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COUNTY  RECORDS 


OF    THE 


SURNAMES    OF    FRANCUS,    FRANCEIS, 


FRENCH,    IN    ENGLAND 


A.D.  1100-1350 


A.   D.  WELD    FRENCH 


Author  of  the  ''Index  Armorial"  "Frenches   of  Scotland"  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  An- 
tiquaries of  Scotland,  Member  of  the  Scottish  History  Society  and  of  the  Com7nittee 
on  Heraldry  of  the  Kezu  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society 


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PREFACE. 
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The  solicitation  of  friends  in  the  Old  World  as  well 
^  as  here,  together  with  the  favorable  reception  of  my 

^  ,  previous  volumes,  has  induced  me  again  to  appear  in 
print  on  the  same  subject  as  my  last  work  relating 
to  Scotland,  but,  in  this  instance,  confined  to  the 
counties  of  England. 

The    authorities    consulted    were    the    cartularies, 

Tt  public  archives,  published  records,  and  some  county 
histories  ;  while  the  records  given  in  this  volume  are 
mainly  translations  of  these  ancient  documents.  The 
period   covered  embraces  an   early  era  of  the  rule  of 

(^  the  Norman  sovereigns  and  of  their  descendants, 
Kings  of  England,  including  the  reigns  of  the  first 
three  Edwards. 

Although  the  work  is  purely  antiquarian,  while  the 
genealogical  features  are  incidental,  it  is  possible  that, 
besides  the  records  of  the  surnames,  some  of  the 
documents  may  be  considered  of  general  historical 
importance ;  while  others,  illustrative  of  former  cus- 
toms, may  be  received  with  favor. 


IV 


PREFACE. 


In  regard  to  the  early  use  of  these  surnames,  some 
remarks  seem  appropriate  in  this  place.  From  the 
Latin  word  "  Francus,"  with  the  addition  of  the  suf- 
fixes, we  have  the  following  compound  words, — 
"  Franc-ensis,"  "  Franc-iscus,"  and  "  Franci-gena." 

The  change  of  Francensis  to  the  modern  Fran9ais 
is  not  only  interesting  as  regards  the  changes  of 
a  word  in  the  language  of  France,  but  also  of  some 
value  as  bearins^  on  the  commencement  and  con- 
tinned  use  of  these  surnames. 

The  suffix  cnsis  in  Franc-ensis  implies  nationality 
in  Latin.  And  M.  Brachet,  commenting  on  the 
changes  in  France,  says  that  by  reducing  the  us  in 
this  suffix  to  J  came  Francesis,  then  Francisis  in  the 
seventh  century,  Franceis  in  the  tenth  century, —  at 
its  end  ei  becomes  6i,  and  we  have  Fran9(5is,  by  the 
end  of  the  twelfth  century  6i  becomes  6c;  and  we 
have  Fran9des,  then  Fran9oes,  and  in  France,  finally, 
Fran9ais. 

Franciscus  is  found  synonymous  with  Franceis  in 
the  Coldingham  charters. 

M.  Binckmeier  and  M.  Bain  translate  Franciscus 
as  French.  Their  opinions  have  the  confirmation  of 
M.  Du  Cange,  who  gives  the  following  illustrations : 
"  Franciscus  habitus,  Cuspis  Franciscus,  Miles  Fran- 
ciscus, Franciscus  mos,  and  Francisca  lingua." 


PREFACE.  V 

As  regards  Francigena  and  Franceis  being  identi- 
cal, we  have  the  record  of  the  parson  of  Caldbeck, 
in  Cumberland,  who  is  mentioned  in  1231-33  as 
Johannes  Francigena,  and  again  in  this  same  period 
as  Johannes  Le  Franceis.  M.  Stapleton  evidently 
took  this  view,  as  his  French  translation  of  Walterus 
Francigena,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  Norman  Roll  of 
1203,  was  Walter  Le  Franceis. 

France  gives  a  quota  of  surnames  derived  from 
Francus.  Among  those  beginning  with  Franc,  are 
derived  the  following  compound  names :  Franc-ia, 
Franc-terre,  Fran(c)-chesnay,  Franc-lieu,  Franc-ville, 
Franc-homme,  Fran(c)-coeur,  etc. ;  while  Germany 
continues  with  its  illustrations  of  Franck,  Franken, 
Franken-burg,  Franken-land,  Franken-stein,  in  which 
country  the  letter  "c"  is  frequently  omitted. 

The  surname  of  Franc,  so  common  in  France,  is 
phonetically  the  same  as  Frank  or  Franck  in  Ger- 
many, which  names  orthographically  succeeded  the 
French  cognomen  at  its  anglicization  in  Angle-land, 
or  England. 

As  this  surname  of  Frank  numerically  increased 
in  England  with  the  changes  in  its  language,  which 
began  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.,  it  may  be 
accounted  for  by  the  increase  in  families,  by  adoption, 
and  possibly  by  the  influx  of  Germans  of  this  patro- 
nymic name. 


VI 


PREFACE. 


The  ancient  archives  of  England  show  but  few 
instances  of  the  French  surname  of  Franc.  Ortho- 
graphically,  its  nearest  approach,  of  which  there  are 
numerous  records,  was  Franc.  This  mark  of  ab- 
breviation indicates  a  contraction  for  Francus,  Fran- 
ceis,  etc. 

In  England  the  primitive  surname  of  Franceis, 
etc.,  did  not  respond  to  the  changes  in  the  language 
of  France  already  noticed,  but  continued  down  to  a 
much  later  date  than  in  the  land  of  its  origin ;  while 
Fran9ois,  its  successor  in  that  country,  is  rare  among 
the  surnames  in  the  ancient  English  archives.  The 
modern  French  surname  of  Fran9ais  is  unusual  in 
England  ;  and,  if  found,  it  is  probably  borne  by  natives 
of  France  or  their  descendants. 

At  the  anglicization  period  in  English  history,  ac- 
cording to  the  earlier  records,  the  surname  of  Franceis 
took,  in  many  instances,  the  form  of  French  ;  but  the 
original  name  of  Franceis,  with  some  slight  variations, 
existed  for  decades  of  years  after  that  period,  until, 
finally,  this  patronymic  name  became  in  most  in- 
stances, by  the  omission  of  the  letter  "  e,"  the  modern 
English  surname  of  Francis.  The  derivatives  of  the 
Latin  word  "  Franc-us  "  have  also  given  place-names 
in  several  of  the  counties  in  our  mother  country, 
namely ;     in     County     Chester,      Frank-by ;     County 


PREFACE.  vii 

Devon,  Franka-borough ;  County  Dorset,  France ; 
County  Durham,  Frank-land;  County  Hants,  French- 
more  and  Frensh-am ;  County  Hereford,  France ; 
County  Kent,  Francks ;  County  Norfolk,  Frank-fort, 
Fransh-am  and  Frense ;  County  Salop,  Franck-ton  or 
Frank-ton;  County  Surrey,  Frensh-am;  County  Sus- 
sex, Franch-is  ;  County  Warwick,  Frank-ton  ;  County 
Wilts,  Frankley ;  County  Worcester,  Frank-by. 

To  those  unfamiliar  with  the  writings  of  the  early 
chroniclers,  it  is  well  to  draw  their  attention  to  the 
fact  that  these  learned  men  or  scribes  were  generally 
governed  in  giving  surnames  by  their  phonetic  or 
articulate  sounds,  which  accounts  for  the  many  ortho- 
graphical variations  of  the  same  cognomen,  some  of 
which  chancres  are  even  found  in  the  same  document. 
A  like  system  seems  to  have  been  the  rule  with  the 
place-names. 

As  regards  this  latter  subject,  it  is  well  to  state  that 
the  ancient  place-names  are  generally  preserved  in 
these  records,  while  their  modern  substitutes  are 
given  as  their  different  headings. 

Concerning  the  translations  of  the  documents  made 
for  this  volume,  it  may  be  observed  that  the  names  of 
individuals  have  been  preserved  "  verbatim  et  litera- 
tim "  according  to  the  original  Latin  text,  the  excep- 
tions being  the  references  to  same  and  the  translated 


viii  PREFACE. 

documents  taken  from  the  printed  works  in  which  the 
editors  have  given  the  modern  names  instead  of  those 
found  in  the  original  records,  which  accounts  for  the 
appearance  in  those  documents  of  some  modern  Eng- 
Hsh  names  before  their  introduction. 

Continuing,  it  will  be  noticed  that  the  first  appear- 
ance of  the  surname  of  Franceis  is  at  the  very  dawn 
of  the  twelfth  century  ;  and  from  this  time  evidence 
of  the  name  is  carried  down  to  the  year  1300,  the  last 
quarter  of  these  two  hundred  years  being  specially  in- 
teresting as  showing  what  may  be  considered  as  the 
beginning  of  the  anglicization  of  surnames  in  Eng- 
land. 

The  earliest  notice  of  the  surname  of  French  is  not 
later  than  the  year  1252,  and  is  found  in  the  Wiltshire 
records,  in  which  are  the  names  of  Osbertus  and  Gal- 
fridus  Frense  ;  and  from  this  time  documentary  data 
are  eiven  of  this  surname  to  about  the  middle  of  the 
fourteenth  century. 

As  some  of  the  following  records  are  of  the  time  of 
King  Henry  I.,  the  statutes  and  customs  of  whose 
reign  had  so  marked  an  influence  on  early  English 
civilization,  it  is  well  to  dwell  for  a  few  moments  on 
his  great  charter  of  liberties,  given  to  his  subjects,  in 
the  first  year  of  his  reign,  a.d.  iioi.  The  historical 
importance    of    these    early    franchises,    accompanied 


PREFACE.  ix 

with  the  allusion  to  this  charter  in  the  present 
volume,  seems  a  sufficient  reason  to  give  in  this 
place  a  translation  of  this  document,  made  from 
the  earliest  charter  given  in  the  "  Statutes  of  the 
Realm":  — 

In  the  year  of  the  incarnation  of  the  Lord  MCI., 
Henry,  son  of  King  William,  after  the  death  of 
William,  his  brother,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king  of 
the  English,  to  all  faithful,  greeting.  Know  ye  that  I, 
by  the  mercy  of  God  and  the  common  council  of  the 
barons  of  the  realm  of  England,  am  crowned  king  of 
the  same.  And,  because  the  realm  was  oppressed  by 
unjust  exactions,  I,  with  respect  for  God  and  the  love 
I  have  for  you,  in  the  first  place  make  God's  holy 
church  free,  so  that  I  will  neither  sell  nor  farm  out, 
nor,  after  the  death  of  an  archbishop,  bishop,  or  abbot, 
will  accept  any  of  the  property  of  the  church  or  of  its 
men  (homines),  until  a  successor  has  entered  into  the 
same.  And  I  banish  all  the  evil  usages  with  which 
the  kingdom  of  England  has  been  unjustly  oppressed, 
part  of  which  evil  usages  I  here  set  down. 

If  any  one  of  my  barons,  earls,  or  others,  who  hold 
of  me,  should  die,  his  heir  shall  not  redeem  his  land, 
as  he  did  in  the  time  of  my  brother;  but  he  shall 
relieve  the  same  by  a  just  and  legitimate  relief.  In 
the  same  way  the  men  of  my  barons  shall  relieve  their 
lands  of  their  lords  by  a  just  and  legitimate  relief. 

And,  if  any  of  my  barons  or  others,  my  men,  will 


X  PREFACE. 

give  his  dauQ-hter  in  marrias^e,  or  sister,  or  niece,  or 
relation,  let  him  treat  with  me ;  but  I  will  neither 
accept  anything  from  him  for  this  license  nor  pro- 
hibit his  giving  her  away,  except  if  he  would  give  her 
to  my  enemy.  And  if,  on  the  death  of  a  baron,  or 
any  other  of  my  men,  a  daughter  should  remain  his 
heir,  I  will  give  her  away  with  the  advice  of  my 
barons,  together  with  her  lands  ;  and  if,  on  the  death 
of  a  husband,  his  wife  should  survive  without  children, 
she  shall  have  her  dower  and  marriage-portion,  and  I 
will  not  o;ive  her  to  a  husband  without  her  consent. 
But,  if  the  wife  should  survive  with  children,  she  shall 
have  a  certain  dower  and  marriage-portion  whilst  she 
shall  keep  her  body  in  chastity ;  and  I  shall  not  give 
her  away  except  by  her  consent.  And  either  the 
wife,  or  some  other  relation,  who  will  deal  justly,  shall 
be  the  guardian  of  the  land  and  children ;  and  I 
command  that  my  barons  act  in  the  same  manner  in 
regard  to  the  sons,  daughters,  or  wives  of  their  men. 
The  common  mintage  money  which  was  taken  by 
the  cities  and  counties,  and  was  not  used  in  the  time 
of  King  Edward,  I  absolutely  forbid  to  be  taken  here- 
after. If  any  minter,  or  other  person,  be  taken  with 
false  money,  let  right  justice  be  done  to  him.  All 
fines  and  all  debts  due  to  my  brother  I  condone 
(pardon),  except  my  right  farms,  and  except  those 
thincrs  which  were  settled  for  the  inheritance  of 
others,  or  those  which  more  justly  concerned  others; 
and,  if  any  one  has  pledged  his  inheritance,  I  condone 


PREFACE.  xi 

it,  with  all  bargains  contracted  for  the  right  of  inheri- 
tance. 

And,  if  any  of  my  barons  or  men  shall  lie  ill,  so 
that  he  dispose  of  or  give  his  money,  I  will  that  such 
disposition  remain ;  but,  if  he,  prevented  by  war  or 
infirmity,  shall  not  give  or  dispose  of  his  property,  his 
wife,  or  children,  or  parents,  or  his  lawful  men,  may 
divide  it  for  him  as  shall  seem  best  to  them. 

If  any  one  forfeits,  he  shall  not  give  a  pledge  for  the 
whole  of  his  possessions,  as  he  did  in  the  time  of  my 
father  or  brother;  but  according  to  the  measure  of 
the  forfeit  shall  he  be  fined,  in  such  manner  as  fines 
were  laid  on  under  those  my  predecessors  who  reigned 
before  my  father  and  brother.  But,  if  he  shall  be 
convicted  of  perfidy  or  criminality,  let  him  make 
amendments  as  shall  seem  just. 

Also  all  murders  committed  before  my  coronation 
I  condone,  and  those  afterwards  shall  be  dealt  with 
according  to  the  law  of  King  Edward. 

I  have,  with  the  consent  of  my  barons,  retained  all 
forests  to  myself,  as  my  father  held  them. 

To  the  knights  who  defend  their  lands  by  their 
"  loricas,"  I  grant  of  my  own  gift  that  their  demesne 
land  shall  be  free  from  all  gelds  (taxes)  and  all  work, 
so  that,  eased  of  so  great  a  burden,  they  may  the 
better  provide  themselves  with  horses  and  arms  for 
my  service  and  for  the  defence  of  the  kingdom. 

I  establish  firm  peace  in  all  my  realm,  and  com- 
mand that  it  be  kept  hereafter. 


xii  PREFACE. 

I  restore  to  you  the  laws  of  King  Edward,  together 
with  those  amendments  made  by  my  father  with  the 
advice  of  his  barons. 

If  any  one  has  taken  anything  from  me  or  from 
any  other  person  after  the  death  of  King  Wilham,  my 
brother,  he  shall  immediately  restore  it  without  cor- 
rection ;  and,  if  any  one  retains  such  things,  he  upon 
whom  it  is  found  shall  make  strict  satisfaction  to  me. 
T(estibus),  M(auricio  Londoniense)  Ep(iscop)o,  Gun- 
dulfo  Ep(iscop)o,  Willelmo  electo  (Wintoniense) 
Ep(iscop)o,  Henrico  Comite  (of  Warwick),  Simone 
Comite  (of  Huntingdon,  etc.),  Walt(ero)  Giffardo, 
Rodb(er)to  de  Montford,  Rogero  Bigoto,  et  Henrico 
de  Portu,  apud  Londoniam  quando  fui  coronatus. 

In  conclusion,  I  must  gratefully  acknowledge  the 
valuable  documents  bearing  on  the  subject,  received 
from  Miss  Emma  M.  Walford,  of  London,  the  result 
of  her  searches  amono-  the  archives  of  EnHand. 

A.    D.    WELD    FRENCH. 

1 60  State  St.,  Boston,  Mass.,  U.S. 
May  15,  1896. 


CONTENTS. 


Page 

Bedfordshire, 3 

Berkshire, 16 

Buckinghamshire, 25 

Cambridgeshire, 36 

Cheshire, 65 

Cornwall, 69 

Cumberland, 71 

Derbyshire, 82 

Devonshire, 97 

Dorsetshire,       105 

Durham, 117 

Essex, 120 

Gloucestershire, 131 

Hampshire, 149 

Herefordshire, 170 

Hertfordshire, 177 

Huntingdonshire, 1S2 

Kent, 194 

Lancashire, 208 

Leicestershire,        214 

Lincolnshire, 227 

Middlesex, 238 

Norfolk, 273 


xiv  CONTENTS. 

Page 

Northamptonshire, 287 

Northumberland, 296 

Nottinghamshire 306 

Oxfordshire, 315 

Shropshire, 334 

Somersetshire, 349 

Staffordshire, 377 

Suffolk, 395 

Surrey, 405 

Sussex, 416 

Warwickshire, 434 

Westmorland, 448 

Wiltshire, 473 

Worcestershire, 496 

Yorkshire, 512 

Index, 555 


ENGLAND. 


BEDFORDSHIRE. 


As  reference  to  the  inquisition  for  the  taxation  of 
the  ninth  is  mentioned  first  in  the  beginning  of  these 
county  records,  it  may  be  interesting  to  some  readers, 
before  giving  the  regular  records,  to  introduce  the 
succeeding  documents  bearing  on  this  subject. 

Mortimer  states  "that  on  the  21st  of  February, 
1340,  King  Edward  III.  issued  writs  for  assembling 
a  new  parliament  at  Westminster  on  the  29th  of 
March  following."  The  Parliament  assembled  under 
these  writs  granted  a  subsidy  to  the  king  of  the  ninth 
lamb,  the  ninth  fleece,  and  the  ninth  sheaf,  for  the 
king's  wars,  of  which  we  have  the  succeeding  records: 

The  grants,  releases,  and  pardons  of  the  [said] 
chattels  of  felons  and  fugitives,  and  many  other 
things  [underwritten]  which  the  king  hath  granted 
to  the  prelates,  earls,  barons,  and  all  the  commons 
of  his  realm,  for  the  ease  of  them  perpetually  to  en- 
dure, the  said  prelates,  earls,  barons,  and  all  the 
commons  of  the  realm,  willingly  of  one  assent  and 
good  will,  having  regard  to  the  will  that  the  king 
their  liege  lord  hath  towards  them,  and  to  the  great 
travels  that  he  hath  made  and  sustained  as  well  in  his 
wars  of  Scotland  as  against  the  parts  of  France  and 


4  BEDFORDSHIRE. 

other  places,  and  to  the  good  will  which  he  hath  to 
travail  to  keep  his  realm,  and  maintain  his  wars,  and 
to  purchase  his  rights ;  they  have  granted  to  him 
the  ninth  lamb,  the  ninth  fleece,  and  the  ninth  sheaf, 
to  be  taken  by  two  years  then  next  to  come.  And  of 
cities  and  boroughs  the  very  ninth  part  of  all  their 
goods  and  chattels,  to  be  taken  and  levied  by  lawful 
and  reasonable  tax  by  the  same  two  years,  in  aid  of 
the  good  keeping  of  his  realm,  as  well  by  land  as  by 
sea,  and  of  his  wars,  as  well  against  the  parts  of  Scot- 
land, the  parts  of  France,  Gascoigne,  and  elsewhere. 
And  in  right  of  merchants  foreign,  which  dwell  not 
in  the  cities  nor  boroughs,  and  also  of  other  people 
that  dwell  in  forests  and  wastes,  and  all  other  that 
live  not  of  their  [gain  nor  store],  by  the  good  advice 
of  them  which  shall  be  deputed  taxers,  shall  be  set 
lawfully  at  the  value  of  the  fifteen,  without  being  un- 
reasonably charged ;  and  it  is  not  the  intent  of  the 
king,  nor  of  other  great  men,  nor  the  commons,  that 
by  this  grant  made  to  the  king  of  fifteens  the  poor 
[borail  people],  nor  other  that  live  of  their  bodily 
travel,  shall  be  comprised  within  the  tax  of  the  said 
fifteens,  but  shall  be  discharged  by  the  advice  of  them 
which  be  deputed  taxers,  and  of  the  great  men  which 
he  deputed  surveyors. 


BEDFORDSHIRE. 


Statute  the  Second. 


Edward,  by  the  grace  of  God  [etc.  to  all  them,  etc.], 
Greeting.  Know  ye  that,  whereas  the  prelates,  earls, 
barons,  and  commons  of  our  realm  of  England,  in 
our  present  Parliament  holden  at  Westminster  the 
Wednesday  next  after  the  Sunday  of  Middle  Lent, 
the  fourteenth  year  of  our  reign  of  England  and  the 
first  of  France,  have  granted  to  us  of  their  good  gree 
and  good  will,  in  aid  of  the  speed  of  our  great  business 
which  we  have  to  do,  as  well  on  this  side  the  sea 
as  beyond,  the  ninth  sheaf,  the  ninth  fieece,  and 
the  ninth  lamb,  to  be  taken  by  two  years  next  com- 
ing after  the  making  of  the  same,  and  the  [cities] 
and  the  burgesses  of  boroughs  the  very  ninth  part 
of  all  their  goods ;  and  the  foreign  merchants,  and 
other  which  live  not  of  [gain]  nor  of  store  of  sheep, 
the  fifteenth  of  their  goods  lawfully  to  the  value :  We, 
willing  to  provide  for  the  indemnity  of  the  said  prel- 
ates, earls,  barons,  and  other  of  the  communalty, 
and  also  of  citizens,  burgesses,  and  merchants 
aforesaid,  will  and  grant  for  us  and  our  heirs,  to  the 
same  prelates,  earls,  barons,  and  commons,  citizens, 
burgesses,  and  merchants,  that  the  same  grant  which 
is  so  chargeable  shall  not  another  time  [be  had] 
in  example,  nor  fall  to  their  prejudice  in  time  to 
come ;  nor  that  they  be  from  henceforth  charged  nor 
grieved  to  make  [any]  aid,  or  to  sustain  charge,  if 
it    be    not   by  the    common    assent    of    the   prelates, 


6  BEDFORDSHIRE. 

earls,  barons,  and  other  great  men,  and  commons 
of  our  said  realm  of  England,  and  that  in  the 
Parliament ;  and  that  all  the  profits  rising  of  the 
said  aid,  and  of  wards  and  marriages,  customs  and 
escheats,  and  other  profits  rising  of  the  said  realm 
of  England,  shall  be  put  and  spent  upon  the  main- 
tenance [and]  the  safeguard  of  our  said  realm  of 
England,  and  of  our  wars  in  Scotland,  France,  and 
Gascoigne,  and  in  no  places  elsewhere  during  the 
said  wars. 

This  subsidy  granted  to  the  king,  Edward  III., 
so  identified  with  the  complications  arising  from  his 
assuming  the  title  of  King  of  France,  which  addi- 
tional title  well  pleased  his  subjects,  although  they 
had  at  the  same  time  considerable  anxiety  as  to  the 
effect  it  would  have  on  the  supremacy  of  the  king- 
dom of  England,  and  for  that  reason  they  presented 
in  Parliament  to  King  Edward  an  address,  the  nature 
of  which  seems  to  be  embodied  in  a  royal  charter, 
which,  although  somewhat  departing  from  the  subject 
of  this  taxation  and  even  the  title  of  this  volume, 
it  seems  of  sufficient  historic  interest  to  make  an 
innovation,  and  revive  it  again  in  our  memories, 
to    wit :  — 

[Edward,  by  the  grace  of  God,  King  of  England 
and  France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland,  to  all  those  which 
these    Letters  shall   hear  or  see :]   Greeting.     Know 


BEDFORDSHIRE.  7 

ye  that,  whereas  some  people  do  think  that  by 
reason  that  the  reahii  of  France  is  devolved  to  us 
as  right  heir  of  the  same  and  forasmuch  as  we 
be  King  of  France,  our  realm  of  England  should 
be  put  in  subjection  of  the  king  and  of  the  realm 
of  France  in  time  to  come :  We,  having  regard  to 
the  estate  of  our  realm  of  England,  and,  namely, 
that  it  never  was  nor  ought  to  be  in  subjection, 
nor  in  the  obeisance  of  the  kings  of  France,  which 
for  the  time  have  been,  nor  of  the  realm  of 
France,  and  willing  to  provide  for  the  surety  and 
defence  of  the  realm  of  England,  and  of  our  liege 
people  of  the  same,  will  and  grant  and  establish 
for  us  and  for  our  heirs  and  successors,  by  assent 
of  the  prelates,  earls,  barons,  and  commons  of 
our  realm  of  England,  in  this  our  present  Parlia- 
ment summoned  at  Westminster  the  Wednesday 
next  after  the  Sunday  in  Middle  Lent,  the  four- 
teenth year  of  our  said  reign  of  our  realm  of  Eng- 
land, and  the  first  of  France,  that  by  the  cause  or 
colour  of  that,  that  we  be  King  of  France,  and 
that  the  said  realm  to  us  pertaineth,  as  afore  is  said, 
or  that  we  cause  us  to  be  named  King  of  France 
in  our  style,  or  that  we  have  changed  our  [seal]  or 
our  arms,  nor  for  the  commandments  which  we 
have  made  or  from  henceforth  shall  make  as  King 
of  France,  our  said  realm  of  England,  nor  the  people 
of  the  same  of  what  estate  or  condition  they  be, 
shall  not  in  any  time  to  come  be  put  in  subjection 


8  BEDFORDSHIRE. 

nor  in  obeisance  of  us,  nor  of  our  heirs  nor  succes- 
sors as  kings  of  France,  [as  afore  is  said,  nor  be 
subject]  nor  obedient,  but  shall  be  free  and  quit 
of  all  manner  of  subjection  and  obeisance  aforesaid, 
as  they  were  wont  to  be  in  the  time  of  our  pro- 
genitors, kings  of  England,  forever.  In  witness  of 
which  things  [etc.].  Dated  at  Westminster  on  the 
sixteenth  day  of  April,  in  the  years  of  our  reign  of 
England  and    France  aforesaid. 


GENERAL. 

At  the  pleas  in  the  King's  Court  in  three  weeks 
of  Easter,  9th  of  May,  11 99,  Johannes  de  Carum 
essoins  himself  by  Ricardits  Fraiiceis  in  a  placitum 
homagii  versus  Willelmus  de  Lohering. 


BEDFORD   CITY. 

In  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Richard  I. 
(1194-95)  Baldwinus  Fransigena  was  amerced  for 
being  absent  from  an  assize,  in  this  city,  and  he 
was  in  frankpledge. 

Willelmus  le  Franuceis  has  a  grant  from  King 
Henry  III.,  in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  his  reign 
(1261-62),  of  a  yearly  rental  of  loos.,  which  he 
owes   Isaac,   son  of   Isaac  of   Bedford. 


BEDFORDSHIRE.  9 

A.D.  1309. —  Pardon  to  John,  son  of  Richard  de 
Bodenho,  for  the  death  of  Edmund  le  Freynch,  as  it 
appears  by  the  records  of  Nicholas  Fermbaud  and 
John  de  Mutford,  justices  of  gaol  delivery  for  Bed- 
ford, that  he  killed  him  in  self-defence.  Dated  at 
Langley  on  the  26th  of  January. 


BARFORD    HUNDRED. 

RAVENSDEN. 

Circa  a.d.  1240. —  Among  those  holding  in  this 
place  of  the  barony  of  Willelmus  de  Bello  Campo 
were  Willelmus  Franceys  and  Hugo  Picot,  who  held 
two  virgates  of  land  for  the  twenty-sixth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee,  de  veteri  feoffamento. 


BIGGLESWADE    HUNDRED. 

BIGGLESWADE. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  Inquisition  for  the  taxation  of  the 
ninth  of  lamb,  fleece,  and  sheaf  in  this  place. 

Willelmus  de  Blount,  Johannes  de  Maldone,  Hugo 
de  Bodeho,  Edmundus  Palgrave,  Willelmus  le  Child, 
Robertus  Melnho,  Johannes  le  Salt'e,  Galfridus  Lowys, 
Jurdanus    le    Smyth,    Willelmus    Sampsonn,    Rober- 


lo  BEDFORDSHIRE. 

tus  Hankyn,  Rogerus  Svvetebon,  Johannes  de  Wret- 
ton,  Ricardus  le  Clerk,  Johannes  Warde,  Thomas  de 
Holm,  Willclmus  le  Freynsch,  and  Thomas  Davy, 
parochians  of  Byckeleswade,  say  upon  their  oath  that 
the  valuation  of  ninth  is  34  marks,  \^s.  d>d.,  and  not 
more,  because  some  commodities  and  profits  in  this 
parish  are  not  included  in  their  inquisition, —  viz.,  the 
tithe  of  hay,  mortuaries,  rents  of  assizes,  etc.,  worth 
14  marks,  95.  ()d.  per  annum;  and  the  vicarage  is 
worth  yearly  15/.  10^.  T^d.  There  are  besides  mer- 
chants in  this  parish  who  live  partly  by  agriculture; 
and  the  fifteenth  taxed  of  their  merchandise  would 
be  38^-.  (^d.,  which  is  included  in  the  aforesaid  34 
marks,  iSs.  c^d. 

SUTTON. 

A.D.  1 2 12-13. —  ^^^^  assize  came  to  make  recogni- 
tion if  Willelm2is  le  Fraiiceis  and  several  others  had 
disseized  Henricus  de  Braibroch  of  his  free  tenement 
in  Sutton. 

WRESTLINGWORTH. 

Prob.  13th  century. —  To  all  faithful  in  Christ  to 
whom,  etc.,  Willelmus  ffrainiceys,  greeting.  Know 
that  I  have  given  and  granted,  and  by  this  my  charter 
have  confirmed  to  God,  the  church  of  Wrestlingworth, 
and  the  patrons  of  this  church,  some  land,  nine 
perches  and  four  feet  in  length  and  five  perches  and 


BEDFORDSHIRE.  1 1 

four  feet  in  breadth,  lying  between  the  croft  of  Hervi- 
cus  and  that  of  the  said  church,  in  exchange  for  so 
much  land  of  a  croft  belonsrins;  to  this  church,  which 
lies  near  by  the  croft  of  Godice.  To  have  in  perpe- 
tuity, etc.,  freely  and  quietly,  honorably  and  in  peace. 
And  I,  etc. 


CLIFTON    HUNDRED. 

STOTFOLD. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  Inquisition  for  the  taxation  of  the 
ninth  of  lamb,  fleece,  and  sheaf  in  this  place. 

Edmundus  Saman,  Ricaj^diis  le  French^  Ricardus 
atte  Touneshende,  Ricardus  Aunsel,  Willelmus  Hum- 
frey,  and  Rogerus  le  Frensch,  parochians  of  Stotfold, 
say  upon  their  oath  that  the  ninth  of  this  parish,  in- 
cluding that  of  the  prior  of  Newenham,  is  worth  12 
marks,  ii^-,  \d.,  and  not  more,  because  there  is  land 
and  meadow  which  is  in  dower  of  the  church,  while 
there  are  besides  many  acres  which  are  sowed  with 
flax  and  hemp ;  and  the  tithe  of  greater  and  lesser 
offerings  and  mortuaries  belong  to  the  church ;  and 
the  sheep  and  lambs  died,  while  those  remaining  have 
not  their  former  value. 


12  BEDFORDSHIRE. 

MANSHEAD  HUNDRED. 

DUNSTABLE. 

In  the  twelfth  regnal  year  of  King  Henry  III. 
(1227-28)  Robert  le  Franceis  was  attorney  of  William, 
prior  of  Grave,  in  a  plea  against  Ralph  de  Esseng 
and  John  de  Medhell,  concerning  cattle. 

In  the  year  1236  the  Annals  of  the  Abbey  of  Dun- 
staple  show  that  Simon  Cavegom  was  convicted  for 
the  murder  of  Galfridus  Franceis ;  but,  as  he  was  not 
found,  he  was  outlawed  with  his  brother  Ricardus, 
and  his  pledges  were  amerced. 

There  is  a  charter  without  date,  but  evidently  of  a 
later  period  in  this  thirteenth  century,  wherein  Rob- 
ert, son  of  Robert  Fratmceys  of  Dunstable,  grants  to 
Adam  Rufus,  of  the  same  place,  land  in  the  field  of 
Kensworthe,  near  by,  in  the  hundred  of  Dacorum, 
County  Hertford. 

In  the  year  1286,  in  opposition  to  the  Dominicans 
enlarging  their  bounds  in  this  place,  the  Abbey  of 
Dunstable  arranged  with  Thomas,  their  janitor,  to 
purchase  the  messuage  formerly  belonging  to  Ro- 
bertiis  Franceis  in  Dunstaple,  the  nearest  area  of  the 
said  Dominicans ;  and  the  abbey  took  feoffment  of 
the  aforesaid  tenement  from  the  said  Thomas,  and 
the  chirograph  made  between  the  said  Thomas  and 
the  seller  of  this  messuaoe  was  delivered  in  the  Kino's 
Court. 


BEDFORDSHIRE.  13 

In  the  year  1291  this  abbey  paid  to  Willelmus  de 
Turvylle,  sheriff  of  Bedfordshire,  half  a  mark  for  the 
aforesaid  Thomas,  now  deceased,  by  the  hands  of 
Sybilla,  his  wife,  and  Walterus  de  Parco,  for  a  fine 
made  in  the  King's  Court,  for  levying  a  chirograph 
between  him  (Thomas)  and  Petrus  de  Pakenham 
and  Christina,  his  wife,  of  the  messuage  of  Robertus 
Fraunceys  in  Dunstable. 


STODDEN  HUNDRED. 

MELCHBOURNE. 

A.  D.  1340-42. —  Inquisition  for  the  taxation  of 
the  ninth  of  lamb,  fleece,  and  sheaf  in  this  place. 

Johannes  de  Molton,  Johannes  Stoch',  Johannes 
French,  Galfridus  Tekes,  Johannes  Baker,  and  Wal- 
terus Slecare,  parochians  of  Melcheburn',  say  upon 
their  oath  that  the  ninth  is  worth  8^  marks,  and  not 
more,  because  to  the  church  belongs  land  in  dower, 
while  the  tithe  of  hay  and  other  minor  things,  offer- 
ings, and  mortuaries,  are  excluded  from  this  taxation. 

MILTON  ERNEST. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-79)  the  jurors  say 
that    Johannes,   son   of    Rogerus    Hervis',   holds   two 


14  BEDFORDSHIRE. 

hides  and  a  half  and  one  virgate  of  land  in  the  vill  of 
Middelton  of  the  Hospital  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  Hos- 
pital holds  it  of  the  king. 

The  same  Johannes  holds  one  hide  and  a  half  and 
half  a  virgate  in  this  vill  in  capite  of  Henricus  Grey, 
and  Henricus  holds  it  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester  (Ed- 
ward Crouchback)  of  the  honor  of  Leicester,  and  this 
earl  of  the  king. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  this  Johannes  in  Middel- 
tone  was  Willelimis  Franccys,  holding  half  a  virgate  of 
land  for  4^. 


WILLEY    HUNDRED. 

RADWELL. 

A.  D.  127S-79. —  Robertus  de  Radewelle,  lord  of 
this  vill,  holds  here  seven  hides  and  a  half  of  land  in 
capite  of  Radulphus  Perot,  and  Radulphus  holds  it 
of  Almaricus  de  Sancto  Edmundo,  of  the  barony  of 
Cayho,  and  Almaricus  of  the  king. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Robertus  de  Radewelle 
appears  the  name  of  Willebmis  Frcnse,  who  holds  half 
a  virgate  of  land  for  2s.  per  annum  with  suit  and 
hearth-money. 

Johannes  le  Wolf  holds  in  same  vill,  of  the  fee  of 
said  Robertus  de  Radewelle,  nine  virgates  of  land,  of 
which  he  has  three  virgates  in  demesne  with  Johannes 
his  son.  Among  those  in  free  tenancy  is  Willelmtis 
le  Franceys,  who  holds  half  a  virgate  for  hearth-money. 


BEDFORDSHIRE.  15 

WAHULLE. 

A.  D.  1278-79. —  Johannes  de  Wahulle,  lord  of  the 
vill  of  Wahulle,  and  patron  and  advowee  of  the 
church,  holds  this  vill  of  the  barony  of  Wahulle, 
which  is  held  in  capite  of  the  king. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  the  fee  of  Johannes 
de  Wahulle  is  Isabella  la  Fra7iceys,  with  her  small 
tenants,  holding  one  virgate  of  land  for  i2d.  per 
annum. 


BERKSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 


At  the  pleas  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  October, 
1 1 99,  the  day  is  given  in  three  weeks  io  Johannes 
Franceis,  and  others,  appellees,  and  Petrus  de  Bride- 
port,  appellant,  in  a  plea  concerning  the  king's  peace ; 
and  they  have  leave  to  agree. 


BRAY    HUNDRED. 

MAIDENHEAD. 

A.D.  1327. —  Roger  Ffrenssh  is  mentioned  in  this 
year.  In  1333  Helena  le  Hosebund  unjustly  retained 
a  horse  belonging  to  him.  Two  years  later  Margaret 
is  mentioned  as  the  wife  of  Roger  Ffrejissh.  He 
died  in  1335,  seized  of  a  messuage  held  at  ^s.  per 
annum,  when  John  Ffrench  his  son  and  heir  paid  for 
his  relief  ^s. 

Emma  FJrenshe  is  mentioned  in  1333,  and  again 
in   the  following  year  as   relict   of    Walter  Ffrenshe. 

Reginald  Ffrensche  is  mentioned  in  1338.  He 
died  in  1350,  when  Alice  is  mentioned  as  his  relict  as 


BERKSHIRE.  17 

well  as  guardian  of  Reginald,  his  son  and  heir.    She 
gave  to  the  lord  %d.  for  suit  of  court. 


GANFIELD   HUNDRED. 

STANFORD. 

A.D.  1341. —  Willelmus  Wermunstre  and  Ricardus 
le  Frenshe,  of  Stanford,  and  Reginaldus  Benet  and 
Willelmus  Est,  of  Goseye,  jurors  at  the  inquisition 
held  at  Wanetyng  before  the  prior  of  Walyngford  and 
his  associates,  assessors  and  venditors  of  the  ninth 
part  of  sheaves,  lambs,  and  fleece,  say  upon  their  oath 
that  the  ninth  of  sheaves,  lambs,  and  fleece,  in  the 
parish  of  Stanford,  is  worth  31  marks,  '^s.  6d.,  and  not 
more,  because  the  tithe  of  hay  and  other  small  tithes 
are  worth  iili.  2>s.  lod.  Also  the  ninth  sheaf  on  the 
land  of  the  abbot  of  Abyndon,  in  the  vill  of  Goseye, 
in  this  parish,  is  worth  20^'.,  and  not  more,  because  he 
has  neither  sheep  nor  fleece.  In  testimony  of  which 
the  aforesaid  prior  and  jurors  have  appended  their 
seal. 


1 8  BERKSHIRE. 


KINTBURY   EAGLE    HUNDRED. 

BENHAM. 

At  the  Nova  Placita  et  Novae  Conventiones  in 
the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  (1158-59) 
the  sheriff  of  this  county  renders  an  account  of  the 
land  of  VVillelmus  Francesms  of  Benham.  He  paid 
it  into  the  treasury,  and  is  quit. 


CHILDREY. 

A.D.  1318,  12th  of  April. —  Grant  by  Margaret,  late 
wife  of  Richard  de  Polhamtone,  to  Walter  de  Hamme 
and  Euginia,  his  wife,  for  their  lives,  of  lands,  etc.,  in 
Chelreye,  with  the  reversion  of  a  tenement  which 
Willia?ii  le  Freynche  and  Cristiana,  his  wife,  hold  for 
the  latter's  life  in  the  same  place  by  the  demise  of 
Geoffrey  de  Okhangre  except  a  meadow  in  "  le  Dol- 
mede."  The  said  lands  to  revert  to  Maro^aret  if 
Euginia  after  Walter's  death  recover  dower  in  lands 
in  Hamme,  Mordone,  and  Botermere,  which  the  said 
Walter  and  Euginia  had  granted  to  Margaret.  Dated 
at  Baltestone. 


BERKSHIRE. 


LETCOMBE. 


5  Edward  1.(1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned  by- 
John  de  Bath  against  Andrew  le  Fraunccys,  touching 
meadow  in  Ledecumb. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  Thomas  Westebrok,  Willelmus  le 
Frensch,  Willehnus  le  Bous,  Willelmus  Holte, 
Johannes  Tedbald,  Rogerus  Pettewyk,  and  Thomas 
Benham,  parishioners  of  the  church  of  Ledcoumbe 
Regis,  jurors  at  the  iniquisition  before  the  prior  of 
Walyngford  and  his  associates,  collectors  and  asses- 
sors in  the  county  of  Berks  of  the  ninth  of  sheaves, 
fleece,  and  lambs,  granted  to  the  king,  say  upon  their 
oath  that  the  aforesaid  ninth  is  worth  43^  marks  for 
this  year,  and  not  more.  In  testimony  of  which  the 
jurors  have  appended  their  seal. 


MORETON   HUNDRED. 

BASSILDON. 

A.D.  1272,  26th  of  June. — At  this  date  was  the  fol- 
lowing plea  before  the  king  at  Woodstock :  Margery, 
the  wife  of  Peter  de  Anesy,  by  attorney,  and  Matthew 
de  Anesey,  appeared  against  Richard  de  Vernon  (2d), 
Gilbert  le  Fraunceys,  and  William  de  Warre,  in  a 
plea  that  whereas,  on   account  of  the  transgressions 


2  0  BERKSHIRE. 

committed  by  Richard  during  the  disturbances  in 
the  kingdom,  the  king  had  given  the  lands  and 
tenements  in  Basteldene  and  Ashamstede  to  Peter 
de  Anesy,  to  hold  according  to  the  form  of  the 
Dictum  de  Kenilworth  (a.d.  1266),  and  the  said  Peter, 
being  lately  seized  of  them,  had  left  by  will  half  of  them 
to  Margaret,  and  the  other  half  to  Matthew,  the  said 
Richard  and  the  others  had  ejected  the  plaintiffs  vi 
et  armis,  in  the  middle  of  the  night,  and  had  done 
other  malicious  injuries  and  damage  to  them.  The 
sheriff  had  been  ordered  to  attach  the  said  Richard 
and  the  others,  and  to  have  their  bodies  before  the 
king  at  this  term ;  and  they  did  not  appear.  Their 
pledges  are  therefore  in  misericordia ;  and  the  sheriff 
is  ordered  to  distrain  them,  etc.,  and  to  produce  them 
at  the  Octaves  of  Michaelmas. 

A.D.  1279.  Hilary  term. —  The  jurors  said  that 
Gilberttis  le  Fraiinccis  did  not  hold  the  manors  of 
Basteldene  and  Ashamstede,  neither  of  Willelmus 
de  Bello  Campo,  Earl  of  Warwick,  nor  of  Christiana 
de  Marisco,  the  land  being  worth  16  lib.  per  annum; 
and  he  had  never  made  homage  nor  fealty  neither 
to  the  said  earl  nor  to  the  said  Christiana,  but  the 
said  manors  are  held  of  the  king  in  capite. 

A.D.  1280,  6th  of  January. —  Royal  grant  to  William 
Garlaund  of  the  custody  of  the  lands  late  of  Gilbert  le 
Fraunceis,  deceased,  in  Bastelden',  and  of  that  of  the 
manor  of  Nettlebuddle,  all  in  the  king's  hands ;  also 
10/.  a  year  paid  to  the  king  by  Alice,  late  wife  of 


BERKSHIRE.  21 

Henry  Dyne,  deceased,  for  the  custody  of  the  lands 
late  of  the  said  Henry,  which  has  been  granted  to  her 
by  the  king  during  the  minority  of  the  heirs  of  the 
said  Henry.  All  to  be  held  by  the  said  William  dur- 
ing the  minority  of  the  heirs  of  the  said  Gilbert  and 
Henry,  and  of  the  heirs  of  the  said  manor.  Dated 
at  Winchester. 


WALLINGFORD. 

The  first  record  observed  of  the  surname  of 
Fraunceys  identified  with  this  borough  is  that  of 
Puce  la  Frau7iceise,  who  made  a  grant  of  land  here 
to  the  priory  of  Wallingford. 

A.D.  1 23 1. —  Roll  of  the  fifteenth  year  of  Henry  HI., 
Clement  and  Robert  le  Franceis  being  provosts  or 
reeves.  On  the  reverse  of  this  roll  is  an  entry  in 
Latin,  somewhat  mutilated,  of  which  the  following 
is  a  part:  "Delivered  by  Robert  le  Franceis,  For 
parchment,  2d.  To  Henry,  the  Clerk,  for  his  service, 
55-.  At  the  visit  of  the  lord  the  King,  on  the  day 
of  the  Epiphany,  to  the  Serjeants  of  the  market,  \d. 
For  hens  for  a  present  which  was  made  to  the  Earl 
and  the  Bishop  of  Cardoil  [Walter  Mauclerk,  Bishop 
of  Carlisle],  .  .  .  j\d.  For  repairing  the  pillory  and 
trebuchet  [cucking-stool],  \(y\d.  To  the  prebend  of 
the  lord  the  King,  yj-.  8i^.  [?  For  repairing]  the  wall 
before  the  door  of  James,  the  Chaplain,  \d.  At  the 
coming  of  the  lord  the  King  to    Walingford,  .  .  .  for 


2  2  BERKSHIRE. 

hay  and  oats,  '$)d.  At  the  first  coming  of  the  Countess 
[Isabel,  who  had  been  married  the  year  before], 
providing  in  her  behalf,  from  John.  .  .  .  To  the 
Mayor,  when  he  went  to  London,  on  the  matter  of 
Craumerse.  .  .  .  For  the  first  journey,  when  Robert 
le  Frajiceis  went  to  Burchamstede,  [for  one  horse 
hired]  6rt'.,  to  the  carrier  [indistinct]  2d.,  for  expenses 
8W.  For  the  second  journey,  for  one  horse  hired 
6d.,  for  the  carrier,  .  .  .  when  Alexander  Dublet  went 
with  him,  2\\d.  For  putting  an  edging  on  the  robe 
of,  .  .  .  For  a  present  sent  to  the  Lord  Bishop  of 
Cardul  [Carlisle]  at  Huntercumb,  5^-.  \d.  To  the 
clerk.  .  .  ."  The  Bishop  of  Carlisle  was  at  this  time 
Lord  Treasurer,  but  soon  afterwards  he  lost  the 
ofiice. 

A.D.  1232. —  Burghmote  Roll  for  the  16  Henry  III. 
"  Robert  le  Franceis  makes  plaint  against  William 
de  Radelee  that  he  came  to  his  land  and  made  a 
certain  ditch  there,  and  cursed  him,  the  loss  by 
which  he  would  not  have  had  for  12^/.,  or  the  shame 
for  2s. ;  and  he  now  brings,  etc.  The  matter  is  put 
in  respite  until  this  day  fortnight." 

As  we  find  Robert  le  Franceis  and  Henry,  the 
clerk,  named  in  the  year  1231,  while  the  former 
is  mentioned  again  in  1232,  and  as  both  these  names 
appear  as  witnesses  to  the  following  charter,  it  is 
inferred  that  its  execution  must  have  been  about  this 
period. 

Roger   de    la    Grene    Lane,    of    Henley,    with    the 


BERKSHIRE.  23 

assent  of  Alice,  his  wife,  grants  to  John  Hentelune, 
of  Wallingford,  the  messuage  which  Godwin  Lange- 
wain  some  time  held  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard, 
and  one  acre  in  Chalfmore,  between  the  land  of 
William  Fitz-Simon  and  that  which  belonged  to 
Cristina  Dudde;  he  rendering  the  yearly  service  due 
to  the  lords  of  the  fees,  and  to  him,  Roger,  one  pair 
of  white  gloves,  value  one  half-penny,  at  Easter;  he 
having  received  forty  shillings  sterling  beforehand. 
Witnesses :  Peter  Pekoe,  mayor,  etc. ;  Robert  le 
Franceis ;  Henry,  the  clerk;  and  the  whole  Burgh- 
mote  of  Walingford. 

The  roll  of  the  Burghmote  of  this  place  held  on 
Thursday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Vincent  in  the  year 
1275  ends  with  a  plaint  hy  John  Ic  Fraiiccys  against 
Osbert  de  Miller,  to  the  effect  that  he  sold  to  the 
said  Osbert  one  acre  and  a  half  of  land  for  forty 
shillings  sterling,  and  that.  .  .  . 


READING   HUNDRED. 


SOUTHCOT. 


A.D.  1286.  26th  of  April. —  Protection  with  clause 
volumus  for  one  year  for  Hugh  le  Fraunceys,  of 
Suthcote,  going  beyond  seas  with  King  Edward  I., 
who  about  this  time  went  on  a  mission  to  make 
peace  between  Alphonso,  King  of  Arragon,  and 
Philip  the  Fair,   King  of   France. 


2  4  BERKSHIRE. 

RIPPLESMERE    HUNDRED. 

WINDSOR  CASTLE. 

^^  1355  John  de  Alkeshull  and  William  Freiishe 
were  ordered  to  provide  timber,  stone,  tiles,  and 
other  necessaries  for  Windsor  Castle,  as  well  as 
for  the  palace  of  Westminster  and  the  town  of 
Calais. 

About  the  ninth  or  tenth  year  of  Richard  II. 
(1385-87)  Giles  Frcnssh  was  the  warden  of  the  ward- 
robe in  the  castle  of  Wyndesore. 


THEALE    HUNDRED. 

SULHAM. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  Willclmiis  Ic  French,  Willelmus  ate 
Bour,  Alar'  de  Solham,  and  Gilbertus  ate  Welle, 
jurors,  say  upon  their  oath  that  the  ninth  part  of 
sheaves,  fleece,  and  lambs,  granted  to  the  king  is 
worth  7i  marks  with  "la  Hide  de  sancto  Philiberto," 
which  is  without  the  extent  of  the  church  of  Solham, 
and  is  valued  at  half  a  mark. 


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1203-4. —  At  the  pleas  in  the  King's  Court 
at  Westminster  in  fifteen  days  after  Holy  Trinity  in 
the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  John,  between 
Muriel  filia  Willielmi,  plaintiff,  and  Hugo  de  Pite- 
brigg  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  defendants,  concerning 
one  carucate  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in  Pite- 
brigg',  the  defendants  called  to  warrant  Hiemiricus, 
Master  of  the  Knights'  Temple,  who  made  Robertus 
le  Franceis  his  attorney. 

A.D.  1290. —  Bogo  de  Clare  was  attached  to  answer 
to  Johannes  le  Waleys,  clerk,  because  when  this 
Johannes,  on  the  Sunday  in  the  feast  of  Holy  Trinity 
last,  in  the  king's  peace  and  for  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  went  into  the  house  of  the  said  Bogo,  in 
the  city  of  London,  and  there  delivered  a  certain 
writ  of  summons,  some  persons  of  the  household  of 
the  said  Bogo,  by  force  and  against  his  will,  made 
this  Johannes  chew  this  writ,  and  also  the  appended 
seal ;  and  they  imprisoned  him  there,  beat,  and  ill- 
treated  him  against  the  peace  of  the  king  to  a  dam- 
age   to    this    Johannes    of    20/.,    and    also    1,000/.    in 


26  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

contempt  of  the  king.  And  therefore  he  had  brought 
this  suit. 

And  Bogo  came  and  defended  himself  against  the 
accusation  and  the  contempt  to  the  king  and  his 
peace,  and  said  that  it  does  not  appear  to  him  that  he 
should  be  answerable  for  this  complaint,  as  Johannes 
says  in  his  accusation  that  certain  persons  of  the 
household  of  Bogo  had  committed  the  transgression 
without  giving:  their  names,  as  is  the  custom  in  the 
court;  and,  as  Johannes  in  his  complaint  does  not 
say  that  Bogo  was  the  transgressor,  or  that  he 
ordered  it,  he  begs  judgment. 

And  Johannes,  when  asked  if  Bogo  had  made  the 
transgression  or  ordered  the  same,  said  no,  but  that 
it  was  some  of  his  household,  of  whose  names  he  was 
ignorant. 

But  for  the  contempt  for  the  holy  church  and  the 
king,  and  for  being  a  bad  example  for  the  future,  and 
as  the  transgression  was  made  within  Bogo's  doors 
and  by  his  domestic  servants,  and  because  it  was 
testified  that  certain  persons  of  his  household  —  viz., 
Henricus  de  Braban  and  five  others  —  were  the  prin- 
cipal doers  in  this  transgression,  Bogo  is  com- 
manded to  have  them  and  the  others  of  his  family 
before  the  king  in  fifteen  days  of  Holy  Trinity  to  do 
and  accept  what  should  be  ordained  by  the  king  and 
his  council. 

On  which  day  the  aforesaid  Bogo  came  before  the 
king   and    his    council    with    all    his    family,    except 


B  UCKINGHAMSHIRE. 


27 


the  said  Henricus  and  the  five  others,  who  had 
departed  and  disappeared.  And  the  jurors  said  that 
the  aforesaid  Henricus  and  the  others  made  the  trans- 
gression without  the  order  and  assent  of  Bogo,  who 
did  not  know  anything  about  it  until  after  it  was 
done ;  and  it  was  decided  that  Bogo  should  be 
released  at  present  without  any  day  being  given 
for  a  further  hearing.  And  the  said  Johannes  le 
Waleys,  if  it  seems  to  him  best,  may  follow  the  suit 
against  the  principal  perpetrators. 

And,  further,  Thomas  de  Turbervill  of  co.  Here- 
ford, Walterus  de  Molesworth  of  co.  Huntingdon, 
Willelmus  de  Melkesham  of  co.  York,  Simon  de 
Ludgate  of  co.  Somerset,  David  le  Grant  of  co. 
Hertford,  and  Willelmus  Frannceys  of  co.  Bitcking- 
ham,  became  the  manucaptors  of  the  aforesaid  Bogo, 
for  his  appearing  before  the  king  to  answer  in  case 
the  aforesaid  perpetrators  were  convicted  and  the 
king  should  desire  his  attendance. 


ASHENDON    HUNDRED. 

ASTON    AND    ILMER. 

A.D.  1328,  1 8th  of  February. —  Commission  of  oyer 
and  terminer  to  Robert  de  Ardern  and  others  on 
complaint  by  John  Blaket  that  Maurice  Drauswerd, 
Matilda,  late  the  wife  of  William  Beausamys,  Thomas 


28  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

Beausamys,  William  de  Clynton,  Roger  le  Frensh, 
William  Hosebond,  John  de  Poghele,  William 
Jordan,  and  others  broke  his  houses  at  Aston  and 
Ilmere  in  this  hundred,  and  Adynton,  in  Buckingham 
hundred,  took  away  twenty  horses,  twenty  mares, 
sixty  oxen,  forty  bullocks,  forty  cows,  and  two  hun- 
dred swine,  worth  200  marks,  and  felled  and  carried 
away  his  trees. 

BORSTALE. 

A.D.  1 2 1 3. —  Walter  Borstard  by  a  charter  granted 
to  Sir  John  Fitz-Nigel  half  a  hide  of  land  in  Borstall 
for  a  yearly  rent  of  ten  shillings  and  one  mark  of 
silver  in  hand.  Among  the  witnesses  was  Thomas  le 
Francevs. 

BRILL. 

A.D.  1254-55. —  Among  the  jurors  of  the  royal 
manor  of   Brehull  was   Galfridiis  le  Franceys. 


PITCHOT. 

This  manor  is  of  special  interest  to  the  surnames 
of  Fraunceys  and  Vernon.  William  de  Vernon, 
Lord  of  Harlaston,  held  in  the  year  1234  one  fee  in 
this  place  of  the  honor  of  Wallingford,  and,  in  1235, 
paid  20^'.  scutage  for  one  knight's  fee  and  a  half. 

He    married    the  heiress  of    Stockport  toward  the 


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.  29 

end  of  the  reign  of  King  John,  which,  we  infer,  is  the 
period  of  the  following  charter,  made  in  their  favor, 
by  her  brother,  Robert  de  Stockport.  A  printed 
copy  of  this  document  is  given  by  the  Rev.  John 
Watson,  from  which  the  translation  is  made.  This 
grant  shows  that  her  name  was  Margery;  but  the 
assize  of  which  we  give  an  ensuing  record,  taken  from 
the  Staffordshire  Historical  Collections,  shows  the 
great-grandmother  of  Richard  de  Vernon  (the  great- 
grandson  of  William  de  Vernon)  was  Matilda,  which 
was  the  same  pr^nomen  as  borne  by  the  mother  of 
Robert  de  Stockport,  the  grantor  of  this  charter. 

Know  all,  as  well  those  present  as  those  to  come, 
that  I,  Robertus  de  Stokeport,  have  granted  and  con- 
ceded, and  by  this  my  present  charter  have  confirmed, 
to  Willielmus  de  Vernon,  and  Margeria,  his  wife,  for 
his  homage  and  service,  as  the  right  and  inheritance 
of  the  aforesaid  Margeria,  my  sister,  all  the  land  of 
"  Marpel  et  Wibereslee,"  with  all  the  appurtenances, 
in  wood  and  plain,  in  waters  and  pastures,  and  in  all 
other  places  and  liberties, —  viz.,  within  these  boun- 
daries, as  I  ascend  from  Hiderlektop  in  Mersee  to 
Guit,  and  from  Guit  to  Wibberlektop,  and  from  Wib- 
berlektop  to  the  highway,  and  as  I  descend  from  the 
highway  to  Kartelacke,  and  from  Kartelacke  to 
Huiderlektop,  and  from  Huiderlektop  to  Mersee. 
To  have  and  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  of  me  and 
my  heirs,  free  and  quit  of  all  services  and  exactions. 


3  o  B  UCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

by  finding  one  forester  in  the  forest  of  my  lord,  the 
Earl  of  Chester, —  viz.,  Maklesfeld ;  saving  for  my 
lord,  the  Earl  of  Chester,  the  right  of  hunting  with 
hawks,  falcons,  and  sparrow-hawks.  Hiis  testibus, 
Philippo  de  Orrebi  tunc  Justiciario  Cestrie,  Hugone 
Disp(ensar)y,  Rogero  de  Meinewaring,  Willielmo  de 
Venables,  Ricardo  Phitum,  Jord,  de  Bredburi,  Bene- 
dicto  de  Wurth,  Rogero  de  Dunes,  et  multis  aliis. 

An  assize  of  the  fourth  regnal  year  of  King  Ed- 
ward II.  (1310-11),  of  last  presentation  to  the  church 
of  Pychecote,  the  advowson  of  which  the  prior  of 
Great  Malverne  claimed  against  Richard  de  Vernon, 
3d ;  and  he  stated  that  his  predecessor,  William  de 
Ledbury,  formerly  prior,  had  presented  to  the  church 
one  John  de  Teynton,  who  had  been  admitted  and 
instituted  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
•  Richard  (de  Vernon,  3d)  stated  that  he  was  seized 
of  the  manor  of  Pychecote,  to  which  the  advowson  of 
the  church  was  appurtenant,  and  that  one  Matilda  de 
Vernon,  his  great-grandmother  (proavia),  and  whose 
heir  he  is,  was  formerly  seized  of  it,  and  had  pre- 
sented to  the  church  one  William  de  Pychecote,  her 
clerk,  who  had  been  admitted  and  instituted  in  the 
time  of  King  John,  and  from  the  said  Matilda  the 
right  descended  to  one  Richard  (de  Vernon,  2d)  as 
her  son  and  heir,  and  from  Richard  who  died  s.  p.  to 
one  Robert  (de  Vernon)  as  brother  and  heir,  and  from 
Robert  it  descended  to  one   Hawys,  as  daughter  and 


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.  31 

heir,  and  from  Hawyse  to  Richard  de  Vernon  (3d), 
who  now  sues  as  her  son  and  heir;  and  he  stated 
that  when  the  prior's  predecessors  made  the  two  first 
presentations,  which  had  been  detailed,  he,  the  said 
Richard  (2d),  was  under  age,  and  that,  at  the  time  the 
prior's  predecessor  presented  William  de  la  Lade,  one 
Gilbei^t  Fraiinceys,  formerly  husband  of  the  said 
Hawyse,  held  the  manor  of  Pychecote  by  courtesy 
of  England,  and,  at  the  time  William  de  Wykkewane 
was  presented  to  the  church,  Hawys  was  under  the 
power  (sub  potestatem)  of  Gilbert  {le  Fraunceys),  her 
husband,  and,  at  the  time  of  the  two  previous 
presentations,  the  said  Richard  (de  Vernon),  son  of 
Matilda,  the  great-uncle  of  the  defendant,  was  under 
age,  and  all  this  he  was  prepared  to  prove.  A  jury 
found  in  favor  of  Richard  de  Vernon  (3d),  and  gave 
him  10  marks  for  damages,  the  value  of  the  half 
year  of  the  church,  the  tempus  semestre  not  having 
elapsed. 


AYLESBURY    HUNDRED. 

BLEDLOW. 

A.D.  1292,  April  8. —  At  this  date  there  is  a  record 
of  Isabella,  daughter  of  Willelmus  le  Frauiiceys  of 
Bledelawe. 


3  2  B  UCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

COTTESLOE    HUNDRED. 

LINSLADE. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  The  value  of  the  ninth  in  the  parish 
of  Linchelade,  by  the  statement  of  Rogerus  Ambroys, 
Hugo  le  F7'-e7isschi\  Hugo  Michel,  Johannes  le  Wary- 
ner,  Johannes  in  le  Hurne,  and  Ricardus  le  Clerk,  is 
10  marks,  and  not  more,  as  two  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  this  parish  lie  uncultivated  on  account  of  the 
poorness  of  the  soil,  and  the  glebe  of  the  church 
together  with  the  meadow  and  pasture,  which  is  not 
included  in  this  account,  is  worth  40-y.  this  year. 


DESBOROUGH    HUNDRED. 

GREAT    MARLOW  and  HAMBLEDON. 

A.D.  1254-55. —  The  jurors  state  that  the  Earl  of 
Gloucester  (Richard  de  Clare  IV.)  has,  and  his  an- 
cestors always  had,  view  of  frankpledge  in  Merlawe 
and  Hamelden.  They  also  found  that  Gvydo  le 
Franceis  was  among  those  in  default. 

HIGH    WYCOMBE. 

A.D.  1347,  13th  of  September. —  John  de  Haveryng- 
doune,  of  Wycombe,  grants    to    Robert    Beneyt  and 


B  UCKINGHAMSHIRE.  3  3 

Emma,  his  wife,  a  pightel  of  meadow  in  the  street 
Bynuthebrugge,  running  down  to  the  rivulet.  No 
consideration  is  mentioned.  Among  the  witnesses 
are  John  de  Sandwelle,  Mayor,  and  Geoffrey  le 
Freynche. 

HUGHENDON. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  The  value  of  the  ninth  in  the  parish 
of  Huchendene,  by  the  statement  of  Gilbertus  le  Ser- 
jeaunt,  Symon  le  Smyth,  Johannes  ate  Coumbe, 
Ricardus  le  Frejisscke,  Galfridus  Taillefer,  Alexander 
de  Coleshull,  junior,  and  Alexander  le  Cok,  is  23 
marks,  and  not  more,  as  three  hundred  acres  of 
land  and  more  lie  uncultivated,  partly  from  the  poor- 
ness of  the  soil  and  partly  because  of  the  poverty  of 
the  parochians,  who  have  no  animals  for  ploughing 
or  seed  for  sowing,  and  to  the  glebe  of  the  church  of 
this  place  belong  fifteen  acres  of  arable  land  with 
meadow :  the  sheep  died  with  their  lambs.  There 
are  no  merchants  or  catallarii  in  the  parish. 


34  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

NEWPORT    HUNDRED. 

HANSLOPE. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  this  county  in  the 
seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278- 
79)  the  jurors  say  that  Lord  Willelmus  de  Bello 
Campo  (IV.),  Earl  of  Warwick,  holds  the  entire 
manor  of  Hamslap,  with  the  advowson  of  the  church, 
in  capite  of  the  king  by  the  service  of  one  knight's 
fee  and  two  serjeanties. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  this  Earl  of  Warwick 
in  this  place  was  Robertiis  Ic  Franceys,  who  held 
eighteen  acres  of  land,  rendering  for  the  same  to  the 
said  earl  i2d.  per  annum,  and  scutage  when  assessed. 


STOKE    HUNDRED. 

LANGLEY  cum  WYRARDISBURY. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  The  value  of  the  ninth  in  the 
parish  of  Langeleye  cum  Wyrardesbury,  by  the  state- 
ment of  Willelmus  Martal,  Willelmus  le  Prestwyk, 
Johannes  le  Frensschc,  Johannes  in  le  Hale,  Johannes 
ate  Pleystowe,  and  Ricardus  le  Hertrugge,  is  49 
marks,  and  not  more,  because  eighty  acres  of  land 
lie  uncultivated  which  formerly  were  ploughed  and 
sowed,  and  there  are  no  merchants  or  catallarii  in 
the  parish. 


B  UCKINGHAMSHIRE.  3  5 

UPTON. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  The  value  of  the  ninth  in  this 
parish,  according  to  the  staterhent  of  Johannes  de 
Keynes,  Nicholaus  le  Forester,  Walterus  de  Tappe- 
lowe,  Johamies  le  Frensschc^  Symon  le  Clerk,  and 
Ricardus  Sywet,  is  20  marks  and  not  more,  because 
the  belongings  of  the  church  of  this  place  are  not 
in  this  account,  and  there  are  no  merchants  or 
catallarii. 

1164715 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1241-42. —  Among  the  free  tenants  of  the 
Bishop  of  Ely,  in  the  bailiwick  of  Gervas'  in  this 
county,  ,were  Williclmiis  Fraiinccys  and  Thomas  de 
Morwode,  who  hold  half  a  virgate  of  land  for  half  a 
mark. 

CAMBRIDGE    CITY. 

A.D.  1 1 99,  9th  of  May. —  Essoins,  etc.,  in  three 
weeks  of  Easter.  Ricardus  de  Munfichet  essoins 
himself  by  Willielmus  de  la  Hage  and  Johannes 
Franceis  in  a  plea  versus  the  Jews  of  Cambridge, 
concerning  service  due  the  lord  the  duke. 

A.D.  1273-75. —  Ricardus  le  Frannccys  was  one  of 
the  jurors  in  a  plea  between  the  king's  mother  and 
the  Bishop  of  Ely,  in  regard  to  the  Hospital  of  St. 
John  at  Cambridge. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Verdict  of  the  jurors  of  the  borough 
of  Cambridge. 

Johannes  le  Franceys  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  hold 
for  their  lifetime  one  messuage  on  which  they  dwell, 


CAMBRID  GE  SHIRE.  3  7 

in  the  parish  of  Saint  Edward,  as  a  gift  of  the  abbot 
and  convent  of  Teleteye  (Tiltey).  The  abbot  and 
convent  held  it,  however,  as  a  gift  of  the  before- 
mentioned  Johannes  and  Margaret  by  a  chirograph 
levied  in  the  lord's  court.  Margaret  held  the  said 
messuage  as  lawful  heiress  after  her  deceased  mother, 
Alicia  Scolice,  and  Alicia  held  it  by  lawful  inheri- 
tance after  the  decease  of  her  ancestors ;  and  they, 
Joha7ines  and  Margaret^  render  yearly  to  the  bailiffs 
of  Cambridge,  who  have  the  said  vill  in  fee  farm,  a 
hagabulum  (tax)  of  id.,  by  the  assignation  of  the 
abbot  and  convent. 

The  said  Johannes  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  hold 
also  one  messuage  in  the  parish  of  Saint  Mary  of 
Cambridge,  which  messuage  the  said  Margaret  had 
purchased  of  Robertus  de  Houton,  who  had  inherited 
it  after  the  decease  of  Robertus  de  Houton,  his 
father,  who  held  it  by  ancient  purchase  (de  antiquo 
perquisito) ;  and  they,  Johannes  and  Margaret,  pay 
for  the  same  yearly  7^.  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  Ro- 
bertus de  Houton. 

Johannes  and  Margaret  hold  also  in  the  same 
parish  a  vacant  lot  of  ground  which  the  said  Mar- 
garet purchased  of  Master  Thomas  de  Sancto  Ed- 
mundo,  who  had  it  as  a  gift  from  Walterus,  his 
father,  who  held  it  by  inheritance  from  his  ancestors. 
Johannes  and  Margaret  pay  yearly  for  the  same  half 
a  mark  to  Lucas  de  Sancto  Edmundo. 

Johannes  and  Margaret  hold  also  in  the  parish  of 


38  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

Saint  Andrew  one  messuage,  which  descended  to  the 
said  Margaret  by  lawful  inheritance  after  the  death 
of  Alicia  Scolice,  her  mother,  and  the  said  Alicia  held 
it  by  inheritance  after  the  decease  of  Matilda  Scolice, 
her  mother,  who  held  it  by  inheritance  from  her 
ancestors ;  and  Margaret  gives  yearly  for  the  same 
1 8^.  to  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  but  the  jurors  do  not  know 
by  what  warrant  the  bishop  collects  the  rent. 

Johannes  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  hold  in  the  parish 
of  Holy  Trinity  one  messuage,  which  descended  to 
the  said  Margaret  by  inheritance  after  the  decease 
of  Alicia,  her  mother,  who  inherited  it  from  her 
parents  ;  and  \k\^^,  Johannes  and  Margaret,  give  yearly 
for  the  same  \^d.  to  the  heirs  of  Robertus  de  Hou- 
ton,  and  a  tax  of  \d.  to  the  bailiffs  of  Cambridge,  who 
hold  the  said  vill  in  fee  farm.  And  they  give  a  haga- 
bulum. 

A.D.  1340-42. —  The  Inquisitiones  Nonarum  show 
that  Jaeobus  Frenssh  of  the  Warda  de  Foro  was 
assessed  for  6</. 


CHESTERTON    HUNDRED. 

CHESTERTON. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  eighth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  the  jurors  testi- 
fied that  the  lord  the  king  has  no  demesne  manor  in 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  39 

his  hands  in  the  hundred  of  Cestreton ;  but  they 
assert  that  King  John  had  the  vill  of  Cestreton  with 
its  appurtenances,  but  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign 
(i  199-1200),  he  had  given  the  demesne  manor  of 
Cestreton,  with  rent,  homage,  and  custom,  to  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Bernewell  (Barnwell)  in  Cambridge. 

Jacobus  de  Hyston  holds  one  acre  of  land,  by 
charter,  of  Robertus  le  Franccis^  giving  him  for  the 
same  \d.  per  annum. 

The  scholars  of  Mertone  hold  one  messuage, 
twenty-four  acres  of  arable  land,  and  three  acres  of 
meadow,  of  the  fee  of  Harvey  Dunnyng,  giving  yearly 
to  the  prior  of  Bernwell,  for  the  said  tenement  and  its 
appurtenances,  6^^.,  etc. 

Robertus  le  Franceis  holds  from  ancient  time  one 
messuage  and  twenty-one  acres  of  land,  giving  to  the 
prior  of  Bernewell  3-?.,  to  the  rector  6d.,  and  to  the 
scholars  of  Merton  i^d. 

Johannes  de  Wyke  and  Agues  le  Fran  eels  hold,  as 
customary  tenants,  one  messuage  and  ten  acres  of 
land,  giving  to  the  aforesaid  prior  26;^rt'. 

Walterus  Beine  and  Bartholomeus  Mercator  hold, 
as  customary  tenants,  one  messuage  and  four  acres 
of  land,  giving  yearly  i4</.  to  the  said  prior;  and  the 
said  Bartholomeus  holds  half  an  acre,  by  charter, 
giving  yearly  id.  to  Robertus  le  Franceis. 


40  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

CHILFORD    HUNDRED. 

CAMPS. 

A.D.  1278-80. — Johannes  Fraiinceys  holds  one  mes- 
suage, containing  one  rood  of  land,  and  three  acres  of 
land  in  Campes,  for  a  rental  of  3-s-.  per  annum,  and  in 
scutage  one  hen  and  five  eggs.  Otherwise  the  ar- 
rangement is  the  same  as  that  of  Isabella  Textrix,  of 
whom  we  gather  no  information. 

Robertus  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  holds  in  Campes 
in  capite  of  the  king,  by  barony ;  and  he  has  in  this 
place  free  warren,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  tumbrel. 

Robertus  le  Franeeis  is  among  the  customary  ten- 
ants of  this  Robertus  de  Vere ;  and  he  holds  fifteen 
acres  of  land  with  messuage,  and  gives  yearly  5^.,  and 
he  has  to  provide  two  men  for  five  days'  harvest 
work,  which  is  valued  at  10^/.,  and  he  must  assist  at 
hay  time,  which  is  valued  at  a  half-penny. 


FLENDISH    HUNDRED. 

TEVERSHAM. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  The  jury  found  that  Willelmus  de 
Swafham,  formerly  rector  of  the  church  of  Theves- 
ham,  had  encroached  on  a  certain  way,  called  La 
Barre,   one    foot    in    breadth    and    twelve    perticas  in 


C A  MB  RID  GE  SHIRE.  4 1 

length.  They  also  found  that  Willelmus  Franceys 
had  encroached  on  the  common  road  one  foot  in 
breadth  and  three  perticas  in  length ;  and  they 
further  stated  that  Robertus  Franceys  had  encroached 
upon  the  royal  road  one  foot  in  breadth  and  six 
perticas  in  length. 

Thomas  de  Warbilton  holds  in  capite  of  the  king 
sixteen  virgates  and  eight  acres  of  land  in  Thevers- 
ham,  by  serjeanty.  A  Walrafuns  de  Muirteus  held 
half  of  the  aforesaid  land  of  the  said  Thomas,  which 
tenement  Thomas  Peferel  now  holds,  but  the  jurors 
do  not  know  for  what  service. 

Alicia  Franceys  holds  of  the  said  Thomas  Peferel 
eleven  acres  of  land,  giving  weekly  two  days'  work 
from  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  until  Hokeday  (Hock- 
day),  and  from  Hokeday  until  the  feast  of  St. 
Michael  four  days'  work  weekly ;  and  she  gives 
also  two  hens  per  annum,  one  at  Christmas  and  the 
other  at  Easter,  besides  ten  eggs. 

The  fee  of  Richmond,  in  Teversham. 

Willelmus  de  Swafham  holds  six  acres  of  land  of 
Willelmus  Franceys  for  a  rent  of  6^.  per  annum. 


42  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

LONGSTOW    HUNDRED. 

EVERSDEN. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  The  recognitors  said  that  Lord 
Robertus  de  Ho  holds  one  knight's  fee  in  the  vill  of 
Eversdon,  of  the  honor  of  West  Wardone,  of  WilHel- 
mus  de  Henner,  and  this  Lord  Willielmus  holds  in 
capite  of  the  king. 

Rogerus  Franceys  holds  three  acres  of  land  of 
Robertus  de   Ho. 

STOW  AND  HATLEY. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  The  recognitors  said  that  Willel- 
mus  de  Stowe  holds  here  one  messuage,  containing 
five  acres,  and  one  carucate  of  land,  and  the  dower 
of  his  mother,  containing  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land,  which  he  inherited  after  his  father,  who  held 
it  of  the  abbot  of  Ramsey,  and  this  lord  abbot  holds 
it  in  capite  of  the  king. 

Elyas  Frauccys  is  a  customary  tenant  of  aforesaid 
Willelmus  de  Stowe,  and  holds  of  him  one  messuage 
and  twenty  acres  of  land,  for  which  he  has  to  give 
three  days'  work  weekly,  when  summoned,  excepting 
eight  days  at  Christmas,  eight  days  at  Easter,  and 
eight  days  at  Pentecost.  And  he  shall  harrow  one 
day  in  winter  (hiems)  and  one  in  Lent,  having  on 
both  days  a  meal.     And  he  shall  give  a  great  loaf 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  43 

of  bread  at  Christmas,  besides  three  hens  and  one 
cock ;  and  Elyas  himself,  his  wife,  and  one  of  his 
servants  shall  have  a  meal  (prandium)  once  on  one 
day  (semil  in  una  die).  In  the  harvest  he  shall  give 
two  days'  work  with  two  men,  and  a  third  day  with 
all  his  family  that  can  work,  except  his  wife,  who  has 
to  take  charge  of  her  house ;  and  all  of  them  shall 
have  meals  for  the  whole  day.  He  shall  be  provost 
(praepositus)  if  the  lord  will  so,  who  can  tax  (talliare) 
him  after  his  own  will.  He  cannot  give  his  daughter 
in  marriage  without  the  consent  of  his  lord.  And 
this  Elyas  and  three  other  customary  tenants  belong 
by  inheritance  to  the  aforesaid  VVillelmus  de  Stowe. 
Elyas  Franceys  holds  one  acre  of  land  of  the 
serjeanty  of  the  aforesaid  Willelmus  de  Stowe,  giving 
for  the  same  \d.  per  annum. 


NORTH    STOW    HUNDRED. 

GIRTON. 

A.D.  1239-40. —  Willelmus  Franciscus  holds  half  a 
virgate  of  land  in  Gretthone,  of  the  abbot  of  Ramsey, 
by  services. 

MADINGLEY. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  Rogerus  Wendut  holds  half  an 
acre  of  land  of  WillelmMs  le  Frajiceis,  of  the  fee  of  the 
Templars,  for  \d.  per  annum. 


44  CAMBR  ID  GE  SHIRE. 

Johannes  filius  Simonis  holds  half  an  acre  of  land 
of  Robertus  le  Frauceis,  of  the  fee  of  the  prior  of 
Barnwell,  for  'X,d.  per  annum. 

In  the  records  of  the  last-mentioned  year,  most 
probably  in  Maddingley,  we  find  that  Nicholaus 
Alexander  holds  one  rood  of  land  of  Willelmus 
Fraiiceis,  of  the  fee  of  the  prior  of  Bernewelle,  for 
\\d.  per  annum. 

STANTON. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  At  an  inquisition  held  at  Cam- 
bridge it  is  found  that  Henricus  de  Cheney  holds 
half  a  knight's  fee  in  demesne  in  the  vill  of  Stanton, 
both  land  and  meadow,  of  Willelmus  de  Latimer.  It 
belongs  to  the  barony  of  Westnardon,  and  Willelmus 
de  Latimer  holds  it  in  capite  of  the  king. 

Amono-  the  villani  of  the  aforesaid  Henricus  de 
Cheney  is  Walterus  Frauuccvs,  who  holds  fifteen  acres 
of  arable  land  and  meadow,  giving  yearly  45.  to  the 
said  Henricus. 

Walterus  Fraitnceys  shall  also,  after  the  festival  of 
St.  Michael,  thrash  for  one  day  in  his  lord's  barn, 
receiving  his  food. 

If  he  has  a  daughter  to  give  in  marriage,  she  cannot 
marry  without  the  consent  of  the  lord ;  and  he  shall 
give  leyrwyte. 

And,  if  he  has  a  young  horse  or  a  young  ox  which 
has  worked,  he  is  not  allowed  to  sell    them  without 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  45 

license  of  the  lord ;  but,  if  they  have  not  been  used 
for  work,  he  is  allowed  to  sell  them  without  per- 
mission. 

If  his  son  works  outside,  he  shall  give  to  the  lord 
two  capons  per  annum  as  recognition  of  the  lord. 
Also,  if  he  has  sheep  of  his  own  or  belonging  to  his 
sons,  he  shall  bring  them  to  the  lord's  cattle-court 
with  hurdles,  to  remain  there  from  Michaelmas  until 
Christmas;    and  it  is  valued  at  id. 

He  shall  also  give  two  hens  to  his  lord  at  Christ- 
mas, and  they  are  valued  at  2d. 

He  shall  also  give  ten  eggs  to  his  lord  at  Easter, 
and  they  are  valued  at  a  farthing. 

He,  with  his  after-named  companions,  shall  weed 
the  lord's  corn  at  their  cost ;  and  it  is  valued  at  three 
farthings. 

And  he,  together  with  his  companions,  shall  mow 
the  lord's  meadow,  collect  the  hay,  put  it  into  cocks, 
and  cover  it ;  and  they  receive  for  this  work  half  an 
acre  of  meadow,  which  is  called  Denhalveker,  and  on 
the  day  when  they  cover  it  two  men  shall  receive  a 
bread  at  "  nona  "  (about  2  p.m.),  with  two  herrings  or 
cheese,  and  the  work  is  valued  at  \d. 

He  shall  gather  his  lord's  corn  (bladum)  during 
three  harvest  days  with  two  men  daily,  without  food 
of  the  lord ;   and  every  day's  work  is  valued  at  2d. 

He,  with  his  companions,  shall  transport  his  lord's 
corn  to  be  sold  at  "  Cantebrugiam  "  or  at  Swavesheye, 
and  this  work  is  valued  at  a  half-penny. 


46  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

He  shall  carry  his  lord's  corn  or  straw  at  the  har- 
vest, on  one  day,  with  one  companion,  when  they  shall 
receive  food  of  the  lord ;  and  the  work  is  valued  at  -^yd. 

He  shall  carry,  at  his  own  cost,  to  the  lord's  home 
wood  and  fuel  from  whichever  place  it  may  be  bought 
in  the  county  of  Cambridge  (Cantebrugia) ;  and  it  is 
valued  at  a  half-penny. 

He  shall  harvest  during  three  days  with  two  men, 
each  workman  receiving  food  of  the  lord.  During 
the  first  two  days  they  shall  have  fish,  cheese,  and 
bread,  without  saltpetre  (salvistrum) ;  and  on  the  third 
day  they  shall  have  bread,  meat,  cheese,  and  saltpetre. 
.  .  .  Said  villani  of  the  said  Henricus  de  Cheney  have 
to  perform  these  services  and  conform  to  the  customs 
formerly  accorded  to  Lord  Aylbrede,  namely:  Wal- 
terus  Frminccys  shall  thrash  oats  during  one  day  with 
one  man,  having  a  meal  at  the  ninth  hour  (ad  horam 
nonam)  of  the  day;  and  he  shall  plough  half  an  acre 
once  for  sowing,  and  another  half-acre  four  times.  He 
shall  harrow  to  cover  the  seed  with  one  man  and  one 
horse,  and  it  is  valued  at  ^^d.  He  shall  also  carry  off 
the  stubble  after  the  harvest,  and  shall  then  have  bread 
with  "  companagium "  (anything  eaten  with  bread). 
He  shall  plough  the  land  for  planting  the  lord's  flax 
(linum)  after  the  ninth  hour  (post  nonam  horam)  on 
one  day,  weed  it,  and  cock  it  up.  And  fifteen  other 
villani,  holding  tenements  with  land  and  meadow, 
give  the  same  days'  work  of  equal  value  as  the  afore- 
said WaUerus  Fraunceys. 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  47 

PAPWORTH    HUNDRED. 

GRAVELEY. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  The  abbot  of  Ramsey  holds  one 
demesne  manor  in  this  vill,  with  one  hide  and  a  half 
of  land,  and  the  advowson  of  the  church.  He  also 
holds  in  tenancy  two  virgates  of  land,  which  he 
bought  at  the  time  of  war  from  Lord  Robertus  de 
Comtone ;  and  the  abbot  granted  it  to  several  persons 
for  their  lifetime,  one  of  whom  is  Robertus  Frajiceys, 
who  holds  of  the  said  abbot  seventeen  acres  of  land, 
giving  him  for  the  same  305.  per  annum,  and  ']d.  in 
sheriff's  aid. 

PAPWORTH    ST.  EVERARD. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  In  this  place  Gilbertus  Fraiiceys 
and  Rogerus  Franceys  were  customary  tenants  of 
Lady  Juliana  de  Beche,  holding  each  half  a  virgate 
and  paying  each  10^.  per  annum. 


SWAVESEY. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  Elena,  widow  of  Alan  le  Zuche, 
and  grand-daughter  of  Alan,  Lord  of  Galloway,  holds, 
as  her  dower,  the  vill  of  Swavese,  by  socage.  It  was 
an  ancient  franchise  of  the  Zuches,  Earls  of  Brittany. 


48  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

Elena  holds  four  virgates  and  a  half  of  sokeland  in 
the  same  vill  of  Swavese,  of  which  Willelmus  Milde 
and  MatJieiis  Fratiiiccys  hold  one  virgate,  giving  to 
the  said  Elena  yearly  ^\s.  id.,  and  two  days  of  har- 
vest work,  appraised  at  id.,  besides  carrying  the  lady's 
corn,  etc. 


STAINE    HUNDRED. 

GREAT   WILBRAHAM. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  Lord  Rogerus  Loveday  holds  of 
the  king  in  the  vill  of  Magna  Wilburham  a  tenement 
with  its  appurtenances,  which  had  been  held  by 
serjeanty  for  the  custody  of  a  sparrow-hawk  by  a 
person  named  Pikot. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  this  Lord  Rogerus 
Loveday  was  Ricardus  le  Franceys,  of  whom  there 
is  a  record  that  he  holds  half  an  acre  and  one  rood 
of  land. 

Nel  de  Chaunberlain  gave  a  portion  of  his  part  of 
the  vill  of  Magna  Wilburham,  which  he  held  in 
capite  of  the  king,  to  Robertus  de  Insula  as  a  dower 
with  one  of  his  daughters,  which  tenement  consisted 
of  two  hundred  acres  of  land  of  the  honor  of  Brit- 
anny,  with  ten  customary  tenants,  each  of  them 
holding  twenty  acres  of  land  and  giving  yearly  work. 
This  tenement,  with  its  appurtenances,  went  by 
inheritance  to  a  Robertus  de   Insula. 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  49 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  this  Robertus  de 
Insula  is  Ricardiis  Franceys,  who  holds  two  acres  of 
land  for  a  service  of  iT,d. 


SWAFFHAM    PRIOR. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  Reginaldus  de  Eylesham  holds  in 
Swapham  Prior  the  homage  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  Lord  Eborardiis  Franceys.  This  Eborardus 
held  once  in  demesne  one  hundred  acres  of  land 
of  the  honor  of  Richmond,  but  of  this  hundred 
acres  he  sold  sixty  in  free  and  perpetual  alms  to  the 
prior  of  Anglesey. 


STAPLOE   HUNDRED. 

BADLINGHAM. 

In  a  charter  of  54  Henry  III.  (1269-70)  the  king 
grants  to  Alanns  de  Franceis  free  warren  in  Bodel- 
ingham,  as  well  as  land  at  Fencotes,  in  Yorkshire. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  seventh  or  eighth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-80)  it  is 
found  that  Alanns  le  Franceys  holds  the  whole 
manor  of  Badlingham  for  two  knights'  fees  of  the 
honor  of  Richmond,  paying  20s.  toward  the  "  warda- 
gium  "  of  Richmond ;  and  he  makes  one  suit  to  the 
court  of  Badburham,  and  gives  scutage. 


5° 


CAM  BR  ID  GE  SHIRE. 


The  free  tenants  of  Alamis  le  Franceys  are  the 
following:  — 

Earl  Marescallus  holds  in  this  place  forty  acres  of 
land  and  meadow  for  \2d.  per  annum. 

Adam  de  Morle  holds  two  acres  of  meadow  for 
4^.  per  annum. 

Alanus  Torel  holds  one  messuage  with  fifteen 
acres  of  land  for  2s.  per  annum. 

Robertus  Overhe  holds  one  messuage  with  fifteen 
acres  of  land  for  4^-.  per  annum. 

Nicholaus  de  Marham  holds  six  acres  and  a  half  of 
land  for  3.$-.  per  annum. 

Adam  del  Cheshus  holds  three  acres  of  land  for  4^-. 
per  annum. 

Thomas  filius  Nicholai  holds  one  messuage  with 
thirty  acres  of  land  for  (^d.  per  annum. 

The  abbot  of  Sybeton  (in  Suffolk)  holds  one 
messuage  with  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  pure 
and  perpetual  alms,  a  gift  of  the  ancestors  of  the  said 
Alaiuis,  with  foldage. 

The  abbot  of  Waledene  (in  Essex)  holds  nine 
acres  of  land  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  a  gift 
of  the  ancestors  of  said  Alanus. 

Alaiins  Ic  Franccvs  has  in  same  vill  thirteen  cus- 
tomary tenants,  holding  each  one  messuage  with 
fifteen  acres  of  land,  giving  i2d.,  with  fifty-six  days' 
work  each  per  annum ;  and  each  tenant  has  to  till 
twenty  acres  of  land,  carry  goods  in  wagon  twelve 
leagues,  and  give  the  eighth  part  of  the  brewing  and 


CAMBRID  GESHIRE. 


SI 


one-fourth  of  the  oats,  besides  three  hens  and  ten 
eggs,  and  mowing  one  day,  having  food  of  the  lord. 

Alanits  Ic  Frauceys  has  in  same  vill  three  cotarii, 
holding  each  one  messuage  with  two  acres  of  land, 
and  giving  yearly  \d.,  with  forty-eight  days'  work, 
two  hens,  five  eggs,  and  carrying  goods  in  wagons 
two  leagues. 

In  Fordham,  near  Badlingham,  Alaiius  Frauceys 
holds  of  the  honor  of  Richmond. 

The  following  are  his  tenants  :  — 

Symon  Breuston  holds  one  messuage  with  fifteen 
acres  of  land  for  \os.  per  annum  and  suit  at  the 
court. 

Henricus  Stolle  holds  one  messuage  with  one  acre 
and  a  half  of  land  for  3^.  \d. 

Willelmus  le  Spencer  holds  two  acres  of  land 
for  3^-.  Afd. 

Henricus,  the  son,  holds  three  messuages  with  one 
acre  and  a  half  of  land  for  85-.  per  annum. 

Willelmus  ad  Ecclesiam  holds  one  messuage  with 
five  acres  of  land  for  i5<7!'.  per  annum. 

Everardus  Calmyn  holds  one  messuage  with  three 
acres  of  land  for  35-.  \d. 

Henricus  Hare  holds  one  messuage  with  fifteen 
acres  for   \qs.  per  annum. 

Adam  Breton  holds  one  messuage  with  one  acre  of 
land  for  3^.  per  annum. 

Andreas  Toly  holds  one  messuage  with  one  acre  of 
land  for  3^-.  per  annum. 


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CAMBRID  GE  SHIRE. 


Commission  for  the  assessment  and  collection  of 
the  thirtieth  (for  the  war  in  Wales),  which  had  been 
granted  by  the  knights,  "  Liberi  Homenes,"  and 
"  Commimitas "  of  the  county,  upon  condition  that 
the  "  Magnates  "  should  also  grant  the  same.  Teste 
Rege  apud  Rhuddlan,  28th  of  February,  1283. 

Alamis  le  Fraiiiiccys  was  an  assessor  and  collector 
in  this  county. 

A.D.  1286,30th  of  April. —  At  the  perambulation 
held  at  this  date  of  the  metes  and  bounds  between 
the  counties  of  Cambridge  and  Huntingdon  Alanus 
le  Fratmceys  and  Henricus  de  Lacy  were  among  the 
jurors  elected  in  the  county  of  Cambridge. 

A.D.  1287,  20th  of  January.— Commission  to  Alaji 
le  Fra2inceys  and  Henry  de  Lacy  in  the  county  of 
Cambrido^e  to  enforce  the  articles  of  the  statutes 
made  at  Winchester  [Statute  of  W^inton,  13  Edw.  I.] 
for  the  preservation  of  the  peace,  which,  as  it  appears 
by  the  complaint  of  divers  persons,  are  not  observed. 
This  commission  is  issued  because  the  justices 
appointed  to  take  assizes  in  divers  parts  of  the  realm 
do  not  go  every  year  as  often  as  was  ordained, 
whereby  defaults  in  the  execution  of  the  statute  can- 
not be  presented.  The  above  commissioners  are  to 
receive  such  presentations  and  otherwise  attend  to 
the  execution  of  the  said  statute  until  the  king's 
return,  or  until  further  order  is  made  touching  the 
said   justices ;    and    they  are    to    certify  the  king,  or 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  53 

Edmund,  Earl  of  Cornwall,  supplying  his  place  in 
England,  at  Westminster,  in  three  weeks  after  Easter. 
Tested  at  Westminster. 

A.D.  1290,  14th  of  June. —  Writ  of  election  ad- 
dressed to  the  sheriff  of  Cambrido^e. 

Three  knights  to  appear  at  Westminster  in  three 
weeks  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  15th  of  July,  with  full 
powers  for  themselves  and  the  "  Communitas  "  of  the 
shire,  to  consent  to  what  should  be  then  and  there 
ordained  by  the  earls,  barons,  and  certain  others  of 
the  "  Proceres "  of  the  kingdom.  Tested  at  West- 
minster. 

Alanus  de  Fra2inceys,  Henricus  de  Lacy,  and  Ra- 
dulphus  Fitz-Fulk  were  elected  for  Cambridge  to  this 
Parliament. 

A.D.  1297,  28th  of  August. —  A  writ  was  addressed 
to  Alaiuis  Fraunceys,  commanding  him,  "  in  fide  et 
dilectione,"  to  appear  at  Rochester  on  Sunday,  the 
Nativity  of  the  Virgin  (8th  of  September),  with  horses 
and  arms,  to  hold  a  "  colloquium  "  with  "  Edward  " 
(the  king's  son,  then  lieutenant  in  England)  and  his 
council,  on  certain  affairs  concerning  the  king  and 
kingdom,  and  to  perform  what  should  be  then  and 
there  enjoined  upon  him.  Tested  at  Tunbridge, 
28th  of  August,  1297. 

A.D.  1297. —  After  the  battle  of  Stirling  and  the 
recovery  of  Berwick,  Wallace,  with  his  Scotch  forces, 
marched  into  the  northern  counties  of  England. 
This  resulted  in  a  series  of  military  summons,  on  the 


54  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

part  of  the  English  king,  for  the  defence  of  his  king- 
dom, of  which  the  following  may  be  given  as  an  illus- 
tration, viz. : — 

That  to  Alaniis  Fraunays  recites  that  the  Scots, 
in  defiance  of  their  homage  and  fidelity,  have  invaded 
England,  committing  depredations  and  other  acts  of 
violence,  in  consequence  whereof  the  king  had 
required  the  earls,  barons,  and  the  other  "  Magnates  " 
and  lieges  of  the  kingdom  to  muster  at  Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne,  on  the  feast  of  St.  Nicholas  (6th  of 
December)  under  "Edward,"  the  king's  son,  and  lieu- 
tenant in  England,  for  the  purpose  of  repressing  the 
malice  and  rebellion  of  the  said  enemies.  "•  Alainis 
Fraunceys  "  is  therefore  "  affectionately  requested  "  to 
appear  in  person,  with  horses  and  arms,  etc.,  at  the 
above-mentioned  time  and  place,  prepared  and  ready 
to  proceed  against  the  Scots.  Witness,  Edward,  the 
king's  son,  at  Westminster,  21st  of  October,  1297. 

The  knights  elected  for  this  county  to  attend  at 
the  Parliament  at  York  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  May, 
1298,  were  Robertus  de  Hoo  and  Alamis  Fraiiceys. 

A.D.  1300. —  Alainis  Ic  Fraunceys^  knight,  of  this 
shire,  obtains  his  writ  de  expensis  for  attendance  at 
the  Parliament  at  Westminster  on  the  second  Sunday 
in  Lent  (6th  of  March).  Tested  at  Westminster,  20th 
of  March,  28  Edward  I. 

In  the  following  year  Alajms  le  Fraunceys  is 
returned  for  this  county  to  the  Parliament  held  at 
Lincoln. 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  55 


BURWELL. 


A.D.  1273-74. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to 
take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned  by 
Benedict,  son  of  Hcrleiuin  Fraujiceis,  against  Alice, 
daughter  of  Radulph,  son  of  Alexander  de  Bures- 
weir,  touching  land  in  Bureswell. 


ISLEHAM. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  Master  Egidius  de  Briddeport  holds 
the  manor  of  Iselham  Magna  of  Rosia,  formerly  wife 
of  Walterus  de  Dunstanevile,  which  manor  was 
formerly  in  the  hands  of  the  king,  who  granted  it 
to  Willelmus,  son  of  Alanus,  Lord  of  Meleham,  for 
service  of  serjeanty,  who  gave  it  to  Petronilla,  his 
daughter,  on  her  marriage  to  Walterus  de  Dunstane- 
vile, senior. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Walterus  de  Dunstane- 
vile in  this  vill  is  Roberhts  Franceys,  who  holds  one 
messuage  with  fifteen  acres  of  land  for  20s.,  with  suit 
to  the  court  twice  a  year. 


THRIPLOW    HUNDRED. 


A.D.    1278-80. —  Johannes    filius  Walteri  holds  one 
messuage,  with  a  garden  containing  three  acres,  one 


56  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

hundred  acres  of  land  and  seven  acres  of  meadow, 
of  Lord  Baldewinus  de  Sancto  George  for  knight's 
service ;  and  this  Baldewinus  holds  of  Lord  Ricardus 
Mussegros,  and  the  jurors  do  not  know  from  whom 
Ricardus  holds  it.  It  is  of  the  fee  of  Peverel ;  and 
the  said  Johannes  gives  scutage  and  12c/.  in  sheriff's 
aid,  and  he  gives  \^d.  to  the  bailiff  for  view  of 
frankpledge,  and  half  a  mark  for  three  years  toward 
the  warden  of  the  castle  of  Cambridge. 

Thomas  Mercator  holds  of  Johannes  filius  Walteri 
one  messuage  containing  half  an  acre  and  five  acres 
of  land  for  a  service  of  2^.  \d. ;  and  he  makes  three 
days'  harvest  work,  each  day  with  two  men,  appraised 
at  ^d. ;  and  he  shall  mow  the  lord's  fern,  appraised  at 
id.;  and  collect  it,  appraised  at  2d.;  and  thrash  two 
quarters  of  corn  and  make  malt,  appraised  at  jd.; 
and  he  gives  three  hens  and  one  cock,  appraised 
at  4^. 

Robertus  Frances  and  six  others  are  holders  of 
land,  each  having  a  tenement  with  the  same  duties  as 
Thomas  Mercator. 


FOXTON. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  The  jurors  reported  \\\2X  Johannes 
le  Fra7inceys,  of  Foxton,  and  some  others,  freemen 
of  Ely,  were  accustomed  to  attend  the  king's  leet 
through  the  county,  but  had  withdrawn  from  such 
attendance. 


CAMBRID  GE  SHIRE.  5  7 

A.D.  1278-80. —  The  recognitors  said  that  Lord 
Willelmus  de  Mortuomari  holds  in  Foxton  half  a 
knight's  fee  of  Lord  Symon  de  Furnes  for  service 
of  ^s.  per  annum  and  scutage.  Simon  holds  it  of 
the  Earl  of  Britanny,  and  the  earl  of  the  king  in 
capite ;  and  Mortuomari  has  view  of  frankpledge  with 
the  bailiffs  of  Britanny. 

Johannes  Frazniccs  is  a  free  tenant  of  Willelmus 
de  Mortuomari,  and  holds  three  roods  of  land  and 
five  roods  of  meadow  for  1 2d. 

The  recognitors  said  that  Lord  Willelmus  de  la 
Haie  holds  land  in  Foxton  of  the  master  of  the 
Hospital  of  Saint  John,  in  fee  farm ;  and  this  master 
holds  it  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  a  gift  of  the 
Earl  of  Maundewill,  who  holds  of  the  king. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Willelmus  de  la  Haie 
is  Johannes  Fraunces,  who  holds  sixteen  acres  of 
land  with  two  messuages  for  Si-,  dd. 

The  recognitors  said  that  the  abbess  of  Chateriz 
holds  land  in  Foxton,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms, 
of  the   Bishop  of  Ely. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  the  abbess  is  JoJiannes 
Frances,  who  holds  ten  acres  of  land  with  messuage 
for  4^-.  2d.,  and  six  capons,  appraised  at  <^d. 

GREAT   SHELFORD. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  Among  the  cotarii  of  Lord  Ricardus 
de   Frevil,  of   Scelford  Magna,  is  Philippus  Frances, 


58  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

who  holds  one  rood  of  land  and  one  messuage  for 
service  of  2.9.  4^/. 

Lady  Agnes  de  Valence  holds  in  Magna  Scelford 
one  messuage,  with  a  garden  containing  three  acres, 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  seven  acres 
of  meadow,  in  capite  of  the  king,  by  serjeanty.  She 
neither  pays  tax,  makes  suit,  nor  gives  aid  to  the 
sheriff. 

Among  the  villani  of  Agnes  de  Valence  is  JoJianucs 
Fraiinces,  holding  a  tenement  for  service  of  2s.  and 
two  hens. 

NEWTON. 

A.D.  1278-80. —  The  prior  of  Ely  holds  the  manor 
of  Neuton  and  land  in  the  field  of  Neuton  and 
Haukeston.  Among  the  cotarii  here  of  this  prior  is 
Quinciwe  France. 


WETHERLEY    HUNDRED. 

COMBERTON. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  The  jurors  stated  that  Johannes  de 
Merk  holds  two  carucates  of  land  in  the  vill  of  Comer- 
tone  in  capite  of  his  lord  the  king,  by  the  serjeanty  of 
tending  two  falcons  and  one  dog  in  the  service  of  the 
kino^  from  Michaelmas  until  Candlemas. 

The  jurors  further  show  that  of  the  said  serjeanty 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  59 

nine  acres  of  land  were  alienated  to  the  Hospital  of 
Schenegeya  (Shengay)  in  this  county,  in  tenancy  of 
which  Willelmus  le  Franccys  holds  five  acres  for  ?>d. 
per  annum. 

The  jurors  stated  that  the  prior  of  Bernewelle 
holds  seventy  acres  of  land,  of  the  serjeanty  of  Alex- 
ander Heved,  for  which  the  prior  pays  to  the  king  a 
yearly  rent  of  half  a  mark. 

Among  the  prior's  free  tenants  in  this  place  is 
Willelmus  Ic  Franceys,  who  holds  twelve  acres,  by 
charter,  for  4^-.  per  annum. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned  by  John,  son 
of  Walter  de  Cumberton,  against  William  le  Fraun- 
ccis,  touching  land  in  Comberton. 

COTON. 

Circa  a.d.  1200. —  Appearances,  assizes,  pleas  of 
land,  etc. 

The  assisa  de  ultima  presentatione  of  the  church  of 
Cotes,  between  Ricardus  Engaine,  plaintiff,  and  Gau- 
fridus  de  Berges,  is  postponed  until  three  weeks  after 
the  feast  of  Saint  Michael  for  defective  recognizance, 
because  Ricardus  Franceis  and  two  others  excused 
themselves  by  essoiners ;  and  others,  including  Osber- 
tus,  the  archbishop,  neither  came  nor  essoined  them- 
selves. Therefore,  they  were  attached  to  be  present 
at  Westminster  on  the  aforesaid  day. 


6o  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

GRANTCHESTER, 

A.D.  1279-80. —  The  Earl  of  Lincoln  (Henry  de 
Lacy)  holds  in  the  vill  of  Grantecete  one  knight's  fee 
in  capite  of  the  king. 

He  has  among  his  free  tenants  Dionisia,  daughter 
of  Gilbcrtiis  and  Gossc  Ic  Frauuccys,  who  holds  nine 
acres  and  a  half  of  land  for  45.  3^.  per  annum. 


HARLTON. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  Lady  Ysabella  de  Paimtone  holds, 
as  marriage  portion,  in  the  vill  of  Harletone,  one 
knight's  fee  of  Lord  Willelmus  de  Huntingfeld,  and 
this  Willelmus  of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester,  who  holds 
of  the  king  in  capite. 

Free  tenants  of  Lady  Ysabella  de  Pauntone. 

Lord  Johannes  de  Folkesworthe  holds  by  the  law 
of  England  (per  legem  Anglize)  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres  of  land,  and  renders  scutage. 

Radulphus  Lovel  holds  the  third  part  of  a  knight's 
fee,  and  renders  scutage. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Lord  Johannes  de 
Folkesworthe  is  Ricardits  Fraiuiccys,  holding  thirty 
acres  of  land,  the  marriage  portion  of  his  wife,  for  (^d. 
per  annum. 

Radulphus  Lovel  has  among  his  free  tenants 
Johannes  Fraitnceys,  who  holds  ten  acres  of  land  for 
2s.  6d.  per  annum. 


C A  MB  RID  GE  SHIRE.  6 1 

Alexander  Maudut,  of  Harletone,  holds  in  the  same 
vill  half  a  knight's  fee  of  the  barony  of  Gilbertus  de 
Pecche,  by  mesne  of  Rogerus  de  Pereres,  of  Norfolk, 
and  owes  suit  to  the  county  and  hundred,  and  12c/., 
in  sheriff's  aid,  per  annum,  and  is  geldable  to  the 
king,  and  pays  scutage  to  G.  Pecche. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Alexander  Magaunt  is 
Johannes  Fraunceys,  who  holds  six  acres  of  land  for 
2s.  ^d.  per  annum. 

The  recognitors  said  that  Lord  Edwardus,  son  of 
the  king  (afterwards  Edward  II.),  holds  the  third  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  in  Harleton  and  Wytewell,  of  the 
honor  of  Leicester,  a  gift  of  the  king;  and  he  has 
view  of  frankpledge,  assisa  panis  et  cerevisiae,  and 
gives  scutage. 

Among  the  villani  of  Lord  Edwardus  is  Johamies 
Fraunccys,  who  holds  seven  acres  of  land ;  and  his 
work  for  the  same  is  valued  at  6s.  2,d.  per  annum. 


ORWELL. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  Lord  Johannes  de  Cameys  holds  in 
Orewelle  one  knight's  fee  of  the  heirs  of  the  Earl  of 
Winchester,  and  this  earl  of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester, 
who  held  in  capite  of  the  king. 

Johannes  Fraunceys  is  among  the  free  tenants  of 
the  manor  of  Orewelle,  holding  ten  acres  of  land,  by 
charter,  for  2s.  per  annum.     Eborardus  de  Orewelle  is 


62  CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

another  free  tenant,  holding  one  acre  of  land  for  '^d. 
per  annum. 

In  this  same  place  and  hundred  Eborardus  de  Or- 
welle  holds  one  hide,  containino'  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land  and  meadow,  geldable  to  the 
king;  and  he  holds  by  socage  of  Lord  Henricus  de 
Bokeswore,  who  holds  of  Ricardus  de  Frevile,  who 
holds  in  capite  of  the  king. 

Amono-  the  free  tenants  of  Eborardus  de  Orewelle 
is  Johannes  Fraunccys,  who  holds  four  acres  for 
2s.  6d. 


WIMPOLE. 

In  this  place  Willcluuis  Ic  Franctys  held  half  a 
knight's  fee  of  the  barony  of  Cristiana  Ledet,  and 
paid  into  the  treasury  in  1246-47  20^-.  toward  the 
scutage  of  Gascogne.  His  successor  in  this  place 
appears  to  have  been  Ricardus  Ic  Franays,  of  whom 
we  have  the  following  records :  — 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Verdict  before  the  king's  justices  at 
Cambridge  by  Willelmus  de  la  Haye,  knight,  Ricar- 
dus Ic  Fraiinceys  of  Wynepol,  and  others,  jurors. 

Ricardits  le  Franccys  defends  in  Wynepol  half  a 
knight's  fee  of  the  barony  of  Ledeth.  He  gives  i2d. 
in  sheriff's  aid,  1 2d.  for  view  of  frankpledge,  scutage 
when  assessed,  and  is  geldable  to  the  king. 

The  free  tenants  of  Ricardus  Ic  Frannccys  are  the 
following :  — 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE.  (y^ 

Stephamts  le  Fraiinceys  holds  one  messuage,  con- 
taining half  an  acre,  and  ten  acres  of  land  for  a  half- 
penny per  annum. 

Alamis  Franceys  holds  one  messuage  and  five 
acres  of  land  for  5^^. 

Johannes  Freeman  holds  one  messuage  and  half 
an  acre  of  land  for  id.  and  one  pound  of  cumin. 

Henricus  de  la  Grene  holds  one  messuage  and  ten 
acres  of  land  in  villanage,  and  his  work  is  valued  at 
9^-.  per  annum. 

The  coterelli  of  Ricaj^dus  Ic  Fraiinceys  are :  — 

Henricus  Palmarius,  holding  a  cottage  for  3^. 

Matilda  ad  le  Slow,  who  holds  a  cottage  for   \(^d. 

Rogerus  Alvered  and  Walterus  Taylur,  holding 
two  messuages  and  giving  ^s.  per  annum. 

Thomas   Molendinarius,  who  holds  one  croft  for  9^-. 

Johannes  Wycher  holds  a  cottage  for  3^. 

Ricardus  de  Kinardeby  holds  ten  acres  for  2s. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Willelmus  de  Bancys  defends  half 
a  knight's  fee  of  Willelmus  de  Mortuomari,  and  this 
Willelmus  of  G.  de  Pecche ;  and  Willelmus  de  Ban- 
cys gives  1 2d.  in  sheriff's  aid,  1 2d.  for  view  of  frank- 
pledge. He  owes  one  suit  to  the  county  and  hun- 
dred, and  ward  to  the  castle,  besides  scutage. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Willelmus  de  Bancys 
are :  — 

Ricardus  Ic  Franceys,  holding  one  messuage  of 
half  an  acre  and  four  acres  of  land  for  A^d. 

Alanus  Franceys,  who  holds  one  croft  and  ten 
acres  for  \d. 


6  4  CA  AfBRID  GE  SHIRE. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Johannes  de  Wratteworth  holds 
land  here  of  the  Hospital  of  Schenegeya,  belonging  to 
the  fee  of  Baldwinus  de  Bassingburn.  He  holds  also 
of  Robertas  le  Chaust  and  of  Willielmus  de  Mortu- 
omari,  who  both  hold  of  the  said  hospital. 

Johannes  de  Wratteworth  has  among  his  tenants 
Johannes  Ic  Franccys,  who  holds  one  acre  for  \d. 

A.D.  1287-S8. —  The  king  to  the  sheriff  of  Hun- 
tingdon, greeting.  Walterus  de  la  Sale  of  Parva 
Stotton  has  shown  that  he  in  our  court  recovered 
seizin  against  Ricardiis  Ic  Fraunccys,  of  Wynepol,  and 
Isabella,  his  wife,  of  five  acres  of  land  with  its  appur- 
tenances in  Alkemundebury,  in  Huntingtonshire. 


CHESHIRE 


BROXTON    HUNDRED. 

CODDINGTON. 

In  the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  III. 
(1331-32)  a  fine  was  made  between  John  de  Codyng- 
ton,  clerk,  and  John  Ic  Frcnshc,  of  Codyngton,  and 
Sibyl,  his  wife,   concerning  tenements  in  Codyngton. 

MALPAS. 

In  the  Recognizance  Rolls  of  Chester,  under  the 
date  of  June  28,  1329,  it  is  found  that  a  John  Frcnsh 
and  Roger  le  Keng'  gave  to  David  de  Eggerton 
recognizance  for  lo^-.  The  latter,  with  some  others, 
gave  to  Master  John  de  Turvill,  parson  of  the  moiety 
of  the  church  of  Malpas,  in  Broxton  hundred,  recog- 
nizance for  100/. 


MACCLESFIELD    HUNDRED. 

HANDFORTH. 

In  1360  Edward,  Prince  of  Wales,  Earl  of  Chester, 
grants  a  pardon  to  William,  the  son  of  John  de  Hide, 


66  CHESHIRE. 

John,  the  son  of  WilHam  de  Hide,  and  HiigJi  Freii- 
s/iii\  servant  of  Sir  John  de  Hide,  Knight,  on  the  pay- 
ment of  a  fine  of  200  marks  by  the  said  Sir  John  de 
Hide,  Knight,  on  account  of  the  death  of  Geoffrey, 
the  son  of  John  de  Honford. 


MARPLE. 

As  this  place  came  by  inheritance  to  Gilbert  Ic 
Fraunccys  through  the  Vernons  and  Stockports,  it 
seems  appropriate  to  give  the  following  confirmation 
charter  of  Randolph  de  Blondeville,  Earl  of  Chester, 
to  Robert  de  Stockport,  whose  sister  married  William 
de  Vernon.  A  copy  of  the  original  charter  from 
which  this  translation  is  made  is  given  by  Rev.  John 
Watson  in  his  "  Memoirs  of  the  Ancient  Earls  of 
Warren  and  Surrey";  and  we  judge  its  execution  was 
some  time  anterior  to  the  year  12 10  from  the  fact 
that  Philip  de  Orreby,  the  first  witness,  does  not  sign 
himself  as  justiciary  of  Chester,  in  which  capacity  he 
is  found  as  a  witness  to  charters  after  that  date. 

Ranulfus,  Earl  of  Chester,  to  his  constable,  steward, 
justiciars,  sheriffs,  barons,  bailiffs,  and  all  his  men, 
greeting.  Know  ye  that  I  have  conceded  and  granted 
and  by  this  my  charter  have  confirmed  to  Robertus, 
son  of  Robertus  de  Stokeport,  as  his  right  and  in- 
heritance, "  Merpel  ct  Wibreslegam,"  with  all  their 
appurtenances,  in  bosc  and  plain,  in  meadows  and 
pastures,  in  roads  and  paths,  in   waters  and  marches. 


CHESHIRE.  67 

and  in  all  things  belonging  to  these  lands,  and  the 
land  which  Walterus  held  of  aforesaid  Robertus  in 
Uptona,  and  one  burgage  in  Macclefeld.  To  have 
and  to  hold  to  the  said  Robertus  and  his  heirs  of  me 
and  my  heirs,  in  fee  and  free  inheritance,  quietly  and 
entirely,  by  the  service  of  forester,  for  all  service ; 
saving  to  me  and  my  heirs  the  right  of  hunting  with 
hawks,  sparrow-hawks,  and  falcons,  in  the  woods  be- 
longing to  the  aforesaid  lands.  And  the  aforesaid 
Robertus  and  his  heirs,  and  their  men,  shall  have  the 
necessaries  from  the  said  woods  without  the  wasting 
and  destruction  of  my  forest.  Hiis  testibus,  Philippo 
de  Orreby,  Roberto  Patt.,  Thoma  Dispensatore, 
Warino  de  Vernon,  Rogero  de  Mesnilwaring,  Petro 
Clerico,  Ricardo  Phitun,  David  de  Malo  passu,  Her- 
berto  de  Orrebi,  Jord.  de  Bredbiry,  Johanne  Phitun, 
Ricardo  Davenport,  Rogero  de  Dunes,  Willelmo  de 
Stanlega,  Ricardo  Sutton,  et  multis  aliis.  Apud 
Macclefeld. 

6  Edward  I.  (1277-78). —  Guntelinus  de  Badeles- 
mere,  justice  of  Chester,  is  commanded  to  take  into 
the  king's  hands  all  the  lands  and  tenements  of  which 
Gilberttis  Ic  Fraimceis,  who  held  of  the  king  in 
capite,  died  seized. 

A.D.  1278. —  In  this  year  the  Rotuli  Parlamentorum 
furnish  a  memorandum  that  Robertus  de  Stokeport, 
Lord  of  Pointon,  had  formerly  conferred  certain  lands 
and  tenements  belonging  to  the  manor  of  Pointon, 
namely,    Merpil    and   Wibberslege,   in    free    marriage 


68  CHESHIRE. 

portion  with  his  sister  to  Lord  William  de  Vernum ; 
of  which  lands  and  tenements  Gilbcrtns  Ic  Fi'-amiceys, 
lately  deceased,  was  possessed  and  seized  as  heir  of 
the  aforesaid  Willelmus  cle  Vernum ;  and  Lord  Jo- 
hannes de  Monte  Alto  claims  the  ward  of  these  lands, 
according  to  the  laws  and  customs  of  Cheshire,  as 
of  his  fee  and  belonging  to  his  manor  of  Poinnton  ; 
which  manor  with  all  its  appurtenances  this  Johannes 
holds  as  the  dower  of  his  wife ;  and,  as  the  queen  has 
taken  the  lands  in  her  ow^n  hands,  the  said  Johannes 
de  Monte  Alto  asks  the  lord  the  king's  favor  for  the 
same. 

Response. —  He  may  come  before  Nicholas  de  Sta- 
pelton  and  W.  de  Seyham. 

SUTTON. 

In  the  twenty-second  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Richard  IL  (1388-89)  Willclinus  Ic  French  is  men- 
tioned, of  Sutton  Downes,  within  the  forest  of  Mac- 
clesfield, as  fifty  years  of  age. 


NORTHWICH    HUNDRED. 

MIDDLEWICK. 

In  the  year  1300,  while  this  town  was  in  the  hands 
of  the  crown,  Willcbuus  Fraiiccis  grants  premises 
here  to  Willelmus  Golde. 


CORNWALL. 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  I20I. —  Adam  Franceis  gives  three  marks  to 
the  king  for  his  passage  over  the  sea.  He  holds  one 
knight's  fee  of  Johannes  de  Monte  Aciito,  of  the 
honor  of  Moreton. 

Circa  1250. —  Among  the  free  tenants  of  the 
Bishop  of  Exeter,  in  the  county  of  Cornwall,  was 
Nicholaiis  Francigcna,  who  held  half  an  acre  for  \2d., 
half  a  sheep,  and  ploughing  the  sixth  part  of  an 
English  acre,  and  giving  aid  at  draining. 


PENWITH    HUNDRED. 

ST.    MICHAEL'S    MOUNT. 

Nicholas  Fraud  sens  (Farnigot)  was  elected    abbot 
in  1 271,  and  died  on  the  12th  of  March,  1279. 

POWDER  HUNDRED. 

TREGONY. 

At    the    valuation    of    the    land    and  tenements  of 
Lord  Henricus  de  la  Pomeray  in  Tregony,  in  Corn- 


70  CORNWALL. 

wall,  made  at  Tregony  on  Sunday  next  after  the 
feast  of  St.  Gregory,  in  the  twenty-first  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1293),  upon  the  oath 
of  twelve  jurors,  it  is  found  that  among  the  free 
tenants  of  the  same  manor,  holding  for  knight's 
service,  was  Odo  Fraunccys,  who  holds  one  mes- 
suage, rendering  6^.  at  the  feast  of  St.  Michael. 


TRURO. 

Thirteenth  century. —  Release  by  Richard  Franceis 
of  Truveru  to  Drew  de  Penhal  of  a  messuatre  in 
Truveru,  situate  as  described.  Witnesses,  Bernard 
Keustock,  Robert  Keustock,  Drew  de  Truverbicham, 
Philip  Eliot,  Deui  de  Truveru,  and  others. 


CUMBERLAND. 


ALLERDALE    WARD,    ABOVE    DERWENT. 

BRAITHWAITE. 

On  the  26th  of  May,  1256,  Nicholas  de  Moristeby, 
Nicholaus  le  Englays,  Nicholas  le  Fraunceys,  John 
Lanlauerd,  and  Adam  de  le  Hou,  of  Braythweyt, 
Husacre,  and  Bottermere,  held  by  feudal  tenure 
under  Alan  de   Moleton  and  Alicia,  his  wife. 


ALLERDALE    WARD,    BELOW    DERWENT. 

CALDBECK. 

In  the  early  half  of  the  episcopate  of  Walter 
Malclerk,  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  as  the  patron  of  the 
church  of  this  place,  he  presented  as  parson  Johaiuics 
Francigciia,  his  clericus. 

"In  December,  1231,  John  Francigena  gives  the 
king  20  marks,  to  have  for  life  the  close  of  the  border 
[costera]  of  Warnel,  which  the  abbot  of  Holcoltram 
enclosed  and  held  in  hand,  and  the  ten  acres  of  said 


72  CUMBERLAND. 

wood  which  the  abbot  assarted  and  cultivated  by  the 
king's  Hcense,  for  half  a  mark  to  be  paid  to  the  king 
annually,  as  the  abbot  paid  for  the  same,  as  fully  con- 
tained in  his  charter;  and  Thomas  de  Muleton  is 
commanded,  after  taking  security,  to  give  him  seizin." 

"On  Dec.  26,  1231,  the  king  grants  to  the  church 
of  the  Blessed  Kentigern  of  Caldebec,  and  Jolni 
Francigcna,  parson  thereof,  and  his  successors,  the 
close  of  the  '  costera '  of  W'arnel,  which  the  abbot  of 
Holmcoltram,  by  the  king's  license,  enclosed  and 
held  during  pleasure,  paying  half  a  mark  to  Ex- 
chequer annually.'' 

"  In  the  1 6th  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  the 
3d  (1231-32)  Walter,  Bishop  of  Carlisle  (Thomas 
fitz  John  for  him),  renders  his  account :  Jo/ui  Franci- 
gc7ia  accounts  for  20  marks  to  have  in  perpetuity  a 
close  of  the  'costera'  of  Warnelle,  which  the  abbot 
of  Holcoltram  enclosed  and  held  in  hand,  and  to 
have  ten  acres  of  same  wood  which  the  said  abbot 
cleared  and  cultivated  by  the  king's  license,  for  half  a 
mark  to  be  paid  to  the  king  annually,  as  the  said 
abbot  paid  for  these  acres  and  close,  as  more  fully 
contained  in  the  king's  charters,  and  in  his  own  char- 
ter thereof,  a  transcript  of  which  is  attached  to  the 
'  Originale  '  of  the  1 7th  year,  bearing  that  the  said 
close  and  ten  acres  of  land  shall  forever  remain  with 
the  said  John  and  his  successors,  parsons  of  the 
church  of  the  Blessed  Kentegern  of  Kaldebec.  He 
has  paid  it  into  the  treasury,  and  is  quit." 


CUMBERLAND.  73 

A.D.  1232,  12th  of  May. —  Charter  of  King  Henry 
III.  confirming  the  donation  of  Johannes  Francigena 
of  the  "  costera  "  of  Warnel  to  the  monks  of  Holmcol- 
tram. 

Henry,  by  the  grace  of  God  King  of  England,  etc., 
to  the  archbishops,  bishops,  etc.,  greeting.  We  have 
inspected  the  charter  of  JoJian7ies  Francige^ia,  parson 
of  the  church  of  Caldebec,  as  follows :  Be  it  known  to 
all,  present  and  future,  that  I,  Johannes  Francigena, 
parson  of  the  church  of  Caldebec,  with  the  assent  and 
will  of  the  venerable  Father  W.  (alter),  by  the  grace 
of  God  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  my  ordinary  and  patron  of 
the  aforesaid  church,  and  also  with  the  consent  of  the 
prior  and  convent  of  Carlisle,  for  me  and  my  suc- 
cessors have  given  and  granted,  and  by  this  my 
present  charter  have  confirmed  to  God,  the  blessed 
Mary,  the  house  of  Holmcoltram,  and  the  monks 
serving  God  there,  the  moiety  of  the  close  of  the 
"  costera  "  of  Warnel,  except  the  cultivated  land  which 
lies  near  the  moiety  of  the  said  monks, —  namely, 
between  the  heds:e  above  the  ditch  which  divided  the 
land  of  the  aforesaid  monks  from  the  king's  forest, 
which  is  called  Gresgartgil,  toward  the  west, — 
which  said  close  of  the  "  costera  "  of  Warnel  the  lord 
the  king  before  had  granted  to  the  said  monks  to 
hold  during  his  pleasure, —  and  the  ditch  called 
Wrothelegil,  toward  the  east,  as  the  "fossatum"  of 
the  said  monks  is  extended  from  one  ditch  to  the 
other,  and  the  said  cultivated  land  toward  the  north, 


74 


CUMBERLAND. 


which  I  held  in  my  hands  for  me  and  my  successors, 
which   said   moiety  I  have   given  to  them, —  namely, 
that  moiety  which   is  toward  the  west,  according  to 
the  division  made  between  me  and  the  said  monks. 
To  be  held  by  the  said  house  of  Holm  and  the  monks 
there  serving  God,  in  perpetuity  of   me  and  my  suc- 
cessors and  of  the  church  of  Caldebec,  as  freely  and 
quietly  as  I  hold  the  said  moiety  of  the  lord  the  King 
of  England,  rendering  for  the  same  yearly  to  me  and 
my  successors  and  the  church  of   Caldebec  ^od.  for 
all    service ;    so    that  neither    I    nor  any  of  my  suc- 
cessors, or  our  men,  at  any  time  shall  have  any  com- 
mons, ingress  or  egress  in  the  close  of  the  moiety  of 
the  said  monks.     And,  that   this    my  donation    may 
forever    remain    valid,   I   have    appended  my   seal    to 
this    present    charter.      Hiis    testibus,    domino    W(al- 
tero  Malclerk)   Karliolensi    episcopi,   R(adulfo)  priore 
Karliolensi,  G(ervase)  de    Louthir   archdiacono    ejus- 
dem  loci,  W.  priore   de  Wedirhale,  et  aliis.     There- 
fore,   for    the    greater  firmness  of  this  donation  and 
grant  of  the  aforesaid  Johannes,  we,  for  us   and  our 
heirs,  concede  it  to  the  aforesaid  monks,  and  confirm 
it  by  our  seal.     Hiis  testibus,   J.   Bathon,  W.  Oxon., 
et   H.  Ro£f.,  episcopis,   H.  de  Burgo  comite  Kanciae, 
etc.     Given   by    the    hand    of    the    venerable    Father 
Radulfus,   Bishop   of     Chichester,    our   chancellor,  at 
Rading,  on  the  twelfth  day  of  May,  in  the  sixteenth 
year  of  our  reign. 

On  the   loth  of  February,  1233,  Thomas  de   Mule- 


C  UMBERLAND.  7  5 

ton  of  Egremund  is  commanded  to  take  in  the  king's 
hand  the  ten  acres  of  the  border  of  the  king's  wood 
of  Warnel  and  the  close  which  the  abbot  of  Holcol- 
tram  held  (and  the  king  afterwards  gave  by  charter 
to  Jo/ian7ies  le  Fraiiceis,  parson  of  Caldebec),  and  hold 
them  till  further  orders.     Westminster. 

Johannes  Francigena,  in  24  Henry  III.  (1239-40), 
owed  half  a  mark  to  the  king  for  the  ten  acres  of 
land  in  the  wood  of  Warnel. 

A.D.  1244. —  Papal  dispensation  io  Johannes  dictus 
"  Lefranceys"  rector  of  Caldebec,  in  the  diocese  of 
Carlisle,  to  hold  an  additional  benefice.  Lyons,  19 
Kal.  of  January. 

A.D.  1247. —  Innocentius  IV.  to  Johaitnes  dictus 
Francigena,  rector  of  the  church  of  Caldebec,  in  the 
diocese  of  Carlisle. 

On  account  of  the  praise  accorded  you  for  literary 
attainments,  a  pure  life,  and  exemplary  manners,  and, 
as  a  further  mark  of  our  special  favor  and  grace, 
besides  the  benefice  already  conferred  upon  you,  we 
give  you  authority  to  receive  an  additional  benefice 
for  cure  of  souls  in  Scotland  or  Ireland,  with  the  full 
belief  you  will  not  be  neglectful  of  your  duties  in  the 
cure  of  souls.  Given  at  Lyons,  the  5  Kal.  of  Septem- 
ber, in  the  fifth  year  of  our  Pontificate. 

A.D.  1249. —  Innocentius,  etc.,  to  Johannes  dictus 
Francigena,  clericus  of  the  King  of  England. 

Special  grace  to  our  dear  son  in  Christ,  on  the 
solicitation  of  the  illustrious  King  of  England,  as  well 


76  CUMBERLAND. 

as  for  the  merits  attributed  to  you,  we  therefore 
resolve  that,  albeit  you  have  been  granted  a  dispensa- 
tion to  hold  an  additional  benefice  in  Scotland  or 
Ireland,  we  will  also  that,  besides  this  benefice 
granted  with  the  cure  of  souls,  you  may  also  receive 
another,  if  granted  in  England,  retaining  those  al- 
ready given  you.  Dated  at  Lyons,  on  the  8th  Idus  of 
June,  in  the  sixth  year. 

A.D.  1250. —  Innocentius  IV.  to  the  Archbishop  of 
York. 

We  consider  that  our  beloved  son  in  Christ,  Jo- 
hannes dictus  Francigena,  clericus  of  the  illustrious 
King  of  England,  whose  life  is  adorned  by  honesty, 
by  literary  attainments,  exemplary  manners,  and 
recognition  at  the  apostolic  see,  deserves  special 
grace,  so  that  we  command,  notwithstanding  his 
impaired  sight  and  defect  in  one  eye,  that  no  hin- 
drance be  given  to  his  promotion  to  superior  orders, 
and  that  he  may  keep  his  benefices,  without  scandal, 
for  cure  of  souls.     Dated  at  Lyons,  8  Kal.  of  October. 

The  previous  mandates  of  Pope  Innocent  IV.  are 
a  sufficient  recognition  of  the  esteem  with  which 
Johannes  Francigena  was  held  at  the  papal  see. 
According  to  Robert  de  Chansey,  Bishop  of  Carlisle, 
Johajines  le  Fi^annccys  died  as  parson  of  Caldebeck. 
This  must  have  been  soon  after  the  year  1250,  as 
Alan  was  parson  of  Caldebeck  before  the  year  1257. 
How  long  Alan  remained  parson  is  uncertain ;  but 
the  rectorship    was    vacant  in   1267-68,  when  an  in- 


CUMBERLAND.  77 

quisition  was  held  in  regard  to  the  presentation  and 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Caldebeck. 


HOLMCULTRAM. 

Circa  1275. —  By  the  following  deed  John,  son  of 
John  de  Ireby,  quitclaimed  to  the  lord  abbot  and 
the  monks  of  Holmcultram  all  the  right  he  had  in 
the  lands  of  Gillecruce,  which  William,  his  father's 
uncle  and  the  son  of  Orim,  gave  to  that  house. 

To  all  faithful  in  Christ  who  shall  see  or  hear  this 
charter,  Johannes,  son  of  Johannes  de  Yreby,  greeting 
in  the  Lord.  Know  ye  that  I,  for  myself  and  my 
heirs,  have  quitclaimed  to  the  lord  abbot  and  the 
monks  of  Holmcultram  all  the  right  and  claim  I  had 
or  may  have  in  the  land  with  its  appurtenances  which 
Willielmus,  son  of  Orim,  my  father's  uncle,  gave  and 
by  his  charter  confirmed  to  them,  in  free  and  pure 
alms,  in  the  territory  of  Gillecruce.  And  also  know 
that  I  have  quitclaimed  so  that  neither  I  nor  any  of 
my  heirs,  or  any  one  else  on  my  part,  can  have  any 
claim  or  right  in  the  said  land  or  its  appurtenances. 
In  testimony  of  which  I  have  appended  my  seal  to 
this  present  charter.  Hiis  testibus,  Domino  Waltero 
de  Ulvesby  archidiacono  Carleoli,  Domino  Gilberto 
de  feritate  persona  de  Bounes,  Th.  de  Morisceby  per- 
sona de  Ulvedale,  Roberto  vicario  de  Gillecruce 
decano  de  allerd',  Willielmo  francigena,  Waltero 
Bonekil,  et  aliis. 


78  .  CUMBERLAND. 

CUMBERLAND    WARD. 

ROCKCLIFF. 

The  manor  of  this  place  was  anciently  held  of  the 
barony  of  Burgh  upon  Sands.  As  to  the  time  when 
this  manor  came  into  the  possession  of  the  family 
of  Frainiceys  appears  somewhat  obscure.  Johaniies 
le  Frauiiceys,  however,  evidently  held  it  as  early  at 
least  as  the  thirty-third  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry  III.  (1248-49).  T\\\s  Johajuies  le  Fraunceys 
was  the  baron  of  the  Exchequer,  who  held  possessions 
in  this  county  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took 
place  about  the  fifty-second  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  HI.  (1267-78),  at  which  date  his  execu- 
tors gave  surety. 

Soon  after  the  demise  of  Johannes  le  Fraunceys., 
the  manor  of  Rocliffe  was  held  by  one  of  his  kins- 
men, a  record  showing  that  in  the  fifty-fourth  year 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  HI.  (1269-70)  the  manor  of 
Rocliffe  was  held  by  Gilbertiis  le  Fraunceys,  who 
paid  yearly  2^-.  or  one  sparrow-hawk  (the  customary 
consideration  to  the  fee  of  Burgh)  to  the  grand- 
daughter of  Hugo  de  Morville,  who  formerly  held 
the  barony  of  Burgh.  She  was  the  late  Hellewisa, 
widow  of  a  Ricardus  de  Vernon. 

This  Gilberhis  le  Fraunceys.,  the  son  of  Ricardus 
le  Fraunceys,  ist,  married  Haioisia  de  Vernon,  said 
to  have  been  a  descendant  from  the  baronial  family, 


C  UMBERLAND.  7  9 

the  Vernons  of  Shipbrook.  However,  it  is  known 
that  she  was  the  daughter  of  Robertus  de  Vernon, 
and  heir  presumptive  to  her  uncle  Ricardus  de  Ver- 
non, 2d,  who  died  without  issue.  Her  grandmother 
was  Matilda,  or  Margeria,  de  Stockport;  and  her 
grandfather,  Willelmus  de  Vernon,  who  was  chief 
justice  of  Chester  in  1229-32.  He  was  by  descent 
Lord  of  Harlaston,  in  Staffordshire,  which  place, 
according  to  the  Staffordshire  Historical  Collections, 
was  given  to  Walter  de  Vernon  (said  to  have  been 
the  ancestor  of  William  de  Vernon)  by  Matilda, 
widow  of  Randolph  "de  Gernon,"  Earl  of    Chester. 

The  Calendarium  Inquisitionem  post  Mortem 
shows  the  extended  possessions  of  Gilbertiis  le 
Fraunceys  in  the  counties  of  Chester,  Cumberland, 
Derby,  and  Westmoreland.  Those  of  Chester  and 
Derby,  at  least,  must  have  been  largely  owing  to  his 
marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Vernon.  By  Hawise 
de  Vernon,  his  wife,  he  left  children.  Ricardus,  the 
eldest  son,  was  born  in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  HI.  (1261-62);  and  there  is 
also  record  of  a  daughter. 

This  Ricardus  le  Fraunceys,  2d,  appears  to  have 
ultimately  inherited  his  mother's  share  of  the  Ver- 
non's possessions ;  and  he  assumed  the  surname  of 
her  family.  He  was  affianced  to  the  daughter  of 
Michael  de  Harcla  before  the  death  of  his  father, 
and  afterwards,  as  a  minor,  married  her. 

In  the  forty-third  year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  HI. 


8o  CUMBERLAND. 

(a.d.  1259)  Gilbertus,  son  of  Ricardiis  le  Franceys, 
ist,  gives  half  a  mark  for  an  assize  of  novel  disseisin 
held  before  Petrus  de  Percy.  And  the  sheriff  of 
Cumberland  is  commanded,  etc. 

"  On  the  1 8th  of  August  1268,  Gilbert  le  Fraunceys 
is  among  the  belted  knights  who  were,  with  others, 
on  the  inquest  held  at  the  castle  of  Maidens  in 
the  king's  forest  of  Engilwode,  before  Roger  de 
Lancastre,  then  seneschal  of  the  king's  forests  ultra 
Trent,  and  William  de  Dacre,  then  sheriff  of  Cum- 
berland, and  others  of  the  king's  lieges,  in  regard  to 
certain  rights  of  King  Henry  III.  in  Cumberland." 

The  death  of  Gilbertus  le  Fraunceys  is  indicated 
by  the  following  record  of  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.  (1277-78),  when  Thomas  de 
Normanvill,  senescallus  of  the  king,  is  commanded 
to  take  into  the  king's  hands  all  the  lands  and  tene- 
ments of  which  Gilbertus  le  Fraunceis,  who  held  of 
the  king  in  capite,  died  seized. 

Among  the  Escheats  of  this  year  it  is  found  that 
Gilbertus  le  Franceys  held  Neuland,  near  by  Sourby, 
with  pasture  there,  and  the  vills  of  Rothcliffe  and 
Caldebeck,  in  this  county. 

A.D,  1278. —  Thomas  de  Multon  of  Gillesland  in- 
forms the  lord  the  king  that  Gilbertus  le  Fraunceys 
held  the  manor  of  Boneclyve  of  himself  and  his 
barony,  which  he  holds  in  capite,  and  therefore 
desires  the  custody  of  the  son  of  the  said  Gilbertus 
until  he  is  of  age. 


C  UMBERLAND.  8 1 

A.D.  1280,  August  18. —  The  king  granted  to  Will- 
iam de  Garland  the  custody  of  the  lands  and  tene- 
ments late  of  Gilberlus  le  Fraunceis,  deceased,  in 
Routheclyve,  during  the  minority  of  his  heirs. 

Among  the  executors  of  Gilbertus  le  Fraunceys 
was  Adam  le  Fraunceys. 


LEATH    WARD. 

KIRKOSWALD. 

At  the  inquisition  held  at  York  on  the  26th  of  July, 
1269,  Uctred  le  Franceys,  of  Kircoswald,  was  one 
of  the  twelve  jurors  from  the  county  of  Cumberland. 

A.D.  1275,  loth  of  June. —  Inquisition  made  at 
Carlisle  before  Philip  de  Wylghoby,  the  king's 
escheator  ultra  Trent,  by  Uctred  Francisctis,  of 
Kircosuwald,  and  others,  who  found  that  Robert  de 
Warthewyc,  sub-escheator  in  the  county  of  Cumber- 
land, had  ejected  Sir  Robert  de  Brus  and  Christiana 
(de  Ireby),  his  wife,  from  certain  lands  in  Gamelesby 
and  Glassonby,  and  afterwards  delivered  five  parts 
of  the  same  to  others,  which  Sir  Robert  and  Chris- 
tiana afterwards  recovered. 


DERBYSHIRE. 


GENERAL 


In  the  seventeenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  II. 
(i  170-71)  Willilemus  Franccis  seems  to  be  an  out- 
law, as  the  sheriff  of  this  county  renders  an  account 
of  55-.  c^d.  for  his  goods. 

In  the  Revenue  Rolls  of  the  twenty-ninth  year 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  (1182-83),  under  the 
heading  of  Nova  Placita,  is  a  record  of  Armdfus 
Franceis, 

In  the  tenth  or  eleventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
John  (1208-10)  Ricardiis  Franceis  and  Robertus  de 
Stockport  are  found  in  the  same  rolls,  under  the 
Pleas  of  the  Forests. 

The  Nova  Oblata  of  the  Exchequer  were  old  debts 
of  which  the  sheriff  levied  something  during  the 
current  year  of  his  account,  or  those  which  were 
found  in  the  originals  and  esteemed  clear  debts. 
Anciently  from  the  estreats  of  this  Oblata  and  from 
the  roll  of  the  preceding  year  was  made  the  Annual 
Pipe  Roll. 

In  the  Nova  Oblata  of  the  twelfth  year  of  King 
John  (1210-11)  is  the  name  of  Robertus  Franceis. 


DERB  YSHIRE.  83 

22  Henry  III.  (1237-38). —  The  records  of  this 
year  give  the  name  of  Willclnius  le  Franceis  de 
Archelastre. 

25  Henry  HI.  (1240-41). —  The  name  of  Willdmus 
de  Franceis  appears  on  the  Exchequer  Rolls  of  this 
year. 

A.D.  i2  79[-8o]. —  Commission  to  hear  a  case  be- 
tween Margery  de  Pentrich  and  Hugh  Fraunceys. 
Given  at  Derley  (Darley),  Derbyshire,  1 1  Kal.  April. 

20  Edward  I.  (1291-92). —  Robertiis  le  Franceis 
was  a  debtor  to  the  crown  in  this  year. 


APPLETREE    HUNDRED. 

BENTLEY. 

A.D.  1293-94.— Escheats  of  the  twenty-second  year 
of  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 

One  messuage  and  one  bovate  of  land  in  Bentelegh, 
held  by  Johannes  le  Fraunceys,  are  taken  into  the 
king's  hands. 

OSMASTON. 

A.D.  1  282. —  Hugh  de  Gurneye,  dwelling  in  Bolton 
by  Derby,  with  the  consent  of  his  lords  Robert  de 
Saucheverel  and  Robert  de  Dethek,  grants  all  his 
lands  and  tenements  in  Bolton  and  Alwaston  to  the 
abbot  and  convent  of  Parco  Stanley  in  this  county. 


84  DERB  YSHIRE. 

Witnesses :  William  Ic  Fraunceys  de  Osmundeston 
and  others.  At  Derby,  in  the  Vigil  of  St.  James  the 
Apostle. 

The  printed  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Fraunceys, 
specially  identified  v/ith  this  county,  indicates  that 
William  le  Fraunceys,  of  Osmundeston,  the  witness 
to  the  previous  record  of  the  year  1282,  was  the 
ancestor  of  the  Fraunceys  of  Foremark.  It  gives  his 
father  as  John  le  Fraunceys,  his  grandfather  as  Will- 
iam le  Fraunceys,  both  of  Osmundeston,  and  his 
great-grandfather  as  Roberhis  de  Os77i2indeston,  alias 
le  Franceys,  of  Osmundeston. 

The  pedigree  shows  that  Willia^n  le  Fraujiceys,  of 
Osmundeston,  the  witness  named,  married  Agnes, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Radulphus  de  Tykenhall,  and 
that  their  son,  Jo/ni  le  Fraunceys,  was  called  of  Os- 
mundeston and  Tyckenhall,  and  that  he  married 
Margeria,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Beaufoy,  of 
Trusley,  in  this  county. 

27  Edward  I.  (1298-99). —  Galfridus  Franceis  de 
Osmundeston  appears  to  be  a  debtor  to  the  crown  in 
this  year. 


HIGH    PEAK    HUNDRED. 

HADDON,    OR    NETHER    HADDON. 

William  de  Avenel  held  this  place  by  knight's  ser- 
vice.    He  had  two   daughters,    coheiresses ;    namely, 


DERB  YSHIRE.  85 

Elizabeth,  the  eldest,  who  married  Simon  Basset, 
second  feudal  lord  of  Sapcote,  County  Leicester,  and 
Avicia,  the  younger,  who  married  Richard  de  Vernon, 
ist,  of  Harlaston. 

Among  the  grants  in  this  hundred  which  were 
given  to  the  church  was  that  of  One  Ash,  called  in 
Domesday  survey  Aneise.  This  grange  was  given  to 
the  monks  of  Roche  Abbey,  in  Yorkshire,  soon  after 
its  foundation,  by  William  Avenel,  Lord  of  Haddon, 
and  was  included  among  the  possessions  of  this 
abbey,  which  had  the  confirmation  of  Pope  Urban 
in.  about  the  year  1 185. 

Richard  de  Vernon,  ist,  with  the  consent  of 
Avicia,  his  wife,  and  of  William,  his  son  and  heir, 
confirmed  all  the  land  and  pasture  of  his  fee  in  this 
place  which  William  Avenel  gave ;  and  William 
Basset,  grandson  of  William  Avenel,  confirmed  the 
same. 

This  Richard  de  Vernon,  ist,  had  a  license  to 
fortify  his  house  in  Haddon  with  a  wall,  in  the  time 
of  King  Richard  I.,  by  John,  Earl  of  Mortain,  the 
brother  of  the  king. 

William  de  Vernon,  Lord  of  Harlaston,  the  son  of 
Richard  de  Vernon,  ist,  previously  named,  had  a  son, 
Richard  de  Vernon,  2d,  who  confirmed  the  above 
grant,  as  well  as  what  the  monks  held  in  Sterndale, 
they  paying  him  and  his  heirs  153-.  per  annum  at  his 
manor  of  Haddon. 

In  37  Henry  III.  (1236-37)  Richard  de  Vernon,  2d, 


86  DERB  YSHIRE. 

held    one    fee    in    Haddon    and     Basselaw    of    Will- 
iam de  Ferrars,  Earl  of  Derby. 

In  53  Henry  III.  (1268-69)  there  are  recognizances 
by  Gilbert  Fraiinceys  and  Richard  de  Vernon,  2d,  of 
debt  to  Alienor  (Eleanor  of  Castile),  wife  of  Prince 
Edward,  the  king's  son. 

I  Edward  I.  (1272-73). —  "Appointment  of  two 
justices  to  take  an  assize  arraigned  by  Gilbert  le 
Frauiieeis  against  Simon  Basset  touching  common 
of  pasture  in  Nether  Haddon,"  which  had  formerly 
belonged  to  William  Avenel,  and  which  Gilbert 
claimed  on  behalf  of  his  wife,  Hawyse,  the  niece  of 
Richard  de  Vernon,  2d. 

At  an  inquisition  made  at  Derby  in  the  third  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1275)  the  jurors  say 
that  the  villata  of  Eyum,  the  moiety  of  the  vill  of 
Netherhaddon,  belonging  to  Gilbertits  le  Fraiinceys, 
has  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  but  they  do  not  know  by 
what  authority. 

The  inquisition  after  the  death  of  Gilbcrtus  le 
Frauceys,  held  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  I.  (1277-78),  shows  that  he  held  the  manor 
of  Haddon,  the  hamlets  of  Roulesley  (Rowsley), 
Basselawe  (Baslow),  and  Bubenhull  (Bubnell),  in  this 
county. 

6  Edward  I.  (1277-78). —  Mandate  of  the  king  con- 
cerning the  lands  of  G{ilbert)  de  Fraiinceis,  deceased, 
in  Haddon,  Bubbinghull,  and  Roulisleghe,  to  be 
delivered  to  Edmund  "  Crouchback,"  Earl  of   Lancas- 


DERBYSHIRE.  87 

ter,  of  whose  fee  these  lands  and  tenements  are  held. 
They  formerly  were  parcel  of  the  barony  of  Johannes 
le  Viscunt  in  Northumberland. 

A.D.  1278. —  Letters  close  directing  the  steward  to 
deliver  to  Edmund,  Earl  of  Lancaster,  all  the  lands 
and  tenements  of  Gilbert  le  Franceis,  deceased,  a 
tenant-in-chief,  which  are  of  the  fee  of  the  said  Ed- 
mund, and  had  been  seized  into  the  king's  hands  by 
his  mandate,  believing  them  to  have  been  holden  of 
the  king  in  capite  ut  de  corona,  together  with  the 
mesne  profits.     Westminster,  1278,  4th  of  May. 

A.D.  1279. —  Grant  to  Edmund,  the  king's  brother, 
"  hac  vice,"  of  the  custody  of  the  lands  and  tenements 
lately  held  by  Gilbert  le  Fraunceys,  deceased,  holding 
of  the  king  in  chief,  during  the  minority  of  the  heirs 
of  said  Gilbert^  saving  to  the  king  the  custody  of  the 
said  lands,  etc.,  when  it  shall  otherwise  fall  in. 
Woodstock,  1 6th  of  February,  7  Edward  L 

This  grant  appears  to  have  been  cancelled  from  the 
following  memorandum  in  the  margin:  "  Vacat  quia 
restituta  fui  littera  et  cancellata." 

A.D.  i2  79[-8o]. —  Litterae  Communes  to  the  dean 
of  Baukwell  concerning  the  will  of  Gilbert  le  Fraun- 
ceys.     Wlstaneston,  16  Kal.  Aug. 

A.D.  1280. —  Surrender  and  grant  to  Edmund,  the 
king's  brother,  as  his  right,  of  the  custody  of  the 
lands  of  Gilbert  le  Fraunceis,  held  by  him  of  the  said 
Edmund  by  knight -service,  the  king  having  pre- 
viously granted  to  the  said   Edmund  the  custody  of 


88  DERB  YSHIRE. 

all  the  lands  and  tenements  of  the  said  Gilbert, 
including  those  lands,  during  the  minority  of  the 
heirs  of  the  said  Gilbert,  as  he  understood  that  the 
said  Gilbert  held  all  his  lands  and  tenements  of 
himself  by  such  service  that  the  custody  of  all  of  them 
pertained  of  right  to  the  king,  provided  that,  if  any 
land  should  hereafter  come  to  the  heirs  of  the  afore- 
said Gilbert  by  inheritance  or  otherwise,  the  privilege 
of  the  crown  as  to  such  custodies  hitherto  accustomed 
should  remain  intact.  Westminster,  26th  of  No- 
vember. 

In  II  Edward  I.  (1282-83)  Gtilielnms  le  Fran- 
ceys  held  half  the  manor  of  Nether  Haddon,  with 
its  members  Basselow,  Bobenhull,  and  Rowesley. 

In  30  Edward  I.  (i  301-2)  Ricardus  le  Vernon, 
3d,  held  one  fee  in  Haddon  and  Basselowe. 


PEAK   CASTLE. 

The  surname  of  Vernon  seems  to  have  been  early 
associated  with  this  castle,  as  we  find  from  John  Ley- 
land's  work  on  "  The  Peak,"  in  which  he  states  that 
"  Richard  de  Vernon,  the  first  possessor  of  the  name, 
was  high  steward  of  the  Peak  forest  and  constable  of 
the  castle."  He  married  one  of  the  Avenel  heiresses. 
This  assertion  gives  additional  force  to  the  usually 
doubtful  authority  of  Burke,  who  states  positively 
"that  in  the  thirty-seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King 


DERB  YSHIRE.  89 

Henry  III.  (1252-53)  Richard  de  Vernon,"  (2d,  who 
was  grandson  of  Richard  de  Vernon,  ist)  "had  a 
grant  of  this  castle."  This  announcement  has  with 
it  a  certain  amount  of  credibility  from  the  fact  that 
the  nephew  of  Richard  de  Vernon,  2d,  had  an  indem- 
nity when  he  rendered  up  the  castle,  as  is  found  in 
the  following  record  of  the  Close  Rolls  of  the  reign 
of  King  Henry  HI. 

Ratification  of  Edward  the  king's  son's  grant  of 
indemnity  to  Gilbert  le  Frannceys  when  he  rendered 
up  the  Castle  of  Peak  to  him. 


SCARSDALE    HUNDRED. 

CHESTERFIELD. 

A.D.  1250-70. —  Grant  to  Rufford  Abbey  of  a  toft 
which  Roger  fil.  Aluine  gave  with  his  daughter  to 
Ranulf  de  Garthorpe,  and  the  toft  which  Jordan  de 
la  Green  and  Thomas  Fi^anceis  and  Peter  Fox  for- 
merly held. 

A.D.  1294. —  "To  all  faithful  Christians  by  whom 
this  present  writing  shall  be  seen  or  heard,  John 
Wake,  Lord  of  Lidel  and  of  Chesterfield,  health 
eternal  in  the  Lord.  Be  it  known  to  all  men  that  I 
have  granted  and  by  this  my  present  charter  have 
confirmed  for  myself  and  my  heirs  forever  to  my  men 
of    Chesterfield,    who    of   myself    or   of   my   heirs    or 


90  DERB  YSHIRE. 

assigns  hold  or  will  hold  burgage  (tenures)  in  the 
town  of  Chesterfield,  that  they,  their  heirs  or  assigns, 
shall  have  and  hold  of  myself  and  my  heirs  or  assigns 
the  same  liberties  and  free  customs  within  and  with- 
out the  town  of  Chesterfield,  and  in  all  places  and 
for  all  things,  which  they  had  by  the  gift  and  conces- 
sion of  William  Brewer,  the  elder,  my  predecessor, 
and  by  the  confirmation  of  the  Lord  King  Henry, 
father  of  our  Lord  Edward  the  king,  and  besides  by 
a  certain  final  concord,  sealed  with  the  seal  of  William 
Brewer,  the  younger;  that  is  to  say,  that  they,  the 
said  burgesses  and  their  heirs  or  assigns  shall  have  all 
the  same  liberties  and  free  customs  in  all  places  and 
for  all  things  which  the  borough  of  Nottingham  has, 
and  that  they  are  free  burgesses  forever  and  quit  of 
taxations  and  reliefs  forever,  and  of  suit  of  court  [an 
erasure  here,  probably  shires],  wapentakes,  and  of 
costs,  charges,  and  expenses  of  all  kinds  and  taxa- 
tions :  this  only  excepted,  that  they  shall  be  taxed 
whenever  the  lord  king  shall  tax  his  boroughs, 
and  then  reasonably  taxed,  and  this  likewise  by  the 
precept  of  the  lord  the  king;  and  their  eldest  sons 
shall  have  the  same  liberties  and  free  customs, 
although  they  have  not  burgage  tenures,  whilst  their 
ancestors  and  fathers,  tenants  of  the  same  burgage 
of  which  they  are  the  heirs,  are  living ;  and  the  other 
children,  whether  sons  or  daughters  of  burgesses, 
shall  have  liberties  and  free  customs  if  they  wish  to 
become  merchants,  and  shall  give  me  and  my  heirs 


DERBYSHIRE.  91 

annually  three  pence  for  having  the  privileges  until 
each  one  shall  acquire  to  himself  a  burgess  part,  and 
then  shall,  upon  entering  upon  it,  give  me  and  my 
heirs  four  pennies,  and  to  the  bedel  one  penny,  and 
to  the  clerk  one  penny  for  placing  his  name  on  the 
roll,  and  afterwards  they  shall  not  give  any  more 
three  pence  per  annum.  And  all  tenants  residing 
in  the  town  shall  come  twice  a  year  to  my  court  and 
to  the  court  of  my  heirs,  and  shall  present  and 
answer  concerning  articles  touching  the  peace  of  our 
lord  the  king,  except  money  coiners  (?)  and  spillers 
of  blood  (assaults)  and  hue  and  cry,  which  are  not  to 
be  presented.  And  they  shall  come  there  and  not  go 
elsewhere  for  the  peace  of  the  lord  the  king,  and 
shall  have  reasonable  summons  (raconales  sumonicoes), 
and  shall  come  to  the  court  whenever  the  brief  of 
the  lord  the  king  is  in  court,  and  for  discovering 
(indicting)  robbers,  if  there  should  be  necessity,  by 
reasonable  summons  of  fifteen  days;  and  any  one  of 
the  burgesses  shall  essoin  another  to  the  court 
without  challenge  whenever  they  should  be  absent, 
and  no  one  having  liberties  or  who  is  a  burgess  shall 
be  amerced  in  any  cause  for  more  than  three  pence, 
these  cases  only  excepted :  brewers  (?)  twice  per 
annum,  if  they  are  not  able  to  acquit  themselves  that 
they  have  not  sold  contrary  to  the  assize  of  the 
lord  the  king;  and  bakers,  if  they  bake  and  sell 
bread  contrary  to  the  assize  of  the  lord  the  king ; 
and  also  those  who  spill  blood,  if  these  are  convicted 


92  DERBYSHIRE. 

upon  complaint,  and  not  otherwise;  and  also  those 
who  are  guilty  of  contempt  against  me  or  to  my  heirs 
or  assigns  or  our  bailiffs,  if  upon  this  they  are  con- 
victed. And  if  other  burgesses  are  convicted  of 
other  offences  besides  these  four,  according  to  the 
gravity  of  the  wrong,  they  are  to  be  fined  by  their 
fellows.  No  strangers  shall  enter  upon  a  burgess 
part  or  have  seizin  before  that  they  satisfy  myself  or 
my  heirs  or  my  bailiffs  and  the  burgesses  according 
to  the  ancient  manner;  and,  if  the  sons  or  daughters 
of  burgesses  giving  three  pence  annually  for  their 
liberties  shall  acquire  a  burgage  part  to  themselves, 
either  by  gift,  legacy,  by  purchase  or  by  right  or  in 
any  other  manner,  they  shall  not  give  any  more  three 
pence  per  annum  for  their  liberties.  And,  if  the 
daughters  holding  burgess  parts  wish  to  marry,  then 
the  husbands  of  the  daughters  shall  come  at  the  next 
court  and  pay  to  me  or  to  my  heirs  four  pence,  and 
one  penny  to  the  bedel  and  one  penny  to  the  clerk 
as  aforesaid,  and  their  children  will  be  burgesses ; 
and  the  husbands  of  the  daughters  burgage  tenants 
will  be  burgesses  by  the  law  (curtesy)  of  England 
after  the  death  of  their  wives  for  the  whole  of  their 
lives,  and  the  heirs  of  the  said  women  and  their  sons 
and  daughters  shall  have  the  said  liberties  forever. 
And,  if  the  husband  acquires  a  burgess  part  during 
the  life  of  his  wife,  he  and  his  heirs  will  be  burgesses 
forever.  None  other  besides  burgesses  shall  meas- 
ure, cut  up,  or  sell  cloth,  linen  or  woollen,  hides  or 


DERB  YSHIRE.  93 

skins,  fresh,  raw,  cooled,  or  salted,  bought  in  the 
market  or  within  the  town  of  Chesterfield ;  and,  if 
they  do,  they  shall  lose  the  cloth,  cut  off  or  remnants, 
hides  or  skins ;  and  the  cloth,  remnants,  and  hides  and 
skins  so  purchased  shall  forthwith  be  taken  for  the 
use  of  the  merchants  of  the  town  by  any  one  of  the 
market  in  the  town,  without  the  bailiffs,  as  they  did 
from  the  time  aforesaid  and  after  they  were  enfeoffed, 
except  during  eight  days  at  the  time  of  the  fair  of 
Chesterfield.  And  the  burgesses  shall  have  their  own 
merchant  guild,  with  all  things  to  the  said  guild 
pertaining ;  and  no  forestallers  or  regrators  shall  buy 
in  the  market  on  the  Saturday  anything  of  the  kind 
of  victual  or  provender  before  prime  has  struck,  lest 
the  magnates  and  honest  men  of  the  country  and 
the  burgesses  are  hindered  in  buying  these  neces- 
saries in  the  market  before  the  hour  of  prime.  And, 
if  any  one  should  do  this,  then  he  shall  lose  all  the 
purchase  of  things  of  which  he  is  convicted  of  buying ; 
and  all  things  bought  and  which  he  is  so  convicted 
shall  be  attached  for  the  benefit  of  the  merchants 
of  the  town,  and  notwithstanding  (besides)  they  shall 
make  good  amends  to  me  and  to  my  heirs  as  the 
custom  is.  And  widows  being  endowed  of  goods, 
their  second  husbands  during  the  whole  life  of  the 
widow  holding  the  burgage  in  dower,  shall  be  bur- 
gesses, as  before  is  said  of  the  husbands  of  daughters ; 
but  the  husbands  of  such  widows  shall  not  retain 
such  liberties  after  the  deaths  of  their  wives,  unless 


94  DERB  YSHIRE. 

in  the  mean  time  they  acquire  for  themselves  burgess 
rights,  and  have  their  own  pasture,  their  own  common 
rights,  and  their  own  hand-mills  (?)  in  their  own 
burgess  part,  and  the  choice  in  their  own  right  with 
their  coburgesses,  as  in  inquisitions  and  assizes,  with- 
out any  impediment,  as  from  ancient  days  and  as  they 
are  accustomed  to  have  after  they  are  enfeoffed. 
And  also  (they  shall  have)  ovens  for  baking  their  own 
proper  bread  except  malted  bread,  which  of  all  kinds 
ought  to  be  baked  at  my  oven  and  the  oven  of  my 
heirs.  And  no  one  shall  be  (tinctor)  painter  or 
tanner,  or  skin  tanner  or  cutter,  who  is  not  a  burgess 
or  who  is  not  willing  to  make  satisfaction  to  me  and 
my  heirs  and  the  burgesses.  And  no  one,  except  he 
be  a  burgess,  shall  cut  up  meat  or  loaves  within  the 
town  of  Chesterfield,  and  bakers  selling  corn  within 
the  town  or  having  corn  for  baking  bread  for  selling 
to  any  one  are  not  expected  to  grind  their  corn  at  my 
mill  and  at  the  mill  of  my  heirs,  except  for  one  day 
and  one  night,  unless  by  the  free  will  of  the  miller; 
and,  if  it  happens  that  the  miller  cannot  work,  they 
shall  carry  their  corn  to  what  mill  they  please  and 
bake  bread  for  selling  where  they  will,  and,  when  sold, 
how  much  and .  where  they  please,  except  malted 
bread,  as  aforesaid.  And  I,  John  Wake,  and  my  heirs 
or  my  bailiffs,  will  not  put  any  burgess  to  the  oath 
unless  by  their  free  will,  but  by  the  precept  of  the 
king,  except  twice  a  year.  No  one  shall  have  lot  or 
scot   with  the  burgesses    in   buying  merchandise    for 


DERBYSHIRE.  95 

himself  or  for  any  other  within  the  town  of  Chester- 
field unless  they  are  burgesses.  But  these  burgesses 
or  their  servants  shall  have  lot  and  scot  in  their  own 
places  with  all  others,  as  they  are  allowed  by  custom 
and  antiquity.  And  the  burgesses  shall  set  down  and 
affix  their  stalls  where  they  will  in  the  market,  with- 
out the  license  of  myself,  my  heirs,  or  my  bailiffs,  as 
they  are  accustomed  to  do  from  ancient  days  without 
any  gift.  And  I,  John,  and  my  heirs  shall  have  all 
their  stalls  which  they  hold  of  me  and  of  my  heirs 
during  the  fair  if  I  desire ;  and  all  who  hold  in  capite 
of  myself  or  my  heirs  from  ancient  days  and  now  hold, 
and  besides  shall  hold  in  future,  shall  have  the  afore- 
said liberties.  And,  if  they  shall  sell  a  burgage  part 
or  rent  which  is  paid  each  year  for  a  burgage  part  to 
me  and  my  heirs,  or  is  accustomed  to  be  paid  or 
should  be  paid,  the  purchasers,  if  they  desire,  shall 
pay  to  me  and  to  my  heirs  three  pennies  per  year  for 
having  their  liberties.  And,  if  any  are  taken  upon 
suspicion  of  robbery  or  for  robbery  by  my  bailiffs 
or  those  of  my  heirs  without  the  assent  of  the  bur- 
gesses, then  they  are  in  custody  and  at  the  peril  of  the 
bailiffs,  and  not  of  myself  or  my  heirs  saving  the 
custody,  until  in  due  course  they  are  tried  or  sent 
to  the  gaol  of  the  lord  the  king;  and,  if  they  are 
taken  with  the  consent  of  the  bailiff  and  the  bur- 
gesses, then  are  they  in  the  custody  of  the  burgesses, 
and  at  their  peril  they  shall  keep  them  in  my  prison 
and   that  of  my  heirs  until  they  are  tried,  as  before 


96  DERB  YSHIRE. 

said,  and  taken  to  the  gaol  of  the  lord  king  out  of 
the  custody  of  the  burgesses,  and  the  burgesses  shall 
give  nothing  for  allowance  for  my  prison  or  my  stocks 
(chains).  And  the  burgesses  shall  have  and  hold  all 
other  liberties  and  free  customs  in  all  things  and 
places  which  the  burgesses  of  Nottingham  have ;  and, 
if  any  bailiffs  are  placed  in  the  said  town  who  act 
contrary  to  these  liberties  and  customs  as  before 
written,  they  shall  be  corrected,  and  the  said  bur- 
gesses and  their  heirs  or  assigns  shall  have  and  hold 
of  me  and  my  heirs  or  my  assigns  all  the  said 
liberties  and  free  customs  aforesaid,  freely,  quietly, 
fully,  in  peace,  in  right,  in  fee  and  inheritance  for 
ever,  without  any  impediment  or  reservation.  In 
testimony  whereof  I,  John  Wake,  for  myself  and  my 
heirs  to  this  present  writing  indented  after  the 
manner  of  chierographs  and  in  power  of  the  said 
burgesses  and  their  heirs  to  remain,  have  appended 
my  seal  before  these  witnesses:  Lord  John  Bigot, 
brother  of  the  Earl  Marshall,  Lord  Ralph  Fitz 
William,  Baldwin  Picot,  Thomas  de  Chaworth, 
Walter  de  Gousel,  Roger  le  Bret,  Kts.,  Willo  le 
Bret,  John  de  Eyncourt,  Roger  le  Breton,  William 
de  Somerville,  Williain  Fraunccs,  and  many  others. 
Given  at  Kirkeby  Moorhead,  the  third  kalend.  of 
June,  in  the  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward,  the 
son  of  King  Henry,  the  twenty-second." 


DEVONSHIRE 


GENERAL. 


14  Henry  II.  (1167-68). —  Roberhis  Fra7iceis,s\\tnfi 
of  this  county,  was  amerced  20^.  for  hanging  a  robber 
unjustly.     He  pays    los.  into  the  treasury,  and  owes 

lOi-. 

In  15  Henry  II.  (1168-69)  he  pays  the  remaining 
los.  into  the  treasury,  and  is  quit. 

3  John  ( 1 201-2). —  Gilbertus  Franceis  paid  4  marks 
by  the  sheriff  for  license  to  agree. 

A.D.  1267. —  Galfridus  Fraiinccys  and  Wimarca,  his 
wife,  give  half  a  mark  for  an  assize  held  before  Hen- 
ricus  de  Bratton' ;  and  the  sheriff  of  Devon  is  com- 
manded, etc. 

EXETER   CITY. 

A.D.  1285. —  Commission  to  Oliver  de  Dynham  and 
Henry  de  Baley  to  associate  themselves  in  a  com- 
mission of  oyer  and  terminer  with  the  mayor  and 
bailiffs  of  Lym,  touching  the  case  of  Walter  le  Fraitn- 
ceys  of  Exeter,  who,  having  bought  eighty  tuns  of 
wine  of   one   Geoffrey  le   Mareschal  beyond  seas   at 


98  DE  VONSHIRE. 

Ganes,  the  said  Geoffrey  with  the  said  Walter  s 
assent,  delivered  the  same  to  Hereward  de  Lemyn- 
istre,  his  servant,  to  take  to  the  port  of  Topesham, 
at  the  risk  of  the  said  Geoffrey  to  dehver  these  to  the 
said  Walter ;  but  the  said  Hereward,  passing  by  that 
port,  took  the  said  wine  to  Lym,  and  sold  it  there  as 
his  own.  Whereupon  the  said  Walter  sued  by  the 
king's  writ  to  do  swift  justice  in  the  matter,  directed 
to  Thomas  de  Pyn,  Hugh  le  Pruz,  and  Master  Hamo 
Parlebyen ;  but,  nothing  having  been  as  yet  done  in 
the  matter,  the  present  commission  is  issued.  Over- 
ton, September  25. 


BLACK   TORRINGTON    HUNDRED. 

OAKHAMPTON. 

Hugh  Courteney,  of  Oakhampton,  father  of  the 
first  Earl  of  Devon  of  that  surname,  on  the  loth  of 
August,  13  Edward  I.  (1285),  made  an  agreement  in 
favor  of  Oliver  de  Dynham,  of  Hertland,  in  this 
county,  for  the  wardship  of  the  heirs  of  Richard  de 
Hidon.  Among  the  witnesses  to  this  document  is 
the  name  of  Thomas  Ic  Franceys. 

This  Thomas  le  Franceys  may  have  been  the  same 
person  who  is  mentioned  as  a  juror  in  3  Edward  I. 
(1274-75),  o^  Torrington,  in  Fremington  hundred,  not 
far  from  Oakhampton  and  Hartland. 


DE  VONSHIRE.  99 

In  3  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  there  is  an  appointment 
of  two  justices  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor 
arraigned  by  a  Thomas  Fraunceys,  against  the  prior 
of  Launceston  (Cornwall),  touching  a  messuage  and 
land  in  Tottesden,  in  this  county. 


BUDLEIGH,  EAST,  HUNDRED. 

WOODBURY. 

A.D.  1280. —  Know  present  and  future  that  I,  Wil- 
lelmus  de  Aumarle,  Lord  of  Wodebyria,  have  given 
and  granted,  and  by  this  my  present  charter  have 
confirmed  to  Lord  Elyas  de  Cyrencestria  and  his 
associates,  the  vicars  of  the  church  of  St.  Peter  in 
Exeter,  and  their  successors,  Johannes  le  Breghe,  my 
serf  (nativus),  with  all  his  family  (sequela)  and  cattle, 
so  that  the  said  Johannes,  with  his  family  and  cattle, 
shall  remain  their  man,  quiet  and  free  from  all  de- 
mand by  me  and  my  heirs  forever.  But  for  this  dona- 
tion, grant,  and  confirmation,  the  aforesaid  Elyas  and 
his  associates  have  given  into  my  hands  2  marks  as 
recognition.  In  testimony  whereof  I  have  appended 
my  seal  to  this  present  writing.  Hiis  testibus,  Wal- 
tero  Frauiiceys  et  aliis.  Dated  at  Wodebiria,  Sunday, 
on  the  morrow  of  Saint  Bartholomew,  8  Edward  I. 
(25th  of  August,  1280). 


I  oo  DE  VONSHIRE. 

BUDLEIGH,  WEST,  HUNDRED. 

STOKELEIGH. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Ranulf  k  Fraiinceis  against  Riclia7^d  le  Fra^inceis  and 
others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Stockleigh. 

At  an  earher  date  Ricardus  Frariceis  held  two- 
thirds  of  a  fee  in  Stokelegh,  in  Hele,  and  in  Kolle- 
legh  of  Ricardus,  Earl  of  Cornwall. 


COLERIDGE   HUNDRED. 

STOKE   FLEMING. 

13th  century. —  Grant  by  William  de  Grovesende 
to  Richard  Coleman  of  a  tenement  in  Dertemuth, 
which  he  had  of  John  Franceis,  of  Stokes,  located  be- 
tween the  tenement  of  Athenylda,  late  the  wife  of 
William,  son  of  Gormylde,  and  that  of  Huthelina 
Huppahille. 


DE  VONSHIRE.  i  o  i 

FREMINGTON    HUNDRED. 

GREAT   TORRINGTON. 

A.D.  1283,  26th  of  December. —  Know  present  and 
future  that  I,  Walterus  le  Frenisha,  have  given, 
granted,  and  by  this  my  present  charter  have  con- 
firmed to  Henriais,  my  son,  and  Margeria  de  Vtm- 
stapel,  all  the  tenements  in  "  Villa  de  Chepingtori- 
tone,"  which  lie  in  Caluastrete  (Calf  Street):  one  of 
which  lies  in  the  northern  part  of  said  vill,  between 
the  tenement  of  Willelmus  de  Dodecote  and  that 
formerly  belonging  to  Arnulfus  Cotel ;  the  other,  in 
the  southern  part  of  said  vill,  between  the  tenement 
of  Walterus  Bynorthwode  and  that  of  Henricus  de 
Cornwalle.  And  I  have  also  g-iven  and  o:ranted  to 
the  aforesaid  Henrictis  and  Margeria  four  pieces  of 
land  lying  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  vill  of  Cheping- 
toritone,  namely :  one  lying  in  Wyteleye,  between  the 
land  of  Walterus  Gater  and  that  of  Henricus  de  prus- 
tecote ;  and  the  other  at  Panca  Crosse,  between  the 
land  of  Robertus  aurifaber  and  that  of  Henricus 
de  prustecote ;  and  the  third  piece  lies  on  the 
northern  side  of  the  way  toward  Caluisforde,  between 
the  land  of  Henricus  de  prustecote  and  that  of  Ro- 
bertus Mabeli ;  and  a  fourth  piece  of  land  which  is 
called  le  Hyllelond.  To  hold  and  have  all  the  afore- 
said tenements,  with  the  four  pieces  of  land,  to  the 
said    Henricus  and  Margeria  and   the   heirs  of  their 


I  o  2  DE  VON  SHIRE. 

bodies,  of  the  chief  lords,  freely,  quietly,  peaceably, 
wholly,  and  in  lawful  inheritance,  forever ;  the  afore- 
said Heiiricus  and  Margeria  giving  annually  to  the 
said  chief  lords  for  the  tenements  and  lands  all  ser- 
vices due  and  accustomed.  And,  if  the  aforesaid 
Heiiricus  and  Margeria  should  die  without  issue  of 
their  bodies,  all  the  said  tenement  shall  revert  to  me 
and  my  heirs.  And  I,  the  aforesaid  Walterus,  and 
my  heirs  and  assigns,  will  warrant  all  the  aforesaid 
tenements  and  lands  to  the  said  Heurims  and  Mar- 
geria against  all  mortals.  In  testimony  whereof  I 
have  appended  my  seal  to  this  charter.  Hiis  testibus, 
Henrico  Jordan,  tunc  preposito  Burgi  de  Cheping- 
toritone,  Henrico  de  prustecote,  Willelmo  de  Dene, 
Roberto  le  leche,  Willelmo  Godman  de  la  More  et 
aliis.  Dated  at  Chepingtoritone,  on  the  feast  of  Saint 
Stephen,  in  the  twelfth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  I. 


HAYTOR    HUNDRED. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Among  the  twelve  jurors 
of  this  hundred  was  Robertus  le  Fraiiceis. 


DE  VONSHIRE.  1 03 

LIFTON    HUNDRED. 

BRADSTONE. 

2  Edward  I.  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  Martin 
de  Littlebury  to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin 
arraigned  by  William  le  Fraunceys  against  Robert  de 
Cruwys  ("  Crues,")  touching  common  of  pasture  in 
Bradeston. 

SHEBBEAR    HUNDRED. 

BIDEFORD. 

In  3  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  Johannes  Fraunceys  was 
among  the  jurors  of  the  borough  of  Bidevorde. 

Temp.  Edward  I. —  Richard  de  Greynvile,  knight, 
Lord  of  Bydiford,  with  the  consent  of  Bartholomew, 
his  brother,  grants  to  Thomas  de  Hakewille,  and 
Thomas,  son  of  the  said  Thomas,  and  to  Alice  de 
Greynvile,  mother  of  the  said  Thomas  (the  elder), 
one  messuage  and  one  ferling  of  land  in  Wester- 
aboundone,  in  the  manor  of  Bydiford,  which  Moyses 
Gille  and  Joan,  his  wife,  once  held.  To  hold  to  them 
and  their  heirs  in  free  burgage,  pertaining  to  the 
borough  of  Bydiford,  "  as  fully  and  as  well  as  the 
common  charter  of  the  borough  aforesaid  purporteth," 
they  rendering  one  silver  penny  yearly  for  all  ser- 
vices.    Sealed  with  his  seal  and  that  of  Bartholomew, 


1 04  DE  VONSHIRE. 

his    brother.     Witnesses,  Reginald  le   Frenche,    then 
reeve  of  the  borough  aforesaid,  and  others. 


TEIGNBRIDGE  HUNDRED. 

ASHBURTON. 

In    3    Edward    I.  (1274-75)    among    the   jurors    of 
this  place  appears  the  name  of  Michael  Franceys. 


WONFORD    HUNDRED. 

SOWTON. 

5  Edward  I.  (1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two 
justices  to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Robcj't  le  Fraunceis  against  Joan,  late  wife  of 
David  de  Sotheton,  and  others,  touching  common 
of  pasture  in  Sotheton. 


DORSETSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

Hugo  of  Warham  was  vicecomes  of  this  county 
during  the  reign  of  King  WilHam  I.,  but  was  better 
known  as  Hugo  filius  Grip.  He  died  without  issue 
before  the  year  1084,  his  widow  retaining  his  barony 
in  her  own  right.  She  was  recorded  in  the  Domes- 
day survey  as  Uxor  Hugonis  fiHi  Grip,  holding  large 
possessions  in  different  parts  of  this  county.  We 
presume  that  she  married  as  her  second  husband 
Alured  de  Lincoln,  or,  as  the  French  monks  called 
the  name,  de  Nichole.  Her  estates  appear  to  have 
passed  with  this  Alured  de  Lincoln  L  to  his  family. 

In  the  north-eastern  part  of  this  county  we  find  in 
the  Domesday  Book  many  of  her  possessions  within 
a  short  distance  of  Upwimborne,  among  which  were 
included  land  in  Amedesham,  Fernham,  Hame, 
Middlesham,  Odite,  Tarente,  and  Wimborne. 

The  location  of  these  possessions  is  suggestive 
that  Alured  le  Fraiiceys  may  have  held  in  this  locality 
(afterwards  so  identified  with  his  surname)  under 
Alured  de  Lincoln  H. 

The   name   of  Franceys  seems  to  have    been    per- 


I  o6  DORSE  TSHIRE. 

petuated  in  a  hamlet  of  the  Mobert's  fee  of  Wim- 
born,  which  took  the  name  of  Frenches. 

Alurcdus  Franccys,  appearing  in  the  ensuing  rec- 
ords, was  probably  the  husband  of  Aelizia,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Walterus  Mobert,  who  gave  her  in  free  mar- 
riage, near  by  Wimburne,  one  hide  of  land  at  Upwim- 
burne,  which  Kino^  William  Q-ave  him  to  increase  his 
possessions  by  fief  d'haubert,  or  servitium  militare. 

This  Aclizia  le  Franceys  had  a  son,  Ricardus  le 
Franceys,  who  succeeded  to  this  estate  at  Upwin- 
burne,  which  was  located  in  what  is  now  the  hundred 
of  Wimborn  St.  Giles. 

Grant  of  the  church  of  Warmwell :  I,  Galfridus  de 
Warmewell,  with  the  consent  of  Alured  de  Nichole, 
my  lord,  and  Galfridus,  my  son  and  heir,  have  given 
and  granted  the  church  of  St.  Warmewell  (in  Win- 
frith  hundred)  to  God,  the  Blessed  Mary,  Saints 
Peter  and  Paul,  and  the  monks  (of  Holme)  in  frankal- 
moign, to  hold  and  possess  forever,  which  said  church 
is  still  impersonated  by  Robert,  the  Deacon.  I  also 
grant  that  the  brethren  of  Holme  may  have  of  my 
fee  three  solidates  of  land  free  and  quit  until  the  said 
church  comes  into  their  possessions.  Witnesses,  Ro- 
berto Germeni,  Andrea  de  Nich',  Bardulfo  Picot,  Wil- 
lelmo  de  Stafford,  Neel  de  Stafford,  Ahiredo  ffranceis, 
Wlwardo  Wider,  Rogero  Scriptore,  A.  de  Nich\  et 
multis  aliis. 

In  the  record  of  the  survey  ordered  by  King  Henry 
H.,  preparatory  to  levying  an  aid  for  the  marrying  of 


D  ORSE  TSHIRE.  1 07 

his  eldest  daughter,  Maud,  to  Henry,  Duke  of  Saxony, 
which  report  was  returnable,  according  to  Eyton,  on 
the  17th  of  March,  1 166,  we  find  that  Aluredus  de 
Lincolnia,  a  tenant  in  capite,  holds  twenty-five 
knights'  fees  in  this  county  de  veteri  feoffamento. 
Among  those  holding  of  him  were  Galfridus  de 
Warmewell,  who  had  one  knight's  fee,  and  Ahiredus 
Franceys,  who  holds  one-fifth  of  a  knight's  fee. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  a  charter  of  land 
in  Gussage,  which  was  located  about  two  miles  from 
Upwinburne.  The  original  was  probably  executed 
between  the  years   1165  and   1189:  — 

Willelmus  de  Hucon,  with  the  consent  of  his  heirs, 
granted  and  confirmed  to  Osbertus  Anglicus  and  his 
heirs  or  assigns,  the  whole  tenement,  with  all  its 
appurtenances,  which  Baldewinus  Bubulcarius  for- 
merly held  of  him  in  the  vill  of  Gessiz,  together  with 
some  free  pasture  and  pannage,  for  a  yearly  rent  of 
one  pound  of  cumin.  Hiis  testibus,  Huberto  de 
Bosleio,  Willelmo  de  Bosleio,  Radulpho  de  Moritonio, 
Radulpho  de  Jocio,  Ricardo  Anglico,  Waltero  Boterel, 
Ricardo  Francisco,  et  multis  aliis. 

The  following  charter  of  Alicia  Anglicus  is  shown 
to  be  of  a  later  date  than  that  preceding  it :  — 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  and  those  to  come 
that  I,  Alicia,  formerly  wife  of  Osbertus  Anglicus,  in 
my  legal  widowhood  have  quitclaimed  for  me  and  my 
heirs  to  Robertus  de  Wyk',  and  his  heirs,  all  the  right 
and  claim  which    I   had  in  half  a  virgate  of  land  in 


io8  DORSETSHIRE. 

Gussich  Regis,  which  Osbertus  AngHcus,  formerly 
my  husband,  gave  and  granted  to  the  said  Robert, 
so  that  neither  I,  Alicia,  nor  any  one  of  my  heirs  can 
have  any  claim  in  the  aforesaid  land.  But  for  this 
quitclaim  the  aforesaid  Robertus  has  given  me  before- 
hand \2s.  sterling.  In  testimony  whereof  I  have 
appended  my  seal  to  this  present  writing.  Hiis  testi- 
bus,  Domino  R.  de  Bosco,  Milite;  VV.  Francisco,  W. 
de  Brochamtone,  Clemente  Hem,  W.  de  Wyk',  Hen- 
rico de  Karentehame,  W.  de  Karentehame,  et  multis 
aliis. 

The  archives  of  the  first  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Richard  I.  (1189-90)  show  the  ensuing  record  of  this 
family  of  Frariccys,  namely :  Ricardus  le  Frajiceis  and 
Aelizia,  his  mother,  owe  half  a  mark  for  disseisin ; 
Rohesia  and  Azo,  his  daughters,  owe  half  a  mark  for 
the  same. 

Apparently  about  the  last-named  date  or  soon  after 
there  is  another  record  conveying  possessions  in 
Gussage,  of  which  we  have  the   following  charter :  — 

May  it  be  known  to  present  and  future  that  I, 
Nicholas  de  la  Pentiz,  for  the  welfare  of  my  soul  and 
those  of  my  ancestors  and  successors,  have  given  and 
granted,  in  free  and  perpetual  alms,  to  the  Hospital 
of  Hamtone,  which  is  called  "  Domus  Dei,"  for  the 
sustenance  of  the  poor  dwelling  there,  the  whole  vir- 
gate  of  land  in  Gersiz,  which  Turstanus  held,  with 
this  Turstanus  (a  bondman)  and  all  his  family  (et  tota 
sequela  sua).     To  hold  of  me  and  my  heirs  freely  and 


D  ORSE  TSHIRE.  1 09 

quietly,  well  and  in  peace,  with  all  its  appurtenances ; 
rendering  for  the  same  yearly,  at  the  feast  of  Saint 
Michael,  to  me  and  my  heirs  one  pound  of  cumin  for 
all  service,  saving  the  service  to  the  lord  the  king. 
Hiis  testibus,  Magistro  Rogero  de  Hamtone,  Nicholao 
Besant,  Galfrido  Clerico  de  Gersiz,  Ricardo  Franceis^ 
Radulfo  de  Dumitune,  Willelmo  Wipez,  Terrico  de 
Molendino,  Nicholao  de  Winburne,  Waltero  Fortine, 
Roberto  Isembarde,  Simone  de  Sancto  Laurentio, 
Willelmo  fratre  ejus,  Arone  filio  Benedicti,  Roberto 
Hardewine,  Ricardo  Leicestria,  Bartholomeo  de  In- 
sula, Roberto  Monacho,  Goce,  et  multis  aliis. 

Circa  1200. —  The  sheriff  stated  that  he  had  seized 
into  the  king's  hands  two  virgates  of  land  with  its 
appurtenances  in  Picham  and  Waleburne,  on  Tuesday 
next  after  Lent,  as  the  result  of  the  view  of  Ricardus 
Franceis  and  others. 

A.D.  1200-25. —  Sibel,  who  was  wife  of  Reginaldus 
of  Brockhampton  (now  in  Wimborne  St.  Giles  hun- 
dred), appeals  against  Willelmus  Wither,  Robertus, 
Walterus,  and  Petrus,  his  sons,  Richolda,  his  wife,  and 
Matilda,  his  daughter,  because  they,  in  the  king's 
peace  and  wickedly,  killed  Reginaldus,  her  husband ; 
and  this  she  offers  to  prove  against  them,  as  the  court 
shall  consider,  as  of  her  sight  and  hearing.  Willel- 
mus, the  father,  the  appellee,  is  dead.  So  are  Robert, 
the  son,  and  Richolda,  the  mother.  Walterus  and 
Petrus  and  Matilda,  their  sister,  come  and  defend  all 
of  it  word  by  word,  as  the  court  shall  consider.     And 


no  DORSE  TSHIRE. 

Ricardtis  Frauciis,  serjeant  of  the  hundred,  along 
with  the  hundred,  testifies  that,  in  a  hundred  court 
convoked  for  this  purpose  before  him  and  the  hun- 
dred, Petrus  confessed  that  they  gave  the  wound  of 
which  Reginald  died,  and  that  Petrus  said  that  he 
would  gladly  be  hanged  three  times  over  if  thereby 
Reginaldus  might  die  of  that  wound.  Judgment: 
let  Petrus  be  hanged  because  of  his  confession,  and 
let  Walterus  and  Matilda  purge  themselves  by  ordeal 
of  iron.     They  have  w^aged. 

About  two  miles  to  the  eastward  of  Upwimborn 
is  Cranborne,  with  which  place  Hutchins  identifies 
a  Williain  le  Frmtnccys,  the  same  name  appearing 
in  the  year  1245  ^•'^  '^  juror  for  this  county  at  an 
inquisition  at  New  Sarum  concerning  the  free  chase 
of  Richard  de  Clare,  Earl  of  Gloucester. 

In  the  reign  of  Edward  I.  a  William  le  Franceys 
was  steward  of  the  honor   of    Cranborne,  belons^ingr 

o       o 

to  the  Earl  of  Gloucester. 

Upwimborne,  to  which  allusion  has  already  been 
made,  is  in  the  parish  of  Wimborn  St.  Giles, 
in  the  hundred  of  the  same  name.  Identified  with 
this  parish  is  the  manor  of  Wymborn  Malemeyns, 
of  which  we  have  the  following  notice:  — 

At  an  inquisition  post  mortem  taken  at  Schefton, 
Oct.  3,  1 301,  the  jurors,  among  which  was  Robert 
Franceys,  made  return  that  Robert  de  Plecitis  held  no 
lands  or  tenements  of  the  king  in  capite,  etc.,  in  the 
county  of  Dorset,  but  he  had  the  manor  of  Upwym- 


DORSETSHIRE. 


born  Malemeyns  of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester  for  the 
service  of  one  knight's  fee,  by  the  curtesy  of  England, 
of  the  inheritance  of  Ela,  his  wife. 


BADBURY  HUNDRED. 

THORNHILL. 

A.D.  1226. —  Adam  de  Alta  Ripa  appointed  Radul- 
phus  Fraiiccis  his  attorney  in  a  plea  against  Walterus 
de  Langeford  and  others,  concerning  land  in  Thorn- 
hull. 

At  a  plea  before  the  lord  the  king  on  the  morrow 
of  Saint  Martin  in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Henry  III.  (1253),  it  is  found  that  the 
serjeanty  of  Rogerus  de  Langford  in  Thornhull  and 
Estmordon  (in  this  county),  and  Chelton  (in  Somer- 
set), belonging  to  his  manor  of  Tyderlegh  in  County 
Southampton,  for  finding  one  mounted  soldier  to 
serve  in  the  king's  army  in  England  and  Wales  for 
forty  days  on  his  own  expense,  is  alienated  in  part. 

Willelmtis  Ic  Fraiinccys,  of  Thornhull,  held  one 
marcata  of  land  alienated  from  the  aforesaid  serjeanty 
in  Thornhul  for  4^.  ^d.  per  annum,  and  at  the  arrenta- 
tion  of  Robert  Passelewe  he  made  an  agrreement  for 
the  same  amount. 


112  DORSE  TSHIRE. 

CERNE,   TOTCUMB,  AND    MODBURY  HUNDRED. 

CERNE. 

A.D.  1206. —  John,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king,  etc. 
Know  ye  that  we  have  granted  and  by  this  our 
present  charter  have  confirmed  to  Henricus  de 
Stokes  all  the  after-mentioned  donations,  etc.,  among 
which  was  the  donation  of  Abbot  Rogerus  and  the 
convent  of  Cerne  of  half  a  hide  of  land,  with  mes- 
suage, which  Algarus  Franccis  held  in  Cerne,  etc. 
Given  by  the  hand  of  Hugo  de  Welles,  at  Gillingham, 
on  the  thirteenth  day  of  January,  in  the  seventh  year 
of  our  reign. 

COGDEAN    HUNDRED. 

LICHET   MATRAVERS. 

Henry,  styled  of  Herdhele,  the  great-grandson  of 
Paganus  Trencardus,  succeeded  his  father  Robert 
in  the  reign  of  King  John.  He  was  a  witness  to  a 
grant  of  William  de  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devon,  to  the 
Abbey  of  Quarre,  of  land  in  his  manor  of  Welved,  to 
which  grant  Mabel,  Countess  of  Devon,  was  also  a 
witness,  which  Mabel  died  in  the  eighth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  John  (1206-7).  He  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  Henry,  a  knight,  who  confirmed  to  Walter  de 
Franceis  land  in  Lingwood,  which  Henry,  his  father, 
formerly  granted. 


D  ORSE  TSHIRE.  1 1 3 

HASLER    HUNDRED. 

TYNEHAM. 

A.D.  1340-41. —  Willielmus  le  Frensch  and  ten 
others,  parishioners  of  this  parish,  were  jurors  at  the 
valuation  of  the  ninth ;  and  they  said  that  the  church 
was  taxed  at  io(iS.  8d.,  and  that  the  ninth  part  of 
sheaves,  wool,  and  lambs,  was  worth  yis.  ^d.  per 
annum. 

LODERS   AND    BAUNTON    LIBERTY. 

UPPER   LODERS. 

Up-Loders  was  anciently  a  manor,  now  a  tithing 
and  hamlet  locally  about  a  mile  from  Lower  Loders. 

In  15  Edward  IL  (1321)  John  Frenshe  grants  to 
Robert  Frejishe  and  Isabella^  his  wife,  one  messuage 
in  Loders  Luttetun,  with  a  curtilage  and  two  acres 
of  arable  in  the  field  there ;  also  pasture  for  two 
cows  with  their  calves,  and  for  two  pigs,  quit  of  herb- 
age and  pannage,  in  the  common  pasture  of  Lutte- 
tun. Dated  at  Porstock,  on  Sunday  next  after  the 
feast  of  Saint  Dionysius. 

In  20  Edward  II.  (1326-27)  Giles  Tonere  grants 
to  the  same  Robert  Frenshe  and  wife  a  piece  of  land 
in  the  vill  of  Loder  Lutton,  between  his  garden  on 
the  west  and  the  messuage  of  said  Robert  and  wife ; 


114  DORSE  TSHIRE. 

also  two  acres  of  arable  land  situated  in  different 
parts  of  the  field  there,  and  pasture  for  two  plough 
horses,  two  cows  "cum  exitu  unius  anni,"  two  pigs, 
and  forty  sheep  in  all  the  pasture  of  the  said  vill,  with 
the  like  animals  of  the  freemen  and  villeyns  of  the 
same  vill. 


PIMPERN    HUNDRED. 

ASHE. 

2  Edward  I.  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  Martin 
de  Littlebury  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor 
arraigned  by  Walter  le  Frminceys  against  Joan 
Burdon,  touching  a  messuage  and  land  in  Asshe. 

2  Edward  I.  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  two 
justices  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Walter  le  Fraitnceis  against  Henry  Bozun,  touch- 
ing a  messuage  and  land  in  Essebusoun. 


STEEPLETON. 

6  Edward  I.  (1277-78). —  Appointment  of  two 
justices  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  John  de  Glynchesfeld  against  William,  son  of 
Walter  le  Frensche,  touching  a  messuage  and  land  in 
Stepelton. 


D  ORSE  TSHIRE.  1 1 5 

ROWBARROW    HUNDRED. 

WOOLGARSTON. 

Woolgarston,  or  Wolston,  in  the  parish  of  Corfe 
Castle,  Hes  a  mile  and  a  half  east  of  Corfe. 

In  40  Henry  111.(1255-56)  William  le  Fraunceis 
released  and  quitclaimed  to  Walter  le  Verner  and 
Juliana,  his  wife,  Terry  Levet  and  Agnes,  his  wife, 
Robert,  son  of  Thomas  de  Badlington,  and  Alice,  his 
wife,  Christiana,  Eufemia,  Matilda,  and  Margaret, 
daughters  of  Tho^nas  le  Fraimceis,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
the  said  Juliaiia,  Agnes,  Alice,  Johanna,  Christiana, 
Eufemia,  Matilda,  and  Margaret,  a  messuage  and 
seventy-nine  acres  of  land  in  Wolgareston,  one-third 
of  which  was  then  held  (probably  in  dower)  by  Jo- 
hajina,  late  wife  of  Tho?7ias  le  Fraunceis. 


SHERBORNE    HUNDRED. 

LILLINGTON. 

A.D.  1340-41. —  Willie  Imus  Freynche  and  three 
others,  jurors,  and  parishioners  of  Parochia  de 
Nich'  Lyllyngton,  testify  that  the  church  is  not 
taxed ;  but  they  say  that  the  ninth  part  of  sheaves, 
wool,  and  lambs,  is  worth  95-.  per  annum. 


1 1 6  DORSE TSHIRE. 

UGGESCOMB   HUNDRED. 

LANGTON   HERRING. 

In  26  Edward  I.  (1297-98)  William  Fraunceys, 
of  Langton,  granted  to  Roger  Fraiinceys  a  moiety  of 
a  messuage  and  carucate  of  land  in  Langton  juxta 
Weymouth,  to  hold  to  the  said  Roger  and  the  heirs 
of  his  body,  remainder  to  Nicholas,  Waller^  and  John, 
brothers  of  the  said  Roger,  successively  in  tail,  re- 
mainder to  the  right  heirs  of  William.  And  at  the 
same  time  he  granted  the  other  moiety  of  the  same 
premises  to  the  said  Nicholas,  Roger,  Walter,  and 
John,  successively  in  tail,  with  remainder  to  his  own 
right  heirs.  Additional  information  about  the  same 
persons  is  found  in  Wellow  hundred  in  the  county 
of  Somerset. 

SWYRE. 

In  14  Edward  III.  {\'^\o-A,i)  Johannes  le  Freynssh 
was  among  the  jurors  of  this  parish  at  the  valua- 
tion of  the  ninth. 


DURHAM. 


DARLINGTON    WARD. 

MERRINGTON. 

In  1296  Simon  Fraunceys  was  amerced  looi".  for 
contempt  against  the  prior  of  Durham,  his  lord.  His 
pledges  were  Ricardus  Faber  and  Alanus  filius  Petri. 
Four  acres  of  land  which  Simo7i  Fraunceys  held  in 
Mid-Meryngton  were  taken  into  the  lord's  hands. 

In  the  same  roll  as  the  previous  record,  under 
Kirke  Merington,  we  find  Alice,  daughter  of  Wal- 
terus,  son  of  Elwald,  receiving  from  this  Simon 
Fraunceys  four  quarters  of  wheat  in  his  custody. 

SOFTLEY. 

Henricus  Walensis  held  the  whole  vill  of  Softeley 
of  his  lord  Philippus  de  Pictavia,  who  was  Bishop  of 
Durham  from  1197  to  1208.  After  the  bishop's 
death  Henricus  granted  this  whole  vill,  for  the  safety 
of  the  bishop's  soul,  to  the  support  of  the  monks  of 
Finchale. 

The  date  of  the  following  charter  is  approximated 
by  the  previous  dates:  — 


ii8  DURHAM. 

To  all,  etc.,  Henricus  Walensis,  greeting.  May  it 
be  known  that  I  have  given  and  granted,  and  by  this 
my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  Walterus  dis- 
pensator,  for  his  homage  and  service,  one  toft  with 
croft  in  the  vill  of  Softelay,  which  Robertus  filius 
Dorandi  held  of  me  in  said  vill,  and  fifteen  acres  of 
land  with  its  appurtenances  which  lie  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Catholeake,  and  seven  acres  of  land  with  its 
appurtenances  which  Alanus  le  Bon  held  in  same 
vill,  and  four  acres  of  land  which  Robertus  Franceys 
held  in  same  vill.  To  have  and  hold  to  him  and  his 
heirs  of  me  and  my  heirs,  freely  and  quietly,  in  bosc 
and  plain,  in  land  cultivated  and  uncultivated,  in 
meadow  and  pasture,  in  moor  and  marshland,  etc., 
and  in  all  other  easements  and  liberties  belonging  to 
this  land  in  said  vill,  without  any  withholding;  re- 
serving therefore  yearly  7^-.  6d.  to  me  and  my  heirs, 
payable  in  two  terms, —  namely,  the  half  at  Pentecost 
and  the  other  half  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Martin  in  the 
winter, —  and  making  forinsec  service  as  much  as  be- 
longs to  so  much  land  in  the  said  vill,  for  all  service, 
custom,  and  demand.  And  the  aforesaid  Walterus 
shall  make  suit  to  my  mill  of  Softelay.  And  I,  Henri- 
cus, and  my  heirs  will  warrant  and  defend  the  afore- 
said toft  with  croft,  and  the  said  fifteen  acres  of  land 
with  its  appurtenances,  to  the  aforesaid  Walterus  and 
his  heirs  against  all  men  in  perpetuity.  And  that  this 
my  donation,  gift,  and  confirmation  may  be  firm  and 
stable  I  have  appended  my  seal.     Hiis  testibus. 


DURHAM.  119 

STOCKTON    WARD.    , 

HARTLEPOOL. 

A.D.  1391-92. —  Thomas  Gray,  Ralph  de  Eyre,  and 
others  were  appointed  justices  of  oyer  and  terminer 
on  complaint  of  Ralph  de  Lomley,  knight,  against 
Thomas  Fraiiche  and  one  hundred  and  eleven  others, 
all  of  Hartlepool,  and  two  persons  of  Hert,  and  other 
ill-doers  unknown,  for  taking  away  a  boat  belonging 
to  the  said  Ralph  at  Stranton  to  Hert,  and  there  de- 
stroying the  same,  removing  other  property  of  the 
said  Ralph,  ejecting  and  assaulting  his  tenants  at 
Stranton. 


ESSEX 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1 194,  November  16. —  Hauis  de  Munfirun 
essoined  himself  de  malo  veniendi,  by  Bartholomeus 
le  Franceis,  at  an  assisa  de  morte  antecessoris  versus 
Ricardus  de  Munfirun,  his  brother. 

A.D.  1 198,  April  12. —  Ricardus  le  Franceis  and 
Matilda,  his  wife,  appeared,  on  the  fourth  day,  versus 
Radulphus  de  Bruele,  in  a  plea  of  one  carucate  of  land 
with  its  appurtenances  in  A  .  . .  na ;  but  Radulphus 
neither  came  nor  essoined  himself.  So  it  was  decided 
that  the  land  should  be  taken  into  the  king's  hand, 
and  that  Radulphus  should  be  summoned  to  answer 
at  Westminster  on  Monday  next  after  the  feast  of 
Saint  George. 

Matilda  appointed  in  her  place  Ricardus,  her  hus- 
band, ad    lucrandum  vel  perdendum. 

In  the  records  of  the  pleas  on  the  twenty-seventh 
day  of  October  it  is  found  that  the  pledges  of  Radul- 
phus de  Binesle  for  fifteen  marks,  to  be  paid  to 
Ricardus  Franceis  and  his  wife  within  two  years,  were 
Umfridus  Hasteng,  who  pledged  for  two  marks;  Ri- 
cardus Wasteneir,  for  two  marks ;  Albinus  de  Angr', 


£SS£X.  121 

for  two  marks ;  Radulphus  Dagemer,  for  one  mark ; 
Gilbertiis,  son  of  Mauricius  de  Lamburn,  for  one 
mark ;  Huq^o  de  Inoes,  for  one  mark ;  Willelmus  de 
Bataille,  for  two  marks ;  Magister  Radulphus  de 
Wichering,  for  two  marks ;  Radulphus  filius  Salo- 
monis,  for  one  mark ;  Radulphus  de  Haldeg',  for  one 
mark ;  Fulco  de  Berkiges,  for  one  mark.  And,  on 
the  morrow  of  Saint  Martin,  he  should  have  found 
pledges  for  the  residue. 


BARSTABLE    HUNDRED. 

CORRINGHAM. 

A.D.  1329. — "  Indenture  of  defeasance  on  a  bond 
from  William  de  Teye  to  Leonel  de  Bradenham. 

"  Mi'ks  le  Frenssh,  provided  the  said  William,  allows 
Johane,  his  intended  wife,  late  wife  of  Mons.  William 
Band,  to  devise  at  her  death,  or  himself  devise  to  her, 
if  she  survive  him,  goods,  etc.,  to  the  value  of  200/., 
allows  her  during  coverture  the  profit  of  the  manor 
of  Coringham  '  pour  sa  chambre.'  He  shall  gain  the 
order  of  knighthood  before  Pentecost,  and  endow 
Katerine,  daughter  of  the  said  Johane,  on  marriage, 
with  100  marks  in  land  or  money.  Dated  at  Col- 
chester, on  Saturday  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Peter  in 
Cathedra,  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Ed- 
ward III." 


ESSEX. 


SHENFIELD. 


Extract  of  the  Fines  Patentium,  etc.,  of  the  Chan- 
cery of  the  twenty-seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  1.(1298-99):  — 

Felicia,  who  has  been  wife  of  Philipp7ts  Fraunceys, 
junior,  has  shown  in  the  King's  Court  at  York  that  she 
recovered  her  seisin  against  Thomas  de  Wokendon 
and  others,  of  a  third  part  of  a  messuage,  twenty-four 
acres  of  land,  and  \os.  rent  in  Shenefeld,  in  this 
county. 

BECONTREE    HUNDRED. 

BARKING. 

"a.d.  1330-36. —  Simon  de  Leytthone,  vicar  of  West- 
hamme,  and  Johannes  Duk,  vicar  of  Bursted  Magna, 
grant  to  King  Edward  III.,  among  many  other  lands, 
four  acres  of  arable  land  in  the  east  marsh  of  Berk- 
ynge,  which  Johannes  le  Frenyshe  and  Lucia,  his 
wife,  and  Johannes,  their  son,  hold  for  the  term  of 
their  lives  for  a  yearly  rent  of  6^-.  Among  the  wit- 
nesses to  this  deed  is  John  de  Poulteney,  mayor  of 
London,  who  was  mayor  in  the  years  1330,  1331, 
1333,  and  1336." 


ESSEX.  123 


WEST   HAM. 


A.D.  1259,  October  14. —  Indenture  of  agreement 
whereby  Robert,  son  of  John  de  GHndle  and  Mar- 
garet, his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  Solomon  de 
Hodleghe,  grant  to  Reginald,  son  of  Herbert  de 
Berghers,  the  moiety  of  all  the  land  of  which  Solo- 
mon de  Hodleghe  died  seised  in  Westhamme,  the 
cost  of  securing  such  land  to  the  said  Reginald  to  be 
entirely  defrayed  by  him  or  divided  between  the 
parties  according  to  the  method  adopted.  Wit- 
nesses, Sir  Stephen  de  Penescestre,  knight,  Ralph 
and  William  de  Heavere,  William  Franceys,  and 
others.  Dated  on  the  morrow  of  Saint  Edmund 
the  Confessor,  in  the  forty-third  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Henry  HI. 


CHELMSFORD   HUNDRED. 

BADDOW. 

In  1 198  we  find  the  name  of  Osbertus  Franceis,  of 
Badewe,  in  the  hundred  of  Chelmesford. 

LITTLE   LEIGHS. 

The  parish  church  of  this  place  was  a  rectory  sub- 
ject to  the  archdeaconry  of  Essex  and  deanery  of 
Chelmsford. 


124  ESSEX. 

Among  its  rectors  were  the  following :  — 
I  St.  Robertus  Kere,  cl.  5  Kal.  Febr.  1333. 
2d.  Johannes  Frencli. 

3d.  Robertus     Beverych,    cap.    3     Junii    1387,    per 
mortem  French, 


HARLOW    HUNDRED. 

GREAT   PARNDON. 

9  Edward  1.(1280-81). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Walter  le  Fraunceys  against  Henry  Aucher,  touching 
a  tenement  in  Perendon. 


HATFIELD    BROAD-OAK. 

Hugh  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  was  hereditary  pa- 
tron of  the  priory  of  this  place.  Among  his  tenants 
was  Reginald  Arsik,  the  grantor  of  the  following 
charter,  who  held  two  knights'  fees  in  Selverle  (in 
County  Cambridge)  of  the  barony  of  this  Hugh  de 
Vere.  In  the  scutage  of  King  Henry  III.  for  the 
voyage  into  Gascogne,  in  the  thirty-first  year  of  his 
reign  (1246-47),  Reginald  Arsik  paid  for  the  same 
into  the  treasury  4/. 

Reginald  Arsic  to  all  his  men,  present  and  future. 
Gives  to  the  monks  of  Hatfeld  Regis  all  tithes  of  his 


ESSEX.  125 

windmill  in  Silverley,  in  the  field  called  Breche,  in 
frankalmoign.  Witnesses,  Ralph  Arsic  his  brother, 
William  Fraiiceis,  Alexander  Campiun,  Geoffrey  the 
dean,  Ralph  the  clerk  Reginald  the  baker,  William 
Cementarius,  Ralph  Musca,  and  many  others. 

Circa  a.d.  i  248. —  Ysabella  de  Brus,  daughter  of 
Earl  David,  for  her  soul,  etc.,  grants  to  God  and  the 
Church  of  St.  Mary,  of  Haffelde  Regis,  and  the  monks 
there,  in  frankalmoigne,  all  the  services  of  Nicholas 
Bus  and  his  heirs  ;  to  wit,  in  homages,  reliefs  escheats, 
rents,  suits,  tallages,  and  all  customs  named  and  not 
named,  pertaining  to  her,  in  which  the  said  Nicholas 
to  the  king  or  to  her  is  bound :  to  wit,  for  half  a  vir- 
gate  of  land  with  the  appurtenances  which  Alan  Bus, 
father  of  the  said  Nicholas,  formerly  held ;  and  for 
certain  land  not  hided, —  namely,  that  which  is  called 
terra  filsegot;  and  for  an  acre  of  new  purpresture 
with  the  appurtenances ;  and  for  the  fourth  part  of  a 
virgate  of  land  with  the  appurtenances,  formerly  of 
Stephen  le  Fraunceis.  And  also  all  services  and  cus- 
toms which  she  or  her  heirs  can  claim  out  of  the  said 
lands.  Witnesses,  Dom.  John  de  Gatesdene,  Dom. 
Peter  de  Tani,  Dom.  Robert  de  Beaumis,  Dom.  Nich- 
olas de  Barentone,  knights;  Peter  Marescall,  Hugh 
clerk,  then  bailiff  of  Haffelde,  Jordan  de  Westone, 
and  others. 


126  £SS£X. 

HINCKFORD    HUNDRED. 

FELSTEAD. 

The  manor  of  Frenches  of  this  place  was  so  called 
from  a  family  of  that  surname.  It  was  situated  on 
the  great  common  near  the  windmill,  where  the  court 
was  formerly  held,  and  was  afterward  called  Frenches 
at  the  Fairy. 

15  Edward  III.  (1341-42). —  Galfridns  le  Frensh 
was  among  the  persons  taxed  in  this  vill  at  the  in- 
quisitiones  nonarum. 

Escheat  of  the  forty-third  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  III.,  1369. 

Johan7ies  Frenssk,  chaplain  (probably  the  recorded 
rector  of  Little  Leighs  who  died  in  1387),  and  others 
(held)  for  the  prior  and  convent  of  Lega  (Leighs)  one 
hundred  and  twenty-six  acres  of  land  in  Felsted, 
which  are  seized  in  the  king's  hands ;  but  divers  lands 
and  tenements  in  Leghes  and  Dunmowe  remain  to 
the  aforesaid  Johannes. 

Morant  states  that  John  Fjrnch,  chaplain,  and  Joh7i 
Fre7ich,  qX^xV,  had  license  in  1369  and  1373  to  give 
land  in  this  parish  to  the  priory  of  Lees. 


ESSEX.  127 

LEXDEN    HUNDRED. 

COLCHESTER. 

9  Edward  I.  (1280-81). —  Commissions  to  Richard 
le  Fraunceis  and  others  of  gaol  delivery  for  Col- 
chester. 

ROCHFORD   HUNDRED. 

RAYLEIGH. 

9  Edward  I.  (1280-81). —  Commission  to  Richard  le 
Frau7iceys  and  three  others  of  gaol  delivery  for  Relegh. 

This  place  is  in  the  archdeaconry  of  Essex,  of  the 
diocese  of  London,  and  had  among  its  rectors  Gilbert 
de  Frensh  and  Nicholas  de  Horton,  of  whom  we  have 
the  following  record  :  — 

Gilbert  de  Frenssh  had  presentation  on  the  26th  of 
September,  1353,  and  was  thereupon  admitted;  for 
on  the  27th  of  January,  1354,  he  had  license  to  ex- 
change it  for  the  church  of  Findon,  in  the  diocese 
of  Chichester,  county  of  Sussex,  with  Nicholas  de 
Horton. 

TRINDEHAY. 

Circa  a.d.  1199. —  The  assisa  de  nova  disseisina 
between  Robertus  le  Franceis  and   Matilda,  his  wife, 


128  £SS£X. 

plaintiffs,  and  Robertas  les  Hese  and  Radulphus 
filius  Johannis,  defendants,  touching  a  free  tenement 
in  Trineliee  (Trindehay,  a  manor  in  the  parish  of 
Rawreth),  is  postponed  until  the  octaves  of  Holy 
Trinity  for  defective  recognizance,  as  some  of  them 
came  and  others  neither  came  nor  essoined  them- 
selves ;  and  therefore  they  were  attached  to  be  pres- 
ent on  the  aforesaid  octaves  of  Holy  Trinity. 


TENDRING   HUNDRED. 

ARDLEIGH. 

A.D.  1222. —  It  is  found  by  an  inquisition  of  the 
manor  of  Ardleigh,  made  by  Theobaldus,  Archdeacon 
of  Essex,  that  Walterus  de  Mora,  together  with  the 
nephew  and  heir  of  Hamo,  hold  half  a  virgate  here, 
paying  2^.  6(/.  to  the  Church  of  St.  Paul's,  which  land 
had  been  held  by  Robcrhis  Franccis,  who  held  it  of 
Magister  Albericus  (who  was  a  witness,  in  1162,  to 
the  agreement  about  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  Magda- 
len, London,  made  between  the  canons  of  St.  Paul's 
and  Bartholomeus  filius  Galfridi),  who  held  for  life  of 
the  canons  of  St.  Paul's,  London. 

King  Edward  HL,  in  the  twenty-fourth  year  of  his 
reign,  a.d.  1350,  for  \qos.  grants  to  Robertus  de  Teye, 
Leonellus  de   Bradenham,  and    Milo  de  Frensh  that 


ESSEX.  129 

they  may  grant  the  manor  of  Ardelegh  with  its  appur- 
tenances, etc. ;  and  he  grants  to  Ricardus  de  Sutton 
and  Anna,  his  wife,  the  right  to  hold  the  same. 


BRADFIELD. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  second  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1273-74)  the  jurors  said  that 
Bradefeld  in  the  hundred  of  Tendringe  was  formerly 
held  of  the  king  in  capite,  and  it  is  now  held  by  a 
burgess  of  Herewyc,  whose  mesne  lord  is  Willelmus 
Franc  ;  but  they  do  not  know  the  value  of  the  same 
or  by  what  tenure  it  is  held. 

They  also  said  that  Willebmis  Franc  has  royal 
liberties  (libertates)  in  Bradefelde,  but  they  do  not 
know  by  what  warrant. 

In  the  year  1312  Willelmus  Franc\  the  elder, 
granted  all  his  manor  of  Bradfield  to  Johannes  de 
Brokesburne  and  Johanna,  his  wife. 


THURSTABLE    HUNDRED. 

LANGFORD, 

In  the  roll  of  assizes  taken  at  Stafford  in  the  year 
1 198  it  is  found  that  Eustacius  de  Langefar'  appeared 
on  the  fourth  day  versus  Willielmus  de  Donemow' 
concerning  a  free  tenement  in   Langefar',  but  Williel- 


1 2  o  £SSjEX, 

mus  neither  came  nor  essoined  himself.  Judgment: 
no  day  of  attendance  is  given  to  Eustacius,  and 
Winiehnus  is  in  misericordia  for  his  non-attendance. 
His  pledges  were  Willielmtis  Frajiciis  and  Nicholaus 
Cocus,  who  are  in  misericordia. 

It  is  found  that  a  VVillielmus  Francus  was  amerced 
half  a  mark  in  this  year. 


WINSTREE    HUNDRED. 

FINGRINGHOE. 

A.D.  1328. —  Commission  of  oyer  and  terminer  to 
John  de  Bousser,  Benedict  de  Cokefeld,  and  John  de 
Dyne,  on  complaint  by  William  Freiishe,  of  Fyn- 
gryngho,  that  Walter,  prior  of  Westmersey,  Robert 
Lucas,  clerk,  Robert  Grippel,  "  the  Norman,"  Adam 
Bacoun,  of  Westmersey,  and  others,  broke  his  houses 
at  Fyngryngho,  County  Essex,  and  took  away  nine 
horses,  one  mare,  four  oxen,  one  bull,  twenty  cows, 
thirty  bullocks,  eighty  sheep,  and  forty  swine,  worth 
100/.  Dated  at  Lincoln,  on  the  2 2d  of  March. 
Changed  because  sealed  at  another  time. 


GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

3  John  (120 1 -2). —  The  sheriff  renders  an  account 
of  half  a  mark  from  Hugo  Fraiiceis. 

GLOUCESTER   CITY. 

A.D.  1249. —  Richa7^d  Franceys  held  an  ofificial  posi- 
tion in  this  city. 

Circa  A.D.  1270. —  Agnes  Coperich  sold  to  Thomas 
de  Northfolc  a  rent  of  \s.  sterling,  which  Ricardus 
Franceys,  burgess  of  Gloucester,  in  his  last  will  be- 
queathed to  her;  namely,  the  land  which  lies  between 
the  land  formerly  belonging  to  Radulphus  de  Tude- 
ham  and  the  entrance  to  the  Bohale  (Town  Hall)  in 
the  "  magna  platea  "  of  Gloucester. 


BRADLEY   HUNDRED. 

BROCKHAMPTON. 

Charter  of  Robertus  Ruphus  to  Radtilfus  le  Fra7tces, 
of  Brockhampton  ;  prob.  temp.  Edward  L :  — 


132  GLO  UCESTERSHIRE. 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  as  well  as  those  to 
come  that  I,  Robertas  Ruphus,  of  Brochamton,  have 
given  and  granted,  and  by  this  my  present  charter 
have  confirmed,  to  Radulfus  le  Frances,  of  Brocham- 
ton and  his  heirs,  for  his  service,  one  messuage  with 
half  a  virgate  of  arable  land,  with  meadow  and  wood 
and  all  its  appurtenances  in  and  without  the  vill  of 
Wittewell;  namely,  that  which  Willielmus  Longus 
once  held  in  the  same  vill.  To  have  and  hold  of  me 
and  my  heirs  to  him  and  his  heirs  or  assigns,  freely, 
quietly,  well,  and  in  peace,  with  hereditary  right  and 
in  fee,  in  wood,  plain,  and  in  ways,  and  in  all  other 
connected  pastures  belonging  to  the  vill.  And  the 
said  Radulfus  is  allowed  to  sell  and  grant  the  afore- 
said messuage  and  land  with  its  appurtenances  "  tam 
in  egritudine  quam  in  sanitate,"  and  to  alienate  in 
whatever  way  he  would  like ;  he  and  his  heirs  or  as- 
signs rendering  yearly  for  the  same  to  me  and  my 
heirs  3^-.  at  four  terms  —  namely,  c)d.  at  the  feast  of 
Saint  Michael,  <^d.  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Andrew,  c)d.  at 
the  feast  of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  Marcio,  and  <^d.  at 
the  feast  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist  —  for  all  secular 
services,  exactions,  and  demands,  saving  the  service 
to  the  king  belonging  to  this  tenement.  And  I, 
Robertus,  and  my  heirs  will  forever  warrant  and  for 
the  aforesaid  rent  defend  the  said  messuage  and  half- 
virgate  of  land,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  to  the  said 
Radzilfus  and  his  heirs  or  assigns  against  all  men  and 
women.     For  this  donation,  grant,  and  warrant   the 


GL  O  UCESTERSHIRE,  1 3  3 

aforesaid  Radtilfus  has  given  me  in  my  urgent  neces- 
sity 4i  marks  sterling.  And  that  this  my  charter 
may  remain  firm  and  stable,  I  have  strengthened  it 
with  the  impression  of  my  seal.  Hiis  testibus, 
Guyone  domino  de  Cloppell',  Radulfo  Musard,  Wil- 
lielmo  Libero  de  Brochamton,  Johanne  filio  Andree, 
Roberto  de  Glouveria,  Galfrido  Stoke,  et  aliis. 

Charter  of  Deonissia,  widow  of  William  Herbert,  to 
Nicholas  le  Franceis,  of  land  in  Brockhampton  ;  prob. 
temp.  Edward  I.:  — 

Be  it  known  to  all  who  see  or  hear  this  charter  that 
I,  Deonissia,  widow  of  Willielhmus  Herebert,  of  Bro- 
hamton,  have  remised,  granted,  and  quitclaimed  to 
Nicholaus  le  Franceis,  of  Brohamton,  all  the  right  and 
claim  which  I  had  in  the  land  which  I  demanded  of 
him  as  my  dower,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  in  the 
fields  of  Brohamton ;  namely,  the  twelve  acres  of  land 
which  the  aforesaid  Nicholaus  once  bought  of  my 
Lord  Willielmus  Herbert,  with  hereditary  right  in 
perpetuity.  To  have  and  hold  of  me  and  all  my  heirs 
to  the  aforesaid  Nicholaus  and  his  heirs  or  assigns  in 
perpetuity.  But  for  this  remise,  grant,  and  quitclaim 
the  said  Nicholaus  has  given  me  2s.  in  silver.  And 
that  this  my  remise,  grant,  and  quitclaim  may  forever 
remain  firm  and  stable  for  me  and  my  heirs  or  assigns, 
I  have  appended  my  seal  to  this  present  writing. 
Hiis  testibus,  Willielmo  Hodekenas  de  Brohamton, 
Hugo    Boltusham    de    eadem,  Thoma   de    Clatar   de 


134  GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 

Winchecumbe,  Galfrido   David   de  Cloppel,   Roberto 
de  eadem,  Waltero  de  Sevenhamton,  et  aliis. 

A.D.  1325-26. —  Charter  of  Nicholaus  le  ff reuse:  — 
Be  it  known  to  those  present  as  well  as  to  those  to 
come  that  I,  Nicholaus  le  ffrense,  of  Brochamton, 
have  given  and  granted,  and  by  this  my  present 
charter  have  confirmed,  to  IVillielnms  le  ffrense,  my 
brother,  one  messuage  and  one  acre  of  land  with  their 
appurtenances  in  Cloppeleye  near  Sevenhamton, 
which  messuage  lies  between  the  messuages  of  Ro- 
bertus  le  Hattere ;  and  the  said  acre  is  so  divided  that 
half  the  acre  lies  at  Woldene,  between  the  land  of 
Robertus  Brid  and  that  of  Henricus  Reyner,  and  the 
other  half-acre  lies  in  Helewelslade,  with  the  land  of 
the  said  Robertus  Brid  on  one  side  and  that  of  the 
Bishop  of  Hereford  on  the  other.  The  said  tenement 
and  acre  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  to  be  held 
to  the  said  Willielmus  and  his  heirs  and  assigns,  freely 
and  quietly,  wholly  and  in  peace,  of  the  chief  lord  of 
the  fee  for  the  service  due  and  customary.  And  I, 
the  said  Nicholaus,  and  my  heirs  will  warrant  and 
defend  in  perpetuity  the  said  messuage  and  acre  to 
the  said  Willielmtis,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  against  all 
mortals.  In  testimony  of  which  I  have  appended  my 
seal  to  this  present  charter.  Hiis  testibus,  Roberto 
Soleres,  Johanne  Olive,  Roberto  Oudebi,  Luca  de 
Monte,  Nicholao  de  Annesforde,  Johanne  de  Walleye, 
Johanne  le  [H]eir,  et  multis  aliis.  Dated  at  Cloppe- 
leye, on  the  Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of  the  Trans- 


GL  O  UCESTERSHIRE.  1 3  5 

lation  of  Saint  Martin,  in  the  nineteenth  year  of  the 
reiofn  of  Kino-  Edward,  son  of  Kino;  Edward. 

This  Nicholatis  leffrense,  of  Brochamton,  is  among 
the  witnesses  to  an  undated  charter,  wherein  Williel- 
mus,  son  of  Galfridus  David,  of  Cloppeleye,  grants 
to  Stephanus  de  Cranebroc  two  acres  of  land  in  the 
fields  of  Cloppeleye,  half  an  acre  of  which  land  lies  in 
Cloppeleye,  between  the  bishop's  land  and  that  of 
Thomas  Capal,  and  half  an  acre  lies  at  the  end  of  the 
former;  half  an  acre  lies  between  the  land  of  Ro- 
bertas Andreu  and  that  of  Willielmus  de  Calecumbe ; 
half  an  acre  lies  in  Lindene,  near  the  bishop's  land, 
and  it  is  the  chief  place ;  besides  half  an  acre  which 
lies  in  Ellewelles  slade,  near  the  bishop's  land. 


BRIGHTWELLS    BARROW    HUNDRED. 

ALDSWORTH. 

A.D.  1212-42. —  Henricus,  abbot  of  the  monastery 
of  St.  Peter's,  Gloucester,  grants  and  confirms  to 
Henricus,  son  of  Radulfus  Wyring,  of  Adlesworthe, 
seven  acres  of  arable  land  with  all  its  appurtenances, 
and  one  mansion  with  curtilage,  in  the  vill  of  Aldes- 
worthe ;  namely,  that  which  lies  between  the  mansion 
of  Henricus  Fraunceys  and  that  of  Wymundus,  which 
mansion  and  land  this  Henricus,  son  of  Radulfus, 
holds  of  the  aforesaid  Henricus  le  Fraunceys  by  char- 


136  GLO  UCESTERSHIRE. 

ter  and  inheritance  of  the  abbot's  fee,  paying  yearly 
at  Michaelmas  to  the  abbot  \2d.  for  all  service. 

A.D.  1212-42. —  Henricus,  abbot,  and  the  convent 
of  St.  Peter's,  Gloucester,  grant  to  Nicholaus  de 
Collesburia,  for  his  service,  half  a  hide  of  land  with 
its  appurtenances  in  Aldesworthe,  which  Henricus  le 
Fi'aunccys  had  held  of  the  monastery. 


CLEEVE    HUNDRED. 

GOTHERINGTON. 

Pleas  of  the  Crown  for  this  county  before  Simon, 
abbot  of  Reading,  and  his  associates,  justices  itiner- 
ant, in   1221  :  — 

Rogerus  forestarius,  of  Hathirlege,  killed  Nicho- 
laus de  la  Grene,  and  fled.  No  one  else  is  suspected, 
and  therefore  he  is  to  be  outlawed.  Rogerus  was  of 
the  mainpast  of  Henricus  de  Miners,  who  is  dead. 
Roger's  chattel  consists  of  a  chest  ("  archa  ")  and  half 
a  "crannoc"  of  corn,  valued  at  i2d.,  for  which  the 
heir  of  Thomas  de  Rocheford  shall  answer;  and  he  is 
in  the  custody  of  Ricardus  de  la  Bere. 

It  is  found  in  the  rolls  of  the  coroners  that  Ro- 
bertus  Bubelepaste  fled  on  account  of  this  death ;  and 
therefore  he  is  to  be  outlawed.  The  jurors  know 
nothing  about  him,  and  did  not  present  his  flight, 
therefore    they    are    in    misericordia   for   concealing; 


GL  O  UCESTERSHIRE.  1 3  7 

and  the  villata  of  Hetherlee  is  also  in  misericordia  for 
concealing  pleas.  Hugo,  brother  of  this  Robertas, 
was  attached  by  Johannes  le  Franceis^  Willelmus  de 
Gudrintone,  Ricardus  Durel,  Gerardus  de  Gudrin- 
tone,  Samson  le  Bedelle,  and  by  the  whole  tithing  of 
Gudrintone ;  and  he  did  not  come.  Therefore,  he  is 
to  be  captured ;  and  the  aforesaid  pledges  are  in 
misericordia. 


CROWTHORNE    AND    MINETY    HUNDRED. 

AMPNEY. 

A.D.  1 2 19. —  Galfridus  le  Franceis  and  Christiana, 
his  wife,  give  half  a  mark  to  the  lord  the  king  for 
having  a  certain  pone  before  the  justices  against  the 
abbot  of  Tewkesbury,  concerning  a  mill  with  its 
appurtenances  in  Upamenel.  They  are  granted  the 
writ,  and  the  sheriff  of  Gloucester  is  commanded  to 
take  surety,  etc.  Teste  Henrico,  at  Westminster,  on 
the  eighth  day  of  November. 


DRIFFIELD. 

At  the  Pleas  of  the  Crown  for  this  county  before 
Simon,  abbot  of  Reading,  and  his  associates,  justices 
itinerant,  in  1221,  Willelmus  Flur  had  appealed 
Robertus  le  Fraunceis,  Rogerus  Constabularius,  Will- 
elmus Bucke,  Gaufridus  le   Paumer,  and  Andreas  de 


138  GLO  UCESTERSHIRE. 

Lattone  for  breaking  the  king's  peace.  Willelmus 
was  dead,  and  Robertus  and  Andreas  did  not  come. 
Roberhis  was  attached  by  Walterus,  tithing-man  of 
Driffelde,  and  all  his  tithing;  and  Andreas  by  Will- 
elmus de  Cimiterio,  tithing-man,  and  all  his  tithing  of 
Amene  Abbatis,  and  therefore  in  misericordia.  Ro- 
gerus  and  the  others  came;  and  the  jurors  said  that 
a  Willelmus  Russel  had  wounded  the  aforesaid  Will- 
elmus, and  all  the  others  assisted  him  in  doing  so, 
and  therefore  they  are  to  be  held  in  custody.  Will- 
elmus Russel  is  dead ;  and  Rogerus,  Willelmus,  and 
Gaufridus  made  a  fine  of  half  a  mark  each  by  the 
surety  of  the  abbot  of  Cirencester. 


MINETY. 

A.D.  1 28 1,  Hilary. —  In  a  plea  at  the  court  of  the 
abbot  of  Cirencester,  in  this  county,  concerning  seven 
acres  of  land  at  Mynty,  Adam  le  Fraunceys  is  sine 
die;  and  Juliana,  who  has  been  wife  of  Willelmus  de 
Mynty,  did  not  come. 


DEERHURST  HUNDRED. 

DEERHURST. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  fourth  year  of  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  the  jurors  of  this  hun- 


GL  O  UCESTERSHIRE.  139 

dred  said  that  Nicholaus  Frmtceis,  seneschal  of  the 
abbot  of  Westminster,  took  fines  of  three  sheep 
thieves  and  of  one  whom  he  charged  with  theft. 

In  14  Edward  I.  (1286-87)  it  was  shown  by  the 
twelve  jurors  of  this  hundred  that  Nicholaus  dc 
Fraunceys,  formerly  seneschal  of  the  abbot  of  West- 
minster at  Derhurst,  had  taken  fines  for  allowing  four 
sheep  thieves  to  escape.  And  the  sheriff  of  Glouces- 
ter stated  that  the  aforesaid  Nicholaus  le  Fraunccis 
has  nothing  in  this  county  for  which  he  can  be  at- 
tached. Therefore,  the  sheriff  of  Hertford  is  ordered 
to  make  him  come  before  the  treasurer  and  the  barons 
of  the  Exchequer  in  one  month  after  the  feast  of 
Saint  Michael. 

WELFORD. 

A.  D.  1224-28. —  Thomas,  abbot  of  St.  Peter's, 
Gloucester,  and  the  convent  of  that  place,  grant  to 
Ysabella,  daughter  of  Matilda  de  Dunefelde,  the  vir- 
gate  of  land  which  Radulfus  le  Fraunceys  and  Mar- 
gareta,  his  wife,  held  of  them ;  she  giving  for  the 
same  yearly  43^^.  at  two  terms  for  all  service,  saving 
reasonable  aid  at  the  tallage  of  the  lord  the  king. 


I40  GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 

DUDSTONE   AND   KING'S-BARTON    HUNDRED. 

BROCKWORTH. 

A.D.  1243-63. —  Laurentius  de  Chaundos,  knight, 
grants  and  confirms  to  Johannes,  abbot  of  St.  Peter's, 
Gloucester,  and  the  convent  of  that  place,  all  his 
lands  in  Brocworthe,  in  the  field  called  Northfelde ; 
namely,  that  which  lies  at  the  new  ditch  between  the 
land  of  Johannes  Fraunccys  and  that  of  the  prior  of 
Lanthoney,  which  is  extended  in  length  from  the  way 
called  Rugweye  to  the  water  called  Horsbere,  and  in 
breadth  from  the  said  ditch  to  the  opposite  church  of 
Brocworthe. 

A.D.  1243-63. —  Laurentius  de  Chaundos,  knight, 
(granted  and  confirmed  for  the  welfare  of  his  soul  and 
that  of  Agnes,  his  wife,  and  for  the  souls  of  their 
antecessors  and  successors,  to  Johannes,  abbot  of  St. 
Peter's,  Gloucester,  and  the  convent  of  that  place, 
3^-.  6c/.  annual  rent,  which  JoJianncs  Fraunccys  was 
accustomed  to  give  him  for  land  and  tenement  which 
the  said  Johannes  held  of  him  in  the  vill  of  Broc- 
worthe and  without. 

HARTPURY. 

A.D.  1266-67. —  Robcf^tns  Framiccys  holds  one  mes- 
suage with  curtilage  in  Hardepyrie,  of  St.  Peter's, 
Gloucester. 


GL  O  UCESTERSHIRE.  1 4 1 

HIGHLEADON. 

A.D.  1266-67. —  Willelnius  le  Frenshe  holds,  as  free 
tenant  of  the  abbot  of  St.  Peter's,  Gloucester,  one 
messuage  with  curtilage  at  Hyneledene,  and  renders 
for  the  same  yearly  8^.  at  Michaelmas. 


HIGNAM. 

A.D.  1266-67. —  Willelnius  Fratinceys  holds  a  mes- 
suage with  curtilage  in  Hynehame,  of  St.  Peter's, 
Gloucester,  for  performing  eight  bedripes  and  col- 
lecting hay  for  three  days,  which  work  is  valued 
at  \i\d. 

KING'S   BARTON. 

A.D.  1266-67. —  The  manor  of  Berthona  Regis,  held 
of  the  monastery  of  St.  Peter's,  Gloucester,  has  among 
its  customary  tenants  Willelnius  Fraunceys^  who  holds 
half  a  virgate  of  land,  and  is  due  to  work  four  days 
every  second  week;  and  the  sum  of  the  said  work  per 
annum,  for  half  a  virgate  of  land,  is  5^-.  \\d. 


142  GLO  UCESTERSHIRE. 

KIFTSGATE    HUNDRED. 

MEON. 

Pleas  of  the  Crown  for  this  county  before  Simon, 
abbot  of  Reading,  and  his  associates,  justices  itinerant, 
in  I22I. 

Rogerus  de  Mune  and  Ranulfus  Eynolk,  his  brother, 
had  killed  Willelmus  filius  Henrici ;  and  they  fled. 
Ranulfus  was  in  the  frankpledge  of  Sandulfus  de 
Meone,  who  is  in  misericordia.  Ranulfus  is  de- 
manded and  outlawed,  and  so  is  Rogerus.  But  after- 
wards it  was  testified  that  Rogerus  was  not  culpable, 
except  that  he  had  been  present.  Thereafter  came 
Ricardus  de  Cloptone,  and  made  a  fine  of  6  marks  for 
havine  him  released  on  sureties  that  he  will  stand  to 
right. 

The  villata  of  Meone  is  in  misericordia  for  default 
and  for  concealing  the  aforesaid  Rogerus,  about  whom 
they  would  say  nothing. 

The  villata  of  Edelmintone  concealed  the  said 
Rogerus  in  same  manner;  and,  besides,  they  had 
falsely  presented  the  death  of  Willelmus's  wife,  Ha- 
wisia,  who  had  appealed  the  said  Rogerus  and  Ranul- 
fus, although  they  knew  she  was  living,  and  therefore 
in  misericordia. 

Thereafter  it  was  known  that  they  had  received 
Rogerus  after  the  flight,  and  therefore  in  miseri- 
cordia ;  and  Rogerus  is  to  be  captured,  and  so  is 
Hawisia. 


GLOUCESTERSHIRE.  143 

Their  chattels  are  worth  3  marks ;  but  it  is  to 
be  inquired  about  Rogerus's  chattel,  for  which  Hugo 
de  Coillardvilla,  one  of  the  coroners,  should  answer. 
No  Englishry  is  presented,  and  therefore  it  is  ad- 
judged  murder. 

Among  the  pledges  of  Rogerus  de  Menes  for 
standing  to   right   was   Hugo  le  Fj'-anceis. 


ST.  BRIAVELL'S    HUNDRED. 

FOREST   OF   DEAN. 

A.D.  1338,  November  30. —  At  the  inquisition  made 
at  Mucheldene  (Michel-Dean)  at  this  date,  before 
Johannes  de  Macclesfeld,  in  regard  to  the  right  which 
the  abbot  of  St.  Peter's,  Gloucester,  claimed  in  the 
wood  of  Hopemaleysel  (Hope  Mansel),  and  concern- 
ing the  boundary  between  this  wood  and  the  king's 
forest  of  Dene,  among  the  jurors  were  Johajincs  le 
Frenshe^  and  four  others,  good  and  free  men  without 
the  aforesaid  forest. 


TEWKESBURY    HUNDRED. 

TEWKESBURY. 

In  the  annals  of  the  Abbey  of  Tewkesbury,  for  the 
year  1 249,  is  a  record  of  a  dispute  between  the  bailiffs 


1 44  GL  O  UC ESTER  SHIRE. 

of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester  and  Robertas,  abbot  of 
Tewkesbury,  concerning  the  right  of  jurisdiction  in 
the  abbot's  land  in  Dorsetshire.  The  abbot  goes  to 
the  earl  himself  to  complain ;  and  therefore  the  earl 
orders  an  inquiry  to  be  made  into  the  question  of  the 
abbot's  right,  and  among  the  persons  chosen  to  in- 
vestigate were  Robertus  de  Lucy  and  Willelmiis  le 
Franceys. 

BRISTOL    CITY. 

A.D,  1232. —  Walter  Ic  Framiccis  was  mayor. 

A.D.  1275. —  Gerard  le  Franceis  was  mayor. 

A.D.  1288. — "Wednesday,  on  the  morrow  of  the 
feast  of  Saint  Thomas  the  Apostle,  Matilda,  relict  of 
Thomas  de  Lyuns,  late  burgess  of  Bristol,  releases  to 
Thomas  (?)  Nas,  burgess  of  Bristol,  and  his  heirs  and 
assigns,  all  her  right,  by  way  of  freebench  or  other- 
wise, in  the  tenement  in  Wynchestret,  Bristol,  in 
which  the  said  Thomas  de  Lyuns  lived  and  died, 
being  between  the  tenement  of  the  said  Walter  (?) 
Nas  and  the  tenement  in  which  Walter,  called  the 
Yunge,  lived.  Witnesses,  Richard  le  Draper,  mayor 
of  Bristol ;  Geoffrey  Agodeshalf  and  Simon  de  Bori- 
tone,  prepositi  of  Bristol ;  Walter  Franceys,  and 
others."     (Hist.  MSS.  Com.  App.  to  5  Rep.) 

A.D.  1289. — John  Franceis  was  seneschal. 

A.D.  1293. —  Walter  Franceis  was  mayor. 

Prob.  A.D.  1 250-1 300. —  Salonius  filius  Salonii,  of 
Bristol,  granted  to  the  Church  of  St.  Peter's,  Glouces- 


GLOUCESTERSHIRE.  145 

ter,  and  the  monks  there,  for  the  welfare  of  his  soul 
and  those  of  his  ancestors,  in  free,  pure,  and  perpetual 
alms,  his  land  in  Bristol ;  namely,  that  which  lies  in 
Radeclivestrete,  between  the  land  of  Vincentius  spe- 
ciarius  and  that  of  Rogerus  Gnawepeny.  And,  also, 
he  granted  to  the  aforesaid  monks  4^-.  which  he  was 
accustomed  to  receive  yearly  at  Hokeday  and  Mich- 
aelmas of  the  land  which  Willelimis  le  Frmmceys  held 
of  him  in  fee ;  namely,  that  which  lies  between  the 
stone  cross  and  the  bridge  of  Brihtin  (inter  crucem 
lapideam  et  pontem  Brihtine),  etc. 

A.D.  1299. — John  Franceis  was  seneschal. 

In  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (i 272-1307)  Al- 
mariais  French  was  master  of  the  Collegiate  Church 
and  Hospital  of  the  Virgin  Mary  and  St.  Mark,  called 
the  Guants  of  Billeswyck,  afterwards  the  Mayor's 
Chapel. 

In  18  Edward  III.  (1344-45)  the  mayor  and  bailiffs 
of  the  vill  of  Bristol  are  directed  to  take  into  the 
king's  hands  all  the  lands,  tenements,  goods,  and 
chattels  of  which  Ebora7^dus  le  Frenshe,  on  account 
of  deception  and  falsification,  had  been  disseised ; 
namely,  one  tenement  in  Redeclyvestret  and  many 
others  in  several  other  streets  in  the  vill  of  Bristol. 

A.D.  1349. —  Reynold  French  was  bailiff. 

In  the  twenty-fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  III.  (1350-51)  the  king,  for  10  marks  paid  to 
him  by  Johannes  Odde  of  Bristol,  Hugo  le  Proude, 
Johannes  de  Ronborwe,  Ricardus  le  Vicorys,  Johanna 


1 46  GL  O  UC ESTER  SHIRE. 

le  Frent,  Robertus  le  Mareschal,  TJiomas  le  Frenssh, 
and  Robertus  Wilymerssh,  grants  them  that  they  may 
give  and  assign  six  messuages,  four  shops,  one  acre  of 
land,  and  12s.  of  rent,  with  its  appurtenances,  in  a 
suburb  of  the  vill  of  Bristol,  to  two  chaplains,  to  be 
held  by  them  in  mortmain. 

In  27  Edward  III.  (1353-54)  Reginaldus  le 
Frensshe,  of    Bristol,  was   a   merchant. 

In  1356  and  1358  Reynald  le  Fr-ench  was  mayor. 

In  1374  John  French  was  vicar  of  the  Church  of 
St.  Mary-Redcli£fe. 

Abstract  of  wills  identified  with  the  city  of  Bristol : 

A.D.  1385. —  Adam  Pountefreyt,  of  Bristol,  in  his 
will  gives  to  Eve,  his  wife,  property  consisting  of  five 
shops,  etc.,  in  the  suburb  of  Bristol,  "  apud  la  Barres," 
between  the  king's  way  eastward  leading  to  the  priory 
of  St.  James  on  the  one  part,  and  Wynchelane  west- 
ward on  the  other  part ;  also  four  shops  in  the  afore- 
said suburb  "  in  la  Brodemede,"  situate  between  the 
shop  of  William  Pountfreyt  and  the  shops  which 
Maud  le  FrenscJi  held. 

Maud  le  FjrnscJi  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Walter 
Derby,  burgess,  dated  on  Thursday  next  before  the 
feast  of  Simon  and  Jude,  the  Apostles,  1385. 

A.D.  1393. —  Thomas  atte  Hay,  burgess  of  Bristol, 
in  his  will,  dated  March  27,  1393,  gives  to  Elen  Ose- 
borne,  for  her  life,  a  shop  "in  Brodemede  juxt'  reddit' 
Capellor  Eboraj'd  le  ffrenschr 


GL  O  UCESTERSHIRE.  1 47 

A.D.  1393,  April  18. —  In  the  testament  of  Henry 
Wyvelescombe,  he  wishes  to  be  buried  in  the  Church 
of  Holy  Cross  Temple  of  Bristol,  before  the  altar  of 
Saint  James,  or  wheresoever  it  shall  please  God ;  and 
he  bequeaths  as  follows :  to  the  use  of  that  church 
two  pairs  of  vestments,  with  a  chalice,  a  missal,  and 
other  appurtenances,  already  in  the  church  in  a  chest 
before  the  altar  of  Saint  James,  to  serve  at  that  altar, 
etc. ;  to  Sir  Thomas  Frejiss/i,  chaplain,  20s.  and  my 
psalter  in  the  chest  aforesaid,  etc. ;  to  Henry,  son  of 
Richard  Sydenham,  and  his  lawful  heirs,  the  tene- 
ment inhabited  by  the  testator  "  in  vico  Templi,"  situ- 
ate between  what  were  formerly  the  tenements  of 
John  Fraunceys  and  Henry  Babbecarry,  etc. 

Adam  Fi^ciisch,  fletcher  and  burgess,  in  his  will, 
dated  Oct.  12,  1396,  orders  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  the  Friars  Minors  of  Bristol,  beside  late  wife 
Maud.  Legacies  to  the  said  friars,  to  the  rector  and 
every  chaplain  accustomed  to  celebrate  in  the  Church 
of  St.  John;  to  the  mother  church  of  Worcester,  to 
the  fraternity  of  Saint  John  of  Jerusalem,  to  the  poor 
in  the  Hospital  of  St.  Bartholomew  of  Bristol,  to 
my  poor  neighbors.  My  clothes  to  be  distributed  for 
the  good  of  my  soul,  etc.  To  wife,  Alice,  lands,  tene- 
ments, etc.,  in  the  town  and  suburb  of  Bristol,  for  her 
life,  while  she  keeps  herself  single:  in  case  of  her 
marriage,  the  said  property  to  be  sold ;  half  the 
money  to  be  given  to  the  said  Alice,  and  the  other 
half  to  be  disposed  of  for  the  benefit  of  the  soul  of 


148  GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 

wife  Maud,  our  parents,  etc.  Residue  of  goods  to 
wife  Alice.  She,  Richard  Screven,  and  Robert 
Bowyer,  executors,  to  each  of  whom  6^.  8c/. 

Proved  before  Thomas  Wybbe,  clerk,  Jan.  22,  1397; 
also  before  the  mayor. 

John  FrcuscJi,  burgess,  in  his  will,  dated  Feb.  22, 
1398,  requests  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  the 
Blessed  Mary  of  Redcliff,  by  the  holy  font  and  the 
tomb  of  late  wife,  Julian.  Legacies  to  the  vicar  of 
that  church ;  to  the  lame,  blind,  or  leprous  lying  in 
the  Hospital  of -St.  John  the  Baptist  of  Bristol,  and 
such  people  in  the  suburb ;  to  Richard  Pedewell, 
Agnes  Plomere,  Joan  Freman,  and  Juliana  Hastyne. 
To  wife,  Joan,  for  her  life,  a  tenement  in  the  suburb 
in  "  Redeclyuestrct,"  between  the  rent  of  Sir  Thomas 
Broke,  knight,  and  the  tenement  of  William  Selcok ; 
also,  for  her  life,  three  shops  in  Redcliff  hill,  between 
the  rent  of  the  Blessed  Mary  of  Redcliff  and  that  of 
the  Hospital  of  St.  John  the  Baptist;  the  said  prop- 
erty to  be  afterwards  sold  under  the  inspection  of  the 
procurators  of  Redcliff  church,  and  the  money  given 
to  a  fit  priest  to  celebrate  therein  for  testator's  soul, 
and  the  souls  of  his  wifes,  Julian  and  Joan.  Wife 
Joan,  John  Wodle,  and  Thomas  Erie,  burgess,  of 
Bristol,  executors.     "  Dat'  et  act'  in  hospicio  meo." 

Proved    before    Thomas    Benet,    canon    of    Wells, 
June  2,  1399;  also  before  the  mayor. 


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GENERAL. 

A.D.  1207. —  Among  the  many  pledges  of  Rogerus 
filius  Adae,  sheriff  of  Southampton,  were  Walterus 
Fraiiceis,  who  pledged  for  i  mark,  and  Hermamis 
Franceis,  who  pledged  for  half  a  mark. 

A.D.  1 2 15. —  The  king  to  the  sheriff  of  Southamp- 
ton, greeting.  We  command  you  to  have  Reginaldus 
de  Gosefeld,  who  is  in  our  prison  of  Winchester, 
accused  for  the  death  of  Walterus  Franceis,  of  Hecce- 
ford,  to  immediately  renounce  our  realm  of  England, 
and  that  you  peaceably  permit  him  to  depart.  Teste 
Rege,  at  Winchester. 

Reginaldus  de  Gosefeld  was  pardoned  by  the  king 
in  the  same  year. 

Heckford  does  not  appear  in  the  modern  maps  of 
this  county ;  but  at  the  Domesday  survey  a  Hece- 
ford  was  near  Appleford,  in  the  hundred  of  Bove- 
come,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight.  There  is,  however,  a 
Heckfield  in  the  northern  part  of  this  county;  and 
its  location  near  a  river  may  have  originated  a  place 
name  of  Heckford. 


15° 


HAMPSHIRE. 


WINCHESTER    CITY. 


A.D.  I200. —  Ralph  Franccis  was  mayor. 

A.D.  1245. —  It  appears  that  Agnes,  who  had  been 
wife  of  Rogerus  de  Aundever',  Thomas  Ic  Fj^aitnccys., 
Johannes  le  Scoy,  Stephanus  Molendinarius,  Johannes 
Molendinarius,  and  Eva  la  Nurice  were  held  in  the 
prison  of  Winchester  for  the  death  of  the  aforesaid 
Rogerus,  for  which  the  said  Agnes  and  Thojnas  were 
appealed  and  the  others  accused.  The  sheriff  of 
Southampton  is  commanded  to  release  them,  if  they 
shall  find  twelve  free  and  loyal  men  to  become  their 
manucaptors,  etc.  And,  also,  the  sheriff  is  ordered 
to  take  20  marks  of  them  as  surety. 

A.D.  1276. —  Ralph  Frajiceis  v^2iS  mdiyor. 

A.D.  1305. —  Ralph  Franccis  was  mayor. 

A.D.  131 1. —  Grant  by  Ingram  de  Farnham,  rector 
of  Nutschullyng,  to  Sir  Robert  de  Maydenstane, 
rector  of  Michelmersh,  of  tenement  in  Minster 
Street,  having  the  tenement  of  Laurence  de  Anne 
on  the  east.  Witnesses,  Sir  Thomas  de  Warbelton, 
sheriff  of  Southampton ;  Peter  de  Notleye,  mayor ; 
John  de  Wight  and  Johfi  le  Frenschc,  bailiffs,  and 
others. 

Sealed  with  the  common  seal  of  the  city  and  in- 
rolled  in  the  City  Court  on  the  morrow  of  the  feast 
of  Saint  Simon  and  Saint  Jude,  5  Edward  II. 

A.D.  1 31 2. —  Commission  of  oyer  and  terminer  to 
H.    Spigurnell    and    W.    de    Hardene,   touching   the 


HAMPSHIRE.  151 

allegation  that  Peter  le  Mercer,  Nicholas  le  Orfevre, 
Robert  de  Froille,  Walter  de  Sutton,  Geoffrey  Haute- 
pas,  John  le  Frensshe,  John  de  Wyght,  John  Fraun- 
ceys,  Ralph  Fraunceys,  with  others  their  confederates, 
disturbers  of  the  city  of  Winchester,  prevent  Peter 
de  Nuttle,  mayor  of  the  city  of  Winchester,  and  his 
ministers,  as  well  clerks  as  laymen,  from  exercising 
his  ofiice  in  the  city,  from  doing  justice  there,  from 
castigating  rebels,  executing  the  king's  mandates, 
and  keeping  the  peace ;  that  they  hold  conventicles 
and  meetings,  notwithstanding  the  prohibition  of  the 
mayor  as  the  king's  minister,  and  do  not  allow  them- 
selves to  be  brought  to  justice  by  him  or  his  bailiffs; 
that  they  deprive  certain  citizens  of  the  city  of  the 
liberty  thereof,  and  of  their  own  authority,  without 
the  assent  of  the  mayor,  admit  strangers  to  that  lib- 
erty; and,  further,  that  they  make  and  impose  at 
their  own  will  upon  some  of  the  citizens  tallages, 
which  are  not  only  to  the  prejudice  of  the  mayor, 
the  king's  minister,  but  also  in  derogation  and  con- 
tempt of  the  king's  mandates,  and  to  the  impover- 
ishment of  the  city  of  Winchester.  Dated  at  West- 
minster, on  the  8th  of  September,  131 2. 

A.D.  1327. — Johamies  le  Freynshe  was   one   of    the 
bailiffs  of  the  honor  of  Winchester. 


152  HAMPSHIRE. 


BASINGSTOKE    HUNDRED. 

The  De  Forth  or  De  Port  family  was  identified  as 
the  lords  of  Basing.  M.  Delisle,  in  his  "  Companions 
of  William  at  the  Conquest  of  England  in  1066," 
gives  the  name  of  Hugue  de  Port.  The  Domesday 
survey  shows  the  lands  of  Hugo  de  Forth,  including 
those  of  Basinges,  Chineham,  and  Sireburne. 

"  Adam  de  Port,  who  became  a  monk,  was  the  son 
of  Hugh  de  Port.  On  the  day  of  the  dedication  of 
Newham  chapel  he  gave  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  Vigor 
at  Cerisy,  in  the  Cotentin  of  Normandy,  this  chapel, 
with  the  tithes  of  Newham  and  Maplederwell." 

"  His  brother  Henry  de  Port,"  who  was  a  witness 
to  King  Henry  I.'s  charter  of  liberties  in  the  year 
iioi,  "founded  the  alien  priory  of  Sherborne,  with 
the  gift  of  a  great  part  of  that  place,  which  he  do- 
nated to  the  same  abbey,  as  is  found  by  his  charter, 
among  the  witnesses  to  which  were  Hadvis,  his  wife, 
and  William  and  John,  his  sons  " 

"  John  de  Port  confirmed  the  grant  of  his  father, 
Henry,  and  added  the  chapel  of  St.  Michael  with  the 
land  of  the  old  castle  of  Basing.  Among  the  wit- 
nesses are  Matilda,  his  wife,  Adam  and  Hugh,  his 
sons,  Reginald  de  Port,  Henry  de  Port,  and  Robert 
de  Port." 

"  Adam  de  Port,  son  of  John  de  Port,  evidently 
before  he  was  accused  of  treason  in  11 72,  gave  to  the 


HAMPSHIRE.  153 

monks  of  St.  Vigor  the  mill-tithes  of  Sherborne  in 
exchange  for  the  mill  of  Sherborne  Pool,  which  they 
had  by  grant  of  Henry  de  Port,  his  grandfather. 
Among  the  witnesses  to  this  grant  was  his  wife,  the 
Countess  Sibilla." 

Of  Adam  de  Port,  Thomas  Stapleton  gives  the  fol- 
lowinof  account :  — 

"  This  baron  appears  to  have  been  thrice  married, 
and  to  have  survived  to  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  John.  His  first  wife  was  Countess  Sibilla, 
widow  of  Milo,  earl  of  the  county  of  Hereford,  and 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Bernard  de  Novo-mercato,  a 
powerful  baron  of  that  county,  whose  fief  Adam  de 
Port  reported  to  the  Exchequer,  14  Henry  H.  (Eyton 
states  returnable  on  the  17th  of  March,  1166),  with 
the  nomenclature  of  the  knight's  fees  held  of  the  old 
and  new  feoffment;  at  which  date  his  father,  John  de 
Port,  Lord  of  Basing,  in  the  county  of  Southampton, 
was  still  living.  Not  long  after,  a.d.  1172,  an  accusa- 
tion of  treason  was  brought  against  him ;  and,  not  ap- 
pearing to  the  summons  to  abide  his  trial,  he  was 
banished  the  realm,  when  his  barony  in  the  county 
of  Hereford  escheated  to  the  crown,  and  ever  after 
continued  to  be  described  in  the  records  of  this  and 
the  following  reigns  as  feodum  Adae  de  Port  fugiti 
or  fugitivi.  By  the  Countess  Sibilla  he  had  no  issue, 
and  her  property  descended  through  her  daughter  by 
her  first  husband,  Berta,  wife  of  Philip  de  Braose,  to 
William  de  Braose,  who  in   1194  paid   22//.   13-y.  for 


154  HAMPSHIRE. 

the  knight's  fees  which  had  belonged  to  Adam.  His 
second  wife  was  MabiHa  (de  Aureavalle),  for  the  Hvery 
of  whose  inheritance  in  Normandy,  and  also  that  he 
might  be  restored  to  the  king's  favor  and  do  his  hom- 
age, Adam  de  Port,  in  26  Henry  II.  (1179-80),  gave 
this  king  1,000  marks.  By  this  wife  Adam  de  Port 
had  a  son,  William  de  Portu,  who  had  possession  of 
the  honor  of  Lithaire  in  the  second  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  John,  and  who,  eventually  inheriting  the 
lands  of  the  family  of  Sancto  Johanne,  through  de- 
scent from  Muriel,  sister  of  William  and  Robert  St. 
John,  who  had  intermarried  with  his  maternal  ances- 
tor, de  Aureavalle,  thereupon  assumed  that  local  sur- 
name. The  third  wife  of  Adam  de  Port  was  sister  of 
William  de  Braose.  She  was  living  in  12 10,  12th  of 
King  John,  the  year  of  her  brother's  rebellion.  The 
cause  of  the  seizure  of  the  land  of  Adam  de  Port  in 
the  preceding  fiscal  year  (1194),  and  its  committal  to 
ferm  in  the  current  year  (1195),  has  not  been  discov- 
ered; but  this  disgrace  was  not  of  long  duration,  for 
on  the  later  roll  of  Richard  I.  he  is  a  debtor  to  the 
crown  in  100//.  for  having  the  firm  of  Lithaire." 


BASINGSTOKE. 

From  the  return  made  to  a  mandate  issued  by 
King  Henry  III.  on  the  21st  of  May,  1238,  by 
the  sheriff  of  Southampton  and  Walter  de  Burgh,  the 


HAMPSHIRE,  155 

king's  bailiff  of  Basingstoke,  it  is  found  that  the 
jurors  say  upon  their  oath  that  John  Fitz-Ace  held 
certain  property  in  the  manor  of  Basingstoke, — 
namely,  one  virgate  and  a  half  and  ten  acres  of  land, 
besides  two  tenants,  William  le  Cok  and  Robert  le 
Franceys  ;  and  there  was  due  yearly  for  the  same  in 
its  entirety  105-.  and  /^d.,  and  no  other  customs  and 
burdens  annexed  to  the  said  property. 

Circa  a.d.  1250. —  Grant  in  frankalmoign  by  Clem- 
ent, prior  of  Bromholm,  to  the  brethren  of  the  Hospi- 
tal of  St.  John  of  Basinggestoke,  of  half  a  mark  of 
yearly  rent  in  the  villa  of  Basingess,  which  they  held 
by  the  gift  of  William  de  St.  John,  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  a  lamp  burning  day  and  night  before  the 
cross  in  the  church  of  the  said  hospital,  for  the  wel- 
fare of  their  souls  and  the  soul  of  the  said  William  de 
St.  John,  and  the  souls  of  his  ancestors  and  heirs. 
With  the  clause  of  distraint.  Witnesses,  Sir  Henry 
de  Ferleye,  Sir  Hamon  de  Basingge,  Richard  de 
London,  Robert  le  Fraiiceis,  John  de  Lunde,  Anselm 
de  Glanville,  and  others. 


BOUNTISBOROUGH    HUNDRED. 

SWARRATON. 

Circa    a.d.  131 2. —  To    all,  etc.,  John  le  Frenche  of 
Swarraton   sends   greeting.     Know   ye    that    I    have 


156  HAMPSHIRE. 

granted,  released,  and  for  myself  and  my  heirs  wholly 
quitclaimed  to  God  and  the  Blessed  Mary  and  St. 
John  the  Baptist,  and  the  brethren  of  the  Hospital  of 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in  England,  all  the  right  and 
title  which  I  had,  or  in  any  way  could  have  in  com- 
mon, in  the  wood  of  those  brethren  called  Bugmore, 
and  in  all  the  pasture  and  in  all  the  surrounding  lands 
adjacent  to  the  said  wood,  as  far  as  le  Holwey  on  the 
west,  le  Lynche  near  the  Three  Thorns  on  the  north, 
and  also  in  all  the  "  plaisance  "  which  is  called  La 
Donne  with  a  certain  arable  adjoining, —  as  far  as  the 
glebe  of  the  rector  of  the  church  of  Swarraton  on  the 
east,  except  the  pasture  of  two  horses  and  one  ox  or 
one  cow  in  La  Donne  aforesaid.  Witnesses,  John  de 
Popham,  miles ;  Richard  de  Stratton,  miles ;  John  de 
Basing,  Robert  de  Tolford,  William  le  Botiller  de 
Candevere,  and  others. 

A.D.  1 34 1. — Johaimcs  Ic  FrcnsJi,  Johannes  le  Mey, 
Johannes  Alayn,  and  Willelmus  Dodde  were  the 
jurors  appointed  in  this  parish  for  the  inquisitio  nona- 
rum. 


BUDDLESGATE    HUNDRED. 

LITTLETON. 

A.D.  1265-66. —  At  the  extent  of  the  manor  of 
Lutletone  made  in  the  fiftieth  year  of  the  reign  of 
Henry  HL,  of   the  yearly  value   of   the  manor,  upon 


HAMPSHIRE.  157 

the  oath  of  senior  and  discreet  men  of  this  manor,  it 
is  found  that  Robertus  Ic  Frcnse  holds  half  a  virgate 
of  land  here  of  the  monastery  of  St.  Peter's,  Glouces- 
ter, and  shall  make  the  following  work,  which  is 
valued  at   lo^.   'i^d.:  — 

He  was  to  plough  for  the  lord  twice  in  a  year 
(value  2d}j ;  he  was  also  on  those  days  to  eat  with  the 
lord,  and  to  give  chirsaec  according  to  his  portion 
(value  19^^.);  to  harrow  (value  Af\d)\  to  hoe  (value  2\ 
d.) ;  to  perform  operations  relating  to  hay  as  if  he 
held  an  entire  virgate  (value  2d.);  to  plant  beans 
(value  ^d.) ;  to  wash  and  shear  the  lord's  sheep  (value 
hd.)\  to  make  a  stack  (hayrick)  (value  ^d.)]  to  per- 
form summage  (value  i\d.)\  to  mow,  as  for  one  vir- 
gate (value  3^.  lyid.);  to  perform  three  bedripes 
(value  T,d.) ;  to  eat  with  the  lord  on  those  days,  and 
to  carry  his  corn  in  the  autumn  (value  of  such  car- 
riage 4^.) ;  or  to  thrash  to  the  same  value ;  to  collect 
nuts  (value  ^^.).     Sum  total  of  the  work,  los.  ^^d. 


CHUTELY    HUNDRED. 

MONKS    SHERBORNE. 


Allusion  has  already  been  made  in  the  records  of 
this  county  to  the  foundation  of  the  priory  of  this 
place  by  Henry  de  Port,  of  whom  mention  is  made 
in  the  following  undated  charter,  which  was  probably 


158  HAMPSHIRE. 

executed  in  the  reign  of   King  Stephen  or  early  in 
that  of  King  Henry  II. :  — 

Be  it  known  to  all,  as  well  those  present  as  those  to 
come,  that  I,  Baldwinus  de  Porteseia,  by  the  consent 
and  assent  of  my  Lord  Johannes  de  Porteseia,  for  the 
souls  of  Henricus  de  Porte  and  Hadewisia,  his  wife, 
and  for  those  of  my  father  and  mother,  as  well  as  for 
the  welfare  of  my  soul  and  that  of  Adelide,  my  wife, 
give  and  confirm  to  the  monks  of  Sireburnia  one  vir- 
gate  of  land  in  Froditonia,  to  hold  in  free  alms 
forever,  as  freely  and  quietly  as  I  held  it,  with  two 
men  —  namely,  Guillielmus  and  Ernulfus  —  living  on 
that  land,  together  with  their  infants.  Witnesses, 
Radulfus  Presbyter  de  Porteseia,  Walterus  Brito, 
Henricus  de  Maisnelleio,  Reinelmus  de  Borhurst, 
Robertus  de  Ranill,  Ricardus  Clericus  nepos  Bald- 
wini,  Rogerus  Praetor  de  Froditonia,  Mattheus  de 
Scuris,  Guillelmus  de  Hetheingedena,  Hugo  de 
Braib',  Alexander  de  Monfichet,  Guillelmus  de  Bera, 
Ruelendus  de  Mathingeleia,  Ricardus  et  Jacobus 
filii  ejus,  Robcrtiis  Frauceis,  Jocelinus  Cloeth,  Magis- 
ter  Osmundus,  Guillelmus  filius  Ansgoti,  Alexander 
Forestarius. 

The  following  charter  was  probably  executed  soon 
after  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  John 
(12 1 3-14);  for  in  that  year  William  de  St.  John  gave 
the  king  500  marks  for  the  livery  of  the  land  of  Adam 
de  Port,  his  father:  — 


HAMPSHIRE.  159 

Know  all  that  I,  Willielmus  de  Sancto  Johanne, 
son  and  heir  of  Adam  de  Port,  have  granted,  and 
by  this  my  charter  have  confirmed,  to  Willielmus, 
son  of  Willielmus,  the  lands  of  Benetfelda,  and  that 
in  Chinham,  which  Adam  de  Port,  my  father,  and 
the  prior  and  convent  of  Shireburne,  had  given  to 
Willielmus,  his  father.  To  have,  etc.  Hiis  testibus, 
Hasculio  de  Soleigni,  Willielmo  de  Liuns,  Galfrido 
de  Windleshores,  Ada  de  Bera,  Ricardo  de  Warne- 
ford,  Galfrido  de  Bono-fossato,  militibus ;  Galfrido  de 
sancto  Johanne,  Roberto  et  Ada  filiis  meis,  Roberto 
de  Arundel,  Radulpho  Wirard,  Henrico  Taillard, 
Willielmo  le  Franceis,  Willielmo  filio  Nicholai  clerico, 
praesentis  cartae  notario,  et  multis  aliis. 

The  following  charter  of  William  de  St.  John  is 
evidently  of  a  somewhat  later  date  than  the  preceding 
one  :  — 

To  all  to  whom  this  present  writing  shall  come, 
Willelmus  de  Sancto  Johanne,  son  of  Adam  de  Port, 
greeting.  Be  it  known  to  all  that  neither  I  nor  my 
heirs  shall  claim  any  right  in  the  custody  of  the  land 
formerly  belonging  to  Willelmus  le  Fronceis,  of  Syre- 
burne,  which  Willelmus,  the  prior,  and  the  convent  of 
Syreburne,  of  their  free  will,  after  the  decease  of  the 
aforesaid  Willelmus  le  Fronceis^  granted  to  me.  And 
because  I  will  that  neither  I  nor  any  one  of  my  suc- 
cessors, on  account  of  the  prior's,  etc.,  grant,  may 
have  any  claim  in  this  custody,  I  have  granted,  and 
by  my  present  writing  have  confirmed,  to  the  house 


i6o  HAMPSHIRE. 

of  Syreburne  to  have  the  freedom  of  the  aforesaid 
custody.  Hiis  testibus,  Gervasio,  Priore  de  Enedewel ; 
Waltero  Peverel,  Heymerico  de  Cancell',  Willelmo  de 
Arundel,  Josep  Wastehuse,  Nicholas  Clerico,  et  aliis. 

A.D.  1278,  3d  of  July,  "die  domin.  pr.  f.  SS.  Processi 
et  Martiniani,"  6  Edward  I. —  Release  from  William 
le  Weleys  of  his  right  in  half  a  virgate  of  land  in 
Syrborne  Monachorum,  which  Geoffrey  Hude  for- 
merly held,  about  which  there  was  a  plea  between  the 
said  William,  claimant,  and  Thomas  de  Saunford,  de- 
fendant, by  the  king's  writ  in  the  court  of  the  prior  of 
Syrburne,  confirming  to  Ralph  de  Scures  and  Joan, 
his  wife,  a  grant  of  the  said  land  which  the  said 
Thomas  de  Saunford  made  to  them  while  the  suit 
was  pending.  Witnesses,  William  Wastehuse,  Nich- 
olas Telbaud,  Ralph  Wastehuse,  John  le  Waleys, 
Robert  Franccys,  and  others. 

WOOTTON. 

The  following  letter  of  Bishop  John  of  Pontiose 
was  probably  executed  in  1282  or  1283,  soon  after  his 
enthronement :  — 

To  all  sons  of  Holy  Mother  Church  to  whom  this 
writing  may  come,  John,  by  divine  mercy  Bishop  of 
Winchester,  sends  greeting  in  the  Lord.  Seeing  that 
my  Lord  John,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  Pri- 
mate of  all   England,  in  exercise  of  his  authority  as 


HAMPSHIRE.  i6i 

visitor  of  the  bishopric  and  diocese  of  Winchester, 
which  has  for  a  long  period  lain  vacant,  on  a  question 
of  tithes  from  the  lands  and  tenements  of  Henry  de 
Waterford,  John  Clerk,  John  Balrichare,  Anastacia, 
Hugh  de  la  Putte,  Geoffrey  Somerfoghel,  Peter  Note- 
kin,  Nicholas  le  Man,  Herbert  de  Wottone,  Robert 
Archard  of  Worting  le  Franceys,  Hugh  atte  Berche, 
James  Ancel,  Adam  le  Engles,  Hugh  atte  Stane- 
crofte,  John  Trocurator  (?),  Felicia  Ancel,  and  Fabian 
de  Herdely,  hath  cited  to  judgment  before  himself 
and  certain  of  his  commissaries  the  prior  and  convent 
of  Sherborne,  who  had  been  accustomed  to  receive 
these  tithes,  and  Ralph  de  Stanford,  rector  of  Wot- 
tone, who  claimed  them  as  belonging  in  common  law 
to  his  church ;  and  seeing  that  these  two  parties  for 
some  time  argued  the  case  before  him  in  person  and 
before  his  commissaries;  and  seeing  that  by  reason  of 
certain  grievances  the  said  prior  and  convent  ap- 
pealed to  the  Apostolical  See  at  Rome,  and  obtained 
leave  from  the  Pope  to  appeal ;  and  seeing  that  the 
appeal  between  the  prior  and  convent  and  the  rector 
made  slow  progress, —  at  length,  after  diverse  in- 
quiries and  arguments  on  either  side,  the  said  prior 
and  convent  of  the  one  part,  and  the  rector  of  the 
other,  appearing  in  due  form  before  us,  fully  and 
expressly  renounced  their  quarrels  and  appeals, 
and,  by  the  arbitration  of  my  Lord  John  St.  John, 
patron  of  the  monks,  willingly,  and  from  top  to  toe, 
submitted  to  our  arrangement  of  the  church  of  Wot- 


1 62  HAMPSHIRE. 

tone,  and  our  decision  on  the  said  tithes.  Thereupon, 
we,  desiring  of  our  pastoral  care  to  guard  both  parties 
from  injustice,  and  paying  attention  to  their  several 
rights,  have  called  in  legal  advice,  and  have  decided 
to  ordain  as  follows:  In  God's  name.  Amen.  We, 
John,  etc.,  in  the  matter  of  the  aforesaid  tithes  claimed 
by  the  rector  of  Wottone  from  the  monks  of  Sher- 
borne, ordain  between  the  parties  that  the  rector  of 
Wottone  and  his  successors  shall  in  future  receive  in 
peace  the  tithes,  greater  and  lesser,  arising  from  the 
lands  and  holdings  of  John  Clerk,  John  Balrichare, 
Anastacia,  Hugh  de  la  Putte,  Geoffrey  Somerfoghel, 
Peter  Notekin,  Nicholas  le  Man,  Herbert  de  Wottone, 
Robert  Archard,  Fabian  de  Yerdely,  as  well  as  from 
the  holding  of  William  Bernard,  which  tithes  the 
prior  and  convent  have  in  times  past  received ;  and 
we  declare  that  these  tithes  belong  in  common  law  to 
him  and  his  church,  and  we  so  decide  finally.  And 
as  to  this  decision  we  impose  eternal  silence  on  the 
monks  in  question.  Moreover,  we  decide  that  the 
said  prior  and  convent  of  Sherborne  shall  in  peace 
hereafter  (as  heretofore)  enjoy  the  greater  and  lesser 
tithes  of  the  lands  and  holdings  of  Henry  de  Water- 
ford  in  the  domain  of  Wodegarston,  and  of  the  lands 
and  holdings  of  Robert  Ic  Franceys,  Hugh  de  Berche, 
James  Ancel,  Adam  le  Engles,  Hugh  Stancrofte, 
John  Trocurator,  and  Felicia  Ancel ;  and,  also,  that 
the  said  monks  shall  be  forever  free  from  all  claim  or 
exaction    from    the    rector   or  his   successors    in   the 


HAMPSHIRE.  .  163 

matter  of  the  tithes  arising  from  the  lands  and  hold 
ings  of  the  aforesaid  Henry,  Robert,  James,  Adam, 
Hugh,  John,  and  Felicia.  And  as  to  this  we  impose 
on  the  rector  and  his  successors  eternal  silence.  And 
this  ordinance  and  definition  or  division  the  parties 
have  approved,  and  have  taken  their  oaths  faithfully 
to  observe  the  same.  In  testimony,  etc.,  we  have  set 
our  seal,  etc. 

A.D.  1301. —  At  the  court  of  Hokeday,  held  at  Wot- 
tone  on  Monday  next  after  Ascension  Day,  Felicia, 
wife  of  Yvo  le  Frense,  was  in  misericordia  for  trans- 
gression against  Willelmus  Balache. 


CRONDALL   HUNDRED. 

A.D.  1 248. —  In  the  Compotus  Roll  for  the  year 
1248,  containing  accounts  of  twenty-two  estates  be- 
longing to  the  priory  of  St.  Swithun  at  Winchester, 
the  two  following  records  are  given  by  the  Serjeants 
and  reeves  in  their  account  of  Crondall,  and  Sutton, 
which  was  then  part  of  the  manor  of  Crondall :  — 


CRONDALL. 

In  defection  of  three  acres  which  G.  Franceis  and 
Richard  Huldemele  held  drown  into  the  demesne,  2s. 


1 64  HAMPSHIRE. 

SUTTON. 

They   also    render   account   of   dfd.  from    Walter  le 
Franceis  for  power  to  go  and  return. 


SWANTHORP. 

A.D.  1287.  —  Gilbcrt2is  Fraiicisciis  and  Thomas 
Huldemele  hold  one  virgate  of  land  in  Swamdrop 
of  the  priory  of  St.  Swithun  by  rent  and  service. 


EVINGAR    HUNDRED. 

BAUGHURST. 

A.D.  1262-65. —  To  all,  etc.,  Adam  de  Penbere, 
greeting,  etc.  Know  ye  one  and  all  that  after  the 
quarrel  between  the  Venerable  Master,  brother  Ralph 
{i.e.,  Ralph  Russell),  D.G.  prior  of  St.  Swithun,  and 
the  convent  on  one  side,  and  me  on  the  other  side, 
concerning  a  certain  common  of  pasture  of  the  prior 
and  convent  and  their  men  at  Baghurst,  through 
intervention  of  common  friends  the  said  quarrel 
between  us  was  thus  appeased,  as  it  ought  to  be; 
namely,  that  I,  Adam  de  Penbere,  have  surrendered 
and  quitclaimed  for  myself  and  my  heirs  to  the  said 
prior  and  convent  and  their  successors  in  the  church 


HAMPSHIRE.  165 

of  Winchester  the  whole  right  and  claim  which  I 
have  had,  or  through  any  contingent  right  could 
have,  over  lands,  pastures,  ingress,  egress,  and  com- 
mons of  the  said  prior  and  convent  and  their  men  in 
Bagehurste,  without  any  reclaim  or  reservation  of  me 
and  my  heirs  forever.  And  for  this  my  surrender 
and  quitclaim  the  prior  and  convent  have  given  half 
a  mark  of  silver.  And  that  this  my  surrender  and 
quitclaim  may  obtain  the  force  of  firm  and  perpetual 
stability  I  have  confirmed  this  present  deed  with 
the  impression  of  my  seal.  Hiis  testibus,  Domino 
Petro  de  Sacy  et  Willelmo  de  Stratton,  militibus ; 
Waltero  de  Berthona,  tunc  Senescallo  Prioratus  Win- 
toniensis ;  Nicholao  Francisco^  Henrico  de  Baghurste, 
et  aliis. 


KING'S   SOMBOURN    HUNDRED. 

ELDEN. 

I  Edward  I.  (1272-73). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Thomas  de  Brembleshete  and  Joan,  his  wife,  against 
JoJui  le  Frmniceys,  etc.,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Elleden. 

Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take  the  assize  of 
novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  Thomas  de  Bremble- 
shete and  Joan,  his  wife,  against  Robert  le  Fraunceys, 
etc.,  touching  a  tenement  in  Eldon. 


1 66  HAMPSHIRE. 

Besides  this  there  are  four  additional  suits  between 
Thomas  de  Brembleshete  and  Robert  Ic  Fraunceys 
touching     tenement     in     Elendon,    before    different 

justices. 

MAINSTONE. 

2  Edward  1.(1273-74). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assise  of  mort  d  ancestor  arraigned 
by  Adam  Ic  Frenshe  de  la  More  against  John  de  la 
Salde,  etc.,  touching  possessions  in  Mahenstone  and 
Romsey. 

5  Edward  I.  (1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Adam  le  Fraunceys  against  Christiana  de  la  Slade 
and  others  touching  a  tenement  in  Mayhewiston. 


MANSBRIDGE    HUNDRED. 

EASTLEY. 

A.D.  1 3 10,  October  3. —  Enrolment  of  release  from 
Edmund  de  WyntreshuU  to  Walter  de  Wyntreshull, 
his  brother,  of  his  right  in  the  manor  of  Estlye, 
County  Southampton,  with  the  advowson  of  the  priory 
of  Sandelford,  County  Berks ;  and  of  his  right  in  the 
manor  of  Puttenham,  with  the  hamlet  of  Radesole, 
together  with  rents  in  Bromlegh,  Wogheners,  Clan- 
done,  and  Catteshull,  County  Surrey.     To  have  and 


HAMPSHIRE.  167 

hold  to  the  said  Walter  as  fully  as  William,  father  of 
the  said  Edmund,  had  them  of  the  gift  of  Beatrice, 
mother  of  the  said  Edmund,  and  afterwards  of  the 
release  of  William  de  Wyntreshull,  son  and  heir  of 
John  de  Wyntreshull,  brother  of  Edmund.  Wit- 
nesses, Sir  Thomas  de  Warbleton,  sheriff  of  South- 
ampton ;  Sir  John  de  Scuris,  Sir  John  de  Popham, 
Sir  James  de  Northone,  Sir  John  de  Basinges,  Sir 
Ralph  de  Stratton,  Sir  John  Dabrenoun,  Sir  John 
de  Hamme,  Sir  William  de  Aumbesas,  knights ; 
William  le  Freinc/ie,  and  others.  Dated  at  Estley, 
on  Monday  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Laurence,  4  Ed- 
ward II. 


PORTSDOWN    HUNDRED. 

BEDHAMPTON. 

In  15  Edward  III.  (1341).  Johannes  le  Frenshe 
was  among  the  jurors  of  this  parish  at  the  inquisitio 
nonarum. 

COSHAM. 

Account  of  serjeanties  arrented  by  Robertus  Pas- 
selewe  in  the  county  of  Southampton,  in  the  thirty- 
fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.  (1249-50). 

The  serjeanty  of  Petrus  de  Cosham,  in  Cosham,  for 
which  he  was    bound    to  send  one  mounted  soldier 


1 68  HAMPSHIRE. 

into  the  castle  of  Porchester  for  forty  days'  service,  is 
alienated  in  part. 

One  virgate,  thirty-two  acres,  and  one  rood  of  this 
serjeanty  are  so  alienated  that  Thomas  Ic  Fraiinccys, 
Thomas  Breilyf,  Philippus  filius  Waited,  Willelmus 
de  Kenteys,  the  prior  of  Portesdon,  Hugo  de  For- 
estarius,  Rogerus  de  Cosham,  and  Willelmus  filius 
Willelmi,  hold  it  for  4^.  per  annum  of  said  Petrus, 
who  shall  make  the  accustomed  service  aforesaid. 


THORNGATE    HUNDRED. 

MOTTISFONT. 

A.D.  1309-10. —  Willelmus  Frcnchc  grants  to  the 
prior  of  Montifunt  one  messuage  and  fifteen  acres 
of  land  in  Netherheldon.  It  is  possible  that  this  is 
Nether  Haddon  in  Derby,  where  a  Gtiilclmus  Ic 
Frauccys  held  half  the  manor  in  1282-83. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  The  records  of  the  parish  of  Motesfunte 
show  that  a  Willelmus  le  Frenshe  was  among  its 
jurors  at  the  inquisitio  nonarum. 

TYTHERLEY. 

A.D.  1226. —  Adam  de  Alta  Ripa  appointed  Radul- 
phus  le  Franceis  his  attorney  in  a  plea  against  Wal- 
terus   de   Langeford,  and  others   concerning   land   in 
Tuderlegh. 


HAMPSHIRE.  169 

ISLE    OF   WIGHT. 

NEWPORT. 

A.D.  1344. —  Grant  by  William  atte  Hyde  to  John, 
called  "  le  Langetaylur,"  of  a  tenement  in  the  street 
called  "  Pilstret "  in  Neuport.  Witnesses,  John  le 
Frensche  and  Robert  de  Comptone,  bailiffs  of  that 
town,  and  others.  Dated  on  Monday,  the  morrow 
of  Saint  Katherine,   18  Edward  II. 

A.D.  1345. —  Grant  by  John,  called  "le  Langetaylur," 
to  Stephen  le  Tapenir,  of  a  tenement  in  the  street 
called  "  Pilstret "  in  Neuport.  Witnesses,  John  le 
Frensche  and  Robert  de  Comptone,  bailiffs  of  the 
town,  and  others.  Dated  on  Friday  before  the 
Epiphany,   18  Edward  II. 


HEREFORDSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

In  the  report  returnable  to  the  Exchequer  on  the 
17th  of  March,  1166,  Adam  de  Port  gives  a  Hst  of 
the  knights'  fees  held  by  him  "  de  veteri  feoffamento  " 
in  this  county.  Among  these  Thomas  del  Franc  and 
Radulfus  de  Baskervill  held  each  one  knight's  fee, 
Ricardus  de  la  Folie  two,  and  Walterus  del  Freisne 
held  three  knights'  fees. 

Charter  of  confirmation  by  Johannes  Picardus  to 
the  Church  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  in  Breck- 
nock, probably  executed  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
twelfth  century :  — 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  and  those  to  come 
that  I,  Johannes  Picard,  have  granted  to  God  and 
the  Church  of  St,  John  the  Evangelist,  in  Brecchin, 
and  the  monks  serving  God  there,  all  the  donations 
which  Picardus,  my  grandfather,  and  Rogerus,  my 
father,  have  given  in  land  and  tithes ;  namely,  land 
"  in  valle  Stradewy,"  according  to  the  terms  assigned 
by  my  grandfather ;  and  two-tenths  of  the  whole  of  my 
lordship  in  Stradewy  and  Lancefrett,  etc.  Also  I 
grant  and  confirm  to  this  Church  of  St.  John  in  Brec- 


HEREFORDSHIRE.  171 

chin  eight  acres  of  land  in  "  Scorn  Clineham,"  which 
my  men  have  given  to  this  church,  etc.  Among  the 
witnesses  are  Radulfus  de  Baschavilla  and  Willelmus 
Fraiicigena. 

A.D.  1255. —  Rogerus  le  Fraunceys,  of  Cletere,  and 
Cristiana,  his  wife,  give  half  a  mark  to  the  king  for 
a  "  brevi  de  ingressu  ad  terminum."  Therefore,  the 
sheriff  of  Hereford  is  commanded  to  take,  etc. 

A.D.  1258. —  Rogerus  de  Ledwyc',  Isabella,  his  wife, 
and  Johannes  Le  Fra7iceys  give  20i".  for  an  assisa  de 
morte  antecessoris  held  before  Nicholaus  de  Turri. 
And  the  sheriff  of  Hereford  is  commanded  to  take, 
etc. 

A.D.  1 29 1. —  Pardon  to  Peter  le  Fraunceys  and 
others  of  their  outlawry  in  the  county  of  Hereford 
for  contumacy  in  not  appearing  before  the  justices  of 
the  bench  to  answer  John  de  Ebroicis  touching  a 
trespass.     Dated  at  Hereford,  on  the  2d  of  November. 

A.D.  1 31 5. —  Willelmus  de  Frome  was  one  of  the 
two  knights  elected  in  this  county  to  attend  the  Par- 
liament at  Westminster  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Hilary, 
20th  of  January,  1 315,  to  be  held  upon  certain  ardu- 
ous affairs,  and  particularly  concerning  the  state  of 
Scotland.  His  manucaptors  were  Galfridus  de  Sanes- 
feld  and  Willielmus  le  Fre^tcke. 


172  HEREFORDSHIRE. 

GRIMSWORTH    HUNDRED. 

WELLINGTON. 

13th  century. —  Grant  by  Crisiiana  le  Fj-aunceys, 
of  Welington,  widow  of  Richard,  son  of  Stephen  de 
Welington,  of  land  in  the  field  of  Welington,  upon  le 
Nethermersforlonge. 

WEBTREE  HUNDRED. 

BREDWARDINE. 

A.D.  1272. —  Inspeximus  by  Margery  le  Crone, 
daughter  of  Hugh  de  la  Hulle,  in  the  parish  of  Brede- 
wardine,  of  the  grant  in  frankalmoign  by  Hugh,  son 
of  William  le  Crone,  of  Moccors,  to  the  Abbey  of 
Dore,  of  land  lying  next  the  lands  of  the  said  abbey, 
and  of  Margery,  his  mother;  also  grant  of  marl,  sand, 
shingle,  and  a  stone  quarry,  with  free  ingress  and 
egress ;  and  also  of  common  of  pasture.  Witnesses, 
Gilbert  Taleboth,  Hukelimis  le  Franceys,  and  others. 
Dated  on  Michaelmas  Day,  56  Henry  \\\. 

4  Edward  L  (1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Philippus,  son  of  Hiikeliniis  le  Fraunceis,  against 
Johannes  Appouel,  touching  a  tenement  in  Bred- 
wardine. 


HEREFORDSHIRE.  173 


KINGSTON. 


The  date  of  the  following  record  is  indicated  by 
the  time  when  Hubert  Walter  was  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury.  He  succeeded  to  this  post  in  1193,  and 
died,  according  to  Matthew  Paris,  on  the  3d  of  July, 
1205.  During  this  period  he  is  often  recorded  as  one 
of  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer.  However,  in  the 
tenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Richard  I.  there  are 
records  of  tallages  of  serjeanties  in  Lincolnshire  and 
in  Southampton,  the  latter  being  made  by  Hubert, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  These  records  may  indi- 
cate a  general  tallage  of  serjeanties,  which  may  have 
included  the  following  tallage  in  Herefordshire :  — 

The  sheriff  of  Hereford  and  his  associates,  assigned 
to  take  tallage,  report  to  Hubert  Walter,  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury  and  Primate  of  England,  that  they 
have  inquired  about  the  serjeanties  in  Herefordshire, 
according  to  the  form  of  his  command.  The  follow- 
ing is  pertinent  to  this  subject:  — 

Henricus  le  Fraunceys  and  Rogerus  de  Haya  hold 
two  parts  of  a  carucate  by  serjeanty  in  Kyngeston, 
the  part  of  Henricus  valued  at  3^.  per  annum,  and 
that  of  Rogerus  at  55-. 

Henricus  Franciscus  holds  for  summoning  the 
barons. 

The  following  record  seems  to  be  about  the  same 
date  as  that  preceding :  — 

Henricus   Franciscus   holds    half    a   hide,  "  a   con- 


1 7  4  HEREFORDSHIRE. 

questu  Angliae,"  for  the  service  of  summoning  three 
barons  of  the  county  of  Hereford,  and  conducting  the 
king's  treasure  to  London,  at  the  cost  of  the  king,  at 
Easter  and  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael. 

In  continuation  the  Testa  de  Nevill  gives  addi- 
tional information  of  a  later  date,  of  which  record 
we  have  the  following  translation  :  — 

Hciiricus  le  Frauiiccys  held  in  the  vill  of  Kingston 
half  a  hide  of  land  by  serjeanty  in  capite  of  the  lord 
the  king  for  service  valued  at  20s.,  which  is  alienated 
as  follows :  Thomas  Amesey  and  Rosa,  his  mother, 
hold  eighteen  acres,  valued  at  ']s.  6d.  per  annum ; 
Walterus  de  Kingeston  holds  eight  acres  of  aforesaid 
hide,  valued  at  3^-.  /^d. ;  Walterus  Wytside  holds  four 
acres  and  one  messuage,  the  four  acres  valued  at  2od. 
and  the  messuage  at  I2d.]  Hugo  k  Fraiinccys  holds 
four  acres,  valued  at  2od. ;  Ricardus  de  la  Barewe 
holds  one  acre  and  a  half,  valued  at  8^/. ;  Willelmus 
Messor  holds  half  an  acre,  valued  at  3^^/. ;  Margeria, 
sister  of  the  earl  (soror  com'),  holds  one  acre,  valued 
at  5<y. ;  Adam  de  Pistrino  holds  one  acre,  valued  at 
6d. ;  the  Abbey  of  Dore  holds  four  acres  of  land  and 
one  acre  of  meadow,  the  four  acres  valued  at  2s.,  and 
the  meadow  at  \2d.  And,  after  the  alienation  of  this 
20i'.  of  land,  Heuricus  Ic  Fraunccys,  heir  of  the  afore- 
said Heiiricus,  holds  twenty-eight  acres  of  the  said 
hide,  making  the  service  due  for  the  half  of  the  hide 
of  land;  and  it  is  valued  at  9^-,  4c/.  per  annum.  And 
two  half-hides  are  due  to  carry  the   king's  letters  as 


HEREFORDSHIRE.  175 

often  as  they  may  come  into  the  county  of  Hereford 
at  CHfford,  the  tenants  of  one-half  hide  in  one  year, 
and  those  of  the  other  in  the  next  year. 

Hcnriciis  le  Frauiiccys  came  into  the  custody  of 
the  lord  the  king ;  and  Emericus  de  Chaunceus,  then 
sheriff  of  Hereford  (1240-46),  took  possession  of  this 
He7iricns  and  his  lands  on  behalf  of  the  king,  and  sold 
the  wardship  of  aforesaid  Hciu^icus  and  his  land  to 
Walterus  de  Kingeston  for  4  marks.  And  the  said 
Walterus  held  it  in  custody  during  eight  years  to 
the  maturity  of  the  aforesaid  Hciiricus^  who  then 
redeemed  the  land  for  4  marks,  but  it  is  not  known 
whether  the  sheriff  answered  to  the  king  for  the 
same  or  not ;  and  it  was  valued  at  9^-.  Afd.  per 
annum,  as  previously  mentioned, —  namely,  that  land 
which  the  said  Walterus  had  in  ward  of  the  sheriff. 

17  Edward  I.  (1288-89). —  -^^  inquisition  taken 
after  the  death  of  Henricus  le  Frarinccys  shows  that 
he  held  land,  etc.,  in  Kingeston,  and,  further,  that  he 
had  enfeoffed  land  to  Magister  Walterus  Le  Mazun, 
of  Hereford. 

By  an  escheat  of  the  forty-fourth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  HI.  (1370-71)  it  is  found  that 
Rogerus  Frenshe  held  twenty-eight  acres  of  land  in 
Kyngeston,  in  Malefeld ;  and  in  the  same  year  the 
king  commits  to  Henricus  Cachepoll,  of  Hereford, 
the  custody  of  twenty-eight  acres  of  land,  with  its 
appurtenances,  in  Kyngeston,  in  Malefeld,  in  county 
Hereford,  which  belonged   to  the  deceased  Rogerus 


1 7  6  HEREFORDSHIRE. 

Frenshe,  who,  etc.,  to  be  held  until  the  legal  age  of 
the  heir,  giving  to  the  king  lo^.  per  annum  for  the 
same. 


WOLPHY   HUNDRED. 

LAYSTERS. 

Circa  a.d.  1242-43. —  In  Lastes  are  two  hides,  of 
which  Hugo  de  Kylpec  holds  one  for  knight's  ser- 
vice, de  veteri  feoffamento,  of  the  honor  of  Bohun. 
Rogerus  and  Johannes  Franciscus  hold  the  other,  for 
the  eight  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  of  Lord  Rogerus 
Pichard,  of  the  honor  of  the  Earl  of  Hereford. 


HERTFORDSHIRE. 


HERTFORD    CITY. 

At  the  inquisition  made  at  Hertford  on  Wednesday 
next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Nicholas,  in  the  third 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274),  before 
Lord  Robertus  de  Ufford  and  Radulfus  de  Sandwyco, 
the  king's  inquisitors,  Ricardus  Fraunceys,  and  other 
knights  of  this  county,  who  were  jurors,  said  upon 
their  oath  that  Willelmus  de  Walenciis  holds  the 
castle  of  Hertford  and  the  manors  of  Essenden  and 
Bayford  by  a  grant  of  King  Henry  IH. ;  but  they  do 
not  know  by  what  warrant  or  for  what  service  or  the 
value  of  the  same. 

At  the  assize  held  at  Hertford  on  the  morrow  of 
All  Souls'  Day,  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  I.  (1278),  before  Johannes  de  Reygate  and  his 
associates,  justices  itinerant,  concerning  the  liberties 
of  the  abbot  of  Westminster,  Ricardus  le  Fraunceys, 
knight  of  this  county,  was  among  the  jurors. 


1 7  8  HER  TFORDSHIRE. 

BRAUGHIN    HUNDRED. 

GILSTON. 

At  the  essoins,  etc.,  taken  at  Hertford  on  the 
octaves  of  Saint  Michael,  6th  of  October,  1198, 
Matheus  filius  Willielmi  essoined  himself  by  Alexan- 
der filius  Matildae  in  a  placitum  assisae  versus  Wil- 
lielmtis  Franciis.  Also  Peter  de  Goldinton  essoined 
himself  by  Rogerus  Bataille  in  a  placitum  assisae 
versus  Wtllielmus  Francus. 

A.D.  1 1 99. —  An  assize  came  to  make  recognition  if 
Robcrtus,  father  of  Willielmus  Franciis,  had  seisin 
in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  of  the  eight  acres  of  land 
with  its  appurtenances  in  Gedeleston,  on  the  day 
when  he  died,  etc.,  which  land  Willielmus  filius  Gode- 
fridi  holds,  who  produced  a  charter  of  Johannes  de  la 
Rokella  of  this  grant,  and  the  confirmation  of  Will- 
ielmus, Earl  of  Mandville,  who  was  heir  the  afore- 
said Johannes,  as  Willielmus  said.  The  day  is  given 
them  in  the  octaves  of  Holy  Trinity  for  hearing  the 
judgment. 

At  the  pleas  on  the  octaves  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
20th  of  June,  1 199,  Willielmus  filius  Godewici  es- 
soined himself  by  Eliot  filius  Willielmi  in  a  plea  of 
hearing  judgment  against  Willielmus  Francus. 

At  the  pleas  at  the  term  of  Saint  Michael,  11 99, 
Willielmus  filius  Godefridi  presented  himself,  on  the 
fourth  day,  versus    Willielmus   Francus   for   hearing 


HERTFORDSHIRE.  179 

the  judgment  in  a  plea  of  eight  acres  of  land  with 
its  appurtenances  in  Godeleston,  which  Willielmus 
Francus  claimed  by  a  writ  of  the  assize  against  him ; 
but  Willielmus  Franctis  neither  came  nor  essoined 
himself.  Therefore  Willielmus  filius  Godefridi  with- 
drew without  any  day  being  assigned  for  hearing. 


BROADWATER    HUNDRED. 

HATFIELD. 

At  an  inquisition  of  the  manor  Hathfeud,  made  in 
the  twenty-first  year  of  Hugo,  Bishop  of  Ely,  a.d. 
1277,  by  Rogerus  de  Abiton,  then  steward,  it  is  found 
that  this  manor  is  in  the  county  of  Hertford  and  in 
the  hundred  of  Bradewater.  The  advowson  and  right 
of  presentation  belong  to  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  and  it  is 
in  the  bishopric  of  Lincoln. 

Johannes  Blundus  holds  three  parts  of  one  virgate 
in  Haneshyda,  and  Symon  le  Franceis  holds  the  fourth 
part,  for  which  they  pay  together  \bd.  per  annum, 
besides  two  hens  at  Christmas  and  ten  eggs  at  Easter ; 
and  they  shall  make  two  days'  work  weekly  from  the 
feast  of  Saint  Michael  to  the  gules  of  August,  and 
four  days'  work  weekly  from  the  gules  of  August  to 
the  feast  of  Saint  Michael.  Johannes  also  holds 
three  and  a  half  acres  of  land  for  which  he  gives  7^., 
and  some  heath  land  for  which  he  gives  \d.  at  Mich- 


i8o     '  HERTFORDSHIRE. 

aelmas.  Also  the  said  Simon  le  Franceis  holds  "  de 
Colegraive,"  for  which  he  gives  3^.  per  annum,  be- 
sides Vzd.  at  Michaelmas. 


CASHIO    HUNDRED. 

ST.   ALBANS. 

8  Edward  1.(1279-80). —  Commission  to  Richard 
le  Fraunceys  and  three  others  of  gaol  delivery  for 
St.  Albans.  He  is  again  mentioned  with  others  in 
the  same  capacity  for  St.  Albans  in  the  following 
year. 

A.D.  1352. —  Grant  by  Richard  Gardyner  of  Bishop's 
Hatfield  to  William  Frayjishe,  of  St.  Albans,  and 
Agjies,  his  wife,  of  a  messuage  with  a  curtilage  in 
Sopwellane,  St.  Albans,  abutting  on  the  stream  of 
water  running  from  Halywelle  to  Sopwelle  mill. 
Witnesses,  John  de  Wynslowe,  bailiff  of  St.  Albans, 
and  others  named.  Dated  on  Thursday,  the  Purifi- 
cation, in  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  HI. 

A.D.  1264. —  At  the  inquisition  held  at  Chipping 
Barnet  on  Wednesday,  the  feast  of  Philip  and  James, 
the  Apostles,  in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Edward  III.,  before  Thomas  de  Frowik,  "cleri- 
cus  mercati  hospitii  domini  regis,"  regarding  the 
liberties  of  St.  A\h2ins,Jo/ianii€s  Frcusshe  was  among 
the  jurors. 


HERTFORDSHIRE.  i8i 

HITCHIN    AND    PIRTON    HUNDRED. 

KIMPTON. 

3  Edward  I.  (1274-75). — Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Richard  le  Franceys  against  Robert  de  Gravele,  touch- 
ing a  tenement  in  Kimpton. 


HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 


HURSTINGSTONE    HUNDRED. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  fourth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  the  jurors  of  the 
hundred  of  Hirstinstan  said  that  Saerus  de  Frunceis^ 
sheriff  of  Huntingdon,  and  Thomas  Huntingdon,  his 
clerk,  did  not  execute  the  king's  command  in  a  writ 
of  novel  disseisin,  before  M.  de  Lytlebir',  between 
Ricardus  de  Bruchton  and  the  Bishop  of  Ely. 


COLNE. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1278-79)  Radulphus  de  Franceys  held  in  Collen,  of 
Johannes  de  Collen,  one  messuage,  containing  one 
rood,  for  6^.  per  annum. 


WOOD  HURST. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Nicholaus  Franceys  holds  in  Wode- 
hirst  one  messuage,  containing  half  a  rood  and  three 


.     HUNTINGDONSHIRE.  183 

acres  of  land,  for  finding  a  lamp   before  the   cross  in 
the  church  of  Wodehirst. 


LEIGHTONSTONE    HUNDRED. 

LEIGHTON. 

At  the  inquisition  made  at  Huntingdon  in  the 
seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  1.(1278- 
79),  before  Willelmus  Muschet  and  others,  the  jurors 
of  the  hundred  of  Leyttonstone  said  that  Master 
Robertus  de  Winchelse,  canon  of  Lincoln,  holds  the 
manor  of  Leyton ;  and  he  has  in  demesne  six  caru- 
cates  of  land,  twenty-four  acres  of  meadow,  ten  acres 
of  pasture,  one  detached  meadow  called  Redmad, 
one  garden  containing  four  acres,  twenty  acres  of 
wood,  and  one  windmill.  He  has  a  free  tenant, 
Rogerus  le  Lord,  who  defends  half  a  knight's  fee  for 
the  said  Robertus  de  Winchelse,  and  holds  in  de- 
mesne two  virgates  of  land  and  three  acres  of  meadow. 

Among  the  tenants  of  this  Rogerus  le  Lord  is 
Johannes  de  Maperton,  who  holds  of  him  one  virgate 
of  land.  And  among  the  tenants  of  this  Johannes  de 
Maperton  is  Rogerus  Fraunceys,  who  holds  eight 
acres ;  and  he,  with  others,  shall  till  with  the  lord's 
plough,  take  care  of  the  lord's  oxen,  and  plough  his 
own  land  with  the  lord's  plough. 


1 84  HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 

NORMAN    CROSS    HUNDRED. 

CALDECOT. 

A.D.  1251,  September  4. —  At  an  inquisition  made 
at  this  date  it  is  found  that  Alicia  Fratuiccys  holds 
half  a  virgate  in  this  place,  of  the  abbot  of  Ramsey, 
for  numerous  services. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  {1278-79)  it  is  found  that 
Lord  Willelmus  de  Brus  holds  the  manor  and  vill  of 
Caldecote  of  Lord  Robertus  de  Brus  for  the  third 
part  of  a  knight's  fee,  and  it  is  of  the  honor  of  Hun- 
tington. To  the  said  vill  belong  three  and  a  half 
hides  of  land,  each  hide  containing  five  virgates  of 
land,  and  each  virgate  containing  twenty-five  acres. 
Of  these  hides  the  said  lord  has  in  demesne  four  vir- 
gates of  land,  each  virgate  containing  twenty-five 
acres  with  adjacent  meadow.  The  court  of  the 
said  manor  with  garden  contains  two  acres.  He  has 
also  three  acres  of  woodland,  detached  pasture  con- 
taining half  an  acre,  and  a  windmill. 

Among  the  tenants  of  this  Willelmus  de  Brus 
was  Alicia  Fraimceys,  holding  half  a  virgate  here, 
rendering  yearly  2Qs.  for  all  work  and  service. 


HUNTINGDONSHIRE.  185 


ELTON. 


No  date. — ■  Grant  by  Isabel,  daughter  of  Letitia  de 
Ailintone,  to  Robert,  her  son,  and  Matilda,  her  daugh- 
ter, of  a  messuage  with  a  toft  and  croft  in  Ailintone, 
containing  forty-four  feet  by  fifty-eight  feet,  the  croft 
abutting  on  Rudichway ;  two  acres  in  Ailinton  fields, 
part  on  Cleyfurlong,  by  the  highway  beneath  Mi- 
chele  grove,  abutting  one  end  toward  Walmisford 
and  the  other  toward  Ogerston  (south  of  Folks- 
worth),  parts  by  "  gores "  of  Robert,  son  of  Walter, 
son  of  Emma,  and  abutting  on  Milneweye ;  four 
acres  and  a  half  that  Letitia,  her  mother,  bought  of 
Lady  Ysoud,  late  the  wife  of  Philip,  son  of  Achard 
de  Ailintone,  for  47^-.,  part  of  the  tillage  called 
"  Longewonge "  abutting  on  the  great  road  from 
Walmisford  to  Ogerston,  part  between  Gorewong  and 
Twelveacris,  and  abutting  on  Billingbrok,  part  upon 
Herdewykbenelond  and  abutting  on  Billingbrokfur- 
long,  part  between  the  abbot's  tillage  called  "  Riew- 
ong "  and  Akirmanlond ;  and  one  acre  and  a  half, 
part  lying  at  Buruweye  plot  between  Andrew  le  Her- 
mite's  land  and  "le  Akirmanislond,"  part  between 
"  le  Furweys,"  part  by  "  le  Gildengore" :  paying  9^. 
yearly.  Witnesses,  Sir  Roger  de  Cunintone,  vicar; 
Gerald  de  Wyldebeuf,  Henry  Franceys,  and  others. 

A.D.  1267-85. —  Grant  by  John,  son  of  Henry  le 
Fratmceys,  of  Aylington,  to  Sir  William,  the  abbot, 
and    the  convent  of     Ramsey,  in   frankalmoign,   for 


1 86  HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 

20S.,  of  one  acre  of  land  in  Aylington,  half  at  Wes- 
tereston,  abutting  on  Neutoneweye,  and  half  at 
Byllingbroc.  Witnesses,  John,  son  of  John  de  Ayl- 
ington, Walter  Produme,  and  others. 

A.D,  1267-85. —  Grant  by  John,  son  of  John  de 
Aylinton,  to  William,  the  abbot,  and  the  convent  of 
Ramsey,  of  an  annual  rent  of  2^.  issuing  from  a  mes- 
suage with  croft  in  Aylinton,  held  by  Thomas  Joute 
and  Matilda,  his  wife,  situate  as  described.  Wit- 
nesses, Roger,  son  of  Hugh  Brian,  Gilbert  Fraun- 
ceys,  2ir\di  John,  his  brother,  and  others. 

A.D.  1267-85. —  Grant  by  William  le  Freman,  of 
Aylington,  to  William,  the  abbot,  and  the  convent  of 
Ramsey,  for  i6j.,  of  land  in  Aylinton,  situate  as  de- 
scribed. Witnesses,  Sir  Robert  de  Hale,  clerk ; 
John  de  Aylington,  Gilbert  Fratmceys,  and  others. 

A.D.  1275. —  Grant  by  John  Cardun,  of  Wynewik, 
and  Benigna,  his  wife,  to  Sir  William,  the  abbot,  and 
the  convent  of  Ramsey,  for  17  marks,  of  land  with 
toft  and  croft  in  Aylington  that  Robert  le  Rus  for- 
merly held  of  them.  Witnesses,  Roger,  son  of  Hugh 
Brian,  Gilbert  and  John  Franceys,  and  others. 

A.D.  1275. —  Certificate  of  John  Cardun,  of  Wyne- 
wik, and  Benigna,  his  wife,  that  within  the  quindene 
of  Easter,  1275,  at  the  mandate  of  William,  abbot  of 
Ramsey,  they  will  at  their  own  expense  go  before  the 
justices  at  London,  return,  and  stay  there  until  the 
abbot  or  his  attorney,  at  his  own  cost,  has  made  a 
chirograph  of  the  land   in   Aylington  that   Robert  le 


HUNTINGDONSHIRE.  187 

Rus  formerly  held,  of  which  they  have  made  a  grant 
to  the  abbot.  Other  covenants  specified.  Witnesses, 
Roger,  son  of  Hugh  Brian,  Gilbert  and  John  Fraun- 
ceys,  and  others. 

No  date. —  Grant  by  Geoffry  Blundel,  of  Aylinton, 
to  Thomas  Sauvage,  burgess  of  Stanford,  for  20s.,  of 
land  in  Aylinton,  adjoining  the  abbot  of  Ramsey's 
land  called  "  Akir  Manlond  "  on  the  south,  and  abut- 
ting eastward  on  Mersfurlong,  and  westward  on  the 
road  called  "  Riggewey."  Witnesses, yb//;^  le  Fraun- 
ceys  and  others. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-79)  it  is  found  that 
the  abbot  of  Ramsey  holds  the  manor  and  vill  of 
Aylingtone,  with  its  appurtenances,  in  capite  of  the 
lord  the  king. 

Among  his  free  tenants  here  was  Johajines  Fraun- 
ceys,  who  held  and  defended  one  virgate  of  land  "  de 
conquestu,"  giving  to  the  said  abbot  for  the  same  6s. 
per  annum,  and  tilling  yearly  eight  acres  of  land  with 
his  own  plough,  and  making  two  bedripes  with  all  his 
family,  except  his  wife, 

Gilbertus  Fraunceis  holds  two  acres  and  a  half  of 
land  of  the  same  virgate  by  charter,  giving  for  the 
same  dfd.  to  the  sdld  Johannes  Fratuiceys. 

Matilda  Fraunceys  holds  three  acres  and  one  rood 
of  the  same  virgate  by  charter,  giving  to  the  said 
Johannes  Fraujiceys  8d. 

Robertus  Chapman  holds  two  acres  and  a  half  of 


1 88  HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 

land,  by  charter,  of  the  same  virgate,  giving  for  it  to 
the  ?,2i\6.  Johan7ies  Fraunceys  i\d. 

Johannes  Fraunceys  should  make  suit  at  the  court 
of  the  abbot  of  Ramesheye,  at  Brouttone,  twice  a 
year,  and,  if  the  king's  writ  came  there,  "  from  three 
weeks  to  three  weeks,"  and  give  ^d.  as  aid  at  the 
feasts  of  Saint  Michael  and  Easter. 

In  a  record,  without  date,  it  is  found  that  Gilbertus 
le  Fraunceys  and  Robertus  filius  Evae  should  give  to 
the  abbot  of  Ramesey  half  a  quarter  of  fodder-corn  at 
the  feast  of  Saint  Edmund  the  King  and  one  hen 
at  the  feast  of  All  Saints' ;  and  Gilbertus  Fratmceys 
should  give  one  hen  at  Christmas. 

A.D.  1 291. —  Agreement  concluded  between  John 
de  Langetoft  and  Alice,  his  wife,  on  the  one  part,  and 
Robert  de  Hale,  rector  of  Aylingtone,  on  the  other, 
to  end  the  dispute  between  them  concerning  the 
lands,  etc.,  formerly  belonging  to  William,  son  of 
John  le  Lord,  and  John,  his  son  and  heir,  in  Ayling- 
ton  and  Wermington,  whereof  Robert  was  enfeoffed 
and  out  of  which  Alice,  mother  of  the  said  John, 
sought  reasonable  dower.  The  said  Robert,  by  ad- 
vice of  his  friends  (named),  on  Tuesday  before  Saint 
Nicholas,  20  Edward  I.,  1291,  in  Aylington  church, 
agreed  that  the  aforesaid  Alice  should  be  dowered 
anew  with  the  lands  in  the  greater  middle  and  smaller 
fields  in  Aylington,  herein  accurately  specified, — 
wherewith  John  and  Alice  are  content  for  their  third 
part, —  and  that  the  residue  of  the  whole  tenement  of 


■     HUNTINGDONSHIRE.  189 

the  said  William  and  John  should  remain  to  the  said 
Robert,  with  the  exceptions  stated.  Robert  also 
agreed  that  two  parts  of  a  capital  messuage,  whereof 
they  asserted  they  were  enfeoffed  for  the  term  of 
Alice's  life,  should  remain  to  them  at  will,  subject  to 
their  good  behavior.  Witnesses,  John,  son  of  John 
de  Aylington,  Gilbert  Frannccys,  Jo/in,  his  brother, 
and  others.  Dated  at  Aylington,  the  vigil  of  Saint 
Thomas  the  Apostle,  20  Edward  I. 

At  the  Great  Court,  at  Broughton,  held  on  Tues- 
day, the  feast  of  the  Translation  of  Saint  Hugh,  in 
the  twenty-first  year  of  King  Edward,  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  eighth  year  of  Abbot  John  (6th  of  October, 
i2<^'^^  Johannes  Fraunceys.,  of  Ayllington,  and  others 
did  not  come,  wherefore  they  were  distrained. 

In  the  following  year  (1294),  on  Tuesday,  the  octave 
of  Saints  Peter  and  Paul,  Johannes  Fraunceys  was 
among  the  jurors  at  an  inquest  held  at  the  same 
court. 

At  the  inquisition  made  at  St.  Ives  on  the  17th 
of  March,  1295,  before  Hugo  de  Babinton,  sheriff  of 
Huntingdon,  concerning  those  who  held  lands  and 
rents  to  the  yearly  value  of  40/.,  Johanjies  Fraunceys, 
of  Aylington,  was  among  the  jurors. 

A.D.  1 301. — Johannes  le  Fraunceys  was  summoned 
from  the  counties  of  Cambridge  and  Huntingdon  to 
perform  military  service  in  person  against  the  Scots. 

Writ  of  military  summons  addressed  to  Johannes 
le   Fraunceys  recites    that,  the    Scots   persevering  in 


IQO 


HUNTING  D  ONSHIRE. 


their  wickedness  and  malice,  the  king  had  determined 
to  march  against  them  after  Whitsuntide,  when  the 
truce,  concluded  at  the  request  of  the  King  of  France, 
would  expire.  He,  Johannes  Ic  Fraunceys,  is  there- 
fore requested  and  required  to  appear  at  the  muster 
at  Berwick-upon-Tweed,  on  the  feast  of  Saint  John 
the  Baptist,  24th  of  June,  with  horses  and  arms,  etc., 
in  order  to  resist  in  repressing  the  pride  and  rebellion 
of  the  enemy.  Teste  Rege,  at  Northampton,  on  the 
twelfth  day  of  March,  1301. 

A.D.  1304. —  Grant  h^  John  Fraunceys,  of  Aylington, 
to  Robert,  son  of  Stephen  de  Hale,  clerk,  of  land  in 
the  fields  of  Aylington,  situate  as  described.  Wit- 
nesses, John  le  Lord  of  Aylington,  Hugh  Prest,  then 
the  abbot  [of  Ramsey's]  bailiff  in  Aylinton,  and 
others.  Dated  at  St.  Gregory,  the  Pope's  Day,  32 
Edward  I. 

OVERTON   WATERVILLE. 

7  Edward  1.(1278-79). —  Among  the  free  tenants 
of  Thomas  de  Lovetoft  in  this  place  was  Willelmus 
Fraunceys,  who  held  one  virgate  of  land  by  charter, 
giving  to  Thomas  de  Lovetoft,  heir  of  Rogerus  de 
Lovetoft,  a  half-penny  per  annum. 

STIBBINGTON. 

This  place  probably  comprises  the  ancient  location 
of  Sybeston.  The  Domesday  survey,  however,  shows 
that  Stebintone  belonged  to  Sibestun. 


HUNTINGDONSHIRE.  191 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-79)  the  jurors  of 
Normancross  hundred  said  that  the  Templars  hold 
one  hide  and  a  half  of  land  in  Sybeston  in  perpetual 
alms  by  the  gift  of  Willelmus  de  Merk,  who  held  it 
of  the  honor  of  Bolonie.  Of  this  land  they  have  in 
demesne  two  virgates,  each  containing  thirty  acres, 
besides  thirteen  acres  and  a  half  and  one  rood. 

Ascelynus  le  Flemyng  holds  three  roods  of  meadow 
of  Walterus  Frattnceys,  belonging  to  the  said  thirteen 
acres  and  a  half  and  one  rood,  giving  yearly  for 
the  same  one -root  of  sfino^er  to  the  said  Walterus 
Fraunceys. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  the  Templars  in  this 
place  was  Walterus  le  Fraunceys,  who  held,  by  charter, 
half  a  virgate  of  land,  one  virgate  containing  thirty 
acres,  giving  yearly  for  the  same  4^-.  Of  this  half 
virgate  he  has  in  his  hands  one  messuage  and  three 
acres  of  land,  and  the  said  Templars  hold  seven 
acres  of  the  said  half  virgate. 


TOSELAND   HUNDRED. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-79)  it  is  found  that 
among  the  free  tenants  of  the  fee  of  Dervergull  de 
Balliol  in  Toselond  hundred  was  Thomas  de  Catte- 
worth,    among    whose    three   villani    was     Willelmus 


192  HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 

Franceys,  who  held  ten  acres  of  land  and  one  rood 
of  meadow  in  villeinage,  giving  yearly  to  the  said 
Thomas  'js.  A^d.  for  service  and  custom. 


CALDECOT. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-79)  in  the  hundred  of 
Thouleslond  the  jurors  said  that  Robertus  de  Toten- 
hall,  with  his  tenants,  holds  in  capite  of  R.  de  Brus 
in  the  hamlet  of  Caldecote  and  in  Touleslund  one 
whole  knight's  fee  by  homage,  forinsec  service,  and 
suit;  and  he  has  in  demesne  one  hundred  acres  of 
arable  land  and  one  acre  and  a  half  of  meadow. 

Thomas  le  Fraunccys  holds  twenty  acres  of  land  of 
this  Robertus  de  Totenhall,  by  homage  and  forinsec 
service,  giving  for  the  same  one  pound  of  pepper. 

Among  the  tenants  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  St. 
Neots  in  this  hamlet  of  Caldecote  was  Thomas  le 
Fraiaiceys,  holding  six  acres  of  land,  and  giving  iS^^. 
to  the  prior  for  the  same. 


HEMINGFORD. 

A.D.  1209-10. —  A  final  concord  was  made  in  the 
King's  Court  between  Robertus  Blay,  plaintiff,  and 
Nichola  de  Hemingford,  defendant,  touching  two 
hides  of  land  and  the  third  part  of   three  mills,  with 


•     HUNTINGDONSHIRE.  193 

appurtenances,  in  Hemingford.  Robertus  acknowl- 
edged all  the  aforesaid  land  and  the  third  part  of  the 
said  mills  to  be  the  right  of  this  Nichola;  and  for  this 
recognition,  fine,  and  concord  Nichola  granted  to 
Robertus  six  virgates  of  the  aforesaid  land,  with  ap- 
purtenances, which  included  the  land  of  Ricardus 
Franceis  and  others.  To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said 
Robertus  and  his  heirs  of  Nichola  .  .  .  for  the  service 
of  a  fifth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  for  all  service. 


LITTLE   PAXTON. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1278-79)  it  is  found  that 
Galfridus  le  Moyne  holds  and  defends  half  a  knight's 
fee  in  Parva  Paxton,  by  homage  and  forinsec  service, 
of  Lord  Robertus  de  Brus,  of  the  honor  of  Hunting- 
don, and  he  makes  suit  at  the  court  of  the  said  Ro- 
bertus at  Huntingdon  from  month  to  month ;  and 
this  Lord  Robertus  de  Brus  holds  of  the  King  of 
Scotland,  and  the  King  of  Scotland  of  the  King  of 
England. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  this  Galfridus  le  Moyne 
was  Willelmus  Franceys,  holding  ten  acres  and  one 
rood  of  land  with  one  rood  of  meadow,  giving  yearly 
to  the  said  Galfridus  8j-.  and  one  capon. 


KENT 


GENERAL. 

On  the  morrow  of  Saint  Andrew,  ist  of  December, 
1 1 94,  Adam,  de  Cerring'  essoins  himself  de  malo 
veniendi  by  Simon  le  Franccis  in  a  placitum  terrae 
versus  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

On  the  2d  of  May,  11 99,  Stephanus  Harengot 
essoins  himself  by  Gilbertus  Franceis  at  an  assize  of 
mort  d'ancestor  against  Hugo  Coffun  and  Ricardus. 

A,D.  1258. —  Ricardus  le  Frannceys  and  four  others 
give  half  a  mark  for  an  assize  held  before  Nicholaus 
de  Turri.  And  the  sheriff  of  Kent  is  commanded, 
etc. 

A.D.  1263. —  Thomas  le  Frannceys,  Qf^xvc\.2ir\M's>  filius 
Rogeri,  Willelmus  and  Hugo,  his  brothers,  and 
Clemens  filius  Hamonis  give  half  a  mark  for  an 
assisa  de  morte  antecessoris  held  before  Willelmus 
de  Wylton'.  And  the  sheriff  of  Kent  is  commended, 
etc. 

CANTERBURY. 

The  vigil  of  Saint  Thomas  the  Apostle  in  the 
month    of    December,    1 1 76. —  Controversy    between 


KENT.  19s 

Roger,  the  elect  of  St.  Augustine,  Canterbury,  and 
the  men  of  Thanet  as  to  whether  the  latter  were 
entitled  to  go  to  the  chief  court  of  St.  Augustine, 
Canterbury,  to  plead  their  causes  and  obtain  justice 
or  whether  they  ought  only  to  go  to  their  halmote  in 
Thanet.  Witnesses,  Johannes  de  Cardif,  Elias  de 
Shilinghelde  et  Daniel  frater  ejus,  Adam  de  cher- 
inges  et  Yvo  filius  ejus,  Gerusasius  de  Hosprenge  et 
Herueus  nepos  ejus,  Fulco  Peisforiere  et  Ricardus 
peisforiere,  Osbertus  franccis,  Henricus  de  Marisco, 
Robertus  filius  Heilnoth,  et  multis  aliis. 

In  the  time  of  King  Edward  I.  or  II.  (i 272-1 327) 
the  Friars  Heremites,  of  the  order  of  Saint  Augus- 
tine, obtained  a  settlement  and  house  in  the  parish  of 
St.  George,  by  the  gift  of  Richard  French,  baker. 

A  fine  was  made  at  Westminster,  in  the  octave  of 
the  Purification  of  the  Virgin,  1 331,  between  William 
le ffrensshe,  of  Canterbury,  plaintiff,  and  John  Lamb, 
of  [San  ?]  denne,  and  Clemencia,  his  wife,  defendants, 
of  one  messuage  and  ten  acres  of  land,  with  appurte- 
nances, in  the  suburbs  of  Canterbury.  John  and 
Clemencia  admit  it  to  be  the  right  of  William,  and, 
for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  Clemencia,  grant  it  to 
him  and  to  his  heirs,  and  receive  20  marks  for  the 
concession. 

A.D.  1332. —  A  fine  was  made  at  Westminster,  on  the 
morrow  of  the  Purification  of  the  Virgin,  in  the  sixth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  III.,  between  Will- 
iam ffreyjishe,  plaintiff,  and  John  ffreynshe  and  Sara, 


196  KENT. 

his  wife,  defendants,  of  one  messuage  with  appurte- 
nances in  the  suburbs  of  Canterbury.  John  and  Sara 
admit  it  to  be  the  right  of  William,  and,  for  them- 
selves and  the  heirs  of  Sara,  grant  it  to  him  and  his 
heirs,  and  receive  10  marks  for  the  concession. 

In  the  Kent  Archaeological  Society's  publications, 
under  the  heading  of  "  The  Friars-Preachers,  or 
Black  Friars  of  Canterbury,"  is  the  following  notice 
of  records :  "  An  increase  of  their  homestead  was 
made  in  1338,  by  the  addition  of  a  messuage,  which 
was  assigned  to  the  friars  by  William  le  Frenshe  and 
John  atte  Brome,  of  Canterbury.  According  to  the 
inquisition  taken  at  Canterbury,  Feb.  26,  1337-38,  by 
writ  of  the  12th,  the  messuage  was  held  of  the  arch- 
bishop, by  service  of  15^/.  a  year  for  all  services,  and 
was  worth  6i-.  8c/.  over  and  above  the  rent.  The 
mortmain  license  was  given  April  15  following,  for 
which  the  friars  paid  a  fine  of  one  mark." 


AYLESFORD   LATHE. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  third  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  of  the 
hundred  of  Shamele  (Shamwell)  said  that  Willebmis 
Frauccys  had  taken  ^d.  of  Johannes  filius  Philippi 
for  releasing  him  from  the  assize. 


KENT.  197 

FRINDSBURY. 

6  Edward  I.  (1277-78). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  William  de  la  Bruer'  against  Roger  le  Fraunceis 
and  Humphrey  de  Dulle,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Frendebir'. 

LENHAM. 

2  Edward  I.  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  Master 
Richard  de  Stanes  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'an- 
cestor  arraigned  by  Margaret,  late  wife  of  Richard  le 
Fraunceis,  against  William  de  Hever,  etc.,  touching 
possessions  in  Lenham  and  Middleton. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Margery,  late  wife  of  Richard  le  Fraunceys,  against 
William  de  Heure  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  and  others, 
touching  possessions  in  Middleton  and  Lenham. 

4  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  an  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Margery,  late  wife  of  Richard  Framiceis,  against 
William  de  Heuere  and  others,  touching  messuage, 
land,  and  rent  in  Middleton  and  Lenham. 

MEREWORTH. 

2  Edward  L  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 


198  KENT. 

Matilda  Frawiceys  against  Richard  Attebern',  touch- 
ing; a  tenement  in  Mareworth. 


NORTH    FLEET. 

A.D,  1290. —  At  the  ordination  held  in  Tenham,  on 
Saturday  in  Pentecost  week,  in  this  year,  Willebnus 
Fratinceis,  of  Northflete,  was  among  those  chosen 
acolytes. 

THURNHAM. 

Charter  to  Combwell  Priory  :  — 

"  Date  apparently  after  1264,  the  date  of  the  death 
of  Robert  de  Mankesey,  if  we  may  suppose  him  to  be 
the  same  as  Robert  Gatton."  (Archasologia  Cantiana, 
vol.  5,  p.  221.) 

William  de  Say,  as  superior  lord,  confirms  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Cumbwell  in  their  seisin  of  land  in 
Thurnham,  granted  to  them  by  Robert  de  Mankesey, 
deceased,  which  he  had  by  grant  from  Thomas  de 
Bavelingham  and  Mabel,  his  wife.  Hiis  testibus. 
Domino  Johanne  de  Say  fratre  meo.  Domino  Roberto 
de  Castelon,  Willelmo  de  la  Forde,  Simone  de  Bon, 
Galfrido  de  Frimingeham,  Willelmo  Fraiiceis,  Ro- 
berto Coc,  Brin  de  War,  Willielmo  Coco,  et  multis 
aliis. 


KENT.  199 


TUNBRIDGE. 


A.D.  1279. —  Placita  de  Juratis  et  Assisis  before  Jo- 
hannes de  Reygate  and  his  associates,  justices  itin- 
erant, at  Canterbury,  in  this  county,  in  the  octaves 
of  Saint  Hilary,  in  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Edward  I. 

Gilbertus  de  Clare,  Earl  of  Gloucester  and  Hert- 
ford, was  summoned  to  answer  to  the  lord  the  king 
by  what  warrant  he  claimed  to  have  suit  at  his  ban- 
lieue  (lucatam)  of  Tonebrigge,  in  this  county,  of  Wil- 
lelmus  de  Parrok,  Simon  Fraunceys,  and  many  others, 
which  suit  Ricardus  de  Clare,  father  of  the  said  Gil- 
bertus, had  withdrawn  from  King  Henry,  father  of 
the  present  king,  and  the  hundred  of  Brenkesley 
(Brenchley). 

And  Willelmus  de  Gyselyngham,  the  representa- 
tive of  the  king,  said  that  the  said  King  Henry  (HI.) 
had  the  suit  of  the  aforesaid  persons,  but  the  earl  had 
withdrawn  the  same,  etc. 


ST.  AUGUSTINE  LATHE. 

DOVER. 

A.D.  1 27 1 . —  "  Writ '  de  aetate  probenda '  to  Stephen 
de  Penecester,  constable  of  Dover,  to  inquire  whether 
Ralph   Fitz   Bernard,  son  of  John   Fitz   Bernard,  de- 


2  00  KENT. 

ceased,  was  of  age  or  not  at  the  escape  of  four  rob- 
bers from  the  prison  of  Kingesdon,  and  by  conse- 
quence whether  he  or  the  executors  of  Imbert  Pygeys, 
deceased,  who  had  custody  of  his  lands  during  his 
minority,  were  Hable  to  the  king  for  the  '  redemption  ' 
or  fine  for  their  escape.  Tested  at  Westminster,  on 
the  28th  of  August,  55  Henry  III." 

The  inquisition  was  made  before  Sir  Stephen  de 
Penecester,  constable  of  Dover  and  justice  by  ap- 
pointment, by  oath  of  Hugh  le  Franceys^  John  de 
Chimberham,  Alan  de  la  Laese,  and  nine  others 
named. 

RICHBOROUGH. 

A.D.  1272,  June  17. —  Johannes  Peckham,  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  on  this  date  addressed  a  letter 
to  the  prior  of  Christchurch,  Canterbury,  in  which  he 
desires  him  to  cease  his  prosecution  of  Willelmus 
Franccis,  parson  of  the  church  of  Riseberg,  in  a 
secular  court. 

WOLTONE. 

A.D.  1 346. —  Edward,  Prince  of  Wales,  son  of  King 
Edward  III.,  commonly  called  the  Black  Prince,  ac- 
cording to  Collins,  was  knighted  on  the  twelfth  day 
of  July,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  his  father's  reign, 
when  sixteen  years  and  twenty-seven  days  old.  The 
knighting    of   the    king's    eldest  son  was  one  of  the 


KENT,  201 

three  prerogatives  of  the  crown,  the  ancient  laws  of 
England  allowing  the  sovereigns  to  levy  these  aids 
without  special  consent  of  their  subjects ;  the  limit  of 
each  assessment  being  40^'.  for  each  knight's  fee,  or 
those  holding  their  land  by  that  tenure.  In  the 
archives  of  this  county  we  find  the  following  account 
of  this  aid  for  knighting  Prince  Edward,  in  which  the 
collectors  record  that  they  received  of  the  abbot  of 
St.  Augustine,  in  Canterbury,  Johannes  de  Lydle, 
Johannes  Luns,  Rogerus  de  Garwyntone,  Willchmis 
le  Frienshe,  and  their  parcenaries,  2Qs.  for  half  a 
knight's  fee  at  Woltone,  which  Johannes  de  Woltone 
held  near  Garwyntone,  in  (the  parish  of)  Lytlebourn, 
of  the  Abbey  of  St.  Augustine  in  Canterbury,  of 
which  the  abbot  holds  an  eighth,  as  is  shown  by  the 
inquisition. 

SCRAY    LATHE. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  third  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  of  the 
hundred  of  Faversham,  in  the  lathe  of  Strawynghope, 
said  that  Thomas  Andree,  formerly  bailiff  of  Straw- 
inghope,  had  charged  Hugo  Franceis  with  using  his 
{Franceis)  pasture  during  the  time  his  tenement  was 
in  the  king's  hand,  taking  from  him  8^-.  8^/.  for  the 
same. 

The  jurors  of  the  hundred  of  Rulynden  (Rolven- 
den)  said   that   Hugo  de  Wy,   bailiff,    for  two   years 


202  KENT. 

past  had  taken  about  2  marks  of  several  men  for 
releasing  them  from  the  assize  and  putting  others  in 
their  places.  Among  those  named  were  Martimis 
Franccsctis,  from  whom  he  took  7</.,  and  Thomas  le 
Franceis,  from  whom  he  took  dd. 

They  also  said  that  Hugo  de  Blithe,  constable  of 
Rofa  (Rochester),  in  the  time  of  King  Henry,  by  an 
accuser  named  Wulbald'  unjustly  attached  six  loyal 
men  of  the  hundred  of  (Rulyn)dene,  among  whom 
was   VVillehnus  Franccys. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Richard  de  Esingdene, 
when  coroner  of  the  Seven  Hundreds  of  the  Wealds, 
made  answer  for  his  time  to  the  justices.  Under 
the  hundred  of  Chart  it  is  thus  recorded:  Hcmy 
Franccys,  Robert,  his  brother,  and  Thomas,  son  of 
Richard  de  Doverdenne,  as  they  were  engaged  in 
bathing,  were  drowned  in  a  certain  marlpit  (marleria) 
in  the  borough  of  Schirimplingford. 

BENNENDEN. 

A.D.  1 25 1. —  Writ  to  inquire  whether  the  land  of 
Ralph  de  Weyte  in  Benindenn,  outlawed  for  felony, 
has  been  in  the  king's  hands  for  a  year  and  a  day  or 
not,  and  of  whom  he  held,  etc.  Tested  at  Windsor, 
loth  of  August,  35  Henry  HI. 

The  inquisition  was  taken  by  Hereword  de  More, 
William  Francois,  Hubert  de  Rolande,  Thomas  de 
Benindenn,  Richard  Francois,  and    others,  who  say 


KENT.  203 

upon  their  oath  that  the  land  which  was  the  aforesaid 
Ralph's  was  in  the  king's  hands  for  a  year  and  a  day, 
and  that  the  said  Ralph  held  the  said  land  of  the 
abbot  of  Robertsbridge  and  the  convent  of  that  place. 


NEWINGTON. 

A.D.  1 2 14. —  The  sheriff  of  Kent  is  commanded  not 
to  claim  the  misericordia  of  Robertus  Peverel  or 
Ricardus  le  Franceis  on  account  of  a  novel  disseisin, 
made  of  the  free  tenement  of  Willelmus  de  Yelsted 
and  Robertus,  his  son,  in  Newetun  and  Yelsted. 

WYE. 

The  Bishop  of  Hereford  (Richard  Swinfield,  a 
Kentish  man)  had  license  to  confer  orders,  dated  at 
Wingham,  13  Cal.  April,  1 291  [-92]. 

At  the  ordination  held  accordingly  by  the  Bishop 
of  Hereford  in  the  parish  church  of  Wye,  in  the  dio- 
cese of  Canterbury,  on  Saturday,  Walterus  Frau7iceys 
was  among  the  persons  of  the  diocese  and  jurisdiction 
of  Canterbury  who  were  ordained  acolytes. 

Rentals  and  customals  of  the  manor  of  Wye  to 
Battle  Abbey  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1272- 
1307):  — 

Willelmus  Fraunceys  paid  ly^d. 

Adam  Fraunceys  paid  i^Ad. 


2  04  KENT. 

Willelmus  and  Walterus  Fraiinccys  paid  6d.  in 
Ochholt,  or  Bocholt. 

Thomas  Faber  paid  2d,  for  Johannes  Fraiinceys,  in 
the  same  place;  and  Johannes  Frannceys  gave  two 
hens. 

SHEPWAY   LATHE. 

ALDINGTON. 

A.D.  1320. —  A  fine  was  made  at  Westminster,  on 
the  morrow  of  All  Souls'  Day,  in  the  fourteenth  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  II.,  between  Robert  le 
ffrenshe,  plaintiff,  and  Thomas  Smyth,  and  Dionisia, 
his  wife,  defendants,  of  one  messuage  and  two  acres 
of  land,  with  appurtenances,  in  Aldynton',  next 
Smethe.  Thomas  and  Dionisia  admit  it  to  be  the 
right  of  Robert ;  and  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of 
Dionisia  grant  it  to  him  and  his  heirs,  and  receive 
IOO.S-.  for  the  concession. 

HYTHE. 

27  Edward  III.  (1353). —  John,  son  of  John  Bats- 
wein,  of  Hethe,  grants  to  Gilbert  de  Sende,  Richard 
Batswein,  Richard  Scriveyn,  Henry  Wace,  Peter  Es- 
peloun,  and  Gilbert  de  Coumbe  2s.  2d.  of  yearly  rent 
in  Hethe,  which  he  purchased  of  Martin  le  Fj^cnche, 
arising  from  a  tenement  near  the  lands  of  Reginald 
Miller  and  of  Isabel  Bordoun.  Witnesses,  William 
Hamptone,  bailiff,  and  others. 


KENT.  205 

In  16  Richard  II.  (1392-93)  John  French  was  re- 
turned to  Parliament  for  the  town  and  parish  of 
Hythe. 

20  Richard  II.  (1396-97). —  Hamon  Scriveyn,  chap- 
lain, and  William  Waltone  grant  to  the  poor  breth- 
ren and  sisters  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Bartholomew  a 
piece  of  land  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  John 
Godyscalk,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Nicholas,  and  near 
land  of  the  hospital  and  of  Henry  Fysshe.  Wit- 
nesses, John  Frensshe^  bailiff,  John  Storm,  Henry 
Browning,  and  many  others. 

TREHANSTON. 

This  ancient  place  was  located  in  Romney  Marsh, 
and  the  following  notice  of  a  writ  and  inquisition  in 
regard  to  it  may  interest  those  who  have  not  already 
seen  it  in  the  "  Arch^ologia  Cantiana":  — 

A.D.  1252. —  Writ  to  inquire  whether  the  land  of 
Trehanston,  which  the  brethren  of  the  king's  Hospi- 
tal of  Ospring  have  of  the  king's  bailiwick,  be  of  the 
king's  domain  or  his  escheats,  and,  if  his  escheat, 
why  ?  and  how  much  it  is  worth,  and  whether  the 
king  can  grant  it  to  whom  he  will.  Tested  at  Can- 
terbury, March  10,  36  Henry  III. 

The  inquisition  was  taken  by  Nicholas  Jordan, 
Thomas  Jordan,  Simon  Warman,  James  le  Franceis, 
and  others,  who  say  upon  their  oath  that  the  said  land 
of   Tryenestone,    immediately   after   the    conquest  of 


2o6  KENT. 

England,  was  given  to  a  certain  knight  named  Tryan, 
who  held  it  so  long  as  he  lived,  and  after  his  decease 
Hugh  Tryan,  his  son  and  heir,  retained  it,  and,  after 
the  said  Hugh,  Robert  Tryan,  son  and  heir  of  the 
said  Hugh,  retained  it.  So  that  the  said  Trian, 
Hugh,  and  Robert  held  the  said  land  without  chal- 
lenge from  the  lord  William  the  King,  the  Bastard, 
to  the  time  of  King  John,  who  took  the  said  land, 
together  with  other  lands  of  the  Normans,  into  his 
own  hands,  as  his  escheats,  and  expelled  the  said 
Robert,  the  last  holder,  from  the  kingdom  of  Eng- 
land, and  held  it  in  his  own  hand  for  two  years,  and 
afterward  gave  it  to  Alberic  de  Marinis,  to  hold  at  his 
pleasure,  who  held  it  to  the  time  of  our  lord,  the 
King  Henry  that  now  is.  And  they  say  that,  because 
the  said  Alberic  ill-treated  the  tenants  of  the  said 
manor,  the  said  tenants  came  to  our  lord  the  king, 
and  complained  to  him  of  much  wrong  inflicted  upon 
them  by  the  said  Alberic,  so  that,  owing  to  the  said 
complaint,  our  lord  the  king  took  away  from  him 
the  said  land,  and  conferred  it  on  Walter  de  Burgo; 
and,  after  Walter  de  Burgo,  our  lord  the  king  gave 
it  to  Thomas  de  Normanvill,  to  hold  during  pleasure ; 
and,  after  the  said  Thomas,  Nicholas  de  Chandeler 
held  it,  of  the  gift  of  our  lord  the  king,  during  pleas- 
ure ;  and  afterwards  our  lord  the  king  conferred  it 
upon  Jordan  de  Monte  Martini,  to  hold  during  pleas- 
ure ;  and  after  the  said  Jordan  our  lord  the  king 
conferred  it  on  the    brethren  of  his  Hospital  of  Os- 


KENT.  207 

preng,  who  still  hold  it.  The  said  land  is  worth 
yearly,  in  rents  and  other  issues  of  land,  lOOs.,  the 
service  of  the  chief  lord  reserved. 


SUTTON    AT    HONE    LATHE. 

DARTFORD. 

6  Edward  1.(1277-78). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Henry  de  la  Hull  against  Radidph  le  JFrenske,  touch- 
ing a  tenement  in  Derteford. 


GREENWICH. 

Adam  Frenssh,  of  East  Grenwich,  paid  \s.  3//. 
toward  the  subsidy  granted  to  King  Edward  IH.  in 
the  first  year  of  his  reign  (1327). 


WRICKLEMARSH. 

In  the  rental  of  Writelmarsh,  in  the  hundred  of 
Blackheat,  for  the  twelfth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  I.  (1283-84),  among  the  tenants  paying  quit 
rent  to  the  chief  lord  was  Alice  le  French. 


LANCASHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1272. —  Rogcriis  k  Frail jiays  and  Matilda,  his 
wife,  give  half  a  mark  for  having  a  writ  in  this  year. 
And  the  sheriff  of  Lancashire  is  ordered,  etc. 


LONSDALE    HUNDRED. 

The  period  of  the  execution  of  the  following  four 
charters  seems  to  be  indicated  by  the  records  found 
of  some  of  the  witnesses,  which  are  recorded  between 
the  year  1249  and  1273:  — 

BOLTON    LE   SANDS. 

To  all  who  see  or  hear  this  present  writing,  Simon 
de  Thorbrondesheuved,  greeting.  Know  ye  that  I 
have  given,  remised,  and  altogether  quitclaimed  from 
me  and  my  heirs  forever,  to  God  and  the  Church  of 
the  Blessed  Mary  of  Lancaster,  to  the  prior  and 
monks  there  serving  God,  an  annual  rent  of  ^a'.,  in 
which  the  aforesaid  prior  and  monks  are  held  to  me 


LANCASHIRE.  209 

annually  for  the  lands  and  tenements  which  lie  in  the 
vill  of  Bolton,  of  the  gift  of  Thomas  de  Coupmanwra, 
and  which  the  said  Thomas  had  of  my  gift,  and  of 
the  gift  of  my  ancestors  in  the  vill  of  Bolton,  so  that 
neither  I,  Simon,  nor  my  heirs,  nor  any  one  in  our 
name  can,  from  henceforth,  demand  or  put  forward 
any  right  or  claim  in  the  aforesaid  annual  rent  of  \d., 
or  in  the  lands  and  tenements  aforesaid,  with  their 
appurtenances,  in  part  or  in  whole,  nor  in  the  homage 
or  service  demanded  or  obtained  from  the  aforesaid 
lands  and  tenements,  except  in  participation  of  the 
goods  which  fall  to  the  church  aforesaid.  And,  that 
this  my  gift,  remise,  and  quitclaim  may  remain  firm 
hereafter,  I,  for  myself  and  my  heirs,  have  sealed  this 
writing  with  my  seal.  Hiis  testibus,  Benedicto  Ger- 
net,  domino  Willelmo  de  Heton,  Hormo  de  Kellet, 
Johanne  de  Oxclyve,  Johanne  de  Coupmanwra,  Jo- 
hanne  de  Paries,  Willelmo  ffraiinceys^  et  multis  aliis. 

Know  present  and  to  come  that  I,  Willelmus 
ffraunceys,  of  Bolton,  have  given,  granted,  and  by  this 
my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  Thomas  de 
Coupmanwra  a  certain  part  of  my  land ;  to  wit,  three 
perches  in  the  field  which  is  called  Graithwaite,  and 
a  perch  which  extends  to  the  Meaning  of  Adam,  son 
of  Gilbert  de  Bolton.  To  have  and  to  hold  to  him  and 
his  heirs  or  his  assigns,  freely,  quietly,  by  hereditary 
right,  with  all  liberties  and  easements,  so  far  as  per- 
tains to  so  much  land  within  the  vill  of  Bolton  and 
without.     And  I,   the  said    Willelrmcs,  and  my  heirs, 


2  10  LANCASHIRE. 

will  warrant,  acquit,  and  defend  the  said  land,  with 
the  appurtenances,  to  the  said  Thomas  and  his  heirs 
or  assigns,  against  all  men  and  women  forever.  In 
testimony  whereof  I  have  set  my  seal  to  this  writing. 
Hiis  testibus,  Alano  de  Catherton,  Johanne  de  Ox- 
clyve,  Gervasio  de  eadem,  Willelmo  filio  Simonis, 
Henrico  iilio  Gilberti,  et  aliis. 

Know  all  that  I,  Willclnnis  ffrainiccys  de  Boulton, 
have  remised  and  altogether  quitclaimed  from  me  and 
my  heirs  forever,  to  God  and  the  Church  of  the  Blessed 
Mary  of  Lancaster,  to  the  prior  and  monks  there 
serving  God,  the  whole  right  and  claim  which  I  ever 
had  or  could  have  in  all  the  lands  and  tenements, 
with  their  appurtenances,  which  the  aforesaid  prior 
and  monks  hold  in  the  vill  of  Boulton  of  the  gift  of 
Thomas  de  Coupmanwra,  and  which  the  said  Thomas 
had  of  my  gift,  and  of  the  gift  of  my  ancestors,  so 
that  neither  I,  Willelmiis  fframiccys,  nor  my  heirs, 
nor  any  one  in  our  behalf  can,  from  henceforth,  de- 
mand or  lay  claim  to  any  right  or  claim  in  the  afore- 
said lands  and  tenements,  or  in  the  homages  or  ser- 
vices to  be  demanded  or  obtained  from  them,  except 
a  participation  of  the  goods  which  fall  to  the  afore- 
said church.  And  that  this  my  remise  and  quitclaim 
may  hereafter  remain  stable  I  have  set  my  seal  to  the 
present  writing.  Hiis  testibus,  domino  Benedicto 
Gernet,  Johanne  Gernet  de  Caton,  domino  Willelmo 
de  Heton,  Ormo  de  Kellet,  Nicholao  de  Lee,  Johanne 
de  Oxclyve,  Johanne  de  Coupmanwra,  et  aliis. 


LANCASHIRE. 


LANCASTER. 


Know  present  and  to  come  that  I,  Ormus  filius 
Haraldi  de  Lancastre,  have  given,  granted,  and  by 
this  my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  Gyleminus 
ffranciscns,  formerly  a  servant  of  the  lord  the  prior  of 
Lancaster,  an  acre  of  land  in  the  territory  of  Lancas- 
ter; that,  namely,  which  I  bought  of  Adam,  my 
brother.  To  hold  and  to  have  of  me  and  my  heirs, 
to  him  and  his  assigns,  freely  and  quietly,  peacefully, 
and  entirely,  with  all  liberties  and  easements  pertain- 
ing, within  the  vill  of  Lancaster  and  without.  And  I, 
the  said  Ormus,  and  my  heirs  forever  will  warrant  the 
said  acre  of  land,  with  the  appurtenances,  to  the  afore- 
said Gyleminus  and  his  assigns,  against  all  men  and 
women,  for  3  marks  of  silver  given  to  me  by  the 
aforesaid  Gylemimis  in  my  necessity.  In  testimony 
whereof  I,  for  me  and  my  heirs,  have  set  my  seal  to 
this  v/riting.  Hiis  testibus,  Laurencio  filio  Willielmi 
tunc  tempore  Senescallo  domini  Prions  Lancastrie, 
Rogero  filio  Fulconis,  Thoma  filio  Rogeri  Conne 
tunc  tempore  prepositis  Lancastrie,  Pagano  Nimca(.f'), 
Waltero  Ruffo,  Willelmo  clerico,  Willelmo  filio  Jo- 
hannis,  Roberto  filio  Hugonis,  cum  tota  curia  Lan- 
castrie, et  aliis. 

ULVERSTON. 

A.D.  1285. —  Charter  of  Roger  de  Lancaster:  — 
Know  those  present  and  to  come  that  I,  Rogerus 


2 1 2  LANCASHIRE. 

de  Lancastre,  have  granted  and  quitclaimed  forever, 
for  me  and  my  heirs  or  assigns,  what  belongs  to  us, 
that  all  my  burgesses  of  Ulverston  in  Furness  and 
their  heirs  or  assigns  be  quit  and  free  "  ab  omni  officio 
camerarii,"  so  that  neither  they,  their  heirs,  assigns, 
or  successors,  can  be  compelled  by  me,  my  heirs,  or 
assigns,  to  give  any  restitution  or  in  any  other  manner 
be  burdened,  except  by  that  which  belongs  to  the  bur- 
gage, and  is  performed  by  the  burgesses  of  Kirkby,  in 
Kendale.  And  I,  Rogerus,  and  my  heirs  or  assigns 
will  forever  warrant,  acquit,  and  defend  what  belongs 
to  us,  in  the  said  liberties,  to  the  aforesaid  burgesses 
and  their  heirs  or  assigns.  In  testimony  whereof  I 
have  appended  my  seal  to  this  present  writing.  Hiis 
testibus,  Thomas  de  M.  Orthyngs  tunc  priore  de  Con- 
niggesheved,  Domino  Ricardo  Le  Fleming,  Johanne 
de  Cornubia,  Ricardo  de  Brockton,  militibus ;  Gil- 
berto  de  Bronolesheved,  Domino  Hugone  Capel- 
lano,  Johanne  Le  Fi^annceys,  et  aliis  multis.  Dated 
at  Wytherslake,  on  the  day  of  Saint  Thomas  the 
Martyr,  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward. 


SALFORD    HUNDRED. 

WORSLEY. 

Memorandum  of  a  charter  which  was  probably  exe- 
cuted   between    the   years   1239  and    1275,   in   which 


LANCASHIRE. 


213 


Humphrey  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Con- 
stable of  England,  grants  to  Milo  de  Bohun,  his  son, 
the  land  which  the  said  earl  had  in  the  vill  of  Weres- 
legh,  to  hold  to  the  said  Milo  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body,  with  remainder  to  John  de  Bohun,  son  of  the 
said  earl,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  remainder  to  the 
right  heirs  of  the  said  earl.  Witnesses,  Roger  le 
Rus,  Nicholas  Lupus,  Nicholas  Peivre,  knights ; 
Simon  de  Herdewyke,  Robert  de  Axemwe,  Richard 
Fratinccys,  Richard  Balehorn. 


LEICESTERSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 


In  three  weeks  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist,  15  July 
1 199,  Robertus  de  Theobaville,  being  in  service  of 
the  lord  the  king  on  the  other  side  of  the  sea,  essoins 
himself  by  Stephanus  Franceis  in  a  placitum  terrae 
versus  Ricardus  de  Leicester. 


LEICESTER   CITY. 

William  Martyn,  webster,  and  James  Frcnche,  Web- 
ster, were  found  guilty  of  offences  against  the  rules  of 
their  craft  during  the  mayoralty  of  William  Ferrour, 
who  was  mayor  of  Leicester  in  the  years  1373  and 
1384. 


FRAMLAND  HUNDRED. 

EDMONDTHORPE 

In  the  year  1297  Henry  Frminccys,  Richard  de  la 
Grene,  Roger  le  Clerk,  William  Rauglon,  Elen  atte 
Goters,  William  Jurdane,  and  Thomas  super  le  Grene 


LEICESTERSHIRE. 


2^5 


held  the  tenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Thorpe  Ed- 
mund by  homage  and  suit  at  court,  of  the  fee  of  Ed- 
mund "  Crouchback,"  late  earl  of  this  county. 


SAUVEY   CASTLE. 

This  castle  was  located  on  the  border  of  County 
Rutland,  near  Laund  Abbey. 

In  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1275-76)  the  jurors  of  Framelund  hundred  said  that 
Alanus  de  Rodewell,  Osbertus  le  Fraiiceys,  Henricus 
de  Corby,  Johannes  de  Overton,  and  Gregorius,  ser- 
vants of  Gilbertus  de  Segrave,  Hugo  de  Tykehull, 
Rogerus  Anbof,  Willelmus  de  Kent,  Willelmus  Trus- 
sel,  and  Baldewinus  de  Paunton  have  damaged  the 
frame-timbers,  the  locks  of  the  doors,  windows,  lead- 
works,  etc.,  in  the  castle  of  Sauure,  but  they  do  not 
know  to  what  amount. 


THORPE    ARNOLD. 

William  Franc eys  is  mentioned  as  a  vicar  of  the 
church  of  Thorpe  Ernald  in  the  year  1278. 


WALTHAM   ON   the   WOLDS. 

The  succeeding  translation  of  a  very  early  charter, 
found  in  Nichols's  History,  which  he  gives  from  Peck's 


2 1 6  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

MSS.,  has  more  than  special  interest  as  bearing  on 
the  surnames  under  consideration.  The  grantor  was 
Simon  de  Sancto  Licio,  de  St.  Lize,  de  Senlis  or  Sil- 
vanectensis.  There  was  a  family  of  Senlis  of  great 
antiquity  who  were  designated  as  Bouteillers  of 
France.  Besides,  a  few  miles  to  the  north  of  Paris  the 
name  is  perpetuated  in  a  vill  where  anciently  was  a 
royal  residence.  M.  Delisle,  in  his  list  of  the  com- 
panions of  William  in  1066,  gives  the  name  of  Simon 
de  Senlis.  His  name  does  not  appear  in  the  Domes- 
day survey,  which  was  finished  in  1086  ;  but  apparently 
soon  after  this  date  he  was  created  Earl  of  Hunting- 
don and  Northampton,  which  earldoms  were  before 
held  by  Waltheof,  whose  daughter  Matilda  he  mar- 
ried. She  v\'as  grand-niece  of  King  William  I. 
Simon  de  Senlis  is  said  to  have  taken  the  cross  about 
1095,  becoming  a  crusader  in  the  following  year.  He 
was  a  witness  to  King  Henry  1,'s  Charter  of  Liberties 
in  iioi,  after  which  year  Doyle  states  that  he  became 
again  a  crusader,  and  died  before  1109.  This  record 
indicates  that  the  grant  was  executed  somewheres 
between  the  years  1086  and  1109,  but  Hcrleivinus 
Francigcua  was  probably  the  holder  of  the  land  at 
Waltham  before  the  year  1 1 00. 

Hcrlcwimis,  the  Christian  name  of  Fj^ancigcna,  is 
rarely  found  in  early  English  records.  It  does  not 
appear  among  the  companions  of  the  Conqueror. 
Very  few  are  found  in  the  Domesday  survey  bearing 
surnames.     However,   Robert,   Earl  of    Morton  (half- 


LEICESTERSHIRE.  217 

brother  of  King  William),  had  a  brother  Harduinus, 
mentioned  in  this  survey,  their  father  being  Herle- 
winus  de  Conteville. 

This  charter  shows  the  earliest  record  the  writer 
has  found  of  one  bearing  the  surname  of  Francigena, 
in  which  is  given  the  location  of  the  land  which  he 
held. 

Charter  of  Simon  de  Senlis  I.,  Earl  of  Northamp- 
ton, of  four  bovates  in  Waltham  :  — 

Symon,  earl,  to  all  faithful  as  well  present  as  to 
come,  greeting.  Know  ye  that  I  have  granted,  and 
by  my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  God  and  the 
Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Belveer  (Belvoir,  in  Lincoln- 
shire), and  the  monks  serving  God  there,  for  my  wel- 
fare and  that  of  all  my  ancestors  and  heirs,  in  pure 
and  perpetual  alms,  four  bovates  of  land  in  Waltham, 
with  all  its  appurtenances,  which  Herlewinus  Fran- 
cigena held.  To  hold  freely  and  quietly  ...  of  all 
customs  and  exactions,  and  of  all  secular  service  to 
the  lord  the  king,  and  to  me,  as  the  charter  of  .  .  . 
countess,  my  mother,  shows.  Testibus,  Ricardo  de 
Luvetot ;  Matilda  de  S.  Licio,  uxore  ejus ;  Willielmo 
de  Albenio  et  Rogero  fratre  ejus;  Waltero  de  Clap- 
tuna  ;  Ricardo  Frumentio ;  Rogero  de  Haer ;  Radul- 
pho  de  Luvetot ;  Rogero  filio  Humfridi,  Willielmo 
camerario  comitis ;  Gaufrido  cyrographista ;  Rogero 
clerico,  Roberto  Frumentio,  et  Ricardo  de  Somer- 
villa. 


2i8  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

GARTREE    HUNDRED. 

BILLESDON. 

IVillehmcs  Fra7iceys,  of  Bilsdon,  gave  to  the  Abbey 
of  St.  Mary  de  Pratis  at  Leicester  one  rood  of  land 
in  Bilsdon ;  namely,  that  which  lies  "  super  le 
Breche "  and  is  extended  "  in   Baltresike." 

"  The  abbot  and  convent  of  St.  Mary  de  Pratis  at 
Leicester  had  considerable  property  in  Billesdon,  the 
gift  of  various  benefactors,  among  whom  was  William 
Franceys,  etc. :  all  which  grants  were  confirmed  by 
charter  of  King  Henry  IL  (1154-89)." 

In  1234  William  Franceis,  SQiSQ-d  of  certain  lands 
at  Billesdon,  conveyed  them  by  deed  to  Robert  de 
Diggeby. 

HUSBANDS   BOSWORTH. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1278-79)  an  inquisition  was  made  concerning  the 
knights'  fees  in  Leicestershire  before  Henricus  de 
Nottingham  and  Johannes  de  Arundell,  inquisitors  on 
the  command  of  the  lord  the  king,  by  twelve  jurors 
who  say  that  in  Boseworth  are  twenty-four  carucates 
of  land,  etc.  Henricus  Frauccis  and  Simon  Cocus 
hold  one  virgate,  etc. 

Alexander  Frauccis,  Heuricus  Frauccis,  and  Henri- 
cus Ellis  hold  three  virgates  of  land   of  the  abbot  of 


LEICESTERSHIRE.  219 

Suleby   (or    Welford,    in    Northamptonshire)  by  free 
service. 


GOSCOTE,    EAST,    HUNDRED. 

SKEFFINGTON. 

The  proximity  of  this  place  to  Billesdon  is  suggest- 
ive that  the  William  Fraunceyes  named  therein  may 
be  the  same  persons  mentioned  in  the  ensuing  record. 

The  abbot  and  convent  of  Croxton  had  here  con- 
siderable possessions.  "  The  following  is  an  extract 
from  their  original  register  " :  — 

We  have,  by  the  donation  of  Willielmus  Fraunceys, 
six  roods  and  half  an  acre  of  land ;  and  two  butts 
(seliones) ;  and  all  the  meadow  which  he  held  in  Rol- 
linston-broc. 

Also  of  this  same  Willelmus  all  the  land  which  he 
had  in  Longedale-lund,  in  pure  alms. 

We  also  have,  by  the  gift  of  Willielmus,  son  of 
Willielmus  Fraunceys,  two  butts  of  arable  land,  with 
appurtenances. 

We  have,  by  the  gift  of  Willielmus  Fraunceys  of 
Skestington,  one  cultivated  land  in  the  territory  of 
Skestington, —  namely,  six  butts  and  one  "  forera," 
with  a  certain  chief  meadow  and  one  piece  of  meadow; 
one  rood  of  land  with  a  certain  small  meadow-island; 
and  two  roods  of  land  with  two  adjoining  meadows,  in 
Skestington.     And,    besides,  he    has    confirmed    and 


2  2  o  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

quitclaimed   to   us   one    toft    in  Skestington,  in   free, 
pure,  and  perpetual  alms. 

Also  Willielnius  Fi^aunceys  has  remised  for  himself 
and  his  heirs  all  the  right  and  claim  which  he  had  in 
all  his  lands  and  tenements  which  were  formerly  his 
ancestors'.     And  he  will  warrant,  etc. 


GOSCOTE,    WEST,    HUNDRED. 

REMINGTON. 

In  1222  Bartholomeus  Basset,  of  Heminton,  made 
a  fine  of  5  marks  for  having  the  justices  to  take  an 
assize  against  Brianus  Forestarius  and  Thomas  le 
Fra7iccis,  touching  a  tenement  in  Heminton. 

In  1279  Robert  Balle  and  Richard  Fraiinccys,  of 
Remington,  were  manucaptors  for  the  attendance  in 
Parliament  of  Sir  Thomas  de  Meignell,  who  had 
been  elected  one  of  the  members  of  the  county. 

A.D.  1297. —  Robertas  Fratinccys,  of  Hemyngton,  was 
a  manucaptor  of  Thomas  de  Meynel,  one  of  the  two 
knights  elected  for  this  county  to  appear  before  Ed- 
ward, the  king's  son,  lieutenant  in  England,  at  the 
Parliament  at  London,  in  eight  days  of  Saint 
Michael,    October    6. 


LEICESTERSHIRE. 


OVER    SEAL. 


The  Vernon  family  had  property  in  Over  Seile  as 
early  as  the  reign  of  King  John,  in  right  of  the  lord- 
ship of  Appleby  Parva ;  this  last  having  in  that  reign 
been  given  by  Robert  de  Stockport  to  William  de 
Vernon  and  his  heirs ;  and  by  an  inquisition  taken  in 
1279  it  appears  to  have  been  the  inheritance  of  Rich- 
ard de  Vernon,  3d  {le  Fraunceys),  who  was  at  that 
time  a  ward  to  Edmund  Crouchback,  the  king's 
brother,  then  styled  comes  de  Ferrer,  who  held  it  in 
fee  of  the  king,  as  part  of  the  honor  of  Ferrers,  by 
half  a  knight's  fee. 

SNIBSTON. 

A.D.  1306,  June  8. —  Henriais  Fraunceys  de  Snypes- 
ton  was  among  the  jurors  at  the  inquisition  held  at 
Bredon,  at  this  date,  before  the  king's  escheators,  as 
to  the  right  of  the  nuns  of  Langley  to  elect  a  prioress 
of  their  own  house. 


STAUNTON    HAROLD. 

The  date  of  the  following  record  can  only  be 
approximated.  Nichols  states  that  Henry,  son  of 
Sewal,  died  about  1165,  and  that  his  father  died  about 
1 1 29.  On  this  basis  the  grant  was  probably  executed 
between  those  dates. 


222  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Henry,  the  son  of  Sewal,  grants  lands  and  a  house 
which  Richard  Sprot  held,  and  the  land  of  the  mill, 
and  lands  adjoining  the  mill,  which  lie  between 
Smethe  meadow  and  Grava  in  one  field,  and  lands 
which  lie  between  Broc  furlong  and  Baldwine's  Clive 
in  another  field,  and  pasture  for  four  oxen,  to  main- 
tain a  chaplain  to  pray  and  to  celebrate  mass  at  the 
altar  of  Saint  Nicholas,  built  at  his  (Henry's)  charge 
in  the  church  of  Etindon,  etc.  Witnesses,  Willelmus 
de  Bisopeston,  Bardulphus  de  Cestreton,  Robertus  de 
Fulrichich,  Robertus  de  Haleford,  Thomas  de  Etin- 
don, Robertus  Francns,  Henricus  de  Welles,  Oliverus 
le  Foun,  Serlo  de  Mungey,  Jordanus  de  Cottona,  and 
many  others. 

WHATTON. 

At  the  pleas  before  the  Exchequer  in  the  thirty- 
first  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  HI.  (1246-47) 
it  was  decided  that  Ricardus  le  Franceys,  of  Wanton, 
shall  gain  nothing  by  his  writ  against  Ricardus  de 
Thorp  and  Johanna,  his  wife,  concerning  two  parts  of 
two  virgates  of  land  in  Thorpe  (Acre),  and  against 
Serlo  de  Thorp  and  Sabina,  his  wife,  concerning  the 
third  part  of  the  aforesaid  virgates  of  land  which 
Isolda  de  Franceys,  paternal  aunt  of  aforesaid  Ri- 
cardus, had  demised  to  Robertus  Austrurario. 

Richard  le  Fraunceys,  of  Wathon,  granted,  quit- 
claimed, and  confirmed  by  his  writing,  to  the  abbot 


LEICESTERSHIRE.  223 

and  monks  of  Garendon  one  virgate  of  land,  with  the 
appurtenances,  in  the  vill  of  Hawethern  (Hathern), 
with  tofts,  crofts,  etc. 

At  the  court  held  at  Groby  on  Tuesday  next  after 
the  feast  of  the  Assumption  of  the  Virgin,  in  the 
ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  II.  (131 5), 
Henricus  de  Norton  then  being  steward,  it  is  stated 
that  the  lands  of  the  Abbey  of  St.  Mary  of  Geren- 
don  comprised  half  a  fee  in  Hawetherne,  concerning 
which  Robertus  de  Meynill,  bailiff  of  that  abbey, 
comes  in  the  full  court,  and  shows  two  charters  which 
testify  that  Rogerus,  son  of  Robertus  Venator,  of 
Kereby,  had  feoffed  the  abbot  with  one  toft  and  one 
croft,  and  one  virgate  of  land  in  Hawetherne,  in  free, 
pure,  and  perpetual  alms ;  and  Ricardus  Fraunceys, 
of  Watton,  had  feoffed  the  said  abbot  with  one  toft 
and  croft,  and  one  virgate  of  land  in  Hawethern,  in 
free,  pure,  and  perpetual  alms.  Besides  these  he,  the 
bailiff,  offers  a  certain  charter  of  quitclaim  of  Rogerus 
de  Quincy,  formerly  Earl  of  Winchester  (1235-64), 
which  testified  that  this  Rogerus  had  quitclaimed  to 
the  said  abbot  and  monks  the  aforesaid  two  virgates 
of  land  in  Hawetherne,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms. 


2  24  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 

BITTESWELL. 

The  possessions  in  this  place  of  the  Abbey  of  St, 
Mary  de  Pratis  at  Leicester,  founded  in  1143,  are 
thus  described  in  their  register ;  and  we  infer  that  the 
following  records  apply  to  the  thirteenth  century:  — 

We  have  the  confirmation  and  quitclaim  of  Ro- 
bcrtus  le  Frauays  of  that  virgate  of  land  which 
Thomas  de  Parva  Essebia  granted  us,  with  toft,  croft, 
and  adjacent  moor;  of  which  land  Nicholaus,  his  son, 
holds  six  acres  with  two  "  chevichiis  "  of  meadow,  giv- 
ing to  us  yearly  2d.  for  the  same.  And  Robertus 
Chapman  holds  four  acres  and  three  roods,  and  gives 
2d.  Thomas  filius  Simonis  holds  two  roods,  and  pays 
one  farthing ;  and  Radulphus  Robold  de  Parva  Es- 
seby  holds  half  an  acre,  rendering  yearly  a  half-penny 
for  the  same. 

We  have  there,  bv  the  o-ift  of  Nicholatis,  son  of  Ro- 
bertus  le  Franceys,  of  Bitteswell,  one  house  and  six 
acres  of  land. 

We  have  there,  by  the  gift  of  Walterus  Thurab'n, 
of  Bitteswell,  and  his  wife,  a  quitclaim  of  all  his  right 
and  claim  in  one  half-penny  yearly  rent  of  three  roods 
which  VValtcnis  Frauciscus  holds  of  him. 

Robertus  Serjeant  holds  two  roods  of  land,  formerly 
belonging  to  Ricai^diis  Fraunceys ;  and  he  gives  a 
farthing  for  the  same. 


LEICESTERSHIRE.  225 

WIGSTON    MAGNA. 

2  Edward  1.(1273-74). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Gilbert  le  Franceis  against  John  Fleming,  etc.,  touch- 
ing a  tenement  in  Wykingeston. 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 

APPLEBY   PARVA. 

Appleby  Parva  came  into  the  family  of  Vernon 
through  the  marriage,  temp.  John,  of  William  de  Ver- 
non with  the  heiress  of  Stockport. 

By  an  inquisition  made  in  the  fourth  year  of  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  it  is  found  that  Gilber- 
his  Franceys  held  then  one  carucate  of  land  in  (Ap)- 
pelby  (Parva). 

GROOBY. 

At  the  probation  of  the  age  of  Willielmus,  son  of 
Willielmus  de  Ferrariis,  lord  of  this  place,  made  at 
Groby  on  the  eighth  day  of  November,  1293,  Ro- 
bertus,  prior  of  Ulviscroft,  juror,  separately  examined, 
stated  that  the  aforesaid  Willielmus,  son  of  Williel- 
mus, was  born  at  the  manor  of  Yoxhale,  in  Offlow 
hundred,  in  Staffordshire,  on  the  eve  of  Saint  Bridget 


2  26  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

the  Virgin,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  III.  (1271-72),  which  manor  belonged 
to  the  Lady  the  Countess  de  Ferrariis.  Ricardus 
Fraunccys  remembered  the  time  of  the  birth  of  this 
WilHehiius,  because  he  himself  remained  with  Anna 
(Joana),  the  mother  of  this  Willielmus,  at  the  time 
she  was  laboring  with  the  birth,  when  Willielmus  de 
Ferrariis,  her  husband,  came  to  the  hostium  (outer 
chamber)  of  the  said  lady ;  and  this  Ricardus,  who 
was  then  her  chamberlain,  opened  the  hostium  that 
the  lord  should  enter  and  speak  with  the  aforesaid 
lady. 

THURLASTON. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraio^ned 
by  Thomas  de  Bradeston  and  Avice,  his  wife,  against 
Adam  Fraficeis  and  Jnli\_ana~\,  his  wife,  touching  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Thurlston-near-Normanton. 

3  Edward  I.  (1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigfned 
by  Roger,  son  of  Adam  Ic  Fraiinays,  against  Thomas 
Attekirke,  touching  a  messuage  and  land  in  Croxton. 


LINCOLNSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

At  the  pleas  of  the  term  of  Saint  Michael,  1 3th  of 
October,  1199,  Willielmus  Franceis  and  Johannes 
filius  Baldewini  de  London  presented  themselves,  on 
the  fourth  day,  against  Margareta  de  Ros  in  a  plea 
concerning  445.  which  she  owed  them.  She  did  not 
come,  and  therefore  she  was  attached  to  be  present  in 
fifteen  days  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Martin. 

LINCOLN    CITY. 

A.D.  1290. —  Appointment  of  Andrew  Fraunceys,  of 
Malteby,  chaplain,  during  good  behavior,  to  the  cus- 
tody of  the  Hospital  of  the  Holy  Innocent  without 
Lincoln,  which  has  suffered  under  the  carelessness  of 
former  keepers.  Dated  at  Rufford,  on  the  i8th  of 
September. 

ASWARDHURN  HUNDRED. 

At  the  inquisition  made  in  the  wapentake  of 
Asewardthyrne,  in   Kesteven,  in  the  third  year  of  the 


2  28  LINCOLNSHIRE. 

reign  of  King  Edward  1.(1274-75),  the  jurors  said  that 
Petrus  de  Buris  and  others,  at  the  time  they  were  the 
king's  baihffs,  took  great  sums  of  money  for  releasing 
persons  from  the  assize  and  jury.  Among  these  were 
Johannes  Temp'  and  Symon  Fraujiceys  who  gave  the 
said  Petrus  de  Buris  i8i-.  for  being  released  from  the 
assize. 

HELPRINGHAM. 


o 


Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Simoji  le  Franceis,  of  Helpringham,  and  others, 
against  John  de  Warrenne,  Earl  of  Surry,  and  others, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Helpringham. 


AVELAND  HUNDRED. 


Eiistacius  le  Fran  ays  was  among  the  jurors  at  an 
inquisition  made  in  the  wapentake  of  Aveland,  prob- 
ably towards  the  end  of  the  reign  of  Henry  HI. 


LINCOLNSHIRE.  229 

BELTISLOE    HUNDRED. 

WESTBY. 

At  the  inquisition  made  at  Staunford,  in  the  third 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75),  the 
jurors  of  the  wapentake  of  Belteslawe  said  that  the 
prioress  of  Stikeswaud  (Stixwould)  holds  in  Westby 
two  bovates  of  land,  with  appurtenances,  one  by  the 
donation  of  Radulphus  Ic  Franceis,  and  the  other  by 
that  of  Reginaldus  le  Romayn,  and  each  bovate  is 
worth  \Qs.  per  annum;  and  these  were  geldable,  gave 
sheriff's  aid,  common  amercement,  scutage,  and  made 
suit  which  had  been  withdrawn  to  the  damage  of  the 
king  of  \2d.  per  annum;  but  the  jurors  could  not 
estimate  the  damage  of  the  king  for  the  other  services 
withdrawn.  The  land  had  been  feoffed  already  more 
than  forty  years,  and  was  held  of  the  king  in  capite ; 
but  they  were  unaware  as  to  the  time  of  the  king,  and 
by  what  service  and  warrant.  The  said  prioress  held 
of  RadulpJms  le  Fraunccis  and  of  Reginaldus  le 
Romayn,  and  these,  R.  and  R.,  of  the  countess,  and 
she  of  the  king  in  capite. 

In  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edw^ard  I. 
(1275-76)  the  jurors  of  this  wapentake  said  that  the 
prioress  of  Stikeswaud  holds  in  Westby  two  bovates 
of  land,  the  donation  of  Radulphus  le  Fraunceys  and 
Reginaldus  le  Romeyn ;  and  each  bovate  is  valued 
at   \os. 


230  LINCOLNSHIRE. 

BOOTHBY-GRAFFO    HUNDRED. 

NORTON    DISNEY. 

Pctrus  Fraiinceys,  of  Norton,  was  a  manucaptor  of 
Willielmus  Dysny,  one  of  the  knights  of  this  county, 
elected  to  attend  the  Parliament  to  be  held  at  York 
on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  May,  1 298. 

CALCEWORTH    HUNDRED. 

BEESBY. 

2  Edward  1.(1273-74). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Amice  le  Guymplere  against  Alaji  le  Fraunceis^ 
touching  a  tenement  in  Beesby. 

HUTTOFT. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Eudo,  son  of  Ada7ii  le  Fratinccis,  against  the  prior  of 
Markeby  and  others,  touching  a  fosse  levied  in  Hotoft. 

7  Edward  1.(1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Richard  de  Barton  and  Beatrix,  his  wife,  against 
Eiido,  son  of  Adam  le  Frannceys. 


LINCOLNSHIRE. 


SUTTON. 


231 


A.D.  1 196,  July  3. —  At  the  final  concord  made  at 
this  date  between  Isabella  de  Kanleby,  petens,  and 
Muriel  de  Falestorpe,  concerning  one  bovate  of  land 
in  Sutton,  the  fourth  part  of  one  bovate  in  Struttorp, 
and  one  in  Salina,  Waltertis  le  Franceis  was  the  attor- 
ney of  Muriel. 


ELLOE    HUNDRED. 

At  the  inquisition  made  in  the  wapentake  of  El- 
lowe,  in  Holland  in  this  county,  in  the  third  year  of 
the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75),  Nigellus 
Fraunceys  was  among  the  jurors. 


GRANTHAM    SOKE   HUNDRED. 

HOUGHTON. 

6  Edward  1.(1277-78). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Th.  Haket  against  Robert  ate  Gate  and  Elena  la 
Fraunceyse,  touching  land  in  Houton. 


2  3  2  LINCOLNSHIRE. 

KIRTON    HUNDRED. 

BICKER. 

A.D.  12S3. —  "Commission  of  oyer  and  terminer  to 
Nicholas  de  Stapelton  and  John  Bek',  touching  an 
appeal  which  Matilda,  late  the  wife  of  John,  son  of 
Gerard  de  Byker,  brings  in  the  county  of  Lincoln 
against  Alan,  son  of  Ranulph,  Lambert,  son  of  Alan 
Heremod,  Walter,  son  of  William  le  Fra^inceys,  Ra- 
nulph, son  of  Elias,  William,  son  of  Robert  son  of 
John  de  Byker,  Thomas,  son  of  Sampson,  Ranulph, 
son  of  Beatrice,  Elias,  his  brother,  Alan  Heremod, 
William  Ic  Fraunceys,  Robert,  son  of  John,  and  W^ill- 
iam  le  Engleis  of  Byker,  for  the  death  of  her  husband. 
Dated  at  Acton  Burnell,  on  the  8th  of  November." 


LOUTH    ESKE    HUNDRED. 

GRAINTHORPE. 

A.D.  1 3 18. —  To  the  treasurer  and  barons  of  the  Ex- 
chequer. Order  to  allow  to  John  de  Neivil,  of  Stoke, 
late  sheriff  of  Lincoln,  in  his  account,  108/.  10^.  od. 
(sic),  the  value  of  eighty  quarters  of  wheat,  price  64/. ; 
seventy  quarters  of  malt,  price  31/.;  twenty  quarters 
of  beans  and  pease,  price  9/. ;  and  ten  quarters  of 
beans  and  pease,  price  4/., —  which  he  delivered,  when 


LINCOLNSHIRE.  233 

sheriff  of  Lincoln,  at  Boston,  to  Htigh  Fraunceys, 
master  of  the  ship  called  "  La  Blithe,"  of  Gernethorp, 
to  take  to  Berwick-on-Tweed  for  munition  thereof,  as 
appears  by  an  indenture  made  between  him  and 
HitgJi  in  the  presence  of  lawful  men  of  the  parts  of 
Boston,  in  execution  of  the  king's  order  to  provide 
and  send  to  Berwick  eighty  quarters  of  wheat, 
seventy  quarters  of  malt,  and  thirty  quarters  of  beans 
and  pease,  as  it  was  found,  by  an  inquisition  concern- 
ing this  matter  taken  at  John's  petition,  that  on  Mon- 
day after  the  Nativity  of  Saint  Mary,  in  the  ninth 
year  of  the  king's  reign  (13 15),  the  said  sheriff  deliv- 
ered to  Hugh,  master  of  the  aforesaid  ship,  eighty 
quarters  of  wheat,  price  6^-.  (sic)  a  quarter,  seventy 
quarters  of  malt,  price  93-.  a  quarter  (sic),  twenty  quar- 
ters of  beans  and  pease,  price  9^.  a  quarter,  and  ten 
quarters  of  beans  and  pease,  price  yj-.  a  quarter,  and 
that  the  ship  on  her  voyage  on  the  high  sea  near 
Scardeburgh  was  robbed,  together  with  two  other 
ships  laden  with  victuals  of  merchants  at  Boston, 
voyaging  to  Berwick,  by  common  robbers  of  three 
ships  of  Flanders  and  Zeland  (Seland),  of  the  said 
corn  and  of  all  other  goods  found  in  her,  and  that  the 
mariners  in  "  La  Blithe "  and  in  one  of  the  other 
ships  were  slain  without  blame  of  the  said  John,  and 
that  the  third  ship  so  loaded  there  passed  with  great 
peril  (maxima  pene)  to  the  port  of  Whelpeshaven, 
near  Scardeburgh  and  Fyveleye,  on  Wednesday  after 
the    Exaltation  of  the   Holy  Cross,    in  the  aforesaid 


234  LINCOLNSHIRE. 

year,  and  that  the  ship  so  escaped  was  of  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne.  They  are  also  ordered  to  allow  John  for 
the  freightage  and  carriage  of  the  corn,  receiving  from 
him  the  aforesaid  indenture  and  the  king's  writ  of 
precept.  Dated  at  Northampton,  on  the  loth  of 
July,  131S. 


MANLEY    HUNDRED. 

REDBOURNE. 

Charter  to  the  Abbey  of  Selby  in  Yorkshire,  prob- 
ably executed  in  the  thirteenth  century:  — 

To  all,  etc.,  Rcginaldiis  Ic  Fra^inccis,  of  Redburn, 
greeting.  Know  that  I  have  given  and  granted,  and 
by  this  my  present  charter  have  confirmed  forever,  to 
God,  the  Church  of  St.  Germanus  of  Seleby,  and  the 
monks  serving  God  there,  the  pasture  of  one  bovate 
of  land  which  I  hold  of  the  aforesaid  monastery  of 
Seleby,  in  the  vill  and  territory  of  Redburn,  which 
pasture  belongs  to  my  free  tenement  in  the  said  vill. 
And  I,  Reginaldtis,  and  my  heirs  or  assigns  will  acquit 
and  warrant  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms  and  forever 
defend  the  aforesaid  pasture  to  the  said  monks ;  and, 
if  it  should  happen  that  I  sell  or  assign  the  aforesaid 
tenement,  the  aforesaid  pasture  shall  be  reserved  and 
saved  for  the  said  monks.  In  testimony  whereof 
I  have  appended  my  seal.  Witness,  Robertus  de 
Wasseling. 


LINCOLNSHIRE.  235 

NESS  HUNDRED. 

STAMFORD. 

4  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Geoffrey  Gobaud  against  William,  parson  of  the 
Church  of  St.  Andrew  of  Stamford,  and  Advice  la 
Fraunceise,  touching  a  tenement  in  Stamford. 


SKIRBECK  HUNDRED. 

BENNINGTON. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraio^ned 
by  Stephen  de  Bennington  and  Ranulph,  his  brother, 
against  Richard,  son  of  John  le  Franceis,  touching  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Bennington. 


WALSHCROFT    HUNDRED. 

KINGERBY. 

At  the  pleas  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Andrew,  7th  of 
December,  1194,  Elias  de  Hareines  claims  a^os.  yearly 
rent    in    Kinerbi    and    Barrewe    against    Joilanus  de 


236  LINCOLNSHIRE. 

Amundevill,  which  is  due  annually  by  an  agreement 
made  between  the  latter  and  Thomas,  father  of  Elias, 
in  the  court  of  the  lord  King  Henry,  father  of  the 
present  king,  for  six  bovates  of  land  and  one  mill  in 
Scaletorp,  which  Agnes  de  Amundevill  holds  during 
her  life.  It  is  decided  by  the  court  that  Joilanus  may 
have  these  Aps.  for  surety,  and  the  day  is  given  them 
in  fifteen  days  after  Saint  Hilary;  and  in  the  mean 
time  they  are  allowed  to  agree.  Joilanus  appoints 
in  his  place  "  ad  chirographum  suum  recipiendum " 
Hugo  de  Bobi  or  Radulphus  le  Franceis,  and  Elias 
appoints  in  his  place  Galfridus  de  Hareines. 


YARBOROUGH  HUNDRED. 

LIMBER. 

8  Edward  I.  (1279-S0). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Simon,  son  of  Adajn  Ic  Fraitnccis,  against  Robert 
Atte  Caums,  touching  a  messuage  in  Limberug\ 


STALLINGBOROUGH. 

In  the  time  of  Thomas,  abbot  of  Selby  (1252-62 
and  1269-80),  there  is  a  record  that  Petrus  Ic  Fraun- 
ceis  formerly  held  land  in  the  vill  of  Stallingborough  ; 


LINCOLNSHIRE.  237 

and  also  another  record  of  the  same  period,  wherein  it 
is  stated  that  the  aforesaid  abbot  granted  to  Rogerus 
de  Stahngburg',  clericus,  one  bovate  of  land  of  the  fee 
of  Thomas  de  Bella  Aqua,  in  the  east  part  of  the  vill 
of  Stalingburg',  on  the  rood  to  Heling',  near  by  the 
land  of  Pebms  le  Fi^auiiccis. 

In  a  charter  of  Ricardus  Crispin,  of  Kelby,  to  the 
Abbey  of  Selby,  the  gift  is  described  as  a  certain 
meadow  in  the  vill  and  territory  of  Stalingburg',  situ- 
ated between  the  fee  of  Alanus  de  Heiling  and  the 
meadow  of  Johannes  le  Frannceis. 

Although  the  said  charter  is  undated,  the  approxi- 
mate period  of  its  execution  is  somewhat  inferred  by 
the  date  of  one  of  its  witnesses, —  namely,  Lucas  de 
Hanburg',  clericus, —  whom  we  find  as  a  witness  to 
two  agreements  of  the  year  1261. 


MIDDLESEX. 


GENERAL. 


At  the  pleas  held  at  Westminster  on  the  21st  of 
November,  1194,  there  is  a  record  of  a  Robertus 
Franceis  of  this  county. 

A.D.  1233. —  This  is  the  final  concord  made  in  the 
King's  Court  at  Westminster,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint 
Michael,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  John,  before  Willelmus  de 
Ralegh',  Robertus  de  Lexinton,  Willelmus  de 
Ebor',  Radulphus  de  Norwic',  Willelmus  de  Insula, 
Adam  filius  Willelmi,  and  Willelmus  de  Sancto  Ed- 
mundo,  justices,  and  others  faithful  of  the  king,  then 
present  there,  between  Nicholaus  de  Anna,  querent, 
and  Gwido  Lc  ffratinceys  and  J2iliana,  his  wife,  de- 
forciants, for  three  virgates  of  land  with  appurtenances 
in  Hatton  (in  the  parish  of  Bedfont,  in  Spelthorne 
hundred),  for  which  a  plea  of  Warrantia  chartae  was 
summoned  in  the  said  court.  The  aforesaid  Givido 
and  Juliana  acknowledged  all  the  land  with  its  ap- 
purtenances to  be  the  right  of  Nicholaus,  as  by  their 
gift,  to  have  and  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  of  the  said 


MIDDLESEX.  239 

Gzvido  and  Juliana,  and  the  heirs  of  this  Jtiliana,  for- 
ever, giving  for  the  same  yearly  one  pound  of  cumin 
at  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael,  for  all  service,  to  Gwido 
and  Juliana  or  her  heirs.  And  the  aforesaid  Gwido 
and  Juliana  and  her  heirs  will  warrant  to  this  Nicho- 
laus  and  his  heirs  all  the  said  land  with  appurte- 
nances, for  this  service,  against  all  men  forever.  And 
for  this  recognition,  warrant,  fine,  and  concord  Nicho- 
laus  o-ave  them  10  marks  sterlino;. 

In  the  eleventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
III.  (1337-38)  a  fine  was  made  between  Nicholas  de 
Shordich  and  T/ionias  le  Frenssh  concerning  premises 
in  Hese  (Hayes,  in  the  hundred  of  Elthorne)  and 
Harewe  (Harrow,  in  the  hundred  of  Goare). 

In  the  twenty-eighth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Ed- 
ward III.  (1354-55),  after  the  death  of  the  same 
Thomas  le  Frenssh,  a  fine  was  made  between  the 
aforesaid  Nicholas  and  John  de  Cherleton,  kinsman 
and  heir  of  the  aforesaid  Thomas,  concerning  the 
same  premises. 


240  MIDDLESEX. 


LONDON. 

At  the  pleas  in  fifteen  days  of  Easter,  April  23 
1200,  it  was  decided  that  Margeria  de  Ros  shall  pay 
to  Williclnuis  Franccis  and  Johannes  filius  Baldwini 
44^-,  which  she  acknowledged  to  owe  them. 

A.D.  1250. —  This  is  the  final  concord  made  in  the 
King's  Court  at  Westminster,  in  fifteen  days  from 
Michaelmas,  in  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry,  son  of  King  John,  before  Rogerus  de 
Thurkelby,  Johannes  de  Cobbeham,  and  Alanus  de 
Wassaund,  justices,  and  others  faithful  of  the  lord  the 
king  then  present  there,  between  Johamics  Ic  ffran- 
ceys,  querent,  and  Cristiana  Abhomine,  deforciant, 
for  one  messuage  with  appurtenances  in  London,  and 
twenty  acres  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  the 
suburb  of  London,  for  which  a  plea  of  charter 
warrant  was  summoned.  The  said  Cristiana  ac- 
knowledged the  aforesaid  messuage  and  land  with 
appurtenances  to  be  the  right  of  this  Johannes,  as  by 
her  gift,  to  have  and  hold  to  Johannes  and  his  heirs 
of  the  said  Cristiana  and  her  heirs  forever,  making  for 
the  same  to  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  for  her  and  her 
heirs,  all  the  service  belonging  to  the  said  messuage 
and  land.  And  Cristiana  and  her  heirs  will,  for  the 
said  service,  warrant  the  aforesaid  messuage  and  land 
with  appurtenances  to  Johannes  and  his  heirs  against 
all   men  forever.     And  for  this  recoo-nition,  warrant. 


MIDDLESEX.  241 

fine,  and  concord  Johannes  gave  to  Cristiana  140 
marks  in  silver.  And  thereafter  Cristiana  conceded, 
for  herself  and  her  heirs,  that  she  should  not  give, 
sell,  mortgage,  or  in  any  other  manner  alienate,  any  of 
the  lands  or  tenements  with  appurtenances  which  she 
held  in  London  and  the  suburb  of  London  on  the 
day  when  this  concord  was  made,  so  that  she  should 
have  sufficient  of  tenements  with  which  she  could 
warrant  to  the  aforesaid  Johannes  and  his  heirs  the 
said  messuage  and  land  with  appurtenances,  which 
by  this  fine  shall  remain  to  him  forever. 

A.D.  1252. —  A  final  concord  was  made  in  the 
King's  Court  at  Westminster,  in  the  thirty-sixth  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  IIL,  before  the  justices, 
between  Johanjies  Ic  fraunccys,  querent,  and  Cristiana 
Bodmen,  deforciant,  for  one  messuage  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in  the  suburb  of 
London.  Plea  of  charter  warrant  was  summoned  in 
the  said  court.  Cristiana  acknowledged  the  messuage 
and  land  to  be  the  right  of  Johannes,  as  by  her  gift, 
to  have  and  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  of  her  and  her 
heirs  forever.  And  for  this  acknowledgment,  war- 
rant, fine,  and  concord  Johannes  gave  her  seven 
times  twenty  mark.  The  general  conditions  of  the 
agreement  being  similar  to  those  found  in  the  preced- 
ing final  concord. 

I  Edward  L  (1272-73). —  License  to  Ebrord  le 
Fraunceys,  merchant  of  London,  to  take  twenty  sacks 
of   wool,    which    he    has    in    the   kingdom,  which  he 


2  42  MIDDLESEX. 

bought  for  his  own  use  of  others  than  Flemings  or 
Hainaulters,  and  which  he  can  reasonably  show  to  be 
his  own,  to  any  parts  beyond  seas,  except  such  as  are 
within  the  power  of  the  Countess  of  Flanders,  the 
said  merchant  having  made  oath  before  the  king's 
locum  tenentes  in  England  that  he  will  not  take  out 
of  the  kingdom  wools  or  other  goods  into  Flanders  or 
elsew^hither  within  the  power  of  the  Countess  of 
Flanders  during  the  contention  between  the  king  and 
the  said  countess  which  recently  arose  between  Henry 
III.  and  herself,  and  that  he  will  not  sell  such  wool  or 
other  goods  to  Flemings  or  others  of  the  power  of 
the  said  countess,  nor  make  exchange  with  them 
thereof,  nor  deal  by  art  or  craft  so  that  the  said  wools 
or  other  goods  may  come  into  the  hands  of  the  sub- 
jects of  the  said  countess,  nor  receive  any  money  from 
the  Flemino-s  for  tradino-  with  wools  or  other  mer- 
chandise  to  the  behoof  of  the  said  Flemings,  nor 
exchange  for  their  goods  or  those  of  any  other  sub- 
jects of  the  said  countess,  on  pain  of  forfeiture  to  the 
king  any  of  their  goods  found  in  the  kingdom ;  with 
a  safe  conduct  to  the  said  merchant  in  taking  the 
aforesaid   twenty  sacks  out  of  the  kingdom. 

A.D.  1327. —  Protection  and  safe  conduct,  with 
clause  nolumus,  till  Michaelmas,  for  Adam  Frcnche, 
master  of  "  la  Seyntemaribate,"  of  London,  which 
Stephen  Aleyn,  citizen  and  merchant  of  London,  is 
intending  to  send  laden  with  victuals  and  other  mer- 
chandise to  Newcastle-on-Tyne  and  parts  adjacent, 
for  the  support  of  the  expedition  against  Scotland. 


MIDDLESEX.  243 

A.D.  1337. —  In  the  account  of  the  expenditure  of 
money  received  from  an  assessment  made  in  this  city 
about  the  feast  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist  (June  24),  in 
the  eleventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  III., 
for  sending  archers  in  the  king's  service,  by  way  of 
Bristol,  into  Gascoigne,  is  the  following  record :  — 

^o  John  le  Freynshc,  for  ten  lances,  ids.  Sd. 

In  the  list  of  mayors  of  the  city  of  London,  given 
by  Maitland,  Johaii  French  appears  in  this  capacity  in 
the  year  1394. 


ALDGATE   WARD. 

HOLY   TRINITY   PRIORY. 

A.D.  1252-58. —  Release  by  Felicia,  late  wife  of 
Robert  de  Strata,  to  John,  the  prior,  and  the  convent 
of  Holy  Trinity  (which  stood  on  the  north  side  from 
Aldgate),  London,  of  land  in  Berkeden  (Barksdon,  a 
hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Aspenden,  in  the  hundred  of 
Edwinstree,  in  County  Hertford),  in  fields  called  "  Re- 
feld  "  and  "  Meldfeld,"  and  of  the  land  they  had  from 
her  late  husband  in  Cornee  and  Wydihale  (Widdiall, 
in  same  hundred).  Witnesses,  John  de  Marins,  Milo 
de  Westmelne,  Henry  de  Bracking,  Master  John  le 
Fraunceys,  and  others. 


244  MIDDLESEX. 

BILLINGSGATE   WARD. 

ST.    MARGARET    PATTENS. 

A.D.  1 316,  March  30,  at  Langley. —  Enrolment  of 
grant  from  Edward  le  Blund,  son  and  heir  of  the  late 
John  le  Blund,  knight,  to  Robert  Ic  Fj'cyjish,  "  car- 
penter," citizen  of  London,  of  the  tenement  that  the 
donor  has  by  demise  from  Robert  le  Hagham  and 
lady  Idonia,  his  wife,  mother  of  the  donor,  which  they 
held  of  his  inheritance,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Margaret's 
atte  Patyns,  London,  lying  between  the  tenement 
lately  belonging  to  Roger  de  Wandlesworth  on  the 
north  and  that  of  Alfred  le  Wodere  on  the  south,  and 
between  the  tenement  of  John  Adrian  on  the  west 
and  the  king's  highway  on  the  east,  rendering  there- 
fore 20^.  yearly  to  Idonia  durirng  her  life,  and  to 
Edward  and  his  heirs  after  her  death.  Witnesses, 
Stephen  de  Abyndon,  mayor  of  London ;  Hamo  God- 
chep  and  William  de  Bodele,  sheriffs  of  London ; 
Robert  de  Kelseie,  alderman  of  that  ward ;  John  An- 
nore,  serjeant  of  that  ward,  and  others.  Dated  at 
London,  on  Tuesday  after  the  Annunciation,  9  Ed- 
ward II.  (13 1 6). 

Maitland  states  that  "the  ancient  Fraternity  of 
Carpenters  was  incorporated  by  Letters  Patent  of 
Edward  the  Third,  7  July  Anno  1344,  by  the  style 
of  The  Master,  Wardens,  Assistants,  and  Common- 
alty of  the  Mystery  of   Freemen  of  the   Carpentry  of 


MIDDLESEX.  245 

the  City  of  London ;  with  a  power  to  make  by-laws 
for  their  better  regulation." 


BRIDE    WARD    WITHIN. 

ST.    BENNET,    GRASSCHURCH. 

Among  the  "bequests  of  Henry  de  Thele,  skinner, 
in  his  will,  proved  on  Monday  next  before  the  feast 
of  Saint  Edmund  the  King  (20  November),  1308,  is  a 
gift  to  John,  his  servant  and  adopted  son  (filiolo  filio) 
of  Matthew  le  Fraunccys,  hosier,  of  rent  of  a  tene- 
ment at  Grascherche,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Benedict." 


FARRINGDON    WARD. 

This  designation  comprises  the  present  wards  of 
Farringdon  within  and  Farringdon  without.  Mait- 
land  states  that  "  the  part  of  Farringdon  ward  lying 
within  the  walls  of  London  contains  the  ancient 
wards  of  Newgate  and  Ludgate,  in  distinction  to  the 
other  part  which  was  without  the  walls,  or  the  ancient 
ward  of  Fori,  or  Foris." 

"  The  two  wards  of  Farringdon  within  and  Farring- 
don without  at  one  time  had  but  one  alderman,  and 
that  not  by  election,  but  by  inheritance  or  purchase. 


246  AIIDDLESEX. 

as  more  fully  appears  by  the  following  abstract  of  a 
deed  of  one  of  its  possessors:  — 

"  Thomas  de  Ardene,  son  and  heir  to  Sir  Ralph 
de  Ardene,  knight,  granted  to  Ralph  le  Feure,  citizen 
of  London,  one  of  the  sheriffs  in  the  year  1277,  all  the 
aldermanry,  with  the  appurtenances,  within  the  city 
of  London,  and  suburbs  of  the  same,  between  Lud- 
gate  and  Newgate,  and  also  without  the  same  gates ; 
which  aldermanry  Ankerinus  de  Averne  held  during 
his  life,  by  the  grant  of  the  said  Thomas  de  Ardene. 
To  have  and  to  hold  unto  the  said  Ralph  and  to  his 
heirs  freely  without  all  challenge ;  yielding  therefore 
yearly  to  the  said  Thomas  and  his  heirs  one  clove 
(or  slip)  of  gilliflowers,  at  the  feast  of  Easter,  for  all 
secular  service  and  custom,  with  warranty  unto  the 
said  Ralph  le  Feure  and  his  heirs  against  all  people. 
Christians  and  Jews,  in  consideration  of  20  marks, 
which  the  said  Ralph  le  Feure  did  give  beforehand, 
in  name  of  gersum  or  fine,  to  the  said  Thomas,  etc. 
Dated  the  5th  of  Edward  L" 

"  After  this,  John  le  Feure,  son  and  heir  to  the  said 
Ralph  le  Feure,  granted  to  William  Farendon,  citizen 
and  goldsmith  of  London,  and  to  his  heirs,  the  said 
aldermanry,  with  the  appurtenances,  for  the  service 
thereunto  belonging,  in  the  7th  year  of  Edward  I.,  in 
the  year  of  Christ  1279." 

From  this  William  Farringdon,  who  gave  his  name 
to  this  ward,  the  aldermanry  descended  to  Nicholas, 
his  son,  also  a  goldsmith,  and  mayor  of  London  in 
the  years  1308,  131 3,  1320,  and  1323. 


MIDDLESEX. 


247 


This  ward,  however,  was  of  such  considerable  ex- 
tent that  King  Richard  II.,  in  the  seventeenth  year 
of  his  reign  (1393-94),  legally  confirmed  a  division  of 
it  under  the  names  of  Farringdon  Ward  Within  and 
Farringdon  Ward  Without. 

"  The  Fraternity  of  Goldsmiths,"  according  to 
Maitland,  "appears  to  be  of  great  antiquity;  for,  in 
the  twenty-sixth  of  Henry  II.,  An.  1180,  it  was  among 
other  Guilds  amerced  for  being  Adulterine, —  that  is, 
set  up  without  the  king's  special  license." 

They  appear,  besides  exercising  their  usual  occupa- 
tion, to  have  been  employed  in  the  Exchequer  with  a 
livery  or  allowance  from  the  king;  for,  in  the  fifth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Stephen,  there  is  a  record 
showing  that  an  allowance  of  6oj.  \od.  was  made  to 
the  sheriff  of  London  for  the  livery  of  the  king's  gold- 
smiths and  for  the  coal  used  by  them. 

Maitland  further  states  that  "Edward  III.,  in  con- 
sideration of  the  sum  of  ten  marks,  incorporated  this 
company  by  his  Letters  Patent,  Anno  1327,  by  the 
name  of  The  Wardens  and  Commonalty  of  the  Mys- 
tery of  Goldsmiths  of  the  City  of  London,  with  a 
privilege  of  purchasing  in  mortmain  an  estate  of 
twenty  pounds  per  annum  for  the  support  of  their 
valetudinary  members;  which,  in  the  year  1394,  was 
confirmed  by  Richard  II.  for  the  sum  of  twenty 
marks."  And  in  continuation  he  says  that  "the 
goldsmiths  kept  their  shops  and  trade  in  West-Cheap 
from  ancient  times,  even  before  the  days  of  King 
Edward  III." 


2  48  MIDDLESEX. 

HOLBORN. 

A.D.  1235. —  This  is  the  final  concord  made  in  the 
Kino's  Court  at  Westminster,  in  five  weeks  from 
Easter,  in  the  nineteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  John,  before  Robertas  de  Lexin- 
ton,  Oliverus  de  ValHbus,  Adam  fihus  Willielmi,  and 
Robertus  de  Bello  Campo,  justices  itinerant,  and 
others  faithful  of  the  king,  then  present  there,  between 
Hiigo  Ic  Franceys,  claimant,  and  Walterus  Cokus,  and 
Matilda,  his  wife,  tenants,  for  one  messuage  with 
appurtenances  in  HoUeburn.  Assize  of  mort  d'ances- 
tor  was  summoned.  Hugo  remised  and  quitclaimed 
for  himself  and  his  heirs  to  the  aforesaid  Walterus 
and  Matilda,  and  the  heirs  of  this  Matilda,  all  his 
right  and  claim  in  the  said  messuage  with  its  appurte- 
nances ;  and  for  this  remise,  quitclaim,  fine,  and  con- 
cord Walterus  and  Matilda  gave  the  said  Htigo  one 
mark  in  silver. 

"  The  prebendary  of  Holborn  had  the  sixth  stall  on 
the  right  side  of  the  choir  of  St.  PauFs  Cathedral ; 
and  the  corps  of  the  prebend  lies  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Andrew  Holborn,  in  the  suburbs,  or  without  the  walls 
of  London." 

A.D.  1251. —  License  from  Henricus,  dean  of  St. 
Paul's  and  the  chapter,  io  Johannes  Ic  Franceis,  their 
fellow-canon,  to  erect  an  oratory  in  his  court,  which 
he  has  bought  opposite  to  the  Church  of  St.  Andrew, 
in    his  prebend  of    "  Holeburne  strate,"  and  to  cele- 


MIDDLESEX.  249 

brate  divine  service  there  so  long  as  he  shall  be  the 
lord  of  that  prebend  and  that  plot  of  ground.  But  it 
is  provided  that,  if  he  grant  that  plot  of  ground  to  any 
other  person  than  his  successor  in  the  said  prebend, 
divine  service  shall  not  be  celebrated  there  without  a 
new  license  from  the  bishop,  the  dean,  and  the  chap- 
ter. Dated  on  the  morrow  of  the  feast  of  Saint 
Andrew,  ist  of  December,  1251. 

Towards  the  end  of  this  same  century  an  examina- 
tion was  made  of  the  treasury  of  St.  Pauls,  and 
among  its  many  possessions  we  find  two  articles  that 
had  belonged  to  Johajines  Fratuiceys.  One  was  a  cap 
of  red  sammet,  embroidered  with  stars  and  moons, 
and  the  other  a  baldekin,  about  which  we  find  the 
following  record,  which  appears  under  the  heading  of 
Baudekyni :  — 

Item  XXXI.  mediocres.  Item  VI.  alutill.  me- 
liores,  de  quibus  II.  de  dono  J.  de  Chishulle,  et  unus 
de  dono  Almae  de  Bathonia,  et  unus  de  dono  Domi- 
nae  A.  Reginae  juniores  (probably  Eleanor,  first  wife 
of  Prince  Edward,  afterwards  King  Edward  I.),  et 
unus  de  funere  J.  Fratiiiceys,  et  unus  de  dono  Domini 
Henrici  Regis. 

A.D.  1262. —  This  is  the  final  concord  made  in  the 
King's  Court  at  Westminster,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint 
Martin,  in  the  forty-seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  John,  before  Gilbertus  de  Pres- 
ton and  Johannes  de  Wyuill',  justices,  and  others 
faithful  of  the  lord  the  king,  then  present  there,  be- 


'■so 


MIDDLESEX. 


tween  Alicia,  daughter  of  Petrus  le  Wodemonger, 
claimant,  and  Johannes  Le  ffraunccys,  tenant,  repre- 
sented by  Johannes  de  Scurescalf,  his  attorney,  for 
two  acres  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Andrew  of  Holeburne,  concerning  which  a  plea 
was  between  them  in  this  court.  Johannes  acknowl- 
edged the  aforesaid  land  with  appurtenances  to  be 
the  right  of  Alicia;  and  for  this  acknowledgment, 
fine,  and  concord  this  Alicia,  at  the  instance  of  the 
aforesaid  Johannes,  granted  to  Magister  Robertus  le 
Keu  the  said  land  with  its  appurtenances.  To  have 
and  hold  to  the  said  Robertus  and  his  heirs  of  the 
aforesaid  Alicia  and  her  heirs  forever,  rendering 
yearly  for  the  same  a  half-penny  at  Easter,  for  all  ser- 
vice, custom,  and  exaction,  to  her  and  her  heirs,  and 
making  for  the  same  to  the  chief  lords  of  this  fee, 
for  her  and  her  heirs,  all  other  services  belonging  to 
this  land.  And  Alicia  and  her  heirs  will  warrant  to 
Robert  and  his  heirs  the  aforesaid  land  with  its  ap- 
purtenances, for  the  said  service,  against  all  men  for- 
ever, for  which  Robertus  gave  the  said  Alicia  2  marks 
in  silver. 

ST.    FAITH'S. 

"  The  Church  of  St.  Faith  was  originally  a  distinct 
building,  standing  near  the  east  end  of  St.  Paul's;  but 
when  the  old  cathedral  was  enlarged,  between  the 
years  1256  and  131 2,  it  was  taken  down,  and  an  ex- 
tensive part  of  the  vaults  was  appropriated  to  the  use 


MIDDLESEX.  251 

of  the  parishioners  of  St.  Faith,  in  lieu  of  the  demol- 
ished fabric." 

In  the  deeds  of  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  relating  to 
tenements  in  "  Folkemares  lane,"  and  "Yvi  lane"  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Faith,  the  parties  named  are  the 
dean  and  chapter  of  St.  Paul's ;  Master  Richard  de 
Staunford,  canon  of  St.  Paul's ;  Augustine,  son  of 
Eustace,  the  mercer ;  Laurence  del  Brok ;  Robert  de 
Monasterio  and  Emma,  his  wife,  of  Weteringsete,  sis- 
ter and  heir  of  Master  William  de  Sancto  Eadmundo, 
clerk  (50  Henry  III.);  Master  Stepheyi  de  Frcnse ; 
John  ate  Chireche  of  Weteringeste,  son  and  heir  of 
Robert  ate  Chireche  of  Westeringsete,  by  Emma,  his 
wife,  sister  of  Master  William  de  Sancto  Eadmundo ; 
Sir  Peter  de  Abedun,  chaplain  of  St.  Paul's ;  Will- 
iam de  Craye,  proctor  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Thomas, 
Southwark,  and  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  same 
place  ;  and  Sir  Robert  called  "  Senescal,"  chaplain. 
From  an  old  indorsement  it  would  appear  that  Folke- 
mares Lane  was  the  ancient  name  of  Ivy  Lane. 

ST.   MATTHEW'S   FRIDAY   STREET. 

John  de  Chichester,  goldsmith,  in  his  will,  dated  at 
London,  on  the  14th  of  May,  1380,  bequeaths  his  ten- 
ement in  the  parish  of  S.  John  Zaker'  at  the  corner  of 
Godronlane,  together  with  a  shop  in  Chepe  at  the 
corner  of  Fridaistrete,  and  solars  in  the  parish  of  S. 
Matthew  in  Fridaistrete,  to  John  Frenssh,  goldsmith, 


252  AflDDLESEX. 

in  tail ;  remainder  to  JoJiauna  Frcnssh,  wife  of  John 
Markeby,  goldsmith.  Also  to  the  said  John  Markeby 
and  Johaujia,  wife  of  the  same,  he  leaves  a  shop  in 
the  parish  of  S.  Peter  in  Westchepe,  in  tail ;  remain- 
der over.  To  Sir  Edmund  Pencrich,  rector  of  the 
Church  of  St.  Edmund  in  Lumbardstrete,  and  parish- 
ioners of  the  same,  certain  rents  in  Westchepe  in  the 
parish  of  S.  Vedast,  in  le  Reole  in  the  parish  of  S. 
Michael  de  Paternostercherche,  and  issuing  from  a 
tenement  formerly  called  "  le  Culver  on  the  hope," 
and  now  "  le  Swan,"  in  Temestrete  in  the  parish  of 
S.  Dunstan  Est,  in  trust  for  maintenance  of  chantries, 
torches,  etc.  To  the  master,  brethren,  and  sisters  of 
the  Hospital  of  St.  Katherine,  near  the  Tower,  he 
leaves  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in  Est  Smethefeld 
without  Aldgate  in  the  parish  of  St.  Botolph,  to- 
gether with  others  in  the  parishes  of  St.  Mary  de 
Abbechurch,  St.  Edmund  in  Lumbardestrete,  and 
St.  Nicholas  Aeon,  one  being  called  "  le  Taverne  atte 
Belle,"  so  that  they  pray  for  the  souls  of  King  Ed- 
ward and  of  Philippa,  wife  of  the  same,  the  souls  of 
John  de  Hermesthorp,  clerk,  master  or  warden  of  the 
said  hospital,  the  testator,  and  others.  To  Alice,  his 
wife,  tenements  and  shops  in  S.  Clement's  Lane  in 
the  parish  of  S.  Edmund  aforesaid,  one  being  called 
"  le  Sarezynesheved,"  and  a  tenement  called  ''  Top- 
feldes  In,"  in  Fletestrete,  parish  of  S.  Brigid,  for  life; 
remainder  as  to  the  last-mentioned  tenement  to  Will- 
iam, his  son,  ?iwdJo/iii  Frcnssh  aforesaid,  in  successive 


MIDDLESEX.  253 

tail.  The  rest  of  the  above  tenements  to  be  sold  after 
the  decease  of  his  wife,  and  the  proceeds  devoted  to 
pious  and  charitable  uses. 

A.D.  1382. —  Delivery  of  Infangthef,  in  the  Guild- 
hall of  London,  before  John  Norhamptone,  mayor, 
and  the  aldermen  and  sheriffs,  and  John  Charneye, 
coroner,  on  the  Friday  next  after  the  Assumption  of 
the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  (15th  of  August),  in  the  sixth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Richard  II. 

Walter  atte  Watre,  goldsmith,  and  Nicholas  Somer- 
sete,  of  Philip  Norton  (Norton  St.  Philip,  six  miles 
from  Bath),  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  were  taken 
at  the  suit  of  John  Frensshe,  of  London,  goldsmith, 
with  the  "mainour"  of  divers  goods  and  chattels  of 
\\\vc\,JoIni  Fi^ensshe ;  namely,  two  silver  girdles,  with 
red  corces  in  silk,  value  465-. ;  one  silver  girdle,  with  a 
blue  corse,  30-5'. ;  one  other  small  silver  girdle,  with 
green  corse,  i6-s-;  one  chain  of  silver  gilt,  406-.;  one 
other  small  silver  chain,  5^-. ;  one  girdle  of  red  silk, 
with  a  bokele,  and  studded  with  silver  gilt,  i6-s-. ;  one 
silver  chalice,  with  paten,  38^-.;  two  sets  of  phials  of 
silver,  their  swages  (necks)  gilt,  20^-. ;  one  osculatory 
of  silver  gilt,  20^-. ;  two  mazer  cups,  bound  with  silver 
gilt,  33^.  4^.;  six  silver  spoons,  \^s.\  two  gold  rings, 
with  dyamaundes,  15/.;  one  gold  ring  with  a  baleys, 
26s.  8d. ;  three  strings  of  pearls,  yos. ;  six  gold  neck- 
laces, lOOi-. ;  and  other  goods  and  chattels,  such  as 
fermails  and  rings  of  silver  gilt,  broken  silver,  girdles 


254 


MIDDLESEX. 


set  with  silver,  buckles  and  pendants  for  girdles,  and 
paternosters,  of  silver  and  perls,  to  the  value  of  40/. : 
which  Q:oods  and  chattels  the  same  Walter  atte  Watre 
and  Nicholas  Somersete,  on  the  Wednesday  next 
after  the  feast  of  the  Assumption  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin  Mary,  in  the  year  aforesaid,  feloniously  stole 
by  night  at  the  corner  of  Fridaystrete  in  Westchepe, 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Matthew,  in  the  Ward  of  Farn- 
done  Within,  in  London,  and  then  and  there  felo- 
niously broke  into  the  shop  of  \\\vc\,John  Frcusshc,  etc. 

And  also  the  same  Walter  atte  Watre  and  Nicho- 
las Somersete  were  taken  at  the  suite  of  Thomas 
Stoke,  of  London,  goldsmith,  with  the  mainour  of 
goods  and  chattels  of  him,  Thomas  Stoke ;  namely, 
with  one  mazer  cup,  bound  with  silver  gilt,  value  10^.; 
one  other  small  mazer  cup  bound  with  silver  gilt,  5^.  ; 
three  bokeles  with  three  pendants,  for  silver  girdles, 
15^-.;  one  other  bokele  and  one  silver  girdle,  6^-.  8^. ; 
and  one  knife,  called  a  "  copegorge  "  (cut-throat),  with 
one  "  loket "  and  one  "  chape  "  of  silver,  6^.  %d. ;  by 
them  stolen  at  night,  on  the  Wednesday  and  in  the 
sixth  year  aforesaid,  from  the  shop  of  the  said  John 
Frensshe,  goldsmith,  in  the  place,  ward,  and  parish 
aforesaid,  etc. 

And  the  jury,  by  Henry  Markeby  and  eleven 
others,  declared  upon  their  oath  the  said  Walter  atte 
Watre  and  Nicholas  Somersete  to  be  guilty  of  the 
felonies  aforesaid. 

And  because  that  the  said  Walter  atte  Watre  and 


MIDDLESEX.  255 

Nicholas  Somersete  were  clerks,  and  judgment  could 
not  lawfully  be  proceeded  to  without  the  ordinary, 
etc.,  they  were  committed  to  the  prison  of  Newgate, 
there  in  safe  custody  to  be  kept  until,  etc.  Chattels 
they  had  none. 

John  Frenssh,  goldsmith,  previously  named,  is  men- 
tioned, with  his  wife  Margaret  and  son  John  Frensshe, 
in  the  following  will  of  Bartholomew  Seman,  "  gold- 
betere,"  dated  at  London  on  the  25th  of  July,  1431:  — 
Bartholomew  Seman,  in  his  will,  gives  to  William 
Byngham,  the  rector,  etc.,  of  the  Church  of  St.  John 
Zakary,  certain  rents  of  tenements  in  this  parish  for 
maintaining  a  chantry  in  the  said  church,  for  the 
good  of  his  soul,  the  souls  of  Katherine,  his  wife,  John 
Frenssh,  late  goldsmith,  Margaret,  the  wife  of  the 
same,  etc.  To  his  wife  Katherine  tenements  and 
rents  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchre  and  St.  John 
Zakary  for  life ;  remainder  to  John,  son  of  the  above 
John  Frenssh,  etc. 

ST.    PAUL'S    CATHEDRAL. 

The  following  two  charters  are  given  according  to 
rotation.     Their  execution  was  made  durino-  the  time 

o 

of  William,  the  dean  of  St.  Paul's.  According  to 
Newcourt,  William  was  the  son  of  Adeline,  the  sister 
of  Richard  de  Belmeis,  who  was  elected  Bishop  of 
London    in    1108.       How   early    William    became    a 


256  MIDDLESEX. 

canon  is  uncertain ;  but  some  time  after  the  year 
1 103  he  became  a  prebendary  at  Chiswick  (Middlesex 
County),  which  had  the  eighteenth  stall  on  the  left 
side  of  the  choir  in  this  cathedral.  He  probably  be- 
came dean  of  St.  Paul's  soon  after  his  uncle  became 
bishop,  as  he  is  found  filling  that  post  in  1 1 1 1  ;  for 
on  the  fourteenth  Kal.  August  of  that  year  William, 
the  dean,  and  the  canons  of  St.  Paul's  made  a  grant 
to  Hugo  de  Verli,  in  which  conveyance  it  is  noticed 
that  none  of  the  witnesses  to  it,  except  possibly  Mag- 
ister  Teodoricus,  are  found  in  the  two  followins:  char- 
ters ;  but  in  another  grant  of  the  year  11 32,  wherein 
his  name  appears,  ten  of  the  witnesses  are  found  to 
be  the  same  as  in  the  first  charter  hereafter  given, 
and  seven  witnesses  are  the  same  as  in  the  second 
charter.  And,  as  Newcourt  states,  on  the  authority 
of  Ralph  de  Diceto,  that  this  William  died  in  11 38, 
this  summary  of  evidence  seems  to  be  sufficiently 
conclusive  to  establish  the  period  of  the  execution  of 
the  two  charters  between  the  years  11 11  and  11 38. 
Besides  the  absence  of  the  witnesses  in  the  year 
iiii,  relative  to  these  two  charters,  with  their  in- 
creased number  in  the  charter  of  the  year  1 132,  many 
of  whom  were  living  after  the  year  11 38,  it  seems  to 
point  to  the  conclusion  that  the  execution  of  the  two 
succeeding  charters  must  have  been  made  during  the 
latter  half  of  the  recorded  time  that  this  William  was 
dean  of  St.  Paul's. 

This    is    the  covenant    between  the  canons  of  St. 


MIDDLESEX.  257 

Paul's  and  Guthmundus  concerning  the  land  which 
Willelmus  de  Coveleia  held  of  these  canons  in  the 
market-place.  Willelmus,  the  dean,  and  the  whole 
assembly  granted  to  the  said  Guthmundus  the  afore- 
said land  in  fee  and  inheritance ;  but  neither  he  nor 
his  heirs  can  sell  or  pledge  anything  of  this  fee,  ex- 
cept by  the  license  of  the  chapter,  and  no  one  shall 
inherit  the  same  after  his  death,  except  he  is  his  near- 
est kinsman.  But  Guthmundus  shall  give  45.  yearly, 
during  his  life,  for  this  fee,  to  the  canons ;  namely,  2^. 
at  Easter  and  2s.  at  Michaelmas.  After  the  death  of 
Guthmundus  his  heirs  shall  give  yearly  7^. ;  namely, 
18^.  at  Christmas,  2s.  at  Easter,  \Zd.  at  Midsummer 
Day,  and  2s.  at  Michaelmas.  And  for  this  fee  Guth- 
mundus  has  sworn  fealty  to  the  canons  in  their  chap- 
ter, and  given  them,  for  this  covenant,  i  mark  in 
silver.  At  this  grant  were  the  following  canons  pres- 
ent: Willelmus  decanus,  Hugo  filius  Alberti,  Ro- 
bertus  de  Caem,  Nicolaus ;  Gaufridus  et  Robertus 
filii  Wlfredi,  Robertus  et  Hugo  filii  Generanni,  Ra- 
dulfus  de  Langeford,  Odo,  Hubertus,  Teodoricus, 
Rannulfus.  These  are  witnesses :  Robertus  filius 
Gosberti,  Willelmus  frater  ejus,  Brungarus,  Robertus 
privignus  (stepson)  Guthmundi,  Gocelinus,  Ailredus, 
Radulfits  Francigena,  Eadwardus,  Walterus  de  Gran- 
fort,  Willielmus  frater  ejus. 

This  is  the  covenant  between  the  canons  of  St. 
Paul's,  Robertus,  brother  of  Fulcredus,  and  Baldricus, 
his    son ;  namely,  that   these   canons  granted   to   the 


258  MIDDLESEX. 

said  Robertus  and  Baldricus  the  land  which  Wal- 
terus  Wasderius  held,  to  hold  during  their  lifetimes 
for  a  yearly  rent  of  125.,  payable  at  Easter  and 
Michaelmas.  Ad  quod  sunt  testes,  Willelmus  de- 
canus,  Ricardus  archidiaconus,  Hugo  filius  Alberti, 
Robertus  filius  Wluredi,  Rannulfus,  Teodoricus 
juvenis,  Nicolaus,  Willelmus  de  Calnia,  Walterus 
filius  Episcopi,  Magister  Radulfus  de  Langheford, 
Gaufridus  constabularus,  Cyprianus  archidiaconus, 
Hugo  archidiaconus,  Robertus  de  Auco,  Magister 
Henricus,  Gaufridus  filius  Wluredi,  Hubertus,  Hugo 
filius  Generanni,  Ricardus  de  Wintonia,  WillelniMs 
Fj^a^icigcna,  Alwinus  sacerdos  de  Bealcamp,  Ed- 
winus  scriba,  Willelmus  Camerarius,  Picotus  Lum- 
bardus,  Milo  filius  Teodorici,  Hilo  de  Beluaco,  Ri- 
cardus de  Sancto  Odmero,  Brichmarus  bordarius, 
Robertus  Peverel,  Ricardus  dapifer  decani. 

The  name  of  Willelmus  Francigena  is  again  found 
as  a  witness  to  two  documents  during  the  time  of  Ra- 
dulfus de  Langford,  the  succeeding  dean  of  St.  Paul's, 
which  could  not  have  been  of  later  date  than  the  year 
1152. 

ST.   SEPULCHRE. 

In  the  year  1235,  in  this  ward,  under  the  heading 
of  Holborn,  w^e  have  already  referred  to  a  Htigo  le 
Franceys,  whom  we  take  to  be  the  same  person  as 
mentioned  in  this  parish.     So  we  judge  that  the  gift 


MIDDLESEX.  259 

of  Hugo  le  Franceys,  to  which  allusion  is  made  in  the 
following  record,  must  have  been  made  some  time 
about  the  above-named  period. 

Among  the  donations  to  Leicester  Abbey,  as  found 
in  the  list  of  its  possessions,  is  the  following  relating 
to  a  charter  and  memorandum:  — 

We  have,  of  the  gift  of  Hugo  le  Franceys  and 
Dionisia,  his  wife,  his  tenement  which  he  had  in  the 
city  of  London,  and  without ;  namely,  his  capital  mes- 
suage with  all  its  appurtenances  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Sepulchre,  without  the  gate  of  Newgate,  rendering 
yearly  25^-.,  as  stated  in  the  charter. 

We  have,  of  the  gift  of  Johannes  Woburn,  i^^s.  an- 
nual rent,  which  he  used  to  receive  of  the  aforesaid 
tenement  of  Hugo  le  Fraunceys. 

Memorandum,  that  we  have  granted,  demised,  and 
by  our  charter  confirmed,  to  Cristiana,  daughter  of 
Radulphus  Faber,  of  Newgate,  London,  all  our  land 
with  the  houses  thereon  which  we  have  of  the  gift 
of  Higo  Franciscus,  baker  (pistor),  in  the  parish  of  St, 
Sepulchre  without  Newgate,  which  lies  between  the 
cemetery  of  St.  Sepulchre  and  the  land  which  be- 
longed to  Gilbertus  le  Horsmeg'e,  to  be  held  to  her 
and  her  heirs  for  a  payment  to  us  of  21^.  yearly. 

The  Fraternity  of  Bakers,  according  to  Maitland, 
appears  to  be  of  great  antiquity;  for  in  the  beginning 
of  Henry  IL's  reign,  anno  1155,  it  was  charged,  in 
the  Great  Roll  of  the  Exchequer,  with  a  debt  of  i 
mark  of  gold  for  their  guild,  which  seems  as  if  the 


2  6o  MIDDLESEX. 

ancient  guilds  had  held  their  privileges  in  fee-farm 
of  the  crown.  However,  this  company  does  not  ap- 
pear to  have  been  incorporated  till  about  the  year 
1307,  when  it  had  a  letters  patent  from  Edward 
II.,  under  the  style  of  The  Master  and  Wardens  of 
the  Mystery  or  Art  of  Bakers  of  the  City  of  London. 

"  The  bakers,  probably  observing  that  great  profits 
arose  to  the  clergy  by  the  use  of  the  symbols  of  the 
Cross,  Agnus  Dei's,  and  name  of  Jesus,  to  oblige 
their  customers  (for  their  own  interest),  began  to  im- 
print upon  their  bread  the  like  representations,  which 
induced  Henry  the  Third,  by  his  mandate  from  St. 
Edmund's-Bury,  of  September  ist.  Anno  1252, strictly 
to  injoin  all  bakers,  thenceforth  not  to  put  any  of 
those  sacred  representations  upon  their  bread." 

A.D.  1365. —  Release  by  Adam  Costard  and  Alice,  his 
wife,  to  Simon  Firnsshc  and  Haiuisc,  his  wife,  of  their 
right  to  a  tenement  and  shop  in  Clerkenewellestrete, 
without  the  bar  of  Westmethfeld,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Sepulchre.  Dated  on  the  13th  of  May,  39  Edward 
III. 

A.D.  1365. —  Grant  by  John  Marsshal,  vicar  of 
Stokeburi,  County  Kent,  and  Ralph  de  Redyng,  to 
Simon  FrenssJie  and  Hawisc,  his  wife,  of  a  messuage 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchre,  without  the  bar  of 
Westmethfeld.  Dated  on  the  5th  of  July,  39  Ed- 
ward  III. 

A.D.  1370. —  Grant  by  Ralph  de  Redyng  to  Simon 
FrenssJie  and  Hazuise,  his  wife,  of  a  messuage  in  the 


MIDDLESEX.  261 

parish  of  St.  Sepulchre,  without  the  bar  of  Westmeth- 
feld.     Dated  on  the  8th  of  April,  44  Edward  III. 

In  the  forty-fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
III.  (1371)  a  final  concord  was  made  between  William 
de  Stowe,  fishmonger,  and  Alice,  his  wife,  on  one 
part,  and  Simon  Freynssh  and  Hazuisia,  his  wife,  on 
the  other  part,  concerning  two  messuages  in  the  par- 
ish of  St.  Sepulchre,  without  the  bar  of  Westmythe- 
feld,  London. 

VINTRY    \A/'ARD. 

This  ward  takes  its  name,  according  to  William 
Maitland,  from  the  Vintrie,  occupied  by  vintners  or 
wine-merchants  from  Bordeaux,  settled  on  the  banks 
of  the  river  Thames ;  at  which  place  they  landed  their 
wines,  and  were  obliged  to  sell  them  in  forty  days,  till 
the  28  Edward  I.,  who  by  privy  seal  granted  longer 
time  and  certain  privileges  to  the  merchants. 

ST.  MICHAEL   PATERNOSTER   ROYAL. 

"  The  church  of  this  parish  received  its  name  from 
being  dedicated  to  this  saint,  and  from  its  vicinity  to 
the  Tower  Royal." 

"  La  Ryole  Street,  in  this  parish,  received  its  name 
from  La  Reole,  on  the  river  Garonne,  near  Bordeaux, 
in  France.  Kerion-lane,  in  Royal  Street,  stretches 
forth  from  over  against  St.  Michael's  Church  to  and 


262  MIDDLESEX. 

by  the  north  side  of   St.  James  Church  by  Garlisk- 
hithe." 

32  Edward  I.  (1303-4). —  Johanna,  daughter  of 
Laurence  Duket,  in  her  will  bequests  to  Cristiana, 
her  sister,  for  life,  rents  held  by  the  said  Cristiana 
and  Margery  de  Bircheholte  in  the  parishes  of  All 
Hallows  at  the  Hay  and  St.  Martin  in  the  Vintry, 
the  reversion  of  which  was  in  the  testatrix  under  the 
will  of  her  father.  To  Robert  de  Cornedale,  clerk,  a 
tenement  in  the  street  of  Ryole,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Michael  de  Paternosterchirche,  saving  to  Walter  de 
Frau7tceys  his  term,  and  charges  with  payment  of  her 
debts  and  legacies. 

Walter  le  F^^aiinceys  in  his  will  proved  and  enrolled 
in  the  Court  of  Hursting,  London,  on  Monday  the 
morrow  of  the  feast  of  Saint  James  the  Apostle,  1305, 
bequests  to  Matilda  and  Margaret,  his  daughters,  and 
to  Joh7t,  his  son,  his  tenement  in  Kyronlane,  parish  of 
St.  Michael  de  Paternostercherche,  in  successive  tail, 
paying  annually  2s.  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of 
Thame.  Also  to  the  said  Margaret  and  Matilda,  in 
successive  tail,  houses  in  the  same  lane  and  parish  ; 
remainder  to  pious  and  charitable  uses.     No  date. 

Whereupon  came  Robert  de  Cornedale,  and  put  his 
claim  upon  6  marks  rent  due  to  him  from  a  tenement 
devised  to  the  said  Matilda. 

E^nma,  late  wife  of  Walter  le  Fraunceys,  in  her  will 
dated  on   the  morrow   of  the  feast  of    Holy  Trinity, 


MIDDLESEX.  263 

1307,  bequests  to  John,  her  son,  her  tenement  and 
rents  in  the  parish  of  St,  Michael  de  Paternostre- 
chirche,  in  tail ;  remainder  to  Margaret  and  Matilda, 
her  daughters ;  remainder  to  pious  uses.  Richard  de 
Clodeshale  and  the  aforesaid  Matilda,  wife  of  the 
same,  to  have  the  custody  of  the  said  John  and  Alar- 
garet  until  they  come  of  age. 

Nicholas  de  Perundene,  or  Perundon,  in  his  will 
dated  at  London,  on  Wednesday  next  before  the  feast 
of  Saint  Katherine,  Virgin  (25th  of  November),  1329, 
bequests  his  shop  in  the  parish  of  St.  Nicholas  de 
Colemanstrete  (sic),  and  also  a  certain  brewhouse,  to 
be  sold  for  pious  uses.  The  same  to  be  done  with 
ten  acres  of  land  in  the  vill  of  Perundon  (Parndon, 
County  Essex),  and  two  shops  in  the  vill  of  St.  Alban, 
in  the  strete  called  "  Spitelstrate,"  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Stephen. 

Whereupon  came  Robert,  son  of  John  le  Frensh, 
and  put  his  claim  upon  the  above  brewhouse,  which 
was  situate  in  Grubbestrete  (now  Milton  Street)  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Giles  without  Crupulgate,  inasmuch 
as  Matilda  la  Frensh  gave  the  same  to  a  certain 
Geoffrey  de  Felstede  and  Cristina,  his  wife,  and  the 
heirs  of  their  bodies,  etc.,  with  remainder  to  the  said 
Robert,  and  the  said  Geoffrey  and  Cristina  died  with- 
out an  heir,  etc. 

John  Mortymer,  saddler,  in  his  will,  dated  at  Lon- 
don, on  the  25th  of  May,  1368,  orders  to  be  buried  in 
the  churchyard  of  St.  Mary  Wolchirchawe  (St.  Mary 


264  MIDDLESEX. 

Woolchurch  Haw  in  Walbrook  Ward).  He  bequests 
to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  aforesaid  and  ministers 
thereof;  Johanna,  daughter  of  John  Goby,  senior,  to 
have  the  sum  of  10/.  which  Juhana,  his  wife,  gave  her 
for  her  marriage ;  and  Margaret,  daughter  of  Walter 
Frensshe,  to  have  the  sum  of  6/.  which  the  aforesaid 
John  Goby  left  to  her,  the  same  to  be  paid  to  her  out 
of  the  sum  of  7/.  which  John  Frcnsshe  owed  the  tes- 
tator. Provision  made  for  tapers  at  his  funeral,  and 
for  the  maintenance  of  chantries  in  the  aforesaid 
church,  charged  on  a  certain  tenement  near  Berbyn- 
derlane  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  aforesaid,  which 
tenements  he  leaves  to  the  aforesaid  John  Frensshe, 
in  tail  male ;  remainder  to  Nicholas  Kylby. 


WESTMINSTER. 

Exchequer  Court. 

This  court  has  a  special  interest  in  this  volume,  as 
one  of  its  barons  was  of  the  surnames  under  considera- 
tion. It  was  one  of  the  four  great  courts  of  the  king- 
dom, and  held  its  meetin2:s  in  a  room  contiQ:uous  to 
the  north-west  angle  of  Westminster  Hall.  As  re- 
gards the  history  of  the  Exchequer,  Madox  states  on 
this  subject  that  "  from  or  soon  after  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Conquest  the  Scaccarium  or  Exchequer  of 
England  is  frequently  mentioned  by  the  English  his- 


MIDDLESEX.  265 

torians  and  records.  There  was  an  Exchequer  in 
England  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  I.,  son  of  King 
William  I.,  which  has  continued  ever  since.  The 
judges  or  governors  of  it  were  at  that  time  styled 
Barones  Scaccarii,  and  administered  justice  to  the 
subjects,  as  appears  by  a  writ  of  King  Henry  I.  con- 
cerning a  charter  to  the  canons  of  Holy  Trinity  in 
London,"  as  follows:  — 

Henricus,  King  of  England,  to  Rogerus,  Bishop  of 
Salisbury,  and  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer,  greeting. 
Know  ye  that  I  have  granted  and  confirmed  the  do- 
nation which  Matilda,  my  wife,  gave  and  granted  to 
the  canons  of  Holy  Trinity, —  namely,  25/.  Blank, 
which  she  gave  them  of  the  firm  of  the  city  of  Exe- 
ter ;  and  I  command  you  to  constrain  the  sheriff  of 
Devonshire  to  pay  the  same  to  them.  Teste,  Gau- 
frido  de  Clintona,  at  Winchester. 

Somewhat  over  a  century  after  this  royal  writ  the 
records  show'among  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer  the 
name  of  Johannes  Francigena,  of  whom  special  men- 
tion is  made  in  the  succeeding  county  of  Westmor- 
land. 

As  it  was  during  his  term  of  ofifice,  and  at  a  time 
when  Ricardus  le  Francois  was  among  the  monetarii, 
that  took  place  a  notable  historical  event  called  the 
Trial  of  the  Fix,  it  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  give 
the  following  translation  of  the  royal  writ  to  the  city 
of  London,  for  what  is  considered  the  earliest  trial 
of  the  pix  in  England  and  most  probably  the  first 
trial  of  assay  resorted  to  in  that  country :  — 


2  66  MIDDLESEX. 

Henry,  by  the  grace  of  God,  King  of  England,  etc., 
to  the  mayor  and  citizens  of  London,  greeting.  We 
command  that  you  elect  twelve  discreet  and  loyal 
men  of  our  city  of  London,  and  twelve  goldsmiths  of 
the  same  city,  so  that  in  all  there  are  twenty-four  dis- 
creet men,  who  at  the  same  time  shall  come  before 
the  barons  of  the  Exchequer  at  Westminster,  and 
upon  their  oath,  together  with  these  barons,  examine 
the  purity  and  fineness  of  the  old  and  new  money  of 
our  realm. 

In  compliance  with  this  writ,  in  the  thirty-second 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.,  on  Wednesday 
next  before  the  feast  of  Saint  Gregory,  the  assay  was 
made  in  the  presence  of  the  lord  the  king,  the  Earl  of 
Cornwall,  the  king's  brother;  Willelmus  de  Hauer- 
hulle,  the  king's  treasurer;  Edwardus  de  Westmonas- 
terio,  Willelmus  Hardel,  then  custos  of  the  mints  of 
London  and  Canterbury ;  Radulphus  de  Ely,  the 
barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  others  faithful  of  the 
king  then  present. 

Writs  were  also  issued  to  hold  similar  assays  at  the 
different  mints  of  the  kingdom. 

Among  those  at  the  assay  in  the  city  of  Gloucester 
it  is  noticed  that  Ricardus  Ic  Francois  was  one  of  the 
four  monetarii. 

A  final  concord  was  made  in  the  eighth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1279-S0)  between  Thomas 
Fraunccys  and  Petronilla,  his  wife,  on  one  part,  and 
Thomas  de  Brideport,  on  the  other  part,  concerning 
premises  in  Westminster. 


MIDDLESEX.  267 

The  following  records  relating  to  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  II.,  although  of  value  on  the  surname  of 
Franceis,  are  given  on  account  of  their  historical  in- 
terest, as  the  period  is  later  than  assigned  to  that  sur- 
name. They  have  been  placed  under  this  heading, 
as  Westminster  was  intimately  associated  with  the 
English  sovereigns  and  its  chancery,  and  from  the 
fact  that  more  of  these  records  are  identified  with  it 
than  any  one  of  the  other  places  named  where  King 
Edward's  writs,  commands,  or  wishes  are  recorded. 

A.D.  1308,  January  15,  Dover. —  Memorandum,  that 
on  Saturday  the  feast  of  SS.  Fabian  and  Sebastian 
the  Martyrs,  at  Dover,  in  the  chamber  of  J(ohn  de 
Langton),  Bishop  of  Chichester,  the  king's  chancellor, 
the  said  chancellor  delivered  under  his  seal  to 
Johannes  Swyft,  the  messenger  of  Radulphus  de 
Gorges,  sheriff  of  Devon,  the  greater  piece  (peciam) 
of  the  king's  seal  appointed  for  the  recognizances  of 
debts  at  Exeter,  in  the  presence  of  Dominus  Adam 
de  Osgodby,  Dominus  Robertus  de  Bardelby,  Magis- 
ter  Johannes  Fraunceys,  Rogerus  de  Sutton,  and 
others,  to  be  carried  to  Exeter  to  the  mayor  of  that 
town. 

Memorandum,  that  on  the  same  day  the  said 
chancellor  delivered  under  his  seal  to  Adam  Poneray, 
clerk,  keeper  of  the  smaller  piece  of  the  king's  seal 
appointed  for  recognizances  of  debts  in  the  city  of 
Winchester,  the  greater  part  of  the  same  seal,  in  the 
presence  of  Dominus  Adam  de  Osgodby,   Dominus 


2  68  MIDDLESEX. 

Robertus  de  Bardelby,  Magistcr  Johannes  Frannccys, 
Rogerus  de  Sutton,  and  others,  to  be  carried  to  West- 
minster, and  delivered  to  the  mayor  of  the  same. 

Memorandum,  that  on  Wednesday  next  after  the 
Purification,  7th  of  February,  1 30S,  the  king  returned 
from  Boulogne,  where  he  had  espoused  the  Lady 
Isabella,  daughter  of  the  King  of  France,  and  landed 
at  Dover  in  his  barge  about  nones.  Dominus  Henri- 
cus  le  Despenser  and  Dominus  de  Castellione  were 
in  the  vessel  with  the  king;  and  a  little  after  nones 
the  queen  landed,  with  certain  ladies  who  formed  her 
train.  The  great  seal  was  in  the  custody  of  the 
keeper  of  the  wardrobe,  who  could  not  make  the  port 
of  Dover  on  that  day,  so  that  no  writs  were  sealed 
from  the  hour  of  the  king's  landing  until  the  follow- 
ing Friday,  9th  of  February ;  but  on  the  same  Friday 
about  noon  (John  de  Langton)  the  Bishop  of  Chi- 
chester, chancellor,  delivered  to  the  king,  in  his 
chamber  in  Dover  Castle,  the  seal  which  had  been 
used  in  England  whilst  the  king  was  abroad.  And 
the  king,  receiving  the  same,  delivered  it  to  Dominus 
Willelmus  de  Melton,  comptroller  of  the  wardrobe ; 
and  immediately  afterwards  the  king  with  his  own 
hand  delivered  the  great  seal  to  the  said  chancellor, 
under  the  signets  of  Dominus  J.  de  Benstede,  the 
keeper  of  the  wardrobe,  and  Magistcj^  Johannes  ffraun- 
ceis,  in  the  presence  of  Thomas,  Earl  of  Lancaster ; 
Petrus,  Earl  of  Cornwall ;  Dominus  Hugo  le  De- 
spenser,   Willielmus    Martyn,    and    Willielmus    Inge, 


MIDDLESEX.  269 

knights ;  and  Adam  de  Osgodeby,  clerk.  And  on 
the  same  day,  after  dinner,  the  said  chancellor,  being 
in  his  hospitium  in  the  Maison  Dieu  at  Dover, 
caused  writs  to  be  sealed  with  the  great  seal. 

A.D.  1308,  March  i,  Westminster. —  Memorandum, 
that  Thomas  de  Banquell,  son  and  heir  of  Johannes 
de  Banquell,  delivered  by  the  king's  writ  to  Magister 
Johannes  Fraunceys,  before  the  king's  council,  by 
order  of  the  chancellor,  on  Sunday  next  before  the 
feast  of  Saint  Gregory,  in  the  first  year  of  the  king's 
reign,  two  public  instruments  touching  the  affairs  of 
the  merchants  of  England  and  France,  to  which  the 
said  Johannes  de  Banquell  used  to  attend, —  to  wit, 
an  instrument  under  the  hand  of  Petrus  de  Villa 
Regia,  clerk  of  the  diocese  of  Amiens,  executed  at 
Monstroll,  beginning  thus :  "  In  nomine  Domini, 
amen,"  and  finishing  thus:  "In  testimonium  omnium 
premissorum " ;  and  another  instrument  under  the 
hand  of  Johannes  Hervei,  clerk  of  the  diocese  of  Dol, 
executed  at  Paris,  beginning  thus:  "In  nomine  Dei, 
amen,"  and  finishing  thus :  "  Pro  dicto  negotio  et  pre- 
misses faciendis." 

Memorandum,  that  on  Tuesday  next  after  the 
feast  of  Saint  John  ante  Portam  Latinam, —  to  wit. 
May  12,  about  the  hour  of  noon,  in  the  year  13 10, —  at 
Woodstock,  in  the  chamber  near  the  entrance  to  the 
king's  great  hall  there,  the  Bishop  of  Worcester  (Wal- 
ter Reynolds)  delivered  the  king's  great  seal  by  the 
king's  order  to  Dominus  Willelmus  de  Melton,  Dom- 


270  MIDDLESEX. 

in  US  Robertus  de  Bardelby,  and  Af agister  Johamics 
ffraunceis,  in  the  presence  of  the  clerks  of  the  chan- 
cery, to  do  what  pertains  to  the  office  of  the  said  seal 
until  the  king  shall  otherwise  ordain,  on  oath  to  faith- 
fully execute  that  office ;  and  they  immediately  sealed 
writs,  and,  after  such  sealing,  delivered  the  seal  to  In- 
gelardus  de  Warlegh,  keeper  of  the  king's  wardrobe, 
to  be  kept  in  the  king's  wardrobe. 

A.D.  1 310, —  Memorandum,  that  on  Monday  before 
the  feast  of  the  Translation  of  Saint  Thomas  the 
Martyr,  July  6,  Adam  de  Osgodeby,  keeper  of  the 
Rolls  of  the  Chancery,  delivered  the  king's  great  seal, 
which  had  been  in  his  custody  under  the  seals  of 
Robertus  de  Bardelby  and  M^igistQi' Jokamtes  ffraiin- 
ceys,  to  the  king  in  the  little  chapel  near  the  painted 
chamber,  Westminster;  who  delivered  it  to  Walterus, 
Bishop  of  Worcester,  who  received  it  from  the  king, 
and  took  oath  of  office,  and  redelivered  the  seal  to 
the  said  Adam,  receiving  it  from  him  on  the  morrow 
in  Westminster  Hall  at  the  great  bench  upon  which 
the  chancellor  was  w^ont  to  sit,  and  opened  it  and 
sealed  writs  with  it. 

A.D.  1 31 2,  March  8,  York. —  Commission  to  J(ohn 
Salmon),  Bishop  of  Norwich,  Guido  Ferre,  Johannes 
de  Crumbw^ll,  Hugo  de  Aldeby,  Willielmus  Deyn- 
curt,  Henricus  Spigurnel,  and  Henricus  le  Scrope, 
knights,  and  Magister  Thomas  de  Cobeham,  Ro- 
bertus de  Pikering,  Walterus  de  Thorpe,  Gilbertus 
de   Middelton,  Johannes  ffraiinceys,    and   Andreas  de 


MIDDLESEX.  271 

Brigges,  the  king's  clerks,  to  treat  with  the  prelates, 
earls,  and  barons  of  the  realm  for  the  purpose  of 
correcting  such  parts,  if  any,  of  the  ordinances  as  are 
hurtful  or  prejudicial  to  the  king,  or  any  other  person. 
The  commission  is  issued  by  virtue  of  the  power  re- 
served to  the  king  in  his  protestation  when  he  as- 
sented to  the  ordinances. 

A.D.  1 31 2,  March  8,  York. —  Letters  patent  or  com- 
mission addressed  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
Primate  of  all  England,  and  all  the  other  bishops  of 
the  province  of  Canterbury,  about  the  assembly  at 
London,  together  with  certain  earls  and  barons  of 
England.  The  king  intends  to  despatch  the  Bishop 
of  Norwich,  Guido  Ferre,  Johannes  de  Crumbwell, 
Hugo  de  Audele,  Willielmus  Deyncourt,  Henricus 
Spigurnel,  and  Henricus  le  Scrop,  knights,  and 
Thomas  de  Cobeham,  Robertus  de  Pikering,  Wal- 
terus  de  Thorpe,  Gilbertus  de  Middelton,  Johannes 
ffratinceys,  and  Andreas  de  Bruges,  his  clerks,  unto 
them,  for  the  purpose  of  declaring  certain  matters 
touching  the  ordinances  which  the  king  has  much  at 
heart;  and  they  are  therefore  required  to  give  full 
faith  to  the  commissioners,  or  such  of  them  as  shall 
present  the  letters,  so  affording  their  advice  that  the 
king  may  have  reason  to  commend  their  diligence. 

Similar  letters  were  addressed  to  the  earls  and 
barons  about  the  assembly  at  London. 

A.D.  1 31 2,  March  8,  York. —  Writ  addressed  to  the 
Bishop    of    Norwich    recites    that    he,    together   with 


272  MIDDLESEX. 

Giiido  Ferre,  Johannes  de  Crumbwell,  Hugo  Daude- 
ley,  Willielmus  Deyncourt,  Henricus  Spigurnel,  and 
Henricus  le  Scrop,  knights,  and  Thomas  de  Cobe- 
ham,  Robertas  de  Pikering,  Walterus  de  Thorpe, 
Gilbertus  de  Middelton,  JoJianucs  ffraiiuccis,  and 
Andreas  de  Bruges,  the  king's  clerks,  had  been  ap- 
pointed the  king's  commissioners  for  the  despatch  of 
certain  affairs  specially  concerning  the  king  and  king- 
dom. He  is  commanded  and  firmly  enjoined  that,  all 
other  matters  laid  aside,  he  is  to  proceed  forthwith  to 
London,  in  order  to  treat  and  advise  with  the  other 
lieges  and  clerks  before  mentioned  upon  the  said 
affairs,  and  to  give  counsel  thereupon  in  such  manner 
as  he  shall  be  then  more  fully  instructed. 

In  a  writ  tested  at  Windsor,  on  the  8th  of  January, 
1 31 3,  Magister  JoJiauncs  Fraiuiceis  is  commanded, 
"  in  fide  et  dilectione,"  all  other  matters  laid  aside,  to 
attend  as  one  of  the  council  at  the  Parliament  which 
the  king  has  ordained  to  be  held  at  Westminster,  on 
the  third  Sunday  in  Lent,  i8th  of  March,  131 3. 

In  a  writ  tested  at  Westminster  on  the  twenty-sixth 
day  of  July,  Magister  Johannes  Fraunccys  is  com- 
manded, among  the  justices  and  others  of  the  council, 
all  other  matters  laid  aside,  to  appear  in  the  Parlia- 
ment at  Westminster,  on  Sunday  next  after  the  feast 
of  Saint  Matthew  the  Apostle,  23d  of  September,  to 
advise  with  others  of  the  council. 


NORFOLK. 


GENERAL. 


A.D.  1 1 99,  May  9. —  Jocobus  de  Ethere  essoins  him- 
self by  Ricardus  Franceis  in  a  plea  of  land  against 
Robertus  Rus. 

A.D.  1 1 99. —  Robertus  de  Colevill'  essoins  himself 
by  Willielmtis  Franceis  in  a  plea  of  land  against  Alex- 
ander Puintel. 

A.D.  1200. —  At  the  pleas  in  one  month  of  Easter, 
7th  of  May,  Willebnus  Franceis  is  mentioned  as  a 
bailiff. 

NORWICH    CITY. 

At  the  crown  pleas  held  in  the  city  of  Norwich  in 
the  fourteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1285-86)  Philippus  le  Fraujiceys,  of  Coslane,  was  in 
misericordia. 

The  Leet  Roll  of  1287-88  of  the  parishes  of  St. 
Michael  de  Coslany,  St.  George,  St.  Mary,  and  St. 
Martin,  shows  that  "  Philippns  fraunceys  and  other 
jurors  stated  on  their  oath  that  all  the  dubbers  who 
dub  cowhides  make  fraud  in  their  work.  They  said 
also  that  Ranulphus   Saluz   drew  blood    by  night  of 


2  74  NORFOLK. 

Rogerus  Ruchballok  when  he  came  with  corn  about 
midnight.  They  stated  that  all  the  brewers  have 
broken  the  assize.  They  said  also  concerning  the 
fishmongers,  regraters,  and  poulterers  as  above. 
They  stated  also  that  Rogerus  Blackberd  made  ham- 
soken  at  the  house  of  Alicie  de  Worstede.  Galfridus, 
brother  of  Ricardus  de  Coslanye,  is  in  mercy  because 
he  is  not  in  tithing  and  has  been  in  the  city  for  three 
years.  Afterwards  he  was  found  to  be  in  tithing. 
Concerning  Simon  de  Melton  [he  is  in  mercy]  for 
grievous  contempt  done  to  the  bailiffs  because  he  de- 
clined to  take  the  oath  when  he  was  elected  sub-con- 
stable by  all  the  jurors." 


BROTHERCROSS    HUNDRED. 

NORTH    CREAKE. 

5  Edward  1.(1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Ida,  daughter  of  John  Fraiinceis,  against  Robert 
Makefare  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  North- 
er eyk. 

CLAVERING  HUNDRED. 

STOCKTON. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  third  year  of  the 
reign  of    King  Edward   I.  (1274-75)   the  jurors  said 


NORFOLK.  275 

that  Robertus  de  Potefford,  at  the  time  he  was  ser- 
geant of  Stoctun,  took  unjustly  three  rood  of  land  from 
Rogerus,  son  of  T/i{omas)  le  Franceys,  of  Stoctun,  and 
still  retains  them. 


DISS    HUNDRED. 

SHELFHANGER. 

A.D.  1 28 1. —  The  sheriff  of  Suffolk  was  ordered  to 
have  Walterus  Shelhang'  to  attend  at  the  pleas  in 
Lincolnshire,  on  the  octaves  of  Saint  Hilary,  in  the 
ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.,  to  answer 
the  king  for  several  trespasses  made  by  him  when 
sheriff  of  Lincoln.  Walterus  did  not  come,  and  he 
was  mainprised  by  Reginaldus  Fraunceys  of  Shelhang' 
and  others  of  same  place,  who  therefore  are  in 
misericordia ;  and  the  sheriff  is  commanded  to  dis- 
train him  of  all  his  lands,  and  attach  him  to  attend  on 
the  close  of  Easter. 


ERPINGHAM,    NORTH,    HUNDRED. 

BEESTON    REGIS. 

In  the  Crown  Plea  Roll  of  the  thirty-fourth  year  of 
Henry  III.  (1249-50)  is  found  that  Willelmus,  son  of 
Walterus  de  Bromholm,  a  boy  aged  one  year  and  a 


276  NORFOLK. 

half,  was  found  drowned  in  a  ditch  in  Beston.  His 
mother,  Inghereta,  did  not  come  to  the  inquest,  there- 
fore she  is  fined.  She  is  attached  by  Willcbnus  le 
Frauccys  and  Willehiius  Brun,  of  Beston.  Four  of 
the  neighbors  did  not  come,  for  which  they  were  at- 
tached by  Adam  de  la  Bruere  and  three  others. 
Athelmerton  (Aylmerton)  and  other  villages  were 
fined  for  burying  the  boy  without  right  of  the  coroner. 
In  the  Schedule  Roll  of  same  year  it  is  found  that 
Willcbmis  Ic  Frauceis  and  Willelmus  Brun,  of  Beston, 
were  fined  half  a  mark  for  not  having  the  person 
whom  they  pledged. 


ERPINGHAM,    SOUTH,    HUNDRED. 

AYLSHAM. 

A.D.  1200. —  John,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king,  etc., 
to  his  archbishops,  etc.,  greeting.  Know  ye  that  we 
have  granted,  and  by  this  our  present  charter  have 
confirmed,  to  God,  the  glorious  martyr  Saint  Edmund, 
Abbot  Sampson,  and  his  successors,  and  the  monks 
serving  God  at  St.  Edmund('s  Bury,  in  Suffolk),  in 
free  and  perpetual  alms,  for  our  welfare  and  that  of 
our  ancestors  and  successors,  ten  librates  of  land  in 
our  soc  of  Eyllesham  ;  namely,  the  land  which  Will- 
ielmus  Bardulfus  held  there,  with  all  appurtenances, 
valued  at   100.^.;  and  other  land  worth    looi".  in  the 


NORFOLK.  277 

same  soc,  with  the  following  tenants ;  namely,  Jo- 
hannes de  Hastinges  with  the  land  he  held  of  King 
Richard,  our  brother,  Alexander,  Radulphus,  and 
Robertas  with  their  lands,  Johannes  Cappellanus  with 
his  land  "  sub  Erlage,"  Robertiis  Franceis  and  Her- 
veius,  his  associate,  with  their  land,  Elstanus  with  his 
land,  etc.,  etc.,  all  the  remainder  of  the  wood  called 
Herlage  (Erlage)  as  it  was  in  the  hands  of  aforesaid 
King  Richard.  These  ten  librates  of  land  we  grant, 
etc.,  for  the  celebration  of  the  aforesaid  glorious 
martyr,  etc.  Wherefore  we  will  and  strictly  com- 
mand that  the  said  abbot,  his  successors,  and  the 
monks  may  have  and  hold  the  aforesaid  lands,  with 
all  appurtenances,  and  the  said  men,  well  and  in 
peace,  freely  and  quietly,  entirely  and  honorably,  in 
wood,  in  plain,  in  roads  and  in  paths,  in  waters  and 
mills,  in  vivaries  and  in  pools,  in  meadow  and  past- 
ure, in  homages,  services,  and  relief,  with  its  liberties 
and  free  customs,  etc.  Given  by  the  hands  of  the 
aforesaid  S(ampson)  and  J(ohn)  at  Selveston',  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  March,  in  the  first  year  of  our  reign. 


LITTLE   BARNINGHAM. 

In   1343  Sir  Robert  de   Causton,  knight,  gave  the 
rectory  of  Berningham  Parva  to  Bartholomew  French. 


278  NORFOLK. 

EYNESFORD    HUNDRED. 

In  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1274-75)  the  jurors  stated  that  Ernaldus  de  Folsham, 
catch  poll  of  this  hundred,  by  his  power  as  public 
officer,  had  unjustly  extorted   ^s.  ^d.  from   Galfridus 

Fraiinccys. 

FOREHOE    HUNDRED. 

RUNHALL. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  of  the 
hundred  of  Fourhowe  said  that  dominus  Frmmceys  in 
Runhal  has  withdrawn  himself  from  the  court-leet  in 
Runhal,  belonging  to  the  said  hundred,  for  the  liberty 
of  Costiseye,  but  they  do  not  know  by  what  warrant. 

WYMONDHAM    PRIORY. 

William  de  Albini,  of  the  Cotentin  family  of  that 
surname,  was  enfeoffed  of  the  barony  of  Buckingham 
by  King  Henry  I.,  to  hold  the  same  by  the  tenure  of 
grand  serjeanty,  with  the  honorable  service  of  pin- 
cerna  regis.  He  was  the  founder  of  this  priory  very 
early  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  I.  The  foundation 
charter  could  not  have  been  later  than  the  year  1 107, 


NORFOLK. 


•79 


as  in  that  year  Rogerus  Bigod,  one  of  the  witnesses 
to  the  same,  died.  Among  the  other  witnesses  was 
Albcrtus  fraiicigena. 

There  is  another  charter  in  favor  of  this  priory,  of 
a  later  date,  wherein  it  is  stated  that  Willelmus  de 
Albeneyo,  pincerna  of  Henry,  King  of  England,  as- 
sisting at  the  exequies  of  his  wife,  Matilda,  the 
daughter  of  Rogerus  Bigot,  moaning  and  crying,  and 
for  the  salvation  of  the  deceased,  with  the  hope  of 
eternal  retribution,  and  for  the  safety  of  King  Henry 
and  his  wife  (2d),  Queen  Adelize,  and  for  the  souls  of 
King  William,  his  father,  and  Matilda,  his  mother, 
and  Matilda,  his  wife  (ist),  and  his  brothers  and  an- 
cestors, and  for  the  soul  of  Rogerus  Bigot  and  those 
of  the  sons  of  Eborardus,  Bishop  of  Norwich,  con- 
firmed to  God,  the  Virgin  Mary,  and  the  monks  of 
Wymundham,  the  manor  called  Hapesbury  (Happis- 
burgh),  to  be  held  forever,  excepting  a  little  dwelling 
called  Eccles ;  confirming  his  donation  by  the  deliv- 
ery of  a  cross  of  silver  in  which  were  placed  certain 
venerable  relics ;  namely,  part  of  the  wood  of  the 
cross  whereon  our  Lord  was  crucified,  part  of  the 
manger  wherein  he  was  laid  at  his  birth,  and  part  of 
the  sepulchre  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  as  also  a  gold 
ring,  and  a  silver  chalice  for  retaining  the  holy 
eucharist,  which  he  offered  upon  the  altar  of  the 
church.  Among  the  witnesses  were  his  three  sons, 
Willelmus,  Nigellus,  and  Oliverus;  and  Albertus 
Fraiicigena  and  his  brother,  Reginaldus  Fraucigena ; 


2  8o  NORFOLK. 

the  second  name  following  the  last  two  named  being 
that  of  Willielmus  de  Curciona,  who  at  the  same 
hour  gave  to  the  church  of  Wymundeham  twenty 
acres  of  land,  with  all  the  customary  tithes  of  Stan- 
feld. 

The  date  of  the  second  charter  is  somewhat  ap- 
proximated from  the  fact  that  it  was  made  during  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  I.,  in  the  time  of  his  second 
wife,  Queen  Adelize,  who  was  married  to  him,  accord- 
ing to  Sanford,  on  the  2d  of  February,  1121  ;  and,  as 
eleven  of  the  witnesses  to  the  first  charter  of  William 
de  Albini  are  all  found  as  witnesses  either  to  this  his 
second  charter  or  to  the  donation  of  William  de  Cur- 
ciona, of  the  same  date,  there  is  the  strongest  indica- 
tion that  this  charter  must  have  been  executed  soon 
after  the  year  1 121, 

Alberhis  Francigena  or  Franc esius,  as  he  is  called 
in  Liber  Niger,  held,  according  to  the  report  returna- 
ble to  the  Royal  Exchequer  on  the  17th  of  March, 
1 1 66,  two  knights'  fees  in  this  county  under  Willel- 
mus  de  Albineio  II.,  who  held  in  capite  of  the  king. 


FREEBRIDGE    LYNN    HUNDRED. 

LYNN    REGIS. 

A.D.  1293. —  Writ  of  aid  directed  to  the  mayor  and 
bailiffs    of    Lenn    in    favor  of   Godfrey  le  Fraunceys, 


NORFOLK. 


burgess  of  Lenn,  whom  Matthew  de  Columbariis, 
king's  Serjeant,  and  holding,  during  pleasure,  the 
office  of  chamberlain  and  gauger  throughout  the 
realm,  has  substituted  in  his  place  in  that  town. 


FREEBRIDGE    MARSHLAND   HUNDRED. 

TILNEY. 

In  the  octaves  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist,  ist  of 
July,  1 199,  Petris  de  Frith  essoined  himself  de  malo 
lecto,  at  Tilneia,  by  Reinerus  Francus  and  Radulphus 
filius  Willelmi,  in  a  plea  of  land,  against  Henricus, 
his  brother. 

WALPOLE. 

A.D.  1239. —  Hugo,  son  of  Willelmus  Le  Franccis, 
gives  I  mark  for  having  four  justices  to  take  an 
assize  touching  a  tenement  in  WalepoU'.  The 
sheriff  of  Norfolk  is  commanded  to  take  surety,  etc. 
Teste  Rege,  at  Windsor,  on  the  eighteenth  day  of 
July. 

WIGGENHALL. 

A.D.  1 199,  October  13. —  An  assize  came  to  recog- 
nize if  Godefridus  Lesewis,  Petrus  le  Franceis.,  and 
others,  had  unjustly  and  without  judgment  disseised 
Semanus  de   Wigehale    and    Eudo    de    Wigehale  of 


282  NORFOLK. 

their  free  tenement  in  Wigehale,  after  the  feast  of 
Saint  Michael,  next  before  the  coronation  of  King 
John. 


GREENHOE,    NORTH,   HUNDRED. 

BINHAM   ABBEY. 

Peter  de  Valoniis,  of  the  Cotentin  family  of  that 
surname,  and  his  wife,  Albreda,  founded  this  monas- 
tery with  the  approval  of  his  sons,  William  and  Roger, 
and  his  nephew,  Walter,  and  with  the  consent  and 
license  of  King  Henry  I.  and  Queen  Matilda,  his 
wife.  Among  the  witnesses  to  this  charter  were  the 
names  of  Ricardus,  abbot  of  St.  Benedict  of  Holme, 
Robertus,  abbot  of  St.  Edmund's,  and  Albcrtus  Fran- 
cigcna. 

Commenting  on  this  charter,  Dugdale  states  that  it 
was  probably  executed  about  the  year  1104.  It  is 
evident  from  the  abbots  who  were  witnesses  that  it 
could  not  have  been  made  prior  to  the  year  iioi  and 
not  later  than  the  year  1107,  as  Abbot  Richard  was 
not  elected  to  his  office  until  after  the  first  date,  and 
Abbot  Robert  died  in  1 106  or  1107. 

In  a  chirograph  made  in  the  year  1108,  between 
Bishop  Herbert  (of  Norwich)  and  Peter  de  Valoniis, 
settling  a  dispute  in  regard  to  lands  of  the  manors  of 
Binham  and  Langham,  it  is  found  that  Albcrtus 
fraiicigcna  was  among  the  witnesses  on  the  part  of 
Peter  de  Valoniis. 


NORFOLK.  283 

WALSINGHAM. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  of  the  hun- 
dred of  Northgrenehog  stated  that  Gilbertus  de  Clare, 
Earl  of  Gloucester,  holds  of  the  king  in  capite  the 
manors  of  Wells,  Warham,  and  Parva  Walsingham. 

They  also  said  that  Ricardus  Franceys  used  to  give 
6d.  per  annum  for  chiriveschot  and  ^d.  for  wodewelle- 
hot,  which  he  has  withdrawn  for  eight  years  by  the 
authority  of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester. 

Roteland'  de  Rumely,  Willelmus  his  son,  Willel- 
mus  de  Ippestan,  Robertus  Pays,  chaplain,  Stephanus., 
son  of  BartJwlomciis  Franceis,  son  of  Stcphaims  Fran- 
ceis,  and  others  hold  a  tenement  in  Walsingham- 
which  had  belonged  to  Radulphus  Pays,  for  which 
they  had  withdrawn  one  suit  from  the  hundred ;  and 
they  had  withdrawn  in  chiriveschot  /^^d.  and  in  wode- 
wellehot  ^\d.  for  four  years,  by  authority  of  the  Earl 
of  Gloucester. 

The  jury  said  that  Willelmus  Gyffard,  sheriff  of 
Norfolk,  had  two  years  before  received  command 
from  the  king  to  pay  lOOs.  to  Ricardus  Franceys 
which  was  due  him  from  King  Henry,  but  he  had 
not  yet  paid  it. 

The  jury  also  said  that  Ricardus  Fraunceys  had 
withdrawn  dd.  from  the  sheriff's  tourn  and  6d.  of  the 
sheriff  s  aid  for  four  years. 

They  also  said  that  the  lord  the  king  owed  Radul- 


284  NORFOLK. 

phus  Carnifex,  of  Hindriiigham,  4^.  6</.  for  meat,  and 
Ricardiis  Ic  Fraunceys,  of  Walsingham,  had  received 
the  money,  but  had  not  given  it  to  Radulphus. 


GRIMSHOE    HUNDRED. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  of  Grimes- 
howe  hundred  said  that  Alexander  de  Acria  and 
Philippus  Waze,  bailiffs  of  the  Earl  of  Warren,  had 
taken  cattle  from  Willehmis  Frmmccys^  and  annoyed 
him  until  he  gave  them  \2d. 


LAUNDITCH    HUNDRED. 

BEETLEY. 

8  Edward  I.  (1279-80). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by   Robert  Ouersfeld'  against  Simon  Ouersfeld'  and 
John  Fraicnceis,  touching  land  in  Betele. 

NORWICH    LIBERTY. 

LAKENHAM. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign 
of    King  Edward    I.  (1274-75)  the   jurors    said    that 


NORFOLK.  285 

Willelmus  Gyffard,  sheriff,  took  half  a  mark  of  Will- 
elmus  le  Franceys,  of  Lakenham  (who  was  accused  by 
a  certain  appellant),  for  releasing  him  on  surety. 


SHROPHAM    HUNDRED. 

THETFORD. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  said  that 
Hugo  le  Fratmceys,  of  Theford,  when  bailiff  and  cor- 
oner, had  imprisoned  Johannes,  son  of  Clemens  de 
Stanford,  and  would  not  release  him  on  bail  before  he 
had  given  him  two  loads  of  oats. 

They  also  said  that  Hugo  Fraunceys,  at  the  time 
he  was  bailiff  and  coroner  of  Theford,  by  his  power 
as  public  officer  had  taken  from  Alicia,  relict  of 
Thomas  Clericus,  one  acre  of  land  for  dimitting  her 
in  peace ;  and  the  same  Hugo  had  taken  from  Beatrix 
Cornewaleys  some  hidden  treasure  which  she  had 
found  in  her  yard,  worth  about  lOOs.  But  they  did 
not  know  if  he  made  report  thereof  before  the  justices. 

6  Edward  I.  1277-78. —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Alice,  late  wife  of  Httgh  le  Fraunceis,  against  Roger 
le  Fi^aunceis  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Theford. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 


286  NORFOLK. 

tices  to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Roger,  son  of  Hitgh  le  Fraunceys,  against  Robert 
Dolfyn  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Thetford. 
In  the  ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1280-81)  Thomas  FratiJiays  \\^.s  mayor  of  Thetford. 


TAVERHAM    HUNDRED. 

TAVERHAM. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  said  that 
Johannes  del  Hoth  and  Hejiricus  le  Fraunceys,  bailiffs 
of  Taverham,  had  taken  the  cattle  of  Willelmus,  son 
of  Rogerus  de  Sprouston,  and  maliciously  kept  them 
until  he  paid  \2d. 

TUNSTEAD    HUNDRED. 

SMALLBURGH. 

A.D.  1306. —  Grant  by  William,  son  of  John  Fran- 
ceys,  of  Smalberge,  to  Reginald,  son  of  Sir  William  de 
Stalham,  knight,  of  land  in  Smalberge,  in  the  field  of 
Westcroft.  Dated  on  Thursday  after  Saint  John  the 
Evangelist,  35  Edward  I. 


NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

A  family  of  Foliot  held  in  early  days  the  castle  of 
Omonville-la-Foliot,  a  little  to  the  north  of  Coutances, 
in  the  Cotentin  of  Normandy ;  and  it  is  possible  that 
Robert  Foliot,  of  whom  we  have  the  ensuing  notice, 
may  have  been  of  this  family. 

In  the  account  returnable  to  the  Exchequer  on  the 
17th  of  March,  1166  (according  to  Eyton),  Robert 
Foliot  gives  an  account  of  his  knights'  fees  held 
de  veteri  feoffamento,  in  this  county,  in  which  is 
noticed  that  Willelmus  de  Fi^anceis  held  of  him  half  a 
knight's  fee. 

In  I  Richard  I.  (1189-90)  the  sheriff  renders  ac- 
count of  20s.  for  Boistardeslega  which  had  belonged 
to   Willielrmis  le  Franceis. 

On  the  28th  of  May,  11 99,  Ricardus  de  Clendun 
essoins  himself  by  Eustachius  Franceis  in  a  plea 
against  Milisent  and  Sibilia  de  Clendon. 

In  the  same  year,  on  the  15th  of  July,  Ricardus  de 
Clenden  essoins  himself  by  Eustacius  Franceis  in  a 
plea  versus  Sibilia  de  Clenden  and  Elisent  de  Dere- 
berc. 


288  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 

At  the  pleas  held  at  Northampton  on  Wednesday 
next  after  Lent,  1200,  Johajines  Franciis,  by  offering- 
surety,  begged  to  have  his  lands,  which  had  been 
taken  into  the  king's  hands  for  his  default  against 
Agnes  Andegavensis. 

A.D.  1201. —  Rogerus  de  Yneworth  offers  2  marks 
to  the  lord  the  king  for  having  as  a  gift  the  land  of 
Bustardesleg',  which  Willehmis  Lc  Franceis  had  held, 
and  for  having  the  king's  charter  of  the  same. 

A.D.  1 201. —  John,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king,  etc. 
Know  ye  that  we  have  given  and  granted,  and  by  this 
our  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  Rogerus  de 
Yeneworth  and  his  heirs  the  land  of  Bustardesleg', 
which  Willclmus  le  Fratuiccys  held,  with  all  its  appur- 
tenances. To  have  and  to  hold  of  us  and  our  heirs, 
rendering  therefore  2^-.  per  annum  for  all  services. 
Wherefore  we  will  and  strictly  command  that  the 
aforesaid  Rogerus,  and  his  heirs  after  him,  may  have 
and  hold  the  aforesaid  land,  with  all  its  appurtenances, 
well  and  in  peace,  freely  and  quietly,  entirely  and 
honorably,  with  all  its  appurtenances  in  all  places, 
with  all  liberties  and  free  customs  for  the  aforesaid 
service.  Witnesses,  Gaufridus  filius  Petri,  Earl  of 
Essex ;  Willelmus  Marescallus,  Earl  of  Pembroc ; 
Willelmus  Brewerr',  Hugo  de  Nevill,  Robertus  de 
Turnham,  etc.  Given  by  the  hand  of  S.  Archdeacon 
of  Wells,  at  Marlborough,  on  the  ninth  day  of  April, 
in  the  second  year  of  our  reign. 

A.D.  1 24 1. —  The  king  gives  respite  to  Walterus  de 


.  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.  289 

Godarviir  until  fifteen  days  from  Easter,  anno  26,  for 
10  marks,  5  of  which  are  demanded  of  him  by  the 
summons  of  the  Exchequer  for  the  escape  of  Emma, 
wife  of  Ricardus  Le  Fratcnceys,  whom  he  had  held  in 
his  prison ;  and  the  other  5  marks  are  demanded  of 
him  by  the  same  summons  of  Exchequer  for  the  de- 
fault which  the  abbot  of  St.  Wandregesilus  made 
before  the  last  justices  itinerant  in  County  Northam- 
ton,  at  the  placita  foreste.  And  the  barrister  of  the 
Exchequer  is  commanded  to  give  him  this  respite. 
Teste  Rege,  at  Rading',  on  the  twentieth  day  of  No- 
vember, in  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry  III. 

In  1284-86  Adam,  Fraunceys  had  a  free  tenement 
in  Sarwoton,  in  this  county. 

In  this  county  records  of  the  eighteenth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1289-90)  is  found  the  name 
of  Sarra  Fraunceys. 

NORTHAMPTON    CITY. 

At  the  inquest  made  here  by  twelve  jurors  of  this 
vill  before  Willelmus  de  Sancto  Omero  and  Warinus 
de  Chaucumbe,  the  king's  justices,  in  the  third  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75),  the  jurors 
said  that  Robertus  Fraiuiceys,  of  Northampton,  holds 
in  this  vill,  in  capite  of  the  king,  a  rental  of  20s. 
and  more,  for  which  the  consideration  is  four  horse- 
shoes, payment  of  which  is  to  be  made  yearly  into  the 


290 


NOR  THAAIPTONSHIRE. 


King's  Exchequer  at  London,  but  they  do  not  know 
from  what  time  or  by  what  warranty. 

The  jurors  also  said  that  a  Johannes,  son  of  the 
chaplain  of  Haverberge,  was  arrested  at  the  time  of 
the  fair  of  Northampton,  four  years  ago,  in  the  house 
of  Johannes  le  Sus  Juvenis,  by  Willclimis  Fraiinccys 
and  Ricardus  le  Mustarder,  then  bailiffs  of  Northamp- 
ton, on  suspicion  of  having  stolen  two  supertunicas 
and  two  swords,  although  he  was  innocent ;  but  they 
permitted  him  to  depart,  and  said  they  received  no 
consideration. 

At  an  inquisition  in  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  the  jurors  of  this  place 
stated  that  Willelnnis  le  Franccys  and  Ricardus  le 
Saus',  at  the  time  they  were  bailiffs,  had  not  executed 
the  king's  command  of  allowing  Johannes  filius  Jo- 
hannis  to  redeem  his  cattle  on  giving  surety. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
II.  (13 1 3-14)  Ricardus,  son  of  Walterus  Chambard, 
made  a  fine  with  the  king  of  2  marks  for  license  to 
receive  of  Alatilda  la  Frensshc,  of  Northampton,  a 
certain  tenement  in  Northampton,  etc. 

The  inquest  after  the  death  of  Roberliis  le  Frenshe 
in  the  sixteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  II. 
(1322-23)  shows  that  he  held  one  messuage  and  six 
shops  in  Northampton. 

A.D.  1330. —  License  for  Peter  le  Frenshe,  of  North- 
ampton, by  the  fine  of  i  mark,  to  grant  to  Henry 
Roger,   of    Northampton,   Juliana,   his  wife,   and    his 


.    NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.  291 

heirs  a  messuage  and  five  shops  in  Northampton, 
held  in  chief.  Dated  at  Westminster,  on  the  loth  of 
December. 


FAWSLEY    HUNDRED. 

In  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
III.  (1341)  the  names  oi  Johannes  Ic  Freanynche  and 
Willielmus  le  Freaynch  both  appear  among  the  jurors 
of  Fallewelse  hundred  at  the  inquisitio  nonarum. 

CATESBY. 

32  Henry  III.  (1247-48). —  Grant  by  Matilda  de 
Dodeford,  daughter  of  Richard  de  Lega,  to  brother 
Hamud',  of  Catebi,  of  a  messuage  in  the  vill  of  Dode- 
ford. Witnesses,  Richard,  the  chaplain  of  Stowa, 
John  de  Lega,   Peter  Franceis,  and  others. 

STAVERTON. 

No  date. —  Grant  by  William,  son  of  Ralph  de 
Esseby,  to  Simon,  son  of  Richard  de  Haddon,  of 
land  in  the  field  of  Katesby.  Witnesses,  Nicholas 
de  Capis,  Williajn  le  Franceis,  of  Staverton,  and 
others. 

3  Edward  I.  (1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 


292  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 

the  prioress  of  Catesby  against  Gilbcrtus  le  Fraunceis, 
of  Staverton,  and  Walterus  Gonnyld,  touching  a  tene- 
ment in  Staverton. 

No  date. —  Release  of  John,  brother  of  WilHam  de 
Esseby,  late  Lord  of  Esseby  and  Catesby,  to  the  nuns 
of  Catesby,  to  hold  in  frankalmoign  his  right  of 
lands  and  tenements  in  Catesby  which  his  said 
brother  had  held.  Witnesses,  Thomas  Bolthisham, 
William  West,  of  Staverton,  Gilbert  Fraiiceis,  John 
Abbe,  Hugh  le  Boltiler,  and  others. 


GUILSBOROUGH    HUNDRED. 

WEST   HADDON. 

3  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
William  le  Skyrmere  against  William  le  Fraiinceys 
and  others,  touchina;  a  tenement  in  West  Haddon. 


ROTHWELL    HUNDRED. 

MAIDWELL. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  Willehmis  Frcynsh  appears  as  one  of 
the  jurors  of  Maydewell  at  the  inquisitio  nonarum 
held  at  Rothewell  on  Monday  next  after  the  feast  of 
Saint  David,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  III. 


NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.  293 


SIBBERTOFT. 


The  dates  of  the  ensuing  accounts  of  the  surname 
of  Franciscus,  etc.,  under  the  heading  of  this  place, 
contained  in  our  records  Nos.  i  and  2,  seem  to  be 
approximated  by  the  following  notices  of  the  Archer 
family :  — 

A.D.  1239,  June  20. —  Willelmus  le  Archer,  who 
held  in  capite  of  the  king,  had  a  son,  Robertus  le 
Archer,  who  made  a  fine  with  the  king  of  505.  for  his 
relief  and  for  having  seisin  of  the  land  in  Sybetoft 
which  had  belonged  to  his  father  when  he  died. 
And  the  sheriff  of  Northampton  is  commanded,  at 
this  date,  to  take  surety  and  give  seisin. 

A.D.  1244,  February  8. —  Alicia  (de  Cormeilles),  rel- 
ict of  Robertus  le  Archer,  made  a  fine  with  the  king 
for  having  the  custody  of  the  land  and  heir  of  afore- 
said Robertus  until  the  legitimate  age  of  the  said 
heir,  and  that  she  could  marry  whom  she  would. 
And  the  sheriff  of  Northampton  is  commanded,  at 
this  date,  to  accept  surety,  and  allow  her  to  have  the 
said  custody. 

Alicia  did  not  long  survive  the  gift  of  the  custody, 
as  appears  by  the  following  record :  — 

A.D.  1244. —  "The  king  has  pardoned  the  pledges 
of  Alicia  le  Archer  loo-s-.  of  the  fine  of  10/.  which  the 
said  Alicia  had  made  with  the  king  for  the  custody 
and  marriage  of  Nicholas,  son  and  heir  of  Robertus  le 
Archer.     And    the    sheriff   of    Northampton  is  com- 


294  NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 

manded  to  take  surety  of  Magister  Johannes  de  Ailes- 
bir',  executor  of  the  aforesaid  Alicia,  for  the  residue 
of  looi".  to  be  paid  in  the  King's  Exchequer  at  Mich- 
aehiias,  and  permit  him  to  have  peace.  Teste  Rege 
apud  Cleve,  on  the  fifth  day  of  July  in  the  year  afore- 
said." 

And  the  sheriffs  of  Hereford,  Warwick,  and 
Leicester,  are  commanded  to  permit  the  executors  to 
have  free  administration  of  all  things  and  chattels 
which  belonged  to  the  aforesaid  Alicia.  Teste  ut 
supra. 

Bridges,  in  his  history  of  this  county,  quoting  from 
the  Pipe  Roll  of  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  HI.  (1250-51),  states  that  "the  successor 
of  Robert  "  (le  Archer)  "was  Nicholas  le  Archer." 

The  serjeanty  of  Nicholaus  le  Archer  in  Sibertoft 
was  held  for  finding  one  man  with  bow  and  arrows  to 
serve  in  the  king's  army  within  the  bounds  of  Eng- 
land for  forty  days  at  his  own  expense. 

Record  No.    i. 

A.D.  1239-44. —  Robertus  le  Archer  held  Sibertoft 
by  serjeanty  of  archery.  Among  the  alienations  of 
the  same  was  that  to  Johannes  Francisciis  of  half  a 


virgate. 


Record  No.  2. 


A.D.  1244-51. —  In    the    account    of  the  serjeanties 
arrented  in  this  county  by  Robert  Passelewe,  which 


NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.  295 

we  take  to  be  of  this  period,  is  that  of  Nicholaus  le 
Archer,  which  was  alienated  in  part.  Among  the 
alienations  was  that  to  Johannes  Franceys^  holding 
one  virgate  of  land  valued  at  lOi'.,  for  which  he  then 
made  a  fine  of  \od.  per  annum. 


WILLYBROOK    HUNDRED. 

GLAPTHORN. 

King  Henry  III.,  in  the  thirty-second  year  of  his 
reign  (1248),  granted  by  charter  to  Hugo  Franceys 
eighteen  acres  and  one  rood  of  land  in  Clapethorne. 

Inspeximus  of  charter  dated  15th  of  October,  32 
Henry  HI.,  1248,  being  a  grant  in  fee  simple,  at  a 
yearly  rent  of  6^.,  to  Hngo  Fraunceys,  of  the  land 
which  Radulphus  de  Karevill  some  time  held  in  Glap- 
thorn ;  and  confirmation  of  the  same  in  favor  of  Will- 
elmus  Broun  in  Glapethorn,  who  holds  the  same  land, 
now  enclosed,  and  lying  between  the  highway  at 
Harlemere  toward  the  east  and  land  of  the  abbot  of 
Peterborough  toward  the  west.  Dated  at  Wood- 
stock, on  the  ist  of  May,  1330. 


NORTHUMBERLAND. 


As  a  preliminary  to  the  introduction  of  the  records 
of  this  county,  it  seems  appropriate  to  give  the  reader 
some  idea  as  to  the  execution  of  its  criminal  laws 
which  Mr.  Pas-e  has  brouo^ht  to  our  notice  in  his 
preface  to  the  Assize  Rolls.  He  states:  "In  the  Pleas 
of  the  Crown  for  40th  Henry  III.  there  are  recorded 
seventy-seven  murders,  for  only  four  of  which  did  the 
murderers  receive  their  just  punishment ;  in  one  case 
the  murderer  abjured  the  realm,  and  in  the  remaining 
seventy-two  cases  the  murderers  escaped  with  a  slight 
punishment  of  outlawry.  On  the  same  roll  we  find 
seventy-eight  cases  of  burglary,  theft,  etc.,  in  twelve  of 
which  cases  the  felons  were  hanged,  in  fourteen  they 
abjured  the  realm,  and  in  the  remaining  fifty-two  they 
escaped  with  only  the  punishment  of  outlawry. 

"  The  enormous  percentage  of  unpunished  crime 
which  these  figures  show  is  to  be  largely  accounted 
for  by  the  peculiar  position  of  the  county,  from  which 
it  became  a  matter  of  comparative  ease  for  a  felon  to 
escape  to  some  place  where  the  king's  writ  did  not 
run.  On  the  north  was  the  kingdom  of  Scotland,  on 
the    south    the    palatinate   of    Durham,  and    between 


NORTHUMBERLAND.  297 

these  were  the  small  liberties  of  Hexham,  Tyne- 
mouth,  Tynedale,  Carham,  and  Norhamshire,  Island- 
shire,  and  Bedlingtonshire." 

In  the  year  1279  there  is  a  record  of  a  whole  city 
being  punished  for  the  non-execution  of  the  law. 
The  following  is  the  account  given  by  Mr.  Page :  — 

"James  Fleming,  a  merchant  of  Newcastle,  went  out 
one  day  early  in  October,  1272,  to  collect  some  money 
for  a  Gascon  wine  merchant;  and  on  returning  he 
was  met  by  Robert  de  Sautemareis,  a  clerk,  with  three 
attendants,  named  Robert  de  Virili,  Simon  de  Ripun, 
and  William  de  Punsland.  These  attendants  were 
ordered  to  attack  the  merchant,  which  they  did  to 
such  effect  as  to  break  his  head,  and  then  threw  him 
half  dead  into  a  stream.  Here  he  was  found  by  his 
friends,  who  carried  him  to  the  house  of  John  le 
Flemeng,  a  bailiff  of  Newcastle,  where  he  shortly 
after  died.  In  the  proceedings  it  is  stated  that  no 
inquest  was  held  from  the  date  of  the  death  till  1274, 
notwithstanding  that  the  felony  was  done  in  the  day- 
time and  was  well  known,  nor  was  any  one  attached 
or  taken;  from  which  it  appeared  that  the  whole  com- 
munity of  the  borough  was  consenting  to  the  murder, 
therefore  the  mayor,  bailiffs,  and  coroners  had  to  an- 
swer for  this  neglect  of  duty,  and  the  liberties  of  the 
borough  were  taken  into  the  king's  hands."  The 
past  bailiffs  from  the  date  of  the  murder  were  all 
arrested  except  Willelmus  le  Fraunceys,  who  was  in 
Norfolk.    He  appears  to  have  been  a  foreign  merchant. 


298  NOR  THUMB ERL  AND. 

was  bailiff  in  the  year  1277,  and  at  the  date  of  this 
record  was  called  clericus.  "  The  mayors  and  bailiffs 
had  also  to  answer  for  that  Robert  de  Sautemareis  re- 
mained and  was  conversing  in  the  borough  from  the 
day  of  the  felony  till  the  coming  of  the  justices,  and 
was  not  attached.  And  Robert  de  Virili  and  Simon 
de  Ripun  were  taken  and  imprisoned,  and  afterwards 
found  guilty  by  the  coroner's  inquest.  Nevertheless, 
the  mayor  of  Newcastle  permitted  Simon  to  be  at 
large  on  bail  without  a  precept  from  the  king ;  and 
Simon  withdrew  himself,  and  was  outlawed  on  suspi- 
cion. Robert  de  Virili  remained  in  prison  till  Hugh 
de  Berewik,  clerk,  Robert  de  Seghal,  clerk,  Thomas 
de  Wodeslak,  deacon,  and  Bartholomew  Russel,  chap- 
lain, by  procurement  of  Robert  de  Sautemareis,  went 
one  night  and  broke  into  the  prison,  and  took  him 
away  to  the  chapel  of  Jesmond,  from  whence  he 
escaped  to  the  liberty  of  Tynemouth.  The  prison 
breakers  w^re  caught  and  handed  to  the  sheriff;  but, 
being  clerics,  they  were  demanded  by  and  delivered 
to  the  Bishop  of  Durham.  Upon  Robert  de  Saute- 
mareis being  brought  before  the  justices,  he  pleaded 
he  was  a  clerk,  and  therefore  that  he  need  not  answer 
there  to  the  charge ;  whereupon  he  was  delivered  to 
the  agents  of  the  Bishop  of  Durham,  but  the  jurors 
first  inquired  as  to  how  he  was  delivered  to  the  eccle- 
siastical authorities.  And  the  jurors  said  upon  their 
oath  that  he  was  guilty  of  the  death  of  the  same 
James  Flemeng.     And,  in  accordance  with  the  statute 


NORTHUMBERLAND.  299 

of  bigamy,  the  jurors  inquired  if  he  was  bigamist ; 
for  by  the  statute,  if  he  had  been  twice  married,  he 
would  have  been  debarred  the  privilege  of  clergy,  in 
accordance  with  the  Pope's  ordinance  at  the  Council 
of  Lyons.  They  found,  however,  that  he  had  married 
a  widow  who  died  eight  years  previously,  which  was 
before  the  date  of  the  Council.  He  was  therefore  de- 
livered to  the  bishop  with  the  prohibition  that  he 
should  not  take  purgation  until  he  received  a  special 
license  from  the  king.  And  his  goods  were  forfeited 
because  he  withdrew  himself." 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1259. —  Willelmus  le  Venur,  Thomas  de  Thor- 
inton,  Willelmus  filius  Alio',  Thomas  Githericheforth, 
Thomas  filius  Liolf,  Robertus  filius  Willelmi,  Wal- 
terus  Gemel,  Robertus  le  Fraunceys,  Adam  Isperote, 
Thomas  Forest,  and  Walterus  de  Hextildesham  fined 
20s.  for  having  an  assize. 

NEWCASTLE   UPON   TYNE. 

A.D.  1235. —  At  the  pleas  of  this  year  Matheus  le 
Franceys  de  Novo  Castro  was  amerced  half  a  mark 
for  selling  wine,  and  in  the  following  year  he  paid 
half  a  mark  for  the  same. 

A.D.  1279. —  Thomas  Wytewell,  who  appeared  in  a 
plea  against  Henricus  le  Scot  and  others,  burgesses 


300  NORTHUMBERLAND. 

of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  was  in  misericordia  for  false 
claim,  but  was  pardoned  at  the  instance  of  Willchntis 
le  Fraunceys,  probably  the  same  person  previously 
mentioned  as  bailiff. 

At  the  pleas  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  in  the  oc- 
taves of  Saint  Hilary,  1279,  Johanna,  wife  of  Rogerus 
de  Hynghowe,  makes  Hugo  de  Hawyk  or  Ricardus 
Fraiinccys  her  attorney  in  a  placitum  terrae. 

A.D.  1308. —  Commission  of  oyer  and  terminer  to 
John  de  Insula,  Guischard  de  Charrun,  and  John  de 
Vallibus,  on  complaint  by  Richard  de  Emeldon, 
mayor  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  that  under  his  mayor- 
alty John  Poveray  and  Dionisia,  his  wife,  William 
Poverey,  Robert  de  Angirton,  Thomas  Fraiinceys,  and 
Adam  Gripe,  with  others,  broke  his  close  and  ab- 
ducted Sibyl,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Shething', 
a  minor  in  his  custody. 


CASTLE    WARD. 

TYNEMOUTH. 

In  the  month  of  May,  1247,  an  agreement  was 
made  before  Michael,  Archdeacon  of  Stowa,  judge 
and  delegate  of  the  lord  the  pope,  and  Nicholaus, 
chancellor  of  Lincoln,  sub-delegate  of  the  lord  the 
Archdeacon  of  Northampton,  co-judge  of  the  said 
Archdeacon  of  Stowa,  between  Nicholaus,  Bishop  of 
Durham,  and  Johannes,  abbot  of  St.  Alban's,  respect- 
ins;  the  riorht  of  visitation  in  the  case  of  the  church 


NORTHUAIBERLAND.  301 

of  Tynemouth,  in  the  presence  of  the  abbots  of  Novo 
Monasterio  and  Nottingham,  of  the  Archbishop  of 
Salopesburi,  the  magisters  Hugo  de  Stanbrige,  Willel- 
mus  de  Burgo,  and  Odo  de  Kilkenni,  and  dominus 
Johannes  Francigena,  and  many  others, 

WEETSLADE. 

At  the  Placita  de  Juratis  et  Assisis  for  the  county 
of  Northumberland  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  before 
R.  de  Thurkelby  and  his  associates,  justices  itinerant, 
on  the  morrow  of  the  close  of  Easter,  1256,  is  found 
that  Willelmus  Miles,  of  Suthwydelade,  was  found 
dead  in  the  moor  of  Magna  Beneton ;  and  Margeria, 
his  wife,  who  first  found  him,  is  dead.  And  it  is  tes- 
tified by  the  jurors  that  Willelmus  le  Franceys,  of 
Wydeslade,  and  Walterus  Molendinarius,  of  the  same 
place,  are  suspected,  and  therefore  demanded  and  out- 
lawed; and  the  sheriff  has  to  answer  for  their  chattels. 
The  villatae  of  Northwydeslade  (High  Weetslade), 
Suthwydeslade  (Low  Weetslade),  and  Cullingwurth, 
(Killingworth)  did  not  come  to  the  inquisition,  and 
are  therefore  in  misericordia. 


COQUETDALE    WARD. 

JERDHILL. 

The  Vescy  family  was  particularly  identified  with 
the  foundation  of  the  monastery  of  Alnwick.     These 


302  NORTHUMBERLAND. 

barons  of  Vescy  held  there  the  castle,  and  had  a 
manor  of  Jerdhill  among  the  possessions  of  their 
barony,  which  place  appears  to  have  passed  by  dona- 
tion, in  whole  or  in  part,  to  the  abbots  of  Alnwick. 

At  the  Placita  de  Juratis  et  Assisis  held  before  the 
justices  itinerant  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  in  the 
octaves  of  Hilary,  in  the  year  1279,  a  statement  was 
made  by  Alanus,  son  of  Hugo  Ic  Fraitnceys,  that  he 
was  the  tenant  of  the  abbot  of  St,  Mary  of  Alnwick, 
holding  one  messuage  and  twelve  acres  of  land  in 
Jerdhill,  year  by  year. 


GLENDALE  WARD. 

WOOLER, 

On  the  2d  of  April,  1255,  at  the  division  made  of 
the  possessions  in  this  county,  by  the  king's  escheator, 
of  the  lands  of  Isabella  de  Forde,  which  she  had  in- 
herited from  her  grandfather,  Robert  de  Muscamp, 
through  his  eldest  daughter,  Cecilia,  it  is  found  that 
her  heirs  were  her  aunt  Isabella,  the  wife  of  William 
de  Huntercumbe,  and  her  two  cousins,  Muriel  and 
Margery,  daughters  of  her  aunt  Margery,  who  had 
married  Malise,  Earl  of  Stratherne.  These  posses- 
sions were  divided  in  two  portions,  the  records  of 
the  first  showing  that  Robert  Ic  Franccys  held  of  the 
said  Isabella  de  Forde  possessions  in  the  burgh  of 
Wllouler. 


NORTHUMBERLAND.  303 

MORPETH    WARD. 

MITFORD. 

A.D.  1389. —  The  dispute  between  the  men  of  Mor- 
peth and  Mitford  regarding  a  moor  was  arraigned  to 
be  settled  by  the  arbitration  of  the  Earl  of  Northum- 
berland and  Sir  John  Scrope  for  the  one  party,  and 
the  Baron  of  Greystock  and  Sir  Matthew  Reman  for 
the  other  party ;  and  the  perambulation  was  made  on 
Tuesday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Barnabas  the 
Apostle,  in  1 389,  by  Thomas  Franch^  of  Mitforde,  and 
others. 

TINDALE   WARD. 

BLACK   HEDDON. 

At  the  pleas  held  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  on  the 
morrow  of  the  close  of  Easter,  1256,  Johannes  de 
Hedon'  gives  half  a  mark  for  license  to  agree  with 
Willelmus  le  Franceys  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  in  a  plea 
of  land. 

A.D.  1256. —  A  fine  was  made  at  Newcastle  in  three 
weeks  after  Easter,  40  Henry  III.,  between  Willel- 
mtis  le  Franceys  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  and 
Johannes  de  Heddon,  tenant,  for  one  toft  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  in  Blakeheddon.  The  aforesaid  Willel- 
mus and   Matilda    acknowledged    the   said    toft    and 


304  NORTHUMBERLAND. 

land  to  be  the  right  of  the  said  Johannes,  as  he  holds 
it  by  their  gift  and  of  the  heirs  of  Matilda  forever. 
For  this  grant  Johannes  gave  Willelmus  and  Matilda 
2fOs.  sterling. 

At  this  same  date  Johannes  de  Heddon  acknowl- 
edges that  he  owes  Willelmus  Ic  Franccys  and  Ma- 
tilda, his  wife,  30^'.  for  a  fine  made  between  them,  the 
half  of  which  he  shall  pay  at  Pentecoste,  anno  40,  and 
the  other  half  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Peter  ad  Vincula 
next  following. 

At  the  Placita  de  Juratis  et  Assisis  held  at  New- 
castle upon  Tyne,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Hilary, 
1279,  it  is  found  that  among  the  pledges  of  the  prior 
of  the  Hospital  of  Jerusalem,  in  England,  was  Willel- 
mus Fraiiuccys,  of  Heddon. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to 
take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  Will- 
iam Fraunceis  against  John  de  Heddon  and  William 
Tod,  touching  tenement  in  Black  Heddon. 


CORBRIDGE. 

A.D.  1256. —  On  the  river  Tyne  you  find  the  castle 
of  Bywell,  which  was  the  capital  of  the  barony  of  that 
name.  It  came  by  inheritance  to  John  de  Bailliol, 
who  married  Dervoirgill.  Near  by,  on  the  same 
river,  lies  Corbridge,  where  among  the  tenants  of 
this  John  de    Bailliol  was  Alamis   le  Franceis^  who, 


NORTHUMBERLAND.  305 

with  some  others  of  same  place,  had  a  dispute  with 
their  overlord  about  the  right  of  pasture  in  Chivedon. 
At  the  assize  held  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  in  the 
year  1256,  Alamis  and  the  others  recovered  seisin  of 
the  aforesaid  pasture. 

At  the  plea  held  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  on  the 
25th  of  June,  1269,  an  assize  came  to  make  recogni- 
tion if  Isabella,  widow  of  Rogerus  filius  Johannis, 
Alanus  Fraunceys,  Robertus  Forestarius,  and  others, 
had  unjustly  disseised  Simon  filius  Waldevi  of  his 
free  tenement  in  Corbridge.  The  recognitors  said 
upon  their  oath  that  the  aforesaid  Simon  held  the 
said  tenement  in  villeinage  of  the  said  Isabella,  and 
never  had  seisin  of  the  same  as  a  free  tenement, 
wherefore  he  could  not  be  disseised ;  and  they  said 
that  the  aforesaid  Isabella  and  all  the  others  had  not 
disseised  the  said  Simon  of  the  aforesaid  tenement,  so 
Isabella  and  all  the  others  were  dismissed  sine  die, 
and  Simon  was  in  misericordia  for  a  false  claim. 


WALLINGTON. 

In    the    year    1256    there   is  a  record  of   Adam  le 
Franceys,  of  Walington. 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 


NOTTINGHAM    CITY. 

Robert  de  Salcey's  charter  to  St.  John's  Hospital, 
A.D.  1222-35  :  — 

"  To  all  the  sons  of  Holy  Mother  Church  to  whom 
the  present  writing  shall  come,  Robert  de  Salcey, 
greeting.  Know  ye,  all  of  you,  that  I,  out  of  respect 
for  divine  charity  and  for  the  health  of  the  soul  of 
my  father,  and  for  the  souls  of  my  ancestors  and  suc- 
cessors, have  given  and  granted,  and  by  this  my 
present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  God  and  the  Hos- 
pital House  of  St.  John  of  Nottingham,  and  the 
brethren  there  serving  God,  in  pure  and  perpetual 
alms,  two  bovates  of  land,  with  all  their  appurte- 
nances, in  the  demesne  of  Estanton  (Stanton-on-the- 
Wolds) ;  to  wit,  those  which  William,  the  son  of 
Godric,  held,  which  were  of  my  demesne,  lying  toward 
the  sun.  Moreover,  I  have  given  and  granted,  and 
by  this  my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  God 
and  the  aforesaid  house,  and  the  brethren  there  serv- 
ing God,  all  my  '  cultura '  which  is  called  '  Rihe- 
lands,'  which  lies  next  to  the  road  which  leads  towards 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.  307 

Nottingham,  instead  of  a  toft,  with  pasture  for  two 
hundred  sheep,  eight  oxen,  six  barren  cows,  two 
horses  and  ten  hogs,  freely  and  quietly,  wholly  and 
fully,  with  all  the  liberties  and  with  all  the  free  com- 
mons and  with  all  free  easements,  in  meadows  and 
pastures,  in  roads  and  lanes,  and  in  all  places  within 
and  without  the  vill.  I,  the  said  Robert,  and  my 
heirs  will  warrant  and  defend  the  aforesaid  lands, 
with  their  appurtenances,  to  the  aforesaid  house  and 
the  brethren  there  serving  God,  against  all  men  for- 
ever. In  order  that  this  my  gift  and  grant  may 
obtain  in  future  times  the  authority  of  stability,  I 
have  confirmed  it  by  the  evidence  of  the  present 
writing  and  by  the  protection  of  my  seal.  These 
being  witnesses :  Alexander  de  Villers,  Gervase  de 
Hunetorpe,  Hugh  de  Carlton,  Gerard  le  Franceys, 
Robert  the  son  of  Augustin,  William  le  Coroner, 
of  Nottingham,  Anketin  the  son  of  Alice,  of  the 
same,  Augustin  the  son  of  William,  William  the  son 
of  Brian,  Walter  de  Widmarepes,  Geoffrey  the  clerk 
of  Nottingham,  and  many  others." 

In  the  Pipe  Rolls  of  the  fortieth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Henry  III.  (1255-56),  under  the  heading  of  New 
Oblations,  is  the  following:  "  Henry  le  Ferun,  Henry 
le  Cupere,  Rich.  Barth,  Roger  Norman,  Simon  de 
Hoveringham,  and  Robert  le  Franceis,  the  rents  of 
the  mill  of  Nottingham." 


3oS  NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

BASSETLAW    HUNDRED. 

BLYTH. 

3  Edward  I.  (1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Tho77ias  Fratiuceys,  of  Blyth,  against  Luke  le  Taney 
and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Blyth. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Robert  Franceis  against  William  le  White,  touching 
a  messuage  in  Blyth. 

ELKSLEY. 

No  date. —  Probably  towards  the  end  of  the  thir- 
teenth century.  Thomas  Fj^aiiuceis,  of  Elkesley,  sold 
to  the  neighboring  priory  of  W^irksop  all  his  right  in 
the  wood  and  pasture  of  Coder,  with  the  appurte- 
nances. Witnesses,  Sir  Robert  de  Furneus,  Sir  Will- 
iam de  Bevercotes. 

KIRKTON. 

John  le  Vavasor  was  rector  of  the  church  of  Kyrke- 
ton,  and  aquired  many  parcels  of  land  of  Robert,  son 
of  Robert  Fraiuiceys,  of  Kyrketon,  which  Sir  Robert 
de  Streley  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  and  Robert  de 
Streley,  knight,  their  son,  confirmed  to  Robert  and 
John,  sons  of  the  said  Sir  John  Vavasor,  which  the 
said  John,  his  son,  passed  to  Robert,  son  of  Lance- 
lene,  in  6  Edward  II.  (131 2-1 3). 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.  309 

WEST  MARKHAM. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Henry^  son  of  Richard  le  Frauiiceis,  against  William 
Odardi,  touching  a  tenement  in  West  Markham. 


BROXTOW    HUNDRED. 

LENTON. 

In  the  year  1286  Ranulf  Paskayl,  of  Eastwait,  for 
himself,  his  heirs,  freeholders,  and  villeins,  released  to 
the  priory  of  Lenton  all  the  claim  of  right  of  common 
in  the  wood  called  Fulwood.  Witnesses,  Robert  de 
Kymmerley,  William  de  Belew,  Robert  de  Waten- 
howe,  John  Passeys,  Robert  Franceis,  and  others. 

WANDESLEY. 

A.D.  1227-65. —  Hugh  Fitz-Ralph,  for  the  love  of 
God,  and  for  the  health  of  his  soul,  and  for  the  souls 
of  Agnes  and  Idonea,  his  wives,  of  Ralph  and  Hugh, 
his  sons,  and  for  the  souls  of  all  his  ancestors  and  suc- 
cessors, gave  to  God  and  the  Church  of  the  Blessed 
Mary  in  Stanley  Park,  and  the  canons  of  the  order  of 
the  Premonstratenses  there  serving  God,  seven  bo- 
vates  of  land   in  the  territories    of   Paynesthorp  and 


3IO  A^OTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

Seleston, —  to  wit,  those  which  John  de  Molinton  and 
Jiige,  his  mother,  held,  and  four  bovates  of  land  in 
the  same  territories,  which  Eda,  the  wife  of  Henry  the 
Clark,  held,  and  ten  acres  of  land  (measured  by 
the  perch  of  four  and  twenty  feet)  in  the  territory  of 
Wandesleg,  which  HugJi  le  Fran  nays  held, —  with 
tofts,  crofts,  homages,  services,  wards,  reliefs,  and 
escheats ;  and  he  likewise  confirmed  to  that  mon- 
astery, for  the  same  reasons,  fourteen  bovates  of 
land  in  Little  Halum,  in  Derbyshire,  which  the  said 
canons  gave  him  in  exchange  for  ten  bovates  in 
Seleston. 


NEWARK    HUNDRED. 

SIBTHORPE. 

"Simon  de  Sibethorpe,  15  Edward  111.(1341-42), 
claimed  the  advowson  here  against  Thomas  de  Sibe- 
thorpe, whereof  his,  the  said  Simon's,  ancestor  Robert 
was  seized  in  the  time  of  King  Richard  I.,  and  pre- 
sented one  Richard  de  Sibethorpe,  his  clerk,  who  was 
admitted  and  instituted  in  the  said  Richard  I.'s  rei^n ; 
from  which  Robert  the  right  descended  to  Ralph,  his 
brother  and  heir,  who  had  William  de  Sibthorpe,  his 
son  and  heir  (who  held  half  a  knight's  fee  here  in  the 
time  of  King  Henry  III.,  and  afterwards  a  fourth  part), 
which  William  had  issue  William,  the  father  of  Simon 
de  Sibethorp,  the  plaintiff.     But  Thomas  pleaded  that 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.  311 

the  forenamed  Robert  gave  the  said  advowson  to  the 
Knights  Templars,  who  presented  John  del  Temple, 
Anthony  Fraiinccys,  and  William  de  la  Bruere,  their 
clerks,  successively  in  the  time  of  Henry  III., 
and  Gilbert  de  la  Bruere,  and  upon  his  resignation 
Stephen  de   Kynardesey,  in  the  reign  of  Edward   I." 


SOUTHWELL   &    SCROOBY    LIBERTY. 

BECKINGHAM. 

5  Edward  I.  (1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Margaret  la  Fra^iiiceyse  against  Roger,  son  of 
William  de  Bekingham,  and  others,  touching  posses- 
sions in  Beckingham. 

6  Edward  I.  (1277-78). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  hear  and  determine  the  appeal  of  John,  son 
of  Alan  de  Bekingham,  in  the  County  Court  of 
Nottingham,  against  Robert,  son  of  John  de  Beking- 
ham, Robert,  son  of  John,  son  of  Richard  de  Beking- 
ham, William  Hauenok',  of  Hayton,  Radulph  de 
Mitton,  Eustace  le  Mercer,  Robert  de  Horbir',  Roger 
le  Keu,  Nicholas  de  Swaleweclyue,  John  Butemund, 
John,  son  of  Reginald  de  Sk.  .  .wik',  Robert  Wis- 
nard,  Walter  de  Axholm,  Herbert  de  Beltoft,  Alan  le 
Fraunceis,  Roger  de  Beltoft,  Robert,  son  of  Alan  de 
Bekingham,  Thomas  de  Lanum,  and  Robert  le  Frauji- 


3 1 2  NO  TTINGHAMSHIRE. 

ceis,  of  Bekingham,  of  the  death  of  Alan,  son  of  Alan 
de  Bekingham,  his  brother.  Dated  Macclesfield,  on 
the  30th  of  September. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Hugh,  son  of  Robert  Milent,  and  Richard,  his 
brother,  against  Robert,  son  of  Robert  de  Bekingham, 
and  Robert  le  Fraiazays,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Beckingham  in  le  Clay. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Maj^garet^  daughter  of  Simon  Fraunccis,  against 
Richard  Barbot  and  others,  touching  land  in  Becking- 
ham. 

A.D.  1 316,  August  6. — Joan,  late  wife  of  Almi 
Fraiuiceys,  of  Bekyngham,  acknowledges  that  she 
owes  to  John  de  Cokermuth,  clerk,  200/.,  to  be  levied, 
in  default  of  payment,  of  her  lands  and  chattels  in 
the  county  of  Nottingham.  Dated  at  Lincoln.  The 
chancellor  received  the  recognizance.  Cancelled  on 
payment. 


THURGARTON    HUNDRED. 

SNEINTON. 

Robert  Thoroton,  in  his  history  of  this  county,  gives 

the  followino-  record,  with  his  remarks  on  the  same:  — 

"  Henry  de   Perpunt   and  Annora,  his   wife,  in   the 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.  313 

former  part  of  the  reign  of  Edward  I.  were  attached 
to  answer  to  Henry,  son  of  Robert,  WilHam  de  Black- 
well,  Richard  del  Hull,  William  Arnold,  Robert 
Fraunceys.,  and  very  many  others,  the  men  or  tenants 
of  the  said  Henry  and  Annora,  his  wife,  of  the  manor 
of  Sneynton,  which  is  ancient  demesne  of  the  king's 
crown,  why  they,  contrary  to  the  king's  precept,  ex- 
acted other  services  and  customs  of  the  said  men  than 
they  were  wont  to  perform  when  the  said  manor  was 
in  the  hands  of  King  John ;  namely,  whereas  they 
were  wont  to  hold  a  bovate  of  land  for  4^.  per 
annum,  and  suit  of  court  from  three  weeks  to  three 
weeks,  for  all  services,  the  said  Henry  and  Annora 
exact  for  the  said  bovate  of  land  13^-.  per  annum. 
And,  whereas  they  were  wont  to  plead  by  a  writ  of 
right  close,  and  to  have  their  essoiners  according  to 
the  custom  of  the  manor,  the  said  Henry  and  Annora 
would  not  suffer  them  to  plead  nor  have  essoins ;  and 
whereas  they  were  wont  to  be  amerced  by  their 
equals,  and  that  according  to  the  quantity  of  the 
faults,  they  amerced  them  out  of  the  court  according 
to  their  own  will ;  and,  whereas  they  were  wont  to 
have  park  (or  pound)  in  the  same  town,  they  did  not 
suffer  them  to  have  one.  And  also  the  said  Henry 
and  Annora  taxed  the  said  men  or  tenants  100 
marks  where  they  were  not  wont  to  be  taxed, 
and  for  the  said  100  marks  took  their  cattle  in 
Sneynton,  and  drove  them  out  of  the  liberty  of 
Sneynton  to   Holme.     The  said   Henry  and  Annora, 


3 1 4  NO  TTINGHAMSBIRE. 

by  their  attorney,  pleaded  that  the  said  men  were  not 
upon  the  king's  ancient  demesne,  but  were  their  vil- 
leins. The  court  gave  day  that  the  Book  of  Domes- 
day might  be  searched,  wherein  Notinton  was  found 
to  be  the  king's  land;  but  in  Easter  term,  15  Edward 
I.  (12S7),  they  had  a  jury  to  find  that  Sneynton  was 
never  called  Notinton,  but  always  Sneynton,  and  that 
Notinton  was  a  part  of  Notingham,  on  that  side 
towards  Arnehall, —  which  surely  is  the  most  evidently 
false  of  anything  that  ever  pretended  to  be  called  a 
verdict,  as  may  be  sufficiently  discovered  by  what  is 
here  set  down.  But  it  served  to  get  the  tenants 
amerced,  and  finally  to  submit  to  what  had  been  some 
while  before,  it  seems,  attempting  against  them ;  for  I 
find  in  4  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  John  de  Sutton,  bailiff 
of  Henry  de  Albiniaco,  contemned  (or  refused)  to 
admit  of  the  king's  writs  which  the  king's  sokemen 
of  Sneynton  brought  to  him  that  year." 


SUTTON    UPON    TRENT. 

5  Edward  I.  (1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Stephen,  son  of  William  Fraunceys,  of  Sutton-near- 
Trent,  against  Roger  Wisman  and  Nicholas  le  Tail- 
liur,  touching  a  tenement  in  Sutton-near-Trent. 


OXFORDSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1189-90. —  Henricus  Caperun  fined  lis.  for 
having  a  covenant  between  him  and  Robertus  le  Fraii- 
ceis. 


OXFORD    CITY. 

PARISH    OF   ST.    MILDRED. 

Circa  a.d.  1210-20. —  Be  it  known  to  those  present 
and  those  to  come  that  we,  Willelmus  de  Pykerynge 
and  Juliana,  my  wife,  and  Emma  and  AHcia,  daugh- 
ters of  Johannes  de  Furno,  for  us  and  our  heirs  have 
remised  and  quitclaimed  to  God  and  the  canons  of 
St.  Frideswide,  at  Oxford,  all  the  right  we  have  in  the 
land  which  belonged  to  Kenelmus  Sacerdos,  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Mildred,  which  lies  between  the  land  of 
Osbertus  le  Franceys  and  that  of  Henricus  Molendina- 
rius,  which  land  Johannes  de  Furno,  our  father,  for- 
merly held  in  Oxford.  And  that  .  .  .  (warranty). 
And  for  this  grant  the  said  canons  have  given  us 
20i-.  sterling.  In  testimony  whereof,  etc.  (sealing 
clause). 


3i6  OXFORDSHIRE. 

Circa  a.d.  1210-2S. —  To  all  faithful  in  Christ,  etc., 
Symon  dictus  Prior,  and  the  convent  of  St,  Frides- 
wide,  greeting  in  the  Lord.  Be  it  known  to  all  of 
you  that  we,  with  unanimous  consent,  have  granted, 
etc.,  to  Symon  filius  Reginaldi  that  land  which  be- 
longed to  Kenelmus  Sacerdos  (the  priest),  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Mildred,  which  lies  between  the  land 
of  Osbcrtiis  le  Franccis  and  that  of  Henricus  Molen- 
dinarius.  To  have,  etc.,  rendering  yearly  to  us  \os. 
at  four  terms ;  namely  \_2s.  6d.  quarterly,  commencing 
at  Michaelmas].  The  conditions,  however,  being 
made  that  neither  the  said  S.  nor  his  heirs  can  grant, 
sell,  or  mortgage  in  the  Jewry  the  said  land  without 
our  license  and  consent.  But  for  this,  etc.,  the  afore- 
said S.  has  given  us  —  marks  of  silver ;  and  he  has 
made  oath  to  observe  fidelity  to  our  church,  (sealing 
clause). 

PARISH    OF   ST.    PETER-LE-BAILEY. 

There  is  no  date  to  the  following  charter,  but  it 
was  probably  made  toward  the  end  of  the  twelfth  cen- 
tury :  — 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  and  those  to  come 
that  I,  Simon  Franciis,  knight  of  Har',  have  given 
and  granted  in  perpetual  alms  to  the  Church  of  Saint 
Frideswide,  at  Oxford,  \2d.  yearly  rent,  for  myself, 
and  the  soul  of  Eniiiia,  my  wife,  and  for  the  souls  of 
my  family ;  namely,  of  that  land  which  Ailwinus  held. 
And  this  rent  in  the  aforesaid  land  I  have  assigned  to 


OXFORDSHIRE.  317 

the  said  church  with  the  consent  of  Johannes  Fran- 
cus,  my  brother  and  lord,  and  also  with  the  consent  of 
Hicmfridtis,  my  heir,  and  others  of  my  heirs. 

Circa  a.d.  i  190-1200. —  Be  it  known  to  all,  as  well 
those  present  as  those  to  come,  that  I,  Robertus,  son 
of  Galfridus  de  Wytefeld,  have  confirmed  the  dona- 
tion which  Robertus  and  Leonardus,  my  uncles,  with 
the  consent  of  my  father,  made  to  Thomas  filius  Eil- 
rici  and  Radulfus  "placetor";  namely,  that  land  ex- 
tending from  the  house  of  Swellynge  to  the  street 
which  is  in  front  of  the  house  of  Rogerus  filius  Sawy 
filius  Langlif,  so  much  as  Robertus  filius  Petri  once 
had  there,  and  that  land  on  which  Ricardus  Frances 
lived  to  the  v/est  of  the  monastery  of  St.  Peter. 
These  lands  aforesaid  I  grant  and  by  my  seal  con- 
firm to  Thomas  filius  Eilrici  and  Radulfus  "pisca- 
tor,"  and  their  heirs,  to  be  held  of  me  and  my  heirs 
in  fee  and  inheritance,  etc.,  they  rendering  yearly  to 
me  for  the  same  one  pound  of  pepper  for  all  service. 


BAMPTON   HUNDRED. 


BURFORD. 


I  Edward  I.  (1272-73). —  License  to  Lambert  le 
Fraunceis,  merchant  of  Burford,  to  take  twenty  sacks 
of  wool  which  he  has  in  the  kingdom,  which  he 
bought  for  his  own  use  of  others   than  Flemings  or 


3i8  OXFORDSHIRE. 

Hainaulters,  and  which  he  can  reasonably  show  to  be 
his  own,  to  any  part  beyond  seas,  except  such  as  are 
within  the  power  of  the  Countess  of  Flanders,  the  said 
merchant  having  made  oath  before  the  king's  locum 
tenentes  in  England  that  he  will  not  take  out  of  the 
kingdom  wools  or  other  goods  into  Flanders,  or  else- 
where within  the  power  of  the  Countess  of   Flanders, 
during  the  contention  between  the  king  and  the  said 
countess,   which   recently   arose   between    Henry   III. 
and  herself,   and  that  he  will   not  sell  such  wool  or 
other  goods  to  Flemings  or  others  of  the  power  of 
the   said    countess,    nor    make    exchange    with    them 
thereof,    nor   deal    by    art  or  craft  so    that    the    said 
wools  or   other  goods  may  come  into  the   hands  of 
the    subjects    of   the   said  countess,   nor  receive    any 
money  from  the   Flemings  for  trading  with  wools  or 
other  merchandise  to  the   behoof   of  the   said  Flem- 
ings,   nor  avouch  their  goods  nor  those  of  any  other 
subjects    of   the    said    countess,  on  pain  of  forfeiture 
to  the  king    of  any    of   their  wools    or   other   goods 
found  in   the   kingdom ;   with  a  safe  conduct  to  the 
said  merchant  in  taking  the  aforesaid    twenty  sacks 
out  of  the  kingdom. 

KENCOTT. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  NicJiolaits  Ic  J^retisc/i  was  a  juror  of  the 
parish  of  Kenycote  at  the  valuation  of  the  ninth  of 
fleece,  sheaves,  and  lambs. 


OXFORDSHIRE.  3 1 9 

STANDLAKE. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  this  county  in  the 
seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  1.(1278- 
79)  it  is  found  that  Lord  Johannes  Maudut  holds  in 
Stanlak  one  carucate  of  land  in  demesne  of  the  Coun- 
tess of  Wyth,  who  holds  in  capite  of  the  king. 

And  Lord  Johannes  Maudut  holds  it  for  three- 
eighths  of  a  fee,  having  free  market  on  Friday,  a  fair 
for  two  days  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Egidius,  besides  a 
pillory,  tumbrel,  a  park  and  free  fishery ;  and  its  val- 
uation is  ']s.  Zd.     He  has  also  assize  of  bread  and  ale. 

Lord  Osbertus  Giffard  holds  in  the  same  place  one 
carucate  of  land  in  demesne,  as  Johannes  Maudut,  for 
three-eighths  of  a  fee,  having  the  same  liberties  as  Jo- 
hannes, its  valuation  being  ']s.  8d. ;  and  he  shall  pay 
scutage  for  three-eighths  of  a  fee  to  the  said  Johannes. 

Among  the  cotarii  in  this  place  of  this  Osbertus 
Giffard  is  Matilda  Frauiiceys,  who  holds  one  cottage 
and  five  acres  of  land  for  a  yearly  rent  of  i^d,,  and  in- 
stead of  work  %\d. 

The  whole  vill  of  Stanlak  is  held  by  the  Countess 
of  Wyth  for  one  knight's  fee  and  a  half,  and  the  said 
Johannes  Maudut  receives  all  the  scutage  and  is  re- 
sponsible to  the  countess. 

WITNEY. 

On  the  31st  of  January,  1369,  Johannes  de  Crek- 
kelade  was  admitted  to  the  church  of  Wyhendon,  in 


32  o  OXFORDSHIRE. 

the  diocese  Worcester,  which  he  received  in  ex- 
change with  Johannes  Frcnchc,  who  then  became  the 
rector  of  the  church  of  Witteney. 

y{2JgVi\.^x  Johannes  Frcnshc,  rector  of  the  church  of 
Wytteneye,  and  Johannes  de  Kelleseye,  rector  of  the 
church  of  Uppingham,  exchanged  churches  on  the 
5th  of  March,  1370. 


BANBURY    HUNDRED. 

GREAT   BOURTON. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  Johannes  Kachelowe 
holds  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Burtona  Major  of  the 
heirs  of  Robertus  de  Veteri  Ponte ;  and  these  heirs 
hold  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  who  holds  of  the  king. 

The  assigns  of  Willelmus  de  la  Sale  hold  in  the 
same  vill  half  a  knight's  fee  of  the  heirs  of  Robertus 
de  Veteri  Ponte,  who  hold  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
who  holds  of  the  king ;  and  these  assigns  give  2Qs.  in 
scutage. 

Willelmus  ad  Fontem  holds  one  and  a  half  acre  of 
land  of  this  fee,  paying  to  Johannes  Kachelowe  one 
half-penny  per  annum,  with  scutage. 

Robcrtns  Ic  Franccis  holds  three  acres  of  land  of 
the  same  fee  for  one  rose  per  annum,  and  he  gives 
2d.  in  scutage. 


OXFORDSHIRE.  3  2 1 

BULLINGTON    HUNDRED. 

IFLEY. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
I.  (1278-79)  the  abbot  of  Oseneye  held  in  the  manor 
of  If  tele  2s.  of  yearly  rent  in  pure  alms  of  the  tene- 
ment which  had  belonged  to  Willclmus  Fraiiccys,  do- 
nated by  Reginaldus  Child  and  confirmed  by  Agnes 
Basset. 

CHADLINGTON    HUNDRED. 

HOOK   NORTON. 

In  the  year  11 29  Robert  D'Olleyo,  second, 
founded  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Island  of 
Oseney  with  the  consent  of  Theobaldus,  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  and  Alexander,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  at 
the  petition  of  Editha,  daughter  of  Forn. 

Charter  to  Osney  of  Robert  d'Ouilly  II.,  its 
founder : — 

Be  it  known  to  all  faithful  of  the  holy  church,  as 
well  those  present  as  those  to  come,  that  I,  Robertus 
de  OUeyo,  with  the  will  and  consent  of  Edida,  my 
wife,  and  Henricus  and  Robertus,  my  sons,  give  and 
grant  in  perpetual  alms  to  the  church  of  God  and 
Saint  Mary,  his  mother,  and  the  canons  serving  there, 
which  church  I,  by  the  consent  and  confirmation  of 


32  2  OXFORDSHIRE. 

Alexander,  by  the  grace  of  God  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
have  founded  in  the  island  called  Oseneia,  for  the 
safety  of  the  king  and  the  welfare  of  all  the  realm,  as 
well  as  for  that  of  myself,  my  wife,  my  sons,  my  par- 
ents and  friends,  all  that  belongs  to  me  in  the  afore- 
said island,  with  all  the  dwelling-houses  which  I  had 
on  the  land  belonging  to  my  mills,  near  the  castle  of 
Oxford,  and  the  tithes  of  these  mills ;  and  the  follow- 
ing churches  of  my  land, —  namely,  those  of  Cudlin- 
tona,  of  Westona,  of  Hokenorton,  of  Cleydona,  of 
Sheneston,  and  of  Cesterton ;  within  the  burgh  of 
Oxford  the  lands  held  by  Engericus,  Reymundus, 
Aylnoth,  Godwinus  filius  Edwacher,  Ermenoldus, 
Godwinus  Nicuma,  Sweting  Cadica,  Ravening,  Se- 
grim  juxta  murum,  Henricus  Coruiser,  Leofwinus 
claudus,  Godwinus  monetarius,  Brythricus  moneta- 
rius,  Godericus,  Gulielmus,  Radulphus  pistor,  Leof- 
winus Budda,  and  Gaufridus  molendinarius ;  and  2s. 
rent  which  Fromundus  capellanus  held,  with  the  tithe 
of  Nicholaus  de  Stodeham,  which  the  said  Fromun- 
dus held;  my  manor  within  Hokenorton,  half  a  hide 
which  belonged  to  Hugo  Franccys,  or  Francigena,  and 
one  virgate  which  Mauricius  canonicus  held,  and  after 
him  his  son  Simon ;  and  near  the  castle  of  Oxford, 
under  the  wall,  one  house  which  belonged  to  Wari- 
nus  capellanus ;  my  whole  vill  of  Ethona  with  appur- 
tenances, except  the  mill  which  I  have  given  to  an- 
other church  ;  and  Sparew^esya,  as  well  as  that  part 
which  my  mother  holds,  whenever  she  shall  abandon 


OXFORDSHIRE. 


Z^Z 


it,  so  it  may  come  to  the  church  and  to  the  use  of  the 
brethren.  Wherefore,  I  will  and  wish  that  the  afore- 
said church  shall  hold  the  aforesaid  things  well  and 
in  peace,  wholly  and  honorably,  with  all  customs  and 
liberties ;  namely,  in  wood  and  plain,  in  meadow  and 
pasture,  in  waters,  ponds,  and  lanes,  and  all  other 
places,  as  held  by  others  or  by  myself  when  in  my 
lordship.  Testibus,  Waltero  archidiacono,  Rahero 
priore,  Main'  et  Waltero  monachis  de  Abbendon, 
Willelmo  capellano,  Gaufrido  Arturo,  Rogero  de 
Amar,  Edwardo  presbitero  de  Tiwa,  Simeone  clerico, 
Fulco  de  Olleyo,  Hugone  de  Tiwa,  Roberto  filio 
Widonis,  Philippo  de  Hamtona,  Radulpho  filio  Rog- 
eri  et  aliis. 

IDBURY. 

In  15  Edward  III.  (1341)  Thomas  Fre7isch  was 
among  the  jurors  of  this  parish  at  the  valuation  of  the 
ninth  of  fleece,  sheaves,  and  lambs. 

'  NORTON. 

A.D.  1 24 1. —  At  the  pleas  at  Oxford,  in  fifteen  days 
of  Easter,  in  the  twenty-fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  John,  an  assize  came  to  make 
recognition  if  Egidius  de  Berkele  unjustly,  etc.,  dis- 
seised Galfridus  Le  Franceis  of  his  free  tenement 
in  Parva  Norton.  The  jury  said  that  the  aforesaid 
Egidius  had  not  disseised  him.     Therefore,  it  is  con- 


32  4  OXFORDSHIRE. 

sidered    that   Galfi^idiis  shall    gain    nothing   by    this 
assize ;   and  he  is  in  misericordia  for  false  claim. 


DORCHESTER   HUNDRED. 

EPWELL. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  Robertus  Danvers  holds  of  the 
Bishop  of  Lincoln,  in  the  hamlet  of  Eppewelle  and 
elsewhere,  one  knight  s  fee,  giving  scutage  to  the  said 
bishop  for  all  service. 

Robertus  de  Loveday  holds  in  this  hamlet  of  Ep- 
pewelle one  messuage  and  ten  virgates  of  land,  with 
appurtenances;  and  he  holds  .  .  .  Wykham,  and  shall 
make  suit  to  the  court  of  the  aforesaid  Robertus  Dan- 
vers. 

Of  these  ten  virgates  of  land  Robertus  Franccys 
holds  one  messuage  with  three  virgates  of  land  in  the 
same  hamlet,  giving  to  Robertus  de  Loveday  ...  Si-.  ; 
and  Roberhts  Franccys  shall  make  suit  to  the  court 
of  the  aforesaid  Robertus  Danvers,  and  Q-ive  scutaQ-e, 
for  all  service. 


EWELME  HUNDRED. 

EWELME. 

A.D.  127S-79. —  Lord  Adam    Dispensarius  holds  in 
fee  of  his  lord  the  king,  by  serjeanty,  in  demesne  five 


OXFORDSHIRE. 


325 


virgates  and  four  acres  of  land,  eight  acres  of  meadow 
and  twenty  acres  of  wood,  with  the  advowson  of  the 
church  of  Ewelme ;  and  he  holds  in  villeinage  five 
and  a  half  virgates. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Lord  Adam  Dispensa- 
rius  is  Waltcrus  Francisctis,  who  holds  half  a  virgate 
of  land  by  charter,  giving  yearly  for  the  same  one 
pound  of  pepper  and  making  suit  to  the  court. 

Lord  Adam  Dispensarius  holds  also  in  the  vill  of 
Ewelme  of  Magister  Radulphus  de  Nebaton  the  tenth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee,  of  the  fee  of  Fancelin ;  and  in 
this  fee  he  has  several  tenants,  among  whom  is  Wal- 
terus  Frajiciscus,  who  holds  half  a  virgate  of  land, 
giving  for  the  same  ^s.  annually. 


LANGTREE  HUNDRED. 

LITTLE  STOKE. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Johannes  Marmion  is  lord  of  Chak- 
enden  and  Stoke  Marmion,  and  he  holds  the  said  vill 
and  hamlet  of  Philippus  Marmion  for  service  of  one 
knight ;  and  the  said  Philippus  holds  of  the  king. 

Among  the  free  tenants  in  Stoke  Parva  is  Johannes 
Marmyon,  who  holds  two  acres  of  land  for  a  rent  of 
53-.  for  all  service. 

Robertas  le  Franceys  holds  free  one  cotland  of 
Johannes  Marmion  for  half  a  mark  for  all  service. 


326  OXFORDSHIRE. 

PLOUGHLEY     HUNDRED. 

BICESTER. 

Circa  a.d.  121 7. —  Robert  Fitz-Michael,  in  consid- 
eration of  I  mark  in  silver  and  the  yearly  rent  of  \lb. 
of  cumin  at  Easter,  granted  to  the  Church  of  St. 
Edbury  in  Burcester,  and  the  monks  of  that  convent, 
two  acres  of  land  in  Burecroft  beyond  the  priory 
court,  lying  between  the  land  of  Nicholas,  son  of 
Harold,  and  the  land  of  John  Godard. 

Know  present  and  future  that  I,  Robertus  filius 
Michaelis,  for  the  welfare  of  my  soul  and  for  the  souls 
of  my  ancestors  and  successors,  have  given  and 
granted,  and  by  my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to 
God  and  the  Church  of  St,  Edbury  in  Burnecestria, 
and  the  canons  serving  God  there,  in  free  and  per- 
petual alms,  two  acres  of  land  in  Buricroft  beyond  the 
court  of  the  said  canons ;  namely,  those  two  acres 
lying  between  the  land  of  Nicholaus  filius  Haraldi 
and  the  land  of  Johannes  Godard,  with  all  its  appurte- 
nances. To  hold  in  perpetuity  of  me  and  my  heirs, 
honorably  and  in  peace,  giving  therefore  yearly  to  me 
and  my  heirs  lib.  of  cumin  at  Easter  for  all  service  or 
exaction  belonging  to  me  and  my  heirs.  And  I,  the 
said  Robertus,  and  my  heirs  will  warrant  the  said  two 
acres  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  to  the  said 
canons  against  all  men  and  women  in  perpetuity. 
But  for   this   donation,  grant,    and    confirmation  the 


OXFORDSHIRE.  327 

aforesaid  canons  have  given  me  i  mark  in  silver. 
And,  that  this  my  donation,  grant,  and  confirmation 
may  remain  firm  and  stable  in  the  future,  I  have  ap- 
pended my  seal  to  this  present  writing.  Hiis  testi- 
bus,  domino  Roberto  Daumari,  Genteschive  Pau- 
pere,  Radulfo  de  Cestreton,  Johanne  filio  Willelmi 
Waltero  filio  Dru,  Walhamot  Paupere,  Roberto  de 
Badinton,  Radulfo  Frauccis,  Petro  de  Wendlebure,  et 
multis  aliis. 

In  Rennet's  "  Parochial  Antiquities  of  Ambrosden^ 
Burcester,"  etc.,  is  the  following:  "Circa  a.d.  1245^ 
William  Longespe,  by  right  Earl  of  Salisbury,  though 
he  had  never  possession  of  that  earldom,  lord  of  the 
manors  of  Burcester  and  Midlington,  gave  to  the 
priory  of  Burcester  a  certain  pasture  land  called  Hees- 
croft,  lying  on  the  west  side  of  the  highway  leading 
to  Wrechwich,  as  far  as  the  bridge,  with  the  whole 
meadow  adjoining,  to  enclose  and  convert  at  their 
pleasure ;  as  also  his  whole  right  and  title  in  a  mill 
which  Robert  Puff  held  of  him,  saving  to  himself  and 
heirs  the  free  grinding  of  corn  for  their  own  family ; 
as  also  a  messuage  in  Crocwell,  for  which  the  said 
canons  used  to  pay  yearly  15^.:  in  consideration  of 
all  which  the  canons  did  remit  to  him  and  his  heirs 
6o5".  yearly  rent,  which  they  had  in  the  mill  of  Wives- 
ley.  Hiis  testibus,  domino  Nicholao  Malens,  domino 
Ricardo  Lungespe,  Henrico  de  la  Mare,  Johanne  de 
Muel,  militibus ;  Stephano  Lungespe,  Rogero  de 
London  seneschallo,  RadulpJw  de  F(ra)2inccis,  et 
multis  aliis." 


328  OXFORDSHIRE. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1278-79)  Henricus  de  Lacy,  Earl  of  Lincoln,  holds 
three  carucates  of  land  in  demesne  in  the  vill  of  Bur- 
cestria;  and  he  has  this  land  by  his  wife,  Margaret 
Longespee,  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Willelmus  de 
Longespee,  who  had  it  by  the  gift  of  the  king.  And 
it  is  within  the  precincts  of  the  honor  of  Walinge- 
ford ;  and  he  has  warren  and  fair  of  King  Henry,  the 
father  of  King  Edward. 

Johannes  Franccys  holds  five  acres  of  land  in  villein- 
age for  45-.  per  annum ;  and  he  has  to  come  once  a 
year  to  the  view  of  frankpledge  before  the  steward  of 
Wallingeford,  and  he  shall  give  scutage. 


KIRTLINGTON. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Ela  Longespee,  Countess  of  War- 
wick, holds  the  manor  of  Curligton  in  dower,  in  capita 
of  the  king,  for  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 

Among  the  cotarii  of  this  countess  was  Willelmus 
Franccys,  holding  one  cottage  for  6d.  per  annum. 


WESTON    ON   THE   GREEN. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1278-79)  the  abbot  of  Osney  held,  in  pure  and  per- 
petual alms,  five  carucates  of  land  with  appurtenances 
in  the  vill  of  Weston,  the  gift  of  Henricus  Doyli,  who 


OXFORDSHIRE.  329 

held  it  of  the  king  in  capite  for  two  knights'  fees ;  and 
the  abbot  had  here  one  park  containing  four  acres, 
warren,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  a  water  mill. 

Martinus  le  Wyle  holds  of  the  said  abbot  in  villein- 
age one  virgate  of  land  for  5^.  per  annum,  doing 
bodily  work  and  redeeming  his  sons  according  to  the 
wishes  of  the  lord.  Besides,  he  shall  give  toll,  service, 
pannage,  and  is  not  allowed  to  sell  horse  or  ox  with- 
out license  of  his  lord. 

In  the  same  manner  Adam  Franceys  and  Robertus 
Lille  hold  one  virgate. 


PYRTON    HUNDRED. 

PYRTON. 

In  the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
{ii'jc^-^o)  Jokaujies  Ic  Franceys  held  in  the  vill  of  Pyr- 
ton,  of  the  prior  of  Norton,  one  virgate  of  land  and 
one  acre  of  meadow  for  ^s.  per  annum. 

WATLINGTON. 

Post  1 1 33,  early  in  the  reign  of  King  Stephen, 
Hadmadus  de  Bidun  grants  to  the  Church  of  St. 
Mary  of  Oseney,  and  to  the  canons  serving  God  there, 
the  church  of  Watlintuna,  one  virgate  of  land,  etc.,  in 
frankalmoign,  for  the  health  of  himself  and  his  rela- 


330  OXFORDSHIRE. 

tions.  Witnesses,  Daniele  abbate,  Mam  le  bret,  Dro- 
gone,  Roberto,  Pet'  clerico,  Ricardo  filio  Roberti, 
Wlurico  et  Ricardo  filio  ejus,  Aschetillo  fratre  Dro- 
gonis,  Helia  fores,  Olholf,  Ricardo  filio  Wlmari, 
Roberto  famulo,    Waltcro  franceis. 

A.D.  127S-79. —  Lord  Edmundus,  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
holds  the  manor  of  Watlington,  with  all  its  appurte- 
nances, in  capite  of  the  king  for  one  knight's  fee. 

Among  the  free  tenants  was  Robertus  de  Syreffeld, 
holding  in  the  said  vill  of  Watlington,  of  the  said  earl, 
four  virgates  of  land,  giving  for  the  same  20i-.  \d.  and 
harvest  w^ork,  having  the  food  of  the  lord ;  and  he 
shall  make  suit  to  the  court,  and  give  scutage. 

Willclmus  le  Franceys  holds  in  the  same  vill  of  the 
said  Robertus  de  Syreffeld  three  acres  of  land  of  the 
said  four  virgates,  by  mesne  of  Ricardus  de  la  Felde, 
for  10^/.  per  annum. 


THAME  HUNDRED. 

MORETON. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  The  lord  abbot  of  Thame  holds 
in  the  hamlet  of  Morton  one  virgate  of  land  in  pure 
and  perpetual  alms,  a  gift  of  Robertus  le  Franceis. 


OXFORDSHIRE.  331 

WOOTTON    HUNDRED. 

COGGS. 

A.D,  1278-79. —  Isabella  de  Gray  holds  in  dower  of 
Robertus  de  Gray,  her  son,  two  carucates  of  land  in 
demesne,  with  adjoining  meadow  and  pasture,  in  the 
vill  of  Coges.  Robertus  de  Gray  holds  it  in  capite  of 
the  king  by  barony,  and  it  is  of  the  barony  of  Harsik 
(Arsic),  and  gives  scutage,  and  makes  custody  at  the 
castle  of  Dover  (Dov'e)  for  20s.  per  annum. 

Among  the  free  tenants  of  Isabella  de  Gray  is 
Gervaseus  le  Franccys,  who  holds  one  acre  of  land, 
giving  her  yearly  \2d.  for  the  same. 


ENSHAM. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Adam  le  Franceys  holds  of  the 
abbot  of  Eynesham  one  virgate  of  land  in  Tilgard- 
esle,  member  of  Eynesham,  for  handicraft  and  tallage, 
redeeming  his  sons  at  the  will  of  the  said  abbot. 


LITTLE   TEW. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Robertus  de  Brok'  holds  in  Parva 
Tywa  four  virgates  of  land  in  demesne  of  the  Earl  of 
Lincoln,  and  this  earl  of  the  king  in  capite,  of  the 
honor  of  Pontifract. 


3  3  2  OXFORDSHIRE. 

Amone  the  free  tenants  of  the  said  Robertus,  be- 
longing  to  the  said  honor  of  Pontefract,  \s  Johan?ies 
le  Franscys,  who  holds  one  virgate  of  land,  giving  one 
pound  of  pepper,  one  pound  of  cumin,  and  suit  to  his 
court,  for  all  service. 


SANDFORD. 

A.D.  1278-79. —  Johannes  de  Sancto  Johanne  is  the 
lord  of  the  vill  of  Saunford,  and  holds  it  with  two 
carucates  of  land  belonging  to  the  manor  of  Barton 
for  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  capite  of  the 
king. 

Among  the  villani  of  Johannes  de  Sancto  Johanne 
is  Thomas  Franceys,  who  holds  one  virgate  of  land 
for  a  yearly  rent  of  6^.,  besides  tilling,  mowing,  weed- 
ing, and  cutting  until  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael,  and 
redeeming  his  sons  at  the  lord's  will. 

Robertus  Fra^iccys  holds  one  virgate  in  the  same 
manner. 

YARNTON. 

Circa  a.d.  1274-75. —  Edmund,  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
holds  the  manor  of  Erdington  of  the  king  in  capite 
of  the  honor  of  St.  Wallery.  And  the  same  earl 
holds  in  demesne  three  carucates  of  land,  with 
meadow  and  pasture  adjoining;  and  he  has  view 
of  frankpledge,  with  the  pleas  and  profits  of  the  same, 


OXFORDSHIRE.  2>Zl 

and  the  right  of  warren  of  the  whole  manor,  by  what 
warrant  the  jurors  know  not.  And  the  manor  should 
be  represented  twice  a  year  at  the  hundred  of  Wot- 
ton ;  but  it  has  been  withdrawn  by  Richard,  Earl  of 
Cornwall,  on  what  warrant  they  know  not. 

WillelmMs  le  Fraunceys  holds  in  villeinage  of  the 
said  earl  one  virgate  of  land  for  4^-.,  and  should  work 
and  redeem  his  children. 

A.D.  1282. —  Commission  of  oyer  and  terminer  to 
Robert  Malet  and  Walter  de  Agmod[esham],  on 
complaint  by  John  Giffard,  the  younger,  that  John 
de  Escheker,  Simon  Betom  of  Erdington,  William 
Frminceis,  Ralph  le  Carpenter,  Thomas  Reine,  Simon 
Brid,  Robert  North,  and  Nicholas  de  Horssepathe 
carried  away  his  goods  at  Erdington,  County  Oxford, 
whilst  he  was  under  the  king's  protection  and  on  his 
service  in  Wales,  and  assaulted  his  men.  Dated  at 
Ruthin,  on  the  8th  of  September. 


SHROPSHIRE. 


BRADFORD,     SOUTH,    HUNDRED. 

BERWICK   MAVISTON. 

Ante  1230. —  Geoffrey,  son  of  Daumar  de  Sugge- 
don,  grants  and  confirms  to  Willia77i,  son  of  William 
le  Fraiiceys,  of  Berewike,  and  Sibil,  his  wife,  for  his 
homage  and  service,  and  for  a  sum  of  5  marks  and  3^., 
paid  to  the  grantor  in  his  urgent  necessity,  half  a  vir- 
gate  in  Suggedon ;  namely,  that  which  William  Wa- 
lensis  held.  To  hold  to  the  grantees,  their  heirs  and 
assigns,  under  the  grantor  and  his  heirs,  in  fee ;  pay- 
ing therefore  a  penny  rent  to  the  grantor,  and  is.  rent, 
on  the  grantor's  behalf,  to  Haghmon  Abbey.  Wit- 
nesses, Sir  Peter,  chaplain  of  the  Church  of  St.  Alc- 
mund,  Salop. 

CHARLTON. 

A.D.  1277-78. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned  by  William 
Franceys,  of  Chirlton,  against  Adam  (or  Ada),  son  (or 
daughter)  of  William  de  Norton,  touching  rent  in 
"  Opiton." 


SHROPSHIRE.  335 

William  Fraunceys,  of  Cherleton,  concedes  to 
Richard  Bernehoud,  of  Cherleton,  an  acre  in  the  fields 
towards  Walcote,  upon  Sundornehull,  to  hold  from 
Michaelmas,  1306,  till  six  crops  should  have  been 
taken  therefrom.  The  premises  were  bounded  by 
lands  of  John  de  Cherleton  and  Michael  de  Laueley. 
The  grantor  also  concedes  another  acre  towards  La 
Lee,  for  three  crops,  at  the  rent  of  i  rose.  Wit- 
nesses, Adam  Bernehoud,  Alan  le  Pokere,  and 
others. 

William  le  Fraunceis^  of  Cherleton,  gives  to  Roger 
le  Monck,  of  Salop,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  for  a  sum  of 
money,  one  messuage,  together  with  all  his  land  of 
Cherleton,  to  hold  of  the  lords  of  the  fee.  The  mes- 
suage is  described  as  lying  between  the  land  of  Sir 
John  de  Cherleton,  knight,  and  the  tenement  which 
belonged  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary,  Salop.  The 
deed  is  dated  at  Cherleton,  on  Wednesday,  Sept.  18, 
1308,  and  attested  by  John  de  la  Leye,  Adam  Berne- 
houd, Alan  le  Pokere,  and  others. 

HIGH    ERCAL. 

Circa  a.d.  13 10. —  William  de  Erkalewe,  knight, 
grants  to  Robert  de  Fj^aunce,  and  others,  land  in 
Ercall  waste,  between  the  land  of  Dame  Petronilla, 
Lady  of  Ercalewe,  and  the  lands  of  John  de  Ercaluwe, 
Robert,  his  son,  and  Agnes,  his  daughter.  Wit- 
nesses, John  de  Styvinton,  Geoffrey,  Lord  of  Pen- 
inton,  etc. 


336  SHROPSHIRE. 

At  a  short  distance  to  the  north  of  this  place,  in 
North  Bradford  hundred,  is  Stanton  upon  Hineheath, 
where  we  find  among  those  assessed  in  a  Subsidy 
Roll  of   1322,  was  Robert  Frattnce  for  35.  \d. 


MEESON. 

This  member  of  Bolas  seems  to  have  given  a  name 
to  a  family.  Among  the  records  identified  with  it  we 
find  that  William  Ic  Franuccis  with  William  de  Eton 
were  amerced  half  a  mark  in  1247  for  some  default 
in  suretyship ;  and  William  Frannays,  of  Meeson, 
occurs  on  a  local  jury  in   1249. 

At  the  assizes  of  January,  1256,  William  de  Ercaule 
had  suits  of  novel  disseisin  with  Henry  Mauvesin  and 
with  William  Fratinccys,  probably  of  Meeson.  In 
these  suits  William  de  Ercaule  appoints  his  son  John 
as  his  attorney. 

ROWTON. 

At  the  assizes  of  January,  1256,  John  de  Erkalewe 
appeared  as  bailiff  of  his  father  William,  then  sick, 
and  vainly  defended  an  action  brought  against  the 
said  William  de  Erkalewe  by  William  le  Franccys 
and  John  de  Rewelton,  for  having  injuriously  set  up 
a  stank  in  Rewelton  and  Osbardiston  (Osbaston),  and 
thereby  injuring  the  plaintiff's  tenements. 

A.D.    1274-75. —  Appointment   of    two   justices    to 


SHROPSHIRE.  337 

take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  Thomas 
le  Framiceys  against  Henry  de  Erdington  and  others, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Roulton. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to 
take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  TJiomas 
le  Fratinceis  against  Henry  de  Herdington  and  others, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Roulton. 


WELLINGTON. 

On  May  21,  1377,  Sir  Robert  Corbet,  knight,  Lord 
of  Hadley,  concedes  to  John,  prior  of  Wombridge,  a 
messuage,  a  half-virgate,  a  mill,  and  a  croft  in  Hadley 
for  a  term  of  ninety-nine  years,  during  which  the 
said  prior  was  to  provide  a  brother  canon  and  a  chap- 
lain to  celebrate  services  in  the  chapel  within  the 
gates  of  Hardley  manor-house  for  the  souls'  health  of 
the  said  Sir  Robert,  his  wives,  children,  ancestors, 
and  heirs,  on  Sundays,  Wednesdays,  and  Fridays, 
weekly.  Witnesses,  Sir  John  Appeley,  knight,  Roger 
le  Freynche,  of  Wellington,  and  others. 


BRIMSTREE    HUNDRED. 

BROCKTON. 

Radulphus    de    Sanford,    Lord     of     Sanford    and 
Ruthall,  grants  at  Sutton  Maddock,  between  the  years 


3  3  S  SHR  OPSHIRE. 

1205  and  121 1,  one  virgate  in  Brocton,  which  he  had 
obtained  from  Griffin  de  Sutton.  This  grant  was  in 
favor  of  Margaret,  daughter  of  Ricardus  the  Priest 
(Sacerdotis),  of  Brocton,  half  of  which  land  Rogerus 
Francigena  held,  and  Osbertus  the  other  half. 

This  Rogerus  Fimncigcna  may  have  been  the  an- 
cestor of  Rogerus  le  Fi'aiinceys,  of  Cressage,  from  the 
fact  that  the  locations  were  near,  and  this  Christian 
name  is  rare  in  the  early  history  of  the  Fra'unceys  of 
this  county. 


CONDOVER    HUNDRED. 

ACTON   BURNELL. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  William 
Fratiuceis  against  Robert,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells, 
and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Acton-Burel. 


BELSWARDINS. 

The  fines  by  which  Robert  Burnell  effected  his 
purchases  of  some  of  his  possessions  in  Belswardine 
were  passed  at  Salop  on  Nov.  iS,  1272,  Among 
these  it  is  noticed  that  Walter  de  Conede,  plaintiff, 
quitclaims  to  William  le  Fraiiuceys,  tenant,  a  mes- 
suage and  bovate   in   Bedeleswurth,  which   had  been 


SHROFSHIRE.  339 

subject  of  a  suit  of  grand  assize.  William,  at  the 
instance  of  Walter,  concedes  the  premises  to  Robert 
Burnell  and  his  heirs  for  a  sum  of  6  marks,  to  be  held 
of  the  lords  of  the  fee. 

William  le  Fraiinccys,  of  Badeleswurthyn,  impedi- 
ent,  acknowledges  himself  to  have  given  a  moiety  of 
one  virgate  and  a  quarter  in  Badeleswurthyn  to  Robert 
Burnell,  plaintiff,  represented  by  Maculine  de  Harley ; 
to  hold  to  Burnell  and  his  heirs,  paying  a  rent  of  one 
rose  to  the  grantor,  and  performing  all  capital  ser- 
vices. This  fine  purports  to  be  the  conclusion  of  a 
suit  of  charter  warranty,  and  Burnell  gives  a  sore 
sparrow-hawk. 

This  WillelmMs  le  Franceys,  of  Belswardine,  was 
probably  the  same  person  who  as  Willielmus  Francis- 
C21S  was  bailiff  of  the  hundred  of  Condover. 

In  November,  1274,  eleven  jurors  reported  on  the 
state  of  the  manor  of  Condover,  and  complained  of 
the  unjust  and  arbitrary  distraints  levied  on  the  men 
of  Condover  by  Johannes  de  la  Hulle  and  Willelmus 
de  Bassechirch,  who  were  bailiffs  of  the  hundred  of 
Condover  with  Willielmus  Franciscus. 


CRESSAGE. 

At  the  assizes  of  January,  1256,  Roger  le  Frainiceys 
makes  Christiana,  his  wife,  his  attorney  in  two  suits 
of  land  in  Cressage,  one  against  William  le  Clatere, 


3  40  SHR  OPSHIRE. 

the  other  against  Gilbert  le  Frome  and  Margery,  his 
wife. 

It  is  not  impossible  that  this  same  Rogci^its  le 
Fraimccys  may  have  held  for  a  time  land,  near  by,  in 
Nether-Stanwey,  in  Munslow  hundred,  of  which  we 
find  the  following  notice  at  the  assizes  of  September, 
1272  :  — 

Alice,  daughter  of  Walter  de  Kenigford,  and  Mar- 
garet, his  wife,  sued  John  Abel  (Aberd)  and  Thomas 
de  Holgotcastle  for  disseising  her  of  three  messuages 
and  one  and  a  half  virgate  in  Nether-Stanwey.  John 
pleaded  that  Margaret,  mother  of  the  plaintiff,  had 
enfeoffed  himself  and  Roger  le  Franceys  in  the  prem- 
ises, and  that  Roger  le  Franceys  had  since  transferred 
his  interest  to  John.  The  jury  found  that  Margaret 
had  indeed  some  time  given  a  part  of  the  premises  to 
Roger  le  Franceys,  but  only  as  tenant  at  her  will,  that 
she  had  since  reseized  that  part,  and  given  the  whole 
to  John  Abel  in  marriage  with  her  daughter  Alice  ; 
lastly,  that,  when  John  and  Alice  were  divorced, 
John  retained  the  land.  Hereupon  the  court  gave 
sentence  of  unjust  disseisin  against  John  Abel. 

Although  JoJiannes  Franceys  is  mentioned  as  of 
Cressage,  we  find  nothing  to  show  that  he  belonged 
to  the  family  of  Rogerus  le  Frannceys,  of  that  place. 
This  Johannes  Franceys  is  recorded  as  a  juror  for 
Condover  hundred  at  the  assizes  of  1272,  at  the  in- 
quest of  1274,  and  the  assizes  of  1292.  He  sat  also 
at  the  inquest  at  Little  Buildwas  in  December,  1302. 


SHROPSHIRE.  341 

MUNSLOW    HUNDRED. 

CORFHAM. 

A.D.  1254-55. —  The  jurors  of  the  manor  of  Corf- 
ham  said  that  Lord  Walterus  de  CHfford  holds  this 
manor  of  the  king  for  the  service  of  one  knight,  and 
it  contains  seven  and  a  half  hides  of  land. 

Among  the  tenants  of  the  vill  of  Corfham  were 
Reginaldus  chaplain  of  Dourleg',  Master  Johannes 
Medicus,  of  Blockeleg',  Philip  Sturin,  and  Ricardus 
le  Fra?tceys,  of  Hulton. 

LITTLE   SUTTON. 

"  William  le  Franceis  was    enfeoffed    in    12 15   by 

Robert  de  Sutton,  whose  reserved  rent  was  35-.     This 

rent   Robert   de   Sutton  transferred   to   Henry   Mon- 

eyer;  and  William,  Henry's  son,  quitclaimed  it  to  the 

mg. 

The  holdings  of  Robert  de  Sutton  in  this  place  are 
indicated  by  an  inquisition  of  later  date,  wherein  it  is 
stated  that  Robert  de  Sutton  held  Sutton  for  half  a 
hide  of  the  king. 

In  the  account  of  serjeanties  arrented  by  Robert 
Passelewe,  who  visited  Shropshire  about  March, 
1247,  is  the  following:  The  serjeanty  of  Osbertus  de 
Sutton  (son  of  Robertus  de  Sutton),  in  Sutton,  for 
which  he  should  provide  a  horse  with   head-stall  to 


342  SHR  OP  SHIRE. 

convey  the  king's  treasure  yearly  at  Michaelmas  from 
Shrewsbury  to  London,  is  alienated  in  part. 

Willclmus  Ic  Franays,  holding  half  a  virgate  of 
this  serjeanty  valued  at  85.  per  annum,  then  made  a 
fine  for  a  yearly  rent  of  2^-.  6d,  to  the  crown. 

The  following  eight  greater  tenants  —  namely,  Will- 
ielmus  de  Crowe,  IVillicbniis  dc  Fi'aunccys,  Williel- 
mus  filius  Henrici,  Nicholaus  de  Staunton,  Will- 
ielmus  Chayles,  Elias  de  Sutton,  Ricardus  filius 
Philippi,  and  Rogerus  de  Staunton  —  hold  together 
the  thirtieth  part  of  a  fee. 

"  In  1254  the  aid  for  marrying  the  king's  daughter 
was  put  in  charge  at  the  rate  of  40^.  on  every  knight's 
fee.  The  eight  greater  tenants  were  not  charged,  as 
we  should  have  expected,  \6d.  in  common  on  a  thirti- 
eth of  a  fee,  but  \^d.  each,  as  if  they  held  eight-thirti- 
eths of  a  fee." 

A.D.  1256. —  The  inquisitio  post  mortem  of  Willicl- 
771US  Ic  Fraiuiays  of  this  year  shows  that  he  held 
twenty-nine  acres  in  capite  in  Sutton  Parva,  and 
Willielmus,  his  son  and  heir,  was  twenty-six  years  of 
age  in  this  year. 

A.D.  1256. —  The  king  took  homage  of  Willehmis  Ic 
Franccys,  son  and  heir  of  Willelnms  Ic  Franccys,  for 
all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  the  said  Willcbnns, 
his  father,  held  of  the  king  in  capite ;  and  the  king 
has  given  him  all  these  lands  and  tenements.  And 
the  sheriff  of  Salop  is  ordered  to  take  surety  of  the 
said  Willcbnus  for  35.,  to  be  paid  into  the  King's  Ex- 


SHROPSHIRE.  343 

chequer  at  Easter  next  for  his  relief;  and  the  said 
Willelmus  shall  have  full  seisin  in  all  the  aforesaid 
lands  and  tenements  which  Willelnms,  his  father, 
held  in  the  county  of  Salop,  of  which  he  was  seized 
when  he  died,  and  which  on  account  of  his  death 
had  been  taken  into  the  kino's  hands. 

This  Willelmus  le  Frauceys,  the  son,  appears  to 
have  died  a  short  time  after,  as  his  sisters  succeeded 
to  the  inheritance  of  their  father  in  1258.  The  in- 
quisition after  the  death  of  their  brother  Willelimis 
le  Franccys  shows  that  Mai^geria,  the  eldest,  was 
twenty-four  years  of  age,  and  Alicia,  the  youngest, 
was  fourteen  years  old. 

The  following  records  show  the  successions  of  his 
sisters,  Margeria,  J^iliana,  and  Alicia,  to  the  inheri- 
tance of  their  father,  Willelmus  le  Franccys :  — 

A.D.  1258. —  The  king  took  homage  of  Margeria, 
daughter  and  one  of  the  heirs  of  Willclnnis  le  Fraiin- 
ceys,  for  a  third  part  of  the  lands  and  tenements 
which  the  said  Willelmus  held  of  the  king  in  capite; 
and  the  king  granted  her  this  third  part.  And 
Stephanus  de  Botherle  (Bitterley,  of  Bitterley),  the 
king's  escheator  in  County  Salop,  is  ordered  to  take 
surety  of  the  said  Margeria  for  2od.,  to  be  paid  at 
the  Exchequer  at  Michaelmas  next  for  her  relief  of 
the  said  third  part,  and  to  give  full  seisin  to  this 
Margeria  of  the  third  part  of  all  the  lands  and  tene- 
ments which  belonged  to  the  aforesaid  Willelnnis  in 
the  bailiwick  of  Beterle  (Bitterley),  and  of  which  Will- 


344  SHROPSHIRE. 

elimis  was  seized  in  demesne  as  of  fee  on  the  day  of 
his  death.  And  the  remaining  parts,  the  inheritance 
of  Juliana  and  Alicia^  coheirs  of  Margcria,  are  to 
remain  in  the  king's  hands.  Teste  Rege  apud  Merle- 
berg'  (Marlborough),  on  the  sixth  day  of  June. 

A.D.  1258. —  The  king  took  homage  q>{  Juliana  and 
Alicia,  daughters  and  coheirs  of  Willehnus  Ic  Fraiin- 
ceys,  for  two  parts  of  the  land  and  tenements  which 
the  aforesaid  Willehnus,  their  father,  held  of  the 
king  in  capite ;  and  the  king  has  granted  them 
these  two  parts.  And  Stephanus  de  Boterle,  the 
king's  escheator  in  County  Salop,  is  commanded  to 
take  surety  of  them  for  ^od.,  to  be  paid  into  the  Ex- 
chequer at  Michaelmas  next  for  their  relief;  and 
seisin  is  given  them  in  the  two  parts  of  all  the  lands 
and  tenements  which  had  belonged  to  the  aforesaid 
Willehmis  in  the  bailiwick  of  Boterle,  of  which  Will- 
elnius  was  seized,  etc.,  on  the  day  when  he  died,  etc. 
Teste  Rege  at  Oxford,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of 
June. 

A  writ  of  Oct.  16,  1306,  orders  an  inquest  to  be 
taken  on  the  death  of  Alicia  Ic  Frcnsc,  and  a  jury 
which  met  on  October  31  found  that  the  deceased 
had  held  one  messuage,  twenty-six  acres  of  land,  and 
two  acres  of  meadow  in  capite  in  Sutton ;  that  the 
service  arrented  thereon  was  2s.  6(1.  per  annum  ;  that 
the  tenement  was  worth  1 3^^.  per  annum ;  and  that 
Rogcr2is  Ic  Frcnsc  was  her  next  heir,  and  twenty- 
eight  years  of  age  and  more. 


SHROPSHIRE.  345 

A.D.  1306. —  Walterus  de  Gloucester,  escheator  be- 
yond Trent,  is  commanded  to  take  into  the  king's 
hands  all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  Alicia  de 
Frcnsc  held  of  the  king,  and  of  which  she  died  seized. 

In  April,  1323,  an  inquisition  taken  after  the  death 
of  Ros-eriLs  le  Frcnssh,  shows  that  he  held  one  mes- 
suage  and  thirty  acres  of  land  in  Sutton  Parva  in 
capite,  for  a  rent  of  2s.  6d.,  and  by  suit  to  the  court  of 
Munslow  hundred  every  three  weeks ;  and  he  left  a 
son,  Willelmus  le  Frenssh,  who  was  twenty-one  years 
of  age  on  the  25th  of  March,  1323. 

STOKESAY. 

Hugh  de  Say  about  the  year  1 1 74  gave  the  church 
of  this  place  to  Haughmond  Abbey.  The  deed  by 
which  it  was  conveyed  had  the  confirmation  of  Hugh 
de  Lacy  as  seignoral  lord.  Hugh  de  Say  must 
have  been  a  very  old  man  in  1 1 94,  at  which  time  he 
had  a  suit  as  regards  the  bosc  of  Renhall,  in  which  he 
is  described  as  of  Stoke  (upon  Tern),  where  he  had 
part  of  his  possessions.  As  he  did  not  appear,  the 
case  was  evidently  postponed  to  the  12th  of  Novem- 
ber, in  the  same  year,  of  which  date  we  have  the  fol- 
lowing record. 

Hugo  de  Sai  essoined  himself  de  malo  veniendi  by 
Willielmiis  Franceis  in  a  placitum  bosci  versus  Will- 
ielmus  filius  Simonis,  who  had  been  appointed  by 
Fulco  de  Aili  in  his  place. 


346  SHROPSHIRE. 

OVERS   HUNDRED. 

BITTERLEY. 

In  1256  Margery,  widow  of  Richard  Landien,  hav- 
ins;  taken  out  a  writ  of  dower  ao;ainst  Richard  le 
Franceys,  of  Bitterley,  for  a  share  in  a  tenement  in 
this  place,  withdrew  the  suit. 

PIMHILL    HUNDRED. 

PETTON. 

On  a  Roll  of  1272  is  a  notice  of  a  suit  of  dower 
which  Matilda,  widow  of  Reginald  dc  Fraiuiays,  had 
arraigned  against  Richard  de  Petton,  coroner  of 
Shropshire,  Richard  fitz  Chapelen  and  Margery,  his 
wife,  and  Griffin  Seule  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  but  had 
since  withdrawn.  It  was  her  late  husband's  tene- 
ment at  Petton,  in  which  she  had  sought  dower. 

STOTTESDON    HUNDRED. 

ASTLEY. 

At  the  assizes  of  1272  William  Ic  Frauccys,  Will- 
iam de  Hordwych,  Richard  Carpenter,  and  Roger 
Saer  attended  with  Robert,  their  provost,  for  this 
manor. 


SHROPSHIRE.  347 


ROMSLEY. 


At  Shrewsbury  assizes,  November,  1221,  Robert  le 
Franceis  being  dead,  a  suit  of  mort  d'ancestor,  which 
he  had  arraigned  against  Richard  de  la  Vestene  and 
Agnes,  his  mother,  concerning  a  virgate  in  Remesleg, 
was  postponed. 

The  following  may  have  been  the  settlement :  On 
Nov.  12,  1 22 1,  Agnes  Fitz-Robert,  being  plaintiff 
against  Richard  Fitz-John  and  Agnes  de  Wascon, 
concerning  half  a  virgate  in  Ramesleg,  remits  her 
rio-ht  to  Richard  and  Ao^nes  and  the  heirs  of  Richard, 
for  which  the  latter  paid  her  10^. 


WENLOCK   LIBERTY. 

BRADLEY. 

"It  seems  that  Alan  de  Buildwas  (III.)  left  a 
daughter  and  sole  heir,  Alice,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Edmund  de  Leynham.  This  lady,  as  yet  unmar- 
ried, and  being  styled  Alice  de  Buildwas,  was  sued  at 
the  assizes  of  1292  for  a  toft  and  half  a  virgate  in 
Posenhall,  in  which  the  plaintiff,  T/ioinas  le  Freiische., 
of  Bradeleye,  alleged  that  she  had  no  ingress  save 
through  Alan  de  Buildewas,  who  had  held  the  same 
for  a  term,  now  expired,  by  demise  of  Agnes  de  Brade- 
leye, the    plaintiff's    mother.     The    defendant,   Alice, 


348  SHROPSHIRE. 

acknowledged  that  she  had  ingress  by  Alan  (probably 
her  father),  but  denied  that  the  said  Alan  had  been 
demisee  of  Agnes,  for  that  the  latter  had  never  been 
seized  of  the  premises.  In  this  the  jury  acquiesced, 
and  the  plaintiff  was  in  misericordia  pro  falso 
clamore." 

Agnes  de  Bradeleye  was  without  doubt  the  wife  of 
William  de  Bradeleye,  of  whom  we  have  a  record  as 
early  as  1 248.  Prior  to  this  date,  and  according  to 
the  following  record,  her  previous  husband  must  have 
been  William  le  Fraunccys,  by  whom  she  had  sons, 
William  le  Fraunccys,  and  Thomas  Ic  Frcnsche  men- 
tioned in  the  previous  record. 

On  Aug.  17,  1260,  Giles  de  Erdinton  was  ap- 
pointed specially  to  try  a  suit  of  novel  disseisin  w'hich 
William^  son  of  William  Ic  Fraunccys  and  Agnes,  his 
wife,  had  brought  against  Robert  Beumys,  concerning 
a  tenement  in  Stanwey. 


SOMERSETSHIRE 


GENERAL. 


A.D.  1 199,  20  June. —  Pleas,  etc.,  in  the  octaves  of 
Holy  Trinity. 

Robcrhts  Franceis  and  others  were  sent  to  view  the 
infirmity  of  Paganus  de  Walton,  who  had  essoined 
himself  de  malo  lecto  in  a  placitum  terrae  versus 
Reginaldus  de  Abemare. 

A.D.  1205. —  Willelmiis  le  Franceis  was  amerced 
half  a  mark  for  disseisin.  His  pledge  was  Walterus 
de  Touke. 

A.D.  1250. —  Everardus^  son  of  Thomas  Le  Franceis 
gives  20^.  to  the  king  for  an  assisa  de  nova  disseisina 
held  before  Robertus  de  Brus;  and  the  sheriff  of 
Somerset  is  commanded  to  take  surety,  etc. 


ANDERSFIELD  HUNDRED. 

BROOMFIELD. 

In  I  Edward  HI.  (1327).  Richardns  Ic  French,  of 
Bromfelde,  paid  6d.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for 
carrying  on  the  war  with  Scotland. 


35  o  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

BATH    FORUM    HUNDRED. 
BATH. 

A.D.  1 1 23. —  Agreement  between  the  convent  of 
Bath  and  WilHam  Hosat :  — 

This  is  the  covenant  and  agreement  which  the 
whole  convent  of  Bath  confirmed  and  agreed  with 
Willelmus  Hosatus,  on  the  day  he  reconciled  with 
them,  regarding  a  home  cause  between  them. 

The  monks  granted  to  Willelmus  that  he  might 
hold  and  have  freely  and  honorably  all  the  land 
which  his  father  held  of  them  on  the  day  of  his 
death.  Moreover,  they  gave  him  two  acres,  one 
called  "  acra  praepositi,"  the  other  in  Staberga,  and 
so  much  of  assart  as  his  father  had  made.  And 
Willelmus  swore  to  the  monks  on  the  evangelia  (the 
service-book  containing  the  gospel)  that  as  his  lords 
he  would  be  friendly  and  faithful  to  them  in  all  ways, 
and  give  them  in  full  the  tithes  belonging  to  them 
in  the  vill  of  Esctone,  and  that  he  further  should  pay 
"geldum"for  the  half-hide,  which  tax  he  before  un- 
justly retained.  He  should  also  restore  to  them  all 
the  "  praepasturas "  which  had  caused  the  disagree- 
ment and  discord  between  them.  Further,  that  he 
will  serve  them  in  all  pleas  to  which  he  should  be 
suitably  summoned,  besides  doing  all  that  is  possible 
in  defending  the  vill  of  Esctona  in  the  hundred  and 
shire  courts,  when  present.     This  agreement  is  made 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  3  5 1 

in  the  Chapter-house  of  Bath,  on  Tuesday,  the  tenth 
Kal.  of  February,  11 23.  Sub  testimonio  totius  capi- 
tuli,  et  subscriptorum,  Reinbaldi  Huscal,  Ricardi  ne- 
potis  ejus,  Heliae  de  Dedingtona,  Henrici  Hosati, 
Roberti  fratris  ejus,  AtseHni  Hosati,  et  fratrum  ejus, 
Rogeri  filii  Viviani,  Radulphi  clerici  de  Esctona,  Ra- 
diilfi  Franc isci,  Adeulfi  Fabri,  Roberti  fratris  Drogo- 
nis,  et  Salidae,  et  aHorum. 

A.D.  1174-92. —  Ratification  by  Rainaud  {i.e.,  Regi- 
nald Fitz-JoceHn,  1174-92),  Bishop  of  Bath,  of  the 
sale  of  half  a  virgate  of  land  at  Lanferleg'  [County 
Somerset]  by  Walter  Pistor,  of  Bath,  to  Edward  de 
Wellis  and  Hugo,  his  heir:  — 

To  all  faithful  in  Christ  who  see  this  charter,  Rain- 
audus,  by  divine  permission  Bishop  of  Bath,  greeting, 
etc.  We  will  that  it  may  be  known  to  all  of  you  that 
Walterus  Pistor,  of  Bath,  by  our  consent  and  that 
of  all  his  heirs, —  namely,  of  Radulphus,  Ernaldus, 
Willelmus,  and  Robertus, —  sold  in  our  court  before 
Magister  Radulphus  de  Lichelade,  our  steward,  and 
many  others,  all  the  land  he  had  at  Lanferleg' ; 
namely,  half  a  virgate  of  land,  with  meadow  and  all 
its  appurtenances,  to  Edwardus  de  Wellis,  Hugo,  his 
heir,  and  all  his  heirs,  for  5  marks  of  silver,  which 
they  had  given  to  the  said  Walter  and  his  heirs,  and 
2^-.  which  the  heirs  divided  between  them  in  our 
court ;  for  which  money  the  said  Walter  and  all  his 
heirs  abjured  forever  the  said  land  with  all  its  appur- 
tenances.    But  when  this  Walter  should  deliver  the 


352  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

charter,  which  he  had  of  Robert,  formerly  Bishop  of 
Bath,  of  the  said  land  into  the  hands  of  aforesaid  Ed- 
wardus  de  Wellis  and  his  heirs,  he  made  oath  before 
all  that  it  had  been  destroyed  by  fire.  And,  that  all 
suspicion  should  be  removed,  he  and  his  heirs  made 
oath  that  they  should  hold  this  sale  firmly  and  forever 
without  deceit  or  intention  to  defraud,  and  would 
warrant  to  him  the  land.  And,  that  this  sale  made  in 
our  court  may  remain  firm  and  stable  in  all  ways,  we 
have  confirmed  it  by  appending  our  seal ;  and,  fur- 
thermore, we  have  granted  that  the  said  Edwardus 
and  his  heirs  may  hold  the  aforesaid  land,  with 
meadow  and  all  its  appurtenances,  of  us  and  our  suc- 
cessors, with  hereditary  right,  as  freely  and  quietly  as 
any  of  his  predecessors  held  the  same,  rendering 
yearly  to  us  3^.  for  all  service.  Hiis  testibus,  Magis- 
tro  Radulpho  de  Lichelade  Archidiacono  Bathoni- 
ensi,  Ricardo  Archidiacono  Constanciensi,  Magistro 
Roberto  de  Geldeforde,  Jocelino  capellano,  Gaufrido 
Clerico,  Roberto  de  Sancto  Laudo,  Osberto  de  Fern- 
berge,  Petro  de  Chiu,  Gaufrido  Franceis,  Durando  et 
Ermenaudo  de  Bathonia,  et  aliis  multis. 

A.D.  1 1 98-1 2  2  3. —  Grant  by  R(obert),  prior  of  Bath, 
to  Gilbert  de  Hiwis,  clericus,  of  an  annuity  of  2 
marks  from  the  church  of  Stokes  (Radstock)  of 
Helias  de  Clifton  until  he  shall  be  provided  to  a  bene- 
fice. Witnesses,  Fulk  Painel,  Master  Robert  de 
Castelford,  Richard  de  Ford,  Richard  Ic  Franccis,  and 
others. 


SOMERSE  TSHIRE.  3  5  3 

A.D.  1 198-1223. —  Grant  by  Robert,  prior  of  Bath, 
etc.,  to  Clement,  his  clerk,  of  the  church  of  Stanton 
{i.e.,  Stanton  Prior,  five  miles  S.  W.  of  Bath).  To 
hold  as  Henry,  the  chaplain,  held  it.  Rent,  8j-.,  as- 
signed to  the  Refectory  of  Bath.  Witnesses,  Master 
Robert  de  Castelford,  Richard  de  Ford,  Humfrey 
Mansel,  Swein  de  Weston,  Thomas  de  Palton,  Daniel 
and  Richard  Russell,  clerks,  Richard  le  Franccis,  and 
many  others. 


BRENT   &   WRINGTON    HUNDRED. 

GERITOP'-NEAR-BROADFIELD. 

4  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
William  le  Fratinceis  against  Augustine  de  Plecy  and 
others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Geritop-near-Brade- 
feld. 

4  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  certification  arraigned  by  Augustine 
de  Plescet'  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  against  William  le 
Fraunceis,  touching  a  tenement  in  Geritop  or  Gericop. 


354  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

CANNINGTON    HUNDRED. 

SHURTON. 

4  Edward  I.  (1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Thomas  Fraituccys  and  Agiics^  his  wife,  against 
Akina  de  Reygny  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Schurreneton. 

5  Edward  1.(1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Thomas  k  Frattnccis  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  against 
Akyna  de  Reynny  and  others,  touching  a  tenement 
in  Shyireneton. 

A.D.  1290. —  A  final  concord  was  made  at  Westmin- 
ster, in  three  weeks  of  Trinity,  between  William  de 
Stokes,  querent,  and  Thomas  Franccys  and  Agjics,  his 
wife,  deforciants,  for  two  messuages,  fifteen  acres  of 
meadow,  and  seven  acres  and  the  moiety  of  a  virgate 
of  land  in  Northbury  and  Syrreneton.  Plea  of  cove- 
nant was  summoned.  Thomas  and  Agnes  acknowl- 
edged the  right  of  Walter,  as  by  their  gift.  For  this 
Walter  granted  the  same  to  them  for  their  lives,  to 
hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee  by  the  service  be- 
lonoiins:.  After  the  death  of  both  Thomas  and 
Agnes  the  said  tenement  shall  wholly  remain  to 
Thomas,  their  son,  to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  as 
aforesaid. 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  355 

STOKE-COURCY. 

Prob.  twelfth  century. —  Grant  by  Nicholas  Poher 
to  St.  Andrew,  of  Stoke  (Courcy),  and  the  monks 
thereof,  of  land  in  Middleton.  Witnesses,  William 
Poher,  Joan,  the  mother  of  Nicholas,  Fiilk,  the  son  of 
Richard  Francus,  Ralph  the  clerk  who  wrote  the 
charter,  and  others. 


CATSASH  HUNDRED. 

WESTON. 

27  Edward  I.  (1298-99). —  Willelmus  Fraunceys^ 
junior,  has  shown  that,  when  in  the  King's  Court,  he 
recovered  his  seisin  against  Walterus  le  Blund,  of 
eight  acres  of  land  and  a  half,  with  its  appurtenances, 
in  Magna  Weston,  near  by  Camel  Regis. 

28  Edward  I.  (i 299-1 300). —  The  king  to  the  sher- 
iff of  Somerset.  Willelmus  Frauiiceys,  junior,  has 
shown  that,  when  at  the  King's  Court  at  Taunton,  he 
recovered  his  seisin  against  Walterus  le  Blund,  of  two 
messuages,  twenty-nine  and  a  half  acres  of  land,  seven 
acres  of  meadow,  and  \2d.  \ob.  of  rent,  with  its  appur- 
tenances, in  Magna  Weston,  near  by  Camel  Regis. 

31  Edward  I.  (1302-3). —  The  king  to  the  sheriff 
of  Somerset,  greeting.  Willehnus,  son  of  Willcbnus 
Frauiiceys,  has  shown  that,  when  in  the  King's  Court 


356  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

at  Sumerton,  he  recovered  his  seisin  against  Hum- 
fridus  de  Bello  Campo  and  AHcia,  his  wife,  of  three 
acres  and  a  half  of  land,  with  its  appurtenances,  in 
Magna  Weston,  near  by  East  Camel,  etc. 


CHEWTON    HUNDRED. 

TEMPLE. 

33  Edward  111.(1359). —  The  king,  by  the  assent, 
etc.,  of  Nicholas  de  Cadbury,  commits  to  Rcginaldus 
Ic  French  the  custody  of  one  messuage  and  six  acres 
of  land  at  la  Temple,  near  by  Chuton,  and  three  tofts 
of  land  and  pasture  in  the  vill  of  Knolle,  of  which 
Robertus  Gyen  died  seised,  to  hold  until,  etc.,  giving 
for  the  same  to  the  king  45-.  6^.  per  annum. 


WEST     HARPTREE. 

A.D.  1 201. —  Willelmus  filius  Willelmi  filii  Johannis 
gives  5  marks  for  having  an  inquiry  made  b}^  a  jury  of 
leo'al  men  if  Walterus  filius  Thomae  has  twelve  li- 
brates  of  land  in  Westharptre  and  in  Porteheved  which 
the  aforesaid  Willelmus  granted  him  by  his  charter. 
Among  the  pledges  was  Robertus  Franceis. 


SOMERSE  TSHIRE.  3  5  7 


GLASTON-TWELVE-HIDES    HUNDRED. 

GLASTONBURY. 

A,D.  1266. —  To  all  who  see  or  hear  this  writing, 
Willelmus  Peytwyn,  of  Melnes,  greeting  in  the  Lord. 
Know  that  I  by  this  present  writing  firmly  bind  my- 
self to  Robert  (de  Pederton),  abbott  of  Glastonbury, 
and  his  successors,  that  from  this  time  forth  during 
my  lifetime  I  shall  neither  give,  sell,  or  alienate  in 
any  way  the  messuages,  curtilages,  lands,  meadows, 
tenements,  rents,  homages,  services,  reliefs,  or  escheats 
belonQ-insf  to  the  tenement  which  I  hold  in  the  vill  of 
Melnes  of  the  abbot  and  church  of  Glastonbury. 
And,  if  I  should  do  so,  or  attempt  to  do  so,  the  abbot 
and  his  successors  or  their  bailiffs  may  enter  and  take 
possession  of  my  whole  tenement  which  I  hold  of 
them  in  the  vill  of  Melnes,  and  forever  hold  it  for  the 
monastery  of  Glastonbury,  without  objection,  reten- 
tion, or  claim  by  me  or  my  heirs.  In  testimony 
whereof  I  have  appended  my  seal  to  the  present  writ- 
ing. Hiis  testibus,  Michaele  le  Goyz,  Reginaldo  de 
Ivichorn',  Roberto  de  Wotton,  Roberto  Franccys, 
Gaufrido  Samuel,  G.  Palayn,  Willelmo  de  la  Clive,  et 
aliis.  Given  at  Glastonbury,  on  the  i8th  Kal.  Sep- 
tember, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1266,  and  in  the 
fiftieth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry,  son  of  King 
John. 


35S  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

About  the  last-named  period  are  the  two  following- 
deeds  :  — 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  and  those  to  come 
that   I,  Willelmus   Peytevin,  of    Melnes,  have    given, 
granted,  conceded,  and  quitclaimed  in  perpetuity,  for 
me  and    my  heirs,  to   my   lords    Robertus,  abbot  of 
Glastonbury  (abbot  from  1261   to   1274),  and  the  con- 
vent of  that  place,  and  their  successors,  and  to  the 
monastery  of   Glastonbury,  all    the    right    and    claim 
I  had  in  three  acres  of  arable  land   in   the   fields  of 
Melnes,  which  Adam  le  Bur  formerly  held  of  me  as  a 
sift,  two  acres  of  which  lie   in   the  eastern  field  "  in 
Sutcumba  subtus  Mulnembeche,"  and  one  acre  in  the 
western  field  which  is  called  Langacre  at  Babynton', 
and  half  an  acre  which  lies  in  the   fields   of  Melnes, 
above    the    croft    of    Gaufridus  Samuel ;   and  all   the 
claim  I  had  in  the  meadow  called  Brodemede,  above 
Dicheputte,  which  meadow  the  aforesaid  Adam  for- 
merly held  of  me.     To  have  and  to  hold,  with  hom- 
ages, reliefs,   wards,  escheats,  rents,  services,  and  all 
other  appurtenances,  to  the  aforesaid  abbot  and  con- 
vent and  their  successors  and  the  monastery  of  Glas- 
tonbury,  in  free,  pure,   and   perpetual    alms,    without 
any  withholding,  of  me  or  my  heirs.      In  testimony  of 
which  I  have  strengthened  this  present  writing  with 
the  impression  of  my  seal.     Hiis  testibus,  Y.  le  Goyz, 
Roberto    de   Wotton',    Roberto  le  Franceys,    Galfrido 
Samuel,  Willelmo  de  la  Clive,  et  aliis. 

May  it  be  known  to  all  who  see  or  hear  this  pres- 


SOMERSETSHIRE.,  359 

ent  writing  that  I,  Galfridus  Samuel,  of  Melnes,  for 
me  and  my  heirs,  acknowledge  and  recognize  that  I 
hold  forever  of  the  lord  the  abbot  and  monastery  of 
Glastonbury  the  whole  tenement  and  land  with  its 
appurtenances  which  belonged  to  Johannes  Dogge- 
tayl,  in  Melnes,  giving  to  the  abbot  and  monastery  of 
Glastonbury  yearly  \os.  sterling  at  four  terms.  In 
testimony  of  which  I  have  appended  my  seal  to  this 
present  writing.  Hiis  testibus,  Domino  Alano  de 
Waltona,  milite,  Roberto  de  Wotton',  Willcbno  le 
Frmiceys,  Willelmo  de  la  Clyve,  et  aliis. 


HARTCLIFFE   AND    BEDMINSTER    HUNDRED. 

WINFORD   AND    FELTON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Johannes  le  French  paid 
18^.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for  carrying  on  the 
war  with  Scotland. 


HOUNDSBOROUGH,      BERWICK,      AND     COKER 

HUNDRED. 

BERWICK. 

At  the  inquisition  of  the  manor  of  Berewyk,  in  the 
county  of  Somerset,  late  of  George  de  Cantilupe, 
made  at  Berewyk,  Wednesday  next  after  Epiphany,  in 


36o  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

the  second  year  of  Edward  I.  (1274),  before  Roger  de 
Crofte,  clerk,  Master  Richard  de  CHfford,  and  Robert 
Radinton,  subescheator  of  the  said  county,  the  jurors 
say  that  the  said  George  held  the  manor  of  Berewyk 
of  Lord  John  de  Burg  in  chief  by  the  service  of  half 
a  knight's  fee,  etc.  There  are  rents  of  free  tenants 
47i-.  6d. ;  namely,  of  Henry  Franc,  for  half  a  virgate 
of  land,  35-.,  etc. 

NORTON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Willelvms  Ic  Frensch  paid 
35-.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for  carrying  on  the  war 
with  Scotland. 


HUNTSPILL   AND    PURITON    HUNDRED. 

PURITAN. 

A.D.  1261. —  Fine  at  Westminster,  in  the  quinzaine 
of  Easter,  between  Alexander  de  Chykengrave  and 
Cristiana,  his  wife,  Geoffry  le  Carpenter  and  Mar- 
geria,  his  wife,  claimants,  and  William  de  Monz,  of 
Pyriton,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  tenants,  for  two  parts  of 
twenty-four  acres  of  land,  and  a  rod  of  meadow,  and 
18^/.  rent,  in  Skawell,  which  Alexander  and  Crist iana, 
Geoffrey  and  Margeria,  claimed  as  their  part,  coming 
to  them  by  inheritance,  from  Eninia  la  Fran nc hey sse, 
the  mother  of  Fristiana,  Margeria,  and  Agnes,  whose 


SOMERSE  TSHIRE.  3  6 1 

heirs  they  were.  Alexander  and  Cristiana,  Geoffrey 
and  Margeria,  quitclaimed  their  right  to  William  and 
Agnes.  For  this  William  and  Agnes  gave  them  7 
marks. 


KEYNSHAM    HUNDRED. 

MARKSBURY. 

In  44  Henry  III.  (1259-60)  Thomas  ie  Frcnsce 
was  a  tenant  in  Markesbur  of  the  Abbey  of  Glas- 
tonbury. 

KILMERSDON     HUNDRED. 

BABINGTON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Richardtts  le  Frensli,  of 
Babyngtone,  paid  2s.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for 
carrying  on  the  war  against  Scotland. 

BUCKLAND. 

Circa  a.d.  1280. —  Auicia,  widow  of  Thomas  Maras- 
callus,  in  her  widowhood  granted  to  Johannes  Pert- 
rich  and  Clemencia,  his  wife,  one  acre  of  arable  land 
in  the  western  field  of  Bochland  and  all  her  land  on 
the  west  side  of  her  house,  for  20^-.  of  silver  and  an 


362  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

annual  rent  of  one  rose  at  the  feast  of  the  Nativity  of 
Saint  John  the  Baptist  for  aU  service.  Hiis  testibus, 
Thome  Franceis,  Johanne  Fullone  de  Lullyngton,  et 
aliis, 

MIDDELTON. 

A.D.  1283-S6. —  Rohs  of  the  fees  held  of  the  king  in 
capite  in  the  counties  of  Somerset  and  Dorset,  ac- 
cording to  inquisitions  held  about  this  subject  before 
Johannes  de  Kirkeby,  then  the  king's  treasurer,  and 
his  associates. 

Willelmus  le  Franccis  and  Gilbertus  de  la  Forde 
hold  one  knight's  fee  in  Middleton  of  Anselmus  de 
Gurnay,  who  holds  of  the  king.  The  service  is  not 
mentioned. 

STRATTON. 

A.D.  1280. —  At  the  pleas  before  the  justices  itin- 
erant, on  the  morrow  of  Ascension  Day,  Thomas  de 
Sancto  Vigore  was  summoned  to  show  by  what  war- 
rant he  claimed  to  have  warren,  fair,  etc.,  in  the 
manor  of  Stratton,  and  elsewhere  in  this  county,  with- 
out license,  etc. 

The  said  Thomas  came,  and  said  that  he  had  the 
said  warren,  etc.,  by  charter  of  King  Henry  III.,  etc. 
Willelmus  Fratinceys,  one  of  the  jurors,  did  not  ap- 
pear; but  the  jurors  of  the  hundred  of  Kynesmersdon, 
together  with    the  knights  elected    for  this  purpose. 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  363 

said  upon  their  oath  that  aforesaid  Thomas  and  his 
ancestors  had  the  said  liberty  without  encroaching  or 
usurping  the  right  of  the  king  or  his  ancestors. 


KINGSBURY,    WEST,    HUNDRED. 

LYDIARD    PUNCHARDON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Roger2is  French  paid  6d.  as 
his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for  carrying  on  the  war  with 
Scotland. 

MILVERTON    HUNDRED. 

MILVERTON. 

A.D.  1235. —  A  fine  was  made  at  Ivelcestre  (Ilches- 
ter),  on  Sunday  next  after  Saint  Lucie,  between  Regi- 
nald Wulwine,  claimant,  and  Gilbert  de  Germunvill, 
tenant,  for  a  messuage  and  a  furlong  of  land  in  Mil- 
verton ;  and  between  the  same  Reginald,  claimant, 
and  the  said  Gilbert,  who  called  William  le  Fra7iceis 
to  warrant,  for  a  furlong  of  land  in  the  same  vill ;  and 
between  the  same  Reginald,  claimant,  and  the  said 
Gilbert,  who  called  Walter  fitz  Walter  to  warrant,  for 
a  furlong  of  land  in  the  same  vill ;  and  between  the 
same  Reginald,  claimant,  and  the  said  Gilbert,  who 
called  John  Comin  to  warrant,  for  a  furlong  of  land 


364  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

in  the  same  vill ;  and  between  the  same  Reginald, 
claimant,  and  the  said  Gilbert,  who  called  Thomas 
Baggehegh  to  warrant,  for  one  acre  of  meadow  in 
the  same  vill.  Assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  was  sum- 
moned. Reginald  quitclaimed  to  Gilbert  all  his 
rio^hts.     For  this  Gilbert  orave  him   10  marks. 

4  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d  ancestor  arraigned 
by  Margery  la  Franuccysc  against  John  de  Burbache 
and  Robert  Fayermay,  touching  possessions  in  Mil- 
verton. 


NORTH    PETHERTON    HUNDRED. 

BRIDGEWATER. 

I  Edward  I.  (1272-73). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d  ancestor  arraigned 
by  Thomas  Fra^mccys  and  Agues,  his  wife,  against 
William  Doding'  and  Radulph  Doding',  touching  a 
messuage  in  Briggewauter. 

3  Edward  1.(1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d  ancestor  arraigned 
by  Thipmas)  le  Frainiccys  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  against 
Richard  Pik',  touching  a  messuage  in  Brugewauter. 

Another  appointment  to  take  the  assize  of  mort 
d'ancestor  arraigned  by  Thovias  Franccis  and  Agues, 
his  wife,  against  Robert  de  Piriton  and  others,  touch- 
ing possessions  in  Bridgewater. 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  365 

4  Edward  1.(1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Thomas  le  Fratuiccis  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  against 
Richard  Pik'  and  others,  touching  messuage  in 
Bridgewater. 

A  writ,  witnessed  by  the  king  at  Westminster,  on 
the  28th  of  April,  1382,  was  addressed  to  John  Rodes- 
ton,  the  king's  escheator  in  Somersetshire,  by  which 
he  was  directed  to  take  the  verdict  of  a  jury  whether 
it  would  be  to  the  damage  or  prejudice  of  the  king  or 
others  if  license  should  be  given  to  Robert  Crosse, 
parson  of  the  church  of  Spaxton,  to  give  and  assign 
six  messuages,  one  hundred  and  nine  acres  of  arable 
land,  and  eight  acres  of  meadow,  with  appurtenances, 
in  Poulet,  to  the  prioress  and  convent  of  Canyngton, 
for  her  and  her  successors  to  find  two  sufficient  and 
good  w^ax  candles,  "duos  cereos  vocatos  Torches," 
one  at  the  right  and  one  at  the  left  corner  of  the 
high  altar  in  the  priory  church,  to  burn  through  and 
from  the  time  of  consecration  daily  and  every  day  at 
mass,  in  honor  of  the  same,  to  the  conclusion  of  the 
service. 

The  inquisition  consequent  upon  this  was  taken 
before  the  said  John  Rodeston,  at  Bryggewater,  on 
the  Thursday  in  Whitsun-week,  in  the  fifth  year  of 
the  aforesaid  king;  and  the  jurors,  among  whom 
was  John  Frenssh,  returned  a  favorable  verdict. 


366  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

CHEDZOY. 

4  Edward  I.  (1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  TJioinas  Fraiiuccis  and  Agues,  his  wife,  against 
Richard  Pig  and  others,  touching  common  of  pasture 
in  Chedzoy  ("  Chedeseye  "). 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Richardiis  Frc7issh,  of 
Chedesey,  paid  \2d.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for 
carrying  on  the  war  with  Scotland. 


PORTBURY    HUNDRED. 

BOURTON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Robcrtiis  le  French  paid 
\2d.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for  carrying  on  the 
war  with  Scotland. 

EASTON    IN    GORDANO. 

A.D.  1293. —  Fine  at  Westminster,  in  the  octaves  of 
St.  Michael,  between  John  de  Howclle,  querent,  and 
William,  son  of  TJionias  le  Frannceys,  and  Agnes,  his 
wife,  deforciants,  for  a  messuage,  forty  acres  of  land, 
eieht  acres  of  meadow,  and  six  acres  of  wood  in 
Eston,  in  Gordon.  Plea  of  covenant  was  summoned. 
William  and  Agnes  acknowledged  the  right  of  John 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  367 

to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  that  fee  by  the  service 
belonging;  and  they  warranted  the  same.  For  this 
John  granted  that  he  would  render  every  year  to 
Willia7iz  and  Agues,  for  the  life  of  Agnes,  4  marks 
at  four  terms ;  after  the  decease  of  Agnes,  John  shall 
be  quit  of  the  said  payment. 


PORTBURY. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Johmmes  French  paid 
\2d.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for  carrying  on  the 
war  with  Scotland. 


SOMERTON  HUNDRED. 

ARLE. 

This  place  was  located  in  the  hundred  of  Somer- 
tone  Forinsecum. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Willelmus  le  Frensch,  of 
this  place,  paid  i8</.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for 
carrying  on  the  war  with  Scotland. 


KINGSDON. 

A.D.  1256. —  A  final  concord  was  made  at  Ivelcestre, 
in  a  month  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist,  between  Brian 
de  Gowiz,  querent,  and  Robert,  son  of  Alice  la  Fran- 


368  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

ccis,  deforciant,  for  thirty-six  acres  of  land  in  Kynges- 
don ;  and  between  the  same  Brian,  querent,  and  Will- 
iam, son  of  Matilda,  deforciant,  for  thirty-six  acres  of 
land  in  the  same  vill.  Plea  of  covenant  was  sum- 
moned. Robert  and  William  acknowledged  the  right 
of  Brian.  For  this  Brian  granted  the  same  to  them ; 
namely,  to  each  of  them  the  land  which  he  demanded 
as^ainst  them,  to  hold  to  them  and  the  heirs  of  their 
bodies  begotten,  of  him,  rendering  per  annum  i6^. 
That  is  to  say,  Robert  Sjt.  and  William  S^-,  by  quar- 
terly payments,  and  doing  the  regal  service,  as  much 
as  belonQ;;s  to  so  much  land  of  that  fee  in  that  vill. 
And,  if  it  happen  that  Robert  and  William  shall  die 
without  heirs  of  their  bodies,  the  said  land  shall  revert 
to  Brian.  And  be  it  known  that  Robert  and  William 
cannot  give,  sell,  injure,  or  in  any  manner  alienate 
nor  waste  or  spoil  the  said  land;  for,  if  they  die  with- 
out heirs  of  their  bodies,  the  whole  must  revert  to 
Brian. 


TAUNTON   AND   TAUNTON-DEAN    HUNDRED. 

STOKE. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Willelimis  Frensh  paid 
5^.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for  carrying  on  the  war 
with  Scotland. 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  369 

WELLOW    HUNDRED. 
DUNKERTON. 

A.D.  1295. —  Fine  at  Westminster,  in  the  octave  of 
Saint  John  the  Baptist,  between  Nicholas  Fraunccys 
and  Roger,  his  brother,  querents,  and  William  Fraun- 
ceys,  of  Langeton  (Langton  Herring,  in  Dorset), 
and  Agnes,  his  wife,  deforciants,  for  two  parts  of  two 
messuao^es  and  a  carucate  of  land  and  a  half  in  Dun- 
kerton  and  Cridlyncote.  Plea  of  covenant  was  sum- 
moned. William  and  Agnes  acknowledged  the  same, 
together  with  the  homage  and  service  of  Gregory  de 
Cridelyncote,  chaplain,  and  of  Nicholas  de  Horssyng- 
ton  in  respect  of  the  tenement  which  he  held  of  them 
in  the  said  vill,  to  be  the  right  of  Nicholas,  to  hold 
to  Nicholas  and  Rop-er  and  the  heirs  of  Nicholas  of 

o 

the  chief  lords  of  that  fee.  And  William  and  Agnes 
quitclaimed  to  Nicholas  and  Roger  all  the  right  they 
had  in  one-third  part  of  two  messuages  and  a  caru- 
cate and  a  half  of  land  which  Petronilla,  who  was  the 
wife  of  Walter  le  Balun,  held  in  dower,  the  inheritance 
of  Agnes  in  the  said  vill.  Williain  and  Agnes  also 
quitclaimed  to  Nicholas  and  Roger  all  the  right  they 
had  in  one-third  part  of  half  a  carucate  of  land  which 
Richard  de  la  Folye  and  Ela,  his  wife,  held  in  dower 
of  Ela  from  the  inheritance  of  Agnes  in  the  said  vill ; 
and  William  and  A^nes  warranted  the  same.  For 
this  Nicholas  and  Roger  gave  William  and  Agnes  60/. 


370  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

sterling.  This  concord  was  made  in  the  presence  of 
Gregory  and  Nicholas,  who  agreed  thereto,  and  did 
fealty  to  N^icJiolas  and  Roger  in  the  court. 

32  Edward  I.  (1303-4). —  The  king  to  the  sheriff, 
greeting.  Willclums  Franccis,  junior,  has  shown  that, 
when  in  the  King's  Court  at  Sumerton,  he  recovered 
his  seisin  against  Petronilla,  who  had  been  w^ife  of 
Walter  Walun,  and  others,  of  land,  four  hundred  feet 
in  length  and  sixty-five  feet  in  breadth,  and  a  third 
part  of  4^.  of  rent,  with  its  appurtenances,  in  Cridel- 
ingcote,  near  by  Dunkerton. 


NEWTON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Walter  us  le  Frcnsshe,  of 
Newton,  paid  (^s.  3^.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy  for 
carrying  on  the  war  with  Scotland. 


WELLS   FORUM    HUNDRED. 

WELLS    CITY. 

Bishop  Reginald  Fitzjocelin  de  Bohun  was  of  the 
family  of  the  Bohun,  of  the  Cotentin,  the  north-west 
corner  of  Normandy,  near  Carentan,  which  still  marks 
the  cradle  of  the  family.  His  father  was  Jocelin  de 
Bohun,  Bishop  of  Sarum  1 141-84;  and  Richard  de 
Bohun,  Bishop  of  Coutances,  1 151-79,  was  his  uncle. 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  371 

Savoric,  the  cousin  of  Bishop  Reginald,  succeeded 
him  as  Bishop  of  Bath  in  1192.  He  was  younger 
brother  of  Franco  de  Bohun. 

Bishop  Reginald,  between  the  years  1 1 74-80, 
o-ranted  a  charter  to  the  town  of  Wells,  of  which  the 
following  is  a  partial  synopsis.  He  grants  that  the 
town  of  Wells  shall  be  a  free  borough ;  that  every  one 
dwelling  within  its  limits,  and  possessing  a  messuage 
in  the  name  of  a  burgage,  should  have  freedom  of 
dwelling,  going  and  coming,  also  of  mortgaging,  sell- 
ing, and  granting  their  houses,  except  to  houses  of 
religion.  He  reserves  to  the  bishop  the  payment  of 
1 2d.  a  year  out  of  every  house  in  the  borough ;  forbids 
sale  of  raw  skins  or  hides  within  the  limits  of  the 
borough ;  grants  authority  to  hold  a  court  for  settle- 
ment of  disputes,  and  for  civil  and  criminal  trials, 
except  in  cases  where  deadly  wounds  or  injuries  for 
life  had  been  inflicted,  without  any  fee  to  the  bishop's 
justices.  He  reserves  to  the  bishop  right  of  appeal, 
and  ri^ht  to  interfere  or  revise  the  sentence  of  the 
burgesses  if  they  failed  to  do  justice.  Galfridus 
frayiais  is  among  the  twenty-two  witnesses. 

A.D.  1263. —  Inspeximus  and  confirmation  by  Ed- 
ward, the  dean,  and  the  chapter  of  a  charter  of  Bishop 
William,  granting  to  Stephen  Russel  and  Joanna,  his 
wife,  a  fardel  of  land  in  Bocland,  in  Welyington 
manor,  pro  servitio  suo,  formerly  held  by  W.  Russel, 
at  a  rent  of  6^.  M.  a  year,  besides  Peter's  penny,  the 
hundred  penny,  etc.,  and  the  duty  of  fencing  West- 


372  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

bury  Park,  saving  also  a  winter  and  summer 
ploughing  to  be  made  by  them.  Witnesses,  John 
Forti,  chancellor  of  Wells,  TJwmas  Frajiceis,  senes- 
chal of  the  bishop,  and  others.  Given  in  the  chapter 
Nov.  I  3,  1263. 


HENTON. 

4  Edward  I.  (1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Richard,  son  of  Peter  de  Hurst,  against  Thomas  Ic 
Franiiccys  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Henton. 


WHITESTONE    HUNDRED. 

A.D.  1225. —  Ricardiis  Ic  Franceys  was  taken  for  the 
death  of  Robertus  filius  Goldine,  and  the  serjeant  of 
the  abbot  of  Glastonbury  took  him  into  his  custody. 
This  must  be  discussed. 

Afterwards  Ricardiis  is  arrested,  and  defends  all  of 
it,  and  puts  himself  upon  the  county.  Therefore,  the 
sheriff  of  Somerset  is  commanded  that  in  full  county 
court  before  him,  Jordanus  Oliver,  Johannes  de 
Reyni,  and  Radulfus  de  Lidiard,  he  do  convene  the 
four  neighboring  hundreds,  etc.,  and  diligently  make 
inquest  by  their  oath,  and  according  to  the  result  of 
the  inquest  do  let  Ricardiis  have  his  judgment. 


SOMERSETSHIRE.  373 

DOULTING. 

In  I  Edward  III.  (1327)  Hairinis  le  French.,  of 
villata  de  Doultynge,  paid  (id.  as  his  quota  of  the 
subsidy  for  carrying  on  the  war  with  Scotland. 


WHITLEY  HUNDRED. 


OTHERY. 


A.D.  1235-52. —  Thomas  Franceis  holds  ten  acres 
of  land  here  of  the  Abbey  of  Glastonbury,  for  which 
he  renders  3^-.  \d.  per  annum  for  all  service. 

A.D.  1235-52. —  Ricardus  Franceis  holds  of  the 
Abbey  of  Glastonbury  four  acres  of  meadow  in 
Othery  Moors,  two  in  Stubbrech  and  two  in  Lange- 
dem,  and  "  de  Benet"  one  acre  and  a  half  for  22^. 


WESTON    ZOYLAND. 

A.D.  1235-52. —  Thomas  Franceis  holds  two  acres 
and  a  half  of  land  in  the  field  of  Sowy  Weston,  and 
a  messuage  with  curtilage  "super  la  Hamme,"  of  the 
Abbey  of  Glastonbury,  rendering  2s.  per  annum  for 
all  service. 

A.D.  1237. —  At  this  time  the  moors  belonging  to 
the  manor  of  Sowy,  held  by  the  Abbey  of  Glaston- 


374 


SOMERSE  TSHIRE. 


bury,  were  changed  into  meadow.  Among  those 
paying  to  the  abbey  for  the  improvement  was  Wal- 
tcrtis  Frauccis,  who  gave  6d. 

A.D.  1261-74. —  Thomas  Francois  paid  a  rent  of  3^". 
to  the  said  abbey  for  eight  and  a  half  acres  of  moor- 
land in  Weston;  and  Waltcms  Frauccis  paid  4.T.  lod. 
to  the  same  abbey  for  nine  acres  of  moorland  in  the 
same  place. 


WINTERSTOKE   HUNDRED. 

BLAGDON. 

In  I  Edward  III.  {12,2'j)  Ric/iardiis  le  Frey7isch,  of 
Blakedone,  paid  35.  ^^.  as  his  quota  of  the  subsidy 
for  carrying  on  the  war  with  Scotland. 

CHEDDER. 

A.D.  1245. —  Inspeximus  by  Thomas,  prior  of  Bath, 
etc.,  of  a  charter  of  Roger,  Bishop  of  Bath,  granting 
to  Mabel,  wife  of  William  de  Stokes,  land  which 
Richard,  son  of  Robert  Franccys,  some  time  held  in 
the  bishop's  manor  of  Ceddre ;  also  a  mill  with 
messuage  and  curtilage  in  the  said  manor,  some 
time  held  by  Robei^t  Franceys,  for  life.  Rent,  \2s. 
8d.  Reserved,  the  mark  of  silver  to  the  lady  Agatha 
de  Corscumbe,  which  she  is  wont  to  receive  from  the 


SOMERSE  TSHIRE. 


375 


mill.  Mabel  may  not  marry  without  the  counsel  of 
the  bishop  or  his  successors,  or  else  the  mill,  etc.,  to 
revert  to  them.  For  this  grant  Mabel  has  paid  as 
bonus  (in  gersuma)  lo  marks.  Given  by  the  hand 
of  Master  Richard  de  Holdeswithe,  at  Kingesbyrie, 
I  Id.  June,  first  year  of  our  pontificate.  Confirma- 
tion dated  at  Bath,  i6  Kal.  Jul.  1245. 

A.D.  1 246. —  Confirmation  by  the  dean  and  chapter 
of  Wells,  reciting  the  bishop's  charter  which  grants  to 
William  de  Aure  and  Mabilia,  his  wife,  the  mill,  etc., 
formerly  held  by  Richard,  son  of  Robert  Franays,  of 
Chedder,  saving  to  Domina  Agatha  de  Corscumb, 
etc.,   I   mark  a  year. 

In  4  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  it  is  found  by  the  state- 
ment of  a  jury  that  the  manor  of  Cedderne  was  the 
demesne  of  King  John,  who  delivered  it  to  Hugo, 
Archdeacon  of  Wells,  by  charter,  in  fee  farm  for  20/. 
per  annum,  payable  at  Michaelmas.  This  Hugo  con- 
veyed it  to  Lord  Jocelinus,  the  Bishop  of  Bath,  with 
the  consent  of  King  John,  but  the  jurors  do  not  know 
by  what  warrant.  And  Lord  Willelmus,  Bishop  of 
Bath  and  Wells,  who  is  there  now,  holds  by  the  same 
rental  as  his  predecessors;  and  the  manor  with  the 
hundred  is  valued  at  30/.  per  annum. 

Robertus  de  Fraunceys,  according  to  the  statement 
of  the  jury,  once  held  one  carucate  of  land  together 
with  a  mill  in  free  socage,  of  ancient  demesne  of  the 
crown,  of  the  manor  of  Cedderne ;  and  Lord  Rogerus, 
Bishop    of    Bath    and    Wells,    twenty-six    years    ago 


376  SOMERSETSHIRE. 

granted  this  carucate  too-ether  with  the  mill  to  Willel- 
miis  de  Aure,  by  his  charter,  to  be  held  free  of  the 
bishop  and  his  successors  for  a  rent  of  2  marks  per 
annum. 

EAST    HARPTREE. 

In  18  Edward  III.  (1344)  Johannes  le  Walshe  and 
others  are  ordered,  in  virtue  of  a  certain  commission, 
to  take  into  the  kino-'s  hands  20/.  of  rent  of  the  tene- 
ments  at  one  time  belonging  to  Lord  Thomas  de 
Gourneye  in  Estharpetre,  which  Eborai^dits  Frcnshe 
held  for  a  term  of  three  years  after  the  demise  of  said 
Thomas, —  namely,  four  bovates  of  land  valued  at  14^-. 
per  annum,  six  acres  of  meadow  valued  at  ^s.  per 
annum,  the  crop  of  twelve  acres  of  corn  valued  at  20s. 
per  annum,  the  crop  of  two  acres  of  beans  valued  at 
35.  per  annum,  the  crop  of  four  acres  of  oats  valued 
at  55.  4<'/.,  in  the  said  vill  of  Estharpetre,  six  oxen  ap- 
praised at  60^.,  twenty-four  sheep  appraised  at  4/.  303-., 
and  to  take  the  yearl)'  rent  in  Capenore  of  the  tene- 
ment of  Johannes  atte  Chapelle  and  all  the  tithes  of 
the  church  of  Estharpetre,  appraised  at  16  marks, 
which  the  aforesaid  Eborardtis  bought  of  the  parson 
of  the  church ;  and  they  are  ordered  to  deliver  cus- 
tody, etc.,  to  the  said  Eborardns,  if  he  can  find  among 
his  friends  sufficient  surety  to  answer  to  the  king. 


STAFFORDSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1 182,  Michaelmas. —  At  the  Nova  Placita  et 
Novae  Conventiones  held  before  Godefridus  de  Luci 
and  others,  Roberhis  le  Franceis,  a  vintner,  was 
amerced  for  selling  wine  against  the  assize;  and  he 
paid  half  a  mark  by  the  sheriff. 

A.D.  1 187,  Michaelmas. —  At  the  Nova  Placita  et 
Novae  Conventiones  held  before  Robertus  Marmium, 
Radulphus  de  Arden,  and  others,  Bernardus  de  Staf- 
ford and  Willielmus  Franceis  had  been  amerced  as 
sureties  for  Robertus  le  Franceis.  The  former  paid  2 
marks,  and  the  latter  i  mark  by  the  hand  of  the 
sheriff. 

A.D.  1189-90. —  At  the  Nova  Placita  et  Novae  Con- 
ventiones held  before  Radulphus  de  Ardena  and  his 
associates,  Robertus  Franceis  is  amerced  66^.  %d.  for  a 
novel  disseisin. 

A.D.  1 19 1-92. —  Robertus  le  Franceis  owes  66i-.  8^. 
for  disseisin,  for  which  he  is  pardoned  by  a  writ  of  the 
king. 

A.D.  1195-96. —  At  the  Nova  Placita  et  Novae  Con- 
ventiones held    before    Willielmus,   Bishop  of   Here- 


378  STAFFORDSHIRE. 

ford,  and  his  associates,  Willielmus  Franceis  was 
amerced  half  a  mark  for  selling  wine  against  the 
assize.     He  paid  \s,  jd.,  and  owed  is.  id. 

A.D.  1196-97. —  At  the  Nova  Placita  et  Novae  Con- 
ventiones  held  before  Willielmus,  Bishop  of  Hereford, 
and  his  associates,  Willielmus  le  Franceis  owed  2s.  \d. 
for  selling  wine  against  the  assize.  He  paid  \2d.  into 
the  treasury,  and  owes  13. 

In  10  Henry  HI.  (1225-26)  an  assize  came  to  make 
recognition  if  Robertus  le  Fratuiceis,  father  of  Jo- 
hannes, was  seized  of  the  manor  of  Hulle,  which  lands 
Robertus  Noel  holds;  who  came,  and  by  permission 
gave  up  to  Johannes  the  fifth  part  of  the  manor  of 
which  Robertus  le  Fraunceis,  his  father,  died  seized. 


CUTTLESTONE    HUNDRED. 

HIGH    ONN, 

In  the  Subsidy  Roll  of  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  III.  (1332)  is  found  that  Adam  le 
Fre7icJi,  of  Magna  Onne,  paid  ^s.  as  a  tax  on  account 
of  the  Scotch  war. 

WESTON    UNDER  LIZARD. 

Joha7i7ies  Franceis  was  among  the  witnesses  to  the 
following  conveyance  without  date.     It  was  evidently 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  379 

executed  before  the  year  12 14,  at  which  date  the 
confirmer  of  the  grant  was  dead.  Hamo  de  Weston 
confirmed  a  grant  of  land  which  Matilda,  daughter 
of  Wlmers,  made  to  her  brother  William  for  one 
bovate,  which  William  gave  to  the  said  Hamo.  This 
included  land  beyond  Marlebrun,  in  Beretilth,  in 
Culvecroft,  and  a  field  near  that  of  Alan  the  for- 
ester, in  Brademor. 

The  following  charter  was  probably  made  after  the 
year  12 14,  as  Hamo  de  Weston  was  deceased  at  that 
date,  and  his  son  William  is  among  the  witnesses:  — 

Know  those  present  and  those  to  come  that  I, 
Robertus  de  Bethertona,  have  given,  etc.,  to  God 
and  the  Church  of  St.  Thomas  (priory  of  St.  Thomas, 
near  Stafford),  for  the  safety  of  my  soul  and  those  of 
my  family,  in  free,  etc.,  alms,  five  acres  of  land  in  the 
vill  of  Weston,  four  acres  of  which  lie  between  the 
land  which  belonged  to  Hugo  Palmerus  and  the  piece 
of  meadow  in  the  moor  of  Radulphus,  and  are  ex- 
tended in  length  from  Hardelegesyche  to  the  land  of 
said  Robertus,  and  all  the  land  which  extends  from 
the  moor  of  Radulphus  to  Wathlingstreet,  between 
the  marlpit  of  the  said  Robertus  and  the  land  of  R. 
de  Gossich ;  and  one  acre,  consisting  of  two  butts, 
which  extends  from  Wachlingstreet  to  the  said  acres. 
To  have  and  hold,  etc.,  in  perpetuity,  freely,  etc.  (war- 
ranty and  seal).  Hiis  testibus,  Domino  Johanne  de 
Acton,  Roberto  de  Wyston,  Johanne  le  Bruntone, 
Wiliehno  le  Fraunceys,  Willielmo  filio  Hamonis,  Hen- 
rico de  Bosco,  et  aliis. 


38o  STAFFORDSHIRE. 

OFFLOW   HUNDRED. 

ALREWAS. 

A.D.  1307. —  Memorandum  of  the  King's  Parliament 
at  Carlisle,  on  Friday,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Hilary, 
in  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 

Petition  of  a  Johaujics  Fraiuiceys,  who  represented 
that  he  was  taken  at  the  battle  of  Rosselyn  (24th  of 
February,  1303),  and  had  lost  his  horses,  arms,  and 
everything  he  had,  and  was  detained  in  a  Scotch 
prison  for  fifty-seven  weeks,  and  had  to  pay  a  fine 
of  40  marks  for  his  release.  For  these  troubles, 
damages,  and  losses  he  prays  to  have  some  unculti- 
vated land  in  Alrewas,  in  the  county  of  Stafford, 
which  waste  contains  ^x  acres,  and  is  of  no  profit 
to  the  king;  and  he  offers  the  king  2}^2  marks 
per  annum  for  the  same.  Therefore,  Walterus  de 
Gloucester  and  Willelmus  de  Harden  are  ordered  to 
inquire  about  the  value  of  the  land,  etc.,  and  report  to 
the  king. 

BLITHBURY. 

The  date  of  the  following  charter  is  somewhat  de- 
fined by  Johannes  de  Stafford,  who  was  elected  abbot 
of  Burton  in  July,  1260,  and  resigned  in   1280:  — 

Be  it  known,  etc.,  that  I,  Ricardus,  son  and  heir  of 
Rogerus    filius    G  ...  of  Newland  (de    nova   terra). 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  381 

near  by  Blitham,  have  given,  etc.,  to  Dominus  Jo- 
hannes, abbot  of  Burton,  etc.,  to  hold  forever,  the 
mill  beyond  Blitham,  which  Ricardus,  the  miller, 
once  held  of  them,  etc.;  saving  for  myself  and  my 
heirs  free  grinding  of  my  own  corn  for  my  table  of 
le  Neulond.  Among  the  witnesses  was  Henricus 
Fraunceis,  of  Blithebiri. 

Hugo  Fraunceys,  of  Blithebur',  was  one  of  the 
manucaptors  of  Henricus  Mauveseyin,  knight  of  the 
shire,  elected  to  attend  at  the  Parliament  to  be  held 
at  York,  on  the  25th  of  May,  1298. 


BURTON    UPON   TRENT. 

To  all  faithful  in  Christ  who  shall  see  or  hear  this 
charter,  Willelmus  (Melburne,  1200-10),  by  divine  per- 
mission abbot  of  Burton,  and  the  whole  convent  of 
that  place,  greeting,  etc.  Be  it  known  to  all  of  you 
that  the  lord  the  king  for  his  salvation  has  granted 
us  permission  to  make  a  borough  at  Burton,  with  all 
the  liberties  and  free  customs  belonging  to  a  borough, 
and  confirmed  it  by  his  charter.  And  therefore  we 
will  that  all  who  after  this  royal  grant  took  burgage 
of  us, —  namely,  in  that  street  extending  from  the 
great  bridge  of  Burton  to  the  new  bridge  towards 
Horningelawe, —  both  they  and  their  heirs  may  hold 
it  freely  and  quietly,  giving  to  us  yearly  1 2d.  for  every 
burgage,    for    all    service,    payable    at    two    terms ; 


3  8  2  STAFFORDSHIRE. 

namely,  6d.  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael  and  6d.  at 
Easter.  And  every  burgage  shall  consist  of  twenty- 
four  perches  in  length  and  four  in  breadth ;  smaller 
tenants  to  pay  less  in  proportion.  We  also  grant 
that  the  burgesses  of  aforesaid  place  may  have  all 
the  liberties  and  free  customs  which  would  be  granted 
them  as  free  burgesses  of  any  neighboring  borough. 
And,  that  this  our  grant  may  be  firm  and  inviolable, 
we  have  strengthened  this  present  charter  by  our 
seal.  Hiis  testibus,  Jordano  de  Tok,  Willelmo  de 
Lawarde,  Dauj  de  Caldewelle,  Henrico  persona  de 
Etewelle,  Herberto  de  Stratton,  Radulfo  persona 
de  Stapenhille,  Reinaldo  de  sancto  Albano,  Hugone 
de  Findern,  Roberto  de  Bensicot,  Willelmo  Fran- 
c{eis?\  Petro  de  Derby,  Henrico  Geri,  Ricardo  Run- 
del  de  Tuttesbiri,  Roberto  Blundo,  Radulfo  Camber- 
lano,  Willelmo  de  Morleb.,  Adam  Marescallo,  et 
multis  aliis. 


HANDSWORTH. 

At  the  pleas  at  Tewkesbury,  on  the  15th  of  July, 
1209,  Alan  Francns,  by  Walter  de  Ardern  put  in  his 
place,  is  complainant  against  William  de  Paries,  ten- 
ant or  deforciant,  concerning  half  a  hide  of  land  in 
Huneswordne.  Alan  remitted  all  claim,  for  which 
William  gave  20s. 

A.D.  1 2 10,  October  19. —  Willelmus  de  Paries  claims 
against  Willelmus  de   Barre  forty  acres  of  wood  with 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  383 

its  appurtenances  in  Hunesworthe  as  his  right,  and  as 
belonging  to  a  hide  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in 
Hunesworthe,  which  Paganus  de  Paries  and  Alicia, 
his  mother,  had  recovered  against  Willelmus  filius 
Petri,  "per  finem  duelli  vadiati  et  percussi,"  in  the 
King's  Court  at  Westminster,  in  the  time  of  King 
Henry  H.,  so  that  they  after  the  duel  were  quiet,  and 
W.  and  Alicia  were  seized  of  this  wood,  taking  thereof 
a  rent  of  half  a  mark  and  more ;  and  that  Willelmus 
de  Barre  had  no  entry  in  this  wood  save  through 
Robertus  le  Fraunceis,  who  had  intruded  himself  in  it 
"  vi  et  injuria"  during  the  time  the  said  Willelmus 
was  in  prison  ;  and  he  (Willelmus  de  Paries)  offers 
40i".  for  having  an  inquisition  thereupon.  Willelmus 
de  Barre  defends  his  right,  and  says  that  the  wood  be- 
longs to  the  two  hides  which  he  holds  in  Barre,  and 
not  to  the  aforesaid  hide  in  Hunesworthe,  and  that 
Willelmus  de  Paries  and  Alicia  never  were  seized  of 
the  said  wood  nor  had  recovered  it  by  the  aforesaid 
duel.  The  day  given  them  to  hear  judgment  was  on 
the  2 2d  of  October  following. 

HARLESTON. 

"This  place,"  according  to  the  Staffordshire  Histor- 
ical Collections,  "  was  subject  to  the  Honour  of 
Chester  before  the  accession  of  Henry  H.  Between 
the  years  11 54  and  1157  Matilda  Countess  Dowager 
of  Chester  "  (daughter  of  Robert,  Earl  of  Gloucester), 


384  STAFFORDSHIRE. 

"havine  Harlaston  in  dower,  enfeoffed  Walter  de 
Vernon  in  the  same." 

In  II  Henry  11.(1164-65)  the  sheriff  renders  ac- 
count of  4^-.  dd.  rent  of  Harlaston. 

Richard  de  Vernon,  ist,  was  fined  in  22  Henry  H. 
(1175-76)  in  Staffordshire.  He  married,  probably 
late  in  the  reign  of  Henry  H.  or  early  in  that  of 
Richard  I.,  one  of  the  heiresses  of  William  de  Avenell, 
of  Haddon,  County  Derby. 

In  5  Richard  I.  (1193-94)  there  is  a  record  that  he 
had  previously  held  Harlaston,  and  had  forfeited  it,  as 
we  learn  from  the  account  which  Hugo  Pipard  ren- 
ders for  this  year  of  Harlaston,  who  states  that  there 
is  \os.  rent  of  the  land  of  Ricardus  de  Vernon  for  half 
a  year,  and  13^-.  A^d.  for  cattle  sold  there. 

In  7  Richard  I.  (1195-96)  Richard  de  Vernon's 
Harlaston  estate  was  still  in  the  king's  hands;  but  in 
the  eighth  year  of  the  same  king  (i  195-96)  Richard 
de  Vernon  makes  a  proffer  for  twenty  librates  of  land, 
as  we  infer  for  the  reversal  of  his  sentence.  In  the 
following  year  he  owes  20/.  for  twenty  librates  of  land, 
and  pays  during  the  year  the  half  of  his  fine.  And, 
as  Harlaston  was  no  longer  an  escheat,  it  probably 
constituted  the  twenty  librates  of  land  which  he  re- 
gained. In  the  second  year  of  King  John  (i  200-1) 
he  pays  into  the  treasury  the  last  47^-.  for  the  twenty 
librates  of  land,  and  he  is  quit. 

William  de  Vernon,  the  son  of  Richard  de  Vernon, 
ist,  in  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  385 

III.  (12 1 7-18),  annexed  to  his  liberty  three  hides  in 
Harlaston,  which  was  a  damage  to  the  king  of  <^s.  per 
annum. 

He  was  justiciary  of  Chester  in  the  time  of  Ra- 
nulph,  earl  of  that  county,  and  seems  to  have  suc- 
ceeded Philip  de  Orreby  in  the  year  1229,  holding 
the  ofiBce  until  the  year  1232.  He  left  two  sons, 
Richard  and  Robert. 

Richard  de  Vernon,  2d,  is  mentioned  as  Lord  of 
Harlaston  in  the  thirty-ninth  and  fortieth  regnal  years 
of  King  Henry  HI.  (1254-56).  About  this  time  there 
is  a  verdict  of  twelve  jurors  of  the  hundred  of  OfHow, 
who  say  upon  their  oath  that  Ricardus  de  Vernon 
holds  Harlaeston  of  the  Earl  of  Derby,  by  the  service 
of  one  knight's  fee ;  and  he  holds  plea  at  his  court  of 
Erlaeston  of  everything  except  "  namine  vetito,"  and 
he  has  view  of  frankpledge  without  cognizance  of 
the  sheriff,  but  it  is  not  known  by  what  warrant. 

His  inheritance  seems  to  have  gone  to  Hawise,  the 
daughter  of  his  brother,  Robert  de  Vernon,  married 
to  Gilbert  le  Fraunceys,  who  became  Lord  of  Harles- 
ton  at  a  later  period. 

Gilbert  le  Fraunceys  was  succeeded  as  Lord  of 
Harlaston  by  his  son  Richard  de  Vernon,  3d,  of  whom 
there  is  a  record  as  holding  that  place  in  the  year 
1283. 

A.D.  i2  79[-8o]. —  Litterae  Communes  to  the  dean 
of  Tamworth  concerning  the  will  of  Gilbert  le  Frau7i- 
ceys.     Dated  at  Wlstaneston,  16  Cal.  Aug. 


386  STAFFORDSHIRE. 

i6  Edward  1.(1287-88). —  An  assize,  etc.,  if  Adam 
Mauvaslet,  the  father  of  Richard  Mauvaslet,  was 
seized  in  fee,  etc.,  of  a  messuage  and  a  virgate  of  land 
in  Herlaweston  when  he  died,  which  Richard  de  Ver- 
nun,  3d,  holds,  who  stated  that  Richard  Mauvaslet 
could  have  no  claim  to  the  tenements  because  he  had 
released  all  his  right  in  them  to  Gilbert  [Fraunceys], 
his  father,  and  he  produced  the  deed.  Verdict  for 
Richard  de  Vernun. 

A.D.  1287-89. —  Richard  Mauvaslet  appeared  against 
Richard  de  Vernun,  3d,  in  a  plea  that  he  should  carry 
out  the  terms  of  a  convention  made  between  him  and 
Gilbert  le  Fratinceys,  the  father  of  the  said  Richard 
de  Vernun,  3d,  whose  heir  he  is,  respecting  a  toft 
and  forty  acres  of  land  in  Horlaveston.  Richard  de 
Vernun  did  not  appear,  and  the  sheriff  is  ordered  to 
distrain  and  produce  him  in  a  month  from  Easter. 

LICHFIELD   CITY. 

This  city  is  locally  in  Ofiflow  hundred. 

A.D.  1252. —  Mandate  to  the  precentor  and  John 
Francigena,  canon  of  Lichfield,  to  cause  Peter,  Arch- 
deacon of  Salop,  to  be  received  by  the  dean  and  chap- 
ter of  Hereford  as  canon,  and  inducted  to  the  pre- 
bend conferred  on  him  by  the  Bishop  of  Ostia  and 
Velletri.     Dated  at  Perugia,  in  June. 

At  Hilary,  1299,  Richard  de  Duddelegh  sued  Wal- 
ter le  Fraunceys  and  Isolda,  his  wife,  and  Joan  and 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  387 

Cristiana,  sisters  of  Isolda,  for  two  acres  in  Lyche- 
feld  as  his  right  and  inheritance.  The  defendants  did 
not  appear;  and  the  sheriff  was  ordered  to  take  the 
land  claimed  into  the  king's  hand,  and  to  summon 
them  for  the  morrow  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist. 

LITTLE   BARR. 

In  1 185,  among  the  tenants  of  Gervase  Paganel, 
was  Robert  de  Barra,  whose  name  appears  again  in 
October,  1208,  when  he  acknowledged  a  carucate  in 
Barr  to  be  the  right  of  Richard  fitz  Henry,  who  was 
to  hold  of  Robert  and  his  heirs.  Robert  de  Barr  was 
dead  before  the  following  December ;  for  a  fine  was 
levied  on  Monday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  An- 
drew, in  the  same  year,  by  which  William  de  Barr  ac- 
knowledged two  hides  of  land  in  Little  Barr  to  be  the 
right  of  Alan  Franceis,  who  remitted  and  quitclaimed 
it  for  himself  and  his  heirs  to  William  de  Ardern,  of 
Hamton,  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  the  said  William 
de  Ardern  granted  it  to  the  aforesaid  William  de 
Barr  and  his  heirs  forever,  William  de  Ardern  to 
hold  him  harmless  toward  the  chief  lord  for  the  ser- 
vice which  is  due  for  the  land  in  question. 

MAVESYN   RIDWARE. 

In  1258  a  covenant  was  made  between  Robertus 
Mauvsyn,  on  one  part,  and  Rogerus  de  Crane,  on  the 


388  STAFFORDSHIRE. 

other,  by  which  the  said  Robertus  demised  and  let  to 
the  said  Rogerus  all  his  land  in  Magna  Casterton, 
with  rents,  escheats,  reliefs,  and  homages,  with  all 
appurtenances,  except  the  dower  of  Lady  Matilda, 
mother  of  the  said  Robertus,  and  the  dower  of 
Alicia,  his  brother's  wife;  to  hold,  etc.,  rendering 
therefore  yearly  40^-.  sterling,  etc.,  for  all  service,  ex- 
cepting four  suits ;  namely,  two  to  the  wapentake  and 
two  to  the  hundred  (with  warranty).  Testibus,  dom- 
ino Radulfo  de  Normanvile,  domino  Th.  fratre  suo, 
Radulfo  de  Semiam,  Willelmo  de  Franco,  Roberto  de 
Sunderlond,  et  multis  aliis. 


TYMMORE. 

This  was  an  ancient  manor  on  the  right  side  of  the 
road  between  Whittington  and  Elford,  opposite  to 
Fisherwick  Park. 

Ranulf  held  Tymmore  at  Domesday  survey,  being 
two  carucates.  About  the  time  of  Henry  I.,  Simon 
Clericus  de  Lichfield  (Simon  le  Sage)  was  lord 
thereof.  He  had  issue  Petronella,  his  daughter  and 
heir,  who  married  Goddard  de  Timmore,  who  had 
issue  William,  who  was  lord  thereof. 

This  Petronella,  in  her  widowhood,  granted  to 
William  de  Vernun  the  mill  of  Tymore  and  meadow 
of  Goseholm. 

In  25  Henry  HI.  (1241)  is  a  covenant  between 
William  de  Vernon  and  William  de  Tymor,  by  which 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  389 

the  latter  let  to  William  de  Vernon  his  part  of  Gose- 
holm,  for  twenty  years,  for  looi". 

In  41  Henry  III.  (1256)  William  de  Tymor  let  the 
same  to  Richard  de  Vernon  (2d)  for  nineteen  years, 
for  3  marks  of  silver  and  one  robe. 

In  4  Edward  I.  (1276)  Hugh  de  Tymor  let  to  Gil- 
bert le  Franceys  his  part  of  Goseholm  for  ten  years  at 
333".  dfd.  Testibus,  domino  Petro  de  Ardern,  Andrea 
Selvayn,  Thoma  de  Thamenhorn,  Rogero  de  Cumber- 
ford,  etc. 

PIREHILL   HUNDRED. 

HIXON. 

A.D.  1239. —  At  the  Placita  apud  St.  Brigadam 
Londonii,  at  the  term  of  Holy  Trinity,  in  the  twenty- 
third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.,  Henry 
Blund  sued  Geoffrey  de  Greseleg  for  deforcing  him 
of  common  of  pasture  in  Kingeston,  belonging  to  his 
free  tenement  in  Huthesdon ;  and  Geoffrey  did  not 
appear,  and  was  attached  by  Gilbert  de  Morton  and 
Geoffrey  le  Franceis,  He  is  therefore  to  be  attached 
by  better  sureties  to  appear  at  the  same  term. 


NEWCASTLE   UNDER   LYME. 

In  1 1 99  Robertus  Francus  de  Novo  Castello  was 
amerced  half  a  mark  for  selling  wine  against  the 
assize. 


39° 


STAFFORDSHIRE. 


Petrus,  serviens  of  Robertus  Francus,  and  Williel- 
mus  filius  Adamae  were  amerced  half  a  mark  as 
above. 

SANDON. 

At  the  pleas  at  Westminster  at  Michaehnas  term, 
\2^'x>-^Joh7i  le  Fraunceys  appeared  against  Robert,  son 
of  Robert  de  Mulewitz,  and  Thomas,  his  brother,  in  a 
plea  that  they,  together  with  their  father  Robert,  had 
taken  ten  cartloads  of  turf  from  his  moor  in  Sandon. 
The  defendants  did  not  appear,  and  are  to  be  attached 
by  better  sureties  to  appear  on  the  morrow  of  the 
Purification. 

TIRLEY   CASTLE. 

At  the  assizes  of  1256  William  de  Goldstan  with- 
drew his  prosecution  against  Ralph  de  Butiller  and 
his  wife,  Matilda,  who  had  disseised  him  of  common 
of  pasture  in  Tyrlegh.  His  sureties  de  prosequendo 
were  William  fitz  Hugh  and  T/ioinas  Ic  Franceis,  both 
of  Seworthyn. 

A.D.  1275.  Trinity  term. —  Richard  de  London 
appeared  against  Philip  de  Arcy,  John  Devereus, 
Vivian  de  Standon,  Hugh  de  Dutton,  Walter  Dev- 
ereus, John  Pauncefot,  Robert  de  Somerville,  William 
Fraunceys,  William  de  Mortymer,  Nicholas  de  Hugge- 
ford,  and  thirty-seven  others  named  for  beating  and 
ill-treating  and  imprisoning  him  at  Thirlegh  vi  et 
armis,  and    for  which    he    claimed    20/.  as    damages. 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  391 

None  of  the  defendants  appear,  and  the  sheriff  is  or- 
dered to  distrain  them,  and  produce  them  at  Michael- 
mas term. 


SEISDON    HUNDRED. 

AMBLECOAT. 

A.D.  1270. —  At  the  pleas  at  Westminster,  in  the  oc- 
taves of  Holy  Trinity,  in  the  fifty-fourth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  HI.,  before  M.  de  Litlebiri  and 
others,  Thomas,  son  of  Hiigh  le  Fraunceys,  of  Amele- 
cote,  sued  Ingeran,  son  of  Laurence  de  Amelecote> 
for  a  messuage  and  two  acres  and  a  half  of  land  in 
Amelecote.  Ingeran  did  not  appear,  and  is  to  be 
summoned  in  a  month  after  Michaelmas  and  the 
land  to  be  taken  into  the  king's  hands. 

A.D.  1272. —  At  the  pleas  at  Westminster,  in  the  oc- 
taves of  Saint  Hilary,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  HI.,  Thomas,  son  of  Hugh  le 
Fratmceys,  of  Amelecote,  sued  Ingeran,  son  of  Lau- 
rence de  Amelecote,  for  a  messuage  and  two  acres 
and  a  half  of  land  in  Amelecote,  in  which  he  had  no 
entry  except  by  a  disseisin  unjustly  made  by  Lau- 
rence of  one  John  le  fevre  (the  smith),  of  Amelecote, 
the  grandfather  of  Thomas,  whose  heir  he  is.  In- 
geran appeared,  and  called  to  warranty  William  de 
Stafford,  who  appeared  to  the  summons,  and  war- 
ranted the  tenement  to  him,  and  stated  that  Laurence 


392 


STAFFORDSHIRE. 


had  entry  into  the  land  by  a  feoffment  made  by  one 
Cecilia  de  Stafford,  who  put  him  into  seisin  of  it,  and 
he  appealed  to  a  jury.  The  sheriff  is  ordered  to  sum- 
mon a  jury  in  the  county  and  return  the  inquisition 
into  the  court  at  the  octaves  of  Saint  John  the 
Baptist. 

A.D.  1272. —  At  the  Placita  de  Juratis  et  Assisis  at 
Lichefeld,  in  this  county,  on  the  morrow  of  Holy 
Trinity,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry  HI.,  before  R.  de  Hengham  and  his  associ- 
ates, justices,  Thomas,  son  of  Hugh  le  Franceys  of 
Amelecote,  sued  Ingeran,  son  of  Laurence  de  Amele- 
cote,  for  a  messuage  and  two  acres  and  a  half  in 
Amelecote,  in  which  the  said  Ingeran  had  no  entry 
except  by  a  disseisin  which  Laurence  de  Amelecote 
had  unjustly  made  of  John  le  Fevre,  of  Amelecote, 
the  grandfather  of  Thomas,  whose  heir  he  is. 

Ingeran  appeared,  and  called  to  warranty  William 
de  Stafford,  who  came,  and  warranted  the  tenement 
to  him,  and  stated  that  Laurence  had  never  disseized 
John  le  Fevre,  the  grandfather,  and  that  the  said 
John  le  Fevre,  who  formerly  held  the  tenement  of 
Cecilia  de  Stafford,  appeared  in  full  court  of  the  said 
Cecilia,  and  surrendered  the  tenement,  and  Cecilia 
had  enfeoffed  the  said  Laurence.  The  jury  state 
that  Laurence  had  unjustly  disseized  the  said  John 
le  Fevre,  the  grandfather  of  Thomas ;  and  it  is  there- 
fore considered  that  Thomas  should  recover  seisin, 
and  William  de  Stafford  should  make  to  Ingeran 
an  exchange  of  equal  value. 


STAFFORDSHIRE.  393 

ROWLEY. 

A.D.  1266. —  At  the  pleas  before  the  lord  the  king, 
in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Michael,  in  the  fiftieth  year  of 
the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.,  Edith,  the  widow  of 
Philip  le  Symple,  appeared  against  Richard  le  Jovene 
of  Adilbroke,  Michael  de  Kant,  Davet  de  Kantia,  and 
Richard  le  Franceis,  for  coming  vi  et  armis  to  her 
house  in  Rouley,  breaking  it  open,  and  taking  her 
goods  and  chattels  to  the  value  of  20  marks.  The 
defendants  did  not  appear,  and  are  to  be  attached 
for  the  octaves  of  Hilary. 

By  a  final  concord  of  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1305-6)  Roger  Fraunccs 
and  Margeria,  his  wife,  had  by  grant  from  Stephen, 
son  of  Nicholas  de  Sondon,  and  Edith,  his  wife,  one 
messuage,  one  toft,  twenty  acres,  and  half  a  virgate  of 
land  in  Salt  and  Rugelowe  by  Stafford,  which  be- 
longed to  the  said  Edith,  to  hold  of  Stephen  and  his 
wife  Edith,  rendering  a  rose  yearly,  and  performing  to 
the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  for  them,  the  said  Stephen 
and  Edith,  the  services  appertaining  to  the  fee ;  but, 
if  the  said  Roger  died  without  issue  by  the  said  Mar- 
gery, then  the  fee  was  to  revert  to  the  grantors. 

WOLVERHAMPTON. 

In  23  Edward  I.  (1294-95)  Magister  John  de  Ca- 
damo,  prebendary  of  the  free  chapel  of  the  king  in 


394 


STAFFORDSHIRE. 


Wolverhampton,  appeared  against  Richard  de  Ros- 
sale,  Reginald  Frauiiccys,  Felicia  Frainueys,  WilHam, 
son  of  John  del  Pipe,  Agnes,  formerly  wife  of  John 
del  Pipe,  John  in  the  Lane,  and  others  named,  in  a 
plea  that  they  should  appear  before  a  jury  to  deter- 
mine whether  nine  acres  and  a  rood  and  a  half  of 
land  in  Wolverhampton  held  by  them  was  free  alms 
belonging  to  his  prebend  or  the  lay  fee  of  the  said 
Richard  and  others.  They  did  not  appear,  and  are 
to  be  attached  for  the  quindene  of  Hilary. 

At  a  later  date  there  is  a  record  of  Richard,  son  of 
Reginald  Fraiinceys,  of  Wolverhampton. 


TOTMONSLOW    HUNDRED. 

At  the  Placita  Coronae  held  at  Lichfield,  on  the  day 
of  Saint  Michael,  1199,  the  jurors  of  the  hundred  of 
Tatemananeslawe  report  that  RobcrHis  Francus  and 
others,  vintners  of  Stanford,  sold  wine  against  the 
assize ;  and  therefore  they  are  in  misericordia. 

In  5  John  (1203-4)  Robcrtus  Franceis  had  sold 
wine  against  the  assize. 

CHEADLE. 

According  to  the  Subsidy  Roll  of  1327,  to  meet 
the  expenses  of  the  Scotch  war,  Ricardus  le  Frensche, 
of  Chelde,  paid  35'.  3(7^.  as  his  share.  This  levy  was 
the  twentieth  part  of  all  movable  goods. 


SUFFOLK. 


GENERAL. 


A.D.  1 194,  November  6. —  The  clay  is  given  to  Ra- 
dulphus  Gernun  and  Willelmus  le  Franceis,  in  fifteen 
days  of  Easter,  for  a  pleading  at  Westminster  before 
the  lord  the  archbishop. 

A.D.  1 1 94,  November  12. —  Countess  (of  Norfolk) 
Gundreda  essoins  herself  de  malo  veniendi  by  Fran- 
ceis  and  by  Willielmus  de  Cerston  in  a  placitum  terrse 
versus  Warinus  de  Basham. 

A.D.  1 199,  May  9. —  Willielmus  filius  Edwardi  es- 
soins himself  by  Ricardus  Franceis  in  a  placitum 
terrae  versus  the  prior  of  Norwich. 

A.D.  1 199,  June  14. — Willielmus  de  Hastinges  es- 
soins himself  in  a  plea  against  Estmundus  de  Wine- 
badesham  by  Robertus  Siment  and  Willielmus 
Franceis. 

A.D.  1 200,  April. —  At  the  pleas  in  fifteen  days  after 
Easter  the  prior  of  Thefford  (Thetford,  in  Norfolk) 
appears,  on  the  fourth  day,  against  Gaufridus  de  Am- 
blie,  Ricardus  Pigace,  Willielmus  Fraiiceis,  and  Ran- 
nulphus,  a  man  of  Gaufridus,  in  a  placitum  intrusionis 
et  vis  illate ;  and  they  did  not  come,  but  were  repre- 


396  SUFFOLK. 

sented  by  pledges.  A  day  was  given  in  fifteen  days 
after  Easter,  but  they  did  not  appear.  Therefore,  they 
were  attached  to  be  present  for  answering  in  the  oc- 
taves of  Holy  Trinity.  The  prior  was  represented  by 
Thomas  de  Thameston. 

A.D.  1226-27. —  Michael  de  Polsted  appointed  Wal- 
teriis  le  Frauccys  his  attorney  in  a  plea  against  Johan- 
nes de  Reydon  concerning  a  debt  of  18  marks. 


BABERGH    HUNDRED. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  third  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  said 
that  Walterus  le  Wylde,  bailiff  of  this  hundred,  had 
charged  Gilbertiis  Ic  Frcynscc  with  sheltering  the  son, 
whom  he  accused  for  freebooting,  when  he  was  quiet 
at  home,  and  good  and  faithful ;  and  the  said  Wal- 
terus took  one  cow  worth  7^.,  and  still  retains  her. 


BLYTHING   HUNDRED. 

HUNTINGFIELD. 

A.D.  1257-83. —  To  all  the  sons  of  the  Holy  Mother 
Church  to  whose  attention  this  present  writing  shall 
come,  Willelmus  de  Huntingfeld,  knight,  greeting  in 
the  Lord.     Know  ye  that   I  have  given  and  granted 


SUFFOLK.  397 

for  me  and  my  heirs  to  Willelmus  le  Gardener,  for  his 
fideUty  and  lo  marks  sterling  beforehand,  Thomas, 
son  of  Reginaldus  le  Gardener,  formerly  my  "  nati- 
vus,"  with  all  his  tenement,  cattle,  and  goods,  mova- 
ble and  immovable.  And,  that  Thomas  and  all  his 
family  shall  be  free  and  quit  of  all  serfdom,  I  have 
manumitted  them  before  several  persons,  so  that  the 
said  Thomas,  with  all  his  family,  may  be  held  free 
from  all  serfdom  to  me  and  my  heirs  to  the  said  Wil- 
Helmus;  so  that  neither  I  nor  any  of  my  heirs  or  as- 
signs can  have  any  claim  on  this  Thomas  or  his 
family  or  his  cattle  and  goods,  movable  and  immova- 
ble, or  on  his  tenement.  And  I,  the  aforesaid  Will- 
ielmus  de  Huntingfeld,  and  my  heirs,  will  warrant 
forever  to  the  said  Willielmus  that  the  aforesaid 
Thomas,  son  of  Reginaldus  le  Gardener,  with  all  his 
family,  his  tenement,  cattle,  and  goods,  movable  and 
immovable,  may  be  free  and  quit  of  all  serfdom. 
And,  that  this  my  donation  and  grant  may  be  firm 
and  obtain  strength,  I  have  placed  my  seal  to  this  my 
present  writing.  Hiis  testibus.  Domino  Philippo  de 
Heveningham,  Johanne  de  Huntingfeld,  Roberto  de 
Ubbeston,  Willielmo  de  Cokeleye,  Johanne  de  Bo- 
mund,  Johanne  de  Derneford,  Stephano  de  Wynd- 
ermle,  Thoma  le  Fraunceys,  Adam  de  Rendham, 
Johanne  de  la  Mere,  Waltero  de  Alderhegs,  Simone 
nepote,  magistro  Simone  filio  suo,  Humfrido  de 
Batesford,  et  aliis  militibus. 


39S  SUFFOLK. 

COSFORD    HUNDRED. 

HADLEIGH. 

13th  century. —  Grant  by  Philip  Basset  to  Lady 
Lora  de  Ros  of  a  market  in  the  town  of  Haddele, 
which  had  been  annulled  or  put  down  according  to 
the  law  and  custom  of  England,  on  the  presentment 
of  Sir  Nicholas  de  Turry  and  his  fellows,  justices 
itinerant,  at  Catteshull,  Suffolk,  in  the  fifty-third  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.  (1268-69),  for  her  life, 
with  remainders  to  Sir  Robert  Kokerel  and  Joan,  his 
wife,  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  said  Lora,  and  the 
heirs  of  the  said  Lora.  Witnesses,  Sir  Adam  de 
Bedingfeud,  Sir  Robert  de  Bosco,  Sir  RicJiard  le 
Fra2cnceis,  Sir  Richard  de  Holebrok,  Sir  Thomas  de 
Welaund,  knights,  and  others. 


IPSWICH    LIBERTY. 

IPSWICH. 

4  Edward  I.  (1275-76). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Thomas  Froysh  against  Agatha,  late  wife  of  Reginald 
Fraunceys,  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  the 
suburb  of  Ipswich. 


SUFFOLK.  399 

LACKFORD    HUNDRED. 

MILDENHALL. 

A.D.  1 28 1,  at  Easter. —  Enrolling  of  a  charter  of 
Robertus  Fraunceys  made  to  Johannes  Limecot  and 
his  heirs  of  certain  land  and  tenement  which  Johannes 
holds  of  him  in  Myldhalle,  with  homage,  fealty,  and 
day's  work,  for  a  rent  of  28^-. 

LOES   HUNDRED. 

BRANDESTON. 

A.D.  1 199,  October  27. —  The  assisa  de  morte 
antecessoris  between  Brianus  filius  Beroldi,  plaintiff, 
and  Robertus  Prepositus,  concerning  eight  acres  of 
land,  with  appurtenances,  in  Brandeston,  is  postponed 
until  the  octaves  of  Saint  Hilary,  owing  to  the  absence 
of  Hugo  de  Calne,  Ricardus  Puher  (who  essoined 
themselves),  and  Willielmus  filius  Vitalis,  Robertus 
de  Futipo,  and  Ranimlphus  Franceis^  who  were  at- 
tached to  be  present  at  the  aforesaid  time. 


LOTHINGLAND   AND    MUTFORD    HUNDRED. 

At  the  inquisition  made  on  the  command  of  King 
Edward  I.,  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign  (1274-75),  the 


400 


SUFFOLK. 


jurors  of  Luthyngelond  said  that  Rogerus  de  Colvill, 
when  he  was  sheriff,  took  chattel  for  his  services,  and 
so  did  his  deputies,  among  whom  was  TJiomas  le 
Fraiiccys. 

They  also  said  that  after  the  demise  of  Rogerus 
Danbere  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  as  well  as  Eylmer, 
father  of  the  said  Margaret,  Alicia,  relict  of  TJiomas 
Fraiiuceis,  holds  half  an  acre,  giving  the  names  of 
four  other  holders,  all  of  which  render  no  service. 


HOPTON. 

At  an  inquisition  made  in  the  third  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1274-75)  the  jurors  said 
that  Henricus  Horsesdekene  formerly  held  in  capite 
of  the  king  eight  acres  of  land  in  Hopeton  for  a 
yearly  rent  of  5^.  JoJianncs  le  Franccis  holds  it  now, 
o-ivino;  to  the  kino-  the  same  rental.  He  has  himself 
four  acres,  while  the  remainder  is  held  of  him  by 
others. 


RISBRIDGE    HUNDRED. 

CLARE. 

According  to  Dugdale,  it  appears  that  Gilbert  Fitz- 
Richard,  Lord  of  Clare,  founded  the  priory  at  Clare 
in  1090.  In  circa  11 16  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Richard  as  Lord  of  Clare,  who  in   11 24  removed  the 


SUFFOLK.  401 

monks  of  Bee  from  the  Chureh  of  St.  John  the  Bap- 
tist in  the  castle  of  Clare  to  the  village  of  Stoke,  near 
by  in  this  county,  between  which  dates  he  gave  the 
church  of  Denham  to  the  priory  of  St.  John  of  Clare. 
Among  the  witnesses  to  this  grant  were  Albertus 
Francigejta  and  Willielmus  de  Bascetvilla. 


MOULTON. 

A.D,  1224. —  Adam  de  Muleton  gives  half  a  mark 
for  summoning  Robertas  Le  Fraiiceis  and  Leticia,  his 
wife,  before  the  justices  in  a  month  from  Easter,  to 
restore  to  him  certain  land  in  Muleton.  And  the 
sheriff  of  Suffolk  is  commanded  to  take,  etc.  Teste 
Rege,  at  Deseninges,  on  the  fifth  day  of  April. 


THEDWESTRY   HUNDRED. 

TIMWORT. 

9  Edward  1.(1280-81). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  Hervey  Fyn  against  Adam  le  Fraunceis,  touching 
land  in  Tymworth. 


402  SUFFOLK. 

THINGOE    HUNDRED. 

HORNINGSHEATH. 

7  Edward  1.(1278-79). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Hermer,  son  of  Radulph  del  Pont,  of  Eylesham, 
against  Robert  Ic  Fraitiiccys,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Heruynggeshert. 

9  Edward  1.(1280-81). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  arraigned  by  Robert  Fratinceis 
against  Hermer  del  Brigge,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Horningesherte. 

REED. 

In  the  fourteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 
(1285-86)  Henry  Fraiiuceys  held  a  messuage  and  fifty- 
four  acres  of  land,  three  acres  of  meadow,  and  two 
acres  of  wood  in  Rede,  of  Walter  de  Wancey,  and 
Walter  of  William  de  Wancey,  and  he  of  the  abbot  of 
St.  Edmund's. 

The  followintr  charter  is  of  the  time  of  Walter  de 
Wancy,  and  is  probably  of  an  earlier  date  than  the 
preceding  notice :  — 

Be  it  known  to  all,  as  well  those  present  as  those  to 
come,  that  I,  Willelmus,  son  of  Joudewin  de  Mane- 
stun',  have  granted,  and  by  this  my  present  charter 
have  confirmed,  for  the  welfare  of  my  soul  and  those 


SUFFOLK.  403 

of  my  ancestors  and  successors,  to  God,  St.  Ed- 
mund's, and  Walterus  de  Wancy  and  his  heirs,  to 
hold  of  the  altar  of  St.  Edmund,  all  the  tenements, 
with  appurtenances,  which  my  father  gave  to  St. 
Edmund  and  this  Walterus  and  his  heirs,  to  be  held 
of  St.  Edmund's  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms ;  namely, 
the  whole  grove  which  belonged  to  the  said  Joude- 
win,  my  father,  in  the  vill  of  Rede,  and  the  whole 
fee  in  which  this  grove  is  located,  with  all  the 
homage,  service,  and  fee  of  Adam,  son  of  Willelmus 
le  Fratiuceys,  besides  three  acres  of  arable  land  in 
Wluelegle  adjoining  the  wood  of  Petrus  de  Brocke- 
legh'.  To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  aforesaid  Walterus 
and  his  heirs  of  St.  Edmund's,  freely,  quietly,  and 
honorably,  rendering  yearly  for  the  same  to  the  altar 
of  St.  Edmund,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Edmund, 
8^.  for  all  services,  customs,  and  exactions.  Reserv- 
ing for  myself  and  my  heirs  the  right  to  receive  of  the 
aforesaid  Walterus  and  his  heirs  \2d.  at  a  scutate  of 
20^.,  and  more  when  the  scutage  is  increased,  less 
when  it  is  diminished.  And  I  and  my  heirs  will  war- 
rant the  aforesaid  tenements,  with  all  their  appurte- 
nances, against  all  men  and  women,  to  St.  Edmund's 
and  the  above  said  Walterus  de  Waunci.  Hiis  testi- 
bus,  Willelmo  de  Gretingham. 


404  SUFFOLK. 

WILFORD   HUNDRED. 

SUTTON. 

On  the  morrow  of  Saint  Andrew,  in  the  twenty- 
eighth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  II.  (i  182), 
a  final  concord  was  made  in  the  King's  Court  at 
Westminster  between  Michael  filius  Ogeri  and  Sarra, 
his  wife,  on  one  part,  and  Ogerus  filius  Ogeri  and 
Amia,  his  wife,  on  the  other  part,  in  regard  to  the 
land  of  Willelmus  de  Shelflega,  the  father  of  Sarra 
and  Amia,  in  Sutton,  in  Suffolk,  besides  rent  in  Sil- 
veston,  land  in  Schelfiega,  Walton,  and  Lachebroch, 
with  the  reservation  that  Ogerus  and  Amia  should 
retain  the  land  of  Schelflega,  Walton,  and  Lache- 
broch, with  all  the  appurtenances, 'for  the  payment  of 
certain  debts  due  by  her  father,  among  which  was  10 
marks  which  he  owed  Willehmis  le  Franceis. 


SURREY. 


GENERAL. 

At  the  pleas  in  the  King's  Court  on  the  27th  of 
October,  11 94,  Willielmus  le  Franceis  withdrew  his 
suit  against  Rogerus  le  Franceis  concerning  the 
breaking  of  the  king's  peace. 

At  the  pleas  in  the  King's  Court  in  three  weeks  of 
Easter,  9th  of  May,  1199,  Rogerus  filius  Edwardi, 
who  was  absent  from  the  great  assize  in  the  suit  be- 
tween Henricus  and  Walterus  de  Wenleswurth,  es- 
soined himself  by  Robertus  Franceis. 

At  the  pleas  in  the  King's  Court  in  the  octaves  of 
Holy  Trinity,  11 99,  Ricardus  de  Godesfeld'  essoined 
himself  by  Ricardus  Franceis  in  a  placitum  terrae 
versus  Willielmus  de  Lund'  and   Roesia,  his  wife. 

A.D.  1200,  May  14. —  The  assisa  de  morte  anteces- 
soris  between  Simon  de  Boresworth,  plaintiff,  and 
Gilbertus  de  Heddon,  defendant,  touching  forty  acres 
of  land  and  a  messuage  with  appurtenances  in 
Funnes',  is  placed  in  respite  until  the  arrival  of  the 
justices,  because  Gilbertus  de  Heure,  Rogerus  Fran- 
ceis, and  others  did  not  come. 

Under  the  heading  of  Surrey  the  Calendar  of  Pa- 


4o6  SURREY. 

tent  Rolls  of  the  eighth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  I.  (1279-80)  gives  the  appointment  of  two 
justices  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned 
by  John,  son  of  John  le  Fi-anuccis,  against  Matilda, 
daughter  of  John  de  Stocton,  and  others,  touching 
possessions  in  Elesham. 


BRIXTON    HUNDRED. 

PECKHAM   AND   CAMBERWELL. 

In  an  account  of  the  taxation  of  the  fifteenth 
granted  by  the  laity  to  King  Edward  III.  in  the 
sixth  year  of  his  reign  (1332),  under  the  heading  of 
Pech'm  and  Camvelle,  is  found  that  Nicholas  le  ffrensh 
paid    1 2d. 

SOUTHWARK. 

A.D.  1295. —  Willielmits  Fraiiuccys  was  a  manucap- 
tor  of  Ricardus  le  Clerk,  one  of  the  burgesses  elected 
for  Southwark  to  attend  the  Parliament  at  Westmin- 
ster on  the  Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint 
Michael  (13th  of  November),  which  was  prorogued  to 
the  Sunday  next  before  the  feast  of  Saint  Andrew 
(27th  of  November),  1295. 


SURRE  Y.  407 

GODLEY    HUNDRED. 

BYFLEET. 

Geoffry  de  Lucy  held  half  a  knight's  fee  here  of 
the  Abbey  of  Chertsey  in  the  time  of  Henry  III. 
In  the  fifty-first  year  of  that  reign,  1267,  he  im- 
pleaded John,  son  of  Roger  Ic  Frainiceys,  and  others, 
for  forcibly  entering  his  park  and  warren  at  Byflete, 
and  taking  away  the  deer,  horses,  and  other  cattle. 


KINGSTON    HUNDRED. 

TALWORTH. 

In  1327  an  extent  was  taken  of  the  manor  of  Tal- 
worth  with  its  members  of  Turberville  and  Wyke, 
which  the  king  held  in  his  own  seisin  as  members 
belonging  to  the  demesne  of  the  manor  of  Talworth. 
The  jurors  say  that  they  do  not  know  of  whom  the 
site  of  this  manor  is  held ;  that  one  acre  and  one 
rood  of  meadow,  formerly  held  by  Peter  Baldwyne, 
which  are  in  demesne,  are  held  of  John  Tolye,  rent 
\d.\  a  toft  and  three  acres,  formerly  held  by  William 
le  Frenche,  now  in  demesne,  are  held  of  the  said  John 
by  scutage  when  levied,  and  paying  annually  to  Alice 
le  Frenche  ']s.  for  her  life. 


4o8  SURREY. 

REIGATE    HUNDRED. 

FRENCHES. 

Roger  le  Fraunccys  is  found  among  the  witnesses 
to  a  charter  dated  at  London  on  the  morrow  of  the 
Epiphany,  in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  III.  (1254),  by  which  John  de  Warenne 
first,  Earl  of  Surrey,  conveys  to  John,  son  of  Adrian 
de  London,  for  his  homage  and  service,  the  whole 
land  of  Brocham  (Brockham)  in  Reigate  hundred, 
with  all  its  appurtenances,  and  a  verge  of  land  in 
Estbecheworth  (East  Betchworth),  in  same  hundred, 
with  its  appurtenances. 

Circumstantial  evidence  indicates  that  this  Roger 
le  Fraujieeys  was  a  tenant  of  the  Earls  of  Surrey, 
holding  probably  the  mansion  which  was  afterwards 
called  Frenches,  which  mansion  belonged  to  Reigate, 
the  caput  of  their  barony  in  this  county.  Frenches 
was  located  in  the  hamlet  of  Wiggey,  in  the  parish  of 
Reigate. 

Charter  of  John  de  Warenne,  Earl  of  Surrey,  Sus- 
sex, and  Warenne,  Baron  of  Lewes,  Reigate,  etc. :  — 

A.D.  1254. —  "Know  those  present  and  those  to 
come  that  I,  John  de  Warenne,  have  granted,  and 
by  this  my  present  deed  have  confirmed,  to  John,  son 
of  Adrian  de  London,  for  his  homage  and  service,  the 
whole  land  of  Brocham,  with  all  its  appurtenances, 
and  a  verge  of  land  in  Estbecheworth,  which  was  for- 


SURREY,  409 

merly  Adam  le  Brabezun's,  with  all  its  appurtenances ; 
namely,  in  pastures,  in  meadows,  in  mills,  in  waters 
and  pools,  in  free  tenants  and  their  services,  in  vil- 
leins and  their  services,  and  customs  of  men  and 
women,  in  wood  and  plain,  and  all  that  belongs  to 
the  aforesaid  land  of  Brocham  and  to  the  aforesaid 
verge  of  land,  as  the  deeds  of  William  de  Warenne, 
my  father,  concerning  both  the  lands, —  namely,  of 
Brocham  and  the  aforesaid  verge, —  do  better  and  more 
fully  show.  To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  John 
and  his  heirs,  freely,  quietly,  peaceably,  and  honor- 
ably, in  fee  and  inheritance,  paying  to  me  and  my 
heirs  60^.  sterling  yearly  for  the  land  of  Brocham, 
and  certain  gloves  furred  with  gris  or  \od.  for  the 
verge  of  land  in  Estbecheworth ;  payable  at  three 
terms  of  the  year, —  namely,  at  the  Purification  of  the 
Blessed  Mary,  20s. ;  at  Pentecost,  20^-. ;  and  at  the 
feast  of  Saint  Michael,  20^.  and  the  gloves  furred 
with  gris  or  Apd.,  for  all  services  and  customs  and  all 
suits  and  demands.  And,  for  this  grant  and  for  the 
confirmation  of  this  my  present  deed,  the  aforesaid 
John  has  given  me  20/.  sterling.  And,  because  I  will 
that  this  my  grant  and  confirmation  shall  be  good 
in  law  and  durable,  I  have  strengthened  the  present 
deed  with  the  appending  of  my  seal.  These  being 
witnesses :  Sir  Henry  de  la  Mare,  Sir  John  de  Wan- 
thon,  Sir  Peter  de  Anesye,  Sir  John  de  Abernun,  Sir 
Peter  de  Marevile,  William  de  Stutevil ;  Ralph  Clerk 
of    Eccleshal   at   that    time  seneschal,   Thomas   Cok, 


41  o  SURREY. 

Philip  Talecurteys,  Gilbert  de  Colleh,  Roger  Ic  Fraun- 
ceys,  John  de  la  Hale,  Robert  Bonet,  William  de  la 
Hambrach,  Robert  de  Weston,  Robert  de  la  Dune, 
and  others.  Given  at  London  on  the  morrow  of  the 
Epiphany,  in  the  thirty-eighth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry,  son  of  King  John." 


TANDRIDGE  HUNDRED. 

TANDRIDGE  PRIORY. 

Upon  the  resignation  of  Prior  John  de  Merstham, 
in  1380,  Richard  French  was  elected  as  his  successor; 
but,  on  the  8th  of  May  following,  a  commission  to 
inquire  into  the  regularity  of  the  election  was  issued. 
However,  he  died  when  holding  the  office,  on  the  9th 
of  December,  1403. 


WALLINGTON  HUNDRED. 

CHEAM. 

A.D.  1 31 6. — John  le  Frcnsh,  of  Westchayham,  ac- 
knowledges that  he  owes  to  the  prior  of  Christchurch, 
Canterbury,  30/.,  to  be  levied,  in  default  of  payment, 
of  his  lands  and  chattels  in  the  county  of  Surrey. 
Dated  at  Westminster,  on  the  27th  of  May. 


SURREY,  411 

WOKING    HUNDRED. 
HORSLEY. 

This  place  was  the  Horslei  or  Orselei  of  the  time 
of  King  WilHam  I.,  and  was  then  located  in  the  hun- 
dred of  Wochinges.  According  to  the  Domesday 
survey  there  were  here  two  crown  tenants.  One  of 
them  was  Archbishop  Lanfrancus  or  Lanfranc,  for- 
merly abbot  of  Caen  in  Normandy,  who  held  for  the 
see  of  Canterbury,  in  Horslei,  three  hides  and  one  vir- 
gate  and  a  half;  but  no  names  are  given  for  his 
under-tenants.  The  other  tenant  in  capite  holding 
possessions  in  Orselei  was  Goisfridus  de  Mannevile, 
whose  under-tenant  was  Walterus  filius  Otherii,  who 
held  of  him  eight  hides  of  land. 

The  following  record  gives  the  earliest  of  the  very 
few  pedigrees  of  the  surname  of  Franceis  to  be  found 
in  this  volume.  It  is  a  convincing  proof  of  the  early 
settlement  of  this  family  of  Franceis  in  England. 
Bernardus  le  Franceis,  the  progenitor  of  this  family, 
appears  to  have  held  land  in  Horslee  as  early,  at 
least,  as  the  time  of  King  Henry  I. 

At  the  pleas  held  at  the  King's  Court,  between 
September,  11 94,  and  April,  1199,  Walterus,  son  of 
Hanio  {le  Franceis),  claimed  against  Radulphus,  son 
of  Johannes  {le  Franceis),  one  hide  of  land  with  its 
appurtenances  in  Horslee,  as  his  right  and  inheri- 
tance, which  Bernardus  le  Franceis,  his  great-grand- 


412  SURREY. 

father,  held  in  seisin  as  of  fee  in  the  time  of  King 
Henry  (I.)  on  the  day  and  year  he  died.  After  him 
Osmmidus,  son  of  this  Bernardns,  held  it,  and  after 
Osmundus  it  should  descend  to  Haino,  Walkers 
father,  for  taking  the  profits  which  were  valued  at 
lo^.  and  more;  and  Walter  offered  to  prove  by 
Robertus  de  Bretton'  that  it  was  the  lawful  right  of 
his  father.  And  Robertus  de  Bretton'  said  that  Os- 
miindtis  and  Johannes  were  brothers  ;  namely,  sons  of 
Bernardiis.  Osmnndus  was  the  first  born,  Jo/mjines 
was  the  younger;  and,  owing  to  the  inability  of  Os- 
nuindns,  Johannes  took  possession  of  his  inheritance 
by  a  grant  of  the  lords  of  the  fee,  to  whom  Johannes 
made  service.  Radnlphus  came,  and  defended  his 
right.  He  admitted  the  seisin  of  Osmundns,  and 
he  acknowledged  that  Osmnndus  and  Johannes  were 
brothers;  hui  Johannes  had  purchased  the  land  and 
held  it  as  his  purchase  for  service  to  the  chief  lord  in 
the  year  and  day  when  Henry,  ancestor  of  the  present 
king  (Richard  I.),  died.  And  all  the  days  of  his  reign 
the  said  Johannes  had  seisin  of  this  land,  and  after 
him  Radnlphus,  his  son,  who  places  himself  under  the 
o;reat  assize,  and  beiis  that  an  examination  be  made 
as  to  who  has  the  more  right  to  this  land.  So  the  day 
is  given  in  fifteen  days  of  the  feast  of  Saint  John  for 
hearing  the  report  and  judgment,  and  they  have  leave 
to  agree. 


SURREY,  413 

WORPLESDON. 

In  this  parish,  near  Guildford,  is  an  estate  called 
Fraunceys  or  Frenches,  and  sometimes  styled  a 
manor.  In  the  year  1290  Willelmtis  le  Fraunceys,  o{ 
Worplesdon,  granted  to  Agnes  de  la  Hurst  his  tene- 
ment, which  Robertus  de  la  Hurst,  her  father,  for- 
merly held  of  him  in  villa  de  Teresworth  apud  la 
Hurst,  at  the  rent  of  3^-.  "jd.  a  year,  saving  to  Wili- 
elmus  and  his  heirs  suit  of  court  and  reliefs,  and  to 
the  lords  of  Burpham  their  accustomed  services  from 
the  said  tenement,  and  the  king's  service  as  far  as  be- 
longs to  free  land  of  the  same  fee. 

This  was  an  early  period  in  the  anglicization  of  sur- 
names, wherein  we  find  many  instances  of  the  change 
of  the  name  of  Franceis  to  French;  and,  althoup-h  the 
writer  has  found  no  pedigree  of  the  descent  from  this 
Willelmtis  le  Fraunceys,  it  may  be  inferred  that 
Richard  le  French,  of  this  place,  found  in  the  following 
record,  was  a  descendant  of  this  family  of  Fraunceys. 

In  the  twenty-third  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  III.,  1349-50,  Richard  le  Fre7ich  held  in  this 
place  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  of  Thomas  Sey- 
mer,  the  mesne  tenant  of  the  late  Hugh  de  Audeley, 
Earl  of  Gloucester. 

On  the  south-western  bounds  of  this  hundred  is 
the  hundred  of  Farnham.  On  its  western  Hampshire 
boundary  is  the  parish  of  Frenshani,  another  reminder 
of  the  early  location  of  the  surname  of  French  in  this 


414  SURREY. 

county.  The  manor  of  Frcnsham  seems  to  have  been 
held  in  the  years  1325-26  by  John  Bel,  of  Fermesham, 
and  was  then  called  FrcusJiam  Beak. 


WOTTON    HUNDRED. 

OCKLEY. 

A.D.  1328. —  Thomas  de  Rokenham  grants,  by  a 
charter  dated  on  the  Tuesday  of  the  Feast  of  Saint 
Luke  the  Evangelist,  in  the  second  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  III.,  to  Robcrtus  Ic  FrcnscJie,  junior, 
of  Ockelegh,  a  small  portion  of  land  in  that  place. 

A.D.  1338. —  Robertas  ic  Frcnssh,  junior,  grants,  by 
a  charter  dated  on  Sunday  next  after  the  Assumption 
of  the  Virgin,  in  the  twelfth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  III.,  to  Robert,  his  father,  the  third  part  of  a 
messuage  in  Ockelegh  for  a  yearly  rent  of  one  rose. 


WOTTON. 

A.D.  1355. —  Alicia,  daughter  of  Adam  atte  Rugge, 
quitclaims  by  a  charter  dated  on  the  7th  of  June,  in 
the  twenty-ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
III.,  to  Thomas  le  Frensche,  of  Wodeton,  land  in 
Wodeton  and  Ochlegh,  in  this  county.  Witnesses, 
Willelmus  de  Newdegate,  Willelmus  de  Pynkehurst, 
Adam  Waleys,  and  others. 


SURREY.  415 

A.D.  1356. —  Thomas  Ic  Frcjishc  grants,  by  a  charter 
to  Johannes  de  Newtymbre  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  a 
messuage  in  Okwode  (Oakwood),  in  the  parish  of 
Wodeton.  Dated  on  Thursday  in  the  Feast  of  Saint 
Dunstan,  in  the  thirtieth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Edward  III.  Witnesses,  Willelmus  de  Pynkehurst, 
Ricardus  de  Assehurst,  Philipus  le  FuUere,  Robertus 
atte  Hale,  and  others. 

A.D.  1373. —  Thomas  le  Frenshc  is  among  the  wit- 
nesses to  a  charter  of  the  12th  of  November,  47  Ed- 
ward III.,  by  which  Johannes  Gouwyk,  of  Iwhurst 
(Ewhurst),  quitclaims  to  Margeria,  formerly  wife  of 
Ricardus  atte  Strode,  of  Slyndefolde,  the  chamber  at 
Rokenham  in  which  Willelmus  Pynkhurst  died. 


SUSSEX. 


GENERAL. 

A.D.  1 199,  15th  of  July. —  Thomas  de  Argentein  es- 
soins himself  by  Rcginald^ts  Frauccis  in  a  placitum 
terrae  versus  Rogerus  Cref.' 

A.D.  1222. —  The  king  to  his  barons  of  the  Ex- 
chequer, greeting.  Know  ye  that  we,  for  two  doles 
of  wine  of  Anjou,  have  pardoned  Willelmus  Hardel 
and  Michael  de  Wattevill'  the  amercement  of  20s., 
which  they  were  amerced  in  the  county  of  Sussex  on 
account  of  their  replevin  for  Hcrbcrtiis  Ic  Franceis,  in 
pursuing  his  claim  against  W.,  Earl  of  Arundel,  con- 
cerning a  debt  of  10  marks  which  this  Herbertus 
claimed  against  the  said  earl,  by  our  writ,  and  which 
claim  was  not  pursued  before  the  justices.  Wherefore, 
we  command  you  to  acquit  the  aforesaid  Willelmus 
and  Michael  of  the  amercement  of  20^-.;  but  we  have 
commanded  the  sheriff  of  London  to  take  surety  of 
them  for  the  said  doles  of  wine. 

A.D.  1244-45. —  Willehnus  le  Fraunceys  2iwdi  Juliana, 
his  wife,  give  i  mark  for  having  a  "  pone  "  from  the 
county  of  Sussex  to  Westminster;  and  the  sheriff  of 
Sussex  is  commanded,  etc. 


S17SS£X.  417 

A.D.  1315. —  Robertus  le  Frensshe  was  a  manucaptor 
of  Nicholaus  Gentyl,  knight,  who  was  summoned  to 
meet  at  the  Parliament  at  Westminster,  on  the 
twentieth  day  of  January,  13 15. 

A.D.  1331-32. —  The  king  to  the  sheriff  of  Sussex, 
greeting.  Elena,  formerly  wife  of  Robertus  le 
Frensshe,  has  shown  that,  when  in  the  King's  Court 
at  Westminster,  she  recovered  her  seisin  against 
Willelmus  Torny  of  five  acres  of  land  with  its  appur- 
tenances in  Wyndelyngton,  by  the  consideration  of 
the  court,  etc. 

A.D.  1341-42. —  The  name  of  Nicholaus  Frenshe  is 
found  in  Cornilo  at  this  date. 


ARUNDEL    RAPE. 

ADRINGTON. 

A.D.  1 29 1 ,  2d  of  February. — License  for  the  alienation 
in  mortmain  by  Ralph  le  Fraunceys  of  one  acre  and  a 
half  in  Aderington  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  St. 
Martin's,  Seez. 

BILLINGHURST. 

Pynham,  or  De  Calceto,  was  a  small  alien  priory  of 
Augustine  canons  in  the  hamlet  of  Warningscamp, 
adjoining  the  parish  of  Arundel,  once  a  separate 
chapelry,  but  now  a  part  of  the  parish  of  Leominster. 


41 8  ^-^^^^A^ 

The  canons  of  Pynham  possessed  in  Billinghurst 
certain  pieces  of  land  called  Westerzonfield,  Isterzon- 
field,  Garstone,  and  Littlesonfield,  and  the  homage 
and  service  of  Adam  de  la  Fenne,  due  for  the  field 
called  Puriham,  and  also  an  annual  rent  of  12^.,  the 
gift  of  John  de  Palyngfaud  to  their  church. 

There  is  another  deed  referring  to  the  same  land, 
by  which  Robert  le  Franceys,  of  Billinghurst,  confirms 
it  to  the  same  church,  adding  to  the  homage  and  ser- 
vice of  Adam  de  la  Fenne  those  of  Dominus  Barthol- 
omew, chaplain  of  Billinghurst,  for  a  field  called 
Littleham ;  Ralph  Rymer,  William  de  la  Spiere,  Will- 
iam de  la  Frier,  Peter  le  Wilde,  John  of  the  Park, 
Richard  Diggenn,  Roger  le  Petewood,  William  Dram, 
William  Hunt,  and  others  attesting  the  deed. 

For  the  salvation  of  himself  and  his  ancestors,  Will- 
iam de  Arundel,  clerk,  quitclaimed  to  his  brother 
Stephen,  prior,  and  the  canons  of  Calceto,  an  annual 
rent  of  I2«'.  which  had  been  given  him  hy  Robert /e 
Franccys,  of  Billinghurst,  and  which  he  had  formerly 
received  from  them,  for  the  land  above  mentioned. 
This  deed  was  sealed  and  witnessed  by  Robert  de 
Yelfhang,  steward  of  Arundel ;  William  and  Richard 
Paris,  Robert  the  Baker,  William,  merchant  of  Calceto, 
and  others. 

SULLINGTON. 

A.D.  1366. —  Margaret,  second  wife  of  John  Covert, 
who  held  the  manor  of  Sullington,  and  daughter  of 


SC/SSJSX,  419 

Richard  Cheslebeach,  in  her  will  dated  on  Friday 
next  after  the  festival  of  the  Epiphany,  1366,  made  a 
"bequith  to  William  Frcnsh  of  six  withers  and  one 
mark  of  silver." 


BRAMBER    RAPE. 

A.D.  1 319. — Johan7ies  le  Frenshe  was  a  manucaptor 
of  Rogerus  de  Bavent,  knight,  who  was  summoned  to 
meet  at   the  Parliament  at  York,  on  the  6th  of   May, 

1319. 
A.D.    1320. — Johannes  le  Frensh  appears  again  with 

a  Robertus  le  Frensh  as  the  two  manucaptors  of 
Rogerus  de  Bavent,  knight,  who  was  summoned  to 
meet  at  the  Parliament  to  be  held  at  Westminster, 
on  the  sixth  day  of  October,  1320. 

A.D.  1332,  20th  of  June. —  Commission  of  oyer  and 
terminer  to  Richard  de  Wylughby  and  others,  on 
complaint  by  Richard  de  Peshale  that  William  de 
Wolde,  chaplain,  Robert  de  Saxton,  Richard  de  Riche- 
mond,  John  de  Moubray,  John  le  Frenshe,  and  others 
took  away  twenty  horses,  thirty  mares,  twenty-four 
colts,  sixty  oxen,  thirty  cows,  thirty  steers,  one  hun- 
dred swine,  and  two  hundred  sheep  of  his,  worth 
500/.,  at  Knappe,  Beaubosson,  Fyndon,  Wassyngton, 
Bedyng,  Brembre,  Stenyng,  West  Grenstede,  and 
Warynglide,  County  Sussex,  mowed  his  crops,  carried 
away  his  goods,  and  assaulted  his  servants. 


42  o  SC/SS£X. 

ALBOURN. 

A.D.  1278. —  In  a  writ  of  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  June, 
1278,  to  the  sheriff  of  this  county,  King  Edward  I. 
commands  him  to  distrain  all  persons  within  his  baili- 
wick seized  of  land  to  the  amount  of  20/.  yearly  value, 
or  one  entire  knight's  fee,  whether  held  of  the  king  in 
capite  or  of  any  other  lord,  and  who  "  ought  to  be 
knights  and  are  not  "  to  take  upon  themselves  the 
degree  of  knighthood  before  Christmas  then  next, 
and  to  return  the  names  of  such  persons  under  his 
seal  and  the  seals  of  two  lawful  knights  of  the  said 
county. 

The  returns  show  that  Nigellus  de  Brok  and  An- 
dreas de  Lychpole  held  each  one  knight's  fee,  and  as 
such  were  distrained  to  receive  knighthood. 

Among  the  manucaptors  of  the  former  was  Heiiri- 
cns  Ic  Frcuschc,  and  those  of  the  latter  show  among 
their  number  the  name  of  Willielimis  Ic  Frcnsche. 

The  possessions  of  these  proposed  knights  were  in 
Bramber  Rape.  Nigellus  de  Brok  held  the  manor  of 
Albourn,  land  at  Lancing  and  some  other  places. 
Andreas  de  Lychpole  appears  to  have  been  steward 
of  William  de  Broase,  holding  possessions  in  Offing- 
ton. 

BRAMBER. 

A.D.  1 31 3. — Johannes  k  Frens/f  vj2iS  summoned  for 
Bramber  and  Steyning  borough  to  meet  at  the  Parlia- 


SUSSEX.  421 

ment  to  be  held  at  Westminster,  on  the  eighth  day 
of  July,  1 31 3. 

A.D.  1324. —  Thomas  de  Hurst  and  Mabel,  his  wife, 
sold  in  1324  to  Jo /in  Ic  Frcushe,  of  Bramber,  and  A/ice, 
his  wife,  two  messuages,  one  salt-pit,  and  sixteen  acres 
of  arable  land  in  South  Lancing  for  12/.  This  was 
afterwards  sold,  in  1334,  to  John  de  Boxgrave. 

There  is  another  record,  of  the  13th  of  April,  1334, 
wherein  it  is  stated  Jokn  ic  Frcnsh  had  a  garden  at 
Lancing. 

A.D.  1330. — Johannes  /c  Frcjic/i  \\2iS  summoned  for 
Bramber  and  Steyning  borough  to  meet  at  the  Parlia- 
ment to  be  held  at  Westminster,  on  the  26th  of 
November,  1330. 

A.D.  1 33 1. —  Robert  le  Freusli  was  a  burgess  of 
Bramber. 

In  this  same  year  John  Frenshe  was  a  burgess  of 
Steyning. 

In  1 34 1  the  nona  return  of  the  parish  of  Bram- 
ber was  made  on  the  oath  of  Gilberttis  le  Frenshe 
and  others.  He  was  summoned  for  Bramber  and 
Steyning  borough  to  attend  the  Parliament  held  at 
Westminster,  on  the  31st  of  March,  1348;  and  he  is 
mentioned  as  a  burgess  of  Bramber  in  1349. 

There  is  a  certain  amount  of  suspicion  that  Gil- 
bertus  le  Freynsh,  who  is  particularly  identified  as  the 
rector  of  the  church  of  Findon,  may  have  been  the  son 
or  a  kinsman  of  Gilbertus  French,  burgess  of  Bramber. 

Among  the  crown  appointments  for  1347-48,  it  is 


42  2  SC/SS£A\ 

observed  that  Gilbert  le  Fre7ish  had  a  living  at  St. 
Peter,  next  Guildhall,  which  location  is  not  quite  clear; 
but  at  the  same  time  the  record  indicates  that  it  was 
at  Wisborough,  in  Arundel  Rape.  Gilbert  le  Freynsh 
was  parson  of  Rayleigh  (Rayle),  in  Essex,  and  became 
rector  of  the  church  of  Findon  on  the  27th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1354,  where  an  inscription  in  the  church  shows 
that  he  died  on  the  ninth  day  of  October,  1374. 


FINDON. 

In  1 318  Robert,  the  son  of  Robert  le  Frenehe,  and 
Isabel,  his  wife,  sold  to  Walter  atte  Lynch  one  mes- 
suage and  four  acres  of  arable  land  at  Fynedone  for 
20  marks. 

In  1326  John  le  Frejie/ie  and  Aliva,  his  wife,  sold  to 
Robert  de  Manningham,  vicar  of  Fyndon,  twenty- 
eight  acres  of  arable  land  and  fifty  acres  of  pasture  at 
Thornwyk,  in  Fyndon. 

HORSHAM. 

A.D.  1287-88. —  Of  persons  appointed  to  serve  on 
juries  in  16  Edward  I.,  in  the  Rape  of  Bramber,  the 
bailiff,  Robert  le  Frainieeys,  appears  to  have  been  sum- 
moned in  every  hundred.  He  was  also  chief  bailiff  of 
the  borough  of  Horsham. 

Robert  FrensJi  was  a  burgess  of  this  borough  in  the 
years  1357,  1359,  1360,  1365,  and   1372. 


S[/SS£X,  423 

RobertMs  le  Frensshe  was  summoned  for  Horsham 
Borough  to  meet  at  the  ParHaments  held  at  West- 
minster on  the  fifth  day  of  February,  1357-58;  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  May,  1 360 ;  on  the  twenty-fourth  day 
of  January,  1360-61;  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1362;  on  the  fourth  day  of  May,  1366;  on  the 
third  day  of  June,  1369;  on  the  eighth  day  of  June, 
1371 ;  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  October,  and,  by  pro- 
rogation, on  the  third  day  of  November,  1372;  and 
on  the  twenty-first  day  of  November,  1373. 

Heiiricus  Frensshe  was  summoned  for  this  borough 
to  attend  the  ParHaments  held  at  Westminster  on  the 
sixth  day  of  October,  1382;  on  the  twenty-third  day 
of  February,  1382-83;  and  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
October,  1383. 

SHIPLEY. 

In  1308  William  le  Frenshe  was  a  tenant  in  this 
place  of  the  "  Masters  and  Brothers  of  the  Solidiery 
of  the  Temple,"  holding  a  cottage  and  eight  acres  of 
land  for  <^d.  rent,  and  certain  services. 


SHOREHAM. 

A.D.  1305. —  Robertns  le  Frensh  was  a  manucaptor 
of  Ricardus  Serle,  one  of  the  two  burgesses  sum- 
moned for  Shorham  to  attend  the  Parliament  at 
Westminster,  on  Tuesday,  i6th  of  February,  which 
was  prorogued  to  Sunday,  28th  of  February,  1305. 


424  SC/SSEX. 

CHICHESTER    RAPE. 

CHICHESTER. 

A.D.  1274-75. —  Appointment  of  John  de  Cobham 
to  hear  and  determine  the  appeals  of  Thomas  Peverel 
against  Robert  de  Broghampton  and  Alice,  his  wife, 
Simon  Tprush,  William  le  Ireys,  William  de  la  Flete, 
Richard  le  Fra juris,  Laurence  le  Franceis,  Peter 
Bundy,  John  le  Ber,  and  others,  in  the  vill  of  Chiches- 
ter, and  against  the  commonalty  of  the  said  vill  for 
the  homicide  of  Stephen  Goby,  lately  killed  by  night 
in  the  said  vill,  and  to  inquire  as  to  the  persons  who 
killed  him.> 

A.D.  1285. —  Walter  Frauciseiis  was  among  the  five 
persons  of  the  diocese  of  Chichester  ordained  acolytes 
in  September,  presented  by  William  de  Cruceroys, 
official  of  the  Bishop  of  Chichester,  by  commission 
dated  at  Cacham,  13  Cal.  October,  1285. 

In  1335  Laivrence  French  was  a  comptroller  of  the 
customs  in  this  borough. 

ROGATE. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  JVillielnnis  Frenshe  was  a  member  of 
the  jury  of  this  parish  at  the  inquisitio  nonarum  held 
at  Chichester,  on  Wednesday  next  after  the  feast  of 
St.  Gregory,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of 
Edward  III. 


SC/SS£X.  425 

SELHAM. 

A.D.  1330. — Robcrtus  Frenches  is  among  the  wit- 
nesses to  a  charter,  dated  on  the  morrow  of  Ascension 
Day  in  that  year,  in  which  Adam  atte  Stroude,  cleri- 
cus,  grants  to  Walterus  Boggyng,  chaplain,  a  mes- 
suage with  croft  at  Hammes,  in  the  parish  of  Siales- 
ham. 


HASTINGS  RAPE. 

BATTLE. 

Temp.  Henry  III. — Grant  in  frankalmoign  by 
Robert  de  Sicele,  to  the  abbot  of  Battle,  of  a  rent 
issuing  out  of  land  in  Newe  Rede,  bounded  by  the 
road  from  Stondenn'  to  Slepmelle  and  from  Hedbroc. 
Witnesses,  Walter  Franceis,  Thomas  de  Mora,  Here- 
ward  de  Hauekherst,  and  others  (named). 


ETCHINGHAM. 

A.D.  1332. —  Robertus  le  FrensJi  was  a  manucaptor 
of  Robertus  de  Echyngehamme,  Baron  of  Echyng- 
ham,  who  was  summoned  to  attend  the  Parliament 
held  at  Ripon,  on  the  14th  of  November,  1322,  which 
Parliament  was  to  be  held  to  consider  the  plan  for 
the  intended  winter  campaign. 


426  SC/SS£X. 

LEWES    RAPE. 

LEWES    ABBEY. 

The  three  generations  of  the  family  of  Francigaia, 
found  in  the  following  seven  charters,  represented  by 
Robert,  and  TJioiuas  and  Hugh,  his  sons,  besides  Rob- 
ert Francigcna,  whom  we  take  to  be  the  grandson, 
all  of  whom  appear  to  be  contemporaneous  with  mem- 
bers of  the  family  of  Dene,  as  represented  first  by 
Robert  Pincerna,  alias  Dene,  second  by  his  son 
Ralph,  and  third  by  his  .grandson,  Robert  de  Dene; 
and,  as  there  are  no  positive  dates  to  these  charters, 
they  may  be  approximated  from  the  information  and 
records  about  the  Dene  family,  as  follows. 

The  title  of  pincerna  in  the  Dene  family  has  been 
attributed  to  holding  such  position  under  the  Earls  of 
Morton,  who  held  the  honor  of  Pevensey  until  about 
the  year  1 102,  after  which  period  it  was  granted  by 
King  Henry  I.  to  the  Aquilas ;  and,  as  Robert 
pincerna  held  this  title  at  a  later  date,  it  is  concluded 
that  it  was  under  the  Aquilas.  He  seems  to  have 
been  living  towards  the  close  of  the  reign  of  King 
Stephen,  as  he  is  found  as  a  witness  to  a  charter  of 
Prince  Eustace,  who  died  in  1152.  So  it  is  inferred 
that  this  charter  could  not  have  been  executed  before 
1 1 50.  This  charter  conveyed  the  fishery  of  Pevensey 
to  the  monks  of  Lewes. 

Ralph   de   Dene,  son  of   Robert   Pincerna,   is  also 


SC/SS£X.  427 

found  in  a  charter  of  Prince  Eustace,  and  again  in  the 
eleventh  year  of  King  Henry  II.  (1164-65)  as  paying 
a  fine  of  4/.;  while  in  the  report  of  Richard  de  Aquila, 
which  was  returnable  to  the  Exchequer  on  the  17th  of 
March,  1166,  Ralph  de  Dene  held  of  him  six  knights' 
fees. 

Robert  de  Dene,  the  son  of  Ralph,  granted  at  a 
later  period  the  tithes  of  the  rectory  of  Waldron  to 
the  priory  of  Lewes.  This  was  probably  towards  the 
end  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  II. 

Charter  No.  i. 

Alan,  son  of  Rembert,  grants  to  the  monks  of 
Lewes  "  Turgustu  de  Suttuna,"  with  all  the  lands. 
William,  son  of  Alan,  confirms  the  grant.  For  this 
the  monks  give  them  10  marks  of  silver.  Testibus, 
Angerio  capellano,  Magistro  Willelmo  de  Cukefelda, 
Willelmo  presbitero  de  Suttuna,  Roberto  pincerna, 
Roberto  franceso,  Radulfo  Walensi,  Waltero  clerico, 
Alano  nepote  prioris. 

Charter  No.  2. 

William  Malfed  gives  to  St.  Pancras  and  the 
monks  there  the  church  of  Chitinglie.  Testibus, 
Warino  capellano,  Henrico  presbitero,  Adam  clerico, 
Rogero  de  ffracnei,  Roberto  Pincerna,  Philippo  de 
ffokington,  Roberto  ffranceiso,  Hugone  de  Linet,  Ri- 
cardo  de  Truelie,  et  aliis. 


42J 


SUSSEX. 


Charter  No.  3. 

William  Malfed  gives  to  St.  Pancras,  of  Lewes, 
two  hides  of  land;  to  wit,  half  a  hide  called  Imber- 
horne,  half  a  hide  at  Posingeword,  and  one  hide  at 
Lumport.  Testibus,  Hugone  Linet,  Roberto  ffran- 
cigena,  Brieno  de  Hauckeham,  Ordwino  de  Cnolle, 
Waltero  clerico  de  Grenesteda,  Willelmo  Caldello, 
Rannulfo  Portario,  Radulfo  Waleys,  Roberto  Coco. 

Charter  No.  4. 

Ralph  de  Dena  gives  and  confirms  to  St.  Pan- 
cras at  Lewes,  and  the  monks  there,  all  the  gifts 
which  Robert  Pincerna,  his  father,  gave  them ;  to  wit, 
Hamwode,  Wolfhole,  Crohurst,  the  land  of  Westhorn, 
and  the  land  of  Newica.  Testibus,  Roberto  ffran- 
cigena,  Ricardo  de  Hindedal,  Gaufrido  de  Bacton, 
Petro  de  Hinded,  Willelmo  Coco,  Willelmo  de  Perci, 
Roberto  filio  ffulchredi,  Ailwino  Dag',  Simone  Dapi- 
fero,  Rannulfo  portario,  Willelmo  de  sancto  Pancracio, 
Ysaak  Sartore. 

Charter  No.  5. 

I,  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  ffrancigena,  give  to  St. 
Pancras  at  Lewes,  and  the  monks  there,  ten  acres  of 
land  lying  before  the  gate  of  Edwin  de  la  Feld,  for 
the  health  of  Robert,  my  father.  Testibus,  Rogero 
Capellano,  Petro  filio  Omeri,  Johanne  Huke,  Ricardo 


S[/SSjSX.  429 

de  Hasting  presbitero ;  Pagano  clerico  de  Blackint', 
Willelmo  Ruffo,  Johanne  Chudmet,  Radulfo  de  Dena, 
Gaufrido  de  Gacton,  Mil'  de  Harmere,  Ricardo  de 
Trul,  Willelmo  de  Hoult,  Ysaak  Gileberto,  Johanne 
Chury,  Hugone  filio  Roberti  ffrancigene,  Alexandre 
de  Den. 

Charter  No.  6. 

Ralph  de  Dena  confirms  to  the  monks  of  Lewes 
the  gift  which  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Francigena^ 
made  to  them ;  to  wit,  the  ten  acres  of  land  which  lie 
before  the  gate  of  Edwin  de  la  Feld.  Testibus, 
Rogero  de  capello,  Petro  filio  Omeri,  Johanne  Hupe, 
Ricardo  de  Hasting  presbitero,  Pagano  clerico  de 
Blagint,  Willelmo  Ruffo,  Johanne  Chudinech,  Thoma 
Jilio  francigene^  Gaufrido  de  Gattun',  Mil'  de  Hamare, 
Ricardo  de  Sruel',  Will,  de  Hoults,  Ysaac  Gileberto, 
Johanne  Cur',  Hiigone  filio  Roberti  {ffrancigene)  Alex- 
andre de  Den'. 

Charter  No.  7. 

Circa  11 86. —  Brother  Hugh,  prior  of  St.  Pancras, 
and  Robert  de  Dena  and  Sibilla,  his  wife,  and  Ralph, 
his  son,  and  William  Malfeth  have  exchanged  the 
land  of  Cnolle  and  the  land  of  Duductona.  Testibus, 
Radulfo  de  Dena,  Willelmo  Malfethe,  Ranulfo  de 
Cherlakestona,  Rainaldo  de  Moret',  Ricardo  de 
Hyxdedale   Hardinch,  Roberto  ffrancigena. 


43° 


SUSSEX. 


Additional  charters  conveying  land  in  this  parish, 
of  the  thirteenth  century,  most  probably  executed  after 
the  year  1250:  — 

Johannes  Produmme  grants  by  charter  to  the 
monks  of  Lewes  all  his  rights  in  the  land  which  was 
formerly  Reginaldus  le  Long's  and  one  messuage 
which  was  formerly  William  le  Somner  s,  near  by  in 
the  parish  of  Southover  (suburb  of  Lewes).  Testibus, 
Amfrido  de  fferringhes,  Simone  de  Herletinghes, 
Johanne  Berenger,  Hugone  de  Stokingham,  Regi- 
naldo  Griselim,  Roberto  le  Wimpler,  Johanne  le 
Tailur,  Magistro  Hugone  Coco,  Ricardo  le  ffrenceis,  et 
multis  aliis. 

Matilda,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Adam  de  Myvelde, 
granted  to  the  monks  of  Lewes  the  half  of  one  mes- 
suage  with  its  appurtenances  lying  in  the  parish  of 
Suthenover,  near  the  mill  of  Watergate.  Testibus, 
Johanne  le  tanner,  Roberto  le  Wympler,  Ricardo 
fraunccys,  Ada  zonario,  Johanne  le  port',  Roberto  le 
haftere,  Nicholao  Casel,  et  multis  aliis, 

Robert  "  manubriator "  granted  to  the  monks  of 
Lewes,  for  the  supports  of  lights,  a  certain  messuage 
with  its  appurtenances  in  the  parish  of  Suthovere, 
between  the  messuage  of  Nicholas  le  cuper  and 
Rogerus  le  wes  in  Westporta.  Testibus,  Willelmo 
de  Pynz  clerico,  Philippo  clerico,  Radulpho  Janitore, 
Johanne  Prudhume,  Johanne  Aufray,  Johanne  le 
tailur,  Johanne  Horn,  Ricardo  zonario,  Ricardo  le 
ffranceso,  Matheo  Page,  Roberto    Drad,  et  multis  aliis. 


S[/SS£X.  431 

Radulphus  le  Couper  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  daugh- 
ter of  Johannes  le  Deyde,  have  given  to  Johannes  le 
Mason  of  Southwikes  the  moiety  of  one  messuage 
in  Southnovere,  next  Lewes.  Testibus,  Magistro 
Hugone  Coco,  Johanne  Aunrty,  J^zcardo  le  fraunceys. 

Bartholomew  Cornesarius,  son  of  Alan,  and  Alice, 
his  wife,  gave  to  Emma,  mother  of  the  said  Alice, 
some  time  wife  of  Robert  le  Lomb,  the  fourth  part  of 
a  messuage  in  Southenover,  in  Westporte.  Testibus, 
Gilberto  Sikelfot  clerico,  Johanne  Serle,  Nic.  Cassell, 
Ricardo  le  fraimceys. 

PIECOMB. 

A.D.  1272-73. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned  by  Adam 
Fraujic  against  Mameliu  Fraunc,  touching  land  and 
rent  in  Pyecombe. 

PLUMPTON. 

A.D.  1 34 1. — Johannes  le  Frensshe  was  a  juror  of  this 
parish  at  the  nona  return  held  at  Lewes,  on  Monday 
next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Gregory  the  Pope,  in 
the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  IIL 


PEVENSEY   RAPE. 

ALCISTON. 

Among  the  rentals  and  customals  of  the  manor  of 
Alsiston,  paid  to  Battle  Abbey  in  the  reign  of  Edward 


432 


SC/SS£X. 


I.,  Willelmus  le  Franceys,  who  held  land  in  Linderle, 
paid  I'^Yid.  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Thomas  and  \^d.  at 
Hokeday. 

CHIDDINGLY. 

A.D.  1296. —  In  the  Subsidy  Roll  of  24  Edward  I., 
which  contains  the  taxation  of  this  and  the  adjoining 
parish  of  East  Hoathly  ("  Wo^q<^\'),  Johannes  Fraun- 
ceys,  evidently  of  Chittingley,  was  taxed  at  2^-.  6d.  and 
3  farthings. 

EAST   BOURNE. 

A.D.  1241-42. —  Among  those  holding  of  the  king 
in  capite  in  this  county,  the  heirs  of  Gilbertus  Fraji- 
ceis  hold  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Burne,  of 
the  honor  of  Morteyn. 

HEATHFIELD. 

Prob.  circa  1258. —  Peter,  son  and  heir  of  Walter  le 
Porter,  granted  to  Roger,  son  of  Robert  de  Broham, 
all  that  tenement  with  appurtenances  which  Walter, 
his  father,  bought  of  Robert  Scherrene  in  the  parish 
of  Hetfeld.  Witnesses,  Willelmus  Franneeys,  Nicho- 
laus  forestarius,  and  others. 

MAYFIELD    AND    WADHURST 

In  a  writ  issued  at  Lincoln  on  the  23d  of  Novem- 
ber, 1328,  for  the  collection  of  the   twentieth  in  the 


SC/SSjEX.  433 

county  of  Sussex,  the  portion  of  the  roll  relating  to 
Mao-hefeld  and  Wadehurst  shows  that  2s.  was  the  as- 
sessment  of  /o/i/i  Le  Fransh. 

WALDRON. 

A.D.  131 1. —  Tlwntas  le  Fj^enshe  was  a  manucaptor 
of  Johannes  de  Heringaud,  who  held  the  manor  of 
Herringdales,  alias  Waldron,  by  descent  from  the  fam- 
ily of  Dene,  one  of  the  two  knights  elected  for  the 
county  of  Sussex  to  attend  the  Parliament  held  at 
London,  on  the  eighth  day  of  August,  131 1. 

WESTHAM. 

A.D.  1259. —  Robert,  son  of  John  de  Glyndele,  and 
Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Salomon  de  Hothlegh, 
have  given  to  Reginald  de  Burghers  the  moiety  of  all 
the  land  of  which  the  said  Salomon  died  seized  in  the 
town  of  Westham,  the  western  hamlet  of  the  ancient 
town  of  Pevensey.  Given  on  the  morrow  of  the 
Translation  of  Saint  Edmund  the  Confessor,  in  the 
forty-third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry,  son  of 
King  John.  Witnesses,  Willelinus  ffranceys,  Nicho- 
laus  fforestarius,  and  others. 


WARWICKSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 

In  26  Henry  11.(1179-80),  at  the  Nova  Placita  et 
Novae  Conventiones  before  Rannulphus  de  Glanvill 
and  his  associates,  Roberttis  Fraunceis  had  been 
amerced  10  marks  as  surety  for  "  Johannes."  He 
pays  4  marks  into  the  treasury  by  the  hand  of  the 
sheriff  of  Warwickshire,  and  owes  6  marks. 

In  27  Henry  II.  Robertus  Fraiiceis  pays  2  marks 
of  his  misericordia,  and  owes  4  marks. 

At  Michaelmas,  1182,  he  again  pays  20s.,  and  owes 
\y.  4</.,  which  he  pays  in  the  twenty-ninth  year  of 
Henry  II.,  when  he  is  quit. 

On  Sunday  after  the  octaves  of  Saint  Peter  and 
Saint  Paul,  i  ith  of  July,  1 199,  Robertus  filius  Leueneth 
essoins  himself  by  Hugo  Fraiiceis. 


BARLICHWAY    HUNDRED. 

BEARLEY. 

A.D.  1 25 1. —  Covenant  between  the  abbot  and  con- 
vent of  Bordesley  (of  Worcestershire)  and  Elizabeth, 


WARWICKSHIRE.  435 

relict  of  Alexander  le  Blu,  relative  to  a  demise  by  her 
to  the  said  abbot  of  lands  in  the  field  of  Bur'  (Bearley), 
in  Sterf  furlong,  bordering  upon  the  road  leading  from 
Stafford,  in  Wotton,  Blakebroc  and  Hokinde  Stret. 
Witnesses,  Simon  de  Stok',  William  Franceis,  and 
others. 

The  following  charter  is  undated,  but  it  is  prob- 
ably of  a  later  date  than  that  preceding  it :  — 

Grant  in  frankalmoign  by  William  Frauiiceys, 
son  of  William.  Fraunceys,  of  Burleia,  to  the  monks 
of  Bordesley,  of  a  yearly  rent  payable  by  Robert 
Fraunceys,  son  of  Ralph  Fratinceys,  of  Burleia,  for  a 
curtilage  in  Burleia.  Witnesses,  Nicholas  le  Rower 
of  Warewick,  William  Moryn'  of  Snitenefeld,  Will- 
iam de   Burleia,  and  others. 

8  Edward  I.  (1279-80). —  Demise  of  Ralph  Geri,  of 
Burleye,  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Bordesley,  of  a 
messuage  with  a  curtilage  and  land,  and  also  of  a 
rent  in  Byrleye.  Witnesses,  Hugh  de  Bleez,  William 
Franceys,  and  others. 

GRAFTON. 

At  the  essoins,  etc.,  taken  at  Westminster,  on  the 
13th  of  October,  11 94,  Alanus,  nephew  of  Robertus 
le  Franceis,  excuses  himself  "  de  malo  veniendi "  by 
Adam  Marescallus,  in  a  plea  of  land  versus  Radulphus 
de  Crafton. 

On    the     ist   of    December,    11 94,    Radulphus  de 


436  J^VAJ?  WICK  SHIRE. 

Grafton  essoined  himself  de  malo  veniendi  by 
Simon  de  Beninton  in  a  placitum  dotis  versus 
Cristiana,  relict  of  Robertiis  le  Franceis. 

At  the  pleas,  on  the  Eve  of  Saint  Nicholas,  5th 
of  December,  11 94,  Willelmus  de  Paries  appeared,  on 
the  fourth  day,  versus  Cristiaiia,  the  wife  of  the 
deceased  Robertus  Francigena ;  but  she  neither  came 
nor  essoined  herself. 

A.D.  1194-95. —  A  day  is  given  to  the  brethren  of 
the  Hospital  of  Jerusalem,  Radulphus  de  Crafton, 
Willelmus  de  Ardena,  and  A  lames  Francigena,  in  a 
placitum  terrae,  at  Westminster,  on  the  day  of  Saint 
Peter  ad  Vincula. 

A.D.  1 1 95. —  At  the  assizes  on  the  morrow  of  Holy 
Trinity  Willelmus  de  Ardena  essoins  himself  de 
malo  veniendi  by  Thomas  Bon  Pas  in  a  placitum 
terrae  versus  the  hospital  and  Alanus  le  Franceis. 

LANGLEY. 

Circumstantial  evidence  indicates  that  the  following 
charter  was  executed  about  the  last  quarter  of  the 
twelfth  century:  — 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  and  those  to  come 
that  I,  Henricus  de  Clintona,  for  my  welfare  and  that 
of  my  family,  grant,  and  by  this  charter  confirm,  in 
pure  and  perpetual  alms,  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary 
of  Kenilduurda  (Kenilworth),  and  the  canons  serving 
God  there,  all  the  land   and   churches,  and  all  other 


WARWICKSHIRE.  437 

things,  with  appurtenances,  which  G.  (eoffrey)  de  CHn- 
ton,  my  grandfather,  chamberlain  of  the  lord  the  king 
(Henry  I.),  gave  and  granted  to  them,  in  pure  and  per- 
petual alms,  for  the  welfare  of  the  kings  of  England, 
and  for  his  own  welfare  and  that  of  his  family ; 
namely,  all  the  land  in  Kenilworth,  in  bosc  and  in 
plain,  etc.  Moreover,  I  grant  and  confirm  to  them 
all  the  lands,  with  their  appurtenances  and  liberties, 
which  I  before  have  given,  granted,  and  confirmed  to 
them,  to  be  held  of  me  and  my  heirs  in  perpetuity ; 
namely,  all  that  land,  with  bosc,  from  the  place  where 
the  house  of  Ailmerus  stood  to  the  fossatum  of  Stotfold, 
and  from  Stotfold  to  the  corner  of  the  wood  belonging 
to  the  said  canons  at  Blachwell,  with  Colgrimusholi- 
fast,  etc.  And  I  will  warrant  them  the  whole  wood, 
which  Robertus  le  Francois  claimed  in  the  fossatum 
belonging  to  the  canons  in  Blachwell,  and  all  the 
land  from  the  hedge  of  Robertus  pistor  to  the  end  of 
the  old  fossatum  which  is  extended  thither,  and  from 
the  end  of  this  fossatum  to  the  corner  of  the  new 
fossatum  which  the  canons  made  around  the  wood 
which  I  before  granted  them,  and  from  this  corner  to 
the  boundaries  between  me  and  the  Templars,  and 
then  by  the  boundaries  of  Robertus  le  Francois,  of 
Langele,  to  the  bosc  I  before  had  given  them,  namely, 
all  that  land  which  I  had  there  between  the  bounda- 
ries of  the  aforesaid  canons,  the  Templars,  and  Rober- 
tus le  Francois,  etc. ;  all  the  land  which  lies  between 
the  alder  grove  of  the  canons  and  the  land  of  Nigellus 


438  WARWICKSHIRE. 

de  Mundavilla,  etc. ;  and  one  acre  of  land  which 
Johannes  le  Strange,  a  man  of  the  canons,  held  of 
me ;  and  all  the  moor  which  is  between  Bradeford- 
Broch  and  the  land  of  Radulfus  carbonarius  (collier), 
near  the  road  to  Harestone,  etc.;  and  one  acre  of 
land  which  Ranulfus  and  Reginaldus  Rufus  held 
of  me,  and  the  wood  which  is  between  the  house  of 
said  Reginaldus  and  the  wood  which  of  old  belongfed 
to  the  church  of  Kenilworth,  from  the  spring,  from 
which  the  brook  called  Neusiche  flows  down,  to  the 
cross  which  Robertas  Ic  Francois  erected  for  making 
a  boundary  between  the  wood  which  this  Robertus 
held  of  me  and  that  part  of  the  wood  which  I  retain 
for  myself,  etc. ;  and  the  Church  of  Etha,  of  the  dona- 
tion of  Lecellina  and  concession  of  Bertramus  de 
Verduno,  her  son.  Hiis  testibus,  Magistro  Willielmo 
Martell,  Willielmo  clerico  de  Warewiche,  magistro 
Ricardo  de  Gnowshale,  Roberto  de  Herecurth  et 
Willielmo  filio  ejus,  Willielmo  de  Ardena,  Radulfo 
fratre  ejus,  Walerand  de  Cumpton,  Henrico  de  Cam- 
era, Johanne  de  Londonia,  Henrico  Blundel,  Johanne 
Blundel,  Rogero  Godecnave,  Willielmo  de  Norfolcia. 

SALFORD. 

The  ensuing  eight  documents  are  all  identified  with 
this  place.  The  time  of  the  execution  of  charter  No. 
I  is  indicated  by  the  period  when  William  de  Lucy, 
one  of  the  witnesses,  was  sheriff  of  this  county.     Dug- 


WAJ^  WICKSHIRE.  439 

dale  decides  the  time  as  follows:  "  In  20  Henry  III." 
(1236)  "  the  custody  of  this  county  and  Leicestershire 
was  committed  to  his"  (William  de  Lucy's)  "charge, 
together  with  the  strong  castle  of  Kenilworth,  23d  of 
April,  which  trust  he  continued  for  the  space  of  three 
years."  The  date  of  charter  No.  2  is  designated  by 
the  time  when  the  justices,  witnesses  to  the  same, 
made  their  northern  circuit,  which  was  in  the  year 
1240.  Robert  de  Lexinton,  the  principal  justice 
named,  died  in  1250.  The  visitation  of  the  justices 
was  made  during  the  time  of  Richard  le  Gras  or 
Crassus,  who  became  abbot  of  Evesham,  in  County 
Worcester,  after  the  death  of  his  predecessor,  who 
died  on  the  12th  of  September,  1236.  This  Abbot 
Richard  died  on  the  8th  of  December,  1242,  according 
to  Dugdale ;  but  Hardy  states  it  was  on  the  2d  of 
December.  So  that  the  succeeding  charters  wherein 
Abbot  Richard  is  mentioned  must  have  been  made 
durins:  the  time  he  was  abbot  of  Evesham.  The  fol- 
lowing  abbot  was  Thomas  de  Glovernia  or  Glouces- 
ter,  who  was  confirmed  in  1243,  and  died  on  the  15th 
of  December,  1255.  Henry,  or  Henry  of  Worcester, 
mentioned  in  the  last  record  of  the  year  1259,  suc- 
ceeded Thomas,  the  late  abbot.  He  was  installed 
abbot  of  Evesham  in  1256,  and  died  in  November, 
1263.  So  that  the  following  documents  may,  we 
judge,  safely  be  considered  to  cover  the  period  from 
the  year  1235  until  the  year  1259. 


440  WAJ?  WICKSHIRE. 

Charter  No.  i. 

Grant  by  Robert  Franceis,  of  Saltforde,  to  William 
the  clerk,  of  Drayton,  of  a  portion  of  his  court  towards 
the  high  street,  with  the  coterelli  living  there,  with  a 
croft  and  half  of  his  virgate  of  land  at  Saltforde. 
An  acre  of  the  land  is  in  Morwrlung,  part  heading  on 
"  la  Den,"  half  an  acre  called  "  Forshecar,"  part  on 
"  Calueulle  le  affeudlond,"  in  "la  Verniwrlung,"  part 
next  Himiwei  in  "la  Holulonde,"  and  Goren  by  Hun- 
iwei  looking  on  Somerwei,  part  on  Hothulle,  next 
land  of  the  court  of  Saltford  Priors,  etc.  Witnesses, 
Sir  William  de  Luci,  sheriff  of  Warwick,  and  others. 

Charter  No.   2. 

Grant  by  William  the  clerk,  of  Drayton,  to  Richard, 
the  abbot,  and  the  monks  of  Evesham  (in  Worcester- 
shire), in  frankalmoign,  of  land  and  a  messuage,  with 
the  coterelli,  and  a  croft  in  Saltford,  which  he  had  of 
the  gift  of  Robert  le  Franceys,  against  whom  he  after- 
wards recovered  it  by  assize  of  novel  disseisin  before 
the  king's  justices  in  Eyre  at  Coventry.  Witnesses, 
Robert  de  Lexinton,  William  de  Culewrth,  Robert 
de  la  Haye,  Warner  Engayne,  and  Ralph  de  Sutlegh, 
the  king's  justices  then  in  Eyre,  and  others. 


WARWICKSHIRE.  441 

Charter  No.  3. 

Grant  by  Robert  le  Fraunceys,  of  Saltforde,  to  Roger 
Lossewit,  of  a  messuage  in  Saltforde  at  the  end  of 
the  town,  and  twelve  acres  in  Saltford,  part  at 
Tunstall,  part  in  Othull,  in  Hevedfurlong,  by  "  le 
Merwey,"  in  the  upper  part  of  the  furlong  called 
"  Somerweye,"  at  Cocesacre,  in  Calwenhull,  upon  Sti- 
furlong,  extending  to  "  la  Dene  "  and  to  "  la  Hethe," 
part  at  the  end  of  the  mill  road,  at  Leverichescroft, 
next  "la  Longedole,"  and  a  portion  of  the  meadow  by 
Elmeforde.  Witnesses,  Robert  Grim,  Henry  Austin, 
and  others. 

Charter  No.  4. 

Release  by  Roger  le  Losewit  to  Sir  Richard,  the 
abbot,  and  the  convent  of  Evesham,  of  the  messuage 
in  Sanford  which  he  had  of  Robert  le  Franceis,  at  the 
end  of  the  town,  and  also  of  land  there.  Witnesses, 
William,  the  steward  (senescallo)  of  Evesham,  Simon 
de  Cottone,  knight,  Robert  Grym,  Henry  Austin,  and 
others. 

Charter  No.   5. 

Grant  by  Robert  le  Franceis,  of  Sanford,  to  William, 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Ynceberg,  of  all  his  land  in  San- 
ford, with  the  service  of  Roger  Losewit,  for  30  marks, 
which  William  has  lent  to  him  for  his  great  and  urgent 
business,  the  said  William  paying  5^-.  yearly  to    the 


442  JVAJ?  WICKSHIRE. 

abbot  of  Evesham,  and  giving  to  Robert  for  life  a  fourth 
of  the  wheat  growing  on  the  land ;  and,  if  after  his 
death,  Robert's  heir  repays  the  30  marks,  he  shall  re- 
cover the  land.  Otherwise  William  shall  hold  it  till 
the  money  be  repaid,  with  the  amount  he  has  spent 
on  the  land.  Witnesses,  Henry  Austin,  of  Sanford, 
Robert  Grim,  and  others. 


Charter  No.  6. 

Grant  by  Peter  the  palmer  (palmarius),  of  Ecches- 
lenz,  son  of  the  late  Bond',  son  of  Alexander,  to  Sir 
Richard,  the  abbot,  and  the  convent  of  Evesham,  of 
the  land  in  Sanford  which  he  had  of  Robe^-t  le 
Franceis,  of  Sanford,  part  extending  from  the  spring 
commonly  called  "  Carfwellesiche"  by  the  moor,  toward 
Herverton,  part  in  Weleforlong  by  "le  Chirhacre." 
Witnesses,  William  the  stew^ard  of  Evesham,  Peter 
son  of  Osbert  de  Eccheslenz,  and  others. 


Charter  N'o.  7. 

Grant  by  William  Franccys,  of  Sanford,  to  Geoffrey 
de  Camera  of  a  moiety  of  all  his  right  in  one  vir- 
gate  of  land  in  "  Sanford  abbatis  Evesham"  (Salford 
Abbot's),  which  came  to  William  through  Alice,  his 
mother,  Geoffrey  defraying  the  cost  of  the  plea  for 
acquiring  the  land  by  judgment  or  agreement.  Wit- 
nesses, Walter  Grim,  Henry  Austin,  and  others. 


IVAJ?  WICKSHIRE.  443 

Charter  No.  8. 

A.D.  1259. —  Undertaking  by  Geoffrey  de  Camera 
and  John  Birun  to  defend  Henry,  abbot  of  Evesham, 
in  a  plea  which  William  le  Fratuiceis,  of  Salford,  is 
moving  against  him  before  the  king's  justices  of  the 
Bench,  London,  concerning  a  virgate  of  land  in  Sal- 
ford,  and  to  cause  the  said  abbot  to  have  a  deed  of 
acquittance  of  the  said  land  under  William  s  seal 
before  Ascension  Day  next.  Evesham,  the  morrow 
of  Saint  John  ante  Portam  Latinam,  a.d.  1259. 


COVENTRY   CO. 

STIVICHALL. 

Circa  a.d.  i  180-1200. —  Grant  from  Stephen  de 
Nerbona  to  William,  son  of  Ralph  de  Filungele,  in 
consideration  of  his  fighting  a  duel  for  him  ("  pro 
homagio  et  servicio,  et  propter  duellum  quod  fecit 
pro  me"),  of  two  virgates  of  land  in  Stivechala,  with 
additional  land  near  the  high  road  leading  from 
Allesle,  with  license  to  sell  or  mortgage  or  assign  to 
the  house  of  the  brothers  of  the  Temple,  or  to  the 
Hospitallers,  or  any  other  religious  house :  with  a  full 
warranty,  "propter  quod  fecit  pro  me  predictum 
duellum."      Witnesses,  Robertus  Franccis  and  others. 


444  JV-4J^  WICKSHIRE. 

HEMLINGFORD    HUNDRED. 

BIRMINGHAM. 

In  the  year  1221  John  de  Kent,  of  Birmingham, 
was  murdered  by  his  servants  John  and  Henry,  who 
fled.  They  are  in  the  frankpledge  of  Peter  le 
Fraunceis  in  Burmingham,  no  EngHshry  proved. 
For  this  offence  the  town  was  fined  i  mark,  and  the 
frankpledge  of  Peter  le  Frawieeis  for  the  flight  half 
a  mark. 

GLASCOTE. 

About  the  beginning  of  King  Henry  II.'s  time, 
William,  the  son  of  Hugh  de  Hatton,  confirmed  to 
the  nuns  of  Polseworth  all  those  lands  in  Glascote 
which  William  le  Franceis  had  given  them.  By 
which  confirmation  it  appears  that  they  were  of  the 
inheritance  of  Maud,  wife  of  the  said  William  de 
Hatton. 

WIDNEY. 

At  the  Placita  coram  Consilio  Domini  Regis,  in 
octabis  Sancti  Hillarii,  anno  38  Henry  III.,  20th  of 
January,  \2^^^,  Roger  le  Fraiinceys,  William  de  Paries, 
and  Alicia  de  Paries  were  attached  to  answer  the 
complaint  of  Robert,  parson  of  Wadington,  that  they 
had  come  with  others  to  the  house  of  said   Robert  in 


IVAJ^  WICKSHIRE.  445 

Wydehaye,  which  he  held  in  custody,  and  had  ejected 
him  and  his  family  from  it  vi  et  armis,  and  had  carried 
away  his  goods  and  chattels  to  the  value  of  20  marks. 

Roger  denied  the  accusation,  and  appealed  to  a  jury, 
which  is  to  be  summoned  in  the  county,  and  the 
inquisition  returned  on  the  octaves  of  Trinity. 

William  de  Paries  and  Alice  appeared,  and  admitted 
the  fact.  They  are  therefore  committed  to  custody, 
and  the  sheriff  to  return  the  amount  of  damasre  at 
three  weeks  from  Easter. 


KINGTON    HUNDRED. 

CHESTERTON. 

In  the  Domesday  survey,  under  the  heading  of 
Terra  Ricardi  Forestarii,  is  the  following  account  of 
this  place:  Ricardus  Venator  holds  three  hides  in 
Cestreton.  There  is  (arable)  land  (sufficient)  for  six 
ploughs.  In  demesne  are  three  carucates,  and  (there 
are)  six  villani  and  four  bordarii  with  three  ploughs. 
There  are  thirty  acres  of  meadow.  It  (the  whole)  was 
worth  \os.,  now  it  is  worth  looi'.  Four  teini  (for- 
merly) held  it  free. 

Sir  William  Dugdale  explains  the  appearance  of 
Richard  Venator  in  this  survey  by  stating  it  was 
another  name  for  Richard  Forestarius,  who  was  also 
called  Richard  Chineu ;    and  in  continuation  observes 


446  JVAJ?  WICKSHIRE. 

that  Richard  Forestarius  held  his  lands  by  the  ser- 
vice of  keeping  the  forest  of  Kanoc,  in  Stafford- 
shire, and  paying  to  the  king  lo  marks  yearly. 
From  another  source  it  is  found  that  Richard  Fores- 
tarius founded  the  church  of  this  place.  From  the 
Forestarii  the  forestership  of  Cannock  passed,  accord- 
ing to  Testa  de  Nevill,  successively  by  heiresses,  first 
to  William  Crok,  then  to  Robert  de  Brok,  and  after- 
wards by  a  daughter  of  the  latter  to  Hugh  de  Lodges, 
whose  son,  Hugh  de  Lodges,  was  the  last  hereditary 
forester  of  Cannock. 

There  are  indications  that  Robert  Passelewe  made 
his  northern  circuit  about  the  year  1247,  for  Eyton 
states  that  it  was  probably  in  March  of  that  year  he 
visited  Shropshire.  So  the  chances  are  that  he  may 
have  included  the  county  of  Warwick  among  the 
records  of  that  period,  among  which  arrentations  is 
the  following  account  of  Chesterton,  identified  with 
the  last  hereditary  forester  of  Cannock  of  the  sur- 
name of  Lodges. 

Hugo  de  Lodges  enfeoffed  Robcrtiis  Ic  Fraunccys 
with  one  virgate  of  land  for  \2d.  per  annum. 
Thomas  Ic  Frainiccys  holds  it,  and  it  is  valued  at   lOi'. 


THORNTON. 

2   Edward  I.  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices   to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraisfned 


IVAJ^  WICKSHIRE.  447 

by  William  de   Bissopedon  against   Walter  le  Fraun- 
ceis,  touching  common  of  pasture  in  Thornedon. 


KNIGHTLOW    HUNDRED. 

HODNELL. 

Willelmus  de  Lodinton  and  Ricardus  Peche,  col- 
lectors of  the  aid  of  2  marks  of  each  fee,  given  to 
King  Henry  III.  for  marrying  his  sister  Isabel,  to 
Frederick,  the  Roman  Emperor,  render  account  for 
the  terms  of  Michaelmas,  1235,  and  Easter,  1236. 

Henricus  le  Frmniceis,  of  Hodenhull,  and  Willelmus 
de  Ludinton,  of  Ludinton,  paid  i  mark  for  half  a 
knight's  fee, —  the  half  at  each  term. 


THURLESTON. 

At  the  aid  for  marrying  Isabel,  sister  of  King 
Henry  III.,  in  1235  and  1236,  Willelmus  le  Franceis, 
of  Turlaweston,  paid  2  marks  for  one  knight's  fee. 


WESTMORELAND. 


EAST    WARD. 

APPLEBY. 

At  the  assize  held  at  Appleby  in  a  month  of  Easter, 
1279,  Johannes  le  Fraunceys  was  an  attorney  of  Will- 
elmus  de  Lyndesay  in  a  plea  of  land  between  him  and 
the  sisters  and  heiresses  of  Peter  de  Brus  (3d),  plain- 
tiffs, and  Alanus  de  Turribus,  defendant. 


WEST    WARD. 

CLIBURN. 

In  the  year  1291  there  was  a  dispute  between  King 
Edward  I.  and  the  Abbey  of  St.  Mary,  York,  concern- 
ing the  advowson  of  the  Church  of  St.  Laurence  in 
Appleby  and  the  Church  of  St.  Michael  in  Appleby, 
in  Bondegate,  the  king  affirming  that  King  Henry 
IL  presented  to  the  same  Adam  and  John,  his  clerks. 
But  the  jurors  found  that  the  abbot  had  more  right  in 
the  said  advowson  than  the  king.     The  names  of  the 


WESTMORELAND.  449 

jurors  were  Thomas  de  Culwene,  Hugh  de  Multon,  of 
Hoffe,  William  de  Stirkeland,  John  de  Rossegill, 
R.  le  Englays,  Richard  de  Preston,  knights ;  Jo. 
Mauschael,  William  de  Crakenthorp,  Richard  de 
Musegrave,  Jo.  Frminceis,  of  Cliburn,  Richard  de 
Warthecop,  and  Richard  Tyrel. 

A.D.  1292. —  At  the  pleadings  held  at  Appleby,  in 
this  county,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Michael,  in 
the  twentieth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.,  the 
lord  the  king,  by  Willelmus  Inge,  claimed  versus  the 
abbot  of  Bella  Landa  (Byland,  in  Yorkshire)  four 
carucates  of  land,  one  thousand  acres  of  wood,  and 
one  hundred  acres  of  pasture,  with  its  appurtenances, 
in  Theybeye  and  Askeby. 

The  following  jurors,  elected  for  this  purpose,  said 
upon  their  oath  that  the  aforesaid  abbot  had  more 
right  to  hold  the  said  tenement,  as  the  right  of  his 
church  of  Bella  Landa,  than  the  king ;  namely, 
Thomas  de  Derwentwater,  Huq^o  de  Molton,  Willel- 
mus  de  Stirkelaund,  Johannes  de  Rossegile,  Ricardus 
de  Preston,  and  Robertus  le  Engleys,  knights ;  Jo- 
hannes Mauchael,  Willelmus  de  Q.x2^;J^n\.ox^^,  Johannes 
Ic  Fratinceys,  of  Clyburn,  Ricardus  de  Wardecoppe, 
Nicholaus  de  Musegrave,  and  Johannes  de  Whale. 

At  the  same  pleadings  the  lord  the  king,  by  Will- 
elmus Inge,  claimed  versus  Gilbertus  de  Querton  the 
manor  of  Querton,  with  all  its  appurtenances. 

The  following  jurors,  chosen  for  this  purpose,  said 
upon  their  oath  that  the  said  Gilbertus  had  more  right 


45° 


WESTMORELAND. 


to  hold  the  said  tenement,  as  he  holds  it  by  confirma- 
tion and  enfeoffment,  than  the  king ;  namely,  Hugo 
de  Molton,  Thomas  de  Derwentwater,  Willelmus  de 
Scirkelaund,  and  Ricardus  de  Preston,  knights ;  Jo- 
hannes Mauchael,  Willelmus  de  Crakenethorp,  Jo- 
hannes Ic  Frannccys^  of  Cliburn,  Nicholaus  de 
Mosegrave,  Adam  de  Haurington,  Johannes  de  Quale, 
Ricardus  de  Wardecoppe,  and  Adam  de  Musegrave. 


CROSBY    RAVENSWORTH. 

Thirteenth  century  charter,  probably  executed  soon 
after  the  year  1256:  — 

To  all  who  see  or  hear,  etc.  Thomas  de  Hastyngs, 
son  of  Thomas  de  Hastyngs,  greeting.  Know- 
all  that  I  and  my  heirs  or  my  assigns  can 
neither  have  nor  take  any  suit  to  my  mill  of 
Crosseby  of  the  abbot  of  Whiteby  and  his  men,  or 
his  tenants,  of  any  of  his  lands  in  Crosseby  Ravens- 
warth, —  namely,  of  those  lands  which  they  held  on 
Friday  next  before  the  feast  of  Saint  Barnabas  the 
Apostle,  in  the  fortieth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  John,  1256,  in  the  said  vill  of 
Crosseby ;  and  that  the  said  abbot  and  his  men,  or 
his  tenants,  may  grind  their  corn  of  the  said 
land  wherever  it  seems  them  better  to  take  it,  without 
hindrance  of  me,  my  heirs,  or  my  assigns.  And  for 
the    more    security    I    have    confirmed    this    present 


WESTMORELAND.  451 

charter  by  my  seal.  Hiis  testibus,  Roberto  de  Askeby, 
Alano  de  Cataberge,  Roiilando  de  Revegille,  Willclmo 
de  Franceys,  Willelmo  de  Goldington,  Johanne  de 
Berwys,  Willelmo  filio  Adae  de  Meburne,  et  aliis. 


GREAT   STRICKLAND. 

Circa  a.d.  1230. — Walterus  de  Stirkland,  knight, 
granted  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary's,  York,  and 
to  the  prior  and  monks  of  Wederhal,  which  was 
a  cell  of  St.  Mary's,  York,  four  acres  of  land 
in  the  territory  of  Stirkeland,  with  liberty  to  grind 
the  corn  growing  thereupon  at  his  mill  of  Stirke- 
land, molter  free.  The  witnesses  were  Radulphus, 
prior  of  Carlisle ;  Magister  G.  (that  is,  Gervase 
Lowther),  archdeacon ;  Dominus  W.,  official  of  Car- 
lisle ;  Ricardus  Brun,  and  Thomas  son  of  Johannes, 
(deputy)  sheriffs  of  Cumberland  and  Westmorland ; 
Robertus  de  Castelkairoc,  brother  of  the  said  Wal- 
terus ;  Walterus,  dean  (rural)  of  Westmorland ;  Mi- 
chael, vicar  of  Morlaund ;  Johannes  son  of  Willelmus, 
Thomas  de  Lowther,  TJionias  le  Fraunceis,  Adam 
and  Roberttis,  his  sons,  Hicgo  le  Fraunceis,  Adam  de 
Slegyle,  Stephanus  and  Robertus  de  Newby,  and 
others. 


452 


WESTMORELAND. 


MAULD'S    MEABURN. 


Rogerus  de  Morvill  held  Meburn,  at  whose  death 
it  was  divided  between  his  coheirs,  Hugo  de  Morvill 
and  Matilda  de  Morvill,  who  married  Willelmus  de 
Veteriponte.  Hugo's  part  came  to  the  king  by  for- 
feiture, when  it  was  known  as  Meburn  Regis ;  and 
Matilda's  moiety  became  Meburn  Matildae. 

This  latter  place  is  of  interest  to  the  surname  of 
Frannays  from  the  fact  that  the  manor  of  Meburn 
Matildae  was  held  at  a  later  period  by  Johannes  le 
Frannccys,  the  baron  of  the  Exchequer. 

This  Johannes  le  Frannceys,  of  whom  are  given  the 
succeeding  records,  was  the  son  of  Hngo  k  Frannceys. 

In  the  year  1241  the  king  issues  a  writ  on  treasury 
business  to  the  sheriff  of  Cumberland,  in  re2:ard  to 
the  debt  due  by  the  deceased  John  de  Veteriponte, 
in  which  is  an  early  record  oi  Johanjies  Ic  Fra7i7iceys, 
where  he  appears  in  the  royal  service. 

The  following  is  a  translation  of  the  writ:  — 

A.D.  1 24 1. —  The  king  to  the  sheriff  of  Cumberland, 
greeting.  Know  ye  that  we  have  assigned  to  Jo- 
hanncs  le  Frannceys  and  yourself  the  appraisement 
of  the  lands  which  belonged  to  Johannes  de  Veteri 
Ponte,  as  well  as  how  much  they  are  worth  per 
annum,  and  to  take  into  our  hands  all  the  chattels 
which  belonged  to  tliis  Johannes  on  the  day  of  his 
death  for  the  debt  he  owed  us,  and  that  you  give  an 
account    thereof,    keeping    the    custody  of    the    same 


WESTMORELAND.  453 

until  otherwise  ordered.  And,  therefore,  we  ordain 
you  to  accept  the  aforesaid  clerk  to  accomplish  these 
our  wishes  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

In  this  same  year  is  noticed  the  name  of  Johannes 
le  Franceys,  evidently  occupying  the  same  official  posi- 
tion, and  then  as  a  witness  to  a  charter  of  the  Earl  of 
Kent,  wherein  the  first  witness  is  the  king's  treasurer, 
next  two  barons  of  the  Exchequer,  while  the  fifth 
name  is  that  of  Johamies  le  Franceys,  and  the  seventh 
witness  is  the  Mayor  of  London. 

Charter  of  Hubert  de  Burgh. 

To  all  the  faithful  in  Christ  who  see  or  hear  this 
writing,  Hubertus  de  Burgo,  Earl  of  Kent,  greeting 
in  the  Lord.  May  it  be  known  that  we  have  given 
and  granted  to  God  all  the  houses  we  held  of  the 
abbot  of  Westminster,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Margaret 
at  Westminster,  with  all  their  appurtenances,  and  all 
the  rents  and  possessions  we  had  in  houses,  roads, 
parks,  curtilages,  and  all  other  things,  between  the 
Abbey  of  Westminster  and  the  city  of  London,  for  the 
relief  of  the  Holy  Land,  and  in  redemption  of  a 
solemn  promise  that  we  should  either  give  aid  in  the 
support  of  the  cross  or  go  to  the  Holy  Land  in  per- 
son, provided  we  had  no  legitimate  hinderance ;  and  we 
gave  these  houses  with  all  rents  and  possessions,  and 
all  the  aforesaid,  without  any  withholding  of  us  or  our 
heirs,  to  the  discreet  men,  the  brethren,  Walterus  de 


454  WESTMORELAND. 

Sancto  Martino,  minister  of  Christ's  cross,  Laurentius 
de  Sancto  Albano,  rector  of  the  church  of  Attleburg, 
and  Ricardus  de  Wokindon,  rector  of  the  church  of 
Annilers  (?),  to  arraign  and  expose  for  sale,  for  aid  of 
the  Holy  Land,  for  the  safety  of  our  soul,  and  those 
of  Margaret,  our  wife,  Johannes,  our  son,  Margaret, 
our  daughter,  as  well  as  those  of  our  ancestors  and 
successors.  And  Walterus,  Laurentius,  and  Ricar- 
dus sold  these  houses  with  all  their  appurtenances, 
without  any  withholding,  to  Walterus  (Gray),  Arch- 
bishop of  York,  Primate  of  England,  for  400  marks 
sterling,  to  be  contributed  in  aid  of  the  Holy  Land ; 
and  they  gave  him  full  seisin  of  the  same.  And  for 
the  confirmation  of  this  sale  and  seisin  we  have  ap- 
pended our  seal  to  this  present  charter.  Hiis  testi- 
bus,  Willelmo  de  Haverull  tunc  thesaurario  domini 
regis,  Petro  Grimbald,  Rad'  de  Ely,  tunc  baronibus 
scaccarii ;  Rad'  de  Laycestre,  JoJianncs  le  Franceys, 
magistro  Thoma  Essewi,  Reinero  de  Bungei  tunc 
majore  London,  Mich'  Thorn,  Johanne  de  Gilor' 
tunc  vice-com'  London. 

A.D.  1243,  5th  of  May. —  Henry,  by  the  grace  of 
God,  etc.  Pay  from  our  treasury  to  Johannes 
Franc{cis)  the  expenses  for  our  queen's  gold,  '^^^l.  gs. 
8d.,  which  he  received  from  the  chattels  sold  of  John, 
formerly  Earl  of  Lincoln,  above  the  debt  which  the 
same  earl  owed  us,  and  which  we  will  shall  be  allowed 
to  the  executors  of  the  will  of  said  earl  for  the  o;old 


WESTMORELAND. 


455 


which  the  aforesaid  earl  owed  us,  on  account  of  our 
queen. 

The  last  of  the  family  of  Veteripont,  who  held 
Meburn  Matildae,  was  Robert  de  Veteripont,  who 
succeeded  his  father,  John  de  Veteripont,  and  is  the 
grantor  in  the  following  record:  — 

In  27  Henry  III.  (1243),  Robertus  de  Veteri  Ponte 
granted,  and  by  his  charter  confirmed,  to  Johannes 
Le  Fraitnccis,  son  of  Hugo  Le  Frminceis,  for  his 
homage  and  service,  the  whole  manor  of  Meburn 
Matildae,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  in  the  parish 
of  Crosby  Ravensworth,  West  Ward. 

At  this  period  Johannes  le  Franceys  appears  versus 
Johanna  de  Veteripont  in  a  plea  that  she  should 
restore  him  the  custody  of  Willelmus  de  Pinkeny's 
land  and  heir,  whereof  she  unjustly  deforced  him;  but 
she  is  absent.  Judgment,  let  her  be  attached  to 
appear,  etc. 

There  is  another  record  of  about  the  same  time,  in 
which  Johannes  le  Fraunceis  conveyed  to  Johanna, 
the  daughter  of  Johannes  de  Veteripont,  the  several 
lands  and  tenements,  with  the  services  of  villains  and 
bondsmen,  granted  to  her  by  her  father. 

In  the  Memoranda  Roll  of  the  lord  treasurer's 
Remembrancer,  for  the  year  1243,  is  noticed  the  fol- 
lowing memoranda  relating  to  the  county  of  Kent  and 
its  sheriff :  — 

The  sheriff  is,  as  others,  ordered  to  have  before  the 
barons    of   the    Exchequer,  in  fifteen    days    of    Holy 


456  WESTMORELAND. 

Trinity,  the  body  of  Johannes  Baryl,  of  Harleston,  to 
answer  to  A(lexander),  treasurer  of  St.  PauFs,  for 
meanly  ill-treating  his  own  men,  depriving  them  of 
their  rights,  and  erecting  gallows  without  Canterbury 
and  hano-ingr  robbers.  And  the  sheriff  shall  come 
before  the  barons  on  the  same  day  to  hear  judgment 
for  not  having  this  Johannes  Baryl  before  the  barons 
on  the  morrow  of  the  Ascension  Day,  as  commanded. 
And  he  shall  have  the  writ.  Teste,  JipJiannes) 
Francigcna,  at  Westminster,  on  the  twenty-fifth  day 
of  May,  27  Henry  III. 

A.D.  1243-44. —  Grant  by  Petrus,  son  of  Ricardus, 
son  of  Lucas  de  Stanford,  to  Willelmus  de  Haverhull, 
clerk,  of  all  his  lands,  etc.,  in  Stanford,  except  the 
rents  he  holds  in  Angre  and  a  rent  of  i2d.  in  Stan- 
ford due  from  Walterus  de  Royng'.  Witnesses, 
Dominus  Willelmus  de  Ebor',  provost  of  Beverley; 
Ricardus  [de  Barking],  abbot  of  Westminster;  Alex- 
ander de  Swereford,  JoJiauncs  de  Fraunccis,  Radul- 
phus  de  Ely,  then  barons  of  the  King's  Exchequer; 
Jollanus  de  Nevill,  Johannes  de  Cobeham,  then  jus- 
tices of  our  lord  the  king  "  in  Banco";  Willelmus  de 
Sancto  Edmundo,  Thomas  de  Newerk,  then  justices 
of  the  Jews;  Radulphus  Eswy,  then  mayor  of  Lon- 
don; Adam  de  Basing  and  Hugo  Blund,  then  sheriffs ; 
Rogerus  filius  Rogeri,  Johannes  de  Condre,  Petrus  de 
Wakering,  Willelmus  son  of  Ricardus  de  Stapelford, 
Petrus  de  Tany,  Simon  son  of  Gilbertus  de  Stanford, 
Johannes  de  Bernes,  Baldwinus  de  Ripariis,  knights, 
and  others  (named). 


WESTMORELAND.  457 

A.D.  1244. —  The  sheriff  of  York  is  commanded 
that,  upon  the  oath  of  good  and  loyal  men,  he  shall 
make  an  appraisement  of  all  the  land  of  Robertus  de 
Tweng'  in  his  bailiwick,  as  well  as  his  chattels,  which 
are  in  the  king's  hand ;  and  when  he,  by  their  oath, 
has  been  sure  of  the  value  of  the  land  and  of  the 
price  of  the  chattels,  then  he  shall  transfer  to  Johannes 
le  Fraunceys  as  well  the  land  as  the  chattels  at  their 
value,  who  shall  answer  to  the  king  for  the  same  when 
he  so  ordaines. 

A.D.  1245. —  Command  to  the  sheriffs  of  London  to 
pay  to  Ricardus  Carectarius  the  penny  per  day  of  the 
king's  alms,  which  Nicholas  Carpentarius  used  to 
receive  of  the  sheriffs  of  that  city.  Tested,  J{ohannes) 
Francigena,  on  the  26th  day  of  May. 

A.D.  1245. — -Johamies  Francigena  issued  a  writ  to 
the  sheriff  of  Essex  and  Hertford  on  the  26th  of  July, 
1245,  commanding  him  to  have  Henricus  le  Lechin 
and  others  named  in  the  writ  before  the  barons  of 
the  Exchequer,  in  the  octaves  of  Saint  Michael,  to 
answer  to  Alexander,  treasurer  of  St.  Paul's,  London, 
baron  of  the  Exchequer,  concerning  the  wasting  of 
their  feoffments  in  Andebury,  and  the  destruction  of 
the  trees  against  the  king's  peace. 

A.D.  1246. —  Grant  by  Bartholomeus  de  Turberevill 
to  Fulco  Basset,  Bishop  of  London,  of  his  manor  and 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Melebury  (in  Dorset), 
paying  therefore  to  the  King's  Exchequer,  London,  for 
Bartholomeus   and    his   heirs,   10/.   yearly   for   twelve 


458  WESTMORELAND. 

years  from  Christmas,  1246,  and  after  that  term  ^os. 
yearly  till  the  sum  total  paid  is  122/.,  with  other  con- 
ditions specified.  For  this  grant  Fulco  has  paid  140 
marks.  Witnesses,  Willelmus  de  Ebor',  warden  of 
Beverley;  Henricus  de  Bathon'  and  Alanus  de  Wat- 
saund,  then  justices  of  the  Bench ;  Willelmus  de 
Hailhull,  then  the  king's  treasurer;  Magister  Alexan- 
der de  Swereford,  treasurer  of  St.  Paul's,  London ; 
Johannes  Ic  Fraunceys,  and  Magister  Alexander  Secu- 
lar, then  barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  others. 

A.D.  1247. —  The  king  to  the  sheriff  of  Cambridge. 
As  it  is  provided  by  the  Common  Council  of  the 
Magnates  of  England  that  they  who  hold  in  capite  of 
the  king  for  military  service  shall  pay  2qs.  for  each 
knight's  fee  in  aid  to  marry  the  king's  eldest  daugh- 
ter, therefore  the  sheriff  is  commanded  to  distrain 
H.  de  Ver.,  Earl  of  Oxford,  to  pay  20^-.  for  each  of  the 
fees  he  holds  in  capite  of  the  king  for  knight's  service. 
The  sheriff  is  also  commanded  to  permit  peace  to 
Martinus  le  Chamberleng  and  his  tenants  of  the  same 
aid  for  the  aforesaid  earl.  Tested  by  JoJiannes  Fran- 
cigena,  on  the  sixth  day  of  February, 

A.D.  1247. —  The  king  to  his  diligent  and  faithful 
Johannes  le  France! s,  Thomas  de  Stanford,  and  Ro- 
bertus  de  Creppingis,  greeting.  Know  ye  that  we, 
by  the  consent  of  the  heirs  of  Willelmus  de  Lancas- 
ter (3d),  have  assigned  of  the  land  belonging  to  the  said 
Willelmus,  to  Agnes  (de  Brus),  who  was  his  wife,  her 
reasonable  dower;  and  we  have  assigned  the  manor 


WESTMORELAND.  459 

of  Kirkeby  (in  Kendale  Ward)  to  Petrus  de  Brus  (3d) 
for  chief  messuage,  and  the  manor  of  Warton  to  Wal- 
terus  de  Lindesy  for  chief  messuage.  And  we 
command  you  to  divide  the  remaining  land  in  two 
equal  portions,  and  then  give  seisin  to  Petrus  of  the 
part  near  his  land,  and  to  retain  in  our  hands  the 
other  part  and  hold  it  in  custody  until  we  order  other- 
wise. Teste  Rege,  at  Windsor,  on  the  twentieth  day 
of  February. 

A.D.  1247. — Johannes  le  Franceis  on  the  4th  of 
October,  1247,  issues  a  writ  to  the  sheriff  of  Somer- 
set, commanding  him  to  assist  Henricus  de  Tracy  to 
distrain  his  knights  and  free  tenants  to  render  to  him 
their  "  Escuages  de  Scutagio  Wasconiae,"  which  they 
owed  to  him  for  the  knights'  fees  which  they  held 
of  him  and  he  of  the  king  in  capite ;  to  wit,  \os. 
per  fee. 

A.D.  1248. —  On  the  fifteenth  day  of  July,  in  the 
thirty-second  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III., 
the  Summons  of  the  Great  Roll,  for  the  collection  of 
the  ro3^al  revenue  in  Northamptonshire,  was  delivered 
to  the  sheriff  of  that  county  by  the  hands  oi  Johannes 
Francigena,  baron  of  the  Exchequer. 

In  the  Memoranda  Roll  of  the  lord  treasurer's 
Remembrancer  for  the  thirty-second  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Henry  III.  (1248)  is  the  following  order  re- 
lating to  the  inquisition  to  be  held  before  the  barons 
of  the  Exchequer.  As  this  year  was  one  of  the  many 
years  that  Johannes  Francigena  held  the  official  post 


46  o  WESTMORELAND. 

of  Baro  de  Scaccario,  it  is  inferred  that  Waldenus,  re- 
ferred to  in  the  Memoranda,  was  ill-treated  when  prob- 
ably on  treasury  business  acting  under  the  orders  of 
his  chief. 

The  sheriff  of  Essex  and  Hertford  is  ordered  to  in- 
quire upon  the  oath  of  twelve,  etc.,  if  Walterus  Car- 
pentar,  of  Rumford  (Essex),  in  the  vigil  of  Pentecost, 
had  beaten  and  wounded  Waldenus,  a  man  of  Jo- 
hannes Francigcna,  or  not;  and,  if  he  did  not  beat 
him,  who  had  done  it.  And  the  inquest  is  to  be  re- 
turned to  the  barons  at  the  close  of  St.  Margaret, 
under  his  seal. 

In  the  last-named  year  there  appears  to  have  been 
a  quarrel  between  the  monks  of  Selby  and  Johannes 
Franciscns,  clericus  domini  regis,  in  collecting  the 
revenue  of  hay  and  corn. 

A.D.  1250. —  Pleas  at  Westminster  in  a  month  from 
Holy  Trinity.  Westmoreland  :  Johannes  le  Fratui- 
ccys  appears  by  attorney  versus  Robertus  de  Veteri- 
pont,  in  a  plea  that  the  latter  should  acquit  him  of  the 
service  which  Johannes  de  Bayllol  exacts  from  him 
for  the  freehold  he  holds  of  Robertus,  in  Meburn  Ma- 
tildae,  whereof  Robertus,  as  the  "medius"  between 
them,  should  acquit  him.  Robertus  is  absent.  At- 
tached  to    attend   on   the    morrow   of    Saint    Martin. 

On  the  30th  of  September,  1251,  in  the  pleas  of  the 
assizes  of  the  county  of  York,  it  is  found  that  Ro- 
bertus, son  of  Ivo  de  Veteripont,  acknowledged  that 
he  had  granted  to  Johannes  de  Baylof  (Baliol)  and  his 


WESTMORELAND.  461 

heirs  the  homage  and  service  oi  Johannes  le  Fraunceys 
for  Florhswrth  in  the  county  of  Leicester,  and  Hke- 
wise  the  homage  and  service  of  said  Johannes  for  the 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Soureby  in  Fames,  in  Gallo- 
way (Galewaythe),  as  more  fully  contained  in  the 
writing   made    between    them. 

A.D.  1252. —  Agreement  between  Roaldus  filius 
Alani  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  on  one  side,  and  the 
prior  of  Lanercost,  in  regard  to  divisions  of  land 
between  Torcrossoc  and  Camquenstat.  Witnesses, 
Dominus  Thomas  de  Multon,  Dns.  Johannes  le 
Fratinceys,  Dns.  Alanus  de  Multon,  Dns.  Ricardus 
de  Vim,  Dns.  Thomas  de  Lascelles,  Willelmus  de 
Salcock,  then  sheriff  of  Cumberland,  Dns.  Robertus 
de  Castelcayrock,  Dns.  Willelmus  de  Vallibus,  Dns. 
Willelmus  de  Warthwick,  Roland  de  Renegill,  and 
others. 

A.D.  1252,  23d  of  August. —  On  the  day  when  the 
lord  the  king  came  to  St.  Albans  —  namely,  on  the 
morrow  of  Saint  Bartholomew  —  died  Willelmus  de 
Haverulle,  canon  of  St.  Paul's,  the  king's  treasurer, 
who  had  spent  many  years  of  his  life  in  the  royal 
service.  And  at  this  time  it  was  believed  that  the 
lord  the  king  would  appoint  Johannes  Franciscus  to 
the  office  held  by  this  Willelmus;  but,  owing  to  a 
rumor  that  this  Johannes  had  died  in  a  remote  part  of 
northern  England,  where  he  had  gone  ut  contra 
quosdam  religiosos  placitaverat  (to  plead  against  cer- 
tain   monks),   the   lord   the  king    appointed  (27th    of 


462  WESTMORELAND. 

August,  1252)  Philippus  Lovell,  clericus  de  scaccario,  a 
prudent,  eloquent,  and  generous  man,  to  the  office  held 
by  the  deceased  Willelmus  de  Haverhill. 

A.D.  1253  (circa  June  29-30). —  Pleas  at  West- 
minster before  R.  de  Thurkelby,  and  other  justices 
de  Banco.  Cumberland  :  Isabella,  widow  of  Adam  de 
Wygeton,  by  attorney  appears  versus  Willelmus  de 
Shelford,  in  a  plea  of  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of 
Wygeton,  and  of  Stainton,  excepting  one  carucate 
and  fourteen  acres  of  land ;  and  in  a  plea  of  the  third 
part  of  seventy-two  acres  and  two  bovates  of  land  in 
Melmorby, —  which  she  claimed  as  dower.  Willelmus 
is  absent,  and  made  other  defaults.  The  sheriff, 
ordered  to  summon  him,  reports  he  has  no  land  in 
the  county.  Whereon  JoJianucs  Ic  Frainiccys,  keeper 
of  the  land  of  Walterus,  son  and  heir  of  Odardus  de 
Wygeton,  says  that  he  is  in  seisin  of  the  aforesaid 
land  and  delivers  her  dower  therefrom ;  saving  to  Jo- 
hannes the  crop  presently  on  the  land,  and  to  Isabella 
her  damages  against  Willelmus  on  account  of  her 
dower  delayed  to  this  very  clay,  which  the  sheriff  is 
ordered  to  ascertain  without  delay. 

In  the  account  of  the  Abbey  of  St.  Mary  of  York, 
Mr.  Francis  Drake  gives  for  the  year  circa  1253  no 
records  of  the  sufferings  that  this  abbey  endured  from 
the  crown;  but  M.  Paris  gives  for  the  year  1253  the 
following  information:  — 

At  this  time  the  abbot  and  convent  of  the  Church 
of  St.  Mary  at  York  suffered  the  greatest  loss  on  ac- 


WESTMORELAND.  463 

count  of  a  certain  charter  which  their  adversaries, 
among  whom  the  most  conspicuous  was  Johannes 
Francisais,  clerk  of  the  King's  Exchequer,  judged 
should  be  given  up.  They  were  therefore  forced 
to  pay  a  very  large  sum  of  money  to  the  king,  besides 
being  deprived  of  lands  and  rents ;  and  for  this  reason 
the  monks  dispersed,  and  the  noble  church  was  in 
such  confusion  that  it  was  open  to  danger  and  ruin. 
Besides,  Johannes  Franciscus  persecuted  in  the  same 
manner  the  Abbey  of  Selby,  so  that  it  suffered  irrep- 
arable damage. 

A.D.  1254. —  There  is  an  interesting  case  in  regard 
to  the  privileges  of  the  liberty  of  St.  Albans,  which 
appears  at  an  inquisition  held  at  Chesthunte,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, without  the  bounds  of  this  liberty,  in  which 
the  community  of  St.  Albans  was  summoned,  while 
certain  other  persons  of  this  liberty  were  cited  to  an- 
swer for  trespasses  on  the  exchange.  As  none  of 
them  appeared,  they  were  amerced  100/.  and  2^ 
marks  respectively.  King  Henry  HI.,  after  inspect- 
ing the  charters  of  the  abbot  of  St.  Albans,  issues  a 
writ  to  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer,  wherein  he 
states  that  the  men  of  this  abbot  are  not  bound  to  go 
beyond  the  liberty  for  any  summons ;  and  he  there- 
fore remits  the  aforesaid  amercement,  commanding  the 
barons  of  the  Exchequer  to  make  the  villata  and  lib- 
erty quit  of  the  100/.  and  the  aforesaid  men  of  the  2^ 
marks. 

In  response  to  the  command  of  the  king,  received 


464  WESTMORELAND. 

by  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer,  Johannes  Franceis 
issues  a  writ  to  the  sheriff  of  Essex  and  Hertford,  as 
is  found  in  the  writ  of  N.  de  Arderne,  sheriff  of  these 
counties,  addressed  to  the  bailiff  of  the  Hberty  of  St. 
Albans,  wherein  he  commands  him  to  carefully  exe- 
cute the  following  mandate :  — 

Henry,  by  the  grace  of  God,  etc.,  to  the  sheriff  of 
Essex  and  Hertfordshire,  greeting.  Because  it  is 
known,  etc.,  that  Nicolaus  le  Especer,  Alexander  Stoil, 
Willelmus  de  Sandruge,  and  Reginaundus  Aurifaber, 
men  of  this  abbot,  of  the  aforesaid  liberty,  have  been 
amerced  25^  marks  before  Henricus  de  Mara  and 
Willelmus  de  Wiltona,  at  Cheshunte,  for  the  aforesaid 
trespass,  therefore  we  order  you  to  remit  the  demand 
on  the  villata  of  St.  Albans  of  the  aforesaid  100/.,  and 
the  aforesaid  2^/^  marks  on  the  aforesaid  Nicolaus, 
Alexander,  Willelmus,  and  Reginaldus,  and  permit 
them  peace,  and  deliver  them  their  cattle  if  you  have 
taken  them.  Teste,  Jiphanncs)  Franceis,  at  West- 
minster, on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  1254. 

A.D.  1254,  22d  of  July. —  Willelmus  de  Ireby,  Gilber- 
tus  de  Hauteclo,  Johannes  de  Breyton,  Willelmus  le 
Escot,  and  Willelmus  de  Vans  give  the  king  20s.  for 
an  assize  of  novel  disseisin,  before  Alanus  de  Was- 
saund  and  Johannes  le  Frannccys. 

A.D.  1254. —  Agnes,  who  had  been  wife  of  Johannes 
Luveles,  gives  the  king  i  mark  for  an  assize  of  novel 
disseisin  held  before  Alanus  de  Wassaund  and  Johaji- 
7ies  h' Fratinccys ;  and  the  sheriff  of  Cumberland  is 
commanded  to  take  surety,  etc. 


WESTMORELAND.  465 

A.D.  1255. —  Radulphus  Rychild'  and  Idonia,  his 
wife,  give  the  king  half  a  mark  for  an  assize  of  novel 
disseisin  held  before  Johannes  Le  Franceys.  And  the 
sheriff  of  Norfolk  is  commanded  to  take,  etc. 

King  Henry  III.,  in  the  forty-first  year  of  his  reign 
(1256-57),  granted  a  charter  in  favor  oi  Johannes  le 
Frau7iceys  and  his  heirs,  wherein  he  gave  them  per- 
petual free  warren  in  all  his  demesne  lands  in  the 
counties  of  Westmorland  and  Cumberland.  Johannes 
le  Fratcjiceys  had  also  a  gift,  in  this  same  year,  from 
his  sovereign,  of  six  oaks  to  build  his  houses  at  Me- 
burn  Maud,  besides  a  present  of  six  bucks  from  the 
forest  of  Englewood,  while  another  gift  of  three  stags 
from  the  same  forest  came  from  his  royal  master 
before  the  end  of  the  year ;  and,  as  a  continued  mark 
of  royal  favor,  King  Henry  HI.,  in  the  forty -fourth 
year  of  his  reign  (1259-60),  makes  him  a  present  of 
two  more  stags  from  the  same  forest  of  Englewood. 

A.D.  1257-58. — Johannes  le  Fratuiceys^  baron  of  the 
Exchequer,  complained  to  the  king  that,  when  the 
king  only  took  20-5-.  of  an  entire  knight's  fee  for 
marrying  his  eldest  daughter,  Radulfus  filius  Radulfi 
filii  Nicholai  unjustly  demanded  from  him  30.5'.  for 
two-thirds  of  a  knight's  fee  for  marrying  his  eldest 
daughter,  and  that  he  had  taken  his  cattle,  and  still 
retained  them.  And  therefore  the  sheriff  of  the 
counties  of  Buckingham  and  Bedford  is  commanded 
to  have  him  (Radulfus)  to  come  before  the  barons,  etc. 

A.D.  1258,  circa  June   16. —  Pleas  at  Oxford  before 


466  WESTMORELAND. 

H.  le  Bygod,  justiciar  of  England,  R.  de  Thurkelby, 
and  H.  de  Bathonia,  in  a  month  from  Holy  Trinity. 
Cumberland :  The  sheriff  sent  the  inquisition  which 
he  had  been  commanded  to  make  as  to  the  land 
and  heir  of  Odard  de  Wigeton,  certifying  that 
Odard  held  of  the  king  in  capite  the  manor  of 
Melmerby  with  its  pertinents  —  namely,  Steynton, 
Blakhille,  and  Wardwik  —  by  cornage ;  and  its 
value  was  20/.  per  annum.  That  Odard  held  in 
capite  of  W(illiam)  de  Fortibus,  Earl  of  Albemarle, 
the  manor  of  Wygeton  by  cornage;  and  it  was 
worth  yearly  15/.  That  Walter,  Odard's  son,  was  his 
next  heir  and  twenty-one  years  of  age  and  more. 
Hereon  came  John  de  Langeton  and  said  on  behalf 
of  John  Ic  Frauccys,  who  held  the  manor  of  Melmorby 
in  custody  till  the  heir's  full  age,  that  Walter  was  not 
yet  of  age,  and  that  the  inquisition  so  taken  by  the 
sheriff  was  made  by  jurors  who  did  not  know  his  age. 
Walter,  the  heir,  being  present,  says  he  is  twenty-two 
years  of  age,  and  asks  seisin.  And  moreover  says  that 
the  Earl  of  Albemarle,  of  whom  his  father  Odard  held 
the  manor  of  Wygeton,  delivered  seisin  thereof  to 
him  as  of  full  age,  and  took  his  homage.  Further, 
that  many  of  his  neighbors  (de  patria  ubi  natus  fuit) 
were  in  court,  who  knew  and  could  testify  to  his  age. 
And  he  produced  Gilbert  de  Hauteclo,  Nicholas  de 
Metelthone,  Peter  de  Ros,  William  de  Lasceles,  An- 
drew de  Feugeres,  Roger  la  Veyle,  John  Bakun, 
Nicholas  le  Taylur,  and  John  de  Ely,  who  say  on  oath 


WESTMORELAND.  467 

that  Walter  is  of  age,  and  will  be  twenty-two  years  old 
from  the  Assumption  of  the  Blessed  Mary  (August  15). 
Asked  how  they  know  this,  say  it  is  evident  from  the 
inquisition  before  the  sheriff  at  which  they  were 
present.  And  they  say  that  John  le  Fraunccys  was 
there,  and  removed  several  jurors,  consenting  to  the 
others  on  the  inquisition.  That  the  Earl  of  Albe- 
marle made  an  inquisition  in  his  court  at  Cokermue, 
and  found  that  Walter  was  of  age,  and  gave  him  his 
land.  That  the  present  king  gave  the  custody  of  the 
manor  of  Malmorby  to  Walter,  late  Bishop  of  Carlisle, 
till  the  heir's  age.  The  bishop  demised  it  to  William 
de  Huntercumbe,  and  he  to  William  de  Shelford, 
and  the  latter  to  John  le  Fraunccys.  The  judgment 
of  court  is  that  the  heir  recover  seisin,  and  the  sheriff 
is  directed  to  give  it ;  and  the  king  has  taken  Wal- 
ter's homage. 

Johajines  le  Fraunccys  died  in  or  before  the  fifty- 
second  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III.  (1267- 
68);  for  in  that  year  Thomas  de  Wymundeham,  pre- 
centor of  Lichfield  and  royal  treasurer,  with  Petrus 
Radenor,  Archdeacon  of  Salop,  executors  of  the  testa- 
ment oi  Johannes  le  Fraunccys,  have  given  surety  for 
themselves  and  their  coexecutors  to  pay  the  debt 
which  this  Johannes  owed  the  king  at  the  day  of  his 
death.  Therefore,  the  king  commanded  the  sheriffs 
of  Bedford,  Cumberland,  Kent,  Lincoln,  Westmor- 
land, and  York,  to  give  full  administration  to  these 
executors. 


468  WESTMORELAND. 

Johannes  le  Fraiinceys,  the  baron  of  the  Exchequer, 
of  whom  are  found  the  preceding  records  under  this 
heading  of  Maulds  Meaburn,  seems  to  have  been  the 
same  person  who  held  the  manor  of  Rocliffe,  in  the 
county  of  Cumberland,  and  was  there  succeeded  by 
Gilberhis  le  Fra2tnccys,  who  was  a  kinsman  of  this 
baron ;  and,  although  the  evidence  is  not  quite  clear, 
there  is  a  certain  amount  of  suspicion  that  Gilbertus 
and  this  Johannes  le  Frannceys  were  cousins.  Their 
fathers,  as  previously  stated,  were  Rieardus  le  Fraun- 
ceys  and  Hugo  le  Fratmceys,  The  manor  of  Meburn 
Maud,  the  chief  seat  of  this  baron  of  the  Exchequer, 
also  passed  to  Gilberhis  le  Fj'au7tceys. 

Gilberhis  le  Frannceys  is  noticed  in  the  fourth  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.,  when  two  justices 
were  appointed  to  take  the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor 
arraigned  by  Rieardus  de  Preston  against  Gilberhis 
Frannceys  and  others,  touching  land  in  Newby. 

In  the  escheats  of  the  sixth  year  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1277-78)  it  is  observed  that  Gilberhis  le  Franceys, 
besides  having  held  the  manor  of  Meburn  Maud,  held 
also  the  hamlet  of  Wykerslegh ;  land,  etc.,  in  Scarlegh 
and  Thirneby,  in  the  parish  of  Morland ;  messuages, 
etc.,  in  Strickland  Magna,  in  the  last-named  parish, 
also  in  Quale  (Whale),  in  the  parish  of  Lowther, 
besides  the  manor  of  Neuby,  in  the  parish  of  Morland, 
and  land,  etc.,  in  Crisseby  (Crosby),  in  this  county. 

A.D.  1279,  November  12. —  Grant  to  Roger  de  Clif- 
ford to  farm  during  the  minority  of  the  heirs  oj  Gil- 


WESTMORELAND.  469 

bertus  le  Fratinceys,  deceased,  the  manor  of  Meburn 
Maud,  in  the  king's  custody,  out  of  the  lands  late  of 
the  said  Gilbert. 

A.D.  1279-80. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  arraigned  by  (another)  John  Ic  Fraunccys 
against  Peter  de  Reysebeck  and  others,  touching  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Meburn  Matill'. 

About  this  period  is  the  following  charter :  — 
To  all  men,  Thomas,  son  of  Gilbertus  de  Culwenne, 
greeting  in  the  Lord  everlasting.  Know  ye  that  I 
have  inspected  the  charters  of  my  ancestors,  which 
show  that  they  have  given  and  granted  to  God,  the 
Blessed  Mary  of  Holmcultram,  and  the  monks  serving 
God  there  and  their  successors,  in  free  and  perpetual 
alms,  a  piece  of  land  on  the  bank  of  the  water  of  Der- 
went,  for  their  support  from  the  fishery  in  that  river, 
which  place  has  been  inundated  and  almost  wholly 
carried  away  by  a  flood  of  the  Derwent  and  the  sea, 
so  that  they  cannot  have  the  necessaries  for  their  sup- 
port from  the  fishery.  And  I  aforesaid  Thomas,  for 
the  salvation  of  my  soul,  and  for  the  souls  of  my  an- 
cestors and  successors,  will  make  good  the  aforesaid 
damage ;  and  therefore  I  give  and  grant  for  me  and 
my  heirs  or  assigns,  to  God  and  the  Blessed  Mary, 
and  the  aforesaid  monks  of  Holmcultram,  and  their 
successors,  the  whole  place  adjoining  the  land  of 
these  monks  on  the  north  and  east,  which  lies  be- 
tween the  furrow  I  have  caused  to  be  drawn  and  the 
sea,  on  the  bank  of  the  said  water  of  Derwent,  in  rec- 


47  o  WESTMORELAND. 

ompensation  for  parts  of  the  aforesaid-destroyed  place. 
To  hold,  etc.  And  I  and  my  heirs  or  assigns  will 
warrant  in  perpetuity,  etc.  In  testimony  of  which, 
etc.  Hiis  testibus,  Dominis  Roberto  de  Feritate, 
Roberto  de  Hauirington  et  Thoma  de  Neuton,  militi- 
bus ;  Thoma  de  Ribbeton,  Willelmo  le  Venur,  Jo- 
ha7i7ics  le  Fraunceis  de  Mebornematild',  Hugone  de 
Brimfeld,  Adam  de  Thorisby,  Willelmo  de  Simon- 
derlawe,  et  aliis. 

The  following  record  is  of  special  interest  as  show- 
ins  the  inheritance  in  Meburn  Maud.  Ricardtis  le 
Fratiuceys  named  therein,  succeeded  his  father,  Gil- 
bcrhis  le  Fraiinceys ;  and  this  Gilberlus  was  the  suc- 
cessor of  Johannes  le  Fraunceys,  the  baron  of  the  Ex- 
chequer. This  Ricardtis  le  Fraiinceys,  as  already 
noticed  in  the  records  of  Cumberland,  assumed  the 
surname  of  Vernon. 

A.D.  1284. —  Placita  de  Quo  Warranto  of  different 
counties,  held  at  York,  at  the  term  of  Holy  Trinity,  in 
the  twelfth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.,  be- 
fore H.  de  Cressingham  and  his  associates,  justices 
itinerant. 

The  lord  the  king,  by  his  representative  Rogerus 
de  Hegham,  claims  versus  Ricarcius  le  Frannceys  one 
thousand  acres  of  pasture,  with  its  appurtenances,  in 
Tybeye  (Tebay  in  the  parish  of  Orton,  East  ward), 
concerning  which  he  said  that  King  Henry,  father  of 
the  present  king,  had  it  in  seisin. 

Ricardtis  was  represented  by  his  attorney,  and  de- 


WESTMORELAND. 


471 


manded  view,  which  was  arraigned  to  three  weeks  of 
Easter. 

The  aforesaid  Rogerus  de  Hegham,  on  behalf  of 
the  king,  claimed  of  Ricardiis  le  Frainiceys  the  manor 
of  Meburne  Maud  with  its  appurtenances,  and  said 
that  King  Henry,  great-grandfather  (proavus)  of  the 
present  king,  had  lawful  seisin  of  this  fee,  which  he 
offers  to  verify. 

Ricardus  by  his  attorney  demanded  view,  which 
was  arraigned  to  be  in  three  weeks  of  Easter. 

And  Ricardus  le  Fraunceys  was  summoned  to  an- 
swer to  the  king  by  what  warrant  he  claimed  to  have 
free  warren  in  all  his  demesne  lands  in  Meburn  Maud, 
and  Neuby  (Newby,  in  the  parish  of  Morland),  with- 
out the  license  and  will  of  the  king  and  his  progeni- 
tors, the  kings  of  England. 

Ricardus,  represented  by  his  attorney,  said  that  he 
claimed  the  aforesaid  warren  by  charter  of  King 
Henry  HI.,  granted  in  the  forty-first  year  of  his  reign 
(1256-57),  which  he  showed,  and  which  testified  that 
this  lord  H.,  the  king,  had  granted  it  to  a  certain  Jo- 
hannes Ic  Fraunceys  (baron),  consangvineus  of  afore- 
said Ricardus,  who  is  his  heir;  and  Johamies  and  his 
heirs  have  perpetual  free  warren  in  all  his  demesne 
lands,  which  he  has  as  a  gift  in  the  counties  of  West- 
morland and  Cumberland,  and  not  being  within  the 
boundaries  of  the  king's  forest. 

And  Rogerus  de  Hegham,  attending  on  behalf  of 
the  king,  asked  that  an  inquiry  be  made  to  show  if 


472  WESTMORELAND. 

the  said  Ricardus  or  his  ancestors,  after  the  execution 
of  aforesaid  charter,  obtained  any  tenement  in  which 
the  said  liberty  is  held,  etc.,  and  what  is  the  nature  of 
holding,  etc. 

Therefore,  it  was  enjoined  the  sheriff  that  he  sum- 
mons twelve  jurors  to  appear  in  fifteen  days  after  the 
day  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist  to  make  recognition, 
etc. 

A.D.  1293-94. —  The  king  to  the  sheriff  of  West- 
morland, greeting.  Petrus  de  Rasebech  and  Matilda, 
his  wife,  have  shown  us  that  they,  when  before  the  last 
justices  itinerant  of  Westmorland,  recovered  seisin 
against  Johannes,  son  of  Willelmtis  le  Fraunceys,  of 
two  acres  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  Meburn  Ma- 
tildae,  by  the  recognition  of  an  assize  of  novel  dissei- 
sin taken  between  them. 


WILTSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 


I  Richard  I.  (1189-90). —  Robertiis  le  Franceys 
fined  half  a  mark  for  the  non-appearance  of  the  person 
whom  he  had  pledged. 

In  the  thirty-sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry 
III.  (1251-52)  there  is  a  record  of  a  charter  in  favor 
of  JohmiJies  le  Fraiiceis. 

In  the  year  1339  Willelmus  le  Freiiche^  of  Aueche- 
stone,  quitclaimed,  by  charter  dated  at  that  place  on 
Tuesday  in  the  feast  of  All  Saints,  to  Galfridus  Pam- 
fader  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  his  right  in  a  messuage  and 
curtilage  in  le  Apshous,  in  Auecheston. 

A.D.  1360. —  Indorsement  by  the  sheriff  of  Wilts  to 
the  writ  of  34  Edward  III.  summoning  Parliament:  — 

I,  Henry  Sturmy,  sheriff,  by  virtue  of  this  writ 
have  caused  to  be  elected  two  knights  of  the  most 
honest  and  discreet  knights  of  the  county,  and  two 
citizens  of  the  most  honest  and  discreet  citizens  of  the 
city  of  New  Sarum ;  and  of  every  of  the  underwritten 
boroughs  —  to  wit,  Downton,  Calne,  Old  Sarum,  and 
Chippenham  —  two  burgesses  of  the  most  discreet  and 
honest  burgesses ;  having  full  and  sufficient  power  for 


474  WILTSHIRE, 

themselves  and  the  commonalty  of  the  same  county, 
and  for  themselves  and  the  commonalties  of  the  cities 
and  boroughs  severally,  for  them  to  do  and  consent 
to  those  things  which  by  the  common  council  of  the 
lord  the  king  shall  happen  to  be  ordained,  etc. 
And  for  the  other  boroughs  of  this  county  I  have 
made  a  return  of  this  writ  to  Willia77i  French,  bailiff 
of  the  liberty  of  Philippa,  Queen  of  England,  and 
to  William  Wyke,  bailiff  of  the  liberty  of  Ralph, 
Earl  of  Stafford ;  namely,  of  his  hundred  of  Kinvvard- 
stone,  within  which  liberties  the  aforesaid  boroughs 
are  situated, —  to  wit,  Marlborough,  Malmesbury,  De- 
vizes, Ludgershall,  Cricklade,  and  Bedwyn, —  the  said 
bailiffs  having  the  return  of  all  writs  of  the  lord  the 
king:  and  the  execution  of  the  same.  And  the  said 
bailiffs  have  given  to  me  no  answer  thereupon. 


AMESBURY    HUNDRED. 

DURRINGTON. 

At  the  pleas  held  at  Marlborough,  in  the  ninth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1280-81),  Willel- 
mus  de  Gisselham,  who  follows  on  the  side  of  the 
crown,  claims  versus  Ervis  Ic  Frauuccys,  of  Derryng- 
ton',  two  virgates  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in 
Deryngton,  which  he  should  have  deforced  the  king ; 
concerning  which  he  says  that  the  lord,  King  Richard 
(I.),  predecessor  of  the  present  king,  held  the  said 
tenement  in  seisin. 


WILTSHIRE.  475 

And  Ervis  le  Fraunceys  came  and  defended  his 
right  against  the  king,  etc.,  and  the  seisin  of  the  afore- 
said King  Richard,  etc.,  and  placed  himself  in  the 
hands  of  the  jurors  of  the  king's  great  assize,  and 
begged  that  a  recognition  should  be  made  whether  he 
or  the  king  has  the  most  right  in  the  said  tenement. 
The  jurors  said  upon  their  oath  that  the  aforesaid 
Ervis  has  more  right  to  hold  the  said  land  as  he 
holds  it  than  the  king,  because,  as  they  said,  the  lord 
King  Henry,  ancestor  (proavus)  of  the  present  king, 
had  granted  the  aforesaid  land  to  a  certain  Hugo 
Huse,  and  no  king  of  England  had  seisin  of  the  said 
land  after  this  donation. 

At  the  pleas  held  at  Marlborough  in  the  ninth  year 
of  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  Willelmus  de  Gisselham, 
who  follows  on  the  side  of  the  crown,  claimed  versus 
the  prioress  of  Ambresbury  three  virgates  of  land 
with  its  appurtenances  in  Derinton. 

The  prioress  came  by  her  attorney,  and  she  called 
to  warrant  Gilbertus  de  Neyvile,  who  came  by  his 
attorney,  etc. ;  and  she  defends  her  right,  and  places 
herself  in  the  hands  of  the  jurors,  etc.  And  the  fol- 
lowing persons  chosen  for  this  purpose  —  namely,  Ro- 
bertus  de  Lustehull,  Ricardus  de  Upton,  Elyas  Bal- 
dek,  Stephanus  de  Bristmerston,  Johannes  le  Fitz- 
Aucher,  Sinioji  le  Frenshe^  Bartholomeus  de  Cumpton, 
Elyas  Cotele,  Robertus  Droys,  Johannes  Daungiers, 
Willelmus  de  Wodefaude,  and  Philippus  Strong, 
knights, —  said  upon  their  oath  that  the  said  prioress 


476  WILTSHIRE. 

had  more  right  in  the  said  tenement,  etc.,  than  the 
lord  the  king. 

Simon  Ic  Frenchc  was  among  the  jurors  at  the  pleas 
at  the  same  place,  in  the  same  year,  when  Willelmus 
de  Gisselham,  following  on  the  side  of  the  crown, 
claimed  versus  Gilbertus  de  Neyvyle  the  manor  of 
Dernyngton. 

Simo7i  Ic  Frenche,  knight,  was  also  among  the 
jurors  at  a  plea  held  at  Wilton,  in  the  octaves  of 
Easter,  1281,  when  Willelmus  de  Gisselham,  follow- 
ing on  the  side  of  the  crown,  claimed  three  hides  of 
land  in  Dermyngton  versus  the  abbess  of  Ambres- 
bury. 

NORTH    TIDWORTH. 

A  covenant  was  made  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Hilary, 
in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
(1287),  between  Walterus  le  Neere,  of  Okeburn,  and 
Willelmus  le  Prous.  knight,  by  which  the  said  Willel- 
mus gave  up  his  whole  tenement,  etc.,  in  villa  de 
Todeworthe.  Testibus,  Dominis  Henrico  Huse, 
Roberto  de  Mohun,  militibus ;  Philippo  Ffrazinccys 
et  aliis. 

WOKINGHAM. 

In  1327  the  Parliament  granted  to  King  Edward 
III.  the  twentieth  of  the  value  of  all  the  movable 
goods  of  every  person  except  the  clergy. 


WILTSHIRE.  477 

The  record  of  the  Wiltshire  portion  relating  to 
Wokingham  shows  in  this  hundred,  under  the  head- 
ing of  Wokyngham  and  Mechene  lyghe,  that  Willel- 
mus  le  Ffrensche  paid  2^. 

A  part  of  Wokingham  belongs  to  the  county  of 
Wilts,  though  locally  situated  in  Berkshire,  a  few 
miles  east  by  south  from  Reading. 


BRANCH  AND  DOLE  HUNDRED. 

A.D.  1275. —  At  an  inquisition  made  at  Sarum,  on 
Wednesday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Gregory,  in 
the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.,  Gil- 
bertus  Giffard  and  Simon  le  Frenche  were  among  the 
jurors  for  the  hundred  of  Dolesfeld. 

BERWICK   ST.   JAMES. 

A.D.  1257. —  At  the  extent  of  the  manor  of  Berwick, 
which  had  belonged  to  the  deceased  Patricius  de 
Churtes,  held  on  Sunday  in  the  Vigil  of  Saint  Martin, 
before  Stephen  de  Melleford,  coroner,  and  Ricardus 
le  Rus,  Simon  le  Fray nc he  was  among  the  jurors. 

FISHERTON   ANGER. 

A.D.  1275. —  At  the  inquisition  held  at  New  Sarum, 
on  Thursday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Gregory, 


478  WILTSHIRE. 

in  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I., 
before  Willehnus  de  Brayboef  and  Willelmus  Ger- 
berd,  the  jurors  say  that  Willehms  Frazinceys  had 
made  an  encroachment  on  the  bank  of  the  Avon, 
at  Fisserton,  eight  years  before,  to  the  injury  of  the 
said  bank,  which  is  in  the  keeping  of  the  king. 

A.D.  1285-86. —  The  inquisitio  post  mortem  of  Will- 
elmus Fraunceys  shows  that  he  held  Fisserton  juxta 
Sarum,  and  that  Robertus,  his  son,  was  his  next 
heir,  and  eleven  years  of  age. 

A.D.  1285-96. —  Magister  Henricus  de  Bray,  the 
king's  escheator  citra  Trent,  is  ordered  to  take  into 
the  kinsf's  hands  all  the  lands  and  tenements  of  which 
Willelmus  le  Fraujieeys,  who  held  of  Robertus  Waler- 
aud,  died  seized. 

MADDINGTON. 

A.D.  1250-72. —  About  this  period  there  is  a  record 
that  Gilbertus  Giffard,  Htigo  Franceis,  and  Willelmus 
Frankleyn  hold  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Madinton  of 
Hugo  Giffard,  who  holds  of  Elyas  Giffard,  who  holds 
of  the  Earl  of  Sarum,  who  holds  of  the  king. 

WILTON. 

Circa  a.d.  1200. —  Charter  of  Willelmus  de  Wilton, 
organist,  of  grant  of  land  at  Wilton,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Peter,  Bullbridge,  to  the  church  of  Sarum :  — 

Know   present  and   future    that    I,    Willelmus    de 


WILTSHIRE.  479 

Wintona,  organista,  son  of  Willelmus  monetarius, 
with  the  consent  of  Ricardus,  my  brother,  and  Chris- 
tina and  Matilda,  my  sisters,  have  given  and  granted 
for  the  souls  of  my  predecessors,  to  God  and  St. 
Mary  of  Sarum,  and  the  church  of  that  place,  all  my 
land  in  Wilton,  which  is  of  the  fee  of  the  lady  the 
abbess  of  Wilton,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter,  Bole- 
brigge.  To  be  hold  in  perpetuity  with  all  its  appur- 
tenances, in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  freely  and 
quietly,  wholly  and  entirely,  with  all  its  appurtenances 
and  liberties;  saving  yearly  thereof  75^^.  to  the 
abbess  of  Wilton,  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Peter  ad  Vin- 
cula,  for  all  service  and  secular  exaction.  And  I, 
Willelmus,  and  my  successors  will  warrant  and  de- 
fend the  said  gift  with  all  its  appurtenances  to  God, 
St.  Mary  at  Sarum,  and  the  church  there  against 
all  men  and  women  in  perpetuity  for  the  aforesaid 
service.  And,  that  this  my  donation  and  grant  may 
continue  forever,  I  have  appended  my  seal  to  this  my 
present  charter.  Hiis  testibus,  Jocelino,  decano  de 
Wiltone ;  Johanne  Ysembard,  tunc  praeposito ;  Gil- 
bcrto  Fra7icigena ;  et  toto  halmoto  dominae  abbatissae 
de  Wiltone. 

WINTERBOURNE    STOKE. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  Edivardus  Frensh  was  among  the  jurors 
of  the  parish  of  Wynterbournstoke  at  an  inquisition 
at  New  Sarum,  on  Tuesday  next  after  the  octaves  of 
the  Purification. 


48  o  WILTSHIRE. 

CAWDEN    AND   CADWORTH    HUNDRED. 

SUTTON   MANDEVILLE. 

2  Edward  I.  (1273-74). —  Appointment  of  Martin 
de  Littlebury  to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin 
arraigned  by  Margery  de  Cantilupe  against  William 
le  Franccys,  touching  a  tenement  in  Sutton-Mandvill. 

A.D.  1280-81. —  At  the  pleas  held  at  Marlborough, 
in  the  ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I. 
Thomas  le  Venur  and  Willelmus  Fratinceys  were 
summoned  to  answer  to  the  lord  the  king  if  they 
made  the  suit  they  owed  to  the  king's  hundred  of 
Cade  worth. 

Willelmus  de  Gisselham,  who  follows  on  the  side 
of  the  crown,  said  that  the  aforesaid  Thomas  holds 
one  hide  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in  Sutton ; 
and  that  the  aforesaid  Willelmiis  holds  one  carucate 
of  land  in  the  same  vill,  for  service  of  making  suit  to 
the  said  hundred ;  and  the  lord.  King  Henry,  father 
of  the  present  king,  was  seized  thereof  in  his  demesne 
as  of  fee,  etc.    ' 

And  Thomas  and  WillclniKs  came,  and  they  could 
not  deny  that  they  were  due  to  make  the  said  suit  to 
the  aforesaid  hundred.  Therefore,  it  was  ordered  that 
the  king  should  recover  the  said  suit  to  his  aforesaid 
hundred.  And  Thomas  and  Willeli7i2is  are  in  miseri- 
cordia. 


WILTSHIRE.  481 

CHIPPENHAM     HUNDRED. 

CHIPPENHAM. 

In  a  charter  of  King  Henry  III.,  dated  at  Morte- 
lake,  on  the  second  day  of  May,  1227,  he  confirms 
many  grants  to  the  Abbey  of  Stanley  in  this  county, 
among  which  is  the  confirmation  of  Durandus  {le 
Franccis),  son  of  Simoji  {le  Fraiiceis)^  of  one  mes- 
suage with  its  appurtenances  in  Chippenham,  near 
the  bridge  of  Avon,  which  Radulphus  le  Franceis 
had  given  in  alms. 

A  record  of  the  original  grant  of  Durandus  le 
Franceis  to  this  abbey  appears  as  follows :  — 

Durandus  le  Franceis  confirms  the  donation  of 
Radulphus  le  Franceis  of  one  messuage  in  Chippen- 
ham, and  quitclaims  the  \2d.  rent  due  for  the  same. 

Anterior  to  King  Henry's  confirmation  are  the  fol- 
lowing records  of  donations  in  favor  of  this  abbey :  — 

Confirmation  by  Durandus  le  Fra^iceis  of  one  mes- 
suage in  Chippenham,  the  donation  of  Ricardus 
Smud. 

The  gift  of  Dicrandus  le  Franceis  of  one  acre  of 
meadow  in  Westmed,  also  another  rent  of  2s.,  besides 
a  donation  of  a  rent  of  iid. 

What  appears  to  be  of  a  later  date  are  the  succeed- 
ing donation  records  of  the  son  of  Dura7idus  le 
Frajiceis :  — 

The  gift  of  JVillelmus,  son  of  Durandus  le  Fran- 
ceis, of  half  an  acre  of  meadow  in  Westmed. 


482  WILTSHIRE. 

The  same  Willelmus  le  Franceis  remits  the  rent  of 
dd.  which  was  due  him  from  this  abbey  for  land  held 
of  him  in  Chippenham. 

LACKHAM. 

A.D.  1252. —  Agreement  made  at  the  feast  of  Saint 
Michael  between  Sir  William,  chaplain,  son  of 
Robert,  of  one  part,  and  William  Bluet,  lord  of  La- 
cham,  of  the  other  part,  whereby  the  said  Sir 
William  gave  to  the  church  of  St.  Mary  of 
Lacham  the  messuage  and  land  which  he  had  in  the 
town  of  Lakoc  of  the  tenement  of  Simon  Urmeston, 
and  the  land  which  he  had  there  of  the  tenement  of 
Sybil  la  Frie,  to  remain  to  the  use  of  the  chaplain, 
celebrating  divine  service  in  the  said  church,  forever. 

And  for  this  gift  the  said  William  Bluet  granted 
that  the  said  Sir  William  should  receive  every  year 
during  his  whole  life  \os.  from  Augustine,  the  miller. 
Witnesses,  "  Willelmo  de  Hortune,  Willelmo  de 
Kalva,  Willelmo  de  Bingeham,  militibus ;  Roberto 
de  Holte  filio  Walteri,  Ricardo  de  Wike,  Roberto 
de  Holta  clerico,  Waltero  de  Sterkele,  Htigone  le 
Franceis,  et  aliis." 

SOPWORTH. 

A.D.  1 34 1. —  Nicholaits  Frensch  was  a  juror  of  this 
parish  at  the  nona  return  held  at  Malmesbury,  on 
Friday  next  before  the  feast  of  Saint  Gregory. 


WILTSHIRE.  483 

DAMERHAM,    NORTH,    HUNDRED. 

GRITTLETON. 

A.D.  1235-52. —  Osbertus  and  Galfridus  Fre7ise  hold 
each  here  of  the  Abbey  of  Glastonbury  half  a  virgate 
of  land,  giving  a  yearly  rental  of  ^d.  each,  with  con- 
ditional service. 

Among  the  other  possessions  of  Galfridus  Freiise 
it  is  found  that  he  holds  a  croft  in  the  field,  as  well 
as  his  neighbors,  while,  by  favor,  his  croft  was  in- 
creased by  half  an  acre. 

In  continuation  it  is  noticed  that  Galfridus  Frense 
holds  another  croft,  which  was  formerly  alienated 
from  the  demesne  of  the  Abbey  of  Glastonbury  by 
Robertus  Giffard,  one  of  its  monks,  and  added  to  this 
tenement,  for  which  croft  Galfridus  pays  yearly  /^d. 


DAMERHAM,    SOUTH,  HUNDRED. 

DAMERHAM    MANOR. 

A.D.  1235-52. —  Damerham  was  the  principal  estate 
of  the  Abbey  of  Glastonbury  in  South  Wilts.  It  was 
capute  of  a  hundred  now  called  South  Damerham. 

Petrus  Franceis  holds  here  one  virgate  of  land  of 
the  Abbey  of  Glastonbury,  rendering  a  yearly  rent 
of  5^-.  at  three    terms;     namely,  at  Michaelmas  2Qd., 


484  WILTSHIRE. 

at  Christmas  2od.,  and  at  Easter  20^.,  besides  \od.  at 
Michaelmas  as  a  gift  to  the  larder,  with  specified 
service. 

Ricardus  and  Gerardiis  Franceis  hold  here  each  of 
this  abbey  half  a  virgate,  rendering  each  a  yearly  rent 
of  30^'.  at  three  terms  of  the  year;  namely,  at 
Michaelmas  \od.,  at  Christmas  lod.,  and  at  Easter 
loc/.,  besides  5<f/.  to  the  larder, —  making  each  half  the 
service  due  by  one  holding  a  virgate. 


MARTIN. 

A  Willelmus  de  Tudepute,  in  the  time  of  Rogerus, 
formerly  abbot  of  Glastonbury  (1252-59),  held  one  vir- 
gate and  a  half  with  its  appurtenances  in  Mertona, 
for  a  yearly  rent  of  5^-.  A  Reginaldus  de  Tudeputte 
held  afterwards  this  tenement,  and  gave  it  to  a  Jo- 
hannes Coty,  after  whose  death  it  descended  to  his 
daughter,  Margcria,  who  did  homage  and  fealty  for 
the  same  to  Galfridus  Fromond,  abbot  of  Glaston- 
bury, at  Domerham,  on  Sunday  next  after  the  feast 
of  Saint  Andrew  the  Apostle,  1272.  And  thereafter 
Johannes  Fraunceys,  who  married  the  said  Margcria, 
held  the  aforesaid  tenement  for  the  same  service  and 
rent,  as  is  shown  in  the  new  "Customaria"  of  the 
time  of  Adam,  formerly  abbot.  This  Johannes  Fraun- 
ceys  had  a  son,  Stephanus  Fraunceys. 


WILTSHIRE.  485 

ELSTUB  AND    EVERLEY    HUNDRED. 

SHERRINGTON. 

A.D.  1 28 1. —  At  the  pleas  held  at  Wyltone  before 
Salomon  de  Roffa  and  his  associates,  justices  itiner- 
ant, in  the  octaves  of  Easter,  in  the  ninth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.,  Willelmus  de  Gisselham, 
who  follows  on  the  side  of  the  crown,  claims  versus 
the  prior  of  St.  Denis,  of  Dureford,  half  a  knight's 
fee  with  its  appurtenances  in  Schreveton.  The  jurors, 
among  whom  were  Simon  le  Frenche  and  Gilbertus 
Giffard,  say  upon  their  oath  that  the  said  prior  has 
more  right  in  the  said  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Scherene- 
ton  than  the  lord  the  king. 


FRUSTFIELD    HUNDRED. 

WHITE   PARISH. 

A.D.  1330. — Johamies  le  Frensshe  was  among  the 
jurors  at  the  inquisition  held  at  Alderstone,  a  tithing 
of  this  parish,  to  decide  on  the  extent  of  the  lands  and 
tenements  which  had  belonged  to  Ingelram  Berenger 
in  Aldredestone  and  Cot'mor'. 


486  WILTSHIRE. 

HEYTESBURY    HUNDRED. 

HEYTESBURY   SOUTH    COURT. 

In  20  Edward  III.  (1347-48)  Evcrardus  le  Frenssh 
released  Johannes  Strug  from  all  actions  against  him. 
He  appears  to  be  identical  with  the  Everardus  le 
FraiLuccys,  of  Bristol,  who  gave  a  receipt  in  the  pre- 
vious year  to  Johannes  Strug  for  a  certain  sum  of 
money. 


HIGHWORTH,    CRICKLADE,    AND    STAPLE 
HUNDRED. 

A.D.  1255. —  At  the  inquisition  made  at  Wyltone  on 
Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Peter  ad  Vin- 
cula,  in  the  thirty-ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  John,  Hcnricus  le  Fraunceys  was 
a  juror  of  the  hundred  of  Staple. 


PURTON. 

At  the  inquisition  held  at  Purytone,  on  the  nth 
of  September,  1306,  concerning  the  mill  at  Purton, 
Adam  Fraunceys  was  among  the  jurors. 


WILTSHIRE.  487 

MALMESBURY    HUNDRED. 

CHEDGLOW. 

A.D.  1291-92. —  At  the  taxation  of  the  Bishops  of 
Winchester  and  Lincoln  of  the  tenth  of  the  temporal- 
ities of  the  abbot  of  Malmesbury,  granted  to  Lord 
Edward,  King  of  England,  by  the  lord  the  pope,  in 
aid  of  the  Holy  Land,  for  six  years,  in  the  twentieth 
year  of  the  reign  of  this  King  Edward,  Johannes  le 
Frmuiceys  paid  lyid.  at  the  day  of  Saint  Martin,  and 
lyid.  at  Hockeday,  for  land  in  Cheggelewe. 

HULLAVINGTON. 

Release  by  Nicholas  de  Pekynghulle,  son  of  Roger 
de  Pekynghulle,  to  Ralph,  abbot  of  St.  Victor,  and 
the  convent  of  that  place,  of  all  his  rights  in  the 
vill  of  HuUavington  which  Richard,  son  of  Gilbert  le 
Fraunceis,  had  demised  to  him  and  his  brother  Roger, 
and  which  Bernard,  formerly  abbot  of  St.  Victor, 
had  demised  to  a  certain  Gilbert,  son  of  Thomas,  an- 
cestor of  the  said  Richard,  without  the  assent  of  the 
chapter.     Dated  August  16,  11  Edward  IL  (131 7). 

MALMESBURY. 

A.D.  1 1 99,  13th  of  October. —  At  the  pleas,  etc.,  of 
Michaelmas  term  the  abbot  of  Malmesbury  appointed 


488  WILTSHIRE. 

Stcphamis  Franceis  his  attorney  in  a  placitum  terrae 
against  Milo  de  Morlee. 

A.D.  1222-46. —  To  all  faithful  in  Christ  who  see  or 
hear  this  charter  J,  (John  de  Wells),  by  the  grace  of 
God  abbot  of  Malmesbury,  and  the  convent  of  this 
place,  greeting  in  the  Lord.  We  will  that  all  shall 
know  that  we  unanimously  have  granted,  and  by  this 
our  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  Ricardus  de 
Albo  Monasterio,  son  of  Bernardus  cappellanus,  and 
his  heirs  two  crofts  in  the  vill  of  Malmesbury,  with 
the  dwellinsr-house  built  thereon,  situated  between  the 
houses  of  Gervasus  le  Blunt  and  Ricardus  le  Paumer ; 
namely,  those  crofts  which  Alicia,  daughter  of  Willcl- 
nms  Frauiiccys,  formerly  held  in  Burneuallis,  without 
the  west  gate.  To  be  held  freely  and  quietly  to  him 
and  his  heirs  for  a  yearly  payment  to  us  of  i6rf'.  at  two 
terms ;  namely,  at  the  day  of  Saint  Austin,  under  the 
name  of  burgage,  \od.,  and  at  the  feast  of  Saint 
Michael  6^.,  saving  the  royal  exaction  and  the  suit  to 
the  burgh  of  Malmesbury  belonging  to  this  fee.  And 
we  and  our  successors  will  warrant  the  aforesaid 
crofts  with  messuage  to  the  aforesaid  Ricardus  and 
his  heirs.  And  in  testimony  of  this  our  grant  we 
have  made  him  this  charter,  and  signed  it  by  our  seal. 
Hiis  testibus,  etc. 

SOMERFORD. 

A.D.  1291-92. —  At  the  taxation  in  aid  of  the  Holy 
Land  granted  to  King  Edward  L  by  the  pope,  already 


WILTSHIRE.  489 

referred  to  under  Chedglow,  in  this  hundred,  Gilbcrtus 
Fi'-anceys^  tenant  of  the  abbot  of  Malmesbury,  paid  2d. 
for  his  tenement  in  this  place. 


MERE    HUNDRED. 

KNOLL. 

3  Edward  L  (1274-75). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
John  le  Fraunceys,  of  La  Knolle,  against  Radulph  de 
la  Knoll  and  others,  touching  a  tenement  in  Hynset. 

MAIDEN   BRADLEY. 

Circa  a.d.  12 10. —  Confirmation  by  the  dean  and 
chapter  of  Sarum  of  an  agreement  between  the  prior 
of  Maiden  Bradley  and  Margaret  Bisset :  — 

To  all  faithful  in  Christ  who  see  this  writing,  Ricar- 
dus,  the  dean,  and  the  whole  chapter  of  Sarum,  eternal 
greeting  in  the  Lord.  Know  all  of  you  that  we  have 
inspected  a  certain  charter  sealed  with  the  seal  of 
the  prior  and  convent  of  Bradelege,  containing  these 
words :  — 

To  all  faithful  who  see  this  writing,  Andreas,  prior 
of  Bradele,  and  the  leprous  brothers  and  sisters  of  this 
place,  greeting  in  Christ.  Know  all  of  you  that  Hen- 
ricus  Bisset,  formerly  patron  of  our  house,  had  given 


490 


WILTSHIRE. 


to  Margaret,  his  sister,  because  she  lived  unmarried 
and  intended  to  do  so,  loo^.  of  rent  in  a  certain 
place  in  the  manor  of  Burgate,  which  rent  this 
Margaret  for  a  while  possessed ;  but,  on  account  of 
the  poverty  of  our  house  and  for  the  leprous  there, 
she  gave  and  granted  to  us  the  whole  aforesaid  rent, 
to  be  held  forever.  She,  choosing  for  her  welfare  and 
that  of  her  ancestors  to  be  in  poverty,  resigned  in  our 
hands  the  land  which  Henricus,  her  brother,  had 
given  her.  But  we,  consulting  with  great  and  pru- 
dent men,  granted  her  yearly  during  her  lifetime 
twenty-six  quarters  of  the  best  and  purest  corn  from 
our  house,  to  be  delivered  in  her  house  at  Bradele, 
when  she  needs  it.  We  have  also  granted  her  in 
same  way  49^.  good  money  per  annum,  to  be  paid  to 
her  in  equal  portions  in  four  terms ;  namely,  at 
Christmas,  Easter,  Midsummer,  and  Michaelmas. 
We  also  give  her  two  pounds  of  pepper  at  Michael- 
mas ;  and,  further,  the  aforesaid  Margaret  shall  receive 
the  moiety  of  all  the  growth,  besides  the  redditum 
assisum  of  the  aforesaid  tenement  of  Burgate  during 
her  lifetime.  Besides,  the  aforesaid  Margaret  may 
have  and  hold  in  peace,  possessing  with  all  honor 
during^  her  lifetime,  the  house  in  our  court  which  she 
built  for  herself.  We  resolve,  however,  that  after  her 
decease  the  aforesaid  house  may  be  used  by  the  lep- 
rous without  any  contradiction  and  vexation.  In  con- 
tinuation we  promise  before  God  to  show  her  due 
honor  and  regard,  and  do  nothing  that  will  give  her 


WILTSHIRE.  491 

trouble  and  inconvenience.  We  also  give  as  fide- 
jussors for  this  grant  ten  freeholders  of  tenement  in 
Bradele,  etc.,  among  which  was  Robertus  Franccis. 

A.D.  1 2  74- 1 303. —  Release  from  the  convent  and 
prior  of  Maiden  Bradley  to  Ralph  de  Augens,  alias 
Daungens,  of  all  the  common  of  pasture  which  they 
had  upon  Foxhull :  — 

Know  present  and  future  that  this  is  the  covenant 
made  between  Hugo,  prior  of  Bradel,  and  the  convent 
of  that  place,  on  one  part,  and  Radulfus  de  Augens, 
on  the  other  part ;  namely,  that  the  aforesaid  prior 
and  convent  have  remised  and  quitclaimed  for  them- 
selves and  their  successors  to  the  said  Radulfus  and 
his  heirs  all  the  common  of  pasture  which  they  had 
"super  Foxhull," — namely,  that  which  is  within  the 
ditch  made  by  this  Radulfus.  But  for  this  remise 
and  quitclaim  the  aforesaid  Radulfus  has  quitclaimed 
for  himself  and  his  heirs  to  the  said  prior  and  convent 
and  their  successors  all  the  common  he  had  in  Gate- 
bench  and  Francumb  and  in  the  pasture  which  is 
between  the  road  extended  to  Selewod,  as  the  water- 
course descends  to  the  mill  of  Bradel  from  the  fossa- 
tum  which  is  in  the  extremity  of  Selewod,  to  the 
road  which  leads  to  the  aforesaid  mill.  And  that  this 
covenant  may  be  held  faithfully  and  without  fraud  the 
aforesaid  prior  and  convent  had  brother  Johannes  to 
certify  for  them  and  their  successors ;  and  the  afore- 
said Radulfus  certified  by  his  own  hand  for  himself 
and  his  heirs.     Hiis   testibus,  Willelmo   de    Augens, 


492  WILTSHIRE. 

Ricardo  le  Bygod,  Aedwardo  le  Franceis,  et  multis 
aliis.  Besides,  the  aforesaid  prior  and  convent  shall 
make  a  ditch  between  their  land  "  super  Gatebench  " 
and  the  land  of  said  Radulfus  for  the  convenience 
and  security  of  both  parts.     Testibus  qui  prius. 


POTTERNE   AND   CANNINGS    HUNDRED. 

DEVIZES. 

A.D.  1295. —  Gilberius  Fraiinceys,  junior,  burgess, 
was  returned  for  Devizes  to  the  Parliament  at  West- 
minster on  the  13th  of  November,  which  was  pro- 
rogued to  the  27th  of  November  in  the  same  year. 

A.D.  1 31 5. — Johannes  Ic  Frcnshc  was  a  manucaptor 
of  Willelmus  de  Codio,  one  of  the  two  burgesses 
elected  for  Divizes  to  attend  the  Parliament  at  West- 
minster on  the  20th  of  January,  to  be  held  upon 
certain  arduous  affairs,  particularly  concerning  the 
state  of  Scotland. 

HORTON. 

A.D.  1 1 66. —  In  the  survey  for  the  collection  of  the 
aid  for  marrying  the  king's  eldest  daughter,  which 
was  returnable  to  the  Exchequer  on  the  i6th  of 
March,  1166  (according  to  R.  W.  Eyton),  it  is 
observed  in  the  account  of  the  knight's  fees  held  in 


WILTSHIRE.  493 

capite  of  the  king  in  this  county  by  the  Bishop  of 
SaHsbury  that  Hum/ridus  Francigena,  knight,  held 
one  knight's  fee  of  him, —  namely,  three  hides  at  Im- 
bemara  and  two  at  Hortona ;  but  the  king  had  dis- 
seized him  of  the  land  at  Imbemara. 


SELKLEY  HUNDRED. 

LOCKERIDGE. 

A.D.  1293-94. —  Maculinus  de  Harle,  the  king's 
escheator  on  this  side  of  Trent,  has  recently  taken 
into  the  king's  hands  one  messuage  and  forty  acres  of 
land  with  its  appurtenances  in  Lockerigge,  which 
Philipptis  le  Frajtceys  had  assigned  and  granted  in 
mortmain  to  the  prior  of  the  house  of  St.  Margaret 
without  Marleberg. 

MARLBOROUGH. 

In  3  John  (i 201-2)  Hugo  de  Nevill  renders  an 
account  of  the  rents  of  Merleberge,  of  which  Roberhis 
Franceis  pays  10^.  for  the  land  of  Flexeberge,  which 
Radulphus  Babau  had  held  by  the  king's  writ. 

A.D.  1221. —  The  king  in  a  writ  dated  at  Westmin- 
ster, on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  July,  1221,  com- 
mands his  constable  of  Marleberge  to  give  full  seisin 
to  Robertus  le  Franceis  of  half  a  hide  of  land  with  its 


494 


WILTSHIRE. 


appurtenances  in  Flexberegh,  which  King  John,  when 
Earl  of  Moreton,  had  granted  him. 

A.D.  1225. —  The  king  to  the  barons  of  the  Ex- 
chequer, greeting.  Know  ye  that  we,  for  the  yearly 
rent  which  Matilda  de  Barbefle  owed  us  for  a  certain 
mill  in  Marleberge,  have  received  on  the  morrow  of 
the  feast  of  Saint  James,  in  the  ninth  year  of  our 
reign,  two  pairs  of  gilded  spurs  by  the  hands  of  Ro- 
bertus  de  Meisy,  constable  of  Marleberg,  for  the 
eighth  and  ninth  year ;  and  for  the  rent  which  Rober- 
tiis  le  Franceis  owed  us  for  a  certain  virgate  of  land 
with  its  appurtenances  in  Bertona  de  Marleberg  we 
have  received  from  him,  in  the  same  place  and  on 
the  same  day,  by  the  hands  of  the  same  Robertus  de 
Meisy,  two  pairs  of  gilded  spurs  for  the  same  years ; 
and  for  the  yearly  rent  which  Johannes  de  Viel  owed 
us  for  one  virgate  of  land  in  the  same  vill  we  have  re- 
ceived in  the  same  place,  on  the  same  day,  by  the 
hand  of  the  same  Robertus,  four  capons  for  the  same 
years.  And,  therefore,  we  order  you  to  acquit  the 
aforesaid  Matilda,  Robertiis,  and  Johannes. 


WINTERBOURNE   MONKTON. 

A.D.  1267. —  An  assize  came  to  make  recognition  if 
Rogcrus  le  Frau7iceys  and  Hugo  Aldred  unjustly  dis- 
seized Johannes  Achard  of  his  free  tenement  in  Wyn- 
terburn,  of  the  abbot  of  Glaston,    about    which    was 


WILTSHIRE.  495 

made  the  complaint  that  they  disseized  him  of  the 
third  part  of  a  virgate  of  land  with  its  appurtenances ; 
and  Rogertis  and  Hugo  did  not  come,  etc.  The 
jurors  said  upon  their  oath  that  the  said  Rogerus  and 
Hugo  had  unjustly  disseized  the  said  Johannes  of  the 
aforesaid  tenement  as  the  writ  shows.  Therefore,  it 
is  considered  that  the  aforesaid  Johannes  shall  recover 
his  seisin  by  view  of  recognitors,  and  Rogerus  and 
Hugo  are  in  misericordia.     Damages,  6  marks. 

A.D.  1268. —  Hugo,  son  of  Adam  Aldred,  and  Roge- 
rus Le  Fraunceys  give  half  a  mark  for  a  writ.  And 
the  sheriff  of  Wilts  is  commanded,  etc. 


WARMINSTER    HUNDRED. 

WARMINSTER. 

26  Edward  1.(1297-98). —  Final  concord  between 
Gilbertus  Fraunceys  and  Margareia,  his  wife,  on  one 
side,  and  Johannes  le  Squyer,  on  the  other  side,  for 
one  messuage,  eighteen  acres  of  land,  12^.  rent,  and 
pasture  for  six  oxen  and  one  horse  in  Wermenystre. 


WORCESTERSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 


A.D.  1 27 1. — Johannes,  son  of  Johannes  Le  Fraun- 
ceys,  gives  half  a  mark  for  having  a  writ  at  that  term. 
And  the  sheriff  of  Worcester  is  commanded,  etc. 
Teste  Rege,  at  Westminster,  on  the  fourth  day  of 
November. 

WORCESTER  CITY. 

A.D.  1226,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  July,  there 
is  a  record  of  Walterus  de  la  Newelond,  Willelmns  le 
Fra7iccis,  Walterus  Burewald,  and  Nicholaus  Coc, 
burgesses  of  Worcester,  having  made  a  fine  with  the 
king. 

In  1235  the  citizens  of  Worcester  granted  the 
monks  both  of  Reading  and  Leominster  considerable 
privileges,  but  chiefly  for  the  advantage  of  the  latter. 

Charter. 

Be  it  known  to  those  present  and  those  to  come 
that  we,  Adam  filius  Petri  and  Rogerus  de  Oxon.  prae- 
positi  Wigorniae,  Robertus  Neel,  Aluredus  le  draper. 


WORCESTERSHIRE.  497 

Johannes  Cumin,  Petrus  Colle,  Johaiutes  Fra7inceis^ 
Ricardus  clericus,  Robertas  de  sancto  Godewello, 
Radulphus  Cumpaninun,  Alex,  le  draper,  Albinus 
Franceis,  Ricardus  de  Bureford,  Johannes  Prihc, 
Ricardus  Cumin,  Rogerus  Cumin,  etc.,  and  the  whole 
community  of  the  city  of  Worcester,  with  the  consent 
and  will  of  that  community,  have  granted  in  perpe- 
tuity, for  us  and  our  heirs,  and  by  this  our  present 
charter  have  confirmed,  to  Adam,  abbot  of  Reading 
(Berkshire),  and  the  convent  of  that  house,  and  their 
heirs  wherever  located  in  England,  free  ingress  and 
egress  from  our  vill  of  Worcester,  and  freedom  in 
sales  and  purchasing  of  all  kinds  of  merchandise,  ex- 
cepting "coriis  et  pellibus  recentibus,  et  pannis  laneis 
crudis,  et  filo  laneo,"  and  perfect  freedom  to  take  their 
merchandise  to  their  place  in  Bohale  and  without, 
free  of  all  kind  of  toll,  demand,  payment  for  passage, 
stallage,  bridge  tax,  as  well  as  attendance  of  courts, 
fines,  and  suits,  and  all  amercement  within  the  fair 
and  without,  and  all  vexations,  having  all  the  liberties 
which  the  kings  of  England — namely,  Henry,  the 
founder  of  the  church  of  Reading,  and  King  Henry 
n.,  and  King  John,  son  of  King  Henry,  and  King 
Henry,  the  son  of  King  John  —  have  given  them.  We 
have  made  this  grant  for  the  unjust  vexation  which 
we  have  made  to  the  said  abbot  and  his  men  against 
the  liberties  of  their  charters,  for  which  we  have  been 
sued  before  lord  Willelmus  de  Eboraco,  abbot  of 
Tewkesbury,  Willelmus  de  Insula,  Radulphus  de  Nor- 


498  WORCESTERSHIRE. 

wiz,  and  Maur,  le  Butiler,  the  king's  justices  itinerant 
at  Worcester,  in  the  nineteenth  year  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry,  son  of  King  John ;  and  because  we  will 
that  the  aforesaid  grant  may  remain  firm  and  stable 
forever  to  the  said  abbot  and  his  men,  without  any 
vexation  and  impediment  from  us  and  our  heirs,  we 
have  appended  the  common  seal  of  our  city  to  this 
writing.     Testibus,  etc. 

A.D.  1240. —  P.  Francisciis  holds  the  land  of  Chut, 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Clemence,  of  the  priory  of 
Worcester. 

A.D.  1240. —  Willelmus  Franays  holds  of  the  priory 
of  Worcester  the  land  of  G.  Marescallus,  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Swithun,  paying  to  the  same  priory  6d.  quar- 
terly ;  namely,  at  the  feasts  of  Saint  Michael,  Saint 
Andrew,  Annunciation,  and  Saint  John. 

8  Edward  1.(1279-80). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned 
by  Agnes  le  Mareschall  against  Walter  le  Framiceis 
and  Isolda,  his  daughter,  touching  a  tenement  in 
Worcester. 

The  Lay  Subsidy  Roll  for  the  county  of  Worcester, 
circa  1280,  edited  for  the  Worcester  Historical  So- 
ciety, gives  the  following  to  be  the  earliest  extant 
record  of  a  lay  taxation  of  movables  in  the  county 
of  Worcester.  "  Its  date  is  somewhere  between  1276 
and  1282.  As,  unfortunately,  the  title  of  the  Roll  is 
lost,  it  is  impossible  to  fix  the  date  with  absolute 
certainty." 


WORCESTERSHIRE.  499 

"  This  Roll  gives  some  interesting  particulars  about 
the  city  of  Worcester,  which  was  then  divided  into 
wards.  Six  of  these  correspond  in  name  to  six  of  the 
existing  parishes ;  but  the  seventh,  '  Alta  Warda,'  is 
difficult  to  identify.  It  was  the  most  populous  and 
the  richest  of  all  the  city  wards." 

In  this  Roll  are  the  following^  record  of  the  sur- 
name  of  Fratmceis :  — 

"  Warda  Sancti  Clementis. 
De  He7irico  le  Frainiceis  vj  d. 

Warda  Omnium  Sanctorum. 
De  Petro  Fra^icisco  vj  d. 

Warda  Sancti  Nicholai. 
De  Simone  Francisco  v  s. 

Warda  Sancti  Andree. 

De  Johmine  le  Franceys  viij  sT 

Temp.  Edward  I.,  no  date. —  Deed  poll,  whereby 
Thomas  de  Cliftone,  called  le  Knyst,  citizen  of 
Worcester,  gives  and  confirms  to  Henry  de  Stodley, 
saddler,  citizen  of  Worcester,  in  fee,  a  tenement,  situ- 
ate between  the  donor's  tenement  and  a  tenement  of 
Roger  de  Scheldesleye,  in  a  street  called  Wodestathe 
Stret,  in  Worcester.  To  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of 
the  fee,  paying  yearly  to  Simoii  le  Fraunceys  and  his 
heirs  3i-.  6^.  at  the  usual  quarterly  terms  according  to 
the  custom  of  the  said  city,  and  ^d.  for  the  support  of 


500 


WOR  CESTERSHIRE. 


a  light  before  the  cross  in  the  Church  of  St.  Andrew 
on  the  feast  day  of  Saint  Andrew ;  and  to  Roger  de 
Scheldesleye  and  his  heirs  \d.  at  Easter.  The  con- 
sideration for  this  grant  was  loos.  Witnesses, 
Walter  le  Euneyse  and  William  Colle,  then  bailiffs  of 
Worcester,  Hugh  Lovet,  and  others. 

In  the  twentieth  year  of  the  reign  of  Edward  III. 
(1346)  Peter  le  Frenche,  the  preceptor  of  St.  Wolstan 
in  the  city  of  Worcester,  held  two  hides  and  a  half 
in  Chadeswicke  and  Willingwyke,  which  the  pre- 
ceptor of  St.  Wolstan  and  Thomas  de  Lench  for- 
merly held. 


BLACKENHURST   HUNDRED. 

ALDINGTON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   1280,  of  which  notice  is  given 
in  the  account  of  the  city  of  Worcester. 

Galfridus  de  Franceys,  of  this  place,  paid  2s.  6d. 

EVESHAM. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   12S0. —  Rogerus  le  Freynse,  of 
this  place,  paid  \2d. 

NORTON. 

A.D.  1266. —  Extent  of  the  lands  which  belonged  to 
Hugh   Gutmund,  of  Norton  (near  Evesham),   on  the 


WORCESTERSHIRE.  501 

day  he  died,  by  the  oath  of  Geoffrey  Fraunceys,  Ran- 
dulph  Wyther,  Richard  de  Moy,  John  de  Herueton, 
Simon  Herebert,  of  Norton,  and  Randulph  Ernald,  of 
Norton,  who  say  upon  their  oath  that  the  said  Hugh 
held  two  virgates  of  land  of  the  abbot  of  Evesham  in 
the  vill  of  Norton,  doing  suit  at  the  court  of  the 
aforesaid  abbot  from  three  weeks  to  three  weeks,  and 
two  suits  at  the  two  great  hundred  courts  of  the  same 
abbot  yearly,  and  one  suit  at  the  county  court  of 
Worcester  from  month  to  month.  The  said  land  is 
worth  yearly  1 2^.,  besides  the  service  aforesaid ;  and 
his  wife  prays  for  her  dower  thereof.  Ranulph  is  his 
eldest  son  and  heir,  and  is  of  the  age  of  eight  years. 
Writ  dated  2d  of  May,  50  Henry  HI. 


DODDINGTREE    HUNDRED. 

ASTLEY. 

Subsidy    Roll,   circa  1280. —  Galfridus   Fraunceys, 
of  Estle,  paid  i2d. 

BERRINGTON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   1280. — Johannes  Fraunceys^  of 
Beriton  (in  Tenbury  parish),  paid  3i". 


502  WORCESTERSHIRE. 

HILLHAMPTON. 

To  Master  John  Waleweyn,  escheator  citra  Trent. 
Order  to  restore  to  the  prior  of  Great  Malverne  a  vir- 
gate  of  land  in  Hullampton,  acquired  by  a  prede- 
cessor of  his  of  Richard  de  Arundell,  and  a  moiety 
of  a  virgate  in  the  same  town,  acquired  from  WiUiam 
de  la  Quebbe,  and  fourteen  and  a  half  acres  of  land 
in  the  same  town,  acquired  from  Clemcjit  Fraunceys 
and  William,  his  son,  and  twenty  acres  of  land  and 
three  and  a  half  acres  of  meadow  in  the  same  town, 
acquired  from  William  le  Hore,  taken  into  the  king's 
hands  by  the  said  escheator,  on  the  grounds  that  they 
had  been  acquired  after  the  publication  of  the  statute 
of  mortmain  (7  Edward  I.,  1278-79),  without  license 
from  the  late  or  present  kings,  as  it  appears  by  inqui- 
sition that  a  prior  of  Malverne  acquired  them  in 
fee  ten  years  before  the  publication  of  the  statute 
(1268-69).  Dated  at  Westminster,  on  the  14th  of 
June,  1 316. 

MARTLEY. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Robcrtus  Franceys,  of 
Martelee,  paid  2s. 

SUTTON. 

A.D.  1240. —  Robertus  Franciscus,  a  free  tenant  at 
Sudintun  of  the  priory  of  Worcester,  "  pro  clauso  ante 


WORCESTERSHIRE.  503 

hostium  suum,"  paid  yearly  c)d.  at  the  feast  of  Saint 
Michael,  c)d.  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Andrew,  <^d.  at  the 
Annunciation,  and  c)d.  at  the  feast  of  Saint  John. 
Also  "  pro  equitatura  "  2^^'.  at  all  of  the  quarter  days. 
A.D.  1240. — Johannes  Franciscns  holds,  as  a  free 
tenant,  half  a  virgate  in  Sudintun  of  the  priory  of 
Worcester,  paying  yearly  23^^^/.  at  the  feast  of  Saint 
Michael,  233^^'.  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Andrew,  23%^^. 
at  the  Annunciation,  and  233^(7!'.  at  the  feast  of  Saint 
John  the  Baptist.  Also  at  the  feast  of  Saint  Andrew 
254V.,  "pro  equitatura,"  which  seems  to  imply  the  ser- 
vice of  a  Rodknight. 


HALFSHIRE     HUNDRED. 

KIDDERMINSTER. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   1280. —  Willelnius  le  Franceys, 
of  Kydermunster,  paid  1 2d. 

MORTON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Hugo  Franccys,  of  Mor- 
ton', paid  half  a  mark. 

OLD    SWINFORD. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   1280. —  Willclmus  le  Franceys, 
of  Swyneford,  paid  2Qd. 


504  WORCESTERSHIRE. 

RUSHOCK. 

A.D.  1296. —  "Inquisition  of  the  lands  and  tene- 
ments which  were  Henry  I'Estormi  at  Rushuc,  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  made  there,  24th  of  October, 
23  Edward  I.,  by  the  oath  of  Stephen  de  Bosco,  Rob- 
ert de  Cakelade,  John  de  Peremort,  Thomas  de  .  .  .  , 
Thomas  de  Hetheye,  Richard  Cocus,  of  Stone, 
Thomas  de  Barndel',  Henry  de  Wynterford,  Roger  le 
Taylour,  Robert  atte  Bathe,  JoJin  Franciscus,  and 
Adam  Wade,  who  say  that  the  said  Henry  held  a  cer- 
tain messuage  there,  which  he  w^as  unable  to  sustain, 
of  William  de  Bello  Campo,  Earl  of  Warwick,  by  the 
service  of  making  suit  at  the  county  court  of  Worces- 
ter and  by  knight's  service.  He  held  also  there,  of 
the  same,  a  garden  worth  yearly  3^-.  4^/. ;  three  caru- 
cates  of  land,  worth  1 6s.  a  carucate,  sum  48^. ;  eight 
acres  of  meadow,  worth  2s.  an  acre,  sum  165.;  several 
pastures  worth  yearly  Apd.  There  are  there  two  viva- 
riis,  the  fishery  whereof  is  worth  yearly  5^-,;  rents  of 
assize  of  the  free  tenants  amount  to  4//.,  10^.;  rents  of 
the  villeins,  4//.,  2^. ;  there  are  no  work  of  tenants. 
The  pleas  and  perquisites  of  court  are  worth  yearly 
half  a  mark.  And  they  say  that  Henry  I'Estormi,  son 
of  the  aforesaid  Henry,  is  next  heir,  and  of  the  age  of 
thirty  years  and  more.     Sum  total,  12//.  \Zs.  \dy 


WORCESTERSHIRE.  505 

WELEY   PARK   AND    SELLY    OAK. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Under  the  heading  of 
Weleye  et  Selleye,  it  is  found  that  Ricardus  le 
Frensche  paid  2s.  6d. 

YARDLEY. 

6  Edward  1.(1277-78). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Adam  Fraunceys  against  Robert  de  Mulledon,  touch- 
ing common  of  pasture  in  Yerdesl'. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Adam  le  Fraitceys,  of 
villata  de  Jerdeleye,  then  in  Pershore  hundred, 
paid  4^-. 


OSWALDSLOW    HUNDRED. 

BEDWARDINE. 

5  Edward  I.  (1276-77). —  Appointment  of  two  jus- 
tices to  take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by 
Walter  le  Fraunceis  against  Richard  Rolf  and  others, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Bedewardin. 

BLACKWELL. 

A.D.  1 240. —  Willelmus  Franceys  holds  half  a  vir- 
gate  in  Blakewell  of  the  priory  of  Worcester,  paying 
yearly  1 2d.  at  each  of  four  terms. 


5o6  WORCESTERSHIRE. 

BORDSLEY   ABBEY. 

A.D.  1251. —  Covenant  between  the  abbot  and  con- 
vent of  Bordesley  and  Elizabeth,  relict  of  Alexander 
le  Blu.     Witnesses,  William  Franceis  and  others. 


CUTSDEAN. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Radulphus  Franceys,  of 
Cotestone,  paid  3^. 

GOLDICOTE. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Hamo  Franciscus,  of 
Caldicote  (Shipston),  then  in  Pershore  hundred,  paid 
I2d. 

HANBURY. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Rogerus  le  Franceys,  of 
Hambury,  then  in  Halfshire  hundred,  paid  2^. 

HARVINGTON. 

A.D.  1 240. — Johmtnes  le  Fraunccys  holds  in  Herfur- 
tun,  of  the  priory  of  Worcester,  one  virgate,  consist- 
ing of  twenty-eight  acres,  sixteen  acres  of  which  lie  in 
one  field,  and  twelve  in  another. 

A.D.  1240. — Johajines  Frajiciscus  holds  a  curtilage 
in    Herforton    of    the    priory   of    Worcester,    paying 


WORCESTERSHIRE.  507 

yearly  for  the  same  zV^^-  ^^  Michaelmas,  3^^.  at 
Saint  Andrew,  3^^.  at  the  Annunciation,  and  2)V^^' 
at  the  feast  of  Saint  John. 

HIMBLETON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Petrus  le  Fraiiceys,  of 
Humelton,  then  in  Halfshire  hundred,  paid  22d. 

HOLT. 

In  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
I.  (1341)  Johannes  le  Frenche  was  a  member  of  the 
jury  of  the  parish  of  Holte. 

NETHERTON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Ricardtis  le  Franceys, 
of  Netherton'  (Cropthorn),  paid  \^d. 

OMBERSLEY. 

In  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
III.  (1341)  Johannes  le  Frensshe  is  found  among  the 
jurors  of  the  parish  of  Ombresleye. 

OVERBURY. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. — Johannes  le  Fraficeis,  of 
Ovenbury,  paid  2s. 


So8  WORCESTERSHIRE. 

REDMARLEY    D'ABITOT. 

Subsidy     Roll,    1280. —  Walterus    le    Franceys,    of 
Rudmereleye,  then  in  Halfshire  hundred,  paid  6i-. 


SHIPSTON   ON   STOUR. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. — Hcnricus  Franceys,  of 
Sipestone,  paid  2od. 

A.D.  1 301  or  1302,  February. —  Robert,  son  of 
He7try  le  Freynces,  of  Schepiston,  was  manumitted 
by  the  hand  of  W.  de  Stok. 


SPETCHLEY. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1 280. —  Thomas  le  Fraunceys,  of 
Spechesley,  then  in  Halfshire  hundred,  paid  5^. 


WESTMANCOT. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   1280. —  Adam  le  Franceys,  of 
Westmonecote  (Bredon),  paid  3^-. 


WICK. 

31    Henry    III.    (1246-47). —  Inquisition    made    by 
William  de   Draitona,   Hugh  de   Molendino,  Richard 


JVOJ?  CESTERSHIRE. 


509 


Lamoc,  Roger  le  Berd,  Walter  le  Franceis,  Adam  le 
Fleccher,  and  others,  who  say  that  WiUiam  Fitz- 
Hamon  held  Wica  of  the  king  in  chief  by  the  service 
of  a  quarter  of  a  knight's  fee.  And  there  are  there, 
of  rents  of  assise,  566-.  2d.\  tallage,  i  mark.  The 
custom  of  villeins,  who  hold  four  and  a  half  virgates 
of  land,  are  worth  57^.  There  are  there,  in  meadow, 
eight  acres,  and  they  are  worth  20s.  by  the  year. 
The  pasture  is  worth  3-s-.  6d.  There  is  a  little  park 
there,  worth  ^s.  by  the  year.  The  wood  is  in  the 
forest  of  the  king;  and  there  is  there  a  little  garden, 
worth  \2d.  The  dove-cot  is  worth  2^-.  There  are  in 
demesne  three  carucates  of  land,  worth  8/.  by  the 
year;  and  the  advowson  of  the  chapel  belongs  to  Sir 
William  Fitz-Hamon,  and  the  chapel  is  worth  5 
marks.  Also  they  say  that  those  four  and  a  half 
virgates  of  land  in  villeinage  give  45-.  6d. ;  and  each 
virgate  two  hens  at  Christmas,  price  of  a  hen  2d.\ 
and  every  virgate  gives  four  geese  at  the  Gules  of 
August,  price  i^<^. ;  and  a  cottage  gives  nine  hens, 
price  c)d.  From  the  free  men  of  rent,  of  hens  twelve, 
price  \2d.\  of  capons  eight,  price  i2d.  Sumi  total  of 
the  value  of  the  manor,  16/.  85-.  -^d.  Also  they  say 
Fitz-Hamon  held  of  the  king  by  knight's  service  in 
Tenford,  which  Nicholas  de  Haversham  held  of  him 
by  the  service  of  rendering  one  sole  falcon  and  the 
foreign  service  of  the  king.  Also  he  held  of  the  king 
one  knight's  fee  in  Maidewelle,  which  Alan  de 
Maidewelle  held  of  the  said  William  by  the  service  of 


5 1  o  WOJ^  CESTERSHIRE. 

one  knight.      Alan,  brother   of    Fitz-Hamon,     is    his 
next  heir.     No  date. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa   1280. — Johannes  le  Fraunceys^ 
of  Wyke  Abbetot,  then  in  Halfshire  hundred,  paid  2^. 


PERSHORE    HUNDRED. 

ALDERMINSTER. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Walterus  Francisctis,  of 
Aldremoneston',  paid  2Qd. 

BRITSMORTON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. — Johannes  Franceys,  of 
villata  de  Morton  Bree,  paid  2s. 

LEIGH. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Thomas  Fratmceys,  of 
villata  de  Leya,  paid  1 2d. 

PERSHORE. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  VVillelnins  le  Franceis, 
of  villata  de  Persore,  then  in  Blackenhurst  hundred, 
paid  3^'. ;  and  Thomas  le  Franceys,  of  same  place, 
paid  8</. 


IVOJ?  CESTERSHIRE.  5 1 1 

STAUNTON. 

Subsidy  Roll,  circa  1280. —  Henricus  le  Frauuceis, 
of  villata  de  Stanton,  paid . 


UPTON   SNODSBURY. 

Subsidy    Roll,   circa    1280. —  Simon   Franciscus,  oi 
Uptone,  paid  22^^. 


YORKSHIRE. 


GENERAL. 


A.D.  1189-90. —  Hu7nfridus  Ic  Franceys  is  fined  half 
a  mark  for  not  bringing  whom  he  pledged. 

Walteriis  le  Franceis  is  amerced  38^-.  8^.  for  default 
in  the  same  year. 

A.D.  1194-95. —  Siluius  de  Cresto  essoined  himself 
for  being  sick  beyond  the  sea,  by  Willielmus  Mansepe 
and  Willelmus  le  Franceis,  in  a  plea  wherein  he  was 
pursuant  against  Ricardus  de  Samere  and  his  wife. 

A.D.  1205. —  RadulpJnis  le  Franceis  was  amerced 
half  a  mark,  and  his  sureties  were  Serlo  ad  Portam 
and  Adam  le  Wilde. 

YORK   CITY. 

Roger  de  Moubray,  the  grantor  of  the  following 
charter,  was  still  in  his  minority  in  1 1 38.  He  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Lincoln  in  1142,  went 
to  the  crusade  with  King  Lewes  in  1148,  and  in 
1 1 66  he  was  certified  as  holding  eighty-eight  knights' 
fees,  together  with  one-third  and  one-fourth,  "  de  veteri 
feoffamento,"  and  eleven  and  three-quarters  "  de 
novo."     The  date  of  his  death  appears  uncertain. 


YORKSHIRE.  513 

Charter. 

Rogerus  de  Mulbray  to  the  Archbishop  and  chap- 
ter of  York,  and  to  all  who  see  or  hear  this  writing, 
greeting.  May  it  be  known  to  all  that  I  have  given, 
and  by  this  my  charter  have  confirmed,  to  God  and 
St.  Hylda  of  Whiteby,  and  the  monks  serving  God 
there,  for  my  soul  and  for  those  of  my  heirs  and 
parents,  the  land  which  Reginaldus  Poer  held  of  me 
in  Thorp  (near  by  York) ;  namely,  six  bovates  of  land 
and  the  meadow  belonging  thereto,  with  the  common 
easement  of  the  vill,  and  four  dwelling-houses  in 
York, —  namely,  three  in  Sceldergata  and  one  on  the 
bank  of  the  river  Ouse.  And  I  and  my  heirs  will 
warrant  this  alms  and  donation  to  the  aforesaid 
monks  of  Whitby;  and,  in  case  of  being  unable  to 
warrant,  we  will  give  them  other  land  of  equal  value. 
Hiis  testibus,  Willelmo  de  Steinegrive,  Rogero  de 
Flamevile,  Waltero  de  Templo,  Waltero  de  Turchilby, 
Waltero  de  la  Rivere,  Willelmo  de  Magneby,  Diriv, 
Willelmo  de  Houchesgard,  Hyvone  de  Ugylbardby, 
Cliberno  Biscop,  Normanno  Coco,  Hugone  Hos- 
pitario,  Gaufrido  de  Bosco,  Thoraldo  Francigena,  et 
multis  aliis. 

Circa  1 200-3. —  The  assize  came  to  recognize  if 
Willelmus  Rainkill  had,  unjustly  and  without  judg- 
ment, disseized  Radulphus  Francigena  and  Matilda, 
his  wife,  of  one  toft  with  appurtenances  in  York,  after 
the    coronation  of    the    king    at    Canterbury.      The 


514  YORKSHIRE. 

jurors  said  that  they  would  speak  the  truth,  and  after 
being  heard  would  leave  it  for  the  justices  to  decide. 
And  they  then  stated  that  Willelmus  Rainkill 
brought  a  writ  against  Radulphus  and  Matilda  in  the 
Portmote,  who  came  and  vouched  to  warrant  Ma- 
tildas son,  who  was  present  and  warranted  to  her. 
And  immediately  afterwards  the  said  son  sold  the 
land  to  the  said  Willelmus  for  i  mark  of  silver ;  but, 
when  Radulphus  and  Matilda  heard  this,  they  forbade 
Willelmus  to  buy  the  land,  and  Matildas  son  to  sell 
it.  And  they  said  that  it  was  the  inheritance  of  Ma- 
tilda, and  not  of  her  son.  Matilda  and  her  husband 
came,  and  freely  admitted  that  they  were  impleaded 
in  the  Portmote,  but  they  had  never  called  Matilda's 
son  to  warrant,  because  the  land  is  the  right  of  Ma- 
tilda. The  jurors,  being  questioned,  said  that  the 
land  is  the  right  of  Matilda,  and  not  of  her  son. 
Therefore,  it  is  considered  that  Radulphus  and  Ma- 
tilda may  have  their  seisin ;  and  Willelmus  is  in  mis- 
ericordia.     The  damage  assessed  by  the  jury  was  ^s. 

The  monastery  of  Melsa  (Meaux)  received  in  the 
year  1235  a  grant  of  land,  with  buildings  thereon, 
in  Fyshergate,  in  York,  from  Ricardus,  a  chaplain. 
Among  other  donations  to  this  monastery  at  this  date 
was  a  parcel  of  land  from  Robcrtus  Fraitnceys. 

At  the  inquisition  held  at  York  on  the  ist  of  De- 
cember, 1272,  Pctrus  Franccis  was  among  the  jurors. 

At  the  inquisition  held  at  York  on  the  30th  of 
April,  1 281,  Henricus  Fraunceys,  of  Merston,  was 
among  the  jurors, 


YORKSHIRE.  5 1 5 

EAST  RIDING. 

BUCKROSE   WAPENTAKE. 

NEWTON. 

A.D.  1297. —  In  this  place,  in  the  parish  of  Wintring- 
ham,  Johannes  Frauncays  paid  \2d.  as  his  assessment 
for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal  goods,  of 
which  we  find  the  following  account :  — 

"  This  grant  of  a  ninth  of  personal  goods  was  of 
very  great  importance  in  the  constitutional  history  of 
England.  It  was  a  consideration  paid  by  Parliament 
for  a  full  confirmation  by  the  king  of  all  the  liberties 
conferred  by  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Forest  Char- 
ter, and  thus  concluded  a  struggle  between  king  and 
Parliament  which  had  continued  for  over  eighty 
years, —  indeed,  ever  since  its  commencement  with  the 
first  grant  of  the  Great  Charter  by  King  John  in 
1 2 15.  Annexed  to  this  confirmation  by  Edward  I. 
was  the  celebrated  statute,  De  tallagio  non  conce- 
dendo,  which  established  the  principle  that  no  tax 
could  be  levied  without  the  assent  of  Parliament. 
All  through  Edward's  reign  it  had  been  the  object  of 
Parliament  to  obtain  the  concession  of  this  principle, 
but  until  his  necessities  compelled  the  king  to  yield 
they  had  been  unsuccessful.  Lately  he  had  been  sin- 
gularly unfortunate  in  his  wars  both  in  Flanders  and 
Gascony,  and  also  in  Scotland,  where  his  troops  had 


5i6  YORKSHIRE. 

been  utterly  defeated  on  Sept.  lo,  1297,  by  Sir  Will- 
iam Wallace,  at  the  battle  of  Stirling.  At  home  his 
position  was  quite  as  unfavorable.  All  classes  were 
hostile  to  his  policy.  The  clergy  were  irritated  at  the 
unjust  seizure  of  a  fifth  of  their  goods,  the  merchants 
at  the  heavy  tax  levied  on  wool,  called  male  tote,  and 
the  great  nobles  at  his  endeavor  to  restrict  their  fran- 
chises by  writs  of  quo  warranto  and  to  make  them 
amenable  to  the  royal  ofificers,  whilst  the  common 
people  were  harassed  and  impoverished  by  many 
illegal  exactions. 

"  Finding  it  impossible  by  these  means  to  raise  suffi- 
cient money  to  carry  on  the  wars  which  were  then 
being  waged,  and  as  some  of  the  chief  barons  refused 
to  serve  beyond  the  seas,  the  king  was  compelled  to 
summon  a  Parliament.  It  was  ordered  to  meet  at 
London  on  the  octave  of  Saint  Michael,  Oct.  6,  1297, 
under  the  presidency  of  his  son.  Sir  Edward  of  Car- 
narvon, as  he  himself  had  crossed  over  to  Flanders, 
on  the  2 2d  of  August,  so  as  to  avoid  the  embarrass- 
ment of  meeting  a  hostile  assembly." 

The  confirmation  of  the  charters  in  the  king's 
name  was  witnessed  at  Westminster  in  October,  1297, 
by  Prince  Edward,  and  by  the  king  himself  at  Ghent, 
on  November  5,  following.  It  was  afterwards  sol- 
emnly confirmed  by  King  Edward  in  a  Parliament 
held  by  himself  in  person  in  the  year  1 300. 


YORKSHIRE.  517 

SLEDMERE. 

A.D.  1284-85. —  The  fee  of  Ros,  in  this  place,  con- 
sists of  five  carucates  and  six  bovates,  of  which  fee 
Willelmus  Fraunceys  holds  three  bovates. 

The  fee  of  Moubray,  in  this  place,  comprises  eleven 
carucates  and  six  bovates.  Among  those  of  this  fee 
is  Thomas  Fraunceys.,  who  holds  one  bovate. 

A.D.  1297. —  Thomas  Fraiincays  paid  \id.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal 
goods,  in  villata  de  Sleddemer. 

WETWANG. 

A.D.  1297. —  RobertMS  Frauncays  paid  13^^.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal 
goods. 

WINTRINGHAM. 

A.D.  1297. —  Willelmtis  Frauncays  paid  \2d.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal 
goods,  in  villata  de  Wyntringham. 


DICKERING    WAPENTAKE. 

FLAMBOROUGH. 

A.D.  1297. —  Roberttis  Frauncays  paid  iS^;'.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal 
goods,  in  villata  de  Fleynburgh. 


5i8  YORKSHIRE. 

GANTON. 

Matilda  de  Gaumeton  in  her  widowhood  (widow  in 
1232),  and  Richard  de  Bozhale,  her  son  and  heir, 
granted  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  Peter  at  York  a  toft 
and  croft  in  Gaumeton,  now  Ganton,  which  was  con- 
firmed by  her  husband,  Willehius  Francigena  de 
Gaumeton. 

HARPHAM. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  William  le 
Fratinctys,  of  Harpham,  against  Adam  de  Evering- 
ham,  Isabella,  his  wife,  and  others,  touching  com- 
mon of  pasture  in  Harpham,  Thornholm,  Gransmoor 
("  Grancemor"),  Haston,  and  Burton  Agnes  ("  Burton 
Anneys  "). 

This  William  Fraunceys,  of  Harpham,  was  proba- 
bly the  same  person  who  gave  one  oxgang  of  land  in 
Harpham  to  the  Abbey  of  St.   Mary  at  York. 


HARTHILL   WAPENTAKE. 

BAINTON. 

At  the  inquisition  at  Pokelington,  on  the  6th  of 
August,  1279,  of  lands  and  tenements  in  Baynton  and 
Nessingwyk  (Neswick),  the  name  of  Waltcrtis  Fraun- 
ceys  is  found  among  the  recognitors. 


YORKSHIRE.  519 

BEVERLEY. 

A.D.  1297. — JohajiJies  Frauncays  paid  \2d.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth. 

LOCKINGTON. 

A.D.  1296-97. —  In  the  twenty-fifth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.  Ricardiis  Fraunceys  and  Nigellus 
Frattnceys,  of  Lockington,  were  among  the  suitors  at 
the  court  of  the  bedern,  or  provost's  court,  in  the 
town  of  Beverley,  which  extended  over  a  wide  district 
of  more  than  a  hundred  parishes. 

MARKET   WEIGHTON. 

A.D.  1284-85. —  The  king  has  here  a  fee  of  sixteen 
carucates,  of  which  Adam  Francais  holds  three 
bovates. 

HOLDERNESS  WAPENTAKE. 

BEEFORD. 

A.D.  1279. —  Gerard,  the  prior,  and  the  convent  of 
Bridlington  confirm  to  Sir  Ralph  Gousle,  knight,  the 
toft  in  Beeford  held  of  the  priory  by  Alan  Burdoun, 
of  Winkton,  in  exchange  for  a  toft  held  of  the  above 
Sir    Ralph    Gousle    by    Robert  Franceys.     Dated    at 


520  YORKSHIRE. 

Bridlington,  on  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael,  7  Edward 
I.  Attested  by  Sir  James  de  Mora,  William  de 
Grimston,  Ralph  de  Falconberge,  and  others. 


BURTON    CONSTABLE. 

A.D.  1297. —  Henricus  Frmince  paid  i2d.  as  his  as- 
sessment for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth,  in  villata  de 
Burtona  et  Neutona  Constable. 


COLYNGHAM. 

A.D.  1297. —  Nicholaus  Fraiincays  paid  \2d.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal 
goods,  in  villata  de  Colyngham. 


ELSTERNWICK. 

A.D.  1297. —  Stephanus  Frmincays  paid  16^.  and 
Nicholans  Frauncis  paid  2s.  'X^d.  as  their  assessment 
for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal  goods,  in 
Elstanwik'. 

OTTRINGHAM. 

Circa  6  Edward  I.  (1277-78). —  William  de  Las- 
celles,  of  Ottringham,  confirms  to  Alan  Langdyke 
and  heirs  all  his  land  in  a  close,  called  Newcroft,  in 
Ottringham    Marsh,   which  he    had  of    the  grant  of 


YORKSHIRE.  521 

William's  son.  Tested  by  William  de  Fontains, 
Alan  Ulbright,  William  Franciscus,  etc. 

Circa  10  Edward  1.(1281-82). —  William  de  Lascell 
gives  and  confirms  to  Alan  Langdale,  of  this  place, 
and  his  heirs  and  assigns,  seven  acres  and  a  half  of 
arable  land  in  this  territory,  and  also  meadow  and 
pasture.  Tested  by  William  de  Francais^  William  de 
Pratis,  William  Fitz-Peter,  etc. 

Rogerus,  who  was  abbot  of  Melsa  (Meaux)  be- 
tween the  years  1286  and  1310,  makes  a  grant  to 
Willehmis  Franceys,  of  Otringham  (near  Meaux),  of 
a  parcel  of  land  in  that  place  for  a  yearly  rent  of  2s. 

PATRINGTON. 

A.D.  1297. — Ricardits  Frauncays  paid  \\d.  as  his 
assessment  for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth. 

RYHILL   WITH   CAMERTON. 

A.D.  1297. —  The  former  place  is  in  the  parish  of 
Skeckling,  the  latter  in  that  of  Paul.  Johan7ies 
Fraun{c)ays  paid  1 2d.  towards  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth. 

SIGGLESTHORNE. 

A.D.  1297. —  Towards  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of 
personal  goods  in  this  place  Alicia  Frauncays  paid 
2s.  id.^  Ricardics  Frauncays  paid  20^.,  and  Walterus 
Frattnceys  paid  2s.  2^^. 


522  YORKSHIRE. 


OUSE   AND   DERWENT   WAPENTAKE. 

At  an  inquisition  held  in  the  fourth  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1275-76)  the  jurors  said 
that  Waltcriis  Franays  was  neghgent  in  attaching 
Robertus  de  Tresk,  a  felon. 


NORTH   RIDING. 

BULMER  WAPENTAKE. 

MYTON. 

The  following  grant  is  probably  of  the  latter  half  of 
the  twelfth  century.  In  it  the  grantor  confirms  the 
gift  of  his  father,  Robert  de  Maisnil,  which  was  made 
before  the  year  1 1 1 3. 

Be  it  known  to  all,  as  well  future  as  present,  that  I, 
Stephanus  de  Maisnil,  have  given  in  free  alms  to  the 
abbey  church  of  St.  Mary,  York,  the  vill  called  Miton, 
placing  this  my  donation  upon  the  altar  of  aforesaid 
church  as  free  as  any  donation  can  be  given.  And 
I  grant  it  forever,  in  pure  alms,  for  the  soul  of  my 
father,  Robertus  de  Maisnil,  who  before  made  this 
donation  to  the  aforesaid  church,  and  for  the  soul  of 
my  mother,  and  for  my  soul  and  those  of  my  wife,  my 
sons,  my  parents,  and  my  friends.     I  also  grant  in  the 


YORKSHIRE.  523 

same  way  to  the  said  church  one  carucate  and  a  half 
of  land  in  Suttuna,  near  the  bridge,  on  that  side  of 
the  river  Derwent  which  is  nearest  the  city  of  York, 
for  which  alms  I  have  been  admitted  in  the  chapter 
to  the  fraternity  of  this  convent  of  monks.  Among 
the  witnesses  is  Walterus  Fraunccs. 


GILLING,    WEST,   WAPENTAKE. 

APPLEGARTH. 

30  Edward  I.  (1301-2). —  In  this  "pX-SiCQ  Jo kii  Fraun- 
ceys  paid  \'^d.  as  subsidy. 

BARFORTH. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to 
take  the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  Richard 
le  Fratniceis  against  Geoffrey  Gerewell  and  others, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Hereford. 

BARTON  NEAR  MELSONBY. 

29  Edward  I.  (i  300-1). —  John,  son  of  Ivo  de  Hert- 
ford, versus  Grimbaldtis  le  Fraunces^  in  a  plea  of  land. 

31  Edward  I.  (1302-3). —  Grmibaldus  Fraunceys 
sued    Richard    de   Vernun,    3d    (son    of    Gilbertus   le 


524 


YORKSHIRE. 


Fraunceys)  in  a  plea  that  he  should  warrant  to  him 
a  messuage,  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  six 
acres  of  meadow,  and  half  a  mill  in  Barton  near  Mel- 
sonby,  in  County  Ebor.,  which  John  de  Hertford 
claimed  against  him.     The  plea  was  postponed. 

A.D.  1303-4. —  John  de  Hertford  versus  Richard  de 
Vernon,  3d,  whom  Grimbaldus  Ic  Fraunceys  called  to 
warranty  of  the  aforesaid  tenement ;  and  the  said 
Richard  called  to  warranty  William,  son  of  Nicholas 
le  Botiller,  who  was  under  age. 

A.D.  1309-10. —  Gryrnbaldtis  Fraunceys  appeared  by 
attorney  against  Richard  de  Vernon  in  a  plea  that  he 
should  appear  in  court  to  warrant  to  him  the  afore- 
said tenement,  which  had  been  valued  at  14/.  14^-.  6^., 
and  which  John  de  Hertford  claimed  as  his  right. 
Richard  did  not  appear,  and  the  sheriff  was  ordered 
to  summon  him  for  the  morrow  of  Saint  John  the 
Baptist. 

A.D.  1 316- 1 7. —  John  de  Hertford  claimed  versus 
Robert,  son  of  John  Fraunceys,  one  messuage,  ten  tofts, 
forty  acres  of  land,  and  six  acres  and  a  half  of 
meadow,  and  half  one  mill  in  Barton-juxta-Melsonby, 
which  he  claims  as  his  right  and  inheritance,  and  of 
which  William  de  Kendale  unjustly  disseized  Alan 
de  Hertford,  plaintiff's  grandfather,  whose  heir  he  is. 
The  defendant  said  that  Grimbaldus,  his  tcncie,  whose 
heir  he  is,  died  seized  of  the  said  lands  in  his  own 
right  as  of  fee,  after  whose  death  he  entered  therein, 
and  is  now  under  age.     Adjourned  accordingly. 


YORKSHIRE.  525 

A.D.  1330-31. —  Thomas,  son  of  John  de  Hertford, 
sued  Thomas,  son  of  WilHam  de  Moubray,  for  a 
messuage  and  one  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land, 
and  six  acres  of  meadow,  and  half  a  mill  in  Barton 
near  Melsamby.  Thomas,  son  of  William,  called  to 
warranty  Robert,  son  of  John  Frannceys,  who  appeared, 
and  warranted  the  tenements  to  him ;  and  as  regarded 
one  acre  of  land  and  one  and  a  half  acre  of  meadow. 
Robert  called  to  warranty  Thomas,  son  of  John  de 
Hodelleston  of  County  Ebor.,  and  as  regarded  the 
residue  of  the  tenements  he  called  to  warranty  Will- 
iam de  Vernoun,  the  kinsman  and  heir  of  (great- 
grandson  of)  Gilbert  le  Fraunceys,  who  is  to  be  sum- 
moned in  the  counties  of  Stafford  and  Westmorland. 
And  he  stated  that  the  said  Thomas,  son  of  John,  and 
William  de  Vernoun  were  under  age,  and  prayed  that 
the  suit  might  be  made  a  remanent  till  their  full  age. 

Thomas,  son  of  John,  stated  they  were  all  of  full 
age,  and  prayed  that  they  might  be  summoned ;  and 
the  sheriffs  of  the  counties  of  York  and  Stafford  were 
ordered  to  summon  them  in  a  month  from  Easter. 


BOWES. 

About  four  miles  south-west  from  Barnard  Castle, 
formerly  the  seat  of  the  Balliols,  is  this  parish.  Its 
manor  originally  included  the  township  of  Boldron, 
which  is  located  about  two  miles  from  this  castle. 


526  YORKSHIRE. 

2 J  Edward  I.  (1298-99). —  Thomas  de  Bolron 
claimed  against  John  le  Harper  and  Alicia,  his  wife, 
Stephen  de  Bowes  and  Johanna,  his  wife,  John  Ra, 
John,  son  of  Henry  de  Bowes,  William  Wetteherne, 
Nicholas,  son  of  Peter,  Hugh  le  Fletcher,  Adam 
Fraunceys,  Thomas  Tollere,  Alan  le  Meyre,  and  Reg- 
inald, son  of  Sampson  de  Bowes,  for  having  unjustly 
disseized  the  plaintiff  of  his  free  tenement  in  Bowes 
and  Boldron.  In  this  same  year  the  claimant  asked 
leave  to  withdraw  his  suit  against  them. 


CALDWELL. 

A  township  adjoining  Stanwick,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  John. 

50  Henry  HI.  (1265-66). — John  le  Fraunceys 
claims  against  Matilda  (de  Vallibus),  who  was  the  wife 
of  Thomas  de  Multon,  custodian  of  the  body  of 
Roald,  son  of  Roald,  son  of  Alan,  and  Peter  de  Sa- 
baudia,  the  custodian  of  the  lands  of  the  said  heir, 
warranty  of  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of  Caldewell, 
which  Alan  de  Lascelles  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  claim 
against  him,  by  right  of  latter's  dower  from  her  first 
husband,  Roald,  son  of  Alan. 

There  appears  to  have  been  an  earlier  assize  held 
at  York,  in  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry  III.,  in  regard  to  this  manor,  in  which  the  same 
John  le  Fraunceys  is  one  of  the  defendants. 


YORKSHIRE.  527 


DALTON. 


In  the  Domesday  Book  there  is  a  record  that  Gos- 
patric  had  in  this  place  three  and  a  half  carucates: 
the  earl  holds  them. 

One  authority  states  that  Roald  le  Fraunceys  gave 
land  in  this  place  to  Warin  de  Travers,  of  Dalton 
Travers ;  but  of  this  conveyance  we  find  no  record. 
The  same  authority  gives  a  record  of  the  grantee  in 
2  Richard  I.  (i  190-91),  and  further  states  that  he  died 
25  Henry  III.  (1240-41). 

23  Henry  III.  (1245-46). — John  Fraunceys  claimed 
against  Robert  Travers  two  bovates  of  land  with  ap- 
purtenances in  Dalton. 

30  Henry  III.  (1245-46). —  John  son  of  Peter, 
who  took  a  writ  of  diversion  of  a  certain  watercourse 
in  Dalton  Travers,  to  the  injury  of  plaintiff's  freehold 
in  Dalton  Travers,  against  Robert  Travers,  did  not 
come,  and  was  in  contempt  with  his  sureties ; 
namely,  Robert  de  Wassington  and  JoJui  le  Fraunceis^ 
of  Dalton. 

Fine,  Trin.,  2P  Henry  III.  (1246),  between  John  le 
Franceys,  plaintiff,  and  Robert  Travers,  defendant,  of 
four  acres  of  land  with  the  appurtenances  in  Dalton ; 
and  the  said  Robert  acknowledges  the  said  land  to  be 
the  right  of  the  said  John,  which  Robert  le  Franceys, 
father  of  the  said  John,  had,  by  the  gift  of  Warin 
Travers,  father  of  the  said  Robert,  whose  heir  he  is, 
to  hold  to  the  said  John  and  his    heirs  of  the  said 


528  YORKSHIRE. 

Robert  and  his  heirs  forever,  at  the  yearly  rent  of 
12^.,  payable  half  at  Pentecost  and  half  at  the  feast 
of  Saint  Martin,  for  all  services.  In  consideration 
whereof  the  s-^id  Jo/ui  gave  the  said  Robert  one  soar 
hawk. 

There  is  another  Dalton  in  this  same  wapentake, 
called  Alia  Dalton  in  Domesday  survey,  which  record 
shows  that  Gospatric  holds  one  manor  in  this  place, 
which  is  waste.  Gospatric  had  a  son  Dolfin,  who, 
according  to  a  published  pedigree,  had  a  son  Roger, 
mentioned  as  Roger  de  Dalton,  who  appears  to  have 
had  a  daughter  and  heir,  Wiltmai,  said  to  have  mar- 
ried Norman  Travers,  who,  in  right  of  his  wife,  was 
seized  of  Alia  Dalton,  which  was  afterwards  called 
Dalton  Travers,  and  finally  Gayles. 

Adam  Travers,  of  Dalton  Travers,  son  and  heir  of 
Robert  Travers,  living  in  46  Henry  III.,  was  defend- 
ant in  a  plea  at  the  suit  of  Gilbert  le  Frauncis,  touch- 
ing lands  in  Dalton  Travers. 

7  Edward  I.  (1278-79). —  An  assize  was  taken  to 
ascertain  if  Isolda,  who  was  the  wife  of  William,  son 
of  Alicia  de  Neusum,  William  Werry  of  Dalton 
Travers,  and  John  Frauiiccys,  unjustly  disseized 
Adam,  son  of  John  le  Frminceys,  of  Dalton  Travers,  of 
ten  bovates  of  land  with  the  appurtenances  in  Dalton 
Travers,  whilst  he  was  on  his  journey  to  Jerusalem. 
And  John  de  Carleton  came,  and  answered  for  the 
defendants,  as  their  bailiff,  etc.,  and  for  the  said  Will- 
iam he  said  Adam  unjustly  brought  this  suit  against 


YORKSHIRE.  529 

him,  because  he  held  by  the  gift  of  said  Isolda,  and,  if 
the  others  disseized  the  said  Isolda,  he  did  not  know ; 
and  he  afterwards  said  that  the  said  Adam  was  never 
in  seisin  of  the  said  land,  therefore  they  could  not 
unjustly  disseize  him,  which  the  jury  confirmed,  and 
the  plaintiff  was  in  contempt  for  a  false  claim. 

In  15  Edward  I.  (1286-87)  i^  Dalton  Travers 
there  were  three  carucates  of  land  (and  twelve  made 
one  knight's  fee),  of  which  William  Werry  held  one 
carucate,  Jokii  Frankes  three  bovates,  Henry,  son  of 
John,  one  bovate,  Richard,  son  of  Wychard  de 
Charron,  held  twelve  bovates  of  Hugh  de  Ask,  who 
held  of  the  earl,  and  the  earl  of  the  king. 

In  30  Edward  I.  (130 1-2)  Emma  Frankyse  paid 
a  subsidy  of  five  and  three-quarters  pence. 


FELDOM. 

This  place  was  in  the  parish  of  Marske,  about  six 
miles  north-west  from  Richmond. 

19  Edward  1.(1290-91). —  An  assize  was  taken  at 
York  to  ascertain  if  John  de  Britannia, /t'/^;^  Fraun- 
ceys,  and  five  others  unjustly  disseized  the  abbot  of 
Jorvalle  of  one  hundred  acres  of  wood,  twenty  acres 
of  land,  and  half  an  acre  of  moor,  with  the  appurte- 
nances, in  Feldom. 


530  YORKSHIRE. 

GILLING. 

This  place  is  located  about  three  miles  north-west 
from  Richmond. 

In  30  Edward  I.  (i 301-2)  Adam  Frankays,  of  this 
place,  paid  a  subsidy  of  45.  Y^d, 


MARSKE. 

30  Henry  III.  (1245-46). —  At  this  date  there  is 
a  record  that  John  le  Fraiinceys^  of  Marske,  was  surety 
of  Roger,  son  of  Robert  de  Mersk. 


MELSONBY. 

52  Henry  III.  (1267-68). —  At  Richmond,  Adam, 
son  of  Hugh  de  Neyrford,  and  Alicia,  his  wife,  Roger 
de  Melsamby  and  Simon,  his  son,  Theobald,  parson  of 
the  church  of  Melsamby,  the  abbot  of  Jorevalle,  John 
Frau7iccys,  and  others  were  summoned  to  answer 
Henry,  son  of  Robert  de  Stanwegges,  touching  his 
right  to  common  of  pasture  in  Melsamby,  of  which 
Walter  Fayirbarne,  grandfather  of  said  Henry,  whose 
heir  he  is,  was  seized  in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  as  be- 
longing to  his  freehold  in  Staynwegges,  etc.  The 
defendants  appeared  by  their  attorney,  etc. 

The  jury  say  upon  oath  that  the  said  Walter  did 
not  die  seized  of  the  said  pasture  in  his  demesne  as 


YORKSHIRE. 


IZ 


of  fee  as  belonging  to  his  free  tenement  in  Stayn- 
wegges.  Consequently,  Henry,  son  of  Robert  de 
Staynwegges,  was  fined  for  a  false  claim. 


HANG,  EAST,    WAPENTAKE. 

GREAT  AND   LITTLE   FENCOTE. 

A.D.  1269-70. —  In  the  fifty-fourth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Henry  III.  the  king  grants  a  charter  to  Ala- 
nus  le  Fraimceys  of  the  land  of  Fencotes  near  by 
Flecham,  and  the  land  of  Fencotes  near  by  Sturneton, 
in  the  county  of  York,  besides  the  land  of  Badeling- 
ham,  in  the  county  of  Cambridge. 

The  jurors  stated  at  the  inquisition  held  in  1275-76 
that  he  had  free  warren  in  his  land  in  this  wapentake 
by  a  charter  of  King  Henry  III. 

It  appears  by  an  inquest  made  before  John  de 
Kirkby,  treasurer  of  King  Edward  I.,  in  the  fifteenth 
year  of  his  reign  (1286-S7),  that  in  Magna  and  Parva 
Fencotes  there  are  nine  carucates  of  land  which  make 
one  knight's  fee.  Of  these,  Willelmus  de  Holtby 
holds  three  carucates  and  a  half  of  Alanus  le  Fraun- 
ceys.  Besides  this  land,  Alanus  holds  five  carucates  of 
Hugo  filius  Henrici,  who  holds  of  Henricus  filius 
Conani,  who  holds  of  the  earl,  who  holds  of  the  king. 


532  YORKSHIRE. 

LANGBARUGH   WAPENTAKE. 

GUISBROUGH    PRIORY. 

The  surnames  of  Fraunccys  and  Bruce,  identified 
with  this  district,  were  found  in  the  Cotentin  of  Nor- 
mandy at  an  early  period  as  grantors  or  as  witnesses 
to  charters.  Robci^t  Fraunccys  was  one  of  the  few 
recorded  knights  of  the  second  Robert  de  Brus,  who 
founded  this  priory  in  1 1 19,  near  his  castle  of  Skelton, 
the  name  of  this  Robert  Fraunccys,  knight,  appearing 
soon  after  the  death  of  the  first  Robert  de  Brus,  in 
circa  iioo,  as  one  of  the  witnesses  to  a  charter  to  the 
neighboring  Abbey  of  Whitby. 

It  is  not  unlikely  that  prior  to  the  year  1204,  when 
King  Philippe  Auguste  reunited  the  province  of  Nor- 
mandy to  the  crown  of  France,  the  Franccis,  like  the 
Bruces  and  many  other  persons,  held  landed  posses- 
sions both  in  that  province  and  in  England. 

At  a  later  date  than  the  record  already  given  of  the 
surname,  on  observation  it  will  be  found  that  William 
Franccis  paid  in  the  Cotentin  in  the  year  11 80  a  fine 
of  10^.,  and  Roger  Franccis  paid  in  the  same  location 
a  fine  of  30.?.  in  the  year  1 195. 

In  the  Guisbrough  district  it  is  noticed  that  a  Will- 
iam Franccis  or  Francns  was  a  witness  to  a  charter 
which  had  the  confirmation  of  King  Henry  II.  in 
1 182.  The  grant  was  made  by  Walter  Ingerram  to 
the  Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Gyseburn ;  and  in  it  he 
refers  to  his  overlord,  Adam  de  Brus  II. 


YORKSHIRE.  533 

The  next  account  observed  of  the  Franceis  having 
feudal  relations  with  the  Bruses  appears  in  the  An- 
nandale  of  Scotland,  where  the  records  of  circa  12 18, 
as  given  by  Mr.  Bain,  show  that  William  Franceis 
was  the  father  of  Roger  Fra?iceis ;  and  thereafter,  dur- 
ing this  and  the  early  part  of  the  fourteenth  century, 
the  name  of  William  Fraunceis  is  perpetuated  in  the 
Scotch  archives,  while  Roger  Franceis  is  unnoticed 
in  Scotland  after  the  first  period.  But  at  a  later  time, 
down  to  about  the  year  1300,  the  same  Christian 
name  is  found  in  the  records  of  Levingthorp,  a  place 
which  belonged  at  the  Domesday  survey  to  the  manor 
of  Aclum,  which  was  among  the  many  manors  given 
to  the  first  Robert  de  Brus  by  William  the  Conqueror. 
Apparently,  in  after  years,  the  priors  of  Guisbrough 
became  overlords  of  Levingthorp,  as  Roger  Franceis 
and  seven  other  freeholders  of  that  place  made  suit  to 
the  prior's  court  at  Thornaby. 

The  following  charter  already  alluded  to  had  the 
confirmation  of  King  Henry  II.  in  1182:  — 

Be  it  known  to  all  who  hear  this  writing  that  I, 
Walterus  Ingerram,  have  given  and  granted,  in  free 
and  perpetual  alms,  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  of 
Gyseburne,  and  the  canons  serving  God  there,  the 
churches  of  my  land ;  namely,  the  church  of  Erne- 
clive  and  two  bovates  of  land  with  an  adjacent  man- 
sion, the  church  of  Welleberg'  with  two  bovates  of 
land  and  an  adjacent  mansion,  the  church  of  Haslin- 
tune   with   half    an   acre  of  land  and  a  mansion,  to- 


534 


YORKSHIRE. 


o-ether  with  the  chapel  of  the  other  HasHntuna, 
excepting  the  half  carucate  of  land  of  forinsec  ser- 
vice. Saving  the  benefice  of  the  parsons  who  hold 
the  churches ;  namely,  Willelmus,  who  holds  the 
church  of  Welleberge,  and  Robertus,  parson  of  the 
churches  of  Erneclive  and  Haslintune.  This  dona- 
tion I  have  made  for  myself,  my  wife,  and  my  sons, 
and  for  my  lord  Adam  de  Brus  (2d),  and  for  the  souls 
of  my  father,  mother,  and  my  paternal  uncle,  Willel- 
mus Ineerram,  and  for  the  souls  of  Robertus  de  Brus, 
and  Adam  his  son.  Hii  sunt  testes,  Alexander  de 
Lium,  Albanus  Presbiter,  Johannes  Niger,  Willelmus 
Franc2is,  etc.     Teste  etiam  Capitulo  Clivelandae. 

A.D.  1230-50. —  Willelmus  Forestarius  and  Gun- 
dreda,  his  wife,  granted,  in  free  and  perpetual  alms  for 
the  safety  of  their  souls,  and  for  some  pence  received 
of  Stephanus  and  Robertus,  masters  of  the  work,  to 
God  and  to  the  Fabric  Fund  of  the  Church  of  St. 
Mary  of  Gyseburne,  the  land  which  lies  near  the 
highway  to  Holdebec,  on  the  west;  namely,  nearly 
one  acre  and  a  half  which  Willelmus  Forestarius  had 
received  with  his  wife,  the  aforesaid  Gundreda.  Hiis 
testibus,  Rogero  Canonico  de  Rypum ;  Willelmo 
Clerico  de  Beverlaco ;  Pch^o  Fraunces  et  multis  aliis. 

Rogcriis  Franceys,  of  Levyngthorp  (Linthorp,  near 
Middlesbrough),  was  among  the  free  tenants  of  the 
priory  of  Gyseburne ;  and  he  made  suit  to  the  court  of 
Ralph,  the  prior,  at  Thornaby,  who  held  this  office 
between  1262  and  1280. 


YORKSHIRE.  535 

The  same  Roger  Fraunceis  appears  again  in  the 
two  following  notices  of  assizes  of  the  fourth  year  of 
the  reign  of  King  Edward  I.  (1275-76).  The  first 
was  an  appointment  of  two  justices  to  take  the  assize 
of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  Osanna,  daughter  of 
Humphrey  de  Leuingethorp,  against  Roger  Fratmceis, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Leuingethorp. 

The  other  was  a  similar  appointment  of  the  same 
date,  in  a  like  case,  between  the  same  parties,  in 
regard  to  a  tenement  near  by  in  Middlesbrough 
("  Mildeburg  "). 

The  rent-roll  of  this  priory  of  circa  1300,  in  the 
part  relating  to  Levingthorp,  shows  two  entries  of  the 
name  of  Rogerus  le  Fraunceys.  The  first  states  that 
he  paid  2)^.  for  three  bovates  of  land,  and  the  second 
that  he  paid  ^d.  for  two  bovates. 

In  the  same  rent-roll  relating  to  this  place  is  a 
Radulphtcs  Fraunceys  who  made  fealty,  on  the  Mon- 
day next  before  the  feast  of  Saint  Dunstan,  a.d.  1299, 
to  the  lord  the  prior  of  Guisbrough,  for  one  toft  and 
one  croft  in  the  vill  of  Levingthorpe,  paying  for  the 
same  at  Guisbrough  2d.  on  the  14th  of  September. 


KIRKLEATHAM. 

Kirk-Letham,  called  in  old  records  Lythum  or 
Lythunum,  about  four  miles  to  the  north  of  the 
market  town  of  Guisbrough. 


536  YORKSHIRE. 

Circumstantial  evidence  associates  this  place  with 
Johannes  le  Fraunccys,  Francigena,  etc.,  the  parson  of 
Caldebeck  in  Cumberland.  In  the  records  of  that 
county  for  the  year  1249  it  will  be  found  that  Pope 
Innocent  IV.  granted,  on  the  solicitation  of  King 
Henry  III.,  a  dispensation  to  Johannes  dictus  Fran- 
cigena,  clericus  regis,  to  receive  another  benefice,  if 
granted  in  England ;  and  in  the  following  year  the 
same  pope  addressed  a  mandate  to  the  Archbishop  of 
York  in  favor  of  Johannes  dictus  Francigena,  clericus 
of  the  illustrious  King  of  England,  in  which  he  com- 
mands that,  notwithstanding  his  impaired  sight,  etc., 
no  hindrance  be  given  to  his  promotion  to  superior 
orders. 

This  chain  of  evidence,  with  the  following  supple- 
tion,  indicates  that  this  place  came  to  him  as  the  re- 
sult of  the  mandate  :  — 

A.D.  1253. —  Suppletion  to  yi?//;^  dictus  Francigcna, 
of  whatever  defect  there  may  be  in  the  papal  dispen- 
sation granted  to  him,  to  hold  the  rectories  of  Lithum 
and  Ronay,  in  the  diocese  of  York. 

A.D.  1254. —  Papal  mandate  to  Johannes  dictns 
Francigena,  clericus  regis,  to  grant  a  dispensation  to 
Henricus  de  Galdington  (his  kinsman),  rector  of  the 
church  of  Grossemer  (in  Westmorland),  in  the  diocese 
of  York,  value  10  marks,  to  hold  an  additional  bene- 
fice with  cure  of  souls. 

In  continuation,  the  chronicles  of  Matthew  of  West- 
minster show,  under  the  date  of  1255,  a  record  of  the 


YORKSHIRE.  537 

death  of  Johannes  Franciscus  {le  Fraunceys),  domini 
regis  clericus  praecipuus.  He  was  stricken  with 
paralysis,  and  was  lamented  ("  siccis  lacrimis  ")  by  the 
monks  of  St.  Mary  of  York  and  of  Selby.  This  is  the 
period  assigned  for  the  death  oi  Johannes  le  Fraunceys 
[Francigena),  who  died  as  parson  of  Caldebeck,  his 
successor,  Alan,  having  succeeded  him  in  that  place 
prior  to  the  year  1257. 


PICKERING    WAPENTAKE. 

AISLABY. 

A.D.  1261-62. —  By  an  inquisition  held  in  the  forty- 
sixth  year  of  King  Henry  III.  it  is  found  that  Will- 
elmus  Fraunceys  held  one  bovate  and  one  toft  in  As- 
lakeby,  near  Pickering,  of  Ricardus  de  Aslakeby,  for 
an  annual  rent  of  4^-. 

IRTON. 

A.D.  1 31 5,  January  20. —  To  John  de  Evre,  escheator 
beyond  Trent.  Order  to  deliver  to  Eleanor,  late  the 
wife  of  Henry  de  Percy,  tenant  in  chief,  the  knights' 
fees  assigned  to  her  as  dower,  among  which  was  a  six- 
teenth of  a  fee  in  Irton,  in  County  York,  which  Ri- 
cardus Fraunce  holds,  for  the  yearly  value  of  '^s. 


538  YORKSHIRE. 

WHITBY   STRAND    LIBERTY. 

WHITBY    ABBEY. 

Hugh  Lupus  d'Avranches,  Earl  of  Chester,  heredi- 
tary viscount  of  Avranches  in  Normandy,  and  a 
nephew  of  King  William  I.,  became  lord  of  Whitby 
soon  after  the  Conquest,  and  died  on  the  27th  of  July, 
iioi.  He  granted  Whitby  to  William  de  Percy,  of 
the  Cotentin  in  Normandy.  This  William  de  Percy 
was  the  father  of  Alan  de  Percy,  whose  charter  is 
found  amons  the  archives  of  the  British  Museum. 
In  it  he  conveys  to  the  "  Ecclesiae  S.  Petri  et  S. 
Hildae  de  Wyteby,  et  monachis  illius  loci,"  the  vills 
which  Tancardus  Flandrensis  sold  to  Willelmus, 
abbot  of  Wyteby,  and  the  monks  of  that  place ; 
namely,  "  Figelingam  et  aliam  Figelingam,  Norman- 
neby  et  Haukesgard,"  with  all  their  appurtenances ; 
besides  confirming  to  the  monks  all  the  lands,  forests, 
pastures,  and  woods  in  his  fee  held  by  the  abbey 
within  specified  limits.  This  grant  is  made  for  the 
safety  of  the  souls  of  his  lords,  the  kings  of  England 
and  their  heirs,  and  Hugo,  Earl  of  Chester,  and  for 
the  safety  of  his  own  soul,  and  those  of  his  parents 
and  heirs.  The  first  witnesses  were  the  grantor's 
brothers,  Willelmus,  Walterus,  and  Ricardus  de 
Perci.  The  next  witness  was  Robertus  de  Brus  et 
tres  de  suis  militibus,  Rogerus  de  Rosels,  Wydo  de 
Lofthous  et  Robertus ffraunccys. 


YORKSHIRE. 


539 


The  Rev.  J.  C.  Atkinson,  commenting  on  this  char- 
ter, gives  the  period  of  its  execution  between  the 
years  1097  ^^<^  iioi. 


WEST  RIDING. 

AGBRIGG    WAPENTAKE. 

NORMANTON. 

Circa  1250. —  Know  present  and  to  come  that  I, 
Alan  le  Franceis,  of  Normanton,  and  Ysoulda,  my 
wife,  have  granted,  surrendered,  and  quitclaimed,  for 
us  and  our  heirs  and  successors,  to  Nostell  Priory 
all  that  tenement  which  we  held  of  it,  in  the  territory 
of  Huntewicke;  namely,  one  messuage  and  half  an 
orchard  with  the  appurtenances  in  the  town  aforesaid, 
and  three  roods  of  land  lying  in  Bonderodos,  between 
the  land  of  William  Admey  and  Henry  de  Hunte- 
wicke. 

Ysoulda  survived  her  husband,  and  confirmed  the 
grant. 

QUICK. 

A.D.  1297. —  At  the  valuation  of  the  personal  goods 
for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  it  is  found  that  Gilbertus 
le  Fraunsays,  of  Quyk,  has  two  oxen  (boves),  worth 
each  56-. ;  seven  quarters  of  oats,  worth  9^.  a  quarter ; 


540  YORKSHIRE. 

one   horse  (affrus),  worth    2s.   6d. ;    and    one    hogget, 
worth  ()d. 


BARKSTONE    WAPENTAKE. 

SELBY. 

Circa  1235. —  Charter  of  Johannes,  son  of  Johannes 
Juvenis :  — 

Know  present  and  future  that  I,  Johannes,  son  of 
Johannes  Juuenis,  of  Seleby,  have  given  and  granted, 
and  by  this  my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to 
Henricus,  my  brother,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  for 
his  homage  and  service,  one  toft,  with  buildings 
thereon,  in  the  vill  of  Seleby;  namely,  that  in  Mikel- 
gate  on  the  hill,  near  by  the  toft  of  Willelmiis  le 
Fraunceys,  on  the  west ;  and  the  moiety  of  the  assart 
which  belonged  to  Adam  Marescallus,  situated  below 
the  park  of  Brayton.  To  have  and  to  hold  in  fee  and 
inheritance  of  me  and  my  heirs,  free,  etc.,  with  all  its 
appurtenances,  in  the  vill  of  Seleby.  Witnesses, 
Dominus  Ricardus  de  Kellesby,  then  abbot  of  Seleby, 
etc. 

In  another  charter,  without  date,  but  probably  of 
the  same  period  as  the  preceding  charter,  is  a  record 
of  Willelmus  le  Fraunceys,  the  grantor  being  Ro- 
bertus,  son  of  Radulfus  de  Thorp,  the  grantee  the 
abbey  of  Seleby ;  and  it  conveys  one  acre  of  meadow 
at   Bardelby,  near  by  Holsick,  and   not  far  from  the 


YORKSHIRE.  541 

meadow  of  WillelmiLS  le  Fraunceys.  Johannes  Juue- 
nis  being  a  witness. 

A.D.  1255. —  To  all  who  see  or  hear  this  writing, 
Johannes  Camerarius,  of  Seleby,  Walterus  Capella- 
nus,  Thomas  de  Drayton,  Radulfus  de  Hanburg', 
Henricus  Juuenis,  Alauus  le  Fratinceis,  Walterus  de 
Scotton,  Johannes  Tannator,  Thomas  de  Hayton, 
Martinus  Tannator,  Willelmus  Pipin,  Rogerus  Bay, 
Ricardus  Hund,  and  the  whole  villata  of  Seleby, 
greeting.  Know  that  we,  with  the  consent  and  will 
of  all  our  free  tenants  of  this  vill,  have  granted  and 
quitclaimed  for  us  and  our  heirs  to  God,  St.  Ger- 
manus  of  Seleby,  and  the  monks  serving  God  there, 
all  the  right  and  claim  we  have  "  in  bosco  del  Est," 
and  the  herbage  in  the  same  bosc,  which  is  enclosed 
by  the  ditch ;  reserving  for  ourselves  the  herbage  in 
the  remainder  of  said  bosc  outside  the  ditch ;  and, 
further,  the  reservation  of  pannage  for  our  swine  in 
aforesaid  bosc,  provided  the  abbot  and  convent  will 
receive  foreign  swine  with  their  own.  In  testimony 
of  which  we,  Johannes  Juuenis,  Walterus  Capellanus, 
Alamis  le  Fraunceis,  and  the  others,  in  the  presence 
of  the  abbot  and  convent,  for  the  whole  villata  of 
Seleby,  have  appended  our  seal.  Given  at  Seleby  on 
Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Ambrosius,  1255, 
in  the  presence  of  dominus  Thomas  de  Stanford,  the 
king's  clerk,  and  others. 

There  are  two  other  charters,  probably  about  the 
last-named  date,  wherein  the  same  Alantis  le  Frauii- 


542 


YORKSHIRE. 


ceys,  of  Seleby,  appears.  One  of  these  is  the  grant 
by  Willehniis  Popelow  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  formerly 
wife  of  Johannes,  son  of  VVillelmus  Forestarius,  to  the 
abbey  and  monks  of  Seleby,  of  the  land  which  this 
Johannes  held  in  the  territory  of  Thorp,  wherein  it  is 
stated  that  for  the  greater  security  Henricus  Juuenis, 
of  Seleby,  and  Alamis  Francisciis,  of  the  same  place, 
have  appended  their  seals,  together  with  the  grantors'. 
The  other  charter  is  that  by  which  Hugo  de  Thorp, 
son  of  Robertus  de  Thorp,  grants  to  the  same  abbey 
and  monks,  of  Seleby,  several  rents  of  land  in  the  vill 
and  territory  of  Bardelby,  among  which  is  a  rental  of 
2d.  of  Alamis  le  Fratuiccis. 

The  following  charter  of  Hcnriciis  Fraiuiceys  must 
have  been  executed  soon  after  the  death  of  his  father, 
Alamis :  — 

Know  present  and  future  that  1,  Henricus^  son  and 
heir  of  Alamis  le  Fraunceys,  of  Seleby,  have  given 
and  granted,  and  by  this  my  present  charter  have 
confirmed  and  quitclaimed,  in  pure  and  perpetual 
alms,  for  me  and  my  heirs,  to  God,  the  Church  of  St. 
Germanus  of  Seleby,  and  the  monks  serving  God 
there,  and  their  successors,  a  piece  of  land  in  the  vill 
of  Seleby,  upon  the  river  Ouse,  with  the  buildings 
thereon,  as  it  is  extended  in  length  and  breadth, 
which  land  Alamis,  my  deceased  father,  held  of  these 
monks  in  the  said  vill  of  Seleby.  To  have  and  to  hold 
by  the  aforesaid  monks  and  their  successors,  in  pure 
and  perpetual    alms,   as  above  stated,   in  perpetuity, 


YORKSHIRE.  543 

freely  and  in  peace,  with  all  its  appurtenances  and 
easements.  And  I,  the  aforesaid  Heiiricus^  and  my 
heirs  will  warrant  and  acquit  the  aforesaid  land  to 
the  said  monks  and  their  successors,  in  testimony  of 
which  I  have  appended  my  seal.  Witnesses,  Hen- 
ricus  Siward,  of  Selby,  Rogerus  le  Marescal,  of  the 
same  place,  and  others. 

The  date  of  the  second  charter  of  Henriciis  Frmni- 
ceys  may  be  somewhat  indicated  by  the  second  term 
of  Thomas  de  Whalley  as  abbot  of  Selby,  which 
began  in  1269  and  ended  in  1280. 

Know  all,  present  and  future,  that  I,  Heiiricus 
Fraunceys,  of  Seleby,  have  given  and  granted,  and  by 
this  my  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  God,  the 
Church  of  St.  Germanus  of  Seleby,  Thomas,  the 
abbot,  and  the  convent  of  that  place,  one  toft  in  the 
vill  of  Seleby,  which  I  lately  held  there,  situated  be- 
tween the  toft  of  Johannes,  son  of  Ranulfus  de  Seleby, 
and  the  hospital  in  said  vill.  To  have  and  to  hold  of 
me  and  my  heirs  by  the  aforesaid  abbot  and  convent 
of  Seleby,  freely,  quietly,  etc.,  reserving  ^d.  to  Jo- 
hannes, son  of  Ranulfus  de  Seleby,  to  be  paid  by  the 
aforesaid  abbot  and  convent.  And,  that  neither  I  nor 
others  may  have  any  claim  to  the  aforesaid  donation, 
I  have  appended  my  seal  to  this  present  charter. 
Witnesses,  Hugo  Mar,  of  Brayton,  etc. 


544  YORKSHIRE. 

CLARO   WAPENTAKE. 

ALDFIELD. 

A.D.  1277,  December  22. —  Thomas  Fraiinchcays 
was  among  the  recognitors  who  had  for  their  consid- 
eration the  extent  of  certain  land  at  Aldefelde  (near 
the  town  of  Ripon). 

STAINBURN. 

The  Historical  Manuscript  Commission  gives  no 
date  for  the  two  following  early  charters :  — 

Elyas,  son  of  Knut,  of  Stainburne,  gives  to  Agnes, 
daughter  of  Yngerode,  his  sister,  and  her  children  by 
Hugh,  the  chaplain,  for  homage  and  service  and  28^-. 
of  silver,  one  toft  in  Stainburne  of  half  an  acre  of 
land ;  namely,  that  toft  lying  between  his  toft  and 
garden  and  the  house  of  W.  le  Frauceis,  and  four 
acres  and  a  half  of  arable  land  in  the  fields  of  the 
said  vill,  etc.  Witnesses,  Nigel  de  Plupton,  Peter 
his  son,  John  his  son,  William  de  Marton,  Matthew 
de  Bram,  Walter  de  Stokkeld,  Robert  son  of  Uckem 
of  Plumpton,  Walan  chaplain  of  Stainburne,  Robert 
son  of  Henry  of  Sikkelinghale,  Robert  Bongaut, 
Gilbert  Lardiner,  Henry  le  Screvin,  Adam  son  of 
Gregory  of  Stainburne,  and  many  others. 

William  Alebastarius  gives  to  God,  etc.,  and  Fon- 
tains  Abbey  one  bovate  of  land  in   the   territory  of 


YORKSHIRE. 


545 


Stainburne,  with  the  appurtenances  and  easements 
within  and  without  the  vill, —  namely,  that  bovate 
which  he  held  of  Helyas,  the  son  of  Cnut,  in  frankal- 
moign —  but  doing  foreign  service  as  much  as  pertains 
to  one  bovate  where  fourteen  carucates  of  land  make 
one  knight's  fee.  Witnesses,  Helias  the  son  of  Cnut, 
William  clerk  of  Stainburne,  W.  le  Franceys,  Adam 
the  nephew  of  William  Alebaster,  Hameric  de 
Castells,  and  others. 


MORLEY  WAPENTAKE. 

NORTH  OWRAM. 

A.D.  1379. — Janyn  de  ffraunce  and  his  wife,  of 
Northourom,  paid  4^.  as  poll-tax. 

"  This  subsidy  was  granted  at  the  accession  of 
Richard  II.  in  the  form  of  a  graduated  poll-tax,  from 
10  marks,  at  which  the  Duke  of  Lancaster  was 
charged,  down  to  j\d.  for  each  individual  of  the  com- 
mon people  not  being  a  notorious  mendicant,  and 
being  above  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  Married  people 
are  charged  at  a  single  rate.  The  tax  was  levied  on 
the  laity  only." 

STAINLAND. 

A.D.  1272. —  The  manor  of  Wakefield  is  situated  in 
this  and   Agbrigg  wapentakes.      Within   its   bounds 


546  YORKSHIRE. 

were  held  four  court  leets  or  sheriff  tourns.  At 
the  tourn  at  Brighouse,  in  this  year,  among  the  jurors 
was  Henry  Frmiceys,  of  Staynland.  He  was  probably 
the  same  person  who  gave,  at  Bramley,  one  neif  called 
Ive  with  five  acres  of  land  to  the  neighboring  Abbey 
of  Kirkstall.  Another  gift  in  the  same  place  to  this 
abbey  was  that  of  Adam  Raynvile,  who  gave  a  toft 
and  croft  occupied  by  William  Frauncays. 


OSGOLDCROSS   WAPENTAKE. 

ADLINGFLEET. 

A.D.  1245. — John  Ic  Franceys,  or  Franc igena,  has 
the  church  of  Adelingflet  at  the  presentation  of  Roger 
de  Mubray,  as  keeper  of  the  heir  of  Robert  de  Ayvill. 

A.D.  1253. —  Mandate  to  J.,  cardinal  of  St.  Laurence's 
in  Lucina,  to  assign  to  John  Francigena,  rector  of 
Athelingflete,  in  the  diocese  of  York,  the  proceeds  of 
the  men  and  towns  of  Usefleth,  Witegift,  Redenes, 
Swineflet,  Esketoft,  and  thirteen  bovates  of  land  of 
the  fee  of  the  abbot  of  York  in  Haldanebi,  and  other 
matters  arisen  in  the  suit  between  the  said  John  and 
the  abbots  of  St.  Mary's,  York,  and  of  Selby,  about 
the  chapel  of  Witegift ;  those  being  excepted  which 
by  the  award  of  the  archbishop,  dean,  and  precentor 
of  York  have  been  adjudged  to  the  adverse  party. 
Given  at  Lateran,  10  Kal.  January,  1253. 


YORKSHIRE.  547 

A.D.  1256-57. — John  Fra7iciscus  sought  replevin  of 
land  in  Whitegift  against  the  abbot  of  St.  Mary, 
York. 

He  appears  to  have  destroyed  the  chapel  of  Whit- 
gift,  removing  the  stones  to  Athelingflet  with  which 
he  built  for  himself  a  house.  After  some  lapse  of 
time,  arrangements  were  made  for  rebuilding  it. 


DARRINGTON. 

A.D.  1 209. —  Plea  between  Reginald  Franccis  and 
Wimima,  his  wife,  complainants,  and  Thomas,  son  of 
Alice,  tenant,  of  half  a  bovate  of  land  with  the  appur- 
tenances in  Darthington.     The  right  of  Thomas,  etc. 


POLLINGTON. 

A.D.    1379. —  Thomas  ffranc he  and  Elena,  his  wife, 
of  villata  de  Polly ngton,  paid  a  subsidy  poll-tax  of  \d. 


PONTEFRACT    PRIORY. 

The  honor  of  Pontefract  was  restored  to  Henry  de 
Lacy,  apparently  early  in  the  reign  of  King  Stephen, 
by  the  Empress  Maud.  A  few  years  later,  in  1159, 
on  the  day  of  the  dedication  of  the  Church  of  Ponte- 
fract, Henry  de  Lacy  granted  a  charter  in  its  favor. 
To  this  charter  Jordan  Foliot  was  a  witness. 


548  YORKSHIRE. 

Henry  de  Lacy  gives  his  consent  to  and  witnesses 
the  second  charter  of  Jordan  Foliot  to  this  abbey,  and 
appears  to  have  died  sometime  before  the  year  1189, 
at  which  date  his  son  Robert  was  one  of  the  barons 
who  attended  at  the  coronation  of  King  Richard  I. 
These  facts,  together  with  other  circumstantial  evi- 
dences, seem  to  indicate  that  the  following  second 
charter  of  Jordan  Foliot  must  have  been  executed 
about    the   year    11 70. 

Charter. 

Be  it  known  to  all  the  sons  of  the  Holy  Mother 
Church,  as  well  present  as  future,  that  I,  Jordanus 
Folioth,  have  given  and  granted,  in  pure  and  perpet- 
ual alms,  and  by  this  my  charter  have  confirmed,  for 
the  welfare  of  my  soul,  and  those  of  my  ancestors  and 
heirs,  to  God,  St.  John,  and  the  monks  of  Pontefract, 
the  west  mill  at  Nortun.  This  mill  and  the  house 
at  the  same,  with  all  appurtenances,  I  have  given, 
granted,  and  by  this  my  present  charter  confirmed, 
on  the  morrow  of  Christmas  Day,  the  day  of  Saint 
Stephen,  on  which  day  the  monks  gave  me  a  fur 
gown  as  recognition  and  in  testimony  thereof. 
Among  the  witnesses  are  Henricus  de  Lasceyo  (as 
before  mentioned),  Willelmus  Foliot,  Otto  de  Tilli, 
Osbertus  archidiaconus  tunc  dapifer  Hugonis  de 
Tilly,  and  Fulco  Franceis. 


YORKSHIRE.  549 

SKYRACK   WAPENTAKE. 

ABERFORD. 

A.D.  1276-77. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  novel  disseisin  arraigned  by  Julimiay 
daughter  of  Radulph  le  Fraunceys,  of  Aberford, 
against  John  Whicheland,  of  Lotheron,  touching 
a  tenement  in  Luterington. 

ALLERTON   BY   WATER. 

A.D.  1379. — Johannes  de  ffraunse  and  his  wife,  of 
Allerton  juxta  aquam,  paid  a  subsidy  poll-tax  of  4^. 

HARWOOD. 

On  the  28th  of  March,  1264,  after  the  death  of 
Baldwin  de  Reviers  IV.,  Earl  of  Devon,  an  inquisi- 
tion was  held  as  to  the  extent  of  the  manor  of 
Harewde,  near  Leeds,  by  which  it  appears  that  Rober- 
tus  Fraunceis  held  one  toft  for  an  annual  rent  of 
\s.  \d. 

HEADINGLEY. 

A.D.  1379. —  Willelmus  de  ffraunce  and  his  wife,  of 
Heddinglay,  paid  \d.,  and  Johannes  de  ffraunce,  of 
same  place,  paid  \d.  towards  the  subsidy  poll-tax. 


550  YORKSHIRE. 

RAWDON. 

Rowdon  was  a  township  in  the  parish  of  Guiseley. 
There  was  a  grant  of  land  in  this  place  wherein 
Michael,  son  of  Adam  de  Rowdon,  in  the  time  of 
Henry  III.,  by  his  deed  confirmed  to  God  and  the 
monks  of  Kirkstall  all  the  land  which  Huzh  de  Fran- 
ces  held  of  him  in  the  vill  of  Rawdon.  Witnesses, 
Nicholas  Ward,  and  Simon,  his  brother,  and  many 
others. 

WIKE. 

A.D.  1280-81. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor  arraigned  by  Adam  le 
Fraunceys  against  Walter,  the  abbot  of  Kirkstall, 
touching  a  messuage  and  land  in  Wyke,  near  Hare- 
wood. 


STAINCLIFFE    WAPENTAKE. 

DENT. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  Appointment  of  two  justices  to  take 
the  assize  of  novel  disseisin,  arraigned  by  Henry  de 
Staneley  against  Richard  le  Fraunceis  and  others, 
touching  common  of  pasture  in  Denete. 


YORKSHIRE.  551 

STAINCROSS    WAPENTAKE. 
BARNSLEY. 

Circa   1 1 70. —  Be  it   known    to    those    present  and 
those    to  come  that  I,  Radulfus    de    Capricuria,  and 
my  sister    Beatrix,  have  granted  and  given  to  God, 
and  the  monks  of  Pontefract,  the  vill  of  Bernesleya, 
in    bosc   and  plain,  in   mill,  in  waters  and  meadows, 
with  all  its  appurtenances,  in  free  and  perpetual  alms, 
for  our  souls  and  those  of  our  ancestors  and  heirs,  by 
the  consent  of  my  sons,  Jordanus  and  Ricardus.     The 
aforesaid  monks  of  Pontefract  have  also,  for  this  dona- 
tion,  granted   that   they  will   make   a    monk  for  our 
mother,  and  another  for  my  sister,  and  a  third  for  my- 
self, who  shall  pray  expressly  for  us.     They  have  also 
granted  to  receive  me  as  a  monk  whenever  I  would 
desire  it     And  for  the  recognition   of  this  gift  the 
monks  have  given  my  sister  10  marks  of  silver,  and  3 
marks  to  me,  and  shall  yearly  give  me  a  fur  gown  and 
boots.     They  gave  also  a  palfrey  to  my  son  Jordanus, 
and  5  marks  to  my  son  Ricardus.       And  I,    Radul- 
fus de  Caprecuria,  confirm  this   donation  by  the  im- 
pression of  my  seal;  and,  if   any  of  my  heirs   should 
attempt  to  break  or  lessen  this  grant  made  in  favor  of 
my  soul  and  that  of  my  sister,  then  God  may  destroy 
his  freedom  of  life.      Teste,    Henrico   de    Lascey   in 
cujus  praesentia    haec    donatio  facta  est  et    Matilde 
matre  sua,  Ricardo  Franceis,  et  aliis. 


552  YORKSHIRE. 

Jordan  de  Capricuria  confirmed  this  his  father's 
gift  before  the  year  1181. 

A.D.  1379. —  Alicia  ff}' ail  lice,  Qiv'\\\.?X2i  de  Breneslay, 
paid  4rtC  towards  the  subsidy  poll-tax. 


STRAFFORTH   AND   TICKHILL    WAPENTAKE. 

A.D.  1275-76. —  At  an  inquisition  held  in  this  year 
the  jurors  stated  that  Walteriis  le  Fraiinceys  and 
Simon  de  Ledes,  bailiffs,  took  half  a  mark  of  Radulfus 
Fullone  for  peace ;  also  of  Rogerus  de  Breteles,  whom 
they  had  imprisoned,  los.  for  the  same  reason;  and 
of  Thomas  de  Breteles  4^-.  for  peace.  Besides, 
Thomas  Lorimer  paid  lo^-.  for  having  protected  a 
certain  robber. 

The  jurors  also  state  that  Walteriis  Fraunceys  and 
Simon  de  Ledes,  bailiffs  of  the  wapentake  of  Straf- 
ford, had  taken  js.  of  the  vill  of  Edelinton  for  having 
respite  with  the  debt  due  the  king. 

They  further  say  that  Johannes  de  Horbire,  coro- 
ner, and  Walteriis  Fraunceys,  bailiff  of  the  wapentake 
of  Tickhill,  have  taken  gifts  for  neglecting  to  enforce 
the  law,  as  is  shown  by  the  inquest. 

CADEBY. 

A.D.  1297. —  Johannes  Fraunceys,  of  Cateby,  in  the 
parish  of  Sprotborough,  paid  \'$>d.  as  his  assessment 
for  the  subsidy  of  the  ninth  of  personal  goods. 


YORKSHIRJ^.  553 

ROTHERHAM. 

A.D.  1297. —  At  the  taxation  for  the  subsidy  of  the 
ninth  of  all  personal  goods  granted  by  the  Parlia- 
ment to  the  king  for  his  confirmation  of  the  Great 
Charter  and  the  Forest  Charter,  it  is  found  that 
Thomas  Fraitnays,  of  Roderham,  had  one  cow,  value 
^s. ;  one  quarter  of  wheat,  value  2s.  6d. ;  two  quarters 
of  oats,  value  2od.  Sum  total,  9^.  2d.,  the  ninth  of 
which,  amounting  to  is.  and  if.  was  to  be  paid. 

SKINTHORP. 

A.D.  1284-85. —  Thomas  Trans'  paid  (a  fine  of)  i2d. 
to  the  wapentake,  and  2d.  to  the  sheriff's  aid,  for 
Skynthorp,  which  he  held  of  Petrus  de  Malo  Lacu, 
for  one  fee. 

TICKHILL. 

A.D.  1379. —  Robertus  Frayussche  and  Sibilla,  his 
wife,  of  villata  de  Tykhill,  paid  \d.  as  subsidy  poll-tax. 

WADVVORTH. 

A.D.  1379. —  Thomas  Tranche  and  Margareta,  his 
wife,  of  villata  de  Wadworth,  paid  \d.  as  subsidy  poll- 
tax. 


NDEX 


A.,  junior  queen,  249. 

Abbe,  John,  292. 

Abbendon,  Abbyndon,  Abyndun. 

Abbot  of,  17. 

Main',  monk  of,  323. 

Stephen  de,  mayor  of  London,  244. 

Walter,  monk  of,  323. 
Abbeys,  see  names  of. 

Abedun,  Peter,  cliaplain  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  251. 
Abel,  John,  and  wife  Alice,  daughter  of  Walter  de 

Keningford,  340. 
Abemare,  Reginaldus  de,  349. 
Abemun,  John  de,  409. 
Abhomine,  Cristiana,  240. 
Abiton,  Rogerus  de,  steward,  179. 
Achard,  Archard. 

Johannes,  494. 

Robert,  161,  162. 
Acria,  Alexander  de,  bailiff  of  the  earl  of  Warren,  2S4. 
Acton,  Johannes  de,  379. 
Adam,  clerk  of  Henry  II.,  44S. 
Admey,  William,  539. 
Adrian,  John,  244. 

Agrnodesham,  Walter  de,  commissioner,  333. 
Agodeshalf,  Geoff ry,  provost  of  Bristol,  144. 
Ailesbir,  Johannes  de,  294. 
Aili,  Fulco  de,  345. 
Ailintone,  Aylington,  Aylinton. 

Archard  de,  Philip,  his  son,  and  Lady  Ysoud,  wife 
of  Philip  de,  185. 

John  de,  and  John,  his  son,  186,  189. 

Leticia  de,   Isabel,  her  daughter,  and  Matilda  and 
Robert,  daughter  and  son  of  Isabel,  1S5. 
Alayn,  Aleyn. 

Johannes,  156. 

Stephen,  242. 
Albemarle,  Aumarle. 

Earl  of,  466,  467. 

Willelmus  de,  99. 
Albeneio,  Albeneyo,  Albenio,  Albini. 

Rogerus  de  and  Willelmus,  his  brother,  217. 

William  de,  ist,  278,  279,  2S0;  Matilda,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Roger  Bigod,  279,  and  Nigellus, 
Oliverus,  and  Willelmus,  their  sons,  279;  Willel- 
mus de,  2d,  2S0. 


Albhiiaco,  Henry  de,  314. 

Albo  Monasterio,  Ricardus  de,  4S8. 

Aldeby,  Hugo  de,  knight,  270. 

Alderhegs,  Walterus  de,  knight,  Simon,  his  nephew, 

and  Simon,  son  of  Simon,  397. 
Aldred,  Adam,  495,  and  Hugo,  his  son,  494,  495. 
Alebaster,  Alebastarius. 

William,  544,  545,  and  Adam,  his  nephew,  545. 
Alexander,  Nicholaus,  44. 
Alienor,  wife  of  Prince  Edward,  86. 
Alkeshull,  John  de,  24. 
Alnwick,  abbots  of,  302. 
Alphonso,  king  of  Arragon,  23. 
Aita  Ripa,  Adam  de,  iii,  168. 
Alvered,  Rogerus,  63. 
Amar,  Rogerus  de,  323. 
Amblie,  Gaufridus  de,  395. 
Ambresbury,  abbess  (prioress)  of,  475,  476. 
Ambroys,  Rogerus,  32. 

Amelecote,  Laurence,  and  Ingeran,  his  son,  391,  392. 
Amesey,  Thomas,  and  Rosa,  his  mother,  174. 
Amundevill. 

Agnes  de,  236. 

Joilanus  de,  236. 
Anbof,  Rogerus,  215. 
Ancel,  Auncel. 

Felicia,  161,  162. 

James,  161,  162. 

Ricardus,  11. 
Andegavensis,  Agnes,  28S. 
Andree,  Andreu. 

Robertus,  135. 

Thomas,  bailiff,  201. 
Anesey,  Aneseye,  Anesy. 

Matthew  de,  19. 

Peter  de,  409;    Peter  de   and   Margery,  his  wife., 
19,  20. 
Angirton,  Robert  de,  300. 
Anglesey,  prior  of,  49. 
Anglicus,  see  also  Englays. 

Osbertus,  107,  108,  and  Alicia,  widow  of,  108. 

Ricardus,  107. 
Angr',  Albinus  de,  120. 
Anna,  Anne. 

Laurence  de,  150. 

Nicholas  de,  23S. 
Annesforde,  Nicholaus  de,  134. 


556 


INDEX. 


Annore,  John,  Serjeant  in  London,  244. 
Appeley,  John,  knight,  337. 
Appouel,  Johannes,  172. 
Aquila,  Richard  de,  427. 
Archard,  see  Achard. 
Archbishop,  Osbertus,  tlie,  59. 
Archdeacon,  Archidiaconus. 

Osbertus,  548. 

Walterus,  323. 
Archer,   Willelmus   le,    293 ;    Robertus   le,    his   son, 
zg3,  294 ;    Alice,  wife   of   Robertus  le,  293  ;  and 
Nicholas,  son  of  Robertus  le,  293,  294,  295. 
Arcy,  Philip  de,  390. 
Arden,  Ardena,  see  also  Ardem  and  Harden. 

Radulfus   de,    justice,  377;  Ralph  de,  knight,  and 
Thomas  le,  his  son,  alderman  of  London,  246. 

Willelmus   de,  436;    Willelmus   de   and  Radulfus, 
his  brother,  43S. 
Ardem,  Ardeme,  see  also  Arden  and  Harden. 

N.  de,  sheriff  of  Essex  and  Hertford,  464. 

Petnis  de,  3S9. 

Robert  de,  commissioner,  27. 

Walter  de,  3S2. 

William  de,  387. 
Argentein,  Thomas  de,  416. 
Arnold,  William,  313. 
Arragon,  Alphonso,  king  of,  23. 
Arsic,  Arsik,  Ralph,  125;  and  Reginald,  liis  brother, 

124. 
Arturus,  Gaufridus,  323. 
Arimdel,  Arundell. 

Johannes  de.  Inquisitor,  218. 

Richard  de,  502. 

Robertus  de,  159. 

W.,  earl  of,  416. 

Willelmus  de,  160;  William  de,  and  Stephen,  prior 
of  Calceto,  his  brother,  418. 
Aschetillus,  brother  of  Drogo,  330. 
Ask,  Hugh  de,  529. 
Askeby,  Robertus  de,  451. 
Aslakeby,  Richardus  de,  537. 
Assehurst,  Ricardus  de,  415. 
Attebern',  Richard,  ig8. 
Attekirche,  Thomas,  226. 
Aucher,  Henry,  124. 

Auco,  Robertus  de,  canon  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  258. 
Audeley,  Audele,  see  also  Daudeley. 

Hugh  de,  earl  of  Gloucester,  413  ;  Hugo  de,  knight, 
271. 
Aufray,  Johannes,  430. 
Augens,  alias  Daugens. 

Ralph  de,  491,  492. 

William  de,  491. 
Aumarle,  see  Albemarle. 
Aumbesas,  William  de,  knight,  167. 
Aundever',    Rogerus    de,   and   Agnes,    formerly    his 

wife,  150. 
Aimrey,  Johannes,  431, 


Aunsel,  see  Ancel. 

Aure,  William  de,  375,  376;  and  Mabilia,  his  wife, 
375- 

Aurifaber,  see  also  Orfevre. 
Reginaundus,  464. 
Robertus,  loi. 

Austin,  Henry,  441,  442. 

Austrurarius,  Robertus,  222. 

Avenel,  William  de,  84,  85,  86,  384 ;  Avicia  and 
Elizabeth,  his  daughters,  wives  respectively  of 
Richard  de  Vernon,   ist,  and  Simon  Basset,  ist, 

Aveme,  Ankerinus  de,  alderman  of  London,  246. 
Axemwe,  Robert  de,  213. 
Axholm,  Walter  de,  311. 
Aylington,  Aylinton,  see  Ailintone. 
Ayvill,  Robert  de,  546. 


Babau,  Radulphus,  493. 

Babbecarry,  Henry,  147. 

Babinton,  Hugo  de,  sheriff  of  Huntingdon,  i8g. 

Bacoun,  Adam,  130. 

Bacton,  Gaufridus  de,  428.     See  Gacton  and  Gattun. 

Badelesmere,  Guntelinus  de,  justice  of  Chester,  67. 

r>adinton,  Robertus  de,  327. 

Badlington,    Thomas    de,    wife    Alice,   daughter    of 

Thomas  le  Fraunceis,  and  son  Robert,  115. 
Baggehegh,  Thomas,  364. 
Baghurste,  Henricus  de,  165. 
Baker,  see  also  Pistor.  j 

Johannes,  13.  \ 

Reginald,  the,  125. 

Robert,  the,  418. 
Bakun,  John,  466. 

ISalache,  Willelmus,  163.  j 

P>aldek,  Elyas,  knight,  475.  ' 

Baldwyne,  Peter,  407. 
Balehoni,  Richard,  213. 
Baley,  Henry  de,  commissioner,  97. 
Baliol,  Bailliol,  Balliol,  Bayllol,  Baylof. 

John  de,   304,  460 ;  and  wife    Dervergul,   Dervoir- 
gill,  daughter   of   Alan,   lord   of   Galloway,    191, 
304- 
Balle,  Robert,  220. 
Balrichare,  John,  161,  162. 
Balun,  Walter  le,  369.     See  Walter  Walun,  370. 
Bancys,  Willelmus  de,  63. 
Band,  William,  wife  Johane,  and  daughter  Katerine, 

121. 
Banquell,  Joliannes  de,  and  son  Thomas,  269. 
Barbetle,  JNIatilda  de,  494. 
Barbot,  Richard,  312. 
Bardelby,  Robertus  de,  267,  268,  270. 
Bardulfus,  Willielmus,  276. 
P.arentone,  Nicholas  de,  knight,  125. 


INDEX. 


557 


Barewe,  Ricardus  de  la,  174. 

Barking,  Ricardus  de,  abbot  of  Westminster,  456. 

Barndel',  Thomas  de,  504. 

Baniwell,  Bernwell,  prior  of,  39,  44,  59. 

Barr,  Barra,  Barre. 

Robert  de,  387. 

William  de,  382,  3S3,  387. 
Barth,  Richard,  307. 

Barton,  Richard  de,  and  v.'ife  Beatrix,  230. 
Baryl,  Johannes,  456. 
Bascetvilla,  Willielmus  de,  401. 
Basham,  Warinus  de,  395. 
Basing,  Basinges,  Basingge. 

Adam  de,  sheriff  of  London,  456. 

Hamon  de,  155. 

John  de,  156;  John  de,  knight,  167. 
Basingstoke,  hospital  of  St.  John  of,  155. 
Baskervill,  Baschavilla. 

Radulfus  de,  170,  171. 
Bassechirch,    Willelmus    de,     bailiff     of     Condover 

hundred,  339. 
Basset. 

Agnes,  321. 

Bartholomeus,  of  Hemington,  220. 

Fulco,  bishop  of  London,  457,  458. 

Philip,  398. 

Simon,   ist,  wife    Elizabeth,  daughter   of    William 
de  Avenel,  and  son  William,  85  ;  Simon,  2d,  86. 
Bassingbum,  Baldwinus  de,  64. 
Bataille. 

Rogerus,  178. 

Willelmus  de,  121. 
Batesford,  Humfridus  de,  knight,  397. 
Bath,  Bathe,  Bathon',  Bathonia,  see  also  Wells. 

Alma  de,  249. 

Clement,  clerk  of,  353. 

Convent  and  monks  of,  350. 

Durandus  de,  352. 

Ermenaudus  de,  352. 

H.  de,  justice,  466. 

Henricus  de,  justice,  458. 

Joceline,  bishop  of,  74,  375. 

John  de,  19. 

Rainaud,  Reginald,  bishop  of,  351. 

Robert  atte,  504. 

Roberth,   bishop   of,   338,   352 ;    Robert,    prior   of, 
352,  353- 

Roger,  bishop  of,  374,  375. 

Thomas,  prior  of,  374. 

Willelmus,  bishop  of,  375. 
Bathswein. 

John  de,  and  John,  his  son,  204. 

Richard,  204. 
Battle  Abbey,  203,  431 ;  abbot  of,  425. 
Baukwell,  dean  of,  87. 

Bavelingham,  Thomas  de,  and  wife  Mabel,  iqS. 
Bavent,  Rogerus  de,  knight,  member  of  Parliament, 

419. 
Bay,  Rogerus,  541. 


Bealcamp,  Alwinus,  priest  of,  258. 

Beaumis,   Beumys,  Robert  de,  knight,   125;   Robert, 

348. 
Beausamys,  Beusamys. 

Thomas,  28. 

William,  and  wife  Matilda,  27. 
Beche,  Juliana  de,  47. 
Bedelle,  Samson  le,  137. 
Bedford,  sheriff  of,  13,  465,  467. 
Bedingfeud,  Adam  de,  knight,  398. 
Bcine,  Walterus,  39. 
Bek',  John,  commissioner,  232. 
Bekingham. 

Alan  de,  311,  312,  and  Alan,  311,  312,  and  John, 
311,  his  sons;  Alan  de,  and  son  Robert,  311. 

John  de,  and  son  Robert,  311. 

Richard  de,  son    John,  and  Robert,  son  of  John, 
311- 

Robert  de,  and  son  Robert,  312. 

William  de,  and  son  Roger,  311. 
Bel,  John,  of  Fermesham,  414. 
Belew,  Bella  Aqua. 

Thomas  de,  237. 

William  de,  309. 
Bella  Landa,  abbot  of,  449. 
Bello  Campo. 

Humfridus  de,  and  wife  Alicia,  356. 

Robertus  de,  justice,  248. 

William   de,    IV.,    earl   of   Warwick,   20,  34,  504; 
Willelmus  de,  9. 
Belmeis,    Richard   de,   bishop  of   London ;   Adeline, 
his  sister,  and  William,  the  dean  of  St.   Paul's, 
son  of  Adeline,  255. 
Beltoft. 

Herbert  de,  311. 

Roger  de,  311. 
Beluaco,  Hilo  de,  258. 
Belvoir,  monks  of,  217. 
Benet,  Beneyt. 

Reginaldus,  17. 

Robert,  and  wife  Emma,  33. 

Thomas,  canon  of  Wells,  148. 
Benham,  Thomas,  ig. 
Benindenn,  Thomas  de,  202. 
Bennington,  Beninton. 

Ranulph  de,  and  Stephen,  his  brother,  235. 

Simon  de,  436. 
Bensicot,  Robertus  de,  382. 

Benstede,  J.  de,  keeper  of  the  king's  wardrobe,  268. 
Ber,  John  le,  424. 
Bera,  Bere. 

Adam  de,  knight,  159. 

Guillelmus  de,  158. 

Ricardus  de  la,  136. 
Berche,  Hugh  atte,  161 ;   Hugh  de,  162. 
Berd,  Roger  le,  509. 
Bereuger. 

Ingelram,  485. 

Johannes,  430. 


558 


INDEX. 


Berewik,  Hugh  de,  clerk,  2g8. 

Berges,  Gaufridus  de,  59. 

Berghers,  Herbert  de,  and  son  Reginald  dc,  123. 

Berkele,  Egidiiis  de,  323. 

Berkiges,  Fulco  de,  121. 

Bernard,  William,  162. 

Bemehoud. 

Adam,  335. 

Richard,  335. 
Bemes,  Johannes  de,  kniglit,  456. 
Berthona,  Walteriis  de,  seneschal,  165. 
Berwys,  Johannes  de,  451. 
Besant,  Nicholaus,  log. 
Bethertona,  Robertus  de,  379. 
Betom,  Simon,  333. 
Bevercotes,  William  de,  308. 
Beverlaco,  Willehnus,  clerk  of,  534. 
Beverych,  Robertus,  rector  of  Little  Leighs,  124. 
Bidun,  Hadmadus  de,  329. 
Bigod,  Bigot,  Bygod. 

H.  le,  justice,  466. 

John,  knight,  brother  of  the  Earl  Marshall,  96. 

Richardus  le,  492. 

Roger,  xii.,  279;  wife    Matilda,  daughter   of  Wil- 
lelmus  de  Albeneyo,  279. 
Billinghust,  Bartholomew,  chaplain  of,  418. 
Binesle,  Radulphus  de,  120. 
Bingeham,  Willehnus  de,  knight,  482. 
Bircheholte,  Margery  de,  262. 
Birun,  John,  443. 
Biscop,  Clibemus,  513. 
Bishop,  Gundulfus,  xii. 

Bisopeston,  Bissopedon,  William  de,  222,  447. 
Bisset,  Henricus,  and  Margaret,  his  sister,  489,  490. 
Blackberd,  Rogerus,  274. 
Blackint",  Blagint,  Paganus,  clerk  of,  429. 
Blackwell,  William  de,  313. 
Blaket,  John,  27. 
Blay,  Robertus,  192. 
Bleez,  Hugh  de,  435. 

Blithe,  Hugo  de,  constable  of  Rochester,  202. 
Blondeville,  Randolph  de,  earl  of  Chester,  66. 
Blount,  see  Blund. 
Blu,  Alexander  le,  and  Elizabctli,  relict  of,  434,  435, 

506. 
Bluet,  William,  lord  of  I^ackhain,  4S2. 
Blund,  Blundus,  Blount,  Blunt. 

Gervasus  le,  4S8. 

Henry,  389. 

Hugo,  sheriff  of  London,  456. 

Johannes,  179;  John  le,  and  wife  Idonia  (after- 
ward wife  of  Robert  le  Hagham)  and  son  Ed- 
ward, 244. 

Robertus,  382. 

Walterus  le,  355. 

Willehnus  de,  9. 
Blundel. 

Geoffrey    1S7. 


Blundel,  conthtucd. 

Henricus,  438. 

Johannes,  438. 
Bobi,  Hugo  de,  236. 
Bodeho,  Hugo  de,  9. 

Bodele,  William  de,  sheriff  of  London,  244. 
Bodenho,  Richard  de,  and  son  John,  g. 
Bodmen,  Cristiana,  241. 
Boggyng,  Walterus,  chaplain,  425. 
Bohun. 

Humphrey   de,  carl    of    Hereford,    and   John   and 
Milo,  his  sons,  213. 

Jocelin  de,  bishop  of   Sarum,  Richard  de,  bishop 
of  Coutances,    his   brother,    370;    Reginald    de, 
bishop  of  Wells,  son  of  Jocelin,  Savoric,  bishop 
of   Bath,    cousin   of   Reginald  de,   and   Franco, 
brother  of  Savoric,  370,  371. 
Bokeswore,  Henricus  de,  62. 
Bolron,  Thomas  de,  526. 
Boltiler,  Hugh  le,  292. 
Boltisham,  Thomas,  292. 
Bolton,  Gilbert  de,  and  son  Adam,  209. 
Boltusham,  Hugo,  133. 
Bomund,  Johannes  de,  397. 
Bon. 

Alanus  le,  118. 

Simon  de,  19S. 
Bonekil,  Walterus,  77. 
Bonet,  Robert,  410. 
Bongaut,  Robert,  544. 
Bono-fossato,  Galfridus  dc,  knight,  159. 
Bon  Pas,  Thomas,  436. 
Piordarius,  Brichmarus,  25S. 
Bordesley,  Bordsley,  abbot  of,  434,  435,  506. 
Bordoun,  Isabel,  204. 
Boresworth,  Simon  de,  405. 
Borhurst,  Reinelmus  de,  15S. 
Boritone,  .Simon  de,  provost  of  Bristol,  144. 
Borstard,  Walter,  28. 
Bosco. 

Gaufridus  de,  513. 

Henricus  de,  379. 

R.  de,  knight,  108. 

Robert  de,  knight,  39S. 

.Stephen  de,  504. 
Bosleio. 

Hubertus  de,  107. 

Willelmus  de,  107. 
Boterel,  Walterus,  107. 

Botherle,  Boterle,  Stephanus  de,  escheator,  343,  344. 
Botiller,  Boteler,  Butiler,  Butiller. 

Mau.  le,  justice,  498. 

Nicholas  le,  and  son  William  le,  524. 

Ralph  le,  and  wife  Matilda,  390. 

William  le,  156. 
Bour,  Willelmus  ate,  24. 
Bous,  Willelmus  le,  ig. 
Bousser,  John  de,  commissioner,  130. 


INDEX, 


559 


Bowes. 

Henry  de,  and  son  John  de,  526. 

Sampson  de,  and  son  Reginald  de,  526. 

Stephen  de,  and  wife  Jolianna,  526 
Bowyer,  Robert,  148. 
Boxgrave,  John  de,  421. 
Bozhale,   Richard  de,  son  of  Matilda  de  Gaumeton 

and  stepson  of  Willebmis  Francigena,  51S. 
Bozun,  Henry,  114. 
Braban,  Henricus  de,  26. 
Brabeznn,  Adam  le,  409. 
Bracking,  Henry  de,  243. 
Bradeley,  Bradel,  Bradele,  Bradelege. 

Andreas,  prior  of,  489. 

Hugo,  prior  of,  491,  492. 

Prior  of,  489,  491. 

William  de,  and  wife  Agnes,  late  wife  of  William  le 
Fraunceys,  347,  348. 
Bradenhani,  Leonel  de,  121,  128. 
Bradeston,  Thomas  de,  and  wife  Avice,  226. 
Braib',  Hugo  de,  15S. 
Braibroch,  Henricus  de,  10. 
Bram,  Matthew  de,  544. 
Braose,  Broase. 

Philip  de,  and  wife  Berta,  153. 

William  de,  153,  154,  420, 
Bratton',  Henricus  de,  justice,  97. 
Bray,  Henricus  de,  escheator,  47S. 
Brayboef,  Willelmus  de,  justice,  478. 
Bredburi,  Bredbiry,  Jord.  de,  30,  67. 
Breghe,  Johannes  le,  99. 
Breilyf,  Thomas,  168. 
Brenibleshete,  Thomas  de,  165,  166;  and  wife  Joan, 

165. 
Bret. 

Mam  le,  330. 

Roger  le,  knight,  96. 

William  le,  96. 
Breteles. 

Rogerus  de,  552. 

Tliomas  de,  552. 
Breton,   Bretton'. 

Adam,  51. 

Robertus  de,  412. 

Roger  le,  96. 
Breuston,  Symon,  51. 
Brewer,  Brewerr',  Bnier',  Bruere. 

Adam  de  la,  276. 

Gilbert  de  la,  311. 

Willelmus,  2S8 ;  William  de  la,  197,  311;  William, 
elder  and  younger,  go. 
Breyton,  Joliannes  de,  464. 
Brian,  Hugh,  and  son  Roger,  1S6,  1S7. 
Brid. 

Robert,  134. 

Simon,  333. 
Brideport,  Briddeport. 

Egidius  de,  55. 

Petrus  de,  16. 


Brideport,  Briddeport,  continued. 

Tliomas  de,  266. 
Bridlington,  Gerard,  prior  of,  519. 
Brigge,  Brigges,  Bruges,  see  also  Pont. 
Andreas  de,  king's  clerk,  271,  272. 
Hermer  del,  402. 
Bristmerston,  Stephanus  de,  knight,  475. 
Bristol. 

Hospital  of  St.   Bartholomew  of,   147;   Hospital  of 

St.  John  of,  148. 
Mayor  and  bailiffs  of,  145. 
Priory  of  St.  James,  146. 
Britannia,  John  de,  529. 
Britanny,  earl  of,  57. 
Brito,  Walterus,  158. 
Brockelegh',  Petrus  de,  403. 
Brockhampton,  Brochamtone. 

Reginaldus  of,  and  Sibel,  his  wife,  log. 
W.  de,  108. 
Brockton,    Brocton,    Ricardus   de,    knight,    212;    Ri- 
cardus,  the  priest  of,  and  daughter  Margaret,  338. 
Broghampton,  Robert  de,  and  wife  Alice,  424. 
Broham,  Robert  de,  and  son  Roger  de,  432. 
Brok,  Brok',  Broke. 
Laurence  del,  251. 
Nigellus  de,  420. 
Robertus  de,  331,  446. 
Thomas,  knight,  148. 
Brokesbume,  Johannes  de,  and  wife  Johanna,  129. 
Brome,  John  atte,  196. 
Broinholm, 

Clement,  prior  of,  155. 

Walterus   de,    275,    wife    Ingherita,    276,   and   son 
Willelmus,  275. 
Bronolesheved,  Gilbertus  de,  212. 
Broun,  Brun. 

Ricardus,  deputy  sheriff,  451. 
Willelmus,  276,  295. 
Browning,  Henry,  205. 
Bruchton,  Ricardus  de,  182. 
Bruele,  Radulphus  de,  120. 
Bruere,  see  Brewer. 
Bruges,  see  Brigge. 
Brun,  see  Broun. 
Brunfeld,  Hugo  de,  470. 
Bruntone,   Johannes  le,  379. 
Brus. —  England  and  Scotland. 

Robert  de,  I.,  of  Skelton  Castle,  Yorkshire,  532, 
533;  Robert  de,  H.,  of  Skelton  Castle  and  An- 
nandale,  Scotland,  son  of  Robert  de,  I.,  532,  534, 
538;  Adam  de,  I.,  of  Skelton  Castle,  son  of 
Robert  de,  II.,  534;  Adam  de,  II.,  son  of  Adam 
de,  I.,  534;  Peter  de.  III.,  of  Skelton  Castle, 
448,459;  sisters  and  heiresses  of ,  448 ;  Robert  de, 
v.,  of  Annandale,  Ysabella  de,  wife  of,  daughter 
of  David,  earl  of  Huntingdon,  125 ;  Robert  de, 
VI.,  of  Annandale,  son  of  Robert  V.,  81,  184, 
192,  193,  349 ;  Christiana  de  Ireby,  his  second 
wife,  81. 


560 


INDEX. 


Rrus,  continited. 

Agiies  de,  vsife  of  Willelmus  de  Lancaster,  3d,  45S. 

Willelmus  de,  of  the  manor  of  Caldecot,  1S4. 
Bubelepaste,   Hugo,  137;  and  Robertiis,  his  brother, 

136. 
Bubulcarius,  Raldewinus,  107. 
Bucke,  Willehnus,  137. 
Buckingham,  sheriff  of,  465. 
Budda,  Leofwinus,  322. 
Buildwas,  Buildewas. 

Alan  de,  and  daugliter  Alice,  wife  of  Edmund  de 
Leynham,  347. 
Bundy,  Peter,  424. 

Bungei,  Reinerus  de,  mayor  of  London,  454. 
Bur,  Adam  le,  35S. 
Burbache,  John  de,  364. 
Burcester,  priory  and  monks  of,  326,  327. 
Burdon,  Burdoun. 

Alan,  519. 

Joan,  114. 
Bureford,  Ricardus  de,  497. 
Bureswell,    Alexander    de,    Radulph,    his    son,    and 

Alice,  daughter  of  Radulph,  55. 
Burewald,  Walterus,  496. 
Burgh,  Burg,  Burgo. 

Hubert  de,  earl  of   Kent,  74,  453 :  wife  Margaret, 
son  John,  and  daughter  Margaret,  454. 

John  de,  360. 

Walter  de,  206;  Walter  de,  king's  bailiff,  154. 

Willelmus  de,  301. 
Burghers,  Reginald  de,  433. 
Buris,  Petrus  de,  king's  bailiff,  22S. 
Burleia,  William  de,  435. 
Bumell,  Robert  de,  338,  339. 
Burton. 

Abbot  of,  381. 

Johannes  de  Stafford,  abbot  of,  3S0. 

William,  abbot  of,  381. 
Bus,  Alan,  and  son  Nicholas,  125. 
Butemund,  John,  311. 
Butiller,  see  Botiller. 
Byker. 

Gerard   de,   John,   his   son,   and    Matilda,   wife   of 
John  de,  232. 

John   de,    Robert,    his   son,    and   William,    son  of 
Robert,  232. 
Byngham,  William,  rector  of  St.   John  Zakan,',  Lon- 
don, 255. 
Bynorthwode,  Walterus,  loi. 


Cachepoll,  Henricus,  of  Hereford,  175. 

Cadamo,    John   de,    prebendary  of   Wolverhampton, 

393- 
Cadbury,  Nicholas  de,  356. 
Cadica,  Sweting,  322. 


Caem,  Robertus,  canon  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  257. 
Cakelade,  Robert  de,  504. 
Calceto,  or  Pynham. 

Canons  of,  418. 

Priory  of,  417. 

Stephen,  prior  of,  41S. 

William,  mercliant  of,  41 8. 
Caldebeck,  Alan,  parson  of,  76,  537, 
Caldellus,  Willehnus,  428. 
Caldewelle,  Dauj  de,  3S2. 
Calecumbe,  Willelmus  de,  135. 
Calmyn,  Everardus,  51. 
Calne,  Hugo  de,  399. 
Calnia,  Willelmus  de,  canon  of  St.  Paul's,  London, 

258. 
Camberlanus,  Radulfus,  3S2. 
Cambridge. 

Baihffs  of,  37,  38. 

Hospital  of  St.  John  at,  36. 

Sheriff  of,  458. 
Camera. 

Geoffrey  de,  442,  443. 

Henricus  de,  43S. 
Camerarius,  see  Chaumberlain. 
Cameys,  Johannes  de,  61. 
Campiun,  Ale.xander,  125. 
Canceir,  see  Chaunceus. 

Canonicus,  Mauricius,  and  .Simon,  his  son,  322. 
Canterbury. 

Abbey  and  abbot  of  .St.  Augustine,  201. 

Archbishop  of,  25,  194,  200,  271. 

Black  Friars  of,  196. 

Friars  Eremits  of,  195. 

John,  archbisliop  of,  primate  of  England,  160. 

Lanfranc,  archbishop  of,  411. 

Prior  of  Christchurch,  200,  410. 

Roger,  elect  of  St.  Augustine,  195. 

Theobaldus,  archbishop  of,  321. 

Walter,  Hubert,  archbishop  of,  173. 
Cantilupe. 

George  de,  359. 

Margery  de,  480. 
Canyngton,  prioress  of,  3  ("15. 
Capal,  Thomas,  135. 
Capellanus,  see  Chaplain. 
Capello,  Rogerus  de,  429. 
Caperun,  Henricus,  315. 
Capis,  Nicholas  de,  291. 
Caprecuria,    Radulfus    de,    Beatrix,    his    sister,    and 

Jordanus  and  Ricardus,  his  sons,  551,  552. 
Carbonarius,  Radulfus,  438. 
Cardif,  Johannes  de,  195. 

Cardun,  John,  of  Wynewik,  and  wife  Benigna,  186. 
Carectarius,  Ricardus,  457. 
Carlisle,  Cardoil,  Cardul. 

Bishop  of,  21,  22,  76. 

Prior  and  convent  of,  73. 

Radulfus,  prior  of,  74,  451. 


INDEX. 


S6i 


Carlisle,  Cardoil,  Cardul,  conthmed. 

W.,  official  of,  451. 

Walter,  bishop  of,  71,  72,  73,  74,  467. 
Carlton,  Carleton. 

Hugh  de,  307. 

John  de,  528. 
Camavon,  Prince  Edward  of,  516. 
Carpenter,  Carpentarius. 

Geoffrey  le,  wife  Margeria,  daughter  of  Emma  la 
Fraunchej'sse,  360. 

Nicholas,  457. 

Ralph  le,  333. 

Richard,  346. 

Walterus,  460. 
Carum,  Johannes  de,  8. 
Casel,  Cassel,  Nicholaus,  430,  431. 
CastelcajTock,  Castelkairoc,  Robertus  de,  brother  of 

Walterus  de  Stirkland,  451,  461. 
Castelford,  Robert  de,  352,  353. 
Castellione,  Dominus  de,  268. 
Castells,  Hameric  de,  545. 
Castelon,  Robertus  de,  198. 
Cataberge,  Alanus  de,  451. 
Catesby,  Catebi. 

Hamud'  of,  291. 

Prioress  of,  292. 
Catherton,  Alanus  de,  210. 
Catteworth,  Thomas  de,  191. 
Caums,  Robertus  atte,  236. 
Causton,  Robert  de,  knight,  277. 
Cavegom,  Ricardus,  and  Simon,  his  brother,  12. 
Cementarius,  William,  125. 
Cericy,  abbey  of  St.  Vigor  at,  152. 
Cerne,  Rogerus,  abbot  of,  112. 
Cerring,  Adam  de,  194. 
Cerston,  Willielmus  de,  395. 
Cestreton. 

Bardulphus  de,  222. 

Radulphus  de,  327. 
Chambard,  Walterus,  and  son  Ricardus,  290. 
Chancey,  Robert  de,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  76. 
Chandeler,  Nicholas  de,  206. 
Chapelle,  Johannes  atte,  376. 
Chaplain,  Capellanus,  Cappelanus. 

Angerius,  427. 

Bemardus,  and  Ricardus  de  Albo  Monasterio,  his 
son,  48S. 

FromunduE,  322. 

Hugo,  212  ;   Hugh  the,  and  wife  Agnes,  544. 

James,  the,  21. 

Johannes,  277. 

Ricardus,  a,  514. 

Rogerus,  428,  see  de  Capello,  429. 

Walterus,  541. 

Warinus,  322,  427. 

Willelmus,  323  ;  William,  son  of  Robert,  482. 
Chapman,  Robertus,  187,  224. 
Chameye,  John,  coroner  of  Loudon,  253. 


Charron,  Charrun. 

Guischard,  commissioner,  300. 

Wychard  de,  and  son  Richard  de,  529. 
Chateriz,  abbess  of,  57. 
Chaucumbe,  Warinus,  justice,  289. 
Chaunberlain,  Chamberleng,  Camerarius. 

Johannes,  of  Selby,  541. 

Martinus  le,  458. 

Nel  de,  48. 

Willelmus,  258. 
Chaunceus,  CancelP. 

Emericus  de,  sheriff  of  Hereford,  175. 

Heymericus  de,  160. 
Chaundos,  Laurentius,  knight,  wife  Agnes,  140. 
Chaust,  Robertus  le,  64. 
Cha worth,  Thomas  de,  knight,  96. 
Chayles,  Willelmus,  342. 
Cheney,  Henricus  de,  44,  46. 
Cheringes,  Adam  de,  and  son  Yvo,  195. 
Cherlakestona,  Ranulfus  de,  429. 
Cherlton,  Cherleton,  John  de,  knight,  335  ;  John  de, 

kinsman  of  Thomas  le  Freussh,  239. 
Chertsey,  abbey  of,  407. 
Cheshus,  Adam  del,  50. 
Cheslebeach,    Richard,   daughter    Margaret,   second 

wife  of  John  Covert,  418,  419. 
Chester. 

Earl  of,  30.     See  also  Gemon. 

Edward,  earl  of,  65. 

Hugo,  earl  of,  538. 

Matilda,  countess  of,  daughter  of   Robert,  earl  of 
Gloucester,  383. 

Ranulph,  earl  of,  66,  385. 
Chichester. 

Bishop  of,  424. 

John,  bishop  of,  king's  chancellor,  267,  268. 

John  de,  goldsmith,  251 ;  wife  Alice,  and  son  Will- 
iam de,  252. 

Radulfus,  bishop  of,  74. 
Child. 

Reginaldus,  321. 

Willelmus  le,  9. 
Chimberham,  John  de,  200. 
Chineu,  Richard,  445. 
Chireche,  Robert  ate,  wife  Emma  (sister  of  William 

de  St.  Edmundo),  and  son  John,  251. 
Chishulle,  J.  de,  249. 
Chiu,  Peter,  342. 

Chudinech,  Chudmet,  Johannes,  429. 
Churtes,  Patricius  de,  477. 
Chury,  Cur',  Johannes,  429. 
Chykengrave,  Alexander  de,  wife  Cristiana,  daughter 

of  Emma  la  Frauncheysse,  360. 
Cimeterio,  Willelmus  de,  138. 
Cirencester,  Cyrencestria. 

Abbot  of,  138. 

Elyas  de,  vicar  of  St.  Peter  in,  99. 
Claptuna,  Walterus  de,  217. 


562 


INDEX. 


Clare. 

Bogo  de,  25,  26,  27. 

Gilbert,  Fitz-Richard,  lord  of,  and  son  Ricliard,  400. 

Gilbert  de,  earl  of  Gloucester  and  Hertford,  son 
of  Richard,  199,  2S3. 

Priory  of  St.  John  of,  400,  401. 

Richard  de,  earl  of  Gloucester  and  Hertford,   1 10, 
199. 
dark.  Clerk,  Clericus. 

Adam,  427. 

Geoffrey,  Gaufridus,  352;  Gaufridus,  of  Notting- 
ham, 307. 

Henrj'  the,  21,  22,  23. 

Henry  the,  and  wife  Eda,  310. 

Hugh,  bailiff  of  Hatfield,  125. 

John,  161,  162. 

Nicholaus,  160. 

Petrus,  67. 

Philippus,  430. 

Ralph,  the,  125,  355;  Ralph,  of  Eccleshal,  senes- 
chal, 409. 

Ricardus  le,  10,  32,  497 ;  Ricardus  le,  member  of 
Parliament,  406 ;  Ricardus,  nephew  of  Baldwin, 
158. 

Roger  le,  214,  217. 

Simon,  Symon,  35,  323. 

Simon,  and  daughter  Petronella,  wife  of  Goddard 
de  Timmore,  388. 

Thomas,  and  wife  Alice,  2S5. 

Walterus,  427. 

William,  Willelmus,  the,  211,  440;  Willelmus,  son 
of  Nicholas,   159. 
Clatar,  Clatere. 

Thomas  de,  133. 

William  le,  339. 
Claudus,  Leofwinus,  322. 
Clenden,  Clendon,  Clendun. 

Ricardus  de,  287. 

Sibilla  de,  2S7. 
Clerk,  see  Clark. 
Clifford. 

Richard  de,  subescheator,  360. 

Roger  de,  468. 

Walterus  de,  341. 
Clifton,  Cliftone. 

Helias  de,  352. 

Thomas  de,  499. 
'Clinton,  Clintona,  Clynton. 

Geoffrey,  Gaufridus  de,  265 ;  Geoffrey  de,  cham- 
berlain of  Henry  I.,  437,  and  Henricus  de,  his 
grandson,  436. 

William  de,  28. 
Clive,  Clyve,  Willelmus  de  la,  357,  358,  359. 
Clodeshale,    Richard  de,  wife  Matilda,    daughter  of 

Walter  Fraunceys,  of  London,  263. 
Cloeth,  Jocelinus,  158. 
vClopeir,  Cloppel. 

Guyo,  lord  of,  133. 


Clopeir,  Cloppel,  continued. 

Robertas  de,  134. 
Cloptone,  Ricardus  de,  142. 
Cnolle,  Ordwinus  de,  428. 
Cobham,  Cobeham,  Cobbeham. 

John,  Johannes  de,  justice,  240,  424,  456. 

Thomas  de,  king's  clerk,  270,  271,  272. 
Coby,  Stephen,  424. 
Coc,  Cocus,  Cok,  Cokus. 

Alexander  le,  33. 

Hugo,  430,  431. 

Nicholaus,  130,  496. 

Normannus,  513. 

Richard,  504. 

Robertus,   198,  42S. 

Simon,  218. 

Thomas,  409. 

Walterus,  and  wife  Matilda,  24S. 

William  le,  Willelmus,  155,  198,  42S. 
Codio,  Willelmus  de,  member  of  Parliament,  492. 
Codjiigton,  John  de,  65. 
Coffun,  Hugo,  194. 
Coillardvilla,  Hugo  de,  coroner,  143. 
Cokefeld,  Benedict  de,  commissioner,  130. 
Cokeleye,  Willelmus  de,  knight,  397. 
Cokermuth,  John  de,  clerk,  312. 
Coleman,  Richard,  100. 
Coleshull,  Alexander  de,  33. 
Colle. 

Petrus,  497. 

William,  bailiff  of  Worcester,  500. 
CoUeh,  Gilbert  de,  410. 
Collen,  Johannes  de,  182. 
Collesburia,  Nicholaus  de,  136. 
Columbariis,  Matthew  de,  king's  Serjeant,  281. 
Colvill,  Coleviir. 

Robertus  de,  273. 

Rogerus  de,  sheriff  of  Suffolk,  400. 
Comin,  Cumin. 

John,  363,  497. 

Ricardus,  497. 

Rogerus,  497. 
Comptone,  Comtone,  Cumpton. 

Bartholomeus  de,  knight,  475. 

Robertus   de,  47 ;   Robert   de,  bailiff  of   Newport, 
169. 

Walerand  de,  438. 
Condre,  Johannes  de,  knight,  456. 
Conede,  Walter  de,  338. 
Conne,  Rogerus,  and  son  Thomas,  2n. 
Constabularius. 

Gaufridus,  258. 

Rogerus,  137. 
Conteville,  Herlewinus,  217. 
Coperich,  Agnes,  131. 
Corbet,  Robert,  knight,  337. 
Corby,  Henricus  de,  215. 
Comedale,  Robert  de,  262. 


INDEX. 


563 


Comesarius,  Alan,  Bartholomeus,  his  son,  and  Alice, 
wife  of  Bartholomeus,  some  time  wife  of  Robert 
le  Lomb,  431. 
Comewaleys,  Beatrix,  285. 
Coniifix,  Radulphus,  284. 
Cornwall,  Comwalle,  Comubia. 

Edmund,  earl  of,  53,  330,  332. 

Henricus  de,  10 1. 

Johannes  de,  knight,  212. 

Petrus,  earl  of,  268. 

Richard,  earl  of,  100,  266,  333. 
Coroner,  William  le,  of  Northampton,  307. 
Corscumb,  Corscumbe,  Agatha  de,  374,  375. 
Coruiser,  Henricus,  322. 
Cosham. 

Petrus  de,  167. 

Rogerus  de,  168. 
Coslanye,    Galfridus   de,  and   Ricardus,  his  brother, 

274. 
Costard,  Adam,  and  Alice,  his  wife,  260. 
Cotel,  Cotele. 

Arnulfus,  loi. 

Elyas,  knight,  475. 
Cottona,  Cottone. 

Jordanus  de,  222. 

Simon  de,  knight,  441. 
Coty,    Johannes,    and    daughter    Margeria,    wife    of 

Johannes  Fraunceys,  484. 
Coumbe. 

Gilbert  de,  204. 

Johannes  ate,  33. 
Couper,  Cuper,  Cupere. 

Henry  le,  307. 

Nicholas  le,  430. 

Radulphus  le,  and   his  wife   Isabella,  daughter  of 
Johannes  le  Deyde,  431. 
Coupmanwra. 

Johannes  de,  209,  210. 

Thomas  de,  209,  210. 
Courteney,  Hugh,  98. 
Coutances,  Ricardus,  archdeacon  of,  352. 
Covelia,  Willelmus  de,  257. 
Covert,  John,  and  his  second  wife  Margaret,  daughter 

of  Richard  Cheslebeach,  418. 
Crafton,  Grafton,  Radulfus  de,  435,  436. 
Crakenthorp,  Crakenethorp,  Crakentorp,  William  de, 

449,  45°- 
Crane,  Rogerus  de,  387. 
Cranebroc,  Stephanus  de,  135. 
Craye,  William   de,    proctor  of  the   hospital   of   St. 

Thomas,  Southwark,  251. 
Cref,  Rogerus,  416. 
Crekkelade,  Johannes  de,  319. 
Creppingis,  Robertus  de,  458. 
Cressingham,  H,  de,  justice,  470. 
Cresto,  Siluius  de,  512. 
Cridelyncote,  Gregory  de,  chaplain,  369. 
Crispin,  Ricardus,  237. 


Crofte,  Roger  de,  subescheator,  360. 

Crok,  William,  446. 

Crone,  William   le,   Margery,  his   wife,  Hugh,  their 
son,  and  Margery  de  la  HuUe,  wife  of  Hugh,  172. 

Crosse,  Robert,  parson  of  Spaxton,  365. 

Crouchback,   Edmund,  earl  of  Ferrars,  etc.,  brother 
of  King  Edward  I.,  86,  87,  215,  221. 

Crowe,  Willelmus  de,  342. 

Croxton,  abbot  of,  219. 

Cruceroys,  William  de,  official  of  the  bishop  of  Chi- 
chester, 424. 

Crumbwell,  Johannes  de,  knight,  270,  271,  272. 

Cruwys,  Robert  de,  103. 

Cukefelda,  Willelmus  de,  427. 

Culewrth,  William,  justice,  440. 

Culwene,  Culwenne. 

Gilbertus  de,  and  son  Thomas,  469. 
Thomas  de,  knight,  449. 

Cumberford,  Rogerus  de,  389. 

Cumberland,    sheriff   of,  80,  452,  461,   462,  464,  466, 
467. 

Cumberton,  Walter  de,  and  John,  his  son,  59. 

Cumbwell,  prior  of,  198. 

Cumpaninun,  Radulphus,  497. 

Cumpton,  see  Comptone. 

Cunintone,  Roger  de,  vicar,  185. 

Cuper,  see  Couper. 

Curciona,  William  de,  280. 

Cyrographista,  Gaufridus,  217. 


Dabrenoun,  John,  knight,  167. 

Dacre,  William  de,  sheriff  of  Cumberland,  So. 

Dag',  Ailwinus,  428. 

Dagemer,  Radulphus,  121. 

Dalton,  Roger  de,  son  of  Dolfin,  the  son  of  Gospatric, 

528. 
Danbere,  Rogerus,  and   wife  Margaret,  daughter  of 

Eylmer,  400. 
Danvers,  Robertus,  324. 
Dapifer,  Dapiferus. 

Ricardus,  258. 

Simon,  428. 
Daudeley,  Hugo,  knight,  272.     See  also  Audeley. 
Daumari,  Robertus,  327. 
Daungiers,  Johannes,  knight,  475. 
Davenport,  Ricardus,  67. 
David,  earl  of  Huntingdon,  brother  of  William,  king 

of  Scotland,  125. 
David,  Galfridus,   134,  135;  and  Willelmus,  his  son, 

135- 
Davy,  Thomas,  10. 
Deacon,  Robert  the,  io6. 
Dean,  Geoffrey  the,  125. 
Dedingtona,  Helias  de,  351. 


564 


INDEX. 


Dene,  Dena,  Den'. 

Alexander  de,  429. 

Robertus  Pincerna,  426,  427,  42S ;  and  Ralph  de, 
his  son,  426,  427,  428,  429;  Robert,  son  of  Ralph, 
426,  427,  429;  and  Sibilla,  his  wife,  429;  and 
Ralph,  son  of  Robert,  429. 

Willelmus  de,  102. 
Derby. 

Petrus  de,  3S2. 

Walter,  146. 

William  de  Ferrars,  earl  of,  86. 
Dereberc,  Elisent  de,  287. 
Demeford,  Johannes  de,  knight,  397. 
Derwentwater,  Thomas  de,  knight,  449,  450. 
Despenser,  Dispensary,  Dispensator,  Dispensarius. 

Adam,  324,  325. 

Henricus  le,  268. 

Hugo,  30 ;  Hugo  le,  knight,  268. 

Thomas,  67. 

Walterus,  118. 
Dethek,  Robert  de,  83. 
Devereus. 

John,  390. 

Walter,  390. 
Devon. 

Earls  of,  see  Reviers. 

Sheriffs  of,  97,  265,  267. 
Deyde,  Johannes  le,  and  his  daughter  Isabella,  wife 

of  Radulphus  le  Couper,  431. 
Deyncourt,    Deyncurt,  Willelmus,    knight,    270,   271, 

272. 
Diggeby,  Robert  de,  218. 
Diggenn,  Richard,  418. 
Dodde,  Willelmus,  156. 
Dodecote,  Willelmus  de,  loi. 
Dodeford,  Matilda  de,  daughter  of  Richard  de  Lega, 

291. 
Doding' . 

Radulph,  364. 

William,  364. 
Doggetayl,  Johannes,  359. 
Dolfyn,  Robert,  286. 
Donemow',  Willelmus  de,  129. 
Dore,  abbey  of,  172,  174. 
Dorset. 

Mabel,  countess  of,  112. 

Sheriff  of,  105. 
Dourleg',  Reginald,  chaplain  of,  341. 
Doverdenne,  Richard  de,  and  son  Thomas,  202. 
Doyly,  Henricus,  328.     Seejalso  Olleyo. 
Drad,  Robertus,  430. 
Draitona,   Drayton. 

Thomas  de,  541. 

William  de,  50S. 
Dram,  William,  418. 
Draper. 

Alex,  le,  497. 

Aluredus  le,  496. 


Draper,  contiimcd. 

Richard  le,  mayor  of  Bristol,  144. 
Drauswerd,  Maurice,  27. 
Driffelde,  Walterus,  tithingman  of,  138. 
Drogo,  brother  of  Robert,  351. 
Droys,  Robertus,  knight,  475. 
Dublet,  Alexander,  22. 
Dudde,  Cristina,  23. 
Duddelegh,  Richard  de,  386. 
Duk,  Johannes,  vicar  of  Bursted  Magna,  122. 
Duket,    Laurence,    and  Cristiana  and   Johanna,  his 

daughters,  262. 
Dulle,  Humphrey  de,  197. 
Dumitune,  Radulfus  de,  log. 
Dune,  Robert  de  la,  410. 
Dunefelde,  Matilda  de,  and  Ysabella,  her  daughter, 

139- 
Dunes,  Rogerus  de,  30,  67. 
Dunnyng,  Harvey,  39. 
Dunstable. 

Abbey  of,  12,  13. 

Thomas,  janitor  of,  12,  13;  and  wife  Sybilla,  13. 
Dunstanevile,  Walterus  de,  senior,  and  wife  Petronilla, 
daughter   of   Willelmus,    the   son   of   Alanus   de 
Meleham,  55;  Walter  de,  and  wife  Rosia,  55. 
Dureford,  prior  of  St.  Denis  of,  485. 
Durel,  Ricardus,  137. 
Durham. 

Bishop  of,  117,  298. 

Nicholas,  bishop  of,  300. 

Prior  of,  117. 
Dutton,  Hugh  de,  390. 
Dyne. 

John  de,  commissioner,  130. 

Henry,  21  ;  and  Alice,  his  wife,  20. 
Dynham,  Oliver  de,  commissioner,  97,  98. 
Dysny,  Willielmus,  knight,  230, 


Eboraco,  Ebor'. 
Willelmus,  abbot  of  Tewkesbury,  497 ;  Willelmus 
de,  justice,   23S ;  Willelmus  de,  provost  of  Bev- 
erley, 456 ;    Willelmus   de,  warden  of  Beverley, 
458. 

Ebroicis,  John  de,  171. 

Eccheslenz,  Osbert  de,  and  Peter,  his  son,  442. 

Ecclesiam,  Willelmus  ad,  51. 

Echyngehamme,    Robertus   de,    member    of    Parlia- 
ment, 425. 

Edward  the  Confessor,  x. 

Edward  I.,  448,  487,  516. 

Edward  II.,  son  of  Edward  I.,   53,  54,  61,  220,  516; 
Isabella  of  France,  his  queen,  26S. 

Edward  III.,  3,  5,  6,  122,  128,  252,  356;  and  Philippa, 
his  wife,  252,  474. 


INDEX. 


565 


Edward,   Prince  of  Wales,  the  Black  Prince,  son  of 

Edward  III.,  65,  200. 
Eggerton,  David  de,  65. 
Eliot,  Philip,  70. 
Ellis,  Henricus,  218. 
Ely. 

Bishop  of,  36,  38,  57,  179,  1S2. 

Hugo,  bishop  of,  179. 

John  de,  466. 

Prior  of,  58. 

Radulphus  de,  baron  of  the   Exchequer,  266,  454, 
456. 
Emeldon,  Richard  de,  mayor  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

300. 
Eneclive  and  Haslintune,  Robertus,  parson  of,  534. 
Enedewel,  Gervasius,  prior  of,  160. 
Engaine,  Engayne. 

Ricardus,  59. 

Warner,  440. 
England,  king  of,  193. 
Englays,  Engles,  Engleys,  see  also  Anglicus. 

Adam  le,  161,  162. 

Nicholaus  le,  71. 

Robert  le,  knight,  449. 

William  le,  232. 
Ercalewe,  Ercaluwe,  Ercalue,  Erkalewe. 

John  de,  Robert,  his  son,  and  Agnes,  his  daughter, 
335- 

Petronella,  lady  of,  335. 

William  de,   knight,   335;     William   de,    and  son 
John,  336, 
Erdington,  Erdinton,  Herdington. 

Giles  de,  34S. 

Henry  de,  337. 
Erie,  Thomas,  148. 
Eniald,  Randulph,  of  Norton,  501. 
Escheker,  John  de,  333. 
Escot,  Willelmus  ie,  464. 
Esctona,  Radulphus,  clerk  of,  351. 
Esingdene,  Richard  de,  202. 
Especer,  Nicolaus  le,  464. 
Espeloun,  Peter,  204. 
Esseby. 

John  de,  and  William,  his  brother,  292. 

Ralph  de,  and  William,  his  son,  291. 
Esseng,  Ralph  de,  12. 
Essex. 

Galfridus  filius  Petri.,  earl  of,  28S. 

Sheriff  of,  457,  460,  464. 

Theobaldus,  archdeacon  of,  128. 
Est,  Willelmus,  17. 

Estormi,  Henry  1',  and  Henry  1',  his  son,  504. 
Eswy,  Essewi. 

Radulphus,  mayor  of  London,  456. 

Thomas,  454. 
Etewelle,  Henricus,  parson  of,  382. 
Ethere,  Jacobus  de,  273. 
Etindon,  Thomas  de,  222. 


Eton,  William  de,  336. 

Euneyse,  Walter  le,  bailiff  of  Worcester,  500. 

Eustace,  prince,  son  of  King  Stephen,  426,  427. 

Everingham,  Adam  de,  and  wife  Isabella,  51S. 

Evesham. 

Abbot  of,  442,  501. 

Henry,  abbot  of,  443. 

Richard,  abbot  of,  439,  440,  441,  442. 

Thomas  de  Glovemia,  abbot  of,  439. 

William,  steward  of,  441,  442. 
Evre,  John  de,  escheator,  537. 
Exeter. 

Bishop  of,  69. 

Mayor  of,  267. 
Eylesham,  Reginaldus  de,  49. 
Eyncourt,  John  de,  96. 
Eynesham,  abbot  of,  331. 

Eynolk,  Ranulfus,  brother  of  Rogerus  de  Mune,  142. 
Eyre,  Ralph  de,  justice,  119. 


Faber,  see  also  Fevre  and  Smyth. 

Aedulfus,  351. 

Radulphus,  and  Cristiana,  his  daughter,  259. 

Ricardus,  117. 

Thomas,  204. 
Falconberge,  Ralph  de,  520. 
Falestorpe,  Muriel  de,  231. 
Famulus,  Robert,  330. 
Farendon,  Farringdon. 

William,  goldsmith,  and  alderman  of  London,  and 
Nicholas,  his  son,  goldsmith,  mayor  of  London, 
246. 
Famham,  Ingram  de,  rector  of  Nutschullyng,  150. 
Fayermay,  Robert,  364. 
Fayirbame,  Walter,  grandfather  of   Henry  de  Stan- 

wegges,  530. 
Feld,  Felde. 

Edwin  de  la,  428,  429. 

Richard  de  la,  330. 
Felstede,  Geoffrey  de,  and  Cristina,  his  wife,  263. 
Fenne,  Adam  de  la,  418. 
Feritate. 

Gilbertus  de,  parson  of  Bounes,  77. 

Robertus  de,  knight,  470. 
Ferleye,  Sir  Henry  de,  155. 
Fermbaud,  Nicholas,  justice,  9. 
Femberge,  Osbertus  de,  352. 
Ferrars,  Ferraries. 

William  de,  earl  of  Derby,  86 ;  Willelmus  de,  lord 
of  Groby,  wife  Anna,  or  Joana,  and  son  Willel- 
mus, 225,  226. 
Ferre,  Guido,  knight,  270,  271,  272. 
Ferrour,  William,  mayor  of  Leicester,  214. 
Ferun,  Henry  le,  307. 


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INDEX. 


Feugeres,  Andrew  de,  466. 
Fevre,  Feure,  see  also  Faber  and  Smyth. 
John   le,  grandfather  of   Thomas  le  Fraunceys  of 

Amblecoat,  391,  302. 
Ralph  le,  sheriff  of  London,  and  John  le,  his  son, 

246. 
fferringhes,  Amfridus  de,  430. 
ffokington,  Philippus  de,  427. 
ffracnei,  Rogenis  le,  427. 
Filius,  son  of,  see  also  Fitz. 
Adae,  Rogerus  filius,  sheriff  of  Southampton,  149. 
Adame,  Willelmus  filius,  390. 
Alan,  Roald  son  of,  and  Roald,  his  son,  526. 
Alani,  Roaldus  filius,  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  461. 
Alberti,  Hugo  filius,  canon  of  St.  PauFs,  London, 

257,  25S. 
Alice,  Anketin  son  of,  307. 
Alice,  Thomas  son  of,  547. 
Alice,  Willelmus  filius,  299. 
Aluine,  Roger  filius,  89. 
Andree,  Johannes  filius,  133. 
Ansgoti,  Guillelmus  filius,  158. 
Augustin,  Robert  son  of,  307. 
Baldwini,  Johannes  filius,  240. 
Beatrice,   Elias   son  of,   and  Ranulph,  liis  brother, 

232. 
Benedict],  Aron  filius,  log. 
Beroldi,  Brianus  filius,  399. 
Brian,  William  son  of,  307. 
Conani,  Henricus  filius,  531. 
Dorandi,  Robertus  filius,  118. 
Dru,  Walterus  filius,  327. 
Edwacher,  Godwinus  filius,  322. 
Edwardi,  Rogerus  filius,  405. 
Edwardi,  Willielmus  filius,  395. 
Eilrici,  Thomas  filius,  317. 

Elwald,  Walter  son  of,  and  Alice,  his  daughter,  117. 
Emma,  Walter  son  of,  and  Robert,  his  son,  185. 
Episcopi,    Walterus    filius,    canon    of    St.    Paurs, 

London,  25S. 
Evae,  Robertus  filius,  iSS. 
Fulchredi,  Robertus  filius,  428. 
Fulconis,  Rogerus  filius,  211. 
G.,  Rogerus  filius,  of  Newland,  and  Ricardus,  his 

son,  380. 
Galfridi,  Bartholoraeus  filius,  128. 
Generanni. 

Hugo  filius,  257,  258,  and  Robertus,  his  brother, 
257,  canons  of  St.  Paul's,  London. 
Gilberti,  Henricus  filius,  210. 
Godefridi,  Willelmus  filius,  178,  179. 
Godewici,  Willelmus  filius,  17S. 
Godric,  William  son  of,  306. 
Goldini,  Robertus  filius,  372. 
Gormylde,    William   son    of,    and    Athenylda,    his 

widow,  100. 
Gosberti,     Robertus     filius,     and    Willelmus,    his 

brother,  257. 


Filius,  coiithiued. 
Grip,  Hugo  filius,  alias  Hugo  de  Warham,  sheriff 

of  Dorset,  105. 
Hamonis,  Clemens  filius,  194. 
Harald,  Nicholas  son  of,  326. 
Heilnoth,  Robertus  filius,  195. 
Henrici,  Hugo  filius,  531. 
Henrici,  Willelmus  filius,  342 
Henrici,   Willelmus  filius,  and  Hawisia,   his  wife, 

142. 
Hugonis,  Robertus  filius,  211. 
Humfridi,  Rogerus  filius,  217. 
Isaak,  Isaac  son  of,  of  Bedford,  8. 
Johannes,  Thomas  son  of,  deputy  sheriff  of  Cum- 
berland and  Westmoreland,  451. 
Johannis,  Johannes  filius,  290, 
Johannis,  Radulphus  filius,  128. 
Johannis,    Rogerus   filius,  and    Isabella,  his   wife, 

305- 
Johannis,  Willelmus  filius,  211. 
Johannis,  Willelmus  filius,  and  Willelmus,  his  son, 

356. 
John,  Henry  son  of,  529. 
John,  Robert  son  of,  232. 
Lancelene,  Robert  son  of,  30S. 
Langlif,  Sawy  filius,  and  Rogerus,  his  son,  317. 
Leueneth,  Osbertus  filius,  434. 
Liolf,  Thomas  filius,  299. 
Matildae,  Alexander  filius,  178. 
Matilda,  William  son  of,  368. 
MichaeHs,  Robertus  filius,  326. 
Nicholai,  Radulfus  filius,  and    Radulfus,  his   son, 

465. 
Nicholai,  Thomas  filius,  50. 
Ogeri,  Michael  filius,  and  Sarra,  his  wife,  daughter 

of  Willelmus  de  Shelflega,  404. 
Ogeri,  Ogerus  filius,  and  Amicia,  his  wife,  daughter 

of  Willelmus  de  Shelflega,  404. 
Omeri,  Petrus  filius,  428,  429. 
Otheri,  Walterus  filius,  411. 
Peter,  John  son  of,  527. 
Peter,  Nicholas  son  of,  526. 
Petri,  Adam  filius,  provost  of  Worcester,  496. 
Petri,  Alan  filius,  117. 
Petri,  Robertus  filius,  317. 
Petri,  Willelmus  filius,  383. 
Philippi,  Johannes  filius,  ig6. 
Philippi,  Ricardus  filius,  342. 
Ranulph,  Alan  son  of,  232. 
Reginald,  Simon  filius,  316. 

Rembert,  Alan  son  of,  and  William,  his  son,  427. 
Robertus,  Baldricus  son  of,  257. 
Robert,  Henry  son  of,  313. 
Roberti,  Ricardus  filius,  330. 
Rogeri,  Radulphus  filius,  323. 
Rogeri,  Rogerus  filius,  knight,  456. 
Rogeri,  Rogerus  filius,  and  Germanus  and  Hugo, 

his  brothers,  149. 


INDEX. 


567 


Filius,  C07ithi7ted. 
Salomonis,  Radulphus  filius,  121. 
Salonii,  Salonius  filius,  144. 
Sampson,  Thomas  son  of,  232. 
Sewal,  Henry  son  of,  221,  222. 
Simonis,  Johannes  filius,  44. 
Simonis,  Thomas  filius,  224. 
Simonis,  Willelmus  filius,  210,  345. 
Teodorici,  Milo  filius,  25S. 
Thomae,  Walterus  filius,  356. 
Uckem,  Robert  son  of,  544. 
Vitalis,  Willelmus  filius,  399. 
Viviani,  Rogerus  filius,  351. 
Waldevi,  Simon  filius,  305. 
Walteri,  Johannes  filius,  55,  56. 
Walteri,  Philippus  filius,  168. 
Widonis,  Robertus  filius,  323. 
Willelmi,  Eliot  filius,  178. 
Willelmi,  Johannes  filius,  327. 
Willelmi,  Laurencius  filius,  seneschal  of  the  prior 

of  Lancaster,  211. 
Willelmi,  Matheus  filius,  178. 
Willelmi,  Radulphus  filius,  281. 
Willelmi,  Robertus  filius,  2gg. 
Willelmi,  Willelmus  filius,  168. 
Willelmus,  Johannes  son  of,  451. 
Willelmus,  Willelmus  son  of,  159. 
William,  Augustin  son  of,  307. 
Willielmi,  Adam  filius,  justice,  238,  248. 
Wlfredi,   Hugo   filius,  and   Robertus,  his   brother, 

canons  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  257,  25S. 
Wlmari,  Ricardus  filius,  330. 
Wlmers,  William  son   of,  and  Matilda,  his  sister, 

379- 
Wlredi,  Gaufridus  filius,  and  Robertus,  his  brother, 

canons  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  257,  25S. 
Filungele,  Ralph  de,  and  William,  his  son,  443. 
Finchale,  monks  of,  117. 
Findem,  Hugo  de,  382. 
Fitz,  see  also  Filius. 
Fitz-Ace,  John,  155. 
Fitz-Aucher,  John  le,  knight,  475. 
Fitz-Bemard,  John,  and  Ralph,  his  son,  199. 
Fitz-Chaplain,  Richard,  and  Margery,  his  wife,  346. 
Fitz-Fulk,  Radulphus,  53. 
Fitz-Hamon,   Alan,   510,  and  William,   his   brother, 

509,  510. 
Fitz-Henry,  Richard,  387. 
Fitz-Hugh,  William,  390. 
Fitz- John. 
Richard,  347. 
Thomas,  72. 
Fitz-Michael,  Robert,  326. 
Fitz-Nigel,  John,  28. 
Fitz-Peter,  William,  521. 
Fitz-Ralph,  H  ugh,  Agnes  and  Idonea,  his  wives,  and 

Hugh  and  Ralph,  his  sons,  309. 
Fitz-Robert,  Agnes,  347. 
Fitz-Simon,  William,  23. 


Fitz- Walter,  Walter,  363. 

P'itz-William,  Ralph,  knight,  96. 

Flamevile,  Roger  de,  513. 

Flanders,  countess  of,  242,  318. 

Flandrensis,  see  Fleming. 

Fleccher,  Adam  le,  509. 

Fleming,  Flemeng,  Flemyng,  Flandrensis. 

Ascelynus  le,  igi. 

James,  297,  298. 

John  le,  225,  297. 

Ricardus  le,  knight,  212. 

Tancardus,  538. 
Fletcher,  Hugh  le,  526. 
Flete,  William  de  la,  424. 
Flur,  Willelmus,  137. 
Folie,  Folye. 

Ricardus  de  la,  170;  Ricardus  de  la,  and  Ela,  his 
wife,  369. 
Foliot,  Folioth. 

Jordan,  547,  548. 

Robert,  287. 

Willelmus,  548. 
Folkesworthe,  Johannes  de,  60. 
Folshani,  Emaldus  de,  278. 
Fontains. 

Abbey  of,  544. 

William  de,  521. 
Fontem,  Willelmus  ad,  320. 
Ford,  Forde. 

Gilbertus  de  la,  362. 

Isabella  de,  302. 

Richard  de,  352,  353. 

Willelmus  de  la,  19S. 
Fores,  Helias,  330. 
Forest,  Thomas,  299. 
Forester,  Forestarius. 

Alan,  the,  379. 

Alexander,  158. 

Brianus,  220. 

Hugo  le,  168. 

Nicholaus  le,  35,  432,  433. 

Richard,  alias  Chmeu,  Venator,  445,  446. 

Robertus,  305. 

Rogerus,  136. 

Willelmus,  and  wife  Gundreda,  534 ;  Willelmus,  and 
Johannes,  his  son,  and  Agnes,  formerly  wife  of 
Johannes,  542. 
Forti,  John,  chancellor  of  Wells,  372. 
Fortibus,  William  de,  earl  of  Albemarle,  466. 
Fortine,  Walterus,  109. 
Foun,  Oliverus  le,  222. 
Fox,  Peter,  8g. 
Franc,  Fraunc. 

Adam,  431. 

Hamelin,  431. 

Henry,  360. 
Franc'. 

Thomas  del,  170. 

Willelmus,  of  Bradfield,  129. 


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INDEX. 


France. 

Philip  (II.)  Auguste,  king  of,  532. 

Philip  (IV.)  the  Fair,  king  of,  23  ;  and  Isabel,  his 
daughter,  wife  of  King  Edward  II.,  26S. 
France,  Fraunce,  ffraunce. 

Alicia,  of  Bamsley,  552. 

Henricus,  520. 

Janyn  de,  of  North  Owram,  545. 

Johannes  de,  of  Allerton,  549;  Johannes  de,  of 
Headingley,  549. 

Ouinciwe,  5S. 

Ricardus,  537. 

Robert,  335,  336. 

Willelmus  de,  of  Headingley,  549. 
Franceis,  F'rances,  Franceys,  ffranceys,  F>ancays, 
Franscys,  Frauncays,  Fraunceis,  Fraunceise, 
Fraunces,  Fraunceys,  ffraunceys,  Fraunceyse, 
Frauncheays,  Frauncheysse,  Frauncis,  F>aun- 
says,  ffrenceis,  Fronceis,  395. 

Adam  le,  69,  Si,  138,  166,  203,  289,  329,  331,  401, 
519,  526,  550;  Adam,  juror,  486;  Adam,  of  Jard- 
ley,  505  ;  Adam  le,  of  Wallington,  305  ;  Adam  le, 
of  Westmancote,  508 ;  Adam  le,  and  Eudo,  his 
son,  230;  Adam,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  226; 
Adam  le,  and  Roger,  his  son,  226;  Adam  le,  and 
Simon,  his  son,  236. 

Advice  la,  235. 

Agnes  le,  39. 

Alan  le,  Alanus,  63,  230,  304,  305,  387,  see  Fraiicus, 
3S2 ;  Alan  le,  knight,  member  of  Parliament, 
commissioner,  etc.,  of  Badlingham,  Fencotes, 
and  Fordham,  49,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54,  531;  Alan 
le,  of  Beckingham,  and  Joan,  his  wife,  311,  312; 
Alan  le,  of  Normanton,  and  Ysoulda,  his  wife, 
539;  Alan  le,  of  Selby,  541,  542,  and  Henry,  his 
son,  542,  543. 

Albinus,  of  Worcester  city,  497. 

Alexander,  21S. 

Algarus,  1 12. 

Alicia,  41,  1S4,  521. 

Alured  le,  Aluredus,  105,  106,  107,  Aelizia,  prob- 
ably his  wife,  106,  108,  Ricardus  le,  son  of 
Aelizia,  106,  107,  108,  109,  Azo  and  Rohesia, 
daughters  of  Ricardus  le,   loS. 

Andrew  le,  ig ;  Andrew,  of  Malteby,  chaplain,  227. 

Anthony,  clerk,  311. 

Amulfus,  82. 

Bartholomeus  le,  120. 

Bemardus  le,  Johannes  and  Osmundus,  sons  of, 
Radulphus,  son  of  Johannes,  Hamo,  son  of 
Osmundus,   and   Walterus,   son   of    Hamo,    411, 

412. 

Clement  le,  provost  of  Wallingford,  21  ;  Clement, 

and  William,  his  son,  502. 
Cristiana  le,  of  Wellington,  widow  of   Richard  de 

Welington,  172. 
Dominus,  in  Runhal,  27S. 
Eborardus,  Lord,  49. 


Franceis,  etc.,  continued. 

Ebrord  le,  merchant  of  London,  241. 

Edward,  Aedwardus  le,  492. 

Elena  la,  231. 

Elyas,  42,  43. 

Emma  la,  Agnes,  Cristiana,  and  Mirgeria,  daugh- 
ters of,  wives  of  William  de  Monz,  Alexander  de 
Chykengrave,  and  Geoffrey  le  Carpenter,  360, 
361. 

Ervis'  le,  of  Durrington,  474,  475. 

Eustacius,  Eustachius,  2S7 ;  Eustacius  le,  juror, 
228. 

Everardus  le,  alias  Frenssh,  of  Bristol,  4S6. 

Felicia,  394. 

Fulco,  548. 

G.,  163. 

Geoffrey  le,  Galfridus,  27S,  323,  352,  3S9;  Geoffrey, 
juror,  28,  501;  Galfridus,  of  Aldington,  500; 
Galfridus,  of  Astley,  501 ;  Galfridus,  of  Dun- 
stable, 12;  Galfridus,  of  Osmundeston,  84 ;  Gal- 
fridus le,  and  Christiana,  his  wife,  137 ;  Galfridus, 
and  Wimarca,  his  wife,  97. 

Gerard  le,  Gerardus,  307,  484 ;  Gerard  le,  mayor  of 
Bristol,  144. 

Gervaseus  le,  331. 

Gilbert,  Gibertus,  47,  97,  194,  225,  292,  4S9,  528; 
Gilbertus,  heirs  of,  432 ;  Gilbert  le,  Gilbertus, 
knight,  son  of  Ricardus,  19,  20,  31,  66,  67,  68,  78, 
79,  80,  Si,  86,  87,  89,  225,  385,  3S6,  389,  468,  470, 
523,  524,  525 ;  Hawise,  wife  of,  daughter  of 
Robert  de  Vernon,  30,  31,  78,  79,  86,  385; 
Richard  le,  son  of,  alias  Richard  de  Vernon,  3d, 
29,  30,  31,  79.  88,  221,  385,  386,  470,  471;  Gil- 
bert le,  heirs  of,  21,  468,  469;  Gilbertus,  junior, 
member  of  Parliament,  burgess  of  Devizes,  492 ; 
Gilbert,  of  Staverton,  292 ;  Gilbertus  le,  of  Quick, 
539 ;  Gilbertus  le,  wife  Gosse,  daughter  Dionisia, 
60 ;  Gilbertus,  and  wife  IMargareta,  495  ;  Gilbert 
le,  and  son  Richard,  4S7. 

Godfrey  le,  burgess  of  Lenn,  280. 

Grimbaldus  le,  523,  524. 

Guilelmus,  Willilmus,  88,  168. 

Gvydo,  32  ;  Gwido  le,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  23S. 

Henry  le,  Henricus,  135,  136,  214,  218,  402,  499; 
Henricus,  bailiff  of  Taverham,  286;  Henry, 
juror  of  Merston,  514;  Henry,  juror  of  Snibston, 
221 ;  Henry,  juror  of  Staple  hundred,  486; 
Henricus,  of  Blithebiri,  381  ;  Henricus  le,  of 
Hodnell,  447;  Henricus,  of  Shipston,  508; 
Henr\',  of  Stainland,  546;  Henricus  le,  of  Staun- 
ton, 511;  Henry  le,  of  Elton,  185,  Gilbert  and 
John,  his  sons,  185,  186,  1S7,  i58,  1S9,  190 ; 
Henricus  le,  alias  Franciscus,  of  Kingston,  and 
Henricus,  his  heir,  173,  174,  175;  Henry  and 
Robert,  his  brother,  202. 

Herbertus  le,  416. 

Herlewin,  and  Benedict,  his  son,  55. 

Hennanus,  149. 


INDEX. 


569 


Franceis,  etc.,  continued. 

Hugh  le,  Hugo,  83,  131,  143,  174,  201,  310,  434, 
451,  478,  482,  550;  Hugo,  alias  Francigena,  322; 
Hugh  le,  bailiff  of  Thetford,  wife  Alice,  and  son 
Roger  le,  285,  286;  Hugo,  of  Blithebur',  manu- 
captor,  3S1 ;  Hugh,  master  of  "  La  Blithe,"  233  ; 
Hugh  le,  juror,  200;  Hugh  le,  of  Amblecoat,  and 
Thomas,  his  son,  391,  392;  Hugo,  of  Glapthoni, 
295;  Hugo,  of  Morton,  503;  Hugh  le,  of  South- 
cot,  23  ;  Hugo  le,  and  Alan,  his  son,  302  ;  Hugo 
le,  alias  Franciscus,  24S,  25S,  259,  Dionisia,  wife 
of,  259 ;  Hugo  le,  the  father  of  John,  the  baron 
of  the  Exchequer,  452,  455,  46S. 

Hukelinus  le,  and  son  Philippus,  172. 

Humfridus  le,  512. 

Isabella  la,  15. 

James  le,  juror,  205. 

John  le,  Johannes,  16,  23,  36,  37,  40,  58,  60,  61,  62, 
64,  83,  137,  140,  151,  165,  171,  204,  212,  237,  240, 
241,  250,  284,  328,  329,  332,  378,  380,  390,  400, 
448,  473,  487,  499,  506,  515,  519,  521,  523,  526, 
528,  529,  530;  Johannes  le,  canon  of  St.  Paul's, 
prebendary  of  Holbom,  248,  249;  John  le, 
Johannes,  alias  Francigena,  Franciscus,  parson 
of  Caldbeck,  v,  71,  72,  73,  74,  75,  76,  536,  537; 
John  le,  alias  Francigena,  Franciscus,  rector  of 
Adlingfleet,  546,  547 ;  Johannes  le,  alias  Fran- 
cigena, Franciscus,  of  Mebuni  Maud,  baron  of 
the  Exchequer,  escheator,  justice,  and  king's 
clerk,  son  of  Hugo  le,  78,  265,  452,  453,  454,  455, 
456,  457,  458,  459,  460,  461,  462,  463,  464,  465, 
466,  467,  468,  470,  471;  Johannes  le,  one  of  the 
keepers  of  the  royal  seal,  king's  clerk,  etc.,  267, 
268,  269,  270,  271,  272;  John,  seneschal  of 
Bristol,  144,  145  ;  Johannes  le,  military  summons, 
1S9,  igo;  John  le,  master,  243;  Johannes,  juror, 
of  Bideford,  103 ;  Johannes,  juror,  of  Cressage, 
340;  Johannes,  of  Berrington,  501;  Johannes,  of 
Britsmorton,  510;  Johannes,  of  Cadeby,  552; 
Johannes,  of  Chiddingly,  432;  Johannes,  of 
Clibum,  449,  450 ;  John  le,  of  Dalton,  527,  528 ; 
John  le,  of  Dalton  Travers,  528,  Adam,  son  of, 
528,  529 ;  Johannes  le,  of  Foxton,  56,  57 ;  John 
le,  of  La  Knoll,  489 ;  John  le,  of  Marske,  530 ; 
Johannes  le,  of  Overbury,  507 ;  Johannes,  alias 
Franciscus,  in  Sibertoft,  294,  295  ;  John,  of  Smal- 
berge,  and  William,  his  son,  286;  John,  of 
Stokes,  100 ;  Johannes,  of  Worcester  city,  497 ; 
Johannes  le,  of  Wyke  Abbetot,  510:  John,  and 
Ida,  his  daughter,  274;  John  le,  and  John,  his 
son,  406 ;  Johannes  le,  and  Johannes,  his  son, 
496 ;  Johannes  le,  and  Margaret  Scolice,  his 
wife,  36,  37,  38;  Johannes,  wife  Margeria,  son 
Stephanus,  484;  John,  116,  Nicholas,  116,  369, 
Roger,  1 16,  369,  Walter,  116,  brothers  of  John; 
John  le,  and  son  Richard,  235 ;  John,  and  Rob- 
ert, his  son,  524,  525,  Grimbald,  uncle  of  Robert, 
524- 


Franceis,  etc.,  continued. 

Lambert  le,  of  Burford,  317. 

Laurence  le,  in  Chichester,  424. 

Margaret  la,  311. 

Margery  la,  364. 

Matilda,  187,  198,  319. 

Matthew,  Matheus,  48;  Matheus  le,  of  Newcastle, 
299 ;  Matthew  le,  and  son  John,  245. 

Michael,  juror,  of  Ashburton,  104. 

Nicholas  le,  71,  182,  520;  Nicholas,  seneschal  of 
the  abbot  of  Westminster,  139;  Nicholas  le,  of 
Brockhampton,  133.     See  Nicholaus   le   Frense, 

134,  135- 

Nigellus,  juror,  231;   Nigellus,  of  Lockington,  519. 

Odo,  70. 

Osbertus  le,  195,  215,  315,  316;  Osbertus,  of  Bad- 
dow,  123. 

Peter  le,  171,  236,  237,  281,  291,  483,  534;  Petrus, 
juror,  514;  Peter  le,  in  Birmingham,  444;  Petrus 
le,  of  Himbleton,  507;  Petrus,  of  Norton,  230. 

Philippus,  57,  476,  493 ;  Philippus,  of  Coslane, 
273  ;  Philippus,  junior,  and  wife  Felicia,  122. 

Puce  la,  21. 

Ralph,  Radulphus,  iii,  151,  16S,  182,  229,  236, 
327,  399i  417.  4811  512,  535;  Ralph,  mayor  of 
Winchester,  150;  Ralph,  of  Bearley,  and  son 
Robert,  435;  Radulfus,  of  Brockhampton,  131, 
132  ;  Radulphus,  of  Cutsdean,  506  ;  Radulph,  and 
daughter  Juliana,  549;  Radulfus  le,  and  wife 
Margareta,  139. 

Ranulf  le,  100. 

Reginald,  Reginaldus,  416;  Reginaldus  le,  of  Red- 
bourne,  234;  Reginaldus,  of  Shelfhanger,  275; 
Reginald,  of  Wolverhampton,  and  Richard,  his 
son,  394 ;  Reginald,  and  Agatha,  his  wife,  398 ; 
Reginald  de,  and  Matilda,  widow  of,  346;  Regi- 
nald, and  Wimima,  his  wife,  547. 

Richard  le,  Ricardus,  8,  48,  49,  59,  60,  82,  100,  120, 
180,  181,  193,  194,  203,  213,  224,  273,  300,  352, 
353,  372,  373.  393.  395.  405.  43°.  43'.  4S4.  521, 
523.  550,  551;  Richard  le,  knight,  177,  398; 
Richardus,  chamberlain,  226;  Richard  le,  com- 
missioner, 127;  Ricardus,  burgess  of  Gloucester, 
131;  Ricardus  le,  juror,  36;  Richard  le,  of 
Bitterley,  346;  Richard  le,  in  Chichester,  424; 
Richard,  of  Gloucester,  131;  Richard,  of  Hem- 
ington,  220;  Ricardus  le,  of  Hulton,  341;  Ri- 
cardus, of  Lockington,  519;  Ricardus  le,  of 
Netherton,  507;  Richard,  of  Truro,  70;  Ri- 
cardus, of  Walsingham,  283,  284;  Ricardus  le, 
of  Whatton,  and  Isolda,  his  aunt,  222,  223 ; 
Ricardus  le,  of  Wimpole,  62,  63,  64,  and  Isolda, 
his  wife,  64;  Ricardus  le,  and  Emma,  his  wife, 
289;  Ricardus  le,  father  of  Gilbert  le,  knight, 
78,  80,  468;  Richard  le,  and  Henry,  his  son,  309; 
Richard  le,  and  Margaret,  or  Margery,  late  wife 
of,  197  ;  Ricardus  le,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  120. 

Roald  le,  527. 


57° 


INDEX. 


Franceis,  etc.,  coniijiued. 

Robert,  Robertus,  le,  25,  34,  39,  40,  41,  44,  47,  55, 
82,  83,  104,  118,  128,  137,  140,  155,  158,  160,  162, 
.165,  166,  238,  277,  299,  302,  307,  308,  309,  313, 
3i5>  32o>  324.  325.  33°>  332,  347-  349.  35^,  357. 
358.  377.  383.  394.  399.  402,  405.  434.  443.  44^. 
473,  49'.  493,  494.  SM,  5i7.  S'g.  549;  Robert, 
knight,  532,  538;  Robertus,  sheriff,  of  Devon, 
07 ;  Robert  le,  baihff  of  Horsham,  422 ;  Robert 
le,  provost  of  Wallingford,  21,  22,  23  ;  Robert 
le,  juror,  102,  no;  Robert  le,  of  Beckingham, 
311,  312;  Robert  le,  of  Billinghurst,  41S;  Ro- 
bertus le,  of  Bitteswell,  and  Nicholas,  his  son, 
224;  Robert,  of  Chedder,  and  Richard,  his  son, 
374.  375 ;  Robert,  of  Dunstable,  and  Robert,  his 
son,  12,  13 ;  Robertus,  of  Hemington,  220 ; 
Robertus  le,  of  Hull,  and  Johannes,  his  son,  378; 
Robert,  of  Kirkton,  and  Robert,  his  son,  308 ; 
Robert,  of  Martley,  502 ;  Robertus  le,  of  North- 
ampton, 2S9;  Robert  le,  of  Osmundeston,  Will- 
iam le,  ist,  son  of;  John  le,  ist,  son  of  William, 
ist;  William  le,  2d,  son  of  John,  ist;  and  Agnes, 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Radulph  de  Tykenhall  ; 
John,  2d,  son  of  William,  2d,  and  Margeria,  his 
wife,  daughter  of  William  Beaufoy,  84  ;  Robert 
le,  of  Salford,  440,  441,  442;  Robert  le,  367,  368, 
and  Alice,  his  mother,  367 ;  Robertus  le,  alias 
Francigena,  ■wife  Cristiana,  and  nephew  Alanus, 
435.  43^;  Robert  le,  and  son  John,  527,  528; 
Robertus  le,  and  wife  Leticia,  401 ;  Robertus  le, 
and  wife  Matilda,  127. 

Roger  le,  Rogerus,  42,  47,  1S3,  197,  405,  40S,  410, 
444,  445,  494,  495 ;  Rogerus  le,  of  Cletere,  and 
wife  Cristiana,  171 ;  Roger,  of  the  Cotentin,  Nor- 
mandy, 532;  Rogertis  le,  of  Cressage,  338,  339, 
340;  Christiana,  his  wife,  339;  Roger  le,  of  Han- 
bury,  506;  Roger,  of  Linthorp,  533,  534,  535; 
Roger,  son  of  William,  in  Scotland,  533 ;  Roger 
le,  and  son  John,  407 ;  Roger,  and  wife  Mar- 
geria, 393  ;   Rogerus  le,  and  wife  Matilda,  208. 

Saerus  de,  sheriff  of  Huntingdon,  182. 

Sarra,  289. 

Simon  le,  Symon  le,  117,  179,  180,  194,  199,  228, 
499;  Simon  le,  of  Helpringham,  228;  Simon  le, 
and  son  Durandus,  481 ;  and  Willelmus,  son  of 
Durandus,  48 1,  482;  Simon,  and  daughter  Mar- 
garet, 312. 

Stephen  le,  Stephanus,  63,  125,  214,  4S8,  520; 
Stephanus,  and  son  Bartholomeus,  and  Stepha- 
mus,  son  of  Bartholomeus,  283. 

Thomas  le,  28,  89,  98,  99,  150,  168,  192,  194,  202, 
220,  300,  332,  337,  362,  372,  373,  446,  517,  544; 
Thomas  le,  deputy  sheriff,  400 ;  Thomas  le, 
knight,  397 ;  Thomas,  mayor  of  Thetford,  286 ; 
Thomas,  seneschal,  372;  Thomas,  of  Blyth,  308; 
Thomas,  of  Elksley,  308;  Thomas,  of  Leigh, 
510;  Thomas  le,  of  Pershore,  510;  Thomas,  of 
Rotherham,  553  ;  Thomas  le,  of  SeworthjTi,  390 ; 


Franceis,  etc.,  continued. 

Thomas  le,  of  Spetchley,  508;  Thomas  le,  of 
Stocton,  and  son  Roger,  275 ;  Thomas  le,  and 
Adam  and  Robert,  his  sons,  45 1  ;  Thomas  le, 
and  wife  Agnes,  354,  364,  365,  366,  and  son 
Thomas,  354;  Thomas,  and  Alicia,  relict  of,  400; 
Thomas  le,  and  son  Everardus,  349 ;  Thomas  le, 
and  son  Gilbert,  487 ;  Thomas  le,  wife  Johanna, 
and  daughters  Agnes,  Alice,  Christiana,  Eufemia, 
Juliana,  Margaret,  and  Matilda,  115:  Thomas, 
and  wife  Petronilla,  266. 

Uctred  le,  alias  Franciscus,  of  Kirkoswald,  81. 

W.  le,  544,  545. 

Walter,  Walterus  le,  44,  46,  99,  112,  114,  124,  144, 
149,  164,  191,  203,  204,  231,  330,  374,  396,  425, 
447.  5°5.  5'2,  521,  522,  523;  Walter,  mayor  of 
Bristol,  144;  Walterus  le,  bailiff,  522,  552;  Walter 
le,  juror,  509,  518;  Walter  le,  of  Exeter,  97; 
Walterus,  of  Hecceford,  149;  Walter  le,  alias 
Francigena,  of  Normandy,  v;  Walterus  le,  of 
Redmarley  d' Abitot,  508;  Walter  le,  wife  Emma, 
son  John,  and  daughters  Margaret,  and  Matilda, 
wife  of  Richard  de  Clodeshale,  262,  263  ;  Walter 
le,  and  Isolda,  his  daughter,  49S ;  Walter  le,  wife 
Isolda,  3S6;  Cristiana  and  Joan,  sisters  of  Isolda, 
387. 

William  le,  Willelmus,  8,  9,  10,  14,  36,  41,  43,  44, 
59,  62,  68,  82,  83,  96,  103,  no,  115,  123,  125,  141, 
144,  145,  190,  191,  193,  ig6,  198,  202,  203,  204, 
227,  232,  240,  273,  284,  287,  292,  321,  328,  330, 
333.  336,  338.  345.  346.  349.  353,  359.  362,  363, 
370.  377,  378,  379.  382,  390.  395.  404.  405,  432, 
433,  444,  451.  4S0,  49S,  505.  506.  512,  517.  521, 
532.  537.  546;  Willelmus,  parson  of  Richbor- 
ough,  200;  Willelmus,  bailiff,  273;  Willelmus, 
bailiff  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  297,  300;  Will- 
elmus, bailiff  of  Northampton,  290 ;  Willelmus, 
burgess  of  Worcester,  496 ;  Willelmus,  juror, 
362 ;  Willelmus,  steward  of  the  honor  of  Cran- 
bome,  no;  Willelmus,  manucaptor,  406;  Will- 
iam, and  his  son  Roger,  in  Annandale,  Scotland, 
533 ;  Willelmus  le,  of  Archelastre,  83  ;  William, 
of  Bearley,  and  William,  his  son,  435;  Willel- 
mus le,  of  Beeston,  276 ;  William  le,  of  Bels- 
wardins,  338,  339;  William  le,  of  Ben\ick,  Will- 
iam, his  son,  and  Sibil,  wife  of  William,  2d, 
334;  William,  of  Billesdou,  21S;  Willelmus  le, 
of  Ijledlow,  and  Isabella,  his  daughter,  31; 
Willielmus  le,  in  Boistardslega,  Bustardsleg', 
287,  288;  Willelmus,  of  Bolton,  209,  210;  Will- 
elmus, of  CO.  Buckingham,  27 ;  William  le,  of 
Charlton,  334,  335;  William,  of  the  Cotentin  in 
Normandy,  532  ;  Willelmus  le,  of  Fisherton, 
and  Robert,  his  son,  47S;  William  le,  of  Harp- 
ham,  518;  Willelmus,  of  Heddon,  and  Matilda, 
his  wife,  303,  304;  Willelmus  le,  of  Kiddermin- 
ster, 503 ;  Willelmus  le,  of  Lakenham,  285 ; 
William,  of    Langton,   116,  369,  and  Agnes,  his 


INDEX. 


571 


Franceis,  etc,  cotiitniied. 

wife,  369;  William,  of  Meeson,  336;  Willelmus, 
of  North  Fleet,  198;  Willelmus  le,  of  Oldswin- 
ford,  503;  Willelmus,  of  Ottringham,  521;  Will- 
elmus le,  of  Pershore,  510;  William,  of  Salford, 
442,  443,  and  mother  Alice,  442;  Willelmus  le, 
of  Selby,  540,  541 ;  Willelmus  le,  of  Sherborne, 
159;  Willelmus,  of  Skeffington,  219,  and  Will- 
elmus, his  son,  219,  220;  William  le,  of  Staver- 
ton,  291;  William  le,  ist,  of  Sutton,  341,  342, 
343,  344,  and  William,  his  son,  342,  343,  and  Alice, 
Juliana,  and  Margaret,  daughters  of  William, 
ist,  343,  344,  see  Alicia  le  Frense;  William, 
of  Sutton-near-Trent,  and  son  Stephen,  314; 
Willelmus  le,  of  Thomhill,  11 1;  William,  vicar 
of  Thorpe  Emald,  215  ;  Willelmus  le,  of  Thurles- 
ton,  447;  Willelmus  le,  of  Weetslade,  301; 
Willelmus  le,  of  Worplesdon,  413;  Willelmus 
le,  and  son  Adam,  403 ;  William  le,  wife  Agnes 
(whose  second  husband  was  William  le  Erade- 
leye),  sons  William  le,  and  Thomas  le  Frensche, 
347,  34S;  Willelmus,  and  daughter  Alicia,  48S; 
Willelmus,  and  son  Hugo,  281 ;  Willelmus  le, 
472,  and  son  John,  469,  470,  472 ;  Willelmus  le, 
and  wife  Juliana,  416;  William  le,  and  son 
Walter,    232 ;    Willelmus,    and   son    Willelmus, 

355. 
Franch,  Franche,  ffranche,  Fransh,  Fraynche, 
Fraynssche,  Frea}'nch,  Freaynche,  Freinche, 
Freinshe,  French,  Frenche,  Frenisha,  Frensce, 
Frensch,  ffrensch,  Frensche,  Ffrensche,  Frense, 
ffrense,  Frensh,  ffrenssh,  Frenshe,  Ffrenshe, 
Frenshes,  Frenssche,  Frenssh,  Ffrenssh, 
Frensshe,  ffrensshe,  Frenyshe,  Freynces, 
Freynch,  Freynche,  Freynsce,  Freynsch,  Freynse, 
Freynsh,  freynshe,  ffreynshe,  Freynssh,  Frienshe. 

Adam,  burgess  of  Bristol,  and  Alice  and  Maud, 
his  wives,  147;  Adam,  master  of  "la  Seynte- 
maribate,"  of  London,  242 ;  Adam,  of  Green- 
wich, 207 ;  Adam  le,  of  High  Onn,  378 ;  Adam 
le,  of  la  Moore,  166. 

Alice,  Alicia  le,  207,  407 ;  Alicia  le,  alias  Fraun- 
ceys,  of  Sutton,  and  Rogerus,  her  heir,  344,  345 ; 
and  Willelmus,  son  of  Rogerus  le,  345. 

Almaricus,  master  of  Mayor's  Chapel,  Bristol,  145. 

Bartholomew,  rector  of  Little  Bamingham,  277. 

Eborardus,  376;  Eborardus  le,  of  Bristol,  145,  146. 

Edmund  le,  9. 

Edwardus,  juror  of  Winterboume  Stoke,  479. 

Everardus,  alias  Fraunceys,  of  Bristol,  486. 

Geoffrey  le,  Galfridus,  viii,  33,  4S3  ;  Galfridus,  of 
Felstead,  126. 

Gilbert,  Gilbertus  le,  396 ;  Gilbert,  rector  of  Findon 
and  Rayleigh,  127,  421,  422;  Gilbert,  burgess  of 
Bramber,  member  of  Parliament,  and  juror,  421. 

Giles,  keeper  of  the  wardrobe  in  Windsor  Castle, 

24- 
Henry   le,    Henricus,    member  of    Parliament   for 


Franch,  etc.,  coniinned. 

Horsham,  423 ;  Henricus  le,  manucaptor,  420 ; 
Henricus  le,  of  Doulting,  373 ;  Henrj'  le,  of 
Shipston,  and  Robert,  his  son,  508. 

Hugo  le,  juror  of  Linslade,  32. 

James,  Jacobus,  of  Cambridge  City,  38 ;  James,  of 
Leicester  City,  214. 

John  le,  Johannes,  65,  113,  151,  243,  264,  359,  365, 
367,419,  433;  Johannes,  chaplain,  126;  Johan- 
nes, clerk,  126;  John,  vicar  of  St.  Mary-Red- 
cliff,  Bristol,  146;  Johannes,  rector  of  Little 
Leighs,  124;  Johannes,  rector  of  Witney,  320; 
John,  member  of  Parliament  for  Bramber  and 
Steyning,  420,  421;  John,  member  of  Parliament 
for  Hythe,  205 ;  Johan,  mayor  of  London,  243  ; 
John,  burgess  of  Steyning,  421;  John  le,  bailiff 
of  Hythe,  205  ;  John  le,  bailiff  of  Newport,  i6g  ; 
John  le,  bailiff  of  Winchester,  150,  151  ;  Johannes 
le,  juror,  143,  iSo,  485;  Johannes  le,  juror,  of 
Bedhampton,  167 ;  Johannes  le,  juror,  of  Faws- 
ley  hundred,  291;  Johannes  le,  juror,  of  Holt, 
507 ;  Johannes  le,  juror,  of  Langley,  34 ;  Jo- 
hannes le,  juror,  of  Melchboume,  13  ;  Johannes 
le,  juror,  of  Ombersley,  507 ;  Johannes  le,  juror, 
of  Plumpton,  431  ;  Johannes  le,  juror,  of  Swar- 
raton,  156:  Johannes  le,  juror,  of  .Swyre,  116; 
Johannes  le,  juror,  of  Upton,  35;  Johannes  le, 
manucaptor,  419,  492 ;  John  le,  of  Bramber  and 
wife  Alice,  421  ;  John,  of  Bristol,  and  Joan  and 
Julian,  his  wives,  148 ;  John,  of  Canterbury,  and 
wife  Sara,  195 ;  John  le,  of  Coddington,  and 
wife  Sibyl,  65 ;  John  le,  of  London,  goldsmith, 
251,  252,  253,  254,  255,  Margaret,  his  wife,  255, 
John,  their  son,  255  ;  John  le,  of  Swarraton,  155  ; 
John  le,  of  West  Cheam,  410;  John  le,  and  wife 
Aliva,  422 ;  Johannes  le,  wife  Lucia,  and  son 
Johannes,  122  ;  John  le,  and  son  Robert,  263. 

Johanna,  wife  of  John  Markeby,  goldsmith,  252. 

La%vrence,  comptroller  of  the  customs  at  Chi- 
chester, 424. 

Martin  le,  204. 

Maud,  Matilda  la,  146,  263 ;  Matilda  la,  of  North- 
ampton, 290. 

Miles,  Milo,  128;  Miles  le,  and  Jolianna  Band, 
intended  wife,  121. 

Nicholas  le,  Nicholaus,  406,  417 ;  Nicholas  le, 
juror,  of  Kencott,  318;  Nicholaus,  juror,  of 
Sopworth,  482  ;  Nicholaus  le,  of  Brockhampton, 
i34>  '35)  snd  Wiliielmus  le,  his  brother,  134. 
See  Nicholaus  le  Franceis,  133. 

Osbertus,  viii,  4S3. 

Peter  le,  preceptor  of  St.  Wolstan,  500;  Peter  le, 
of  Northampton,  290. 

Radulph  le,  207. 

Reginald  de,  Reginaldus,  356;  Reginald  le,  reeve, 
of  Bideford,  104;  Reginaldus  le,  of  Bristol,  146; 
Reginald,  of  Maidenhead,  Alice,  relict  of,  16, 
and  son  Reginald,   17. 


5?: 


INDEX. 


Franch,  etc.,  continued. 

Reynald,  mayor  of  Bristol,  146;  Reynold,  bailiS 
of  Bristol,   145. 

Richard  le,  Ricardus,  505 ;  Richard,  prior  of  Tan- 
ridge,  410;  Ricardus  le,  juror,  of  Hughendou, 
33;  Ricardus  le,  juror,  of  Stanford,  17;  Ricardus 
le,  juror,  of  Stotfold,  1 1 ;  Ricardus  le,  of  Babiug- 
ton,  361;  Richardus  le,  of  Blagdon,  374;  Ri- 
cardus le,  of  Broomfield,  349;  Richard,  of  Can- 
terbury, 195 ;  Ricardus  le,  of  Cheadle,  394 ;  Ri- 
chardus, of  Chedzoy,  366;  Richard  le,  of  Wor- 
plesdon,  413. 

Robert  le,  Robertus,  157,  204,  366,  425 ;  Robert, 
member  of  Parliament  for  Horsham,  423;  Rob- 
ert, burgess  of  Bramber,  421;  Robert,  burgess  of 
Horsham,  422;  Robertus  le,  manucaptor,  417, 
419,  423,  425;  Robertus  le,  of  Northampton, 
290 ;  Robertus  le,  of  Ockley,  and  soil  Robert, 
414;  Robertus,  of  Tickhill,  and  wife  Sibilla, 
553;  Robert  le,  and  Elena,  widow  of,  417;  Rob- 
ert, and  wife  Isabella,  1 13 ;  Robert  le,  and  son 
Robert,  and  Isabel,  wife  of  Robert,  2d,  422. 

Roger  le,  Rogerus,  28,  175,  176,  363;  Rogerus  le, 
juror,  of  Stotfold,  11;  Rogerus  le,  of  Evesham, 
500;  Roger,  of  Maidenhead,  wife  Margeret,  and 
son  John,  16;  Roger  le,  of  Wellington,  337. 

Simon  le,  knight,  475,  476,  477,  4S5 ;  Simon,  and 
wife  Hawise,  260,  261. 

Stephen  de,  master,  251. 

Thomas  le,  146,  239,  361;  Thomas,  chaplain  of 
Holy  Cross  Temple,  Bristol,  147;  Thomas,  juror 
of  Idbury,  323 ;  Thomas  le,  manucaptor,  433 ; 
Thomas  le,  of  Bradley,  son  of  William  and  Agnes 
le  Fraunceys,  347,  348 ;  Thomas,  of  Hartlepool, 
119;  Thomas,  of  Mitford,  303;  Thomas,  of  Pol- 
lington,  and  wife  Elena,  547;  Thomas,  of  Wad- 
worth,  and  \vife  Margareta,  553 ;  Thomas  le,  of 
Wotton,  414,  415. 

Walter,  Walterus  le,  of  Great  Torrington,  son  Hen- 
ricus  le,  and  Margeria  de  Yunstapel,  wife  of 
Henricus  le,  loi ;  Walter,  of  Maidenhead,  and 
wife  Emma,  16;  Walterus  le,  of  Newton,  370; 
Walter,  and  daughter  Margaret,  264 ;  Walter  le, 
and  son  William,  114. 

William  le,  Willelmus,  14,  141,  167,  201,  407,  419, 
423,  477;  William,  bailiff  of  the  liberty  of  Queen 
Philippa,  474 ;  Willelmus  le,  juror,  of  Biggles- 
wade, 10 ;  Willelmus  le,  juror,  of  Fawsley  hun- 
dred, 291;  Willelmus,  juror,  of  Letcombe,  19; 
Willelmus,  juror,  of  Lillington,  115;  Willelmus, 
juror,  of  iNIaidwell,  292 ;  Willelmus  le,  juror,  of 
Mottisfont,  168;  Willelmus,  juror,  of  Rogate, 
424;  Willelmus  le,  juror,  of  Sulham,  24;  Wiil- 
elmus  le,  juror,  of  Tjiiehara,  1 13 ;  Willelmus  le, 
manucaptor,  171,  420;  William,  royal  orders  for 
Windsor  Castle,  palace  of  Westminster,  and  tov\-n 
of  Calais,  24 ;  Willelmus  le,  of  Arle,  367 ;  Will- 
elmus  le,   of    Auecheston,   473;    William  le,  of 


Franch,  etc.,  continned. 

Canterbury,  195,  ig6;  William,  of  Fingiinghoe, 
130;  Willelmus  le,  in  Norton,  360;  Willelmus 
le,  of  Sutton  Downes,  68 ;  Willelmus,  in  Stoke, 
368. 

Yvo  le,  and  wife  Felicia,  163. 
Francigena. 

Albertus,  279,  2S0,  2S2,  401 ;  and  Reginaldus,  his 
brother,  279. 

Baldwinus,  S. 

Gilbertus,  479. 

Herlewinus,  of  Waltham,  216,  217. 

Hugo,  alias  Franceys,  322. 

Humfridus,  knight,  493. 

John,  Johannes,  alias  Franciscus,  P'ranceis,  parson 
of  Caldbeck,  v,  71,  72,  73,  74,  75,  76,  536,  537; 
Johannes,  alias  Franciscus,  rector  of  Adlingfleet, 
546,  547;  John,  canon  of  Lichfield,  386;  Jo- 
hannes, alias  Franciscus,  P'raunceys,  of  Mebum 
Maud,  baron  of  the  Exchequer,  escheator,  jus- 
tice, king's  clerk,  son  of  Hugh  le  Fraunceys,  78, 
265,  452,  453,  454,  455,  456,  457,  458,  459,  460, 
461,  462,  463,  464,  465,  466,  467,  468,  470,  471; 
Dominus  Johannes,  301. 

Nicholaus,  69. 

Radulius,  Radulphus,  257 ;  Radulphus,  and  wife 
Matilda,  513,  514. 

Robertus,  alias  Franceis,  wife  Cristiana,  nephew 
Alanus,  435,  436;  Robertus,  alias  Francesus,  426, 
427,  428,  429,  Hugo  and  Thomas,  his  sons,  426, 
42S,  429,  and  Robertus,  probably  grandson,  426, 
429. 

Rogerus,  338. 

Thoraldus,  513. 

Waltems,  alias  Franceis,  of  Normandy,  v. 

Willelmus,    77,     171,    258;    Willelmus,    and    wife 
Matilda  de  Gaumeton,  518. 
Franciscus,      ffranciscus,      Francescus,      Francesus, 
Fraunciscus. 

Alanus,  alias  Franceis,  of  Selby,  541,  542,  and 
son  Henricus,  542,  543. 

Gibertus,  164. 

Gyleminus,  211. 

Hamo,  of  Goldicote,  506. 

Henricus,  alias  Fraunceys,   of  Kingston,   173,  174, 

175- 

Hugo,  alias  Franceys,  and  wife  Dionisia,  259. 

John,  Johannes,  176,  294,  295,  503,  506;  John  le, 
Johannes,  alias  Francigena,  Franceis,  parson  of 
Caldbeck,  v,  71,  72,  73,  74,  75,  76,  536,  537; 
John,  alias  Francigena,  Franceys,  rector  of  Ad- 
iingtleet,  546,  547 ;  John  le,  alias  Francigena, 
Franceis,  of  Mebum  Maud,  baron  of  the  E.x- 
chequer,  escheator,  justice,  and  king's  clerk,  son 
of  Hugo  le  Fraunceys,  78,  265,  452,  453,  454,  455, 
456,  457,  458,  459,  460,  461,  462,  463,  464,  465, 
466,  467,  468,  470,  471;  John,  juror,  504. 

Martinus,  202. 


INDEX. 


573 


Franciscus,  etc.,  contiimed. 

Nicholas,   165 ;    Nicholas,  abbot   of   St.  Michael's 

Mount,  6g. 
P.,  498- 
Petrus,  499. 
Radulfus,  351. 

Ricardus  le,  430;   Ricardus,  alias  Franceis,  107. 
Robertus,    502 ;    Robertus,    alias   Francigena,    426, 

427,  428,  429,  Hugo  and  Thomas,  his  sons,  426, 

428,  429,  and  Robertus,  probably  grandson,  426, 
429. 

Rogerus,  176. 

Simon,  499;  Simon,  of  Upton,  511. 

Uctred,  alias  Franceys,  Si. 

W.,  108. 

Walterus,  224,  325,  424 ;  Waltenis,  of  Alderminster, 
510. 

Willelmus,  43,  521 ;  Willelmus,  bailiff  of  Condover 
hundred,  339;  Willelmus,  of  Benham,  18. 
Francois. 

Ricardus  le,  minter,  265,  266;  Richard,  juror,  202. 

Robertus  le,  of  Langley,  437,  438. 

Thomas,  374. 

William,  juror,  202. 
Francus,  de  Franco. 

Alan,  alias  Franceis,  3S2,  387. 

Galfridus,  371. 

Johannes,  288;  Johannes,  and  Simon,  knight,  of 
Har',  his  brother,  Emma,  wife  of  Simon,  and 
Humfridus,  heir  of  Simon,  316,  317. 

Reinerus,  281. 

Ricardus,  serjeant,  no;  Ricardus,  of  Oxford  City, 
317;  Richard,  and  son  Fulk,  355. 

Robertus,  222 ;  Robertus,  of  Newcastle,  and 
Petrus,  his  servant,  389;  Robertus,  of  Stan- 
ford, 394;  Robertus,  178,  and  son  Willelmus, 
178,  179. 

Willelmus,  130,  388,  534. 
Frankays,  Frankes,  Frankyse. 

Adam,  of  Gilling,  530. 

Emma,  529. 

John,  529. 
Frankleyn,  Willelmus,  478. 
Frans',  Thomas,  553. 
Frederick,  Roman  emperor,  447. 
Freeman,  Frenian. 

Joan,  148. 

Johannes,  63. 

William  le,  186. 
Freisne,  Walterus  del,  170. 
Frent,  Johanna  le,  146. 
Frevil,  Frevile,  Ricardus  de,  57,  62. 
Frie,  Sybil  la,  482. 
Frier,  William  de  la,  418. 
Frimingeham,  Galfridus  de,  198. 
Frith,  Henricus  de,  and  Petris,  his  brother,  281. 
Froditonia,  Rogerus  praetor  of,  158. 
Froille,  Robert  de,  151. 


Frome. 

Gilbert  de,  and  wife  Margary,  340. 

Willelmus  de,  knight,  171. 
Fromond,  Galfridus,  abbot  of  Glastonbury,  484. 
Frowick,    Thomas    de,     clericus     mercati     hospitii 

Domini  Regis,  180. 
Froysh,  Thomas,  39S. 
Frumentius. 

Ricardus,  217. 

Robertus,  217. 
Fulcredus,  brother  of    Robertus,  and  Baldricus,  son 

of  Robertus,  257. 
FuUere,  Philippus  le,  415. 
Fullone. 

Johannes,  362. 

Radulfus,  552. 
Fulrichich,  Robert  de,  222. 
Fumes,  Fumeus. 

Robert  de,  308. 

Symon  de,  57. 
Furno,  Johannes  de,  daughters,  Alicia,   Emma,  and 
Juliana,  wife  of  Willelmus  de  PykerjTige,  315. 


Galdington,   Henricus  de,  rector  of  Grossemer,  kins- 
man  of   Johannes   Francigena,  parson  of   Cald- 
beck,  536. 
Galloway,  Alan,  lord  of,  47,  Dervergull,  his  daugh- 
ter, wife  of  John  de  Baliol,  191,  304. 
Gardener,  Gardyner. 

Reginaldus  le,  and  Thomas  le,  his  son,  397. 
Richard,  180. 
William  le,  397. 
Garendon,  abbot  of,  223. 
Garland,  Garlaund,  William  de,  20,  81. 
Garthorpe,  Ranulf  de,  89. 
Garwyntone,  Rogerus  de,  201. 
Gate,  Robert  ate,  231. 
Gater,  Walterus,  10 1. 
Gatesdene,  John  de,  knight,  125. 
Gatton,  Gattun,  Gacton. 
Gaufridus  de,  429. 
Robert,  198. 
Gaumeton,    Matilda   de,   wife   of   Willelmus  Franci- 
gena, 51S. 
Geldeforde,  Robertus  de,  352. 
Gemel,  Walterms,  299. 
Gentyl,   Nicholaus,    knight,  member  of   Parliament, 

417. 
Gerberd,  Willelmus,  justice,  478. 
Gerendon,  abbey  of  St.  Mary  of,  223. 
Gerewell,  Geoffrey,  523. 
Geri. 
Henricus,  382. 
Ralph,  435. 
Germeni,  Robertus,  106. 


574 


INDEX. 


Germunvill,  Gilbertus  de,  363. 
Gemet. 

Benedictus,  209,  210. 

Johannes  de,  of  Caton,  210. 
Gemon,  Gemun. 

Radululphus,  395. 

Randolp  de,  earl  of  Chester,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  79. 
Gersiz,  Galfridus  clerk  of,  109. 
Giffard,  Clyffard. 

Elyas,  478. 

Gilbertus,  477,  47S,  4S5. 

Hugo,  47S. 

John,  333. 

Osbertus,  319. 

Robertus,  monk  of  Glastonbury,  4S3. 

Walter,  xii. 

Willelmus,  sheriff  of  Norfolk,  283,  285. 
Gilebertus,  Ysaak,  429. 
Gille,  Moyses,  and  Joan,  his  wife,  103. 
Gillecruce,  Robert  vicar  of,  77. 
Gilor',  Johannes  de,  sheriff  of  London,  454. 
Gisselham,  Gyselyngham. 

Willelmus  de,  king's  representative,   199,  474,  475, 
476,  4S0,  4S5. 
Githericheforth,  Thomas,  299. 
Glauvill,  Glanville. 

Anselm  de,  155. 

Rannulphus  de,  justice,  434. 
Glastonbury,  Glaston. 

Abbey  of,  373,  483,  484,  494. 

Abbot  of,  359,  372,  484. 

Adam,  abbot  of,  482. 

Robert,  abbot  of,  357,  358. 

Robert  Giffard,  monk  of,  4S3. 

Rogerus,  abbot  of,  484. 
Glindle,  GhTidele. 

John  de,  Robert  de,  his  son,  and  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of   Solomon  de   Hodleghe,  wife   of   Robert, 
123,  433- 
Gloucester,  Glovemia. 

Abbot  of  St.  Peter's,  141,  143. 

Bailiffs  of  the  earl  of,  144. 

Earl  of,  32,  60,  61,  no,  in.     See  also  Clare. 

Henricus,  abbot  of  St.  Peter's,  135,  136. 

Johannes,  abbot  of  St.  Peter's,  140. 

Monastery  of  St.  Peter's,  140,  141,  157. 

Monks  of  St.  Peter's,  144,  145. 

Robertus  de,    133;    Robert,  earl  of,  and   Matilda, 
his  daughter,  countess  of  Chester,  3S3. 

Sheriff  of,  137,  139. 

Thomas    de,    abbot    of    Evesham,    439;    Thomas, 
abbot  of  St.   Peter's,   139. 

Walterus  de,  escheator  and  inquisitor,  345,  3S0. 
Glychesfeld,  John  de,  1 14. 
Cinawepeny,  Roger,  145. 
Gnowshale,  Ricardus  de,  43S. 
Gobaud,  Geoffrey,  235. 
Goby,  John,  senior,  and  Johanna,  his  daughter,  264. 


Godard,  John,  326. 

Godarviir,  Walterus  de,  289. 

Godchep,  Hamo,  sheriff  of  London,  244. 

Godecnave,  Rogerus,  438. 

Godesfeld',  Ricardus  de,  405. 

Godman,  \\'illelraus,  102. 

Godyscalk,  John,  205. 

Golde,  Willelmus,  68. 

Goldington,  Goldinton. 

Peter  de,  178. 

Willelmus  de,  451. 
Goldstan,  William  de,  390. 
Gonnyld,  Walterus,  292. 
Gorges,  Radulhus  de,  sheriff  of  Devon,  267. 
Gosefeld,  Reginaldus  de,  149. 

Gospatric,  527,  528;  Dolfin,  his  son,  Roger  de  Dal- 
ton,  son  of  Dolfin,  and  Wiltmari,  Roger's  daugh- 
ter, wife  of  Norman  Travers,  528. 
Gossich,  R.  de,  379. 
Gofers,  Ellen  atte,  214. 
Goumeye,  Gumay,  Gumeye. 

Anselmus  de,  362. 

Hugh  de,  83. 

Thomas  de,  376. 
Gousel,  Gousle. 

Ralph,  knight,  519. 

Walter  de,  knight,  96. 
Gouwyk,  Johannes,  415. 
Gowiz,  Brian  de,  367. 
Goyz. 

Michael  le,  357. 

Y.  le,  358. 
Grafton,  see  Crafton. 
Granforth,  Walterus  de,  and  William  de,  his  brother, 

257- 
Grant,  David  le,  27. 

Gras,  Richard  le,  abbot  of  Evesham,  439. 
Grave,  William  prior  of,  12. 
Gravele,  Robert  de,  181. 
Gray,  Grey. 

Henricus,  14. 

Robertus  de,  and  Isabella,  his  mother,  331. 

Thomas,  justice,  119. 
Great  Malveme,  prior  of,  30,  502. 
Green,  Grene. 

Henricus  de  la,  63. 

Jordan  de  la,  89. 

Nicholaus  de  la,  136. 

Richard  de  la,  214. 

Thomas  super  le,  214. 
Grene  Lane,  Roger  de  la,  22 ;  and  Alice,  his  wife,  23. 
Grenestede,  Walterus  clerk  of,  42S. 
Greseleg,  Geoffrey  de,  389. 
Gretingham,  Willelmus  de,  403. 
Grey,  see  Gray. 
Greynvile. 

Alice   de,  mother  of   Thomas  de    Hakewille,    the 
elder,  103. 


INDEX, 


575 


Greyiivile,  continued. 

Bartholomew    de,    and    Richard    de,    knight,    his 
brother,  103. 
Greystock,  baron  of,  303. 
Grim,  Grym. 

Robert,  441,  442. 

Walter,  442. 
Grimbald,  Petrus,  baron  of  the  Exchequer,  454. 
Grimston,  William  de,  520. 
Gripe,  Adam,  300. 
Grippel,  Robert,  130. 
Griselim,  Reginaldus,  430. 
Grovesende,  William  de,  100. 
Grym,  see  Grim. 
Gudrintone. 

Gerardus  de,  137. 

Willelmus  de,  137. 
Guisbrough,  Gyseburae,  prior  of,  533,  535. 

Priory  of  St.  JNIary  of,  532,  533,  534. 

Ralph,  prior  of,  534. 

Robertas,  master  of  the  work  of  St.  Mary  of,  534. 

Stephanus,  master  of  the  work  of  St.  Mary  of,  534. 
Gumay,  Gumey,  see  Goumeye. 

Guthmmid,  Hugh,  500,  501 ;  and  Ranulf,  his  son,  501. 
Gutmundus,  and  Robert,  his  stepson,  257. 
Guymplere,  Amice  le,  230. 
Gyen,  Robertus,  356. 
Gyffard,  see  Giffard. 
Gyselyngham,  see  Gisselham. 


H 


Haddon,  Richard  de,  and  Simon  de,  his  son,  291. 
Haftere,  Robertus  le,  430. 
Hage,  Willelmus  de  la,  36. 
Hagham,  Hegham. 

Robert  le,  and  Idonia,  his  wife,  mother  of  Edward 
le  Blund,  244. 

Rogerus  de,  king's  representative,  470,  471. 
Haghmon,  see  Haughmond. 
Haket,  Th.,  231. 
Hakewille,    Thomas    de,    Alice    de    Greynvile,    his 

mother,  and  Thomas,  his  son,   103. 
Haldeg',  Radulphus,  121. 
Hale. 

John  de  la,  410;  Johannes  in  le,  34. 

Robertus  atte,  415  ;  Robert  de,  rector  of  Elton,  188 ; 
Robert  de,  clerk,  1S6. 

Stephanus  de,  and  Robert,  his  son,  190. 
Haleford,  Robertus  de,  222. 
Hambrach,  William  de  la,  410. 
Hamme. 

John  de,  knight,  167. 

Walter  de,  and  Euginia,  his  wife,  18. 
Hamptone,  Hamptona,  Hamtone. 

Hospital  of,  108. 

Philippus  de,  323. 


Hamptone,  Hamptona,  Hamtone,  contiimed. 

Rogerus  de,  109. 

William,  bailiff  of  Hythe,  204. 
Hanburg'. 

Lucas  de,  237. 

Radulfus  de,  541. 
Hankyn,  Robertus,  10. 
Harcla,  Michael  de,  79. 
Hardel,   Willelmus,   416;    Willelmus,   custos   of   the 

mint  of  London  and  Canterbury,  266. 
Harden,  see  also  Arden  and  Ardem. 

W.  de,  commissioner,  150. 

Willelmus  de,  380. 
Hardewine,  Robertus,  109. 
Hare,  Heuricus,  51. 
Hareines. 

Galfridus  de,  236. 

Thomas  de,  236;  and  Elias,  his  son,  235. 
Harengot,  Stephanus,  194. 

Harley,  Harle,  Maculine  de,  escheator,  339,  493. 
Harmere,  Hamere,  Mil'  de,  429. 
Harper,  John  le,  and  Alicia,  his  wife,  526. 
Haslintune,  Robertus,  parson  of,  534. 
Hasting,  Hasteng,  Hastinges,  Hastyne,  Hastyngs. 

Johannes  de,  277. 

Juliana,  14S. 

Ricardus  de,  presbyter,  429. 

Thomas  de,  and  Thomas,  his  son,  450. 

Umfridus,  120. 

Willelmus  de,  395. 
Hatfield  Broad-Oak,   Haffeld   Regis,  monks  of,  124, 

125. 
Hattere,  Robertus  le,  134. 
Hatton,  Hugh  de,  William,  his  son,  and  Maud,  wife 

of  William,  444. 
Hauckeham,  Brienus  de,  428. 
Hauckherst,  Hereward  de,  425. 
Hauenok',  William,  311. 
Haughmond,  Haghmon  Abbey,  334,  345. 
Hauirington,  Haurington. 

Adam  de,  450. 

Robert  de,  knight,  470. 
Hauteclo,  Gilbert  de,  464,  466. 
Hautepas,  Geoffrey,  151. 

Haverberge,  Johannes,  son  of  the  chaplam  of,  290. 
Haverhill,    HaverhuU,    HaihuU,    HaveruUe,    Hauer- 
huUe,     Willelmus    de,    king's    treasurer,    clerk, 
canon  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  266,  454,  456,  458, 
461,  462. 
Haversham,  Nicholas  de,  509. 
Haveryngdoune,  John  de,  33. 
Hawyk,  Hugo  de,  300. 
Hay,  Hale,  Haya,  Haye. 

Robert  de  la,  justice,  440. 

Rogerus  de,  173. 

Thomas  atte,  146. 

Willelmus  de  la,  57. 
Hayton,  Thomas  de,  541. 


576 


INDEX. 


Heavere. 

Ralp  de,  123. 

William  de,  123. 
Heddon,  Hedon. 

CHlbertus  de,  405. 

Johannes  de,  303,  304. 
Hegham,  see  Hagham. 
Heiling,  Alanus  de,  237. 
Heir,  Joliannes  le,  134. 
Hem,  Clemente,  loS. 
Heraiugford,  Nichola  de,  192,  193. 
Hengham,  R.  de,  justice,  392. 
Henner,  Willielmus  de,  42. 

Henry  I.,  viii,  ix,   152,  265,  279,  280,  282,  497;  Ma- 
tilda, his  first  wife,    265,   279,  282 ;    Adelize,  his 
second   wife,  279,  280;  and  Maud,  the  empress, 
his  daughter  by  Queen  Matilda,  547. 
Henry   II.,   106,  471,  497;  and  Maud,  his  daughter, 

107. 
Henry  III.,  8,  137,  266,  283,  295,  318,  447,  454,  465, 

471,  480,  481,  497,  531. 
Hentelune,  John,  23. 
Herdely,  Yerdely,  Fabian  de,  i5i,  162. 
Herdew^ke,  Simon  de,  213. 
Herdington,  see  Erdington. 
Herebert. 

Simon,  501. 

Willielhmus,  and  Deonissia,  his  wife,  133. 
Herecurth,  Robertus  de,  and  Willielmus,  his  son,  438. 
Hereford. 

Bishop  of,  134,  203. 

Dean  of,  3S6. 

Earl  of,  see  Bohun. 

Milo,  earl  of,  153. 

Sheriff  of,  171,  173,  175. 

Sibilla,  countess  of,  153. 

Willielmus,  bishop  of,  377,  378. 
Heremod,  Alan,  and  son  Lambert,  232. 
Heringaud,  Johannes  de,  member  of  Parliament,  433. 
Herletinghes,  Simon  de,  430. 
Hermestorp,   John  de,  master  of  the  hospital  of  St. 

Katherine,  252. 
Hermite,  Andrew  le,  185. 
Hertford. 

Alan  de,  524,  Ivo,  his  son,   523,   John,  son  of  Ivo, 
523,  524,  525  ;  Thomas,  son  of  John,  525. 

Earls  of,  see  Clare. 

Sheriff  of,  139,  457,  460,  464. 
Hertrugge,  Ricardus  le,  34. 
Herueton,  John  de,  501. 

Hervei,  Johannes,  clerk  of  the  diocese  of  Dol,  269. 
Hervis',  Rogerus,  and  Johannes,  his  son,  13. 
Hese,  Robertus  les,  128. 
Hetheing«dena,  Guillelmus  de,  158. 
Hetheye,  Thomas  de,  504. 
Heton,  Willelmus  de,  209,  210. 
Heuere,  Heure.'Hever,  Gilbertus  de,  405. 

William  de,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  197. 


Heved,  Alexander,  59. 
Heveningham,  Philippus  de,  knight,  397. 
Hextildesham,  Walterus  de,  299. 
Hide,  Hyde. 

John   de,  knight,  66;    John  de,  and  William,  his 
son,  65. 

William  atte,  169. 

William  de,  and  John,  his  son,  66. 
Hidon,  heirs  of  Richard  de,  98. 
Hinded,  Petrus  de,  428. 
Hindedal,  Ricardus  de,  428. 
Hiwis,  Gilbert  de,  352. 
Ho,  Hoo,  Robertus  de,  42,  54. 
Hodekenas,  Willelmus,  133. 

Hodelleston,  John  de,  and  Thomas,  his  son,  525. 
Hodleghe,  Solomon  de,  and  his  daughter  Margaret, 

wife  of  Robert  le  Glindle,  123. 
Holdeswithe,  Richard  de,  375. 
Holebrok,  Richard  de,  knight,  398. 
Holgotcastle,  Thomas  de,  340. 
Holm,  Holme. 

Monks  of,  106. 

Ricardus,  abbot  of  St.  Benedict  of,  2S2. 

Thomas  de,  10. 
Holmcoltram,  Holcoltram,  Hulmcultram. 

Abbot  of,  71,  75,  77. 

Monks  of,  73,  469. 
Holta,  Holte,  Hoult,  Hoults. 

Robertus  de,  clerk,  482. 

Walterus  de,  and  Robertus  de,  his  son,  482. 

Willelmus,  19,  429. 
Holtby,  Willelmus  de,  531. 
Honford,  John  de,  and  Geoffrey,  his  son,  66. 
Horbir',  Robert  de,  311. 
Hordwych,  William  de,  346. 
Hore,  William  le,  502. 
Horn,  Johannes,  430. 
Horsesdekene,  Henricus,  400. 
Horsmeg'e,  Gilbertus  le,  259. 
Horssepathe,  Nicholas  de,  333. 
HorssjTigton,  Nicholas  de,  369. 
Horton,  Hortune. 

Nicholas  de,  rector  of  Rayleigh,  127. 

Willelmus  de,  knight,  482. 
Hosat,  Hosatus. 

Atselinus,  351. 

Henricus,  and  Robertus,  his  brother,  351. 

William,  350. 
Hosebond,  Hosebund. 

Helena  le,  16. 

William,  28. 
Hospitario,  Hugo,  513. 
Hosprenge,  Gerusasius  de,  and  Herueus,  his  nephew, 

195.     See  also  Ospring. 
Hoth,  Johannes  del,  bailiff  of  Taverham,  2S6. 
Hothlegh,   Salomon  de,  and  Margaret,  his  daughter, 

wife  of  Robert  de  Glyndele,  433. 
Hou,  Adam  de  le,  71. 


INDEX. 


577 


Houchesgard,  Willelmus  de,  513. 

Houton,    Robertus   de,   and   Robertus,   his   son,   37; 

heirs  of  Robertus  de,  38. 
Hoveringham,  Simon  de,  307. 
Howelle,  John  de,  366. 
Hucon,  Willelmus  de,  107. 
Hude,  Geoffrey,  160. 
Huggeford,  Nicholas  de,  390. 
Huke,  Hupe,  Johannes,  428,  429. 
Huldemcle. 

Richard,  163. 

Thomas,  164. 
Hull,  Hulle. 

Henry  de  la,  207. 

Hugh  de  la,  172. 

Johannes  de  la,  bailiff  of  Condover  hundred,  339. 

Richard  del,  313. 
Humfrey,  Willelmus,  11. 
Hund,  Ricardus,  541. 
Hunetorpe,  Gervase  de,  307. 
Hunt,  William,  41S. 
Huntercumbe,   William   de,   467 ;    William   de,   and 

Isabella,  his  wife,  302. 
Huntewicke,  Henry  de,  539. 
Huntingdon. 

David,  brother  of  William,  king  of  Scotland,  earl 
of,  125. 

Earl  of,  see  Senlis. 

Sheriff  of,  64,  189. 

Thomas,  clerk,  182. 
Huntingfeld. 

Johannes  de,  knight,  397. 

Willelmus  de,  60;  Willelmus  de,  knight,  396,  397. 
Huppahille,  Huthelina,  100. 
Hume,  Johannes  in  le,  32. 
Hurst. 

Peter  de,  and  Richard,  his  son,  372. 

Robertus  de  la,  and  Agnes,  his  daughter,  413. 

Thomas  de,  and  Mabel,  his  wife,  421. 
Huscal,  Reinbaldus,  and  Ricardus,  his  nephew,  351. 
Huse. 

Henricus,  knight,  476. 

Hugo,  475. 
Hynghowe,    Rogerus  de,    and    Johannes,   his    wife, 

300. 
Hyston,  Jacobus  de,  39. 
Hyxdedale  Hardinch,  Ricardus  de,  429. 


Inge,  Inges. 
Hugo  de,  121. 

Willelmus,    knight,  268 ;  Willelmus,    king's  repre- 
sentative, 449. 
Ingerram,    Walter,    532,     533;    and    Willelmus,    his 

uncle,  534. 
Innocent  IV.,  Pope,  75,  76,  536. 


Insula. 

Bartholomeus  de,  log. 

John  de,  justice,  300. 

Robert  de,  48,  49. 

Willelmus  de,  justice,  238,  497. 
Ippestan,  Willelmus  de,  283. 
Ireby,  Yreby. 

Orim  de,  William,    his  son,  John   de,    nephew   of 
William,  and  John  de,  son  of  John  de,  77. 

William  de,  464. 
Ireys,  William  le,  424. 
Isabel,  Queen,  daughter  of   Philip  tlie  Fair,  king  of 

France,  and  consort  of  King  Edward  II.,  268. 
Isabel,   sister  of  King  Henry  III.,  aid  for  her  mar- 
riage to  Frederick,  the  Roman  emperor,  447. 
Isabel,  Coimtess,  22. 
Isembarde,  Robertus,  109. 
Isperote,  Adam,  299. 
Ivichorn",  Reginaldus,  357. 


Janitor,  Radulphus,  430. 
Jerusalem. 

Fraternity  of  St.  John  of,  147. 

Hospital  of,  14,  156,  436. 

Prior  of  the  hospital  of,  304. 
Jocio,  Radulphus  de,  107. 
John,  king  of  England,  39,   112,  276,  28S,  375,  497; 

and  Isabel,  his  daughter,  447. 
Jordan,  Jurdane. 

Henricus,  provost  of  Great  Torrington,  102. 

Nicholas,  205. 

Thomas,  205. 

William,  28,  214. 
Jorvalle,  Jorevalle,  abbot  of,  529,  530. 
Joute,  Thomas,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  1S6. 
Jovene,  Richard  le,  393. 

Juvenis,  Juuenis,  Johannes,  540,  and  his  sons,  Hen- 
ricus, 540,  541,  542,  and  Johannes,  540,  541. 


K 


Kachelowe,  Johannes,  320. 
Kalva,  Willelmus  de,  knight,  482. 
Kanleby,  Isabella  de,  231. 
Karentehame. 

Henricus  de,  108. 

W.  de,  108. 
Karevill,  Radulphus  de,  295. 
Kellesby,  Ricardus  de,  abbot  of  Selby,  540. 
Kelleseye,  Johannes  de,  rector  of  Uppnigham,  320. 
Kellet,  Ormus  or  Hormus  de,  209,  210. 
Kelseie,  Robert  de,  alderman  of  London,  244. 
Kendale,  William  de,  524. 
Keng',  Roger  le,  65. 


578 


INDEX. 


Kenilwortli,  canons  and  cliiirch  of  St.  Mary  of,  436, 

437>  438. 
Keningford,    Walter     de,     Margaret,    his    wife,    and 

Alice,  their  daughter,  wife  of  John  Abel,  340. 
Kent,  Kant,  Kantia. 

Davet  de,  393. 

John  de,  of  I'irmingham,  444. 

Michael  de,  393. 

Sheriff  of,  194,  203,  455,  467. 

Willelnius  de,  215. 
Kenteys,  Willelmus  de,  168. 
Kere,  Robertiis,  rector  of  Little  Leighs,  124. 
Keu. 

Robertiis  le,  250. 

Roger  le,  311. 
Keustock. 

Bernard,  70. 

Robert,  70. 
Keynes,  Johannes  de,  35. 
Kilkenni,  Magister  Odo  de,  301. 
Kinardeby,  Ricardus  de,  63. 
Kingeston,  Walterus  de,  174,  175. 
Kirkby,  Kirkeby,  John  de,  king's  treasurer,  362,  331- 
Kirkstall. 

Abbey  of,  546. 

Monks  of,  550. 

Walter,  abbot  of,  550. 
Knights'  Temple,  Hiemericns,  master  of,  25. 
Knoll,  Radulph  de  la,  489. 
Knyst,  Thomas  le,  499. 
Kokerel,    Robert,   and    Joan,   his  wife,   daughter   of 

Lora  de  Ros,  398. 
Kylby,  Nicholas,  264. 
Kylpec,  Hugo  de,  176. 
Kynunerley,  Robert  de,  309. 
Kynardesey,  Stephen  de,  311. 


Lacy,  Lecey,  Lasceyo. 

Henry  de,  earl  of  Lincoln,  and  Margaret,  his  wife, 
daughter     of    Willelmus     de     Longespee,    328; 
Henry  de,  547,   548,   551,    Matilda,    his   mother, 
551,  and  Robert,  his  son,  548;   Henry  de,  52. 
Hugh  de,  345. 
Lade,  William  de  la,  31. 
Laese,  Alan  de  la,  200. 
Lamb,  Lonib. 
John,  and  Clemencia,  his  wife,  195. 
Robert  le,  and  Alice,  sometime  his  wife,  afterward 
wife  of  Kartholomeus  Cornesarius,  431. 
Lambum,  Mauricius  de,  and  Gilbert  de,  his  son,  121. 
Lamoc,  Richard,  509. 
Lancaster,  Lancastre. 
Duke  of,  545. 

Edmund  Crouchback,  brother  of    Edward  L,  earl 
of,  86,  87,  215,  221. 


Lancaster,  Lancastre,  continued. 

Harald  de,  and  Adam,  and  Orm,  his  sons,  211. 

Prior  of,  208,  210,  211. 

Roger  de,  211,  212  ;   Roger  de,  king's  seneschal,  80. 

Sheriff  of,  208. 

Thomas,  earl  of,  268. 

Willelmus  de,  3d,  and  Agnes  de  Brus,  his  wife,  458. 
Landien,  Richard,  and  Margery,  widow  of,  346. 
Lane,  John  in  the,  394. 
Lanercost,  prior  of,  461. 
Langdale,  Alan,  521. 
Langdyke,  Alan,  520. 
Langetaylur,  John  le,  i6g. 
Langetoft,  John  de,  and  Alice,  his  wife,  188. 
Langeton,  John  de,  466. 
Langewain,  Godwin,  23. 
Langford,  Langeford,  Langhefurd,  Langefar'. 

Eustacius  de,  129. 

Radulfus  de,  canon,  and  dean  of  St.  Paul's,   Lon- 
don, 257,  258. 

Rogerus  de,  in. 

Walterus  de,  in,  168. 
Langley,  nuns  of,  221. 
Lanlauerd,  John,  71. 
Lanthoney,  prior  of,  140. 
Lanum,  Thomas  de,  311. 
Lardiner,  Gilbert,  544. 
Lascelles,  Lascell.  ' 

Alan  de,  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  526. 

Thomas  de,  461. 

William  de,  466,  520,  521. 
Latimer,  Willelmus  de,  44. 
Lattone,  Andreas  de,  138. 
Laueley,  Michael  de,  335. 
Laund,  abbey  of,  215. 
Lawarde,  Willelmus  de,  3S2. 
Laycestre,  see  Leicester. 
Leche,  Robertus  le,  102. 
Lechin,  Henricus  le,  457. 

Ledbury,  William  de,  prior  of  Great  Malvenie,  30. 
Ledes,  Simon  de,  bailiff,  '552. 
Ledet,  Cristiana,  62. 

Ledwyc',  Rogerus  de,  and  Isabella,  his  wile,  171. 
Lee,  Nicholas  de,  210. 
Lega,  Leighs,  Lees. 

John  de,  291. 

Prior  of,  126. 

Richard  de,  and  Matilda  de  Dodeford,  his  daugh- 
ter, 291. 
Leicester,  Leicestria,  Laycestre. 

Abbey  of  St.  Mary  de  I'ratis  at,  224,  259. 

Abbot  of  St.  Mary  de  I'ratis  at,  218. 

Earl  of,  14. 

Edmund  Crouchback  (brother  of  Edward  I.),  earl 
of,  86,  87,  215,  221. 

Rad'  de,  454. 

Ricardus  de,  log,  214. 

Sheriff  of,  294. 


INDEX. 


579 


Lench,  Thomas  de,  500. 
Lenn,  see  Lynn. 
Lenton,  priory  of,  309. 
Leominster,  Lemynistre. 

Hereward  de,  98. 

Monks  of,  496. 
Lesewis,  Godefridus,  281. 
Leuingethorp,    Humfrey,  and  Osanna,  his  daughter, 

535- 
Level,    Terry,    and    Agnes,    liis    wife,    daughter    of 

Thomas  le  Fraunceys,  115. 
Lewes. 

Alanus,   nephew  of   tlie  prior  of    St.    Pancras,   at, 
427- 

Hugh,  prior  of  St.  Pancras,  at,  429. 

Monks  of  St.  Pancras  at,  426,  427,  429,  430. 

Priory  of  St.  Pancras  at,  427,  428. 
Lexinton,  Robert  de,  justice,  238,  248,  439,  440. 
Leye,  John  de  la,  335. 
Leynham,  Edmundus  de,  and  Alice  de  Buildwas,  his 

wife,  347. 
Leytthone,  Simon  de,  vicar  of  Westhamme,  122. 
Liberus,  Willielmus,  133. 
Lichelade,   Radulpus   de,  steward   of  the   bishop  of 

Bath,  archdeacon  of  Bath,  351,  352. 
Lidiard,  Radulfus  de,  justice,  372. 
Lille,  Robertus  de,  329. 
Limecot,  Johannes,  399. 
Lincoln,  Lincolnia. 

Alexander,  bishop  of,  321,  322. 

Alured  de,  I.,    105;  Alured  de,  II.,    105,    106,    107. 
See  Nichole. 

Bishop  of,  320,  324,  487. 

Earl  of,  60,  331.     See  Lacy,  and  Leicester. 

Ho.spital  of  the  Holy  Innocent,  without,  227. 

John,  earl  of,  454. 

Nicholas,  chancellor  of,  300. 

Sheriff  of,  232,  467. 
Lindesy,  Lyndesay. 

Walterus  de,  459. 

Willelmus  de,  448. 
Linet,  Hugo  de,  427,  428. 
Littlebury,  Litlebiri,  Lytlebir', 

Martin  de,  justice,  103,  114,  182,  391,  480. 
Lium,  Alexander  de,  534. 
Liuns,  see  Lyuns. 

Lodges,  Hugh  de,  and  Hugh  de,  his  son,  446. 
Lodinton,  Willelmus  de,  collector  of  aid,  447. 
Lofthous,  Wydo  de,  knight,  538. 
Lohering,  Willelmus  de,  8. 
Lomb,  see  Lamb. 
Lomley,  Ralph  de,  knight,  iig. 
London,  Londonia. 

Adrian  de,  and  John,  his  son,  408. 

Baldwin  de,  and  Johannes,  his  son,  227. 

Johannes  de,  438. 

Richard  de,  155,  390. 

Rogerus  de,  seneschal,  327. 


London,  city  of,  240. 

Aldermen  of,  Ankerinus  de  Aveme,  246;  John  le 
Feure,  246;  Nicholas  Farringdon,  246;  Ralph  le 
Feure,  246 ;  Robert  de  Kelsie,  244 ;  Thomas  de 
Ardene,  246;  William  Farringdon,  246. 

Bishops  of,  Fulco  Basset,  457,  458;  Mauricius, 
xii;  Richard  Belmeis,  255. 

Churches  of,  St.  Bennet,  Grasschurch,  245 ;  St. 
Faith's,  250;  St.  Margaret  Pattens,  244;  St. 
Matthew's  Friday  Street,  251 ;  St.  Michael  Pater- 
noster Royal,  261 ;  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  255 ; 
archdeacons  of,  Cyprianus,  Hugo,  and  Ricardus, 
258; — canons  of,  Gaufridus  filius  Wlfredi,  and 
Robertus,  his  brother,  257,  258;  Hubertus,  257, 
258;  Hugo  filius  Alberti,  257,  258;  Hugo  filius 
Generanni,  257,  258,  and  Robertus,  his  brother, 
257;  Johannes  le  Franceis,  248;  Nicolaus, 
257,  258;  Odo,  257;  Radufus  de  Langeford,  257, 
258;  Rannulfus,  257,  258;  Richard  de  Staunford, 
251 ;  Robertus  de  Auco,  258;  Robertus  de  Caem, 
257;  Teodoricus,  256,  257;  Teodoricus  juvenis, 
258;  Walterus  filius  Episcopi,  258;  Willelmus 
de  Calnia,  258;  Willelmus  de  Haverhill  or  Ha- 
verhull,  266,  454,  456,  458,  461,  462; — chaplain, 
Peter  de  Abedum,  251;  —  deans  of,  Henricus,  248 ; 
Radulfus  de  Langford,  258 ;  William,  255,  256, 
257,  258;  —  treasurer  of,  Alexander  Swereford, 
456,  457,  458;  —  St.  Sepulchre,  258. 

Coroner  of,  John  Charneye,  253. 

Hospital  of  St.  Katherine,  252. 

Mayors  of,  John  Norhamptone,  253  ;  John  de  Poul- 
teney,  122;  Nicholas  Farringdon,  246;  Radulfus 
Eswy,  456;  Reinerus  de  Bungei,  454;  Stephen 
de  Abyndon,  244. 

Serjeant  in,  John  Annore,  244. 

Sheriffs  of,  Adam  de  Basing,  456;  Hamo  Godchep, 
244;  Hugo  Blund,  456;  Johannes  de  Gilor', 
454 :  Ralph  le  Feure,  246 ;  William  de  Bodele, 
244. 

Wards  of,  Aldgate,  243;    Billingsgate,  244;    Bride 
Ward    Within,    245 ;     Farringdon,    245 ;     Vintry, 
261. 
Long,  Longus. 

Reginaldus  le,  430. 

Willielmus,  132. 
Longespee,  Longespe,  Lungespe. 

Ela,  countess  of  Warwick,  328. 

Ricardus,  knight,  327. 

Stephanus,  327. 

William,   327;    Willelmus   de,    and    Margaret,    his 
daughter,  wife  of  Henry  de  Lacy,  earl  of  Lincoln, 
328. 
Lord. 

John  le,  190;  John  le,  William  le,  his  son,  and 
John  le,  son  of  William  le,  188. 

Rogerus  le,  183. 
Lorimer,  Thomas,  552. 
Losewit,  Lossewit,  Roger  le,  441. 


58o 


INDEX. 


Loveday. 

Robertus  de,  324. 

Rogerus,  48. 
Lovel,  Lovell. 

Philippus  de,  clerk  of  tlie  Exchequer,  king's  treas- 
urer, 462. 

Radulplius,  60. 
Lovet,  Hugh,  500. 

Lovetoft,  Rogerus,  and  Thomas,  his  heir,  igo. 
Lowther,  Louthir. 

Gervase  de,  archdeacon  of  Carlisle,  74,  451. 

Thomas  de,  451. 
Lowys,  Galfridus,  g. 
Lucas,  Robert,  clerk,  130. 
Lucina,  J.,  cardinal  of  St.  Laurence's  in,  546. 
Lucy,  Luci. 

Geoffrey  de,  407. 

Godefridus  de,  justice,  377. 

Robert  de,  144. 

William  de,  sheriff  of  Warwick,  438,  439,  440. 
Ludgate,  Simon  de,  27. 
Ludinton,  Willelmus  de,  447. 
Lumbardus,  Picotus,  25S. 
Lunde,  Lund'. 

John  de,  155. 

Willelmus  de,  and  Roesia,  his  wife,  405. 
Lungespe,  see  Longespee. 
Iauis,  Johannes,  201. 
Lupus,  see  also  Wolf. 

Hugh,  of  Avrances,  earl  of  Chester,  538. 

Nicholas,  knight,  213. 
Lustehull,  Robertus  de,  knight,  475. 
Luveles,  Johannes,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  464. 
Luvetot,  Ricardus  de,  217. 
Lychpole,  Andreas  de,  knight,  420. 
Lydle,  Johannes  de,  201. 
Lynch,  Walter  atte,  422. 
Lyndesay,  see  Lindsy. 
Lynn,  Lenn,  Lym. 

Bailiffs  of,  97,  280. 

Mayor  of,  97,  280. 
Lyuns,  Liuns. 

Thomas  de,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  144. 

Willelmus  de,  knight,  159. 


M 

Mabeli,  Robertus,  loi. 
Macclesfeld,  Johannes  de,  justice,  143. 
Magaunt,  Alexander,  6i. 
Magister,  Albericus,  12S. 
Magister,  Henricus,  258. 
Magister,  Osmundus,  158. 
Magneby,  Willelmus  de,  513. 
Maiden  Bradley,  see  Bradley. 
Maidewelle,  Alan  de,  509. 


Maisnil,  see  Meynel. 

Makefare,  Robert,  274. 

Malclerk,  Walter,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  71,  72,   73,  74, 

467. 
l\Ialdone,  Johannes  de,  g. 
RLilens,  Nicholaus,  knight,  327. 
Malet,  Robert,  commissioner,  333. 
!\Ialeweyn,  John,  escheator,  502. 
Malfed,  Malfeth,  William,  427,  428,  429. 
Malmesbury. 

Abbot  of,  487,  489. 

John,  abbot  of,  488. 
Malo  Lacu,  Petrus  de,  553. 
Malo  passu,  David  de,  67. 

Malverne,  prior  of,  502.     See  also  Great  Malvenie. 
Man,  Nicholas  le,  161,  162. 
^Lindville,  Mannevile,  Maundewill. 

Earl  of,  57 . 

Goisfridus  de,  411. 

Willelmus,  earl  of,  178. 
Manestun',    Joudewin  de,   402,    403,   and   Willelmus 

de,  his  son,  402. 
Mankesey,  Robert  de,  igS. 
Manningham,  Robert  de,  vicar  of  Findon,  422. 
Mansel,  Humfrey,  353. 
Mansepe,  Willelmus,  512. 
Manubriator,  Robert,  430. 
Maperton,  Johannes  de,  183. 
Mar,  Hugo,  543. 
Mare,  Mara,  Mere. 

Henricus   de   la,    knight,   327,    409;    Henricus   de, 
justice,  464. 

Johannes  de  la,  397. 
Marevile,  Peter  de,  409. 
Margeria,  sister  of  the  earl,  174. 
Marham,  Nicholaus  de,  50. 
Marinis,  Marins. 

Alberic  de,  206. 

John  de,  243. 
Marisco. 

Christiana  de,  20. 

Henricus  de,  195. 
Markeby. 

Henry,  254. 

John,  goldsmitli,  and  Johanna  Frenssh,  his   wife, 
252. 

Prior  of,  230. 
Marleberg,  Marleberge. 

Constable  of,  493,  494. 

Prior  of  St.  Margaret  without,  493. 
Marmion,  Marmyon,  Marmium. 

Johannes,  325. 

Philippus,  325. 

Robertus,  justice,  377. 
Marshal,    Marsshall,    Marescal,    Mareschal,     Mares- 
callus. 

Adam,  382,  435,  540. 

Agnes  le,  498. 


INDEX. 


581 


Marshal,  etc.,  coiithnied. 
Earl,  50,  96. 
G.,  49S. 
Geoffrey  le,  97. 
John,  vicar  of  Stokeburi,  260. 
Peter,  125. 
Robertus  le,  146. 
Rogerus  le,  543. 

Thomas,  and  Auicia,  widow  of,  361. 
Willelmus,  earl  of  Pembroc,  2S8. 
Martell,  Martal,  Willelmus,  34,  43S. 
Marton,  William  de,  544. 
Wartyn,    Willelmus,  knight,  26S;    William,  webster, 

214. 
Mason,  Johannes  le,  431. 
Mathingeleia,   Ruelendus   de,    and  Jacobus   and    Ri- 

cardus,  his  sons,  158. 
Mauchael,  Mauschael,  Johannes,  449,  450. 
Maudut. 
Alexander,  61. 
Johannes,  319. 
Mauvaslet,  Adam,  and  Richard,  his  son,  3S6. 
Maiivesin,  Mauveseyin,  Mauvsyn. 

Henry,  336;  Henricus,  knight,  member  of  Parlia- 
ment, 381. 
Robertus,    3S7,    388,     Matilda,    his     mother,    and 
Alicia,  his  brother's  wife,  388. 
Maydenstane,  Robert  de,  rector  of  Michelmersh,  150. 
Mazun,  Walterus  le,  of  Hereford,  175. 
Mebunie,  Adam  de,  and  Willelmus,  his  son,  451. 
Medhell,  John  de,  12. 
Medicus,  Johannes,  341. 

Meinewaring,  Mesnilwaring,  Rogerus  de,  30,  67. 
Meisy,  Robertus  de,  constable  of  Marlborough,  494. 
Meleham,  Alanus,  lord  of,  Willelmus,  his  son,   and 
Petronella,  daughter  of   Willelmus   de,    wife   of 
Waltenis  de  Dunstanevile,  senior,  55. 
Melkeshani,  Willelmus  de,  27. 
Melleford,  Stephen  de,  coroner,  477. 
Melnho,  Robertus,  g. 
Melsa. 
Monastery  of,  514. 
Rogerus,  abbot  of,  521. 
Melsamby. 

Roger  de,  and  Simon,  his  son,  530. 
Theobald,  parson  of,  530. 
Melton. 
Simon  de,  274. 

Willelmus  de,  comptroller  of  the  king's  wardrobe, 
268,  269. 
Meone,  Sandulfus  de,  142. 
Mercator. 

Bartholomeus,  39. 
Thomas,  56. 
Mercer. 

Eustace  le,  311;   Eustace  the,   and  Augustine,  his 

son,  251. 
Peter  le,  151. 


Mere,  see  Mare. 
Mark. 

Johannes  de,  58. 

Willelmus  de,  191. 
Merske,  Robertus  de,  and  Roger  de,  his  son,  530. 
Merstham,  John  de,  prior  of  Tandridge,  4 10. 
Merton,  scholars  of,  39. 
Messor,  Willelmus,  174. 
Metelthone,  Nicholas  de,  466. 
Mey,  Johannes  le,  156. 
Meynill,  Meignell,  Maisnil,  Maisnellio. 

Henricus  de,  15S. 

Robertus  de,  bailiff  of  the  abbey  of  Gerendon,  223  ; 
Robert  de,  and  Stephen,  his  son,  522. 

Thomas  de,  knight,  member  of  Parliament,  220. 
^^eyre,  Alan  de,  526. 
Michel,  Hugo,  32. 

INIiddelton,  Gilbertus  de,  king's  clerk,  270,  271,  272. 
Milde,  Willelmus,  48. 
Milent,   Robert,  and   Hugh  and   Ricliard,   his   sons, 

312- 

I\Iiles,  Willelmus,  and  Margeria,  his  wife,  301. 
Miller,  see  also  Molendinarius. 

Augustine  the,  482. 

Osbert  de,  23. 

Reginald,  204. 

Ricardus  the,  38 1. 
Miners,  Henricus  de,  136. 
Mitton,  Radulph  de,  311. 
Mobert,  Walterus,  and  Aelizia,  his  daughter,  mother 

of  Ricardus  le  Franceys,  106. 
Mohun,  Robert  de,  knight,  476. 
Molendinarius,  see  also  Miller. 

Gaufridus,  322. 

Henricus,  315,  316. 

Johannes,  150. 

Stephanus,  150. 

Thomas,  63. 

Walterus,  301. 
Molendino. 

Hugh  de,  50S. 

Terricus  de,  log. 
Molesworth,  Walterus  de,  27. 
Molinton,  John  de,  and  Juge,  his  mother,  310. 
Molton,  Moleton,  Multon,  Muleton. 

Adam  de,  401. 

Alanus  de,  461 ;  Alan  de,  and  Alicia,  his  wife,  71. 

Hugh  de,  knight,  449,  450. 

Johamies  de,  13. 

Thomas  de,  72,  74,  80,  461  ;  Thomas  de,  and  Ma- 
tilda de  Vallibus,  his  wife,  526. 
Monasteries,  see  names  of. 

Monasterio,  Robert  de,  and  Emma,  his  wife,  251. 
Monck,  Monachus. 

Robertus,  109. 

lioger  le,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  335. 
Moneyer,  Monetarius. 

Brythricus,  322. 


582 


INDEX. 


Moneyer,  Monetarius,  continued. 
Codwinus,  322. 

Heno'.  and  William,  his  son,  341. 
Willelmus,  479,  Ricardus,  his  son,  479,   Willclmus 
de  Wilton,  son  of  Willelmus,  478,  479,  Christina 
and  Matilda,  daughters  of  Willelmus,  ist,  479. 
Monfichet,  Munfichet. 
Alexander  de,  15S. 
Ricardus  de,  36. 
Monte,  Lucas  de,  134. 
Monte  Acute,  Johannes  de,  69. 
Monte  Alto,  Johannes  de,  68. 
Monte  Martini,  Jordan  de,  20'), 
Montford,  Robertus  de,  xii. 
Monz,   William  de,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  daughter  of 

Emma  la  Fraunchysse,  360. 
More,  Mora. 

Hereword  de,  202. 
James  de,  520. 
Thomas  de,  425. 
Walterus  de,  128. 
Moret',  Rainaldus  de,  429. 
Morisceby,  Moristeby. 
Nicholas  de,  71. 
Th.  de,  parson  of  Ulvedale,  77. 
Moritonio,  Radulphus  de,  107. 
Morlaund,  Michael  vicar  of,  451. 
Morle,  Morlee. 
Adam  de,  50. 
Milo  de,  488. 
Morleb.,  Willelmus  de,  382. 
M.  Orthyngs,  Thomas  de,  prior  of  Conniggesheved, 

212. 
Morton,  Moreton,  Mortain. 
Earls  of,  426. 
Gilbert  de,  3S9. 
John,  earl  of,  85,  494. 

Robert,  earl  of,  216,  and    Harduinus,  his  brother, 
217. 
Mortymer,  Mortuomari. 

John,  263,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  264. 
William,  Willelmus  de,  57,  63,  64,  390. 
Morvill,  Moi-ville. 
Hugo  de,  78. 

Rogerus   de,   Hugo   de,  his  son,  and  Matilda   de, 
his  daughter,  wife  of  Willelmus  de  Veteriponte, 
452. 
Morwode,  Thomas  de,  36. 
Moryn',  William,  435. 
Mosegrave,  see  Musegrave. 
Mottisfont,  prior  of,  16S. 
Moubray,  Mubray,  Mulbray. 
John  de,  419. 
Roger  de,  512,  513,  546. 
William  de,  and  Thomas  de,  his  son,  525. 
Moy,  Richard  de,  501. 
Moyne,  Galfridus  de,  193. 
Muel,  Johannes  de,  knight,  327. 


Muirteus,  Walrafuns  de,  41. 

Mulewitz,  Robert  de,  and    Robert  and  Thomas,  his 

sons,  390. 
Mulledon,  Robert  de,  505. 
Multon,  see  Molton. 
Mundavilla,  Nigellus  de,  437,  438. 
Mune,   Menes,   Rogerus  de,   142,    143,   and  Ranulf\is 

Eynolk,  his  brother,  142. 
Munfichet,  see  Monfichet. 

Munfirun,  Hauls  de,  and  Ricardus,  his  brother,  120. 
Mungey,  Serlo  de,  222. 
Muriel,  filia  Willielmi,  25. 
Musard,  Radulfus,  133. 
Musca,  Ralph,  125. 

Muscamp,  Robert  de,  and  Cecilia,  his  eldest  daugh- 
ter, 302. 
Muschet,  Willelmus,  inquisitor,   183. 
Musegrave,  Mosegrave. 

Adam  de,  450. 

Nicholas  de,  449,  450. 

Richard  de,  449. 
Mussegros,  Ricardus,  56. 

Mustarder,  Ricardus  le,  bailiff    of  Northampton,  290. 
Mutford,  John  de,  justice,  9. 
M>nity,  Willelmus  de,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  138. 
Myvelde,  Adam  de,  and  Matilda,  his  daughter,  430. 


N 


Nas,  Thomas  or  Walter,  144. 

Nebaton,  Radulphus  de,  325. 

Neel,  Robertus,  496. 

Neere,  Walterus  le,  of  Okebuni,  476. 

Nerbona,  Stephen  de,  443. 

Neusuni,  William  de,  528,  Isolda,  his  wife,  528,  529 ; 

and  Alicia,  his  mother,  52S. 
Neuton,  Thomas  de,  knight,  470. 
Nevill,  Neivil,  Neyvile,  Neyvyle. 

Gilbertus  de,  475,  476. 

Hugo  de,  288,  493. 

John  de,  sheriff  of  Lincoln,  232. 

Jollanus  de,  justice,  456. 
Newby. 

Robertus  de,  451. 

Stephanus  de,  451. 
Newcastle,  mayor  of,  298. 
Newdegate,  Willelmus  de,  414. 
Newelond,  Walterus  de  la,  496. 
Newenliam,  prior  of,  11. 

Newerk,  Thomas  de,  justice  of  the  Jews,  456. 
Newtymbre,  Johannes  de,  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  415. 
Neyrford,  Hugh  de,   Adam  de,  liis  son,  and  Alicia, 

wife  of  Adam,  530. 
Nichole,  Nich'. 

A.  de,  106. 

Alured  de,  105,  106. 

Andreas  de,  106.     See  Lincoln. 


INDEX. 


583 


Nicuma,  Godwinus,  322. 
Niger,  Johannes,  534. 
Ninica,  Paganus,  211. 
Noel,  Robertus,  378. 
Norfolk,  Norfolcia,  Northfolc. 

Gundreda,  conntess  of,  395. 

Sheriff  of,  281,  283,  285,  465. 

Thomas  de,  131. 

Willelmus  de,  438. 
Norman,  Roger,  307. 
Normanvill,  Normanvile. 

Radulplius  de,  and  Thomas,  his  brother,  388. 

Thomas  de,  206;  Thomas  de,  king's  seneschal,  80. 
North,  Robert,  333. 
Nortliampton,  Norhamptone. 

Arclideacon  of,  300. 

Bailiff  of,  2go. 

Jolin,  mayor  of  London,  253. 

Sheriff  of,  293,  459. 
Northone,  James  de,  knight,  167. 
Northumberland. 

Earl  of,  303. 

Waltheof,  earl  of,  and  Matilda,  his  daughter,  wife 
of  Simon  de  Senlis,  216. 
Norton. 

Henricus  de,  steward,  223. 

Prior  of,  329. 

William  de,  and  Adam  (or  Ada),  son  (or  daughter) 

of,  334- 
Norwich,  Norwic,  Norwiz. 

Bishop  of,  271. 

Eborardus,  bishop  of,  279. 
.    Herbert,  bishop  of,  282. 

John  Salmon,  bishop  of,  270. 

Prior  of,  395. 

Radulfus  de,  justice,  238,  497. 
Nostell,  priory  of,  539. 
Notekin,  Peter,  161,  162. 
Notleye,  Nuttle,  Peter  de,  mayor  of  Winchester,  150, 

151. 
Nottingham. 

Abbot  of,  301. 

Henricus  de,  inquisitor,  218. 

Hospital  of  St.  John  of,  306. 
Novo-mercato,  Bernard  de,  and  Countess  Sibilla,  his 
daughter,  widow  of  Milo,  earl  of  Hereford,  wife 
of  Adam  de  Port,  153. 
Novo  Monasterio,  abbot  of,  301. 
Nurice,  Eva  la,  150. 
Nuttle,  see  Notleye. 


Odardi,  William,  309. 
Odde,  Johannes,  145. 
Okhangre,  Geoffrey  de, 
Olive,  Johannes,  134. 


Oliver,  Jordanus,  justice,  372. 
Olleyo,  Ouilly,  see  also  Doyly. 

Fulco  de,  323. 

Robert  de,  Edida  or  Editha,  daughter  of  Forn,  his 
wife,  and  Henry  and  Robert,  their  sons,  321. 
Orewelle,  Eborardus  de,  61,  62. 
Orfevre,  Nicholas  le,  151.     See  also  Aurifaber. 
Orreby,  Orrebi. 

Herbertus  de,  67. 

Philip  de,  justiciary  of  Chester,  30,  dfi,  67,  385. 
Oseborne,  Elen,  146. 
Osgodby,  Osgodeby,  Adam  de,  clerk,  keeper  of  the 

rolls  of  the  chancery,  267,  269,  270. 
Osmundeston,  Robertus  de,  alias  le  Franceys,  84. 
Osney,  Oseney. 

Abbey  of  St.  Mary  of,  321,  329. 

Abbot  of,  321,  328. 

Daniel,  abbot  of,  330. 
Ospring,  hospital  of,  205,  206.     See  also  I^ospring. 
Ostia,  bishop  of,  386. 
Oudebi,  Robertus,  134. 
Ouersfeld'. 

Robert,  284. 

Simon,  284. 
Overhe,  Robertus,  50. 
Overton,  Johannes  de,  215. 
OxclyA'e. 

Gervasius  de,  210. 

Johannes  le,  209,  210. 
Oxford,  Oxon. 

Convent  of  St.  Frideswide  at,  315,  316. 

Earl  of,  see  Vere. 

Monastery  of  St.  Peter  at,  317. 

Rogerus  de,  provost  of  Worcester,  496. 

Simon,  prior  of  St.  Frideswide  at,  316. 

W.,  bishop  of,  74. 


Page,  Matheus,  430. 
Painel,  Paganel. 

Gervase,  387. 

Fulk,  352. 
Pakenham,  Petrus  de,  and  Cristina,  his  wife,  13. 
Palayn,  G.,  357. 
Palgrave,  Edmundus,  9. 
Palmer,  Palmerus,  Palmarius,  Paumer. 

Gaufridus  le,  137. 

Henricus,  63. 

Hugo,  379. 

Ricardus  le,  488. 

Peter  the,  of  Eccheslenz,  son  of  Bond',  the  son  of 
Alexander,  442. 
Palton,  Thomas  de,  353. 
Palyngfaud,  John  de,  418. 

Pamfader,  Galfridus,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  473. 
Parco,  Waterus  de,  13.     See  Park. 


584 


INDEX. 


Parco  Stanley,  see  Stanley. 
Paris. 
Matthew,  173,  462. 
Richard,  418. 
William,  418. 
Park,  John  of  the,  418.     See  Parco. 
Parlebyen,  Hamo,  justice,  gS. 
Paries. 
Alicia  de,  444,  445. 
Johannes  de,  2og. 

Paganus  de,  and  Alicia,  his  mother,  383. 
William  de,  382,  383,  436,  444,  445. 
Parrok,  Willelmus  de,  199. 
Parva  Essebia,  Thomas  de,  224. 
Paskayl,  Ranulf,  309. 
Passelewe,  Robert,  iii,  167,  294,  341,  446. 
Passeys,  John,  309. 
Patt.,  Robertas,  67. 
Paumer,  see  Palmer. 
Pauncefot,  John,  390. 
Paunton,  Pauntone. 
Baldwinus  de,  215. 
Ysabella  de,  60. 
Paupere. 
Genteschive,  327. 
Walhamot,  327. 
Pays. 

Radulphus,  2S3. 
Robertus,  chaplain,  2S3. 
Peche,  Pecche. 
G.  de,  63. 
Gilbertus  de,  61. 
Ricardus,  collector  of  aid,  447. 
Peckham,  Johannes,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  200. 
Pedewell,  Richard,  14S. 
Peferel,  Thomas,  41. 
Peisforiere. 
Fulco,  195. 
Ricardus,  195. 
Peivre,  Nicholas,  knight,  213. 
Pekoe,  Peter,  mayor  of  Wallingford,  23. 
Pekynghulle,  Roger  de,  and  Nicholas  and  Roger,  his 

sous,  487. 
Penbere,  Adam  de,  1C4. 
Pencrich,  Edmund,  rector  of  St.   Edmund's,  in  Lum- 

bardstrete,  London,  252. 
Pencester,  Penescestre. 
Stephen  de,  constable  of  Dover,  199,  200. 
Stephen,  knight,  123. 
Penhal,  Drew  de,  70. 
Peninton,  Geoffrey,  lord  of,  335. 
Pentiz,  Nicholas  de  la,  108. 
Pentrich,  Margerj'  de,  83. 
Percy,  Perci. 

Henry  de,  and  Eleanor,  late  wife  of,  537. 
Petrus  de,  80. 

Willelmus,  42S;    William  de,  and  Alan,   Richard, 
Walter,  and  William,  his  sons,  538. 


Peremort,  John  de,  504. 
Pereres,  Rogerus  de,  61. 
Perot,  Radulphus,  14. 

Perpunt,  Henry  de,  and  Annora,  his  wife,  312,  313. 
Pertrich,  Johannes,  and  Clemencia,  his  wife,  361. 
Perundene,  or  Perundon,  Nicholas  de,  263. 
Peshale,  Richard  de,  419. 
Peterborough,  abbot  of,  295. 
Petewood,  Roger  le,  418. 
Pettewyk,  Rogerus,  19. 

Petton,  Richard  de,  coroner  of  Shropshire,  346. 
Peverel. 
Robertus,  203,  258. 
Thomas,  424. 
Walterus,  160. 
Peytevin,  Peytwyn,  Willelmus,  357,  358. 
Philip  (II.)  August,  king  of  France,  532. 
Philip  (IV.)  the  Fair,  king  of  France,  23. 
Philippa,  consort  of  King  Edward  III.,  252,  474. 
Phitun,  Phitum. 
Johannes,  67. 
Ricardus,  30,  67. 
Picard,    Picardus,    Pichard,  Rogenis,    176;    Rogerus, 

and  Johannes,  his  son,  170. 
Picot. 

Baldwin,  knight,  96. 
Bardulfus,  106. 
Hugo,  9. 
Pictavia,  Philippus  de,  bishop  of  Durham,  117. 
Pig,  Richard,  366. 
Pigace,  Ricardus,  395. 
Pik",  Richard,  364,  365. 
Pikering,  Pykerynge. 

Robertus  de,  king's  clerk,  270,  271,  272. 
Willelmus  de,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Johannes  de  Fumo,  315. 
Pinkeny,  Willelmus  de,  455. 
Pipard,  Hugo,  3S4. 
Pipe,  John  del,  Agnes,  his  wife,  and  John,  his  sou, 

.■?94- 
Pipin,  Willelmus,  541. 
Piriton,  Robert  de,  364. 
Piscator,  Radulfus,  317. 
Pistor,  see  also  Baker. 
Radulphus,  322. 
Robertus,  437. 

Walterus,  and  Emaldus,  Radulphus,  Robertus,  and 
Willelmus,  his  heirs,  351. 
Pistrino,  Adam  de,  174. 

PItebrigg,  Hugo  de,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  25. 
Placetor,  Radulfus,  317. 
Plecitis,  Plecet',  Plecy. 
Augustine  de,  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  353. 
Robert  de,  no,  and  Ela,  his  wife,  in. 
Pleystowe,  Johannes  ate,  34. 
Plomere,  Agnes,  148. 

Plupton,  Nigel  de,  and  John  and  Peter,  his  sons,  544. 
Poer,  Reginaldus,  513. 


INDEX. 


585 


Poghele,  John  de,  28. 
Poher. 

Nicholas,  and  Joan,  his  motlier,  355. 
William,  355. 
Pokere,  Alan  le,  335. 

Polhamtone,  Richard  de,  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  iS. 
Polseworth,  nuns  of,  444. 
Polsted,  Michael  de,  396. 
Pomeray,  Henricus  de  la,  6g. 
Poueray,  Adam,  clerk,  267. 
Pont,  see  also  Brigge. 

Radulph  del,  and  Hermer,  his  son,  402. 
Pontefract,  Pountefreyt. 
Adam,  and  Eve,  liis  wife,  146. 
Monks  of,  54S,  551. 
Priory  of,  547,  548. 
William,  146. 
Pontiose,  John  of,  bishop  of  Winchester,  160. 
Popelow,  Willelmus,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,   formerly 

wife  of  Johannes  Forestarius,  542. 
Popham,  John  de,  knight,  156,  167. 
Port,  Porth. 

Hugh,  Hugo,  ist,  152;  Adam  de,  his  son,  a  monk, 
152;  Henry  de,  son  of  Hugh,  ist,  xii,   152,  153, 
'57)  158;   Hadewisia  or  Hadvis,  wife  of  Henry, 
152,  158;  John  and  William,  sons  of  Henry,  152; 
Matilda,  wife  of  John  de,  152;  Adam  and  Hugh, 
sons  of  John,  152;  Adam  de,  son  of  John,  152, 
i53>  i54>  i59>  17°)  Countess  Sibilla,  first  wife  of 
Adam,  widow  of   Milo,    earl   of   Hereford,    and 
daughter     of    Bernard    de    Novo-mercato,    153 ; 
Mabilia  de  Aurevalle,  second  wife  of  Adam,  154; 
sister  of  William  de  Braose,  third  wife  of  Adam, 
154;    William   de    St.   Jolm,  son  of  Adam,    and 
Mabilia,  second  wife  of  William,   154.     See  St. 
John. 
Henry  de,  152. 
Reginald  de,  152. 
Robert  de,  152. 
Port',  Johannes  le,  430. 
Portam,  Serlo  ad,  512. 
Porter,  Portarius. 
Rannulfus,  428. 

Walter  le,  and  Peter,  his  son,  432. 
Portesdon,  prior  of,  168. 
Porteseia. 

Baldwinus  de,  and  Adelide,  his  wife,  158. 
Johannes  de,  158. 
Radulfus,  presbyter  of,  158. 
Potefford,  Robert  de,  Serjeant  of  Stocton,  275. 
Poulteney,  John  de,  mayor  of  London,  122. 
Poveray,  Poverey. 
John,  and  Dionisia,  his  wife,  300. 
William,  300. 
Pratis,  William  de,  521. 
Prepositus,  Robertus,  399. 
Presbiter,  Presbiterus. 
Albanus,  534. 


Presbiter,  Presbiterus,  contimied. 

Henricus,  427. 
Prest,  Hugh  de,  bailiff  of  the  abbot  of  Ramsey,  igo. 
Preston. 

Gilbertus  de,  justice,  249. 

Richard  de,  knight,  449,  450 ;   Ricardus  de,  468. 
Prestwyk,  Willelmus  le,  34. 
Prior,  Raherus,  323. 
Produme,  Produmme,  Prudhume. 

Johannes,  430. 

Walter,  186. 
Proude,  Hugo  le,  145. 
Prous,  Willelmus  le,  knight,  476. 
Prustecote,  Henricus  de,  loi,  102. 
Pruz,  Hugh  le,  justice,  98. 
Puff,  Robert,  327. 
Puher,  Ricardus,  399. 
Puintel,  Alexander,  273. 
Punsland,  William  de,  297. 
Putte,  Hugh  de  la,  161,  162. 
Pychecote,  William  de,  30. 
Pygeys,  Imbert,  200. 
Pykerynge,  see  Pikering. 
Pyn,  Thomas  de.  Justice,  98. 
Pynham,  see  Calceto. 
Pynkehurst,  William  de,  414,  415. 
Pynz,  Willelmus  de,  430. 


Q 


Quale,  see  Whale. 

Quan'e,  abbey  of,  112. 

Quebbe,  William  de  la,  502. 

Querton,  Gilbertus  de,  449. 

Quincey,  Rogerus  de,  earl  of  Winchester,  223. 


R 


Ra,  John,  526. 

Radelee,  William  de,  22 

Radenor,  Petrus,  archdeacon  of  Salop,  386,  467. 

Radewelle,  Robertus  de,  14. 

Radinton,  Robertus,  sub-escheator,  367. 

Rainkill,  Willelmus,  513,  514. 

Ralegh,  Willelmus  de,  justice,  238. 

Ramsey. 

Abbot  of,  42,  43,  47,  184,  187,  188. 

John,  abbot  of,  189. 

William,  abbot  of,  185,  186. 
Ranill,  Robertus  de,  158. 

Rasebeck,  Petrus  de,  and  Matilda,  his  wife,  472. 
Rauglon,  William,  214. 
Raynvile,  Adam,  546. 
Reading,  Redyng. 

Adam,  abbot  of,  497. 

Monks  of,  496. 


586 


INDEX. 


Reading,  RedyiiR,  co!iii?iucd. 

Ralph  de,  260. 

Simon,  abbot  of,  justice,  136,  137,  142. 
Reine,  Thomas,  333. 
Reman,  Matthew,  303. 
Rendliam,  Adam  de,  knight,  397. 
Renegill,  Roland  de,  461. 
Revegille,  Roulandus  de,  451. 
Rdviers,  Redvers,  Rivcre,  Ripariis. 

Baldwin  de,    IV.,   earl   of  Devon,   549;   Baldwinus 
de,  knight,  456. 

Walter  de  la,  513. 

William  de,  earl  of  Devon,  112. 
Rewelton,  John  de,  336. 
Reydon,  Johannes  de,  396. 
Reygate,  Johannes  de,  justice,  177,  igq. 
Reyner,  Henricus,  134. 
Reynny,  Reyni,  Reygni. 

Akina,  354. 

Johannes  de,  justice,  372. 
Reynolds,  Walter,  bishop  of  Worcester,  269,  270. 
Reysebeck,  Peter  de,  469. 
Ribbeton,  Thomas  de,  470. 
Richard  I.,  277,  474,  475. 
Ricliemond,  Richard  de,  419. 
Ripun,  Rypum. 

Rogerus,  canon  of,  534. 

Simon  de,  297,  298. 
Robald,  Radulphus,  224. 
Robertsbridge,  abljot  of,  203. 
Roche  Abbey,  monks  of,  85. 
Rocheford,  Thomas  de,  136. 
Rochester,  Roffa. 

H(enry  Sanford),  bishop  of,  74. 

Salomon  de,  justice,  485. 
Rodeston,  John,  escheator,  365. 
Rodewell,  Alanus  de,  215. 
Roger,  Henry,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  290. 
Rokella,  Johannes  de  la,  178. 
Rokenham,  Thomas  de,  414. 
Rolande,  Hubert  de,  202. 
Rolf,  Richard,  505. 

Romayn,  Romeyn,  Reginaldus  le,  229. 
Ronborwe,  Johannes  de,  145. 
Ros. 

Lora  de,  and  Joan,   her  daughter,   wife  of  Robert 
Kokerel,  39S. 

Margareta  de,  227. 

Margeria  de,  240. 

Peter  de,  466. 
Rosels,  Rogerus  de,  knight,  53S. 
Rossale,  Richard  de,  394. 
Rossegill,  Rossegile,  John  de,  449. 
Rowden,  Adam  de,  and  Michael,  his  son,  550. 
Rower,  Nicholas  le,  435. 
Royng',  Walterus  de,  456. 
Ruchballock,  Rogerus,  274. 
Rufford,  abbey  of,  89. 


Rufus,  Ruffus,  Ruphus. 

Adam,  12. 

Ranulfus,  43S. 

Reginaldus,  438. 

Robertus,  131,  132. 

Walterus,  211. 

Willelmus,  429. 
Rugge,  Adam  atte,  and  Alicia,  his  daughter,  414. 
Rumely,  Roleland"  de,  and  Willelmus,  his  son,  283. 
Rundel,  Ricardus,  382. 
Rus. 

Ricardus  le,  477. 

Robert  le,  186,  187,  273. 

Roger  le,  knight,  213. 
Rusel,  Russell,  see  also  Rosels. 

Rartholomew,  chaplain,  298. 

Daniel,  353, 

Richard,  353. 

Stephen,  and  Joanna,  his  wife,  371. 

W.,  37.. 

Willelmus,  13S. 
Rychild',  Radulphus,  and  Idonia,  his  wife,  465. 
Rymer,  Ralph,  41S. 


Sabaudia,  Peter  de,  526. 
Sacerdos,  Kenelmus,  315,  316. 
Sacy,  Petrus  de,  knight,  165. 
Saer,  Roger,  346. 
St.  Albans,  St.  Albano. 

Abbot  of,  463. 

Piailiffs  of,  464. 

Johannes,  abbot  of,  300. 

Laurentius  de,  rector  of  Attleburg,  454. 

Reinaldus  de,  382. 
St.  Alcmund,  Peter,  chajilain  of,  334. 
St.  Andrew's,  see  Stoke. 
St.  Augustine,  see  Canterburj'. 
St.  Rartholomew,  hospital  of,  205. 
St.  Benedict,  abbot  of,  see  Holm. 
St.  Denis,  prior  of,  see  Dureford. 
St.  Edbury,  monks  of,  see  Burcestcr. 
St.  Edmund's,  St.  Edmundo. 

Abbot  of,  402. 

Almaricus  de,  14. 

Lucas  de,  37. 

Robert,  abbot  of,  282. 

Sampson,  abbot  of,  276. 

Walterus  de,  and  Thomas,  his  son,  37. 

Willelmus  de,  justice,  238,  456;  William  de,  clerk, 
251  ;  William  de,  and  Emma,  his  sister,  wife  of 
Robert  ate  Chireche,  251. 
St.  Frideswide,  see  Oxford. 
St.  George,  Baldwinus  de,  56. 
St.  Godewello,  Robertus  de,  497. 
St.  James  priory,  see  Bristol. 


INDEX. 


587 


St.  John,  St.  Johanne. 

Galfridus  de,  159. 

Hospital  of,  57.     See  also  Rasingstoke,  Cambridge, 
Jerusalem,  and  Nottingham. 

John,  Johannes,  161,  332. 

Priory  of,  see  Clare. 

Robert  de,  William,  his   brother,  and  Muriel,  his 
sister,  154. 

William  de,  son  of  Adam  de  Port  and  Mabilia  de 
Aureavalle,  154,  15S,  159,  and  Adam  and  Robert, 
his  sons,  159;  William  de,  155. 
St.  Katherine,  hospital  of,  see  London. 
St.  Laudo,  Robertus  de,  352. 
St.  Laurentio,  Simon  de,  and  Willelmus,  his  brother, 

109. 
St.  Margaret,  see  Marleberg. 
St.  Martino,  Walterus  de,  minister  of  Christ's  cross, 

454- 
St.  Martin's,  S(5ez,  abbot  of,  417. 
St.  Mary  of  Kenilsworth,  see  Kenilsworth. 
St.  Mary  of  Osney,  see  Osney. 
St.  Mary  de  Pratis,  see  Leicester. 
St.  Neots,  prior  of,  192. 
St.  Omero. 

Ricardus  de,  258. 

Willelmus  de,  justice,  289. 
St.  Pancras,  St.  Pancracio. 

Priory  of,  see  Lewes. 

Willelmus  de,  428. 
St.  Paul's,  see  London. 
St.  Peter. 

Hospital  of,  see  York. 

Monastery  of,  see  Oxford. 
St.  Swithun,  priory  of,  see  Winchester. 
St.  Thomas,  hospital  of,  see  Craye,  Southwark,  and 

Stafford. 
St.  Victor. 

Bernard,  abbot  of,  4S7. 

Ralph,  abbot  of,  4S7. 
St.  Vigor,«Vigore. 

Abbey  of,  see  Cericy. 

Thomas  de,  362. 
St.  Wandregesilus,  abbot  of,  2S9. 
Salcey,  Robert,  306. 

Salcock,  Willelmus  de,  sheriff  of  Cumberland,  461. 
Salde,  John  de  la,  166. 
Sale. 

Walterus  de  la,  64. 

Willelmus  de  la,  320. 
Salisbury,  see  also  Sarum. 

Bishop  of,  493. 

Rogerus,  bishop  of,  265. 
Salmon,  John,  bishop  of  Norwich,  270. 
Salop,  Salopesburi. 

Archbishop  of,  301. 

Archdeacon  of,  386,  467. 
Salt'e,  Johannes  le,  9. 
Saluz,  Ranulphus,  273. 


Saman,  Edmundus,  11. 

Samere,  Ricardus  de,  512. 

Sampsonn,  Willelmus,  g. 

Samuel,  Galfridus,  Gaufridus,  357,  358,  359. 

Sandelford,  priory  of,  166. 

Sandruge,  Willelmus  de,  464. 

Sandwelle,  John  de,  mayor  of  Wycombe,  33. 

Sandwyco,  Radulphus  de,  inquisitor,  177. 

Sanesfeld,  Galfridus  de,  171. 

Sanford,  Saunford. 

Henry  de,  bishop  of  Rochester,  74. 

Radulphus  de,  337. 

Thomas  de,  160. 
Sartore,  Ysaak,  428. 
Sanmi,  see  also  Salisbury. 

Dean  and  chapter  of,  489. 

Earl  of,  478. 

Ricardus,  the  dean  of,  489. 
Saucheverel,  Robert  de,  83. 
Saus',  Ricardus  le,  bailiff  of  Northampton,  290. 
Sautemareis,  Robert  de,  297,  298. 
Sauvage,  Thomas,  burgess  of  Stanford,  187. 
Saxony,  Henry,  duke  of,  107. 
Saxton,  Robert  de,  419. 
Say,  Sai. 

Hugo  de,  345. 

Johannes  de,  and  William,  his  brother,  198. 
Scheldesleye,  Roger  de,  499,  500. 
Scherrene,  Robert,  432. 

Scolice,  Matilda,  38,  her  daugliter  Alicia,  37,  38,  and 
Margaret,  daughter  of   Alicia,   and    wife  of   Jo- 
hannes le  Franceys,  36,  37,  38. 
Scot,  Henricus  le,  299. 
Scotland,  king  of,  193. 
Scotton,  Walterus  de,  541. 
Scoy,  Johannes  le,  150. 
Screven,  Screvin,  Scriveyn. 

Hamon,  chaplain,  205. 

Henry  le,  544. 

Richard,  148,  204. 
Scriba,  Edwinus,  258. 
Scriptore,  l-iogerus,  106. 
Scrop,  Scrope. 

Henricus  le,  knight,  270,  271,  272. 

John,  303. 
Scures,  Ralph  de,  and  Joan,  his  wife,  160. 
Scurescalf,  Johannes  de,  250. 
Scuris. 

John  de,  knight,  167. 

Mattheus  de,  158. 
Secular,  Alexander,  baron  of  the  Exchequer,  45S. 
Seghal,  Robert  de,  clerk,  298. 
Segrave,  Gilbertus  de,  215. 
Segrim  juxta  murum,  322. 
Selby,  Seleby. 

Abbey  of,  234,  237,  463,  540,  542. 

Abbot  and  monks  of,  460,  537,  540,  541,  546. 

Ranulfus  de,  and  Johannes,  his  son,  543. 


S88 


INDEX. 


Selby,  Selehy,  coiiiiiiiied. 

Thomas,  abbot  of,  236,  543. 
Selcok,  William,  14S. 
Selvayu,  Andreas,  389. 

Seman,  Bartholomew,  and  Katharine,  his  wife,  255. 
Semiam,  Radulfus  de,  3S8. 
Sende,  Gilbert  de,  204. 
Senescal,  Robert,  chaplain,  251. 
Senlis,  Sancto  Licio,  St.  Lize. 

Simon  de,  earl  of  Huntingdon,  xii,  216,  217,  and 
Matilda,  his  wife,  216,  217. 

Willelmus,  chamberlain  of  Simon,  217. 
Serjeant,  Serjeaunt. 

Gilbertus  le,  33. 

Robertas,  224. 
Serle. 

Johannes,  431. 

Ricardus,  member  of  Parliament,  423. 
Seule,  Griffin,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  346. 
Sevenhanipton,  Walterus  de,  134. 
Seyham,  W.  de,  justice,  68. 
Seymer,  Thomas,  413. 

Shelflega,  Willelmus  de,  and  Amicia  and  Sarra,  his 
daughters,  wives  of  (_)gerus  filiiis  Ogeri  and  Mi- 
chael filius  Ogeri,  404. 
Shelford,  William  de,  462,  467. 
Shelhang',  Walterus,  275. 
Shengay,  Schenegeya,  hospital  of,  59,  64. 
Sherborne,  Shireburne,  Sirebumia,  Syreburne. 

Monks  of,  158,  162. 

Prior  of,  159,  160,  161,  162. 

Priory  of,  152. 

William,  prior  of,  159. 
Shething',  John,  and  Sibyl,  his  daughter,  300. 
Shilinghelde,  Daniel,  and  Elias,  his  brother,  195. 
Shordich,  Nicholas  de,  239. 
Sibethorpe. 

Richard  de,  clerk,  310. 

Robert  de,  and  Ralph,  his  brother,  William,  sou 
of  Ralph,  William,  son  of  William,  Simon,  sun 
of  William,  2d,  310. 

Thomas  de,  310. 
Sicele,  Robert  de,  425. 
Sikelfot,  Gilbertus,  clerk,  431. 
Sikkelinghale,  Henry  of,  and  Robert,  his  son,  544. 
Siment,  Robertus,  395. 
Simonderlawe,  Willelmus  de,  470. 
Siward,  Henricus,  543. 
Skyrmere,  William  le,  292. 

Sk  .  .  .  wik',  Reginald  de,  and  John,  his  son,  311. 
Slade,  Christina  de  la,  166. 
Slecare,  Walterus,  13. 
Slegyle,  Adam  de,  451. 
Slow,  Matilda  ad  le,  63. 
Smud,  Ricardus,  4S1. 
Smyth,  see  also  Faber  and  Fevre. 

Jurdanus  le,  g. 

Symon  le,  33. 


Smyth,  co>iiinucd. 

Thomas,  and  Dionisa,  his  wife,  204. 
Soleigni,  Hasculius  de,  159. 
Soleres,  Robertus,  134. 
Solham,  Alar'  de,  24. 
Somerfoghel,  Geoffrey,  161,  162. 
Somerset,  Somersete. 

Nicholas,  253,  254,  255. 

Sheriff  of,  349,  355,  372,  459. 
Sonierville,  Somervilla. 

Ricardus  de,  217. 

Robert  de,  390. 

William  de,  96. 
Somner,  William  le,  430. 
Sondon,    Nicholas  de,  Stephen,   his  son,  and   Edith, 

wife  of  Stephen,  393. 
Sotheton,  David  de,  and  Joan,  his  wife,  104. 
Southampton,  sheriff  of,  149,  150,  154,  167. 
Speciarius,  Vincentius,  145. 
Spencer,  Willelmus  le,  ^i. 
.Spiere,  William  de  la,  418. 
Spigurnel. 

H.,  commissioner,  150. 

Henricus,  knight,  270,  271,  272. 
Sprot,  Ricliard,  222. 

Sprouston,  Rogerus  de,  and  Willelmus,  his  son,  286. 
Squyer,  Johannes  le,  495. 
Sruel',  Ricardus  de,  429. 
Stafford. 

Beniardus  de,  377. 

Cecilia  de,  392. 

Johannes  de,  abbot  of  Burton,  380. 

Neel  de,  106. 

Priory  of  St.  I'homas,  near,  379. 

Ralph,  earl  of,  474. 

Sheriff  of,  525. 

William  de,  106,  391,  392. 
Stainbunie. 

Cnut,  Knut,  of,  544,  545,  Elias,  his  son,  544,  545  ; 
Yngerode,  sister  of  Elias,  and  wife  of  Hugh,  the 
chaplain,  544. 

Gregory  of,  and  Adam,  his  son,  544. 

Walan,  chaplain  of,  544. 

William,  clerk  of,  545. 
Stalham,  William  de,  and  Reginald,  his  son,  2S6. 
Stalingburgh,  Rogerus  de,  clerk,  237. 
.Stamford,  William,  parson  of,  235. 
Stanbrige,  Hugo  de,  301. 
.Stancrofte,  Stanecrofte,  Hugh  atte,  161,  162. 
Standon,  Vivian  de,  390. 
Stanes,  Richard  de,  justice,  197. 
Stanford,  Staunford. 

Clemens,  and  Johannes,  his  son,  2S5. 

Gilbertus  de,  and  Simon  de,  knight,  his  son,  456. 

Lucas  de,  Ricardus,  his  son,  and  Petrus,  son  of 
Ricardus,  456. 

Ralph  de,  rector  of  Wotton,  161. 

Richard  de,  canon  of  St.  Paul's,  Loudon,  251. 


INDEX. 


589 


Stanford,  Staunford,  coiititiucd. 

Thomas  de,  45S ;  Tlionias  de,  king's  clerk,  541. 
Stanley,  Staneley,  Stanlega. 

Abbey  of,  309,  48 1. 

Abbot,  and  convent  of,  83. 

Henry  de,  550. 

Willelmus  de,  67. 
Stanton. 

Clement,  chaplain  of,  353. 

Henry,  chaplain  of,  353- 
Stanwegges,  Robert  de,  and  Henry  de,  his  son,  530, 

531. 
Stapelford,   Ricardus  de,   and  Willelmus  dc,  knight, 

his  son,  456. 
Stapelton,  Nicholas  de,  justice,  68,  232. 
Stapenhille,  Radulfus,  parson  of,  3S2. 
Staunton. 

Nicholas  de,  342. 

Rogerus  de,  342. 
Steinegrive,  Willelmus  de,  513. 
Sterkele,  Walterus  de,  482. 
Stirkland,  Stirkeland,  Scirkelaund. 

Walterus  de,  knight,   brother  of  Robertus  de  Cas- 
telcairoc,  451. 

William  de,  knight,  440,  450. 
Stixwould,  prioress  of,  229. 
Stoch',  Johannes,  13. 
Stockport. 

Robertus  de,  ist,  66;  Matilda,  his  wife,  29;  Ro- 
bertus de,  2d,  their  son,  29,  66,  67,  221;  Margery 
or  Matilda,  daughter  of  Robert,  ist,  wife  of  Will- 
iam de  Vemon,  chief  justice  of  Chester,  29,  79 ; 
Robert  de,  82. 
Stockingham,  Hugo  de,  430. 

Stocton,  John  de,  and  Matilda,  his  daughter,  406. 
Stodeham,  Nicholas  de,  322. 
Stodley,  Henry  de,  499. 
Stoil,  Alexander,  464. 
Stoke,  Stok',  Stok. 

Galfridus  de,  133. 

Monks  of  St.  Andrew's  of,  355. 

Simon  de,  435. 

Thomas,  goldsmith,  254. 

W.  de,  508. 
Stokes. 

Henricus  de,  112. 

William  de,  354;  William  de,  and  Mabel,  his  wife, 

374,  375- 
Stokkeld,  Walter  de,  544. 
Stolle,  Henricus,  51. 
Storm,  John,  205. 
Stowe,  Stowa. 

Michael,  archdeacon  of,  300. 

Richard,  chaplain  of,  291. 

Willelmus  de,  42,  43 ;  William  de,  and  Alice,  his 
wife,  261. 
Strange,  Johannes  le,  438. 
Strata,  Robert  de,  and  Felicia,  his  wife,  243. 


Stratheme,   Malise,   earl  of,    Margery,    his  wife,  and 

Margery,  and  Muriel,  their  daughters,  302. 
Stratton. 

Herebertus  de,  382. 

Ralph  de,  knight,  167. 

Richard  de,  knight,  156. 

Willelmus  de,  knight,  165. 
Streley,  Robert  de,   Elizabeth,  his  wife,  and   Robert 

de,  knight,  their  son,  308. 
Strode,  Stroude. 

Adam  atte,  clerk,  425. 

Ricardus   atte,    and    Margeria,   formerly   his   wife, 
415. 
Strong,  Philippus,  knight,  475. 
Strug,  Johannes,  486. 
Sturin,  Philip,  341. 

Sturniy,  Henry,  sheriff  of,  Wiltshire,  473. 
Stutevil,  William  de,  409. 
Styvinton,  John  de,  335. 
Suffolk,  sheriff  of,  275,  400,  401. 
Suggedon,  Daumar  de,  and  Geoffrey,  his  son,  334. 
Suleby,  abbot  of,  219. 
Sunderlond,  Robertus  de,  388. 
Surrey,  earls  of,  see  Warren. 
Sus,  Juvenis,  Johannes  le,  290. 
Sussex. 

Galfridus  filius  Petri,  earl  of,  288. 

Sheriff  of,  416,  417,  420. 
Suthlegh,  Ralph  de,  justice,  440. 
Sutton,  Suttuna. 

Elias,  342. 

Griffin  de,  338. 

John  de,  bailiff,  314. 

Ricardus,  67;  Ricardus  and  Anna,  his  wife,  129. 

Robert  de,  and  Osbert,  his  son,  341. 

Roger  de,  267,  268. 

Walter  de,  151. 

Willelmus,  presbyter  of,  427. 
Swafham,  Willelmus  de,  rector  of  Teversham,  40,  41. 
Swaleweclyue,  Nicholas  de,  311. 
Swarraton,  rector  of  the  church  of,  156. 
Swereford,    Alexander  de,  baron  of   the  Exchequer, 

treasurer  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  456,  457,  458. 
Swetebon,  Rogerus,  10. 

Swinfield,  Richard,  bishop  of  Hereford,  203. 
Swyft,  Johannes,  267. 
Sybeton,  abbot  of,  50. 

Sydenham,  Richard,  and  Henry,  his  son,  147. 
Symple,  Philip,  of  Adilbroke,  and  Edith,  widow  of, 

393- 
Syreffeld,  Robertus  de,  330. 
Sywet,  Ricardus,  35. 


Taillard,  Henricus,  159. 
Taillefer,  Galfridus,  33. 


59° 


INDEX. 


Tailur,  Tailliur,  Taylour,  Taylur. 

Johannes  le,  430. 

Nicholas  le,  314,  466. 

Roger  le,  504. 

Walterus,  63. 
Talebotli,  Gilbert,  172. 
Talecurteys,  Philip,  410. 
Tandridge,  priors  of,  410. 
Tanner,  Tannator. 

Johannes  le,  430,  541. 

Martinus,  541. 
Tany,  Taney,  Tani. 

Luke  le,  308. 

Peter  de,  knight,  125,  456. 
Tapenir,  Stephen  le,  iGg. 
Tappelowe,  Walterus  de,  35. 
Tedbald,  Johannes,  ig. 
Tekes,  Galfridus,  13. 
Telbaud',  Nicholas,  160. 
Temp',  Johannes,  228. 
Temple,  Temple. 

John  del,  311. 

Master  of  the  Sulidiery  of  the,  423. 

Walterus  de,  513. 
Tewkesbury. 

Abbey  of,  143. 

Abbot  of,  137. 

Robertus,  abbot  of,  144. 
Teye. 

Robertus  de,  128. 

William  de,  121. 
Teynton,  John  de,  30. 
TextrLx,  Isabella,  40. 
Thame,  abbot  of,  262,  330. 
Thamenhoni,  Thomas  dc,  38LJ. 
Thameston,  Thomas  de,  3<j6. 
Thele,  Henry  de,  245. 
Theobaville,  Robertus  de,  214. 
Thetford,  Thefford,  prior  of,  395. 
Thorbrondesheuved,  Simon  de,  20S. 
Thorinton,  Thomas  de,  299. 
Thorisby,  Adam  de,  470. 
Thoni,  Mich',  454. 
Thorp,  Thorpe. 

Radulfus  de,  540,  Robertus  de,  his  son,  540,  542, 
and  Hugo,  son  of  Robertus,  542. 

Ricardus  de,  and  Johanna,  his  wife,  222. 

Serlo  de,  and  Sabina,  his  wife,  222. 

Walterus  de,  khig's  clerk,  270,  271,  272. 
Thurab'n,  Walterus,  224. 

Thurkelby,  Roger  de,  justice,  240,  301,  462,  4G6. 
Tilly,  Tilli. 

Hugo  de,  and  Osbertus,  his  steward,  548. 

Otto  de,  548. 
Tiltey,  Tileteye,  abbot  of,  37. 
Timmore,  Tymor. 

Goddard  de,  and  Petronella,  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Simon  Clericus  or  le  Sage,  3S8 ;  William,  their 
sou,  3S8,  389. 


Timmore,  Tymor,  continued. 

Hugh  de,  389. 
Tiwa. 

Edwardus,  presbyter  of,  323. 

Hugo  de,  323. 
Tod,  William,  304. 
Tok,  Touke. 

Jordanus  de,  3S2. 

Walterus  de,  349. 
Tolford,  Robert  de,  156. 
Tollere,  Thomas,  526. 
Toly,  Tolye. 

Andreas,  51. 

John,  407. 
Tonere,  Giles,  113. 
Torel,  Alanus,  50. 
Toniy,  Willelmus,  417. 
Totenhall,  Robertus  de,  192. 
Touneshende,  Ricardus  atte,  11. 
Tprush,  Simon,  424. 
Tracy,  Henricus  de,  459. 
Travers. 

Norman,    and    Wiltmari,    his    wife,    daughter    of 
Roger  de  Dalton,  528. 

Warin    de,    527,    Robert,    his    sou,    527,    52S,    and 
Adam,  son  of  Robert,  528. 
Trencardus,  Paganus,   Robert,  his  grandson,   Henry, 
ist,    styled    of    Herdhele,    sou    of    Robert  and 
Henry,  2d,  knight,  son  of  Henry,  ist,  112. 
Tresk,  Robertus  de,  522. 
Trocurator,  John,  161,  162. 
Truelie,  Ricardus  de,  427. 
Trul,  I'i.icardus  de,  429. 
Trussel,  Willelnuis,  215. 
Truverbicham,  Drew  de,  70. 
Truveru,  Deui  de,  70. 
Tryan,  Hugh  Tryaii,  liis  son,  and  Robert  Tryan,  son 

of  Hugh,  206. 
Tudeham,  Radulphus  de,  131. 
Tudepute,  Tudeputte. 

Reginaldus  de,  4S4. 

Willelmus  de,  484. 
Turbervill. 

Bartholomeus  de,  457. 

Tliomas  de,  27. 
Turchilby,  Walterus  de,  513. 
Tumham,  Robertus  de,  288. 
Turry,  Turri,  Turribus. 

Alanus  de,  448. 

Nicholas  de,  justice,  171,  194,  398. 
Turvill,  Turvylle. 

John  de,  parson  of  Malpas,  65. 

Willelmus  de,  sheriff  of  P>edfordshire,  13. 
Tweng',  Robertus  de,  457. 
Tykehull,  Hugo  de,  215. 
Tykenhall,  Radulphus  de,  and  daughter  Agues,  wife 

of  William  le  Fraunceys,  of  Osmundeston,  84. 
Tymore,  see  Timmore. 
Tyrel,  Richard,  449. 


INDEX. 


591 


u 


Ubbeston,  Robertus  de,  knight,  397. 

Ufford,  Robertus  de,  inquisitor,  177. 

Ugylbardby,  Hyvo  de,  5x3. 

Ulbright,  Alan,  521. 

Ulvesby,  Walterus  de,  arclideacon  of  Carlisle,  77. 

Ulviscroft,  Robertus,  prior  of,  225. 

Upton,  Ricardus  de,  knight,  475. 

Urban  III.,  Pope,  85. 

Urnieston,  Simon,  482. 


Valence,  Agnes  de,  58. 
Vallibus,  see  also  Vaus. 

John  de,  commissioner,  300, 
Matilda  de,  wife  of  Thomas  de  Multon,  526. 
Oliverus  de,  justice,  248. 
Willelmus  de,  461. 
Valoniis,    Peter   de,    Albreda,    his   wife,    Roger   and 
William,    their    sons,    and    Walter,   nephew    of 
Peter,  282. 
Vaus,  Willelmus  de,  464.     See  also  Vallibus. 
Vavasor,  John  le,  rector  of  Kirkton,   and  John  and 

Robert,  his  sons,  30S. 
Velletri,  bishop  of,  386. 
Venables,  Willelmus  de,  30. 
Venur,  Venator. 

Richard,  also  called  Chineu  and  Forestarius,  445. 
Robertus,  and  Rogerus,  his  son,  223. 
Thomas  le,  480. 
Willelmus  le,  299,  470. 
Verduno,   Bertramus  de,  and   Lecellina,  his  mother, 

438. 
Vera,  Ver. 
Hugh  de,  earl  of  Oxford,  124,  458. 
Robertus  de,  earl  of  Oxford,  40. 
Verli,  Hugo  de,  256. 
Verner,  Walter  le,  and  Juliana  le  Fraunceis,  his  wife, 

115. 
Vernon. 

Richard  de,  ist,  85,  88,  8g,  384;  Avicia,  daughter 
of  William  Avenel,  his  wife,  85 ;  William  de, 
chief  justice  of  Chester,  son  of  Richard,  ist,  28, 
29,  66,  68,  79,  85,  221,  225,  384,  388,  389,  and 
Margeria  or  Matilda,  his  wife,  29,  30,  31; 
Richard  de,  2d,  son  of  William,  the  chief  justice, 
19.  30)  79.  85,  86,  8g,  385,  389;  Robert  de,  son  of 
William,  the  chief  justice,  30,  79,  385 ;  Hawise, 
daughter  of  Robert  de,  and  wife  of  Gilbert  le, 
Fraunceys,  30,  31,  78,  79,  86,  385;  Richard  de, 
3d,  son  of  Gilbert  le  Fraunceys,  29,  30,  31,  79,  88, 
221,  385,  386,  523,  524. 
Richard  de,  524 ;  Richard  de,  and  Helewisa,  widow 

of,  78. 
Walter  de,  79,  384. 


Venion,  cotUitiued. 
Warinus  de,  67. 

William  de,  2d,  great-grandson  of  Gilbert  le  Fraun- 
ceys, 525. 
Vescy,  barons  of,  302. 

Vestene,  Richard  de  la,  and  Agnes,  his  mother,  347. 
Veteripont,  Veteriponte,   Ivo  de,   and   Robertus,  his 
son,  460. 
Johannes  de  (son  of  Robert),  452,  455  ;   Robert  de, 
his  son,  455 ;    and   Johanna,  daughter   of   John, 
455- 
Willelmus,  de,  and  Matilda,  daughter  of  Roger  de 
Morvill,  his  wife,  452. 
Veyle,  Roger  la,  466. 
Vicorys,  Richard  le,  145. 
Vie!,  Johannes  de,  494. 
Villa   Regia,    Petrus    de,    clerk    of    the    diocese    of 

Amiens,  269. 
Villers,  Alexander  de,  307. 
Vim,  Ricardus  de,  461. 
Virili,  Robert  de,  297,  298. 
Viscunt,  Johannes  le,  87. 


w 


Wace,  Henry,  204. 

Wade,  Adam,  504. 

Wadington,  Robert,  parson  of,  444. 

Wahulle,  Johannes  de,  15. 

Wake,  John,  89,  94,  96. 

Wakering,  Petrus  de,  knight,  456. 

Waldene,  abbot  of,  50. 

Waleraud,  Robertus,  478. 

Waleys,  Walleye,  Weleys,  Walenciis,  Walensis. 

Adam,  414. 

Henricus,  117,  n8. 

Johannes  de,  134 ;  Johannes  le,  25,  27,  160. 

Radulfus,  427,  428. 

William,  334;  Willielmus  de,  177;  William  le,  160. 
Wallace,  William,  of  Scotland,  53,  516. 
Wallingford,  Walyngford. 

Prior  of,  17,  19. 

Priory  of,  21. 

Steward  of,  328. 
Walshe,  Johannes  le,  376. 

Walter,  Hubert,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  173. 
Walton,  Waltone,  Waltona. 

Alanus  de,  knight,  359. 

Paganus  de,  349. 

William,  205. 
Walun,  Walter,  and  Petronilla,  widow  of,  370.     See 

Balun,  369. 
Wancey,  Wancy,  Waunci. 

Walter  de,  402,  403. 

William  de,  402. 
Wandlesworth,  Roger  de,  244. 
Wanthon,  John  de,  409. 


592 


INDEX. 


War,  Warre. 

Brin  de,  igS. 

William  de,  19. 
Warbelton,   Warbilton,  Warbleton,   Thomas  dc,  41  ; 

Thomas  de,  sheriff  of  Southampton,  150,  167. 
Ward,  Warde. 

Johannes,  10. 

Nicholas,  and  Simon,  his  brother,  550. 
Wardecoppe,  see  Warthecop. 
Warenne,  Warren. 

Earl  of,  284. 

John  de,  earl  of  Surrey,  228. 

William  de,  earl  of  Surrey,  409,  and  John  de,  ist, 
his  sou,  earl  of  Surrey,  408. 
Warham,  Hugo  of,  sheriff  of  Dorset,  105. 
Warlegh,  Ingelardus  de,  keeper  of  the  king's  ward- 
robe, 270. 
Warman,  Simon,  205. 
Warmewell,  Galfridus  dc,  106,  107,  and  Galfridus,  his 

son,  106. 
Warneford,  Ricardus  de,  knight,  159. 
Warthecop,  Wardecoppe,  Richard  de,  449,  450. 
Warthwick,  Warthewyc. 

Robert  de,  81. 

Willelmus  de,  461. 
Warwick. 

Ela  Longespee,  countess  of,  328. 

Henry  de  Ncubourg,  earl  of,  xii. 

Sheiiff  of,  294,  4,^4. 

William  de  Bello  Canipo,  earl  of,  20,  34,  504. 

William  de  I.ucy,  sheriff  of,  438,  439,  440. 

Willielmus,  clerk  of,  438. 
Warymer,  Johannes  le,  32. 
Wascon,  Agnes  de,  347. 
Wasderius,  Walterus,  258. 
Wasseling,  Robertus  de,  234. 
Wassington,  Robert  de,  527. 
Wastehuse. 

Joseph,  160. 

Ralph,  160. 

William,  160. 
Wastenel!,'  Ricardus,  120. 
Watenhowe,  Robert  de,  309. 
Waterford,  Henry  de,  161,  162. 
Watre,  Walter  atte,  253,  254. 
Watsaund,  Wassaund,    Alanus  de,    justice,  240,  458, 

464. 
Wattevill',  Michael  de,  416. 

Waze,  Philippus,  bailiff  of  the  earl  of  Warenne,  284. 
Wederhal,  Wedirhale. 

Monks  of,  451. 

W.,  prior  of,  74. 
Welaund,  Thomas  de,  knight,  398. 
Welington,   Stephen   de,    Richard   de,    his  son,    and 
Cristiana  le  Fraunceys,  widow  of  Richard  de,  172. 
Welle,  Gilbertus  ate,  24. 
Welleberge,  Willelmus,  parson  of,  534. 
Wellis,  Edwardus  de,  and  Hugo,  his  heir,  351. 


Wells,  Welles,  see  also  Bath. 

Dean  of,  375. 

Edward,  the  dean  of,  371. 

Henricus  de,  222. 

Hugo  de,  112;   Hugo,  the  archdeacon  of,  375. 

John  de,  abbot  of  Malmesbury,  488. 

Roger,  bishop  of,  375. 

S.,  archdeacon  of,  2S8. 

William,  bishop  of,  371. 
Wendlebunie,  Petrus  de,  337. 
Wendut,  Rogerus,  43. 
Wenleswurth. 

Henricus  de,  405. 

Walterus  de,  405. 
Wermunstre,  Willelmus,  17. 
Werrj',  William,  528,  529. 
Wes,  Rogerus  le,  430. 
West,  William,  292. 
Westebrok,  Thomas,  19. 
Westmelne,  Milo  de,  243. 
Westmersey,  Walter,  jirior  of,  130. 
Westminster,  Westmonastcrio,  264. 

Abbey  of,  453. 

Abbot  of,  139,  177,  456. 

Edwardus  de,  266. 

Matthew  of,  536. 
Westmorland. 

Sheriff  of,  467,  472. 

Walterus,  dean  of,  451. 
Weston,  Westone. 

Hamo  de,  and  William,  his  son,  379. 

Jordan  de,  125. 

Robert  de,  410. 

Swein  de,  353. 
Wetteheme,  William,  526. 
Weyte,  Ralph  de,  202. 
Whale,  Quale,  Johannes  de,  449,  450. 
Whalley,  Thomas  de,  abbot  of  Selby,  543. 
Whicheland,  John,  549. 
Whitby,  Whiteby,  Wyteby. 

Abbey  of,  532. 

Abbot  of,  450. 

Monks  of,  513,  538. 

Willelmus,  abbot  of,  538. 
White,  William  le,  308. 
Wichering,  Radulphus  de,  121. 
Wider,  Wlwardus,  106. 
Widmarepes,  Walter  de,  307. 
Wigehale. 

Eudo  de,  281. 

Semanus  de,  281. 
Wigeton,  Wygeton. 

Adam  de,  and  Isabella,  widow  of,  462. 

Odard  de,  462,  466;  Walter  de,  his  son,  463,  466, 
467. 
Wight,  Wyght,  Wyth. 

Isabel  de  Fortibus,  countess  of,  and  of  Devon,  319. 

John  de,  151  ;  John  de,  bailiff  of  Winchester,  150. 


INDEX. 


59: 


Wike,  Wyke,  WykV 

Johaunes  de,  39. 

Ricardus  de,  ,(82. 

Robertus  de,  107. 

W.  de,  108. 

William,  bailiff  of  the  earl  of  Stafford,  474. 
Wilde,  Wylde. 

Adam  le,  512. 

Peter  le,  41S. 

Walterus  le,  bailiff  of  Babergli  hundred,  396. 
William  I.,  the  Conqueror,  ix,  152,  279,  533,  538,  and 

his  wife  Queen  Matilda,  270. 
William  II.,  ix. 
Wilton,  Wylton,  Wiitonia. 

Abbess  of,  479. 

Jocelinus,  deacon  of,  479. 

Willelmus  de,  justice,   194,  464 ;  Willelmus  de,  or- 
ganist, 478,  479. 
Wilts,  sheriff  of,  473,  495. 
WilymerEsh,  Robertus,  146. 
Wimpler,  Wympler,  Robertus  le,  430. 
Winbume,  Nicholaus  de,  109. 
Winchelse,  Robertus  de,  canon  of  Lincoln,  183. 
Winchester,  Wintonia. 

Bailiffs  of,  150. 

Bishop  of,  160,  487. 

Earl  of,  61,  223. 

Priory  of  St.  Swithun,  163,  164. 

Ralph,  prior  of  St.  Switliun,  164. 

Ricardus  de,  25S. 

William,  bishop  of,  xii. 
Windleshores,  Galfridus  de,  knight,  159. 
Winebadeshara,  Estmundus  de,  395. 
Wipez,  Willelmus,  log. 
Wirard,  Radu'phus,  159. 
Wirksop,  priory  of,  308. 
Wisman,  Roger,  314. 
Wisnard,  Robert,  311. 
Wither,  Wyther. 

Randulph,  501. 

Willelmus,    Richolda,    his  wife,    Petrus,  Robertus, 
and  Walterus,  his  sons,  and  Matilda,  his  daugli- 
ter,  log. 
Wobum,  Johannes,  259. 
Wodefaude,  Willelmus  de,  knight,  475. 
Wodemonger,    Petrus   le,    and  Alicia,   his   daughter, 

250. 
Wodeme,  Alfred  le,  244. 
Woderlak,  Thomas  de,  deacon,  298. 
Wodle,  John,  148. 
Wokindon,  Wokendon. 

Ricardus  de,  rector  of  Annilers,  454. 

Thomas  de,  122. 
Wolde,  William  de,  chaplain,  419. 
Wolf,  Johannes  le,  and  Johannes,  his  son,  14.     See 

also  Lupus. 
Woltone,  Johannes  de,  201. 
Wombridge,  John,  prior  of,  337. 


Worcester. 

Bishop  of,  see  Reynolds. 

Henry  of,  abbot  of  Evesham,  439. 

Priory  of,  49S,  502,  503,  505,  506. 

Sheriff  of,  496. 
Worstede,  Alice  de,  274. 
Wotton,  Wottone. 

Herbert  de,  i6i,  162. 

Robert  de,  357,  358,  359. 
Wratteworth,  Johannes  de,  64. 
Wretton,  Johannes  de,  10. 
Wulwine,  Reginald,  363. 
Wurth,  Benedictus  de,  30. 
Wy,  Hugo  de,  bailiff,  201. 
Wybbe,  Thomas,  clerk,  148. 
Wycher,  Johannes,  63. 
Wygeton,  see  Wigeton. 
Wyght,  see  Weight. 
Wyke,  see  Wike. 
Wykkewane,  William  de,  31. 
Wylde,  see  Wilde. 
Wyldebeuf,  Gerald  de,  185. 
Wyle,  Martinus  le,  329. 
Wylton,  see  Wilton. 
Wylughby,  Wylghoby. 

Philip  de,  escheator.  Si. 

Richard  de,  commissioner,  419. 
Wympler,  see  Wimpler. 

Wymundesham,  Thomas  de,  royal  treasurer,  457. 
Wyndermle,  Stephanus  de,  knight,  397. 
W}Tislowe,  John  de,  bailiff  of  St.  Albans,  iSo. 
WjTiterford,  Henry  de,  504. 

Wyntreshull,  William  de,  Beatrice,  his  wife,  Edmund, 
John,  and  Walter,  his  sons,  and  William,  son  of 
John,  166,  167. 
Wyring,  Radulfus,  and  Henricus,  his  son,  135. 
Wyston,  Robertus  de,  379. 
Wyteby,  see  Whitby. 

Wytefeld,  Galfridus   de,   Robertus   de,  his  son,  and 
Leonardus  and  Robertus,  uncles  of  Robertus  de, 

3I7- 
W3lewell,  Thomas,  299. 
Wyther,  see  Wither. 
Wytside,  Walterus,  174. 
Wjaiiir,  Johannes  de,  justice,  249. 
Wyvelscombe,  Henry,  147. 


Yelfhang,  Robert  de,  steward  of  Arundel,  418. 
Yelsted,  Willelmus  de,  and  Robertus,  liis  son,  203. 
Yerdely,  see  Herdely. 

Ynceberg,  Geoffrey  de,  and  William  de,  his  son,  441. 
Yneworth,  Rogenis  de,  2S8. 
York. 
Abbey  of  St.  Mary  at,  448,  451,  462,  518,  522. 


594 


INDEX. 


York,  continued. 

Abbot  of  St.  INIarj-  at,  462,  5415,  547. 

Archbishop  of,  76,  513,  536,  546. 

Dean  of,  546. 

Hospital  of  St.  Peter  at,  518. 

Monks  of  St.  Marj'  of,  537. 

Sherig  of,  457,  467,  525. 

Walter  (Gray),  bishop  of,  454. 
Yreby,  see  Ireby. 

Ysembard,  Johannes,  provost  of  Wilton,  479. 
Yunge,  Walter  called  the,  144. 


Yuustapel,     Margeria    de,     wife    of     Henricus    le, 
Frenisha,  10 1. 


Zonarius. 

Adam,  430. 

Ricardus,  430. 
Zuche,  Alan  le,  Elena  widow  of,  grand-daughter  of 
Alan,  lord  of  Gallowav,  47. 


NOTES 


SURNAMES    OF    FRANCUS,    FRANCEIS,    FRENCH,   ETC.,    IN 

SCOTLAND,    WITH    AN    ACCOUNT    OF   THE 

FRENCHES    OF   THORNYDYKES. 

By  a.  D.  Weld  French,  F.S.A.  Scot. 

(Boston:  Privately  printed,  1893.) 


SOME   OPINIONS    OF   THE    PRESS, 

Both  Foreign  and   American. 


"THE    SCOTTISH    ANTIQUARY." 

A  study  of  genealogy  affords  convincing  evidence  that  the  adage,  "  There 
are  as  good  fish  in  the  sea  as  ever  came  out  of  it,"  holds  good  with  regard  to 
families.  Many  of  our  oldest  families  are  not  to  be  found  in  the  peerage,  and 
some  are  so  proud  of  their  untitled  position  that  they  decline  with  thanks  the 
offer  of  a  coronet.  As  the  north-west  of  Scotland  can  boast  her  Highland 
chieftains,  so  the  southern  and  the  eastern  portion  of  the  kingdom  still  possess 
families  sprung  from  Saxon  followers  of  Queen  Margaret  and  Norman  knights, 
who,  having  gained  a  lodgment  in  England,  got  across  the  borders  and  colon- 
ized the  fair  vale  of  Annan,  and  worked  northward  to  Aberdeen.  Some  of 
these  men  founded  houses  prominent  in  our  national  history.  The  list  can 
be  headed  by  Bruce  and  Stewart.  The  power  of  the  house  of  Bruce  early 
showed  itself  by  the  number  of  families  which  were  allied  to  it  by  interest 
rather  than  consanguinity.  Annandale  was  the  home  of  men  who,  recognizing 
the  Bruce  as  the  most  influential  settler,  seem  to  have  paid  him  the  compli- 
ment of  making  his  armorial  bearings  the  model  on  which  to  form  their  own. 
The  saltire  with  a  chief  oi  the  Bruces,  varied  by  different  colored  metals  and 
subsidiary  charges,  is  borne,  amongst  others  of  less  note,  by  the  Johnstones, 
Kirkpatricks,  Blackwoods,  Jardines,  and  the  Frenches,  which  last  family  were 
early  in  possession  of  a  district  in  Annandale  known  as  Frenchland.  We  find 
from  Mr.  A.  U.  Weld  French's  "  Index  Armorial "  that  the  family  of  France 
of  Scotland  bore  ^'■vert  a  saltire  arg.  on  a  chief  or,  then  fleur-de-lis  az."  These 
are  not  the  arms  at  present  attributed  to  French  of  Frenchland,  but  they  point 
to  the  locality  of  the  early  home  of  the  family  of   French  or  France.     Mr. 


Weld  French  has  supplemented  his  "  Index  Armorial  of  the  Name  of  French" 
with  "  Notes  on  the  Surnames  of  Francus,  Francis,  French,  etc.,  in  Scotland, 
with  an  Account  of  the  Frenches  of  Thornydike,"  and  in  a  compass  of  loo 
pages  he  has  compressed  a  vast  amount  of  genealogical  research.  A  short 
preface  explains  the  formation  of  the  various  forms  of  the  name  from  a  com- 
mon root;  and,  having  done  this,  he  shows  in  the  body  of  his  work  how  the 
Frenches  were  in  France  the  neighbors  of  the  Bruces  and  Yaloines  in  the 
district  of  the  Cotentin  in  Normandy.  Mr.  French  is  a  careful  and  laborious 
writer,  and  his  book  is  an  example  of  the  value  of  collecting  all  scraps  of 
information  when  compiling  a  family  history.  We  have  little  doubt  that  we 
shall  see  further  results  of  his  labors,  and  that  they  will  prove  both  interesting 
and  valuable. 


"THE    GENEALOGIST"    OF    ENGLAND. 

As  the  author  of  the  "  Index  Armorial,"  Mr.  Weld  French  is  already  well 
known  as  an  authority  on  the  name  of  French  with  its  numerous  variations. 
In  this  work  he  deals  with  the  surnames  of  Francus,  Franceis,  and  French  in 
Scotland,  and  has,  as  he  intimates  in  the  Preface,  obtained  his  evidence  from 
the  records  in  the  Register  House  in  Fdinburgh.  The  volume  is  divided  into 
two  parts,  the  first  being  a  collection  of  notes  on  the  name,  the  second  is  de- 
voted entirely  to  a  history  of  the  lairds  of  Thornydikes.  As  an  example  of 
the  variation  in  the  speUing  of  the  surname,  we  notice  in  the  short  account 
of  the  Frenchs  of  Linlithgow,  one  of  whom  was  the  second  Master  Mason  of 
Scotland  in  1535,  that  it  occurs  as  France,  I'ranche,  Frans,  and  Frensche. 
The  earliest  instances  of  the  appearance  of  the  surname  in  Scotland  are  to  be 
found  in  monastic  records,  and  are,  of  course,  chiefly  in  a  Latinized  form,  such 
as  Francus,  Franciscus,  and  Francigena,  as  with  other  names  in  ancient  char- 
ters. There  is  so  much  valuable  and  hitherto  unpublished  information  in  the 
volume  that  it  is  a  great  pity  an  index  has  not  been  given,  especially  to  the 
history  of  the  Thornydikes'  family.  The  portion  of  the  book  relating  to  that 
family  will  undoubtedly  be  found  the  most  useful  and  interesting  to  the  gene- 
alogist; and,  from  the  evidences  adduced,  it  is  clear  how  trustworthy  all  Mr. 
Weld  French's  work  is  likely  to  prove. 


"SCOTTISH    NOTES   AND    QUERIES." 

This  is  not  an  e very-day  genealogical  work,  inasmuch  as  the  author  brings 
to  it  an  unusual  amount  of  scholarship  and  historical  knowledge.  In  a  brief 
but  valuable  preface  Mr.  French  discusses  the  philology  of  the  name,  and  the 
chronology  of  its  various  forms  and  orthographical  changes  as  it  spread  itself 
over  the  civilized  world.  Coming  to  Scotland,  every  page  gives  proof  of  thor- 
ough research  and  minute  investigation,  the  antique  basis  being  largely  the 
archives  of  the  religious  houses  both  of  Scotland  and  the  Continent.  In  all 
this  the  author  has  gone  about  his  work  as  an  expert.     Among  the  various 


brief  memorials  of  tlie  bearers  of  the  patronymic,  Mr.  French  (p.  45)  refers  to 
Thomas  Tranche,  Master  Mason  to  the  Bishop  of  Aberdeen  for  building  the 
Bridge  of  Dee,  and  whose  eldest  son,  "who  died  in  1530,  was  buried  in  Aber- 
deen Cathedral,  where  is  found  his  epitaph."  It  may  interest  the  author  if  we 
transcribe  the  epitaph,  which  is  now  much  worn  :  — 

"  .  .  .  r  lyis  tomas  ye 
son  of  tomas  fra- 
nch  master  maco  ..." 

In  the  second  part  of  the  book  the  author  gives  an  interesting  account  of  the 
Thornydyke  branch  of  the  family,  dating  from  the  time  of  Bruce,  in  the  middle 
of  the  fourteenth  to  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century.  As  became  a 
Border  family,  the  Frenches  took  an  active  part  in  many  a  fray,  and,  withal, 
maintained  a  dignified  position.  Several  representatives  of  the  family  held 
crown  appointments.  If  anything,  the  author  has  somewhat  restrained  him- 
self in  this  department,  as  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  charter-chest 
would  yield  a  good  deal  of  interest  without  the  purely  genealogical.  The 
book  is,  however,  strictly  reliable,  and  a  model  of  a  family  record ;  and  its 
get-up  is  well  worth  the  thanks  gracefully  paid  to  the  jjrinter,  inter  alia,  by  the 
author  in  his  preface.     An  index  would  have  been  a  useful  adjunct. 


"THE    SCOTSMAN"   OF   EDINBURGH. 

Genealogy  is  not  one  of  the  despised  sciences  in  New  England,  and  in 
Boston  they  are  far  from  smiling  at  the  claims  of  long  descent.  Proof  of 
this  is  furnished  in  the  privately  printed  volume  on  "The  Frenches  of  Scot- 
land," by  Mr.  A.  D.  Weld  French.  It  prosecutes  with  much  industry  a  side- 
path  in  historical  research,  which,  besides  its  special  personal  interest  to  the 
author,  has  local  bearings  which  will  be  appreciated  by  genealogists  and  anti- 
quaries in  this  country,  and  particularly  by  those  who  have  looked  into  the 
family  archives  of  the  Merse.  The  volume  consists  of  two  parts,  of  which 
the  first  contains  notes  gathered  from  published  and  unpublished  records  in 
France,  England,  and  Scotland,  on  the  occurrence  of  the  surnames  of  Francus, 
Franceis,  French,  and  their  congeners;  while  the  second  part  is  an  account  of 
the  old  family  of  the  Frenches  of  Thornydykes,  in  Berwickshire,  which  came 
to  an  end  in  the  person  of  the  tenth  laird  early  in  the  seventeenth  century. 
The  notices  on  the  mentions  of  the  surname  are  necessarily  fragmentary,  and 
but  slightly  connected  ;  but  they  are  suggestive,  as  in  the  case  of  so  many 
other  Norman  families  which  acquired  land  and  power  in  the  south  of  Scot- 
land, of  an  origin  in  the  Cotentin  district  of  Normandy,  and  of  an  early 
association  with  the  Bruces.  Afterwards  the  Frenches  seem  to  have  been 
allies  or  vassals  of  the  successive  ruling  houses  on  the  Eastern  Marches, 
Dunbars,  Gordons,  and  Homes,  and  as  lairds  of  Thornydykes,  in  Berwick- 
shire, and  of  Pitcox,  in  East  Lothian,  to  have  played  a  stirring,  if  subsidiary, 
part  in  the  Border  and  family  troubles  of  three  centuries. 


"THE    DUNDEE   ADVERTISER." 

"Notes  on  the  Surname  of  Franceis  and  French  in  Scotland,"  by  A.  D. 
Weld  French,  is  a  volume  belonging  to  a  class  of  literature  that  is  of  compara- 
tively recent  introduction.  It  is  not  strictly  a  genealogical  account  of  the 
family  of  Franceis  or  French,  but  rather  contains  memoranda  as  to  the  char- 
ters and  documents  wherein  the  name  is  to  be  found.  He  is  of  opinion  that 
the  family  came  to  this  country  from  the  Cotentin  of  Normandy,  and  he  has 
found  the  name  associated  with  that  of  Robert  de  Brus  so  early  as  1097. 
As  the  name  of  Franceis  is  frequently  found  on  charters  connected  with  the 
Bruces  of  Annandale,  he  thinks  it  probable  that  the  family  had  settled  in  that 
district  early  in  the  twelfth  century.  The  only  branch  that  he  has  followed 
up  consecutively  is  that  of  French  of  Thornydykes,  in  Berwickshire ;  and  the 
genealogical  information  he  has  brought  together  will  be  of  great  service  to 
members  of  the  family  who  desire  to  make  out  a  pedigree.  Mr.  French  has 
explored  very  thoroughly  all  the  places  where  it  was  likely  that  he  would  find 
traces  of  any  of  the  French  family  under  the  numerous  variations  of  the  name. 
Though  this  book  is  primarily  of  interest  to  bearers  of  his  own  name,  Mr. 
French's  method  may  be  taken  as  an  excellent  model  for  similar  works. 


THE   "DAILY    FREE    PRESS  "    OF    ABERDEEN. 

Mr.  Weld  French,  of  Boston,  has  bestowed  much  labor  on  the  production 
of  a  monograph  on  the  early  history  of  the  surname  French  (in  its  various 
forms)  in  Scotland.  P'or  this  purpose  he  has  ransacked  the  abbey  records, 
the  principal  antiquarian  authorities,  and  published  and  unpublished  public 
documents.  This  name  goes  back  in  Scotland  to  the  days  of  its  Anglo- 
Norman  colonization  under  David  I.  The  first  actual  example  of  it  which 
Mr.  Weld  French  has  lit  upon  occurs  in  connection  with  "the  second  Robert 
de  Brus,  who  obtained  possessions  in  Scotland,  the  son  of  one  of  the  com- 
panions of  William  the  Conqueror";  and  the  name  Brus,  and  that  which  was 
afterwards  anglicized  as  French,  were,  prior  to  this  time,  associated  in  the 
Cotentin  in  Normandy.  As  bearing  on  this  latter  point,  quotation  is  made 
from  several  charters  of  the  Abbey  of  St.  Sauveur-le-Vicomte,  "  so  well  en- 
dowed by  the  Bruces,"  as  also  of  other  abbeys  of  the  Cotentin.  The  original 
Robert  Fraunceys,  or  one  of  his  sons,  seems  not  unlikely  to  have  been  a  settler 
with  Bruce  in  y\nnandale ;  and  certainly  no  long  time  elapsed  till  the  Fraunceys 
bore  a  feudal  relation  to  the  Bruce  lords  of  that  district.  Before  Bannock- 
burn  William  le  Fraunceys  appears  as  a  knight  of  the  Earl  of  March ;  and 
after  that  battle  Edward  II.  took  shelter  in  Dunbar  Castle,  where  "  William 
Fraunceys"  rendered  him  service,  which  was  rewarded  with  an  annuity.  Sev- 
eral Fraunceys,  including  Sir  William,  swore  fealty  to  Edward  I.  in  1296;  and 
in  this  year  Simon  de  Fraunceys,  tenant  of  John  Comyn  of  Badenoch,  had 
lands  in  Roxburgh  restored  to  him.     Adam  French  was  one  of  the  Scottish 


patriots  pardoned  by  Edward  III.  at  Berwick  in  1335.  The  family  had 
possessions  at  Ayton,  in  Berwickshire,  and  in  Linlithgow.  An  inscription, 
formerly  in  the  north  aisle  of  the  Church  of  Linlithgow,  bore :  "  Heir  lyes 
Ihon  Franch,  fadder  to  Tomas,  master  mason  of  Brig  of  Dee.  Obiit  Anno 
Domini  MCCCCLXXXIX."  Thomas  had  been  appointed  master  mason  by 
King  James  V.  at  Kelso  in  1535.  Prior  to  this  he  had  been  master  mason 
to  the  Bishop  of  Aberdeen  for  building  the  bridge  of  Dee.  While  he  was 
resident  in  Aberdeen,  in  1 530,  his  son  Thomas  died,  and  was  buried  in  the 
cathedral.  As  king's  mason,  he  executed  works  at  the  palaces  of  Linlithgow 
and  Falkland;  and  he  appears  to  have  died  in  1551.  John  French,  probably 
his  son,  seems  to  have  succeeded  to  his  functions  in  connection  with  the  royal 
residences.  George  French  held  land  in  or  near  Aberdeen  in  1474-75;  and  a 
George  French  is  mentioned  with  Thomas  and  his  sons,  John  and  Robert,  in 
the  account  of  work  done  at  Falkland  in  1 538-39.  About  half  the  volume  is 
occupied  with  the  Frenches  who  were  lairds  of  Thorndykes,  in  Berwickshire, 
from  the  fourteenth  to  the  seventeenth  century, —  a  family  that  played  a  not 
unimportant  part  in  their  own  district,  and  whose  ramifications  spread  far 
and  wide. 


"BOSTON    EVENING   TRANSCRIPT." 

THE    FRENCHES    OF    SCOTLAND. 

The  first  work  of  the  author  of  this  volume  that  attracted  attention  was  his 
"  Index  Armorial."  His  previous  volume  on  the  Williams  Armory,  published 
several  years  since,  still  remains  the  chief  authority  on  their  coats-of-arms. 

The  author  of  the  Fetiland  Notes  and  Queries  of  England,  commenting  on 
the  "  Index  Armorial,"  states  that  "  we  have  referred  to  several  works  on 
heraldry,  and  in  no  instance  have  we  found  any  entry  about  these  names  that 
has  been  omitted."  The  charge  by  one  writer  that  the  title  was  a  misnomer, 
owing  to  the  historical  importance  of  its  preface,  is  equally  applicable  to  the 
present  volume;  for,  disguised  under  its  title,  we  find  the  translations  of  several 
unpublished  original  charters  and  records,  which  throw  additional  light  on  some 
of  the  ancient  customs  and  manners  of  Scotland  and  Normandy.  The  preface 
of  this  w'ork  on  the  origin  of  the  surnames  is  interesting,  and  a  similar  effort 
in  regard  to  other  names  would  result  in  a  much-needed  modern  work  on  the 
subject.  In  the  body  of  this  volume  we  find  some  early  prototypes  of  the 
surnames  of  the  Baliols,  Blacks,  Bovilles,  Bruces,  Stuarts,  Viponts,  Whites, 
etc.  It  is  noticeable  that  several  of  the  surname  of  French  held  positions 
very  close  to  the  persons  of  several  of  the  Scottish  sovereigns  of  the  Stuart 
line.  Thomas  Frainche  was  a  marshal  of  the  royal  household  in  the  reign  of 
King  James  IV. ;  another  Thomas,  the  second  master  mason  of  the  king- 
dom of  Scotland,  was  particularly  identified  in  the  building  of  the  royal 
palaces  of  King  James  V. ;  while  the  more  numerous  of  these  appoint- 
ments appear  during  the  reign  of  King  James  VI.  Soon  after  his  cor- 
onation   Hue   French  was  made  "  controller  of  his  majesty's  horse."      Later 


another  of  the  name  appears  as  the  "  only  keeper  of  his  majesty's  outer 
chamber  door,"  while  we  find  a  Royal  I'alefrenier  among  the  latter  appoint- 
ments of  this  king.  Many  of  this  surname  were  identified  with  the  clergy. 
One  of  these,  in  the  reign  of  the  last-named  sovereign,  was  appointed  as  a 
Protestant  ecclesiastical  commissioner  for  the  shire  of  Berwick.  Setting  aside 
the  general  historical  importance  of  these  last  two  volumes,  which  are  also 
very  valuable  additions  to  the  bibliography  of  the  surname  of  French,  for  a 
long  time  left  vacant,  they  both  show,  on  the  part  of  the  author,  great  indus- 
try, continuous  research,  and  many  years  of  study. 


"WILTSHIRE    NOTES    AND    QUERIES." 

We  can  best  express  our  opinion  of  this  book  by  saying  that  it  contains  just 
the  kind  of  genealogical  matter  that  ]Viltshire  Notes  and  Queries  is  designed 
to  promulgate.  Some  time  ago  Mr.  French  published  a  volume,  entitled  the 
"  Index  Armorial,"  in  which  he  summed  up  most  sufficiently  and  exhaustively 
the  origin  and  history  of  the  French  family  in  France  and  Great  Britain.  The 
first  i)art  of  the  present  volume  is  a  compendium  of  ancient  deeds  and  docu- 
ments supplying  the  evidence  for  his  former  assertions  so  far  as  Scotland  is 
concerned.  The  second  part  is  a  history  of  that  particular  branch  of  the 
French  family  who  enjoyed  the  title  of  "The  Laird  of  Thorndike."  Alto- 
gether, the  volume  does  credit  to  the  indefatigaliility  and  zeal  of  the  author, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  scientific  collections  of  family  history  which  we  have 
yet  come  across. 


"NEW    ENGLAND    HISTORICAL    AND    GENEALOGICAL 
REGISTER." 

The  writer  of  this  volume  is  already  well  and  favorably  known  in  Great 
Britain  and  this  country  as  the  author  of  the  "  Index  Armorial."  His  first 
work,  however,  on  armory  was  on  the  coats-of-arms  of  the  surname  of  Will- 
iams. The  present  title  does  not  fully  indicate  its  antiquarian  and  historical 
importance,  for  this  volume  goes  far  back  to  the  very  foundation  stones  of 
history.  Much  of  the  earliest  information  has  been  gathered  from  the  ancient 
abbey  archives  in  England,  Scotland,  and  Normandy.  And,  although  there  are 
a  few  gaps  in  the  historical  records,  yet,  practically,  this  original  search  begins 
at  the  very  end  of  the  eleventh  century,  and  continues  down  to  the  dawn  of 
the  seventeeth  century,  a  period  of  more  than  five  hundred  years.  No  one 
but  the  historical  and  genealogical  author  can  fully  realize  the  amount  of  work, 
perseverance,  and  study  necessary  to  have  completed  this  volume.  Dissect- 
ing the  work,  we  classify  it  under  the  following  four  headings  :  — 

First. —  Surnames,  on  which  subject  the  preface  is  particularly  interesting. 
Nor  does  the  interest  fail  on  this  theme  in  the  body  of  these  records.  As  an 
illustration,  we  cite  an  instance  as  found  in  the  family  of  Ayton,  where,  start- 


ing  with  Franciis,  we  have  Francisciis,  Franceis,  Franceys,  Francys,  Frauncays, 
Frances,  Fraunches,  and  finally  Franche. 

Second. —  Historically.  The  translations  of  ;the  ancient  unpublished  Nor- 
man charters  specially  indicate  the  then  prevailing  custom  of  individual  dona- 
tion to  the  abbeys,  the  existing  system  of  land  tenure,  historic  and  genealogi- 
cal information,  as  well  as  early  prototypes  of  some  French  and  Anglo-Norman 
surnames.  Similar  illustrations  by  charters  are  given  for  Scotland.  Many  his- 
torical events  crop  out  in  different  parts  of  this  work  in  connection  with  the 
surnames  in  Scotland,  of  which  the  following  is  a  partial  synopis  :  — 

In  the  year  1296  roll  of  submission  of  King  John  ]5aliol  to  his  liege  lord 
King  Edward  I.  of  Flngland. 

Arrangements  in  1302  for  the  defence  of  Kirkintilloch  Castle. 

Taking  of  Edinburgh  Castle  from  the  English  in  1312-13. 

King  Edward  II. 's  flight  in  1314  after  the  battle  of  Bannockburn. 

Third. —  General  notes  on  the  surname.  Beginning  at  the  end  of  the 
eleventh  century,  we  find  "  Robertus  ffraunceys,  one  of  the  few  recorded 
knights  of  the  2d  Robert  de  Brus  in  English  history."  The  earlier  Norman 
charters  recorded  give  the  Latin  form  of  the  surname.  They  are  all  identified 
with  the  Valognes  district  of  the  Cotentin,  the  Normandy  home  of  the  Bruces, 
in  which  locality  are  many  records  of  the  surname  of  Franceis,  which  at  a  later 
period  appears  in  the  Annandale  of  .Scotland  as  feudatories  of  the  Bruces. 
Besides  the  last-named  feudality  there  are  many  associations  of  the  name  in 
connection  with  the  old  Earls  of  Dunbar,  even  before  the  recorded  charters  of 
the  Frenches  under  these  earls. 

There  are  indications  that  William  Franceis,  under  the  different  orthographi- 
cal changes  of  this  surname,  so  often  found  as  a  witness  to  the  abbey  charters 
as  well  as  those  of  the  Bruces,  may  have  been  the  same  personage.  In  con- 
tinuation we  find  much  genealogical  information  about  the  Franceis  of  Ayton 
and  Linlithgow,  the  latter  family  being  specially  distinguished  as  having  fur- 
nished the  second  master  mason  to  the  crown  of  Scotland. 

Fourth. —  Lairds  of  Thornydykes,  which  comprises  part  second  of  this 
work,  is  the  unpublished  records  of  that  family  for  more  than  two  hundred 
years,  beginning  with  the  latter  part  of  the  fourteenth  century  and  continued 
to  the  opening  of  the  seventeeth  century.  This  was  during  the  reigns  of 
Kings  Robert  III.,  the  five  Jameses,  Queen  Mary,  and  ending  with  the  reign 
of  King  James  VI.  of  Scotland,  who  became  in  1603  the  first  Scotch  king  of 
England.  This  period  comprises  many  interesting  epochs  in  Scotch  history, 
including  the  Reformation.  Several  members  of  the  family  of  French  of 
Thornydykes  held  positions  immediately  under  the  last-named  sovereign. 

Although  this  work  is  privately  printed  and  limited  to  the  small  edition  of 
three  hundred  copies,  this  disadvantage  to  the  general  public  is  somewhat 
overcome  from  the  fact  that  Mr.  French  has  donated  copies  to  the  leading 
historical,  genealogical,  and  free  libraries  of  our  country. 


"HAMPSHIRE    OBSERVER." 

The  name  of  French  is  a  well-known  one  in  Hampshire,  but  whether  the 
Hampshire  Frenches  are  connected  with  the  lairds  of  Thornydykes  and  their 
Scottish  offshoots  it  would  take  a  genealogist  to  decide.  If  such  connection 
there  be,  the  owners  of  the  name  should  feel  a  peculiar  interest  in  a  well  got-up 
volume,  privately  printed,  which  hails  from  across  the  Atlantic,  "  Notes  on  the 
Surnames  of  Francus,  Franceis,  French,  etc.,  in  Scotland,  with  an  Account  of 
the  Frenches  of  Thornydykes,"  by  Mr.  A.  D.  Weld  French,  F.S.A.  Scot., 
an  authority  on  genealogy  and  cognate  subjects.  In  any  case  the  zeal  and 
research  which  Mr.  Weld  French  displays  must  command  the  admiration  and 
respect  of  antiquaries,  and  the  volume  forms  a  valuable  and  exhaustive  chap- 
ter of  family  history.  It  is  pleasant  also  to  know  that  dwellers  under  the 
stars  and  stripes  feel  so  keen  an  interest  in  their  British  kin ;  and  we  could 
wish  that  the  queries  of  another  American  citizen,  7-e  the  Bachiler  family,  ad- 
dressed to  our  own  readers,  had  found  in  our  county  an  informant  as  learned 
in  Hampshire  liachilers  as  Mr.  Weld  French,  of  Boston,  is  concerning  the 
Scottish   Frenches. 


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