever of old, in all Histories, Charters, and other Occasions of being mentioned, the Addition of le preceding to it, as Willielmus le Latimer; and the English of that word which is in its proper Language Latimer, is by Antiquaries rendered to be Interpreter. Also by all the Histories, Records and Catalogues, that mention the Lords and Knights, who entered England with the Conqueror; it is testified, that a Nobleman bearing this Name (whether from his Office or otherwise) was a Companion in that Glorious Enterprise. From which time they flourished upon the Lands and Lordships acquired in that Occasion, so, as about the Reign of King Richard the First, they became ranked among the greatest, and most Eminent of the Nobility of England, and for several Generations, there were not any had a greater share in the Commands, Employments and Counsels of the Crown; it producing Famous and Victorious Generals, Wise and Happy Counsellors and Officers, that proved of great Honour and Advantage, to all the Affairs wherein they were employed. From William Lord Latimer, who was Chief of this House, and a great Baron in the Reign of King Edward the First, did descend those Latimers of which I treat, by Sir John Latimer his second Son, who were Lords of Govis, a Noble Signiory in the Duchy of Normandy, under the Jurisdiction of the Balliage of Caen, of the Manors and Lordships of Duntish, Devilish, Estpullham, Childeckford, Winterborne, Till, rivel, Bocland and Whitchurch in the County of Dorset; Cravestock with Lands in Estshene, Mortlack, and Wimbledon in the County of Surrey. They had Possessions in Bisbey and Hartsned in Hertfordshire; they had the Lordship of Wolwich in Kent, and of the free passage over the River of Thames in that place. In possession of most whereof, they long lived, with great Honour, often performing, with much Reputation, the principal Offices of those Countries, when they were called unto them for the Service of their Kings and the Kingdom; and unto these at last became Heir and Successor, John the first Lord Mordaunt, by his Mother the Lady Edith, sole Daughter and Heir of Sir Nicholas Latimer, the last of this Branch; who for their Arms bore ever, Gules, a Cross Fleure Or, being the same with that was given by the Ancient and Illustrious House of which they were Descended. WILLIAM Lord LATIMER Lord Baron of CORBY. THE Original and History of the Ancient Lords of the Name of Latimer, having been the concern of a great Author, who has transferred to Posterity the Memorials of the Baronage of England, I shall undertake to write nothing, but what may immediately appertain to those Latimers that were Lords of Duntish in the County of Dorset; and in whose Lands and Blood, by an Hereditary Descent, the House of Mordaunt has had so near an Interest. For an Introduction hereunto, I must (notwithstanding) relate, how in the Reign of King Edward the First, there flourished in this Realm a famous Baron called William Latimer, who had divers great Possessions devolved unto him by right of his Ancestors, and sundry others by the Acquisition of his own Valour and Virtue. He had been bred a Companion in Arms to that Prince, from the time he was first made Knight, and served with him in his Father's Defence, during all the Civil Wars of that King's Reign. He assumed in his Company the Sacred Cross, and became Partaker of his Journey to the Holy Land: and after King Henry's Death he continued with his Famous Master under the greatest Esteem for Valour and all Military Virtue of any Knight in his time. This William Latimer was one of the King's Chief Captains in those Wars, which produced the final Subduction of Wales, and particularly in that occasion where the Isle of Anglice was won, in the eleventh year of his Reign; and when his Affairs in Gascony began so to sink, as it seemed necessary for their Support, to employ the Experience and Vigour of a great Commander, the Lord William Latimer was Chosen by the King, in the twenty second year of his Reign, to be joined to the Youth and Heat of his Nephew the Lord John of Britain, in the Government of that Country, and the Forces to be sent into it; he being upon this occasion termed in the History of Henry Knighton, Canon of Leicester, de Eventibus Angliae, Miles ille strenuissimus Willielmus le Latimer. The year following he attended thither again the King himself, in his great Expedition, as he did in most of his Wars against the Scots, particularly at Faukerk, where he was Victorious. After which, he was appointed Commissioner to fortify the Castles of that Realm. And as he was Eminent in all the happy Actions of War, achieved in that Age, we find him so, no less, in every great Affair of State. It appearing he signed (amongst the great Barons of the Kingdom) several public Instruments, (as particularly that Letter written to Pope Boniface the Eighth, about the Kings Right to be Superior Lord of the Kingdom of Scotland.) He Married Alicia de Ledet, one of the Heirs of Walter de Ledet, a great Baron of that time, and that was Lord of Braybrooke in the County of Northampton; who brought into his Family her part of a large and rich Inheritance. Their Issue. William Lord Latimer Baron of Corby. Sir John Latimer Lord of Duntish, Estpullham, and other Lands and Lordships. Thomas Latimer that died without Issue. Nicholas Latimer to whom his Mother after the Death of her Husband, gave all the Lands of her Inheritance in the Counties of Leicester and Northampton. THE Descent of the Latimers that were Lords of Duntish and Estpullham, being the business of my Intention, I shall here proceed with Sir John Latimer, the second Son of the aforementioned Lord William, who flourished in the Reign of King Edward the Second, in Possession of several Noble Lordships, that were left to his Inheritance by the Care and Kindness of his Father: he had Lands in Eastshene, in Mortlac, and in Wimbledon in the County of Surrey, in Wolwich in Kent, besides great Possessions in Dorsetshire; which latter did devolve to him in the Right of the Lady Joan de Govis his Wife, who was one of the Daughters of Sir William de Govis, a Lord of a Noble Patrimony in the Kingdom of France; and that had likewise fair Lands in England, which he Inherited from his Mother the Lady Beatrice of Lincoln, one of the Heirs of a great House, that had been very famous in the foregoing Ages. From this Marriage arose the most notorious Contention of that time, between this Sir John Latimer, and Sir Peter Desmonstiers, of the Duchy of Normandy, about the Fief and Lordships of Govis in that Country, having been the Chief Seat, and part of the Inheritance of Sir William de Govis, that was Father-in-Law to them both. Whereupon divers Transactions passed in the Courts of Judicature of either Kingdom, and there are Extant (relating to this difference) several Orders, Grants and Instruments, under the Seals of both the Kings, Edward the Second, and King Philip. Their Issue. Sir Robert Latimer. William Latimer. Nicholas Latimer. ROBERT the Son of Sir John Latimer, after the Decease of his Father, became possessed of all his Estate and Interests. To which, by his Marriage with Catharine the Daughter and Heir of Sir Robert Hull, he did join divers other fair Possessions, as, the Manor of Childeckford and Estpullham in the County of Dorset, and Estoket in Somersetshire; all which, in the thirty second year of Edward the Third, he did receive from John Gurthop, and Edward Mundeine, who (it should seem) were possessed thereof in trust, on Condition, that if he should die without Issue of the said Catharine, they would then return to her right Heirs. This Robert Latimer had very honourably served King Edward the Third in several Military Occasions, wherein he achieved the Honour of Knighthood; and having returned in safety from the Battle of Poitiers, Deceased at his Manor of Duntish in the thirtieth year of that King's Reign, leaving Issue Sir Robert Latimer. Margaret Latimer. SIR ROBERT LATIMER being under Age at the Death of his Father, was by King Edward the Third granted in Wardship, with all the Lordships of his Inheritance, to Ralph of Ergum then Bishop of Salisbury, who transmitted the same to William Latimer the Uncle of this Robert. The King afterwards ignorantly (as is supposed) granted again the Wardship to Sir John de Lee, who was at that time Steward of his House; which Sir John presuming of his Credit and Power in Court, sent for William Latimer to London, and by Duress of Imprisonment forced him to Surrender the Estate in that Wardship unto him. William Latimer complained to the Parliament then sitting in the forty second year of that King; unto which Sir John would have excused himself from the Grant that had been made him by his Master; but it was not allowed, because William Latimer was not put out by due Process of Law; for which and other things Sir John de Lee was Committed to the Tower; afterwards, when it had born several Debates in the Council, it was Ordered, that the Wardship should be reseized into the King's hands, and delivered to William Latimer according to the Grant made by the Bishop; and that all Recognizances and Conveyances made by this William to the said Sir John should be void, saving to the King his Right. When Robert Latimer came at Age, he Entered into Possession of the Lordships of Estpullham, Westpullham, Childeckford, Devilish, Duntish, Winterborn, Whitechurch and Newton in the County of Dorset, and of Estoket in Somersetshire. His Wife was Margaret de Peche, the Daughter of Sir William de Peche Knight, who was Descended from that Gilbert de Peche that was a great * Look the Baron's Letter to the Pope. Baron in the time of King Edward the First. Their Issue. Sir John Latimer. SIR JOHN LATIMER, who is styled in his Charters Lord of Estpullham, had a Contest with his own Father about certain Lands, which by Articles Sir Robert Latimer had bound himself to establish upon his Heirs at the time of his Marriage, with Margaret the Mother of this Sir John, who was the Daughter of Sir William Peche Knight, by reason Sir Robert had burnt the Writings, whereupon the Interest of these Lands did depend, to make them appear free, for an Advantage he intended to himself in a second Marriage, which he did at that time design. There is Extant a Bill Exhibited by Sir John Latimer, complaining thereof to Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham and High Chancellor of England, in the sixth year of King Henry the Fifth. This Sir John Latimer Married Catharine the Daughter of Sir John Pypard, by whom he left Issue Sir Nicholas Latimer. SIR Nicholas Latimer we find to have been High Sheriff of the County of Dorset once, in the thirty second of Henry the Sixth, and again in the eleventh year of King Edward the Fourth; and in those turbulent and difficult times this Office might have been indeed properly called Onus cum honore: for the men so employed, were at that time sought out among the richest, the most popular and the most powerful, that the Country would not only obey at home but follow abroad; and men then depending upon the Bounty and Hospitality of the Great, their Inclinations and Example were of more force than all the Cases of Law and Conscience: The Prudence (notwithstanding) and good Fortune of Sir Nicholas Latimer did happily conduct him through the violent Reigns of three very active Princes, King Henry, King Edward, and King Richard the Third, and brought him peacefully to rest with his Fathers, in the Twentieth year of King Henry the Seventh, at a very great Age, although with that Circumstance, of leaving no Heir Male to Inherit his Lands and Family; and for only Issue of the Lady Joan his Wife, the Daughter of Sir John Hoddy, Edith Latimer Lady Mordaunt. EDITH LATIMER Lady MORDAUNT, Lady of Duntish, Devilish, Estpullham, Childeckford, Estoket, and other Lands and Lordships. EDITH LATIMER was by the Consent and Direction of her Father Married to Sir John Mordaunt in the fourteenth year of King Edward the Fourth; between whom and Sir Nicholas Latimer, several Agreements were made concerning his Inheritance. But the hope of Male Issue, and his Engagement in a second Marriage, caused him so to protract the Settlement, as being surprised with Death he left his Estate under several great Encumbrances; which (notwithstanding the King's Interest in the same, upon pretence of some Debts due to him from the said Sir Nicholas) were at last overcome and mastered by the Industry and Prudence of Sir John Mordaunt, and the Lands and Lordships of Duntish, Devilish, Estpullham, Childeckford and Estoket left by him to the Lords Mordaunts, that were his Successors. She outlived her first Husband, and was again Married to Sir Thomas Carew of Devonshire, who was slain in a Sea-Fight on the Coast of Britain, in the fourth year of King Henry the Eighth, being at that time Captain of the Noble Ship called the Regent, which was burnt in the same Occasion. Issue by her first Husband. John the first Lord Mordaunt. Robert Mordaunt. William Mordaunt. Joan Mordaunt Married to Sir Giles Strangeways of Dorsetshire. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors WILLIAM Lord Latimer Surnamed le , ALICIA de Ledet. William Ld. Latimer Sibyl de Huntingfeild. Sr. john Latimer Second Son. joane de Govis. Sr. Nicolas Latimer. William Ld. Latimer Elizabeth de Botetort. Sr. Robert Latimer. Catherine Hull. William Latimer. William Ld. Latimer Chamberlain to E. 3 Elizabeth Fitz Allan Sr. Robert Latimer Margeret Peche Margeret Latimer Elizabeth Latimer Daughter and Heir john Lord Nevil. Sr. john Latimer Catherine Pipard Sr Nicolas Latimer joane Hoddy Edith Latimer Sr. john Mordaunt GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of LATIMER of Duntish, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentic Testimonies. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of LATIMER of Duntish. WILLIAM Lord LATIMER Lord Baron of CORBY. Hollinshead, Page ON the King's 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 Grace, 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 Soldiers, and Lucas de Thany Steward of Gascony with his Gascons 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 Manors of Winterborne and Langton in the County of Dorset, with the Advowson of the Church of Ackford, Duntish, and the Chapel of Duntish; as also of the Manor of Cells, which was given in frankmarriage with Maud his Mother. Likewise the Manor of Norton, also given in frankmarriage 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 Manors 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 King's behalf in the Battle 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 Michael, 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 liures 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 Michael, pour quoy je vous mande que vous vous hasties de venir au plus tost que pourries, aveque toute la somme de mille liures, & 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 Roven. 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 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 Michael prochain a venir, que ledit Fief de Haubert de Govis vaille plus de cinquante liures 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 Michael 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 leués, leué 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 presents letters 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 party del dit Heritage par raison de sa feme, c'est a scavoir mille liures 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 liures, a la Saint Jehan ensuivant apres cinquante liures, a la Saint Michael apres ensuivant trois cens liures, & a Noel apres ensuivant cinq cens liures. Et pour lesdits deniers a payer & rendre a dits terms ledit Monsieur Jehan oblige par devant nous soy & ses Heirs, son corpse 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 pays & rendus audit Monsieur Robert, & les cousts & damages rendus & restores que il auroit faict par defaut de payment, decoy 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 bars, defences, raisins, 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 sove 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 liures 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 liures 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 trovués 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. Copy sans le Seel de la Viconte de Caen en la forme qui ensuit. Le Bailliff de Caen a Henry Day 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, omnésque 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 process 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 Sergeant j' en vis & leave 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 process, & 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 process & toutes les choses faictes en cet temps en l'estat ou ils estoit au devant, & je dis que se ledit Monsieur Robert vouloit aucune choose 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 Mistress tennans les Chiquier de Pasques a Roven l'an de Grace MCCC & sis, a leur ayme le Baillif de Caen Salut. Comme nous avous donne a Monseigneur Jehan le Latimer Chevalier congee 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 terms 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, leveiiss 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, leveiisque 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 lafoy tenor 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 saint Croix ........................... 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 in 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. SIGILLUM DNAE JOHANNAE LATIMER seal of Joanna 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 Moor, 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 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 Rochfort, 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. Mr Prinn's Abridgement of Records, Page 106. THE 21th day of May, the King gave thanks to the Lords and Commons for their coming, and aid granted, on which day all the Lords, and sundry of the Commons Dined with the King: after which Dinner, Sir John de Lee was brought before the King, Lords and Commons next aforesaid, to Answer to certain Objections following, and first to the Complaint of William Latimer, as followeth. The King had granted the Wardship of Robert Latimer, the Son and Heir of Sir Robert Latimer, with certain Manors, during the same Minority, to the Bishop of Sarum, whose Estate the same William had, and after the King granted the same to Sir John de Lee. The same William surmised that the said Sir John being of Power, sent for him to London, where he by duress of Imprisonment enforced the said William to Surrender his Estate to him. And by Recognizance therefore, the same Sir John excuseth himself, for that the Grant was made unto him; the which was not allowed, for that the said William was not put out by due Process of Law. Another matter was objected against the said Sir John, for that during such time as he was Steward of the King's House, he should cause sundry men to be attached, and to come before him, as before the King's Council, in places where he pleased, where being out of Council, he caused men to answer as to things before the Council. That he as Steward, having thereby Authority only within the Verge, did notwithstanding cause sundry to be attached out of the Verge, as John Goddard and others, making them to Answer in the marshalsea, of things done out of the Verge, and othersome committed to the Tower of his own Authority, as John Sibyl, Edmund Urdsales, and others. That he had of his own Authority, against the Justice's Commandment, discharged out of Newgate, Hugh Lavenham Purveyor, who had appealed sundry men of Felony. That he bargained with Sir Nicholas Lovayn for the Keeping of the Manor of Rainham in Kent, the which the same Sir Nicholas claimed to hold during the Minority of the Son and Heir of John Saunton, where the said John of Lee knew that the said Manor was holden of the King in Chief, as of the Castle of Dover. Of all which points, for that the same Sir John could not purge himself, he was Commanded to the Tower of London, there to remain as Prisoner, until he had made Fines at the Kings Will; and Commandment given to Sir Allen of Buxhal, Constable of the Tower, to keep him accordingly. And so the Lords and Commons departed. After that, the said Sir John being brought to Westminster before the King's Council, and being there demanded of the same William Latimer, made Answer, That as freely as the King had granted to him the Wardship aforesaid, so freely did he Surrender the same into the King's hands. Whereupon by the same Council it was Ordered, that the Wardship aforesaid should be reseized into the King's hands, and delivered unto the said William Latimer, according to the Grant made to the said Bishop, and that all Recognizances and Conveyances made by the said William to the said Sir John, should be void, saving the Kings Right. Charta Johannis de Rochfort. SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Johannes de Rochfort, 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 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 utriusque 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, 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 Lind, & 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. Supply humblement Jean Latimer fitz au Robert Latimer chevalier, que comme sur le treat del Marriage 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 fair les Heirs des les Corps de dits peer & mere enheritable de les Mannoirs, etc. par bargain & accord faitz per entre eux & pour graunde somme d'argent, c'est assavoir, etc. all dit Pere deal suppliant avant dit pour le mariage sa mere dont il estoit pleynement premies, & affirm que le dit Robert Latimer all dit suppliant enfeffera de les dites Mannoirs, etc. W. & B. en fee, & reprendreit un estate a luy & a dit sa femme & a les heirs de leur Corps engendrez, les queux feoffment & reprise de estate ent furent faites accordant a les bargain & promise avantdites. Puys apres les dites Robert Latimer & la dite sa femme avoient issu de leur corps engendrez leur fitz d'issue & heir apparent le suppliant avantdit, & la dite morust, apres quelle mort, le dit Robert Pere audit suppliant par maluys excitation des diverses people pour disheriter le dit suppliant, & pour fair enheritables issues de celle que le dit Robert all pris depuys, en ce a faict comburer les faites de les feffements & reprise deal estate avant dit. Et sur ceo enter a fait alienation a diverses people en verisemble disherison du dit suppliant si Dieu luy doigne de surviure son dit Pere, en tant que les ditez faitz de feoffment & reprise d'estates sont destructes, s'il n' ast vostre tresgracieux socours en ceste party, que pleise, etc. de considerer les premises, & 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 premises perissent qu'il poet estre conuz de record de sa conisance qu'il y avoit fiels faites de feoffment & reprise the estates accordantzes lafoy bargain de marriage & promise avant ditz, Et sur ceo de ordeyner just & due redress & remedy all dit suppliant solon ceo que droit & bon conscience demandent pour Dieu & en oevure de charité considerant tres-gracious Seigneur, que le dit suppliant a nul remedy all 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 Moor, 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 Reed, Robertus Andrew, Robertus James, Johannes Ford, Thomas Rothwell, Johannes York, & 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 Reed, Robertus Andrew, Robertus James, Johannes Ford, Thomas Rothwell, Johannes York, & 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 Ralph, & 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 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. SIGILLUM NICOLAI LATIMER MILITIS seal of Sir Nicholas Latimer 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 Manor 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 Judgement 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 premises more plainly is contained. We the said Duke taking upon us to Arbitre in the premises, have heard the Allegations, Titles and Replications of the said Parties of and in the premises, 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 Manor of Lokston with the Appurtenances to him and his Heirs, without interruption or claim of the said Edward and his Heirs. For the which premises 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 paid to the said Edward or his Assigns at the Feast of Saint Michael next coming after the date hereof, or within a Month than next following, twenty five pounds in the Parish Church of Saint Ewing next within Newgate of London; and at the Feast of Pasch then next following, or within a Month than next ensuing, in the same Church twelve pounds ten shillings; and at the Feast of Saint Michael than next following, or within a Month than 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 virtue. 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 Fuller's 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 Manors of Duntish and Devilish in the County of Dorset, and Estoket in Somersetshire; which late were Sir Nicholas latimer's. FIrst the said Sir Nicholas bargained with William Harding for the Manor of Devilish, and Enfeoffed him Sole of the same; so that by that Harding was Entitled to that Manor in Anno xivᵒ Ed. iv ti, whose bargain was unknown to Sir John Mordaunt till Anno viijᵒ of Henry vijth, at which time he bought the Moiety of the Title of Harding therein. Anno ij do Ricardi Tertii, Sir John Mordaunt and Sir Nicholas Bargained for the Manor of Devilish, that the Feoffees thereof should stand seized of the same Manor 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 seven to 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 Manor of Devilish as of all the said other Manors, and of the Manor of Estpullham in Fee. Against whom John Smith should recover the same Manors, and after that Recovery should make Estate by Deed and by Fine to Sir Nicholas, of all the Manors 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 Premises 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 Judgement 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 Harding, 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 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 Judgement 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 Harding Heir to William Harding. 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-lived Sir Nicholas. And then in the end of Anno xvᵒ Sir John Mordaunt was called into the King's 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' 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' Wife, Sir John Turbervile feared that Sir Nicholas, by help of Sir John Mordaunt, should cause the State to be Executed to Sir Nicholas: and that was one cause that he was glad to Bargain with John Smith, that though such Judgement 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 Manors to the use of the same John Smith, and his Heirs for ever. Another Consideration why Sir John Turbervile should departed 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 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 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 Manor 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 Manor, 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 Premises, by the means of the said John Smith (without whom Sir John Turbervile would make no Bargain) Agreed and Bargained with John Smith in Trinity Term, or else Easter Term, Anno xviiᵒ Henrici seven mi, That for the Manor 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 Moiety 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 Duchy 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 engrossed their Indenture, and accomplished their Bargain, and their Bargain was known and spoken of both in Court and other places also. And the King's Grace nothing said nor did, nor shown 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 recompense 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 King's use of the Lands, which he would not, but disclosed to the King all the Premises that be here in Writing (as he hath said and reported;) And the same Smith sometime threatened, 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 enfeoff Lord Daubeny, Master Lovel, Master Bray, and Master Seymore in Fee, and Sir William Seymore would have had it to the King's use, whereto John Smith would not agree; than 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 Lovel 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 King's Grace said Sir John Turbervile should owe him much Money at his Decease, without any Title, and against Law and Conscience, of his Royal Power, the King's 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 Suit made to the King by the Executors, the King Commanded them to sue to Dudley; and though the Executors shown 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 King's Majesty, and to pay two hundred pounds yearly, or else they must have delivered the Evidences, and abidden the King's 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 expressly, 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 expressed or not, desired to see the Deed, and he shown 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, etc. The Report of Richard Eliott the King's Sergeant at Law, John Erneley the King's Attorney, and of John Porte the King's Solicitor, upon the sight of the Evidence of Sir John Mordaunt, for all such Manors, Lands and Tenements as were late Sir Nicholas Latimer's Knight. FIrst, It appears that Sir Nicholas Latimer Knight by his Deed Enfeoffed William Harding of the same Manor 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 Harding one hundred and twenty pounds, that then the said Sir Nicholas should have again the said Manor to him and to his Heirs. Item, (the Premises notwithstanding) The said Sir Nicholas by Indenture bargained and sold the said Manor 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, etc. Dated the second of Richard the Third. Memorandum, That Sir John Mordaunt after bargained with the same William Harding and Nicholas his Son, for their Interest and Title that they had in the said Manor of Devilish, as by Indenture thereof made, plainly may appear. For the Manors of Devilish. For the Manors of Duntish. For the Manors of Estpullham. For the Manors of Estoket. First, It appeareth that the said Sir Nicholas Latimer bargained and sold all these said Manors 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 Manors, 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 Manors 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 Manors to Sir John Mordaunt Knight, and his Heirs, except the Manor of Estpullham, with divers Covenants, as it appeareth by the said Indenture, Data Anno decimo octavo Henrici Septimi. Item, After the said Bargain, the King's Grace that dead is, without Cause or Colour, would have caused John Smith to have Enfeoffed the Lord Daubeny, and other of the said Manors to the use of the King's Grace and his Heirs; which he refused so to do, because he had made the former Bargain, and by Advice of the Council of the said King. And to satisfy the same King's 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 Premises, 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 Premises, and by the tenor and sight of all the Premises, it appeareth evidently, That the King had no Title, nor at any time had, to any of the said Manors, nor to any part of them. And all that is here under-written is to show the truth, as appeareth after by the showing of John Mordaunt, Son and Heir of the said Sir John Mordaunt Knight. ITem, (All the Premises notwithstanding) the King's Grace (after the Decease of the said Sir John Mordaunt, and of Sir Nicholas Latimer) caused the said Lord Daubeny and others, to sue several Writs of Subpoena, as well against John Mordaunt Son and Heir of the said Sir John and William Mordaunt, one of the Executors of the said Sir John, as against the said John Smith. The said Lord Daubeny and other, surmizing by their Bill in the Chancery, That they had bought all such Right, as one Walter Turbervile should have, to the said Manors, as Cousin and next Heir to the said Sir John Turbervile; Whereas the said Lord Daubeny and others had never any such Bargain of the said Walter. And though he had made such Bargain with the said Lord, it had been clearly void; because the said Sir John Turbervile (before his death) sold all the said Manors, as above is expressed. Item, The Subpoena was sued to the intent, That the said John Mordaunt the Son, William Mordaunt, and John Smith, should have been compelled to deliver all such Evidences, as they or any of them had concerning the same Manors, to the Use of the King, and of his Heirs. And also, that the said John Mordaunt the Son, and John Smith, should release to the said Lord Daubeny and others, all such Right as they or any of them had in the said Manors, to the Use of the King, and of his Heirs; except that they would compound with the King to give him such moneys as he would desire. Item, The said William perceiving the Premises, and that the King's Grace against all good Right and Conscience desired, and would have the Premises performed, sued to the King's Grace to have him good Lord to the said John Mordaunt the Son, and that he should not be compelled against all Right and good Conscience to release his said Right, nor to deliver any such Evidences. And by that Suit he was commanded to sue to Edward Dudley to know farther the King's Pleasure: by the which Edward, it was showed to the said John Mordaunt and William, That the King's Grace would have Twelve Hundred Pounds, or else the Lands and the Evidences. And for fear of the loss of the Lands, and that they should have been compelled to deliver the Evidences, the said John Mordaunt the Son was agreeable to indent with the King's Grace to give him a Thousand Pounds; and Master Dudley said, that he would pay the Two Hundred pounds' residue in hand; And to have therefore the said John Mordaunt the Son's Interest in Estpullham, whereto the said John Mordaunt had no Title. Item, Upon this Master Dudley caused the Indenture to be made up; by the which Indenture John Mordaunt should have had a years Rend and a half then remaining in the King's hands, which he never had. And also the Thousand Pounds should not have been paid till certain Covenants, contained in the same Indenture, had been performed on the King's part, which to this day was never performed, and no penny ought to have been paid by the Indenture. And yet (that notwithstanding) they were called upon, and were compelled to pay Four Hundred Pounds thereof at several times, for the which Money they have sued to have restitution, and to be discharged of the residue, and to have the Indenture delivered, because it appeareth, That there is no cause that the King's Grace should have had any penny; which Restitution and Indenture with a Release of the Right of the Persons named for the King in the same Indenture, she said John Mordaunt yet desireth, for Charity, and in discharging of the King's Soul that dead is. A Letter from Sir Giles Strangewayes. To my Right Worshipful Brother Mordaunt. RIght Worshipful Brother, I hearty 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 myself. For with God's good Grace I trust this Term to be at London, and then to bring it to you myself. Also as touching the Land that ye have lately bought of one Narborow within Devilish; according to your desire and writing I myself 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, howbeit I can find no man who can speak in it to your profit. But as touching the Pedigree of John Camel and Richard Garnsay, I have Examined as followeth; that is to say, Richard Garnsay Son and Heir of the aforesaid Richard says, 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 Read that you writ to me, which gave Moleyns' the Land in Fee , I can in no wise hear of the same Read; but the Country says, 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 says 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 Sovereign 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, than 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 Behoove; 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 sequestered 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 Sum of one Hundred and Fourscore Pounds. And forasmuch as your said Oratrice is now left a poor Widow, by reason of the Premises, 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 recompense and satisfaction as well of the said Two Hundred Pounds, as of all other Debts which the said Sir John Carewe aught 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 aught 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 Sum 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 engaged 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 Wellbeloved Councillor Richard Bishop of Winchester, with Sir William Gascoigne Knight and others now Deceased, by divers Writs of Entry in the post recovered the Manors 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 Manor of Estoket with the Appurtenances in the County of Somerset, the Manor of Turvey with the Appurtenances in the County of Bedford, and also certain other Lands and Tenements in Turvey aforesaid; And also the Manor 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 releaseth, (which Releases the said John Mordaunt shall show unto you signed with our hand) more plainly shall appear. Which recoveries of the said Manors and other the premises 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, than 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 Wyatt 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 thereof made and remaining with the same Sir Harry Wyatt to our use it may appear. Wherefore we signify 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 Manor of Greenwich the _____ A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON, Justified by Ancient and Extant Charters, Public Records, Histories, and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Drayton The Arms of the House of Drayton, were Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules. Of the Name, Original, Descent, Possessions, Alliances, and Arms of the House of Drayton. THE Manor of Drayton being one of the fairest and most Noble of the Country wherein it lies, both for its Commodities, Situation, and the Royalties belonging thereunto, was in the days of those Kings that did precede the Conquest, among the Possessions of one Oswinus a famous Saxon. But upon the distribution of the Lands acquired by King William, it became part of the Estate of Aubrey de Vere, who first Entered England with that Prince. From this Earl Aubrey the Elder (for so he was termed) the Lordship of Drayton did descend to Earl Aubrey the Second, who was Father to the first Earl of Oxford, Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First, and Lord Chief Justice of England, and from him it was given in Partage (as a Foundation of his Fortune) to Robert his second Son, with the Lordships of Adington the greater and the less, as likewise the Lands he held in Twyvell of the Abbey of Thorney, and other fair possessions. This Manor and Lordship consisted at that time of a fair ancient Castle, encompassed with four large high Walls, Embattled round with such Fortifications as were necessary, both for resistance and offence. It had (as parcels thereof) very useful Demesnes, a Park, a Warren, and flourishing Woods, besides the Villages of Luffwick, Islip, Slipton, and certain Lands in the Parishes of Aldwinkle and Tichmarsh, in each of which the Lords had Courts of their own, the Advowsons' of the three Churches belonging thereunto, with free Warren upon all those Lands, and free Fishing for a long Tract upon the River of Avon. To this Robert de Vere Lord of Drayton did succeed Sir Henry de Vere, who left his Inheritance to Sir Walter de Vere his Son; who from the Excellency of the place, and his great love thereunto, did assume the Name thereof, to remain to him and his Posterity ever after. A thing in those days very usual, as may be instanced in several Examples too long for this Occasion. This Sir Walter de Vere having among other Heroes of that time designed his Application to the Holy War, took for his Arms (as a mark of his Intention) Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules, which was afterwards constantly born by the Successors of this Family; and under that same Name and Ensign did flourish a fair Posterity of several Noble Knights, which upon this Lordship of Drayton did long live, in much honour and opulency, in possession of that Noble Manor, with other Lands in Sudborow, in Brigstock, and in Irtlingborow, in the County of Northampton, of fair possessions in Luton, and Flamstead in Bedfordshire, of the Manors of Bottlebrigg, and Stoke-Goldington in the County of Huntingdon, and of the Lordship of Southnewenton in Oxfordshire. Their Alliances were not less Illustrious than their Original; they having been contracted with the Houses of Bassett, and de la Zouch of the great and ancient Baronage, and other Families, famous for high Actions, and the faithful Service of their Princes. This Lordship notwithstanding, with its Name and Arms, came afterwards to be incorporate into the House of Greene, and by them (as to what is most remarkable,) through a fatal revolution of humane things, after near four hundred years unto the Original Veres again, by Isabella Green; who being Married to Sir Richard Vere, (that was Lord of Thrapston and Adington) and descended from Robert Brother of that Walter we first mentioned, by the Issue which she brought, Created such a Title, as for default of Posterity from Constance Countess of Wiltshire, the Daughter of the last Sir Henry Green, the Lordship of Drayton came to Elizabeth, Grandchild of this Richard Vere, and by her to the Mordaunts, that were descended from her. Sir WALTER of DRAYTON, Lord of Drayton, Luffwick, Islip, Addington, Twyvell, and other Lands and Lordships. WAlter de Vere, the eldest Son of Henry, the Son of Robert, that was second Son of Aubrey Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First, and Chief Justice of England, being then very young, and in the Life-time of Sir Henry his Father, did attend King Richard the First into the Holy Land, and on that Occasion assumed for his Arms Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules. After he had there won his Spurs by divers generous Actions, and received the Honour of Knighthood at the hand of that victorious King, he returned home with several Companions of that Illustrious Enterprise, and soon after his Arrival was married to Lucy, one of the Daughters of the Lord Gilbert Basset of Welden, a Neighbour to his Father's Lordship of Drayton, and who was at that time a great Baron in England. After the Death of Sir Henry his Father (which happened about the fifth year of this Reign) he became possessed of the Lordship of Drayton, and the rest of his Inheritance; and from that his chief Seat (as was in those days very usual) did assume the name of Drayton, to remain to him and his Descendants ever after. It appears by a Charter of his which is extant, that under the name of Walter the Son of Henry the Son of Robert, he did give and grant to his Uncle William de Vere all the Lands of Twyvel which his Grandfather Robert held the day he died, for half a Knight's Fee, and all the Land of Addington, which was likewise held by his said Grandfather, for a quarter of a Knight's Fee, to him and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten; on condition, That for default of such Heirs, they should return to him and his Successors. For the Entrance, Gift, and Recognition whereof, the Charter expresses the foresaid William to have given one Ring of Gold. In the sixth year of King Richard the First he paid his Suitage towards Redemption of the King, so he did towards the War of Normandy for the Fee of Robert the Son of Aubrey the Chamberlain. And in the first of King John he paid Suitage for half a Knight's Fee to another Norman Expedition. He either built or restored the fair Church of Saint Peter in Luffwick; and we find an Ancient Monument yet remaining in a Glass-window of the North-side of that Church, representing the Image of a Knight kneeling before the Altar, all Armed after the manner of that Age, bearing the Arms he had assumed, and presenting thereunto, the exact Model of that Church; under which is written (as will appear in the Proofs) Walterus de Draytona. He died in the Twelfth Year of that King, leaving Issue by the forementioned Lucy his Wife, Sir Henry of Drayton. Sir Henry of Drayton, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships. SIR Henry of Drayton was under Age at the Death of his Father; but succeeded afterwards to all his Lands and Lordships. He became a Knight of much esteem in his time, and was in all transactions treated with the stile of Dominus Henricus de Draytona. Several of which are extant, as a Quit-claim of certain Lands from Ismena the Daughter of Gervise of Luffwick. A Deed of Exchange of Lands in Luffwick, with William the Son of Robert of Drayton, for others in the Lordship of Woodford. Another Relaxation from one Henry the Son of Thomas of Drayton, and a Demise of certain Lands from William de Musta. His Wife Ivetta was the Daughter of Sir William de Bourdon; and in the Twelfth of Henry the Third, the King received his Homage for half a Knight's Fee that accrued to him in her right: which Lands her Father had held in Capite. We find that he Deceased in the Thirty fourth Year of that King. His Issue Sir Baldwin of Drayton. Sir Baldwin of Drayton, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships. AFter the decease of Sir Henry of Drayton, his Son Baldwin became possessed of all his Lands by Right of Inheritance, and he did Homage to the King for those Lordships that he held of him in Capite. Whereupon was issued out a Mandate to that Abbot of Persore, and to James Frizill the King's Escheator, that he should receive Security of the foresaid Baldwin for a hundred Shillings for his relief; unto which was Witness Eleanor the Queen. In the same year, which was that of One thousand two hundred fifty two, he purchased of Clement de Leighton the Wardship of William the Son of Peter the Son of Joselin, and of all the Heirs of the said William in Succession. And in the first year of the Reign of King Edward the First he made over to one Roger of Stow-Merchant the profits of the Lands and Lordships which appertained to Robert the Son of Baldwin de Vere, whose Custody by reason of the Minority of the said Robert did belong to him. There flourished in his time in the Counties of Huntingdon and Cambridge a Noble Knight called Robert of Gimeges in possession of a fair Inheritance; who dying without Issue-Male, his Lands came to be divided between his two Daughters, of which Idonea was married to Sir Baldwin of Drayton, and Emma to Sir Hugh de Bovi: which Baldwin and Idonea had Issue Sir John of Drayton. Sir John of Drayton, Lord of Drayton, and other Lands and Lordships. SIR John of Drayton was at the death of his Father twenty two years old, as by his Office does appear. He lived unto the twentieth year of King Edward the I. being the thirty eighth of his own Age, having allied himself to a Family at that time very considerable for great interest and reputation, by taking to Wife Philippe, the Daughter of Sir Ralph, and Sister to Sir Robert of Arderne; than both of which there was not any among the Gentlemen of England that had served the King or his Father more considerably in the Civil Wars of that time. Their Issue Sir Simon of Drayton, Katherine of Drayton, married to Sir Henry Greene Chief Justice of England. Sir Simon of Drayton, Lord of Drayton, and other Lands and Lordships. AT the death of Sir John of Drayton, Simon his Son and Heir was nine years old, King Edward the First then reigning in his twentieth Year, who sent Precepts to the Sheriffs of those Countries wherein he had Lands, to seize them into his hands till he should give other directions. We hear no more of this Simon until the Fifteenth of King Edward the Second, at which time we find him in possession of his Lordship of Drayton by a Fine he suffered in that year, whereby he acknowledged the right thereof to be in one Robert le Penitour Clerk; which Robert yielded the same Manor again to the said Simon and Margaret his Wife, to hold of our Lord the King by the services due during their times: and after their decease to remain to John, Son of the said Simon, and the Heirs of his Body begotten; and for default of such Issue, to remain to the Heirs of the Bodies of the said Simon and Margaret: and for default of such Issue, then to the right Heirs of the said Simon. We find him afterwards possessed in the beginning of King Edward the Third, of the Lordships of Luffwick, Islipp, and Slipton; that he had Lands in Irtlingborow, in Sudborow, and in Brigstock, in the County of Northampton; how he held the Lordships of Bottlebridge, Stoke-Goldington, Overton, Longville, and Molesworth in Huntingdon-shire; and that he had also fair Possessions in Luton, and Flamstead in the County of Bedford: In most of which that he might have free Warren, and the privileges thereof, King Edward the Third granted him a Patent to that effect in the first year of his Reign. He had been Seneschal to Queen Isabel, the King's Mother, in all her Forests between Stamford and Oxford, as appears by a Brieve directed to him by the King for the tenth of all the Venison that should be taken in the County of Northampton, to be delivered to the Abbot of Peterborow, according as had been granted by his Ancestors. He was pardoned by that same King, with his Son John, William the Son of Thomas Seymar, Richard Molesworth, Simon his Squire, and other of his friends, for his breach of the King's peace, and the death of John of Overton Longville, whom he had slain in a Quarrel, with other circumstances that certify the particular favour was born him by that Prince. He was afterward with one Sr William Nocton, as being one of the most eminent Knights in the Bishopric of Ely, joined with Sir William Shareshull, Sir Henry Greene, and Sir William Thorpe, in the King's Commission, to hear and determine of the felony and misdemeanour of Thomas Lild, Bishop of that Diocese, who was not only esteemed accessary to the death of William Holmes, Servant to the Lady Wake of Lydell, that was killed by his Officer Ralph Carcless, She being a Princess of that time eminent for great birth as well as Beauty, and rare Qualities, and the Daughter of Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster; but that moreover stood in great and exemplary Contempt against the King himself. For the demeanour of Sir Simon in which matter in his duty and compliance to the King's Commands and Interest, he incurred with the rest of the Commissioners, the several censures and indignation of the Pope, which proceeded even to Excommunication, and other great Penalties, from which his merit towards the King by his Conduct in that Affair, nor the Power of so great a Prince was able to protect him. He did finally give and grant, in the eighteenth year of King Edward the Third, unto Robert, the Prior of the Church of Saint Maries of Pavenston, and to the Covent of that place, two parts of his Manor of Stoke-Goldington, with the Advowson of the Church of that Town, out of Devotion to God and the Blessed Virgin, and for the good of his Soul to be there prayed for, and for the Souls of his Ancestors and Benefactors. His Wife was Margaret Daughter to Sir John and Sister to Sir Gilbert of Lindsey. Their Issue, Sir John of Drayton. Sir John of Drayton, Lord of Drayton, and other Lands and Lordships. UNto Sir Simon of Drayton did succeed Sir John of Drayton his Son, in the sole Lordship of that place, as also in his other Possessions in the Counties of Northampton, Huntingdon, and Oxford. Moved by what inducement it does not appear, but this Sir John of Drayton did in the eighth year of King Edward the Third, purchase a Licence of Alienation, for enabling him to settle upon Sir Henry Greene, then Chief Justice of England, and that had Married his Father's Sister, his ancient Manor and Lordship of Drayton, with those Lands in the Towns adjoining that did belong unto it. In consequence whereof it was conveyed unto him, with the Reversion to Henry the second Son of the said Sir Henry Greene, whom he calls his Cousin: and for default of Issue in him, to the right Heirs of Sir Henry the Father. But it is found notwithstanding by a Deed of this Sir John, that in the Life-time of Sir Henry Greene, the Chief Justice, he did render the Possession of the Chief Seat and the Manor of Drayton, with all the Demesnes, the Lands, Meadows, Pastures, and the Park thereunto belonging, unto Sir Henry Greene his Cousin, the Son of the Chief Justice, on Condition, that he should ever after bear his Name and his Arms, in performance of that Agreement that had before been made between the Father of the said Sir Henry and himself; which was the reason why the Green's of Drayton instead of Azure three Bucks Or, which was the Arms of their Family, and those born by the Green's of Norton, descended from Sir Thomas Green the Elder Brother, did bear ever after for their Coat, Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules, being that of Drayton, which by this Agreement they were obliged to assume. The Wife of Sir John of Drayton was Christian, the Daughter of Sir Gilbert of Lindsey, his Mother's Niece. Their Issue, Baldwin of Drayton, whose Posterity for divers Ages did flourish afterwards, Possessors of the Lordships of Stoke-Goldington, Bottlebrigg, Molesworth, and Overton Longville in the County of Huntingdon, and South-Newington in Oxfordshire, where they had a fair Patrimony, and lived in great Estimation. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors WALTER de VERE The Eldest son of Henry the son of Robert that was the second son of AUBERY de Vere Great Chamberlain and Lord Chief justice of England who from his Chief Seat Assumed that Name to him and his decendants. Lucy Bassett. Sr. HENRY of Drayton juetta de Bourdon Sr. Baldwin of Drayton Idonia de Gimeges Sr. john of Drayton Philipa of Arderne Sr. Simon of Drayton Margaret of Lindsey. Catharine of Drayton Sr. Henry Greene. Sr John of Drayton Christian of Lindsey Sr Henry Greene Matilda de Mandnir Sr Thomas Greene Lord of Norton Marie Talbot Baldwin of Drayton GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentic 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 King's 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 eye 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 Sheriff's 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 King's 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, & 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 Walls, a Knight of the Realm of France, went about to fortify a Castle in a Village that belonged to him, called Walls, situate between Try and guysor's: whereupon Henry de Vere Constable of guysor's 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 Walls came forth and encountered with him in the field, insomuch that Ralph the Son of Sir Richard de Walls 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 Mustaffa, 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 Auunculus 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 upon Glass, is at this time extant in the further Window of the North Isle of St. Peter's Church in Luffwick, being the Parish Church and parcel of the Noble Manor of Drayton, whence this same WALTER being the son of Henry the son of Robert the second son of Earl AUBERY de VERE Great Chamberlain and Lord Chief justice of England did first assume his Name. Walter of Drayton, in chainmail, armour, shield and sword, kneels, presenting a model of the St Peter's church, Lowick 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, Simon 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 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. Convenit cum Recordo. Guilielmus Ryley. 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, 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, & quibuscunque 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 Reginaldo de Wahul, Domino Willielmo Hay, Domino Johanne de Vere, Domino Simon de Watervil, Domino Simon 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 Knight's Fee, and he held the Manors of Bottlebrigg and Overton-Longville in Norman Cross Hundred in the County of Huntingdon 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 Moiety of the Manor of Bottlebrigg, and to Baldwin of Drayton with Idonea another of his Daughters, the other Moiety. William his Son and Heir was Lord of Staggesden, and had Issue Robert of Gimeges that died without Issue. Robert of Gimeges Lord of Staggesden and Bottelbrigg. Emma of Gimeges Hugh de Bovi William of Gimeges Robert of Gimeges died 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. Convenit cum Recordo, 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 saluò 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 l ix s iv d, pretium acrae viiid. Item dicunt, quòd sunt ibidem xvii acrae prati falcabilis, & valent per annum li ˢ, pretium acrae iiis. Item sunt ibidem decem acrae pasturae, & valent per annum xxˢ, pretium acrae iis. Item dicunt, quòd sunt in dicto Manerio de redditu Assisae liberorum tenentium viil l two s ix d, 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 l xii s ix d, de quibus solvuntur Domino Regi in Manerio de Getinton annuatim xiiis ivᵈ. Summa de Claro xviiil l nineteen s vd. Convenit cum Recordo, Guilielmus Ryley. Sir SIMON of DRAYTON, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships. Part of the Articles of Remembrance of the Manor of Drayton in the County of Northampton. FIRST, This Manor 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 Manor 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 Manor of Drayton, except a Mese, a Toft, a Mill, seven Cottages and two carew's of Land, two Acres of Meadow, one Knights Fee and x ˡ 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 Millicent of Yselipe and their Heirs, of all the Tenements which they afore held of the said John in the said Manor, to have to them in Fee. And over this the foresaid Mese, Tost, Cottages, Lands and Meadow before except, which the said Millicent holdeth for term of forty years. And the foresaid Mill that the said Millicent and Robert Etebred hold for term of sieve years of the Less of the said John Drayton, and which after the said Less 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 Manor, Fee and Rents of our Sovereign Lord the King, etc. with Warranty of the said Drayton for two hundred Marks of Silver, etc. 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 Manor of Drayton which of the King is holden in Capite, might enfesse Henry Green and his Cofeoffees beforenamed in the Fine precedent, as in our Letters Patents more plainly appeareth. Which said Henry Green and his Cofeoffees be thereof jointly seized, as we be informed. We of our special grace have granted and licens gyffen to the foresaid Henry Green, to release all his Estate to his Cofeoffees; And that the said Cofeoffees after such release to them made, the same Feffees to gyffe the same Manor to the foresaid Henry Green and to Henry his Son, to have to the same Henry and Henry his Son, and to the heirs of the body of the same Henry the Son begotten; so that if the said Henry the Son die without heirs of his body, then to remain to Thomas Brother of the said Henry, and the heirs of his body, etc. And for default of such issue, to the right heirs of the said Henry Green, etc. 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 & 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 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 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 & Isabel uxor ejus tenent in Sudburgh de haereditate mea ad terminum vitae 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; Nicholas 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 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. seal of Simon of Drayton SIGILLUM 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, 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 aliquousque 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, quamuìs 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, quamuìs inde Regis offensam gravissimam incurrerit. Ac deinde ut si illorum quisquam interea temporis obiisset, (obierant autem nonnulli, ac imprimis bonorum Judicum unus, Simon 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, 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 two 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 & eye 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, 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 liures & un obligation de mille liures, 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 move entre Monsieur Johan de Drayton & Baldewin de Drayton, de certeines Terres, Rentes, Bois en Luffwick, Brigstoke, Sudburgh, Twywell & Islip, quells le dit Monsieur Johan clama estre parcels de son Manoir de Drayton, & taille à luy per fin leave 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, & specify en son fait les percelles des Terres, Mees, Rents, 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 parcels. 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 parcels. Et le dit Baldewin dit, que celles Terres & Bois & Rentes fuerent son droit, & compriz dans fin leave en temps du Roy Edward tierz puis la Conqueste vint & neofisme, pur quells fin le dit Monsieur Simon graunta certain Mees, cinquante acres du Bois, quatre centzes quatrevintzes & treze acres de Terre, un Molin a woretz, & quatre liures de Rente en Brigstoke & Luffwick soulement à Johan de Ringsted, & all autres, & eux renderont a rear à Monsieur Simon & Margarette sa feme à terme de leurs vies, & le remaindre outre à Baldewin, quelles Terres Simon perchesa puis le premier fin, a ce qu'il dit; mais les Chapelins onques ne auront seisin de son don devaunt ceste fin, come le dit Johan de Ringsted, que feust partie à la fin, conust expressement, quel debat est ainsi apesé, que pertant que le dit Monsieur Johan ad apertement monster, que le bois en le Park appellé Oldsale & Neusale, que le dit Baldewin clama, estre le cinquante acres comprise en sa fin, fuerent purchasé avaunt le premier fin, & donnez à Robert le Peyntour & le dit Robert come parcel 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, quells Villes ne sont pas compriz en la fyn du Baldewin; & en droit de la Rente en Luffwick, accord est que Baldewin aura la Rent & Terre appellé Getyndones Land, & aussi la Terre que fuest à Robert Aleyn & un William in the Lane, c'est assavoir, de quiconque fuest purchasé de eux & mice lafoy per fin, & queux ne sont pas compris en le premier fin. Et le dit Monsieur Johan aura & retiendra devers luy toutes autres Rentes, Terres & Tenements quiconque en la dite Ville per le premier fin, & come heir Simon, & ainsi que toutz les Tenements quiconques en Brigstoke forpuis le dit Bois demeure à dit Baldewin par la fin ensemblement, ove les autres Terres queux sont del auncienne demeine, sauve au dit Monsieur Johan son term, & sauve au dit Monsieur Johan son action du trespass, quelle ils avoient devaunt la confection de ceste fait, de quiconques choses. Et le dit Baldewin par ceo fait release & quite claim 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 manner. 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 gentzes de Luffwick en l'Eglise de Luffwick. A ceo Tesmoignent les parties susdites on't mis leur Seal. 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, etc. 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. etc. & 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, 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 present 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, savué 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 arms, & mon surnom, come autrefois fust accordé entre son pere & moy. Et le dit Monsieur Henry, & les autres qui sont feffez pour moy, per fin 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 schism. SIGILLUM JOHANNIS DE DRAYTONA MILITIS seal of Sir John de Drayton Indentura inter Johannem de Drayton, & alios. CEste Endenture tesmoigne, come Monsieur Johan de Drayton donna per fin 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; & accord 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 corpse engendres, & defaut de issue, à d'avtres heires du dit Monsieur Henry & à ses heires de son corps engendrez, & en defaut de issue, 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 parcels encloses dedans le dit Park & Manoir de queconque temps purchasez, & en toutes les Terres, Tenements, Prez, Pastures, Rents, Suits & Custumes, Molins, Reversions, Vileins & leurs Suits, in Islip, Luffwick, Twywell & Slipton, quite du dit Monsieur Johan & says heirs à tousiours, & prendra, & aura estate de toute la rente du dit Manoir en Islip & Luffwick à term de trente ans, sauvant Reversion au dit Monsieur Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas & Nicholas, & à leurs assigns, à quel heure, que le dit Monsieur Johan devye dans le temps de trente ans susdit: Sur quoy le dit Monsieur Johan suffrent, grant, & 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, Rents, Suits, Customs, Prez, Pastures, Molins, Reversions, Vileins ou leurs Suits, Bois, Parks, & parcels susdits, ove toutes leurs appurtenences quites de luy & de ses heires à tousiours, sauvant solement à luy sa Rent sec pour le term susdit, come dessus est dit. Pour quel enfrendre, grante, & release le dit Monsieur Henry à l'avandit Monsieur Johan quarrent livres, & 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 Conquest 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. 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 heirs: Et puis les avant-dits Monsieur Henry, Nicholas, Nicholas, Richard & William granteront & lesseront à moy le dit Johan toute la Rent 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 Henry toute le Rente susdit ensemblement ove les Services, Seigneuries, Custumes & autres appurtenences, à avoir & tenir à dit Monsieur Henry & à ses heirs quites de moy & de mes heires à tousjours. Et aussi jeo release 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 parts aillours, frospice la rente en Luffwick, quitment sans rien chalenger en icelle desorenavant. En tesmoigne del cestes j'ay mis mon Seal per y ceux tesmoignes, Monsieur Richard chamberlain, 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 baptist, l'an du Reign du Roy Edward Tirce puis la Conquest 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 clamés, 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 & says heirs de son corps engendrez, & sil devye sans heir de son corps engendré, à droit heirs 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, & fin fait à Robert le Peyntour, come en les Terres, Rentes, Prez, puis cel fin leué, & Chartre fait, puis enterchangez per Monsieur Symond de Drayton pour auscuns des Tenementz compris dans le fin & Chartre, quells 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 choose 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 Conquest 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 Huntingdon, 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 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, etc. totum jus & clameum quae habeo, seu quovis modo habere potero, in Manerio de Bottelbrig, etc. 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. SIGILLUM BALDEWINI DE DRAYTONA seal of Baldwin of Drayton 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 ..... & 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, etc. ad praedictos Bawdewinum & Aliciam & haeredes ipsius Bawdewini revertere deberent, remaneant praefato Henrico & haeredibus suis, tenenda simul & cum, de capitalibus Dominis, etc. 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, etc. ....... & 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 Public Records, Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. The Arms of the House of Mauduit, were Chequy Or and Azure a Bordure Gules. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Mauduit Of the Original, Descent, Greatness, Possessions, Honours, Alliances and Arms of the House of Mauduit that were Lords of Werminster. THIS House was originally of the Dukedom of Normandy, where it flourished before the Conquest under the name of Mauduit, Manduit or Malduith, as much as to say, Evil taught, and upon occait was written in the Latin tongue Maledoctus; a sobriquet of which the grounds do not remain in story. A Lord of this name came over with King William the First, under the appearance of much reputation and interest. He is recorded to have been in immediate service at the Battle where King Harold was slain, and to have been one of those Lords to whom the Conqueror gave Lands for their notable services. The Actions performed by those of this House have been famous, their successes various, the remembrance of their Lords illustrating story with the variety of their fortunes. There had been in this Family great marks of the love and confidence of their Princes. They were promoted to Dignities, and trusted in employments of most importance. There were of them had been Lords of much power, that had been Governors of Provinces, that had been Chamberlains and held the highest Offices in the Houses of their Kings, that had been great Earls, and all of them allied to Families of most Power and Nobleness. After the introduction of the hereditary use of Arms, in this House they were differently born; for William Lord Mauduit, who was Earl of Warwick, bore in a Field Argent two Bar Gules in the time of King Henry the Third: But William Lord Mauduit his Cousin and contemporary, from whom the Lords of Werminster did descend, gave in a Bordure Gules Chequy Or and Azure. This House notwithstanding and all its greatness took an end about the beginning of King Richard the Second, leaving only to inherit their Name, Arms and Possessions, Matilda de Mauduit, that was married to Sir Henry Greene of Drayton, from whom to the Veres that were Lords of Adington, descended all their pretensions, and from them to the Mordaunts, that by the marriage of Elizabeth Vere came to inherit the Arms and Lands of those two Noble Families. WILLIAM Lord MAUDVIT, Chamberlain to King Henry the First, Lord of Hanslape and other Great Lands and Lordships. AMong those Heroes that did accompany King William the First unto the Conquest of England, was a Lord of the Name of Mauduit, Manduit, or Malduith, in the Latin termed Maledoctus. Whether it was the William here mentioned, or his Father, it matters not: but sure we are, that at the time of the general Survey, i● the Reign of that King, this William Lord Mauduit is found to have possessed seven fa●● Lordships in Hampshire. And coming afterwards by the merit of many great Service● and the favour of King Henry the First to be his Chamberlain, he obtained from hi● a Grant of all the Lands whereof Micael de Hanslape died seized, with Maude th● Daughter of the said Micael in Marriage. Their Issue, Robert Mauduit. William Mauduit. ROBERT MAUDUIT succeeded his Father in all his Lands and Lordships, as also in the Office of Chamberlain: but the near trust wherein he lived with King Henry the First, having caused him to be one of those Lords that were appointed to accompany his Children in their return out of France, he was drowned in that unhappy passage from Harflew into England with those unfortunate and much lamented Princes. FOR want of Issue male of the Lord Robert Mauduit, WILLIAM his younger Brother came to inherit the Estate that he had left; and the Office of Chamberlain was likewise bestowed upon him by Henry Duke of Normandy (afterward King, by the name of Henry the Second) with all the Lands belonging thereunto as well in Normandy as in England. This William had likewise by Grant of the said Duke the Chamberlainship of his Treasury, that is of his Exchequer, with livery and all other its appurtenances. He had moreover, in consideration of his good services, divers other great Lordships bestowed upon him, and also the Constablery of Richege in Fee. And after Henry, by the death of King Stephen, obtained the Crown, he confirmed to this William all the premises. When he died I find not, but he left Issue Robert Lord Mauduit. AFter the Death of William Lord Mauduit, the second of that name, ROBERT his Son came to inherit all his great Possessions, as likewise the Office of Chamberlain, with what ever did belong thereunto. And as an addition to his Fortune's King Henry the Second bestowed upon him, by his Charter, the noble Manor of Werminster, a Lordship at that time of much value and greatly privileged; which by another Charter was after confirmed by King Richard the First, eldest Son and successor to King Henry. After the Death of which King Richard, upon what motives we do not find, this Robert Lord Mauduit became involved in Confederacy with many of the great Barons, who were at that time in Rebellion against King John. And in the first year of King Henry the Third, the Honour of Hanslape with its appurtenances, which was the head of his Barony, appears to have been granted away to Robert de Braboef for support in the King's service, during his pleasure. But before the sixth year of that King, this Robert Mauduit died, leaving Issue by his Wife Isabel, the Daughter of the Lord Thurstan Bassett, William Lord Mauduit. Robert Mauduit, to whom his Father gave the noble Lordship of Werminster. WILLIAM Lord MAUDUIT the third of that name, after the death of his Father, was Lord of the Honour of Hanslape, and divers other fair Lands and Lordships; as also hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer. Having been bred under his Father and in the rebellion of those Lords that made War in the time of King John, he continued the same course after that Lord's decease, fortifying his Castles and his Houses in favour of the associated Barons, particularly that of Hanslape, which was taken and demolished by Falcatius de Breant, a renowned Soldier of that Age, and a bold asserter of the King's Authority: For which and other contumacies he was with other of the Lords Excommunicated by the Pope. But all this allayed not his turbulent spirit, but he still persisting in his Rebellion, was actually at the Battle of Lincoln, where the power of the Lords being totally vanquished, he was taken Prisoner. But after this he returned to his obedience, and enjoyed his Estate by the King's Grace; and in the seventeenth Year of Henry the Third he obliged himself by a special writing to serve the King faithfully all his life, and never more to oppose him or his Heirs. For securing of which promise he delivered up his Son William in Hostage, who was after returned as an assurance of the King's trust. He departed this life in the One and fortieth year of Henry the Third, leaving Issue by Alice his Wife, Daughter of Waleran de Newburgh Earl of Warwick, William Lord Mauduit, afterwards Earl of Warwick. AT the Death of his Father, WILLIAM Lord MAUDUIT the fourth of that name, was thirty six years old, upon the possession of the Estate and Dignity of his Ancestors, he received early testimonies of the King's trust and favour, by the acceptance of a moderate relief for his Barony and his Sergeantry, and reasonable time for the payment. The Lords of his Family had ever the reputation of being Martial, and himself was esteemed active and vigorous, so as he was usually summoned to attend the King in most of his Expeditions with his power and followers. In the forty seventh Year of King Henry the Third, doing his homage, and paying an hundred pounds for his relief, as Son and Heir to Alice, the Daughter of Waleran Earl of Warwick; he had livery of all the Lands belonging to that Earldom, whereof John de Plessets, Earl of Warwick died seized, and which by hereditary right were descended to him, that is to say, the Castle and Honour of Warwick, and all the Manors and Lands thereto belonging. Whereupon by the Title of Earl of Warwick he had summons that year 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. But soon after the King was necessitated to leave of his Welsh Expedition to provide against the power and insolence of his Barons, who were then gathering together against him at Northampton. He sent therefore this Earl to make sure of his Castle of Warwick, a place at that time very considerable: but such was his unhappiness, as wanting diligent Guards, they issued out of Kenilworth under the Command of John Giffard, Governor of that Castle, and surprising this at Warwick, slew divers of the Earls men and carried him and his Lady Prisoners to Kenilworth, out of which place before he could be delivered, they forced him to pay nineteen hundred Marks for his Ransom, and threw down the Walls of Warwick-Castle. After this unhappy accident I find no more of him than that he married Alice the Daughter of Gilbert de Segrave, and died without Issue, the Eighth of Jan. Anno 1267. 52 Hen. III. ROBERT MAUDVIT Lord of Werminster, second Son to Robert Lord Mauduit Chamberlain to King Henry the Second. THE direct line of those Mauduits who were Lords of Hanslape, and hereditary Chamberlains of the Exchequer, ending in William Lord Mauduit, who came to be also Earl of Warwick, and that died without Issue; I must return to Robert the second Son of Robert Lord Mauduit, who was Chamberlain to King Henry the Second, to carry on the Genealogical description of that branch of these Mauduits, who were Lords of Werminster, from whom the Green's of Drayton did Descend, and that did flourish for many Ages in this Nation under great reputation and Authority. Unto Robert Lord Mauduit, who was Lord of Hanslape in the days of Henry the Second, King Richard and King John, there were born of the Lady Isabel Bassett two Sons, William and Robert, the latter of which was a Youth so esteemed for his Valour and Martial inclinations, and particularly by his Father, as for a foundation of a greater fortune he bestowed upon him the noble Lordship of Werminster, which he had received from the Gift of his old Master King Henry the Second; and his Elder Brother, the Lord William Mauduit, was so far from repining at the Gift, as he added to his Estate, of his own Grant, the Manor of Shaudedene now called Scaldene. And he had moreover from the kindness of Robert de la Mare, a great Lord of that Age, divers Lands in Bushopstre and Tarenta, in Marriage with his Daughter Agnes, by whom he left Issue William Mauduit Lord of Werminster. WILLIAM MAUDUIT Lord of Werminster became possessed, by Inheritance from his Father, his Marriage, and his own acquests, of the Lordships of Werminster, Scaldene, Samborne and Grately in the County of Wilts, as also of Lands in Bushopstre, Tarenta and Castle-Holgot in the County of Salop, which last were of his Mother's Inheritance. In the Fourteenth of King Henry the Third he was sued, with Eugenia his Wife, by Robert de Passlieu, for detaining one Henry the Son of Henry de Cromwell, whose custody he pretended to belong to him by reason of the King's Commission: but because the said Robert did not produce the same, it was ordered in Court, That Henry de Cromwell should remain in the Keeping of William Mauduit and his Wife Eugenia. This William gave Lands in Samborne to Thomas the Son of Simon of Deene, and he demised the Manor of Grately to Galfred of Winelford. There is extant a Grant unto him of a Fair yearly to be held for three days at his Lordship of Werminster, that is to say, on the vigil, the day and the morrow of St. Laurence; and of a Market to be held every Thursday at his Manor of Castle-Holgot in the County of Salop. He married Eugenia Daughter to that Foulke Lord Fitz-Warren, who was a Lord of much fame in the days of King John and of his Son Henry, and left Issue Warren Mauduit Lord of Werminster. Sir John Mauduit. WARREN MAUDUIT Lord of Werminster received his Christian Name, as has been very usual, from that Noble Family of which his Mother was descended; and much deference and respect was due from him thereunto, as from one whence he did derive a great part of his Inheritance, as the Manors of Westbury, Lye, and other Lordships. He was one of those Lords that accompanied King Edward the First into the Holy Land, when he was yet but Prince; and we find him to have lived much in his esteem and favour, as one by whom he was accompanied in most of his Warlike Expeditions. He was summoned to many of those Parliaments that were called in his Reign, towards the latter end whereof he departed this life, leaving Issue by his Wife Elizabeth de Lisle Thomas Mauduit Lord of Werminster. THOMAS Lord MAUDUIT succeeded his Father in the Lordships of Werminster, Westbury, Grately, Scalden, Samborne, West-Hacley, Lie, Castle-Helgot and other great Possessions, so as at that time he was accounted one of the most powerful Lords of his rank. He received in the Eleventh year of King Edward the Second, a Charter from that King, of Free Warren for him and his Heirs, to have as well upon all his Lands in Westbury, Lie and Chaldcoate in the County of Wilts, as upon those of Deene and Grately in the County of Southampton. These are the words of the Patent. He was a Lord of such fame in those days for his Valour, his Wisdom and his Authority, as his Engagement with the Earl of Lancaster was esteemed a great Accession to that Prince, and the Lords of his party, which did at that time conspire against the favour, the oppression and the ill conduct of the Spencers, who governed all things under King Edward the Second. But his Courage, his Fidelity to his Friends, and his zeal to the Quarrel he did abett, carrying him into the unsuccessful Fight at Burrowbridge, it was his fortune to be taken Prisoner, involved in the general fate of that Action, and to suffer Death at the pleasure of the Conqueror, by whose Laws being attainted, his Estate was Confiscated, with those of the other Lords of that Confederacy. His Wife was Eleanor de Knoville, Daughter of that Bogo a Lord very famous in the Reign of King Edward the First. Their Issue John Mauduit Lord of Werminster. AT the Execution, Attaindor and Confiscation of the Lord Thomas Mauduit, JOHN MAUDUIT his Son was under Age; The custody of whose person and Estate was during the Reign of King Edward the Second conferred upon one Sir John de Kingston. But in the first year of King Edward the Third he was restored to his whole Inheritance by an Act of Parliament, wherein it was so provided for all those who had lost their Lands by having taken up Arms against the Spencers in the Quarrel of the Earl of Lancaster. He became afterwards a farther partaker of this King's favour, receiving at his hands the Honour of Knighthood. And we find him to have served that then Honourable Office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire in the third, in the seventh, in the eighth, in the twelfth and in the sixteenth years of King Edward the Third. He Married Julian of Bockland, by whom he had Issue Thomas Mauduit that died before his Father. OF THOMAS MAUDUIT the Son of Sir John there is found little other mention than that he died in the life of his Father, having first Married Joan the Daughter of Sir .... of Basingborne, by whom he had Issue and his sole Heir of the Lands, Arms and Name of this Noble and Ancient Family, Matilda de Mauduit. MATILDA de MAUDUIT, the Daughter and Sole Heir of Thomas, inherited the Noble Lordships of Werminster, Westbury, Grately, Samborne, Dychurch, Buckworth and many other great Possessions; being after Married to Sir Henry Green Lord of Drayton, and one of the Favourites and Privy Councillors to King Richard the Second, who afterward lost his life for his Fidelity to that Prince, that had been his Master and Benefactor. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors William Lord MAUDUIT. Maud de Hanslop. William Lord Mauduit. Robert Lord Mauduit. Robert Lord Mauduit Isabella Basset William Mauduit Ld. of Hanslop Alice de Newborow. Robert Mauduit Lord of Werminster. Agnes de la Mara. Isabella Mauduit William Beauchamp Earl of Warwick. William Lord Mauduit Earl of Warwick Alice de Seagrave. William Mauduit Ld. of Werminster Eugenia Fitzwarrin. Warrin Ld. Mauduit Ld. of Werminster Elizabeth de Lisle. Thomas Ld Mauduit Ld. of Werminster Eleanora de Knovile. Sr. John Mauduit. Ld. of Werminster Juliana de Bockland. Thomas Mauduit Mortuus ante Latrem Joanne of Bassingbome Matilde de Mauduit Lady of Werminster Sr. Henry Green Lord of Drayton GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of that HOUSE of MAUDUIT Whence were the Lords of Werminster, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories and other Authentic Proofs. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of MAUDUIT. Of the House of MAUDVIT. THAT a Lord of the Name of Mauduit came over with the Conqueror, you will find in le Grass 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 Conqueror William Bastard de grand vigeur Leurs surnoms icy vous devis Come je les trovay par escris; Car des propres noms force nigh a, Pource qu'ils sont changes ca & là, Come de Eumond en Edward, De Bawduin en Barnard, De Godwin en Goddard, De Ellis en Edwin, Et issint de tous autres noms Comme ils sont leué du fons Porce leur surnoms ne sont uses, Et ne sont pas sounent changes Vous ay escrit o'er 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. Brews & Chanduit. And so the Author proceeds to divers others that are from our purpose. WILLIAM Lord MAUDVIT, 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 Survey 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 MAUDVIT 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 MAUDVIT 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 thereto, as well in Normandy as in England; and in particular the Castle and Honour 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 Soak 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 died 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 Come ......) 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 Rouen and all other Lands and Tenors in Normandy. When he died, I find not, but to him succeeded Robert. ROBERT MAUDVIT 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 died I find not, but to him succeeded Robert, who took part with the Rebellious Barons in King John's time, as it seems, for it appears that in the first of Henry the Third the King Granted his whole Honour, 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 died, whereupon Isabel his Widow, one of the Heirs to Thurstan Basset gave twenty Marks for her purparty of her Father's 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 MAUDVIT, 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 Governor of Rokingham Castle: But the same year taking part with the Rebellious Barons, he made a Garrison 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 demolished it upon the fourth of the Calends of December. Which hardening 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, alloy 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 Manor of Hanslape, had out of Salcey Forest, of the King's 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 Isabel 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. Antiquities of Warwickshire, fol. 305, 306. Of Waleran the Earl of Warwick. HE had two Wives, Margaret the Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, and Alice Daughter of John de Harcourt, but Widow of John de Limesie before mentioned; and departing this life in the sixth of King John, left divers Children, of which Henry his eldest Son succeeded in the Earldom; Waleran another Son had the Manors of Gretham and Cottesmore in the County of Rutland, with certain Lands in Worcestershire, but died without Issue. Alice his Daughter, by Alice his last Wife, wedded William Mauduit of Hanslape in the County of Bucks, and had by her Father's appointment the Manor of Wanton, now called Walton Mauduit, in this County, for her Marriage Portion, as is evident by King John's confirmation thereof to him, bearing Date the thirtieth of November in the tenth year of his Reign. WILLIAM MAUDVIT 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 Manor of Hanslape in the County of Bucks, as also of the Manor 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 died seized, and which by hereditary right were descended to him, videlicet, the Castle and Honour of Warwick, and all the Lands and Manors 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 Honour, 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 honoured him with the Sword of Knighthood in the year 1233. and in the eighteenth of his Reign. He died without Issue, the fourth day of the Ideses of January, in the year 1268. and of Henry the Third the fifty second, leaving his Sister Isabella his Heir, Alice the Daughter of Gilbert Lord Segrave, was Wife to William Mauduit Earl of Warwick. ROBERT MAVDVIT 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 & 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. seal of Sir Robert Mauduit SIGILLUM 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. seal of Sir William Mauduit SIGILLUM 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 MAVDVIT, 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, etc. 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, sicut 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. seal of Fulco de Mauduit 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 Eugenia 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 seal of Eudonis de Mauduit WARREN MAVDVIT, 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 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 Ancient Manuscript, and a List therein of those Knights that accompanied King Edward the First into the Holy Land, is Dominus Warinus Mauduit. THOMAS MAUDVIT, 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, Simon de Melbourne, Willielmo filio Gervasii, Ada de la Hyde, Thoma Spencer, Andreo Camerario & aliis multis. Datum apud Scaldene die Annuntiationis beatae Virginis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Henrici. seal of Sir Thomas Mauduit SIGILLUM 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, Nicholas de Haveresham, Willielmo de la Mare, Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas & 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 Nicholas, 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 Nicholas & haeredibus suis tenendas & habendas Jure haereditario de me & de 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 Nicholas & 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 Arundel, 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 Nevil. The sixth had not direction, but the tenor 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 audley 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 die 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 died in the Battle 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 Whither, 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 Becks, the Lord Thomas Lovel, 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 Battle was fought on the fifteenth day of March, in the year 1322. after the account of them that begin the year at the Circumcision, which was in the said fifteenth year of this King's 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 Baronet's. 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 fleming 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 à nostre Seigneur le Roy, & de ses freres, Uncle à tres honourable de France, & de sa soe'er Madam Isabelle Royne d' Angleterre: si lui faitez faussement emprisoner & despoilier & touse lez sons en sa sale proprement deins sa Castele de Pomfrete par vostre real povare, que vous avez purpris nostre Seigneur le Roy, & luy faitez juger par une faulse record encontre leye & reason & la grant Chartre, & Ensi faites mordrer, martirizer, & moirir de dure morte & piteous. 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 & reason, & 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 Bristol, Monsieur Henry de Willington, & Monsieur Henry de Mountfort: à Winchelseye, Monsieur Thomas Colpeyre, & plusiours' grantzes, & alter grantzes 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 Seignour de Kyrkeleye, Monsieur Hugh Dandeleye le pere & le fitz lez enfantzes, le Conte de Hereforde nevoutz nostre Seignour le Roy, & lez grandes Dames femmes à sez Seignours elours enfantzes en prison en orphanye puis la mort lour Signior: 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 & reason, par quoy la bonne Dame est à tousiours à soleé & perdue & plusours de ycelz avez fait sure la Court a pee & a grant poverte sans pitié & mercy, que solent estre Dames de grant Honour. Et tousiours eaux usez en si grant vilte ten 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, 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, Nicholas Male-mains, Roberto Mauduit, Thoma Somerford, Waltero Rottings, Nicholas de Doderidge & aliis. seal of Elizabeth de Knowle SIGILLUM DNAE ELIZABETHA DE KNOVILE Sir JOHN MAVDVIT, 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 & 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 Michael, 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 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, etc. 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, etc. 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, etc. 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, etc. 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 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 Talbot, 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 release & 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 miss lours Seals. Donne à Werminstre jour & an avantditz. seal of Sir John Mauduit SIGILLUM 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 MAVDVIT, 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 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 & South-hampton. 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 & 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 GREEN, THAT WERE LORDS of DRAYTON, Justified by Public Records, Ancient and Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. The Arms of the House of Greene were Azure, Three Bucks Trippant Or, of the Lords of Drayton of that Name, Drayton and Mauduit quarterly. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Greene Of the Original, Antiquity, Name, Arms, Alliances, Greatness, and Possessions of the house of Greene. OF the Original of the House of Greene we have no certain information, but it is apparent they assumed their Name and Arms from an allusion to their principal and beloved Lordship, which was Buckton or the Town of Bucks in the County of Northampton, being in the Hundred of Spellho, a place memorable for the excellency of its soil and situation, as a spacious and delightful Green, upon which at the desire of the Lords was yearly held and exercised a Fair, with particular and extraordinary privileges. Hence they were called Green, or of the Green. And from Buckton or the Town of Bucks, they have assumed for their Arms in a Field Azure three Bucks trippant Or, until the division of the Family in the two Sons of Sir Henry Greene the great Chief Justice; the second whereof Sir Henry Greene the younger, had been obliged by his Cousin Sir John of Drayton upon his becoming invested in that Lordship, to change his own Arms and assume those of his Family, which were Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules to him and his posterity ever after. In the first mention of this Family we find it in a very flourishing condition, possessed of the Manor of Buckton, from which the Lords thereof did take their usual style, as also of the Lordships of Heyborne, Heydmoncourt, Dodington, Ashby Mares and Green's Norton, the latter whereof was held by particular obligation of holding up the Lord's right hand towards the King upon Christmas day wherever he should be at that time in England. And of these was Lord Sir Thomas of Buckton, or Sir Thomas Greene of Buckton, who lived in the Reign of King Edward the First. Of these Green's we find divers to have been qualified from their riches, their power and the esteem they held, for the principal employments in the Countries where they lived. One Sir Thomas Greene being recorded to have been High Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the third year of King Edward the Third, an age when that Office was not as in these days, but esteemed equal even to the care of Princes. His Son Sir Henry Greene came nearer to the Throne. He was employed in the gravest actions of State. He had been a Counsellor to the famous King Edward the Third, and came at last to be Lord Chief Justice of England. There was another, even a second Son to this Chief Justice, Sir Henry Green of Drayton, who came to try all the vicissitudes within the power of fortune, that in his time had been an object of the nearest favour and confidence of a great King, that had participated of the Honours, the delights and riches of the Courts, and came at last to be overwhelmed and to lose his life in the disasters of an unhappy Master. There were also of these Green's that from the examples of others came to understand the happiness of retired lives, that giving themselves to the practice of Oeconomical Virtues, became repairers of those ruins which ambition and unquietness do often make in well established fortunes, and that became afterwards famous for extraordinary Wealth and Prudence, and to deserve the following characters from the Learn- Camden in his description of Britain, Page 237. writing of Northamptonshire. Magis ad ortum viculis omnia sunt aspersa, inter quos nominatissimi sunt Blisworth sedes Wakorum, qui ex illustri illa prosapia Baronum de Wake & Estotevile enatis; Pateshull, quae clarissimae quondam familiae nomen fecit; Green's Norton, à Greenis viris superiori seculo ob opes clarissimis denominata, antea, nisi me fallo, Norton Dany, quòd tenebatur in Capite à Rege per servitium levandi manum dextram erga regem annuatim in die natalis Domini ubicunque fuerit in Anglia. And again, Pag. 239. Ind Adington, olim Verorum, & Thorpston vulgo Thrapston Alluit, huicque appositum Drayton, aedes superiori seculo Henrici Greene, postea per filiam ejus Johannis & Edwardi Stafford Comitum Wiltoniae, nunc verò Baronis Mordaunt, ad quem à Greenis maximi nominis in hoc agro nobilibus haereditariò devenit. Among the other advantages of this House, the great blood of which it was participant did honour it very much, it having had the fortune to alley itself to the great Houses of Stafford, de la Zouch, Mauduit, Talbot, Ferrer of Chartley and Rosse, all of the illustrious and old Nobility. But at last coming to the fortune of all transitory things, it concluded in another Sir Henry Greene, who dying without Issue male, the Arms, blood and inheritance of this Family came by a Daughter to the Veres that were Lords of Adington, and from them by another Heir to the present Earl of Peterborow. Sir THOMAS GREEN Lord of Buckton and other Lands and Lordships. A Knight of this Family named Sir Thomas Greene, that was Lord of Buckton and other fair Possessions, flourished in the County of Northampton about the beginning of King Edward the First. We find him recited in an ancient Catalogue of the Knights who followed that King in his first expedition against the Scots. The Name of his Wife does not appear, but he had Issue Sir Thomas Greene Lord of Buckton. THomas of Buckton, who was indeed Sir THOMAS GREEN of Buckton, is recorded to have been High Sheriff for the County of Northampton in the fifth year of Edward the Third, an Office that unto those days had been of great trust and reputation, and was justly esteemed honos sine onere. He Married Lucy the Daughter of Eudo or Ivon de la Zouch and of Millesent, one of the Sisters and Heirs of George de Cantelupe Lord of Abergavenny, with whom he had in free Marriage nine Messages, one Toft and four Virgates of Land with their appurtenances in Harringworth, which House of de la Zouch was lineally descended from the famous Alan, who was once Earl and Sovereign of Little Britain. He had after her decease, to his second Wife Christian of Ireby. Children by his first Wife, Sir Henry Greene. By his second Wife, Nicholas Greene who Married one of the Heirs of Bruce of Exton. THE first mention that we find of this Sir HENRY GREEN was upon an occasion where in the Reign of King Edward the Third he was joined a Commissioner with the Earl of Oxford to examine certain abuses whereof there was great complaint in the Diocese of Canterbury. He was much employed, and in special trust and authority under those Ministers the King left to govern the Land here during his absence in all the long Wars he made in France; and in the thirty fourth year of his Reign he was sent with Sir William Shardshall, a man of great credit in those days, to inquire into that great cause of Thomas Lild the turbulent Bishop of Ely, against whom the Lady Wake of Lydell, the King's nearest Cousin and a Princess of great merit and interest, did complain for the murder of her Servant William Holmes, and other misdemeanours. About this time the testimony he had given during a long service of his integrity, wisdom and great abilities, did occasion his advancement to the Office of Lord Chief Justice of England. He was Speaker of the House of Lords in the two Parliaments of the thirty sixth and thirty seventh of the same King's Reign. He became at last of the King's nearest Counsels; and such was his good fortune and the effects of the worthy and industrious endeavours of his life, as made the Estate he left to his Posterity, one of the most considerable in that Age: He dying possessed of his ancient Manor of Buckton, Green's Norton, East Neaston, Heydmoncourt, Heyborne, Ashby Mares, and Dodington, with Lands in Whittlebury, Paulespery, Pisford and Northampton; the Lordships of Drayton, Luffwick, Islip, Slipton, Wolston, Wamingdon, Chalton, Haughton, Boteshaseall, with Lands in Harringworth, Cottingham, Middleton, Carlton, Isham, Pichteley, Harrowden, Hardwick, Raunds, Ringstead, Coates, Titchmarsh and sundry other places, full of years, riches, and estimation, in the forty third year of King Edward the Third. The Wife of Sir Henry Greene was Katherine the Daughter of Sir John and Sister of Sir Simon of Drayton. Their Issue Sir Thomas Greene Lord of Norton, that Married Mary Daughter of Richard Lord Talbot and Sister to John the first Earl of Shrewsbury, from whom were those Green's that for several generations flourished afterwards at that place in great reputation. Henry Green Lord of Drayton. Margaret Green Married to William Lord Zouch of Totnes. Nicholas Greene. Richard Greene. Amabila Greene Married to Sir Ralph Reins Lord of Clifton. HAving only exposed the descent and succession of those Green's that were Lords of Drayton, I shall proceed to HENRY the second Son of Sir Henry Greene, who in his Father's life-time and by his procurement was invested by his Cousin Sir John of Drayton in the chief seat and Lordship of that place, with all the Towns, Lands, Liberties and Privileges belonging thereunto, upon condition that from thenceforth he should bear his Name and his Arms, according as to that purpose, the same Sir John had formerly covenanted with Sir Henry the Father of this Sir Henry Greene. Now this being among his other Children the delight and hopes of his old Father, he was by him endowed with great and noble possessions, as besides the Manor of Drayton, of which were parcels the Towns of Luffwick, Islip, and Slipton with certain Lands in Titchmarsh and Aldwincle; those of Wolston, Wamingdon, Chalton, Haughton, Batteshaseall, with Lands in Harringworth, Cottington, Middleton, Carlton, Isham, Pichteley, Harrowden, Hardwick, Raunds, Ringstead, Coates, Titchmarsh, and sundry other places, and he was moreover by his provident care, Married to Matilda Daughter and sole heiress of Sir Thomas Mauduit that was Lord of Werminster, Westbury, Lye, Grateley, Dychurch, and other fair Possessions, all which with the blood and Arms of that Ancient and Noble House by this Alliance devolved into his Family. The ambition of the young Henry Greene fomented by these favours of fortune, drew him to the Court, where he resolutely joined his hopes and expectations to the fate of that unhappy Prince King Richard the Second, at whose hand he had received the honour of Knighthood. The merits of his person soon acquired him the nearest favour of this King, and those of his mind, the approbation and encouragement of all his Council, into the number whereof he was chosen for his great faithfulness and abilities. And when the Conspiracies of divers of the turbulent and seditious Lords had obliged the King to condemn some and banish others, he conferred several parcels of their confiscated Lands upon Sir Henry Greene, as the Manors of Kibworth, Cotgrave and Preston Capes, that appertained to Thomas Earl of Warwick; those of Knighton, Cuvelle and Bulkington in the County of Wilts, by reason of the attainder of Richard Earl of Arundel; and the Place of the Lord Cobham in London with all its furniture; to the end he might secure the fidelity of those about him by exemplary satisfaction for their services and hazards. And indeed had not the perverseness of this King's Planet (which obstinately prospered the Rebellion of his Enemies) overwhelmed all his hopes, there was not any greatness unto which the deserts of this Sir Henry might not have well attained. But at last when the Duke of Lancaster's fortune came like a torrent bearing down all before it, Sir Henry Greene, that had possessed himself of the Castle of Bristol, and meant to defend it for his Master to the uttermost, was taken by his perfidious Garrison, and delivered bound to the Duke, who knowing his constancy to be dangerous and unchangeable, caused him to be beheaded the next day with the Earl of Wiltshire and Sir John Bushey. His Issue Ralph Green Lord of Drayton. John Greene, who by his Brother's death without Issue became after Lord of that place. Marry Green Married to Sir Jeffrey Lutterill. Eleanor Green Married to John Fitz-Williams of Sprofsburgh. SIR Henry Greene had in his life-time made such generous use of his fortune and the favour of King Richard, as found its reward from the gratitude of several great men he had obliged, who contributed their instigations to the inclination of the succeeding King, which was much bend to favour the unfortunate Family of the deceased Gentleman, whose person, fidelity and gratitude had been so exemplary, and who lost his life but for his adherence to a King that had been his Master and Benefactor. In the very first year therefore of King Henry the Fourth, his eldest Son RALPH GREEN was restored by Act of Parliament to the Lordship of Drayton and all the rest of those Lands that were the inheritance of his Father, or his Mother the Lady Matilda de Mauduit. And several Instruments are extant of the grace and clemency of this Prince to himself and the other Children of Sir Henry Greene. This Family coming again to flourish in the County of Northampton, Ralph Greene was in the eight year of King Henry the Fourth chosen to serve in the then considerable Office of High Sheriff for that Shire; and he is found to have been employed in divers important occasions for the service of King Henry the Fifth, and particularly in the first year of his Reign, to have been joined in Commission with William Lord Roos of Hamlock for suppressing the Rebellion and Insurrections of William Perwich and his adherents, who in a Hostile manner had fallen upon several of the King's Subjects and Officers, more especially on James Bellers in his return from the last Parliament where he had served for Knight of the Shire; as also to have been again Sheriff in the second of that King. At last having by a provident care and many generous endeavours restored his Family to its ancient splendour and those great Possessions belonging thereunto; he died in the sixth year of Henry the Fifth without any Issue of his Wife, who was Catharine the Daughter of Ankitell Malliory Lord of Winwick, and that took after to her second Husband the famous Sir Simon Felbrigg, who in the Reign of King Henry the Fifth was one of the Knights and Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter. JOHN GEENE for want of Issue from his Brother Ralph, came to possess the Lands and Lordships belonging to that Family, except what was comprehended in the Jointure of the Lady Felbrigg who had been his Brother's Wife. Concerning whom there are extant divers transactions as testimonies of the considerable provision had been made for her in that Estate, and as one whom his Father's misfortunes had prepared for the love of a private life, he applied himself to enjoy the happiness of his House and Country, living in a free Estate and fortunate Marriage with Margaret the Daughter of Walter Greene of Bridgnorth, till he departed this life in the eleventh year of King Henry the Sixth. He left Issue. Ralph Greene that died in his youth. Henry Greene afterwards Lord of Drayton. Margery Greene Married to Sir Henry Huddlestone. Isabel Greene Married to Sir Richard Veer Lord of Thrapston and Adington, unto whose posterity, as you will find, for default of Issue in the Heirs of Henry and Margery, descended afterwards all the Lands of the Green's and the Mauduits. SIR HENRY GREEN by the death of John his Father became possessed of the Lordship of Drayton, whereof were parcels the Towns of Luffwick, Islip, and Slipton, with Lands in Titchmarsh and Aldwincle, of those of Grafton, Hardwick, Sudborow, with Lands in Harringworth and Irtlingburgh, all of them in the County of Northampton; of Wamingdon and Emerton in the County of Buckingham, Chalton in Bedfordshire, Buckworth in Huntingtonshire, of Werminster, Westbury, Lye, Dychurch and other Lands in Wiltshire, and of Grateley in the County of Southampton: which together did at that time make up one of the most considerable Estates that was then in the possession of any Gentleman in the Kingdom of England. He lived upon his Manor and Lordship of Drayton in the County of Northampton in much estimation and authority, the most considerable Office of which Country he did exercise in very difficult and different Reigns, being High Sheriff therein in the thirteenth of Henry the Sixth, and again in the fifth year of King Edward the Fourth; in both whereof he was by his good fortune preserved from that ruin under which many Gentlemen and their Estates did sink, through those accidents that were incident to the disastrous partialities of that uncertain Age. He had been engaged in the Marriage of two Wives, the first was Constance Pawlett, the second Margaret Roos; from the first whereof he had no Issue, and from the latter only one Daughter named Constance, who after having been sought in vain by the greatest men of that Age, became at last (from her Father's love to the illustrious House of Buckingham) the possession of the Lord John Stafford, second Son to the High and Mighty Prince Humphrey Duke of Buckingham (for so he was ever styled) unto whom she brought all those fair Possessions that were of her Father's Inheritance. CONSTANCE GREEN, according to her Father's intention, did after his Death bring to the Possession of her Husband the Lord John Stafford the Lordship of Drayton, and the rest of those Lands that had belonged to the Families of the Green's and the Mauduits, which by her Father had been settled upon her and her Heirs, so as for default of such they should revert to the right Heirs of Henry Greene. The Lord John Stafford, who had been himself, as well as the Duke his Father and his Family, engaged all along in the Lancastrian Faction in divers of their Battles, had yet the fortune upon the establishment of King Edward the Fourth, to acquire such a part in the favour of that Valiant and Victorious King, as induced him in the ninth year of his Reign to create him Earl of Wiltshire, to make him afterwards one of the Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and employ him during his life in several actions of greatest trust and confidence, as joining him a Commissioner with the Earl of Northumberland to treat with the Ambassadors of James the Third King of Scotland, upon certain complaints of grievances of both Realms; who after having lived in great reputation for valour and prudence, departed this life in the thirteenth year of that King, leaving Issue by his Wife Constance, Edward Stafford Earl of Wiltshire. EDWARD Earl of Wiltshire was a Minor at the Death of his Father, and his Estate and interests for several years governed by the Executors, which we find to have been very great, as composed between forty and fifty fair Manors, of the Inheritance of his Father and of his Mother the Lady Constance Greene. When he came to Age, he proved a Nobleman of exceeding hopes, and much addicted to all the generous ways of Arms and Chivalry; but it happened, that being earnest to go assist the King at Black-heath field against the Cornish Rebels, at that time headed by the Lord Audeley, in the thirteenth year of his Reign, whither he carried a noble band of men picked out of his Tenants and Countrymen, it so fell out as, by over-heating himself or other excess of exercise occasioned in that action, he fell into such a sickness as could never after be mastered to any degree of recovery, and that after having permitted him to languish for some time, took him out of this world in the ..... year of his Age and of that Kings Reign the fourteenth. He Married Margaret the Daughter of John the second Viscount Lisle, by whom he had no Issue; so as those fair Lordships and Possessions belonging aforetime to the Mauduits and the Green's, did of course descend to Elizabeth, Anne, Constance and Etheldred the Daughters and Coheirs of Sir Henry Vere that had been Lord of Adington and Thrapston, as next of kin to Sir Henry Greene, being Grandchilds to his Sister Isabel the Wife of Sir Richard Vere; the successors of Margery his other Sister, leaving no Issue after them. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors Sr. THOMAS GREEN Lord of Buckton and other lands & Lordships. Sr. Thomas Greene Lord of Buckton Lucy de la Zouch Sr. Henry Greene Lord of Buckton. Catharine of Drayto Amabila Green Sr. Richard Reins Lord of Clifton. Sr. Thomas Greene Lord of Norton Marie Talbot. Sr. Henry Greene Lord of Drayton Matilda de Manduit. Sr. Nicholas Greene Mary Bruce of Exton. Margaret Green William Lord Zouch of Totnes. Elinor Greene Sr. john Fitzivilliams' of Sprotsburgh. Marry Greene Sr. jeffery Lutterell. john Greene Ld. of Drayton by the Death of his brother Margaret Greene of Bridgnorth. Rauf Greene Ld. of Drayton Catherine Mallory S. P. Elizabeth Green Thomas Cotton of Lancashire. Margery Greene Sr. Henry Huddleston Isabel Greene. Sr. Richard Vere Ld. of Adington. Henry Green Lord of Drayton Margaret Roos. Elizabeth Huddleston Sr. Thomas Cheney S. P. Sr. Henry Vere Ld. of Adington, Isabel Tresham. Censtance Green Lady of Drayton, john Stafford Earl of Wiltsheir. Elizabeth Vere by the death of the E of Wilt: Their Lady of Drayton john Ld. Mordaunt. Edward Stafford Earl of Wiltsheire & Lord of Drayton Margaret Grey. S. P. john 2d. Ld. Mordaut Lord of Drayton Elly Fitzlewis. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of GREEN THAT WERE Lords of Drayton, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories and other Authentic Proofs. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of GREEN. Sir THOMAS GREEN Lord of Buckton and other Lands and Lordships. IN an Ancient Pedigree 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 GREEN, 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 Buckinghamiaes & 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 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 Chapel 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, etc. 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 Clinton 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 Buckinghamiaes & 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 Nicholas 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 & Nicholas & 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, Nicholas 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 rent ensemblement ove les services, seignoures, custums & altres appurtinances quele i'll auvit en Islip, que fut parcel de Manour de Drayton, A avoir & tener à moi & à mes heires à tousiours; Le quele rent 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 tanque 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 ovitiesme. Cotton's Abridgement 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 King's 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 enhancing the prices of Wool. Out of the same Abridgement Page 96. Anno 37 Edwardi Tertii. FOR that sundryof both Houses were not the same day come, Sir Henry Greene the King's 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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. seal of Sir Henry Greene SIGILLUM 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, Nicholas 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, 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 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 & Buckinghamiaes; 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 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 Buckinghamiaes & 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 Buckinghamiaes & 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 Green's Norton Churches. The Tomb of Sr. Henry Greene Ld. Chief justice of England. tomb of Sir Henry and Catherine (nee Drayton) Greene In Greens Norton Church. Hic iacet Thomas Greene Miles fili: et Heres Thomas Greene Milit; fili et heres Henrici Greene Milit: quondm̄ Dm justiciariorum: Dni Regis Edwardi tertii et Maria de eius filia Dni Talbot quorum animabus propitietur Deus Amen. tomb of Sir Thomas and Maud (or Margery, nee Mablethorpe) Greene In Green's Norton Church The Tomb of Sr. Thomas Greene & the Lady Phillipa his wife daughter to the Ld. Ferrars of Chartley. tomb of Sir Thomas and Philippa (nee Ferrers) Greene hic jacett Thomas Greene Miles Dns de Norton et Matildm Vxmm ejus Dni Vero Thomas fuit filim et heres Thome Greene Militm, dni de eodm̄ et Philippe uxis ejus filie Roberti Dni fferrarrs, de Charteley, elizabeth Vxis ejus filie Thome Dni le spencer qui quidem Thomas Greene pater predicte Thome Greene fuit filius et heres Thome Greene Militis, Dni de Norton predicon et Marie Vxis ejus filie Rici dni Talbot et Ankerete uxis ejus filie et heredm johanis dni strange de Blakmere. Qui quidem ꝑfutus Thomas filius ꝑdicorm Thome et Philippe obijt ixo. die mensis septembris anno Dni Millimon CCCC lxjjo. et prefuta Matilda una filiarum Iohis Throkmorton Armigere, quondū sub Thesaurarij Angli ᵐ. obijt die mensis Anno Dni millo CCCC. quorum animabus ꝑpicietur Deus Amen. In Greens Norton Church. tomb of Sir Thomas and Matilda (Maud) Throckmorton Sir HENRY GREEN, 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. SIGILLUM HENRICI GRENE seal of Sir Henry Greene 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 & 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, Auunculis 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 touse gentzes nouz Edward de Everwick Count de Rutland avoir receu la jour de la fesaunce d'icestes de nostre tresbien ame Bacheleir & chamberlain Sire Henry Greene une Ceynture de pearls & une ouche etant six saffiers & six pearls, & en le moyen une Baloys, les queux il receust en nostre nom de Sire William Galaundre executor del testament de nostre tres-honuorée Dame & Miere que dieux assoil Isabella jadis Duchess 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 letters d'acquitance nous avons fait mettre nostre Seal. Donne à Drayton le xviij. jour de Decembre, l'an du Regne le Roy Richard second puis le Conquest dixe & septisme. Carta Edwardi de Everwick Comitis de Rutland. SAchent touse gentzes nouz Edward Count de Rutland avoir receu le jour de la fesaunce d'icestes de Sire Henry Greene une mirror garny d'or ove six saffiers & six troches de Pearls chescun troche de trois pearls, & 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 pearls sur le covercle, les queulx mirror couppe & eawer nostre dit Dame & Miere nous devisa per son testament, & tennons le dit Sire Henry & says heirs & executours entre quites per ycestes. En testmoignance du quelle chose nous avons mis nostre Seal. Donne à Drayton le dixe & septisme jour de Janyver, l'an du Regne le Roy Richard second 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 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 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 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 Governor 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 Scroop 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 departed from London to St. Alban, 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, Bushy and Greene perceiving that the Commons would cleave unto and take part with the Duke, slipped away, leaving the Lord Governor 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, Laurence Drew and John Golofer Esquires. On the morrow after, the foresaid Dukes with their power went toward Bristol, where at their coming they shown themselves before the Town and Castle being a huge multitude of people. There were enclosed within the Castle the Lord William Scroop 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. Green 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 loaf. 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 Green, 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 days. His Lands came to two Daughters, and one of those Daughter's parts came to three Daughters. Sir RALPH GREENE, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships. Carta Regis Henrici Quarti. REX, etc. 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 & 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, etc. has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste, etc. 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 & Philippe 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 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 eye 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 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, Nicholas Hankerig Clerico, & Willielmo Hemmington, Maneria de Chalton in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Wamyndon & Emberton in Comitatu Buckinghamiaes, 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, Nicholas & 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, Nicholas & 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. seal of Radulph Greene SIGILLUM RADULPHI GRENE Carta Radulphi Greene. SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Radulphus Greene dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Johanni Holt Militi, Johanni Mulso, Nicholas 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, Nicholas, 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, Nicholas, 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, Nicholas Hankerig Clerico, & Willielmo Hemyngton Medietatem meam Manerii de Matherne cum pertinentiis in Wallia: Habendum & tenendum praedictam Medietatem cum pertinentiis eisdem Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Waltero, Nicholas & 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, Nicholas & 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. seal of Ralph Greene SIGILLUM RADULPHI 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 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 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 twenty-three, 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 manner, ove lour appertenantzes, 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 & liberties avantditz, ove lour appurtenantzes, 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 & liberties avantditz ove lour appurtenantzes fait horse 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 & liberties avantditz ove lour appurtenantzes, 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 & liberties queconques ove toutz lour appurtenantzes 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 & liberties 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 & liberties avantditz ove lour appurtenantzes les judgement & affirmance de judgement, conquest ou declaration des conquestes avantditz, statutz ou autres ordinances 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 appurtenantzes: 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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 Martial, 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, etc. 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 Martial Parsonae Ecclesiae de Rothing, Nicolai Morice & Willielmi Aldwyncle per quandam Finem in Curia Domini Regis de Maneriis & tenementis praedictis inter praefatos 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 Martial, 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 Martial, Nicolaum & Willielmum Aldwyncle & haeredes ipsius Willielmi Islip imperpetuum pertinentibus, Et faciendo inde Capitalibus Dominis feodi illius pro dictis Willielmo Islip, Willielmo Martial, 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 Martial, 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, etc. 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 seven pees d'assise, avec un helm de soubs son chief, & un ours à says 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 amount tout la dite tombe, en longure, & largure, avec pendantz & knottes, & une crest de foytes & autre ourages appertinent au tiele tombe, les queux image tomb & arche serront proportionez endorres peintes & arrays ove coulours bien & sufficientment en le pure honest & profitable manere come appertient à tiel overage. Et seront toutz les ditz overages prestment faitz, & perfourmez, en toutz poyntzes, en manere suisdite, & surmis & enhauté, per les ditz Thomas & Robert en l'esglise parochiel de Luffwick, en Counte de Northampton, 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 Michael 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 liures per y cestes. En tesmoignance de quele chose les parties avantditz a y cestes Endentres enterchangeablement ount myslours Sealx. Donne le fourteen jour le Feverer l'an du Regne du Roy Henry Quint puis le Conquest sisme. The Tomb of Rauf Greene Lord of Drayton Extant in the Church of St. Peter in Luffwick in the County of Nerthampton. tomb of Sir Ralph and Catherine (nee Malory) Greene JOHN GREEN, 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 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 Andrew & multis aliis. seal of Sir John Greene SIGILLUM JOHANNIS 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 feoffs 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 impeachment of any waste, what time my said feoffs or any of them by the said Margaret or by her Council been 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 feoffs 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 feoffs 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 entail be sure and sufficient Estate to him be my said feoffs to be made. Also I will that there be reared and sold out of my Woods of Herdwyk and Grafton to the value of the sum of two hundred pounds to the marriages of Margery and Isabella my Daughters, even to be departed between them; and if the tone die not married, than the t'other to have the whole sum 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 Wydevill, William Tresham, Walter Greene and William Aldwyncle have the governance, ordinance and oversight of the sale of the said woods for the said sum to be reared. And after that sum so reared, 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 die, mine heir being within age, I will that then William Aldwyncle and William Martial Clerk, feoffs 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 rear 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 feoffs 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 ancestors, after their discretions. And moreover I will that Margaret my Wife have all my goods movable and unmoveable to her own profit and disposition at her own list. HENRY GREEN, third of that name, Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships. Doctor Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, Page 296. HENRY Green 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 IU. 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 Katherine Felbrigg nuper uxor Radulphi Green de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigeri, Willielmus Yelverton unus Justiciarius Domini Regis, Nicolaus Appylyerd & Johannes Dametas 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 Yeluerton, Nicolai & Johannis Dametas 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 Yeluerton, Nicolao & Johanni Dametas ad terminum vitae dictae Katherinae. Et ulteriùs concessimus pro Nobis & haeredibus nostris praedictae Dominae Katherinae, Willielmo Yeluerton, Nicolao & Johanni Dametas 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 Yeluerton, Nicolao & Johanni quòd bene licebit eisdem Dominae Katherinae, Willielmo Yeluerton, 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 Yeluerton, 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 Yeluerton, Nicolao & Johanni omnimodas actiones reales & personales ratione alicujus vasti ante datum praesentium facti, quas versus ipsos Dominam Katherinam, Willielmum Yeluerton, 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 Yeluerton, Nicolaum & Johannem remanenti, Nos praedicti Henricus, Willielmus Aldwyncle & Galfridus Sigilla nostra apposuimus; Alteri verò parti ejusdem Scripti indentati penes Nos residenti dicta Domina Katherine, Willielmus Yeluerton, Nicolaus & Johannes Dametas 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 Lovel 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, 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 Buckinghamiaes & Henricum Greene pro maritagia Constanciae filiae praedicti Henrici. THIS Indenture made the nineteenth day of January in the year of the Reign of King Henry the Sixth, after the Conquest the six and thirtieth, between the high and mighty Prince Humphrey Duc of Buks on that oon party and Henry Green squire on that other party Witnesseth, That it is accorded and agreed between the said parties in the form that followeth, that is, to wit, That John, oon of the Sons of the said Duc, shall by the grace of God wed and take to wife Constance Daughter and heir apparent to the said Henry Green; before the fest of Lammasse next coming, and the said Constance shall take to Husband the said John before the same fest, and the said Duc shall bear all the costs of the same Marriage. And the said Duc granteth by these presents for the said marriage to be had in the form aforesaid, that he shall make, or do to be made before the fest of the Nativite of saint John baptist next coming to William Katesby Knight, Henry Greene, Squyer, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Bylling Serjaunts of Law, Thomas Wake squire, 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 manner, charges, and repryses, the ordinary charges of ordinary officers only except, to have to them and to their heirs for evermore. And the said Duc and my Lady his wife shall before the said fest of saint John, by Fine to be reared in the Kings' Court, at the costs of the said Duc between them and the said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Billyng, Thomas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford bey seized of the same Manoirs, Londs and Tenements before the said feoffament made to them, knowledge the same Monoirs, Londs and Tenements to be the right of the said William Catesby, as though that the same William, Henry, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Robert and William have of the yeft of the said Duc and my Lady his wife: And the same Duc, and my Lady, and the heirs of my said Lady, shall warrant 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 do and cause Humphrey his son and heir apparent by his deed sufficient in Law enroled in the Kings' Court of Record to ratefye and confirm 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 them according to the said fine of and in the Londs and Tenements comprised in the same fine, with a clause of warranty according to the same. Item, The said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Billyng, Thomas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford so being seized of the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements shall grant sufficiently by their deed to such people as the said Henry Greene shall name, an annuyte of three hundred marks goying out of all the said Londs and Tenements to be perceyved for term of the lives of Margaret wife to the said Henry, John and Constance and everyche of them longest living, the same annuyte to begin to be levable at such times as the same John and Constance, or other of them, or any other by the stirring, excitation, or commandement of them, or of other of them during the life of the said John, or the said Constance after the decease of the said John being not relyvered to her said Fader as is hereafter written, disturb, or interrupt in any wise, after the death 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 wife, or to other his servants, for term of their lives of three hundred marks worth land by year, beneath excepted, or any part thereof, or disturb or interrupt the last will of the said Henry to be made by he of Londs by he purchased, or to be purchased, or of his movable goods; and if no such disturbance or interruption be, the said grant to be void. Item, The said William Catesby, Henry Greene, Thomas Littilton, Thomas Billyng, Thomas Wake, Robert Tanfeld and William Cumberford so being seized of the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements after the said grant of Annuyte and within three months after the said marriage had, shall make Estate by deed indented of all the said Manoirs, Londs and Tenements to the said Duc, to have to him for term of his life, without impechment of waste; the remainder thereof after his decease to the said John and Constance, and to the heirs of their two bodies begotyn, the remainder thereof, for default of such 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 wife, shall have the rule and governance of the said Constance after the said marriage had, during the spousel between the said John and Constance, and found her at the costs of the same Duc. Item, The said Henry granteth by these Presents, that the said Constance his Daughter, shall have after his decease, and after the decease of such person or people as now hath, or by the said Henry, or by his Feoffees at his desire shall have, any Londs or Tenements for term of life, 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 months after the death of the same Henry, make thereof Estate to the said Constance, and to her heirs if they be thereto required, except that it shall be lawful to the said Henry to grant, or do to be granted, to Margaret his wife, and to other his servants, Londs and Tenements of the same to the yearly value of three hundred marks, to have to them only for term of life of them that the said Grants shall be made unto, so that the reversion thereof, after the decease of the said Henry, and of such people as the said Grants shall be made unto, shall come to the said Constance and to her heirs; Except also that hit shall be lawful to the said Henry for to do and aleyne at his will and pleasure, all such Londs and Tenements as he hath purchased before this time, now being in his hands, or in any other mannes to his use; and also all such Londs and Tenements as he shall purchase hereafter, not being at this day in his own hands, nor in none other people to his use; Except also other Londs and Tenements to the yearly value of two hundred marks, whereof the Feoffees of the said Henry that now been, or shall be after the decease of the said Henry, shall suffer the said John and Constance to take the profits unto the time that the same John and Constance, or other of them, or any other by their excitation, stirring or commandment, let, disturb or interrupt, in any wise, the Estates made or to be made by the said Henry, or by any other at his desire to the said Margaret his wife, or to other his servaunts for term of their lives, of the said three hundred marks worth Lond above except, or any part thereof, or disturb or interrupt the last will of the said Henry to be made by him of the said Londs by him purchased, or to be purchased, or of his movable goods; and if any such disturbance or interruption be, than the said Feoffees shall restrain the said John and Constance of taking of any profits of the said two hundred marks worth Lond, and shall apply the profits thereof for the soul he'll of the said Henry, or for performing of such will as the said Henry shall thereof declare. For seen always, that if the said Henry happen hereafter to have any other issue by the said Margaret his wife, that then all his said Londs and Tenements, except thereof one hundred pounds worth land by year, and except the said Londs and Tenements purchased and to be purchased after the form aforesaid, shall descend or come to such as the Common Law will shall be heir to the said Henry of the body of the said Margaret begotyn. And the said Henry granteth that if hit happen him hereafter to have issue male by the said Margaret his wife, that notwithstanding the said Constance shall have to her and to her heirs after the death of the said Henry one hundred pounds 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 die without issue male begotyn of the body of the same Margaret, than the said Constance shall have, after the death of the same Henry, one hundred pounds worth Lond by year of the said Londs and Tenements, over such part as should come to her by the death of the said Henry her Fader, after the course of the Common Law, and the same Henry shall not hereafter make any will to the contrary of the premises. Item, The said Henry granteth that he shall be bounden to the said Duc by his obligation to be enroled in the Kings' Court, at the costs of the said Duc, in two thousand marks, upon condition to be contained 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 person or people to his use hath in demene or reversion, otherwise than is abovesaid, but if hit be to the intent abovesaid, ne any thing do or cause to be done touching the said Londs and Tenements, that shall be in derogation or prejudice of the premises, or contrary to the intent abovesaid. Item, The said Duc granteth by these presents, that if hit happen hereafter (as God defend) the said John his Son to die after the said marriage had lyvyng the said Duc and Constance, than the said Duc within two months after the decease of the said John, shall delyver or do to be delivered to the said Henry, or to his Executours, at Milton in the Shire of Northampton, at the costs of the said Henry or of his Executours, the said Constance unmarried and unassured of marriage to any other person by the stirring, procuring, will or assent of the said Duc; and the same Duc shall do his part for to let the said Constance to be married, or assured of marriage, to any other person before the said livere of her made to the said Henry or to his Executours. Item, The said Duc granteth that he shall deliver within a half year after the said marriage 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 concerning only the said Londs and Tenements, whereof the same Duc shall make or do 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 part of them and other Londs and Tenements, that then the said Henry shall have the Exemplification of them at the costs of the said Duc if the said Henry desire them. In witness whereof to that one part of these indentures with the said Duc remaining the foresaid Henry Greene hath set his Seal, and to that other part of the same indentures with the said Henry remaining, the said Duc hath set his Seal. Yeven the day and year abovesaid. Ultima Voluntas Henrici Greene. THIS is the Will of me Henry Green squire, made the third day of September, the seaventh year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, upon the Manner of Sudburgh and all the Londs and Tenements with their appurtenances that been of my purchase in Sudburgh aforesaid in the Count of Northampton, Thorpe, beside Petirburgh, Marham, Wittelsey, Southorp and Luffwyck, and of the woods called Langhyll and Ferthyngshaw in the same Count, and of all other woods which I bought of William Aldwyncle, and in the hands of divers people by Testemen● made to them for mine use, as it appeareth in several deeds to perform my will. Whereupon first I will that my feoffs of and in my Londs and Tenements in Thorpe, beside Petirburgh after my decease make estate of them to Margaret my wife for term of her live, the remaindre thereof to Constance my Daughter, to have to her and to the heirs of her body begotyn, and for default of such issue the remaindre thereof to my right heirs. Item, I will that my feoffs of the Londs and Tenements in Wittelsey, Southorp and Marham of my purchase after my decease make estate of them to Margaret my wife for term of her life, the remaindre thereof to Robert Wittelbury and to the heirs of his body begotyn, and for default of such issue the remaindre thereof to my right heirs. And I will that my feoffs of the Londs and Tenements in Luffwyk of my purchase called Coals, Thing and Befviles' Thing after my decease, make estate to my Lord John of Buckingham, and to my Lady his wife, and to the heirs coming betwixt them, and for default of such issue the remaindre thereof to my right heirs for ever, if my said Lord nor Lady, nor their heirs, nor any other by them procuring, assenting, or commandment in any part hereof let not my will to be performed, and if they or any of them let my said will to be performed, than I will that their estate thereyn be void, and that the same Londs and Tenements be sold and disposed by mine Executours in deeds of Charite. Item, I will that two Priests shall be made sure, either of them to have fourteen marks yearly on the charges of my purchased Londs or Rents, perpetually to sing in the Parysh Chirche of Luffwyk, and to do othir devyne service there and pray for the souls of me and of Sir Henry Green Justice, and othir of mine Auncestres' and Benefactors, and all Crystyn souls. And if hit shall happyn no such twenty-four marks yearly to be purchesid hereafter be me, than I will they shall have surely to them and theyre successors for evermore twenty-four marks yearly perpetuelly of my Manner of Sudburgh. Item, I will that Thomas Haldenby shall have a sufficiant grant of one annuite of fourteen marks to have to him for term of his life, to be taken of the revenue of my Manner of Houghton in the Count of Northampton, if he make his Lettreses Patents that he hath of like grant by me made to him, to be taken of the Manners of Hardewyk and Grateley to be surrendid and cancellid, and he to do like service as is contenyd in his said first Lettres Patentes. Item, I will that Margaret my wife, after my decease, have the Maneres of Buckworth in the Count of Huntyngton, and Herdewyk in the Count of Northampton with other Londs and Tenements before expressed for term of her live, the remainder of them to my right heirs. Item, I will that my Feoffees of my Woods and Assartes called Langhill, and Farthingshaw, and Tolkithorpewoode, after my decease make a state of my said Lord John and Dame Constance his wife, my Daughter, and to the heirs of the body of the same Dame Constance coming, and for default of such issue, the remainder of them to the right heirs of me the said Henry Greene. In witness whereof to these Presents I set the Seal of mine Arms. Yeven the day and year abovesaid. seal of Sir Henry Greene SIGILLUM 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 & Katherine 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 Tomb of Henry Greene Lord of Drayton Extant in St. Peter's Church in Luffwick tomb of Sir Henry and Constance (nee Poynings) Greene CONSTANCE GREEN, 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, than Bishop of this Diocese, was solemnised the Marriages of John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury and Katherine 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 joined 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 jointly 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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 pertinentiis à praefatis Johanne Stafford & Constantia 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 & Constantia 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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 & Katherine 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 & Katherine 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 & Katherine 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 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 & Katherine vel haeredes sui, aut praefati Johannes Stafford & Constantia 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 & Katherine 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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 Terrell, Willielmo Terrell seniore, Willielmo Terrell 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 month of April, the year of our Lord God one thousand four hundred seaventy and three, I John Earl of Wyltshyre, of holle mind and in good memory, bequeatheth my soul to Allmithi Good my Creature and Saviour, to our Lady Saint Mary and to all the Holy Saints in Heaven, and my body to be buried in the Colage of Plassy, in the midell Arch. And I will that mine Executors cause a convenient Tomb there to be made for me of marble plain, with an image guilt like a Knight of the Garter thereupon, with such Arms as I bear by mine Auncestres'. Also I will that twelve marks of the Manoir of Grimmisbry in the Count of Bedford be disposed unto a Prest, perpetually to sing for my soul within the said Colage of Plassy, charging on Gods behalf, the Master there now being, or eny other that hereafter shall be, that they and ever ich of them cheese alway a good and able Pressed to be bounden to the service and customs of the same Colage as largely in all things as eny Fellow of the same been. Also I will that my servant Edward Mandeby have forty shillings yearly during his life of the said Manoir of Grimmesbry. And I will that my said Manoir the residue hereof yearly be disposed to a poor man, to pray for me within the said Parish of Plassy. And with the residue over that, if eny be, I will yearly to be disposed for mine obite. And also I will that the land I purchased of William Heton, the which joineth unto my Lordship of Newenton, remain unto my Son and heir, that it be not put from the Lordship of Newenton, in recompense of the Lordship of Gretwell in Lincolnshire; and I have put in exchanging for this, Lislode and other. Also I will that all such plate as I had by wife, remain still again to the use of her and my Son and hers. And as for the two guilt potis, six new bollis guilt, two guilt basynnes that I bought, and a guilt cup being in the kepeing of Oliver Sutton, with all other plate that is mine undisposed, be sold to the most avail, and with the money thereof coming my depts to be paid. And I bequeatheth to my Sister of Shrewsbury two guilt Saltes that I bought. For all such stuff as I bought myself, beding or any other thing, be at the disposition of my Executors; so all that comen by my Fader-in-Law and my wife remain still to the use of my said wife term of her life, and after to my Son and heir. And I bequeatheth unto Berushaw my man and servant, my long black Gown furryed with black lamb, and three pounds six shillings eight pence in money; and I beseech my Lady my Mother to be his good Lady, and that it will please her to take him to service. Also I bequeatheth unto the Parish Church of Luffwyk an hole Gown of black velvet. And I bequeatheth the Gowns of silk unto the Colage of Plassy. Also bequeatheth my grey Coarser and Alisaunder my henchman unto my Lord my Nevue. And as for my black coarser I bequeath him unto my Lady my Mother. And if it please the King's good grace for all the true service that ever I did him, I desire that my Lady my Mother may have the keeping of my said Son, and I beseech the King's good grace that my said Son be never married under the estate of a Baron. Also I bequeatheth unto Thomas Cheney the next bay coarser after my Lady my Mother have chosen. Also I will pray William Merbury to be attendant unto my Son, and he to have rule about him. Also I bequeatheth unto my Mother-in-law the cope that I had of my Sister Veer. Also I bequeatheth unto Anne Wittelbury the chain of Gold that Cornish hath in pleage. Also I bequeatheth unto every gentleman and gentlewoman whit in my howsehold five marks of money, and to every yeoman twenty shillings, to every Groom thirteen shillings four pence, and to every Page three shillings four pence. Also I bequeatheth unto Bertelmew Chesnale my bay Gelding. And I will that all my detts which I own to eny person of right be duly and truly paid, of the which I have put a great part to my knowledge in a bill hereunto annexid. And if my detts may be paid of mine own goods by the mean of mine Executors without the sale of my Manoir of Babenho, Then I will that the revenues and profits of the said Manoir with the appurtenancas be left in the rule of mine Executors to such time as my detts be paid; And that so done, I will that the revenues and profits of the said Manoir with the appurtenances yearly remain to the rule of my said Executors to the use and profit of my son and heir during the time and space of his nonage; And than the said Manoir with the appurtenances be delivered to my son and heir, and to the right heirs of his body lawfully coming; And for lak of such issue to my Nevue Thomas Talbot and to the heirs of his body lawfully coming; And for lak of such issue, the remayner to my Lord, my Nevue of Buckingham, and to the right heirs of him. And whereas eny manner of debt or dute is owing to me by obligation or otherwise, with all such arrearages as be behind due to me of all my Lyflode or possessions with all such issues and profits and revenues as is grown of lyvelode of this Ester Term laste paste, I will it be gathered and levied by mine Executors to the performing of my Will, and it for to be disposed for me as them think it best. And the residue all my Goods and cattles movable, wheresoever they be, after my Fynurell expenses and all costs and charges performed and done, and all my bequstes within written well and truly done and fulfilled, I give then to the discretion of mine Executors to be done for me as them seems best and most health of my soul. And of this my present Testament I make and ordain mine Executors, that is to say, the most Reverend Fader in God my Lord Cardinal, and my most interest beloved Lady and Mother my chief 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, etc. & 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 sixth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Henry the Seaventh, the Tenants and Inhabitants of Luffwycke and Sudburgh were in variance, strife, and debate for the occupation of Luffwyke Lay pertaining to Luffwycke, and for the occupation of Brigsyleyes' pertaining to Sudburgh, insomuch that the Tenants and Inhabitants of Luffwycke did impounde a flock of Sheep of Sudburgh, saying, that they had no Common of their Lay: And in like wise the Tenants and Inhabitants of Sudburgh did impounde a flock of Sheep of Luffwycke, saying, that they had no Common of their said Brigsyleyes. And for as much as the Earl of Wiltes was chief Lord of both the Lordships, the Inhabitants of both Towns sued to him and his Council for reformation and pacefyeing of the said variance, strife, and debate. And when he had heard their request, he said to them, that he would by the advice of his Council take a good and an indifferent direction and order betwixt the said parties. And then he commanded his Council to go to the said Leyes in variance, and call before them the Inhabitants of both Towns, and view the ground and set such directions betwixt the said Inhabitants of both Towns, that there should be no more variance for Common of the said Leyes after that tyme. The which Councillors took a direction, that the Tenants of Luffwycke should have and occupy their own Leyes in peace without disturbance or claim of Common of the Tenants of Sudburgh; And in like wise the Tenants of Sudburgh should have and occupy the said Brigsyleyes in peace without disturbance or claim of Common of the Tenants of Luffwycke. And over that they said, Ye been all my Lord's Tenants, and it is his pleasure that ye shall live in rest, as good neighbours should do. And after the said order and direction it have been used and kept from the said sixth year till Midsummer now last passed. 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 Church, 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 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 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 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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, 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 year of our Lord one thousand four hundred ninety and eight: I Edward earl of Wyltshire of hole mind and good memory bequeatheth my soul to Almighty God my Creator and Saviour, to our Lady saint Marie, and to all the holy company of Hevyn, and my body to be buried within the church of saint Peter in Luffwycke in our Lady I'll, by me Graundfader Greene, and will mine Executors make a convenient Tomb to be made for me. Item, I will that the last Will of my Lord my Fader, my Lady my Mother, and my Graundfader Greene be performed. Item, I will that where Robert Wittelbury, William Merbury Esquires, William Felled Clerk, 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 Lands and Tenements, Woods, Meadows 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 mine heirs; and whereas Margaret my Wife, John Viscounte Lisle and other Cofeffes been seasid of the Manors of Stamford Rivers, 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 certain lands and tenements, woods, meadows and pastures belonging and appartayning unto the said Manors in their demesne, as of Fee to the use of me and of Margaret my wife for term of her life; for certain causes and considerations I will that the said Robert Wittelbury, William Merbury, William Felled Clerk, Robert Bayston Clarke, Thomas Mountagu and John Freeman, that the foreseid Robert Wittelbury and all the said Cofeoffes abovenamed, and all other feoffs in the said Manors, lands and tenements, woods, meadows and pastures shall be and stand feoffs in all the said Manors, Londs and tenements, meadows and pastures in Buckworth, Comberton, Raundes, Ringsted, Irtlingborough, Hardwyke and Haringworth to the intent following; That is to say, That I will the said Margaret my wife shall have and enjoy all the profits and revenues of the said Manors of Buckworth, Comberton, Ringsted, Irtlingborough, Hardwyck and Haringworth with their appurtynances for term of her life, with this condition, that she make no title, cleyme nor interest in noon of the Manors of Stamford Rivers, Pyggesland, Tracyes, Suttons, Newenton, Blosmavile and Policote, the which I will shall descend unto my Lord of Buckingham and his heirs, and I beseech my said Lord to suffer my wife to have the Manors of Newynton, Blosmavile, for term of her life, and to be good Lord unto her and my Servaunts. Item, I will that all such Annuities and Fees as be granted by Deed or patents by my Lord my Fader, my Lady my Mother, my Grandfader Green and me, be had farm and stable for term of their life, without or interruption. Item, I will that my feoffs that now been, or hereafter shall be, suffer William Merbury and Thomas Mountegu to take and receyve the revenues and profits of my lands, Tenements, Woods, Meadows and Pastures in Luffewicke and Islip unto they be content, and saved harmless against 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 Kings use for the licence of the mortisment of two Chauntries in plash and Luffwick, and after that done, and the said William and Thomas saved harmless as I have indentyd with them, the which will appear, and furthermore surety for ready payment, I will the said William Merbury and Thomas Mountegu have in their keeping my two Flagons, two guilt Potts, six Bollies guilt with Covers and other Plate to make Chevysaunce to pay the King, and they so savyd harmless, than I will my feoffs stand and be feoffs unto the perfourment of this my last Will, as well of these as of other; and I will the said my Executours to sell my woods at Langhyll, Farthyngshawe, Hotland, Bullaks and Colys wood, and all my woods growing, being and belonging to Bakenho, Grymsbury, Malberne, or eny oder place such as was purchased of William Eton by my Lord my Fader. Item, I will my Executours have all my movable Goods unbequeathed, as well Juels, Plate, Stuff to pay my Detts, and to perform this my last Will. Item, I will my Lord of Buckingham have all my Stuff that I left in his place in Bredstrede except my Robys of estate, and Robys of Parliament, the which Robys of estate I will they be gevyn to Churches whereas I was Patron, there as most need is by the discretion of mine Executours; and the other Robys and Furris to be sold, and the money take to pay my Detts, and perform my Will. Item, I will my Lord and Cousin of Shrewsbury have my Collar of the King's Livery, and my Unkyll Wittelbury oon of my Bollies of Silver with a Cover that I bought last; mine Aunt his Wife to have a plain stonding cup of Silver guilt that is used to be carried with me. Item, I will the Church of Luffwyck have my Trapper of Cloth of Gold, and my altar Clothes of Tawny Damask. Item, I will the Church of Newenton have the outside of my Gown of Crimson Velvet to make a Cope; and I will the Church of Graston have the lining of black Damask in the same to make a vestiment and a Cope. Item, I will that Margaret my wife have as much Plate as I had with her in marriage, my Featherbed in the Chapel Chamber, the Tester, Sealer and Counterpoint of the same, Carpets of the same, my two great Carpets, two Cushyns of tawny Damask, two Payr of fine Sheets and three Payr of other Sheets, my fine 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 Goods and revenues of my lands, and with that she leave and take not the third part of my Goods, but suffer mine Executours to have them at their liberty to perform my will. Item, I will that every Gentleman and gentlewoman have forty shillings, every Yeoman twenty shillings, and every Groom ten shillings. Item, I will that my howsold be kept thirty days after my decease, if there be whereof so to do. Item, I will that Mr. William Felled Master of the Collage of Foderinghay have oon of my bollies of Silver that I bought last. Item, I will that my Detts and my revenues of my lands be receyved by mine Executours to pay my Detts and perform my will. Item, I will that my poor Kin and Servaunts have and be relyved before any other by the discretion of mine Executours. Item, I will that my Executours give and grant a annuite of forty Shillings by Deed, out of my lands that my Lord my Fader purchased of William Eton in Bedfordshire unto my well-beloved Servaunt Edward Bruet, and the kepeing of my Manor and Conynger of Drayton, for term of his life. Item, I will that all my Juells, Plate and other stuff unbequethed be sold by mine Excutours to perform this my last Will. Item, I will that all my Brigandyrs and Harnes be distributed among my Yeomen and Grooms, after the discretion of my Executours. And of this my present last Will I make my Executors, my entireley belovid Uncle Robert Wittelbury, Mr. William Felled Master of the Collage of Fotheringhay, William Merbury, Thomas Mountegu and John Blake. Item, I desire and pray my good Lord and Cousin the Earl of Shrewsbury to be surveyer of this my last Will, and to be good Lord unto my wife and poor servants, as my singular trust is in him; And I will that every of mine Executours, that will minister this my last Will, to have six Pounds, thirteen Shillings and four Pence. In witness whereof I the said earl have put to my Seal. Item, I will that my feoffs grant by Deed or Patent a Annuite unto my right well-beloved Servaunt Philip Frost, of fifty three Shillings four Pence, for term of his life, out of my lands and Tenements in Luffwycke, for the good and long service that he hath done unto me. Item, I will that my lands and Tenements that I purchased in Luffwycke, of the wife of William Chambre, called Cottingham's Tenement and Ridayes' Close with the appurtenances, and the lands and Tenements in the same Town, that I purchased of the heirs of Oliver Sutton, be sold to pay my Detts, and to perform this my last Will. Item, That my well-beloved Servaunt Robert Wilkinson, have forty Shillings out of my lands in Islip, for term of his life. The Tomb of Edward Stafford Earl of Wiltsheire, and Lord of Drayton Extant in St. Peter's Church in Luffwick. tomb of Edward Stafford, 2nd earl of Wiltshire 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 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 & 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 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 Young, 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 esquire, of th'age of sixty one years, or more, sworn and examined the day and year aboveseid, seith and deposeth on his oath, that he was servaunt to Edward Stafford, late Earl of Wiltshyre, in the room of Gentilman-usher of his Chamber, by the space of twenty five years or more, which was at the time of the decese of the said earl. Also he seith, that the said earl, about such time that he should ride towerd Blackhethe Felled, had caused a Deed to be made of his said Manor of Drayton, to the use of my Lady his Wife, for term of her life; forsomuche the said Earl in the morning when he should depart towerd the said Felled, being in the Chapel Chamber, this Deponent being present, called his said Lady to him, delivering the said Deed to her: Whereupon she then looked and kest it from her unto the floor, saying, that she would not say gramercy therefore, except she should have Warmester, and then she, as she said, would thank him therefore. Whereupon this Deponent, at the commandment of the said earl, took up the said Deed, and delivered it to the said earl, which Earl then broke the Seal from it, and did cast it out of the window into the Moote there, saying to his said Lady, that such a person should have it of his gift, which he trusted should yeve to him a better gramercy for it than she did; which Earl then departed into the great Chamber, and called this Deponent to him, commanding and charging this Deponent, as he should answer before God to testify, bear witness, and openly declare, if ought then good should come to the said Earl at the said Felled, that his full mind and last Will was, and should be, that his Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury should have to him and to his heirs for ever, the said Manor of Drayton, and all his other Fee simple Lands, after his detts were paid and his Will performed. And so the said Earl departed, then taking his horse, towered the said Felled, at which time this Deponent road with him a certain space of the way. Whereupon at such time that this Deponent should take his leave of the said earl, he said to this Deponent, Robert, forget not to bear witness of that thing whereof I spoke to thee in the great Chamber concerning my Manoir of Drayton and all my other Fee simple Lands; to whom this Deponent answering said, that he would remember his Commandment, and so departed from the said earl, returning to Drayton foreseid, to wait upon the foreseid Lady according to the commandment of the said earl. And he seith, that immediately after the coming of the said Earl from Blackhethe Felled to Drayton foreseid, and assoon as his Boots were drawn of, he called to him this Deponent, demanding of this Deponent whether he remembered the words which the said earl spoke to him before that time in the said great Chamber, when he was going toward Blackhethe Felled, concerning Drayton and his other Fee simple Lands. Whereunto this Deponent answering said, that he remembered them well, desireing the said Earl to know, whether it were his pleasure to continue still in the same mind or nay. Which Earl then said, that he contynewed in that mind, and so would do while he lived, charging this Deponent to bear witness thereof, whatsoever sudden aventur or chance should happen or come to the said earl. Also this Deponent seith, that after the said words spoken he was contynewelly in howsehold with the said Earl during his life, and never known him change his said mind in that behalf; forsomoche this Deponent divers times would say to the said earl, my Lord, for Gods love remember that ye put not your soul in charge in yeving your Lands from the heirs. Whereunto the said Earl at all times answered and said to this Deponent, Robert, I may as well yeve these Lands where I will, as I may yeve the Gown of my back; For as for the heirs of Veer, they shall never inherit them. Also this Deponent seith, that at such time that the said earl was sick, this Deponent contynewelly abode with him, by which seasson this Deponent never knew the said Earl change his mind in this behalf. And this Deponent also seith, that on Pahne-Sunday eve, which was the eve of our Lady-daye of the Annunciation, and also which was the day next before the decease of the said earl, this Deponent asked of the said earl whether he had made his Will or nay, which Earl then said, that he had made noon as yet, but that he would do. And that this Deponent asked how his Lordship was minded with Drayton and with all his Fee simple Lands, whereof he commanded this Deponent before that time to bear witness; which Earl then said, that it was oon of the greatest causes why he would change his Will, for as his mind had been to his Cossen Earl of Shrewsbury, so should it continue for ever; commanding this Deponent and other there present to testify, that his last Will was and should be, that his Cousin George earl of Shrewsbury should have his Manoir of Drayton and all other his Fee simple Lands to him and to his heirs for ever, after the detts paid and the Will of the said earl performed. Then present at the speaking of the said words William Pemberton yet lyving, and divers others decessed. Whereupon the said earl went to other cogitations, at what time no man thought that the said earl should have decessed so shortly as he did, but trusted that the said earl should have lived much longer than he did; albeit on the morrow about ten of the clock, what time the Priest was at Mass and reading of the Passion, the sed earl departed to God's mercy without any changing of his Will or mind concerning the premises, as far as this Deponent known or understood. But this Deponent seith, that about seven of the Clock in the morning of the said Palme-Sunday John Mordaunt Serjeaunt at Law came to the said earl, and asked him how he did; which Earl then said, well as it pleaseth God; and then the said Mordaunt departed again from thence. And about ten of the Clock than next following the said Mordaunt came again to the said Earl with a Will made in the name of the said earl, which Will the said Mordaunt then red to the said earl when he was anoyled and in extreme pains of death, so that the said earl neither herd nor understode what the said Mordaunt red, wherein as by the said reading it appeared to this Deponent, that nether the Manoir of Drayton, nether any part of the Fee simple Lands of the said earl were expressed in the said Will. And after the said reading of the said Will the said earl was deed, or a man perfectly might say a Pater Noster and Ave Maria and oon Crede. And more he knoweth not. Deposition of William Pemberton. WIlliam Pemberton Gentleman, of the age of forty years or more, sworn and examined seith, that he was brought up of a chyeld with Edward Stafford late Earl of Wiltshyre, and in his servyse, as sum time his kerver, and sum times lay in bed with the said earl when it pleased him, by the space of twenty years and more, which was to the time of his decease, Also he seith, that many and divers times the said Earl showed and reported to this Deponent, that noon of the chylderens or heirs of Vere should inherit his Manoir of Drayton, or eny part of his other Fee simple Lands, but that his Cousin the Earl of Shrewsbury should have to him and to his heirs for ever the said Manoir, with all his other Fee simple Lands, all his detts paid and his Will performed. Also this Deponent seith, that the day next before the decease of the said earl, the said earl rehearsed the said words before this Deponent, Robert Merbury and others now decessed, willing and charging them to bear witness whensoever ever they should be called, that his full myend and last Will was and should be, that his Cossyn George earl of Shrewsbury should have his Manoir of Drayton with all his other Fee simple Lands, to him and to his heirs for ever, after his detts paid and his Will performed. And he seith, in virtue of his oath, and as he shall answer before God, he was continewelly present with the said Earl from the said time of the foreseid speaking of the said words by the said Earl unto that the said earl was deed, about ten of the Clock before noon on Palm-Sondaye, and which was our Lady day Annunciation, about which time the Priest being at Mass, was reading of the Passion, by all which seasson this Deponent never known, herd, or understood that the said earl changed his will or myend either in word or deed in that behalf. And more he knoweth not. Deposition of Henry Caine. HEnry Cain yeoman, of the age of eight and forty years and more, sworn and examined seith, that he was Groom of the Chamber to the said Earl by the space of seven years; and after that this Deponent was yeoman of the Chamber with the said Earl by the space of other seven years and more, which was to the time of the decease of the said earl, by which seasson after Blackhethe Felled as well at Drayton as at Palenall and divers other places, this Deponent divers and many times hath herd the said earl openly declare, for his will, before this Deponent and divers others of his fellows both Yeomen and Grooms of the Chamber, that his Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury should have to him and to his heirs for ever the Manoir of Drayton and other his Fee simple Lands, after his Detts paid and his Will performed, commaundnig this Deponent and other his fellows to record and testify the premysses. Also this Deponent seith, that the said Earl about a month before his decease gave licence to this Deponent to go to Newark upon Trent for such besinesses as this Deponent there had to do, about which seasson this Deponent came to the Earl of Shrewsbury, lying at Wynfeld, at whose coming the said earl demanded of this Deponent, how his Cossyn Earl of Wiltshyre did; Whereunto this Deponent answering said, that at his departing from the said Earl of Wiltshyre he was meetly in good health: which Earl of Shrewsbury then said, that the understode that the said Earl of Wiltshyre should be decessed. And then this Deponent said, that he would ride streyht to his said Lord's place to know the certente, and to bring ready word again to the said Earl of Shrewsbury. Whereupon at the coming of this Deponent to Drayton his said Lord was deed and buried, and divers of his fellows, both Yeomen and Grooms of the Chamber, now decessed, without ask of eny question by this Deponent, said to him, that their Lord and Master had yeven and bequeathed to the Earl of Shrewsbury and to his heirs for ever his Manoir of Drayton with all his other Fee simple Lands, after his Detts paid and his Will performed: And that the said Earl of Wiltshyre had required the said Earl of Shrewesbury to be good Lord and Master to them, as he trusted verily he would be. Whereupon this Deponent took his Horse and returned to Wynfeld foresaid, where this Deponent showed to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, how the said Earl of Wilteshyre had bequeathed and willed to him Drayton with other his Fee simple Lands, in manner and form as he hath above deposed. And more he cannot depose. Deposition of William Boys. WIlliam Boys yeoman, of the age of eight and forty years and more, sworn and examined seith, that he was Servant to the said Earl of Wilteshyre as being Usher of his Hall, and keeper of his Park at Drayton, by the space of twenty years and more, which was to the time of his decease. Also this Deponent seith, that the said Earl about two days before he layed him down of the sickness whereof he died, walked into his Park of Drayton and said to this Deponent, that his mind and last Will was and should be, that his Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury should have his Manoir of Drayton, with all his other Lands in Fee simple, to have to he and to his Heirs for ever, after his Detts paid and his will performed; which words this Deponent, as he seith, hath herd the said earl speak above forty times, commanding this Deponent to beer witness thereof; saying also, that he would have his said Cossyn Shrewsbury to socor and help this Deponent and other his feloes, if they should need of Mastership or Lordship, and so he woold require his said Cossyn so to do. Alsoe he seith, that he never known or herd that the said earl any time changed his said mind and will in eny poyent thereof, but that he ever continued in the same mind during his life: And more he knoweth not. Deposition of Chrystopher Myddylton. CHrystopher Myddylton, of the age of forty five years and above, sworn and examined, seith in virtue of his oath, that he was Groom of the styrop to the Earl of Wilteshyre by the space of six years or more, which was to the time of his decease. Also he seith, thet he herd the said earl, as well in takeing his journey towered Blackhethe field as after his returning from thence at Drayton, Bakenall and in other places, dyvers times report and say, that noon of the heirs of Veer should inherit his Manoir of Drayton or any other his Fee-simple Landes, though he should be drawn in Hell: But that his last will was and ever should be, that his Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury should have the said Manoir, and all his Fee simple Lands, to him and to his heirs for ever, after his Detts paid and his will performed, which he woold yeve to his said Cossyn for a remembrance, trusting he woold be good Lord to his Servants; which Earl to the knowledge or understanding of this Deponent never changed his said Wylle or myend in that behalf. Also he seith that about a wyke or more after the burying of the said earl, Thomas Mountegue, one of the Feoffees and Executors of the said earl, came to this Deponent at a place in Drayton called the Bareheed, demanding of this Deponent how he woold do; whereunto this Deponent answering said, that he knew not how to do, nether whether to go as yet; which Mountegue then said, that he thought that William Merbury his old Master woold have this Deponent; this Deponent said, that Master Mordaunt Serjaunt had desired his Servys, and had offered to him good wages, but he had not agreyed to take them, nor known not whether he so woold. And which Mountegue then said to this Deponent, thou knowest that I am oon of the Feoffees in my Lord's Lands, and alsoe oon of his Executors, and knew as much of his myend as sum other did, and yet I am not called to Council, for there is now in the tower here in the place at Drayton Master Mordaunt Serjaunt, Sir Thomas Cheneye, William Merbury and other such as pleaseth them, which will not let me be pryveye what they do there: But what they do or intent to do I cannot tell, or whether they will change my Lords Wylle in any thing; But this I know of troth, that our Lord and Master's myend was at the time of his death, that his Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury should have this Manoir here of Drayton, and all other his Fee simple Lands, after his Detts paid and his will performed. And then this Deponent said to the said Mountegue, that he dyverse times hath herd his said Lord say and report the same. And more he knoweth not. Deposition of Thomas Cade. THomas Cade Clerk, Parson of Buckworth in the Diocese of Lincoln, of th'age of forty eight years and more, sworn and examined the first day of the Month of March, in the fifth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eight, upon the testament and last will of Edward late Earl of Wiltes seith and deposeth, that he knew well and perfectly the said earl, insomoche this Deponent was his household chaplain by the space of seven years and more. And as concerning the making of the Testament and last Will of the said earl, this Deponent seith, that he can nothing depose of the contents thereof, but affirmeth, the twenty fourth day of March, then being Palm-Sonday, in the year of our Lord God one thousand four hundred ninety and eight, this Deponent was present at the Manoir of Drayton the day and year aboveseid in a high Chamber, in which Chamber the said earl lay sick, and there in the presence of this Deponent the said Testament and last Will was engrossed in Parchment by one Philip Foster, and presented and delivered unto the Hands of the said earl, and then and there in presence of this Deponent the said Testament and last Will was so sealed with his accustomed square Signet, graved with a ramping Bear upon a Berewerdes Staff, then being present at the sealing of the said Testament and last Will John Mordaunt Serjeaunt at the Law, Robert Wittelbury, William Marbury, Philip Foster, James Walbef, Master William held then Master of the College of Foderinghay, this Deponent, and others more, whose names he perfectly remembreth not. Also this Deponent affirmeth, that the said Testament and last Will of the said earl so Sealed was his last Will and Testament, and that he never made after that time any other Testament, neither solemn in writing, nor nuncupative by word, and that he renounced all other wills, and took him only to that Will, and would the same to stand for his last Will and Testament and none other; saying alsoe, that the said earl was at the time of the sealing of the said Testament and last Will in perfect mind and good remembrance. And at the same time the said earl delivered the said Testament and last Will so perfectly engrossed and sealed, unto the hands of William Merbury, one of the said Earls Executours, in the name of all other his Executours. This done as above is written, the said earl prayed and required this Deponent, that he would housel him, and thereunto this Deponent answered and said these words following; My Lord, I have made every thing in full readiness to go to Mass, if ye be so pleased, and at the same Mass to consecrate an host, and when Mass is done, to housel you. Nay said the same Earl, I pray you let me not tarry so long. And thereupon this Deponent went down into the Chapel, and brought the Sacrament up to the said Earls lodging Chamber, and set it upon the cupboard there ready prepared for the same, and came to the same Earl lying in his bed, and said to him these words following; My Lord, I have brought to you your Maker and Redeemer, as ye have desired me to do; and forasmuch as every Priest that shall take upon him to minester the same Sacrament to eny Christian man, aught to examine the faith of such person as it shall be minstred unto, I do require of you that I may know what faith is in you, and how ye believe. Whereunto the said earl answered and said, I believe in Almighty God Creator and Maker of Hevyn and Earth, and in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son; and so in effect he answered fourthe to all the twelve Articles of the Faith, with many other good and contrite words; and said these words following to this Deponent and to all other then being present there, I pray you witness with me (and looked on side to th'oder, folks being in the Chamber) and all you. And after these words the said Earl with contrite heart made a general knowledge to God, saying, Confiteor Deo, beatae Mariae, etc. Then this Deponent, by such authority as to him was yeven, unto the said earl granted and gave absolution; and that done, the said earl received the Sacrament by the hands of this Deponent with great reverence and meekness of heart. And after that the said earl commanded this Deponent to go to Mass in the said Earls Chamber, where at that time the said earl lay; and for because the said Chamber was somewhat close, the said earl commanded certain panes of the window of the said Chamber to be taken down, and to th'intent that more fresh air should coume in, commanded that the window should be set open, in which window this Deponent then said Mass; and for because there came so moche wind in at the said window, this Deponent spoke to Philip Foster to help him at that time to sing, that when he should come to the consecration of the host, that then the said Philip should shut the said window, and so to remain shut till this Deponent had used. And when this Deponent had begun his Mass, the said Earl of his own mind perceiving that the wind was noyense to this Deponent in saying his Mass, commanded the said window to be shut, before he came to the Epistle in the said Mass. And after Mass ended, there went a Chaplain of the said Earls to high Mass in the Chapel, whose name was Sir John Bukmaster, and at the passion time of the said high Mass so said in the said Chapel by the said Sir John Bukmaster, there came to this Deponent one of the said Earls Servaunts called Robert Wilkinson, and said to this Deponent these words following; Fader, for the reverence of God come to my Lord, for he is in the pains of death. And thereupon this Deponent departed out of the said Chapel into the said Earls Chamber, and found there no creature but himself only. And this Deponent lighted a fise of wax that was hallowed, and said these words following, In manus tuas, Domine, etc. And in that same moment the said earl departed to God out of this present life. And thus this Deponent left the deed body of the said earl, whose soul God absolve. And more he knoweth not. Deposition of James Walbef. JAmes Walbef of Osneye in the County of Oxford Gentleman, of th'age of fifty years, sworn and examined upon the Testament and last Will of Edward late Earl of Wiltes seith, that he was Auditor to Edward late Earl of Wilts, whose soul Jesus pardon. And this Deponent seith, that he was present at the Manoir of Drayton on Palme-Sonday in the morning, the fourteenth year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Henry the seventh, in the Chamber where the said earl lay sick on his dethbed, at which time the said Earls last Will was brought forth by one Philip Foster, sometime being Schoolmaster and Servaunt to the said earl. At which time John Mordaunt then Sarjeaunt at the Law there being present, after the said Will was read, demanded and asked of the said earl, whether that his full mind was, that that Will should clearly stand for his last Will or Noah, and if he would renounce all manner of other Wylls. Whereunto the said earl answered and said, that he did renounce all other wills, and that he would hold him to that Testament only, and that it should stand to be farm and stable for his last Will and Testament and none other, with an articule which the said Earl caused to be put into the end of his Will, that Robert Wilkinson should have an annuity of forty shillings for term of his life, and also the said earl recited certain articules of his Will in especial as hereafter followeth, that is to say, that the said Philip Foster should have an annuity of four marks for term of his life, as this Deponent remembreth, and also that Edward Bruet then Groom of his Chamber should have an annuity of forty shillings for term of his life, and that all Fees which were granted by Deed or by Patent by his Fader, his Mother or his Graundfader Green or by himself, should be held farm and stable for term of their lyyes to whom they were granted. And after this done the said Will was sealed with a signet of Gold, the print whereof was a Bear, as this Deponent remembereth, the which signet was in his pouch under his bedes head at that tyme. And after it was sealed, the said earl delivered it to the hands of William Marbury Esquire, one of his Executours, in the presence of divers of his household Servaunts. And after the said Will was so red, sealed and delivered to the said William Marbury, the said earl desired to be howselled, and then and there one Sir Thomas Cade, than Chaplain to the said earl, went into the Chapel, and brought forth an host, which was consecrate before that time, to the said earl, and thereupon the said Sir Thomas Cade had many good words of exhortation to the said Earl before he was howselled for his soul's health, and the said earl had in likewise many good words to him and to them that stood by, like a good true christian man, which this Deponent now persetly remembreth not; And thereupon the said earl was howselled by the hands of the said Sir Thomas Cade. And after that the said earl commanded the said Sir Thomas Cade to go to Mass. Whereupon the said Sir Thomas Cade went to Mass in a window before the said earl; and about the space of an hour after the said Mass was done, there went another Priest to high Mass in the Chapel, and at the passion time of the said high Mass the said earl departed out of this world. And this Deponent seith, that he was servaunt to the said earl many years, and was privye to the ordering of divers and many matters touching the said earl. Also this Deponent seith, That the Will of the said Earl was written in Paper and corrected by the said Earls Council, before it was written into Parchment; and after that it was so corrected by the said Council and by the commandment of the said earl, the said earl commanded William Marbury to cause his said Will to be written and engrossed into Parchment, and thereupon the said Will was so written by the hands of the said Philip Foster as is above deposed. And this Deponent seith; that he was never privye eny time before the death of the said Earl at the making of the said Will, or otherwise, nether herd, known nor understood by the said Earl at eny seasson, that his Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury should have the Manoir of Drayton or eny other lands or Tenements of the said Earls; but as this Deponent remembreth, the said earl made his said Cossyn Earl of Shrewsbury Overseer of his last Will and Testament. Also this Deponent seith, that he was daily in the House of the said Earl from Crystmasse unto the day of his death 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 Will by mouth or otherwise rehearsed for his full Will, other than the said Will. And more this Deponent knoweth not in this matter as he seith. Inquisitio capta post mortem Edwardi Comitis Wilts, etc. 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 Parr, necnon Annae nuper uxoris Humfridi Browne, per sacramentum, etc. 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 eye 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 eye 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 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 Parr, & 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 Parr, & 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 Parr, & 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 Parr 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 Parr. 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, etc. 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 Manor of Drayton. TO all Christian people, to whom this present writing Indented shall come, hear, or see, Robert Brudenell and Richard eliot, two of the King's Justices, send greeting in our Lord. Whereas there have been divers variances and debates, moved and had, between the Right Honourable Lord George Earl of Shrewsbury on th'one party, and John Mordaunt Squire and Elizabeth his Wife, one of the Cossyns and heirs to the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Wiltshire on his Mother's 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 Squire, and Humphrey Brown 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 Earl of Wiltshire after the form 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 Earl after the manner abovesaid on th'other party, of and upon the right, title, reversion and possession as well to the aforesaid Manor of Drayton with th' appurtenances, as of all other Manors, 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 Manors, Lands, Tenements, the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury claimeth 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 th' Award, Ordinance and Judgement, of us the said Robert Brudenell and Richard eliot Arbitrators indifferently named and chosen by and between the aforesaid parties, to award, ordain, and dame, as well of and upon the premises, as for and upon all manner Evidences, Charters, Escripts, Writings and Aminiments 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 other Servants, or Friends before the date of these presents, concerning the premises. And we the aforesaid Arbitrators taking upon us the authority and power to Award, Ordain and Dame, of and upon the premises, calling before us the Counsels of the said parties, hearing and seeing their titles, Answers, Replications, Evidences, Proves, and all other their Allegances, concerning their aforesaid Titles and Interess, by good deliberation and by consent of the said parties, Award, Ordain and Dame, of and upon the premises, in manner and form following, that is to say, forasmuch as the aforesaid John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan, Humphrey Browne, George and John Browne, have showed to us the said Arbitrators, 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 said Earl of Shrewsbury should have any of his Manors, Lands, or Tenements, as by the same more plainly appeareth. And also they have showed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds, and other Writings, proving the foresaid Manor of Drayton, and other the said Manors, Lands, Tenements and hereditaments, to be yeven in tail to the Ancestors of the said Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire, and that the same Earl of Wiltshire had and enjoyed the same by reason of the same tails, and the foresaid Elizabeth and George Browne, and Audrey, be Cousins and next heirs to the said Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire, and to the said Earl on his said Mother's side, and heritable to the foresaid Manors, and other premises, by reason of the same tails: Wherefore we Award, Ordain and Dame, that the foresaid Elizabeth, George Browne and Audrey, shall have and enjoy all the foresaid Manors, 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 Earl of Shrewsbury shall by his several Deeds sufficient in the Law, to be enroled, 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 Earl of Shrewsbury, or any person or persons to his use, hath in the foresaid Manors, 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 Costs and Charges of the said John Mordaunt, John and George Browne in all things; And furthermore the said Earl 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 Earl of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the premises, We the said Arbitrators, Award, Ordain, and Demetrius, that the said Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, Humphrey Browne and John Browne 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, in the day of the Feast of St. George the Martyr, next coming after the date above written, at the Road 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 Browne and John Browne shall content and pay to the foresaid Earl, his Executors or Assigns, in the day of the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle than next ensueing, at the said Road 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 Demetrius, that the said John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan Browne, Humphrey and John Browne by their Deed and Deeds, as sufficient as the said Earl of Shrewsbury by his Council shall advise, shall release to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, and as many persons as the said Earl shall name and appoint, in writing before the Feast of St. Michael th' Archangel next coming after the date hereof, which hath done, laboured or spoken for the said 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 have done, spoken, or laboured any thing for the said Earl of Shrewsbury, in or for his trial 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 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 Earl 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 year of the Reign of King Henry the Eight. A Release from the Earl of Shrewsbury to John Mordaunt of all his Right concerning the Manor 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. blazons or coats of arms in the windows of St Peter's church, Lowick, Northamptonshire In the first South Window of the Chancel in St: Peter's Church of Luffwick. In the Second South Window In the first Window on the North side of the Chancel. In the second Window on the North side of the Chancel. In the East Window on the South side of the said Chancel. In the East Window on the North side of the Chancel In the East Window of the Chapel at Drayton. In the first Window on the South side of the Chapel In the Second Window on the South Side of the Chapel 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 Public Records, Extant Charters, Histories, and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. The Arms of the Veres of Addington were of Vere Charged upon the Centre with an Escutcheon, bearing Argent a Cross Gules. blazon or coat of arms of the de Vere family Of the Original, Descent, Possessions, Alliances, Actions and Arms, of the House of Vere, which were Lords of Addington and Thrapston. THE VERES that were Lords of Addington and Thrapston had their Original from Sir Robert de Vere, who was second Son to Aubrey Earl of Guisnes, Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First, and Lord Chief Justice of England. Which granted, it will not after be denied, but their extraction was as great, as any thing, from whence an English Subject could derive. I shall not enter upon exaggeration of the Greatness, and advantages of the House of Oxford, they having been such, as with which, I think, few other can be comparable; but leave them to some fortunate Author, who by faithfully exposing their truths unto the world, may do himself honour, and the Nation too: I shall only pursue what may concern those Veres of which I treat, and with whom I came to be acquainted, by perusing the Evidences in the House of Drayton; and unto this Family, I am obliged to tell the Reader, that I think there does belong, an attribution of as much Honour and Esteem, as any of their Quality could pretend unto. They have always produced Knights famous for their prowess, for their fidelities, and for their prudence; They appear in many considerable expeditions abroad; in France, in Palestine, in Scotland, in Wales, in the most notable Offices at home, Governing under their Princes the Countries where they lived. They enter into the most eminent Alliances, with the Houses of Wake, Bassett, Seagrave, Clifford, and De la Souche; and they have always possessed many great Manors, and noble Lordships. Besides which, in the whole space of their durance here, there remains not on their memories the least spot of reproach or prejudice; but, as all things are ordained to have an end, it was the fortune of this House to terminate in the Lady Elizabeth Vere, Daughter and Heir to the last Sir Henry Vere, who being married to John the first Lord Mordaunt, brought into his Family the Honour, the Blood, the Lands, and the Arms of this House; which were of Vere, charged on the Centre with a Shield, bearing Argent a Cross Gules, always born by the Lords of this Family, in memory of their Ancestor Sir Robert de Vere, who was slain, with his General, in a fight in Palestine, being at that time Standard-bearer to William Longespé, the famous Earl of Salisbury, that was Grandson to King Henry the Second, and the fair Lady Rosamond. AUBREY de VERE, Earl of Guisnes, Chief Justiciar and Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First. AUBREY de VERE Earl of Guisnes, was Chief Justiciar of England under King Henry the First, which in that time was the greatest Office of the Crown; whoever was invested in it, did exceed all the Noblemen in dignity, and in power all the Magistrates. And he was also Chamberlain to King Henry the First, after the death of Robert Mallet. Besides the other great possessions which his Father Earl Aubrey the elder, and himself had acquired at the Conquest, he held the Lordships of Drayton, Luffwyck, Islip, Slipton, Addington and Twyvell in the County of Northampton. This Aubrey was among the great men of his time, in the highest esteem for wisdom, and experience; and always lived of nearest use, and Counsel to those Princes, with whom he was Contemporary. He was sent in the fourth year of King Stephen to that memorable Council of Winchester, unto which the King himself had been cited by his own Brother, then Bishop of that See, where with great force and eloquence he pleaded the King's Cause in defence of his imprisoning certain Bishops, which was there laid to his Charge. But it fell out, that in the succeeding year he was slain in London in a tumult raised by the Seditious Citizens. He married Adeliza the Daughter of Gilbert of Clare, by whom he had Issue Aubrey de Vere the first Earl of Oxford. Sir Robert de Vere. Roetia Vere, the Wife of Jeffery de Magnavilla Earl of Essex. MY business being to deduce the Descent of the Veres that were Lords of Drayton and Addington, and not of the Earls of Oxford, I am obliged to return to ROBERT de VERE, the second Son of the forementioned Aubrey, to whom his Father left for his provision and Inheritance, the Lordships of Drayton, Luffwyck, Slipton, Islip, both the Addingtons, and the Land of Twyvell; which latter they had held of the Abbey of Thorney. We find this Robert in a Charter of his under the stile of Robert the Son of Aubrey the King's Chamberlain, did acknowledge to hold the Land of Twyvell; for so long as he should live, from Robert the Lord Abbot of Thorney and the Monks of that House, by the same Covenants under which his Father before him held the same; and that for the Tenths of the five Carucates, which his Father had given to Saint Mary of Thorney, to wit, of Drayton, Islip, and Addington, that were of his dominion, he did grant the same to God, Saint Mary, and the Monks of Thorney. There is extant of his another Charter, wherein by the name of Robert the Son of Aubrey; in the first year of the Reign of King Henry the younger, in the presence of his own Son Henry, he did quit-claim the Manor of Twyvell to the Monastery of Thorney; which gift was after confirmed by Pope Alexander the third. He was one of the most faithful and vigorous assertors of the interest and pretences of Matilda the Empress, and the Prince her Son, against King Stephen, during the heats of all the differences appertaining to that contest; and of such esteem were the effects of his Valour, and generous endeavours, as obliged that Princess to promise him a Barony valuable with that given to Jeffery de Vere, and other Lands of equal consideration within a year after she should come to enjoy the Realm of England. He Married Matilda the Daughter of the Lord Robert de Furnell, with whom her Father gave in free Marriage divers Lands in Cranford; by whom he had Issue Sir Henry de Vere. And William de Vere. HENRY the Son of Robert de Vere, that was Lord of Drayton, Addington and other Lordships, was bred up under the care and conduct of his Cousin, the great William de Magnavilla, Earl of Essex and Albemarle, who was the Son of Roesia de Vere Countess of Essex, his Father's Sister. Henry de Vere did give himself to a dependence upon this Earl, who was a man of great military fame in that time, and from his example and precept became a Knight of much renown and valour. For his first essay in Arms, he slew with his own hand, Ralph de Vaux, in an encounter near the City of Gysors, who was the Son of a great Lord that would have fortified a strong House of his too near the Borders, and had besides injured his Cousin the Earl of Albemarle, the King's Chief Governor in those parts; the words are, verbis dehonestavit amaris. He was made Constable of the Castle and City of Gysors, where he commanded with much reputation, till that after the death of his Father he was called home to the care of a considerable fortune of his own, where we find him afterwards to have been one of those that sided with King John, being then but Earl of Moriton, against the proud Bishop of Ely, whom King Richard had left behind him to govern the Land in his absence, being by the same Bishop, amongst divers others of the great Lords of that time, excommunicated. He had in Marriage, with one of the Daughters of a great Lady, whose name was Hildeburga ....... the Manor of Mutford, and thirty pounds' Land in Ampton, which she held of the Barony of Bouden, that did belong to her Father Baldwin of Boxo, a great Lord of that time. Their Issue, Sir Walter de Vere Lord of Drayton. Sir Robert de Vere Lord of Addington. WE find not any Lands were left by his Father unto ROBERT the second Son of Sir Henry de Vere; but it is to be esteemed that he inherited no small part of his Virtue and his Valour, since his own merits acquired him such a fortune, as was sufficient to maintain his descendants in much splendour and reputation for many Ages. He was bred up to that renowned calling wherein every well born man aspired to an excellence, in that heroic Age: Fame in Arms being an Ornament, without which no great man could appear with any advantage: but it was the subsistence and only hopes of their younger Brothers. And herein this Robert did succeed so well, as he became the Favourite to the great Warriors of that time, from several of which he received great gifts of Lands, whose values were in that Age very considerable, to engage him in their interests and dependence, as those in Dalentune from the Lord Jeffery de Lucy, the Lordships of Addington and Twyvell from his Uncle William de Vere, and the noble Lordship and Market Town of Thrapston from the Lord Baldwin de Wake in Marriage with his Aunt the Lady Margaret, to which King Henry the Third did after in his favour, and in the twenty ninth of his Reign, grant by his Charter divers liberties and privileges. After the death of his first Wife he contracted a new Marriage with a Lady whose name was Elena, that is conjectured to have been of the highest quality, from her Seals, her stile, the compliments used towards her in the applications of Ranulph Earl of Chester, Jeffery of Lucy, and other of the greatest Lords, by whom in their deeds she was ever treated with the stile of Nobilis Domina Elena de Vere; and it is believed she was that Elena the Daughter of Roger de Quincy, the last Earl of Winchester, and Widow to Alan de la Zouch, a great Lord in the Counties of Leicester and Northampton, by the interest she had in several Lands of those shires belonging to that Family; as also by other probabilities collected from a Letter that is extant, and a rare Antiquity, of her Sisters the Lady Margaret, Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, to this Sir Robert her Husband being on his Voyage to the Holy Land. The friendship he had contracted with the Famous William Longespé, Earl of Salisbury, natural Grandson to King Henry the Second, who had been chosen Captain of those English that were sent unto that enterprise, could not suffer so illustrious an undertaking to be unaccompanied with his Sword. He attended that Prince in quality of his Standard-bearer, and was slain together with his Captain in that unfortunate Fight, where the Christians did receive so great a defeat under the Command and Conduct of Robert Earl of Artois, the French Kings Brother. Particular honours were done to the memory of Sir Robert de Vere by the greatest Men of that Age, and there was ever after retained for the Arms of his Successors, Lords of Addington and Thrapston, in a Shield Argent a Cross Gules, which in order to that War he had assumed, and in memory of the occasion wherein this their Ancestor had fallen with so much glory. His Issue, Sir Baldwin de Vere. Sir John de Vere. THE Lady Ellen, being then the Widow of Sir Robert de Vere, applied her whole thoughts to the good and advantage of her Children, the dear remainders of so noble a Husband; to which end she contrived to establish BALDWIN, the eldest of them, in an Alliance with the Lord Gilbert de Seagrave, at that time the Chief Subject in England, by reason of his Office, which was great Justiciar, and a man, besides, in extraordinary favour with the King: Which Gilbert contracted with her, for the Marriage of the said Baldwin with his Daughter Margaret, obliging himself to give her a hundred Marks for her consent thereunto, and, as a Portion to her Son, his Lands in Aleby and Melton in the County of Leicester. With the years of the young Baldwin de Vere, there grew up in his mind all those inclinations for Arms and Piety, to which the Knights of his House had been so accustomed, and the Fields of Palestine were the scenes whereon these virtues were usually presented. In the company then of other Heroic Pilgrims, he went thither to pay his first vows, and to win his Spurs; where, after several generous adventures, the effects of two years spent in that hazardous warfare, he returned to his own House, to enjoy the esteem and honour he had acquired. After which he received from the grant of Ralph the great Earl of Chester, the Lordship of Tywa, and seventeen Virgates of Land in that Town, with all the men, holding the same and their sequels: Which gift was after confirmed by particular Charter from King Henry the Third. He had likewise from the Lord Robert Fitz Walter the Land of Bishopscote, to hold by the service of half a Knight's Fee; Besides other testimonies of the love and value of divers great Lords of that time. There is likewise extant an Agreement between him and the Lord Abbot of Peterborow about the liberties of Thrapston, concerning which there had been a difference; And as the last testimony of him, there is extant a Charter from Henry the Lord Abbot of Croyland, granting him liberty to erect a Chapel in his Court at Addington, upon certain conditions. His Issue, Robert de Vere. Baldwin Vere. SIR ROBERT de VERE was a Minor at the death of his Father, thereby becoming a Ward for his Manor of Addington to his Cousin Sir Baldwin of Drayton, under whose conduct having passed those years which were to bring him to lawful age, it appears he was much bound to him for his Education, which produced such generous qualities, as made him very considerable. He applied himself much to the War, which we find by the appearance of his name in several Lists of those Knights that accompanied King Edward the First in his Expeditions into Wales and Scotland. He exercised the Office of High Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the thirtieth year of that King; and he died seized of the Lordships of Thrapston, of Addington, of Sudburgh, of Melton, of Tywa, of Twyvell, of Bishopscote, and other Lands and Lordships. He had Married Anne the Daughter of Sir Roger of Watervill, by whom he had Issue, Randal de Vere. RANDAL or RANULPH de VERE, after the death of Sir Robert his Father, became possessed of all his Lands and Lordships. And in the third year of King Edward the Third, we find him to have been summoned by the King's Justices, to answer, by what Warrant he held and exercised certain Customs and Liberties in his Lordship of Thrapston; Which upon his appearance, and production of the Charter, were reserved, and he dismissed. In the ninth year of the same King an Inquisition passed upon the value of his Lands in Thrapston and Addington; and in the twelfth, by his Charter dated on the Friday, being the Feast of Saint Edmund, he granted and gave to the Lord Henry, then Bishop of Lincoln, and to Agnesse that was the Wife of Sir Richard de Waldgrave, the custody of the Lands and Tenements which the said Richard had held of him in the Town of Twyvell, that did belong to him, by reason of the minority of Thomas the Son of the said Richard and Agnesse; as likewise the Marriage of the said Thomas, for a certain sum of Money paid to him by the forementioned Lord Henry and Agnesse. The Wife of Sir Randall de Vere was ...... Their Issue, Sir John de Vere. Sir Robert de Vere. Randal de Vere. Idonea de Vere. JOHN de VERE in the life time of his Father Sir Ranulph, being as then but young, was married to a Lady whose name was Alice Clifford, and for his subsistence settled in possession of the Lordship of Twyvell and other Lands of his Father's Inheritance. But the spirit and inclinations of this House being predominant in his nature and disposition, they would not suffer him to remain at home, but postposing to the love of Honour and the War, all considerations of ease, and interest, he followed the noble King Edward into his first Wars with France, where for his service he acquired the honour of Knighthood; and after having given extraordinary proofs of his valour, in divers occasions, it was his fortune to be slain in the famous Battle of Crecy, among other Heroes who fought in that place for the honour of their King and Country, and leaving no Issue behind him, he was succeeded by his Brother Sir Robert de Vere. BY the death, without Issue, of Sir John de Vere, we find that his Brother ROBERT came to inherit the Lordships of Addington, Thrapston, Sudburgh, Melton, Aleby, Kemington, Hokenhanger, with the rest of the Lands and possessions belonging to that House. There were several transactions that passed between the Lady Alice de Vere, that was the Widow of his Brother, and him, about agreements for settling of her Thirds in the Lordships of Thrapston, Addington and other places, which were performed with much mutual respect and Justice on either side, and at last ended in a fair accord and composition for the whole. Several other marks there do remain of the Justice, Oeconomy and Prudence of this Robert de Vere, whom we find to have married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Robert de Northburgh, and to have deceased in the three and fortieth year of King Edward the Third, leaving Issue, Robert de Vere. Baldwin de Vere. ROBERT the Son of Robert de Vere, Lord of Addington and Thrapston, being a minor at the death of his Father, had his Wardship purchased by his Mother, the Lady Elizabeth Vere, of Edward the black Prince, for the sum of twenty pounds, who by his Charter, which is extant, did grant the custody of his Lands, with his Marriage, to his dear and well beloved Elizabeth, that was the Wife of Robert de Vere, (those are the words of the Deed) on condition, it might be without disparagement. There are remaining Covenants hereupon agreed unto, between the said Robert and his Mother; as also a Petition from the said Lady to Queen Isabel, for her protection against Sir Henry Greene, a man of great power, by whom the Minor and herself were oppressed in some circumstances, of the rights that did belong unto them. When this Robert had attained to man's estate, he confirmed to his Uncle's Wife, the Lady Alice de Vere, the agreement had been made with her by his Father. He became afterwards much considered from his Virtue and noble qualities; and in the eighteenth year of Richard the Second he served his Country in the Office of High Sheriff, and did much adhere to the King in those difficulties which happened in his Reign. Yet there fell out about this time a quarrel between him and a Knight of great Authority, called Sir Edmund Noon, on whom having made an assault, wherein the said Edmund was wounded, it caused him trouble for a time, and an Imprisonment in the Fleet upon pretence of the Riot; but the matter being composed by Friends, he afterward recovered the King's grace, and his liberty. He Married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir John de Tay, of a noble Family, and descended from ancient Barons of that Name; by whom having had but one Daughter called Margaret, he gave her for Wife to Thomas Ashby Lord of Lovesby in the County of Leicester, with his Lordships of Thrapston and Addington, to them and the heirs of their bodies; but it falling out that she died without Issue: His Lands he had settled upon them returned to his Brother Baldwin and his heirs, as being his lawful successors. SIR BALDWIN de VERE, being for many years a younger Brother, applied himself to the Wars and a dependence upon great Princes for the support of his fortune. We find him in the fourth year of King Henry the Fourth, to have been Lieutenant Governor of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey, under that noble Prince Edward Earl of Rutland and of Cork, and who was afterwards Duke of York. He followed this illustrious Hero in all the succeeding Wars of that Age, and fought by his side at the time he fell with so much glory, in the famous Battle of Agincourt; after whose death he had confirmed unto him by King Henry the Fifth an annuity of twenty marks by the year, that had been granted to him by that Duke for his life, out of his inheritance in the Customs of Linen, Leather and Skins in the Port of Kingston upon Hull, to be received at the hands of the Collectors thereof, during the Minority of Richard the Son of Richard late Earl of Cambridge. After this, his fortune, or rather his settled affection to the relations and interests of the House of York, carried him into the Kingdom of Ireland, where in the second year of King Henry the Sixth he was constituted Treasurer of his Liberties by the Lord Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and Ulster, and at that time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which by his Letters Patents that are extant, and other testimonies, does appear. After the death of the Earl of March, and the return of Sir Baldwin Vere into England, the fortunes of Love as well as those of Arms did contribute to the advantage and establishment of this worthy and industrious Knight; for he fell into the favour of a young Lady, the Daughter and heir of Sir John Kingston alias Mohun, who brought him the Manors of Barkloe, Overhall and Hoakenhanger that were of her inheritance. And in conclusion, his Brother's Death without Issue male made him possession of the Lordships of Thrapston, Addington and the other Lands belonging to that Family: So as having no more to desire at the hands of fortune, he departed this life full of years and happiness, leaving Issue Sir Richard Vere Lord of Addington and Thrapston. Elizabeth Vere. Amy Vere. AFTER the decease of Sir Baldwin de Vere, RICHARD his Son came to inherit the Estate and interests of that Family. He met with some trouble in the beginning about this accession which came to his Father for want of Issue male from his Uncle Sir Robert de Vere, who notwithstanding had made over the Lordships of Addington and Thrapston to certain trusties for the security of the Portion promised to his Daughter Margaret that had been married to a Gentleman of consideration, one Thomas Ashby of the County of Leicester. And these trusties happening to be men of the highest rank, and of most power in the Kingdom (as the Earls of Hereford and Stafford, the Lord Beaumond, the Lord Cromwell and the Lord Zouch) and not a little partial to Thomas Ashby and his Wife Margaret, it was no easy matter to procure a resignation of their interest. But his Cousin Margaret coming to die without Issue, and having given testimony of her desire to have justice done unto her lawful successor, those noble Lords were induced upon some fair agreement with Thomas Ashby to redemise to Richard de Vere the Manor of Aldington and the other Lands wherein they had been formerly enfeoffed. Soon after this Richard de Vere was settled in his fortune, he contracted an alliance in the Family of Greene, the most considerable among the Gentlemen of that tract, by marrying Isabel one of the Daughters of John Greene, who styled himself Lord of Herdwick in the days of his Brother Ralph that was Lord of Drayton, and from whose death without Issue male his descendants came to be possessed of a great and noble Patrimony. The great Lords of the Church being no easy neighbours in that age, from their exceeding interest and authority, and this Sir Richard de Vere being a man of a great spirit, and of a Family unaccustomed to unreasonable submissions, there arose a contest between him and the Lord Abbot of Croyland, which made much noise, about certain bordering pretences: How it was ended does not appear; but soon after this Sir Richard de Vere departed this life, leaving Issue by his Wife Isabel Greene, Sir Henry de Vere. Baldwin Vere. Constance, Married to John Butler Lord of Woodhall. Elizabeth Vere, Married to William Dounhalle. Margaret Vere, Married to John Verners of Essex. Amy Vere, Married to John Ward of Irtlingborow. Elena Vere, Married to Thomas Isham of Pitchtsley. HENRY the eldest Son of Sir Richard Vere, with the Estate of his Father inherited the Suit and Difference with the Lord Abbot of Croyland, and by his endeavours to defend his interests in that affair, he incurred the displeasure of King Richard III. which was particularly testified in a Letter to himself, and in some others from certain Lords of his Council. Several rigours he suffered from this King, joined to the indignation of Mankind, that had been drawn upon him by his injustice and cruelty, incited Sir Henry Vere to be particularly active in the introducing of King Henry the Seventh, to whose service he brought a resolute Band of his Tenants and Countrymen, at whose Head he fought himself, in that decisive Day, where at Bosworth the unhappy Richard lost both his Kingdom and his Life: He thereupon received the Honour of Knighthood, at the hands of the victorious King; and because of his fidelity and interest, was made High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in that first year of his Reign. He married Isabel Tresham, the Daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham, who was Lord of Rushton, and of a Family at that time very considerable in the Country where they lived, for their Riches and Authority, by whom he left only five Daughters, Elizabeth Lady Mordaunt. Amy, married to Robert Mordaunt, and after to Humphrey Browne, Son of Sir Wistan Browne of Abess Roading. Constance, to John Parr Lord of Horton. Etheldred Married to John Brown, that was a Judge. Audrey, who died unmarried. ELIZABETH the first of the Daughters and heirs of Sir Henry de Vere, was about the eleventh year of King Henry the Seventh Married to John the eldest Son of that Sir John Mordaunt, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Privy Councillor to that King. There came unto her by composition with some of the partners, and want of Issue in other, the greatest part of the interest of these Sisters; and indeed it was a large Inheritance, composed of the Lordships of Drayton, Luffwyck, Islip, Slipton, Sudburgh, Thrapston, both the Addingtons, Grafton, Hardwick, Werminster, and sundry other Lands. She also brought into her Husband's House the Blood and the Arms of the Noble and Ancient Families of these Veres, of the Green's of Drayton, and of the Mauduits that were Lords of Werminster. She was a fortunate Lady, left a numerous Posterity, and from her is lineally descended and is heir and Successor, the present Earl of Peterborow. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors AUBERY DE VERE Earl of Guisnes. Chief justiciar of England & great Chamberlain to King Henry the 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 Earl of Essex. Sr. Henry de Vere. Hildeburga. Sr. Robert de Vere. Margaret de Wake. Walter de Vere. Ld. of Drayton. Lucia Basset. Sr. Baldwin de Vere. Margaret de Seagrave. Sr. john. 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. 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. Isabel Greene. Elizabeth de Vere. Amy de Vere. Elena de Vere. Thomas isham. Ld of Pichfley. Ann de Vere. john Ward. Ld of Irtlingborow Margaret de Vere. john berner's. Elizabeth de Vere. William Dounhall. Sr. Henry de Vere. Isabel Tresham. Baldwin de Vere. Constance de Vere john Boteler Ld. of Woodhall. Constance de Vere. john Par. Elizabeth de Vere john Ist. Ld. Mordaunt. Amie de Vere. HumphryBrowne. Etheldred de Vere. john Browne. john 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 Authentic 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 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 King's 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 eye 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 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 Sheriff's Office for the Counties of Surrey, Cambridge, Huntingdon, 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 King's 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 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 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 Liudenea, & 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 Son 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 Fortify a Castle in a Village that belonged to him called Walls, situate between Try and guysor's. Whereupon Henry de Vere Constable of guysor's 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 Walls came forth, and encountered with him in the Field, insomuch that Ralph the Son of Sir Richard de Walls 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, etc. 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, 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 Mustaffa, 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 & Nicholas 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, Nicholas Parsona de Boby, Radulpho de Rippinghall Clerico, Radulpho Itone, Nicholas Portar, Willielmo de Puriters, Albano de Cellare, Nicholas 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. seal of Adelina de Rodlos SIGILLUM 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. SIGILLUM DNI BALDEWINI DE WAC seal of Baldwin 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 letters 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 Englishmen 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 Battle, 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 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. tomb of Sir Robert de Vere 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. SIGILLUM DNAE HELENAE DE VER seal of Helena de Vere 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. seal and secret seal of Ralph, earl of Chester and Lincoln SIGILLUM RANULPHI COMITIS CESTRIAE ET LINCOLNIAE SECRETUM 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 & 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. seal of Robert de Morley SIGILLUM DNI ROBERTI FILIUS 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 successiuè 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 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, Nicholas 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 successiuè 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. 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 successiuè 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 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 Mustaffa, 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 Mustaffa, Bartholomaeo de 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. seal of Baldwin de Vere SIGILLUM 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 Mustaffa, 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. SIGILLUM ROBERTI DE VER seal of Robert de Vere 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 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. RANULPH de VERE, first of that Name, Lord of Thrapston, Addington, Twyvell, Sudburgh, Tywa, Melton, and other Lands and Lordships. The Privileges 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, etc. 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, etc. 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, etc. cuidam Baldewino, ut Filio & haeredi; Et de ipso Baldewino, cuidam Roberto, ut filio & haeredi; Et de ipso Roberto descendit praedictum Manerium ad quod, etc. isti Ranulpho, ut filio & haeredi, etc. 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, etc. 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, etc. 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, etc. Ad quem diem venit praedictus Ranulphus, & similiter Juratores, qui di 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, etc. 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 term 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 Michael 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 Mark 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 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. seal of Ralph de Vere SIGILLUM RANULPHI 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 l vi s 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 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 xviij s viijd. SS Summa totalis xxxiiijl l xv s 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 Cook 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 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. Saluâ 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, Simon 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 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. seal of Robert de Vere SIGILLUM 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 Grace, liberorum tenentium ejusdem Manerii, ac etiam redditus & servitia Johannis Vineter, Johannis at 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 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. seal of Alice de Vere SIGILLUM 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 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 chamberlain 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 heirs & à ses assignes à tote la vie l'avantdit Alice, lafoy tierce party des Molynz & Weretz de Thrapston, & la tierce party de Molyn de grant Addington, que est appelle le Tip, 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 heirs & says assigns 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 party des Molyns de Thrapston, & quatuor sou pur la tierce party del Molyn de Addington, à quatre termes de l'an, au ceo est à scavoir, à la Feste de Saint Michael, Nowell, Pasque, à les Festes de Saint Pier & Paul par esgales portions. Et le dit Robert pur luy & ses heirs voet & grant, que si l'avantdit rent en parte ou en tout apres nulle des termes par une quinzaine soit arere, que bien lyse à la dite Alice ou ses Assigns, en les Molyns avantditz destreyndre, & per tout, & en touz ses altres terres & tenementzes en Thrapston, en qui mayns qu'ils devignent, & la distress enchaser, & detenir, taunt que gree soit fait à plain, ou que lyse à la dite Alice, ou à ses assigns, en la tierce party des Molyns avantditz, si la rent avantdit soit arere par une quarter de l'an a pres nulle term assigné, entrer & retenir à sa volunte; ou altrement la ou l'avantdit Alice tient del dit Robert certain terres & tenementzes 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 retain de valy à taunt de la rente le dit Robert, saunz nulle debat ou contredit del dit Robert, ou de ses heirs. Et l'avantdit Alice grant, que William Sade, & Johan Asselyn entrent en les bondes le dit Robert, de fair les Fosses des Molynz de Thrapston avantdit, quel heure qu'ils seient par le Bayliffe le dit Robert reasonablement requis, & mester soit, ou leurs ancestor's souloit fair. Et le dit Robert voet & grant 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 touse altres, sans les blees quex sunt en molaunt. En tesmoignance de quele chose à ceste Endenture le parties enterchangeablement ount mis les Seales, pur queux tesmoignes Edmund le Clerk, John Matthew, John Croyl & Edward Sun 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 & less 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 baptist, Saint Michael & Nowell, & le premier terme de payment comenceaunt à la Feste de Pasque procheyn ensuivant apres la fesaunce de cestes, sur tiel condition, que la dite Alice terre à nullie lesesera in de mettera duraunt le terme avantdit ne Courts, ne let saunz licence l'avantdit Robert ou ses heirs: Et l'avantdit Alice sustendra à ses custages demeigne le Pinfold, le Pilloir, & le Tumbrel en auxi bon estate come elle les recoivent, ou en meliore. Et l'avantdit Robert ad bail au dite Alice le Standard de Bussell & Potell & de Alne, enseales deal seal de la Marchancie, pur estre rebaile à luy apres le decease Alice, ou altres per iceles: Et la dite Alice eyt toutz les comodites & emprovementzes des avantditz Courts & Letes come de pleas & purchaz, weyves & strays, & altres comodites as Courts & Letes apurtenauntzes, duraunt le term avantdit; for'rs prize guards, marriages, fyns & entrés porter, homages, relef, legerwic, & redemption de neifes des tenauntz le dit Robert. Et la dit Alice voet & grant, que si elle preigne amerciament ou fin outraiousement de nul des tenauntzes l'avantdit Robert, que sell outrage seit redressé par le dit Robert & sound bone counseil solone ley & reason. Et l'avantdit Alice voet & grante, si la dite rent de quarant sou 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, & verse luy retiner, oue totes les comodites & approvements au ditz Courts & Letes apurtenants, saunz contradit de nuluy. Et estre ceo l'avantdit Alice fei obligee & says heirs & says Executours au dit Robert & à ses heires en dix liures d'argent, si elle faile en nulle des Covenants l'avantdits à tener in form susdite. Et à ses Covenants susditz firmament à tener, l'avantdit Robert voet & grant 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 liures d'argent à payer. En testmoignance de quel chose à ceste party del Endenture verse 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 & says heirs les Courts & Letes avantdits oue toutz les profitz susditz à l'avantdit Alice à tote sa vie en la form susdite garranteront & defenderont. Estre ceo le dit Robert ad grant & less 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 heirs cink bussels de seel à deus terms de l'an, cest à dir, à la Feste de Penticost deus busseaux, & à la Feste Saint Michael 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 cornwall, & Count de Cestre, A touse ceux que cestes verrount ou orrount Saluz. Sachez, Nous, pour vingt liures a payer 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 Michael prochein ensuant dix marcz, & à la Pasque lors prochein ensuant, dix marcz, avoir, grauntez & venduz à noftre cheer & bien amée Elizabeth, que fut femme de Robert de Vere, la Garde du Corpse & des terres de Robert filz & heir du dit Robert, estanz en nostre main à cause de son meyndre age, à avoir & jovir tantque à plein age du dit heir, ensemble ove son marriage, à marier sans disparager, reservez à nous fees des Chevaliers, Advousons' des Eglises, Reversions, Forfeitures & 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. seal of Edward, prince of Wales (the Black Prince) 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 touse pointzes come ensuit. C'est à scavoir, pour ceo que l'avantdit Elizabeth en a fait gree & fin 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 donor, mesmes cestuy Robert grante & lealment promette qu'il ne voudroit ne voet marier, ne contract, de covenant Matrimonial à nul part fair, 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 dew maniere proué. Et si l'avantdit Elizabeth pregne talent de marier le dit Robert, & luy offer convenable Marriage 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 Marriage come devant & dit en est receive, mesmes cest Robert donnera & payera vingt liures de leal monoye, en aid del Marriage d'une de ses soeurs & filles d' Elizabeth à quelle qu'il sera par la dite Elizabeth en vie, ou par testement à coe fair 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 & ordnance 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 enfeoffs avesque Nadgaires son dit Baron, par quoy Robert le fils & heir 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 aider 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 leave couryer par icelles fossae, en le grant Rivere, & salvation de ses dites prées. Illeques ove la fosse, Henry Greene Chevalier qui oars 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 piece deal terre la dite Elizabeth illecques pour fair & enlarger les fosses de son molins awere, & la dite terre issint tient, contre la volunte la dite Elizabeth, à ses domages de cinquant liures. Et vous plaise pour l'amour de Dieu & en oevure 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 Auunculi 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 Holland 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. seal of Robert de Vere SIGILLUM 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 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 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 Holland 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 liures 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 liures 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 liures 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 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, etc. 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 chamberlain, 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 chamberlain, 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 Lovenham Domina sua Conjux cecidit Anna, Ind 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 Count 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 & deliuré pour nous & à nostre ceps & Commandment 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 sou; 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 sou; Item en leur despenses illeoques & des vingt quatre Mariners pour deux jours avec vittaille à eux deliure pour le mer quarante Shillings; Item deliures à les Mariners alantzes pour vous servir en la journée d'Ireland vingt deux Marcz six Shillings & vingt sou; 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 Auditors en soyent garrauntzes. 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 Michael 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 ewre de Charité. Carta Thomae Asheby. PAteat Universis per praesentes, me Thomam Asheby de Lovesby 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. seal of Thomas Ashby Sigillum thome assheby Carta Edmundi de Mortuo Mari, Comitis March & 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 Wellbeloved Baldewin Vere, Treasurer of our Liberty of March; the Earl of March and of Ulster, Lieutenant of Ireland. , We greet you well; And we wool and charge you, that you don send out Precepts to all Our Homagers wythinn our Liberte of Inithe, to come and do their homages unto Us at Trim upon Monday or Tewysday next coming without fail or excusation made the contrary. Writ 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 Saltsaler of Silver, one douzin Sponies, one guilt Kuppe standing with three Angels in the fotte, one white pese covered with a guilt knop, with two sengel peses; Item dicto Richardo two Brochis of Gold; Item Elizabethae Filiae meae one Saltsaler, one douzin Sponies, a guilt Kuppe enamylled with a say, one Pot of Silver standing, with three Brochis of Gold, and three Ringys' of Gold. Item lego Annae Filiae meae one Saltseller of Silver with guilt brinks, and a deck spice with one guilt fotte enamylled in the midst for Spice, guilt above with Levereds Headis one douzin Sponies, one Pot of Silver standing, one guilt Kuppe standing with a Bird on the Cover, another guilt Cupp standing with a knop on the Cover, an Ouche of Gold with an Egyle in the meddis set about with Stone and Pearl, 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 meorum. Item Ordino & constituto meos Executores praefatos Elenam, Willielmum, Willielmum & Johannem. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui. Dat' die & Anno supradicto. seal of Baldwin de Vere SIGILLUM 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 betwixt Thomas Asheby of Lovesby in the County of Leicester Squire on the on Party, and Richard Vere of Thrapston in the County of Northhampton on the other Party, Beareth witness, That where debate, strife and discord weren between the said Parties for the Manor 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 Manor of Hokenhanger in the Parish of Kympton in the County of Hertford; the which Manor the said Thomas claimeth to hold this of his life be a Feoffement made be Robert Vere squire to the said Thomas and Margaret his Wife, and to the Heirs of their Bodies lawfully begotten; for the which debate, strife, and discord be mediation of good friends the foresaid Thomas is agreed and accorded, that he shall release all the Right, Estate and Claim that he hath or claimeth for to have in the Manor of Addington abovesaid with the appurtenances, togedere with the advowson of the Church of Islip, to the said Richard and to his Heirs for evermore. And also the foresaid Richard is accorded shall confirm the Estate of the said Thomas term of his life in the Manor of Hokenhanger aforesaid without appeachment of Waste. Also the said Thomas granteth, That all those haven any Estate in the said Manors be him, sholen release to the said Richard and to his Heirs all the Estate and the Right that they have in the Manor of Addington abovesaid. Also the said Thomas granteth, That he shall deliver to the said Richard and to his Heirs all the Estate and the Right that they have in the Manor of Addington abovesaid. Also the said Thomas granteth, That he shall deliver to the said Richard a Deed, be the which Robert Vere granted an Annuity of five Marcks out of Thrapston to the said Thomas and Margaret his Wife, and all other deeds the which that he hath touching the Inheritance of the said Richard. Also the said Richard shall pay to the said Thomas twenty Pounds at the same day that the said Thomas and his Feoffees shall release their Estate and Right that they haven in the Manor of Addington with the appurtenances, togedere with the advowson of the Church of Islip abovesaid, to the said Richard and to his Heirs for evermore. Also the said Richard Vere and Richard Prittes shall be bounden to the said Thomas in an Obligation of an hundred Pounds to be paid at Martlemas next coming; to the which Covenants on the party of the foresaid Thomas well and truly to be performed, the foresaid Thomas bindeth him to the foresaid Richard in an hundred Pounds to be paid in the Feste of Pasche next coming. In witnessing of the which things to this part of the Indenture with the foresaid Richard remaining the said Thomas hath set to his Seal. Yeven in the Feste of Saint Hilary the Year of the Reign 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 Lovesby 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 Lovesby in Comitatu Leicestriae Armiger salutem in Domino sempiternam. Cùm Robertus Vere Armiger, Auunculus 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 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 Auunculus 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 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 eye 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. seal of Richard de Vere SIGILLUM 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 Sir, after due recommendation, pleaseth it you to wir, that by complaint of my Fermor Nicholas Hall I have conceived that the Tenants of the Town of Addington put him out and his fro pasturing in mine own several Pastures, letting and withstanding him to pasture with his Horse and Neat togedyr, saying, that he should not pasture with both togedyr, they in themselves doing the contrary; and upon this they drove his and pinned them in your Pound, where I as chief Lord having a Pound of mine own should have had the Prerogative of such pynning, and forfetts done in especial of mine own Fee, and several like as this case stondeth in. Wherefore I pray you to withdraw your hand of letting of my Right, and your Tenants alsoe that they attempt no more any thing in derogation of my Right, certifying you, that if you do, I shall show the Comyn Law against them to the uttermost that I can and may. And as for them that drove my Fermors from my several Ground and Pasture, and so kept them wrongfully in Pound, I shall remedy that deed by sewte of Comyn Law against 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 several Pasture in the swoon Field I and my Fermor being there shall take the firste Crop of the Gross with his Bestes, Horse and Neat togedyr, and I and he will so, and after that the Tenants of the Town in like wise. This Custom and usage have I known almost thirty Winters goon when I was steward, and since continued, which I will have and keep in continuance, or else it shall cost me as much as all the Land is worth. And the holy Trinity have you in his governance. 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 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 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 complained afore your Lordship and other of the King's Council against Harry Vere squire, of divers injuries and wrongs supposed that he should do to him in the coming of the King's Grace into this Lond, for the which injuries and wrongs the said Thomas had at that time a Privy Seal, and of his own offer and desire prayed me to set 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 so much as he was my Servaunt att the time, I, att a Sessions in the second Year of our said Sovereign Lord at Northampton, afore Sir Thomas Greene, John Throgmorton, Richard Knightly, and other Gentlemen there present, made a their own agreement and accord of matters, desires and greves depending betwixt the said parties, 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 should late surmiis unto your Lordship, that the said Henry should desire me to go to the house of the said Thomas in Rothewell att my going toward the King att his last Journay Northward, to slay or destroy the said Thomas; It was never so desired by the said Henry, nor noon of his, of me, nor of noon of mine, nor I never thought no such intent to him, nor to noon other, but according to the King's commandment, and his Laws, and thereto I shall be ready to answer as well for my declaration, as for the declaration of the said Henry in all the premises, whansoever it pleas the King's Highness, and your Lordship to command me. And Almighty God ever preserve your good Lordship to your most hearts pleasure. Written at Haroweden the four 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 slanderous. For the declaration of the troth of the premises, the said Henry saith, That the said Thomas Watts, before the said twenty sixthe day of August specified in the said Bill, that the said Compleynent in the days of King Richard (late in deed and not in right) King of England, took from the said Henry riotously with thirty persons defensibly arrayed certain Timber, Hey-Rekes, Peese-Rekes, with much other Stuff of Household, to the value of eleven Marks, and more; And alsoe the said Thomas in like riotous wise resevyd of the Rents of the said Henry ten Mark in Ekton, Barton and Wouleston within the Count of Northampton, for the which the said Henry complained to the King's Grace immediately after his first field; And it pleased the King's Grace among other of his Highness' Comandemen●s, to command the said Henry to bring the same Thomas to him to answer to the premises. And the said Henry by reason of the same Commandment, with two persons harnessed came from his first Felled unto the House of the said Thomas, to the intent to execute the Kings said Comandements, then and there being John Tresham Esquire, the Vicar of the said Town of Rothewell, John Dove, and one Cowper, and many others, and they knowing the premises, and knowing for troth, that the said Thomas of and in the premises and many other had offended the said Henry, desired the said Henry to take some reasonable weigh, and end with the said Thomas in eschewing further expenses and troubles. At the which time the said Vicar 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 recompense of such injuries as been afore rehearsed. All which matters, and every each 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 expense 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 Master Vere Shrese of Northamptonshire be this Letter delivered, etc. Master Shrefe, After due recommendation with my service in my most hearty manner, I pray you, that for as mikyl as the Farm 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 said Brother whom God hath called from this World nothing meddled with the gadring up of the deutes of the same, but only Richard Burton, like as he said unto you at Stamford but lately, that he would charge himself with them, and discharge my Brother in that behalf; It may please you in that manner-wise, and after that Form to make return of your Writte. And as for my Brother's Lyvelode within the Shire, 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 Shire; for that livelode that was my Moders in Warmington and elsewhere, she gaf hit to me twenty Year ago, and my Brother had never ado the with but by mine assignment and for mine behoof. In this and in other things concerning me and mine, I pray you show your kindly favour, and I shall so deal with you at our next meeting in Northamptonshyre, that ye shall hold you right 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 King's Grace with her, her eldest Son, a goodly young Lord. On Monday cum sevenyght the King is preposed toward Nottingham, there to tarry six or seven days, and from thence to take his journay toward York, etc. Yours to his power, Thomas Stoke. To his Worshipful Brother Henry Vere be this Bill delivered at Addington. Right Worshipful Brodyr, I recommend me unto you and to my Sister your Wife, hertily desiring to here of your welfares, the which Almighty God preserve to his pleasure and your hearts desire. Sure I have spoken with Master Catesby, and he hath promised me to be as friendly to you in your matter as he can. He is riding with my Lord Chamberlain this Morning toward the King. Watts calleth for the process, and therefore I went to Master Catesby this morning when he took his Horse, and feet a token from him to Watts, that he should cale noe more on the process till he come to Town again, and that shall be when the King come, and that shall be within fourteen days; and if ye come up then, he will see an end betwixt you and the other Gentleman the jew; and so I think best you do, for another man cannot labour your mattir so well to your intent as your self sure. As for your Suit against Beke, they have yeven you none Answer as yet. There is an Exigent out against Parson Edward Davy sure. I pray you remember my Brother Barners, for I sent him word, That ye would send him ten Pounds within fourteen days after Alhallow-Day. Brother, whereas you wrote unto me, that ye were not in hertes ease, ye have made me very heavy of that tidings; but I trust to God, in the next Bill ye shall send me better comfort. And sure at the reverence of God, whatsoever adverfityes befall you, take them lytely, and set them not to your heart, and then remedy them as ye think best: for if ye set them to your heart, ye shall hurt yourself, and that shall please such as be the causes thereof, and all such as love you not, and shall discomfort all such as be your friends and Lovers. Wherefore I will avise you to take that way that may comfort your friends and lovers, and displease your foes. No more to you at this time but, I shall be at your commandment both here and elsewhere be God's Grace, who have you in his kepeing. At London on Symond Judas is Evyn. Be your Brother and Servant, Baldwyn Vere. To my Right Trusty and Well-beloved Henry Vere Gentleman. Right Trusty and Well-beloved, I commend me unto you; And whereas I have perceived by my Right Well-beloved Sir Thomas Thornton Parson of Addington in the County of Northampton, how that he of late hath permuted a Benefice that he had in Northbeneflete in Essex for the said Benefice in Addington with oon Master John Ovyn late Parson there, and as he saith ye do now pretend, that a Grant was made unto you by the said Master John Ovyn in his time of the Farm of the said Parsonage of Addington for the space of a Year, which pretence I understand the said Master John Ovyn utterly denyeth, saying, that he never was agreeable thereunto, and how that ye have no writing thereof, but only that ye intent with strong hand to keep the said Farm against the will of the Parson there, and contrary to all good reason and conscience: Wherefore I pray you as hertely as I can, that as well for my sake, as in discharge of your own conscience, ye wool deal favourably with the said Parson, and to suffer him to occupy and enjoy his Benefice according to Right without your interruption, wherein you shall give me cause to be good Lord unto you in eny thing ye reasonably can desire me: And if ye do the contrary, the matter will be ferther attempted against you to your trouble and charge. Written the third day of March. Franceys Lovel. To my Trusty and Well-beloved Henry Vere Squier. TRusty and Well-beloved, I you well, and let you wit, that I am credibly informed how ye grevously and contrary to all right vex and trouble the Tenants and Inhabitants of the Town 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 shown it unto the King's 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 you none ease give he had so done. Wherefore I advise you from hencesorth no more to vex ne trouble the said Tenants and Inhabitants, but to leave such your wrongful dealing among them, and suffer them to have their Comunes and Herds as they have had in times past, for dread of that may ensue thereof; And that you will surcease of any more troubling with them, as I may say unto you gramercy at our next meeting. And if I understand that ye do the contrary, I shall provide a convenient remedy therefore. And alsoe as for such mattris as been depending betwixt you and my Servant Richard Clerc, I shall, when we next speak togedyre, see a remedy therein. Moreover that you will give credence unto the Bringer hereof, which is a Servant of the Kings and mine. Yeven under my Signet at the Manor of Shene the three and twentyeth day of May. John Viscount Welles. A Letter from the King to Henry Vere. To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Henry Vere Squier. By the King. H.R. TRusty and Well-beloved, we you well; And wots ye well, grievous complaint hath be made unto us on the behalf our trusty and well-beloved in God th'Abbot of our Monastery of Crowland, how, where he in the right of the said Monastery hath a Fermor and certain Tenants in the Town of Addington, ye without matter or cause sufficient, of your pure malice, not only at divers times heretofore have by your sinister means vexed and troubled the said Eermor and Tenants, 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 terms in the same; but as well put them daily in such fear of new trouble, that he is like to be destitute of any sufficient Fermor and Tenants to occupy the Manor and Tenements lying in the said Town at any time hereafter, to the utter impoverishing of our said Monastery, as we be informed. Wherefore we willing the said Abbot peaceably to enjoy the profits of our said Monastery as far as he ought of right to do, 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, wool and straightly charge you, if it be as is surmised unto us in this part, that ye not only dispose you lawfully to compound with the said Abbot for such injuries and offences as ye have attempted in this party contrary our Laws and good conscience, but alsoe at all times hereafter to suffer the said Fermors and Tenants now being and hereafter for to be, peaceably 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 premises, as ye wool answer unto us at your uttermost peril. Yeven under our Signet at our Town of Stamford the fourteenth day of March. To his Right Worshipful and Well-beloved Brother Sir Henry Vere be this delivered. Right Worshipful Brodyr, in the most hearty wise I commend me unto you; and Brodyr, I have sent unto you your Apron and Gussets of Mayse, I trust not appaired, and I thank you right hertely for them; and if it like you not to have them again, ye shall have for them what ye will think reasonable. And Brodyr, I have sent you be this the Bringer hereof the Copy 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 dedies concerning the Manor of Sywell with th' appurtenances. And Brodyr, I pray you to lend to me be the Bringer hereof five Marcks, that ye promised I should have had at the first payment; for ye promised me twenty Marcks, and I had but ten Pounds; And I pray you of all gentleness that I may have this five Marcks now, or else that ye will send me forty Shillings, for it would do me great ease now, and I have need thereof, and ye shall find me in all behalves as I have promised you with the Grace of Jhesu, who preserve you. Written at little Okely in haste on Saint Peter Eve. And I pray you that this Bill may recomend me to my Sister. Your loving Brodyr, John Tresham. To his Right Worshipful Brodyr Sir Henry Vere be this delivered. Right Worshipful Brodyr, in the most loving wise I recomend me unto you and unto my Sister your Wife. And Brodyr, whereas I sent you word by your Servaunt to have been with you as this day, I pray you to take it for noon unkindness that I come not, for I have such a soreness in my Throat that hit grevies me to speak or to swallow any thing, and the Weather is so farvent cold that I dare not aventure forth. And alsoe your Servaunt showed me that ye should understand, that I have sold more Londs in Northampton to Chauncey, and for certain so have I done. And though I help and ease myself with part of mine inheritance that is fee-simple, to bring me out of debt and danger, I pray you think not but that I hope and trust to God to have a Heir or Heirs of my Body lawfully begotten, though it fortune me not to have any by this Woman: And that I think not nor intent not if God fortune me to have such Issue, to disinheryte them nor noon other that shall fortune to be mine next Heir. But if God fortune me live, I purpose to leve them as much as I found, and more of mine own purchase with the Grace of Jhesu, who preserve you and yours both Body and Soul. Your loving Brodyr, John Tresham. To my Right Well-beloved Cousin Sir Harry Vere, Sheriff of the County of Northampton. Right Well-beloved, I commend me to you. Forasmuch as I am informed that John Robyns of Multon is vexed and troubled by certain persons there wrongfully and against Conscience, I will and desire ye that ye will secure the same John in his Right, and not suffer him so to be wronged, otherwise than may accord with Law and Conscience, so 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 Well-beloved cousin Sir Henry Vere. Right Well-beloved cousin, I comende me to you, thanking you for your good will and disposition showed to me by your Servant this bearer, whereby I understand that ye having knowledge that I sent for my Friends and Lovers, thought that I should have sent for you in like manner. I have therein shown my mind and intent to your said Servant, to whom ye may yeve credence in that behalf, not doubting but mine intent was, at such time as I would call such as be towards and retained to me, to have then sent for you; And so hereafter I intend to do, as well for you, as for all such other there as be towards me, whereto I desire you and theym to show your good wills, 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 Cousin Henry Vere Squier. Right entirely beloved Cousyn, I comende me hertely to you. And uless as I trust that ye think I take you for my kinsman, as ye may certainly be sure that I so do, and that I here by report that ye be gretely greved and vexed with sickness, whereof I am right sorry, howbeit I think by Godis Grace ye shall do right well. Nevertheless I understand that ye have young gentlewomen to your Daughters, which be my Kynneswomen, I therefore wool think that howsoevyr God dispose for you, that ye should be content that I might have the Rule and governance of them, or some of them, considering that they be of my blood, desiring you especially, that ye will so dispofe your self, not doubting but that I shall be as good Lord to them that ye wylle put in my Rule, and cherish theym, as I would do mine own, delyverryng the same to my right trusty Servaunt Thomas Lowthe, by him to be conveyed to me, yeving him credence alsoe in that he shall show to you ferther, according to my mind in this behalf. And Almighty God preserve you. Written at Colne the last day of April. Your Cousin, 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 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 true Christian people, 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 foresaid Henry my last Will and Testament is, That the Will of my Fadyr be performed, if any be behind. Alsoe I will, that six Pounds yearly be paid out of my Fee-simple-Land to my Chantre, for a Pressed there to sing for ever, for me and my Ancestors; I will, that my Obsequies be performed yearly be the same Pressed, and five Pence to be delivered to five poor men in the Worshepe of the five wounds of Christ, and once in the Year a ....... for all my Ancestors, and to deal five Pence to five poor people in the Worchepe of the five sorrows of our Lady. I will, that my Chantre Pressed say daily in the said Cherch or Cherchyard Placebo and Dirige, and our Lady's Psalter, except a lawful excuse let him. Alsoe I will, that my Tomb be made in our Lady's Chapel, with a Vault in the Wall, of Alybaster, and the Tomb of the same, with a Picter insolid on them. I will, that iii Trantalls' be song for me be my seventh day, whensoever it please God that I depart the World. Alsoe I will, that if I own any man any money, that it be paid; And alsoe if any man can or will say that I have done him wrong, or withhold any money from him in the way of bargaining or communing, let him be agreed with as ye here the Cause. Alsoe I will, that my Wife have twenty five Marks of Quitrent out of the Manor of Thrapston, Lands and Tenements, or twenty Pounds in Land during her life, and that she have twenty Mark in money for her Chambre, so that she ask, ne take no stofe, out of the Manor of Addington. Alsoe I will, that as in Sheep, Neat and allodyr Cattles she have her part according to the Law, and let her choose whedyr she will have twenty Pound in Land or the said Quit-Rente. Alsoe I will, that she have the two little Salts that go daily abroad, with the Silver Spoons, and a Pese that Thomas Ashe have. Alsoe I will, that all such Goods as I have in the Manor of Addington unbequest, remain to the said Manor while the World last, or the said Goods endure, that is to say, Bedding, Chests, Tables, Brass, Pewter, and a Coffer of Plate, with Harness, Gold Rings, Ouches, and a Chene of Gold, with other Jewels in the same Coffer. Alsoe I will, that my Dawter Elizabeth have the same Manor in part of her Chose, and all my purchased Land in the same Town, and also in Addington parva more than her chose, to meynteyn the said Manor. Alsoe I will, that my Dawters, Anne, Constance and Audre have an odyr Coffer called a Gardewyn, with certain Plate, a Chene, Girdyll, and odyr Stoffe, to be parted among them, when they come to Age; and if the one die, the t' other to departed it; than if one die, the tother to have all; if they all depart, the said Coffer to remain to the Manor again. Alsoe I will, that William Marbyry have the Rule and the guiding of my Children, till they come to Age to guide themselves. Alsoe I will, that the said William have the Receipts of my Land till the said Children come to lawful Age, alsoe the keeping of all other movable Goods, that I have bequeathed to them; and when they come to lawful Age, or else happyn to be married, then to deliver to them syche as I have beset them, as he think most profit to them. Alsoe if it hap the said William Marbyry decease ere all this be fulfilled and performed, than I will that the foresaid William Marbyry to choose or to assign such a person or persons as he can bethink best, with the avise of Mr. John Bloxham, if he be then alive, or else of Sir Thomas Thornton now Parson of Addington. Alsoe I will, that if it hap my Children all decease and no Issue of them, than I will that my Goods and Stoffe in my Manor of Addington, and odyr not delivered to them be sold, and done for my soul, and the souls of my Fadyr and my Modyr and all Christian souls: and if there be any of near kin, that have need in their Marriage, I will that they be holpyd, and succuryd before odyrs. Alsoe I will, that each of my Sisters have ten Shillings, and each 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, having for his Fee six and twenty Shillings eight Pence for term of life. Alsoe I will, that my Servaunts that will bide till our Lady Day shall have their Wages, and each of them three Shillings four Pence over their Wages. Alsoe I will, that John Daundely have every Year three Shillings four Pence to pray for me dureing his life. Alsoe any Pressed 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 trouble ne vex William Marbyry whom I have made Receyver of my lands and of all odyr Goods, for to call him to account or reckynning, but to make it after his own Conscience, and so 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 Master William Marbyry may not have the Rule ne the Marriage of my Children to such as he will with his counseil, so if any of my Children will not be ruled be him, than 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 soul. Alsoe I will, that William Dounhall have the Lond that I should have in Harawld, for the Wife of William Milner term of her life, as they of Harawld and I have agree. Alsoe I will, that mine Executors be suffered to receyve the profitts as well of all my Londs in fee-tail, as of my Londs in Fee-simple, ....... my Children to be kept and married be their assents, than I will all such Goods as I have assigned to remain in the Manor 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 see my children's disposition. Provided always, that and my said Executors may not have and receyve the revenue and profitts of Londs aforesaid to perform this my last Will, than I will they see it performed with my movable Goods, and the revenues and profitts of my Fee-simpul Lands. seal of Henry de Vere SIGILLUM 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. tomb of Sir Henry de Vere Here lieth the Body of Sr Henry Vere Knt. who was once Lord of this 〈◊〉 He was Father of Elizabeth, Wife to john the first Lord Mordaunt unto whom his eldest Daughter & Coheir) did decend the Greatest part of his Ancient & 〈◊〉 In heritance. On whose Soul God have Mercy. ELIZABETH VERE, Lady Mordaunt, Lady of Drayton, Thrapston, Addington, and Inheritrix of all the Lands that belonged to the Green's and Vere's her Predecessors. Specialis Liberatio Terrarum Greene & Vere assignata per Regem. H.R. REX, etc. omnibus, etc. 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 Parr & 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 Parr & 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 Constantia, 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 Parr & 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 Parr, & 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 Parr, & 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: Nolentes quòd praedicti Thomas Cheyne, & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Johannes Mordaunt, & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Robertus Mordaunt, & Amia Uxor ejus, Johannes Parr & Constantia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda, nec Haeredes ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parr, & 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 Parr & Constantia Uxor ejus, & Etheldreda, & Haeredes ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parr, & 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 Parr, 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 Parr & 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 Parr & 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 Parr & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae, & Haeredibus ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parr, & 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, Constantia Parr, & Etheldreda aetatem suam sufficienter probâssent, ac si ipsi Thomas Cheyne & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Johannes Mordaunt & Elizabetha Uxor ejus, Robertus Mordaunt & Amia Uxor ejus, Johannes Parr & Constantia 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 Parr & Constanciae Uxori ejus, & Etheldredae & Haeredibus ipsarum Elizabethae Cheyne, Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parr, & 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 ejus, Johannem Parr & 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 Parr & 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 Parr & 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 Parr & 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 Parr & 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 Parr & 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 ipsos Thomam Cheyne & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Johannem Mordaunt & Elizabetham Uxorem ejus, Robertum Mordaunt & Amiam Uxorem ejus, Johannem Parr & 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 Parr & 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, etc. 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 party; Margaret Countess of Wiltes, late Wife of Edward, late Earl of Wiltes, on the second party; 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 party; Richard Gilford Knight, controller of the Kings most honourable Household, Garden of Audre, youngest Daughter of Henry Vere, late of Great Addington in the County of Northampton Esquire, Son and Heir of Isabella Daughter and another of the Heirs of the said John Greene, and Sister and another of the Heirs of the said Herry Green 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 Parr, on the fifth Party; John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, oon of the King's 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 party; 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 party: Witnesseth, That where upon Communication and Agreement of Marriage had and concluded between Edward late Earl of Wiltes and the said Margaret Countess of Wiltes, It was fully covenanted, bargained and agreed, That the said Countess should have in Jointure for term of her life, Manors, Lands and Tenements of the same late Earl of such yearly 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 Countess should have in Jointure, for term of her life, Manors, 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 Yoves was made to the same Edward and Margaret, and to other persons for term of life of the same Margaret, to the use and behoof of the same Margaret, of the Manors 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 Manors, Lands and Tenements were sometimes of the Right Noble Prince Humphrey Duke of Bucks, Ail to the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes, and been of the yearly value of one hundred twenty one Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence: And towards the recompense of the residue of the said Jointure the said Edward late Earl and Margaret, and other, had Estate of the Manors of Wamiden, Empton and Moche Wolston in the County of Bucks, and Chalton in the County of Bedford; Which Manors, Lands and Tenements were sometimes of the said Herry Greene, and be of the yearly value of forty one Pounds ten Shillings eleven Pence. All which Manors, Lands and Tenements, as well such as were late of the said late Duke of Bucks, as of the said Herry, extend to the yearly value of one hundred sixty three Pounds four Shillings and three Pence. And so the said Margaret, now Countess, lacked of her Jointure to her belonging, by reason of the same Covenant, Bargain and Agreement, thirty six Pounds fifteen Shillings nine Pence. And whereas after that the said Earl in his life, for the tender favour and love which he had to the said Edward now Duke of Buckingham, was in very mind and fully agreed, that the said Jointure, Lands and Tenements, that were of the Inheritance of the said Duke of Bucks, should be changed, and that the said Margaret, now Countess, should have in recompense of them other Manors, 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 Felled Clerk now dead, of and in the Manors 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 county of Wiltes and Southampton, Buckworth in the County of Huntingdon, and Combton in the County of Cambridge, and of all other Lands and Tenements which sometime were of the said Constance late Wife of John late Earl of Wiltes, and Mother to the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes, in the said Counties of Northampton, Wiltes, Southampton, Bedford, Bucks, Huntingdon, 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 Manors of Wamiden, Emton, Mochewolston and Chalton in the Counties of Bedford and Bucks, and of divers other Lands and Tenements in the same Counties, the which late were of the said Harry Green to the said Edward and Margaret then his Wife, Johane Vicountesse Lesle, John Viscount Lesle, Thomas Grey Esquire, Thomas Kebell, one of the King's 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 term of life of the said Margaret, the Remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes; And of the residue of the said Manors, Lands and Tenements, whereof the said Robert Wittelbury and his Cofeffez were infeossed, they were satisfied thereof at the time of the death of the said Edward late Earl, and yet thereof be seized: And where alsoe the said Edward Duke of Bucks hath before this time pretended Title to part of the said Manors, Lands and Tenements, and other Manors, Lands and Tenements, late of the said Edward late Earl, of the Green's Lands, as Cosyne and next Heir to the said Edward late Earl, of the Faders side of the said late Earl: And where alsoe the same Countess claimeth to have dower of parcel of the same Manors, Lands and Tenements, over and beside her said Jointure: And where alsoe the said Richard, Alice Lady Fits Hugh, and John Mordaunt the Fader, as much as in them is, for their interest, for causes comprised in their Indentures, have promised to the said Sir Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife, that the said Sir Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife over and above the portion of the same Dame Elizabeth of the same Manors, Lands and Tenements, and of all other Manors, Lands and Tenements called the Green's Lands, shall have the Manor of Drayton in Drayton, the Conyngre and the Park of Drayton, and the Pasture there called the Ox Pasture, dureing the life of the said Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife; saveing the reversion thereof to the said Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy, Constance Parr, and Audree, and to their Heirs; Provided always that the same Sir Thomas nor Elizabeth shall do no waste in the same Manor and Park, nor cut down no Timber in the said Manor, Park or Conyngre: And where alsoe the said 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 said Sir Thomas is not entitled to have any part of the same Manors, Lands and Tenements, nor other premises, nor entitled to have any other Manors, Lands or Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Services, Woods, Avowsons', Franchises and Hereditaments, which at any time were of the said Costance late Countess of Wiltes, nor of the said Herry Greene Fader of the same Constance in England, Wales and Marches of the same, nor any part of them, but only dureing the life of the same Dame Elizabeth his Wife in her Right: Yet nevertheless for that the same Sir Thomas and Elizabeth, nor any of theirs shall not discontinue nor alien, put away nor departed, fro the said Manors, Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Avousons' and other premises within the Realm of England, Wales and the Marches of the same, nor fro any part or parcel of them, But that all the said Manors, Lands and Tenements and other the premises, immediately after the decease of the said Margaret Countess, and after the decease of the said Sir Thomas and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, shall descend, grow, go and come to the said Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy, Constance Parr, and Audree Vere, and their Heirs, in like manner and form, and of like Estate as the said Herry Greene was inheritable unto the same. It is agreed therefore between all and every of the said parties in manner and form following; That the said Margaret now Countess shall have and enjoy for term of her life the said Manors of Stamford-Rivers and Sutton in the County of Essex, and all other Lands and Tenements that late were of the said Edward, late Earl of Wiltes, in Stamford-Rivers and Sutton in the same county; And as much of the said Lands and Tenements in the said county called Tracies Peggislonde and Botellis, as with the said Manors of Stamford-Rivers and Sutton shall be of the clear yearly value of fifty Pounds above all charges, as well Steward's Fees, Bailiffs Fees, as other yearly charges; which Manors, Lands and Tenements were of the inheritance of the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes, descended to him by the said John late Earl of Wiltes his Fader, whose Heir to the same Manors, Lands and Tenements the said now Duke is. And the same Duke covenanteth and granteth by these Presents, That he shall make or cause to be made all the said Manors, Lands and Tenements of the yearly value of fifty Pounds before the sixteenth day of July next coming, as sure to the said Margaret or other to her use, dureing her life, as by the Counsel of the said Margaret shall be devised at her Costs and Charges. And for and in recompense of the residue of the said Duke of Bucks Lands which the said Margaret had in Jointure, and alsoe to make up her full Jointure of three hundred Marks, the same Margaret now Countess shall have the said Manors of Wamiden, Emton, Wolston and Chalton according to the Estate of her old Jointure thereof made; And alsoe the Manors, Lands and Tenements following, That is to say, the Manor of Grately in the county of Southampton, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes in Grately in the said County; The Manor of Westbury in the county of Wiltes, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the same late Earl in Westbury in the same county; The Manors of Ramides, Ringstede, Cotes, Stanwike and Harringworth in the county of Northampton, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the said late Earl in Ramides, Ringstede, Cotes, Stanwike and Harringworth in the same county; The Manor of Buckworth in the county of Huntingdon, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the same late Earl in Buckworth in the same county; And the Manor of Combton in the county of Cambrigge, and all Lands and Tenements that were of the said late Earl in Combton in the said county: All which Manors, Lands and Tenements in the said Counties of Bedford, Northampton, Buckingham, Huntingdon, Cambrigge, Southampton and Wiltes were of the Green's Lands. Except and always reserveing unto the said Sir Thomas Cheyne and Hizabeth his Wife, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye Mordaunt, Constance Parr and Audree Vere, and to the Heirs of the said Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye, Constance, and Audree, All Wards, Marriages and Avousons' belonging to the said Manors, Lands and Tenements, and to every parcel of them. All which said Manors, Lands and Tenements with the said Manors of Wamiden, Emton, Wolston and Chalton are delivered to the said Margaret Countess, for and instead of the yearly value of one hundred and fifty Pounds, over Charges, as well Steward's Fees, Bailiffs Fees, as other annual Charges. And the said 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 said Sir Thomas and the said Dame Elizabeth his Wife, and alsoe the said John Mordaunt the younger and Elizabeth his Wife, Robert Mordaunt and Amye his Wife, John Parr and Constance his Wife, and the said Audree Vere, and such as shall be her Husband if she be then married, and alsoe all such persons as were lately enfeoffed by the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes, or now be enfeoffed or seized of and in all the said Manors, Lands and Tenements sometimes of the said Herry Greene, afore the said sixteenth day of July next coming shall suffer the said Margaret Stafford Countess of Wiltes, Johan Lesle Vicountesse Lesle, John Grey Viscount Lesle, Thomas Grey Esquire, John Bretteyne Clerk, Thomas Frowyke Sergeant at Law, Edward Hungerford Esquire, Thomas Marrow and John Gardiner to recover against them the same Manors, Lands and Tenements, in such form and order, and all other things do and suffer to be done concerning the same recovere, as by the Counsel learned of the said Countess shall be avised, at the Costs and Charges of the said Countess; The same recovere to be to the use of the said Countess dureing her life, and after her decease of the one moiety of the same Manors, Lands and Tenements with th' appurtenances, for the considerations in these Indentures, to th' use of the said Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife for term of their life's only, and either of them longer living only, without impeachment of waste dureing the life of the said Elizabeth his Wife, and after their decease to th' use of the right Heirs of the said Isabel Vere Daughter of the said John Greene, in like manner and form and of like Estate as the Heirs of the said Herry Greene Fader of the said Constance late Countess was inheritable to the said Manors, Lands and Tenements; and of the other moiety of the same Manors, Lands and Tenements after the decease of the same Countess, to the use of the right Heirs of the same Isabel Vere Daughter of the same John Greene, in manner and form and of like tenure and Estates as is aforesaid of the other moiety of the same Manors, Lands and Tenements. And the said Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife, John Mordaunt the younger and Elizabeth his Wife, Robert Mordaunt and Amye his Wife, John Parr and Constance his Wife, and Audre Vere, and every of them, before the said sixteenth day of July next coming, shall further do, and suffer and cause to be done, to make the said Manors, Lands and Tenements afore apppointed to the said Countess sure to the said Margaret Stafford Countess of Wiltes, Johan Vicountesse Lesle, John Grey Viscount 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 aforesaid, as by the Counsel learned of the said Countess before the said sixteenth day of July next coming shall be advised, at the Costs and Charges of the said Countess. And over that is covenanted, bargained and agreed between the said Parties, that the said Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife dureing their lives shall have the Manor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park of Drayton, the Conyngre and the Oxe-Pasture; Provided that they shall therein do no waste. And over that, that the said Sir Thomas Cheyne and Elizabeth his Wife shall have for term of their lives only, and of every of them longest living, without impeachment of waist dureing the life of the said Elizabeth his Wife, the Moyte of all other Manors, Lands and Tenements within the Realm 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 said Manor of Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, and all the same Moiety of all other the said Manors, Lands and Tenements within the Realm of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, to go and grow to the right Heirs of the said Isabel Vere Mother to the said Herry Vere, and to their Heirs for ever, in manner and form, and of like Estate as the said Herry Greene had therein or was heretable to the same. And that the said Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy Mordaunt, Constance Parr and Audree Vere shall have the other Moyte of all the said other Manors, Lands and Tenements, in England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, to them and to their Heirs, in the manner and form and of like Estate as the said Herry Greene had therein or was inheritable thereunto. And that all such persons as were late inseoffed by the said late Earl, or be now seized or hereafter shall be seized of and in the same other Manors, Lands and Tenements in England, Wales or the Marches of the same, and of the said Manor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, with their appurtenances, shall be and stand feoffed and seized of the same to the same intents and uses aforesaid. And over that, that before the sixteenth day of December next coming shall not let John Fisher, one of the King's Sergeants at Law, William Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan Broun, John Mulso, and William Lane to recover all the same other Manors, Lands and Tenements, and the same Manor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, with th' appurtenances, against the said Elizabeth Cheyne, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amy Mordaunt, Constance Parr, and Audree Vere, and against all such persons as be or then shall be their Husbands, and against all Feoffez thereof, to their use, in such manner and form as shall be a vised by the learned Counsel of the said Sir Thomas, Sir Richard, Alice Lady Fitz Hugh and John Mordaunt the Father, at the Costs and Charges of the same Sir Thomas, the said Recoverez to be of the Moyete of all the said other Manors, Lands and Tenements, with their appurtenances, and of the said Manor of Drayton in Drayton, the Park, Conyngre and Oxe-Pasture, for the Considerations comprised in this Indenture, to the use of the said Sir Thomas and Elizabeth for the term of their lives, and either of them longest living only; And after their decease to the use and behoof of the right Heirs of the said Isabella Vere, of like Estate as is aforesaid; And of the other Moyete of the residue of the said other Manors, Lands and Tenements, to the use of the right Heirs of the said Isabel Vere, of like Estate as is aforesaid for ever. Provided always, that the said Margaret Countess of Wiltes shall have for term of her life, the said Manors, Lands and Tenements to her apppointed by these Indentures, and alsoe her Title and Interest of Dower of the Lands late of Thomas Tresham, any thing contained in these Indentures notwithstanding, and notwithstanding the said Recovere. And where the said now Duke hath before this time pretended right and title to such Manors, Lands and Tenements, as late were of the same Henry Greene, as Cousin and right Heir of the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes, of the Faders side of the same Earl, The said Duke now covenanteth by these Presents, that he in consideration of all the premises, ymediately upon the sealing of these Indentures, by his Fine and several Deeds sufficient in the Law, to be enroled on record, at the Costs and Charges of the said Sir Thomas, Sir Richard, Alice Lady Fits Hugh, and John Mordaunt Sergeant, shall release all his right and title in all the Manors, Lands and Tenements with th' appurtenances late of the said Herry Green within this Realm of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, to such persons, and to their Heirs, and in such wise and with warranty against the Abbot of Chester and his Successors, as the same Thomas, Richard, Alice and John shall name, at the Costs and Charges of the said Thomas, Richard, Alice and John, three, two or one of them. And the said Countess and all other persons having any thing to the use of the said Countess of and in the said Manors of Newton, Blosmevile, Clifton, Wathall, Brafield and Policote, and in all other Manors, Lands and Tenements which late were of the said Humphrey late Duke of Buckingham, and afterwards of the said Edward late Earl, except such as be apppointed to the said Countess by these Indentures, and except such Lands and Tenements as late were of Sir Thomas Tresham, shall, after the premises duly and truly performed by their several Deeds sufficient in the Law, release all their Title of and in the same (except before excepted) to the said now Duke, and his Heirs, and to such other as be now seized 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 Counsel learned of the said Duke, and his Heirs, at the Costs and Charges of the said Duke, and his Heirs. And the same Countess granteth by these Presents, that after the premises truly performed, and in consideration of all other things herein comprised, that she shall by her five several Deeds sufficient in Law, and to be enroled of record, release to the said 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 Manors, Lands and Tenements, that late were of the said Herry Greene, other than is apppointed to her by these Indentures, and except the Lands and Tenements late of the said Sir Thomas Tresham Knight, as shall be avised by the Counsel 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 said Sir Thomas Cheyne, Sir Richard, Alice and John Mordaunt the Fader. And the said Countess alsoe covenanteth and granteth by these Presents, that if the Grant of Annuity, yearly Rend or Fee of one hundred Shillings, going out of certain Lands and Tenements in the county of Northampton, granted to one William Pemberton, be now void, or fro henceforth dureing the life of the said Countess, by insufficiency of Patent, Surrender, or otherwise hap to be void or determined, that then ymediately after such avoidance, or determination, the said Sir Thomas and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye Mordaunt, Constance and Audree, dureing the life of the said Countess, shall have one hundred Shillings of Rent going out of the said Lands and Tenements, and that the same Countess and her Assigns, by Deed or Deeds sufficient in Law, shall upon a reasonable request to her made, make sufficient Grant of an hundred Shillings of Rent to the said 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 equal portions, dureing the life of the said Countess, with a sufficient Clause of distress in the same Deed for nonpayment of the same hundred Shillings Rend; With Proviso in the same Deed or Deeds, that the same Grant or Grants shall not charge the person of the said Countess; Of which Rent of one hundred Shillings the said Sir Thomas Cheyne and Dame Elizabeth his Wife shall have fifty Shillings dureing the life of the said Countess. And the said Sir Thomas and Elizabeth his Wife grauntyn by these Presents, that for consideration of all the premises they shall not discontinue, alien or put away the Right, Title or Possession of the said Elizabeth his Wife, of and in the premises, nor discontinue, or put away any parcel of the said Manors, Lands and Tenements that late were of the said Constance, late Countess of Wiltes, nor of the said Herry Greene, nor any of them, nor of any part of the Green's Lands within the Realm of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, Nor do cause nor suffer to be done any thing to the disinheritance of the said Elizabeth Mordaunt, Amye, Constance Parr, and Audree, nor of any of them, nor do cause nor suffer to be done any thing, but that all the said Manors, Lands and Tenements, and all the Lands and Tenements that were of the said Herry Greene, Constance late Countess, and every part of the said Green's Lands, ymediately after the decease of the said Margaret Countess, 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 form, and of like Estates, as the same Constance late Countess or Herry Greene was seized of, or was heritable unto. In witness whereof to these present Indentures septipartite the Parties aforesaid interchangeably have put to their Seals, the said second day of December, and fifteenth year abovesayd. Carta Edwardi Ducis Buckinghamiaes. EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiaes, 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 Parr & 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 Parr & Etheldredae Vere, & Haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Mordaunt, Constanciae Parr & 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 in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Wamiden, Wolston magna, & Emburton in Comitatu Buckinghamiaes, 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 Parr & 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 Buckinghamiaes. EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiaes, 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 Parr & 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 Parr & Etheldredae Vere, & Haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae, Constanciae Parr & Etheldredae, totum jus nostrum, statum, clameum, demandam & interest 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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, & 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 Green's and Vere's Lands assigned to John Mordaunt. REX, etc. Omnibus, etc. 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 Parr, & 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 Parr, & Margaretae nuper Comitissae, ac eorum cujuslibet ratione minoris aetatis Elizabethae Uxoris Johannis Mordaunt, Amiae Uxoris Humfridi Broun, Constanciae nuper Uxoris Johannis Parr, & 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 Parr, & 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 Parr, & Margaretae nuper Comitissae, & eorum cujuslibet, quamdiu eadem Castilia, 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, 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, etc. 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 Parr & 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 Parr & 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 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 Parr & 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, etc. 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, etc. tempore pacis, tempore Domini _____ nuper Regis Angliae _____ post Conquestum, capiendo inde ex _____ ad valentiam, etc. Et de ipsis Roberto Vere & Elizabetha Uxore ejus descendit jus per formam, etc. cuidam Roberto, ut Filio & Haeredi, etc. Et de ipso Roberto Filio descendit jus per formam, etc. cuidam Margaretae, ut Filiae & Haeredi, etc. Et de ipsa Margareta, eo quòd obiit sine Haerede de Corpore suo exeunte, resorciebatur jus per formam, etc. cuidam Baldewino ut consanguineo & Haeredi, etc. videlicet ut Fratri praedicti Roberti Fratris praedictae Margaretae, & de ipso Baldewino descendit jus per formam, etc. cuidam Ricardo, ut Filio & Haeredi, etc. Et de ipso Ricardo descendit jus per formam, etc. cuidam Henrico, ut Filio & Haeredi, etc. Et de ipso Henrico descendit jus per formam, etc. istis Elizabethae Mordaunt, Amiae Brown & Etheldredae Vere, quae nunc petunt simul cum, etc. ut Filiabus & Haeredibus, etc. Et quòd post mortem, etc. Et inde producunt sectam, etc. Et praedicti Thomas Cheyne, Johannes Bloxham & Johannes Walker, per Thomam Spriotte Attornatum suum ven' & defend' jus suum quando, etc. 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 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, etc. 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 Auus praedictarum Eiizabethae, Amiae, & Etheldredae, cujus Haeredes ipsae sunt, fuit seisitus, in Dominico suo ut de Feodo, die quo obiit, etc. Et unde dicunt quòd praedictus Ricardus Auus, etc. 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, etc. Et de ipso Ricardo descendit feodum, etc. cuidam Henrico, ut Filio & Haeredi, etc. Et de ipso Henrico descendit feodum, etc. istis Elizabethae, Amiae & Etheldredae quae nunc petunt similiter, etc. ut Filiabus, & Haeredibus, etc. Et de quibus, etc. Et inde producunt sectam, etc. Et praedicti Thomas, Johannes Bloxham & Johannes Walker per Thomam Spriotte Attornatum suum ven' & defend' jus suum quando, etc. 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, etc. 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 Auus praedictarum Elizabethae, Amiae, & Etheldredae, cujus Haeredes ipsae sunt, fuit seisitus in Dominico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, etc. Et unde dicunt quòd praedictus Ricardus Auus, etc. 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, etc. Et de ipso Ricardo descendit feodum, etc. cuidam Henrico, ut Filio & Haeredi, etc. Et de ipso Henrico descendit feodum, etc. istis Elizabethae, Amiae & Etheldredae, quae nunc petunt similiter, etc. ut Filiabus & Haeredibus, etc. Et de quibus, etc. Et inde producunt sectam, etc. Et praedicti Thomas, Johannes Bloxham, & Johannes Walker per Thomam Spriotte Attornatum suum veniunt & defendunt jus suum quando, etc. Et nichil dicunt in barram 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, etc. An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concerning the Manor of Drayton. TO all Christian people to whom this present Writing indented shall come, hear or see, Robert Brudenell and Richard eliot, two of the King's 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 th' one party, and John Mordaunt esquire, and Elizabeth his Wife, oon of the cousins and Heirs of the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Wiltshire, oon his Moders 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 Amye, and George Brown his Son and Heir apparent, and Son and Heir to the same Amye, another Cosyne, 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 Audree his Wife, the third Cosyne and Heir to the fame Earl, after the manner abovesaid on the other party, of and upon the Right, Title, Reversion, Inheritance and Possession, as well of the foresaid Manor of Drayton with th' appurtenances, as of all other Manors, 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 said Henry Greene, or to any other person or persons to the use of them or th' other of them; which Manors, Lands and Tenements the aforesaid Earl of Shrewsbury claimeth, 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 Lond: Whereupon the foresaid Parties have compromitted themselves to abide the Award, Ordinance and Judgement of us the said Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliott, Arbitrators indifferently named and chosen by and between the foresaid Parties, To award, ordain and dame, as well of and upon the premises, as for and upon all manner Evidences, Charter Escripts, writings and Aminiments, 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 other Servaunts or Frynds, before the Date of these Presents concerning the premises. And we the said Arbitrators takeing upon us th' authority and power to award, ordain and dame of and upon the premises, calling before us the Counsels of the foresaid Parties, hereing and seeing their Tytyls, Answers, Replications, Evidences, proofs, and all other their Alleadgeances concerning their foresaid Tytyls and Interest, by good deliberation and by consent of the said Parties, award, ordain and dame 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 showed to us the Arbitrators, 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 Manors, Lands or Tenements, as by the same more plainly appeareth: And alsoe they have showed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds, and other Writings proveing the aforesaid Manor of Drayton, and other the said Manors, Lands and Tenements and Hereditaments to be yeven in tail to the Ancestors of the said Constance Mother of the said Earl of Wiltshire; And the said Earl of Wiltshire had and enjoyed the same, by reason of the same Tails; And that the said Elizabeth and George Brown and Audree be Cousyns and next Heirs to the same Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire, and to the same Earl on his Moders side, and heritable to the foresaid Manors and other the premises, by reason of the same Tails; Wherefore we award, ordain and dame, that the aforesaid Elizabeth, George Brown and Audree shall have and enjoy all the foresaid Manors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments and other the premises to them and to their Heirs, according to their foresaid Tytylls of Inheritance; And that the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury shall by his several Deeds sufficient in the Law to be enroled, release unto the said John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, Humphrey Brown, George Brown and John Brown, Audree his Wife, and to such persons or person as they shall name, to the use of the said Elizabeth, George and Audree and their Heirs, and all such Right, Tytyl, Claim, Interest and Demand, as the said Earl of Shrewsbury or any person or persons to his use hath in the foresaid Manors, Lands and Tenements, or other the premises, by reason of any gift, or Will in the premises, or any part of them, made by the aforesaid Earl of Wiltshire, to the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, at the Costs 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 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 foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the premises, We the said Arbitrators award, ordain and dame, 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, in the Day of the Feast of Saint George the Martyr, next coming after the Date above-written, at the Road of the North-Door in the Cathedrall-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 Wistan, Humphrey Brown and John Brown shall content and pay to the foresaid Earl, his Executors or Assigns, in the Day of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, than next ensueing, at the said Road 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. Alsoe we award, ordain and dame, 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 th' Archangel next coming after the Date hereof, which hath done, laboured or spoken for the said Earl in his foresaid 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 Earl of Shrewsbury: And the said Earl and all the foresaid persons, which hath done, spoken or laboured any for the said Earl of Shrewsbury, in or for his Tytyl or possession of the premises, or any part of them, shall be for ever discharged against the said Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt and Elizabeth his Wife, Humphrey 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 against the said Earl 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 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 Manor 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 FITZLEWIS THAT WERE Lords of Westhornedon, Justified by Ancient and Authentic Testimonies. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. blazon or coat of arms of the house of FitzLewis The Arms of the House of Fitz-Lewis, were Argent a Cheveron Sable between three Trefoils of the same. Of the Original, Descent, Noble Alliances, Possessions and Arms of the House of Fitz-Lewis. ALthough the House of Fitz-Lewis has been possessed of Advantages in its Original, Alliances, noble Possessions and continuance, that might do honour to the pretences of any Successor whatsoever: Yet I was doubtful whether I should insert it among the other Genealogies, they being all so strong in extant and apparent Proofs, and to this there remaining only Fragments in my power, by reason that with Westhornedon and the other of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands there were delivered to the Lord Peter, a prudent and wary Purchaser, all the Records, Deeds and Papers which did belong to that Family, there having, and by chance only, continued among the Evidences of the Lord Lewis Mordaunt, who did sell that Estate, an ancient, though very authentic Pedigree. Yet with the help thereof and some other Pieces that have been gathered by accident, there being so great a conviction of the value of this splendid Family, I have thought it a due to its Memory and Descendants, to establish the remembrance of it. The Family of Fitz-Lewis, through the power of Nature, if not under the Laws of Marriage, does derive from Royal Blood, being descended of Charles the VIII. King of France, who was a great King in his time, through the person of a Lady that was of high Nobility in this Nation, though her Name shall be unmentioned, out of respect to other great Families which by her after-marriages to a noble Husband are descended from her. It was endowed with many fair Possessions, Lands and Lordships. It was allied by Marriages to the greatest of all the English Lords, and deserved to be honoured by the famous Camden in his Provincial Description thereof, with the Epithet of Clara Familia Fitz-Lewis: so as I doubt not but my endeavours herein will be acceptable to such as are curious in things of this nature, and particularly to the noble Persons concerned in the Blood and Succession of the Family. 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 Latin 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 crowned at London, He had Homage done him, and Allegiance sworn as to a lawful King, He proceeded with their assistance in divers warlike Undertake, wherein he had admirable success, and acted in all the other Parts of the Government as one who expected to be soon established. 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 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 herself with Child, and by the fatal loss of the Battle 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 refuged himself, he made Conditions to departed 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 die, did leave his vast Inheritance, with whom the Lady Philippe hath her share; and her misfortune, either concealed, 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 FITZLEWIS, 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 Arms, the only application of Gentlemen in that Age: and therefore he made himself very considerable, especially toward the end of that King's 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 FITZLEWIS, 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 FITZLEWIS, 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 seized 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 increased by the accession of his Mother's 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 Bawd, a Lady of a Family very ancient, and considerable both from their Riches and good same, whose true Name was the Baden, but corruptly otherwise called, and by her he left his Son Sir John Fitz-Lewis. Sir JOHN FITZLEWIS, 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 Montague Daughter of John the third Earl of Salisbury of that House, and that was after his death Duchess 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 FITZLEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships. SIR Henry Fitz-Lewis, that had signalised 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 entailed Lands descended to his Brother Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis, with the other Interests of that Family. Sir LEWIS FITZLEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships. LEwis Fitz-Lewis, lived 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 FITZLEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon, and other Lands and Lordships. THis Richard Fitz-Lewis appears to have had some Controversy with his Cousin Mary Countess of Rivers about his Inheritance, by a Judgement 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 Purchase. Richard Fitz-Lewis was a busy man in his time, much employed in the interest of King Henry the Seventh against the Usurper, with whom he was in immediate action at the Battle of Bosworth, and upon the success of that Field knighted for his service. He bore 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 FITZLEWIS, 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 Lovel, a beautiful Virgin, the Daughter and Heir of Sir Robert Lovel 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 rendered 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 FITZLEWIS, 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 entitled 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 rendered 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. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors LEWES' Prince of France After King Lewis the Eight By a Noble English Virgin Sr. Lewis Fitzlewes Margaret of Essex. Sr. john Fitzlewes Eliz: de Harpden. Aubury de Vere the tenth Earl of Oxford. Alice Filzwater. Sr. Richard Fitzlewes. Eliz: de Bawd john Montacute the 3d. Earl of Salisbury Maud Francoys. Alice de Vereo. Sr. John Fitzlewes. Anne de Montacute. Sr. Henry Fitzlewes Eleonor de Beaufort. Sr. Lewes Fitzlewes Margaret Stoner. Eliz: Fitzlewes. Sr. john Wingfeild. Marry Fitzlewes Second Wife to Anthony Woddvill Earl of Rivers. Sir Richard Fitzlewes. Marry Hurlestone. John Fitzlewes. Anne lovel. Elly Fitzlewes. john 2d. Lord. Mordaunt. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of FITZLEWIS THAT WERE Lords of Westhornedon, Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories and other Authentic Proofs. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of FITZLEWIS OF WESTHORNEDON. Lewis Prince of France. Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis. Sir John Fitz-Lewis, and Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis. An ancient Latin 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 Bawd 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 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 Lovel 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 FITZLEWIS, Lord of Westhornedon. In a Book called Vincent's Discovery of the Errors 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 surrendered 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 died without Issue, and Alice a Daughter that was married to Sir John Fitz-Lewis Knight. This Aubery died 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 Montacute Knight, Son and Heir of Sir John Montacute 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 jousts 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 Marketplace, 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 Montacute Earl of Salisbury, Richard that died 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 Huntingdon and Duke of Exeter; Margaret the second was married to William Lord Ferrer of Groby, and Elizabeth the third was married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Earsbie. 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 FITZLEWIS, HENRY FITZLEWIS, MARY Conutess of Rivers, and Sir RICHARD FITZLEWIS, Lords of Westhornedon. Vincent's Discovery of the Errors 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 seized, and so died the ninth of May 1480, in the twentieth of Edward the Fourth. Upon whose death for Lands entailed to the Heirs Males, the Jury find Richard Fitz-Lewis, Son of Lewis Fitz-Lewis, Son of Sir Lewis John Knight, to be Cousin 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 shows he had a second Wife called Mary, Daughter and Heir of Henry Fitz-Lewis, although here omitted. JOHN FITZLEWIS, 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 FITZLEWIS, and JOHN Lord MORDAUNT, 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 seized 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 Manors of Granham, otherwise called Bishop Wokenton, in Nevedon Haes and Nokenhal to Warson alias Walton in Bristed within the County of Essex, with all and singular Rights, Members and Appurtenances, and all Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Feeding, Pastures, Woods, Underwoods' and other Hereditaments, that be or hath been in times past reputed or taken part or parcel of the said Manors of Grangeham, otherwise called Bishop Wokengton, Greice Brumford in Nevedon Haes and Nokenhall unto Warson, alias Walton in Bristed in the County of Essex, together with the Advowsons' of the said Manors to Dame Joan my Wife, To have and to hold and enjoy the Premises 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 Manor of Westhornedon, and Gingeraps, and also Cranham, in the said County of Essex, the reversion of the said Manor of Cranham after the decease of Dame Joan my Wife, with all and singular Rights, Members and Appurtenances, and all Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Feeding, Pastures, Woods and Underwoods', and other Hereditaments, that be or haye been in times past reputed or taken part or parcel of the said Manors of Westhornedon and Gingeraps, with the Advowsons' belonging to the said Manors, To have, hold and enjoy the Premises with all Rights, Revenues, Profits, Uses, Commodities, Emoluments and Arrearages of all and singular the said Manors, Lands, Tenements, Ways, Meadows, Pastures and other Hereditaments, and all other the Premises with their Appurtenances, to John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt my Father, and to Edmond Mordaunt my Executors, and to the Survivor of them, and to the Executors of the Survivor 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 Premises 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 Sum 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 Manors of Westhornedon and Gingeraps. And if it shall so chance, that one or two of my said Daughters to die and departed out of this transitory life unmarried, I will that her or their Parts, Portions and Sums 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 die, and departed 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 departed to God without Issue Male, than I will that the moiety 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 herself 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 do 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 Premises 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 Highways and Bridges wheresoever my Executors shall think most meet and convenient any where within the County of Essex. Also I do demise 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 Jointure, 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 premises, 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 Sepulchre, 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 Clothing, 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, than 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 over-live the said term, that I do demise unto her yearly four pounds' Rent, to be perceived and taken out of my Manor 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 Manor 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 premises, 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. Occasions of Disagreement between the Lord Mordaunt, and his Son Lewis Mordaunt. THE late Lord Mordaunt bought the Wardship of Ely Fitz-Lewis, Daughter and sole Heir unto Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis Knight, for which he paid thirteen hundred Marks. Her Lands which she had by Descent were 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 last Lord Mordaunt might then have had divers great Sums 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 Ely then his Wife, to levy a Fine of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands to one William Hemming Clerk, who rendered the same unto the now Lord Mordaunt, and to the said Dame Ely then his Wife, and to the Heirs Males of their two Bodies lawfully begotten; and for default 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 Ely then his Wife, had Issue between them Lewis Mordaunt; and after the said Dame Ely Mordaunt died; after whose Death the said now Lord Mordaunt took to Wife the Lady Johan 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 Fitz-Lewis's Lands to trust of himself, for the term of his life, without impeachment of waste; and after his decease, to trust of such as at pleasure himself to appoint for the term of ninety two Years, without any Penny of Rent paying therefore; to the intent that not only he, but also my Lady his Wife may declare their wills thereof during the same ninety two Years, whereof the late Lord Mordaunt had certain intelligence, not knowing how nor to whom the Fee simple and the Inheritance thereof is bestowed or appointed. Whereupon the late Lord Mordaunt, as well for Conscience sake, for that he was the cause why the now Lord Mordaunt had such Estate of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as he might by the Law suffer such recovery thereof to the disherison of the said Lewis Mordaunt, being right Heir of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as also for the stay of his own Inheritance and the bringing of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands to 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 late Lord Mordaunt and of 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 waste, 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 the term of his life without impeachment of waste, and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste, 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 the term of his life without impeachment of waste, and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste. To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste, and after to the use of his Executors until the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel next ensuing the death of the said late Lord Mordaunt, and further to the same Executors for 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 Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as hereafter appeareth. To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste, 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 value of the full third part of all the late Lord mordant's Lands for the premier season thereof and twenty Pounds over. Memorandum, That it was provided by the same Book, that if the now Lord Mordaunt did not assure the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, which are of the value of five hundred Marks per annum, within six Months after the Feast of Saint Andrew next ensuing the Date of the same Book, to Sir Robert Throckmorton and other the Recoverers and their Heirs of the late Lord mordant'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 my Lady now his Wife for the term of their lives, disponishable of waste, during the life of the now Lord Mordaunt, and after their deceases 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 Fitz-Lewis; And the remanent part thereof to the use of the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life, without impeachment of waste; 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 the right Heirs of the Fitz-Lewis for ever: That then the use of all such and so much of the late Lord mordant's Lands as was appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt by that Book, should be unto the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste, and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste. And after the said several uses of the late Lord mordant's 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 to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, And after, to the second Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt on lawful marriage begotten, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, with divers remainders over, the last remainder thereof being appointed to the right Heirs of the said Lewis Mordaunt for ever. And to the intent that my Lady Mordaunt, now Wife to the now Lord Mordaunt, should have goodwill, that the Fitz-Lewis's Lands should be assured as aforesaid, the late Lord Mordaunt did grant unto her, for the augmentation of her Jointure, to make it up four hundred Marks a year an yearly Rent of an hundred Marks by the year during her life, with a Clause of distress in his own Land for the not payment thereof upon Condition that the Fitz-Lewis's Lands should be assured as is aforesaid. Shortly after this Book 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 Fitz-Lewis's Lands as he ought to have done within the said six Months, by reason whereof the uses of the late Lord mordant'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 Conveyances of the late Lord mordant's Lands as is aforesaid, was of the mere 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 Mothers-in-law Daughter which his Father offered him in marriage, which he liked not, or else in receiving the benevolence of his Grandfather unprocured of his part. The Causes of the late Lord mordant's do, and the do of the now Lord Mordaunt towards the late Lord Mordaunt his Father, and towards the 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 Fitz-Lewis's Lands accordingly. 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 do and ordering of my Funeral-expences I 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 Manor of Westhornedon, and all my Right, Title and Possession that I have in the said Manor 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 Manor of Wantoness in Bumpsted ad Turr ', with Purbysher and Whytley, set, lying and being in the Town of Bumpsted ad Turr ' and Burdbroke, which Dame Joan my Wife doth hold for the time of her life, as Parcel of her Jointure, with all and singular Rights, Members, Appurtenances, and all Lands, Tenements and Advowsons', Meadows, Feeding, 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 Manor of Westhornedon and Wantoness 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 Premises 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 Premises 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 you may be levied of the Issues and Profits of the Premises, 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, than 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 departed 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, than 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 themselves 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 Sums of Money before bequeathed to every of them be delivered and paid. And if she or they die before the said delivery, than I will 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 . And also for Beatrice Lewis, Aunt to my late Wife, Dame Ely Mordaunt, I will that she shall have Meat, Drink, Clothing, 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 departed out of this life unmarried, I will that her Part, Portion or Sum 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 Sums 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 die before Marriage, than 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 die 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 departed 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 Highways, 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 intent not to marry in manner and form abovesaid, Then I will that two hundred Marks be levied of the Premises, 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 departed 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 die before Marriage, or otherwise preferred, if they intent not to marry, That then the Parts, Portions or Sums of Money of her or them so dying before Marriage, and also the said Sums 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 die before the said Sums of Money be delivered to them, likewise to be bestowed in such Deeds of Charity as is abovesaid. Also I will and devise the Manors of Amiss and Cranham, otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi, with all and singular their Appurtenances, set, 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 Jointure, and all and all manner of Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feeding, Commons, Woods, Underwoods', and all other Hereditaments to the said Manors 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 alien, grant with Warranty, discontinuance, suffer any recovery, or suffer to be done any Act or Acts, thing or things, to the intent to bar his or their Heir or Heirs, or him or them in the reversion of the said Manors of Amiss, 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 Manors, 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 Wife's Jointure 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 Manor of Typtosts and Pinkneys in the County of Essex, and the Manor 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 die, to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, To have and to hold the said Manor of Typtosts and Pinkneys, Belhalf, Billingford and the Premises, 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 Manors of Cranham, otherwise Wokingdon Episcopi, Amiss, and other the Premises above mentioned, That then, if the said Edmond or the Heirs of his Body shall refuse to receive and take the said Manors of Typtosts, Pinkneys, Belhalf, Billingford and other the Premises 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 Manors of Cranham, otherwise called Wokingdon Episcopi, and Amiss 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 a good, sure and sufficient Estate in manner and form , at the Costs and Charges of the said Lewis or his Heirs, of or in the Manors of Typtosts and Pinkneys, and other the Premises, Then I give and devise to my said Son Edmond Mordaunt the said Manors of Cranham and Amiss, and all other the Premises 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 Premises, all manner of Costs and Charges had and sustained by the said Lord Mordaunt, Dame Joan and the said Edmond, or the Survivor of them or their Assigns, about the defence and execution of the same Will and Testament paid 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 Premises 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 Public Records, Charters, Deeds, Histories and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. The Arms of the House of Howard were Quarterly, Howard, Brotherton, Warren and Mowbray. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Howard Of the Original, Greatness, Actions, Honours, Alliances, Possessions and Arms of the House of Howard of Effingham. I Would have the Reader know, That I presume not here to declare the Honours, and Advantages, which belong to the Illustrious House of Howard; it would be too great a task for one much abler, that could have access unto those lights which might direct him in such an undertaking; but much more for a stranger, who does only pretend to trace out those Genealogies, among the proofs of which, he has been conversant, and that particularly appertain to the House of Mordaunt. It is therefore of the Howards of Effingham of which I am to Treat, from whence the Earl of Peterborow is not only Descended, but of which he is, indeed, the very Heir; and of this Family it was, which is so very admirable, where Fortune and Virtue (that are so oft at odds, about the Creatures they intent to raise) did both concur, to make the Lords thereof so very Great, with so little Envy. Great they were, as all the greatest Dignities could make them; they had been Generals in the Field, Admirals at the Sea, Counsellors at the Board, Ambassadors abroad, Commissioners in the most important Treaties, and borne the greatest Offices in the Houses of their Kings; but greater far, in that their Noble Qualities, and Virtuous Actions did deserve them; so as they seemed made to adorn those Honours, which might well at first have been designed to illustrate other Men. For their Descent, it was several ways derived from the Beds of Kings; they took Marriages from the Crown, and gave Wives into the Arms of Princes. Their Estates were suitable to their other Greatness, and the Rewards of their Services such as became the acknowledgement of generous Princes. After all which, I know not what could obstruct the Lustre of this House, unless it were the Malignity of Oblivion, or want of Friends within the House of Fame: to obviate which, these short Memorials are thought fit to be Recorded, by a Servant, and honourer of their Descendants. 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 howard's of Effingham do Descend, being the greatest, and most happy Subject of his time; it were not amiss, for example sake, to show 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 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 designed 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 Man's 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 show 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 courtesy they could expect from that Warlike 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 Honour, 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 untertaking, 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 Lincolnshire, at Banbury Field, and was with him at Warwick, when he was taken Prisoner by the Earl of that place: And after the King's 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 john's 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 pretensions to the Honours, and Lands, of the Great and Ancient 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 dwelled 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 Politic, 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 Queen's 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 dependence, 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 a-gathering 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 Battle; at Bosworth was the Fatal Field, whereat this Criminal King, was as prodigal of his own Blood, as he had been of other men's; All that could be performed by the conduct of a Captain, or the Valour of a Soldier, 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 outlive 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 Honour, 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 Heroic 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 vigour 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 surprised, 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 asked him, How he durst engage in the Service of so , 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 Crowned, 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 Malcontents of that time (of which there were many, and those very potent) to enter into the intrigues of their Faction: He would not hear of the Duchess 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 Lincolnshire, in order to Fight with the King and his Forces; the Lieutenant of the Tower, offered 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 Battle 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 employ 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 happened 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 Stanley his Chamberlain, Sir Rice ap Thomas, Sir John Bourchier, Sir John Savage, Sir John Rifely, and divers others. And he was after, in the Eighth of the same King, employed 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 conferred 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 acknowledgements he could make, King Henry granted him a special Livery of all the Lands whereof his Father died Seized, Mowbrays, howard's, 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 Honour from the Court, or any Employment 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 happened 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 entering 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 Fight: 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 Fight 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 public 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 Honours, 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 Manors, 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 Rochfort. Muriell, Married to John Viscount Lisle. Marry, Married to Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. 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 Derby. Elizabeth, Married to Henry Earl of Sussex. And, Katherine, first married 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 Duchess 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 Duchess; 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 humour, 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 serve the Crown in any important capacity. He followed the King to Boulogne; at the magnificent interview 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 interview. The Duke, his Father, had been instrumental in the greatest disasters of Scotland. But in those Heroic 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 show 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 interview, he sent him to Edinburgh in the ..... Year of his Reign, together with the Bishop of St. Asaph, to persuade 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 cheerful 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 Katherine Howard, the Fifth Wife of Henry the Eighth, was his Niece, and had in a short space after her Marriage, so conducted herself, as she fell into his Majesty's disgrace, and lost her Head. Thereupon, the old Duchess of Norfolk, with this Lord William, and his Lady, were Indicted for Misprision of Treason, in concealing (as was alleged) what they knew of that Queen's former behaviour, and Condemned to perpetual Imprisonment. But after that for reason of State, and to justify 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 Honour, 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 employed 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 conferred 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 Household; 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, 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, joined with the Earl of Sussex, in Command of those Forces, that were sent to suppress the Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland: He was also one of the Peers, who sat upon the Trial of his unfortunate Nephew, the Duke of Norfolk. Thus, after having been employed (as has been expressed) in the Service of so many Kings, in management of the Highest Offices, and Employments of the State, he died, full of Honour, 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 honourably Interred in the Parish Church of Rygate. He Married Two Wives. The First, Katherine 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: Marry, Married to William Paulet, the Third Marquis 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. Marry, Married to Edward Lord Dudley; 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 Forests 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 employed. These practices made him fit for great Employments; as indeed, such Employments were fit for 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 easy 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 fancy. 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 Employment 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 Zealand 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, pitched 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 Battle, 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 suspicion 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 employed 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 Favour, 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 Ancient, and his Body being less able than before to support the Labours, 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 Hailing 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 Katherine 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 Katherine Daughter, and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Blefso. Charles Howard, who by reason of his Brother's Decease without Male Issue, did succeed him in his Honours; 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 died without Issue. WILLIAM Lord Howard, Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham, Lord Baron of Effingham. CHAPTER IU. 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 Honour 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 Frenchmen. 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 entering 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 Grandfather, 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 Movables, 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. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors Elizabeth Tilney. Thomas Howard the second Duke of Norfolk. Agnes Tilney. Anne Daughter to K. Edward the 4th. Thomas Howard. third Duke of Norfolk. Elizabeth Stafford. Catherine Broughton. William Lord Howard. Baron of Effingham Margaret Gammage. Agnes Howard William Pawlet Marquis of Winchester. Catherme Cary. Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham. Margaret Stuart. Sr. Willm. Howard of Hingfeild Frances bouldwell. Doaglas Howard. john Lord Sheffield. Marry Howard. Edward Lord Dudley. Frances Howard. Edw: Seymour Earl of Hertford. Martha Howard. Sr. George Bourcher. Margaret Howard. Sr Rich. Leveson. Frances Howard. Henry Fitzgerald Earl of Kildare. Eliz: Howard Sr. Robt. Southwell. Charles Howard E. of Nottingham Mary Cockaine. Willm: Ld. Howard. Baron of Effingham Catherine St. john. Charles Howard. 3d Earl of Nottingham.— Smith. Eliz: Howard john Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow Henry Mordaunt Earl 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 Authentic 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 Duchess of Norfolk. ORdaining her Son-in-Law, Thomas Earl of Surrey, survivor 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 Wife's 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 employed 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 Yorkshire) he Marched 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 Marquis 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 conferred 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 Therovane, and Tourney were taken) he was sent Northwards to prevent the Scots Incursions, during the King's absence: But before he got far enough to make resistance, King James the Fourth of Scotland, having entered 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, than 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 Entrenched themselves on a Hill called Floden, on the edge of the Mountain Cheviot; and finding the Country so Foraged 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 entered England, he resolved on the Friday next following, to bid him Battle, if he would accept it. Whereupon King James accepting the Challenge, he Marched 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 Marched on with his Army, to cut off their Victuals, in case they would not draw down. The Scots therefore being ware of that danger, fired their Huts and dislodged, covertly by the advantage of the Smoke; 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 Stanley 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 constrained 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 Lady's Purification. And by other Letters Patent bearing date the same First of February, obtained a Grant in Special Tail, of the Manors of Acton-Burnel, Holgat, Abeton, Millenchop, Langdon, Chatwall, Smithecote, Wolstanton, Vppington, and Rushbury, in Comitatu Salopiae, Solihull, in Com. Warr. Wolverhampton, in Com. Staff. Birehust, and Vptonlovel, 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 Manor of Horsley, in Com. Derb. and of the Manors of Clipston, Limby, Mauncefield, Wood-house, and Sutton in Ashfield, in Com. Nott. to be held by the Service of one Knights 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 Boulogne, 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 King's Coffers were much exhausted by his Wars and Triumphs, and not finding it easy to supply these vast Expenses, 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 Trial 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 Manors 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 VI s VIII d 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 Hang 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 berner's: Which Elizabeth, by her Testament, bearing Date Nou. 6. Anno 1506. (22. H. VII.) bequeathed her Body to be Interred in the Nun's Choir 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, seven 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 Rochfort, (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. Marry, Married to Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, 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 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 suspicion of his intents for aspiring to the Crown; and departing this life in the Tower of London, 1. Nou. 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 Katherine, 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 Councillor to the Queens, Mary and Elizabeth. CHAPTER II. Baronage of England, Pag. 278. Howard of Effingham. HAving thus Finished with the Principal Stem 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 Boulogne, 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 entreating 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 persuade him to interview with King Henry; as also, to make certain advantageous Propositions to him. And in 35. H. VIII. upon that unhappy Deportment of Katherine Howard, his Niece, Fifth Wife of King Henry, for which she lost her Head, (being newly returned 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 Westmoreland, at that Time in Rebellion. In 15. Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sat at the Trial 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, Katherine Daughter and Co-heir to Sir John Broughton, of Tuddington, in Com. Bedf. Knight; by whom he had Issue, only one Daughter, called Agnes, Married to William Pawlet, the Third Marquis of Winchester: 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; William 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, Katherine, 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 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 Duchess of Norfolk, and divers of the Queen's, and the said Duchess' 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, etc. 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, & 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 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, 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 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 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 respectiuè 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, 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, etc. 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 Majesty's Forests, Parks, and Chases on this side Trent, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of Her Majesty's 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 Governor 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, from Zealand into Spain: And in 16. Eliz. (24. April) was Installed 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 threatened 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, thoroughly Valiant, Industrious in Action, and a person whom the Mariners entirely loved. And in 39 Eliz. further dangers being threatened 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 threatened, 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 surrendered his Patent for the Office of Lord Admiral, into the King's hands; whereupon it was conferred on the Marquis of Buckingham. This Noble Earl Married to his first Wife Katherine 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 life-time, 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 naturalised 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 Hailing, near Croyden 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 Charleses first took to Wife Charity, Daughter of ..... White (Widow of ..... Leche, a Londoner); afterwards Mary, Daughter to Sir William Cockaine, Knight, Alderman of London; and thirdly, Margaret, Daughter to James, Earl of Marry, 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, Cupbearer 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, etc. 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, 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, 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 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 feudus 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, 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 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, 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, etc. 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 tempestiuè 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 JIMLXXX, tormenta majora JIMDCXXX. 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, Ambrose 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 rumour 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 Calais (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 joined with hers, the rest Pinnaces and Victuallers. In these were 6360 Soldiers 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 joined 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 Counsels 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 Chapel, 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 Counsels; yet upon much entreaty, 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 overboard; some whereof got to the shore, some were taken, some drowned, others as they swum, 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 Seamen; Sir Edward Hobby bearing the Flag before them, following hastily, entered the Town. Now did the Spaniards give over Fight, and retired into the Castle and Townhouse. The Townhouse was presently yielded, the other the next day after, upon these conditions; That the Citizens should departed in safety with the Garments they wore, and the rest should go to the Soldiers 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, Churchmen, 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 Christopher, a Portugese, King Antonio's Son, Sir William Herbert, Somerset Bourk, an Irishman, William Howard, the Admiral's Son, Robert Dudley, George Devereux, Henry Nevil, 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, Vrian 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 Ratcliff, 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 Lovel, 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, etc. 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 intentiuè 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 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, & Nottinghamiaes, 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 Nottinghamiaes, 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, successiuè gerant, & habeant, per nomen Comitis Nottinghamiae successiuè vocitentur & nuncupentur, & quilibet eorum vocitetur & nuncupetur. Et quòd idem Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti successiuè, 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 Nottinghamiaes. Necnon dictus Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti gaudeant, & utantur, & eorum quilibet gaudeat, & utatur, per nomen Comitis Nottinghamiaes, 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. Et ut idem Carolus, & haeredes sui praedicti, meliùs, dicentiùs, & honorificentiùs statum praedictum Comitis Nottinghamiaes, 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 Scroop 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, etc. 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 lose: 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. Southampton asked him, to whom they should yield; To their Adversaries? That were to run themselves headlong to ruin; 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 fight. 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 fortify the place, by which they should go forth: which was also granted. Before the hour was expired, Essex, holding all things now for desperate, 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 Counsels are the safest; That it is more honourable for Noble Persons to die fight, 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 happened to say to the Lord Admiral, whom she always dearly affected, My Throne hath been the Throne of Kings, neither aught 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 IU. HE is recorded in several Writers of the Herald's 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 Christopher, a Portugese, Sir William Herbert, Somerset Bourk, an Irishman, William Howard, the Lord Admiral's Son, Robert Dudley, George Devereux, Henry Nevil, etc. Milles' 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. Katherine, Daughter of Henry Cary, Lord Hundsdon (who being Lord Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, one of her Honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the Garter, was Son of William Cary, by his Wife, Marry 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, Katherine, 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 Rising 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, Katherine, 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 Honours: 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 Manor 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 Sovereign Lord Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. 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 Manor and Lands hereafter mentioned, in the Name, and Blood of her, the said Countess; And in consideration of the sum 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, enfeoff, and Confirm unto the said Henry, Earl of Arundel, Sir Becham Saint John, Sir Oliver Luke, and Sir Samuel Luke, all that the Manor 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, Wastes, Warrens, Courts, Court-Leet, view of Frankpledge, Privileges, Goods of Felons, Deodands, Franchises, Profits, Emoluments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the said Manor 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, situate, lying, and being, in the Parishes of Blechingly, alias Bletchingley, alias Blechingleigh, aforesaid, Godstone, Cateram, and Horn, or any of them, in the said County of Surrey, To Have and to Hold the said Manor, 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, Countess Dowager of Peterborow, for and during the Term of her Natural Life, without Impeachment of, or for any manner of Waste: 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 Waste: 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 Manor 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 Manor 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, Sum, or Sums 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, Sum or Sums 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 Waste. 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 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 Waste. 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 Waste. 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 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 Council 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 Manor, Lands, and Premises; and all, and every other Fine and Fines, by, and between the said Parties, or any of them, of the said Manor 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 Manor of Blechingly, alias Bletchingley, alias Blechingleigh, and other the Premises: And also one Estate for One and twenty Years, of the said Manor 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 Interchangeably 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 Ancient and Extant Charters, Public Records, Histories and other Authentic Proofs. By ROBERT HALSTEAD. The Arms of the House of Mordaunt were Argent, a Cheveron Sable, between Three Stars Waved of the same. blazon or coat of arms of the house of Mordaunt Of the Name, Antiquity, Descent, Alliance, Possessions, Greatness, Actions, and Arms of the House of Mordaunt. IN the Preface to these Genealogies, there has been exposed to the Reader the Nature and Antiquity of Sur-names, and the grounds, causes, and occasions upon which they were assumed in general. To ascribe why the Lords of this House took to themselves the Name of Mordaunt, is not in my power; but that they did so, near Six hundred Years ago, and have continued it to their descendants unto this very day, will be as easy, as to read the unquestioned Proofs shall be exposed upon that matter. The obvious and natural conjecture, will be the quality of the occasion, where they first appeared, an occasion of War, Chivalry, and Conquest; a Soldier, a younger Brother, and a brave fellow, set out to make a Fortune by adventures of Arms; it was proper to such a one, dare mortem, to Wound, Kill, and Destroy his Enemy; whence le Mordaunt, which was the first Epithet assumed by Osbert, the beginner of that House, might appear no unproper sobriquit for him that did deserve it. The descent of this Osbert is not affirmed to be certain, neither, by one of who detestes to advantage his undertaking by any thing he cannot prove; but it is evident his Father, Robert, was a great deserver in the Conquest; and that, by the assistance he brought Duke William, and the share he acquired as the reward of his labour. He bore the illustrious appellation of the Sancto Aegidio, or of Saint Giles; which at that time was the Name of the Sovereign Earls, and Princes of Tholouse, of which House he was in all probability a Son, a Brother, or a near Relation; and from his Brother Eustace, the eldest Son of this Robert, our Osbert did receive several noble provisions; as the Lordship of Radwell, that of Brayfield, with Lands in Wahull, in Lavendon, and in other parts; and for the Blood of the Gentlemen, who were his descendants, it has been so fortunately pure, as never to have been mis-allyed, since the first knowledge of the Family; but the chiefs thereof have always Married into Names of great Authority, and Nobleness; as that of Fortis, Alno, Olney, who were of the first Conquerors; those of Wake, L'Estrange, Latimer, Vere, Darcy, and Howard; all of the prime Nobility. And as they have taken Wives out of the greatest Families, so they have given them to the chiefest Gentlemen, and prime Houses of England; to Strangeways, to Fettyplace, to brown's, to Henningham, to Mansell, to Danvers, to Radney, to Nevil, and to Howard. To these circumstances has been added their felicity, that by the Prudent Conduct of their Affairs, and successful undertake, they have ever flourished in an eminent degree of Riches and opulency. They had been, before the time of the first Sir John Mordaunt, Lords of great Manors, Lands and Lordships; but from his time, to which was designed the exaltation of this Family, and his Alliance with the House of Latimer, his Sons, with the Heir of Vere, and his Grandsons, with the Inheritrix of Fitz-Lewis: The Riches and Patrimony of this House was such, as there was scarce a Gentleman in England, whose Estate was comparable to it. After this, as the occasion of their coming into this Kingdom, was the Military Service of a victorious Prince; so the Lords of this House have continued to serve divers of their Kings in their Wars: they have served them likewise in their Councils; they have deserved to be called into the supreme Dignity of the Peerage, and thereby made hereditary Grandees, Judges, and Councillors, in which they have remained for divers Ages. There have been of them Privy Councillors to several of the greatest Kings, Ministers of State, Captains, Ambassadors, and Governors of Provinces: And in all these qualities they have served without reproach. So as if Antiquity of Original, Illustrious Derivance, Descent from noblest Blood, great Alliances, high Dignities and Employments, worthy Actions and large Possessions, be of Virtue to make a Family considerable, there will be little cause for Envy to bark at my endeavouring to establish the Honour, and Memory thereof, according to what is due to the merit of a Name so Illustrious. For the Arms of this House, from the time they have been in use, and born hereditarily in Families, were Argent a Cheveron Sable, between Three Stars Waved of the same. OSBERT le MORDAUNT, 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 joined 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 joined 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 Sovereign 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 Knights was an Equipage suitable to a Prince Adventurer; and that after his labours 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 remained 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 called 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 styled 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 Ancient Charters that are Extant. OSMUND le MORDAUNT, Lord of Radwell, Felmarsham, and Chellington. CHAPTER II. OSMUND le MORDAUNT 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, Samson Fortis, of whom was held many Fees by Knight Service. This Samson 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 Huntingdon, 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. EUSTACE le MORDAUNT, Lord of Radwell, Felmarsham, Chellington, of the Moiety of the Noble Lordship of Turvey, as of Lands in Wahull, and in Brayfield. CHAPTER III. EUSTACE le MORDAUNT 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 Manor, having a large Extent, and very particular privileges. He had a Suit 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 Cook, to Simon of Turvey, to Raignold le Bray, and to others. Toward his latter end, about the Sixteenth Year of King Henry the 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 MORDAUNT, Lord of Turvey, Felmarsham, Esthull, Radwell, of Lands in Wahull, and in Yerdley. CHAPTER IU. WILLIAM de MORDAUNT, (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 Relief 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 Manor of Turvey had in these, and aftertimes) Gives, Grants, and Confirms, for Six Marks of Silver, which he gave to him in Gersumam, one of his Villains, called Adam Pite, with all his sequel and procreation, gotten, and to be gotten for ever. There passes afterward, between William Mordaunt, and Hugh Poor, 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 Account 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 Manor with divers Lands in Yerdley: which last had been given her Father by John Scot, Earl of Huntingdon, a Prince of the House of Scotland. Her Husband is styled in a Deed (wherein Matilda, the Daughter of Lettuce 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 Vxori 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 Villains that then occupied the same. Their Issue, William de Mordaunt. And Richard de Mordaunt. WILLIAM de MORDAUNT, Lord of Turvey, Chicheley, Clifton, Yerdley, Esthull, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER V. WILLIAM de MORDAUNT, the Son of William, Lord of Turvey, and of Esthull, in the Fourteenth year of Edward the First, purchased the Manor of Chicheley, and divers Messages 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 Grace, than 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, joining 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. Needs, and the Monks of that House, of all his Right and Claim, which he had, or could have, unto three Messages, 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 foe 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 sat) was so illustrious, did yield to few, in splendour 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 Manor in Clifton, which to this day remain unto the Mordaunts, under the Name of Wake's Manor, unto which a very Noble Royalty and Privilege do belong. Their Issue, Robert Mordaunt. William Mordaunt. ROBERT MORDAUNT, 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 enfeoff ROBERT, the Son of William Mordaunt, of all his Homages, Services, Natives, and other Royalties of his Manor 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 Manors, 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 Villains, 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 Manors, 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 died 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 Brays were a Family of a long continuance in that Tract. Their Issue, Edmond de Mordaunt, their only Son. EDMOND de MORDAUNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chillington, Staggesden, Shephaell, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER VII. EDMOND de MORDAUNT 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 Cook 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 Attached to Answer, in the Term of St. Michael, unto this Roger Cook, upon a Plea of Trespass, by Bill, and thereupon the said Roger came in his own person, and complained, 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, etc.) a large proportion of Wool, 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 Suit. In order whereunto, Edmond Mordaunt comes likewise in his own person, and defends the Force and the Injury. Alleging, 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 Manor 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 Manor aforesaid: And likewise, the said Edmond had been seized of Roger himself, as of one of the Natives of his said Manor. And he desired Judgement, 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. 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 Ancient 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 Manor of Mallots, with several Lands in Cambridge, Treversham, and Fulborne; in Buckinghamshire, divers Lands in Elsburgh, Bridsthorne, Hardwick, and Wedon, Chesham and Aumundsham, with sundry other in Hertfordshire, and the entire Manor of Shephaell. She was a Noble Inheritrix; and besides her Lands, brought into the House of Mordaunt both the Blood and Arms of the Pirates 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 MORDAUNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chicheley, Shephaell, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER VIII. ROBERT MORDAUNT, 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 Manor of Mallots, besides Lands in Treversham and Julborne: And in Northamptonshire, the Lordship of Yerdley, besides the entire Manor of Shephaell, and other Lands in Hertfordshire. It was the Fortune of this Robert Mordaunt to unite the Ancient Lordship of Turvey, which for the space of One Hundred and ninety five Years had (till then) been divided into Two Manors and Jurisdictions, by the Names of mordant's Manor, and Ardres' Manor, 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 MORDAUNT, Lord of Turvey, Clifton, Chellington, Brayfield, Ampton, Timworth, Brokeley, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER IX. ROBERT MORDAUNT, the Third of his Name, giving way to that Spirit, which led him to the generous, but uncertain applications of this life, and being inclined 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 Battle of Agincourt, as appears by an Extant Deed, where by Covenant, he was with one William Mirefield, retained to serve him in the Wars of France, with a certain number of Archers and Lances. He outlived 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 Expenses incident to such undertake, 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 Manor 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 Manor of Mallots in Hinton in the County of Cambridge, with its appurtenances, and all the rest of those Lands, which the said 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 Expense 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 rendered 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 Ancient 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 Manors 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 MORDAUNT, Lord of Turvey, Chellington, Clifton, Brayfield, Bottellers, and other Lands and Lordships. CHAPTER X. WILLIAM MORDAUNT, after those wastes the Accidents of the precedent Age had made in the Estate of his Ancestors, was not induced by the discontent thereof, to neglect what Providence had left him. There remained to his support his Ancient Lordships of Turvey, that of Brayfield, the Lordships of Clifton and Chellington, with the Lands appertaining to the Manor of Bottellers in Walden, in the County of Suffolk. He had Married Margaret the Daughter of John Perk, 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 Huntingdon. Elizabeth Mordaunt, Married to Sir Wiston Brown of Abessroading. Sir JOHN MORDAUNT, Knight, Lord of Turvey, Staggesden, Chellington, Clifton, Brayfield, and many other Lands and Lordships; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Privy Councillor to King Henry the Seventh. CHAPTER XI. JOHN MORDAUNT, 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 public 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 Valour 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 Councillor in Civil Matters) to Richard Nevil, the great Earl of Warwick, into whose Affairs he was introduced 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 Battle 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 designed 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 governed 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 Councillor; and after that, having received the honour of Knighthood, he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a considerable Pension; a place, at that time, when the Lands belonging to that Duchy 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 that Wise King depended more, nor that had done him more useful and agreeable Services; from whence proceeded 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 bestowed upon him. So as having disengaged several Lordships that had been Mortgaged, or Encumbered 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 Ancient 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 received particular testimonies of the care, and concern of his Royal Master, he departed this Life, and was carried to rest with his Fathers; and lieth 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. Joan Mordaunt, Married Giles Strangeways, of Melbury in the County of Dorset. Sir JOHN MORDAUNT, Knight, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Privy Councillor 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 obtained 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, joined 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 Father's Life had conduced 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 accomplished. After this King's Death, he applied himself wholly to the farther designs of the Honour and Advantage of his House; and made his Court to the Young Successor, followed 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 Councillor, 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 Calais, and the other Ports and Castles within the English Pale in the Country of Picardy; and in many other matters he was Employed of great Importance, wherein he so behaved and discharged 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 happened by the change of the Church Government, whereunto he was not able to show 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 Governed 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 endeavour 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 Ancient Inheritance, and that he had in his Old Age, settled against all Competitors, at great Labour and Charges, with certain of the Abbey 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 Ancient 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 laboured a little under an imputation of his Enemies, who would allege, 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 Honour 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 Moor. Elizabeth Mordaunt, Married to Silvester Danvers. Winifreid Mordaunt, Married to John Cheyney of Chesham Boys. Sir JOHN MORDAUNT, Knight, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, Lord Baron of Turvey, and Privy Councillor to Queen Mary. CHAPTER XIII. JOHN MORDAUNT 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 vigour 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 favour, had the opportunity to purchase of the King, at an easy rate, the Marriage of Elly Fitz-Lewis, who had become Heir of that Ancient 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 Marquis of Dorset, the Earl of Derby, the Lord Clifford, the Lord Fitzwaters, 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, produced 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 Councillor, wherein he served during her short Reign. And so much favour she had for him, and the Lady Joan, 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 itself. 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 Surname 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, pressed hard for a proceeding unto Marriage; but the young Man, who had his chief dependence upon the old Lord Mordaunt, his Grandfather, 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 designed 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 recalled unto his own House and Custody. Hereupon the Lady whom the disparagement of her Daughter did much concern, engaged 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 mordant's Lands, infinitely of greater consequence: At last, mutual fears of General ruin by disagreement made the peace, and they both concurred 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, survived 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. Ursula Mordaunt, Married to Thomas Welbore of Clavering in Essex. Sir LEWIS MORDAUNT, Knight, Peer of England, Lord Mordaunt, and Lord Baron of Turvey. CHAPTER XIV. LEWIS Lord MORDAUNT, after his Father's Decease, succeeded unto a Noble and Free Fortune, to the Mordaunts, to the Latimers, to the Veres, to the Green's, and to the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, comprehending an interest in the Counties of Bedford, Buckingham, Hartford, Northampton, Essex, Dorset, and Somerset; 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 Councillor, he had his part in most of the great actions of that Reign; and as an instance of the great Prerogative of the Baronage of England, he was called 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 sat in many Parliaments, and Commanded the Troops of those parts, assembled at the general Rendezvouz, that were prepared 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 denied, but what he spent was employed with honour. Though he was no Courtier, yet he was much honoured 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. Marry Mordaunt, Married to Sir Thomas Mancell of Morgan. Katherine Mordaunt, Married to John Henningham. Elizabeth Mordaunt. HENRY Lord MORDAUNT, 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 Honour 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 Proceed of that Conspiracy, called The Gunpowder Treason, which if it had succeeded would have been of so cruel a consequence. This worthy Lord was involved in the unhappy troubles it produced to most of his persuasion: For upon surmise of his holding correspondence with the Traitors, 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 produced 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, that by the destruction of his Health it brought him finally to his Grave; after which his Innocency sufficiently appeared, to convince his persecutors of the Injustice of their severe deal. 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 died without Issue by his Wife ...... Smith, the Widow of Sir Robert Throgmorton. Frances Mordaunt, married to Sir Thomas Nevil, Eldest Son of the Lord Abarganey. Elizabeth, that died unmarried. Margaret, that died unmarried. Anne, that died 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 Public 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 enjoyed many perfections of Body and Mind. He was very Beautiful, Ingenious, Affable, and Applicable to all was good and useful; and there he remained 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 burdens of Obligations might come upon him by reason of his Wardship; of which by the King's Command, he was discharged. 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 seemed 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 humour he had, which was averse to Constraint, and indulgent to all his own Passions, gave way afterward to another's entrance into Favour, who was designed for all the Greatness England could give. Notwithstanding, the Great and Unfortunate Charles, Son and Successor to this King, conferred upon him the Dignity of an Earl, under the Title of Peterborow, gave him the Lieutenancy and Government 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 received some disgust at Court, and was a Lady of a very haughty Spirit, to take part with those unhappy Reformers, who at last destroyed all they pretended to amend; and this Lord, with much regret for having been engaged 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 Bedchamber 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 inclined to Rebellion, and desire of change, both in the Government of Church and State: Yet having been bred under well principled Masters, in the Royal College of Eton, 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 Soldiers this young Lord continually appeared, 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 resolved upon, the King returned 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 the Favour 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 Proceed 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 outdid 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 Battle 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 encumbered, as it would be out of his power to maintain his Son abroad, as he did desire, thought it best to recall him home. But at the time he had the unwelcome orders for his return, he received worse News, which was, That of his Father's being engaged in the Parliament party. It had like to have made the Lord Mordaunt desperate: it was a stroke he looked upon as sent from Heaven, to punish him and his Family for all their Sins. But he was then resolved 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 resolved 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 returned, and was received into the Embraces of his Friends, as one they hoped to make useful to their designs, and the party, wherewith they were engaged. 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 busy himself therewith, and practise the Trade of a Soldier, under the Command of Robert Earl of Essex, at that time Captain General of all the Parliament Forces. The Lord Mordaunt received 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 received 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, prepared 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 road 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 Soldier, was t●● Governor. After he had made and received the Compliments usual upon such an occasion, he intended to have left that place, and pursued his Journey to the Court; but there happening 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 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 stayed therefore the next day, which was employed in seeing the Works, in being informed 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 mordant's business not being in that place, he resolved 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 Enemy's approach, for many reasons which he did allege, he assured 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 Lordship's Service and convenience. The young Lord let himself be persuaded, and passed 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 employed in preparation to receive the Enemy, whose Scouts appeared, and that were upon their March ready to invest the Town. This rendered it now too late to leave that place, where was like to be occasion of serving the King, by Fight in defence of it, and encouraging the Soldiers, who love to see Great Men participate of their toils and hazards. This young Lord prepared then to do the part of a Volunteer, wherein he had soon occasion to signalise 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 resolved upon, wherein the Young Lord went out with a Musket on his Shoulder, and so distinguished himself in this first adventure as made him admired and loved by all the Garrison. The day after, by an accident, the Governor was hurt, and so, as it made him uncapable of farther Function, and in his default the whole command of the place devolved 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 turned round under the divers difficulties of so great a charge, having never before commanded alone such a Garrison, nor so considerable a place, did show 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. Succours 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 Soldiers, and divers Gentlemen, and brave Officers, the King's Troops were forced to Retreat, leaving the Town in a much worse condition than it was before, the Garrison and Inhabitants being much disheartened 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 endeavours, were intended to relieve 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 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 abandoned 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 dishonour of which was afterward at his Trial before the Court Martial at Oxford, with very much exaggeration laid to his charge. The night before the surrender, it may be imagined, the Lord Mordaunt was in no small concern how to escape the danger of being seized 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 seemed too mean, others too precipitate: At last he resolved 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 employed divers to search for him among the Troops, and that his Father had sent of his own domestics to assist in his seizure, 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 inflamed against Colonel Fielding. He complemented the Young Lord, with a particular sense he expressed to have of the hazards, whereunto by these mean Articles he was exposed. The Lord Mordaunt came the next day to Oxford, where he presented himself to the King, and was received with that goodness which was natural to one of the best Kings that ever Reigned. After which he applied 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 esteemed 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 intent, Horses, Arms, and Money; towards which the kind care of the Noble Lady Mordaunt, his Grandmother, that had always been a zealous Catholic, 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 advanced 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 followed the King to the Siege of Gloucester, wherein he endeavoured to advantage his Experience, with the observation of every Action and Proceeding was practised in that occasion, and so signalised his application towards enabling him for the future Service of his Prince, as gained him much honour 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 forced to be raised, to the shame of those had engaged the King upon the undertaking, upon the assurance of a present delivery, the Lord Mordaunt followed his Majesty to Newberry, where the King engaged in Battle 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 showed his Valour and Bravery in 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 covered his Arms, and his Horse was shot in the shoulder. The end and consequences of this Fight is known in Story. The King returned to Oxford, the Earl of Essex to London, and the Lord Mordaunt remained 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 showed the fruits of a Generous Education; his Manners were grave and decent, his Judgement 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 proceed, as had the King outlived the disorders of that Age, the Earl of Peterborow had been certainly both employed and cherished by him. After this Session, he followed the King in the Expeditions of the succeeding Summer. He was engaged in the Fight at Cropradey; he was with him in the West, at Exeter, and in Cornwall, where the Parliaments Army was Besieged, their Generals shifted for themselves by Sea, and their Troops passed by the King's Army on conditions. The Winter following was employed 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 sequestered, 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 happened 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 subsistence, 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 behaviour. He did then prosecute his journey, which was in all things very fortunate, though full of particular adventures, too long for this relation. He passed into Ireland, came into Thomond, in the Province of Munster, where his Father-in-law lived, and carried thence the Moneys he did demand. Embarked at Galloway in 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 adhered 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, seemed 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 Shipwreck, 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 lived in the Parliament Quarters, and had many Friends among them, procured his desire: So that with the young Countess, his Wife, at that time with him in France, he repaired 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, forced to be contented. In the care then of his Fortune, composing of domestic differences, and providing, as well as he could, against future accidents, the Earl of Peterborow spent his time, till the King came to be abandoned by those false Scots, and delivered into the hands of the Parliament. He happened 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 happened one Night, in his journey, to be lodged at Ampthill, where it was designed 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 risen then, and by Eleven of the Clock, came to the House where the King lay. Not without some difficulty he got to be admitted where he was, and he found his Majesty going to the Prayers usual before his Dinner. After they were performed, he kneeled down for the honour of his Majesty's Hand, but had only opportunity for the ordinary Compliments, being overlooked by the Officers appointed to observe the addresses and behaviour of all that did approach him. Cheerfulness there was not much in the King's looks, but no disorder; grave they were, but distinguishing to any he took for Friends; and injured goodness appeared 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 ask his Majesty, If there were any thing wherein he might be served with the hazard of his Life and Fortune: The King Answered, 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 jailers 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 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 failed not to be at the Rendezvous, according to appointment, in the head of a Hundred Horse, well Armed and provided, that came to follow him out of his own Country. But of such numbers as others had undertaken, there were so many failed, as at the Muster and Survey of that Rendezvous, it gave a great discouragement to those that did appear, which caused 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 Quartered 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 marched back towards Kingston, in order, by passing the River at that Bridge, to proceed 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 appeared, as he was ready to march into the Town. The Enemy's 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 dispersed 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 Enemy's Men, and were so far engaged, That the Enemy being got between them and the Town, it was impossible for them to reach back unto the Bridge, or their own flying Party; and Night being come on, they sheltered themselves in a Gentleman's House near by, and by means of good Guides got the next Night to London, where they lay concealed 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 employed every where to seek, and seize all the considerable Persons engaged, or suspected to have contributed to this attempt; the Earl of Peterborow, whom they did intent to make an example, was forced to abscond, as well as he was able. He did it in a Surgeon'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 procured for him a lodging at the Printers in Blackfriar, 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 conveyed 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 followed him in this occasion; and having presented themselves to the Prince of Wales, who was then at the Hague, they were all received 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 appertained to persons, who were Martyrs for their Service, having lost their Estates, ventured their lives, and exposed all their Friends to vindicate the Honour 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 surrendered, Lord Capell a Prisoner, and Lisle and Lucas Executed. In fine, to this succeeded the Trial 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 Commonwealth. At this time the Earl of Peterborow was retired to the City of Antwerp, because his Estate, being all for the second time sequestered, he could withdraw no such subsistence 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 forced 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 expense 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 returned 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, acquired upon Public accounts, and settlement of his Fortune, this Earl spent those years which remained between the King's Murder, 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 Marriage Mrs Elizabeth Cary) had by much officiousness, and many endeavours, 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 Hid, 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 incline 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 received 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 inclined 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 Recompense 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 Council, 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 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 established himself Governor thereof. The History of his Government there, being too long for this place, I shall only say, That, for the time he stayed, 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 recalled; the first, That his spirit, and his endeavours were so limited, as that little Honour was to be obtained 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 endeavoured to support an under Officer of his own, in his pretention of competition to some powers, that were incompatible with his Honour and Authority. And they engaged the best, and otherwise, the justest Prince in the World, so to favour what that Officer did aim at, as the Earl must have submitted to his Adversaries, or encurred 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 honour 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 engaged 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 itself, by the constant offer of his Service, he desired the Command of a Ship, to serve in that conjuncture, and it was granted, with acknowledgements 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 pretention; But since he could not serve in that capacity, he was resolved to go a Volunteer; which he hide, 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 ordered aboard the Unicorn, Commanded by one Captain ...... Tidiman, wherein he remained during that great Fight of the Third of June, in the Year .... where, to his immortal glory, the present Great King James the Second, showed more personal Valour and Conduct, than any other Prince of the House of England since the Conquest, who had killed by his side, the Earl of Faymouth, his Brother's Favourite and his own, his first Gentleman of his Bedchamber, the Lord Muskery, the generous Mr. boil, with many other Gentlemen and Soldiers. The behaviour of the Earl, in the Ship where he Sailed, was not unsuitable to his Quality and the other actions of his life. He encouraged the Soldiers with his Actions and his Words too; and the Captain in truth, of not too forward a Nature, did perhaps more than otherwise he would, to hid 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 solicitous 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 honourable 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 Bedchamber: 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 surprised, 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 acknowledgement; for he was not altogether uninterested, 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 considerable part of his Estate: so as if he had not with the place some such emolument, as might equal the increase of Expense would grow upon him, by the change of his condition, and application, he should insensibly draw himself into such circumstances as would afterwards become uneasy. 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 straight living aboard; but stayed to attend the Duke to the Court, and his reception, as he had come out, only to wait upon his Highness, and to show 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 Honour, 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 employed about the proposition was made him by his Friend at Sea, concerning the Duke's Service; and indeed, according to the information he received, 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 burdensome Service to a Master, he did rather desire to make more easy, a declension of that affair became more sutiable to his inclination. When one Morning, about a week after, happening to visit another Friend, upon whose judgement, candour, and experience, he had a much greater dependence, and acquainting him with the answer he did intent to make; he was by many important reason's overruled, as to a change of his resolution, and persuaded to embrace the occasion of entering 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 Favour 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 considerable 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 introduced, and not by them, thinking his actions, and dependence would prove accordingly. But by whom it was, they could not guests, 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 abandoned by such as were fed and clothed by the Fortunes and Favours he had procured them. He opposed the Bill for Divorce of the Lord Ross, solicited by the Court, not in favour 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 esteemed unlawful in every other. These proceed got the Earl of Peterborow the opinion of being more particularly tied to the Duke's Service by affection, than every one would have had him. Such as envied the virtue 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 concerned for the Duke in the first place, but for his own Reputation in the second. And though, it is true, he would have died for the Duke in a great occasion, yet it is certain his own honour would have had some share in the sacrifice. With these principles, and in actions suitable unto them, he continued in his Royal Highness' Service several Years; and although he was esteemed by all the Ministers, he had not many marks of their favour, who think the dependants upon the Brother and Presumptive Heir of a King, rejoice not overmuch to see that power in them, which naturally, as his due, the others would have devolved 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 Honours 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 denied to the felicity of the Royal House. All concurred 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 wished 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 Counsels of that nature, against any seemed 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 easy to digest. At last, the good King (who, it were to have been wished, had in more things followed his own good nature and judgement) 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 would have answered all the objections of Honour, Fortune, and Fruitfulness, more than any Princess that had been proposed. 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 resolved to have a Wife at any rate. Therefore, the expedient for its hindrance was, to propose a Creature of their own, one that followed the Court, and the favour of it, by birth a Stranger, not concerned 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' 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' 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 clamours would have been upon a rapture, after a years suspense, 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 Ambassador 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 pitched 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 employed and trusted, as Extraordinary Ambassador, 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 Honours and Hazards of that bloody Battle, 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 moneys, 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 addressed 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 gained a most particular share in his Credit and Favour; yet he was certainly no friend to this, nor wished 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 delays would weary the Duke, and make him at last content to take up with some Lady for whom this Lord had a favour in the Court at home. Certain it is, That he received the Earl's pressing desires for a dispatch, with a colder kind of moroseness than he could have imagined, 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 seemed 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 justify 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 haste, 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 justify himself to the Duke, and had also much interest with the King, to procure from his Majesty, upon reasons of public honour, more large allowances than the Treasurer would otherwise have made, who thought to have pinched the Earl, and made his business uneasy 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 designed for the maintenance of the Embassy. 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, designed for carrying on the Dutch War, his affairs being all in a readiness for proceeding on his Embassy, he did on the _____ of March, in the Year _____ under the Character of Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor, depart from London on that employment, having in his custody, Jewels of his Royal Highness' 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 cales, where having stayed 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 resolved 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 employed to procure a Princess that might be a fit Wife for the Duke out of some other Family. His Lordship obeyed, 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 endeavour 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 Duchess of Guise, whom France most particularly wished to favour 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 Madmoiselle de Raise; and the Fourth, Marry Anne, Princess of Wirtenbergue. This was a great trust, to the performance whereof, was requisite both Honesty and Discretion; the first, To render unconsidered all the advantages might be proposed, 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 humour and circumstances. The first, and the latter of these did reside at Paris, the Duchess 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 Raise at her Relations, some Hundred Miles distant from Paris. The Duchess 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 shaped, but under the appearance of a feeble Complexion, so, as though she had much reputation for Innocence and Virtue, 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 favour 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 surprised the Earl, and fixed upon his Fancy, That he had found his Mistress, and the Fortune of England. An ill Picture he saw of Madmoiselle de Raise; but being at such distance as he could not know herself, 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 employed 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 Cloisters of the Great in Paris. After usual Compliments, 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 talked of Divers Princesses that the World named as proper for a Match so Illustrious. The Earl had occasion hereupon, to inquire 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 endeavoured to make them useless to us, by saying, The Duchess her Mother, but more strongly her own Inclinations, did design her to a Religious life, and that she did seem resolved not to Marry. This affirmation was an extreme 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 induced 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 she was, did remain in a Monastery of Ladies, in company of several others of great Quality: And the Earl was introduced to a fight of her, by Father Gilbert Talbot, at that time newly entered into Orders of Priesthood, and an acquaintance of her Confessor. She was persuaded to receive his Lordship by way of a Visit, in the manner as is usual, at the Grate of a Parlour, designed to give the Lady's 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 Duchess of Guise, and Princess of Modena did not take place. She was of middle Stature, Fair Complexion, with brown Hair; the Figure of her Face turned very agreeably, her Eyes Grey, 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 behaviour, 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 inquire of the Fortune might be expected with her: But of that, although some concerned 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 charged with the Enquiry, as well as his Lordship, seemed 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 obeyed, 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 Inclination. 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 believed 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 gained 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 Inclinations, 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, obeyed 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 served 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 Ambassadors Plenipotentiary at that City. He did not intent 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 publicly taken notice of, light, and complemented the Earl in the Street; of which unseasonable respect, his Lordship delivered himself, by his desire that he would forbear it any farther. But after this, he did privately visit those Ambassadors, but without communicating his Business, or Intentions. He prepared then for his Voyage to Dusseldorpe, pretending, at the House where he lay, a curiosity to see the Court, and Habitation of a Sovereign 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 Soldier, conducted to an Inn, where they stayed to repose themselves, and take their measures for a farther proceeding. They thereupon sent their Guide to inquire 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 employed in seeing an Anniversary Contest among the Citizens and other persons of that place, which should soon 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 Music, to which the Duchess 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 Cloister whereby they were to pass. After some expectation the Duke arrived, preceded with the State and Ceremony was suitable to a Sovereign Quality, he had his Wife by the Hand, the Princess followed, and a considerable Train of Ladies and Cavaliers, well dressed, and in good order. The Princess was not well to be discerned, 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 sat to hear the Service. The Office and Music at an end, the Court retired 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 publicly 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 Ambassadors 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, 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 seemed to be at that time near Forty Years of Age, of competent Stature, well shaped, well dressed, and of a most obliging behaviour. 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 Compliments with much Courtesy, which they paid with all Respect; and of himself began to entertain them with divers Questions about their Journey, the Ambassadors, and proceeding of the Treaty at Cullen; and afterwards, insensibly fell upon England, the Court thereof, the Princes, and its other concerns. He enquired 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 assured him, they heard of no such thing. At last he took his leave of them with much civility, and when he was departed they asked the Gentleman if they might have the farther favour of seeing the Duchess and the young Princess; who having told them, he would inquire, he left them; and after some stay, returned to let them know, they should be admitted. Towards which they were carried, and introduced into an upper Room, where seemed to expect them the Duchess of Newburgh, accompanied with the young Princess her eldest Daughter. The Earl made her his compliments, 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 versed in the French Tongue, she desired her Daughter, the Princess, might interpret between them; at which the Princess did approach, and helped to carry on the conversation, and with intention, as he thought, to show 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 Duchess of Newburgh was a Princess, in his Opinion, of about five or six and thirty years, of a middle stature, light brown Hair, inclining 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 subtle, or Courtly, as might be found in the spirits of Ladies bred in France or Italy. The Princess, her Daughter, was supposed 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 grey, 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 inclining to be Fat. In discourse she rendered to his Lordship readily her Mother's sense, 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 civilest manner he could, break thorough all that, and got him liberty to retire to his Inn; where after he had made a very ill Supper, there came to inquire for him, under 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 favour, and of his Bedchamber. This Mr. Hamilton seemed every way to try what he could get out of the Earl, and by his discourse his Lordship perceived his proceed had puzzled the Court: But withal, That they were suspicious of his satisfactions, by reason his Lordship declined to receive greater favours 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 Wagon ready, (the ordinary way of Travelling in that Country) he came by Land to Cullen, whence his Lordship immediately dispatched 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 Duchess of Portsmouth, who was then, and continued to his end, the favourite 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 endeavour 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 attained 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 favour 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 received, he stood so well inclined, 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 obeyed 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 returned home, with what a reverse of Fortune did he meet! The Agent that did at that time Negotiate, in absence of the Ambassador, 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 forbidden; but by neglect, or taking a wrong way to meet him, the Earl had seen her, and made her compliments 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 Inclination, 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 designed her, and turned 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 seemed a rival that forbore not to recoyce, if not to insult upon this reverse of Fortune. But at last she was forced to appease her discontents; and though the Earl durst see her no more, yet he wished her much happiness, as she did deserve, in any other proceeding. His Lordship was, after this, employed 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 unturned, that might contradict or hinder any Catholic Alliance. He dispatched 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 prepared 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 Counsels and persuasions, to make this Marriage succeed. The Earl then received wings from the Interest and Commands of his Master, and came to Lions in three days. but he was no sooner entered 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 Duchess 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 styled 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 Duchess knowing her Daughter's 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 amazed at the cause of such a Letter, and to disown to these persons any 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 satisfy 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 happened, and the discouragement he had met; and though he directed his Servants and Equipage to remain at Lions till farther orders, yet he resolved himself to proceed as far as Turnin, where resided an Ambassador of France, who had the reputation of presiding over the French affairs in Italy, to whom he might communicate what had happened, 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 esteemed the King, his Master, the chief mover? The Ambassador assured his Lordship he had never been made acquainted with that business; and that if his Master were concerned in it, it was likely he designed 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 received a Letter from the Duchess of Modena, wherein she prayed him, That if his Lordship came to Turin, and did confer, or advise with him upon that matter, he would signify to his Lordship, an impossibility in the accomplishing of it, for the reasons had been before expressed, in the Letter his Lordship had at Lions 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 Ambassador, who, though unemployed in this affair, did now believe his Master much concerned 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 followed his Counsel, arrived 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 favour of being admitted to him, who came from the Duchess 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 Lions. 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 Duchess herself, 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 accomplished, 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 contained in hers to the Ambassador 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 herself favoured by his reception, and he should be very welcome. The Earl after having excused himself to the Duchess, from the trouble his coming into those parts seemed to cause unto her Highness, and thanked her for the Honour 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 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 returned with a seeming satisfaction at that time. But the next day his Lordship received a Letter from the French Ambassador at Turnin, whereby he acquainted him, That there was now, by the King of France's Order, upon the way, the Marquis of Angeao, designed by his Majesty to come with most pressing desires to the Duchess for a consent and conclusion to this Match, and to assist his Lordship with all the offices and endeavours imaginable. This did much satisfy 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 mortify the Earl, whose Head turned round under this variety of uncertainties: But he had but to obey and be patiented. And now some days after came Nardi again with new Compliments from the Duchess, and Expressions how glad that Court should be, if the Honour was supposed to be intended to the Daughter, might be transferred on any other Princess of that Family (for it seems, they had been informed, that something of that kind had been listened 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 alleged the cause of his stay to be a little Indisposition, which he expected should soon pass, and returned the Duchess his Duty and humble Thanks for the honour 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' 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 Marquis of Angeao came, and the Morning of his arrival hastened to Visit and Compliment 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 Marquis 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 Duchess, when, as one of the Cardinal's Neices, she remained in France, and there try the power of his Reasons and Persuasions; to which, if the Duchess 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 received into that Court with the Honour and Respect due to his Dignity and Business. The Marquis 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 Duchess, 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 Honour and Power, above that balance whereunto they wished it should be kept unto their own: Italian Princes being not only very jealous, and emulous of their Neighbours, but subtle too; He did all he could to make averse unto it both the Duchess, and the Princess herself. But the reason of the thing was so strong in itself, as at last, it did overrule, the Duchess, and all that were concerned in her Service and Counsels. The Marquis 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 received; and the Duchess wrote to him also to the same effect, with all the respectful Invitation that was suitable. They declared, there remained now only one difficulty, which was, in obtaining a Dispensation from the Pope for Celebration of a Marriage with a Catholic Princess, to a Prince not declared 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 publicly 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 Marquis, 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 received 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 Duchess; there to remain till his Lordship should think fit to appear in public and assume his Character. The Earl did expect to have had a House where he might have lived at his own Expense, and under the care and government of his proper Officers: But he found there several apartments, all nobly furnished, for himself and the rest of his followers, according to the quality of every Man, and each Office full of the Duchess' 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 replied, That though the Duchess, in public at his Lordship's instance, omitted to pay him the respects that were due to him, yet she was not tied from serving him her own way, in all the accommodations were necessary to his living and subsistence, 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 received incognito, to the sight and conversation of the Duchess: He was led thither the first time by Nardi alone, who fetched him up to the Palace in a private Coach, and by a back way led him up into an apartment, where he found the Duchess standing with her Back to a Table; whom he approached with the Respect was due to a Sovereign Princess in her own House; she received him likewise with much courtesy; 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 Duchess did seem to excuse herself 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 Catholic Religion, there would be difficulties in obtaining a Dispensation for an Alliance, with a Prince, though never so great, that was not declared of the same Church, let the Opinion of his true Faith be what it would. To every particular of these, his Excellency answered 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 Dispense 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 favoured with a sight of the young Princess, whose possession he had so long thought necessary for his Master's happiness, and the Duchess' 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 Ambassador, the Duke d' Estrée, favoured 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 professed and violent opposer. Various pretences were alleged for excuse of this obstinacy, but the true cause was the jealousy of the See of Rome, concerning any increase of Greatness to the House of Esté, so considerable a part of its State and Riches resting upon the violent usurpation of the Duchy 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 induced to use other means than Preces & Lacrimae, to recover their own, even from the Successor of St. Peter. It seemed 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 Mistress; and having made her the Compliments were proper, he asked her pardon, if he was made an Instrument to discompose her quiet, and in some sort to cross her Inclinations; but he thought before, from the sight of her Picture, and was now much more confirmed in the Opinion, by the view of herself, 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 answered, 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 Honour and be ready to embrace it, they should persist in endeavouring to force the Inclinations of another, for whom it was impossible to agree to a proposition of that nature; and that had vowed herself, as much as was in her power, to another sort of life, out of which she could never think she should be happy. She desired 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 Honour, 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 peeked, at expressions he thought something too earnest in opposition of what he did desire. He told her then, he begged 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 World, which should honour it with Characters of high Virtue 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 appeared 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 Eyebrows, and her Eyes; but the latter so full of light and sweetness, as they did dazzle and charm too. There seemed 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 framed, there was all the Features, all the Beauty, and all that could be great and charming in any humane Creature. This Princess seemed unsatisfied, for all he could say, of the Earls persistance, but said no more, and retired with the Duchess after the end of the Conversation. The next day his Excellency complained to Nardi of her Highness' proceeding, expressing dissatisfaction, that having been kept in hand on pretence of the Abbot of Angeao's Negotiation for the Dispense, 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 concerned, 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 circumscribed in his Affairs, and he was obliged to come to a sudden conclusion or to departed. Upon Notice whereof, the Duchess sent him notice next day, of greater hopes of the young princess' concurrence, whom, she said, had been pressed by the Duke her Brother, and all her Friends, so as upon the arrival of the Dispense 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 Duchess herself, 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 Duchess had great dependence, and all the other Adherents and Relations of the House of Esté, being every day more and more possessed of the Honour and Interest they were like to find in this Alliance, were scandalised at the unreasonable obstinacy of the Pope and his Nephew, and did frankly advise the Duchess 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 applied to for the performance, but he refusing, a poor English Jacobine was found, Brother to Jerome White, that after served the Duchess, 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 herself 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 apartment. The Earl of Peterborow, instead of making a public 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 Duchess 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 Sovereignty did appear, which are usual with Princes who are independent 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 designed now to entertain his Excellency, in quality of Extraordinary Ambassador, 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 Expense of that Generous Princess. But now other things being concluded, and the Earl pressing his departure, the Day for the Marriage was assigned, 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 fetched 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 seemed 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 performed the Ceremony designed 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 fetched to accompany these Princes at the Dinner. That did succeed about One of the Clock: and as to the Ceremony of it, it was performed 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 sat with the Princess, the Duke, Duchess, 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 contrived: 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 Courtesy and good Humour 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 honour of the Night, was dedicated Dancing, and a Ball, whereunto all the Beauties of that Court did resort. It was performed 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 road to the Cathedral, where a solemn Service and Te Deum was sung, in honour of the accomplishing of this Marriage. And two or three other days more were spent in triumphal Shows, and other testimonies of Public Rejoicing. After all which, the time of undertaking the departure being come, the Duchess 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 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 accommodations should be necessary for her service. She began then this happy voyage the _____ of September, in the Year 1673. accompanied by the Duchess 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 rejoin the Princess till they came into Piedmont. After two days the young Duke was persuaded 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 dissolved 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 allowed to her Fears, as well as her Inclinations, 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 lodged and provided for, after a most magnificent manner, but ever at the expense 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 Arsenal; where his Excellency was likewise provided for, and had a noble Table kept for his own particular, at the same King's expense 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 returned, the King of France, for all her desire of being incognito, would not be persuaded from personally paying her his Compliments, 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 received at Versailles, by their Majesties, with all imaginable circumstances of Honour and Consideration; and there entertained, with that Royal profusion and magnificence, accustomed from that great Monarch, towards such Guests, and on such occasions. The Queen of France returned 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 Punctilios, and Formalities. But being in the King of France's House, the Marriage made upon his account, and his Favours continually employed upon all concerned 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 Duchess of York, or practising any undue condescensions: Mediums were then found, and expedients for all pretences; visits were made by Madmoiselle, Madmoiselle de Montpensier and Madame de Guise, and repaid to them again; after which, and the receipt of very Royal Presents from the King, her Royal Highness began her Journey from Paris, on the _____ of October; was defrayed by the King's Officers, till she came on board the King of England's Yachts, which attended her at Calais; and in all the Provinces and Towns she passed, she was met and received by the Governors and Magistrates, as if she had been the Queen of France. To Calais she came at last, and there in company of her Mother, her Uncle, and all that came with her out of Italy, Embarked 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 herself, 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 Duchess into the great Room before his Bedchamber, 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 Supped 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 Virtue. 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 received, 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 mortify the Earl of Peterborow, that had proved 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 dissolved; 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 resolved, 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 Catholic, 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 persuasion. The succeeding Spring and Summer proved full of domestic contrivances, great effects of Faction did appear. The Envy of the Duke of Monmouth played, 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 public 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 increase 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 itself. 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 showed to him and his near Relations; and indeed he so managed his advantages in this dislike, as during the last Reign kept his Lordship from all the rewards and acknowledgements, 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 designed the ruin of the Crown, and establishment of a Commonwealth; against the prevalency whereof there was but the Duke's fidelity to the King his Brother, his valour 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 ruin. This did seem a great undertaking, to destroy a Prince such as he, such in his Birth, such in his Merit and Virtues, 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 Valour, his Justice, his Temperance, his love of business, his indefatigableness in all honourable undertake; 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 Liars, one of whose chief Favourites 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 Learned, 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 entered 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 appeared 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 ruin, and extirpation, in which he was inexorable; and it was never known he forgave, or was reconciled to any Man. This Man from a condition obnoxious enough to the King, and his party, had prepared the way of his Peace, before the Restoration of King Charles the Second, by an Alliance with a great Man, esteemed 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 procured 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, appeared 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 occasioned 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 against his Father-in-law, which then the Chancellor was. But after this he became, as far as he durst, opposed to the Duke; on every occasion joined himself to and party that seemed 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 applied unto the King, no Man knew to do it with more dexterity than this Lord, for he could kill with courtesy, and so ruin a Man's Reputation with Praises. The Earl of Shaftsbury, under these capacities, having tried various successes in his Fortune, and finding the Duke's Genius 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' Oats. 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 concerned: Herein many of the Duke's Creatures and Servants did undergo Reflection and the Aspersion, the Calumny, and the Slander reached even unto all the Catholics 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 stayed longer than he did intent, upon pretence of searching into this matter to satisfy 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 performed it, between that and the sitting of the Parliament, if to that purpose it had been well employed. But the King would go, and in the Interim Godfrey was killed, by himself or by some other, which made a noise so great, as at his Majesty's return, there was no way to hinder the acceptance of this Ball, which was played into the hands of the Parliament and the Duke's Enemies, to the end they might maintain a Game, intended, and undertaken, for the ruin 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, Oats 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 Catholics. Bedloe came in upon the false inventions of the death of Godfrey; many other became Evidences, suborned and maintained by the Costs and Arts of Shaftsbury, Monmouth and their Party. The Test was framed to exclude the Duke and the Catholic 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, Arundel, and Petres were after accused of High Treason, and many others. In fine, Hell was broke lose; 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 public justice against public malice and public 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' 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 endeavoured 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 followed 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 stopped, and forbidden 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 expense, as did no dishonour to his Master, his Country, nor the Quality of which he was; and upon his Highness' 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 Duchess and the Court at that time behind them. I mention this as an introduction to an accident, which after happened, wherein his Lordship and his Royal Master had like to have been much concerned; 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 acquaintance, 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 proceed in Parliament, and the disaffection had been raised towards them, by the wicked Arts of their Enemies, her Ladyship asked, 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 proceed and designs could be taken off from their Malice, and introduced 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 Ladyship told him then she knew an ingenious Woman, who from the Calling of a Midwife 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 concerned 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 Ladyship, 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 turned 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 complied: 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 assured 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 Countess' House, those endeavours were diverted by an intervening Information. Mrs. Cellier had told her Ladyship how she was come acquainted with an ingenuous young Man, who by several accidents had attained 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 incline 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 appeared under a decent figure, a serious behaviour, and with words that did not seem to proceed from a common understanding. He owned his Name to be 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 Coffeehouses: There, by the general discourses, wherein at that time most were very free, he discovered the temper of Men to be infinitely inclined to Sedition, to a dissatisfaction of the Government, and a great desire of change. Malice appeared 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, appeared to be most busy a certain Man, who was called a Major, and reported to have been an Officer of the old Rebellion. He spoke well, with Art, and Authority; knew the Arguments that touched Men's Opinions, and was not unprovided with those that concerned their interests; and this Man was not only willingly heard but always much applauded. Coming thus to a knowledge of what was the humour 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 learned 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 induced 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 domestic 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 approached 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 easy by the weakness of the present King, by his remissness, and want of vigour to assert his own right, and by the ill posture whereunto he had suffered 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 proceed 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 might be (perhaps) a Trap for him, to see how he would be concerned 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 ordered, 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' 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 dismissed. 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 ordered him to the care of the Secretary of State, from whom he had several Sums of Money for his encouragement, 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 performed 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 denied 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 allege: 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 seemed 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 conveyed 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 played 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 justify, 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 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 obliged 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 shame 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 owned 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 remained 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 concerned. But as soon as he was gone, the Earl of Shaftsbury complained 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 Murder that was particularly designed for himself. His Lordship was summoned 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 dismissed 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 honour of his Lordship. After this, came on the Parliament, the hardships against the Lords in the Tower did increase, 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 accused 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 Virtue 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 endured 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 appeared against it, who, that day, in all the force of Speech, in Reason, in Arguments, of what could concern the public, or the private interests of Men, in Honour, in Conscience, in Estate, did outdo 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 Trial, as the chief of those Lords, that had been accused of so many Treasons; in the particulars of whose Impeachment, there appeared so many improbabilities, in the Witnesses such 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 Trial, 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 persuaded and threatened from it, and in scorn of that iniquity did not remove, till he had voted for public Justice, against popular Tyranny and Oppression. This Parliament, after this Lord's Condemnation, came to be Dissolved; 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 hearken 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 Ruin, 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 looked in a degree like one of those Parliaments called in the Baron's 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 entered then upon the Parliament, and indeed such was his love to quiet, and the public 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 forced then and on a sudden to dissolve this Parliament also, and to betake himself to their Counsels, who undertook to make him live without it. And so he came to spend at London and Windsor the ensuing Summer. Enraged the Party became at this, and looked 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 subsistence, he was not like to come suddenly into their power again. And now the Faction found, that both the Brothers were to be destroyed, before they could attain the power was thought necessary for them, so they then fell to the fatal consultations of plain Rebellion, open Murder, 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 public 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 employed the rest of that Summer in disabusing many Gentlemen of the opinion they had received of the candour 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 Embarked 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 Duchess at Edinburgh, he was forced to departed 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 accommodations as well as the safety whereof was esteemed more proper for both the Voyage, and the Company, difficulties having been experienced in the last passage aboard the Yatchts, which were esteemed would not have been so dangerous in this other sort of Embarkation. His Highness proceeded then, but Providence showed, that all precautions 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 preserved, 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 Duchess, 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 Fanatic Plot, divers Accusations there were, and the Lord Russel was Tried, Condemned, and Executed. Many were Imprisoned, and a great consternation appeared upon all that Party. The Earl of Peterborow was in the mean time restored to his place in Council; and his part in the Summer's actions consisted in causing Presentments to be made, and Indictments in his own Country, for example's sake, of such as had been of Shaftsbury's Party, and appeared 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 inclined Countries of all England, he did, with the pains, care and diligence that he applied, 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 burned that Town, and preserved 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 designed to the ruin 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 resigned 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 established him Groom of the Stole, and First Gentleman and Governor of his Bedchamber: The Earl served his Majesty afterward at his Royal Coronation, in bearing before him St. Edward's Sceptre; 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 asked, 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 Solebay 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 died in the Twelfth year of her Age. Marry Mordaunt, Married to Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk. knight on horseback bearing the colours of the family, and a family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors OSBERT le MORDAUNT a Norman Knight. Osmond le Mordawnt Elena Fortis. Baldwin Mordaunt. Eustace le Mordaunt Alice of Alne. Robert Mordaunt. William de Mordaunt. Amicia de Olney. Agnes Mordaunt. William de Merdaunt. Rese de Wake. Richard Merdaunt. William Merdaunt. Rebert de Mordaunt. jeane de Bray Nichalas Mordaunt. Richard Mordaunt. Edmund de Mordaunt. Elena de Broc. Rebert de Mordaunt. Agnes le Ejlrange 〈◊〉 Mordaunt 〈◊〉 Cheney 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Boys Edmund Fettyplace. Margaret Mordaunt. John Denton. John Radney of Radney Stoak. Anne Mordaunt. John Fisher. 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 Huntingdon 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 john 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. 〈◊〉 Mordaunt 〈◊〉 Strangway 〈◊〉 Melborne 〈◊〉 Dorsell. 〈◊〉 Mordaunt 〈◊〉 of Oakley 〈◊〉 Booth. Dowthy Mordaunt Thomas Moor. Ld. of Bampton Eliz: Mordaunt. Silvester Danvers. 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. Marry Mordaunt Thomas Mancell Lord of Morgan Henry Lord Mordaunt. Margaret Compton Catherine Mordaunt. john Honingham james Mordaunt Gostwick john Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow. Eliz: Howard. Lewis Mordaunt Smith. Frances Mordaunt Sr. Thomas Nevil Eldest Son to Henry Lord Abergeveny John Lord Viscount Mord: ●aunt Elizabeth Cary Henry Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow Penclope Obrian Eliz: Mordaunt Tho: Lord Heward of Escrick. Marry Mordaunt Duchess 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 Authentic Testimonies. GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT. OSBERT le MORDAUNT, 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 MORDAUNT, 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. seal of Sampson Fortis SIGILLUM SAMSONIS FORTIS EUSTACE le MORDAUNT, 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 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 MORDAUNT, First of that Name, Lord of Turvey, Asthull, and other Lands. CHAPTER IU. 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 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. seal of Ralph, earl of Chester SIGILLUM 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, etc. 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 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 & 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 Willielmus Dominus suus de omnimodis demandis quietum clamavit eidem Thomae de toto praedicto compoto. WILLIAM de MORDAUNT, 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 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. seal of Reginald de Grey SIGILLUM 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 bensted, Henrico le Scroop, 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 MORDAUNT, 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 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. 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, etc. 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 & Sibyl Brute tenent dimidiam rodam terrae, redditus per annum unius denarii & obuli, & faciendo omnia alia servitia, & Sibyl 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, etc. & fecit fidelitatem. Praeceptum est summonere Willielmum Golde, veniendi ad proximam Curiam ad faciendum, etc. 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, etc. 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. seal of Robert Mordaunt SIGILLUM ROBERTI MORDAUNT 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, & 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. seal of Alexander Bozonn 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. 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 Humphrey 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 & 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 Humphrey, 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. EDMUND de MORDAUNT, 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. seal of Edmund Mordaunt SIGILLUM EDMUNDI MORDAUNT 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 brussels, & 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 brussels, & Agneti, Uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, & 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 letters verront, ou orront Edmond Mordaunt, & Ellene sa femme, & Henry de Brusselle, & Agnes sa femme, Salutz en dieu, Saches nous avoir ordoigné nostre cher, & bien aim, 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 leuè, en forme de tail, seant firm, & stable, quicunque le dit Jean Baynard, de ce fera, en nostre nom. En tesmognance de qu'elle chose, à cestes nos presents letters, 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 party, Agnes soeur mesme d'ycelle Johane, d'autre party, & Edmund Mordaunt, & Ellene sa Femme, soeur mesme d'ycelle Johane, & Agnes de tiers' party, fills & heretieres' de Rauff de Broke: de l'heritage mesme cel Rauff Southecrit, tesmoigne la purparty, 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 rent, 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. 0 0 vi 0 0 De Johanne Child. 0 i iv 0 0 De Johanna Prestmere. 0 two 0 0 0 De Richardo Witringden. 0 i iv 0 0 De Thoma Prat. 0 viij iv 0 0 De Johanna at Thorn. i seven ix 0 0 De dame Johanne de Badden. Et una libra de Cumyn. 0 v vi 0 0 De Edmundo Colt. 0 vi xi 0 0 De Johanna Colle. 0 vi xi 0 0 De Johanna Assbiry. 0 vi 0 0 0 De Richardo Carter. 0 x 0 0 0 De Johanna Cole. 0 i seven 0 0 De Johanna at Dene. 0 vi 0 0 0 De Luce le Welle. 0 i vi 0 0 De Willielmo Hikelond. 0 i 0 0 0 De Johanna marshal. 0 iij 0 0 0 De Hugone Wine. 0 0 x 0 0 De Edellyne de Welpele. 0 ij 0 0 0 De Johan Gesse. 0 i 0 0 0 De Elene Reivie. 0 0 ix 0 0 De Alene Allot. 0 i iv 0 0 De Willielmo Draper. 0 ij 0 0 0 De Johanne Welpele. 0 0 viij 0 0 De Johanne Prat. 0 i viij 0 0 De Henrico Blake, 0 vi vi 0 0 De Johanne Rokmarsey. 0 vi ij 0 0 De Johanne Fitz Nichol Ashele. 0 0 vi 0 0 De Johanne Somerton. 0 i iv 0 0 De Rogero Toryny Chevalier. 0 viij iv 0 0 De Johanne Child. 0 0 i 0 0 De Willielmo Coke. 0 iij ix 0 0 De Johanne Blakwell Shephire. 0 ij 0 0 0 De Johanne le Long. 0 xi v 0 0 De Simone Stonherd. 0 x iij 0 0 De Johanne Gardiner. 0 xiv vi 0 0 De Johanne Gardiner. 0 0 vi 0 0 De Johanne Baker. 0 iij 0 0 0 De Agnete Pennyfader. 0 ij 0 0 0 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 brussels. ET l'avant dit Agneyse, autre des parteners susditz, averoit le site de Maner de Maudeleyns', ove toute les terres, boys & pastures iiij l. viij s. iij d. de rent; mesme le maner de Maudeleyn: cest ascavoir, l. s. d. ob. q. De Johanne Cokeregge. 0 seven iv 0 0 De Stevenne Chaumpeneys. 0 xiij iv 0 0 De les tenants de Barkhamstede. 0 xxxvi 0 0 0 De la dame Porter. 0 viij 0 0 0 De Johanne Pedifat. 0 0 xij 0 0 De Willielmo Cohesdele. 0 ij seven 0 0 De Johanne Redbourn. 0 ij 0 0 0 De Johanne Cokevyle. 0 0 xij 0 0 De Willielmo de Asheld. 0 xiv 0 0 0 De Roberto at Shore. 0 xuj x 0 0 Ove lour homages, services & custumez forpris Grenelands, & three 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 appertenantzes, & les terres, de Rigmerfeld & Blakelond, avant nomes, jade's parcel de Stevenach; & de la rent du Maner de Maudeleyn, seven l. xiv s. 1 d. ob. quadrants, Cest ascavoir. l. s. d. ob. q. De Waltero powel. 0 0 x 0 0 De Johanne Sokereseyn. 0 iij x 0 0 De— John 0 ij 0 0 0 De Nicolao Oysell. 0 vi i 0 0 De Johanne Mollyns Chevalier. 0 viij viij 0 0 De Roberto Gravely. 0 two 0 0 0 De Johanne Carrier. 0 0 iij 0 0 De Johanne— 0 0 xviij 0 0 De Johanne Godele. 0 iv iv 0 0 De Waltero Garnhon. 0 0 xviij 0 0 De Stevenne Marten. 0 0 iij 0 0 De Johanne Gardiner. 0 0 xvij 0 0 De Johanne Drake. 0 two viij 0 0 Deal molen lable de Mussenden. 0 xv 0 0 0 De Waltero Blakwell. 0 vi vi i 0 De Thoma Shepherd. 0 0 xvij 0 0 De Johanne Blakwell. 0 xi i 0 0 De Juliana Blakwell. 0 0 xv 0 0 De Rauff Clarnik. 0 0 xxij 0 0 De Elizabetha Blakwell. 0 0 xx 0 0 De Rauff Coke. 0 viij v i 0 De Johanne White. 0 0 xij 0 0 De Willielmo May. 0 0 ix 0 0 De Johanne Cole. 0 0 ix 0 0 Et de les tenante de Esylbirghe iij ix viij 0 0 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 Manors; 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 novel 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 rent, issant de la terre de William le Shepherd, & xx s. rent issant de la terre que Thomas Trayerr tient, demeureront en commun, enters les partners avantdits, à departir, quant il leur plaira: En Tesmoignage de qu'elle chose, les partners susdits, entrechangeablement ont mis leur seaulx. Data à Maudeleyn, le Lundy prochain devant la feste de la Conversion de St. Paul, L'an du Reign Edward troifieme apres la Conquest 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 brussels, & 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 seven. Shareshull. Adhuc de termino Sancti Michaelis. EDmundus Mordaunt attachiatus fuit ad respondendum Rogero Cook de Neuton Blosseville, de placito trangressionis per billam, etc. 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, etc. 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, etc. Et praedictus Edmundus, in propria persona sua venit, & defendit vim & injuriam, quando, etc. & 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, etc. & 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, etc. Examinatur per Scipionem le Squire Procamerarium in Curiâ Receptae Scaccarii. ROBERT de MORDAUNT, 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, 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. seal of Robert Mordaunt SIGILLUM ROBERTI MORDAUNT 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 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 Proud, 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. seal of Thomas d'Ardres Sigillum Thomae Dardres Charta Richardi Dagenhale. PAteat universis per praesentes me Richardum Dagenhale, ballivum Buckinghamiaes & Bedfordiae Domini Hugonis Comitis de Stafford, recepisse de Roberto Mordaunt, filio & haerede quondam Edmundi Mordaunt, Domino de Turveia, 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, Geoffrey 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 Margot, 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 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 Michael, 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 Curtez de Wymington, & Willielmus Mordaunt, dedimus, concessimus & hac praesenti Chartâ nostrâ confirmavimus Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Agneti uxori ejus, omnia illa, 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, 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 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. seal of John le Strange SIGILLUM JOHANNIS 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 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 Buckinghamiaes. 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 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 York, & 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 demi 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 xuj jour de Juin, l'an du Reigne nostre Seigneur le Roy Henry quarta puis le Couqueste tressisme. ROBERT de MORDAUNT, 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. seal of Robert Mordaunt SIGILLUM ROBERTI MORDAUNT 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 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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 Comitatu Buckinghamiaes, 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 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 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 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, 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, etc. 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, etc. 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 Geoffrey, 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, 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, release 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 Tawe de Stareton, propé Daventryam, & avoint issue une fille qui fuist espousée à un Gold, qui manet à leicester, & 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 leicester, & 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 priest 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 allen 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 fills & heir de Robert Oldenby priest 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 Margot, 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 xuj 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 Law, 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 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 Martin, Richardo Geoffrey, 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 Buckinghamiaes, dicto manerio, die confectionis praesentium, spectantibus, seu 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 MORDAUNT, 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, Ardresstrokking, 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, & eye 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 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, eye 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, 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, & Buckinghamiaes, 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 Shirley 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 & Buckinghamiaes. 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 MORDAUNT, Knight, First of that Name, Chancellor of the Duchy 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, Gentleman, sendeth greeting in our Lord God. Whereas Margaret Mordaunt, my Mother, holdeth the Manners called Mordauntsmaner, 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 forty Years, than 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 Vynter of Kerdington, John Poley of Bydenham, and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey aforesaid, the reversion of the said Manners, 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 Manners, 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. seal of John Mordaunt SIGILLUM IOHANNIS MORDAUNT 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 Manner 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, than 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, aught 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 Manner 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 Manner 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 well-beloved John Mordaunt, Gentleman. signature of Richard III By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well. And forsomuch as We, with God's Grace, intent to bring into our obeisance, our Castles, kept by our Traitors and Rebels in the North Parts of our Land, and therefore will in our Person remove to Morrow towards these said Parties, to establish the means that may best serve thereunto, We pray you hearty 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 expenses, 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 Well-beloved John Mordaunt and William Salisbury, and to every of them. signature of Richard III By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well. 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 Summer, 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. We having perfect and certain Trust of your , 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 Well-beloved John Mordaunt, Gentleman, of our County of Bedford. signature of Henry VII By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, We greet you well. And whereas we have directed Our Commission, and certain Instructions in Writing to Our trusty and well-beloved Master Walter Field, Clerk, Thomas Fouler, Squier, and others, to do and exercise in Our Name, and the usual well of this Our Realm, such things as be comprised in the said Commissions and Instructions. We for the great trust we have in you, desire and hearty 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 show 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 Huntingdon. THis Indenture tripartited, made the fourteenth day of February, the tenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the seventh, between Thomas Huntingdon 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 Brother, oon that second Party, and Robert Paris of Little Lynton, in the County of Cantebrig, Esquire, and John Paris, Son and Heir apparent of the said Robert, oon that third Party, 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 Huntingdon, and Margaret his Wife; and likewise the same Anne, by the Grace of God, shall take to her Husband the said William: The Solemnisation 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 Huntingdon, shall have to him for Term of his Life, without Impeachment of waist, all the Manners of Crochemen 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 Huntingdon, or any other Person or Persons to his use, at this time stand or be seized. And after his Decease all the said Manners, Lands and Tenements, and Appurtenances, shall be, go, and remain to the said John Paris and Margaret his Wife, the Elder Daughter, and oon of the Heirs apparent of the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 Paris, 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 Paris, 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 Manners, Tenements, and other Premises with the Apputenances, shall be, go, and remain to the said Thomas Huntingdon, and to the Heirs of his Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of Issue, all the said Manners, Lands, and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, shall be, go, and remain to the right Heirs of the Body of Robert Huntingdon, Son of Walter Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon, and to the Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Thomas Huntingdon for ever. And for the further accomplishment of the same, the said Thomas Huntingdon, before the Feast of the ascension of our Lord God, next coming, shall make, or cause to be made, to George nicols, John Jenour, and Thomas Thorpe, and to their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful Estate of all the said Manners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises with their appurtenances, to the said use and intent, as by the Council of the said John Mordaunt, and Robert Paris shall be devised: And the same Thomas Huntingdon before the Feast of Saint Martin, in Winter next coming, shall suffer all such Recoveries to be had by William Fyndern, Knight, William Thine, Esquire, John Mordaunt, Esquire, Thomas Frowyke, Esquire, Robert Tyrall, Esquire, Richard Higham, Esquire, Robert Bradbury, Gentleman, John Vynter, Gentleman, and William Gascoigne, Gentleman, 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 Paris, 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 Huntingdon, make a Grant or Grants, of forty Shillings by Year, yearly going out of the said Manners of Crochemen with the Appurtenances in the County of Essex, and of other forty Shillings by Year, yearly going out of the said Manner 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 Huntingdon, to be named during the Lives of them, to whom it shall be so granted. It is also agreed, that the said Thomas Huntingdon, by the assent and agreement of the said Robert Paris and John Paris, his Son, and John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, his Brother, that at the pleasure of the said Thomas Huntingdon, they shallcause all the said Manners, 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 Paris and William Mordaunt, shall thereof make choice, as by the said Thomas Huntingdon, John Mordaunt and Robert Paris, 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 Manners, 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 Huntingdon during his Life, without impeachment of Waste: And after his Thomas Huntingdon during his Life, without impeachment of Waste: 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 Paris 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 Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon, and of his Heirs for ever. And in like wise, after division in form aforesaid made and had, the said William Fyndern, William Thine, John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyke, John Vynter, and William Gascoigne, to stand and be seized of the said Part of the said Manners, Lands and Tenements with their Appurtenances, so allotted to the said John Paris and Margaret his Wife, and by them so chosen to the use and behoof of the said Thomas Huntingdon, for term of Life, without any Impeachment of Waste: And after his Decease, to the use and behoof there, of the said John Paris 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 Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon and of his Heirs for ever. And if no Partition be made and agreed to, of the said Manners, Lands and Tenements in the Life of the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 Manners Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, and after that Partition so made, the said John Paris and Margaret his Wife, or the said Margaret, or the Heirs of the same Margaret, lawfully begotten, shall choose 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 Huntingdon. Also it is agreed and covenanted, That the said Thomas Huntingdon, at the Costs and Charges of the said William Mordaunt and John Paris, 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 Huntingdon, during his Life, and after his Decease to be delivered to the said John Paris, 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, than the same Evidences to be laid in some other place, in safeguard, as shall be divised by the said Thomas Huntingdon, John Paris, 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 Huntingdon, 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 Vynter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, Gentlemen, to be bound jointly and severally in three several Obligations, every of them containing the sum 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 bound jointly and severally to the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon 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, than 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 Manner 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 Council of the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon and Robert Paris, upon Marriage had between the said John Paris and Margaret his Wife, and thereupon the said Robert Paris paid to the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon 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 Paris on the one Party, and the said Thomas Huntingdon on the other Party, among other more plainly appeareth; which Covenants the said Robert Paris hath renounced, and released, and by these Presents now renounceth, and releaseth unto the said Thomas Huntingdon. It is now assented and agreed between the said Thomas Huntingdon, Robert Paris, and William Mordaunt for the Premises, to be performed to the said John Paris and Margaret his Wife, as is abovesaid, That all the Covenants comprised in the Old Indentures of the part of the said Robert Paris 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 Manner 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 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 Paris; and the said Robert Paris shall pay to the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 paid. In Witness whereof to the part of these Indentures, remaining with the said Thomas Huntingdon, the said John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, and Robert Paris, and John Paris, have set to their Seals. To the second part of these Indentures, remaining with the said John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, the said Thomas Huntingdon, Robert Paris, and John Paris, have set to their Seals: And to the third part of these Indentures, remaining with the said Robert Paris, and John Paris, the said Thomas Huntingdon, 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 Paris. 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 Huntingdon, filiae Thomae Huntingdon 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 Carlisle. 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 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 Buckinghamiaes. EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiaes, 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 Sergeants at the Law, on the oon party, and John Tresham of Rushton in the County of Northampton, Esquire, on the other party, 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 Sergeant, and Amey Vere to Marry with Robert Mordaunt, the Second Son of the said John Mordaunt the Sergeant, 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 Manners, Lands, and Tenements, within the County of Northampton or elsewhere, within the Realm of England, That then the same John Mordaunt shall have it, and all Manners, Lands and Tenements, Woods, Rents, and Services, that he shall be disposed for to sell, after the rate of Fifteen Years purchase, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands, and Tenements, as is aforesaid, That then immediately after his decease, and the decease of Isabel his Sister, all his Manners, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, within the Realm of England, not sold to the said John Mordaunt the Sergeant, 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 Sergeant, after the rate of half Fifteen Years Purchase, 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 Manners, 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 Harding verbatim, xxv die Januarii, decimo nono Henrici Septimi. A Letter from the Prince to John Mordaunt his Attorney. By the Prince. TRusty and right well beloved we greet you well. And understand by your late Letters directed unto our Council, 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 Knight's 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 Council have had of late more perfect 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 intent within brief time to send some of our Council 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 haste, and to give credence to our trusty servant Thomas Canceller, chief Clerk of our Kitchen, in such things as he on our behalf shall show unto you, whereby ye shall greatly please us. Given under our Signet at our Manner 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 King's Sergeants at the Law, on the oon Party, and William Brown of Abbesroding in the County of Essex, Esquire, on the other Party, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands, and Tenements, so of the yearly Value of Ten Pound Four Shillings; and also of other Lands and Tenements in the Saint martin's, 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 labour and Instance, for the sum of Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, the which Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, the said John Mordaunt paid 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 Manners, 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 martin's, 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 martin's, 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 martin's in Jointure, and by these Presents confesseth and granteth, That he agreed and granted, and at the time of concluding the said Marriage, the Manners 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 enfeoffs, 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 verily believing the same Manners, 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 Manners 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 paid, 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 paid Three hundred Mark, and Four Shillings, whereof he, the said William, hath paid Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, to Sir William Capell; for redeeming the said Lands in the Saint martin's hath paid 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 Nonage 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 recompense 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 paid by the said John Mordaunt, the Debts of the said Robert were the sooner paid, 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 martin's 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 Sibyl his Wife, by Fine, the said Manner of Stokhall with the appurtenances, to have to them and their Heirs, of the Body of the said Sibyl begotten, for all the said considerations and many other causes, in recompense of the Premises, and in recompense of the full Jointure and Dowry 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 Manners 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 Manners of Langenhoo, Rokewodhall, Whiteroding, and Brown's Manners, 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, yielding to the said John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, John Mestot and Thomas Heron, and to their Heirs, Ten Pounds Four Shillings, out of the said Manners 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 Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sewster and Thomas Kirkeby, to be and stand feoffed of and in all the said Manners, 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 feoffs 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 Manners, Lands, and Tenements in Abbesroding, to Farm, with divers Goods and Cattles of the said John Mordaunt: That is to say, Two and Thirty Cows, 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 ; and of which arrearages of Ten Pounds, and of the said Goods and Cattles, 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 Account 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 Cattles, 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 Household, which were late William mordant'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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises to the use of the said William; if any such be, shall be and stand feoffs, of all the said Manners 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, and other Premises to the use of John Brown, 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 Manners, 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 feoffs 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 feoffs thereof, to such use and intent as is 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 Grace, 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 Party, and Wistan Brown, and Humphrey Brown, his Brother, on the other party, 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 Manners, 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 Manner 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, as shall be advised by the Learned Council 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 them, or any other person to the use of any of them, have concerning the said Manners, Lands, and Tenements in the said County of Cambridge; And if the said Amey die before she come to the age of Three and Twenty Years, having no Issue of her Body begotten, alive, or dead, than the said Humphrey shall have, for term of his Life, out of the said Manners, 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 Interest 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 Council 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 Oliver. 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 Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey, Gentleman, on the other Party; 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 Arundel 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 Solemnisation 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 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 Elinor ...... Mother of the said Henry, or at any time after; when the said John Mordaunt, or his Heirs shall require, of Manners, 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 Council of the said John Mordaunt, or his Heirs. And it is Covenanted between the said Parties, during the Life of the said Elinor, 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 Manners, 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 Elinor, 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 Manners, Lands, and Tenements to the yearly Value of a hundred Mark, over and beside the said other Manners, 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 waist. And after his Decease to the use of the said Jane, for Term of Life, in full recompense of all her Dower, of all the Manners, Lands, and Tenements, to which the said Jane should be entitled 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, whereof the said Elinor, or any other person to her use is now seized of Estate of Inheritance; and also the Manner of Todrington, which is of the yearly Value of Twenty eight Pounds, immediately after the Decease of the said Elinor and Henry in Deed or in Use, to come, grow or descend, immediately after the Decease of the said Elinor 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 Manners 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 Manners, 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 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 feoffs, seized or possessed by Recovery, Feoffment or otherwise, of the said Manners, Lands and Tenements before named, shall from henceforth, be, and stand feoffs, to the uses and intents abovesaid. Provided always that it shall be lawful to the said Henry, of the Manners, 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 always the said Manners, 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 forbidden, that the said Gyles decease before the said Marriage had and solemnised, that then the said John, Brother to the said Gyles, shall intermarry if they can so agree, and like Jointure and Dower to be to the said Jane, and all the said Manners, 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 Solemnisation 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 Sum of Five hundred Marks be fully contented and paid. And if the said Jane die 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 Sums of Money as he hath received of the same John before the Death of the said Jane, at such days yearly and in such Sums 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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 Gloucester fee, aliàs vocatus Gloucester 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, 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 Buckinghamiaes & 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 Wooed, 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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, 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, Gentleman, on the other Part, Witnesseth, That whereas the said John, and other Persons, have recovered this present Michaelmas Term against the said Herrey, certain Manners, 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 solemnised, between the said Gyles and Jane. It is Assented and Covenanted between the said Parties, That the Manners, Lands and Tenements comprised 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 manners, Lands and Tenements comprised in the said Recovery in the County of Dorset, be and shall be in stead of the other hundred 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements in the said Counties of Stafford, and Gloucester, be of more yearly Value than one hundred Marks, than the said John Mordaunt, and other the Recoverers, shall grant, when they shall be required, a yearly Rent out of the said Manners, Lands and Tenements to the said Henry and his Heirs, of so much as the said Manners, Lands, and Tenements, be of more yearly Value than One hundred Marks. And in Case the said Manners, Lands and Tenements, in the said Counties of Stafford and Gloucester, be under the yearly Value of One hundred Marks, than 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 Manners, Lands, and Tenements, in the County of Dorset be of more yearly than an hundred marks, than 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, be of more yearly Value than one hundred Marks; and in Case the said Manners, Lands and Tenements, in the same County of Dorset be under the yearly Value of One hundred Marks, than 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, etc. 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, etc. A Letter from the Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond the King's Mother. To our full trusty Councillor 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 adjoining, 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 King's grace, to be addressed to certain persons for the reformation thereof. We having tender respect to the weal of the said Country, desire, and hearty pray you to help to obtain a Commission 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, Sergeants at Law, Robert Nevell, Learned man, John Tempest Esquire, and William Beale of Lincoln, Gentleman: 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 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 King's 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 Counsellor Richard Lyne, our Vice-chamberlain this bearer. Written at our Manner, 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, 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 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, etc. 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 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, etc. omnibus ad quos, etc. 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 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, & Katherine 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, etc. 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 Party, and Wistan Brown and Humphrey Brown his Brother, on the other Party, 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 died, the said John being his Son and Heir within Age; by the death of the which Thomas, the King our Sovereign Lord, aught to have the custody of the said John, and of all the Lands and Tenements of the said Thomas, whereof he died 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 King's Highness may be lawfully entitled 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 King's 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 Twenty 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 King's Letters Patents to the same John Mordaunt of the Ward and Custody abovesaid, according to his said Bill Assigned. And after that Patent made, than 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 paid, 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, 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 Manners, 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 passed, 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 Manners, 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, than 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 die 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 Manners, 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. Vltima 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 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, etc. & cum suffragiis solitis. Et in eorum recessu à scholis, quolibet die pro animabus praedictis, psalmum, De profundis, etc. 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 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 Buckinghamiaes, 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, Wedon, & Breddesthorn, in Comitatu Buckinghamiaes, 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 Katherine 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 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. tomb of Sir John Edith (nee Latimer) Mordaunt 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 MORDAUNT, 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, & Buckinghamiaes, 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 Feurier, l'an de nostre Seigneur Jesus 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 well-beloved John Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved 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 ourselves, 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 remembered 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 well-beloved John Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved we greet ye well. So it is, upon the even of Philip and Jacob last passed, a great number of insolent Apprentices, and malicious Journeymen of their sensual Appetites, and rancorous Dispositions, against Aliens and Strangers, Artificers and others, Inhabited within our City of London, suddenly assembled themselves within our said City in the night time, under colour of Maying, breaking up, entering, 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 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 adjoining to you, to know the disposition of our Subjects, if upon untrue reports, they should be stirred to any semblable Commotions, by perverse Council 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 intent to do unto us acceptable service and pleasure, to be remembered hereafter accordingly. Given under our Signet at our Manner of Richmond, the Third day of May. An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concerning the Manner of Drayton. TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing Indented shall come, hear or see, Robert Brudenell and Richard eliot, Two of the King's 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 Party, 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 Mother's 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 Party, of and upon the Right, Title, Reversion and Possession as well of the foresaid Manner of Drayton, with the Appurtenances, as of all other Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Judgement of us the said Robert Brudenell, and Richard eliot, 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 showed to us the said Arbitrators, 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 Manners, Lands or Tenements, as by the same more plainly appeareth. And also they have showed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds, and other Writings proving the aforesaid Manner of Drayton, and other the said Manners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to be given in Tail 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 Tails, 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 Mother's side, and heritable to the foresaid Manners, and other the Premises by reason of the said Tails. Wherefore we Award, Ordain and Deem, That the foresaid Elizabeth, George Brown and Audrey, shall have and enjoy all the foresaid Manners, 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 enroled, 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 Manners, 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 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 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 Road 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, than next ensuing, at the said Road, 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 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 Manner 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 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 well-beloved John Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we intent 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 Noblemen 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 Alban. We therefore will and desire you, to put yourself 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 Alban. Not failing hereof as ye intent to do unto us honour and pleasure. Given under our Signet, at our Manner of Greenwich the Two and twentieth day of March. A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt. To our trusty and well-beloved John Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, 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 yourself, 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 yourself 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 Month, so to attend upon her to Stony-stratford, whereby ye shall deserve a further thanks to be remembered accordingly. Given under our Signet at our Manner of Richmond the Eight day of May. A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt. To our trusty and well-beloved John Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, 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 yourself in such a readiness in your best array, 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 Manner 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 King's Sergeants 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 Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the other Party, for a Marriage, by the Grace of God, to be had and solemnised, 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 solemnised 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 King's Sergeants 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to the clear yearly Value of Threescore Pounds, over all yearly Charges, and of such Manners, 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 Sum 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, Woods, Rents, Reversions and 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, except always, Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Elms 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 Sum 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 Sum of Two hundred Marks, which the said John Elmes shall have delivered to him by the said Thomas Pygott, the day of the said Marriage solemnised, 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 Manners, 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 solemnised, do die, 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, etc. A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt. To our trusty and well-beloved Servant John Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And whereas this Year last passed, after the conclusion taken between us, and our dear Brother, Cousin, Confederate, and Ally, 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, 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 remembering 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, tranquillity, 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 yourself 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 yourself 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 Manner 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 Daughters 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 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 Harding, John Spencer and Robert Latimer, Gentlemen, and to their Heirs, a sure and lawful Estate in the Law in Fee-simple, and in Manners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds by the Year, over all charges, whereof the Manners, 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments. And that the said Persons, their Heirs and Assigns, beside, of, and in Manners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the yearly Value of Fifty parcel of the said Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners 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 always, 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 to Marry, for the time of his Life, of Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners 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 Elms 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 sum 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 solemnised, do die, 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, etc. John Mordaunt. John Elmes. A Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Sir John Mordaunt. To my well-beloved Friend's 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 Manner and Park of Birdsnest, and Overseer of the Forest of Leicester, with such 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 hearty far ye well. At the King's Manner 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 well-beloved Friends Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, the King's Counsellors. RIght well-beloved, I commend me unto you in my hearty manner, and have received your Letters dated at Leicester the Twelfth day of this Instant Month, the continue whereof I have showed 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 College of Newark; the Lord John Grace 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 show unto him that the King's pleasure is, he and the Lady his Wife without further contradiction, do departed 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 feigned 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 far ye hearty well. At my place of the More the Sixteenth day of June. Your Loving Friend THOMAS, Cardinalis Eboracensis. Charta Johannis Cottisford Rectoris Collegii de Lincoln in Vniversitate 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 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 Buckinghamiaes, ac omnium aliorum maneriorum terrarum & tenementorum nostrorum cum eorum pertinentiis, in eodem Comitatu Buckinghamiaes, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 solemnised, 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 King's Sergeants at the Law, Edward Eynes, John Elmes, Edward Purfray, Philip Fettyplace and William Fettyplace of Maydencote, Esquires, Nicholas Harding, 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 Manners, 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, Judgements, Executions, Recognizances, Statutes-Merchants, Statutes of the Staple, and of all other Encumbrances 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to such Uses and Intents as hereafter follow: That is to say, Of Manners, 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 solemnised, 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 Manners, 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 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 Manners, 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 Waste 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 Manners, 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 always, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, of the value of Three hundred twenty five Marks, during the Nonage of the said Edmond, and during the Nonage 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 Manners, 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 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 paid: 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 die 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 die 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 sum 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 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 comprised and specified in these Indentures. In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures interchangeably have put to their Seals and Sign Manuals, the Day and Year above-written. 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 Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey of the said County of Bedford, Knight, on the other Party, 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 solemnised 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, Sergeant at the Law, John Elmes, Esquires, Nicholas Harding, 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 Manners 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 Harding, 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 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 Encumbrances, and Charges made by the said Michael only: To have and to hold to the said John Spelman, John Elmes, Nicholas Harding, 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 solemnisation of the said Marriage had, to stand and be seized of the said Manner 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, than the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in the said Manners 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, than 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, than 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 Manner 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 solemnised, to decease, as God forbidden, 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 Manners 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 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, than 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 always, That it shall be lawful to the said Michael to make a Jointure to the said Margaret, now his Wife, of Manners, 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 Manners, 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, than the said Manners, 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 always, 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 Nonage 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 Harding, 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 interchangeably 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 well-beloved Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, Knights, our Counsellors. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And albeit that we by our other Letters, to our Right trusty and right entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellor, the Marquis of Dorset, directed, willed him to take Five Hundred quick Deer, within our Chase of Leicester, and within Leicester Fryth, and within the Honour 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 yourself, 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 Manner 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 well-beloved Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, Knights, our Counsellors. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And will and command you, That for the enstoring the Park of our Right trusty and well-beloved 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 Chase 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 Manner 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 well-beloved 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 well-beloved 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 well-beloved Servant Hector Asheley, Master and Controller of our Works, at our Manner 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 enclosing of a Paddok within our old Park of Hunesdone for a Winter pasture there, as also for the empaling of the Parson's 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 account yielding 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, let, 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 Manner 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, Christopher 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; & 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, etc. 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 well-beloved Counsellors Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and Roger Wigston, Esquire, and to our well-beloved 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, Hams and Newnambrigge, as also other necessaries, and requisites of and for the same purpose, to be taken and had, not only within our Lordships, Manners, Woods and Parks, and other Grounds within our Counties of Kent, Sussex and Essex; but also to be taken and had, within any Lordships, Manners, 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 above-specified, 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 privileged, 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, Bailiffs, 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 well-beloved Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Surveyor and Master of our Wood-sales, within our Forests, Parks, and Chases, 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 intent 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 well-beloved 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 well-beloved 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 employing 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 Manner 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 well-beloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and Right well-beloved, we greet you well: And whereas we singularly tendering as well the defence of this our Realm, against the malignity of our Ancient Enemies, the Frenchmen 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 remembering you to be our true and Faithful Servant, thought right expedient to authorize you for that purpose, willing and commanding you, not only to give firm credence, to our Trusty and right well-beloved 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 yourself, 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 Honour and surety; to be remembered 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght trusty and well-beloved, 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 Honour, the Coronation of our most dear and well-beloved Wife, the Lady Anne, our Queen, as to her Estate and Dignity doth appertain: We therefore desire, and pray you to put yourself 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 Manner 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 Sovereign 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 solemnised 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 solemnised 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 solemnised 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 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 Harding 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 Manner of Whaddon, otherwise called Charles' Manner in Whaddon in the County of Cantebrigge, and of, and in the Manner of Ladybury, in Whaddon aforesaid, and of, and in all other his Manners, Lands and Tenements, Hereditaments, Woods, Rents, Reversions and Services, with the Appurtenances, in Whaddon aforesaid, Knesworth, Melreth, Melburn, Basingburn, Moredon, Abyngdon, Crawdon, Wympole and Cruel, in the said County of Cantebrigge. All which Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 solemnised between the said Thomas More and Dorothy. And after such Marriage had and solemnised 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 Manner, and Manner place, of the said Manner of Whaddon, called Charles' Manner, with all Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to the same Manner 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 pain, 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 Manners, 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 in the whole, to the Sum of Twenty Marks, to the use of the said John More, during his Life without Impeachment of waist: 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, before expressed, to the use of the said John More, for the term of his Life without Impeachment of waist: 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 Encumbrances 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 limited and named, of, and in the Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Manner of More, with the Appurtenances in More and Moreton; of the Manner of Haddon with their Appurtenances in Bampton, of the Manner of Esthall, otherwise called Asthall and Astally; and of all other his Manners, 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 Manner 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 waist, during the Life of the said John More: And after the Death of the said John More and of Jane his Wife, than 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 Manner of Haddon in Bampton, the Manner 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 waist; 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 Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Assigns by these presents, That he shall suffer all other his Manners, 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 than before expressed and declared: except one yearly Rent of Nine Pounds sixteen Shillings, which the said John More hath out of the Manner 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 Encumbrances 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 Manner 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 solemnised, 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 Sum 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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 Manner of Hampton-Court the last day of June. A Letter from the Queen to the Lord Mordaunt. To our trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, the Lord Mordaunt. By the Queen. RIght well-beloved, 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, Rejoice, 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 showed 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 hearty 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 Manner 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 Sovereign 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 solemnised 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 Encumbrances 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 Waste; 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 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 Manners, 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 Encumbrances by her done, (her Manners 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 waist; yielding 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 Manners 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 Manner 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 solemnised, Four hundred Marks; and at the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, than 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 than 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 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as divers Lewd and Traitorous 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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, lewd and ill-disposed Persons, be permitted and suffered, and sometime animated by the selfsame Persons, whom we do so put in trust, and aught 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 Supreme care and charge under God, it shall be our part and duty to endeavour ourselves 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 Liegemen to have regard to their duties, according to their Degrees and Callings, as they will answer for the contrary, at their extreme 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 Stomaches of them, which in name and Authority be directed to honesty, you will lay before your Eyes, first your Duty to God, than 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 yourself to be so vigilant, as the points contained in the said Proclamation, and all others meet to be remembered, for the Maintenance, and Conservation of Justice may be put in use, and duly observed according to your Allegiance, and to the Commandment of the same. By the doing hereof ye shall satisfy 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 yourself 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 yourself touching these things, in such wise as we may have cause, both to remember you again with Favour, and to think you a Man worthy the same, and to have Authority with others in our Commonwealth 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. By the Queen. RIght trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as by the inestimable Goodness, and Grace of Almighty God, we be delivered and brought in Childbed 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 Commonwealth of this Realm, the knowledge thereof should be Joyous and glad Tidings unto you: We have thought good to certify 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 Manner 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 Sovereign 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, Supreme 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 solemnised, 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 herself 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 herself, to have received of the said Lord Mordaunt several Obligations for the payment of Two hundred Marks: For the which Sum, 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 Manners, 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 Expenses, that the said Dame Anne, shall before the Feast of the Nativity of our 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances; To have and to hold the said Manners, 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, Judgements, Alienations without Licence, Intrusions, not suing of Livery out of the King's Hands, Entries, Fines, Forfeits; and that the said Manners, 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and other the Premises, with the Appurtenances; To have and to hold, the said Manners, 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 Waste; 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 Manners, 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 Sums, 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 Nonpayment 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 Manners, 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 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 Manners, 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 Encumbrances, 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 Manner 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 Coneys, 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 Manners 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 Manner of Marden, with the Appurtenances, and the Chief Rents of the said Manner, 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 manner 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 Manner of Dauntesey, in the County aforesaid, for term of life of one James Vause, excepted and reserved; and also, the Manner of Smythcote in the Parish of Dauntesey, in the aforesaid County of Wiltshire, and seven Messages 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 Manner 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 Manners 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 all the said Manners, 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 Nonage 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, etc. A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt. To our trusty and well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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 do, 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 wit, 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 means 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 Enterprise: 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 the same to be in a readiness with Habiliments meet for them, upon one hours' warning, whensoever our Right trusty and Right well-beloved 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 Manner of Greenwich, the Seventh day of April. A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt. To our trusty and well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght trusty and well-beloved, 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 Commonwealth 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 Lewdness of the Offenders 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 Dependants 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 dependences 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 show 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 Commonwealth, 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 Raiser's of Bruits and Rumours, 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 Commonwealth: And to the intent you may more exactly put this Statute in Execution, where by the Statute it is appointed, that Common-watches shall be kept from the Ascension-tide till Michaelmas, Our pleasure is, That you shall not only see the said Watches duly 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 Offenders 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 yourself to the advancement of Common Justice, between party and party; both that our good Subjects may have the benefit of our Laws sincerely ministered 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 satisfy 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 yourself 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 satisfy 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 Longbow, as the Law in that behalf requireth; wherein you shall show yourself a Man of good Inclination, and deserve our right hearty Thanks accordingly. Given under our Signet at our Manner 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 showed me, that he hath caused the King's Grace's 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 remembered 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 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 far ye and all yours, as well as I would do myself, 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 Lordship's 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 passed, 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 Majesty's 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 sudden 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 passed, at his repair unto me, I delivered him the same; showing 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 shown him, I would be loath to bestow myself, 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 myself, 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; desiring 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 Lordship's 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 desire your Lordship to certify 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 before this, if I had not been letted by Sickness: But I intent 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 well-beloved Counsellor, the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: Letting you wit, That where upon the special Zeal, and Affection which we bear to the Commonwealth 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 Calais, 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 yourself 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: Letting you wit, That minding earnestly to have a Marriage concluded between our Trusty and well-beloved Servant, Sir Humphrey Ratclif, Knight, Son to our Right trusty, and Right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, the Earl of Sussex, Great Chamberlain of England, and Mistress Rich, Niece, and Heir to our trusty and well-beloved 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 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 signify 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 Sovereign 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 Manner 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 Manners of Drayton, Beauchamp, and all his Lands and Tenements in Drayton, Beauchamp in the County of Buckingham; which Manner 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 Manner of Cuggenho in the County of Northampton: Which Manners, 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 Manner of Drayton, with the Appurtenances, of the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, immediately 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 Manner of Drayton, as the said Manner 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 Niece, and John Cheyne, Esquire, his Brother, and Robert, Manners, 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 Sum of a Thousand Pounds, that his Manners, Lands and Tenements, and Hereditaments, 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, Judgements, Recognizances, Statutes, and of all other Charges and Encumbrances, 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 Manner 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 solemnised. 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 Sum 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 Sum 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. RIght trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: Letting you wit, That forasmuch as by the manifold Injuries wrought, and Displeasures done unto us, our Realm, and Subjects, by the Scots, we have been enforced lately to enter into open War and hostility with the same, which we intent 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 thereby put the same in such order and readiness, as they may serve us in this Enterprise, 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 virtue 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 certify 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 Wood, 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 Buckinghamiaes, & 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 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 Sovereign 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, Supreme 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 solemnised, 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 Sovereign 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 Sum 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 myself 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, 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, as much 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 mere Verity and Truth, and no longer to be seduced, nor blinded with any such superstitious and fall 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 pernicious 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 Mainprize, 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 Manner 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 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 Sovereign 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, Supreme 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments of the said Agnes, all such Sums of Money which the same John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns hath, are hereafter shall pay, for the obtaining and getting of the Ward and Marriage of the said Agnes, and all manner of Costs, Charges and Expenses 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 Manners, 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 Sum 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 Sums of Money, so said, 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 Sum of One thousand Pounds, to be utterly void, and of none effect, or else to stand in its full Strength and Virtue. 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, Sergeant at the Law, and George Brown, his Son, on the other party, of all the Manners, Lands and Tenements, hereafter following. The said Sir John Mordaunt is agreed to take in allowance of his part, a third part of the Manners hereafter mentioned, and allowed to the said Humphrey and George, the third part of the Manners hereafter next following, and the third part of all the Lands and Tenements occupied with the same. Inprimis, The third part of the Manners 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 Manner of Sudburgh, in Reversion. The third part of the Manner of Thrapston, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Emberton, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Woolston, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Wavendon, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Thalton, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manners of Rawness, Ringsted, and Cotton, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner 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 Manners before mentioned, and allotted to the said Sir John, the third of the Manners 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 Manner of Warmister, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Westbury, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Gratley, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Fyfees Verden, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Dichericho, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Hardwick, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Comberton, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner 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 Recompense, for their third part of the Manners, Places, Buildings and Houses of Drayton, these Parcels following. The third part of the Manner of Houghton, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Lands in Irclinburgh, cum pertinentiis. The third part of the Manner of Adyngston, cum pertinentiis. It is further agreed between the said Parties, to abide the Ordinance of Nicholas Harding and Richard Highman, for the Woods and waste 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 Manners, 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 Manners and other the premises be allotted. Signata manu propriâ Domini Mordaunt. John Mordaunt. The Claim and Surmise that the Lord Parr maketh for to have the freeboard of Drayton-Park, to the King's use, from the Lord Mordaunt. FIrst the Lord Parr 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, than the Lord Parr entered: So that the Lord Parr saith, That these Sixty Years there was no claim made to the freeboard, 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 Parr, 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 Parr, or any his Keepers, did fall, sell, or give any of the Wood, growing of the said freeboard, 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 Copartners, 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 freeboard, 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 Parr 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 Parr perceived, that the Lord Mordaunt would not be agreeable to the same, than the Lord Parr 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 Parr and his Servants: And yet the Lord mordant's Servants carried the said Wood so fellen unto Drayton-Maner. And the Lord Parr 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 Copartners, 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 Parr many times, and often 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 itself, to the intent that the Lord Parr would have sold that Wood to his own profit. And forasmuch as the Lord Mordaunt, denied the Lord Parr, for to have it of his Gift, The Lord Parr said, he would be about with the Lord Mordaunt: And upon that refusal and denial, the Lord Parr 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 Parr spoke to his Cousin, Sir Wistan Brown, Knight, who was one of the Wardens, and had the Custody of the Heirs of the Manners of Drayton, and Drayton-Park, and to Sir Humphrey Brown, Knight, who was Tenant by Courtesy, of the third part of the said Manner and Park; and did get a Grant of their parts of Drayton-Park, and had liberty for to Hunt, and Hawk in all the Manners and Vere's Lands for their two part: And thus having such rule, took upon him for to fallen 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 Parr, and Keeper of the Nether-park, for to fallen 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 fallen the said Tree: Whereupon the Lord Mordaunt spoke to the Lord Parr for the said Tree, and shown him, That Rowland had done naught in so doing: Whereupon the Lord Parr 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 mordant'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, accounted for to fallen 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 Parr for to have his pleasure in the same: Which Lord Parr 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 Parr 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 Parr. 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 Dear 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, than 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 Copartners 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 Stump 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, 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 freeboard. 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 freeboard; which from time to time, for divers Years, hath been plucked up again, by the Lord Parr and his Servants, for to make a common Riding and a Footpath, as well of that part, as of more, for the Lord Parr 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 Copartners, had Dear within the same Park of Drayton; that the said Lord Parr 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 Dear; 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 Parr 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 adjoining 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 freeboard 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 Parr 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 Parr 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 Parr, which displeasure the Lord Mordaunt will not express. Matters laid and objected by the Lord Parr, the Regarders, Verders and others, against the Lord Mordaunt, for what cause the Lords of Drayton suffered the Wood, growing of the freeboard of the Park of Drayton to grow so long, whereupon the Lord Parr now claimeth the same for the King's Grace's 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 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, arms 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' 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 Copartners, who entered into the premises, and also into the Manner of Drayton, then being in the Tenure of Robert Marburn, Gentleman; and the said Lord would have occupied the said Manner 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 Manners, 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 Manner of Drayton-Park and other Premises, were in contention divers Years. And after that the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Copartners, agreed with the said Earl of Salop, and so had the said Manner, 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 Parr, 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 mordant'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 shown the said Lord Parr, and the said Lord Parr said, That Rowland did it by his commandment, and that he the said Lord Parr, might lawfully command the said Rowland so to do, for two parts which he assured belonged to the Brown's parts, as well as the Lord Mordaunt did command his Servants to meddle for his Two parts; and so the Lord Parr 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 Parr 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 Parr, 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 enterprise upon my Master's Ground or not? No, said the Lord Parr, I shall make your Master and you answer also. So the said James departed from the Lord Parr 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 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 Montague, Esquires, Executors of the Testament and Last Will of the said Edward Stafford, and always used to be Hedged, and the Ditches scoured 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 scour 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 freeboard, 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 scouring 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 Dear 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 Greyhounds: 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 freeboard, 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 Copartners. And the said Drayton-Park being in their hands, the said Lord Parr, 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 Parr laid to the charges of the Keepers of Drayton-Park, for Killing of divers and many such Deer; and the Lord Parr 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 Copartners, for to amend the said Pale and Hedge sufficiently: Whereupon the Lord Mordaunt caused certain number of Oaks to be felled in Grafton, and Grafton-Park, and in other places within the bounds of Grafton, for the new amending 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 Stump, 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 Parr, 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 Dear 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 scour 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 Parr, at this time being Friendly with the Lord Mordaunt, shown 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 Grace's 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 Copartners, 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 encroachments 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 remembered 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 freeboard to be had within the King's Majesties Little Park of Brikestock, there is upon the same past a Quest, and Verdict by them given; which Quest, and Verdict, 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 Proceed 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 show for your Claim. Thus I bid your Lordship hearty well to far, from Hampton-Court the Seventeenth day of October. Your Lordship's 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 freeboard within the Park of Brikestock; to the which Commission notwithstanding my Uncle was Privy, thereby to know your Claim and Title of the said freeboard; yet if God had continued his life, till it had been sitten on, he would have found, and caused matter to be alleged for the King, as would have been for the conservation of his Majesty's 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 passed in his Highness' 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 Trial thereof, you shall have Right to the said Board, 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 far, from Westminster the Tenth of December. Your Lordship's Loving Friend, W. North. An Exemplification of Depositions concerning the freeboard 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, Chases and Parks, on this side the Trent: In right humble wise showeth 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 Licence for to Empark certain parcels of Ground, than parcel of the Manner of Drayton, within the County of Northampton; whereof some of the said parcels, were then before that time, within the bounds of the Forest of Rokingham, and some of them were without the Forest; and that according unto the said Licence, the said Simon made a Park, now called Drayton-park, for the safeguard of the Game; wherein the said Simon made a Ditch, double Ditched, and Quickset 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 freeboard without the outer-side of the Ditch of the said Park, to the intent to lay upon the said freeboard, 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 Westside 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 Style called Snapes-Stile, and so keep their walk within Brikestock-park, upon the said freeboard 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 Quickset, 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, Quickset, 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 inquire the truth by all such ways, means and manner, as to their good discretion shall be thought most convenient: How far the freeboard, and Ground of your said Suppliant, extendeth and lieth, 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 freeboard of your said Suppliant, or upon the King's Majesty's Ground: And whether the King's Majesty, and his Predecessors, have used, or aught to have, any Wood that groweth on the outside 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 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 departed 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 testify 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 Montague 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 Sovereign 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 Supreme Head: Before Sir Edward Montague, 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 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 shown 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 entered always again into the said Park of Drayton, including always, as parcel of Drayton-park, and as a freeboard 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 freeboard, 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, than 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 always he entered 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 freeboard 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 , 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 shown 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 Style 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 Style called Snapes, and including a certain parcel of Wood, adjoining to the Pale of Drayton-park, as parcel of Drayton-park, and as a freeboard to the said Drayton-park. At which place called Snapes, the said Keepers of Drayton-park, always entered 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, 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, adjoining to the Little-Park of Brikestock, sold by Master Marbury, than 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, adjoining to the Little Park of Brikestock, to the use of one Master Marbury, than 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, adjoining 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 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, adjoining 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 mordant'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 Montague, 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 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 freeboard, 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 Safeguard and Preservation of the King's Majesty's Person, which is in no small danger, by the Falsehood 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' Preservation) should intent Evil unto his Highness, which God forbidden; 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 the doth already gather Forces, to put yourself 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 Lordship's assured Friends, Ri. Rich, Cant. Will. Saint-John. W. Northampton. J. Warwick. Arundel. 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 do; 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 signify 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 hearty 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' Ministers and Subjects of the said Counties. FOrasmuch as the Duke of Somerset, abusing the King's Majesty's Hand, Stamp and Signet; and howbeit that without divers of us, of his Majesty's Council, hath sent forth divers and sundry Writings, to Levy the King's Majesty's Subjects, and disturb the Common Peace of the Realm, for the maintaining of his own Ill and Outrageous do, to no small Peril of the King's Majesty's Person, and the disturbance of all his Majesty's good and Loyal Subjects: These be to will and require you, nevertheless on his Majesty's behalf, straight 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 Majesty's Privy Council, or the more part of us, shall be Subscribed to the same. And further we require you, on his Highness' 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 Rumours and Bruits, as by the said Duke be untruly and falsely spread abroad, to the Dishonour and Scandal of us, his Majesty's 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 Majesty's most Loyal and obedient Subjects. Given at London, the Eighth of October, the Third Year of his Highness' most Noble Reign. Ri. Rich, Cant. Will. Saint-John. W. Northampton. J. Warwick. Arundel. 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' 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 bend; which Surmises are in every part, and in the whole, not true. Most humbly submitting myself 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 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Marry the Queen. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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 Licence you, and by these presents do give you Licence, 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 Manner of St. James', 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt, to our Trusty and well-beloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and to our Trusty and well-beloved Sir Edward Saunders, and Sir John Saint-John, Knights, and to every of them. Marry the Queen. By the Queen. TRusty and well-beloved, 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 solemnised, within this our Realm, between our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain and Us, with such Covenants, Parts and Agreements, 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 Catholic 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 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 Rumours, 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 yourselves, 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 show yourselves, 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 Manner of St. James', 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Marry the Queen. By the Queen. TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well: And where we be sundry ways informed, That Thomas Wyatt, and some others, have of late by spreading abroad, most false and vain Rumours, 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 yourself 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 Lewd Persons, as shall, either by spreading of false Rumours, 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 Manner of St. James', 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Philip, and Mary the Queen. By the King and Queen. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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 Licence, and by these Presents, do Licence 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 Proxy, 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Marry the Queen. By the Queen. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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 Tranquillity and Quietness of your Country; we have specially appointed, and by these Presents appoint, and authorise 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 choose 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 Armour, Weapons, and other Necessaries; giving such order, that upon One hours' warning, they may be ready to be employed, for Repression of any sudden Tumult, Stir or Rebellion within our Realm; or for resisting any Foreign 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 Manner of Greenwich, the Eighth of March, the Second and Third Years of our Reign. Vltima 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, etc. 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 myself, 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 expenses, 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 truly 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 Churchwardens, 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 Churchwardens 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 Churchwardens, 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, 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 Perk, 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 Churchwardens 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 Churchwardens 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 recompense of Lands purchased of William Bird, his Grandfather, living in Hills aforesaid, Forty Shillings. To the said Churchwardens 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 Churchwardens 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 Manner 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 Manner. 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 Manner of Halfhyde, for the Fine of Twenty Pounds; and as yet received Ten Pounds. A Lease made to John Perseus of Newport-Pannel, for One and twenty Years, for the Fine of Six Pounds thirteen Shillings four Pence; and received no part thereof. A Lease of One and twenty Years made unto Robert Edward's 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 Manners, 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, Encumbrances, 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 Manners, 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 Enrolled in any of the Queen's Majesty's 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 Waste, 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 Manners, 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 Waste: 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, 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 Manner 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 Manner of Snelson belonging, which were sometime George the Earl of Kent's, 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which were of the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, the Sum 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, assumen 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. seal of John Mordaunt SIGILLUM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAUNT tomb of John and Elizabeth (nee de Vere) Mordaunt In the Parish Church of Turvey Sir JOHN MORDAUNT, Knight, Third of that Name, Second Lord MORDAUNT, 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 well-beloved Sir John Mordaunt the Younger. Henry R. By the King. TRusty and well-beloved, 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 Honour, the Coronation of our most dear and well-beloved 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 Honour 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 Honour 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 intent 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 yourself in such a Readiness, as shall be requisite for you, in the acceptation of the said Order, and as for the Honour thereof, hath been used and accustomed. Given under our Signet at our Manner of Greenwich, the Five and twentieth Day of April. Hollinshead 's Chronicle, page 931. No. 50. ON Friday 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 Marquis of Dorset, the Earl of Derby, 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 Arundel, 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, Son to the Lord Mordaunt, Sir William Drury, Sir John Shelton, Sir Henry Beddingfield, Mr. Henry Jermingham, Mr. John Sutierd, Mr. Richard Treston, Mr. Sergeant 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 well-beloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and to the Lady his Wife. Marry the Queen. By the Queen. TRusty and right well-beloved, we greet you well: And whereas we have received certain Advertisements, That our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain, was Embarked at the Groin 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 signify unto you the Premises; and also to require you, to put yourself 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 Manner of Bishopswaltham, the Fifteenth Day of July, the Second Year of our Reign. Vltima 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 Expenses, as by mine Executors shall be thought meet, and convenient for my Estate and Degree. Item, I will chief 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 Sum, and Sums of Money, as I shall owe unto them, or any of them. Item, I give and bequeath unto Ursula, 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 Ursula, 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 Basin and Ewer of Silver Gild, parcel Gild. 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, 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 die before her Marriage, or before she shall accomplish the Age of Eighteen years, than 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 employed, 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 I'll to be builded, and made upon the Southside 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 I'll. 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 Manners, 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 Manners 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 Manner 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 Manner of Tiptofts, and all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, called Pinkneys, and Wareleys, in the said County of 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 Manners 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 complete and ended: And after the said term of Ten Years being fully ended, and determined: I then Will, That the said Manners, 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 Windsor, 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 College of Brasennose 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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, situate, lying and being, in or near the Hospital of Little Saint bartholomew's, 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 bartholomew's, 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 well-beloved 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 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 subscribed, 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, etc. ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurata reservata potestate, etc. Thomae Farmer, Edmundo Plowden & Willielmo Goodfellow, etc. & cum venerint, etc. admissuri. seal of John Mordaunt SIGILLUM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAUNT DNI BARONIS DE TURVEY Examinatur per me Radulphum Jennings, cum Registro praerogativae, vigesimo primo Februarii, anno Milesimo sexcentesimo quinquagesimo primo tomb of John and Eleanor (nee FitzLewis) Mordaunt The TOMB of JOHN the Second Lord Mordaunt, as it is Extant in the Church of Turvey, in the County of Bedford. Sir LEWIS MORDAUNT, Knight, First of that Name, Third Lord MORDRED AUNT, 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 Sums 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, than his Wife, to Levy a Fine of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, to one William Hemming, Clerk, who rendered the same unto the now Lord Mordaunt, and to the said Dame Elizabeth, than 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, than his Wife, had Issue between them, Lewis Mordaunt; and after the said Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt died: 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 Waste; 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 Waste; 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 Waste; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Waste; 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 Waste; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Waste. To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Waste; 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 Waste; 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 Rend, of the full Third part, of all the late Lord mordant's Lands, for the premier 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 mordant'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 Waste, 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 Waste: 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 mordant'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 Waste; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Waste. And after the several Uses of the late Lord mordant'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 reason whereof, the Uses of the late Lord mordant'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 mordant's Lands, as is aforesaid, was of the mere 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 mordant's Do, and the Do 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, etc. 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 Montague militi, & Edwardo Onsey armigero, ac Vicecomiti Comitatus Northamptoniae pro tempore existente, Salutem. Sciatis quod nos de approbatis 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 paul. 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, Ambrose 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 Sands, Thomas Baro Wentworthus, Guil. Baro Bourroughus, Ludovicus Baro Mordauntus, Joannes Pawlettus Baro à Sancto Johanne de Basin, 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, etc. 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; 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 Christopher 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 Christopher 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, etc. 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 Majesty's 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 Majesty's Peace, to take order, That neither yourself, 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 hearty 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 solemnised 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, 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 solemnised, 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 Sum 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 Sum of Five hundred Pounds, parcel of the said Two thousand Pounds; and at, or upon the Four and twentieth Day of February, than next following, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, parcel of the said Sum of Two thousand Pounds; and at, or upon the Twenty and Four and twentieth Day of August, than next ensuing, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Sum 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 Sum 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 solemnised, and for the better Maintenance of the House, and Name, and of the Establishment of the Manners, 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 powel, 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 powel, their Heirs and Assigns, That he the said Edward, and Dame Jane his Wife, should, and would, before the First Day of September, than 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, or some such like other person, as should be sufficiently authorized, of all and singular his Manners, Lordships, Messages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, whatsoever, with all and singular their Rights, Members and Appurtenances, etc. And so (being a very long Indenture) it proceeds in mentioning all the Manners, 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 signify 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 hearty 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 signify 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 yourself, as also for certain Gentlemen and Yeomen, to attend upon you; and so we bid your Lordship hearty 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 outrageous Hunt, within her Highness' Park of Brikestock, since the Decease of the Lady Anne Throgmorton; and now very lately, new Reports pursued with Cries, and heavy Suggestions of strange Riots, Routs, Bloodsheds, Felonies, Disorders, and other like Misdemeanours, done against the same her Highness' 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 myself) 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 Misdemeanours, 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 well-beloved the Lord Mordaunt. Elizabeth R. By the Queen. RIght Trusty and well-beloved, 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 employed against this our Realm, not only for Invading the same, but also with full Resolution, and a Tyrannous 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 ourselves, amongst the rest of our Nobility, of 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 for 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 yourself and your Forces, in so necessary and doubtful an Action. For which purpose we do look, that you shall put yourself 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 signify 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 Manner 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 Manners of Drayton, Luffwick, &c ELizabeth dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regina, Fidei Defensor, etc. 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, Auunculo nostro Charissimo, Johanne de Warrena, Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mortuo-mari 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 Buckinghamiaes; 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, Auunculis 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 Monte-acuto, 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 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, 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. Vltima 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 Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, etc. Whole of Body, of good Mind and perfect Remembrance, thanks be unto God, certain to die, and uncertain when, and where I shall departed this mortal and transitory Life; willing in the disposition of my worldly Goods, Lands and Possessions, to prevent the sudden 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 chief, 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 handiwork, and not impute my Sins and Offences to me, neither burden 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 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 myself, 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 waste 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 departed this world, without Heir Male of his Body, (which God forbidden:) Then I likewise require him to give and bequeath, the One Moiety or half thereof, (the Seiling, 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, Esovires, in the Sum 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, than I Will my former Bequests to him, shall be merely 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 Sum 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 Sum 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 Sum 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 Sum of Two thousand Pounds, in the Eighteenth Month after her Marriage. So that my meaning is, They shall not have any part of the Sum 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 departed this Life before Marriage, which God forbidden; 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 departed this Life before Marriage, which God forbidden; 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 Sum of Five hundred Pounds, and to Arthur Maunsell, the second Son of my Daughter Mary, the Sum 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 solemnised, the Sum 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 herself, 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 solemnised. 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 Sum 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 Sum 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 herself, a Man, and a Maid, until the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnised; 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 and in lieu of her Board, the Sum of Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, over and besides the Sum 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 Sum 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 Daughter's 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 Manners 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 Manner 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 Nevil, Knight, Lord Latimer deceased; and also two parts of my Manner, 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 Manners of Carleton and Chillington, Stacheden called Delwike, and Snelson-Pastures, as shall amount unto two full parts, of all the said Manners, 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 Sums 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 Sum 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 Sums, 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, 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 Manners, Closes and Pastures, with all and singular their Appurtenances in Carleton, Chillington, Stacheden called Delwike, and Snelson, alias 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 Sum 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 Sum 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, than 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 merely 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 Daughter's 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 virtue 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 Daughter's 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 myself, 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 Manners, 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 Heir Male, divers other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, lying more necessary, sit and convenient, for myself and them, of as good or better value; (my Daughter's Portions, and other Legacies, deducted, as aforesaid notwithstanding;) yet for the better corroboration, and strengthening, 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 Manners, Lands and Tenements, or whereof I am seized in Fee, dividable, in three parts to be divided, my Daughter's 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 virtue of these Presents, to Bargain and Sell, all, or so much of all, or any of my said Manners, 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 Daughter's Legacies and Portions deducted) make such reasonable Satisfaction, to all and every party grieved, as aforesaid, as by the Judgement 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 persuade myself will suffice. And my Will, full Intent and Meaning is, That if my Son Henry pay his Sister's 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 paid, all and so much of the said Sum and Sums 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 Subscribed my Hand, and set my Seal, the Day and Year aforesaid. Lewis Mordaunt. seal of Lewis Mordaunt SIGILLUM LODOVICI MORDAUNT MILITIS DNI BARONIS DE TURVEY 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. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ion on the North 〈◊〉 ●he Tomb PIISSIMAE, MEMORIAE LUDOVICI DNI MORDAUNT SACRUM. DEPOSITIUM LUDOVICI DNI MORDAUNT, SUB AVITA FIDE ET CERTA FILICES RESURRECTIONIS SPE GLORIOSAM JESU CHRISTI EPIPHANIĀ HIC EXPECTAT. VXOREM 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. JUNII ANNO Dnī 1601. PIE OBDORIVIT IN DNO tomb of Lewis and Elizabeth (nee Darcy) Mordaunt HENRY Lord MORDAUNT, First of that Name, Fourth Lord MORDAUNT, 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, etc. 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 possessionatis, 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 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 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 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 Norr ᵈ 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, etc. 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 Nottinghamiaes, 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, 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. CAROLUS COM: NOTING BARO: HOWARD DE EFFINGHAN CA LIS JUSTICI VS OMNIUM FORESTE VM ET MARCA VM TRENTAM seal of Charles Howard 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 Sovereign Lord, James by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender 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 Row 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 Shirley, 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 Manners, 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 Shirley, 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 and Manners of Netherbery, Collesden, Carlills and Throgmorton in Roxton, and the Manner of Woodend, and the Manner 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 Manners, 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 Manners 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 Manners, and to every of them, belonging and appertaining; and the Chauntries of Much-Addington aforesaid, and Luffwick-Mills, and the Manner of Drayton, and all the demean Lands, to the said Manner 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 Manner 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments before mentioned, shall and may have, and receive the full benefit of Wardship, primer Seizure and Livery, as the case shall require, happening or to happen, by or upon the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt: Which said Manners, Lands, Tenements, (amounting to the full third part, of the aforesaid Lord mordant's, Manners, 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 Shirley, 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 Manners, Lordships, Messages, Mills, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Fee-Farms, Royalties, Courtleets, Franchises, 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 Manners of Turvey, Carleton, Chillington, Delwike, Staggesden, Duckford, Jempses, Bosoms, 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, Bosoms, Steventon and Westcotton in the foresaid County of Bedford, with all the Rights, Members and Appurtenances to the same Manners, Lands or Tenements, or any of them, appertaining or belonging. And the Manner 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 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 Manners and Farms of Walterhall, Oldlayton, Brayfield, Coldbrayfield, Willen Wolston, Parva Woughton upon the Green, alias Woughkington upon the Green, Lavenden, and the Castle Manner 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 Manner of Clifton, Raynes, alias Week's Fee, with the Appurtenances excepted,) in the foresaid County of Buckingham: And all those the Manners 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 Message 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 Hardwike, 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 Manners, 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 Shirley, 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 Shirley, against the said Thomas and John, retornable before the King's Majesty's Justices of his Highness' 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 Manners, 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 demean 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 Manners, 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 Manners, Lands, Rents, Tenements and Hereditaments, or of any part thereof, 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 Manners, 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 Waste. And from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, as concerning the Manners of Turvey, Staggesden, Carleton, Chillington, Snelston, Lavenden, alias the Castle-Maner of Lavenden, Delwike, Bosoms 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 Shirley, 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 Shirley, 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, as is before in these Presents limited, and appointed to descend. And from and after the expiration 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 Manner 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 Shirley, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized, of the said Manner 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 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 Manner 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 Manner of Woughton upon the Green, alias 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 Manners, 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 Manners, 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 Sums of Money, as are hereafter in these Presents mentioned and expressed. And as concerning what Debts, and Sums 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 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 Expenses, which they the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Shirley, shall necessarily expend, disburse, pay or lay out, in about, or concerning the same; and such other Sum, and Sums 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 Sums and Portions hereafter following, (videlicet;) The Sum 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 Sum 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 Sum 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 Sum 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 Sum and Sums, 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 die, 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 Shirley, 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 Sums 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 die, 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 aught 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, than 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 Sum of One hundred Pounds a piece, for, and towards her and their Maintenance respectively, to, and unto the 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 Sum 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, Manners, Lands, Tenements, Rents or Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt aforesaid, after the death of him the said Lord Mordaunt, shall be employed to, and towards the payment, and paying of the Debts, Portions, and Sums 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 Manners, 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 Sums 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 paid 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 Manners, 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 Sums 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 Manners, 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 Rend or Sums 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 Waste: And also so as every such Lease or use, be appointed to cease and determine, upon default of payment of the said Rent or Sum, 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 Sum, shall be reserved or appointed to be paid. Provided always, and it is 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 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 Manners 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, enlarging, 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, Royalties and Hereditaments whatsoever, in the said Fine or Fines mentioned and expressed, to be comprised 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 Shirley 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 Shirley 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 Shirley, have put their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written, Annoque Domini. 1608. Vltima 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, etc. 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 Man's Life to be few, and myself to be now Summoned by languishing Sickness, (the messenger of Death) and God knows how soon, I shall yield 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 public 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 yielding 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 myself, 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 hearty entreat 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 hearty entreat my Right Honourable and well-beloved 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 Manners, 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 filled, 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. SIGILLUM HENRICI DOMINI MORDAUNT DNI BARONIS DE TURVEY seal of Henry Mordaunt JOHN Lord MORDAUNT, Fourth of that Name, Fifth Lord MORDAUNT, 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, etc. 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, than 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 Sum 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 Well-beloved 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 mere 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, Surname or Surnames, or addition of Names or Surnames, Dignity, Place or Places, the said John Lord Mordaunt is, or lately was called or known, the foresaid Fine or Sum 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 Sum of Ten thousand Marks, and of every part and parcel thereof, We of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and mere 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, Seizures, Extents, Writs, Processes, Judgements, 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, Manners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts or Credits whatsoever, for or in respect of the said Fine, or Sum of Ten thousand Marks, against or upon the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, 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 Sum 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, straight 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, Manners, 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 Sum of Ten thousand Marks, or any part thereof, be not hereafter by any of the Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, Bailiff, 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 showing 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 Judgement of our said Court of Star-Chamber, herein before mentioned, or any matter or thing therein contained, or any Estreat, Process, Seizure 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 mere 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 Manners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts and Credits of, for, from and concerning the said Fine, or Sum 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, Seizures, 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 Misdemeanours 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 Judgement 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 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 ourselves 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 Lovel 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 solemnised 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 settling and continuing of the Manners, 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 Whitsuntide, 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 lovel and Henry Stanley, and the Heirs of the said Henry Lovel, and Henry Stanley, of all those his Manners 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 Message 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 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 Manners, Parsonages, Lands or Tenements, or any of them, in any wise appertaining or belonging; and of all that his Manner 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 Manners, 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 Lovel and Henry Stanley, as those which the said Henry lovel 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 lovel and Henry Stanley, and the Heirs of them the said Henry Lovel 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 lovel 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 Manners, Parsonages and Premises, and of every part and parcel thereof, to the use of the said Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley, and of their Heirs for ever: To the only intent and purpose, That the said Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley, shall stand and be adjudged perfect Tenants of the Freehold of the said Manners, and other the Premises, and of every part thereof, until a perfect Recovery may be lawfully had and executed, of the Manners and Premises, against the said Henry lovel 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 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 Lovel and Henry Stanley, retornable before the King's Majesty's Justices of his Highness' Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster, according to the usual course of common Recoveries; whereby they shall demand against the said Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley, the said Manners, 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 Attorneys 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 departed 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 Manners, 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 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 Manners, 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 Lovel and Henry Stanley, as Tenants, and the said Lord Mordaunt as Vourcher, 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 Waste: 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 Manners, 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 acknowledge, suffer or do any Act or Thing, whereby the said Manners, Rectories, Lands, Tenements and Premises, shall not, nor may not, after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, and solemnisation 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 Encumbrances 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 solemnisation 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 Manners, Rectories, 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 than 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 Manners, 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 Rend, 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 Waste; and also so as every such Lease, or Use, be appointed to cease and determine, upon default of nonpayment 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, let, 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, let, 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 aught 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, 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 levied; and the Cognizees in the said Fine and Fines, and their Heirs and Assigns, shall be and stand seized, of all the Manners, 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 Sum 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 Sum of Four thousand Pounds, condescended to that or the like end and purpose. And the said Lady Anne Howard for herself, 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 Manner of Donnington, in the County of Berks, in her own Demean, as of 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 Solemnisation of the said Marriage, and upon reasonable request made, will Surrender, Grant, or Convey, all her Estate, Right, and Title, in the said Manner 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 Manner 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 Encumbrances 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 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 Lovel 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 Lovel 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, etc. 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: Ind 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, 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 Northamptonshire, and Grant of other Liberties thereunto. CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor, etc. 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 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 Lion, Thomae Beale, Johannis Goodfellow, & Thomae nicols, 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, 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, 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, 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 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 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 & 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 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 & 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 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 Northamptonshire, 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 well-beloved 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 Privileged 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 privileged 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, tried and armed, as well Men of Arms, 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, Traitors, 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 privileged 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, Traitors, 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, levied, and to be levied; and to do, execute, and use against the said Enemies and Rebels, Traitors, 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 levied, 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 Battle, 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 privileged 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, Traitors 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 employed 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 privileged 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 privileged 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 yourself 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 virtue 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, Mayor, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, 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 privileged 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 ourselves 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' 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' County of Northampton, and all corporate and privileged 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 employed 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 privileged 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 privileged 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 privileged 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 privileged 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 myself 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 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. SIGILLUM IOHANNIS COMITIS DE PETRIBURGO DNI BARONIS DE TURVEY seal of John Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough A Commission of Array to the Right Honourable John Earl of Peterborow. CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, etc. 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 sic 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, & 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 well-beloved Cousin John Earl of Peterborow. Charles R. RIght Trusty and well-beloved 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 MORDAUNT, Lord Baron of Turvey, Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bedchamber 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 well-beloved 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 virtue 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 withholding 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, etc. 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 Soldiers into mischief, if special care be not taken to prevent the same, and so the Soldiers will lose 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 Soldiers speak discontented words, to take away their Arms, and secure them; and you are to acquaint the Officers and Soldiers, 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 Lordship's 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, etc. To our Right Trusty and Right well-beloved Cousin Henry Earl of Peterborow, greeting. Whereas we intent 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 Volunteers both of Horse and Foot, within this our Kingdom of England, or any other our Kingdoms or Dominions, as shall make up and complete 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 embark the said Officers and Soldiers, to be transported to our said City of Tangier, and to remove and cashier any such Officers or Soldiers, 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 employ 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 Traitors, 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 strengthen 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, Preeminences, 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 Suburbs 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 authorise you, to entertain Trade, and to give licence 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 public 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 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 employ 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 empower 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 virtue of this our Commission, or the Instructions, which you at any time shall receive from us, the showing forth of these our Letters Patents, or the Inrolment thereof, shall be in all and every of our Courts, and elsewhere 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 ourselves 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 virtue 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 Dunkirk, 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, etc. into your possession, from the Governor of our Brother the King of Portugal. III. You are to signify 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 etc. 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 sum 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 extreme 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 ourselves 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 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 _____ year; 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 Soldiers can be persuaded 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 settled 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 licence, 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 signify, 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 Africa. CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, etc. 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 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, etc. 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 passed, we gave order for payment of Three thousand eight hundred Pounds Sterling, unto our Right Trusty and Right well-beloved 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 authorise 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 expense he was at, in Preparatives and personal Provisions, for our Service in that expedition, to be passed to him without account, and his own pay to continue, and go on; notwithstanding our said Privy Seal of the Thirteenth of September last, and to be accounted, and allowed unto him from the term, and according to the tenor of the Establishment, 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 certify 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 myself 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 soliciting 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 complete of Soldiers, according to the establishment, the King would have you to keep all such moneys, 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 employment you are in, for which I thank you very hearty; and assure yourself I have so just a Sense 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 Dunkirk, and of his Dominions of New-England, Jamaica, Virginia, Barbados, St. Christopher's, 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, etc. 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 authorise 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 Proceed, 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 virtue 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 Soldiers, 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, etc. 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 well-beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, already done and performed, in possessing and settling 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 mere 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 Annunciation 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, authorise 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 : 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 in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents. Witness ourselves 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, etc. 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 commissionatis 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, 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 Highness 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 entered, 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 enclosed Commission, recommending to you the raising of them with all possible expedition: And your Lordship being pleased to certify 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 choose 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, etc. To our Right Trusty and Right well-beloved 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 Soldiers in good Order and Discipline: Commanding them hereby, to obey you as their Captain, and yourself 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 signify 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 Entitled, [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 moneys, 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 Lordship's Compliance, with these his Majesty's Commands, we bid your Lordship hearty 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 signify 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 Colonel 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, etc. To our Right Trusty and Right well-beloved 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 Colonel 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 Colonel, by exercising the said Regiment in Arms, both Officers and Soldiers, and keeping them in good Order and Discipline; and we do hereby command them to obey you as their Colonel: 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 Ambassador 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, etc. 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 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 well-beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, going in quality of our Ambassador 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, etc. and the most serene Archdutchess Claudia Felicia of Inspruck, by the means of our Trusty, and well-beloved 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 complete the same; we have resolved of sending you, in quality of our Extraordinary Ambassador 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 ratify 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 yourself, 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 Gascoign, that all the Points are completely adjusted, as is aforesaid; till when you shall detain yourself 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,) than 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 Ambassador, demand your public Audience in the accustomed forms; accompanying your discourse therein with those Compliments, 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, than you shall advertise the said Sir Bernard, of the precise Orders we have given you, not to detain yourself 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 expense, 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 Compliments 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, requisite towards the completing 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 satisfy 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 yielding the Hand to any Ambassador 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 befall 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 Ambassadors of any Crowned 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, etc. 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, etc. 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 commissionatis 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 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 well-beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Ambassador 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 Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, viz. The effecting a Marriage betwixt our most dear Brother JAMES Duke of York, etc. 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 yourself there by your Letters of Credence, which we herewith send you, to an Audience with the Duchess Regent, (after the performance of such Compliments 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 bringing the Princess hither: Accordingly you shall stipulate and agree, such Conditions and Articles with them, for the payment of the Young Princess' Portion on their part, and for the establishing of a Jointure on ours, as you shall be more particularly Instructed 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 easy for you, finally to conclude these Points yourself. 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 Duchess 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 choose to do, Incognita; consequent to which, you shall leave to them the defraying the expense thereof, as far as Paris or Calais, 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 Duchess 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 Ambassadors 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 Ambassadors 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 Proceed 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, etc. 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 Duchess Regent, Duke, and Princess his Sister, and presented your credential Letters from his Majesty, and myself, (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 Virtues, with such other expressions, as you judge proper for the occasion. II. Your are to apply yourself 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 itself, 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 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 Duchess 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 Calais 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 Calais, 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 herself, 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 Proceed 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 Ambassador, 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 Lions 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' coming into France, (which Journey I think will most conveniently be performed by Sea to Marseilles, whither the Galleys 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, lest 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 Calais, 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' 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 Ambassador to Modena. CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Magnae Britaniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, etc. 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 Councillor. At the Court at Hampton-Court, the Tenth Day of July, 1674. PRESENT, The KING's Most Excellent MAJESTY. His Highness' Prince RUPERT. 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. Montague. Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy. 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 Colonel 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, etc. To our Right trusty, and Right well-beloved Cousin and Councillor, 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 Colonel 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 Colonel, and the said Troop as Captain, into your Care, and Charge, and duly to Exercise, as well 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 Colonel 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. Entered 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, etc. 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, etc. 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 commissionatis 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 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, etc. 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, etc. 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, & 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, etc. 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 Montague, Esquire, Brother to the Lord Montague 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 Manner 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 Montague, 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 Montague, 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 Montague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Admininistrators and Assigns, all the Manner, or reputed Manner of Turvey, in the County of Bedford; and all Messages, 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 Manner 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 Manner of Turvey, and all the Premises in Turvey aforesaid, (except as before is excepted) unto the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Montague, 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 complete 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 Montague, 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 the said Settlement for a Jointure. In Witness whereof the Parties 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, etc. 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 lieth; 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 Bedchamber. So help you God, and the Contents of this Book. A Writ Summoning the Earl of Peterborow to the Parliament, 1 mo. Jacobi Secundi. JAcobus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, etc. 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 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 sicut 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. james R. RIght Trusty and Well-beloved 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 ; (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 Solemnised 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 hearty 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 Sceptre at the Coronation. For the Right Honourable the Earl of Peterborow. MY LORD, HIS Majesty having appointed your Lordship to bear St. Edward's Sceptre 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 well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Lieutenant of our County of Northampton. james R. RIght Trusty and Right well-beloved 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 hearty 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. SUNDERLAND. An Order from King JAMES the Second, to the Earl of Peterborow, for the seizing of suspected Persons. To Our Right Trusty and Right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Our Lieutenant for Our County of Northampton. james R. RIght Trusty and Right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, We Greet you well. Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby Authorize and Direct you, to give Order forthwith for the seizing and apprehending all disaffected and suspicious Persons; and particularly all Nonconformist 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 hearty 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. SUNDERLAND. 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 Colonel of a Regiment of Horse. james R. JAMES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. To our Right trusty and Right well-beloved 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 Colonel 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 Colonel 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. SUNDERLAND. 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, SUNDERLAND. The King's Warrant to Discharge the Prisoners at Oxford. To Our Right Trusty and Right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Our Lieutenant for Our County of Northampton. james R. RIght Trusty and Right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, We greet you well: Whereas We did, by our former Letters, authorise and require you to give Order, for seizing and apprehending all disaffected and suspicious Persons, and particularly all Nonconformist 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 Tried at the Assizes, or elsewhere, as shall be thought fit; and for so doing this shall be your Warrant: And so We bid you hearty Farewell. Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the 16th. Day of July, 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign. By His Majesty's Command. SUNDERLAND. 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 signify 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 Bailiff 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 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, etc. 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, etc. and of General and Chief Bailiff of all Your Majesty's Honours, Manners 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 deduced 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 proceeded 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 uneasy or troublesome. Here shall therefore hereunto be annexed the Pedigrees of these Collaterals, with all the Truth and Justness imaginable, to the end those Gentlemen concerned 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 Son. jolianna 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. Mordaunt family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors The Decent of the Mordaunts who were L ds. of Hempstead & Massingham. Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Turvey. Agness Perk. Sr. John Mordaunt. Ld. of Turroen Eldest Son Edith Latimer. Willm Mordaunt. Ld. of hempsted. Anne Huntingdon 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. 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 Rifely. Henry Mordaunt. Mordaunt family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors 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: adam's. John Mordaunt. Henry Mordaunt. John Mordaunt. Mordaunt family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors The Decent of the Mordaunts who were L. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 john Lord Mordaunt. Elizabeth Vere. john the 2 Lord Mordaunt. Elly Fitzlewes Edm: Mordaut. Second Son Sine Prole George Mordaut Fourth Son Cicely Harding. Willm. Mordaunt Third Son. Agnes Booth. Lewes Mordaunt jane Ncedam. Eliz. Mordaunt Edw: Maynard Lewes Mordaunt. George Mordaut Anne Smith. Charles Mordaunt. George Mordaunt Eliz: Everard. john Mordaunt Son & heir. Mordaunt family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors 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. Son & Heir. Mordaunt family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors The Decent of the Mordaunts that were L ds. of Rygate. john Ld Mordaunt. Earl of Peterborow Eliz: Howard. Henry Earl of Peterborow. Penelope Obrian john Ld. Viscount Mordaunt. Elizabeth Cary. George Mordaunt. Osmond Mordaunt. Charles Ld. Viscout. Mordaunt Cary Fraiser. Henry Mordaunt. Lewes Mordaunt.— Martin. Henry Mordaunt. john Mordaunt Son & Heir. Mordaunt family tree showing the blazons or coats of arms of the ancestors